"Say that again."

Instead of answering Jaden's question with words she took his hand and placed it on her belly, sure enough there was small but visible bump, and Jaden could have sworn he felt something moving on the inside.

"Whoa… I guess we finally did it right." he joked.

"You're not worried?"

"Why spoil the happiest moment of my life?"

He gave her a hug.

"Just call me super dad."

The next day Jaden and Alexis had some company, they weren't surprised.

"There you are! Congratulations!" said Mindy.

"So is it a little Lexi or a little Jaden?" asked Jasmine.

"I don't know, the doctor says it's too early to tell."

"I just knew you two would make it!"

After saying that Blair pulled Alexis aside.

"How was it?"

"How was what?"

"You know, it."

"Oh… It was awesome."

"I knew it!"

"Hey everybody, a little birdie told me I'm gonna be an uncle!"

"Atti!"

Alexis rushed over to give her brother a hug.

"Is he pulling his own weight?" whispered Atticus.

"If he didn't I would have probably given him a black eye by now."

"Good to know."

"What's it like Jay?" asked Syrus.

"Well… A few years ago all I had to worry about was myself, a few months ago I had a wife to take care of, now this."

"No Sarge, the other thing… You know… love? I mean love in general." said Hassleberry.

Jaden had forgotten that Syrus and Hassleberry weren't as lucky as Jaden was in his love life.

"Well… It's tough to explain."

"You're a lucky man Jaden… You're already happily married and I haven't been on a single date." said Syrus.

"Me neither."

"Hey cheer up guys, there's someone out there for everyone."

"So Jay, what are you going to do now, I mean with a baby on the way?"

"You're not going to get a real job are you Sarge?"

"You know me; I don't shelve my deck that easily. For now we have enough to get along. I'm just going to have to really push myself the next time there's a tournament that hands out big bags of cash, good thing I'll have a little nudge to help me."

"So what's Chazz doing, when he isn't dueling that is?"

"You know, rich people stuff."

"How'd he react when he found out Alexis was pregnant?"

"He said, oh great, another Jaden."

Alexis had to use the "I'm so tired." excuse to get everyone to leave that evening.

"The girls plan on spoiling us with presents for the baby." said Alexis lying in bed.

"How's Atticus?" asked Jaden.

"He's crazy about becoming an uncle. He's glad to hear that you satisfy me, when in truth you do so much more than that."

"Lexi, should we really be talking about those things with people?"

"I know, but they wouldn't shut up about it. Don't worry, I already told them that if they talk about it with anyone else I'll knock them into the next millennium."

"So… How far along are you?"

"Well, according to the doctor I'm entering my fourth week… Some women don't start having symptoms until week six. He said by now the baby's heart is beating its own blood… I wonder if we can hear it."

"Let's find out."

Jaden crawled over and pressed his ear to the little bump on Alexis' belly.

"Can you hear anything?"

"It's faint… but it's there."

"Jaden I… I hope this isn't happening too fast for you."

"No way, I want to be young dad, that way my kid can't call me old man for awhile." he joked.

Alexis smiled.

"When we first met your only ambition was to be the world's greatest duelist, what about being the world's greatest dad?"

"Hey, is it too much to ask for both?"

"Now that's the Jaden I married." she said.

Later that night after Alexis had fallen asleep Jaden was awoken by a familiar squeaking noise.

"Oh, hello Kuriboh."

Winged Kuriboh flew over to the door and gestured for him to follow.

"What is it?"

He went through the door and closed it behind him. Suddenly…

"Congratulations, super dad!"

All Jaden's monsters were right there in front of him.

"Shhh! You guys will wake up Alexis."

"You seem to forget Jaden, you're the only one who can see or hear us." said Aqua Dolphin.

"Oh right…"

"Some of us were starting to think you were going to get a real job and leave us to gather dust." said Burstinatrix.

"Making life boring not just for us, but for you too." said Grand Mole.

Clayman started doing an imitation of a sad Jaden.

"I'm Jaden, and I have to work for a living, oh boo-hoo."

"Come on guys, I could never just shelve you, not after all we've been through."

"Nevertheless Jaden, raising a child is a lot of responsibility." said Neos "You already know that you don't just live for yourself anymore, now in addition to living for Alexis, you must live for your child, you must put your child before yourself."

"Neos I've had the responsibility of saving the world on more than one occasion, I think I can handle this."

"Just remember Jaden, this is about bringing hope to the future, no one lives forever, you'll need someone to pass your legacy onto. You must look after and cherish the child all the days of your life, and you must protect its life with your own."

"You say that like something bad is going to happen in the next five minutes. Wait a minute…"

Jaden couldn't quite put his finger on it, but something felt out of place, then he looked at his monsters and noticed one of them was missing.

"Where is Yubel?"

Neos looked around and also noticed that she wasn't present.

"Couldn't tell you."

Years ago Yubel had been bonded to Jaden's soul, but for some reason Jaden couldn't feel her presence in his soul at the moment.

"So where is she?"

(To be continued)

Don't worry Jaden, Yubel hasn't gone far.

Find out where she went in

Chapter 3: Breakout

Baby fact #1: Like Alexis said, 22 days after fertilization the baby's heart starts beating its own blood