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Chapter 24- The Baby

~Five Months Later~

Yugi and Yami were in a meeting of the court.

Everyone had quickly adjusted to the fact that Yami was also an Emperor of the Millennial Kingdom, and everyone gave him the same respect that they showed to Yugi.

Firestar was now the guardian to both Yugi and Yami. Although he hadn't been forced to save the two from any assassination attempts, he was prepared just in case someone tried to do something.

Yami was thankful when all of the business that was needed for that day was over with.

Yugi and Yami called the meeting to an end, and the two left the throne room.

"Well, that was an eventful day." Yami said sarcastically.

Yugi rolled his eyes. "Come on, Yami. You know that we have to deal with all kinds of business that involves the kingdom, and I know that most of it is uneventful, but it's just something that we have to do." Yugi told his husband.

"I know, Yugi. I know. It doesn't mean that I like it." Yami said.

"Neither do I, but we have to do these things." Yugi said as he opened the door to their office.

The two had decided to just share Yugi's office instead of having two separate offices. Of course, that meant that the two didn't always do their work, and they always made sure that the door was locked just in case someone happened to come in while they were preoccupied by each other.

Yami followed Yugi into the room and closed the door before he grabbed Yugi and pushed him against the door, capturing Yugi's lips with his own.

Yugi leaned into the kiss as he wrapped his arms around Yami's neck.

The two soon broke apart.

"You have no idea how much I love you." Yami said as he nuzzled Yugi's neck.

Yugi smiled. "I know, Yami. You do realize that we have work that we need to do." Yugi said.

Yami groaned. "Must you ruin everything?" Yami asked.

Yugi laughed. "Well, I'll tell you what. The sooner we get all of the work done, the sooner we can have some fun." Yugi said.

Yami looked up and smiled at Yugi seductively. "I'll hold you to that, Yugi." Yami said. He didn't bother trying to hide the lust in his voice.

"All right. Get your mind out of the gutter and onto business. We do have a kingdom that we need to run." Yugi told Yami, hoping to get Yami's mind off of sex.

"Okay. What all do we have to do?" Yami asked.

The two then sat down and got to work.

~Egypt~

"DAMN IT, ATEMU! I AM FINE! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!" Heba shouted at the top of his lungs.

Atemu dashed out of the room and slammed the door shut, hearing the book crash against the door. He had barely gotten the door shut in time.

Atemu let out a sigh of relief. "That was a close one." Atemu muttered.

"Problem, cousin?"

Atemu turned to see Seto standing there. "Yeah. He's a monster when he's pregnant." Atemu said.

"I HEARD THAT!" Heba shouted form inside their room.

"Let's go before you end up a dead man." Seto said as he grabbed Atemu by the arm and lead him away.

Atemu sighed. "Heba could have the baby at any time. Isis herself said that, so I'm a little worried." Atemu said as he ran a weary hand through his hair.

Seto rolled his eyes. "And I'm sure that smothering him is helping." Seto said.

Atemu glared at him. "I'm a little worried about him, all right. I just don't want anything to happen." Atemu said.

"Atemu, he is fine. Heba's resting and staying off his feet like Isis told him to do. He knows what the signs are that he's having the baby. All you can do now is wait until that time comes." Seto said.

"Well, I'm nervous. I'm going to be a father very soon, and I'm worried about it. I don't know the first thing about raising a child and being a father. I'm just worried that I'm going to fail." Atemu admitted.

There was a chuckle from behind them.

The two turned to find Aknankanon and Aknaudin standing there. Aknankanon was chuckling, and Aknaudin was snickering.

"What?" Atemu asked.

"Sorry. We heard Heba shouting from down the hall, and we wanted to make sure that you were still alive." Aknankanon said.

"I'm alive for now, although I might die waiting like this." Atemu said.

"And worrying like this." Seto added.

Atemu glared at his cousin.

"Atemu, being nervous and wondering if you're going to be a good father is natural. I know that I worried like that when you were born and when Yami was born." Aknankanon said.

"So, I'm going to feel like this every time Heba is pregnant." Atemu said.

"It depends. You and Yami were born only a year apart, so I didn't know what kind of father I would be. The point is that you do the best you can. That's all that you can really do." Aknankanon said.

"In truth, I think that wondering those things are all signs that every new father foes through. I went though them as well. You wonder about those things. Most of the time, when a man wonders if he'll be a good father or if he'll raise the child right, that is a sign that he will make a good father." Aknaudin added.

"It is?" Atemu asked.

"Yes. You might worry to death about this, but the truth of the matter is that you are going to be fine. Besides, you have people here who are more than willing to help you and give you advice when you need it." Aknankanon said.

"Now, if he could just stop trying to irritate Heba to the point that Heba wants to murder him." Seto said.

"That is inevitable. I'm afraid that that is something every new father does as well. You'll go from smothering Heba to smothering the baby. It'll be the baby you'll be paying the most attention to, and Heba will be craving the attention." Aknaudin said.

Atemu sighed. "I hope that you're right." Atemu said.

Heba was in his room, fuming. "The nerve of him! I am perfectly all right! He doesn't need to treat me like some kind of invalid! I am not incapable of doing anything!" Heba growled.

Heba was tired of Atemu constantly babying him.

Atemu was asking Heba all the time if he was all right, if he needed anything, or if he needed to get Isis. Atemu also did everything for Heba and wouldn't let him get out of bed for anything except to take a bath or to use the bathroom.

Heba was rather tired of the way that he was being treated.

There was a knock on the door.

"Heba, it's me." Amara said.

"Come on in." Heba called.

Amara walked in and found the book. She knelt down and picked it up before she walked on into the room. "Throw this at Atemu?" Amara asked, holding the book up.

Heba blushed. "Yeah. I was just so tired of him babying me that I sort of lost my temper. I yelled and then threw this book at him." Heba said as he took the book from Amara. "It didn't hit him, thought. He managed to get out the door and get the door shut first." Heba added.

Amara laughed. "I'm not mad, Heba. If anything, I completely understand why you did what you did." Amara said.

"You do?" Heba asked, surprised.

Amara nodded. "I threw a book or two at Aknankanon when I was pregnant with both Atemu and Yami. I know your pain. The men can be a little bit of a pain when you're right at the end of the pregnancy, more so when they are told that the baby could come at any time." Amara explained.

Heba sighed. "I just want to be treated like I can't do anything. It's annoying when he asks me every second if I need anything." Heba said.

"Heba, listen to the voice of experience. Enjoy the attention while you can." Amara said.

"Why?" Heba asked.

Amara sat down on the bed beside him. "Because once that baby comes, you won't get much attention. You'll be lucky if you get one kiss a day. Men turn into big softies when they have children. All of Atemu's attention will be on the baby once he or she gets here, so be prepared to lose all of the attention." Amara said.

Heba nodded. "Okay." Heba said.

"Good." Amara said. She laughed and said, "Another reason Atemu is so worried is because he's anxious. He doesn't know if he'll be a good father, and it has him scared." Amara said.

"How do you know that?" Heba asked, glancing at her curiously.

Amara chuckled. "Because Aknankanon admitted that to me after Atemu was born, and Aknaudin admitted the same thing. I think that it's something that happens with all men." Amara answered.

"Well, I guess I had better apologize to Atemu for acting the way I did." Heba said.

"I wouldn't. I would milk it for all it's worth. Enjoy the way he waits on you hand and foot." Amara said.

"Hmm. That's not a bad idea." Heba said.

Amara laughed as she patted Heba on the back. "Don't worry about anything, Heba. That baby will be here before you know it." Amara assured him.

A little while later, Atemu walked back toward his chambers. 'I hope that Heba's calmed down by now.' Atemu thought.

Tentatively, Atemu opened the door and walked in the room.

It was quiet.

Atemu walked on into the room and saw that Heba was laying on the bed on his side so that his back was facing Atemu. "Heba?" Atemu asked softly.

There was no answer.

"Heba, look I'm sorry for the way I've been acting. I'm just worried." Atemu said, thinking that Heba was just still mad at him.

Heba still didn't respond.

"Heba?" Atemu asked, wishing that his husband would answer him.

It was then that Atemu noticed the slight snoring noise.

Walking around the bed, Atemu saw that Heba was sound asleep. 'So that's why he wouldn't answer me.' Atemu thought.

Deciding not to disturb Heba, Atemu left the room.

"Hey, Atemu!" Bakura shouted.

Atemu turned to find Bakura and Marik approaching him. "What do you two want?" Atemu asked.

"Still in the doghouse with your husband?" Bakura asked.

It was obvious that Bakura had been talking to Seto.

"No, I'm not. Heba's sleeping, so I thought that I would leave him alone." Atemu answered.

Marik snickered. "That and you're afraid that you're still in deep trouble." Marik said.

Atemu made a mental note to kill Seto for telling them all that later.

"So, what are you doing now?" Marik asked.

"I don't know yet. I'm going to let Heba sleep for a while." Atemu said.

"Wanting to stay out of trouble?" Bakura asked.

Atemu glared at Bakura. "Watch it, or I'll get you in trouble with Ryou." Atemu snapped.

"How are you going to do that without lying?" Bakura asked.

"Well, I seem to recall you starting a small fire in one of the unused offices and ended up nearly burning that entire area of the palace. I wonder how Ryou would react if he were to find out that you caused that." Atemu said with a smirk.

Bakura paled. He knew that Ryou would kill him if he found about that, not to mention the fact that Aknankanon would ground him for the next year.

Marik started laughing at his predicament.

"And I could tell about your involvement in that little incident." Atemu added.

Marik shrugged. "Malik won't care. He'd probably laugh his ass off if he knew about that." Marik said.

"I never said that it would be Malik I told. I could easily tell my farther about that." Atemu said.

Now, Marik stopped laughing, knowing he would be in as much trouble as Bakura would be if Aknankanon ever found out that they were the ones that started.

Aknankanon had been completely pissed off when he found out that the offices had been burned, even if they were unused. Once it was learned that that fire was started on purpose, but it seemed to have been a practical joke gone wrong, Aknankanon had blew. He had declared that he's murder the person that did that if he ever found out who the guilty party or parties were.

"Since you two know what I will do, I'll leave now." Atemu said. He then walked off with a smug smirk on his face.

Of course, Atemu did not intend to tell his father since he would also get in trouble for not telling his father sooner that he knew that Marik and Bakura were the ones behind that mess, but Bakura and Marik didn't know that.

~Millennial Kingdom~

Yugi and Yami had long since finished their work and were now laying on to couch in their office.

Yugi was laying on top of Yami, and the two were covered with a blanket that was kept in the office. Their clothes were strewn out all over the place.

"Hmm. I'm rather happy." Yami said as he ran his fingers through Yugi's hair.

"After three rounds, you should be happy. You're usually happy with just one round." Yugi said.

Yami chuckled. "Can I help it if I can't resist this body of yours?" Yami asked.

"Actually, you could help it if you wanted to." Yugi retorted.

Yami laughed. "Maybe, but I'm not going to stop now. You'll have to put up with this for the rest of your life." Yami said.

"Well, I can deal with that. It's not like I've got a choice now." Yugi said. He then sat up, letting the blanket fall off his back. "Come on. We should get on up and get dressed." Yugi said.

"Hmm. I have a better idea." Yami said, reaching for Yugi.

Yugi grabbed Yami's hands and pinned them to the couch. "Yami, you can reign your hormones in until we get to our room tonight. For now, you're going to have to live with three rounds. Someone could come by at any time, and I really don't want to have to get dressed in a hurry because someone is pounding on the door." Yugi said.

Yami sighed. "All right, Yugi. We'll get dressed." Yami agreed.

The two got up and got dressed.

There was a knock on the door only a few moments after the two had finished getting redressed.

Yugi gave Yami a look, which clearly said 'I-told-you-so'.

Yami shrugged. He really didn't care if someone caught them, but Yugi did and that was the only reason that he made sure they wouldn't get caught.

Yugi walked forward and unlocked the door before he opened it to find Solomon outside. "Hi, Grandpa. What is it?" Yugi asked as he stepped aside to let his grandfather into the room.

"Well, I came here to tell you that I just heard from Ryou that Isis has told Heba that he could have the baby at any time." Solomon said.

"Really?" Yami asked.

Solomon nodded.

"Well, I knew that he was getting close." Yugi said.

Solomon smiled. "Well, I thought that you two could go and stay in Egypt for a while until after Heba has the baby. I'm sure that they wouldn't mind in the least." Solomon said.

Yugi and Yami looked at each other before they looked back at Solomon.

"Are you sure that we can afford to take off?" Yugi asked.

Solomon chuckled. "I've made all the arrangements. They're expecting you." Solomon said.

Yugi narrowed his eyes on his grandfather. "How long have you been planning this?" Yugi asked.

Solomon laughed. "For a little while, yes. You two could use a little break, and I couldn't think of a better way than to let you two be there when your niece or nephew is born." Solomon said.

"What do you say, Yugi?" Yami asked.

"I say yes." Yugi answered.

"Well, let's get packed and go." Yami said.

The two then left the room.

Solomon smile. 'At least they are going to be getting some rest. They have been working way too hard lately.' Solomon thought.

~Egypt~

Atemu had gone back to his room and found Heba sitting in bed. "You okay, Heba?" Atemu asked wanting to make sure that Heba was calm.

Heba smiled. "Yes. I'm sorry I threw the book at you earlier." Heba said.

Atemu walked on into the room and sat down by Heba. "Well, I guess I need to calm down some. I'm just a little anxious about becoming a father." Atemu said.

Heba leaned against Atemu. "You're not the only one. We may not know how to raise a child, but we'll learn together." Heba replied.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come on." Atemu said.

Ryou poked his head in. "Hey, guys. Mind a couple of visitors?" Ryou asked.

"Why not?" Atemu said.

"Who are the visitors?" Heba asked, knowing that if it had been any of their friends, Ryou would have said 'company' instead of 'visitors'.

"Oh, just us." Yugi said as he and Yami look in.

"Yugi!" Heba exclaimed.

"Yami!" Atemu said in surprise.

The two walked on into the room.

"What are you doing here?" Atemu asked as he hugged his brother.

"Well, we thought we'd come for a visit." Yami answered.

"It's been a while since the last time we were able to see you in any case." Yugi added as he hugged Atemu.

"Well, I'm glad that you're here." Heba said.

"Bored?" Yugi asked.

"Out of my mind." Heba said.

"Well, I'll leave all of you so you can enjoy your time together." Ryou said before he left the room.

Yami and Yugi sat down with their brothers, and the two started to talk with them.

"I'm glad that Yami and Yugi are here." Amara said.

"Yeah. Maybe Yugi can help stop Heba from throwing things at Atemu." Aknankanon added.

"You know that Atemu does deserve that. I did it to you on more than one occasion during both pregnancies." Amara reminded him.

"Yes, and I began to dread the book." Aknankanon said.

Amara laughed. "I suppose I did overreact at times, but that was hormones." Amara said.

"That's why I was so glad when you had them." Aknankanon said.

Amara rolled her eyes. "You are horrible." Amara said, crossing her arms.

"I know." Aknankanon said. He kissed her on the cheek. "But you love me anyway." Aknankanon said.

"Yes, I do." Amara agreed.

Yugi and Yami had gone to get settled in their room.

"I'm glad that they're here. The last time we saw them was when we went to visit them a month ago." Atemu said as he sat down beside Heba.

"I know." Heba replied. He leaned back into the pillows with a hand resting on his stomach. "I'm glad that they're here. I'd like to have the family here when I have the baby." Heba said.

Atemu raised an eyebrow. "I hope that I'm the only one in the delivery room with you." Atemu said.

"Of course you are. I don't want everyone in the room when I have the baby." Heba said.

Atemu laughed. "I know that, Heba." Atemu said.

Heba glared. "Then stop saying things like that." Heba said.

"All right. Sorry. Sorry." Atemu said. He then headed for the bathroom. "I'm going to get a shower." Atemu said.

"All right." Heba said.

Atemu walked into the bathroom, leaving Heba in the room alone.

Heba heard the shower running a few moments later. He smiled as he rubbed his stomach. "Your daddy is crude at times, but he loves us." Heba said. He smiled as he felt the baby kicking.

Heba just lay there for a while.

A few moments later, the shower was turned off.

'Unless I shower with him, he's done in like five minutes.' Heba thought.

It was then that Heba felt a sharp pain in his stomach, and he felt something wet between his legs.

Heba's eyes widened as he realized exactly what was happening. "Atemu! Get in here!" Heba shouted.

Atemu ran into the room. His hair was damp, meaning he hadn't had a chance to dry it. "What?!" Atemu asked, alarmed.

"We have to go! My water just broke!" Heba said.

Atemu's eyes widened before he ran over and helped Heba up before the two headed for the healing chambers.

Yugi and Yami were unpacking the bags that they had brought.

"You know, I think that Grandpa had a good idea. We really did need a little break." Yugi said.

Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi's waist. "I know we did." Atemu said. He leaned down and kissed Yugi gently.

There was a sudden pounding on the door.

"Yugi! Yami! Get out here now!" Joey shouted.

The two ran over to the door.

Yugi opened the door. "What is it, Joey?" Yugi asked.

"Come on. Heba just went into labor." Joey said.

Yugi and Yami immediately followed Joey down the hall.

When they reached the healing chambers, they found that everyone else related had arrived.

"How is he?" Yugi asked.

"He just went into labor a little while ago." Amara said.

Heba was in the room, trying to give birth.

Isis a few of her helpers were helping Heba along.

Atemu was standing beside Heba, holding his hand.

"All right, Heba. I need you to push." Isis said.

Heba did as he was told and started to push, squeezing Atemu's hand tightly.

Atemu hid his wince at the pain and instead focused on Heba, who he knew was in pain. He used the wet cloth and did as Isis had told him to and was wiping the sweat from Heba's forehead.

"You're doing fine, Heba." Isis assured him.

~Four Hours Later~

Heba felt like he had been pushing for an eternity when it had been about four and a half hours.

"All right, Heba. One more big push and your baby should be here." Isis said.

Heba then pushed as hard as he could, squeezing Atemu's hand even harder than before.

Atemu winced, but kept on holding Heba's hand. "Come on, Heba. Can you do it." Atemu told his husband.

A few moments later, the sound of a baby crying filled the room.

Heba fell back against the mattress completely out of breath from labor.

Isis smiled as she looked at the baby. "It would seem that you two have a son." Isis said.

"A boy?" Atemu asked.

Isis nodded. She brought over the baby and handed him to Heba.

The baby boy had star-shaped tri-color hair with blonde lightening streaks in his hair, He had Atemu's sharp features, but his eyes were amethyst, like Heba's were. He also had deeply tanned skin.

Heba smiled. "You can tell that he's our son." Heba said.

"I agree." Atemu said.

Isis cleared her throat, catching the new parents' attention. "If you don't mind, I do need a name for the records." Isis said.

Atemu and Heba smiled. They had already chosen a name for a boy or a girl.

"We decided that we'd name him Alexander. He'll be called Alex for short." Heba said.

Isis nodded as she wrote it down.

After a while, the family was let in to see them.

"Aww! He's so cute." Amara said as she looked at her grandson.

"Thanks." Heba said.

"So, what did you guys decide to name him?" Bakura asked.

"We had already agreed on the name Alexander. We'll call him Alex for short." Heba explained.

"I think that that's a great name." Yugi said.

"Well, there's no doubt whose son he is." Marik stated.

"Come on, Marik. Knock it off." Malik said.

"It's fine, Malik. I'll remember this for when you two decide to have kids." Atemu said.

The group laughed.

"Well, we have a new prince in the kingdom now." Aknankanon said.

Heba had to stay in the healing chambers during the night as did Alex, so Atemu stayed with him.

Alex was currently asleep.

"So, what do you think?" Heba asked.

"I think that he's the most beautiful baby I have ever seen." Atemu said. He then laughed. "Of course, I'm a little biased since he is my son." Atemu said.

"I thought that, too." Heba replied.

"One thing's for sure. Now that he's here, I'm even more anxious about raising him." Atemu said.

"Well, we may be that worried, but we've got people who can help us out." Heba said.

"True." Atemu agreed.

Heba was still rather tired from giving both, so it wasn't long before he fell asleep.

Atemu smiled as he looked at Heba. "Goodnight, Heba." Atemu said before he also lay down to sleep.

~One Week Later~

Yugi and Yami had stayed for a week before they decided that they had better go back to the Millennial Kingdom.

"Wish that you two could stay longer." Atemu said.

"Yeah, but we have a kingdom to run, so we need to get back." Yami said.

"Don't worry. We're going to be coming back more often." Yugi said.

Heba rolled his eyes. "Yes. To see Alex, no doubt." Heba said. He was holding the infant in his arms.

"At least they're going to be coming more often." Amara said.

"Anyway, bye." Yugi said.

Yugi and Yami said their goodbyes to everyone before they left through a portal to the Millennial Kingdom.

Heba looked down at his son and smiled.

Things certainly looked good for them at the time.

None of them could be happier.

Everything seemed to be going good for them all at the time.

Hope you liked it. This was the last chapter of this story, so I hope you enjoyed this story.

I'll start on the last part in this trilogy. It's going to be called Path to Happiness: Elemental Magic. Look out for that one.

R&R.