Malik Ishtar stood in the doorway of the hospital room his daughter had been put in. It had been at least three hours since she had gotten out of surgery. Some driver had hit her on her way home from school and then just drove off. He felt two strong arms around his middle before sinking back into the touch.

"What did the doctor say?" He asked his lavender eyes still staring intently at their daughter.

"She should be able to be out of here in two weeks, but she'll need to come back for check-ups." The spirit followed his husband's gaze to their daughter.

Her dirty blonde hair had been shaved off in the back for stitches to be placed. Her right wrist was in a white cast. A mask had been placed over her small mouth to help her breath as the four or five IV tubes in her wrist gave her fluids.

"How are you doing?" Marik asked the smaller man and Malik yawned, "I told you not to give all that blood."

"She needed it, we're her parents and it's our duty to help her. But that's not what concerns me, will the fact that I have magic running through my veins affect her?" Malik leaned his head on a shoulder.

"Maybe, Yami was questioning that earlier too while you were in here."

"How are the others fairing? I know they had to leave." Malik felt a kiss on his forehead.

"Apparently, they are all at the Kaiba Mansion. I think the girls wanted to be near each other since this happened to Ai and,"

"Mom?" A scratchy voice croaked from the bed.

Malik and Marik both turned to their daughter who was looking at them with her jade eyes.

"Hey sweetie, how are you feeling?" Malik asked and pulled out of the warm embrace to sit in the chair next to his daughter's bed.

"Like shit." The girl responded while blinking her eyes.

"Well, you did get hit by a Subaru Forester." Marik responded before getting walloped in the stomach by Malik's fist.

Ai sat there blinking at her parents and smiled a little when her father was hit.

"Sorry, your father is inconsiderate. And don't curse, it's not becoming of a lady." Malik scolded lightly before smiling and patting her hand carefully as not to disturb the IV's.

"Mom, Daddy was bad." The girl said at random.

"What do you mean Daddy was bad?" Malik questioned at this Marik began to inch out of the room.

"He used that magic stuff you said was bad on the person that hit me."

"Freeze Mister!" Malik shouted at Marik who cursed darkly before turning to him, "is what she said true?"

"Well I was mad and so were Yami and Bakura so we went to the guys house and, did a little bit of damage control." Marik tried to look innocent.

"You sent the idiot to the shadow realm, I can't believe you! We were going to get him in court for this you dolt!" Malik shouted at his husband before quieting down.

"Well, we'll bring him back, it isn't like we've had Bakura sick a man-eater bug on him, not yet anyway," Marik shouted back, "Besides, Ai, how did you know that?"

"I saw it while I was asleep." The girl yawned again.

"Go back to sleep sweetie, we're gonna go to your Uncle Seto's so if you need anything, just tell them to call him and we'll be right over. Okay?" Malik leaned down and kissed her forehead lightly.

Marik smiled at her before going over and kissing her forehead as well before sticking his tongue out at her. The girl stuck her own tongue out before closing her eyes.

Malik grabbed his arm and pulled out of the room, "she's going to be fine I suppose."

"She will be, she's got us for parents, besides, her birth mother was very strong." Marik nuzzled his neck before leading him in the direction of the exit and to the car.

Yes! Another chapter! And I wrote it during the afternoon! Not at eleven-thirty at night! Thank you all of my reviewers for actually reading and complimenting me on it! I do try!

What 12-year-old gets away with saying 'Shit'? I would love to know that...