Rainbow: Yay! This one has Jesse in it!
Jesse: Yup. And for those of you that can't put 2 and 2 together, Dr. Anderson's my dad. Just an FYI.
Jaden: Wait... what? 2 and 2... what?
Rainbow: (facepalm) Jaden, putting 2 and 2 together means... oh forget it. I'll tell you during the chapter. -_-'
Jaden: OK! ^-^
Jesse: (sigh) Rai, don't forget the disclaimer...
Rainbow: OH YA!
Disclaimer- I own nothing except for any made up characters! Go away you stupid lawyers!
Stupid Lawyers: (pout and walk out of the room)
Jaden and Jesse: (anime sweatdrop) Moving on... here's the next chapter.
Part 2/3: The New Kid
Narrative POV
(The next school day- Monday)
The class was talkative as they waited impatiently for the new arrival. Rumors had been flying around the students since Thursday that today they were going to get a new student. The only child in the room not talking was Jaden as knew that if the rumors were true, that it would mean one more person to tease him, but it would mean nothing if it wasn't true. He sat quietly at his desk, too focused on his drawing to notice that the teacher had walked in with a boy following quietly behind her. Jaden only looked up when he noticed that the class had stopped talking.
Next to the teacher, who was standing in the front of the room (A/N: Naturally) was a boy with teal colored hair. His eye color couldn't be seen as his head was down so his bangs covered his eyes. The boy was twiddling his thumbs nervously as he rocked back and forth on his feet.
"Class this is Jesse Anderson, he'll be joining our class. Go ahead and say hello to Jesse." she said as Jaden's eyes widened when he recognized the surname and the rest of the class said hello simultaneously.
"Hello." Jesse replied quietly. He had a thick southern accent. The teacher (A/N: who shall now be called Mrs. Hallie as in holly for lack of a better name) looked around the room, searching for an empty desk. She sighed when she found that the only empty desk was next to Jaden.
"You can sit next to Mr. Yuki. Mr. Yuki, raise your hand." Mrs. Hallie practically hissed out Jaden's name as he slowly raised his hand. He was still wondering about the similar last names between the doctor and this Jesse kid. He didn't speak though, for fear that the teacher might yell at him.
While Mrs. Hallie began to take attendance, Jaden began to work on his drawing again, only glancing at Jesse. He looked up again when he heard soft whispering, so soft in fact, that it was barely audible. What he found was Jesse staring intently at a deck of Duel Monsters cards, his lips hardly moving as he appeared to be talking to his cards.
For the first time since he had arrived, Jesse seemed to be at ease. It was also at this time that Jaden saw Jesse's eye color. They were an emerald green color and seemed bright and happy at the moment, though there was a dullness in them that matched his own.
As the day wore on, Jaden was becoming less on less focused on the teacher and his work. Instead, his thoughts were on Jesse. (A/N: Not that way you spiritshippers! What part of NO YAIO do you not understand!) He seemed to talk to his cards, but could he see them or was he simply using his imagination?
Either way, Jesse seemed lonely. He hadn't talked to anyone that day, only speaking at all when Mrs. Hallie called on him or if he was quietly whispering to his cards.
Soon lunch came, and the students were herded into the loud cafeteria where they got into line to get their food, only a few (including Jaden and Jesse) heading directly to their class' tables with their lunch boxes.
Jaden walked over to were he always sat, at the very back table so people could ignore him. Jaden looked up when he hear steps coming towards him to find Jesse sitting across from him. Jesse didn't look up though, so Jaden decided to talk to him.
"Um..." Jaden began quietly, "Hi." Jesse looked up from pulling out his lunch, startled.
"Hello." he replied just as quietly, looking over at Jaden's lunch of an apple and a slice of bread. At first he was surprised that this student's lunch was so small, but soon he felt sadness towards this boy whose name he didn't know.
"Would you like some?" Jesse asked as he held a rice ball towards Jaden. Jaden was shocked that this person whom he had barely spoken to was offering him food. He nodded quickly and thanked Jesse. Jesse handed the rice ball to Jaden who promptly took a big bite out of it.
"Mmmmmm." Jaden closed his eyes, savoring every last bit of the food.
"So..." Jesse began, twidling his thumbs again. "What's your name?" Jaden looked at Jesse before lowering his head.
"Jaden." he whispered. Jesse had to strain his ears to hear him. When he did though, something just clicked. Last night his dad had said something about a patient he had gone to see last night. He didn't usually talk much about his patients but when he had come home it was all he could talk about. He had said his name was Jaden, but was this the same Jaden?
"Is your doctor Dr. Anderson?" Jesse asked, hoping he wouldn't make a fool of himself. Jaden looked up, surprise was plastered on his face. After a few seconds Jaden nodded slowly.
"How did you know?" Jaden asked, slightly wary. Jesse smiled a little realizing that Jaden was a little naive. When Jaden began to pout it was just to much, Jesse burst out laughing. It was too cute. (A/N: Again, not that way you spiritshippers! They are 7. Everything they do is cute!)
"Maybe 'cause he's my dad!" Jesse managed to choke out inbetween his fits of laughter. Jaden nearly dropped the second half of the rice ball as a fierce blush spread across his face for not remembering his thoughts from earlier.
"Oh." was all he could manage to get out. Not trusting himself to keep from saying anything else stupid. Jesse just laughed even harder at this.
Time skip!
(Just after school)
"Don't forget to complete your writing exercises! Have a wonderful afternoon everyone!" Mrs. Hallie called as the students scattered, each to their own home. Jaden began walking quickly and quietly, trying not to be seen by the older boys that hung out outside the school. Jesse walked a little slower since he didn't want to get lost.
Suddenly Jesse heard a muffled yelp and saw 4 big kids dragging off a student. He quickly looked around to try and figure out who was missing. To Jesse's horror, he found that the only student NOT around was Jaden! Jesse dashed off in the same direction the bullies had dragged Jaden.
He rounded the corner of the building to see Jaden pressed up against the brick wall. He was clutching his left arm, a defeated look on his face and saddness in his eyes.
"Hey you! Pick on someone your own size!" Jesse shouted. For a moment Jesse was surprised at the words that had come out of his own mouth. He stood his ground though, realizing that there was no going back now. The boys just snickered.
"And what could you do exactly? The teachers won't come, they never do." The largest boy, who appeared to be their leader, said. The boy's already balled hands tensed as he prepared to attack Jesse, while the other 3 kept Jaden cornered. Jesse thought a moment about the current situation. He was dismayed when he came up with 1 plan that probably wouldn't work. He was determined to help Jaden though, so he tried his idea.
"We duel. If I win then you have to let Jaden go, but if you win then I'm at your mercy." The boys began snickering again, before bursting into a fit of laughter. They nearly fell down in their laughter. Jesse saw his chance and took it. Apparently Jaden had the same thought because he got up as quickly and quietly as he could.
It all happened at once. Jaden ran forwards, shoving the boys away as he went while Jesse pushed them with all his might, successfully knocking them to the ground. Jesse grabbed Jaden by the arm and they both ran as hard and as fast as they could.
"Get them!" one of the boys yelled. However, after a block they gave up, seeing that it wasn't worth the trouble.
When they had gotten far enough away they slowed before coming to a complete stop. They stood there, breathing heavily in the awkward silence. After a few minutes Jaden finally spoke. "Thank you." he said, bowing his head in thanks. Jesse just smiled.
"It's nothin'. 'Sides, I've been there before and it's not easy." Jesse said, gaining a look of curiosity from Jaden. Jesse panicked a bit, not wanting to bring up his gift. "So... um... how is your arm?" he asked, changing the subject back to Jaden. He held up his arm to inspect it, lightly poking it here and there.
"It should be fine. It broke 2 years ago and never really healed properly. It'll give me problems every now and then but it's nothing to worry about." Jaden told him, rubbing his arm self-consciously.
"Well... if you say so." Jesse said staring at Jaden's arm, looking to see if anything was wrong with it. They just stood there in the silence that grew more awkward every second. To break the interminable silence Jesse asked Jaden another question. "Hey Jaden, are we friends?" Jaden's head shot up at his nervously asked question.
"I-I th-think so. I-I mean, I-I ho-hope we a-are. If that's okay with you." Jesse smiled the largest smile he had ever smiled (A/N: WOW! That's alot of smiles!) in his entire life. He ran up to Jaden and gave him a big hug, tears beginning to form under his eyes.
"Of course we can be friends! But... what do friends do exactly?" Jesse released Jaden from the hug and wiped away his tears. Jaden looked thoughtful for a moment before he laughed.
"You know, I really don't know what friends do!" he suddenly got a very sad look that startled Jesse. "I've never had a friend." It was Jaden's turn to tear up. Jesse gave Jaden another hug and whispered something in his ear.
"It's okay. Neither have I." Jesse had the same sad look as Jaden before he brightened up and stepped back from him. "I guess we'll just just have to learn together." Jaden smiled and nodded enthusiasticly. "I need to tell you something though. It's why I've never had a friend before." Jesse paused as worry began to take over.
"Everything's going to be fine Jess, no matter what it is." Jaden smiled.
"It's because I see things..." he began while Jaden tried to figure out what he meant when he remembered Jesse talking to his Duel Monsters cards during school. His eyes widened.
"You can see Duel Spirits!" Jaden exclaimed, receiving a hush from Jesse. He gave a small nod and lowered his head, expecting Jaden to laugh at him like everyone else. However, Jaden wasn't 'eveyone else'. He just stood there with his mouth gaping in awe.
"It's okay if you laugh, everyone does." Jesse muttered. Jaden shook his head violently.
"It's not that! It's just... I didn't think I would ever meet someone else that could see spirits! I thought I was the only one!" Jesse looked up. An expression of pure shock and relief plastered on his face.
"Yo-you me-mean we ca-can st-still be fr-friends." he stuttered, barely able to form the words. Jaden nodded happily to his best friend.
"Ya." he said simply before giving him another hug.
Time Skip!
(2 hours later)
"Bye Jess! See you at school tomorrow!" Jaden hollered as he ran back home, waving to Jesse.
"Bye Jay!" Jesse called, waving back at Jaden. Jaden had completly forgotten about getting home on time in his excitement.
To him it didn't matter though. It didn't matter if if his mother beat him for being late, or that he went to bed (A/N: Er... cot) hungry. Today was the best day of his life because he had a friend.
End of Chapter!
Rainbow: I love this chapter, don't you.
Jaden: This the best chapter so far!
Jesse: Jaden, this is only the second chapter. Besides, of course it's awesome. I'm in it.
Rainbow: You're so conceited. Just an FYI though, it's not awesome cause Jesse's in it, it's awesome cause I wrote it.
Chazz: Sure, you just keep telling yourself that.
Jaden: WOAH! When did you get here Chazz!
Chazz: It's "The Chazz" to you. I got here about halfway though the chapter. You 2 are such crybabies.
Jaden&Jesse: ARE NOT!
"The" Chazz: ARE TOO!
Rainbow: I'll wrap this up before this gets ugly. Tell me what you think of the story by readin' then clicking that pretty little "review this chapter" button and reviewin'! You peoples rule!
-Gx Fangirl of Rainbows