SIDE NOTE: Hello again, I know I have just put up one restent story with JessexJaden, but this came to mind real quick the other day and if I don't put it down, then I'll forget it, espiecally with details. Forgive me if I don't have the characteristics down I'm rewatching the series, so sooner or later I will be at season three. Also, its another story of: I don't know how long this one will be. Definetly probably more then two chapters for sure.

But in any case I hope you all enjoy!

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FULL SUMMARY: Having to track down a wanted criminal is hard enough. But what happens when you find the criminal, only to realize that he has someone you care about only get to you? To Jesse Anderson, that is what he is going through. Just when he thought he finally have him in his grasp, he snatches something important from Jesse. Wither now he has a choice on giving up his precious Crystal Beast cards or lose someone he holds dear too. Which one will Jesse choose?

THE NEWS

*Sneek peek*

"Jesse, look out!" the brunette's voice screamed.

Just before the bluenette was about to respond to his friend's shouting, the next thing the both of the boys knew was that, Jaden pushed Jesse out of the way, when what appears to be a fishing net flying right at them and attacking the brunette.

Suddenly, Jaden felt a small electirc shock going through out his body. Even though it was small, it felt very painfull to Jaden. He collapsed onto the ground seeing that it was more then of what he thought it was.

Jesse quickly looked behind him, seeing his almost unconscious friend laying on the ground, in pain. He crowd towards him. "Jaden! You okay?" he asked worrily.

As Jesse struggled to get the net off of Jaden, for a moment, they both thought they heard a noise. A noise that sounded what to appears to be a something of a wild beast growling in the background. As the both of them tried to listen, it started to sound like a engine starting to run.

Relaizing of who they had in mind, Jesse's eyes widen by the fear of it. He struggled somemore to help his friend out so that they could escape together.

Seeing just how anxious he was, Jaden wasn't going to let his friend be in danger cause of him. Even though it was Jesse who wanted to, stop the criminal once and for all, Jaden just wouldn't be able to stand the thought of it.

"Jesse, please, just leave me and get out of here, before he comes!" Jaden pleaded.

Without a second thought, Jesse shoted Jaden a glare to the brunette. Jaden knew he had said something without thinking first.

"Forget it, Jay! I'm not leaving you behind with that crazy maniac! After all, soon or later we will have to face each other and it will be I who will end it once and for all." he promised him. Jaden gave a slight nod.

Seeing as though arguing about it is pointless when it comes to this matter, Jaden didn't have a choice but to agree to his friend's terms.

How is it that things ended up like this? Without struggling any further, to have the brunette being set free, since the net gotten very much more tangled from being release, Jesse stood up, having his back towards Jaden.

Jaden looked at him, with even much more of a worry look then before. Jesse pulled out his deck, getting himself prepared "Don't worry, Jaden. I'll protect you." he whispered. The brunette gave a smile knowing that he got the message.

Out of the darkness, came a roaring sound of a motorcycle, as it stopped right in front of the two boys. Jesse looked up, as a pile of dust came flying at them, as they were coughing up the dust particles out of their mouths.

"Well, well. I would never thought I'd see the day when I'm about to face my long time catch of the day." a voice came throughout of the dark building.

Jesse glared at the figure, while hovering, being protective of Jaden. "Geise Trapper." he muttered angrily.

A older looking geltemen appeared out of the shadows as he smirked at his preys. "Long time no see, squirt."

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*Several days earlier at Duel Academy...*

The brunette was at the dorm as he was eatting away of his favorite meals. As he did, his friends were sitting all around him as they watched hopelessly wanting to stop Jaden from eatting so much. Or least have him use a napkin.

Although everyone was a bit distuged, mainly like with Chazz Princeton, with Jaden's eatting habbits. Just by watching him going crazy over the meals, Jesse couldn't help but grinned at the sight that he was winessing.

"Oh sure go ahead and grin, but you didn't have to deal with this everyday since you got here, Jesse." the little blunette, having small round glasses slidding down from his face, said to him.

Jaden stopped for a minute, to look at his annoyed friend. Along with the rest of the group. "Shouldn't you be use to it by now, Sy?" he questioned him. Syrus gave out a sigh.

"Oh I don't mind." Jesse said as he was leaning onto his palm having his head rested on it, onto the table, and was staring at the Slifer. "I think its kinda of cute, seeing Jaden like this."

The brunette stopped once again, as he glanced at the one next to him. "Huh? What do you mean by cute, Jes?" he asked still having food in his mouth.

Not being able to take it anymore, Chazz Princeton got annoyed real quick by the Slacker's habits. He got up, as he did, he grab a napkin and shoved it down to Jaden's throat. "Have you ever heard the phrase: Say it not spray it, Slacker?"

By almost having a small piece of the napkin, and remainder of food that in his throat, the next thing Jaden knew he was choaking. Jaden was able to get it out before it went down any further. From the sudden reaction, Jaden could barely breath. Next to him, Jesse sat there, as he rub his back trying to comfort him from almost dying by the hands of Chazz.

"Deep breaths, Jay." Jesse reminded him as Jaden gave a slight nod to respond to Jesse's suggestion. Jesse gave a smile to the trouble that his friend gotten into.

"Well, I'm done." Alexis said as she lost her appetite from the sight she saw.

"So am I." Bastion mumbled as he followed Alexis.

"Ten hut." a sudden voice came from the door. Only both Syrus and Jesse looked behind them seeing someone standing there, having a sluet to the others.

"Hey there, Hassleberry." Sryus said as his sight went back to Jaden.

As Halsseberry walked and was standing next to the Obelisk and the Slifer, he looked down at Jaden, with a concern look on his face. "What happen to the Sarge there?" he questioned as he glanced at Syrus.

Syrus shook his head. "The usual. Jaden annoyed Chazz, so he tried to kill him." he joked. Although it didn't seemed as though it was the normal horse-playing like usual, Syrus really thought that Chazz was going to kill him, literally. "Anything good?" he asked as he noticed that Hassleberry was holding a newspaper.

Hassleberry looked down and gruanted. "Not from my point of view. Its nothing but mostly bad news."

"Well, isn't that the point of a newspaper?" Syrus asked.

"Still, couldn't the writers of the story put in more good than bad?" Hassleberry said as he set it down from across where the three were. As soon as he sat it down, Hassleberry went over towards the others.

From being curiorus, of what Hassleberry had just said, Jesse couldn't help but as he got up, after reasurring with Jaden's health, and looked at the paper. As he did he scanned through the front page to where, something caught his attention. His eyes widen by the sight he was reading.

Suddenly noticing of how intense its gotten, Syrus looked up at Jesse. Who for a moment, he thought he saw Jesse's hand shaking. He squinted his eyes. "You alright, Jesse?"

Hearing his name Jesse looked back seeing the little one becoming concern. Trying to hide the fact, with the news he'd just saw, Jesse turned and placed the newspaper back down. Not trying to have the others worried.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine, Syrus." he muttered as he sat back down next to Jaden, having a hand back onto his back, rubbing him. Seeing how Jaden wasn't over the fact that he almost died from a piece of napkin.

Somehow Syrus wasn't conviced, he wanted to ask Jesse somemore. But knowing that he wasn't going to answer, he thought that it would be best if Jaden would do it. Since he's gotten the noticed that Jesse can't hide anything from him.

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The hours past as the bluenette helped the brunette, coming out from the eatting area to the Slifer dorm, having Jaden leaning against Jesse, with a arm over his shoulders, and still not feeling so good, since thanks to Chazz, he thought he wasn't going to make it.

They entered into Jaden's room, having Syrus behind them, as Jesse opened the door and placing Jaden onto his bed. As he did, Jesse stood there, with his hands onto his hips and shook his head. Syrus stood beside him.

"Maybe next time, you might actually think before eatting like that, Jay." Syrus lectured him on the proper use of a napkin. "If you don't want Chazz to teach it to you again."

Jaden nodded slowly. "Point noted." he muttered as he layed back onto the bed.

Jesse smiled and giggled lightly at the sight. Having Jaden like this, he couldn't help but do so. Jaden always somehow manage to make Jesse smile and laugh in a whole different way then what a normal person would do. If you consister Jaden to be normal.

Glancing up at Jesse, Syrus noticed that he was acting like himself again. Maybe its just my imagination, then. he thought to himself as he replayed that moment back into his mind where; he thought he saw Jesse's hand being shaken by of whatever got the bluenette so work up at the sight of the news in the newspaper.

Still, he wasn't sure fully on Jesse's sudden beheaver. "Are you sure you're going to be alright, Jaden?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. A quick nights rest and I'm back to my oldself." repilied the brunette.

Feeling as though he has been watched this whole time, Jesse looked down at Syrus seeing he had a concern look on his face.

"What, you're not getting sick as well, are you Syrus?" he asked.

Syrus blinked. "Hmm? Oh, no. What about you?"

"Huh?"

"Are you okay, Jesse? I've been noticing that you haven't acted the same after you looked at the newspaper that Hassleberry brought in."

Jesse glanced away back towards Jaden. Syrus knew it, there must have been something going on into the bluenette's mind. "I'm fine." he muttered. Syrus looked up as Jesse smiled at him. "Its nothing really. I just agreed on what Hassleberry said before about the newspaper not having anything good in it."

"Oh, I see." Syrus mumbled.

"Well, I better get back, tell me when, Mr. I'm Dying,over there is feeling good again." Jesse joked as he left the room, waving at the two.

He shouted the door, as Jesse did, his hand gripped. Sorry, Sryus. I hate lying to you, too the both of you, but I don't want anyone else getting hurt because of me. Jesse thought to himself. As he walked down the steps and away from the Blue Obelisk dorms.

Syrus still stared at the door then he looked at Jaden, who was still not over his sickness. He gave out a deep breath. "Jaden, come on, wake up." he said as he moved the Slifer.

Jaden slowly opened his eyes as he sat onto his matteress with his legs crossed. "Mornin', Sy. Breakfast already?" he asked half asleep.

Syrus glared at him. "This is not funny, Jaden!" he shouted.

Jaden blinked. "Whoa hey, easy, Sy. What's gotten into you all of sudden?"

Syrus looked down feeling a bit guilty for yelling out at him like that. "Sorry, Jay. Its just that I'm worried."

"What do you mean?" Jaden asked in concern.

"Well, every since this afternoon, when Hasselberry came in with the paper, and Jesse glanced at it, he started to act differently." he explained with a upsetting voice.

"Really, how so?"

Syrus shook his head. "I don't know, but from what I saw, I thought I saw Jesse's hand being shaken from what ever stroy was in the paper. It looked really bad, Jay."

Jaden gave a nod as he get the message. "Alright. Well when you put it like that, I'm going to go and talk to him, then." he said as he stood up.

"Will he tell you?" Syrus wondered.

Jaden looked at him and nodded. "Of course, there's nothing in this world that Jesse Anderson could keep from me." he said as he left the dorm to find the bluenette.

Hoping that to whatever the reason for the keep the secret being kept away, even from Jaden, he knew it was something big and dangerous for his friend. One way or another he will get answers out of Jesse.

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I too agree with Hassleberry, I don't like reading the paper either, or even listening to the news cause it just upsets me too much.