Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hostile Takeover ❯ Down the Drain ( Chapter 8 )

This chappie was difficult to write since what happens in this chappie was written on personal experience. I must say from experience that being thrown in thorn bushes really really hurt.

Also, My aunt suddenly passed away on December 11th and I'm trying to get over this. She was good to me and installed the love of books into me. I really want to have the next chappie up on Tuesday (My sister's birthday and the day of my aunt's funeral). The next chappie is a lemon, so hopefully, that will distract me.

CrazyKins: I'm glad you love the new story! I think this one is going to be a pretty long one.

Bwuebewwy Sugar Princess: Not just a lemon…..a foursome chappie!

Malik lover and Anzu basher: mmmmm….Bakura in shower…..*dies of yaoi induced heart attack*

Elizabeth Marie Rose: Eventually, karma will come around and bite Eric on the ass…and Aten is the cause. Of course, Eric gets much worse as he gets older.

Cynical Spirit Valea: Well, you know Aria and Seto's toys. She must have a thing for dirty toys. I can't explain it.

Dragondreamer: Awww……..no chibi tris? I can't have any more contact between tris and Anzu??? *pout*

Down the Drain

**** Dream Sequence******

Aten was sitting in his carseat jumping up and down cuddling his monkey. All of the kids were playing in the schoolyard. Aria was cuddling her M&M's plushie tightly against her chest.

"I wan tee Wobbie!" Aten squealed, his purple and brown eyes sparkling with excitement.

The car came to a stop and Aten saw Robbie leaning against the fence. "Mommy! Mommy! Dere Wobbie! I tee him!"

"Alright, dear," Ryou said laughing. "Calm down."

Ryou put him on the ground and Aten ran to the fence with his monkey. Bakura opened the gate and Aten ran up to Robbie and wrapped his arms around his waist.

Robbie didn't respond.

"Wobbie! I mits you!"

Robbie turned his head slowly to see the boy clinging to his waist and smiling up at him.

"Do I….know you?"

"Wobbie, It's me! Aten! I'm your fend!"

Robbie narrowed his eyes and snarled. He pushed Aten to the ground roughly. "I'm not your friend!"

The kids in the playground crowded around them. Most of the kids were snickering.

"I'm not your friend, Aten! Who would want to be your friend?"

Aten struggled to his feet and brushed off his pants. "But…but Wobbie…..I'm you fend."

Robbie pushed Aten down again. "Who would want to be friends with someone as pathetic as you?! You can't play right! You can't cut paper! You can't even talk right! You talk like a little baby! And I don't want to be seen with babies like you!"

Aten wiped the tears out of his eyes. "You mean…..you no wan be my fend?"

Robbie grabbed Aten's ankle and held it up. "You're weak! I bet you can't even get away from me!"

Aten tried to pull his ankle away, but he couldn't.

"Not to mention, you're so fat, it's disgusting!" Robbie tore off Aten's shirt, revealing the prominent ribcage.

"No I not!"

"And look at you!" Robbie grabbed Aten's hair making the child squeal in pain. "Your hair is ugly! Your eyes are pitiful! You're nothing but a freak, Aten! A no-good circus freak!" Robbie released Aten's hair. The chibi remained face down on the cement, frozen with fear.

Ryou and Marik came to kiss Aten goodbye, oblivious to Robbie's speeches. "Have a good day at school, baby boy," Ryou said.

"Play nice with your friends," Marik said.

Aten gripped onto Marik. "No weef me, daddy!"

Marik put Aten down. "It's ok, my little freak. You stay here and play with the nice kids."

Aten's eyes went wide as Ryou and Marik left him. Aten jumped onto his feet and tried to run toward the gate, but the kids grabbed him and held his arms and gripped onto his hair. Robbie approached him laughing.

"Wobbie…….peas no hurt me…," Aten shivered.

Robbie's lip curled. "You aren't afraid of me hurting you, are you?"

Aten nodded sobbing. "I no wan you to hurt me wike my daddy's daddy or my daddy's daddy's fend."

Robbie laughed. "You're a wimp, Aten! I think we need to toughen you up."

The kids began tossing Aten between them roughly. One kid dug her fingernails into his ribs making him scream.

Robbie looked toward a bush outside the fence. "I think that will be the perfect place to make him tough! Someone open the gate!"

One of the older kids opened the gate and the kids carried Aten by the wrists and ankles. He struggled to free himself from their grip. He remained suspended as they carried him to the thorn bush.

"Mommy! Awia! Daddy!"

The bush approached them slowly. He screamed at the top of his lungs, hoping someone would hear him and stop them.

They arrived at the thorn bush and Robbie laughed. "I'm only doing this to you, Aten, because you are my friend. Then again……..friendship is about pain. And since this is also where we dump our garbage, you should fit right in!"

The kids dropped Aten into the prickly thorn bush. A piercing wail of pain came from him as every thorn pierced and embedded itself in his skin. The other kids pointed and laughed as crimson flowed out of him. Every inch of him was covered and speared with thorns. Aten's eyes weakly watched as his chest was covered in red.

Aten's head fell back. "Wobbie……..why…." Aten's eyes closed and his body went limp in the thorn bush.

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Aten opened his eyes and whimpered. He began to cry and ran into Marik and Malik's room. Marik and Malik opened their eyes to see the crying little boy.

"Daddy, I had a bad deam!"

Marik brought the chibi into his bed between him and Malik. "It was only a bad dream, son."

"Wobbie ted he no wan be fends wif me and talled me bad mames and he few me in a buss dat weawwy hurt and had tarp tings on it."

Marik cuddled Aten close to him. "It's ok, son. Daddy's here. Close your eyes."

Aten looked up at his father. "Tan I hug your Mimmum Wod, daddy? To teep de bad deams away?"

Marik gave Aten the Millennium Rod and the boy cuddled up with it. Malik kissed Aten's hair and closed his eyes.

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Ryou woke up and put on his bathrobe. He walked into the kids' room and his heart leaped into his throat.

"Aten!" Ryou screamed.

He ran into Marik's room to alert the father when he found Aten snuggled into his father's chest sucking his thumb, fast asleep. He approached slowly watching Aten sleeping. The little boy was sound asleep listening to the sound of his father's heartbeat. Ryou smiled and bit his lip. He hated having to wake his boy for school.

"Aten? Time to wake up, baby."

Aten slowly opened an eye and lifted his head. "I haffed a bad deam butt Robbie, mommy."

"You did?" Ryou asked stroking the chibi's hair.

"Wobbie tay he no wan be my fend. He tup me in a buss wif sarp tings dat ting my stin. De tids tall me feak and meanie mames."

Ryou picked up Aten and cuddled him. "Aten, you are special and perfect the way you are!"

Aten smiled. "Wobbie tol me I peckial!"

Ryou gripped Aten's nose playfully. "And you are, baby boy. Let's get your sister up for school."

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Aten arrived at school somewhat nervous. He didn't know how he would react to Robbie after that dream. It was a scary dream. Robbie was waiting there at the gate for him. Robbie's angry face burned in the back of his mind at the first sight of his new friend. He approached the gate slowly.

"Hello, Aten!"

Bakura opened the gate and Aten walked slowly inside.

"What's wrong? You not feel good this morning?"

"Wobbie, would you ewer tall me a feak?"

Robbie scratched his head. "A freak? No! Why would I do such a mean thing?"

Aten shrugged. "I hass a deam dat you talled me a feak and de udder tids beated me up. Den you tew me in a buss dat hass sarp tings on it."

Robbie sighed. "Aww…I'd never do that!"

Aten's eyes lit up. "Weawwy? You no do dat to me? Ewer?"

Robbie shook his head. "No. I never would, Aten."

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Mr. Cullen had the children color carrots, a chicken, and a car. Instead of doing the "Things that begin with "C" exercise, Cullen taught the children the chicken dance. He had everyone go to the play area. Robbie stood by Aten and Aria stood on Aten's other side. The teacher played the music and taught the kids how to do the chicken dance.

As the music played, Aria jumped, her little bat-wings flying up and down and her dress flying.

Aten giggled happily as he clapped. "It's like capping to my money!"

Robbie's face was growing red and his balance wavered.

Eric leaned over to Jason and whispered. "Limpy can't even do the chicken dance! He's a big chicken!"

Jason snickered as Robbie started to stagger.

Cullen bent down to Robbie and took the boy's shoulder. "Robbie, are you ok?"

Robbie stopped and leaned over, putting his head on Cullen's shoulder. The boy gripped Cullen's shoulders tightly.

"My leg hurts really really really really bad today. Can I sit down, Misser Cullen?"
Cullen helped Robbie over to his seat and Aten started to breathe heavy.

"Misser Tullen, my chess hurs."

"Aten, sit down over here." Aten went to sit by the teacher's desk. Cullen asked Umi to pass out pieces of cantaloupe to the kids for their snack. Cullen returned to Aten. "Aten, I have something I need to you do for me."

Aten fanned himself. "Wass it is?"

"We're going to do a special activity. You and me alone."

"A peckial ackivy?"

Cullen nodded. "And it's something only you can help me with."

"Otay, Misser Tullen. I hep you!"

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Aten and Robbie put their schoolbags down and ran for the toys. Robbie looked at the playpen in the corner.

Aten reached in and grabbed his Change of Heart plushie.

"You still have a playpen?" Robbie asked.

"Well, mommy teeps it up for me. En I seepy, I call into my paypen and seep."

"Oh. I just play on the floor with my mommy."

"My Mommy and Mommy Mawik pays wif me an Awia. Awia pay wuff…she pays too wuff tomtimes.

Aria followed Ryou into the kitchen and ran out with apple slices. She took them to her dolls and gave each of her favorite dolls a slice.

"Aten! Robbie! Time for a snack!"

"SACK!" Aten dashed into the kitchen and panted. Robbie limped as quicky as he could.

"I…muss…wearn…*pant pant* …..not wun."

Ryou was surprised Aten was out of breath running into the kitchen, which was connected to the living room.

"Robbie, are you ok?" Malik asked seeing the boy limping.

"I always walk like dis. But, my foots hurts a little today."

Malik gave Robbie a bowl of apple slices sprinkled with some cinnamon. Aten took his apple slices and kissed his mother.

"Tankoo, mommy!"

Aten led Robbie to the stairs. "I wan sow you my woom! Watts of doys up dere!" Aten climbed the steps very slowly. He had to climb the steps very slowly. He had a difficult time holding onto the bowl, the banister and climbing the steps. Robbie held Aten's bowl in his hand.

Ryou came out and saw Aten and Robbie trying to climb the steps with heir snack. Robbie held both bowls of apples and tried to climb the stairs with his bad foot.

"Do you boys need help?" Ryou asked Robbie.

"I can't climb the steps with my bad foot. It hurts too mush today."

Ryou picked up Robbie and carried the chibi up the steps. He ran down to get Aten.

Ryou kneeled down. "Do you shoes hurt, Robbie?"

Robbie nodded. "Yeah. Can you help me get them off?"

Ryou helped the boy with his shoes. Robbie rubbed his club foot, wincing.

"Robbie, do you need some Children's Tylenol?"

Robbie nodded. "My mommy gives that to me when my foots hurt."

Ryou gave Aten his bowl. "Ok. Back in a minute."

Aten took Robbie into his room and they sat on the floor. Aten held up his toy monkey. "I hass dis toy since was a wittle baby."

"I have a teddy bear I sleep with all the time. My daddy bought it for me before he had to leave. I really miss him."

Aten pouted. He always had his daddy around. Without Marik around, he would feel very sad and lonely. Aten gave a Dark Magician plushie to Robbie.

"Dark Mishin may you teef bedder. I'm afraid of de Dark Mishin. Unkie Yugi tas he nice." He hugged his Winged Dragon of Ra plushie. "I wuff my Inged Dagon uff Wa dowwy!"

Robbie ate a slice of apple. "You gots lots of dolls!"

"Yup! I dot a Asic Incest! I gots a Chain of Heart! I dots a Battle Fox! I dots a Boo Eyes Dagon! My Unkie Seto wuffs his Boo Eye! I dots a Tim Wissar! Dat's my Unkie Puppy's fay-fit! E also gots a Wed Eyes Dagon! Dat his udder fay-fit! I also dots a Pelvic Guardininan! Unkie Yugi wuffs dat monner!"

"Wow!" Robbie's eyes lit up.

"My Unkie Tissan tend me a dowwy, too! He ten me a Kiber Conondor!"

Robbie picked up the Blue Eyes and played with its wings. "Blue Eyes tacks the Battle Ox!" Robbie made the toy knock down the Battle Ox. "Yeah! Blue Eyes wins! Horray!"

Aten pointed to his gorilla. "I dots dat for me birfday!"

Robbie looked up at Aten. "Hey, Aten? Was your uncle right about your belly button? Will your butt fall off if you press too hard?"

Aten sat in front of Robbie. "My Unkie Puppy was waffing. I haff no idea."

Robbie pulled up his shirt and exposed his belly button. "I never tried it."

Aten pulled up his shirt and exposed his belly button. "Yours wooks diffent dan mine! It's ticking out! Wobbie you bewwy buntton is fawwing out!"

Ryou climbed the stairs and was standing at the door when he heard Aten's voice quiver.

"Wobbie! Your bewwy buntton is ticking more!"

Robbie's voice quivered. "Oh no! Puss it back in bifore it falls out!"

The color drained from Ryou's face. What were the two boys doing behind the closed doors?

Ryou slowly opened he door and found both boys exposing their belly buttons to each other.

"Wobbie! Old till! I'll puss it bat in!" Aten said pushing Robbie's belly button in.

"OW! Don't press too hard! Remember what your Uncle Seto said! I don't want my bum to fall off!"

Ryou covered his face trying not to laugh so the chibis could hear.

"I like my bum where it is! I don't wanna be a boy with no butt! They'll not only call me 'Limpy!' They'll call me 'No-Butt Boy'!"

Ryou stopped laughing. The kids picked on Robbie? They mocked him because he walks with an obvious limp?

Aten removed his finger and Robbie leaned over poking Aten's belly button.

Robbie looked closely. "I can't find your belly button!"

"My Unkie Puppy tays dat I haff one, but it's invincible. He talled it an 'innie' bewwy bunton."

Robbie's eyes widened. "Doesn't invincible mean it can't be beaten?"

Aten shrugged. "I dunno."

"COOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! You have a cool belly button if it's invincible!"

Ryou covered his mouth turning red. He didn't know whether to laugh or go in there and squish both of them with hugs and kisses they were being so cute.

Aten cocked his head to the side. "What is a bewwy buntton anyway?"

"I asked my mommy and she said that's how I ate when I was in my mommy's belly."

Aten looked at his belly. "So. It's anutter mouf?"

Robbie sighed. "I took a slappy happy French fry from Captain Happy Buns and I tried to feed it!"

"Did it eat it?"

Robbie's eyes opened in horror. "I never saw the French fry again!"

Aten's eyes widened. "Oh noo! I neffer fee my bewwy buntton tince I was bornded! It muss be weawwy hungie!"

Ryou bit his lip turning more red as his son stuck a piece of apple in his belly button. "Eat! Eat, Misser Bewwy!"

The apple fell out of the belly button.

Aten shrieked and began to sob. "MY BEWWY BUNTTON'S DEAD! I TILLED MY BEWWY BUNTTON! Wake up, Misser Bewwy!" Aten grabbed his belly and shook it desperately trying to "revive" his "dead" belly button.

Robbie leaned over and grabbed Aten's arm. "Maybe it's asleep, Aten! You don't eat when you're sleeping!" Robbie ate another apple slice. "After all, your belly had a long day at school!"

Aten looked at Robbie's belly button and then his own. "Our bewwy bunttons wook diffent!"

Robbie looked down. "Yeah."

Aten looked at his feet and at Robbie's bad foot. "Your feetses are diffent dan mine feets."

Aten scratched his hair. "Our hairs is diffent."

Robbie nodded. "My eyes are blue! Our eyes is different, too!"

Aten lay on his back and rested his head on the Battle Ox plushie. "My tisser Awia wooks diffent dan me, too! She wooks diffent betaws she woss her penis in de bafftub dwain."

Robbie's eyes widened. "You can lose your penis down the drain? My mommy never said that to me before!"

Aten whispered. "I mate sore it not doe down de dwain by sitting far back in de tub wif my Mommy Mawik or my daddy! Den, if I feel the bafftub is dawna sallow me, I cwy and hol onto my daddy! One tine I was weawwy stared de baff was dawna sallow me and my daddy ted dat he would potect me."

Robbie's eyes went wide. "I'll make sure my mommy tells the bathtub not to swallow me!"

Aten cocked his head to the side again. "If our hairs, eyes, and bewwy bunttons is diffent, I wonner what udder parts of us are different."

Ryou gave a light gasp. It was time to break this up before it went any further. Ryou walked in and gave Robbie his Tylenol. Robbie smiled up at him. "Thank you very much."

"You're very welcome, Robbie. How are your apples, boys?"

"It's dishiss!"

The boys finished their apples when Ryou suggested they play with Aria. Aten cheered. "Yeah! Wobbie, you effer pay wif dowwies?"

"Umm…I have G.I. Joe and plastic soldiers. I gots toy boats and army toys."

"My tisser hass de best dowwies!"

Ryou picked both boys up and carried them downstairs.

Aria played with her old dolls and the new Barbie dolls. She gave names to the new dolls and pushed them around in the convertible car.

Aten and Robbie sat with Aria. "Tan we pay wif you?" Aten asked.

Aria turned to Robbie. She grabbed a red-haired doll. "This is Missy! She is my dolly…not yours! Missy is going to the movies and she needs to look pretty so guys will like her and stuff!" Aria grabbed a long, black dress and a piece of red ribbon.

"Dress her prettily so she can go out to the movies."

Robbie looked at the dress confused. He never had to dress his dolls.

Aria handed Jessica to Aten and Aten shivered.

"I no wan dat dowwy, Awia! Dat dowwy wass mean to me!"

Aria turned Jessica around and growled at her, her white hair twitching. "Jessica, you no be mean to Aten! I no teashed you to be mean!....Oh yeah? Jessica, you are cranky! You need to go to early bedtime!"

Aria put Jessica in the doll bed. "Sorry, Aten. You can play with Katerina She's also going to the movies with Missy."

Aten stripped Katerina and looked at Robbie who was confused.

"Wass de madder?"

"What do I do?"

"Undess de dowwy."

Robbie looked clumsy as he struggled with the snaps. Aria chatted at length about her dolls. Aten showed Robbie how to put the dress on the doll.

"You do this with your sister a lot?"

Aten nodded. "Yup! She teashed me how to dess a dowwy. We pay todedder aw de tine."

Robbie finished and put the dolly down. Aria squealed and hugged Missy. "She wooks bootyful! Now she needs a purse, a hat, a bwacewet and wipstick for her to be done!" Aria handed Robbie a box of accessories. Robbie scratched his head. "Robbie, take a purse, a hat, a coat, boots, a necklace, and wipstick for Missy."

Robbie took one of each.

"Now put dat tuff on her." Aten said.

Robbie put the accessories on the doll except for the lipstick. "How do you put on lipstick?"

Aten showed him how to apply lipstick. Robbie put her down and sighed. "She's done."

Aria shook her head. "I FORDOT GLOVES!" Aria tossed a pair of gloves at Robbie. "Put them on her!"

Robbie put them on her and Aria squealed again. "SHE'S PERFIT!" Aria put Missy into the car. "How's Katerina?"
Aten held up the doll. "All done!"

A knock came at the door and Aria dashed for it. "I want open! I want open!"

Bakura lifted Aria up to answer the door and Mrs. Morgan stood there looking tired. "Hello, Mrs. Robbie's mom!"

"Hello," she smiled at the child with the bat-wing spikes. "What's your name?"

"Aria Kanika bat Bakura!"

Mrs. Morgan stood confused.

Bakura snickered quietly. "Oh! I'm sorry…I'm teaching her Arabic, too, Mrs. Morgan. She said her name is 'Aria Kanika, daughter of Bakura. I'm her father, Bakura Osiris Itemri."

Mrs. Morgan blushed. "Oh! I apologize. My Arabic isn't…as good as yours, Aria. Mind if I call you Aria?"

Aria's face lit up and she nodded excitedly.

Aten ran to Mrs. Morgan with the doll that Robbie dressed. "Wobbie dessed dis dowwy! Did he dood a good chob?"

Mrs. Morgan nodded, chuckling. "Yes, he did."

Robbie limped to his mother. "My shoes are updaitrs, mommy."

"I'll get them," Ryou said running upstairs. He came down and Mrs. Morgan had her son up in her arms, his head buried in his mother's shoulder. "I just gave him some chewable children's Tylenol."

Mrs. Morgan began to rock the little boy in her arms. "Aww….is my little man's leg hurting him today?"

Robbie nodded. "I can't climb the steps again, mommy."

Mrs. Morgan planted a kiss on the little boy's scalp. "Alright, baby. I'll get you home and you can take a nap."

Robbie rubbed his eyes and nuzzled in closer to his mother.

Aten tugged on Ryou's jeans. "Pit me up, mommy!" Ryou picked up Aten, who leaned over to Robbie. "Wobbie, you aseep?"

Robbie yawned and shook his head. "No," he said with a whimper.

"He was no problem, Mrs. Morgan."

Aten watched as Robbie's hand slowly slid off his mother and fell limp at her side.

"He's exhausted. Just put his shoes in his schoolbag, if you can. I have my hands full."

Malik came to the door carrying Robbie's schoolbag. Ryou opened the camouflage schoolbag and put his white sneakers inside. Malik's eyes looked at the sleeping boy. Ryou put the schoolbag in Mrs. Morgan's hooked finger.

"I'd love to have Aten and Aria over some day."

"Can Wobbie tom offer tome udder day, mommy?" Aten asked excitedly.

"I don't see why not, baby."

"Tankoo, mommy!"

Mr. Morgan smiled. "Thank you for taking care of him again, Ryou."

Malik watched the sleeping chibi as Mrs. Morgan walked away. His focus was taken quickly by the child's twisted foot, curved to the side and slightly red. 'So that's why the poor thing is in pain,' Malik thought. They watched the mother seat the child in the carseat and place his socks on his feet to keep them warm. She shut the door and waved again. "Thank you!"

Mrs. Morgan drove off. Aten waved goodbye as Unkie Seto drove up.

"SQUEE! Unkie Seto came!" Aria squealed.

Seto and Joey saw Aria's balloon and blushed. Bakura came limping down the stairs with the kids overnight bags.

Joey snickered. "She got you with the balloon, didn't she, Bakura?"

"She poked me in the ass in the shower."

Seto clenched his eyes and took Aria's hand. "I've already heard too much. Let's go, Aria." Aria carried her balloon to Seto's limo, whacking Seto's butt with it the entire time.

Watching Seto's limo drive away he was planning on making this night a night to remember.

Updates: Tuesday.