It indeed, had been a hectic week for the everyone. The shopping, planning, meetings and making arrangements. Joey had met up with Serenity and Téa at the airport. Marik and Malik had already left for Russia before everyone else. Ryou and Bakura had left together. Seto and Mokuba left on, what else, but a private jet. As for everyone else, well.. we haven't gotten to them yet, have we?

Russia was intolerably cruel to them. The harsh winter was very cold. It was white everywhere you looked, and the snow wasn't light a fluffy, like on movies, it was heavy and wet. And when you got it on your face and rubbed it off, it left a rash.

Serenity sighed. It had been a long flight, a long wait through customs and immigration, and they were now sitting on a cramped up bus to the hotel, instead of the nice limo that was waiting for them, and decided to leave because Joey just had to make a stop at the bathroom.

All three, as in Serenity, Joey and Téa, were sitting on one seat, crammed together. The bus smelt funny, the road was incredibly bumpy, and to top it off. It had no heat. So the three got to spend their time watching they're hot breath freeze to cold vapor in the air.

"Ah ha, yeah aye.. wanna be my lover.. ah ha ye-"

"Joey, would you please shut up!" Téa hissed, Joey's singing had now gotten on her nerves. The blonde directed a glare in Téa's direction, and huffed. He slammed his back into the seat and crossed his arms angrily.

"Oh Joey, we're no longer in grade three." Serenity said, giggling silently at Joey's antics. The blonde just mumbled something incoherent and stared straight ahead of them. Téa sighed. Maybe, just this once, she could use her power to there advantage. She had the power of creating fire. No, not with matches like normal people, but with her mind. She could hold it in the palm of her hand, walk through it, stand in it and still not get burnt.

She thought silently for a couple seconds, and decided to just make a small one, enough to heat all three of them up without the rest of the bus noticing. So, while Téa held the small fire in her open hands, Serenity had her head leaning against the window, totally oblivious of Téa.

The CEO was in a deep thought. What was this all about? Why, and why now, of all times would they be called to a big banquet in Russia. Was something going on? Would the strange force be explained, was there a cure? So many thoughts traveled through her mind. Serenity blinked. They must be getting close to Moscow. She could see lights. Or, at least she thought she could.

Serenity shifted in her seat, and looked at the little red splotch on the window. It wasn't a light, it was a reflection. It was..

"Téa what the hell do you think you're doing?!" Serenity hissed. Téa, startled, looked over to the brunette innocently.

"Just warming up." She said, holding her hands closer to Serenity's face. The CEO just pushed them away.

"Well stop! Someone might see! And besides, we're almost there." Serenity explained, her mood getting fowler and fowler by every cold, passing minute. Joey looked over, tired of being ignored.

"Hey Seren, you're right, there's Moscow!" He said, pointing outside the window. Lo and behold, he was right. In the distance there were lights, buildings and vapor rising from the ground. They were obviously close to civilization. Téa squealed, delighted, and shoved Joey over so she could get a good look at the city. Her eyes widened in awe.

"Wow, it's amazing!" she exclaimed, eyes scanning over the fabulous city. Serenity sighed, and Joey roughly shoved the offending girl off of him. Téa just huffed and turned back into her seat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our flight is now ready to begin it's descent towards Moscow, please put your tray tables and seats into full upright position."

Ryou had mouthed every word of the captains directions, as he had been on too many flights to even bother counting. Bakura was, of course, sleeping soundly, his head was resting lightly on Ryou's shoulder, and his feet were up on the seat. As much as the younger of the two wanted to let him sleep, he had to wake him up.

"Bakura." Ryou said softly, moving the spirits shoulder slightly. This did nothing to wake the yami up. Ryou sighed and shifted his shoulder a bit. Ryou sighed in annoyance and moved his shoulder in one quick, swift movement. This causing the fall of Bakura's head towards the arm rest.

Although, because we all know yami's have some sort of sixth sense that can kick in like PMS, his eyes opened wide and he stopped the downward motion of his head just before he was about to hit the arm rest. Ryou just rolled his eyes as his yami sat up, looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

"Yami, we're almost there, you have to put your seat up all the way now." Ryou instructed. Bakura nodded, not really aware that he was fully awake yet. Suddenly, a tight, air restricting feeling came from the inside of Bakura's head. And it hurt! But Bakura wouldn't dare let Ryou know his ears hurt a little bit. Although it did feel like someone was trying, and failing, to drill a screw driver through one ear and out the other. He winced slightly, and this got the hikari's attention.

"Bakura? Are you alright? If it's the air pressure, chew on this." Ryou passed his yami a stick of gum. Bakura took it and looked at his hikari quizzically.

"The chewing motion of your jaw will sooth the pain in your ears." Ryou informed. Bakura nodded and popped the piece of gum into his mouth, wishing this god-damned plane would land already.

After a couple more minutes of pain enduring landing, a little longer than expected ride to the airport gate, Bakura and Ryou were finally free of the airplane prison. Bakura practically ran down the above ground tunnel that led to the airport. Once he emerged out the other end into the airport, he stopped and turned around.

"Ryou! Hurry it up already!" Bakura yelled. Ryou nodded sheepishly and lugged his carry-on. Bakura, of course, didn't make his hikari lug his carry-on, he just packed lighter. In fact, all he had was book in it. And maybe a couple of snacks. Ryou, on the other hand, had insisted that the yami be more prepared. The white haired youth packed almost everything save the kitchen sink.

Once the two were nearing the baggage claim area, Ryou stopped his yami in his tracks.

"What is it now?" Bakura asked, annoyed. He just wanted to get to the hotel so he could sleep. Ryou reached into his bag for a little slip of paper. Bakura peered over Ryou's shoulder to get a better look at it.

"It's so they know it's our luggage." Ryou informed, and threw his bag's shoulder strap over his shoulder, and continued to haul it down towards the baggage claim.

"Mokuba, calm down we're nearly there." Kaiba said, as he read his book. The CEO was comfortably seated in a plush, leather seat. His brother, who was fifteen to say the least, was acting as if he was only seven. Bouncing around, occasionally going invisible, and then appearing straight in front of his brothers face.

Kaiba growled unconsciously as Mokuba appeared once again right in front of his nose.

"I swear Mokuba, if you-"

"Mr.Kaiba, we are now beginning our descent." The captain said, poking his head through the door that separated the cabin from the cockpit. Kaiba nodded, and shot a pointed glare towards Mokuba, who hurried back over to his seat and looked out of the windows, amazed.

Once the plane had landed and parked in a private area, Kaiba and Mokuba exited the plane. It was quite comical really. The wind was blowing with a little bit of snow. Both Kaiba brothers had suits on. Not fancy-shmancy suits, but casual ones. Even though the snow was falling, the sun was blindingly bright. Kaiba pulled a pair of shades down over his strikingly blue eyes. If you could have just put the whole scene of them stepping out of the plane with the 'Kashmir' song, well, you get the point.

The brothers slid into the awaiting limo, and it promptly took off for the hotel, the bags already packed snuggly in the trunk.

"Wow, this place is awesome." Ryou said, as he opened the door to their room. It was beautifully decorated. A king sized bed was straight ahead, a TV complete with the latest game console was to the left of the bed. A bathroom was to the right. The floor was a beige carpet, and the bed was a deep red. Bakura nodded approvingly before flopping down onto the bed. Ryou set his bags down carefully before pulling out some shampoo.

"I'm taking a shower, try to stay out of trouble." Ryou said, closing the bathroom door. Bakura sighed. He wanted to go around the hotel, but Ryou failed to notice the key card was in his pocket.

The yami sat up and looked around the room. He spotted the television and the playstation2 on top of the TV. Bakura smirked, they better have his game.

And have his game they did indeed. The white haired spirit was currently engrossed in a game of Dead or Alive, that he failed to notice Ryou step out of the shower. The hikari lightly padded across the carpet, droplets of water falling off his lightly muscled body. He knelt down beside his suitcase and looked around for something comfortable to wear.

Bakura, upon hearing a little rustling sound from the corner of the room, looked over. Bad mistake. There was Ryou, simply wrapped in a towel, kneeling over beside his cloths.

"Bakura, have you seen my sweats?" Ryou asked, turning towards the spirit. Bakura just swallowed. This couldn't be healthy. The towel was the only thing guarding Ryou's pride and glory from Bakura's wandering eyes.

"No." the spirit said simply. Ryou sighed.

"Thanks, you're one in a million, Bakura." The young teenager then pulled out a pair of black pants. They were leather. Ryou blinked.

"Bakura? Did you put these in here?" Ryou asked, eyeing his yami suspiciously. Bakura shrugged and went back to his game. Ryou sighed, and slipped them on. He wasn't in the mood to look for clothes right now.

About ten minutes later, Serenity, Joey and Téa had arrived at the hotel. Téa was in awe of it's beauty, Joey was strolling around, testing out some of the comfy chairs they had around. And Serenity was forced to take responsibility and check them in. She walked up to the desk and eyed the employee.

"How may I help you, ma'am." The man asked, his voice was thick with an accent.

"How did you know I spoke English?" she asked, narrowing her eyes. The man smiled.

"I can tell. Again, how may I help you?" Serenity rolled her eyes and gave the man her ID. The man checked it, and typed a couple things into the computer.

"Ah, Miss Wheeler. You and your.. brother, are in room 325. 8th floor." The man then slid two key cards towards her. Serenity nodded and snatched them away.

"Joey, come on. We're in room 325." She said, passing him a key card. Joey nodded and took it. Téa appeared a moment later, and eyed Serenity.

"Well, did you check us in?" she asked. Serenity quirked a brow.

"No. You have your own room, Téa. Joey and I are in room 325. Meet us there later." Serenity said. She had enough of the day already, and just wanted to go to bed.

"Oh right." Téa said thoughtfully, and went off towards the front desk.

"Holy shit this room is amazing!" Joey said, taking a big look around. Serenity scowled at her brother.

"Joey, please try to act a little more mature." She said, neatly placing her suitcase down on the bed. Joey smiled sheepishly.

"Right, sorry sis." He then tossed his suitcase on the bed, quickly rummaging through the case for his swimming trunks. Serenity glanced over, and sighed.

"Joey, are you even sure this hotel has a pool?" she asked, placing her hands on her slim hips. Joey merely cocked an eyebrow at this, and blew a piece of offending hair out of his honey eyes.

"Of course they do. Every hotel has a pool. It's practically a law!" he informed his younger sister, pulling out the trunks. He then skipped over to the washroom, amazed he was actually standing in a hotel room this nice. Serenity rolled her eyes and sat down on the bed. She would normally be as excited as her brother, but thoughts were plaguing her mind.

What was this meeting all about? Could it have to do with the fact she was a vampire? Would she meet other vampires as well? Serenity cringed at the thought. She hated being a vampire enough already. Just the thought of sucking someone else's blood from their necks made her shudder. It was just wrong.

Her thoughts were soon interrupted by her brother bursting out of the room. Grasping for the knob, he was about to leave when he heard his sisters soft voice travel from across the other side of the room.

"Don't be gone too long, brother." She warned. Joey nodded and exited the room.

Seto was relieved as he finally let himself fall down backwards upon the bed. Mokuba had settled down and was seated in one of thee chairs the room provided, typing furiously away on his laptop. Seto looked up towards the noise and scowled at his brother.

"And you're always telling me to take a break." He mumbled, loud enough for his younger brother to look up and stick his tongue out at him. Seto rolled his eyes and let his head fall back upon the bed. He thought for a minute. He needed to relax. And what better way to relax, then to sit in the hot tub for a while.

"Mokuba, I'm going for a small swim. Do not leave the room unless it's of the utmost importance that you do so." Seto said sharply, taking a few steps to were his suitcase was seated. He opened the large bag, and grabbed a pair of trunks. Much unlike his cold, hard exterior, Seto preferred comfortable swimming trunks.

He slipped them on quickly, and grabbed a towel from the bathroom. Mokuba looked up just in time to see his brother leave. He smirked. This was going to be fun.

Seto sighed comfortably as he slid his aching body into the welcoming warm water. The soothing oils that were placed in the water now surrounded his body. He closed his eyes and leaned his head back upon the tiles that surrounded the hot tub. Just as the CEO was falling into a relaxed state of mind, he heard the door open, a bundle of footsteps, and then a splash. In fact, the splash was right next to him, and a torrent of warm water cascaded down over him, jolting Seto to a sitting position.

Scanning the room quickly, his eyes fell upon a blonde boy. More like a blonde mutt to be precise. Said 'Blonde Mutt' glared at him.

"What? Do I got something on my face, Kaiba?" Joey said, unconsciously rubbing at his face. Kaiba smirked.

"Nope. Unless you call that unruly mane of yours actual hair." He said. Joey growled and sunk lower into the water. He crossed his arms angrily.

"Listen, Kaiba. I didn't come all the way to Russia to freeze my ass off and have it handed to me on a frozen platter by you, ok?" Kaiba only nodded.

"Whatever, puppy." And with those words, he let his head fall back upon the tiles, closing his eyes. He felt the water move against his body a bit, indicating the blonde was moving around in the water. The water began to splash a little more roughly against the CEO's body. He opened his eyes to glare at the blonde, but only found him about two inches away from his face.

"Mutt?! What in bloody hell do you think you're doing?"

"Have you ever noticed how very blue your eyes are?" Joey asked, getting a little closer to the CEO. Kaiba growled and pushed the blonde away from him.

"Of course I have. They're my own eyes." What a stupid dog. Kaiba thought, turning around to get out of the hot tub. Joey smirked and grabbed the leg of the now angry brunette, and did the unthinkable.

He dunked Kaiba under the warm water.

It only registered seconds later, that his head was fully submerged. In the next few seconds, Kaiba had Joey pinned painfully, in a position that would never be possible to maneuver on ones own.

The younger teen had his arm pinned back behind his back, while the other was being held in a vice like grip against the corner of the hot tub, causing his wrist to press into the tiled corner.

"What in hell do you think you'd accomplish by doing that?" Kaiba hissed venomously. His mouth was very close to Joey's ear, so the mutt could feel his breath.

"Answer me, you stupid dog!" this time his voice came out a little more harshly. Joey winced as his arm was pinned even further. He shut his eyes tightly, as if expecting the pain to go away.

It didn't. But Kaiba released is now aching arm anyways. Joey whipped around, taking advantage of his now free state. He stared at Kaiba with angry, honey colored eyes.

"It was just a joke, moneybags! Don't get your panties all tied in a knot."

Kaiba just snorted in response. And soon, the CEO was out of the pool room, and on his way back to the hotel room.

Meanwhile, Joey sank comfortably in the hot tub. He knew what he did would get Kaiba angry, thus causing him to leave. Now he had the entire pool room to himself. To do as he pleased.

What am I thinking, this is as dull as ever! Joey thought miserably. It wasn't as fun as when the CEO was here. He sunk a little further into the water. What a boring few weeks this was going to be.

TBC

Well, I hope this deserves a few reviews. I mean, it did take me quite a while to update, but I've been busy with dreaded math homework and my other stories. But of course, I don't suddenly give up on a story half way through.. although I may have to wait a while to get back on track.

Anyways.. please review and tell me what you think!!!