Raventhedarkgoddess: Nothing else to say, I'm wrapping it up.

Chapter Ten: A Plan Gone Wrong

The gang had been in deep converstaion for five minutes. "I refuse to lose my money because that would be admitting that we're all failures!" Kaiba was practically shouting. "I am not a loser, nor am I a quitter, and I don't intend to part with my money just because your sister is in love with a long-haired, self-centered..."

Both Yami and Ishizu shot him a very nasty warning look and Kaiba fell back into silence, fingering a small chess peice in his right hand before moving the queen sideways and knocking one of the other peices to the floor, which Mokuba ducked down to get.. "Don't worry about them, brother," Mokuba whispered somewhere near his ear as he stood with the small castle peice in his hand, his eyes dancing in his head with anticipation at the thought of Kaiba actually giving in. "Just don't give in."

"We hafta do it!" Joey was yelling. Mai had her hands on his shoulders, restraining him from jumping across the small chess table from where they were still sitting in front of thescreens,showing Serenity and Malik,and strangling Kaiba, who was, once again, playing chess with his little brother. "We hafta get her out of there and find out how he forced her to act like she actually likes him!"

"Now that I know she doesn't really hate us, we have to help her! She's our friend!" Tea was, once again, in full-friendship mode after finding out that it was only what Malik thought of her and not what Serenity had actually written. (Even though that was truly what Serenity had written.)

"I agree. This is all my fault, and I feel so horrible about it now..." Mai tossed her blonde hair back. "I don't care how much is riding on this, we have to get her out of there."

Yami sighed: This was no time for everyone to be fighting. The two lovebirds were practically sitting in one another's laps, and he didn't know how much more he could take of it. "Look," he started, "I don't really understand what this is about, but we we have to get her out soon. Whoever wants to forfit the money, come over here and stand beside me."

Bakura could feel Tea tugging on his wrist. He thought of the throwing stars he had planned to buy, but then he caught the look in her eyes: A pained look that said she needed him to come along. Cursing her and the differences in the way they thought, calm and quiet as opposed to a guy who was planning the domination of this world, (And possibly the next) he followed her to stand by Yami, who already had Ishizu at his side, resting her head somewhere around his left shoulder.

Ryou sniggered mentally, which earned him a look that plainly said he deserved to be smacked, as he too came over to stand beside them.

Mai and Joey literally lept up, something that earned them a laugh from Kaiba. "Can't get up if you don't let go of each other," he pointed out, shedding light on the fact that the real reason Mai had almost tripped was because Joey refused to let go of her waist as they walked.

Tristan and Duke looked at each other and shrugged: Better to follow the others, even though they were the ass-end of every 'gay' joke ever invented now, than to be left all alone with Kaiba, who would most likely strangle them. They moved over among the couples, all of whom still held each other.

Tristan tripped and his hand ended up on top of Duke's shoulder.

Ryou almost laughed, but then noticed he was the only one without a girlfriend. Oh well. "How cute," he couldn't resist saying to Duke and Tristan anyway.

"Shut it!" They both shouted in perfect unison.

Ryou mearly smirked at them.

Marik seemed reluctent to come over to the group, but then realized he didn't want to be anywhere near a now-fuming Seto Kaiba and moved over to them quietly and quickly, standing signifigantly apart from the rest of the group, a gesture which Tea noticed and ignored.

"Then it's settled," Yami said simply.

"How can it be settled!" Kaiba fumed. "Just because your pathetic little friends want to stay on your side, pharoah, you assume everyone really cares about your personal opinion!"

"Just shut up, Kaiba."

"As you wish, matchmaker Valentine," he said with a cold sneer. Mai's face instently went livid and pale, but Joey kept a hand on her shoulder as she had done to him; He wanted his crack at him first.

Yugi, who had already been by the door, was now watching the screen with horror, which caused everyone to turn around and follow his gaze to the screen. Serenity was holding onto Malik, and they obviously thought no one was paying attention, because they were talking quietly.

"Do you have to play-act so rough?" But it was too late for them to recall upon those words: The door was open.

"We forfit! What did you do to her, Malik!" Joey was shouting, and everyone else let out a loud groan of regret that he had not heard the words come from his sister's mouth.

"Nothing," Serenity said. "He did nothing."

"Then you and him... Kissing... Hugging... HONEY!" Joey's eyes nearly buldged out of his head. "You... LOVE... THAT..THING!" His horror was evident.

"Everyone's a critic..." Malik muttered sarcastically.

Serenity didn't respond to her brother. Instead she turned to Malik, wrapped her arms around his shoulders, and kissed him, hard, on his lips. Malik smiled and kissed back: Anything to make a show.

"We should... Uh... Respect her decisions?" Tea offered.

"Tea, just be quiet in this case," her boyfriend said quietly. After shooting him a dirty look, she did fall silent.

"Time for you to go," Said the flight attendent from the night before as she came in, and then noticed the odd scene and sweatdropped. "You might want to catch your flight."

"Domino City, Japan, last call for Domino City, Japan..."

"LAST CALL!" Everyone shouted, and the lovebirds were forgotten for the moment.

"So, what do you think, Malik? Are you mad at me?" Serenity was blushing as she ran beside him, carrying everything she had strewn about the night before, including her incrimianting diary.

"No. I really do like you..."

"Then we should thank matchmaker Mai Valentine," Serenity said with a slght grin, and Malik laughed along with her.

That was when the plane took off, with the gang just outside the gates.

"You can stay here and wait for a plane," The attendent offered.

The Airport Hassle may have been destined to begin again.

Raventhedarkgoddess: There we go, all done! I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I've enjoyed writing it, sorry if the end feels a bit rushed. (It kind of was.)