Lizzie: Chapter 12! And I'm getting lots and lots of reviews that are making me smile! :D

12: Jim x Judai: Forgiveness.

Warnings: BoyxBoy

Setting: At the very end of season 3, I think...

"Talking." Spirits talking.

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"Where is he?" Jim muttered to himself. It was the day before he had to leave Duel Acadamia and he was looking for the one person he had yet to say good bye to.

But then again, nobody had seen Judai since he had come back from the dark world.

Jim sighed and was about to give up for the day when he heard somebody talking. Being naturally curious, he wandered towards the area and was surprised to see Judai arguing with what seemed to be thin air, but was probably his duel spirit.

"But Kuriboh, I can't tell him! It'd be putting him in danger!" Judai argued.

"Well I'd say whoever the person was would appreciate knowing." Jim said, making Judai jump and spin around.

"Jim!" Judai cried. "You scared me!"

"Sorry." Jim apologised.

"It's all right." Judai replied, sighing.

"Why are you hiding from everybody?" Jim asked, being blunt. Judai flinched.

"Because it was my fault that you guys had to suffer." Judai answered, looking anywhere but at the Australian.

"Why do you think that?" Jim questioned.

"Because I dragged you guys to the dark world! And then I sacrificed you guys when I was Haou..." Judai replied.

"We came along ourselves. In fact, if I remember rightly, you tried to stop us coming along." Jim started. "And also, you weren't in control when you sacrificed us. You couldn't have done anything. Unless you really did want to sacrifice us."

"No!" Judai cried at the accusation.

"There you go. That's more than enough proof it wasn't your fault." Jim said.

"Thanks Jim." Judai mumbled after a moment of silence.

"No problem." Jim replied, smiling. "Besides, we don't want that cute smile of yours to be gone forever."

Judai instantly blushed and Jim chuckled and ruffled the brunette's hair.

"Well, see you later!" Jim said. Before he left though, he placed a kiss on Judai's lips. He chuckled once again at how red Judai's face got before he walked off.

"It seems a certain someone does return certain feelings, Judai." Neos said, with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"Hai." Judai murmured, still lost in his thoughts. Neos snickered, snapping him out of the daze. "Oh, shut up Neos!"

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Lizzie: Hehe Judai is getting teased by Neos!

To Takamiya:

I agree, I love the whole Hikari and Yami concept (Nothing to do with the fact that my middle name is Hikari :D.)

Opposites DO attract! A simple pair of magnets can show you that :P

XD That gave me a mental image of Judai dressed up as Jesus -bursts out laughing again- I suppose that would be a good reason for people becoming friends with him easily :D

Sure, I'll be happy to write an Abidos x Judai, It'd be so fun! :D Is that fanfic the one where Johan dies and he meets Abidos in the afterlife? -Brain smokes- Eh, maybe I'm imagining stories again... I'll just have to finish the other requests first though because I'm working on a "First come, first served." basis.

Actually, they DID show the gangs reactions to Abidos' parting words (The offer to come with him) , Sorta. Sho was all "Aniki, don't leave me!" and Manjoume said "I'll be perfectly happy if you leave.", or something along those lines. But I've kinda already thought of a way to mix it up XD