Note: This story is a request by ThunderousViktory. Any OCs in this fic belong to her.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Prologue

The waves crashed up against the cliffs of Duel Academy, the breeze from the sea blowing the scent of salt onto the rocks.

Sitting on a rock were two seventeen year old girls.

One was standing on the edge of the cliff, skipping stones into the water and grinning whenever she managed to make them skim the surface. Her golden hair flowed down her back in gentle waves, moving gently in the breeze. Her eyes were sapphire blue and as bright as the sea water.

She knelt down to pick up another smooth stone, catching sight of her belly piercing, a colourless diamond winking in the sunlight, against her pale skin. Her usual dress of the white sports bra revealed that piercing that she'd had done years ago and still loved. Her exposed flat stomach had a small dragon tattooed on the left side. It matched the Chinese writing on her arm that spelled out her name. Twila Rise.

Twila skimmed another stone, singing softly under her breath as she turned around to grin at her best friend, another student at Duel Academy.

The other girl was very slightly shorter than her, with equally pale skin and silky white hair. Her snowy white shirt and blood red vest were slightly creased, and her tight black jeans emphasised her slim, shapely legs. There was a floral design on the sides of the jeans, the baby blue flowers and ivy heading up the seams. She was lounging on the rock, sunbathing although she would never get a tan, with her eyes closed.

"Hey, D.J., you awake?" the blonde girl called playfully.

The white haired girl opened her eyes to reveal strange, blood red irises.

"Yeah, I'm awake, Twila" she murmured, slightly sleepy in the hot sun.

She had been feeling tired lately. Very tired. And she knew why, but she hadn't dared tell anyone yet, especially not her much loved boyfriend.

D.J., proper name Drakkar Jett, had been dating Axel Brody for a while now, and they were a well known couple on the island. Their relationship was serious and meaningful, and was about to get more serious as soon as she told Axel her news.

But maybe she could run it by her best friend first …

"Hey, Twila, can you come here for a minute?" the white haired girl asked.

"Sure, doll" her friend laughed, sitting down cross-legged beside her friend, who propped herself up on her elbows.

"I got a problem, and I need to tell Axel about it … soon. Can I tell you a secret?"

"What sort of secret?" Twila asked.

"A romantic one" D.J. said, winking at her friend.

The two girls were close enough to be sisters.

"Okay. Well, you know how me and Axel have been … well, you know … sleeping together?" D.J. said tentatively.

"Yeah?"

"Don't tell anyone!" the white haired girl warned again.

"Cross my heart" Twila grinned, dragging her fingers across her heart and then miming slitting her throat.

"I'm pregnant" D.J. said, a soft smile creeping to her lips. It felt good to say it out loud.

There was a silence as Twila stared open-mouthed at her best friend.

"Drakkar Jett" Twila said quietly, folding her arms, and then her voice got louder as it hit her. "You're pregnant!?"

"Hey, keep it down!" D.J. growled. "Axel doesn't know!"

"You didn't tell him?"

"Not yet. I'm only … eh, I'm about two and a half months, I think."

"You could start … you know, showing soon!"

"I'm gonna tell him tonight" D.J. said firmly, making herself a promise to do just that. She did have to tell him, it was true.

"Axel knocked you up" Twila said simply, her face showing her rage. "What do you want me to do to him? Kill him or just hit him a lot?"

"Twila, I don't need him hurt" D.J. rolled her eyes.

"Then do you want me to tell him for you?" Twila asked, protective of her best friend as always. "I'll make him understand that if he leaves you, he'll have me to deal with. And I won't go easy on him. So help me …"

"Chill, Twila" D.J. grinned, almost laughing. "I'll say to him later."

The two girls talked for another half an hour, neither one mentioning the slowly growing baby inside D.J. Neither of the girls wanted to mention it or talk about it properly until Axel had been told, and Twila made D.J. promise to tell him that very night. Twila wasn't usually violent but she loved her friend to bits and she didn't like Axel, anyway.

Axel was too focused on training and strategies for her taste, and he wasn't her sort of man, and he was too quiet and reserved. Twila didn't like him, but she respected that D.J. loved him, and so tolerated him when he was with them.

After a while the two heard voices, and looked over to see three familiar people walking towards them. Twila and D.J. waved at them and then greeted them as the three sat down with them.

"What's up, you two?" Jaden Yuki grinned.

"Ah, nothing much, Jay" D.J. said pleasantly, silently laughing.

Jaden Yuki and Jesse Andersen started talking to Twila, Jesse's arm thrown over his lover's shoulders.

Jaden and Jesse had been a couple for nearly as long as Axel and D.J. and both were close friends of D.J. Of course, that was no surprise. D.J. was everyone's friend at Duel Academy.

Meanwhile, D.J. leant against Axel's shoulder and closed her eyes in content. The dark skinned duellist kissed her forehead and talked with the others, letting the woman he loved lie against him.

In her mind, D.J. was planning on how to tell him that there would be a new addition to their love soon. She didn't know exactly what to say but she knew she had to say it - besides, if she didn't, Twila most likely would.

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