Neko chan: omg, it's great to be back! i missed you guys soooo much!

i just wanted to let you know, that this is gonna be the last chapter. maybe i'll put up an epilouge though.

i don't know exactly how long this's gonna be, seeing as i don't have a rough draft written out. sorry!

any way, here's chapter 9. the last chap.

~~~~~~~~~~~(Seto's P.O.V)~~~~~~~~~~~

we had been driving for hours now, in the blazing sun as i gazed out across the plains in a

complete daze. i think the heat was starting to get to me. i began to see vivid colors,

even a few images of men on camels, and even a comfort inn. now why on earth would there be a

comfort inn in the middle of the desert? that was simply rediculous. when the image didn't go away,

i rubbed my eyes furiously, to the point where i thought they were going to pop out at any minute.

still the large object didn't go away, but instead it sort of transformed into a large stone wall of some

sort, sticking out of the sandy ground. i continued to rub my eyes, and when the object still didn't

go away, i turned towards Bakura. "hey..do you see that?" he slowed his driving a bit so that he could

crane his neck towards the said item in curiosity. "yeah..what about it?" i opened my mouth to say something,

but before i could utter one letter, Malik and Marik popped in front of me, so they were dangerously

close to Bakura's face. "that's the tomb 'Kura! that's the tomb!" screamed Malik, hiccuping once he had

finished. "yeah! that's the old tomb with the pretty sticky anti-dote stuff." my eyes grew wide as i yanked

the two egyptians back by their shoulders, forcing them to look me directly in the face. "are you sure?!"

both of them gulped and nodded furiously before i released them and turned back to Bakura. "bring the jeep

behind the tomb, i'll take Joey and walk there." bakura nodded as i grabbed the said baby, leaped out of the jeep

and all but ran to the tomb, company in tow. once we got to the entrance, which happened to be a large open

hole in the ground, hidden by the giant slab of stone, i carefully stepped inside after lighting a torch. thinking

ahead, i handed Joey to bakura--who immediately began to chew on Bakura's long white hair--for his protection.

i figured if we ran into any thing that could possibly harm us, i'd take the blow and Bakura could get Joey out

of the tomb. it made sense. but from what i could see, there was nothing that could be harmful. the problem?

it was WAY too dark to see any thing at all. and i mean any thing. so even if there was something bad there,

i didn't know it. the torch didn't provide as much light as i would've hoped, but after squinting a bit,

i could make out two shadowy figures moving about ahead of us. i whispered for bakura to stay close, which

'he greatfully complied as he stepped a bit closer to me and hid Joey protectively under his arm.

as we got closer and closer, i could tell that these figures were human. one looked large and buff,

obviously being a man. the other was small and lean, so i assumed it was a woman. now the question

still remains. what were they doing here? my curiosity got the better of me as i carefully and quietly

crept up to the pair. as far as i knew, they hadn't noticed me as i saw them continue on with their

own business. but, that all changed as i heard the light skipping and scraping of a small stone i had apparently

kicked whilst i was walking. each of the figures stood up straight and faced me, the light of their own

torch exposing their faces. what i saw shocked me. "you're...you're the waitress from the plane! and, you're the man with

the creepy eye brows that we kept running into..." then it dawned on me. they had been following us. why, i didn't know.

"aha! so the big bad smarty pants C.E.O guy figured us out! *twitch*" the man claimed rather childishly. i watched as the

girl sweatdropped and stepped in front of him. "look, if you're here for the antidote, you're not getting it!" she shouted

at me. i glared and scooped Joey up in my arms. "see this baby? THIS is my boy friend! two weeks ago he was turned into

a baby by this little white haired freak!" i claimed pointing to Bakura as he glared daggers at my back. "these two

weeks have been hell for me, so unless You want me to sick my little insane albino on you, give me that damn antidote!"

the man coweredas bakura smiled/smirked at them, exposing his sharp white fangs while the girl only glared at us.

"well that's just too bad because you're not getting it!" i let out a frustrated growl/sigh as i resisted the urge

to get up and strangle the woman. "listen lady, it's not your antidote! it was originally my pharoah's! so give it

back, or you'll never work in this..erm...desert again! i'll put you away for life!" she only snorted and laughed at me.

that does it. i turned to bakura and gave him the signal to sick the duo, which he did. soon a rather cartoonish

smoke cloud arose, blocking our view of the battle. suddenly, a blood curdling scream was heard as all the world

seemed to stop and the atmosphere grew still around us. "NOOOOO! my...my precious..eye brows!!!!" after that, bakura

calmly stepped out of the cloud of dust, carrying two furry looking strips of hair, leaving behind a disshelved bloody

looking girl, and the large man, with two giant bald patched acrosss his fore-head. bakura smirked at me and handed

me a curvy purple bottle, and walked up to Joey. quickly, in the blink of an eye, bakura slapped the hairy specimines

above Joey's eyes, making him look up through the mess of hair above his eyes in confusion. we all chuckled and cooed

about how cute he was. all of us, except the man of course, who was still lying in a fetal position, crying about

his missing eye brows. "it's a good look for you kid." bakura laughed as he slapped me on the shoulder. as he saw

the rather serious look across my features, his happy face fell as he muttered something that sounded like 'just give

him the damn antidote' i did as he was told, and removed Joey's clothes before wrapping him in an overly large blanket.

carefully, i tipped his head back and let the purple liquid slip gently down his throat as he coughed a bit before

swallowing. we waited for him to go back to his normal form, but nothing seemed to be happening. but soon, that all changed

as his cheeks grew red, his brown eyes drooped and he began to whimper between making small sounds from the back of his

throat. i began to panic as he grew hot with fever and his head grew heavy. i could tell because he no longer seemed to

have even enough energy to crane his neck to look at me. before any one could question this any further, i pushed past

every one, to get out of the tomb and into the jeep. the others had barely enough time to hop in before i started up the

jeep and began to drive off towards the nearest doctor. every so often i glanced over to look at Joey as he cried out in

pain, still looking flush in the face and still making those strange sounds. he was starting to scare me more and more

by the minute. every time he let out one whimper or cry of pain. he was only a baby, after all. he was in a very weak

state. yet, i still couldn't possibly figure out what went wrong. 'it must have something to do with that antidote' i

thought to my self as i imagined all the horrible things that antidote might've done to my Joey. hell, that might not've

been the antidote at all. what if they gave him a poison instead? 'no. it can't be.' i kept telling my self as i drove

down the dirt road, lost in thought. finally, we arrived at a small building with a sign hanging atop that read

'doctor' in both english and arabic i barely bothered to park as i grabbed Joey and rushed inside. once the young

red-headed nurse saw his condition, she quickly grabbed him from me and rushed him into a small room, screaming at the

doctors in a language i had never before heard. suddenly feeling strangely tired, i sat down in one of the waiting

room chairs, and closed my eyes. before i knew it, i soon felt my self drifting into a dreamless sleep.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~(time change thingy)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"seto...Seto..." i heard a familiar voice calling out to me. i had heard it a million times, and yet i still couldn't

quite place it. it was so warm and welcoming. smooth, like rich warm honey. "Seto..." it was on the tip of my tongue.

"seto..." then it came to me. it was.."Joey..?" slowly, i opened my eyes and gazed upon the smiling face of my blonde

lover, back in his normal form. it seemed so strange, to see him like that. and yet, i couldn't be happier. once the idea

that this was the real joey, not the baby joey, sank into my my mind, i leaped up and pulled him down into my almost

painfully tight grasp. "you're ok..you're ok.." i repeated to my self over and over again, still not bringing my self

to believe that he was back. he chuckled and pulled back so that he could look at me again, once again smiling that warm

welcoming smile down upon my cold features. "you just need to wake up Seto." i was confused by this as i looked up

at him and quirked a delicate brown eye brow. "wake up? what..?" his smile remained as he placed his warm hand on my

cheek soothingly. "you just need to wake up. then every thing's gonna be ok." this only confused me even more, until

suddenly, every thing around us disappeared and Joey's body began to slowly fade. i opened my mouth to cry out for him,

but no sound would come out. i tried my hardest to reach out and grab his hand, but my arms wouldn't move.

i couldn't breath. i couldn't open my eyes. i saw nothing but darkness, until...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" i screamed as i sat up in bed, panting heavily, trying to catch my breath as i placed a hand on

my chest to still my rapidly beating heart. "i'm in my room..." then i felt stiring behind me as a mop of dishelved

familiar blonde hair poked up from under the covers and rested upon my cool yet sweaty back. "mmmm..what's wrong babe?"

i heard him mutter sleepily. i craned my neck so i could glance at the person, until i finally reckognized those sleepy

brown puppy eyes. "You're-you're ok..." he looked confused as he turned around to sit in my lap and nip gently at my neck.

"of course i am. why wouldn't i be?" he asked in a low sleepy voice. "you..were a baby..and we were in egypt, and you got

sick..." his eyes went wide for a moment, before a sleepy smile spread across his face and he let out a quiet laugh.

"relax. you were just having a bad dream." he said while running his delicate pale fingers through my soft sable hair.

"a..dream?" he nodded, still smiling cheerfully. "mmhmm. now, get up. we have to get ready for mokuba's birthday party."

he didn't notice how wide my eyes as he got up and wrapped a sheet around his naked form before grabbing some clothes

and heading towards our private bathroom. ".....uh-oh."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(END)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Neko Chan: well, i bet you weren't expecting that, were you? *grins* to tell you the truth,

i wasn't either.

Hiei: yeah. it was kind of a spur of the moment thing.

CK: i wike it! ^_^ *huggles reviewers* and i hope you did too!

Hiei: *hands CK a 10* there. they can't resist that. erm..i mean, uh..

Neko Chan: he means we hope you enjoyed! please R&R and tell us what you think!

CK: bye bye! and tank 'ou for not fwaming!