Small Note

Sakura: Welcome to the end everyone! I'm so glad to be finishing this story so I can focus on other things. I do have plans for new stories, but they will come later at the beginning of next year 2013 since I need to focus on my personal life at the moment. This story may be over, but I will still continue to write so look out for new stories in the future and check my profile every once in a while to see what is coming up next.

Chapter 25: My Happy Ending

Five Years Later

Spring time in Domino was a beautiful time as the Sakura trees were in full bloom and the weather was slowly becoming warmer. At that moment a limo had pulled up in front of a local church and the driver got out of the driver seat to open the door for the passengers. A twenty three year old Yuugi stepped out before turning back and retrieving a baby carrier. While she moved to the side the driver wheeled her husband's wheelchair beside the limo and helped Atemu get out of the vehicle. After they were both taken care of, the driver handed Atemu the baby bag, before returning to the driver seat.

The two made their way into the church where they were greeted by an usher who lead them to their seats within the church. The place was already filled with people from both sides of Ryou and Bakura's family. Most of the guests were out of their seats and taking to people they knew, while others sat in silence. When the two arrived to their seats near the front they found all of their friends there.

Joey was the first to spot the two and quickly greeted them. Her attention changed in a flash however when she caught sight of what Yuugi was carrying. "Oh is that little Aziza?"

Yuugi set the carrier down and allowed Joey to take a look at her baby girl. "Sure is, I'm sorry you all have not been able to see her sooner."

"It's no problem," Malik assured Yuugi as she also got a look at the baby. "You've only been a mother for two months, you deserve some time alone with her."

"How is little Seth doing?" Yuugi asked Joey since she did not see the little toddler anywhere.

"Seto took him to the restroom. We are finally getting the potty training down."

Mokuba chuckled. "Seto seems to be the only one who can potty-train him. Seth refuses to allow Joey to be in the bathroom with him."

Joey sighed. "I think he likes his daddy more than me."

"I never saw Seto as the type to be a father." Atemu pointed out. It had been a shock to everyone when Joey ended up pregnant and Seto stepped up as a father to Seth and lover to Joey.

As Yuugi looked around at her friends she had really noticed how much they had changed. Most of her friends were twenty three about to turn twenty four like her, while others were already twenty four. They all did not look even a day over eighteen. Atemu's few friends were all twenty five like him and still looked young enough to be high school students. It seemed the last five years had been kind to everyone.

It was two years after Seto and Joey got together that they ended up with Seth and it took until after he was born for the couple to get married. It was a struggle to keep the media from knowing Joey was pregnant by Seto without them being married, but they managed it. As far as anyone was concerned Seto had already proposed and then Joey got pregnant so they waited on the wedding. Joey sadly had to move back to Domino when she got pregnant so Seto could be near his child and she change to full online courses. Yuugi knew she would be alright without her friend for the remaining year in college and was happy for her friend. Three years of marriage and a toddler and they were still going strong. Seto was the full CEO of Kaiba Corp now since his father stepped down two years ago because of health issues. Mokuba was taking online courses for college to stay at home with their father. Joey had a degree in Business, because it had been her dream to open her own business and be the boss, but instead used her degree to work with Seto as a Secretary. It kept them close and also if their child needed them, Seto gave Joey easy hours so she would be home at a decent time.

The next to get married had been Marik and Malik not long after Seto and Joey. Malik got her degree in physical education so she could teach classes at the gyms in Egypt Marik and his father owned. Marik traveled a lot for tournaments so neither wanted kids at the moment. The two enjoyed it just being them.

After Malik, it had come as a shock for Anzu to be next to get married a semester before her graduation. She had already starred in a few Broadway shows with small parts and Tristan moved to New York to be closer to her. The two were thinking about kids already before Anzu becomes a big star. She was still young and in great shape and did not want to risk losing the chance to have kids by waiting until she was older. Tristan with his college degree was working on opening his own motorcycle shop, but at the moment worked as a mechanic on cars and motorcycles for the time being.

Yuugi and Atemu waited until after Yuugi had graduated to get married. They had a beautiful summer wedding, before doing some traveling for a year. Yuugi wanted the chance to really see the world before settling down with a family. She also went on a few trips with her parents since they did not get to see her much as a child. It was after they came back from their year of traveling that they found out Yuugi was pregnant. They had not wanted children so early, but took it as good news and prepared their home for the baby. Since they had not had the chance to figure out where they might live after getting married, they decided to stay at the Sennen Manor, so Yuugi would have the support of her family with the child. Within the year of Yuugi getting pregnant, Atemu had stepped up as full CEO of Sennen Records with advice here and there from his father. Yuugi helped out when she could, but other than that she put a full time job on hold until after Aziza was in school.

The last of their group to have yet to get married was Ryou, Bakura, Serenity and Duke. Serenity and Duke had only been dating for a year since Joey finally accepted his baby sister dating. Duke had been away for a few years promoting a game and when he got back, he and Serenity started to hang out more. They were pretty much the only people left in Domino, besides Joey and Seto. They had a love connection going and once Joey trusted Duke enough they started to date.

Ryou and Bakura were the reason everyone had gather at the church. It had taken them the longest to get married, because of commitment issues from Bakura. Ryou had been spending most of her time in England with Bakura and they ended up living together not long after they got together. Everyone thought they were going to be the first to get married, but Bakura never proposed. Ryou had almost lost all hope of Bakura wanting to get married, but after Atemu and Marik got on his tail he realized he wanted to marry Ryou. They were perfect for each other and Ryou seemed like the only one who was the perfect match to handle Bakura. She had been willing to stay and live with him even if they never got married. So once Bakura proposed the wedding had been planned and they would finally walk down the aisle.

It wasn't a few minutes later, Seto walked up to them carrying a three year old Seth with him. The toddler looked much like his father except his hair was blond. He wiggled out of Seto's arms, so Seto place him on the floor. Seth being the curious boy he was, walked up beside his mother and looked at the baby in the carrier.

Aziza looked at her cousin with adorable amethyst eyes. She took after her father except her eyes and so far she only had little black and blond hair on her head being only two months old.

"Who dis mommy?" Seth asked as he pointed to his cousin.

Joey smiled. "That's your cousin Aziza. She lives in Tokyo which is not far from here."

"She so small…"

"That's because she is a baby, but she'll grow and soon you two can play together." Joey explained, while picking up her son and moving so Anzu and Tristan could get a look at the little girl.

Malik moved back beside her husband, but her attention was turned to Atemu. "How is the family?"

"They have been good." Atemu replied. "Amun is on an America tour for his new album. Yumi is currently in England starring in her first horror movie. Kek left with his team just after Aziza was born for the new soccer season since he was only home for a week to see Aziza, they have a game today in Kyoto I believe. Lastly my parents are on another one of their cruises since my dad fully handed the company over to me."

"Amara loves every minute of those vacations." Yuugi commented glad that her in-laws were enjoying themselves. Amara seemed a lot happier since Aknamkanon stepped down to spend more time with his family. They all knew Atemu would eventually need to take over so he would be starting out young and could begin to get new clients while still taking care of the old ones. Yugi often helped with picking out new artists, but she still denied calling herself a talent scout.

They all continued to talk among themselves, catching up on what they had missed while being apart from each other. Then a few minutes later the wedding was ready to start and everyone took their seats.

Once the wedding was over, everyone transferred over into the banquet hall next door to the chapel for the reception. Bakura and Ryou shared their first dance together, before Ryou briefly disappeared to change out of her wedding dress.

While other guests enjoyed the food or danced, Yuugi and Atemu sat at their table tending to their daughter. Atemu was holding the little girl attempting to feed her, but it was kind of hard when everything he did seemed wrong to Yuugi. They had only done this a few times, when Yuugi needed to do something and couldn't feed her. It went find all those other times, but when Yuugi watched him he somehow wasn't doing it right in her eyes.

"You have to hold the bottle up so the milk gets to her. Also make sure she isn't drinking too fast…" Yuugi explained.

It was frustrating at times to Atemu when Yuugi was like this, but he knew she was a new mother. She would always worry about their daughter and any more future children they have. "Honey, I know how to feed Aziza would you please relax."

Yuugi sighed and lead back in her chair. "I just want to make sure she is okay."

"I know you do, but I can feed her. I've done it before and I've watched you do it." He pulled the bottle back once Aziza was done placing it on the table, before sitting her up and lightly patting her back until she burped. "This is all new to me too, but I think I can handle taking care of her."

Once little Aziza let out a burp, Atemu handed her back to Yuugi, so she could rock her back to sleep. It wasn't long with a full belly and before they knew it she was sleeping again so Yuugi put her in her carrier and made she was warm under her blanket.

"Let's make sure not to have anyone kids until Aziza is in school." Atemu said, worried about having another kid too early putting more stress on Yuugi. They had the support of their family, but they weren't always around. Yuugi was doing most of the work while Atemu was at his job and when he came home there was only so little he could do. At the moment it was easy since all Aziza did was eat, sleep, and make dirty diapers.

"I don't want to wait too long, since I want our kids to not be too far apart in age." Yugi replied back. She had been an only child growing up, but it had always been her dream to have three to four children all close to the same age. They would all be certain years apart so they could play together and help each other out as they got older.

Atemu grabbed Yuugi's hand and squeezed it. "It's no rush sweetheart. Let's enjoy the time we have with it only being Aziza."

Yuugi agreed and gave him a kiss, before they were approached by the newlyweds. Bakura was still dressed in his sharp looking tux, while Ryou had changed to a black skirt that went to her knees and a white button down shirt with a pair of simple black slip on shoes.

"So feel any different?" Yuugi asked as Ryou took a seat across from them.

Ryou shook her head and smiled at Bakura. "No and I knew I wouldn't it just feels right to be called Bakura's wife rather than his girlfriend."

Yuugi agreed. "I felt the same way on my wedding day."

Bakura grinned at Atemu. "How is parent life treating you?"

"It's not much different, we have a few sleepless nights, but they will pass. I thought I wouldn't make such a good father, but once Aziza was here I realized how natural it felt." Atemu explained. "You will understand one day when you and Ryou finally decide to have a child."

Ryou could tell the look in Bakura's eyes and calmly squeezed the hand she was holding. "We both agreed we weren't going to have children just yet. I think Bakura has a slight fear of children, but we will work on that."

Bakura gave a slight glare toward his wife. "I'm not scared of them. I just hate listening to all the crying and once they become teenagers they will become annoying."

"You were a teenager once dear."

"That's my point. Do you really want another teenage me running around?"

Atemu busted out laughing at that. "Oh Ryou would be in for it than."

Yuugi and Ryou looked at Atemu like he was crazy. "I've heard stories but was he really that bad?" Ryou asked once Atemu seemed to have calmed down.

"Oh you don't know the half of it. This guy was kicked out of homeschooling by his own parents, because they couldn't put up with him nor could his tutors. In public school the teachers hated him and Marik because they were always pulling pranks, skipping classes, and couldn't stay out of detention long enough to learn anything." Atemu told them, thinking back on all the stories he heard from his mother and from Bakura and Marik because they thought they were awesome.

Ryou looked at her husband. "How did you even graduate?" She was starting to rethink having any kids of her own.

"Marik and I spend our last two years of high school with Atemu being tutored by his mother." Bakura shivered at the memory. "She was worse than any strict high school teacher. You really never want to get on her bad sign."

Yuugi knew where Bakura was coming from. Amara was not someone to be messed with because she had a temper. "She has raised four teenagers not including Bakura and Marik for a few years of their life. She is tough when she wants to be and that is mostly why nothing bad is written about the Sennen family because she keeps everyone in top shape and well mannered."

"I knew there was hope for you. If we have any kids that turn out like you we can just send them to Amara." Ryou smiled even though Bakura silently prayed they did not turn out like him.

A new song came on that Ryou liked so Bakura stood and held out his hand. "How about another dance?"

Ryou's eyes lit up and she nodded, before taking Bakura's hand. As she stood, she turned her head to address Yuugi and Atemu. "We need to stay in touch more okay. I want also want more pictures of Aziza as she grows up." After that both were lost in the crowd of dancers as they went onto the dance floor.

"Bakura really did turn out to be the best person for Ryou." Yuugi said as she sipped her water.

"I never thought I would see Bakura settled down with anyone. I think they bring out the best in each other." Atemu mentioned back before taking Yuugi's hand in his. "I'm glad I was able to be reunited with my soul mate."

Yuugi blushed and gave Atemu a well-deserved kiss. She wasn't sure how her life would be if she never took that step and came back for the one she truly loved. It was that one risk in life that gave her a wonderful husband and beautiful daughter. All her childhood days she dreamed of being with Atemu and thankfully those childhood dreams returned to her once she was reunited with Atemu. Nothing was going to tear them apart so long as their love was true and forever growing.

The End