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Altered States 2/?
Author: Zoicyte aka
Johnnyjosh
Fandom: Yu-gi-oh!
Rating: NC-21
Pairing: Seto/Joey
Beta: Espaa
Spoilers: Dartz Saga.
Disclaimer: I don�t own YGO
or its characters, and am making no money from this.
Warnings and Notes: Yaoi, lemon,
language.� OOC, TWT, AU, General
Weirdness.� This idea came from a piece
of fanart I saw on the web, and was further developed thanks to some RP with my
pal, Kyrre.
Summary: Joey and Seto find
themselves the victims of a little wild magic in the midst of an accident, and
both of them go through quite a few...changes, both inside and out.�
� � Speaking
* * Thoughts
~~oOo~~ Change of scene or
POV
Sorry for any formatting
errors that crop up here, for some reason the site doesn�t like my version of
word T_T

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��
Amethyst
eyes widened as Yugi ran, a familiar voice crying out in pain spurring him on,
making his heart clench in fear.�
�Joey!� Hold on, we�re coming!�� He paused, throwing an arm up in front of
his eyes as two bright points of light appeared where Kaiba and Joey had been
standing, then rapidly expanded to flood the entire room.� Another scream, this one from Kaiba, sent
Yugi running again, heedless of his own safety as he tried to reach his friends.

�Yugi,
stop!� Tea cried, grabbing the smaller teen by the arm as he neared the
still-smoking arena.

�I
have to help Joey and Kaiba,� Yugi struggled as Duke joined in, grabbing his
other arm and pulling him back.

�You�re
not going to be much help to anyone if you get sliced to ribbons by flying
glass, or burned by those fires,� the green-eyed brunette said quietly, then
winced as a few more small pops were heard, more broken glass shooting into the
air.�

�Duke�s
right, Yugi,� Tristan said, then grunted as Mokuba elbowed him and tried to get
free. �Neither will you, so just calm down.�
As soon as the fires are out, we�ll be able to help your brother, and
Joey,� he glared down at the struggling boy.�

�Seto!�
Mokuba shouted, tears still running down his pale face as he stared, wide-eyed,
at what was left of his brother�s new arena.�

Shards
of broken glass littered the floor all around it, the twisted remains of what
had once been a holographic projector laying over to their right, tendrils of
smoke still curling up into the air from the misshapen, partially melted
metal.� The front of the two dueling
platforms Joey and Seto had been standing on were scorched black, but they
seemed to be the only parts of the arena that had remained intact. The rest of
the arena surface consisted of more jagged, broken glass, scorched and twisted
metal frames, and beneath it all the ruined remnants of the electronic
components that had once powered the arena.�

�It�s�completely
destroyed,� Duke said quietly.� He shook
his head, then sighed as he stepped forward to take a fire extinguisher from
one of the injured employees so the man could seek medical attention.� �I think the worst of it is over, let�s take
care of those fires, and get Seto and Joey out of there.��

�Joey!�
Tristan cried, letting go of Mokuba as he too grabbed an extinguisher, ready to
help, Yugi and Tea not far behind.

One
of Kaiba�s employees, Roland, was already making his way up to the edge of the
ruined arena as a doctor and four medical staff waited below, holding two
stretchers.� �Mr. Kaiba?� he called,
looking around worriedly for his boss.�
�He�s�gone,� the man said, as two security guards joined him, putting
out a few small fires.�

�Gone?� What do you mean �gone�?� Mokuba shouted,
racing up the stairs to stand on the platform his brother had used for the
duel, gasping as he looked down at the ruined arena.� Sure enough, there was no sign of Kaiba, or Joey.�

�Yugi,
Tristan, be careful!� Tea watched as the others carefully lowered themselves to
stand amid the wreckage, then started a thorough search for the two missing
teens.�
��
�We
have to find them, and the puzzle too,� Yugi said worriedly, gingerly moving
aside a piece of metal, wincing, as it was still quite warm.

�Here,
take this,� Duke handed Tea an extinguisher. �Let�s make their job a little
easier, shall we?� He gave her a slight smile, before they joined the security
guards in putting out the few remaining fires.

Mokuba
tried to climb down to join the search for his brother, only to be stopped by
Roland, who insisted the younger Kaiba brother watch the search from a slightly
safer vantage point.�

�I�m
sorry, but Mr. Kaiba would have my head on a platter if I allowed you to put
yourself in danger.� Please, stay off
the arena, for your own safety!� Roland pleaded with the raven-haired boy.�

Mokuba looked down, a few
more tears falling from his eyes, then he blinked as something caught his eye.
�What�s this,� he leaned down and picked up a duel monsters card. �Hey, you
guys, look at this!� He brushed past Roland, carefully picking his way down to
hand the card to Yugi.

�What�� Hey!�
It�s one of Kaiba�s Blue Eyes White Dragon cards, but�the picture�s
gone,� Yugi murmured, brushing his thumb over the blank spot where the dragon
should have been.�

�Yugi, there�s the puzzle!�
Tea pointed, as a flash of gold caught her eye.
��
The spiky-haired teen gave a
cry of relief, moving toward the glint of gold, reaching down gingerly around a
few more thick shards of glass and plucking out the puzzle, smiling as he
slipped it around his neck.� *Pharaoh,
are you all right?*

*Yes, are you and Mokuba all
right?� I felt our connection weaken, I
was worried that you two were going to fall.�
What happened with Joey and Kaiba, and their duel?* the spirit asked,
feeling Yugi�s worry.��

*Well, we�re not really
sure,* Yugi sighed, looking pained as he glanced around the ruined arena, then
up to the shocked spirit now visible beside him.

*Yugi, wha�� What happened here, where are Joey and
Kaiba, are they all right?*� The pharaoh
glanced around, then looked down as Yugi held up Kaiba�s Blue Eyes card, and
explained about the puzzle sliding off from around his neck, and striking the
arena below.

Duke, meanwhile, had gotten
curious about the blank Blue Eyes card that had wound up on the floor of
Kaiba�s platform, when the last time he�d seen Seto, the CEO had been standing
down on the actual arena floor.� *That
was strange, why would the card have wound up there, and where did the dragon
on it go?*� He had a hunch, and decided
to go check out Joey�s platform, to see if it panned out.� �Uh huh, I had a feeling I�d find you here,
too,� he murmured, picking up Joey�s Red Eyes Black Dragon card.� Just like Kaiba�s Blue Eyes, all the
writing, the stars, everything else was on the card, except the picture of the
actual dragon.� �Take a look at this,
guys, Joey�s dragon is missing, too.��

�What?� Yugi asked, looking
up at the raven-haired teen with a surprised expression, then it faded to a
troubled one, as Yami took control.� The
pharaoh reached out for the card, brow furrowed as he held it next to Kaiba�s,
examining them both.

�Strange, these were the
monsters on the field, just before you and Mokuba nearly fell, and the puzzle
slipped from around your neck,� he murmured, glancing at Yugi.� �But that doesn�t explain what could have
caused Joey and Kaiba�s disappearance, and their monsters with them,
although�� He paused, looking
thoughtful for a moment.

*Well, there�s�a bit more to
the story than that, I�m afraid, I just hadn�t quite gotten to it yet,* Yugi
winced, rubbing the back of his head and looking sheepish.� He told Yami about the dragons seeming to
curl around the two duelists, and Dark Magician Girl�s voice, and her words
about the monsters protecting them.

Yami�s eyes went wide, and
he glanced down to the puzzle, then around at the arena. �Oh no!� I think I know what�s happened�� He closed his eyes a moment, remembering. �I
thought I sensed magic, from an outside source, and it seemed�for a brief
instant, as if the inherent magic within the millennium puzzle reacted to that
other magic,� he sighed softly, shaking his head.� �I only hope Joey and Kaiba didn�t suffer any adverse effects
from it.�

*So�you�re saying that the
magic the monsters were using, and the magic of the puzzle�interfered with each
other?* Yugi asked, sounding a bit fearful for his friends.�

�I�m afraid so,� the pharaoh
answered quietly, narrowing his eyes in thought.� �I�m not sure where our friends ended up, or what state they�re
in, but I am certain we will not find them here.�

�Joey, where are you?�
Tristan shouted, as he pushed aside another piece of metal.� The brunette gasped as he stared down at a
familiar device, which, surprisingly, looked unscathed by the destruction that
had occurred all around it.

�Oh no�that�s Joey�s duel
disk,� Tea said, one hand over her mouth, eyes wide as she looked down at it as
well.�

�But why isn�t Joey�well,
never mind, it�s a good thing he�s not still attached to it,� Duke said
quietly.�

Mokuba clenched his fists in
frustration, seeing and hearing the discoveries, but unable to make sense of it
all.� With a growl he made his way
carefully to where his brother had last been, eyes widening as he found Kaiba�s
duel disk, in much the same shape as Joey�s.�
�My brother�s disk is here too!� He held it up for the others to see.
�Hey, his deck�s still inside, it doesn�t look damaged either,� the boy said,
looking at the disk with a puzzled expression.

�Yeah, Joey�s cards are
still in his disk too, and there�s not a mark on them,� said Tristan, one
eyebrow raised as he touched the edge of a card gingerly.

�This doesn�t make any
sense!� Duke said, moving to stand beside Tristan, narrowing his green eyes and
folding his arms. �This arena�there was glass flying everywhere, fires, the
disks should have been reduced to nothing but melted plastic and twisted metal,
while the cards should have been burned, as well.� Instead they look like nothing happened at-� he stopped, tilting
his head as he remembered Yugi�s words about the monsters protecting the two,
and the strange way the dragons had shielded them. �Okay, I think we need to
get out of here, find some place to sit down, and figure things out.� This is getting way too weird.�

*You were right, they�re not
here, but�they had to end up somewhere!* Yugi said, his distress written
clearly on his face.

�Calm down, Yugi,� he
murmured softly to the teen, then raised his voice so the others could
hear.� �It�s obvious Kaiba and Joey are
not going to be found amongst this wreckage, however, the fact that their duel
disks and decks are unharmed can be taken as a good sign.� It means that wherever they ended up, they
were unscathed by everything happening around them before they
disappeared.�� He glanced around at the
others. �I agree with Duke, we need to leave here, find a place where we can
discuss this, put together everything we know.�
We will come up with a way to find our friends, and bring them back.��

�I hope so,� Mokuba lowered
his head, as he held his brother�s duel disk against his chest, fighting down
the tears trying to well up in his eyes.

�Yugi�s right,� Tea said
softly, giving the boy�s shoulders a little squeeze. �Their decks and duel
disks were okay, so they were fine too, wherever they are, they�re okay, and
we�re going to get them back.��
��
The black-haired boy sighed
quietly, then nodded slowly. �Yeah, I guess�� He fell silent for a moment, then
turned and made his way off the ruined arena. �We can use the observation booth
to sit and talk,� he said, leading them up a set of stairs, and into a small
room equipped with several monitors, a computer, and two couches set facing
each other over a low table.�

The pharaoh cleared his
throat, organizing his thoughts as he stood with his back to the screens, while
the others filed into the room and sat down on the couches, all of them seeming
to look up at him expectantly.�

~~oOo~~

��
The three legendary knights and Dark Magician Girl managed
to bring Kaiba and Joey into one of the nearby buildings, setting the two teens
down in the bedroom on side-by-side beds. "And just how are we going to
fix this again, exactly?" Critias asked, skepticism apparent in his voice.

"The
pharaoh will surely find a way to bring his friends back with our help.� After all, the combination of magic was what
caused all this to go so terribly wrong. He'll come up with something, I just
know he will," Dark Magician Girl said, nodding her head with a determined
expression.

"Well,
even so, it will probably take some time to figure out exactly how they ended
up like this in the first place, never mind how to reverse it, and get them
home. We'd better be prepared to help them adjust to these new forms."
Critias said quietly, standing over Kaiba and looking down at him intently.

"That's
not going to be easy," murmured Helmos, as he gazed down at Joey.
"One doesn't believe in magic at all, and the other believes a little too
much, and will probably be a little...frightened by all this."

Just then Joey groaned
softly, opening his crimson eyes and blinking rapidly. As he got a glimpse of
the newly-transformed Kaiba on the bed across from him, he tried to push up off
the bed, only to be held down by his heavy, black wings. "What...Kaiba?
Where are we? What's goin� on!?" he demanded, his head weaving a bit from
the weight of the black horns that jutted up from his now dark-blond hair.

"Calm down, Joey, we'll
do our best to explain what little we know, once Kaiba is awake," Timaeus
said quietly.

"Timaeus, Critias,
Helmos, and the Dark Magician Girl, you're all still here," he reached a
hand up, running it over the horns, then back to touch one wing.
"We...really aren't in Kansas anymore, are we?" he asked, looking
distressed.

The three knights and the
Dark Magician girl exchanged puzzled glances at his obscure reference, then
fell silent as they waited for the other teen to wake up.

Kaiba groaned softly and
winced, then blinked his eyes rapidly.�
He too tried to sit up, an expression that was somewhere between alarm
and annoyance settling on his features, as he felt like something, or someone
was pressing him down.� The angry
brunette noted that despite seeming to lose consciousness, nothing had changed.� He was still in an unfamiliar place,
surrounded by monsters that he knew didn�t exist, and was laying on a bed
across from a radically different Joey Wheeler that looked more dragon than
human.� *This is not happening, it�s not
possible!* He gritted his teeth, then cerulean eyes widened slightly in
surprise as he felt a distinct change in said teeth.� *What�what�s happening to me, I know this can�t be real�but it
feels like it is,* he frowned, as a bit of poking around with his tongue
revealed elongated fangs.� *I am NOT
falling for this, none of this is real!*�
Seto turned his head and shot Joey a murderous glare.� �I don�t know what�s going on here,
yet�� But I do know I can safely put the
blame squarely on the shoulders of you and the rest of the dweeb patrol,
Wheeler,� he snarled, then grunted as he pushed himself up off the bed,
managing to get himself into a sitting position.

Joey tried to scramble to
his feet, nearly toppling over onto his back from the weight of his wings.� A loud yelp was heard, as the blond stepped
on his tail, the sudden jerk forward he made from the pain sent him falling
back onto the bed, on his belly yet again with a grunt. "Me?!" he
shouted, managing to brace himself on his elbows before brandishing a fist at
Kaiba. "You got a lotta nerve, blamin' me for this one, moneybags! It was
your kooky arena that got us into this mess, not to mention your bright idea to
have a catwalk over the arena for Yug' and Mokuba to nearly fall off of!"
He sank back to the bed, blowing a lock of hair out of his eyes. �The way I see
it, this is all your fault.� We just
happened to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time.� Course, anywhere near you, at any time, is the wrong place and
wrong time�� He snorted and tried to turn over, growling in frustration as his
wings seriously hampered his movement.

"Stop it, Joey, this
wasn't his, nor your fault," Timaeus said, as Helmos set a hand on the
blond teen's shoulder.� �Not to mention
laying blame and getting angry at each other isn�t going to get things fixed
any faster.��

�Timaeus is right,� Critias
said, folding his arms as he stood at the foot of Kaiba�s bed.� �Bickering like this will achieve nothing,
as it was no fault of yours. When Yugi's millennium puzzle fell into the arena,
the magic within it interfered with our attempts to shield you," he
hesitated, then looked toward Dark Magician Girl.

She picked up where he left
off. "And it caused to look the way you are now. It seems when your
dragons tried to protect you, the power of the millennium puzzle somehow fused
you and your dragons into one being."�
Her expression was solemn, as she tried to explain this to the confused
teens. "But don�t worry, we�ll find a way to reverse what has been done
and to return you to your world." She looked towards the three knights
with a concerned expression.

Joey, with some determination, managed to raise himself
into a sitting position, mindful of the tail that seemed to purposely try to
get in his way every time he moved, and the wings that were constantly weighing
him down. "So, I'm...half me, and half my Red Eyes Black Dragon?
That's...too weird," he said quietly, then ran his hands over himself,
reaching back and making a face at the armored tail, and the hard, smooth wings
that now protruded from his back. "So, we're not even in our...dimension,
or whatever you call it, anymore, are we? We're in the," he tried to
remember what the pharaoh had called it. "The Dominion of the
Beasts?"

"Correct,"
Helmos said, taking a seat beside Joey. "At this point we don't know how
long you might be here, and be�hybrids, if you will."

"Aah..." Joey
grinned and waved a hand, then pulled it back and stared at the claws adorning
the end of each finger. "I ain't worried, I know Yugi will come up with
something. He always does."

Kaiba rolled his eyes as
Joey mentioned the �Dominion of the Beasts�, and scoffed when Helmos confirmed
that as their location. He growled, growing angry and frustrated when the other
teen pledged Yugi would come to their rescue. "You ignorant dolt, there's
no such thing," he manually lifted one of his wings and shouted to Joey,
"If you think this is actually real, you need to have your head
examined!" He snarled and dropped the wing, and lay back on the bed
staring up at the ceiling. "I'm not falling for this, for all I know the
entire thing with the dragons protecting us was some panic-induced
hallucination as the arena blew up around us.�
I�m probably laying in a hospital bed, unconscious, having a very long,
very vivid dream, or should I say nightmare, as I�m stuck here with you�"

Critias cleared his throat
quietly, intending to correct Kaiba, but Dark Magician Girl shook her head, a
silent indication he should let the matter drop for now.�� He sighed and nodded slowly, then walked
over to join Timeaus as the two of them leaned against the wall, arms folded,
both Legendary Knights looking resigned.�

Joey scowled as Kaiba began
to rant at him. "Yeah, yeah, I know, you don't believe in magic, or that
monsters are real, or any of it. Boy, for a genius, you sure can be stupid
sometimes, Kaiba," Joey stuck out his tongue and pulled down on the skin
under one eye in a rather rude gesture, before trying to stand up again.
"Nngh...a little help here!?" he cried, as he nearly toppled over
once more.

Helmos
was instantly at his side, grasping one wing and gently folding it back.
"Try to keep them folded back, it might be easier to balance with them
when standing," he murmured.

"This
feels pretty real to me, right down to the fact that I'm starving," Joey
sighed, as his stomach made a loud rumble.�
The blond blushed slightly, sitting down on the edge of the bed as he
glanced around at the others. "You got anything to eat around here?"

Kaiba�s
deep blue eyes widened, as the brunette�s face twisted with rage.� �You�re an idiot!� He roared, grabbing the
only thing within reach, a pillow, and swinging it wildly at Joey.� �Of course the first thing on your simple
mind would be food!� You really don�t
get it, do you?� This isn�t real,
there�s no food, and we�re not dragon hybrids�ugh!� Why, of all people, did my damn subconscious have to put you
here?�

Everyone
else in the room froze when Kaiba swung the pillow at Joey.� There was a loud tearing sound, and feathers
suddenly filled the air.� It seemed the
pillow had gotten caught on the tip of one of Joey�s horns, and had been torn
nearly in half.�

The blond�s red eyes crossed, as he tilted his head and
stared at a large, white feather sitting right on the tip of his nose.� Then he blew it off, and blinked a few
times, before his own temper flared.�
"Just shut up, rich boy, not everything is about you, okay? You
just think this is some weird dream you�re having.� Well, it's not! This is somethin� more. We're really stuck here,
and I, for one, am gonna do more than just sit there, scowl, whine, and be a
jerk about it!" he hollered, waving a fist at the other teen.

"Calm
down, Joey," Timaeus said, as Dark Magician Girl stepped forward and
latched onto his arm.

"Yeah,
let's go get you something to eat, then we'll see about helping you stay on your
feet, without needing to have Helmos hold you up," she gave him a sunny
smile, as Joey blushed with embarrassment over his own more than usual
clumsiness.

"Idiot,
huh, moneybags? No food, huh, huh?!" He stuck his tongue out again, as he
was escorted out of the room.

Timaeus
merely held back a chuckle, looking over at Critias with a slight smirk, before
they both glanced at Kaiba, wondering what the CEO would make of this.

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