Mokuba had finally finished all his presents in time for lunch. Maura had woken up and came in just as Mokuba had 5 left to open.
After lunch Mai walked into the room.
"Excuse me, sire."
Seto looked up at her. "Yes, what is it, Mai?"
"Well sir…"
"What's wrong Mai is something the matter?" Yami asked.
Mai smiled, getting more courage now. "No, sir. I'm fine. If you would, sirs, please follow me to the throne room."
"Why is there a problem?" Seto asked.
Mai smiled, "No, sir. King Mahaado of the Star Kingdom, Queen Diana's husband called and said he will be here in a few hours. I have already taken the liberty and gotten everything ready."
"Then why are we needed in the throne room?" Yami asked.
"Well sir, I know that it may be inappropriate, however…"
"Go on." Seto said.
"Well sir, you and Master Atemu have been so good to us over the years that we just wanted to show our gratitude."
That told Seto and Yami that they obviously got them something and they wanted to give it to them in the throne room for some reason.
"Very, well. Let's all go to the throne room then." Yami said.
Mai was thrilled. Just as they got to the door Mai said, "Please, would you mind closing your eyes?"
Seto and Yami raised an eyebrow at that. Mokuba and Maura giggled at that. Seto and Yami conceded defeat and agreed. Mai led them directly in front of their thrones. Mokuba and Maura were surprised.
"Open your eyes b-big brother." Mokuba said.
Seto and Yami opened them to find that their thrones had new coverings.
"Mai…" Seto started.
"It's velvet. Isis and I pooled our money and bought the material and made them. My king yours is a royal blue while Master Atemu yours is a shiny black."
Isis had been standing in the room to see their reaction. "We also found those small chairs at a small shop. They're nothing fancy but we fixed the cushions up with woven cotton."
"What's that in the chairs?" Maura asked.
"We had material left over and then bought more with the money left over and we made those presents." Isis said.
That reminded Maura of their gifts. She started out of the room when Yami yelled, "Maura, where are you going?"
"I have to get our presents to them."
"No need to do that. It would take too long to get there and back. Hold out your hands and concentrate on what you want." Yami said.
Maura concentrated on bringing all the other presents to them.
"I hope you like it, my king." Mai said.
Seto smiled, "Yes, they're great."
"Thank you both, this was too much." Yami said.
"Not at all. This was a way for us to show you how much being in your service has meant to us all these years." Mai said.
"Yes, we couldn't ask for a better place to work." Isis said.
Then Maura walks up to them with her and Mokuba's presents and hands them to Mai and Isis.
"You kids didn't have to get us anything." Mai said.
"W-we wanted to." Mokuba said.
"Can they open them now, big brother?" Maura asked Yami.
Yami smiled, "Yes, of course."
Mai opened her and found a fancy purple dress.
"Do you like it? I wasn't sure. But Joey said he thought it might be the right size." Maura said.
"Joey?" Mai questioned.
"Yeah, I helped him with finding things for his sister Serenity and he helped me pick things out." Maura said.
"Katsuya, I'm surprised I thought dogs were color blind." Seto said with a smirk.
"Seto, that's not nice." Yami scolded.
Seto turned away, he hated it when Yami scolded him and ruined his mood.
"No he just chose the style, I didn't care for the dark blue he chose. It just didn't suit the dress." Maura said.
"Thank you, Miss Maura." Mai said.
"Open yours now Isis."
Isis opened hers to find a fancy necklace that had an Egyptian style to it. It had several symbols from Egypt on it. "Thank you Miss, I love it. Now it's your turn."
"No, you still have to open Mokuba's." Maura said.
Mai unwrapped hers to find a hair clip with seashells on it. "Oh, Master Mokuba, where did you get this?"
"I b-bought the c-clip in t-town and glued seashells to it. You don't l-like it?"
Mai walked over and kissed his forehead, "Don't be silly, little one. I love it."
Mokuba smiled brightly.
Isis opened hers to find a bracelet made out of leather with baby seashells tied around it.
"I k-know it's n-not f-fancy…"
Before he could finish Isis kissed his forehead. "Don't be silly. I love it. You know why?"
Mokuba shook his head no.
"It's because you put effort into this to make it just for me. That makes it very special." Isis told him.
"R-really?"
"Yes, of course."
Mokuba was so happy. He never even when he had nice dreams did he ever believe he'd find someplace where the people would love and care for him and like things he only made.
"Y-you r-really like them?" Mokuba still questioned.
"Why wouldn't they, Mokuba? You made them for them." Yami said.
Seto pulled the little boy from his chair and into his lap. "Now why don't you think we'd like anything you'd make? We love everything you made. We'll always love it, even if it's bad. We'll love it because you made it." Seto said.
"Y-you will?" Mokuba asked, not daring to believe it.
Maura walked over and sat down in front of Seto. "Why don't you think we'd like it?"
"W-when I w-was l-little I'd make a few things for Asana…"
"Asana? Isn't that the name of that new maid?" Maura asked.
"Yes, she was also Mokuba's sister in his old home, but when she came here requesting a job, we chose to give her a chance and gave her a job." Yami said.
"Go on, Mokuba." Seto said.
"S-she said s-she liked it, but I could always tell that even though she s-said she to like it t-that she hated it. She never w-wore or used any t-thing I ever made. S-she w-was alw-ways excited and happy w-when s-she w-was g-given things from a store; I'd s-see her use them. I n-never t-thought anyone would w-want s-something I m-made."
"What changed your mind?" Maura asked.
"I w-was in t-town one day and o-one of his friends t-told me I should make m-my family things and that they'd love it. I w-wasn't s-so sure aft-ter what happened with Asana."
"Did you ever make anything for anyone else in your family?"
"R-right after m-my father died I m-made a card for my step-mother to help cheer her up since she was always crying. I w-wanted to d-do something to make her happy."
"What did she do?" Seto asked, curious as to what she did.
"S-she tore it up. S-she c-called me a rat and s-said t-that it w-was my fault that f-father w-was dead. T-that she d-didn't n-need my sympathy. S-she t-told m-me to g-get out of her sight that I d-d-d-isg…" Mokuba said crying.
"Disgusted?" Maura questioned seeing how Mokuba's crying was making it harder for him to speak.
"It's all right now, kiddo. It's okay." Seto said, rocking the boy. He glared over at Yami.
Yami turned away so he wouldn't have to look at him.
Everyone else noticed it too but couldn't understand why Seto looked angry at Yami.
Yami knew. It was Seto's way of once again questioning his decision of not wanting to change the past. Yami still wasn't even sure if it could be done. He knew that even though Seto backed off on insisting that he still wanted to do it.
