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Rememorator felt it.

He turned to gaze over Paris, looking about.

Something tugged on something inside of him, and something in the back of his mind told him to follow it.

He thought that it might be a trap. It was such a strange feeling. Hawkmoth talking to him or trying to control him felt nothing like this, so it had to be something else.

Rememorator moved, getting up and slowly walking/floating toward where the tug was taking him, staff at the ready.

Whatever it was, it was going to regret it.

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"He's coming." Kaiba confirmed after a moment. Ladybug, Chat Noir, Volpina, Jaded Turtle, and Queen Bee nodded, bringing out their weapons. It might be a tough fight- they might not even be able to use their powers, besides Ladybug's purification, while in the Shadow Realm. Yami, Bakura, Seto, and Marik all had their shadows at the ready.

When Rememorator saw them, he lifted his staff, summoning the Shadow Realm.

"Fools. Ya really want to try this again? Having three more people won't change the end of this battle." Rememorator commented.

"It just might." Yami replied. Then the battle began.

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Kaiba had never thought he'd be doing this.

Sure, he had fought alongside with the geek squad in the past, but fighting alongside them, in the shadow realm, with the lovesick idiots, using shadow magic, trying to save his light half?

Definitely not what he had thought would happen when he went to check up on his Branch in Paris, France.

As he dodged another one of Rememorator's shots that were fired at him, he couldn't help but feel something hurt inside of him.

Had he caused this?

Of course, in the past, he had enjoyed putting the mutt down. Defeating the lowlife was easy and a good stress reliever. But when had that turned into respect? When had he decided to respect Joey for standing up to him in every single argument that they had? Not even he knew.

What he did know, was that this wasn't supposed to happen. Joey was always like a street mutt in his mind. Dirty, poor, begging for food and mercy. One that he could easily either toy with or help. But, also, one who could protect. One who never gave up. One who could trust so easily once you gained it.

But what if he had lead up to this moment? As he dodged another ball, he reflected upon his past actions once more.

All of the times he had put Joey down.

All of the times they had fought.

Even when they got to France, when he had convinced the mutt to help him out for practically almost nothing in return except for a consequence for teasing him.

What if he hadn't said or done those things? What if he had become true friends with Joey? When Joey had found out, would he have reacted differently?

Kaiba was not one to dwell on his past- it usually revolved around his horrendous stepdad and the orphanage. The only good part was Mokuba, his younger brother.

He wondered if he had obeyed his orders to stay at home and stay safe with Anzu and Honda.

Probably not, the three of them must be working together to find him and Joey.

He saw something glint in the light of the ball Rememorator was building up.

Joey's dog tag.

Everything suddenly clicked into place, a plan forming in his head. Especially when the words Joey said before he was akumatized ran through his head.

I have to reevaluate the only constant in my life.

Or, at least, something along those lines.

Go ahead, Wheeler! Cower beneath the feet of your master like the dirty mutt you are!

Kaiba could just imagine Joey's reply.

I'm not a dog, Kaiba! And you ain't my master!

And no one would be.

I am too- I'm more powerful than you will ever be! You don't need friends!

Friends are the most powerful thing in the world! I'll show you, Money-bags! One day I'll defeat you, and that's the day you'll realize just how powerful friends can be!

That's it. That was how he was going to save him. He smirked. Time to put on a show.

"Hey! Mutt!" He shouted, drawing Rememorator's attention toward him. "Don't you know it's rude to rely on help from someone who isn't your master?!"

"I ain't got no master, Kaiba." Rememorator replied, glaring at the brunette. "And I ain't relyin' on anyone!"

"You draw power from a weak and unstable source!" Seto replied. "If you want to fight and prove that, you best make yourself stronger!"

"I am stronger." Rememorator said. "Stronger than I ever was! And I'll make you all pay!"

"Pfft, of course, you're acting like me, your true master, right now!" Seto exclaimed. "You sound just like me!"

"I do not!" Rememorator shouted.

"Whatever happened to your speeches of friendship, huh?" Seto replied. "You said something about that being stronger than anything in the world!"

"It is!"

"Then prove it!" Seto threw his arms open wide. "Prove that all you need is friends, you low mutt! Prove that you don't need anything magical to be strong!"

"I will!" Rememorator shouted, too caught up in arguing with Kaiba to realize that he was playing into the other's hands. "I'll show you all!" Rememorator tore off his dog tag and slammed it onto the ground, breaking it in the process. The akuma fluttered out, Ladybug throwing out her yoyo to capture it as the Shadow Realm began to fade away.

Then, Rememorator froze as the Shadow Realm disappeared. Once all of the darkness was gone, Rememorator slowly was encompassed in a black substance, revealing Joey, who stumbled a bit before looking about in confusion.

"Wha- where am I?"

"Miraculous, Ladybug!" Kaiba heard Ladybug call out, ladybugs flying around and beginning to fix everything. But he ignored her as he watched Yugi take control and attack Joey.

"Jou! You're back!" She exclaimed happily. "I'm so sorry, we shouldn't have just thrown you into it like that, and-"

"It's ok, Yug'." Joey said. "I can't remember much, but somethin' tells me that it was big. And had to deal with some extraterrestrial crap."

"Jou, just because you can't remember everything, doesn't mean that you were kidnapped by aliens." Yugi laughed.

"But it does! They always wipe your mind before they send you back after expirimenting on them!"

"Jou, something else happened. You were akumatized."

"Akuma-what?" Yugi sighed, but laughed still, she was glad her friend was back.

"I'll tell you later."

"Oi, mutt." Kaiba called. Something flickered in Joey's eyes as he turned to look at Kaiba.

"Whad'ya want, Kaiba?" He asked.

"Don't go about disobeying your master again, idiot." Kaiba smirked and Joey blinked a bit before growling, a smile involuntarily coming onto his lips.

"I ain't no mutt, and you ain't my master, Kaiba!" He shouted.

Things were going to be okay. Even though they still had to talk about some things.

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