Edit (08-13-10): I changed Jounouchi's accent. :/ Just FYI.
Katsuya's Adventures in Wonderland
Through the Rabbit Hole
Jounouchi couldn't help a smile as he leaned back and rested his hands behind his head. He loved days like this—lazy summer days where he didn't have to worry about homework, or his father, or his friends. It wasn't that his friends were a pain in the ass or anything; he just liked having some time to himself sometimes, and he hadn't gotten a lot of it lately. He'd really enjoy this time right now…
He yipped as he felt someone trip over him and jerked upward. "Ouch! What the hell, man!"
"Oh, dear, I'm so sorry!"
Wait, he recognized that timid British voice. Looking upward, he found his dear friend Ryou scrambling to his feet. "Ryou! What's wrong-!" He frowned in confusion when he saw a pair of white bunny ears sticking up out of his hair, then shook it off; he'd been known to hallucinate when he was hungry before. "Whatever. Hey, wait!" Seeing his friend running off in a panic, he had to get up and go after him to see what was wrong. "Ryou! Wait a second!"
"I'm so sorry Jounouchi but I can't you see I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date!" Ryou exclaimed, looking over his shoulder at him, before he looked back at where he was going.
Still, he wanted to be able to help his friend, so he followed him. He frowned in concern as he found his albino friend stop in front of a man hole in the middle of the park's sidewalk, then gasped when he realized that he was actually going to go through it. "Ryou! Don't do that! Do ya know what kind of gross stuff is in there!"
However, Ryou didn't seem to heed him, and instead opened the manhole and jumped right in. "Sorry, Jounouchi!"
"Aw, fuck!" Hesitating at the manhole, Jounouchi weighed his options. He could either forget about Ryou and leave the possibility of him getting hurt down there, or he could jump in and try to convince him to come back out. ….There really was no choice was there? "Aw, fuck."
Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes, then stepped off the edge and into the manhole. He only fell for a few seconds before everything went dark.
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His head ached like a bitch!
Groaning, Jounouchi sat up, rubbing his head. "Ouch…" He frowned in confusion as he felt something on his head, then took it off and looked at it in confusion. "A headband? I wasn't wearing a headband when I jumped in." He was about to toss the headband away when he looked down. "OHMYGOD! I wasn't wearing a dress either! Who the hell changed me?"
It was a baby blue dress with a white apron on the front. Underneath the skirt was a… petticoat, of sorts, that made the dress poof out slightly from his body, sort of like a hoop skirt but not as drastic. The lace of the petticoat showed beneath in torn ruffles, looking strange but still rather cute. The sleeves went down nearly to his elbows and ended in white cuffs with an olive green stripe, just like the one that bordered his apron. At his shoulders and the top of the apron were more of the torn ruffles, which looked a little weird in his opinion, but still made the dress look cute.
It was a very nice dress. BUT WHY WAS HE WEARING IT?
Standing up, he was glad to see he still wore his blue and white converse—but they'd probably only been left on because they matched the dress. He looked around for his clothes, but found nothing—except Ryou running off deeper into the tunnel. He began running after him, waving frantically. "Ryou! Ryou, hey! Wait up a second!"
He growled in frustration when the smaller boy refused to acknowledge him and began running harder, determined to grab him and get back out. He wouldn't realize until later that they obviously weren't in the city's water system.
Jounouchi blinked in surprise as he suddenly came to a dead end, with only one large door. "…Weird. Why have a door here?" He supposed that the designers just really wanted to piss him off. Opening the door hurriedly, he began running down the tunnel again, only to come to another, smaller door a few minutes later. "What the hell?"
After the forth door, (each door growing smaller and smaller as he progressed), he was starting to get a little frightened, as he'd lost sight of Ryou, and he didn't know where he was. He kept telling himself that he'd just catch up to his friend and then they could both go back, but he had a sinking feeling that that just wasn't going to happen. He kept a brave face, however, and continued onward, pleased that he'd been jogging for five minutes without finding another door.
He really should learn to keep his mouth shut.
"Oh, shit!"
Jounouchi scowled at the small door, placing his hands on his hips and looking very much like an annoyed teenage girl. He compared the width of the door to the width of his shoulders. If he went with his arms first, he might be able to squeeze through. Ryou would have had no problem, so he'd have to get through to be able to get to him and then leave. Sighing, he pushed the door open, then began trying to wriggle his way through.
He'd just gotten his waist through when he looked up just to see his friend disappear through another door, a tiny one, one he'd never have any hope of getting through. But he had to try.
He squealed as the door he was going through seemed to shrink around his waist, trapping him because his hips were too wide to get through now. "Nyeeeek!"
"Oh, dear. That door has been doing that a lot lately!"
Jounouchi froze, eyes wide, before he looked around wildly for the source of the voice. "Who said that?"
"Well I did, silly. Down here!" He looked downward. "Yoohoo!"
The… doorknob… was talking to him. And it sounded like Anzu's voice. Though he supposed that really shouldn't come as a surprise now, because he'd been running down a tunnel for about twenty minutes, came to five doors that kept getting smaller, had just been trapped by a shrinking door, and his friend with bunny ears had just disappeared through an even tinier door.
The doorknob sounding like his friend shouldn't have come as a surprise either, really. It was a latch door, not a knob as he'd first thought, designed to be a ballet dancer; her hands were the latch that could come down and go up, and a key could go through her… her… oh, that was awkward.
He decided he'd rather be safe than sorry. Brows furrowing together in confusion, he hesitantly questioned, "Anzu…?"
The door latch blinked at him in surprise. "How did you know my name? Do I know you from somewhere?" She frowned. "Have you come through here before?"
"…I have a friend with the same name, I guess, and you both sound alike," he answered quickly, not wanting to deal with anymore confusion than he had to.
Anzu-Door-Latch seemed content with this answer. "I see. Well, I suppose I can help you get out of your problem. You seem nice enough."
"Oh, thanks! If you help me, I'll love you forever!" Jounouchi exclaimed gratefully, still squirming a bit.
She smiled brightly. "See that table? There should be a bottle on it. Read what it says."
The blond blinked for a moment, then reached out to grab the tiny bottle and read the label. "It says… 'Drink Me.'"
"Then you should do what it says, right?" Anzu-Door-Latch stated, tilting her bronze head.
Jounouchi was a little nervous to be drinking something when he didn't know what it was—especially when he was talking to a door latch and his friend had bunny ears—but drank it nonetheless. He squeaked as he began to shrink, dropping the bottle in surprise, then looked around. He hoped there was nothing on the table that he needed, because it would take probably another fifteen minutes to get up there.
Going over to the door latch, he clasped his hands together and gave her (it? Her? What was it?) the biggest, sweetest puppy eyes he could manage—which, he'd been told, was pretty big and pretty sweet. "Anzu? Is it okay if I go through your door?"
She frowned thoughtfully. "Well, the key is on the table…" He felt about ready to cry in frustration. "…But I guess I could show you a trick!" she added quickly.
"Really?" He made sure to sound sweet and helpless. He'd learned from being on the streets that people reacted more favorable to that then a smart ass street punk.
Anzu smiled brightly. "Sure! Okay, just a second." Jounouchi watched in confusion as her face twisted into an expression of absolute concentration. A few seconds later, they were rewarded with a CLICK and she gave him a triumphant smile. "Ha! I've been practicing that for years!"
"Ah. That's really cool, Anzu." And it was. Creepy, and kind of gross if he thought about it too long, but cool. "So… may I go through?" he asked again, tilting his head.
She nodded. "Yes. Just make sure to lock me when you get on the other side, though, okay? Locking and unlocking takes a lot out of me," she sighed, letting her head dip a little.
"Okay, I will. Thanks, Anzu!" Stepping through the door, he made sure to lock Anzu back up before he turned back to see where he was now.
…None of this should have come as a surprise, either, frankly; all of these fluffy trees, and mushrooms, and grass—was that a caterpillar? Why was it as big as a train?
Groaning, Jounouchi grabbed his hair and looked around. How was he supposed to find Ryou in all of this?
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So, I saw this picture, and that's how this story popped into my head. :D Just take out the spaces and you'll be able to see it.
http : / i53 . photobucket . com / albums / g42 / chubby _ wolf _ 13 / Yu-Gi-Oh / f670 . jpg
Also! This story is mostly rated the way it is because of sweet little Katsuya's potty mouth and suggestive themes. There may be some KaiJou action later… I'm not sure… There could be, but we'll just have to see, won't we?