For anyone who wants to know, I did have a good time on my vacation.
Here's the next chapter.
Enjoy!
Chapter 36- Sendai
"Guys, will you all hurry up?!" Seiji shouted up the stairs.
"We will." came the reply from all of the teenagers.
Seiji groaned. "Why can't they pack the night before instead of having to pack ten minutes before we have to leave and risk forgetting something?" Seiji asked.
"Because they are teenagers." Touma said.
"That's not an excuse, Tou." Seiji retorted.
"I know that, but teenagers don't usually think ahead the way that you or I do." Touma said.
"It would just help if they would at least pack a few things beforehand." Seiji said.
"Well, we can't help that." Touma said.
"Where's Jun, anyway?" Seiji asked.
"He's in the living room watching TV. Since we're waiting on them, I figured I might as well let him watch TV so that he can be entertained for a while." Touma said.
"Not a bad idea." Seiji agreed.
A few moments later, Yugi came downstairs carrying a suitcase.
"Okay. I'm ready." Yugi said.
"Well, that's one." Touma said.
"Make that two." Heba said as he also walked down the stairs.
"How did you two pack so fast?" Seiji asked.
"We had most of our stuff packed last night. We just had to add in a few other things." Yugi answered.
"See. Not all teenagers wait and pack until the last minute." Touma said.
"Well, I think Ryou's packed, but he's helping Bakura get packed." Yugi said.
"It won't be long then. Ryou's a pretty fast packer." Touma said.
It wasn't long before all of the teenagers had come downstairs with their packed bags.
"All right. We need to go." Seiji said.
Touma walked into the living room. "Jun, it's time to go." Touma said.
"Okay, Papa." Jun said. He turned off the TV and followed Touma out.
All the others were in the two cars that they would be driving to Sendai.
"Why don't we just fly to Sendai?" Bakura grumbled.
"Because Sendai doesn't have an airport." Seiji replied.
"It doesn't matter, Kura. We'll be fine just driving." Ryou added in.
"Let's get moving." Seiji said.
Seiji, Touma, Jun, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik were all going in the big van that Seiji and Touma had gotten recently since they were going to have two kids now. Yugi, Yami, Atemu, Heba, Seto, and Jou were going to be in the jeep with Yugi driving.
The two cars headed out.
"Explain to me why you're driving, Yugi." Seto said.
"Because they told me to." Yugi said.
"That, and Yugi is one of the most cautious drivers among us. When we would drive to school, he's the only one that Touma would let drive the car." Jou said.
"Seto, you may be a pretty cautious driver, but you have no patience when it comes to driving a long ways, and we all know that Sendai is a four hour drive." Yami said.
"Well, I guess we might as well relax then." Heba said.
"I'm hungry." Jou said.
"Puppy, we are not stopping for a while to eat, so don't start." Seto snapped.
"I can't help that I'm hungry." Jou snapped back.
Yugi sighed. "Jou, there are some snacks back there. You can eat on them until we stop." Yugi said.
"Thanks, Yug." Jou said as he got the snacks out.
"You were prepared." Yami said.
"I have been on enough long trips with Jou to know that having snacks is a necessity." Yugi answered.
~Two Hours Later~
"I hate this." Marik muttered.
"Well, deal with it." Seiji said.
Ryou and Malik were sitting in the very backseat while Bakura and Marik were in the row in front of them with Jun.
After trying to make out with their boyfriends, Seiji had ordered that they separate, and Ryou and Malik had volunteered to go to the back so that they didn't get into any trouble.
"We still have about two hours of driving. You'll just have to endure it until then, Marik." Touma said. He glanced back and saw that Jun was fast asleep. 'Jun's the only child in this car, and he's the most well-behaved of them. Well, Ryou and Malik aren't so bad, but he's better than Marik and Bakura.' Touma thought.
"Hey, Touma." Ryou said.
"What?" Touma asked.
"Did Yugi remember to put some snacks in the jeep?" Ryou asked.
"Why would he need to?" Seiji asked.
"Jou." Ryou, Malik, and Touma all said.
"If they don't have something to eat in that car, then they're going to be hearing him complain." Bakura said.
"Don't worry. I'm sure that Yugi put some snacks in the car. He knows that they would be in trouble otherwise." Touma said.
"I still haven't figured out where that boy puts all that food that he eats." Seiji said.
"Seiji, that is something that you don't try and figure out. You just accept the fact that Jou is a pig and move on. I gave up on trying to figure that out a long time ago." Touma said.
After the long drive, the group finally made it to Sendai.
"Think that we should go and see your parents first?" Touma asked.
"No. we can go and check into the hotel first. That way, we can get all of this baggage out of the cars." Seiji said.
"How did you convince your parents not to put us up? I thought for sure that they would have wanted to have us stay with them." Touma said.
"They did, but they didn't have enough room in the house for all of us. Some of us would have had to have stayed in a hotel anyway." Seiji said.
"Well, you two could have stayed with them, and the rest of us could have stayed at the hotel." Bakura said.
"Bakura, the last time that I let you and Marik stay somewhere without me, I ended up having to pay five thousands dollars to the hotel to repair the damages." Seiji said.
"What did they do?" Touma asked.
"I don't know. All I do know is that the hotel room was in shambles, the dining room had several broken tables, and four vending machines were broken beyond repair." Seiji said.
"Do I want to know?" Touma asked, looking back at Marik and Bakura.
"Well, you're probably better off not knowing the answer to that." Bakura admitted.
"Then I won't ask again, and I understand why Seiji doesn't want you staying alone." Touma said.
Seiji pulled into the hotel parking lot, and Yugi pulled in behind him.
Everyone got out of the two vehicles.
"We're going to check in to the hotel before we head over to see Seiji's parents." Touma said.
"Okay." Yami said.
After Seiji got the hotel keys, the group headed to fourth floor, where they would be staying.
Seiji and Touma would be sharing a room, and Jun would be in the room with them. Bakura and Ryou were also sharing a room. Marik and Malik were also in a room together. Seto and Jou were put in the same room. Yugi and Yami were also sharing a room as were Atemu and Heba.
"Do you think having all of them sharing a room was really a great idea?" Seiji asked.
"We didn't have a choice." Touma replied.
"I guess you're right." Seiji agreed.
"When are we going to see Grandma and Grandpa?" Jun asked.
"We'll be going pretty soon." Touma assured him.
"Great! I want to see them again." Jun said.
"You will. Don't worry about it." Seiji said.
"Maybe we should get the boys and go on over there. I know that they want to see all of us." Touma said.
Seiji nodded.
After they had gotten all of the boys together, the group headed out.
The group drove to the Date home. It was a quaint looking house.
"Seiji, did you grow up here?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. I did." Seiji replied.
"It's a nice house." Jou said.
"Thanks. Now, come on. I'm sure that my parents want to see us." Seiji said.
The group walked up to the house.
Since it was Seiji's childhood home, he just walked in.
"Seiji!" a young girl cried jumping on him and hugging him tightly.
"Hey, Satsuki." Seiji said.
The girl, Satsuki, had dark eyes and long, blonde hair.
"Everyone, this is my younger sister, Satsuki." Seiji said.
Everyone introduced themselves.
"It's good to meet you all." Satsuki said. She then hugged Touma. "It's great to finally see you again. I haven't seen you in years, Touma." Satsuki said.
"It's good to see you again." Satsuki said.
Jun tugged on Touma's hand, not sure what was going on.
Touma smiled down at his son and said, "Satsuki, I think that there is someone who you should meet."
"Yeah. This is our son, Jun. Jun, this is your aunt, Satsuki." Seiji said.
"So, you're my aunt?" Jun asked.
"It would seem so." Satsuki said, kneeling down in front of Jun.
A second later, Jun jumped on Satsuki and hugged her.
The group laughed, knowing that Jun was happy to meet another relative.
Seiji then started to show everyone around the property while Satsuki kept Jun at the house.
"So, she's your sister?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. Satsuki is twenty-five. She still lives in Sendai, but she comes to see our parents a lot." Seiji replied.
Touma laughed. "When we were still in high school, she used to have a crush on me." Touma said.
Seiji groaned. "You have no idea how much I hated that crush." Seiji said.
"I'm guessing that you two were dating at the time." Ryou said.
"Yeah. I got quite irritated with that." Seiji said.
"He was rather happy when Satsuki got over her crush on me." Touma said.
"I think that she's out of luck there now." Atemu teased.
"Yes, she is." Seiji agreed.
Satsuki was playing with Jun when Touma walked in.
"Is everything all right?" Satsuki asked.
"Yeah. Seiji's showing the boys around, but I need to get off my feet." Touma said as he sat down.
"I suppose being pregnant isn't easy." Satsuki said.
"You have no idea." Touma said.
Jun climbed up onto the sofa beside Touma. "Papa, when is the baby going to get here?" Jun asked.
"You've still got a few months, Jun." Touma said, ruffling Jun's hair.
"Oh, man." Jun said.
Touma chuckled.
"Come on, Jun. There's a room upstairs you can play in." Satsuki said. She took Jun upstairs and came back down. "The room has toys in it, so I think that he'll be able to entertain himself for a while." Satsuki explains.
"That's good. After a four hour car ride, I think that he needs to play for a while." Touma said.
"Sounds like you and Seiji are really happy together." Satsuki said.
"We are." Touma said.
"Well, after what the numbskull did before, he had better stay with you." Satsuki said.
Touma laughed. "He's not getting out of it. Trust me. I won't let him get out of it." Touma said.
"I still can't believe that Seiji didn't kill me when I had that crush on you. I mean, I was constantly flirting with you." Satsuki said.
"Well, he did rant to me about it for a while after we left. In fact, I believe that I had to kiss him to shut him up." Touma said.
Satsuki giggled. "I'm sure that he didn't mind." Satsuki said.
"No. He didn't." Touma agreed.
"So, are you two going to get married?" Satsuki asked.
"Well, we haven't actually talked about that." Touma admitted.
"Hold on. You two have a son together, and you have another one on the way, and you haven't even discussed marriage?" Satsuki asked.
Touma nodded.
"Man. I think that Seiji needs his head examined." Satsuki said.
"Believe me. There's a lot going on in our house. It's a miracle that we can even think about each other." Touma said.
Satsuki giggled. "I guess having ten teenagers living in the house, and those ten teenagers are all dating one of the others, I guess you have to deal with a lot, especially with another kid on the way." Satsuki said.
"Yeah, we do." Touma replied.
The front door opened, and Niella called, "Satsuki, could you help me?"
"Sure, Mom." Satsuki said. She got up and headed into the kitchen.
A few minutes later, Niella and Satsuki walked into the room.
"Hello, Touma. I'm sorry that I wasn't here when you all arrived here." Niella said.
"It's all right. You couldn't have known." Touma said.
After a little while, Seiji walked into the house with the boys.
"Hi, Mom." Seiji said.
"Hello, Seiji. I'm glad that you all made it." Niella said.
"Well, I said that while we were out here, we would come." Seiji said.
"Where's Jun, though?" Niella asked.
"I took him up to the play room. I thought he would like it in there." Satsuki replied.
"He probably does." Niella agreed.
The teenagers all decided to just wander around the grounds.
"I guess they all want to find places to make out." Seiji muttered.
"We were teenagers once, too. We were like that at one time." Touma reminded him.
"I know that." Seiji replied.
That night, the group stayed at the Date house for their dinner. Satsuki wasn't able to stay, so they were just eating with Niella and Mason.
"How was the drive here?" Mason asked.
"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." Touma said.
"Yeah. We made pretty good time, too." Seiji said.
"When is the concert that you're doing?" Niella asked.
"It's in two days. We'll be spending most of the time tomorrow getting ready for it." Yugi replied.
"Well, I hope that the concert goes well." Mason said.
"They usually do." Heba said.
The group talked for a while as they ate.
After eating, they stayed and talked for a while before they headed for the hotel.
"Well, that was an interesting day." Touma said.
"I hope Satsuki wasn't too bothersome." Seiji said.
"Seiji, we just talked. There's not much to tell, really." Touma said.
"Papa, am I going to have to be there tomorrow when they're preparing for the concert?" Jun asked.
"No, Jun. You're not. Your Grandma and Grandpa are going to watch you tomorrow." Touma said.
"Yeah. You'll get to spend the day with them." Seiji said.
Jun's eyes lit up. "All right!" Jun exclaimed.
Seiji and Touma smiled. They were glad that Seiji's parents were going to keep him the next day because it would make things easier for them since Hikari and Aibou would have to get ready for their concert that was in a few days.
Seiji and Touma put Jun to bed before they went to bed themselves.
Hope you liked it.
Next: It will most likely be about the concert.
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