DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yugioh or the characters of Yugioh. This is a non-profit fan made story.

RATED: M for foul language, minor violence and male X male.

PAIRINGS: (Kaiba X Joey) (Yami X Yugi) (Duke X Tristan) (Bakura X Marik)

NOTE: There may be spelling and grammar mistakes. I am currently looking for an editor.

Chapter 1: The Tickets

One spring morning, a group of teenagers rushed into class as their first bell of the day rang. While most sat at their assigned seats and got out their books, a certain blonde and brunette were arguing over an envelope. "Come on! Let me see it, Joey!" Said the taller of two males.

"Naa Tristan, give it back! I'll explain after class when the gang's all here," shushed the shorter blonde named Joey.

Suddenly, the class room door slammed. "Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Taylor, please take your seats," came the demanding voice of their teacher, Mrs. Hartberg. The two boys exchanged looks then sat down quietly. "All right," began their teacher. "As we wait for Mr. Moto, Mrs. Gardner, and Mr. Kaiba to return from their student council meeting, let's go over pages 356 through 360 in your history books." Several groans and grumbles escaped the class before most of them began to work.

Joey slipped his envelope in his desk and got out his text book. As he started to get comfy for what would be his first nap of the day, a wad of paper plopped unexpectedly onto his desk. His Flattery-Brown eye's glanced over at his friend Tristan. He got a wink, then his friend went back to pretending to be interested in their history book.

The blonde rolled his eyes and unwrapped the piece of paper. Scribbled on it was a note that read: "Why are Yugi and Tea in a meeting so early? Ps. WHAT'S IN YOUR ENVELOPE?" Joey then checked to see if the teacher was watching him. Thankfully she had her back turned, so he wrote a quick reply. "Cuz it's the end of da school year, and they're try'n to get everything ready for the end of the year festival. Ps. I'LL TELL YA LATER!" He then threw the wad as hard as he could back at Tristan's head and watched it bounce off his friend's astonished face. Joey snickered, it was always fun for him to joke around during class. That was probably the reason why he always got so many detentions...

About an hour had passed when there was a soft knock on the door. "Come in," said Mrs. Hartberg.

The door opened to reveal a short teen with enormous, tri-colored hair. "Pardon the disturbance," he said sheepishly. "We're back from our student council meeting."

"Thank you, Yugi. You may return to your seats and read the pages written on the board." The boy nodded and returned to his seat, along with Seto Kaiba, who had strutted in after him, and Tea Gardner.

Joey smiled broadly and was very excited to see his best friend, Yugi for the first time that day. He whispered to him about a surprise he had for them all, and that he would share it at lunch.

"Really?" Yugi whispered back in excitement. "I can't wait to hear about it!" The short purple-eyed teen then joined the rest of the class in their boring exercises.

It seemed like ages until their second period was over and lunch began. Finally the gang could all meet together. Amongst them were Tristan, Joey, Yugi, Tea and Duke Devlin. Duke, The Dice Master, only shared third period and lunch with them which was why Joey had to wait till now to share his secret. The five of them were the best of friends you could ever meet. "So," said the dark-haired Duke Devlin. "Tristan has been telling me you got some big secret plan for all of us this summer, Joey."

"Yeah," piped in Yugi. "What is it?"

"Well," started Joey, "I found this enter-to-win thing online. I didn't really know what it was, but I thought, ya know... since I'm so lucky all the time, I might win! So I paid five dollars and entered it!"

"Joey!" Remarked Tea, "You should know better than to pay for stuff like that! It was probably a scam."

"Oh really?" Joey smirked. "Well then I guess these six tickets for a twelve day cruise aren't the real deal, right?" He claimed smugly.

"WHAT?" She yelled. "No way!"

The smug blonde then pulled six tickets out of the envelope he'd been carrying around. "Holy smokes Joey, I can't believe it!" Said Tristan.

"This is amazing!" Smiled Duke.

"Are you going to take all of us?" Asked Yugi, staring up at Joey with his big, puppy-dog eyes.

"Of course!" Proclaimed Joey. "I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Yay!" They all shouted in delight.

Joey was so happy to see all his friends so excited; it was very rare he got to do anything like this for them. "Who's the last ticket for?" asked Yugi suddenly amongst the commotion.

"Don't know," said Joey. "I wanted my sister to come, but my mom won't let her." Joey's smile faded at the thought of not getting to spend time with his little sister, Serinity. They probably wouldn't be able to see each other at all this summer with the way his mom was acting.

"Oh, I'm sorry Joey." Said Yugi apologetically in understanding.

"It's alright Yug, don't sweat it." Joey then put on a big smile. He didn't want to ruin their happy mood.

"Okay though, since you don't have anyone for the last ticket, can I make a suggestion?" Offered Yugi. At this all but Joey's face dropped.

"Sure," he said smiling, without giving it much thought. He then saw Tristan dramatically face-palm out of the corner of his eye. Joey looked at him in confusion.

"Can we invite Kaiba?" asked Yugi.

Joey's jaw dropped. Oh crap, he should have seen this coming. How did he not see this coming? For the past two weeks, Yugi had been trying to get Kaiba to join their group of friends. For some reason, he thought the big CEO could use the company and looked lonely. "Uh, why him Yugi? He doesn't even like us!" Joey protested slumping in his chair.

Yugi's eye's then began to sparkle as tear drops formed in their corners. "Because Joey, just look at him over there, all alone." He then pointed profoundly to the back of the cafeteria. Sure enough, there was Kaiba sitting alone at a lunch table, on his high tech laptop, doing who knows what!

"But Yugi, he's so mean," Joey tried to explain.

"That's because he needs friends," sobbed Yugi.

"Okay, okay. You can ask him, just calm down."

"Thanks Joey!" The small teen then took the last ticket and ran off towards Kaiba.

"You just had to say sure, didn't you," Mocked Tristan.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think about it," sighed Joey.

"This whole trip will be ruined if he comes along." Tristan slumped in his seat along with the blonde.

"I don't think we'll have to worry about that," said Duke. "The guy's too stuck up for his own good. He'll never say yes."

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