When Mokuba turned away, it told Yami his answer.

Yami sighed. "Look kiddo, I understand why you don't trust me."

Mokuba looked at him like he was crazy. "I d-do t-trust you, big brother!"

Yami smiled. "Thank you, Mokuba. But I understand why you can't believe me when I tell you that I will always, always care more for you than for Maura. I'm actually surprised you ever learned to trust me. After the way we met, I'm not sure I'd trust me. I didn't spend a lot of time with you before you left, and then you returned and I left not long after. When I do return, I bring Maura back with me. Trust me kiddo, when I met Maura and realized she needed a home, the first thing I thought about was you!"

"M-me?" Mokuba questioned.

"Yes, you. I thought about how much it would be good for you to have a playmate your own age. I know you have your friends, but I thought Maura would be a full time playmate. You'd never be lonely. I guess I never stopped to think that it would make you question my love for you. I love you very much and nothing and no one will ever change that!"

"P-promise!"

Yami smiled. "I promise."

Mokuba hugged him, laying his head on Yami's shoulder.

Yami hugged him back, "Listen, if I had too, if there was no other way, and I had to choose between you and Maura where your lives depended on my answer, I'd do everything I could to save you both, but I would always save you first kiddo. I wouldn't like it, not at all. I care for Maura, but I'd never, ever put her above you!"

Mokuba just sighed and hugged him tight.

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At the same time in her mansion in the highest mountain region, Laria Dice was watching Yami and Mokuba.

Samuel Marek, her assistant/ chew toy, walked over and looked into the giant pool she had made on the floor to watch whomever she pleased from her throne. "Mistress Laria."

"What have I told you Samuel?!"

"I'm sorry Mistress Dice, my apologies. I was hoping we could finally be on a first name basis."

"I will tell you when or if that time comes!"

"Yes, mistress." Samuel said sadly.

"Why are you in here bothering me?"

"My apologies mistress, I was just wondering if those visions he's been having are real? I mean some seem like weird timing. No sooner does he get an idea, he gets a vision telling him it was a mistake."

"Oh, dear Samuel, have you not learned anything yet? It's just one more way of tormenting the poor boy! Dartz never got around to teaching him how to control when he gets visions or how to stop people like me from screwing with them."

"So, does this mean that all his visions of the future are wrong?"

"Not necessarily. I can't say for sure if any of the visions he sees would really turn out that way. I simply take his idea and throw his own fears and insecurities about the boy and mix them together for a vision. How he interprets that, being it real or not, is his choice."

"Are you manipulating all his visions?"

"No, not all. Some are just natural, others I throw in to torment him."

"How long before you think he will figure this out?"

"With his pea brain, it will probably be a while!"

"How long do you plan to torment him before telling Dartz?"

"I haven't decided yet. But Dartz is the fool; he must be getting weak in his old age to not have sensed me by now. But not to worry, we will be paying him a visit in the not-so-distant future. Leave me, for I have other people to deal with at the moment."

"Yes, Mistress Dice." Samuel said while bowing, and then he left.

"Now, who should I torment now?" Laria asked herself laughing and swirling the pool with her finger from her seat.

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Yami meanwhile was just rubbing Mokuba's back, still unconvinced that the boy trusted him or believed he truly cared for him. "Okay kiddo, we'd better get upstairs before Seto begins to wonder if we're coming back."

Mokuba sat up and said, "Okay big brother."

Yami handed the boy the book. "Here you go. I'll try to make time for us tomorrow and I'll take you and show you where we keep all the storybooks."

"R-really? J-just the two of us?"

Yami smiled. "Well I had thought about asking Maura to join us, so that she'd know where they were…" he started, but seeing the disappointed look on the boy's face he couldn't help but feel like he was letting him down. "All right, I promise; just the two of us all day. We'll do whatever you want."

Mokuba looked up surprised. "R-really, all d-day?"

"Yes, all day."

Mokuba hugged him tight. "C-can I s-sleep with you tonight?"

"Well…" he was going to say no or wait and see when it got closer to bedtime, but he couldn't resist the cute kid in his arms. "All right, but I may just put you to bed and join you later. Seto and I may do some work or something after you go to bed."

Mokuba understood. He and Seto shouldn't be forced to go to bed the same time he did. They sometimes did, but not always. "Okay, big brother."

"Good, now let's get going. Seto will start to worry soon."

Mokuba grabbed his hand and they went upstairs where Seto was waiting. They read to him till bedtime, and then they put the boy to bed in Yami's room. Yami and Seto then stayed up for a couple of hours doing paperwork before heading to bed themselves.