"I've called the police and notified them about the Rare Hunters," Seto said. "There's a chance that they might be apprehended, but I think it's finally out of our hands now. Good riddance…"

Téa was only half-listening; she was still in a state of shock that had been brought about by the revelation of Aurus having lied to her. Even though he did seem to genuinely care, he had still betrayed her, just like everyone else. And Seto, whom she had accused of betraying her, had actually gone out of his way to help her, which was something incredibly uncharacteristic of him.

"Are you about ready to leave, or do you intend to sit around on this old rooftop and mope all night long?" the CEO asked. But his voice wasn't dripping with its usual sarcasm.

"Kaiba, you were right all along," she said, allowing the tears to fall again. She didn't like having to cry in front of him, but she couldn't hold back all of the feelings she had been bottling up. "I knew you better than any of those other dancers, and yet I believed them instead of you."

"That's the way you are; there isn't a crime in that," said Seto. It seemed very odd for the CEO to be playing the role of adviser. "But you need to pick yourself up and move on."

"Move on?" she repeated, hollowly, standing at last. "I told you, Kaiba; everything I was hoping for… everything that I had my heart set on is gone. Not only did my dreams elude me, but everything ended up so much worse. Madame Mystíca told me that I'd be missing out on something precious if I didn't go, but all I found…" She trailed off, glancing at Seto. That was when she realized that the Seto Kaiba she once knew would not have chased her all over the world. He would not have bothered to save her from the Rare Hunters. And he certainly would not have been behind her, waiting for her to get back up on her feet. And all of this had come after she had confessed her feelings to him, first indirectly, and then directly.

"Kaiba… why did you go through all of this trouble?" she asked.

The CEO blinked, caught off-guard by the query.

"What do you mean?" he asked, trying to act in his usual emotionless manner. "It was a task that I had to undertake. I couldn't allow you to become a Rare Hunter. You're better off on Yugi's side."

The summer breeze began to blow around them, catching her hair and his trenchcoat as they stood on the opera house roof. The moon gleamed behind them as it sank beneath the horizon, reflecting off of the tears that still remained in Téa's eyes before it vanished.

"And that's the reason why?" she asked.

"One of them," he admitted. He would have denied it, ordinarily, but the girl had been lied to so many times in the recent weeks, he owed her the truth. He didn't need to go into details, so he said nothing more.

Téa was vaguely aware of the bells in the Notre Dame cathedral chiming as they stood upon the rooftop. It would soon be morning.

"And before I forget…" Seto said, pulling out a repaired handheld computer. "I believe that this belongs to you. You seemed to have left it behind in Salem."

"My handheld computer!" she exclaimed. "But… Arkana said that he broke it…"

"Considering that I created it, it wasn't beyond me to repair it," the CEO replied, his confident air returning to his voice.

She suppressed a smile; it had been the first time in a while that she had come so close to smiling. She glanced back at Seto again.

"Thank you, Kaiba; this really means a lot to me," she said. "It was from my friends; I'm sure Mokuba told you."

"He did," Seto agreed. "And speaking of your friends, are you going to go back to Domino or not? You need to let me know, since I have to get this money back to the accounting department before anything else happens. And I'm certain that your friends are waiting for your return."

"What about you?" asked Téa. "Do you want me to go back?"

He was caught off-guard again. But once more, he was honest, and he answered with a semi-brusque nod.

"Domino wouldn't be quite the same without you and your little lectures," he mused.

She understood what he was trying to say. She stepped forward to hug him once again, but this time, she stopped halfway, and instead proceeded to bring her face towards him, ever so slightly.

He saw her coming. He had enough time to step back or stop her from coming any closer, but he did not. And their lips met.

He could have pulled away; she gave him every opportunity to do so. But he did not. He, who had once dreaded the thought of kissing her, was now doing just that.

They stepped back after a minute, as the sun began to rise over the Parisian sky.

"I want to go back to Domino," she said at last. He had hoped that she would say that.

The mysterious medallion was still in the CEO's pocket as they proceeded to his Blue-Eyes jet. He would have someone take a look at it; perhaps Yugi might be able to make something of it. He could've cared less about it; Seto was more concerned with how he was going to break the news of his kiss with Téa to Mokuba. He was already imagining the smirk on his younger brother's face.

Téa, too, wasn't sure of what she would tell her friends. Yugi would be baffled, but happy for her. Joey… well… he'd be baffled, but probably not as happy. And Madame Mystíca wouldn't be surprised, for Téa realized now what precious thing the medium had been referring to.

Her journey hadn't been a total loss; one of Téa's dreams was indeed coming true.

Author's Note: At last, it's complete! I realize that the ending is rather open and that there are a few loose ends in this case, but I'm planning a whole series of mystery fics, so any unanswered questions will be dealt with in later fics. A huge thanks to everyone who read and reviewed!