Okay...Joey's gonna be a girl now. I do start out using 'him' and 'he,' but it's just for effect. He's a she now. Seriously. Final warning.

Also I imagine - or me and my friends do - that a female Joey Wheeler would sound like Jenna Marbles. Yes I know she's not from Brooklyn, but her accent (when it comes out or in her older videos) is similar. Don't tell me in a review how insulted you are that I don't know the difference between accents. I'm from Texas and people don't believe I've lived there my whole life because I don't have the stereo-typical drawl.

Oh, if you don't know who Jenna Marbles is you should totally look her up. Like yesterday. She's hilarious. I nearly die after all her videos.

Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh. I'm not making any money. Nuff said.

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HIKARI STRONG

Chapter Two

"Joey?" Yugi called, his voice quivering. "Joey?! Wake up!"

"Honey waffles," Joey said groggily. He breifly noticed the odd high sound to his voice, but blamed it on sleepiness. "What is it, Yug'?"

"It's my puzzle," Yugi said, sounding panicked. "Look!"

Joey sat up and shook his head, wondering why his hair felt so weird. He looked at Yugi's puzzle. It was glowing brightly, something it never did unless Yugi was about to turn into Yami.

"J-Joey?" Yugi asked. Joey notice the weird way Yugi was looking at him and rose a brow.

"What?" he asked. Yugi didn't answer, just pointing to him and shaking. Joey threw the covers off. He was in just his tshirt and boxers, which Yugi had seen him in several times before. Why did the small boy look so embarrassed?

"Joey I don't...know how...to say," he was stammering, before closing his eyes and pointing to the mirror.

Joey was confused, but made his way to the mirror. He figured Yugi would be more concerned about the Millenium Puzzle acting funny, yet he was freaking out over Joey. Once the blond was in front of the mirror, he could kind of understand why Yugi would be so shocked.

Standing in the mirror was a girl. A girl with volumnous blonde hair, a thin but curvy body, long slender legs and breasts the size of grapefruits. Joey looked behind him to see who this very attractive girl was, before realizing there was no one there but him.

Well, her.

At that, Joey screamed, pointing accusingly at the Millenium Puzzle. "Did dat do this?! Did da Pharaoh do this ta me?!"

"I don't know!" Yugi said, still blushing and not looking at Joey. "It's been doing this since I woke up. I also found this on my wrist!" He held out his left wrist, his hand palm up. Joey stared at the odd golden circle that wasn't there before. It kind of looked like the sun. Then Yugi gasped. "You have it too!" He took Joey's hand and showed her, the markings were identical.

"What the hell is goin' on?!" the blonde exclaimed. "Mostly why am I a girl?!"

"I really don't know, Joey," Yugi replied. "I can't get in touch with Yami. He won't answer. I don't-,"

Then, a stange circle appeared in the room. It was reminiscent of the Spell Binding Circle or the Oricalcos, only it was crimson in color. The circle shined brightly for a while, blinding Joey and Yugi before it finally faded away.

Kneeling on the floor, looking dazed, in his very own body separate from Yugi, was Yami himself.

"Ya-Yami?" Yugi asked, uncertain. He'd only ever seen Yami with his own body a handful of times, mostly inside his head. Yami looked up, blinking several times.

"Yugi?" he said, his eyes glazed. When they fell on Joey, they widened sharply. Yami toppled over, landing on his rear. "J-Juno?!"

Yugi and Joey exchanged baffled looks. "No, Yami this...this is Joey."

Yami got to his feet, still staring at the blonde. "Joey?" he asked, obviously bewildered. "But why are you a...girl?"

"You tell me" Joey demanded. "Yer the one with yer puzzle all glowin' an' shit!"

"Yami what's going on?" Yugi asked. The phone rang, then, silencing any explanation the Pharaoh might have given. They stared as it stopped ringing, indicating that Grandpa Muto had answered it.

"Yugi," he called to his grandson. "Ryou's on the phone."

"Oh, okay," Yugi called back. He shakily picked up the phone. "Hello?"

Joey turned back to Yami, noticing that was still staring. She silently thanked her lucky stars for giving her a sister and a female best friend. She understood to a point how a girl's body worked, but that definitely didn't mean she ever wanted to be one. She had been just fine being male!

"Why do ya keep starin'?!" Joey hollered. She'd never taken the Pharaoh for being a pervert.

Yami shook his head. "I'm sorry, Joey," he said. "You just...you just look so much like Juno."

"Who da fuck is Juno?!"

Yami's response was cut off by Yugi hanging up the phone. He looked at Yami and Joey like he was about to throw up.

"Yugi?" Yami asked, approaching his younger look-a-like. Joey did the same.

"Come on, Yug', speak ta us."

"Ryou said..." Yugi tried , not looking at either of them. "Ryou said ..."

"What is it, aibou?" Yami asked. "What happened to Ryou?"

"It's Bakura," Yugi finally explained, staring at the floor. "He has his own body, too."

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Joey paced the floor. They had called their friends and tried to explain the situation. Emphasis on try. Tristan flipped out. Tea was shocked but Joey was sure she had heard the tiniest bit of excitement in her voice. They had also called Ishizu and Marik and told them as well, and they said they would attempt to figure something out before they reached the Game Shop.

"Joey, you have to calm down," Yami said quietly. Joey couldn't help but notice how particularlly close the Pharaoh and Yugi sat next to each other.

"Calm down?!" Joey raged. "Calm down?! I'm. A. GIRL! As in female! A dame! A broad! A woman! Not ta mention ya have yer own body, Bakura has his own body and Ryou and Yugi and me have weirdo matchin' tatoos!" She glared at the Pharaoh.

"Really, you look just like her," Yami said raising a brow. "It's uncanny."

"Who, Yami?" Yugi asked. "I mean, who's Juno?"

Yami looked at Yugi for a moment before his expression became that of joyous surprise. "I...remember, Yugi."

Yugi had a confused look on his face which almost immediately turned to one of understanding. "You mean...your past?"

"Yes! All of it! I don't know how but I remember!" He beamed at his hikari, before sobering, remembering that the situation at hand was still on of utter obscurity. "What could have happened?"

"I don't know," Yugi said, staring down at the Millenium Puzzle. "Hopefully Ishizu and Marik can shead some light on it."

"Me too," Joey complained, folding her arms over the new additions for her chest. "Seriously how do girls deal with these things?!" She looked back at Yami. "Now who da hell is Juno?"

Once again, Yami was interrupted as Tea, Tristan and Duke all entered the living room. Tristan and Duke gaped at Joey, while Tea blinked, looking from Joey to Yami and back again, as if deciding which to tackle first. A box was in her hand.

"I figured you might need these," Tea said, shoving the box at Joey. "It's a bunch of my old bras. I wasn't sure what size you'd be, but luckily you're not as big as me. But one of my old ones should fit."

"Yer enjoyin' ain'tcha?"

"The fact that we can hang out with the Pharaoh and Yugi at the same time? Yes. The fact that I now finally have a female friend? Most definitely."

"Am I really da only one who's freakin' out about dis?" Joey asked no one.

"Trust me," Duke said, dragging a still gaping Tristan over to the couch with him, "you're not." He looked Joey up and down as he sat.

"Did...did you just check me out?!" Joey accused Duke. "I'm a girl not even a day and yer checkin' me out?!" She rounded on Tristan. "And snap outta it, Tristan! I'm a girl! Not an alien!"

Tristan finally shook his head. "Sorry, man...uh...girl. Ugh! This is so weird!"

"We've dealt with weird before," Tea reassured. "And we'll get through it like we always do. Together." She turned back to Joey. "Now could you please do us a favor and put one of those on?"

"Oh, no!" Joey argued. "I ain't wearin' a bra!"

"Yes you are!" Tea told her. "I will not have my only female friend looked at as a skank!"

"Really? We don' even know if I'm gonna stay dis way" I better not stay dis way, she thought.

"Well, in the meantime you're going to look presentable," Tea said, he hands on her hips. "Now, you will put on one of those bras even if I have shove your boobs in one myself!"

"A'right, a'right, sheesh!" Joey was about to make her way upstairs when she realized something. She had no idea how to put on a bra. This was going to be awkward. "Um...Tea?"

Tea sighed. "Come on, then," she said, following the blonde upstairs.

When the two girls returned, Ryou had arrived, and surprisingly had a very bitter looking Bakura with him.

"What's he doing here?" Joey demanded.

Bakura rose a brow. "Is that you, Blondie?" His face became an evil grin. "You make a cute girl."

"I'll 'cute' yer face here in a minute!" Joey yelled, brandishing her fist.

"Well, when he realized he had no Shadow Magic it was easy enough to drag him here," Ryou said bitterly, his eyes narrowed at his dark half. He then turned back to Joey, staring. "Hm, it is quite strange seeing you as a girl, Joey."

"Try wakin' up, one," she told him.

When Ishizu and Marik finally arrived, their eyes went as wide as saucers. They were silent for a long time, ages really, before Ishizu spoke. "It is so good to see you, my Pharaoh," she said to Yami. Yami merely nodded as she took her seat, Marik sitting next to his sister. He eyed Bakura.

"Should we worry about him having his own body?" he asked. Bakura growled.

"Watch what you say, you hermit," the theif warned.

"Without his Shadow Magic, he isn't a threat," Ishizu explained. "And besides, the fact that he's even hear suggests that he's here for answers as much as anyone else."

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Bakura demanded.

"Ya got no reason ta be mad, ya over-sized rabbit!" Joey told him. "In case ya haven' noticed, I'm a girl!"

"Yes, well that's...odd," Ishizu said.

"Odd?! That's all ya can say?!"

"We do have an explanation for all of this," Marik said in a calm voice. "At least we hope it explains it all."

"Well whaddya waitin' for?"

"Is Kaiba not joining us, then?" Ishizu asked.

Joey's stomach suddenly disintegrated. She had forgotten all about Kaiba. If he saw her like this...

"I'm right here," said the very boy in question as he entered the room, Mokuba at his side. Yugi left the room momentarily to fetch some chairs for them. However, when he sat them out, the brothers did not sit down.

"Seto," Mokuba said, blinking. "I think I'm seeing double."

"Hm." Kaiba said, eyeing Yami and Yugi and them Ryou and Bakura. "Is this some sort of trick?"

"Just let us explain, Kaiba," Ishizu said. "We have a lot to discuss."

"No. First one of you will tell me what the hell is going on," Kaiba demanded.

Joey exploded. "Sit the fuck down, Moneybags, before I give ya somethin' ta really complain about! I'm sick of all da inta'ruptions already!"

Both Kaiba's stared, as if noticing the blonde girl who had yelled for the first time. Seto looked like his computer brain was about to short-circuit, and Mokuba was gaping like a fish.

Finally, the younger of the brothers spoke. "Joey?"

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So yah. I want to keep Joey in character as much as possible. I've notice that sometimes people with turn him into a girl and he doesn't put up enough of a fight for my liking. Hopefully I can do that. Hopefully