Seto's POV
It had been almost 6 hours since Miya had taken off in a mad dash for the airport, and you knew that at any moment the boys would wake up and start asking questions. You had spent the whole night, laying in you and Miya's bed, staring at where she should have been sleeping. With each passing moment, you regret everything you had said to her, your angry words haunting your thoughts.
"God I'm so stupid." you said out loud, smashing your face into your pillow.
You knew, by the look on her face she was never going to forgive you and she would never be yours again. Once again, you'd let your anger and jealousy get the better of you and pushed her away. You were startled when your phone began to ring out in the dead silence of the bedroom.
"Hello?"
"Seto, It's Miya."
You were shocked to hear her voice coming from the other line, and were unable to speak.
"Seto? Are you there? This is really important and I need to talk to you now."
"Yeah...Yeah I'm here. What's the matter?"
"I was in visiting Joey, and Mai showed up. She thinks me and Joey are having an affair and to get back at me for stealing him...She's going to the media to tell them about us. And even though we're through, I know she's going to cause a paparazzi uproar."
Your chest ached at her words "we're through".
"Thanks for the warning..." you gulped down hard.
"Now, about Aaron. I have a huge favor to ask of you."
"What's that?"
"Can he please stay with you until I get our new place settled and make sure it's ready for him?"
"Wait, you're leaving?"
"Well you didn't expect me to keep living at the Manor. We need to find a different home, I don't' want to cause Aaron anymore hardship than necessary. So I just ask that he be able to stay there a few weeks at most while I get a new house ready."
"Of course. Where will you be going?"
"I feel it best to keep that to myself for the time being. Just tell Aaron I'm with Joey at the hospital. I'll leave it up to you if you want to tell them about us. But I've gotta go."
"Miya, wait.." you tried to call before hearing a loud click followed by the dial tone, and than silence again. "Damn it."
You hadn't expected things to move this fast after the break-up. Not a day later, she was looking at moving and to who knows where. Shortly after, you received a corporate email on your phone from Miya's email. It was her letter of resignation. You stared, unable to think, unable to speak, and unable to believe at what was right in front of your face.
You jumped at the sound of the boys slamming the door out in the center area. Now came the hard part of the day. You pulled back the sheets and quickly got dressed, knowing the two boys would come barging in at any moment. As if on cue, two messy haired blurs rushed into the room.
"Morning guys!" shouted Mokuba.
"Morni...Hey where's Miya?" asked Aaron.
"Did she wake up early and beat us to the beach? That cheater." giggled Mokuba.
"No boys. Miya's gone."
"Gone? What do you mean gone?"
"Joey got into an accident and she flew back to Domino last night."
"Why didn't we go back with her?"
"She didn't want to wake you guys up or ruin your vacation. Besides, Joey was in pretty bad shape. I guess she didn't want you guys to see that."
"Oh, well do you know when she'll be back?" Mokuba asked, wringing the bottom on his shirt.
"No, but she said she'll give you guys a call later. But for now, lets go get some breakfast then go find something to go do down at the beach."
You watched the sad expressions turn back into smiles as they made their way to the kitchen. Not wanting to ruin Aaron and Mokuba's fun day, you decided to wait to break the bad news of the break up until later. Instead, you grabbed the pancake mix out of the cabinet and tried your best to make Miya's pancakes, which you ended up burning. Yet, the boys ate them without complaint.
Miya's POV
You found yourself unable to move as you tried to close the door to what was your bedroom at the Manor. You could hear Rose crying down the hall as she stood at Mokuba and Aaron's door, staring at Aaron's packed bags. You were even a little shocked at how many boxes and bags you know had compared to a few months ago when it was just 3 boxes and a few bags. Now, you knew you'd have to either rent a truck or make two trips to get all of this to where it needed to go.
"Ms. Are you sure you have to leave?"
"I'm sorry Rose, but Seto doesn't want me around anymore and I don't think I can handle the media onslaught we're about to encounter."
"Well, make sure you keep in touch. I'll have to get that one cake recipe from you when you get a chance. You know Mokuba will be asking for that for his birthday."
"Oh of course. I'll go write it down right now." you said, heading down to the kitchen. Opening the pantry, you found Rose's recipe box and pulled out a blank card and quickly wrote down your cake mix recipe before filing it under her cake mixes and heading back upstairs.
By the time you got back upstairs, Rose was no where in sight but Aaron's bags were gone. Grabbing the last of your bags from the hall you slowly walked down the hall, passing Seto's office. As you walked by, the door creaked open slowly.
"Psst, Miya." came Veronica's voice.
"Yeah Veronica?" you said, carefully stepping into the dark office.
"I wish you the best. And I hope you stay in contact, at least with Mokuba."
"I'll be sure to have Aaron write or call..."
"No, he needs you too. We both know Seto's going to change back into his old self, and Mokuba's going to go back to being alone."
Veronica was right. That was the one reason you kept trying to talk yourself out of this crazy move. Sure, you were over with Seto but you knew that Mokuba would take the blunt force of his brother's hurt and anger when it boiled down to it. He was the main thing holding you here to Domino.
"I didn't mean to make you over think this, Miya."
"No, it's alright Veronica. I was already over thinking it before I got here." you said, putting your stuff down and walking over to Seto's desk. Opening the top drawer, you pulled out a clean piece of paper as you sat down Seto's oversized leather desk chair.
Sighing for the infinite time today, you began writing what you'd been wanting to say to him all day. Setting the pen back down, you reached into your purse and pulled out the necklace the boys had gotten you and Seto. Without a glance back, you threw it on the desk, grabbed your bags and ran out to your car downstairs.
Revving your engine and tearing out of the driveway, you dialed a strange number into your cell, one that you thought you'd hopefully never have to use again out of desperation.
"Miya? Is that you?"
"Hey, I hate to do this...But I need a favor."
"Sure, anything."
"I'll be there in a few hours and I need your help."
"You're always welcome here. I'll have everything ready."
"And I'll need some paperwork as well."
"Of course. Anything you have in mind?"
"You'll know what to do."
With that, the line went silent and you found yourself speeding off back towards the airport.
"Ah. Ms. Suro..Are we ready to head back to the island?"
"No, we're heading somewhere else. I'll need you to go to these coordinates. I've already sent them to Sam and we've got air space clearance."
"Just air space? What to do you plan on doing, Jumping out of the plane?"
"Sounds about right. Sam says that after I dive, you are to report straight back to him."
FF3 Days
"Are you settling in alright Miya?"
"I'm perfectly fine Ishizu, thank you."
"Marik and I were sure we'd probably never see you again. We heard about what happened with Lex and Seto Kaiba."
"Oh..."
"I see that the two of you are no longer together?"
"Did your necklace tell you that?"
"I no longer have the Millennium necklace. I gave it to the Pharaoh at the end of the Battle City Tournament a few years ago, but I still can read some people easily."
"And you read that from me coming here?"
"Why else would you have come to us for an escape and a new identity when Kaiba could have done that for you easily."
You nodded as you finished brushing your now midnight black hair that reached down to your lower back. Staring in the dimly lit mirror, your once blue eyes were now a light brown.
"Here, you can wear these Miya. I'm sure you won't want to wear jeans and jackets to your new job." Marik said, handing you a small stack of clothes.
"New job?"
"Yeah, We got you a job working out in the field at some of the local digs. We need someone out there with a little more knowledge of the past and just about everyone out here knows your mother and father."
"Marik, they can't know my mom and dad...I'm not going to be me anymore remember?"
"Oh speaking of which, here's your paperwork."
You quickly opened the yellow folder and stared down at the new you. You were no longer going to be Miya Suro. You were now Amara Niveri, age 22, and apparently apprentice Archeologist.
"It's alright, they won't know you're a Suro. They just know you were a friend of your mother's. That job starts in a week so that should give you plenty of time to tie up loose ends in Japan and get back here."
"Any decision on what you're going to do with Aaron yet?"
"He's going to stay with the Wheeler's until he's done with middle school, than private school here for primary school. I figured it would be better for him to at least be able to finish there instead of tossing him into another new school for the millionth time in his life."
"Are you sure that's safe?"
"Yeah, Joey and Serenity and their mom will take great care of him. Plus he won't know where I'm at either, not until he moves here in 2 years. And I know the media wont go after him once they realize he knows absolutely nothing. Not to mention, I'm sure they'll hopefully drop it once word gets out that we've broken up and I'm no where to be found."
"You've really thought this through haven't you?"
"I had to Ishizu. I have to protect what's left of my family. It's bad enough Ryan is out in hiding as someone else to protect himself and us, but now I'm having to do the same thing. I guess by the end of all this, there won't be anymore Suro's. Just remnants of a past life."
"Well, I can't say I completely understand but I can understand your pain. I've done nothing but hide from the world, and I can't say that's much easier. Especially with Marik causing all that mess at the Battle City tournament. But sometimes, that's just what we have to do."
You let out a sigh. You knew she was right, but this was the last thing you wanted to do. You had once hoped you could have found a home in Domino, but that hope was far gone now. Once again, you had to pick up everything and practically disappear, but so was the story of your life.
"Well, I'll be back in a few days. I want to make sure Aaron gets settled into the Wheelers in time for the new semester. "
"Just make sure to hide your hair and take out your contacts."
"Thanks Ishizu. I'll give you guys a heads up when I'm heading back."
"I'll have Odion meet you at the Cairo airport when you return. We'll be moving to a new location tomorrow."
"Oh, sure." you said as she left the room, leaving you alone with your thoughts.
Taking a deep breath, you focused your Item's energy on yourself. In moments, your black hair turned back to it's light brown natural color, and your eyes faded back to their bright blue.
Aaron's POV (3 Days Later)
It had been almost a week since you'd come back from the island, and 3 days since Seto had told you about Miya dumping him before she left. It had shocked you and Mokuba beyond what you honestly could handle. On top of that, you'd found out that Miya was leaving the country thanks to Joey's crazy ex girlfriend.
Thankfully, you had talked Miya into letting you stay in Domino so you could finish school with Mokuba. The only draw back was, was that Miya wouldn't be staying with you and you'd be moving into the new guest bedroom at Joey's. Seto had told Miya you could stay at the Manor with him and Mokuba, but even you knew better than to accept that.
"Seto, I'm done packing and ready to go." you called through the office door
"Alright, go ahead and start taking it down to the car and we'll leave in a few minutes." you faintly heard him call back.
He had not left the office since the three of you had gotten back from the island, wasn't eating or sleeping, which had sent the whole house into panic. Rene and Rose had called their private doctor and had him on call for when Seto finally crashed and made a drastic turn for the worse, which you hoped so soon so they could fix him sooner.
"Do you really have to move out Aaron?"
"Sorry Mokuba, but we all know I have to. You know me being here isn't helping your brother at all. I just remind him of Miya."
"Well don't you think we should try and get them back together?"
"From what I heard, that's not going to happen again Mokuba. Miya's pretty mad at him, mad enough that she left the country."
"Had she told you where she's at yet?"
"Nope, and she won't until I go there. That's always how it is."
"So...Do you think she'll come back and say bye?"
"I don't know. She's trying really hard to avoid coming here. Have you not seen the news? Her picture is everywhere thanks to Mai."
"I know...Just wish there was a way to fix everything. They were happy together...at one point in time I guess right?"
"Well, yeah I'd guess. Although...In between Lex, Chris, Pegasus, my brother, Joey, and the tournament I don't think they've had much time to be happy. It's been non-stop problems."
"So, maybe this is for the better?" Mokuba asked quietly.
"Hey, Just because they broke up doesn't mean we won't see each other. And you know Miya will want to see you every chance she gets. And who knows, maybe once all the media hype has calmed down, she might change her mind." you said, lying to yourself.
You know Miya too well to believe that. If she was planning on leaving, she wasn't planning on coming back. She should let you, but you doubted she would ever come back herself unless it was to check on you.
"She won't come back will she..."
Seto's voice startled you and caused you to drop your bags.
"What?"
"Miya's not coming back is she?"
"Uhm...I don't know Seto."
"Yes you do Aaron."
"Yeah...I do." you said quietly, before letting out a sigh. "She won't come back. This is always the case. She gets too close to something or someone in an area, and bad things happen. Next thing I know is that we're packed up and never looking back. She's been hurt by this place and she'll probably never want to come back. She never does."
Seto seemed to sink even lower into the depression that surrounded him.
"Well, in the case. Let's get you to Wheeler's so you can get unpacked before the new term starts."
Joey's POV
You wiped the sweat from your forehead onto your jacket as you gave the bed a final heave and pushed it into place, your still broken arm making it harder than it should have been. For the past week Mom and Serenity had been fixing up the old bedroom in the attic to make it more than suitable for Aaron. It was probably bigger than you and Serenity's rooms combined, but definitely smaller than the room he was use to at the Kaiba Manor.
Miya had made sure she had paid for everything in Aaron's new room and had even forced Mom into taking a certain amount of money each week for his care. Taking a look at the clock, you noticed it was already 7 at night, and Aaron should be here shortly which meant...Kaiba would be here too. Thankfully, you'd gotten Serenity to take your mom out to dinner so that they wouldn't add to the tension you knew would be present once money bags showed up with Aaron.
You had yet to see him since Miya told you about the break up and him knowing everything that happened between the two of you and you weren't sure how he was going to handle this. You jumped at the sound of the doorbell. Shaking your head, you readied yourself to face Kaiba and the possible fight that was more than likely going to happen.
As you jogged down the stairs, the doorbell rang again.
"Hold ya horses, I'm comin!" you shouted as you reached for the door handle. "Figured you'd be early..." you froze mid sentence. "Miya? What are you doing here?" you said adjusting your arm sling.
"I figured I'd stop by and help Aaron get settled in and see everyone before..." she stopped to dry her now water filled eyes.
"Come on in. Aaron's not here yet. Probably won't be for about another hour or so. Kaiba said he'd drop him off between 8 and 9 since I guess they had dinner plans or something."
"Oh. Guess he should have some time with Kaiba and Mokuba. How's he been, do you know?"
"Who? Kaiba?"
"No, Aaron. And Mokuba?"
"So far, okay as far as I've seen. But then again I don't see those two much. When they're together, they're mostly with Yugi and the others at the Dome. I'm not really allowed to leave the house yet, well at least without Serenity or Mom trying to kill me for trying to leave."
"Well they are right. You're not ready to be out and running around with everyone. You did just have a near death experience not a two weeks ago."
"You wanna see Aaron's room? I just got done putting it all together."
"You did? With a broken arm?" she asked, following you down the hall to the bottom of the stairs where she froze.
"Yeah, it wasn't easy but I did it. And without hurting myself. You should be proud." you chuckled.
Miya stood and looked up the stairwell for a few moments, silent. Feeling the pain coming from her, you couldn't help but stand behind her and wrap your arms around her as best you could, pulling her to you. You could feel her body start to shake as tears sprang from her eyes and her legs gave out sending her to the floor.
"Come on Miya, come lay down until Aaron gets here." you said gently picking her up as best you could and putting her back on her feet. With a grip on her arm for support, you lead her to your room and sat her down on your bed.
"Your room's still clean?"
"I've been pretty good at keeping that way since you moved in. I thought I was going to give Mom and Serenity heart attacks."
"I can see why." she said turning on her side, facing the wall.
"Miya, what's going on? You know you can tell me anything."
"Joey...I don't know what I'm doing anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know who I am anymore either. Before I met all of you, I was use to being told who I was, what I did, what I wore, and where I went...But now, without Lex." she sighed. "I just don't know what to do. The only thing I know how to do is run away from the things I can't handle."
"Miya, you know how to do more than that. You don't need Lex to live. Look, you made friends on your own. You didn't need Lex's help for that. You raised Aaron, and he's a great kid. That had nothing to do with Lex."
"Yeah but I didn't have much to work with. He doesn't have a true home, Joey. He's spent his whole life running, just like I have. I'm scared he's going to end up just like me."
"Would that be so bad?"
"Yeah it would Joey. I don't want him to grow up scared of living. I want better for him."
"Miya, you did the best with what life gave you and I think you did great. You say you're scared of living, yet look at everything you've done. You've done more than most people could ever dream of. You got out of Lex's control, and you made friends, and you proved to the world you're a force to be reckoned with. Not to mention, you somehow got through to hard-ass Kaiba and even got him to soften up. Now that's some strength and talent."
"Joey..." she said, turning around to face you.
"You're amazing Miya...every part of you. You're perfect."
"I'm far from perfect. If I were perfect than I wouldn't be in the situation would I?"
"Miya Suro..You are perfect. The world just doesn't like it so it throws all these things at you to try and ruin one of heaven's angels."
Suddenly, without thinking you pressed your lips against hers. Next thing you knew, you were on your back with Miya pressed against your body.