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Only Salty Words Will Win you the World

At an airport…

"Hey Jack," Jason called out as he walked over to his older brother, "our plane is about to pull in, are you ready to go?"

"Ready to fly all the way to Domino to see if this girl we saw on T.V. is my long lost daughter, and if she is, somehow convince her to fly all the way to New York so we can get to know one another? Who wouldn't be ready for that?" Jack answered back sarcastically as he crumbled up the letter he had been reading. The truth was, Jack had never been more nerves in his life. He knew he had no proof and no way to explain it, but he somehow knew that Jo was his daughter.

"Fly all the way to New York? Why are do you have to New York?" Jason asked with his eyebrows raised.

"I just got a letter from my supervisor, and I've been assigned to go to New York City. I have to leave tomorrow evening," Jack sighed. How in the world was he going to convince a girl he barely knew to fly all the way to New York, because she might be his daughter? Oh, who was he kidding, Jo most definitely was his daughter, and he wanted to get to know her. But why in the world would she pick up her whole life to come live with a father she had never known? He most certainly wouldn't if he were her. Maybe, just maybe, fate would be on his side and somehow it all would work out.

"I'm sure it will all work out in the end," Jason said putting a reassuring hand on his brother's shoulder.

"I hope so, Jason, I really hope so."

"Well all those flying to Domino, please board the plane. The flight will be leaving in 15 minutes," the flight attendant called over the intercom.

"Come on bro, let's get going," Jason said while grabbing his bag, and heading over to the line to get on the plane, with Jack following behind.

Please let this somehow work out, Jack thought as he boarded the plane that would take him to the city where he had left his heart all those years ago; the city where his life might just be changed forever.

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In the duel dome……

"Wow, in my seven years of sports announcing I don't ever thing I've seen so much violence, and that includes the three years of being a boxer announcer," the overly boisterous and earsplitting broadcaster called out to the roaring audience as they cheered on the 'Goth team.'

Jo and Zane's eyes meet as they both turned, and headed out the arena doors leaving the defeated tag-team smoldering in the smoke. It had been a very demanding and taxing duel, but not exactly, what anyone would have called a challenge. It was clear that the pleasant, polite team that had been assigned to go up against the Goth team, as Jo and Zane had come to be called after they completely destroyed their first opposites in round one, had stood no chance what so ever. The duel had started out with both teams being fairly evenly matched, but after a few short turns that quickly changed. Zane and Jo took full control over the duel, completely devastating the two twin brothers they were up against. The audience too, had been taken though a loop as they watched the two black clothed duelists take the lead. At first, it had seemed that Jo and Zane had no intension of playing as a team at all; each seemed to only be concerned with their own strategies. Then their playing did a complete 180, every move that they had made, that had seemed only to help themselves, actual helped the other. Zane had used his Different Dimension Capsule to bring back a card that Jo ended up using, and Jo sent a monster to the grave that Zane brought back and used to fuse into the monster that won them the duel. Overall, it was like Zane and Jo knew each other's decks as well as they know their own.

After the duel had ended, the whole audience had expected the two duelists to come together in some sort of hug-or as Atticus would have loved a kiss-at the very least a handshake. What they did not expect was for the two of them to walk out of the arena without a word to each other.

"How, can they just walk out without saying a word to each other," Atticus sighed as he watched Zane and Jo walk out, "and after I spent all that time planning the broken down elevator plan."

"Wait, that was you," Alexis asked as she looked at her brother incredulously.

"Of course it was me; brand new elevators just don't brake down. It was the perfect plan. The elevator brakes down, the girl gets scared, the boy comforts her, and the couple comes together and share loves first kiss. It would have worked perfectly, except for one crucial element. I complete forgot the boy and girl I trapped in the elevator are completely abnormal! I even hurt myself, missing around with the electrical box. You think Zane and Jo would think a little about what not being a couple is doing to me," Atticus complained as he glared at the door Zane had walked out of earlier.

The rest of the group just sweat dropped, as they stared at the hopeless romantic.

"You know if he had put half as much time into preparing for your duel, as he did into hooking up Zane and Jo you guys might have actual won," Chazz declared to Alexis as the both continued to watch Atticus, who had started to pace around mutter something about 'getting mistletoe.'

"Oh like you're one to talk," Alexis snapped as she turned to face Chazz, "you and Bastion spent so much time arguing that I'm surprised you lasted as long as you did in your duel."

"Hmmmm," Chazz huffed as he crossed his arms and looked away.

"Yes," Bastion commented, as he became part of the conversion, "it seems we all will have to transfer our support to Syrus and Jaden."

"You better believe it; look out Zane and Jo, because Sy and I are going to kick your butts," Jaden screamed as excitement and joy over took the burnet.

Syrus smiled as he watched his best friend jump around, but he couldn't help but be a little nevus. He still couldn't believe that he and Jaden had survived both rounds and had made it to the finals. He was so sure that he would be Jaden's downfall, but much to his relief they were still in this contest. Only now, they were going to go up against his brother, and Jo was no push over either. The way they dueled was incredible; it was as if they could read each other's minds. Every time Syrus thought about how he was going to have to face off against his brother (again), the butterflies in his stomach seemed to multiply. How has he supposed to face Zane again? Last time he had gone up against his brother, he had lost, and ended up in the nurse office. Now not only did he have to face Zane, he had to face Jo too. At least I have Jaden, Syrus thought to himself. But Jaden has never defected Zane before, and now there's Jo to worry about. Gosh, what if I cause us to lose, I could never forgive myself.

"Jaden, maybe you should find a new partner for the finals," Syrus sighed, "I don't what to bring you down. I don't belong here."

"Well, with that kind of attitude I would have to agree," Jo's frosty voice called out as the underground duelist marched up to the group. "If you going to run away from something, because you a little bit scared, then you don't deserve to have it in the first place."

"Hey man, why don't you just back off," Chazz spat back at the Goth girl, when it came to older brothers Chazz felt that he and Syrus could relate. "In case you didn't know your pal Zane is the main reason Syrus has any problems."

"Funny, I could say the same thing about your blue haired pal," Jo muttered back as she picked up the purse she had forgotten and turned to go. She and Zane had plans to meet up at the entrance and walk back to her place to have dinner. Then they were going to go over their strategy for the duel with Syrus and Jaden that would take place next evening.

"Wait Jo," Syrus called out to her before she got very far, "what did you mean by that, how have I caused problems for Zane."

"Look, it's none of my business," Jo said as she continued to walk away.

"Jo, please," Syrus called again.

Jo sighed as she turned around. "Syrus answer me this, what's Zane's favorite color? What books does he like to read? What's his favorite food? Does he like Coke over Pepsi of Pepsi over Coke? Do you even know why he likes going to the docks so much?"

Syrus just stared at the ground; the truth was he didn't know the answer to any of these questions.

"Yeah, that's what I thought," Jo said as she came up to stand in front Syrus. "Apart from duel monster you don't know one thing about him do you? You only know what everyone else knows. You're more like his biggest fan, then his little brother. So tell me, if his own little brother can't see him as anything more than a duelist, how do, you expect him to belief anyone else can? Face it Syrus, you and Zane happen to be a lot more alike then you think, the only deference is that when something bothers Zane he doesn't whine about it."

Tears started to run down Syrus's cheeks as Jo spoke, and after she finished saying her bit, she just stared at the younger, smaller duelist with a cold, unforgiving stare, the exact same stare that Zane use to give him.

"Hey," Jaden said running up to stand next to his wounded friend, "that was kind of a mean thing to say."

"You're right," Jo said while nodding her head to show she agreed with Jaden, "it was a mean thing to say. In fact, it was down right cruel, almost as cruel as repeatedly telling someone that almost every problem you have in life is somehow their fault, when all they were trying to do was, give you a little tough love. In case you haven't realized by now Syrus, before the underground anyway, Zane was only being hard on you so you would toughen up, because that little whiney way of yours isn't going to get you any where in life, and unlike your fiends," she said pointing to Jaden, "most people aren't going to come running to your aid. Now I'm not saying that all the problems between you and Zane are your fault. Heaven knows Zane was never brother of the year, but it's a two way street. The worlds a cruel, mean place Syrus, get use to it," Jo finished as walked towards the exit.

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"It sure took along time for you to find your purse," Zane said as he saw Jo coming out of the duel dome. He had been leaning against the side of the building; thinking over the past days duels. It had been interesting dueling with a partner; he had participated in tag-duels before, but never quite like that. There were times when it felt like they could read each other's minds. But then again, Zane had noticed that he had been able to read Jo's mind a lot lately, and not just when they were dueling. Not for real of course, but recently Zane had noticed that just by looking at her, he could tell what she was thinking. How she would bite her lip when she was worried and play with her hair when she was angry. They had started to finish each other sentences too, which was both annoying and somewhat sweet. In fact, ever since last night in the elevator, Zane had been thinking about how many things had changed with Jo. It had been nice holding her and having her cuddle up against him. It had been the first time in a long time that he felt as if he was protecting someone, and the first time he had ever protected someone like that. He still remembered the way her hair had smelled, like coconuts, and how warm she had felt. Zane smiled as he though about it, he had liked having Jo in his arms.

"Shut-up Zane," Jo said as she came up to where Zane was standing and they started walking down the street towards her place, all the while Jo was twirling her hair.

"What's the matter," Zane asked as he noticed Jo was playing with her hair; she practically had it in a knot.

"Nothings the matter, why would you think something's the matter," Jo asked deciding that telling Zane about her talk with Syrus was not the best idea. She had been thinking over what she had said to Syrus and was starting to feel a little bad about it. She had been cruel, she knew that, but she didn't regret what she had said. In many ways, she thought it was time Syrus realized just how Zane felt, because there was no way that Zane would ever tell his brother how he felt especially now that he was Hell Kaiser. That was what was truly the root of the problem, neither of the brothers every told the other what they were feeling or more importantly why they where feeling what they were feeling. Not that I can talk about sharing feelings, Jo thought, but still.

"I know something's the matter because you're playing with your hair. You always play with you hair when your angry," Zane said as he turned to look at her as they walked down the sidewalk towards Jo's apartment, many cars passing them on the way.

"I do," Jo asked as she suddenly realized that she was twirling her hair and dropped it.

"Yeah, you do," Zane smirked as he saw Jo's cheeks glow slightly red with embarrassment as he called out her little habit.

"Well we all have little habits, and don't worry about what's going on, I can handle it," Jo said a little quickly as she saw that they were headed to Missing Pieces graveyard where her mother was buried. This time, however, she was going to pass in front of it, Jo didn't even realize that she had grabbed Zane's hand as they started getting closer to the graveyard.

Zane smiled as he felt Jo grab his hand and slowly turned his hand so their palms were facing before slipping his fingers in between hers. He saw that they were headed towards the graveyard that had freaked Jo out the other day, and knew that whatever the reason (though he did think it had something to do with her mother) it was time that she dealt with it. And I'm going to help her deal with it, Zane thought. Maybe it's time I stared dealing with my own father's……

But Zane's thoughts were interrupted as all of a sudden one of the cars that had been passing them started to lose control. The driver started to swerve and before he could gain control, again he had crashed the car into a street pull on the other side of the road. The driver seemed to be a little shaken and was holding his arm as he crawled out of the wrecked car, but other wise seemed okay. A crowd had started to gather and it looked like the driver was going to be all right. A police officer had even arrived at the scene and was telling the mass of people to stand back. It was a good thing to, because not a minute later the car caught on fire.

"Oh my Gosh," Zane gasped as he and Jo watched the site before them. The whole thing had happened so fast that he barely had time to react before the whole thing was over, or in this case on fire. "Are you okay," Zane asked as he turned to look at Jo. Her grip on his had tightened during the car crash, but had become almost unbearable after it had caught on fire. "Jo, Jo," Zane called her as he gently shock her shoulder, but Jo didn't responded to him, the only thing she seemed to be aware of was the fire. That's right, Zane thought as he saw what Jo was starting at, Jo's mother died in a fire.

"I can't breathe, I can't breathe," Jo gasped as she fell to her knees. She kept starting at the fire, the very substance that had murdered her mother. She had to look away, she couldn't stair at this site, it was too much for her to handle, it was bring back to many memories. She turned her head hoping to stop the memories, but her eyes only meet the Missing Pieces graveyard sign. More memories of her mother came crashing down all around Jo, and she had no idea how to handle it. She had no idea what was going on right now, she wasn't even aware that someone had picked her up, and was carrying her to into the graveyard.

Zane glanced down at Jo's whimpering form as he carried her into the graveyard looking for her mother's grave. It was time that Jo dealt with this and the only way for her to deal with it was to face what she was afraid and anger at head on. It wasn't hard to find where Jo's mother's grave was; it was the only one without flowers. Zane sighed as he placed the sobbing girl in front of the grave that read Alana Tannin.

"Jo," Zane said as he turned her around to face the grave, "you have to deal with this, and you need to deal with this now."

"No, No, No," Jo whimpered

"Yes Jo, you need to tell your mother who you feel."

Jo looked up at the grave that was in front of her, the one that had her mothers name written across it.

"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you," Jo screamed as her first pounded into the grave. "How could you leave my like that. I needed you and you left my all alone. I miss you…I love you. I love you and you're gone. You're gone, you're gone," she cried as she stopped pounding the grave and sobbed.

"It's okay Jo, it's okay, I'm here," Zane whispered as he brought her up so she was in his arms once again and let her sob into his chest. Jo's tears stopped, and soon she was just resting her head against Zane, as she had when they were in the elevator. Zane's arms tightened around her more as the feeling of being complete came rushing back, but he wanted something more. He looked down at her, green eyes meeting teal, as he slowly brought his lips down to meet hers.

The kiss was like nothing Zane or Jo had ever experienced. It was as if each had found a missing piece of themselves that they didn't even realize they were missing. Jo's arms came up around Zane's head pulling him even deeper into the kiss as she allowed him to deepen it even further. As Zane kissed her, Jo felt as if he was healing a part of her soul and she in turn was healing part of his. The kiss continued to deepen as Jo shank to the ground so Zane was on top of her, and Zane's hands came to rest on her waist before they reluctantly broke apart.

Teal eyes once again meet green ones as Zane and Jo stared at each other, both thinking about what had just happened. It was something new, it was something scary, but it was also something that felt unbelievable right. Zane gazed down at Jo, and stared at her cheeks that were rosy both from tears and the lingering heat of the kiss, and realized that this was what he wanted. This was what he felt like he was missing when he went down to the underground and became Hell Kaiser. What he had been missing was love, and now he had found it again, right under his nose. Zane sighed as he picked Jo up once again, unwilling to let her out of his arms just yet, and carried her back to her apartment.

He stayed with her that night. There was no more kissing or anything of the sort for the rest of the night. A mutual understand that this was not the night to take thing any father had been agreed upon by both, but Zane stayed with her just the same. The two lost duelist, for now that each had started to heal they really couldn't and didn't what to go back to the underground, spent the night cuddled in each other arms.

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Well here is chapter 10; I hope you all enjoyed reading it. I would like to thank Anime 300 and DaydreamerMagby for their reviews. DaydreamerMagby I sorry you were confused. Jack and Jason are brothers; Jack is the older of the two. It looks like Jack maybe Jo's father, because Jo looks exactly like Jack and Jason's mother did, and she has the same usual last name as a girl Jack dated when he was younger. I hope that helps clear some things up for you. I would also like to thank all those who read and reviewed my other story My name is. Please review and thanks for reading.