"Joey where was you!" Seto shouted as he entered Joey's apartment, he had Sakura and Mokuba with him of course. The apartment was not as messy as it normally was but Seto didn't care…he didn't have to live there. Joey came out of the kitchen and smiled widely.
"Hey you're back early from you visit with Pegasus. I take it things didn't go well."
"Things went fine. He invited us on a European cruise."
"Are you going!"
"Of course I'm going! However I got him to agree to let you come too."
"A cruise to Europe? Which part?"
"France." Seto told him, "And a few friends are coming as well. I've already asked them to come."
"Who?"
"Who do you think! Marik, Yugi, Yami, Tristan, Tea, Bakura, Ryo, Duke and Mai."
"What about Ishizu."
"She said she doesn't want to be in the middle of an ocean with her brother." Seto sat in a gray recliner, "Are you coming?"
"Of course I'm going to come. I don't want you in the middle of the ocean with Pegasus!" Joey said and looked into the carrier at Sakura. She was wide-awake and looking straight up at him. She wasn't able to smile yet but the noise factor what high, "I'm so glad she got you're eyes, Seto. By the way when do we leave?"
"Tonight. So you better start packing." Seto told Joey and told up, "I'll be by later to pick you up."
"Oh okay."
"Bye Joey." Seto opened the front door and Mokuba left out. Joey grabbed Seto quickly and kissed him so passionately Seto's knees went weak. Pulling way Joey seemed very satisfied with Seto's reaction. Seto was blushing as bright as he had when they shared their very first kiss, "I-I'll see you later." Seto said as though in a daze. He left and went into the hall Joey noticed something.
"Seto you're forgetting Sakura!"
"Oh silly me." Seto said as he re-entered the apartment and got Sakura, "I'll see you later bye!"
"Bye." Joey watched the three leave and noticed that Seto was really over due for a haircut. His hair was well past his shoulders in away it looked at though his brother and he were in a hair-growing race, but he was behind at least five inches.
At the Kaiba Mansion
Seto had finally put Sakura to bed and was going to hit the sack early himself too. However, as he got into bed, he noticed the doors to his balcony were ajar. He got out of bed to close them. When he turned to head back to his bed he came face to face with Bakura.
"Bakura! What are you doing here?" Seto asked as he back away.
"To be honest I'm here to kidnap you." he said and in one swift motion swung Seto over his shoulder.
"No no no." Seto said as he kicked his legs, "I don't have time for this!"
"Bakura what are you doing!" Yami said as he entered through the balcony doors.
"How'd you get past the gate? Why are you here! Put me down Bakura!" Seto shouted.
Bakura dropped Seto on the bed and looked back at Yami, "I didn't expect to see you here. I suppose my plans are ruined."
"What plans?" Yami asked.
"Like you don't know." Bakura said and then whispered in Yami's ear, "I came here for a good time. Just like you. I just got here first."
Yami blushed in embarrassment, "I came here to make sure you didn't do anything to hurt Seto."
"Oh you're so humble." Bakura said and looked back at Seto and grinned, "As fir me I'm not so moral."
"Come on you're not doing anything." Yami said and dragged Bakura out on to the balcony. Then pushed Bakura over it.
"Ow! What the hell Pharaoh!" Bakura shouted back up. Yami could help but grin at his small victory.
Yami ducked back into the room to talk to Seto, but he was gone, "Come on Seto where are you?" He said to himself as he looked around. It was quiet in the room so it wasn't long until Yami figured out where Seto had gone. Sakura was bawling in the other room. Yami entered the room quietly and watched Seto with his daughter.
"Come on go sleep." Seto told Sakura, as he rocked her.
"Why don't you sing her that lullaby, Seth?" Yami asked him as he approached slowly. He didn't want Seto to get on his guard again.
"My name's not Seth. I don't know any lullabies. What are you doing here anyway?"
"I just wanted to see if you needed any help Seto. You're always raising a child on your own. It's about time you got some sort of help."
Seto looked at the former Pharaoh after he put Sakura back down, "And I suppose you can take care of a small child?"
"I had fifty in the past. Therefore, I suppose I have a basic idea on how it works. Though I don't know exactly how they all came out in the end." Yami looked Seto square in the eye, "You can't do it all by yourself. You need some sleep Seto."
"So you want to help me?" Seto asked.
"It's about time I did."
"What do you mean about that?"
"It's a long story." Yami said.
"I have time."
"Well."
Flashback
The palace was full of children. In addition, the six of them belonged to Seth and Atem; however, Atem was so busy with his Pharaoh duties to help Seth out. Yugi entered the room; Seth was attempting to hide in, bawling.
"Yugi what wrong?"
"Abodeys hit me." He cried.
"Who it Ra's name it that?"
"….H-he's Teana's son." Yugi said and continued to bawl.
"You should have hit him back, Yugi." Seto told him as he tried to walk out of the room, "Yugi I can't walk if you're following on to my legs."
"Pick me up." He said in his little voice.
Seth picked Yugi up and walked down the hall. It wasn't long until came running up to him.
"DADDY!" she screamed.
"What happened!" Seth asked when he saw his daughter's knee bleeding.
"I fell."
"On what the pyramids?" Seth lifted her up and put Yugi down.
"Noooo. I was there first." Yugi whined and yanked on Seth's hand.
"Yugi go get you brothers and sisters. Now!" Yugi went off to get them pouting all the way. After he rounded them all up they went to there daddy's room, "Listen all of you. You're all stressing me out. And due to the fact you don't have a real available father. I'm the one raising you all. So until you're all old either to take care of yourselves. We're now on the buddy system."
"What's that?"
"It's when you have a brother or sister with you at all times?"
"Even when we're sleeping."
"Well since you all sleep in the same wing of the palace. It's pretty much the same thing." Seth was exhausted.
"Daddy are you going to have an other baby?"
"Not if I can help it." Seth told them, "Other then the system. We all well get up the same time and go to bed at the same time."
"But you and father are always fighting way past the time we're in bed."
"You can hear us fighting?" Seth asked in utter shock.
"Yes, everyone can."
"Alright, listen I have to say that the bed time rule doesn't apply to me. But it does to all of you."
"Dad why do you fight with father so much?"
"Did we do something?"
"No not all." Seth lied. The fights were always about them. They were always along the lines of complains about them from his other wives and the others the lived in the palace.
Later after the children were put to bed. The night really began Atem entered Seth's room.
"What do you want?"
"I have to talk to you."
"About?"
"Teana -"
"Her again!"
"Seth yoy have to understand that she's my-"
"Wife. Yes I know. I was there remember."
"Seth why are you so angry!"
"I'm not angry! I tired and frustrated!"
"Care to explain why?"
"I'm tired because I've been up well before the sun came up spewing my guts out. After that I have to get our children up, dressed and feed. While you're no where in sight!"
"I'm Pharaoh I have other things to do."
" Like what sit on the throne all day. While you wait for you're tomb to be completed? I hope it's done soon so they can sick you in it."
"Seto you're way out of line!"
"No you are! I don't understand how a deadbeat father like you could be fit to rule a whole kingdom!"
"I told you a hundred times. When I can. I'll send time with our children."
"Is that going to before or after this child it born. If not I'm not giving you another."
"Isn't it a bit late for that?"
"It's never to late….I just won't push."
"I find that difficult to believe Seth."
"You wait and see, Atem."
Flashback End
"From what you told me. About in the past…..were a real bad parent."
"But I did change! When our last son was born."
"And did he have a name?"
"It was east to remember….it was Mokuba."
"Sure Yami my brother was my son in the past."
