Allo!

I don't really know what possessed me to write this story, I guess I was just bored.

I should really have been working on 'Freedom Through Inferno' or even 'Nicol's New Fate' (another story I had no intention on finishing but got roped into because I got more then the quota of reviews I asked for)

Meh, ok

lets see, disclaimers:

I do not own in any way the characters of Yugioh or it in itself. I do own the setting, but nothing else. There we go.

Alright, watch out for shonen-ai and very strange plot devices. And this is an AU so don't be surprised by weird things.

Possible pairings : YY, RB, MM (Yami: Yami Yugi, Ryou: hikari Bakura, Bakura: Yami Bakura, Malik: hikari, Marik: yami)

Let me know if you like this!

I don't have any intent on finishing it (it's the product of a bored mind), but I will if enough people like it. SO REVIEW!

FIVE reviews and I MIGHT finish. SEVEN and I'll definiantly finish the next chapter.

thanx a lot and I hope you like this.


>blah> - mindspeech

blah - thoughts (for the most part, other things when needed)

"blah" - regular speech


Yugi stared, dolefully, as customers passed his cage. It was so friggin' boring. Why had the carnival opened today, anyways? He wanted to be back in the communal pen with his friends, not jammed in a jar on display for humans to gawk at. A muffled grumble left his mouth as he curled into a tighter ball, wrapping his wings around himself in an attempt at privacy.

"Ooooh! Mommy! I want this one!"

Yugi suddenly felt his jar lifted and shook. The world spun and he landed, roughly, on the bottom of the jar with a hollow 'thump' and a groan of pain.

"I'm sorry dear, but you're too young to have a pet."

Vaguely, Yugi began to register the conversation taking place above his head.

"But…!"

"No, dear."

"Awww…"

A moment later, the foot high jar he was contained in found its way back to a shelft, this time among others rather then alone on display. Yugi grinned happily when he saw whose prison was beside his own.

>Ryou! Hey, Ryou!> he practically yelled over their mental link.

>Yugi! Where were you? I was afraid you'd been bought!>

>Nope. I was on display.>

>Oh. I see. I->

"Oh! Darling, look at these precious little fairies!"

Ryou's jar was suddenly jerked off the shelf, causing Yugi to jump forward, fluttering his wings ever so slightly in fear for his friend. >Ryou!>

>I'm fine. Just a little shaken. Literally.>

>Heh. Alright.>

Yugi left Ryou to concentrate without distraction, but couldn't help wincing sympathetically when the girl holding his jar jerked it up sharply, sending him crashing into one of the sides and bending one of his delicate silver wings. Yugi had always envied Ryou's wings. They were simple but elegant; translucent butterfly wings that were white with silver markings and tipped all the way around with small, soft grey feathers. They were about ten inches high when folded, the same size as Ryou. (Remember, the jars they're confined to are only a foot (12 inches) tall) In contrast, Yugi's wings were large and gaudy. They were about 11 inches high in comparison to his own 8 inch height and were shaped like bird- or angel- wings. Covered on the back with grey and black feathers, they were coated underneath with light purple and blonde fur. The fur was dappled in many places with patches of tricolored feathers and the feathers on his back covered a downy film of black fur. Overall, he was bright, colorful, and very noteworthy. That was why he was often put on display: his odd appearance drew the attention of possible customers.

"Hey, look at these things."

Yugi fell backward with a shrill yelp as his jar was jerked down; torn out of his reverie, he looked up only to find….Ryou?


"Knock it off Bakura."

"No, I'm serious! These genetically engineered pet-things are just too much. Look at this one! It looks almost exactly like you!"

Yami snorted, turning to look at his friend and at the inhabitant of the jar he was holding. "You mean disregarding the wings, the height difference, the eyes…"

"All right, all right." Bakura made a face at him and handed the jar over. "But you have to admit that this is going too far."

"Won't dispute that. However, these ones are supposed to be real. According to the label," (here he flipped the jar over, completely ignoring the faint thud and yelp of the little creature inside) "they are 'Fairies of the wild. Hand caught in the forests of the hidden garden of Eden'." Yami raised an eyebrow scornfully. "What a load of crud."

Bakura snickered. "Yeah. I bet they just bio engineered some hamsters or something to look human and attached fake wings to them."

"Meh. Maybe." Yami put the jar back on the shelf (much to Yugi's relief) next to another one that had just been put back. Glancing inside, he snickered. "Hey, this one looks like you. And like it's gonna be sick."

"Let me see that." Bakura snatched it away and glared at him before looking down and grinning at the dizzy little being (Ryou) "That's cool! It's like my own little mini-me."

"Cool it, Bakura. We're here for a reason."

"Yeah, I know. We're supposed to be tracking down fugitives for the council and monitoring any unauthorized magic use."

"Idiot, not so loud! The existence of magic is a secret!"

"No duh," Bakura rolled his eyes. "But won't buying these little things help us with our mission?"

Yami blinked, then sighed. "I know I'm going to regret asking this, but: how so?"

Bakura grinned triumphantly, "These are the attempts of the Non-magical world to mimic something magical. Shouldn't we attain a few and study them in comparison to actual fairies?"

Snickering, Yami pointed out the obvious "Natural fairies don't have fur or feathers. And both of our little 'mini-me's', as you called them, have either one or both. However, you're idea does have merit."

"Of course it does." Bakura walked up to the counter of the carnival booth. "I'll buy my little double. Maybe we should get one for Marik, what do you think?"

Yami picked up the jar of his own little miniature and blinked in surprise. It was completely limp. Had it gone unconscious from being banged around so much? Shrugging, he walked over to Bakura. "Yeah, alright. If they have a double of his, that is. You stay and look for one. I'll keep going."

"What! That's not fair!"

Rolling his eyes, Yami pulled out his money. "Will you do it if I reimburse you?"

"Okay."


Ryou lay on the floor of his jar, curled in a tight ball with his wings as small as he could make them. Unfortunately, they had still been banged up and bent quite a lot. He had sensed Yugi's fall into unconsciousness through their telepathic link and envied him. His friend had no idea that they had just been bought. And not only them, but Malik as well. The two humans were looking for another double and, judging from his luck so far, they're final companion would not be overlooked. Clenching his eyes shut he tried not to cry.

Bought. We've been bought. And, as if that's not bad enough, we're going to be experimented on by human magic-users. Life just got worse, but at least the three of us will be together. And these humans have no idea that we're naturally like this. We might not be fairies, but we weren't created in a lab either. Even we don't know what we actually are.

A final lurch of the jar sent Ryou's head crashing into the side and plunged him into unconsciousness, directly after which his prison was placed down next to two others on the counter. One contained Yugi; the other had within it a 10 inch tall creature with tawny colored bird wings completely covered in feathers. It looked Egyptian, and it looked like a human by the name of Marik. Malik had heard little of the discourse and knew only that he had been bought. He'd find out soon enough what was going to happen to him and his friends.


TBC?

I don't really have any intention on finishing this story, so unless I get 5 reviews, I'm not gonna.

Hope ya liked.

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