SlippingSanity : I really, really, really am sorry for not updating sooner! I've been so busy in school and all this crap, plus I got inspired to start a BeyBlade fic and I've been debating on the couple and then...well, as if that matters... Anyways, here you go!

I am sorry I'm not responding to reviews in theis chapter, but I will try in the next chapter!

Disclaimer : I do not own...


Chapter 3 : Observe The Details


My brown eyes gaze at the beautiful sight before me.

The waves of the sea softly slapping against the rocky shore. The golden sun hung at a slightly low angle, due to the early hour. It glittered like magic off of the waters surface.

My smile increased as he held me tighter aroundd my shoulders, pulling me closer to him. A sigh escaped my lips. I wish we could stay like this forever. Me and him together by the sea, silently. No words need be spoken, for the silence between us spoke loud enough...

"Hey! Zane! Alexis!"

...But Jaden has a mouth, so he speaks louder...


(Alexis P.o.V. End)

(Jaden P.o.V. Begin)


"Hey!" I yell, running as fast as I could over to the Obelisk Blue couple. I know I interrupted one of those things, "couple moments" or something like that, but this was far more important than cuddling!

"Jaden?" Alexis asked me, though I'm sure she was pretty ticked. I would be if it were me and ... whatever! No time!

I stop a few steps away from them, inhaling and exhaling air. Hey! You try running over to the lighthouse from your dorm room because you didn't know what to do and then you got lost! I sure know my way around this island.

I keep my gaze on Alexis, trying to ignore the dangerous glare comming from the Kaiser.

"You ran all the way here?"

I nod my response.

"What's up?"

That's a good question. Simple to understand, but difficult to answer. I don't even know really. I only know one thing.

"Sy's ... Sy's missing ..." I whisper.

"What was that Jaden? I didn't hear --"

"Sy's missing!" I reply, dropping my gaze to the smooth cement texture of the lighthouse's pathway.

I could hear shoes softly clack as the walk towards me. I didn't have to be smart to know it was Zane.

"Missing?" He asked me, and I replied by nodding, my eyes still on the ground.

"... ... I see ..." Zane spoke walking away.

My temper flared.

'I see'? His brother is missing and all he has to say is 'I see'!

I clutch my fist tightly at my sides, my body shakes with anger. I glare at his retreating form through my bangs.

I open my mouth, about to yell Zane a few good choice words and tell him exactly what he can 'see', but no sooner than I opened my mouth a hand was slapped over my it. Was threatning yell was now a incoherent muffle. I gaze at Alexis, my expression giving her the 'What - the - hell - was - that - for?'

She giggled a little at my expression, before becoming serious. She slowly removed her hand.

"Didn't you hear the pause in his words? The tone of his voice?"

"No'" I reply. Honestly I didn't notice, he just ticked me off, so I lost it.

"Jaden, you don't want to upset him more than he already is," She warned me.

Really? He was mad? He could have fooled me...


When Alexis and myself returned to the campus, we saw something of an uproar. People, students and teachers alike, were running around rapidly. They ran into random dorms, classrooms, the main building, everything.

Okay, so it was an uproar.

"What's going on?" Alexis asked.

I didn't know if she was asking me directly, or if she was thinking out loud, so I shrug. I have no idea. None of this was happening when I left to tell her and Zane about Sy... Zane!

Left ... Right ... My eyes searching for the blue haired third year Obelisk. Alexis must have been thinking the same thing, because she was searching as well.

I know he walked in the direction of the campus ...

"Do I look like Syrus?"

A pause.

"What was that?"

Another pause.

"Then stop looking at me and find him!"

We ran towards the voice. Before us stood one very ticked off older brother.

"Zane?"

He didn't turn to us, only looked out of the corner of his eyes.

"Everyone generously agreed to help us look for him."

Okay, never will I admit this to anyone. Ever! Not even if Syrus laid in my bed in a whipped cream bikini and asked me to lick ... it ... off ... if ... I ... tell ...

... him ...

... Whatever. Point is, Zane scares me, sometimes.

"But so far no one has found anything on his where abouts."

'Where are you Sy?' I thought, my gaze dropping to the green earth under my red and black tennis shoes.

A shrill mewing snaped me out of my thoughts. Brown eyes met brown fur.

'Kuriboh?' (sp?) I ask him.

He gazes me up and down, then his eyes stayed on the ground. Was he saddened by Syrus' disappearance? Or is he sad because I'm sad?

I shake my head and smile at my winged friend. I don't want him to be sad because of me.

He mewed again, a little louder this time. Either he brought the facade, or set up a facade of his own to counter mine.

I nod and make a mad dash for our shared dorm. If someone called out to me, their voice was blocked by the echo ...

"There should be a clue in the room."

That is what Kuriboh told me.

I slam the door open open, franically searching the room with my eyes. I walk out to his bunk, tracing every inch of it lightly with my fingertips as if the bed was an irreplacable piece of expensive art. I barely grazed the sheets.

I drop my hand to my side.

"Jaden?"

I turn my gaze to the doorway. Alexis and Zane stood there, the sun shadowing their features.

I shake my head, smiling as I walk towards the window.

"It's just my instinct. I thought I would find something up here," I lied.

Kuriboh mewed again, nudging me to look of the window. I look out. What does he want me to see?

"Something like what?" Alexis asked, stepping in the room all the way, followed by Zane.

I didn't stop to answer, I ran out of the room before I thought of it. My feet carried me to the sight I observed from the window.

"These are -"

"Sy's cards" Zane finished for me.

A growl escapes my lips, and I'm running again.

"Help! Jaden!"

'No! I gotta find Syrus!'

I follow the cards, picking them up as I run along.

"Jaden!"

'Shut up! I need to find him!'

Another card, and I run down the path.

"Ja...den!"

'Quiet!'

Why did that voice come to mind again? Why did I still remember it? Normally I'd have figured it out...

But all such thoughts disperse as I look before me.

I'm at the edge of a cliff.

"Damn it ..." I whisper, looking down. Syrus' cards continued down the rocky cliff.

And then it hits me.

"Shit! "

Sy's not on the island anymore ...


SlippingSanity : The voice talking to Jaden is still distorted, so he doesn't know who's speaking. And I don't know Syrus kidnapper's name. (I don't think it was said since he had such a minor role) If it was, please tell me, If not, I'll have to make one up. And I'm so sorry If Jaden seems OOC.