Seto is going to be the father. Thanks for all the comments!

When Téa got back from the mall, she saw Seto struggling to carry a large hay bale to the barn. "Seto," she called out. Normally carrying that wouldn't have been an issue for him, but with his ribs the way they were, it was painful. He stopped and turned to her. She could see the pain in his eyes. She dropped her shopping bags and asked, "Didn't the doctor put you on bed rest?" She took the hay bale from him and said, "Get back to bed!" He let out a sigh, and grabbed her shopping bags to bring inside. When he made it into the bedroom he sat the clothing in front of the dresser and sat on the bed to wait for her.

A few minutes later, Téa stepped in and saw her bags. "Thank you Seto for carrying those in Seto, but you need to listen to your doctor and stay in bed. At least for a day or two more. I could tell you were in pain." She started to place the clothing inside of her dresser.

Kaiba rolled his eyes and said, "You don't need to worry about me so much."

"And you don't worry about yourself as much as you should," Téa replied, "The car looks nice by the way. Did you switch over the lease and all that stuff."

Kaiba nodded and replied, "Yes, everything is in order. How was your shopping trip?"

Téa beamed and answered, "It took a lot of weight off my shoulders and helped me decide a few things."

"Like what," Seto asked.

"Well, I have decided that the only way I can marry you, is if you can tell me you love me. I just can't marry you unless I know it is for the right reasons."

Kaiba let out an irritated sigh and said, "It is not a matter of I don't want to say it. I just can't." He looked at Téa and her face fell. Kaiba grasped her wrist and pulled her towards him. Kaiba then said, "I think it is time that I told you about my past.

He took a deep breath and continued, "When I was young my mother died giving birth to Mokuba and my father committed suicide shortly after. We were thrown from family member to family member until we were sent to the local orphanage. No one wanted us once the trust fund our parents set up was gone. Mokuba was all I had left and I had promised to always protect him. We played chess most of the time at the orphanage. The other kids would pick on him if he tried to play with them. Eventually, we met Gozaburo Kaiba. He was a famous chess player I saw on television. Rumor had it he never turned down a challenge. When he came to the orphanage I challenged him to a game of chess, the stakes being if I win, he would adopt us. When I won he took us in and that was when the abuse began. I was forced to study business for hours on end. If I fell asleep or became distracted, the consequence was physical. No matter how hard I tried to impress him, it was never enough. I was always punished and eventually began to distrust everyone. The only one I have ever loved besides my parents was my little brother. I have grown fond of you. I feel like I could love you, but Gozaburo messed with my mind so much, I just don't know what to think. I do care for you Téa."

Téa gave a half smile and said, "Well, how about this? Do you think we could have a lifelong happy marriage?"

Seto smiled and answered, "I do."

"Well then I would be honored to marry you Seto Kaiba," she replied.

He took the hand he was holding and gently kissed it, "You won't regret it."

She smiled and said "I know."

….

Téa called the game shop to let grandpa and Yugi know about the wedding. She doubted Yugi had forgiven her and silently prayed grandpa picked up the phone.

An older voice answered the phone, "Téa, How are you doing?"

She smiled and said, "I am doing wonderful grandpa. It is so good to hear your voice, I miss seeing you."

Grandpa frowned and replied, "It is great to hear from you too. I am so sorry Yugi hurt you while back. It was wrong, and I want to compensate you for the trouble he gave you. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"I have already forgiven Yugi…Seto, not so much… But, the reason I am calling you is, I am getting married on Saturday. I was hoping you would tell everyone that they are invited. It is the church down the block from our home."

Mr. Motou laughed and walked into the next room. Mr. Motou asked, "Why don't you ask them yourself?" He then turned the phone on speaker phone and said, "Say hi to Téa!"

"The group yelled, "Hi Téa!" Yugi threw his slice of pizza back in the box and sulked on the couch.

She giggled and said, "Hey everyone, I have an announcement to make."

"What is it?" Mai asked.

"I am getting married on Saturday and I would like you all to come," she announced.

"YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!" Joey screamed, "IT BETTER NOT BE TO KAIBA!"

Téa sighed and answered, "Yes, I am getting married to Seto."

"Congrats Téa," Tristan said sensibly, "But, why so soon. You two haven't been together that long."

Téa thought to herself, 'Great, Joey is going to kill me.' She took a deep breath and answered, "Well Tristan, I am going to have a baby and I would like to be married before it is completely obvious."

JOEY LOST IT, "YOU'RE PREGNANT! I AM GOING TO KILL HIM!"

Tristan pinned Joey down and Mai took the phone, "Is there anything in specific that you two want for a wedding present?"

Téa shook her head and replied, "We don't need anything in specific. However, if you guys would bring a few dishes for us to have a small reception at the house I would be grateful."

"Of course we can do that," Mai answered.

Joey tried to snatch the phone from her hand. But Tristan grabbed it before he could, "We will be there Téa. Don't worry about Joey, I will make sure he is civil."

Téa beamed with joy. "Great! I will see you then," she hung up the phone and breathed out a sigh of relief.

….

Marik had seen enough. This was the last straw. Marik had stolen an Egyptian spell book from the museum. He flipped through the pages until he found the spell he was looking for. Kaiba was going to get what was coming to him. Fore it was time to bring back the dead. All that was left was to gather the ingredients needed to bring him down.

….

That Saturday, Seto watched as cars pulled up to his home. Joey, Serenity, Tristan, and Mr. Motou came in one car together. To his surprise, Joey and Tristan pulled a few grocery bags out of the trunk and Serenity came out the car with a beautiful 3 tiered cake. The whole group pitched in to be able to give Téa a wedding cake.

Mai had already come earlier and sat a large tray of finger sandwiches and a large tray of cookies in the fridge. She then pulled Téa to the church insisting upon doing her hair and makeup. She knew about the surprise her friends were planning and wanted Téa to be completely oblivious.

Mai asked, "Téa, do you have the 'something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue?'"

Téa tried to shake her head but her hair was currently holding her head still, due to the curling iron Mai was using. She replied, "To be honest with you, I haven't even thought about it. I just have so many things going on in my mind right now," she started to giggle when she realized, "Seto and I didn't even pick out a best man or a maid of honor. Although, I am pretty sure you already know that would have been you… Since Mokuba is gone, I have no idea who Kaiba would have picked as his best man. I know it is killing him that his brother isn't here to see him get married."

Mai smiled softly and said, "Try not to think of those things. You are supposed to be happy on your wedding day. But, we have to get you those 4 tokens for good luck."

Mai looked her over and asked, "Do you have something old?"

She played with her wedding ring and was about to speak when grandpa came in and asked, "Do I count?"

"Grandpa!" she screamed with joy. "I am so glad you came," she told him as she gave him a hug.

"You look beautiful Téa," he said.

Serenity came in after grandpa and said, "She sure does look pretty!" Téa hugged Serenity as well and turned back to Mai.

"My wedding ring once belonged to Seto's mother. I think that would satisfy that token." Téa answered with a smile.

"Okay, how about something new?" Mai asked.

Téa rubbed her belly, thinking about her unborn child, and replied, "I think that spot has been filled."

The whole room started to laugh. Serenity pulled out her jeweled hair clip and said, "I have something you can borrow."

Mai took the pin and squealed, "Perfect." She pulled Téa's hair half up and said, "Téa, grab my purse. I have your something blue in it."

Téa grabbed the purse off the chair beside her and saw a small box gift wrapped. "Is this it she asked?"

Mai nodded and gave a cheeky smile. It is more of a present for Kaiba, I assure you.

Téa turned red and thought, "Oh god, what did she get me?"

She ripped the paper off the box and saw a baby blue garter. She smiled and said, "Thank god, with the demented look you gave me, I thought you bought me lingerie or something."

Mai chuckled and said, "Oh if you like that, you will love your real wedding present."

A look of pure terror crossed Téa's face from Mai's comment. Tristan came in and said, "The priest is here and everything is set up if yall are ready."

Téa nodded and asked, "Mr. Motou, neither Seto nor I have any family members to walk me down the aisle. Would you do me the honor of escorting me?"

Mr. Motou extended his hand to her in acceptance and waited for the others to enter the church. When the music started he walked her through a pair of closed doors.

….

Seto stood at the end of the alter waiting. He had been half surprised that he didn't burst into flames the minute he entered into the church. He looked around the room and saw that the church had white walls with red carpet. Wooden pews were set up on both sides of the aisle and lead to a round stained glass window he was standing in front of.

Joey was standing in the back setting up a video camera. He didn't really want to be there, but Mai and Serenity had threatened him and used his compliance to assign him a job. Serenity was sitting by the piano standing by to play the wedding march. Kaiba's neighbor was standing next to him, serving as a last minute decision for a best man. Dr. Brown was sitting with his son in the second row of the pew. Suddenly the rest of the group filed into the room and Serenity started to play.

As soon as Kaiba looked up, the door opened. Téa was wearing a white eyelet halter sundress. The dress flowed down to her knees. She held a small bouquet of sunflowers the neighbor had given her in her hands. She chose not to wear a veil, per Seto's request, he wanted to see her face. He wanted to be certain that she was happy to be marrying him.

As he had hoped, her face seemed to glow with joy. She walked down the aisle with more confidence in a few seconds, than he had his entire life. Seeing her so happy finally gave him enough trust to say, "I love you," when their hands met.

Téa was so overwhelmed with emotion, she threw her arms around him and kissed him feverishly.

The preacher laughed and said, "I think you skipped a part."

Téa turned red and her friends began to laugh.

…

After they exchanged their vow, they came home with their friends. Seto carried Téa over the threshold and almost dropped her, when he saw what was inside. Yugi was standing by the stove. There was a pot on the stove that he was frying chicken in. A plate full of chicken sat on the counter next to the stove. "Congratulations Téa and Kaiba," he said halfheartedly.

Kaiba placed Téa down and despite wanting to clobber the man in front of him, he stayed quiet and let Téa do what she had to, in order to make peace.

Téa approached him nervously and gave him a hug. "I am glad you came," she whispered, "Can we try to be friends again?" Yugi nodded and apologized, "I am sorry for not attending the wedding Téa. I just couldn't bare seeing you get married. But I knew that I would never forgive myself if I wasn't there for you at all on your special day." Seto walked up next to her and pulled her away, claiming that Dr. Brown wanted to talk to her. In truth, he just wanted to get her away from Yugi.

While she was talking to Dr. Brown, Kaiba approached Yugi and asked, "What are you doing here Yugi? Téa and I are married now. The game is over and it is time for you to move on. Do you really intend on being the type of guy who tries to break up a family?"

Yugi smirked and replied, "The game huh… If I didn't know any better, I would think that you still feel threatened by me. Why else would you be so desperate to get me to leave? The game has just started Kaiba and you know it."

Kaiba glared at Yugi, he would never admit it, but he did still feel that Yugi was competition. He retorted, "Actually, I am more concerned that if you even try to steal Téa away from me, you will end up getting your heart chewed up, spit out, and fed to a dog."

Yugi chuckled impishly and replied, "Well, it is a good thing that I just came here to fry chicken for Téa's reception. Besides, I doubt it will be very long before I can look forward to seeing her divorce your ass. Considered yourself warned Kaiba."

Kaiba's face turned red and was about to attack Yugi when he heard Téa yell, "Seto, come see what Joey and Tristan made us!"

Kaiba shot Yugi a death glare and followed Téa outside. When he stopped behind her, he saw a solid wood crib for the child. He looked it over and had to admit, he was impressed. Besides being beautiful, they seem to take safety measures into consideration. "It looks like we finally found something you're good at mutt," Kaiba said with his arms crossed.

Joey scratched his head in a confused manner. He wasn't sure if Kaiba was insulting him or complimenting him.

Mai and Serenity then brought the couple inside to open a few more gifts. Grandpa gave them a microwave. He remembered hearing Téa talk to the boys about Kaiba's cooking skills. "Téa beamed when she saw the microwave. Finally, they could do something with the several TV dinners in the freezer.

Mai then handed Téa the present from her. A pair of handcuffs were dangling off the handle of the bag. Téa bit her lip to prepare herself. She pulled the present out the bag and read the box, "For your stimulation and pleasure."

Téa was now as red as a cherry as she looked at the stick like object pictured on the box. Kaiba looked slightly indifferent about the gift but he too, was fighting to keep his face blank.

Joey then started to laugh hysterically and said, "Mai, you should have bought this sooner. Maybe Téa wouldn't be in this situation if she had one of these."

With exception of Seto and Tea, the house had an uproar of laughter.

…

After the party was over with, Téa and Seto worked together to pick up the house. Téa saw the mailman pass and went outside to retrieve the mail.

Behind several bills, Téa found a letter in their mail box. It was addressed to Seto. She handed it to him and he read the letter.

It was from Bruce Weinstein, his company used to be a competitor with Kaiba Corp, and the letter invited him and a guest to attend the company's Christmas Eve party. The letter explained that a job position had opened up and Mr. Weinstein wanted to discuss the job opportunity with Kaiba.

"So what do you think Seto?" Téa asked, "Do you want to try for the job."

Kaiba scoffed, "Believe me, I know Mr. Weinstein. Besides Gozaburo, he is one of the most ruthless people I have ever had the displeasure to meet. This is likely a ploy to humiliate me."

"Seto, how can he embarrass you? It is just a job interview. Do you really think someone would go through all that trouble just to hurt you?"

"Yes. I am not going." Seto clarified.

Téa argued, "But Seto, if it is not a "trick," which I doubt it is, then you could be passing up a job that would be easier on you physically and that would make us more financially sound. With the baby on the way, things are going to get a lot harder for the both of us."

Kaiba knew Téa had valid points, but he also knew how Weinstein thought. He pulled off his suit and hung it in the closet. Despite this day not being the expected wedding for a man who used to be a billionaire. He still wanted to make this day special for Téa and arguing was not going to do it.

He smirked and asked, "Now, how about we try out those handcuffs?"

Téa started to laugh and replied, "Stop trying to change the conversation. You have 2 broken ribs and you know as well as I do that you shouldn't be doing that."

Kaiba frowned and said, "Fine, we will go but you will need to borrow a formal dress from one of your friends."

He rubbed his ribcage and flinched when he hit a tender spot. As much as he didn't want to admit it, Téa was right. He then said, "By the way, when you were shopping, did you happen to see anything you liked for a nursery?"

Téa nodded and replied, "Yes they had a cute sailor themed nursery set for a boy and an adorable kitten theme for a girl."

Seto then said "Well, Dr. Brown called me up and told me that his sister is a gynecologist/obstetrician, she will be assisting him when the baby is born and she wants to know if you want an ultrasound. She owns her own practice and she can give you one now and one closer to when the child is born. It would make things a lot easier to buy for a nursery if we knew the child's gender."

"I would love that Seto! When can she do it," she asked excitedly.

Seto replied, "Any time after January first. Have you picked out any names yet?"

Téa suddenly looked worried, "About that, I had an idea for a boy name, but I don't know how you would feel about it?"

"What is it?" Seto asked, unsure of what name could possibly make her nervous.

"Well, I was wondering if you would want to name him Mokuba?" Téa explained.

Kaiba looked deep in thought. Though it might be painful at first he knew Mokuba would have loved the idea. He nodded and replied, "I think he would have liked that."

She smiled and kissed him on the cheek before saying, "Goodnight Seto!"