Thank you Twilight Memories for you review and thank you for pointing out my errror with "sack" when it was suppose to be sake,(hit forehead like a dumby)I can't believe I missed that wait, yes I do since I am just going over this with a light comb maybe I should actually read each paragragh next time.

I have decided to shorten the paragrahs and the chapters just a little for this one was really long. Although I am going though these with a just a look over if there is anymore mistakes on it let me know so that way I can fix them ASAP mostly grammer, and spelling error would help.

THANK YOU Twilight Memories for pointing that out to me and would you please make sure you put whichchapter the mistake is in next time so that way I can pull it out and replace it with the corrections thanks.

This next chapter takes place during Seto's 16th birthday, and next chapter isn't too far behind I am half way through it.


Chapter 4

Surprise of the Night

Back to the past some time after the take over,

Mokuba squirmed in his new tuxedo, "Seto, this thing is too tight, I can barely move," he complained. Seto looked at his brother, "it's just a little snug, don't worry after tonight you never have to wear it again," he said, stepped out of the room. Gansley saw the young 16-year-old CEO, in the hall of the Kaiba Corp building.

"Seto, I need to speak with you," he said walking over to him. Seto looked up at the man, "Yeah, what do you want?" Gansley stopped in front of the teen, "So tonight is the big party I see," he said. Seto nodded his head, "Well then? Get to the point Gansley."

The old man moved in his position, "I was wondering do you have a date for this evening? I was wondering because it would not be proper if a young CEO as your self-not to have an escort to your own birthday party." Seto looked at Gansley, "My escort will be my brother at my side; I have no time for girls and that kind of thing." Gansley nodded in agreement and left the young CEO, to think.

Seto pulled out the card that he had been keeping in his pocket, the blue eyes white dragon card, Alec had been gone for four years now; 'Gosaburo was gone but why hasn't, she come back?' he thought to himself.

Mokuba the came out into the hall, "Seto what do you, think?" Seto raised an eyebrow, Mokuba had the tuxedo set to where it looked to big for him now. Seto took his brother back into his office and they tried a different tuxedo.

That night

The evening party was at the new Kaiba Mansion; Seto was throwing a huge party for his 16th birthday. Mokuba could not believe all the people that showed up, "Wow Seto you got a lot of guests."

Seto took a deep breath, and looked around from the top of the stairs down to the group of people below he was looking for two people Sara and Alec, but he saw neither one of them. "Mokuba they aren't here," he sighed leaning on the stair railing. Pegasus was at the party he and Seto were in negotiations for the new holographic dueling stations for duel monsters but no sign of Sara or Alec in the room.

Mokuba went to mingle with the people while Seto watched from above on the stair well. "You don't look so happy to be here, Kaiba," said a female voice below him on the stairs.

A very young woman stood in front of him her black hair was down over her shoulders, and wearing a black evening gown. Seto turned his gaze towards the woman, "Who may I asked, for your opinion of how I felt?" The woman laughed, "Well that would be your own step cousin, it me, Sara," said the woman.

Seto did not recognize her at first but then it hit him why, he was still picturing Sara when she was in her early twenties, now she was in her mid, which would put Alec around fifteen almost 16 as well. The 6-foot young CEO rubbed his eyes, "Wow you look," taking a gulp, "good." Sara nodded, "thank you, glad to see you haven't lost all your manners."

Sara walked up and stood next to Seto, "I see you're looking for Alec Kaiba, she isn't here." Seto looked at his older cousin, "She is on the run Seto, Gosaburo had hired bounty hunters to find her and kill her.

Being near you puts her in danger she does not want to see you sad about it, she did however send you a present," Sara told her now, disappointed cousin handing him a box, "Happy Birthday, Seto, it is from me and her you should open it now."

Seto opened the box, inside was an eye mask, "What is this for?" he said holding it up. "I had Roland hand one to every guest on the way in, at a certain time everyone is to put them on, that way nobody would know who is who," explained Sara.

Seto looked around at everyone, nearly everybody had a black eye mask in their hands, he could not figure it out why these masks? "Sara I still don't get it," he said. Sara let out a rather large sigh, "It is a Kaiba family tradition, on a male's sixteenth birthday, and everyone is to put on eye masks like these. The birthday boy, you, is to dance with every available girl here, and then pick which one you wish to spend the remainder of the evening with no questions asked."

Seto scoffed, "I am not going to follow that Sara, why should I the one girl I want to be with isn't even here." Sara let out another large breath, "I said that "Alec Kaiba" wasn't here, I didn't say her alias wasn't her."

Seto began to look for Alec from the stairwell again with renewed hope. Sara tapped him on the shoulder, "You won't see her until everyone has their masks on, it is for both your own good, and also you are not to speak to any girl other then me and the one you pick tonight."

Seto looked out from the stairs and thought which girl could be Alec; he would have to dance with every girl to figure it out, 'man this sucks,' he thought. He would only know by dancing with each girl when Sara would give the signal to put on the masks.

At around eight Hobson called everyone to dinner. Everyone sat at the table, Mokuba and Seto sat next to each other at the head of the table Max was on Seto's left and Sara on Mokuba's right.

Seto looked around to see if anyone looked like Alec, but he did not see a hint of her anywhere. Sara saw this and told Mokuba to punch his brother in the arm under the table, Mokuba did with a laugh, Seto glared at Sara for his hurt forearm, who took at drink of water and looked at the woman next to her.

Dinner came and went Seto did not get very good gifts, nobody knew what to get for a boy that has almost everything. Seto did not have everything he wanted, he missed Alec, and Mokuba could see this as he sat the table, but then he noticed at young woman that appeared to be no younger the 16 walking into the room, and she was wearing her eye mask. Sara saw the girl as well and quickly got everyone's attention, Mokuba looked and the girl was gone.

Sara was now standing, "Everyone we have come to nine o'clock which means it time for the Kaiba family tradition, of our birthday boy picking a girl to spend the reminder of the evening with him, and no questions asked."

Seto glared at Sara who in turn signaled all the women to leave the room and to put their masks on out in the dance hall which was located on the West wing of the mansion. He remembered what they were all wearing with their masks off so he would not be fool when Alec joined them.

All the men in the room reminded, Sara then left the room, she looked back, "Mokuba, you come with me; it's your bed time anyway."

Mokuba crossed his arms this 11 year old was not going down without a fight, "I am not going to bed till Seto picks a girl."

Sara shook her head, "Ok, but you might want to come with me, and help me pick one, before Seto gets in there." Mokuba jumped up and headed towards Sara, "So you know Seto kind of has a photographic memory right?"

Sara nodded and looked at Kaiba, "There all going to be in their second dresses which are black, I made sure all the available girls were wearing two dresses when they came in. Seto you don't have to do this, you could be breaking something if you choose the wrong girl," she said before she left then returned moments later ready to take Kaiba to the ballroom.

Seto looked at her and put on his mask, which had the eyes block, "Let me guess I have to dance blind." Sara let out a small laugh so did a few other men in the back of theroom, "I hate family traditions but who says I have to break it, lead me to the women, Sara," said Seto throwing his hand forward. The men in the room applauded as Sara tookSeto and left for the dance hall.

Sara and Mokuba, took Seto to the door of the dance hall, "Ok Mokuba, should we go in?" the eleven year old nodded his head, "Seto," Sara braked, "You are to stay here till Mokuba and I come and get you until then you stand there."

Seto thought that this was ridiculous; there was no way Gosaburo or even Sara's father put up with this. Seto lifted the blind fold just a little, "I may not be able to see now but when I dance with the girls I will at least be able to see their dresses," he said to himself.

Mokuba waked back into the room, "They're ready for you," he said. Seto felt his brother take his hand. "Wait Mokuba, did you by any chance see Alec?" Mokuba did not say a word as told by Sara.

Instead, he just gave his brother's hand three squeezes on his right hand. Seto did not know which way to interpret the coded signal was it yes, no, maybe, but then it could be order the third girl.

Mokuba pulled his brother in to the room; Sara removed the blind fold "Seto keep your eyes shut I am only showing your face to the girls not the other way around." Seto kept his eyes shut tight; he heard a familiar laugh among the girls, well actually he heard two, one was Sara's and the other he guessed was Alec's laugh that he remembered from a few years ago.

"Nice one we have here don't we," said Sara, Seto felt like a fool, how he could get himself into this mess.

He felt the eye mask go back on his face. "Sara can we just get this over with?" he asked. "Okay Seto I opened the eye part of your mask you can open your eyes when grab a girl's hand to dance with her. You can't, talk or this ends and you get to have no date for the rest of the night and these girls all want you, someway, somehow, or have kissed you at sometime."

The last reference was of course of Alec, Seto was catching the hints she was in the room, looking at him but which one was she.

"Here are the rules ladies and Seto," Sara started, "Each of you will walk up to Seto and touch his hand then the two of will dance," Sara paused. "And nothing else, I know some of you, so no funny business. Seto when you think your dancing with a girl you like, grab her hand before she walks away after your with her dance, it not that hard. You then open your eyes and dance with her, now there is one thing I forgot to tell you," Sara walked towards him so that the women could not hear.

"I would choose wisely, because you have one shot at this, to find the right girl for you, and by the way this little family tradition was use to pick a wife for a man so pick wisely. I would be careful if I were you, I would watch out for the every three women," Sara moved away again.

A familiar voice rang out "Sara are you giving him any clues to a specific one?" questioned a girl. Sara laughed, "No just a little history lesson about this little tradition, that's all contestant #6."

Seto thought he figured it out, Mokuba squeezed his hand three times, Sara had just suggested, keeping an eye out for every third girl, and #6 sounded like Alec. 'Could number 6 be Alec?' he thought. Sara and Mokuba were making this too easy for him he knew contestant #6 was Alec, now or at least he thought.

"Now Seto you will only get one dance per lady if you haven't picked one by the end of the song you will have to take the choice of the men, and they told me who they already picked and it's good for you," said Sara. Seto knew now he had to make sure that it was #6 he danced with and grab her hand at the end, but he did not know how many girls were in the room nor there order.

"Let us begin the picking," shouted Sara. Seto reached out his hands, his eyes were still shut, the first girl came and the two danced, while each girl danced differently, he counted as he danced with each girl.

1, 2,3,4,5 they all came, but 6 did not come after #5. He opened his eyes to see the sixth girl was just standing in front of him, he looked at her eyes, they were sapphire blue but something was not right about them they seemed to be holding something.

The girl took off Seto's mask, and looked into his blue eyes. In a way, he felt that this was breaking the game, but the thing that through him was this did not seem right.

The two did not dance, 'this girl can't be Alec, no way, there was no fear, love, or hate in those eyes, and I remember her sky blue eyes,' he thought. Alec's eyes would be looking back at his when they would have staring contests, which Seto read her like a book.

"I am sorry, Mr. Kaiba I can't dance with you," she said stepping back from Seto. The girl smiled, and walked away out in the direction of the ballroom door. He looked at the line of women that stood before him, Sara was not objecting to him looking now since he had dance with all of them.

The girls all had masks and they all had either, brown, blonde, or black, no blue hair that Alec usually had, nor did they appeared to even be Alec's age some older then him by a few years. Seto looked at Sara in disappointment; he was expecting Alec to be their in front of him in the line in front of him.

Sara had set him up. "Sara, you know I can't pick one of these women, my heart already has been looking for someone but she isn't here," he said, "Nice game but I am going to go…" just as he was about to say "bed" a hand touched his shoulder from behind.

"It looks like constant #7 thinks differently," said Sara with a smirk on her face. Seto turned himself around to see who hand had touched his own. A young woman who looked to be about 17 stood in front of him about 5'9" only three inches shorter then him, she was wearing an eye mask and black dress, her hair was black like Sara's and went down over her shoulders, but her eyes were sky blue but hidden behind hazel contacts.

Seto knew who the girl was the minute she touched his hand but he wanted to know for sure. The two began to dance around the ballroom; Seto felt he had danced with this girl before and recognized her face even though it was hidden behind the mask.

After the dance, Seto reached up and slowly took off the girl's mask. Sara gave a smile as she and the other women in the room went over to the men that had just entered, leaving Seto and the girl standing in the middle of the ballroom floor. Mokuba lead the men in, as Seto took the girl's mask off, he had chosen this girl to be with him the rest of the night.

Seto touched the girl's soft face white face; she closed her eyes as his hand touched her soft white skin, "I have been looking for you, Al…" The girl put finger over his lips, "I know," she interrupted.

The band that was playing the tango music while Seto was dancing with the other woman, began to play again; Seto and the girl began to dance together slowly holding each other close. Sara took Mokuba's hand and they went to the dance floor and begin dancing other couples soon joined them.

The song ended and Seto and the girl were still out on the floor dancing, staring into each other's eyes. "Alexandra K. Pegasus," said a voice, behind her, Alexandra and Seto broke eye contact, to look who had called the name.

Pegasus stood, behind Alec, with his arms crossed; I want you to know that after tonight you will be leaving the country so make sure you get enough time with him, because it's going to be a while before you will get the chance to see him again."

Alexandra nodded in agreement, "Yes Uncle Max," she said in a soft voice, Pegasus walked away from the couple. Seto took Alec's hand in his, "You and I need to spend sometime alone to talk," he said. Alexandra nodded her head and looked at Sara, who gave an ok sign with her fingers for them to sneak away.

Seto took Alexandra's hand and walk out of the hall, they went outside were the air was cool and fresh. Alexandra, looked at the full moon, she stared at it for a moment Seto then walked up beside her.

"You been looking at the moon too, I take it," he said. Alec looked at him, "Yes, every night I have been looking at the moon, hoping wishing, even praying that you were alright, after I left, and then I found out you took over Kaiba Corp and knew everything for you was …"

Seto placed a finger on her lips, "Why didn't you come back when Gosaburo disappeared? What is with the name change, and Sara said you were using your alias, now? Alec please, let me know what is going on with you," Seto asked worried.

Alec looked at him, "I am a wanted woman now, Seto and you're a wanted man. I am wanted because of money, you; because of money and power but your better alive then dead, some people want, me died so they can get rich off of Gosaburo's money or what's left of it.

Seto completely confused by this, Alec could see it, "Seto, even though Gosaburo is gone, he still has money and he is using it to get to you, he wants to hold me as a bargaining chip for Kaiba Corp or he will kill me to get it if he has too."

Seto took Alec around the shoulders, "It will be a cold day in hell before I give him the company back, or you," he whispered.

Alec looked at the ground, "Then I am as good as dead Seto, because if he knew that then, the bounty on me would jump ten fold, and I would be dead where I stand," she said in a clam but scared voice. Seto looked at Alec in her eyes he could see fear, hatred, and anger; he did not know what she wanted him to do.

Alec moved one of Seto stray bangs out of his eyes, "Seto, I don't want you to do anything but just do me a favor?" Alec began to ask. Seto knew what she was going to ask, he decided to act it then answer, he took Alec in his arms and held her close, "I don't want to lose you, but do, what you have to keep yourself safe," he said.

Seto reached down and lifted her chin to have her look up at him, Alec closed her eyes, as Seto gently kissed her, and they held it for a while not moving at all. Sara and Mokuba watch the two with smiles on their faces; they knew it would be a long time before they would see this again.

Seto released Alec, she looked at him, and how in the world she could ever say good-bye to him again. They felt that just one night together was not going to be enough; they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together at that moment.

Seto knew he would have to throw Kaiba Corp away to keep Alec in his arms for the rest of his life, but he knew that meant submitting to Gosaburo, who would just kill her sooner. Alec walked away from, Seto and she stood looking at the moon again, a gust of cold air blew, and the cold caused her to shiver.

Seto took off his tuxedo jacket and placed it on her shoulders like a cape; he then hugged her from behind. "I am not going to lose you to Gosaburo, but I am also not going to lose you tonight either," he turned Alec around and they kissed again this time it was a little more passionate then before.

Alec felt she was going to pass out from the kiss, her emotions were spinning inside her head, hate for Gosaburo for what he was doing to Seto and her, anger for not fighting back, fear of losing Seto forever. Yet she felt completely safe in his arms at that moment as if it did not matter at all like an end to a nightmare.

The guest began to leave on their own once they notice Seto was not even in the ballroom anymore. Once about every fifteen minutes they would show their faces, but at around midnight, they caught on to what the two teens were up to.

Sara was asleep in one of the sofas with Mokuba next to her. Pegasus was standing in the dance hall watching the two teens outside on the steps leading down to the backyard.

At 1:00am, all, the guest, excluding Sara and Alec, were gone. Pegasus had gone back to his hotel room. Alec and Seto were sitting on the back porch looking at the moon. Occasionally kissing, the two kissed but not too much, the deal was the whole night, and Alec was going to spend every second she could with Seto.

"I think the party has ended," said Alec, Seto nodded in agreement. The two went inside the ballroom, Alec gave a small laugh at Mokuba and Sara seeing them asleep on a couch, much like there were when Alec was in the hospital.

"Those two have been pretty busy, keeping any eye on us," Alec said. Seto walked over and picked up his exhausted little brother, "I should put him to bed," said Seto. Alec looked her sister, "I am going to let Sara sleep for a while, she been up almost 72 hours, trying to find a way to sneak me in with out you seeing me," she said, Seto agreed.

Seto carried his brother up the stairs and down a hallway to large room; it was full of toys, books and stuff animals. "Been spoiling your brother I take it," said Alec in a quiet voice. Seto nodded, and laid his brother on the bed, "he will tuck himself in, in about an hour." Just as Seto put him on the sheets, he grabbed the pillow and pulled it under his head.

Alec thought that one day Seto would make a great dad; he looked like he fit the part while putting Mokuba to bed. Seto saw the look in Alec's eyes, she was happy to see that they were safe but something was troubling her.

They left Mokuba's room and Seto shut the door behind him, "You would make a great dad someday Seto," said Alec with her back to him. Seto let out a sigh, "I would but I am Mokuba's father now, even though he is my little brother," said Seto.

He turned Alec to face him, tears were in her eyes, and "I would love to spend the rest of my life with you, Alec," he told her.

He shared the feeling finally, "However, were cousins it will never happen, you're related to Gosaburo, any kids you have will be at least ¼ of his DNA, and because of you dad and I don't want to have any offspring with relation of Gosaburo in them," he said.

Alec was both glad that Seto wished they could be together, but heartbroken at the same time, "Seto, I know that, I am not proud of it either, I hate Gosaburo and everything about him, but I …" Seto had interrupted her with a kiss on the lips.

When he pulled away, "You don't need to say it any more, and I know that you and I will never be together, it just can't happen," he said burying his feeling for her. Alec looked down at the floor, Seto could feel Alec's disappointment, he truly wanted her to stay but he had to let her go again.

"I am taking this as my hint to leave, I guess, we talked and kissed enough for one night and I have a plane to catch tomorrow morning," spoke Alec in a quiet voice. She began to walk away, Seto grabbedAlec's arm, "You are not going anywhere, you still have about," looking at his watch, "another three hours till sunrise, and I get you for the whole night," he said with a smirk.

Alec looked into Seto's blue eyes, the two then embraced again. "I won't leave Seto at least not until the sunrises, I promise," she said. The two then walked down the hall to Seto's room.


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