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Chapter 17

Yami sped all the way to his mother's house while trying to calm Yugi down.

"Baby, it's gonna be okay. Calm down."

"Calm down? Yami, my baby is missing! How am I supposed to calm down?"

Yami sighed and rubbed Yugi's thigh. He pulled up to his parents' house and parked the car. Together they walked up to the door and Yami rang the doorbell. Riena opened the door wiping her eyes on a tissue. She allowed them inside and they all took a seat on the couch.

"Mom, tell us what happened."

Riena nodded, "I had just put her down for a nap. In my room. I turned on the baby monitor and walked out the room making sure to leave the bedroom door open just in case. I came into the kitchen to make her a bottle for when she woke up and make myself something to eat. Fifteen minutes later I went to check on her and she was gone. At first I figured that she had just crawled under the bed or something, but then remembered she couldn't get off my bed unless she fell off, and I had put pillows around her so she wouldn't fall and I never heard a thump. That's when I noticed that my bedroom window was open when it wasn't before."

Yugi bit his lip. He was trying hard not to cry. He rushed to the bathroom.

"Mom, did you call the police?"

Riena shook her head, "No, I wanted to talk to you first."

Yami nodded, "Call the police mom," he said and noticed that Yugi was missing. "Tell them what happened. I gotta check on Yugi."

Riena nodded as Yami stood up and headed straight for the bathroom where he found Yugi bent over the toilet puking and crying. Yami sighed and rubbed his back.

"Shh, baby, it's gonna be okay. We'll find her."

Yugi spent five minutes puking and then stood and flushed the toilet. Yami handed him some mouthwash which he accepted gratefully. After finishing, Yugi nodded.

"I know. I am just worried about her," Yugi yawned.

"C'mon, I think someone needs to rest."

Yugi shook his head, "I'm not gonna take a nap."

"You don't have too, just come and rest."

Yugi and Yami walked back into the living room just as someone knocked on the door. Yami went and opened the door to find two policemen standing there. He opened the door wider and let them in. They came in and stood in front of Riena.

"Ma'am, can you please tell us what happened?"

Riena nodded and told the police the same thing she told Yugi and Yami. Once she was done the police nodded.

"Is she your daughter?"

Riena shook her head. One of the cops nodded, "So you were just babysitting. Where are the child's parents?"

"Right here," Yugi said. "Takara is my daughter."

The policemen looked at him, "You're a bit young aren't you?"

Yugi got angry, "What the hell does that matter? My daughter is missing and you're worried about my age?"

"I'm just checking all the possible bases, sir. With you being so young could have been a factor of having your daughter taken away from you and put in protective custody."

Yugi blew up, "What the fuck is wrong with you people? I am sixteen and a good parent. My daughter wasn't taken and put in protective custody, someone kidnapped her. Now are you gonna stand around here and continue questioning me or are you gonna do your fucking jobs and find my daughter?"

Yami put his arm around Yugi's waist and pulled him close, "Relax, baby. They didn't mean anything by it. It's their job to ask those kinds of questions."

One of the policemen went to check out Riena's bedroom while the other one looked at Yami, "Are you the other parent?"

Yami sighed, "I wish, but no."

"Where's the other parent? Have you talked to him?"

Yugi shook his head, "Not since this morning at school. Yami, do you think Joey did this?"

"How could he? He was at school with you, right?"

"Unless he had an accomplice," The policeman said, "We'll talk to him. Do you know where he lives?"

Yugi nodded and gave the policeman the address just as the other one came out of Riena's bedroom.

"Nothing to suggest foul play. It looks like the window was open from the outside. And that was the way he escaped. He turned to Riena, "Are you sure you didn't hear anything?"

Riena shook her head, "No, nothing. She was just…gone."

The policemen nodded their heads, "Alright well we've got enough information to go on. We're gonna find her I promise," One said.

Yami gave them numbers to reach either him or Yugi on. Once they left the three sat back and sighed. Yugi was trying hard not cry, Riena was feeling bad, and Yami was worried that Joey did have something to do with this. After a few minutes, he got up and walked out of the room. Yugi looked up and thought he was going to the bathroom. Yugi looked at Riena.

"Riena, you do know this isn't your fault, right?"

"I'm so sorry, Yugi. I shouldn't have left her alone."

"Riena, it's okay, it's not your fault."

"Yes, it is. If I hadn't left her in the room-"

"Mom, stop," Yami said coming back in the room. "Yugi's right, it isn't your fault. So stop."

The three turned as Yori came into the house. He noticed everyone's somber faces.

"What's going on?"

"Takara's gone, Yori. Someone kidnapped her and I was right here!" Riena cried going to her husband.

Yori didn't really say anything just rubbed his wife's back and shushed her.

"Pa! Pa!" Takara screamed. She wanted her papa and her daddy. "Da! Da!"

"Shh, Takara, it's okay, daddy's here," Joey said as he ran away from the house.

Takara shook her head and wailed again, big, fat tears falling out of her eyes. You're not my daddy. Where's my daddy and papa?

Joey ran to his boyfriend's mansion. Using the key that Seto gave him he entered the mansion and headed to his boyfriend's office. He found Seto's office door slightly ajar and just as he was about to enter he heard Seto's angry voice.

"Where you not listening? Is this what I said? No! Now I suggest you fix this or it will cost you your job."

The man who Seto was yelling at scurried out of the office and Joey entered.

"Seto?"

"What!"

"Um, I'm sorry, I'll come back later."

Seto looked up and saw Joey standing there, "Oh, sorry, pup. I didn't see you there."

Joey gave a one armed shrug, "It's fine," he said and looked at Takara as she continued to scream. "Will you shut up!"

"Pup, is that a baby? What do you think you're doing bringing a baby here? Who's is it?"

"Mine."

Seto got up and walked over to Joey and stared at the baby. Takara was scared she didn't like the way that man was staring at her. She stuffed her fist in her mouth and whimpered.

Seto frowned, "She certainly looks like you. Wait, this is the baby you had with Yugi, isn't it?"

Joey nodded.

Seto's frown got deeper, "Joey, what did you do? Did you just kidnap her?"

"It's not kidnapping if she's mine," Joey argued.

"Do they know that you took her? Its kidnapping, Joey! What's wrong with you? Are you so desperate for a baby? Is that it? You're angry because I said I wanted to wait?"

"No!"

"Then why bring her here? What do you possibly have to gain?"

"My daughter. She belongs to me. All I want is my daughter. I have a right to see my daughter, right?" Joey asked as his phone rang.

"Baby, the police are right, maybe you ought to call Joey."

Yugi nodded. He stood up and fished his cell out of his pocket and dialed the one number he dialed for most of his life.

"Hello?"

"Joey."

"Hey, Yugi. What's up?"

"Where is she?"

"Who?"

"My daughter you sonovabitch! Where is she? I know you took her!"

Joey laughed, "I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about."

"I'm gonna kill you, you know that? You thought that by taking my daughter you were gonna break me. I hate you more now than I ever did before. Give her back to me!" Yugi screamed into the phone.

"I don't have her. And if I did, what makes you think I would give her back to you? You decided that I would have no part in our daughter's life."

"So you kidnapped her? You know what that makes you look like? Weak. It shows that Joey Wheeler is too weak to fight for what he wants and he just takes whatever it is by force."

"I'm the weak one? I'm not the one who wasn't able to defend himself from his parents or from me."

"You sonovabitch! How dare you! When I told you I was pregnant, you didn't care, you refused to even acknowledge it. I swear to-"

"Baby, calm down. Give me the phone."

Yugi shook his head. "Joey, so help me you will pay for this," he said and hung up the phone.

Yugi sat back down and rubbed his belly and cried. Yami wrapped his arms around him.

"He took her, but I don't know where he is."

"How can you be sure?" Yami asked.

"I heard her crying in the background. I'm sure of it."

Yami nodded and pulled out his cell and dialed Bakura's number.

"Yeah?"

"'Kura, it's Yami, I need your help."

"What's up?"

"I need you to track down a certain someone."

Yugi frowned, "Yami, what're you doing?"

"We're gonna get her back, babe."

"Who is it?"

"Wheeler."

"Wheeler? Why, what did that asshole do now?"

"He kidnapped Taki."

"WHAT! Argh! Wait until I get my hands on him!"

"'Kura, I just need you to find him. I don't want you to hurt him."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. I think Yugi should be the one to deal with him. Just find him."

"You got it. I'm gonna get Ryou."

"Yami, can you ask if Ryou could meet us at the house? I want to talk to him about, you know."

"Sure, babe. Hey 'Kura, Yugi asked if you can tell Ryou to meet us at the house. He wanted to talk to him about something."

"Sure."

Yami opened the door to Bakura and Ryou. He gestured them in the house.

"Where's Yugi?"

"Bathroom."

"So, Yams, how are we gonna go about this?" Bakura asked.

"First off, don't ever call me Yams. And it should be simple, but knowing Joey, trying to find to him and Taki isn't gonna be easy. My best bet, talking to Kaiba."

Yugi came back into the living room with a pack of crackers in his hand, "Oh, hey guys."

Ryou and Bakura nodded to Yugi. Yugi sat on the couch and rubbed his belly. Ryou frowned and then raised an eyebrow.

"Yugi, does Joey have a favorite place he would go that he might take Taki to?" Yami asked.

Yugi shook his head, "I don't think so. If he did, I never knew about it."

"Great, I guess our first stops are his parents' house and Kaiba's. Ryou's gonna stay here with you like you asked. I'm gonna go with Bakura. Okay?"

Yugi nodded and popped a cracker in his mouth, "Be careful."

Yami nodded and leaned down and placed a kiss on his boyfriend's lips. "I will."

After Yami and Bakura left, Ryou looked at Yugi and smiled, "You're pregnant again."

"How can you tell?"

Ryou smiled, "Easy, you've got that pregnancy glow that you had when you were pregnant with Taki. And crackers after coming out of the bathroom? That only suggests that you have morning sickness, not to mention you've been constantly rubbing your belly."

Yugi chuckled, "Nothing gets past you, huh? Listen is there a way to check and make sure this baby is Yami's and not from the rape?"

"Rape? What rape?"

"Yami didn't tell you?"

Ryou shook his head, "I don't think so. Wait a sec, you were raped at the party weren't you? That's what happened when Yami brought you downstairs and told us that we were leaving."

Yugi nodded.

"Well to answer your question, yes, but the process could be a little painful."

"Whaddya mean?"

"In order to check on the unborn fetus, we'd have to a spinal tap to withdraw DNA and compare it with Yami's DNA, but we'd have to wait until you're at least one month before we do that."

Yugi nodded, "I can wait."

Bakura and Yami came upon Joey's house. Walking up to the door Yami rang the doorbell.

"Hello?" a girl answered.

"Hi, I'm looking for Joey. Is he home?"

"Sure, come on in. Joey! You have visitors!"

Five minutes later Joey came down the stairs, "Yami and his lapdog, what can I do for you?"

"How about you tell me where Takara is," Yami growled.

"Not here. I told Yugi that I don't know where she is."

"Yeah, I think you're lying," Bakura said.

"Why would I lie?"

"Because you're a bastard who likes to see Yugi suffer."

"If I wanted him to suffer I wouldn't need to kidnap his daughter."

Yami flipped out and shoved Joey against the front door, "You sonovabitch, where is she?"

Joey just laughed and shrugged, "Sucks to be you, huh?"

"Joey, I will murder you, do not tempt me," Yami growled.

Bakura attempted to pull Yami off, "Come on, Yami let's go."

Yami growled, but let go of Joey and walked out the house after Bakura, "She's not there."

"Are you sure?"

Yami shook his head as he slid in the passenger seat, "There's no way that Joey would get a baby past his family. Taki would be making too much noise."

"So I guess that leaves Kaiba's mansion. Come to think of it, there are plenty places in there where you could hide a baby. Kaiba might not even know that Joey hid a baby there."

"Something tells me that Kaiba knows that Taki's there," Yami answered as his cell rang.

"Yeah?"

"Yami, Yugi's over here freaking out and I can't get him to calm down. I don't know what to tell him."

"Put him on the phone."

"Yami?"

"Yugi, I know you're worried, but you've gotta calm down, pussycat."

"Did you find her? What if she's never found? What am I gonna do?"

"Yugi, stop. We'll find her. I promise, but you need to stay calm. This stress isn't good for you or the other baby. Please."

"I'll try."

"Good. I love you."

"Love you, too."

Yami shut the phone and put it back in his pocket and sighed. They pulled in front of Kaiba's mansion. The boys walked up to it and rang the bell. A man in a suit answered.

"May I help you?"

"Yes, I need to speak to Mr. Kaiba. Is he available?"

The man nodded and ushered them into the living room, "I'll go get him. Who may I say is calling?"

"Yami Sennen. I work for him."

The man nodded and walked away. Five minutes Kaiba descended the stairs with a frown on his face.

"What are you doing here? How did you even know where I live?"

Bakura snorted, "I don't know maybe it was the fact that it was a mansion or the fact that there was K on gate. As for what we're doing here, I think you know."

Kaiba looked bored and shrugged.

"Kaiba, did Joey come here earlier with a baby?" Yami asked.

"What's it to you?"

"Kaiba, Yugi's daughter is missing."

"So, what does that have to do with me?"

Bakura sighed, "Joey may have hidden Yugi's daughter here and maybe you haven't seen anything or maybe you have seen something and you're not saying anything."

"Kaiba, please."

"Why should I help you?"

"Because besides you, I'm the best gamer in the city and I know my stuff when it comes to games. If you don't help me, I'll quit my job and you'll be back at square one."

Kaiba growled, "You think I can't find a replacement. I don't care about you or your skills."

"Right, and that's why you hired me. Look, I'm begging you, Kaiba. Help me find her. If you know something, please."

"We all know you wanna protect your boyfriend, but don't forget, the police are looking for him. He's gonna go to jail and then you'll be charged as an accomplice. You don't want that, now do you, Kaiba boy?" Bakura said.

Kaiba frowned and thought for a minute. He nodded, "Follow me."

Kaiba led them upstairs and down the hall past several rooms and knocked on his brother's door before opening it. Yami saw Takara playing with Mokuba.

"Mokuba."

Mokuba turned around and faced his brother. Takara noticed her daddy. She squealed and flailed her arms.

"Da! Da!"

Bakura chuckled, "Looks like someone's happy to see you."

Yami walked over to Mokuba and took Takara outta his hands. "Hey sweetie, did you miss me?"

Takara put her mouth on Yami's cheek and slobbered on it causing everyone to laugh. Yami turned to Kaiba.

"Why are you helping me?"

"I'm not. I'm helping me. Now I suggest you get out of here before Joey finds out."

Bakura and Yami nodded. "Thanks, Kaiba," Yami said as they headed out to Bakura's car.

TBC...

Max: Yay! Taki's been found!

Me: Yup.

Max: So everything can go back to normal right?

Me: Did you really think it's gonna be that easy?

Max: *sigh* no.