Hello people,

It's time for a flashback.

Hopefully you'll all enjoy this one, it sets up the reunion at DA and part of the story moving forward.

Also, this flashback may not coincide with the whole ending of Yu-Gi-Oh GX but I'm going to try and keep it as close as I possibly can, please understand that this is FF and that everything won't completely coincide with the real show, but I hope you all enjoy this anyway.

Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Writey x

Jaden's POV

*Flashback*

I stood at the top of the cliff looking out across the water, it's so peaceful I thought to myself as I faintly heard of the footsteps of someone coming up behind me.

The person approached me slowly trying not to disturb my thoughts.

I knew it was Alexis, I could just tell, the scent of her perfume, the sound of her footsteps and the fact that she could just stand next to me without having to say a thing, she could just stand and peacefully watch alongside me.

We hadn't exactly been on the same page over the past few days but we had won pair duel tournament and for a while I wasn't entirely sure that we were even going to win but that was Alexis and I, we had this unrivalled chemistry, something that I'd never felt before until the end of that duel.

We stood peacefully for a while longer, just allowing the time to pass before I turned to look at her.

She turned to face me, and I felt a wave of emotion course through me. I looked at her but, this time it was different. I looked into her eyes, except they weren't like normal, they had a golden shine to them that I'd never really noticed up until now. Her hair blew in the fresh sea breeze as she smiled at me and I felt something stir inside me, something that I'd never felt before.

We stood for a few seconds just looking at each before she broke the silence, "you know, for a minute I wasn't sure we were going to win that thing," she said hesitantly looking back out to the sea view.

I smiled before agreeing, "you know, you might be right but honestly Lex I knew we'd pull through."

She glanced back at me and smiled.

"Jaden, at one point I'd thought we'd never be able to get back on track to win, but I shouldn't have doubted our friendship, that's what pulled us through," she said turning to look back at me, "I thought you'd finished with duelling altogether."

I looked at Alexis. She was right, it had fuelled my love for duelling again but something inside me knew that it wasn't going to last. These past few weeks I hadn't really missed it, with everything that had happened here at Duel Academy over the years, it was nice to just be able to sit back and not have to stress about anything.

"Yeah Lex, I'm glad we managed to sort everything out, I'm just not sure about the duelling," I said, "I'm so glad we got to duel together one last time, I don't know, having that break made me feel more like myself again, maybe, I don't know, I'll give it a break for a while, try and find something else that I love."

I turned to face Alexis, but I wish I hadn't.

I could see the anger in her face, the same anger that had been there during the duel when I hadn't considered using her cards and I felt a pain rip through me.

"Wait what done you mean 'one last time'," she said, clearly trying to hold everything in, "after everything you've been through, we've been through, you're just going to stop like that, did that duel mean nothing to you, was this whole thing one elaborate lie, just a joke to you the entire time."

I could see the anger building up within her, but I couldn't bring myself to lie to her and say that I still loved duelling.

"Lex, please, there's never been a moment during my time at Duel Academy that I would change, meeting all of you was the best thing to happen to me but when you've been through, what I went through, there's a breaking point," I said trying to hold my emotions together.

"You know Jaden, we all went through a lot, every one of us has a reason to step away but I wouldn't have put you down as the person to give up first," she said.

I could feel the malice in that sentence, the underlying message, she thought I was a coward, but she didn't understand, I had more than myself to think about, I had family that wanted to see me grow up, that I wanted to see grow up, I needed to be there for them.

She couldn't understand.

"Alexis, you don't understand," I said trying not to break.

That was the nail in the coffin.

"OH, DON'T I UNDERSTAND JADEN YUKI, WELL LET ME UNDERSTAND."

I felt myself take a couple of steps back, I'd heard of the Queen of Obelisk's temper, I'd even witnessed it on occasion, but I'd never thought that I would be on the end it.

Alexis edged closer to me.

"You know Jaden, I always thought you were a good guy, someone that told me everything, told us everything, but clearly I don't know you at all," she said with a bitterness in her voice, "I thought I could trust you Jaden, I thought you were someone that would have never lied to me, but clearly I was mistaken. If it's so easy to turn your back on duelling, then maybe you should."

I couldn't take this; I didn't deserve this.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," I said letting my anger out, "I'm so sorry for not wanting to have to go through everything all over again, christ, it's not like I didn't save the world or anything, I'm sorry for wanting to have a break from putting myself in danger."

I could feel my anger getting the better of me, it felt as though the Supreme King was takin g over me all over again.. I needed to try and control it before I said something I regretted, but I couldn't, everything was just coming out all at once, at someone that didn't even do anything to deserve it. Hell, I was the one with all the secrets, but I couldn't contain my anger at her comments.

"You know what, screw it, I don't want to be on this island anymore, clearly I'm not wanted here anyway, I know you all think I've changed, I'M NOT STUPID," everything was boiling over, "heck Alexis, I saved you before didn't I, I helped get your brother back, or did you forget, you know maybe I should have just let you do everything by yourself, hell like you said 'I'm not a good guy' but I helped you out when you needed it, you know, maybe I should have just left your brother lost."

And there it was, the thing that I knew I'd regret the instant it had come out of my mouth.

The look on her face said it all, I had taken it too far, "Alexis, I didn…"

"Leave," she said not even able to meet me in the eyes anymore, I could see the tears running down her face.

"Alexis," I said reaching out a hand.

She slapped my hand away before I could get anywhere near.

"Don't touch me," she said, if she wasn't angry before she definitely was now, "you of all people should know what that meant to me, finding my brother, how dare you bring that up, I don't ever want to see you again."

My insides began to ache. I knew that she meant those words.

"I don't ever want to see you again, hell, it's not like it matters what I say anyway, by the sounds of it you're already going, I'm not surprised, a coward like you, turning your back on everyone that's ever cared for you here, just leave Jaden, don't bother saying bye to anyone, it's not like you're going to be missed anyway," she said as she sobbed.

I stepped away from my sobbing friend, if I could even call her that anymore, and I felt a pain in my chest like none I'd ever felt.

I headed back to the slifer dorm, not even looking back but I knew she was looking at me. I could still here her sobs from afar before the patter of her feet leaving the cliff edge.

I made my way back into the dorm, packed all my things and headed for the door, only to be greeted by Syrus.

"Hey, Jay," said my little blue haired friend, "do you know why Alexis was crying, I was just on my way over to see you and say well done for winning but I saw her rush pas…. hey why are you packed, are you going somewhere."

I could barely look into my friends' eyes, knowing what I'd said to Alexis, but I had to go now, I just had to get away from everything.

"Ugh, yeah Sy, I've got to go, I've…. Ugh… been asked to do something back in New Domino City and I they said I have to leave right away, I'll be seeing you around okay?"

I could see the disappointment in my friend's face, he clearly knew there was more to it but didn't want to question it, "oh okay, well, I guess I'll see you around then Jay."

I nodded at my friend before leaving.

I just had to get away.

Hell, maybe Alexis was right, maybe I have changed I thought to myself, maybe I am a coward.

One thing was for sure, I needed to get away, get away from Duel Academy, and get away from duelling altogether.

Syrus's POV

As I headed back to the hotel, I couldn't help but think about the day we'd had.

After almost two long years, I'd finally seen Jaden again.

In a way though, it felt bitter-sweet, I mean, he hadn't even tried to contact me in two years.

I'd never fully understood why he'd left so soon, clearly it wasn't because he'd been asked here to New Domino City and maybe in time, he'd be able to tell me the reason why.

There had to be more too it, surely.

I looked out the window of the car as we travelled down the motorway, it had just started to rain.

I could tell my brother was still disappointed with Jaden, after all, he had literally left without saying goodbye to anyone.

It had taken me a while to convince him to come but I think once we arrived and saw him, my brother eased a bit.

It was part of the reason we were here, no one else wanted to come and tell him about the reunion. I think that they were all still slightly bitter still about everything that had happened with him just leaving but I knew they'd all come around.

I still can't believe that he hasn't duelled since Duel Academy, that's so not him but maybe that's part of the reason why he'd left I thought to myself as we neared the hotel.

I knew I was overthinking this way too much.

I just had to let him take his time with everything and I was sure that he would talk to me about it eventually.

I looked over at my brother who was clearly focusing on the driving, "hey, do you think Jaden will come to the reunion?"

My brother turned to look at me before turning back to the road, "I don't know, I'm sure he will, but he didn't look particularly excited by the idea."

I knew my brother wasn't particularly pleased with me offering Jaden's family tickets to watch our duel, but I thought it was the right thing to do.

If we wanted to reconnect with him, we needed to establish some kind of groundwork and what better way to do that then invite his entire family to watch a duel together.

Once Zane pulled the car up outside our hotel and parked, we both got out and made our way inside.

Once we reached our rooms and said goodnight, I got myself ready before settling down.

I quickly checked my phone to see if I had missed anything whilst I was with the Yuki's.

I had a number of texts from people about the reunion, asking how it had gone with Jaden today but one message in particular caught my eye;

Hey Sy,

Hope you and Zane are okay,

I'd have text your brother as well but he's even worse at replying than I am.

Let me know how you got on today.

I'm working for the next few days so might be a while before I reply.

Thanks again for volunteering to go see him, I'm sure he was excited to see you.

Anyway, speak soon,

Love,

Alexis

I quickly typed a response letting Alexis know it went well and that I'd fill her in on the details when I saw her next.

I was surprised that I'd had a text from Alexis.

Everyone knew that her and Jaden hadn't talked since there big argument.

She'd never told any of us what the argument was about, but I knew it must have been a pretty bad one because she didn't talk to any of us for a few days after and kept changing the conversation every time someone brought it up.

It was strange, they'd literally just won a duel tournament and then all of a sudden, they'd fallen out, I couldn't wrap my head around it.

Once I finished replying to everyone, I got myself ready for bed before turning off the light and drifting off the sleep.

One thing was for sure, knowing that Jaden was around again sure did excite me.

There's your argument guys.

Let me know what you thought.

Clearly Jaden has some things to make right with his old pals but what about Alexis and that text to Syrus? Did she mean everything she said in the argument?

What about her not telling everyone what was said? Do you think she's in the wrong?

Thank you for reading, I won't be uploading as regularly as I have the past few days but will try to keep it as frequent as I can.

Again like I said early I can't please everyone but I do appreciate all feedback so don't forget to review.

Anyway, have a good week all.

Writey x