The next day Mokuba overslept since he'd had trouble sleeping the night before. Suddenly a loud noise woke him with a start. He quickly got dressed and rushed downstairs. He ran into the kitchen and started collecting things to start breakfast. Mai and Isis walked in and were surprised to see Mokuba in there.

"Master Mokuba, what are you doing in here? You know you're not supposed to do any work." Mai asked.

"Not to mention if Haddock catches you in here again he'll blow his stack!" Isis said.

Mokuba just ignored them and continued what he was doing.

Concerned, Mai decided it best to let Seto or Yami figure it out.

"Isis, watch him to be sure he doesn't hurt himself."

"Where are you going?"

"The king or Master Atemu should be at the table by now. I'm going to get one of them to deal with it. If we try something and he gets hurt then it's our heads!" Mai said.

"Make it fast, if Haddock the cook comes back and finds this kid messing around in his kitchen, we'll all get it!" Isis said.

Mai walked in to find Seto and Yami talking.

"My king, I hate to disturb you."

"What is it Mai?" Seto asked.

"Well for some reason Master Mokuba is in the kitchen looking to start breakfast. Even when I reminded him he wasn't supposed to be doing anything, he just ignored me like I wasn't even there."

Seto sighed. "Not again." Then immediately got up and headed for the kitchen.

Yami was confused as to what he meant by that and followed him into the kitchen.

Seto walked in and was slightly amused when he saw Haddock and Mokuba fighting for a skillet.

"Seto, why are you standing there?" Yami asked but as he moved forward Seto stopped him.

"I'll handle it. I know what's wrong."

"What's wrong is for some reason he's fighting the cook."

"What's wrong is he's still asleep." Seto said, walking over to the boy.

"What are you talking about Seto?"

"This has happened once before." Seto said, placing his hand on the boy.

Mokuba immediately let the cook have the pan and started to shake.

Seto sighed realizing the kid was afraid of getting into trouble. He bent down and pulled him into a hug. He gently rubbed his back. "Shh…it's alright kiddo. You're okay now, you're finished."

Mokuba collapsed onto Seto's shoulder. Seto sighed and picked the boy up.

"You may start breakfast now." Seto said.

Then he walked back into the dinning room, with Seto still carrying Mokuba.

"Seto what just happened in there?" Yami asked.

"Sit down and I'll show you." Seto said.

Yami sat down in his chair and Seto gently set Mokuba down in his lap. Mokuba's head rested against Yami's chest. Yami wrapped his arms around him.

"He's asleep." Yami said.

"I told you that. This isn't the first time I've caught him sleepwalking. We were at Ryo's house and he woke up in the middle of the night and started to secure the barn in the middle of a rainstorm. Ryo tried to make him come in but he fought him." Seto said.

"That explains why he was fighting the cook. He still believed he was in his old home and he had to start breakfast." Yami said.

"Exactly." Seto said; then lightly started to pat the boy's cheek. "Come on kiddo time to get up."

Mokuba sat up rubbing his eyes. He looked around confused. "H-how d-did I get here?"

"He doesn't remember?" Yami asked.

"No, he didn't last time either." Seto said. "You were sleepwalking again."

"S-sorry."

"It's alright kiddo." Seto said.

"My king."

"What is it Johnson?" Seto asked.

"I wanted to inform you that your brother's arrival has been delayed. He may not make it till Friday night."

"Fine leave." Seto said.

"Well it doesn't really matter, Seto we can still have a birthday party on Friday. Then we can have another party and celebrate our brother's when he gets here." Yami said.

Mokuba was totally confused. "H-how c-can you have a party w-when the person who the p-party is for isn't here?"

Seto was surprised. "The party is for you kiddo!"

"M-me?"

Yami hugged him. "Yes, for you. You're going to have a party."

Mokuba couldn't believe it; he'd never had a party before.

"Don't you remember? Noah told us your birthday was Friday."

'He did, didn't he. I forgot about that. But since I've never celebrated it before, I didn't think it was that big of a deal.'

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Later that night Seto found Yami reading more spell books in the family room.

"Yami, have you seen Mokuba? I've asked around and no one has seen him since lunch."

"Did you think to check his room or better yet Ryo's room? I heard he was dating Shizuka and he caught her kissing Duke. He's been depressed since. Why?"

"Well I promised Mokuba, I'd read to him and I just found the perfect book." Seto said.

"Well if he's not there, I'm sure Ryo will know where he is. If not, tell me and I'll try a new locator spell I've been working on."

"I'll check Ryo's room."

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Seto walked into Ryo's room to find them playing a game.

"Hey, kiddo I've been looking for you." Seto said.

Mokuba looked up and ran over to Seto. "W-what's up Seto?"

"I've got something for you." Seto said, holding up a book.

"W-what is it?"

"It's a book." Seto said, handing it to him.

Mokuba took it and showed it to Ryo.

Ryo read the title. "The Magician's Missing Hat."

Seto thought it was strange that he had Ryo to read the title. But dismissed it as the kid just wanting to show Ryo what he was going to read.

Mokuba took the book back to Seto and held it up. "Are y-you going to r-read it to me?"

"Would you like me too?" Seto asked.

"Y-yeah."

"Well come on." Seto said, leading him into Mokuba's room.

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The next day Seto and Yami went shopping. They then bought and had wrapped a dozen different things for Mokuba. They bought 5 different books they thought their brother might like. If not they were sure, Mokuba would. They put them in a closet but didn't realize they'd been caught.

"W-what are t-those for?" Mokuba asked.

Seto and Yami both went pale quickly, shutting the door and turning around.

"Um, nothing Mokuba, there's nothing really." Seto said.

Mokuba didn't buy into it at all. "Okay." He said and walked away. 'I guess they must be for their brother's birthday and they don't want to tell me.'

"That was close." Yami said.

"Do you think we should hide them?"

"No, let's give him some trust. But I'll place a small spell to let us know if he opens it or not." Yami said.

As Mokuba sat in his window seat, he stared at the sky. 'I wonder if their brother realizes how lucky he is? Seto and Yami are the best big brothers there are. I just wish there was a place for me. Mokuba leaned back and looked out the door. 'I can't stay here knowing there's no room for me, can I? I don't want to leave but then again I'm not sure I can stay either. I guess I'll know my answer soon enough. Seto did keep his promise to read to me and they did say they were going to throw me a party, but I'm so confused as to what to do. One minute it looks like Seto and Yami want rid of me the next they act like they want me around. I wish I knew what to do.'