Chapter 35- The Party and the Birth
~2 Months Later~
Yugi was lying on his bed with Heba in the room as well.
Hasan was on the floor, getting into everything.
"Yugi, are you sure that I shouldn't stop Hasan?" Heba asked.
"I'm sure. He can't hurt anything, Heba, so stop worrying." Yugi said.
"I can't believe that he's a year old already. It seems like no time at all has passed." Heba said.
"I know what you mean. In the year that he has been here, a lot has happened." Yugi said.
"I know. Vivian and Wong kidnapping him to try and pass him off as Vivian's so she could try and stake a claim on the throne. Lydia trying to kill me because she blamed you for Vivian and Wong's deaths. Lydia and Akerian plotting to kill the both of us." Yugi said.
"Then there is the little thing of Seth, Bakura, and Marik getting married to Jou, Ryou, and Malik." Heba said.
"Yeah. Those six were very happy when they found out that they were going to be able to get married." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Now, Jou, Malik, and Ryou are officially lords in society." Heba said.
"I know that Seth, Marik, and Bakura were glad that people now have to show their husbands respect." Yugi said.
"It's taken Ryou, Malik, and Jou a bit to get used to the lord classification. They're not used to being treated with respect and having servants serve them instead of being the ones that are doing the serving." Heba said.
"Heba, it took both of us a long time to get used to that ourselves." Yugi said.
"I know. I'm just saying." Heba said.
"Is everything ready for Hasan's party tonight?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. Everything is set. I know that Father went all out for Hasan's birthday party." Heba said.
"Well, he didn't exactly get the world's best welcome into the world." Yugi said.
"I know, but it's not like anything bad happened to him. Hasan is fine, and he's going to be celebrating his first birthday." Heba said.
"Well, look at it this way. Father is just giving his grandson the best that he can, and given that he is the Pharaoh, Hasan is going to get only the best of everything." Yugi said.
"Yeah. At least he can start spoiling yours when he or she gets here." Heba said.
Yugi laughed. "I know. Mother is already pampering me, although I get the feeling that that will stop as soon as the baby is here." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "Yeah. It'll go right to the baby although Yami will be pampering you even after the baby gets here because he's going to be worried about you." Heba said.
"In any case, I'll be glad to have the baby." Yugi said,
"There's a lot of people who will be." Heba said.
Yugi walked down the halls of the palace.
Someone accidentally bumped into Yugi.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. Forgive me." the man said, bowing.
Yugi immediately recognized the man as Marx. "Marx." Yugi said.
Marx was started and said, "Prince, Yugi, I am sorry. I was not watching where I was going." Marx said, bowing again.
"It's fine, Marx. You didn't do any harm." Yugi said.
"Prince Yugi, if I may, I would like to thank you." Marx said.
"For what?" Yugi asked.
"I never got the chance to before now, but I would like to thank you for what you did for me and my family. You cannot know how grateful I am for what you did for me." Marx said.
Yugi smiled. "You don't need to thank me. I'm glad to help. After all, what you did you did only for your family." Yugi said.
"Thank you, Prince Yugi." Marx said.
Yugi smiled at him before he walked off. He met Yami at the doors to the ballroom.
"What kept you?" Yami asked.
"Speaking to Marx." Yugi said.
"Marx? Why were you talking to him?" Yami asked.
"Because he accidentally bumped into me, and he was thanking me for helping him the way that I did when he was sentenced." Yugi answered.
"Well, he has a lot to thank you for." Yami said.
"Well, I can understand why he did what he did. After all, he was only trying to protect his family." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I guess so." Yami agreed as they walked into the ballroom.
Yugi's jaw dropped at the decorations for Hasan's birthday party. "Yami, are you sure that this isn't a bit excessive for a child turning a year old?" Yugi asked.
"Maybe, but Father is the one who plans all this, and he's going to go all out for his grandson. He'll be doing the exact same thing for ours." Yami said.
"How do you know that?" Yugi asked.
"Because he never treated Atemu any differently than he treated me. He didn't want me to feel like I was cared for more than Atemu just because he was older. My parents never made me feel like that, so I know that they won't do that with their grandchildren, either." Yami said.
"I see. I know that Atemu carries the philosophy that he's not better than you just because he will be the future pharaoh. He's always treated you like his equal. For that matter, he treats everyone like they're his equal." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Anyway, the point is that Father will be doing this with our child." Yami said.
"Well, I guess I know what to expect then." Yugi said.
"Is this necessary?"
Yugi and Yami turned to find Heba in the room with a look of shock on his face.
"Heba, you'll have to bear with Father. He tends to go a bit overboard where his family is concerned." Atemu said.
"Atemu, this is beyond overboard." Heba said.
"Heba, it's not that bad." Yugi said.
"Really? A child turning a year old is going to have the most extravagant birthday party in the kingdom." Heba said.
"Heba, don't' worry about it. Father just wants to do this for him." Atemu said.
"All right. It's not like there's a whole lot that I can do about it." Heba said.
"Good. This means a lot to Father." Atemu said.
That night, the palace was filled with fun and music as everyone celebrated Hasan's first birthday.
"Congratulations on your son's first birthday, Prince Atemu." a nobleman said.
"Thank you." Atemu said as the nobleman walked on.
"If I have to hear one more false congratulation for Hasan's birthday because someone want to kiss your ass, I swear that I am going to kill someone." Heba said through clenched teeth.
"Bear with it, Heba." Atemu said.
"It's hard to do that when you can hear in their voices that they don't really care that it is Hasan's birthday." Heba said.
"I know, Heba, but it won't last long." Atemu said.
Heba and Atemu walked over to sit with Yugi and Yami.
"How's it going?" Yugi asked.
"I'm very close to breaking Father's rule and using my magic on someone." Heba said.
"Heba, you know that we can't do that." Yugi said.
"I know, but all these people giving fake wishes it making it very hard." Heba said.
"Don't worry. It won't last much longer." Yami said.
"I hope not." Heba said.
"I have to admit that most of the people that come are usually only here to kiss ass." Atemu agreed.
"Well, it's not very often that is happens, and Hasan does get a lot of things for it." Yami said.
"Yeah, but the toys are things that he can use. The gold, treasures, and stuff are not something that he needs at this age." Heba said.
"Well, at least there were no slaves or harem girls given to him." Yami said.
Heba growled. "I wouldn't have accepted them if they tried that." Heba said.
"I'm with you on that one. A child doesn't need harem girls." Atemu agreed.
Hasan walked over to Yugi, and Yugi put the boy in his lap.
"Well, while you two watch him, I think that we'll go and get something to eat." Atemu said.
Atemu and Heba got up to leave.
"Hasan is really attached to you, Yugi." Yami said.
"Yeah, well, I am his uncle. Besides, he and I have been spending a lot of time together lately." Yugi said.
"That would be because you decided to stay in bed most of the time." Yami pointed out.
"Under Isis's strong encouragement, and I agree. Staying off my feet is exactly what I need." Yugi said.
"I get that. At least you have Heba and Hasan coming in there to keep you company." Yami said.
"I know. Heba knows how easily I get bored, so he tried to help with that when he can." Yugi said.
"So, tonight wasn't as bad as you thought it would be, now was it, Heba?" Atemu asked.
"I admit that it wasn't quite as bad although I could have dealt without all of the ass-kissing." Heba said.
"Well, you might want to get used to it because it is going to happen a lot when I become Pharaoh." Atemu said.
"On the upside of all this, Hasan did get some great things for his birthday, and he did enjoy playing with the other children that were there." Heba said.
"I agree, and he is going to have his younger cousin to play with before long." Atemu said.
~1 Month Later~
Yugi was sitting in his room with Heba, Hasan, Jou, Malik, and Ryou.
"Ma. Those guys have been having a lot of meetings lately." Jou said.
"Well, it is part of their duty, Jou. They can't help it." Yugi said and then grimaced.
"Painful kicks?" Heba asked.
"Oh, yeah." Yugi answered.
"In any case, when do you think that they'll get done?" Malik asked.
"There's no telling." Ryou answered.
Jou groaned. "I hate when they're in meetings. We're always so bored." Jou said.
Yugi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He let out a gasp as he grasped his stomach.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Heba asked.
"Oh-no. I think I'm in labor." Yugi said.
"What?! What do we do?!" Jou exclaimed.
"Okay. Calm down. Jou, think you can carry Yugi?" Heba asked.
"Sure. Why?" Jou asked.
"Carry Yugi to the healing chambers. Ryou, take Hasan for me. I'll go and get Yami." Heba said.
Jou picked Yugi up and headed for the healing chambers with Ryou and Malik behind him. Ryou had Hasan.
Jou ran into the healing chambers and said, "Isis?!"
"What?" Isis asked, walking out.
"Yugi's in labor." Malik said.
"Put him on the bed." Isis ordered.
Jou did and then Isis kicked them all out.
"I hope that Yugi will be okay." Ryou said.
"I'm sure that he will." Malik replied.
Heba completely ignored the guards and ran into the throne room.
"Heba?! What is the meaning of this?!" Aknankanon growled, not liking Heba bursting in like that.
"I'm sorry, but Jou's taking Yugi to the healing chambers. He's in labor." Heba said.
Yami was the first one out of the room with Atemu, Heba, Aknankanon, Amara, and the other priests behind him.
When they reached the chambers, Yami said, "What's going on?"
"We took Yugi in, and Isis kicked us out." Jou answered.
"Well, Isis has a right to." Aknankanon said.
~6 Hours Later~
"Yugi, you're almost there. Now push." Isis ordered.
Yugi did as he was told and pushed as hard as he could.
A few moments later, the sound of crying filled the air.
Isis smiled and said, "Well, Yugi. You're son is here."
"Son?" Yugi asked.
Isis nodded before handing the baby boy to Yugi.
Yugi smiled down at his and Yami's son.
"I'll go and get Yami." Isis said. She left the room.
Yami was in the room in the next few seconds. "Yugi, are you all right?" Yami asked.
"Yes, Yami. I'm fine." Yugi answered. He looked down at their son and said, "And we have a baby boy."
"So I heard." Yami said.
The baby had star-shaped hair with no lightening bolt streaks, soft features, and crimson eyes.
"Well, I guess Ramon is here." Yami said.
"Yeah. He is." Yugi agreed.
"I guess you and Yami have learned that you don't sleep when you have a baby." Heba said.
"Oh, yeah. I tend to get up with him more than Yami does, though." Yugi said.
"That's what happens. In any case, Ramon is a very handsome boy. He'll have girls after him when he gets older." Heba said.
"So will Hasan. They're going to be quite the lady catchers." Yugi said.
"I guess you and Yami are pretty happy now." Heba said.
"Yeah, we are. I mean, we're still adjusting, but we're glad that we have him now." Yugi said.
"Well, we have another Prince in the palace now." Heba said.
"Yeah. Life is great for us now." Yugi said.
Hope that you liked it.
Next: Last chapter. Not sure how I'm ending it.
R&R.