Meet the Yuki Family
By
Kage of Seireitei
(A/N: Wow after posting the third chapter, there are now +1200 hits and 26 reviews. That's pretty good for me. Thank you much Reader-sama. And I'm now here to honor your request for an update. Thank you for taking time to read this. I hope I can inspire you enough to type your own fanfictions. So here it is Chapter 4.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX. But I do own this fanfic and you own any reviews and comments you may submit.
Warning: May contain OOCness.
Warning: Lack of Reviews might result in poor story content.
Warning: May contain slight Angst. (Actually now that I realize it it is rather miniscule.)
Speech/Narration
Thoughts/dreams
Inner thoughts/conscience/duel monster spirit
Chapter 4: Realizations
(Outside Duel Academy campus)
After the duel between Jenny and Alex, the group left and departed for their dorms. Everyone decided to spend the night at the Slifer Red dorm. Alexis was still nowhere to be found as she was still locked up in her room crying. But the others were completely unaware of the drama unfolding around them. Jaden was also missing and Syrus was always voicing his worry every few minutes.
Alex and Jenny were getting worried on the disappearance of Jaden and Alexis. They were hoping Jaden and Alexis disappeared together to hang out but they couldn't get rid of the feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Atticus was still acting like the fool he was, trying to come up with various plots to get Jaden and Alexis together, but his plans always ended up backfiring or breaking down before he even got a chance to try them (Robo-Crowler Ch. 3 who by the way is still on a rampage). Secretly though, he was worried for his sister. He noticed that she hadn't come up to him once today and scold him for something.
There must be something wrong. Atticus thought.
Meanwhile, Bastion was trying to find a logical answer to the disappearance of both Jaden and Alexis. Jasmine and Mindy were trying to hide their concern for Alexis vanishing for the entire day.
The group of student duelists walked in relative silence all the way to the Slifer dorms, each was worried for Jaden and/or Alexis.
Harrington was with them as well. Ever since his duel with Jaden, he had learned a lot about Jaden and his personality. Today he also got the chance to hang out with Jaden's friends and learned how strong their friendship was with the Slifer Slacker. Pierre left the island soon after Alex and Jenny's duel to continue his gambling business.
Harrington looked at the group and noticed everyone was slightly depressed so he tried to strike up a conversation.
"Anyone else wondering why Kaiba decided to drop by our school?"
"He said he was here to observe potential in future duelists. But I have a feeling that he has another hidden objective" Hassleberry said.
"I have to agree with Hassleberry on this. It seems too convenient for Kaiba to 'take time off his busy schedule' and decide to pop up at our school" Bastion said. That was all that was said until they reached the Slifer Red common room. They were relaxing and hanging out the rest of the day. When it started getting late, they started to get worried.
"Does anyone know where my little sis is?" Atticus said, finally showing a hint of worry.
"No. We haven't seen her all day" Jasmine and Mindy said. The rest of the group shrugged.
"Jaden's also been missing all day. Apparently he slipped away during the ranking duels and no one has seen him since" Alex informed them.
"It's getting late. I'm going to go look for him!" Syrus exclaimed as he bounded for the door but was abruptly stopped by Hassleberry.
"Just hold on private-"
"I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT. JADEN COULD BE IN TROUBLE!" Syrus suddenly yelled.
"What I was going to say is you won't be going alone. We're coming with you" Hassleberry calmly stated.
"Hmph" Chazz said pouting. "I don't really care what happens to that slacker. I hope he got eaten by a bear or something." Syrus seemed to go into panic mode and started pacing furiously back and forth.
"Chazz you can stay here in case he shows up, we'll go look for Jaden" Harrington ordered Chazz who looked like he wasn't paying attention.
"LET'S GO ALREADY!" Syrus boomed as he zoomed out the door, the rest of the group struggling to catch up.
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(Dark hidden shadows in the woods)
"It looks like Jaden's finally all alone. But, the sudden appearance of Kaiba may hinder my plans………or greatly help them. All I need to do is wait for Jaden's spirit to be struck once more. Who knows maybe if Jaden and Alexis actually don't get together, Jenny and Alex will finally be off my back for good" the mysterious figure said to himself watching the scene of drama before him in amusement.
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(Alexis's room)
I love him.
I love him.
I love him.
But,
I can't love him.
For him
For me
For us.
Alexis was cooped up in her room all day crying her heart out at the loss of the one person she thought she could ever possibly get close too.
Jaden Yuki
Alexis thought as she was reminded of the caring and loving Slifer Red student. She also distinctly remembered the warmth and security she felt when she was held in his arms.
She continued to cry in the already soaked sheets.
Knock Knock Knock
"Alexis. It's us Jasmine and Mindy. Are you alright?" Jasmine's voice asked from behind the door.
Alexis quickly wiped her face of tears and threw the wet bed sheets and pillow case into her laundry bin. She them tried to compose herself and opened the door to be met with two worried friends.
"Alexis what happened to you? You look like a mess" Mindy said shocked at the sight of the disheveled Obelisk Blue. Alexis was always one who kept up her image as the 'beautiful Obelisk Queen' as much as she hated the title. Right now, Alexis basically looked like she had just woken up, her hair was a mess, her eyes looked red and she looked exhausted.
Alexis tried to hide all of that with a fake smile. "Hey guys. So what's going on?" Alexis asked.
Mindy and Jasmine immediately knew something was wrong with Alexis. She looked like she was crying for days locked up in her room. It was evident when she pretended to put on a mask of happiness.
"Alexis, we know something is wrong. Can't you trust your friends to tell us what's going on?" Jasmine said playing the guilt card.
"I'll tell you guys later, now why did you want to see me?" Alexis said, not harshly but with a hint of frustration due to her exhausted state.
"Oh I almost forgot. Jaden's gone missing. He hasn't been seen all day and he hasn't returned to the dorms" Jasmine informed her.
Jaden's gone missing? Alexis thought with worry.
"We were wondering if you saw him at all today?" Mindy asked.
"The last time I saw him was right before school" Alexis said sadly as she remembered what happened the last she saw of her love.
I don't love you.
She tried to hold back her tears in front of her friends and decided to ask something. "So have the others gone off searching for him?"
"Yeah. We were about to join them. Are you going to come along?" Jasmine asked her friend.
I don't know if I can ever face him again. But he could be in trouble. Alexis thought, weighing her options.
"Alright I'm coming." She said firmly as the three girls left.
I love him.
But I can't love him.
For us.
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Jaden's friends decided to split up into groups to look for him. Bastion and Harrington went off in one group, while Syrus and Hassleberry searched elsewhere. Atticus, Alex and Jenny went looking in the school.
Hassleberry and Syrus had reached a small clearing in the forest. They paused to look around for any signs of life.
"This is no good. I can't fine any sign of Jaden anywhere!" Syrus exclaimed.
"Let's move along private. We've got no time to lose" Hassleberry commanded as they ran through the clearing and up a steep hill.
When they finally reached the top, they were mesmerized by the beautiful scene. The vast ocean and the golden beach not to mention it all being illuminated by the star filled sky. They quickly shook off their awe and looked around in the darkness.
"THERE!" Syrus yelled pointing down the slope at a figure laying down in the sand.
Syrus and Hassleberry ran fast down the slope and up to the motionless figure.
"Jaden are you alright?" Syrus asked the now identified figure. Jaden's eyes were closed and his breathing seemed shallow and weak. He also didn't respond to anything.
"I think we need to get him to the nurse pronto" Hassleberry said as he lifted the prone form of his 'sarge' and carried him off in the direction of the academy.
Kuuuurrriiii. A small voice echoed through Hassleberry's and Syrus's ears.
That sounds familiar. They both thought but quickly choose to ignore it as they tried to get their friend help.
"Syrus, go tell the others. I can handle this. Tell everyone to meet at the nurse's office and if we're not there check the small hospital wing" Hassleberry informed his friend. Syrus hesitated for a second but ran off in search of Jaden's other friends.
Hassleberry hustled away in search of the nurse, the whole time worried for the well being of his self-proclaimed brother.
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(Minutes later)
"Did you guys find him yet?" Jenny asked as her group and Bastion's group met at the other end of duel academy.
"No not yet. We can't find a single trace of where he's been" Bastion informed.
"GUYS!" a voice cried out.
Syrus had ran all the way across campus grounds to find the others. He quickly explained the situation and got worried looks from all of them.
The six of them then looked for Jasmine, Mindy, and Alexis.
"Hey! Syrus and Hassleberry found Jaden!" Bastion called out to the girls who were searching the campus.
"Where is he?!" Alexis asked worriedly.
"Jaden………..hospital………body…….weak" Syrus panted trying to recover from running.
Before anyone could respond, Alexis took off at track runner speed in the direction of the hospital. When the others finally realized that she left, they struggled to catch up with her.
Please be alright Jaden. Alexis thought.
I love him.
But, I can't love him.
For us.
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"Come on sarge we're almost there. Don't give up on me yet soldier" Hassleberry said trying to comfort the weak Jaden.
"Al……….ex……..is" Jaden mumbled incoherently.
"Jaden!" Hassleberry exclaimed as he finally got some response of Jaden. The dino-user almost reached the school when he stopped suddenly.
There was a dark figure standing in his way. "Stop right there and hand over the boy" the dark voice commanded.
"Why should I?" Hassleberry questioned the dark clothed figure whose face was hidden behind a mask.
"My master requires his………unique powers" he said mysteriously.
"Listen. How about you just get out of my way so I can get him to the hospital and that way I won't have to go all army on you!"
The man chuckled as he pulled out a duel disk. "Since you won't give him to me willingly, how about we duel" he as a command more than a question.
"I don't have time for this. Just get out of my way before I-"
"Let me handle this" a deep voice echoed from just beyond the shadows.
A man about Jaden's height stepped out of the darkness. He had spiky black hair with red and blond strands running along the edge. He had violet eyes and was wearing a blue coat with a black undershirt.
"You're-"
"Just sit tight. I'll take care of this guy" Hassleberry's savior said.
"I guess I'll have to duel you first before I can get the boy" the shadowy figure said calmly.
"Exactly. Duel!" the deep voice man said as both players activated their duel disks.
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"You guys look like a bunch of strong duelists" another dark figure said as he stood in the way of Syrus, Bastion, Alexis, Mindy, Jasmine, Alex, Atticus, Jenny, and Harrington.
"We need to see our friend!" Syrus exclaimed.
"Move!" Harrington yelled.
To everyone's surprise, Alexis bolted off in another direction to get around the figure and to Jaden.
"Where is she going?" Bastion asked.
"Well I guess I can duel the rest of you for fun" the shadowy figure said coldly as he released a massive amount of killer intent that froze the teen duelists to the spot.
"Which one will be first?"
"Hey you!" a voice cried out. A tall man wearing a white blazer and black undershirt walked into the clearing. He had long brown hair and piercing eyes. His blazer had the emblem KC.
"I really don't appreciate strangers sneaking onto my school and attacking students" the tall man said, his voice laced with power.
"So it's Seto Kaiba. I guess I get the honor of defeating you today" the dark figure said with confidence.
"You brats wait there. I'll finish this quickly" Kaiba commanded. The kids were still shocked at the fact that the founder of Duel Academy was there to defend them.
"Let's get this over with" Kaiba said almost boringly as both duelists activated their duel disks.
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Dark figure: 4000 LP
Deep voiced ally: 4000 LP
"I'll start. I activate Card Destruction. This makes us discard our entire hand and start anew." The deep voiced ally explained.
"Why would you do that on your first turn?" the shadowy figure asked confused.
"You'll see. It seems like I have the right cards to end this duel."
"How's that possible. You can't even attack on your first turn!"
"Watch then. I'll start by playing Monster Reborn. It allows me to bring back a monster from my graveyard. So I choose my faithful Dark Magician (2500 ATK)!"
"What the-" Hassleberry began startled at the appearance of the powerful monster.
"How come you sent your Dark Magician to the graveyard at first only to hope that you could draw monster reborn on the second draw?" the shady character asked.
"I knew I would draw monster reborn on my next turn because I believe in the heart of the cards and my monsters believe in me."
"That's ridiculous!"
"Then let me prove you wrong. Now by removing one light monster and one dark monster from my graveyard and out of the game I can special summon Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning(3000 ATK)!"
The powerful soldier swung its sword proudly as it appeared next to its comrade the Dark Magician.
"This duel is over. I activate the quick-spell Mischief of the Goddess of Time. If I skip one turn I can go straight to my battle phase even though its my first turn. And since you don't have any monsters on your side of the field and I have
Dark Magician (2500 ATK)
And Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning (3000 ATK)
It looks like you are finished!"
"Go Dark Magician and Black Luster Soldier, attack him directly and end this duel!"
The purple clad magician fired magical beams of energy from his scepter while the powerful swordsman performed a powerful horizontal slash.
Dark Figure: 0 LP
Deep voiced ally: 4000 LP
"Ahhh! No master. I'm sorry. I didn't know he'd be here? No please. Ahhhhh!" the dark figure screamed as he disintegrated into a pile of ashes.
"What the heck happened to him?" Hassleberry exclaimed.
"There's no time to worry about that now. We need to get Jaden to the hospital!" With that, they left the scene and ran for the nurse.
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(With the other group)
"Duel!"
"I'll go first. I'll activate two copies of the spell card Dian Keto the Cure Master giving me an additional 2000 LP" Kaiba started.
Kaiba: 6000 LP
Dark figure: 4000 LP
"Then I summon Cyber Stein in attack mode (800 ATK?)."
"That's all you could do?"
"No I'm not done. Rather, this duel was over the moment it started. I activate Cyber Stein's special ability. By sacrificing 5000 LP I can special summon one fusion monster from my fusion deck."
Kaiba: 1000 LP
Dark Figure: 4000 LP
"Wait!-"
"I summon my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500 ATK)!" Kaiba commanded as the powerful three headed dragon roared loudly signaling its birth.
"Now I attach the equip-spell Megamorph which doubles the attack points of my Ultimate Dragon as long as my life points are lower giving him 9000 ATK points!"
"But he won't be able to attack since its his first turn" Harrington pointed out.
"Next, I play the quick-spell Mischief of the Goddess of Time. Which allows me to enter my battle phase once I skip a turn. So now I can attack your defenseless life points! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Neutron Blast!" Kaiba said.
The three heads fired powerful beams of energy at the cowering opponent.
"This is the end for you"
Kaiba: 4000 LP
Dark Figure: 0 LP
"Ahhhhh!" the opponent screamed as he disintegrated as well.
Kaiba choose to ignore this and immediately said "Not that I care, but don't you guys have some one to see?"
"He's right! We need to see if Jaden's alright!" Syrus exclaimed before running of towards the nurse's office.
The stunned teens followed after the short bluenette. Kaiba decided to walk there not knowing why he should care about some student he never met but curiosity took control.
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Jaden.
I need to get to Jaden.
Alexis had never stopped running the way to the hospital. Tears streamed down her face as she thought of the things that could of happened to Jaden.
Without warning Alexis burst into the hallway outside the nurse's office, startling Hassleberry and Nurse Fontaine.
"Where's Jaden?" she asked hurriedly.
"He's in the room down the hall but-" the Nurse couldn't finish because Alexis had already ran to Jaden's room.
"-he's still sleeping" she finished.
Alexis opened the door and was met with the site of Jaden sleeping in a hospital bed. His eyes were closed, but his body and face seemed to show pain.
"We found him lying down on the beach. He wasn't moving or responding so Syrus and I brought him here" Hassleberry explained when he and Nurse Fontaine joined Alexis.
"What's happened to him?" Alexis asked staring at the weak form of Jaden.
"Well his breathing is shallow and he doesn't respond to stimuli. He seems to be suffering from some kind of internal pain. But I checked him and there is nothing wrong with him……..physically" the nurse clarified.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"He shows signs of extreme mental exhaustion. Something horrible must have damaged his psyche and he merely shut down."
Why Jaden?
"Oh yeah. On the way here we ran into some strange looking guy who hid his face in a dark cloak. He said he needed Jaden's special power for something. He was going to duel me just to get him" Hassleberry said.
"Some guy in a dark cloak…………oh my gosh! We ran into a guy just like that who wanted to duel us. But, I ran around him and escaped. But, I just realized that I left the rest of them there" Alexis realized. "I'm such a horrible person" and she started to cry again.
She felt something touch her cheek. She opened her eyes to see Jaden smiling at her warmly and slowly wiping away her tears. She looked back at him shocked that he was awake.
"Someone as beautiful as you should never cry" he said softly.
"I think Jaden's alright. Let's leave these two alone for awhile" Nurse Fontaine whispered to Hassleberry quietly slipping out of the room.
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(In the nurse's office)
Syrus, Bastion, Mindy, Jasmine, Atticus, Alex, Harrington, and Jenny ran into the nurse's office and quickly asked about Jaden's condition.
"He's alright guys he just woke up" Hassleberry assured them.
"Really. Let's go see him!" Syrus exclaimed but was stopped by the dino duelist.
"Hold on there private. I think we should leave him alone for now. His 'maiden' is in there to comfort him" Hassleberry said with a smirk. The others smiled in relief. If anyone could help Jaden it would be Alexis. She seemed to be the only one who knows what he's thinking.
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I wonder what he's thinking about. Alexis thought as she continued to get lost within Jaden's warm brown eyes.
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"I heard from Alexis that you guys ran into a bit of trouble. How did you get out so fast?" Hassleberry asked the others as they relaxed in the office.
"You'll never believe it. Right after Alexis ran off, the guy was about to force us into a duel. When BAM! Seto Kaiba comes out of nowhere and defeats the guy in one turn!" Mindy exclaimed. When the others noticed Hassleberry wasn't surprised a bit, they looked on in confusion.
"That's nothing. When I was carrying Jaden over here, we got stopped by a shady guy also. He wanted Jaden for something and wanted to duel me. I was about to when-" Hassleberry was interrupted as the door opened.
The students turned to see that it was the founder of Duel Academy himself who entered the room. He had an aura of command that was intensified by his powerful stare.
"I see that you ran into the same problem too Kaiba" a voice said behind the tall corporate president.
The man behind Kaiba walked into the room and turned to the others. "I hope your friend is all right. I'm sorry I didn't come sooner."
Everyone's mouths dropped except for Hassleberry's, and strangely Jenny and Alex were pretending to be surprised. "It's okay. Jaden's fine now. You were awesome out there. I can't believe you beat that guy in one turn!" the army talking teen exclaimed.
Again, everyone was shocked at the fact that Hassleberry was having a normal conversation with THE KING OF GAMES!
Yugi Muto
"It was no trouble at all. I was glad I could help" Yugi responded. He turned to look at Alex and Jenny and looked at them intensely. (This is Yami Yugi by the way). His eyes widened slightly in realization of something. He smiled at them with a secret meaning and turned back to the others.
Do you think he knows? Jenny thought.
Yeah. Atem probably knew something strange was going on ever since we first got here. Alex responded using the mythical twin telepathy technique with his sister.
"So Kaiba. Why have you decided to grace us with your presence" Yugi said with a hint of sarcasm.
"I'm just here to make sure the kid is okay. I can't have anyone suing me for founding a school where students get hurt by random strangers" Kaiba responded coolly.
I bet he's worried about him deep down. The younger Yugi thought with a smile.
"Do you guys know why people are after Jaden?" Syrus asked timidly.
Yugi looked at Syrus and suddenly had a moment of nostalgia. He reminds me of myself a while ago.
"I think I know. But I will have to confirm my suspicions with Jaden later to be sure."
"I wonder what Jaden's doing right now?" Atticus said aloud.
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"Jaden! I can't believe it! You're alright!" Alexis said happily snapping out of her shock. She hugged him as tears of happiness fell.
"Don't worry. I'm fine. Although I don't exactly remember how I got here" Jaden admitted.
"You don't know! Syrus and Hassleberry found you unconscious on the beach. It looked as if you were there the entire day" Alexis explained.
The beach!...Then………….it wasn't a dream. Jaden thought sadly. More like a nightmare.
Alexis saw Jaden's face go from happy to depression so rapidly that it confused her.
"Lex" Jaden called out her name wanting her full attention which she readily gave.
"I want you to tell me something."
Alex felt her heart beat faster and she started to sweat nervously.
"O-o-kay" she stammered.
He paused for a while before continuing.
"Do you love me?"
Out of everything Alexis's expected that was the last thing she wanted to hear from Jaden. This was something she dreaded to come across again.
I wish I could say Yes. I love you. But I can't. Today made me realize what would happen if we ever got together. I risked the safety of my friends for you. But I know I would do it again if I had to. I need to make myself let go.
Alexis think about what you're doing. Are you sure you want this? Is this the only way? Cyber Tutu said trying to convince her to do the right thing.
Yes. I made my decision. I must let go. Alexis began to feel tears again.
"No"
The simplest of answers. But the most painful all the same. Alexis closed her eyes as she cried once again. Her clothes were drenched with her depression and continued to get soaked.
Suddenly, Alexis felt something warm and soft press against her lips. Her eyes shot open and she was surprised and
Happy
To see and feel her true love kissing her. The moment she most desired, Jaden had kissed her. Without knowing she wrapped her arms around Jaden's neck and deepened the kiss.
Jaden was shocked at first that Alexis was returning the kiss, but he happily continued to cradle the delicate girl.
No
They continued to embrace each other in this innocent dance of passion.
No
The temperature of the room seemed to rise from the intensity of the two duelists love.
"No!" Alexis screamed. She pulled away from a stunned Jaden and wept once more.
"I can't do this. I don't love you Jaden!" she yelled.
Alexis don't do this! Cyber Tutu pleaded.
I can't risk the safety of my friends and endanger him because of me. She thought weakly.
"Is that what you really think?" Jaden asked softly.
No
"Yes"
Alexis was surprised again when she found Jaden kissing her. But this kiss wasn't like the first. It was like
A goodbye kiss.
"I just wanted you to know, even if you don't love me, I realized that I love you and I can't live without you. So, this is goodbye" Jaden finished. He jumped out of bed and rushed to the window. Without flinching, he jumped out of the window (on the first floor) with a crash and ran as fast as he could, disappearing into the woods.
Alexis was stunned beyond measure. From the goodbye kiss, to the confession, to the escape. She couldn't move a muscle.
The confession. He said he loved me. Alexis thought.
Of course. I thought it would be obvious. Cyber Tutu sobbed.
Almost immediately after, the others burst into the room. "What the heck was that noise?" Harrington shouted.
"Where's Jaden?" Alex and Jenny asked worriedly.
"He's gone" Alexis whispered barely enough for everyone to hear.
He's gone
He's gone
He said he loved me.
And now he's gone.
What have I done? Alexis finally exhausted from the emotional turmoil, collapsed to the ground and entered the world of unconsciousness.
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