Hi folks! How's it going?

I know I haven't updated in ages and I sorts took my story of the net coz I thought I couldn't do it an' all coz I'm starting high school (finally0, but do forgive me if I update late nowadays.

Disclaimer ; I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh Gx coz if I did I'd be stinking rich by now and Anime-queen owns Amy not me.

Yeah like I said Anime-queen owns Amy in this chapter and I'd like to say a huge thanks to her and Dark lord of anime.

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CHAPTER 6

The departure

Alexis was running. She didn't know why, but she just was. She was running through complete darkness. Alexis could feel herself starting to slow down. She came to a halt when she saw a figure in the distance with bushy hair outlines and an eerier blue aura surrounding it. She slowly approached it, sensing that she should know the person stranding there, but still afraid of whom it was. Alexis could see blue hair and instantly knew it was Johan.

"JOHAN? Is that you?" she asked as she approached the figure.

Then she saw that it defiantly was Johan. He had his head down, not showing his eyes. Alexis ran up to him and tightly hugged the boy in front of her.

"Johan. I'm so happy to see you," she sobbed "I couldn't find you anywhere and something was chasing me a while back… I'm so glade you're here."

Alexis' grip on Johan tightened, but she sensed something different about him. She looked up at Johan and noticed that his eyes were shrouded in darkness.

"J-Johan? What's up? You all right? Is something wrong? Johan, look at me. Please. Is there something wrong?"

Alexis let go of Johan and tried to get a better look at him, but couldn't. She was starting to get nervous again. Her instincts were telling her to run. Too go and hide, but she couldn't. She wanted to be with her friend.

Johan's head slowly tilted up to meet Alexis'. She gasped at what she saw. Johan's eyes had changed. They weren't the normal emerald green eyes full of happiness and joy – They were orange full of hate, regret and evil. Johan looked down at Alexis with his orange eyes. She felt as if his with pupils were burning a hole through her. An evil grin spread across Johan's lips and before Alexis knew it she was running again – but this time away from a dear friend. Johan was chasing her and she knew he would catch up to her soon. He had a samurai sword in his hand and was ready to kill.

"Oh come on princess," he yelled "don't tell me this is gonna be easy. Why don't you use your ice powers to blast me away or something? Huh?"

Johan did a forward flip and landed in front of Alexis sending her tumbling back onto the floor in surprise. He turned around and grinned at her.

"This is it princess, say your prayers, coz you're gonna die!"

Alexis tried to defend herself somehow, but she didn't want to fight Johan. So she tried to buy herself some more time to think.

"What do you mean princess?" she asked, "I'm not a princess. I'm just a normal school girl."

Johan's orange eyes shone slightly sending shivers down her spin. He was really starting to freak her out.

"Duh! You're the princess who posses all these cool and amazing powers controlling ice which I've already seen. And you've joined the do-gooders crew and I'm gonna kill ya! So adios!"

Johan brought the sword down on Alexis and a scream escaped her lips.

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"AAAAGGGGHHH!"

Alexis woke up to a start. She could feel her heart beating faster and sweat trickling down her neck. She looked down at her self and found her wearing a blue nightdress.

"Hey, good morning, Lex," came a friendly voice.

Alexis looked to her left and found Johan. She was so relived to find that his eyes weren't orange anymore – that he wasn't evil like in her dream. She flung herself into his arms and hugged him tightly around his neck. Johan looked down at the girl in his arms. He could feel a blush starting to come on to his face, but ignored it and put his arms around her in a hug.

Alexis was crying into his chest making his black t-shirt go damp. She slowly started to let go of Johan.

"Hey, Alexis, what's with the crying, huh?" asked Johan, smiling at her "Come on you can tell me what happen, right?"

Alexis wiped away the tears in her eyes and nodded.

"It was a very scary dream," she answered looking into Johan's comforting eyes "It felt so real."

Johan grinned at her and took her hand in his.

"Hey, it's just a dream, okay? Dreams are just times when our souls leave our bodies to explore this world of yours. None of it will really happen."

Alexis slowly started to calm down and she smiled back at Johan.

"Hey…er, Lex?" Johan asked, "I was thinking of us setting of later on today to go and find Jaden, ya know. But if you don't feel up to it we could stay here for a little while more."

"No, I'm defiantly up for it," Alexis said "Besides isn't that the whole reason we came here?"

Johan smiled and stood up.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

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The day slowly passed with Johan, Jim, Jasmine and Alexis packing stuff they need. Alexis had changed into suitable gear for walking. She wore blue jeans, brown flat-heeled boots and a turtleneck sky blue jumper.

Jasmine wore exactly the same thing, but with black jeans and white jumper. But Jim however, stayed in his usual cowboy gear.

"Okay, I guess we're ready to get going," said Johan pulling on his rucksack.

He wore a green long sleeve hooded baggy top, blue jeans and white sneakers.

"Ready to go, guys?"

Blane slowly approached Johan and put his hand on his shoulder. He knew that one way or another he had to go and help out Johan.

"Hold on a sec," he said, "We're coming too."

"Look, Blane I've already told you -"

"Yeah, Yeah. Shut up for a sec and let me speak, Johan. Now we have a reason to come to you know. We're on a mission to destroy the new awakened evil I was tellin' you about and we just got told to head of so we're comin' too. And there's no if's or but's about it."

Johan thought about it for a while, but then agreed to let Blane and the crew come along even Syrus.

"Okay then, Let's get going."

"Wow! Not so fast vampire-boy. I've also asked someone else to join us and she'll be here any second."

"YOU WHAT?" Spat Johan.

"I asked someone to come along. And don't say anything because this person is just as powerful as you. And I know you'll be happy to have her come with us."

Johan glared at Blane for a moment then sat down on the sofa. Akemi was giving him the looks again and it was beginning to freak him out. He looked away from her and concentrated on something else.

The door burst open and there stood a girl around Johan's age.

She had black hair with red blood streaks tied up in a ponytail; pitch black eyes with blood red around her pupils and a firmly built body. She wore black pants, high-heeled shoes, and a strapless shirt, which stopped just above her navel, a black cargo jacket that ended just below her rib cage and fingerless gloves.

Johan looked at her again. Something was telling him that he should know her. Then his eyes stopped at a gold locket, which was embedded with rubies and hung around her neck. His eyes darted back to hers and he finally recognised her.

"A-Amy?" he asked hopefully "Amy Hemlock? Is that you?"

The girl smiled at him.

"Yeah," she said, "I'm Amy, but who are…wait a sec…Johan? Johan Anderson, right?"

Johan grinned widely and before anyone knew it both Johan and Amy were hugging each other tightly, crying tears of joy. They both slowly started to let go of each other and they both grinned.

"I can't believe how much you've changed," Johan commented "I mean, come on, you never used to dressed like that."

Amy smiled and messed up his bushy hair.

"Yeah? Well, you never used to look so…I never though I'd say this, but…. You never used to look this handsome and nor did you used to be this tall," she said, "You're even taller than me! And you used to be the little midget!"

"Ha Ha, very funny, Amy," groaned Johan "I only used to be a midget compared to you. I was taller than anyone else my age."

"Yeah, whatever, Johan,"

Amy looked around at all the new people and Johan noticed.

"Sorry, forgot about the introductions," grinned Johan, sheepishly "Alexis, Jim, Jasmine, sy, this is Amy. She's like my sister and is my best pal. And Amy meet Syrus, Jasmine, Jim and Alexis."

Amy nodded at each of their names, taking them into account.

"Hey, should we get going now?" asked Emily.

They all nodded, grabbed their bags and headed off out the door and into the world outside.

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"I've lost him privet Atticus," said Hassleberry "One minute her was with me then the next minute he was gone."

Atticus was carrying Jasmine on his back. He thought for a second and then put her down on the floor. Hassleberry could tell that Atticus was getting mad so he tried to stay as far away from him as possible.

"THEN FIND HIM!" Atticus Growled "HE'S PROBABLY WITH THEM NOW! WE'VE GOTTA FIND THEM!"

"Y-Yes, boss!" stuttered Hassleberry "We'll find them."

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Four hours had slowly passed since the gang had set of and many were getting tiered. Syrus had practically fallen over and begged them to set up camp - so they did. Johan collected the wood, Alexis and Amy set up the tents, Jim and Jasmine got some water and Emily helped Blane to cook the food. Alexis and Amy were still doing the tents even when everyone else had finished their jobs. They were spending half their time talking rather than concentrate on the task at hand.

They practically became the best of friends and it was great. Alexis and Amy spent their time talking about all the stupid stuff Johan used to do.

"And in second grade, Johan was asked to play the happy little bunny in the school play and it was so funny when he messed up and fell over on stage," laughed Amy.

Alexis was cracking up. She couldn't help it. She never knew Johan did all those stupid things back in school. She thought he was perfect.

"He never told me that, you know," grinned Alexis "He's always one of the high achievers in duel academy. His history results were over the roof!"

"Well, Johan's always been interested in history," Amy smiled "Hey, did I tell you about Johan's guitar disaster in fourth grade?"

"No."

"Well, Johan was a guitarist and he was supposed to play in the school talent show, but someone had tuned Johan's guitar all wrong, probably as a practical joke and when he started playing it the guitar started to make very loud vibrates and it sent him flying backwards into the drum kit. And we had a hard time getting him out!"

Both girls roared with laughter.

"Hey, I heard that," came Johan's voice, he was standing right behind them "and that wasn't how it happened."

"Oh, really," Amy challenged "I'm not exactly stupid you know. I was there when it all happened."

"Yeah, maybe. But you weren't there on stage," objected Johan "And I was."

Both Johan and Amy went on arguing while Alexis only watched. She couldn't help, but to start laughing causing both of them to stop and stare at her.

"What?" They both asked in unison.

Alexis had tears coming out her eyes because of laughing so hard.

"Sorry, guys," she laughed "but you two fight like an old married couple."

Both Amy and Johan looked at each other and stopped fighting.

"Okay, maybe we do fight like an old married couple," admitted Johan "And maybe Aliens do exist, but we've gotta stop thinking and move on."

Amy and Alexis looked at Johan slightly confused.

"You, weirdo!" They said in unison.

Then Amy grabbed him around the neck and started to give him a nuggie.

"Hey, Joe, say hi to Mr Nuggie!"

"Stop callin' me Joe!"

"Say hi!"

"Stop callin' me Joe!"

Alexis sweat dropped as she watched the two of them fighting like little kids. But she liked them both that way. It relived all the tension about where they were going and the dangerous path that lay ahead.

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It was getting near bedtime and everyone was asleep - well, except Johan. He left the tent he and the boys slept in and sat around the fire, which was still burning. He thought about the past and what he was going to do after he had safely delivered Alexis to Jaden. And nothing came to his head. His parents had died, he had lost his whole interest and fun on life and all that he could think of was probably helping Blane and the others fight the evil forces of the Demonta. Johan heard a noise from the girl's tent and found Alexis approach him. Johan smiled at her and she smiled back.

"How come you're awake?" he asked.

"I couldn't get to sleep," Alexis answered.

An uncomfortable silence followed and Johan was glade when an approaching Amy broke it.

"Hey, guy's," she smiled "You couldn't get to sleep neither, right?"

They both nodded as Amy took a seat next to Johan. Amy opened her locket and it revealed a picture of Johan and a man around his early thirties. He had jet-black hair and black eyes like Amy. Johan smiled weakly at her and grabbed her hand.

"You still haven't found him have you?" he asked "That's what you were doing all this time, right? You were searching for your dad. You never believed him to be dead so you went searching for him and never found him."

Amy looked at Johan.

"I hate it when you're right, you know that," she grinned "…yeah… I did go looking for my dad, I couldn't admit that he was dead, so I went off. I needed proof to believe in his death and I found it so I came back, but I found that you had left the Demonta to go to the human world. So that's what really happened."

An uncomfortable silence followed yet again, but Amy got up and started giving Johan a nuggie.

"Okay, Joe. You didn't say hi to Mr Nuggie earlier, now did ya?"

"AHG! Stop callin' me, Joe Already! I hate it!"

"Alexis, wanna help out here?"

Alexis grinned.

"Yeah! I'd be glad to."

Alexis put her arm around Johan's neck and also started to give him a nuggie.

"Oh, come on not, Alexis too!" Johan moaned, "She's supposed to be my pal!"

"Then what the hell am I?" asked Amy "You're little pet?"

Johan thought for a sec.

"Yeah…Yeah, something along those lines."

"Why you little - "

Amy didn't get to finish her sentence. She was cut of by a loud hiss, which came from deep within the forest.

"Johan, please tell me that was your stomach," whispered Alexis.

"I don't think my stomach hisses."

All three of them huddled together, afraid of what was deep within the forest. The thing hissed again causing them to huddle together even tighter.

"I think we should go and check it out," said Johan, breaking away from the two girls "There's no point just standin' around and getting' freaked out. We've gotta act."

"Now you're talking my language," grinned Amy "Right, Alexis."

"Yeah, I guess so," mumbled Alexis, following her two friends.

Johan, Amy and Alexis slowly walked deep into the forest. The deeper they went the louder the hissing sound became. Johan was beginning to get freaked out and Alexis sensed it. She took his hand in hers and held it tightly. Johan could feel his cheeks becoming hot and he knew that he was blushing.

The hissing noise was all around them now.

"AGH! Great!" yelled Amy "Just great! We've fallen into a trap!"

"How can you tell?" Alexis asked, "I mean, it's not like we've been attacked yet."

Johan let go of Alexis and examined the forest calmly.

"Correction. We haven't been attacked yet," answered Johan "We've been lured here by all the hissing noises. First by a single trail and now it's gone because the creature that lured us here wanted us to go no further. So in other words this is where we get attacked."

Amy, Johan and Alexis had their backs against each other, all of them in a fighting stance ready to fight what ever was coming.

To be continued...

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