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Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh! or Ranma 1/2. Those belong to Kazuki Takahashi and Rumiko Takahashi respectively. This is a product of my warped mind wanting to cross EVERYTHING over with Ranma 1/2 and actually writing it down this time. Of course, this is just for FUN and I'm not making any money out of this, so please do not sue me.

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The next morning, Yugi was awoken by the insistent ringing of the telephone. He ignored it the first time and the caller rang off, but when it rang again a few minutes later he eventually reached over and picked it up, fumbling the receiver to his ear and saying "hello?" quite blearily.

"Hey Yug'," Jonouchi's distinctive voice greeted the spike haired teen. "Did I wake you?"

"Jonouchi!" Yugi exclaimed, much more awake now. "No, no it's fine," he said, stiffening slightly as Anzu snuggled up to him, but he relaxed a little as he recalled what she was doing there. "Is everything alright?" he asked, worrying for his friend after the events of the previous day.

"Yeah Yug'," Jou confirmed. "Things are going a lot better now. Seto promised me that I could spend today with you guys." He paused. "Thing is, Seto's doctor is out of town so it was arranged for us to go and see Doc Tofu over in Nerima to make sure we are OK, you know, seeing as he's the only other doctor that knows about the curse. Ranma offered for everyone to visit the Tendo Dojo for the afternoon. Are you in?" He sounded hopeful and, despite Yami's reservations, Yugi couldn't say no in the face of that, especially after everything that Jou had been through recently.

"Yeah, I'm in… as long as Anzu can come too," Yugi replied.

"She's more than welcome," Jou said, "but I just called her house after you didn't pick up last time I rang. Her mom said that she was out and she's not sure when she'll be back."

"Oh, that's not a problem," Yugi said without thinking. "She's here with me." He turned to the brown haired girl that was snuggling up to him. "Hey Anzu, do you fancy taking a trip over to Nerima with Jou later?"

"Sounds good," Anzu said. "I'll have to pop home to grab a change of clothes first though." Anzu looked slightly amused at the horrified look on Yugi's face. "Don't worry, she isn't going to be upset. Who do you think it was that gave me…" she finally took notice of the handset pressed to Yugi's ear and changed what she was about to say, "that," she finished lamely.

For once though, Jou was being unusually perceptive. "Yugi!" he exclaimed, "you didn't, you sly dog, you."

"Jonouchi!" Yugi said, cheeks flaming in embarrassment.

Jou simply snorted as Seto said inside his head /Great, the shrimp even managed to get laid before I did./

"Jou?" Yugi said in enquiry as the blond continued to snort down the phone line.

"Ah, sorry, Yugi. It was just something that Seto said." He paused, "And he's just threatened unspeakable retribution if I tell you what it was." Jou erupted into full blown laughter.

Yugi grinned, "Oh don't worry, Kaiba," he said, knowing full well that Seto could hear him, "I'm sure it'll happen for you eventually." He winced as Anzu bashed him in the arm and ripped the phone from his ear.

She waited for Jonouchi to stop his braying laughter before shouting into the phone. "If you two idiots have finished," she said with some acid, "what time are we meeting up and where?"

Jou finally managed to get his laughter under control. "Sorry Anzu," he said, "It's… just coming up on nine now, so we'll pick you up at the Game Shop at eleven. Is that OK?"

"That will be fine Jou," Anzu said with a smile. "See you later." She hung up before Jou could say anything else inappropriate. She turned towards her… lover, the thought making a little shiver travel up her spine. "Yugi, you OK?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm great. Although maybe I'm just a little worried that you might… regret what happened last night." Yugi said with a little anxiousness evident in his voice.

Anzu put her arms around Yugi, pulling him close, sighing contentedly as he reciprocated the action. "I'll never regret doing anything with you," she said as she buried her face into his hair, "either of you."

"Thank you Anzu," Yugi said. "I do love you." He moved to kiss her softly, showing his feelings in the intimate gesture.

"I love you and Yami too," She replied after pulling away from the kiss. She stiffened slightly, then relaxed as the body in her arms shifted slightly.

"I also love you, Anzu," Yami said as he leaned in to kiss her soundly. Anzu sighed as her body responded to the stimulus, but she knew that they didn't have time for that, no matter how much they might want to, so she pulled away reluctantly. "Come on," she said with some regret, "we need to start getting ready if we are going to be back here for eleven."

"Of course you are right," Yami agreed. "I'll go and start some breakfast." He got up from the bed, only to suddenly change back into Yugi.

"Oh no you don't," the smaller of the two exclaimed. "The last time you tried to cook anything we ended up ordering take out and it took a week to clean up the kitchen!"

Anzu giggled as Yugi continued his argument with Yami internally as they made their way to the kitchen. She felt really lucky and she would not trade her boyfriends in for the world!

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At eleven on the dot, a sleek black limo pulled up outside the Kame Game shop and Katsuya Jonouchi stepped out onto the pavement. Jou quickly moved to ring the doorbell, only to stagger backwards as he was tackled by a spike haired blur.

"Hey Yugi," Jou said to the smaller teen who was latched onto his waist. He ruffled his fingers through the surprisingly soft hair. He was still amazed that Yugi's hair was naturally like that. /See, told you it was like that naturally,/ Jou said, mentally sticking his tongue out at Seto, who just humphed in reply. Jou grinned, knowing that Seto just didn't like being wrong.

"Hey there Jou," Anzu said as she pulled the door closed behind her, "You doing OK now?"

"Yeah, loads better now, thanks Anzu," Jou replied, a slight flush on his face as he recalled just what Yugi and Anzu had been up to the night before. He felt a small pang as he realised that, despite laughing about it earlier on, he was likely to be staying a virgin himself for the foreseeable future.

"It's good to see you dressed… normally for a change," Anzu observed, breaking Jou out of his brief funk. "I'm surprised that Kaiba allowed it." She tried to imagine the aloof teen wearing Jou's clothes and mentally sniggered at the imagery.

"He's trying to make up for what happened I guess," Jou said, "so don't expect him to stay out for very long if we change today if he can help it."

"But... isn't that what you were wearing when we went to Jusenkyo?" Anzu observed.

"Yeah," Jou confirmed. "It's all I've got that's my own, ya know? I thought for sure that Seto would have these clothes disposed of or burned, but it seems that Mokuba rescued them and kept them for me."

"Oh!" Yugi exclaimed. "That reminds me, I've got something of yours Jou." He reopened the door and went inside. "Come in while I get it."

"Eh, Sure Yug'," Jou said as he followed Yugi into the flat above the shop. "What is it?"

Yugi ran into his room and rummaged around in the wardrobe. "Just a moment," he said, bottom waving in the air as he searched. "Found it!" he said triumphantly as he pulled out Jou's old knapsack that he'd taken on their ill-fated trip to Jusenkyo. "Seeing you wearing that brought to mind that I still had your bag with your spare changes of clothes in. I think you'll probably be needing them if Kaiba is going to let you have some time for yourself."

/It's not necessary,/ Seto spoke to Jou. /I can buy you whatever you need./ He was quite dismissive of the gesture.

/Be nice Seto,/ Jou said. /These things may not be much, but they are mine and I'm glad that Yugi kept them for me./

/I'm sorry,/ Seto said a little contritely. He knew that having his own things meant a lot to Jou, who could not afford to replace them on a whim. Although that was going to change now, he knew that Jou wouldn't take advantage. /I guess old habits are hard to break./

/It's OK,/ Jou said. /I won't hold it against you./

"Jou?" Yugi worried as his friend didn't reply.

Jou shook his head as he came back to himself. "Thanks for this Yugi," he said, smiling happily. "It really means a lot to me, you know?"

"That's fine Jou, but there's one more thing," Yugi said, moving over to the dresser, opening the top drawer and bringing out the box that had once contained the Millennium Puzzle.

"Wow, Yug', you still have that thing?" Jou said in awe. "Is it dangerous?"

"No," Yugi replied. "Yami assures me that it was simply a container to keep the pieces of the puzzle in."

"Seto says that you should give it to a museum or put it in a bank vault. It's way too valuable to be keeping it somewhere like this," Jou said with a little worry, "and I gotta say, Yug', he does have a point."

"I suggested that to Yami," Yugi said, "but he said that just in case there has been some kind of power absorption that we don't know about - the pieces were in there for three thousand years after all - it would be better off with those of us that know something about it."

"Yeah, I get where you are coming from," Jou said. "It's something to think about anyway, but," he was puzzled, "why are you showing it to me?"

"Oh, of course," Yugi face-palmed then opened the box. "Your deck, Jou. You told me to look after it, so I did."

With shaky hands, Jou reached out to take the precious cards, having thought that he would never be able to hold them again. Almost reverently, he looked through them, only stopping when he came to his favourite card, the Red Eyes Black Dragon. At the sight of his totem monster, he sat heavily down on the bed, clutching the cards to his chest as tears began to roll down his cheeks.

"Jou? Are you OK?" Yugi said, moving forward to place his hand on Jou's shoulder in a comforting gesture.

"Just... really happy," Jou said with a watery smile. I thought I'd never get to see these again or touch them, let alone be able to keep them." He wiped his eyes as he stood. "Seto's feeling really guilty now. I keep telling him that he shouldn't..."

"Kaiba needs time to come to terms with what happened, just as you do," Yugi said sagely.

"Yeah, I guess you are right," Jou said with a heavy sigh. "Come on, we'd better get going. Anzu's going to be getting antsy and she'll be coming to find out what the hell we are doing up here."

Jou put his deck carefully into his pack as Yugi placed the golden box safely away, then they quickly left the flat. They joined Anzu at the front door, then got into the limo and made themselves comfortable.

"Hey there Yugi, Anzu," Mokuba said as they sat down inside the car. "Nice to see you two." The black haired boy grinned widely, making it clear that he knew exactly what had been going on between Yugi and Anzu.

"Damn it! Is it that obvious?" Yugi exclaimed in exasperation. He was feeling particularly sensitive after spending a very awkward and uncomfortable half hour in the company of Anzu's mother earlier on. As Anzu had assured him, she wasn't upset, but discussing sex and relationships with your girlfriend's mother had to count as one of the most embarrassing things ever. He was dreading dealing with his grandpa when he got back from his conference later. He was unusually perceptive when it came to things of a sexual nature and the old pervert would probably want details. "And aren't you a bit young to be knowing about things like that?" he said pointedly, turning his attention back to the younger Kaiba.

"Seto thought I should be prepared early, in case of… fan girls," the black haired boy shuddered.

"It isn't obvious though," Jou said, "It's just that you're our friends and we know you well enough to pick up on stuff like that," he grinned, "and give you a little ribbing over it."

"Are Honda and Otogi coming along?" Anzu said in an attempt to change the subject to something less embarrassing.

"Nope," Jou replied. "They said that they had something to do today that couldn't wait."

"Oh, that's a shame," Anzu said, "It would have been nice if we could all have been together for a change."

"No worries," Jou said. "There will be another day. I'm just happy to be able to spend time with you at all." Tears pricked at his eyes and he hung his head, showing just how fragile he still was. He started in surprise as he was suddenly enveloped by three other bodies pressing him into the seat. "Hey guys, it's ok. I'm not going anywhere, I promise."

"Well, you can just indulge us all for a moment Jou," Anzu said. "We are all upset that we nearly lost you… and Kaiba," she added on.

Jou smiled as he felt Seto roll his eyes. It was a very Kaiba-like feeling. "Alright Anzu," he said as he gathered the three of them into the hug, "I appreciate that. And I'm sure that Seto does too, even if he'll never admit it."

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Meanwhile, Honda and Otogi were heading out of town in Otogi's black convertible. They had arranged to take Shizuka out for the day and after the revelations at the train station the previous day, they were both really looking forward to seeing her again. Of course the other thing that they had to do wasn't far from their minds and they were not looking forward to explaining that Jonouchi had almost taken his own life the previous evening, let alone trying to explain the extraordinary circumstances behind the reasons why.

About half an hour later, they pulled up outside a respectable looking house situated in a nice area of the outer suburbs of Domino. "You know, I'll never understand it," Honda said as he shook his head.

"What's that?" Otogi asked.

"How Jonouchi's mother could have left her son to live the way he does when she lives in a nice house like this." Honda explained.

Otogi, who had been told by Honda about Jou's home life answered, "She must have her reasons, even if they aren't very good ones, but it's not our place to ask." Both boys perked up as Shizuka exited the house and made a bee line to the car, then jumped into the back seat grinning widely. "Hey, Shizuka," Otogi said with a smile.

"Hi there Otogi, Honda," Shizuka said happily.

"It's good to see you again, Shizuka," Honda said.

"It's good to see you too," she said. "So where are we going today?"

"Well, first I thought we could go for a walk in the park, then maybe get a spot of lunch," Otogi said. "Does that sound good to you?"

"Hey, as long as it's with you two, anywhere will be fine," Shizuka said with a smile. Honda and Otogi grinned at each other, then Otogi started the car and pulled away from the curb.

Soon they were back in Domino proper and heading towards the park. Otogi parked the car close by and soon the three of them were walking together and enjoying what was proving to be a beautiful day.

"My mother banned me from coming in to Domino you know," Shizuka said with a frown. "She'd be upset if she knew I was here."

"Why is that?" Honda asked.

"She didn't want me coming to try and see Katsuya. After he stood me up again yesterday she thought that I didn't need the stress," she replied. "Her opinion of Katsuya isn't very high anyway. She doesn't even care that I would have gone blind if it wasn't for him finding the money to save my sight."

Honda and Otogi looked at each other, communicating silently that this was the opening they were waiting for.

"Shizuka, we need to tell you something about your big brother," Otogi said gently. He guided her to a bench and all three of them sat down together.

Shizuka picked up on the strain that was in Otogi's voice and knew that it wasn't going to be anything good. "What is it?" she asked with concern.

"There is no easy way to say this," Otogi said, "but your brother almost took his own life last night."

"No! Why would he do that?" She exclaimed, hands flying to her mouth in horror.

"That's the thing," Honda said, "The circumstances behind it are so… bizarre and fantastic that we're not sure you'll believe us."

"So, it's not my fault then?" Shizuka said with a small quaver in her voice. "I thought he might have reacted badly to something in the letter I sent him."

"No, no it's not your fault," Otogi put his arm around her comfortingly. "He really did want to see you yesterday though."

"Oh, poor Katsuya," she said with a sigh. "So what is it that's been stopping him from meeting up with me?" She asked. "Is it really that bad?"

Honda sighed as he began to explain what had happened. "Do you remember that we had a school trip to China a few weeks ago?" he asked.

"Yes. I also know that Katsuya ended up coming back early. Mother wasn't pleased when dad phoned up and started ranting about it." She gave a frown as she struggled to recall something that had struck her as odd about that conversation.

"Well, there's a valley there that contains a place called Jusenkyo." Honda continued, "That was where our insane schoolteacher had decided to take us this year."

"OK, but... what does this have to do with what happened to my brother?" Shizuka asked with confusion.

"We're getting to that," Otogi said. "These springs of Jusenkyo are cursed and if you fall into one you are cursed to turn into whatever drowned there last."

"So, what you are saying is that Katsuya fell into one of these pools?" Shizuka said. When Otogi simply nodded she asked, "So what does he turn into then?"

"Well, that's the strange thing," Honda said. "Did you hear that Seto Kaiba crashed his helicopter while on that school trip?"

"I… may have heard something about him crashing on the news recently. I thought he was lucky to come out of that alive," she said, "Why?"

"What if I told you that Kaiba drowned in one of the pools as a result of him crashing there?" Honda asked.

"And… Katsuya fell in afterwards?" Shizuka put the pieces together.

"Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what happened," Otogi said. "But you know Kaiba, it took a lot to convince him that Jou was even there."

"That would explain what my mom was so upset about when dad called her and started ranting. He said that Katsuya had turned into someone else right before his eyes," she said, "Mom put it down to him being drunk and hung up on him. But it would also explain why I saw Kaiba while I was waiting for Katsuya to show up yesterday. He must have felt so bad about being so close…" she paused, before asking, "What triggers the change anyway?"

"Water," Honda said simply, "depending on the temperature anyway. Cold water means Kaiba and hot water equals Jonouchi. It's quite fitting really, if you think about it."

"I guess that explains that," She said with a sigh. "I think someone had just spilled water on him and Kaiba looked like he wanted to kill them." She looked at Honda, "But what happened to make Katsuya want to…" she shuddered, unable to finish the sentence.

"Well, you know what Kaiba is like," Honda explained, "He basically took over Jou's entire life and because cold water is so much easier to come across than hot there wasn't much that Jou could do about it." He shrugged, "eventually Jou just… gave up. I'm not sure what the exact trigger was that set him off last night, but I can tell you that he changed his mind at the last moment, although by then it was almost too late and he had to be saved by someone else."

"Is he alright now," Shizuka asked.

"We've been told that he's doing a lot better," Otogi said, "although we haven't actually seen him for ourselves. I do think, however, that it would do him the world of good if he could see his little sister sometime soon."

"Can I go and see him today?" she asked hopefully.

"Jou's gone out for the day with Yugi, Anzu and Mokuba," Honda said. He noted the downcast look on her face and shared a quick look with Otogi, who nodded in agreement as he reached for his cell phone. "I'm sure that we can call them and ask if we can come on over. We were invited after all."

"But you turned them down to come and see me?" Shizuka asked.

"Yeah, we thought that someone should explain to you just what exactly was happening," Honda said. "Jou had this thing about telling you himself, in person, but we can all see just how well that worked out."

Otogi flipped his cell phone closed. "It's OK, we can go over and meet them there," he said. "Yugi isn't going to tell Jou that you're coming though. That'll be our surprise."

"Thank you Otogi, Honda," She said as she gave each boy a peck on the cheek then quickly stood up. "What are you waiting for?" She exclaimed as she looked back at the stunned boys, "let's go!"

As they walked back towards the car, Honda had a question for the auburn haired girl walking next to him. "Hey, Shizuka," he said, calling her attention, "you are being very accepting of everything we just told you."

"Well, when you consider all the weird stuff that we've been through, along with Yugi having shared his body with an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh and Kaiba being the reincarnation of his high priest, it's not so hard to believe really." She looked impishly at the tall brunet, "Besides, I trust you and Otogi. You wouldn't lie to me about something like this would you?"

"Of course not," both boys said at the same time.

"Good, I'm glad to hear it," She said with a smile. They got into Otogi's car once again and he wasted no time in pulling away, destination: The Tendo Dojo in Nerima.

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A/N - I'm feeling quite sad at the moment because A_Dragons_Lair yahoo group is shutting down at the end of the month. I was hoping to build up the courage to post something there one day (that wasn't just Sim!Seto Kaiba looking pissed off in front of a Christmas Tree), so I'm feeling doubly sad - and those stories that don't exist anywhere else on the net are going to be a loss. :(

Yeah, I know that most of the stories are available on other fiction sites and I'm saving everything that I hadn't got around to saving before, but it's just not the same. I'm really going to miss it.
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