Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or Digimon, just my made-up characters.

Dimitri watched Suzy rush out. "Something's wrong."

Jaden frowned. "You think?" he asked sarcastically.

"Why don't we just ask why she's acting that way?" Syrus suggested.

Dimitri considered for moment, then shook his head. "Nah, she won't answer to us," he replied. Glancing around the room he spotted Chazz. "But she might answer to Chazz," he said.

Chazz started and stepped back. "W-what? Me?"

"Yes, you," Jaden answered. "Now go."

Chazz tried to make one last desperate attempt to stay back, but they shoved him out instead. "I might as well," he muttered under his breath. He turned down a hallway and caught sight of a flash of yellow.

"Suzy! Wait up!"

The brown-haired Ra paused for a second before continuing on forward, her face hidden in the shadow of her hair.

"I said wait!" Chazz reached out and grabbed her wrist. Suzy stopped walking, although she probably could have wrenched her hand out of Chazz's grip if she had tried hard enough.

"What is it?"

Chazz started. Her voice now sounded low and mellow, as is deprived of any emotion whatsoever. "Do you know this.. Ichi-something guy?"

"...Did Dimitri force you to ask me?"

"Somewhat like that.."

Suzy was silent. "So do you?" he pursued.

"..."

"Well?"

At last Suzy answered. "He's Meinumon's Tamer...and the very same person who put my brother in a coma."

Chazz couldn't find his voice to speak. He simply stood there with a look of wonder, horror, and shock on his face.

"Are you going to stand there all day? Because if you are, I'd like my hand back."

Startled, Chazz looked down, and saw that he did have her hand in a rather tight grasp. To his suprise, he found himself blushing. "O-oh. S-sorry.." he stuttered, quickly dropping her hand and dropping his own so that it awkwardly hung beside him.

Suzy turned around only to see his face looking as red as a beet. "Are you all right? Its not like you to stutter... You look a little red..."

"I'm fine," he snapped, relieved that he had finally stopped blushing. "Just wondering why Yazuki followed you here."

"I see," Suzy remarked. "As for the answer...you don't really need to know."

"Suzy, hurry up! Someone might take the last cupcake before we get there!"

"Coming!" Suzy called. Yeesh..never get between a guy and his stomach.. Suzy thought as she hurriedly grabbed her things and dashed for the door. Three days had gone by since she had found out about Yazuki locating her again. So far, she hadn't caught sight of him. But all that was about to change.

Suzy was nearing the door and was one step away from passing through it when something blue shot across and blocked her path. Instantly she knew who it was.

"Well, well, well... Look who we have here.." the voice drifted off as its owner came into view. It was Yazuki in an Obelisk Blue uniform. Jet-black hair hung down past his shoulders. Piercing blue eyes were clear on his pale face accompanied by a sneer. He scrutinized Suzy. "You're looking thinner than you did when I nearly destroyed the boat you got away on when you found out your brother was in a coma."

Suzy gritted her teeth at the memory. "So you say."

"I do say."

"That's nice. Now if you would let me past..." Suzy tried to squeeze past him but only got halfway when he turned suddenly and pinned her against the wall.

"Did I say anything about letting you leave?" Yazuki asked, his eyes narrowing.

Suzy was about to speak when a voice cut in.

"Suzy! What is taking you so long?"

"Just go on ahead. I'll catch up!" Suzy called.

"Which brings me to the point," Yazuki snapped. Suzy turned her head after a minute or so, knowing that it got on his nerves when people didn't pay attention when he wanted them to. "As I was saying," continued Yazuki after he glared at Suzy, "Meinumon and I have some unfinished buisness to do. Meet us outside the edge of the forest tonight." With that, he let go and shoved her back. Yazuki then turned and walked away.

Suzy watched him walk away. "Do I have a choice?" she muttered.

Trees lay toppled where the forest met the cliff, some snapped completely off, some nearly broken off. Bushes were burned to the ground by some powerful force. Off to the side were two Digimon, a gigantic bunny and some sort of mutated beast with enormous wings and glistening fangs. They were fighting furiously, and the rabbit was loosing the battle. In the center of all this stood Yazuki, a sharp sword in hand. The sword's tip was blood-red and dripping dark-red liquid. He was pointing the object at Suzy, who was sprawled on the ground, a long gash in her left leg. Yazuki spoke briefly, smirked, swung his sword high, then brought it down on Suzy.

"NO!" Chazz bolted straight up. He sat there, panting, trying to figure out what had happened. It was just a dream... he realized. He lay back down and tried to sleep, but there was something that kept him awake. What if that comes true? What if Suzy really is in trouble?

"Verdict of Death!" Kyoufuakumon (Meinumon's Ultimate form) roared, spewing a gigantic blast of what looked like darkness at his opponent.

Antylamon barely managed to twist out of the way. "Arm Bomber!" he cried, firing the attack off.

The attack merely bounced off of Kyoufuakumon's mutated wings. He sneered as the wings folded across his back. "You're not much stronger than you were when we first met," he commented. Then he leaped forward. "Death's Blaze!" he shouted.

"Got you again." Yazuki rested his sword on the ground, a smirk playing on his lips.

Suzy grasped her leg, trying to stop the pain. "I know," she spat out.

"Brother didn't train you very well, now did he? Or is it because he was too lame?"

Suzy managed to stand with difficulty. "Don't you ever talk about Henry like that," she growled.

Yazuki lifted his sword from the ground. "I can talk about him in any way I wish." He charged forward, brandishing his sword.

Suzy tried to step back, but ended up collapsing due the wound in her leg. Yazuki stood before her. "Well now, it looks like this is the end," he said, raising the deadly sword in his hand for the final blow.

Suzy waited on the ground for her end to come, her eyes squeezed shut, her fist clenching the grass underneath her. But as the seconds ticked by, she realized that the blow should have landed a long time ago. Hearing a thump, Suzy looked up to see what was taking Yazuki so long, only to find herself staring at air. Muffled sounds emitted from her right. When she glanced to her right, she felt her jaw drop. It was Chazz. And he was in a wrestling match with Yazuki.

Both of them were fighting for the possesion of the sword that was supposed to be Suzy's demise.

With a determined look on his face, Chazz tugged the sword out of Yazuki's unsuspecting hand and tossed it away with a grimace. Suzy snapped back to reality as she watched it soar through the air with the occasional flip. "Lopmon!"

Lopmon, having de-digivolved during his fight with Kyoufuakumon, instantly sprung forward, bringing one of his floppy ears on the sword with all his might as it plummeted towards the ground. It instantly cracked, the pieces landing with a soft thump on the grass.

Kyoufuakumon had bounced after Lopmon, snapping his jaws in order to stop him, but being heavy and clumsy, he tripped over his paws. Now he opened his mouth and bellowed, "Verdict of Death!"

Lopmon luckily tumbled out of the way and stopped next to Suzy. "Now what?" he asked.

Suzy shrugged. Then she remembered Chazz. "You'd better get out of here before he gets out another sword," she told him.

"What? But you just destroyed one!"

"That only delays him."

"How?"

Before Suzy could reply, Yazuki had crossed over to Kyoufuakumon. Reaching out, he plucked a whisker from Kyoufuakumon's snout. Holding it above his head, he began to chant. The whisker began to glow and morph. Suzy shot Chazz a look that clearly said, "Get out of here now." Chazz didn't say a word, but the look on his face clearly objected.

Yazuki finished chanting and now held a gleaming sword, which he examined, running his finger along the length before he was satisfied. Yazuki turned to Suzy. "We have buisness to fini-"

Chazz stepped in front of her. "No, you don't."

Yazuki sneered. "And why not?" he asked, ignoring the fact that he had been interrupted.

His mind making things up as he went along, Chazz replied, "We'll have a duel. If you win, you get to get rid of me in any way you want. If I win, you leave Suzy and Lopmon alone."

"Sounds like fun. Alright, I'll do it," Yazuki answered.

"One more condition."

"What?"

"You bandage Suzy's leg first."

Yazuki glowered, but he had already agreed so he bent down and began to roughly wrap her leg in cloth he tore from his scarf. Why he carried it around with him was a mystery. It was clear that he wasn't doing it gently, as Suzy bit her lip more than once. When he was done, he shoved her leg away and walked to the opposite side of the field.

"What are you doing?" Suzy hissed to Chazz. Lopmon, who was beside her, looked just as angry, although his eye had a certain gleam to it.

"Suzy. Give him...you know..those." Lopmon jerked his head in a strange way.

Suzy looked confused but Lopmon whispered in her ear. Her eyes took on an "Oh." look as she reached into her deck and selected two cards. These she handed to Chazz. "Take them," she ordered.

"Why?"

"Just do it," Lopmon snapped. "They'll help you."

Chazz accepted them. He gave each of them a glance. "What are they for?" he asked. Suzy shook her head, jerking her head towards Yazuki, who was starting to look impatient with the dawdling.

Before Chazz walked away, Suzy grabbed his arm. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" she repeated.

"Yeah."

"What?"

"Saving your butt."

TBC