Chapter 17
The Unsure Foot
Kisty and Seto sat in the kitchen talking that Saturday morning, Mokuba and Lisa looked at each other as they entered the mansion they could not believe their ears. Seto and Kisty were cracking joke and laughing together in the kitchen. Mokuba had to look and see if the two had lost it.
"Ok, I have another one for you Seto. What is 12 feet and 4 inches tall with black and gray hair?" she asked in mid laugh. Seto stopped laughing and thought for a minute, "Me with bad hair?" he asked. Kisty shook her head, "NOPE, Yugi and you after a duel," she laughed. Seto smirked, "Don't go there Kisty I am warning you, don't step my dueling career not to mention my battles with Yugi and Atem," he laughed. Mokuba looked puzzled as he heard Seto and Kisty brake out in laughter again, and he walked in the door with Lisa.
"Did, I miss something or did World peace just start?" asked Lisa looking at Seto and Kisty, as Seto handed her and Mokuba cups of coffee. "No, just enjoying some time with Seto that's all," giggled Kisty. Mokuba put his hand on her forehead, "You sure your Kisty?" he asked. Kisty glared her mother and father's eyes at him, "What do you think, I am Kisty AlexandraKaiba after all," she snapped at her Uncle.
Mokuba moved his hand and looked at his wife Lisa, "Yep, that Kisty as grumpy as Seto was at that age," he laughed. Seto glared at his brother, "Not funny," he said. Kisty busted out laughing, "I know something funny," she laughed. Seto looked at Kisty, "Please I can't take anymore bad joke from you," he said in half a laugh. "But it's a good one Seto, you'll like it," whined Kisty. Seto rolled his eyes, "Fine, one more but after that anymore after that you can consider yourself an orphan," he joked handing Kisty a hot chocolate. (A/N: Her fourth one I might add)
"What has four legs and screams Mai all night long, and acts like a puppy when he gets his butt kicked by anyone but his sister," she giggled. Seto knew the answer easily, "Don't make me say it, that is way too easy," he said. Kisty giggled, "I know," she laughed taking another drink of her chocolate. Mokuba and Lisa looked at each other, "OK who are you two people and where is my brother and niece?" asked Mokuba.
Lisa then pointed to the almost full trashcan, "Mokuba," she said pointing to the trashcan near the Seto. "Sugar High," she said. Mokuba nodded, "Must be, I count 8 hot chocolate packets and six bags of instant cappuccinos," he said. Lisa laughed at Seto and Kisty, who soon went red now realizing how much sugar and caffeine they had drank. "How long have you two been up?" she asked them. Seto smirked, "Since about 4 this morning just the two of us talking, why?" he asked. Mokuba walked over to the trashcan giving it a slight kick, "That's why," he said.
"Well you can't blame a girl to not have her sugar in the morning with her father," giggled Kisty. Mokuba and Lisa eye wide shot, did they just hear what they think they heard her say. Kisty had said Seto was her father, she was sounding like the little 5 year old that she once was which was a great change but to see Seto back to the form that Alex could only get him into was something amazing.
"So, you two made up?" asked Jake stepping into the room. Seto immediately glared at the boy, "Who gave you a key to just walk in here?" he asked. Kisty looked at Seto, "Seto!" she snapped. "Oh would you three stop it, gosh your starting to sound like there was no hope for Seto and me, for crying out loud I am his daughter," she snapped at them sounding like her father which showed that she still had some anger to unleash but at the moment she was enjoying herself from the sugar high.
Jake grabbed Kisty and took her out of the room, "You and I need to talk now!" he snapped. Kisty was giggling as her boyfriend pulled her out to the pool in the back of the mansion. "Are you crazy, you were to take over Kaiba Corp!" he snapped angrily. Kisty rolled her eyes, "That's the back up plan; I decided to give him another chance, ok. He does deserve it," she barked. Jake rolled his eyes, "I thought we agreed that, you weren't going to give him another chance to hurt you. Kisty, sweetie, look at me," he said. Kisty had looked at the ground, she suddenly remembered the anger, the sadness, the pain, and loss come flooding into her. "I don't care," she muttered trying her best to bring the image of her father and her on the cliff looking at the sunrise but soon the memory was just as it was a memory along with all the other good ones.
9 years ago
"Kisty, come out come out where ever you are," spoke Seto as he walked around the mansion. Kisty sat in a closet and this was going to be good she thought he would never fine me in his closet in his room.
The door to Seto's bedroom opened and Kisty could hear his footsteps, "AHHH!" screamed Mokuba as Kisty heard Seto pulling him out from under the bed. "Ok Mokuba I have you now, where is Kisty," snapped the older Kaiba. Kisty covered her mouth trying her best not to giggle; she could see Mokuba being held by the leg as he tried to dig back under the bed.
"I am not going to be your snitch Seto, put me down so I can pull Lisa out from under the bed," he snapped as he suddenly then hit the floor. "Ouch," he said hitting the floor hard. Kisty could not hold it anymore, she started to laugh, and she did it very loudly, "I know where she is now, thanks Mokuba," he said.
Soon Kisty realized her mistake as her father opened the only way in or out of the closet, "I have you now, Kisty," he said with a smirk. Kisty smiled, she would never choose such an easy hiding place if she did not have a back up plan.
Seto was coming at her now and Kisty jumped through a small emergency exit that leads to the first floor. "Dang it I forgot about that escape route," cursed Seto as he left the room to catch Kisty at the exit.
Mokuba stood at Seto's bedroom door, "All clear Kisty," he said to her as she walked out of the closet giggling. "I can't believe he fell for that, he knew that I can't fit all the way down to the exit, now for the real fun," she giggled going back into the closet. Mokuba chuckled his niece was as bad as he was at the young age but she had her innocents when she wanted to use it on people at the wonderful age of 5 almost 6 years old now and still dealing with the lost of her mother.
As part of a deal Kisty was making Seto play, hide and go seek in the mansion in exchange she would give him the passwords to his lab top. Kisty walked over to the passageway, and stuck her head down it. "I am suck!" she said yelling down into the passageway.
Seto was standing at the exit in the main hall of the mansion near the door, "What do you mean you're stuck?" he snapped. Kisty looked at Mokuba and the two giggled. "Kisty, consider this your punishment for taking my lab top and changing the entry pass code," he yelled up at her from the door. Mokuba was having trouble holding in his laughter along with Lisa who just crawled out from under the bed. "Mokuba your brother needs to clean under his bed more there some stuff down there, I am afraid to touch," she laughed. Mokuba and Kisty snickered so Seto will not here them down the passage, "Well are you going to help me get out?" she asked down the passage.
Seto was leaning against the wall trying to figure out which part of it that Kisty was trapped inside. He soon figured out that her voice was coming from his room, he smirked, "I should have known, ok well play this game Kisty but I will win," he muttered.
present day
Kisty was trying to remember what else happened that fun filled day, but Jake brought Kisty back to reality. "KISTY! Did you hear me?" asked Jake, "Are you still in or not?" he asked. Kisty sighed, "Jake let's give him until after the holidays. Come on you know Seto can't hold his promises for longer then a few days, with me, I will break him," she said to Jake looking him dead in the eye. Jake let a small smirk cross his face, as his scheme was coming together, he knew that all he had to do was get Seto to screw up again.
Kisty walked back into the mansion and found Seto standing at the door, with an angry look on his face, this caused Kisty to worry. Seto glared at Kisty, she knew it from the minute he looked at her, that something was up, "Your boyfriend drags you all the way outside in this weather and you don't kiss him, Kisty I am shocked," he spoke. Kisty turned her head and looked at Jake who was still by the pool, "We had a fight that's all, I need to go lay down the, the sugar rush is starting to wear off," she said pointing to her head and lying. Seto shrugged his shoulders, "Alright, but remember he hurts you, he is a dead man," he smirked. Kisty nodded and went up to her room when she got there she let out a huge sigh of relief. "That was close," she whispered falling on her bed and rolling to her side.
"The take over will wait, I don't want to hurt him now, he is my father, and were bonding," she whispered to herself. "It will get better I just know it," she hoped at that moment. Jake stood by the door to Kisty's room, an angry smirk crossed his face, "So you're bonding to him, time to fix that for good this time," he said walking down the stairs toward the kitchen.
Seto stepped out of the shadows he heard Kisty and then he heard Jake, he looked at Kisty's door, he had half the nerve to walk in and bark at her. However, he didn't Seto swallowed his pride, "It can wait," he said pulling out Kisty's Christmas present which was 15 shares of Kaiba Corp from his pocket. "She could take over right now if she wanted to but I know my daughter won't do it," he said to himself as he entered his room, "She is too much like her mother," he said placing the shares into a drawer next to his bed.
Kisty stepped out of her room an hour later she convinced herself that the pain of the past can't out way her father and her good memories which even though they were few, she knew some more were about to join them.
