They got to the fair and were soon greeted by Ren and Nydia.

"Hi, I didn't think you were coming today." Ren said

"Change in plans." Maura said.

"Oh, that's great. This is my cousin Nydia."

"Hi, it's nice to meet you." Nydia said.

"Nice to meet you too. I'm Maura; this is my little brother Mokuba. These are my big brothers Yami and Seto."

"Hey, why don't you come play with us." Nydia said.

"Yeah, I know this place like the back of my hand. I can show you lots of cool stuff most people don't get to see." Ren said.

"Can I big brother?" Maura asked.

Yami looked at Seto.

"Don't look at me. She's your kid."

Yami wasn't really surprised. He knew this is how Seto felt about Maura. "All right, but be very careful."

"I will big brother, promise!"

Yami then looked down at Mokuba. "Do you want to go with them?"

Seto couldn't believe Yami was asking him. After all, the whole reason for coming was to spend more time with Mokuba.

Mokuba shook his head no and squeezed Seto's hand. "I w-want to stay with you." Mokuba could sense that Seto tensed up at being asked, but that wasn't the only reason he said no. As much as it might have been fun to play with some new friends, he also knew that he didn't get to spend much time with his big brothers. They were taking off work to be here with him. He wanted to spend more time with them and now was the perfect chance.

Yami had a rock he was going to add to his collection in his pocket. He got it out and concentrated on it. Then he handed it to Maura. "If you need me, hold this and call for me."

Maura took the rock. "Okay big brother."

"Here's $20 Draglor Dollars. Don't spend it all if you can get out of it." Yami said.

"I won't, I promise."

"She won't need it for food." Nydia said.

"Nydia's right. We can get food for free." Ren said.

"All right. But be very careful." Yami said.

Maura nodded. "I will I promise."

Maura then walked away with her new friends.

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"What was all that about?" Nydia asked.

"Yeah, what's he so afraid of?" Ren asked.

Maura knew that she shouldn't tell everything about her life. Besides, she didn't want to scare or worry her new friends by telling them about the people who have tried to kill her in the past. "He's just over-protective."

"Yeah, I know the feeling." Nydia said.

"No, kidding. I'm surprised our parents let us roam free in the fair." Ren said.

"I'm surprised they let you come with us then." Nydia said.

"Yeah, I am too really." Maura did think it was strange since this was supposed to be a family outing. But then she figured they just wanted some alone time with Mokuba. She wasn't going to argue. She'd never had real friends before. It'd be nice to learn what it's like.

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Yami bent down next to Mokuba. "You sure you don't want to go with them? We won't be mad."

Seto wanted to strangle Yami. It was almost like he was trying to force Mokuba to go when the last thing he wanted was for the kid to go with them.

Mokuba shook his head. "I-it m-might be fun. B-but I w-want to spend time with you. B-besides y-you promised to ride my favorite ride with me."

"Stop it, Yami. You heard him, you made a promise."

Yami stood up and glared at him. "If he'd prefer to go play with those kids, I say let him do it. There's always tomorrow."

"Yes, then tomorrow you'd say the same thing. I thought you wanted this time as much as I do? Or did you just prefer your little girl."

Mokuba knew fighting was normal but right now he wasn't in the mood to deal with them fighting. Especially over what he wants, he'd already told them what he wants. Why couldn't they just accept it and leave it alone. "S-STOP IT!" Mokuba finally yelled.

Seto and Yami looked at him in surprise. He'd never yelled at them before.

"S-stop f-f-f-I-I-g-g-g-h-ht-t-ting. I t-t-told y-y-you…" Mokuba was crying and having trouble breathing. The more he was upset the less he could speak because his stuttering was so severe. He'd gotten a lot better in normal speaking but when he was upset it became more difficult.

Seto bent down next to him. "Calm down." Seto said.

"You know it's harder for you to talk when you're upset." Yami said, bending down next to him.

"Well perhaps if you two would listen to him instead of fighting you wouldn't have upset him so much."

Seto and Yami stood up and turned around and were surprised to see Samantha.

"Samantha, I didn't expect to see you here." Seto said.

"With the kids not in school I thought I might as well check out the fair. I'm glad I did. Seto you of all people know Mokuba gets upset easily. And yet here the two of you are arguing and fighting." Samantha said, making Seto and Yami feel worse than they already did for upsetting him. Samantha ignored them both and walked over and hugged the little boy and calmed him down. "You feel better now."

Mokuba sniffed, rubbed his eyes and nodded giving a slight smile.

"Now, let's hear you say yes. Take it slowly."

Mokuba understood she was worried about him and getting him to say it was her way or confirming that.

"I'm okay, n-now. T-thank you."

"You're very welcome sweetheart." Samantha said and then stood and turned back to Seto and Yami. "Now, I have volunteered to help watch over some of the town children here. I was on my way there. Now can I trust you two to stop fighting so badly and not upset him more or should I stick around."

Though Yami didn't like one of Seto's girlfriends bossing him around, he couldn't deny that it was their fault that Mokuba got that bad. They'd never seen him to the point that he couldn't breathe before. He simply nodded to Samantha's question. He didn't want to upset Mokuba that badly again.

Seto too nodded but said, "We didn't mean to upset him that badly. We…we were just…"

"Just fighting over him. I may not have heard the entire conversation but I heard enough. Now instead of fighting over him why not just take him and have a good time together as a family. Speaking of which, where's Maura?"

"Oh, she and Mokuba made a new friend yesterday and she and her cousin asked Maura to spend the day with them. She asked if she could and that was partly what we were fighting over. Mokuba said he wanted to stay here but I wasn't sure if he was saying that to make us happy or if he really wanted to go with them." Yami said.

"Fine." Samantha said. Then she bent down next to Mokuba again. "Now, where do you honestly want to be?"

"W-with Seto and Yami. M-maybe I'd have f-fun with the g-girls but I w-want to spend t-time with them. T-their not w-working today, t-they've here to p-play with me."

"And they're here playing with you is what would make you happy?"

Mokuba nodded.

Samantha stood up and pushed the boy forward. "I'd say that you should stop your fighting. He honestly wants to stay with you. Can you handle that or do you need me to stay and referee?"

"We can handle it. I'm sorry, you had to get involved with this." Seto said.

"I don't mind Seto. I want to help. But I also don't like seeing Mokuba upset for no reason."

"It won't happen again, I promise. We…we'll…" Yami sighed. "We may not be able to stop fighting completely but we're going to try not to do anything to upset him again." Yami said.

"Good, see that you don't." Samantha said.

"I'll be around, Mokuba. If you need me you just find me and tell me all right."

"Okay, Samantha, t-thank you."

"You're very welcome. Goodbye Master Atemu. I hope to see you soon, Seto."

"Yeah, I'm sorry. But I've been so busy with work and my family…"

"I understand Seto. But I do hope we can get together again sometime this week."

"I don't know, I'll have to check my schedule."

"You do that. Goodbye." Samantha said leaving.

"Bye." Seto said.