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Chapter 32

After a couple of hours the doctor and the nurse came and said that Yugi and Akemi were free to go home. Riena took Takara from Yami so he could help Yugi and Akemi down to the car. The rest of the gang soon headed out as well. Just as Yami and Yugi had made it to the car Riena was buckling Takara into her seat. Yami took Akemi from Yugi so he could get in the car and then handed Akemi back. Yugi gently placed his son in the car seat next to Takara's.

"There you go, Akemi, right next to your sister."

Yami shut the back door and got in the driver's seat as his mother got in the passenger seat. As Yami headed for home, Yugi put his head back and closed his eyes. He was sore and tired.

"'Kem, papa, 'Kem," Takara giggled trying to reach her baby brother.

"Shh, princess, papa, and Akemi are tired. Let's let them sleep, okay?" Yami asked from the front.

Takara frowned but nodded her head. The entire ride home was silent. Yami parked the car in front of the house and Riena got out the car and unbuckled Takara and walked her up to the front door. Yami helped Yugi out of the car and walk slowly to the front. Once Yami unlocked the door Takara ran inside.

"Baby, why don't you put Akemi in the crib and go take a nap?"

Yugi tiredly nodded, "Welcome home, Akemi." He walked him into the nursery and laid him in the crib.

After laying Akemi in the crib he went into the bedroom and laid down quickly falling asleep. Out in the living room Yami decided to entertain Takara with cartoons on the television. He sat on the couch watching Curious George with her. Riena chuckled and went into the kitchen to start on dinner.

An hour later Yugi woke up feeling a little bit better. He was still sore but that was to be expected. He padded into the nursery to check on Akemi and found him still sleeping. He smiled and kissed his son on the forehead and then went in search for the others. He found Takara playing on the floor and watching cartoons. Yami hung up the phone looking a bit distressed.

"Yami, what's wrong?" He asked.

Yami jumped, "Yugi, I didn't hear you come in."

"Of course, what's the matter?"

"That was Bakura. Ryou's in labor and he's freaking out. Ryou's trying to tell him what to do but he's freaking out."

Yugi nodded, "Let's go."

"Oh, no, mister. You just back from the hospital. You just got back from having your own kid, you need to stay and rest."

"But, Yami, Ryou's my friend. He was there when I had both Akemi and Takara. I want to be there for him," Yugi whined.

Yami kissed Yugi on the mouth, "I know, pussycat, but you can't. You just got back. You've gotta give your body time to heal. I'm gonna go and see what I can do to help out, okay?"

Yugi sighed but nodded, "Keep me updated."

Yami nodded and walked out the door. Yugi sighed and went to get Akemi who had started crying.

Twenty minutes later Yami was heading toward Bakura at the hospital, "How is he?"

"Nurse said he's doing fine. Said he's dilated five centimeters. Where's Yugi?"

"At home. He wanted to come but I made him stay," Yami said as they walked toward Ryou's room. Ryou was lying on the bed panting and rubbing his belly.

"Hey, Ryou," Yami said looking at his friend.

Ryou looked up at Yami and smiled, "Hey, where's Yugi?"

"I made him stay home. But he really wanted to come."

Ryou shook his head, "No. He just had his baby he shouldn't be out."

Yami just nodded. Ryou reached for Bakura's hand as another contraction hit him. He looked at Bakura full of hate.

"Bakura Mao, I swear to you once this baby's out of me I'm kicking your ass! If you dare come to me with that nine inch pole again I will. Fucking. Kick. Your ASS!"

Both Bakura and Yami cringed.

~1 ½ HOURS LATER~

The nurse smiled at Bakura, "Congratulations on your baby girl."

Bakura was giddy. He cut the cord so the nurse could clean his daughter up and placed a kiss on his sweaty boyfriend's head.

"Congratulations, kitten. We did it, finally."

Ryou smiled back, "Go tell Yami."

Bakura nodded and left. He found Yami on the phone and tapped his shoulder and gave him the thumbs up sign. Yami smiled and then spoke into the phone.

"She made it, pussycat. Luna Akafie Mao has officially come into the world. I'm gonna go see her and Ryou quickly and then I'll be home."

After a few seconds Yami hung up the phone and followed Bakura with a grin on his face. In Ryou's recovery room Yami found Ryou sitting on the bed feeding his daughter.

"Hey, buddy, congratulations."

Ryou turned to Yami and smiled, "Thanks, did you call Yugi?"

Yami nodded, "He's sad that he missed this."

"Oh, tell him not to worry."

"I will, but I've gotta go, though."

Ryou nodded understanding, "Okay, well thanks, Yami."

Yami nodded and left the hospital and headed home. When Yami got home, his mother was dozing on the couch with Takara and Yugi was nowhere to be found. Yami chuckled as he lifted Takara's sleeping body off of his mother. He walked with her to the nursery where he found Yugi feeding Akemi in the rocker. He laid Takara in her crib and covered her with a blanket before turning to his boyfriend.

"Hey."

"Hi," Yugi smiled. "Is she gorgeous?"

Yami chuckled, "Yeah, she is."

"How much did she weigh?"

Yami shrugged, "I don't know. I forgot to ask."

"That's alright. Yami?"

"Yeah, baby?"

"Do I really have to go back to school?"

Yami sighed, "Baby, we talked about this. You're almost done. You have one year left. And then if you don't wanna go to college that's fine, but at least finish high school."

"It's gonna be so awkward though, I don't people saying anything."

"Babe, it's gonna be okay."

"And what about Taki and 'Kem? Who's gonna watch them?"

Yami sighed, "Baby, you know my mother's gonna watch them while you're in school and I'm at work. They'll be fine."

Yugi sighed. He finished feeding Akemi and sat him up to burp him. Once Akemi gave a nice burp, Yugi stood and placed him in his crib.

Ryou looked at the nurse with tears in his eyes. He shook his head, "I don't understand. Why are you taking my baby?"

"Ryou, honey, do you remember what I told you has to be done when babies are born small and early?"

Ryou shook his head. The nurse smiled.

"Honey, they need to be in an incubator so they can get bigger. It's only for a little while. Luna was born small. I mean there are some babies that are born early but they have a good weight on them. Unfortunately Luna wasn't. She was only four pounds seven ounces."

"Please don't take my baby!"

"Ryou, honey you'll still be able to see her. I promise. She just needs to be in one a few times a day, but we're gonna bring her to you constantly so you can feed her and change her and just hold her. I promise and then hopefully soon you'll be able to take her home."

Ryou shook his head and looked at his boyfriend, "'Kura, please don't let them take her."

"Kitten, it's gonna be okay. I promise. This is gonna help Luna get strong so we can take her home and put her in her own crib. But you gotta be strong for me kitten."

Ryou nodded and wiped his eyes. Bakura bent down and kissed him on the mouth. He didn't want the nurse to take Luna anymore than Ryou did, but he knew it was what's best for Luna. Ryou watched as the nurse took Luna, his eyes full of hate and sadness. He was also very tired and Bakura saw this.

"Ryou, why don't you rest a bit? When you wake up they'll bring Luna back in for a few minutes."

Ryou nodded and laid down on the hospital bed and closed his eyes. Once Ryou was completely sleep Bakura went out into the hallway to call Yami.

"Yami, hey it's Bakura."

"Hey, what's going on? How's Ryou?"

"He's not doing so good."

"Why what's going on?"

"He's really upset. The nurse had to take Luna."

"Whaddya mean? Why?"

"Because she was born early and small the nurse explained that she needed to be kept in an incubator."

"'Kura, how small was she?"

"Four pounds and seven ounces. Its breaking his heart. And I don't know what to do."

"Wow, that's small. When Takara was born she was born early but she wasn't that small. Look, just explain to him that it's gonna help his daughter to get stronger."

"Okay."

"Good. Yugi and I will try to stop by tomorrow."

"Okay. I better go back into the room before Ryou wakes up."

Yami hung up the phone and crawled into the bed beside Yugi.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked.

"That was Bakura. They put Luna in an incubator and Ryou's really upset about it."

"How big was she?"

"Bakura said she was four pounds and seven ounces."

"Wow."

"Yeah," Yami nodded.

"I don't blame him though. He just gave birth to her and then they're gonna take her away from him?"

"Yeah."

Yugi and Yami cuddled and drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.

TBC...