Confessions

By: Tima, Yami's wife

I don't own YuGiOh, just the new characters. Dark Mage of Sea owns Merina.

Thank you, YugiYami6242, for your story that's on my favorite list. Without it, I probably never would have been able to write this chapter.

Chapter 21: Child birth

Finally they reached the hospital. Tiki was more relieved than Kaiba and Mokuba since she was in immense pain. She kept screaming for Kaiba to hurry up with getting her registered. Mokuba had to clamp his hand on her mouth in order to shut her up. He blushed deeply as he looked at all the people looking at them.

Thankfully, they knew why Tiki was screaming. One thing that helped them realize that was that she had another contraction. Mokuba had to use all of his strength to keep her up. Kaiba came over and said, "Another one? It's only been five minutes!"

Tiki groaned, "I'd say…our baby…is eager to come out!"

A nurse came up to them with a wheelchair and said to Tiki, "We got a room all set up for you. We're taking you up there now."

Tiki nodded as she sat down. The nurse pushed her along down the hall with Kaiba and Mokuba right behind them. Tiki kept wincing from all the contractions. When they finally got to the room, she couldn't take the pain anymore. "Get me some painkillers or something to dull this pain!"

Mokuba once again covered her mouth. The nurse smiled. "It's alright. Some first-time mothers are like this. Here, put this." She handed Tiki a hospital gown. While Tiki was getting dressed in the bathroom, the nurse prepared a shot of epidural. Seeing the boys' confused look, she explained, "This shot will help dull the pain until she's ready to give birth."

Twenty minutes later, Tiki emerged with her hospital gown on. After hearing what the shot was, she sighed in relief. "At last…some peace."

The nurse smiled and took Tiki to the bed. She immediately laid down on the bed and held her arm, waiting for the nurse to deliver the shot. Chuckling, the nurse said, "The shot doesn't go in your arm."

Tiki raised her eyebrow. "Where does it go, then?"

The nurse said calmly, "It goes in your spine."

Tiki paled at the sound of that. Kaiba and Mokuba's eyes went wide when they heard it as well. "Does it have to go in my spine?" Tiki asked meekly.

The nurse nodded and Tiki groaned. Resigned to her fate, she rolled over and closed her eyes. Sensing her fear, Kaiba went over and said, "Want me to hold your hand?"

Tiki nodded and took his hand. Taking a deep breath, she waited to the shot to be over. The nurse stuck the shot in the bottom of Tiki's spine and Tiki squeezed Kaiba's hand tightly. Finally the pain of the shot and the contractions were gone. The nurse immediately hooked her up to a blood pressure monitor and heart monitor for the baby. Tiki moaned quietly and fell asleep. Kaiba smiled as he stroked her head. "She must be exhausted. Let's leave her be."

"I'm afraid we can't do that right now," said a doctor coming into the room. "We have to check to see how dilated she is."

Kaiba was unfamiliar with all the terms when it came to child birth and he was getting very confused. "What?" is all he could say.

The doctor said, "We have to see if we can feel the baby's head. That way, we'll know when she's ready to give birth."

Kaiba nodded, saying that he understood. But then he realized what the doctor meant. "Oh! You mean…you want to…put your finger…"

The doctor nodded and Kaiba blushed deeply. Mokuba started putting two and two together when he finally figured what he meant. He blushed just as deeply as his brother. Groaning, Kaiba went over and woke Tiki up. She said tiredly, "What?"

Kaiba whispered in her ear what the doctor was going to do and she woke up immediately. "He's going to WHAT?"

The doctor said, "We have to do to find out where the baby is."

Tiki grumbled but nodded. The doctor checked and she closed her eyes, once again waiting for it to be over. Ending the check, the doctor said, "You're dilated three centimeters. We'll check you in three hours."

Tiki said sharply, "Fine. Now let me sleep!" With that, she laid down and went back to sleep.

Kaiba smiled and went out into the hall. Seeing Mokuba's confused look, Kaiba said, "I'm going to prepare a little surprise for Tiki. You better get some sleep during that time." With that, he left and Mokuba fell asleep on the couch.

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A few hours later, Tiki was woken up again by Kaiba. "The doctor needs to check you again."

Tiki groaned but let him do the checking. The doctor ended and said, "You're at seven centimeters. A couple more hours and you'll be able to start pushing."

Tiki said, "Finally!" The doctor chuckled and left. Tiki said to her husband, "I gotta tell ya; I love being pregnant…but I hate being in labor."

Kaiba chuckled and Tiki noticed a sly look in his eye. "What are you up to?"

Kaiba grinned and drew back the curtain. Tiki squeaked because all of her friends were there. "What are you guys doing here?"

Tima came over and gave Tiki a hug. "Are you kidding? We wouldn't miss this for the world!"

Tiki smiled. "Wait a minute…who's the new blond?"

She was referring to the blond woman with purple eyes standing next to Yugi. Yugi blushed and said, "Tiki, this is Merina. Merina, this is my sister Tiki."

Joey said, "Merina is Yugi's lady."

Tiki grinned. "Go, Yugi! Decided to get back in the game, huh?"

The boys laughed as Yugi blushed. Merina just smiled and hugged him. "It's OK."

Serenity said, "Yeah, it is OK to be in love."

Tristan agreed as he wrapped his arms around her. Tiki then asked, "Where's Ryou and Rose?"

Duke said, "They can't make it. They have different time zones than us. Rose sends you her best wishes, though."

Tiki said, "So you did talk to her."

Duke nodded. Mai was about to add something else when Tiki said, "I'm sorry to cut our little reunion short but I need as much sleep as I can get tonight."

Everyone agreed and found a little place to sleep. Tima laid down at Tiki's feet. Yugi and Merina joined Mokuba on the couch. Serenity and Mai took the comfy chairs. Duke and Kaiba took the hard chairs. Joey and Tristan took the floor. Tima took a little longer to fall asleep because she noticed Tiki had a little flicker of fear in her eyes. "Are you OK?"

Tiki smiled. "Yeah…I guess. I'm just…a little nervous."

Tima smiled and took her friend's hand. "Don't be. It's a wonderful feeling to bring life into the world."

Tiki smiled and went to sleep. Tima then turned over and thought, 'Unfortunately, in the beginning, the pain takes away the joy.'

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A few hours later, the doctor came in and woke everyone up. Seeing him, Tima woke Tiki and said, "The doctor is back."

Tiki rolled her eyes and let the doctor check. The other girls were smart to cover their boys' eyes so that they wouldn't see. Kaiba just turned away while covering Mokuba's eyes. The doctor finished and said, "You're at ten centimeters. We can begin."

Tiki's eyes went wide and so did all the boys. "It's time?" she asked.

The doctor nodded as he got nurses to come in to help. While he was putting on a mask, gloves, and a paper suit, Tiki noticed that there was pain again. "Why does it hurt again?" she asked.

Tima winced as she remembered going through birth. "The…epidural…wears off when it's time to push."

Tiki looked at her with glaring eyes. "Couldn't you have mentioned this SOONER?" she hissed as perspiration started to break out on her forehead.

Tima shrugged. "Sorry?" was all she could manage.

Tiki growled, "Oh, you will be sorry."

She would have added more if she hadn't had a shot of pain go up her body. Seeing this, Tima said, "Guys, let's wait outside."

"WHAT?" they all said together.

Tima was insistent. "Tiki doesn't need us to distract her. Kaiba, you stay to give her support. Everyone else…out!"

Everyone protested but Tima just pushed them out and shut the door. Kaiba wondered why she was insistent about this but Tiki's screaming for his help brought him back to reality. He started toward her but the doctor handed replicas of what he was wearing. "I'm sorry, sir, but you have to wear these if you want to be near her. We don't want the baby to get type of bacteria or virus."

Kaiba nodded and quickly put everything on. Tiki looked in pain and Kaiba thought, 'I am SO glad I'm not a female.'

Groaning in pain, Tiki reached for his hand and he grabbed hers. She said, "Seto…help me…"

Kaiba freaked out. "Uh…I don't think I can…"

"JUST KEEP TALKING TO ME!" she screamed at him.

A little spooked by her yelling at him, Kaiba nodded and kept talking to her. The doctor kept telling her to push for ten second and then take a breather. Tiki kept screaming in pain. Outside, all the guys were freaking out from the screams. Joey said, "This…is what a woman goes through to give birth?"

Tima groaned as she remembered her past life. "Imagine giving birth without any medicine at all."

Tristan shuddered. "Who would through that?"

Tima growled, "That's what we women went through back in Ancient Egypt, thank you!"

The boys shuddered even more. The girls just backed up a little as they thought about all that pain. Back in the room, the doctor said, "We're almost there. Just one more push and we'll be done."

Tiki screamed, "Finally!" She gave one final push and screamed bloody murder. Finally the sound of a baby crying filled the room. Tiki fell back on her pillow. Kaiba was beat as well but happy at the same time. He chuckled and kissed his wife's forehead. "You did it."

Tiki laughed a little with a few tears falling down her face. Kaiba asked, "Why the tears?"

Tiki just smiled. "It's this overflowing emotion…of bring life into this world. This must be what all mothers go through."

Kaiba smiled. Just then, the nurse came over with their new baby girl. Tiki took her child and saw her up close. She was beautiful with crystal blue eyes and blond hair that was so light, it was almost white. Looking at her, Kaiba asked, "What shall we call her?"

Tiki got an idea. "Before I tell you, let me ask you this; doesn't she look a lot like Kisara from Ancient Egypt?"

Kaiba took the baby and looked at her closely. "Yes…she does. So?"

Tiki looked at him. "So…let's name her after her."

Kaiba thought about it. "Sure…it suits her."

A few minutes later, Tima opened the door and said, "Shall we meet the newest member of the family?"

Tiki smiled and said, "Yes. Come meet Kisara."

With that said, everyone swarmed in. They each took turns holding little Kisara until. The nurse took her back so that they could get all the proper measurements in the maternity ward. Once the nurse left, Kaiba said to Tiki jokingly, "Any chance of having another kid?"

Tiki sniggered. "It wouldn't be a bad idea. But it won't happen for quite a while."

Find out just how long she waited to have another kid next time!