Hey guys sorry for the slightly late update! I did intend to upload this earlier today but I've been helping my sister out in London this week so it's been crazy and literally only remembered to post about five minuets before this appeared.

Anyhow, here's to hoping you like the new chapter and happy reading!

Harry was angry and yet also confused. Just as Bill had said, Hermione was all in a fluster over the new students- one of the many pieces of information that they had been keeping from him. But now, three days later, it was harder to be angry at them with how little they actually knew. Even had they put in their letters what they knew, it would barely fit half a page of writing. But he was confused by the news they did have to tell him, coupled with what Sirius had filled him in with. And he couldn't be mad at Bill- that conspiratorial wink probably meant he had actually been inconspicuously sharing the news that Voldemort had attacked those people in Egypt. But why he had attacked a bunch of teenagers in Japan, was another conundrum altogether. Dumbledore had returned the day before to ask Hermione to come with him to speak with the new students, should they accept Dumbledore's invitation, at which point she had argued that she would, so long as Harry and Ron got to go with her. The more the better. Mrs Weasley didn't seem too happy with the suggestion, but Dumbledore had agreed so, later that night, they would be off to Japan. Or at least, very early in the morning, a fact that Ron only seemed pleased by, with the fact that it got them out of chores to rest up for the early start.

Hermione was busy flipping through a magazine that she had brought with her from home on Harry's bed, muttering away to herself while Ron was buried under the covers of his own bed, snoring away. Harry had been attempting to get through some of his homework but found that it was impossible.

"What are you looking for?" Harry asked, mildly exasperated at his friend, who barely glanced up at the interruption. Then again, he rarely saw Hermione reading things from the Muggle world nowadays.

"I could have sworn I had heard the name Kaiba somewhere before. I asked my parents about it, but they haven't answered yet, so I thought I would look through some of my old things," she replied, eyebrows drawn together. Harry blinked, thinking that now that she mentioned it, the name did sound familiar. He hadn't thought too much about it when no one else seemed to know either, but if he was known in the Muggle world, then it was unlikely that anyone else other than Hermione in the house would have. No matter how accepting of Muggles the Weasley's were, they still didn't really interact outside of their own world even with how much Muggle stuff Mr Weasley collected. It was then, that Hermione made a noise of triumph, slapping the magazine down on the bed, the old business journal open to a double page spread showing a teenager and a younger boy pictured outside some huge skyscaper. Why Hermione had a business journal was beyond Harry, but she didn't really talk all that much about what her aims had been before Hogwarts.

"Found him?" Harry asked as he sat down on the other side of her to look more closely at the photo. The teenager had brown shoulder length hair and piercing blue eyes that were as cold as his posture. He was dressed in a white suit, hands crossed in front of him and appearing as unfriendly as a person could possibly look. The boy had long black hair that someone must have last-minute tied into a ponytail from how messy it was, and eyes that were only a shade or two darker than the older boy's. They were a similar shape too, if slightly wider. He seemed much more timid dressed in some sort of blue uniform and looking somewhat self-conscious. Harry got the feeling that he had been dragged into the photo at the last minute and that the older boy's scowl had something to do with that. Hermione was nodding vigorously, tapping her finger on the teen's face.

"Yes. That's Seto Kaiba, CEO and head of the Kaiba Corporation," she stated, picking the magazine up again to scan the article. Harry stared, wondering how someone like that could have gotten mixed up with magic.

"I thought they were some kind of technological company?" Harry asked, and Hermione nodded.

"Mmhm. Hang on, it says something here. The brothers Seto and Mokuba Kaiba have revolutionised the entire Kaiba Corporation, turning it from a weapon's manufacturing company into a top contender in the race towards virtual tech in gaming." Harry felt his eyebrows rise, amazed. He sounded more and more like someone firmly stuck in the Muggle world and he got the feeling that the meeting tomorrow would not go so well if they were introducing him to the magical world. "It says here that he took over the company when he was thirteen years old and that in two years he turned it from the weapon's manufacturer it was under Gozaburo Kaiba and into the gaming company it is today."

"Seriously? How are we going to get someone that busy and important to go to school for a year?" Harry asked but Hermione was biting her lip and shaking her head.

"Not only that, this magazine is two years old. If he was thirteen overtaking the company and fifteen at the time of this article, he'll be approaching eighteen by the time we get to Hogwarts if he isn't already. He'll be too old to attend."

"But then why would Dumbledore offer? If all he can do are NEWT's, even as a child genius I don't think he could learn enough in a year to complete them," Harry mused out loud. Hermione almost seemed to twitch but seemed to be following that thought.

"Unless Dumbledore plans on having them put with the younger years, I don't know how this will work."

"Them?" Harry asked, confused.

"Well, by the sounds of things they all know each other, and assuming that the place they met was a school then it's more than likely they're all the same age thereabouts," Hermione explained, and Harry nodded, thinking that it made sense.

The evening passed quickly after that and in no time at all they were being shaken awaken at 1 AM by Mrs Weasley and escorted down to the Portkey. Dumbledore was apparently already in Domino, Japan, so they were meeting him there, at the other end of the Portkey. Finally, after some quick sandwiches and some more fussing by Mrs Weasley they each placed a finger on the worn sock that was the Portkey and, with the odd familiar sensation of tugging at his naval, they were gone.

Domino

"They're late," Kaiba stated, scowling from his seat next to his brother and looking thoroughly misplaced in Yugi's front room. It had seemed sensible at the time- the old man had asked politely after all that it be somewhere discreet and if they were meeting at Kaiba Corporation, it would be more out of place than Seto Kaiba entering the household of his arch rival Yugi Mutou. Despite the public's view, Kaiba had been here before, if only to pick Mokuba up and challenge Yugi to a duel before leaving, on the rare occasions he let his brother come round to try out a new RPG or Capsule expansion.

It didn't make it any less awkward for him to be there.

Marik was scowling right back at Kaiba from his position on the floor next to Ryou, halfway through their own game of Duel Monsters. In fairness to their guests, they were only a few minuets late and not everyone had a private jet, which Yugi had to point out. Kaiba did not look impressed.

"If this were a business meeting I would be gone already." The trouble was, this wasn't a business meeting and that it was about Kaiba's most hated topic. Magic.

"I hope we are not too late," an affable voice asked, from somewhere behind Kaiba's head. Marik looked up and Yugi, cursing his short stature, leant to the side so he could see round Kaiba's height. The old man with the odd dress sense was back, along with three teenagers a couple of years younger than them. Two boys and one girl, all three looking around them with curiosity, right up until the girl saw Kaiba and let out a squeak. The ginger boy looked confused as his friend whispered something in his ear. Out of all of them, he looked the most bemused by his surroundings- not unlike Yami when confronted with some new piece of technology. Suffice to say Yugi had banned him from ever using the microwave again.

I didn't know you weren't supposed to put the fork in too came the petulant grumble at the reminder of that incident and Yugi stopped himself from giggling. It was funny now- it had not been when they had the fire brigade here and a dozen worried fans outside, wondering what had happened.

"No, you're not too late. Kaiba just has a meeting to get to," Yugi said, jumping up to greet them. He didn't know if it was true but hopefully it would be a reasonable explanation for Kaiba's constant grumpiness. Ishizu too moved away from the window to join him. He gave them a polite bow, before making the introductions. "Hi! I'm Mutou Yugi, that's Bakura Ryou, Ishtar Marik and his sister Ishizu and, I'm sure you recognize Kaiba Seto and Kaiba Mokuba," he said, gesturing to each person in turn. The ginger boy still looked confused, but the girl smiled brightly at him, holding out a hand awkwardly.

"Hello! I'm Hermione Granger and this is Harry Potter and Ron Weasley," she said, gesturing first to the black-haired boy, and then the ginger boy. "And you know Professor Dumbledore." Yugi nodded, and took her hand, remembering from some long-lost English class that in England they greeted each other with a handshake rather than bows. Kaiba merely grunted behind him, not even having turned around. At least he wasn't being too abrasive yet.

There is a dark magic at work here Yami suddenly stated and Yugi almost jumped.

Where?

I'm not sure. His partner appeared in spirit form, red eyes glancing over the four newcomers uneasily. And whatever made the Pharaoh wary was not something that Yugi particularly wanted to run into. They were still trying to figure out what they were supposed to do with the God cards. Marik was trying to help in any way he could, but until Yami could figure it out they were at an impasse. Again.

As the four made themselves comfortable, Yugi internally twitching at the fact that only two of them had removed their shoes with the girl- Hermione- and her friend she had named as Harry having removed them before they had walked in. Kaiba, however, was openly giving them a glare that Yugi had seen scare away veteran businessmen. Ryou looked mildly alarmed and Marik had returned to their game once seeing who the newcomers were. Then again, Yugi was sure that Marik was more concerned about his own issues at the current moment rather than anyone else's. It had been hard enough trying to sort through the blank gaps that had been the first few months after solving the Puzzle- Marik had had nearly a full lifetime's worth of memories to go through and try to work out what was him and what had been Yami Marik.

"Well, now that we are all settled, have you thought on my offer?" Dumbledore asked, eyeing them over his spectacles. He seemed to briefly glace towards the corner of the room Yami was standing in and then away again. Can he see him? Yugi wondered but brushed that off as Kaiba opened his mouth.

"No. I have neither the time nor the inclination to waste my time on silly tricks and sleight of hand when I have a multinational company to run," he stated forcefully. Dumbledore looked about to answer when Ishizu cut him off.

"Unfortunately, my brother and I are needed here as well. My duties to the museum cannot be put off for however long it will take for you to deal with your… problem." She pronounced the last word as if she had trouble with it although Yugi got the sense she meant something much ruder but, unlike Kaiba, was much too polite to say it out loud.

"I won't be able to transfer without permission from my father and he's digging somewhere out by El Armarna at the moment," Ryou said shyly, flipping up a trap card to stop Marik's attack. Yugi nodded, looking at the floor.

"I'm sorry but I can't either. I have upcoming meetings with Kaiba and Industrial Illusions to attend," he said, for once thankful of the title of King of Games. It wasn't that he hadn't wanted to go but that it seemed unfair to Yami, who had waited five thousand years to be set free, to run off to learn something for himself. Especially when they were finally on the right track to learn how to free him in the first place. Yami had chided him for the idea, stating that he had waited this long, what was another 365 days to him, but Yugi couldn't bring himself to do it. And now that he was famous in the gaming world, all sorts of companies were clamouring for interviews, quotes, job offers and god knew what else. For the first time, he had been saved by Kaiba who had batted most of them off, stating that Yugi worked under him alone now, and that if they wanted all of these things they would have to go through him first. Personally, Yugi thought it was because Kaiba wanted easy access to challenge him for his title, but it also helped that he got some form of payment for attending all these meetings and interviews, which only helped the Kame Game shop. Plus, he couldn't leave his Grandpa for that long to run the shop on his own.

Dumbledore was looking disappointed but not surprised. The teenagers seemed to have a range of reactions. Hermione looked sad but understanding, Harry looked disappointed and awkward while Ron looked incredulous.

"How could you not want to go to Hogwarts?" he exclaimed, eyes wide. Yugi was taken aback by that, but Kaiba's patience was rapidly running out.

"Quite easily. Especially when its students are clearly not taught any form of manners," he replied scathingly, blue eyes boring into the boy as if he wished he had the ability to set him on fire on the spot. Ron looked set to argue but Hermione elbowed him in the side.

"I am very sorry to hear that, but I must ask that you at least allow some trusted Order members of mine to guard you then? If Voldemort attacks again, you will be unable to defend yourselves," he asked imploringly. There was a strange twinkle in his eyes, the face of a concerned old man. Not that it would make much of a difference considering that Yami Bakura had set half of them on fire and Yami had set Celtic Guardian on the others, but he supposed that Dumbledore didn't know that and thought they had got away somehow on their own.

"I have top of the range security of my own. I don't need the help of a manipulative old man," Kaiba snapped. "Come on Mokuba. This was a waste of time." Kaiba made to rise but Dumbledore made a polite little cough.

"I understand that this is a lot to take in, but I assure you the danger is real and I'm afraid that Lord Voldemort and his followers will not have much trouble with Muggle technology. I ask that you hear from my students so you know how safe the school is or the protection of my Order members." Now even Yami was looking at him with narrowed eyes and by the looks of things Yami Bakura had taken over, one hand slipped into a pocket and no doubt handling a knife. Marik had glanced up at that statement too, sharing suspicious looks with his sister.

"And what would your Lord Flying Death want with us?" Marik asked before Kaiba could retaliate. Ron looked alarmed at the descriptor while Harry looked like he wanted to laugh at Marik's mocking tone.

"I have it from a reliable source that Lord Voldemort is looking for something. Something golden, with an Eye of Wedjet on it." Dumbledore was now looking directly at the puzzle and Yami was suddenly behind Yugi, crouched and ready to take over if need be. "That truly is a remarkable piece of jewellery your wearing Mr Mutou." Silence reigned in the room and even the Ishtars had stiffened. Unlike Ryou, who could hide the Ring under his shirt, or Ishizu who could have disguised the Necklace as nothing more than a knockoff, Yugi had nowhere to hide the bulky Puzzle.

"And what of it?" Yugi asked, allowing some of Yami's anger and possessiveness to leak into his voice. If they ever needed to switch in their presence, the less noticeable to change in attitude the better. Dumbledore gave him a genial smile, but there was something in his eyes that Yugi didn't like.

"Nothing. To me. But to Lord Voldemort…" he trailed off and then glanced down at Harry, eyes sad. "Harry has had the poor fortune to have witnessed what he is able to do twice. Both times he barely escaped with his life." Harry twitched, one hand coming up to touch an odd lightening shaped scar that Yugi hadn't noticed in the mess of black hair on his head. Kaiba seemed even less impressed with this, still heading for the door when Dumbledore spoke again. "If you have concerns, you will not be alone in joining the school this year. There have also been attacks in Egypt and the Tomb Keeper Clans have agreed to send two of their own to join them." Kaiba paused as both Maik and Ishizu stiffened, paying much closer attention than they had before.

"Where were these attacks? I have heard no such thing from any members," Ishizu demanded and Dumbledore looked mildly surprised. Even Kaiba looked interested, if in an annoyed detached way.

"A site close to the city of Hierakonpolis," Dumbledore stated. Ishizu frowned.

"I know of no such Clan close to Nekhen," she stated, eyebrows drawn together. Marik looked just as confused but oddly enough Kaiba seemed to have wandered further back into the room. Yugi couldn't read the expression on his face, but from the looks of things, he did know something about this site.

"Do these members have names?" Kaiba asked, voice devoid of any clue to what he was thinking. Even Mokuba looked confused, staring up at his brother as he loomed over the man, something dark in his eyes. Dumbledore appeared startled by this- it was clear that he was not getting the reactions he had been expecting.

"Ah… yes," he said, clearing his throat a little. "I believe their names are Akhefia Kheti and Atem Menes. An associate of mine is already out there, helping them prepare to move to England, to gather school supplies." Something flitted across Kaiba's face, unreadable for how fleeting it was but Yugi would guess that he knew those names. But how, he wasn't sure. Kaiba was adamant in avoiding everything and anything to do with magic, even going so far as to outright refuse any belief of things put right in front of his eyes, stating that facial similarities to an ancient tablet did not make him involved in any way. Ishizu, however, only looked all the more confused.

"You are certain that they are clan members? I have heard no mention of anyone possessing the name of Egypt's first king."

"Huh?" Ron asked, chiming in. Hermione looked as if she were trying to remember something, but it was Marik who answered.

"Menes is one of the names associated with the first Pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt, also referred to in some academic texts as Narmer. He was the first king of the First Dynasty." Recognition seemed to flood over Hermione's face and even Harry looked a little less confused by this whole ordeal. Ron looked less so but now was hardly the time to be talking about the ancient past when they had an issue on their hands. That Dumbledore claimed to be in contact with Tomb Keepers was something that was hard to believe, but since the attack on themselves, Yugi had the feeling that they had also been looking elsewhere. And if Dumbledore was right and this man was looking for the Millennium Items… There were four out of seven just sitting in this house alone, with all the people with knowledge to the location of another two. Thankfully, the Eye had been missing since it was been pulled from Pegasus' head, but that could mean anything if Voldemort already had his hands on it.

"I assure you, Mr Weasley has worked with them for many years. He, of all of us, would know if they were lying by now," Dumbledore said, in what sounded to be a reassuring tone. Kaiba was still frowning, but in a way that Yugi had learnt he was thinking hard about something. Usually something he didn't particularly like. Ishizu looked as if she wanted to argue but Marik was the one to cut off anything she might have wanted to say.

"It isn't outside the realms of possibility, sister. Our father wasn't in any particular contact with other Clans while he was alive. There could be those that we don't know about," he said slowly, considering it. Yugi supposed that could be true- neither of the Ishtars spoke much about their past and from what he did know, their father wasn't exactly a pleasant man.

If there are other Clans, they too will know about the Items. But would it not be easier for this Voldemort to focus on us and the Ishtars, with how cut off from them we are? Yami asked and Yugi internally nodded, agreeing with him. To attack these others and have them so readily agree with this man was strange, especially with Ishizu's distaste with the topic. It wasn't as if it had been hard for those who knew how to use the Items to run them off either- if these Tomb Keepers were capable of similar abilities, it was unlikely they had much of a challenge. Unless there is something they want from Dumbledore Yami stated to Yugi's musings.

"I'll go on one condition," Kaiba suddenly interjected. Yugi blinked and even Yami looked up from where he had been considering the man in the armchair. Bakura, too, looked startled, hand slipping from his pocket, eyes wide. Dumbledore simply smiled, as if that had been his intention all along. "I will have constant contact with my brother, meaning that you will ensure all of my technology works, and that I will be able to return to Kaiba Corporation should I be needed, no matter the time." Kaiba's face was serious, mouth set in a straight line that showed that he would not budge on that. Although, Yugi wondered what he meant about the technology… until Hermione spoke up.

"There won't be any way for your technology to work," she said, sounding almost apologetic. "The amount of magic that exists within Hogwarts stops any Muggle technology from working."

That can't be right Yami mused. If it were true, nothing in your house would work with the amount of magic the Puzzle emits.

But how did Kaiba know? Yugi asked. He made it a condition before she even said anything.

I think Kaiba might know more about these people than he is letting on. Why else would he agree so readily now, rather than earlier? Yugi couldn't help but agree even if he couldn't understand the how of it. Kaiba had wanted nothing to do with this conversation and had been leaving, right up until these other Tomb Keepers were mentioned. A mystery in and of itself that needed to be solved- how had he known about them but the Ishtars hadn't. Marik might have stated that their father was out of contact with the others, but Ishizu had been working on getting back into contact with the others. But how much of that is their actions? Yami seemed to agree with him, eyeing them up as Kaiba narrowed his eyes at Hermione, then Dumbledore.

"I gave you my conditions. Meet them, or nothing." Dumbledore frowned but nodded and that was that.

And... that's it for now. A little bit of Harry's perspective and what's going on in Japan. Continuitywise, I know that technically Bakura is 'free' of the spirit as this point (before he reappears in the beginning of Dawn of the Duel) but I kept him as it's way more interesting plus I need Yami Bakura for this story. So, he was written back in.

Before I get complaints, I have also rewritten Kaiba's backstory a bit (cough a lot cough) as well because, again, needed for later. As you may have realised by the end of this chapter. In terms of Harry Potter, I always find it interesting that Hermione reads like mad but you never hear her reading Muggle books/materials and, as an avid reader myself, I find that weird. So I assumed that she does, but generally tends to do so out of sight of others or at home during the holidays. That aside, more Dumbledore manipulation for you with a dash of Kaiba dishing it right back out to him.

(Also does anyone else question how an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh understands technology automatically?)

Thank you to all the reviews and please keep them coming!

ApocalypticFarce: Thank you and I hope you enjoy this chapter too! Yes, continuity did take a backseat and honestly, the most accurate part of Bill's is his age and working for Gringott's. Since Harry doesn't meet him until Book 6 and I needed them to have met before, so I had him at the Quidditch World Cup. It never made much sense to me why neither he nor Charlie were there when the rest fo the Weasley's both were and are all fanatical Quidditch fans. They just kind of aren't. As for Yugioh... well, I explained above ;)

AnimeIsLife4Ever: I'm glad you enjoyed it and it's great to know that there are other people who love the mixing of these two together! There just aren't enough of them, and many of them are along the same three variations and I wanted to do something a bit different, so this fic was born. I have a couple of others in the work that may or may not see the light of day at some point... ;) We'll see.

Ann: I'm glad that you like the fusion and thank you for being my first review! I intended the time jump to help introduce a crucial character and information or two without having to keep resorting to flashbacks. No, Atem and Akhefia (as this chapter may have introduced to you) are not the same in this fic (ish) but we'll get back to that at a later date ;) And I'm glad that you liked the Akkadian Princesses, they shall appear next chapter for a brief time. And no, it was neither Shadi nor Voldemort that she was talking about... but all shall be revealed in time.