Right it's time for chapter four of Rediscovery.

I hope you all enjoy this one, we're going to follow Jaden in a bit more this time.

If you haven't already be sure to review the previous chapters, they're always useful and it's good to hear what you guys think.

Like I said in the last chapter, I changed the rating again back to T, it might change again but for now I'm going to leave it at this.

Righty-ho, onto the chapter.

Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Writey x

Jaden's POV

Beep Beep Beep…...

I knew I had a few more minutes…...

Beep Beep Beep….

Just five more minutes…

Beep Beep Beep…

I didn't really have five more minutes; in fact, I was already incredibly late, but I laid there for a few more seconds trying to gain any ounce of rest that I could before the day started.

After a few more minutes of the noise, I rolled over onto my side to get a view of what was making all the racket. I squinted my eyes just enough to focus on the bright red lights that shone in my direction. As my eyes focussed on the lights, the cogs started to turn in my mind.

Damn it I thought as I bolted out of bed and towards the bathroom.

It was 8:30.

Today was Friday, I had work and I started at 9.

I ran to the bathroom, but the door was closed. I could hear a faint muffled sound over the running water and realised that my dad must have been in the shower.

I banged loudly on the door trying to get his attention, "hey, can you open up, I'm running late," I shouted trying to be heard over what I could vaguely work out to be an awful rendition of Kelly Clarkson's 'Since U Been Gone'.

I waited a minute or so before the water shut off and I heard a shuffling of feet. The lock of the door turned, and my dad appeared with soaking wet hair, still humming away.

"Agh, good morning sport, let's see, banging on the door, very agitated, that can only mean that you're late for work again, am I right," my dad said with a cheeky grin as he slid past me towards his room.

I grunted at him before rushing into the shower.

Unlike my father, I had a habit of being late to work. He started at 10 but was always up early because he had further to travel to work yet he was never late. Me on the other hand, I was constantly late to work. In a good way I was lucky that our neighbour was my boss otherwise I'd probably have been fired ages ago.

I finished in the shower and ran back to my room, changing and grabbing everything I needed before heading down the stairs.

I quickly headed to the kitchen and grabbed some food that mum had left out for me before she took Josh to school. She always made me eat before I went to work because she was always worried that I would end up eating everything at the bakery instead of selling it.

I ate the toast that mum had left for me before running to the door.

I checked my phone.

8:53.

It was a 10-minute run.

I could do it in 7.

Probably.

I picked up my keys, put on my shoes and sprinted out the door, fully well knowing I was probably going to be late again.

I made it to the back door of Mr Maloney's bakery, this was my usual entrance point when I was late for work because I knew that if I entered in the front, I would definitely have been caught.

I looked at the clock.

9:01.

Damn it, late again I thought to myself as I went inside.

I made my way to the staffroom.

The staffroom was pretty much a room with one chair, a couple of hooks and an old TV that only played three TV channels.

I quickly clocked in before taking off my jacket.

I don't know why I shower when I'm late for work I said to myself, feeling the sweat drip from my head. I hated having to run to work because I knew I'd be all sweaty for an entire shift.

"You know Jaden," Yubel said appearing beside me, "if you just got up in time, you wouldn't need to run, and Mr Maloney could give you a lift in."

I scowled at Yubel.

She was right though, Mr Maloney always said that if I was ready by 8:30 I could have a lift.

I was just never ready.

Once I was finally ready to make my entrance, I headed towards the front of the shop.

Mr Maloney's bakery wasn't the biggest one in New Domino, but it was certainly the most popular. Everybody knew him, he was very friendly and could never say no to anyone. He only hired a few people because mostly, people didn't mind waiting around for their goods because it was a chance to socialise with everyone.

I was just hoping not to run into my boss this morning.

I made my way to the front of house where there were already a few customers including the regular Friday attendee, Mrs Norris.

"Ahh there you are Jaden, I was beginning to worry that you weren't going to show," she said smiling at me.

Mrs Norris loved to wind me up in the morning. To be honest, Mrs Norris loved to wind everyone up in the morning.

I smiled back at her, "You know me Mrs N, I love to make a grand entrance."

"If only you could make that entrance on time," someone said from behind me.

It was Mr Maloney.

I turned to look at him quickly, trying to put on some sort of cheeky grin, "I wasn't actually that late today believe it or not."

Mr Maloney smiled at me, "well, whether you were late or not, you're here now so can you give these to Mrs Norris please," he said handing me a brown paper bag.

By the smell of the bag, I could tell that Mrs Norris had ordered two cheese buns and a cornish pasty, most likely for Mr Norris.

"That is true," I said handing the bag to Mrs Norris.

She took it from me and smiled kindly, "thank you Jaden, you know Henry, the boy always turns up eventually, even if he is slightly late," she said to Mr Maloney.

"That is true," Mr Maloney said mimicking my voice in response as Mrs Norris left.

I liked Mr Maloney. Not just because he allowed me to be late sometimes but because he was down to earth. He could take a joke, but he could hand them out as well. He treated his customer like they were his friends.

That's why I liked to work for him.

He was a good guy.

"So, Jaden, why were we late this morning," Mr Maloney said serving another customer a loaf of bread.

The other thing about Mr Maloney was the he was really easy to talk to. I pretty much told him anything. He just seemed trustworthy, like you could tell him something and he wouldn't go and tell the first person he saw. Those people are good to keep around you.

I smiled at him, "well, I kind of slept in because I'd had a few friends round last night and I had a lot to take in."

I wasn't sure whether that was the right thing to say but at least it was the truth.

Mr Maloney smiled and nodded at me.

Ever since his wife had died, Mr Maloney had lived with his son. Cameron was roughly the same age as me and worked here in the bakery with his dad.

His wife, Fiala, had died during my second year of Duel Academy. I'd never really known her very well because she became rather ill when I was young, in fact not long after Cameron was born, and Mr Maloney become more committed to caring for his wife whilst she was sick and less concerned with his bakery.

However, I think after her passing he used the bakery as a means of an escape rather seeing it as a burden and I think that's what sort of drew me to help him try to keep it going, the fact that in a way he was doing this for Fiala and that is something that I can relate to, doing something for a loved one.

I continued on with my work for the next few hours. In the bakery we rotate roles so that the work doesn't get to stale. I had already done my shift on front desk and baking before realising that my mum had asked me to take some time off work over the next few weeks with all the events that were coming up.

Brilliant, the day I need to ask for time off at work is the day that I arrived late I thought to myself.

I looked at Mr Maloney, who was currently icing some of the gingerbread men that needed to go out for selling in the next few minutes or so.

"Hey, Mr M," I said trying to sound relatively confident, "do you think I could have a few days off over the next few weeks, there a few events I've got coming up and I really can't miss them."

He glanced up from his work, with a mildly surprised look on his face.

"I don't know what's more surprising Jaden, the fact that you said that with next to no confidence or that you actually have some plans," he said laughing to himself.

I smiled.

I don't see why I was concerned; Mr Maloney wasn't the kind of person to keep us here if we had something else going on.

"You can have the time off Jaden, in fact take off when you need just make sure you're here for Cameron's last day," he said, still concentrating on the face of one of the gingerbreads he was icing.

Cameron was leaving in a week or so to move to a new job. I think he felt guilty about leaving his dad alone to work the family bakery by himself, but Mr Maloney had urged him to go for the job and had told him that he would find a replacement for him. He even jokingly said that they would probably be better than Cameron anyway.

Deep down I knew that he was sad to have his son leaving him for another job, but I could tell that he knew he was doing the right thing in letting him go.

Cam had promised his dad that he'd work every day until his last day as a way of saying goodbye to the shop, that's why I could probably have such an amount of time off.

I looked at Mr Maloney. He was clearly to invested in the gingerbread men to have realised he'd basically given me a fortnight off work.

"Are you sure, Mr M, that is quite a long time," I said still surprised that he'd actually allowed me the time off in the first place.

"That is my offer Jaden, take it or leave," he said finally looking up from his work, "just make sure to write it down on the rota before you go home today so I remember and don't ring your mum complaining or something," he said with a little wink and smiled.

For the rest of my shift I had the task of restocking all the shelves that the costumers had taken things from. It was pretty much plain sailing for the rest of the day from there, I pottered about until doing all the small tasks no one really wanted to do before it was time for Mr Maloney to shut up shop.

"Would you like a lift home Jaden," my boss said as he locked the back door behind us.

I wasn't going to say no, especially as he was my neighbour, "that would be great, thank you."

I climbed into the passenger seat of Mr Maloney's car before we set off for home.

As I sat staring out the window of Mr Maloney's Toyota Corolla, I couldn't help but think about the past day or so.

I hadn't really had a chance to reflect on everything that I'd been told, that had happened. I mean there had been so much, and it still didn't really feel real. My friends, the duel, the Duel Academy reunion, my brothers first deck, everything was such blur but for once I wasn't worried about where all of it might lead, only excited.

We continued on for a few more minutes and I couldn't help but think about what the Duel Academy reunion would be like.

How would everyone be with me? Had anyone changed?

I just knew that I would have to face Alexis at some point whilst I was there.

Like the others I hadn't seen her since the day I'd left Duel Academy, but I felt as though I missed her the most. I think with the way we left things, with the argument, it pained me more to know that she might hate me, more than anything else.

Every day, I'd still feel the regret for what I had said to her, in a way I wish I could go back and take my words back but I knew I couldn't.

The worst part was that there was this ache in my chest ever since I'd left the island that wouldn't seem to go anyway and would only appear when my mind slipped back into thoughts about Alexis.

I could tell that Mr Maloney had been keeping a casual eye on me the past few minutes, "you know Jaden, life is too short to be worrying about every regret you've ever made."

Right, I'm convinced this man is a mind reader, I thought to myself as I adjusted my body to be join him in looking out the front window rather than side.

"Take it from someone who has lost a lot, live in the moment, don't ever look back, only to the future because the future will be gone before you've even realised it's arrived," he said.

In many ways he was right, I just needed to focus on the past, I'm sure that everything will work itself out, I don't know how long that may take, but I was sure that I could start by attending the Duel Academy reunion and showing my face.

Once we had arrived back at the house, I made my way towards my front door, just as Mr Maloney did his.

"You know Mr M, we're always here if you need anything, you know that right," I said to my neighbour just before he shut his door.

I knew he was still slightly lonely and maybe my words didn't mean much, but he was rather important to me, whether or not I admitted it to him.

He smiled and nodded at me before going into his house.

I put my key in the door and opened it up to the sound of a set of feet thundering towards my location.

"Well, well, well, if it is my little Tessy bear," I said as bent down to grab my sister as she collided into my arms, "how are we today."

"GOOD," she shouted at me as I picked her up off the ground, "want to watch some TV," she said trying to get away from my vice like grip.

I put her down and she pulled me away into the front room where my brother and mum were already watching some television documentary.

We sat and watched the rest of the show together. We had brief conversations about our days before mum decided it was time to make some dinner.

"Jaden don't forget about the package you left on the table," mum said as she walked away to start work on the food.

I looked over at the table and saw the white envelope that held the cards that Solomon had given to me yesterday at the card shop was still in the same place I had left it.

I stood up out my seat and went over to the table picking up the package.

I hadn't really given much thought to the cards with everything that had been going on.

I tore open the top of the package trying not to damage the cards that were inside.

As I pulled them out, I noticed that there were only four cards inside the envelope.

Hmm, not a full new deck then I said to myself as I peeled away the seal that was covering the cards.

I turned the cards over and I looked at the first two cards in complete shock, I couldn't believe my eyes.

There is no way, I thought to myself as I stared at the cards.

In front of me, were the cards Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.

"My, my," Yubel said, appearing over my shoulder, "those are quite some cards Jaden."

I looked at my duel spirit friend and then back at the cards once more.

Indeed, they were two very special cards.

But how did Solomon get a hold of these cards, I thought to myself, only one person in the world had possession of such monster cards and I don't believe he would have given them too him.

I quickly turned over the remaining two cards and examined them as well.

One was a polymerization and one was a fusion monster that I had never heard of.

Dark Magician of Time and Space (ATK/3200 – DEF/2800)

"I've never even heard of this card before," I said expecting Yubel to answer, "must be a new type of fusion monster or something, what do you think?"

"Jaden, you... you… you might want to turn around," Yubel said sounding as shocked as I did when I first saw the cards.

I looked at Yubel who was clearly shocked at something looking over my shoulder.

I turned to face the other way and boy; did I get a shock.

"Im… Im…. Impossible," I said not believing what was in front of me.

"You know my young acquaintance, I do believe I have heard of this chap from somewhere, I just can't put my finger on it," said a floating duel spirit of Dark Magician.

Surprise!

There you have it folks, there are the cards that Solomon gave Jaden.

Now, before you all bite my head off, there is a reason that Jaden has been given these cards. There will be explaining done, but you'll have to wait for that. I know it might not seem realistic, but this is fanfiction after all and these cards are important to the story!

The fusion monster is a card that I came up with. I know there could be other cards used in its place but because of Yu-Gi-Oh GX and its fusion summoning I thought this would be fun.

I know it probably won't please everyone but hopefully you guys won't be bothered too much!

Anyway, you also got to meet Mr Maloney as well, what did you think of the chapter?

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You won't have to wait too long for the next chapter and believe me, you won't want to miss it, there is an arrival of a certain person!

Anywho, hope you all enjoyed!

Writey x