Guess who's back! This chapter is about what happens to Jaden after he disappears in the last chapter. Thank you Saki-Rose Chan and iloveyugiohGX93 for reviewing our story! To Saki-Rose Chan: I'm sorry about the pictures. I couldn't upload them, but I sent a PM with descriptions. I'll also put the descriptions on my profile. There will be a poll about Jaden's love life on my profile. Enjoy this chapter!
Jaden groaned as he rolled over onto his back. He couldn't remember anything except for a man with a white mask injecting a needle into the back of his neck. He looked around to find that he was inside of a small shack. He tried the door, and found that it was unlocked. He stepped out, and was hit by the rays of sunlight.
He walked out onto the sidewalk, and started running. He crashed a teenage boy who looked as if he was about 14. He had messy blue hair, and was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a red neckline and black jeans. "Oh, um, sorry about that, guess I wasn't watching where I was going." Jaden laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head. He stuck his hand out and introduced himself. "I'm Jaden Yuki, and I'm new here." The boy blinked, clearly not used to energetic people. "Hello. It's nice to meet you. Why are you in such a rush?"
"I actually just woke up…"
"At 5 pm? Really?"
"Yeah, all I remember is getting a shot, and then I woke up around here. Think you could tell me where I am?"
"Delta City. Maybe I can help you. Follow me."
The blue-haired boy turned and walked away. Jaden ran up to fall in pace with him. "So, do you duel?" Jaden asked. The boy stopped. "Yeah. Do you?" Jaden nodded. "Of course I do! Dueling is practically half of my life! You wanna duel?"
The mysterious boy stopped and smirked. "Well, if you just woke up, then how do you know that dueling's half of your life? Unless that story was made up of course." Jaden laughed, and rubbed his neck. "Well, I don't know how I do, but I just know. I know I have a deck, and whenever I look at it I feel sorta connected to it, ya know?" The other boy stopped. "Not really."
Jaden remained unfazed. "Well, since you know my name, I wanna know yours, so what's your name?" The bluenette turned towards him. "Gaite, Gaite Winters." Gaite stopped. "We're here." The two boys were at an RV parked to the side of a still in progress building. The sign on the fence bordering the construction site said: "Coming Soon! Duel Academy, sign up today. Opens September 19th. Tryouts on September 12." Jaden turned to Gaite. "Hey, Gaite! We should sign up! It'll be awesome!"
Gaite rolled his eyes. "Jaden, there's no point. You can train yourself, there's no reason to waste time trying for a scholarship or spending money on that place." Jaden pouted. "But Gaite, it'd be fun! Come on man, we've got to do this." Gaite sighed. "Jaden, come inside. I'm not going to argue with you about this. My answer is no." It was Jaden's turn to roll his eyes. "Since when were you the father? Anyway, I'll only come inside if you say yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Plea~se?!"
"…Fine. You better be happy. Now come inside."
Jaden walked into the RV. "Dang, man. Got anything to eat?" He started searching the fridge. Gaite looked into the cupboards. "Well, let's see. I've got, uh, let's go out to eat." He went up to his room and sweatdropped at the clothes on his floor. Jaden yelled up to him. "Can we get some ramen noodles?" As Gaite was about to reply, they heard a loud knock on the door. "Hell-oo! Anybody there? Hell-oo?" somebody called in a girly voice. Jaden opened the door and saw a red-headed girl with green eyes. She wore a red skirt with a white blouse. She wore a red vest over top of it. "Hi, I'm Solivia…" the girl looked up and dramatic hearts popped into her eyes.
"You can have, like, anything you want for free! It's like, on me! I sell like, cookies, soda, and, like, noodles."
Jaden's eyes lit up. "Oh, okay! I'll have 15 boxes of noodles, 25 cans of soda- it doesn't matter what kind, and some cookies!" The two heard Gaite's voice from the back. Gaite, who had been in his room finding his wallet, came downstairs. "Jaden, who's this? And what is all of this food doing here?" The girl stepped forward. "Hi! I'm Soli-"
"Leave. Now." The girl's mouth dropped open. "Well, fine! Remember, if you need me you can call me!" she threw a piece of paper inside and left.
"…Gaite! What was that for! We could've gotten more food."
Gaite sighed. "Listen, Jaden. We have absolutely no idea who that girl was, where she came from, and she looked crazy. We don't open doors for strangers!" Jaden laughed, and replied. "Alright man, if you say so. What're we gonna eat?" Gaite sweatdropped. "Jaden, we're going to Kukai's Ramen House to eat. I'm leaving now, so if you- Jaden?" He looked outside and saw Jaden waiting and ready to go. "Come on Gaite, I gotta eat!" Gaite cracked a smile. "Alright, Jaden."
"Oh, and Gaite?"
"Hm?"
"Call me Jay."
When they got to the ramen shop, Jaden and Gaite ordered. They talked about
The boys were walking back to the RV, full and happy. "So Jaden- no, Jay-, you told me that you have no idea about your past except for dueling?"
"Well, I didn't say that. The last thing I remember is being chained to a large bed, and then these men, all of them in white masks, injected something into my arm. Then I met you, and that's what happened."
Gaite stopped walking. "Well, if that's the case then I'm glad I found you."
Jaden smiled at Gaite. "Hey, Gaite?"
"Yeah?"
"Let's race!"
Gaite smirked back. "It's on!"
The boys ran off into the dusk.
*TIME SKIP*
Jaden was running, not paying attention as usual. I've got to catch up to Gaite, he's already there! He collided with a spiky haired shorty. The man was a bit on the short side, but he looked familiar. He was wearing a black tanktop and had multi-colored hair. "Sorry," Jaden said.
"You're a duelist, aren't you?" the mysterious man said.
"Yep! I'm just here to try out for the academy. H-hey! You're-"
"Hn. Why don't you take this? Something just tells me It belongs with you." The man continues.
"Huh? Wow, for real?" Jaden asked the man.
"Good luck." The mysterious man walked away.
"Wait! Thank you! I'll make it up to you!" The man paused and gave him a thumbs up, and resumed walking.
Jaden smiled, and then he remembered something. "Shoot! I'm gonna be late for the entrance exams!"
Jaden ran off, to his home for the next two years- Duel Acadamy.
