One bonus chapter comes up about the cubs and what they were like as little cubs.
Bonus Chapter
Several days later, after the birth of Akashi II, Shinoda and Aurora, Saori and Max were finally heading back home along with the kids and several of their family and friends coming in and as soon as they got there, there was this feeling of so much love, happiness and joy all mixed in together at this one moment and for the entire clan, it was one they can savor for life.
A few minutes later, Saori had already set the babies to sleep and during that period, she came downstairs and sat down on the couch with Max and both tigers couldn't stop glowing afterwards and Akashi could sense why...because they brought in three beautiful cubs in the world and he said, "You guys definitely got your hands full."
"We'll try our best to make sure they're loved." Saori added.
"You know, this reminds me of the time when all of you were born and how much a blessing all of you brought into our lives." Max said.
"We always wanted to know what we were like when we were babies." Kaiba replied.
Marcus was definitely interested to hear about how his adopted siblings were like when they were cubs and learn a few things about them that may surprise him and Max started by saying, "You guys want to know?"
"Yeah." Yuki replied.
"I bet Seto or Yuki started off like they are now." Mason stated.
Yuki and Seto received annoyed glares to their older brother and just felt like that was unaccounted for and Seto said, "Really, dude? Did you have to go there?"
"Yeah, that's just wrong." Yuki agreed.
Max chuckled softly with the cubs and he replied, "Actually, Mason...you were somewhat of a troublemaker as a baby cub."
Mason seemed very surprised by that response while it completely took most of the younger ones by surprise, including Yuki and Seto as they had just found a little bit of dirt on their oldest brother and Mason said, "Me?"
"Yes. When we had you as a baby, you were the cutest thing. But sometimes...you just kept crying nonstop after you were born." Saori replied.
"As I recall, it was about 5 weeks after Mason was born that he cried nonstop and it made both of us very frustrated and gave us a whole lot of sleepness nights." Max stated.
"Oh, yeah...I remember that. Mason, you were uncontrollable with the crying and there were times that you were very picky and fussy that your mom spent a lot of nights herself crying." Akashi stated.
"I did?" asked Mason.
Akashi unveiled a little mirror where it shows proof that Mason was a troublemaker in more ways than one from when he was a baby that he just kept crying nonstop after the first 5 weeks of his birth and in many cases as a baby, he just kept crying and crying and it made both Max and Saori very frustrated and exhausted in dealing with it and in some reasons...frustrated with each other over their son's nonstop crying. And as Mason looked at it, he did not realize that it nearly caused a friction between them because of his crying.
Then, another moment where Max had to change Mason's diaper for the first time and as everyone watched it, they saw Max's reaction after he took off Mason's diaper and almost fainted or puked afterwards and watching the memory mirror made Max cringe after seeing that and he said, "I still felt like I was scarred when I smelled your diaper, son."
"And I think you said something to the effect that said, 'This will be Akashi's job when he's babysitting Mason' after that." Saori responded.
That made Akashi a little bit disturbed looking back at it and he said, "I thought dealing with Akami's diaper change was more horrifying."
"Dad!" Akami said, whining.
Then, a few more memories of Mason as a kid surfaced when he was a complete picky eater, professing his dislike of vegetables and egg rolls and some sushi and often times would swipe the plate to the floor to digging under his diaper and taking out his poop and threw it across any room possible and everyone exclaimed in complete disgust while Mason looked completely embarrassed.
"Mason! You pig!" Kaiba exclaimed.
"I wished I would've been the firstborn cub and saw that happening." Yuki pointed out.
Then, it shows Mason flinging his poop out of his diaper and smeared it on his father's face and on Akashi's face and that made Mason cringe after seeing that and seeing Akashi's shocked and grossed out reaction when he got smeared poop on his face brought back some memories and Akashi said, "Miyo did not want any piece of my face that day when I came home."
"I had thought you did that yourself." Miyo stated.
And more proof has been revealed that Mason has been a little bit of a troublemaker in more ways than one, but was never destructive at all towards his parents regardless. However, towards his uncle Akashi, he had been flailing his arms and merely swiped his face with his claws and drove him exactly nuts by screaming and crying so loudly that Akashi banged his head against the wall in complete frustration and whenever he'd see Max or Saori coming to pick him up, he'd get on his knees in relief saying 'I'm so glad you're here'.
"You looked like you were begging us to bring him back home." Saori pointed out.
And one last memory was when Akashi picked him up after his birth that Mason urinated his uncle and it caused all of the kids to laugh hysterically...except for Akashi and Mason and it was like the most craziest thing that they've seen and Mason was dead embarrassed inside that this was been in Akashi's memory for so long.
"Was I that bad?" asked Mason.
"Somewhat. Everytime you had a first, we had a first together." Max replied.
"And I thought I was the troublemaker of the family." Seto said, laughing.
Mason blinked his eyes at that and realized that everything he did as a baby was completely unusual and he said, "I don't know what else to say other than I'm so sorry."
"Don't be, Mason. You were only a baby. You behaved a lot better when Seto reached his terrible two's and you were well-behaved since then." Max added.
"Now, Seto...that was a different story. He became such a huge troublemaker that it makes Mason's behavior look well-mannered." Akashi stated.
"Excuse me?" asked Seto, looking a little offended.
"This I have to hear." Yuki responded.
As the mirror memory keeps going forward, they see Seto as a cub and he was a troublemaker in every way possible; from writing on the walls, peeing on Akashi, Miyo, Hayate and on his dad, screaming and crying, banging his head on the wall, throwing things and throwing fits if he doesn't get his way and testing his parents' patience as well as picking on his big brother and his little sister Yuki.
It also revealed Seto urinating on Yuki while she was asleep and that literally put everyone in shock...including Yuki herself. Yuki turned to Seto and growled at him softly and whispered, "That was you?"
"We had thought she peed on herself." Saori said, in surprise.
"Wow...I was even cool back then." Seto said, acknowledging his prank.
From Seto as a cub to Yuki as a cub, they all looked and saw little Yuki as they see her at her cutest and sweetest as a baby cub and always have that flower on her head and she completely made everyone stop and take notice and say that she's so cute. Yuki completely looked at herself and smiled and said, "I looked so cute as a baby."
"Yeah...until you got old." Seto stated.
Yuki glared at Seto's remark for a quick second and said, "I'm not old. I'm becoming a young woman."
"I used to be the cute one until you came along." Seto replied.
"You were anything but cute, Seto." Mason added.
Ikuto looked at Yuki as a baby cub and then looking at her now, he could see that the beauty hasn't changed at all and each time he's looking at her, it's like he couldn't take his eyes off of her and has got a little bit of a crush on her and just sighed silently as he's looking at her.
Meanwhile, Saori said, "And to this day, Yuki had become a beautiful young woman."
"Who still looks like a baby." Seto added.
"Seto...be nice." Max said, in a stern voice.
Next up...is Kaiba as a young cub and although he's a little mischevious, he didn't reach the level that Mason and Seto had before and all the pranks he pulls and when he's in a little bit of trouble with his parents, he would always pull off an innocent smile or giggle, even though the evidence of his works is in front or behind him.
Kaiba's reaction was just pure silence as he was watching this one and he received a glaring stare from his father and he said, "You always tried to get away with things, Kai."
"Yeah, you might've fooled your parents, but when it comes to me...I'm not one to be fooled with. I always knew your little tricks like the back of my head." Akashi said, staring at Kaiba.
It also shows Kaiba playing a few tricks on both Seto and Yuki, simply by either scaring them with a fake mask or pouring water on their pants and most of the others were laughing except for Seto and Yuki and they looked at Kaiba for a quick second before Kaiba said, "I had to learn a few tricks from somewhere."
Akashi was even laughing as well, which also received a few glares from not just Seto and Yuki, but from Saori, Max and Miyo and Akashi's only response was, "You gotta admit, the kid's a natural pranker...just like his uncle."
"Used to be." Kaiba added.
Yet despite Kaiba's pranking nature, he's always been a sweet cub...mostly towards his mother and a little helper with his father and just a playful cub when he hangs with his cousins as well as Mason and Auntie Miyo and being referred to as the sweet cub of the group and also a little laid-back and easy forgiver, just like his father.
"You've grown to be such a young man, Kaiba. Becoming even more like your father any minute." Saori stated.
"Really?" asked Kaiba.
"Yes. You still got a little bit of your dad in you." Max replied.
Kaiba responded with a smile and nods his head in response and just greatly appreciates that compliment and as it drags on, they showed memories of Serenity, Sapphire, Jason and Maximus II as babies and they were looking back at those cute memories and some not so cute and as Marcus was looking at them, he learned a few things about his adopted siblings, but a little letdown when he's not mentioned in one of those.
Jason noticed that and he looks at the black wolf and asked, "Are you okay, Marcus? You don't look happy."
"Nothing. It's just...seeing you guys as cubs and how you guys came to be as you are. I just wish I knew what I was like as a baby cub." Marcus answered.
"Marcus...I know that we've adopted you a few years back, but that doesn't mean you're not special. You're special because you're you and you're part of the family. Nothing will ever change that." Max said.
"Even though you're different from us, you are family." Saori added.
That little hindsight made him realize how special he is and as he looks at everyone around him, he can tell that he's the luckiest cub in the world to have family all by his side, despite the different species and with the new triplets, it put himself at ease and he smiled and just appreciated every waking moment with them and he said, "I love you guys."
And now that's the end of the story! Thank you guys for reading and reviewing and a huge thank you to Master of Stories (as always) for letting me use his characters in the story! I hope you had as much fun reading it as I had writing it! I might take a little hiatus from KFP fics for a while, but I might post a few more. Until then, AniUniverse is out!