Disclaimer: I, Rubi, do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. I also did not come up with the concept that I'll explain at the end of the chapter.

Random talk: The class I describe in the first part of this chapter is based off real life. It wasn't my fault I wrote this in class! Okay, so it was. I was one of the few that paid attention, most of the time. At one point in the school year, there were these boys that were playing Pokemon on their Game Boy Advance. We were telling the teacher to pull the link cable. Ah… Good times…

Note: (This means something is typed on a screen of some sort.)

Daze 1

Neko

"And that, class, is Coulomb's Law. (1) Any questions?" the teacher asked. As usual, few were actually paying attention. Some of the students were asleep, others were talking to their friends, and about five were playing with their Game Boys. Just as he was about to yell at the class, the final bell rang. The teacher sighed in defeat and dismissed the class.

"Freedom!" Jonouchi yelled.

"Not so fast, Jonouchi-san," the teacher said. "I have a request from another student."

"Fine… I'll meet you outside, Yuugi."

"Okay," the short teen said.

Yuugi left the classroom along with his two other friends, Honda and Anzu. They didn't have to wait long for the blond teen. A few minutes after waiting outside, Jonouchi joined them in a fowl mood.

"You wouldn't guess what he wanted me to do!" Jonouchi yelled. "Kaiba's going to be out for the rest of the week and he wanted me to deliver his homework!"

"Feel sorry for you," Honda said. "Well, see ya later!"

"Oh, no you don't!" Anzu said. "We're going with him. Who knows what kind of trouble he would get into."

"Plus, what if something is wrong with Kaiba-kun?" Yuugi added.

"Fine! I'll go too," Honda sighed.

"Thanks guys," Jonouchi said.

"Excuse me," a man in a suit said. "Which one of you is Jonouchi Katsuya?"

"I am."

"Perfect. Kaiba-sama asked me to come and get you. Your friends are allowed to come."

"Uh, thank you…"

The man led the teens to the waiting limo. As soon as they got in, Honda and Jonouchi went to work figuring out every little button. Anzu and Yuugi just talked about random things. It didn't take as long as they thought to get to Kaiba Manor. The driver was happy, to say the least, that the group of friends said they would walk the rest of the way. Before he left, the driver opened the gate for them.

"Thanks again!" Jonouchi yelled. "Now, let's get this over with!"

"Look, there's a cat with a bell," Anzu pointed out. On top of the large wall was a brown cat wearing a blue ribbon around its neck with a bell on the end. Its blue eyes stared at Yuugi-tachi. (2)

"Never thought Kaiba would be a cat person," Honda said, watching the cat jump down and walk up to Jonouchi. It started to paw the blond.

"Huh? What's wrong, boy?" Jonouchi asked. He picked up the cat. "You kinda remind me of this cat I used to know."

"You had a cat?" Yuugi asked.

"Not really. There were these cats that used to live in my neighborhood. Shizuka and I used to take care of them. There was this one cat that was really clingy to me. I wish I could remember what we named him."

"Kawaii!" (3) Anzu said. "And Neko-chan here is super cute!" (4) The cat hissed at the brunet girl. It even looked like he was glaring at her.

"Did that cat just glare?" Honda asked. He brought his face close to the cat. "That demon has to belong to Kaiba…" This made the cat scratch the brunet's face. Jonouchi laughed at his friend.

"Serves you right!" Jonouchi said. "This sweetie here couldn't belong to Kaiba. He loves me!"

"Doesn't mean a thing!" Honda yelled.

"Guys, we came here to give Kaiba-kun his homework," Yuugi said.

"Right," Jonouchi said. "We better get going. We should bring Kaiba's cat with us, if it is his cat. I'm sure he doesn't want to walk all the way back to the house."

The group headed to the mansion. They decided to nickname the cat Neko Kaiba because he acted so much like Kaiba only that he liked Jonouchi. During the walk to the mansion, Neko Kaiba hissed at Anzu for calling him Neko-chan, scratched Honda for calling him a demon, and glared at Yuugi for no reason.

"Finally!" Honda yelled. "Get rid of that cat, Jonouchi. There's no reason why it should be with us anymore!"

"Ah, you're here," Isono said when he opened the door. "Please, come in. Kaiba-san is busy right now, but you are free to wonder around for the time being."

"Really?" Jonouchi asked. "Woot! Take me to the kitchen!" Neko Kaiba wiggled out of the blond arms. The cat ran in one direction, but stopped, turned around and meowed.

"I think Neko-chan wants us to follow him," Anzu said, receiving a hiss from said cat.

"I don't trust that demon," Honda said.

"He's just a cat," Jonouchi said. "A smart one at that. If he can take me to the kitchen, I don't care! Hey, Neko Kaiba! Wait up!" They watched their blond friend run after the cat.

"I guess he'll never change…" Yuugi said.

A younger sounding meow came from behind the three remaining friends. They turned around to see a smaller cat sitting, staring up at them. The kitten had black fur and strange violet-gray eyes. Around its neck was a similar ribbon and bell as Neko Kaiba.

"Hey, there's another one!" Anzu said. "This one reminds me of Mokuba…. Look at his eyes!"

"Your right…" Yuugi said. "Hey, do you think you could take us to the kitchen? Our friend followed the brown cat there."

The cat meowed and ran off in the same direction as Neko Kaiba. Only this time, he waited for the others to follow.

"Hey guys!" Jonouchi said, smiling. He was in a middle of a sandwich with a soda can in his hand. Neko Kaiba was lapping milk from a bowl. The black cat joined the other, drinking from the bowl as well.

"Wow, huge kitchen," Honda said. "Where's the pantry?" He headed for a door.

"Wait! That's not the pantry!" It was too late. Honda had already opened the door. Behind it was stairs going down.

"What's this doing here? Why are the stairs to the basement in the kitchen?"

"How should we know?" Anzu said. "And don't you think about it! We are not going down there!"

"Look, it won't hurt if we went down," Honda said. "Besides, it might just be storage."

Eventually, they all decided to go down. The black cat jumped onto Jonouchi's shoulder while Neko Kaiba jumped into his arms. None of the teens noticed the glare the cats sent to the brunette boy.

No one expected what the basement looked like. Several strange machines scattered around the room. There was a larger machine in the middle that looked like something from the movies. A large screen was built into one wall with a control counsel was right in front of it. Cages of various sizes lined one wall. The strange part was that there was a mini classroom set up in one corner with a chalkboard and desks. Another corner was set up like a play area. There were couches, beanbags, and numerous toys on the floor and shelves.

"What's with this place?" Honda said. "This place looks like some kind of mad scientist lab!"

"That's stretching it a bit," Anzu said. "But it doesn't seem like something Kaiba would have."

"Wonder why Kaiba has it," Jonouchi said. The two cats leapt off the blond and went over to the play area. The black one jumped onto a light blue bean bag while the other went to the nearest couch. "Looks like those two are at home."

"Maybe they were from some kind of experiment Gozaburo had," Honda said. "Just look at all those cages! Who knows what that psycho really did!"

"Honda-kun does have a point," Yuugi said. "It's sad to think about that possibility though."

"We should leave," Anzu said. "This place gives me the creeps."

"Relax! I bet none of this stuff works anyway!" Honda said. He leaned on the counsel for the machine in the center. By doing this, he pressed a button that caused it to start up. Neko Kaiba dashed over to it as a ray of light shot out. It struck the first person in its path, which just happened to be Jonouchi. The room was filled with a blinding light.

As soon as the light came, it went away. It took awhile before Jonouchi opened his eyes. Evidently it took longer than Anzu since she was the first one to speak when his eyes were still adjusting.

"Hey, when did this cat come down here?" Anzu asked, pointing down at Jonouchi.

"What are you talking about?" Jonouchi questioned, very annoyed. "Wait, is she pointing down at me?"

"I can explain everything," Mokuba said from behind.

"I bet he's going to faint," Kaiba said. "Damn it! Why won't this idiot put be down! At least let me scratch him for his stupidity!"

Jonouchi almost did faint at the moment he looked at Kaiba. Honda was holding a miniature version of the CEO. Kaiba was wearing a simple, white, long-sleeved trench coat with two belts sown on by his waste, black v-neck tank top, black leather pants, and black boots. What got Jonouchi's attention was the fact that Kaiba had a pair of cat ears and tail that matched his chocolate hair. That and the blue ribbon around his neck with a silver bell on it.

"Kaiba has cat ears and a tail…" Something suddenly brushed against Jonouchi's hand. He grabbed it only to see it was a golden tail. A tail, when he followed it with his hand, attached to him. "What the…"

"Look, I said I can explain!" Mokuba yelled. "You see, you're a cat."

Jonouchi promptly passed out.

"That was a weird dream," Jonouchi said as soon as he woke up.

"Sorry, that wasn't a dream," Mokuba said. Jonouchi noticed Mokuba's outfit wasn't one of his normal ones. It was a basic blue and green color schema. Generic light blue cargo jeans, blue sneakers, and a white shirt was a far cry from his usual striped clothes. Over the shirt was a aqua green, short-sleeve hoodie jacket. To top it all off was his card locket hanging around his neck.

"Are you almost finished, Isono?" Kaiba asked.

"Yes, Kaiba-san," Isono said, hunched over the large computer console.

"Why do you keep calling that demon Kaiba?" Honda asked.

"All will be explained soon. There, done! Anything else?"

"No. I'm sure you would like to stick around to see the reactions."

"If you don't mind, sir."

"Your choice. Mokuba, Jonouchi, you guys coming?"

"Why is Kaiba calling me by my name? No dog insults?" Jonouchi pondered.

"That wouldn't make sense, would it?" Mokuba pointed out. "You're a cat. In actuality, we would be cursing at you. Kinda like calling someone a bastard."

"Let's get started," Kaiba said. "The sooner we finish this, the faster I can finish the coding to turn Jonouchi back into the mutt he is." Kaiba smirked as he started to type.

"Hey!"

(Before we get started, I want to say I am not some kind of demon like the baka over there keeps saying. Now, let me just say who is who before we start Q and A time. I'm sure you have all noticed the mutt is gone. That is because the blond cat is Jonouchi. The black cat is Mokuba, and I am Kaiba. I'll answer any questions that I can.)

"I told you that cat was a demon!" Honda yelled. Kaiba shook his head.

"That was different," Mokuba whispered. "But I guess that was expected from Honda." Jonouchi laughed.

"So, what exactly was this basement used for?" Anzu asked.

(Back when Gozaburo was alive, he had a secret experiment going on. It was to see if humans could obtain certain attributes. Hence all of the cages. The mock classroom in the corner was used to teach those who were once animals all they needed to know about being human.)

"This is better than what people come up with for Sci-fi movies!" Honda yelled.

"Honda-kun, that's a little mean," Yuugi scolded. "For all we know, Kaiba-kun and Mokuba-kun could have been a part of this experiment! Wait, we can't hear you, but Isono-san can. Why is that?"

(You were right about Mokuba and I being a part in the experiment. Isono was also. That is why he can hear us as though we haven't changed. It is a side effect that can come in handy at times.)

"Out of curiosity, why a cat?" Anzu asked.

(Easy. Mokuba and I are really cats.)

Silence filled the room. Kaiba smirked at everyone's reaction. Yuugi was shocked, but took it as if it was an everyday thing. Well, when you shared your body with an ancient pharaoh, this would be normal. Anzu looked like she was going into shock, which was a plus. Honda was at a loss of words, which was worth two pluses. But his favorite reaction had to be Jonouchi's.

"Uh, Nii-sama… Jonouchi fainted again."

TBC

(1) Coulomb's Law – This is what I get for writing the first chapter in Physics

several years ago. Can't remember the law exactly, but it deals with electricity.

(2) Yuugi-tachi – literally, Yuugi and friends (or company)

(3) Kawaii – cute

(4) Neko-chan - kitty

Random talk: Okay. I have no clue if anyone has heard this before, but I just have to get this off my chest one more time. I went to this summer school to get a jump start on collage. The USB ports on my computer were crap so we took it in for repairs since it was still under warranty. Waited three weeks (by then I had started collage) just to find out they fried my computer! Well, they said that the Motherboard was fried. Thing is, it was working fine that same morning when I took it in! Thankfully, I had saved all of my fics to a flash drive before hand. Problem is, it wasn't the most update version. Bright side, this chapter was the only one affected. I had no problems redoing this chapter. Hell, I think it's even better!

Oh, right… I did say I would explain where I got this idea. Well, I was waiting for a friend to call one night years ago (We're talking back when I had White Rose Memory, which none of you know of, still up). I was thinking random ideas for RPs. For some odd reason, I thought about this show called Magical Meow Meow Taruto. (Anyone know that show? It's really Shojou-ish. The whole show is really cutesy.) In that show, cats look like miniature humans with cat ears and tails, and speak like humans to one another. To us humans, they look and sound like, well, cats! That got me thinking. What if the Kaiba brothers (excluding Noa since I had enough ideas with Noa in it) were really cats? Hence this really strange story.

So, in order to answer the question I have a feeling you are thinking, I was running on lack of sleep and was extremely bored when I came up with this idea.

Rubi-chan