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Chapter Twenty-Three

At the Golden Dragon:

Bakura held the chair as Sasha sat down; the waitress came over and said, "Do you want anything to drink?"

Bakura looked at Sasha who said, "Just water please." The waitress bowed and left to get their water. When she returned Bakura said, "Will you please ask Omni to come over to our table." The waitress bowed again and she left.

Just then this tall oriental man came over, he bowed and said, "Bakura, it's good to see you again, can I be of service to you and your lady?"

Sasha asked, "What do you recommend tonight?" Omni smiled at her and said, "The Sesame Chicken with Beef Loin Noodles is very good tonight." Sasha looked at Bakura who said, "We'll have two orders then and thanks." Omni bowed and left to give the cook their orders.

Omni brought their orders to them, then he said, "If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Bakura and Sasha both thanked him and he bowed and left. Dinner was delicious and after they were through, Omni came over and gave Bakura a piece of paper; he unfolded it and read, "Your bill is paid for."

Bakura smiled at him and then he looked at Sasha and said, "Would you like to walk around in the gardens?" Sasha smiled and said, "I'd love to." So he took her hand in his and they walked outside in the beautiful garden.

Sasha turned to Bakura and said, "What's wrong?" Bakura's eyes filled with tears and he said, "I've got something to tell you and I don't know how to begin."

Sasha put her arms around him and softly said, "Are we breaking up?" Bakura wiped the tears from his face and said, "No I love you, it's just something about my past."

They saw a bench and sat down and then Sasha said, "Please tell me, whatever it is I know that it can't be that bad."

Bakura took a deep breathe and then he said, "You know that Roland and Helga aren't my real parents?" Sasha nodded that she knew. Then Bakura said, "Well my real dad married this woman and they use to beat me and he'd use knives on me just for fun. One day they went a little too far and I nearly bled to death, that's when Roland and Helga came into my life."

Sasha put her arms around him and she held him and said, "Bakura, we all have scars of some kind, if you thought that by telling me this that I'd run away, well think again, I love you and want to marry you and raise a family together."

Bakura got down on one knee and said, "Sasha Davis will you marry me?" Sasha had tears in her eyes, as she looked at the beautiful ring that Bakura showed her and she threw her arms around his neck, they fell to the ground and she said, "Yes, yes I'll marry you."

They got off the ground and Bakura placed the ring on her finger and said, "You've made me the happiest man in the world." He then took her into his arms and kissed her and then he said, "Let's go tell mom and dad."

So hand in hand they walked outside and Bakura gave the Valet his ticket and he brought his Hummer to the front of the restaurant and as Bakura opened her door for her, Sasha got in and he drove back home.

Back at the house:

When he opened the door for her, Mokie saw them and he shouted, "Bakura and Sasha are here." Helga came out of the living room smiling and when she saw the ring on Sasha's finger tears filled her eyes.

Helga led the way back to the living room and when they all got there, Bakura said, "I asked Sasha to marry me and she said yes." Everyone stood up and cheered and then they each gave Sasha a hug and kissed her cheek.

Roland and Helga walked over to them and as they each hugged Sasha and gave her a kiss on her cheek, Bakura looked at his dad and said, "You and mom were right, I told her and she didn't run."

Sasha then looked at Roland and Helga and she said, "Thanks for saving this man, if you didn't then I'd never be able to become his wife and in the future have his children."

They others sat there wondering what they were talking about, what did Bakura mean by, "Telling her the truth?" Then Joey understood, and then he whispered to Seto what Bakura did.

Then one by one Yami, Marik, Ishizu and Mai figured out what he did, they were all proud of their brother, because if they kept dating Anthony, Armando, Samuel and Vincent they too would have to tell them about their abuse, would they have the same courage that their big brother did.

Ishizu and Mai both went over and hugged Bakura and they said, "Big brother, we're so proud of you, you did what we've know that we'll have to do if we keep on seeing dating the ones we're dating."

Sasha said, "If they really have feeling for you then they'll understand, if not then they're not worthy of any of you."

Roland put his arm around Helga and said, "Well mom our first son is getting married, maybe in the future there'll be some more." Helga glared at him and said, "Don't marry off my children to soon; I don't want any of them to leave."

Just then, she felt someone pull on her dress and when Helga looked down, she saw Mokie and he said, "Mommy, I'm not ever going to marry, girls have coothies."

Both she and Roland laughed as he picked Mokie up and then Roland said, "Some day son, you'll change your mind about girls." Yugi, Ryou, and Malik and they said, "We're happy for you both, but don't expect us to kiss her." Tea sighed and said, "I think it's so romantic, our big brother is getting married."

Then Yugi, Ryou and Malik all said, "Romantic, it's just plan icky." That caused Tea to turn on them and she said, "It's not icky, you all take that back of else." Then the three of them took off running with Tea after them.

Sasha looked at Bakura and she said, "I'm going to love being a member of this family, I love all of you."

Then they all heard Yugi yell, "Mom tell Tea to leave us alone, she's trying to kiss us." That caused everyone in the room to start laughing and then Roland said, "I guess I'd better go rescue our sons." He then went upstairs to stop Tea from kissing her brother.

At Sasha's apartment:

Later that evening, Bakura took Sasha home, when he pulled up in front of her apartment building, he helped her out of the Hummer, walked her up to the door/

He said, "I can hardly wait to marry you, then I won't have to go home, I'll be able to hold you in my arms, and make love to you all night long."

Back at the house:

Roland and Helga had gotten the other kids into bed, and they were walking to their room, when Helga said, "I'm happy for Bakura and Sasha, but I just can't give up my son just yet."

Roland chuckled and he said, "Listen, we're raised him from a frightened young boy to the responsible young man who is engaged to get married to the woman he loves."

Helga put her head on Roland's shoulder and she said, "I know, but he's our son and I just don't what him to leave our home."

Back at Sasha's:

Sasha held onto Bakura and then she said, "You better go, I bet your mom is probably trying to find someway to keep you from leaving her arms."

Bakura looked at her and then he said, "What do you mean?" Sasha then said, "Any mother doesn't want her child to get married and leave the fold, heck I bet I'll be just like your mother when our child wants to get married."

Bakura held her tight and said, "I like the way you said that, our child, I want to see you grow big with our child."

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