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"Guys! Help me!" Yugi shouted, running over to Ryou and Malik the next day. "Please tell me I'm in an alternate dimension!"

"Wha- why?" Malik asked, staring at Yugi weirdly as she looked around wildly.

"Kaiba-kun is coming here for a month to work on the Kaiba Corp. here." Yugi said in a light whisper, aware that he had crazy fangirls even here. "But the weird thing is that Mokuba managed to convince him to bring Anzu, Honda, and- and even Jounochi!"

"What!" Ryou gasped. "Kaiba? Allow Mokuba to convince him to bring all of our friends here?! Including the one that he hates the most!" Yugi nodded vigorously.

"You're right, we must be in an alternate dimension. How else can such a thing happen?" Malik said.

"Only one way to be sure." Yugi said. Then it was proved that, in fact, they were still in the same dimension. Chloe and Adrien were not together and Adrien and Marinette went out on a date, which were things that wouldn't have happened in the alternate dimension. So what happened was even more confusing for the three.

"So, when are they coming?" Malik asked during lunch.

"Sometime between today and tomorrow, you know how Kaiba's jets are. Jou promised to tell me when they did land-" She was cut off as her phone went off. She picked up and answered the phone.

"Hello? Oh, hi Jounochi!…. What, you've landed already? But didn't you only just leave early this morning?" She paused and listened. "Ah, I see… by the way, how did Mokuba convince Kaiba to let you guys come? You don't know… alright, I'll ask Mokuba when I see him… good bye, I'll see you after school." Yugi then groaned, leaning against the wall behind her. "This is going by too fast!"

"Man, whatever Master Fu did must've really worked." Malik said.

"But this really worries me." Ryou said in a soft voice. "I mean, what if a Shadow game commences? That tends to happen if all of our friends are here…"

"I know, but it's not like any of us can stop them- and make sure Bakura does NOT take that as a challenge to try to." Yugi instructed.

"What are you dudes doing?" They turned to look at Nino, who had decided to join the conversation as Alya was currently teasing Marinette and Adrien about how cute they looked.

"Our friends from Japan came over for a visit." Yugi explained. "Seto might be the only one who speaks French, though I don't know how much."

"So you guys will be the interpreters?" Nino asked.

"Yeah. It will be tiring." Malik admitted.

"If you guys need to, you can talk to our darks. For whatever reason, our friends can only see small hints that our darks are in spirit form. They haven't mentioned it before if they have." Ryou sighed.

"Maybe you need direct interaction?" Nino suggested.

"Oh, they've had several direct interactions. Some of them almost died because of them." Yugi propped her head up with her fists while her elbows were on the table. "There was only one time where they thought it would all be a dream, but that was in the beginning when we were first fighting Pegasus."

"Oh."

"It's a good guess though." Malik gave Nino a small punch to the shoulder.

"Is it because they don't hold magic themselves?"

"What?"

"Well, think about it." Nino said, pointing to their items. "The Millennium Items, like the Miraculous Stones, are rare objects. Whereas the M-Stones, as I like to call them, allow you to choose if you can be recognized or not, your Items only allow you to see spirits if you are holding an item and have the same problem or maybe even just one or the other."

"Huh." Yugi paused. "I never thought of it that way."

"So…" Ryou paused before a hopeful glint entered her eyes. "Then Seto and his hikari would be able to see our darks?"

"What brought you to that conclusion?" Malik asked.

"Well, Seto and his hikari have the same problem that we do." Ryou pointed out. "Two lovers who were reborn so that they could be together again. Although, Seto was never a spirit, and I don't know if that affects it or not, but shouldn't it be possible? It would also explain how Bakura can float around the mansion and Nathalie and Adrien's body guard not freak out."

"Whatever you dude's think. You should bring us with you when you go to meet your friends- I'd love to meet the infamous Pep-talk Queen." Yugi, Ryou, and Malik laughed.

"Oh, believe me, you will." Malik managed to say through his laughter. "You will."

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School had only just ended, and they had only just walked out the front doors, when a tall dirty blonde with honey colored eyes grabbed Yugi and pulled her in for a noogie.

"Gah! Jounochi-kun!" Yugi exclaimed, fighting against the blonde's strong hold.

"What? I can't say hi to my best friend?" Jounochi asked, finally showing mercy and letting Yugi go to fix her hair. "Oh- and Ryou and Malik are going to your school too?" Jou dragged the two of them into a quick hug that wasn't as painful as the nuggie Yugi had received from her dear friend.

"Hai."

"Is this your friend Jounochi, Yugi?" Marinette asked curiously. Jounochi gave her a confused look and Malik laughed.

"She's asking Yugi if you're the friend she talks about." He explained.

"Yes. Marinette, Adrien, Alya, Nino, Chloe, this is Jounochi Katsuya, one of my friends from Japan." Yugi turned to Jounochi. "Jounochi, these are my new friends Marinette, Adrien, Alya, Nino, and Chloe."

"Hello Jounochi." Adrien held out his hand for the other blonde to shake and Jounochi did so.

"By the way, Jounochi-kun, where are the others?" Ryou asked. Jounochi scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Well, I kinda ran off after I learned the location of your school." He admitted sheepishly. "Besides, I needed to get away from that idiot, Kaiba."

"Well, we best find them then." Yugi turned to look at their friends. "Jounochi ran ahead of the rest of the group- would you guys like to come with us?"

"I don't have a photoshoot until five." Adrien said, mentally going over his schedule. Marinette nodded in agreement.

"We're down." Alya said as Nino nodded in agreement.

"I have nothing better to do today." Chloe grumbled.

"It's settled then." Malik turned to Jounochi who looked like a lost puppy and chuckled- he really did get why Seto called the blonde all sorts of dog names. "They're going to come with us to get Anzu, Honda, Mokuba, and Kaiba." Jounochi nodded in understanding and they began to walk to where he had came from.

"So, Jounochi, how did you and Yugi become friends?" Marinette asked. Yugi laughed a bit as Ryou translated. Jounochi said something back and Ryou laughed to.

"What's so funny?" Adrien asked.

"He said to just call him Jou, and that he became friends with Yugi after she saved him." At the wide eyes and curious glances, Yugi continued the story while Malik translated to Jounochi what she was saying.

"You see, at the time, Jounochi and Honda were bullies." She said. "They often took my things and teased me. Later on I learned that they were doing it because they wanted me to become stronger. Then a big guy named Ushio came up to me one day and said that he would be my bodyguard. I didn't want that, and I didn't know why he'd want to, so I didn't really do anything."

"Jou would like to add that it was by this point that he had taken a piece of Yugi's uncompleted Millennium Puzzle and had thrown it into the dirty water that runs by the school." Malik said. Yugi's hand went to the puzzle and she smiled up at Jou, who smiled back.

"The next day, Jounochi and Honda had both been beat up by Ushio and his friends. Ushio brought me to see all of the work they had done. I couldn't stand it. They were about to continue the punishment and I stepped between them. I told them that Jou and Honda were my friends and not the bullies they thought they were. I told them that they were trying to make me stronger. I got beat up in response. Then Ushio told me that I had to pay him money that I didn't have and that my family didn't have. That night, I had solved the Millennium puzzle for all except that one piece- the eye you see right here." She showed it to them as they listened intently.

"Jounochi says that after he was beat up and saved by Yugi, he went straight to where he had thrown the puzzle piece away to retrieve it." Malik added.

"I thought that I had dropped the piece at school, so I ran back to try to find it." Yugi continued. "It was there that I encountered Ushio. He asked me for the money and I told him that I didn't have it. So he proceeded to drag me to an alleyway to beat me up, and I can only guess rape me." Yugi shivered. "Jounochi and Honda came and tried to fight Ushio, and Jou gave me my piece back. I finished the Millennium Puzzle right then and there. That's when Yami woke up and played his first Shadow Game with Ushio." Yugi smiled and Jounochi nodded in agreement.

"Is that how you met Yami too?" Alya asked.

"No." Yugi shook her head. "I didn't meet Yami until later. I didn't even know that he existed until a few days before I told Jou, Honda, and Anzu about it."

"What about Ryou and Malik?" Alya asked, her Journalist sense tingling with want of the story.

"We met Ryou when he transferred to our school." Jounochi explained as the question was translated and his own words translated back. "He had been going from school to school to school because all of the friends that he had made had gone into comas at one point or another. We had thought it was just a coincidence, but we later learned that Ryou was the holder of the Millenium Ring, and that Bakura had been trying to make Ryou's wish of being able to keep all of his friends close. Bakura put the souls of Ryou's friends into his Tabletop Roleplay set."

"Bakura knows better now." Ryou added on when she saw their pale faces. "Though, I still haven't been able to convince him to let their souls go back to their bodies. He's only released the ones whose families had decided to let them go." Ryou smiled sadly.

"And I was the guy who thought I would be a better host for the Pharaoh." Malik admitted as Yugi took over his translating job. "Using my Millennium Rod, I took control of people and gave them powerful decks to battle for me. You see, if I ever had defeated Yugi or Yami, It would've proved that I was a better host for the Pharaoh and Yami wouldn't be able to interact with Yugi anymore." Malik draped an arm around Joey's shoulders and pointed to his face. "I even had this guy and Anzu under my control, and they still didn't win."

"Joey says that's because friendship is better than anything else." Yugi said before Malik could continue.

"Exactly." Malik brought his arm back to his body. "Too bad I hadn't learned that before. A little while after that, Marik started to take control of me. I learned later on that he was jealous of Yami and wanted to beat the crap out of him- but also, in doing so, would allow me to have what I wanted."

"When did you learn that?" Jounochi asked.

"Not all that long ago. I had a… moment of clarity." Malik answered.

"Hey, is that Anzu?" Ryou asked suddenly, pointing to a young woman with short brown hair and brown eyes, who was looking for something, or someone, with a brunette with brown eyes, a brunette with blue eyes, and a little kid with blue hair and blue eyes. Yugi gasped in delight.

"Anzu, Honda, Mokuba, and Kaiba!" She shouted happily.

"Yugi!" Anzu cheered, rushing up to the other to give her a hug, later on pulling Ryou in when she saw here. "Ryou! It feels like I haven't seen you guys in forever!" She looked and saw the others. "And Malik's with you too! Awesome! Are these your new friends? I'm so happy that you were able to make new friends! Friendship really is the strongest thing on Earth!"

"A-Anzu!" Yugi gasped.

"C-Can't… breathe!" Ryou finished. Anzu let them go with a slight amount of embarrassment. Yami and Bakura had materialized right before the hug commenced, and were happy to translate to the others what was going on while Jounochi, Malik, and Honda all got into a fight of sorts.

"You guys really are a strange bunch, aren't you?" Nino asked.

"If you haven't noticed, you all are also weird." Bakura commented.

"Compared to normal people, we definitely are." Yami admitted, floating beside them while Bakura seemed to be laying down in an invisible hammock. "But it's a good kind of weird."

"I see-" Chloe was interrupted as the city began to shake, a roar echoing through the streets of Paris. Yami jumped and Bakura actually fell to the ground with a curse.

"AKUMA!" Some people cried.

"Akuma?" Mokuba asked in french, not all that surprising when he was the brother of a world class genius. "Magical butterfly?"

"I'll explain later." Yugi started.

"Right now, we need to leave before we're caught in the battle." Ryou added.

"Battle?" Seto asked, his blue eyes narrowing. "What battle?"

"You don't want to find out." Malik said in Japanese. " Come on, let's go!"

"Can't you protect us with your magic?" Jounochi asked.

"No, the akumas cancel our powers just as their powers don't work on me, Malik, Ryou, or Seto whether he wants to admit it or not. But the rest of you are in grave danger." Yugi explained as she grabbed Tea and Joey's arms to start dragging them, Ryou coming over to help. Malik grabbed Honda and, at Seto learning his brother was in danger (again) grabbed him and began to take Mokuba away. Once they were a safe distance away from battle, they were able to watch the fight with no risk whatsoever. They all watched in awe (except for Seto, who watched in mild amusement and putting the puzzle pieces together as he recognized the others who were with them that weren't there now).

"Hey, Yugi?"

"What is it, Jou?" Yugi asked, looking up at the other curiously, surprised that he was whispering.

"Those are the superheroes you told me about, right?" He asked even softer.

"Hai. Why do you ask?" Jounochi looked down at Yugi in confusion.

"Aren't they your friends, Marinette, Adrien, Nino, Alya, and Chloe?" Yugi blinked up at him for a few seconds.

'HHHOOOLLLYYY CCCRRRAAAPPP! YAMI! JOU IS SETO'S HIKARI!" Yugi shouted so loudly in her mind that Yami swore that he was deaf for a moment. Yami took over as Yugi began to freak out. Bakura took over Ryou's body, having heard the whole thing. Yami began to drag Jou away and Bakura followed with mild interest, Malik tagging along in confusion.

"Where are you guys going?" Mokuba asked.

"Uhhh…" Malik hesitated. "No idea, but we'll be back soon!" He promised. Mokuba, Honda, and Anzu shrugged as Seto stared after the four of them, having also heard Jou's comment.

After sending a deliberate text to his bodyguards stationed around the area to keep a close eye on Mokuba and to not follow him, he began to stealthily follow without the others noticing.

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"Whoa, guys, what's going on?" Jounochi asked as they finally got to a secluded place. Yami looked around to make sure that no one was overhearing the conversation that was to follow. Malik and Bakura showed up on the scene shortly.

"Jounochi-kun, how did you learn their identities?" He asked. Jounochi stared at them with wide eyes.

"Uhh… they look like each other?" He half asked. "Is somethin' wrong Pharaoh?" It was very common that Joey was the first one to know when the darks took control, but now that was no longer starting to look like a coincidence or a result of being friends with Yugi the day she learned of Yami.

"Did you come to the same conclusion?" Bakura asked as Malik stood there confused.

"Yugi did, but I just wanted to make sure. I'm not entirely sure if there is any way to check it." Yami admitted.

"Check what?" Malik asked.

"Only one way to double check." Bakura folded his arms and Jounochi shifted nervously under the thief's gaze, uncomfortable being so close to the spirit. This was the part in which Seto began to start overhearing and watching the whole thing from some shadows.

"Guys, if it's about something supernatural I will freak out." Jounochi said, holding his hands in the air.

"Well, you could say it's supernatural, but it's been around for a while and you'll probably get used to it quickly." Joey jumped at the voice and turned to look at Yugi, who floated by Yami in her spirit form.

"Woah woah woah, what?!" Joey exclaimed, pointing at Yugi. Seto was also mildly surprised, as he had assumed that they couldn't speak when they did that spirit thing (Yes, he knew the Geek Squad's story had some truth to it. Not even science could explain everything. He just refused to give them the pleasure of him admitting that they were right). "You can speak when your like that?!"

"He definitely is the one. I don't know how this is going to work out." Ryou said as she decided to come out too.

"Wait- THAT'S what we were finding out?!" Malik asked. "Dang, that Fu sure knows his stuff."

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!" Jounochi shouted.

"Jou-kun, calm down." Malik said, moving past the others to stand by the blonde. "We will explain everything to you at a later, and MUCH more convenient time. At the moment, all that you need to know is that you are very important and that you can't trust my older sister anymore." Jounochi gave him a weird look, but shrugged it off.

"When will I get these answers?" Jounochi asked.

"How about tomorrow? Meet us at the front of the school after school and we'll explain along the way." Ryou suggested, and everyone, including Seto, nodded in agreement. Though, he would be the one spying on them and all. "Come on, let's make it back to the group." Then Seto ducked into the shop he was by before they saw them, plans to corner a certain mutt forming in his brain.

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