Thanks DarkChao1663 for pointing out my mistake.
Amethyst-Jade: PhantomBrat didn't realize that she forgot to delete the earlier draft and had named the file 10a. The wrong one got posted and...
I can't check the chapters over in the Doc. Manager editor with the 'mini' like I could on my Compac before the operating system got eaten again.
Amethyst-Jade: Uh-huh. Whatever.
You're bored, aren't you?
Amethyst-Jade: Yup. I want to do something fun, like torture Bakura with Barney episodes.
~.~
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There was silence on the way to the mansion. Neither brother spoke and Odion was surprised at their silence. The two had called him for a ride home as Isis had taken off, presumably to find Yugi, and she had their car keys. Once they were inside the gates, Odion allowed them out of the car and headed back down the road. The two walked into the den and located the disk that their father had set out for them to watch and sighed. Atem slid the disc into the player and sat on the couch, turning the system on and pressing 'PLAY' on the remote. The video started.
"So, my dear husband, this is Heba and his twin's room." Their mother's smiling face appeared on the video. "I can't believe that we're having two babies! I always wanted more children. I wonder what the second baby is."
"Dear, we won't know as Heba is hiding the second baby from view."
"I hope it's a little girl. But if it's another boy, I'll love him just the same."
The scene changed.
"What's wrong with Heba," their mother cried out as the bundle was removed and handed to someone out of camera range. "Aknamkanon, what's wrong with our baby?"
Several moments passed as they watched in silence. Their mother was weak and had consented to having the remaining baby surgically removed to try and save its life. A tiny and still infant was lifted from the incision and handed carefully to a nurse who shook her head after a few seconds. "It was another boy. I'm sorry." Moments later their mother was gone.
Atem and Yami watched in disbelief as the three were prepared to be taken out of the room. "Doctor! Come quick!"
"It's a miracle! The second baby is alive."
"Get me an incubator! Nurse, clean that baby and get him warm."
The small infant was Yugi, the boys realized as they watched the video. "He almost died that day and gave your father quite the scare along the way," Isis stated, startling the two. "The doctor said that Heba was dead before he was born and that he was slowly poisoning your mother and Yugi. Having twins like that was difficult for your mother and we were lucky for Yugi surviving through that. We could have lost him as well."
Another scene appeared on the screen...This time on Yugi's first words according to the title that appeared.
"Say Daddy, Yugi." It was their father trying to get Yugi to talk.
Baby Yugi squealed. "'Ami'."
"No, Yugi, Say Daddy." A younger Aknamkanon shook his head, smiling at his little boy.
Baby Yugi called out. "'AMI'!"
"I give up." Their father sighed as younger versions of Atem and Yami entered the view of the camera.
Baby Yugi looked over at them and squealed in delight, "AMI!"
Even then, one could see the disgust in the boys' eyes toward their younger brother.
"Your father never did get Yugi to say 'Daddy' that day," Isis sighed. "His first word was your name, Yami."
The title switched over to Yugi's first steps. The little boy had pulled himself up, using a footstool. His older brothers were at the dining-room table doing their homework. The infant spotted them and began to toddle over to where they were. The camera shook as its operator chuckled softly. Yugi tripped over his unsteady feet and fell to his rear.
He gave a small pout and crawled over to a low table to pull himself back up and began his unstable journey. When he reached an empty chair next to Atem, Yugi let out an excited squeal, startling his brothers. "Dad," a younger Atem complained, "We're trying to finish our homework. Could you stop recording and get him?"
Baby Yugi giggled and reached for him, wanting Atem to pick him up. "DAD!"
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Atem and Yami left the den with a slightly different view on their little brother. They had seen how they had hurt him through various stages in his life and that despite their treatment, Yugi still looked up to them.
The pair wanted to apologize to him, but with Yugi getting hurt by them repeatedly, that might not be an option. Isis let them leave, noticing the looks on their faces. The looks were those of a boy who was about to cry at the loss of a friend.
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Mahaad was unloading the car of Yugi's things when the boy finally awoke. "Yami? Atem?" Yugi scanned his surroundings and sighed.
"Where's the boy that never gave up hope that those two would come to their senses," Mahaad questioned him.
Yugi shrugged, wincing at the motion, "OW! What happened? Where am I?"
"A couple of numskulls decided to enter your grandfather's house. You were accidentally stabbed and was taken to the C.A.T. for treatment," he pointed out. "We're at a friend of your father's. He wants you to stay here until things get straightened out back in Domino. Say, I've got a device that can help speed up the healing process a bit if you want to get rid of that thing. You never know, it might clear up the possible scarring."
Yugi shrugged his good shoulder, "I guess."
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Yugi was introduced to Dr. O'Shay and led to what would be his temporary room while the doctor and Mahaad talked. Yugi sighed as he sat on the bed. He wanted to be home with his father and brothers, regardless of how the latter treated him. The seven-year-old was so engrossed with his thoughts that he didn't realize that someone had entered his makeshift room.
"Um, hello. Are you okay," a voice asked him. "I knocked but you didn't answer."
Yugi jumped, startled at the presence, "!"
"I didn't mean to startle you. I'm Astro."
Yugi looked at the boy before him, "Yugi Mutou."
Astro smiled, "Nice to meet you."
