Another Baby Yugi story! This time, we're going with mythology. Baby Yugi's a Mer-Baby! I promised someone I would make this, so here it is! I hope it's as good as the others ... I feel as if I'm losing something in my writing. Well, anyway, enjoy!

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It was a beautiful start to a new day in the underwater kingdom of Cyprocia. The mer-people of this wonderful city always got along and were under the rule of the most wonderful king and queen. Their names were King Atem and Queen Kiara. What made the day even more miraculous was the news that spread quickly through the sea, saying that today was the day that the new heir to the Cyprocian thrown would soon be born. Queen Kiara had been pronounced pregnant with King Atem's child a few months ago. He was very excited to become a father. Nothing seemed to rise his spirit more then learning that he had a child on the way. Unfortunately, this was the time that he had to spend on the throne, watching over his kingdom.

The young mer-king had his head resting in his hand, blowing a few bubbles as he sighed. "This should be the happiest day of my life. My child is supposed to be born today, and I'm stuck here, watching over the kingdom!" He began to complain. The king's majestically red tail moved about in the water. He wore a golden crown on his head to symbolize his rank as the king. To his right, a tall merman with a cerulean blue tail. His name was Lord Seto; he was Atem's most trusted advisor and closest friend. He seemed to be the only person who actually would put up with Atem's bickering. At hearing the young king's complaint, the brunette merman smirked in amusement.

"It's the price you pay for being the ruler at such a young age." Atem glared at his friend and clutched his head with his hands as he groaned loudly.

"Grr! I'm going crazy! I need to know how Kiara is doing right now!" As Atem tried to get up, Seto swam in front of him.

"Atem, you know you aren't allowed to leave until a certain time." Atem swam past Seto.

"Who cares?! I'm the King, so I get to leave when I say!" And before Seto could say another word, Atem had swum away. He was a very fast swimmer when he wanted to be, so Seto just let him go.

Atem swam as fast as he could in order to get to the room where Kiara was having their baby. Once he came to that door, he took in a deep breath and braced himself before he went inside. Inside, Atem could see his beloved wife lying on their bed, holding a small bundle in her arms. Apparently, she had already had their child. Kiara had a royal blue tail and decorated with all kinds of jewelry that one would only find in the sea. Atem swallowed the lump in his throat and approached the royal mermaid and the bundle in her arms. "Kiara?" Said mermaid looked up at her husband and smiled.

"Atem …" The king swallowed the lump that was in his throat and continued to approach his wife.

"H-how are you?" He asked. Kiara gave a tired sigh, but smiled nonetheless.

"Tired, but come here; I have someone here that I want you to meet." Waving his red tail through the water, the King of Cyprocia looked to into the bundle of blankets to see a small baby, sleeping while sucking on its thumb. The small mer-child had a head full of fuzz that would shape out to the form of Atem's as the years pass, and a cute purple colored tail. The small mer-baby cuddled against his mother, trying to protect himself in his sleep. He admitted a small, soundless yawn and rubbed his eyes with his small fist. Atem was captivated. He felt such a feeling in his heart that he could not explain it. Then, Kiara shook the baby to wake him up and looked at her.

"Hello, Sweet-heart. I'd like you to meet your father." The baby looked over at Atem and blinked his eyes. Kiara stood up and offered Atem to hold his small newborn son. Atem nodded and took the baby in his arms. Both stared at each other for a few minutes before Atem smiled and gave the child a small kiss on the forehead. At this, the baby squealed in delight. "I have decided to name him Yugi." Atem looked up.

"Yugi?" He studied the name in his mind and then gazed down at the small baby who was looking around, taking in all that was around him. A smile grew on the king's face, "Perfect." The baby seemed happy with it. He looked at both of his parents and smiled. Two loving parents, what more could a baby ask for?

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A few months had passed since the birth of the new prince of Cyprocia was born. During that time, he made a few difficulties for Atem and Kiara to raise him. The small mer-baby had the heart of an adventurer. Even though he still did not know how to fully swim, he would slowly worm his way around the deep-sea palace. He would disappear from his parents' eyes for a while before someone in the palace would find him. And although Atem and Kiara would lecture the baby about staying around mommy and daddy, the small prince always had a smile on his face. As time went on, the young prince began to discover that he could wiggle the purple fins of his tail. He would wiggle them when he was happy, and when he was being playful. But he still could not swim quite yet … that is, until the day that he fully learned.

It was a quiet morning, or quiet for most of the palace. Baby Prince Yugi was sitting in his crib, entertaining himself by singing one of his baby songs, which just consisted of babbling incoherently. "Maahheee!" He cried. That was the noise he yelled when he wanted either Mommy or Daddy to come in and pick him up. But for some reason, Mommy and Daddy had either ignored his call, or just did not hear it, so he tried again. "Maahheee!" Still, nothing. Yugi was starting to get a little annoyed and bored at the same time. Out of sheer boredom, he started to wiggle his fins, not realizing at first that he was beginning to float in the water. When he did realize this, he squealed and wiggled his whole tail, which gave him more speed. Soon, he reached the top of the crib, but fell onto the ground; but he did not cry, instead, he clapped his hands. "'Gen, 'gen!" Which translates to, 'again, again!' Beginning to wiggle his tail again, he floated three feet about the floor of his room and swam outside.

The King and Queen of Cyprocia were peacefully sleeping in their large bed. Kiara had placed a pillow over her head during the night in order to block out Atem's obnoxiously loud snoring. And loud he was. How Kiara could stand that aggravating noise was beyond anyone's knowledge. While they were sleeping peacefully, Baby Yugi opened the door. He had no problem opening it since it was open just a crack, which was enough for his small arms to move. He swam into the room and bounced on Atem's chest, causing the merman to choke and then awaken. "Da, Da, Da!" Yugi squealed while bouncing. Atem looked up and was surprised to see his son. Yugi giggled at seeing the look on his daddy's face.

"Yugi … how did you get out of your crib?" Yugi giggled again and wiggled the fins of his tail. The king widened his eyes and sat up. "Kiara, wake up! We've got a jailbreak!" The King took the baby in his arms and shook his wife up.

"Atem, what's wrong?"

"It's Yugi, he finally learned to swim!" Hearing this, Kiara sat up and took her smiling baby into her own arms.

"Yugi, is that true? Did you learn how to swim?" Yugi smiled at his mother and wiggled his tail again. She squealed just like Yugi did, thinking how adorable that little scene was. Atem covered his ears at that, as he calls it, that 'horrible shrieking sound'. "My baby finally learned to swim!"

"Well, let's see if it's true." Atem got out of bed and swam over to the door. He then stopped and opened his arms. "Come here, Yugi." He smiled again and swam to his father, holding out his own tiny arms. Kiara squealed again. She was so proud of her little boy. Atem gave Yugi such a big hug when he finally reached him and spun the baby around in his arms. "Very good, Little One!"

"EEdeedee!" Baby Yugi exclaimed. Translation: 'I did it!' Atem laughed and spun Yugi around.

"You did it!" Both parents were very proud of their precious baby.

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Things were starting to get a little hectic around the Cyprocian Palace. Since Yugi learned to swim, everything had fallen into chaos. The boy had a curiosity the size of the Seven Seas put into one. Anything he could get his hands on, he would take, and whatever went into his hands, went into his mouth; which caused a lot of problems. Being that the baby had more energy then any of the adults in the palace, he would swim off with something in his mouth before anyone could catch him. But when he was caught, and had whatever was in his hand taken away, he would scream his head off until it was given back. When this would happen, Yugi would be sent to his room and would continue to scream until he was given his way. (Can we say spoiled rotten brat?)

Atem paced around his room with his hands covering his ears. Yugi continued to throw a temper tantrum after he and his wife had taken something away from their son that he should not have touched. Kiara sat on their bed, trying to find some tranquility in a book. "How can you sit there and read while our son is screaming like a herd of whales?" He yelled, trying to yell over Yugi's whining screams. Kiara just continued to read and flipped a page.

"You get used to it after a while."

"Then how come I can't?"

"Because every little noise pushes a button on you." Atem groaned in frustration and continued his pacing. Suddenly, Yugi stopped screaming. "Shh … listen … he stopped …" Kiara listened, but only to humor her husband. There was a moment of silence and then …

"… … …WHHAAAAAHHH!!" Both Kiara and Atem groaned.

"This is never going to stop …" Atem said. Kiara stood put and put her arms around her husband's neck.

"We have to be stern with him." Atem sighed and hugged his wife.

"Perhaps we spoil him too much." Kiara gave him a look that said 'gee, ya think?!'

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Yugi sat in his crib, screaming his head off. Mommy and Daddy were being very mean. All he wanted to do was see what the pen that Daddy uses would taste like, and Daddy took it away. If that was not enough, Daddy also slapped him on the wrist and yelled at him. He was very upset with Mommy and Daddy right now. Suddenly, he stopped crying because of a sound he heard in the distance. From his small crib, Yugi was able to look out the window and see what was causing the bellowing sound. It was a herd of whales. They sounded as if they were singing. Yugi smiled. He loved music, and wanted to sing with them. Without even thinking of the consequences, the small mer-baby swam right out of his window and giggled as he headed towards the heard of singing whales.

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After the parents could not hear any more noise coming from their offspring's room, Atem and Kiara were finally able to relax. "Ah, peace and quiet never sounded so good." Kiara began to climb on top of her husband.

"Now that he's quiet, what do you say we make a little noise?" Atem liked that idea. Even though he was a mythological creature, he was still a male, and we all know what is always on a male's mind. So he obviously accepted.

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Baby Yugi swam so fast, that he reached the whales in no time. It was a good thing that it was a herd of blue whales, which meant that they were friendly. The young mer-baby was happy to be with these magnificent creatures. They sang a beautiful song and Yugi sang with them. The whales seemed happy to sing with the Prince of Cyprocia. Of course, Yugi sang a different song, since he still only spoke his own baby language. Suddenly, something caught his eye and he forgot all about the singing. The next thing the mer-baby saw was a school of rainbow fish, they were swimming in circles. Yugi decided that he wanted to join in their circles. Since he had learned how to swim, he took every chance he had to swim.

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Meanwhile, back in the Palace, the royal couple still had no idea that their beloved son had vanished from the palace. Both Atem and Kiara looked so contempt in their bed together. Kiara had her head on Atem's chest while he had an arm around her. "That was wonderful, Atem." The mer-king had to agree.

"It certainly was. I had no idea how flexible you could be."

"Yeah, let's just keep that between you and me." Atem sat bolted up straight, surprising his wife.

"Shh, listen … do you hear that?"

" … … No …"

"Exactly … why isn't he making any noise?" Kiara shrugged.

"Maybe he fell asleep." Atem stared at his wife, silently saying 'I don't think so'.

"Kiara, this is Yugi we're talking about; he never sleeps! He has too much energy." Taking that fact into consideration, both parent flew out the bed and swam as fast as they could to their little angelfish's room.

When they got there, they were surprised to see that Yugi was nowhere to be found in his room. Kiara gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. "Yugi …? Baby, answer me!" They looked all around the room, including the closet. The mer-baby was nowhere to be found. Tears began to form in the mother's eyes. "Atem, here's not here, what are we going to do?" Atem held her in his arms.

"Don't worry, Kiara; I promise that I'll find Yugi, where ever he is."

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The baby was having too much fun with the rainbow fish to worry about his parents. He squealed loudly when the fish began to swim around him. He loved the colors that they made. He clapped his hands as he giggled. Suddenly, the colors stopped; why did the fishies stop their playing? Suddenly, a bigger fishy was making its way toward them. This fishy was big, and it was grey. It had a fin on its back and looked like it had lots of teeth. Yugi did not know it, but it was a shark. He saw the rainbow fishies swim away from the bigger fishy. He thought they were playing a game of 'tag', and he wanted to play too. So, he swam with the rainbow fish as fast as he could.

With each passing second, the shark kept getting closer and closer. It ate a few of the rainbow fish and made its way toward Yugi. The small mer-baby just giggled as the shark came closer. He still thought it was a game of 'tag'. For his age, Yugi was very fast at swimming. He zigzagged a few places, made sharp turns, and even did a few loop-dee-loops, causing the shark to become dizzy and lose track of its prey. Then, on accident, Yugi's purple tail bumped into a patch of coral, and it made him fall to the ocean floor. He cried loudly for his mother when he saw his boo-boo. The blood on Yugi's tail (right where his knee would be) let itself float into the water.

That was when the shark located the baby once again. It could see him on the ocean floor, crying over his boo-boo. The shark charged after the baby, who made no move. In fact, the shark was the last thing on his mind right now. He wanted Mommy to take the pain away just like she did ever other time he received an 'owie'. The shark sped up; it was not going to let the baby get away this time. Closer, and closer, and yet, Yugi did not move. Only a few more feet and

-BAM!-

The shark was caught in between a few branches of the coral reef. As the shark continued to struggle for its freedom, Yugi's boo-boo had finally made itself feel better a little bit since it was not bleeding anymore, but it still hurt. He wanted to go see Mommy and have her make the pain go away. As he got up and swam, he limped a little bit, and had to slow down.

"Mama …" He mumbled. Behind him, the shark continued to struggle, but the coral reef was too hard for it to break.

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Meanwhile, Atem swam around Cyprocia, looking for anyone who had seen his baby swim through. "Please, has anyone seen my son?" He did not need to tell them what he looked like because the baby prince stood out from everyone else. "I need to find my son!" Unfortunately, no one had seen the baby pass by. That is, until …

"Your Highness!" Someone called. Atem looked to see that an older merman with a yellow tail had called his name.

"Yes?"

"I saw your son earlier this morning." Relief flew through Atem's veins.

"You did? Where did he go?" The older merman bowed his head.

"The child was heading toward a herd of whales." The Cyprocian King gasped.

"They weren't Orcas, were they?" The older merman shook his head.

"No, Sire; they were blue whales." Atem let out a sigh of relief. But still, even if they were friendly whales, something that small should not have been around something that big.

"Did you see where they were heading?" The merman nodded and pointed to the north. The King thanked the man for his information and took off to find his baby.

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Little Yugi was getting scared. This he could not find his way home, and these mer-people looked really mean. "Mama?" He asked a mermaid that he saw. He wanted to ask if anyone had seen his mother, but everyone either ignored him, or told him to watch where he was going.

"Go home, Kid. Go see your mother." The mermaid said as she swam away. Yugi began to whimper sadly as tears filled his eyes. He was so far from home, and his tail was really starting to hurt him; plus, he was also tired. The poor mer-baby was so scared, and so alone. He did not want to stay around these scary people, so he scurried up towards the surface.

"Yugi! Yugi, where are you?!" Atem called out. He had found the herd of whales, but the child was nowhere to be seen. He wanted to ask the whales where his baby could have gone, but he was rusty on the Blue Whales' language. Soon, he found himself in a creepy town known as Loner's Trench. The town was given that name because trenches surrounded it. Anyway, this was where Atem decided to continue his search.

"Has anyone seen a child? A baby with a purple tail and hair like mine?" The townspeople either told him to shut up or get out of town. "Please, I'm begging you! There's a reward!" Not even that raised the attention of the rude townspeople. Suddenly, there came a scream coming from somewhere near the surface.

"I know that scream … YUGI!" The King of Cyprocia swam to the surface as fast as he could. When he neared to where the screams were coming from, he gasped at what he saw. He could see his baby son caught in a human's net. "Oh no, Yugi!" Luckily, the baby heard his name being called and spotted his father. Reaching out a chubby little arm, he screamed for Daddy as loud as he could.

"Da!!!!!!!!!" Atem had to increase his speed, since the human net was being lifted too fast. Atem reached for his son.

"Don't worry, Yugi! It's going to be alright!" They were so close, only fingertips away from each other when the net finally left the water. "NOOO!!!!"

Above the surface of the ocean, a ship that was full of human fisherman was congratulating each other on how big their catch was.

"There's a whopper in this one!" One of the humans said. Atem came up to the surface, for the first time, I might add, and watched as his baby struggled to both get out of the net and breathe at the same time.

'I have to get him out of there before the humans see him … but how?' He thought to himself. "But How?" He sat down on a rock, but on top of someone sharp. "Ouch!" When he stood up, rubbing the back side of his tail, he saw that it was a very sharp, broken shell. He picked it up, making sure to be very careful with it. "Perhaps I can use this to cut the human net and set my son free." Without wasting another second, the petrified father swam quickly towards the surface. He peeked his head just above the water, making sure that the humans could not see him. He gasped as he saw his small son, being lifted further and further away from the water. The small baby was gasping for breath. 'He needs to get back in the water.' Suddenly, the humans began to yell.

"Hey, Bob, come look at this?" Another human joined the one that was so close to Atem's son.

"What is it?"

"I don't know, but it's purple. I've never seen a fish with that bright of a purple color before." Atem gasped. He had to move quickly! He threw the sharp broken shell as if it were a dart and aimed for the net. Perfect aim! It cut the net just in time, but the fisherman panicked and started to gather up all their fish before they lost it all.

"Hey Murray, you'll never guess what your 'purple fish' is!" Atem's eyes opened wide. One of the humans had grabbed Yugi by the tail and was holding him upside down.

"You gotta be kiddin' me! No way that's a mermaid!" Not only was Atem scared, but he was also a little pissed off at the humans for treating his son so horribly. "How much do you think we can get for this?" Yugi was struggling to be let go and screaming his tiny heart out. The humans paid no attention to the little mer-boy's struggling.

"Who knows? I'd say we're gonna be rich! We actually captured a mermaid!" Yugi continued to scream for his life. The two humans laughed like maniacs when all of a sudden, a tremor ran through the ship.

"What was that?" The one holding Yugi upside down asked. It happened again. This time, Yugi was starting to get a little worried. The other human looked over the opposite side of the ship.

"It's a bunch of whales! They're trying to flip us over!" The Blue Whales bumped their heads against the side of the fishing ship as they attempted to free Baby Yugi from those awful humans. Finally, with one final mighty push, the human's grasp on Yugi's tail lifted and the mer-child flew through the air.

"No!" The humans yelled. Yugi continued to fall closer and closer towards the surface of the ocean, screaming the whole time. Unexpectedly, right before Yugi hit the water, Atem jumped out of the water and caught his falling son.

"Gotcha!" He said, and then fell right back into the ocean. As Atem swam a little deeper with Yugi in his arms, they both watched as the whales continued to attack the human ship until it finally flipped over and the humans were floating along the surface.

Once their mission was completed, the whales gazed at Atem and Yugi. Atem smiled and nodded his head.

"Thank you." The giant whales gave a sound that sounded as if they were saying 'your welcome' before they swam away. Atem looked at his son, his eyes still filled with worry and a bit of relief. "Yugi," Hearing his name, the baby looked into his father's eyes, "Are you alright?" Yugi just smiled and wiggled the fins of his tail. Atem wanted to yell and tell Yugi to never scare him like that again, but all he could do was let out a sigh of relief and hug the baby as close to him as he possibly could. "Thank Poseidon you're safe." Yugi hugged his daddy back, so happy to see him.

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Back in the Cyprocian Palace, Kiara would not leave her room, too worried about Yugi and Atem to think of anything else. She had not stopped crying the entire time Atem had been gone. Seto was trying to calm her down, but he was having no luck.

"Your Majesty, you must calm down. If Atem says he'll find your son, then he will." Kiara wiped her eyes with a cloth and looked out upon her kingdom from the balcony.

"I don't doubt Atem's ability to keep his promises, but as his wife, and Yugi's mother, I can do nothing but worry." Seto exhaled in frustration.

"I give up!" He left the room. Kiara did not look away from the balcony. She prayed to Poseidon that her husband and son were safe. Little did she know that the objects of her worry were watching her from the doorway. Atem smiled and then whispered something into Yugi's ear. The baby smiled and wiggled his way towards his mother.

Kiara had no idea that they were even there. She continued to watch through the balcony. "Please come home safe, my boys …" Yugi smiled.

"Mama." Kiara did not hear his small voice.

"I miss my baby so much that I'm hallucinating, hearing his voice …" Atem silently snickered from his spot in the doorway.

"Mama!"

"Wait, that was no hallucination," She looked behind her to see Yugi holding out his tiny arms, expecting her to pick him up, "Yugi!" She scooped up her baby so fast, that Atem almost missed it. Kiara continued to cry, only now they were tears of joy. She kissed Yugi all over his face and squeezed him tight, as if she were never going to let him out of her sight ever again.

"I am never letting you out of my sight ever again!" Yugi smiled and squealed in happiness. He was so happy now that he was back in Mommy's arms.

"Hey, I'm fine too, you know." Kiara laughed with tears falling down her face.

"Of course, I missed you too." Atem went over and gave his wife a kiss. "So, where was he?" Kiara asked as she cradled Yugi in her arms, gradually lulling the baby to sleep. Atem's eyes widened. There was no way he was going to tell Kiara about Yugi's encounter with humans. As much as he feared humans, she feared them even more.

"Oh, uh ,,, he was just playing at the local school of flounder." Kiara seemed to not notice his answer as she continued to snuggle with the sleepy mer-baby in her arms.

As Yugi floated into dreamland, he smiled because his thoughts were of his adventure and how happy he was to be home.

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