Yugi screamed. Grabbing Yami's body, Yugi felt Yami leaving him. Yugi refused to let that happen. "No, damnit...no, no NO!" Desperately trying to think, Yugi did the only thing that came to mind. Fangs elongating, he bit Yami's neck...hard, taking a little blood. Yami didn't respond. Yugi ripped open his arm, blood flowing, and put it to Yami's mouth. Yugi then started biting down Yami's arm, sucking a little, willing some of his life force, some of the Itupa Bond, to go into Yami to keep him here. Tears streaming down his face, he begged between bites, "No, Yami...please don't leave me. Please...stay with me..please..." Yugi kept biting and sucking, willing his life force to go into Yami's body.

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Seto kept looking at those honey eyes, which stared back at him sadly. "What do I do, puppy? How do I save you?" He whispered. Shifting position as his leg started to go to sleep, he felt the weight in his pocket...and his eyes flew open. Pulling the watch out, he opened it, studying the faces. Looking up at Joey, he smiled. "I know how to save you."

Joey's eyes showed concern. Whimpering, Joey continued to look at Seto. Seto was busy looking at the watch faces, figuring out how to work it. Should I go back to Egypt? Or should I just go back to before Joey went into the room? Seto looked up at Joey, pondering the situation. If I go back to Egypt...will that affect me meeting Joey? Looking up into those honey eyes he had grown to love, Seto looked troubled. "What do I do? I don't want to make the wrong choice and make this worse..." Sighing heavily, Seto started winding back the hand of the watch, when suddenly...he was in total darkness...

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Yugi was sobbing, Yami's body covered in puncture wounds. Yami was almost gone, not much was left. Grabbing Yami, shaking him, blood still running from Yugi's wounds, Yugi kept sobbing. "I won't lose you, damnit! I can't..." Leaning up, kissing Yami gently, Yugi's memories went to that first day that he saw Yami, standing so sexily in Grampa's shop. Hearing a muffled laugh, Yugi looked up...and swore he saw Von Schroeder, but with reddish eyes...And then, Yugi was swamped in darkness...

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Seto felt silk on his naked body. Opening his eyes in confusion, he looked down and...what the hell? He was in his own bed? No, wait...he was just in the jet trying to get Joey out of the pri...Jumping up, he went to find Joey, to stop Joey from going into the study. Not even bothering to slip on pants, he ran out naked into the hallway, and ran into Yugi, knocking them both down, as Yugi was running out of a different bedroom.

"What the hell, Yugi? What are you running for?" Seto stopped, looking at Yugi.

"I gotta save Yami from the demon! I don't know what's going on, but I gotta find him. I can't feel him anymore!" Yugi was frantic, eyes glassy.

"Wait...what...what is the last thing you remember?" Seto asked as he helped Yugi up but kept going downstairs.

"I was in your jet, and Yami took the demon out of me, and he was dying, and I was trying to save him, and then it went dark after I saw what looked like Von Schroeder..." Yugi was explaining, right on Seto's heels.

"Do you remember the cell?" Seto skidded to a stop. Mokuba was sitting at the breakfast table, looking decidedly disgusted at seeing his brother naked.

"Yea, Joey was in..." Yugi stopped.

Mokuba slowly set down his spoon. "Big brother, I never thought you and Yugi would get together...I mean...I thought you were asexual..." He was looking a little green. "Could you go put some pants on?"

Seto looked at Yugi, who looked at Seto. Both turning to look at Mokuba. "What the hell, Mokuba? This isn't funny. You know that I am with Joey."

Mokuba did a spittake of his juice. He pulled out his cell phone, checking something. Looking up at Seto, "Today is not April first, and you are not one to play practical jokes, so what gives, Big Brother? You hate that "dog" as you call him. You have for the last five years you've known him."

"Five years I've known him?" Seto looked confused.

Yugi had a sinking feeling in his stomach. "Seto...let me see your left wrist."

Seto gave Yugi an odd look, but showed him. The skin was smooth, clear, and flawless. Eyes opening wide, Seto looked at Yugi. Yugi grabbed Seto and jerked him into the living room. "What did you do, Seto? How did you mess time up so badly that you aren't even a Guardian?"

Seto started fumbling for his pockets, realizing that he was naked. "Fuck." Heading upstairs, he ran into his room and started searching through his pants from the night before. Pulling out his wallet, keys, and a stick of gum he looked to Yugi. "Where's the watch? Why can't I find the damn watch?" His voice was speeding up since he was frantic.

Yugi grabbed Seto's wallet. Opening it up, he started going through it while Seto was tearing through his room. Looking at the wallet, Yugi gulped. "Uh, Seto..."

Seto stopped. "What is it Yugi?"

Yugi walked over handing the license to Seto. "Whatever happened, it's bad."

Seto looked down at the license. He saw his picture, his name, his address, his age, his weight, his species as human, his signature, his...

What the hell? Human? Seto's eyes opened wide and he stepped back from Yugi, trying to morph into dragon form. Nothing happened. Looking to Yugi, there was fear in his eyes.

"I'm not a vampire, either. What happened, Seto? Why did everything change? Why are we not like we were? And where are the others?"

Seto gulped. "I don't know."

Just then the doorbell rang. Grabbing on pants, he and Yugi rushed out to the top of the stairwell to see Mokuba answer the door. In walked Joey, Tristan, Serenity, Ryou, Bakura, and Yami. Sighing in relief, both men came down the stairs. "Yami!" Yugi called out happily, glad Yami was alive.

Yami looked up and smiled at Yugi. "Hello, Yugi. It seems you are in a better mood than a bit ago. But how you beat us here, I have no idea." His eyes were kind, but held no love towards Yugi.

"A..a few minutes ago?" Yugi questioned.

"Yes, a few minutes ago. You were at the café, remember?" Yami explained patiently as Bakura walked over, slinging an arm around Yami's waist.

"I don't think the little fucker remembers. You okay, Shrimp?"

Yugi couldn't take his eyes off of Bakura's arm around Yami's waist. "Oh, uh...ye..yea, of course."

Yami smiled. "Well, I'm glad you feel better." Walking with Bakura into the living room, he noticed Bakura bite Yami's neck, Yami letting out a deep chuckle.

Meanwhile, Seto was looking Joey over. Joey glared at Seto. "What, moneybags? Don't like me in yah house? Too bad, Mok'ba invited me." Bristling, his eyes held unbridled hostility. Ryou walked over to Joey, putting a hand on Joey's arm.

"Joey, please, don't let him get to you." Ryou looked up at Joey with concern through his eyes.

Joey looked down at Ryou. "Eh, you're right. C'mon." Putting an arm around Ryou's shoulders, Joey steered Ryou into the living room.

"What. Did. You. Do?" Yugi asked, tears slipping out of his eyes.

"It's really quite simple." Both turned to the voice speaking to them from the door. Seeing Von Schroeder standing there, Seto rubbed his eyes, looking again. Yep, it was Von Schroeder, but with reddish eyes. "You two dimrods were so worried about getting your lovers back, that you didn't think. You just reacted. Now Yugi, when you kept infusing your faith and spirit into Yami to get him back to you, you were pushing me out. You were almost successful, too. Too bad Seto used that moment to try to go back in time. The fabric of time was ripping already by me being shoved out of a body into an incorporeal state. I have never been able to exist outside of a body. Hell, I had to be in mist form to take over Yugi's body. I didn't have enough time to go into mist form, since I was fighting to stay in Yami's body. Then, as Seto twisted time around, that was just enough pressure to rip the fabric of space and time. You two were sucked out of your timeline, along with me. Which is a good thing, since that timeline has been destroyed."

Looking at his fingernails, he smiled at seeing the distraught faces of the two. "You two were put in this timeline, which just so happens to have lost it's Yugi and Seto to a car crash about twenty minutes ago. You really should watch what you are doing Seto. It was really sad that you ran over Yugi and then crashed into that telephone pole, taking out Von Schroeder and his brother. However, I took care of any identifying marks, so no one will notice that we are supposed to be dead. You're welcome, by the way."

Seto's eyes were hard. "So now we are all human?"

Von Schroeder laughed. "Oh hell no. You are the only one that's human. Everybody else in this house is something special...but I'll leave that to you to figure out."

Yugi felt sick. "I...so, there is no Puzzle, no Guardians?"

Von Schroeder laughed again. "Oh, of course there is a Puzzle, and Guardians. They should be dying in about twenty minutes, then the warden will come to get you all. Toodles."

Yugi turned his pale face to Seto's even paler one. "What now?" Yugi asked quietly.

"I should be able to help with that." A smooth voice came from the top of the stairs. Looking up, both saw Marik standing there. Rushing up the stairs, Yugi hugged Marik.

"Do you know us?" Seto asked, studying Marik.

"Of course I do, Seto. And what the Von Schroeder said is partially true. However, it's missing some key descriptions and elements." Marik smiled, hugging Yugi back.

"Like?" Seto asked, eyes cold.

"The Guardians died about five minutes ago. I'm here to collect the new Guardians. I'm the warden."