Sorry this took so long too, but I had to get at least one chapter of Memories up before I updated this. This chapter is my holiday present for you, so happy holidays, everyone. Note: I used grandpa Moto in this chapter, but rememer, their last name is Darkling, and there's a reason why I didn't use Moto as the last name which will be revealed in later chapters. Anyway, for those of you who wanted to see Yugi go home, here you go!

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Atem stepped into his house with his new son, Yugi. Yugi took a few seconds to look around. His vision was still a little fuzzy, but he could pretty much make out most of what was around him. He emitted a few noises while Atem made sure all of Yugi's bags were inside. Once everything was inside, Atem smiled and kneeled down in front of Yugi's car seat. "Welcome to your new home, Yugi." Yugi smiled and made a tiny giggle as Atem took him out of the car seat. The infant couldn't hold his own head just yet, so Atem allowed Yugi's head to rest on his shoulder; for another safety precaution, he held the back of the baby's head with his hand.

Giving Yugi a kiss, Atem started giving him a tour of his new home. All he did first was turn to the left. There really was nothing in this room; there was only a fine chair, an end table, and a piano along the far wall. "That's the family room, Yugi. I really don't know why I have it; I just use it as a place to put my mother's piano." He chuckled and turned to his right. "This is the special dinning room; I use this when my brothers and my parents come over for holidays." It was a nicely decorated room with a solid oak table that was already set like company was expected. The table came with matching chairs. There was also a china cabinet along the far wall.

Atem gave Yugi another kiss and walked through the rest of the entryway and into the living room. The living room was very big: he had a high definition plasma TV along the middle wall, a mantel and fireplace on the left wall, windows along the back wall with a suede couch in front of it, a Lazy Boy lounge chair between the fireplace and couch, and a coffee table in the middle. On the other side of the couch, a love seat, that matched the couch, was adjacent to it. Atem looked at the little baby in his arms, who was now sucking on his fist. "What do you think, Yugi?" Yugi burbled cutely. Atem chuckled and pat the baby's bottom with the hand that was supporting him. "Maybe you're right … I think I should redecorate."

Atem took a few more steps into his kitchen. "This is the kitchen … and this table is where we'll be eating." A dinning table, not as fancy as the other one, stood in front of the back door with chairs around it. Unlike the special dinning table, this one did not have a set up on it. A counter with an electric stove on top and drawers along the sides stood in the middle of the kitchen. Along the wall, under the windows, was the sink and dishwasher. Next to them was the refrigerator. They formed a curve to the connecting side wall and along that wall was the oven. The oven was the end of the kitchen appliances. A door was right next to the oven. Atem walked through that door. "This may seem a little strange, but this is more of a storage area then anything else. I do my laundry in here, and the pantry is in here as well." The washer and drier were both along the wall with the door. The pantry looked like a closet because it had double doors that needed to be pulled to open. There were soda bottles sitting on top of the drier. Another door next to the pantry led to the garage. "So Yugi, do you like it so far?" The baby didn't answer; he was too busy chewing on his fist to pay attention. Atem chuckled and walked out.

The wall that separated the special dinning room from the regular dinning room was actually stairs. They went one way, then with a triangle shaped step, turned the other way. Atem climbed those stairs, tightening his hold on Yugi. Once at the top, they came to another living room … well, sort of … "This is usually just another spare place to laze about, but it leads to our rooms too. This room had an older looking couch under more windows, with a coffee table, and an entertainment unit on the wall right next to a pair of double doors. Along the other wall was a computer system.

Atem walked into a room that was on the other side of the stairs. This was a child's room. Atem had spent the last month decorating it to make room for his new baby boy. The walls were panted a sky blue color with a wall paper stream of clouds along the top. A five drawer changing table was along the wall adjacent to the door. On the other side of the changing table was a walk – in closet filled with outfits for infant boys. The wall with the window had a big, plastic crib with a soft baby mattress and high walls. It had a rainbow mobile attached to the head of it. Next to the crib was an end table with a baby monitor on it. The wall with the door had a white dresser along it. Baby clothes, spit diapers, wipes, and powder were all there. "And this is your room, Yugi. I know I may have gone a little overboard, but I wanted you to have the best." And overboard he did go; for next to the end table was a smaller wall with a sink on it. A doorway was between that sink and the white dresser. Inside, was a small bathroom; more like only a toilet and a bathtub. In other words, Yugi had his own bathroom inside his room. After Yugi got a good look at the room, or what Atem thought was a good look since Yugi started drooling, he walked out.

There were also two more rooms to the right of Yugi's room: Atem's office and a spare bedroom, separated by a doorway to the attic, but Atem went left and didn't show Yugi those other two rooms. He walked through the spare living room to the double doors. "And this is my room." He opened the door to reveal the master bedroom, the biggest room in the house. He had a queen size bed, a giant large chest like dresser, to the right with a window in between that and a chair. Over to the left he had a night stand with an alarm clock a phone and a book. The other wall had his dresser and a door leading to another bathroom. Atem's bathroom was very fancy. He had a spa in there instead of a tub. Atem's house was amazing to any child from the ages of five through … any other age, but Yugi was only an infant, so none of this really mattered to him.

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After the tour, Atem set Yugi in a basinet that he'd bought during that month. While the baby was safe in there, He decided to unpack Yugi's things; few clothes from the hospital, some bottles, and the only pacifier that Yugi would have. Atem thought he'd better get Yugi's things unpacked before his brothers came over and asked questions.

Suddenly, a loud screeching noise was heard and a car pulling into his drive way. The new father rolled his eyes. "Speak of the devil … and his younger brother …" Atem said. He suddenly remembered that Yugi was asleep downstairs in the basinet and his brothers could be pretty loud. He had to get to the door before they get in. Atem bolted out of Yugi's room and down the steps, but he wasn't fast enough. Just then, the other two members of the Darkling litter walked into the house.

"No, I did not sacrifice Mrs. Smitherson's cat to Satan in exchange for eternal youth!" Marik yelled. Atem cringed as he made it down the stairs and looked at the baby in the basinet. So far, Yugi continued to sleep.

"Oh please, she said she saw you in the back yard boiling something!" Atem tried quieting them down once again.

"Guys, please …!" Marik scuffed loudly.

"That woman is beyond paranoid! That cat died three years ago; she just wants to put me back in prison!"

"Guys …" Bakura threw his arms up in the air.

"She's not the only one, believe me!"

"You better watch it, 'Kura; there's a lot of tricks I learned during those three years I spent in Rikers!"

"GUYS!" Atem yelled, finally gaining the attention of his brothers. Both Marik and Bakura looked at him with confusion in their eyes.

"What's up, 'Tem?" Marik asked. Atem opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the sound of an infant crying. Upon hearing that crying, Marik and Bakura looked at each other and then back at Atem, who rolled his eyes.

"Now you guys did it; you woke him up!" He ran into the living room to see to his son. The two brothers followed him, gasping when they saw what was in the basinet.

"That's a baby!" Atem picked Yugi up with one hand around his tiny waist and the other supporting the back of his neck.

"Very good, Bakura!" He said sarcastically. Bakura glared at his second older brother while Marik walked over to observe the baby. After a few minutes of standing there, Marik used his pointer finger to poke Yugi in the tummy, causing the baby to giggle and kick his legs.

"Squishy." Yugi looked at his new uncles with fascination in his eyes. Marik kept poking him, getting on Atem's nerves. The second of the litter pushed Marik off balance.

"Stop it, you idiot!" Bakura took a few steps closer to see the newborn in his brother's arms.

"How's it he looks exactly like you, I thought you adopted him."

"I did, I guess it's just a coincidence. Guys, I want you to meet your nephew, Yugi," Marik and Bakura smiled a little bit, "Yugi, these are your new uncles: Uncle Marik, and Uncle Bakura." Bakura looked at Atem in the eye.

"Now there's a phrase I never thought I'd hear." Atem chuckled. In his arms, Yugi looked at his new uncles and smiled the most adorable smile, that Marik knew his tough, dark, hard … 'ghetto' heart. He actually thought he felt tears form in his eyes at that smile.

"I can't take this anymore, GIVE HIM TO ME!" Marik snatched the child from Atem's arms and cradled him in his own.

"How come he's so small?" Bakura asked. When he looked over at Atem, he saw the depressed look in his eyes.

"Because of his premature birth … because of that, he's got a number of disorders."

"Like what? Maybe I can help you with your insurance."

"Well, he has attention deficit, dyslexia"---

---"Anything considering health insurance?" Atem exhaled a breath.

"Asthma, allergies, Hemophilia, Juvenile Diabetes, his brain damage, and maybe some things in the future.

"He's only a few months old and you already know he has Hemophilia and diabetes?" Atem sadly nodded.

"He was born with those disorders … raising him is going to be a challenge …" Bakura placed a reassuring hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Hey, we'll help ya." Both of them looked at Marik, talking baby talk and kissing Yugi all over the face. The baby just giggled. Both Atem and Bakura chuckled at the scene. "Besides, can't be any worse then raisin' Marik." Atem chuckled and nodded in agreement. The oldest of the litter didn't even stop to threaten his younger brothers. He was having so much fun playing with his new baby nephew.

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Later that day, Atem was cooking dinner while Bakura watched TV and Marik played with Yugi. They were expecting their parents to come over later to meet Yugi as well. When Atem mentioned that he had adopted a child, his mother screamed in excitement that the new father had to literally hold the phone away from his ear just to keep his hearing. Their mother had always wanted to be a grandmother, and had quite a number of times tried to set her sons up on dates so they would get married and give her a grandchild. Even though Atem wasn't married, he knew his mother would still be happy just to have at least one grandchild.

Atem was in the kitchen, cooking stake for dinner. They were gonna eat in the special dinning room. Marik was now laying on the love seat with Yugi sleeping on his chest. Bakura was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer. Suddenly, Yugi started to scrunch up his nose and squirmed on Marik's chest. Then he started to cry out. "What's the matter with you?" Marik asked. Atem put the finishing seasonings on the stake then walked over and picked Yugi up.

"He's hungry; that's his 'I'm hungry, feed me now' cry." Marik got up to get a beer from the refrigerator.

"He's all yours, bro." Atem rolled his eyes. Luckily, he'd been preparing a bottle for Yugi while he was cooking everyone else's dinner. Yugi cried until he felt the rubber nipple touch his lips. His infant reflexes kicked in as he opened his mouth to eat his food. Atem sat next to Bakura who was watching a football game on TV. He and Marik liked to watch football all the time. Atem was the only on who didn't find anything interesting in the blood sport. When the bottle was only about half empty, Yugi refused to drink any more. Atem placed the bottle on the coffee table and the baby on his shoulder. He remembered that Yugi liked having his back rubbed instead of patted so he rubbed the baby's back. Soon, the child let out a tiny belch and giggled.

"I really hope you enjoyed that … you spit up a bit on one of my best shirts." Yugi giggled again as Atem kissed the boy's cheek and whipped his shirt then the baby's mouth. Suddenly, both Bakura and Marik stood up screaming:

"TOUCH DOWN!" and cheering loudly. Yugi screamed as well, but more in a crying matter then a cheering matter. Both brothers looked at the baby while Atem gave them a 'now you've done it' look.

"What's the matter now?" Atem got up and put Yugi in his basinet.

"He doesn't like loud noises and you scared him when you screamed like that."

"Hey sorry, little Man; won't happen again." Marik said while going up to the basinet and tickling Yugi's tiny feet. The infant obviously forgave him by the way he giggled.

Just then, the doorbell rang. "Uh oh, better protect the baby from Grandma." Bakura said. Atem just rolled his eyes as he went to answer the door.

"You're an idiot!" He said.

"Hey, I got a fourteen – fifty on my SAT's!" Marik stood in the middle of the room with Yugi in his arms.

"Twelve – fifty, you pathological liar." Bakura glared at him.

"Damn, forgot you were here …" Atem rolled his eyes again and opened the door. The brothers' parents, Solomon and Eleanor Darkling stood in the doorway.

"Hello, Mom" ---

"No small talk; where is he?" Eleanor asked as she walked in past Atem, who didn't even protest against it.

"Won't you come in, Mother …" Solomon chuckled and entered the house as well.

"Don't feel bad, m'boy. She's just excited and wants to see the baby. Now, where is my new grandson?" Atem smiled when a squeal was heard. Both Solomon and his middle son walked into the living room to join the rest of the family.

"Oh, aren't you the most adorable thing I've ever seen!" She stole Yugi right from Marik's arms.

"Mother!"

"Hush, Marik; do not sass your mother when she's holding her grandchild!" Marik's bottom lip started to quiver.

"Yes'm …" Solomon and Atem both walked up to Eleanor to see Baby Yugi trying to figure out who the crazy lady was.

"Mom, Dad, this is your grandson, Yugi; Yugi, this is your grandmother and grandfather." Atem introduced. Yugi looked at the woman who was holding him again and saw the smile on her face, causing him to squeal with delight and smile as well.

"What a cute little thing … he looks just like you when you were a baby, Atem." Solomon said.

"I know dad, but they did a genetics test on him and genes don't lie; he's not mine. He may look like me, but he's not mine. It's jut a coincidence." Eleanor tickled Yugi on the tummy and he kicked his legs and giggled again.

"You are just the sweetest little baby! I'm going to make your cookies, and take care of you when you're sick, and …" She said, carrying him up the stairs.

"Uh, Mom, where are you taking him?"

"For a diaper change, dear!" She called from upstairs. Solomon looked at his three sons and tried to ignore the fact that all four of them could hear Eleanor talking to the baby from even though Atem's house was sound proof.

"So, who's hungry?" He asked, trying to break the silence.

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