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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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Dawn broke over the foothills of the Bayankala mountain range in the Quinghai province of China. The morning was clear and calm and it promised to be a beautiful day.

The residents of the camp-site, consisting of Domino High School students and their teachers, were going about their business. Yugi and his little group were fretting about the events planned for today and wondering how many people would end up cursed. However, everything stopped dead when the students realised that the camp-site was apparently surrounded by armed women.

Mr. Tanaka, the teacher in charge, tried to get the students back on track. "Come on now," he shouted out in a fake cheery voice, the one that all teachers use when they want their reluctant students to do something, "we don't have time to waste. Get back to what you were doing."

"Sir?" one of the students, a girl with long green hair spoke up, "The camp-site is surrounded by women with weapons."

"What are you talking about?" Tanaka said, still oblivious to the danger, at least until two very old and wrinkled women in traditional Chinese clothing appeared in front of him. "Oh, where did you come from?" he asked in surprise. The students, as one, rolled their eyes at their teacher's stupidity.

"You in charge here?" one of the women asked shortly.

"Yes, I am. Can I help you?" he asked.

"Humph, typical that they have stupid male in charge," the second woman snorted. "You trespass on Amazon land."

"We were given permission to be here…" the teacher started before he was cut off.

"Stupid Chinese government no tell proud Amazons who can visit on their land!" the second woman almost screeched.

"Calm down Lo-shan," the first woman said in a much calmer voice. Lo-shan subsided reluctantly. "You pack up and leave now," she addressed the teacher. "Is much danger here. Jusenkyo no place for school children on trip, especially as one of your number already get cursed." At this revelation there were many speculative murmurs amongst the assembled students even as Yugi, Anzu, Honda and Otogi all blanched.

"Hang on a moment," Mr. Tanaka said, "be reasonable. I've wanted to come here for years. Now I'm here and…"

"Stupid male! Lo-shan spat at the teacher. "Is not up for discussion. You pack up and leave now! The warriors around the camp-site hollered and brandished their weapons at the sound of Lo-Shan's declaration.

At this point, one of the the female teaching assistants stepped up and put her hand on the teacher's arm. "Mr. Tanaka, I think it would be best to listen to these wise ladies. You wouldn't want Domino High School to be the cause of an international incident now, would you?"

"I… guess not," Tanaka subsided sadly.

"See, Har-Spray, it take woman to bring sense to the discussion," Lo-Shan sneered.

Har-Spray ignored Lo-Shan and spoke directly to the female teacher. "Be packed up and ready to leave within the hour. Our warriors will escort you to our borders."

"Thank you Lo-Shan, Har-Spray," she said as she bowed respectfully. "I am truly sorry for any trouble we may have caused you."

Lo-Shan and Har-Spray bowed to her in response, gave a sidelong look to the so called man in charge and disappeared as quickly as they had appeared earlier.

She turned to where the students were all watching wide eyed. "I take it you all heard that?" she said to them.

"Yes Miss Watase," the students dutifully chorused back to her.

"Right then, you know what to do," she instructed. "Get packed up and ready to leave as soon as possible."

"Yes Miss," the students called back to her as they all ran off in different directions to pack up. It didn't take very long at all. About forty minutes later, everything was packed away and the students were all lined up and ready to go.

"Alright kids," Miss Watase said, "This time we will all be going back together instead of in separate groups. Now are we sure that we have everything and we have left everything as we found it?" At an affirmative response, she nodded. "Alright then, let's get going." With that they left the camp site and began to make their way out of Amazon territory.

The group were just leaving the campsite when one of the Amazons, a young woman with long pink hair, promptly appeared in front of them, causing almost the entire class to flinch.

"There something odd about you," she said as she regarded the group of students carefully. "Especially something about you," she clearly addressed Yugi.

"What do you mean?" Anzu challenged the warrior as she made to prod at the nervous young man.

"Not know. Just know something strange," she said. "Will be keeping eye on you." She vanished as suddenly as she had appeared.

"What was all that about?" Miss Watase asked.

"No idea," Yugi lied. Inside he was thanking whatever deity was listening that he no longer had to wear the Millennium Puzzle. For some reason he was sure that thing would have drawn the Amazons to him like moths to a flame.

Watase gave Yugi an odd look, but decided not to push things. "Well, I'd better get back to Mr. Tanaka before he manages to say something to get these people even more annoyed than they already are," she said, letting Yugi breathe a huge sigh of relief. With that she hurriedly made her way to the clueless man at the head of the column.

"Yugi," Anzu whispered to her boyfriend to get his attention, "what does Yami think about that Amazon saying that to you?"

"I don't know," Yugi replied in a low voice, "For want of a better way to put it, he's hiding."

"Hiding? Why would he do that?" Anzu wondered.

"He seemed frightened by those old women earlier on." Yugi said. "Right now he's buried himself about as deep as he can go and he's doing his best to mask his presence." He grimaced, "I'm worried that it might not be enough."

"Well, we don't have too far to go," Anzu said encouragingly.

"Thank heavens for that," Honda said from behind them. "I can't wait to get home."

The others murmured their agreement, then they remained in silence until they finally made their way over the border of the Amazon's territory.

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Meanwhile that morning, Seto Kaiba had been going about his business. He'd got up, gone to get washed up and shaved and had inadvertently turned into Jou due to the hot water. Jou had sighed, finished what Seto had started then had written the other teen a note telling him that if he wished to shave himself in future then maybe he should invest in an electric razor. Once done with that, Jou changed back into Seto, who took one look at the note, screwed it up and threw it into the nearest trash can. Seto's mind, while struggling to hold onto its total and utter denial of the curse, was not quite ready to give it up just yet.

He went out to the physician's without any further incident. He was thoroughly examined and the doctor pronounced him fit and healthy, although, as he always told Seto when he visited him, he could do with gaining a little weight and he needed to keep an eye on his stress levels and not overdo things. If Seto had mentioned the 'blackouts' he'd been experiencing since the previous day things may have gone a little differently, but he hadn't so he was free to make his way into the Kaiba Corp offices for the day.

This would turn out to be a mistake. Everything went fine for the first few hours. Seto got plenty of work done, attended a meeting and even managed to vent by shouting at a few unfortunate employees. Of course, things couldn't last. Eventually Seto decided that he really needed a coffee, but seeing as his secretary had disappeared off somewhere, he had to go and get it himself. What happened then was inevitable; he spilled some of the hot coffee on his hand.

Jonouchi swore as he found himself in a strange place yet again. "Where the hell am I this time?" he exclaimed out loud.

Just at that moment, Seto's secretary chose to come back from her break. She was shocked to see a strange blond haired boy standing in front of the coffee machine. Next she registered that he was wearing clothes just like her boss and she concluded that he must be some kind of Kaiba fan boy.

She quickly picked up the intercom. "Security, we have an intruder in Seto Kaiba's office."

"We'll be right there," came the reply.

"No, wait a moment, you have it all wrong," Jou said, "I can explain…"

"So explain," she said sharply, "Just how did you get in here?"

Jou thought about this for a moment. "Ah, no, sorry. I don't have an explanation really," he admitted shamefacedly. There was no way that he could explain about Jusenkyo without sounding like a madman and they were likely to think that he was deranged enough already. No, the best thing to do in this situation was to remain silent.

With that admission, the security men, who had arrived a couple of moments beforehand, took Jou's arms and escorted him from the building, throwing him out of the main entrance so he landed unceremoniously on his ass. "Make sure we don't find you around here again you loser fan boy," one of the guards sneered at him, cracking his knuckles for emphasis as the other closed the gate behind him.

Jou looked up at the building he had just been ejected from. He thought about getting some cold water and letting Seto go back inside, but that might look weird so soon after he had been thrown out, especially as Seto would probably go in ranting about somehow ending up outside, making people think that HE was going crazy. He thought about calling Mokuba for advice, but quickly realised that he would not be out of school yet and he didn't want to interrupt his classes. He sighed as he realised that his only real option at the moment was to head home.

He sighed again as he began the long walk across towards the other, seedier side of town. It was just typical of Kaiba to deny that anything was going on even if it were staring him right in the face. They had been through enough magic shit in the past that surely he would be able to accept something like this, especially with the evidence presented to him. Hard headed bastard. Oh well, at least it was a nice day. Hopefully he would make it home without getting splashed. He could use the time to catch up on his homework.

Half an hour later, Jonouchi carefully opened the door to the small apartment he shared with his father, thanking his lucky stars that his dad always kept a spare key hidden near the front door in case he lost his keys while he was out drinking it up. OK, it wasn't the most secure thing in the world to do, but it wasn't like they had much worth stealing anyway.

He breathed a sigh of relief as it soon became clear that his father wasn't at home right now. Maybe he'd gone out and found a job or something. He mentally scoffed even as the thought crossed his mind. It would be a cold day in hell before the drunken bastard would do something like that.

He quickly made his way into the small kitchen, made himself a cheese sandwich from the meagre supplies and very carefully poured himself a glass of water then, all set, he returned to his room to get started on his homework.

His room wasn't much to look at really. An old single bed was neatly made in the corner. A rickety desk sat against one wall while an old wardrobe that had definitely seen better days stood next to it. Still it was his and it was clean. Compared to the rest of the apartment, which stank of stale alcohol and old cigarettes with empty beer bottles and cans littering the surfaces, it was a veritable paradise. Jonouchi placed the plate of sandwiches and the glass of water on one side of the desk before he removed Kaiba's signature trench coat and placed it carefully on the bed, then he stretched and sat down in the lone plastic chair. Sighing, he started on his homework while absently munching on one of the sandwiches.

It wasn't all that much later when Jou was disturbed by the sound of the front door closing. His dad was home. The elder Jonouchi, somehow realising that the apartment wasn't empty, made a bee line for Jonouchi's bedroom.

"Oh, hey there Dad," Jou said as the older man entered, trying to hide his nervousness. From the look on the older man's face, he was beginning to think that it hadn't been a good idea to come home after all…

"What the fuck are you doing here," the man slurred. He'd obviously had a skin full already and it wasn't even that late in the day. "Aren't you supposed to be off on that waste of time trip to China with all your little friends?" He finished the sentence with a sneer.

"Something came up and I ended up having to come back," Jonouchi said nervously.

"What the fuck," the elder Jonouchi exclaimed. "That trip cost good money. You'd better be getting it back."

Jou regarded the man warily. It wasn't like it was the old man's money that had paid for the trip anyway. No, he'd had to go out and earn that money himself. "I… don't know," he hedged, "I'll have to wait until everyone gets back to find out about it."

"Fuckin' brat," Jou cringed as the drunken man stormed over to him and grabbed him by the collar, "you get out there and get that money back," he snarled. He stopped short as he realised that Jou was dressed differently to the way he normally was. "Where the fuck did you get these fancy clothes from? You been holding out on me, boy?"

Jou stiffened. Shit. He should have taken the time to change out of Kaiba's clothes once he'd got home. "No, dad," he started, but he was cut off by a particularly vicious slap to the face.

"You fuckin' lyin' piece of shit!" the inebriated man suddenly became enraged. "Bad enough you wasted the money you won in that tournament on that whore of a sister of yours. Now you're holdin' out on me again!" He started laying into Jou with vicious fists.

"No, dad, it ain't like that…" Jou protested weakly.

"Shut it you little shit." A fist to the jaw sent Jou sprawling backwards into the desk. He landed on the floor with the glass of water overbalancing and the small amount that was left inside splashing onto him.

"Fuckin' worthless mutt. You'll never amount to a damned thing!" The older man was so far gone into his alcohol induced rage that he didn't notice that the person he was attacking wasn't his son any more.

Indeed, Seto Kaiba, who was now sitting in Jonouchi's place, was stunned momentarily as he dealt with the disorientation that came from coming to in a strange place, a backwash of the emotions of pain, fear and self-loathing that was totally alien to him and the fact that he was apparently being attacked by a person unknown to him.

"Bastard," the attacker snarled, obviously not realising just who he was attacking, "Should have dumped you on social services when that bitch took off with yer whore of a sister!" He attempted to physically lay into his victim again. Attempted because, while Katsuya Jonouchi couldn't fight back against his father because, well, the bastard was his father after all, Seto Kaiba had no reservations in undertaking what was essentially self defence.

The man had not been expecting a fight back and thanks to him being inhibited by alcohol and Seto being proficient in several forms of martial arts, Jonouchi senior very shortly found himself pinned down on the floor in a hold that he could never hope of being able to get out of.

Once Kaiba was certain that the other man was securely pinned he snarled into his ear, "Now would you care to explain to me just what the fuck is going on?"

Instead of giving an answer, the man beneath him began to blabber, his mind unable to process that the boy he was attacking had suddenly changed into someone else. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again" was all that poured from his lips over and over again. Kaiba, seeing as he was obviously not going to get any sense out of the pinned man any time soon, felt absolutely no remorse at all in knocking him out.

"Idiot," he muttered as he stood above the now quiescent man. Taking a good look at his attacker he was stunned to see what appeared to be an older version of the mutt. "What the hell?" he said out loud as he finally took in his surroundings. He noted the papers littering the desk, covered in Jonouchi's distinctive scrawl and blanched at the sight of the glass that had clearly once contained water lying on it's side. With a feeling of dread and fear that was totally alien to him, he grabbed his trench coat from where Jonouchi had laid it out on the bed and left the room. He noted how the rest of the apartment was compared with what was obviously Jonouchi's room and blanched again. What in hell was he doing here. Did the mutt really live like this?

He pulled his cell phone from a pocket and hit a speed dial number. When the person on the other end picked up he instructed his limo driver to get over and pick him up as soon as possible. Then he dialled another number.

"Doctor Kenn's surgery, how can I help you?" the overly cheery voice of the receptionist, Keiko, came down the line.

"This is Seto Kaiba," he said trying to keep his emotions under control and succeeding somewhat. "I want to see Doctor Kenn as soon as possible."

"One moment please," the receptionist replied. Seto waited impatiently as the receptionist took her time getting back to him. "He has time to see you in about twenty minutes. Will that be alright for you sir?"

"Perfect," Seto said shortly as he hung up. He couldn't stand that woman; she was just too damn perky. A few moments later, the limo pulled up at the kerbside and Seto wasted no time getting in, not even giving the driver time to get out and open the door for him. "Doctor Kenn's office," Seto instructed through the intercom. If the driver was in any way curious about the fact that his boss was visiting the doctor for the second time that day, he wisely kept it to himself. Fifteen minutes later, the limousine pulled smoothly up outside the building where Doctor Kenn held his surgery. Seto gave the terse command for the driver to go and park up somewhere nearby and wait until he called for him again, then getting out of the limo, once again before the driver could do that part of his job, he swept into the doctor's outer office.

"Good afternoon Mr. Kaiba sir," Keiko greeted him warmly as she noted him enter the office, then she stopped short with a look of horror on her face. "Oh, my! What happened to you?" She came over all concerned as she took in Seto's appearance.

Seto was confused for a moment until he caught sight of his reflection in one of the mirrors that adorned the walls of the reception area. He gasped in shock as he took in the rapidly forming black eye and the small split on his lip. As soon as he saw these injuries, the pain from the rest of the injuries that he had been mentally suppressing until now suddenly bloomed forth and it was all that he could do not to collapse on the floor as he staggered to one of the waiting room chairs.

Once she saw that Seto was safely seated she rushed into the next room and shortly Doctor Kenn was kneeling in front of the young CEO.

"Seto, what happened to you?" he asked.

"I… I don't really know," Seto replied with an uncharacteristic quaver in his voice.

"Come on then, let's get you into my office," the doctor said as he helped Seto to his feet, "Keiko can you bring tea for two into my office please," he instructed as he guided Seto through the door. By this time, Seto was feeling a little better and crossed to the physician's couch with no help, sitting down gingerly when he got there.

"Now, tell me what you do know," the doctor instructed as he gathered supplies to deal with Seto's obvious injuries and made Seto remove his shirt so he could attend to the not so obvious ones.

Seto sighed. If he wanted to get to the bottom of what was going on then he had to be honest. "I've been experiencing… blackouts since yesterday," he began, then winced as the doctor dabbed antiseptic on one of the abrasions on his face.

"So why didn't you mention this when you saw me this morning?" the bespectacled man asked.

"I… thought it was nothing," Seto replied almost shamefacedly.

"Well, obviously it's not nothing if you ended up in this kind of state," the doctor observed. "So tell me, what exactly do you mean by blackouts?"

Just that," Seto said, "I'll black out and I'll come to later on in a completely different place and I'll have no idea how I got there."

"How does this tie in to the state you came to be in now?" the man asked.

"I was in my office making a cup of coffee and the next thing I knew I was in a dingy apartment all the way across town being beaten," he winced again as he recalled the person who had been beating him. "I took the man down and then headed straight here."

"I see," the doctor said in contemplation. "Do these blackouts have anything in common that you have noticed? Some kind of trigger?"

"Hot water," Seto blurted out before he really thought about what he was saying.

The doctor stood up straight and regarded Seto with some shock. "Hot water?" he said in surprise. That was a strange thing to have as a trigger. Just then there was a knock on the door and the receptionist came in with a tray full of things to make tea.

"I've brought the tea Doctor Kenn," she said, "Shall I place it on your desk?"

"Yes please Keiko," he replied with a smile. Keiko began to walk across the room when she tripped on the edge of a rug. The tea service crashed to the floor, breaking into a myriad of pieces, but more importantly, hot water sprayed across the room in Seto's direction.

Katsuya Jonouchi sat up with a wince. "Where the hell am I now?" he exclaimed. The last thing he remembered was being beaten by his father. To suddenly find himself in this... he looked around… doctor's office. Shit. Had Seto been beaten that badly? He stopped his introspection as he took in the shocked expression on the faces of what he assumed to be the doctor and his receptionist. "Ah, hi there," he said simply.

"Keiko," the doctor said, "forget the tea. I think I need something stronger."

"Y… yes Doctor Kenn," she stuttered. She quickly bent to pick up the pieces of tea service and retreated from the room, returning soon after with a glass with containing some amber liquid in one hand and a mop in the other. As Keiko shakily mopped up, the doctor drank his drink down in one go, never once taking his eyes from the strange boy who had taken Seto Kaiba's place. Jou sat there uncomfortably under his gaze.

"That will be all, Keiko," the doctor said once the receptionist had finished clearing up.

"Yes Doctor Kenn," she said, still clearly shaken by what she had just witnessed. Once the receptionist finally left, the doctor spoke.

"So, as you may have gathered, I'm Doctor Kenn. Who might you be and what happened to Seto?"

"The name is Katsuya Jonouchi," Jou introduced himself, "and as for what happened to Kaiba, well that's a little more difficult to explain."

"Well, I'm listening," the doctor said simply.

"Alright," Jou paused a moment to gather his thoughts before he spoke. "It all started yesterday. We were on a school trip to some place in China called Jusenkyo." Jou paused again as a light of understanding appeared within the doctor's eyes. "You've heard of the place?" Jou asked.

"Yes, I have and it does explain a lot, but please continue."

"OK, well I was walking there with my friends when we saw Moneybags fly overhead in his helicopter. Thing is, a few minutes later he apparently crashed and drowned in one of the pools."

"I take it that you then fell in that same pool later?" the doctor enquired

"Yeah, I did," Jou confirmed.

"So that would mean that you are not the curse," the doctor stated with surprise.

"That's right, but Kaiba would probably say that I am a curse," Jou said sadly.

"Fascinating," the doctor observed.

"Well, it's not so fascinating for me," Jou said with a little heat, "and if I know anything about Kaiba then he ain't happy either. Not that I expect that he's even accepted it yet," he finished bitterly.

"I can't say I blame him for that," the doctor said. "It has to be hard to accept it when something magical like that happens. Most people don't know that magic exists at all."

Jou gave a bitter laugh, "Normally I'd agree with you doc, but Kaiba's been though enough magical crap in the past that he should get it, but he denies every little thing."

"Really?" the doctor asked. "What contact has Seto had with magic before this?"

"I'm not sure I can say really," Jonouchi hedged. He did feel that he could trust this man, but there were some things he just couldn't share.

"I can guarantee that anything you tell me will not leave the walls of this office," the man tried to reassure him.

Jou looked at him sceptically. "And you won't say anything to Seto?"

The doctor looked at Jou oddly as he used Seto's given name. "I won't tell Seto," he agreed with the blond. The boy looked like he badly needed to talk to someone and if it helped Seto…

"OK," Jou slumped, "I'll tell you what I can, but I warn you that you'll probably have a hard time believing half of it."

"Go on," the doctor prompted.

"Did you know that Seto Kaiba is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priest?" Jou dropped the bombshell.

"And you know this how?" the doctor enquired sceptically.

"That story would take way too long to go into doc, plus it involves more than just Kaiba," Jou said apologetically, "But I can tell you that there was plenty of magic involved. It didn't stop him denying that anything ever happened once it was all over though," Jou said bitterly.

"And how does this involve you?"

"Well, that's the thing, see," Jou began, "Me and Kaiba ain't never seen eye to eye in this lifetime. He's always been putting me down and starting fights with me since day one. Now I never really disliked the guy, but I gotta give as good as I get. Anyhow, after all that magical stuff where we saw the past went down, Yami explained something to us." Jou stopped short. "Shit, I'm not supposed to mention him. Can you forget I said that bit?" Jou almost panicked.

"Calm down Jonouchi," the doctor said, "I told you that nothing would go any further than this office and I meant it. Now what did your friend explain, and what exactly do you mean by 'in this lifetime?'"

"Ah, thanks," Jou said. "Well, my friend had to… go away, but just before he did, he explained that me and Kaiba were together in our past life. I mean together together, ya know? We're soul mates or something like that. When my friend came back again, he was annoyed that we hadn't listened to him and told me that we had to stop fighting and at least learn to get along or something would happen to force it and the worse we were fighting the worse it would be. Long story short, I stopped fighting, Kaiba didn't. I guess that this thing with the curse is fate's way of forcing us to learn to get along. Jou gave another bitter laugh. "Can't see that it'll ever happen though. He'll probably just blame the whole thing on me anyway." Jou looked down as tears threatened to overtake him. He'd be damned if he would show any more weakness than he already had in front of Seto's doctor.

"Did something happen in your… past life that could have affected the way that Seto feels about you now?" Doctor Kenn asked with some sympathy in his voice.

Jou looked up, stunned. "You know what, I never thought of that. I don't actually remember anything much from back then, but I guess I should ask my friend the next time I see him." Jou paused then said bitterly, "That is if I ever get to see him again. Kaiba is gonna make that really difficult you know?"

Doctor Kenn looked sympathetically at Jonouchi. Seto Kaiba had obviously done this young man a great disservice if what he had just been told was true. "Well, I'd say that the first step has to be to convince Seto that the curse is real. I take it that he has been told about it at least?"

"Yeah, when the curse first happened he was told by the Jusenkyo Guide and my friends. Last night Mokuba tried to tell him, but I guess it didn't go that well and this morning I ended up leaving him a note. Then he had a run in with…" Jou stopped before he could let that slip. No one needed to know about what went on at home. "Anyway," he continued before the doctor could butt in, "it's going to be a job and a half to convince him."

"I don't know about that," the doctor said, "It seemed to me that he was well on the way towards admitting it, at least to himself. Just before Keiko spilled the hot tea all over the floor, he said that hot water was the trigger for what he was calling 'blackouts'.

So, what now?" Jou asked the bespectacled man.

"I think that I'm going to recommend a referral to a specialist. At least one that knows much more about Jusenkyo curses than I do anyway."

"Sounds like a start," Jou agreed. "How do you come to know anything about Jusenkyo? I wouldn't have thought that kind of thing was common knowledge."

"I heard about it because I used to practice in Nerima before I decided to get out because I couldn't get insurance on my building any more. There were plenty of cursed individuals around those parts. Actually, that is where the doctor I'll be sending Seto to see practices. Just let me call him and I'll see when he can fit Seto in," the doctor said as he reached into his desk to bring out an address book. He flipped quickly through the pages until he came across the number he needed, then picked up the telephone and dialled. He filled in the person that answered with the details that he was allowed to import, made a few notes then thanked them and hung up.

"He'll be able to see Seto tomorrow at 2pm." Doctor Kenn informed Jou. "He's going to arrange for someone else with a Jusenkyo curse to be there to provide proof if needed."

"Sounds good Doc," Jou said. "I take it that you'll be wanting to see Seto again now?" he asked.

"Yes, I think that would be for the best," the doctor said, "but if you have any problems or you find yourself in need of assistance, you are free to come here or call me." He handed Jou a card.

"Thanks Doc," Jou said sincerely, "it really helped to talk too, ya know?"

"Yes, I know Jonouchi," the doctor said. "Now I take it that I need some cold water?"

"Yeah, just a few drops should do it," Jou confirmed. "Good luck dealin' with Kaiba."

"Don't worry, I can handle him," the doctor said with a smile. "Ready?" Jou nodded so doctor Kenn flicked a few drops over Jonouchi, causing Seto to take his place.

"Shit, it happened again!" Kaiba exclaimed.

"Language Seto," Doctor Kenn scolded the blue eyed teen. "And yes, Keiko spilled tea all over the office, so there was your hot water."

"So…" Seto said with some trepidation, "what happened to me while I was out?"

"Hmm," The doctor mused on how to put his next question. "Tell me Seto, what does the name Katsuya Jonouchi mean to you?" He fixed Seto with a steely glare.

"Where did you hear that name?" Seto snarled angrily.

"I heard it right here in this office," Doctor Kenn replied calmly. He had practice in not letting Seto ruffle him. "After all," he continued blithely, "I just spent the last twenty minutes or so talking to him. It's actually quite fascinating how you both have the exact same injuries, but then I suppose that could be down to you essentially sharing the same body. Or we could just chalk it up to magic."

"Do you really expect me to believe…" Seto began angrily only to be cut off.

"Seto Kaiba, when have I ever lied to you," Doctor Kenn interrupted. "I am your personal physician and as such seeing to your well being is my privilege and duty. Now if you don't want to even accept it from me, maybe you will accept it from the closest thing we have to an expert in the field of… curses like yours."

Seeing as the doctor was being deadly serious and he had never given Seto any reason to doubt him in the past, Seto capitulated. "Alright then," he said reluctantly, "but I'm still not buying it."

"That's OK Seto," Doctor Kenn said indulgently as he handed over a slip of paper with a name and address on it. "Go here for two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I'm sure that he will be able to help you."

"Doctor Tofu?" Seto said with a raised eyebrow. "Sounds like some kind of quack."

"Seto, have I ever done wrong by you? Please give this a chance," the doctor said tiredly. "Even if he can't do anything to help you, maybe he can at least convince you that this is real."

"Alright, alright, thank you." Seto said, wincing a little as Doctor Kenn finished treating his visible wounds.

"Take it easy for the rest of the day," the doctor said as Seto stood to leave. "Take a hot bath. I'm sure you'll feel the benefit." Seto gave him a sharp look, but simply nodded as he made to leave the office. Once the CEO had left, the now completely drained man pressed a button on the intercom. "Keiko, love, can I have another strong drink please." He paused. "And take one yourself. I think you probably need it."

Later that evening, Seto did take Doctor Kenn's advice, although he did take the precaution of leaving the mutt a note. Jou scoffed at the note which told him to take a long soak as per Doctor Kenn's orders and not to take any painkillers as he had already taken some and he didn't want to end up taking an overdose. He also left a note at the bottom telling Jou not to leave any muddy pawprints all over his nice clean bathroom. Jou wrote 'whatever moneybags' on the bottom and settled in for a nice long soak to ease away the pains of the day.

Ahh, Seto didn't know what he was missing.

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My chapters seem to be getting longer! I would have liked this one to be a little shorter, but that really seemed to be the best place to cut it. I've weighed up the next chapter and fortunately that one will be shorter, but the one after that is giving me a little trouble as to where to cut...

But now I'm caught up to where I've posted on FF.net, so it'll be a few more days until the next chapter.
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