Morning Sickness

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh

Serenity woke up to a blinding light of fluorescent light bulbs and white walls. From past experiences she knew where she was, the hospital. The events of the past day came back to her like a flood, being dragged up the stairs by a masked man, lying on the ground being kicked in the stomach repeatedly, Joey screaming her name. And the baby, oh God, the baby.

"Serenity?" An unsteady voice asked, she knew who it was. "Seto?" She could barely talk, her throat was dry and burning. Although that was the least of her worries. "Don't try to talk, sweetie. Just stay still, do you want to sit up?" Seto asked, Serenity had never heard him sound so weak before, he sounded like he's been crying. No, Seto doesn't cry, never has.

She nodded and Kaiba went to grab the remote for her bed. "Brace yourself." He said, pressing the up button, the bed moved slowly up and Serenity felt a numb pain run up her spine. Then the bed stopped and the numb pain faded.

She decided she wouldn't try to move too much in risk of making something else hurt. "Where's our baby?" She asked, her voice had now become a whisper, an upgrade from the hoarse airy sound she had produced moments earlier.

Kaiba smiled, "He's okay, and the minute you got here you had a C-section."

Serenity knew something else had happened, he wasn't telling her everything. She pushed the thought to the back of her mind, the baby was okay! And it was a boy! She eased back into her bed and sighed, "Thank God." She breathed.

"There's one other thing, Ren." Kaiba's face dropped, "The baby was fine, but you're not." Serenity thought of Joey and Yugi, "How about Joey and Yugi?"

Kaiba held Serenity's and in his, and looked at the ground, always others before herself. "They're fine, Joey's still here, he's going to he to be observed overnight. Yugi's staying at Tea's for a couple days, she's going to watch over him."

"Tel me more about our baby." Serenity said, closing her eyes. Kaiba felt a pang of guilt, "I haven't seen him yet, and I wanted to wait for you to wake up. But Mokuba has seen him, he said he's beautiful." Serenity opened her eyes, "Let's see him now then."

Kaiba looked up, "Alright, but fist there's one more thing you should know." He took a deep breath. "Your spine was injured, and well…" He turned his head away, almost tearing up. But no, not in front of Serenity. "They said you probably won't be able to walk again."

Serenity could feel her eyes tearing up, as happy as she was about her baby news like this was hard to process. "There's a way to fix it though, and I'm going to do everything n my power to fix this." Kaiba assured her, squeezing her hand, "We can get though this."

Serenity shook her head, "I didn't live through this t give up." She squeezed back, "We should see our baby." Kaiba stood up, "I'll go get him."

Joey's Hospital Room

"She's awake?" Joey asked, practically jumping out of his bed. "Let's go see her!" Mai sat on a chair by Joey's bed holding a tired Haylie in her arms. "We probably should a little bit later," Mai answered, "Kaiba was taking the baby to her."

Joey nodded, the one moment between a man and his child was so beautiful he couldn't steal it, not even from Kaiba. "Did you ask him how she was doing?" Joey asked, Mai nodded. "She's in pain, not that she would show it, and she knows that she may never walk again."

Joey could feel a little buzz of anger, "Those bastards who did this, they're going to pay, Mai." Joey looked away for a moment, "I could hear her crying Mai, and them kicking."

Mai felt really sympathetic, Serenity was Joey's best friend, and she had been there for him. More him for her since the eye operation, but to the best of her ability she did whatever she could for her big brother.

"We'll go over to her room in a few hours, okay." Mai said, Joey nodded and lay back down.

Serenity's Hospital Room

Serenity held her baby boy in her arms, and the moment she did, she was in love. It was almost like al the bad in the world went way. The fact she might never walk again, gone. The dizziness and pain, gone. All just by looking into her son's little blue eyes.

"We should probably name him." Kaiba said touching the baby's cheek gently. "Alistair." She whispered, looking up at Kaiba with tear-rimed eyes. He nodded, and looked at the baby.

"Alistair Kaiba." He whispered.