Chapter 13
Starting over
Seto explained to Kisty everything he saw, and told her that maybe it would be best if they stopped beating up themselves and begin had a better father daughter relationship if one could happen at all. "Ok, then I will stop hitting my legs with my wooden baseball bat, if you agree to stop dragging me those darn parties, and quit drinking all the time" spoke Kisty. Seto smirked"Deal" he said putting out his hand. Kisty took her father's hand but then suddenly pulled him in to a hug. Seto felt the warmth of his daughter and held her close to him maybe it would work.
"You told me, Mom showed you something else what was it" asked Kisty. Seto smirked"You beating yourself up, Kisty I am going to try and spend more time with you, ok" said Seto. Kisty nodded"Well I have get some sleep now, would you do me a favor and umm, take the ice packs" she asked. Seto nodded"Sure, good night Kisty" he said taking her ice packs and walking towards the door.
Kisty smiled"Night Seto" she said slowly rolling over and falling asleep. Seto walked down stairs and put the ice packs in the kitchen"That girl, she feels so much like her mother when she hugged me" he said to himself.
"Can we both say Duh" said a female voice seeing Seto walk into the kitchen. Seto looked over at Lisa, her long red hair was down to her mid back and she was in her nightshirt sitting by the island counter with a small tub of ice cream and spoon in one hand.
"What are you doing here? I thought you and Mokuba where over in the other complex making a nephew or niece by now" asked Seto in a sharp tone. Lisa giggled"Mokuba and I had a fight, so I snuck in here and got some ice cream to cool my head and temper while Mokuba is in the living room on the couch trying to keep his down as well, I think he has broken in Kisty's fruit snacks again" she replied.
"So, you and Kisty had quite a chat from the look on your face, and her hugging you" smirked the young girl. Seto pulled a small tub of ice cream from the freezer and grabbed a spoon then sat down across from Lisa. "We did actually, where starting over trying to get that old father daughter thing, like we had back before Alexandra died, you might say" he said.
"Well that's an improvement Kaiba, but I don't think starting over will help" she said placing a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "Why not" Seto snapped, seeing Lisa smirk at him. "Because she is 14 and in 4 years she is moving out to become her own woman, that's why. Kaiba I hate to break it to you, even though I love seeing you down in the dumps a lot. However, with this matter to Kisty, who I think of as a little sister by now. You can't just take 10 years and pretend nothing happened you both grew older, not to mentions she isn't the same 5 year old that used to call you "Dad" all the time, that ended when you gave her a slap upside the head on one of your drunken raves."
Seto glared at Lisa"You had to bring that incident up and why not, Alexandra died 10 years ago, Kisty and I have been beating our selves up? I mean Lisa, you seem to be having a good relationship with your dad, and he practically feed you to the shadows" he snapped. "Hey you want to bring my father in to this conversation, he did that for my own good, ok, yes it was 5000 years in complete limbo, and I," she said. "Also know that, Seto Kaiba, the CEO of Kaiba Corp, can't change until he truly shows that he wants to" she spoke and got up and left the room and out to her small complex home on the property as it began to snow outside.
Seto rolled his eyes"I can change for Kisty, that girl made me a better person, one that cares, not cold hearted or over barring" he said. 'Seto you still are cold hearted and over barring' his mind reminded him. "Shut up you" he said to him self"I am going to work on my best and biggest project ever, my daughter, she is all of Alexandra I have left and you know what I can do it. I am Seto Kaiba I can do anything" he yelled in the kitchen.
A small slender figure moved away from the door and walked up the stairs"Well see Kaiba, well see if you can change, however I doubt it" it said and shut one of the bedroom doors. "I only have a temporary truths with you, like Aunt Lisa said, this can't happen over night," muttered the figure.
Late the next morning
Kisty sat in the kitchen of the Kaiba mansion with a small mug in her hand and newspaper in the other, her newly died blue hair was pushed back into a ponytail and wearing blue jeans and a black top. Seto walked it wearing casual clothes, which consisted of tan short and green shirt. Kisty, did not look at her father at first as he walked paste her to get to the coffee. Seto grabbed the paper from Kisty in a playful manner to get her attention"Hey, why are you reading that crap" he asked pulling it away.
The young Kaiba girl raised an eyebrow"If you wanted the funnies so bad you could have asked" she snapped. Seto chuckled"I couldn't help myself" he spoke. Kisty rolled her eyes and took a sip of her hot chocolate and that is when she saw her father in a pair of shorts and shirt causing her to spit out the hot substance.
"Seto what the hell are you wearing, shorts for? It's the middle of December" she asked. Seto smirked at his daughter knowing he caught her off guard"I am not going to work today, so don't make any plans, either" he said. Kisty's eyes widened"WHAT! The great Seto Kaiba, my royal guardian, isn't going to Kaiba Corp or set foot in his office for 24 hours" she said with a laugh "YEAH RIGHT!"
Kisty then narrowed her eyes and walked over to Seto placing her hand on his forehead"You don't have a fever and you look fine, is something wrong" she asked. Seto pulled up the paper in front of his face"I am fine Kisty, I just decided to take the day off, got a problem with that" he snapped knowing his daughter wasn't about to let this happen.
"Yeah, I do actually! Who are you and what have you done with the REAL Seto Kaiba" she demanded. Seto folded the top part of the paper and looked at Kisty"I am right here Kisty, you father in all" he said. The teenage girl crossed her arms"No, I don't have a father, just a man who I share DNA with, who I know for a dead fact would never take a day off work unless he was dying, or had a major family crisis to fix, and since your not dying then..." she stopped. After seeing the glare, Seto was giving her. "I am trying to get you to realize that this relationship between you and me is a crisis Kisty" he snapped.
"Can I just say this Seto, that is a bunch of fudge droppings" she said. Seto spat out his coffee now"NO! It's the truth" he said. Kisty rolled her eyes and threw her hands in the air"Yeah, prove it, if your truly honest about this you will put on some real clothes and help me with the decorations for the mansion" she snapped. "Fine and what's with the blue hair job?" asked Seto. Kisty pulled a strand out in front of her, "Oh this, is my little tribute to Mom, I also like blue just like you how ironic, now I have decorations to put up," she said getting up from the table.
"I thought you weren't doing that this year Kisty" said a young man coming into the kitchen." JAKE" she said throwing her arms around the young man with long sandy blonde hair and tan completion. "When did you get here from Egypt" she asked. The questioned was soon answered as a woman with long red hair stepped into the kitchen.
"GOOD morning my wonderful family, except my brother in law who is probably having one heck of a morning" spoke Lisa. Seto rolled his eyes, his sister in law had arrived with Kisty's boyfriend, Jake"Hello Aunt Lisa" greeted Kisty"Nice to see you happy this morning."
Lisa nodded"Nice to see you sport, hope you like your early present, the whole Ishtar family is in town" she smiled. "So when did you get here Jake" asked Kisty again. Jake smiled"About an hour ago everyone, landed in Domino and your Aunt, here picked me up, saying it was an emergency that I see you this morning, not to mention nice blue hair job" he smiled at Kisty.
"I am on break and since school doesn't start up again for a few weeks I though a little change was in order" she said hugging Josh close. Kisty hugged her boyfriend"Now, I want you to take your butt and get to the living room, and sleep, knowing your jet lag" she ordered. Seto raised an eyebrow, her boyfriend just got here and his daughter was barking orders for him to rest, 'what is wrong with this picture?' thought Seto as he sipped his coffee.
"Hello, everyone" greeted Mokuba coming in the door"Oh hi Jake when did you get here" seeing Jake snuggle Kisty as she let out a very loud giggle. "You should know you were in the car" snapped Lisa to Mokuba. The now adult Kaiba snickered"Duh, how could I forgotten, oh yeah I was a little too busy staring at my wife" he said picking up Lisa as she held the coffee pot in her hand.
"Mokuba I thought you would be at Kaiba Corp by now" said Kisty taking her eyes away from her cute boyfriend. Seto looked at his brother"You were supposed to be there an hour ago" he snapped. Mokuba looked at his brother"Well excuse me for wanting to take an early lunch, or should I say late breakfast" he started to snap at Seto. Mokuba looked at his wife then did a double take of his brother's appearance"besides you have that board meeting to go to and what the HELL are you wearing short for it like -20 degrees outside SETO"
Kisty giggled"He took the day off, but I guess work calls so I am left to hang the decorations with out him, but I got my helper right here so I am going to be ok" she snuggled Jake with a giggle after she spoke. Seto rolled his eyes"OH no, you don't" he said seeing Jake move in for a kiss on Kisty. Seto jumped from his spot and pulled Jake, who I might add was a few years older then Kisty, and yanked him away from Kisty. "We agreed that you weren't to kiss her until you got a real job" snapped Seto.
Kisty rolled her eyes "SETO" she snapped"When did you agree to let my boyfriend do anything with me" she asked. Seto smirked"The day you marched in to my office demanding that I let you have a boyfriend, that's when" he snapped. Kisty crossed her arms"Just go to work Seto, alright, I am going to spend the day with my boyfriend" she said pulling Jake away from Seto and out of the kitchen.
Lisa started to laugh"OUCH, that had to hurt his ego" she chuckled. Seto turned his gaze to Lisa"Shut up" he snapped at her. Mokuba snickered"You know after all these years he could never have a least have a nice conversation with you" he said to Lisa. Seto looked at Mokuba and his sister in law"Oh both of you drop it please" he said and stormed out of the room. Mokuba looked at the swinging door"5, 4, 3, 2, 1" he counted as Seto matched back in and grabbed his coffee then walked back out.
Lisa laughed"You know Seto has just met his match right" she spoke. Mokuba nodded"You know I thought Alex had it rough when she tried to change him, but having to change Kisty is probably going to be twice as hard" he said. Lisa nodded"Yah, do you think Kaiba can pull it off" she asked. Mokuba smirked"Did he give us our blessing when I told him I was marrying you" he asked.
Lisa sighed "He's doomed." Mokuba nodded"Yep."
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