A/N sorry the update took so long, but well, college work before fun work. I hope I spelled some of the names right. But the deck is elsewhere and I have delayed long enough.

Kiri sat in Kaiba's office staring at the assembled group. Not long after the rude awakening this morning, the Pharaoh's group had appeared, saving Kaiba from killing...himself? Kiri had a hard time even thinking Hyozanryu was any part of Kaiba whereas the Pitch Black Dragon form was the Kaiba she knew and loved. 'But I will admit that when light and dark Kaiba actually cooperate for longer than two minutes,' she thought.

She turned her attention back to yami Kaiba and the Pharaoh. Muki was curled up on her lap, behaving for once. After his initial outburst, he had calmed down. Maybe it was Kiri's threat to leave him to fend for himself with Kaiba, the knowledge that yes, she does know where he sleeps, or the fact that he didn't want to draw Kaiba's attention or his ire. Either way, Kiri figured she would enjoy it while it lasted. 'The way Kaiba's currently going, I don't want his attention either.'

"The change didn't affect everyone, just the serious duelist." Jounouchi was saying. He swung his sword in emphasis and Tristan smacked him on the head with his gun. The Flame Swordsman and the Cyber Commander yelled insults for a few seconds before Anzu cut in.

"It also affects the partners" Anzu reminded him and gestured to herself and Kiri. It was hard for Kiri not to snicker at Anzu in the Black Magician's Girl outfit. Granted, she wasn't doing much better curled up on the couch in the Pharaoh's shirt. It may have been sleeveless, but at least she was no longer prancing around in a bikini that would get her banned from most beaches. The Pharaoh didn't look too bad dressed as a true Pharoah from Ancient Egypt. Being shirtless didn't bother him, but Kaiba had seemed slightly irked by his offering and her accepting his shirt. The way Anzu kept sneaking peaks at the shirtless Pharaoh made Kiri think she didn't mind the view either. 'I may have a partner, but I am not dead' Kiri paraphrased and giggled in her mind.

"The thing that gets me is that no one seems to have noticed what is going on but us. It's as if the entire world has always been this way, we didn't just get up this morning to suddenly find out that we had changed." Pharaoh sighed. Yugi nodded in agreement, his magician's hat bobbing up and down as if nodding too.

After much bickering and generally getting nowhere, it was decided they would break up into groups and hunt down the usual villains. Perhaps one of them would have a clue, or at best be the cause so that this whole fiasco could be over by evening.

However as the day progressed Kiri was convinced the Gods personally hated her and she was paying for sins in lives she hadn't even committed yet. If it wasn't one thing it was another. To top it off, having Hyozanryu acting like she was the precious princess and generally ticking off Pitch Black Dragon, it might not have been so bad. She would almost swear that yami Kaiba was jealous if it wasn't for that fact that she pretty well knew it had more to do with possessiveness over possessions than any real visual on his part of her as a person, much less human. She grumbled to herself as they returned to Kaiba headquarters. She couldn't even find anything to wear since every time she got a moment to shop the stores weren't there. It was as if no one bought clothes, they just came with them. She was getting aggravated at walking around in the Pharaoh's shirt, but it was better than nothing. And considering some of the sights she had seen recently, she was fairly glad that she walked everywhere she went and kept in shape. She shuddered again at some of the images and decided she would probably have nightmares for the rest of her life.

Elsewhere in the city:

Bakura stretched his tail and hissed in satisfaction. It had been a long time since he had been completely free. He noticed a Celtic Elf walking his way. Hissing in pleasure, he found a good place to wait for his next victim. He was so going to enjoy his freedom.