I can't believe I lost! Seto's eyes were wide with surprise when he saw her winning move. How? How was she able to beat him?! He looked up at her and saw her empty gaze. She had won and she didn't even feel excited about it! This angered the boy and he challenged her again.

And again he lost.

"Wow Seto she's really good!" Mokuba stared in astonishment. He had never known anyone could beat his brother so watching it happen twice was amazing!

"Where did you learn to play like that?" Seto asked as the anger slowly ebbed from his body. Her eyes flicked up at him and back to the board. It took him a moment to remember that she couldn't talk and he frowned at his insensitivity but then she looked up at him and mouthed something; my parents.

Seto nodded and got oddly quiet as he looked between the board and the girl. How had she anticipated every move he was going to do and counteract all of them? The more he mulled over it the less he understood of it.

"So Minami, how old are you?" Mokuba asked. The brunette looked around for a moment before standing up and walking away. The young black haired boy gave his older brother a very confused and slightly hurt look until he saw the girl come back with a piece of paper and a pencil. She cleared off some of the chess pieces and laid the paper down on the board. After scribbling something down she held up the paper for them to read.

"Oh! You're the same age as Seto! He's ten too." Mokuba said with a giant smile. "When's your birthday?" She looked down and scribbled something else; February 14th.

"Oh so your birthday just passed? That means Seto is older than you." Mokuba smiled and looked at his brother who looked lost in thought. "Seto? Hello. Are you okay?" He sat up and waved his hand in front of his brother's face.

Seto blinked a few times and looked down. "Huh...did you say something?" Mokuba pouted a bit and repeated what he said making Seto nod. Minami watched the two for a few moments before slipping out of the chair and walking away. She was gone before Mokuba or Seto could say anything.

The next day Minami was sitting in the sandbox staring up at the sun but not looking directly into it. Her thoughts were swirling around in her head and she felt confused. After what she had seen...what should she do? She rolled over onto her stomach and traced her finger into the sand thinking about yesterday's chess game which had been, for lack of a better word, fun.

Turning her head slightly she saw Seto and Mokuba together though she wasn't sure what they were doing. For a split second she thought about going over to them but decided against it, the young girl was torn. On one hand she enjoyed their company but on the other being alone seemed better to her. She couldn't talk and no one wanted a friend who couldn't talk and laugh with them. Minami stood and brushed the grass from her behind and began looking around again. The swings got her attention and to her relief no one was around them and they were behind some trees so the brothers wouldn't be able to see her. Minami walked over, sat down and after adjusting herself she began to swing back and forth.

Mokuba frowned and looked up at his brother. "Don't worry Moki. You'll get it." He said with a small smile.

"But that's the fourth time you've beaten me in Tic-Tac-Toe Seto!" The older boy laughed and ruffled the little ones' hair before looking off into the distance. "Do you think we'll see Minami today?" Mokuba tilted his head slightly at his own question and looked around.

"I don't know Mokuba. After her disappearance yesterday, do you really want to see her?"

"Of course Seto! She's really nice and she probably had a reason why she left yesterday! I'm sure if we ask her she'll tell us." Mokuba nodded at his statement and looked around for her once more. Several minutes passed before he released a heavy sigh and rolled over. "I can't find her Seto."
"Maybe she's not outside today Moki." His brother replied with a slight smile. A thunder crack sounded through the sky and lightening flashed as little droplets of water began to fall from the sky. Seto grabbed his brother and the Tic-Tac-Toe board and hurried inside along with the other kids.

The two boys went back to their room and decided to play in there as the adults took a headcount to make sure they were all accounted for. After counting three or four times, the woman who was counting them frowned and went to talk to someone else. There was a panicked voiced before a man and woman came into the room.

"One of the girls, Minami, is missing. Have any of you seen her?" A few of the girls shook their heads and most of the other children shrugged. "Oh gosh..." The woman turned and walked out of the room with the man behind her.

"Do you think...?" Mokuba turned and went back into his room with his brother following after him. He climbed onto his bed, stared out the window and managed to see a figure still on the playground. "What is she doing out there?!" Mokuba exclaimed. Before Seto could answer though, his brother darted out of the room. The elder huffed out a sigh, snatched up and umbrella and followed his brother.

Mokuba skidded to a stop and looked at her for a few seconds before turning away. Once Seto caught up with him he understood why his brother had turned from her. Her eyes were dead and lost as tears mixed rain fell down her cheeks. She hadn't even taken notice that the two of them were standing there. Seto put his arm on her shoulder and shook her which got a slight reaction out of her but she otherwise didn't move.

"Minami..." Her name felt weird coming out of his mouth but he pushed the feeling aside and shook her again a little harder. She blinked once and looked up at him.

Seto? She mouthed as the rain beat against her skin and pushed her hair into her eyes.

"C'mon. You're gonna get sick." He held out his hand for her as Mokuba stood further under the umbrella. The girl looked around confused as the rain hit her skin before turning back to him, debating on whether or not to take his hand. Thunder boomed through the sky again and she decided that it was better to go with him, took his hand and followed him inside. His hand felt weird against her own...different...odd. Mokuba grabbed her free hand and they walked in silence. Once inside the lady from before ran over and pulled her from them.

"Oh gosh where have you been? I was worried sick!" She squeezed her and carried her off. Seto frowned and wrapped his umbrella up and tugging Mokuba away. "But Seto!" The boy shook his head and pulled his little brother up to his room.

A few hours later it was lights out and the boys were trying to sleep but something was keeping the eldest awake. Her eyes looked so lost and empty and she looked lonely. The boy still wondered what happened to her to make her like that. When they came outside to get her she hadn't noticed either of them and it seemed like she hadn't noticed the rain either. Mokuba had taken a strange liking to her and that was also something he didn't understand because Mokuba didn't like many people. He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice that something was poking his arm. Absently he looked down and saw her honey eyes staring back at him and he nearly jumped.

"What are you doing here?" He hissed. She hunched over to scribble something and then held it up for him to read.

I came here to thank you.

The young boy blinked at the paper which housed glow in the dark ink and frowned slightly. "Why? I didn't do anything."

You came to get me.

Seto blinked again and looked at her. "Mokuba found you. I didn't do anything special."

I see. Still…thank you. She ran some fingers through her hair and began to crawl away.

"Minami." She stopped and looked up at him. "Mokuba...would like it if you came and played with him." He laid down on his bed and pulled the blanket up to his neck not waiting for a response from her. She sat there motionless for a few moments before crawling back to her room and climbing into her own bed and falling asleep.