(Re-Edited March 2, 2018)
Summary: What if Haou was Jaden's older brother and was destined to be king for the duel monsters world? What if Jesse lived with Jaden before the two were send to the human dimension and continued living as Jaden Yuki and Jesse Anderson with no memory of their previous lives? What happens when they finally return to their birth place?
Pairings: Haou x Yubel (human)
Beta Reader: KaibaGirl17
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh Gx but I wish I did…oh well. Enjoy!
-Oasis Dimension, Haou's castle: Library-
Jaden was currently looking at a book about the twelve different dimensions that were out there. So far he had read about the Desert, Wasteland, Skyland, and Dark World dimensions.
'Dark World…that is where my brother is at right now,' thought Jaden before closing the book.
He was sitting right by at a window where he could see the village in the far off distance.
"Man," said Jaden as he making a face. "There's got to be something to do around here! I can't believe Aqua left me here in the library while she had to go to the market in town. Got any ideas pal?"
Winged Kuriboh looked at him before jumping up and down and signaled Jaden to follow him. The brunette shrugs his shoulders before going after his small partner.
The winged duel monster spirit took him outside to the training grounds where young recruits were being trained to duel or how to wield a sword.
"I guess dueling is really important here," murmured Jaden as Winged Kuriboh landed on top of his head. "Do you want me to learn how to fight?"
"Kuri! Kuri!"
Jaden laughed, nervously, "Pal, you get crazy ideas sometimes. Me? Learning how to fight? I never even held any weapon before let alone a sword…they look kind of heavy."
"You have no idea how right you are."
Jaden jumped a bit before turning his head to see his older brother standing not too far from him. He had taken his helmet off but was still clad in his armor.
"H-Haou…y-you're back," stuttered Jaden. "Um…where is um Johan?"
"Still in the Dark Dimension," replied Haou. "He will come back once he deals with the Southern Village there."
Jaden frowned.
Aqua had told him all of what had been happening for the past twelve years. Besides trying to find him, his older brother had been fighting and killing off any Light of Destruction followers in the different dimensions.
"Well…I'm glad you're back," said Jaden as he bit his lip. Without a second thought, the young brunette hugged his brother's waist, "It's great to see you again, big brother."
Haou stood there for a second before wrapping his arms around his younger brother. "Come on, let's head inside. I need to get rid of this armor," said Haou softly.
Jaden nodded before letting go of his brother's waist and grabbing onto his brother's hand. Haou smiled a bit and guided his brother to his room where he took off the black armor and changed into some clean clothes.
Jaden was sitting on Haou's bed, holding onto Winged Kuriboh.
"So how long ago did you wake up?" asked Haou as he finished changing.
"Um not too long ago," replied Jaden before smiling. "Aqua and Lily said that my back is all healed up which why they allowed me to walk around the castle."
"That's good to hear…where is Aqua?" asked Haou as he sat next to his brother.
"She said something about going to the marketplace because she was running out of healing herbs," replied Jaden.
Haou nodded before realizing something. "We need to get you some new clothes as you can't always borrow my old ones."
Jaden made a face. "I'd rather use your old clothes then go clothes shopping."
Haou chuckled, "True but I don't picture you wearing dark clothes little brother. If memory serves me, you favor the color red."
Jaden blushed a bit, "Mm…you're right about that. So, when do we go?"
Haou smirked, "Follow me."
Jaden followed Haou through a series of hallways until they reached two glass-like doors. When Haou opened the doors, Jaden could see different fabrics, lining, and measurements everywhere.
"Mary, are you here?" called out Haou.
A woman with long blond hair and had light blue eyes came out. She was wearing a blue vest, a long white shirt and brown shoes.
"Oh! Your majesty and Prince Jaden, what a pleasure seeing you here," said Mary with a curtsy. "What can I do for you my King and young Prince?"
"My brother needs a new wardrobe, Mary," replied Haou before looking over to Jaden. "This is Mary, Jaden. Back then, she was the apprentice of the last tailor before she took over the position a few years back."
Mary giggled, "It's great to have you back, Prince Jaden though it's quite strange seeing you wearing your brother's old dark clothes. Naturally, you show such brightness, not like the King."
Haou glared at her but didn't say anything.
Mary rolled her eyes, "Well then, Prince Jaden, would you mind coming up here and stand on the stool so we can begin."
Jaden nodded and step forward before being told to lift up his arms while Haou took a seat nearby. At first, it wasn't that bad but about 30 minutes, Jaden's arms were getting tired.
"Are we done yet?" asked Jaden.
"Almost, my Prince," murmured Mary before taking another measurement. "Just like the King, you two don't seem to like getting your measurements done for some odd reason."
Haou glared, "Because it's a waste of time, Mary…and you know why I hate taking my measurements."
"Oh, that happened five years ago, can't you just let that go already," said Mary as she was taking Jaden's right arm measurements.
This caught Jaden's attention. "What happened?"
Mary giggled while Haou turned his head around to hide his blush.
"Your brother was getting rather impatient and moved when one of the other assistants was using the pins to hold onto the gold trimmings and got stuck in the process."
Haou gritted his teeth, "It was Charlotte's fault – she didn't warn me that she was about to use that blasted pin!"
Mary rolled her eyes before clapping her hands. "All done young Prince, I will have everything ready in two days but I will have a few sets of clothes ready for you to wear soon. Would you like to have them all in red?"
Jaden sighed in relief as he finally dropped his hands before thinking. "Um…red and white with a bit of black I guess."
"I'll see what I can do, young Prince," said Mary.
Haou got up and walked up to his brother. "I'll have someone pick up the finished clothes later," said the older brunette before guiding his younger brother out of the room rather quickly.
"Wait! My King is it not your time to – and he's gone" said Mary before shaking her head. "I guess I have to get Aqua to bring him here again."
Meanwhile Haou slowed down his pace before looking down at his brother. Jaden looked at him rather confused.
"I…really don't like being in that room. Now any ideas what you want to do before lunch? I have nothing scheduled until Johan returns from the Dark World."
Jaden grinned. "Horseback riding! Aqua showed me how to ride one and I want to see if I can beat you in a race!"
Haou had a playful smirk on his face. "Ah I see that Aqua has told you my racing days when I was 18, correct?"
Jaden nodded his head excitedly as he waited for his brother's reply.
Haou sighed before smiling, warmly, "Alright, but one race little brother, as you are just a beginner. Maybe I can help you on how to ride."
Jaden grinned, happily and dragged his brother towards the stables. Haou ordered the stableman to get their horses ready. Haou's horse was a black stallion while Jaden's was white.
The two brunette's raced around the castle grounds while a few staff members and duel monsters were watching the race with a grin in their faces.
The staff vows to protect the young Prince this time around as they enjoyed having their King happy once again rather than that cold and emotionless persona.
-Dark World Dimension, Infirmary-
Jesse slowly woke up and sat up from the bed before rubbing his head.
"W-What happened?" he murmured before looking around. The room was unfamiliar to him...then it hit him – he was trying to find Jaden, his friends coming along with him and…and remembering who he really was.
"Now I know why I can see duel monster spirits," murmured Jesse before getting out of bed. He was alone in the room and there was not much to see aside from the balcony to his left. Jesse got up and walked out to see what was going on outside. There were a bunch of dark attributes roaming around the stronghold. "Haou's sure got some followers," he murmured.
"Most of the stronger warriors are not here, they're near the Southern Village entrance."
Jesse freaked out and turned around to see his older brother standing at the doorway. "Don't do that, Johan! You scared the living crap out of me!" he cried.
Johan laughed, "Glad to have you back, little brother. Come on, I have a feeling you don't want to stay here any longer but stay close, understood?"
Jesse nodded before following Johan out of the infirmary before noticing something.
"Where is Haou?" he asked.
"Mm...Oh, he headed back to the Oasis Dimension," replied Johan. "He felt like he wasn't needed here so he left me in charge while he went back to take care of Jaden."
Jesse widened his eyes, "J-Jaden?! You found him?! Is he alright? What about his back?"
"Easy there little brother," said Johan as he stopped walking. "Yes, we did find him or rather Harpie Lady did. I am not sure about his back but the last time I asked Haou, he said that it was healing so by the time we return to the castle, he should be all fine."
Jesse let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness…so when are we going back?"
"Once I deal with the Southern Village, the fools are trying to fight us," replied Johan before sighing. "They don't realize that they are defending followers of the Light of Destruction."
"Wait a moment! Is that what you've been doing? Only killing off those who are followers of the Light? Nothing more?" asked Jesse.
Johan nodded, "That's right and so far, we have killed off over 50 people and duel monsters that had that Light in them."
"Shouldn't you like tell the villagers why you're attacking? I mean they're all thinking wrong about you and Haou," said Jesse.
Johan shook his head. "If we did, then it would give the Light followers a chance to escape and find another village to hide in. Haou thought it would be best to attack then explain afterwards to the survivors."
"If you put it that way, it doesn't sound entirely terrible what you guys are doing," said Jesse before panicking. "Brother, my friends came along with me to find Jaden but I got separated by them. Do you know if any of your troops has encountered teenagers with duel disks?"
Johan was about to respond when one of Haou's elites, Guardian of the Labyrinth, came to him.
"Lord Johan, we can't seem to go forth onto the southern village as they gained some new duelists to fight for their cause," reported the guardian.
Johan narrowed his eyes, "New fighters…this is troublesome, indeed."
"New…duelists..." murmured Jesse before walking up to him, "Tell me if one of those duelists has a crocodile strap behind his back!"
"Who are you to be asking me questions like that, you human filth?" sneered the guardian.
Johan glared at the duel spirit before stepping forward and grabbing hold of his neck.
"That human filth you are referring to is my little brother and he asked you a fucking question," said Johan, darkly before tossing him to the ground. "Now answer before you test my patience, solider!"
"Your brother? Forgive me my lord, I – I didn't – ah right um the duelists," stuttered Guardian of the Labyrinth as he got up from the ground. "Y-Yes one of the new duelists did have a crocodile strap on his back and had one of his eyes covered with bandages."
"Jim!" said Jesse before looking over at his brother. "My friends are there! Please let me get them out of there."
"If only I could," Johan replied. "But Haou said if they ever interfere, they are to be captured."
"No please, let me go and get them away from the fight," begged Jesse before looking down. "They…They are not just my friends but Jaden's as well."
Johan pinched his nose before sighing.
"…five minutes, if they are not out of the village by then, they will be captured, understood?"
Jesse nodded, "I understand brother."
Johan turned to the guardian. "Get the troops ready and head to the Southern Village for one final battle. This time kill anyone that gets in your way, understood?"
Guardian nodded, "Yes sir!"
"And here I thought I get to know you better," murmured Johan. "Looks like this will be your first mission little brother, be careful and whatever you do – don't step foot into the village at all, understood?"
Jesse bit his lip, "Yes brother…"
"Come I believe they place your duel disk to my command room," said Johan.
The younger bluenette followed his brother to his room where he was giving his duel disk back.
"Jesse, be warn as summoning a duel monster outside of a duel, takes a lot of energy from the owner," explained Johan, seriously.
Jesse nodded his head before summoning Sapphire Pegasus and flew to the direction where the Southern Village was at.
Throughout the trip, Jesse was feeling slight guilty on what he was going to do but he had to make sure none of his friends were captured. He also knew that it would upset Jaden if any of their friends were hurt. 'Please forgive me guys, but what Haou is doing is not entirely wrong,' he thought.
Meanwhile Burgundy and Jim were getting ready to defend the main gates when Syrus came running towards them.
"Jim, good news! Ojama Yellow says that he might have spotted Jesse!" informed Syrus.
"You sure?" asked Jim as Syrus nodded.
Jim smiled before looking over to his new friend.
"Burgundy…"
"Go! Find your friend, but be careful! It can be a trap from Haou's men," warned Burgundy before going to the main gates of the village.
Jim and the others went outside of the village where they saw familiar duel monster spirit. It was Ruby Carbuncle who ran away from them.
They chased after her for a few more minutes when they heard someone familiar.
"Ruby, there you are! Don't run off like that!"
"Jesse!"
The bluenette grinned. "Hey guys, long time no see!"
-Break Line-
Haou and Johan are reunited to their little brothers after twelve years of separation. Who know that Haou could smile? And what is Jesse going to do to stop Jim and the others? Why does he feel guilty?
Wait?! Who is that mysterious stranger?
Find out next re-edited!