And the second part of Yuki catching up with her family. And Yuki explains more of the severity of what she had to endure with Kuzan.

Catching Up with Family

As Yuki starts recuperating from this terrible ordeal, she feels so secure with her family around and Yuki gets to enjoy being around them more often than she has ever been and Marcus sat next to her for a second and he tells her, "So...how did you manage to escape from this guy anyway?"

"I ran away while he was sleeping. He would always tell me to leaven when he feels like telling me. If I leave without his permission, the punishments get severe." Yuki answered.

Marcus rose an eyebrow at this and he asked, "How severe?"

"Like...he would tie me up in the air to a chain and I would be stripped down to either my underwear or nothing at all and grab his torch and threaten me to set me on fire. Sometimes, he would use a whip and just whip me down and I'd have all these scars on my body and the rope or chain that I get tied in would burn my wrists or cause them to have these little migranes on my fists and I'd stay hanging there for 5 or 7 hours." Yuki answered.

Marcus was disgusted by how those treatments she endured were and said, "What kind of sick man could do that?"

"This guy must have no respect for women." Max added.

"If that was me, I would've kicked him straight to where no one mentions and then let Akashi do whatever he wanted with him." Saori said, looking at her brother.

Akashi definitely agreed with that and he added, "And trust me...he would get a lot worse punishments I'd give him. The same kinds that Yuki did, but will end up with a different result than being hanging around in chains for 7 hours."

"I dare him to come to our house and try to hurt us. We'll give him a hurting." Seto said, unsheathing his claws.

"Do you still have your fighting skills, Yuki?" asked Kaiba.

"Yeah." Yuki replied.

"You need to stand up to him and fight back. Show some backbone and say 'I'm not gonna take how you treated me and pretty much every other woman in the world with your disgusting, controlling ways and I'm putting an end to this' and then show him who's boss. If that doesn't work, but you still want to fight back, bring some backup." Kaiba answered.

"Kaiba's right. You have to stand up for yourself and fight back, no matter what he does to you." Seto added.

Kaiba was completely shocked by how Seto responded to this and he said, "Did Seto say I'm right? Finally, I've been waiting a long time to hear you say that!"

"Although I hate being wrong, no jerkface is gonna mistreat my little sister like Kuzan. We've got your back, Yuki...as we always do." Seto added.

Yuki smiled at that and it lets her know that she's still being loved and although this has been a huge ordeal for the family, they know that they have to band together and form a stronger unit to get through this thing. She said, "I have the best family in the world."

"That's what we do." Max added, smiling.

A few minutes later, Yuki hears Kaiba about being a top star in the Heaven's Gate Academy when it comes to kung-fu and swordfighting, but he never lets it get in way over his head and Akashi has had nothing but praises for both Kaiba and Serenity as they're top kung-fu students at the Academy. When it comes to Serenity and boys however...he doesn't let that go for a millisecond when boys pay attention to her and makes it clear that no boy will be anywhere near Serenity within a close range.

"Uncle Akashi, you didn't really have to scare them off at school." Serenity said, face-palming herself.

"In case you haven't noticed, I founded the school. I make all the rules around here and the number one rule is no boys allowed to pursue any girl inside or near the Academy grounds. Marceline and Takamoto make sure that the rules are still intact and they're still up to code." Akashi added.

"How come it's okay for Kaiba to have girls paying attention to him, but not for me to have guys pay attention to me?" asked Serenity.

"Because I know boys' mind games better than anyone else. They know what they really want and their hormones go crazy that the number-one thing they're gonna do is mating. It's hard to resist that urge for most boys when there's an attractive girl around." Akashi answered.

"But I'm 15. I'm barely attractive." Serenity stated.

"That may be, but tell that to any other boy around. I have to protect you; whether it's at school or at home." Akashi stated.

"But I'm not ony interested in kung-fu. I'm in it for weapons." Kaiba added.

"That's the one thing that I'm proud of and kinda nervous about; involved with weapons." Max said.

"Aw, why is that, Max? You're used to dealing with weapons all the time." Akashi added.

"Yes, that's true. But I'm a little apprehensive about Kaiba's hands on any sorts of weapon whatsoever. He might accidentally injure himself or someone else if he's not using it properly. It's a huge responsibility to handle weapons." Max stated.

"Dad...I watch you polish, carve and pound metal and woods for weapons all the time. I think I might be more than capable of handling them." Kaiba stated.

"He does have a point, Max. However...Kaiba, weapons needed to be handled with the best responsibility and you have to be very careful and delicate with them. Don't use them unless you know how to use them properly." Akashi added.

"Okay, uncle. One day...I'll have my own weapons business and polish weapons." Kaiba said, happily.

Max smiled at that and he said, "Just like your old man. Following my footsteps."

"Sapphire, Jason and Maximus II are growing up, aren't they?" Yuki asked.

"They've grown a little older now and Maximus II likes to help out around the house, especially around the kitchen." Saori answered.

"So, mom...what's the new baby gonna be? A brother or sister?" asked Mason.

"If this is a girl, this is it. If it's a boy, we might keep going until we decide to stop." Saori answered.

"That's the pact that we agreed several months ago." Max said, nodding his head at that.

Akashi rolled his eyes in response to that pact they had and said, "Which won't stick for long because even if it's a girl, you're still gonna keep going because you can't stop mating. You've defied expectations to having kids, adopting one and waiting for two to adopt and take in. Don't you think it's enough?"

"We did agree on 15 kids." Saori stated.

"Adopted or birth?" asked Akashi, raising an eyebrow.

"Birth, but as older as we are, we decided to just go with 12 birth kids and 3 adopted...and that's about it." Saori answered.

"I hope you guys are truthful about this." Akashi added, glaring at them.

"Akashi...would we ever lie to you?" asked Max.

Marcus blinked his eyes a few times and Yuki noticed that Marcus was thinking about something and she asked, "Hey...what's wrong?"

"Huh? Oh...nothing. Um...I'm just thinking about my girlfriend Jewel. For some reason...I can't eat, sleep, think or drink at all because she's always on my brain." Marcus added.

"Because you're in love, Marcus. That's the symptoms of it. I can tell that you and Jewel have something special." Max stated.

Marcus nodded his head in agreement and said, "Yeah, that might be it. Can that really happen?"

"Of course it can. It happens to all of us. It's a very beautiful thing that can't be described into words." Saori added.

"Just as long as you don't think about becoming one immediately." Akashi added.

"No...we put it off until we're officially married. We're still courting." Marcus said.

Saori nodded her head at her son's answer to that question and said, "Very wise decision."

2 hours later

Yuki was laying down on her bed and she felt so happy to be back home and is able to keep the family bond stronger than anything, despite dealing with that struggle with Kuzan. Even though she's happy to be back, she still worries for her family's safety that Kuzan will find her and eventually kill her and the family too, but then she remembered what Kaiba said to her about fighting him back. It might be the hardest thing she might have to do because he's ten times stronger than she is, but she does know how to hold her ground.

As she rests up, Max slowly walks into the room to check on her and see how she's doing and when he sees her sleeping, he rubs her forehead slightly and kisses her cheek softly and whispered, "I love you, Yuki."

He softly walks out of the room, but not before hearing the five words that came out of his daughter's mouth...

"I love you too, daddy."

That really did it. Max looks back at her and smiled with a few tears coming down on his face and it lets him know that she still loves her father very much and Max is willing to do everything and anything for her no matter what and just left the room with his heart filled up and he's willing to find this guy that hurt her and give him something to teach him a lesson when it comes to messing with his daughter.

Max and Saori on how they deal with this on the next chapter!