※ Part Fourty: At Last! The Last Chibi!
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
Yugi sighed as he carried a sleepy Yami up to his room. Behind him Duke was carrying Yami Bakura, Ryou and a Dark Magician plushie that Ryou wouldn’t let go of. The greatest Egyptian war ever to be fought had ended after a long torturous battle. There had been many casualties; Seto and Mokuba (who’d been smart and had been hiding in another room when the war first started) were currently trying to find all the Duel Monster toys.
The evil tomb robbers (both of which were sleeping in Joey’s arms as he carried them to the guest room) had been about to win, but then the brave and powerful Dark Magician had stormed into the battle (actually, Yami Bakura had thrown it at Malik, but details didn’t really matter.). He used his awesome Dark Magic Attack on Malik and was able to save Ryou from harm! Ryou quickly claimed the Dark Magician as his hero and had clung to it ever since.
“We’ll take them to my grandfather’s room.” Yugi whispered softly as Yami finally dozed off. “His bed’s bigger than mine and I don’t want any of them falling off.” He said and went to his grandfather’s room. “Thanks for helping Duke.” Yugi said as he pulled back the covers and gently set Yami down, then he took Yami Bakura from Duke’s arms and set him down as well.
Duke set Ryou down between the two other chibis, the older two cuddling closer to the younger. “I didn’t mind at all! I love kids and Ryou has got to be the cutest child I’ve ever seen! There’s something about Bakura too…it’s like I’m drawn to him.” The black haired boy shrugged, gently tucking the blankets in around the three chibis.
Yugi giggled, “Don’t let Ryou hear you calling him cute.”
Duke grinned, “Oh yeah…well, that’s just between you and me then.”
“Promise!” Yugi vowed, then yawned.
The Dungeon Dice Monster creator chuckled. “Seems like they wore you out.” Duke commented. “Get some sleep Yugi, it seems Kaiba will turn tomorrow and then it will be over.”
“I sure hope so.” Yugi shook his head, then smiled, “Though it has been nice. I’ve been remembering more about being a kid again and it was fun! I’ve got some new memories to think back on now.”
“Better memories I hope.” Duke quickly calmed Yami Bakura as the child began to fuss slightly in his sleep. Gently he ran his fingers through the soft silver locks of hair until the boy lay peaceful again.
“Oh definitely.” Yugi grinned at his friend’s actions. “I hope I’m not the only one either. Bakura, Yami and Malik and Marik could probably use some nice childhood memories too.”
Duke snorted, “Yeah, hopefully they won’t be so…crazy when they’re back to normal. Though, I kinda like them as kids.” He said, still caressing Yami Bakura’s cheek. “Don’t get me wrong, I like Ryou the way he was before, just…I don’t know…” He shrugged giving up.
“He’s more open as a child.” Yugi nodded, “Most of us were. I think it was a good thing to happen to us…though I hope Joey stays away from French spell books from now on.”
Duke chuckled as Yugi yawned again, trying to hide it. “Go to bed shorty.” The dark-haired youth only shook his head as he messed up Yugi’s hair. “I can find my own way out.”
“Thanks Duke.” Yugi grinned sleepily.
“See you tomorrow Yugi.” Duke waved and closed the door.
Yugi looked over at the bed and at the sleeping chibis. Smiling to himself he crawled under the covers, carefully wrapping an arm around a certain pharaoh so he didn’t pull him away from the youngest chibi in the pile. The young adult was about to slip into dreamland when there was a soft, hesitant knock on the door. Sighing to himself, Yugi literally had to force himself off of the bed to answer the blasted noise.
He flung the door open, looking straight ahead and finding nobody in the hallway. Raising an eyebrow in confusion, Yugi suddenly felt a slight tugging on his nightshirt. Blinking, he looked down to find two almost identical Egyptian chibis looking up at him with large lavender chibi eyes.
Yugi vowed never to turn the ‘eyes’ on anyone again.
He also noticed that Malik had found the Millennium Rod and was currently sucking on one of the wing tips. Kneeling down (which wasn’t that far), Yugi looked at the two boys, “You guys need something?” He wondered, just noticing the slightly teary look in Malik’s eyes.
“Mawik had a nightmawe.” Marik explained, seeing as how Malik had his mouth full. “Can we seep wit’ you?” The chibi spirit wondered softly and Yugi had a feeling Malik hadn’t been the only one to share this nightmare.
“There’s not really enough room…” Yugi began, glancing back at the bed, realizing that the knocking had woken all three of the other chibis. They looked expectedly at Yugi, as if feeling the others’ pain. He looked back at the two in the hallway, easily seeing the hurt look in both their faces, “But if we all cuddle together, we can make room.” He smiled as the two looked up at him with surprise.
Did Malik go to Isis after a nightmare when he was little? Yugi wondered to himself as he ushered the two chibis inside the room. Upon closing the door, he helped Malik and then Marik onto the bed. Malik immediately searched out his own element, curling up beside Ryou. (Yugi noticed that Yami Bakura actually let the other light come between himself and his own this time.) Marik on the other hand, curled up on the other side of Yami, seeming to surprise the pharaoh. Marik only grinned and wrapped a short arm around the pharaoh and rested his head against the pillow.
Yami grinned and also got comfortable, wrapping an arm around Ryou, who wrapped an arm around Malik (though he made sure he was grabbing Yami Bakura’s nightshirt), and that left Malik to wrap an arm around Yami Bakura. Yugi crawled into the bed beside Yami Bakura and once more tried to sleep.
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Joey sighed to himself as he cuddled deeper into the fuzzy chest before him. He was content to just drift between reality and the comfortable dreamscape he was currently floating in.
Wait a minute.
Fuzzy chest?
Seto didn’t have hair let alone fuzz. Blinking his eyes open in confusion, Joey sat up and looked at the body beside him. It took a minute to register, since Joey’s mind refused to wake with the rest of him.
“Oh my god! Seto’s been turned into a Red Eyes plushie!” He exclaimed and his brain finally took pity on him and woke as well, quickly explaining to its host that, no, Seto Kaiba had not been turned into a Red Eyes Black Dragon Plushie. It said that this plushie was the one that Seto had bought Joey when he was a chibi and it also happened to mention that the chibi sitting on the couch glaring at Joey was Seto Kaiba.
Blinking Joey looking up into harsh blue eyes. “Set?” He gulped.
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Please note that the ‘moment’ between Duke and Yami Bakura wasn’t meant to be slash or anything. Yami Bakura was just the particular chibi closest to Duke at the time.