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Chapter 24 – Reversal of Fortune

Seto stormed into the room, an invisible Jou behind him. He looked to Bakura and demanded, "Where are the Ishtars?"

"I was knocked out then tied to a chair how the hell should I know?" Bakura growled.

Seto nodded curtly before walking over to Malik and Marik's bedroom. He tried the handle but found it locked. "You two idiots better open up or I'll break down the door!" Seto shouted through the wood.

When he received no answer Seto started to kick the door. It jolted about and the lock rattled but would not budge. With a frustrated growl Seto turned to Bakura, who was looking at him with amusement. "You're a thief – unlock that door!"

"Okay but first you'll need to untie me and second you'll need to tell me why you want the psychos," were Bakura's terms.

"Those imbeciles used the spell book to turn Jou invisible and Ra knows what else," Seto hissed as he undid Bakura's bindings.

"And I should care about this why?"

Seto looked Bakura straight in the eye. "They've got the book in there and without it I can't work out how to reverse the spell put on Ryou."

Bakura immediately jumped up and searched his pockets. He pulled out many different shaped instruments that he placed on the floor while he examined the lock. "Simple enough to pick. This'll only take a few minutes."

Seto nodded and turned round to where Jou was (hopefully) standing. "While I'm working on the cure for this curse you better not get up to any mischief," he threatened.

As this threat ended the portrait hole swung open. Seto watched but nobody came in. This meant that someone had gone out. "Stupid Mutt."

Right on cue, Yugi walked into the room with chibi Yami. Upon seeing Yugi, Ryou (who was still tied up) struggled to reach him. "Yugi! My love!" he cried out.

Bakura froze. "Don't kill him. Ryou's under a spell. Not his fault; not his fault."

"Hurry up and get that door open!" Seto shouted, interrupting Bakura's muttered mantra. He then turned to Yugi and asked, "What's that thing in your arms?"

"I think this is Yami," Yugi replied earnestly.

Seto snorted. "The great and mighty Game King turned into a child. I'd gloat but I have psychos to mutilate."

"Why?" asked Yugi.

"Because they've got the spell book and are stopping Seto from putting things right," answered Bakura.

"Oh, okay," Yugi said as he sat down on one of the sofas with Yami. Having the little four year old talk at him was bad enough but having Ryou proclaim his undying love was just too weird. "I never thought I'd say this but can we gag Ryou?"


"Shit, Bakura's nearly opened the lock," Malik whispered.

"Don't worry, the barricade will protect us," Marik said optimistically.

"Yeah, but for how long?"


Meanwhile, Jou was wondering what to do with his new found invisibility. His first idea had been to sneak into the kitchens to get some food. Unfortunately he had not been able to find the kitchens. He had then started to recall what other guys would do in this situation. Luckily for him there had been countless movies about this sort of thing. The thing most did was sneak into the girls' locker room. Jou liked the idea and what Seto didn't know wouldn't get him killed.

This was the reason why Jou was currently hiding out in a girls' bathroom. Things had not been as exciting as he had imagined they'd be. This was mostly due to a lack of nudity of any kind. All the girls did was bitch about each other or lessons, or ask about boyfriends and hot guys etcetera, etcetera. It was enough to put a guy to sleep. That was why Jou decided to take a little nap in the corner of the girls' bathroom.


"Got it," Bakura said, standing up and backing away from the door.

Seto grinned and kicked the door with all his might. Instead of the door swinging open Seto's foot went straight through the wood. "What the..?"

"They've barricaded themselves in," stated Bakura.

Seto growled, seriously pissed off at this point. "Help me out of this then help me push the damn door open," he commanded.

Bakura glared at him, not liking being bossed about. He had to keep reminding himself that he was doing this to get Ryou back. Once that had happened he could put snakes in Seto's bed and laugh like a maniac as the CEO screamed like a little girl.

"Do you want me to help?" Yugi asked.

Both Bakura and Seto appraised him. They could use a little extra muscle but that was all Yugi had – a little muscle. "No," they both said in unison.

Yugi shrugged, not really bothered. He turned his attention back to Yami who was putting a jigsaw together on the floor. He smiled at the adorable look of concentration on Yami's face. Yugi wasn't as anxious to get everything back to normal as the others were. He was quite content playing with Yami as long as Ryou didn't manage to escape and try to kiss him. As much as Yugi liked Ryou it was just too creep to have him fawning over him. Only Yami was allowed to do that.

Inside the heavily defended fortress Marik and Malik were beginning to panic. Their barricade was slowly being pushed backwards. It was only a matter of time before they were compromised.

"What are we going to do?" Malik asked, glancing worriedly at the opening door.

Marik thought hard. Suddenly, a metaphorical light bulb appeared above his head. "I know what we can do!"


"Finally!" Seto shouted in joyful relief.

They had created an opening large enough to squeeze through. Seto slid sideways into the room, leaving Bakura outside to regain his breath. Seto immediately spotted the spell book in the middle of the floor. Picking it up he realized that the psycho blonds were nowhere to be seen. Shrugging, Seto left to continue his endeavour to decipher the Latin text.

Outside, perching precariously on the window ledge, Marik asked, "Do you think it's safe to go back in?"

"I think so," Malik answered, delicately pushing the window open. "Great idea by the way; it saved us from Seto madly beating us to a pulp."

Marik grinned proudly as he slid back into the bedroom.


It was several hours later when Seto finally returned to the common room, spell book and notes in hand. "Right at the back of the book it says that to reverse the spell you have to say the spell backwards," he said tiredly.

"Go on then," Bakura encouraged.

"Who do you want me to change first?"

"I think you should try out this reversal on your boyfriend before screwing things up even more than they already are for ours."

Seto grit his teeth but all the translating had given him a headache and he couldn't be bothered to argue. He looked at his set of notes which he had written backwards for easy reading. He located the invisibility spell and began the incantation.


A few floors down, in a certain girls' bathroom, a blond haired boy appeared out of nowhere. The scream that followed his appearance was enough to wake the dead, let alone wake the boy.
Next Seto read the reversal love spell. Bakura hesitantly removed the gag covering Ryou's mouth. Ryou stared at him, slightly dazed. "Ryou, are you alright?" Bakura asked gently.

"I'm sorry," Ryou whispered.

"For what?" Bakura asked in mild confusion.

"For not loving you," Ryou replied in his soft voice.

Bakura smiled slightly. "You can make it up to me tonight," he whispered before leaning in to capture Ryou's lips.

Last but not least, it was Yami's turn. Yugi watched in awe as the little boy finishing the jigsaw puzzle grew and grew until he was the spirit Yugi knew and loved. Yami blinked, a little disorientated by the change.

Yugi smiled at the confused look on his boyfriend's face. "I'm glad you're back to normal," Yugi whispered before kissing Yami. By no means did Yami mind having his lips possessed by his little Yugi.

Seto admired his work and all the happiness he had caused for a second before thinking about his revenge. He opened the spell book to the first marked page and recited the spell along with Malik's name. Then he turned to the second marked page and cast his revenge against Marik.

Seto looked up when the portrait hole opened and his lost boyfriend returned. Seto raised an eyebrow at the many handprints adorning Jou's face.

"Don't ask," Jou ordered as he collapsed on the sofa.

Seto would have liked to have replied to this but was cut off by a scream. Everyone turned as Malik stormed into the room, a violet eyed, sandy furred, kitten in his arms. "What have you done to Marik?!" he shouted.

Seto smirked evilly while the others stared at what must be Marik. The thing was glaring at Seto but he was not moved by the 'intimidating' look from the adorable kitten.

"This is my revenge for this whole day of chaos," Seto replied, smirk still in place. "I've turned Marik into a kitten and I've made you pregnant."

Disbelieving gazes were now directed at Seto. "He really is an evil bastard," Bakura muttered lowly.

Malik looked like he was going to faint. "You've got to be joking," he said in a strangely squeaky voice.

"I don't joke," Seto said in a seriously scary tone that left no room for objection.

"But you're not going to leave us like this are you?" Malik asked, clutching Marik to his chest.

"Only for a few days; maybe it'll teach you why you don't play tricks on those more powerful than you," Seto said before dramatically exiting the room.

There was silence for a moment. Then Malik went berserk, spewing curses at Seto's closed door (in many different languages) while jumping up and down, nearly strangling poor Marik. The others just watched quietly, not wanting to be attacked by the enraged psycho.

"All must fear the power of hormones," Yami whispered.

"As well as the wrath of an angry CEO," Yugi finished.

Bakura sneered. "Are the little midgets wetting their pants because they're scared of big bad Seto?" he taunted.

"Bakura!" Ryou chided.

"What? I'm still mad at Yugi for starting this whole mess," Bakura replied innocently. Well, as innocent as Bakura can possibly be.

"And what about Yami?"

"We've been enemies for years; I can hardly pass up the chance to annoy him when he leaves himself wide open."

Yami glared at the pair. "You're talking as if we're not here," he informed them.

"That's right," Yugi chipped in. "And if you're not careful I'll ask Seto to reinstate that love spell but this time Ryou will be drooling over the giant squid."

Both Bakura and Ryou stared at Yugi. "Since when have you been evil?" Bakura asked.

Yami smiled at his triumphant lover. He pulled Yugi closer to him and whispered in his ear, "How about we make our way to somewhere private?"

"To do what?" Yugi asked innocently.

"I don't know; play a game, talk or maybe…something else."

"Do I get to decide what that something else is?"

"For beating my arch-nemesis we can do whatever you like."

Yugi let a silly smile spread across his lips, his cheeks turning a slight pink. "Alright, I'll duel you," he said in a loud voice to make sure the others didn't realize what they were up to.

Yami took Yugi by the hand and they both tried to walk casually to their bedroom. Ryou watched them go with slight suspicion. After that obvious bout of seduction they were going to play Duel Monsters? And males were the ones who gave birth. Wait, maybe that wasn't a good example considering Seto had made Malik pregnant.

Ryou turned to the expert lip reader for confirmation. "They were talking dirty weren't they?"

"Indeed," answered Bakura. "In fact it was so dirty that it's got me itching to receive that favour you owe me."

"You'll have to seduce me first," Ryou informed his boyfriend slyly.

"I don't see there being any problem with that arrangement," Bakura said before lifting Ryou off his feet and taking him bridal style into their room.

From the couch Jou shook his head. "It seems that Seto and I are the only ones not doing it. Well, the two psychos aren't doing it but they've already done it since how else would Malik be pregnant? Plus, how could they do it if one of them is a cat?"

It was then Jou realized he was talking to himself. "I'll shut up now." He then turned to watch the real life version of 'When Men Get Pregnant.'


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