Author Note: (sorry it's so long but I have to let you all know what I just heard)

Due to a resent email that I have recieved and a rumor that I have just gotten wind of, I will no longer be putting up indiviual review thank yous at the end of my chapters, I am sorry. I am investigating the rumor and seeing if the rule change that lets me respond to those that critique this and my other stories is true or not. The rumor was, that authors at are no longer allowed to write up reponses to their reviewers. I don't like the rule and so I am looking into it before I sign the patition that is going around a few email boxes. I have looked over the rules and the guidelines and the announcements for this change and found absolutely NOTHING that agrees with the rumor, so I am going to contact the webmaster to find out if it is true or not before I respond to my reviewers again, so I ask you leave a working email so that I can contact you with my thanks until futher notice. Also under the guidelines they say that you can have author notes in the chapter so I think answering the people that your writting too counts by the way.

To my readers, if you just read the note above, then I will just say this THANK YOU for reading and I hope to get back to each of you if you leave your email don't worry I won't keep it after I send you the thank you and if you ask for it I will take your review and repost it with out the email once I have sent you your thank you. Its a lot of extra work but I ask for your opinion on this so let me know anyways back to the reason I am here.

I have returned from vacation and school started this afternoon, so I am back to being a full time girl in the college world. My schedule has been worked to allow me two days where I can work on my fics and write but I will also have to be looking for a job too, so not the whole time on my story but some of it will be put to use. Anyways enjoy chapter 19 I hope you like it, I ask you forgive my grammar errors for my editor DH is currently having internet problmes and when I get the new version of this chapter I will add my final changes and put the newly edited version up some day but I doubt it for now. ENJOY

no word on when I will update again probably when I get time later this week.

Chapter 19

Why all this

Katharine had her gun pointed at Seto, Alexandra had a gun pointed at Mokuba, and Seto was pointing at Alexandra. However, Seto couldn't pull the trigger, it hurt to even, think about do it to Alexandra, the pain he was now feeling was quickly being buried under by what was trained into him. The Seto Kaiba he hated being was returning he could see the bulldozer digging up the grave that was freshly dug to burry his old form of life, that was now resurrected by tertiary.

"Alexandra, don't follow Katharine," said Atemu, "Remember all the pain she put you though as a child, I thought you wanted to get away from that, to be free," he said. Alexandra smirked slowly, lifting her head, her blue eyes were blood shot red with a deadly fire, "Do you think I don't remember, however I will stand by my sister like a good sibling, and to give my life for her, or even take a few for her," she said. Seto looked at Alexandra, he thought about her, the night they had just shared, and the new life she was always talking about, and wanting why, do all this just to kill him and not get the life she wanted why drag him in to it at all, that was the part that confused Seto.

"Alexandra, why do any of this," said a female voice, a little way up the road. Alexandra looked up the road Kisara stood with everyone around her, Mai, and Yugi were with her unharmed, that made Joey happy that Mai was ok. Atemu was happy to see that Yugi was all right he was worried that Katharine may have hurt him because he refused at one time to betray Alexandra only to find she had betrayed all of them.

"Why stay with someone that caused you pain, you wanted to be past that, remember, don't make my mistake Alexandra, don't do what it takes to get what you want, so why listen to that bitch," said Seto looking at Alexandra. Alexandra turned her head, "Why did you become an asshole, Kaiba, I am not the girl you knew 24 hours ago," she said turning her head towards him, "I am staying with my sister, like I have been since the beginning. You were just a side dish, a toy, I wanted to play with, there you happy now," she barked.

Seto gripped his gun tighter trying to hide the emotions that were running through his head, "You don't mean that do ya?" said Joey.

Alexandra laughed, "Think about it, why would my sister let me off so easily when I knocked you out so many months ago at Kaiba Corp, she and I made a deal, that morning, as fate would have it," she sneered.

"What you were in league with her since that day?" said Seto in shock at this information. Alexandra nodded, "How do you think I knew, where to find you in the woods, it wasn't the fact you called out in pain, it was because I was right there when your beaten carcass was put there, I just had to go to Mokuba pored out a few tears, and bam we went looking for you," admitted Alexandra.

"Oh and I am so proud of my little step sister for coming up with all the ideas, to get you here, to this spot, she did some research only to find that your nightmare started right here, and so was hers so why now make a great ending here," said Katharine with a smirk on her face. Alexandra turned her eyes back under her brown and blue bangs; she was ashamed of what she had done and admitted to doing, the truth was he loved, but now how was she going to get out of killing him. Alexandra really wished that Katharine was dead, so she could have her happy life away from the torture but then again, if it weren't for Seto's father driving up that road on that deadly night, she would have never been in the spot to begin with. 'Kaiba, I have to kill Kaiba,' thought Alexandra, even though she didn't want this to happen now, and the only way she saw out to get her freedom from Katharine she had too kill him.

Flashback

Seto was knocked out and Katharine by her new desk, "Bravo little step sister, I am surprised you had it in you, to hit him," she said clapping her hands. Alexandra stood there with a broken pot in her hand with a look of anger in her eyes, "I didn't do it for you, witch," she said throwing the pieces on the ground.

"You know what I want," Alexandra said glaring at Katharine picking up Seto's gun that was near his body. "You want your freedom, to run away from me. Fine, but you have to do me a favor and kill Seto Kaiba," said Katharine, "however not here it's too messy, I want you to take him to the place his father died, the place where my father, found you and took you in, step sister," she said.

Alexandra nodded, "If I do this, get him there, and stand with you one last time will you give me my life back, the one you stole the minute your parents died, a few weeks after I lost my real parents?" she snapped. Katharine smirked and walked over to her younger stepsister placing a hand on her shoulders, "I will give you everything you want, freedom, a life, and my personal favorite, peace," she whispered into Alexandra's ear. "Deal," said Alexandra coldly with determination in her eyes as if fearing her stepsister's last words.

End Flashback

"You see Seto, I followed Katharine's instructions to the tee, I didn't come up with the whole plan just getting you here, and she did the rest of the work of having Atemu, Joey, Kisara, Mai, Rebecca, Mokuba and everyone else see your down fall. What better way to end it where it began like my sister said," Alexandra said cocking her gun and pointing it at Seto and Katharine moving to point at Mokuba.

"I am going to do what I am told…" Alexandra started to say when Alexandra got flashbacks.

Flashbacks (These flashes are just random; some are not even mentioned in this story, but are to fill in some gaps maybe someday I will make a prequel to this but I doubt I will)

Alexandra with her parents happy on the second level of the house, "Alexandra, I want you to try these cookies," said her mother. "Thanks mom," she said eating the cookie. Alexandra's father came into the room and grabbed Alexandra's mother from behind, "ahh, Ryan Muto, stop it Ally is present, with a cookie, you want the girl to bit her tongue, seeing you and me," said Alexandra's mother laughing.

The accident, "Mom, Dad where are you?" Alexandra cried out in the darkness and rain. "Don't worry my brother and I will look after you now," said Seto reaching out to help Alexandra out of the oil and mud. Alexandra and Seto were kissing as the sun came up on the hilltop the night of the accident it was a magical moment one, that Mokuba saw when he woke up with the sun in his eyes.

Alexandra's first day at the Pegasus home, "Welcome to you new home, Alexandra dear," said John Pegasus opening the door to the large white mansion. Alexandra walked into the white polished mansion it was bigger then her house the entrance hall was bigger then her old home. "Thank you for taking me in Mr. Pegasus, I know it was my parents' last request, in their will to have you take care of me, I don't want to be a bother," said Alexandra in a scared voice.

"Call me John or Dad if you want, Alexandra your part of the family now," said the happy white haired man. "IS that my new niece, Johnny boy?" asked Maxamillon Pegasus. "Yes it is, Brother Max, and our other sister's sons have vanished so I couldn't locate them, however I have Ryan Muto's daughter now as my own," said John. "Alexandra, meet your Uncle Max, he owns his own gaming company," he said. Alexandra blushed, "Hello, Max, wait Max, as in Maxamillon Pegasus, head of Industrial Illusions?" she asked.

"Yes, and nice to meet you, too" said Maxamillon Pegasus, "OH Celia would love to meet you," said the young gentle man. John laughed and rubbed the back of his head, "Hey, speaking of your wife where, is she, and mine, along with my daughter, Katharine," asked John. "Oh there in the pool," said Max, "Come Alexandra I will show you around."

John blushed, "Ah, Max, not great idea, I want her to meet Amanda and Katharine, first" he said pulling Alexandra from her new and over happy Uncle. Max pouted, "Fine, Johnny boy," he said. John glared at his older brother, "I really hate it when you call me that Max," he said. "Well what I am to do with my little brother and VP, when I want to get to know my new niece," Max said with a smile. Alexandra smiled, "Its ok John," she said, "I am not scared of him, I don't scare easily never had been," 'nor will I ever will be,' she thought and spoke.

Two black and blue eyes glared down from the stairwell, 'Not scare, huh, I will make you scared and wish you were never born, little slave of a step brat,' thought Katharine, who was watching from the stairs above the main hall.

Alexandra was on the balcony a few weeks after the accident before, "What do you mean they are dead, that's not possible. Who would have killed them!" yelled Katharine from the entrance hall to the mansion as an officer informed her that John and Amanda Pegasus were killed on there way to their car from the opera apparently blew up from linking oil and fire.

Alexandra shuddered, "I am going to get it tonight," she said on her balcony.

Years later

At a party, Katharine came in to the room dressed in her best black dress, while Alexandra was dressed in a slim evening blue gown, "Happy birthday Katharine," said Alexandra with small smile. Katharine walked up to her little step sister, "Thanks," she said and leaned close to the 14 year old Alexandra's ear, "Slave," she said. Alexandra winched as shivers went down her spin, "I am sorry," she said and walked away, towards the back of the room.

Gosaburo Kaiba was standing with his two-step sons, Mokuba and Seto Kaiba; Katharine went to greet them with a fake smile. "Well hello, Mr. Kaiba," said Katharine, and holding out her hand. "Ms. Pegasus," he huffed to her not happy to see her. Katharine smirked, "Don't start that with me, Gosaburo," she snapped at him. Seto and Mokuba were then brushed off as Gosaburo Kaiba took the 17-year-old Katharine's arm and they walked away talking business.

Seto turned to see Alexandra standing next to him, they knew each other only a little bit back then, "Wow, she does get around, doesn't she, Alexandra," he said looking at her. Alexandra had her head down, "I don't want to talk about it, young Kaiba," she said turning away and heading out of the room.

More time later

A few days after Kaiba lost to Yugi, "What your actually related to Yugi Muto!" snapped Seto Kaiba in his office as Alexandra stood there at his desk. Alexandra nodded, "He's my cousin, I thought you would understand," she said. "That's bull Alexandra and you know it, consider your self out of my life as of this moment, now GET OUT!" shouted Seto Kaiba.

Alexandra left, her heart ached, "I will never like you again, Kaiba, and to think you and I even got close to kissing one time," she said headed out the door.

A few days before the Party scene

"ALEXANDRA where are you, it's time for your branding sister," said Katharine walking through the mansion. Alexandra was in the dinning room doing some work, for school when her sister came in, "What is it, this time, what did I do now that makes you want to reopen my wounds?" she asked when she saw Katharine with her heated tip knife.

"You have been in my stuff, you took this out of my room," snapped the older stepsister holding a book in her hand. Alexandra shook her head, "I didn't Dad gave that to me before he and Mom died, they were reading it to me," she said looking at the book in her stepsister's hand.

Katharine smacked Alexandra, "There not your parents, they never were, my parents died because of you. You should have never told them that a night out would be good for them. Now, you're going to wish that you were never born, like I though of you the first day you were here as you sweet-talked my uncle about not being scared. I will make you fear me," said the black and red eyes woman as she pushed Alexandra down and began edging her initials in her lower back for the tenth time that month.

End flashback

"Why even put up with her Alexandra, you told me she gave you those scars…" Seto started to say. "Shut up, I don't care about scars, I want my life back, and getting rid of you is the only way to do it, then so be it," Alexandra said taking the gun and cocking it at Kaiba again. Katharine smirked, "Good that's what you should do Alexandra," she said as her evil grin grew.

The wind blew on the side of the mountain Alexandra's dyed brown and some blue hairs blew out of her face, her blue eyes that used to shine as stars were clouded with storm clouds, as she looked at Kaiba eyes that were bright lights off shore in a house, one last time.

"Alexandra, don't do this, Seto saved your life and this is how you repay him," yelled Mokuba from where he stood. Katharine looked at the younger Kaiba brother, "First him then you," Katharine snapped at him, then turning to Alexandra, "Kill Seto, now."

Alexandra closed her eyes, as she put both hands on the revolver, and one finger on the trigger, "Good bye Seto," she whispered letting a few tears fall.

Before Seto could do anything he had to tell her, "Alexandra, do what you have to do, know this, I love you, even if you don't anymore," he said just as Alexandra pulled the trigger. 'Oh Ra what have I just done,' thought Alexandra as she felt half of her energy drain out of her quickly as if losing part of her self.