Born of Shadows

Development

Kitty woke to the smell of food, and stretched languidly. He wasn’t hungry, he never was, but the food smelled wonderful so he crawled to the edge of the bed and pulled the tray closer.
It tasted as good as it smelled and soon he had eaten every crumb. It was unlike him to gorge himself, until recently. And he was ashamed of his behavior at times. But, as he was responsible for the three young within him, he would at least make sure they were fed.
Pushing himself away from the empty tray, he crawled back to his warm area on the bed and curled around himself once more. He missed Master but was sure that the man would come to him some time soon and he was so tired.

Yugi lifted his rope and helped Puppy pull the heavy wagon toward the doors. During their visits to shadows, they had gone to many of the places that Yami recalled from previous visits. Some were worlds, like Jou’s that Yami had built and then had to abandon. In several he had tested the planting of real bushes and trees and now those untended gardens were ripe with exotic fruits and edibles. The wagon was loaded with some of these and some of the possessions his Yami had left in those locations that were sentimental to him. Yugi hadn’t seen most of this cargo, but knew it was only a matter of time.
Now as they pulled the wagon up on the porch, he wondered what was in the load.
Master waited at the door with Yami and Monkey as the wagon rolled up the ramp he had made for the occasion.
When the load was settled, Yami uncrossed his arms and walked up to it, removing one of the ropes and rummaging around for a brief time.
“First of all, we stopped by your place, to make sure you were really gone, and Yugi noticed this. We thought you might not want to miss out on the opportunity, so brought it to you.” He said, lifting Jou’s first camera out of the packing.
Master smiled as Yami handed the device to him.

Kitty slept for another hour or two before waking to the feel of Master climbing onto the edge of the bed.
“Hey, are you awake?” Master whispered.
“Mew,” Kitty responded, stretching lethargically.
“Good, we have company. Yami and Yugi are back and they wanted to see you. Come on,” Master ordered mildly. Kitty stretched once more before shifting and following the other out the door and down the hall. Once in the sitting room, Kitty noted Yami sitting in Master’s place on the long couch and stopped in the doorway, ignoring the Pharaoh and licking at his paw without much enthusiasm.
“Now, Kitty. Be nice to our guests. They have been worried about you. Come on in and say hello.”
“Mew.” Kitty said, shortly before resuming his ablutions. Yami’s eyes twitched but Yugi’s went wide in disbelief.
“Yami I think we have offended Kitty. Apologize.” Yugi ordered, and Yami stared at him for a moment.
“Yes, I suppose. It is the fastest way to get co-operation. I am sorry to have upset you, Kitty. Please tell me what I have done, so I can rectify the situation.” Yami asked, his voice tinged with irritation. Yugi glared at him slightly.
“Mew, meow!” Kitty said, giving only the hint of his ire.
“It’s proper to give a guest the most comfortable seat, Kitty. Now be nice.” Master said, to his stubborn pet.
“It’s your seat, and I’m not sitting with the small fry.” Kitty responded, as Master reached out to gently stroke his fur. Master smiled, and concentrated. Soon there was another matched couch, looking even softer and of Kitty’s favorite blue in the room opposite the first. Kitty glared at him and watched him seat himself on the new sofa.
“Now you can sit with me. Come on.” Master called. Kitty licked the fully cleaned paw three more times before meandering across the room to slowly climb onto the new seating, his movements graceful and sleek regardless of his added bulk.
Yami watched and when Kitty finally settled against Master’s thigh, he shifted forward.
“Kitty, I am no doctor. I have had some experience with childbirth, but I will need to check you and see how close this will be.”
Dark blue eyes regarded the former pharaoh as he gently placed a hand to the expanding area before him. Kitty growled low in his throat and when Yugi leaned forward the pet released a long hiss. Yugi jumped away and Yami glared at the unabashed cat and his master.
“You shouldn’t press your luck, Yug.” Master said, stroking the soft fur of Kitty’s neck. “Those claws are pretty sharp. I can’t promise you I can keep him from scratching, ya know?” and Yugi nodded quietly. He remembered the way the CEO acted in the real world and wouldn’t be surprised if Kitty had quite a bit of that temperament.
“Me-yeouwwl” Kitty growled as Yami’s hands moved over his distended midsection and traced the outlines of the raised bumps here and there. It was like he was measuring them and Kitty was getting more uncomfortable with this treatment, Master’s petting not withstanding.
“Enough!” Master shouted, and Yami pulled his hands away. The former Pharaoh stared at the blond, and Master attempted to smile it away. “You should be able to tell anything you can from that. So?” he asked.
Yami crossed his arms at his chest and leaned back. He wasn’t accustomed to Jou treating him this way, but it was Jou’s shadow house and it was all very necessary. “I believe we still have some time. But not much. Do you mind if we stay?” he asked as was polite.
Master was polite in return, “You may have the room you used the last time. It’s still in the same place.”
Yugi smiled up at Yami, he had liked that room. Yami nodded and rose to put his things away.
Master returned his attention to Kitty, petting him more earnestly and Kitty purred back completely content.

Once in their room, Yugi stood at the end of the huge bed and glared at Yami.
“What was that all about?” he asked, his hands fisted at his hips and his body sending the message of no-bullshit.
“Yugi just let me rest, please.” Yami begged. The smaller duelist was not about to let it go at that, and he walked up to the pharaoh and ran his hand up the front of the black mesh shirt that Yami wore under his light jacket.
“I didn’t know you were that tired, Yami. I guess we could just take a little nap, and you could tell me a story. Like, what all that posturing and crap in there was about?!” Yugi said, sliding his finger under the collar that Yami had belted around his neck and pulling him roughly forward. “And I believe there was a question I asked earlier about some kinks that Bakura thinks you have.” Yami swallowed painfully under the now too tight collar.
“Um, Kinks?” he squeaked out.
“Yes. I want to hear all about them. Every sordid detail.” And he pulled Yami down into a soft and demanding kiss.


Kitty curled up in Master’s arms. He was so tired he didn’t fight against the hands that lifted him off of the couch and carried him to the bedroom once more. Sleep called to him and he followed its lead.
Master placed him on the bed and retrieved the tray from earlier to take it to the kitchen for later. When Master returned to the room, Kitty was curled up in a ball and twitching in his sleep. Master curled around him and pulled him close.
“Soon Kasshoku. We will meet these kittens and then we will be a family.” And Master dropped into sleep, feeling the movement beneath his hands.


:::Only one thing to say. I hate red tape!!!! I have been clamoring through it for days and that means I can't write. It is more hassle than it is worth some days. Okay, the ranting thingy is over.*Deep Breaths*

To my reviewers:

Anon - You did it, again {o_-}
But the great rambling review was so worth anything. Love you!! {@^@}


Silvershadowfire - Yami? Up to something? How could you ever think such a thing? Oh and yes, the kittens are adorable, just wait and see. The babies are the main point in an Mpreg after all. So hang on, they come in the next chappy.