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The XX Factor: x II completed	By : Wicabeth Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7992 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Ah, now that I�ve taken a little break to clear my mind,.. my family is going to drive me mad at the reunion. *snerk*

My muse enjoyed her little break and began poking me incessantly to start writing this. So, I always must obey the call of a finicky muse and do her bidding. This story is going to be an actual sequel.

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"Unca Yugi! Unca Yami! Watch me! Watch me!" squealed the little girl excitedly.

The addressed 'uncles' smiled as the little one did a lopsided attempt at a cartwheel. When both feet were planted back in the grass, Yami and Yugi clapped for her.

"That was fantastic, Asuka."

"You did such a good job! Have you been practicing?" Yugi asked as Asuka ran up for a hug.

"Yup! Daddy an' me haf been pra'ticing lots," she beamed proudly with her arms around the duelist's waist.

Four years had past since the accident that caused Joey to turn into woman, which eventually lead him to become pregnant. Asuka was finally a toddler and could be quite a little handful at times.

Time had not only changed little Asuka; the others had matured as well. In the years that had passed, everyone had graduated high school. Graduation had been filled with mixed feelings, but everyone promised to stay in touch no matter what paths their lives may lead. Asuka had been able to watch with Mokuba and cheer for Seto and Joey as they walked together. The second the diploma had hit the blond's hand, he almost toppled his husband in a powerful victory kiss. Whistles and hollers filled the air at that display. When Joey, at last, let the brunet up for air, he threw his fists high in the air and cheered until Seto joined him.

It was no surprise that Seto was the class valedictorian. He did not want to write a speech for the occasion, more thankful to be out of the god-forsaken place than anything else, but Joey had asked if he could do one instead. He had been up until the early hours of the morning writing a speech. When he had finished, he kept it hidden until he was to read it at the ceremony. Seto had done the introductions and once the speech had ended, Joey noticed quite a few people wiping their eyes. Even the young CEO had been moved.

After graduation, everyone drifted a bit as they planned for the future. Teá had applied and been accepted into a dance school in New York like she had hoped for. Ryou was saving up to attend a nearby university since he didn't want to leave his lover or their yamis. Duke had helped Tristan open a motorcycle shop and garage with the money his games had been making. Duke, himself, had signed the rights to the creation of a virtual Dungeon Dice Monsters gaming system in a partnership with Kaiba Corp.'s newer technologies. Seto was still head of his company. Joey worked for Kaiba Corp. as well, but out of the home so he could take care of Asuka; he was adamant about that. Yami was still helping with the shop and Yugi had taken a few courses through the local junior college.

The years were also kind upon little Yugi. The once short statured teen had blossomed. Yugi had gained a few inches, but still remained one of the shortest in the group, and had lost some of the lingering childish facial features. He was just a hair shorter than his darkness, but had been able to develop some gently defined muscles for his lithe frame.

But, enough of what has happened before; let us return to what is happening now. Because the two tri-colored haired teens had such a relatively open schedule, they were able to visit their 'niece' quite often. Joey didn't mind at all since it gave him a break to tackle large chunks of work. Mokuba could only help watch the toddler when he wasn't busy with junior high. Right now, Yami, Yugi, and Asuka were playing in the park after a small picnic.

Yugi chuckled some and took a moment to fix the barrettes that had come loose in the girl's hair. She squirmed a bit, anxious to be off playing, until the young man set her free with a pat upon the head.

"What do you say we head on home, Asuka? I bet Daddy misses you and I know it's almost naptime."

Asuka gave a slight pout, but nodded as she went to pick up a forgotten stuffed animal and bringing it back over. She gave the well-loved plush unicorn a squeeze.

"Okay, unca Yugi.. Snowflakes gets cranky when he doesn't have his nap.."

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Joey looked up from where he was writing as the door opened. Yugi held the door while Yami carried in a sleepy Asuka and they all shared a smile.

The little girl was trying to fight off sleep, but her eyelids were growing heavier by the minute. Joey came over to retrieve his baby girl and carried her off towards her room. He spoke in a soft voice while he laid her down and tenderly removed her little sneakers before pulling a blanket over her.

"Did ya have fun at the park, sweet stuff?"

Asuka made a tired groan in affirmation before pushing at the blanket, "No.. pony pillow, Daddy.."

A loving grin came to his face while he grabbed the requested item. For Asuka's first birthday, Seto had given her a horse plushie that was actually meant to double as an infant sleeping pad. When she turned two, the little girl had developed some sort of affinity for horses, especially unicorns.

Joey lifted his daughter's little head to place the pillow underneath, then tucked her in once again. He looked around the room for a minute until Yugi poked his head it with a quiet chuckle and waved the stuffed unicorn.

"She dropped it out in the hall."

Gratefully, the honey-eyed man took the plushie and safely tucked it into Asuka's sleepy hands before kissing her forehead.

"Sweet dreams, pumpkin."

Asuka replied in a breathy whisper, ".... g'nigh', Daddy.."

After closing the bedroom door quietly behind them, Joey smiled warmly to his shorter friend, "Hey, thanks fer takin' Asuka ta da park, Yug. I finally got all that paperwork done."

Yugi walked beside him as they went back to Joey's office, "No problem, Joey. You know we love to do things with Asuka. You just have to remember to call us if you ever get behind like today. I love taking care of her."

"Heh, yeah.. She's a doll, that's fer sure... I still can't believe I have her. I know I say it all da time, but it's still amazing.. I never knew being a parent could be so.. so.."

"Wonderful?"

Joey grinned again, "Yeah.. An' ya've seen how it's changed Seto too. He's got pictures of her all over da place at work. Good thing Mokie's fine with it. He loves her just as much as we do."

Yugi listened with a thoughtful smile. His good friend would always happily ramble again and again about Asuka and taking care of her, but the smaller didn't mind. He never liked to admit it, but he knew that in his heart, he was a little envious. Yugi had had more thoughts lately of him and Yami becoming a family. He knew his grandfather wasn't getting any younger and that it would bring joy to the man's heart to see more children in the house.

"So, what're ya two gonna go do now? Wanna stick around fer a bit or somethin'? I finished up all my work an' Asuka's gonna be out fer a few hours.." the blond gave a yawn, covering his mouth with the back of his hand. "Sorry 'bout that.. Asuka's naptime is usually my naptime too."

Yami put a hand upon his hikari's shoulder, "That's alright, Joey. You go ahead and rest. Yugi and I need to be getting back to the shop anyway. There's new inventory to be unloaded."

"Okay then. See ya guys around then. Just gimme a call if ya need somethin', ya hear?"

Yugi chuckled and hugged his friend tightly, "We know, Joey. I don't think you have to worry about us not stopping by to at least say 'Hi' to you and Asuka.. We had fun today. Maybe we can all do something together this weekend?"

"Yeah, that sounds good. I'll see what everybody's doin'. Alright now, go have fun unloading boxes."

The look-alikes waved as they headed out to their car. Yugi climbed into the driver's side of his silver Toyota Echo and buckled himself in. He loved his car. Even if it was used, it was still special to him. His grandfather had given it to him as a graduation present so he could drive to his college classes. Before pulling out, he glanced in his rearview mirror with a soft, wistful smile at the empty car seat strapped in the back.

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The shortest duelist tossed his head back, arching his back away from the sheets. His fingers tangled into the bedspread blindly while Yami held up his parted thighs.

"Ah.. Ahh, oh, gods... Yami!.. Yami, please!.."

Golden bangs swayed with his movements, "That's it, aibou... Let it go..."

Twisting his slender body in a sharp spasm, Yugi let out a cry and spilled himself upon his stomach while his darkness continued to rock into him until he too found his release inside his tender lover. The former pharaoh gently lowered his spent self upon the young man beneath, lovingly kissing his light's neck and jaw line in the afterglow.

They laid still as they caught their breath, communicating their affections through fingertip caresses across one another's bodies. Yami found the strength to lift himself off and settled comfortably at Yugi's side while he gazed at the still flushed and sweaty face of his love. The other's eyes were closed and lips parted just slightly as he lay upon his back. With care, the dark one brushed some stray bangs from Yugi's face.

"I love you, my beautiful aibou.."

Eyelids slid open slowly to reveal sated amethyst orbs, ".. I love you too, Yami.. You know I do."

Yami could get lost in those gorgeous eyes, but behind them, he could see something stirring. The link, even though Yugi had mastered how to control it, would bleed emotions when Yugi was else occupied on occasions. In the throes of passion, Yami had sensed a longing unease.

"Aibou.. Tell me,.. what is troubling you? You have something on your mind again that you are worried about."

The shorter gazed back before turning away and rolling over. Yami pulled the covers over them both and Yugi tugged them up around his neck while he stayed quiet. He knew it was a silly to explain what he was feeling. With the money it cost for bills, his car, and for school, they were just making enough to get by as it was. There was no way they would be able to support a child as well.

".. It's nothing, Yami. Really."

Yami frowned slightly as he spooned close to his lover and wrapped him in his arms. He kissed the back of the younger man's soft neck.

"Are you sure it's nothing? You can talk to me about anything if you need to, Yugi."

Yugi just gave a little nod and let himself melt into his lover's protective embrace until they both drifted off to sleep.

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"Daddy?... Daddy, wake up... Daddy.." Asuka whispered while she used both hands to try to shake snoring blond.

Joey muttered in his sleep, but didn't awaken. Screwing her little face up in a pout, she plotted another way to wake her daddy up. She raised her voice a bit.

"Daddy.."

".........."

"Daddy.."

"........."

She took a deep breath and hollered as loud as she could muster, "DADDY!!!!!!"

Joey jumped a few feet off the bed as he gave a startled scream. Instantly his eyes darted around for any sign of danger, a trait he had picked up from his husband.

"DAH! What??! What is it?!!"

Asuka beamed a smile as she reached for the cordless phone laying upon the nightstand and handed it over, "It's unca Yugi on da phone. He wan's to talk to you, Daddy."

Still trying to calm his franticly beating heart, he took the phone and shakily ruffled his daughter's hair, "Th-thanks, baby doll.. Ya go on an' play while Daddy changes inta a clean pair of underwear, okay?"

The little one hurried off and Joey ran his fingers through his tresses while he put the phone to his ear, ".. Hello?"

Yugi giggled softly on the other end, "Well, at least I know you're awake now, Joey."

"Yeah, my 35 and a half pound alarm clock woke me up.. So, what's up, Yug? Ya needed ta talk about somethin'?"

The other's tone became melancholy and there came a slight sigh, "... Joey? Um.. Would it be alright if I came over and talked? I didn't want to intrude, so I called to make sure it was okay first."

"Of course ya can, Yug. C'mon over an' then you an' me can go get somethin' ta eat. Mokuba's home today because of an in-service at school, so he can watch Asuka fer a while. I'm gonna go take a shower while I wait fer ya, so Mokuba can let ya in, okay?"

They said their brief 'goodbye's and Joey headed off to get ready. By the time he was finished and dressed, Yugi was downstairs talking with the rest of the Kaiba family. The blond decided to go casual today. The way his friend had sounded over the phone told him this was going to be a 'heart to heart' sort of day.

Seto took a sip of coffee, but looked up as his husband entered. Joey strolled over and leaned down to give him a quick good morning kiss upon the lips.

"Morning, Dragon. I'm gonna go out fer breakfast with Yugi. I just wanted ta see ya before I headed out."

Asuka perked up from her half eaten smiley face pancakes, "Can I came too, Daddy? I wanna go wif you an' unca Yugi!"

Joey shook his head lightly, "Sorry, sweet stuff, not this time. Daddy an' uncle Yugi have some grownup stuff ta go talk about. Can ya be a good girl an' stay here ta play with Mokie?"

The little girl looked a bit hurt that she could not come along, but nodded. Mokuba set down his glass of milk before looking over to his niece.

"Don't worry, Asuka. We can play some games today and I need to make a science project for school that you can help with. You can use all your crayons and help color with me."

"Snowflakes too?" she asked cutely.

"Snowflakes too. Because, you know, unicorns are whizzes at science and with coloring after all."

Seto glanced at his watch and stood up, kissing his daughter's forehead and patting his younger brother upon the back, "I'll be home later tonight. Try not to get into any trouble until Joey gets home and make sure you watch Asuka closely."

Flashing a trademark Kaiba smug smirk, Mokuba replied simply, "I already know that. Who's been the babysitter for the past 4 years, hrm?"

The elder returned the look in playful challenge, "Doesn't hurt to remind you though."

"Bye Papa! I love you!"

Yugi stood next with his keys in hand and said his own 'goodbye's along with Joey before they headed out. Yugi offered to drive, but the taller man wouldn't hear of it and plucked the car keys away.

"Don't worry about it. I promise I won't hit more than 10 fenders on da way. I've got a little place in mind anyway where we can sit an' talk fer a while. Pretty good food too."

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The two sat in a small restaurant while they ate breakfast. Joey had his usual appetite while Yugi only had a small meal of eggs and bacon. While the blond finished up, Yugi sat cradling his cup of cappuccino in his hands and watching the steam rise from the creamy surface.

"Alright, Yug. Spill it. Ya look like ya just lost yer last friend an' I know that ain't what happened because I wouldn't be sittin' here if it did... Did ya get inta a fight with Yams?"

Yugi shook his head gently, "No, we didn't get into a fight... I just have something I need to talk about and I knew you would be the best person to go to.... Joey, I.. what's been bothering me is that I want to have a family."

Joey grinned, "Why's that bothering ya? Ya should be happy... Unless it's because Yams doesn't want kids?"

The shorter looked up and waved his hand quickly, "No no, it's not because of that.. It's.. well.."

"What?"

Yugi lowered his head, his eyes hidden in his bangs, "I just think it's selfish of me to want something like that. I know that I went to school, but it wasn't for any type of degree. Yami and I work to help Grandpa out with the store and with the bills we have to pay and the money for my car and insurance and whatever and then the money it cost for books and tuition.. There's no way Yami and I could think about trying to do all of that and worry about the costs of having a family... I know I should understand that, but I want it so much. I just don't want to bring a burden upon us that we won't be able to handle... I have Asuka and I should learn to accept that as the closest I'll get to my wanting... What I really needed was to someone to vent to that could understand how I'm feeling. I figured that if I was able to talk about, it would help me get over wanting it so much."

Joey listened, concern and determination etched in his face. He never realized how badly Yugi wanted a family of his own, but he would be damned if he sat there and let his friend surrender himself to defeat. If anyone deserved to achieve his dreams, it was Yugi. Joey knew that he and Yami would make damn fine parents and he wasn't going to sit idly by when there was something he could do to help.

"That better not be da sound of ya giving up there, Yug.. That's not da Yugi I know. Da Yugi I know would keep going even when it looks like all da chips are down."

"Oh, Joey.. That was only when I was dueling or when I was helping my friends. It's not going to change the fact we wouldn't be able to care for a child."

"Oh, yes ya will. Ya helped me when I needed money ta help Serenity, so now it's my turn ta return da favor an' help ya in yer time of need. I'm gonna give ya da prize money I got from da Duelist Kingdom tournament.. In full."

Yugi's jaw dropped, "Joey! You can't be serious!.. I'm touched by the offer, but I couldn't take your charity. You earned that money yourself so it belongs to you."

The blond leaned in and raised a finger in warning, "Dat's right; it's my money an' dat means I can do what I want with it. Ya need dat money now Yug an' it's not gonna break me by givin' it ta ya. Seto helped me invest what I had left over so dere's plenty. An' besides, just look who I'm married ta after all.. An' Seto can't say shit about it because it ain't comin' from any of his accounts."

He was still in shock as he tried to process everything. His best friend in the world was giving him 3 million dollars just like that and hardly batted an eye. With that much money, Yugi knew they would be set for quite a few years.

Joey took a sip of his coffee, a knowing look in his eye, ".. Ya weren't thinkin' about adoptin', were ya?"

The spiky haired man started to fidget with his mug. He had a feeling the other would be able to read him. He gently shook his head while suddenly finding the table simply captivating.

"Ya don't have ta be ashamed, Yug. We still got da stuff in da lab if ya want ta use it.. It's safe, trust me.. But I ain't gonna sugarcoat it fer ya, Yugi. Pregnancy an' childbirth are some of da most horrific things I've ever been through. An' it's tough raisin' a kid. There were days I just wanted ta throw up my hands an' say 'fuck it!' because I got so overwhelmed. I got through it because I had Seto there an' because I had ya an' da other guys stickin' by me.. I promise that if ya choose ta do it, I'll be there ta help ya through, but da choice has gotta be yours, Yugi."

"I know... I'm going to tell Yami tonight.. I'll let you know what he decides tomorrow morning and we can go from there."

"Sounds like a plan. But somethin' tells me that Yams wouldn't mind having his own Mini Me running around. But ya gotta promise me somethin' or all of this deal is off."

Yugi tilted his head, "Promise what?"

"Ya gotta promise me that I get ta be da uncle an' ya'll bring 'im over ta play with Asuka," he grinned.

Yugi smiled warmly, "Of course Joey."

The taller swiped the bill away when it came as a final treat to his dearest friend.

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A/N: Remember I said my muse was bugging me? She�s been bugging me so much, I think I�ve forgotten how to sleep just so I can write and research @.@
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