Bofors!  Of course!  I remember now!  Glad you're still here; I'd thought you'd gotten bored and left.  Botan Mai Kai: I'm happy that you like the story!  I will try to read your stories when I have the time, probably on Sunday.  Kristine:  Studying is evil!!!!  Action?  Fade?  Never!!!!!

Chapter 35: Reunion

            The boat gathered speed as it neared the exit.

            "Hold on, everyone!" warned Yugi through Yami.  Yami tightened his grip on the wheel and braced himself for the possibility of a shattering impact.  Two seconds later, the boat shot out into bright sunshine and calm, rock-free waters.

            "We made it!" said Joey with a sigh of relief, as Yami switched back to Yugi's form.

            The dove that had been perched on the bow of the boat suddenly flew into the air, as the other dove appeared from the opposite direction.

            "Hey, there're two doves now!" said Tristan.

            "What's that?" asked Tea, pointing to the direction the other dove had come from.  A dark shape was moving out on the water.  Yugi squinted and shielded his eyes from the sun.

            "It's Grandpa!" exclaimed Yugi.

            "Are you sure?" asked Tristan.

            "Yep," said Yugi as he watched Solomon wave to them from the railing of another ship.  "He's on a coastguard ship."

            Everyone smiled and waved back at Solomon, relieved that they had been found.  In minutes, the coastguard ship was side by side with the boat.  They anchored both boats as the coastguard stretched a wooden plank from the ship to the boat.

            "Yugi!" cried Solomon as he hurried across.  Yugi ran to meet him at the railing.  "I'm so glad you're all right!"

            "Me too, Grandpa!" replied Yugi as he embraced Solomon.

            "I got a message from someone named Nephilia," said Solomon.  "Whoever that is, they said that you could explain everything."

            "Yes, I will explain everything," said Yugi.  "But right now, we've got to get back before it's too late."

            "That reminds me," said Solomon.  "The message also said that someone on this boat was very sick.  But all of you seem perfectly fine to me."

            "Well," said Yugi.  "After you went overboard, we picked up two people who were stranded on a rock because their helicopter crashed."

            "And it's one of them?" asked Solomon.  "Who were they?"

            "Yes," said Yugi.  "We picked up the Kaiba brothers."

            "Which one is it?" asked Solomon.

            Yugi didn't answer.  He just looked over at the deck by the cabin wall, where Mokuba was sitting by Seto.

            "We'd better get going, then," said Solomon.  He pulled up anchor and took control of the wheel.  The coastguard ship also started off for the harbor.  Solomon followed it at maximum speed, urged on by Seto's feeble coughing.

            I probably won't be able to update until late Saturday night or Sunday, so be prepared for a slight delay.