It's been.. a while since I've written a puppyshipping thing.. actually been a while since I've written anything, but I couldn't stop thinking, so I'm writing again.

This story is.. kind of AU, just in the respects of Jou's background and family and things like that. I'm still including Duel Monsters and all those fun things in it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or any characters because if I did, you just know the anime would be filled with yaoi.

**HYBRID**

Yelling.. Numbers.. and then the painful shocks began.

It seemed like the days would never end.. and the routines never changed. Jonouchi Katsuya shivered, trying to hug himself closer into a ball as he laid on the threadbare blanket that laid on his bed. If it even could be called that.. The barely there blanket and a couple ripped pillows.. His only comfort..

Every day started out the same way, ever since he'd arrived at the facility. He'd wake up to the sounds of the door being opened and a bowl of food being tossed into the room for him. Then when he finished his 'breakfast', the scientists would come in and start their testing. And if he acted up..

Jou lightly touched the black collar locked around his neck, knowing there was red scarring from the constant shock treatment he'd been receiving since the testing began. As he laid in his bed, he wondered how this happened to him..

**Thirteen Years Ago**

Jou looked up at his father, small hand lightly holding his jacket now. "Daddy?" he whispered softly, gripping the fabric tighter. "Where are we?"

"Hush." The elder Jonouchi frowned a bit, pushing the four-year-old's hand off his jacket now. "Just be a good bitch and keep quiet."

The little boy kept his mouth shut, reaching to take his father's jacket again. Scared.. He looked at the men coming towards them, all dressed in fancy suits and sunglasses. "Mr. Jonouchi," one of them said, setting a briefcase down on the table. "You got into contact with our company to participate in our experiment?"

Ryusei nodded, shoving Jou forward now. "Four years old. Useless."

"D-Daddy..?" Jou gasped as one of the men pulled him forward, looking at his face now. Pulling his shirt up to look at his chest and tummy while another man's hands felt around. Touching him in places he hadn't been touched before, not knowing what they were looking for. He started to cry, scared for what was happening. Why wasn't his father helping him?

"He's acceptable," the man in charge said, leaning back now as he held forward the briefcase. "As promised, your money."

Ryusei grinned, opening the case to look at the bills stacked and banded together. "Mm.. What are you planning to do to the runt?" Not that he cared, just curiosity.

The man in the suit just smiled. "Nothing important." Jou cried out for his father as his hand was grabbed and he was dragged away towards a waiting car.

**Present Day**

Jou reached up, lightly brushing his fingers through his hair. Touching the soft ears that lay nestled there. That's what they did to him.. he was young enough.. young enough to accept the genes they were experimenting with. Giving him the soft blonde dog ears that popped out of the top of his head and the matching tail that hung from his lower back, poking out from a hole in the back of his worn pants.

How many years had it been now? Sitting in this room, waiting for them to come get him again. Perform more experiments on him. Torture him until they got the results they'd been looking for. Ten years? Longer? Jou looked to the side at the marks on the wall. He'd stopped counting the days after two years. It all just blurred together in one long line, never ending. He pulled his knees up to his chest, ears flat against his head and tail curled against his hip. Would his nightmare never end..

The Kaiba Corporation owned him.. and he'd be here forever.

**HYBRID**

Yay! Okay. So. This is the first chapter, so it's a little short and I apologize for that. But I just needed some background first.

Seto makes an appearance in the next chapter, so stick around and please review! I feel validated when I get reviews.. stupid, right? But it's true..