What Once Was is Again
Diclaimer: I do not own any of the characters within Yugioh, minus Strawberry (who you will find out about in my fic). Said characters are also OOC. So live with it it's the way I write! Hehehe.
Warning: there have been minor to extreme changes within the characters of Yugioh, but it is all interesting changes no less and makes for interesting reading I must say.
The world around them was a flashing blaze. It was too bright to notice any real shapes but to your blinded eyes some things seemed sort of unnatural with a weird twist to the images. You would have thought you were going insane or at least really drunk because half of the phenomena were really indescribable. Otogi and Shaadi shot through this portal that Otogi had created as if it were a normal path to take. Shaadi watched all the lights flow by, blinding him with a quick flicker. Shaadi could hurl if he kept constant watch on them. This kind of travel always made his stomach uneasy. He never knew how Otogi could withstand it all. He always seemed calm and relaxed in these portals. Shaadi could just imagine this was like a third home to Otogi. A daily ride in a car for him while it was like a run away roller coaster for himself. Shaadi closed his eyes and squeezed his stomach with his hand, clinging to Otogi's right hand with his free hand. Without Shaadi knowing, Otogi would always watch him, snickering in the silencing wind that was forced upon their faces. He always thought Shaadi as a baka but on occasions such as this one and this particular ride he saw Shaadi as a seasick pup and it was quite pathetic. A person of his wizened age or so they thought, no one really knew his age, it was sad to see his stomach not able to bare such a ride. It really made Otogi wonder if he would end up that way. A hole ahead of them brought up Otogi's attention to prepare for landing. They popped through it and landed with a light thump and a hallow thud on the wooden floor of a very messy house. Considering the lights were burnt out they could only tell by feeling around the place and Shaadi happened to land in a pile of smelly clothes. Shaadi ripped his head from the unbearable stench that the clothes were giving off.
"That really doesn't help my gut." His accent was muffled by his queasiness. His vision was blurred for a minute. It set out and landed on a shadowed lump on the couch. It was hard to make out from where Shaadi lied. The empty darkness didn't help either.
"Do you think that could be him?" A snore sounded off in the darkness, coming from the couch.
"Does that answer your question Shaadi?" Otogi picked Shaadi up from the wretched pile of old dirties. Otogi peeled a wet sock of off Shaadi's face that had seemed to suck to him.
"What if it's the old man of the house?" Otogi walked over to the couch and looked down upon the very loud sleeper. It was to dark for Otogi to see who the person was so he assumed that it was their blonde headed friend Joey. He bent down and groped the floor for a dirty sock. He planned to use it as a wake up call for the dumb blonde. His fingers found what they were looking for and picked it up between his index finger and thumb. The smell was awful and Otogi's nose wrinkled under the smell. Shaadi had inched over to Otogi, trying not to disturb anything unnaturally smelly.
"Be careful of disturbing his slumber. He can be really volatile."
"I know that Shaadi! (SHUUUSH) Don't silence me and spare his slumber. This pig needs to be awakened!" Otogi whispered hoarsely. Even he was afraid to wake up the wild blonde.
"Are we absolutely sure this is Joey? What if it is the cranky old man?"
"Shaadi!! The old man couldn't hurt a fly he so drunk!" "That's the scary part." Otogi grabbed the body and rolled it over so he could stuff the sock in Joey's face.
"Uugh!! Joey's been putting on a few pounds and I think he's been bathing in beer!" Otogi held his nose and held out the sock. "It so bad I could barf."
"No kidding!" Shaadi reeled back from the once concealed alcohol stench. Otogi plunged the sock into the unsuspecting man, plugging the nose and filling it with the musty smell. There were only a few moments of silence until there come a gurgling noise from the person on the couch. Coughing fallowed shortly after and then shrieks and struggling immediately surfaced. The bellows were crotchety and man-like, too deep to be that of a teenager. A huge burly form rose off the couch and blared at the two teens. (We'll call Shaadi that because we don't know if he ages or not.) In the dark all they could see was the shape of a man with a tiny head, like the shape of a peanut, shoulders that looked as if they came above the head, a belly that could have sagged to the floor if anymore beer was guzzled and his legs were blocked by the beer belly, but other then that, the man was a massive brute. It tottered on its feet still under the effect of being drunk and it obviously wasn't to pleased with them. The man staggered forward holding out his hands to grab at them. Shaadi, being sickened by the smell before and the re-action of their so-called friend, was frozen up against the wall. His throat felt locked up, making it hard to utter a word. Otogi on the other hand was in range of being snagged by the grubby fingers. Otogi was shocked still, frozen like a statue, with his jaw hanging slightly open. It was only by the strangled squeak that Shaadi forced up made Otogi aware of the man's fingers just inches from his face. Otogi reeled backwards with such force that he slammed into the wall. The force of the slam brought back his voice, which scared Shaadi to scream. Otogi screamed along with Shaadi. All this noise enraged the beast and made him blunder towards the two. They screamed once more in the man's face and bolted for the stairs that lead up to Joey's room. Otogi bounded up the stairs blindly, scaling four at a time. Shaadi was behind Otogi but being scared shitless, when he tried to jump stairs he tripped and fumbled. He banged his knee on the edge of a stair, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the railing. He fell too the bottom of the stairs and landed in a heap of clothes. Otogi had encountered a mishap like this before and regained his head before he completely lost himself. He looked back at the petrified form of Shaadi sitting at the bottom of the stairs. The man was walking towards Shaadi, well stumbling towards him. Otogi still had use for Shaadi, so like a brave hero; he leapt from the top of the stairs and landed beside Shaadi just as the man had reached him. This unexpected turn of events scared the brute and it toppled over, missing the landing pad that could have been Shaadi and landed square on his face. Otogi had Shaadi slung over his shoulder and whipped up the stairs and around the corner. The floor felt waxed under Otogi's feet. He slid into a room losing control, swinging his arms wildly to try and keep his balance. His feet flew out from under him as he tried to stop on the hard wood floor. Shaadi landed on top of his head as they both fell to the ground. Under Shaadi came grunts and moans. "Shaadi get of my head!! You're suffocating me!" Came Otogi's muffled voice. Shaadi reluctantly crawled off Otogi, shivering like a mad dog. Otogi sprang to his feet and barred the door with an old Wisk broom and a chair from a desk. He slid to the floor and heaved a sigh. He lifted up his hand and looked at it. It was shaking uncontrollably. In fact he was shaking all over. He looked at Shaadi. Shaadi was convulsing madly. He looked like he was having a seizure.
"What a rush! Look at me. I'm having a fit of shakes here and I thought I was tougher then that." Otogi glanced at Shaadi for a response.
"I th...th...think I'm going to piss myself." Stuttered Shaadi as he clung to his chest. Otogi looked in the other direction at the bed in the room. A lump on the bed moved and a shaggy head of blonde hair emerged from under the covers. It looked drunk as well. Otogi screamed at the sudden appearance of the boy, which made Shaadi scream in terror even if he didn't see it.
"Joey! Don't ever do that again! You could have made Shaadi pee his pants!"
"Too late." Said the Egyptian.
"Eeew." Echoed both the teens. Joey got out of bed and sauntered over to his closet and pulled out a pair of jeans.
"Here. You can wear these until your garb is washed."
"Joey. He'll also need a shirt because his robe got soaked as well."
"O...kay. Here, he can were this white t-shirt and this sliver, grey sweater with a hood on it so ya' can cover your head with it considering that turban would look goddy with it." Joey handed the clothes over to Shaadi. Shaadi held up the white t-shirt and looked at Joey. Joey shrugged. "It's all I could give ya'. Oh and here's some boxers for ya' to wear." Joey tossed the boxers over to Shaadi. With that Shaadi changed into the clothes that were given to him and discarded his wet garb. The jeans were baggy around the crotch and loose on the legs and around the ankles, hiding some of his feet. The t-shirt was long and baggy. The arms came down to his elbows and the end of the shirt came a little below the waistline, sticking out from underneath the sweater, which fit snugly and loose around his body. When he pulled over the sweater he discarded the turban revealing short, tuffs of black hair. His hair was spiky, in a messed up sort of way. He put on his millennium key adding to the clothes. He kept his slipper shoes that he wore in Egypt.
"I feel out of place and silly." You could tell the Egyptian was embarrassed. It wasn't his normal style so no one could blame him.
"Don't be a baka Shaadi you look great. It's better then those beggar outfits you wear." Otogi watched Shaadi fume but was interrupted by Joey. Joey had turned on a battery ran lamp and had perched himself on the bed.
"So! What seems to be the problem?"
"No time to explain Wheeler. We have to go and snag Seto and his brothers. We've wasted enough time in this hellhole already. There came a bang on the door causing Shaadi to jump two feet off the floor and startle the other two. The bellow off a man cursing outside the door was heard. Otogi got off his butt and stood up, dusting himself off. "Joey, you're officially not welcome here. You can stay with Seto Kaiba. So, Lets go." Joey glowed at the remark from Otogi. He wasn't coming back to this place again. No one was.
They travelled at light speed through the same portal that Otogi and Shaadi had entered through. Joey was having a fit of excitement burst through him at the sight of the lights.
"Pretty!!!!" Exclaimed Joey with glee.
"I am glad there is another who shares the same opinion as I but I am also disappointed that this other has no common intellect."
"Hey! I resent that!" Joey glared at Otogi but noticed Shaadi's disapproval of the ride. He laughed at Shaadi but when he opened his mouth to laugh, he was facing the wind and it was forced back down his throat. Shaadi laughed with the wind but was not heard for it was carried away to quickly. The ride ended as it did before. They landed in the darkness of a room. This time Shaadi had landed on his butt on a couch as well as Otogi and it was Joey's turn to land unruly. He hit the couch with his chest and bounced on to the floor with a loud thud. Nobody noticed their arrival because they were all being told to do something about the light problem. Men and women ran about telling orders to others. It was a circus at Kaiba Corp. People were tripping over plant pots, other people and themselves. Joey sat up and squinted around him. "What a mess this place is. Seto's not very good at giving orders in the dark."
"Darn! We landed five stories below Kaiba's office. Shaadi transport us to the very top floor of this building."
"Very well Otogi. Grab dumb dumb's hand." Otogi gripped Joey's hair and they disappeared into the floor. Shaadi poked his head through the floor in Seto's office. He scanned the room for life.
"I see nothing Otogi! Are you sure you were right because it sure doesn't seem like it."
"Yes Shaadi. I can feel their presences in the room. Pull us up and I will see." Shaadi heaved them up through the floor. He caught something in the corner of his eye move. Out of the darkest corner of the room, behind Seto's desk no less, it had sprung and launched it's self directly at the emerging teens. Otogi immediately swung out of the way and Shaadi had dashed to one side of the room leaving Joey out in the open and vulnerable.
"SETO STOP!" Screamed Otogi. A crowbar had stopped inches from Joey's skull. A flashlight turned on, revealing Seto poised with a crowbar above the crouching Joey who had his arms up in an attempt to protect himself. Seto's pupils shrunk under the beams of the flashlight then reformed to original size as they adjusted to the bright light. Otogi looked at were the light came from. Mokuba and Noa stood to the side holding the flashlight, their faces puzzled at the sight they saw.
"Okay Seto. Put down the crowbar. There is no need to protect your pups anymore."
"Hey!" Came from both the Kaibas. "We're not pups!" Stated Noa. Shaadi reappeared as soon as the crowbar had been dropped. All the Kaibas eyes popped at the sight of Shaadi's new clothes but Shaadi ignored the stares. He walked over to Joey and picked him up off the seat of his pants.
Joey glared at Seto as if he were trying to strike guilt into Seto. It didn't work out to what Joey had expected. Seto just stared right back at him, penetrating Joey's gaze with his own and slowly but surely a smile spread across Seto's face.
"Humph! You could be a little kinder!" Joey stopped what he was saying. He had something to throw right at Seto. It would make Seto so displeased and Joey pleased.
"Yah that's right Seto! You have to be nicer to me because I'm staying with you again but this time it's forever and ever and ever."
"Nice play of words." Seto looked at Joey with no sign of going stark raving mad at the news. Joey was beaten, again.
"Fine you win! Otogi has to tell you something anyway. Don't you Otogi?" Otogi was opening a new portal to take them all back too the group when he heard Joey's question. He just caught the very ending. "What?"
"You know Otogi. Why you're gather all of us up and all." Joey was rolling his hand along with his words, trying to get Otogi to pick up were Joey didn't know anything. Otogi looked at Joey with blank stares. It snapped into place as soon as Otogi thought about it.
"Oh yes! Yes I do Joey. You can stop reminding me know."
"So then! What's it about?" This question sounded more like a threat than a question coming from Seto. Mokuba and Noa looked at Otogi for answers. Otogi stood by the now finished porthole, like an usher into a theatre. "Um...well? I'll tell you when we get there." Otogi noticed Seto's anger rising under the circumstances. He wasn't sure how to calm Seto down. Noa notice this as well and a smirk appeared on his face. Now was the chance to test those pills he got Seto. Noa handed the flashlight over to Mokuba and slipped past Seto, towards the desk. He picked up the bottle and popped off the lid. He watched Seto for the right opportunity to throw in the pill because Seto wouldn't take it willingly. He'd bite off fingers first before they got the pill down so force was needed. Seto's anger was at its peek and he opened his mouth to utter terrible words at Otogi. Noa noticed his chance. He rushed in front of Seto and dropped one pill into his hand. Seto stopped right as he saw Noa drop the pill into his hand but was to late to close his mouth. Noa had thrown the pill into the air, right at Seto. It flew into Seto's mouth and down his throat making him gag at the little object that was intruding his gullet. As the pill landed in his stomach his whole mood on everything changed within two seconds in a minute. He went from huffing mad to docile.
"Seto? What was it that you wanted to ask me?" Asked Otogi.
"Otogi...I'm not going with you. I'll just stay back and fix up my company." Seto said this in a very calm tone. There was no sign of rage in him. This freaked Otogi out and the rest of them.
"Noa! What's wrong with Seto? He's not my brother that I know anymore!" Mokuba was freaking out. Seto was always mad or rude and that's what Mokuba was use to. Mokuba looked down at the pillow he had picked up in his hand. His face had an unpleasant texture to it. It was the facial expression of depression. Mokuba couldn't use their old routine that Seto and he had made up and these new pills made Seto act weird. Mokuba dropped the pillow and walked over to Seto. He grabbed Seto's hand and stood there, waiting for Otogi to decide something.
"Come Seto. Yugi is waiting for you at the other end." Otogi waited for Seto to react. Seto stood there, blinking, holding onto Mokuba's hand. Mokuba looked up at his brother. "Seto?"
"YUGI!!!!" Seto dashed towards the portal, dragging Mokuba behind him. As Seto neared it the vortex's power sucked him in. Both him and Mokuba screamed as they were blinded by the bright lights and hurled forward.
"Quickly everyone. We can't lose them!" Otogi jumped into the vortex just as Shaadi snagged his hand.
Joey! Throw Noa in. Maybe he'll catch up to us!Yelled Otogi as he whipped away. Joey grabbed Noa by the back of his shirt and the seat of his jeans.
"Here we go!!!!"
"Let me go! You're giving me a wedgie!!" Hollered Noa as he was tossed into the portal. Joey followed behind by holding onto Noa's ankle. They caught up with Otogi and Shaadi in no time flat but Seto and Mokuba were long out of sight. Joey screamed at Noa to grab hold of Shaadi's legs. Noa hooked himself onto Shaadi. It was his first time in something like this. He never even dreamed of it. Everything was gorgeous in his cobalt blue eyes. They were going at warp speed if that is what you want to call it in human speed. The dull shine of the sun was upon them as they flew out of the portal to land on cement. Otogi pulled them out of the dive and landed them gently on a bench between the gang.
"I'm shot! I can't use any more magic or I'll collapse from exhaustion. If I fall asleep then you guys are on your own, I can't help you." Otogi heaved a big sigh.
"Did Seto and Mokuba make it? If they're lost in that portal of mine we won't see them any time soon." Otogi scanned the group. Yugi walked over to Otogi. "They're here Otogi. Its just that I think Seto can't help us at the moment."
"Why do you say that Yugi?"
"He's a sleep." Answered Malik. Yami Malik stepped aside to show Mokuba sitting on the bench beside a drooling Seto. Mokuba was shaking his head in shame at his screwed up brother.
"Noa. When does that pill were off?" Mokuba said curiously.
"I don't know! The pharmacists didn't say and they said it never mattered."
"Noa! Seto could stay like this forever or get really sick or...or..."
"Mutate because of the side effects?" Inquired Marik. At that statement Mokuba started crying. Yugi sat down by Mokuba and started to reassure him.
"Marik, that was very retarded of you." Yugi's face went stern.
"Aaaww! Yugi, you look so cute when you get angry." Marik laughed away any in security that Yugi had planted. Yugi couldn't believe this teen's problem. He was either mental or just plain dumb. He was sure it was both. Malik hushed Marik by slapping him over the head. Marik wasn't to thrilled by this but what goes around comes around. Forgetting about Marik, Yugi turned to Otogi. "What section are you taking Otogi?"
"I'll take to the skies. Marik. You and your yami can take the South side of Domino City. The Kaibas can have East side. Shaadi. You can search anywhere in the West district and Yugi..."
"Yah!" Yugi looked at Otogi expectantly.
"You, your yami and Joey can have the North side of Domino."
"Does everybody get this?"
"Yes!" Everyone was practically in an uproar. Mokuba broke in. "But what do we do with my brother?" Mokuba was still sobbing. Mokuba's breathing was coming in as little hiccups.
"We'll stay behind and wait till he awakens." Yugi had parked his self beside Mokuba. Noa groaned. "But I wanted to go on the hunt!"
"Go with Joey. You two can start without us." Yugi stated.
"What about Yami? I haven't seen him at all today!" Joey eyed Yugi looking for any sign of Yami. /What of you Wheeler? What about the sudden sickness you declared earlier?/ "Yah Joey? I thought you were ill today." Yugi looked up at his friend with a suspicion Joey never saw in Yugi's eyes. "Um...I...got over it...Yah. I got over it!" Yugi's eyes narrowed wickedly, flashing a crimson red. He snarled at Joey.
"AH!!" Joey leaned back. Yugi shook his head. Hair ruffling in the breeze he created. Yugi's eyes enlarged to their full size and turned lavender again.
"I'll go with Noa now." Joey timidly slinked away, Yugi's stare following him. Joey walked by Noa, signalling Noa to follow. The others shrugged and went back to their business.
"Lets do it!" They split up and went on their chosen path, leaving Yugi, Mokuba and Seto behind.
Diclaimer: I do not own any of the characters within Yugioh, minus Strawberry (who you will find out about in my fic). Said characters are also OOC. So live with it it's the way I write! Hehehe.
Warning: there have been minor to extreme changes within the characters of Yugioh, but it is all interesting changes no less and makes for interesting reading I must say.
The world around them was a flashing blaze. It was too bright to notice any real shapes but to your blinded eyes some things seemed sort of unnatural with a weird twist to the images. You would have thought you were going insane or at least really drunk because half of the phenomena were really indescribable. Otogi and Shaadi shot through this portal that Otogi had created as if it were a normal path to take. Shaadi watched all the lights flow by, blinding him with a quick flicker. Shaadi could hurl if he kept constant watch on them. This kind of travel always made his stomach uneasy. He never knew how Otogi could withstand it all. He always seemed calm and relaxed in these portals. Shaadi could just imagine this was like a third home to Otogi. A daily ride in a car for him while it was like a run away roller coaster for himself. Shaadi closed his eyes and squeezed his stomach with his hand, clinging to Otogi's right hand with his free hand. Without Shaadi knowing, Otogi would always watch him, snickering in the silencing wind that was forced upon their faces. He always thought Shaadi as a baka but on occasions such as this one and this particular ride he saw Shaadi as a seasick pup and it was quite pathetic. A person of his wizened age or so they thought, no one really knew his age, it was sad to see his stomach not able to bare such a ride. It really made Otogi wonder if he would end up that way. A hole ahead of them brought up Otogi's attention to prepare for landing. They popped through it and landed with a light thump and a hallow thud on the wooden floor of a very messy house. Considering the lights were burnt out they could only tell by feeling around the place and Shaadi happened to land in a pile of smelly clothes. Shaadi ripped his head from the unbearable stench that the clothes were giving off.
"That really doesn't help my gut." His accent was muffled by his queasiness. His vision was blurred for a minute. It set out and landed on a shadowed lump on the couch. It was hard to make out from where Shaadi lied. The empty darkness didn't help either.
"Do you think that could be him?" A snore sounded off in the darkness, coming from the couch.
"Does that answer your question Shaadi?" Otogi picked Shaadi up from the wretched pile of old dirties. Otogi peeled a wet sock of off Shaadi's face that had seemed to suck to him.
"What if it's the old man of the house?" Otogi walked over to the couch and looked down upon the very loud sleeper. It was to dark for Otogi to see who the person was so he assumed that it was their blonde headed friend Joey. He bent down and groped the floor for a dirty sock. He planned to use it as a wake up call for the dumb blonde. His fingers found what they were looking for and picked it up between his index finger and thumb. The smell was awful and Otogi's nose wrinkled under the smell. Shaadi had inched over to Otogi, trying not to disturb anything unnaturally smelly.
"Be careful of disturbing his slumber. He can be really volatile."
"I know that Shaadi! (SHUUUSH) Don't silence me and spare his slumber. This pig needs to be awakened!" Otogi whispered hoarsely. Even he was afraid to wake up the wild blonde.
"Are we absolutely sure this is Joey? What if it is the cranky old man?"
"Shaadi!! The old man couldn't hurt a fly he so drunk!" "That's the scary part." Otogi grabbed the body and rolled it over so he could stuff the sock in Joey's face.
"Uugh!! Joey's been putting on a few pounds and I think he's been bathing in beer!" Otogi held his nose and held out the sock. "It so bad I could barf."
"No kidding!" Shaadi reeled back from the once concealed alcohol stench. Otogi plunged the sock into the unsuspecting man, plugging the nose and filling it with the musty smell. There were only a few moments of silence until there come a gurgling noise from the person on the couch. Coughing fallowed shortly after and then shrieks and struggling immediately surfaced. The bellows were crotchety and man-like, too deep to be that of a teenager. A huge burly form rose off the couch and blared at the two teens. (We'll call Shaadi that because we don't know if he ages or not.) In the dark all they could see was the shape of a man with a tiny head, like the shape of a peanut, shoulders that looked as if they came above the head, a belly that could have sagged to the floor if anymore beer was guzzled and his legs were blocked by the beer belly, but other then that, the man was a massive brute. It tottered on its feet still under the effect of being drunk and it obviously wasn't to pleased with them. The man staggered forward holding out his hands to grab at them. Shaadi, being sickened by the smell before and the re-action of their so-called friend, was frozen up against the wall. His throat felt locked up, making it hard to utter a word. Otogi on the other hand was in range of being snagged by the grubby fingers. Otogi was shocked still, frozen like a statue, with his jaw hanging slightly open. It was only by the strangled squeak that Shaadi forced up made Otogi aware of the man's fingers just inches from his face. Otogi reeled backwards with such force that he slammed into the wall. The force of the slam brought back his voice, which scared Shaadi to scream. Otogi screamed along with Shaadi. All this noise enraged the beast and made him blunder towards the two. They screamed once more in the man's face and bolted for the stairs that lead up to Joey's room. Otogi bounded up the stairs blindly, scaling four at a time. Shaadi was behind Otogi but being scared shitless, when he tried to jump stairs he tripped and fumbled. He banged his knee on the edge of a stair, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the railing. He fell too the bottom of the stairs and landed in a heap of clothes. Otogi had encountered a mishap like this before and regained his head before he completely lost himself. He looked back at the petrified form of Shaadi sitting at the bottom of the stairs. The man was walking towards Shaadi, well stumbling towards him. Otogi still had use for Shaadi, so like a brave hero; he leapt from the top of the stairs and landed beside Shaadi just as the man had reached him. This unexpected turn of events scared the brute and it toppled over, missing the landing pad that could have been Shaadi and landed square on his face. Otogi had Shaadi slung over his shoulder and whipped up the stairs and around the corner. The floor felt waxed under Otogi's feet. He slid into a room losing control, swinging his arms wildly to try and keep his balance. His feet flew out from under him as he tried to stop on the hard wood floor. Shaadi landed on top of his head as they both fell to the ground. Under Shaadi came grunts and moans. "Shaadi get of my head!! You're suffocating me!" Came Otogi's muffled voice. Shaadi reluctantly crawled off Otogi, shivering like a mad dog. Otogi sprang to his feet and barred the door with an old Wisk broom and a chair from a desk. He slid to the floor and heaved a sigh. He lifted up his hand and looked at it. It was shaking uncontrollably. In fact he was shaking all over. He looked at Shaadi. Shaadi was convulsing madly. He looked like he was having a seizure.
"What a rush! Look at me. I'm having a fit of shakes here and I thought I was tougher then that." Otogi glanced at Shaadi for a response.
"I th...th...think I'm going to piss myself." Stuttered Shaadi as he clung to his chest. Otogi looked in the other direction at the bed in the room. A lump on the bed moved and a shaggy head of blonde hair emerged from under the covers. It looked drunk as well. Otogi screamed at the sudden appearance of the boy, which made Shaadi scream in terror even if he didn't see it.
"Joey! Don't ever do that again! You could have made Shaadi pee his pants!"
"Too late." Said the Egyptian.
"Eeew." Echoed both the teens. Joey got out of bed and sauntered over to his closet and pulled out a pair of jeans.
"Here. You can wear these until your garb is washed."
"Joey. He'll also need a shirt because his robe got soaked as well."
"O...kay. Here, he can were this white t-shirt and this sliver, grey sweater with a hood on it so ya' can cover your head with it considering that turban would look goddy with it." Joey handed the clothes over to Shaadi. Shaadi held up the white t-shirt and looked at Joey. Joey shrugged. "It's all I could give ya'. Oh and here's some boxers for ya' to wear." Joey tossed the boxers over to Shaadi. With that Shaadi changed into the clothes that were given to him and discarded his wet garb. The jeans were baggy around the crotch and loose on the legs and around the ankles, hiding some of his feet. The t-shirt was long and baggy. The arms came down to his elbows and the end of the shirt came a little below the waistline, sticking out from underneath the sweater, which fit snugly and loose around his body. When he pulled over the sweater he discarded the turban revealing short, tuffs of black hair. His hair was spiky, in a messed up sort of way. He put on his millennium key adding to the clothes. He kept his slipper shoes that he wore in Egypt.
"I feel out of place and silly." You could tell the Egyptian was embarrassed. It wasn't his normal style so no one could blame him.
"Don't be a baka Shaadi you look great. It's better then those beggar outfits you wear." Otogi watched Shaadi fume but was interrupted by Joey. Joey had turned on a battery ran lamp and had perched himself on the bed.
"So! What seems to be the problem?"
"No time to explain Wheeler. We have to go and snag Seto and his brothers. We've wasted enough time in this hellhole already. There came a bang on the door causing Shaadi to jump two feet off the floor and startle the other two. The bellow off a man cursing outside the door was heard. Otogi got off his butt and stood up, dusting himself off. "Joey, you're officially not welcome here. You can stay with Seto Kaiba. So, Lets go." Joey glowed at the remark from Otogi. He wasn't coming back to this place again. No one was.
They travelled at light speed through the same portal that Otogi and Shaadi had entered through. Joey was having a fit of excitement burst through him at the sight of the lights.
"Pretty!!!!" Exclaimed Joey with glee.
"I am glad there is another who shares the same opinion as I but I am also disappointed that this other has no common intellect."
"Hey! I resent that!" Joey glared at Otogi but noticed Shaadi's disapproval of the ride. He laughed at Shaadi but when he opened his mouth to laugh, he was facing the wind and it was forced back down his throat. Shaadi laughed with the wind but was not heard for it was carried away to quickly. The ride ended as it did before. They landed in the darkness of a room. This time Shaadi had landed on his butt on a couch as well as Otogi and it was Joey's turn to land unruly. He hit the couch with his chest and bounced on to the floor with a loud thud. Nobody noticed their arrival because they were all being told to do something about the light problem. Men and women ran about telling orders to others. It was a circus at Kaiba Corp. People were tripping over plant pots, other people and themselves. Joey sat up and squinted around him. "What a mess this place is. Seto's not very good at giving orders in the dark."
"Darn! We landed five stories below Kaiba's office. Shaadi transport us to the very top floor of this building."
"Very well Otogi. Grab dumb dumb's hand." Otogi gripped Joey's hair and they disappeared into the floor. Shaadi poked his head through the floor in Seto's office. He scanned the room for life.
"I see nothing Otogi! Are you sure you were right because it sure doesn't seem like it."
"Yes Shaadi. I can feel their presences in the room. Pull us up and I will see." Shaadi heaved them up through the floor. He caught something in the corner of his eye move. Out of the darkest corner of the room, behind Seto's desk no less, it had sprung and launched it's self directly at the emerging teens. Otogi immediately swung out of the way and Shaadi had dashed to one side of the room leaving Joey out in the open and vulnerable.
"SETO STOP!" Screamed Otogi. A crowbar had stopped inches from Joey's skull. A flashlight turned on, revealing Seto poised with a crowbar above the crouching Joey who had his arms up in an attempt to protect himself. Seto's pupils shrunk under the beams of the flashlight then reformed to original size as they adjusted to the bright light. Otogi looked at were the light came from. Mokuba and Noa stood to the side holding the flashlight, their faces puzzled at the sight they saw.
"Okay Seto. Put down the crowbar. There is no need to protect your pups anymore."
"Hey!" Came from both the Kaibas. "We're not pups!" Stated Noa. Shaadi reappeared as soon as the crowbar had been dropped. All the Kaibas eyes popped at the sight of Shaadi's new clothes but Shaadi ignored the stares. He walked over to Joey and picked him up off the seat of his pants.
Joey glared at Seto as if he were trying to strike guilt into Seto. It didn't work out to what Joey had expected. Seto just stared right back at him, penetrating Joey's gaze with his own and slowly but surely a smile spread across Seto's face.
"Humph! You could be a little kinder!" Joey stopped what he was saying. He had something to throw right at Seto. It would make Seto so displeased and Joey pleased.
"Yah that's right Seto! You have to be nicer to me because I'm staying with you again but this time it's forever and ever and ever."
"Nice play of words." Seto looked at Joey with no sign of going stark raving mad at the news. Joey was beaten, again.
"Fine you win! Otogi has to tell you something anyway. Don't you Otogi?" Otogi was opening a new portal to take them all back too the group when he heard Joey's question. He just caught the very ending. "What?"
"You know Otogi. Why you're gather all of us up and all." Joey was rolling his hand along with his words, trying to get Otogi to pick up were Joey didn't know anything. Otogi looked at Joey with blank stares. It snapped into place as soon as Otogi thought about it.
"Oh yes! Yes I do Joey. You can stop reminding me know."
"So then! What's it about?" This question sounded more like a threat than a question coming from Seto. Mokuba and Noa looked at Otogi for answers. Otogi stood by the now finished porthole, like an usher into a theatre. "Um...well? I'll tell you when we get there." Otogi noticed Seto's anger rising under the circumstances. He wasn't sure how to calm Seto down. Noa notice this as well and a smirk appeared on his face. Now was the chance to test those pills he got Seto. Noa handed the flashlight over to Mokuba and slipped past Seto, towards the desk. He picked up the bottle and popped off the lid. He watched Seto for the right opportunity to throw in the pill because Seto wouldn't take it willingly. He'd bite off fingers first before they got the pill down so force was needed. Seto's anger was at its peek and he opened his mouth to utter terrible words at Otogi. Noa noticed his chance. He rushed in front of Seto and dropped one pill into his hand. Seto stopped right as he saw Noa drop the pill into his hand but was to late to close his mouth. Noa had thrown the pill into the air, right at Seto. It flew into Seto's mouth and down his throat making him gag at the little object that was intruding his gullet. As the pill landed in his stomach his whole mood on everything changed within two seconds in a minute. He went from huffing mad to docile.
"Seto? What was it that you wanted to ask me?" Asked Otogi.
"Otogi...I'm not going with you. I'll just stay back and fix up my company." Seto said this in a very calm tone. There was no sign of rage in him. This freaked Otogi out and the rest of them.
"Noa! What's wrong with Seto? He's not my brother that I know anymore!" Mokuba was freaking out. Seto was always mad or rude and that's what Mokuba was use to. Mokuba looked down at the pillow he had picked up in his hand. His face had an unpleasant texture to it. It was the facial expression of depression. Mokuba couldn't use their old routine that Seto and he had made up and these new pills made Seto act weird. Mokuba dropped the pillow and walked over to Seto. He grabbed Seto's hand and stood there, waiting for Otogi to decide something.
"Come Seto. Yugi is waiting for you at the other end." Otogi waited for Seto to react. Seto stood there, blinking, holding onto Mokuba's hand. Mokuba looked up at his brother. "Seto?"
"YUGI!!!!" Seto dashed towards the portal, dragging Mokuba behind him. As Seto neared it the vortex's power sucked him in. Both him and Mokuba screamed as they were blinded by the bright lights and hurled forward.
"Quickly everyone. We can't lose them!" Otogi jumped into the vortex just as Shaadi snagged his hand.
Joey! Throw Noa in. Maybe he'll catch up to us!Yelled Otogi as he whipped away. Joey grabbed Noa by the back of his shirt and the seat of his jeans.
"Here we go!!!!"
"Let me go! You're giving me a wedgie!!" Hollered Noa as he was tossed into the portal. Joey followed behind by holding onto Noa's ankle. They caught up with Otogi and Shaadi in no time flat but Seto and Mokuba were long out of sight. Joey screamed at Noa to grab hold of Shaadi's legs. Noa hooked himself onto Shaadi. It was his first time in something like this. He never even dreamed of it. Everything was gorgeous in his cobalt blue eyes. They were going at warp speed if that is what you want to call it in human speed. The dull shine of the sun was upon them as they flew out of the portal to land on cement. Otogi pulled them out of the dive and landed them gently on a bench between the gang.
"I'm shot! I can't use any more magic or I'll collapse from exhaustion. If I fall asleep then you guys are on your own, I can't help you." Otogi heaved a big sigh.
"Did Seto and Mokuba make it? If they're lost in that portal of mine we won't see them any time soon." Otogi scanned the group. Yugi walked over to Otogi. "They're here Otogi. Its just that I think Seto can't help us at the moment."
"Why do you say that Yugi?"
"He's a sleep." Answered Malik. Yami Malik stepped aside to show Mokuba sitting on the bench beside a drooling Seto. Mokuba was shaking his head in shame at his screwed up brother.
"Noa. When does that pill were off?" Mokuba said curiously.
"I don't know! The pharmacists didn't say and they said it never mattered."
"Noa! Seto could stay like this forever or get really sick or...or..."
"Mutate because of the side effects?" Inquired Marik. At that statement Mokuba started crying. Yugi sat down by Mokuba and started to reassure him.
"Marik, that was very retarded of you." Yugi's face went stern.
"Aaaww! Yugi, you look so cute when you get angry." Marik laughed away any in security that Yugi had planted. Yugi couldn't believe this teen's problem. He was either mental or just plain dumb. He was sure it was both. Malik hushed Marik by slapping him over the head. Marik wasn't to thrilled by this but what goes around comes around. Forgetting about Marik, Yugi turned to Otogi. "What section are you taking Otogi?"
"I'll take to the skies. Marik. You and your yami can take the South side of Domino City. The Kaibas can have East side. Shaadi. You can search anywhere in the West district and Yugi..."
"Yah!" Yugi looked at Otogi expectantly.
"You, your yami and Joey can have the North side of Domino."
"Does everybody get this?"
"Yes!" Everyone was practically in an uproar. Mokuba broke in. "But what do we do with my brother?" Mokuba was still sobbing. Mokuba's breathing was coming in as little hiccups.
"We'll stay behind and wait till he awakens." Yugi had parked his self beside Mokuba. Noa groaned. "But I wanted to go on the hunt!"
"Go with Joey. You two can start without us." Yugi stated.
"What about Yami? I haven't seen him at all today!" Joey eyed Yugi looking for any sign of Yami. /What of you Wheeler? What about the sudden sickness you declared earlier?/ "Yah Joey? I thought you were ill today." Yugi looked up at his friend with a suspicion Joey never saw in Yugi's eyes. "Um...I...got over it...Yah. I got over it!" Yugi's eyes narrowed wickedly, flashing a crimson red. He snarled at Joey.
"AH!!" Joey leaned back. Yugi shook his head. Hair ruffling in the breeze he created. Yugi's eyes enlarged to their full size and turned lavender again.
"I'll go with Noa now." Joey timidly slinked away, Yugi's stare following him. Joey walked by Noa, signalling Noa to follow. The others shrugged and went back to their business.
"Lets do it!" They split up and went on their chosen path, leaving Yugi, Mokuba and Seto behind.