Disclaimer: I will never own YGO GX, If I ever did, I would jump for joy, then introduce my OC in this fanfic to the show. But, I will never do that and I don't own YGO GX. And I will also never meet Wayne Grayson either. Life doesn't like me...
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Chapter 6: Without a Trace
"Airland!" She turned around to face her twin brother. His warm brown eyes filled with worry. "What's wrong?"
"Jay..."
Airland had disappeared after dinner and Jaden had just found her at the base of the cliffs. Staring out into the dark cruel waves. Storm clouds passed by and across the moon. A rumble of thunder sent goosebumps going up Airland's arms and the hairs on the back of her neck prickled. She shivered as a cool gust of wind blew. Jaden approached his sister, standing next to her. (He still had a bruised cheek from where that boy had managed to slug him before Shephard and Crowler broke up the fight.) Airland had felt suddenly lost in the world. She felt as if everything she had ever worked for, dueled for... had suddenly vanished without a trace.
"What's wrong?" Jaden repeated firmly.
Airland looked down at her feet and closed her eyes.
"Airland, please. Tell me." pleaded Jaden finally.
"No." Airland answered as lightning struck across the skies of Academy Island. A light rain shower started and Jaden stared at his sister as rain poured onto them, soaking their matching Slifer Blazers. "I won't... I can't..." She turned to him, brown eyes piercing. "I won't be you anymore..."
What are you talking about?
"I won't let my life be controlled by dueling! I won't let that control my emotions, my feelings, my desires any longer!" Airland stepped back away from her brother, she stopped when the heels of her sneakers reached the edge. Raindrops ran down her face and she started to shiver even more as she grew colder. "Dueling isn't everything anymore... not for me."
"Dueling isn't everything?" Jaden felt like those were the most absurd words he had ever heard from his sister's mouth. "What are you talking about, Airland! We've been dueling all our lives! It's been this way for ten years! You can't stop now!"
"Yes, I can!" shouted Airland, she growled. "And I will... just because you want to be blinded by everything for this stupid card game, doesn't mean you have to drag me down with you! Have you even thought about everyone else's feelings? Or have you only put yourself headfirst into dangerous situations for the fun of it?" Airland was trembling with the own harshness in her voice. "You can't even see that someone loves you... as much as I used to admire you."
"What?" was all Jaden could whisper.
"ALEXIS LOVES YOU!" Airland finally screamed, it rang all throughout the campus.
The Slifer's all stopped eating and looked around. The Ra's all looked at one another as if a ghost had screamed it. The Obelisk's all remained silent and still. Syrus and Alexis (who happened to be in his dorm at the time, talking to him about Airland) froze and looked anxiously towards the door.
Jaden staggered backwards and collapsed anime style before hopping back up, "SAY WHAT?!"
"She does... and you're too wrapped up in your blindness to notice." Airland was breathing hard and the waves were thrashing with the storm. The night tide enhancing Airland's anger towards Jaden. "I won't let dueling control me any longer."
"Airland..." Jaden inched closer towards his sister.
"Stay back!" she ordered, she almost lost her balance.
"Airland!" shouted Jaden when she began to fall, he ran to grab her, but she had already fallen into the icy waters. She let out an earsplitting scream as she fell in compeltely. "AIRLAND!"
"JADEN!" her voice came from the waves, he finally spotted Airland being pulled further out to sea. "HELP!"
"AIRLAND!" Jaden screamed, he was about to dive in the water when something held him back.
"JADEN!" Airland cried again, Jaden saw her fearful wide brown eyes one last time before she went under... she didn't resurface again...
"AIRLAND!" Jaden collapsed to his knees, staring blankly out into the ocean. He pounded his fist into the ground. "NO! AIRLAND! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Airland was gone... without a trace.
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A/N: CLIFFHANGER! Sorry so short. I'm having writersblockage again! Evil thing... but what will happen to Airland? Did she die in the storm, or did she survive somehow? Find out in Chapter 7: The Warrior Returning Alive! Please R&R faithful readers!
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