Joey made his way to the house in question and knocked on the door.
"May I help you?" Nosaka asked.
"I'm looking for a young man called Ryo and a boy with him named Mokuba." Joey said.
"Why would you be looking for them?"
"I have a package."
"Oh all right." Nosaka said.
After getting directions from Nosaka, Joey found his way to Ryo's place and knocked on the door.
Mokuba opened it and was shocked to see a knight from Seto's castle.
"R-Ryo." Mokuba called.
Ryo walked in from the kitchen and he too was surprised. "C-can I help you?"
"King Kaiba and Master Atemu sent this."
"What is it?" Ryo asked.
"Salve."
Mokuba's eyes widened. "Great, I have to have that stuff again! That stuff hurts like fire.'
"I need to talk to you." Joey said.
"About?" Ryo asked.
"You sure you want the kid to hear?"
"Here Mokuba, take this and put it on the nightstand between our beds." Ryo said, handing the package to Mokuba.
Mokuba took it and left to go into the next room. Ryo went outside with Joey closing the door behind him.
"I'm sorry I don't remember your name." Ryo said.
"It's Joey and you're Ryo. I've heard of you, in fact by now the whole kingdom's heard of you."
Mokuba returned to listen at the door. What they didn't know was at the same time an in-training guard who'd been turned away a dozen times and was desperate was walking by at the same time and stopped to listen to see if he could find anything he might be able to use against someone later.
"I've heard all about how you kidnapped that kid from the king and Master Atemu." Joey said.
"I did not kidnap him! I told him I was leaving and he begged to come with me."
"So what he just begs to go with you and you take him?" Joey asked.
"No, he said he was leaving if I didn't take him."
"Did you really believe he would?"
"I wasn't about to take that chance. Why did the king send that stuff?"
"From what I heard they saw the kid and feel he's happy. But they still want him healed from what I understand."
"So what they sent you to make me feel guilty?"
"No, they only wanted the package delivered. I felt you should know that they are majorly sad and depressed now that that kid is gone!"
"They'll have their real brother soon. They got a letter that said…"
"Yeah I heard that too I also heard the letter was fake!"
"Fake?"
"Yeah now that they know it's fake they really want that kid back!"
"Look I asked Mokuba before we left the castle and before we left the kingdom if he was sure he wanted to leave with me he said yes every time! A few days ago he saw Seto and Master Atemu and I asked him again if he wanted to return and he said no."
"So what, you make the kid feel guilty by telling him he could leave without you."
"I told him that I wouldn't be upset with him if he chose to return. So if you want to go in there and ask him or force him to leave with you, then that's up to you! But how do you think the king and Master Atemu would feel if they knew you tried or forced that kid to return. Do you really think that that's what they'd want?"
Joey just growled. "Fine but I felt you should know how they feel!"
"Fine, you told me, is that all?"
"Yeah that's all." Joey said walking away.
Ryo was watching him leave when Mokuba opened the door.
"R-Ryo you're n-not going to f-force me to go back a-are you?"
"No kiddo you don't have to go anywhere you don't want to."
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Just around the corner, another in-training guard happened to be walking by when he saw a fellow in-training guard spying on yet another in-training guard.
"Kayiki, what are you doing out here?"
"If you must know Kosaku I just found out some juicy details about our new little in-training guard. You want to hear it?"
"You know I don't approve of gossip."
"You'll change your mind."
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Back at the castle of Draglor, the big four were still plotting.
"So are you sure this kid's parents understand what we're doing?" Crump asked.
"Are you sure the brat understands what he's supposed to do when he gets here?" Leichter asked.
"Yes, they all know exactly what to do. The real question is, do we have the money? We promised them $1000 to come and another $500 if it's successful." Nezbit said.
"We have a little over five hundred, and we should have the rest by the time they get here." Crump said.
"Are we certain we wish to go this route? I mean we ran off one kid only to bring one in." Gansley said.
"The difference is this kid we control. We couldn't control the other brat. He should have never been brought in. If he were to ever return, odds are it wouldn't be too long before they learn the truth of who he really is. We can't afford to let that happen!" Nezbit said.
"Are you sure this family will cooperate?" Gansley asked.
"I'm more concerned that they may decide to ask for more money and if we don't have it to give them they may tell the king that we hired them." Leichter said.
"Then we'll just have to get more and make sure they don't turn on us!" Nezbit said.
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Another month passed and the kid soon arrived.
"King Kaiba this is Christoph along with his parents Leon and Vivian Wilson."
Seto just glared at the child. Other than his same hair color, he felt there was no resemblance between him or anyone else in his family.
"It's nice to meet you, Christoph." Yami said. "Seto don't you have something to say?"
"Not particularly." Seto said.
"It's very nice to meet you." Christoph said.
"Von, show the boy and his family to a couple of the guest rooms in the west wing." Seto said.
"Yes, my king." Von said bowing.
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After they got settled in, they confronted Nezbit.
"Well where's the money?" Vivian asked.
"What guarantees do we have that you won't start asking for more money?" Nezbit asked.
"None, you'll just have to keep us happy and hope for the best." Leon said.
"If our kid gets hurt…" Vivian started.
"The king may seem like an ogre but he won't harm the child." Nezbit said.
"You'd better hope not for your sake as well as his!" Vivian said.
"Here, here's your money." Nezbit said, shoving the money in Leon's hands.
He examined it. "There's only a thousand here."
"The agreement was when the job is done you'll get the other $500." Nezbit said.
"So just exactly how long do we have to put up with this? I am not going to stay here and allow my kid to continue to pretend he's related to the king forever!" Vivian said.
"Not to mention that we're going to require more money if we're forced to stay too long." Leon said.
"And I'll be damned if I plan on leaving my child here if they decide he's really their brother!" Vivian said.
"Not to worry that would make the king happy and that's the last thing we want! We have a plan and we will make certain that your child is not harmed and the king is anything but happy before it's over!"