Yami had been with Loretta and her family for a few weeks without any sign that he was going to be reunited with his friends. Although he kept in contact with them by mental link, he found himself withdrawn at times. He woke up one morning, lying on his stomach in just a pair of pajamas, sighing.
Slowly waking up next to Yami an then turning over Loretta suddenly had a strange feeling in her stomach. "uh oh..." she complained as she jumped out of bed and dashed to the bathroom.
Yami's eyes snapped open at the noise. "Loretta?" he asked, raising himself onto his arms. "Are you okay?"
"Yea...I think so." she groaned, coughing again.
Yami got out of bed and padded over to the door. "Can I get you anything?"
"I will come back to bed in a minute, just don't..." Loretta said as she was sick again.
Yami winced but went to sit on the bed, anxious. Yugi? he asked through the mind link.
Yami, everything ok? You sound worried. Yugi asked back.
Something's wrong with Loretta. Yami watched the door, his anxiety increasing.
Well aren't you at her parent's house, go and tell her Mother something is wrong?
I don't know. I'm worried. She's being sick in the bathroom.
Oh...um just wondering, have you um you know...done it? Yugi asked blushing deep red.
It?
Um...you know, have you had, um...sex.
Yami's eyes widened. You mean she's...?
That is one of the signs.
Yami didn't answer, the realization having made him freeze.
Yami? Can you hear me? Yugi asked now getting concerned.
Finally coming out of the bathroom, Loretta walked into the bedroom and sat down next to Yami, placing her hand on his thigh. "Yami, I think we need to go and talk to my Mother."
Yami blinked and looked at her. "You're pregnant..." he whispered.
Nodding at him but saying nothing Loretta took his hand, giving it a small squeeze.
Yami gave her a sheepish look. "Yugi told me."
"What are you thinking about this Yami? If you don't want to keep the baby I completely understand. We don't really know one another all that well."
"I was just shocked. But I've been given a second chance at life and I'm not going to refuse anyone a first chance."
"But what about your friends and Yugi? Won't you want to go back to Domino with them?"
"Yes, of course. And I need my memories back. But I'm willing to make it work. I've always known my destiny was not an easy one."
"I'm not going to force you to stay here, your future is more important." Loretta sighed resting her hand on her stomach.
"Why don't you come with me?"
"I would have to have a talk to my parents first and you know I love you Yami. But I don't want to hold you back from your destiny." Loretta smiled.
"I love you too and I want you by my side when I face it."
"Do you really mean that Yami?" Loretta said as her eyes welled up with happy tears.
Yes, she's fine. Any word on when you're picking me up?
That's good, yea good news, we are coming today, Roland is going to bring us in the helicopter.
Do you mind if Loretta comes along. I don't know if she is, but I want to make sure it's okay.
Its ok with me with and I think the gang will be excited about meeting her. Yugi smiled.
She's great.
"Excuse me, Mr. Pharaoh, I was about to kiss you until you started pulling faces, are you ok?" Loretta asked as she sat back bit from him folding her arms.
Yami looked down at her. "Sorry, Yugi took that moment to yell in my head."
"I wondered what happened. Everything ok with him." Loretta asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, they're coming here today. So if you're coming with me you might want to ask."
"Ok, I will go downstairs and have a talk to my parents while you finish talking to Yugi. You don't want him yelling at you again." Loretta giggled as she got up & gave Yami a very passionate kiss before leaving the room
Yami watched her leave before returning to the mind link. How soon will you be here?
A few hours maybe, so don't go getting too comfortable with your new girlfriend. Yugi smirked to himself as he got into Kaiba's Limo.
She's pregnant, I doubt we're going to get that comfortable. Atem chuckled quietly.
Oh so she actually confirmed it? Well congratulations and I know you Yami.
We don't know for sure, we're just assuming.
I will leave you two alone now, we are just boarding the chopper. I cant wait to see you, I've missed you so much Yami.
I've missed you too.
It's not just me, the whole gang has missed you. Yugi thought as he shut their link off.
Bursting through the door with a huge smile on her face Loretta looked at Yami "Mom & Dad said I could come back with you!"
Yami picked her up in his arms planting a kiss. "Great. Now you need to pack. Unless you have other ideas?"
"Help me to quickly pack first then once I'm done I think you owe me a little something." Loretta smirked.
"Oh? what exactly do I owe you? not that I don't believe I owe you, I want to get it right. I'm sure customs have changed as have women and my knowledge of women is limited."
"Let me give you a subtle hint." Loretta said as she leaned in giving him a chaste kiss.
"I'm going to need a bigger hint." Yami smirked.
"Nope, no more hints. You are just asking for trouble, I can see mischief written all over your face, Pharaoh." Loretta smirked back pulling out of his embrace to start packing.
"Where can I start? I want to help if I can." Yami offered, glancing around her room.
"The most crucial things I need are in those top drawers over there, if you can get them for me while I pick out what dresses and tops I'm going to take." Loretta explained as she pointed to the top draws of her cabinet
Yami went over to the cabinet and starts handing over the items in the drawer to her. Then he moved to another drawer and his eyes widened at the sight of the contents. He lifted a black lacy bra, which he dangled by one finger. "And what were you planning on doing with this? he asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"What do you think it's for? I'm a girl don't forget Yami, now hand it to me so I can finished getting packed." Loretta huffed take a step closer to him.
Yami took a step back with a smirk. "No way."
"Come on Yami, that's not funny, I need that bra." Loretta growled.
"You're going to have to take it from me." Yami dove catlike out of the way as she tried to tackle him and they wound up on the bed with Loretta on top. They began kissing. Just as Yami was enjoying time with Loretta, Yugi opened his side of the mind link Hey Yami, we've just landed, whereabouts are you staying?
Yuge, could you pick a better time? Now's not the best time to have company. Yami grumbled, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
Well we are nearly there to pick you up. Yugi chuckled. Oh are you busy?
"Yami, why did just roll your eyes?" Loretta asked.
Just a little. Yami looked down at Loretta. "Yugi was oh so kind as to tell us he's almost here."
"Oh I better put my dress back on then, I don't want to give Yugi a fright." Loretta giggled climbing off Yami
Without saying anything back to Yami, Yugi blushed deep red. "Hey ah Yuge, are you ok buddy?" Joey asked.
"I'll let him know to come on over. I've lost interest in continuing this anyway." Yami sat up, dangling the bra by one finger. "You want it back?"
"Throw it in my suitcase and quick."
Yugi, come on over. We won't be swinging from the chandeliers when you get here. Yami chuckled out loud at the thought.
"What are you laughing about?" Loretta said as she turned to Yami and narrowed her eyes at him.
'Ok, we will be there in about ten minutes and Yami? Ididn't want to know that. Yugi blushed again and then chuckled.
"The idea of swinging from chandeliers."
"Good thing there aren't any in this house. And how could an ancient spirit like you know what a chandelier is?" Loretta asked raising an eyebrow.
"I learn quick." Yami winked at her as he tossed on his shirt. "You're supposed to be packing. We have ten minutes."
"And you're supposed to be getting dressed." Loretta smirked as she put more of her clothing into her suit case. "I think we should tell Mom and Dad about our little surprise too before we leave."
"Good idea." Yami readjusted himself and zipped his pants. "Your dad isn't going to hurt me, is he?"
"He may be a bit disappointed in me for getting pregnant at a young age but he won't hurt you. he never even smacked my brother when he was younger." Loretta giggled as she finally zipped her suitcase up.
"Yeah but he's family. He might feel different about spoiling his little girl."
"Well I was always the favorite but he won't do anything to you, I promise." Loretta smiled at him kissing his cheek.
"Write down where we are so I can tell him. It'll be easier if I can read it to him."
Writing down her address for Yami, Loretta passed him the piece of paper "One of your friends should know the address."
Yami passed along the address through the mind link. See you when you get here.
'We are almost there, Joey said he knew the address'
"How far away are they Yami?" Loretta asked opening her bedroom door.
"Yugi said they're almost there. We better get downstairs." Yami grabbed her suitcase, heading for the door.
"Cool & Thank you Yami" she nodded to him as they made their way down the stairs to Loretta's waiting parents. "Um Mom, Dad? Yami and I have something to tell you."
Yami stepped back out of the firing line, unsure he was safe.
Taking his hand and bringing him closer to her side, Loretta gulped before starting her sentence "Um...I was sick this morning & I think I could be um...pregnant."
Abydos's eyes widened and flicked to Yami. "You're the father?" he asked. When Yami nodded, he looked back at his daughter. "Well, I'm disappointed at you, Loretta. Congratulations both of you." His eyes flicked back to Yami. "You better take good care of her and my grandchild." he warned.
"Yes, sir." Yami nodded. The doorbell rang. "That must be my friends".
"I'm sorry Father, but please don't be mad at Yami, I love him." Loretta pleaded with her Father "Oh Yugi is here"
"As long as he takes responsibility I have nothing against him."
"He will Dad, I know he will. I better get the door for Yami's friends." Loretta said as she dragged Yami over to the door.
Yugi is that you? Yami asked, pausing before he opened it.
Of course its me, you'd be able to see us if you opened the door for us. Yugi chuckled.
Yami opened the door and was immediately tackled by Yugi. "Woah, careful there. I missed you too."
"I've missed you so much Yami, I didn't think I would ever see you again." Yugi sobbed as he hugged Yami tight.
"As you can tell, this is Yugi." Yami glanced over at Loretta, then back at his friends. "Hi."
"It's good to see you again Pharaoh, but one question? How come we can see both of you" Joey asked raising an eyebrow.
"Hi, nice to meet you and you Yugi." she smiled at them.
"Good question." Yami gently pulled Yugi away. "I'm not sure. Maybe something happened when we went through the portal."
"It's good to see you are ok, however it happened." Joey smiled.
"We should get going anyway, I asked Rolland to wait at the airport with the helicopter." Yugi told Yami with a sniff.
Abydos went over. "Loretta, you might want to say goodbye to us and your brother."
"And Yugi? Would you mind helping me freak out her brother? He seems to be a fan of ours." Yami grinned at Loretta.
"Sorry Mom and Dad, I'm going to miss you." Loretta said giving them a hug each. Turning to her brother Loretta hugged him. "See ya Rafe, I'll miss you little bro."
"I don't know Yami, I don't want to freak him out too much." Yugi blushed.
"Hey what about me? I'm just as famous as Yuge." Joey interrupted.
"The only people that have seen the two of us apart are in this room so it's a treat." Yami grinned. "Rafe, this is my partner in crime, Yugi."
Rafe grinned widely. "Cool!" Then he turned to Joey. "Who are you? You're definitely not Kaiba, the second coolest duelist on earth."
"Hi Rafe, nice to meet you" Yugi smiled.
"Argh, that Kaiba is always stealing my glory." Joey growled folding his arms.
"We need to go, don't we?" Yami asked, glancing at Yugi. When he nodded, he looked to Loretta's parents. "Thank you for letting me stay. I'll take excellent care of your daughter and grandchild."
Nodding at Yami, Yugi turned to head to the awaiting taxi.
"Thank you Yami, we trust you and will miss you both so much." Rosetta said as she hugged her daughter again before she left.
"Let's go home and see what destiny awaits us." Yami sighed as he stepped into the limo.
"I'm a little bit nervous Yami, I've never been away from Mom and Dad before." Loretta sighed leaning against Yami's arm for comfort.
Yami hesitated, now that Tea was nearby before wrapping a comforting arm around her. He met Tea's eyes. "Are you okay?"
"Yea of course, why wouldn't I be?" Tea feigned a fake smile.
Yami glanced at Loretta. "We went on a sort of date once because Yugi thought she could help me with my memories. Because I was more focused on my destiny, I never got the chance to explore anything more after that."
"Based on your reaction you weren't exactly happy about being tricked into going on the date." Tea gave a weak giggle.
"So it might be weird that the second I get my own body I find a girl." Yami smiled apologetically to both of them. "I didn't mean to hurt you, Tea."
Tea gave a small smile. "I know. It's for the best, I suppose."
Rolland pulled the limo into the airport and they boarded the helicopter. "Let's go home. Your new home." He smiled down at Loretta.
"Sounds wonderful if you're there." Loretta gave him a light kiss before following him inside.