Hi. I'm KatieSky and this is my first story. It's Yugioh GX! YAY!

Main couple - Jay/Sy/Jes

Aster/Syrus on the side.

This will be packed with FLUFF! I'm a fluffy-fluffy fan!

Please thank xxdarkxxalicexx for editing this!

Chapter 1

It'd been two years. Two long years of lying, of fake smiles, of the same words: 'I'm fine.' 'I am okay!' or 'I'm alright'. It's so tiring, so exhausting. And the summer break was no better than the academy sessions. The six weeks were filled with doctor appointments for medication, bone and blood scans, Needles and days in the hospital.

It's just so frustrating. He just want to rest, he just want to sleep for bit. That's what he wanted when he stepped foot into his home. But instead he was whisked off to see the family doctor. Now, back at Duel Academy with new pills, new needles and patches, he just want to rest for a bit in his old bed. But it's difficult. It's easier to actually rest but if you stay quiet, if you stay awaytoo long then you'll gain attention - unwanted attention.

And here he is, resting in the school's infirmary. The boy just stared up at the roof before sighing. He played gently with the needle in his hand before injecting it into his leg. The small boy flinched a little before rubbing the spot.

His big bad secret. Right.

Rolling his eyes, the boy allowed his fingers to dance across the spot gently. His skin was pale pink but recently it began to spore these blood red spots and rashes. Right now, across the bottom part of his stomach, was a bleeding red rash. He just injected medicine into the end of that rash. It didn't hurt or anything, it just felt a little strange at times.

The boy remembered when he was just 14 years old when he found out what was happening to him. For the past couple of weeks he had been getting more tired than usual. His legs got soft - almost like jelly - and one time the muscles in his leg had completely turned to mush and he ended up fainting. He woke up a week later surround by white. The small boy figured out he had been placed in ) hospital and had been sleeping for a whole week - almost another week as well. He woke up to his mother crying into his father's arms.

He found out why a little later.

Ever since then he had to take pills. They helped for a while until black dots started clouding his vision. This long, tree-like rash appeared on his back, crawling up to his shouldersand branching out at the ends. It took him hours to convince his parents to allow him to enter the academy, the boy finally warred them down and they reluctantly agreed to let him in the school as long as his brother keeps an eye on him.

He begged his brother to keep it a secret. He didn't want people to treat him differently because of his condition. He agreed as long as the smaller boy gave it his everything and didn't ride along on other people. He used to get his supply of medicaiton from him but recently had to to take weekly trips to see the nurse.

When he did enter the academy, the rash on his back cleared up. He was fine until the Shadow Riders showed themselves. He began to find it hard to breathe and his stomach hurt a lot. When it was break again, he was sent straight back to the hospital and given even more pills. At this point he was taking two different kinds of pills and covering his rashes and such in patches.

At the start of his second year in Duel Academy, he was able to convince his friends that he just had a case of real bad sniffles. He was grateful when he began to feel better. He was fine during Aster's arrival and the whole Society of Light fiasco. It was until right at the end, when Jaden was dueling for the Slifer Slackers dorms from being destoryed.

He had began to have sudden heat waves regardless of the weather and he would get sick quite a lot. His head would spin and he would spend most of his time in bed gasping of breath, he was given this cream to sooth his stomach as well as another set of pills for the heat waves.

This year though...This year he had began to get blood red rashes everywhere! When he told his parents about how they sometimes bled, they took him to the hospital. A doctor looked them over and gave him needles already filled with medicine. So now the small bluenette got to use three different pills and cream for the stomach pains, two different kinds of patches and medication needles for the rashes.

And the best part? He'd kept all this hidden, even from his best friends. He didn't want anyone to know, he wanted to keep it all wrapped up. He didn't want anyoneto treat him differently "I don't want… Jaden… to t-treat me differently," He said to himself.

Sighing softly, the small boy leaned back to look up at the sky. Another thing to add to his crazy life: he just might be gay. Okay, so he is gay, but who's really labeling? Grunting softly, the boy closed his eyes and smiled at the air that brushed across his small child-like face. Being gay wasn't wrong, right? Hehoped no one would treat him differently if they ever found that out.

The small boy's fingers twitched a little as the feeling in his gut slowly melted away. He frowned a little, waiting for the effect of the medication to leave. It was only a few seconds later that his wish was grated.

Suddenly, he heard a soft chipping sound. Tilting his head he watched as a pale blue cat-like creature ran into the room, a ruby attached to the end of her tail. Light red eyes turned to look at him before it purred and ran towards him. He leaned back on the bed, realizing what it was - a duel spirit. Two of his friends were able to see and speak to duel spirits. He was able to keep it secret. He wasn't special like them. No. It's because of his condition that he can see and hear them.

It's because I'm dieing.

The creature let out a soft giggle. It padded across the bed, sniffing the small child-like boy's leg as it's paw pressed against the boy's leg, it creeped onto his body. It's small paws pressed against his chest and he found himself leaning backwardand lying flat on his back to make the cat spirit more comfortable.

"Ruby!"

Blinking, both the boy and the spirit turned their heads to see a figure rush into the room. The boy's eyes widened a little as another boy appeared - a boy he had never seen before. He was tall with spiky navy blue hairthat curled around his face, framing his dark green eyes. His clothing consisted of long sleeved, puffy white shirt with a deep blue sleeveless jacket and long black pants that tucked into brown and white boots.

"Ruby! What are you doing to that poor boy?" He called out. His voice had an southern accent as soon as it slipped out, the spirit named Ruby back of the boy and rushed towards the dark blue almost raven head boy. She scurried up his leg and perched herself on his shoulder.

The small boy blinked a little more and pushed himself up. He smiled a little as the feeling in his legs returned because of the medication "Ruby? Is that her name?" He asked timidly, playing with his fingers nervously.

The older boy stared at him, his green eyes flickered a little as he stared before he suddenly smiled and nodded "Yup. She a Ruby Carbuncle." He spoke softly, patting the creature on the head who purred softly at the contact.

Ruffling his hairand suddenly feeling very nervous around this new boy, the smaller boy shift his weight from foot to foot "C-Carbuncle?" He wondered softly and blushed, realizing he spoke out loud.

"Yeah." The boy simply smiled. His smile was nice. It sent shudders down his spine. "It's a legendary animal."

The smaller boy grumbled and mentally cursed himself for being so damn short when 'Ruby' suddenly leaped onto his head. He whined as she STRUT against his hair "Ruby." He heard the boy gasp and moved to grab the spirit but she quickly jumped down and scrambled off.

"… Owie." He whimpered, rubbing his head, looking at the ground. Ruby had jumped down so frantically that she pressed down hard on his scalp numerous times. There would probably be bruises in the morning.

The small boy jolted a little when suddenly he felt a hand gently pat him right on the spot where 'Ruby' had been. "Are you alright? Sorry 'bout her. Ruby' never done that before." Looking up, the boy felt his cheeks burn at the cute thoughtful expression that over came the other's face.

"W-Well… There's a first for e-everything." He mumbled softly, blushing a little more as he turned his head slightly to avoid the other's gaze. The small boy rubbed his hands against his sides. His fluffy light blue hair fluttered a little from the soft breeze that gently swept over the roof as he turned his head, hiding his gray eyes in embarrassment, his own clothing consisted of a yellow jacket and long rolled up jeans. Suddenly the small boy blinked and looked up. "I h-haven't seen you around here before. A-Are you a freshmen?"

The other blinked in thought before he smiled. "I suppose I am in a way. I just transferred here." He hummed, giving the shorter and cuter boy an eye smile.

Giggling, the light blue head boy smiled and nodded "W-Welcome to Duel A-Academy." He greeted with his timid and soft voice before realization crossed his face. The small boy spun around and began to run down the staircase leading out of the infirmary. "I've got to leave! I-I'll be late f-for the P-Pep Rally today!" He squealed out, tugging on his turtle neck a little, his cheeks turning more red than before. He turned around for a moment and waved his hand in the air. "B-Bye-Bye!"

The raven head watched as the smaller boy ran away. He chuckled at the smaller boy's childish actions before he turned to look at his spirit that suddenly ran up to him. A sound of metal dropping against the ground caught his tilted his head a little and looked down as Ruby appeared, holding a medication needle in her mouth "What's this?" He mumbled softly, leaning down to pick the needle up.

~#~#~

The small blue head ran down the long halls. He skidded to a stop and leaned against the wall, his hand pressed against the hard surface, panting harshly. He breathed softly, his head tilted down slightly finding it difficult to breath. The hand not steadying himself against the wall clenched the front of his yellow jacket and tugged a bitas he gasped for air, his pale cheeks turning dark pink as he pulled on the currently constricting clothing a little harder.

The boy bit his bottom lip hard as he suddenly felt a blast of pain flooded his stomach. He sighed with relief and saged against the wall as his muscles, taut from the pain, loosened. He ducked his head a little and stared at the ground, slowly settling down "N-Note to self. Don't r-run too fast." He mumbled softly and slowly pushed himself along, this time walking carefully.

He turned to enter the Grad Hall that is only used for assemblies and breathed in relief that he wasn't late, only a few people began to enter the room after him. The small boy ruffled his hair, feeling quite tired already as he made his way down towards his chair.

"Just…going…to..rest..my..eyes." The boy mumbled, noticing there weren't a lot students around. He rested his head in his folded arms and moaned softly as his eyes slid close to sleep. It wasn't long before his mind wandered off into the dullness known as sleep.

It was a little later when the small boy felt a hand on his shoulder, gently shaking him. "Sy?" A soft familiar voice called softly. The small boy winced. He raised his head a little, then looked around the room confusedly, taking in his surroundings. Finally, his gaze landed on the person who woke him.

"W-Who… Who… a-are you?" He wondered and flinched at the expression that overcame the boy's face. He was strange with brown hair and orange high-lights, dressed in a simple black shirt with a long red waist coat and light blue jeans.

The boy amber eyes widen a little before softening "Sy. Are you sick?" He asked softly, his hand tightened on the boy's shoulder as said boy noticed another boy on his other side.

"Sarge what's going on?" The other boy asked. He had black hair in braids that hanged down his back, he was quite muscled with a yellow sleeveless jacket and a strange dinosaur bandana.

Jaden? The small blue head boy's eyes widen at the realization. He looked back at Jaden and smiled nervously "Jaden! S-Sorry, I guess I dozed o-off." He forced a reassuring smile at the boy, his heart thumpe) harshly against his rib cage. He couldn't believe he almost forgot his closest and deepest friend - the friend he might hold deeper feelings for.

Said brunette stared at his small friend for a few seconds before shrugging it off. He smiled brightly and patted the boy on the head. "Ah! That's good! You really scared me there." He chuckled, giving the smaller boy a thumbs up.

Syrus's eyes flickered a little in embarrassment "S-Sorry. I won't d-do it again." He mumbled shyly and silently adding 'I hope.'

Jaden nodded with his normal classy smile and when to speak but was cut of by another voice from the front of the class. The brunette suddenly had an annoyed expression on his face, his eyes narrowed as he turned around with a bored expression. He rested his head into his hand with a huff.

Syrus let out a breath of air and turned to look at the man named Chancellor Sheppard. The man was built and rather large, dressed in a high collar yellow shirt with a red jacket over it. He stood with his arms behind his back. "Now then. Today may be the beginning of a new year but I ask that you all bear you hopes in mind as you strive to finish this next year without regrets."

The small boy tilted his head down, his eyes flickered to his hand and gasped, peeking almost inconspicuously out of his yellow sleeve was a pulsing red rash. He gulped and quickly tugged his sleeve over it. He counted his blessing that thankfully no one noticed.

"Chazz. You sure about stayin' in red dorm?"

Syrus blinked. He turned his head and stared at his dinosaur friend. What was his name again? Ah. Yes, Hassleberry. Said boy turned around to face a boy behind them. The boy had spiky pitch black hair swiped to the side, almost covering his narrowed dark eyes, dressed in a long sleeved black jacket with a deep purple turtle neck.

Chazz? Ah Right. Chazz It Up!

Said boy chuckled. The raised his hand a little almost touching his hair) "Hehe. I might think of going somewhere else if they made a black dorm. But it'd be the same anywhere at this piont, I am the only one in black." He grunted softly before glaring at the boy and leaning forward. "Now, why are you two still here?" He asked nodding to not just him but Syrus too.

Hassleberry chuckled and gave the other a goofy grin "We're actually liked in this dorm."

Syrus sighed softly and closed his arms over his desk before resting his chin on top of the soft appendages. His gray eyes stared up tiredly at the head of the school when suddenly a familiar girl stepped out. She was quite short for her age with long raven hair. Her clothing consisted a yellow tank shirt, a green mini shirt and a red sleeveless coat.

"Not this freak!" Snapped the boy named Chazz.

Syrus tried to remember her. His friends obviously remembered her but he couldn't recall anything and it scared him. He felt Hassleberry turn around once again. "Is that why you came back? To be with your girlfriend?" He said cheerful, even Jaden snickered at the comment.

"Give me a break! Just go back to Yellow! She was the one of liked me." Chazz snapped at the tanned boy, who simply grinned at him.

"Poor naïve freshman." He laughed clapping his hands together. Syrus noted even Jaden was doing it, feeling compelled to do so also. The small boy tried to move his arms but panicked when he noticed they wouldn't lift themselves from their position on the table. His eyes widened as he stared blankly down at them, laying numbly on the wood desk.

Syrus breathed softly, freaking out inside. He suddenly heard a soft 'Ewww' the small boy paniced a little, believeing somebody had seen his arms but he relaxed when he caught the small wink Blair sent his friend, who had the look of disgust on his face.

"So much for her crush on Chazz." Hassleberry teased the brunette. Syrus looked between the two. He suddenly begame aware of the jealous in his stomach but felt better that Jaden wasn't interested.

Turning his attention to the front, the small boy watched as one by one, new students walked onto the stage. They all looked interesting but they didn't really draw his full attention so the boy turned his gaze back onto his arms and was relieved that the feeling in them had returned. He quickly drew them in, wrapping them around each other and pressing them against his chest.

There was a dude named Axel - some wired guy with large ears named Adrian Gecko. A rather attractive Australian dude named Jim with a crocodile, it could be a female or a possibly a rather small male.

Chancellor Sheppard scanned the small line of people before smiling. "And leading from North Academy is Jessie Anderson." Syrus looked around as everyone began to clap. He wondered who this boy was and why he had never heard of him.

He titled his head hoping to get a good view of this 'Master Duellist' when everyone frowned.

"This is awkward."

"No this is just plan rude."

The small child-like boy had to agree. It was awkward and a little rude. His large gray eyes scanned the room, he looked at people present, watching everyone's expressions.

"Jessie? Jessie Anderson?" He heard Chazz mutter softly, "No way. He's the kid with the crystal beast deck."

Hassleberry rolled his eyes a little and looked up at the boy. "Speak up son! What do you know?"

Chazz crossed his arms almost stubbornly. "A couple years ago, Pegasus created some cards, but his company didn't release them. My family offered millions for them, but he wouldn't sell."

"I don't get it! What are they? Made of gold?" Hassleberry grunted with a small frown, tilting his head a little.

Chazz glared a little, he let out a rather loud hiss. "Rule Number 1! Never, never interrupt the Chazz when he's in the middle of a long speech!" He growled annoyed. "The legend of the deck goes way back! To the accident Romans. There king was able to gather secret jowls from around the world, one from each place he defeated. But when they were being transported back to Rome, the boat was caught in a storm and sank, the jewels were lost," Chazz explained, he ruffled his hair a little, "Until Pegasus found them, he then took a fragment of each one and created seven new cards."

"The Crystal Beast cards?"

Chazz rolled his eyes and looked at the muscled boy. "Where did you get so smart, bandana boy? Yes the Crystal Beast cards. He then gave them away to some tournament winner."

"So then, this Jessie kid was the winner right?" Jaden asked, turning back around to look ahead, he grinned widely, "Sweet! I've got to duel him."

Syrus smiled timidly. "And y-you probably w-will." He hummed and giggled as Jaden short him a goofy grin.

"Not if he doesn't show up!" Hassleberry added making Syrus giggle more at the annoyed expression that ran across Jaden's face. Suddenly the doors bust open and the cute boy appeared, panting. Syrus's face immediately turned a dusty pink as he recalled their meeting.

The raven smiled and ruffled his hair with a grin. "Sorry folks' Guess I got lost." He admitted embarrassingly, "This school's a lot bigger then ours."

Syrus jumped when his friend stood and waved. "Hold on. I know that voice." Jaden mumbled softly, turning his soft eyes onto the raven head who ran down the steps, ignoring the many eyes on him, something that Syrus found him admiring the other boy for.

Said boy stopped and looked at brunette. "Oh. Hey Jaden." He grinned and waved.

"Just wondering, have you seen a guy named Jessie?" Jaden asked. Syrus sunk into his chair finding himself getting more nervous especially at the next words.

"Yup sure did. You're all' looking at him. I'm Jessie."

Adorable, round gray eyes widened at the realization. His face turned another colour and he quickly ducked his head into his jacket, he winced at the quick movement of his body rubbing against his clothing, it stung a little - the thick fabric against his rashes just like before, when he was running to the hall in fear of being late.

The boy newly named Jessie quickly rushed up to the stage. He flipped onto it amazingly and waved at all the stunned faces. He walked towards his place in the line of transfer students. Syrus noticed the boy stop in front of the strange boy with red hair and glasses before laughing and carrying on his way. He then shook hands with the dude with the crocodile, who introduced himself as Jim Cook and the crocodile as Shirley who growled making Jessie let out a soft yelp at it.

"Please tell me that was your stomach…" He heard Professor Crowler mutter to the smaller plump male next to him/her. "I can't…"

Chancellor Sheppard smiled. He titled his body around and waved his hand out a little. "Oh. And please say hello to Professor Viper!" He called out. Syrus's eyes widened at the scary man who stepped onto the stage, his heart speed up making his body get hot which wasn't a good sign for the small shota.

He stared frozen in his seat at the man. The professor scared him. "Professor Viper." He thought to himself shuddering a little and gulped, trying desperately to calm himself down, only to find himself getting even hotter than before.

"Sy? You okay buddy? You don't look so good." Jaden asked, turning the smaller boy around to look at him. The brunette leaned closer which only made the small shota even more rattled up.

Gasping for breath, Syrus forced a strained smile. "Yup!" He said and placed his finger on his lips. "Shhhh! Professor V-Viper is talking." He said childish and cutely to the older boy who chuckled and turned to attention, silently commenting on the cute act.

"It's an honor. For those who heard my lessons are strict, you are correct. However that being said, I always thought there was some method in my madness. You see I believe actions speak louder then words. So why don't we skip over pleased ordeals and get straight down to business." Professor Viper spoke, his strong voice fluttered out a little. It sent terrifying shudders down Syrus's back.

"Geez. He seems like a barrel of fun!" Jaden mumbled softly, head against his hand. He rolled his eyes a little but smiled when he heard the soft giggle from the bluenette next to him.

"Now then. Why don't we kick of the year by holding a practice match right now?" Professor Viper spoke with a deep voice. He smirked at all the surprised faces.

The plump man looked at Professor Crowler. "Did you know about this?"

"Please. I'm always the last to know."

"Simmer down! So I can chose the players." Professor Viper grunted softly, adding the last part more to himself than the students, "We'll start with Jessie Anderson." He called and Syrus watched as the new dark blue headed boy stepped forward. His hands were slightly sweaty but the small boy shrugged the feelings off as nerves.

"And his opponent will be. Duel Academy's number one student."

Chazz stood with a sly smirk. "I accept." He said but fell straight back down with a loud thump as the Professor Viper called out, "Jaden Yuki."

Jaden jumped excitedly. "Sweetness! First day of the year and I duel a dude with a legend deck!"

The dark head boy slowly pushed himself up and glared. "Hey! I'm the best not him."

Syrus glanced back at him and smiled timidly. "Y-You'll be number one n-next year Chazz." He comforted his fallen friend who grunted and glared, crossing his arms stubbornly. Syrus smiled at the boy and watched silently as the Ojama Yellow spirit appeared, floating next to Chazz.

"You'll always be number one." The spirit giggled, hands together. It's big, round eyes sparkled a little.

Chazz jumped and yelled out loudly at what appeared to be nothing to the people around them, "And you'll always be number 2, if you know what I mean!"

Syrus winced at the boy's yell. His voice made his ears ring. He rubbed them softly and turned his head to look at the front. The duel would start soon.

~#~#~

The duel was amazing. Jaden had the upper hand and then Jessie did, then Jaden did again. It swapped between the two. Syrus had almost lost his nerve more then once but in the end, the duel had ended spectacularly. After the duel, Jessie had said something about a rainbow dragon.

The small boy pushed himself up from his chair, his legs buckled a little he had to grab the chair arm to steadily himself up right before he breathed softly. "Syrus. You okay?" The boy jumped a little and looked over his shoulder with wide eyes.

"Aster? W-What are y-you doing here?" He asked, blinking his cute eyes. His cheeks turned a dusty pink and his small baby-like hands twitched a little as he looked up at the boy.

He was tall with silver like hair that spiked over his ocean blue eyes that sparkled brightly. Aster was dressed, smartly in a low collar black shirt with a white and purple tie. He also had on a light, very light almost pale blue suit with two rows of dark blue buttons. His hands in his pockets, the boy tilted his head to the side. "In case you've forgotten, I go to school here." He chuckled, his voice as smooth as silk.

Syrus blushed more in embarrassment. He ducked his head slightly and gently pushed himself from the chair. He felt his legs give a protest but quickly adapted. "R-Right… S-Sorry… I forgot." He mumbled shyly before scratching the back of his head, "I'm f-fine. My legs j-just fell a sleep is all." He lied and spun around. He raced down the steps towards his friends, crowding around Jaden since he won, kind of.

He smiled as he skidded to a halt, giving his friend's waist a hug that the two had been doing since they met. Syrus placed his arms around the brunette waist with a congratulation smile. "That was amazing!" He squealed happily before laughing when the brunette grinned and began to spin him aroundchildishly.

Once the small, child-like boy was back on his feet, he giggled, his cheeks a light red before he pouted. "Wait!" He snapped loudly, his cheeks puffing out giving even more the adorable look, "J-Jaden! You promised y-you'd stop treating my like a kid!" He squealed, waving his weak arms up a down… much like a kid.

Jaden just laughed, he closed his right eye and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry Sy! You just make it so hard, being so… small and all." He laughed even more at the look that crept across the small blue head's face.

"Jaden! How mean! Picking on my w-weakness."

Hassleberry chuckled a little, he looked off to the side. "It's hard when you keep acting like it, Soldier." He thought, stretching out his arms a little.

"Hey." Jessie called, walking over to them. He was welcomed in pretty quickly after befriending Jaden, "You're the boy from the Nure's Office."

Syrus felt himself grow hot as everyone looked at him. He mumbled shyly and ended up twirling his fingers around each other. "Y-Yeah...I wanted to check on my...errr...brother.."

Jessie simply smiled. He was clearly amused by the small display the small cute boy and Jaden had just done, maybe a little jealous too. "I think you dropped this." He hummed, pulling out a medication needle from his pocket.

Syrus's eyes widen at the object. His first reaction was to check his own pockets but held it back in fear of revealing his secret. "W-What? N-No-No t-that's not mine." He squealed, shaking his head while waving his hands in front of him.

Jessie frowned a little, he looked down at the medication needle. "But I swore you were holding this when I came in..." He thought but shrugged it of and quickly put it away. Maybe the small boy had a good reason for lying. "Oh well. My mistake."

Syrus let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, and smiled nervously as everyone began to change topic. He tugged his sleeve down over his wrist self-consciously and wondered what this year would hold in store for them.

If only he knew.

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