Why?

Disclaimer: I don’t own Yugioh or anything, just the plot to this story.

Seto cried nearly all the way home. Whether it was from shock, pain or fear he didn’t know. How was he going to cope? How as he going to tell Mokuba? How was he going to give birth to the baby? How do you look after a baby? Seto’s head became to throb with all the questions spinning round it. As him and Dr Ryecart came up to Seto’s mansion, Seto quickly wiped the tears away. As he got out of the car, Dr Ryecart said “You know Seto, if you ever need any help, or just someone to talk to, I’m always here for you”. Seto nodded.

“Thanks” he whispered.

“That’s ok, now go get some rest” Dr Ryecart said with a smile. Seto waved goodbye to him and then went inside his mansion. Almost immediately Mokuba rushed up to him and gave him a big hug. “Oh Seto, are you ok? You were gone a long time. Did they find out what was wrong with you?”

“Ummm, yeah, I’ll tell you after I’ve taken a bath though, I’m shattered” Seto almost whispered into Mokuba’s ear. Mokuba nodded. He gave his brother a final squeeze and then let go. “I’ll see you later then” Mokuba said whilst running up the stairs. Seto just nodded as he felt tears coming on again. He slowly walked up to the bathroom. As he stripped out of his clothes, he noticed again the curve in his stomach. He gently ran his hand over his stomach. Weren’t babies supposed to kick? As the only baby he had really seen in his lifetime was Mokuba when he was small, Seto didn’t have a clue about pregnancy or babies, when certain things were supposed to happen, and when they weren’t. He would have to give Isis another ring and find out all these things. He hadn’t asked her earlier because he had been too shocked and upset to say anything; he’d just wanted to get out of that hospital as soon as possible. It didn’t help when Seto left the room with the ultrasound machine, he heard the screams of a woman giving birth, and knew that in 4 months time, that would be him.

All during his bath, Seto continued to rub his hand over his stomach, wondering if this had happened to any other men or boys around the world. He also wondered what the baby would be like, would it be a boy or a girl? Would it look like him? Or would it look like Joey? The thought of Joey and what he’d done to him brought a new set of tears to Seto’s eyes. He knew that somehow Joey would find out, and what would happen then?

As he got dressed, he was careful to choose a loose fitting t-shirt, so that his stomach wasn’t so obvious. As he came down the stairs, he saw that Mokuba was sitting watching TV. Seto took a deep breath as he prepared himself to tell him. Mokuba noticed Seto in the door and came up to hug him again. “So, you gonna tell me what’s wrong with you then?” Mokuba asked. Seto nodded. ‘Oh god here it goes!’

“Umm, lets sit down” Seto said.

“Ok” Mokuba said as he jumped back onto the sofa. Seto nervously followed him. His hands were shaking, but he was careful not to let Mokuba see this. Mokuba leaned forward and looked into his brothers deep blue eyes. “So then, what did Isis say?”

“Um, well…, she said…, ummm…, she said that…” Seto stuttered, oh no tears were coming up again.

“Well, come on, there’s no need to be embarrassed” Mokuba said with a small smile. He took hold of Seto’s hand and gave it a small squeeze. Seto looked away; he couldn’t bear to look into those storm coloured eyes.

“Um…, well, she said…” Seto began. Before he could stop them, the tears that had been threatening to spill finally did.

“She said I’m pregnant!” Seto cried.

The smile that had been on Mokubas face immediately turned to an expression of concern and slight disbelief. “What! But Seto, how? I mean, last time I checked, you were a guy, and guys can’t get pregnant” Mokuba said. Tears continued to pour from Seto’s face. In between sobs and gulps, he explained about what Isis said about how strange things happening the shadow realm, and how that was what Joey had really given him. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the picture that Isis had given him from the ultrasound machine, and showed it to Mokuba. “Look at this if you don’t believe me” Seto cried. Mokuba took the picture and stared at it for a while. He then looked up at Seto with a sympathetic expression. “Oh Seto” he said as he pulled his brother into a tight embrace. Normally Seto would have resisted, but he didn’t have the strength or energy to do so, and besides, it felt nice to be hugged by somebody so warm and soft. Mokuba gently rocked them back and forth, while Seto cried out all the tears he had onto his brother’s shoulder. They stayed like that for a while, until Mokuba gently pushed Seto away and said “Look, why don’t you get some rest before dinner, you’ve had an awful shock and you need some sleep”. He lay Seto down on the couch and kissed him on the forehead. Seto smiled up at his brother, “Thanks Mokuba”.

Mokuba smiled back “No problem, that’s what brothers are for”. Seto smiled again and then gently closed his eyes as he drifted of to sleep. As Mokuba got up to go, he noticed that Seto’s stomach was indeed sticking out a bit like he’d said. Gently he pushed Seto’s t-shirt up and ran his hand over his brother’s stomach. ‘This is so weird’ he thought ‘I wonder if Joey knew this was gonna happen? If so, then why would he do it?’ Mokuba puzzled over this as he went up the stairs to his bedroom, while Seto fell into the land of dreams on the sofa.

Over the next few days Seto woke up feeling sick like he usually did, but one day, he woke up and felt something really weird around his stomach area. It felt like something moving around. ‘Mabye it’s just the food preparing to be sicked up again’ Seto thought to himself. He lifted his t-shirt up and ran his hand over his hand over the area, when all of a sudden, something seemed to poke out through the skin, and then go back again. Seto’s eyes widened. After a few seconds it happened again. Being the idiot he was when it came to anything to do with babies, Seto didn’t have the slightest clue about what was happening, and started to get quite worried. He went down the corridor and knocked on the door of Mokubas bedroom. “Come in” Mokuba chirped from inside. Seto opened the door and went in. Mokuba looked up from where he was sitting on the floor doing his homework. “Oh hey Seto, you ok? You don’t have to knock!” Mokuba said as he gave his brother a hug.

“Mmm ok” Seto replied quietly. Mokuba looked up into his brothers blue eyes and noticed straight away that something was wrong. He frowned and asked “Seto, what’s wrong?” Seto sat down on Mokuba’s bed and pulled his t-shirt up again. “I dunno, it’s weird, something keeps poking out of my stomach and it feels really strange, put your hand here and see if you feel it” Seto said as he took Mokubas hand and placed it over the place where the thing had poked out. After a few minutes, the thing poked out right where Mokubas hand was. “There, did you feel it?” Seto asked. Mokuba frowned and then his face turned into a big smile as he laughed gently. Anger flared in Setos ice blue eyes “Mokuba, this is no time to laughing, something could be wrong with the baby”. Mokuba just continued to laugh, “You idiot, do you really not know what that is?” Seto pursed his lips and shook his head. Mokuba sighed and gave his brother another hug “It’s your baby kicking inside you, it’s saying hello”.