The next morning Mokuba woke up and saw the time was 5:30 in the morning. But for some reason he couldn't get back to sleep. His back still stung a little; lately it seemed to be getting worse. He knew Seto would be mad that he hasn't told him. That was a reason why he liked it when Seto or Yami held him and rocked him. It just made everything okay. Then he heard a noise. He turned and looked at the window and smiled seeing a dove sitting in the window.

"Zariah!" Mokuba said excited. He threw off his covers and quickly got dressed. Then he ran downstairs forgetting his coat and ran out to the garden where the bird was sitting on the maze. He watched it fly away and briefly looked back knowing he might get into trouble but he really wanted to see Zariah again. So he took off into the maze. Honda was supposed to be on guard duty but slept in then decided against going. Mokuba followed the bird till he spotted Zariah sitting on a log.

"Zariah!" Mokuba called and ran over to her and hugged her.

She was slightly taken back by this, but hugged back. "Hey sweetie. Sit down."

Mokuba sat down on the log next to her. "P-please s-say I'll see you again."

Zariah stroked his hair. "You'd like that wouldn't you little one?"

Mokuba nodded and then lowered his head. "I k-know y-you s-said you only go to p-people who need you but…"

"But even though you no longer need me, you'd still like to see me sometimes right?"

Mokuba nodded.

"All right, I promise to try to come by every so often to check on you."

"T-thank you."

"Any time, now as you know I usually bring you food to our meetings and special treats on holidays. But seeing as your new family feeds you anytime you want I decided to go with something different this year." Zariah said and handed him a box.

"C-can I open it now?" Mokuba asked excited to see what she got him.

Zariah laughed. "Of course you can. I know Christmas is tomorrow but I want you to open it now."

Mokuba quickly opened it to find a long flowing cloak. He quickly put it on and it went right to the floor.

"Now little one." Zariah started tying the string. "This cloak is special. First it grows with you. The taller you get the longer it gets. Its also special because if you're in danger. Wrap it around you or put the hood on and call to me and I will be there."

"W-wow t-thanks, Zariah!"

"I'm happy you like it. It will also help to keep you warm." Zariah said pulling the cloak tight. "Doesn't your new family give you any warm clothes or coats?"

"Y-yeah, Seto even bought m-me more n-not long ago. But I w-was in a hurry to see you and f-forgot to g-get another s-sweater or g-get m-my coat."

"I see, well I was worried for a moment they weren't taking care of you."

Mokuba shook his head. "N-no, they l-love me v-very much! S-Seto and Yami always m-make sure I'm happy and f-fed. T-they even comfort m-me during t-treatments and w-when I have n-nightmares."

"Treatments?" Zariah questioned.

Mokuba sighed and sat down. "S-Seto, Y-Yami and R-Ryo don't like the marks m-my stepmother and Noah made on my back. They have stuff they call s-salve and it's suppose to s-someday make all the marks disappear. It hurts l-like f-fire."

"Here." Zariah said putting a small leather band around his wrist. "This is similar to the last one I gave you before you outgrew it. I meant to give you a new different one but the last one I did Noah cut it off. Now this one may be small but it like the last one it will help to curve the pain some. If you remember this has a special mixture of herbs and just a hint of magic to help to dull the pain so it wont be so bad afterwards."

Saying it was magic related got Mokuba to thinking. "B-but w-will it hurt the s-spell Yugi put on my necklace?"

Zariah looked at them. "Their cute and I do sense the magic it is very strong and very powerful. But no, my magic is nowhere near this strength. Besides, mine concentrates only on the releasing the healing properties of the bracelet. I sense this one concerns your safety. I promise they wont bother each other. Now, you know the rules. With your new family I know there will be more questions. So, just stick with the facts. I'm an old friend, who looks out for you. That's all they need to know."

"W-what about your name?"

"Yes, if you wish to tell them my name you may."

Mokuba then started telling Zariah everything that has happened to him since she last saw him. This time in more detail than he did at the fair. At the fair he didn't have a lot of time and just kept it as short and as simple as possible. Now he could go into as little or as much detail as he wanted.

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Yami always the first to wake up got up and knew Seto hated it when he woke him earlier that 7:30. Yami knew he'd prefer it to be later than that but didn't always get his way. It was 6:30 the time he normally got up. He walked out and stretched and then noticed Mokuba's door was open. He thought it was strange but then shrugged it off, thinking the kid went to Seto to sleep with him.

Breakfast came and Seto walked in and found it strange that Mokuba wasn't there. He too noticed the kids door open, but then so was Maura's. So, he thought nothing of it. He walked in and sat down.

"Yami, have you seen Mokuba this morning?"

Yami was a little startled by that. "You mean he wasn't with you?"

"No, why?"

"I got up at 6:30 and his door was open. I didn't bother to look for him because I thought he was with you at the time."

"No, I haven't seen him since last night."

"Maura have you seen Mokuba at all this morning?" Yami asked.

"No, I haven't. I did look in the playroom and in the garden for him and his coat was still in the closet when I got mine but I haven't seen him."

Panic raced through Seto and Yami fearing something happened to him. They got up and organized a search party.

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Mokuba was so happy to finally be able to tell someone he loved and trusted with all his heart everything and had lost track of time and didn't realize how late it was. It felt good to tell and have no fear of them being hurt or mad, someone who also wouldn't have reservations in telling him something if he had a question.

Though Zariah didn't like going into more detail than Ryo did she knew the child had the right to know as much as possible. Especially if Noah, and she was sure from what she'd heard, might try again, he would have a better understanding of what was going on.

Mokuba didn't like what he'd heard but was happy that someone didn't treat him like a baby and told him what he wanted to know. Zariah though she understood their hesitation in not wanting to give the child a lot of detail, she happened to disagree with half-truths. Normally if he or someone else asked, yes she would only tell the basics. However after all Noah put Mokuba through, she felt he had every right to know anything and everything he wanted to know. Even if he didn't understand he, in her opinion, was entitled to know it all!