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Bad, Kineticfairy... Bad! Here we go a nice longer Chap of Chapter 14, enjoy.

"Good night, Joey." Lady Mai turned and walked up the continuing stairs. Joey nodded and went to his own room, to think how late he had stayed out in the palace garden... he hoped that Serenity hadn't stayed up all night for him. He pushed open the door and found his youngest with moonlight bathed over her. She was sleeping peacefully with a silly grin on her face. Joey walked over to her and brushed long tresses of dirty-blond hair from her face, a soft giggle escaped her lips and she turned over in her sleep. Joey grinned from ear to ear and removed his boots before getting under the covers on the other side. He turned his back to her and shut his eyes. For whatever reason, she was still giggling and muttering in her sleep. Still smiling Joey thought: She's acting so strange. Before he let sleep devour him.

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It was the sun that radiated soft light through the windows and the smell of breakfast slowly filled the room. Blue eyes opened to see an older man standing over the hearth, a pan in hand. He set it down on the rack and climbed up the stairs, disappearing on the third step. He found himself with an arm wrapped around Téa's waist. He lifted his arm from around her slowly and sat up and slid carefully off the bed. Only Arthur had been up, the light was new, the sun a few minutes from rising. Seto left the house. Téa opened her eyes from lack of warmth and pulled the covers tighter around her body and sat up. She pulled on her boots and stood to stretch. Seto walked back in and turned from her. He walked up the stairs. Téa frowned and went out herself. The air was breezy and clouds pillowed the azure sky. The sun poured out bright gold hues and she closed her eyes, tilting her head back to allow the sun to warm her face.

"Be careful, Rebecca." Téa opened her eyes and turned around at the sound of soft voices.

"You're the one going too slow, watch it Mokuba!" Téa looked up and saw to children holding tightly to a rope and sliding slowly down.

"Watch where you put your foot!"

"Mokuba! What are you doing?" Téa cried in outrage. This startled the young pair and Mokuba hands released the rope. Mokuba cried out and Téa did the same, she ran under the window and opened her arms. Mokuba landed into her embrace but the quick contact knocked her back off her feet. "Mokuba!" she smote her hand to the back of his head. "How dare you do something like this, you could've been hurt! Or worse! Are you hurt?" she asked more calmly and a pair of silver-blue eyes peered up at her, tears pooling in his eyes. She smoothed black untamed hair. Téa smiled at the boy as the blond hair girl climbed down and stood next to them. Téa shifted her legs and stood up, lifting Mokuba up with her; she carried him inside, the eight-year-old girl following them.

Seto was sitting with Arthur when the door opened. Seto stood rigid and silent with dark blue eyes filled with worry. Téa walked over to him and gave his brother over to him. "What happened?" he asked, his voice shaky.

"He didn't mean to, I suppose, but they were sneaking off."

"Rebecca!"

"I was only going to take him—"

"To the stables? Yes, I know. Young lady sit." Téa watched as the girl went skulking over to the bed where she had slept last night with Seto in attendance. "Sneaking out to horses? I suppose you used the window as the escape route?" Téa nodded when Mokuba did nothing, escape keep his arms locked around Seto's neck.

"Mokuba!" Seto looked at the people in the room and closed his mouth. He stepped forward and grabbed the brunette hair girl by her slender, softly muscular arm and pulled her outside with him. Arthur turned to Rebecca and she flushed an awful crimson red. She giggled nervously as he folded his arms across his chest and his jaw was set.

"Did you even think?" Seto was kneeling in front of his brother, both hands firmly grasping the eleven-year-old's shoulders. Mokuba bit his bottom lip. "Did you know? I made a promise to mother. Nothing bad is ever supposed to happen to you. If she didn't make me promise I still would have. Do you understand?" Mokuba nodded and suddenly gushed with tears and embraced his big brother around the neck. Seto hugged Mokuba tight and lifted his crying brother into his embrace. "I'm not mad, kid. Just disappointed. I mean, you're my brother and so I thought you'd know better." Téa smiled as he walked over to where she sat.

"You're brother's right, about knowing better I mean. He doesn't seem that grand to me." Mokuba chuckled through tears.

"Excuse me! I believe that is an insult to my pride."

"Father always said he had to much of that." Téa laughed with them and hugged her knees. Seto wasn't as bad as most of the recent people she had met made him out to be. The King wasn't comfortable around him and she saw it in those dark violet eyes. The same for Seto, his dark blue eyes glared softly at the King and he must've kept back in arms length from the King.

"We've had enough time. Seto, I'm riding to Duelist Kingdom with or without you. Now." She took off running in the other direction.

"Téa! Téa, wait!" Seto lifted Mokuba and started running after the girl, she had a full head start on him, but he knew she was heading back for the castle.

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