Winning Without Gods (A Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfiction)DONE!

Chapter 21: Goodbye Domino

Kaiba's Home

"I promise, Mai, I'm going to go look at the enemy's place with Atem, Yuugi and Anzu. I'm his backup. I got his monster," he tried to explain. "I promise, I'll come back soon." Mai was still shaken up. "We got translations that never got to the guy. Atem took care of the Dragon Cards and the guy. There isn't even a fragment left of him." There wasn't, Atem was mad. "I was fine then, and I'll be fine now. I'll be back soon."

Mai nodded. "I just want it to be over. I want it to be all over. I think I want to move to America with Anzu and Satiah."

"What?" Aw, really? "We're having this talk? Look, just quit the America talk right now. We'll discuss it after we go check this guy's house and find whatever he had." Jounouchi didn't want to go to America. "Besides, Anzu might not go. She wasn't going to."

"Yes and then stuff really happened, Jonouchi, and now she wants to. If I go, I could take my winnings and make sure she's okay. She or Satiah could translate for me until I learn the language. We'd be fine."

"I promise, I'll discuss it when I get back to you. Just eat something and I'll be back before you know it." He stole a kiss on the cheek. "Promise."

"You better." Still, she didn't look so good.

"Hey, maybe there's a movie on tonight?" He reached in his wallet. "Why don't you get something to eat while we watch something tonight?"

"A night in?" She took the money with her usual flair. She seemed to like that. "With expensive takeout when you get back."

"Plenty of takeout. A movie with yummy takeout. Your choice." He was getting her warmed up again to him.

"Okay, Jounouchi. When we get home, I'm popping in my favorite movie tonight and we'll eat good food but you better get back here soon. I don't like being just left behind. You already did it once to me."

"Australia going down and coming back up. A lot of people died, just treated like they were toys! I had to help Atem so that he could find the guy who did it. It had to come first. I came back as soon as I could. I would take you, Mai, but I don't want you to break down again. Kaiba's is the safest place right now until I get back. He's got the best security and even updated it even more now."

"Fine, then we'll discuss everything when you get back. Just. I feel it now," she said.

"Feel what?" Jounouchi asked. Oh? "The baby?"

"Mana. Yeah, I feel her presence. I know she's in there now." She sighed. "It's a strange feeling, not quite feeling alone anymore."

Damn. It was time for a feely conversation, but everyone was waiting on him. "I love you, Mai. I'll love her too. Things will be fine. I gotta go." Jounouchi headed out. He would have taken her with them, he wanted to, but her head wasn't in the right frame of mind.

Having seen the double twins part come true though, it scared her too much. He would check it out with others, come get her and then go straight home. As he got into the car, he even said it. "Afterwards, straight home."

"I understand, Jounouchi," Atem answered.

"It's better this way," Yuugi encouraged him. "She's not doing so well. She'll feel better when this is behind her."

"Yeah." Jounouchi looked over Atem's shoulder where he was looking at the text. "So it really from the millennium tome? We get that, this is over?"

"Game over," Atem assured him. "The scripts are jumbled and the translations are jumpy. There is something about a sand and a scarab. The translation still needed more time."