Introduction

Years ago Yusei Fudo and Akiza Izinski swore their love for one another after Yusei saved New Domino City from the threat of the hell spawn duelist known as Damian the Bad, who had been sent by the devil to claim the souls of the five signers. Yusei and Akiza dated for two years and then they decided to marry. The devil, knew that such a sacred bond of love would keep Yusei, whose soul he had coveted for a very long time, safe from his infernal clutches all the days of his life. In a last ditched effort to claim Yusei's soul he sent the demon lord Drakonadon and his followers to Earth win it from him, the plan almost resulted in the death of Jack Atlas, who was miraculously saved by a mysterious man in white, who to this day Yusei and friends can't believe who he had to be. When Drakonadon was defeated and sent back to Hell empty handed, Yusei and Akiza were free to marry in peace.

A few months after their wedding Akiza told Yusei that she wanted a baby, not just to fulfill her own parents' wishes for grandchildren, but because she wanted a child of her own. Yusei wasn't sure he was ready to be a father, but he put Akiza's wishes first. They tried and tried, but their attempts to procreate yielded to fruitful results. Things got worse when they realized that Lucifer, a hybrid clone who had been brought to life from all five of the signers DNA was on a rampage. He blamed the signers for his abominable existence and sought revenge Using the powers of an evil card known as the Vilespawn Dragon. First he defeated Yusei, but beating him in a turbo duel was not enough, he proceeded to beat Yusei within an inch of his life, causing sever trauma to his spine in the process, and destroyed his runner.

One by one the rest of the signers followed; with each victory Lucifer stole each signer's mark and grew that much more powerful, to the point of proclaiming himself a god. After a talk with the spirit of his late father, Yusei slowly recovered from his traumatic experience, and his runner had been miraculously restored by the wooden trinket Leo had been given by the same mysterious man who had saved Jack's life months earlier. Yusei then stormed Lucifer's tower and after a fierce rematch retrieved the signer birthmarks and brought the tower tumbling down.

Shortly afterward Yusei and Akiza realized that they had finally succeeded in conceiving. They now eagerly await the birth of their first child.

"Yusei! Yusei! Can you hear me?!"

"I'm here Leo. What's wrong?" Yusei said answering his phone.

"Mount Vesuvius is erupting and the Italians have no where to go!"

"What? What are you talking about?"

"He means, where are those cookies? She's getting impatient." said Luna.

"Hold tight, I'll be right there."

Yusei mounted his runner and was off.

"Another day another craving." he thought "Well, it will all be over soon… Then all I'll have to worry about is changing diapers and what not."

Yusei raced home. For the past couple months he had asked Leo, Luna, and Rally to help him take care of Akiza. They all knew what happened if they kept her waiting too long during one of her cravings.

"Phew… Thank heavens you made it back… I thought she was going to explode."

Luna and Leo had been trying appease Akiza until Yusei got back with the cookies, while Rally had been looking over the supplies the gifts and what not they had received from Yusei's fans.

"Rally, have you finished checking the inventory?"

"Yes."

"Are we good to go?"

"Baby bottles, pacifiers, enough baby food and diapers to last you about six months, changing station, baby powder, crib, and we just got lab aprons from Tanner."

"Lab aprons?"

"He said, when it happens you'll know."

"Yusei!"

"Hold that thought."

Yusei rushed over to see what was the matter with Akiza.

"What is it honey?"

"Yusei… Do you still find me attractive?"

Over the months the small bump on Akiza's stomach had grown into a mountain.

"… Of course I do."

"No you don't! You think I'm fat!" she said crying.

"Fat?! No!!! Akiza you're not fat, you're just carrying our little bundle of joy."

The only thing that was as worse as Akiza's cravings were the mood swings. Yusei knew he had to change the topic quickly.

"Look, we just got another present from Martha."

"She spoils us… Oh my gosh! That mobile looks like the Crimson Dragon. And look, there's tiny chibi versions of the five other dragons, look how cute they are!"

"Phew… Crisis averted." thought Yusei.

The rest of the day progressed incident free.

"Luna… What are you reading?"

"A Midsummer Night's Dream…"

"Really… That's nice…"

"Are you… okay Akiza?"

"Couldn't be happier." she said patting her stomach "Would you like to hear my baby's heartbeat?"

"Really? Okay…"

In truth Luna didn't think she had seen Akiza this happy since she and Yusei got married. It must've been be because she was finally getting the normal life she wanted… that is as long as they didn't run into any more lunatics.

"So, do you know what kind of baby you're getting?"

"No, I want it to be a surprise."

"What does your maternal instinct tell you?"

"Hmm… It tells me there's a little Yusei inside of me."

"Trudge's worst nightmare, but I don't think so…"

Yusei felt Akiza's stomach.

"With a kick like that it's definitely a girl."

"Well… we'll find out soon enough… It won't be long now…"

Martha had been right again, over the last nine months Yusei's anxiety about becoming a father seemed to have been overcome by anticipation. Some nights it was hard to sleep because both he and Akiza knew that she could have the baby any day now. He and Akiza were both very grateful that they could have their baby without anything… paranormal happening… or so they thought…

(To be continued)