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Last time: Yami's inner thoughts have been of confusion and pain, of the loss of his lover for something that he doesn't know how happened in the first place! Yugi wants to help the best he can even with no idea what's happening, but will the young hikari be able to help the expectant Yami before he loses his will to go on…?

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh nor am I copying any other fictions I've read in the past.

Title: Left Behind

Author: Yuzume Mikien

Pairing: Seto/Yami, Slight Bakura/Yami

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: Yaoi, mpreg… or yeah language!

Once more thanks for reading and stuff! Let's begin!

Left Behind Chapter Two:Decisions andSuspicions

Yami's POV

I have to stop… If I continue to lose myself in this forsaken dream that Bakura has put me in…I know I'll have no way to get out of this predicament… How can I get out of this situation… this dream…? Is there anyone out there, who will help me…, anyone? Please…? I know Bakura has left me behind, but I don't want to stay in the dark anymore… I don't want to die like this… weak and alone… I don't want our- my child to go through any pain… but… if anyone finds out about this… I'd be a burden… I'd be a burden to everyone aside from Bakura… Is alone, better than being a burden…? I guess so… right?

Today I attempted to break out of the dream I've lived in for so long… It's been almost three months since I've felt normal… When my stomach didn't clench painfully at different times of the day, I didn't feel sick in the morning, and I was able to eat a hamburger without having to throw it back up again…I woke up at exactly 4:44am as I have for the past few months to take my normal trip to the toilet with the normal case of morning sickness. My stomach was clenching painfully this morning and I had to spend another half an hour or so until my stomach would settle…I stayed awake for the rest of the morning, slowly hearing Yugi and his grandfather wake up and go downstairs. I waited until the smell of coffee made me sick again and I emptied my stomach of anything else I was able to eat the night before. The morning schedule was normal by now, but I didn't want to push it aside this time as if I was still living in the dream… This was happening to me because of the baby…The life that… Bakura didn't accept… the child that I had to recognize. I can't ignore it now… or I will remain in my prison… for, who knows how long… I've let almost a month now pass me by since Bakura slammed the door in my face, calling me a burden, a piece of shit.

I'm sitting on my bed now… waiting for my thoughts to slow down… I have to take this one step at a time… carefully and cautiously for the sake of my sanity and stability. I have to learn to stand on my own two feet again… this time alone… I can't trust to depend on anyone… for this new life is inside me and depends only on me…

Yugi's POV

I've been thinking about calling Ryou for a while now, but Bakura no longer lives with him anymore. After he had been with Yami for a while they both decided to find an apartment for themselves. Yami did the paperwork and all, while Bakura moved them in… one could say. It was so strange how those two somehow were able to work together so well, it was even stranger when they suddenly broke apart…

I don't know if Yami is awake yet, but I better make this call before he does wake up or come downstairs. If he knows I'm trying to call Ryou he will recognize my strategies too well. We'll get into an argument again and then he'll try apologizing with a change of emotions in the next blink of an eye. I pick up the phone ready to dial Ryou's number feeling in the need to talk to him about our 'yamis' as a whole even if Bakura isn't with him and is living in the apartment that both he and Yami had bought together!

I've dialed half the number when grandpa suddenly greets a certain ex-pharaoh as he makes his way into the kitchen. I slam the phone down onto the receiver when the words, "Good morning Yami… You feeling better today?" exit my grandfather's lips. Just last night, Yami had skipped dinner again for the third time this week, saying he had felt under the weather… but even on his good days when he was actually eating something, he never… I mean never walked downstairs this early! I look at the clock on the nearby wall and see the time, 8:25 am, and almost gape at his form in the kitchen doorway. Since the break up I haven't seen him… so normal!

Normal POV

Yami walked into the kitchen dressed in a black turtle neck and pair of his trademark leather pants, a strange mix none the less. He looked at Solomon Mutou, greeting the man, who had spoken, "Good morning to you too sir, and yes I am feeling quite well this morning." Crimson eyes falling onto his aibou, who was at the moment staring at him in a trance like manner, Yami smiled gently. "Hello Yugi… What are you doing?"

Jumping at the question Yugi started to laugh precariously and shake his head, "Uh… n-nothing. G-Good morning Y-Yami…. uh… heh heh… What are you doing awake so early?" Yugi gulped and twitched a bit. He fidgeted in his chair and tried to look innocent, but at the moment he was too surprised at his yami's appearance that he was doing it miserably. Scratching his head in mock confusion, the older boy shrugged. He walked across the room towards the refrigerator and took out an apple. Yami smiled again and bit into it with amusement, leaning against the fridge in a carefree way. Yugi slowly watched Yami as he ate…while Yami observed his hikari as well from the corner of his eye. Both boys hid behind masks of normality while watching each other in suspicion, together wondering about the other.

Yami's stomach finally unclenched itself as he devoured the piece of fruit in his hand. He sensed the suspicion in the air especially in his aibou's eyes. The boy had been taught too well and wasn't easily fooled by the moves Yami made. It was like a game… Yami silently noticed… Figure your opponent's secret before they figure out yours, but what was Yugi hiding? Yami had his own suspicions of the younger boy's actions and he had a feeling it included a certain unsuccessful phone call for which Yugi had left the phone cord swinging. Wishing he could continue the game, Yami turned his back on his hikari and rubbed his stomach, out of view from the two people in the room. His stomach or more so the child inside him had a sad habit of making his abdomen clench to point of tears if it was not fed, but as Yami had been trying to ignore the life at first he had locked himself in his room even if his body was in pain. He bit his lip as the compressing pain wrenched his body for a moment. The child calmed and he was able to turn around again with the same fooling smile plastered on. Once more Yugi was looking at him again with the suspicious amethyst eyes that were so unlike the young boy's before Yami had started to live in the dream. The ex-pharaoh felt another pain, but this time it was emotionally. He was making his aibou hate him… He was being a burden by trying to lie to Yugi with his fake smiles and useless acts, but it was for everyone's safety that Yami keep to himself now, so that no one would have to help him or worry about him. So they wouldn't be suspicious and get angry at him if he ever became truly distant. He was protecting them from the mess he had got himself into. It was for the best.

Confusion washed over Yugi's suspicion as he watched Yami's grin suddenly drop into a frown. Hikari gazed at yami as the now frowning ex-pharaoh, as his eyes glazed over with an almost unnoticeable pain. Sighing Yugi stood up and came over to Yami ready to comfort him the best he could while Mr. Mutou stayed silent at this. As he got closer something registered in his mind that there was a difference with Yami that Yugi hadn't noticed before. The young man was paler than usual, his hands slightly shaking, and his body… There was something about Yami's body that had changed dramatically. His muscles, especially around his abdomen had somehow softened and flattened to an extent. All these strange changes and yet there was still the true change in Yami's spirit that Yugi was just dying to know. He extended his hand towards Yami, "You ok?" he questioned.

This broke the trance that Yami had fallen into as he had been caught by the prison of his thoughts. He abruptly pulled back at the sight of the distance between his body and the hand of his partner. Yami felt the fear of his secret almost being revealed and he backed up from Yugi until he slammed into the fridge He swallowed a lump in his throat and nodded finding it hard to think or even speak. Eyes just watched Yugi nervously until Yami was able to bow and walked out of the room. He grabbed his coat from the coat closet and started to pull on his shoes in a frantic manner. He felt the thoughts pump into his head and for a moment he felt ready to puke. Yugi had chased him and halted behind the ex-pharaoh, "Yami! W-Where are you going! What's the matter?"

Without looking Yami answered, "Nothing… I-I have errands to do…" He left the house/game shop and walked slowly down the sidewalk, praying that Yugi wouldn't follow. The boy didn't and as soon as he was out of sight Yami started to run as fast as his legs could carry him. His stomach clenched painfully, but he didn't care… He had lost himself in the dream once again and at the moment he didn't have the emotional strength to get himself out.

Yami just continued to run, dodging anyone in his path. He had no idea where he was going so he allowed his legs to carry him to any destination. He ignored the fact that his stomach was screaming in pain for him to stop, to rest but he continued on, oblivious of the familiar limo that was parked a few ways down the street from which he ran.

The owner of said limo looked up from his seat in the car, blue eyes distracted from his palm pilot by a form speeding down the road. Cocking his head in confusion he watched the runner, who looked as if he'd never stop and followed his movements. The man noticed the direction the Yami traveled, a route he was too familiar with, as it lead to the park. Slowly the man made two inferences by observing the way the ex-pharaoh ran… either the said being was late to something or, as the man really believed, something was terribly wrong. Yami had rushed out of sight, around a corner, and was by now a few blocks away. Narrowing his deep ocean blue eyes, the limo owner felt an irritating feeling of worry for the younger man and gruffly called the driver, "Did you see that man just run by?" When the driver nodded the man ordered, "Follow him! Now!"

"Yes Mr. Kaiba," The young driver answered and doing as he was told, the driver started the car and drove off in the direction of the park. After the man, who had 'something' going on that the young CEO was just suspicious enough to know…

There you have it Chapter 2! Please read and review for any comments or questions you have that you know will not be answered later on in the story! And as some people have asked Yami was dumped by Bakura because of his pregnancy, but you'll learn more about that later. Next time we will have Mr. Seto Kaiba up to bat… Will he find out about Yami's secret? Who knows? Thanks for reading!