Princess: Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I forgot to explain that Yugi and Tea were in the hospital and Tea was in between contractions. Sorry!

Shadow the Cat: rotflol.

Princess: …

Shadow the Cat: What? It's 'rolling on the floor laughing out loud'!

Princess: … anyway, how did the transplant go? Ya know, the one you got to put you in your new boy. I lent you 1.3 or something million dollars...

Shadow the Cat: Yeah, about that... I kinda blew all the money on children's trading cards...

Princess: … Where's my chainsaw?

Shadow the Cat: Over there. *Pointing*

Princess: *grabbing the chainsaw* Can I get a hug?

Shadow the Cat: Yeah sure... OH MY GOD! IT BURNS, IT BURNS!

Atem POV

I was walking around the fake palace when Ra and Osiris called me.

"Yes, Great Masters?" I asked, bowing down. It was an honor talking to the Gods, but I couldn't help but wonder what the hell they wanted with me. They wasted no time telling me.

"You miss your hikari, don't you, Pharaoh Atemu?" Ra asked me in a beautiful voice, that I shuddered at; such amazing power! Such absolute power!

Then the question actually sunk in.

"... Yes, I do." It was no use to lie. They would know it, anyway. "I miss him very much." My heartbeats became labored, and I unknowingly started crying.

"Would you like to see him again?" Osiris asked, his voice full of pride, completely talking down to me.

"YES!" I screamed, making them bat an eyelash. "PLEASE!" The sudden rush of emotion even scared me.

"Then your wish shall be granted, but only for 12 hours, or midnight, if you're going to tell time." Osiris moved his hand and a orb of light appeared, glimmering all the way into my hands. It was a watch.

"You will use this watch to know how long you have left." Ra answered the unasked question running through my head. "Until midnight," Ra reminded, and the watch became a stopwatch, ready to start counting the seconds till 12:00 AM.

"Why does this remind me of something from Earth?" I wondered aloud, and, to my surprise, he immediately answered.

"Cinderella," and then I was engulfed in light that took me to a galaxy far, far away. (A/N And there's the obligatory Star Wars reference; I never thought I'd sink that low.)

Tea POV

I sat in the hospital bed as Yugi sat in the chair next to me, off in another world, as usual. Duke was asleep beside me on the bed.

The contractions have been pretty far apart, so he had fallen asleep.

I stared longingly at Yugi, wishing he'd just let go of Atem, just leaving him to suffer on his-

"SWEET MOTHER OF GOD!" I screamed as a contraction tore through my body.

Duke awoke with a start immediately, Yugi jumping out of his skin. A nurse ducked in as if this was completely normal. Oh wait, it is completely normal. I forgot between screaming out creative curse words and having Duke nearly die of a heart attack after every one that giving birth was actually common.

"OH GOD ALMIGHTY!" I called out as it came to a close.

"Just a few more hours sweetheart," the nurse comforted.

"A few more HOURS?" I bellowed as Duke's face clearly was pained. Ishizu, Marik, Joey, Kaiba, Ryo, Bakura, Tristan and Serenity were sitting in the Waiting Room, because only Yugi and Duke were allowed in for some reason. Huh.

"Yes, honey, and I won't lie to you, it'll get worse and worse, but the second I heard my baby crying, everything was worth it for me. I still love my little baby girl just as much, or maybe even more than when she was first born. She turns seven tomorrow," the nurse's face became completely serene, and I just knew she wasn't lying to me.

I was lost in my own thoughts until I heard screaming from outside the door... very familiar screaming...

"LET ME IN, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT!" Ishizu bellowed, her normally quiet, whistling-wind-like voice was raised so high it probably hurt the people's ears, I laughed to myself as Ishizu tore through the door.

"TEA! HE'S COMING!" she screamed at me, I immediately knew what she meant, looking to the clock right as it changed. 11:59 AM. 12:00 PM. And a light filled the room. A familiar face smiled down on them.

"Hi," Atem whispered.

"What y'all looking at?" the nurse asked, looking directly into the light, unaffected.

We were the only ones that could see our old friend.

Yugi POV

Holy shit. He's here. He's here. And nobody but us can see him.

"I... have to use the boys room," I mumbled getting up, moving my hand strategically, making my yami realize I was motioning for him to come with me. So he did.

"Just what the mothercrap are you doing here, Yami? Er, Atem." I corrected myself quietly. Just seeing his face sent shivers down my spine. Imagine what happened to me when I heard his voice.

He seemed hurt from my question. Just great.

"I wanted to see my hikari for one last time. I have twelve hours on earth before I have to go back to the Spirit World." he must have seen the lack of emotion change on my face, and he quickly wondered what the fuck was wrong with me. "But I could leave now, if you want. Your wife is pretty close to giving birth." He mumbled dejectedly.

What the fuck is wrong with him. I quickly wondered.

"Are you talking about Tea?" Yami nodded, looking down at the floor. "You mean the girl who married Duke Devlin?" Yami's face lit up, the bubble around his body breaking. He pulled me into a tight hug. That tight hug, Yami's skin against my every line.

Being the idiot that I am, I pulled away.

I pulled away from the life I'd always dreamed of.

Because it was my job to look on with fake happiness as everyone's love stories played out in front of me as I thought, that should be me. Now it was... Right?