Hidden Truths

Part Six

A Helping Hand

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Actually, I don't really own much of anything, so please don't sue me!!!


~~~~~Two Months Later~~~~~


"Yami.... I.... want to quit school." Yugi whispered, leaning against her spirit as the two watched television on the couch. Yami started, looking over at his aibou.

"Hikari, why? You need an education!" Yami peered over at Yugi, her hand wresting gently on the swell of her belly. Yugi sighed, leaning back, glaring at Yami.

"I can study at home too, you know. Sorta like home schooling. Besides, what would people at school think... of this?" Yugi asked, gesturing at her stomach. Yami rolled his eyes, running his hand gently through Yugi's hair.

"What, are you insulting my son already!?" Yami joked with a grin, Yugi elbowing him with yet another glare.

"Yeah, and what if it's a girl, hmm? It could be a girl too, you know." Yugi sighed, and Yami laughed, hugging Yugi.

"True, and she could be my son, too!" Yami smiled, and Yugi looked away, a tear streaking down her cheek.

"Don't say that. Don't ever say that, Yami." Yugi whispered, Yami, concerned, brushing the tear from her face.

"Aibou, please, what's wrong?" Yami whispered, running his hands soothingly through her lengthening hair.

"My father.... my father said the same thing. Only, he didn't want a daughter, only sons for him.... and when Mama died, and only me left behind, I became his son Yami! I don't want to do that to my children!" Yugi sobbed, and Yami hugged her close, trying to calm her down, trying to comfort her trembling mind.

"Don't worry, Yugi, don't worry. Even women were Pharaoh's. Even women." Yami whispered, wiping the tears from Yugi's eyes, not hearing the front door open silently......


Seto Kaiba looked around the front entry way, seeing nothing amiss. Although he hated to admit it, he had become ever so slightly concerned when Yugi had stopped coming to school a month before.

Yami had claimed it was complications from the car accident, but Yami had never been the greatest of liars. Not good enough to outwit Seto anyway. Nobody was that good, not even Mokuba, who gave it his best.

The door had been unlocked, and there, sitting in front of him, was Yami and....

"Yugi?" Seto gasped, the two figures turning to face him.

Seto stared at Yugi, and then turned to Yami, and back to a very feminine Yugi. A fact that Seto, as he rubbed his eyes, could not deny.

"Seto! What are you doing here!?" Yami hissed, Yugi cringing, cowering behind Yami, trying to hide her figure, in vain. Seto had already seen enough.

"You're.... you're a... girl!" Seto gasped, the truth still thundering through his mind, making other, more intelligent thoughts, very hard to hear.

Thoughts like the fact that there was an extremely pissed off Yami standing directly in front of him. Correction, an extremely angry, extremely powerful Yami gripping his jacket collar.

"I'll ask you again, Kaiba, what-the-fuck-are-you-doing-here!" Yami demanded, shoving the CEO against the wall. Kaiba gulped, his thoughts swimming to the more immediate task, staying alive.

"I... Yugi hasn't shown up for a month, I got worried. I thought you had done something to him." Kaiba whispered hoarsely.

"Her. You mean her." Yugi corrected, resting her hand on Yami's shoulder, and shaking her head. Yami sighed, and released Seto with a glare, letting him drop, coughing, to the floor.

"But, all this time?" Kaiba asked, moving to one of the chairs. Yugi sighed, and nodded, Yami still glaring.

"It's not like I woke up one morning like this, if that's what your asking. Well, not exactly." Yugi rolled her eyes, trying to shift herself, trying to hide the protruding stomach.

"Yugi!" Yami hissed, "You shouldn't tell him anything!"

"Yami, he would find out, everyone would, eventually. Please, Kaiba, can you.... not tell anyone?" Yugi pleaded. Kaiba just stared, and nodded.

"Yeah, but how long?" Kaiba sighed, and nodded. Yami sat next to Yugi on the couch, still glaring at Kaiba.

"Five months, give or take." Yugi whispered, Kaiba's eyes going to Yami, glaring.

"So, the first thing you do is knock her up? Some protective spirit you are!" Kaiba snapped. Yami glared, his eyes burning with a crimson fury.

"Kaiba!" Yugi snapped, "Circumstances were different, and not something I am willing to reminisce over at this exact moment! But do know this, I wouldn't trade my child for anything in the world!" Yugi glared, raising herself to her full, petite, and suddenly very threatening stature, shadows flickering across the wall as the muted TV glared its hideous light.

"Fine, but...." Kaiba sighed, reaching into his pocket for his wallet, "Please say you've at least seen a doctor. You're going to need to."

"Kaiba, since when have you cared!?" Yami snapped, and Kaiba glared him down.

"I've always cared! It's just that Yugi's never needed anything, until now!" Kaiba snipped, pulling a card from the folds of his wallet, handing it to Yugi. Yugi smiled, and nodded her thanks.

"I'll admit, I have been delaying. I'll make arrangements, tomorrow." Kaiba nodded, heading for the door, "And Kaiba, thank you, for not telling anyone."

"Of course, Yugi. If you need anything else, just call." And with a dramatic sweep of his coat, Kaiba was out the door, Yami glaring at the card in Yugi's hands.

"You don't honestly trust him, do you?" Yami asked. Yugi sighed, turning toward her spirit.

"Yami, I really don't think we have reason not to." Yugi whispered, reaching for the telephone.

"Yes, I'd like to make an appointment to see a doctor, tomorrow...."


~TSUZUKU~


Well, it's getting toward the end, I assure you!!

And there will be much more angst, I promise!!!

And much better, and maybe longer chapters, too!!!!

Part Seven