Seto went to go check up on Yami and was surprised to see him awake and talking with Mai. He walked over to the bed and nodded to Mai who bowed and left.
"Yami, you're awake. Yugi didn't think you would be up for more than a few minutes here and there till at least tomorrow."
"Master Dartz came to me in a dream. He said he was disappointed in me. He said the spell I performed on Mokuba was in his opinion the amateurish way of doing such a simple spell. If I'm so weak, why didn't I ask Yugi for help? He said I was a disappointment. That I should be strong enough to perform what is in his opinion a simple spell otherwise his training was a waste of his time and energy."
"Could Yugi have done any better?"
"Master Dartz seemed to think that he'd have done slightly better, but not much. He said if we had worked together it'd have been easier on me. Though I could tell it gripped him to give me that advice. He wants me to grow stronger and getting Yugi to help me all the time would in his opinion make me weaker. He says I need more training."
"Let me guess he wants you to return to him?"
"He didn't come right out and say it, but I'm guessing yes. I told him I respected him and his advice and was more than willing to learn. But now, now isn't a time when I can just drop everything and return and stay forever or till he feels I'm capable of doing it right."
"What did he say to that?"
"He couldn't understand my problem. He doesn't realize that Mokuba needs both of us. Not just one. We've missed so much of his life growing up. After he returned from living with Ryo, I got up and left. I could almost feel that he didn't believe I was coming back and that I was abandoning him! After the battle I was unsure if he'd want me to return or even be near me! The other day when I went to talk with him in the library, I learned something I didn't know about him."
"What's that?"
"Did you know he likes unicorns?"
"Unicorns? I didn't even think he knew what one was much less like them. I'm not even sure if any even exist anymore. So many were killed for their horns, they may be extinct. But I guess that explains at the fair when he asked for it by name. I just didn't give it much of a thought at the time."
"Yeah, when he asked me to get him a book with one in it, I was surprised. But something in the vision I had just before that was disturbing."
"In what way?"
"Well it said that Maura got a boyfriend and due to that I abandoned spending time with Mokuba."
"Why would that be so weird? You seem to care a lot about her."
"But I don't want to lose touch with Mokuba over it either! It also, which maybe I was pressured somehow cause I can't see us doing it."
"Doing what?"
"Allow Seth to train Mokuba, without our guidance. Then you were just calling him and ordering around like he was a servant. He wasn't even allowed to call us big brother anymore."
"Yami, I think you should have someone look into your visions. You do realize what you're saying is that we become like his stepmother minus the beatings unless you're going to tell me we allowed that as well."
"Well not as far as I could see. Seth was banging a ruler against the desk but as far as I could tell that was the extent of it. Though I see your point, Mokuba did look a little frightened of him. I realized after talking with him that maybe I have been neglecting him."
"What makes you think that?"
"Well when I asked him the other day if he thought that Maura was going to replace him in my heart, he refused to look at me. I realized that he felt Maura was replacing him."
"That's the reason I felt she was a bad idea! I understood your reasoning and in some ways you've been right. She has been good for him. But if he still thinks she's going to replace him, what's the point in having her here? I have a feeling that Diana, the one with the baby, may be here to take her with them. Seeing as we took her in, they must feel that it's their place to do so." Seto then held up a hand stalling Yami's arguments. "No, I never said anything to anyone about anything. It's just a feeling. What did you tell him about his fear?"
"I told him she could never replace him. Then when I mentioned spending the day with him, he asked if it would be just the two of us. I started to tell him that I planned on inviting Maura too."
"Why didn't you? I can't see you not inviting her."
"I was going to, but the moment I mentioned her name and that I was going to invite her to join us, he suddenly just looked so depressed. I realized that he for some reason didn't want her around."
"Does he need a reason?"
"What?"
"Think about it, Yami. Before or after he left, how much time have you spent with him alone, compared to me?"
Yami thought about it and realized Seto was right. Compared to Seto, he spent more time with Maura, than with Mokuba. It was no wonder that the boy wanted the time to be just the two of them.