"Um, guys, I think there's something wrong with Joey…" Our spikey-haired protagonist trailed off hesitantly, pointing at the blonde behind him.
"Nyeh?" The blonde questioned with a tilt of his head, sitting on his legs like a dog would.
"What do you mean, Yugi?" Yami asked, suddenly materializing out of nowhere; in his own body no less!
"Ah! When did you get your own body?" Yugi startled, not entirely believing the situation.
"What are you talking about, Yugi? I've always had my own body. Sexy isn't it?" Yami flashed a suggestive grin at the other boy. "If you want we can go try out my body in the next room?"
"Uh, right… Let's get back to that later. In the meantime, what's wrong with Joey?"
"What do you mean? He looks perfectly normal to me." Yami responded casually before walking up to the blonde and patting his head the way a master would pet his obedient puppy.
Joey just grinned goofily at the form of attention he was receiving, seemingly not finding it unusual in the least.
"See Yugi? Joseph is as healthy as ever." He turned his attention back to Joey. "Isn't that right, Little Puppy?"
"Nyah~" Joey whined in response, nuzzling his head into the palm of the elder's hand.
"Erm… Yami, he keeps saying 'Nyah' and 'Nyeh' in response to things." Yugi said albeit cautiously, not liking the direction this conversation was going.
"Dogs can't form actual replies, Yugi." Kaiba reprimanded, appearing out of thin air with Mokuba standing off to the side behind him.
"You tell him, Big Bro!" The small boy smirked in appreciation of his elder brother.
"Wait hold on a second here, hold the phone!" Yugi held his hands up. "Are you trying to tell me Joey is actually a dog?"
The other characters simply nodded their heads. When Yugi turned back to look at Joey, he was suddenly donned in a dog costume.
"Listen, I'm all for practical jokes but- seriously- dogs don't say 'Nyah' and 'Nyeh'! That's what cats do!"
"Don't be so insensitive, Yugi! You're going to hurt Joey's feelings!" Teas piped in, hands on her hips in disapproval while Joey gave a small whine to indicate the he understood what was happening.
"Come on Tea, whose side are you on?" Yugi asked helplessly.
"Yami's Leather Pant's side, so long as I get to remove them from him later!" She tossed herself at Yami's leather clad legs in hopes of latching onto them. Instead, Yami merely side stepped her, resulting in her landing on her face. She sat up and rubbed it a moment later, pouting silently in disappointment.
"Nooooooooooooo- *gasp* ooooooooo!" Yugi hollered at the top of his lungs, jolting upright in bed.
Looking around nervously, Yugi let out a sigh of relief, his hand over his thundering heart. "Oh, thank Ra. It was just a dream!"
"Nyeh?"
Yugi looked over to see Joey looking questionably at him, a piece of half eaten meat hanging from the side of his mouth.
"Nooooooooooooo!" Yugi shouted before fainting.
"Heh, wonder what his problem was, nyeh." Joey shrugged to himself, finishing off his meaty meal.