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*In the Halls*

Ishizu Ishtar's students, among them being Mokuba and Noah, gathered around outside of Professor Hawkins' room. The window in the door revealed no light, and no matter how hard Mokuba knocked, nobody answered the door.

"Well that's just great," he muttered. "What are we supposed to do now?"

"Wait," Rex spoke up. "Maybe she meant Rebecca Hawkins' room."

"Uh, I remember her saying Professor Hawkins," Mokuba countered.

"Well I don't see him anywhere," Weevil grumbled.

"Well, we can't just stay out here the whole period," Mokuba pointed out.

Just then, the Yami Bakura walked through the halls, brushing past the group of unsupervised kids. Mokuba, not being able to tell the difference between the two Bakuras, called for his attention.

"Hey Bakura, do you know where Professor Hawkins is?"

The Yami stopped and raised a brow. He turned to face the group of kids and stared down at them.

"What do I look like: a detective!?" he challenged.

"Actually you look like that guy that attacked me and my friends in a cemetery," Bonz stated.

"You'd be surprised how often I hear that," said the Yami. At that moment he noticed that there was no adult in sight. "Wait a minute, what are you kids doing out here alone?"

"Ishizu's class is being sprayed, so she sent us here, but there's nobody around," Mokuba explained.

A light went off in Yami Bakura's mind, and a grin crept up on his face. Trying his best to look sincere, he began speaking to the worried kids.

"Don't you worry: your future class president will keep you safe! However, I would like something back in return."

The kids exchanged confused glances and blinked.

"What did you have in mind?" asked Mokuba.

The Yami grinned.

*Biology*

After parting ways with Yugi, Odion, Ishizu, and Marik, Rebecca made her way back to her class. When she realized just how long she'd been gone, she ran and silently prayed that Ms. Chono wouldn't fire her for leaving her kids alone for so long. As she approached the door she smelt smoke from inside and gasped.

"Oh no!" she cried.

She opened and the door and stepped inside, widening her eyes at the sight before her. All of the students were standing by the walls with panicked expressions—but the most concerning sight was that of a half naked woman using Rebecca's keyboard to beat up the smoking microwave. Rebecca's left eye twitched and she finally made herself known.

"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE!?" she demanded.

The exotic dancer stopped and turned to face the young girl.

"Hey kid, can you cover for me until the teacher shows up?" she asked.

Rebecca's eye twitched again.

"I AM THE TEACHER!" she screamed.

"Oh…so, are you the one who's going to pay me?"

The other kids exchanged worried glances.

"Crap," Duke muttered. "I forgot we're supposed to pay them. Uh, we don't have any money."

The dancer looked at them, then back at Rebecca and placed a hand on her hip.

"Well I'm not going anywhere until I get paid!" she stated.

Rebecca cursed under her breath.

*The Football Field*

The field behind the school, which had started off as a small ceremony to forcefully wed Kaiba and Mai, had quickly grown into a spectacle. In addition to objections from Joey and Miho, the ceremony had also been interrupted by Jean-Claude Magnum, Valon, Vivian Wong, and a horde of fangirls. Just when things couldn't get crazier, a news reporter appeared on the scene.

"Things are getting pretty crazy here at Domino High School," the reporter spoke into a camera, ignoring the chaos behind him. "Just hours before the graduation ceremony, there is a shotgun wedding between CEO Seto Kaiba and prostitute Mai Valentine." The reporter stopped as someone spoke to him off camera. "Wait, she's NOT a prostitute?"

Behind the reporter, the audience to the wedding were shouting objections to the pastor.

"Mr. Kaiba is supposed to marry Miho!" Miho cried.

"No! He's supposed to marry ME!" yelled Vivian Wong.

In a flash, the two lunged at each other and began pulling hairs and clawing. The male objectors (save for Joey) stopped shouting at the pastor and turned their attention towards the two women.

"CAT FIGHT!" they rejoiced in unison.

"Your honor!" Joey pleaded. "Mai is going to be the mother of my child. I can't bear the thought of us being torn apart—or the thought of Kaiba raising my kid."

Kaiba's eyes widened in horror.

"Shit! He's right! If I marry her then Wheeler's brat might inherit my company!" Kaiba realized. "LET ME GO! LET ME GO RIGHT NOW!"

"Look!" the pastor yelled, causing everyone to silence themselves. "I've thought long and hard about your objections…and the answer is SUCK IT. Now, we are gathered here today-"

Joey cringed as the pastor continued.

"Oh man, I better think up something quick!" he thought.

*In the Halls*

Holding together the dismantled parts of his doll, Tristan ran through the hallways of the school; desperately trying to think of a way to salvage his project. At the other end of the halls was Tea, who was stopping other students and asking them about the whereabouts of her doll. By the time Tristan realized that he was running right into Tea's direction it was too late: the two slammed right into each other, causing them to fall on their backs.

"Oh man!" Tea whined, rubbing her head. She sat up and saw Tristan holding a dismantled doll. "Oh no! I think I ruined your doll!"

Tristan sat up and saw that it was Tea who he'd crashed into, and then registered the words she was saying.

"Oh, no, you didn't do this: it was Bakura. Well, his evil half. Speaking of which, where's your doll?"

"I don't know. The last place I saw it was at the…" Tea gasped as the memory came back to her. "I left it at the museum! Oh no—there's no telling where it is now! I can't believe this: I'm going to fail Parenting!"

Marik was walking through the halls and spotted the two teens sitting on the ground.

"Hey, what's going on? Why are you guys crying?" he asked.

"We're bad parents!" Tristan cried.

"Um, okay." Marik stated, blinking.

"I lost my doll for parenting class," Tea explained. "And Bakura ruined Tristan's. We're both gonna fail and get held back!"

Marik rubbed his chin, and then snapped his fingers.

"I've got it!" he exclaimed. "I've got the perfect plan to cover up your mess! We'll fake a kidnapping!"

Tristan and Tea stopped sobbing and sniffled.

"Fake a kidnapping? Who would want to kidnap a doll?" Tristan asked skeptically.

"A sick freak—that's who!" Marik retorted. "Come on, guys: who's the expert on kidnapping?"

"Pegasus," Tea answered.

Marik frowned.

"Besides him," he pressed.

"Noah," said Tristan.

Marik growled and began to get flustered.

"ME! I'm the expert!" he yelled.

Tristan and Tea exchanged quick glances before looking at Marik with unimpressed stares.

"I don't know, man: you've only ever kidnapped like, what: three people?" asked Tristan.

"So did Pegasus!" Marik pointed out.

"Yeah, but he kidnapped someone through a TV—that's kind of hard to beat," Tristan argued.

Gritting his teeth, Marik balled up his fists and glared at the two.

"Look, I can pull this off! Just trust me!" he snapped.

"Well, I guess we don't have any other choice," Tea caved. "Just promise we won't get caught."

"I promise nothing."

*Back in Biology*

The last bit of smoke had finally cleared out from the room, but the disaster was far from over. While the dancer sat down her arms crossed, Rebecca stood in front of her desk, slowly counting her money. Just then, the door to the classroom opened, and Dartz stepped into the room. The ancient Atlantian stopped and examined the scene before him.

"Oh, your class is dissecting hookers now?" he inquired.

"I'm not a hooker—I'm a dancer!" the dancer snapped.

"Yes, that's wonderful. Ms. Hawkins, how do you expect your students to learn anything with only one specimen?"

Rebecca stopped counting her money and gritted her teeth at him.

"I'm a little busy right now," she hissed. "What do you want?"

"I'm just here to inform you that you've been nominated for Teacher of the Year."

Rebecca gasped.

"Really? For the whole school!?"

"No—for the whole country."

The young teacher dropped her money in excitement. Just when she thought that people didn't take her teaching seriously due to her age, she was being nominated for Teacher of the Year!

"I can't believe it!" she exclaimed. "This is a dream come true!"

"Yes," Dartz said. "Right now the board is trying to choose between you and Mr. Excellente; a man who taught blind, inner-city gang members the power of the Metric system. Keep up the good work and who knows; you might get your award tonight."

With that he turned and left, leaving Rebecca to gush over the good news. The dancer cleared her throat and extended an arm out.

"Hey, time is money!" she snapped. "The longer I sit here the more you have to pay me."

"Damn, maybe I should be a hooker," Duke remarked.

"Exotic dancer!" the woman corrected.

"Whatever," Duke said nonchalantly.

*Parenting*

Yugi slowly opened the door to his class and peered inside. Para and Dox had already handed out the dolls and were looking over their planners. Yugi used this opportunity to sneak into his seat. He then cleared his throat and leaned in towards the person next to him.

"Excuse me: who's my assigned partner?" he whispered.

"Yugi Muto, you are late for class!" yelled Para.

"We'd give you a detention if it wasn't the last day of school!" joined Dox.

"Brother, that didn't rhyme," Para pointed out.

"Who has time for rhyming? We've got all these papers we still have to grade!" Dox argued.

"You and I are going to have a talk later," Para grumbled to his twin. He then turned his attention to Yugi. "Since you and Marik are both late, we'll just put you two together."

"And that has nothing to do with our shipping list," said Dox.

Para narrowed his eyes at him. He then opened up his desk drawer and pulled out a blonde, boy doll.

"Here you go," he said, handing it to Yugi. "We want it back in tip-top shape by the end of the day."

"And FYI, we support you and Marik being gay," added Dox.

"Brother, stop!" Para hissed.

Yugi shook his head and walked back to his seat with the doll in hand. Just then, Marik walked in with Tristan and Tea behind him.

"What is going on? Why are two back so soon?" asked Para.

"Did you two mess up like a bunch of bafoons?"

Tristan and Tea started to cry. Marik patted them on the shoulders and stepped forward.

"They're sorry for barging in like this, but their dolls have been…kidnapped!" he stated.

Everyone gasped in shock.

"Kidnapped? Who would kidnap dolls?" asked Yugi.

"A sick freak—that's who!" Marik retorted, pulling something out of his pocket. "Just look at this ransom note!"

Para grabbed the note and read it while Dox looked over his shoulder.

"Leave one million yen in the broken stall of the boy's bathroom by the science wing or the dolls get it," Para read out loud.

"Yen? What the hell is a 'yen'?" asked Dox.

"I don't know, brother, but it seems like this kidnapper means business!"

"So, does that mean we don't get F's?" asked Tristan.

"No! It means we have to do everything in our power to get your dolls back so we can give you your grades," said Dox.

"Damn it! I mean—yes!" Marik agreed. "Yes to all of that!"

He chuckled nervously and leaned in Tea's ear.

"I'm gonna need more money," he whispered.

"I didn't offer to pay you," Tea pointed out.

"Oh…well, I guess I'd better return that X-Box I ordered," he stated.

*Back on the Football Field*

The pastor continued with the ceremony. No matter how hard Kaiba struggled, he couldn't break free from the chains, and Mai's cousin, Rufus, wouldn't lower his weapon. Suddenly, just as the pastor was wrapping up, a light went off in Joey's head, and he immediately yanked something out of his pocket.

"Now," the pastor said. "I officially declare you husband and wi-"

"WAIT!" Joey cried. "Your honor, I have documentation showing that Kaiba is already married!"

Everyone gasped at this revelation, including Kaiba and Mai. Joey approached the pastor and handed him a sheet of paper; the shipping list, to be more specific.

"According to his document, certified by Lyman Banner, Kaiba is married to Tea Gardner." Joey lied.

The pastor's eyes widened as he read over the shipping list.

"By God he's right! Well, I can't forcefully marry an already married man—that would violate the sanctity of marriage! Sorry Ms. Valentine, but it looks like you'll just have to find another baby daddy."

With that the pastor closed up his Bible and left the scene. The redneck trio groaned and Cousin Rufus lowered his weapon. Mai rushed over to Joey and pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Joey, that was a brilliant idea!"

"Thanks. I'm just happy that you're not gonna marry moneybags, and we'll get to raise our baby together."

Just then, Dr. Richard Goat, the school nurse, stepped onto the scene. Mai raised an eyebrow.

"Dr. Goat? What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Well Mai—that's Dr. RICHARD Goat, by the way—I just came to tell you that I made an error in your pregnancy test."

Joey and Mai's eyes widened.

"You mean I'm NOT pregnant?" she asked.

"Indeed. I got your results mixed up with somebody else," he said. He then turned to face a woman with a very large stomach. "I owe you an apology."

"Oh thank GOD," Mai said with a heavy exhale. "I love Joey, but I can't handle taking care of two kids."

"But there's only a small chance you having twi—oh, hey!" Joey whined.

"HELLO!" Kaiba yelled. "Isn't anybody going to un-cuff me!?"

Mai pressed a finger against her lips as she thought.

"Hm…nope." She then turned to face the horde of fangirls. "Ladies, he's all yours!"

Kaiba screamed as the girls moved in on him and began ripping his clothes off piece by piece. Mai's relatives approached her, frowning.

"Hey, sorry for that misunderstanding," her Uncle Joe apologized.

"Misunderstanding!? You tried to force me to marry a rich, smart, and handsome man! I never want to see you guys again!"

"We understand," said her Aunt Bob. "Now that we think about it, he reminds us a lot of our nephew that we dropped off at a nearby orphanage with his younger brother several years ago…oh well. Take care, Mai."

With that, Mai watched her relatives leave her again—except that time she was glad they were leaving. She was snapped out of her trance by Valon and Jean-Claude Magnum, who were balling up their fists in anger.

"Mai, you need to help us settle an argument," Valon spoke up. "Which of us do you prefer—me or him!?"

"Neither," she stated.

"See!" Jean-Claude said. "I told you there was no way she preferred you over me!"

"Well she sure doesn't like you any better!" Valon countered.

The two men growled and began to duke it out with their fists. Mai rolled her eyes and grabbed Joey by the hand.

"Come on—let's go," she said.

"Boy, I sure love happy endings," Joey remarked.

"HEEEELP!" Kaiba screamed.

"Yup, me too," agreed Mai.

A/N: I too, love happy endings, but this story is far from over. Let me know what you thought about this chapter and the story so far.