I would like to thank a friend of mine who has taken the time out of her life to edit this story, I call her DH and she is a little sister to me, so if you note there are some things in here that she wrote example Kaiba's poem, that was her doing not mine lol I would like to thank her for a great job that she did in making it, nice work Sis.
(Reviewers look to the bottom I have messages for you.)


Chapter 20

A Christmas with the dead

The sun slowly rose over the snow-covered grounds of the Kaiba mansion-making look like a Christmas postcard. Kisty stood in the living room looking at the sunrise Kisty thought it was beautiful even the wasn't sun shining that brightly and the sky was all gray, her father Seto was sitting on the couch watching his daughter as she looked out over the hillside as Christmas music was playing on background. "Looks like today is going to be nice," Seto spoke to Kisty. The young blue haired girl turned around and faced her father with a small smile, "Yeah, but it's hard you know. I feel so, so…" she could not bring herself to say it. Seto smirked slightly, "Used?" he said trying to fill in the blank, for his daughter.

Kisty's sad and upset face said it all and with a small nod, she answered her father's blank word. "I do, feel like he used me," she said finally sitting down. Seto moved over making space for Kisty to sit next to him. "I know, you're not the first person in this family to be used by some one," he said to as she sat down next to him placing her head on his shoulder.

"I hate this Dad, when will this feeling go away?" she asked him. Seto let out a small sigh, "I don't know, but it will take time, ok. Now what about Josh?" he asked. Kisty sat up, "What about him?" she asked. Seto smirked and let out a small chuckle, "Do you like him?" he asked seeing Kisty give a girlish blush. Kisty sat up and looked her father in the eye, "No, he just my best friend, which by the way," she said laying her head back on Seto's left shoulder, "Thanks for having him come over," she spoke closing her eyes.

"You should really thank Mokuba he was the one who reminded me about the boy," he said. Kisty shook her head, "So you just had to pull him out of the room, to ask him," she said. Seto looked at Kisty, "How did you know that?" he asked her. Kisty smiled, "A little boy told me with black hair told me," she smirked. Seto already knew, "Mokuba told you didn't he?" he asked. Kisty nodded, "Who else would I call a little boy around here, have you seen inside the house that Lisa and him, live in, he still has videogames for crying out loud and I am not talking about the teen and mature ones," she said.

Seto chuckled, "No, I refuse to be with in 10 feet of Mokuba and Lisa's bedroom," he spoke. Kisty laughed, "Liar," she said. Seto looked at her, "What?" he asked. Kisty laughed, "you heard me, don't think I haven't seen you out there with a video camera, and microphone trying to catch them," she giggled.

Seto gave an angry look at his daughter, "I am not that perverted, Kisty," he said. Kisty laughed, "I know you aren't however, you like to use the sound bites to drive them crazy when you want to be alone in the office," she said. Seto rolled his eyes, "Don't forget, I like to use them to upset Atem, which is even better," he said. Kisty laughed, "No wonder Atem hates you so much, I wonder what Mom even saw in you?" she said with a small laugh. "A lot more then I had shown in the last oh 10 years, and also," he said looking sad. "I miss her," he said softly, "but, she won't be forgotten as long as I have you," he gave his daughter a small hug when he said that.

Kisty smiled, "I know, besides, I miss her too, it only takes one look in the mirror to say it all," she smirked pulling on her slowly fading blue hair. "Dad, would you do me a favor?" she asked. Seto looked at his daughter at this point he would do anything for her, "What is it?" he asked. "Would you split the shares that you were going to give me, between us?" she asked. Seto smiled, "Alright," he said "anything else?" he asked. Kisty nodded,

"Yeah, give me Kaiba Corp when I turn 18 so you can retire on a beach in Hawaii," she joked. Seto looked hard at his daughter with an evil glare then a small smile crossed his face, "Sure, you can have Kaiba Corp when your 18, but if I get Hawaii, where would you retire?" he asked with an evil grin. Kisty giggled, "A lot of sun tan lotion for I would get to retire in Florida," she smirked. Seto raised and eyebrow, "I want Florida you can have Hawaii," he said.

Kisty looked at her father he was defiantly up to something, "No I get Florida, you get Hawaii," she laughed. "No, you're not to argue with me," he said with a joking smirk. Kisty sighed, "I am not, just that I have already planed to buy my huge beach house," she said. Seto shook his head, "Not if I can get you to change your mind," he smirked. Kisty shook her head, "Not likely," she snapped.

That is when Kisty's downfall happened, "Oh really, well that does it," he said as he started to tickle his daughter's ribs. Kisty started laughing she was very ticklish more then her father and mother combined. "I get Florida," he said. Kisty in mid laugh, "No I do, you get Hawaii," she laughed. Seto kept tickling Kisty he would not stop until he won, and then a small memory came to mind.

flash back

16 years ago

"Ok Seto, if you want to win this game you is going to have to force me to change my mind," said a blue haired woman. Seto raised an eyebrow, "You are really getting on my nerves right now! Alexandra," said the young Seto Kaiba who was in his late teens. "You have been working on that project all day, and it freaking Christmas. I am not leaving and nothing you say will change my mind," she snapped. Seto looked up from his papers, "What is it going to take to get you to change your mind?" he asked. Alexandra laughed, "Do you really want to know," she said. Seto shook his head, "I am not going to dinner I am working," he said finally.

Alexandra sighed, "then you leave me no choice," she said with an evil grin. "No Alex don't you dare, NO!" he yelled quickly but soon silenced with Alexandra knocking him off the couch. "AHH, Alex," he yelled as she began to tickle him. Mokuba stuck his head in the room, hearing Seto pleading for mercy, "AHHH, ALEX no, AHAHAHAHA, ok I give, now get off me," he yelled. Alexandra smirked, "Ok," she said getting off him.

Seto smirked and as he, countered attacking with tickles, but Alexandra soon found herself on the floor full of laughter under the torture of her boyfriend. Mokuba started to laugh, Seto looked up at his brother, "You're next!" he pull his arms in front of him acting a zombie. Alexandra started to laugh as Seto ran after his brother Alexandra decided to join them.

End Seto's flashback

Kisty was laughing as her father continued to tickle her, to the point of where she was laughing so hard her rib were hurting. "OK you get Florida and I get Hawaii," she laughed, finally completely out of breath. Seto smirked, "Ok that's enough for now this is too much," he said as he stopped tickling his 14-year-old daughter and moving off her. Kisty looked at her father, she was wondering what he meant, "Dad? Are you ok?" she asked as he sat on the couch.

Seto put his hands to his forehead, "No, I am not," he said. Kisty sat next to him, "You want to talk about it?" she said sounding like her mother. Seto stood up and walked out of the room with his coffee in hand, "I will be back in moment," he said leaving. Kisty sat there for a moment, then she got an idea, "Ok, I think it is visiting time," she whispered to herself getting up from the couch.

An hour later

Seto walked out of his bathroom, wearing his black pants and black leather jacket, his hair was brushed in its usual style as he walked out into his room. "Ok, now what else do I need?" he muttered to himself as he grabbed a motorcycle helmet off his bed. Seto looked at himself in the mirror, "I should hurry before Kisty figures out what I am up too," he said quietly. Kaiba walked down the stairs and down to the garage with a black bike helmet in hand. Seto walked past the living room, he heard someone in the room, and he figured Kisty had started to sort the presents out for everyone that was going to be coming soon. Seto continued to walk to the garage and quietly sunk in to it.

The garage was dark and cold but Seto knew where he was going so he did not turn on any lights. His footsteps echoed across the floor, for it was completely made of cement. Seto pushed a button on his garage door opener, which was in his pocket, as he walked towards his motorcycle he saw some one was standing by it with a helmet, in hand and dressed in black leather pants, purple shirt and black polyester jacket (plastic leather jacket).

"Where do you think your going, at his time in the morning?" asked Kisty as the light shown on her face with the door opening. Seto smirked, "What makes you think you're coming with me?" he asked. Kisty chuckled, "I know where you're out too or else you wouldn't be taking your blue eyes white dragon motorcycle," she said, tapping the bike she was leaning against it. Seto smirked, "You mean to visit a friend? I am not taking you with me," he said. Kisty smiled, "Dad, I am 14, I trust you on your motorcycle, besides, you only take this thing out once a year and that is to visit Mom's grave, so why don't I go with you for once?" she asked.

Seto knew that Kisty was holding something up her sleeve, "What makes you think I will let you ride that thing with me?" he asked. Kisty held up one of her hands, in it was a pair of keys, "Because I hold the keys," she smirked. Seto was mentally kicking himself, "I forgot about that," he said crossing his arms, with the helmet in hand. Kisty smiled, "Come on Dad, we both need to see her, it may help me you know," she said. Seto nodded, "Fine but I am driving," he said as Kisty threw him the keys the moment he said "Fine."

Kisty put on her helmet and Seto put on his, they both climbed on the bike, Kisty held on to her father's waist as he started to the engine. "You got a good grip?" he asked before starting to rive the engine. "What do you think?" she said tightening her grip around her father's mid section. "Just checking," he said as the soon rolled out of the mansion garage, and out on to the plowed clean road.

The sky was clear, and the blue in the sky shined with the sun in the early morning, the roads were cleared of snow, as Seto and Kisty rode down the road towards the cemetery. The air around them was cold but it did not seem to bother either of the riders, as they soon came to a stop at the cemetery. Josh was standing in front of the gate with keys in his hands trying to open the darn thing.

Josh heard the motorcycle approaching he figured it was Kaiba coming as he always did on Christmas mornings as he usually did. When Seto stopped in front gate, Josh was surprised to see Kisty with her father instead of coming alone, but then again the two-needed time together.

"Morning Josh," said Kisty taking off her helmet letting her long blue hair fall down to her back and over her shoulders. Josh smiled, "Hi Kisty, hello Mr. Kaiba, I was wondering when you one of you would show up," he said trying to sound like he was expecting to see Kisty. Seto smirked, "Hi Josh, is the paths up?" he asked. Josh nodded, "Yes, I plowed all the paths, you should be able to make it to Mrs. Kaiba's grave without problems," he said. Kisty looked at Seto, she had been right, "I knew you where coming here," she smirked. Seto smiled, "You caught me," he said.

"Josh what about the other path?" he asked. Josh was puzzled for a moment then remembered, "Oh that ones open too," he said, "Will Mokuba be coming by today?" he asked. Seto nodded, "Count on it, if he doesn't I will make him come," he said as Kisty and he walked inside of the cemetery.

"Ok what was that about?" Kisty asked her father as they walked up to Alexandra's grave. Seto sighed, "You will see later," he said "Right now we need to visit your mother and some other family." Kisty lowered her eyebrows, "Which positions does or should I say did Mom fall in other then you being first," she said with a small smirk.

Seto turned around, as they kept walking, "You mother is number 3 on the list, 2 is Mokuba and 4 was or in a way still is duel monsters," he said. Kisty raised an eyebrow, "Then where do I fit?" she asked. Seto smiled, "Can't you figure it out, or are you as pathetic as Wheeler?" he asked. Kisty thought about it, "Wait I am number 1?" she asked. Seto did not answer but his silence did actually, answer, and Kisty quickly blush, "oh," she said as they walked up a small hill.

Seto and Kisty took five minutes to walk up the hill and come to Alexandra's gravestone. Seto knelt down and pulled a flower out of his jacket pocket, it was still in the bud stage. "Your mother's favorite," he said to Kisty who nodded with approval as he laid it down wiping away some of the slush from the stone that was on it. "She knows that we are happy," she said to her father. Kaiba took out a folded paper from his pocket Kisty was curious about it, "hey what's up the note?" asked Kisty. Seto smiled and unfolded the piece paper, as he it:

My poem

By Seto Kaiba

How I long to see you face, how fill you my life with such grace

What I would not give to hold you soft hands, if I can only hold you with a warm embrace

You are my love you are my soul

It is my heart that you stole

May the angels led you to paradise, let all the pain away

Because I will soon met up with you someday

Seto traced his finger over the first three letters in Alexander's name "Good night sweet Princeness and let flights of angels lead you to you slumber," Kaiba said a whisper. (DH's note: Hamlet people ok its prince intend for Princesses but you get the idea)

Seto looked at his daughter who soon knelt down next to him, "So what do you say when your out here?" he asked her after a few moments of silence. Kisty sighed, "Most of the time it's about you, and how you were never there for me, what's going on, and so on so forth," she answered. Seto sighed, "I wish I didn't do such a horrible job back when you were younger, I should have been there," he said.

Kisty smiled, "But you're here, now for me, so I think she and I will forgive you," she said. Seto and Kisty looked at the gravestone, for a while, just in silence. Josh watched Kisty and Seto from the path, he always like to watch Kisty as she would report to her mother, but a small smile crossed his face for once, "As long as he makes her happy," he said to himself, walking away and back to his grave digging duties.

Seto stood up finally, after about 20 minutes looking at the gravestone, "Come on Kisty we have to visit someplace before we leave here," he said. Kisty looked up at her father and took his hand to help her self up to her feet. The two walked to a fork in the snow paths, and turned to the right, they walked for a while, before coming to some old gravestones, most had statues on top of them.

They came to a spot in the back where the trees opened up and a single gravestone stood. "Where are we?" she asked. Seto smiled, "Some place where your relatives lay," he said. Kisty soon realized where her father had taken her, "You mean my grandparents?" she asked. Seto nodded, "Yes, not the one that tore me away from your mother, but the ones that had me and Mokuba," he said as they walked over to a statue gravestone, with two different angles on top of it, one male the other female.

Kisty brushed away the snow and some moss that had grown there, she saw two names, but did not read them aloud she just looked at them. Seto stood there with his hands in his jacket pockets, as Kisty looked back at him, "What happened to them?" she asked looking at the dates on the stone.

Seto sighed, "Your grandmother died just after your Uncle was born, she didn't get to hold him long because of an infection that she got while giving birth, and well your grandfather worked himself so far in to grief, that he just gave up and died in a car crash," he answered. Kisty thought about it, in a way Seto and her had been killing themselves after Alexandra's death with their grief. "Do you think they would be proud of you?" she asked. Seto walked over to his daughter and knelt down next to her, "Yes and no," he answered.

Kisty looked at him puzzled, "Why do you say that?" she asked. Seto sighed and ran his fingers over the names, "I had a child out of wed lock, and I practically ignored her for most of her life after I found out about her. I became a heartless CEO with a major company who used to work over time just to avoid grief, and missing the woman I loved with all my heart, also I was an asshole," he said. Kisty took her hand and put it on Seto's, "But they would be happy if they were alive now wouldn't they?" she asked.

Seto smiled, "Yes, because I had your mother to show me a heart, and…" he trailed off in thought suddenly. "You took up the torch handed to you; it is your cross to bear. Dad, please do not under estimate your accomplishments, you are a great father, even though I admit you have had a ruff start at it, actually a late one which ever you want to call it. I don't blame you, and I think they would be very proud of you," she said. Seto looked at his daughter, "What makes you say that?" he asked.

Two seconds later Seto knew why, as his daughter hugged him, "because they know how your took care of Mokuba and looked out for him, and he did the same for me, when you would ignore me," she said. Seto smiled, "You mean, how I, oh never mind," he said with a small laugh.

Seto hugged his daughter and the two stood up, holding each other in their arms. In two ways, Seto saw something he did not before, his daughter did love him after all even if he was at times a cold heartless jerk to her. Kisty closed her eyes as she tightened her grip around her father waist feeling his warmth of not only his body but also his heart as he hugged her back.

two hours later

The garage door was closing as Seto and Kisty dismounted from the bike and walked into the mansion together, laughing and smiling. "Boy, don't you two look happy!" said Lisa as she stepped out in to the main hallway. "Have a nice bike ride?" she asked with a present in her hands.

Kisty looked at her father, "Yes we did," she smiled and went skipping off towards the living room. Mokuba walked in, "Your home, great time to open presents, and I got the new one for Kisty that you asked for, while you were out" he said. Seto smiled, "Thanks Mokuba," he said as he headed into the living room after Kisty.


I am taking the time to thank my reviewers, today

Princess YunarianaI have been updating thanks for reading

cherry-star-aus: I am sorry if I was uploading the chapters too fast I have slowed down to once a day thanks for reading

Darkstar71:thanks for your review and yes, I did kind of, skipped the usual 'let's turn Kaiba in to a person with a heart routine,' that I have often seen in other stories. Not that I am saying it bad or anything just that its been kind of over done, however it is still fun to read him changing no doubt about that, just think that one year Alexandra spent with Kaiba changed him before she left to have Kisty that way your imagination can do the change for you. Anyways I decided to cut the changing momentsand just make him a rich person with a regular attitude. However, I did write a chapter, which you do see him as his normal jerkiest like state, which will be I think next chapter, also in the flashback above you see him not wanting to leave work to hang with his girlfriend or I should say now dead wife.

Next chapter will be posted later today or Sunday thank you