A/N: Sorry for the wait! Enjoy! We don't own Yugioh GX or Yugioh 5D's.

The next morning, Alexis called a taxi to take her to the pier, where she would hop on a boat to Duel Academy.

"You sure you'll be okay, hon?" she asked Jaden one more time. "I could always send the kids to Atticus' place. We both know Reggie can handle them."

"I'm sure, Lex!" he told her, smiling. "Don't worry so much! We'll be fine."

"Yeah. Besides, I'm good at babysitting Jadens, at least," Yubel teased him. "Look how well behaved mine is."

"Uh, Dad?" Luna asked, being the only other one that could see and hear the rude spirit. "What's she talking about?"

"Here they go again," Leo muttered.

"Quite the comedian, aren't you, Yubel?" Jaden asked.

"Yubel again? Dad!" Leo said, rolling his eyes.

Alexis was quiet a moment, smiling, before saying, "Well, anyway, kids, Mommy has to leave now. Be good for Daddy, okay?"

"Okay!" they said together.

Alexis kissed them both on the foreheads. "Take care, sweethearts. Mommy loves you." To Jaden, she said, "Now I left you a list of things to do so you don't forget them. And don't forget to call me if you have any trouble, okay, hon?"

"Don't worry, Alexis. I've got it," he assured her.

"I'm sure you do. Take care, my love. Good luck."

"You, too," he said, and they kissed each other goodbye.

"Eww, gross!" Leo exclaimed.

Alexis smiled and got in the taxi. "Bye, guys! Take care! Don't destroy the house while I'm gone!" she said as it drove off.

"Bye, Mom! Don't worry! We won't!" Leo said, waving.

"Bye, Mommy! See you later!"

"Good," Yubel said. "She's gone. Now you can call in the cavalry."

"I already told her, I've got this! I don't need 'cavalry.'"

"Hey, Dad," Leo said, tugging on his pant leg. "Let's play cops and robbers! I'll be the cop."

"But I wanted to play house!" Luna protested.

"We're playing cops and robbers!"

"I don't want to! That game's no fun!"

"No! Playing house is no fun! That game's for girls!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

As the two continued their argument, Yubel asked, "Hmm. You sure?"

"Alright, alright, settle down!" Jaden said. "How about we take turns? Play one for awhile, then the other?"

"I wanna go first, okay?" Leo said.

"That's not fair!" Luna whined. "You always go first!"

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

"Do not!"

"We'll flip a coin!" Jaden said, pulling a quarter out of his pocket. "Heads, we play house first; tails, cops and robbers."

"Okay!" the twins said.

Jaden flipped the coin, and it came up heads.

"Yes! I get to go first!" Luna cheered.

"That's not fair!" Leo protested. "Heads always pops up! I say best two out of three."

"Stop being a sore loser, Leo," his sister said. "I won fair and square."

"That's because you had heads! Let's do it again! But I want heads this time!"

"We don't have to flip it again! Dad said only one coin toss!"

"But you had heads!"

The two growled at each other.

"Leo!" Jaden said sternly. "There was just as much chance of tails coming up as there was heads. It's fair. We're playing house now, then cops and robbers. Or do you two wanna spend the whole day arguing?"

"I say it's fair!" Luna said, having not heard her dad.

"That's 'cause you're a cheater!"

"Take that back, Leo!"

"Make me!"

"Still think you've got this?" Yubel taunted, grinning.

Jaden pulled the two apart, saying, "That's enough! Leo, Luna won fair and square. We play her game first. But, if you both don't cut it out right now, you're both getting a time out!"

The twins both crossed their arms and pouted, saying, "Fine."

Yubel was still grinning, inspiring Jaden to ignore her.

"Okay. So, Luna, you won, so we're playing your game," he said. "We'll switch in an hour. Okay?"

"Okay!" Luna said happily at the same time Leo said, "Fine..."

"He's gonna regret his stupidity."

Winged Kuriboh nodded in agreement, concerned.

Later, Jaden walked into the kitchen and saw something that stopped him dead in his tracks—there was paint on the wall. Not just the light orange paint that he and Alexis had chosen for the kitchen wall, either. A pink star, blue dinosaur, green river, and purple flower...scattered randomly within three feet of wall space. Neither of the kids were around.

"...Leo! Luna!"

"I didn't do it!" he heard their voices from elsewhere in the house.

"Then who did!?" he demanded.

"Oh, probably the cat," Yubel said. "Even though she's outside."

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Leo called from the hallway.

"What happened!?" Luna called from the living room.

"Why don't you two come here and take a look!" Jaden answered.

"But I didn't do it!" Leo said.

"I think Ashley was in there, whatever it is!" Luna called, confirming Yubel's suspicions that they would blame the family cat.

Jaden rolled his eyes. "Yeah, because she totally painted on the wall! And Banner was raiding the fridge!"

"Banner!?" Leo called, confused. "You mean Pharaoh, don't you!?"

Leo never knew if his dad called his cat Banner or Pharaoh. The fact that he didn't believe in spirits meant that he no longer believed Pharaoh's old owner was living on inside of his cat as a ghost.

"Well, maybe she got bored!" Luna suggested.

"Cats don't paint, Luna!"

"So!?" she called. "It wasn't me, either!"

"It's not me! I don't even like blue!" Leo called. He didn't seem to realize that confirmed he was lying about not knowing about it.

Jaden groaned. "Well, it was either one of you or some mischievous spirit." Though I honestly think it was both of you... Dinosaurs and flowers, pink and blue—that's usually both of 'em.

"I vote for mischievous spirit!" Leo called, even though he claimed not to believe in spirits. "Now can you please stop screaming!? I'm trying to play football!"

"Yeah!" Luna agreed with her brother. "We both know who Banner really is! I bet he drew that pink star!"

"Wait, you're not supposed to be playing football in the house, Leo!" Jaden called. "And, Luna, Banner can't hold a paintbrush, let alone use one."

"Hmm. I think Syrus may be home right now," Yubel teased.

"Oh, put a sock in it, would you?"

A crash from the hallway drew Jaden's attention from the ruined wall. He ran toward the sound.

"I didn't do it!" he heard Leo say as he turned the corner to see the broken vase.

"But I don't want fish for dinner!" Leo complained, staring at the plate in front of him. "I want ice cream!"

"That's a dessert, stupid," Luna said.

"Dad! Luna called me stupid!"

"Luna, don't call your brother names," Jaden said. "Leo, eat your dinner."

"But I don't want it!"

"Then you aren't getting dessert."

"Uh, Dad? What is for dessert?" Luna asked.

"That's a surprise," he answered, knowing full well that Leo would more likely eat if he didn't know whether he would miss his favorite dessert.

"But I hate fish!" Leo whined. "At least get me something else!"

"Would you grow up already?" Luna said, eating her dinner. "You're acting like a big baby."

"Dad! Luna called me a baby!"

Must be nice to have a peaceful dinner... Not that I would know, Jaden thought, irritated. "Luna, what did I say about calling your brother names? And, Leo, you're eating what's on your plate!"

Luna crossed her arms with a humph. "Tattletale," she muttered.

Leo stuck his tongue out at her. Luna returned the gesture, then they growled at each other before humphing and turning away from each other, arms crossed and noses in the air.

"You know, Chazz is pretty good at dealing with civil disobedience. Maybe you should give him a call," Yubel said, grinning.

"Cut it out, Yubel," Jaden muttered.

"But I don't wanna get a bath!" Leo protested. "I like being dirty!"

It was bath time, and Jaden was in the upstairs hallway in front of the bathroom, trying to get Leo to get a bath. He hadn't realized it was this difficult.

"I don't care, Leo! You're getting a bath, whether you like it or not!" Jaden told him.

Luna stood in her bedroom doorway, already wearing a nightgown. "Yeah, Leo," she said. "You heard Dad. You stink. Get a bath."

Leo dropped onto the floor, flailing around and screaming, "I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna!"

Jaden picked him up, ignoring the flailing limbs. Leo fought him tooth and nail as he dragged him into the bathroom, complaining the whole way.

"Let me go, let me go! I don't want a bath! I don't!"

After quite a bit of wrestling, which inflicted multiple bruises on Jaden's person, he got his son in the tub. Leo pouted, his arms crossed.

"Atticus can make bath time fun," Yubel said. "You sure you don't want to—"

Pipe down, already! he snapped, his patience already wearing thin.

"Whatever. It's your funeral, Black and Blue Boy."

Still sitting in the tub pouting, Leo said, "I'm not getting a bath."

"Oh, yes, you are," Jaden said, grabbing the soap and a sponge. If he's gonna act like a baby, he's gonna get treated like a baby.

"Hey! Quit that!" Leo said, dodging the sponge.

"Hold still!" Jaden said, grabbing his son.

"Let me go, let me go!" he protested, flailing around again.

Jaden sure as heck wasn't giving up—he had gotten that kid in the tub, so he was getting him clean if it killed him.

An hour later, Leo stood in the bathroom wrapped in a towel, pouting.

"There," Jaden said. "And, look, it didn't kill you, did it?"

He humphed in response.

Jaden glanced at his watch. 7:45 meant it was just about time for the kids to go to bed.

"Now, let's get you ready for bed, Leo."

"But—" he started.

"Leonard Yuki!" Jaden said, hands on hips.

"Okay...," Leo said, pouting.

"Good. Now, go get ready for bed."

"Fine," the boy said, heading to his room.

Yubel watched him go. "Hmm. I don't think this is over yet, do you?"

"Not even close," Jaden said, shaking his head.

Ten minutes later, both the kids were running around the house.

"You can't catch me, you can't catch me!" Luna chanted.

"Nah, nah! Can't catch me!" Leo called as well, running alongside his sister.

"Come on, you two!" Jaden called as he chased after them.

"Hurry, Leo! He's gaining on us!"

"Then I guess we'll just have to split up!"

"Right! I'll go left! You go right!"

"Good idea! Glad I thought of it! See you later, sis! Good luck!"

As they reached an intersection in the hallway, Luna took the left, heading for the kitchen, while Leo headed off to the right. Jaden stopped in the middle, debating which one to chase after.

"...Okay, Luna's heading toward Pharaoh," he reasoned, remembering that Pharaoh had headed that way earlier, "and Banner can handle her from there. Leo!" he called, running after his son.

Some time later, he had them both in their room, bouncing on their beds.

"We're not sleepy, we're not sleepy!" Leo said.

"Yeah!" Luna agreed. "We wanna stay up all night and play!"

How do you get kids to fall asleep!? Jaden screamed silently.

"You call some backup," Yubel said.

"All night, Luna?" Jaden said as an idea hit him. "So you're not tired at all? Not even a little?"

"Nope!" she said, shaking her head.

"Not...really...," Leo said, slowing in his bouncing. He yawned and stopped bouncing completely.

"Are you sure, you guys? I mean, staying up all night is pretty hard. You sure you don't wanna take a little nap?"

"Well, maybe just a...little one...," Leo said with another yawn as he sat down cross-legged on his bed.

"But I'm not tired! Honest!" Luna insisted.

"So you're gonna stay up all night, then, Luna?"

She blinked slowly, her bouncing slowing to a stop. "Of course..."

"Well, if you're sure you really want to stay up all night and you won't get tired..."

Leo yawned. Luna did, too, sitting down.

"Uh-huh...," she said.

Jaden smiled. "Are you sure you're not tired?"

"Well, maybe a little...," she admitted.

"Yeah..." Leo yawned. "What she said..."

"Well, then, maybe you should take a little nap, huh?"

"Okay. Sounds good," Leo said, crawling into bed.

"Yep," Luna said, following her brother's lead.

"Way to go. You actually got them into bed," Yubel said with a grin.

Jaden walked over and tucked them into bed, kissing them both goodnight. When they closed their eyes, he turned to leave.

"Daddy?" he heard Luna ask when he reached the doorway. "You gonna read us a story? Please?"

He turned back, smiling. "Sure, Luna. So, which one do you want to hear?"

"How about one with a beautiful princess who falls in love with a handsome prince?"

"No," Leo said. "That's too girly. Why not one where a brave hero saves the world from danger?"

"That's no bedtime story, Leo. That's a comic book," Luna said.

"So? Comic books can be bedtime stories, too, you know?"

"May I propose a compromise?" Yubel said, a lame look on her face. "Like maybe a brave knight saving a princess and becoming king?"

"I know just the thing," Jaden said, sitting down on the edge of Luna's bed.

"That was a great story, Daddy," Luna said when he had finished. "Thanks for telling it to us."

"Yeah!" Leo said. "I especially liked the part where the guy slay the dragon with one swing of his sword!" He pretended to swing a sword as he spoke. "I wish I could be a hero like that!"

"Well, maybe someday, you can," Jaden said. "But, right now, it's time to go to sleep."

"Okay, Daddy! Good night! I love you!" Luna said.

"Night, Dad!" Leo said.

"I love you, too. Night, kids."

He headed out of the room, turning out the light and closing the door.

"So, how was your first day as a stay-at-home dad?" Yubel teased before laughing through her lips.

"Are you gonna do that all week?"

"Why not? They're gonna do that all week." She laughed again.

"Yeah, well... Ugh..."

He decided to let Yubel have that one, intending to get some ice on a particularly nasty bruise on his side. Wrestling with Leo seemed a rather dangerous thing to do.