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"Just give it to us kid!" Growled a man that was over six feet tall and wearing a black suit, there were four other guys surrounding a little boy with long black hair that was carrying a case that was a bit too big for him.

"No! It's not yours!" The little boy said near tears. The man who had spoken before leaned down and pulled the boy up by his shirt collar slapped him and threw him against the wall, his hand holding his throat. Max stepped forward and swung her bag of books and let it sail towards the guys head. It hit him in the side of his face making him drop the kid. He turned angrily on Max, an obvious anger written across his face.

"Talking" 'Thinking'

"You should try picking on someone your own size!" Max sneered looking the guy over seeing that in addition to being over six feet tall, he was also about three hundred pounds. Good bodyguard material! "Or since whales can't walk on land, Why don't you just try me?" Max said setting down her shoulder bag and the other bag of books. The man looked at Max, her words seemed only to anger him further, he was turning red and clenching his fists tightly at his sides.

"You'll regret saying that!" The man spat out and started running towards Max, he was quicker than she thought he would be, but not to quick for her. Max moved to the side and put her foot out tripping him him up, then punching her elbow into his back before he fell causing him to hit the ground hard knocking him out. The first man's four friends looked surprised for a few seconds until they regrouped handing the little kid to one guy the other three advancing on Max. Max got in a fighting stance and put her fists up just as the sky opened and it started to rain. The men smirked and attacked all at once, two going for Max's arms and the other one going for her legs. Max moved forward kicking the one in the head knocking him out and letting the other two grab hold of one another instead of her. They recovered quickly and came at Max again, the one managed to get behind her, she turned and kicked him into the wall. Max turned around again to meet the other ones fist, she saw it to late to move and it connected with her shoulder. Max grabbed his arm and threw him over her shoulder next to the other guy. Max flipped and kicked them both in the head with one sweeping motion. They landed on the ground next to the first two guys. Max landed back on her feet and looked at the guy who was holding the little kid.

"Let him go!" Max said calmly while glaring at him a flash of lightning went off behind her as the rain started to pour down harder. The remaining man looked at Max, fear evident in his eyes though he did try and hide it.

"Y-yes!" He said dropping the kid on the ground then turning and running away, stumbling a few times in his haste. Max watched until he rounded the corner, then looked down at the kid. Max walked calmly over to the boy and knelt down beside him.

"Hey," Max started softly "Are you okay?" the little boy looked up at Max with a quivering lip, he had a cut over his right eye that was bleeding and a bruise starting around his throat, but looked otherwise unharmed. A tear escaped out of his eye as he moved forward wripping Max in a tight hug. Max hesitated then put her arms around the scared boy.

"I thought they were going to kill me!" he said Max could hear the tears in his voice as he clung to her.

"It's alright now!" Max said, reassuringly stroking his hair. The boy looked up at her and sniffed, there were fresh tear tracks down his dirty face. Max looked at him closer, he had violet eyes and long black hair wearing fadded jeans and a striped shirt with a bandana around his neck, he was the same little kid from the airport.

"You're that girl, Max!" The boy said his eyes suddenly lighting up "From the airport! Do you remember?" Max reached into her bag and pulled out a clean handkerchief.

"Yes, I remember! You seem to know my name, so what's yours?" Max asked gently lifting up his chin and drying his tears with the cloth.

"I'm Mokuba!" The boy said wincing a bit as she softly dabbed the cut over his eye.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Max said noticing his wince. Mokuba looked at Max blinking for a second and jumped up suddenly.

"My brother!" Mokuba said worry creeping into his voice.

"What about him?" Max asked still kneeling on the ground, though she was now eye level with Mokuba.

"He is expecting me, He will get worried if I don't get home soon." Max looked at Mokuba seriously, then up to the sky the rain falling down on her upturned face.

"How about you come to my house. It's not that far from here." Max suggested standing up "You can call your brother and I'll fix the cut over your eye." Mokuba looked at Max thinking it over.

"Okay!" Mokuba decided nodding his head. Max couldn't help but smile as she looked down at Mokuba. Mokuba smiled back at Max and took her hand picking up the briefcase that he had before, it still looked a bit too much for him.

"May I help you with that?" Max asked pointing to the case. "I'll trade you, you can carry my books. They're getting a bit heavy for me." she said smiling at him. He looked at her and nodded as he handed Max the case and picked up the books she had dropped earlier to save him.

"Hey! The books are lighter than the case!" He said frowning at her.

"Huh, really?" Max said playing innocent "I guess I have just been carrying them to long, because your case seems like it's lighter than my books." Mokuba frowned at her while he thought it over.

"Ok!" Mokuba said smiling at Max and taking her hand that he dropped so he could pick up the book bags. Max took her messenger bag and slung it over her shoulder.

"Great! Come on, It's only a few blocks away." Max said brushing some of her now wet hair out of her face. She walked with Mokuba back to the house, he talked about a ton of random stuff, she smiled and nodded politely when she should have. Max stopped in front of a iron gate and entered a code into the number pad, the gate swung open and she walked in and up the driveway Mokuba still holding her hand. She stopped again at the door and opened it. Max looked in George was standing in the front hall watching the door since he had noticed it opening.

"Hi George!" Max said as the Maid Kuina walked down the stairs, when she saw Max enter, Kuina rushed to her side.

"Miss Max! Are you okay?" She asked looking concerned, Max took the bag off her shoulder and handed it to Kuina, she set down Mokuba's case and took her bags he was holding. Max handed those to her also.

"Please take those to my room, and bring some dry clothes you think will fit Mokuba." Kuina bowed and went to do what Max asked "Oh, Kuina?" She stopped and looked down to Max. "Please bring the Medical kit also!"

"Right away Miss!" Kuina said rushing off to do as Max asked. Max looked at Mokuba and gave him a small smile.

"Now Mokuba, you go with George and call your brother, then tell him what he looks like so he can let him in." Mokuba nodded.

"Okay!" He said happily.

"This is George!" Max said pointing to the six foot tall man with Black hair and brown eyes. "George, when he is done, have Kuina take him to a bathroom to change and wash up, then bring him back to me please!" Max said squeezing some water out of her hair. "I'm going to change real quickly, then I will fix up your eye! Ok, Mokuba?"

"Sure! That will be fine!" He said grinning then looking at George unsure.

"Don't worry! He's just a big Teddy bear!" Max said reassuringly, she looked at George, he looked like the guys from the alley, except he was more muscular than fatty. Max could see why Mokuba would hesitate "I trust George with my life!" Mokuba looked at Max, he looked a bit more at ease.

"Okay then!" He said walking towards George "Where do we go?" He asked smiling at the man that was towering over him.

"How about the sitting room? That's the closest phone." George said leaning down to be more on Mokuba's level.

"Sounds good to me!" Mokuba said. Max shook her head at George.

'He may be scary at first, but the kid seems to like him.' Max smiled and walked up the stairs towards her room, she walked in the room and into the adjoining bathroom taking off her wet clothes and hanging them over the shower bar to dry, wrapping a towel around her exposed body she walked back out to the bedroom. Max looked around the suitcases were gone, so she assumed that Kuina had put her stuff away. Max walked over to the dresser and opened a few drawers to find what she was looking for. She pulled a few things out and tossed them onto the bed.

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Max walked out of her room and down the stairs. Now that she was dry, she was wearing black pants again, with a black tank top that had dragon holding a rose on the front. Mokuba was waiting for her while talking to George. They both looked at Max's approach and smiled. Mokuba had blue jeans and an oversized dark blue shirt on and a dirt free face.

"Hey Max!" Mokuba said running up to her when she had taken the last step.

"Hi Mokuba, You ready for me to fix you up?" Max asked ruffling Mokuba's hair, he looked at her and grinned.

"Yup!"

"Okay then! Let's go to the living room!" Max said as George handed her the medical kit. She thanked him and walked into another room followed by Mokuba. "Please take the chair." Max said as she opened the kit and started to dig around. He sat down as she pulled a few things out.

"I told George about what you did in the alley!" Mokuba said as he started to swing his legs, Max looked up curiously at him.

"Oh, really? What did he say?" She asked hoping that George wasn't mad.

"He said that you were brave!" Mokuba said as Max knelt in front of him. "Which is true!" She smiled at Mokuba and put some liquid on a cotton ball.

"This might hurt a little!" Max said as she dabbed the cotton lightly over his fresh cut. Mokuba stopped swinging his legs and laughed quietly "What's so funny." Max asked as she watched what she was doing over Mokuba's eye.

"It's just that everyone usually says 'This won't hurt a bit!' and you were honest!" Mokuba said still giggling. Max's lips curved into a smile as she shook her head at him. Max put an ointment on his cut followed by a small patch to keep it together.

"There you're done!" Max said putting the stuff she had used away as the door to the room opened and George walked in.

"Miss Max! The little master's brother is here."

"Okay, please let him in." Max said and stood up looking back to what she was doing. The door opened again and Mokuba jumped up and ran over.

"Big brother!" he cried as he ran to hug his brother. Max looked over at Mokuba to see the boy from school, Kaiba. He was looking at her curiously before he turned his gaze onto his brother.

"Mokuba, What happened to you?" Kaiba turned an angry glare on Max "How in the Hell did he get hurt?" Max looked at him expressionless.

"Why don't you ask him?" She said folding her arms.

"Brother!" Mokuba said tugging on his brothers sleeve Kaiba looked at his brother again. "I got hurt because when I was walking home these guys came and pulled me into an alley, then they tried to make me give them the case, but I wouldn't! So they got mad and the leader hit me and started chocking me." He paused to take a breath absentmindedly rubbing his throat "Then that is when Max came in! She was awesome brother! She insulted the men then kicked their butts! Then she scared the last guy that was holding me, just by glaring at him! It was so cool, there was lightning in the background and everything she looked like some kind of... Guardian Angel." Mokuba said smiling as he remembered the way he was saved.

"She saved you?" Kaiba asked his glance flicked to Max quickly before resting on his brother again.

"Yup! Then she fixed me up!" Mokuba said moving his bangs to show his brother the cut Max had tended to. A shadow quickly passed over Kaiba's face when he saw the wound.

"Mokuba, go wait in the car! I will be there in a second." Kaiba said emotionlessly.

"Okay, Seto." Mokuba said sadly walking towards the door "Wait!" He said stopping and turning around, he ran over to Max and wrapped his arms around her waist. Max looked shocked at his display of affections. Kaiba looked confused at his brothers emotional attacment to the girl he had just met. Max moved her arm and put it across Mokuba's shoulder.

"Try and stay out of dark alleyways ok?" She said ruffling his hair again, Mokuba grinned up at her and nodded.

"I'll try!" He said and turned around and walked out past his brother George came up and escorted him out. Max watched them both walk out.

"Thank you!"

"Huh?" Max asked as she looked up at Kaiba and saw a brief flicker of softness before it was replaced by his icy gaze. "Oh, It was no problem at all!" Kaiba looked at Max curiously his gaze resting on her shoulder.

"What happened?" He asked coldly. Max frowned in confusion and looked at her shoulder. She saw a dark purple bruise and touched it softly.

"One of the goons punched me in the shoulder. I guess he hit me harder than I thought." Max said simply and a lightbulb suddenly went off in her mind. "Seto Kaiba!" She whispered mentally smacking herself.

"What?" He questioned in his cold voice.

"Hmm, nothing! I just remembered why your name sounded familiar, that's all." Max said meeting his gaze, he looked if she was not mistaken amused. "Your brother is waiting for you." Max reminded Kaiba, he nodded his head and turned away "Oh, Mr. Kaiba?" she said he paused and looked over his shoulder "Two things, One: The case your brother was carrying is in the hall by the door, Two: Please go easy on the kid?"

"I did not know you cared!" His amusement now traveling to his voice.

"Huh, neither did I." Max said thoughtfully "Good night Mr. Kaiba."

"Hn, good night." he said and walked out picking up the case on his way.