Seto woke up early the next morning and went into his office. He picked up the newspaper and sat down to read up on the stocks and bonds. He looked at the front page headline and gasped in shock. 'Crap!' he thought to himself. 'How did they find out?' Seto buzzed one of the servants of the house.

"Yes, Mr. Kaiba?" the servant asked.

"Prepare the limo immediately, I need to go out." Seto demanded as he hurridly changed out of his pajamas. He'd better hurry if he didn't want Cat to see the paper.

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Cat woke up the next morning and sleepily wandered into the kitchen were she was greeted by her grandfather and Yugi.

"Morning guys." She said sleepily.

"Good morning, Cathryn." her grandfather replied. "How was last night?"

"It was good, I saw Mai Valentine there." Cat said as she sat down next to Yugi at the kitchen table.

"Why was she there?" Yugi asked pouring himself some cereal.

"Some guy she knew needed a date and she owed him a favor." She said. "Hey, Grandpa, where is the paper? I need to look at an article for a homework assignment."

"We don't have one today." Grandpa answered.

"Huh?" Cat questioned.

"Yeah, I went outside to get it this morning and it was missing, it seems as though our entire block didn't get a paper this morning." Yugi explained.

"Well, I'll just get one at the newspaper stand on the way to school." Cat said as she finished eating breakfast.

"Aren't you riding with Kaiba?" Yugi asked putting his dishes in the dishwasher.

"No, Mokuba had to be at school early this morning, so they left earlier than normal." Cat explained. "So I'm walking with you and Tea today."

"Great," Yugi said as they went upstairs to get dressed for school. Not long after that, Tea ran the doorbell and Cat and Yugi joined her in walking to school. When they got to the newspaper stand at the corner Cat found that they were completely sold out of today's newspapers.

"That's so weird." Cat said as they continued walking to school. "First no one on our street has a paper, and now the stand is completely sold out. What's that all about?"

"If I had known, I would have brought you our paper." Tea said. "I never read it and my dad only reads the sports section."

"Maybe Joey or Tristan will have it." Yugi commented.

"We'll see." Cat said as they reached school. As the three walked up the steps Cat noticed people staring at her and pointing and whispering. Cat wasn't the only one to notice.

"Is it just me, or is everyone staring at you, Cat?" Tea asked.

"You got me. Maybe Joey or Tristan knows." Cat said as they made their way inside. Unfortunately Cat didn't get a chance to talk to anyone else until lunch. She walked outside and sat at one of the benches next to Joey. Whispers filled the air as people walked by and looked at Cat. Joey and Cat were soon joined by Tea, Yugi, and Tristan.

"Ok, what is going on?" Cat asked Tristan as soon as he sat down. "What is up with the whispering?" she demanded.

Tristan looked shocked. "Didn't you read the paper this morning?" He asked cautiously.

"No, we didn't get one." She said. "No one on our block did."

"Then you might be interested in reading this." Joey said as he searched in his backpack for today's paper. He produced the paper and handed it to Cat. Cat took the paper and gasped in shock at the headline on the front page. "Local Girl Dates Kaiba For His Money." Cat read aloud. "Granddaughter of local game shop owner ,Solomon Moto, Cat Moto has recently begun dating the famous Seto Kaiba, and there are a million reasons why we think she should. All of them dollars. It seems that this young lady has snagged the heart of the CEO and is doing it for the riches she could gain from his affections." Cat said reading the story aloud. The story went on to tell about recent events between her and Kaiba. Places they had been, and things they had done and any other tidbits that the reporter had picked up. "This is unbelievable. I have to go." Cat said as she stood up, taking the paper with her.

"Where are you going?" Yugi called after her retreating back.

"I have to talk to Seto." She yelled back as she went to the place where she knew he always ate lunch. She found him at a solitary picnic bench typing away at his laptop. Cat walked up to him and slammed the paper down in front of him. "Did you know about this?" Cat demanded of the startled CEO. Seto looked up from his computer and sighed. He was afraid this would happen.

"Yes." He said as Cat stared at him in amazement.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Cat asked angrily.

"Because I thought that I had bought out every copy that you would come into contact with." Seto answered.

"Why would you do that? I mean why would you keep something like this from me?" Cat asked.

"Because I thought that it might make you upset. Apparently I was right." Seto said shutting off his computer.

Cat plopped herself in the seat across from Seto. "Well, wouldn't you be if the newspaper told the entire city that you were dating some guy for his money?!" she asked him wearily.

"Believe me that would never happen to me." Seto answered assuredly.

"Why do you say that?" Cat asked slightly annoyed.

"Because, I wouldn't be dating some guy." He teased.

Cat glared. "This is not the time for that kind of humor." She said as she put her head in her hands. "Now what am I going to do?"

"Don't do anything." Seto said. Cat looked up at him. "Look, you don't have anything to worry about." He answered calmly.

"I don't" Cat asked confused.

"No," Seto answered. "Look, all that matters is who believes this story and who doesn't. You know it isn't true as do your grandfather and your brother and his little friends. And I know that you aren't. That's all that matters." Seto said reassuringly. Cat gave him a weak smile.

"Yeah, I guess your right." She said. Seto smiled at her as he stood up. "Now I have some things to do, you still coming over tonight?"

Cat nodded as Seto walked off. Cat watched him until he disappeared inside the building. 'He doesn't believe I would date him for his money.' She thought happily as she stood up and returned to where her brother and his friends were waiting for her.