Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or the characters, simple, ne?

First I suppose I better tell you all what took me so long:-

Well, I went into Fourth Year a couple of weeks back and so far it's turned out to be schoolwork and homework hell, thus giving me NO TIME whatsoever so update my beloved fanfiction! THEN because one my stories had a song not belonging to me in it, it was taken off and I was prohibited from updating my stories for quite a while, and then finally I was off ill with a virus going around my school.

Now- I'm back! The Summer Holidays have started and it's my birthday on Tuesday! I'm so excited!

Thanks for the reviews, but please read and review at the end of the Chapter!

Seto groaned, furiously typing away on his Laptop realising that there was no way to avoid it; he would have to do the stupid project with the geeks, he had no choice.

He had spent the last hour thinking over possible ways to rid him of the geeks and do the work himself, but each idea he came up with was flawed, or it was flawed when used on Yugi's gang anyway.

Paying them off wouldn't be a possibility, they'd all just get offended, Yugi would argue that money didn't mean a thing, that stupid Tea girl would start up a speech on friendship, the others would moan and fume while the mutt would- wait, what would the mutt do?

Seto smirked, "He's so damn poor he'd try to get me to give him the money by performing tricks or something, stupid mutt…"

"Mr Kaiba…?" a feminine voice said through intercom system, awaiting the reply of her boss.

Kaiba didn't so much as pause as he worked, "Yes?" he replied simply, only a part of his concentration on the woman speaking, while the rest was on his work.

"There's a Yugi Motou and his friends here for you," the woman explained.

Seto sighed heavily, taking a few moments to prepare himself, "Send them in," he replied sternly, saving his work and placing his Laptop on stand by, gently closing the lid shut.

"Hiya Kaiba," Yugi greeted cheerfully as he entered the taller boy's office, followed by Tea, Tristan, Bakura and none other than Seto's favourite little punk mutt. (Heh!)

Kaiba didn't bother greeting the teenagers, nor acknowledging their curious stares as each gazed around the rather large room that Seto spent most his life in, "I've booked us into a cottage on the edge of the wall, our flight will be in two days time, so I suggest you all start packing. I've also pre-paid for a look around the Roman Museum, and the main fort which isn't too far away from where we'll be staying."

Each 'geek' blinked in amazement, an uncomfortable silent entering the room, before Yugi was finally able to break it, "Wow, you really are prepared Kaiba, huh?"

"I'll say," Tristan scoffed.

"What time do we meet at on Monday morning then?" Tea questioned curiously, her glorious large blue eyes sparkling brightly.

"You've all got to be at the airport by 7am sharp, no excuses," Kaiba ordered, his voice stern and pretty much emotionless as he spoke.

"I'm sure it'll be wonderful then, it's real nice of you Kaiba to get this all sorted for us," Bakura smiled cutely, glad that he was returning to his home; sure it wasn't exactly his home, as he lived more down south but at least he was gonna be on the same island.

Everyone seemed quite intrigued and excited at the idea of this little trip, whether it be school work related or not, it was still quite an interesting little adventure, plus for some like Jou and Tristan- it would be their first time abroad.

Although, as everyone cheered and happily talked among themselves, Jou remained on his own at the back, his expression almost heart-broken.

Dad will never let me go on this trip… Even the idea of me not being there so he can-… I won't get to go… he thought to himself grimly, life was hard for Jounouchi, and there was hardly any room for him to have fun anymore.

Seto glanced over, instantly noticing the puppy's sadness, What's wrong with the mutt?

"What's wrong with you? Did puppy realise he'll have to eat foreign dog food?" Kaiba taunted, smirking in amusement as he watched the blonde boy frown angrily.

"Shut-up money bags!" he yelled back.

"Joey, what is wrong? You look really sad?" Yugi questioned worriedly, gazing at his best friend with concern-filled eyes.

"It's n-nothing Yug'… I just can't come on the trip…" he shrugged, pretending like it was no big deal, "That's all."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T COME ON THE TRIP!" Tea screamed, nearly deafening the boys around her.

"Why can't you go Jou?" Yugi ran up to his best friend, his eyes gleaming as they slowly started to water.

"I-I just… can't…" Jou looked away down at the ground, avoiding eye contact with any of his friends.

The room went silent for a few moments, his friends unsure what to say next.

"And just what kind of excuse is that mutt?" Seto Kaiba demanded angrily.

"It's not an excuse at all rich-boy!" Joey cried back, his clenched fists held close to his chest as if he was about to enter a fight.

"If it's not an excuse, then why not tell the truth!" Seto dared, his eyes narrowing devilishly, staring right into the honey-brown orbs opposite him.

"It's none of your business!" Jou argued, returning the glare full on, threatening the icy-cold blue orbs to back off.

Of course Kaiba was never put off by threats, no matter who was doing the threatening, "It is my business if it means our group is to lose any grades due to your non-existent excuse! I bet you're just scared of flying or something, or maybe it's the loud noises from the engines? Dogs do tend to hate loud noises…"

"SHUT UP!" Jou threw a punch straight on, praying it would connect with the CEO's face, but unfortunately, Seto turned out to be a lot more nimble that Jou had originally presumed, as he ducked down, dodging the hit.

Jou tripped over, painfully slamming into the ground- he winced and bit back a scream; it wasn't so much the fall that hurt so much, but the wounds he had gained the previous night…

"Joey!" Yugi cried as he ran over to his fallen friend, he tried to help the other boy up but Jou nudged him away, not wanting any help- his pride was already bruised pretty badly.

"Just leave it Yug', I'm off, I'm not wasting any more of my life here," Jou spat in disgust, before turning his back on the CEO and making his way out the room.

"Jou…" Yugi frowned in concern.

One note: Sure a lot of you will think it dumb me explaining this, but seriously, I have met people out there who didn't know this- Basically, Britain is an island, so when I say 'but at least he was gonna be on the same island,' I do mean Britain, okay?