CHAPTER WARNINGS: This chapter contain language. But that is all.

Author's Note: Here is the next chapter. I hope you all like it. I want to give a special thanks to the Beta Reader who looked over this, Willowsnake. Thank you so much love! I really appreciate it!

Beta Reader: Willowsnake

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"Perfect! This is just fucking perfect!" Seto yelled as he paced up and down the length of the small apartment. Joey sat a few feet and watched the cat vent out his anger and frustration. He just barely contained his laughter as he noticed that Seto's claws had become unsheathed, nicking the hardwood floor beneath his paws. "When I get a hold of those two, I'll kill them! I swear!" Joey sighed at Seto's rant and stood up.

"Look, Kaiba, you need to-"

"Don't tell me what I need, Mutt! This is your entire fault!" Joey blinked at the brown tabby cat before narrowing his eyes and growling at him.

"What do you mean 'my fault'? I had nothing to do with this!"

"It's always your fault!" Seto sneered at him, his haunches and hackles rising. Joey's growling grew deeper.

"What the hell are you talking about? I haven't done anything!" Before Seto could retort, the sound of a car backfiring startled the two fighting teens-turned-animals. Joey looked out the window in the living room, noticing how late it was. Glancing over at Seto, Joey studied the CEO-turned-feline and sighed, feeling a great reluctance hovering over him.

Seto looked up when he heard the other sigh before moving closer to him. Staring at him with slight suspicion, the teen cat waited.

"Look, I don't like this as much as you do, but there is nothing we can do about it." Joey shook his head when he saw Seto about to protest. "There's nothing we can do. At least . . . alone." Seto paused, his mouth still hanging open, before he slowly closed it. He continued to stare at the golden-blond dog in front of him.

"Go on." said Seto. Joey relaxed unknowingly at the other's words. Sitting down in front of the cat, Joey looked down at him with a serious glint in his honey eyes. Feeling somewhat uncomfortable with being towered over by a dog, Seto quickly jumped up onto the couch and met the other's gaze easily.

Joey inwardly rolled his eyes at the action, but decided not to comment on it. Besides, there were more pressing matters than teasing Kaiba. I can't believe I'm passing this up.

"We have to go see Yugi and Yami and ask them for help." The reaction was instantaneous. Seto instantly arched his back and hissed at Joey.

"No! I refuse to go there! I will not further degrade myself by seeking help from those two!" Joey shrugged, well, as best as he could in his new form, and got to his feet, turning away from the still fuming feline.

"Okay, suit yourself. You can stay as a cat for all I care. But once I'm back to normal, I'll be sure to take you to the pound so you can find a lovely new home to stay at."

The teen dog's words quickly hit Seto, deflating the cat in a matter of seconds. Struggling with his inner turmoil, Seto watched as Joey walked to the front door, ready to leave the CEO behind. Reluctantly deciding his fate, Seto sighed miserably before jumping down from the couch and heading toward the other.

Joey slyly glanced over his shoulder when he heard the barely audible 'thud' coming from behind him and grinned when he spotted Seto bringing up the rear. Once he reached the front door, Joey turned around and faced the cat.

"Well, you ready to become human again?" Without waiting for an answer, Joey jumped up against the wall next to the door, batting at the doorknob for a mere few seconds before hearing the familiar click. He grinned triumphantly as the door creaked open, his ears perking up with pride.

Getting down from the wall, Joey used his muzzle and wedged it in between the door and the frame to push the door open even wider. Turning back toward Seto, he smirked inwardly when he noticed the slight awe in the brown tabby's eyes.

"You coming or not?"

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"Anymore bright ideas, Mutt?" Joey turned to glare down at the brown tabby sitting next to him with an indifferent look in his eyes.

"Hey! I don't see you coming up with anything!" Joey growled, literally, at the other. He then looked around the corner of the building they were behind and stared at the open Game Shop.

"Oh, yes, because sitting out on the street is so much better than being inside." Joey snarled and glanced back at the cat next to him and opened his mouth, to retort before an idea came to him. Grinning happily, Joey unconsciously began to wag his furry tail, much to the CEO-turned-cat's amusement.

"I've got it! Come on, Moneybags!" Without another word, Joey darted from around the corner and began to make his way toward the Game Shop. Seto grumbled to himself before he reluctantly got up from his sitting position to follow the 'mangy mutt'.

Joey peeked into the store, looking around and spotted no one in sight. Slowly, and ever so cautiously, he stepped inside and began his search. Seto followed after him, a couple steps behind, not wanting to be too close in case something happened.

"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Joey yelped and jumped at the sound of Yugi's voice. With much more self-control, Seto simply froze in his steps. The blond teenage dog looked up and spotted Yugi walking toward him with a confused yet concerned look on his face.

"Yugi! Hey, man, am I glad to see you!" Joey barked joyfully, his tail beginning to wag once again as he stepped closer to the small duelist.

"You do know he can't hear you, right?" But Seto's question went ignored as he watched Yugi kneel down in front of Joey and began to pet the golden dog, earning another happy bark in return.

"What are you doing here, big guy? Are you lost?" Yugi asked the animal as he reached down and started looking for a collar or any sign of identification. "Hmm, you don't have a tag. You must be a stray then, huh?"

Joey barked at his friend before he turned and looked back at Seto, who was now sitting off in the corner, trying to be as invisible as he could possible get. Yugi blinked at the dog's actions before, he too, looked over and spotted a brown tabby cat sitting off to the side.

"Is that your friend?"

"'Friend' is not the word I would use," Seto drawled as his eyes narrowed at his rival and the dog.

"Come on, Kaiba! Lighten up a bit!" Seto scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Hm, I wonder where you two came from." Taking that as his cue, Joey stepped away from Yugi and went behind the desk, ignoring the smaller duelist's protests and jumped up onto the counter. He stretched out his neck and closed his teeth around a framed photo. Carefully picking up the object, Joey pushed himself off the counter and back onto the floor.

Both Yugi and Seto watched curiously as Joey walked back around the counter and sat down in front of Yugi. He happily wagged his tail as he set the picture down in front of the smaller teen before he barked at him again.

Yugi's eyebrows furrowed together as he stared down at the picture of him and Joey, the blonde having the younger male in a headlock. He kneeled down and reached out, about to pick up the picture, but was stopped as a paw landed lightly on it. Growing more confused by the minutes, Yugi looked at the golden dog in front of him.

Joey then barked at him before looking down at the picture. Yugi followed his gaze and watched with amazement as the dog tapped on the glass before raising his paw and pressing it against his own chest.

Yugi sat and watched as the dog barked and did the process all over again. Finally, Yugi stared with wide eyes and gaped at him, earning a happy bark and a vicious tail wagging. He was so caught up with his thoughts that he didn't hear the footsteps coming down the stairs and into the shop.

"Aibou, what is all the noise?" Yami asked as he entered the room. He stopped when he spotted his hikari kneeling in front of a golden dog, gaping at it with astonishment as it sat there happily staring back, panting from its excitement and wagging its tail. He then spotted the brown cat that was off in the corner, watching the duo.

"Yugi" Said teen snapped out of his trance and quickly looked up at him.

"Huh?" Yami stepped up next to his hikari and looked down at him with his eyebrows drawn together.

"What is going on?"

"Oh, yeah, ask him that. Cause he certainly has the answer to this." Seto suggested sarcastically.

"Shut it, Kaiba!" Yami stood stock still as his wide eyes shifted between the dog and the cat, unable to understand what he had just heard.

"Yami, is everything all right?" Yugi asked as he stood up and faced the former pharaoh.

"I . . . I –"

"This is not working." Seto growled as his patience began to grow more thin.

"Will you just chill! Geez!" Joey growled as he glared at the irritating tabby.

"Yami?" The former-spirit glanced at his hikari before he turned back to the golden dog that still sat by the picture, staring up at him with very familiar eyes. Cautiously stepping closer, Yami repeated Yugi's earlier actions and knelt down in front of the dog. Studying the animal closely, Yami blinked owlishly in shock.

"Joey?" Yami fell backward as the dog before him suddenly jumped to its feet and began running in a circle, and bouncing around the store gleefully, excited yips coming from him while Yami could clearly hear the teen inside shouting 'Haha, he can hear us, too! Yes!' repeatedly.

Seto scowled and groaned as he listened to Joey shout and yell about being turned back to normal. He stood up and quickly moved over to the ecstatic teen-turned-animal and lashed out, hitting the golden-blond dog in the muzzle with a well aimed swipe of his paw, his claws still sheathed.

"Will you shut up, Mutt!" Joey instantly stopped when he was hit and quickly gave a startled yelp. The blond sat down and rubbed at his sore muzzle as he whined at the unnecessary harsh treatment.

"Ow. Why the hell did you do that, Kaiba?" Joey whined as he continued to rub the sore spot and glared down at the cat standing next to him.

"Because you can't shut up! Not even if your life depended on it!"

". . . Can too." Seto growled and swatted at Joey again, nearly hitting him but the blond dog had dodged.

"Uh . . . I hate to break this up, but . . . what happened to you two?" The two teen animals stopped their little 'fit' and turned to Yami, who was now looking at them with uncertainty. Joey gave him a blank look, well, as best as he could as a dog.

"Bakura and Marik." Joey answered simply, knowing that was all the answer the pharaoh needed to hear.

"Right." Yami mused as he winced sympathetically.

"Yami, what's going on?" The former pharaoh stood up and turned to Yugi, a slightly troubled look on his face.

"It seems that Marik and Bakura have turned Joey and Kaiba into a dog and cat. For their own entertainment, no doubt."

"Oh." Yugi looked down at the two animals, who seemed to be in yet another fight by the looks of it before he turned back to the spirit. "Is there anything you can do to help them?" Both Seto and Joey stopped their arguing and turned to the two look-a-likes at the sound of their 'problem' being solved. Their hope diminished instantly as Yami began shaking his head.

"I am not familiar with this kind of magic. I do not want to try changing them back. Too many risks."

"Yeah. Let's not try that, shall we," Seto drawled as he glared up at his other rival. Yami simply ignored him for the time being and continued speaking with Yugi.

"I can look into it, but I cannot promise anything." Yugi nodded his head and smiled at his yami.

"That's okay. At least you're helping." Yami smiled back at his hikari. Yugi then turned and looked down at the two animals sitting in front of him, a contemplative look crossing his features before he smiled down at them brightly.

"In the mean time, you two can stay here with us." The reaction was immediate. Yugi and Joey both watched with amusement as Seto and Yami instantly began protesting viciously at the idea of the two staying in the same building with each other.