ONIX-21-Yeah, Yami's supposed to be cute. If a three year old isn't cute there's something very wrong with the picture

Lara The Dark Angel-Nice to know I can make someone who hates Yami say that -

Tomboy 601-...yeah...it's cute...this is why reviews are hard to respond to...

Chapter 4

Yugi watched Yami out of the corner of his eye. Bakura was at work and Mr. Motou and Atem were picking up a shipment, which left him and Erika to keep an eye on the kid.

Over the past two months Yami and Erika had gotten to know each other. Erika could now understand Yami. And Yami saw Erika as someone trying to separate him and 'Wyou' and hated the girl (though he'd been scolded for saying this to Yugi and now only said it when he was alone with Bakura)

"When's Wyou getting home?" Yami asked for the millionth time

"He has been at work much longer than usual" Erika agreed "I hope he's okay"

The phone rang a few times "I'll get it" Yugi called, running to pick up the device

"Hello…he's getting impatient…how much longer till you…Oh…Okay, no not at all…Of course I'll tell him…Right…Why?...Oh, Okay. I guess that makes sense…Right, see you soon, by"

Yugi hung the phone up "Erika, that was Bakura. He says he just remembered you left your notebook in your biology class room"

"I… OH MY GOSH I DID!" Erika screamed "GOTTA GO, BYE!"

"BY-BY!" Yami chanted

OOOOO

Tea looked over at Bakura. She'd gust gotten back from her stay at New York and had instantly been dragged over to his apartment to help with Yami's birthday party.

Okay so she'd volunteered but the point was she had to come over the instant she got off her plane.

"Hey, Bakura. How many people are you going to surprise with this party? Does anyone else know?"

Bakura blinked "um… no. I'll call Yugi and Tori"

Tea sighed and shook her head as Bakura dialed up Yugi's phone number. "How can you forget to invite Tori?" She asked.

"Hi Yugi. Is Yami okay? How's he doing?"…Really? Okay then…I'm already out of work (I got out a while ago)…Today's Yami's birthday. I'm throwing a surprise party for him. Would you mind bringing him over?…And tell Mr. Motou too…You know where my apartment is, right?...Oh and can you not let Erika come?...Well… Yami isn't too fond of her. I'm worried it might upset him. Tell her she forgot her notebook in Biology class. She left it there but I never got the chance to let her know that…Okay. That's all…Good bye"

"Erika is going to be so mad when she finds out you left her out on purpose" Tea pointed

"I have my reasons!" Bakura scowled "and besides, I don't plan on having her find out" he added before dialing another number "Hello?...oh, hi Tori! Can I speak to you mom?...Okay I can wait………Hello Mrs. Smith…Yes I know…Well, I'm having a surprise party for Yami and I was wondering if Tori could come…in a few hours…yes I know I should have called earlier (sorry)…right…uh-huh…okay…I'm-…you're not…right…ma'am…you're off topic…no I-…really?...I need to…okay, okay…but…I didn't know rats could do that…I have to…PLEASE! I'm trying to get everything ready! I need to get off the phone…you're not listening to-…bye"

Bakura hung the phone up "Why did Yami have to befriend the child of someone who talks nonstop? Next time I'm going to ask for that girl's dad"

Tea was laughing in the background

OOOOO

Yami cried on Yugi's lap as Mr. Motou drove to Bakura's apartment.

"W-W-Wyou for-got m-my… my birt-day!" he sobbed and buried his face in Yugi's stomach, which he found didn't have the same affect as when he did that to Bakura. He sighed, rolled over, and fell off of Yugi's lap.

"Grandpa, are we there yet?"

"No. Now calm the poor thing down!"

Yami crawled back onto Yugi's lap "Wyou doesn want me anymowe! He dust wants to pway wit Ewika! He wone even come get me when I wan to go home!"

"That's not true, Yami" Yugi whispered "He loves you, he isn't leaving you for Erika. And this is the only time he hasn't come to pick you up. Bakura still cares about you, a lot"

"Pwomise?"

"I promise"

Yami picked up Vanilla "But Wyou's always pwaying wit Ewika! He neber pways wit me anymore!"

"Really? That doesn't sound much like your daddy"

"We're here" Mr. Motou cut in

"NO!" Yami screamed "WYOU DOESN WAN ME!"

Yugi sighed and picked Yami up as he climbed out of the car "Don't be silly Yami, If he didn't want you we wouldn't be dropping you of at your house, we'd be dropping you of in the streets of Tokyo. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay on the other side of the city"

Mr. Motou shot Yugi a dirty look and made a rude hand gesture as Yami stared screeching.

OOOOO

Listening to the noise outside Bakura looked back at Tea "This might not work…"

She shrugged "We did all this work to get the apartment set up, we may as well give it a shot"

Tori tugged on Bakura's pants leg "Kura's crying" she whispered. Every time Tori talked Bakura just wondered why Yami's pronunciation was so bad. He could never really register what she said.

OOOOO

"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!" Yami screamed as they opened the door to Bakura's apartment.

"SURPRISE!" Yami stopped in the middle of what Yugi was pretty sure was his seventy eighth 'no' since they'd gotten to the third floor (their apartment was on the fifth floor)

There was a moment of silence while everyone waited for Yami's reaction, which was to bolt into the room and clamp on to Bakura's pants "Meany! Wyou why didn you tewl me?"

"That would ruin the whole 'surprise' part" Bakura said

A game of pin the tale on the donkey and a piñata later Yami was finally convinced that he could let go of Bakura without worrying about never seeing his father figure again, or that if that did happen the games looked fun enough for it to be worth it. Which meant that everyone had to play another round or pin the tale on the donkey and Mr. Motou had to run out and get another piñata so Yami could play too.

"Bakura" Yugi whispered as Yami swung the bat at everything but the piñata "Are you sure it was a good idea to give Yami a bunch of games that require a blindfold and something that can be used to hurt others?"

Bakura glared daggers at Yugi

"I'm sorry. Part of me is still just a little nervous about him having something… weapon like. Like a bat… or I guess a needle isn't that bad but-" Yugi bit his lip and looked at Yami, who'd managed to find the piñata "He still has his powers… what if something else comes back?"

Isaya831: Yeah… whatever. I think that's enough work for now

Yami: …Great… Just great… Now not only am I a stinkin 3 YEAR OLD But now I have abandonment issues?

Isaya831: I guess so. Besides, as of this chapter you're a stinkin 4 year old HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Disclaimer: No clue when Yami's birthday is

Isaya831: I baked you a cake

Yami: backs away from lemon cake with pink frosting

Isaya831: I made it for my mom, but she was sick so you can have it instead

Yami: Get that thing away from me! It's probably three years old!

Isaya831: That's not fair! Puts free hand on hip and pouts It's only a couple months old! Wait… sniffs cake it smells a little funny

Yami: Oh Ra…

Isaya831: EAT YOUR CAKE! Eyes turn red as she shoves cake into Yami's mouth

Yami: turns a sickening shade of green

Isaya831: review, we have cake!