South Facing Rock (Part 2)

DIMENSION: MANGA (The One That Saves the Day)

Anzu's Room

Mokuba relaxed against Masika. She was brave so far. Not even a whole three days of being human, and she was going to be a mom when Yuugi won. He would have stayed with Anzu, but everyone was going to her. She was their number one friend.

Masika hadn't said anything about it. She went up into Anzu's room, pulled out a deck of cards and started playing solitaire. She had a pretty glow around her. They didn't even bother with the lights. Must have been part of the blessing on her.

He wanted to ask her something. Be there for her somehow because no one else had been. Anzu is getting all the attention in the world, while everyone's forgetting the other side of this. ///Mokuba: It's emotional, I get it, but this will be their kid too! I know they are going to choose it, who wouldn't? It'll help restore everything! They can clean up the world. Shouldn't someone have come up to see her by now?///

"Hmm." Masika stared at her card. "Should I steal that King of Spades for the top corner, or should I leave it there and go for building on the rest of the six of spades to get the turned over four?"

"Seto would grab the King of Spades, if he had been playing," Mokuba said, knowing she really wasn't speaking to him. He still wanted to keep her company. "Seto wasn't there. It was a big moment."

"Your brother is resilient and he has Shizuka Kawai, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon keeper. He will be fine." She ended up comforting him as she grabbed the King of Spades and placed it above. She turned over the card under the King for an Ace of Hearts. "Oh, good move."

"They should be here." Mokuba couldn't help it. "If they are expecting you to go along with it, then they should be here. No one's here."

"Hmm?" Satiah looked at him and smiled. "This. Is not an easy development, Mokuba. When faced with strange situations like this, you can't just assume anything should go a certain way." She looked at her glowing stomach. " Very strange situations. These situations just call for a game by yourself, so you can think and be patient as you figure out what to do."

///Mokuba: Sure, but there are two dads and two moms. Even Bakura, him showing up and saying something would be better./// "You should say something to Bakura."

"When it's time."

///Mokuba: She's just playing to distract herself. It's not fair./// He leaned against her again. "I'm sorry no one's here for you right now."

"There is someone here. Someone precious." She touched his back. "Thank you for being by my side. Does my presence still help your pain?"

"Yeah a little, but I'm not here because of that," Mokuba admitted. "I know I'm older, but that time together with you. When you were trapped in a card. I could never forget it. Even though it was really short. You're the closest thing I ever had to a mom. You are going to be a great one."

She took a deep breath. "I hated most of the brats I knew, Mokuba," she said. "You're the only one I had ever got along with, and you know why now."

"I was part of Heba." Yeah, he remembered that. It didn't really bother him that part of him was a girl at one time. "Why though? You're such a nice person. Why aren't you fond of kids?" He watched her, hoping for an answer.

"It's a complicated thing, Mokuba. Nothing you need to worry about. This Four of Diamonds is keeping me from winning." She placed it down and regathered all of the cards. "Maybe I'll win this one."

"Mokuba. Let's go." Ryou Bakura came to the door. "I'm sure they are ready to call it a day. We will go home and get something to eat ourselves."

"I want to stay with her for longer," Mokuba said.

"Mokuba. It's best to go," Satiah answered him. "Bakura will take care of you. He's good at that." She glanced toward him. "Are you still my friend?"

"I am," Ryou Bakura said. "Bandit King himself is oddly not being around right now." He sighed. "He's hurt. Not just about this god thing, his whole life was turned into shambles because of it all. I think he's still your friend though. Are you still his? Knowing that you aren't completely Masika."

"I am who I am and I feel how I feel," she said as she had all the cards laid out.

"Then who are you?" Ryou Bakura asked.

"I am someone with certain deep memories of Egypt along with life in modern times. As Atem once said, I am here nor there." She laid out a card. "My Bandit Thief King will always be my friend. I hope . . . that the hatred has died down enough, that we can someday play again."

"I hope so too. I'm sorry. We have to get going," Ryou Bakura apologized. "Mokuba. The others will come soon. Atem and Yuugi aren't far. Let's go."

As Mokuba left, he could see just how far they had been. Both of them were on opposite sides of the hallway, staring at each other. Why hadn't either one gone to see her? "She's waiting, guys."

"Yes, we know," Yuugi said. "She isn't like Anzu though."

"Go ahead and get going, Mokuba." Atem continued to stare at Yuugi.

Mokuba continued walking down the hallway. At least having a little more room to move around would be nice.

Yuugi watched Mokuba and Ryou Bakura finish ascending downstairs. ///Yuugi: Are we ready now?///

///Atem: We are more than ready. You should at least try Masika with her. It is her true name.///

///Yuugi: Masika is . . ./// Yuugi stopped. Atem was the name of the Pharaoh. Yuugi had parts of the Pharaoh, but Atem was mostly him. ///Yuugi: Anzu is part of Masika, but Satiah is mostly her. I see. I'll call her Masika./// To say anything else would be like Yuugi not agreeing Atem should be Atem.

Maybe it was confusing for everyone, but it was the names they identified with.

///Atem: Fine. We will go and see her, but don't expect the same reaction you received from Anzu. She is a great actress. She probably learned it from the Bandit Thief in her Egyptian memories. They were the most prevalent. She can act calm and out of the way, but if you steer her in a direction she hates, she will become foul to get the point across. The faster she switches, the more she is not happy.///

///Yuugi: Understood, Atem.///