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The XX Factor: x II completed	By : Wicabeth Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7986 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: I made you wait damn near long enough. I figured you guys deserved this. After all, it�s what you�ve all been waiting for! =D

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"Ngh.. Now I know how a soccer ball feels..." Yugi sighed and rubbed his heavily pregnant belly again.

The twins were very active and letting him know by kicking him incessantly wherever they could reach. Though, by now, they were limited in their available space. Their kicking had settled more towards his ribcage as he eased into his 8th month. Yugi found out, however, that some soothing words and caresses could calm them down enough to sometimes fall asleep. When the latest round of kicks subsided at last, he let out a long sigh of relief before closing his eyes.

He groaned gently, "Remind me again why I thought this was such a good idea?.."

Yami held his lover's hand tenderly and stroked his thumb over the top, "Would you like me to get you anything, aibou?"

"Yeah, how about that butt doughnut da doctor gave ya?" Joey piped in.

Yugi shot him a nasty glare that could almost rival Seto's. "That's not funny, Joey! Stop teasing me when I'm in pain!"

It seemed Joey was relatively lucky during his pregnancy. The hikari, on the other hand, wasn't so fortunate. Yugi was suffering from several of the common ailments, such as heartburn, back pain, stress incontinence, constipation, insomnia, swollen feet and hemorrhoids. Doctor Kokoro assured him though, that no matter how much of a nuisance these occurrences were, everything was doing well.

The blond held his hands up in defense, "Okay! Okay! I'm sorry!"

Joey was over visiting at Yugi's request. The doppelgangers decided to do what Joey and Seto had done and have private birthing classes with Sasara Tsuki. By now, Sasara had become a full-fledged midwife while she attended medical school. She remembered Joey well and was happy to see him again. Her personality had changed as well in that time, for she was no longer timid, but very confident in her abilities.

She explained different Lamaze techniques for Yugi to try and even helped show Yami some massages he could do to help make his partner more comfortable during the rest of the pregnancy and in labor. Joey had forgotten some of it, but it was coming back as he listened. Yugi had wanted his friend to be a second labor coach since Joey had gone through it before himself.

Sasara was happy to answer their questions, and even offered Joey to retell his own experiences on the different subject matter that was covered. On the last visit, however, when she brought the recording of the live birth, the golden haired duelist politely declined to join. Yami and Yugi had not watched the video before when they forced Bakura and Marik to. When they finally did, it was definitely an eye opening experience.

The smaller watched in downright horror at the pained expressions upon the woman's face as she screamed and yelled. The sight of so much fluid gushing forth turned his stomach. Yami wasn't much better. In fact, he fainted before the baby had been completely delivered. When he was finally revived, Yugi was livid.

"Don't you even THINK about doing that when we're at the hospital!"

The former pharaoh was embarrassed he had reacted so out of character, "I'll try not to, but it's not really something I can control, aibou."

"Well, you better or I'll make sure Joey wakes you up.. But you won't like how he does it!"

Somehow, Yami knew Yugi would make good on his threat.

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It was almost absurd how large Yugi's belly had gotten. The twins could only squirm now, but he could certainly feel their little feet in his ribs. He was also learning to accept the beginning of his Braxton Hicks contractions. Poor Yami was completely frazzled since he knew it could be at any time. To be prepared, they packed a bag for the hospital as they had been told. Now it was time to wait.

The taller awoke one night from a sound sleep when he heard noises coming from the other room. He noticed Yugi was not in bed, nor in the bathroom, so he went to investigate. His sleepy stumbling happened upon what he would have least suspected.

".. Yugi?.. Koi, what in Ra's name are you doing?.. It's 4 in the morning," Yami stifled a yawn.

Yugi had several boxes scattered around the floor as well as the kitchen turned upside-down. He had his hair tied back with a bandana and had a cleaning apron on over his bulging stomach. He looked over his shoulder from where he was scrubbing in the sink.

"Oh, sorry, Yami. I couldn't sleep again, but when I did, I woke up and had a sudden urge to clean the house.. I've already done the laundry and rearranged the nursery, but then I knew I had to clean the kitchen and the living room.. Moving around usually makes the pains go away a little."

".. Are you expecting company, aibou?.. Because, you know, the babies won't care about the housekeeping."

When the absurdity hit him, Yugi started to giggle a bit, but went back to scrubbing until he felt his lover's arms wrap around him lovingly. Yami sighed gently as he kissed and nibbled at the thin neck. The short light stopped his work and leaned back into his partner's embrace with a contented smile.

"Come back to bed, koi. You don't want to be tired when we go see Joey and Seto later today, do you? You know Asuka and Fubuki are going to want your full attention after all."

With a soft nod, Yugi resigned his task. After emptying the sink and letting Yami put the boxes away, they went back to bed. This time, he managed to sleep for the much of the night.

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It was an early lunch date at the Kaiba mansion later that day. Seto wanted to brief Yami on the new updates to the latest prototype duel disk so he would be prepared to test it when the time came. While they talked shop, Joey helped Yugi deal with the kids. Yugi felt extra energetic today, but in a little pain, so he was resting in a comfortable chair and played cheering section while he watched the little ones duel. The blond was paying more attention to his smaller friend than to the game, however. Joey noticed the hikari's face flinching occasionally and he seemed to be rubbing his stomach more and more often.

"Ya okay there, Yug?"

"Yeah, it's nothing... I think one of the twins is just kicking again or something. I wonder how bruised I am inside since they keep hitting the same spot."

Joey was still wary, but his attention was drawn to his son and daughter arguing.

"No ya can't! I pway mah twap ca'd an' dat means dat you lose 500 poin's so your mons'er is gone!"

"But my monster gets extra points because of the card in my graveyard. So even if he loses points, they're tied so they'll both just disappear."

"Nuh-uh! You can't do dat, Fubuki!"

"Uh-huh! You saw me put my card in there. That card gives him extra points."

"Nuh-uh!"

"Uh-huh!"

"DADDY!! Fubuki is cheadding!"

"No he's not, sweet stuff. He really does have da same points so that means both of 'em are destroyed."

Fubuki took the opening, "And now that you don't have any monsters, I'll have my witch of the dark forest attack you directly. That's the rest of your life points, Asuka."

Asuka started to cry and ran to her daddy for comfort while Joey explained that she should not be a sore loser and that she would probably win next time with a little change in strategy. Fubuki showed her there were no hard feelings, gave her big hug, and congratulated her for doing so well.

"Okay, ya two. If yer done playin' fer a bit, why don't ya go find Papa an' uncle Yami so we can have lunch... Because I'm starvin' an' ya two look good enough ta eat!" He growled playfully as he snuffled into their necks and pretended to 'eat' them, causing a round of shrill squeals and giggles before they scurried off.

It did not take long to get everyone together at the table to eat. Mokuba had been with Seto and Yami as he offered suggestions to the prototype's design. They had lunch outside since it was such a beautiful day and it helped compliment the wonderful, summertime meal. Afterward, Mokuba played with his niece and nephew as they ran around barefoot through the grass. The adults sat together in the shade while they talked. Yugi was finishing off bites of Yami's dessert that had been foolishly left unguarded.

"The island is remote so no one would have to worry about trespassers, but it's still close enough to the mainland if there is ever an emergency. The medical wing will have the latest equipment so it would only require serious medical emergencies for a student to be transported off the island.. And the layout of the dorms has already been taken into consideration because I will not abide having co-ed dorm rooms near one another. Especially not if I'm planning on sending my daughter there someday," Seto explained.

Joey grinned while he listened to his husband talk about his Duel Academy project. His overprotective parent side was starting to show.

Yugi grinned to himself as he brought his glass to his lips. He took a sip and went to set it back down when he flinched again. This time, however, the feeling was much stronger and he dropped his glass upon the ground. It shattered into millions of pieces upon the stone and brought three heads whipping around in alarm.

"What happened?"

"Yug, are ya okay?"

"Aibou! What's wrong?!"

The pregnant light breathed heavily while he grabbed the hand rests of his seat. "I-it's.. I.. think I'm okay..."

Three chairs were pushed out in rapid succession as they stood. Yami went to his lover's side as did Joey, and Seto went to get someone to clean up the broken glass.

Honey eyes burned with seriousness, "Quit lyin' ta me, Yugi. What's goin' on?"

"I'm getting these pains. I've been having them ever since I got up today, but they're getting worse..."

Joey and Yami's eyes went wide and the blond went rigid.

"Shit! Yer havin' contractions, Yugi!" Joey ran in the same direction he had seen Seto go as he called, "Shit! SETO! Get da car! We're goin' ta da hospital! Yugi's in labor!"

"He's WHAT?!"

Yugi was still in his chair and his eyes began to tear from being overwhelmed with so many emotions at once, "B-but it's not time yet! It's only been 35 weeks!"

Yami was very careful while helping his partner to his feet, "I don't think they're going to wait any longer, aibou. They're coming now."

Mokuba came trotting over to see what was going on, followed by the little ones. When he found out Yugi was going into labor, he started to panic as much as Seto and Joey had. However, he regained control again so he could help with Asuka and Fubuki.

"Wha's wrong wif unca Yugi?"

"Yugi's babies are coming so we have to take him to the hospital," Mokuba explained.

"Ohhhh, so it's at da hosiple where you do da spesial mommy t'ings ta get da baby out of a mommy's tummy! Dat's where babies come fwom!"

Mokuba's brow rose quizzically at the statement, but there were other things on his mind at the moment, "Uh, yeah, that's right..."

Taking Yugi's left arm while Yami took the right, Mokuba helped walk the hikari inside. Joey was already running back to come help and Seto could be heard shouting for his driver. The blond took over Mokuba's position as he began to take command.

"Ya stay here an' watch da kids while we take Yugi ta da hospital. I'll have Seto come back as soon as he can."

The raven-haired youth nodded. Yami, meanwhile, was focused on Yugi to help him with breathing and started to time the contractions.

Yugi panted as he strained, "We need the bag.. It's at the house still... And someone needs to call Grandpa."

Seto, who had finally come back in, pulled out his cell phone and quickly dialed the Kame Game Shop's number while everyone made their way to the limo. It was not easy getting into the back of the waiting limo and there wasn't much room for all of them on one seat. Joey moved to sit beside the CEO on the facing seat so Yugi could have more room to recline.

"I'm sending a car to pick you up and you can meet us there.. Yes.. I've already informed the hospital we were coming.. Yes.. Yes.. I'll be waiting outside for you then.. It's fine.. Yes, goodbye." The brunet hung up his phone with a snap in time for a cry from Yugi.

"Gah.. It's another one.. Ngghhh.." He clenched his eyes shut and tried to breathe through the contraction.

Yami glanced at his watch with worry, "It appears they're coming ten minutes apart.. We need to get there soon."

Joey turned to Seto, "After ya meet up with Yugi's gramps, why don'tcha stop by deir house ta pick up deir overnight bag an' drop it off? Deir gonna need it."

The former pharaoh pulled out a key ring that he tossed to Seto, "Use my keys. It's right by the door."

Yugi suddenly gasped as he glanced down. A large damp spot appeared and continued to spread over his tan cargo pants. He was starting to look very panicked now and Yami seemed to share the sentiment.

"M-my water just broke!.."

Joey swore under his breath again before turning in his chair and pounding on the separation window for the driver to hurry up. The smallest occupant began crying once more and sobbed his apologies, but Seto assured him it was fine.

"The important thing is getting you to the hospital.." A sudden thought struck him and he stiffened slightly, "Just please try not to deliver in my limo. There is not enough room in here for us to be handling newborns."

It seemed like an eternity before they reached Domino City Hospital. Luckily, there were nurses and a wheelchair waiting for their arrival. The Kaibas got out first to help Yugi get into the wheelchair. Once he was settled, Joey, Yami, and Yugi were taken inside and left Seto waiting for Mr. Mutou. A nurse informed him what room Yugi was being taken to.

Yugi was admitted into a delivery room to receive an examination and to start an I.V. The blond waited outside to give some privacy since the hikari was stripped and redressed in a hospital gown. Yugi told the nurse the timing of his contractions so far, about his water breaking on the ride over, as well as the fact his twins were only 35 weeks along. Monitors were set into place to check on the twins' health, but there was nothing found to cause alarm.

The nurse pulled the sheet back down as she finished the internal examination. "You're already dilated three and a half centimeters. I'll go page your doctor."

As she left, Joey came back in to find Yugi in the middle of another contraction. The hikari grit his teeth and grabbed his darkness' hand in a tight grip.

"Nnnggggghhh... It hurrrrts..."

"Just breathe, Yug. Like ya learned.. Nice an' slow." He found a washcloth and soaked it with cool water before dabbing away some of the sweat from Yugi's face.

When the contraction finally began to pass, Solomon gave a knock on the door and peeked in. "Yugi? Oh, thank goodness. May I come in?"

The younger Mutou was already starting to look a little worn, but he nodded, "Yeah. Of course you can.."

"How are you feeling? I must say, that phone call was hard on this ol' ticker," he chuckled while patting his chest.

Yugi sniffled as he sat propped up in bed, "I guess I feel okay.. It really hurts though... But it's too early! The twins shouldn't be coming yet!"

Solomon padded closer so he could stand beside the bed and took Yugi's hand, holding it tight. All the monitors continued to beep and chirp in the background while the laboring light drew strength from his grandfather. Not long after, another knock came at the door as Dr. Kokoro appeared and smiled down at her patient.

"I wasn't expecting you in here just yet. And what's this I hear about you being dilated three and a half centimeters already? Looks like those two are in a rush to get here."

A nurse wheeled in a sonogram machine for the doctor. Getting the probe ready, Dr. Kokoro waited a moment for another contraction to pass, then ran the probe over Yugi's stomach. She checked the position of the babies to make sure there were no early complications present.

"The first twin is head down and looks to be right above your cervix. You should be able to deliver vaginally. We'll keep monitoring the second twin though. Right now, the second twin is heads up, but we can still attempt to flip the baby if it doesn't do it on its own. Even then, if it's in just the right position, we can deliver breech. I want to make a C-section a last resort for you, but will be necessary if one of the babies becomes distressed... Now, you said told the nurse your water broke already?" She pulled on a latex glove as she did her own examination.

Yugi flushed some as he was prodded again, but nodded. His grandfather was courteous enough to look away until after she had finished and covered Yugi up again.

"Well, you feel like you're progressing nicely. You should reach 4 centimeters in no time.. Since you're already effaced as much as you are, I can offer you an epidural to help dull some of the pain. I want you comfortable because I want you to rest. The babies are fine, but you're a little fatigued. I'm going to increase your fluids to keep you from getting dehydrated as well."

Yami brushed the blond bangs from his partner's eyes, "What do you say, aibou? Would you like the epidural now?"

"Yeah, Yug.. I gotta tell ya, da pain's gonna start gettin' worse from here, so I'd do it now so ya can take a nap. Mine helped me out a ton."

After considering a moment, the hikari agreed and Dr. Kokoro went to get the anesthesiologist to set it up. Joey dabbed his friend's forehead again and smirked.

"Ya know, ya don't look in entirely as much pain as I was. Maybe dat's yer perk fer bein' sick durin' da rest of da pregnancy."

The smaller offered a weak smile before his features knotted up in pain. He groaned and tried taking slow, deep breaths to help get through his contraction. Yami took his hand coaching him as he had learned in their birthing class until it finally passed.

Seto returned with overnight bag just as Joey and Yami were helping Yugi get comfortable again after his epidural had been administered. Tears were still in the corners of his beautiful, amethyst eyes because of the stinging pain, but he was starting to look more relaxed already. Seto set down the bag beside his rival and watched Yugi glance over to his darkness silently. It was still unnerving to him to watch them stare at one another and answer unspoken questions.

The once spirit nodded gently to his lover, "Of course I can, koi. Would you like anything else?"

"No.. That's all.. I just want to try and sleep for a while, if you don't mind.. Would you stay with me, Yami? Please?"

Yami was rummaging around in the suitcase until he found a pair of warm socks and the MP3 player that were requested, "Just let me finish making you comfortable and I will."

Tenderly, Yami slipped the socks onto Yugi's bare feet and gave him the player so he could listen to some soft music. The hikari slipped on the headphones over his ears and lowered his bed slightly so he could rest while Yami shut the blinds and dimmed the lights.

Yami looked to the others and spoke softly, "I'm going to stay with Yugi. You can stay if you'd like, but just let him rest."

Mr. Mutou nodded, "That's quite all right. I think I'll get some fresh air anyway."

"I'm gonna make some phone calls an' let da others know what's goin' on. Hey Dragon, why don'tcha head back home an' check da kids. Ya can give me a call if ya need anythin'.. Oh, I'm gonna hit da cafeteria fer somethin' ta drink. Ya want me ta bring ya back anythin', Yams?"

Yami politely declined, but thanked Joey nonetheless. He stepped up to the brunet CEO and gave him a quick embrace, "Thank you, Seto."

Seto was a bit surprised at the action, but gave the other man a comforting pat on the back, "It's fine.. And congratulations. Just have Joey call me if you need something.. Also, have him call me when Yugi's getting ready to deliver, if you'd like. I'll bring Mokuba, Asuka, and Fubuki with me so they can see him afterwards."

"All right. As long as it's not too late. Yugi will be tired after, but he might like to have them visit."

The others finally left and Yami reclined himself in a chair beside Yugi's bed. With a smile, he took the other's hand in his own as they both relaxed and rested for the biggest event of their lives.

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The short nap proved to be energizing for the pregnant light. It was nearly two o'clock when Yugi couldn't sleep any more because of his contractions. Yami was awake with him instantly since the emotions and sensations were being shared intimately through the bond. It wasn't as concentrated on Yami's side, but he was still aware of how his partner was feeling. And right now, it was frustration because Yugi wanted this to be over with.

Needing to get some blood flowing, Yami excused himself to go for a short walk to find the cafeteria so he could get some refreshments. He promised to be back shortly and headed off to stretch his legs. He happened to wander past the nursery and decided to stop for a moment while he looked in on some of the newborns that were there. Simply watch the infants caused him to feel a little more anxious and excited to see their own.

"Hey, Yams! I was just comin' ta check on ya guys!" Joey waved as he came down the hall.

"Yugi is awake now if you wish to go in. I needed to go for a little walk and find something to drink.. Have you been to the cafeteria yet?"

"I was gonna head that way after I checked in. But, if he's doin' okay, then why don't we go together? I'm gettin' a cravin' fer somethin' sweet. I always want somethin' sweet when I'm excited.. Maybe it's a good thing yer with me now. Ya can make sure I don't get too jacked up on candy ta help Yug. 'cause, ya know me, I can still retain a good sugar high fer hours." Joey laughed and threw a friendly arm around Yami's shoulder.

Finding the cafeteria proved to be a bit of a challenge, this included several wrong turns and dead ends. By the time they got there, Yugi was calling his darkness through the link to make sure he was still coming back... and to bring some juice with him.

Yami mentally chuckled, //Of course, koi//

The taller sprung for the snacks, simply saying the father-to-be had better things to do than pay for overpriced candy bars and watered down coffee. They collected their goodies and trekked their way back to Yugi's room to find Solomon had returned.

"Yami, guess what Grandpa bought. He got a little book of baby names for us to help give us some ideas.. We haven't even thought of names really since we don't know if they're boys or girls."

"Yes.. I suppose we were too preoccupied with other things... How are you feeling, aibou?"

"I'm starting to feel the contractions again, so that must mean they're getting a lot stronger. A nurse was in before you came back and said I'm dilated 6 centimeters now."

Joey and Yami blinked. "Isn't that kinda fast, Yug?"

"Well, it turns out that I had already started having contractions last night.. Remember when I was cleaning this morning, Yami? The nurse said that, you know, animals do that by making a nest area before they give birth and humans tend to have the same tendency by cleaning the house. So, I guess, I've been in labor since about 1 AM."

The pharaoh looked rattled. If he had know his light half had been in labor when he found him this morning, he wouldn't have been so calm about the cleaning. So that meant his lover had been in discomfort all this time and had not said anything? Moreover, they all had been sitting there eating lunch like there was nothing happening!

Yugi's brow knotted with concern, "Yami?.. Yami, are you okay?"

"Why didn't you tell me you were in labor, aibou?? We.. we were doing nothing all that time while you... you..." he stammered in disbelief.

"Yami, even if I had told you, it wouldn't have done any good. I didn't know I was anyway. But if I did, we both would have been panicking like earlier.. And you remember what Sasara told us. They probably wouldn't have let me in if I hadn't progressed as much as I had. We would have just been waiting around worrying. So it was be--AH!!"

The smaller look alike winced, his face twisting up with pain as another contraction hit. Yami rushed to his side to take his hand and Yugi started to breathe slowly. Joey watched the machine monitoring the contractions, counting aloud for Yugi as it came upon its peak, then finally ebbed.

"It hurts!.. I don't want to do this anymore!" he sniffled and Joey wiped Yugi's face again with the cool cloth.

As the labor progressed, it seemed the epidural was having little effect for the pain Yugi was going through. The contractions grew closer together and lasted longer, taking a toll on the hikari. Yugi groaned and cried and sometimes acted like a small child out of frustration and discomfort when it became too much. Yami was usually the one targeted by any verbal abuse, but Joey assured him quietly that it was just a natural reaction. Nurses continued to monitor his progress by checking on him every half hour. Dr. Kokoro began visiting him more often as he drew closer to dilating completely.

Ryou stopped by briefly to see how Yugi was doing and to give his congratulations. He promised that he and Malik would both come to visit and see the twins after they were born and the smallest light had recovered. He also mentioned that Tristan and Duke would be visiting as well, but they were busy right now with work. Tristan was the one that called the white haired young man and asked if he had heard about Yugi being in labor. Ryou had just gotten off the phone with Joey before the brunet had called, but it was nice to know his high school friends still thought of him.

"NGH!! Gods! It hurts!!..." Yugi cried out between another contraction as he gripped Joey's and Yami's hands tightly.

Dr. Kokoro stepped inside around four o'clock for a check up and waited until the contraction had passed before she examined Yugi internally. She looked up with a smile when she finished.

"Your cervix is completely dilated and you're all set to go, Yugi. Are you ready to do this?"

Yugi's heart beat a little faster from adrenaline. He was excited, but more than a little scared for what was to happen. He gave a shaky nod as his reply and the doctor began to prepare for the delivery. The room Yugi was in was much bigger than the room Joey had been in, but this one looked a little closer to an operating room. The bigger room was needed to hold the extra staff members needed to care for the second newborn.

Most of the members were already there, but a few needed to be paged since they were busy elsewhere in the hospital. In the midst of all this hustle and bustle, Solomon gave one last, encouraging hand squeeze to his transformed grandson.

"I'm very proud of you, Yugi, and I know everything is going to be just fine. Don't worry about a thing, I'm sure the doctor here will take good care of you. I know because I doubt Joey and Yami would let you stay if they didn't think so."

The female doctor smiled as she glanced over. The elder Mutou gave his best wishes before he left for the waiting room. Joey tossed him his cell phone and told Solomon to give Seto a call so he could bring Asuka, Fubuki, and Mokuba to wait as well.

Yugi was propped up and his sock-clad feet nestled in stirrups just as another contraction came. Dr. Kokoro instructed her patient to give a few preliminary pushes to see how Yugi fared.

"Very nice. It shouldn't be too long to deliver the first baby. The head has already started to crown," she encouraged, "On this next contraction, let's start pushing. Are you ready, Yugi?"

He was trembling and tears and sweat rolled down his face, "I g-g-guess s-so.."

Yami squeezed his love's hand, "You're almost there, aibou. Look how far you've come already. In just a few moments, we'll be able to see our beautiful babies."

Joey re-wet the washcloth, "Yeah, c'mon, Yugi. Ya can do it."

"Alright, Yugi, here comes a contraction. I want you to focus all your energy and use it to push this baby out, okay?... Here we go,.. And push!"

Taking a deep lungful of air, Yugi clenched his eyes shut and set his jaw as he bore down with all his might. He dug his heals into the stirrups for leverage, giving a strained, keening groan from his effort.

"GODS!! IT HURTS!!!!"

The doctor commanded, "Don't talk, Yugi, just push!"

He continued to give it his all while Joey counted and Yami sent a part of his strength through the bond. Finally, the hikari was able to rest.

"You're doing so well, Yugi. Let's give another good push like that again... Get ready now.. Deep breath.. Push!"

Gulping another breath down, Yugi began pushing once more. He began to make a keening whine of pain the more he crowned from being stretched.

"That's it, keep going. Keep going.. The head's coming... Good.. Good.. Okay, Yugi, you can rest."

Joey began wiping the cool rag over his friend's reddened face. Yugi started crying harder so Yami and Joey moved closer so he could lean on them both. They each had one of the light's legs pulled back to help, but Yami's attention was beginning to be drawn to the miracle happening before him. Another hard push exposed more of the baby's head and, to Yami's amazement, he saw this little one already had a quite a bit of dark hair upon its tiny head.

"Oh, gods! I can't do it! It hurts too much!!" Yugi screamed.

"Yes, you can, Yugi! Just take another deep breath.. Good, now push!"

After giving a few pants, Yugi filled his lungs and pushed his hardest. The widest part of the baby's head began to pass, eliciting a muffled scream from the light, until finally, the head came forth.

"We have the head! Just wait now, we need to make sure the cord isn't wrapped around the neck."

His legs were trembling harder as he focused himself and tried to wait. A half second later, he was given the okay and started to push once more. Yugi gave a brief cry as a shoulder passed then let his breath out in a loud 'whoosh' of relief as the baby was lifted free.

"It's a girl!"

Yami, luckily, did not pass out while he watched. If he had fainted at all, it would have been from pure elation. Yugi began sobbing because he was so happy and his darkness started kissing him lovingly. Joey squeezed his friend's hand tighter and clapped it with excitement.

"It's a little girl, Yug! Ya have a baby girl!"

Beautiful, healthy wails filled the room while the little one was dried off and her umbilical cord clamped off. Yami was given the honor of cutting the cord of his first born before she was taken away to so the nurses could finish with her. Meanwhile, Dr. Kokoro checked the position of the second baby. Currently, it was still breech, but she also noticed that the amniotic sac had yet to rupture. While preparing for the second infant, the placenta from the first twin was delivered, freeing up much more room for the remaining baby to shift positions.

Yami noticed the placenta and grew worried, "Shouldn't the second baby be born before that?"

"Yes, normally. However, these are fraternal twins rather than identical. Two separate eggs were fertilized so two separate embryos were formed, each with their own placenta."

Contractions started one more for Yugi and his water broke again in preparing for the second twin. The doctor checked the positioning again, still finding that the baby was breech. She explained that she was going to try to do some external manipulation to make the baby flip as she kneaded Yugi's abdomen. It was fairly uncomfortable having his body smushed and pushed about, but the little one inside stayed stubborn. Much to Dr. Kokoro's distress, the baby also began to move to crowning in a buttocks first position. Yugi felt the urge to start pushing again.

"The second baby hasn't moved into the proper birthing position. The baby is coming buttocks first. As it is right now, you may still be able to deliver vaginally, but it's more recommended if we go with a Caesarean."

The hikari was terrified. He did not want to be cut open and now he felt like he had just failed his first test of parenthood. He started crying again, already rather emotionally and physically drained from the first delivery.

Yami was concerned as well and wrapped an arm around his partner while he listened, "Are either of them in any danger?"

"At the moment, everything is still fine. The baby isn't distressed and is still getting enough oxygen. Being breech, however, can cause different complications in the labor, which could cause the baby to then become distressed or even put Yugi in trouble. The particular position that the baby is in has been deliverable before. It's your call right now which way you want to continue."

Yugi was panting and shaking, afraid to push even though he was starting to. They looked one another in the eye as they spoke over the bond. Yami opened the floodgates in order to feel if there was anything potentially dangerous that Yugi may not have felt. The sudden rush caused the former ruler's knees to buckle some and he wobbled unsteadily from the pain and exhaustion before he regained control of himself.

//What do you say, aibou? It is your body.. I just want you both to be safe//

Amethyst eyes looked up to the doctor, "I want to keep going. At the first sign something's wrong, we'll do a C-section..."

With a quick nod, Dr. Kokoro went back into position to deliver the second twin. For Yugi, pushing was not quite as difficult as it had been before, but it seemed to go much slower since limbs were not tucked into the normal birthing position. Yugi was growing tired, so Yami channeled all of his extra energy to his light, which helped give him a second wind.

"Push!.. Push!.. There we go.. You're doing so well, Yugi.. The baby's almost out."

Twenty minutes of strenuous birthing later, the second and final baby was brought forth.

"It's a boy!"

Yugi collapsed against the bed, a weary smile on his face the only indication he had heard. His whole body was shaking after the entire ordeal of giving birth. Yami was beside him, crying happy tears as he spoke loving and encouraging words to his exhausted lover. Once again, he was able to cut the umbilical cord before the infant was carried off, wailing, to be taken care of.

The drained hikari could barely bring forth enough energy to deliver the second placenta, but once it was done, he too was cleaned up and checked over to make sure he was doing all right. Joey squeezed his friend's shoulder tightly, congratulating him over and over for delivering two healthy, beautiful babies. Once he was sure everything was stable, he ran off to share the good news.

After being given a thorough once over, the twins were brought over so the proud parents could see them. The visit was brief and they were taken to the NICU for observation. Being preemies, they needed to be monitored.

Yugi could hardly keep his eyes open so a visit with him was out of the question. Yami would go see everyone while his other half rested and recovered. Until then, he wanted to stay right beside his love and let him know how proud he was.

//They're beautiful, aibou.. Absolutely perfect..//

//I love you, Yami...//

//I do not think I can begin to describe my love for you, Yugi.. You've given me two precious, little gifts.. There is no way I could ever give you something equal//

Yugi mentally chuckled lightly, //You don't have to.. I know.... Yami?//

//Yes, koi?//

//I've picked a name//

//And what is that?//

//For our son.. I want to name him after his father.. I want to name him, Atemu//

Warmth and pride flowed the once pharaoh as he listened. He thought it was an exquisite name because of the gesture of love behind it.

//That is a very beautiful name, Yugi. I certainly have no objections to it//

Once more, Yugi chuckled through the link as he began drifting off. His mental voice grew breathy, //I just thought of another name.. For our daughter//

//Oh?//

//Well, we have an Atemu.. What�s an Atemu without his Mana?// This was the final thought before the light finally fell fast asleep.

Yami watched his love's sleeping face contentedly. He spoke aloud, but in a whisper to keep from disturbing him. A chuckle rumbled in his chest, "Atemu and Mana Mutou? I think you have something there, aibou. Atemu and Mana it is."

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A/N: *evil laugh* See? See?? I found a way to name him �Yami Jr.� without actually calling him �Yami Jr.� Okay, I should go to bed. My brain is broken.
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