Mokuba looked around but it was dark, rainy and storming. Mokuba was frightened but was determined to find his doll.
Seto and Yami got to the door but couldn't hardly see anything. Then they were able to spot Mokuba though flashes of lightening. Seto was going to go out there but Yami put his left arm out to stop him.
"No, Seto we have to get him to come to us. It's the only way we'll ever truly know if he wants to come back."
Seto didn't like it but knew Yami was right. "What do you suggest?"
"I suggest we sit here and call for him." Yami said getting down on his knees.
Seto sighed but did the same thing.
Another flash and crack of lightening made Mokuba yelp and fall over.
"What is he doing out there?" Seto questioned.
"I can't tell."
"Mokuba!" Seto yelled.
"Mokuba!" Yami yelled.
Mokuba looked around. 'Did I just hear someone call me?' he decided he was imagining things and continued to look around.
Another flash of lightening and Mokuba finally spotted his doll.
Seto seeing the boy crawl around in the mud he thought he was trying to crawl away to the gates, trying to keep low to avoid the lightening.
"Mokuba! Mokuba please don't run away again, please come back!" Seto called.
Mokuba finally made it to his doll, picked her up and looked back as Seto called out for him.
"Seto?" Mokuba wondered. The thunder and the rain made it impossible for the boy to hear clearly what Seto had said. He stood up and flinched at the next lightening strike.
"Mokuba please come inside its too dangerous to stay out there." Yami yelled.
"Y-Yami?" Mokuba gave a faint smile, again he couldn't hear the words just the voice or at least he thought so. He turned around and seeing them at the door ran back towards the house but stopped once he was on the porch.
"Oh, Mokuba please don't run away again we couldn't handle it." Seto said.
Mokuba was surprised. 'W-why would they think I was running away?'
Seto held out his arms and so did Yami crossing his left over Seto's right.
"Mokuba please, we're sorry we made you feel that you weren't wanted here. The truth is you made us a family and we didn't really realize it till you were gone." Yami said.
Mokuba just stared at the ground hugging his doll.
"Mokuba we didn't realize we were neglecting you so much. You have to know we only realized later after you left that we never told you that we had a change in plans. We changed our minds about moving you." Seto said.
Mokuba looked at him in surprise.
"We decided that we were going to put Alister, Varon and Ryo in that wing. We were going to put our brother in Ryo's room. We both agreed it wouldn't be fair or right to you to force you to move." Seto said.
"W-where is he?" Mokuba questioned even though he had heard that phone call saying that their trip was wasted their brother wasn't there he figured they'd return intensify their search and have found him by now.
"Oh, well nothing was real, Mokuba. It was fake, all of it. No one really knew where our brother was it was all lies. We neglected you when we didn't mean to or realize it. We were so focused on finding our brother that it was like nothing else mattered." Seto said.
"But we both agreed that if you ever returned to us that if we ever came up with true leads towards our brother that you'd be with us. We'd never leave you out." Yami said.
Mokuba looked at him. "P-promise?"
Yami smiled. "I promise Mokuba. You remember all those presents in the closet?"
Mokuba sighed and hugged his doll tighter and nodded.
Seto smiled. "Those were for you Mokuba." Seto said deciding not to mention the books they had bought specifically for their brother. They were Mokuba's now since they never found their brother.
Mokuba looked up at him in surprise. "M-mine?" he questioned not sure he'd heard that right.
"Yes, Mokuba. I realized you might have misunderstood and thought those were all for our brother when they weren't. But Seto and I agreed not to tell you the truth because at the time we thought we'd just give them to you at the party and you'd know then and be happy. We're sorry, we should have told you." Yami said.
"Mokuba we love you, I know we never said it before but we should have. We love you very much and we want you to come home." Seto said.
"Mokuba please give us another chance. We love you heart and soul. If…when Ryo gets better you chose to return to him, we wont stop you. But at least give us a chance to prove to you how much we love you. We need you little brother please!" Yami said.
"Mokuba will you come home with us? Please little brother at least until Ryo gets better stay with us. We really do love you."
Mokuba was crying now. "I-is that w-why you didn't talk to me?"
Seto and Yami were confused.
"When Mokuba?" Yami asked.
"W-when Rex was teaching me how to play tag. I saw you talking."
"Y-you saw us?" Seto asked.
Mokuba nodded.
"We didn't mean for you too we just wanted to see if you were happy." Yami said.
"We didn't talk to you because we didn't want to make you feel like we were coming to force you to come home with us. We felt you were happy and we didn't want to ruin that." Seto said.
"I c-can really come home. Y-your not mad at me?" Mokuba asked.
Even though their arms were seriously getting tired at this point, they kept them up and now held them up more so.
"No, Mokuba we're not mad at you. We want you to come home." Seto said.
Mokuba couldn't believe it. They weren't mad at him and they wanted him back.
"Mokuba come home." Yami said.
Mokuba smiled, ran and jumped into their arms, throwing his arms around their necks hugging them tight. They both squeezed the little boy tight.
"Oh, Mokuba, thank you for giving us another chance." Seto said hugging the boy super tight.
After a few minutes of hugging the boy tight, Yami gave a final squeeze.
"Okay Mokuba let go of me and grab a hold of Seto."
"Why?" Mokuba questioned.
"We need to get you upstairs and into a bath. Not to mention we'll need one too thanks to you." Yami said with a slight growl to his voice. He smiled and kissed his forehead.
Mokuba giggled a little at it. Yami pulled the boy's arm causing him to drop his doll.
'Not again, maybe Ryo should have tied a string on her.' Mokuba thought but as he reached to get her, Seto still holding him, stood up causing him to have to latch on to Seto's neck. Seto had been talking to Yami about getting someone to prepare his room and get him something to sleep in so he hadn't noticed Mokuba reaching for something.
As Seto started inside Mokuba saw Yami was going to close the door leaving his doll outside.
"W-Wait Anzu's out there." Mokuba told Yami.
Seto stopped and Yami looked at him.
"What are talking about Mokuba?" Seto asked.
Mokuba sat up and pointed towards the door. "Anzu, my doll it took m-me forever to f-find her in the mud and the r-rain." Mokuba sighed, "Ryo s-said he didn't w-want to tie a string around her but maybe he should have she k-keeps getting lost!"
Yami looked down and saw a ratty muddy doll. He gently picked it up with two fingers. "This thing? This is why you went back outside?"
They had both wondered why the kid had went back outside; at first they assumed he was trying to run away again. But the more he crawled around the clearer it became it was like he was looking for something. The last thing they expected was a ratty looking doll.
"She n-not a thing! Her name is Anzu." Mokuba said defensively crossing his arms.
"Mokuba where, where did you get that name?" Seto question.
Mokuba shrugged his shoulders. "S-someone threw her out and I wanted someone to talk to so I took her and repaired her. My stepmother taught me how to sew… s-so I sewed her up. T-the moment I saw her the name Anzu popped into my head, why is it a bad name?"
"No, no it's a nice name Mokuba it's just that…"
"That what?"
"Never mind it's not important." Seto said.
"I'll ask Mai to clean it up for you." Yami said.
"Tell her t-to be careful t-the back isn't sewn v-very well I k-keep seashells in there." Mokuba said not telling about the bracelet for fear they'd take it away from him.
Yami thought that was strange but decided not to question it. "I'll be sure to tell her."
"Mokuba why is it you didn't have Anzu when we were at your house. I never saw her before."
"T-that's because I d-didn't trust the family not to come d-down and s-see if I collected anything of any v-value. I kept her and everything else in-in p-portant in my cave."
"That's why when I told you to take anything of value you couldn't because it wasn't there."
"Yeah, now will you t-tell me what wrong with her name?"
"It's not important Mokuba." Seto told him carrying him upstairs.
"Please tell me Seto."
Seto sighed. "It was my mother's name."
"Oh I'm s-sorry. I c-can rename her."
At that Seto smiled, "No, it's all right kiddo. I'm sure she'd be happy to have that doll named after her and that she was the one to be your friend and keep you company when you needed one."
"You're not going to throw her out, are you Seto?"
"No, kiddo, she's obviously very important to you. We'll talk to Mai and Isis and see if they have any suggestions on maybe getting her fixed up better."
Mokuba wrapped his arms around Seto's neck. "Thank you big brother!"
'You know I just now noticed he's not stuttering as much. I mean even when he was just talking normally he used to stutter a lot more. Maybe that's why he was at that ladies house. She was helping him with his stuttering.'
