Seto stared at her stunned for a moment, his mind trying to register what she had just said.

"What?!" he responded a little more harshly than he intended.

"I love you." Cat said again, staring at him. "From the time I first saw you I knew that I loved you. I don't know how I knew and I don't really care. I love you Seto Kaiba." Seto didn't say a word as he quickly strode over to her and kissed her passionately.

Cat pressed against him, as she kissed him back, her tied up wrists resting on his chest. Seto interrupted the kiss with a growl as he reached for a dagger at his side. He pulled it out of its sheath and quickly cut the ropes from around her wrist. One free, Cat threw her arms around his neck and kissed him again, putting all the love she felt for him in that one kiss. Seto hugged her to him in a crushing grip. Afraid that if he let go, he would find out that it was only a dream. Seto broke the kiss and stared into her golden eyes.

"I love you too Cat." He said to her as he kissed her again. The two broke apart, trying to catch their breath as Cat leaned against Seto's chest. Seto smiled as he rested his chin on the top of her head.

"How do I know, that you aren't just here to get the crystal?" Seto asked suddenly, pushing her back to look into her eyes. Cat looked startled for a moment and then smiled.

"Because you never got it." She admitted. Seto looked at her puzzled as she touched the crystal hanging around her neck.

I figured that you saw where I hid it. So after we got interrupted that one time I went back up and switched it. I had the crystal the entire time." She said.

"You let your entire country go to war over a fake crystal?" Seto asked in disbelief.

She shook her head. "We had to make you think that you had the original. My father figured that if you thought that you had our crystal, then the protection on your would slacken and we could get it. We knew the entire time that it was safe."

"That's why you retreated." Seto said putting the pieces together. Cat nodded.

"How do you know that I won't take the crystal from you now?" he asked her.

"I don't" she admitted. "But I'm trusting you not too." She added quietly. Seto didn't answer as he pulled her toward him again. She was his now, and crystal or no crystal he wasn't going to let go. The two stood there for a while, just being with each other when a knock sounded on his door. Seto's eyes blazed at being interrupted as he strode over to the door and looked out. The gruff looking man was standing outside, holding another rope, a cruel smile on his face.

"I've come to take the prisoner to the inquisitor." He said, trying to look into the room.

"He has some questions for her." He said with an insinuation of a painful questioning. Seto's eyes shone with fury at the insinuation as he knocked the man against the opposite wall.

"If I hear that you have hurt a hair on her head, I swear you will regret the day you were born." He hissed, his face inches from the now startled man.

The gruff man's eyes were wide as he was pressed against the wall. "Yes prince Seto!" he stammered. Seto let go of him as he slid to the floor. He scrambled up and left as fast as he could. Not daring to look behind him. Seto returned to the room and shut the door after him.

"I never liked that guy." He muttered as Cat went over to him and rested her head on his chest.

"So what do we do now?"  She asked quietly putting her arms around him. Seto thought for a moment as he held her to him.

"The only thing to do. Let's get my countries crystal and defeat the monster that it reveals. And then we can be together forever. And No one will be able to take you from me."

Cat smiled as she hugged him tighter.

"I love you Seto." She whispered. Seto tilted her chin up and kissed her again.

"I love you too Cat." He said genuinely as he placed his hand on her cheek. "I love you too."