Wolf: Well here it is, the chapter you have been waiting for. Its the chapter where the pups are born. The beginning of this chapter takes place after the last chapter, but afterword's it go into the main chapter.

Chapter 10: The Pups Come

Yugi quickly walked to the front of the den. He could see Yami on top of the den and looking at the sky.

"Yami." Yugi said to get his attention.

Yami looked down to find Yugi standing in front of the den, looking up at him.

"Yugi, you're back. Come up here and tell me how it went." Yami said, excitement in his voice.

Yugi walked up the side of the den and laid close to Yami so their fur was touching.

"So what happened?" Yami asked.

"Well, Shinzo looked me over. She checked over me and pups. She said that we were fine and healthy as can be." Yugi told him.

"Was she able to tell how many pups you have?" Yami wondered.

"Yes, she said it looked like I had about 5 or 6." Yugi said.

Yami smiled and nuzzled Yugi's neck.

"That's great. A great amount for are first pups." Yami said.

"Yea." Yugi said.

Both looked up at the sky as the stars shined brightly above them.

"Its a beautiful night." Yugi said.

"Yes it is. Best sky I've seen. Not even a cloud in the sky." Yami said.

Yugi smiled and put this head against Yami's neck. Yami nuzzled the top of Yugi's head.

"The sky is beautiful, but not as beautiful as you." Yami told Yugi.

Yugi lifted his head and smiled at Yami and nuzzled his nose to his.

"That's sweet of you." Yugi said.

"I tell the truth." Yami said, licking the top of Yugi's head.

They stayed like that for a while.

Anna came and feed them, Holly and Jeffery where there as well and petted them and played with them a little. Soon they all left.

Yami and Yugi went back to the top of the den and watched to sky still, unil Yugi gave a big yawn.

"Lets go to bed." Yami said, getting up.

"Alright." Yugi said, getting up.

Yugi got up and the two headed to the den. Both laid next to each other and they fell asleep.

-One and a half months later-

In the last month and a half everything has been normal around the zoo. The only change is the size of Yugi's stomach. He was close to having the pups, he never left the enclosure since a month ago. Yami was the one to always go to the animal talks now.

Yugi was walking to the pond to take a drink. He walked slowly to the pond then leaned down to take a drink.

"Yugi?" Someone said.

Yugi lifted his head up to see Ryou and his son, Samuel, Sam for short. Sam was vary adventures and got in trouble, just like Bakura.

"Hey Ryou. Hello Sam." Yugi greeted.

"Hello Yugi." Sam yipped.

Ryou and Yugi giggled at him.

"So how are you Yugi?" Ryou asked.

Yugi laid down because his paws started to hurt.

"I'm alright. Ready for these pups to come." Yugi said.

Ryou chuckled.

"I know how you feel. I couldn't wait till Sam was born." Ryou told him.

"Sometimes they don't let me sleep at night, but they do now and then." Yugi said.

"Don't worry, they're going to be here before you know it." Ryou assured him.

Yugi smiled.

"I know." Yugi said.

"By the way how's Joey? I haven't talked to him." Ryou wondered.

"Just fine. So are the pups." Yugi told him.

Just 2 weeks ago, Joey had his and Seto's pups. He had 3 pupies, two girls and one boy. They named the girls Taylor and Tori, and named the boy Seth. Seto loved them so much. Joey has been stuck in his den, which is why they haven't seen him, but Yugi has talked to Seto for updates.

"I can't wait till that happens." Yugi said.

"I bet Yami will be happy then?" Ryou guessed.

"I know he will." Yugi said.

Yugi and Ryou talked a little until Yugi went to the other side of the enclosure to talk to Malik.

"Malik?" Yugi called as he walked up to the fence.

No response.

"Malik? You there?" Yugi called a little louder.

There was a rustle in a tree and someone jumped down. Yugi thought it was Malik, but saw it was a little smaller. It stepped out of the shadow of the tree and Yugi saw Lindsey walk up to him. She has grown a little in the past months, but was still smaller then Malik. She wont be full grown till another year.

"Lindsey? Where are your parents?" Yugi wondered.

"They had to get shots done, I heard Troy talking about it. I'm by myself right now." Lindsey told him.

"Alright. Well how have you been?" Yugi asked.

"Fine. What about you? You must be close to giving birth, right?" Lindsey wondered.

"Yes. I'm vary close." Yugi told her.

Yugi then heard the gate to the front of the enclosure open.

"Lindsey, I have to go. Yami's back." Yugi said.

"Alright. Nice talking to you Yugi." She said and ran off.

Yugi walked to the front of the enclosure and see Anna leaving the enclosure. Yami turned around and ran up to Yugi and nuzzled his face.

"Hey Yugi. Nothing happened while I was gone did it?" Yami asked.

Yugi chuckled.

"Not really. I talked to Ryou. I wanted to talk to Malik, but talked to Lindsey instead." Yugi told him.

"Where was Malik?" Yami wondered.

"Troy took him and Marik to get shots for something." Yugi said.

Yami nodded. He then smiled and put his nose to Yugi's.

"How are the little ones?" Yami asked, rubbing his nose.

"Fine, like always." Yugi said.

Yami chuckled and licked Yugi's ears then his head.

For the rest of the day the two laid down in the sun and relaxed.

-Night Time-

Anna walked into Yami and Yugi's enclosure to feed them dinner. Anna whistled and Yami ran over while Yugi walked behind him. Anna gave them their meat and they laid down next to each other to eat. Anna smiled.
"See you later boys." Anna said, then left.

Yami ate normally as Yugi devoured his piece of meat.

"God, Yugi, you where hungry." Yami said.

"What do you expect? I'm eating for more them myself you know." Yugi said.

Yami finished his piece and they walked to the top of the den. There was a half moon out as they looked at the sky.

"Nice night." Yami said.

Yugi shifted as he felt discomfort.

"Yea." Yugi said.

Yami nuzzled Yugi's neck and licked behind his ears.

Yugi felt a wave of pain his him, making him whimper and wince. Yami noticed this.

"You ok, Yugi?" Yami asked.

"Yea. I'm fine." Yugi lied.

Yami didn't fully believe him, but pushed it aside and looked back up at the moon.

Yugi felt the pain again. He stood up.

"I'm going to the den. I'm going to bed early tonight." Yugi said.

Yami looked at him with surprise.

"Alright. I'll be there soon." Yami said.

Yugi nodded and walked into the den and laid down. He closed his eyes and tried to sleep. As he laid there Yugi keep feeling pain that came off and on. His breath got heaver as the pain came. Then a really strong kick from the pups make Yugi yelp loudly. It took Yugi a moment to realize what was happening. He was in labor!

Yugi's eyes widened.

"Yami!" Yugi called.

In a flash, Yami appeared in the den. He was surprised to see Yugi laying on his side, his breathing heavy and his eyes shut from pain.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" Yugi asked worried.

"Y-Yami. I think its time." Yugi breathed.

Yami's eyes widened.

"You sure?" Yami made sure.

"Yes." Yugi panted.

Yam nuzzled Yugi's muzzle.

"You going to be ok?" Yami asked.

"I will. Go wait outside the den." Yugi said.

As much as Yami wanted to stay with Yugi, he knew he had to stay outside to give Yugi space. Yami licked Yugi's head and left.

Once Yami left, Yugi felt another wave of pain his him. Yugi then started to push. After 5 minutes the first pup was here.

Yugi licked the pup clean and keep it warm. It started to squeak and yip, making Yugi smile that it was alive. Yugi saw that the pups was a boy and had black fur. Yugi smiled and nuzzled the pups over to his stomach, where his nipples are. The blind pup found a nipple and stated to suck. Yugi continued to lick the pup to keep him warm.

After 5 minutes of rest, Yugi felt pain again and started to push. Ten minutes later another pups was born, this time it was a girl with white fur. Yugi did the same as the first pup by cleaning it then lead the pup to his nipple where it started to drink.

-3 hours later-

For three hours Yugi has been giving birth. So far he had four pups and was on the last. He was really tired, but couldn't give up. Yugi pushed one more time and the last pup was born. It was a boy with grey fur and was small, making him the runt of the litter. Yugi cleaned him up and put him to a nipple with his brothers and sisters.

At the end of it all, Yugi had five pups total. Three boys and two girls.

One boy had black fur. Once girl and one boy had white fur. The other girl had brown fur while the runt had grey.

Yugi smiled down at his and Yami's children as they squeaked at his side.

-Outside-

The whole time, Yami was pacing at the entrance to the den. Yami sat down for a moment, looking at the entrance, but got back up and paced again. Then something caught his ears. Squeaking.

"Yami?" Yugi's sweet voice called from inside the den.

Yami quickly walked into the den and stopped in his tracks as he looked at the five little balls of fur at Yugi's side, squeaking.

His eyes softened and walked forward and nuzzled his muzzle to Yugi's

"You did a wonderful job, Yugi." Yami told him.

"Thank you." Yugi said.

Both looked down at the pups.

"Did you think of names for them?" Yami asked.

"Not yet." Yugi answered.

"Well lets start with the boys first." Yami said.

Yugi nodded in agreement. Yami looked at the black furred pup.

"How about we name this one, Atem?" Yami said.

"Ok. How about, Taiyo, for this one." Yugi said, pointing to the boy with white fur.

Yami nodded and looked at the one with grey fur, the runt, who looked to be digging at the ground with his front paws as he drank the milk.

"How about, Horu, for the little one?" Yami wondered.

"I like it." Yugi said.

"Now for the girls."

Yugi looked at the white furred girl.

"I like Tsuki for this one." Yugi said.

"Ok and how about, Gomi, for the other girl." Yami said, talking about the brown furred girl.

"Perfect." Yugi said.

Yugi then yawned.

"Go to sleep Yugi. You need your rest." Yami told him.

Yugi nodded and curled up around the pups and fell asleep.

Yami smiled and looked at the pups, who had just fallen asleep after Yugi did.

Yami looked at Gomi and how her fur was brown, it reminded Yami of his mother and how his fur was the same color of brown. Yami gently licked her neck and nuzzled her back. Gomi wiggled a little and yipped, but still stayed asleep. Yami laid next to Yugi, on the other side of the pups, and fell asleep.

-Morning-

Yami was woken up by a whistle. He blinked a couple time. He stood up and stretched with a yawn.

Yami looked down at Yugi and smiled at him as he sleep with the pups sleeping at his side calmly.

Yami walked out of the den and toward where the sound was. Yami then saw Anna and ran up to her. She laughed and patted his head.

"Hello Yami. You and Yugi are sleepy heads today. It is almost noon." Anna said.

Anna looked around.

"Where is Yugi?" Anna wondered.

Yami lifted his ears and wagged his tail as he remembered what happened last night. He had his pups now and he was a father and proud of it.

"Yami did something happen last night?" Anna asked him.

Yami barked and nodded his head quickly, jumping with excitement.

Anna's eyes widened.

"Yami, did Yugi have the pups?" Anna wondered.

Yami yipped happily and ran around her. Anna chuckled at him.

"I guess you're happy then. That's good. I'll give you your breakfast and you can take Yugi his." Anna said.

Anna gave Yami his piece of meat and Yugi's, then left.
Yami grabbed the pieces and walked to the den. He left the pieces at the entrance and went in the den.

He woke up Yugi and left the pups long enough for him to eat. Then they woke up and Yugi had to feed them.

They were fitting into there new life style vary well.

Wolf: There you go, hope you liked it. R & R.

I will also clear some names for you.

Taiyo: Sun

Horu: Dig

Tsuki: Moon

Gomi: Dust