Mokuba ran up the stairs and knocked on the door to the room Asana was in.

Asana was a little surprised but said, "Come in."

Mokuba walked in and over to her.

"Hi, is this yours? I found it on the floor." Asana said holding up Mokuba's baby dragon.

Mokuba nodded and took it. "Y-Yami gave it to me."

"That's nice."

"S-Seto promised to t-talk to you and m-maybe give you a j-job."

"Why did he do that?"

"I asked him to."

Asana blinked. "Why would you do that?"

"I w-want you to be safe." Then Mokuba got to thinking about his brother's reaction to seeing Asana. 'Seto probably won't listen when he sees her.'

"D-Do you s-still have that hat N-Noah gave you and the s-scarf I m-made you?"

Asana blinked again. "I think so. Why?"

Mokuba looked away and bit his lip.

Asana glared at him. "You didn't tell them it was me did you?"

Mokuba shook his head no.

Asana sighed. "Then maybe we shouldn't do it. I don't want you to get into trouble on account of me."

"B-but S-Seto's already waiting." Mokuba said not wanting to tell Seto that Asana wasn't coming.

Asana sighed. Well she did say she needed a job. She hated the idea of begging the king for a job. Especially since she was afraid of what he'd do to her when he found out. They couldn't keep her identity a secret forever. She knew how Mokuba's new family felt about her family. She was afraid he might kill her or have her killed for even daring to talk to the boy much less sneak into the castle and then have the nerve to ask for a job.

"P-Please Asana. S-Seto's w-waiting. He p-promised he'd d-do something for you."

"Yeah, well it's the something he might do is what worries me."

"H-He w-wont hurt you. I p-promise."

She sighed. She was the one who had taught him promises were for keeps. She'd sometimes tell him secrets. Other times she'd ask him to do her drawing homework, then as payment, she would give him a candy bar. Her grandmother always told her that promises are real, that if you break it there would be consequences. If it wasn't promised then you can't trust their word. She taught it to Mokuba.

Mokuba then took her hand. "P-Please big s-sister."

Asana looked away. "Why are you nice to me? Why do you call me your sister?"

Mokuba smiled. "I-If I n-needed a f-friend I c-could t-trust you. Y-you were n-nice to me."

"Not always. What about the times I beat you?"

"I-If you w-wanted t-to do it, t-then w-why d-did y-your m-mom f-force t-the w-whip in y-your hand and y-yell at y-you to d-do it?"

Asana gulped tears in her eyes and looked at him. "How could you know that?"

"Noah w-would yell at y-you to t-take it. S-sometimes he'd y-yell at s-stepmother to f-force you to t-take it. Y-You were also t-the only o-one who t-took me off t-the whipping tree. N-Noah and s-step0emom w-would have l-left me t-there to die."

Asana gasped, "No, never!"

Mokuba glared at her and she shrunk back.

"Okay maybe they would."

"W-When I n-needed a b-bath or m-my hair w-washed it w-was you who t-took care of m-me. Y-you even t-treated m-my back till…"

"Till Noah found out and threatened to tell mother. I can't say that the threat wasn't real, that he and mother wouldn't have beaten me too. Marine could have cared less one way or the other. There were times I thought she was going to beat me. She did slap me around and of course, mother never believed me. I think in some ways we were a lot alike. Father loved us but for some reason mother always had a dislike for you and me too most of the time. She'd act all nice but it was all an act."

"S-So y-you'll talk to Seto and w-work here?"

"Are you sure you want me here?"

"T-that d-depends."

"Depends on what?"

"I-if you'll l-let me call you b-big s-sister and b-be m-my f-friend."

"Yeah, I guess we could both use a friend we can trust not to tell our secrets. I guess it wouldn't be much of a stretch seeing as how we've always done that or rather I have. But I think I can handle listening to you too. But you still have to give me time to adjust to your talking."

Mokuba nodded and grabbed her hand. She pulled away.

"Wait, you wanted me to cover up first. I'll do that now." Asana said. She pulled her hair back it was brown and a little below shoulder length and twisted it a little behind her then tied the scarf around then put on a hat. Then she gathered the rest of her things together. "All right now I'm ready."

Mokuba took her hand and led her towards the throne room. Several people looked at her strangely. Mokuba didn't care, he wanted his brothers to hear her out and his fear was if they saw who it was they'd throw her out. But he was determined not to let that happen!