Just incase people get confused, italics are dreams, flashbacks or any other things. Ta for reviews especially Kari! This chapter is where Seto starts to turn soft, but if i can keep up my writing he won't turn too soft.

"I'm…in it?" Seto choked out

Kari slowly nodded.

"You sat on the cliff edge by the ocean talking to a little girl"

Seto thought for a few minutes.

"And then my stepfather came along and shot her…" He ran his hand through his hair "But how do you know?"

"Who do you think the little girl was?"

"Y-you?"

She nodded. Seto placed his hand on her cheek and looked deep into her eyes.

"How…did you survive?"

"I…I don't know…I only know a few things before it"

Seto pulled her into his body and wrapped his arms around her. She wrapped her arms around his waste, rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes. She listened to his soothing heartbeat.

"Seto…" She finally said after a moment

"Yea?"

"Do you know my name?" She looked up at him

He nodded.

"It's Kari…I named you after a girl I met once…I just couldn't remember where…until now"

Tears swelled up in her eyes and she buried her head in his chest. Seto lifted her chin up with his finger.

"I'm finally someone Seto!" She smiled and hugged him again

"You always were" He looked down at her "Now I got some work to do, but how about me you and Mokuba go out to dinner when I'm done?"

"Sounds good to me. Are we telling Mokuba about us?"

"Us?"

"That we once knew each other"

"Oh…I'll tell him later"

Kari nodded and left his office. Seto sat at his desk and pulled out the disk, he placed it in his laptop and ran a program to help open the file and decode it. The file was opened but decoding would take some time.

Decoding Process Started, Estimated Time Until Completion: 3 Hours 20 Minutes

Seto hated waiting, but he had to and by the time he got back from dinner it'll be done. He sat back and thought about the time at the cliff edge…

Seto sat all alone on the cliff edge. He threw stones into the ocean and sighed. He hated his life it wasn't getting better, but he knew he had to be strong. A girl sat a few feet away from him. She was dripping wet. Seto looked at her for a few moments. She suddenly sneezed.

"Bless you"

"Thanks…"

Seto got to his feet and sat next to her. She shifted away a little.

"I'm not gonna hurt you" He smiled

"I'm not scared of you anyway" She said not looking at him

"I'm Seto, what's your name?"

"Kari…"

"That's a pretty name, what are you doing here?"

"I think I'm lost…what about you?" She looked at him

"My brother and I escaped from my stepfather, we had to split up but we're meeting here"

"Wow…he's not very nice then?"

Seto shook his head.

"But I don't want to think about it"

They were quiet for a moment. Then Kari sneezed again.

"Bless you again" Seto laughed

"Thanks again" She laughed as well

The pair was interrupted by a loud booming voice.

"I've found you now you brat!"

Kari looked at him and jumped to her feet.

"You!!" She growled

"You pest! How did you survive!?" He took a step forward towards her. Seto stepped infront of her.

"Leave her alone!"

"Move out of my way!"

"No, she's my friend!" Seto yelled

"Move!!" He grabbed Seto and threw him behind him

"Leave him alone or else!" Kari yelled

"I'm not afraid of you!" He drew a gun and aimed at her "This time you won't survive!" He pulled the trigger. Kari stumbled back and fell off the edge.

"NO, KARI!!!" Seto yelled and ran to the edge. She was gone.

"C'mon you little brat!" His father dragged him to the limo. Mokuba was already inside.

Seto wiped a stray tear from his eye and looked back at his laptop. Only a few minutes had passed. He rose from his seat and walked out of his office. Mokuba leapt on him.

"Kari says we're off to dinner! But she says she hasn't got a formal dress, just a regular one"

"Tell her to wear that then, then go get changed"

Mokuba nodded and ran to Kari's room.