"You will quickly learn that people can take the most innocent of actions and twist it into the wildest claim."

-Geno Roads

First Impressions

Kaos' eyes were half closed, watching the stars fly hang overhead, their light glowing upon his naked flesh. His hand gently drew circles on Nephthys bare shoulder as she curled against him, her head resting on his chest.

He smiled, shifting her closer to him, moving her so that her elbow didn't hit the tree a few feet away. They were currently laying in a field on his estate in Michigan, in a little clearing of trees

Well, it was a clearing now. They had been on a cloud, when a wrong tumble had sent them crashing to earth. And considering they hadn't been paying attention and had grown to about 30 feet tall right before they hit the ground…that was enough to turn that patch of forest into a grassy clearing. A few blinks, and the trees were relocated to outside the forest, health and alive, and the two oversized gods had play place.

While they did have a mansion, his many offices and the Realm of Light to journey to, the two had found it necessary to find other little places for privacy. The mansion was open to all of his family, as well as his duelist friends. Right now, he had a bad feeling Joey Wheeler was watching his big screen TV while his wife was using their pool.

His offices…that was for work, and they always felt so stale. Sure, there had been that one time right after he remodeled his Domino office, fixing up the damage from the explosion from the Gate, but other then that, he tried to keep those worlds separate.

And the realm of light was no good. First, if they were there, that meant every god or goddess would be coming to talk to them. Not that he didn't mind the occasional talk, as when you didn't sleep, you needed things to do.

But the fact that his mother and father were able to pop in while he and his wife were being intimate…or worse, the rare chance those two might finally give into their urges, which had slowly gone from embarrassment over who they had been during most of his life to flirting…that was enough for any son to go searching for his own private area.

"my lord….oh."

Kaos closed his eyes and prayed the damn god would go away when he opened them.

One, Two, Three….nope, your still here, aren't you, you lousy…

"my lord, I have the status reports."

Neph groaned and nuzzled him closer, not even bothering to summon a covering for her nude form. Kaos stroked her hair, trying to make the moment last as long as he could. She purred and rolled over, unintentionally mooning their uninvited guest.

"Can this not wait? I thought I told you that this was a place where none of you could come."

"I know sir, but the reports…."

Kaos' eyes flashed at the little god near his face. "I already know what they say. They say everything is fine. You would need to be a powerful super being to hide something from me nowadays, and if you were that strong, I would know because chances are you'd be banging on my door personally!"

His voice boomed at this last comment, causing the sky about the area to thunder as if a huge storm had rolled in. Neph whimpered and kissed his neck softly.

"Just sigh the papers and get him out of here." She moved along his shoulder, murmuring his name as she went along giving him butterfly kisses. "Please Kaos…my king."

Kaos sighed and summoned a pen. "This is what I get for having the god of bureaucracy do my status reports." He faded the pen away and glanced at the god. "Are you done?"

"Yes, my lord. And I am sorry, my lord." With that, the god faded away. Neph smiled, her foot stroking his leg as she pulled herself closer to his body, holding him in her arms.

"Thank you my lord." She said, mimicking the gods annoying tone. Kaos laughed softly and kissed her ear.

"What would I do without you?"

"Kill everyone in the world." Neph said softly, her face plastered with a grin. Her husband chuckled at her joke and pulled her in for a kiss.

"This is not exactly what I expected."

Owen laughed as he moved the joystick around, his eyes watching the claws destination perfectly. At t right moment, he hit the button, and the tongs lowered, snagging a stuffed Kuriboh. The claw retracted, and the little ball of fluff followed, only to drop into the Claw Game's prize retrieval slot.

"Some men drink. Others smoke. I play the crane game." He handed her the stuffed animal, which she held close. Owen took out another quarter and popped it into the machine. "You still have the…"

"Yes…I have all the action figures you snagged. The Dark Magician, the Ha Des, the Mars…"

'You protect that Mars!" Owen said with a laugh. "I haven't seen that one in a long time."

"I still can't believe you collect duel monster action figures!"

"And stuffed animals." Owen said. "I have the complete set."

Kelli looked over at the garbage bag filled with prizes. "Oh, I can imagine. How many times to you do this?"

"Every time I duel. Most of the time it's just normal crane games…but I like this one. It's the only one that has those exclusive action figures." He smiled as his claw snagged a Baby Dragon doll, and drew it in. He looked at the empty machine, and grinned with satisfaction. He turned to Kelli, and asked her if there were any she wanted. After claiming the Kuriboh and 3 other cute dolls, Owen made three bags: one with his figures; one with her animals, minus the Kuriboh she held in her hands; and the rest.

"What do we do with them?" Kelli asked holding her doll in a way that was reminiscent of her mother and her favorite teddy bear.

Owen hefted the back like he was Santa Claus, and headed over out to the street, Kelli chasing after him. He lead her down a few blocks, and making sure no one saw them, dumped the contents into a box for Toys for Tots.

"Why so secretive?" She asked as he took the bags and led her back to Main Street.

"If I let anyone see me, I end up on the news in one of those damn, "Look what the famous person did!" stories. And I don't do this for the glamour. I get enough glamour from dueling. This is just a nice thing I do that helps calm my nerves." He shrugged and looked around the storefronts.

Kelli however was amazed at this admission. When she had seen or heard any of the Bandits, they tended to strike her as a bit cocky and egotistical. They reminded her of stories her dad would tell of Seto Kaiba and their rivalry.

But Owen seemed to be so down to earth. Heck, some would say, off the field of battle, he was down right modest. She shook her head, trying to deal with the conflicting personas.

"Any place interest you?" Owen said, waking her from her thoughts.

"I'll probably just head home."

Owen shrugged and turned around. "I'll walk you home."

Kelli smiled and followed him, chatting about silly stuff with the giant of a man next to her. They discussed TV, movies they had seen; stuff that really didn't matter but was easy to share with someone. After about 7 minutes, they arrived at the front door of the game shop her father and mother shared with her grandmother and great grandfather. The building had been redone, the small shop now expanded to 3 times it's size and a an extra story added to give the family a two story house above the game shop, all paid for by Yami and Gala, using their share of the vast Road's wealth. Yugi ad Rebecca had asked to pay for some of it, the two of them having gathered a very big nest egg on their own, but Yugi's Quisi-brother had insisted.

Owen grinned. "You know…this is probably one of the best days I have ever had."

Kelli looked at him, smirking slightly. "Well Owen Roads, if I didn't know better…I would say we just had a date."

Owen smiled back. "I guess some could say that." He bowed, causing he to laugh, and then turned around, heading down the sidewalk. "You see at the tournament tomorrow Kelli!"

"You too Owen!" She said, waving. She turned, and opened the door, then ran up the stairs. She entered the living room and looked over at her mom and dad, curled up on the couch, her grandmother and great grandfather asleep. She sat down, setting her bag next to her chair, stroking the mock fur on the Kuriboh.

"How was dinner?" Rebecca asked.

"Good. Ate with Owen."

Yugi raised an eyebrow. "And who is Owen?"

Kelli shrugged. "You know, Owen."

Yugi paused…and then turned slowly. "As in Roads? As in Owen Chitoshi-Roads…as in the grandson of Geno Roads?!?!" He sat up straight. "Oh god."

Kelli frowned. "What is the big deal?"

Rebecca, remembering the stories Yugi had told her, leaning over to look at her daughter. "Kelli, we're your parents, and we will love you no matter what."

"What is the big deal?"

Yugi shook his grandpa. "Grandpa, wake up!" The old man mumbled and shifted in the chair. "Kelli had sex with Owen Roads!"

Solomon jumped up, wide-awake. "I'll kill him! I'll take off my belt and beat that….oh come on, get out of there…whoa!" Solomon spun, falling on his behind. Yugi's mom blinked and looked around.

"What is going on?"

Solomon sputtered. "Kelli's pregnant!"

Kelli looked at her family and stood up. "I AM NOT PREGNANT!"

"Those are the mood swings." Solomon said, nudging Yugi with his elbow. Yugi sighed.

"She isn't pregnant…are you?"

"NO!" Kelli shouted. "I am not pregnant, I did not sleep with Owen….all I did was have dinner."

Rebecca shook her head. "Kelli, women don't have dinner with Roads men. They have breakfast with them."

Kelli looked at them, and finally sighed. "this isn't about that old legend surrounded Geno, is it?"

"It's not a legend!" Yugi said.

"Daddy, the Roads family doesn't have a magical aura around them that turns everyone of the opposite sex into crazy, hormone driven loonies."

Yugi looked at her. "Kelli, the head of that family is the king of gods."

"So, just because Kaos is an all-powerful super being doesn't mean his grandchildren can make anyone hot for them."

"Only the oppisite sex." Rebecca said.

"Don't be so sure." Everyone turned and looked at Yugi's grandfather. "Well, there was this one time when that Mr. Geno came into my card shop and I felt a tingle in my chest…"

Kelli threw up her hands. "My family is crazy!" She sat down hard in the chair. "Listen, I was at the A & W, saw Owen, and we talked about tomorrow's duels. He paid for my meal, we went to an arcade where he won me this, and then walked me home. That's all"

Rebecca looked at her. "And you didn't feel the need to sleep with him?"

"God no…Owen is just a friend."

Rebecca grinned. "When is your next date?"

"Never" Yugi said. "No daughter of mine is going to be a conquest on that mans bedpost!"

"First off, I am not a conquest. Second, it wasn't a date! It was just two people hanging out." She stood up. "So, believe me, all your fears are unneeded. Now, I am going to put my new stuffed animals away and then go to bed. I want to be wide awake for tomorrow."

Kelli left the room, and Solomon looked over at his grandson. "So, who is gong to keep the baby?"

"There isn't a baby dad." Yugi's mom said softly.

"You mean she had an abolition?"

"Abortion grandpa…and no. Their just friends, or so they say." Yugi frowned. "Geno and Tea were just friends…"

Rebecca playfully nudged him. "Are you ever going to forgive Geno for sleeping with that girl?"

"I have…it's just…"

"I for one am glad he did." She smiled and kissed his cheek. "With that cheerleader out of the way, you were able to get me!"

Yugi smiled. "That I did. And I am glad I got you…I just hope Kelli doesn't get hurt."

"Dear Kids: Sometimes Mommies and Daddies need time alone to themselves, in order to do mommy and daddy things. In other words, get the hell away. Go over to….oh, we don't know, your own apartments, and spend the night there. Love you, Mom and Dad"

Lilka frowned and glanced over at Tressa and Owen. "Their having sex."

Owen shuddered. "There are some things I am just not ready to hear." They turned around, and headed down the elevator several stories to the apartments their parents had long set up for them. They rarely went there, as they felt more at home in their own rooms under the roof they grew up under…but sometimes they had been known to sneak down there for some alone time.

"How was Uncle Seto's place?" Lilka asked her sister. Tressa shrugged, fingering her deck box.

"Good. He let me duel the computer a few times, and then we went over combos. Aunt Tea made cookies."

"The double chocolate ones with the cream on top?" Owen asked, licking his lips. "Lucky."

Tressa grinned. "They were realllllyyyyy good. She added extra sugar or something…mmm, I can still taste them."

Lilka rolled her eyes, pretending to be annoyed by her sister, which wasn't hard. "Ya ya, rub it in. Just because we only get those cookies at Christmas, there is no need to remind us how great they are."

"Oh, they're better then great…." Tressa grinned and wrapped an arm around her siblings' shoulders. "I am kidding! I also hide one for each of you in my bag….put me down!"

Tressa laughed as Lilka and Owen shook her in the air, trying to get the cookies to fall out. Finally, they set her down and she pulled out three, and each one munched on it as they walked down the hall.

"So, what did you do Owen?" Tressa said, her mouth filled with cookie.

"I had dinner and ran into Kelli Moto. You know, she's a pretty cool person to hang around. Easy to talk to."

"Kelli…as in the short girl with funny hair?" Lilka asked.

"It's not funny, and yes." Owen swallowed another bite of the big cookie. "We had a great time."

"Owen has a girlfriend!" Tressa sang happily.

Owen looked at her and gave her a playful shove. "I do not stupid."

"Owen's all alone." Tressa sang again, giggling as he frowned and dodging a hit.

Lilka shrugged. "So, if she isn't your girlfriend, then what is she exactly bro?" She opened the door to her apartment and clicked on the lights."

"We're just friends, ok?" Owen said. "Is there a reason two people can't have dinner and play a few games and then walk one of them home?"

"You walked her home!" Tressa said, squealing slightly. "That means it was a date!"

"It wasn't a date, ok?" Owen ran his fingers through her hair. "So, can we just let it go?"

Lilka shrugged. "We're just joking with you Owen."

Owen smiled. "me too." He grinned, and the three broke into laughter. "Now, let's get some sleep, two of us have to duel tomorrow." His sisters nodded, and the three retired to their apartments to rest for the big day.