Title: I love you too.
Author: Blemery, Mrpointyhorns
Rating: PG-13
Pairing(s): S/J, B/R, YY/Y, MM/M/M, H/O
Beta: none
Spoilers: none

Warning: Mpreg, Yaoi

Summary: I decided to make a sequel. I know exactly what this is about even if it doesn't seem like it at times.

Thoth the heart and tongue of Ra, Thoth the mediating power between good and evil, Thoth the author of all works of science, religion, philosophy, and magic. Still Yami wanted to name his son after the deity; it was a big name for such a little baby. Right now Yami did not want a heart or a tongue, a mediator, or an author. Right now, he wanted his baby to get well.

It was the seventh time that Yami checked on his son that day but it did not grant his wish. Thoth was still sick, sicker than the last time.

Yugi left Yami alone with Thoth. He went to a gaming convention, out-of-town. He said it was important for a shop owner of a game store to be up to date on the newest produces and games. So as hard as it was to leave Thoth, Yugi did with the knowledge that Yami could take care of him.

So far Thoth had slept for nearly twelve hours without stop. He was hot to the touch and besides sleeping Thoth had thrown up three times. The fever cause him to whimper in his sleep.

Yami had a hard time watching the little boy suffer. Not knowing what to do, but wanting to help, he lifted the baby into his arms.

"Nnn," Thoth acknowledged. He buried his nose in Yami's shoulder. Instead of settling into the familiar adult he began to fuse.

"I'm sorry, Thoth," Yami sympathized. It was hard not to when he was suffering so much. He coddled the baby to his chest determined to find someone or something that could help him.

The decision for Yami to swallow his pride and asking his former enemy for help had nothing to do with Thoth's power to mediate between good and evil, and everything to do with Thoth's struggle against his fever. With the phone in hand Yami swallowed past the lump in his throat and pressed the appropriate numbers.

As the phone rang Thoth began to cry from frustration. The wails made it difficult for Yami to cope but he did not blame his baby.

"What?" Bakura of course, answered.

"Bakura," Yami addressed the other. He hoped that he did not sound too excited. "Thoth is very sick. I – don't know what to do. Yugi is away and he has not been sick before."

Bakura was unsurprised. He knew the day would come when Yami would need his help. He did not rub this in his opponents face, however. "I will come."

"Thank you," Yami truly meant it. It was a good thing that he never really destroyed Bakura.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"WAH WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WAH! WAAAH!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Thoth cried in distressed. He paused only when he desperately needed to breathe.

Yami feared that he would smoother the baby if he did not quiet soon. He was sure that he would not, but the thought scared him all the same.

It was a good thing that Bakura let himself in. He took one look at the pair and knew that Yami was not exaggerating when he called.

"Let me put Yukiru down," Bakura said when Yami acknowledged him. He put his son in Yami's bed placing pillows around him to keep him from rolling off.

When he returned Yami explained, "I don't know what to do."

The white-blond took Thoth from his father. "He needs a doctor Yami," Bakura said. He stroked Thoths's cheek with a gentle finger, it would feel calming to the little baby.

"I don't know the one Yugi takes him to," Yami frowned. He suddenly felt terrible for not attending any of Thoth's check-ups.

"That's okay. I know ours." Bakura said. He had made sure to grab the number before leaving. Ryou, being with Yugi for a well deserved break from mommy duty, and to scout the competition for Seto, left him a list. He handed the number to Yami explained that he could tell the doctor more than Bakura could.

Yami gave the nurse basic information as Thoth wailed in discomfort in Bakura's arms. When the doctor finally took the phone Yami felt as frustrated as his son.

"He's very hot. He's spit or thrown up everything I've fed him. He's getting worse by the hour." Yami explained in layman's terms to the doctor.

Bakura waved the baby thermometer under Yami's nose. "103!" He yelped. Hearing this and the symptom of throwing up the doctor decided that it was best that Yami bring him into an emergency clinic. He even gave the poor father directions when he panicked from the advice.

"It's okay," Bakura promised. He helped strap Thoth into his car seat. "I'll be there with Yukiru." It would take too much time to move Yukiru's car seat into the car. For Thoth's safety they agreed not to waste the time.

"But, Bakura, the last time I was in an emergency room Joey died." Yami no long felt panicked. He was already feeling remorse, he was sure that Thoth was lost to him.

Bakura said nothing. He felt that dread too. He had been in the delivery room when his son was born, but he had been confident then that Ryou and his son were safe. This time he felt like they had no control over Thoth's fate.

The former Pharaoh afraid like he had never been before drove his son to what he felt was his grave. He kept a brave face on even when the medics carted his son away. They left him in the waiting room despite his kinship with the child.

Bakura arrived behind him. He stood beside the once great king, knowing that any comfort would not be welcomed.

"Hey," Bakura said after an hour. "Let's call Seto. He usually knows about these things, and I think he could help us out."

"Okay," Yami thought that was the best idea they had since they arrived. At least it gave them something to do. It only required Yami to pull out his 'talking rock' cell phone. Bakura leered over his shoulder to give him something to do.

Yami quietly humbly spoke to Seto. It was not often that he called him. The last time was before Joey had returned. After he hung up he admitted to Bakura that it did make him feel better.

"Yami-kun!" Dray called from the door of the waiting room. On the way over Seto told Joey and him what was going on. Dray felt really bad for Yami especially since Yugi was not there to help him. So he hurried to give Yami a big hug.

The young Kaiba helped Yami feel even better. He hugged the little boy until Seto and Joey finally made their way over.

"What did you find out?" Bakura asked when Seto arrived. He had to admit, if this had happened to his baby he would be fearful like Yami.

"It's an infection, but not a very good one. It's a good thing that you brought him in when you did Yami. You saved his life." Seto explained. "They're cooling down his body temperate by giving him ibuprofen and Tylenol. They'll also start fighting the infection. They're also running tests on him to find out what the infection is."

"Oh," Yami sighed. "That's good."

"You'll be here over night, Yami," Joey explained. "They'll probably let you stay in his room."

"Oh," Yami looked worried once more. He was glad that his son was better but he did not want to be alone at the hospital over night with him.

"I'll stay with you Pharaoh," Bakura offered. Yami had asked for his help, and he was going to give any help he could.

"I put the best specialist on it. I'm going to make sure they do their job." Seto promised. He would be around to although behind the scenes.

Dray turned to his father his cheeks puffed out his eyes angry. "What do I get to do?"

"Do?" Seto looked surprised.

"Everyone gets to do something to help but me. What do I get to do?" Dray was Yami's friend too and he wanted to help him.

"You can stay with me," Seto promised. He did not think that Dray would be help, but he knew that Dray would be in the way if he stayed with Yami and Bakura or if he went with Joey.

"Okay," Dray knew he could help his father.

As soon as they placed Thoth in a recovery room, and let Yami inside, the Pharaoh refused to leave him. Thoth slept threw most of his infection that night. Yami knelt at the edge of his bed, his forehead pressed against the cradle's ribs.

He sent Bakura home hours ago. It was not fair to keep Bakura and Yukiru there as well. Seto and Dray also went home. There was nothing more for them to do. Yami would not accept any comfort. He felt guilty. He had seen his baby in so much pain and the best thing he could do was give him to strangers. Would Yugi forgive him?

Before dawn the next morning Yugi arrived. Yami was still knelt beside their child's bed. Letting Thoth sleep, Yugi placed a warm hand on Yami's shoulder. "You did good, Yami."

Water-lodge crimson eyes turned to look at Yugi. The hikari's breath caught. In Egypt if a man felt strong emotion crying was important to expressing the emotion. Men would tear their shirts and weep when sad, angry, or relieved. Yami knew that in today's society crying was a sign of weakness. So he forced back the tears as he buried his face into Yugi's gut, never rising from the floor.

"It's okay. Yami, he'll be okay. You did everything that you were supposed to. I'm so proud of you." Yugi knelt as well, comforting the distraught spirit.

"It didn't feel like it. I could do nothing, so I had to do this. Give him to strangers." Yami explained. His throat felt dry and choked but he managed to speak nonetheless.

"Yami it's true you could do nothing. But I know you did something today that was harder then anything you have done in the past. You asked for help. And look what that did. It kept our son safe." Yugi pressed his small lips to Yami's. He was very proud of Yami because he knew the dark spirit had trouble even asking Yugi for help, let alone two of his top rivals.

Today, Thoth the heart and tongue of Ra, did not mediate between the powers of good and evil, he did not write any books. Today, Thoth lived.

---

For two weeks Seto Kaiba placed his employees in charge of the majority of his work. Instead of worrying about mergers or product testing Seto Kaiba took a tour of Domino's private schools. If he was going to put his son into a private school it would be the very best.

Finally narrowing down the schools to one the CEO only had one more test, the teacher. If Dray did not like him, the search would continue. This school was different then the others because, it was on the way to work, the programs were top and Dray had to test into it, the front desk staff were excellent. So far he had heard good things about the teacher, but a meet and greet was required before Seto made his final decision.

Seto brought along Joey and Dray. Hikaru Agastami looked around Mokuba's age but he was supposed to be the very best.

"You have yellow hair. I like him Dad," Dray looked up to his father. It was obvious to him that yellow hair was the selling point.

"Dray his hair is nice, I'm sure, but he hasn't even introduced himself yet. We should get to know him first," Joey answered for his husband. He understood that Dray felt a sense of common ground because his teacher had the same color hair as he did.

Agastami agreed. He offered his hand and introduced, "I'm Agastami. I know who you are, Kaiba-san, Joey-san and your Dray. I'm a big fan of yours. A man like you starting off with less then nothing, you found your way. You started running your company at fifteen and you attend school at Domino High. Your wedding to Joey came shortly after your graduation and I personal thought it was beautiful. I especially like the fact that you've protected Joey's and your privacy by keeping out of the pictures together."

Seto stared. Even though most thought of him as Domino's prince it was usually coupled with his cold demeanor. So while the residents of Domino loved hearing rumors about him they tended not to like him. "So you know about Dray?" Seto ventured.

Joey was smiling. This teacher obviously admired Seto, but it was clear that he was not about to proclaim his undying love. It was sweet.

"Oh yes, I do. When I was in High School there were rumors about how you too wanted to adopt. Imagine how disappointed I was. What twenty year-old wanted to adopt a fourteen year-old. Then the rumors stopped. But when Dray started showing up three months old and a year after Joey's disappearance, it was pretty clear what happened. I'm still not sure about how you managed it?" Clearly this man knew what he was talking about. He even remembered that Joey died, but he chose to believe that he had really gone into hiding. Resurrections were too far fetched for him.

"I have all that information with me. We had trouble with Dray's last teacher," Seto sat his brief case on the student-desk closest to him. Agastami looked disgusted. He did not like the idea of someone causing Dray or Seto trouble.

"She locked me in her classroom!" Dray told the man. He seemed to trust him right away. "She thought I was not human because Dad and Mom are unnatural."

"Unnatural! Well your Dad is very smart and it was rumored that he had his heart replaced by a machine. Actually I think your Mom started that rumor." Agastami quickly turned his outrage into a joke. Joey looked impressed because he had started the rumor. "I think it's incredibly romantic. Two rivals like you falling in love."

"Are you gay?" Dray innocently asked to both his parents' embarrassment. Dray tended to word things very bluntly.

"It's alright." Agastami reassured the two men. He turned to answer the question, "Thank you for asking, Dray. I am gay, but I'm not in a relationship right now."

"That's okay Dad's gay too," Dray explained. He was not trying to be rude. He was just naturally curious and he had not learned that asking could be harmful.

"Me? What about Joey?" Seto felt a little offended at being labeled, alone. Dray simply gave his father and exasperated look. "Well if you know so much, Dray, you should tell Agastami-san about how you were born."

"That's easy. First my mom gave the doctor semen. It was easy for them to alter the gene in the semen to make the semen cell and egg cell. They used my Aunt Serenity's eggs as a model because Mom and Aunt Serenity are related. Then they asked Daddy's semen to make twenty embryos with mom's eggs. While they were doing this Mommy got an artificial womb to put the embryos in. Aunt Serenity helped again, because they used cloned hers! Sometimes instead of a clone they use a transplant, and other times they use a plastic man-made womb. After Mom was recovered from the surgery he started to take hormones to prepare his body to accept my embryo. Then they put me in his tummy. I didn't know he was a boy or anything so I just did what embryos normally do. When I was ready to come out they cut Mom open and pulled me out."

"And you were the first right? There were more?" Agastami asked. As he asked he let the facts settle in until he could understand them. He seemed interested and he was more tolerable then Dray's former teacher.

"Yup. Dad says about ten other people have used this method. Mom's pregnant now!" Dray smiled at his mom. "I didn't really understand where I came from before last year but Ryou-chan had a babe and I learned everything from watching him."

Agastami's eyes grew wide. He did not know that Joey was pregnant. He looked at the other blond. There were no physical signs of pregnancy yet. "Are you?"

"I better be," Joeyp pouted. He was still upset about not showing.

"Wow that's great! Are you excited about being a big brother?" He congratulated the parents. He focused his attention on Dray however because Dray would become his student.

"Yeah Dad is a big brother, and Mom has a little sister. So I want to be a big brother, too!" It was no surprise, even to Agastami, that Dray wanted to be like his parents.

"That's good Dray. I can see that you're a really smart, nice kid. I think we're going to get along. In class right now we're doing book reports. You can pick a book from the provided list. When you're done you will make a brochure for the book. The kids are having fun with it. Also we're testing on how many addition problems that you can finish in one minute." Agastami now personally acquired with Dray and his parents could get into the reason why they were here.

"Probably one hundred," Dray replied. He liked the idea however, because if he could do one hundred then he could tell everyone that he could. It seemed more advanced then his old school but more fun as well. Besides all that he had said that he liked Dray and maybe they could be friends. That made him better then his old teacher, no matter what.

"This sounds great," Seto agreed. He liked that Agastami brought Dray into the conversation. He focused his energy on wanting what was best for Dray, not about finding out what the parents wanted. Joey snickered into his hand. Dray's bragging always reminded him of Seto.

--

Monday morning was the first day of Dray's new school. It started out as a bright and shiny day.

Joey and Seto were up and showered before Dray got up. So both parents went to arouse their son. Joey pulled the curtains back from the windows. He leaned over Dray's bed and gently rubbed his back. "Rise and shine, Dray," he cheerfully sang

Seto snorted. He searched Dray's drawers for fresh underwear and grabbed his uniform from the closet. He could tell that Joey was trying extra hard to be the ideal mother.

Dray did not seem to mind or even notice. He yawned once before crawling out of bed. After a sleepy minute of rubbing his eyes the blond boy hurried to the bathroom. Joey took the time to make his bed even if it was not necessary, they had maids.

The little boy returned to the room. He lazily put his uniform on with Joey's help. He also helped untangle his son's unruly hair.

So as seen the morning started out just fine. Then they had breakfast.

Seto grabbed the newspaper flipping to the business section and missing the headlines. Dray turned on the television at the bar of the kitchen counter. He sat down next to his father as Joey made pancakes. At first they had the cook make breakfast but Dray fell in love with Joey's pancakes, and then his eggs, and finally his Belgium waffles. Now Joey always made breakfast.

"Dad, Yagami-san is on the television." Dray noted. He noticed her on the way to the morning cartoons.

Seto lowered the paper to see. Sure enough she stood with the anchor a sour look on her face. "Turn up the volume." Dray did so.

"Now you said that Draygochi Kaiba was a student of yours, but the accusations you've made sound unreasonable." The news caster stated.

"I didn't believe it either. However, his father went out of the way to give me the facts. These people are sick. They unnaturally created some homo-boy." Mrs. Yagami sneered. The reporter paled. Many of their viewers while thinking Seto was a jerk liked to hear good things about him. They also supported his lifestyle choices.

"Yes," the reporter diverged from the sticky topic, getting to the facts. "You gave us copies of these facts. Here they are for our viewers to see." The screen panned out. In place of the reporter, Dray's edited birth certificate showed (the original stated that Joey died). Then it showed documents about Dray's alleged creation.

Finally it returned to the reporter. Mrs. Yagami already ushered of screen. "So far neither the family nor the company has commented. Without either one we cannot confirm these documents. However, the possibility of pregnancy in males seems to be less of a fantasy then ever. What do you think Takashi?"

"I think if anyone could make it possible Kaiba could." The co-anchor Takashi announced. "It's still an amazing feat for our medical sciences although it could be controversial."

The segment ended with a report on morning traffic. Joey set two plates of pancakes in front of both boys, startling them from their television stupor.

"Mom, are you worried?" Dray asked.

"Dray if they ask me if I'm your mother I will say yes. If they ask me if I have or if I am pregnant I will say yes. If they ask me if I think I have done something wrong, I will say no." Joey sat down next to Dray, with Seto on Dray's other side.

Dray turned to his father next. He tried to at first figure out what his father was thinking by the look on his face, but finally asked. "Is Mom right?"

"I think so. We probably have to tell people that Joey is your mom, but it is like all of the other rumors. It will be okay and it will go away." Seto reassured.

The little boy seemed to buy this. He quickly dug into his pancakes.

Seto exchanged a worried look with Joey above Dray's head. Joey smiled at first trying to remain brave. Soon his eyes dropped first to Dray then to his flat stomach. It was fear of what the public would think or do that was the worse. If they hated Joey and Seto for their choices so be it but if the hated, hurt or took away their children he could not deal with that.

Not wanting to upset Dray the two parents turned to their own breakfast. Both silently worried about what would come.

--

They left the house easily enough. Seto exchanged a word with Joey about discussing the newscast at the office. Joey agreed with a kiss all while Dray grabbed his bag.

No reporter caught the family at Dray's school. The news station was unaware of this stop in their route to work. It relieved the parents. They felt that any confrontation they had would be best without Dray around.

Hikaru Agastami always met his students at the parent drop-off. He waited with them until the bell rang returning to class.

"Dray," He called. He waved at the young boy as he arrived. "I want you to be Takeru's line buddy. Stay together until we get into class. He will sit beside you in class."

"Okay. Dad you can leave now." Dray stated. He knew he could handle his first day if the had a buddy to help him.

Both Seto and Joey watched their son from the front of their car. Seto did not bother scolding Dray. His son was trying to be independent and he understood. He stayed in the drop-off however, because Agastami approached.

"I saw the News this morning. If a student or parent brings it up may I explain what I know?" Agastami politely addressed the situation.

"Of course," Seto agreed.

Joey nodded. "Dray can explain to your students. He'll like to."

"Okay. When he introduces himself I'll ask him to." Agastami stepped back from the car. He turned to the next parent. He liked to talk to each parent every morning to keep communication open. Interactive parents were important to the child's studies.

Seto pulled away from the school appreciating Dray's new teacher more then ever. "I like him."

"I do too. He cares about every single student. And he communicates with their parents. If I owned a school he would be a hired." Joey agreed.

"I think we should schedule an interview. We can tell the public that we're proud to be parents. Some people will not agree but there we can answer questions and quell people with our honesty." Seto thought this was the best, a united front for what they stood for.

"What if we get cornered before the interview?" Joey asked.

"We'll make it for this afternoon. If someone corners us this morning, we'll them that everything will be answered in the uniform." Seto assured. He had done it before with bad pressed. Seto reached over to squeeze Joey's hand. "You're going to remain calm and at easy. I don't want any of this to hurt the baby."

"I'll try." Joey promised. Seto settled for this because he knew that Joey would try.

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A/n: I was thinking today, if Jounouchi is married to Seto and he takes his name (he does take his name in the fic) then he wouldn't be Jounouchi anymore anyway right. He'd be Katsuya? See so I don't know enough about Japanese culture to be sure. So it's a good thing that I kept Joey's name Joey. Although I made Honda's name Honda! So that doesn't make sense...any clues?