Short AN: Hello! I'm new here, so any constructive criticism would be nice. Characters should be mostly in-character, as I wanted to start off easy by basing it on the anime's lines. Anyway, the other day I watched this AMAZINGLY CUTE short on YouTube, and just knew I had to write a story about it. So here I am now, writing this story.
Based on this short: .com/watch?v=1qAo8E5AL8U
Disclaimer: I definitely don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, because if I did, Jaden and Jesse would be holding hands everywhere they went.
Starts in episode 106. Enjoy!
His Scent
Jaden… Why won't you play with me? A mocking feminine voice called out.
Images of a gigantic eye flooded his mind, then it disappeared and he was lying in the middle of a desert. The voice chuckled, causing Jaden to open his eyes.
"Huh? Who's there?" He called out to no one in particular.
The voice replied as he got up, "Don't your remember me? Why won't you come and play Jaden?"
"Who are you? Where are you? And where am I?" He muttered the last part quietly, while brushing himself off. In the distance, he could make out Duel Academy. Jaden saw familiar figures standing still in the sandy desert, and recognized his friends. No! What happened to them?
"Are you guys alright?" He shouted, and made his way to them. "Alexis? Syrus? Hello? Come on, say something!" They shattered into thousands of pieces as soon as he touched them.
Jaden woke up with a jolt. He found himself at his favourite spot, on the roof of Duel Academy. Subconsciously, he wiped his forehead of his sweat while thinking about his dream. Breathing deeply, he began thinking. What just happened? More importantly… Whose voice was that? It sounded like someone I knew, but I don't… Jaden's thoughts were interrupted by his pal, Winged Kuriboh.
"Kuri, kuri!" Kuriboh signaled to Jaden, trying to reassure his beloved partner.
At the sight of his furry buddy, Jaden sighed out in relief, "Boy am I glad to see you! I had this dream, that my friends were statues!" Kuriboh nodded in understanding.
Jaden continued, "At least I think it was a dream…" Lowering his head, he didn't notice Winged Kuriboh turn around.
"Kuri!" Jaden looked up.
"What's up, bro? Hm?" Watching his pal, Jaden gawked at the red glow at the corner. For a second, it disappeared before reappearing and a purple cat or bunny with big red eyes, and a long tail with a giant, glimmering ruby at the end hopped its way to them, stopping in front of Winged Kuriboh.
"Talk about a strange day." Jaden mumbled. The creature just shook its head at him.
"There ya are, Ruby!" A voice called out. Is that a Southern accent?
Suddenly, a strong scent of ripe peaches drifted through the air, swirling around Jaden's nostrils. Breathing it in deeply, he smiled, recognizing it as osmanthus fragrans, his favourite flower. The fragrance had triggered something in Jaden, causing blurry images of two people standing side-by-side in a garden full of the beautiful yellow flowers, gently holding hands. Jaden's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of movement to his right.
Ruby took off, heading toward a teal-haired boy around Jaden's age, dressed in black jeans customized with a strip of purple on the sides, an odd purple lilac blouse with ruffles at the cuffs, and topped off with what seemed to be a ripped Obelisk Blue vest. Eyeing the bluenette, Jaden gasped. He had the most beautiful eyes Jaden had ever seen. His deep, sea-green eyes held a hint of innocence, and were filled with excitement.
The bluenette turned his head to the purple creature that was now sitting on his shoulder, and chuckled, "I told ya to stay put!" Definitely a Southern accent. Wait… He can talk to duel spirits, too?
Jaden had to find out. "Dude!" He turned his head. "Is that a monster spirit, or am I still dreaming?" He got up from the ground as the bluenette made his way over to him.
The bluenette chuckled, "This here's my pal, Ruby Carbuncle!"
Feeling an instant connection to the bluenette, they started talking about Ruby, and really hit it off from there. When the bluenette found out Jaden saw spirits too, he seemed thrilled.
"That must make you the infamous Jaden Yuki!" He exclaimed, a smile glued to his face.
Jaden felt a surge of emotion within him, and replied with enthusiasm, "In the flesh!"
They grinned at each other, continuing their chat about Duel Monster spirits, until Jaden remembered the creepy eye from his dream.
"A-anyway, I've never seen you here before. Are you a freshman?" Jaden asked, hoping the other hadn't noticed his stutter.
Unfortunately for Jaden, the bluenette had noticed, but didn't comment on it. "Uhh, not exactly." He replied, with a knowing smirk on his face. "I transferred here."
"Awesome," Jaden replied with a smile. "Well, let me be the first to say welcome!" He held his hand out.
The other nodded, and took Jaden's hand in his. "That's mighty kind of ya!" Unbeknownst to the two, they had both thought the same thing when they held hands. His hands are soft…
Once again, they were smiling at each other like there was no tomorrow. Jaden felt like he looked familiar, and commented, "That's strange. Have we met before?"
"I dunno, but it sure feels like it." Jaden nodded at this, and next to them Winged Kuriboh and Ruby Carbuncle were fighting.
"Ahah!" A familiar voice called out. "There ya are!" Hassleberry.
Another voice rang out in a higher pitch, "The rally's starting!" Syrus.
The two monster spirits stopped their fighting and looked at the newcomers, as Jaden spoke. "Wait, that's today?"
Syrus and Hassleberry spoke again, "It's right now!" Hassleberry grunted at this, "So forward march!" They turned and ran back down the stairs.
Jaden stared after them, and then looked to the bluenette. "Guess I gotta jet! See ya around!" He turned and followed after his friends, "Come on Kuriboh!"
The bluenette just stood there with his pal, Ruby Carbuncle, smirking as he watched the dual-toned brunette chase after his friends. Jaden Yuki, huh? I think this school's gonna be fun.
Jaden was leaning back in his chair as Chancellor Shepard cleared his throat and made an announcement. Next to him, Hassleberry was arguing with Chazz, and Jaden just smiled at his friends. Another voice, a higher one with a slight accent to it called out for Blair Flannigan to come on stage.
"Not this one again," Chazz groaned, and Hassleberry continued arguing with him.
Jaden simply grinned, and then returned his attention to the front, clapping as Blair made her way on stage to recite the Duel Academy pledge. As she finished and walked off the stage, she turned her head and winked at Jaden.
An awkward expression made its way onto Jaden's face, as Hassleberry taunted him. A couple rows away from then, Alexis and Syrus had seen the entire thing, and Alexis hadn't liked it.
Chancellor Shepard started announcing the arrival of some new transfer students, the top of their own branches of Duel Academy.
"Duel Academy has worldwide branches?" Hassleberry questioned. "You learn something new every day."
"This rules! I gotta get my game on," Jaden excklaimed.
"Time for introductions! Visiting us all the way from East Academy, Adrian Gecko!" Chancellor Shepard proclaimed, as a tall, red-headed man with a long brown coat and tan pants made his way onto the stage, waving at the students.
"And hailing from West Academy, please welcome Axel Brodie!" This time, a dark-skinned male with dreadlocks and hunting clothes made his way on stage. He had a golden necklace on, but the real eye-catching part about him was his nose. His nose is HUGE! I wonder if it's naturally like that?
Chancellor Shepard looked at the two on his right, before continuing, "Next, joining us from the branch in the South, is Jim 'Crocodile' Cook!" At this, another tall man walked into the room, holding a giant crocodile above him. He had parted black hair, mostly hidden underneath his Australian hat, as well as wearing Australian clothes with an orange scarf around his neck. Interestingly enough, he had bandages covering up his right eye, but most just dismissed this fact. They were all drawn in by the massive crocodile, of course.
"Hiya, mates!" Jim cried out, chuckling as he stood next to Axel.
Looking away from Jim, Chancellor Sheppard revealed, "And last, leaving the pack at North Academy, it's Jesse Anderson!"
All the students look to the front, waiting for the last transfer student to show. But he didn't. Everyone on the stage commented about him, but Jaden's attention was drawn in by Chazz.
"Jesse? Jesse Anderson? No way! He's the kid with the Crystal Beast deck…" Chazz muttered.
At this, Jaden looked up. "Crystal what?"
"Speak up, son!" Hassleberry added. "What do ya know?"
Jaden listened intently as Chazz talked about the Crystal Beast deck's origins, and how Pegasus had given the deck to the tournament winner, Jesse Anderson.
"How sweet! I just gotta duel this guy." Jaden beamed.
"Not if he don't show up!" Hassleberry replied.
The sound of doors slamming open and someone breathing deeply as he came into the room suddenly grabbed their attention. All Jaden noticed was the familiar scent of ripe apricots and peaches, yet again causing another image of the garden, but the two figures were now standing in front of each other. Once again, Jaden's thoughts were stopped.
"Sorry folks! Guess I got lost," he said, rubbing his head, "This school's a lot bigger than ours!"
Jaden gasped as he stood up. "Hold on, I recognize that voice!" He turned and waved with his hand.
The bluenette ran down the stairs, greeting him, "Hey Jaden! Guess this is that pep rally thang!"
"Yup!" Jaden replied, then adding, "By the way, just wondering, you see a guy named Jesse?"
The bluenette's eyebrows were raised as he replied, "Yeah, sure did!"
Chancellor Shepard had also been listening to their talk, and interrupted them, "You did? Where is he?"
Rubbing the back of his head again, the bluenette replied, "Y'all are looking at him! I'm Jesse." Jaden gasped in shock.
Taking his hand off his head, Jesse apologized, "Sorry, I guess I never properly introduced myself! I was so excited to meet ya, I just plum forgot!"
"I get that a lot," Jaden replied, understandingly.
At the front, the Chancellor cleared his throat, "Let's start that again, shall we? Joining our school from North Academy, Jesse Anderson!" While he had been talking, Jesse made his way to the front and climbed up onto the stage. Wow, he has a nice behind… Shaking his head, Jaden was in shock. What did I just say? Gazing at the front again, he saw Jesse waving with both of his hands, a giant smile on his face.
On the stage, the transfer students were having a chat with Jesse who seemed slightly intimidated and shocked. Jaden felt annoyed by this. What are they saying to Jesse? Jeez, keep that croc away from him! Even if she is sorta cool…
Chancellor Shepard was now announcing the arrival of Professor Viper, coming in from West Academy. Viper was a tall, broad and muscled man, and made a short, strict speech.
"Jeez, he seems like a barrel of laughs." Jaden muttered sarcastically.
Professor Viper began announcing an exhibition match. Now this is something interesting. Everyone in the room was protesting until Viper quieted them down, and continued with his talk. He called out the participants, "Jesse Anderson!" Jesse waved at the cheering audience, and once they calmed down a bit, Viper continued, Dueling against Duel Academy Central's top duelist, Jaden Yuki!"
AN: Well, that's the end of one chapter! Read & Review if you want, while I work, on either the next chapter, or my next story. Ideas or actual story, not quite sure yet.