Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hostile Takeover ❯ Holidays ( Chapter 66 )

I left out a couple of presents on purpose. I plan to use them later on in the fic.

Black Moon dust: Glad you like. Here, Seto fights with Lights.

Valea: MM…Samoa girl scout cookies…..send some to Canada!!!!!!!!

Seto lover and Bakurasgirl worshipper: mmm….right now all I can do is cuddle the boys. Miss cuddling the wife…..BADLY!

Naiho Necko: Mm…gay icing.

Lady Elfskye: Thanks, babe.

Ryous mistress: I like Chai tea. But it's sad when even tea upsets the stomach.

Shadow of Light: Hope you're still here.

Terra: Aww….must…squish……Terra…*SQUISH*

Kanika: I;ve been in bed all week. I'm sick of my room and looking at my blue wall.

artimus: I thought it would be different. Plus, fevers a re a funny thing.]

Jade: Marik and Malik like it that way. I know..it scares me, too.

Anon: mmm…Tim Hortons.

Holidays

Robbie opened his eyes and his face lit up with a big smile. Christmas morning! Robbie saw that Aten was still asleep. He gripped Aten's arm and shook him excitedly. "Aten, wake up!"

Aten's eyes shot open and he let out a loud shriek of fear. "Gantfatter! No! No tush me!"

Miranda was startled from her dream when she saw Aten huddle closer to her body.

"Robbie? What are you doing?"

"Just waking up and telling Aten it's time to wake up! Santa must have come here, too! I hope he knows we stayed here last night."

Aten shook his head and saw Robbie kneeling beside him. "Wobbie, no take me wike dat! It tares me!"

Robbie jumped off of the bed and jumped up and down excitedly. "Let's go check the tree, Aten!"

Aten's eyes lit up. "Otay!"

Miranda yawned as the chibis ran out of the room. She heaved a sigh. "Merry Christmas, Daniel…wherever you are. I love you."

Aria and Mokuba were waiting outside the library door when Aten and Robbie arrived. Hayden was shifting uncomfortably outside of the door.

Aria jumped up and down. "I was a really good girl this year! I know Santa's gonna give me lots of peasants!"

Hayden sighed, lowering his head. "I was a bad boy this year. I don't think they'll be any toys under the tree for me."

Aten hugged Hayden tightly. "I ture you no bad, Aiden! I tink I wass a good boy. I dit what I wass told."

Robbie looked around. "Why are we waiting out here?"

Aria leaned against the wall. "My mommy and daddy are nakkie in bed togetter. My mommy needs to get dressed."

Robbie shrugged. "Oh…Okay."

Tristan emerged from his room, his hands clutching a thermos of fresh coffee. Tristan had woken up at the crack of dawn to get the first cup of coffee from his favorite coffee shop across town.

Otogi yawned. "Was it worth it waking up at four in the morning?"

"Coffee is always worth getting up for, Otogi. I thought you learned that since you started hanging around me."

Otogi shook his head and rubbed his temple. "I haven't had my cappuccino yet. I hope Seto's got some going."

Aria jumped up and down. "Hi, Unkie Tistan! Did you find the quarter in Unkie Otogi's pants last night?"

Tristan grinned devilishly. "Yeah, I found something, but it wasn't a quarter."

Otogi elbowed him. "Tristan!"

"What? I didn't do anything!"

Seto and Joey emerged from their bedroom in their matching bathrobes as Marik and Malik exited their bedroom. Mokuba ran to Seto and threw his arms around his big brother's waist.

Seto yawned. "How many dollars in damage did you do to my newly refurbished room, you two?"

Malik shrugged. "Nothing."

Marik grinned. "You don't trust me, do you, Kaiba?"

Seto shook his head. "Everytime you stay in my home, a piece of furniture ends up needing replacement."

"Coincidence."

Seto crossed his arms. "So, was the fact that you and Ryou got---" Seto looked down at the chibis standing around. "So, the fact that you and Ryou got whipped cream all over my three hundred year old rug was a coincidence?"

Marik scratched his chin. "Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. No pun intended."

Seto rolled his eyes. "I did not need a hentai joke so early in the morning, Rod-Boy."

Aten snickered. "My daddy is a entai!"

Marik sighed. "Even my own son calls me a hentai! I am not a hentai!"

Robbie cocked his head to the side. "What's a hentai?"

Much to Seto's relief, Yami and Yugi appeared to distract everyone from Robbie's question.

Aria stood beside Seto, growling and snarling. Aten hid behind Robbie, cowering.

Marik crossed his arms. "Good morning, Yugi. Yami, what are YOU doing here?"

"I'm here because of Yugi. Happy now?"

"I'd be much happier if you'd leave," Marik said angrily.

Yami grinned. "Well, Ishtar, you'll just have to learn to live with it."

"What's a hentai?" Robbie insisted.

Seto shook his head. "Nothing you need to worry about now, Robbie." Seto knocked on the door to the library. "Are you both awake?"

Ryou called for them to come in. Seto opened the door and the children scurried into the room and stopped staring at the big pile of presents.

Mokuba cheered, wrapping his arms around Seto's waist again. "My big brother is the best in the whole world!" Mokuba ran for the presents.

Aria and Robbie squealed with an ear-piercing sound. "SANTA CAME!" Robbie and Aria ran for the presents under the tree.

Aten and Hayden looked up at Seto sadly. "Did I get any presents, Mr. Kaiba?"

Kaiba kneeled beside Hayden. "Aten, go find your presents."

"Dere's pessents for me?" Aten asked.

"Yeah. Go find them."

Aten walked slowly to the tree, kneeling beside Robbie on the floor.

Seto looked into the blue-green eyes of his adopted son. "Hayden, I'm…I'm glad you could be here to celebrate with us."

Hayden looked down. "But….I was a bad boy this year. My uncle…..my uncle always called me a bad boy. I did bad things to people. Naughty things. Bad boy things."

Seto slowly took Hayden's hand. "Hayden, you are not a bad boy."

Joey leaned down. "What happened was not your fault, Hayden. Your uncle was a real jerk."

"I never got presents when I stayed with him."

Seto tilted Hayden's chin up. "We would never deny you, Hayden. We love you too much."

Hayden's eyes filled with tears. "Really? You….love me?"

Joey leaned down and kissed Hayden on the forehead. "You bet we do, kiddo!"

Seto opened his arms. "You can hug me if you want, you know."

Hayden's freckled face smiled. He jumped onto Seto and wrapped his arms around Seto's neck in a tight hug. "Thank you…..dad."

Joey and Seto's eyes filled with tears at Hayden's surprising word.

Seto buried his face in Hayden's shoulder and let out a muffled sob. "I've waited so long to hear you call me that, Hayden. That's all I wanted for the holidays. I wanted to hear you call me 'dad'…even if it was only once.

Joey yawned. "I better go see if Miranda's awake."

Miranda entered the room in a satin nightgown with thin straps. Joey smiled at her. Seto swallowed hard.

"Good morning, Miranda. Sleep well?"

Miranda looked at Seto and grinned. "How could a girl not sleep well after seeing

your present to Seto? Good morning, Seto Kaiba," she grinned noting how pale Seto was becoming. "I trust you slept well, boys?"

Joey blushed. "Very well."

Miranda's eyes examined Seto up and down and winked at the CEO. "Let's say we open our presents, then, shall we?"

Miranda walked away, swaying her hips side-to-side, enjoying taunting the CEO further. So it was true…..Seto Kaiba was made physically nauseous by women's bodies. Miranda heard the rumor, but she never believed it. Now, it was too funny to see it actually happen!

Joey rubbed Seto's back. "Miranda is really something."

Seto pulled out a package of pills for upset stomachs. He took a pill. "This is going to be a long day."

Aria, Aten, Robbie, Hayden, and Mokuba sat around the tree. Seto refused to sit on the couch where Ryou and Bakura slept the night before.

Seto distributed the his presents to the kids and to his friends next.. Seto gave Bakura an envelope.

"Aria, seeing as I can't keep from buying chocolate for you, here are twenty shares in the Hershey's Corporation. I'm giving it to your daddy so he can put this somewhere safe. Also, I bought you a lifetime supply of M&M's."

Aria's eyes lit up. "M's!!!! Thank you, Unkie Seto!"

Joey handed Aria a present. "This is from me, Aria."

Aria opened up the present. Aria gasped. "A Rainbow brite dolly!!!!!! Thank you! I love dollies!" Aria wrapped her arms around Joey's leg tightly in a hug. "Can I hold it? Please?"

Joey opened the box as Seto gave a present to Aten.

"This is from me, Aten," Seto said standing back.

Aten opened up the present and bounced excitedly. "A pook!"

"That's a book about Egypt, Aten. It's in English so you can improve your language skills. If has everything about the pharaohs and the pyramids."

Aten reached up and hugged his uncle. "Tankoo, Unkie Seto! Diss will elp me wif my Ingish!"

Joey removed the doll from the packaging and gave the Rainbow Brite doll to Aria. She cuddled the soft doll against her body and sighed happily.

Ryou handed Aria a present. She opened it up and gasped. "Another dolly!"

"You can brush her hair and she can walk if you hold her hand, Aria. It comes with a pretty purple brush so you can play with her hair."

Aria ran to her mother. "Thank you, mommy! This will help me when I become a mommy someday!"

Yami narrowed his eyes and blocked his mindlink with Yugi. 'You won't be a mother if I have anything to say about it, Aria Kanika! I'll make sure it never happens!'

Bakura let out a growl. //That's it! She gets a chastity belt when she turns thirteen!//

/Yami! She's a little girl./

Bakura grabbed another present. Aria opened it up and found it was new dresses for her dolls. Aria hugged her father.

Ryou gave Aten a small gift. "Aten, baby, this is from me."

Aten looked into his mother's eyes. "I wass a good boy dis year?"

Ryou nodded. "Yes you were, my angel. This is for you."

Robbie watched as Aten opened the tiny present. Aten raised an eyebrow at the velvet box.

"I dot a box?"

"Look inside, Aten," Robbie said.

Aten opened the box and saw a silver heart necklace inscribed "Aten." The chibi looked up. "Tankoo, mommy!"

Robbie's eyes lit up. "Wow! Aten, that is so neat!"

Ryou put it around Aten's neck and it hung loosely around his skinny neck. "I know you wanted Santa to bring you a new heart, Aten. He said he couldn't give you a real heart, but he was able to give you this."

Aten looked down. "Tanta no bing a weal good heart for me? Oh……okay."

Ryou kissed Aten's forehead. "Cheer up, baby. You're lucky to have so many gifts today. Some children woke up this morning without presents."

"Weawwy? I'd be tad if I no haff pessents."

Marik gave Aria dress up clothing and Malik gave her a Seiyaryu plushie. Aria was excited, knowing she could now pretend to be a princess or a fairy. Malik knew she enjoyed plushies and anything she could cuddle up to while she slept.

Otogi bought Aria chocolate covered coffee beans. "You can take these to Uncle Tristan's place when you go over, Aria," he said with a smirk.

Tristan narrowed his eyes at his lover. "You are so dead, Dice-boy!"

Bakura bought Aria a necklace like Aten's, but it was inscribed with "Aria" in hieroglyphics. "That's for my little desert flower."

Aria wrapped her arms around Bakura again. "I love my daddy!"

Ryou gave Aten dress-up clothing so he could play with his sister. Yugi gave Aten a Kuriboh plushie.

Aten squealed with excitement over a Paint-By-Number watercolor set given to him by Joey. Aten could paint a picture of a mother monkey holding a baby monkey.

Aten squealed. "MONEYS! MONEYS! Tankoo, Unkie Puppy!" Joey hugged the chibi.

"No problem, Aten! This will also help you with your numbers."

Marik bought Aten a plushie of the god Anubis. Seto bought Aten a giant teddy bear and another giant monkey.

Aten snuggled into the bear as Robbie continued to open his presents.

Robbie squealed when he opened the present from his absent father. Robbie received Duel Monster cards. Robbie opened the package of cards and gasped.

Robbie read the magic card. "'Selfless Sacrifice'! Sacrifice one monster on the field and raise your Life Points by the monster's attack points. Wow!"

Aten grinned. "Dat's a good tard, Wobbie!"

Robbie raised his eyes to look into Aten's eyes. "Aten, I want you to have this card."

Everyone in the room fell silent.

"Wobbie, your daddy dot you dat tard You weawwy wan to diff it to me?"

Robbie grinned. "Yup!" Robbie flipped through his new cards. "Oh! Take this one, too, Aten. I already have one of these. It's called "The Loyal Friend." (2600/2600). This way a part of me with be in your deck. This card is OUR card! You'll need it someday."

Aten took the card and smiled. "Tankoo, Wobbie!"

"Merry Christmas, Aten."

"Mewwy Kistmas, Wobbie."

Aten and Robbie hugged. Ryou and Miranda exchanged glances.

Marik handed Aten a present. Aten opened it up and gasped. His father had bought him more cards for his deck.

"I got you some of the best cards, son. 'Offerings to the Doomed' allows you to destroy one monster on your opponents field. I also was able to get you some very rare cards: Vengeful Assailant (2500/1500). Victims of Silence (0/3500). Robber of Innocence (3800/2500). Also, Seto gave me this to give to you: The Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Those are some powerful cards, Aten."

Bakura snickered and turned to Yami. "Aten could kick your ass with those cards, pharaoh."

Yami glared at the tomb-robber.

Yugi turned to Yami. "Yami, give Aten his present."

Yami handed Aten a package. Inside the box was one card: Early Death. "When your opponent summons a monster, Aten, it is destroyed. This is a continuous trap card. It can only be removed by a card to remove traps."

Yami walked up to Aria and glared down at her, giving her a tiny present. Her hair twitched and she growled up at Yami. "Defender of the Weak (3500/3000). There's one powerful card for your deck. You'll need it."

Aria growled. "Oh yeah, I don't need forty cards to beat you, Auntie Yami!"

"That sounds like a challenge, Aria Kanika!"

Seto gripped Yami's arm. "Hey, leave her alone, Yami. Oh, Aria and Aten. There is one gift I have to give both of you."

Seto handed Aria and Aten two boxes. Aten opened his up and Aria squealed.

"A Duel Dick!" Aten proclaimed loudly.

Miranda's jaw dropped and her eyes widened. Everyone blushed red, except Marik, who found the mispronunciation quite amusing.

"Aten, that's a Duel DISK! Now you and your sister can duel."

Robbie watched as Aten put his duel disk on his left arm. "Aten! Wow! You look neat!"

Seto whispered to Joey. "Go get one for Robbie, too."

Joey left and returned with a duel disk for Robbie.

"Thank you, Mr. Unkie Puppy!" Robbie squealed as he hugged Joey's leg tightly.

Tristan gave both of the kids dream catchers.

Yugi gave Aria Duel Monsters cards from his shop: Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician, Red Dark Magician, Dark Paladin, and the Dark Magician Knight.

"Thank you, Uncle Yugi!" Aria purred as she cuddled into Yugi's chest.

Yami leaned down to Yugi. "You never said you would give her the Dark Magicians, Yugi."

Yugi shrugged. "I thought she would like Dark Magician Girl, Yami. Besides, this way she'll always remember her Uncle Yugi is right beside her."

Malik gave Aten and Aria a Build-A-bear set. Aten could construct a monkey out of his. Malik also gave them elf plushies. Aten received a boy and Aria received a girl.

"Thank you, Mommy Malik," Aria said grinning.

Aten avoided looking into Malik's eyes. "Tankoo, Mawik," he said quietly.

Joey gave Aria a case of Hershey Almond Bars. "Here you do, Aria, now you can have chocolate whenever you want. Here's some Holiday M&M's, too."

Aria bounced up and down excitedly. "I LOVE MY UNKIE PUPPY!"

Robbie looked around at all of his gifts. His mom had bought him a Cyber Commander plushie, new G.I.Joes, a new set of Army men, a set of toy Navy Ships that he could play with in the bathtub, more cards, and a fleet of toy tanks he could assemble.

Hayden received tons of books, more race cars, and the entire Hot Wheels series. Hayden looked around him excitedly, his entire body trembling from not knowing which toy to play with first.

Mokuba received clothes and new board games. Seto bought him a crystal and black marble Chess set. Mokuba had become addicted to Chess and loved playing board games.

Ryou received a tin of cookies from Otogi, who enjoyed cooking homemade treats. "Thank you, Otogi. Chocolate chip is my favorite!"

Joey handed Ryou a present and stood over Ryou. "That's from me, Ryou."

Ryou opened the present and found a photo album. He opened it up and found pictures of when they were in high school together. Bakura saw some of the pictures which had been taken while he was beating on Ryou. Bakura never left any visible scars or bruises. Despite the torture Bakura put him through, many of the pictures had Ryou smiling.

"Joey….did you do this for me?"

Ryou turned the page and had he saw pictures of when he was pregnant with Aria and Aten as a girl. Aten pointed to his picture as a baby in the incubator, tubes and wires connected to his thin two pound body.

"That's me ass a baby!"

Aria pointed to herself as an infant laying on her stomach, a big smile on her chubby little face. "That's me, mommy! I'm a baby!"

Ryou turned to page to find Joey holding Baby Aten in the air wearing only his diaper. Aten's eyes were clenched shut as he smiled.

Seto turned the page. "My favorite picture is in here, too, Ryou." The photo was a picture of Seto fast asleep with a sleeping Baby Aria on his chest. Baby Aria suckled on her thumb as she snuggled into the powerful CEO's chest.

Ryou saw pictures of a naked Aria in the tub growling at the camera. Below the picture was the caption: 'Aria trying to dominate the camera and send it to the Shadow Realm.'

The group let out a laugh.

Beside that was Aten asleep on his stomach, his white and blond hair covering his face. The caption read: 'Aten watching Unkie Seto do his taxes.'

Ryou jumped up. "Joey! This is the best present I could get!" Ryou hugged the blond tightly.

Tristan received at least thirty different types of coffee, much to Otogi's dismay. He also received a new industrial-sized coffee thermos.

"Do you people know what he's going to do to me with that much coffee in the apartment?" Otogi protested.

Marik grinned. "Don't count on sleeping for a few days, that's for sure."

Otogi pouted and crossed his arms. "Very funny, Marik."

"Don't be so grouchy, Dice-Boy. Geeze, do you have PMS or something?"

Otogi growled. "I AM NOT A WOMAN! YOU HEAR ME?!"

Miranda snickered. "Hmm…Well, what's the source of all of the high-pitched squealing I hear from fifteen blocks away in Tristan's apartment?"

Otogi stood up. "That's it! I'm leaving!"

Miranda grabbed Otogi's arm. "We're only playing, Otogi!"

Otogi sat back down and pouted.

Marik received some Duel Monsters cards, some clothing, and a video in a black case.

Marik raised an eyebrow at Joey when Joey gave it to him. Marik opened it up and it was labeled: 'XXX. Cheesy Wieners.'

Marik narrowed his eyes at Joey. "I am about two seconds away from mind-controlling you again and making you kick yourself in the ass."

Joey and Seto laughed hard. "Couldn't resist. That came from our own stash. We don't watch that one anymore."

Malik received some clothes, some recipe books that included dishes that were heart-friendly for Aten, and a crystal pyramid from his yami.

"Aren't you going to give Ryou his present, Bakura?" Joey asked him.

Bakura grinned and raised an eyebrow. "Already done."

"Don't you have anything for Ryou to unwrap?"

Bakura grinned wider. "Already done."

Everybody but Miranda let out a groan. Bakura reached into his back pocket.

"Actually, I do have something for Ryou."

Bakura got on his knees in front of Ryou and pulled out a velvet case. "Ryou, my heart, this is for you." Bakura opened up the case and a ring was inside. The ring had a red stone with a gold heart in the middle. A diamond was placed on both sides of the heart.

"I even had it inscribed with our vows. 'Together Forever.'" Bakura took the ring and slipped it on Ryou's finger. "For my Christmas Angel. My mortal half."

Ryou admired the ring with tears in his eyes. "Oh….Bakura….Gods, I love you!"

Ryou pulled Bakura into a deep kiss, sending both of them moaning.

"Break it up, you two," Marik said poking Bakura with his Millennium Rod. "Woman and chibis are present."

Bakura pulled back, growling at Marik. "Spoiled-sport."

Aten looked through the cards he received. Aten's eyes widened. Robbie saw Aten's shocked face. "Wow, Aten! I've never seen that card before! 'Prey Upon The Innocent.'

Wow! What an effect! Your opponent has to remove all of his or her magic cards from his deck for the rest of the duel! WOW!"

Aten grinned. "I wike dat tard! Dat does in my deck."

Yami approached Aten. "So, Aten. How do you like your presents?"

Aten avoided Yami's gaze. "Good."

"Do you want to try your new Duel Disk? Do you want to face me in a duel?"

Yami saw Aten's hair give a slight twitch. "I'll go easy on you. Duelist Kingdom rules…no sacrifices."

Aten jumped up. "My deck iss in Aiden's woom! Mommy, daddy! Auntie Yami and I are dawna drool!"

Marik raised an eyebrow at the pharaoh. "You? You are going to duel my son?"

Yami grinned. "I'll go easy on him. I have to go to Grandpa's car and get my deck."

Ryou and Yugi watched Yami leave suspiciously.

Ryou narrowed his eyes. "I don't trust him, Marik."

Yami turned to Aten. "I will meet you in the dueling arena."

Yami left and Marik gripped his Millennium Rod.

"Malik, stay here. I have to follow the pompous pharaoh."

The hikari gave his yami a kiss and pursued. Yami didn't go to the parking garage. He instead headed to the dueling arena Seto had made specifically for him. Marik narrowed his eyes as he crept behind Yami, careful not to be detected.

Yami walked into the control room and pushed several buttons. Slowly, a gauge started reducing. Marik stood in the doorway.

"What the hell are you doing, pharaoh?"

Yami turned angrily towards Marik. "Why did you follow me? You don't trust me?"

Marik leaped over to Yami and pinned him against the control panel. He looked over.

"You're eliminating the safety protocols, aren't you?! When Aten gets hit, he'll be killed!"

Yami snickered. "What a loss that would be! I'm sure you would be heartbroken! You're nothing but a heartless killer like your fuck-buddy Bakura!"

Marik's hair became spiky and his eyes glowed red. He slapped Yami across the face. "You crossed the line, pharaoh!"

Yami growled. "I will not let those brats try to foil my plans again! I will not stop until their blood flows in rivers!" Yami kicked Marik.

Marik staggered back and Yami slammed the blond against the wall of the control room. Both yamis growled and snarled at each other. Marik ducked Yami's punch and slammed a fist into Yami's gut.

Yami reached for him and Marik rolled out of the way to kick Yami in the back.

Marik raised his Millennium Rod to hit Yami on the back of the neck when the pharaoh jumped out of the way.

"If his heart doesn't kill him first, Marik Ishtar, I will have the pleasure of doing it myself like I did in the past. Do you know how I killed your son in the past?"

Marik growled, his body trembling in anger. "What did you do to my son?"

"I stabbed him through the back. The blade emerged from his stomach. Of course that is nothing compared to the death I gave Aria. I slit her from ear-to-ear. Her and her unborn child suffered the consequences of standing in my way. Seth perished at my hand sometime later."

Marik snarled. "My blood is on your hands, too, pharaoh! I will not let you destroy my child!"

Marik raised his Millennium Rod and it glowed. Yami's Puzzle glowed. Two beams of energy collided and struggled for dominance.

"Didn't you know, you fool, that the Puzzle is the pharaoh's possession and is the most powerful item of them all?"

Yami's energy beam struggled to overpower Marik. Sweat beaded on Marik's face as the energy beam neared him.

"Time to sleep, Spirit of the Millennium Rod."

Yami's energy beam shot directly to Marik, forcing him into the wall. The yami slammed the back of his head on the hard metal and fell limp on the floor, his body shaking from the electrical shock.

Yami grinned as he looked at the safety parameters. Aten arrived downstairs. Yami hurried to the car and grabbed his duel disk.

Seto, Miranda, Robbie, Joey, Aria, Ryou, Bakura, Yugi, and Malik waited at the bottom of the elevated platform.

Aten shuffled his deck and placed it in the Duel Disk. "Weady."

Robbie cheered from the floor. "GO ATEN! ATEN! ATEN! ATEN!"

Aria looked at Yami and growled. Her hair twitched with frustration and fury. Nobody saw her eyes turn color. Her canines sharpened. Her nails became razor-sharp. 'My brother is going to lose.'

Yami narrowed his eyes and shuffled his deck. "Okay, Aten, it's time to duel!"

Next Chappie: Aten Vs. Yami

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