Mokuba and Noah made their way towards the mansion doors as they returned from school, still wondering about the night when they met their older brother's best lifelong friend. The girl was wild, but she had a way of getting Seto to do things he normally wouldn't and that had them wondering about all the things they'd done as kids. Yuna and Seto had told them all about the two car incidents that they caused as youngsters and it had them all shocked speechless. Noah didn't know how Gozaboro hadn't killed them when one of his favorite cars had been destroyed, nor did Mokuba understand how Seto wasn't grounded for life when he hijacked Yuna's dad's car.

They were snapped out of their thoughts when they were greeted by the sight of Hobson quietly opening the front door and motioning for them to be quiet. Not understanding what it was all about, they obeyed and went into the living room as Hobson slowly closed the large doors. There, they stopped and stared. On one of the biggest couches, Yuna was sitting and calmly reading a book that was obviously from the mansion's library. In her lap was a peacefully asleep Seto, his face free of all stress. His body was completely relaxed and he was even snoring cutely, although it was almost unnoticeable quiet.

The two teens gawked as Yuna absentmindedly stroked the brunet hair, her eyes never leaving her book. She only looked up as Kisara once again banged the doors open, probably here to complain their poor older brother's ears off, but she stopped in her tracks and gaped at the sight. It immensely surprised Mokuba that his always alert brother didn't even so much as twitch at the loud bang and just continued sleeping in the beautiful girl's lap.

''What the fucking hell is going oh here!?'' Kisara screeched, and Noah and Mokuba gaped as their brother's only reaction was to turn around and bury his face in Yuna's stomach. Yuna looked up from the book and placed her pointer finger in front of her lip in a 'be quiet' way, but Kisara didn't listen to her and just continued yelling.

The fiery rubies narrowed. ''Go and have your bitchfit elsewhere! Seto had pulled an all-nighter and he needs rest now! So either shut your mouth or I will have the staff throw you out!''

''You can't kick me out! I'm his finance!'' Was the angry reply.

''I can't? Who do you think the staff will chose to listen? Me, who they know for years, or you, who has been a bitch towards every single one of them?'' Kisara stayed silent. ''There, see! That wasn't so hard!'' Yuna returned to her book and the nearby maids giggled at the shocked faces gawking at the girl.

Akiko came to stand beside Hobson, who was just behind the two Kaibas. ''You know, Yuna-sama is the only person I have ever seen to be able to get your brother to take care of himself.''

''Huh?''

Hobson smiled. ''Yuna-sama cares for Seto-sama, so she always criticizes his bad habits, and since Seto-sama cares for her and her opinion, he listens to her. Also, Yuna-sama knows him the best, therefore she knows when to bug him about it and when to just do things like what she did today.''

''What did she do?'' Mokuba asked. almost bouncing on his feet.

Akiko snickered. ''She took his laptop and paperwork and ran out of the mansion, running seven full laps around the whole property before Seto-sama finally caught her in the front. She gave him back his work, and they went to the living room, Yuna-sama reading one of Gozaboro-san's old novels while Seto-sama worked. But he was so tired that he didn't resist as his eyelids started closing and he did what he used to do when they were kids. He lied down and used her lap as a pillow, asleep before he even lowered his head the whole way.'' She paused to look at the adorable duo. ''They used to do this all the time, before. It's a habit that they will never break. Yuna-sama strokes his hair to make sure he stays calm so that he doesn't wake up at every little noise. The action relaxes him and he is now completely stress free and rested!''

Mokuba looks to their head maid and butler. They had been here the longest, so they knew all of the staff the best. ''How long have they been like this?''

Hobson thought for a moment. ''Five hours, I think.''

''What!? Seto-nii never sleeps that long!'' Noah almost yelled, but Akiko shushed him.

''He does with Yuna-sama around. She just seems to have the impossible power to make him take care of himself!'' Akiko chuckled fondly as Seto finally stirs. Instead of immediately waking up, he hugged Yuna's middle and murmurs something only Yuna heard. Noah and Mokuba catch their breath as a beautiful, fond smile appears on the girl's full lips.

"Seto, it's been more than five years since you had to worry about Goza-kun's reaction. It's time to wake up now!" Yuna insists, lightly shaking the brunet's shoulder.

Seto groans and tightens his grip on his friend. "Shut up. I want to sleep a bit more before he comes back." He nozzles his 'pillow' and adds as an afterthought. "And there's no way I slept as long as you say I did; 'tou-san never allowed me to!"

Yuna sighs. "Se-chan, Goza-kun is gone for almost five years now, remember. I left for Egypt and now I'm back and you're acting like a spoiled six years old brat in front of your brothers."

Seto's eyes snapped open. He paled as he saw the shocked amused faces of his two younger teen brothers. "Mokuba! Noah! How long are you standing there?!"

Mokuba snickers. "Sheesh, Nii-sama! And you criticize us about not being a morning person!"

Noah grins. "Hypocrite much?"

Seto glares at his mischievous brothers before snorting. ''Say the two people who could sleep through an atomic bomb explosion and never even realize it happened!'' The reprimanded teens blushed and yelled out their respected elder brother's name as Yuna chuckled. There was a comical silence after that, only broken by a grumbling stomach. Yuna smirked in private victory, knowing full well where the sound was coming from and that she had proven her earlier point to her stubborn friend, as the brunet flushed and the younger Kaibas looked around the room. Gray and blue eyes widened in shock as they landed on their brother's stomach as it once again protested in hunger. Mokuba could only stare in disbelief as his brother actually demanded food without saying anything, something that had never happened before.

''I told you you can't run on such small portions with the way you work~!'' Yuna reprimanded the CEO and he pouted. POUTED! Noah was sure he and his oto-uto were going to die from astonishment as they witnessed a whole new side of their older brother and wondered if this girl was really this important to him.

'Nii-sama never acted this way before! Could she be the key to his humanity? I mean, he lets himself be who he is around her, even more so than when it's just me with him. But he has to be strong around me since I'm his little brother. So is he completely relaxed around her?' Mokuba wondered as Yuna walked straight into the kitchen and started preparing what looked like a soup. Big gray eyes watched in interest as the cooks gave her space and continued making lunch as the crimson-eyed beauty made a snack of sorts for four. The cooks had never liked anyone cooking in their kitchen and he knew his brother was picky about his foods. How was this girl going to get him to eat that questionable soup?

About 15 minutes later Yuna placed the soup in front of the Kaiba brothers and Mokuba and Noah stared once again as Seto started eating without even a skeptical glance at the food. They nearly jumped out of their skins when he let out a small moan as the tasty food assaulted his taste buns. Yuna ate calmly and Noah decided to try the soup. As soon as he took one sip from his spoon he almost drank the rest in one go! Mokuba watched in amazement as both his brothers took another portion and he tried the soup, gulping it down faster than he did even with his favorite candy!

As Yuna started piling the dishes for the maids to take to the kitchen Mokuba finally asked. ''What was that? It was one of the best things I have ever tasted!''

Yuna smiled and Seto proudly lifted his chin. ''Thank you, but I don't deserve any praise. It was Sakura kaa-san's recipe and she was the one who thought me how to make it.''

Gray eyes widen. ''Mom used to make this?'' Mokuba swallowed hard. He never learned how their mother died but he always thought that he was the cause.

Seto nodded. ''Since our first neighbors were the Sennens, our father had knocked down the wall that was separating our houses and built a small porch that connected us. My room looked directly into Yuna's, father's looked into uncle Aknamkanon's and our front doors were almost touching. It was practically one house so we always ate together. I remember mom and Yuna making meals as I prepare the table and call our fathers that working on this or that together.''

''Really?'' Noah asked. ''Then how did you end up here if you guys had someone that close?'' It has been bugging him ever since Yuna introduced herself as Seto's lifelong friend. And if what she says is true that her family was more than capable of taking in the now Kaiba brothers.

''Because our aunt and uncle got greedy and took all that our parents left us. They used the fact that they are our only blood relatives in court and it ended as their victory despite Aknamkanon Sennen being better financially established.'' Seto cleared with a growl.

Yuna gripped his hand as he started closing off and it caused the teens to raise an eyebrow. In their opinion the two friends were a bit too touchy-feelly for just friends! ''We couldn't find the new address they took you guys to. It was the first time I was separated from Seto. By the time we found you, it was too late. I only got to visit you once and the next day they had shifted you off to some orphanage.''

''The reason you haven't seen her in the orphanage was because she wasn't allowed on the grounds therefore I had to go out so we could talk or play. I used to do it while you took your afternoon nap or were going to attend some activity those morons planed.'' Seto added, addressing Mokuba. ''After a few moths of this arrangement, Gozaboro turned up and I challenged him to a game of chess. I won and we were adopted and came here.''

There was silence as neither of the young adults spoke. It was getting to Mokuba and he finally asked what happened after that.

''I had left a note that they were to give Yuna, but the bitch from the orphanage tore it up and threw it out. Yuna didn't know where I was and we hadn't spoken or seen each other for two whole moths. I started doubting that she will ever come and that she ever cared when one morning there was someone shouting my name during one of my lessons.''

''It took me a few tries to realize that the social workers weren't going to allow me to see Seto. I started coming a few times a day, but they still didn't let me see him. Something was fishy so I asked one of the nicer kids there and he told me a businessman came and adopted you and Seto. I walked up to the woman who had threw me out more than once before I found that out and slapped her, demanding that she tell me where you were.'' Yuna said. ''She never did and she changed her workplace so no one else knew where you were. I asked the kids for the man's description or last name, but they had all been too focused on toys. One girl did, however, tell me that Seto had challenged the man to a game of chess and won, therefore was adopted. I started researching the best chess player in Domino, but the choice was too big. I went back to the orphanage with my father, but they wouldn't tell even him and while he was negotiating with them I searched Seto's file, or what was left of it. I found Goza-kun's picture out of some article that states he still holds the title as the best chess player in the world and I took a guess.''

Akiko suddenly added. ''The day Yuna-sama came to the mansion for the first time was the day I started working here as a regular.''

Yuna nodded. ''Anyway, I went to the address my father found only to see this giant mansion here. They wouldn't allow me in, but I drew Seto and Gozaboro's attention.''

''That was the first time I ran out of lesson and it had pissed Gozaboro off. But since I was convinced that Yuna didn't give a shit about me, I was really mean until she told me why she wasn't around.'' Seto said as he looked at said girl. ''That happened the fifth day he came here when she knocked me to the ground and forced me to listen.''

Yuna chuckled at the memory. It was far to short though. ''Goza-kun didn't let me see Seto so I often did everything I could to annoy him, starting with the silly nickname. It took me four, or was it five moths? Yeah, about five moths. It took me five moths to convince him, and he only agreed because I beat him at chess like Seto had. After that, I slowly got more liberty in the mansion and I became closer to the man who adopted my best friend. Things went on better from that point and I even started attending Seto's lessons and KC's parties.''

''What!?'' the two teens gasped.

The young adults nodded. Seto was really enjoying all these reactions from his brothers. Usually he had to endure their teasing about his views on their friends, but now he had the pleasure to take them by surprise. He looked to Yuna when he felt her tugging on his sleeve.

''Hm?''

Yuna looked actually shy about something and it drew Seto's attention. Yuna was the most confident girl he knew and to see her bashful, especially around him, was a very rare sight.

''Um, Seto ... Have you been by the houses?''

''Huh?'' All three Kaibas said intelligently, before Seto almost hit his forehead.

''Of course! Your family should still have half of the house!''

Yuna smiled as the two teens whipped their heads from their brother to his friend. ''No, Seto. We bought your house as well.''

''What!?'' The brunet couldn't believe it! The place that held all those memories ... It was still available to him!

''Would you like to come with me and check it out?'' Yuna titled her head to the side and Seto thought that it was the most adorable thing in the world.

''I guess ... ''

Mokuba bounced on the balls of his feet. ''Can we come too?'' He asked as he slung an arm around Noah's shoulder. ''I want to see how our house looked like, since I don't really remember!''

Yuna and Seto chuckled. ''Of course you can. It's your house, too, you know!'' With that, Yuna took Seto's hand and dragged him out to the car garage, the teens following closely behind them. Mokuba and Noah watched in fascination as Seto laughed with Yuna as she talked about all the things that they did around the house and the neighborhood.

''Remember when father nearly had a heart attack when I jumped into your room from my window?'' Yuna asked as the four settled into the brunet's car.

Seto chuckled, still recalling Aknamkanon's scared shitless face.

''Huh?'' Noah asked as they all buckled up.

''You see,'' Seto started, ''It happened a few moths before you were born. We had messed up the living room beyond recognition and our dad's grounded us. Mom was on a check up when it happened. Since our bedroom windows look at each other, Yuna and I talked over the window and she decided that she wants to wrestle. She got up on the window sill and jumped just as our fathers came out of the house. Uncle had screamed bloody murder as she flew over their heads. She landed straight on me-''

''The best landing ever!'' The teens snickered as Seto glared playfully at his friend when she interrupted him.

''No, it was not!'' Yuna snickered. ''As I was saying ... After that, we were always literally grounded on the ground floor, so that means our fathers' home offices. And since their offices look at each other as well, Yuna and I would sneak in and play games for hours and they never even realized it!''

The teens burst out laughing as they couldn't believe that two eight year olds tricked their life superiors.

''There it is!'' Yuna pointed out the window and Mokuba and Noah sobered up and took in the sight of the house. Both houses were almost identical. Brown, two-story buildings that had a nice, elegant old feel to them, yet were all too cozy. There was a porch connecting a pair of side doors that Yuna and Seto had mentioned, and they didn't lie about almost every room looking into the other house! There was a small garden in the front and Mokuba remembered having a backyard he used to play in. The houses weren't big, but the were designed to look rich and the two Kaiba teen had to wonder why Seto never thought of coming here. It looked far more homey than the mansion did, despite all the luxury.

''I'm guessing that Seto never came by here because it brought up too many memories.'' Yuna said as Seto left the car and stared silently at his old home. ''After I left to fulfill my father last wish and never came back, these houses were only watched over by one of our old neighbors that loved us as kids. She died six months ago, so I arranged for a amid to clean up once a week. Everything is the same as we left it.''

Yuna and the teens exited the car and the crimson eyed girl quickly took the eldest Kaiba's hand and squeezed it reassuringly. The boys blinked as Seto drew the girl nearer to him as the pair started towards the houses. Yuna started pulling out a key from her pants pocket when they heard familiar voices no far away.

''I'm tellin' ya, Tris! The neighbors told me that no one entered that house for years! They said that the owners moved overseas and that's that.'' One voice said in a heavy Brooklyn accent.

''That doesn't mean it's abandoned or a haunted house, Joey.'' Another voice said as they heard footsteps and the four turned to see what was going on. Tristan and Joey were making their way towards them with the Bakuras next to them and the elder twin looked annoyed by the other two boys' consistent chatter.

''Don't ya see the sense behind it?'' The blond continued arguing with his friend.

''Uh, no?''

''Oh come on! Even Bakura's here and ya don't believe me!?''

''Fool! I'm here to see if there are any riches in that house and nothing else!'' The albino snapped at the two and Ryou reprimanded him when they noticed Yuna and Seto getting ready to go into the houses.

''Hey guys!'' The gentle young man said as he waved at them and Joey pointed out that even the Kaibas were here to see the haunted house. Seto and Yuna growled at the blond and Bakura finally asked what they were doing there.

''We're checking out our old house!'' Mokuba excitedly exclaimed before anyone else could even begin to speak.

''Old house?'' The new quartet asked.

Yuna nodded her head. ''The houses where Seto and I grew up in! We haven't been here since I left for Egypt five years ago, but an old neighbor has been keeping the place clean until recently.''

Joey snorted. ''Okay, Kaiba. This pretense has gone for long enough! Just how far are you going to go just so you could get rid of an annoying girl?''

Seto arched an eyebrow. ''You think I have nothing better to do then make all of this up?''

The blond just crossed his arms and Seto sighed.

Yuna shook her head. ''Ask anyone who lived here for ten years or more, and they'll definitely know of the boy who stole and crashed his friend's father's car.''

''YUNA!'' Seto whipped his head in the girl's direction as his cheeks flamed in mortification.

Yuna looked at him in a rather bemused fashion. ''It's true!''

The others watched in shocked amusement as Seto tried to snatch Yuna up, but the petite girl was faster in escaping him. They both laughed, completely forgetting about everything around them as the brunet gave chase. Yuna acted on instinct alone as she ran to the doors on the right, unlocked them and ran in, Seto hot on her heels. The house that has been quiet like a tomb once again roared with childish laughter, causing many old neighbors and inhabitants of the street to walk out on the curb. Finally, the Kaiba brothers and other observers heard a girlish scream and a smug laugh, soon followed by the sight of the triumphant Seto carrying a flailing Yuna over his shoulder as she yelled at him to put her down. Even as they made their way to Seto's little brothers and the stunned albinos and idiots, Seto tried not to outright spank his childhood friend. Yuna was sniggering helplessly all the way.

Mokuba was so happy to see genuine laughter in his brother's eyes that he almost forgot that the entire neighborhood was watching them. Noah watched as many older people started gasping and saying that they can't believe their eyes.

"It's Seto! I thought he had been adopted after his parents' death!"

"Isn't that the girl you told me about, dad? Yuna, was it?"

"Ahh, all the noise their making! Just like old times!"

Upon hearing many familiar voices, Yuna and Seto finally took in the crowd of observers. When they realized that they were being rude, they immediately straightened themselves and bowed in greeting to their once neighbors, like Sakura, Aknamkanon and Aknadin had drilled into them. Most of the people were instantly by their sides, catching up on everything that has been happening in their lives.

They talked with the group for nearly an hour before they left them to their old homes as the neighbors went on with their own business. Joey was still skeptical that Seto was making it all up, so he was the first to follow the pair into the houses. It wasn't nearly as petite as it may look on the outside. It was a two story building with a lot of thought and style visible in its design. From the entrance hall you go straight into the living room and the dinning room was just next to it, leading to the kitchen. Across the entrance door and down the hall were the stairs leading to the bedrooms. The farthest one from the stairs used to be Seto's and it did, indeed, look into a room in the next house that seemed to belong a teenage girl. On both floors there was a bathroom and in the backyard was an entrance into the basement.

As they looked around the little house, Mokuba and Noah doing their best to see everything at once and Bakura lounging on the big couch, they suddenly heard the turning of a key in the keyhole. Everyone was on alert as the doors opened and they could hear two male voices explaining how the house was up for sale since the last owner moved out of the country. As the party walked into the living room, the two leading men stopped dead in their tracks.

Joey was fast to accuse Kaiba of lying but when Yuna walked out of the kitchen after fetching them all a glass of water the two men yelled out ''YOU!'' and pointed a finger at the red-eyed girl. Seto was quick to recognize his older cousins but they didn't seem to remember him, other than the fact that he was the CEO of Kaiba Corp.

Yuna raised an eyebrow at her friend's relatives. She never liked that side of Seto's family. His aunt never loved her own sister and was jealous of her for as long as Yuna knew the woman. She hated her for getting a more responsible and far more intelligent and lovelier husband than herself. She envied her for having a bigger house and better friends. She down right despised her for her older son being a genius when neither her kids weren't even considered smart. Yuna had half expected Natsuko, Sakura's older sister, to dance with happiness as the woman's coffin was finally buried. She may have taken Seto and Mokuba in when Aknadin died, but she hadn't done it because she cared for them. She had wanted to keep Seto and introduce him as her own son, but the young brunet had refused to let go of his brother and so he ended up in the orphanage. After they were shifted off, Yuna had come to look for them, but the bitch wouldn't tell her at which orphanage she left the old Yamiri brothers at. She then put their house up for sale, and Yuna's father had a hard time getting it back from them.

Her sons, Luke and Jack, weren't any better, from what Seto had told her after she found him in the orphanage. He said that they had liked to take what little toys he and Mokuba had and not allow the younger boy to play until Seto beat them up for it. Seto would then be sent to his room with no supper, but that ended up only helping Seto since Gozaboro first liked to give Seto those insane tasks for food and sleep. Also, the CEO's fighting skills began then, and in the orphanage he also had to fight older boys for teasing his otouto. After that, Gozaboro had put Seto through immense training in martial arts and the brunet was now one of the best world fighters.

Luke was the first to grab Yuna by her upper arm and tried to drag her out of the house, but Seto wasn't about to allow that to happen so he took his older cousin by the wrist and threw him out the door. He would have liked it more if he had let him go so he could exit through the window, but he didn't want to damage his old home. Jack was quick to try and defend his brother, but he ended up the same way. The small family with two kids ran out after Yuna apologized for the two lying about the house being on sale.

By the time Jack and Luke got back into the house, Yuna and Seto were standing side by side, ready for a fight. The brothers didn't dare attack again, but they weren't about to let the crimson-eyed girl win just because she had some fighter friend. Yuna glared at the two, but Seto was down-right trying to kill them with his gaze. He found it ironic how these two had always called him and Mokuba trash, but now the two Yamiri brothers are the most famous and richest family, along with Noah of course, in the entire world.

''What are you doing here, Sennen?'' Luke growled out as he balled his fists. ''I thought you hightailed for Egypt years ago. What brought you back here, to this house?''

Yuna growled at the two as her sharp eyes became flashing, angry red slits. ''I have been in Egypt, but why I'm back has nothing to do with you. Why are you in my home? Trying to sell something that's not yours?''

Jack harshly laughed at that and sneered at the pretty girl. ''You left. We thought you finally gave up on searching for that loser you called a friend your entire life, but I guess we were wrong.'' The two younger Kaibas were ready to kill the two older guys, but they couldn't get in front of Yuna and Seto, who were like a protective wall. They all almost jumped out of their skins when Seto released a Gozaboro-like laugh. It sent chills down the spines of everyone who didn't know that the man had changed, but Yuna just shook her head. It was a fake laugh, even for Gozaboro, used to scare the shit out of someone and it always worked.

When Seto stopped laughing like a maniac, he sneered at his two cousins.

''So, last time was trash and now it's loser?'' The two looked over to the CEO in confusion and flinch at the glare he was sending his way.

''Um, Mr Kaiba, I don't know why you are here, but be assured that if this girl is selling the house, she had no right to do so! It doesn't belong to her.''

Seto barked a laugh that had everyone flinching at the sudden sound. ''Yes, you're right. It belongs to two boys, Seto and Mokuba Yamiri, who were adopted by Gozaboro Kaiba and I wonder where they are now.''

Seto watched in sick amusement as his two cousins paled as they finally realized who was in front of them and whimpered at the thought of all the ways their younger relative could take his revenge.

''Now that I see you understand who you're dealing with,'' Seto started as he came to stand in front of the two older men and they flinched with his every quiet step, that sounded louder than explosions in their ears. When the tall brunet stopped in front of them, they tried desperately to hide in their clothes. ''Why don't you tell me all the theories you had of my fate, seeing as I'm a genius but can't seem to figure out why this trash would draw attention to himself.''

The two only gulped and Yuna had to hold back a snicker. Joey, Tristan and the two Bakuras were watching in stunned shock, while Noah had to wonder if Mokuba still disliked them for how they had treated him when the two brothers had stayed with them, seeing as the raven-haired boy was now beside his brother to show them that they had stayed together all these years.

They heard a snort from the door and all turned to see a woman that looked a little like the two guys as well as Mokuba. The woman had short, black hair and brown eyes. She wan't all that tall, but she was taller than the only other female in the house and she was sneering at the two brothers and the three-color haired girl.

''Natsuko.'' The two friends instantly growled at the woman and Seto pushed Mokuba behind him again.

''Well, well ,well. Looks like you actually succeeded in life, ey Seto.''

Yuna stepped in front of her and said one word in a deadly tone of voice that promised torture if she were disobeyed. ''Leave!''

Natsuko laughed snidely. ''This house is as much mine as it is yours.''

''Wrong!'' Seto thundered, snapping the woman's attention back to himself. ''This house is hers as much as its mine or Mokuba's! This house never belonged to you, and that was proved so when my uncle took it back from you before you could sell it!''

She narrowed her eyes. ''My husband never took this house from me.''

Seto looked so disgusted that one would have thought he saw the most gruesome thing in the world. ''If I remember correctly, I have never called that man my uncle. I had only one uncle, and that was my father's best friend, Aknamkanon. And I'm no longer related to you, even on paper. Gozaboro made sure of that.''

''And what does that have anything to do with what's happening now?'' The woman growled.

Seto's smile was sharp like glass. ''It means I can throw you out and have you sued for trespassing.'' No sooner than this words were spoken, Roland and a dozen bodyguards appeared and dragged the family out, the three protesting and cursing all the way.

Yuna and Seto watched in satisfaction as they were thrown out on their behinds and waved them from the doorway.

When they turned around, Yuna smiled at the shocked faces of her cousins friends.

''So, who's up for tea?''