I don't know that's anyones ever made a comment on wheather or not the past should be changed, before. I've thought about it, but never made any real progress on the do or don't.
Hearing screams Seto and Yami got up and ran to find the boy.
Seto froze seeing a monster hovering over the boy.
"KEAHI!" Yami yelled.
Suddenly the creature screamed as it was suddenly on fire and disappeared.
Yami ran over to the boy. "Are you all right?"
Mokuba nodded. "I d-don't unders-stand. T-they n-never c-come out in t-the day time."
"I guess our being here has disrupted your world. Let's go on back to the cave." Yami said.
Mokuba nodded and ran on ahead.
Yami walked over to a stunned Seto.
"What just happened?"
"This isn't just Mokuba's dream world. It's also his nightmare world." Yami said pulling Seto back towards the cave where Mokuba was sitting with Anzu on the rock stair.
Seto was still freaked out about the whole thing. "If what you said is true then how did we get here?"
"Well when I came back after dropping Maura off, I found the two of you sound to sleep."
"Why didn't you just wake us? When Mokuba curled up on me and went to sleep I decided to just take a nap till you got back. I thought you'd just wake us when you got back." Seto said.
"Well I thought of it, but Mokuba looked so peaceful. Plus I figured knowing you, when you get super excited about something you get almost no sleep. So, I figured you could use the rest and there'd be plenty of time for the rest of the presents later. I started to put a blanket around Mokuba, when he woke up and I encouraged him to go back to sleep. He grabbed my hand and insisted on sleeping with it. I thought it was strange but didn't question him on it. So I sat down and put my arm under yours and let him sleep with it. A few minutes later, he started to whimper and I squeezed his hand to reassure him. The next thing I know I'm in a basement. Then I see Mokuba as this little kid. Trust me I was as surprised as you were. Then some freaky looking shadow monsters show up and I accidentally woke myself up. I was confused at first not knowing what was happening. I couldn't understand if what happened was a vision or what."
"Then how do you know this isn't that?"
"Because when I woke up Mokuba whimpered and begged me to hold him, and not let the creatures get him. When I didn't he grabbed my hand with both hands. I was confused as to how Mokuba knew about what I thought was a vision. But then it hit, it all made sense; the weird looking creatures, Mokuba's knowing what happened. It had to be Mokuba's dream world."
"Then why and how did I get here?"
"Well I asked Mokuba to help bring you here. I saw several more shadow creatures showing up. I felt that I needed help. This way I can deal with the creatures and you can keep Mokuba safe. So the question is what do we do know? We can't let him live here and we can't return him to his old home."
"Why not just take him back to our place?"
"Well I'm not sure if we can."
"Why?"
"This is his dream world Seto. He's never left beyond this area; I tried to take him to our place I got nowhere. I ask him to trust me and I felt something strange, so I'm not sure if he trusts me enough to let me control what happens."
"Let's find out. We have to get out of here and find someplace safe for him."
"You're right." Yami said. Then he walked over and sat down next to Mokuba. "Mokuba this is my brother Seto. We're going to take you and give you a place to live. But I need you to trust us."
"I'll t-trust you."
Yami smiled and held out his hand. The boy grabbed it. Yami led him over to Seto and he picked him up. Then they left the cave to see if they could get to the castle.
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Honda and Otogi though it was Christmas and they knew they didn't have to do this now, they were still trudging along moving toys and furniture. They were moving then to the rooms across the hall, as Yami hadn't had time to talk and discuss with Seto about giving the kids the whole wing yet.
"Can't we take a break?" Otogi asked plopping down. "I didn't realize the king and Master Yami collected so many toys."
"No kidding. I wonder if the brats will miss the ones I threw out?" Honda said.
"Why did you throw them out?"
"I dropped a couple of the board games and the pieces all got mixed together. The stuffed animals well when me and Amiel were moving this shelf a few we missed landed in the floor and well the shelf was set on them and then I got pissed off at a couple and tore them apart."
"You'd better hope the kids don't miss it, or the king and Master Yami will have your hide."
"I doubt the brats are that smart."
"I bet their smart enough to know you broke that rocking chair and that shelf that housed all those toys. If it can still hold toys without the shelf or shelves falling to the ground or the shelf itself even making it back into that room in one piece I'll be surprised."
"They won't notice and the shelf wasn't in that bad of condition. I'm more worried about the hole I punched in the wall with that couch."
"Why, he wanted the walls down anyway."
"Well that was on that side not this side."
"If you're not careful the king and Master Yami are really going to skin you alive. I've heard about your little tizzy in wanting rid of their kid."
"What are you going to go tattle to daddy and tell on me?"
"I could but that wouldn't do me any good. It'd probably only piss the king off. I'd never get anything out of it if he's pissed off. Of course the upside would be to see what he does to you."
Honda glared at him. "So what you're going to blackmail me into helping you do something?"
"Not exactly, I was thinking more along the lines of when you have time off you take over for me a time or two."
"What makes you think I'll do that?"
"Fine, don't. Next time the kid gets out on your watch I'll be sure the king hears all about your little rant."
"I suppose what Bakura said about anyone who tells gets a reprimand doesn't bother you."
"Why should it? There's nothing he can do to me. I lost my knighthood long before that kid ever showed up. I was actually lucky to make it to knighthood, really." Otogi said leaning back.
"How did you get your knighthood?"
"The guy that I was tied got it over me. Well a couple of days later he was on his way in to start his first official day as a knight. He quickly got in and out of the training period."
"Wow, in only a couple of days, he must have been good."
"Yeah, but he was losey when under scrutiny, like you are at the tryouts. He couldn't handle the pressure otherwise he'd had better scores."
"Well what happened? You didn't do anything to him did you?"
"No, it wasn't that important to me. I got that close, so I figured wait till the next tryouts and try again."
"So, how did you end up here?"
"He was on his way in when he horse was spooked by a rattle snake and he fell off his horse. He broke his arms and his horse was so spooked it ran off with his leg still in the stirrup."
"Man that was brutal. He made it out didn't he?"
"Oh yeah, he had some bumps and bruises and a bruised ego, but he made it out fine. However his arm was busted up good. He couldn't return to being a knight cause he couldn't hold a weapon."
Wait that sounds like the butler in the main hall, I think his names Ruben. He can barley hold a tray with his left hand."
"Yep, that's him."
"Man now I feel for him."
"Hey you two lazy bums, get back to work. We got more things to move in the other rooms." Amiel yelled at them.
"Yeah, yeah, we're coming, we're coming." Otogi said getting up and going back to work.
