The rain stopped and it was peaceful, but not peaceful for two certain people in an apartment room they were sharing for the night. Yami awoke to someone vomiting and he was going to go back to bed when his motherly instincts came back again. He quickly ran to his room where yugi was sleeping. Once he entered he saw yugi leaning over the bed vomiting the foods they ate a few hours ago, Yami looked to his alarm clock and found it to be 4:00am in the morning. Yugi looked at Yami but as soon as he did, his head started to spin and almost fell off the bed if it wasn't for Yami to catch and cradle him in his arms.

"I guess we'll have to wait for that road trip" Yami said as he checked yugi's temperature with his hand

"Sorry...for your...floor" yugi said as he took deep tired breaths as Yami removed his hand and gave him a small smile

"There's no need to apologize yugi, I'll clean it in a few minutes but first I need...to take...care of you" Yami said as he had guilt building up in him

Yami carried yugi to the guest room and went into his supply closet for a bucket and a mop. Yami left the bucket with yugi and he used the mop to clean his room floor. Once he was finished he left the mop outside his terrace right after he rinsed it in the bathtub.

'So this is parenting' Yami thought as he took out the flu medicine from the bathroom cabinet

He grabbed a cup of water from the kitchen and went back to the guest room and found yugi vomiting again and it was now 5:45am and Yami suspected that they were the only ones up in the building, soon Yami panicked when yugi was heaving more there was nothing left in his system and he started to whimper from the pain. Immediately Yami was by his side and checked his temperature again and sighed in relief when it started to go down.

"It's okay little one" Yami reassured as he helped yugi sit up a little "here drink some water" he said softly as he gave yugi the cup of water

"Thanks" yugi replied in a raspy voice

He took large gulps of water and after a few seconds later the entire cup was empty. Yami had a spoon filled with medicine already and was not surprised to see the cup empty, since when he got sick he had to have at least three cups of water with him to keep him hydrated.

"Drink this, and I'll go get you some water to get the taste out of your mouth" Yami said in a motherly voice as yugi nodded

Yugi took the medicine and smiled when Yami left the room to get him some more water. He didn't know what to think of his birth parent yet since he doesn't know what to call him, mom or dad, since he found a very old article about Yami. Apparently he is the first male to ever even conceive a child but soon after he read it the site he was on was taken down by government authorities. And soon he had to have one of his friends hack into the computer to claim he was never on it in the first place.

'It's weird...people here have no idea that some males back at millennium can carry children' yugi thought in confusion

Soon Yami came back with a cup of water in his hands along with a soft smile. He gave yugi the cold beverage and eagerly, yugi drank all of it in a few seconds which made Yami giggle at the sight. The young man looked at the clock and saw it was already nearing 7:00am and he only had a few hours sleep.

"Well let's get some rest and tomorrow or maybe tonight we can go to your hometown" Yami said as he made his way out the room but left the door open just in case

"Okay...morning by the way" yugi said with a light smile which made Yami laugh a little

"Morning little one" Yami said as he went back to his room to sleep

Yami went to sleep straight away while yugi stayed up for a few moments wondering if he can actually explain why he came for him in the first place.

'He's part of the prophecy, just like scriptures said' yugi thought

He soon drifted to sleep and back at millennium people still kept searching for him believing he was lost in the woods and had trouble finding his way back. Some believed the worst while others kept hope that he was alright.

"We've been searching for days Mai, it's possible he may not be-" Bakura started but was cut off by mai herself

"Finish that sentence Bakura and you won't be leaving the forest" Mai threatened

"We'll continue later right now let's get something to eat" Serenity said as she and the others went back into town

Of course everyone was worried for the eight year old boy, Joey Wheeler was one of them since he often babysat the kids in the orphanage while Mai was off doing errands.

"Any luck?" Asked a twenty-nine year old woman named Téa Gardner

"No, and we looked everywhere" Tristen said as he rubbed his eyes

"he's just a kid it's not like he took a bus and left town" Duke said as stretched his arms

They all went to the Gardner Café and the ones watching the café was an eleven year old girl named Anzu along with a thirteen year old boy named Akiefa and supervising them was Ryou, Bakura's husband and akiefa's mom.

"Any luck?" Ryou asked as he kept a close eye on his son

"No and I don't know what made him run off in the first place" Mai said as she sat down next to Ryou

"Well for starters we all know what he's like maybe he saw something that spiked his curiosity" Ryou said as he took a sip of his tea

"Well what could have made him run off like that" bakura said sternly then saw his son and sighed "akiefa put the money back where you got it" bakura said sternly

Akiefa stared at his dad then put his hands into his pockets and fished out the money he took from the tip jar. Ryou was shocked that he didn't catch his son and he kept a good eye on him to.

"How did you know he took money from the jar?" Téa asked as she placed the money back in the said jar and gave it to her daughter anzu for safekeeping

"Easy, when Ry took a sip of his tea...he took that opportunity to take the money" Bakura said as poured himself a cup of coffee and drank it without milk and sugar

"Akiefa we've talked about this" Ryou said softly

"Sorry mom...old habits die hard" Akiefa admitted which made his father laugh out loud while ryou glared at him

"Your not helping kura" Ryou said sternly

"Sorry, reminds me of his age" Bakura admitted with a smug smile

Ryou rolled his eyes while everyone else laughed at the comment but before anyone could say something else, Bakura stopped his son from leaving the café with the money jar while anzu looked at her now empty arms.

"Akiefa!" Anzu screamed in anger

"Uh oh...gotta go" Akiefa said as he placed the jar on a table before he ran out the café

Everyone burst out laughing but the two reasonable parents had to chase down their children before they get hurt or before anzu gives Akiefa another broken arm. And unknown to the entire small town of Millennium, yugi was perfectly fine, he and Yami were getting ready to leave the city and luckily Yami was already thinking about moving out so he just packed his belongings which took much of his trunk and backseat of his car. Yugi's clothes were clean and dry along with his shoes and he was no longer sick since they were leaving around 6:30pm.

"Alright, now that we have everything...let's go take you back to-" Yami stopped himself as he realized he doesn't remember where he lived even though yugi mentioned it last night

"Millennium" yugi said as he went inside the blue car

Yami nodded and went into the drivers seat and began to drive off, yugi gave him directions on where to go and made some occasional food/gas stops since Yami found out millenium was way out of the city and more into the middle of no where.

"I'm going to be in so much trouble" yugi muttered as he stared at his hands

"Well you did run away...but I'm sure they'll go easy on you" Yami said as he kept his red-amethyst eyes on the road

"I guess so" yugi mumbled as he stared at the setting sun

Soon the car started to get low on fuel and there was no gas station for the next 10 miles. Yami parked onto the side of the road and grabbed the fuel container he had in his trunk.

"Well how much farther to millennium yugi?" Yami asked as he filled up the car with gas

"Not to far just as we see the other gas station that's a few miles ahead" yugi replied

"That's good but we don't have enough gas to make it ifs it another thirty miles" Yami stated as he capped the container then placed it back in his car

"I don't really know how much farther is the gas station since I fell asleep on the bus" yugi admitted with a slight blush

Yami smiled and soon they were back on the road and not long after they saw the gas station and just as they pulled up the gas meter said the car was empty on fuel. Yugi was fast asleep and Yami used his credit card to pay outside the station since he didn't trust the place as much as he wanted to. Once his car was filled up he left the station and drove off, Yami decided to find millennium on his own since yugi was tired for staying up half the night.

'12:30am and I'm not tired, guess oversleeping was a good thing after all' Yami thought as he stared at the dark road ahead

He stayed up until he saw a sign that said Millennium, he kept following the signs until he saw a small town and soon he saw a café and decided to park then ask one of the locals and see if they knew where the orphanage was. He had his hood on when he walked out the car since it began to rain when he entered the town.

'this is for the best' Yami told himself as he stepped out of the car and entered the café while checking to make sure yugi was safe. Once he stepped in, the conversations he heard stopped as he people looked at him in distrust.

"Who are you?" Joey asked as he stared at Yami in distrust

"Joey" Serenity scolded at her older brother "I'm sorry for him...he's not trustworthy of strangers" serenity said as she glared at her brother who shrugged in response

"It's alright, I've came to ask for directions-" Yami said as he was interrupted by a white haired man

"Directions for what?" Bakura interrogated sternly as he crossed his arms and glared at Yami

"Directions to an orphanage" Yami stated as Téa glared at him thinking that he was going abandon his kid and leave

"Well I'm the woman who manages the orphanage but you'll have to come by morning" Mai said in distrust

Yami sighed and he tried to explain his reasons but no one would let him talk because they kept interrupting him and it was getting really frustrating.

"Everyone would you please be quiet and let the poor man explain himself!" Ryou said loudly enough for everyone to hear

"Alright talk" Seto Kaiba said sternly with his blue eyes piercing into yami's soul

"I've found someone who says that he lives here and...he wasn't supposed to find me in the first place" Yami said as he pulled down his hood which made everyone freeze and the sound of a cup breaking was heard

"Is yugi here with you?" Mai asked as she got over her shock

"He's in my car sleeping and how he even afforded a bus ticket is beyond me" Yami said as he rubbed his head

Bakura mumbled something but Ryou smacked the back of his head to make him shut up. Everyone stared at the married couple for a few seconds before turning their gaze at Yami.

"We have a lot to talk about" Was all Yami said before the door opened to reveal a sleepy yugi

"I'm tired" yugi grumbled as he yawned cutely and motioned for Yami to carry him

Yami stared at him before smiling and lifting the boy into arms as he fell asleep again with his thumb in his mouth. Which made some people sigh in relief that the eight year old was okay and also smiled for the cute scene in front of them.

"let's talk tomorrow, you two must have had a long drive from wherever you came from" Mai said with a warm smile

"You can have one of the spare bedrooms upstairs" Téa offered as she poured Ryou more tea

"Thank you" Yami said with a warm smile of his own

"I'll take yugi back to the orphanage while you get settled in" Mai offered

Once Mai motioned to take yugi, the boy's grip on yami's shirt tightened the moment Mai touched his shoulder.

"Or he can stay with you" Mai said in plainly as she saw yugi relax in yami's arms

Yami nodded and Téa led him upstairs and his sudden appearance made some people in the group suspicious while others were confused as to why yugi wanted to find him.