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Chapter Fourteen

Having survived the first of many times they would have to allow their children leave and go to school, Seto began to notice how withdrawn Joey became and he went to talk to Yami and the other dads and they too said that their lights were acting like Seto said Joey was and they were all concerned but didn't know what to do about it.

Seto then said "I'm going to ask Ishizu to come over and maybe if we all talk to her about this she may have some suggestions how we can get them out of this funk that they're all in."

Ishizu got a call from Seto and she heard the concern in his voice and she agreed to come over and talk with them. She didn't really have any idea what this was all about.

When they all told her what they were concerned about, she smiled and told them "What Joey and the others are going through is normal. All mothers and fathers go through this and we in the medical field call it the "Empty Nest Syndrome" and we usually tell our patients that maybe having another child may help, but if any of you are in any way thinking about the Joey and the others having another baby then think again. Last time Malik was so weak when he finally delivered that it scared the hell out of me and I refuse to even talk about it. But on the other hand why don't you talk to them about maybe adopting a little one."

Seto looked at the others and then he said "That's a good idea because I agree with you that when they were all pregnant it was really risky and I'm not going to risk Joey's life so that we can have another child."

Marik stood up and he looked at his sister-in-law and he said "I agree with Seto, when I thought that I could have lost both Malik and our child it scared the hell out of me so I'm really going to talk to him about adopting a baby."

Yami and Bakura agreed with the other ones that adoption would be the best way because like Seto and Marik they weren't going to risk the lives of their hikari's just to have another baby, so they all agreed to talk about adopting a baby.

Ishizu gave each of them some literature on adoption and she looked directly at Seto and said "Domino Orphanage has lots of babies and children who need a family to love them, so maybe that could be the first place all of you could begin looking into."

They all thanked her for coming and talking to them and as she started to leave they all gave her a hug and kiss and then Marik said "Will you come back and talk to Malik and the others if they need to talk to someone?"

She gave him a hug and said "You know that I will just call if you need me to come back and talk to them." Then she left and they all started looking over the material that she had given to them. Now all they had to do was to talk to their loves about this and find out how they feel about adopting a baby.

That evening after the little ones were down for the night, Seto, Yami, Bakura and Marik talked to Joey, Yugi, Ryou and Malik about maybe adopting another baby later on if they really wanted another little one. Joey's eyes filled with tears as he hugged Seto and he said "You'd be alright with us having another baby?"

Seto smiled at him and he said "I'd love to have another baby that we could raise together but I'll be damn if I'm going to put you or any of the others lives in jeopardy just because we want another baby, so that's our only option."

Yugi, Ryou and Malik collapsed into their loves arms and cried tears of happiness because they would all be able to have another baby after their own little ones were a little older. They couldn't wait till the day that they get to bring another baby into their lives.

All of the little children are now ready to go forth to the first grade and they are all so excited and so are their parents. All of the children were tested to see if they were ready to be placed into the first grades and they all passed all the qualifications and they were on their way to being first graders.

When the children are in the third grade, their parents are going to start adoption proceedings and hopefully they will be able to adopt a child.

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Chapter Fifteen Coming Up...