"I hear the kings brought into the letter." Crump said.

"What do we do now?" Gansley asked.

"Yes, Nezbit this letter was your idea; what's next. Hire some brat to pretend to be his brother?" Johnson asked.

"Actually I was thinking of informing him of a tragic accident. The carriage the kid was supposedly in went off a steep cliff. Of course, being as it's such a high cliff there's no way to recover a body. That should really send the king over the edge." Nezbit said.

"Perfect! It'll be even better when we run the current brat off." Gansley said.

"Yes, there's no way we can ever let the king discover that his real brother has been next to him this whole time." Crump said.

"What? What do you mean by that?" Leichter asked.

"Well when you screwed up and stole the rod you almost blew the whole operation!" Johnson said.

"I believe you tried to do the same thing I did not long ago!" Leichter said.

"Yes, but that was before we learned that that kid the king brought home was really his brother!" Nezbit said.

"When did we learn that?" Leichter said.

"The other day when you stole the rod and the king grabbed you and you dropped the rod that kid picked it up by the metal handle." Gansley said.

"But if he was able to handle it by the metal base then that means that that kid is…" Leichter said.

"Precisely." Nezbit said.

"Hey didn't I see something in that letter about a necklace? How did you know the king gave the kid a necklace?" Crump asked.

"I had a spy on every search team the king sent out. Almost every time the search team got a new leader, the king would secretly take that leader aside and tell him about a necklace that he had given to his brother. My spy made sure to tell me this. Then I got to watching and had a servant check his room and that necklace the late Ivan Kaiba the King's grandfather gave to him was nowhere to be found and the king wasn't wearing it. So I assumed that that had to be the one he was talking about. It was the only one I could think of that he'd give away that was easily identifiable if ever seen again. You know if he had just lost it, he'd torn the castle apart looking for it. I had noticed he stopped wearing it but thought nothing of it till then." Nezbit said.

"Yes, I can see the king doing that. I'll admit that was a smart move."

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Later that night Mokuba was having trouble sleeping. He wasn't sure if Seto and Yami still cared but he couldn't sleep anyway and he wanted someone's comfort. He carefully walked over to Seto's room and walked in.

"S-Seto, Seto." Mokuba lightly shook Seto.

Seto turned his head and smiled seeing Mokuba. "Hey kiddo what's wrong?"

"I c-can't sleep."

"I'm sorry we missed your treatments, Yugi told us you went alone. You really should have told us it was time kiddo. We would have gone with you." Seto said, sitting up.

"Y-you were b-busy."

Seto turned his feet now on the floor and pulled the boy close. "You still should have told us. Now you want me to tuck you in and wait till you fall asleep?"

"W-will you read to m-me?"

Seto remembered all too well what happened in the basement when he rejected him but he was so sleepy he wasn't sure he could stay up long enough to find one and read it. "Not tonight kiddo, but I promise I'll get one tomorrow and read the whole thing to you, all right?"

Mokuba sighed and nodded.

"Okay now let's get you back in bed." Seto said, leading the boy back to his room.

He tucked him and stayed with him till he was sure he was asleep. Yami too was having trouble sleeping and seeing a light on in Mokuba's room he went over to check on him. Seeing Seto with him, he walked in to talk to him about some things he'd been thinking about.

"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Yami asked in a low voice.

"He woke me up saying he couldn't sleep so I came to tuck him in." Seto said.

"Oh well you know I was thinking about some things and I was thinking that maybe that it might not be good to move him to that wing alone." Yami said.

"Yeah, I've been thinking too. I think we're going to have to do something about this arrangement. Otherwise it'll never work out." Seto said.

"Well I think I might have an idea." Yami asked.

"Okay, then let's go to the family room and discuss this. We don't want to wake him." Seto said, making sure the boy was asleep and the covers were tight around him.

However what he didn't know was that Mokuba wasn't completely asleep, he heard everything they said.

After they left, he sat up crying. 'So that man was right, they won't really want me anymore after their brother shows up. I guess that means there's no room for me now. No reason for me to stay. I'll wait before I do anything to see if Seto keeps his promise and reads to me. If not then I'll know for sure that they don't want me.' Mokuba thought, laying down trying to get back to sleep.

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Once in the family room, they sat down to talk.

"So Seto you start. What were you saying about these arrangements?"

"I was thinking that well with Mokuba being so shy and having trouble opening up and talking freely with new people and when our brother gets here it might make him withdraw or question our love for him. I don't know about you but I don't want him to question it. Obviously, he's already started by going to treatment alone last night."

"True we're going to have to make more of an effort to spend time with him and with our brother together."

"Not just that I was thinking of hiring a therapist to either move in or we'd go to them."

"Well we'd have to make sure they can keep it confidential. I'd suggest they move in, it'd be too dangerous to keep going to their place. Especially since your accident I've learned wasn't really an accident, someone tried to kill you."

"That explains your sudden need for extra security."

"I don't know what you're talking about Seto."

"You didn't think I'd notice our guards around when we took Mokuba into town? I'll admit they were subtle and stayed out of sight but I still saw them."

"Seto, I…"

"It's alright I understand. So, what was your plan? You said something about not moving Mokuba to that wing?" Seto asked.

"Oh well I know Varon and Alister are probably cramped in their small rooms downstairs. The rooms in that wing would be a lot bigger and closer to us. I was thinking of moving them and Ryo and whoever you chose as Mokie's guard over there. Then remodel Ryo's room and put Mokie there. This way Mokuba won't be hurt or upset at being moved. We can even build a small hallway to connect to that wing so that it's all connected." Yami said.

"That's great, it's a wonderful idea. I was a touch concerned about moving him. But this is even better. This way they'll both be nearby and we'll have two brother's to look after." Seto said.

"Yeah and with time they'll hopefully adjust to each other and they'll have someone their own age to play with." Yami said.

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That same night Ryo was supposed to meet Shizuka but things didn't go as planned. This night was different from the others. They normally meet in the park but there was a change in plans. Her grandfather had to make a delivery so she had to close up shop. So, he agreed to meet her behind the shop where they have it set up like a normal house. With so much training, he hadn't gotten time to spend a lot of time with her. Ryo picked up some flowers and rode to her house. He got off his horse and approached the house. Then he saw one of the castle knights, Duke Ryuuji, had Shizuka laying on a bench and kissing her passionately. His hands were groping her breasts but she made no move to stop him.

Ryo watched as Shizuka's hands pressed against Duke's chest and then curled in as he started to run, his other hand threw her hair. Ryo was shocked, she'd betrayed him, he dropped the flowers and made his way back to his horse to ride off. As he mounted his horse he looked back but nothing changed except her hand was now groping his privates.

A moment after Ryo had rode away; Duke broke the kiss and started to kiss her neck. Shizuka finally came to her senses. "No, stop. This was a mistake. Ryo will be here soon."

"And what does he have that I don't have?" Duke asked.

"Honor for one thing and respect for another. Plus he would never force himself on me." she said, and pushed him off her.

Duke didn't care, he just laughed and sat up. "Force? You know you love it. How often did we do this before you started dating that Ryo guy? Just a few minutes ago when I offered you a special candy you didn't say anything. You snatched it out of my hand. Then when I pushed you onto the bench and started kissing you. You didn't object. Instead you pulled me down on top of you. Forget that loser Shizuka, I saw you first, I'm available."

"Forget it! I don't want something to go wrong with this relationship. I...I love Ryo." Shizuka said.

"Then why the hesitation, if you love him? Why accept the special candy? Why the make-out session a moment ago." Duke asked, then moved to start kissing her neck.

She violently pushed him away. "I made a mistake. I shouldn't have done that." Then she stormed away to wait for Ryo. But, the later it got she realized he wasn't coming. She couldn't understand what happened, why Ryo never showed up for their date.

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That night as Ryo was putting his horse up he heard Bakura and another guard he'd never heard before talking.

"So Bakura I heard the king was thinking of making your brother a knight even though he's only guarding that brat."

"Yeah, well I hope not. The king might decide if we ever go to war to allow him to go to battle with us. That'd be a nightmare!"

"Why? I'd heard that he went to Master Pegasus' school that's the finest school around."

"Yeah but he took the complete course not just a knight and guards test but everything so he could learn more and show the rest of us up. Besides, I hope the king changes his mind about making him a knight. He's too coddled; he would only end up being in the way. He'd end up getting us or himself hurt or killed in the end, training or no training. I just don't believe he's good enough to ride with us!" Bakura said.

Ryo sighed he always knew Bakura didn't like him but he never knew he hated him quite that much. Now he was wondering if staying here was such a good idea after all.

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A/N: If you have read this story before and rereading. No you're not missing anything. The Duke/Shizuka scene has been greatly altered. Reason is I no longer want to have to keep an A/N about borrowing the scene from an old author friend. This time if it's similar to another story somewhere. It's a total coincidence.