AmePiper: Thanks for the review! First story I write that's actually good, and I only get one review-.-. But, hey, it's good just giving people something to read. Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 2

"Ok then" Alfred said, tapping Seto lightly on the shoulder. "Time to wake up, little guy. You can go outside now."

"Ok…" Seto mumbled, opening his eyes a bit, then sitting up. Sister Rosette had already left. "Come on, you can go play now. Just try not to make too much trouble, ok?" Seto nodded happily as he ran out of the house and onto the orphanage playground. It wasn't the most fancy of playgrounds, but it still made outside time the best part of the day for the orphans.

"Well, well, well, look who decided to come back" Marik said, grinning. "I saw the way you punched Yugi, great job." Odion stood beside him, he held a grim look on his face but said nothing.

"Nii-sama" said a little voice. Seto turned around, his face melted into one that held a soft smile. It was his 5-year-old brother, Mokuba. His big gray eyes stared up at Seto, his thumb in his mouth. "Go away" Marik spat, giving the little boy a glare, "You'll just annoy us."

"Don't say that!" Seto barked. Marik looked at him with wide eyes, "What did you say?"

"I mean…" Seto looked down to think of a reason why his brother could stay, "He won't bother us, will you Mokuba?" Mokuba locked onto Seto's arm, looking fearfully at Marik. He shook his head. Mokuba only talked to his brother and Sister Rosette, no one else. Occasionally he would talk to Alfred, but never often since Alfred was usually in the office during the day except for outside time, or when Sister Rosette was on a retreat.

"The kid won't bother us, let's just let him stay" Odion suggested, looking over at Marik. "Fine…" Marik groaned, "But he better not." Seto gave another small smile as he put his arm around Mokuba and patted him on the back. Mokuba smiled back, his thumb still in his mouth. "Hey, where's Bakura?" Seto asked, removing his arm from his brother's shoulder. "I dunno, I think he got adopted by some British guy."

"A British guy?"

"That's what I heard."

"Same here. Dunno why he would travel all the way from Britain just to come to Domino. I think he might've said something about that big gaming company. What was it called? Kiba Corp?"

"Kaiba Corp." Seto corrected. "Yeah, that was the name. You know what I don't get?" Marik asked. "What?"

"There are always all these people that always wanna adopt you, but you never say yes. I don't get it, you have a chance of a lifetime to get the heck out of here, so why do you always say no?" Seto paused. He looked down at Mokuba beside him, whom still was sucking his thumb, and now looked as though he were about to fall asleep since he hadn't been following the conversation. Seto couldn't let anyone know it was because no one would take his brother along with him.

"Well?" Marik asked, tapping his foot in impatience. Odion also waiting for Seto's reply. "Eh… you know, some of those people just don't seem like the kind of people I want to be taken care of." Marik shook his head, obviously it wasn't a good enough answer. "Whatever."

-On the other side of the playground-

"Come on Joey! Put some back into it!" Tea demanded, as Joey pushed her on the swing. "Hey man, I'm the one who's pushing you. You could push yourself."

"Yeah, but then it wouldn't be any fun," she said with a smile. In the swing beside her, Tristan was pushing Yugi at an easy pace. Yugi stared off into the sky as Tristan did so, it seemed as if it could go on forever.

Joey stopped pushing Tea and ran over to the gate. "Joey!" Tea whined, "What are you doing?" Joey hadn't heard her, he was staring with wide eyes as a red sports car speeded by. "Wow… look at it go…" Joey said to himself. "Joey!" Tea whined once more, now a bit louder. "Ever wonder what it's like out there?" Joey asked, turning around and looking at Tea and the others. Tristan had stopped pushing Yugi as well, "What do you mean?"

"What it's like out there in Domino City."

"We ARE in Domino City!" Tea pointed out. "Not in the ACTUAL city. We're pretty much at the south of it, in the non-populated part."

"What's it matter, anyway?"

"Well, one of these days I'm gonna get out of here. I'm gonna get out of here, and go to Domino City. And then I can find my sister." Everyone was silent at the mentioning of Joey's sister. They had remembered the fateful day that his sister was adopted almost as vividly as Joey had nightmares about it.

-FLASHBACK-

"Nii-san! Higher!" Serenity giggled as Joey pushed her on the swing. "Ok then, but you better hold on!" Joey called, putting a little more force into his pushes. "Children!" Sister Rosette called from the screen door. "There are some people here to see you!" Everything had stopped, and all the children ran into the orphanage one behind the other, each in hopes that they would be the ones being adopted.

Joey stopped pushing his sister and brought the swing to a halt. "Nii-san"

"Yeah Serenity?"

"Do you think we'll ever get adopted?" Joey turned his head and looked down at Serenity. "Of course! We will some day, maybe not right away. But we will. And we'll have a nice home and have nice parents who'll love us!" Serenity's uncertain face soon disappeared to a smile. "Ok Nii-san! I believe you!" She happily skipped into the orphanage with Joey following her from behind. Having little knowledge that it would be the last time they would be together.

"How bout her?" The woman asked, pointing at Serenity as she skipped in. "Serenity?" Sister Rosette said, turning to look at her. "Yes, the one with the brown hair, who just came in." She said and gave a nod.

"Serenity!" Sister Rosette called. Serenity looked up from talking to Yugi and Tea. "There's a woman here to see you." A smile grew on her face. "Coming!" She called, sprinting towards Sister Rosette. "Serenity! Wait up!" Joey called, running after her.

"Why, hello there little girl" the woman said, bending down and holding out her hand. "Hello" Serenity replied politely, shaking the woman's hand. The woman looked around 30 or so, her silk blonde hair fell upon her shoulders, curving at the end. "Mrs. Yoshimie, this is Serenity. She's a very bright, and energetic girl. One of the few children who don't give me any trouble."

"You don't say?" Mrs. Yoshimie said, pinching Serenity's cheek. Joey quickly ran up next to Serenity. "Oh? And who's this?"

"This is Joseph."

"Joey" Joey corrected. Sister Rosette merely sighed, "Yes, Joey. He's Serenity's brother. They were removed from their parent's care after they had multiple problems with alcohol and drug use. I've had them ever since."

"I see…" She said, merely eyeing Joey. Whatever it was that Joey did, she was obviously displeased with it. She gave Joey a quick glare. "Well, I think I've seen all that I needed to see. Where are the papers I need to sign?"

"Right this way" Sister Rosette replied, leading her through the crowd of children and to the office. Serenity's face lit up as she turned to her brother. "Did you hear that, Nii-san? We're going to be adopted!" She jumped with glee, and gave a giggle or 2 with excitement. "I wonder if she has any other children, or maybe a nice house. Oh! What about pets? It's SO exciting!" Joey laughed at her anticipation. "Well, I'm sure she'll be all that we aspire her to be."

"I really hope so…"

Alright, so I hope my AU is… AU enough for you. Anyways, so will Serenity and Joey really get to be adopted? Or is this really an event that became Joey's nightmare? WHEN DID MOKUBA BECOME ANNOYING!

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