Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Authors Note: Seto is 12 and Mokuba is 7. It will be at least 4 to 5 chapters before they are the age they are on the show. The story starts out slow, but I promise it gets a WHOLE lot better. Just give it a chance. I promise you won't be disappointed. I am told it starts getting really good around chapter 3, so give it a chance. I had this up before, but I deleted it and revised it. I would also like to state that Seto and my OC do act a little more mature than regular 12 year olds, but you have to keep in mind what they have been through.
This first chapter goes a bit fast because I want to get to the important stuff. This is more of a 'you need to know his stuff' chapter. OK…..Hope you like it!!!!
The New Kids:
All around the playground curious looks were being given to the two young boys that had just arrived. The youngest of the boys had raven hair with stormy eyes and the oldest had silky brown hair with brilliant blue eyes. The little girl that had been looking at both of them with a warm smile, rather than curiosity, approached the boys with many stares of warning from the other children.
"Hi my name is Renée" said the lovely young girl.
The oldest of the boys couldn't help but notice that the girl was pretty. She had almost purely black eyes and long black hair. Her skin was porcelain and her smile was comforting. She looked a little like his mother.
"Hello, my name is Seto and this is my little brother Mokuba" said the oldest boy patting the youngest on the head.
She gave them both a smile and handed them a chocolate chip cookie." Enjoy it while it lasts, you won't be getting anymore of these in here. Only newbie's get cookies on their first day."
"So how long have you been in here?" Mokuba said wiping the chocolate from his face with his sleeve.
"Oh, I've been in and out of the orphanage since I was three. I came here right after my parents died."
"Are Mom died just after Mokuba was born and are dad died about four years ago." Seto said looking down at the ground. When he looked up he began to notice that everyone around them had an unnerving look on their face. "Why is everyone looking at us so weird?"
"Well, we were told about you before you arrived." she trailed off and lowered her voice. "They told us that you were really smart and that we shouldn't expect you to be around very long because you'll get adopted really quickly, so we were told not to make friends with you."
"Hey! Did you hear that big brother? We're going to be adopted really soon!" Mokuba said looking happily up at his brother.
"She didn't mean you, you little brat." A boy with pail blond hair said walking over to the trio.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE SEAN!" Renée yelled with a much stronger voice than you would expect from a person of her size. She walked right over to the pail haired boy and punched him square in the face.
An older woman ran to the scene quickly and grabbed Renée's arm before she could get in another good punch. "How many times do I have to tell you not to punch the other children!" the older woman said dragging the girl inside behind her.
Seto just stood there stunned having not expected the young girl to do exactly what he was about to do. He didn't like that someone had beat him to the punch (literally), but he did like that she stood up for his little brother. "I think we'll get along just fine." Seto said under his breath staring at the door Renée had just been pulled into.
"What?" said Mokuba.
"Nothing Mokuba, finish your cookie."
Seto didn't understand at first why she had been so defensive of someone she had just met, but he quickly got an answer. He heard two kids begin to talk about her once the adults had gone into the building. He shifted his head so that he could over hear the conversation more easily.
"Yeah, that stupid kid made fun of her little brother when he was here." said a tall slender boy with short black hair.
"Brother? I didn't know she had a brother." said a short frumpy looking boy.
"Well you haven't been here that long now have you." The taller of the two said as more of a statement than a question. "He died about two years ago."
"How?"
"They were both adopted by the same family and she was the only one that survived a fire that burned there whole house down."
Seto turned away from the two boys and began to walk inside with Mokuba running along side him.
"Wait Seto I can't walk that fast." Mokuba said stumbling.
Seto immediately slowed his pace to a normal speed. When he walked inside he saw Renée sitting in a chair facing a corner, a bruise graced her porcelain arm.
"I could have taken care of that little matter myself you know." He said looking down at the girl.
"Yeah, but it gave me a good excuse to finally hit that ass." She said with a smirk.
Seto laughed at the unexpected comment. "Do you want to come and play with Mokuba and me?"
Up until now Mokuba had been in his own little world looking around the room of brightly colored walls and toys lined up sky high. "What?" He said with a confused expression on his face only having heard his name.
Renée having noticed his brightened eyes looking at the toys said "Those aren't for you Mokuba. Only the special kids get to play with those."
"What do you mean by special kids?" Seto said with curiosity.
"Well, I guess you could say the kids that suck up like that ass Sean." She said with a discussed look as the name passed her lips.
"Well, well, well. Only here for thirty minutes and already braking rules are we?" the older woman who had dragged Renée inside said. "Both of you outside now! I won't have anymore children disobey me."
Renée looked at Seto and said "Go, I'll be fine. I'll see you later."
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A few weeks had pasted and they had all become extremely close. Renée had become somewhat of a mother figure to Mokuba. She read him a story every night and tucked him in. Seto really liked that he had such wonderful help with his brother. He could protect Mokuba, but he was seriously lacking in the motherly department.
The older children got to stay up an hour more than the kids Mokuba's age, so Seto and Renée spent that time getting to know one another. She told him about her brother and her life. He told her about his parents and his life before the orphanage. They had a lot in common. Both were very bright for their age in their own unique way. He was more book and logically smart. She on the other hand was very good with anything having to do with music. She often felt that she wasn't good at anything else, but at least she could play Mozart by the age of eight.
One night at about 1:00am Seto heard a loud scream that sounded very familiar. He jumped out of bed and ran to where the girls slept. He was really glad the adults had drifted off to sleep hours ago since he would have been beaten if he was caught out of bed. He tip toed into the room looking for Renée's bed in the darkness. There were about five beds in the small compact sleeping area, but only three were being slept in. It wasn't hard to find which bed was Renée's since there was only one with a moving body in it. He knew the other girls must have been wakened by the scream, but knew they could care less if Renée fell off a bridge much less if she was just having a bad dream. He walked over to the bed and quickly grabbed Renée's shoulders to shake her awake.
"Oh, Seto!" she said with tears in her eyes. "Why did he have to die? Why did he have to leave me? He was the only family I had." She buried her face into Seto's shoulder sobbing uncontrollably.
"We will be your family, me and Mokuba." He said as he stroked her back gently. "I will take care of you. I will never leave you. I promise."
"You can't promise things like that Seto." She said lifting her head to look at his deep blue eyes. "We are in an orphanage. You're going to be adopted and I will still be here. Don't look at me like that Seto! You know it's true. No one wants a loud mouth girl that has nightmares every night. That's why I always get sent back here."
"I won't let anyone adopted me unless they adopted you and Mokuba." He said pulling her into a hug. He wasn't exactly the touchy feely type, but he didn't mind it so much with Renée.
She pulled away and chuckled. "What? You want me to be your sister?"
"No. I just don't want to leave you here alone. I don't exactly think of you as a sister."
She looked up at him with a smirk and a cocked eyebrow. "Then how do you think of me?"
He began to look a little flustered and ran his hand through his hair. "I don't know. I just know it's not as a sister. Just because we get adopted by the same people doesn't mean we have to act like brother and sister. Let's just stick to what we've got going now, OK?"
"Whatever you say Seto." She said burying her face in his neck as she hugged him.
He began to pull away, but as he did her hug quickly tightened. "Do you want me to stay a little longer?"
"Just for a little bit." She said yawning.
Next Chapter: Will Seto keep his promise?
Authors note: Please review...It would be much appreciated. I already have 8 chapters ready, so If you review I'll be more inclined to post those chapters more often.