Chapter 4- Babysitting

"All set?" Akiza asked her dark haired friend once she got settled in to the front passenger seat.

Yusei gave a silent nod and reached back to grab the seatbelt as her red haired friend started the engine of the red mustang, she was borrowing from her parents for the day, and drove away. She wasn't used to wearing a seatbelt so it was uncomfortable to her at first, but she got used to it as the minutes passed.

"So Yusei," Leo started with his cheerful grin from the back seat. "What booster pack do you think we should get?"

"Leo…" Luna said with an annoyed tone in her voice as she sat on the other side of the seat.

Yusei giggled at the randomness of the boy's question. "I was actually thinking about getting the latest pack. It's said to have some rare cards that could be worth a lot in the future."

As the minutes passed, the Satellite duelist seemed to let go of her worries and enjoyed being with her friends.

-

"How hard could it be?" Jack thought as he approached Yusei's child who lay awake in the crib. "She's just a little girl… All I need to do is feed her…that's all…"

The blonde bent over and picked up the small child and cradled her in his arm. Maryl seemed to be happy to see the duelist again. She cooed happily as Jack took a seat at the foot of his bed. Nothing seemed to be bothering her…

The baby found it amusing to play with Jack's necklace. The blonde duelist gave a smile as he watched the little girl play with his necklace and giggle with excitement. Maybe Maryl wasn't sick after all…but she still needed a checkup to see if she was healthy.

Jack took his necklace back as soon as he saw that Maryl wanted to stick it in her mouth and suck on it. She seemed to get pouty but a moment later she found something else to suck on…his finger.

"This may be my one chance to prove to Yusei that I'm no longer that stuck up jerk I used to be…" Jack thought as he let the little blonde girl continue to happily suck on his finger. "And maybe, just maybe, she'll open up to me a little more…"

Maryl stopped sucking on his finger a moment later. She cooed for a bit but stopped a little bit before she sneezed cutely, a surprised look came to the baby's face. She looked up at the man who held her wondering what just happened.

Jack smiled and chuckled lightly, he had to admit that was cute.

Baby Maryl caught sight of Jack's long strand of blonde hair and was curios about it. She fiddled around with the strand of hair, keep her entertained for awhile.

Jack thought that if he put Maryl's pacifier in her mouth, it would prevent her from sucking on anything else. He stood up and walked over to the nightstand where Yusei had last left the pacifier and picked it up. The object looked like it had its fair share of use over there in the Satellite. Who knows how sanitary it really is…

It wouldn't hurt to give it a washing…

He brought the small child with him to the kitchen where he gave the pacifier a good washing before he stuck it in the baby's mouth.

Maryl seemed to be much happier once she had something to suck on.

"Now…What do you do with a baby girl?" Jack thought as the little girl starred up at him with her big blue-eyes.

-

The mall was miserably busy…

But that didn't stop Yusei from doing her shopping for her baby, and then some for herself.

"It must be fun being a mother," Akiza said as she walked up next to Yusei who was having a hard time trying to decide on something for her baby. "You get to shop for new cloths and stuff."

"It's not just the shopping, Akiza," Yusei said, she made up her mind and added another item to her basket. She looked over at her red haired friend. "It's mostly taking care of the child and watching them grow up, knowing that it was you who raised that child."

"Well, that too," The female duelist said.

"So where are the twins?" Yusei asked as she headed for the checkout.

"Oh, they're in the card shop just across the food court," Akiza said.

"Blowing their allowances'?" The dark haired woman said with an amused smile.

"Pretty much," Her friend responded and smiled.

Yusei paid with Jack's credit card that he had given her.

"Say, where'd you get that credit card, Yus?" Akiza asked as the two made it across the food court to the card shop.

"Jack gave it to me," Yusei said. "He told me I should buy something nice for Maryl and me."

"Wow," Akiza said with a surprised tone in her voice.

"Oh come on Aki, give him a break. You may think that he's a monster, but deep down, he really does have a heart. He just doesn't know how to properly show his true feelings," Yusei said taking a stand for her old friend.

"Don't be fooled, Yusei…" Akiza warned her friend. "Who knows, maybe he could just be putting on an act or something…"

Yusei sighed and rolled her eyes. Akiza was one to never let a grudge go, minus the grudge against her parents all those years ago.

"Yusei, Yusei!" Leo's excited voice said as he ran up to the older duelist with his sister following him. "Check 'em out!" He fanned out his new cards and showed them off. "All limited addition too!"

"Wow, great catch Leo," Yusei congratulated the 14-year-old with a smile. "Hey, this one looks rare." She pulled out a card from his display to look at it.

"When I get home, I'm gonna look these cards up on the internet to see if any of them are worth something," The green haired teen said smiling energetically.

Yusei handed the card back to him as he put them in his pocket for later.

"Unlike Leo here, I'm saving my allowance for something worthwhile," Luna said.

"What?! Duel monsters cards are so worthwhile!?!" Leo exclaimed defensively.

Yusei giggled as the two bickered, just like when she, Jack, and Crow were kids. The two boys would bicker about something and she'd just sit there and giggle at their comebacks and insults they would throw at each other.

"Alright you two," Akiza said getting a little annoyed by their sibling rivalry.

The twins stopped bickering.

"I think we should get going," Yusei said to the other three. "I told Jack I'd be back by five."

"Can we eat first? I'm starving," Leo said as his stomach growled.

"I'm kind of hungry too," Luna said.

"What do you say we have some dinner here before we go?" Aki said to the dark haired woman.

"Alright," Yusei said with a smile. She was getting hungry herself.

The group of friends made their way to their favorite place to eat in the mall and settled down with a good meal.

-

[5:03PM]

Yusei closed the front door of the mansion. As usual, the place was quiet. But she could hear what sounded to be the TV and it was coming from the living room.

"Jack, I'm back," She said as she entered through the archway only to see the blonde laying on the couch, asleep, with Maryl lying on his chest, asleep as well.

She smiled softly. She walked up to where the remote was and picked it up and turned off the widescreen TV. She then gently shook Jack's shoulder in an attempt to wake the sleeping duelist. It didn't take much to wake him up though.

Jack opened his violet-eyes with a far off look in them still. He blinked a few times before he realized Yusei was there.

"Looks like you guys wore each other out," She said softly with a smile as he sat up holding the sleeping child in his arms.

"It didn't take much to entertain her," Jack said.

"Thanks for watching Maryl for me," Yusei said with a smile. "Do you want me to take over now?"

"No, I'm fine," Jack said as he adjusted a little. "What's in the bag?" He asked after finally realizing it.

"Oh, just some clothing, some blankets, and a new pacifier," Yusei said as she shuffled around the contents in the bag.

"Did you buy anything for yourself?" Jack asked.

"A few things, but not a whole lot…" Yusei said as she put the bag on the floor next to the couch. She reached into her pocket. "Here, you might want this back." She held out his credit card to him.

Jack took it and slipped it into his inner coat pocket.

"I've already eaten, so there's no need to make such a big meal," Yusei said as she looked over at her little girl.

Maryl started to stir in Jack's arms. She yawned cutely before she opened her big blue-eyes; a smile came to her face once she saw Jack.

"You want to feed her?" Jack asked Yusei as he offered her Maryl back. "I'm going to go make me something to eat."

The dark haired woman accepted her child back with a smile. She stood up and followed the blonde out of the room and to the kitchen. She sat at the table and fed the blonde little girl her bottle.

"Pretty soon we'll be moving on to baby food, Maryl," Yusei said as she talked to her infant as she continued to feed her.

The rest of the evening passed smoothly…

Yusei gave baby Maryl a bath and then put her in a pair of footy pajamas she had bought and washed and put her to sleep in her crib. After that, she took a hot and refreshing shower.

Meanwhile, Jack sat in his study reading his book quietly. He didn't mind babysitting Maryl for Yusei. And He would do it again if he had to…


A/N: Wow, it's been four months since my last update. ^^; Sorry about that. I sort of ran into a writer's block with this chapter. But, you guys will be happy to hear that I am no longer in a block with this story and I've been working on this story for about three days now.

I hope you guys liked this chapter. There's plenty more of where this one came from. ^^ No rly, there is...

Any type of review is welcome. =]

~AC2