Note: Anzu won't be in this fanfiction, mostly because I dislike her and fear that I'll completely ruin her character. Sorry, but it's to prevent unintentional bashing. I hope you'll understand.

I'm also using the Japanese names for the characters, because the English names annoy me. And because they're easier to remember. Why? I dunno.

American Name Name I'm Using

Joey Wheeler Katsuya Jonouchi
Tristan Tailor Honda
Seto Kaiba Seto Kaiba
'Yami Yugi' Atem

The rest will stay the same, for now…

Chapter 44- Japan Meets America Meets Egypt!

"Hey Ryou!"

The rest of the people had caught up to Yugi. The group consisted of an unruly looking blond, an equally-unruly looking brown-haired boy, a standoffish brunette that Nicole recognized as Seto Kaiba and a young Egyptian boy with wheat-blond hair.

Andro grinned widely, unintentionally revealing ALL of his inhumanly sharp-and-pointy teeth and reached out a huge hand.

"I'm Andro!"

The small statured boy cowered back slightly, Nicole elbowing Andro in the side.

"I'm Nicole! Don't worry, Andro's mostly harmless."

Heather snorted, revealing that B had taken control.

"He's just a big ol' wuss, aren't'cha Andro?"

Aaron, standing off towards the back of the group, rolled his eyes. This was going to go badly, he could tell. And Achet agreed, silently.

The blond grinned.

"I'm Jonouchi Katsuya, but I'm sure you've heard of me."

The American gang stared blankly before Laura hopped up, waving an arm in the air.

"Ooh! Ooh! Are you that Battle City finalist who got struck by lightening?"

Katsuya frowned, twitching.

"Uh, yes…"

Seto laughed cruelly.

"Its amazing ANYONE remembers you. You're just a nobody."

"But Jo-Jo was my favorite Battle City duelist!"

"Ha! Take that Kaiba!"

Aaron sighed.

"This is going nowhere. The red-headed nut is Heather, the brown haired nut is Nicole, the munchkin is Laura, the giant is Andro, the kid with the mask is Russell, and I'm Aaron."

B growled.

"I'M NOT HEATHER! I AM BERSERKER, MASTER OF THE DARKNESS, RULER OF CHAOS, FUTURE ENSLAVER OF ALL-"

Andro smacked her across the back of the head and she turned on him.

"YOU INSOLENT-"

"Nicole, would you-?"

Nicole quietly took out a paper talisman and stuck it to the psycho's forehead. B went limp, staring off into space. The Japanese group backed away.

"Wh-what just happened?" Katsuya was the first able to ask.

"Not to worry, Heather's just a little possessed at the moment. Really, she's not this insane usually, its just-"

"She's a nutcase." Aaron interrupted Russell's explanation.

"No, she's just been split in two. She's normally a very nice person."

The Egyptian nodded, understandingly.
"My name is Malik Ishtar, and I know how she feels. Why did you keep her dark half?"

Andro and Nicole exchanged looks and shrugged.

"Well, she's controllable, and for the most part civil enough. And Heather's more helpful in combat this way. And we can subdue her easily." Andro gestured to the talisman. Seto snorted.

"Oh please, how can a stupid piece of paper control a schizo?"

Ryou blinked.

"But Kaiba, why are you here if you don't believe in magic?"

"I'm here to watch it go wrong so I can rub it in their faces."

Nicole laughed.

"Hey Aaron, I think we just found you a friend."

The rich kid rolled his eyes.

"Oh please, he's not even smart enough to believe his eyes."

Kaiba narrowed his eyes.

"Aren't you the CEO of Elemental INC? Don't tell be You believe in this crap."

Aaron shrugged, giving Kaiba a 'You're so dense' look.

"I believe what I've been able to prove."

"Then show me real magick, no hypnotism or tricks."

"Fine."

He muttered a single word in Egyptian under his breath and burst into blinding flames, startling everyone. When he finally stopped burning he was a brilliant golden bird with a 12 foot wingspan. He opened his wings and lifted off.

"See? Transformation," After making a a circle above their heads he touched down, becoming human once more. "Pyrokinesis." He snapped his fingers and a flame appeared over each of his hands. "Summoning." With his toe he drew a circle in the sand and tossed a flame into it. From the fire a small goblin beast rose, stepping onto the sand. "Is this magick enough for you? Shall I use Summoning to call up some bigger beast of Hell?"

Russell snickered. "Now who's being intimidating?"