Once again the spell book is coming into play. Sorry to those of you who want Malik to stay pregnant but that would be kind of hard to do. Plus, Seto isn't so cruel that he'd keep the spell going forever if Malik didn't want to be pregnant.Also, I am the almighty autheress and don't want him pregnant...yet. Bwahahaha!
Ahm. On with the story!

Chapter 25 – April Fool

A week after the spell book incident everything was back to what passed as normal. Malik was no longer pregnant and Marik was no longer a cat, though he did still have a craving for fish. The book was returned to the library, Seto's notes were hidden and everyone promised not to use the book again.

The promise lasted until April Fools day. Bakura, Marik and Malik had all been thinking hard as to how they could best utilise the day when they were allowed to do (basically) whatever they liked to people. They had been unable to resist the temptation of using the great book again. With the power of the book they could unleash humiliation upon their friends the likes of which nobody had ever seen!

The first step to achieving their goal had been to locate Seto's notes. The master thief Bakura had made many trips into Seto's room searching for the notes without anyone else being aware. After four attempts they were ready to move to stage 2 of their preparations.

Bakura had 'borrowed' Ryou's library card and brought it back to be held in a secure facility, i.e. Marik's sock drawer. Only the clinically insane would look in suck a putrid place which made it the perfect hiding spot to hide valuables.

Phase 3 of the preparation plan was to designate targets and arsenal. Seto was at the top of the list for Malik and Marik after he had made them suffer so. Yami was there since none of them missed an opportunity to attack their mortal enemy. But what spell would give maximum suffrage?

Once all these steps had been completed all the conspirators had to do was wait until April 1st to start the plan in motion. Even then all they had to do was recite the spell and wait for when the others would awaken. Then they could sit back, relax, and wait until noon to reverse the spell.

Seto groaned as a vile smell awoke him. His eyes fluttered open as he wondered what on earth could smell so bad. He looked around to see that he wasn't in his room. Technically he wasn't in any room. He was in a barn, sleeping on a pile of hay. Looking out of the open barn door he saw animals.

"How the hell did I get here?" Seto wondered as he got to his feet.

Looking around the barn Seto was surprised to see that there was no modern farming equipment, only hoes and rakes. His puzzlement was intensified when he walked out of the barn. The farm house was made of wood and had a thatched roof. Health and Safety were allowing them to keep that fire hazard?

"Hey you! What are you doing?"

Seto turned at the shout. A farmer was coming towards him brandishing a pitchfork. Scary. "I'm trying to find out where I am," Seto replied curtly.

"Muddleberry Farm. Now get lost!"

Seto sneered at the pitchfork. "Couldn't afford a gun?"

The farmer became puzzled. "What's a gun?"

Seto started to worry. "What year is it?"

"1234."

Seto's eyes widened in horror. "Crap."

As Yami returned to consciousness he felt different. His body felt strange and he couldn't understand why at first. Then he looked down at his chest and realized he had breasts.

The high pitched scream that followed was enough to wake everyone sleeping nearby. Jou, Ryou, Bakura, Malik and Marik ran into the room thinking someone had been murdered. It turned out not to be as serious as that. All that had happened was that Yami had become a girl. Nothing serious at all.

Yugi stared in shock at his new girlfriend. "What happened?"

"I don't know!" Yami cried, on the verge of having a nervous breakdown.

Ryou turned to his fellow onlookers, especially the three known Yami haters. "You wouldn't have anything to do with this would you?" he asked suspiciously.

Bakura looked offended at the accusation. "As you well know Ryou I've been in bed with you all night. There's no way I could be responsible for this."

"And it couldn't have been us because we were about to have sex," Marik said bluntly.

It was at that moment that Ryou realized it wasn't just a shirt that Marik wasn't wearing. He quickly covered his eyes and shouted, "Marik!"

Marik just shrugged, not bothered that nobody was looking at him. "Well now that we know there's no blood to be seen Malik and I are going to be busy for awhile." With that the two left and everyone was free to open their eyes again.

The rest of the onlookers decided it was best to get dressed before investigating the matter further. When Jou returned to his room he was extremely puzzled to find that Seto wasn't there. He decided he had probably gone to the bathroom and would be back in a second. When Jou was fully dressed, and Seto still hadn't appeared, he became worried.

Jou went with his first idea and checked the bathroom. The only one in there was Ryou brushing his teeth. "You've not seen Seto anywhere have you?" Jou asked. When Ryou shook his head Jou really started to worry. "I think he's gone missing."

Ryou raised an eyebrow before spitting out the toothpaste. "Are you sure? Maybe he went to get breakfast early."

"Yeah but unless he gets up really early he usually wakes me up. Do you know what time it is?"

Ryou looked down at his watch. "Nine O'clock." Ryou suddenly frowned as he recalled something. "It's the 1st of April today."

"So what?" Jou asked before it clicked. "It's April Fools Day."

"And what a coincidence," Ryou said sarcastically, "that on the day of pranks Yami turns into a girl and Seto disappears. I smell a prank at work."

Jou nodded in agreement. "I think it's time we go interrogate one of the pranksters don't you?"

Seto had made his way down into the town. He hadn't had much choice in the matter really. The irate farmer had wanted him gone so he had gone. That had left Seto with the choice of either sitting on the grass until something happened or exploring the town. Since he hadn't felt like waiting for something to happen Seto had decided to take a look around.

So far Seto didn't like what he saw. The place stank and so did the people. Everyone he passed stared at him, most likely because he was the cleanest person there. Seto was finding this experience particularly disgusting because he was dressed only in his pyjamas. He had nothing to protect his feet as he walked down the bumpy street. Plus the street was as disgusting as the people he passed. When he got home he was going to have to bathe a hundred times just to get the muck off his feet.

As he continued to walk Seto found a way to sum up his situation perfectly. "I'm in hell and it sucks."

Bakura turned round to find an angry looking Ryou and Jou advancing on him. "What's wrong?" he asked, wondering if they'd already sussed him.

"We've just realized what day it is," Ryou told him.

"It's April Fools Day, the perfect day for jokes," finished Jou.

"And your point is?"

"Our point is that on the day that celebrates mischief there is no way that you haven't done something, like maybe changing Yami's gender," Ryou clarified.

"But you already know that I was with you all night! You have no evidence to accuse you with!" Bakura informed them indignantly.

"You might not have done it but you must have known about it," Jou accused. "You and the Ishtars like to plot together so they did all the dirty work while you sat back and watched like a coward!"

Bakura seriously wanted to put Jou in his place. He had been the one to do most of the preparation for this. Without him Malik and Marik would never have gotten the book or Seto's notes. He was no coward and had a good mind to make Jou eat his words. But if he wished to not be blamed for this (and therefore get no sex from Ryou) he would have to let the comment drop.

"I am no coward you stupid mutt; now run along to your master before I hurt you," Bakura threatened in a deadly calm voice.

Jou decided it was best to back down. If Bakura was going to continue denying involvement then it was best to move onto the other suspects. "I'm going to go see if the two psychos also claim innocence," he said before turning to leave.

"You do remember that they're screwing each other in there," Bakura said, making Jou freeze up.

"Maybe I'll wait until they're done," he said before going to see how Yami was coping.

Jou gone, Ryou turned to Bakura, switching on the 'Cute, pleading, innocent eyes of Doom!' Bakura took a step back as his sweet hikari approached. "Bakura, you wouldn't lie to me would you?" Ryou asked in his most innocent voice.

"Only to stop you from getting hurt," Bakura replied, starting to melt under that gaze.

"So you're not lying now?"

Bakura decided the only way to fight The Eyes was to take control of the situation. He wrapped his arms around Ryou's waist and brought the youth to him. He blew a few stray strands of hair away from Ryou's shoulder and began pressing teasing kisses against the exposed skin on his neck. Ryou let out an appreciative mewl. Bakura took this as his chance. He leaned in to Ryou's ear and whispered, "I'm not lying."

Ryou couldn't argue since his mind was being assaulted by pleasure. Bakura had found his sweet spot and was making good use of his discovery. Ryou was putty in his hands and the boy didn't care one bit. "Maybe you should close the door," he whispered huskily, finding himself wanting Bakura to do more than nip at his neck.

Bakura smirked triumphantly. He loved being in control.

The sight Jou walked in on was a very odd one. Yugi had managed to calm Yami down and the two had started to dress. The only problem was that, as a girl, Yami had a slightly different figure from before. The leather tops he so adored were not made to be worn by someone with a chest. Yami had found this most upsetting. He then got even more upset when he found that none of his shirts would fit him. To add to this horror he soon found that his precious leather pants had also deserted him.

"Jou, can Yami borrow some of your clothes? None of his will fit now that he's got…you know," Yugi said while his boyfriend fought his hormones which were telling him to cry his eyes out.

"Sure Yugi," Jou said, only too glad to be able to walk away from the disturbing scene.

Passing the Ishtar dorm on the way to his own room he wondered if he could sneak in. He pressed his ear to the door to see if he could hear any signs of life. To his horror he did hear sounds of life. Moaning, groaning and panting were among the things he heard coming from the room. These sounds made him all but flee to the safety of his bedroom.

Things went pretty smooth from then on. Yugi and Jou were left to help Yami with his mid-death crisis since Ryou and Bakura had mysteriously disappeared. After finding clothes that would fit him they had taken him down to breakfast, assuring him that the students weren't staring at him any more than usual. They were then left to entertain him until somebody who could fix the problem appeared.

Yugi and Jou had put their heads together to think of what Yami might enjoy the most. They had decided on Duel Monsters but Yami was in no fit state to beat hard-core pros like Jou and Yugi. Jou had kindly volunteered to lose on purpose to give Yami a boost.

The plan worked and soon Yami was wearing the proud smirk of victory as he dealt Jou his fifth defeat. Unfortunately for Jou he had actually been trying hard to win after Yami beat him in the first round. It disheartened him to think even when he was feeling down he could still beat him. But the smile on his friend's face made him remember that it didn't matter that he wasn't the best duellist because he still had the strength to make his friends happy. It was cheesy but it stopped Jou wanting to hurl himself out of the window; which is all that matters.

Meanwhile, Malik and Marik were keeping a close eye on the clock. They were going to reverse the spells at exactly twelve O'clock. That was about now. They chanted the spells and waited for the exclamations.

Yami felt strange all of a sudden. He didn't know how to describe it but he felt…different. Like he'd changed all of a sudden. Yami lifted up his shirt and was amazed. "The breasts are gone!"

He dropped the shirt and made to pull down his pants, wanting to see if that part of him was no longer female. A hand on his arm stopped him. Looking up he realized that Yugi and Jou were still watching. With an embarrassed chuckle he dashed for the bathroom to check.

As Yami disappeared behind the wooden door Seto appeared out of nowhere in his pyjamas. He was covered in mood and a terrible smell emanated from his general direction.

"Seto! What happened?" Jou asked, stunned by his sudden reappearance.

"I have been stuck in the middle ages for hours!" Seto raged. "What took you so long to get me back? You have no idea what I've been through! Those people are backwards and ignorant! They haven't even discovered electricity let alone personal hygiene! I am taking a bath and if anyone tries to stop me I'll sue them until they're stuck in 1234!"

Everyone watched silently as the irate CEO stormed into the bathroom. Jou groaned as the door closed. "He's going to give me hell tonight."

Yugi gave his friend a sympathetic look. He didn't say anything though because there really wasn't anything to say. Well, he could've gloated that he and Yami were most likely going to have hot sex that night but that wouldn't have been a very friendly (or Yugi-like) thing to do now would it?

And so, April Fools Day came to a happy close. The pranks of the day were forgotten because everybody had either had a dose of hot sex or were planning an evening of seduction. Well, everyone except Seto and Jou – Seto because he was still in a bad mood and Jou because Seto still smelt bad after his numerable showers. But apart from that, everyone went to bed happy that night. Malik, Marik and Bakura especially since they had practically got away with murder.

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