A/N: Thank you to my loyal patron james. collins. 77770, MariaFeline, NA6289, and gothicprincess982 for your reviews for ch. 9! I'm so glad y'all are enjoying it!

As a reward for their reviews and patience, here is a belated Valentine's gift from me to y'all! Ch.10! (Also Happy (belated) President's Day!)

Just a heads up, I am in school, so that is also contributing to why I haven't updated as much, plus the chapters are longer. So just bear with me. Also, don't forget to review! NEW, Fresh Reviews= guaranteed immediate release of new chapters as soon as I am done writing them.

I also want to thank Dark-Kokoro for her assistance with her created character Sophia.

Enjoy! ✩


Three Weeks Later…

Seto and Misty, and Mokuba and Sophia had gotten closer and more affectionate; Misty was healing well with her prescription burn cream and top quality scar cream; and had started growing ½" in. long, wavy, sparse and fuzzy, dark chocolate brown hair, with a few tinsel silver strands here and there.

Mokuba had stayed close to Sophia as much as possible, and even convinced Seto to give him his own limo and chauffer to make it easier on Edward. Mokuba had made arrangements with his chauffer, Hari, to take him and Sophia to and from school, take her to work, and pick her up after work. He was keeping his promise keeping her safe, and Sophia was ever-grateful that she didn't have to worry so much about transportation and her safety, and she loved spending every moment she could with Mokuba, her knight in shining armor.

One Friday, after class before lunch, Mokuba was walking and talking with her on the way to their lockers so they could change their books and supplies for their classes after lunch. (Using the famous Kaiba power, he had their assigned lockers moved close together to keep her safe and close.) They got their books and supplies and walked towards the cafeteria. They passed by the restrooms and Mokuba put his hand on her shoulder and kissed her cheek.

"I'll be right back sweetie. Will you wait for me outside?" he asked gently.

"Of course honey," Sophia replied and gave him a quick kiss with a faint blush. Mokuba smiled into the kiss and disappeared into the restroom while Sophia waited outside. He would be just a couple minutes and figured she would be safe for that long.

While he was inside the restroom, the bullies that had been picking on her before he came to her rescue had approached. "Hey Yakamori. Where's your bodyguard?" the idiot bullies asked with a sneer as they approached and took her bag and threw it down.

"Stop it! Leave me alone!" Sophia commanded, feeling anxious that Mokuba was still in the bathroom. Mokuba was hearing them and was trying to hurry so he could defend her. The bullies just laughed as they made a mess of her things. "STOP!" Sophia exclaimed feeling helpless.

"Or what?" they sneered and grabbed her purse. "Where's the money you owe us?" they asked as they yanked the purse away and dug through it and knocked her to the ground. Mokuba finished and cleaned up quickly and came outside and saw her on the ground feeling helpless while they dug through her stuff.

"She doesn't owe you anything! NOW PICK EVERYTHING UP AND GIVE IT BACK TO HER!" Mokuba snarled as he stood in front of her. The bullies laughed and continued to ignore him. "YOU ASKED FOR IT!" Mokuba snarled and then started punching them angrily. The bullies were shocked at this sudden force of strength that came from Mokuba. Mokuba had no idea how strong he was as he pummeled them; he was just so angry they disrespected her like that, and they waited for her to be left alone for the tiniest bit of time!

"Mokuba! Stop! You'll kill them!" Sophia shrieked as she watched utterly shocked as she scrambled to her feet. Mokuba stopped when he heard her panicked voice. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, hoping to bring him back to reality.

"Sophia?" he asked snapping back to the present moment. Sophia hugged him trembling. Mokuba hugged her back and then the teachers and an administrator came up and saw the mess.

"Mokuba Kaiba! You did this?!" they asked shocked as they saw the bullies beaten to an unconscious bloody pulp. Before he even had a chance to answer, they ordered him and Sophia to the office after they cleaned up her things. Mokuba let go of Sophia, gingerly helped her pick up her things from the floor, helped her get everything situated in her purse and backpack, and then held her close as they walked to the office. He figured he was going to be in big trouble when he got home, but he didn't care about that right now; he protected his lady and that's all that mattered.

"I got you," he whispered reassuringly in her ear. Sophia nodded, placated by his words. When they got to the vice principal, Mr. Nobora's, office, Mokuba sat as close as he could, squeezing her hand, with their bags underneath the chairs. Sophia was trembling wildly, terrified that Mokuba was going to be punished severely for standing up for her, and the fact that her safety would be in jeopardy if he wasn't at school. Mokuba sighed heavily.

"This sucks…" he complained.

"I know babe, but thank you for standing up for me like that; I was so scared," she thanked him softly.

"Of course sweetie," Mokuba replied softly as he rubbed her bicep gently as he held her and gave her a soft and brief kiss. He didn't reveal that he was nervous about what Seto would have to say about this, but he was going to stand firm knowing he did the right thing.

"They're nothing but loser cowards; they waited until we were separated before attacking you. Only someone cowardly picks on a woman like that," Mokuba remarked bitterly.

"Mokuba, I think we might have to go to another school…" Sophia replied. Mokuba pursed his lips a little knowing she had a pretty good point, but it was their senior year, so it might be difficult to transfer.

"I don't know how well that might work out… this is our senior year… it might be difficult to transfer everything," Mokuba pointed out. Sophia realized he also had a point and sighed heavily. "I know honey, but we just have to endure for a few more months. Maybe this time they will expel those stupid bullies… I might have to get Misty and Seto to help with that," Mokuba added. Sophia nodded hesitantly, but she trusted Mokuba with every fiber of her being. The teachers that had been in the hallway and Mr. Nobora then appeared in Mr. Nobora's office.

"Mokuba Kaiba we are surprised at you! You're such an upstanding student and then you assault some boys! What has gotten into you?!"

"You want to know what got into me? How about rage that they dared to attack my girlfriend the moment I left her side to use the restroom? This wouldn't have happened if those cowardly losers just left her alone! Those cowardly losers need to be expelled! They keep attacking her and I'm sick of it!" Mokuba shot back, his grey eyes glaring at the teachers and Mr. Nobora with the signature, icy Kaiba stare.

"We will deal with them shortly, but in the meantime, you are hereby suspended," the teachers and Mr. Nobora retorted authoritatively.

"No, suspend me, it was my fault," Sophia bravely spoke up. She really didn't want him to get in trouble, and if he was out of school, she would be an open target.

"Why would we suspend you? You didn't do anything wrong," Mr. Nobora replied confused.

"I…should have called for help or something… please don't punish him," she begged.

"I'm sorry Ms. Yakamori, we have to discipline him. We do not tolerate fighting on school property," they countered firmly.

"Then I will be suspended with him," Sophia declared. The teachers, Mr. Nobora were surprised, but Mokuba was not.

"Should you really be surprised? She CLEARLY doesn't feel safe by herself and all because you won't deal with the bullies properly," Mokuba retorted.

"Very well… but we will have to call your brother," Mr. Nobora told him.

"I'd rather you call his assistant, Misty," Mokuba replied and gave them Misty's number. Mr. Nobora sighed and agreed.

"Very well. Stay here," Mr. Nobora commanded and left the office with the teachers to make the calls to Misty and the other boys' parents.

"Do you think Misty will go easier on you?" Sophia asked Mokuba.

"I'd say so," Mokuba replied confidently.


Meanwhile, at Kaiba Corp, Misty was busy doing her filing while listening to her iPod, softly singing along to the music, which currently was Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine", while Seto was working on a report, and was listening to his fiery sweetheart's soft singing and smiling inwardly. She was like his own personal canary, and she wasn't half bad of a singer. Sometimes she was amusing when she was jamming out to her wide variety of music. He was curious when she seemed to pause the music after "Bad Medicine" was over to take a call. Misty looked at her cellphone to see who was calling her and was surprised the school was calling.

"Hello?" she answered in a curious, melodic tone.

"Is this Misty, Mr. Kaiba's assistant?" Mr. Nobora asked.

"Yes, this is she," Misty answered and wondered why the school was calling for her specifically. "What can I do for you?" she offered to ascertain why they were calling.

"We have Mokuba Kaiba here in the office and he specifically requested we call you," Mr. Nobora told her. Misty was now on alert.

"Is he alright? What happened?" she asked alarmed.

"He's fine, but we need you or Mr. Kaiba to come down to the school and talk with us. Mokuba was fighting other boys here on campus," Mr. Nobora explained.

"…What?" Misty asked stunned, almost dropping her phone. That was not like the Mokuba she knew to be fighting on school property.

"Yes, we are very surprised ourselves. Could you please hurry over?"

"Sure, I'm on my way," Misty promised and hung up the phone and walked over to Seto's desk.

"Yes Misty?" Seto asked as he looked up and saw her at his desk and smiled, his sapphire eyes glittering warmly at her like the sea.

"Hey. I just wanted to let you know I need to go to Mokuba's school. He got into a fight at school," she announced.

"A fight?!" Seto exclaimed alarmed. "Is he okay?" he demanded, instantly going into protective paternal mode and got up from his chair.

"He's fine. I'll go handle it. You stay here and work on your report. I've got this," Misty assured him and gave him a soft kiss, hoping to calm him down a little. Seto reluctantly took a moment to calm down with the kiss, and decided to trust her with handling this issue because he was on a tight deadline to get this report taken care of, and the fact that they called her specifically. "I've got this," Misty repeated reassuringly.

"Alright, but I definitely want to have a conversation with him when I get home," Seto insisted.

"And you will. I'll see you later," Misty promised and gave him another quick peck before punching out and signing out of the computer she used. "I fully expect you to be out on time," she told Seto as she gathered her things.

"I will," he promised holding up three fingers in a scout's honor gesture. Misty nodded satisfied and smiled and then called Hari to take her to the school. Hari was a little surprised to be having to pick Misty up and take her to the school, at this time, but he came and got her and took her to the school.

"What happened, Misty?" Hari asked.

"Mokuba got in a fight at school, so I'm coming to talk with the teachers and vice principal, Mr. Nobora," Misty answered.

"What? Mokuba? HE got in a fight?" Hari remarked stunned.

"I know. My thoughts exactly," Misty agreed.

"I hope everything is okay with him, and I hope the meeting with Mr. Nobora goes well," Hari replied.

"Yeah, me too," Misty agreed as they arrived at the school and Hari parked and came out and let her out. "Thank you Hari," she thanked him.

"You're welcome Misty. I'll be waiting here," Hari assured her and went to park the limo. Misty then started walking into the office and had some people staring aghast at her, but she didn't care. She walked through the office door, signed the visitor log, and got a visitor badge. The office assistant let Mr. Nobora know that Misty was there, and soon Mr. Nobora had come out.

"Ms. Robinson, thank you for coming so quickly," Mr. Nobora greeted and was stunned by her still slightly puckered skin and her light fuzz on her head.

"Yeah, sure," Misty replied, feeling awkward with him staring a bit. "So, where is he?" she asked.

"Right this way," Mr. Nobora replied and led her to his office where Mokuba was sitting holding Sophia close, and on the other side of the room were the other boys' parents.

"Are you his mother?!" the mothers of the boys demanded as they saw her walk in with Mr. Nobora, and also were a little stunned seeing the burns and her fuzz. Misty glared at them, her chocolate eyes simmering with a hint of a fire.

"Close enough," Misty retorted and sat beside Mokuba. "So, what happened?"

"That little punk attacked our sweet boys!" one of the mothers accused. Misty raised an eyebrow at them, and rested her left cheek and chin between her index finger and thumb on her left hand and was stone faced.

"Mokuba, what happened?" Misty asked as she turned to face Mokuba and the girl. So, this must be the famous Sophia he raved about all the time. Misty noticed she was a shy and lovely young woman.

"Sophia and I had stopped at our lockers to get our books for the latter half of the day after lunch, and I stopped to use the restroom for a few minutes, and she waited outside for me," Mokuba began.

"And while I was waiting, they came up to me and knocked my book bag down, and said 'Hey Yakamori, where's your bodyguard?' They were referring to Mokuba. And then I told them to leave me alone and to stop, but they sneered and made a mess of things. Then they tried to take my purse and asked 'where's the $40 I owe them?' I didn't owe them anything. And then they pushed me down while they went through my purse. Then Mokuba came out and told them 'she doesn't owe you anything! Now pick everything up and give it back to her!' then they ignored him and Mokuba said 'you asked for it!' and started beating them. I was so scared watching," Sophia added.

"That's right. I had heard them in the bathroom and was trying to hurry and finish and I got so mad that they waited for me to leave her side for even just a couple minutes to attack her like that," Mokuba added. "I'm so tired of them bullying her all the time. I was just protecting her."

"I can imagine. That makes much more sense to me," Misty nodded thoughtfully as she listened to their story. Defending his lady sounded MUCH more like the Mokuba she knew.

"See? Even he admitted he attacked them! I demand a formal apology from him!" the mothers exclaimed. Misty snickered derisively.

"Noooo," Misty replied emphatically with a sneer.

"Why not? You heard it yourself! He attacked our sons!" one of the mothers demanded.

"Why should he? He was protecting his girlfriend from those punk ass bitch lowlife cowards who attacked HER when Mokuba went to the restroom! Y'all must be SOOO proud to have raised abusive sons who get a kick out of picking on a meek girl like Sophia ALL the time," Misty shot back as her chocolate eyes blazed a little more. The parents were stunned silent at Misty's razor-sharp words. There was an agonizing pause as the words cut deep, like diamond on metal, leaving painfully sharp shavings. "They deserve to be expelled for their abusive habits. Because of them, Sophia fears for her overall safety while alone here at school, where it should be a SAFE learning environment for ALL," Misty hissed.

"They will be suspended," Mr. Nobora assured her.

"That's not good enough!" Misty snarled.

"It's the best we can do," Mr. Nobora lamely replied.

"Bullshit!" Misty snarled. "THE FACT IS THEY'VE CONTINUOUSLY ABUSED HER FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG AND THEY NEVER LEARN! SHE HAS SUFFERED THIS EMOTIONAL ABUSE LONG ENOUGH! WHEN YOU SAY 'SUSPENSION IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO' BULLSHIT, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY SAYING 'WE CONDONE BULLYING AND ABUSE! THE MOST PUNISHMENT YOU'LL GET IS SUSPENSION!' NO! YOU WILL TAKE A STAND SHOWING THAT BULLYING IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TOLERATED AND EXPEL THEM! IF NOT, I WILL PRESS CHARGES ON ALL OF THEM AND THE SCHOOL!" Misty snarled viciously.

"What?!" Mr. Nobora, the parents of the boys, and the boys themselves exclaimed shocked.

"You heard me. I. WILL. Press. Abuse. Charges," Misty repeated with air of arctic frigidity. "You're dealing with a Kaiba here, and Kaibas do NOT tolerate any form of disrespect or abuse!"

"That's right!" Mokuba chimed in. He had to admit, he was a little scared of Misty's forcefulness right now, but thought it was incredible.

"Take your pick! Expulsion or Criminal Charges!" Misty hissed.

"Fine, they're expelled!" Mr. Nobora declared.

"Good," Misty nodded satisfied. The boys and their parents were stunned.

"…Where will they go to school?" The parents asked.

"To the alternative school," Mr. Nobora replied.

"…But this is their senior year!" the parents protested.

"I. DO. NOT. CARE." Misty hissed icily. "They made their choice to bully and abuse a GIRL, and now they have to live with it, as do you since your 'precious babies' are a reflection of YOU." The parents yanked their beaten, bully sons out of the office in tears as they went to take care of their paperwork.

"Does a suspension work for Mokuba?" Mr. Nobora asked Misty with a heavy sigh.

"Yes, a suspension is fine, for a week," Misty replied with a calmness.

"Where was that calmness a moment ago?" Mr. Nobora thought.

"And Sophia will join him, as she proposed," Misty added.

"Fine, but why? You got those boys expelled," Mr. Nobora asked.

"One, solidarity. Two, there could be other bullies," Misty reasoned. Mr. Nobora sighed.

"Alright, deal," Mr. Nobora agreed.

"Thank you," Misty replied with a grateful smile and got up, gathering her things. "Alright, Mokuba, Sophia, let's go." Mokuba helped Sophia to her feet and got her things, held her hand and walked with her to the limo, following Misty.

"Wow…Misty… that was utterly incredible. Thank you," Mokuba remarked. Hari saw them coming and opened the door for them.

"You're welcome kiddo. You know I've got your back," Misty replied nonchalantly. Mokuba smiled and hugged her. Misty smiled and hugged him back and then turned to Sophia.

"Thank you Misty," Sophia piped up shyly.

"My pleasure, Sophia. It's an absolute pleasure to meet you. Mokuba raves about you all the time to his brother and me," Misty replied cordially as she let go of Mokuba and shook her hand.

"Likewise. Mokuba raves about you and Mr. Kaiba all the time too," Sophia replied as she started to warm up a little more around Misty. She was also impressed by the strength of her handshake. "Wow, you have a strong handshake!" Sophia remarked.

"Thank you. A strong person needs a strong handshake," Misty responded with a warm smile. Sophia nodded in agreement. Mokuba helped her inside, and waited for Misty to get inside the limo before climbing in and sitting beside Sophia again. Misty thanked him for his gentlemanly manners and Hari too. Hari nodded, shut the door, and got into the driver's seat.

"Are y'all hungry? Sophia? Do you have to work tonight?" Misty asked.

"Thankfully I'm off tonight, and I am starving," Sophia answered. As if on cue, both her and Mokuba's stomachs snarled viciously.

"We didn't get a chance to eat…" Mokuba told Misty sheepishly.

"I figured as much." Misty then requested Hari take them to get some dinner.

"What are they hungry for?" Hari inquired. Misty looked back at Mokuba and Sophia.

"What would y'all like to eat?" Misty asked.

"I'm craving Mexican food… if that's okay…" Sophia piped up shyly.

"Sure! That sounds good!" Misty agreed as she told Hari to take them to a Mexican restaurant.

"Yes ma'am," Hari acknowledged and started going to the nearest Mexican restaurant.

"If only they had more authentic Mexican food," Misty sighed. That was one thing she missed about home.

"Did you have authentic Mexican food back in San Antonio, Texas? Mokuba's told me about where you're from," Sophia inquired.

"Oh honey, of COURSE I did. On any given corner, you could find a Mexican or Tex-Mex restaurant and enjoy it. I also had a great-grandma from Mexico who liked to cook, and she taught my grandma to make Mexican food. Tacos were acceptable at any time of the day, and restaurants would give you complimentary chips, salsa, and queso too. It's one thing I miss about Texas," Misty explained and sighed.

"Do you think you can make authentic Mexican or Tex-Mex food for us sometime?" Mokuba requested. Misty smiled.

"I'd like that. Rosa can help me too, so she can learn. I expect it to have it more often now," Misty answered with an excited smile. Mokuba and Sophia mirrored her excitement.

"I can't wait! I definitely want to be there to taste it!" Sophia exclaimed.

"Oh honey, you certainly will," Misty promised. Sophia and Mokuba beamed. "But in the meantime, let's get the stand-in Mexican food from the restaurant, and let me call Rosa to let her know that she can take the night off for making dinner," Misty added as she pulled out her phone and called Rosa to let her know they were getting Mexican food. Thankfully, Rosa hadn't started. Misty also had a text from a worried Seto asking what was going on. She texted back "Mokuba and Sophia are suspended for a week, and the other boys I got expelled. Mokuba and Sophia were on their way to lunch when Mokuba went to use the restroom while Sophia waited outside. While he was inside, he heard the bullies come up and harass and attack Sophia. He finished as quickly as he could, saw her on the ground, and the bullies making a mess of her bag and purse. He gave them a brief warning and then started beating the ever-living shit out of them. These bullies are the same ones who had been harassing her for the longest time. Mokuba was simply protecting his sweetheart. I was not about to let them get away with the disrespect they showed Sophia and Mokuba."

"Were you texting Seto?" Mokuba asked Misty as he had watched her texting after calling Rosa.

"Yes," Misty answered. Mokuba was nervous. He knew he was likely going to get a lecture from Seto later.

"…What did he say?" Mokuba asked anxiously.

"He was worried about what happened, so I told him. We'll see what he says in a moment or two," Misty told him and pat his shoulder. He squeezed Sophia's hand with one hand, and his other hand squeezed Misty's. Both Misty and Sophia squeezed back sensing his anxiety.

"Babe it's going to be okay," Sophia reassured him and gave him a kiss.

"She's right. I'll try to act as a buffer later. In the meantime let's just worry about dinner," Misty reassured him. Mokuba nodded and they picked up some dinner.


Meanwhile…

Seto was utterly anxious to know what had happened. He couldn't concentrate on his work until he knew what had happened. The few minutes it took for Misty to reply to his text felt like hours until he heard the familiar dinging of his text message alert. He snatched his phone up to read the text message. His cobalt eyes were wide reading it. He was a little proud of his baby brother standing up for his sweetheart, but was a bit incensed that he was in trouble. At least it was only for a week, and Mokuba was miles ahead of his classmates anyways, so he wasn't missing anything; however, he shouldn't have been punished. He was glad that Misty had taken care of it and got the bullies expelled. He was pensive for a few minutes while he figured out how to reply and what to say to Mokuba later. He simply texted back "When I get home, I want to have a conversation with him about today."

He found it difficult to keep concentrating on the report, even though he knew he had to finish it soon. He sighed and figured he could come back to it later. Right now, he needed to go into "paternal mode."


Back in the limo…

Misty heard the dinging alert of a new text message and read the message. "He says that when he gets home, he wants to have a conversation with you about today," Misty read to Mokuba. Mokuba nodded solemnly while she typed "Ok. BTW, we're having Mexican food for dinner. We picked up some enchiladas for you."

A little while later, they had come to the mansion and were sitting in the kitchen nook eating their dinner.

"This isn't bad," Misty remarked as they ate.

"Yeah, but I'm sure the real stuff is better," Sophia replied. Misty smiled and nodded.

"That I won't argue with," Misty agreed with a chuckle. Sophia and Mokuba also chuckled and continued eating. They then heard the front door open and the servants greeted him. Mokuba got a bit anxious and felt like a puppy putting its tail between its legs. Sophia squeezed his hand to calm his nerves. Seto put his stuff down and came into the kitchen and saw them eating.

"Hey babe," Misty greeted.

"Hi Seto…" Mokuba greeted a little anxiously. He was not looking forward to the conversation about to happen.

"Hello Mr. Kaiba. It's a pleasure to meet you," Sophia spoke up with a friendly smiled and offered her hand. Seto turned to her and gave her a friendly smile and shook her hand.

"Likewise," Seto replied.

"Babe, you want to eat first before having the conversation with Mokuba?" Misty suggested as she gestured to the food they had saved for him.

"Yeah, that sounds great," Seto answered. Just after he said that, his stomach rumbled. "Easy tiger, you will get your food soon enough," Misty said more in reference to Seto's hungry belly, and to break the tension in the air a bit. Seto gave an amused snort and Mokuba and Sophia chuckled a little as Misty got up and warmed up Seto's food in the microwave and put the food in front of Seto before sitting back down beside him.

"Thanks Misty," Seto thanked her with a smile.

"My pleasure, hun," Misty replied mirroring his smile. "So, did you get any more work done?" Misty asked as she focused her attention on Seto.

"Not as much as I hoped… "Seto admitted. Mokuba sank a little in his spot.

"How far did you get?" Misty inquired between bites, doing her best to buffer the tension between Seto and Mokuba. Poor Sophia felt awkward and unsure of what to do to help Mokuba calm down. She was grateful for Misty's efforts to keep the conversation about his work, for now.

"I got about a page done, if that," Seto answered nonchalantly. "I had a hard time focusing on it hearing about the fight."

"Well, at least you can work on it tomorrow," Misty pointed out gently. Seto was about to suggest that he work on his report tonight after having the conversation about the fight with Mokuba, but Misty knew what was on his mind, for she raised a stern finger at him and gave him a hard look with her chocolate brown eyes as if to say "No! Don't even think about it!" The suggestion died on Seto's tongue before he could utter the words; he had made a promise after all… no work at home. Plus, he wasn't sure if he could concentrate anyways…

"Yeah," Seto simply agreed and bit into his warm food, some chicken enchiladas with Spanish rice and beans. "This is pretty good," Seto remarked between bites.

"It's alright. It's a stand-in, for now, until you get some REAL Mexican and Tex-Mex food," Misty declared. Mokuba and Sophia chuckled as the déjà vu conversation had returned.

"Oh really?" Seto asked with an amused smirk.

"Yes really. In fact, I'll be teaching Rosa how we make food like this back home, so we can enjoy it in the meantime until we all go to San Antonio," Misty declared, relieved to have gotten the conversation back on the food.

"Well, I look forward to tasting REAL Mexican and Tex-Mex food then," Seto replied. Misty nodded and they finished eating after about 15 minutes. She started to clean up their dinner mess, when Mokuba and Sophia offered to take over.

"Alright, sure," Misty conceded. She realized they were trying to somewhat atone for what happened earlier, or delay the inevitable. Seto also noticed this, and waited for them to finish before leading them to the living room. Misty squeezed Seto's hand, to kind of act as a lightning rod to draw and buffer some of the strong, possibly angry energy away for this to be a productive conversation.

Mokuba and Sophia sat down on the couch, and held hands. Seto took a big, deep breath.

"Mokuba, I know that you were trying to protect Sophia, but you can't be fighting in school," Seto began.

"I know that, Seto, but what would you have me do? Leave her there as she was getting attacked to go find help? How cowardly is that? There was NO option but to beat them to a pulp! I tried everything else! They weren't going to respond to peace but to force! You didn't complain when Misty beat the crap out of Wheeler when he insulted you and called her a whore! Getting suspended was totally worth it if I could help get them to stop! Misty did the other half and got them expelled! I don't regret it! I did the right thing!" Mokuba shot back. Seto was surprised by the tenacity of his brother's response, and he raised some pretty valid points.

"Misty, a little help please?" Seto requested.

"For what? He's right you know. He does know that he shouldn't be fighting, but bullies don't care and don't stop, so he did what he had to do to make sure his lady was safe. If he left the scene, who knows what would have happened, aside from him getting branded a coward who couldn't even protect his girlfriend? You did tell me that if I had gotten in trouble and went to jail after beating up that punk Wheeler, you would've bailed me out and helped me. If I was in any other trouble, or if Mokuba was, you wouldn't hesitate to fight to protect us too, consequences be damned. He is owning his punishment, which is also commendable," Misty pointed out. Seto sighed exasperated. He was trying to use his "paternal mode" effectively, but was flailing.

"I do have to discipline him somehow…" Seto said.

"He's already being disciplined enough with the suspension," Misty countered. "If you do that, it's only going to confuse him. It's like 'you did the right thing, but you're going to be punished for it regardless.' What's the point of doing the right thing if you're going to get punished for it?"

"Yeah! Mokuba and Sophia agreed.

"You can do your 'dad mode' on another issue that arises, if they do something really bad, but not this," Misty added to placate him. Seto growled and sighed in exasperation and stormed off to go cool down.

"Thank you Misty," Mokuba said as he got up and hugged her.

"You're welcome kiddo," Misty replied as she hugged back. Mokuba sighed as a tidal wave of relief washed over him. Sophia was also relieved, but she was still worried news about her suspension would get back to her parents.

There was an alert on Sophia's phone, so she unlocked her phone, showing a picture of herself and Mokuba in a cute hug pose as her lockscreen, and checked the notification bar. She was tagged in a post on Facebook by a classmate.

"What is it baby?" Mokuba asked.

"Oh, I got a notification that I was tagged in something," Sophia replied and checked the post in which she was tagged and she gasped; it was a bullying post dedicated to shaming her, started by three embittered young women who happened to be dating the boys that had been expelled. The words were vicious and cut like a diamond sharp sword.

"Thanks to that weak little bitch, my Kenshiro is now expelled and sent to go to alternative school with all the other low-life scum," one of the girlfriends remarked. The other girlfriends of the other bullies shared the same sentiments.

"And Mokuba Kaiba, the hoity-toity younger Kaiba didn't get sent to alternative school, for beating the shit out of them. Gee, I wonder why…" another horrible student agreed.

"Yeah 'you don't mess with a Kaiba' apparently, or anyone associated with them. I also heard that Kaiba brat's mom was the one who demanded the expulsion, and she looked like an ugly, scary demon woman with a sparse bit of hair on her bald head and burns on the left side of her body. She should've stayed in that fire," one of the girlfriends piped up.

"Let's get back to dissing that weak bitch," another student wrote. "I know she's reading all this, she was tagged in this post. Hey Yakamori! How's it feel to be one of the most hated weaklings? You, Mokuba, and that demon mom of his are nothing but pure shit," another student wrote, addressing her directly. The other students in the post agreed and wrote "LOL!"

"I heard she got suspended too, even though she got pushed down like a weak little bitch, and didn't do anything."

"Yeah, because she's a cowardly pussy that is too weak to defend herself, and was afraid that she would get picked on worse without her bodyguard."

"Hey losers! Lay off of her and Mokuba! They didn't do anything wrong! If your idiot friends/boyfriends hadn't been bullying her in the first place, they wouldn't have gotten expelled! And they were the ones who WAITED for her to be alone to beat on her! If they weren't afraid to beat on her, what makes you think they wouldn't beat on you too if things didn't go their way? They're a domestic violence case waiting to be opened! At least Mokuba stood up to them!" one of Sophia's classmate friends stuck up for them, but then got attacked for it. At least their friend had some barbs to dish out. Sophia started to hyperventilate and cry reading all of this, especially when they were saying "that she didn't deserve to be alive because she was a waste of space." Mokuba saw her crying and immediately took the phone to see why, and was shocked at the horrible words. He held her close and seethed and felt angry tears.

"What's going on?" Misty asked as she saw their tears and went into full "mama-bear mode." Mokuba showed her the words, and Misty got her demon face on.

"I'll be right back," Misty said in a demon voice as she went to go find Seto. Of course, he was in his office. Immediately, his cobalt blue eyes peered up from the white glow of his laptop, from a game, and he smiled for a moment seeing her come in, but it was replaced with concern and a nervous feeling as he saw her demon-angry face and heard her panting.

"What's wrong?" Seto asked. Misty strode into the office and showed him the hideous posts.

"Look what these little bitches are saying about Sophia and Mokuba," Misty hissed. She was struggling to stay calm and cool. Seto's jaw went slack as he read the posts.

"What should we do?" He asked her. He could see the cogs in her head turning through her blazing chocolate eyes. This kind of bullying was sort of new territory for him.

"First off, we take screenshots of this shit. Second, we report them and contact their parents. Thirdly, we call the police and the lawyers. Fourthly, we create a virus for the ones posting the negative shit who access this particular URL that will destroy their computer and/ or phones, and tag their IP addresses as a blacklist kind of IP address," Misty declared. "I will also join the conversation, report them, and contact their parents and the authorities. You can contact the lawyers and create the virus for the ones posting the negative crap. Deal?"

"Deal! I'm on it!" Seto declared and opened his program creator to work on a virus that would do as Misty suggested. He was angry and was in "papa bear mode." Misty went downstairs and handed Sophia back her phone.

"Don't y'all worry. Seto and I are on it and will make them pay," Misty assured them and hugged them.

"Thank you Misty!" Sophia exclaimed still crying as she hugged her.

"Thank you Misty," Mokuba echoed as he hugged her too.

"You're welcome. Now Sophia, I'm going to add you on Facebook and I want you to accept me so I can access that thread, ok?" Misty instructed. Sophia nodded and Misty got on her computer and sent the request. Immediately, Sophia accepted her request, and Misty found the thread. She took screenshots and saved them to an empty flash drive. She then found the comment box and started typing:

"Congratulations! You all just won an all-expense paid in SHAME trip to prison and/or alternative school! You will be escorted on your trip to jail/alternative school from a police officer who will be arriving at your doors soon! Not only that, but you will also be escorted to the courthouse where you can show a justice of the peace the contents of this conversation, and be sued out the wazoo by not one, not two, but a WHOLE TEAM of highly skilled lawyers! Additionally, you all get to tell your families exactly what you did to cause them to lose their children to the penal system and to lose their money trying to defend you in court! And the fun doesn't stop there! Your profiles will be shut down, your IP and network addresses will be blacklisted to prevent you from staying online, and your computers/phones will become infected if you continue to post bad stuff about Sophia and Mokuba! I am currently opening up a group message to all your parents to alert them of everything you just won right now. You either apologize to Sophia and Mokuba PROFUSELY and BEG THEIR FORGIVENESS and delete this conversation, or you're going to have a LOT of explaining to do for your families!" Misty posted. There was a collective gasp in each of the cyber bullies' houses as they read that post.

"Who are you, bitch?" the girlfriends asked.

"Y'all called me 'the demon mom'?" Misty replied.

"OH MY GOD! IT'S THE DEMON MAMA!" some of the others posted after they read that.

"You better fucking believe it! You haven't even BEGUN to see the demonic rage I can unleash!" Misty replied. "Like you said yourselves, 'you don't mess with the Kaibas, or ANYONE they associate with!' I was HAPPY to send those punks to alternative school for bullying, and I'll be more than happy to send you there to join them!"

"You don't scare us, you demon mama bitch," the girlfriends replied. Misty posted an image of the Wednesday Addams creepy smile from Addams Family Values.

"Have fun explaining your infinite SHAME to your families!" Misty posted and saved the new screenshots and found their parents and messaged them. She first introduced herself and told them what happened and showed them the evidence and the actions she was prepared to take. The parents were horrified and begged her not to take such actions, that they would punish their children.

"Sorry, bullying both physical and cyber is a SERIOUS crime NOT to be taken lightly! You can thank your children for the atom bomb of shame they just activated. Make sure your virus programs are updated. This is the most effective punishment since they don't seem to take your punishments seriously. Sorry. You can expect police and lawyers to be contacting you shortly." Misty replied. Naturally the parents were upset and angry.

"YOU REALLY ARE A DEMON MOM!" the parents accused her.

"You really think that affects me?" Misty replied. "I was kind enough to give you warning. Brace yourselves," Misty replied and saved the conversation and showed the punk bullies in the comment thread that she talked to their parents.

She added, "Pay attention to what I am about to say to you for future reference: Your opinions are NOT valid if they are not constructive or helpful in ANY way, or are demeaning/insulting. If you don't have the balls to say anything to someone's face, you have NO business saying it online. Your freedom of speech ends when you insult someone and tell them to harm themselves or worse. You DO NOT have the right to project your sucky inferiority complexes on someone who works hard doing their own thing, or lives, which you know NOTHING about. Would you honestly tell that demeaning crap to someone you actually love/care about? Then why would you stoop to cowardice and insult someone you really don't know? You are in NO place to judge or belittle anyone! You have sins of your own you need to worry about fixing first. How you treat someone is exactly how you will be served in return. You treat people well, you will get positive things your way 10 fold. If you treat them like shit, you will be given shit 10 fold. See y'all in court!" she bade, saved the screenshot, and waved Sophia and Mokuba over to see exactly what she said. Mokuba's grey eyes and Sophia's green eyes scanned the conversations quickly and they were amazed at how she handled it.

"Thank you Misty!" they exclaimed and hugged her tightly.

"My pleasure, kiddos," Misty told them as she hugged them again. She let go and reported them to the administrators of Facebook along with the screenshots, and called the police over. She printed out the screenshots for them and had Mokuba help her find their IP address/locations for them. When they came, she explained what happened and what she wanted them to do. Thankfully they were able to help. They left and went to talk to the families involved. Seto had sent the virus for the people who wrote the hateful posts and flagged their IP addresses to be banned. Of course he was impressed with Misty's posts, especially the last one. Because he had such advanced virus protection and he was the one who created it, the computers in the mansion and Misty's laptop were spared, as well as the friend who stood up for Sophia and Mokuba. He contacted his lawyers and got them the information and evidence they needed. There was a court date set for later on that week.

It didn't take long for there to be a bit of notoriety at the school that Sophia and Mokuba were NOT to be messed with, but right now it didn't matter. They were enjoying themselves this week.

In court later that week, the judge ruled in favor of Misty, Mokuba, Seto, and Sophia, and the cyber bullies were sent to alternative school and would be staying in jail for their housing, and were ordered to give restitution to Mokuba and Sophia. Their families cried hysterically and hugged them before they were dragged away. Misty, Mokuba, Seto, and Sophia felt satisfied that justice had been served.


A/N: Thank you for reading ch. 10. I hope you enjoyed it! Just a friendly reminder to leave a review. New, Fresh Reviews= New chapters.

***Update (5-4-16): chs. 11 and 12 are embargoed (on hold) until new, fresh reviews are posted. You aren't going to want to miss out. Things are starting to get more interesting. There is even some hot, sweet lemon action.