Project: Destiny

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Disclaimer: Unfortunately anything dealing with Yu-gi-oh does not belong to me but to a very rich and lucky person. So no suing!
Includes: Yaoi (male/male relationships), slight AU but no spoilers, surprises (if you like the Engulf Trilogy then you’ll like the surprises *hint, hint*)
Pairings: Seto/Joey, Yami/Yugi, Marik/Malik, Bakura/Ryou, possible others
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General A/N: Hope everyone had a great Holiday and stuffed themselves silly like I did. I figure to give this chapter a little early since I can’t seem to get to sleep right now and I’m a little bored. I think you guys will really like this chapter. ^_^ Here it is…


Project: Destiny
Chapter Twenty Eight
by Ravenx

~March 4 – Malik’s Birthday~

“Kura, will you get me some ice cream please?” Ryou asks from his position on the sofa, his bare feet propped up on the coffee table.

“Strawberry?”

“Yes, please.” The smaller boy smiles at his yami as he watches the taller white haired boy walk through the swinging kitchen door.

“Do you want anything, chibi ichi?” Yami asks from next to the small white haired yami, his arm around the shoulders of his lover who sits next to him.

“No, thank you, Yami.”

“Enough talking sweet, I want to open presents.” Malik licks his lips as he looks at the pile of gifts on the coffee table in front of him.

“Then open them.” Ryou rolls his light brown eyes.

“Hand me one, Marik.” The small pale blonde pushes his lover off the arm rest of his chair gently.

“Yes, kitsune.” Marik growls through clenched teeth, grabbing a box wrapped in bright red paper with a white bow on top before handing it to his hikari.

“That’s ours.” Yugi smiles.

Malik grins as he quickly tears through the paper, ripping the lid off the box and moving the tissue paper out of the way, his light violet eyes looking down at the contents. Smiling he holds up a pair of dark violet pajama bottoms and a light violet tank top with the words ‘Sex Demon’ sprayed across the front in silver glitter.

“I love it!”

“It’s true too.” Marik mumbles with a smirk.

“We figured you could wear it in a couple weeks hopefully but there is something else in there too.” Yugi motions toward the box.

“Aw! Cuteness!” Malik giggles as he holds up a small one-piece baby outfit, dark violet reading ‘Demon Seed’ across the front of the pale violet chest.

“Very cute.” Ryou smiles.

“I thought it would be for either a boy or a girl.” The smaller hikari says as he leans into Yami’s side.

“Thank you. Next, Marik.” Malik sits the clothes back in the box before sitting it down on the floor next to him.

“I’ve got to go to the bathroom.” Yugi pouts as he gets up with some grunts and help from his lover. “Thank you, Yami.” He smiles down at his yami as he walks behind the sofa and out toward the entranceway when the door bell rings. “Someone get that I’ve really got to go.”

“I’ll get it.” Yami motions for Ryou to stop trying to get up as he moves over to the door.

“That’s from Kura and me.” Ryou says as he watches the pale blonde hikari rip open a purple rectangular box.

“More clothes?” Malik pouts as he removes the lid from the box before a hand gently knocks the back of his head.

“Couldn’t wait for us?” Joey asks, waddling over to sit in the chair across from the pale blonde.

“Can’t help it. I wanted presents. Ryou! I can’t believe you got me this, it had to be Bakura’s idea.” Malik giggles as he holds up a short dark purple skirt with white trim and spirals covering it.

“I like it.” Marik grins.

“Bakura wouldn’t let me get you anything else but that. Figured you and Marik could have a wild night after the baby is born.”

“No talking of things like that with little ears present.” Seto walks into the living room followed by little brother.

“I’m not a child, Seto.” Mokuba rolls his violet eyes as he hops over to lean over the back of Joey’s chair.

“Jade’s gift goes along with the skirt.” Ryou toes a white gift on the coffee table.

“Marik…”

“I know, I know. I’m getting it.”

“You’ve got him trained good.” Joey winks over at the smaller pale blonde as Bakura comes out of the kitchen with a bowl of ice cream, handing it to Ryou and sitting next to him on the sofa. “I guess that could go for you too.”

“That’s my seat.” Yami says to the white haired yami as he moves back into the living room.

“Mine now.”

“What did Jade get you, Malik?” Joey asks trying to stop any upcoming fight between the two yamis.

Malik holds up a white tank to with dark purple writing across the front spelling out ‘Sex Machine.’ The pale blonde hikari grins widely as he sits the shirt next to his skirt beside him on the floor.

“Now I have a whole outfit.”

“Not yet.” The sandy blonde winks as he sends Mokuba over to the pale blonde with their gifts.

“Yeah! More presents.” Malik takes the gifts from Mokuba and starts ripping off the paper of the largest one.

“Where’s Yugi?” Joey asks.

“Bathroom.” Yami stands with his arms folded over his chest behind the empty seat on the sofa.

“That’s why we were late.” Mokuba chuckles.

“What did they get you?” Ryou asks.

Malik holds up a pair of black leather knee high combat boots, his eyes widening as his hands glide over the cool leather.

“This must have been expensive.”

“They are top of the line.” Seto crosses his arms over his chest as he stands behind his lover.

“I swear this kid is doing a little dance on my bladder.” Yugi groans as he reenters the living room. “Hey guys.”

“Hey, Yug.” Joey waves at the shorter boy who moves to sit on the sofa next to Bakura.

“I’m guessing this is from Mokuba?” Malik asks as he rips open an orange box with yellow flowers and balloons covering it.

“Yep.” The raven haired boy nods.

“Is this silk?” The pale blonde asks holding up a pair of red boxers.

“Yes. I got you five pairs in different colors.”

“Thanks, Mokuba. I love it.”

“Have you opened all your presents yet?” Joey asks.

“I better not have.” Malik’s violet eyes narrow up at his yami.

“You haven’t.” Marik quickly grabs a box wrapped in the same paper as Bakura and Ryou’s gift, handing it to his lover before leaning on the armrest of the chair.

“I don’t mean to be rude or anything but when are we eating?” The sandy blonde asks the others.

“I don’t know. It is just almost three. Are you hungry, Joey?” Yugi smiles over at his taller friend.

“I’m starving.”

“You just ate before we left the house.” Mokuba says.

“So? I am eating for two know. I’m double hungry.”

“Is that why there isn’t any food in the house?” Seto raises an eyebrow as he looks down at his lover.

“And what do you think we’ll be doing with this?” Malik asks his yami as he holds up a bottle of message oil.

“Figured I’d rub your feet since you always complain about them.” Marik shrugs.

“Or my back?”

“Sure, whatever.”

“The world must be ending. Even Marik is being nice.” Yami mumbles.

“I think it is sweet.” Yugi smiles.

“Can we go back to the food issue?” Joey pouts as he rubs his stomach.

“Would you like some ice cream?” Ryou motions toward his empty bowl.

“I want food.”

“Guys.”

“We can wait a little more and see about ordering in.” Yugi suggests.

“Guys.” Malik’s light voice strains to be heard.

“No, I want something now.” The sandy blonde pouts.

“Guys.” Marik voice booms over the others causing them to snap their eyes in his direction.

“What?” Yami asks.

“Something is wrong with Malik.” He motions to the cringing boy in his arms, light violet eyes squeezed shut as he holds his lower stomach.

“Malik? What’s wrong?” Yugi asks worriedly.

“I…I think…its…time…for the…baby.” Malik pants.

“What? Now? Are you sure?” Marik’s dark violet eyes widen.

“Oh…yeah.”

“Come on, the limo is out front. I’ll call Dr. Morland and Jade on the way over to the mansion.” Seto starts moving toward the door. “Mokuba, help Joey up.”

“Are you okay, Malik?” Ryou asks as he stands up with help from his yami.

“Oh, this is so not fun anymore.” Malik whines.

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Ryou, Yugi, and Joey sit on the edge of a small bed covered in white sheets, their bare feet resting on the cool light wooden floor below them. White walls surround the plain room, a thick white curtain hangs down the middle of the room separating it from the other side where Malik and Marik are, and suddenly a loud scream comes from behind the curtain.

“I hope he is going to be okay.” Yugi pouts.

“I’m sure he will, Yug.” Joey wraps an arm around his small shaking friend.

“I want Kura.” Ryou whines.

“He has to help the others get Malik ready. Just think guys, in a little bit there will be a little baby in the house.”

“How are you so calm, Joey? I thought I would be but then I saw all those sharp things in there that they are going to us.” Yugi shivers.

“Just remember that you won’t be able to feel anything when its time for the baby. Jade said they give you a medicine and everything goes numb from your chest down.”

“But that’s why Malik just screamed.” Ryou whimpers.

“I want Yami.” The smaller boy says, tears starting to stream down his face.

“I want Kura.”

Joey tries to comfort the two hikari’s as they listen to muffled voices through the curtain, his honey eyes look toward the door on the other side of the room to see Mokuba coming in, his large violet eyes looking around until they land on the sandy blonde.

“How are you guys doing?” The younger boy asks.

“They’re scared and want their yamis.” Joey sighs with a small smile.

“Don’t you want Seto?” Yugi asks through sniffles.

“Yes, but I have you guys to take care of, I can’t afford to fall apart right now.” Joey chuckles.

“They should be done soon, I think.” Mokuba tries to reassure the others. “Only Marik can stay in there once the c-section begins.”

“Chibi ichi, what’s wrong?” Yami comes through the curtain followed by Seto and Bakura.

“They’re scared.” Joey says as he gets up and waddles over to the bed across from them, sitting down with Seto and Mokuba sitting on either side of him.

“You don’t have anything to be scared about, chibi ichi.” Yami wraps his arms around the smaller tri-colored haired boy as he sits next to him.

“Malik is doing fine. He is already numb and they are about to start the procedure.” Seto says, his fingers intertwining with Joey’s in his lap.

“Kura.” Ryou pouts as he holds his arms out for his yami who steps up in front of him and wrap his arms around him, the smaller boy burring his head in the taller boy’s chest.

“How long do you think it will be before they are done?” Yugi asks quietly.

“I think Jade said about thirty minutes.” The tall brunette says.

“Where is Jade?” Joey asks.

“Helping out. She’s getting everything ready for the baby.” Yami says.

“I’m worried about Malik.” The smallest hikari wipes his eyes as he leans into his yami.

“Don’t worry, chibi ichi. Malik will be fine and then he can tell all of you not to worry so much when it comes time for you to go through the same thing.”

“I know this sounds stupid, I mean we’ve been pregnant for nine months but I’m just starting to realize that we all have little babies inside of us. I can’t believe it.” Joey whispers.

“It will be fine, koinu.” Seto brushes a lock of sandy blonde hair out of Joey’s face.

Yami, Seto, and Bakura hold onto their lovers tightly as the time slowly ticks by, the occasional muffled voice seeping through the thick curtain. Mokuba leans his head over onto Joey’s shoulder, his violet eyes looking down at the floor as Ryou continues to sniffle. A sudden clapping is heard coming from the other room followed shortly after by a loud cry from a baby causing the boys to jerk their heads in the direction of the curtain.

“Its here?” Yugi gasps as he watches for any sigh from the other side of the room.

The cries echo off the tall walls, slowly the curtain is barely open to reveal Marik’s spiky haired head.

“It’s a boy.” The tall pale blonde grins.

“How is Malik?” Ryou asks.

“Tired and excited.”

“How is the baby?” Yugi asks.

“Good so far, Jade is taking care of him. We’ll be out later.” Marik’s head disappears back behind the curtain.

“A little boy.” Yugi smiles.

“Well, that’s one of us having a boy so far.” Yami smirks.

“Just because Malik and Marik have a son now doesn’t mean we will too.”

“We’ll see about that.”

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Malik smiles down at the small bundle wrapped in a pale blue blanket in his arms, his light violet eyes watching as the baby wiggles his nose slightly. A light dusting of pale blonde hair sticks out from the top of the blanket, dark violet eyes crack open slightly before shutting again at the bright light in the room.

“He is so beautiful.” The pale blonde hikari says with a smile as he lays back on some pillows, his lover sitting next to him on the bed.

“Yes, he is.” Marik agrees.

“Congratulations, Malik.” Ryou smiles as he stands near the head of the bed near his friend.

“Thank you.”

“How do you feel?” Yugi asks from his position at the foot of the bed, sitting down next to Malik’s feet.

“Tired and still a little numb from the chest down.”

“Hey ya’ll. I’ve got to interrupt for a moment.” Jade enters the room in a pair of loose green hospital pants and shirt, her long forest green hair tied up on the top of her head.

“What is it, Jade?” Malik asks quietly, his eyes never leaving his son.

“I need to know something for the birth certificate.” She waves a clipboard in the air.

“What?”

“I need a name for the little guy.” Her bright blue eyes scan over the paper.

“A name? I don’t know….uh…”

“Karem.” Marik says.

“Lyca.” Malik finally decides, speaking at the same time as his yami. Looking over at his lover he raises an eyebrow. “Karem?”

“An Ancient Egyptian name.” Marik shrugs.

“How about Lyca Karem?”

“I like it.” The larger pall blonde nods.

“So, Lyca Karem it is.” Jade writes down the name. “What’s the last name?”

“Ishtar.” Malik says.

“Would you like to know some things about little Lyca Karem Ishtar?” Jade asks.

“Like what?” Marik finally takes his eyes off his newborn son to look at the short girl.

“Well, he was born at 4:28p.m….uh…he was twenty and a half inches long…and he is a very big boy weighing in at ten pounds, nine ounces.” Jade smiles over at the little bundle.

“Ten pounds!” Ryou eyes widen.

“And nine ounces.” Jade nods.

“He’s my little chubby bear. Yes, he is. Yes, you are.” Malik smiles down at the baby in his arms, the dark violet eyes open at looking up at his parent.

“He’ll probably be getting hungry soon. Let me go get you a bottle.” Jade moves out of the room and into the hall.

“I can’t believe you had a baby before we did.” Yugi smiles.

“Me either.” The pale blonde giggles as he gently rocks his son.

“Dr. Morland said that you would have to stay here for at least a week before you go back to Ryou’s house. You and Marik can stay down here.” Seto says.

“And all of you can stay here tonight if you want, so you won’t be worried about Malik and Lyca.” Joey adds.

“That’s very kind of you, Seto. Thank you.” Ryou smiles over at the tall brunette.

“This is a lovely moment but I have to go to the bathroom again.” Yugi pouts as he stands up with help from his lover.

“All the way to the end of the hall, the door on the right.” Joey says.

Yami and Yugi slowly move out of the room, Jade reentering only moments later with Mokuba on her heels, a small red bottle in her hand and a large smile on her face.

“Did you show Dr. Morland and Dr. Jensen out, Mokuba?” Seto ask his little brother.

“Yep. They said just call them if you need them.” The younger boy moves over to stand next to his brother, his arm wrapping around Seto’s waist as he leans his head against his ribs. “How’s the baby doing?”

“Just fine.” Malik smiles. “And his name is Lyca Karem Ishtar.”

“Lyca? I like it.”

“Here you go mommy.” Jade chuckles as she hands the bottle to the pale blonde.

“Don’t call me that.” Malik takes the bottle. “Now what do I do with it?”

“Gently hold it to his mouth, his lips should latch onto it and he will start sucking on it to get the milk. Just keep the bottle turned up so that he doesn’t get air instead of milk.”

“Why no air?” Marik asks as he watches his hikari feed their son.

“Well, he will be burping after wards any way but the more air the more he’ll be doing. For the first couple of times you feed him, you might want to burp him a couple times between feeding.”

“How do we burp him?” Malik asks.

“Just gently hold him up onto your shoulder, be careful of his head, and just rub his back, patting gently occasionally.” Jade reaches out to brush her fingers over the small dusting of pale blonde hair on Lyca’s head. “Why don’t you put on his little cap I got him for Christmas?” She holds up the light violet cap with dark purple writing across the front reading ‘Beware: Trouble Maker.’

“Yeah, put it on him. I forgot about it.” Malik watches as the forest green haired girl places the small cap on his son’s head.

“He is so cute.” Ryou smiles as he cuddles into Bakura’s chest.

“Our baby will be cuter.” The taller white haired says, his dark brown eyes staring down at the feeding baby.

“Not on your life.” Marik shakes his head.

“Marik! He looked at you when you spoke.” Malik grins. “He knows who his daddy is.” He coos in a baby voice.

“He was probably just scared that the big stupid looking one was talking.” Bakura chuckles.

“Watch yourself, Robber.”

“Guys, don’t get into a fight with the newborn baby in the room.” Joey sighs, his head leaning onto Seto’s shoulder.

“Yes, go outside if you must fight.” Malik agrees.

“What if I want to hold my son?” Marik reaches a hand out to pull the blanket away from Lyca’s slightly red face.

“You’ll have to wait until he is done eating.”

“I’m going to go over and clean up a little more.” Jade says as she moves away from the boys. “Just take care of our little Lyca.”

“I will.” Malik wiggles his nose down at his little son as he feeds.

TBC
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Lyca – As far as I know I made it up. It came from watching Underworld like a thousand times, I like the term Lycan that they call werewolves so I just shortened it to be a name for the baby. Pronounced: Lie-ca

Karem – I got it off a site with ancient Egyptian names, although I can’t remember the site at this time.

And I used my birth weight for Lyca. ^_^ Yep, me was big baby.