Authors Note:

Hey everyone, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for not updating in a while, there was a major death in my family and I'm still taking the time to mourn. I wrote a short chapter for the holidays and to distract my mind for a little while. I'm also going to go back through the story and do a little rewriting and compressing if necessary due to my thoughts becoming jumbled due to recent events and also to make the story more interesting to read. I hope you enjoy this tiny chapter, and Happy Holidays.

Chapter 16

A few days have passed and Marik, Malik, Bakura and Ryou had arrived back at the palace. Everyone flipped out when they learned what happened to Atemu and Heba. And Ryou was watching over Yugi now.

Everyone was worried about Yugi because even though she woke up for around an hour or so every day she was sleeping a lot.

Ryou had just left Yugi's room after checking on her to find she was asleep again when she nearly ran into Yami.

"Oh, hello Yami." Ryou said as she closed the door to Yugi's room.

Yami looked at Ryou, "Good afternoon Lady Ryou. How's Yugi?"

Ryou shook her head sadly, "She's tired. She hasn't used that much magic in a very long time so she's exhausted. The bags under her eyes has decreased though."

Yami nodded.

Ryou looked at Yami, "She also told me she'd go through with the ritual when she feels better. We talked about it when she was up for a little bit before she fell back asleep."

Yami's eyes widened, "She agreed to it? Not just because of what happened."

Ryou smiled, "Yes she agreed to it. Even though she's embarrassed by it, she said she'll do it. How's Atemu and Heba doing?"

Yami, "Isis said they look okay, but because she doesn't know what to look for, she needs Yugi when she's up next."

Ryou looked at Yugi's room, "We can try waking her up."

Yami nodded, "I know but she's tired, we should let her rest."

Ryou shook her head, "Come on."

Ryou and Yami went into Yugi's room to see her sound asleep and they felt bad trying to wake her up.

Ryou shook Yugi softly, "Yugi?"

Yugi opened her eyes tiredly, "Hmm?"

Ryou, "Isis needs you to determine if Atemu and Heba can get off the pure oxygen." Yugi nodded sitting up rubbing her eyes.

Yugi looked at Ryou, "I need my glasses."

Ryou nodded grabbing the glasses. Yugi had already been dressed from when she was up earlier.

Yugi put on her glasses and slip on shoes as she stood up. Her body was tired and she was still tired.

Yami looked at Yugi, "I can carry you if you want."

Yugi shook her head, "It's fine. I… I need to walk on my own."

Yami nodded and walked out first, followed by Ryou then Yugi and the left to go check on Atemu and Heba.

When Yugi got to the healing chambers with Yami and Ryou everyone was in there talking with them.

Yugi sighed tiredly, "Sorry to interrupt but I need to check over them."

Everyone nodded when they saw it was Yug and left the room. Leaving Yugi and Isis in the room.

Yugi, "I'm going to need a sample of blood." Atemu and Heba nodded.

Yugi walked over to the desk to grab two clean needles and a swab.

Yugi walked over to Heba and pricked his finger getting a little bit of blood before healing the prick, then she walked over to Atemu to do the same.

Yugi took the samples and put them on the desk next to the ones from the day after she healed them. Then Yugi pricked her own finger to test the samples comparison.

While Yugi was examining the blood Atemu looked at Heba, "Why does she need blood?"

Heba, "She's checking our blood to make sure she got everything out while the pure oxygen goes in properly."

Atemu didn't understand but he nodded anyway.

Yugi smiled and looking at the two of them, "Well it looks like your good to go."

Atemu and Heba, "We can finally leave?"

Yugi nodded, "Just no fighting for the next week. You've been on pure oxygen; you need to re-adjust to regular oxygen. Therefore, physical activities such as fighting or sexual."

Heba and Atemu blushed and Heba screamed, "Yugi!"

Yugi looked at Heba and Atemu with a serious face meaning she wasn't joking, "Seto and Joey are in that sort of relation as well as Marik and Malik. So, there's nothing stopping you two. I don't want to know if your sexually active or not, but I'm just giving my diagnosis."

Heba and Atemu were blushing madly.

Yugi got up and looked at Isis with tired eyes, "You can bail them out. They're fine. I'm going to go back and rest."

Isis nodded, "Alright Princess. Thank you."

Yugi waved her hand as she left the room.

Yugi left the room and smiled at everyone before heading back to her room, Yami quickly following her to make sure she would be alright, along with Ryou.

When the others entered the healing chambers to see Atemu and Heba they could see them blushing madly.

Joey and Marik, "What's got you two red."

Heba glared at a specific two people, "Joey… Malik…"

Atemu glared as well, "Seto… Marik…"

The ones stated looked at the two with confusion,

Atemu and Heba, "We should kill you."

The four in question, "Why?"

Heba, "Oh, Yugi told me some interesting information because she lectured Atemu and I to NOT follow in your footsteps."

Malik and Joey blushed while Marik and Seto smirked.

Marik, "So what."

Heba sighed and looked at the two, "Did you at least use protection."

Marik and Seto, "No."

Heba looked at all of them, "You Morons! If you didn't want us to know use damn protection!"

Once Isis got Heba and Atemu unhooked from everything Atemu and Heba started lecturing the group on safe sex.

Bakura excused himself saying, "I didn't do anything and I know better. Later."

Heba glared at Malik and Joey and turned to look at Isis, "These two need to be checked to make sure they didn't get pregnant."

Malik and Marik groaned and Atemu and Seto's eyes widened at what Heba said, Isis was also confused.

Isis, "Prince Heba, they are boys they cannot conceive."

Seto and Atemu, "Yeah…"

Heba turned to Atemu with raised brow, "You don't think your father would agree to a gay marriage without the result of an heir did you?"

That had everyone's mouth open like a fish.

Marik groaned, "Ryou already explained it to me can I be excused."

Atemu glared at Marik, "No, in fact you explain it!"

Marik grumbled and explained it while Heba butted in helping to explain it further.

When Yugi and Yami got to the room Yugi nearly collapsed again and Yami helped her to the bed where she laid down.

Yami looked at Yugi worried. He had noticed she looked like skin and bones. Like she had lost a lot of weight again. "Yugi are you okay?"

Yugi shook her head, "No… I'm tired."

Yami nodded, "It's okay."

Yugi looked up apolitically, "It's alright. Get some sleep."

Yugi nodded and fell asleep almost instantly.

Yami decided to stay by her side until she got better.