Warning: Um, Jesse and Jaden and the way I tend to write them? Maybe? I thought I did a little bit better this time, but I'm probably wrong.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX
Year Three Part One: Journeys
Jesse didn't like the way his monsters were acting.
Now, that had happened before. Particularly when he'd first gotten them, and Ruby refused to even look at him. Having lost his family at a young age and being taken in by a guardian who was kind and helpful, but not really a parent, Jesse was a little lost in what a family was like. He had memories, of course, but those had dulled a little over time, much as it hurt to say, and he'd been an only child at that, so brothers and sisters were a mystery to him. Still, through careful observation and the application of plain common sense, he'd figured out that no matter how much you loved someone, there were going to be moments when they got on your nerves. And that was okay. That was normal.
But right now, his beasts weren't acting normal and it was upsetting him.
He'd been working up the courage to finally challenge Jaden all summer, as pathetic as it was to admit. He'd wanted to duel the other boy from the moment he'd first seen him throw down against Chazz, but the moment hadn't been right and Jesse didn't feel confident enough in himself or the bond he had with his deck to pull it off. He'd put it off.
The next year he'd arrived for the GX Tournament, not actually expecting to win, but to be able to try out his deck on some new opponents. He'd beaten all the naysayers at North who'd come down on him for dropping out of the school duel to hell and back, and he was raring for some fresh opponents. He'd expected to meet Jaden, but he still didn't want to risk dueling him. He hadn't thought he was strong enough yet. He needed more duels to perfect his skills and, secretly, he was hoping that the Rainbow Dragon card would finally be made. With that crown jewel in his deck, he'd have the power to take on someone like Jaden. Someone who shone from the core of him when engrossed in a duel.
Unfortunately for Jesse, the events of the preceding June had changed everything.
Jaden had been altered in his eyes forever. The playful, happy-go-lucky boy who'd stood against Chazz and brought the black Slifer back from the brink had vanished in the blink of an eye. In his place was something older than Jesse could understand, something that, like the Light of Destruction that it battled, had seen the turn of worlds slow to a stop and stars being born out of the ashes of the old. It was beautiful, but it was a frightening beauty and it reminded Jesse of how small he really was. Carrier of the Crystal Beasts or not, he was still just one small human, and his life was too short to really accomplish anything.
It was a beauty that looked wrong on Jaden.
It had rankled Jesse more than anything else. Not even the Light, terrible and wondrous, had managed to unsettle him as much as Jaden. It had horrified him out of his mind; of course It had. It was an abomination of eldritchian proportions, a being so outside of his understanding that he could hardly comprehend It. At the end of the day, the Light simply was, and all else was meaningless. Trying to understand it was impossible. It led down the road of madness.
" You are the song that sounds at the end of the world." Jaden had said to it, and it was the closest, Jesse knew, he could ever come to understand. The Light was terrible because It was so different from them. Jesse had delved, with a passing curiosity that was somewhat borne from the rebellious teenager in him, into the occasional perusal of an H.P. Lovecraft tale. The Light fit the description. Where others would call it evil, Jesse thought that maybe, he knew better.
The Light was not evil. It merely was. It followed Its nature, as it had said, and Its nature was destruction. It didn't want to destroy them all because It was evil and It had some grand, take over the world scheme. It wanted to destroy because It was destruction, plain and simple. Jesse would bet his left arm that once It had had the Earth under Its control, It would've waved a hand and shattered it, whether physically or using the minds of Earth's people. It might have seemed evil, taking pleasure in Its rampage and citing an ancient grudge as the cause of Its actions, but Jesse thought that maybe, It had just grown bored in the eons It had seen pass. And besides, calling It evil was judging It by human standards. It was judging a being beyond understanding by the human, ephemeral concept of evil.
It didn't make Jesse any less terrified, but it made sense.
Jaden however, unsettled him.
Jaden was a human, the same as Jesse. Jaden could be judged by those standards which the Light eluded. He could be called evil, and if he acted a certain way, it would be right. Jaden was not beyond Jesse's understanding. In fact, Jesse had been fairly sure that he understood Jaden really well. The will to duel, the pleasure gotten from it; the way they both seemed to live for the draw of the card and the rush of adrenaline made them like two peas in a pod. Jesse had felt a connection with Jaden from the first moment he'd seen him.
But that connection had snapped with Jaden's transformation.
Because if Jaden was like Jesse, and if he was comprehensible to Jesse, then why, oh dear sweet god why, did the Light of Destruction make sense to Jaden?
Jesse had seen it all. Jaden had looked right at the Light, and there had been no confusion in his eyes, no desperate attempts to make what his eyes were seeing make sense. Jaden had looked into the depths of something beyond the ability of the human mind to know, and he'd understood what he'd seen with that awful, old beauty that hung around him. For the entirety of the duel, Jaden had divorced himself from his humanity thread by thread, and it had unsettled Jesse. Jaden was no longer the boy who'd dueled Chazz and given Jesse back his courage. He was, if not an abomination, then something else eldritchian. Something equally, or almost equally, as old as the Light Itself.
And Jesse wanted the old Jaden back.
He wanted the Jaden who laughed when others needed him to.
He wanted the Jaden who'd given him Ruby back when he was on the cusp of losing all hope.
He wanted the Jaden back whose smile didn't look tired and weary and like it had seen the fall of worlds.
And Jesse Anderson, who was human and small and unsure, didn't know of any other way to get his friend back then to duel him.
Neospace flooded the field in a wave of a thousand different colours.
" I know it's a little different than last time, but it chooses its form, I've noticed." Jaden smiled (a light, breezy, but not carefree smile, thank god), and gestured to the rainbow dome around them. Jesse, taking in the lack of stars and empty spaces, breathed a sigh of relief.
" In all honesty, Ah'm a li'l relieved. Don't think Ah coulda handled anotha trip lahke tha'."
Jaden laughed softly.
" No, I guess not." He looked around, considering. " Now that you mention it, I don't think I'd want one either."
Jesse shoulder relaxed a little.
" Oh yeah?" Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Cat and Topaz watching Jaden's every move. While Emerald Turtle and Cobalt Eagle hadn't seemed too interested, the two feline members of his family were so attentive to Jaden that it was getting on his nerves. Neither of them would tell him what was going on, and Cat hadn't offered to tell him that story since her frantic bargain under the gathering thunder. The two remained tight-lipped, but the way they were staring at Jaden was really creepy. It was like they had never seen him before, like he was someone new.
It was the same look they'd given Jaden as the group had exited the room with Sartorius to find Alexis hammering her way through the Society of Light.
And Jesse wanted one of two things: he either wanted all traces of that Jaden to vanish into the past, or he wanted to know the whole story.
He didn't set his hopes to high on the first one, because Jaden had apparently pulled that trick before, so the only option was the second one. There was some part of Jesse, the same part that had refused Jaden's offer to tell him the story, that wondered if maybe, ignorance wouldn't be bliss after all.
For the next little while, though, Jesse was going to duel Jaden and prove to himself that the kind boy who'd given Ruby back really did exist. If he could just have one duel with that Jaden then, win or lose, and come what may, he could hold that memory in his heart the next time Jaden became that Jaden, and use it to remind himself that no matter what, his friend Jaden could come back. No matter how that power changed him, some part of his friend still lived in that being, and Jaden could return to them all.
" Some things are best left in memory." Jaden glanced down at his cards. " But since I've played Neospace, Flare Neos gets a boost for every trap or spell card on the field, as well as 500 from Neospace." The monster's attack points climbed to 4600. Jesse let out a low whistle, and tried very hard not to think about Lia's voice echoing in the back of his head, " the Aditus lends power to all its inhabitants."
" Neos, Flare Storm!" Jaden pointed his monster in the direction of the two felines, who were watching the alien creature with wary looks. As Flare Neos shot forward, fire gathering in his hand, Jesse saw Burstinatrix and Avion shimmer into being at Jaden's side.
' Go for it!' The red monster cheered, pumping her fist in the air. ' Kick some ass, baby!'
' Burst...' The winged monster winced at the volume of the shout. Jaden laughed.
" Ah, let her have her fun, Avion. You know how she gets."
Smiling a little at the interaction (although to most of their audience, Jesse knew it would look like Jaden was talking to air), Jesse quickly activated his face down.
" Sorreh, but your attack won't work thanks ta this!" The card came up. " My Last Resort Trap card lets me activate a field spell. So it's bah-bah Neospace, an' hello to Ancient City Rainbow Ruins!"
Cracks appear along the shell of Neospace, and it shattered under the weight of Jesse's field spell. A rush of air left him in relief as the cloudy void of endless colours were replaced by the amphitheatre of his card, mountains visible in the distance and ridged columns rising up over Jesse's left shoulder.
' Oh, fuck you man!' Came Scarab's disembodied voice from somewhere overhead. Aqua Dolphin appeared, translucent, next to Jaden, Sparkman at his side.
' Behave, Scara." Aquos chided. Sparkman, although his head was covered, looked as though he would be rolling his eyes.
' He's been worse since Jaden starting hanging out with that Aster boy. I swear he's even more uncontrollable, if that's possible.'
' Hey! Low Tide, Sparks! I'll come down there! Don't think I won't!'
' Scara, enough.' Neos' calm voice echoed around them. While he couldn't be seen, Flare Scarab's presence seemed to dim down in compliance. Avion let out a sigh.
' Praise be to Her. I thought we'd actually have to break them up.'
' It's just good-natured rousing, old friend.' Clayman said as he, Wildheart, and Blade Edge joined the group. Jaden was half lost behind his monsters, and was elbow Burstinatrix into silence as she tried to egg Flare Neos on. Avion and Sparkman struck up a conversation with Aquos, while Blade Edge all put hung off of an embarrassed Wildheart, laughing, and Clayman gravitated between the two groups, contributing. Jaden ducked under Burstinatrix's playful punch and shot Jesse a 'what can you do' shrug.
It was heartening, to say the least.
" So uh...where are we?"
" Rome, o' course." Jesse spread his arms out, eager to show off this particular field spell to his friend.
" Rome, huh?" Jaden looked around. The mountains cast no shadows in the bright noon day sun and the cloud drifted calmly, spurred by a slight breeze. Rows upon rows upon rows of seats lined the circular structure and the two Duelists stood in the middle. Behind Jesse, far off in the distance, three white columns rose up out of a fluffy white cloud, and a rainbow arced a little above them.
" Yup, and that means that you're Neospace is gone!" He hadn't meant to sound so vindictive but Jesse didn't want to lie; he was delighted to get rid of that field spell.
' You and me, mothafucka! You and me!' Scarab shouted again, and Jaden pinched the bridge of his nose.
" Would you excuse me for, like, ten seconds?" He asked and, without waiting for a response, looked up at his monster. " Scarab!" He jabbed a finger towards the ground at his feet. " Now!"
Flare Scarab, or at least an image of him, parted from Flare Neos and floated in front of Jaden, arms crossed and glaring at a spot just a little over Jaden's shoulder. He was even more see through than the rest of the monsters converging on Jaden's field.
'What?' The monster asked. Jesse had to stifle a laugh as Jaden actually started tapping his foot.
" Stop threatening my friend."
' Didn't mean fuckin' nothin'.' And the monster was sulking.
" Well, just don't."
' But Neospace-'
" Scara, this is a duel. And sometimes in duels, field spells get destroyed. Quit your bitching and get back into this thing. I still need you."
Flare Scarab looked up at that.
' Yeah?'
Jaden beamed confidently at him.
" Of course. A duel isn't over until the last card's played, right? So stop worrying so much. Let's just have a good time."
' Good time?' Came Neos' voice again, coloured with an odd mixture of curiosity and hope.
Jaden nodded to the monster still hovering above the field.
" Yup. I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
Jesse felt a smile come up onto his face. It was working. There was his friend, and not that ancient creature from before. There was Jaden, soft smiles and carrying laughter and boundless kindness.
" Hey, Jay!"
Jaden looked up, Flare Scarab retreating back into Flare Neos.
" If it makes ya feel any better, ya get ta draw a bonus card!"
" Thanks, that does help!" Jaden slipped a card off the top of his deck. Wildheart was trying to shove Blade Edge off but the golden monster was hanging on for dear life. He gave Jesse another look, this one clearly reading 'you see what I have to put up with' as Burstinatrix starting shouting moves that sounded like she'd gotten them from a wrestling match and Avion moved to join Sparkman, Aquos, and Clayman in edging away from the fire spirit.
" Ah hope it did, 'cuz now Ah have ta tell ya 'bout the effect of mah field spell. Since there's two Crystal Beasts in mah spell card zone, mah attack damage gets cut in half."
The firestorm finally left Flare Scarab's palm and shot for Amethyst Cat, who braced herself on the ground. She vanished in an explosion, only to be replaced by a floating purple gem like her fellow Beasts.
' Later kitty-cat.' Scarab cackled. He abruptly cut off when there was a suspicious smacking noise, followed by a small sound of pain.
" Grand Mole, switch to defense mode." Jesse resisted the urge to make a show of flicking his bangs out of his eyes at Jaden's move.
" Ah'm afraid ya can't do much else."
' Hey Fairytale, didn't anyone ever tell you that gloating is unattractive?' Burstinatrix asked as she rested her elbow on Jaden's head, using him as an unwilling armrest. Fire dance in between her fingers.
' If it's not Scara...' Sparkman and Aquos sigh in unison.
' It's Burst, I know.' Avion pinched the bridge of his nose.
" Ignore her. She's a fire type." Jaden ground out from under her arm. " They all have tempers." The monster in question did the fantastically mature act of sticking her tongue out at her master.
' It's nice to see that time hasn't dulled you in anyway.' Topaz rumbled, watching Jaden's monsters with unconcealed mirth in his deep eyes. There was a flash of fire, and Neos returned to Jaden's deck. The Slifer stared at the cards warmly for a moment before turning his attention back to the duel. Jesse drew a card.
" Ah play Rare Value! When there are two o' mo' Crystal Beasts in mah spell o' trap card zone, and Ah sacrifahce one, Ah can draw two new cards." He put Emerald Turtle into his Graveyard. " Ah'll bring ya back soon. Now then, Ah summon Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth!"
After a moment, during which the massive monster shouted something about crushing, Jaden looked blankly at Jesse.
" And he sounds like a Schwarzenegger impersonator because?"
" Do not question th' ways of an eight tonne creature tha' enjoys smashin', fo' ya are small, an' yo' bones are brittle."
A beat of silence.
" Good answer."
" Thank ya." Jesse pointed towards the rodent on the other side of the field. " Topaz, dinner time."
' Don't you dare Topace.' Grand Mole said in a squeaky, but angry voice. Topaz laughed deep in his throat.
' My apologize, old friend.' And he leapt forward.
Jaden sighed as he watched his monster vanish. Topaz paused once the pyrotechnics were over, looking at him. The Slifer stared right back, apparently used to holding staring contests with duel monsters.
' There's something different about you. Something I can't quite put my paw on...'
" New haircut." Jaden quipped, but the dismissive tone just under it was clear. Topaz returned to Jesse's side of the field.
" An' just what was tha' 'bout?" He whispered as his tiger settled next to him.
' A stray thought.' Was the answer, as dismissive as Jaden's.
" Do all Duelists put up with this from their monsters?"
' No, you are simply too easy.' Mammoth answered, seeing as Topaz clearly wasn't going to.
" Um Jesse?" Jaden was pointing to the billowing smoke that was all that remained of his Grand Mole.
" Yeah Jay?"
" Whenever Grand Mole is in a smack down like that, both of our monsters return to our hands." Twin flashes of light, and card appeared in both Jesse and Jaden's hands, Topaz gone from Jesse's side of the field.
" Damnit." He muttered.
" You're going to sic the elephant on me, aren't you?"
" He's a mammoth. An' yes. Yes Ah am."
" Thought so. "And Jaden braced himself. The smack of the trunk brought his lifepoints down to 300, and sent him flying to what would've been, had the field spell not been activated, the very edge of the dueling platform. He landed flat on his back. " Ow."
Amber Mammoth let out a trumpeting cry of victory, causing all of Jaden's monsters to cover their ears and wince.
' Hey Terminator, ya wanna keep it down?' Scarab shouted, appearing next to Burstinatrix.
' Yeah!' The female monster agreed. ' Some of us actually like being able to use our ears!'
' You are puny, and your concerns mean nothing to me.' Mammoth replied, to which the two fire types started shouting again, and Jaden facepalmed.
" Aaaaand here we go again."
" Um..." Jesse looked at the shouting monsters. " Should we...do sumthahn'?"
" I'm on it." Jaden's voice was muffled by his hand. He took a deep breath, and then raised his head, glaring at this monsters. " Hey! Hey! I will ground you two!"
'Crap!' Both monsters hissed, and then disappeared back into the deck.
" They're my monsters, and I love them. They're my monsters, and I love them. They're my monsters, and I love them, but Christ can they be a pain in the ass sometimes!"
For several reasons, not least of all being that Jaden was acting more and more like his normal self, if only for the duration of the duel (and that in and of itself was bolstering. He, Jesse Anderson, had been able to bring back the old Jaden for a brief amount of time), Jesse was glad he wasn't the only one who got annoyed with his deck from time to time.
Jaden peeked up at him from between his fingers and bangs as he cradled his face in his palm, rubbing the bridge of his nose in aggravation.
" So are you gonna sacrifice those gems anytime soon, or are we still building up here?"
Jesse stared.
And stared some more.
And then stared a little more.
" Build up then, okay. By all means, continue." Jaden gave him a friendly smile and nodded to the floating crystals but Jesse's mind had gone to a standstill.
" Huh-what?" He said weakly. Jaden pointed to the amethyst still floating at his side.
" You. Those. Sacrifice. Am I wrong?"
" ...How is it tha' Ah'm th' one whose seen your deck, an' you are guessin' mah strategies?" Jesse's voice was strained. It didn't help that Jaden just shrugged.
" Lucky guess?"
" Lucky guess mah ass." Jesse grumbled. " Fahne. Yes, Ah'm planning on usin' em, but they'll be mergin', not sacrifahced."
" Semantics." Jaden waved the emphasis off.
" Once Ah have all seven, Ah can merge 'em ta create sumthahn' new."
" ...You're going to draw this out, aren't you?"
" Whah?" Jesse's grin was a trifle sadistic. " Do ya want me ta summon it really badly?"
Jaden glared, although he was pouting too much for it to be effective.
" Jesse, you are evil, no two ways about it."
" No, Ah'm patient an' careful."
" Evil."
" Semantics."
" And now you're joking-stealing." Jaden pulled a card off of his deck. " I play Convert Contact. Since my field is empty, I get to take two Neospacians – one from my hand and one from my deck- and send 'em to my Grave. And by doing that, I'm allowed to draw a card for each monster on your field in addition to the one I would normally draw." He said, sliding Grand Mole and Flare Scarab's cards into the Grave. Jesse was sure that, had he not been hiding from Jaden's wrath in the deck, Scarab would've protested the move.
He looked down at the cards he'd drawn.
" Okay, I play – and this is gonna sound strange, but go with it- the spell card Cocoon Party. Now, for every Neospacian in my Grave, I get a cocoon." Three frothy, pale bubbles appeared, each containing a small creature. In one was a red-eyed cat, in another a glowing figure, and the third, a small red parrot. " Don't say it."
Jesse's mouth twitched.
" Don't say it."
He really couldn't help himself.
" Don't say it, Jesse."
" Ah believe th' proper term is 'kawa-ahi', correct?"
Jaden's glare could've melt steel.
" I'm going to make him bite you." He pointed to the kitten. " I'm gonna make him grow up, and then I'm gonna make him bite you. And it will hurt. And you will not like it." A pause. "And you accent sucks. It's pronounced kawaii."
" Adorableness transcends language."
" Biting! It will happen!"
" 'Course it will. With itty-bitty baby teeth."
" Contact!"
" What was th-Whoa Chrahst!"
They weren't babies anymore. The three cocoons vanished into three streams of light, and in their places were three monsters, including a panther that could give Amethyst Cat a run for her money, a muscle-bound bird, and a glowing man. Jesse gulped.
" Is it too late ta say sorry?"
Jaden's grin was just a touch feral.
" Yes." He said shortly. " Hummingbird, do you thing."
And Jesse could only watch as two pink flowers bloomed out of the cards he was holding, which the monster proceeded to suck nectar from. Jaden's life points rose to 1300.
" Next, Neos' Energy, which gives my Dark Panther 800 extra attacks point." He nodded to the feline, who languidly stretched on his card before leaping at Mammoth, who disappeared in the customary explosion. He was replaced by a glowing amber gemstone.
" Ah play Sapphire Pegasus, an' his special effect allows me ta get a Crystal Beast from mah Grave and summon it." A bright ruby appeared on his side of the field. " An' Ruby's got an effect too! Show 'im wha'cha can do, girl!"
Ruby exploded out of her gem casing, the jewel at the tip of her tail glowing. Streams of red light shout of out of it and hit the other gems, which began to crack as well.
" This is going to end spectacularly, or in a very large explosion." Jaden observed as the Beasts began emerging from their shells. Jesse's face was starting to hurt from grinning so wide.
" Maybe both." Pegasus and Panther leapt at each other and collided in mid air. " Well, there's one explosion for ya, Jay." Cat sleekly leapt to the forefront, but her eyes were tracking the trails of smoke left by Dark Panther with wide eyes. She paused in front of Jaden, one clawed paw at the ready.
' You weren't lying.' Was all she said, bringing her paw down.
" No," Jaden said as he regained his balance. " I wasn't."
Another attack.
Another. All of Jaden's monsters were gone, but he was smiling, almost looking bemused.
" I'm still waiting for this card of yours!" He teased. Ruby's attack hit him the chest.
" You okay?" Jesse asked as Jaden staggered for a moment.
" I've been scratched, pecked, and stomped. Just peachy, how 'bout you?"
" Ah'm good."
" You're a goddamn tease is what you are." The Slifer grumbled good-naturedly. " I play Fake Hero, which allows me to summon any hero I have in my hand. And guess which one I happen to be holding?"
" Oh boy." Jesse's eyes twitched as Neos came into being.
" And then, I play Contact Soul. Now, since Neos is on the field, I get to summon another Neospacian from my Graveyard. Air Hummingbird, come on out!" A flash of green, and the muscular red bird stood at Jaden's side. " Guess what happens next."
" Contact Fusion?"
" Contact Fusion." There was a blinding light as the two monsters merged. " Into Elemental Hero Air Neos! And since you have more lifepoints, Neos gets 1200 extra attack points."
The monster flicked his wings, twin scythes of light heading for Jesse.
" Fahne, fahne, Ah'll quit teasing ya. All mah Beasts are here, so that means-"
" Too late." Jaden's voice was gleeful as his attack struck. The world exploded into fire and dust, and Jesse felt himself fall, his monsters and field spell vanishing as his lifepoints dropped to zero. Coughing from the grit kicked up by the explosion, Jesse groaned. When he could finally see again through the smoke, Jaden was crouching in front of him, smiling a far too innocent smile.
" I already know you don't have Rainbow Dragon." He said softly, too quietly for anyone to hear. Jesse's eyes flew open.
" How-"
" You told me." He held up a hand to stop Jesse's protest. " You were kinda drunk at the time. So was I, but for some reason, that little factoid stayed with me through the hang-over." He stood, dusting off his pants. " Don't worry about it. We'll find you that...I think you were trying to say 'tablet', but it came out as 'table lecture'." He flushed at Jesse's incredulous look. " Did I mention that you were drunk? Really, really drunk?"
" Was this in June? 'Cuz Ah remember being drunk in June." He took the hand Jaden had offered to him and was pulled to his feet. " Well, when Ah say remember..."
" Oh god, they're doing it again!" A familiar voice cut through the silence that had settled over them. Jesse looked over Jaden's shoulder.
" Uh Jay?"
" There's a camera in her hands?"
" 'S bit bigger 'an tha', Jay."
" Hmm?" Jaden turned around.
And met the gazes of what had to be half the student body, most of the faculty, and several faces he didn't recognize.
" Um...hi?"
So actually, I took a break from writing this week. I just...ran out of energy or something, and really, 68 chapters isn't a bad place to take a break, is it? I am just ready to start the Haou vs. Jim duel, and after that, things get...interesting. I'l probably start up on Sunday again.
So, here's this week. And JESSE! Jesse introspective! I kinda like writing for him, if only because he's not so on board with the whole mysterious power of Jaden's thing...and he has a whole army of duel spirits that he talks to as well. Really, could be BE anymore of a writer's favourite in regards to the real show? Oh, hi! Just let me come right the fuck outta nowhere, have an instant bond with the main character to the point where I surpass the bonds he'd had with the people he's known for two years longer than me, mention that we might have met before and then NEVER elaborate on it, have super-rare ultra-awesome cards, make everybody love me instantaneously...So is Jesse a Mary Sue? Or...oh god, the male equivalent...Gary Stu? Is Jesse a Gary Stu? Oh god, I hope I made him less of one if so. Jesus, writers. What the hell guys?
Also, I never liked how they ended the Jesse vs. Jaden duel in the show. One, it made it look like Jaden couldn't beat Jesse on his own and it was only massive luck that Jesse didn't have the card he needed that let Jay win, and two, it made Jesse look like a complete and total idiot, building up this thing until going, at the last possible second, ' Oh, yeah, BTW, don't actually have it lol!'. I don't think that's what they were going for, but it ended up looking like that to me, and since this is my universe, I can tweak thins I don't like. So Jaden beat Jesse before he could make an idiot of himself in front of all of Duel Academy.
So there.
...
Ha.
What else?
Oh yeah, this is not the last time Jesse's pornunciation will get on Jaden's nerves.
Anywho, I think that's it. I'm gonna go read over some of the other chapters I've written, get back into the modd, and then see if I can pump out something about Jim and Haou dueling by the end of the week.
MoS
