Chapter 29- The Birth

"Have you and Yami started to plan the wedding yet?" Isis asked Yuugi.

Yuugi looked up at Isis and smiled. "We've gotten a few plans done, but not much. We have a long way to go." Yuugi said.

"Well, you do still have six months before you are getting married is there is still time." Isis said.

"There would be more plans already made, but Yami doesn't like to plan these things, so he purposely gets me off track, so that we don't get as much done as I would like to." Yuugi answered.

Isis was going to have hers and Mahado's baby any day now, so she stayed in bed most of the time.

Yuugi would come and spend time with her whenever Mahado had to be in meetings or carry out his duties.

"Just what does Yami do to stop you from getting anything done?" Isis asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Normally, he starts kissing me, and that leads to, well, um-" Yuugi was a little embarrassed to talk about it.

"It usually led to a make-out session." Isis supplied.

Yuugi nodded. "I have honestly thought about just kicking Yami out of my room or whatever room I happen to be in at the time just so I can get more done even if I have to plan it all out myself." Yuugi said.

"Knowing how Yami is, I think that you would be better off if you did that. He hates to have to plan anything like that, so he'll do anything to get out of it." Isis said.

"Yes. I have found that out." Yuugi said with a smile.

"You are planning to get married once the year is up, aren't you? If not, then there's no rush to get the plans ready." Isis said.

"Isis, it's killing Yami that we have to wait a year. Any longer, and I do believe that he would go insane." Yuugi said.

"Once the year's up, you'll be married." Isis said.

"Yes. In fact, I'm sure that the wedding will be a year to the day that he proposed." Yuugi said.

Isis laughed. "It doesn't surprise me." Isis said.

Yuugi decided that she would change the subject. "Are you excited that the baby will be coming soon?" Yuugi asked.

Isis smiled happily. "Yes, I am, and I know that Mahado is, too. He can't wait for the baby to be born." Isis said.

"The entire palace is talking about it. They're all excited and talking about it." Yuugi said.

"I know that I am, and I will also be glad to be able to walk normally again." Isis said with a small laugh.

Yuugi also laughed. "I'm guessing that Mahado doesn't really leave you alone now." Yuugi said.

"Certainly not. He's with me every second unless his duties require him to be elsewhere, but the Pharaoh has let him have lighter duty." Isis said.

"And I suppose that you have no duties now." Yuugi stated.

"No, I don't, and I am bored out of my mind. I hate not being able to do anything. I'm not used to it." Isis said.

"Well, you'll still be having no duties even after the baby is born." Yuugi said.

"To think that the orders of no work for a week after having a baby that I so easily said to other women is something that I dread." Isis said.

"Do you want a boy or a girl, Isis?" Yuugi asked.

"In truth, I don't mind having either one. All I want is for the baby to be healthy. So does Mahado." Isis answered.

"I suppose that that is most parents' wish." Yuugi said.

"Most of the time, it is. I know that it's mine." Isis said.

The door suddenly opened, and Mahado walked in. "Hello. Isis. Yuugi." Mahado said.

"I take it that the meeting is over now." Isis said.

"Yes." Mahado answered.

"In that case, I think that I will see both of you later." Yuugi said before she left.

"She didn't have to leave." Mahado said.

"She knows that, Mahado. Yuugi probably plans to see if she can get Yami to help her with anymore of the wedding plans. He's been making it difficult to plan the wedding." Isis said as Mahado sat down beside her.

"Well, we both know that Yami hates planning things with a passion. He can't stand planning balls, parties, festivities, or anything similar. Come to think if it, I think that the only thing that Yami is looking forward to about the wedding is the fact that he'll be married to Yuugi and the wedding night." Mahado stated.

"Mahado!" Isis scolded.

"Sorry, but you and I both know that it's the truth. Yami can't stand formal ceremonies, so he sees the only good thing about this wedding as his being married to Yuugi." Mahado said.

Isis sighed. "As much as I hate to admit it, you are right. That is the only thing that Yami will like about this one, but at least we know that it'll go right because if anything goes wrong, someone is going to die by Yami's hand." Isis said.

Mahado chuckled. "Considering how strong Yuugi actually is, I would say that she would kill someone, too." Mahado said.

"That's one day that no one in Egypt would want to interrupt." Isis said.

"Yami, will knock it off and help me!" Yuugi scolded.

"Why, Yuugi? This is so much more fun." Yami replied before going back to kissing Yuugi's neck.

"Yami, we need to get some of these plans done." Yuugi complained.

"Yuugi, the wedding won't be for another six months. There's no reason to hurry the plans." Yami told her.

"Yami, I don't want to wait until the last minute to get all this done." Yuugi told him.

"Yuugi, we haven't had the chance to spend any time together for the last few days. I want to spend some time together." Yami whined.

Yuugi groaned. 'He can be so childish at times.' Yuugi thought. "All right, Yami. If we spend at least an hour on these plans, then we'll do whatever you want." Yuugi said. Noticing the gleam in Yami's eyes, she quickly added, "Within reason."

"Damn. You have to ruin all my fun, don't you?" Yami asked.

"Yami, I have already told you that we won't be sleeping together until after we are married." Yuugi said,

"You slept with me a few weeks ago." Yami reminded her.

"Yami, that was different. You know what I mean by that anyway." Yuugi told him.

"Fine. I'll keep it in reason." Yami agreed.

"Good. Now, let's get some of this done." Yuugi said.

Grudgingly, Yami started helping Yuugi with the wedding plans.

After an hour, Yuugi said, "I think that we've gotten enough done for the day."

"Finally. I don't have to do this anymore." Yami said,

"You realize that this our wedding you're referring to like that." Yuugi reminded him.

"I don't mind the wedding. As much as I dislike such ceremonies, I don't mind this one." Yami said.

"You just hate the planning, right?" Yuugi asked.

"Exactly. Now, I believe that you said we would do what I want if we did this planning for a while." Yami said.

"As long as it is reasonable, yes." Yuugi replied.

"Okay." Yami said. He suddenly pounced on Yuugi, knocking her onto her back. Yami held Yuugi's hands down with his.

"Yami!" Yuugi scolded.

"You said we won't have sex until after we are married, but my idea is making out." Yami said with a smirk.

Yuugi groaned. "I should have made more specific guidelines about this." Yuugi said.

"You like it, and you know it." Yami told her.

Before Yuugi could protest, Yami leaned down and pressed his lips to Yuugi's. Yuugi melted into the kiss and started to kiss back. Yami deepened the kiss further. He ran his tongue over Yuugi's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Yuugi willingly opened her mouth and let Yami have access to her mouth. Yami slipped his tongue into Yuugi's mouth and started exploring. Yami's senses were overrun by the taste of vanilla. It was how Yuugi always tasted to him. He made sure to explore every inch of Yuugi's mouth before he coaxed her into a tongue battle for dominance. Yuugi started join the fight. Their tongue's twisted and fought with each other as they continued the fight for dominance. Yuugi eventually won the fight and started to explore Yami's mouth as well. Yami moaned as Yuugi continued to explore his mouth. Yuugi was overcome by the taste of spice. It was how Yami always tasted to her. Yuugi continued to explore Yami's mouth until she had explored every inch of Yami's mouth. Finally, the two were forced to break apart because of the lack of air.

"You-see. I knew-that you-would like it-once we-got started." Yami said between pants.

"All right. You-win. I do enjoy these-sessions." Yuugi finally admitted.

"See. I knew that you would like it." Yami told her.

Yuugi glared at him. "Yami, will you let me up?"

Yami smirked. "I don't think we're quite done here yet." Yami said before he leaned down and initiated another kiss.

Yuugi gave in, resigning herself to the fact that this make-out session would last for a while.

"You mean that you finally got Yami to help you with some of the wedding plans?" Isis asked.

"Yes." Yuugi answered.

"And what did you have to do in return for convincing him to do that?" Isis asked, knowing that Yami wouldn't have done it without some kind of incentive.

"I told him that we would do whatever he wanted afterwards as long as it was within reason." Yuugi replied.

"What did he want you to do?" Isis asked.

"We made out for at least an hour." Yuugi answered.

"Hmm. I surprised he didn't want to do more than that." Isis said.

"Oh, trust me. He did, but I made it perfectly clear to him that we would not be having sex until after we were married." Yuugi answered.

Isis laughed. "I am certain that that is killing him." Isis said.

"It does, but he knows that I'll knock his block off if he tries anything with me." Yuugi said.

"So, if he winds up in my healing chambers, then it means that he went a little too far." Isis said.

"Most likely." Yuugi replied.

"Well, Mahado almost died from the same reason when we were engaged. I told him nothing would happen until after we were married. He respected that, but it almost killed him." Isis said.

"In any case, I know that Yami is looking forward to the wedding night." Yuugi said.

"So did Mahado." Isis said.

"I don't understand what it is with men and wanting to go ahead before the marriage." Yuugi said.

"I don't know, but I do not think that Atemu and Seth had that problem." Isis said.

"Well, they were with men anyway, so that wasn't going to be much of an issue." Yuugi said.

"I suppose not." Isis agreed. Isis suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach and let out a pained gasp as he clutched her stomach.

Yuugi, alarmed, instantly went over to her friend and said, "Isis, what is it? What's wrong?"

"Yuugi, go and get one of the other healers and Mahado as well. The baby's coming." Isis gasped out.

"All right, Isis." Yuugi said. Quickly, Yuugi rushed from the room and to the healing chambers where she found Inut, another healer. "Inut, Isis is in labor." Yuugi said.

"She is?!" Inut exclaimed.

Yuugi nodded. "She's in her rooms." Yuugi added quickly.

Inut ran from the room and to Isis' room quickly.

Yuugi also left and went to find Mahado.

Mahado was in his study, going over some papers. He sighed and rubbed his eyes. 'I am never going to finish this at this rate.' Mahado thought, a little irritated.

He knew that he needed to get all this finished, but he was tired.

Isis hadn't been sleeping much at night, and he would end up staying up with her even though she had continuously told him that he didn't have to.

The door to his study suddenly burst open.

Mahado looked up and was about to yell when he saw that it was Yuugi.

"Mahado, come quickly! Isis is in labor." Yuugi said.

Mahado's eyes widened and he was on his feet and out the door within a matter of seconds.

Yuugi shut the door and followed Mahado down the hall.

Another girl was just going in the room, and Yuugi and Mahado could hear Isis moaning and Inut speaking.

Mahado knew that men were not allowed in the room when a woman was giving birth. He turned and said, "Yuugi, would you go in and be with Isis for me and tell her that I love?"

Yuugi smiled gently at him. "Of course, Mahado." She went into the room, leaving Mahado alone in the hall.

News that Isis was in labor had spread quickly, and everyone else close to them had gathered outside the door.

Yuugi walked over to Isis and took her hand.

Isis opened her eyes and looked up at Yuugi. "Yuugi, what are you doing here?" Isis asked.

"Mahado asked me to come in here for him and to tell you that he loves you." Yuugi answered.

Isis smiled despite the pain. "I know he does." Isis replied.

"Isis, I need you to concentrate." Inut said.

Isis nodded. She hadn't let go of Yuugi's hand and squeezed it when she felt the pain.

Inut looked at Yuugi and said, "Lady Yuugi, can you keep the sweat off of Isis' face?"

"Yes, of course." Yuugi answered. She used the wet cloth to do just that.

After three hours, Inut said, "Isis, I need you to push."

Isis did, and it wasn't long before there was the cry of a baby heard.

"It's all right, Isis. She's fine." Inut said after cleaning the baby up.

"She?" Isis asked.

"Yes. You a have daughter." Inut replied, handing the girl, wrapped in a blanket to Isis.

Isis smiled.

"We'll get Mahado." Yuugi said.

Yuugi and Inut walked out.

"How is she?" Mahado immediately asked. It was clear that he was under a lot of stress, and the other's looked about stressed.

"Isis is fine. You can go in now." Inut told him.

Mahado wasted no time in going into the room.

"Did he drive you all crazy or something?" Yuugi asked.

"Yes. What did Isis have?" Atemu asked.

"A girl." Inut replied.

Mahado walked into the room and went right over to the bed where Isis was holding their daughter. "Isis, how are you?" Mahado asked.

Isis smiled tiredly at him. "I'm fine, Mahado. Isn't she beautiful?" Isis asked, looking down.

"We have a daughter?" Mahado asked.

"Yes. Didn't they tell you?" Isis asked.

"Well, they said you were fine, and I didn't waste any time in coming in here, so they didn't exactly get the chance." Mahado answered.

Isis smiled. She understood. "Would you like to hold her?" Isis asked.

Mahado took his daughter and looked down in her blue eyes. "She's beautiful. Just like her mother." Mahado said.

Isis blushed lightly. "Mahado." Isis said.

"Well, it's true. She looks like you, too, so she will be a beautiful girl." Mahado said.

"I think so, too." Isis agreed.

"What are we going to name her? We never really discussed names." Mahado said.

"Well, I like the name Ishizu." Isis said.

"Ishizu." Mahado said. He smiled and said, "I think that I like that name. Ishizu is your name, little one." Mahado said.

Isis smiled as she watched her husband with their daughter.

Yuugi sat in Isis' room with her and Ishizu.

"Yuugi, I hope you don't mind this." Isis said.

"Of course not. I don't mind, and I know that Mahado feels better if someone is in here with you, and it'll make him more at ease." Yuugi said.

Isis smiled. "Yes. It will. He's been a pain ever since Ishizu was born." Isis said, smiling down at her daughter.

"What do you mean?" Yuugi asked.

"Well, he's always asking me if I'm all right, if I need anything, or if I need any help with Ishizu. Honestly, you would think that I was dying." Isis said.

Yuugi smiled at her friend. "Well, Mahado is a new father, so I think that he has every right to be on edge. Besides, it's only been a week since Ishizu was born." Yuugi said.

"I know, and I also know that it will get easier with time, but I might end up insane before that man gets the hint that I am fine." Isis said.

Yuugi giggled. "You do remember how Yami was with me after I was nearly killed when Mia flipped out." Yuugi said.

"Yes. I believe that he was there everyday, all day unless there was a meeting or it was nighttime." Isis said.

"Mahado's just worried about you. That's all. I think that it's kind of sweet." Yuugi said.

"It is, and it's nice to be worried about like this although I think that soon the attention will be on Ishizu more than it is on me." Isis said.

"Well, babies do tend to steal all of the attention, especially one that is as cute and beautiful as Ishizu is." Yuugi said.

"I suppose so." Isis agreed. She looked at Yuugi and said, "Would you like to hold her, Yuugi?"

"Yes. I would." Yuugi said.

Isis handed Ishizu to Yuugi.

Yuugi held Ishizu, who opened her eyes to look up at Yuugi. "Well, hello, little girl." Yuugi said.

Isis smiled. She knew that Yuugi loved children. "Yuugi, do you want to have children someday?" Isis asked.

"Well, considering the fact that I will be married to the future pharaoh, I don't have much of a choice." Yuugi said.

"I know that, but I mean do you really want children because you want them, not because you have to have them?" Isis asked.

Yuugi smiled as her gaze fell back down on Ishizu. "Yes, I do. I have always wanted children." Yuugi said.

"Well, I know that you will make a wonderful mother one day." Isis said.

"How do you know that?" Yuugi asked.

"I've heard how you treat the children in the palace. You like to play with them, but I've also heard that you don't let them do things that could get them in trouble, and seeing how you are with Ishizu the last week, I think that you will make a wonderful mother." Isis told her.

"Well, thank for that vote of confidence. I'm not sure what kind of mother I will be one day." Yuugi said.

"All new mothers wonder that. I wondered what kind of mother I would be the entire time that I was pregnant, and I admit that I was scared, but I think that I'll be just fine." Isis said.

Yuugi handed Ishizu back to Isis.

"Have you done anything more with the wedding plans?" Isis asked.

"Mo. Not yet. Yami's been busy with his duties lately and hasn't had much free time, which is getting on his nerves." Yuugi answered.

"Oh, yes. The foreign diplomats are coming, aren't they?" Isis said.

"Yes. As I understand, I have to be there for that." Yuugi said.

"Yes. Being Yami's future wife will bring more responsibilities in the future." Isis said.

"Well, I will learn them. The Queen has actually said that she'll teach me what I will need to do." Yuugi said.

"I thought that the Pharaoh and the Queen asked you and Heba just to call them Mother and Father now." Isis said.

"Heba does, but I have said that until Yami and I are married, I would rather use their titles. They agreed, as long as I call them Mother and Father after the wedding." Yuugi said.

"They want you to feel like you are part of the family." Isis said.

"They already have." Yuugi said.

Isis laughed. "Well, the Pharaoh and the Queen thought that you would make the perfect match for Yami from the first time that they met you. They had hoped that you would marry Yami because they thought that you would make a great wife and queen." Isis said.

"Well, they're happy that we are getting married." Yuugi said.

"I know, and I don't think that anyone objects except the women who wanted to be Yami's wife." Isis said.

"Well, Yami's mine, and no one's going to change that." Yuugi said.

Isis smiled. She liked that Yuugi was so willing to fight for what's hers. 'I think she'll be just fine with Yami.' Isis thought, looking down at the sleeping Ishizu.

I hope you liked it. I wanted to show Yuugi and Isis' friendship in this chapter. It'll come in later, too. And just to note, nothing bad will happen from now on. Mia was the worst. Also, I know that Ishizu was Marik/Malik's sister, but I thought using her name fit perfectly becasue she looks like Isis.

I know everyone has been waiting for the wedding, so it's coming. It'll be in a two chapter installment. Chapter 30 will the wedding ball and Chapter 31 will be the wedding itself. Don't know if it'll go into Chapter 33, too. We'll see.

I have a poll on my profile. It's about which story I will write next. Please give me your imput on what you would like next.

R&R.