Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Yami Virus ❯ Associations ( Chapter 39 )

I want to tell everyone about a new site for fanfiction. It's called Freedom of Speech Fan Fiction. It also permits nc17 fiction and you can search by characters. it's url is www.fosff.net. Since Affnet is shitting the bed, then this is another good site for all you authors out there!

yamialex17: I always thought there was another side of Yami. In fact, in the mangas, Yami isn't as he's portrayed on the show.

Lost Light: Well, I'll be updating here and my website. I'm also putting this on www.fosff.net . The Puzzle needs its yami, so the Puzzle won't work. I have another idea on how to cure the yamis. Yami wants Bakura as his slave in the Underworld, so he has to wait for Bakura to die. I do plan one Yami x Bakura NCS when Bakura dies.

Seto lover and Bakurasgirl worshipper: I'm going to bring Vera back in a wedding story that I plan. Glad to see your review..Till next time, babe!

Kura Magician Girl: Mmm…brownies….Vera will suffer later in the series, but for now…MWAHAHAHA!!!

Broken Time: Oh, Vera will suffer alright, but it won't be until the wedding story.

Lady Elfskye: I'd try to peek in, too. I'd love to be a fly on the wall.

I Is Me: Wait until she finds out that Robbie and Aten are together…she's going to flip.

Shadow of Light: Military family life can be tricky..especially in this chappie and the next.

Associations

Seto woke up the next morning and put on his bathrobe. She leaned over and kissed Joey on the cheek. He yawned quietly, not wanting to wake his lover.

He heard murmurs in the ballroom. He opened the door and found Ryou and Bakura naked and sitting on a couch. His eyes opened wide and his heart sank.

"Ryou? Bakura? What are you doing?"

Bakura smiled. "Isn't it obvious?"

Seto closed his eyes. "You just had sex on my twelve hundred year old couch."

Bakura looked at it. "Really? It's in good condition."

"The couch belonged to Charlemagne….and you had sex on it!"

Bakura pat the material with his hand. "Sorry about that, moneybags."

Seto sighed and threw his arms up in defeat. "I can't have nice things! The next time that you and your family are coming over, Ryou, I'm going to ask for a damage deposit on all my antiques."

Ryou blushed. "I'm sorry, Seto. We didn't realize this couch was so old."

Seto shook his head. "It's okay, Ryou. I understand. The cook should have breakfast ready soon. I'll see what other antiques I have to restore…or replace."

Seto left the ballroom and saw Miranda looking out of one of the hallway windows. She crossed her arms over her belly and sighed.

"Good Morning, Miranda. Did you sleep well?"

Miranda smiled. "Yeah. I tell you, though. Tristan has a good set of lungs."

Seto rolled his eyes. "Why do you think I put him at this wing of the mansion?"

Miranda snickered. "Well, whatever I heard gave me good dreams last night."

Seto shook his head and knocked on Tristan and Otogi's bedroom.

"Come in!"

Seto entered the room and watched Tristan come out of the bathroom with a large urn in his hand and drying it off with a towel.

"What are you doing with that?" Seto asked, his heart sinking again.

"I have to tell you, Seto. Someone's been smoking in this room. We decided to clean this place up a bit and we found some ashes in this urn. So, we just dumped the ashes outside the window and cleaned this out for you."

Seto blinked silently. "So you realize you just scattered the remains of Emperor Taizong all over my lawn?"

Otogi cocked his head to the side. "Who is that?"

"The first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Those remains are only 1,300 years old. I don't suppose you found his ring in there…did you?"

Otogi and Tristan blushed red. "Oops….sorry, Kaiba."

Seto shook his head and took a deep breath. "What possessed you to toss out….*sigh* I give up."

Seto left the bedroom and saw Robbie step out of the bedroom yawning.

Robbie pinched his nose shut. "It looks like Aunt Vera bathed in her perfume again."

Seto walked up to Robbie and gave him a hug. "How did you boys sleep?"

Robbie wrapped his arms around Seto's right leg and squeezed tightly.

"You're the best, Uncle Seto!"

Aten darted out of the bedroom and clung to Seto's other leg. "Good morning, Unkie Seto!"

Miranda approached Seto slowly. "It looks like you're a chibi magnet this morning."

Seto sighed. "It could be worse."

Robbie detached himself from Seto and ran to hug his mother. "How do you feel, mommy?" Robbie said, nuzzling into her belly.

"I feel okay, Robbie."

Robbie rubbed his mother's belly. "How are you feeling, baby brother?" Robbie put his ear to her belly. "Really? Wow! Okay!"

Miranda smiled. "What did the baby say?"

Robbie looked up. "The baby wants pancakes…with syrup…and butter…and a hot cup of really, really, really hot tea!"

"That's what the baby wants, hmm? Well, Seto, I don't want to disappoint my baby."

Miranda put her hand to her belly. Her baby had stopped moving. "He must be asleep now. He was active last night. Kept me up almost all night."

Robbie leaned into her belly. "Baby Brother, you shouldn't keep my mommy awake." Robbie grabbed her arm. "Let's go eat, mommy! The baby's hungry."

Aten gave a yawn. "I have to wash up before brettfast. I'll be down when I'm done."

******************************

Vera sat down at the long table in the dining room. Ryou, Malik, Seto, Aria, and Otogi were already eating their breakfast. Miranda and Robbie were eating quietly looking around at the lavishly decorated room filled with velvet and gold trim.

Tristan came into the room and gave Otogi a little kiss behind the ear. "Love you, pussycat."

Otogi snickered and returned the kiss. "Love you, too, animal."

Miranda blushed as Tristan looked up at her.

"Did you sleep well last night, Miranda?" Tristan asked, leaning down into her ear.

Seto snickered and shook his head at the new shade of red Miranda had just invented.

"Oh gods….I….I..I slept good."

Otogi took a bite of his French Toast. "Sorry if we kept you awake."

Vera rolled her eyes. "I've never been so devastated in my life!"

Tristan sat between Miranda and Otogi. "You enjoyed it. Don't deny it, Vera."

"Well, I never! I most certainly did not!"

Umi ran into the room and straight to Aria. He gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Morning, my little mermaid!"

Ryou bit his lip, trying to hide a little laugh at the ocean' duelist's fascination with his daughter.

Vera snorted. "Thank heavens someone in this family is straight," she mumbled to herself.

Aten ran in and gave Robbie a kiss on the lips, tasting the maple syrup from Robbie's pancakes.

"Morning, Robbie."

"Good morning, Aten!"

Vera rolled her eyes. "I'm surrounded…."

Joey and Hayden came into the room and ran to Seto. Joey kissed Seto's lips and Hayden hugged Seto's arm.

"Morning, Seto," Joey smiled.

"My puppy…"

Marik and Bakura came into the room and went to their lovers, kissing them on the cheeks. Bakura wrapped his arms around Ryou and grinned at the sickening look coming from Vera.

Bakura slipped his hand into Ryou's shirt and began rubbing Ryou's chest. "I love you, baby," Bakura whispered seductively.

He gave Ryou's nipple a little pinch and Ryou jumped in his chair.

Vera's face turned white.

Marik couldn't resist playing into this, as well. He grabbed Malik and almost pulled him off of the chair, bringing him into a mind-blowing kiss.

Aten smiled. "Aww…my daddy loves Malik."

Aria laughed and pointed at her mother and father. "Aww…My mommy loves my daddy!"

Vera slammed her hand on the oak table, making everyone jump. "This behavior is appalling! If you're going to act like a bunch of flaming, sex-crazed perverts in front of impressionable children! I will not have my nephew exposed to a bunch of pansies!"

Seto narrowed his eyes and stood up as Mokuba and Jeanie walked in. "If you have a problem with this, you can leave. It's not like I tied you to that chair. If I wanted to tie you to that chair, I could certainly have that arranged."

Vera crossed her arms and legs defiantly.

Seto sat down. "Joey, Hayden, go tell the cook what you want."

The blond and the red-haired boy ran to the kitchen.

Vera stuck her nose in the air and turned away from the group. 'It's so fitting that Robbie and Miranda are close to this bunch. These guys are just as much freaks as they are.'

******************************

Umi chased Aria on the front lawn. "Come here, my little mermaid!"

Aria ran around happily, her dress and her long white spiky hair flying behind her. "You can't catch me, Umi! SQUEE!"

Aten and Robbie hid under the tablecloth, stealing food from the table and giggling over their thievery. Aten sneaked from under the table and looked at the array of chips, lunchmeat, hot dogs, hamburgers, and cannelloni.

Robbie licked his lips as he grabbed a handful of pickles from the lunchmeat tray.

"I tant have that. Pittles mate my tummy hurt. I'm allergit to pittles."

Aten grabbed some hard-boiled eggs and scurried under the table.

Seto and Joey stood at the gate and greeted their guests. Seto wore his suit and tie, much to Joey's amusement, and much to Seto's dismay. He hated dressing up so formally, but he was the boss and had to look decent.

Seto shook Alex's hand tightly as he stepped up to the gate. "Glad to see you back, Alex."

The older man smiled. "I wouldn't miss this for the world, Seto."

"Go get something to eat."

Donny and his family arrived. When he reached Seto, the sniper gave Kaiba a little smirk. "I told you I'd be out of bed in two weeks."

Seto gripped Donny's hand tightly. "I never doubted you could, Don. My department wouldn't be the same without you."

Donny snickered. "Good luck finding someone who can shoot a target from far away as I can."

"Get in there and enjoy yourselves."

Karl and Jay came holding hands.

Seto shook both of their hands. "So, how did it go at the Crescent Arms?"

Karl narrowed his eyes at Seto. "The manager has had a change of heart, Mr. Kaiba."

Jay shrugged casually. "Yeah. That is, he had a change of heart after we showed it to him."

"Showed him what?"

"His heart."

Seto nodded in approval. "Did he put up much of a struggle?"

Karl gripped Jay's hand tightly. "No, Mr. Kaiba. Once I tied him down, he was very…..responsive."

Joey raised an eyebrow. "Should I even ask what you did to him when you were done?"

"It's better if you don't, Master Joey."

Karl and Jay walked through the gates. Jaimen threw himself at Karl, looking up at him with large blue eyes. "Hi, Karl! Hi, Jay! Welcome to my daddy's big home! Do you got any candy??"

Jay reached into his pocket and pulled out a lollipop. "Here you go, Little Blue-Eyes."

Whenever Jay went on his patrol through the halls of KaibaCorp, he always gave Jaimen some candy. The security patrol had learned to keep some form of sugar ready for Jaimen.

Jay and Karl ruffled the child's hair and he ran off to collect candy from the other men.

Vera stood at the table and watched the collection of men and women standing around and chatting. She took her cigarette and tapped it.

Her eyes surveyed the people. Aria and Umi were playing 'Freeze Tag' with the other kids and Jaimen. Aten was chasing Hayden, laughing and squealing happily. Hayden stayed still as Aten touched him. Robbie ran as best as he could with his bad foot, but tripped over his own feet more than once.

Miranda sat with Alice talking about their children and the names they had picked out for their new children.

Vera's jaw dropped when she saw Jay approach the table and grab a cannelloni. She admired Jay's curly brown hair and his clean-shaven face.

A woman walked up to him. "Hello, Jay."

Jay smiled. "Hello, Maxine. How are you today?"

Another two women walked up to Jay. "Hello, Jayden."

"Hello, June. Hello, Stacy. You're both looking very nice today."

The two women laughed and rubbed his arm.
"Why, aren't you the sweetest?" June asked.

Vera grinned. She pushed aside Stacy and she smiled at Jay.

"Well, hello, there, handsome."

Jay shifted away from her. "Hello…umm…"

Vera pressed up against him. "Vera. My name…is Vera."

Jay picked up his plate. "Oh…Hello, Vera."
Vera took a puff of her cigarette. "Why don't you and I go someplace…..private?"

"Are you out to steal his heart?" Maxine asked Vera, disgust in her eyes.

Vera looked over at the girl of Oriental descent, poking her in the chest. "Are you jealous?"

Maxine leaned in. "I'm the thief….Vera."

Vera shook her head. "What?"

"I'm Mr. Kaiba's Thief…..If you don't want to find your things 'mysteriously disappeared' from your room, I suggest you learn to keep your hands to yourself."

Vera stepped back as Karl came behind Jay and kissed him at the side of his neck. Her jaw dropped.

"I'll be over there talking to Alice and Miranda. Come over when you're done."

Maxine hugged Karl. "How are you, Karl?"

"Hello, Maxie-girl! You look dressed to kill today."

Karl winked at her. "This isn't my killing suit. My killing suit had to be dry cleaned. I used it at the Crescent Arms the other day."

Maxine gasped. "That was you! You and Jay did that job, didn't you? It was all over the news this morning! The cops said they have no idea who did it!"

Karl kissed Jay's neck. "Jay did the heart."

Maxine smiled. "Nice work."

Vera turned white. "That's horrible!"

Karl, Jay, and Maxine shrugged casually. "It's a living….a good living."

Vera left and ran to Miranda. "How could you think of associating with people like these, Miranda Morgan?!"

Miranda looked up. "What?"

"That girl is a thief! Those two men are murderers!"

Alice looked over at Karl and Jay. "Yeah…so?"

Vera grabbed Miranda. "We're leaving! Now! Grab your cripple and let's go!"

Alice stood up angrily. "How DARE you call Robbie that!"

Miranda stood up. "I am not leaving!"

Vera stamped her foot. "We are leaving! I will not stay here one second longer!"

Miranda growled. "My son is not a cripple! I love my son!"

The people around her stopped and stared at the action.

The kids had heard the screaming. They ran through the forest of adults' legs and moved to the front.

"Vera, you have no right calling my son a cripple! I've worked so hard….to keep him thinking about himself in a positive light!"

Robbie and Aten watched the scene.

Seto and Joey pushed through the crowd as Alice grabbed Vera's arm. She tried to pull Miranda from her grip.

"My baby brother!" Robbie ran to his mother. Robbie connected himself to his mother's belly to protect the baby.

Donny pushed through the crowd and shielded his own pregnant wife.

Marik ran to the front of the crowd and grabbed Miranda. Joey grabbed Vera and pulled her off.

"Vera, you have no right to put a hand on me!" Miranda growled.

Marik felt Miranda waver and lose her balance. "Miranda, are you feeling okay?"

Miranda stopped. "Marik? I want to go home."

Marik nodded. "Okay. MALIK! RYOU! BAKURA!"

Aten ran to Miranda. "Mom, are you otay?"

Miranda nodded. "Yes, Aten. I just feel a little tired."

Ryou took Miranda's arm. "We'll take her home. We have to pack for Aten's trip to Camp Sitting Bear. He goes tomorrow."

Seto and Joey kissed the kids goodbye.

Tristan hugged Aten. "Tell us later how you like Camp Shitting Bear."

Aten put his hands on his hips and cocked his head to the side. The stance was almost like his father. "Unkie Tristan! You're teasing me, aren't you?"

"You know we love you, Aten."

Otogi hugged him goodbye. "Love you, Aten."

Jaimen hugged Robbie and Aten tightly and watched as Joey and Ryou helped Miranda to the car.

*********************************

Marik dropped Miranda, Vera, and Robbie at their house and returned home.

Miranda and Vera walked into the house. "Robbie, honey, go upstairs and play."

Robbie limped up the stairs with a yawn. Miranda sat on the couch and took off her shoes.

"How could you associate with such slime?" Vera asked, crossing her arms.

"Seto Kaiba is my friend. He has been there for me more times than my own family."

Vera sat beside her and Miranda snarled. "I'm here for you, Mira-darling."

Miranda turned to her angrily. "You embarrassed me! How could you behave like that in front of everyone?"

"Those people were nothing but criminal scum! Thieves, murderers! How could you stand to be near them?!"

Miranda sighed. "They are my friends. I've known those people since Robbie was three years old. They have been there for Robbie and I more than you and mom have ever been there for me. You know why? They accept Robbie and I. I accept them for who they are." Miranda paused. "You know, after dad died, you and mom completely ignored me. Then when I got pregnant, you only cared that the baby was 'normal.' You didn't give a damn that I was giving you a nephew. You didn't think that I might have loved the baby no matter what he looked like." Miranda stood up. "I will not have you convincing Robbie that because he has a bad foot that he is, according to you, 'no damn good.' He's my son. I'd love him no matter what. And if you can't do the same, get out of my house."

Miranda walked up the steps and knocked on Robbie's door. "Son?"

"Come in."

Robbie was sitting on the bed, swinging his feet back and forth, looking down at the dark blue carpet.

Miranda sat beside him. "Don't believe her, Robbie." Miranda put her arm around him.

Robbie cuddled up closer to his mother. Miranda looked down at her son's bare foot.

"You're still my special little guy, Robbie."

Robbie smiled. "Will I still be special when my baby brother comes?"

The mother smiled and ruffled Robbie's short black hair, now curling at the tips. As he grew older, the edges of his hair began to curl.

"You will always be our special guy, Robbie. Your father and I will love both of you. You never have to worry that your father and I will love you less."

A smile crossed Robbie's face. "Really?"

"Yes. I'd never lie to you."

Robbie sighed contentedly as he leaned against her.

********************

Miranda tucked Robbie into bed that night and took a warm bath, herself. She sighed as she lit a scented candle and turned down the lights.

She waved away the scent of smoke that was filtering through the house.

'Please, God, just let her go….I don't know how much of her I can take.'

Miranda relaxed in the water, indulging in the silence. She would have paid a fortune for one of Daniel's back rubs. His large hands would be able to work out the knots that were forming around her neck and shoulders.

These were going to be the longest seven months of her life. The Naval Base had told her that it would be seven months at least until he could possibly come home.

She heard Vera shout from her room. Vera opened the door.

"Mira-darling, could you possibly hurry up? I want to get the stench of those gay men off of me!"

Miranda sighed. "It's not hard to tell that you are mother's daughter! You are so hate-filled, it's appalling! You said that you would help me with my pregnancy, but all you've done is cause trouble."

"Please, hurry, Mira-dear! Before this festering odor lingers more than it needs to."

Miranda sighed. "Give me one minute."

Miranda let out the water and blew out the candles. She dried herself well and wrapped her bathrobe around her.

She stepped out and Vera brushed past her and into the bathroom.

Miranda went downstairs and into the kitchen. She picked up a glass from the cabinet and….

It hit her.

Stabbing pains in her abdomen.

She dropped the glass, which shattered on the floor. Miranda gripped her stomach tightly as she felt something trickle down her leg.

"Oh, God…"

Miranda looked down and saw blood crawling down her leg.

Severe cramps almost made her scream. But, she could never forgive herself if Robbie saw her like this.

She had to call someone….

**********************

Aten and Ryou were packing for Aten's camp. He was leaving early in the morning and returning in the afternoon the next day.

Aten sifted through his pile of monkeys deciding which ones he wanted to bring. Aten had also packed his special paintbrushes that Joey had bought him for his birthday.

"I'm gonna mate Unkie Seto a wallet so he tan teep his money in it so he won't lose any of it."

Ryou folded Aten's blue jeans. "Seto would like that, Aten."

Aten smiled. "I'm going to paint Robbie a pisher for his birthday. It's tumming up soon."

Ryou gasped. "Oh, right! We have to go shopping this week for Robbie's present."

Marik entered the room and scooped his son into his arms. "Is my little monkey excited for camp?"

Aten nodded excitedly. "I sure am, daddy! I tant wait to paint and to mate a wallet for Unkie Seto to teep his money in! I'm going to mate it for him as a present."

Marik buried his face in his son's shoulder, trying to hold back his laughter. "You're going to mate moneybags a present, huh? Well, we'll have to discuss you mating anything for anyone."

Ryou slapped Marik on the arm. "You're as bad as Tristan sometimes. Here, give me my son."

Ryou took Aten into his arms. "Daddy's having a little fun with you, Aten." Ryou kissed the boy on the cheek. "Can you go and get Aten's toy monkey from downstairs?"

Marik ruffled the child's hair and kissed Ryou on the lips. "Sure thing."

Marik walked downstairs and picked up the toy monkey.

The phone rang. Malik picked it up in the kitchen.

"Ishtar-Itemri residence…..oh, Hi, Miranda…Yeah…let me get him. MARIK!"

"What's wrong?"

"It's Miranda on the phone….she sounds bad."

Marik would have made a wise-ass comment, but Malik was serious. Fear found its way through their mindlink.

Marik grabbed the phone. "Miranda? What's up?"

[Marik…..Can I ask you a favor?]

"You're in pain. What hurts?"

[Marik…I'm bleeding….I need you to take me to the hospital.]

"Stay where you are, Miranda! I'll be right there!"

[Hurry…Marik…I……]

"I'll be right there, Miranda!"

[Help………Marik……]

Something crashed on the floor and helpless whimpering ensued.

"MIRANDA!"

[………]

Updates: Thursday