Finally, they reached the throne room.
"I don't know about this Mokuba. Maybe it's not such a good idea."
Mokuba got behind her and pushed. "Y-your n-not backing out n-now."
Seto and Yami had been talking when they looked up to see Asana being pushed into the room. Asana gulped when she saw them and then remembered her place and quickly bowed.
Mokuba moved next to her.
Seto and Yami both glared at her unsure as to why she was wearing that get up. But neither said anything about it for the moment.
"What's your name?" Seto asked.
Asana stood up and thought for a moment then decided it best to use Noah's nickname for her. "You may call me A, your majesty."
Mokuba gave a faint giggle he remembered too that being Noah's nickname for her.
"Why did you leave home?" Seto asked, thinking with Christmas Eve just tomorrow it was an odd time to leave home.
"Well…" Asana started then glanced at Mokuba then back at Seto. "Since the loss of J….I mean just recently a lot of things have been happening and changing." Asana said hoping she'd caught herself but sure, she'd blown it. Sadly so did Mokuba. "My mother has changed a lot and I felt it was time."
"I see. Mokuba, come up here, NOW!" Seto said.
Mokuba gulped but then walked up to Seto.
Asana, not knowing that Seto would never beat Mokuba, feared for him, she knew this was a mistake. "Please, don't punish him, he only wanted to help me. If you wish to beat someone, beat me."
Seto blinked, he knew there was something about her. First, he was certain she was going to use Mokuba's old name and was now fearing punishment. Not everyone would jump to the assumption of being beaten first. He scooped Mokuba up and set him down in Yami's lap.
"Do not let him down for any reason!" Seto told Yami.
Yami wasn't sure what Seto's problem was simply nodded and put his arms around Mokuba in a tight hold.
Seto then turned and headed down to Asana. Asana seeing him head her way slinked back a little in fear.
"S-Seto d-don't hurt her!" Mokuba yelled and squirmed to get down.
But Yami wasn't about to let him. He still didn't quite see the problem but if the kid was this worried, he felt Seto might have been right in wanting him to hang on to him.
Seto walked over and pulled off her hat. "Just as I suspected."
Yami gasped when he saw her. Seto turned and glared at Mokuba. "Why did you let her in here?"
"I t-told you why."
Seto turned and glared even harder at Asana. "How did you get in here? I know I would have heard anyone announce you."
"Oh, um well…"
"Well what?" Seto demanded to know.
"I came through the maze and my dress caught on a limb and Mokuba came over and we talked."
"Talked?"
Asana looked him in the eye. "Yes, just talked. I gave him a toy that my father made for him. I guess Noah didn't want him to have it and hid it from him. I found it and when I left home, I decided I should return it to him. Whether Noah liked it or not, it does belong to him."
"That didn't explain how you got in here."
"I told you through your maze."
"That's not possible, there's supposed to be a guard on duty there at all times."
"I've alm-most n-never see a guard there." Mokuba told Yami.
"Seto, perhaps we should talk to Bakura on this matter later. You know Mokuba hangs around near the garden all the time and he says he rarely sees one."
Seto nodded, then grabbed Asana's arm and dragged her to where Yami and Mokuba were. "Now the only question is what do we do with her? Throw her in the dungeon, just throw her out or what?"
"B-but Seto y-you p-promised. Y-you p-promised you'd t-talk to her and s-see about a j-job!"
"Mokuba you can't really expect me to just forgive everything she's done."
Mokuba tried again to get away but soon gave up and turned and started crying into Yami's chest.
Yami could only take so much of the crying child in his lap. He gently rubbed his back. "What did you promise him, Seto?"
"He said he had a friend who left home and needed a job. I told him I'd talk to her and see what I could do."
"Seto you did promise him and you know how he feels about promises."
"But Yami…"
"You should have thought to ask more questions instead of blindly agreeing. Next time you'll know better."
"Why do I have to keep the promise made with half truths?"
"Because you'll lose his complete trust if you don't." Asana said in a low voice.
"What?" Seto and Yami asked at the same time.
"My grandmother believed and always told me that promises are for keeps. If you broke a promise your soul would rot in hell for all eternity and that proves that the person in question is untrustworthy. You should never again trust that person. However, a person who always keeps his promises will be assured their place in heaven. It also shows that the person in question can always be trusted without question."
"So, you were the one who taught him to make everything into a promise." Yami said.
"Yes, I was and you don't have to do anything to me. I told him this was a bad idea."
Seto sighed and walked over to Mokuba and rubbed his back. Then kissed his head. "I'm sorry kiddo. I didn't mean to upset you."
Mokuba sniffed and looked up at Seto. "Y-you w-wont t-throw her out?"
Looking into the boy's eyes it was hard to resist him. Seto closed his eyes. The last thing he wanted to do was say no but he didn't have a choice. "No, I promise I won't throw her out. I'll figure out something for her."
Mokuba smiled and hugged him tight. "T-thank you big brother!"
Seto just sighed as he hugged the kid back.