From Love Comes Great Joy, Part 13 : The Time Has Come

Yami wasn’t stupid as he figured everyone by now in the kitchen thought he didn’t know what was different with him. Hell, he did look in a mirror this morning after all.

The post lady looked at the young woman before her, who stood close to six feet. Her eyes were a soft rose red color and her face was slightly curved, but angelic soft and round. Her ankle-length tri-color hair was tied back with a scrunchie, leaving the curvy blond bangs to frame her face. Her form was very thin and curvy, but her chest was the one part most noticeable to any hetero male (A/N: If you catch the drift, that is.).

“Yami was a boy’s name last I remember,” the post lady said, not believing that the person before her was the one she was looking for.

“Uh,” Yami began, ignoring Seto’s snicker, “well, I am Yami, even though I am a girl.”

“Yeah,” Seto grinned, not passing up the opportunity, “A girl with a large rack! Hahahahahahaha! I can’t wait to see the guys calling you now!”

“Maybe I should turn you into a girl as well,” Yami stated, causing Seto to stop laughing, “Perhaps with a size DD?”

“You wouldn’t dare,” Seto exclaimed, remembering that the former pharaoh can do that.

“Try me,” Yami said smugly.

As this was going on, no one notice the post lady’s breathing picking up, her eyes taking on a paranoid look. It only got worse as Nikore and Yugi helped each other downstairs, Seto going over to help them.

“Morning Seto,” Yugi greeted.

“What are you doing here Oni-chan,” Nikore asked.

“I could ask you the same thing hadn’t you left your note,” the brunette replied, then got a good look at Yugi, “You were so worked up over this? You look fine Yugi.”

“Thank you,” Yugi replied shyly.

“Guess the spell still works when you’re not even pregnant Yami,” Nikore said as she walked over to her other koi and kissed her good morning.

“So,” the former pharaoh grinned, “I’m not complaining. Although, I could go without these aching chest pains. Do you have them?”

“No,” Nikore replied, “but that’s because I’m a reploid. Yugi’s having them this morning, so probably you’re developing milk as well. You might be able to breast-feed a baby.”

“Really,” Yami asked, looking down at his chest, “You think so?”

“It would explain why they’re so big,” Yugi giggled, noting Seto and Sugoroku’s blushes. The post lady watches as the tri-color pregnant teen sat down and began scarfing down his plate of scrambled eggs with hot sauce and ketchup.

“This can’t be,” the post lady whispered, getting an idea who the two girls were.

“You are not breast-feeding a baby in front of me,” Seto declared, feeling sick at the mental image of Yami doing that with his child.

“Nani,” Yami teased innocently, gently bouncing the mounds on his chest while leaning closer, “You mean this?”

“Stop before I lose my stomach,” the brunette cried out, not really turned on by the sight, but was gravely disturbed. He most definitely liked Yami as a guy now more than ever.

“Wussy,” the tri-color girl mutter.

“Whore,” Seto shot back, getting slap on the back of the head by Nikore, “Nani? He was acting like one!”

“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON,” the post lady finally screamed in frustration, getting everyone’s attention.

“What do you mean miss,” Sugoroku asked.

“Yami and Yugi are suppose to be boys,” she panicked, talking too fast, “and here they are girls and pregnant! That’s not what it was suppose to be! And poor Kaiba-kun! Getting all sick because of this abomination!”

“Who the fuck do you think you are lady,” Nikore demanded, her temper close to snapping from those comments. The post lady flung off her heavy bag and jacket, revealing a gun in her hands and a smug look on her face.

“You may not recognize me with my dyed hair,” she now spoke with an Asian accent, “but we met before at the opening of Kaiba Paraise two summers ago. You defeated me Yugi so I can help your grandfather, remember?”

“You know her Yugi,” Nikore asked, taking a defensive stance while her brother got up to shield her, “I wasn’t there.”

“It sounds familiar,” Yugi began to try and remember, but Yami already knew who she was.

“Vivian Wong,” the former pharaoh growled, inching closer to her kois.

“Not so fast,” Vivian stated, grabbing Sugoroku and pointing the gun at his head, “I may not have been as crazy as Tea and be stupid enough to try and murder you, but I am smart. Now then, you bitch with the large belly behind my Kaiba-kun, take the spell off my Yugi-kun and Yami-kun or else the old man dies early.”

“Like the hell I know how it was done,” the blond reploid spat, noting a shadow behind the crazed duelist, “and it wasn’t me that did it!”

“You’re just saying that to keep me from my koibitos,” Vivian stated, then cried out as the hand holding the gun was turned at an awkward angle, Sugoroku falling to the ground with his support gone.

“Grampa,” Yugi cried out, rushing to the elder’s side. Vivian struggled with the hold on her arm and turned to see Lyla standing right behind her in her true form, screaming.

“You will not harm my hikari or her family,” Lyla snarled, ignoring the ringing in her sensitive ears.

Seto was already on his cellphone with the police while yami held his trembling hikari in his arms. When the sound of sirens can be heard, Lyla disappeared, letting Vivian go. However, the disguised duelists didn’t go far as Seto grabbed her and pinned her to the wall.

“You’re gonna spend life in prison for threatening my ne-san,” he gowled.

“Ne-san,” Vivian questioned, then looked at Nikore. Those blue/grey eyes that were narrowed with fury held a great resemblance to Seto’s own when he was angered. There was no doubt about that. That was when Vivian realized her biggest mistake when sending Keith to the Kaiba Mansion that night. She wasn’t Seto’s koi. She was Yugi and Yami’s koi.

* * * *

“Boy was I off on who was attackin’ us,” Joey said after he and Mokuba were finished told what happened, “I thought fer certain dat Tea was workin’ alone.”

“It was a good thing I came here then,” Seto replied as he watch the police take Vivian away, “Who knows what she would have done.”

“Are Nikore, Yugi, Yami, and Motou-san okay,” Mokuba asked, eyes filled with worry.

“They’re fine,” the brunette smiled gently at his brother, “if Yami wills top trying to gross me out with his flirting.”

“Nani,” Joey exclaimed, then walked fast into the house/game shop, since running was out of the question, “Yami ya betta not be flirting wit Seto! He’s my man!”

“So,” Yami replied, smirking at Joey’s expression when he laid eyes on her, who happened to be sitting in the living room, “It’s harmless fun. It’s not like he’s turn on by it.”

“Uh,” Joey tried to say something, but the words left his mind. Yami was, for lack of a better word, a knock-out gorgeous babe. And to think she was a guy yesterday.

“Like what you see,” the former pharaoh grinned, stretching her new body.

“Yer still not getting’ my Seto,” Joey declared, crossing his arms around his chest.

“I don’t want or need him,” Yami stated calmly.

“You better not,” Yugi said as he walked in, “Hi Joey.”

“Hey Yug,” the blond greeted, “How are ya doin?”

“I don’t know,” the tri-color pregnant teen replied, rubbing her belly, “He’s awfully active.”

“What do you mean Aibou” Yami asked in concern as Nikore, Sugoroku, and the Kaiba Brothers walked in, then felt a sharp pain through their link, “Aibou!”

“Yami,” Yugi whimpered, feeling a stronger contraction than the last one, “I...I think it’s time.”

“Ne-san,” Seto exclaimed as Nikore almost doubled-over, her eyes wide and gritting her teeth.

“Call an ambulance,” she grunted through her clenched teeth, before she collapsed into her older brother’s arms.

* * * *

“Hi Malik, Marik,” Ryou greeted as he let the two Egyptians inside.

“How are you doing Ryou,” Yami Malik asked, “Almost time for the labor.”

“I know,” Ryou giggled, “I found a name last night for my little one. Miyoko.”

“That’s a beautiful name,” Malik complimented as his yami walked off to find Bakura, who was upstairs, putting the last touches to the bedroom.

“I can’t believe you did pink,” Yami malik said, catching his friend’s attention.

“It’s not all pink,” Bakura replied, pointing to the white and orange on the walls, “Plus, it’s for my daughter. I’m not doing her room like a boy’s.”

“Point taken,” Yami Malik said as he picked up a plushie, “How did we end up like this? It seemed like yesterday we were robbing tombs and pissing off the Pharaoh’s guards. Now here we are, starting our families, working decent jobs, and enjoying it! Where has all the fun gone to?”

“You know as well as I those days are over,” Bakura replied seriously, sitting in a rocking chair that James brought down from the attic, “Marik, we won’t have much time with our husbands. One day, they will die and...”

“We will be back where we started,” the other yami finished, knowing how dreadful that thought can be, “I don’t want to be apart from Malik.”

“Neither do I from Ryou,” Bakura added, looking out the window, “Perhaps we will meet them again in the next life, but for now, we must make as many happy memories as we can with them...and our children.”

“Whoa,” Yami Malik mused, “You almost sound like a philosopher just now.”

“Too much day time TV,” Bakura snorted, then the phone rang and he went to answer it.

“Hello,” he greeted, then listen for a few seconds, “Nani?!”

* * * *

“Are they going to be alright,” Sugoroku asked the nurse as Seto helped Nikore into one bed, Yami helping Yugi into another. Instead of calling the ambulance, Seto called the hospital as he drove them there like a mad man escaping the hounds of hell. Neither pregnant girl wanted separate rooms, so the hospital gave them the largest room they could find for them.

“We’ll have Dr. Gate and Dr. Mikameru called here shortly,” the nurse smiled softly, “Then we’ll get some medication for the two to ease their pain. From there, it’s just a waiting game.”

“How long a wait,” Joey asked, placing down a bag of clothes for Yugi.

“It depends,” the nurse replied, “Since they are new mothers, it could range between 8-24 hours. If there are any complications, then we may have to do a cesarean section, to which your hospital stay may be longer. I’ll be checking on you in a little bit. Do any of you would like something to drink?”

“I’m a bit hungry,” Yugi confessed.

“I’m sorry dear,” the nurse smiled, “but we don’t allow labor patients to eat while they are in active labor. They become nauseated faster.”

“Then water please,” the pregnant teen said.

“Me too with ice,” Nikore added, looking at the hospital gown before her.

“I’ll be right back then,” the nurse left, closing the door.

“Um,” Yugi began, looking at the males in the room, “Could you guys leave so we can dress?”

“Won’t ya need help,” Joey asked.

“I’ll stay and help,” Yami answered.

The three males left just as the nurse returned with their drinks. They were let back in a few minutes later, Yami placing the discarded clothes in another bag on the floor next to the overnight bags already there.

“The doctors will be in shortly,” the nurse said as she took out extra blankets and pillows, “We can give you two an epidural any time that you are ready or any other pain killer that you would like. Epidurals will relieve you of the pain of labor, but it might make it slower than normal. Also, we don’t give them once you are complete and ready to push.”

“Can my Grampa and Yami stay tonight,” Yugi asked, fearful that she may have to do this alone.

“Family members can stay for as long as they want,” the nurse replied, “I will be back to check up on you after the doctors are done, so see ya later.”

The nurse left, giving a small wink at Seto before she departed. The brunette rolled his eyes just as Mokuba grabbed the vase that Nikore was about to throw at the nurse.

“Hey,” Nikore whined.

“No,” Mokuba scolded, “I ain’t letting you get kicked out of here for assaulting a nurse!”

“The bitch must die!”

“I agree,” Joey added.

* * * *

“There’s no way I’m missing that,” Yami Malik said over the phone after Bakura told him Yugi and Nikore are in labor.

“Ryou and I are going to be on our way soon,” Bakura replied, “We won’t be staying the night, hospital policy.”

“What about your birthing practices,” the platinum yami asked, “I thought Julie was working you left and right on that Bradly Method.”

“I got it all down,” the white-haired yami answered, “Plus, we won’t be there for long. You?”

“Malik wants to do the hospital thing,” Yami Malik said, “Rishid already taught me the prayers that are needed to be said and the doctors are aware of what must be done. Besides, I think it’ll be good for Malik to see what will happen when the time comes.”

“At least they let you stick with tradition,” Bakura turned to see Ryou and James ready, “I’m leaving now. See you there.”

“Ja,” Yami Malik said before hanging up.

* * * *

“Let’s see here,” Dr. Mikameru said as he put on some sterile gloves, “Yugi, I need you to squat on your bottom and open your legs for me.”

“Nani,” Yugi squeaked, blushing, “Doushite?”

“I need to check your cervix to see how far along you are,” the doctor explained, “Nikore has to go through the same thing. It’s just standard procedure so we can know how long it will be before the baby’s head reaches Station One, or when the head has descended past the hip bone. Don’t worry. It’s not going to hurt the baby.”

Yugi looked uncomfortable being touched down there by anyone other than Yami, and turned to look at Nikore, who was already in position and being checked by Dr. Gate. Seeing that her koi had no problem, he gets into position, his face red as a tomato.

Yami death-glared the doctor as Mikameru checked Yugi’s cervix, not liking it one bit, but can’t say or do anything about it. Yugi felt a bit uncomfortable with the probing finger, but let him do his job.

“You’re two centimeters dilated,” Dr. Mikameru said after he was done, “So you got eight more to go. Dr. Gate, how is our other patient doing?”

“Two to three,” the reploid doctor replied, taking off his gloves. Nikore looked calm, but for those that knew her well, she was trying not to rip the head off of the closest person, which happen to be a bubbly nurse.

“Alright then,” Dr. Mikameru said, “we’ll be back later to check on you. Feel free to ask our nurses for any type of medication you want. You can only get an epidural when you are four centimeters dilated. Since you both are not in full labor yet, go ahead and order something to eat. You’re gonna need all the energy you can get. You may also do some walking to get things going, and we have a tub and shower to help ease the pain, also available when you are four centimeters.”

The doctors left, leaving the small group alone with the nurse.

“Can I get something to eat now,” Yugi asked, her stomach giving off a growl.

“Me too,” Nikore added, hoping it would ease her pain.

“But food will make you throw up later,” the nurse smiled (A/N: Yes, I made her an idiot, big deal.), “so no food for either of you.”

“The doc said we could,” the tri-color teen protest, but it was easy to see she wasn’t going to be persuade that easily.

“Seto,” Nikore growled and her brother swallowed hard. She never called him by his name unless she was close to losing her temper. “Please order us something before I rip her head off.”

“Isn’t the miracle of life just so wonderful,” the nurse sighed lovely, “waiting for the bundle of joy to make it’s way into the world, having it cry for the first time, give off it’s first smile...”

“Please stay calm Nicki,” Mokuba pleaded as he noted his sister’s hands twitching on the sheet.

“Then the first diaper changes,” the nurse continued, “the first bottle-feedings, or are you going to breast-feed?”

“Yami,” Yugi warned as the former pharaoh was about to send her to the Shadow Realm.

“I think breast-feeding is so much better and more natural than bottle feeding. It makes the mother look so natural.”

“I’m gonna be sick,” Seto said, grabbing his handkerchief to cover his mouth. Joey began rubbing his shoulders to calm him and get his mind off of the nurse.

“You both are so luck to have this day come. I’m so happy for you, I can SING!”

“THAT’S IT,” Nikore roared.

* * * *

By the time Bakura, Ryou, Malik, and Yami Malik arrived, it took two nurses, three security guards, and Blizzard Wolfang to pry Nikore’s hands off of the nurse’s throat. The nurse went screaming for her life and hence, only Wolfang was allowed to stay in case the blond reploid lost it again. After all, she couldn’t be held responsible for her action since she wasn’t in control of her emotions, right?

Both pregnant teens got some lunch from the cafeteria, along with Ryou and Malik who developed cravings while watching them eat. Both Bakura and Yami Malik went to tease Yami about her new form, but turn away instantly Yugi gave them a death-glared that even had Yami Malik scared and Yami proud of her.

They chatted for an hour, Ryou and Malik giving them late baby-shower presents that were baby clothes, then they had to leave. They bid farewell and good luck, with Bakura teasing Yami about having the babies’ footprints on his puzzle, and left. Several minutes later, while everyone was either eating or watching TV, Nikore and Yugi gave a small gasp, feeling some liquid trickling down their thighs, and Wolfang called in Nurse Makoto, a rown-haired nurse, who was Nikore’s nurse and less likely to be killed, to check on the two.

“Your water’s broke,” Makoto said after checking the two, “and there’s no sign of meconium, which is very good. The fluid’s all clear, and you both will be going into full labor soon. You are also four centimeters’ dilated, so do you want an epidural now or later?”

“I would like to take a bath,” Yugi said, since warm water did him some good at home.

“I would like to walk,” Nikore said, sitting up, “All this lying around is getting on my nerves.”

“Alright then,” the brunette nurse said.

A few hours later, Yugi was back in bed from his relaxing bath. He asked yami to go with Nikore so she didn’t feel left out during all of this while Joey stayed by the tri-color pregnant teen’s side, both chatting about the newest set of cards coming out. Seto went out to check on his company while Sugoroku went to get something to eat for himself. Nikore and Yami were also back from the walk, the blond reploid needing to lay down.

Soon, the doctors came in with all they need for the birth after the nurse checked to make sure they were ready to push. Yugi was nearly screaming as he pushed, Yami and Sugoroku holding his legs up for better support. Nikore just grunted with each push, needing no help with her legs. Seto and Mokuba stayed by Nikore’s side while Joey, being the only one brave enough, watched what was going on.

“We have crowning,” Dr. Mikameru announced before Dr. Gate said the same thing. Yugi’s child first came out, the doctors cleaning his nose and mouth before he gave off a loud wail, the doctors cheering. He was then hoisted into Yugi’s awaiting arms, the teen crying as he held his son. Yami was trying not to cry as he saw his first-born child, happiness threatening to explode his heart.

“Here comes the other,” Dr. Gate announced, and Yami walked over to see, “Now Mr. Motou, we may have to run several tests on your child to make sure if she’s a human or a half-breed, so you may not be able to hold her for awhile.”

Yami nodded blankly as the head appeared. Like before, the nose and mouth were suctioned out, then the rest of the body slid quickly out, the child screaming as cold air hit her. Everyone cheered as Nikore collapsed on the bed, panting heavily.

“Would you like to cut the umbilical cords,” Dr. Mikameru asked, holding up a pair of scissors. Yami nodded, unable to find his voice and cut the cord for his son, then his daughter. The doctors rushed the little girl out to the NICU while the nurses looked over the little boy, weighing him and cleaning him off.

“He’s seven pounds and four ounces,” the nurse announced, “and nineteen inches. You’re a big boy, aren’t you?”

The child had pretty much calmed down and was looking at the nurse with large purple eyes. His hair was the same color as his father’s and had four curly blond bangs already. He gave a small smile as Yami came to look at him, waving his limbs here and there. The nurse then began patting his feet to take his footprints, which he didn’t like and began crying again.

“Would you like a footprint somewhere,” the nurse asked, holding up the black sole. Yami held up one of the blank sides of his puzzle and the nurse left the print there.

“We’ll be back soon to get names and the paperwork,” D. Mikameru said as he and the staff began to clean up.

“What about our daughter,” Yami asked, finding his voice at last.

“I’ll get her report soon from Dr. Gate,” the doctor replied, then left.

“Don’t worry Yami,” Joey said, “I’m sure everything will be okay.”

“You okay Nikore,” Mokuba asked, Seto talking to the nurse about the paperwork.

“Just tired,” the blond answered, then mused, “I didn’t even get to hold her.”

“You will soon,” Yugi said, smiling as his grandfather began to cry and saying today was a beautiful day.

* * * *

“So what would you be naming the babies,” Mokoto asked Yami as she was giving his son his first bath.

“Well,” the former pharaoh began, “we were arguing over whether or not to give them Egyptian names or Japanese names, so we had a bet. If Yugi gave birth first, then he got to give our son a Japanese name. If Nikore gave birth first, I would give him an Egyptian name.”

“Looks like you lost on that one,” Mokoto giggled, to which Yami shrugged, “So what’s his name?”

“Kamui (A/N: You know, from X/1999. It means God’s Power, last I checked),” Yami said proudly, “Kamui Atemu Motou.”

“Nice,” the brunette said, giving Kamui his first shot of vitamins, “yYou’re so bave right now, aren’t you Kamui?”

“Mr. Motou,” Dr. Gate called as he walked into the nursery with his daughter, “She checked out okay. She may have some intense strength from Nikore, but she is completely human. Congradulations.”

“Thank you,” Yami replied as he took his daughter into his arms, tears falling freely from his eyes. The little girl open milky blue eyes at her ‘father’, her hair the same as her brother’s but not as much sticking out, and smiled.

“Hello there Nashwa,” Yami greeted. (A/N: Egyptian; it means wonderful feeling.)

TBC

Author’s Notes: Sorry if you guys feel it’s cut short, but if I go on any longer, you would not be able to read it and get bored. Anyway, next chapter will have yami and the gang going back home and later, it will be Ryou’s turn to give birth. For now, ja ne!