Yugi's POV

You stared at the clock on the wall. You and the gang had been at the arcade close to 3 hours now, and by now it was kinda boring. Plus, it was getting crowded.

"Can't we go to the beach or something?" Tea said ending her millionth game of Dance Dance Revolution.

"Sounds like a good idea to me Tea. Besides, I think Joey and Tristan need to get out of her for a while.

You and Tea turned to look over at Joey whose eyes were glued to the newest driver's competition game in the corner. Tristan was the same to the nearest shooting game.

You sighed, Joey and Tristan really needed to get out more.

"I'll go get them Yugi, and then we'll run by everyone's houses and grab towels and swimsuits."

"I'll go wait in the car."

You walked out to the car, as just as you did you saw this red convertible drive past. You could have sworn Kaiba was driving, but the passenger seat was taken by a blonde girl with glasses. Then again, it looked like Ali in the backseat, Mokuba too, yet the 3rd person didn't look like Aaron.

"You okay Yugi?"

"Um Tea, I think Kaiba had another girl in his car."

"What? What about Miya?"

"I don't know. But that blonde was defiantly not her."

"Wow. We should follow them."

Everyone piled into the car except Tristan who was left with the job of grabbing swimsuits. Tea would swing back by to pick him up after you found out where Kaiba and the blonde were going.

About 15 minutes later, the car pulled into a beach and they all got out. Since Tea now knew where they had stopped, you guys ran back into town and picked up Tristan.

"Yeah, that was defiantly not Miya. Miya would never dye her hair that color."

"But Joey that was Ali with them. Maybe she's wearing a disguise or something to hide from the media. Not to mention, have you seen the news?"

"No why?"

"All of these fan girls are like bomb barding the stations and sending out death threats and stuff. It's crazy."

"Hm, see if Miya wouldn't have been with him, this wouldn't be happening. Told her to stay away from him. He's gonna get her killed."

"Joey, calm down. So far, they've gotten each other into equal shares of trouble."

Joey sat back against the seat and crossed his arms.

You turned back around in the seat, looking off the over look at Kaiba and the supposed Miya. Joey was probably going to be pouting the rest of the day, and if this turned out not to be Miya, then he'd be causing a lot of trouble.

Just for the sake of everyone sanity, you were silently praying that the blonde was Miya.

Tea's POV

After about twenty minutes of having Joey complaining about Kaiba "cheating" on Miya, your nerves were wearing thin, very thin.

"Joey, seriously! Shut up! Oh and screw sitting here, I'm going swimming."

You grabbed your bags and stalked down toward the beach.

Yugi's POV

You were astonished at Tea's explosive reaction to Joey's complaining, yet oddly..it didn't shock you.

"Yeah sorry Joey. I'm with Tea on this one."

You opened the car door, grabbed your stuff and followed Tea down to the water.

"Tea! Wait!"

You looked back and saw that both Joey and Tristan had jumped from the car and were running after you.

Miya's POV

You had just stood up to get into the water when you heard a voice yelling from further up the beach.

"Ow! Hot! Hot! Holy donuts!"

"Joey?" you said, slightly confused. As you turned, you saw the blonde mass run past you and dive into the water.

"Yep. That's Joey."

"What are they doing here?"

"I'm not exactly sure, but I'm guessing that they're here to swim."

"I think I could have figured that out on my own."

You gave Seto an odd look before walking down to the water.

Joey sprang up from the water and pointed a finger at you.

"Okay! Who are you and why is Kaiba cheating!?"

"Calm down Joey. It's me."

"Miya?"

"Yep. It's me."

"Why do you look so different?"

"Media and fan girls are out looking for me. This way, if they do happen to find us, they don't know what I really look like."

"Oh, that's a great idea. We saw Kaiba with a blonde and started freaking out. No on cheats on our friend."

"Hah, yeah I can see that. But that's the point."

"Who'd idea? Bet it was Kaiba's? He seems the type to love blondes."

"Nah. It was Ali's. Seto hates blonde hair."

"Yet, every girl we've seen him with besides you has been blonde?"

"Mhm, that way he doesn't get attracted to them."

"Hm, guess he really does have some sense."

"Joey, be nice." you said with a slight growl in your voice.

"Okay, fine. I won't make fun of money bags."

"At least not while I'm in ear shot."

"Really?"

You nodded, and a moment later, Joey hugged you tightly.

"That I can do."

You laughed and smiled. You knew it would be close to impossible to keep them from insulting each other, but if you could make it happen less, that would be good enough.

"So where is everyone else?"

"Oh, I'll go get them."

Joey ran out of the water and back towards Tea's car.

Joey's POV

When you saw Miya with blonde hair, you had gotten a sickening feeling in your stomach. It reminded you of all the stories on the news that you'd heard in past 24 hours.

Kaiba's ravenous fan girls were out to kill. You met the gang half way up the beach.

"So? Is that Miya?"

"Mhm. She's just in a disguise."

"It's a good one. At least Kaiba's being smart about that."

"You got that right."

"Alright guys. Get your butts movin', we're going swimming!"

"Is Kaiba okay with that?"

"Miya told us to. So I doubt he'll say too much about it."

Tristan shrugged and followed.

"If he throws a fit; You're the human body shield."

"Oh very funny Tristan.!"

"I don't think he was joking Joey." Yugi said quietly.

"Oh, well heh. I don't know."

Yugi and Tea shrugged also and began walking down to the beach, towels and other things in hand.

"Hey guys!" shouted a bleach blonde boy.

"Take it that's Aaron?"

"Yeah I would assume so. Don't need the media going after him too."

"Hey!" Miya shouted as she came up out of the water.

"Yeah! Swimming time!" Aaron jumped up and ran to the water.

You helped Tea and Yugi set up the umbrella and laid out the towels.

Miya's POV

You waded out into knee deep waters and took the pins out of your hair.

"Wait up sis!"

You smiled at Aaron before diving into the crystal clear, wide open blue. The water was warm, yet cool enough to feel refreshing on your sun warmed skin.

When you surfaced, Aaron dove in next to you, in a not so graceful manor. You were greeted with a huge splash.

"Jeeze Aaron!" you scolded playfully.

Aaron came up coughing, apparently from laughing while he was under.

"Sorry Sis, had to do it."

You crossed your arms and waited until he had turned his attention away from you. As soon as his back was turned, you lunged at him. You dunked his head under, after about three seconds, you released his head and let him back up to breath.

"What was the for?!" he sputtered between breaths.

"Sorry Bro, had to do it." you said in a generic elder sister tone while trying your hardest not to laugh.

"Why you!" Aaron jumped at you, knocking you both into deeper water.

Joey's POV

You stood in the bay, waiting for everyone else to get in as well. Tristan of course was the slowest. For being such a "bad ass", he was oddly scared of water.

"C'mon Tristan! It's just a little water! It's not gonna eat you!"

You jumped as you heard a large splash. You turned around quickly and saw that Miya and Aaron had disappeared, more than likely dunking each other.

"Ah! The water ate them!"

"Calm down Trist. They're just under the water"

It was easy to keep yourself calm, until you noticed they hadn't surfaced yet.

Aaron's POV

You were having a great time, you'd just dunked your sister under. Then, she got back at you. You had to get re-even. You jumped at her, launching the both of you under.

Once you were under, you saw Miya struggling slightly to get to the surface. At first you thought she was just playing, so you came up to take a breath.

"Um wow."

You noticed that the bay's current had carried you out far from shore, probably about 50 plus yards.

"Hey Miya, current carried us out a bit. Think we should swim in."

When you got no response, you began to panic. Miya still hadn't come up, and you knew she couldn't hold her breath that long.

Seto's POV

You looked down at the shore. You were amused by the fact Joey looked extremely paranoid and Tristan was apparently deathly afraid of water.

Ali and yourself were up a ways from the shore line setting up your area. You were sure that here soon that the terrible two-some would be hungry.

"Oh wow, water's come up the beach a ways."

You didn't look up from your battle with the beach umbrella.

"It's getting close to high tide. Can you go down and tell them to come in from the deeper waters. High tide means stronger currents, don't need anyone getting pulled out to sea."

"Sure thing."

Ali's POV

You set down your towel and skipped down to the shore line.

"Hey guys, Seto says its getting close to high tide and to come in from the bars. Currents will be getting really strong soon."

You looked around and only saw 4 people.

"Where are Miya and Aaron?"

"They were out by the bars. Probably under water looking for shells or something."

Your heart began racing. Seto's words rang in your ears. He had warned about the bars and the strong currents.

"Oh my god," you looked out towards the open water and saw Aaron. His face was pale and panic stricken.

You tore off your clothes, leaving you in your bathing suit. You quickly threw your hair up and ran into the bay.

Joey's POV

Your turned to check on Miya and Aaron, only to see that they still weren't surfacing. You heard a splash and saw Ali dive down and head out towards where you last saw Miya and Aaron. She was apparently thinking the same thing you were.

You felt a sudden rush of adrenaline and dove up, close behind Ali.

Seto's POV

You had finished setting up, and a few of the group were heading up.

"What's wrong Bro?"

"Where are Ali, Miya, Aaron and the mutt?"

Mokuba turned around, questioning the same thing.

"I thought they were right behind us. Maybe they got sidetracked?"

"Yeah, the mutt is drawn to shiny objects."

"But that doesn't explain what happened to the other three."

Feeling the worry build up inside you, you walked down to the beach to see what was going on. You looked down as the water washed across your feet, when you looked back up, you saw a terrifying sight.

Some 30 yards from shore was Ali. She had just surfaced and was fighting her way back to shore, with Aaron on her back.

You ran out into the waves up to your waist where you took Aaron from Ali and carried him up to the shore. Since he was still slightly conscious, you laid him on his side helping the water out of his lungs.

"Aaron you okay?"

He coughed and sat up, wiping the sand and water off his face.

"Yeah. But everything burns like hell."

"Gotta love salt water don't cha' kiddo." Ali joked while ruffling his blonde hair.

"Is Miya okay?"

Your head shot up. Miya and Joey were still out there. Fighting your instinct to panic, you kept a calm manner to keep from scaring Aaron.

"Yeah, she's fine. Go lay down up there with the others. You've got to worn out."

You watched as Ali walked Aaron up to the umbrella and laid him down, then you turned your attention out to the choppy waters past the sand bars. There was no sign of Miya or Joey.

Joey's POV

By the time you'd gotten to Miya, she's lost consciousness and had began to sink deeper into the water. You held your breath as you dove down to grab her. You clasped onto her hand and you pulled her up. You began swimming to shore, Miya on your back.

You release a sigh of relief when you felt the waves push you onto the warm sand. Carrying Miya bridal style out the water, you noticed the beach was empty.

"Where did everyone go?" you thought to yourself.

You placed Miya down and blushed like crazy as you placed your lips against hers. Moments later she sprung up, coughing. She collapsed back onto the sand and squinted.

Her face turned slightly pink when she realized what probably had just happened.

"Joey?"

"Hey, you okay Miya?"

"Yeah, just dizzy."

You positioned yourself behind her, so she could lay her head on your lap until she was able to stand.

'Guess I need to thank Yugi for making me take the life guarding class this summer."

She smiled and quietly giggled behind another set of coughs.

"Swallowed a bit too much water didn't ya?"

"Yeah I guess so," she said trying to sit up. She went pale and collapsed back down.

"Hey, be careful. Don't rush it."

"Yes Mother" she said closing her eyes.

"That's not very nice. You shouldn't sass the person who just saved your life." you said prudishly.

A weak smile spread across her face, then quickly disappeared.

"Where is Aaron?"

"He's safe. Ali got him. But um the problem is, I'm not sure where we are."

"You swam us to a different beach?"

"I'd guess so. Current was really strong out there. Was just heading for land. But you doing okay?"

"Yeah, better."

"When you feel like you can stand, we'll try and find our way back to our beach."

"I'm sure everyone is freaking out."

"Yeah, specially your over protective boyfriend."

"Mhm."