Seto could still feel the brush of her lips against his before she had vanished into nothingness. She had sacrificed her life to save him. "No, Cat" he yelled as he fell to his knees. No one had ever done such a selfless act for him before. "She's gone." He muttered. 'She said she loved me.' He thought. 'She LOVED me!' he thought again. No one had ever told him that and really meant it. Yugi was also in a state of shock. "No" he said softly, staring at the spot she had just been. 'First my best friend, then Mai, and now my sister.' He thought. 'We just have to beat this thing' Yugi thought as he turned his attention back to the task at hand.
"Kaiba, I need your help to defeat this monster." Yugi said. "Summon your Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon."
Seto was still mourning the loss of Cat. He just couldn't believe she had pushed him out of the way and gave up her life for his.
"Kaiba!" Yugi yelled. Seto snapped out of his reverie. "I still don't need your help!" Kaiba hissed at Yugi. He was going to make this beast pay for what it did.
"Kaiba, don't be foolish, you can't beat this thing alone. Please, work with me." Yugi asked. Seto gave him a sideways glance.
"Don't let Cat's sacrifice have been in vain." Yugi pleaded playing on Seto's obvious feelings for his sister.
Kaiba faltered. "You better know what you're doing." Kaiba growled as he summoned the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
"I use Polymerization to fuse the Ultimate Dragon with my Black Luster Soldier. Creating the Dragon Knight Master. With an attack strength of 5000."
"But it's still not enough to defeat the Mythical Dragon." Mokuba pointed out.
"Yes," Yugi answered. "But the Dragon Knight Master also gains points for every dragon that has been played on the field giving it a total strength of 9000!"
"Dragon Knight Master,… Attack!" Yugi and Seto say together as the Mythical Dragon is defeated. Suddenly a hole opens underneath the remaining three's feet as the fell down, down, down, into the hole. When the trio wakes up they find themselves back at the palace where Adina praises them for their glorious defeat of the Mythical Dragon. Seto ignores the praise still upset over the loss that he had suffered. Yugi feels the same.
"I notice that the group that set out from here is missing some people. The loss of friends is hard to bear, even for a legendary warrior." Adina says. Adina then starts to glow and reveals herself to be the Mystical Elf. She starts to chant a spell to bring back those who had fallen. An outline of Joey, Mai, Aero, and lastly Cat appeared as they slowly grew clearer and woke up. Joey, Mai, Cat, you guys are all right!" Yugi exclaimed as he rushes to them giving each a hug. Seto stared at Cat for a while, not knowing what to say. Cat frees herself from Yugi's embrace and walks to Seto. Seto cleared his throat as the exit portal appeared next to them. Before they step through Seto turns to Cat.
"Umm.. I have this business thing to go to tomorrow night. I would like it if you went with me." Seto said uncharacteristically softly. "As…as my girlfriend." He added.
Cat smiled as she reached out and took his hand. "Nothing would make me happier." She answered as Seto turned to Yugi. "Yugi," he said addressing the smaller boy. "I thank you for all your help, but don't think that this means we'll be teaming up in real life anytime soon." He said in his usual cold voice.
Yugi nodded. "But maybe Kaiba you could start seeing us as friends, rather than adversaries." Seto gave Yugi a look as the group walked through the exit portal.
Cat, Joey, Mokuba, and Yugi wake up from the virtual machines just as the guards break down the door to the virtual machines. Tea and Tristan had their hands full trying to keep them back.
"Boy, we sure are glad that you guys are back." Tristan said as one of the guards saw Mokuba.
"Mokuba, if you're out, then that means…" the guard stuttered.
"Yes, that Seto is out also and you better hurry if you want to help your employers before my big brother gets there." Mokuba said defiantly as the guards rushed out of the room. Mokuba turned to Cat and Yugi.
"Thanks you guys for helping my brother." He said as he gave Cat a hug. Cat returned the hug as she ruffled his hair affectionately. "No problem kiddo." She answered as Mokuba released her and ran to find him. Just as Mokuba left Mai entered the room from an adjoining door.
"You mean you were over there the entire time?" Joey asked. '
"Yes," Mai answered as they all laughed over their situation and prepared to leave. As they were leaving Mai and Tea lagged behind the boys with Cat.
"So Cat, did you tell him?" Mai asked. Cat looked at Mai confused then realized she was talking about Seto. She nodded embarrassed.
"yeah, I did." She said softly.
"What did he do?" Tea asked. Tea had known for a while how Cat felt about Seto and so she assumed that she had finally told him.
"He asked me to be his girlfriend." Cat said softly.
Mai whistled. "Who'd have thought that Kaiba would one day have a girlfriend." Mai said as they walked back home; Cat thinking about Seto the entire way.
Once back at his mansion, Seto excused himself from Mokuba and went to his room. He needed to think. He sat down on his bed and absentmindedly stared out the now darkening sky. 'Cat loves me.' He thought to himself as he stared absentmindedly out his window. It still blew his mind that she had been willing to risk her life to save his. It wasn't like he hadn't ever been told someone loved him before. A while ago lots of girls threw themselves at him for his money and proclaimed their love for him, but he knew that at the first sign of danger they would run. Cat on the other hand came to him with no expectations, and had stayed by his side even when he had been cold hearted toward her. Seto had wanted to say that he loved her in return, but he was still fighting the feelings that he had for her. He still thought that he didn't need anybody when deep down he knew he really did. He was lonely but he had denied it for so long, and then Cat came and threw everything out the window. Seto laid down on his bed and closed his eyes. He soon fell asleep thinking and dreaming of Cat.