Where do the Babies come from

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Sorry that it took me so long, but Kaiba refused to work with me on this. I had to delete it 3 times, and I'm still not at all happy with this. But I hope you like it anyway…


6. Yugi learns the true (finally someone tells him ^___^)

A well-known, amethyst-eyed, spiky-haired, petite, Millennium-puzzle solving, dueling, world-saving individual was standing all alone by himself on the grey sidewalk.
Not for the first time he asked himself if it was really such a good idea.
But then again, since he was already here, he could just as well go through with his plan and go in to ask.
How much worse could it possible get, after asking psychos like Bakura or Marik before?
And he was still alive and sane!
(Something you can't say about said Yamis, because when the pharaoh finds out about it…)

Before him was a giant of glass and steel towering over the streets and casting long shadows over the smaller houses and shops surrounding it.
Outside of the high building, right beside the revolving door, was an earnest looking man in a dark uniform watching the peoples coming and going through his door.

He was there to make sure no one who wasn’t supposed to could go inside and cause havoc or steal information. Someone like an offended worker or something, with Kaiba as boss there has to be a lot of them out there…
The uniformed man starred straight forward, and, to his great disgrace, he didn’t even noticed the boy walking past him right under his nose as if it was totally normal for him…
Not that he would count Yugi as any kind of threat, even if he had seen him!
Nobody who smiles like a little angel could be dangerous…

Yugi on the other hand just blinked at the luck of notice of his person. Sure, he was rather small, but that is no reason whatsoever to totally ignore and overlook him like that!
This man should protect the building and the peoples in it from any threat!
'And I can be a threat if I want! I'm not harmless!' he thought with a frown, but anyone looking at him would have thought he was pouting.
It was good for him that no one saw him at this moment, or she/he would have patted his head and gave him a candy so he wouldn’t be sad anymore. (^____^)

The woman at the reception wasn’t any better than the man at the door; she too seems to look over him.
She was busy talking with someone over the phone and didn’t notice the petite Hikari skipping happily inside the building and stopping right before her desk, now smiling again.
It was no use to frown anyway, Yami was much better at it anyway.

Patiently he waited for her to look up so he could ask her if Kaiba had a little time for him, but she never looked up at him.
Yugi shrugged his shoulders.
It doesn’t matter, he could always ask Kaibas assistant up there, if this woman didn’t see him behind her high desk.
Or he could ask the brunet himself, if everyone else just overlooked him…

And so, without anyone stopping him, Yugi skipped happily in the elevator and was on his way up in the top floor.
He hummed softly to the music playing from hidden loudspeakers and was somehow glad that no one else was stepping in as well to hear him.
But then again, the employees hardly had any time to play 'travel up and down' with the elevator, they were too busy working in their offices.

In the outer office to Kaibas personal office was yet another women sitting and typing lazily on her computer without looking up or reacting to Yugis presence.
But the boy wasn’t totally sure if she was really working or if she was just acting, and in true she was playing cards or something.
Yugi stood before her desk and waited for her to interrupt her work for long enough to notice him and let him ask her was Kaiba busy at the moment, or if he could talk to him.

But sadly, he was yet again overlooked:
'Damn it, I want to be taller! That’s so mean! And unfair! And not very nice!' the small teen pouted cutely and then just went ahead, ignoring the woman too, just as she did him.
'It's not my fault after all, if they all want to ignore me and look over my hard and talk only with tall peoples!
I will just see it as an invitation and go in, and nobody can stop me!'

And also, he knew that Kaiba had a motion sensor on his doorframe to warn him when someone goes in without knocking for whatever reasons.
At last the brunet would notice him instead of overlooking him too, like anyone else in this building!

And that was also the reason why Yugi was so surprised as he walked unhindered through the door and absolutely noting happened.
There was no ringing or peeping, no sound to tell that someone just walked into the big, bright room. Yugi looked up and saw the small device a bit over his head attached to the doorframe. (1)
'I really wish I could be a bit taller.' he thought with a sigh and sat, unasked, down in the chair before Kaibas desk.
"Hello, Kaiba!" Yugi waved cheerfully and wiggled a bit to sit comfier. This could take some time, by the looks of it…

For a moment the tall CEO just sat there and starred unbelievingly at the smaller Hikari who was sitting before him with wide eyes, and he didn’t know what to say to him.
"Did anyone say that you can come in?"
"Nobody said that I can't." Yugi answered with a shrug and blinked at him. "They all just ignored me! It seems they can't look down, so they don’t see anyone shorter then them. Not very nice, if you ask me, but well, maybe it can't be helped…"

But Yugis cheerfulness and smile was totally lost on Kaiba, who just growled irritated at the little Light:
"Well, I don’t have time for that shit! So can you just do me a big favor and get lost?
I have a lot of work to do, if you want someone to play with you go to your pharaoh! And tell him, the next time we duel I will mop the floor with his loosing ass, so he shall prepare for it!

And while you're at it, tell the losers who let you in that they can pack their stuff and accompany you on your way out!
Why do I even pay those fools if every child can walk in here whenever it feels like it?!"

And with that he turned back to his work and ignored the amethyst-eyes teen in hope he will go away his own.
But sadly for him it wasn’t that easy, because while Yugi is a very patient and polite Hikari, he could be a 'little' stubborn if he wanted.
You can't get rid of him so easy, which Kaiba also had to learn now…

Yugi settled down nice and quiet and watched the taller CEO curiously without saying a word.
For a wile the only sound filling the big room was the clicking from Kaibas keyboard, until he looked up again to see if Yugi was still there.
Unfortunately for him, he was.

Yugi didn’t go away, as Kaiba had hoped as he ignored and overlooked him so openly.
His small, pale hands neatly folded in his lap, his back straight and his short feet dangled a bit over the floor, since the chair was a bit too high for the tinny Hikari. (^___^)
Wide violet eyes watched every movement with interest, his head tilt to the side like a kitten watching some new toy, but not a single sound felt from soft lips.
Yugi was just waiting for Kaiba to say something first, and he had all the time, and patience, of the world.

They young CEO shock his head irritated and turned back to his Computer, but even that it wasn’t any help against his growing annoyance as Yugi didn’t left him alone.
He through he could clearly feel the smaller teens gaze boring holes in his head, and every time he looked up their eyes meet.
All Yugi did was blinking and smiling sweetly at him, while Kaiba grow restless with each passing moment.
And he didn’t even know why the hell Yugi was even there and why he was distracting him from his important work!
Didn’t he have someone else to pester?
His friends?
His grandpa?
His Yami?
Shouldn’t one of them be there and play with him or something?
So why the hell was there a short Hikari sitting in his office and watching him work?

After a few moments Kaiba finally crumbled under the smiling and blinking gaze and snapped with a frown:
"Okay, that’s it, I have enough!
Now spill it, what the hell do you want?
And make it quick, I have work to do, people to fire, you know? I don’t have time to waste with sitting around like someone else, and you annoy me!"

Yugi blinked at him in surprise: "But I don’t do anything! I -"
"You are here, that’s enough! So? What do you want?"
"So, there is… well, I wanted to know… ähm, you know… I have a little question…" Yugi began, yet again, carefully like the times before. He stuttered a bit under the cold glare coming from blue eyes, but before he could say any more, Kaiba cut him short:
"Will you just come to the point today, or would you prefer to come again tomorrow when you actually know what you want!?
Or are you just here to waste my time and bother me with your stuttering? It's not funny, if that’s what you think."

Kaiba starred darkly at him, but this time it was he who gets interrupt in his rant before he could say more or even throw Yugi simply out of his office:
"Where do the babies come from?" the Hikari asked quickly after he took a deep breath.

Now you can say what you want about Kaiba, but one is for sure: He knows how to keep himself in check.
He didn’t say a word.
He didn’t even bat an eye.
And surly he didn’t shout "What?!!!" like others had before him.

True to be told, he didn’t even move, so Yugi leant over the big desk to wave with his hand before blue, wide eyes:
"Hello? Are you all right? Heelloooo, someone in there? Kaiba?"
Kaiba didn’t answer him as he batted the offending hand away from his face with a scowl.

He sat back in his leather chair with a sigh and starred intently at Yugi, who smiled sweetly back and waited for the other to say something, anything.
"Okay, if that was a joke, it wasn’t funny.
If it wasn’t a joke, you are an idiot!"

"It isn't a joke and I'm not an idiot!" Yugi protested with a pout and crossed his arms over his chest, aiming cute, wide puppy dog eyes at the taller one.
Not that Kaiba was impressed by it, not even a bit!

He's seen that look too often from his own little brother to just give in so easily whenever large, wet eyes are looking at him.
No, Seto Kaiba was proud to say he is nearly immune against that gaze since a long time, it didn’t really bother him.
Not at all.
With a snore, he turned away from amethyst orbs and crossed his arms before his chest:
"If you have to ask this questing at your age you have to be an idiot!"
"Kaiba… please… I just want a proper answer…"

Kaiba sighed and rubbed his temple. Those eyes were always so hard to ignore, no matter if it was Yugi asking for something, or Mokuba.
Hell, even Joey used them against him sometimes, there should be a rule or something, so only kids can use them, not teenagers too!
It was simply not fair that they still could use that look against anyone!
"Okay!! Okay if I answer your damn question, will you promise to go away and let me work in peace?"

The spiky-haired Hikari nodded enthusiastically, and Kaiba sighed again.
'Why me? Why me of all peoples? Shouldn’t Yami be the one to answer such questions? It's his job, not mine, damn it!'

But then he thought about Yamis furious face when he ever finds out what things he was talking about with his innocent, pure little light… And he would make sure that Yami finds out about it, even if Yugi don’t say anything, which he highly doubted anyway.

'I bet the pharaoh will not like that, not a bit!
I think he didn’t tell him the true, or Yugi wouldn’t sit here and ask me!
I'm pretty sure he asked Yami first, and he just told him a sweet story about some crap with the flowers or something like that.
He doesn't want to taint his innocent little Hikari, after all. Or else they would be a couple already, everyone could see that. Everyone besides Yami. Stupid, blind Yami still thinks Yugi is too young…'

(It seems that that is the only reason they 'help' Yugi with his question: Because they fear Yami or they want to piss him off… Poor little Hikari…)

Surprised Yugi watched the big grin growing on Kaibas face and he couldn’t help but squirm anxiously around in his chair.
Please, not another horror story, he prayed in his mind. Marik and Bakura had the same grin before they told him their own versions of the true…

"Okay, Yugi, you are lucky that I'm in a good mood today, so I will help you! Just wait for a moment and I will even show you how they were made and born!"
And with that, he turned again back to his computer and began to type furiously while he ignored Yugis eager nodding.

Yugi tilted his head to the side and waited patiently while he dangled with his feet in the air and smiled, albeit a little worried.
Kaiba would show him?
Everyone else was nervous to even talk about it with him, and here Kaiba told him he would show him!
Maybe it would have been better if he came to him at first; Kaiba is the most mature one from them all…

'Yami and Bakura may be older in years, but I swear sometimes they act even younger then Mokuba…'
His mind wandered back on its own to a recent fight between the two impulsive spirits, not long ago in the middle of the school, in front of the whole class.
Both of them stood on top of their tables and were yelling insults at each other, throwing pens, crayons and paper balls around and acting quite inmate for their ages…
No one who saw them would have guessed that they were older then four years.
'And they didn’t even know the reason why they were fighting in the first place. I bet it was something stupid again, like usually. Not that they really need a reason to start a fight…'

"That’s it." Kaiba interrupted his thoughts as he stood up from his chair.
"Okay, now sit down here and pay attention."
The brunet waited until Yugi nearly got lost in his big leather-chair and played the video he found for him in the internet.

"You see… Here is he running around and searching for her, looking around…
And here she comes, from the other end of the meadow; she was hiding from him in the shadows, to make it not too easy for him to find her.
He should try hard, after all.
Now he follows her, run after her, and she runs away for a while it make it a bit difficult for him…
Now she gives in and let him finally catch her.
And now it really starts, you see?
He jumps on her back so she can't run away from him again. He bites her in her neck so she can't shake him off or kick him away so easy, and to hold her still.
That’s the reason why they sometimes tie her up, so she doesn't accidentally hurt him.
It begins with this big thing going in there, you see, and then…"

Yugis eyes widened more then normal as he watched the video, while Kaibas cold voice told him what it actually was what he saw there.
Even when the whole thing should explained itself pretty much.
A cold shudder run down his back as he heard the weird noises, the grunting and growling, while Kaiba didn’t seems to even notice them or care about it.
The brunet just talked on, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes wandering between the screen and Yugis reaction.

"And this all goes on until they are tiered or they don’t want anymore.
See, now they are finished, and he let go of her and runs away before she can kick or bite him.
And after a few mouths happened the following:
She gets heavy and fat and very moody, and then…"

He clicked on another video, this time one of a birth, from the fist labor pains to the first moves and whimpering of the newborn after it got cleaned up.
This time Yugis amethyst eyes grew even bigger and he looked up at Kaiba with moist eyes and a shivering bottom lip.
Kaiba nearly made a step back as the full force of those huge puppy-dog-eyes hit him, but only nearly, and Yugi asked with a small voice:
"But… But it looks like it would really, really hut…" he murmured a little lost and worried.
Kaiba simply pulled him up from the chair and placed him on his feet beside the chair, before he sat down himself.

"But, but Kaiba…"
"What? I answered your damn question, now please be so kind and get lost! I have work to do and you promised to leave me alone! And you don’t want to break a promise, right? A promise you made to a friend?…"
"But I wanted to know where human-babies come from, not horse-foals!"
"Well, I though it would be better with animals then with real peoples! You can see some animal-films every day in TV if you want, so what's the matter?
And besides, it’s the same as with humans anyway, so be careful that you don’t end up the same!"
He pointed at the foal on his screen, which lay wet in the hay while the mare fought to stand up on trembling legs and stalk over to sniffle at her new child.

And with those words Kaiba ignored him and went finally happily back to his work.
He had to fight with himself for a bit not to show his grin as he saw Yugis horrified face as his last comment registered in his mind.
Yugi paled and shuddered before he shook his head to calm down and went quickly to the door.

"Well, if you say so… All right, thanks anyway. I think…"
"Yes, yes, whatever, just go away."
'I would love to see Yamis face when the midget tells him about that.
Maybe I should even send them an Adult-video, as a Birthday or Christmas gift, just for fun.
Yugi would blush bright red the whole time and Yami would most probably sent the whole TV to the shadow realm for tainting his innocent light.
I bet the whole city would be able to hear Yamis reaction…' Kaiba thought and for a moment he gave in in the urge and laughed at the though.

As soon as Yugi was out of the door, he was happily greeted by a cheerful, black-haired whirlwind who nearly collided with him:
"Hi, Yugi, are you all right? You look rather pale, you know?! My big brother didn’t scare you, did he?"
"Hey, Mokuba! No, I'm fine. What are you doing here?"
"I'm always here after school. There is an empty office down the hall where I can do my homework in peace. And I even have my own computer there, so I'm busy and can play games the rest of the time until we go home!
That way I'm not alone after school and Seto can take a look at my homework, and he can help me if needed.
And I can keep an eye on my brother, too, so it's not a bad thing to be here.
Because I can force him to take a break from time to time, if he want or not.
Trust me, I have my ways to get what I want, not even the great, mean Seto Kaiba can resist me for long…

He wants me to stay here with him because he fears that Bakura and Marik could break in the mansion again, like some time ago, you know.
They visited me as I was alone there and feed me with the candy and chocolate they brought just for me!
I thought it was very nice from them, but Seto was not so amused about it. I don’t know why, I still don’t think the chaos we made was that bad, but you know him…
And since than he wants me where he can keep an eye on me.
Oh, and this is for you."

And with a grin he shoved a book into Yugis hands, who just blinked at him in surprise after a short look at the title.
But the lack of an answer didn’t bother Mokuba, who just talked happily on and on:

"I heard your question earlier, because I was just about to drag him out of his hideout for a break. But I didn’t want to interrupt you as you went in there and Setos assistant didn’t stop you, because most of the people here ignore everyone who isn't as tall as them or look younger then them, and I was also a little curious what, and how, he will tell you.

And I thought you would maybe need this. I got it for myself after asking him the same question. It's not as scary as Setos animals, no matter how often that happens every day, and how often they show it in the animal films…
And if Seto explained it to you nearly the same way as he did to me, you should really take a look at the book before you are scared for your life.
Seto is a good brother, really, he tries his best, but sometimes his way to explain something is quite… unique."
"Yeah, that’s a way to put it… thanks for the book… I think…"

And with that he went back home to call his friends over for Saturday.
It seems to him that there were certain facts in life that they really need to talk about. After all the stories he heard over the week…
He petted the book under his arm and was quite happy that e was male.
He couldn’t help but shudder as he thought back at the foal, all wet and dirty and bloody…

TBC: (for the last time)

(1) The same thing happened to me once: A shop had such a motion detector so they would notice any costumer who enters the shop. And I run through right under it, because it was at the high of 1.55 m, and I'm only 1.51 m. And sadly I'm not much taller now (1.53 *whine*)

(2) I got this idea as I was watching at VOX a veterinary helping on a stud farm…

Only one chapter left! Yeah!
Finally, Yugi will tell them why the heck a teen his age would be asking such a question!