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Welcome to Rose Buds, the next part of the "Roses & Stars" series and possibly the last. Yes I don't really have any more ideas for it to progress it at the moment. I'm going to focus on other story ideas, different chapter stories, also some upcoming stories I think are possibly going to be some of, if not my best stories, so be ready. Also this story is going to be 5 chapters, shorter than Rose Petal Rain, however since this December I want to focus more on winter and Christmas stories, the final chapter might be delayed until January though we'll see how things go during this month. Thank you Scooby82101 for checking over and as always let me know what to improve on and comment!

It had been two years since Yusei and Aki married and during a period of time like that, a lot can happen. This was true for Yusei, Aki, and a lot of their friends. First of all, Jack and Mikage had married each other. Jack, though, had a bit of trouble proposing to Mikage the first few times. He wanted to make it as special as possible but it ended in failure with him never popping the question. Mikage was a very patient woman, and he later managed to gain the courage to propose. After they got married, Jack and Mikage moved into a nice home which coincidentally was a fifteen minute drive from Yusei and Aki.

The reason was simply as both couples' wanted a home within the similar price range and quality. So it was no surprise they would run into each other.

As for Divine, he had been helping out Martha at the orphanage for the last two years. He is still doing so currently. On Bruno and Sherry's side, they stayed in the city for a couple months after the wedding but went back to France. While there, they started working on plans to move to Neo Domino to get married and live there.

Yusei and Aki, at this point, had settled down and were generally not expecting any surprises at that point as their marks were gone. But life never is one to stay quiet for long.

A few days after their two year anniversary, Aki was talking and drinking tea with Mikage and Stephanie at her home.
On that day Aki, Mikage and Stephanie were at Yusei and Aki's residence, drinking tea that Stephanie made and chatting about various topics. Being married to Yusei, while a delight for Aki, on the days when he had to go out dueling, Aki had a break from work or wasn't scheduled to duel, she felt a bit lonely. Fortunately, Mikage, Carly and Stephanie during her breaks often visited and they would liven up each other's day. Whether it be through going out together, chatting while drinking tea, playing video games, anything goes.

The living room had a large television set which stood against the wall in front of a long red sofa. Behind the sofa sat the wooden dinner table of which Aki and Mikage were sitting at while Stephanie served drinks. on the walls hung many pictures of Aki, Yusei and their friends.
"So, Stephanie...met anybody yet?" Aki asked slyly. Stephanie turned to her confused as she sat down.

"What do you mean?" Stephanie asked confused.

"You know, someone special? Lover? Boyfriend?" Aki asked. Stephanie just smiled delightfully.
"Well I almost had one, but Mikage stole him from me." Stephanie explained. Mikage looked at her dumbfounded.

" But well I uh..." Mikage stumbled. Stephanie just chuckled.

"I'm kidding Mika! I'm happy you and Jack are married now. Relax." Mikage calmed down and smiled nervously at Stephanie's response.

"Still you and Jack getting married. I could never imagine that, you two seem like complete opposites." Aki pointed out. Mikage smiled calmly.

"Jack is a lot kinder than a lot of people make him out to be. He may look grouchy and rude but he cares a lot about the things he loves. I know he'll always be there for me and I'll be there for him."

"Awwwww that's so sweet!" Stephanie exclaimed to Mikage.

"It is. Then again no one would have expected me and Yusei together considering I hated him at first." Aki said chuckling.
"Then again what is expectable in your lives guys? Aki, you once had psychic powers, got magic tattoos and let's not even mention half of the hairdos of team 5d's." Stephanie pointed out as the whole group chuckled.

"Yeah that is true. What about us is normal? But I like that, always keeps me guessing and I like Yusei's hair, it makes him stand out. Makes him look kinda cool. I..." Aki begun to explain.

However as Aki talked she groaned and rubbed her face. Mikage and Stephanie looked at her worriedly.

"Are you ok Aki?" Aki looked up with a smile that you could tell had some worry behind it.

"Yeah totally! Just have a headache from working on the computer all morning. Just pass me some water and I'll be good." Aki explained. Stephanie grabbed the water jug from the table and poured a glass for her. However as Aki picked it up she dropped the glass which bounced around on the table, water spilling on it and she grew dizzy once more. She got up from her chair and stumbled a bit. Mikage ran over to keep her steady.

"Are you sure you're ok Aki?" Mikage asked. Aki looked at her with empty eyes.

"Actually I do feel rather horrible now...I think I can walk though, I'm just gonna go to a couch and..." However as Aki tried to speak to Mikage her face grew green and she covered up her mouth and ran towards the bathroom near the entrance to the living room. She swung the door open so violently it slammed against the wall. She collapsed on the ground and opened up the toilet lid and vomited inside the porcelain appliance. Aki felt like she was letting out all of her insides from that, Mikage and Stephanie ran to the bathroom and saw Aki weakly on the ground. After releasing whatever was left that was coming up, Aki looked at the toilet horrified.

"Where...where the hell did...what's happening?" Aki asked her friends in voice full of panic. Mikage sat on her knees and rubbed Aki's back, trying to comfort her. Stephanie kneeled as well.

"I'm trying to think...why would you vomit out of nowhere? The food you ate for breakfast was fresh right?" Aki nodded weakly.

"Tea was ok, and...wait a minute..." Aki and Mikage looked at Stephanie confused as her expression turned into shock.

"Aki...sorry if this is personal but is your period late?" Aki's eyes widened in shock.

"It was...but I didn't notice because I got used to it really quickly and I never had that same stress other people have during it...oh god does that mean?" Aki asked horrified.

"Now hold on a moment Aki just because of this doesn't mean what you think. But just to make sure, Mikage, go out and grab a pregnancy test, I'll stay here and comfort her." Stephanie instructed.

"I definitely will, I'll be..." Mikage suddenly as she tried to stand up fell back on her knees and held her mouth shut, she hovered her mouth over the toilet and vomited inside just as Aki did. When she was done she lifted her head up, shaking horrified at her sudden action.

"Mikage did...is your period late too?" Mikage nodded nervously. Stephanie reached inside the pocket of her shorts and grabbed her cell phone. She dialed quickly on it and put it near her ear.

"Thank god I got Carly's number from the bachelor party."

It rang for a bit, Stephanie growing impatient with every ring before she heard a click.

"Hello?"

"Hey Carly?" Stephanie asked.

"Yeah what is it Steph?" Carly asked in a happy, unaware tone.

" I need you two pick up two pregnancy tests from the shops, I'll pay you back later."

"Stephanie what's going on are you preg...wait? two?" Carly asked confused.

"I'll explain everything when you get here, just please hurry and get the tests?" Stephanie began asking desperately.

"Stephanie seriously what is going on?" Carly asked once more. Stephanie rubbed the bridge of her nose annoyed.

"Just please hurry Carly!" Stephanie yelled into the phone. Aki and Mikage looked at Stephanie surprised.

"Alright...I'll be there soon." Carly hung up the phone and Stephanie picked up the two women with them mustering as much strength as they could to get up. They walked slowly to the living room and Stephanie put them on the couch directly in front of the end of the dining room table. Stephanie went to the kitchen which thank fully was near the living room and got the jug of water as well as a large plastic tub. She put them on the coffee table in front of Aki and Mikage and sat by them. She passed them two glasses of water which they drunk, the two still shaking a bit. Stephanie began saying calming words to try and stop their nervous status...but it sadly was not working.

After 20 minutes of waiting a doorbell ringing was heard. Stephanie immediately rushed to the front door after passing through the hall on the way out of the living room. She opened the door and in front of her stood a very annoyed looking Carly who walked inside with a plastic bag containing the two tests.

"Ok, what the hell is going on? Did you get laid Stephanie and if so why do you need two..." Carly asked as she walked into the living room before noticing the two women on the couch looking at her fearfully. Carly's face turned to shock and fit the pieces to the puzzle in her head. Aki and Mikage stood up and walked to her, still a bit shaky after being sick but still able to walk on their own. Carly dug through the bag and handed them the two tests.

"Here you go. You know how to use these right?" Mikage and Aki nodded. The two separated and Aki went upstairs to the bathroom while Mikage took the one closest to the ground. As they did, Carly collapsed on the sofa with Stephanie slowly following.

"The two of them...out of nowhere, on the same day?" Carly said. Stephanie looked to the ground worriedly.

"I hope things end up ok for them. I have no idea how Yusei and Jack will react though. Carly turned to Stephanie and adjusted her glasses.

"Thing is...I know Yusei will probably be calm about it, he's basically a boy scout...Jack though. I don't know, his mood often tends to be grouchier, angrier and while Aki told me she and Yusei have thought about kids from time to time, I have no idea about Jack though." Carly told Stephanie worriedly.

"I think Jack will be ok about it, but I..." Stephanie tried to say but was interrupted by the sound of Aki and Mikage walking in. The two of them looked at the tests both somewhat terrified. Stephanie got up and looked at the tests. Both read positive.

"Well looks like the two of you are going to be mothers." Stephanie told the two women. Aki looked at Stephanie horrified.

"What am I going to do? Yusei and I brought up kids on occasion but never really planned for if I did get pregnant."

"Same for me and Jack." Mikage added. Tears began to stream down Aki's face.

"Oh god...what am I going to do?" Aki whaled beginning to fall on the sofa. Mikage sat with her and patted her on the back making a soft "shhh" sound to try and comfort the distressed woman.

"It's ok Aki, Yusei and Jack are very understanding people. We have nothing to fear." Mikage whispered to Aki. Aki looked at her, tears still coming out of her eyes.

"You really think so?" Mikage smiled comfortingly at Aki.

"Of course, I know Jack and Yusei. They will always be by our side just as we are for them." Aki smiled and wiped the tears out of her eyes.

"Thanks Mika."

Stephanie turned to Carly, still standing along with her. "Carly go text Jack and Yusei to come home. They need to know and be with them." Carly gave a military salute and got to work texting them.

'Mikage's right, they will be by their sides....I just hope they come home soon.'

Meanwhile...

Yusei and Jack were in one of the locker rooms at the Kaiba Dome after a particularly hard tag duel. The room was fairly large as twenty people could be there and still have room to walk around. These particular rooms were only used for the most famous competitors which Jack and Yusei were no expectations of being. Their lockers stood open with a bunch of equipment, deodorant, pictures of their wives and friends, and whatever else they needed. There was also rather clean bathroom Yusei had just walked out of after taking a shower. He started to change while his partner had finished doing so. Jack wiped the sweat off of his head with a towel while Yusei was finishing getting redressed.

"So Yusei, great dueling out there mate." Jack complimented Yusei. Yusei turned to his friend and smiled.

"Thanks, you were crap though." Jack turned to Yusei smiling cockily.

"I was now? Well at least I don't have to rely on a pink chicken with shoes for my duels" Jack quipped in a snarky tone.

"Touché Jack. Touché." Jack chuckled before suddenly noticing his vibrating cell phone. Jack pulled it out of his pocket, still smiling form his and Yusei's banter and read the text to himself...his smile disappeared. Yusei noticed his friend's expression change and looked at him confused.

"Jack, you ok?" Yusei asked. Jack looked up with a somewhat frightened look on his face.

"It's a text from Carly. She says we need to go to your place immediately, It's something involving Mikage and Aki." Yusei's eyes widened a bit.

"What else does it say?" Yusei asked, anxiety growing in his voice a bit.

"Nothing else, it just says it's really urgent. Come on let's go!" Jack said beginning to run out the door. Yusei followed and ran through the halls to the garage that stored their runners.

After running for five minutes they reached the elevator that took them to the garage floor. They ran inside and pressed the button to get them there immediately. The ride down was painful as Yusei and Jack desperately wanted to get back to the house and make sure everything was ok. However the speed of the elevator made it feel like it took an hour before they finally reached the garage floor. When they did they ran out and saw their runners parked in front of them. They jumped inside their bikes and got ready has fast as they could. Yusei turned on the communicator on his bike.

"This the guard for the garage for duelists, who am I talking too?" The guard asked.

"Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas, requesting permission to leave." Yusei explained to the guard.

"Very well, have a good day Mr. Fudo, opening the door now." The guard pressed a buzzer and the garage door began to open. Yusei and Jack revved up their runners and as soon as the door opened Yusei and Jack speed away, trying to get home as soon as possible, not making a stop for anything.

As soon as the two reached the Fudo's residence Yusei and Jack parked quickly and ran quickly inside, swinging the door open. Jack and Yusei ran to the living room straight ahead from the front door. When they ran inside Stephanie and Carly turned back to them.

"Hey what's going on?" Jack asked as he and Yusei walked towards the front of the couch. When they got to the side where the front of the couch faced. There lied a very worried looking Mikage and a very nervous looking Aki. The two men instantly went by their wives' sides, sitting on the couch with them.

"Aki...Mikage, is there something wrong, please tell us?" Yusei asked, wrapping his arm around Aki's shoulder while Jack wrapped his around Mikage's hip. Mikage looked towards her husband, smiling however it was a nervous smile the kind you wear to make the others feel calm even though you are completely worried.

"Now Jack...Yusei...Aki and I..." Mikage tried to say but stopped midway, Jack looked at her more concerned.

"Look you two...don't be angry...you have nothing to worry about..." Stephanie pointed out, Jack looked at Jack and Yusei rather annoyed.

"Nothing to worry about? Look at Aki, she looks terrified!" Yusei replied irritated surprising the group considering Yusei's normal stoic expression. Aki put her hand on Yusei's to calm him down which it successfully did as Yusei took a deep breath and prepared for the news.

"Jack...Yusei...Aki and I are...pregnant..." Jack and Yusei's eyes widened, the color drained from their faces and bodies shivered a bit from the news. Yusei and Jack looked at the two women shocked. Yusei lifted his arm off of Aki's shoulder...

And wrapped them both around Aki tightly.

Aki was naturally shocked by his sudden action, as was everyone else.

"Yusei...what are you?" Aki started to ask. Yusei tilted his head up, with quite possibly the brightest smile Aki had ever seen from him.

"I can't believe you thought I would be angry, I couldn't be happier. I'm going to be a father with a woman I absolutely love...I just...I don't know what to say!" Yusei told Aki, beginning to even tear up a little in happiness.

"Yusei please! I can't breathe!" Aki yelled chuckling, trying to break out of her husband's grip. Mikage, Stephanie and Carly all chuckled at Yusei's joy. Yusei loosened his grip but still kept his arms around Aki.

"I've wanted to have a kid for a while I'll admit, glad to see you're happy about this too." Aki told Yusei, hugging her husband. Everyone awed at the couple.

Mikage turned back to Jack and she looked at him worriedly as his expression only slightly improved and still looks worried.

"Jack is something wrong?" Mikage asked. Jack shook his head as if he had fallen asleep but his eyes were somehow open.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that, been a long day at the track. I couldn't be happier Mika." Jack told Mikage, smiling a bit though while Mikage smiled as well, inside she was worrying about Jack. His smile seemed a bit more nervous than genuinely happy.

"Jack...are you worried about having a child?" Mikage asked.

"No not at all...maybe a bit but not much. I mean I know how much you've wanted a kid and you'll be great with ours." Jack replied nervously.

"Yeah, I mean she's already great at handling kids, just look at you!" Aki shouted in a snarky fashion which Jack replied yelling "hey!" and while everyone was chuckling, Mikage was not.

Mikage knew he was lying about not being nervous. While Mikage knows he didn't want her to worry about him, Mikage was always concerned about Jack so this was something she needed to look into and hopefully help him through it. She knew having a kid was not going to be easy and she was worried too, but she was still enormously excited and wanted Jack to feel the same excitement and joy for the baby.

For now everyone just cheered in happiness at how excited everyone was for the new children to come. While Mikage was still nervous about Jack, she ignored it for just a bit so they could cheer in anticipation for the new Fudo and new Atlas.

Please let me know what to improve on, comment and ch 2 will be up soon.

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Welcome to Rose Buds, the next part of the "Roses & Stars" series and possibly the last. Yes I don't really have any more ideas for it to progress it at the moment. I'm going to focus on other story ideas, different chapter stories, also some upcoming stories I think are possibly going to be some of, if not my best stories, so be ready. Also this story is going to be 5 chapters, shorter than Rose Petal Rain, however since this December I want to focus more on winter and Christmas stories, the final chapter might be delayed until January though we'll see how things go during this month. Thank you Scooby82101 for checking over and as always let me know what to improve on and comment!

It had been two years since Yusei and Aki married and during a period of time like that, a lot can happen. This was true for Yusei, Aki, and a lot of their friends. First of all, Jack and Mikage had married each other. Jack, though, had a bit of trouble proposing to Mikage the first few times. He wanted to make it as special as possible but it ended in failure with him never popping the question. Mikage was a very patient woman, and he later managed to gain the courage to propose. After they got married, Jack and Mikage moved into a nice home which coincidentally was a fifteen minute drive from Yusei and Aki.

The reason was simply as both couples' wanted a home within the similar price range and quality. So it was no surprise they would run into each other.

As for Divine, he had been helping out Martha at the orphanage for the last two years. He is still doing so currently. On Bruno and Sherry's side, they stayed in the city for a couple months after the wedding but went back to France. While there, they started working on plans to move to Neo Domino to get married and live there.

Yusei and Aki, at this point, had settled down and were generally not expecting any surprises at that point as their marks were gone. But life never is one to stay quiet for long.

A few days after their two year anniversary, Aki was talking and drinking tea with Mikage and Stephanie at her home.
On that day Aki, Mikage and Stephanie were at Yusei and Aki's residence, drinking tea that Stephanie made and chatting about various topics. Being married to Yusei, while a delight for Aki, on the days when he had to go out dueling, Aki had a break from work or wasn't scheduled to duel, she felt a bit lonely. Fortunately, Mikage, Carly and Stephanie during her breaks often visited and they would liven up each other's day. Whether it be through going out together, chatting while drinking tea, playing video games, anything goes.

The living room had a large television set which stood against the wall in front of a long red sofa. Behind the sofa sat the wooden dinner table of which Aki and Mikage were sitting at while Stephanie served drinks. on the walls hung many pictures of Aki, Yusei and their friends.
"So, Stephanie...met anybody yet?" Aki asked slyly. Stephanie turned to her confused as she sat down.

"What do you mean?" Stephanie asked confused.

"You know, someone special? Lover? Boyfriend?" Aki asked. Stephanie just smiled delightfully.
"Well I almost had one, but Mikage stole him from me." Stephanie explained. Mikage looked at her dumbfounded.

" But well I uh..." Mikage stumbled. Stephanie just chuckled.

"I'm kidding Mika! I'm happy you and Jack are married now. Relax." Mikage calmed down and smiled nervously at Stephanie's response.

"Still you and Jack getting married. I could never imagine that, you two seem like complete opposites." Aki pointed out. Mikage smiled calmly.

"Jack is a lot kinder than a lot of people make him out to be. He may look grouchy and rude but he cares a lot about the things he loves. I know he'll always be there for me and I'll be there for him."

"Awwwww that's so sweet!" Stephanie exclaimed to Mikage.

"It is. Then again no one would have expected me and Yusei together considering I hated him at first." Aki said chuckling.
"Then again what is expectable in your lives guys? Aki, you once had psychic powers, got magic tattoos and let's not even mention half of the hairdos of team 5d's." Stephanie pointed out as the whole group chuckled.

"Yeah that is true. What about us is normal? But I like that, always keeps me guessing and I like Yusei's hair, it makes him stand out. Makes him look kinda cool. I..." Aki begun to explain.

However as Aki talked she groaned and rubbed her face. Mikage and Stephanie looked at her worriedly.

"Are you ok Aki?" Aki looked up with a smile that you could tell had some worry behind it.

"Yeah totally! Just have a headache from working on the computer all morning. Just pass me some water and I'll be good." Aki explained. Stephanie grabbed the water jug from the table and poured a glass for her. However as Aki picked it up she dropped the glass which bounced around on the table, water spilling on it and she grew dizzy once more. She got up from her chair and stumbled a bit. Mikage ran over to keep her steady.

"Are you sure you're ok Aki?" Mikage asked. Aki looked at her with empty eyes.

"Actually I do feel rather horrible now...I think I can walk though, I'm just gonna go to a couch and..." However as Aki tried to speak to Mikage her face grew green and she covered up her mouth and ran towards the bathroom near the entrance to the living room. She swung the door open so violently it slammed against the wall. She collapsed on the ground and opened up the toilet lid and vomited inside the porcelain appliance. Aki felt like she was letting out all of her insides from that, Mikage and Stephanie ran to the bathroom and saw Aki weakly on the ground. After releasing whatever was left that was coming up, Aki looked at the toilet horrified.

"Where...where the hell did...what's happening?" Aki asked her friends in voice full of panic. Mikage sat on her knees and rubbed Aki's back, trying to comfort her. Stephanie kneeled as well.

"I'm trying to think...why would you vomit out of nowhere? The food you ate for breakfast was fresh right?" Aki nodded weakly.

"Tea was ok, and...wait a minute..." Aki and Mikage looked at Stephanie confused as her expression turned into shock.

"Aki...sorry if this is personal but is your period late?" Aki's eyes widened in shock.

"It was...but I didn't notice because I got used to it really quickly and I never had that same stress other people have during it...oh god does that mean?" Aki asked horrified.

"Now hold on a moment Aki just because of this doesn't mean what you think. But just to make sure, Mikage, go out and grab a pregnancy test, I'll stay here and comfort her." Stephanie instructed.

"I definitely will, I'll be..." Mikage suddenly as she tried to stand up fell back on her knees and held her mouth shut, she hovered her mouth over the toilet and vomited inside just as Aki did. When she was done she lifted her head up, shaking horrified at her sudden action.

"Mikage did...is your period late too?" Mikage nodded nervously. Stephanie reached inside the pocket of her shorts and grabbed her cell phone. She dialed quickly on it and put it near her ear.

"Thank god I got Carly's number from the bachelor party."

It rang for a bit, Stephanie growing impatient with every ring before she heard a click.

"Hello?"

"Hey Carly?" Stephanie asked.

"Yeah what is it Steph?" Carly asked in a happy, unaware tone.

" I need you two pick up two pregnancy tests from the shops, I'll pay you back later."

"Stephanie what's going on are you preg...wait? two?" Carly asked confused.

"I'll explain everything when you get here, just please hurry and get the tests?" Stephanie began asking desperately.

"Stephanie seriously what is going on?" Carly asked once more. Stephanie rubbed the bridge of her nose annoyed.

"Just please hurry Carly!" Stephanie yelled into the phone. Aki and Mikage looked at Stephanie surprised.

"Alright...I'll be there soon." Carly hung up the phone and Stephanie picked up the two women with them mustering as much strength as they could to get up. They walked slowly to the living room and Stephanie put them on the couch directly in front of the end of the dining room table. Stephanie went to the kitchen which thank fully was near the living room and got the jug of water as well as a large plastic tub. She put them on the coffee table in front of Aki and Mikage and sat by them. She passed them two glasses of water which they drunk, the two still shaking a bit. Stephanie began saying calming words to try and stop their nervous status...but it sadly was not working.

After 20 minutes of waiting a doorbell ringing was heard. Stephanie immediately rushed to the front door after passing through the hall on the way out of the living room. She opened the door and in front of her stood a very annoyed looking Carly who walked inside with a plastic bag containing the two tests.

"Ok, what the hell is going on? Did you get laid Stephanie and if so why do you need two..." Carly asked as she walked into the living room before noticing the two women on the couch looking at her fearfully. Carly's face turned to shock and fit the pieces to the puzzle in her head. Aki and Mikage stood up and walked to her, still a bit shaky after being sick but still able to walk on their own. Carly dug through the bag and handed them the two tests.

"Here you go. You know how to use these right?" Mikage and Aki nodded. The two separated and Aki went upstairs to the bathroom while Mikage took the one closest to the ground. As they did, Carly collapsed on the sofa with Stephanie slowly following.

"The two of them...out of nowhere, on the same day?" Carly said. Stephanie looked to the ground worriedly.

"I hope things end up ok for them. I have no idea how Yusei and Jack will react though. Carly turned to Stephanie and adjusted her glasses.

"Thing is...I know Yusei will probably be calm about it, he's basically a boy scout...Jack though. I don't know, his mood often tends to be grouchier, angrier and while Aki told me she and Yusei have thought about kids from time to time, I have no idea about Jack though." Carly told Stephanie worriedly.

"I think Jack will be ok about it, but I..." Stephanie tried to say but was interrupted by the sound of Aki and Mikage walking in. The two of them looked at the tests both somewhat terrified. Stephanie got up and looked at the tests. Both read positive.

"Well looks like the two of you are going to be mothers." Stephanie told the two women. Aki looked at Stephanie horrified.

"What am I going to do? Yusei and I brought up kids on occasion but never really planned for if I did get pregnant."

"Same for me and Jack." Mikage added. Tears began to stream down Aki's face.

"Oh god...what am I going to do?" Aki whaled beginning to fall on the sofa. Mikage sat with her and patted her on the back making a soft "shhh" sound to try and comfort the distressed woman.

"It's ok Aki, Yusei and Jack are very understanding people. We have nothing to fear." Mikage whispered to Aki. Aki looked at her, tears still coming out of her eyes.

"You really think so?" Mikage smiled comfortingly at Aki.

"Of course, I know Jack and Yusei. They will always be by our side just as we are for them." Aki smiled and wiped the tears out of her eyes.

"Thanks Mika."

Stephanie turned to Carly, still standing along with her. "Carly go text Jack and Yusei to come home. They need to know and be with them." Carly gave a military salute and got to work texting them.

'Mikage's right, they will be by their sides....I just hope they come home soon.'

Meanwhile...

Yusei and Jack were in one of the locker rooms at the Kaiba Dome after a particularly hard tag duel. The room was fairly large as twenty people could be there and still have room to walk around. These particular rooms were only used for the most famous competitors which Jack and Yusei were no expectations of being. Their lockers stood open with a bunch of equipment, deodorant, pictures of their wives and friends, and whatever else they needed. There was also rather clean bathroom Yusei had just walked out of after taking a shower. He started to change while his partner had finished doing so. Jack wiped the sweat off of his head with a towel while Yusei was finishing getting redressed.

"So Yusei, great dueling out there mate." Jack complimented Yusei. Yusei turned to his friend and smiled.

"Thanks, you were crap though." Jack turned to Yusei smiling cockily.

"I was now? Well at least I don't have to rely on a pink chicken with shoes for my duels" Jack quipped in a snarky tone.

"Touché Jack. Touché." Jack chuckled before suddenly noticing his vibrating cell phone. Jack pulled it out of his pocket, still smiling form his and Yusei's banter and read the text to himself...his smile disappeared. Yusei noticed his friend's expression change and looked at him confused.

"Jack, you ok?" Yusei asked. Jack looked up with a somewhat frightened look on his face.

"It's a text from Carly. She says we need to go to your place immediately, It's something involving Mikage and Aki." Yusei's eyes widened a bit.

"What else does it say?" Yusei asked, anxiety growing in his voice a bit.

"Nothing else, it just says it's really urgent. Come on let's go!" Jack said beginning to run out the door. Yusei followed and ran through the halls to the garage that stored their runners.

After running for five minutes they reached the elevator that took them to the garage floor. They ran inside and pressed the button to get them there immediately. The ride down was painful as Yusei and Jack desperately wanted to get back to the house and make sure everything was ok. However the speed of the elevator made it feel like it took an hour before they finally reached the garage floor. When they did they ran out and saw their runners parked in front of them. They jumped inside their bikes and got ready has fast as they could. Yusei turned on the communicator on his bike.

"This the guard for the garage for duelists, who am I talking too?" The guard asked.

"Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas, requesting permission to leave." Yusei explained to the guard.

"Very well, have a good day Mr. Fudo, opening the door now." The guard pressed a buzzer and the garage door began to open. Yusei and Jack revved up their runners and as soon as the door opened Yusei and Jack speed away, trying to get home as soon as possible, not making a stop for anything.

As soon as the two reached the Fudo's residence Yusei and Jack parked quickly and ran quickly inside, swinging the door open. Jack and Yusei ran to the living room straight ahead from the front door. When they ran inside Stephanie and Carly turned back to them.

"Hey what's going on?" Jack asked as he and Yusei walked towards the front of the couch. When they got to the side where the front of the couch faced. There lied a very worried looking Mikage and a very nervous looking Aki. The two men instantly went by their wives' sides, sitting on the couch with them.

"Aki...Mikage, is there something wrong, please tell us?" Yusei asked, wrapping his arm around Aki's shoulder while Jack wrapped his around Mikage's hip. Mikage looked towards her husband, smiling however it was a nervous smile the kind you wear to make the others feel calm even though you are completely worried.

"Now Jack...Yusei...Aki and I..." Mikage tried to say but stopped midway, Jack looked at her more concerned.

"Look you two...don't be angry...you have nothing to worry about..." Stephanie pointed out, Jack looked at Jack and Yusei rather annoyed.

"Nothing to worry about? Look at Aki, she looks terrified!" Yusei replied irritated surprising the group considering Yusei's normal stoic expression. Aki put her hand on Yusei's to calm him down which it successfully did as Yusei took a deep breath and prepared for the news.

"Jack...Yusei...Aki and I are...pregnant..." Jack and Yusei's eyes widened, the color drained from their faces and bodies shivered a bit from the news. Yusei and Jack looked at the two women shocked. Yusei lifted his arm off of Aki's shoulder...

And wrapped them both around Aki tightly.

Aki was naturally shocked by his sudden action, as was everyone else.

"Yusei...what are you?" Aki started to ask. Yusei tilted his head up, with quite possibly the brightest smile Aki had ever seen from him.

"I can't believe you thought I would be angry, I couldn't be happier. I'm going to be a father with a woman I absolutely love...I just...I don't know what to say!" Yusei told Aki, beginning to even tear up a little in happiness.

"Yusei please! I can't breathe!" Aki yelled chuckling, trying to break out of her husband's grip. Mikage, Stephanie and Carly all chuckled at Yusei's joy. Yusei loosened his grip but still kept his arms around Aki.

"I've wanted to have a kid for a while I'll admit, glad to see you're happy about this too." Aki told Yusei, hugging her husband. Everyone awed at the couple.

Mikage turned back to Jack and she looked at him worriedly as his expression only slightly improved and still looks worried.

"Jack is something wrong?" Mikage asked. Jack shook his head as if he had fallen asleep but his eyes were somehow open.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that, been a long day at the track. I couldn't be happier Mika." Jack told Mikage, smiling a bit though while Mikage smiled as well, inside she was worrying about Jack. His smile seemed a bit more nervous than genuinely happy.

"Jack...are you worried about having a child?" Mikage asked.

"No not at all...maybe a bit but not much. I mean I know how much you've wanted a kid and you'll be great with ours." Jack replied nervously.

"Yeah, I mean she's already great at handling kids, just look at you!" Aki shouted in a snarky fashion which Jack replied yelling "hey!" and while everyone was chuckling, Mikage was not.

Mikage knew he was lying about not being nervous. While Mikage knows he didn't want her to worry about him, Mikage was always concerned about Jack so this was something she needed to look into and hopefully help him through it. She knew having a kid was not going to be easy and she was worried too, but she was still enormously excited and wanted Jack to feel the same excitement and joy for the baby.

For now everyone just cheered in happiness at how excited everyone was for the new children to come. While Mikage was still nervous about Jack, she ignored it for just a bit so they could cheer in anticipation for the new Fudo and new Atlas.

Please let me know what to improve on, comment and ch 2 will be up soon.