Title: Hear Me

Genre: romance, tragedy

Rating: T for violence and language

Pairing: JesseXJaden

Song: "Hear Me" by Kelly Clarkson

Summary: Every hundred years, three angels are chosen to become pure and are sent to Earth. Jaden, Syrus, and Alexis are chosen to become pure angels and are sent to Earth. They split up, but that's when the incient occurs... After a seemingly nice human captures the three angels, Jaden starts to hear a voice telling him to run away. Confused about the voice, Jaden goes into the woods and sees the dead body of his past life, who was actually murdered by the person that the Angels are living with! The man, in an attempt to gain power, takes Jaden's 'seal' away from him. That's when the most forbidden thing happened. Jaden killed a human... Jaden in then banished from the Paradise and is sent to be killed inside the Gate of Destruction. In an attempt to stay alive, Jaden teams up with the demon named Adrian and becomes a tainted angel. Now Jesse, a new pure angel with a huge crush on Jaden, will risk his life and his power to rescue Jaden from the horrible life of Tainted Angel!

Me: Here we go! Chapter one!

Lucy: This is a sad one that we might make a sequel for!

Me: Half of you are gonna hate me for this! I can assure you!

Lucy: But no matter what, please keep reading. There are many different twists that no one would expect to happen!

Chapter One: Tainted

The Paradise. Some people know it as Heaven, others know it as the white light you see when you pass on. But whatever you chose to call it, the angels call it Paradise. Once a person dies, their soul is transported to Paradise, where they then become an angel. However, they don't become the angels that you think.

When an angel starts out, they are known as a dark angel. They have black wings, and can't use as much power as they can when they become pure angels. Dark Angels are sweet beings, and once they become a pure angel, their wings trasnform into white wings.

Every hundred years, three angels are selected to become pure angels. Their black wings are transformed into beautiful sparkling white wings, and they become beautiful looking beings. Pure angels are allowed for three days to roam around on the human world, where they must then return to Paradise after the three days.

But there are two types of angel that everyone wants to avoid becoming.

A banished angel is a angel who was once either a dark angel or a pure angel, and they had done something to get themselves thrown into the Gates of Destruction. For whatever reason, these angels are dangerous and are banished from Paradise forever.

But there is a type of angel who is much worse...

A tainted angel. Tainted angels are angels who have teamed up with a demon of some sorts for what ever reason, and capture other angel's energy. Tainted angels are cruel creatures, but sometimes they have a motive for everything they do.

This, is where our story beings.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

It was a warm sunny day in Paradise, of course, it was always sunny except for at night when everyone would rest. The birds were chirping, and a gentle breeze was fluttering all around the area. Peacefulness filled the land.

Jaden, a pure angel with chocolate brown hair with a mop of orange ontop glanced over at the. His brown eyes searched around to see if there was anyone to talk to, but there wasn't anyone.

Jaden's hair was short in the front, coming to his shoulders, and the back of it was long, coming to his waist. Jaden's spotless white wings fluttered in the wind gently as he stood up, his white femalish clothing with red designs still remaining spotless.

Jaden stretched a bit before groaning, cracking his neck back a little and sighing. The sun felt so good on his back, it was making him sleepy. The brunette yawned before walking forward. Little did he know that someone was running behind him.

"Jay!!" a voice hollered as something rugbe tackled Jaden to the ground. Jaden squealed at the sudden motion and crashed onto the ground, groaning slightly before looking at the person who had tackled him.

It was a boy who was possibly the same age as Jaden, only he was shorter by a lot. The boy had warm gray eyes with a pair of glasses over them. His hair was semi-spiked and was a pale teal color. The boy had white wings coming from his back and was clothed in all white with blue designs on his outfit.

"Yo, Sy! What's going on?" Jaden asked the bluenette boy. Syrus, the boy, slowly climbed off of Jaden and smiled as he pointed to the white wings on his back, fluttering them happily and quickly, his gray eyes closed happily.

"What do ya think?" Syrus asked, a smile touching his lips. Jaden's brown eyes started sparkling and he hugged his friend before they both locked hands and started jumping up and down, cheering happily for one another.

Chomp!

Jaden spun around to see a dark angel with teal spiked hair and beautiful emerald eyes staring at him, crunching a fruit in his mouth. The boy was wearing all white with dark blue designs, and his wings were pitch black. He was gorgeous, and Jaden blushed upon seeing him.

"O-oh. H-hey Jesse..." Jaden whispered. The dark angel, Jesse, smiled warmly at jaden before ruffling the brunette's hair. Jaden squealed before pulling away and fixing his hair, giving a cute glare at Jesse. The bluenette started laughing hysterically.

"Shut up, Jesse! You know I hate my hair ruffled!" Jaden complained. Jesse laughed and ruffled Jaden's hair again, causing the brunette to lunge at him and start choking the bluenette violently.

"You are dead meat!!" Jaden yelled, choking the bluenette. Jesse laughed and tried to pry Jaden off of himself while Syrus just rolled his eyes at the two fighting friends. Suddenly, a blonde girl with white wings stepped up.

"Hey there, Jay. I can't wait to go to Earth with you," the girl, Alexis, said, lifting Jaden up and kissing his hand. Jaden twitched and blushed, laughing nervously and goofily, not exactly knowing what to say. Jesse grew angry and placed himself in between Alexis and Jaden.

"Back off, Alexis!" Jesse yelled. Alexis laughed at how cute Jesse was acting, running her hand over his head and ruffling his hair. Jesse squealed and started fixing his hair, going into a panic over it. Jaden laughed and then shook his head.

"I keep strange friends..." he smiled warmly.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, hear me
You gotta be out there
You gotta be somewhere
Wherever you are
I'm waiting

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

"Pure Angels, Jaden Yuki... Syrus Truesdale... Alexis Rhodes. You have been chosen out of 1200 dark angels to become pure angels and go to Earth for 3 days and nights. Therefore, I expect good behavior from you three," Jim, the greater angel, said. He was taller than them, and had black hair with a cowboy hat, teal eyes, though one of them was covered by bandages, and he was wearing all white. He had white wings coming from his back.

"Thank you!" Jaden smiled, bowing respectfully. Jim nodded and then waved his hand to signal that Jaden could stand up. Jim looked happily at the three pure angels standing before him.

"I am proud of you three. You are fine examples of what young angels should turn into. Now, remember, humans must not know of your existance. You must not bring anything back from the human world, and you can only stay there for three days, so do not get atattched to it," the aussie stated. The pure angels nodded.

Suddenly, the crowd of angels with black wings surrounded the three angels, cheering and calling out for them, telling them to come back with lots of stories and to not miss one detail.

Jesse stood in the corner of the room, his green eyes locked firmly on Jaden.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Cause there are these nights when
I sing myself to sleep
And I'm hoping my dreams bring you close to me
Are you listening

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

After the Speech...

Jaden sprinted from the shrine room, wanting to take in as much information as he could about his home in Paradise before he raced off to the human world. The brunette was suddenly stopped.

"Jaden!" Jesse called, catching up to the pure brunette angel. Jaden tilted his head in confusion as Jesse placed a hand on his shoulder and stared deeply into his eyes. The brunette felt weak under them.

"Promise me you'll come back safe?" Jesse asked, concern and hope filling his eyes. Jaden stared at the bluenette in mild shock, his eyes filled with shock. Jesse looked down, his lips trembling.

"B-because I'll... miss you..." he whispered, releasing Jaden's shoulder and then turned away so his back was to the brunette. He trembled slightly, when suddenly, something strange happened.

Jaden grabbed Jesse's shoulders and hoisted himself up, placing a gentle kiss on Jesse's cheek. The bluenette felt his face go red with embarrassment as he turned to spot the smiling pure angel.

"I'll definately come back..." Jaden smiled before turning away and sprinting towards the portal that would take him to the human world. He was so excited!

And that's when everything went wrong...

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me
Can you hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Two Days Later on Earth...

Jaden groaned and stretched as he woke up in the warm sunlight. His back arched and he moaned in pleasure before standing up. The brunette shook dirt off his feet before stretching again.

"Mmm... Sleep is good here..." the brunette smiled warmly. Suddenly, Alexis came flying up to Jaden at full speed, her eyes flashing with concern and rage.

"Hm? Alexis, what's wrong?" Jaden asked upon seeing the troubled girl. Alexis panted before shouting out her messege to the brunette, causing Jaden to gasp and scream.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SYRUS WAS CAPTURED BY A HUMAN!?"

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

I used to be scared of letting someone in
But it gets so lonely, being on my own
No one to talk to
No one to hold me
I'm not always strong
Oh, I need you here
Are you listening

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

"Okay! So... how are we gonna rescue Syrus!?" Jaden asked as he and Alexis sat next to a bush, both of them in their tiny forms so they wouldn't attract much attention.

"I dunno... we could..." Alexis started thinking of an idea to save their little bluenette friend from the clutches of the man who had captured him so easily.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped around both of their white wings.

"Ah. You two must be Syrus's friends. I am Seigami. Nice to meet you both," a voice said. The two pure angels looked over to see a man possibly 21 years old smiling at them, his hair a pale green and eyes of amber.

"Come. I will take you to Syrus..." the man said, taking the two miniturized pure angels into his home. Once inside, Jaden and Alexis turned back into their normal human sizes.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

"Syrus!" Jaden cried as he saw his friend laying on the ground unconscious. The mini bluenette stirred and then allowed his eye lids to flutter open. He looked over and smiled when he saw Jaden.

"Jay! I'm sorry! I had trouble breathing human air and I passed out!" Syrus said, clinging to his best friend with all his might and all this strength. Jaden laughed lightly at his friend's actions.

'Run away!!'

Jaden suddenly gasped as he heard a voice cry out. He glanced around for a source, but didn't find one. After that, Jaden just shook it off and thought he was hearing things.

Seigami walked over and placed his finger in a bottle of holy water, smiling as the injury on it disappeared. Jaden was shocked that a human had this much holy water.

It was strange...

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

I'm restless and wild
I fall but I try
I need someone to understand (can you hear me)
I'm lost in my thoughts
And baby, I fought for all that I've got
Can you hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

"So, about your hair color. What does it mean?" Seigami asked one day. Alexis sat at a chair and tapped her chin as if in deep thought. She then took a lock of her own hair and showed it to the man.

"Okay. See, blonde hair means charming power. Basically, my hair is close to silverish, so I have a great deal of power to throw around whenever I wish," Alexis said matter-of-factly. Syrus pointed to his hair.

"My hair is blue. That means that I have great will power, but my magic needs work," the bluenette sighed. Seigami nodded before looking over at Jaden and pointing to his hair.

"What about Jaden's brown hair?" the human male asked. Jaden took a lock of his brown hair and examined it, a concerned look on his face. Alexis shook her head.

"We're not sure. Jaden's pretty worried about it though," the blonde angel said. Seigami crawled over to Jaden and smiled warmly at him, petting the brunette's soft head lovingly.

"Your hair is a very pretty color, Jaden..." Seigami smiled. Jaden smiled back before thanking him. Once Seigami was gone, Jaden touched his own chest.

'Why is my heart beating like this...?' the brunette wondered.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you, to please
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Can you
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Can you hear me (oh, no)
Hear me hear me, hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Final Day...

Jaden stood by a cliff edge, waiting for Seigami to show up. Last night, Jaden had decided to surrender all of his power to Seigami so he could keep giving people holy water for injuries. The brunette glanced around and then lost his footing and fell into a small cave under the ground.

"Ouch!" the brunette groaned as he hit the ground. He rubbed his head before noticing that there was the sound of water dripping. The brunette looked around before gasping.

Right in front of him was a young boy trapped in ice. The boy looked a lot like Jaden, only his hair was darker. He looked a lot like the person that Seigami had described, his younger brother who had died.

"W-what is this...?" Jaden whispered in terror.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

"So, you've seen it. When my brother died, I preserved his body in ice..." Seigami said, suddenly coming out from behind a rock and advancing towards Jaden. The brunette growled.

"That's a lie! You killed him to make holy water and get money!" Jaden yelled. Seigami raised an eyebrow.

"And how do you know that?"

"Because I AM your brother!!" Jaden suddenly screamed. Seigami's eyes widened before his lips curled into an evil smirk and he advanced towards Jaden.

"Why didn't you say so? You'll give me your body to make more holy water. As your friends did..." the man said, pointing to the ceiling of the cave. Jaden looked up and gasped as he saw Syrus and Alexis trapped in ice.

"Syrus!! Alexis!!" Jaden screamed. Seigami laughed and stepped forward, lifting a knife in his hand, the blade shining with crimson blood from some random killing to make holy water.

"You'll become just like them, Jaden..." Seigami smiled. The brunette screamed and raced away into an area where humans were close to. The brunette gasped as he felt Seigami's hands grasp his long brown hair.

"Let me go!!" jaden screamed. Seigami shook his head before squeezing Jaden's hair and yanking him back slightly.

"No way... Brown hair is extremly powerful. And I intend to make it my own..." the evil man said placing the knife by Jaden's waist length hair. The brunette gasped.

'Help me...'

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Back in Paradise...

Jesse walked around, rubbing his forehead in pain. Thank goodness today was the final day that Jaden was going to be on Earth. The bluenette couldn't wait for Jaden to come home again. Suddenly, Jesse heard Jim talking.

"At this rate, Jaden will..."

Jesse immediatly dashed into the room where Jim was, stepping up to the fountain that the greater angel was looking into with a shocked look on his face.

"Jaden will what!?" the bluenette screamed, gazing deep into the fountain. His heart constricted when he saw Jaden in the pool's reflection, struggling against a human man. The man had Jaden held by his hair, and a knife was held to him.

"Save me!! Someone save me!!" Jaden's image screamed as he struggled. The brunette then squeezed his brown eyes shut and clenched his fists, tears of fear streaming down his cheeks.

"Jesse!! Save me!!" Jaden hollered. Jesse gasped as he clutched the sides of the fountain, fear etched into his emerald eyes as he watched the brunette struggle for his life.

"JADEN!! JADEN!!" he hollered, trying to think of someway he could help the brunette. He couldn't make it to Earth in time. There was no way he could do it!

Suddenly, Seigami swung the knife and it caught the back of Jaden's hair, cutting the entire back of it off until it came to his chin in the back, the ends becoming spiked.

Jesse's eyes widened as he saw Jaden's hair get cut, going fromw aist length to chin length in the back without any effort. Jaden was in shock as well, tears filling his eyes.

His 'seal' had been taken away.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you, to please
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Can you
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Can you hear me (oh, no)
Hear me hear me, hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Back on Earth...

"Ha ha ha! Now I have your power. Now all I need is your body..." Seigami said, clutching Jaden's cut off hair in his hand. The brunette was kneeling on the ground, clutching his heart.

'My power's increasing so quickly... I-I can't control it...' Jaden thought. He closed his eyes tightly and then snapped them open, his brown eyes filled with energy and hatred.

'I can't control it!!'

Suddenly, Jaden released a huge burst of energy that engulfed the whole town that Seigami lived in. The white light surrounded everything within 3 miles of the blast, swallowing everything.

Jaden had commited the most sinful act an angel could ever commit.

Jaden had killed humans.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

In the Shrine in Paradise...

Jaden stood in the center of a large white room, looking at an alter before him. The alter was covered with white gold symbols, and angels carved into the sides and strange writing was written on the 4 stairs that led up to it. The walls were covered with tapestries of golden angels and beautiful white scrolls. There were 2 exits to the room. The normal exit where you came in an out, and then the gate on the left side of the room.

The Gate to Destruction. Once an angel stepped through it, their life, body, and soul wouldf cease to exist. They would be reborn as something that could never die, and they would never be able to enter Paradise again unless God willed it.

Jaden was standing totally naked in the center of the room, his hair short from the back being cut off by Seigami, and tears streaming from his brown eyes. His white wings were still there, and they were lowered slightly in sorrow. His wrists were in front of his chest, bound together by vine leave with small thorns on them. Jaden's head was slightly lowered in sadness.

Standing on the alter was Jim, the greater angel, a look of sadness on his face. He closed his visible eye and looked up at the white sky above him, as if asking for some sigh that this wasn't the only way. But he saw none. Jim exhaled deeply.

"Banished angel Jaden Yuki... I banish you from Heaven's paradise..." Jim said in a sorrow-filled voice. Jaden's head lowered slowly and he looked at the ground, the tears increasing and falling onto his naked body.

"It pains me greatly to do this, Jaden. I din't want to do it, but I have no choice. Innocent people were killed. I hope that you become something great. Maybe a tree, strong and beautiful. Or maybe a stream, soft and clear. I do not know what you will become once you enter the Gates of Destruction, but I do know that..." Jim glanced away. Jaden knew what was coming next.

"You'll never be able to return to Heaven again..."

Meanwhile Outside the Shrine Door...

"Let me see Jaden!! Please!!" Jesse hollered, trying to shove his way past the guards blocking the door to the shrine. Two guard angels held him back with their arms, trying to restrain the young dark angel from entering the shrine and stopping what was ment to happen.

"We can't! He's already at the Gates of Destruction!" one of the guards hollered, trying to get it through Jesse's head. The bluenette shook his head quickly and started clawing at the guard's restraining arms, trying to wiggle his way free and get into the shrine.

"No!! It can't end this way!!" Jesse screamed, stomping hard on the guard's feet. Both of the guards released their hold on the bluenette dark angel. Jesse made a dash into the shrine, determination flashing in his green eyes.

"JADEN!!" Jesse screamed, hoping that he wasn't too late to save him. He raced into the room fully and gasped as he saw Jaden standing in the center of the room, completely naked and his wrists bound by thorn-vines. Jaden looked over his shoulder at the bluenette.

"Je..sse...?" Jaden whispered in shock, wondering what the bluenette was doing here. Jesse made a dash for the brunette he had a crush on, but Jim wouldn't have any of that. It pained him, but he had no choice.

"Restrain him!" Jim called out, a pained look on his face. Jesse gasped as two extremly strong guards came and grasped his arms tightly. Jesse screamed and struggled, demanding to be let free. Jaden looked at the ground, tears still streaming down his cheeks. Jim held back tears.

"Forgive me, Jesse. But my orders are absolute. Jaden must be banished from Paradise for killing a group of humans like that," the aussie said. Jesse shook his head violently, refusing to believe that Jaden should be banished. He just couldn't see what their reason for it would be.

"So what!?" Jesse screamed loudly. Jim's teal visible eye widened as he heard Jesse scream out the words. He saw the sadness in Jesse's eyes, but also the anger. The bluenette struggled more, but couldn't move from his spot since the guards were holding him.

"That human Seigami deserved death!! Have you forgotten what he did to Jaden twice!?" the emerald-eyed boy hollered angrily. Jim glanced away, shaking his head slowly and sorrowfully. He then looked over at Jesse again.

"That may be true. But Jaden... still killed those innocent humans, as well," the black-haired aussie said. Jesse shook his head violently before looking up into Jim's visible teal eye, a glare set in his own green ones.

"So what!? Serves them right for believing that lying idiot about his mystical powers like that!!" the bluenette hollered, his rage consuming him. The guards continued to hold Jesse back. Jim shook his head and then looked down at the ground.

"I'm sorry, Jesse. But the order was already made up..." the aussie said in a solemn voice. Jaden's head remained lowered as he remained motionless and silent, waiting for his sentance to be fulfilled. Jesse hung his head, tears filling them.

"N-no... T-there must be another way..." the bluenette whispered softly. Jim slowly shook his head, sorrow and sympathy for the bluenette filling his visible eye as he took one step forward on the stone alter so he was slightly closer to the brunette standing before him.

"I am sorry. This is the only thing we can do. We could send him to Hell... but that... would be too cruel. We are being completely merciful by making him enter the Gates of Destruction. He'll become some element on earth that can't die, but at least it's better than Hell..." the aussie angel stated. Jesse lowered his head and bit his lower lip, ceasing his struggling.

'No... Jaden... I didn't even get to tell you that I love you! I can't say it here because... it won't matter anymore! Jaden!!' Jesse hollered in his mind, gritting his teeth angrily. He wanted to shout out his feelings for the brunette. But... his throat was frozen. he couldn't speak.

'Jaden, no!! Please don't do this! I can't allow you to just... walk into the Gates of Destruction so easily! I... I.. I can't... do anything... Jaden...' Jesse thought, tears streaming down his cheeks as he watched Jaden turn and face the Gates of Destruction. Jesse's eyes squeezed shut as he opened his mouth to scream one final, silent messege.

'JADEN!!'

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Hear me, I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down, find me
I'm lost inside the crowd, it's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you, to please
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Can you
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Can you hear me (oh, no)
Hear me hear me, hear me

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

Jaden faced the Gates of Destruction, trembling slightly. The Gates looked almost like a large painting. There was an all white verticle rectangle touching the ground and coming up to almost the ceiling. It was trimmed with gold and seemed beckoning in a way.

'The Gates of Destruction. The white door... Once I step through them, my body, my life... even I... will cease to exist,' Jaden thought sadly, lowering his head as he stepped toward the Gates. Jim and the guards looked away, Jesse kept his head lowered. His lips were trembling, and he couldn't speak. His voice was gone.

Jaden slowly and hesitantly stepped towards the Gates of Destruction, his eyes glazed over in deep thought. His short hair kind of made him look better, and the thorns on his wrists weren't bugging him at all. He could see the Gates getting closer, so he slowed down a little. Jim wouldn't tell him to hurry up. Jaden could take as long as he wanted.

'I'll become something elemental on Earth? I... won't ever get to see Jesse again... It's all right, I guess. After all, it's not like I could ever be anything but a friend to Jesse,' the brunette thought. He stopped when he was just a step away from the Gates. Jaden felt empty for some reason.

'Oh, that's right. I... never told Jesse... how much I loved him. There's... no point in saying it now. It'll hurt him even more...' the brunette thought, tears forming in his brown eyes. He glanced at the white painting before looking back.

Jim, the guards, and Jesse, were all looking away. Jesse's head was lowered, and Jaden could see him trembling. Suddenly, Jesse made a lunge for Jaden, only to be held back by the guards. The bluenette with black wings struggled violently.

"No! Noo!! Jaden!! Jaden, don't go!! Don't do it!! Jaden!!" Jesse hollered. Jaden looked at the ground before squeezing his eyes shut and allowing a few more tears to slip through his closed brown eyes. He tuned out Jesse's voice and allowed one final thought to cross his mind.

'Farewell, Jesse. I-I love... you...' Jaden thought as he raised his foot to take the final step and enter the Gates of Destruction. He set his foot closer to the ground inside the painting. The moment he stepped fully into it, he would cease to exist.

"Wait," a voice suddenly called out. Jaden's brown eyes opened and he stopped what he was doing, pulling his foot back so it was right next to his other one. He glanced over at the source of the voice calling him.

Standing at least 10 feet from him was a man possibly his age. The man had spiked red hair, gray eyes that were filled with a slight evil and planning. He wore glasses that shone in the white light. He was taller than Jaden by a good few inches, and was clothed in all black, and a dark aura surrounded him.

"I have a place for you..." the man said, smiling at the banished angel before him. Jaden trembled under the man's gaze. He heard Jim and Jesse hollering for him to run away from the man, but he was too scared to do anything. The man smiled.

"My name is Adrian Gecko. And I have a place for you to live," Adrian smiled warmly. Jaden shuddered before looking at the Gates of Destruction and then back at Jesse and Jim, who were both being restrained by a strange purple barrier that seemed to cover Jaden and Adrian.

"You don't want to die, right? There's a reason for you to keep living? Someone you care about and want to live for?" the red-head asked. Jaden gasped and looked back at Jesse with sad eyes. He bit his lower lip.

"But it doesn't have to be like this. You can come with me, and you'll continue to live. You won't become an earth element, and you'll still be able to see your precious person no matter who says you can't," Adrian said, smiling at the look on Jaden's face. Jaden hung his head and trembled.

'What do I do...? I know I shouldn't go against my banishment. But Jesse...' Jaden gasped as he felt the thorn vines around his wrists suddenly vanish, sliding to the ground around his feet. Scars cut into Jaden's wrists, but he didn't care. The naked brunette stared at Adrian in shock.

"The choice is yours. If you chose to run from me, you'll be banished by Paradise and become an element. But if you come with me, you'll get to stay alive and be able to see Jesse. The choice is yours. If you want to come with me... take my hand..." Adrian said. Jaden trembled as Adrian extended his hand in front of the brunette.

"Come to me, Jaden Yuki," Adrian said in a calm voice. Jaden shuddered as he glanced down at his hands, noticing that he was trembling pretty badly. He heard Jesse and Jim calling for him, telling him not to do it, but he couldn't listen.

'What do I do...?' Jaden asked himself, feeling his shoulders quaking with terror and confusion. He glanced up at Adrian, who was smiling creepily. The brunette thought about what to do. He didn't know. What was right? What was wrong? What...

Finally, without thinking too much about it, Jaden did the one thing that shocked everyone. The one thing that he himself would have never thought of doing. The one thing Jaden feared more than anything else. What he did was unexpected.

Jaden grasped Adrian's hand in confirmation.

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Me: Here we go! That was saddening!!

Lucy: JADEN-CHAN!! WAAAAH!!

Me: I know! Please review and tell me exactly what parts you liked and what parts you didn't like! Please feel free to call Seigami anything your heart desires!

Lucy: HAGGIS BRAIN!!

Me: ...Okay...

Lucy: Please review kindly and tell us if we should continue this!

Me: Thanks!