Thanks, I did finally, finally got 1 review for my sequal! Makes me wonder if I should leave it only at meadiaminer I've gotten 3 reviews from them. I think all the pairing for the story are scaring everyone off. It's not like the whole story revolves around those pairings.

Mokuba looked all over but couldn't find Ryo anywhere. Finally he saw Joey. He walked over to him and tugged on his jacket. Joey looked down surprised.

"H-have you seen Ryo?"

"Can't say that I have, kid. Hey wait you know I think I over heard Bakura saying they were going home for a while but would be back later today or was that tomorrow."

Mokuba sighed; Ryo must have forgotten he'd help.

Seeing the kid depressed Joey started to rack his brain. Then he suddenly remembered something and started to dig into his pocket. "Sorry, kid, I almost forgot Ryo left this for you."

Mokuba took it and read it. /Mokuba, sorry kiddo, I know I promised I'd help you today but something came up. If you don't want to wait, ask Joey. I did leave a box for you to use. If you want to wait I'll help when I get back. Love Ryo./

Mokuba smiled. He could tell Ryo put a lot of effort into making it where he could read it. He saw a few crossed out words where obviously he intended to use another word or phrase but changed his mind so that with luck Mokuba could read it on his own. He was happy that Ryo hadn't forgotten about him or his promise to him.

Mokuba looked at Joey, "Joey, w-will you help me?"

"With what?"

"W-with t-the s-s-statueI g-got for Yami. W-will you help m-me to w-wrap it?"

Joey wanted to say no, but looking at Mokuba reminded him of Serenity. And like with Serenity he caved in. "Yeah, sure kid, I'll help you."

Mokuba smiled and grabbed his hand. When they got to the crate Mokuba was confused.

"What's wrong kid?" Joey asked.

"R-Ryo's n-note said he left m-me a box."

"Well one of the other knights probably thought someone else just laid it there and didn't want to put it up so they did. How about I just open it and put it and you in the storage room with the other boxes. This way you can find just the right box for it. I'll even put some newspapers so all you'll have to do is wrap it up and put it in the box. I'll get you some paper to wrap up the box, and then let you do it. I wont go too far and when that's done tell me and I'll carry it upstairs for you."

Mokuba wasn't crazy about it but nodded his head in agreement.

Joey got a crow bar and was able to pry to crate open and what they found surprised them both!

"I guess this explains, why it was so heavy. Did you know about this?" Joey asked Mokuba.

Mokuba shook his head; he was as surprised as Joey was. Joey then did just as he said and dragged the crate into the spare room and without realizing it he shut the door. Mokuba whimpered slightly. He didn't like being in small rooms. Noah once locked him in the chest they now use to store souvenirs and things in. He knew he'd never know for sure if Noah would have ever let him out or not. Asana had found him by accident when she decided to put some things in the chest. Mokuba shook his head and decided that maybe if he focused on what he was looking for then he would forget about how small the room was.

Joey had gotten into a poker game and forgot all about Mokuba.

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A half-hour later Seto came looking for Mokuba. He'd asked around and several people had said that they last saw him with Joey. So he walked over to him.

"Katsuya."

Joey looked up and was surprised to see Seto standing there. He immediately stood up. "C-can I help you with something, my king?"

"Yes, you can tell me where Mokuba is. All the reports I've been getting say he was last seen with you!"

Joey frowned then gasped remembering what he did and took off. Seto was confused but now majorly concerned over Mokuba's safety and followed him.

Joey tried the door and cursed slightly realizing the door was locked.

"What's going on Katsuya?"

"Um, well the kid needed boxes for a present, he got for Master Yami. I put the crate it came in along with him in this room. But I swear to you my king I didn't lock it!"

Seto glared at him. "Let me guess, you did shut it though."

"Well yes, but…"

"But nothing! You know that people have been locked into certain rooms within the castle in the past due to some having an automatic locking system. If you didn't know then you should study up! I need to have all the doors replaced but that's going to have to wait. In the mean time if you're telling me Mokuba is in there then you'd better get that door open!"

Joey found the keys and opened the door.

The surprise Mokuba and Joey got was that there were two statues. Mokuba had found the perfect box for one, but was still having trouble finding one for the second one.

Seto walked in and smiled seeing the little boy safe and sound digging though the boxes. Seto glared at Joey and he took that as his cue to leave. Seto was curious as to what Mokuba got but decided against it. "Mokuba."

Mokuba was throwing boxes and digging with his back to Seto so he didn't hear him. Seto was slightly concerned. This was the second time he'd called to the boy in a normal to low voice when he was doing something like that and he didn't hear him. He was slightly concerned. Now that he thought about it he hadn't seen about getting the kid a complete physical. He realized that he should have done that to begin with and especially after his stepmother stated that she never allowed him to see a doctor before. Now he knew he'd have to get the kid checked out.

"Mokuba." Seto said louder.

Mokuba looked up and then looked around and smiled seeing Seto. He started to climb down when he tripped. Seto gasped and ran up and caught him.

"Are you okay, kid?"

Mokuba had been afraid Seto would be mad at him but as he looked up and could clearly see the love and concern in Seto's eyes, he hugged him tightly.

Seto was slightly confused but gladly hugged back. "What's wrong, Mokuba? You're not hurt are you?"

Mokuba shook his head.

"Then tell me what's wrong."

Mokuba sighed. "N-Noah once l-lost a b-ball in a t-tree and m-made me go get it."

"What does that have to do with this?"

"On m-my way down I fell."

Seto gasped and pulled the boy away and bent down. "Were you okay, you didn't break anything did you?"

Mokuba shook his head. "N-no f-for some reason Noah caught me. I guess it was only b-because I was under him at the time."

Seto was happy to hear the kid didn't break anything. "Let me guess he beat you because of it."

"F-first he d-dropped me s-saying I should have watched what I was doing. That he could have gotten hurt."

Seto glared. The more he heard of the boys life the more he had to restrain himself to keep from going off and killing Noah. Seto then hugged the boy tightly. "Even if I had gotten hurt from it, you still would have been my first concern."

Mokuba smiled and hugged back. Then as he looked up he spotted the perfect box. "S-Seto?"

"What?"

"I w-want to finish your present. I j-just saw the perfect box."

Seto frowned. "Katsuya said it was for Yami."

Mokuba smiled. "I have Y-Yami's r-ready. I have o-one for you too."

"You want me to wait outside while you fix it."

"W-will you, please?"

Seto kissed his forehead. "Okay, I'll wait outside for you."

"T-then will you and Joey help me take it upstairs and w-will you help m-me wrap the boxes?"

"Sure thing kid." Seto said going outside. He was now dieing to see what it is the kid had. But this was his Christmas and he wasn't going to spoil it.

After Mokuba finished Seto got Joey to carry one box while he carried another.

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Meanwhile Asana was struggling to keep up with her chores. It soon became apparent that either the other maids knew who she was related to or were just picking on her cause she was new or because of the guard Seto assigned. He'd actually assigned two so they could trade off shifts. She felt like this due to the fact that she mostly spent all her time doing laundry, laundry and more laundry. That's all she ever did and sometimes it didn't seem like there was any end in sight. Heather did help some but she also had other things to do. Now she was all alone doing it with her being temporarily reassigned to a princess that was staying in the castle. It was sad; it would be her first Christmas away from home. She had thought a lot about what her mother had said. She wanted to find out if there was anyway to prove or disprove she was adopted. But then she also got to thinking about Noah. Though their mother treated him like royalty she was now starting to look at resemblances. She'd seen a picture of Seto's mother in one of the hallways and Heather had told her who it was. She could see now Mokuba looked a lot her and she could see some of Seto in Mokuba, now that she was really paying attention. She realized now that she didn't look like her mother. Marine did, but she also realized that Noah doesn't look like their mother either. She knew there were other possibilities. But it still begged a question she'd love to know the answers to. If she was adopted then could it be that perhaps Noah was too. She hoped with Christmas tomorrow maybe she could see and talk with Noah on this. See what he thinks. It always did seem strange that at family gatherings Noah was always brought up but their mother always avoided the issue surrounding his birth. But as she look at the new pile of clothes that were just added to her growing pile she had a feeling that would happen.