Hiya Peoples!!!

It's me again, I'm finally publishing the last chapter of this story, sorry it took so long for me to put up. Got kinda lazy and distracted…

Anyway, to whoever is interested in this story I hope that you enjoy the final installment. By the way, just for the curious this was mostly inspired by the corny English Dub and an interest in the effects of melodrama- plus a lot of cheesy movie dialogue… you gotta love it.

Oh, I not only don't I own Yu-Gi-Oh manga or anime- in English or Japanense I don't own any dialogue from Lord of the Rings either- I just couldn't resist that one line from Galadriel's intro, 'when all hope seemed lost' it's so meladramaish. (- Is that a word???)

Anyhow, I had great fun writing this fic, thanks to the people who reviewed. I needed the encouragement.

Sorry again about the wait.

 Final Disasters

Everything seemed to be going well. Until the YuGiOh gang found out that the engines of the airship were not working, and that Seto Kaiba- who was missing, was the only person who could fix the engines.

Naturally everyone was looking for Seto Kaiba- who was currently occupied in an elevator with Ishizu. (Mokuba was outside the elevator playing on his game boy.) The timer for the bomb which was going to destroy the duel tower was only showing ten minutes.

Many calls for the 'beloved' CEO rang out;

"KAIBA"

"MR KAIBA"

"KAIBA YOU BASTARD"

"KAIBA I'LL BANISH YOU TO THE SHADOW REALM UNLESS YOU APPEAR SOON"

While mentally Yugi yelled at his other half "YAMI YOU CAN'T BANISH PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!"

However, despite the threats, said genius refused to appear, he was far too wrapped up in Ishizu, literally. Besides, he was many meters underground and to far away to hear any insults, not that he would have cared if he had heard them. As mentioned he was 'preoccupied'.

It was at this moment, 'when all hope seemed lost' that the gang found the helicopter which had been brought for Joey. All at once they had a new way to escape from the island.

Everyone piled onto the helicopter. Screw Kaiba, genius millionaires were only useful as long as you didn't have to die with them.

It was when the island actually blew up beneath the helicopter that reality caught up with the group.

"Did you see that?" Serenity asked in complete shock.

"I know, the island's completely destroyed," Mai said quietly.

"Poor Mokuba and Seto," Tèa commented sadly.

"Ishizu was down there as well," Odion added.

Now, while the girls and Odion took matters fairly calmly, other people- males, on the plane were a bit more excited.

"Kaiba's dead," Joey was in tears, "and I never got to beat the bastard," he continued sobbing into Tristan's shoulder, "how could he just die like that!"

"He really wasn't such a bad person," Duke commented, sniffing, "he had a good flair for dramatics, he was good at making a profit and he had a cool trench coat,"

"You're right man, the trench coat was too cool," Tristan agreed, wiping a suspiciously teary eye.

Duke and Tristan were consoling Joey, while Bakura kept an eye on the King of Games, who also seemed to be finding Kaiba's apparent death quite hard to bear.

"What kind of an arrogant idiot pulls a stunt like that!" Yami was yelling.

"Now Yugi, it's not a good idea to speak ill of the dead," Bakura tried to pacify the ancient pharaoh.

"I don't care if it's a bad idea. HE'S STILL AN IDIOT!" yelled Yami, "just because I beat him he suddenly decides to blow up the island, and HIMSELF AS WELL!"

"Yugi, seriously calm down," Bakura said.

Mai and Tèa both took action. Tèa hugging her boy tightly, while Mai simply drew Joey's head onto her chest, both boys were silent for several moments before they started crying loudly.

It was kind of scary when Yami and Joey both sniffled at the same time, "I've lost my best rival, forever," their girls sensibly decided not to be jealous.

"Calm down boys," Mai said.

"Don't worry about it," Tèa added.

"How can you be so cold!" Duke accused.

"Easy, do you honestly think that Kaiba's a total idiot?" Tèa asked.

"I bet he has already escaped by now," Mai added confidently.

Meanwhile Marik was sitting in the corner of the helicopter using his cloak as a giant handkerchief, sobbing very loudly and blowing his nose every so often. Odion occasionally patted him on the back, but otherwise ignored the sobbing teen.

Kaiba was running for the blue eyes jet, Ishizu and Mokuba were already in there waiting for him. He'd taken longer to get dressed- trench coat issues. It might look good, but like most fashion it was hard to put on, and it was kind of awkward to work around when sitting down… and doing other things…

Kaiba made it into the jet, despite several minor tremors from all the bombs. He even managed to get himself comfortably seated with Ishizu.

Mokuba spoiled any plans of having a relaxing flight to Amercia though, "Seto, are we there yet?"

Seto took a deep breath. The flight was going to take eight hours at least, and he had a feeling that every second was going to crawl by. They still hadn't taken off

It was over five minutes after Mai's last comment before the blue eyes jet appeared.

All the men went goggle eyed and the women had that calm confident look that basically said 'I told you so,' It was a very irritating moment for the men, but relieving for most of the other passengers.

Joey of course raced for the microphone to yell at Kaiba, while Yami spent the next few minutes trying to prove to everyone else that he'd had faith in Kaiba all along.

"KAIBA YOU MOR-" Joey stopped abruptly mid-rant, "Ishizu, what are you doing on his lap?"

That got Marik's immediate attention.

"WHAT??" Marik's shriek echoed through the helicopter while he extricated himself from the cloak, and raced over to the cockpit, followed by Odion. The rest of the gang watched from the windows.

Ishizu was on Kaiba's lap, it was interesting to speculate why exactly her dress suddenly seemed to leave so much of her thighs bare. Then there was the other interesting question of why she was on Kaiba's lap, and not with Mokuba. That would have made steering a lot easier, and it would also have meant more leg room for her and Kaiba.

Marik was pretty sure he had the answers to those questions, and he didn't like them one bit.

"Ishizu, you get back here right now," Marik ranted.

"Master Marik," Odion politely interrupted, "it is impossible for Miss Ishizu to do anything of the sort, she no longer has the necklace, and you don't have the rod,"

Marik froze in the middle of opening his mouth, "good point," he finally said.

Everyone else sweatdropped wondering exactly how he'd managed to cause so much trouble, he didn't really seem that intelligent.

"That's not the point. Kaiba- I challenge you to a duel!" Marik suddenly shouted.

"And why would I bother accepting?" asked Kaiba quite calmly.

"It's over a matter of honor! I will not allow you to taint my sister you fiend!!!" yelled Marik.

Ishizu blinked, "uhh, Marik," she began. Her expression was similar to that of a parent about to give their child 'the talk'.

"What do you mean 'taint'?" demanded an irritated Kaiba, "I'll have you know it was all her idea!"

"Riddiculous. Ishizu wouldn't do something like that! It's you, stuck on a computer twenty-four-seven; I'll bet a nerd like you has never had a girlfriend before in your life! Then when all that stored up tension finally hit breaking point you had the nerve to go lay a hand on my sister! Well I won't let this go any further!" yelled Marik.

"What in the name of God are you talking about? I am not a nerd, nor am I stuck on a computer twenty-four-seven," began Kaiba.

"That's right, big brother sleeps for six hours at night, so he's only on the computer for eighteen hours," added Mokuba.

Joey could be heard in the background going, "let's see, eighteen plus six is… oh yeah that's right it does make twenty-four,"

Everyone else sweatdropped and ignored him.

"Ha see you are a nerd!" yelled Marik beginning the argument once more.

"No I'm not!" Kaiba protested.

"Oh yes you are!" Marik argued.

"Oh No I'm NOT!" claimed Kaiba.

"YES You Are!" shouted Marik.

"Marik, Seto-" Ishizu could see what was coming even without her necklace and she tried to prevent it, but to no avail.

"NO I AM NOT!" thundered Kaiba.

"YES YOU ARE!" bellowed Marik.

"NO I AM NOT!" roared Kaiba.

"YES YOU ARE!" hollered Marik.

"Marik! Seto!" Ishizu's voice had acquired a warning note, but the two boys heeded it not.

"NO I AM NOT!" screamed Kaiba

"YES YOU ARE!" yelled Marik

"ENOUGH!!" shrieked Ishizu.

There was silence.

Ishizu looked at Kaiba and aquired a rather wicked smile, "Seto, let's leave, and get to America. You promised me a hotel room with a bed at least," she purred, leaning into him.

The effect on Kaiba was obvious, "See you punks later," he commented hitting the accelerator and disappearing.

"STOP! WAIT! COME BACK! I ORDER YOU!" shouted Marik.

Kaiba, Ishizu and Mokuba however were clearly long gone.

Marik turned on the pilots, "follow that dragon!" he proclaimed, his snot & tear covered cloak even swished out grandly in response to his words.

"We can't, we don't have permission to fly to America," the first said apologetically.

"We don't have enough fuel either," the second added.

Marik's cape visibly deflated.

"Cheer up master Marik," said Odion, "when we reach Domino we can use the boat to sail to America and we'll find Ishizu,"

"But it'll be too late by then. My poor, innocent sister will have been defiled by Kaiba," Marik sobbed, using his cloak as a handkerchief.

Everyone else exchanged incredulous looks, they were almost sure that Ishizu was not pure in that sense, and had probably not been 'pure' for quite a long time.

Marik and Odion barely had time to say goodbye to the gang after they had all been dropped off at the docks. Marik raced off to find the boat dragging poor Odion after him. Kaiba was going to be in for a rough time in exactly six days, two wrong turns, and four hours of hitchhiking.

Meanwhile, Duke, Mai, Joey, Yami, Tèa, Bakura, Serenity and Tristan were all still standing at the docks.

It's hard to say a good farewell, if you leave too soon then there is a suspected lack of regard. On the other hand if you draw it out too much there is the issue with crying, and some people suspect you of playing a part because you truly don't care about them, but don't wish to seem that way.

Duke approached Serenity, "here, beautiful lady is my cell phone number. I hope that you will use it," he said handing her a piece of paper.

"DUKE!" shouted Tristan, leaping at his opponent.

The traditional fistfight began and a cloud of dust appeared, however there was a twist to this that no one saw coming, especially not her brother.

"Oh what a shame," Serenity moaned out loud, "I really did fancy a threesome, but if you two can't cooperate for even one minute, I guess it's no use," she put her head in her hands, before running off, "Bye!" she shouted back cheerfully.

Duke and Tristan had stopped fighting the minute she said the magic word 'threesome'. It has been scientifically proven that saying this word to a man is sure to get his undivided and immediate attention.

"Oi, Serenity!" yelled Tristan, running after her.

"Wait up," yelled Duke, running after them both.

Joey stood frozen for a few seconds, and then everything fell into place for him, "DUKE! TRISTAN! GET YOUR ASSES BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!! IF YOU EVEN DARE TOUCH MY SISTER I'LL KILL YOU!!!" he shouted.

The running trio paid him absolutely no attention; they were almost out of hearing range anyway.

"Kind of scary how similar Joey and Marik are when it concerns their sister," Tèa commented to Mai, and both girls giggled.

"Mai, this is no laughing matter," Joey scolded, and then he blinked, "Give me your keys," he said.

Mai was silent for a minute, "there is no way that am I letting you borrow my car," she said.

"Fine, you drive then," Joey commented.

"Okay," said Mai, walking off, "See you later," she murmured.

"You could be a bit nicer," Tèa hissed grabbing Joey's arm before he could follow Mai, "you guys are going steady after all, act like an adult in a relationship instead of an idiotic teenager,"

Joey shook her off sheepishly and ran off to Mai's car.

"Honestly, boys," Tèa murmured watching him run.

Yami wrapped his arms around her waist and drew her back against him, "what about them?" he teased, kissing her neck.

"Don't even get me started on the trouble," she murmured only half joking, leaning into him.

"So tell me, if Joey and Mai are going steady, are we?" Yami asked.

"I suppose we are," Tèa said, twisting around in his arms and kissing his lips firmly.

The kiss evolved, becoming very obviously open mouthed, and one kiss became many. It was when their hands started doing more than merely roaming that their friend attempted to gain their attention. To be honest they had kind of forgotten where they were. They also forgot that they had an audience. Sometimes shy people are easily forgotten, especially well mannered boys with a posh British accent.

"Uh," a very red faced Bakura coughed loudly, "so I guess I'll see you guys later," he commented walking quickly away.

He really needn't have bothered; neither member of the pair paid him or his words any attention, they simply continued.

"So Mai," said Joey as they got in the car, "I've been thinking,"

"God spare us that," she commented dryly.

"Are we a couple?" he asked.

Mai choked, that had not been what she was expecting at all- females usually felt the need to define a relationship, the men just went along with it, "well I don't know, are we?" she asked.

"Well, I umm… I like you," he said shyly.

Mai blinked, before adding, "I like you too,"

She was surprised when he kissed her, again and again, until they found themselves sliding into the backseat of her car.

"I thought we were going to get Serenity, and then kill Tristan and Duke," Mai murmured.

"It doesn't matter if they have a bit of a head-start," Joey chuckled.

Mai wrapped her arms around him more tightly, "maybe more than a bit,"

Neither member of this pair noticed poor Bakura walking out of the docks. He saw them though, and was almost brained by one of Mai's boots after Joey gave it a particularly wild tug.

He walked away from them, not even bothering to try and communicate. Love really did do strange things to people, come to think of it so did lust.

The next morning Joey realized something, he was supposed to meet Yugi at sunrise. That was what the scriptwriters had told him. The current time was eleven thirty one am. If he hurried he just might be able to meet Yugi before noon.

Joey hurried around the apartment trying to find his clothes; he managed to find everything, except one of his socks. He stuffed the shoe on anyway. He didn't have time to waste.

He did kiss the sleeping Mai goodbye though before racing out the door, still trying to attach his duel disk to his wrist.

Mai sleepily moaned at the slamming door, "the word man is an oxymoron, it implies that males grow up," before turning back over and burying her head under a pillow to get some sleep.

Yugi woke up in a panic. It was kind of awkward waking up naked next to an equally naked Tèa, especially considering that her relationship was actually with Yami, not with him.

He remembered a promise he'd made, and according to the script, he was close to breaking it. He was supposed to meet Joey at dawn for their duel. It seemed he was destined to run late this morning. The clock read eleven thirty two. Well perhaps Joey was running late as well…

Yami switched with him, to kiss Tèa goodbye, and also to ask her an important question.

"Do you prefer the black sleeveless top, or the black sleeveless top?"

Tèa blinked, he was holding up two perfectly identical tops, "uhh… the black sleeveless top?" she suggested/asked.

"Perfect," he said with a smile, kissing her.

He got dressed, and kissed her again, warning her to get dressed before descending for reasons concerning Grandpa Mutou's health. Not only to protect the old man's heart should the shock of an under dressed teenage girl prove too much, but to prevent Yami killing the old man should Solomon see any of Tèa's bare skin.

Tèa stayed sitting up for a whole minute after he left before collapsing back onto the bed.

"Mum was right, they're just like puppies," she muttered, "too bad they can't be trained," she groaned going back to sleep.

"What the hell happened to you!" Joey exclaimed.

"I could say the same about you!" Yami shot back.

"Look at the size of those hickies!" Joey commented.

"What about all those nail marks!" Yami asked, raising an eyebrow.

"And your hair, it's all… it's a mess," Joey couldn't find the word he was looking for.

"Your shirt is partially ripped," Yami observed.

"Tèa must be an animal," Joey said in surprise.

"Mai doesn't seem to show any more restraint," Yami said wryly.

Both friends abruptly remembered why they were here.

"TIME TO DUEL!!" they both shouted.

"I'll beat you this time Yug," Joey smirked.

"It'll never happen. I'm the King of Games, I can't be beaten, it says so in the script," Yami commented smugly.

"Well how am I supposed to get my Red Eyes Black Dragon back then?" Joey asked.

There was a brief pause, the sound of a wind was audible.

"Well obviously I still win, but I give you the card," Yami replied, obviously just as confused as Joey about this issue.

"That's stupid, why would you do that!" Joey protested.

"Okay, then fine. I'll keep the card!" Yami said.

"You can't do that!" Joey yelled.

"I'm the King of Games, I can do whatever I want," Yami yelled back.

"No you can't!" yelled Joey.

"Yes I can," yelled Yami.

And so, our story ends on this note, by the way, for the curious, things panned out exactly as Yami predicted. When they eventually got around to dueling (only two hours and forty six minutes after this little argument began) Yami completely defeated Joey, but still gave him back his Red Eyes Black Dragon card. Only after Joey swore never again to doubt the ability of the King of Games.

In addition he had to shout from the top of the tallest building in the area that he was an idiot and that Yami was the best duelist ever, as well as the smartest, greatest guy in the world. Joey really was a sucker for punishment.

It's like the old saying goes, if you don't have height; you often make up for it in other areas such as ego.

Eg. short pharaoh big ego.

The End.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, please review.

Thanks!!