Seto and Yami were trying to do more work when there was a knock on the door.
"Enter." Seto called.
"My king."
"What is it Johnson?"
"King Kujaku of Cascadia is downstairs."
"But he's not scheduled till Monday." Yami said.
"His schedule changed and he's here." Johnson said.
"Take him to the official royal chamber and we'll be down as soon as we change." Seto said.
"Yes, sir." Johnson said leaving.
"Great, this is just what we needed now." Yami said.
"Is any of this paperwork regarding him?" Seto asked.
"Yes, we finished that first." Yami said.
"Then, I guess we'll have to get this over with." Seto said.
"Fine, we'll have to change clothes first. I can't imagine why he's here so early. Even with a schedule change I would expect him later, not sooner."
"Well he's here now there's not much we can do about it."
Seto and Yami went upstairs to change into their official outfits and sent for Alister and Varon to meet them in the official royal chamber. After changing clothes, Seto and Yami made their way downstairs.
Seto with the help of the poultice his leg was getting a lot better but at Yami's insistence still used the cane till the doctor gave his okay to start walking without it.
"King Kujaku of Cascadia, I am King Kaiba of Draglor. It's an honor to meet you." Seto said.
"It is an honor for me as well, King Kaiba."
"This is my top advisor, Master Atemu."
"Pleasure, this is my top advisor Odion."
"An honor." Seto said.
"May I ask why so early? We were not expecting you till Monday." Yami said.
"I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, my schedule changed abruptly."
"It's perfectly understandable. It's no inconvenience at all." Yami said.
"We hate to put you out like this but due to the schedule change we respectfully ask that we conclude our business over the weekend." Odion said.
Seto and Yami so wanted to say no, let's do it now but they knew they couldn't. They had wanted to spend some of the weekend with Mokuba.
"Of course, no trouble at all." Yami said.
"So shall we get down to business?" Seto asked.
"Yes, let's." King Kujaku said.
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Ryo and Mokuba had just finished getting all of Ryo's stuff put away and Ryo settled in.
"Alright kiddo let's find Seto and Yami to see if it's okay that we can go into town. I'd like to get a couple of board games and a couple of balls to throw around."
"Okay." Mokuba said.
They made their way downstairs and after asking a maid where they could find Seto and Yami they made their way down the corridor looking for the room they were told. Then they were suddenly stopped in the hall.
"Where do you think you're going?" Bakura asked.
"If you must know, I was looking for Seto and Master Atemu." Ryo said.
"Really and why is that?"
"I wanted to get their permission to take Mokuba and go into town."
"Why not leave the brat locked in his room or something."
"Because I don't think it's right and I'd like to take him with me. So do you know where they are or not?"
"They're in that room there." Bakura said, pointing to a door over his shoulder. Mokuba smiled brightly and went to the door. But when Ryo moved at the same time Bakura stopped him.
"Where are you going?" Bakura asked.
"I told you I wanted to talk to them."
"Forget it! They're conducting official royal business."
"Fine, then we'll wait till they're finished."
Bakura grabbed Ryo's arm and dragged him away from the door.
Mokuba just sighed realizing they were going to start fighting again. He turned and knocked lightly on the door. Varon and Aster, one of King Kujaku's guards, stood at the door. Alister and Vain, another of King Kujaku's guards, stood towards the corners of the room behind their king. Hearing the knock on the door Varon opened the door and frowned slightly not seeing anyone. But then he looked down at a tug. He smiled seeing Mokuba there.
Aster glared at the kid while Varon leaned down and whispered. "Stay right there, I'll tell Master Atemu you're here in a second."
Mokuba nodded.
"Why didn't you tell the brat to keep quiet or preferably get lost?" Aster whispered.
"The king and Master Atemu have adopted him, I'd be in major trouble had I sent him away without informing them first. I didn't tell him to keep quiet cause he's a quiet kid. He doesn't talk much." Varon whispered back.
"Yeah well in my experience I haven't seen a kid yet that's patient and can keep quite long." Aster replied in an ever-growing louder whisper.
"Yeah, well from what I've learned of this kid's past it wouldn't surprise me if he could stay still and quiet for hours!" Varon whispered, whose voice was also rising.
Suddenly King Kujaku cleared his throat. "Is there a problem, who was at the door?"
"Varon, is there a problem we should be aware of? Who was at the door?" Yami asked.
Varon debated for a minute then walked over and whispered in Yami's ear. "It was Mokuba, he's waiting outside."
"Oh, um thank you." Yami said. Then he stood up. "If you'll excuse me I'll be right back."
Yami nodded to Varon who opened the door. Yami smiled seeing Mokuba standing quietly by the door watching Bakura and Ryo argue.
"Hey, kiddo. What are you doing here? Seto and I have important business; you shouldn't be here." Yami said, bending down.
"I-I'm s-sorry."
Yami kissed his forehead. "It's all right, nothing to get upset over. You couldn't have known. Now what was it you wanted?"
"R-Ryo wants to know if I can go to town w-with him to get some balls to throw around and some b-board games."
"Well as long as you stay very close to him and not leave his side I don't see why not. Seto and I should have thought of that." Yami said.
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Back in the chamber, King Kujaku was concerned at how long Yami was gone.
"Perhaps Odion should see what's keeping him." King Kujaku nodded to Odion.
Odion nodded back, stood and started towards the door.
Though Seto didn't know Yami was with Mokuba he had faith that if his brother needed him or help he could manage.
"I'm sure he's fine, there are plenty of guards around incase of trouble."
"Well I'd still feel better if Odion was there to help."
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Odion opened the door just as Yami was about to say something to Mokuba.
Yami instantly stood up and turned around his hand automatically going to Mokuba's chest.
"Odion, what are you doing out here?" Yami asked.
"King Kujaku was concerned you were taking so long." Odion said.
Mokuba put his arms around Yami's arm and held him tight.
"Everything is fine, I would have returned in just a few minutes." Yami informed him.
"Before or after you threw this brat out." Odion asked, crossing his arms.
"First he's not a brat, he has as much right here as anyone. He's a part of the family."
By this time, Bakura and Ryo, hearing Yami's voice, stopped fighting and raced over to help.
"What? We do extensive searches into the kingdoms we ally with. It was said that the king's only sibling died at birth." Odion said.
"First, that was simply a nasty rumor started by the late Master King Kaiba. It is strongly believed that the young prince is still out there somewhere."
"If that is the case how do you explain that kid?" Odion asked.
"This is Mokuba, King Kaiba and I have adopted him. King Kaiba as you saw was in an accident recently and this boy saved his life. He was an orphan that needed a home and the king and I couldn't sit by and allow him to starve or remain on the streets when we could do something about it. He helped us so we helped him." Yami said feeling if he told the truth about Seto kidnapping him then it could cause an uproar! That was the last thing they needed.
"Well King Kujaku does not like children."
"What? I heard he has 4 children."
"He does however nannies and the Queen takes care of them. I am afraid you will have to confine that kid to his room or out of the castle. The king doesn't like a lot of noise."
"What of his own children?"
"They have a specific room and times they are allowed to play. Even outside times are scheduled and restricted to a certain area. The rest of the time is spent studying."
"That sounds familiar. Former Master King Kaiba was about the same way."