Yugi opened his eyes, slowly. He blinked once. Twice. He sat up, and looked around him. It looked like the park, it did, but he knew it wasn't. Was he where he thought he was? He looked to his side, and gasped. he carefully shook Yami awake.

"Yugi?", he moaned. "What's going on?"

"I think we're inside the Virtual World," he told him.

"That would be correct!"

They both jumped. They knew the voice. It was Noah. They were never more sure of where they were; they were in the Virtual World.

"My daughter, Mahala, has taken you here! And, your friend Taren is here, too! Be prepared to live in damnation for the rest of your lives, my friends!"

His voice faded as quickly as it had suddenly boomed throughout the park. Suddenly, Yami started making moaning noises; screaming, too.

"Yugi... the baby... I think..."

Suddenly, there was an explosion of water.

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Taren started running to the park. Noah's voice had been echoing through the park merely seconds ago; he had to still be there, or, at least, someone had to be. He wouldn't have done that without having someone to talk to, unless he was some kind of idiot.

Maybe he was talking to himself.

No, there was someone there. If he was just practicing, he would've said something to compliment himself before continuing, or turning off the screen. There was someone in the park. Taren kept running. If they got to the control room of the Virtual World, they would be able to override the system.

She stopped behind a tree. A security droid? Noah was really trying to look for them, or something else. But, what could you look for when you had a way to find everything? He was able to hunt them down, why would he have security droids out? Was there something else he was looking for?

Taren heard moaning and screaming. A familiar voice. She turned around. The park was behind her. And right there, lying in the center of it, was Yugi, holding up Yami, who was sweating intensely, breathing heavily, moaning slightly, and, more than anything, screaming. Taren gasped. Was Yami in labor, already?

He only looked about 2 or 3 months pregnant. When she did a scan, he was about 2 and ½ months. He shouldn't have been anywhere near close to having the baby. Something was up.

"Yugi! Yami!", she yelled.

Yugi turned to look at her, and gestured for her to come over. He didn't have to do anything, she was already running over. Yami truly was in pain, and Yugi was petting him.

"It'll be okay," he told him. "Just wait. Just wait, okay? As soon as we find the others, as soon as we know where everyone is, you can lay here and give birth. The baby will be born, and it'll be healthy, I promise you. You'll be okay; it'll be okay."

Yami was biting his bottom lip, trying not to scream. Yugi was petting him, still, kissing him on the forehead.

"Should I go and find Seto and Mokuba?", Taren asked, putting a hand on top of Yami's.

"No need."

She looked behind her. Seto was there, holding Mokuba in his arms. "He's just tired. We should let him rest." He glanced over at Yami. "What's going on with the starfish?"

"He's in labor," Taren explained.

"Will we be here long?", Kaiba asked her.

"It all depends on how long it takes him to give birth," Taren explained.

Yami took Yugi's hand, and, to everyone's surprise, stood up. He was breathing extremely hard, and nearly fell over again when he took another step. "Don't worry... I'll be okay. We have to... stop Noah before... he... takes over... KaibaCorp..."

He fell over again. Taren helped him to his feet, and he leaned into her to keep his balance.

"If I die, and anyone asks: Kaiba did it," he muttered.

Kaiba seemed furious, but Taren and Yugi only smiled and chuckled. Kaiba laid Mokuba on the ground, and proceeded to slap Yami and Yugi. Taren remained untouched.

"What was that for?! And, why did you slap Yami?! You should've slapped me!", Taren screamed.

Kaiba was stiff. "You're a girl! I can't hurt you!"

Taren's face was red with anger. "Yami's in a lot of physical pain right now, and Yugi's got emotional pain going through him right now! I've truly got nothing going on with me, and you decide to leave me alone! Seto Kaiba, you are abusive, selfish, and reckless! I don't want you to get anywhere near me, or my friends! Leave, and leave alone! Your little brother will be safer with us!"

Kaiba's eyebrows lowered, but he ran off.

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"Kira! Kira!"

No response. Atem lifted the broken end of a plane wing. "Kira! Where are you, Kira?!"

Atem gasped as he lifted a sheet of metal that broke off of the body of the plane. Underneath it was Kira, but she wasn't breathing, and her heart wasn't going. Atem brought her into his arms. "Don't worry," he told her, "I'll make sure they know about you."

He walked off, limping to the Ishtar home.

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"Let's go," Taren said, "unless you want to have the baby, now."

Yami shook his head. "We have a mission to carry out.", he whispered, breathing as he spoke.

Taren pulled out her cellphone, and typed something on it's slide-out keyboard. Suddenly, a wheelchair appeared next to her. "I've learned a little bit of coding after a few years in the Virtual World.", she said, tucking her phone back into her pocket.

She helped Yami into it. She stepped behind him, and pushed the wheelchair, running at lightning speed. Yugi was behind her. They were all rushing to the digital KaibaCorp. Suddenly, Yami screamed in pain, and both Yugi and Taren stopped.

"No," he said, "keep going. I'm... fine."

Taren didn't move. "No. I won't. Either we stay here and let you have the baby, or one of us stays here with you while you give birth, and meet the other at KaibaCorp. I'm not going to go in there with you, when you're in labor, and so very clearly are not able to function. So, what is it going to be?", she asked.

Yami looked up, and sighed out. "Both of you go, and I'll stay here and give birth. I'll catch up with you and Yugi once I have the baby, alright? Just, please. Don't let me be a roadblock on your path to stopping Noah and Mahala. I don't want to stop you. Just... go."

Yugi started racing off, but stopped in his tracks when he saw that Taren was still with Yami. He watched as she leaned over, kissed him on the forehead, hugged him, kissed him again, and followed Yugi.

"What was that for?", Yugi asked when Taren had reached his side.

"I feel like I know him from somewhere, a long time ago.", she answered.

Yugi could only smile as they ran through the entranceway to the KaibaCorp Building.