"Calm down, Seto or you'll wake Mokuba."
"Calm down! You tell me you had a vision of my allowing that girl to marry Mokuba! No chance in hell; am I letting that happen! The poor kid's got enough of his own problems to deal with much less dealing with a wife! He's more like a 5-year-old than a 10-year-old and you know it. What makes you think I'd have ever allow such a thing?"
"The girl is a princess, from the Sky Kingdom and…"
"Oh, well that explains a great deal."
Yami blinked in surprise when Maura had told him of her kingdom that had been the first he'd heard of it. But Seto seemed to know it.
"You know her kingdom?" Yami asked.
"Yes, father thought it'd be a good idea for me to socialize with princesses from other countries. Her kingdom is on the other side of Dartz volcano. I've only been there once; I was a little older than Mokuba. I probably would have been married if they had any daughters at the time, but then again, probably not. Father was told that if I got married they'd expect him to give us either his throne or cut the kingdom in half and give it to me and my bride."
"I don't see Gozaburo liking either of those options."
"I believe that's the biggest reason he didn't like that kingdom. Obviously someone or something was messing with your vision cause I wouldn't dare allow Mokuba to be married."
"Seto they are planning to kill her if she's not married."
"Then tell me, if not for your bringing her here, then why did your vision say she and Mokuba would be married? Few even know Mokuba exist and the ones that do don't know that he's the prince of this castle thanks to father's telling everyone he's dead. How would they learn he's here to be married?"
Yami opened his mouth to comment but then shut it when he realized Seto was right. He had suspected that Master Dartz, even though he said he wasn't, was somehow messing with his visions. He realized Seto was right. Gozaburo told everyone Mokuba was dead. Few people outside the castle know of Mokuba's existence and almost no one outside the castle knows he's the true prince of the castle. Seto had been firm that it was not to be told, yet. That when he was ready and felt Mokuba could handle it then he would make the official announcement. Till then he wanted everyone to just know they had adopted him.
Just then, they heard Mokuba make a noise and turned over.
"We'd better leave before we wake him." Yami said.
Seto simply nodded. They turned then Seto remembered, "What about the toy you got for him?"
"I can give it to him in the morning."
"Suit yourself." Seto said.
However just as they got to the door they heard whimpering.
"You go on to bed, Seto. I'll take care of him. Unless you don't trust me anymore."
Seto just smirked. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight…little brother."
Seto growled, "You're doing this so I'll stop being mad at you, aren't you?"
"Is it working?"
Seto sighed, "You know I hate arguing with you. But it just hurt, when I thought you'd prefer to train over seeing Mokuba's first Christmas."
"I know, I'm sorry. Seeing his first Christmas is what I wanted to do. But something told me not to come home. I believe I was meant to find and bring home Maura."
"Why?"
"I'm not sure. But maybe it was to help Mokuba. She was raised to be strong and fairly independent, forced to grow up and skip being a child. Mokuba was raised to be the exact opposite; they never wanted him to grow up or have the courage to stand up to them. He was missing out on being a child because they wanted a slave. I think these opposites together can pull strength from each other. They can help each other learn to just be a kid and she can help him be stronger and more independent. I know you like having him to depend on you…."
"That may be true, but at the same time, I know its better for him if he does become more independent. He already has in some ways, but still needs it in a lot more."
"Well you go to bed and get some rest and I'll take care of him."
"Fine, goodnight."
"Goodnight, Seto."
After Seto had closed the door Yami walked over and placed the toy in the boy's arms next to his baby dragon. He also noticed that the dark magician and blue-eyes white dragon were on the nightstand, next to him. Yami gently rubbed the boy's arm to chase away his nightmare. After he was certain the boy was sleeping soundly, he got up and checked to be sure Maura got settled in okay. After he was assured by Mai that she was asleep, he went to bed.
Later that night, Mokuba sat up rubbing his eyes. He turned to get out of bed when the new toy Yami had given him fell to the floor. Mokuba looked down confused. He picked up the cat toy.
"W-Where did this come from? It c-couldn't be from Seto or Ryo. T-They would have given it t-to me before m-my new treatment." Mokuba said, then thought for a moment. 'Could it mean Yami's home?' With that, he took his new toy and went to Yami's room. He carefully walked in and smiled seeing him sound asleep. He walked over and kissed his cheek. "T-Thank you for the new toy big brother." Mokuba whispered, then he turned to leave.
Yami was still a little restless and finding it a touch hard to sleep. Then he felt someone over him and then kiss his cheek. He heard this person say something but didn't hear the words; he turned to see Mokuba leaving. He smiled and sat up. "Hey, kid."
Mokuba turned around, surprised he hadn't meant to wake him.
"Come here." Yami said.
Mokuba walked over and Yami scooped the boy up and set him on his lap.
"Shouldn't you be asleep?"
"I had a n-nightmare. T-then I s-saw this toy. B-but I didn't think S-Seto or Ryo would give it to me after I w-was asleep. I w-was hoping it m-meant y-you were home."
"So, you came in here just to see me?" Yami asked both happy and surprised at the same time.
Mokuba nodded.
"Do you like the new toy?"
Mokuba nodded, leaning against him snuggling in. "I l-love it."
Yami squeezed him tight. "I'm glad. Would you like to sleep in here with me?"
The boy was already half asleep and just nodded against his chest.
'Well I guess this should eliminate my fear of whether or not he hates me. If he hated me he wouldn't have kissed me or be snuggled against me.' Yami thought as he pulled the covers down and gently laid the boy down.
Mokuba instantly snuggled against him again, laying his head on Yami's chest.
Yami wrapped his arms around the boy pulling him closer. 'I see now, why Seto lets him do this. It feels nice. Especially knowing this is his way of looking for comfort and security.' It only took a couple of minutes for Yami to follow the boy into a restful night's sleep.