The Truth is Revealed

"He kept me in a tower like a hidden princess. I would faze out making him very mad, but the main point was to find the one I was here to find. I think that was you." She said finishing her story before Kaiba could completely adjust to the dark again.

"So let me get this straight. You were created by the Millennium Necklace, Rod and Eye." Kaiba said. Cecilia simply nodded her head seeing no other answer was possible. "That still doesn't explain the card."

"No I suppose it doesn't." Cecilia said starting her next story, and laying down starting to stare at the ceiling. "Pegasus couldn't control me. He enjoys being in control of everything. He couldn't keep tabs on me or even sense my presence with his eye. So, he chained my soul to a blank card calling it 'my prison'. As long as he had the card I couldn't go far because of the risk of him using it. Just think of where I could be when I would pass out. Someone could take me for dead and incinerate my body. You know how painful that would be to try to return to ashes?"

Kaiba sat silently for a few minutes before saying anything; he was half trying to get the picture of Cecilia on fire, out of his mind. "What about the man who sent me after you, Maxum."

"My 'father' was in bad standings with me. Everything he told you was true with the exception of his name. He has returned to better standings but still has the curse of never being able to win a duel in his life ever again."

"Did you put the curse on him?" Kaiba asked already knowing the answer, and becoming uneasy knowing she could make it possible to never win a duel again.

"I am his curse. He should have never brought me here." Cecilia answered solemnly, still staring at the ceiling avoiding eye contact with Kaiba.

"So, Maxum is…" Kaiba started.

"Maximillian Pegasus," Cecilia finished not even having to read his mind.

"And the card only works for you because…" Kaiba started.

"It is me." Cecilia finished again.

"So what can you do exactly?" Kaiba asked on a lighter note, moving to lean over her, but she just moved her eyes away from his finding another spot on the ceiling to stare at.

"Read minds, Faze people or random allowed objects…"

Kaiba cut her off, "Allowed objects?"

"Yes, like the card I can only faze it if the holder allows me to." She explained. "And I can only Faze people who touch me."

"Like when Mokuba and I held your hand?" Kaiba questioned, thinking it all over quickly in his head.

"Yes and I can send people into the past. If they touch me."

"So if I never touch you, you can't do anything to me?" Kaiba asked.

"No, I could leave," Cecilia said with her taunting smile back, and turning her eyes to meet his gaze once again.

"Cecilia…" Kaiba started but didn't know what to say.

"Now that you know. Do you still want me around?" Cecilia said asking the first question of her life. Kaiba noticed this only because her eyes wavered slightly; she was preparing for the rejection he wasn't going to give her.

"Yes." Kaiba answered gently even lovingly as he started to caress her cheek.

Cecilia leaned over him and kissed him on the cheek unsure of what Kaiba would do. He slid his hands on hers and pulled her down to him gently enough to be able to stop if he felt any resistance, but she moved easily with him. He slid his hands down her chest revealed by her dress. She tensed even so slightly to his movement.

"Cecilia, I … I love you." Kaiba whispered into her ear. "I have since I saw you again in the room. The minute you spoke to me."

"The minute you saw my face, and heard my enchanting voice." Cecilia sighed.

"No the minute I realized you are the only women brave enough to taunt me. The only person able to make me worry about how I say things, about what I say. I also noticed you seem to have taken to me like no one else." Kaiba said pouring his heart in a blender, if she wanted to all she had to do was flip the switch.

"I can not love Kaiba." Cecilia said gently, flipping the switch.

"How? Why" Kaiba asked hurt deeply. Not only by her words, but also because of the name she called him.

"I'm not just a creation, I'm a dimension traveler. When I finish a life somewhere I move on to the next, Pegasus just happened to call me here. Besides I loved once and I… saw him die. I cannot do that again Kaiba. I won't lie to you. I like you, but love could destroy me." She explained to him sadly.

"Call me Seto." Kaiba insisted.

"I can't Kaiba."

"Many would kill to be allowed to call me Seto."

"I can't." Cecilia protested.

"Do it." Kaiba yelled.

"As you wish Seto." Cecilia gave in letting her heart fall into an icy resolve.

Cecilia rolled over laying on her back no longer touching Seto. He rolled over to her putting his hand on top of hers.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."

"I know you didn't Seto, you just got angry." Cecilia said to him kindly.

Seto leaned in and kissed her gently. Cecilia whispered in his ear something he would not understand until another day. "I will be gone before you are ready to release me, Seto. You must understand I can't stay here too long. I must keep moving, I must keep running."

"Don't worry I'll protect you, nothing can get you when your with me."

"I wish that was true, Seto I wish that was true." Cecilia whispered so quietly that even Seto above her couldn't hear her as he leaned in to kiss her.