-----------------week 1 1/2 (week 13 norm.)---------------------------------

Yugi felt much better after that day, she wasn't very sleepy at all, and Dr. Bee was calling on them daily for updates on her condition.

She woke up and felt of her belly, a habit that she had taken to ever since she began having the dreams of Set cutting her open; Yami just wrapped his arms around her a little tighter, snoring.

"Good morning Yami," she cooed to wake him up, kissing him on the nose.

"Aw, baby, I don't want to wake up yet," Yami moaned rolling over.

"Come on Yami, I feel good today can we please go do something?" Yugi said sitting up in the bed and pushing the blankets off of herself.

"You were tired yesterday," Yami said wrapping up in the blankets.

"I'm not now," she replied rubbing her almost daily growing belly.

"All right I'll be up in a little bit, why don't you go down stairs and eat breakfast, I'll be down by the time you are done," Yami murmured rolling back over and sitting up enough to kiss her on the cheek.

Yugi sighed and took the advice, getting up and getting dressed before heading downstairs; she stopped half way down and sat on the stairs sighing again, normally Yami was helping her down the stairs. Yugi heard a dull thud behind her and turned her head to see Ba standing behind her; she tried to get up again, steadying herself on the banister; Yugi still didn't trust the new pair.

A hand landed on her shoulder and she cringed ready to scream for Yami if he hurt her, but all the big fledgeling did was hold her arm and put another hand on her other shoulder to steady her. Ba led her down the stairs, the entire time keeping his stony expression on his face she got to the bottom and he let her go.

"Those are twins, right?" he asked coldly, moving away.

"Y-yes," Yugi responded slightly shocked by Ba's actions.

He just continued to walk away and seemed to not pay any attention to Yugi's answer.

Yugi just continued on towards the kitchen for her small breakfast; she wasn't having any strange craving at the moment so when she got there she just settled on simple apple and grapes. Yugi settled in at the counter and began eating; all of her thoughts collected around the babies, thinking from names to what they would look like; she wished and hoped they would look like their daddy, and thinking that, a wide smile spread across her face looking, to anybody who walked by, that the grape she was chewing on was the best thing in the world.

She was suddenly snapped from her thoughts by the scraping of claws on tile; she turned her head sharply to stare at the other half of the pair as he scrambled across the counter, looking in every pot and cupboard within reach. He was panting like a wild animal dying of thirst and he would constantly look over a Yugi with hungry eyes; he would lick his lips and tense, as though he was about to spring at her, then turn and continue his search, scaring Yugi with his eventual stare.

The awful fledgeling finally came off the counter and the refrigerator door opened then slammed shut; miscellaneous other cabinets flung open and then slammed shut, with a small hurting yowl from the deranged fledgeling to signal where he was in the kitchen.

Yugi had ceased eating and was watching Ka very nervously, the creature finally reached the blood freezer and opened the door; Yugi lost sight of him for a few moments before the creature returned, holding two completely frozen bottles of blood, one held in his mouth by the neck of the bottle the other by his tail. Ka leapt up onto the wide space of the 'island' counter in the middle of the room where Yugi was currently sitting, he suddenly smashed the bottles not even taking time to heat the blood inside it was still ice solid. He didn't even seem to be aware when Yugi got off the chair and ducked behind the counter watching over the edge as the animal before her picked iced blood from among the glass shards of the beautiful blue wine bottles.

She slowly slid her plate off the island and shuffled away; not even daring herself to turn her back on the feral creature. She moved as fast as possible up the stairs (unable to run) and went to Yami's room, panting and holding onto her plate with an iron grip.

"Yami!" she called, not seeing him in the bed.

"Yugi?" Yami replied, sounding slightly confused by his wife's sudden appearance.

"Ka isn't safe," Yugi called setting her plate down on the dresser in their room and peeking into the bathroom where she had heard her husband's voice.

"Safe? What do you mean by not safe?" he asked back from his place next to the sink with a towel around his hips.

"He's like a rabid dog, Yami," Yugi said stepping in further.

"Why do you say that?" Yami said turning around to look at her, he saw worry on her face and wanted to protect her from whatever was causing it.

"I was in the kitchen eating my breakfast, and he walked in and started searching through every cabinet in the kitchen and he kept on staring at me like he wanted to eat me, then he found the freezer and took out two bottles of blood, Yami, he broke them he didn't even wait for the blood to thaw, he broke the bottles and began picking through the glass for the frozen blood," she said her eyes getting wider as she really though about it.

"Yami, he was all but foaming at the mouth," she said latching onto the elder vampire for his comforting presence.

"Shhh, it's all right Yugi I'll check him out for you, why don't you just stay here and relax?" he asked gently putting an arm around her shoulders and a hand on her swollen belly.

"I don't like them Yami," she said as he led her into the main bedroom.

"It will be just fine love," he said sitting her down and retrieving her plate.

"Okay, don't get hurt," Yugi said starting to eat again munching on an apple. Yami shuffled off back into the bathroom to get dressed before heading out of the room and towards the kitchen he looked in cautiously, there wasn't a single trace of blood or broken glass to be seen he looked around, neither was the accused fledgeling. The red eyed vampire looked into the freezer, nope, and the ceiling corners, not there either.

"KA!" he called loudly the said fledgeling appeared from around a corner slinking low towards him with the expression of a beaten dog on his face.

"What did you do?" he asked the pitiful fledgeling.

"What did I do, sir?" he asked back.

"My wife told me you broke some of our blood bottles, and you looked ready to attack her," he said frowning at the dim creature before him.

"I don't know did I do that?" he asked more to himself than Yami.

"Ka, look at me, did you scare my wife?" Yami asked slowly starting to lose his temper.

"Oh no, sir, I wouldn't do that, you would kill me if I did, and my brother needs me too much to have me dead" Ka said crouching low and ducking his head reverently.

"My wife says you did, she would not lie to me," Yami said coldly rather disliking the pair of fledgelings, especially this one.

"I cannot lie either, sir, I begin smiling if I do, my brother tells me so," Ka said scratching at the tile with one long clawed toe and looking down, away from Yami's eyes. Yami quickly picked him up by his scrawny neck forcing him to stare into his red eyes

"Child! don't you dare lie to me!" he roared at him staring him in the face he stared at him watching his face for the slightest amount of movement that would rise any thoughts of lying. Yami swore he almost saw that thin pale lip twitch, when a scream met his ears and he was forced to drop the fledgeling and run to it not noticing as Ka slowly uncurled his fisted hands to reveal punctures made by his own claws as he held himself back from smiling, and he did just that his lips curling into a sadistic smile that copied his brother exactly.

Yugi sat up on the bad eating her breakfast and watching the door for her husband,

"You know? You two eat a lot" she said softly to her stomach she hadn't felt either baby yet but was waiting patiently. Her attention was called to the door again when she heard the scuff of feet on the carpet.

"Ryou?" she called.

"No, Ba," the fledgeling replied Yugi perked up at the name.

"Get out," she said,

"Don't be like that, I just want to give you some company," he purred stepping further into the room.

"I said get out," she repeated getting up slightly scared by the big fledgeling. Ba only continue to get closer and closer until he had her backed up against the wall he stood up to his full height bringing his face even with hers.

"Oh, don't be like that," he whispered bringing up a well filed and dulled claw to stroke her face lightly.

"Get… away," Yugi panted scared senseless now that the demon had backed her into a corner with no way out. Ba slowly brought his tail around to wrap around Yugi's middle pulling her closer and laying hands on he belly pressing slightly with his thumbs; that startled Yugi out of the terror induced trance and she screamed

"GET AWAY!" she cried startling the evil Ba enough to get him to back away, he stared at her from his 'cast away' position in front of her, and sharply turned his head when he heard footsteps running towards their room. He looked back at her sickeningly satisfied by the look of fear on her face as she held to the wall for much needed support he smirked narrowing his eyes before he turned and scampered away jumping up above the door just before Yami rushed into the room and quietly crawling out after his entrance. Yami arrived to see his wife staring just above his head, against the wall.

"Yugi," he whispered approaching the seemingly terrified vampires slowly she didn't move. He reached out for her carefully at first then he got brave and cupped her cheek in his hand, what happened next was totally unexpected… She punched him. That's right, she punched Yami good and hard, square in the jaw, not realizing it being him, of course. Yami turned his head back to face Yugi massaging his jaw with his fingers as he realized what his wife had just done and stared at her.

"Yugi, it me, Yami, your husband," Yami said slowly this time he didn't just touch her face; he brought her into a full hug pulling her gently into his arms. Yugi blinked and her small fists uncurled.

"Y-Yami?" she asked softly leaning her head into the older vampire's chest for a soothing heartbeat, she was almost sure the other monster had none.

"Shhh, Yugi, tell your husband what's wrong," Yami said leading her into a sitting position on the bed.

"He's here, he's in this room," Yugi whimpered quietly nuzzling into his chest, and holding onto him.

"It's okay baby, who is here?" Yami cooed stroking the back of her head.

"Ba-ku-ra," she whispered sounding it out slowly, with emphasis on Ba.

"Yugi, he is not here, you are all right," Yami told her rubbing her back and arms and belly trying to get her to relax.

"Think of the babies," he told her knowing that thought would make her calm.

"Ba, he touched me," Yugi said quietly as she cuddled into the side of her koi.

"How?" He asked ready, and all too willing to kill either of the two for touching her inappropriately.

"He touched my face and pulled me close to him with his tail and he touched my stomach," she told him looking back at the door nervously.

"Shhh, I'm right here he won't hurt you, lets go out side you need some fresh air," he said kissing her lightly on the cheek.

"O-okay," she responded allowing Yami to help her up onto her feet.

"Where do you want to go baby?" he asked softly as he lead her towards the door.

"I need new clothes," she whispered in his ear.

"Well then let us slip away before Jou knows," he replied playfully trying to lighten her spirits. Yugi giggled lightly at him, before looking back at their door and the ceiling scanning for Ba and seeing his tail whip around the corner.

----- at the mall (Yami called a cab)-----

"Yugi? what sort of clothes are these?" Yami asked her holding a gigantic shirt up for her.

"They're maternity clothes, Yami, my jeans are getting too small for my belly and I don't want my other shirts stretched out," she said picking out a good looking shirt that was big enough for her to wear even when she was farther along in the pregnancy.

"Maternity clothes? I've never seen such a thing, back in my day, the women just wore their linens a little looser," he said looking her over as she tried on a plush robe.

"Yami, you sound like an old man when you say it that way, they are just like my normal clothes just a little, um, 'puffy'" she said laughing slightly as Yami puffed up comically.

"But I am an old man compared to you my love," he whispered.

"I don't think of you as an old man, you are the handsome, young, strong, wonderful, husband I married," Yugi said leaning into him.

"I know," he replied smiling at her and throwing his chest out proudly.

"Oh, youuu," she said blushing a light pink tinge and picking out one last pair of pants. They paid for her new clothes and left the store.

"I'm hungry," was all Yugi had to say and Yami found a good restaurant for them to stop at Yugi didn't get anything big like Dr. Bee had said.

"Yugi, how are you feeling?" Yami asked cuddling slightly in the booth seat.

"I'm fine Yami," she replied rubbing her belly.

"Well you slugged me pretty hard this morning I was just wondering…" he said,

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" she asked sweetly, rubbing the spot were a tiny bruise was on his jaw.

"I'm all right, those little hands of yours sting though," he said chuckling lightly.

"I'm sorry," she said again cuddling up to him.

"It's okay, I heal fast remember," he said kissing her on the cheek.

"Yeah, I remember," she replied smiling wide for him. They ate, their waitress congratulating Yugi on their up and coming arrival to the family and offering a free little something for Yugi to eat, and soon left heading for home again with their bags.

----While they were away, back at the mansion…-----------

"YOU F---ING MORON!" Ba screamed, in the privacy of a closet, at Ka who was in the corner bleeding from his hands and under his kilt. The slightly smaller half wasn't making a sound considering his painful looking injuries.

"You idiot, do you know what you have done!" he shouted at him rounding on him. In the minimal light seeping through a small round window, it could be seen that he was holding his old black staff, found buried amongst the junk in the weaponry, the thing had degraded. After he died it had gone back to its original form a black glass stick with a small ball at the end and a point at the other. He was slowly making it grow back to its gruesome black splendor by taking its blood from his 'other half' and where else to get it without anybody knowing where he was getting it from him, but a place where cloth covered the area, which explained the blood stain on his kilt. Ba had also stabbed straight through his hands as punishment more for just that than blood. Ka simply shook his head,

"Oh, of course you don't, let me remind you," he spun around and slammed the pointed end of the staff down through the hole still in Ka's hand.

"You frightened my toy," he hissed through clenched teeth bringing his face down to his level.

"You almost gave us away to the enemy," he hissed almost inaudibly.

"Do it again and you will find more than holes in your hands," he said making the emotionless face of his 'other half' look up at him

/And I will help him do it/ echoed the voice of Set eerily in his head; provoking a look of fear, finally, onto the face of Ka, Ba's little bloody scapegoat.


Note: the only notes I can think of are for the other characters Ryou is living in the Ishtar den hiding from Yami for a while, and Seto and Jou are going about their daily lives Jou being Seto's assistant in the vampire 'hunting' job. sorry for the nasty chapter ending.

Gruzzee: I'm soooo sorry it took so long to get this chapter out 10th grade is being hell for me and I haven't had much free time to work on this, but never fear I am not dead nor will I stop writing this fiction so just sit patient for the next update "if you wait it will come".

Cazi: also she has been helping take care of her cousin over the months so I am proud to say my aibou now has another new baby 2nd cousin in the family he was born on January 24,06 at 3:55pm he is the firs boy to be born into that side of my family and he is adorable, so my aibou tells me at least.

Gruzzee: yeaaah that too (I really am happy) His name is Noah too now for you readers R&R and please come back for more