Hi there! Finally out of my 'dark' phase, which I'm sure my family and friends are all grateful for. Decided to post something incredibly stupid but unbelievably fun to write. Why? Because I can! Written in collaboration with Wannabe WolfGirl, my incredibly talented, insane, genius of a sister. Hope you enjoy it!

Kaiba, Yugi, Joey, Ryou and Malik are all flying in Kaiba's private helicopter. Why? We don't know. Anyway, they were flying over an extremely convenient forest when a predictable argument broke out between Kaiba and Joey. Through a series of unforeseen circumstances, the pilot ends up rolling the chopper and all our beloved characters go tumbling to their doom, along with two of those solid briefcases Kaiba always travels with. Unaware of the loss of his precious cargo, the oblivious (soon to be fired) pilot continues on his now peaceful way.

In the forest, there was a brief but loud rain of teenaged boys and luggage. Luckily enough for the participants of this impromptu shower, several objects impeded their progress towards the ground. The result being:

Seto Kaiba found himself in the middle of an unidentified but very prickly bush. The sounds of splashing and inventive cursing meant that at least two of the geek squad were around. After a short, vicious battle, Kaiba emerged to find Ryou dragging himself onto shore from a small but deep pool into which he had landed. However, the swearing continued. Scowling, Kaiba looked around. He spotted a hand and his gaze followed it upward to discover the crazy, blonde Egyptian, Malik, uncomfortably suspended upside-down in a tree. Ice blue eyes met angry lilac ones and there was a momentary silence as the two glared before Ryou piped up from where he lay:

"Don't you think we should get him down?"

As easy as done. Reaching up, Kaiba grabbed the boy by his shirt and pulled. Malik's rapid descent was apparently quite painful, at least according to the long rant he subjected his companions to. Kaiba didn't listen to a word of it, being too preoccupied with his missing briefcases, one of which contained money, the other holding the prototypes for his latest duel-disk models. Spying one of his briefcases, he swooped down on it and opened it eagerly. He swore softly and shut it again. The only thing in it was money. His latest prototypes were missing!

"What? That stupid, no-good…Aah!" Words failing him, Joey Wheeler threw his hands up in disgust. His morning had been unpleasant to start with, and had just deteriorated after falling out of the helicopter. Nothing broke his bone-jarring fall except perhaps for his face. He did, however, manage to cushion the fall of his best friend, who, despite having an entire forest to choose from, decided that his head was the best landing place. After numerous bouts of cursing, apologies, staggering and attempts to stop the world from spinning, he and Yugi stumbled across a silver briefcase. Recognizing it as one of Kaiba's, Joey instantly pounced on it, excitedly telling Yugi that they were saved.

"With the money in this briefcase, once we get out of this forest, we can get home! No problem!"

Upon opening it, Joey was dismayed to find it held nothing but a pair of duel-disks. Yugi, realizing his friend's dreams of riches were shattered, wisely said nothing about their lack of finances and merely patted him on the shoulder, suggesting that they search for their friends.

Anyone who knows anything about being lost in the woods will know the procedure that follows:

While wandering blindly in a random direction, you shout at the top of your lungs. You also trip over tree roots, get your clothing hooked on various plants and get harassed/attacked by the miscellaneous wildlife, from mosquitoes to hawks. The sight of a road, therefore, brings tears of relief to your eyes and you break into the stumbling run of the desperate, yet exhausted, wanderer.

"Oh look, hobos," said Joey when he and Yugi emerged from the undergrowth on the roadside. The three disheveled figures turned and Yugi grinned with delight.

"Ryou, Malik, Kaiba!" he exclaimed. "Are we glad to see you?"

"Shrimp," Kaiba nodded as Yugi was glomped by an overjoyed Malik and a relieved Ryou.

"Mutt," he greeted Joey as he came to stand beside him. Joey glowered at him, and then noticed the briefcase in his hand.

"Aha! So that's the briefcase with the money!" he shouted, pointing at the offending piece of luggage. Kaiba's eyes widened at the sight of his priceless new prototypes being waved recklessly through the air by the annoying blonde.

"Give me those," he growled, reaching for the second briefcase. Joey backed away, grinning insanely.

"Nuh-uh-uh, not so fast moneybags! We need cash to get us home. If you get us back to Domino safe and sound, you can get your little toys back."

The three Hikaris watched with interest as Kaiba's face turned a multitude of colors, ranging from his normal pale complexion to red, blue and white before finally settling back to its usual hue.

"Very well," he agreed stiffly. "Let's go."

Thus begins the craziest road trip in history, as five boys set off down the road, unknowingly heading in the completely wrong direction.

So? What did you think? It's going to be fun, I can promise you that. The mayhem is only beginning. Until next time, goodbye!

DeadFoxy