Author's Note: I am so sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out! I am in a college English class and it is just boring down on me with homework. I hate homework it is the worst. Anyway, I am glad you all like the last chapter! I hope this one will be just as good. In this one we Seto open up to a family member of Joey's and we finally find out what Jack is going to do with that package! Anyway thank you all for reading and I'll see ya next chapter! Enjoy!
Run Away Puppy 3: The Final War Chapter Four: Meet The Family"Grandma, this is Seto Kaiba, my fiancé. This is his younger brother Mokuba, and this little one is our son, Jouneth." This was some news for the woman but it didn't take long for a smile to find its way back onto her lips. She hugged Seto and Mokuba and welcomed them to the family, she didn't even ask about how the baby was conceived, but they still had a week and a half to go, the question might come up sooner or later. Joey couldn't help but smile at his lover; he looked like he felt so awkward to be embraced by a total stranger. Things looked as if they could only get better.
Joey chuckled as he watched as Seto awkwardly embraced his grandmother. She pulled back and smiled, "My name is Tamrah but you can call me grandma under the circumstances." The brunette felt his cheeks warm and he nodded silently. "So cute." The woman said before making her way toward the kitchen entrance, "Oh…" she said before disappearing, "Denzin and Jovana will be here in a couple hours, we are gonna have a wonderful family dinner outdoors." With that the elder woman went on her way. Jack chuckled, "I better go help your grandmother, why don't you boys get settled before company arrives. Jouneth looks like he could use a power nap." The dark-haired man said while observing his grandchild rubbing his sleepy eyes. The three of them nodded and got to setting up their guest bedroom.
4:47 pm
"OH SWEETHEART, WE HAVE COMPANY!" An elder man called to his wife. Tamrah appeared into the living room and greeted her husband lovingly, then not far behind him Jack's sister Tracy. The brother and sister greeted each other and then looked up to the doorway when Jovana and Denzin entered with their newborn son all buckled up in his car seat. They all said their hellos and Jack's father welcomed him home and embraced Serenity with all his life. The elder man sighed with content and smiled at his family, "It would seem that we're all here so far…except for my Grandson, where is Joseph?" Jack smiled at how surprised his father would be when he brought Joey and his family down for introduction. The man excused himself and headed to the guest room his son was staying in. "Joey." The elder Wheeler said while knocking on the door. When he didn't get a response he poked his head in only to find the four Kaibas sleeping. He smiled, 'The flight must have been a little more than exhausting.'
"So are you kids gonna be stayin' here for the time being?" Jack asked his niece and her husband. Jovana smiled, "I think we're gonna stay for a few days then get a hotel room I don't wanna force Grandma out of her home."
"Nonsense Jo, you're gonna stay right here and keep that new baby out of a hotel, families need a home." Ron (Jack's father) spoke happily. "Where's Joe Joe?" The silver-haired man asked. Jack smiled, "He's sleeping."
"I was wondering why they were being so quiet." Tamrah spoke to her son. Ron arched an eyebrow, "They?" Jack's mother looked like she was about to spill the beans but her son stopped her, "Let's just let Joey explain this whole thing." The room quieted for a moment and a distance child's crying came to everyone's ears. Jack knew right away that it was Jouneth but watched as Denzin looked down into his son's car seat to make sure he wasn't fussing. Ron looked over to his wife, "Is there another baby in this house I didn't know about?" The woman smiled and eyed her son, "Well Jack, is there?" Their son sighed and nodded, "Dad, I'm a grandpa." The silver-haired Wheeler smiled widely and stood up to embrace his son happily. "Congratulations son." Jack hugged back then released his dad. It was then that Ron turned around and faced Serenity, "How come you didn't tell me that you had a baby." The brunette girl blushed and giggled, "Grandpa, I'm too young to have a baby. Joey had the baby." It was then that the crying child and his mother entered the room.
"Grandpa." Joey squeaked a bit surprised. The silver-haired man walked to his grandson and hugged him briefly. "Who is this handsome little fella?" The amber-eyed teen huggled his fussy child close and smiled, "This is my son, Jouneth."
"May I?" Ron asked while motioning to hold his great grandchild. "Let me make his bottle then you can hold him while he's feeding." Joey reasoned over his son's cry.
It was about an hour after Joey had made his son's bottle and settled the child in his great grandpa's arms for his afternoon feeding that Seto and Mokuba descended the stairs and into the living room where almost everyone had settled. Was it being jetlagged that made the brunette see more people or had more relatives arrived? Joey got up from where he had been sitting and stood next to his lover, the family quieted and listened. "Everyone, this is my fiancé Seto Kaiba and his little brother Mokuba. Seto, Mokuba, welcome to my family." The two Kaiba's were stunned in their tracks; they had never seen such a big family before. The blue-eyed teen flinched when a strong hand landed on his right shoulder, "Don't be nervous, you're family now." Jack said smoothly before going back to whatever he was doing. Mokuba beamed and waved and politely said hello. Seto however was having a harder time with his introduction. He cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head and spoke quietly, "A pleasure to meet you all." Many of the members smiled back and greeted him.
"Welcome to our family." A man's voice beckoned to him. The brunette turned about and examined the being. He had short, slicked back sliver hair and dark brown eyes. His features were wrinkled with the laughter of life and his smile was friendly and reassuring to such strangers as Seto. "My name is Ron Wheeler, I'm Joseph's grandfather." The elder man spoke while reaching out his hand to greet Kaiba politely. The young CEO shook the guy's hand and reintroduced himself as Seto Kaiba, Joey's fiancé.
"Well Seto, come on out back and get acquainted to your family." The brunette flashed his lover one of those 'come with me' looks. Joey giggled and hooked his elbow with his lover's. Once out back, Seto's jaw nearly dropped to the floor. Either the family had a lot of family friends or they didn't know the thought of not procreating. A familiar laugh brought his attention over to his son who was at the moment being loved and ogled over by a group of women. Joey left his side and went to retrieve their child.
Mokuba had busied himself with Joey's grandparent's dog when a boy about his age approached him. The raven-haired Kaiba greeted the other boy and they began to play with the dog together. It would seem all fell into place except for Seto. He had been sheltered from the true love of extended family that he felt insignificant. He watched his lover laugh with the group of women who were still ogling over Jouneth. The young CEO sighed and disappeared back into the house. He passed through the living room and exited out the front door from there he sat down on the porch and stared out at the vast landscape. It really was beautiful but he didn't belong here, his home was hundreds of miles away and he missed it. He sighed then jumped slightly at the soft voice behind him.
"Set, what are you doing out here?" The brunette turned to see his golden lover smiling at him softly. He was wordless and just turned his attention back to the landscape and felt his puppy sit next to him on the porch step. Joey nuzzled his right shoulder before resting his head there. Seto felt his heart flutter, he loved it when he and the blonde spent moments like this together. A tiny smile formed and Seto leaned his head against the other teen's.
"I love you Seto."
"I love you too pup."
For a couple moments it was silent and comfortable before the blonde spoke again. "You never answered my question."
"Hmm? What is it pup?"
"Why are you out here?" The brunette sighed and wrapped an arm around his lover's shoulders. How was he supposed to answer this without hurting his pup's feelings? "Set, is something wrong?"
"No…it's just…" The brunette trailed off and Joey noticed that his fiancé was making faces again, he was thinking hard about something. "It's just what?" Joey asked while nuzzling into the crook of the blue-eyed teen's neck. "I've been sheltered to the point where the idea of family scares me. I was always taught to never let my emotions get the best of me and especially the feelings for others. I look at your family and get intimidated. They're all so caring and free spirited…I'm not like that and I never will be." The blonde pulled away from his dragon's body and watched as Seto lowered his head letting his hair conceal his eyes.
"That's not true. Set…" Joey spoke softly while reaching out and turning his lover's head so that they could look each other in the eyes. "Set, you are the most caring and loving person I have ever met." The brunette was getting ready to turn his head away but the pup stopped him. "You are a fantastic father. I have never seen a happier baby in the world as ours. Just because your stepfather never taught you how to love and care doesn't mean that you didn't ever know how to. In fact you always knew, you cared for Mokuba with all your heart and protected him with your life. After Jouneth's birth you've been like that but with ten times the passion. Seto, please don't do this to yourself." There was a moment of silence while the lover's gazed at each other. Then slowly they closed the distance and locked lips in a most sensual way. Instantly Joey let his eyes slip shut and swam in the feelings that his lover was making him experience. Seto slid his tongue slowly across his puppy's bottom lip and immediately darted it in when the blonde gasped at the sensation. This was the best kiss they had shared in a while and they didn't want it to end. Finally, applause abruptly interrupted their kiss and quickly both parties pulled away only to see a group of relatives and one member holding a video camera. Joey giggled as Seto buried his burning face into his chest.
6: 57 pm
Family Dinner
It took up three pick nick tables to sit all the relatives that had turned out for the reunion. It was a wonder that Tamrah and Ron had enough food to feed everybody. Mokuba was in full-blown conversation with his new friend Ryan and Seto couldn't help but smile. His brother really was a social butterfly and he was thankful for it, he didn't want Mokuba to go through life so self-conscious as he was. Joey rubbed his fiancé's back soothingly and smiled up at him. After what happened earlier Seto had opened up a bit more to his lover's grandparents and his aunt. She really was a caring lady and the brunette liked that about her.
"I've been dying to know this all night, I just have to ask. Seto, Joey, do tell us how you two conceived your son." Joey blushed and Seto nearly dropped his fork. That was rather random and caught the both of them off guard. "Is that really a tale for the table?" Joey asked, hoping that he could get out of answering the question. "Well as long as you keep the sex details out of it, it should be family friendly." Joey mentally sweat dropped at his grandmother, he could not believe she just said that. Jouneth giggled from his high chair and clapped his hands. The couple looked at each other what were they to do. Seto leaned into Joey's ear and whispered, "I'll handle this, just go along with it." The blonde nodded and listened to what his lover had to say. The young CEO observed the members and went on, "Well it seems that this subject will not go unanswered, so I will tell just how Joey and I conceived our child." The whole lot of Wheelers quieted and listened. "I run a multimillion dollar game company and have the access to technology that will boggle the minds of most. With this power I was able to consult with highly trained doctors and got consent to a highly sensitive procedure to get Joey pregnant. I told him about it that same night. We had confided in each other that our greatest wish was to have children. We had the will and now we had the possibility. Joey went under the procedure and within a month and a half we had conceived a child." Satisfied with his story Seto nodded and smiled at his puppy.
"Well that is quite the story you have there but what kind of procedure did Joey under go? What kinds of things were changed so that he could house the baby?" Seto looked to his right at red-haired woman and shook his head, "You either work for the newspaper or are surgeon and I have no liberty to tell you what kind of things they did to him. What didn't you understand about "highly sensitive"? Usually that means it's not talked about or taken lightly." The brunette was stern this time with her. Why did she care anyway? What was their baby to her?
"Well anyway, all that matters is that Joey and the baby came out healthy from the whole ordeal. Speaking of children, we have a wondrous baby shower after this, for newborn Zachary Michael Heathcliff. A toast to the two new additions to the Wheeler family." Tamrah said while holding up her cup of soda. The family toasted and drank to it. It was then that Jack stood up from his chair.
"I have something I would like to announce to my children but in doing so I would like for my family to also be apart of this. About a three weeks back I did something that will change our names but not our family." Jack picked up his brown envelope and pulled out some papers, official looking ones at that. "Serenity, you are Shizuka Jounouchi. Joey you are now Katsuya Jounouchi and I am Juro Jounouchi. I changed our names to better suit our lifestyle in Japan." The man said while handing his daughter and son their new birth certificates (A/N: I like their Japanese names better but when I started this story I didn't know about them so, I am changing them, I hope that doesn't bother you all too much).
"Why change our names now?" Joey asked. Jack seated himself and shrugged his shoulders, "I dunno, I just thought maybe a change in names would be a good start in my changed life." The blonde teen nodded and smiled, understanding his father's reasoning.
11:21 pm
Seto fell to the bed he and his puppy were sharing after putting on some appropriate nightclothes, some black shorts and a blue t-shirt. The blonde giggled lightly when his fiancé began to kiss his shoulder lightly. "Seto, what are you doing?" The brunette didn't ever answer he just kept kissing. Finally he pulled away and gazed into sparkling amber-eyes, "It's a shame that we can't break in your new name." The young CEO grinned lecherously. The newly named, Katsuya, teasingly punched his dragon in the arm, "Pervert."
"You know it baby." Seto said sexily before swooping down and capturing those soft lips in a greedy kiss. It wasn't long before they started groping each other heatedly. Before they got any further the pup begrudgingly pushed his lover away. "What is it Katsu?"
"We can't do this. This isn't our bed and the baby's in here." Seto sorta pouted at the blonde then smiled. But before the young CEO had time to disengage himself from the compromising position Mokuba barged in.
"Hey Seto…" Was all he could say prior to becoming speechless. The blue-eyed teen rolled off Katsuya and smirked at his younger brother, "What is it kiddo?"
"I'm just gonna go to my room now, night." With that Mokuba was gone with the shut of the bedroom door. The brunette sighed then rolled back onto his lover and began to attack his lips and neck sending his body into a fit of pleasure, but good to his ethics Seto didn't let it go any further than that, Katsuya was right about not being in their own bed and Jouneth sleeping in his bassinet not ten feet away. To have sex just wouldn't have been right.
2:47 am
Seto cracked open tired blue eyes to the sound of a soft mewl. He looked over to his right to see if his puppy was dreaming but the blonde was quietly slumbering. The muffled sounds came again but this time it sound more infant-like. He got up and walked over to his son's bassinet to find that Jouneth was fussy. "Hey, what's up kiddo?" Seto whispered while hauling his child into his arms. The baby Kaiba nuzzled into his father's chest and whimpered. The young father noticed that the child felt a little warmer than normal and decided to check his temperature. Sticking that little plastic stick in Jouneth's armpit only worsened his fussy mood until he wailed out loud. The thermometer beeped and Seto read his temperature to be 99.6. The poor kid was running a fever.
"Okay, okay, daddy is gonna take care of you." The brunette cooed softly while taking up his infant and his diaper bag. He left the room so that he wouldn't disturb his golden lover. "Ssssh, you're going to wake up all the inhabitants kiddo." Seto spoke softly while lying his crying son down on the floor to change his diaper. After that was done, the teen laid out a little blanket and moved Jouneth to the more comfortable fabric. Then he dug out some Children's Tylenol and gave the baby the assigned amount. Jouneth took it but then continued crying after it was all said and done. He just was not feeling good, period. The young father tried giving him his pacifier and the child just wasn't having it. The last thing that was on his list was to just feed the baby a bottle. Seto took up his son and grabbed a bottle before going into the kitchen to make it up. Just before the brunette coaxed his son into taking the bottle another infant's cried filled the house.
Making sure his son was comfortable, Seto persuaded his infant to take his bottle. Jouneth was finally tended to and ate happily. The other cries finally entered the living room and the brunette looked up to see Jovana's husband, Denzin, with his newborn. They nodded to each other and the other man went on his way.
"Now, that's better, isn't Jou?" Seto inquired softly to his son while settling onto the couch. Jouneth answered by glinting his eyes and suckling greedily. The young father smiled and nuzzled his baby.
"Another late night?" The blue-eyed teen looked up and nodded. "You too I see."
"Yeah but it's to be expected with a two-month-old." Denzin spoke while sitting down in a chair to the left of the couch Seto occupied. "How old is your little boy?"
"He's about six-and-a-half-months-old. He usually sleeps decently through the night be he's just not feeling so good right now." Seto answered while focusing on the figure in his arms. "Awe, that's too bad. My little boy just came home from the hospital a couple days ago; he had Johndis (okay so I dunno how to spell that word but you get the picture)."
"I'm sorry to hear that. I'm glad your baby is alright." The teen apologized. "I'm impressed by you and Joey…err…whatever his name is now. You both have a sense of responsibility and have taken this under your wings and such a young age. I just wish there could be more teens like the both of you." Denzin said to Seto. The young CEO just nodded, "I agree. I could never not take care of my little boy or Katsuya. They're my life." It was then that Kaiba looked down at his son and found that he had fallen into a peaceful sleep, he smiled.
"Being a father has to be the greatest thing that has ever happened to me and now I just can't wait to be married to Jouneth's mother." Denzin grinned softly, "Being married is a wonderful thing too, I really love my wife. I have everything in the world now. Her and my baby boy."
"I feel the same about Katsuya and my son. Family is all I really wanted since I was an orphan as a child. I felt like I needed to be someone's father to make up for my own losses. In the end everybody wins. I'm happy, Katsuya's happy, my brother's happy, and my son will be the happiest child on earth."
"Very grown up for your age Seto. Keep it that way, because you'll never know what you truly have until you've lost it." The teenage father stood up slowly from his spot on the couch and took his slumbering child back up to his room before collecting the baby things.
"It was nice talking to you Denzin. It was nice to have some company who understood fatherhood." Seto said while lifting the diaper bag up. "It was nice talking to a teenager who has his head on straight for once. I'm very impressed. And congratulations on your engagement to Joey." The blue-eyed CEO nodded and thanked his company before heading back upstairs to get some shuteye. He crawled into bed and huddled close to Katsuya. He landed a kiss on the blonde's closed eyes before letting himself fall to sleep feeling like the greatest father and husband-to-be in the world.
Author's Note: Okay I had total writer's block here at the end; please don't hate me for it! I thought it was sorta cute and I thought it would be nice for Seto to meet someone who was somewhat like him. Anyway, I thought it was an okay chapter and I hope you all liked it! Thank you all so much for reading and I'll see ya next chapter! Don't forget to review!