Lime Rocker: Alright so here's the next installment of "The Consequences of Change." Sorry it took so long to update. I had to send it in to get fixed, got over loaded with papers, final projects, more final papers, and then midterms with a college final on top of it all. Thankfully my college class has ended so I can devote more time to writing!

I want to thank all the reviewers!!! You guys seriously keep me going!

Due to a few new ideas I have for future chapters, I have raised the rating of the story to mature.

Pairing: (Puppyshipping) SetoxJou, KaibaxJou. SIDE: ValonxMai, YamixYuugi, OtogixHonda, maybe (at least mentions of)BakuraxRyou

Rating: M for Mature (RATEING HAS CHANGED FOR FUTURE CHAPTERS!)

Chapter 6: Dreaming In and Out

He wasn't sure which was a dream and which wasn't. If he wasn't shrouded in blackness, he was staring up at white. Sometimes if he was lucky, there would be the most beautiful blue, Jounouchi Katsuya had ever seen.

Jou was vaguely aware of times when someone would be hovering over him; after awhile his curiosity kicked in and Jou would try to focus on the blob he knew to be a person, but his tired mind wouldn't allow it, and he would slip back into unconsciousness.

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"This book is boring."

"You're the one who wanted to finish it."

"Yeah, but I didn't know it was going to be so boring. Can we do something else instead?"

Kaiba Seto sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "I have work to do." It was currently 3:30 in the afternoon, and he hadn't gotten a thing done all day.

"All you ever do is work. Come on!" Kenji turned to look at the blue eyed man. "Daddy works a lot too, but he always plays with me." He paused, looking down at the wood flooring of the man's home office. "Is… is he okay?"

Seto blinked, putting the book down on his desk. Leaning back in the lush leather chair, he pinched the bridge of his nose. "He's fine. He's still sick, and needs sleep, but he's doing alright." Kaiba sighed.

"Kenji, do you want to play a video game with me?" Mokuba asked, popping his head into Seto's home office. "Hello, 'Nii-sama." He nodded at his older brother.

Kaiba smiled at his little brother and nodded in return, "Mokuba." Seto laughed softly to himself as Kenji bounced over to the raven haired boy.

"Yeah! What game?" Kenji cheered, and the two disappeared through the door.

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Sometimes there was a voice. He didn't know who it was, but it was there. Always telling him things were okay. It was odd, Jou didn't know why, but the voice was a comfort to him. He would get his mind working enough to worry about Kenji, and the voice would always tell him Kenji was okay. He didn't even need to say his concerns, the voice just seemed to know them.

What was even more confusing, was when darkness overtook Katsuya again, he found himself wanting to hear the stranger's comforting voice again.

'Who… who are you?'

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"Where's Mokuba?" the boy sighed.

"I believe he is out doing research for some school assignment." Kaiba paused his typing. 'That reminds me… why hasn't he gone back to school.' He grabbed a pen from his desk and scribbled a note reminding him to ask Mokuba about it later.

"Can we do something?" He turned chocolate puppy dog eyes towards the man. "You work too much."

Seto sighed, and put down the file he was currently reading. "I know what we can do." The blue eyed man leaned forward, opening a drawer. "Do you know what Duel Monsters are?"

Kenji shook his head.

This surprised Seto slightly, 'You would think the mutt would have bragged about his "glory days." If you can even call them that.' Seto laughed slightly, "Well it's a card game." He handed the boy a deck of cards "Would you like me to teach you how to play?"

"Whoa. Yes please!" Kenji smiled up at the brunette.

"Alright. Well this is a monster card. You attack with these." Seto held up a tan card, and handed it to the blond boy, then shuffled through the cards a bit, pulling out a purple card, "This is a trap card. If someone attacks you, you can use these to block it or counter attack."

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He had no idea where he was. All he did know was the room was huge and beautiful, the bed was soft, and none of it was familiar.

A moan escaped his lips, 'Gah… my head…'

"Here dear." Katsuya turned towards the voice, to see an older woman with gray eyes and brownish gray hair pulled back into a bun. She held a glass of water and a bottle of pills, one in each of her hands.

"Um. Thanks." Jou smiled slightly, gratefully taking the pain killers and water. "Could you… ah…. Could you tell me what happened?" the blonde asked sheepishly after he swallowed the tablets.

"I'm afraid I don't know much, Jounouchi-sama." She smiled, "What I do know is that Master Kaiba came home early several days ago, proclaimed he would need two guest rooms, and that he would be working from the home office for a few weeks."

"How long have I been asleep? Kaiba's here? Where's Kenji?" Jou blinked, "… Jounouchi-sama?"

"Well you've woken up several times through out the past five days, but apparently you don't remember any of it… It doesn't surprise me though. You were pretty out of it." She shook her head, brown curls shaking behind her head as she smiled kindly down at him. "Are you hungry or anything?"

Jou sat up slowly, ignoring the dizziness and sinking feeling in his stomach. "Where's Kenji? I have to see him." He could feel panic sinking into him.

"I do believe he is with Master Kaiba. No need to get up… Please sir." She leaned forward, trying to prevent the blond from getting up from the bed. "Please lay back down. You need more sleep."

"As soon as I see my son, I'll come right back I promise, but Kenji comes first." He moved towards the door, his legs shaking under him. "Where is he?"

The old woman sighed, "I believe he is with Master Kaiba in the study." She hurried after him. "Sir please. I assure you, your son is perfectly safe!"

"If he's with Kaiba I don't doubt that, but he is my son." Jou paused slightly, letting the elderly lady in front of him, and caught his breath.

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There was a small crack between the doors, allowing him to pick into the large study. Jounouchi was vaguely aware of looking at high selves of books, before two figures sitting at a small table took what little attention he could muster.

"No, that's a magic card, its green. Trap cards are this purple color."

"Oh, so I can't play this now?"

"No, you can, but it won't do anything." He sighed, "Here let me see your hand."

"No! That's cheating!" the kid shrieked, clutching the cards to his chest.

"No its not, I'm trying to teach you how to play, not actually duel you." Kaiba smirked at the small blond, gently pulling the cards forward, "See you've got a good hand, you just need to learn what good combinations are."

Kenji nodded a little, "Like this one? It had a 3000 attack power, so it would go well with this other monster card that boosts dragon attack points." He held up a different card.

Seto smirk grew wider, "Yes, but that card can usually stand by itself. Here. I'll play two cards down and end my turn. Now you draw…"

"Whoa! There's another one!"

He shook his head at the child's enthusiasm. They had cut Seto's deck in half to have a mock duel. "Yes, there are three all together in my deck."

"That's cool. It looks like that one picture." Kenji blinked down at the card, remembering the painting in the CEO's office. "You have some weird obsession with it or something?"

It took all Jounouchi had not to burst out laughing. Never in a million years had he ever thought the "cold hearted," "ruthless" CEO of Kaiba Corporation would ever be teaching a 4-year-old how to duel.

"It's a good card. Why wouldn't I like it?" He could hear Kaiba defending himself.

"Yeah, but aren't you taking it a bit too far. I mean, how many pictures do you have of this thing?" the boy looked at the elder Kaiba expectantly.

"This thing, is called the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And I have several paintings." Jou could almost hear the CEO's fumes. "That's not the point. Do you want me to show you how to duel or not?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

"Thank you." Katsuya turned back to the maid and nodded, "Can you show me back to the room?"

The lady nodded, and turned making her way slowly down the hall. Jou turned to look back in the room one last time, before following her back to the fluffy bed he could feel calling his sleep deprived mind.

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He was beginning to get used to the soft white ceiling. Every time he woke up from his drug induced sleep he would find himself staring up at the white sea of plaster. Jounouchi Katsuya sat up, rubbing his throat. His mouth was dry, and felt like there was a wad of cotton in the back of his throat.

"Pills are on the table to your right."

Jou looked up surprised. Kaiba Seto sat seven yards from the bed, typing furiously at his laptop. Katsuya turned to the nightstand next to the bed and picked up the small brown bottle. 'I hate these things.' He grabbed it, turning the white lid left and right, but couldn't get it open.

"Push down, turn left." Seto didn't look up from his typing, until he grabbed a file, looked it over, and began typing again.

"I know that!" Jou almost didn't recognize his own voice. It sounded hoarse and alienated. After some difficulty he finally pulled the cap off. "How many do I take?" He asked sighing, before coughed a little in an attempt to clear his throat.

Seto paused, and looked up at the blond "Two." He watched carefully as the other swallowed the tablets with some difficulty. Silently he stood, walking out of the room for a moment.

'At least the lid is easier to get on than it is off.' Jou thought, looking up. He blinked, "Kaiba?" the CEO had just vanished. "…Kaiba?"

"Hmm? What is it Puppy?" Seto walked back into the room, reading a packet of some kind.

Katsuya blinked in confusion. "How did… but you were…" He looked back and forth between the vacant chair and the CEO.

Seto stopped and looked up at the man in the bed, a slender eyebrow raised. "I walked out of the room. What did you think? That I pull some kind of vanishing act?" He smiled slightly, and shook his head. "Silly pup" He walked to the bed and handed the blonde a glass of water. "Here."

'This seems oddly familiar.' Jou nodded and took a sip. He turned to Seto, "Kenji…"

"-Is playing some game with Mokuba."

"Oh…" Jounouchi muttered after taking a long gulp of water. He sighed, and leaned against the bed frame. "Thanks." He sighed, closing his eyes for a moment, drowsiness starting to edge its way in.

"How are you feeling?" Seto inquired, his eyes taking in everything the blonde did.

Jou didn't respond at first. He was having a problem focusing on the question. Confused hazel eyes opened. He looked at the blue-eyed man, his face pulled down. "Wh-what?"

Kaiba sighed, taking the half empty glass of water from the blonde's hand. "Get some more sleep." He placed the glass next to the bottle of pills, and went back to his computer.

Seto turned, expecting protests from the other man, and blinked in surprise. The blond has simply fallen over, lying on his side, his head falling off the pillows that the rest of his body was snuggled on.

Sighing, he made his way back to the bed, and pulled the thick covers down. Gently, he slid the blonde's legs down, under the covers, and adjusted the other's body into a more comfortable position.

Seto paused, his hands gripping the covers. Before he knew what happened, a small smile spread across his lips. He had never noticed how peaceful the golden haired man looked when he was asleep.

Allowing himself a small luxury, blue eyes trailed over the others slim form. To be honest, the mutt was rather attractive. He seemed to have finally grown into his long limbs, and his blond hair still had its shaggy appearance, yet somehow looked somewhat neat.

He half wondered when he had started to open up to the sleeping man. It was strange, he never opened up to anyone other then Mokuba. What was it about Jounouchi that forced him to show his soft side? What had changed in 20 years?

Shaking his head, Kaiba pulled the covers up to the blonde's shoulders. "You really are a silly puppy." He brushed a few strands of golden hair out of the others face before turning back to his work.

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Whatever had happened while he was asleep had done him wonders. This time, his mind seemed a little less fogged. While he still had a numbing headache, it was at least bearable enough to think straight.

For the first time, Jounouchi took a look around the large room. It was mainly a maroon color with a few black furnishing with gold and white décor. All in all it was a rather lush and breathtaking bed room.

"I wonder where Kenji is." His voice sounded horse, and he noticed his throat hurt, a lot. Sighing, Jou stood up "But first things first. I need a shower!"

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"Aw. I lost!" Kenji leaned back into the leather couch pouting. "Every time too. I never win!"

Seto chuckled, shaking his head slightly. "You're dueling fine, Kenji." He ruffled the boy's hair playfully.

"Then how come I can't win!" Kenji crossed his arms, glaring up at the elder Kaiba.

"Because," A dry voice sounded from the door. "He always wins." Both duelists looked up to see a lean, blonde figure leaning against the door frame, smiling at the two of them.

"Daddy!" The small blonde cried, rushing towards his taller look-a-like. "Daddy, you're okay! You're here! You're alive!" Kenji latched onto his father's leg, nuzzling the side of it with his face.

Jou smiled down at the boy, hugging him with one arm. "Miss me?"

"You bet!" Kenji smiled up at his father, "But I had a lot of fun with Uncle Mokuba and Seto-sama too!"

"Yes I can see that." Jounouchi's gaze flickered to the CEO for a moment before back down at his smaller self, "So you think you can beat your old man in a duel now?"

"I sure can! Seto-sama is invincible though, and I haven't-" Kenji paused, blinking up at Jou. "Wait a minute. Daddy, you know how to play Duel Monsters?"

He nodded, "I'll show you my deck when we get home."

"Sweet!" Kenji cheered, running back to the couch he was previously sitting on. "Let's have another round, Seto-sama! I'm going to beat you!"

Kaiba shook his head, smirking slightly, "You sound like your father."

Jou blinked, a bit taken aback. "Wha…?" He crossed his arms, "The last time we dueled I almost had you, and you know it."

"That was 20 years ago, pu-" Seto stopped himself, glancing at the boy currently sitting across from him. "How about this then; You two against me." He smirked over at the other man, already knowing the answer. "Unless you're scared?"

"I don't have my deck." Jou glared at the blue eyed man for the dog comment slip up.

"We've been splitting my deck in half, one mutual graveyard and only two blue-eyes in play with the other in the graveyard for more of an even match." Seto rolled his eyes at the last one. It had been Kenji's idea.

Katsuya eyed the other skeptical for a moment before shrugging. "Alright." He sighed, picking Kenji up from his spot on the couch and took it, setting the boy on his lap.

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"Daddy…" Something was poking his side. "Come on Daddy! It's our turn."

Jou covered a yawn, before sleep filled eyes turned towards his son's hand. "That face down, and this in attack mode." He muttered.

Kenji blinked up at his father. "Umm… I didn't understand that."

"Sorry Kiddo." He rubbed his eyes. "This face down for later, and then this in attack mode." Jou said more clearly. Kenji nodded and did as he was told.

After a while Katsuya felt his eyes growing heavy again, and he fought to stay up. Jou was vaguely aware of Seto calling his play and ending his turn, and Kenji's cry of frustration as his life points were demolished to 100.

"Arg! Lost again! It's not right!"

Yawning Jou took the cards from his son's hands; selecting two and placing them face down then put a monster card facedown in defensive mode. "You still have 100 life points left."

"But it's hopeless! He's going to beat us, Daddy!"

Jou nodded, "I know, but that doesn't mean you go down with out a fight."

Watching to two interact was very amusing to say the least. Watching the pup duel while only having a half functioning brain was even more so. What Seto found very interesting was the many similarities between the father and son.

Kenji was like a smaller version of Jou, yet when it came to dueling the two seemed to be polar opposites. Jounouchi never accepted defeat, yet his son seemed to loose hope before the duel was even over.

Sighing, the eldest Kaiba ended his turn with out doing much other then play a face down card.

"Alright, now look at your hand." Jou's tired voice was strained; making it obvious to the CEO the blonde was exhausted. "What move would you make?"

Kenji blinked down at his hand, "Umm… Can I play this one?" He smiled slightly at the card in his hand. "And then use this one?"

Jou smiled and nodded.

"Okay then. I sacrifice my Giant Soldier of Stone, and summon this." He laid down Seto's favorite card. "Then I use Reborn the Monster to bring back that second Blue-Eyes." He smiled triumphantly. "Now, I attack your monster."

Seto knew what cards he had face down, and he also knew he had 3 different ways of getting out of the predicament. "Good play." He took the face down monster and set it in the graveyard without showing it.

"Now I attack your life points directly." Kenji cheered.

Seto's fingers twitched slightly towards one of his face down cards yet let it be, choosing not to use it. He smiled at the smaller blonde. "See, you shouldn't give up on a victory so quickly."

Jou shifted, moving the cheering boy to the floor. "Good job." He ruffled to boy's hair, "Now, after a marvelous victory, it's time for bed."

"Aww, Daddy! You're such a party pooper!" Kenji pouted playfully at his blonde father.

He shook his head, "Go on. I need to talk to…" he paused eyeing the brunet, not quite knowing how to refer to the other man around his son. "Er… Seto… sama…" 'Yep, not that.'

Kaiba eyes grew a fraction, 'Why did he just call me…'

"Okay." Kenji sighed, hugging his father.

'Ah that's why.'

"It's good to see you up though Daddy." He smiled, before turning to the blue eyed man. "Thank you for the duels Seto-sama!" he hugged the slightly confused brunet, before bouncing out of the room.

The room remained quiet for what seemed like a millennia. Jou had stood and was currently shuffling his feet. "I hope its okay. They were the only thing I could find in the room."

Kaiba shot a confused glare at the blonde man, wondering what he was talking about. "What are you… oh." He shrugged, "Don't worry about it. I don't usual wear sweat pants anyway. As for the shirt, white's not really my color, I usually only wear it for business things." He smirked slightly; noticing for the first time the way the button down shirt draped across the other's smaller figure, and almost hung off one of his shoulders.

"Uh. Well, um… I… thank you." Jou started suddenly, rubbed the back of his neck.

Seto raised an eye brow. "What ever for?" he crossed his legs and leaned back in the black chair, a small smirk gracing his lips.

"Well, for watching Kenji, letting me crash here, for the doctor and all that, the clothes." Jounouchi had never realized how interesting his shocks were. "I'm really in your debt this time."

"Hn. I suppose so." Kaiba stood, moving towards his desk to get back to work. He was about to pull his laptop out when he turned to Jounouchi in shock. "What's so funny, pup?"

Katsuya shook his head, muffling his small bursts of laughter behind his hand. "Nothing really…" He smiled at the brunet "I just never thought you'd teach a 4-eyar-old how to duel."

Seto crossed his arms, one of his oh-so-famous glares adorning his face. "The kid was bored." He sneered, "If you had rather me ignore him and make him sit there filing all day I could have done that."

Jounouchi rolled his eyes, "That's not what I meant and you know it." He sighed, his hand finding his aching head. "Oh, and thanks for letting him win too." He shot the brunet a soft glare through his hair, "Don't deny it, I know you let him."

He chose to ignore the last comment "Did you take any pills before finding your way in here?" Seto watched the blonde carefully.

He shook his head "No. I just got up, took a shower, and went to go find Kenji."

He started typing vigorously on his laptop. "Go take two and go back to bed. It's late."

"It's only nine o'clock."

"Yes, and for a sick man, that's too late." He didn't look up from his laptop.

Katsuya smiled at the business man and nodded, "Goodnight then."

"Hn."

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"I can't believe we're going home!"

"Yes, Aibou. It will be nice." (1)

"We'll be able to see everyone again! I wonder how they're doing. Are you sure it's okay that we didn't call them. Oh! And can you imagine the look on Grampa's face when he sees us in two different bodies!" a shorter boy cheered from his seat on the plane. "Everyone will be surprised!"

"Yuugi, calm down." The man laughed lightly. He had spiky black hair with gold and red streaks running through it. "I'm sure everyone will be happy to see us." He smiled ruffling his shorter look-a-like's hair.

"I know." Yuugi smiled up at him. "It's just been so long. We left a few years after Kaiba-kun, and Anzu left right after high school graduation." He leaned against the other man. "I haven't heard from Otogi-kun or Honda-kun, and I barely get letters from Jou-kun these days." Yuugi sighed, looking down at the tiles of the airport's floor, "I'm sorry Yami. I'm a worry wart."

"I'm sure everyone is doing fine." Yami wrapped his arm around his shoulder, "And it is a quality I like in you, Yuugi." He smiled down, hooking a finger under the other's chin so he could look into amethyst eyes. "You're 36 years old, Yuugi. Your child like innocence is endearing."

Yuugi giggled, stealing a quick kiss from the others lips. "I love you too."

Yami laughed slightly, before a sudden though lead him to a pained face. "I'm sorry."

"What for?" Yuugi blinked, his head tilted to the side ever so slightly.

"Well, I know you don't like traveling at night, but this way we can sleep on the plane and wake up with a bright and sunny morning in Japan."

"You did a good job scheduling your first flight, Yami." Yuugi hugged him. "You've even managed to keep track of everything from the passports, to the luggage! I'm proud of you." He smiled.

"Flight 327 from Cairo Egypt to Domino, Japan is now boarding out of gate 46. Will anyone with seating level A, please board now." A female voice sounded through the quiet airport.

"Ready, Aibou?" Yami asked as he stood, grabbing his small backpack.

Yuugi nodded and stood next to his companion. "I've been ready ever since we decided to leave." He smiled, grabbing Yami's hand, and pulling him towards the gates door. "You have the tickets right?"

Yami blinked, "Tickets?"

1. "Aibou" means "partner."

Lime Rocker: Hahahaha I'm so mean to end it there. What happened to the tickets. Did Yami even buy any!? Well they be able to make it back home? Stay tune next week for the next installment of Yami's Journey Through Modern Time! –cough- Right sorry about that… But hay! I got some YamixYuugi in there! I'm proud of myself!!

Anyway, what do you think? Sorry it took so long, and it's a short chapter. I'll have the "family" go on outings and such next. Get some things going on between out beloved dragon and his puppy.

I hope you enjoyed the 6th chapter! PLEASE review. It's what gets me to update so quickly!!