Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Journey to Heaven ❯ A Place In My Heart ( Chapter 33 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

WARNING: SETO X JOEY LEMON AT END OF CHAPPIE!!!!

Kat: Cliffhangers are good….I mean, bad! *evil grin* More to come, be assured.

UkeToSetosSeme: Wow! I haven't seen a review for a long time from ya! *hugs and hands Seto plushie*

Draza: No one involved in the story will die in this chappie. Promise.

Black Butterfly: Oh, after this chappie, I will be a little less evil…but the cliffhanger is evil.

Marik Ishtar77: Well, Asher continues his affinity for fire here.

Elusive dreamer: You know, you're right. It was by Shania twain. Oopsie. I'll be sure to look it up. I will need more monsters in the next story for the duel.

2lazy: No, my partner and I separated and I'm no longer in Canada. I'm in the eastern time zone. Yes, Seto's wedding will be chaos…and a lemon to compensate.

Shadow of Light: Nope engine not good news.

Peepsake: *hands Aten and Robbie plushie and pats on back* here's the next fun part, chaos and lemon!

YakariTaito: That noise is not a pretty thing.

A Place In My Heart

Seto and Joey looked around as they heard the sound of the engine grew louder. A loud eruption of gunfire sounded and a large armored car burst through the iron gate of the Kaiba Summer Home.

The sound of automatic gunfire erupted from the car.

The children playing in the yard cried out and ran for the adults. Ivy, Ceres, and Lily looked around, terrified.

“Mommy?! Daddy?!”

Otogi and Tristan found the kids and grabbed them quickly. They ran Mokuba's children inside to safety.

People darted away from the armored car in panic. Glenn and Yugi screamed as the car sped towards the crowd, weapons blazing.

Glenn grabbed Yugi and pulled him towards the house.

“Glenn! What about Seto?!”

“Come on, Yugi!”

Glenn followed the crowd, fleeing towards the house to escape the gunfire.

Donny and Asher ran towards the source of the gunfire as the car's tires tore up the grass.

“What the hell?! Asher, get the guests into the mansion! Go!”

Asher ran off and the rest of the department ran towards him, their pistols pointed at the armored car.

Donny removed his revolver and fired at the car's tires. The tires had armor plating around the rubber to prevent them being shot out. Painted on the car's door was the symbol `CFMV.'

Donny narrowed his eyes. “What does `CFMV' mean?”

Karl gasped. “That's the Crusaders emblem!”

Jay nodded. “Yeah! I'd know that symbol anywhere!”

Donny growled. “We have to stop that thing, guys!”

The car raced towards them, their semi-automatic weapons firing.

“Take cover!” Donny yelled.

The panicked crowd ran towards the mansion. Bakura and Marik had been separated from their hikaris.

/Yami!/

//Ryou! Where are you?!//

/Where are you?/

Marik looked anxiously around for Malik and his son. “ATEN! MALIK!”

Jaimen ran around looking for Seto. “DAD! WHERE ARE YOU?”

The armored car ran into a table, as the table's contents spilled onto the ground.

A flood of bullets it the table around Aten and Robbie. The two boys ducked underneath a table to avoid the gunfire.

Aria held Kailani close to her as the bullets raced by her. “UMI!”

Umi raced towards her. “I'm here, angel! Quick! Into the house!”

“Where's mother and father?!”

A bullet embedded itself into the wall beside Kailani.

“Let's get you and the baby inside first!”

Miranda ran around looking for her son. “Robbie! Robbie!”

Asher ran up to Miranda. “Get inside, Miranda!”

“Asher, I can't find Robbie!”

“I look. You go inside.”

Miranda ran towards the mansion.

Asher helped the fleeing guests into the house and pulled out a gun, firing at the car.

The armored car turned sharply as the Public Relations Department fired their weapons at the armored car. Asher growled as he discharged his weapon. “This weapon no good. We need more FIREPOWER!”

Asher turned and ran away.

Donny turned his head angrily. “ASHER, GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!”

“Hold on, Donny….I need more firepower!”

Asher ran away before Donny could stop him.

The automatic weapons discharged towards the department. The men ducked behind the overturned table.

“Don, what's the plan?” Karl asked.

“We can't shoot the tires out,” Jay said.

Donny peeked his head over the edge of the table and more bullets flew his way. “Aim at the men inside the car. One….two…..three.”

The men fired at the armored car, their bullets flew off of the glass. The car's weapons fired again and the men ducked.

“Fuck…bullet-proof glass!”

Maxine looked around nervously for her child. “Where's Xiao-Shen?”

The engine revved up again and Alex peeked his head around the table. “IT'S COMING OUR WAY!”

The car sped towards the table and the men scurried for more shelter.

Xiao-Shen looked for his mother in a panic as the other children became separated from their parents.

The boy froze as the armored car sped towards him. Its engine roared, its weapons trained on the boy, it sped closer….and closer…and closer.

Maxine gasped as she stood by Donny. “XIAO-SHEN!”

Xiao-Shen looked at the car racing towards him too scared to move.

“XIAO-SHEN!” Maxine yelled again.

Aten gasped. “Tao-Shen! Robbie, cover me!”

“Aten, wait!”

Aten raced from under the table towards the speeding boy. The car's weapons fired at the Egyptian teen.

Robbie crawled out from under the table and hobbled into their line of sight. “COME GET ME!”

The car continued to speed towards the small boy. The little boy screamed as the car was a few feet ahead of him.

Suddenly he found himself tackled to the ground by Aten.

The car sped past Xiao-Shen and raced for Robbie.

The weapons trained on the teen with the cane and fired.

Robbie dropped to the ground as the Public Relations department fired on the car. He crawled behind the table with the Public Relations Department.

Aten grabbed Xiao-Shen and ran towards the house. One of the car's occupants fired a pistol towards him. Aten ran behind the table with the men firing at the car.

Aten panted heavily. “My…..heart…..can't take….this. Chest…pains.”

Robbie held onto Aten, whimpering and shaking. “Aten…hold on.” Aten had been scraped by the tackle of the little boy.

Maxine grabbed her child and hugged him, comforting him in Chinese.

“Karl, get Aten, Robbie, and Xiao-Shen into the house.”

The car sped away towards the fleeing Seto. It charged at full force, firing its weapons in Seto's direction. Seto and Joey dodged the bullets and ran around the corner of the building.

“Joey, get inside!”

“But…”

“PUPPY, GO!”

“But what about you?”

Seto looked around. “I have to find Jaimen!”

The blond ran inside the house.

“Where is Mokuba and Jeanie?”

Donny growled. “Where the hell is Asher?!”

Ryou looked around in a panic for Aria and Aten. He stepped behind a statue as bullets chipped away at the wall beside him. “I have to find my children!”

Bakura raced towards Ryou and grabbed his arm.

“RYOU! Get inside!”

“But where are my children?”

Bakura saw the car charging towards him. “Sorry, Ryou. I have to do this.” Bakura grabbed Ryou's shoulders and merged with Ryou, taking control of the hikari's body.

Ryou opened his eyes and found himself in his soulroom. He grabbed the door to his soulroom and it was locked. He hit, kicked the door, and struggled with the doorknob. [YAMI! NO! I HAVE TO FIND MY CHILDREN! FIND ATEN AND ARIA! MY BABIES!]

Marik ran against the fleeing crowd as another car sped into the gates. Its guns firing quickly into the crowd. Marik growled. `If Malik gets hit by one of those fire-sticks, he could be killed!'

“MALIK!”

[[Malik, where are you?!]]

[Yami Marik! Where are you?!]

[[Around the dragon fountain!]]

[I see it!Be right there!]

Bakura ran towards Marik. “Ishtar! Where's Malik!”

“He said he's coming towards me. Where's Ryou?”

Bakura tapped his head. “In here. I took over him. If he gets hit with those fire-sticks, I'm the one that will get hit….I'll suffer the pain, he won't.”

Malik ran into Marik's arms. “Yami, we have to get inside!”

The two yamis and the hikari ducked as a barrage of bullets chipped away at the dragon statue they hid under.

Marik growled. “Bakura, you may be right. Malik, I'm taking over.”

“Taking over what?”

“You.”

Marik merged with Malik, possessing his body. “Yami may have taken our powers, but we can still possess our hikaris?”

“We are still spirits, not matter what the Item's power is.”

The car sped towards the yamis and turned sharply. The weapons fired and Marik fell backwards onto the ground.

“ISHTAR!”

“It…emri…”

Bakura's arms wrapped around Marik, holding him. “Ishtar, stay with me!”

Marik reached up his arm and winced in pain. Bakura looked at Marik's chest, the shirt around the wound turned crimson quickly. The white-haired yami tore open Marik's shirt and found the yami bleeding on his chest.

“You'll be okay, Ishtar….”

Marik breathed heavy. “Bakura…Malik would be dead if I did not take over his body.”

Bakura saw Karl running towards the house with Aten, Robbie, and Xiao-Shen. “Come on, Ishtar….you can't stay here. Aten's on his way to the house.” The yami growled. “Shit….we didn't bring our decks with us! If we did, we could call our monsters in to fix this mess!”

“But that's considered…..Shadow Magic in public. We can't do that.”

Bakura held Marik in his arms. “Come on, Ishtar. Get to the house.”

“I can't even control their minds to make them stop! My Rod has no power!”

Bakura snarled. “I can't take their souls! Yami took away my power! Damn!”

Marik raised his head and saw his son racing towards the house. The second car charged towards them, firing their weapons.

Bakura shielded Marik's body with his own as the bullets flew towards Karl and the fleeing boys.

Karl fell to the ground and Jay dashed for his lover.

“Karl!”

“Aten! Take Xiao-Shen and get inside!” Karl ordered the teen.

Aten grabbed the small boy and lead Robbie and the child inside amid a rain of bullets.

Jay raced for Karl, firing his weapon at the car. “Karl, I'm coming, man! Hold on!”

The car raced for Jay as Asher emerged from the house with two sticks of dynamite. He lit the one stick with the book of matches that Donny had given him.

“FIREPOWER!” the pyromaniac cried out as he threw the lit stick of dynamite towards the car racing towards Jay.

The dynamite hit the car and it burst into flames. The burning car swerved as the flames roared from the car. Karl lifted his head to see Jay hit by the swerving car, his lover's clothing bursting into flames.
”JAY!!!! NO!”

Jay dropped to the ground and rolled to put out the flames.

Seto saw Jaimen running for the house. “JAIMEN!”

“DAD!”

The other car turned sharply and sped towards the young Kaiba.

Asher lit the other stick of dynamite as the car raced for the teen.

Seto ran for Jaimen as a rain of bullets descended on the teen. “JAIMEN!”

“DA--!”

Seto watched Jaimen fall to the ground….silent.

Seto's heart sank. “JAIMEN!”

Asher grinned as the dynamite stick lit. “FIRE GOOD!”

Seto gasped. “ASHER! DON'T!”

The man threw the dynamite stick and it hit the second car, making it burst into flames and spin out of control.

Donny saw the car swerving uncontrollably as the men inside screamed in agony. The car raced towards Seto running for his son. “Mr. Kaiba!”

Donny raced towards Seto, knocking him out of the way of the swerving car. The car slammed into the dragon statue, sending chunks of concrete towards the two yamis on the ground. Bakura covered his injured lover with his body to shield him from the debris. The flaming car stopped and the burning men ran out of the car. Alex, Joel, and Maxine fired their weapons at the men, shooting them dead as they fled the car.

Karl struggled to his feet and limped over to his trembling, burned lover. He held him. “Jay! Stay with me, baby!”

Donny struggled to his feet and pulled out his cellphone. “There's been an incident at the Kaiba Summer Home…..1891 Old Cross Road…..I have one man badly burned…..I have wounded here….gunshots…..”

Seto saw Jaimen laying on the ground still. “Son!”

Seto ran for Jaimen and held his son. “Jaimen, say something! Say something to daddy! Please don't be dead!”

Seto turned Jaimen on his back and brought the teen into his arms. “My boy…..Jaimen.”

Jaimen opened his eyes slowly. “Da---Dad….”

Seto brushed Jaimen's black hair out of his eyes. “Son, it's going to be okay…..The ambulance will come and you'll be okay.”

Jaimen's breaths came in short gasps. “Dad….you're safe.”

“Don't worry about me, Jaimen. You'll be okay, son.”

Seto held his limp son against him tightly, his tears falling down his face. The CEO kissed his son's forehead. “Please don't die, Jaimen…..please, son…”

The people in the house slowly emerged.

Joey ran out and saw Seto with Jaimen on the ground. The blond ran towards his new husband and his son.

“Jaimen? Seto?” Joey saw Jaimen's side start to turn crimson through his clothing.

Joey lifted Jaimen's shirt and saw the teen had been hit in the side and the hip. “Jaimen….”

Jaimen started wheezing and coughing. He gripped onto Seto tightly. “Dad….”

“No, No, No, Jaimen….stay with me.”

Xiao-Shen ran out of the house and into Maxine's arms. The little boy trembled in her arms as she kissed him.

She caressed her son's hair and hugged him tightly as the boy whimpered.

Mokuba emerged holding Ceres and Ivy in his arms. Jeanie cradled Lily and Cassie against her chest. Mokuba saw Seto, Joey, and Jaimen on the ground.

“Seto!”

“Don't bring the kids over here!” Seto called back to his little brother.

Mokuba put Ceres and Ivy onto the ground. “Stay here with mommy.”

Mokuba ran over to Seto and hugged his brother. “Seto! I was so worried when I didn't see you run in!”

“Where were you, Mokuba?”

“Jeanie and I were upstairs changing the baby's diaper and feeding her. Nobody would let us out to get our kids!”

Mokuba kneeled beside Jaimen. “Jaimen, are you okay?”

“C---c—cold.”

Seto removed his suit jacket and put it around Jaimen. “I can't lose you, Jaimen….hold on, son.”

Jaimen's body started to shake. “It's been a long time….since you held me like this…”

“I know, Jaimen. I'm sorry.”

“So busy….with work,” the teen muttered.

Seto hugged Jaimen. “I've been a lousy father, Jaimen. I'm no better than your mother was to you.”

Jaimen shook his head. “No….you were better to me…than..mommy.”

Seto hugged Jaimen tightly. It had been hard to hold Jaimen when he first arrived at KaibaCorp. Seto not only had to cope with the addition of a new child who was dumped on his doorstep, but also had to cope with the fact that this boy was fathered when a woman raped him. He was Jaimen's biological father….and it took a lot to adapt to the physical reminder of what the woman had done to him.

“I promise to be a better father to you, Jaimen. You're right. I've been so wrapped up in my own life that I completely forgot about the things that matter.”

Jaimen smiled. “Don't worry….d-dad. I'm…not angry.”

The ambulance sirens bellowed down the block. Ceres and Ivy ran for Mokuba, terrified.

Mokuba brought his children into his arms and held them. “It's the ambulance, kids.”

Ivy looked down. “Is Jaimen hurted?”

“Jaimen's going to be fine,” Donny said as he raced towards Jaimen.

Donny removed his jacket and applied pressure to the injury. “Stay with us, Jaimen.”

Joey held Jaimen's hand. “Stay with us, Jaimen.”

“Dad….I love you.”

Seto closed his eyes tightly and let out a sob. “Jaimen….oh please…don't.”

The ambulances entered the compound and Donny waved them to come to them. One ambulance raced towards Jaimen, the other raced towards Jay.

“Here they come, Jaimen,” Seto said. “Be strong, son.”

Jaimen's head fell limp against Seto.

“Jaimen?”

No response.
”Jaimen!”

The medics ran out of the ambulance and stepped beside Seto. “Sir, stand back, please.”

Seto stepped back, Joey's arm around him. “Joey! Jaimen! Please save him!”

Seto looked around at the fallen injured and the few who were motionless on the ground. Bakura ran to Seto.

“The medics are here? Marik's hurt.”

“How badly?” Mokuba asked.
”Well, Marik is was hit in the chest. If Marik bleeds to death, it is still Malik's body. Marik is suffering the physical pain for Malik's sake.”

Seto and Joey ran to Marik who was laying on the ground. Seto put his hand on Marik's shoulder. The yami slowly opened his eyes.

“Hi, moneybags…”

“Is Malik okay?”

Marik nodded with a whimper. “Malik is safe. That is what matters,” Marik said weakly.

Bakura held Marik's hand. “Just hang on, Ishtar…” Bakura removed his suit jacket and pressed the jacket against Marik's chest to stop the bleeding.

Otogi and Tristan stepped out of the house and looked at the destruction below. “Tristan….oh my god.”

Yugi and Glenn slowly emerged from the house and stood beside Otogi and Tristan. “This is horrible!” Glenn exclaimed.

Yugi looked up at the crying Dice Master. “Sorry, Otogi.”

“This is just….awful!”

Asher stared at the flames of the cars. “Fire….burning. Good burning.”

Aten and Robbie stepped out of the house cautiously. Aten looked around nervously at the crowd. “Mother? Mother?”

Aten saw Bakura and Marik, but not Ryou or Malik. He gripped his chest and fell to his knees. “M—mother.”

Glenn and Yugi saw Aten's panic and ran towards him. Otogi was standing too much in shock along with Tristan to notice.

“Aten? Were you shot?” Yugi asked as he checked the teen for signs of blood.

“No,” Aten said.

Robbie stood by Aten. “Aten, calm down…deep breaths.”

“Moth--!” Aten coughed as he tried to call out.

“Aten!” Aria and Umi ran for the kneeling Egyptian. “Brother, are you okay?”

Aten clung to Aria. “I can't find mother.”

Glenn and Yugi looked around them and below. “I don't see Ryou anywhere,” Glenn responded.

Aria handed Kailani to Umi and kneeled beside Aten. “Hold on, brother, the ambulances are here. You stay here with Robbie. I see our fathers below. My father can track our mother through their mindlink.”

Aria ran down the steps and found her father kneeling and cradling Marik in his arms. “Father! Father Marik! Are you hurt?”

Marik shook his head slowly. “No….I took over…Malik's body.”

“Have either of you seen mother? Aten's up there worried to death and he has chest pains again.”

Joey looked up. “I'll go take care of Aten, Seto.”

Joey ran up the stairs and saw Robbie holding Aten's hand as the Egyptian sat against the wall. Joey kneeled beside Aten.

“Aten? You still with us, son?”

Aten opened his eyes weakly. “My chest is killing me.”

“I know, Aten,” Joey said stroking the teen's cheek. “The doctors will be with you after they get done with your father.”

Aten's eyes opened wide. “Daddy? Where's my father?”

“He's okay, Aten. He's a yami. He'll heal fast.”

Aten took a deep breath and relaxed. “Have you found my mother?”

“Marik took over Malik's body, so I'm assuming Bakura took over Ryou's. I haven't seen Ryou anywhere.”

Aten held onto Robbie. “I couldn't bear to see my mother dead.”

“We know, Aten. Everything's okay,” Joey said stroking the teen's face again.

A medic climbed the steps and Robbie waved him over. “Aten is having chest pains.”

The medic kneeled beside Aten. “Do you have a heart problem?”

“I was diagnosed with heart failure six years ago. I had a heart attack several months ago.”

“What exactly happened here?”

Robbie shrugged. “It all happened so fast. One minute Aten and I were watching the children play and the next minute we were hiding under a table afraid for our lives.”

Joey stood up and walked away. “This was supposed to be the best day of our lives. Now look at it.”

Joey looked down at the lawn. Two burning cars and bodies littered the lawn. The medics were placing Jaimen into the ambulance, along with Jay. Joey ran down the steps to Seto.
”Joey, I have to go with Jaimen. Go back to KaibaCorp. I'll have Alex drive you home.”

Joey nodded. “Okay, Seto. I'll be waiting for you.”

Seto hugged Joey tightly. “Joey….I'm afraid.”

“They will take good care of Jaimen. Now go on, Seto. I'll wait for you back home as soon as things settle out here.”

Asher approached Seto. “Mr. Kaiba? I'm sorry about making the cars go boom.”

Seto took a deep breath. It was hard to get angry at the man. “It's okay, Asher. If you hadn't have acted, my son might have been…..killed.”

“My wrist hurts, Mr. Kaiba.”

“Let me look quick. I have to go now.” Seto looked at the man's wrist. It was bleeding. “Asher! You've been shot in the wrist!”

“Oh,” the man said calmly. “I was wondering why the burn felt so good.”

“Mr. Kaiba, we have to go!” the medic called.

“Joey, see that Asher gets his wrist taken care of.” Seto kissed Joey on the lips quickly. “Love you, Joey.”

Joey watched Seto run into the ambulance. “I love you, too, Seto….with all of my heart.”

Joey watched the ambulance speed away as two medics struggled to get Marik's bleeding to stop.

Marik winced as the doctors touched the chest wound.

[Yami, what's going on?]

[[I was hit.]]

[Good Ra, are you okay?]

[[You were hit in the chest. Lucky for you I took over your body. You'd be dead.]]

[Well, what about you?]

Marik let out a scream as they touched it again. [[It's going to be hard to explain how you're losing so much blood and not dying.]]

Malik stood up from the bed in his soulroom. [Marik, I can feel you. You're in pain.]

[[Yeah, but you're not dead. That was the whole point of this.]]

[Won't you die? You don't have your Shadow Magic anymore. You won't heal in your soulroom.]

Marik groaned as the world began to spin from blood loss. [[Well, I can't die from blood loss, but it is your body. If I separate from you now, tenshi, you couldn't survive this wound. I won't release control until you are healed.]]

[Will you be able to come into my soulroom?]

[[Not now. I have mortals all around me…OW!...working on me.]]

Malik opened the door to his soulroom and saw Marik's chamber on the other side of the hallway. The door was engraved in gold and purple jewels. He tried to open it, but failed.

[[You can't go into my soulroom now. I'm in possession of your body.]]

[Is Ryou okay?]

[[Bakura possessed Ryou. Itemri was unharmed.]]

[That's a relief. And Aten?]

[[He'll be okay.]]

The medics turned to Bakura. “This man needs a hospital. Do you wish to come?”

Bakura nodded. “I'll come along. He's my partner. One moment, I must tell my daughter and our son that we are leaving.”

Bakura ran up the steps and told Aten and Aria that they should go with him and Marik to the hospital. The medic attending to Aten said that Aten needed some observation because of his heart rate.

“We'll check him in when we get to the hospital.”

Bakura and Aria helped Aten to his feet. “Let's go, son.”

Mokuba watched Bakura and the group walk down the steps. “Guys, I'm really sorry about all this.”

“It wasn't your fault,” Bakura said.

Mokuba stood beside Joey as the Ishtars and Itemris entered the ambulance.

Mokuba held Ivy and Ceres against him. The two year olds clung to Mokuba, shivering like leaves.

Joey shook his head. “All I wanted to do is marry Seto. I never intended….this.”

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Joey waited for Seto to return from the hospital. His hands wrung together nervously as he craved `Good ol' Jack.' The body count was in. Twenty were dead. Fifty injured.

The blond could not eat. He was afraid to sleep without Seto. He knew that if he left the bedroom, that he would leave KaibaCorp and return to the Red Dragon Inn.

Joey couldn't let himself slip again.

He was married to Seto now and had promised to be faithful…that included going sober.

Painting didn't help him suppress the need for a drink. It only made it worse.

Joey heard Lily crying in the hallway. She was afraid of going to sleep because of what she had seen.

`Poor scared little chibi,' Joey sighed.

Cassie's infant cry echoed through the hallway. Mokuba's calm voice tried to lull the baby the sleep.

The two parents carried their children, walking the long hallway, and trying to comfort them.

No doubt Aria was doing the same thing to Lanie….carrying her and trying to lull her to sleep.

Joey looked down at the city. He could see the Red Dragon Inn's sign nearby.

“Seto….where are you?”

Joey closed the curtains. “If I see that Inn's sign, I'm going to go there. I can't.”

Joey went into the bathroom and removed his clothes slowly. He unbuttoned his shirt and let it fall off of him. He unbuckled his pants and pushed them down.

The blond started the shower as he rid himself of his clothing.

“It's best if I just wait for Seto. He told me to wait for him here. I wonder how Jaimen is doing.”

Joey stepped into the shower and let the hot water relax his tense muscles. He lathered the shampoo in his hair, scratching the scalp. He slowly washed his body, letting the suds crawl down him.

The water and the suds felt good on his skin. After the day's events, his muscles were knotted and sore.

Joey turned off the hot water and groaned. `Too bad this has to end. I wonder how late Seto will be.'

Joey dried himself off and dried his blond hair.

Joey looked at himself in the mirror as he wrapped his silk green bathrobe around himself.

`It looks like I'll be spending my wedding night alone,' he sighed sadly. `I hope Jaimen and Marik are doing okay.'

Joey opened the bathroom door and turned on the light beside his bed. He brushed and combed his blond hair, anxiously waiting for his new husband to return.

The children's cries had faded much to his relief. He could never get used to Aten crying when he would stay over KaibaCorp for a night. Joey would end up carrying Aten into the art studio and paint with the crying toddler in his arms.

Joey turned on the radio and listened to the violin sonata playing on his favorite station.

The phone rang and he lunged for it.

“Hello? Seto?”

[Hello, Unkie Puppy,”] a tired Aten yawned over the other end of the phone.

Joey smiled faintly. “How are you feeling?”

[Just fine. Little tired, though. Just called to let you know that I'm okay….and father's going to be fine.]

“Okay, Aten. I'm glad to hear you're doing better. How is everyone else?”

[Mother's back. He's home now.] The Egyptian teen yawned again with exhaustion. [My mother was with Seto. So, since he's back, Unkie Seto must…. be on his way……home.]

“Thanks for letting me know, Aten.”

[No prob---.]

Joey raised an eyebrow. “Aten?”

[…………]

The sound of snoring came from the other end.

“Aten?”

More loud snoring came from the other end of the phone.

“Aten? Hang up the phone, Aten. Yo! Chibi Ishtar! Wakey, wakey!”

[Hello?]

“Robbie? Aten fell asleep on the kitchen table again, didn't he?”

[Yuppers. How the heck does he do that? Eww….now he's drooling all over the table! Aten! Wake up!]

Joey snickered. “He won't move until the morning.”

[True. I can drive an entire herd of elephants in here and he wouldn't budge. He's so cute when he sleeps!]

“Just let him sleep, Robbie. I'll check in tomorrow to see how you guys are holding up.”

[Okay, Joey-sir! I'm going to go home to mom. After today, I'm sure she doesn't want to be alone. And my foot hurts. Goodnight, Joey!]

“Goodnight, Robbie.”

Joey replaced the phone on the cradle and stood up. He took a deep breath and stepped into the hallway. Down the hallway he could hear Jeanie and Mokuba.

Joey stood outside the library.

Jeanie's cries were quiet as she held onto Mokuba. The raven-haired teen rocked Jeanie in his arms and kissed her forehead.

“The kids are okay, Jeanie. Nobody was hurt.”

“What if they were, Mokuba?”

Mokuba shook his head. “Don't think of that, Jeanie. Tristan and Otogi grabbed them in time.”

Jeanie whimpered. “I don't know what I'd do if I'd lost one of them!”

“I know, baby. I know.”

Joey sighed and walked back to his bedroom. He removed his bathrobe and slipped into bed.

He laid in the bed a long while when he finally heard Seto open the bedroom door.

Joey sat up and looked at Seto. The CEO slowly removed his tie and his shirt quietly. As he approached the bed, he removed an article of clothing.

He slipped into bed and reached out for Joey. “Come here, puppy.”

Joey slipped close to Seto.

The CEO gathered his new husband into his arms with a whimper. “Jaimen….”

“How is he, Seto?”

Seto sniffled and his body shivered. “Jaimen's going to be okay. He spent all day in surgery. He's recovering now. Joey….I almost lost my boy.”

Joey kissed Seto's chest lightly. “He's okay now, Seto. The doctors said he would live?”

Seto nodded. “Yes. I remember when he first came here. I wanted to deny him. I wanted to deny that he was mine. Sometimes….I even wished that he wasn't here. He was a reminder of that….bitch who raped me. But….I grew to love Jaimen so much as my own. It scares me that I could have lost him today.”

Joey's hands lightly rubbed Seto's stomach. The blond always found that rubbing Seto's stomach helped him relax when he was pouring his emotions out.

“I could have lost him, Joey. I couldn't bear to lose him….just like I couldn't bear to lose you.”

Seto kissed Joey's forehead. “I was so worried about you today! Joey, I can't imagine losing you.”

Joey looked up at his new husband. He put his finger up to Seto's lips. “You will never lose me. We've been a part of each other's lives for too long. You'll always have a place in my heart.”

Seto grabbed Joey's wrist lightly and kissed the finger. He then kissed each of Joey's fingers lightly. The blond smiled slightly as Seto brought one finger into his mouth suggestively.

The blond kissed Seto's chest lightly peppering the skin with small, gentle kisses. Joey took Seto's nipple between his lips and sucked gently on the flesh, then teased it with his tongue.

The CEO released the blond's hand and laid back on the bed, enjoying the sensation of his lover.

Joey's hand slipped below the covers and slowly began to stroke Seto's length underneath the sheets.

Seto closed his eyes and let out a sigh as Joey's fingers wrapped around him. He spread his legs further for the blond and tipped Joey's head up for a kiss. “My puppy…”

Joey kissed his new husband on the lips, his body warming at the feel of Seto's hand now wrapping around his length in return.

Joey's hands stroked his mate's length, feeling the skin slip under his fingers and feeling the surface change from the bulging veins.

Joey's thumb circled around the slit of the manhood, touching the soft flesh at the head.

“Joey,” Seto moaned as Joey's finger slightly brushed the head.

The blond smiled. “Do you want more?”

Seto nodded. “Yes.”

Joey crawled on top of Seto and leaned over, kissing the CEO's lips. “Our first time together since we were married. Does it feel any different to you?”

Seto moaned as he bucked up against Joey. “N-No….”

Joey smiled. “Even after twenty years, you still need me?”

Seto held Joey's hips as he rocked up towards the blond. He needed his lover desperately. “Yes, I do. Badly.”

The blond grinned and kissed down Seto's body, stopping at the CEO's twitching length.

“Joey, turn around.”

Joey turned himself around so his length was able to be swallowed by Seto. The blond swallowed around Seto, making the CEO moan around his manhood.

Joey swallowed around Seto's hardening flesh, creating a soft, slow vacuum.

The CEO breathed through his nose as he deep-throated the blond's length above him. A slow suction was enough to have Joey shift back against him.

A whimper from the blond encouraged the CEO to continue drawing on the flesh until a slightly salty fluid accompanied a shudder by the blond.

Seto removed the length from his mouth and teased the straining organ with his tongue. He lapped at the organ hungrily, making Joey deep throat him.

“Joey….gods, baby….do that again.”

Joey pulled back and swallowed Seto again, using his tongue to brush against the veined, throbbing flesh.

Seto kissed Joey's inner thigh and kissed the two globes hovering above him.

Joey whimpered and shifted back against Seto as he felt the tongue and the lips torture him. Joey pulled back from Seto's length and panted heavily.

The CEO reached into his sidedrawer and removed a bottle of lubricant. He slipped a finger slowly into Joey's body, making the blond moan and swallow around him.

“That's it, puppy…..just relax.”

The CEO moved his digit slowly and carefully into Joey's body and slightly out to prepare his lover. Seto felt his lover shift back against the fingers, whimpering with need, his body slowly leaking over his chest, begging for release.

Seto added a second finger to the thrusting, whimpering body. “That's it, baby…”

Joey closed his eyes and rocked slowly back and forth on top of Seto, his body welcoming the intrusion.

The CEO reached between them with the free hand and coated his own arousal with the lubricant.

A loud moan escaped Joey as Seto added a third finger. The blond clenched his teeth, his body losing itself in the physical sensations.

“Seto…can't…hold on.”

Joey crawled off of Seto and straddled the CEO's hips. Joey reached behind himself and positioned Seto at his entrance. With a gasp, he lowered himself on Seto's arousal.

Seto sat up, kissing his lover on the lips. “Oh, Joey….”

Joey shifted, feeling Seto buried deep inside his body. “I love you, Seto,” the blond whispered as he stroked Seto's cheek.

The CEO ran his hands over Joey's chest and stomach. “You're so beautiful, Joey.”

The blond grinned. “You're not so bad yourself, Seto. I love you.”

The couple engaged in a slow kiss, their tongues dueling for dominance of the kiss. Joey moaned as he felt Seto's hands wrap around his length again.

Joey slowly began to rock against Seto, his body slowly pulling away from Seto and absorbing him again.

Seto slowly thrust up into the heat of his lover, searching to hit his lover's prostate.

Joey rocked slightly faster and gave a moan. “Seto, I need you.”

The blond gripped Seto's shoulders and began rocking against Seto harder and impaling himself harder on the hard flesh.

Seto grabbed Joey's hips to steady him as he thrust wildly up into the willing body.

Joey slammed himself on Seto's flesh and let out a louder moan. With a hurried frenzy, he impaled himself on Seto's flesh harder.

Seto laid back on the bed and kept his grip on Joey's hips. With a wild fervor, he thrust up into Joey.

“Come on, baby,” Seto pleaded.
Joey bit his lip and moved faster, unable to contain his desperate motions. Joey panted heavily as Seto slammed up into him, hitting his prostate with increasing intensity.

“Seto….I want to come for you….”

“Do it, Joey….please.”

Joey arched his back and wrapped his palm around his flesh, stroking himself desperately. “Seto…Coming!”

Joey moaned as his release overcame him, spilling over his fingers and onto Seto's stomach.

Seto grabbed Joey's hips and thrust deep into Joey's body. With a gasp, he emptied himself into Joey's body.

Seto tensed, erupting within Joey's body with more moans.

Seto fell back onto the bed exhausted. Joey fell forward and held his lover.

“Forever mine…..my puppy,” Seto said with a smile.

Joey smiled. “Forever yours.”

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Aria looked down at the baby in her arms. The baby slept quietly in her arms. Aria slowly climbed the stairs where Umi had been waiting for her.

Aria put the baby girl to bed and kissed her forehead. “Goodnight, Kailani. Have a good night's sleep.”

Aria slipped into bed beside Umi with a smile.

Umi held her close to him. “How are you holding up, Little Mermaid?”

“I don't know if I can sleep tonight. That bullet almost hit the baby.”

“I know, baby. But she's okay. I'm alive. You're alive. She's alive.”

Aria sighed. “I know. That's something to be happy about.”

Aria smiled and kissed Umi on the lips softly. “Love you, Umi.”

Umi smiled. “I love you, too, my mermaid.”

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Aria woke the next morning and smiled. It was only Sunday. She had one day to recover from the wedding incident before she had to return to school.

Then it would be another week of early morning feedings, schoolwork, and homework.

She saw that the sun had risen. `Kailani should be up for her morning feeding. Why didn't she wake me up?'

Aria rolled out of bed and put her bathrobe on. “Morning, Kailani. Is my little girl hun----KAILANI!”

Aria picked up the baby laying face-up in her crib. Her hands trembled as she held the baby.

“Aria! What is it?!” Umi gasped.

Aria felt the baby's forehead. It was cold to the touch. “The baby's not breathing!”

“WHAT?!” Umi rolled out of bed, but Aria opened the door to her bedroom.

“MOTHER! FATHER! MOMMY!” Aria cried out in terror.

She burst in on her sleeping parents. “MOMMY, KAILANI'S NOT BREATHING!”

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