Chapter 3 In Which There Is Much Talking And Little Else

Kaiba Mansion-about 4:20 p.m.

Ryou has wandered off too get the first aid kid and LOTS of ice for Marik and Bakura's burns. Marik and 'Kura are currently not moving or talking and Marik possessed a very nice set of swirly eyes. Everyone else was having a nice civil conversation.

"I only heard off merging people with duel monsters twice back in Egypt before I took the throne. Once was when some priest and an army general were talking about merging people with duel monster to make better soldiers. And I heard a rumor that someone got combined with a Silver Fang, so they looked like a wolf man, but that's all I ever heard of it."

Sighs and thoughtful looks all round.

"Sounds like someone got them selves turned into a werewolf." Said a grinning Jou who received a thwack from Seto's tail for the wise crack. Some of the others chuckled at the comment and the ryuujins antics.

"Well who do you think it was then?"

Everyone thought about it.

"If Shadi was bored I really wouldn't put it passed him."

"I guess Yug' but there's always that freak Pegasus ya know."

"Don't think so koryuu. I happen to know that he has sunken into sever depression and is admitted to a private hospital."

"Don't you usually call Jou a koinu?"

"Yes Malik but it unfortunately no longer really applies. If or when we change back I can go back to koinu."

"Makes sense to me but how do you know about Pegasus? Were you bored and doing some random search/hacking?"

Seto's eyebrow twitched. "Something like that Malik."

BING BONG

Everyone jumped then looked at Mokuba.

"I didn't call anyone else but I guess I'm volunteered to answer."

Everyone nodded as the door bell rang again.

BING BONG BI

Mokuba yanked the door open to reveal none other then Honda, Otogi, and Anzu. She spoke up first.

"Hey Mokuba! We came to see how Jou was doing."

Mokuba gave it brief thought then shrugged.

"Follow me." He said with a bright smile.

He led them to the room where the others were.

Ryou had returned by the time they got there. He and Malik were more or less hiding their Yamis from view as they wrapped all the burns in ice and attended any other wounds they came across on their no longer smoking Yamis. Apparently Jou and Seto could change their nails to razor sharp claws.

When the new arrivals saw Jou and Seto It was mixed reactions. Honda's jaw dropped, Otogi's eye's got really big, and Anzu almost fainted. Jou turned and, seeing his friends, jumped up and headed over shouting "Hey guys!".

Anzu, who had recovered, stared at Jou in disbelief, "Jou is that really you?"

Jou grinned.

"Of course it's me! Who else would it be?"

Honda shook his head, "I don't thing she expected to see you shirtless..."

"...or with wings and a tail." finished Otogi.

Jou grinned impishly.

"It's not like I'm the only one." said Jou as he pointed with a wing.

The new comers blinked again when they saw Seto but shrugged and places on the floor and couch. That is Anzu sat on the couch and Honda sat on the floor with Otogi in his lap. Jou reclaimed his floor spot.

"So I'm guessing this little powwow is to decide who did this to you."

"You win the gold cupie doll Otogi." Seto replied sarcasticly.

"This form dose have it's perks though." Both Jou and Seto got that predatory smirk again.

"Really? What would they be?"

"Well that would be obvious Honda. We can fly and these tails are pretty useful..."

"...And having powers and claws is really useful as well."

As this was said Ryou and Malik dragged their now conscious, bandaged, and iced Yamis over to the group.

"Yes, as Bakura and Marik helped them discover."

Jou and Seto shared a look and got up and stood on either side of aforementioned Yamis.

"And these are our examples for the usefulness of dragon powers." Declared Jou with a dramatic sweep of his arms. Seto smirked and folded his arms across his chest.

Marik and Bakura attempted to glare bit it ended up looking more like a puppy glare. Anzu in the interim looked shocked at the state that the psycho's were in.

"You know friends really shouldn't do things like that to each other. Even if they are psychos."

"O come on Anzu they set them selves up for it. And they helped us discover that we had our dragon's powers!"

"It doesn't really matter. You shouldn't have hurt them enough to cause them to look like mummies..." she continued in this manner.

"No! My head hurts to much for it. Stop the Friendship ranting bitch. KUDASAI!" Begged Marik with his hands pressed against his head.

Seto obliged by hitting Anzu in the back of her head with his tail...Hard. She slumped sideways on the couch unconscious.

"Praise be to Amun-Ra!"

"Don't you think you're exaggerating slightly Marik?" asked Jou

Everyone took a moment too see if Anzu was going too wake up. When she didn't show sign of reviving they just went back the conversation. Since they knew that the cause wasn't an Item Holder they tried to figure out who it could be. In the end they decided to get Ishizu over to help them. Malik got 'volunteered' to call.

Ishitar Residence- 3:26 p.m.

Ring R

"Hello."

"Hey Ishizu. Can you come over and help use with a problem?"

"I'm guessing that this has to do with the incident yesterday. Sure I'll be there in 15 minutes."

"Thanks sis!"

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