Of Jealousy, Love and Realization (Part 1)

DIMENSION: MANGA (The One That Saves the Day)

Night

"You could ask her, Yuugi?" Atem said as Yuugi slipped into bed. He should be sleeping over in Anzu's room, but no, now there was a new excuse. This whole winning reward mess.

"It's not fair to her. This whole situation isn't fair." Yuugi sat up on the bed. "If we win, we are supposed to win. I didn't want to affect them and say 'mankind now has the gods working for it again'. I didn't want that."

"If we want to deny the ability to have these gods if we win, we can state it, but we will not get a second chance," Atem warned him. "Truly, this is a blessing. They've both agreed. Everyone wants this world back to the way it had been."

"I know, I'm not going to deny it. I just? I want to be over there, but Satiah probably feels better being near her," Yuugi admitted. "If we exchange rooms, that would put Satiah right next to you."

"So?" Atem didn't see the big deal. Anzu was his girlfriend and this would be a rough time. Not only an unexpected pregnancy, but a pregnancy like no human has ever experienced. "Yuugi. I have no idea what will happen. The gestation time of a goddess has traditionally been quick."

"She can call over for me. Besides, just watching over her isn't the right thing to do." Yuugi lied down again. "They will carry both my kids, I can't play favorites. Can I?"

"Yes, you can," Atem said. "People don't have to be in love to love their children." Yuugi was getting used to everything. "It will be fine."

"How can you say that relatively calmly?" Yuugi complained as he nestled into his pillow. "Their yours too now, and I know . . . you've never been super fond of kids."

"It doesn't matter what I think of brats. The idea of having them is not something that was new to me," Atem reminded him. "Pharaoh's were supposed to have as many as possible, to succeed in a fine child growing old and competent enough to take the throne." Just because he was barely starting out, didn't mean he wasn't used to that way of thinking.

"Yeah. I suppose." Yuugi still didn't seem to get it. "But I wasn't raised to think that way. Kids are a huge deal."

"Yuugi." How could he even explain it to him? "They aren't normal human children coming. They might simply show up in a brilliant light, already grown, like two cards being fused together in Duel Monsters."

"Or not. We don't know how they'll be," Yuugi said. "That's got to be terrifying to Anzu. Um, Satiah too." Ugh. "What if it is like that? What if we win, and their full grown . . . like, fusions of us."

"Then they are," Atem said simply.

"It's less mother and father, it's more like combining part of us inside of them?" Yuugi was starting to relax. "More like gods made of all of us, I guess." Okay. "When do you think they'll be here?"

"I don't know, but I doubt there will be a nine month wait." Atem turned on his side. "We will make this game happen, Yuugi. We have everything we need now. Get rest. I am sure the time when we can fight back is getting closer."

At 6:30 in the morning, the sound of a guitar playing woke them all up. Yuugi and Atem were up first, with everyone else poking their heads out. The noise was from downstairs. Yuugi unlocked the top door and then moved downstairs with Atem.

On the counter where the fake plastic dual cards were in the display cases, was someone playing a guitar. They were quite stout, a little person it seemed. Their face wasn't horrific but it wouldn't be winning a beauty award. The guitar tune it was playing could though. From the glow around them, it was clear this was not just anyone.

Another god had come to visit them. "May I help you?" Yuugi asked.

"Name's Bes," he said to Yuugi as the gods' game box appeared right beside him again. "I'm creating a delightful melody to play for the victory tune." He played a couple of chords. "Or the loss. Won't be as fun that way." He tapped on the box. "We have to keep track of our boxes so we took it back prematurely so it stayed safe. It's needed again though, and I'm here for a little more detail since you wouldn't remember."

"Anything that can help we would appreciate," Yuugi said politely.

"Okay. Let me tell you something you folks can't see from the spell around you," Bes said as he tuned his guitar. "The damage caused to your town only happened to five towns a day. They are building up to the destruction through Set's organizational skills. Nice and slow. The rest of the world is just fine outside these bubbles."

"So the modern world really isn't gone?" Yuugi couldn't believe it.

"Not only that, but your friend Honda?" Bes struck a chord. "He was pulled away and into the sand. Many people were pulled into the sand and they were taken away before Set saw what happened. Him and thousands of other residents of Domino are still alive and fine. They are safe in a different dimension, thanks to Isis."

Honda! "Thank goodness!" Thank goodness. Things were finally turning around. This was giving even more help in their faith corner. "We can save so much, Atem."