Mile in My Paws
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Author's Note: Thank you to my reviewers, I appreciate you taking the time to review. My updates will usually be from a week to a month long because my life is busy and I like to take my time to try and do a good job, but I'll try to be a little quicker in the future. Anyways here's the next chapter!
Summary: Jounouchi makes a wish that transforms Kaiba into a dog, but something goes wrong and Atemu is also changed into a dog. When Anzu finds them on the streets, will she ever figure out one of these canines is her crush? And what happens when Jounouchi adopts Kaiba? AnzuxAtemu and very minor JounouchixKaiba.
Disclaimer: My god! How could I forget the oh so important disclaimer?! Well anyways, I promise you that I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
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The Mutt and the Purebred
Chapter 3
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Domino City
Friday, 2:43 PM
"Jounouchi wait. Lets stop there first." Anzu said coming to a halt.
"Wha? Where?" Jounouchi said turning around to face his friend, a confused look in his eyes.
"Over there." Anzu said pointing a slender finger towards a small pet shop across the street.
"Why? I thought we were gonna get the dog at your house..." Jounouchi said still looking puzzled.
He's such a ditz sometimes. "Yes, we are." Anzu said. "But we need to get a leash and coller for him, unless you already brought one with you."
"I don't got enough money for that!" Jounouchi said rather loudly causing some nearby by people to stare.
Anzu rolled her eyes and grabbed the blonde's hand, dragging him across the crosswalk towards the pet store. "Come on, I'll buy it for you this time." She said smiling.
They entered the shop causing the bell on the door to ring signaling the arrival of a customer. The smells of the numerous pets in the shop immediately filled their nostrils along with the loud barks and chirping sounds that rang through their ears. Several cages with glass see through walls were lined up against the windows filled with cute puppies and kittens trying to attract the attention of the people who walked by. There was a hallway off to the side that had numerous smaller cages with rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters, birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, and even a couple tarantulas in them. In the back of the store was a small room a number of fish, salt water and fresh water.
The rest of the store had rows of shelves with pet food, supplies, and toys on them, though there were so many that it was hard to tell which one had the leashes and collars. In front of them was a counter top that had a multi-colored parrot in a classic bird cage atop it and several Beta Fighting Fish each in smaller separate containers. Many other smaller things were also on the counter such as small dog treats and fish food. A young woman with raven hair pulled back into a ponytail, thin black lined glasses, and pale white skin stood behind a small register that also sat atop the light blue countertop.
"Hello, may I help you find something?" The woman asked politely, thin pink lips curving into a small friendly smile.
"Yes, can you show us where we can find a dog leash and collar?" Anzu asked.
"Right this way." The woman said walking out from behind the counter and signaling for them to follow.
"Jounouchi, come on." Anzu said to her friend, who was still looking around at his surroundings, his hands casually in the pockets of his blue school uniform pants. Anzu grabbed him by the shirt sleeve and dragged him behind her to follow the lady.
"You can find both leashes and collars in this isle." The raven haired lady said and began to walk back to her post behind the register.
"Thanks." Anzu called over her shoulder and she began to walk down the isle browsing the merchandise with a light smile on her rosy lips. While she was there Anzu figured that it would be a good time to find one for her new dog as well, so while Jounouchi was looking at the leashes she browsed the collars. The red ones particularly caught her interest, it would match the dog's eyes and coat well, since it was obviously male she didn't want to mess with pink. She reached a slender hand out to grab a medium sized cloth red collar and then went over to see how Jounouchi was doing.
"Hey Anzu, look at this one." He said holding up a large black collar, big enough to fit the neck of a Saint Bernard with large metal spikes covering it.
"Umm Jounouchi, I don't think that would fit." Anzu said, her right eyes twitching slightly.
"Why not? He's a Doberman right? They're big dogs aren't they?" Jounouchi said, running a thumb over one of the shiny spikes.
"Yeah he's big, but not bulky. Besides..." Anzu said, walking back over to wear she got the red collar and picking up a similar blue one. "He has dark blue eyes." She held it for him to see. "I think this one would match nicely."
"Yeah okay." Jounouchi said somewhat carelessly with a shrug. "Lets grab the leashes and get out of here."
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Domino City
Friday, 2:45 PM
Small hands gripped the straps of a purple colored backpack, quiet footsteps were drowned out due to the sounds of passing vehicles. Yuugi Mutou walked home on the cement sidewalk, his face downcast. He was a short boy no taller than five feet and was often referred to as and Elementary School kid, his childlike face definitely didn't help either. He had large purple eyes that often gleamed with happiness but today were filled with worry. His hair was of three different colors, red, yellow, and black which shot up in differed directions and had several lightning shaped blonde bangs that framed his rounded face. Yuugi's hair was almost like a clone of Atemu's, the only thing that differed was that his yami's hair had several straight yellow points that complimented the large red and black spikes.
He's never been gone this long before... Yuugi thought to himself, of course he was very worried about his other half, but he didn't want to trouble his friends with it. You wouldn't leave us would you yami? No! Of course not, he would never abandon me, he's not like that. But where are you?
Yuugi stopped to look up at his home which he finally reached, the Turtle Kame Game Shop. A family game shop owned by him and his grandpa which mainly sells Duel Monster cards and a home for them and now Atemu as well. He glanced down at the upside down triangular shaped pendant that he wore, the Millennium Puzzle, the very same that used to house his alter ego. But now Shaadi has given his yami a separate body the golden puzzle is now useless and their mind link was cut off. Though Atemu had told Yugi to keep it because he was the one who solved the puzzle in the first place so it should belong to him. No, his yami cared about him like a brother really, he would never run away from them.
He sighed and walked through the door, the bell connected to it making its usually ringing sound. He looked up to meet the familiar eyes of his grandpa who was standing behind the register. "Hi Jii-chan." He said with feigned cheerfulness.
"Oh Yuugi, you finally got home." Sugoroko Mutou said in his raspy but friendly voice.
"Yeah, sorry I was late." Yuugi said forcing a small smile.
"Somebody came by wanting to talk to you, he's waiting in the back room." The elder one said smiling back at his grandson.
A visitor? Who could it be? Yuugi nodded and walked towards the back of the store. Small finger wrapped around the handled pushing it open to come face to face with a younger boy sitting in a tense position on the light green couch. He was short, even shorter than Yuugi with long messy raven colored hair. His innocent violet eyes were painted in worry as he stared down at his hands which rested on his lap. "Mokuba-kun! What are you doing here?"
Mokuba looked up at Yuugi and then stood up facing him. "Yuugi, I need to ask you something."
"Sure, what is it?"
"Have you happened to see Nii-sama anywhere? He never returned home last night, I'm worried something happened to him." Mokuba said, eyes turning downcast as he spoke the last part quietly.
"Kaiba-kun's missing too? How strange, Atemu didn't return home last night either." Yuugi said the last part mostly to himself.
"Atemu?" Mokuba questioned, a puzzled look briefly clouding out the worry on his face.
"The other me." Yuugi responded. "The one Kaiba-kun has been dueling a lot lately."
"Oh. I remember Nii-sama mentioning something about there being two Yuugis." Mokuba said.
"Could-do you think they were out dueling again and something happened?" Yuugi said, large purple eyes widening.
"I'm not sure." Mokuba said staring down at his feet. "Well, thanks for taking the time to talk to me; I wanted to check around before I call the police about this. Plus they have this stupid policy about not being able to report a missing person until after 24 hours."
"Yeah... I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful."
"It's okay." Mokuba said walking towards the door to leave. "See you later Yuugi." The sound of the door opening and closing signaled his departure leaving Yuugi alone.
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Anzu's House
Friday, 3:14 PM
"Wait here Jounouchi, I'll go get him." Anzu said to the blonde with cheerful smile on her rosy lips. She first took off the pink jacket of her school uniform and hung it on the back of a light brown chair and then disappeared from sight.
Jounouchi tugged at the collar of his blue uniform as he scanned the room with his dark brown eyes, messy blonde bangs obscuring them as usual. He had never been inside Anzu's house before; normally they hung out at Yuugi's home. Her house was decent sized, much bigger and cleaner than his even though it still could use some work. He heard soft padding noises coming towards him causing him to look up, an average sized dog with short red fur stood there looking up at him with bold crimson eyes. I guess this is the other dog Anzu found. Jounouchi kneeled down and scratched the dog on the back who didn't react to the touch.
Jounouchi is here too? Atemu thought as he stared up at the blonde. He doesn't seem to recognize me either... Ra, we're never going to get out of this situation. I don't even know how it happened, let alone know how to fix it.
There were a few crashing noises heard from the other room causing Atemu to look towards the cause with his ears perked up, Jounouchi had also stopped petting him and stood up. The Pharaoh Hound could hear Kaiba's voice shouting and Anzu trying to calm him down.
"Let go!" Seto shouted angrily. "You have no right to do this to me!" Of course all that Jounouchi and Anzu heard was incoherent barking.
"Calm down! Jeez!" Anzu cried out, some strain in her voice.
"Anzu! Are you alright?!" Jounouchi shouted to the girl, breaking into the run towards the living room where the noises could be heard. The blonde skidded to a halt when a black and tan dog came barreling around the corner. The Doberman stopped in his tracks at the sight of Jounouchi and stared up at him with a look of annoyance. The dog wore the blue collar they bought earlier with a long black leash connected to it that dragged behind him.
"What the hell is the mutt doing here?!" Kaiba said rather loudly, obviously angry. This is the last thing I need, to deal with the presence of this mongrel.
"I wouldn't think it's appropriate for you to call him that anymore." Atemu said smugly.
"Shut up!" Seto shouted, glaring at the Pharaoh Hound for a moment before turning back to the blonde teen.
A moment later Anzu came around the corner panting slightly, her blue eyes looking up towards Jounouchi. "Sorry I took so long, he didn't like me putting the leash on him very much." She said.
"So this is him?" Jounouchi said walking up closer to the rebellious dog, hands in the pockets of is pants. "He's pretty big." The blonde reach a hand out to pet the Doberman who snapped which cause Jounouchi to quickly pull away. "A little aggressive eh? That's okay, I like a challenge."
What?! How dare this mutt speak to me like that. Seto thought, azure eyes staring straight into Jounouchi's brown ones standing his ground with a dominant pose.
"So..." Anzu said in an unsure tone bringing a porcelain hand up to scratch the back of her head. "Do you still want him? If not, I can just take him to the pound."
"Of course I'm still gonna take him; a little aggression doesn't scare me away!" Jounouchi said in his usual loud voice.
"Thanks so much Jounouchi." Anzu said smiling.
"Eh, no problem." Jounouchi said smiling back. "Well... I better head back home now or my dad will be angry with me." He walked forward to pick up the Dobermans leash and still continued despite its warning growls.
"Kaiba, don't you dare hurt any of my friends, that includes Jounouchi or you'll pay." Atemu growled warningly. "It's either going with him or to the pound."
"Fine." Seto snapped back, a scowl on his face. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to listen to him."
Anzu and Jounouchi froze and watched the dogs as they barked at each other, almost if they were arguing. After they stopped Jounouchi again reached towards the leash, when the Doberman didn't protest he picked it up and walked towards the door where the dog reluctantly followed. "See ya later Anzu." The blonde said before walking out the door.
"Bye Jounouchi! Good luck!" Anzu shouted back to him.
Seto shot one last glare back at the Pharaoh Hound and then continued to walk with Jounouchi, slightly in front of him scowling at the ground. Damn mutt, damn Pharaoh, damn cheerleader. I'll never be able to get back to Mokuba now. I need to find a way out of this. I will NOT live with this mutt for long.
Atemu stared at the now closed door for a minute before looking back at Anzu who smiled at him affectionatly for a second and then reach towards an object on the table. She then kneeled down in front of him and fastened a red collar around his neck. She stood back up and admired it for a minute before walked into the other room. Atemu was glad that Kaiba was gone now; he was worried that he might hurt Anzu. Of course he was concerned about Jounouchi too, but he was strong and could defend himself which made him feel somewhat relieved. But he knew that he was going to find out a way to change both him and Kaiba back before long.
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Domino City
Friday, 3:48 PM
Jounouchi walked back home, the cold wind blowing harshly against his skin. The Doberman walked beside him rather quickly, though he walked as far away from him as possible.. His azure eyes were fixed on the sidewalk in front of him with a look that almost seemed like a glare. Jounouchi smiled, the dog was unhappy now, but he was going to train him to be a good and active dog that would be loyal and follow him wherever he goes.
He took a short cut down a familiar ally, the sides of it were covered in gang graffiti. It was littered in trash and dumpsters overflowing with garbage. A grey cat ran out from behind a trash can which suprisingly didn't seem to bother the Doberman at all. Jounouchi was almost to the end, until he heard a laugh and a voice speak behind him.
"Well if it isn't Jounouchi."
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