The luxury cruiser was everything Devlin had promised.

Although it was easily large enough to accommodate a few hundred passengers, there were only sixty on board, so it was always easy to find privacy for a conversation, a kiss or some impromptu groping. The food was plentiful enough to keep Joey satisfied and good enough to tempt even Kaiba's gourmet palate. Most importantly to the group though, the rooms were large with comfortable double beds, complimentary mints on the pillows, complimentary shampoo, soap and satin bathrobes in the bathrooms and complimentary condoms and lubricant in the drawers of the bedside tables.

It was all so comfortable it was a shame that they were only going to be there for two days and a night. But none of them were complaining. After all, as good as the cruiser was, the island resort they were going to was supposed to be better still.

In all their excitement over the vacation and the cruise, it wasn't until they were all gathered in the dining room for lunch that they noticed something about their fellow passengers. Or rather, Yami noticed and pointed it out to the others. "That is strange. Everyone on board appears to be part of a group of ten."

"Hey, you're right!" Joey stared at the other groups and then frowned. "Pretty big coincidence, if you ask me." He eyed Devlin suspiciously. "Don't s'pose you know anything about this?"

"Who? Me?" Devlin tried to look innocent. The others immediately groaned.

"All right, Devlin, out with it! What's going on here?" Kaiba scowled at the dark-haired teen. "I didn't want to come on this ridiculous trip in the first place, but I agreed because they," he indicated Joey, Yugi, Ryou and Malik, "wouldn't stop pouting until I did! If you've tricked us in some way..." His ice-blue eyes promised swift retribution. The others nodded in agreement.

When Devlin had approached them with the offer of a free vacation for eleven days at an exclusive island resort, including four days of travel there and back on a luxury cruiseship, Tristan, Joey, Bakura, Ryou, Yami, Yugi, Malik and Marik had jumped at the chance. The thought of spending a whole week on a tropical island, just relaxing and being with their friends had been too much for any of them to resist. It was also a good chance for each of them to spend some quality time with their lover, a fact which Joey had used unashamedly (and with a lot of pouting, guilt-tripping and sexual innuendo) to finally convince Kaiba to go along with the idea.

Devlin squirmed, a guilty expression in his eyes. "Um... Well... there might have been one... minor detail... that I left out."

Yami's eyes narrowed. "How 'minor'?"

"The resort is holding this contest and we're all... entered in it." Devlin smiled weakly.

Honda winced. "So that's what you've been hiding. I knew there was something you weren't telling me. When you're up to something, you snicker in your sleep. Ever since you mentioned this trip, I've had to wear earplugs every time I've stayed over so you didn't keep me awake!" He frowned at Bakura, who seemed to find something amusing in what he'd just said. "What?"

"I thought that was the whole point to 'staying over'." Bakura rolled his eyes as everyone gave him blank looks. "For your lover to keep you awake," he clarified.

When the laughter finally died down, Yugi spoke up, returning to the original topic of conversation. "It's only a contest. How bad could it be?" He smiled at the others, as optimistic as always, before turning to Devlin. "So, what kind of contest is it? A tournament?"

"Well it's..." Devlin paused, suddenly aware of the five pairs of gleaming eyes gazing at him in rapt attention. He sighed and shook his head, eyeing Yami, Bakura, Malik, Joey and Kaiba wryly. "Down boys! Honestly, don't you guys ever get tired of duelling?" He smirked at the glares that question earned him. "Guess not."

"Will you just tell us what the blasted contest is about already?" Bakura growled at Devlin. "I'd like to hear about it before the vacation is over!"

Devlin held up his hands. "All right! I'll tell you! The contest isn't about Duel Monsters." Five disappointed sighs echoed around the table. Devlin waited until they were finished to drop his surprise.

"It's about sex."

continued