And Yuki finally comes back home with her family!

Coming Home

Soon afterwards, Max, Akashi, Yuki and Ikuto came out of the house after lunch and Max thanked Ikuto for looking after her last night and Ikuto humbly accepted the thanks and just as they were gonna head their way home, Ikuto comes over to Yuki and he asked, "Now that you're okay, would you like to go with me on a picnic sometime?"

Yuki smiled at him in response and replied, "Yes, I would love to."

"Great. Maybe sometime this weekend?" asked Ikuto.

Yuki nodded at this and then she said, "I have to ask my dad."

Max clears his throat to remind her that he's right behind her and Yuki giggled in embarrassment over that and seeing Yuki's smiling face brightened up Ikuto's day even more and Max said, "Yes, you have my permission."

"It's a yes." Yuki responded.

"That's great. I'll see you there then." Ikuto said, smiling.

"You too. And thanks again. I really appreciate everything you did for me." Yuki said, happily.

Ikuto went forward and kissed Yuki on the cheek and she giggled in response to that and Ikuto walked up to Max and said, "Congratulations on the new baby."

"Thanks, Ikuto." Max said, happily.

All of them were completely unaware that one of Kuzan's goons were spying on them the whole time from a quarter mile distance, but can see Yuki from there and one of them sees Yuki walking with someone else and one of them were quite confused as to who that guy is because it certainly wasn't Ikuto because he's heading back to the his house and pretty soon, one of the spies were looking closely at the person with Yuki and one of them whispered, "Who's that guy?"

"I don't know. But he looks old enough to be her father." another spy replied.

Just then, they saw Akashi with them and the initial shock coursed through his vein that he's familiarized with one of them and he said, "I know this guy. That's Akashi Okami! One of his daughters rejected me for being their date to their ball one time."

"How do you even figure that out?" asked one spy.

"Because when I was younger, I tried to ask out his sister and she told me that she's already got a boyfriend named Maximus." the spy replied.

And with one close look at Max, he immediately recognized his face and said, "Holy...that is Max! And Kuzan's target...that must be his daughter."

"Wait, what?!" the other spy asked, then looked closer and recognized the Okami/Bushido-Akio trait in their foreheads.

"Kuzan is not gonna believe this." the spy replied.

They were kept at a short distance so that they won't get caught as they kept looking at them and they quietly walked back to Kuzan's place with the evidence they need and for some reason, they got a bad feeling that they might find where they live and the whole hideout will be given away at any given minute.

Meanwhile, Max finally made it back home with Yuki and Akashi and the first person that they saw was Mason, alongside his mate Sonya coming in for a visit with their 2 year old daughter Autumn and Max said, "Hey, guys. Made it just in time."

Mason and Sonya turned around and saw Max there with Akashi and Yuki coming by and Mason was so excited to see his little sister and comes to her and hugs her tightly and said, "Yuki! Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, Mason." Yuki replied.

Mason sighed in relief and noticed a few bandage wraps around her and said, "Did something happened to you?"

Sonya came closer while holding her daughter and she said, "What can you tell us?"

Yuki exhaled sharply as she saw her older brother and sister in law surrounding her and she replied, "You guys won't believe what I've been through the past year."

"Tell us all about it when we go in the house." Sonya said.

They were heading in the house and Yuki said hi to her baby niece and as they were coming in the house, the first person Yuki saw was her mother and when she came face to face with her, she immediately ran to her and hugged her and Saori hugged her back as well and she was completely relieved that Yuki was okay. Saori looked at her with a few tears in her eyes and she said, "I'm so happy you're back home."

Just then, the younger sibs; Kaiba, Serenity, Sapphire, Jason, Maximus II, Akashi II, Shinoda, Aurora and Marcus came in and saw Yuki and they immediately piled in for a group hug as their worries and fears were all over when they saw Yuki feeling okay and just safe and sound and that was something they're definitely thankful for.

"We were all so worried about you." Kaiba said, happily.

"What happened?" asked Sapphire.

"Guys, guys...I'm okay. I was fortunate to get out a very bad place where someone tried to hurt me." Yuki answered.

"Tell us all what happened." Marcus said.

Within a few minutes, Yuki told everyone in the family about the ordeal she had to go through and how she kept strong while she got manipulated, beaten, abused and threatened by Kuzan and as she explained every sordid detail, most of them were completely disturbed, saddened, shocked and outraged that something like this happened to her and some of the younger kids were upstairs playing while everyone else sat down and heard everything Yuki went through. Saori was the most disturbed and outraged that Kuzan would victimize not only Yuki but plenty other girls so young and she said, "That is the most sickest thing a person would do. If he showed up here, I'd claw his eyes out until he has no eyes."

"Would you really do that while you're pregnant?" asked Akashi.

"Yes, I would. In fact, I'd use my belly as a weapon if Kuzan came here." Saori added.

"Easy, Saori. You need your rest first. And I understand what you're saying. I would've done the same exact thing." Max added.

"Yuki, you would know that you'd never shame our family. We love you and we're always here to protect you no matter what." Saori said, looking at Yuki.

Feeling her mother's embrace really made Yuki feel so happy to hear that and Max said, "We've been through hurdles before and we're gonna fight through this."

"You know, Seto's been really worried about you. He said that you don't visit as much as you used to." Kaiba added.

"Let him know I'm back home now." Yuki added.

"Or...tell him yourself."

Yuki looks up and sees Seto coming in and gives Yuki a big hug and that was something she definitely needed and Seto said, "Give me the guy's name and I'll kick his hindlegs for what he did to you."

"Seto, you knew?" asked Yuki.

"Yeah. I've walked past the forest and I heard you scream loud and saw this guy trying to kill you with a knife. Nobody messes with my sister and gets away with it." Seto added.

Yuki was surprised to see Seto defending his sister for the first time because normally he'd always rag on her about anything and everything and she said, "That's sweet of you."

"By the way, Yuki...Seto's gonna be a dad." Max said, amazed.

Yuki looks at Seto and smiled at him and she said, "Congratulations. I know you've tried so hard to be a dad."

"Yeah. My mate Aruki and I had overcome a miscarriage she had and we had to try again and it finally paid off. Now I'm gonna be a dad." Seto said, smiling.

"That's awesome. Let's hope the baby will become more mature than you." Yuki added.

Seto rolled his eyes in response and said, "I'm 21 years old. Don't you think I've outgrown that?"

"Actually, I woke up with peanut butter on my underwear and my face, so...that would be a no." Kaiba added.

"Whatever. I'm still gonna be a big kid at heart, but I know I have to take care of my responsibilities as a father. Just gotta balance it a little bit." Seto added.

"Well, congratulations, Seto." Max said, happily.

Yuki sighed happily as she came to her niece Autumn and tickled her chin and said, "It feels so good to be back home."

There's no place like home! Stay tuned for more and on the next chapter, Kuzan makes an appearance!