The King's Explanation

"Explain to him what happened so I don't have to sleep on the couch anymore!"

Kaiba, Mokuba and Noa looked up to see Jonouchi drag Yami into Kaiba's personal kitchen. The two children were glad to have something else to watch besides watch the eldest of the three make his lunch. Kaiba just sighed as he started to add Tabasco to his ice cream. So far, he had a scoop of green tea, mint chocolate chip, coconut, and pineapple ice cream with honey, chocolate syrup, and nuts. On a plate next to him was chocolate dipped strawberries, pickles, and wasabi paste. If this was what he ate two months in, they would hate to see what he would come up later on.

"Why in Ra's name do I have to explain to anyone?" the ex-pharaoh yelled.

"Because nii-sama won't listen to him," Mokuba provided.

"Damn straight," Kaiba muttered as he went for the caramel sauce.

Yami sighed and sat on a bar stool next to Mokuba. He knew the sooner he told his side, the sooner he could leave that mad house.

"Jonouchi told me you were not yourself lately," Yami started. "He said it was almost like you were sad about something. He said it started soon after he first told that story. I knew that if you were anything like my cousin, it was due to your 'maternal' instincts kicking in. This was cause by the idea of having your own children. Before you deny, how you are with Mokuba is all the proof I need."

"You're just digging a deeper grave for the mutt," Kaiba said adding whipped cream to his meal.

"But he was so worried about you!" Yami added quickly. "He begged me to do something to help. So, I used the Shadow Realm to help out."

"How-" Noa started to say before Yami interrupted.

"You should know by now that the Shadow Realm is all powerful."

"But-"

"SHADOW REALM IS ALL POWERFUL!"

"How does the 1000 yen come into play?" Kaiba asked adding a cherry on top of his "masterpiece".

"It was his fee," Jonouchi answered before Yami could stop him. The blonde's eyes widen when he realized what he said too late. Kaiba had started to eat his lunch in silence as the thought about all that was said.

"Looks like someone will be taking your place on the couch, mutt," Kaiba said with an evil smirk as he dialed his cell phone. "Hello? Yuugi?"

Owari

Random talk: Personally, this is my favorite one I did for this idea. It also gave me my favorite line I ever came up with. (My other one is "Screw Pokemon, we have Duel Monsters". Don't ask…) Ah, now I'm going to have to make Yami say that the Shadow Realm is all powerful in my fics now… You do have to admit, the Shadow Realm is overused in fics to explain anything supernatural for Yu-Gi-Oh. Yeah, I'm guilty of abusing it. I try not to, but I can't help it at times…

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