Mokuba's POV

You called the manor doctor, and he was on his way over. You figured that he'd get here before Miya and Seto.

"Should we go out and wait for them Mokuba?"

"I don't see why. The doctor will be here before them and he can help, we'd just get in the way."

"I don't know about that Mokuba. But I'm gonna go wait for them."

He jumped up from the couch and went out to sit on the front stairs. You turned off the TV and followed him.

"Seto really needs to take more days off. All this stress and being sick… he'll kill himself one day."

Aaron nodded and plopped down on the stairs.

"You've got that right. Plus it seems that every time he gets sick, Miya gets really worried."

"They're quite the pair huh?"

You nodded.

Seconds later you heard the engine from Miya's car coming down the street, then it sped into the gates and came to a quick stop near the doors.

"Wow, he really must be sick if she's driving like that."

"Um Mokuba, she always drives like that."

"Hm, she is perfect for Seto then. He likes fast."

"I'm really glad they're back together."

"Me too."

When the engine stopped the both you ran out to the car.

Joey's POV

You sat on your couch, zoning in and out of a rerun of COPS. Duke had left for some emergency call from his company and Serenity was in her room folding laundry and cleaning.

"Joey?"

"Yeah?"

"Mom wants to know if you've done your homework?"

"Yeah, why did she call?"

"Just did…Oh shit!"

You heard a thud and a scattering of objects come from her room.

"What was that Seren?"

"Umm…heh."

You slowly got up off the couch and wandered into her room to see what mess she had made now. When you got in she was sitting on the floor holding a black box.

"Isn't that Miya's?"

"Yeah, I found it when I was cleaning so I set it up on the dresser. Then I hit the dresser with the laundry basket and it fell off. I hope I didn't break anything."

You shook your head and sat down on the floor and started picking up everything. Miya had all sorts of things in this box. She had a card shaped pendant with a rose on it, her stack of pictures, passports for her and Aaron. She even had their birth certificates.

You checked under the bed to make sure nothing had tumbled under it. You felt something and pulled it out. Serenity's eyes rested on the object and went wide.

"Jo…Joey? Is that…a ring box?"

You couldn't speak and finally nodded. Serenity snatched it out of your hand and quickly opened it. Although you were just as curious, you were scared to know what it was.

She gasped when she saw it and turned it so you could see it. The ring inside was made of white gold or platinum. The round diamond in the center was one of the most beautiful you had ever seen. On both sides of the diamond was a sapphire, cut to look like petals of the diamond.

"Serenity…"

"That's…Joey, that's an engagement ring."

She did another scan over of the ring and her eyes grew even wider.

"What?"

"This is a Tiffany engagement ring."

You looked at her oddly.

"Tiffany?"

"Tiffany & Co. is one of the most famous diamond jewelers, seconded only by Cartier. This ring must have cost at least 10 grand. This diamond is at least a 1 carat."

You began to shake. There was only one person Miya knew that could afford something that expensive without a dent in their pocket.

"I'm just wondering on Earth she paid for this. This thing is gorgeous."

"Serenity, I don't think she bought that herself."

"Then who did?"

"Who's the one person we know that has 10 grand just laying around?"

Serenity's POV

You thought about it for a moment.

"Oh my god! Kaiba!"

You saw Joey cringe at the thought. Even though he had kinda given Miya his blessing to be with Kaiba, you knew he didn't like this at all.

"Did Kaiba seriously purpose? Wow, he's got good tastes."

"Serenity, put the ring back in the box and forget we ever found it."

"Joey, should…"

"Do it. I'll go call Miya and tell her that she left her box here."

You sighed as Joey left the room and did as you were told.

Joey's POV

You went into your room and dialed Miya's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey Miya…"

"Oh hey Joey, what's up?"

"Um I was just calling to tell you that Serenity found your black box. You left it under the bed."

"Oh god. How could I have forgotten that. Thanks so much Joey. I'll be over shortly to pick it up."

"I'll be here."

You hung up and waited till Serenity went back downstairs to do more laundry before going back in her room and taking the ring.

Miya's POV

You excused yourself from the Manor and quickly drove over to Joey's. You couldn't believe you left that box there. It had just about everything that was most important to you, material wise.

You passed by Serenity doing laundry on your way up and waved before running up the stairs. You knocked and stepped in.

"Hey Joey? You in here?"

"Yeah, back here."

You went back into his bedroom where he was laying in bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"It's on the dresser in Serenity's room."

"Thanks so much Joey. I would have freaked if I couldn't find that when I finally get my stuff unpacked."

You smiled and went into her room and grabbed it. As you went to leave the room your phone started ringing.

"Hello?"Hey!"

"Hey Ali! How's it goin?"

"It's alright. School's sucking as usual."

"Yeah, I know that feeling."

"At least you're a straight A student. I'm barely making a C average."

"Ali? How's that?"

"Well, been trying to get a hold of Ryan to see if he did what he told me he was gonna."

"Oh, good luck with that. He's picked up another life under a different name and vanished."

"Trying to get out from the Ponies?"

"Pegasus? Yeah. But what was he gonna do?"

"Give you a very later 16th birthday present."

"Oh yeah he did."

Joey's POV

You lifted your head out of your pillow when you heard Miya start talking to someone.

"Oh yeah he did. And Ali, it's gorgeous. It's a 24 carat white gold band with a 1 carat cut diamond in the center. Yeah I know…talk about expensive. Oh I'm not done. On the two sides of the diamond are two blue diamonds in a petal shape."

You sat up and began listening in a bit more.

"Of course I'm not wearing it. For one, it's really expensive and I don't want to loose it or something. And two; everyone would freak out if they saw it. Ali, he spent at least 13 or 14 grand on this thing."

You couldn't stand to think about it anymore. You hated hearing the name ringing in your mind… 'Mrs. Miya Kaiba'. You got up off your bed, threw your shoes on and stormed out of the house, slamming the door behind you. You weren't sure where you were going, but you just needed out.

Miya's POV

You jumped as you heard the front door slam. "Um Ali, I'll call you back later."

You hung up and walked out to the kitchen. Jamie was standing by the table looking very shocked.

"What on earth was that?"

"Joey…he stormed past me and just walked out."

You sighed and put your shoes back on and quickly ran out of the house, hoping you could catch up with him. You knew he could only run so fast, so in your car you hoped you could find him.

Seto's POV

You had stayed in bed as Miya ordered before she left in a hurry. Thankfully you found a loop hole in her demand and were still able to work on the tournament invitations. The kick off was in 10 days, and if you could finish today, you could publicly announce it tomorrow.

You finished your last VIP invite with extreme care. You traced your fingertip over the silver lettering that spelled out Miya's name in French Script cursive.

"Hey Seto, you got a sec?"

"Yeah Aaron, why you need something?"

"I don't, but um…Joey's here to see you. He seems really pissed."

You sighed.

-What does the mutt want now?-

"Let him in."

As you set your laptop on the empty bed space next to you, Wheeler burst in the door.

"Did you tell her not to tell us?!

You weren't exactly sure what he was talking about. The only thing you could think of was the fact you and Miya were dating again. You could have swore that Miya had told him first.

"No…She was more than welcome to tell. I thought she had."

"How dare you. We just got her back after nearly loosing her, and now you're going to up and steal her from us!"

"Wheeler, have you completely lost it? I am not taking her anywhere."

"Hmph. If that's true, then what the hell is this?"

He tossed you a black velvet box. Your eyes glanced between him and the box a few times before you finally opened it. Inside was a rather nicely designed Tiffany engagement ring.

"What the hell are you doing Joey? What was up with you leaving like that?"

Your head popped up from the ring. Miya was standing behind Wheeler, looking rather concerned. He turned and lowered his voice a bit but still had the same tone.

"How could you not tell us Miya. I thought we were your friends."

Without letting Miya answer or ask questions, he pushed past her and left without another word. Miya stood speechless, staring down at the floor.

"Miya? You okay?"

"Yeah," she said shaking her head slightly. "But what the hell was that about?"

"I thought you told them we were back together."

"I did, and they know I'm living here. So I have no idea what his problem is."

You shrugged and shook your head. You glanced down at your laptop for a moment, then remembered the ring box in your hand.

"Um, I think this might have something to do with it."

You held up the box and she looked at you strangely for a moment.

"Are you…"

"No, he threw this at me before you walked in."

She continued to look confused as she came over and sat on the edge of your bed and took the box from you. She opened it and she looked as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"What is this Miya?"

"It's my…Oh my god. He…"

"What?"

"He thinks this is MY engagement ring. He thinks you proposed."

"Well, I can see how he came to assume that. This is a very expensive ring, and the color scheme is in my norm."

Miya seemed to agree.

"Who's ring is this anyway?"This was the ring my father proposed to my mother with."

"You're parents had that much money?"

"No, they were poor before they landed jobs at Industrial Illusions. They both had scholarships and work studies to pay for Harvard, on top of 3 jobs. He must have saved very penny for a long time to afford this."

"I would say so. This baby's worth about 15 grand."

"Mhm…Ryan said Mom wanted to give it to me for my 16th birthday, but I know that's not true."

"Why wouldn't she have."

"No she wanted to give it to me, just not for that. She always told me she was going to give it to the man who wanted to marry me, a man she approved of."

You looked over at her, her eyes were fixed on the ring in her hands. Her eyes matched the deep blue in the blue diamonds. She missed them, terribly. You had long since gotten over your parents deaths, mainly due to the cold heart you received from Gorzoburo. That and you knew you had to be strong for both you and Mokuba.

That was one of the many things amazed you about her. She had been through close to the same hell you had, yet she was completely different then you. She was still warm and loving, not afraid to show weakness. She too had a brother she had to be strong for, but she found her strength without being cold and heartless.

She snapped you from your thoughts with the snap of the box. She looked up from it and set it on the night stand."You should be resting, not working." she said eyeing your laptop in her peripheral vision.

"I will be now that I'm finished with the prep. I can announce it tomorrow."

"Awesome. I'm sure you'll kick ass."

"I know I will…unless I have to duel you. Then you might knock me out of my own tournament."

"I don't know about that. I've seen you duel in tournaments before, you can be pretty ruthless."

"All of my previous opponents, I haven't liked. Besides, me dueling a girl as beautiful as you? I'd loose my concentration."

Miya rolled her eyes and leaned closer to you, putting her hand on your forehead.

"I think your fever's infecting your brain. You're getting delusional."

"Very funny Miya."

Miya's POV

"Very funny Miya."

You smiled and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

"Oh, here. This is for you."

Seto handed you a milk white envelope with a blue KC in the center. You opened it carefully. It was a dark blue piece of paper with silver script writing on it. It was an invitation to his tournament.

"You're a VIP."

"VIP? Why?"

"You're dueling history. With 14 champion ships, you're more than qualified."

"How'd you know I have 14?"

"For my tournaments, I have my employees and Veronica scan all the registered databases around the world. From there, about 250 duelists with the best records are chosen to participate. The top 8 ranked duelists are registered as VIPs. Those 8 then receive a background scan. Mainly for anything that could disqualify them or possibly tarnish my companies reputation."

"So simply put?"

"It showed up in your record."

"And I have a feeling the 2nd placers from those tournaments will be there as well?"

"More than likely. Most of the people you've beaten are high ranking duelists. Is that a problem."

"Until they recognize me? Probably not. The majority of them I beat when I was between 12 and 14."

"Wow."

"Yeah, so I'm sure once they find out I'm participating, they won't be too happy."

"I'll just have to keep a close eye on you then. Don't need anyone causing problems in my tournament."

"Seto, you can't hide me from everyone. Especially the million or so fan girls that will be swarming you the entire time."

"That's going to cause some problems…"

"Especially since I've still got…oh wait a minute."

"What?"

"I'll still have these damned stitches in then. I can't duel. I don't need to strain them and tear them open again."

"Guess that's kind of a good thing then. I'll just drop you from the tournament's roster tomorrow."

"I can do it myself. You need to rest. And hey, I'm sorry I can't participate. Would have been fun."

"That's fine, at least this way I won't have to worry about being kick out of my own tournament by my girlfriend."

"Yeah you've got that right."

He wrapped one arm behind your shoulders and the other across you, and pulled you close. You moved down a bit and rested your head on his shoulder.

"Miya?"

"Yeah Seto?" you said looking back up at him.

"I love you."

(PS: Author's Note…. Hey guys, thanks for sticking with Miya as I finally got caught up with posting. Now, finals are fast approaching, not to mention college testing; so that means I might not be posting as often as I'd like to. Way too much studying to be doing, but I'll try to post at least 2 to 3 times a week at least. Like I've said in the past, if there is anywhere you'd like to see the story go, message me and let me know! If I have fresh idea, it helps me write quicker and not have to deal with writer's block. Thanks so much guys! Happy Holidays! ~Fairy Dragon J~)