Chapter 16 You kept him going:

Authors note:

Not every meaning will be used in my book, it's a standard line I place up on every chapter in every book so it's easy for me to remember

/mindlink to Yugi, \mindlink to Atem-Yami\, Letters, Texting, songs, lemons, time skip, POV, *meanings, Dreams, Phone calls, Flashbacks.

Sadly the characters of Yu-gi-oh don't belong to me, they belong to Kazuki Takahshi, but the story's under the username Thirza-1984 belong to me

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Anzu's Pov:

Anzu knew it already before Yugi solved the puzzle… but to protect him she never shared this one secret Yugi was keeping to himself. Atem, he knew but when it never showed we simply thought he outgrew them. Now I have a different theory about that. Especially since he left.

Life after Atem, the spirit of the puzzle left wasn't easy. Yeah the gang still hang around with Yugi, and they all made sure to check up regularly at Ryou to make sure he also was okay, Honda and Joey forgot Yugi in a way could put on a mask and pretend he that was happy and content.

So the group didn't notice how Yugi, who wanted friends badly slowly started to push himself away from his friends. He was careful not to leave them hanging to fast, but I wasn't fooled easily. Specially since I know him from childhood.

I saw how he started with Honda, Yugi cared for all his friends, but Honda was from the three of us the one who he didn't have many contact with, and I don't know what happened, but Honda told me one day he didn't want anything to do with Yugi anymore.

Joey told me Honda wasn't okay with the fact Yugi voiced he was into both genders, the three men had a fight over it and Honda eventually left the group. Last time I saw him, he was marrying Duke. Stupid Hypocrite….

I saw the forebodes he was absent and it took allot to get him back to us, it scared Joey in a way he also decided to take his fair distance from him, I however… well, when Yugi called me in tears that his grandfather had passed away suddenly I packed my things and went back to Japan.

I took over the household and tried my hardest to keep Yugi going, but I noticed real soon he was having more and more absences, and he was complaining more and more about going to bed to sleep of that migraine… till today I still blame that I didn't recognise the sings.

One day, I got a call from his teacher, Yugi was taken to the school nurse with a bloody nose and when there he fell to the ground, since they could not wake him, they called an ambulance. He needed clean clothes.

I dropped everything and rushed to gather clothing for him, then I rushed to the hospital. As his only close connection I knew I needed to be there for him now. His doctor heard me asking for him and called me over. "Miss Muzaki?" he asked me and I nodded. "I'm doctor Sumori and am overseeing mister Muto's recovery, do you know anything about his medical past?"

I nodded so he guided me to a little office, there I told him when Yugi was younger he sometimes would have tonic-clonic-attacks. That the attacks stopped when he turned 15 and now three years later I saw him having the same things having again but did not see him having a tonic-clonic yet.

"Well, he did have it this afternoon at university, we managed to stop the attack, but he slipped into an unconscious state, we are doing everything we can to wake him up."

"Thank you." I said shocked from what I heard. And I was so relieved when he actually did wake. Confused yes, but he was awake and tired as hell, when the doctor took him for a scan and thay returned they told me he fell asleep while in the scan.

Yugi stayed two weeks in the hospital and I was driving every day back and forth to see him. Also I tried locating our friends but Honda did not respond. Joey came over with Mai and the two men made up. Mai told me not to wait to long and decide quickly. Why I didn't realise.

But I realised soon enough when the doctor came with the shocking result from the scan. Yugi had cancer, it was a good cancer before he solved the puzzle, but when Atem left, the cancer started to grow full force. They could do no surgery since the cancer grew on a delicate place. on the question how long, doctor Sumori could not give a time. It could take days, months, even years before the cancer would take his life.

So when Yugi left the hospital he and I had an open conversation, he told me in all honesty he wanted to be a father one day, but he didn't see it happen since he fell deeply in love with Atem. I in turn told him I would be honoured to give him a heir, but he needed to see me as the mother of the child. He agreed but although I would be the mother of the child he didn't want to go into marriage. That was a blow in the face, but I knew I needed to respect his boundaries.

We went to a lawyer and made a will, if he would die, he wanted for our child to have the house, and all it's belongings, would he die after the child was off legal age the child would get first rights to decide what to do with the house and the game-shop.

He also wanted to be cremated and shipped off to Egypt, with the Ishtar's he decided to be placed somewhere in Atem's tomb.

A year after he was in the hospital I gave him a son, which we called Heba. With much joy I saw how Yugi took care of his little boy, even till the point of scaring me to death when both weren't in bed were I was sure they ware the night before. Yugi simply decided to let me sleep in and take Heba for a walk, or do grocery shopping and coming home with flowers for me.

With Heba growing up he soon learned that his daddy often would fall to the ground, shake allot, and then suddenly fell silent. The little one always called me then, and by his tone I knew when I needed to take Yugi's emergency shot and give it to him.

The little boy realised soon his daddy was not well, and when he passed his tenth birthday, he asked me that one dreadful question. "Mom? When will daddy go to dad?" it made me sob. Heba knows of our adventures with Atem and the both of us told him more than once we both were in love with that man. So Heba dubbed Atem as being his dad.

It happened more and more often that Yugi got an epileptic attack. And I started praying, towards Atem to take him away, to make sure he would be better again.

It happened shortly after Heba asked me that one question. I woke up next to Yugi like I did every morning, the previous night Yugi was playful, he and I had fun with each other and he tried his hardest to make it as romantic as possible for me. "Anzu? We did well did we?" he asked me before falling asleep.

I realised it that the bed was wet, and that the urine still was warm, I hoped he had the attack only a few minutes ago, I gave him the emergency shot but I realised he didn't respond to it, I called Heba, and ordered him to call 911 because his father would not wake. And although I tried to give him CPR. Deep down in my heart, I knew he was gone.

The paramedics came and they confirmed what my heart already was telling me. Yugi got an attack and he chocked on his tongue. Atem finally had heard my call and took him away last night, and knowing Atem he forced Yugi into one last time having fun with me. it gives me a feeling of peace. But also of pain because he only became 31 years old.

Before they took him away, I whispered in his ear. "Yes, you did amazing, give my regards and have fun with Atem."

Three weeks later I discovered I was pregnant from his second child.

Yugi's POV:

I was so happy when I didn't get an attack shortly after I solved the puzzle, but still I explained to Atem I am familiar with epilepsy, and when it would happen my teachers and grandpa knew what to do. But when that didn't happen, Anzu and I speculated it probably was because Atem forced it down. He also made me heal faster that the normal human body would, and when I injured myself and healed at the same pace as Anzu or Joey with such a wound, our theory was confirmed.

I knew I was depressed, and that depression grew when Honda told me he was strongly against the concept 'in love gender does not matter' what probably hurt the most was that he married Duke only a year after our fight. Hypocrite.

I realised Joey was scared for my warnings towards my epilepsy, mostly my fault since I never told them only Atem and Anzu. It hurt when he left but I thought it maybe was for the best. And I already considered it a blessing that Anzu was in America to become a professional dancer. It was her however who stood at my door only 48 hours after I called her in tears that grandpa had died in his sleep.

She stayed to help me out, and although I didn't feel that love connection towards her, I grew affectionate and fond of her. Especially when she stayed and went to a college close by to finish her studies. Mostly since she knew I didn't want to leave Domino just yet. I could not let my childhood go.

But when I ended in the hospital and heard what was the reason for my epileptic attacks, I realised I wanted a family. I wanted a heir. I wanted a child that would make the Muto family proud.

So against the fact I see myself a gay man, I confessed my feelings, and Anzu was willing to help me out, she wanted to marry, but when I explained her I didn't want her to be a widow any time soon, she agreed. Also we decided our firstborn would become a Muto, the second born was her to decide. The second born did never come. Like fate went against it.

I considered myself a proud daddy, I loved my son till death and feared the day Anubis would claim me before I would see Heba go to his first day in high-school.

I told him stories about us saving the world and when he said Atem was his dad, I could cry so hard since I never told him I loved Atem more that I loved his mother. But still, the kid knew and he simply had two fathers and one mother.

I see my little boy grow to a pre-teen and could not be any more proud at him. He gave me ten more years, but I realised it would not take long before I would join the one I truly love, the tonic-clonics became more and more a thing in my daily life. With Heba or Anzu suddenly hovering over me and injecting the emergency medication, cover me up when I had lost all control of my muscles, and many times called 911 because I was so deep in it I needed more that only the emergency shot.

It was a warm summer night and we just had celebrated my 31th birthday. I suddenly didn't fear death anymore, I had lived my life till the best of my abilities, and although I held her off many times after Heba was born, I realised I needed to give her one more thank you gift before I was truly ready to leave this plane once and for all.

We sat on the veranda, and I took her hand. "lets go to bed my sweet." I said guiding her for the last time. I took my time to undress her and allowed her to undress me, we made love, real love ad I worked my hardest to make sure she would enjoy any second.

I knew Atem had a hand into this, and I did my best to show him what I could. When the first rays of light showed themselves into our bedroom I felt I was close to leave this plane, but I wanted to ask her one more time. "Anzu? We did well did we?"

I hovered over my body, I saw what an impact such an attack had and it even frightened me, I saw how my tongue slipped to the back of my throat and I choked myself, Ra I was so glad Anzu did not wake right away the sounds I made where horrible. It was when my lips turned blue, Anzu awoke and started to give me the shot, I saw her panicking and how she called Heba to tell I would not wake up.

I knew I was gone but still I wanted to hear those words that she always used to reassure me. and that happened when they placed me down into that body bag. "Yes, you did amazing, give my regards and have fun with Atem." it was then I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Time to go Aibou." I turned and saw the one I missed those 13 years. before we left off however he had one more thing to say to her. "Thank you Anzu, You kept him going."

Atem and I have fun together with each other, only three months after my passing Isis came and told us they had brought me home. We went to Atem's tomb and saw how the Ishtar's removed the lid from Atem's coffin, we saw how Anzu placed the little golden box to which I had kept my deck in for safe keeping. I realised she used that as my urn.

What confused me was that she was pregnant, did she really this soon found another guy and let him father a child with her?

"Hey Yugi, Atem, I'm happy you two are together again, not only in soul but also in body, Yugi I love you, I always will, and I'm sad about the fact you will not see this little wonder grow like you saw Heba grow. But he will be the best big brother he could be and would do anything to protect his little sister. We sold the game-shop and moved to Egypt. we live with the Ishtar's now. Atem I wish to thank you also, I know you told me that day I kept him going. I love you both and will do my best to take care of our children. Thank you." Anzu said before walking off.

My second child was a girl, named Hikari Muto.

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