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Notes: no one is reading this story, I might take it down, and after all, I had another idea brewing. Thanks to my 'so-far' reviewers, it means so much to me. And sorry this is so short!

Chapter 4: Messages from Mokuba

Chi dropped off her siblings at the proper day-cares and headed towards the tallest building in Domino to start her job. She sat down and within and instant she was called into her boss's office.

"It came to my attention that that moron in the café yesterday shouted 'Halie' as your name, yet Madeline dubbed you as 'Chi,' why is that?" Kaiba asked, his icy eyes bearing into her dull light green ones.

"Vince, the moron you were referring to, calls me Halie on account of my middle name. I usually let people I know, common acquaintances call me Halie. However, my family, Madeline included, calls me Chi. It's my first name," Chi replied, smiling at the bit of confusion. She herself didn't know why Vince called her Halie.

At Domino Day Care (it's Saturday, and Kaiba only gives Sundays off), on the swings with Mokuba and Madeline

"You want to come over later? I mean, our apartment isn't the best, but it's home," Madeline asked, trying to keep pace with Mokuba's swing.

"Sure, maybe my brother could let you sister off early, and then you go home and I'll follow with my brother!" Mokuba replied, a mischievous smile crawling onto his face. He grabbed his cell phone and quickly made a call to his brother, unfortunately, he only got his answering machine, so he left a message.

"Well?" asked Madeline asked, her eyes lighting up as her deep blue hair waved in the wind.

"I left a message," the raven-haired twelve-year-old replied, smiling at the sight of his best friend's ecstatic features.

The Café, No One's POV with Seto and Chi

"So, how many sibling do you have?" asked Seto coldly, attempting to make conversation for once. He had always been the cold silent type, but this girl shared something with him. They both had no parents, and both took care of their younger siblings.

"I have thirteen, including Madeline," Chi replied, her pale blue hair sitting perkily in the bun atop her head. Her dull green eyes sadly looked around the café, as if waiting for someone.

"Your parents must have loved each other very much," he replied, trying for some odd reason to comfort her.

"They didn't. They only had two children together," Chi answered, a glittering tear appearing in her eye. She rubbed it off quickly.

"Only two? They how do you have thirteen?" Seto questioned carefully, not wanting to push her too far. After all, good concentration at work is simulated by outside influences.

"My father loved women, he loved them so much. He had girlfriends and slept with them, even if he was married. I unfortunately am not one of the two he had with his wife," she explained the tears drying up quickly, like raindrops in the desert sand. Kaiba could imagine her icy eyes crying herself to sleep at night, not know, or every going to know, her mother.

"Oh, that must be odd," Kaiba said, his usually coldness persisting against all feelings.

"I don't even know my mom, and I never will. She is lost to everyone and me, gone forever in the blink of an eye, never to be seen by my eyes again," Chi poetically replied, a small smile drifting its was onto her face.

"Hello, Halie," a familiar voice greeted, towering over the two. He had blonde hair that was dull and lacked shine, and his piercingly bright green eyes stared menacingly at her.

"What is it?" Chi asked rudely, not wanting to see him after what he had revealed about his feeling towards her yesterday.

"You should respect me Halie, after all, you do love me, don't you?" he questioned, licking his lips in a provocative manner.

"No, Vince. I never loved you and I never will, now get out of my face!" she angrily ordered, her face turning red at her slight short temper.

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