Hell's Cradle - The First Trimester

Author’s Corner: Hey you guys! I just gotta address something that I’m noticing in the reviews and I’ve decided that it’s time for a group discussion. My OC, Odji is NOT the main baddie! He’s the CRONY to the main villain in this story. Odji was first mentioned in the opening scene of the first chapter. Anyway, I’ve decided to plain out reveal the villain for those who didn’t figure it out already since I really don’t care to keep him under secrecy. Sorry for the confusion!

Neptune: Yea, I’m sorry for the long wait for this story! I hope it’s worth the wait this time around!

LadyVirgo1956: Hey girlie! I’m soooo behind with your story! *freaks out* I promise after I get this chapter posted, I will devote my time in reading. I’m just sooo tired! Working then college, I barely get a break! But anywho, I reviewed your J/S one shot if you haven’t noticed already!

SilverHellionYaoi: Yea, being a pregnant male has so many disadvantages! Lol
This has been the longest period of time between updates I’ve ever done with this series! The last thing I want is to stress anyone out. I’ll try to figure out ways to do better with more timely updates!

Girlo: heh, heh. I hope you’ll find the satisfaction out of this chapter.

MenacingK: *glomps* I’m glad that you have my series on your favorites list! I’m so sorry sweetie about the updates. I really am, it’s not really none of my intention but I am so tired. I work almost full-time and I’m a full-time student at school! This chapter was soooo hard for me to write because I was so exhausted. My bed had looked so much better than my computer all week I’m sorry! *whimpers* please hang in there with me!

Jess: Yea I can’t believe my series had come to this either! The truth is, I never know what’s going to happen until I write it! Lol I have some idea of course but for the most part, it’ll be freestyle writing. Thinking as I go. *giggles* I’m glad you like my Seto in these fics. I know he’s so out of character but I can somehow see him like this!

Hitori: *grins* the funniest chapter so far huh? *sighs* Sometimes I just make things hard…now I have to figure out how to be EVEN funnier! heh

LMAO. Girl I don’t know that to do with you, honestly! Heh heh, you’re so violent! But I don’t blame you! Even though the rape thing may have been a bit much…

Anyway, it’s funny…you had inadvertently returned the favor. I had just gotten home from another stressful day of work and I was so in a bad mood. Then when I read your comment about ME making your day better…it had made MY day better! Lol I was smiling for a while!

Well, Juju is cool. I can’t deny her props ya know? Tell her I said what’s up!

Clumsykitty: Sometimes I dread writing a really good chapter, because it’ll be a really tough act to follow! I know this chapter isn’t as fantastic BUT it moves the plot along…so enjoy!

Anon: I feel so much better thanks! You made a great nurse! *glomps* I just received your mental lurves and sending some back of my own! ^_^

Velvetina: Oh no! You feel bad now? I know just what to cheer you up! *turns to Sexy Seto with the sexy long hair* Darlin, thanx for taking very good care of me! Now please do the same to my lovely friend, she needs your care now… Please return him when you’re done, kay? *winks*

This time around, I really did SUCK with this update! *laughs nervously* I was so stressed over the course of this week. I had really bad writer’s block but it’s not because I was out of ideas, it was mainly because I couldn’t focus. My pillow was too distracting!

Mokie is too cute! I hope you find his moment with his brother in this chapter satisfying!

Well I’ll leave you with Seto, I’ll talk to you guys later…I hope. Lol

Samantha Kaiba: lol, that peanut butter thing was so random! I could’ve thought of anything else for him to eat but for some reason peanut butter had won. I’m glad it worked out just fine! *kisses* thanks for reading my stories!

DeathJunkE: A story for me? Really? *glomps DeathJunkE to the ground* You’re so sweet! *begins to cry* But I feel bad because I don’t feel like I deserve it now. I sucked so badly with this update; it’s the longest I’ve gone! I hope you’re not too mad at me! If you still wanna write me a one-shot *gives puppy-eyes* I want it to be J/S, I don’t care really the subject as long as it contains that pairing. It’ll be so lovely to sit back and read about my fave pairing every once in awhile. It’ll be a good break for me!

Oooh, I love bananas and peanut butter! Yum, yum! But um, what kind of soup do you eat peanut butter with? O.O

Drachenaugen: *squeals* I love it so much when you get excited over my chapters! I read your review for Getting’ Bi Mai and couldn’t stop smiling’! I read it several times actually. *blushes* You’re just too cute! I would’ve minded if you had written me a novel about that chapter. I would’ve never gotten bored!

Anyway, I think the way I’m thinking. Seto’s reaction is going to be the most emotional of course, but also the funniest! I’m really going to concentrate on getting the reactions right! Oh the pressure! But it’s also my motivation, so I live for it!

Shadow2007: *whimpers* I’m sooooo sorry! I did NOT mean to wait this long…but over the course of the week…I was sooo tired and stressed out! I had like the worst case of writer’s block for this chapter because I could not focus at all! I end up having the laptop beside me as I fall asleep, thinking sleep now, type later. Anyway, I hope this chapter was worth the wait! *huggies* I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.

Anon: Dominant Jou rules! I’m glad you like him, cuz I’m in love with him! *sighs*

Annya: It’s ok if you like one my stories better than the other! The important thing is you’re reading them! Lol please continue to read as I continue to write!

ParanoidCharlotte: lol yea I think Seto is cute being hormonal! You can tell in the way I wrote the fic and a bit in this one too! No, Odji is simply my own creation sent to spy on Seto, so he became a new student! Oh, I’m going to rack my brain to come up with the best reactions ever! I can’t disappoint!

PsychoDemonWitch: lol, thanks for dropping by. I can always tell when I write a really good chapter when I start to see new faces! Heehee *glomps* sorry for the long update! I’ll try to do better!

SilverCrescentX: LOL, Senor Preggy…lol…I love it! No threats necessary dearie! *giggles* Even though I did suck with the update this time around…sigh…anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!


Finally! Sorry guys! *Enjoy*

It’s gone-all gone. The peanut butter, the chocolate Danishes and eggs from this morning, the half-pint of Fudge Ripple, tuna and hot dogs from last night , and apparently what’s left of dinner from last week-Everything.

It all rests now in a porcelain bowl full of water located in the very last stall of the boys’ bathroom.

Harsh pants, moans, and choked sobs vibrate against the hollow tiled grey walls as a body hovers almost crumpled over the mentioned toilet seat.

White knuckled fists grips the sides as Seto gives one last dry heave before finding solace in the bottom left hand corner. He hugs his knees to his chest, trembling.

He had only went to the bathroom to pee for like the millionth time it seems but as soon as the fresh lemon scent of the bathroom cleaning agents invaded his nostrils, hell had broken loose deep within his gut and ultimately its fury within the stall and some of the floor around it.

Feeling very light-headed and exhausted from the sordid activities, the brunet slowly wedges his head further between his knees and begins to cry silently.

It wouldn’t be so fucking bad if he had an explanation for all of this! What could it possibly be? The Flu? Malaria? The West Nile Virus? Mad Cow Disease? HIV even?

Anything would be acceptable-ANYTHING! He hated so much to be kept in the dark, not having any fucking answers! He’s a genius dammit! He shouldn’t be so clueless, especially about his health!

“Damn girl, your really dodged the bullet this time!” exclaims a loud female voice that the now alert blue-eyed teen had come to realize it to be Natsuko from Biology class.

“I know! Kami, I was soooo worried that it might be true! I was feeling so sick all the damn time! I had terrible nausea yesterday and I was so irritable and tired! I prayed every night that I wasn’t…Toru and I had just broken up two days ago!” came a softer feminine voice that couldn’t be no one else but Yayoi. Those two girls were conjoined at the hip.

Seto’s breath hitched as he freezes in his huddled position. She must have had the same thing he now has! Maybe if he eavesdrops long enough he could find out what the hell is going on with him. Judging from the relief in her voice, she must’ve had taken something to make her better again.

“Never again will I complain about Aunt Flo coming to town every twenty-eight days! I’ve never been so happy for her visit this time around!” the raven-haired girl with the soft voice, giggles with her friend.

The brunet scoffs inwardly. Who the hell cares about Aunt Flo and her insane scheduled visits? Sounds like the bitch has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder! That’s certainly no damn problem of his!

Seto then sighs and leans back against the cool surface of the wall as he finds himself giving up hope of ever finding the answers he’s looking for from those two cackling hyenas.

“Well I guess I won’t need THIS anymore….” Yayoi trails off.

The brunet gasps as he perks back up. Finally, they’re getting somewhere!

“Well oust it! You wouldn’t want your mom to see that thing! Here, we’re right at the boys’ bathroom, let’s just through it in the garbage in there.” Natsuko suggests as the door suddenly swings open.

A light thunk of an object does indeed hit the mass of trash that’s right in front of the door.

“Let’s some idiot poke himself in the ass with it or something…” the short auburn hair girl then quips.

“Or, let him take it to see if he’s expecting!” comes the softer reply.

Suddenly both girls’ breaks out in full blown laughter as their voices trail further and further away.

Silence.

Seto slowly stands up and winces from the pain of his knees being bent so long. He then wobbles forward as he tries to regain his coordination that he had lost before opening the stall carefully.

Making sure he couldn’t hear anymore disturbances coming his way, he immediately makes his way to the trash can and peeks inside.

A long white thermometer looking object with a purple cap meets his gaze.

Well it’s certainly something he wasn’t expecting to cure a sickness with but then again, he doesn’t know shit about what he’s got.

The brunet takes it out and examines it carefully as he then pops open the purple cap to reveal a cotton-like tip underneath.

“Hmm, it looks like some sort of medical test…” he whispers to himself as he replaces the cap. “But for what? What would it prove?”

Somehow he has seen this kind of thing somewhere before but can’t exactly pinpoint where he had seen it…

Then it hit him…a pregnancy test.

Well that’s certainly NOT the reason why he’s been sick! Him pregnant…and he had thought that “shadow magic” and the “heart of the cards” bullshit was ridiculous…which to this day, he still have his doubts.

Seto laughs bitterly at the disappointment of his findings as he makes a move to throw the cursed thing back into the garbage.

But suddenly the door swings open, making Seto jump. So instead of the test making its way back to whence it came, it ended up in his back pocket just when a turf of blond hair comes into view.

“Angel...?”

“Ka-Katsu…” whispers the blue-eyed teen now staring straight into hazel eyes.

“I know ya weren’t gonna come back but I was gettin’ really anxious about ya and had ta see ya.” Jou grins as he closes the gap between them. He licks his lips in preparation for the tempting ones before him. “And ta do dis…”

However, he never felt the warmth of the other as he feels himself being pushed away.

Seto with his left hand still sticking out and his right hand covering his mouth, shakes his head furiously then muffles, “You do NOT want to kiss me right now…”

“Why…” the blond starts to ask only to have realization his him. “Shit! Did ya jus throw up again?! Damn…I thought something smelled a little off in here…”

“Hmph, I don’t recall ever hearing anyone commenting on YOUR vomit having a pine fresh scent,” mumbles the irritable CEO.

Not acknowledging the retort, the hazel-eyed teen walks towards the semi-open door of the last stall and peeks inside.

“Gah-damn! I so do NOT envy the janitor who has ta clean dat shit up! After giving the mess a few more quick glances, Jou then faces his boyfriend with renewed worry. “See angel, dis is what I’m talkin’ about. Ya really need ta go and see Mira-sensei before it’s too late! I be damned if I lose ya ovah some bullshit dat coulda been prevented!”

“I don’-“

“Ya will! Even if I have ta drag ya dere mahself!” I already have ya limo comin’ here since ya did me da courtesy of leavin’ ya cellphone behind with da rest of ya things!”

Seto closes his eyes as he leans against the sink. “You’re overreacting! Besides, I can’t go to the doctor today! I have to pull some time at the office tonight. A deadline for my latest gaming software is approaching fast and I haven’t gotten around to fixing the bugs and glitches in it yet.”

Jou lowers his eyes to golden slits. “Ya wanna know why ya haven’t gotten around ta doing dose things?” Tanned hands firmly grasp shoulders in frustration. “Because you’ve been fucking sick! Shit, Set! Just go ta da damn doctor already and stop making gah-damn excuses! Please!”

No reply comes from the brunet as he finds an empty candy wrapper near the first stall to be a lot more interesting. He gasps as he abruptly feels a strong body pressed up against his own holding him tightly, desperately.

“Please.” The blond whispers, nipping at the ear that would always make his angel swoon. He then turns his attention to long pale neck… “Please.”

The blue-eyed CEO clenches his eyes shut at the sudden waves coursing through his body like electricity through a wire. He then feels a hand make its way into his back pocket squeezing his ass… “Please.” He hears again.

“Dammit! Can’t you go ONE day without molestin’ me! You digustin’ horn dog!” Seto shrieks wrenching himself from the embrace leaving a very confused and stunned blond in his wake. “I’m going to the office and that’s final! Don’t like it? Well you can just go to hell!”

With that being said, the brunet practically runs out of the bathroom, the door swinging madly behind him.

Jou hesitantly looks to the object he has in his left hand, the real source of his bewilderment. And he thought shit couldn’t get any weirder…

***

Inside of the waiting limo, tiny hands flip through pages of a rather large book as grey eyes gazes upon the colorful pictures of a growing fetus inside the womb. Each had a detailed description of what’s happening to the baby as well as the mother. Mokuba fingers the small alien-like mass under the seventh week. His niece or nephew would probably look like that now…

“Ahh, there you are Kaiba-sama!” comes the muffled voice of the chauffeur to young ears. “Will Jounouchi-sama be joining us as well?”

“Hell no that jerk’s not coming! Just take me to the fucking office!” the next muffled, familiar voice screeches out.

The smaller Kaiba gasps as he quickly tosses the book back into his shoulder bag. It’s a good thing he had time to read about handling mood swings before looking at those pictures. As bazaar as the potential pregnancy may be, he couldn’t help but feel excited.

The door pops open as in plops a hormonal mess that’s his brother. Tears were running down pale cheeks as they were desperately being wiped away by an equally pale hand.

“Fucking jerk…” Seto whispers with a quivering voice. “To Kaiba Corp. and hurry the hell up!” he then manages to choke out.

Mokuba’s eyes widen in awe. Everything seems to make since to him now. A series of giggles begins to bubble up within him as he fights hard to hide them with his hands.

The act catches the attention of the brunet as he faces his ototo in surprise. “Mokie, why aren’t you in school?”

“I wasn’t feeling too well so I went to Mira-sensei’s. I have a doctor’s note right here!” the little Kaiba reaches into his pocket and takes out the slightly wrinkled paper.

“Shit” Seto curses under his breath, taking the paper. “Never thought I would be contagious!”

This sends the boy into another fit of giggles. His niisan’s cluelessness is just pure comedy gold!

Before the brunet could comment, his other cell phone that he always keeps in his limo rings.

He picks it up and stares at the I.D. His own number flashes across it. That could only mean one thing.

Sighing and feeling a bit guilty, the blue-eyed teen answers it. “Katsu…”

A pause.

“Oh so you’re going over to Yugi’s tonight instead…”

Grey eyes stare at the clothed abdomen for a very long time; it was too tempting not to…

“I guess it’s just as well, I might be sleeping over at the corporation tonight any—ah!”

Seto jumps almost high enough to hit his head on the limo’s ceiling. His head snaps down to the questing fingers stroking his now bare stomach.

“Mokuba, what on earth?!”

An accent floats from the receiver, sounding rather angry.

Dammit!

The brunet slams the phone back upon his face. “No! I don’t have some other guy in the limo with me! I’m not that mad at you!”

More loud gibberish.

“I have Mokuba in here with me! Apparently he wasn’t feeling well eit—FUCK! Mokuba stop feeling on my damn stomach, it’s wrong on TOO many levels!”

Silence.

“No, I believe my brother is mentally healthy, he’s just being rather silly right now. Look Katsu, let me just call you back when I get to my office ok?”

After flipping the phone shut, blue eyes then look to a mischievous face.

“What the hell was that!?”

The smaller Kaiba only grins and then replies. “I dunno.”

In response, Seto only groans in annoyance.

***

“It looks like the smaller one knows about the pregnancy, Master.” Red eyes flickers in observance after the limo had long since gone. Odji rises slowly from the school stairs as he hears a dark chuckle entering his mind link.

“No worries there. Our Priest will soon be finding out anyway and something tells me that it’ll be VERY soon. Continue on with your observance my faithful servant, and as always report back to me.”

“Yes…Master Marik…”

***

Later that day at the Game Shop…

“Ok, Jou. Spill. You’ve been quiet ever since we had gotten here!” Otogi asks impatiently as he bangs his fist on the table in front of the blond to get his attention.

“Yea, buddy. Did you and Kaiba fight again?” Honda reaches over to cover the fist with his own hand, in a soothing gesture.

“No, well sort of but it’s nothing huge.” The hazel-eyed teen turns to face the window.

“Well something is…you look shaken.” The dice master gently kicks the tanned shins in front of him.

A bit startled from the kick, Jou snaps his head back to his worried friends. He then sighs; he’s going to sound like a complete idiot…“Guys, if I ask you something…promise you won’t laugh.”

Green eyes clashes with brown ones as the couple stare at each other.

“Sooo, when you say not to laugh…that doesn’t necessarily have to include snickering or chuckling right? Otogi takes a lock of his hair and twirls it around his finger.

“Promise or I won’t tell ya anything!” the blond urges, crossing his arms.

“Damn…Ok, Ok!” the raven hair teen rolls his eyes. “I promise not to laugh at what’s most likely going to be the funniest shit I will ever hear. There, happy?”

“Mmm, close enough. Honda?” Jou turns to his brunet friend.

“Yea, man. I promise. So what’s wrong?”

Closing his eyes for reassurance, the blond takes the plunge.

“Do you think in some strange, supernatural kind of way…that-that-a guy can get—um well—um—ya know—um pregnant?”

Silence.

“Pregnant with what? An idea?” Otogi blurts out.

The hazel-eyed teen groans as he tries hard to fight the blush that’s arising.

“A baby, dumbass! Do you think it can be possible for a guy to have a baby?”

Silence again.

Then a snicker.

Then another…

Honda bites his lip to keep his laughter under control but the dice master on the other hand…

“Oh…damn… you-you can’t possibly think…(snicker)… you can ask some shit like…(guffaw)… like that and expect ME, Ryuuji Otogi not to laugh…you can’t be serious…” came the barely contained voice of incoming laughter. Green eyes begin to water as said teen did indeed finds himself on the floor rolling.

“HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAAAAAAAAHAHAHA! I KNEW IT! HAHAHAHHHAA! I KNEW IT! HAAAAAAAAAAHAHHHAAA! IT IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT I’VE EVER HEARD! HAAAHHHAAA!”

Now red as a tomato, the blond looks hopelessly to Honda, who looks like he’s going to explode…

“It’s ok, you can laugh too…it was a stupid question…”

“N-no…(snicker)…I mean, Jou, what in the flying hell made you come up with that?” the brunet laughs slightly to relieve some of the pressure that’s in his lungs.

“I DON’T KNOW! I’M JUS TRYIN’ TA MAKE SENSE OF DIS SHIT!” the blond fists both of his hands through his hair in frustration.

This got both of the boys in front of him to immediately sober down.

“Holy shit, you’re being serious?” Otogi wipes the rest of the tears from his eyes.

“What da fuck? I’m just makin’ myself look like an ass for mah gah-damn health?!” the hazel-eyed teen screeches.

“Man, calm down. We’re sorry…we had no idea but we still don’t understand why you would ask us something like that.” Honda replies calmly.

“I found THIS in my angel’s pocket.” A tanned hand slams the pregnancy test upon the table.

The green-eyed teen slowly picks up the white object and twirls it around.“Kaiba had this?”

“Yea and I figured what the hell? Magic and dragons have been proven to exist just by playing some fucking cards so why not go a step further somehow.”

“Damn, well I guess…damn. So…damn!,” the dice master tugs at his earring in thought. “I’m still trying to get over the fact that Mr. Logical would even have something like that in his head! Are you sure, he isn’t trying to joke with you or something?”

“Oh yea, Otogi. Seto is a rational type of guy dat likes ta pull pranks. Mah beautiful angel…a walking contradiction. How sexy. ” retorts Jou, rolling his eyes.

“Well hell, I’m just trying to help you out! Why didn’t you ask him about it?”

“I couldn’t! He had one of his little tantrums again and stalked off before I could even get over da shock of what I had found.” The blond gives a weary sigh, as he leans back into his seat.

“Shit, if men could get pregnant…Honda and I would probably have a tribe by now…isn’t that right, baby.”

The brunet shakes his head wearily, he couldn’t even fathom having ONE little Ryuuji running around. The end of the world would be at hand for sure…

“Heh, um yea. So Jou, you don’t seem too upset about the idea. Would you be cool with it?” Honda asks.

“Hell if I know…It’s not like a gay guy would evah stop ta think about gettin’ their boyfriend pregnant…”

Just then a blur of tri-color hair rushes in from the backroom carrying a cordless phone, violet eyes showing intense worry.

“Hey Yug’, what’s wrong? Need some help with dat inventory ya doing?” The blond inquires.

“Jou, it’s Mokuba. It sounds urgent. I think it’s about Kaiba.”

Without another word, the hazel-eyed teen quickly gets up from the booth and grabs the waiting phone.

“Talk ta me, kiddo.”

Pause.

“Oh, so he went ta go see Mira-sensei after all.” Jou smiles a little at the relief he felt…too bad it was only short-lived.

Pause. A grim expression spreads across features.

“I’ll be right there. Just…try ta stay calm, I’ll be right there.” Despite the advice being giving, the blond himself, was not calm as he abruptly hangs up the phone, and tosses it violently across the room.

“FUCK! I KNEW IT!! WHY DIDN’T I TRY HARD ENOUGH!? I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS SHIT!” the distraught teen screeches as he breathes heavily.

“Jou, dude, what happened?” Honda asks, a little frightened by the aggressiveness.

“It’s Seto…he collapsed….” The blond whispers out, tears falling freely.


To be continued…


Next Chapter: The truth is out! But can it be accepted?