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Chapter 7
Sad news and Good times
Seto sat on the floor of the main hall of his mansion, trying to keep his sobbing down but it was not working. He knew he needed to get off the floor and to see Alexandra now, and be at her side like a husband should be. After all, he was married to her now, although the thought of actually consummating the marriage was almost out of the question at this point, well at least tonight anyways.
Seto stood up, walked up the stairs, and went to Alexandra's room where Kisty was laying next to her mother on the large bed. Kisty lifted her head as Seto knocked on then entered"No change" he asked her stepping over to the bed. Kisty shook her head"No, I wish she wake up, it your wedding night, you to should be with each other" she said. Seto smiled and patted Kisty on the head noticing her hair was no longer curly or pinned up but down and braided"That's ok kid it can wait, besides your mother's health is more important right now, then you know" he said thinking that Kisty was too young for the sex talk.
Kisty looked at Seto"You want to be alone with her" she asked. Seto shook his head"I think you should stay, she needs you too" he smiled slightly. Kisty nodded"Ok Seto I will stay" she said smiling.
four hours later
Seto came back into the room after leaving for the bathroom, Kisty was asleep next to her mother. Now as Seto entered the room, Alex moved her head in the darkness of the room. Seto saw her move, thinking it was an illusion from the darkness, but he then saw Alex's light blue eyes looking at him in the moonlight coming from the window.
"Hey" she said to him, in a croaky voice, as Seto sat next to her in a chair turning on a light but keeping it dim so that way it would not hurt their eyes. "Well your awake, that's good" he spoke moving some stray bangs from Alex's forehead. Alexandra gave a small smile"Yeah of all days to have the worst pain in my body, it just had to be the day we got married" she said shaking her head.
Seto shook his head"Today went fine, I have a bone to pick with you, but since Kisty is asleep I am not going to push the matter until it is just you and me, alone" he said.
Alex lifted her head and looked at Kisty curled in a little ball on her side. "Yeah, she isn't a heavy sleeper when she is worried about me" she said moving some brown hairs on her daughter's head as she shivered suddenly. Seto took off his jacket and placed it over Kisty while she slept next to her mother. Seto gave Alex a gentle kiss on the lips before moving back to his chair. Alex could tell that Seto was worried, more then usual. "Seto what is it" she asked him.
Seto sighed"Well the doctor just told me about you been skipping treatments when you told me there was no treatments for you pain" he spoke softly trying to hold back some of his anger, knowing that he wanted to save it for later.
Alex lowered her head"I am sorry I didn't tell you" she spoke looking at him. Seto shook his head"I just don't understand why you didn't quit Industrial Illusions when you came here. You know I make more then enough money to support this entire family, and the doctor said you need to avoid stress" he said.
The woman shook her head"I know that, but I wanted to at least pay for Kisty's college fund. Seto, she is so smart and could be in the 2nd grade right now, if I wanted her to be, but I do not want her to get left behind by her peers also, I do not..." she started to say. Seto nodded his head"I understand Alexandra, I was president of Kaiba Corp when I was 13 I know what it's like, to miss out on someone growing up" he said quietly and calmly.
Seto took Alex's hand"Kisty knows about your illness, she wants you to do something about it" he spoke. Alex looked down at her hand with the IV in it"I know she does, but Seto if I take the medicine, I will be worst then what I am right now. I rather take the pain over missing moments in my daughter's life" she said. Seto shook his head"But our daughter should have her mother as long as she can have one" he spoke, "remember I lost mine when Mokuba was born."
Alex shook her head"Seto, Kisty should have memories of me, not just time, and me groggy or sleepy all the time isn't a memory I want her to have for the rest of her life." Seto protested"I disagree with that, I know she would want her mother alive by the time she reached the 1st grade at least" he said. Alexandra again did not want that"Seto" she spoke quietly. Seto placed a finger on Alex's lips"Don't argue with your husband, dear" he said with a slight smirk on his face.
Alex sighed"Seto, please don't make me go in to treatment, I don't want our daughter to remember the last days of her mother stuck in a bed" she pleaded with Seto again. He shook his head"You are going to go through those treatments or at least take a pain killer Alex" he said sounding a little angry. Alex shook her head glancing at Kisty, and squeezed Seto's hand"I don't want to lose you" he said to her. Alex shook her head"You never will, you have always had me Seto, ever since I gave you my rarest monster." Seto looked at her in shock then he remembered what Alexandra was getting at, which was their Past especially their ancient past.
"You know I don't believe in that fairy tale" he snapped sounding a little sarcastic. Alex laughed"Of course you don't Mage Seth" she giggled letting a little smile cross her face. Seto shook his head"Watch it, I mean it, Kisara, or I may have to punish you later" he smirked jokingly at her. Alexandra laughed"Why not tonight, oh Powerful Mage" she asked sounding seductive. Seto turned his eyes toward the sleeping child next to Alexandra"Kisty" he said pointing with his head"and the fact you have had enough pain for one day."
Alex smiled"You know you want to take me in your arms, hold me close and kiss me and everything else with me, but if you want to wait then we can, but remember my time is running out" she spoke.
Seto smirked"Oh, I want you, I am not lying about that, just not tonight, at least not in your current state of being" he said pointing to the IV in her hand. Alex nodded"You have a point there" she smirked"but why don't you put Kisty to bed, and I will have you lay next to me since she is asleep" she suggested. Seto looked at the curled up Kisty next to her mother; the little girl looked like a small cat curled at that moment.
Seto gave in"Ok, I will put her in her room, you just stay in bed and not move until I get back" he said giving Alex a small kiss. Alexandra smiled as Seto walked over to Kisty and lifted the little four years old into his arms.
Kisty gave a tiny whine as she was moved from the warmth of her mother to the strong arms of her father. Seto walked out of the room and across the hall in Kisty's room, which was very large, full of toys and very clean. Seto walked over to Kisty's little twin bed, and laid her down in it. Seto took of Kisty's dress shoes and put them in her small closet where he discovered why her room looked so clean, as he moved her toys out of the way to get to her shoe rack. He turned around and Kisty was laying on her back on the bed, still asleep not even trying to cover her self with the sheets, Seto laughed a little to himself"You just as bad as me" he spoke to himself about his daughter.
Seto walked back over to Kisty, lifted her legs up, and pulled the covers over his daughter's shoulders; Kisty turned on her side in her sleep and began to suck her thumb. Seto bent down and kissed her forehead good night, and moved some stray bangs from her face so that way when she breathed they would not wake or tickle her. He turned on a small blue eyes white dragon night light, for Kisty, knowing that the girl would wake up in the night and would be afraid of the darkness of her room. Seto then left, and shut the door behind him.
Mokuba was in the hall when Seto stepped out of Kisty's room. "Hey" he said to his brother. Seto turned"Shush" he snapped"You will wake Kisty." Mokuba gave a small laugh"You know you just sounded like a parent for a minute there" he said. Seto smirked"I am, after all, she is my kid, the blood test confirmed that two days after they got here" he said. Mokuba nodded"Well I am going to sleep, everything is taken care of, and you better get to your wife" he said in a mocking tone hinting what should be done.
Seto shook his head"We aren't doing it tonight, so put the camera away, along with what ever scam you have concocted" he said. Mokuba's joking face frowned"Oh, man you mean I took all that time setting up the camera in your room for nothing" Seto chuckled"Yes you did, and tomorrow I don't want to see it in my room do you hear me! Or consider yourself evicted" he snapped.
Mokuba wrinkled his nose"Not funny Seto, Not funny" he said. Seto found it quite funny actually, Mokuba was 17 years old now, he should be moved out anyways since the teen always wanted a place of his own. However, he stayed because he did not want his brother to be lonely in the mansion also because he was so young"You know, I should just move in to Lisa's place, with Yugi, Atem and Tea" said Mokuba. Seto shook his head"Anyone but that girl, PLEASE" he pleaded, "I don't like her or Hopkins although I do like the idea that those two are willing to kill for you," chuckled the elder Kaiba.
A large smirk crossed Mokuba's face"I could always marry Lisa and then you would have to like her" he said. Seto shook his head"Good luck convincing Yugi's friend, Atem, to let you marry his daughter, also what about Rebecca" he laughed. Mokuba smiled, "Well, actually Rebecca is nice and all not to mention, I married her in Ancient Greece, but I like Lisa better, also it would really piss you off, if I went out with her," he said.
Seto took a large breath and held it for a few minutes then released it to calm his nerves"Your an adult here in a year, just don't expect me to buy you a house when you marry one of those annoying girls" he snapped. Mokuba snapped his fingers"Dart forgot about where we would live" he said. Seto shook his head and bided his brother good night, Mokuba then when in to his own room. Seto walked in to Alexandra's room where she was now reading a book that she kept by the bed.
Alexandra looked up at Seto with her glasses on"You know you look smaller in real life then you do on TV" she laughed. Seto shook his head as he looked at Alexandra's blue sapphire eyes, which looked too big for her head with her reading glasses on. "Take those off and what the hell are you reading" he asked. Alex turned the book toward Seto"My Uncle's joke book that he gave Kisty as a birthday present" she said, "Kisty must have sunk it up here a few days ago and forgot to put it back in her room."
Seto rolled his eyes"Oh brother, Pegasus's joke book, when will that man grow up" he said. Alex laughed"Never, he likes to enjoy his youth while he still has life in his bones" she said placing the book on the nightstand. Seto sat at Alexandra's side and took off his dress shoes, and then he threw the necktie across the room. Alexandra laughed"What are you doing" she asked. Seto smirked at her"Making it look like we did something" he said throwing a shoe half way across the room.
Alex laughed"Yeah were sleeping together, that's about it" she said. Seto stripped down to his boxers"Well what do you think" he asked as he strutted around the room in his boxers, which had little dragons on it. Alex put her hands on her mouth and started to laugh"You're wearing dragon boxers, what do you expect me to think" she said holding in her high-pitched laugh.
Seto raise an eyebrow"Well since you're stuck in bed, let's see what drawer number one has" he said walking over to the dressers. Alex stopped laughing"SETO don't do it" she snapped. Seto opened on of the drawers"Well what do we have here" he said sticking his hand in the drawers. "Seto" said Alexandra laughing with a smile on her face. Seto pulled out a red thong"Well last time I recall seeing this was Tristan's bachelor party" he said swinging them around on he is index finger.
Alex smirked"Yeah you and everyone else there" she said"You were really drunk." Seto nodded"So where you, because Serenity's bachelorte party was in the next room, of course when you thought it would be funny to play stripper is when I got mad, and took you home" he said.
Alex laughed"Well the other's didn't' see as much as you did that night for you grabbed me, came here, and well we slept together" she reminded Seto. Seto nodded"And then you had Kisty, 9 months later after running from our first wedding" he said, with a smirk, "Wish I could have seen Kisty born," he sighed looking at Alex. Alexandra sighed, "I had my reasons for keeping her away from you, I know you wanted to work, but to tell you the truth my Uncle did record Kisty's birth and first steps. I just can't remember where he put the DVD," she said"I am sorry you didn't get to see her until I was sick and everything" she added sounding sad.
Seto wanting to change the subject so he shot the thong at Alex's face, he did not want to be upset anymore today. Alexandra's laugh, so care free, it brought Seto, back memories, happy memories of when they were teens and secretly meeting away from Gosaburo and Pegasus, just to talk, oh man was Alexandra a tom boy in her jeans and over sized shirts with a backwards hat on all the time hiding her long blue hair.
"Wonder what else I can find in here" Seto said sticking his hand in without looking. Alex pulled the thong off her face"Not funny Seto" she said. Seto pulled out a few more items until he came to something that struck his interest. "Well, well, well, what do we have here" he said pulling out a large pair of underwear. "This isn't your" he said holding it up to Alexandra. "Yeah, these are way too big for you" he added looking at that very large blue underwear. Alexandra started to laugh"Seto" she said laughing"Put those back" she said.
Seto looked at the underwear"Well excuse the curious husband, but I want to know why you have woman panties the size of Wheeler's bloated head in you underwear drawer? Come on Alex look at these they're bigger then my head and yours, combined" he said putting them on his head pulling at the extra room.
This caused Alex to laugh more"Seto take those off, you don't know where they have been" she said. Seto turned the underwear so that it looked like a mask on his face"I can tell they been on your butt, or anyone else" he said, causing Alex to laugh harder to the point where she could wake the whole mansion.
Alex laughed even harder after Seto paraded around the room, (Ok I know he is really out of character but I was on a very high sugar rush and the thought made me laugh) "Ok, I will tell you, there my good luck underwear" she said. Seto lifted the underwear off his head"You mean to tell me you keep lucky underwear" he said pointing at them. Alex laughed"Yes, now put them back, there from the days I was pregnant with Kisty."
Seto smirked"You were chubby" he asked seeing Alexandra very slender now a days made it had to imagine that her pregnancy would make her that large. Alex shook her head"No! I would like to be call it horizontally challenged" she said. Seto laughed"You were chunky Alex" he said with a tease in his voice. Alexandra laughed"Fine, I admit it, now put them away, and get in bed I want to go to sleep" she said with a laugh.
Seto turned and put them back in the drawer"Ok, but one last look, then I will come to bed" he said. Alexandra shook her head, if she was not hooked to an IV she would have gotten up and jumped Seto, but then that gave her an idea when she finally did get to sleep with him in his room tomorrow night.
Seto eye widened when he pulled a picture out of Alex's underwear drawer. It was one that was taken back when he and Mokuba when lived with Gosaburo and when he first met Alexandra. "You still have this old thing" he asked. Alex nodded"I was afraid you were going to fine that, but yeah I kept it" she said. Seto closed the drawer and sat down next to Alex"I remember the day we took that picture" he said handing it to her.
The picture was Mokuba, Seto and Alex all laughing, Alex was wearing her pink dress that was covered by so much mud that you couldn't even tell it was pink, her hair pulled back with a pink ribbon holding it out of her face. Mokuba and Seto dressed nice but had smudges of mud on their faces as their clothes. Your stepfather was pissed off about you and Mokuba looking so dirty when I left, I could hear it from my Uncle's place which was on the on the other side of the grounds."
Seto nodded"Yeah he was mad, and punished me severely" he said. Alexandra saw the sad look in Seto's face, he remembered the day, and Gosaburo convinced Pegasus to send Alex to boarding school in England, which was not too great for her. "I know, I remember the day I had to leave" she said "But I gave you something to remember me by to bad you just happen to rip the only extra copy of that card," Alexandra said with a laugh.
Seto nodded"You help me beat him, and you know that," he said, "You were my reason besides Mokuba to fight back against him." Alexandra smiled"I know, if I didn't save up my allowance and buy stock over seas, you would have never taken over, but that's when you let yourself become Gosaburo, I should have come back sooner." Seto nodded again"No, I glad that I got you back" he said.
Flash back
Alexandra sat in a tree wearing jeans and an oversized tee shirt, near Gosaburo's backyard that sat next to the land owned by Maxamillon Pegasus. Seto snuck out to the yard he was 13 back then, and dressed in causal clothes. "Seto up here," said Alexandra catching the young man's attention. "Hey," he said climbing up another near by tree, "So what was the talk about?" he asked. Alexandra looked down, "I am leaving for England tomorrow," she said sadly.
"Tomorrow, why, so soon Alex, I thought you were staying with you Uncle until you could move out?" Seto asked. Alexandra shook her head, "Nope, turns out your stepfather wants us apart, look I came to give you something but I…" before Alexandra could say anything alarms went off over at the Pegasus mansion. "Oh, no he thinks I have taken off. Look Seto I will do what I can to help you take over Kaiba Corp, I get an allowance I will buy what I can and send it to you," she said. Seto nodded, "Thanks Alex, I won't forget you," he said. Alexandra nodded, "We will meet again," she said before jumping out of the tree and running towards the Pegasus mansion.
end flashback
Alex touched Seto's face seeing the sadness in his eyes of the pain of his past"You're not him, nor will you ever be again. Gosaburo was a monster; to everyone, the man was poison. You're not like that, you have a light, and it is shining brighter then I have ever seen it glow before Seto." Seto looked at Alexandra"Your the one that put it there, you help me fight that darkness after I got back from the whole Egypt incident." (Aka Pharaoh Memory saga for those that know it)
Seto moved closer to Alex placing a tender kiss on her lips. "I know you left me twice in my life, but I have you now, and forever" he said. Alex looked at him knowing that he was putting the fact of her illness behind him now. "I know Seto" she said calmly. Seto moved to kiss Alexandra again but she beat him too it, and they held each other as the tears began to flow down their faces. "I love you, Alex, my little light and Queen my Dragons" he whispered. Alexandra gripped Seto around the shoulders tighter"I love you, Seto, my Dragon's Keeper King" she said in return.
A few minutes later, they both separated and Seto crawled in to bed with Alex and held each other until they fell asleep. In the morning, the IV bag would be empty, Alex would have free range of movement, again and would spend the day with her husband, and they would be happy until the time came, which she was to pass away.
Wow I got 8 reviews with in a few days, I would like to thank you all for your replies and now my reponses to the replies.
Cherry-Star-aus, thank you for the reviews and I am glad you like the story and yes it sad but there are happy moments coming.
Chris, glad you see potential in the story hope you stick around to see what happens
RessurectedBountyHunter, oh trust me the relationship between Kisty and Seto gets really interesting later on
Princess Yunariana glad you like the story thank you for being one of my first reviewers
Amber, and now to you my first flamer, first off if you read the summary you would know that Alexandra dies, also she is no Mary Sue if you even bother to read past the first chapter which from your review posted chapter1I doubt you read more then that also I will not drop this story no matter how much you bug me about it, if you don't like itthen don't read it.
I like to thank any new reviewer that have reviewed by the time this is up, I will get you in the next chapter. Which if you would like a preview of it is a moment with Seto, Alexandra, Kisty, Mokuba and Atem(Yami which ever name you want to use) daughter's Lisa,moments also howYami Bakura, Atem(Yami) came back with Lisa. Just a 411 for you all hope you keep reivewing and thank you.
