Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Just A Little Trick ❯ Chapter 1

It was too dull. Marik was absolutely bored silly by the lack of activity as of late.

His hikari and sister had ordered him to behave himself and stop wreaking so much havoc or they would subject him to the worst form of torture they could possibly concoct for him. And considering Ishizu's temper after he destroyed some of her important museum documents, he decided to avoid her wrath in any way possible.

Nevertheless, Marik could not avoid staying out of trouble for long. Only after two hours, the Egyptian found himself beside Bakura while they began plotting deviously to entertain themselves.

"You're thinking too small you idiot! We need to do something that will last," the tomb robber stated while eating an ice cream cone he had stolen away from one of the children in the park.

"I don't see you coming up with any good ideas," the blonde spirit grumbled.

Bakura promptly chucked the unfinished ice cream at his cohort, which landed with a wet 'splat' in his face.

Marik wiped the cold, sticky substance away angrily, "Why you worthless piece of camel shit! I ought to shove my Millennium Rod up your ass!!"

Just as the dark tomb keeper began to storm closer and take a swing, Bakura grabbed his arm and pulled them both down into the seclusion of some bushes.

"What the hell is yo--umph!!" Marik was cut off as the white haired yami slapped a hand over his mouth to silence him.

"Shh!.. I just found our victims.."

Marik's lavender eyes swiveled around to see where Bakura was pointing. There, he found, was that pathetic little Yugi and his cronies. The ancient thief leaned over to whisper his plan and a sadistic smile curled at the corners of Marik's mouth.

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"C'mon, Yug! It's not that bad," Joey encouraged.

"That's easy for you to say, Joey. You don't get mistaken for a little kid almost every single day!" Yugi pouted and shoved his hands deeper in his pockets as he sulked.

"Aibou, you're just over reacting. It was a simple mistake."

The diminutive duelist 'hrmf'ed softly as he continued to walk.

"Yugi, don't you think you're kind of acting like a baby?" Tristan mused.

The shorter, tri-colored haired teen stopped and whirled around, hands balled at his sides. "I am NOT acting like a baby!! This is what started all of this in the first place!"

Teá, Joey, and Yami decided to start walking off slowly ahead of the others. Tristan held up his hands in defense and quickly retreated to join up with everyone else. Yugi started walking behind them a moment after, still unaware of the two pairs of eyes upon him.

The only moment the small teen knew he was in trouble was when he felt an icy chill up his spine. He knew that feeling. He was feeling shadow magic. He didn't even have time to call out before he felt himself falling.

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"Why don't we get somethin' ta eat an' make ya feel better, Yug?" the blonde duelist asked over his shoulder.

When there was no reply, he turned back, "Yug?.. Yug?.."

The others stopped and looked around for their missing friend. Yami spotted Yugi's clothes in a pile just a few feet behind them and came to it quickly. That's when he noticed some slight movement and soft noises coming from the cloth.

The former pharaoh peeled back the shirt carefully and was met with a pair of wide, amethyst eyes staring back at him from a tiny infant.

The rest of the gang hurried over when they heard Yami make a yelp of surprise and gasped at their discovery.

"What da hell?? Is dat Yug??!"

"What happened to him?" Teá asked as she picked their friend up and cradled him in his oversized clothes.

Yami looked around to see if he could find the culprit and managed to find Marik and Bakura running off cackling. They were too far away to catch now and would most likely give them the slip.

"It was that Ra damned tomb robber and tomb keeper again! The second I get my hands on them, I'm sending their sorry hides to the Shadow Realm for a month!" Yami's clenched fists shook with his rage, but he knew he had to tend to his hikari first.

Yugi began to cry from the yelling and balled his little hands tightly. Teá tried to soothe him as they all looked to one another and wondered what to do.

"We need to call Malik and Ryou as soon as possible so we can get Yugi changed back to normal."

"Well.. what do we do until then?" Tristan gaped.

Joey watched as Teá suddenly gasped and held the infant duelist at arms' length.

All she could do was stammer, "... Yugi just.. He just peed on me!!!"

"Well, I say da first thing we gotta do is get some diapers."

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"No! Ya hafta tape da sides up tighter than that, Yams, or it'll just fall off again."

"Give me the baby powder already, Tristan. You've gotten it all over the place."

"Teá? Are you finished changing yet?"

It had been less than an hour and everything was steadily falling apart in their attempts at babysitting Yugi. They took him back to the game shop, but found Mr. Mutou had stepped out for a bit.

Teá had gone into the bathroom to clean up and change while Joey and Tristan dug around in the Mutou's attic for any of Yugi's old baby things that they could find. This left Yami to watch his little hikari and make sure he didn't make too much of a mess.

The brunette girl emerged from the bathroom in a new outfit just as the three boys were finishing up in their attempts to dress their infant friend in some of his old clothes.

"How's Yugi?"

"Good as new, see, Teá?" Joey held the little one up, now dressed in a one-piece pajama with a pair of fuzzy socks.

Yugi burbled softly and cooed as he kicked his tiny feet.

"Well, at least he's okay.. Do you think we should see if we can find Bakura and Marik now so they can change him back?"

Yami had a serious expression upon his face as he looked from his female friend to his transformed other half. "I will contact Ryou and Malik to see if they know the whereabouts of their dark sides. For now, that may be all we can do.."

The others nodded solemnly as the former pharaoh left for the phone. Joey plopped down onto the couch, still holding his small companion.

"Man, I don't know about you guys, but I'm starvin'! I could go fer some pizza right about now."

Tristan collapsed beside him while Teá sat with more reserve upon the armrest.

"Me too. I feel like I haven't eaten in a week!"

"I could go for a little something myself."

At this point, Yugi made his presence known once more as he began to whine and then wail loudly. The brunette male covered his ears from the noise.

"I thought Yugi was quiet!"

"He's probably just hungry, Trist. Kid's gotta eat too, ya know."

Yami rushed in in seconds as he heard his light's cries, terrified that something was wrong with him.

"What's the matter with Yugi?!"

The sound of the bell tinkling from the front door caught their attention and soon, Mr. Mutou stepped into the living room.

"What on earth is all the racket? Yami? Teá? Joey? Tristan? Did Yugi let you baby-sit over here?"

The group looked to each other nervously, but Joey was the one to speak up first.

"Uh, somethin' sorta like that, gramps.." The blonde then held up the infant and let him take a good look.

Instantly, Solomon recognized the soft mop of tri-colored fuzz that spiked from the baby's head. Yugi, recognizing his grandpa, reached out his little hands and cried louder. The elder Mutou took his grandson and held him in shock.

"What in the world happened to Yugi??"

Yami stepped forward, arms crossed before him, "It was Bakura and Marik again.. Rest assured that they will be dealt with and Yugi will be returned to normal."

Said boy, finding that he was not being fed any faster by his grandfather, then began reaching for his darkness. The spirit took him into his arms tentatively, but honestly had no clue of what to do to stop his aibou's crying.

Even though he was still recovering from shock, Mr. Mutou knew what his grandson wanted. He had cared for Yugi when he was a baby. Er, well, the first time at least. However, he knew that cry as one of hunger.

He looked to the copy of his grandson, "He wants to be fed is all."

Crimson eyes blinked in confusion before looking at his little hikari's mouth, "But how can he..? Without any teeth, I mean?.."

"A bottle of formula.. Did you buy any?"

They all shook their heads slowly and Solomon sighed softly. "Someone needs to get some quickly then."

Joey volunteered since he knew he was the fastest runner and took off for the store. While they waited, Yami continued to try to console his smaller half. Yugi held one of Yami's fingers tightly in his little fist and began to gum it gently.

"He's still pretty cute like this, though," Teá mused from her perch on the armrest.

"Yes, Yugi always was very sweet as a baby.. It's still a shock for an old man to see his teenaged grandson as an infant again, though."

The blonde duelist burst through the front door, panting hard and holding a grocery bag. "I got it!"

Solomon pushed himself up from his chair and hobbled slowly into the kitchen to start a bottle. He paused to look back from the doorway, "Yami? You should come watch me so you know what to do later.. Yugi was infamous for his 3 AM feedings when he was younger."

When the ancient darkness tilted his head curiously, Mr. Mutou continued with a slight chuckle in his voice, "Well, you don't expect me to do it, now do you? I'm too old to be waking up in the middle of the night to take care of an infant."

Yami's mouth gaped slightly at first, but gave a serious nod as he looked down at his light's large tears. He watched the elder Mutou carefully while he went through the process of preparing a baby bottle.

"Now, all you have to do is shake some onto your wrist to make sure it's not too hot.. See? Just warm enough.. And that's all there is to it. Now, do you want me to feed him? Or do you want to try yourself?"

"Can I try?" Joey's voice piped up.

They found the others had been watching in the doorway. Mr. Mutou eyed the blonde teen seriously.

"I'm not sure, Joseph. You need to be very careful."

"Aw, c'mon gramps! I've done it before with my baby sister, after all. Gimme a chance."

It took another round of wails from Yugi before he gave in and let Joey feed his little friend. The blonde teen cradled the infant carefully and lowered the nipple to tiny lips. Yugi grabbed onto the bottle tightly as he began to eat, making sure, now that he had his food, it was not going anywhere.

Teá beamed slightly, "Aww, he's so cute!"

"Wow, Joey. He's almost as noisy as you when you eat," added Tristan.

Joey shot a slight glare at his companion before looking back down at the little bundle in his arms. Yami leaned over to get a better view as they all watched and listened to the hungry suckles and little moans coming from Yugi.

It was a short while before the bottle was finally empty and Joey lifted it away. Yugi mewled slightly and gave a little whimper before he was set over his friend's shoulder and Joey began to softly pat his back.

Yami watched as his hikari gurgled before a belch escaped his lips and he began to coo. The dark spirit could not fight back the slight smile that curled the corner of his mouth.

Mr. Mutou began to interrupt, "Joey, you may want to get a towel befo--oh dear."

Before he could finish his warning, Yugi spit up all over the blonde's shoulder and gave a soft giggling.

Joey winced as he pulled his friend back and handed him off to Tristan. "Ugh.. Forgot about that part when I took care of Serenity."

"Least Yugi thought it was funny," Tristan added in an attempt to cheer his companion up.

Solomon chuckled, "Come with me, Joseph and we'll get you cleaned up."

Yami took up Joey's vacant spot upon the couch, looking slightly alarmed. "Yugi isn't ill, is he?"

Teá shook her head, "No, it's perfectly normal for babies to spit up like that.. See? He's happy now."

It was true, Yugi was blowing little bubbles and cooing happily now that he was full and was in a warm lap.

"I suppose you're right, Teá.." Yami trailed off, feeling slightly relieved.

The tiny boy quieted down slightly before he began twisting his little face up and making soft grunts occasionally.

".. Uh.. What's he doing now?" Tristan inquired, raising a brow.

"I dunno.. Maybe he's going to spit up again."

Tristan began to fluster until Yugi stopped and went back to cuddling happily with a full tummy.

"Well, he seems fine now."

Joey and Mr. Mutou returned with Joey holding his soiled jacket. The tiny duelist cooed softly at them and smiled.

"Was everything okay while I was gone?" the elder Mutou questioned.

Teá nodded, "Uh-huh. Yugi seemed to get a little fussy for a few moments, but he's fine now."

That's when Tristan gave a sniff and made a disgusted face, "Oh, man.. You gotta be kidding me! Here ya go. Yugi's cuteness just stopped right there."

Solomon just chuckled deeply again as he took the infant from the brunette teen. "That's another thing I should have warned you about sooner."

Tristan still was not amused and stood to leave.

"Well, I'm outta here. I've had enough babysitting to last me for the rest of my life."

Teá frowned slightly as she nodded, "Yeah, I should be getting home too so I don't eat dinner too late."

Joey absently scratched his golden locks, "Yeaaah.. I probably should be gettin' outta here too. I'm still starvin' ta death over here.. Think ya can handle yerself, Yams?"

The tri-colored haired teen nodded slightly as he looked back at his other half. "I think so. Thank you, Joey."

They said their 'goodbyes' and went off on their separate ways, leaving the ancient pharaoh with his hikari and grandfather. Yugi started to fuss.

"Well, Yami. I guess it's time I show you how to change a dirty diaper."

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