Joseph: Sorry it took me so long to update i had it written along time ago but then my brother "cleaned" up the computer and deleted everything cause he's an idiot anyways I'll try not to take so long next time...

oh yeah I want to thank everyone who reviewed...

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mandapandabug: don't worry Joey will be around a lot more I just gotta get the story flowing you know I love that stupid steps song it makes me happy and I've come to the conclusion that Noah/Serenity was about to be over shadowing Kaiba and Joey so I'm trying to work on it not happing that way since I don't really want the story to be about them...

Back to the sorry...

Kaiba woke up the next morning in a strange bed and couldn't remember for the life of him where he was. So since it wouldn't be the first time, he figured he'd been kidnapped again. That is until the smell of waffles drifted into the room. He sat up in confusion and was forced by the pounding in his head to lay back down. He thought he might yell for somebody but decided against it. His head was killing him. He went over and over in his mind what he did the night before but all he could remember was being at the bar. Then a horrible thought came to his mind. He realized he must have gone back to someones house. He looked under the blankets and to his relief he still had his clothes on. He must have passed out before anything could happen. Just then the door creaked and the mystery person stepped inside. It was Joey... Kaiba had a crush on Joey but he figured Joey didn't return the feelings so he knew he was safe. 'Nothing happened last night' he thought feeling much better. Then another horrible thought came to his mind... What if he told Joey how he felt about him or anything else that could crush his reputation. Although, then came to him that if he had said something stupid Joey obviously hadn't taken it seriously since he was standing there with a tray of waffles. In that case, Kaiba decided there was no use stressing over what was obviously just an ordinary display of southern hospitality.

"Did you sleep well last night." Joey said setting the tray down on Kaiba's lap and sat down next to him turning on the t.v.

"Yeah I slept just fine it's waking up I'm having a little trouble with.. My head is killing me.. Do you have any aspirin?" Kaiba said cutting up his waffles.

"Yeah I'll get you some but it probably won't help your hang over much.." Joey said getting up and walking into the bathroom. "Ok here you go I better go take care of my farm duties before the animals throw a fit. You can come out when your done eating if you like I'm sure you'll be able to find me" He finished handing Kaiba the remote and walking out of the room.

"Thanks" Kaiba replied "For everything." He said the last part so only he could here. He wasn't use to dealing with nice decent people. He took the aspirin and hurried to finish his breakfast. He liked being around Joey and wanted to help him with his chores even though he didn't know a thing about farming..

Noah, Serenity, and Nolbz had gone back to get another flashlight and were ready to go back in the caves to find their friends. When they went in the headed back to the spot where they first lost the other children and much to there dismay they weren't there. To make things worse they heard someone screaming somewhere deeper in the caves. It was May.. They ran deeper and deeper into the caves until Noah finally ran into Mokuba... literally. Mokuba, May, and Dess were running out of the cave while Serenity Nolbz and Noah were running in. Noah ran smack into Mokuba and the both hit the cave floor. Nolbert ran and hugged his sister. They were all glad to have found each other. Then it came to Noah that the other three must have been running out for a reason.

"Mokuba... Why were you guys running?" Noah asked getting up and brushing the dirt off his clothes."

"You'd run to if there was a ghost after you" Mokuba said a little annoyed at the question.. Does anyone really need a reason to run out of a creepy cave?

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING IN HERE?" echoed from the direction May Mokuba and Dess had just come from.

"Who the hell is that?" Noah said almost hysterically

"I don't care who it is let's get out of here" Nolbz said running towards the cave entrance. When the reached the outside the were tackled by "the ghosts" It was Duke and Tristan who had apparently also been in the cave that morning.

"What are you kids doing down here at 5:00 in the morning. I have half a mind to tell your mom Nobly." Tristan said letting go of Nolbert's collar.

"We were just exploring... What where you to two doing?" Nolby asked fixing his shirt.

Duke and Tristan looked back and forth to each other before answering "NOTHING!" in a very defensive tone at the same time.

"Oh really well I'd love to stay and continue this conversation but we better be getting on home before my parents get up. It was nice seeing you guys again. Bye." Nolby said walking off back towards his house with his friends following.

Meanwhile, Kaiba had finished his breakfast and was headed out to find Joey. When he got outside he saw up a hill grooming his prize horse. Kaiba walked up the hill and sat up on the fence that was holding the horses in. "Hey need some help?" Kaiba asked startling Joey.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack. Oh well yeah I could use some help... Do you know how to groom a horse?" Joey said handing him a brush. "You can brush Bruno." He finished calling Bruno over and went back to grooming Shadow.

Kaiba jumped down from the fence and started to brush Bruno, but apparently he was doing it wrong because Joey walked up behind him and grabbed his hand "Your doing it wrong let me show you how to do it the right way." He said moving Kaiba's hand in the correct grooming fashion. Normally, Kaiba would have been pissed at being corrected by anyone but he got a funny feeling having Joey standing behind with his hand on his the way it was, and he figured a rodeo cowboy probably knows a lot more about grooming a horse than a big city business man.

"Have you really never ridden a horse before?" Joey asked breaking the silence.

"Never.. I spend most my time working, being a CEO and all" Kaiba said turning to face Joey.

"You wanna give it a try then?" Joey said giving a pull on Bruno's saddle "Oh come one it's easy.." he coaxed seeing the unenthusiastic look on Kaiba's face. "I don't know what I'd do with out riding horses.."

"Fine.. it seems easy enough."Kaiba said getting on Bruno's back, or I should say trying to climb on Bruno's back. Seeing the obvious trouble Kaiba was having Joey decided to give him some pointers, physical pointer cause he just liked to touch Kaiba and it was probably easier than trying to explain what to do. "This seems easy enough" Kaiba said smuggly sitting on Bruno's back.

"Wait until the horse actually starts moving cowboy..." Joey joked. Just then a big sack of tin cans fell off a table causeing a loud clammering and in turn scaring Bruno who took of in a mad gallop. Kaiba was scared out of his mind but "Kaiba's show no weakness" and fear is a weakness so he held on tight and ended up riding remarkably well for a first timer. Joey was amazed; Kaiba was a natural. In fact, he was a better rider than Tristan and Tristan had been riding as long as Joey. Then again, Tristan was more into bull riding. Bull riding, that gave Joey a great idea. After seeing Kaiba's skill on Bruno and the mechanical bull at the bar he knew Kaiba was a natural cowboy. He decided to invite him to join the rodeo, but before he could get the chance his thoughts were interrupted by Kaiba's yelling...

"So... Joey... How do I stop this thing!"

"Bruno Come!" He shouted. Bruno being the devoted horse he is ran over and stopped in front of Joey. "You were great!" he said helping the hopeful new cowboy down.

"Thanks... It was actually... Fun" Kaiba said smiling.

Joseph: Sorry to leave you guys with only 3 pages I was going to make this chapter longer but I figure I'll just post it before you lose interest or faith in me once again I'm sorry it took so long... so please review I'd love to hear from you.