Hey!! I just want to tell you that my niece Tamarii was born on Nov. 29, 2006 at 2:55 p.m. I am so happy! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!!

Blood Love by Boogermeister

Chapter 12

"Ow . . . ." groaned Anzu as she rubbed her stomach. She laid on her bed after returning home, she had been feeling a small pain for a few minutes. "What is this pain I've been having?" Just then, the pain stopped. "What was that pain?" she muttered before resting her eyes.

It felt like a few seconds when Anzu woke up after the doorbell rang. She looked at the clock on the wall and it said 1:21 p.m.. "I was sleeping for that long?" she mumbled before the doorbell rang again. "Who could that be?" she questioned as she walked out of her room and walked downstairs. She then opened the door and saw Ryuuji.

"Hi," he greeted, smiling.

"H-hi," Anzu said quietly. "How do you know where I live?"

"I follow your footsteps," he jokingly replied.

"That's called stalking, you know," Anzu said quietly before closing the dor. But Ryuuji stuck his foot inside.

"Wait, let me talk to you," he reassured. "I'm not a pervert, trust me." Anzu hesitantly reopened the door. "Okay, let's start over," Ryuuji said. "Hi, my name's Ryuuji Otogi. Nice to meet you."

"Hello, Ryuuji," said Anzu. "What brings you here?"

"Well, I was wondering if we could go out for the afternoon?"

"Oh, uh . . . . okay," Anzu finally replied. "Just let me get ready."

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"I really had a good time, Ryuuji," Anzu smiled as she and Ryuuji walked through the snow-covered park. "But to tell you the truth, I like you as a friend."

"Really?" Ryuuji questioned.

"Yeah, I already have a boyfriend," Anzu replied. "I love him very much."

"How do you know he loves you back?" asked Ryuuji.

"He's pretty overprotective. A few months ago, he threatened a guy for groping me. And just yesterday, he--uh, you don't want to hear me talking about my boyfriend."

"I don't mind listening," smiled Ryuuji.

"Well, just yesterday, I told him I'm pregnant and he became estatic," said Anzu.

"You're pregnant?" Ryuuji questioned. "You're too young to have a kid. What would other people think?"

"I don't care about that, Ryuuji," Anzu said quietly. "We're keeping the child out of love." She glanced at the sun that was slowly setting. "I had a nice time, Ryuuji, but I gotta go. See you later." Anzu then walked quickly away from Ryuuji.

"She's going back to him . . . ." muttered Ryuuji as he turned around. He than saw Seto standing several feet away.

"Did you find anything from her, rookie?" Seto asked as he walked up to him.

"All she said was the vampire leader is overprotective and he's happy about this kid she's having," Ryuuji replied.

"He actually loves this girl? So that's his weakness," smirked Seto. "This plan is moving on sooner than I expected."

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Atem sighed as he stared at Ryou, who was sobbing quietly, and Malik, who had a hurtful look on his face. "I'm sorry, but your brothers committed a crime and they had to be taken away," he said quietly. "I had to do it."

"Please, Atem, give them a second chance," pleaded Ryou. "They didn't mean to hurt Anzu."

"Ryou, your brother Bakura had a second chance," said Atem. "He blew it and now he has to pay. Malik, your brother stole something important from Mahad. He told me you plucked a strand of Anzu's hair. I know you were unaware what was happening, so I'm not blaming you."

"Atem, I'm sorry for what Marik did, but what will do to defend ourselves?" asked Malik. "We're not so strong."

"Malik, you and Ryou will stay with your half-brother, Rishid. He's strong enough to protect both of you."

"Okay, Atem," Malik replied quietly. Just then, the metal door opened and Anzu, accompanied by Jonouchi, walked in. "Malik, Ryou, what's wrong?" she asked as she walked up to them.

"Nothing's wrong, Anzu," sniffed Ryou, wiping away the tears from his eyes. "I'm just a little sad of what happened to my brother."

"I'm sorry, Ryou and Malik," Anzu said quietly.

"It's all right, Anzu," Malik said. "Our brothers was bad from the start anyway. We have to go now." Ryou sniffed as he smiled.

"Oh, I almost forgot, congradulation on your pregnancy and your engagement, Anzu," he said as he hugged her Anzu smiled as she back before they let go.

"Bye, Ryou. Bye, Malik," said Anzu. Ryou and Malik waved in farewell as they left. Anzu turned to Atem, who hugged her and kissed her lips. "Hello, Atem," she smiled.

"Hello, my soon-to-be partner," smirked Atem. Jonouchi made a gesture that he was throwing up in disgust, sticking a finger down his throat. "Grow up, Jono," said Atem. "What's wrong being in love?"

"If you're so in love, then why don't you act like that crazy American human and jump on the couch, confessing your love?" smirked Jonouchi.

"Then you do it, Jonouchi," Atem rebutted. "If you love Mai so much, why don't you do it?"

"No, you do it, lover boy," Jonouchi smiled.

"No, you do it, whipped pig," Atem smirked as he walked up to his friendand playfully shoved him.

"Pretty boy," Jonouchi laughed as he shoved back.

"Lapdog," Atem chuckled as he gave a headlock to Jonouchi. Pretty soon, they were on the floor play-fighting while Anzu sat on the couch, sighin as she watched the two vampires acting like children. After a while, Atem and Jonouchi stopped fighting, panting as they stood up. "Now you do it, Jonouchi, I won," Atem chuckled as he breathed heavily.

"I'm not doing it," huffed Jonouchi. "You're not the boss of me."

"Technically, I am."

"Why don't both of you do it?" Anzu muttered as she stood up and ran upstairs.

"What's wrong with her?" Atem asked quietly as he watched Anzu entered the bedroom.

"Don't worry, girls gets crazy when they're knocked up," Jonouchi replied. "I should go now."

"Bye, Jonouchi," Atem said before Jonouchi left.

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Anzu whimpered quietly as she laid on the bed. "Ow, not again," she whimpered, rubbing her stomach. Just then, Atem rushed inside and sat besides her.

"Anzu, what's wrong?" Atem asked worriedly.

"It's my stomach," groaned Anzu. "I think something's wrong with the baby." Atem felt around her stomach and the pain soon passed. "It's gone now," Anzu said quietly.

"Anzu, have you been going to the doctor's?" Atem asked quietly.

"I had went, a few days ago," replied Anzu. "The doctor said the baby's fine, but . . . . I'm not so sure."

"Our child will be fine, Anzu," Atem said quietly as he leaned down to kiss her cheek. "We can postpone the wedding to a later date until you'll get over the pain. Is that okay?" Anzu nodded in response. "I don't want to leave you here, Anzu. I'll stay with you until you'll feel better." He took off her coat and laid beside her. His hand caressed her stomach protectively.

"Atem, would you mind if I befriend a boy?" Anzu asked quietly.

"I don't mind, Anzu," Atem quietly replied. "Jonouchi's your friend and so is Ryou and Malik." Anzu snuggled closer to him as she drifted off to sleep.

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Their baby will turn out cute, just like my niece. I saw her and she looked so small and cute as a chibi.

They get married in the next chapter.

I'll update ASAP!