This chapter is wholly dedicated to heinz246. I hope you enjoy this girl!

And the same for the rest of my readers. I hope you enjoy this. Part of this didn't come out the way I wanted but it still worked and I am proud of this chapter.

Chapter 22

"Yami, look, I know you're upset about what Maxi did to Yugi, but you have to be rational. Going after this asshole isn't the way to prove to Yugi that you love him," Ryou said.

Yami sighed, "I know, but what am I gonna do? I can't just let that asshole get away with this."

"You won't have to," Bakura said.

Yami looked at him, "What do you mean 'Kura?"

Bakura smiled, "You just worry about taking care of Yugi. Leave everything else to me."

Yami looked confused. Ryou looked at his boyfriend with wide eyes and shook his head.

"Oh, no! No, Bakura, don't even think about it."

"Relax, kitten, everything is gonna work out."

Ryou scowled, "You only call me kitten when you're trying to win me over. I swear Bakura, you are not calling him. I told you before that it was wrong."

Yami, Seto, and Joey looked at each other confused, "What are you talking about?" Yami asked.

"He goes by the name of Rabid Anime. He's a hit man that I know."

"Rabid Anime? And how come you're friends with a hit man?" Yami wondered.

"Yeah, I don't know his real name. That's just the name he always uses. Anyway, trust me, Yams, you don't wanna know why I'm friends with a hit man."

"We most certainly do not," Seto said.

"Right, so you worry about Yugi and I'll take care of the rest."

"Fine. And don't call me Yams."

Everyone stood up to leave. Yami walked the two couples to the door and locked it. He headed toward the bedroom where he found Yugi still awake.

"Baby?"

"Leave me alone."

"Baby, listen…"

"No, you obviously don't care about me."

"Baby, c'mon you know that's not true. Look, Ryou and Bakura convinced me to leave it alone. I'll leave it alone, baby. I just hate the fact that this guy may come after you again."

Yugi turned around and faced Yami, "Don't you think I am, too? But losing you is more important to me."

Yami sighed and laid down pulling Yugi into his arms, "I know, baby and I didn't think of it like that. I'm sorry. I won't let that happen. I promise."

The next morning Yami dropped Yugi off at school promising to see him after work. Once Yami drove off he picked up Bakura from his house and they drove to the spot Bakura said to meet Rabid Anime. Yami wasn't too sure about hiring a hit man, but Bakura assured him it was the right thing to do especially since Yugi was pregnant again. Yami parked the car across the street from some old warehouses and got out of the car.

"Follow me, and don't speak unless spoken to first. It gets him mad," Bakura said leading the way over to the warehouses.

Yami nodded and followed Bakura. They had crossed the street when they heard a voice.

"Bakura! Back again!"

Yami and Bakura looked up as a tall man came into view. Yami noted that not only was he tall, but he was a bit on the muscular side as well. He could probably kill someone with his bare hands.

"Yeah, Rabid, I need another favor. You see, my friend Yami here, his boyfriend was raped twice by the same dude. We need you to take him out."

Rabid looked at Yami, "You seem perfectly capable of taking someone out yourself, why do you need me?"

Yami cleared his throat, "See, I was planning to take him out myself with the help of my friends, but my boyfriend…well, he's pregnant and has this fear that I'll get hurt. "

Rabid nodded, "How long have you and your boyfriend been together?"

"A year."

Rabid laughed, "If I was your boyfriend I'd probably feel the same way too. But taking this guy out, will most likely draw the attention of his friends if he has them."

Bakura nodded, "Exactly. That's why we want you to take out him and the rest of his gang."

Rabid Anime nodded, "Fine, but it'll cost you extra."

Bakura pulled out a wad of bills that Yami didn't even know he had and handed it to Rabid, "Five hundred now and I'll give you another six hundred when the job's done."

"Fair enough. Nice doing business with you boys."

That afternoon Yami picked up Yugi from work and they went to the park with Riena and Takara. Yugi and Takara were playing in the sandpit. Takara was dumping handfuls of sand on Yugi's hair and giggling. Riena and Yami watched them sitting on a bench.

"I never thought I'd see the day when you were this happy," Riena said.

"What?"

"You were always moping around the house and I used to wonder if you were ever gonna fall in love and be happy. When you brought home Jillian, I was like 'yes! Maybe now he'll have a chance to be happy', but you never were and I didn't know that it was because you were so miserable at pretending to be straight. Now I see you here with Yugi and his daughter and finally I see how happy you are."

"He makes me happy, mom."

"I can see that, sweetie, and I think you make him happy as well. That poor boy has been through some tough times in his life, and I may not know all of them, but you do. Do not take away his happiness and yours by doing something stupid."

Yami looked at his mother shocked and was about to say something when Yugi came over with a crying Takara.

"What's wrong?"

"She got sand in her diaper," Yugi said pulling out a diaper and wipes and started to get ready to change her.

Yami stood up and allowed Yugi to sit and change Takara. He looked at Yugi's hair and chuckled.

"Looks like you need a shower and a good hair wash, pussycat."

Yugi looked up for a minute and laughed nodding his head as he turned back to Takara.

"Yugi, dear, have you had your ultrasound, yet?"

Yugi shook his head as he wrapped the dirty diaper up, "Not yet, Ryou said that if I wanted he could do it for me at the house later on today."

Just then Yami's cell rang and he answered it.

"Hello, oh, hi Joey…yeah, he's right here, hang on," Yami handed Yugi the phone and took Takara over to the swings.

"Hi, Joey, what's going on….No, no, calm down, Joey…look, when you come today we can ask Ryou to give you an ultrasound…no, it's not painful…okay, see you in a couple of hours."

Yugi hung up the phone and scanned the park for Yami and his daughter and found them at the swings. He walked up to them and handed Yami's cell back to him.

"What's going on?" Yami asked as he pushed Takara on the swings.

Takara squealed in laughter and Yugi chuckled, "Um, Joey thinks he might be pregnant."

Yami looked at him with his eyes wide, "What?"

Yugi grinned, "Yeah. He's not sure though but he was describing to me the same symptoms that I have and did have with Taki. I told him that when he came over I would have Ryou do an ultrasound for him as well."

"Papa!" Takara squealed again then rubbed her eyes.

Yugi chuckled, "Looks like someone is getting sleepy," he said and yawned.

"She's not the only one," Yami smiled.

He stopped the swing and took Takara out and the three of them headed back towards Riena who had already packed up their stuff. Yugi picked up the bag and the four of them walked back to the house. Yugi immediately took Takara from Yami and went into the nursery. He lifted up his shirt and Takara immediately latched onto a nipple. Yugi winced as his nipples were extremely sensitive. Once Takara released his nipple he put his shirt back down and sat her up to burp her. He grinned when she gave a big burp. Kissing her on the forehead, he stood up and laid her in her crib and covered her with the blanket.

"Wawa," she said sleepily with her mouth full of fist.

Yugi kissed her on the forehead again, "Night, sweetheart."

He walked out of the room after checking the monitor and shut the door a little. Yami came up to him and wrapped an arm around his waist.

"Why don't you take a nap, babe? When they get here I'll wake you up."

Yugi yawned and nodded, "Lay with me?"

Yami nodded, "Sure baby, c'mon let's get you to bed."

Yami and Yugi headed for the bedroom and immediately lay down. Yami turned on his side and pulled Yugi against his chest. Yugi closed his eyes and attempted to sleep but while pushing back against Yami. Yami groaned.

"Baby, I know what you're trying to do, stop."

"But, Yami, I'm horny."

Yami sighed, "I know, baby, but you need to heal. I mean it, stop. Or you'll be sleeping alone for the week."

Yugi pouted but stopped and relaxed so he could sleep.

An hour later Yugi, Yami, and Takara were sitting in the living room. Takara was on the floor playing with her toys while Yugi and Yami sat on the couch watching a show on the television. Soon the boys heard a knock on the door. Takara giggled and crawled to the door.

"Papa," she giggled again.

Yugi laughed shaking his head and getting off the couch. He picked up Takara as he opened the door and there stood Joey and Seto.

"Hey, Yugi."

"Hey, guys, come on in."

Joey walked in and joined Yami on the couch while Yugi shut the door and sat in the chair. Joey sat looking at Takara and Yugi smiled.

"You wanna hold her?" He said handing Takara to Joey.

Joey reached to take her but she started to wail and Joey got scared, "This isn't gonna work, Yug, she's afraid of me."

"Of course she is, she doesn't really know you, except as the one who kidnapped her. Give it time, Joey, trust me," Yugi said standing up and putting Takara in his lap.

Takara wailed again and reached out for her papa, "Papa!"

"Shh, baby girl. Joey's our friend, okay? He's not gonna hurt you."

"So she can talk?"

Yugi shook his head, "Not really she only says papa and dada, but that's it."

"So what else don't I know about her?"

"She has an obsession for her fist when she sleeps," Yami chuckled tickling her stomach making her laugh. "And you can tell, she loves to be tickled."

Yugi chuckled, "She's fast for a crawler. I mean really fast. I mean other than that, there really isn't much. She's a good baby."

"That's good to know, perhaps she really takes after you, Yugi."

Yugi nodded and Takara cried again. Joey looked worried and started to give Takara back to Yugi. Yugi shook his head as Yami walked into the kitchen.

"Don't worry, Joey. Taki's just hungry."

Yami came back with a handful of Cheerios and gave them to her which she took happily and tried to stuff in her mouth. Yami put his hand over hers.

"No, Taki, one at a time."

Seto, who had been quiet the entire time spoke, "She listens well."

Both Yugi and Yami nodded as someone knocked on the door and Yugi figured it was Ryou and Bakura. He opened the door.

"Hey, guys," he smiled.

Ryou smiled, "Hey, Yugi."

Yugi stepped aside allowing Ryou to bring his machine in the door. They walked in the living room where Takara was trying to say something to Joey and he looked confused.

"Yugi, what is she saying?" He asked.

Yugi chuckled, "What's up, baby girl?"

Takara placed a hand on Joey's cheek, "Fw-uh!, fw-uh!"

Yugi frowned and then his eyes went wide and he laughed, "Oh! She's saying you're a friend!"

"Oh."

"Okay, Yugi let's get this show on the road and get you set up," Ryou said.

Yugi nodded, "Um, Joey was wondering if he could get an ultrasound done too, he wants the confirmation of whether he's pregnant or not."

Ryou nodded. Yami and Joey got off the couch and Yugi laid down on it and lifted his shirt. Ryou set the machine up and then poured the gel on his stomach before rolling the wand over his belly.

"There you go, Yugi. There's you and Yami's baby."

Yugi lifted his head a bit and looked at the screen. Yugi began to cry. Everyone but Yami and Ryou were shocked having dealt with Yugi's emotions before.

"Yugi, why are you crying, aren't you happy?" Joey asked.

Yugi nodded, "Yeah. Yami, that's ours."

Yami bent down and kissed him, "Yes, baby, that's ours. We made that."

All of a sudden Joey felt like crying and Ryou was trying to hold in his tears. Yugi cleaned himself off and took Takara from Joey as he followed Yugi's lead and laid down on the couch.

"Now, as you just saw, all I am gonna do is rub your belly with this gel and move the wand around your belly."

Joey nodded and Ryou did just as he said he was going to do. He adjusted the screen and nodded.

"Well, congratulations, Joey, you are indeed, pregnant."

Seto stared at the screen with a look of shock for a minute before smiling and kissing his boyfriend.

"We did it, pup."

Joey grinned stupidly and kissed him back. Ryou excused hisself and ran to the bathroom. Yugi looked at Yami who shrugged. Yugi stood up and walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

"Ryou, are you okay?"

"Yes, m'fine. Just give me a minute."

"Okay."

Yugi walked back into the living room and smiled at Joey, "Can you believe this? The two of us are pregnant at the same time?"

"Uh, make that three," Ryou said in a small voice coming into the living room.

Yugi looked up at him and grinned.

"Excuse me? Did you just say you were pregnant, Ryou?" Bakura said.

Ryou kept his head down and nodded. Bakura looked like his eyes were gonna fall out of his sockets. He took a deep breath and said as calmly as he could, "Kitten, why didn't you tell me?"

"I was afraid of how you'd react. I know you're not ready for children, right now," Ryou said keeping his head down trying to hide his tears.

Bakura tried to remain calm, "Ryou, kitten, come here."

Ryou walked over to Bakura and sat in his lap keeping his head down. Bakura tucked two fingers under his lover's chin and forced him to look at him.

"What makes you think I'm not ready? Kitten, I'm not angry. I'm thrilled to be having a baby with you. I told you when we first started dating that I wanted to be the father of your children and for you to be mine, and I meant it."

"Promise?"

Bakura kissed Ryou deeply on the mouth, "Promise."

Ryou, Joey, and Yugi were excited and started to make plans for preparing. Yami, Bakura, and Seto all looked at their boyfriends and smiled. The happiness was cut short by Bakura's phone ringing.

Rabid Anime found the hang out of Maxi Jones and his crew easily. He smiled because he knew this was gonna be an easy kill. He snuck in the house while they were all sleep. Putting a silencer on his gun he walked through the house shooting everyone once in the chest. He walked up to another room where he found Maxi Jones sleeping.

"Any last wishes?" He said pointing the gun at Maxi waking him up in the process.

"Whoa, man! Chill out, whatever you want just take it!"

"What I want is your life."

"Why? What did I do to you?"

Rabid laughed, "It's not about what you did to me," He said and shot him in the leg.

"Aaah! Sonovabitch! What do you want!"

"You!" Rabid shot him in the other knee.

"Fuck! Why! I ain't never harmed you."

"Yeah, but you and your boys harmed a young kid named Yugi and for that you must suffer."

"Just wait until I call my boys."

Rabid laughed, "Your boys are all dead. And soon so will you," Rabid said aiming the gun to his chest.

Maxi held up his hands "Wait! Wait, I'm sorry okay? I'll leave the kid alone. I'll never do it again."

Rabid laughed and shook his head, "That's not good enough," he said and shot him twice in the chest.

He walked over to Maxi and made sure he was dead before pulling out his cell phone and called Bakura.

"It's done."

Bakura looked at Yami when he heard the two words on the other end of the line.

"It's done?"

"Yes. Every one of them are dead like you asked. I made sure to make Maxi suffer the most like your friend requested."

"Good," Bakura said and nodded to Yami.

Yugi looked from Yami to Bakura confused, "What's going on? What's done?"

Ryou had a sinking suspicion that he knew who was on the other end of the line and Bakura's next words confirmed it.

"Don't worry, you'll get the rest of your money."

Ryou looked pissed as Bakura hung up the phone. He slapped Bakura in the face.

"You asshole! You promised! I told you not to call him. I told you not to use him anymore, but you don't listen do you? No!"

"Kitten, I told you this would be the last time. They needed to be dealt with."

"So you hired a fucking hit man?"

Yugi was about to reprimand Ryou for swearing in front of his daughter when he heard Ryou's words and looked at Yami.

"Tell me you didn't. Tell me you and Bakura didn't hire a hit man to kill Maxi," he whispered.

Yami said nothing but looked at Yugi. Tears started to form in Yugi's eyes and he shook his head.

"Yami, please tell me you didn't."

Yami put his head down and refused to look at Yugi. Yugi looked over at Bakura who was also not looking at Ryou. He exploded.

"YOU BASTARD! You promised, Yami, you promised."

"Yugi, baby…"

"No! You promised you'd leave it alone. You lied to me."

Yami shook his head, "No, I promised I wouldn't go after him. I didn't."

"They're dead?" he asked.

"Yeah, all of them," Bakura answered slowly.

"Dammit, Yami!"

"Baby, I'm sorry, but the thought of him still walking around breathing didn't sit right with me. Not after what he did. Not when he still had the chance to touch you again. Baby, I'm sorry."

Yugi shook his head, "I'm not angry that he's dead. I'm glad he's dead. I'm angry that you lied to me."

Yami's shoulders slumped. He never meant to lie to Yugi and that was killing him. He walked closer to Yugi and wrapped his arms around his young lover's waist and kissed him on the forehead.

"I know, baby. I'm sorry I lied to you. I didn't mean to do it. I just didn't want you to have to worry."

Yugi nodded and picked up Takara, "I'm going to put her to bed and then I'm going to bed myself."

Yugi walked down the hall and away from everyone.

"Will he ever forgive me?" He asked out loud.

"Yami, look, Yugi's been hurt and lied to just about everyone close to him and that includes me," Joey said. "Seeing how you promised never to lie to him and then broke that promise really hurt him. He will get past this, I'm sure of it, but right now, he's gonna need space."

"Joey's right, just give him space and he'll come around," Ryou said.

"Are we okay, kitten?" Bakura asked. Ryou glared at him.

"Not by a long shot, Bakura. Let's go."

Bakura gulped having an idea as to what Ryou had in mind for his punishment. He nodded and he and Ryou said good bye and left with the ultrasound machine. Not long after that, Seto and Joey left. Yami sighed as he locked the door. He grabbed some blankets and laid down on the couch.

TBC...

Max: So you made a character after me and then you killed them?

Me: Yes.

Max: Damn you Rogue!

Me: I'm sorry! I didn't mean it.

Max: Fuck you! *runs out the room*

Me: Max? Maaax, come back, I'm sorry *runs after her*