My offline beta reader brought it to my attention that I put the wrong character in the character B slot. But, I've remedied that. Anyway, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Chapter Two- Love

Syrus surfaced beside Jaden and saw his friend with glazed eyes and a love struck expression. "Hey, Ja, what's keeping you?"

"I'm in love, Sy," Jaden sighed.

"Again!" Syrus exclaimed, exasperated. Ever since Jaden was old enough to be married (15 was considered old enough for mermen), he seemed to fall in love with a new mermaid every week. With a resigned sigh, he said, "Okay. Who is she?"

"Uh…" Jaden paused. He wasn't ready to say he was in love with a human, let alone a male. "I didn't catch the name," he lied before diving down. Despite Syrus showing up, Jaden still felt that intense love for Zane burning strong inside him.

Syrus followed Jaden as they headed back to Bastion. The brunette still had that loving expression on his face. Was he really in love this time or would it wear off after a week like usual?

When they got back to their friend, another merman was there, hands on his hips. His name was Chazz and a proverbial thorn in Jaden's side. The two of them would be forever verbally barbing each other. The barbing would end when one of them couldn't think up a comeback. At the moment, Chazz floated there, the fins of his deep almost black indigo tail twitched, a visual representation of the impatience reflected in his dark eyes.

Grabbing the poem from Jaden, Syrus swam up to Bastion. "Here's your poem."

"Thanks," Bastion answered. "Chazz showed up a little while ago wanting to hear it."

"Yeah, I've been waiting for you to come back from rescuing it," Chazz snapped. He then caught sight of Jaden's face and smirked. "Been inhaling a little jellyfish poison fumes again, Jaden?"

The comment brought Jaden back to reality. "Huh? I haven't been near any jellyfish today."

"Lucky for the jellyfish."

Jaden scowled. "One of these days Chazz…"

"That is so like you Jaden. You make threats, but you never follow through. You are just like a jellyfish. Spineless."

Jaden's scowl deepened. Chazz had no right to call him spineless. Jaden would gladly play with sharks while Chazz wouldn't dream of going near a jellyfish. With a growl, Jaden punched Chazz on the cheek. Chazz reeled slightly from the force of it. Before he could react, Jaden grabbed the boy's fins and pulled, causing Chazz to land on the sand.

Jaden continued to pull and Chazz cried, "Ow! Stop it, that hurts! Ow!"

Syrus couldn't help laughing. Chazz's cries were high-pitched and girlie. Syrus was in no hurry to stop Jaden seeing as how Chazz has thrown a few barbs his way.

Bastion, however, had no such qualms. Swimming up behind Jaden, he wrapped his arms around the brunette's chest, pinning the arms. Jaden released his hold and Chazz massaged his sore fins. Jaden struggled to break free.

"Jaden, that's enough!" Bastion ordered. Jaden stopped struggling and settled for glaring at Chazz, chest heaving.

"Sooo…who wants to hear my poem?"

Syrus stared at the still form of his best friend. Jaden was laying face-down on a rock. His arms were propped up and his head rested in his hands. The only movements were his fins, the currents making them flutter.

"Oh man," he moaned softly. "He's got it bad. Looks like this love is the real thing." Syrus swam up to Jaden and waved a hand in front of his face. "Hey, Jaden."

Jaden blinked before looking over. "Hey, Sy."

"So, what does she look like?"

"Huh?"

"You know. The one you're in love with. You must be seriously in love if you're actually sitting still."

Jaden sighed. "Oh, Sy. I picture that beautiful teal hair and the most vibrant blue eyes I've ever seen."

Syrus hung on his every word, his mind painting the image of a beautiful mermaid. His tail began to swish excitedly. "And what about the tail? What color is it? Does it complement yours? Or mine? Maybe even Bastion's? Come on, tell me!"

"Uh…" Jaden hesitated. In his excitement in describing Zane's looks, he forgot to say he was in love with a male human.

"Jaden? It…is a mermaid, right?"

"Well…" Jaden began, but Syrus cut him off. It was finally clicking for him. Jaden had gotten that dreamy look while on the surface. Did that mean…?

"A human, Ja? You're in love with a human?"

"Well, yeah."

"Wow. That's cool."

"You think so?"

"Yeah." The two mermen sighed dreamily and silence reigned for a few moments.

Syrus then began shooting off questions at a rapid-fire pace. "Tell me more about her. Is she tall? Short? Did she have any friends with her? Was she swimming? Is she really beautiful? It's so cool that you're in love with a female human!"

Jaden's head was spinning from Syrus's questions. He kept hearing she and her in the questions and it was driving him crazy. Plus, he couldn't take anymore of Syrus making a false assumption.

"It's a guy and his name is Zane!" he exploded, bringing a halt to his friend's questions.

Whoa! What's Syrus going to think about that? I know that I made Syrus sound so accepting that Jaden's in love with a human, but this is Syrus. He's a pretty accepting guy. BTW, did anyone enjoy that little bit of Chazz- bashing? I certainly enjoyed writing it.