Title: Darkness and Fire

Genre: romance, fantasy

Rating: M for language and possible lemon in the future

Pairing: JesseXJaden

Summary: Many years after Shou helped reunite Johan and Judai, his grandson, Syrus Truesdale, befriends 2 people who look strangely like the two people from "Darkness and Ice"! Is it a coincidence? Or is there an evil force in the making that wants to do what she failed to do so many years ago? Can Shou's grandson and his friends stop the Third Hand of Time from taking Jesse and Jaden away from one another again? And will Haou finally be forgiven for his horrible crime that ended Hielo's existance?

Me: Chapter four

Lucy: Please read this! It's very important!

Me: Poor Jaden almost dies in this chapter!

Lucy: And Alexis learns the shocking truth!

Me: Here we are! Chapter four!

Chapter Four: Frozen Fire

"Jay! Jay, say something! Please open your eyes!! Jaden!!" Jesse hollered, shaking his lover gently but firmly as to wake him up. Jaden moaned weakly and then allowed his eyes to flutter open weakly. He glanced up into Jesse's emerald green eyes that were laced with tears.

"Je...sse..." Jaden moaned weakly. Jesse helped Jaden stand up weakly before allowing him to stand up. The brunette stumbled and collapsed against Jesse's chest. The bluenette caught Jaden in his arms and tilted his chin up so the brunette was locking eyes with him.

"Are you all right?" he asked. Jaden nodded and looked up at his lover with blank eyes before smiling warmly at him and then kissing Jesse on the cheek. Jesse blushed and then helped Jaden walk to the door. Haou floated above everyone and led them to the shrine where his crystal was.

Jaden would be okay.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

In the Shrine...

Then gang glanced around the shrine, amazement filling their eyes. Jaden had gotten stronger, so Jesse had released his hold on the brunette as they walked around. Jaden smiled at the strange familiarity of this place.

But then something went wrong...

Suddenly, Jaden moaned weakly and collapsed to his knees on the ground, his shoulders hunched and his back arched forward. Jesse gasped and raced over to the brunette and grasped his shoulders, giving him one firm shake.

"Jaden! Jaden, hang on!" he yelled. Jesse glanced behind the brunette and gasped as he saw Jaden's foot becoming encased in ice, just as Judai's had before. Haou gasped and glanced over at his crystal home, only to see that it, too, was freezing with white ice.

"Jesse.... Jesse, I won't... make it..." Jaden whispered, glancing up into his lover's green eyes. Jesse's eyes widened as he shook Jaden once, as if telling him not to speak like that. The brunette collapsed against Jesse's chest and inhaled.

"I'm not gonna make it, Jess... Jesse, I... love you..." Jaden moaned, allowing his eyes to close as the ice started enclosing him. Jesse embraced the brunette and gasped as the ice still encased him. The bluenette's eyes flashed.

'H-he's freezing! I-I can't warm him up at all!! Dammit!!' Jesse hollered in his mind.

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"Jaden! Hang in there, all right!? Don't give up on me!!" Jesse hollered. Jaden nodded weakly before closing his eyes and breathing heavily. The bluenette grit his teeth and looked about. The gang gasped when they heard a laugh, and then someone showed up.

Alexis, the Third Hand of Time...

"Third Hand of Time!?" Haou hollered in rage, his golden eyes flashing in annoyance as the blonde woman appeared out of thin air. Alexis nodded and cast a glare at Haou, her gold eyes flashing pure red for a quick second.

"This is revenge for my brother!! Whom you killed without remorse!" she hollered. Haou lept back and glared at her in anger.

"What are you talking about!? I never killed your brother!!" the brunette screamed in anger. Alexis' eyebrow raised in confusion as he lower lip trembled. She glanced up and suddenly gasped as the Clock appeared, clutching Jim in his hand by the collar.

"Clock!?" Haou hollered. The Clock laughed before throwing Jim to the ground with a rough thwack. The aussie hit the ground and groaned weakly in pain before slowly trying to sit up on the marble shrine flooring.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4 EVER

"Jim!" Haou hollered, racing up and helping his friend sit up. Jim groaned and rubbed his head, some burns visible on his body. The Clock laughed in a cracked elderly voice before landing gently on the ground, his cloak billowing in an imaginary wind.

"I have come to seek my prize. Jaden, Judai's heart escaped me years ago. But finally, yours will do... Even that other brunette's soul wasn't good enough for me," the Clock smiled, hidden by his cloak. Jesse clutched Jaden close to his chest, ignoring the ice that was still creeping up the brunette's body.

"What are you saying?" Alexis whispered. The Clock smiled evilly and then waved a hand in front of himself. His image changed into an image of Haou, exactly perfect.

"Recognize me?" the Clock asked before turning himself back into his normal image. Alexis growled angrilly, tears of rage forming in her eyes. She then made her nails into claws and lunged at the Clock, tears streaming from her cheeks.

"MONSTER!!" she hollered, slashing her claws at him. The Clock vanished and then reappeared in the center of the room, his lips becoming visible.

"Jaden will die... and his heart will be mine..." the Clock smiled. Jesse growled at the man, but then glanced down at his weak lover. Jaden was almost fully encased in ice, and wouldn't last much longer.

'Jaden...' Jesse thought.

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