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Well here we go with a big time chapter. It's probably going to be three parts because this is the climax of the story and it's harder to figure where it's going when I haven't organized it so it may be shorter, may be longer, who knows. Maybe my brain but not me.
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Chapter 8: July 9th –Part 1
(July 9th) "Alexis, I know that you called me down here by why? And why did we have to bring Hailey?" I just kept looking out into the ocean.
"Remember when I felt like death was iminate for us all, on the ship a few days ago. Something big is happening today. I don't know what but it is and I want to be ready." I said staring into Jaden's eyes.
"Does this have to do with her, and that world? Because I'd like to be filled in on what's going on with everything." Jaden said a bit annoyed with all the things that weren't going on while we just sat here.
"I wish I too knew what this has to do with us and what part little miss. Hailey has in it." I said I stood up. "Whatever it is, it's coming today and is going to take me and maybe you two. I'm not sure but I want you to be with me when it happens."
"So did you talk to it, what did it say?" Jaden asked, curious of what we were up against.
"It just was so simple, it said that they need us from the 9th of this month to the 12th and whatever they are fighting they can only hold it off a little while longer, they do need you. They are the realm connectors, like Amy." Jaden looked at me and hugged me. "What was that for?"
"A lot of things, one because you look scared and need to be comforted and calmed down so I thought that would help." I nodded and held Hailey in my arms and we fell asleep and landed in a world I only thought was a dream.
A world of unknown knowledge, advanced technology, it must be… the future. It was very cool now, but why did the future before seem so dark and dreary. That must have been the past.
"Welcome Yukies…and Miss. Rhodes ; welcome to the year 2011. I am Ladle and I will be your guide. You will know me in 5 years but now that is unimportant. Welcome to the glorious future. I can show it to you because only things that are important you will remember." Ladle smiled and she looked at Hailey for awhile.
"Would you like to hold her Ladle? I mean since you will know us, I'm sure it's okay." Her eyes went wide and she backed away from us like we were infested people.
"No, no, no; it would do Miss. Yuki a great dishonor if I were to hold her. It's not in my place to touch a child as wonderful as she is." I was a bit confused, but either people had no children in the near future or she was just crazy. I happen to believe and hope for the second.
"So like why are we here; mind explaining that Ladle?" Jaden asked, I sighed realizing that Ladle had to hide a lot and so she couldn't directly answer simple questions.
"Of course, Mr. Yuki," Wow, I didn't think she would actually answer us. I wonder why someone as old as she is respects us so much. Am I suppose to respect Hailey that much? "You are here to right a great wrong that is happening here. You must make sure the event that takes place in your life doesn't happen. It can't for the well being of all people."
"No offense Ladle, but couldn't you have done that yourself? I mean you stop us from making a dumb mistake, seems pretty easy for you to do." Jaden said making it seem like anything is easy.
"We've tried, I promise you that much. We've tried so hard but we called upon your help because the event will alter the history as it did 21 years ago, September 18." Ladle said looking sad and lowly.
"Wait in 5 years from our present, we would be 21 so 21 years ago on September 18th is when Jaden was born." Jaden nodded, I figured that out pretty fast but what was so significant other than Jaden's birth.
"Do you know of the events that happened on his birthday? Yes, he was born but what else came of that day? Do you know?" Ladle said tricking Jaden into being sad and remembering.
"Of course we know, it was shown to us by Hailey's appearance. Hailey unlocked it all for us. That's the day that the Yuki family disappeared except for Molly and Jaden." Ladle nodded and I saw a frown on Jaden's face.
"It's the day my parents died, leaving me and Molly alone." Jaden said and Hailey too looking a bit sad; she copycatted Jaden's feelings and mimicked them.
"Annie and Charles were their names. Jaden's parents, the people who brought him into existence, his very own flesh and blood. They died because of an unfortunate accident at their chemical plant." Jaden became looking sadder every moment that Ladle talked.
"What do you need us for? Let me remind you Ladle that this is the future. We can't save Jaden's parents in this time era. It's impossible." She nodded and looked at Jaden.
"Jaden, I'm sorry that we had to bring that up but it is a very important factor in your mission. Have you figured out what?" Jaden and I shook our heads, not knowing what this meant. "You and Jaden have seen the past and the future Alexis, in one single time era."
"That trash of an era, with the burning houses, explosions and dead people." She nodded. "How could that be the past and the future?"
"The past is bound to repeat itself. Many years ago the realm connectors gave Jaden's parents the chance to save themselves like I do today. The only problem is messing with the past has hazardous effects on the future beyond that time." She said looking at Hailey.
"What were the hazardous effects for my parents, Ladle? I need to know." Jaden said pretty much on her throat.
"There were no effects that were hazardous, Jaden. Only choices they had to make; very hard choices that it's almost impossible to know if you made the right one. It was hard for them but when they're time was up to stay here they had made their choice and it was done." Ladle said in sadness, looking at the ground.
"What were their choices Ladle? The choices the could have picked from, what were they?" I asked very gently. It must have been hard for her to explain how she helped partly in their deaths.
"You must understand that I was not allowed to influence their decision. I did what I do for you to them. It was all their choice. You must understand someday." Ladle went on murmuring.
"Just tell us Ladle, what were the choices? What did they choose? I need to know." Jaden said almost crying with the emotional pain and scars reappearing and reopening and burning his soul.
"Two choices, they could live happily just the two of them forever. No deaths, but no lives. Or they could let the future go as it may." It was very confusing to me but especially for Jaden who had struggled with basic stuff as well as harder decisions to make.
"Ladle, tell me straight what their choices were and what they picked. I have to know how they were. They are my parents, I don't know them at all. I want to but I can't." She nodded and I held Jaden's hand and held Hailey with my free arm.
"They could choose… I can't. Here." Ladle handed me and Jaden a paper and Jaden read it out loud.
Choice 1: Your mother and father could live happily with just each other. They could live peacefully alone until they die. Choice 2: They could let the future become as you know it to be. They could let the future incorporate children of theirs, and let the future go as it may free."What did they choose Ladle? What?" I set Hailey in her carrier that was transferred here with us and sat down next to him on the ground.
"Jaden, you know the answer. You're parents, well they, they choose the second choice. They let the future go where it may and they wanted to have a child, you and let the world make it's own choices." Jaden shook his head.
"No, they could have. They just couldn't. They couldn't." He kept saying that over and over. He was losing himself and I grabbed him by the shoulders.
"Jaden, you can't deny what they chose. It's as clear as you are alive. They choose to let you be born but at the cost of themselves. It was the choice they made. You have to respect it. They are you parents." I said as sweetly as I could.
"Lexy, I want to die. I do, I want to change their choice. Can't I?" I looked at Ladle.
"Ladle, can he do anything about this? He wants to." She looked surprised at me.
"Are you crazy? You'd let him change their mind and let him die. You'd agree to let him do that? What kind of person would think like that?" I stood up, and Jaden slowly let go of my hand.
"Listen, Jaden is kind hearted. He knows what he should do. I can't stop him, I've learned that. He follows his heart and that's how he lives, duels and that is his existence. I've learned that he's always right about what he decides to do when he does it from his heart." Jaden looked at the ground.
"But it, it just doesn't make sense. If you loved him, like they did. Would you?" I thought about that.
"Like who did, Ladle?" I asked. "We need to know, like whom?" She sighed and looked up.
"Like Jaden's parents, Alexis." Jaden gasped and he stood up and lowered his head.
"Jaden, think about it, she's right. They wanted a child, even at the suspense that that child might die with the way the future goes, the wanted that chance for a new being on the earth. Think?"
"Actually, it goes beyond that. In the days they were given. The days that they were given they could travel to any future, in any of the situations they could have picked and seen what would happen. Then they saw it." Jaden looked down.
"They saw me." Ladle nodded and I held Jaden's hand.
"You're mom fell in love with you, on eye sight. She knew from the first second she saw you in the whole duelist academy that you were her child in this possible world scenario. She knew what it meant for her."
"And my Dad?" Jaden asked, I about at tears but not a tear from Jaden. He was very preoccupied.
"Let's say your dad was just like you. He just wanted you're mom happy at all costs. He loved your mom and he felt protective toward you. He wanted you to exist as did your mom so they made the choice." Jaden clearly felt sad for almost destroying their dream.
"I see what you mean Ladle. I guess I wasn't thinking everything through. But I still don't see what all this has to do with me, Jaden, and Hailey?" I said asking for her.
"Wait, could I see what it would be if they hadn't have me? And if they did, and they lived how would our lives be different." I didn't agree with Jaden's idea of seeing how life would be if he changed it all. I personally wouldn't change my life if it turned out how his did. He has friends, Molly, he a dueling prodigy and just he's amazing. I wouldn't want that to change. "Just a little bit of time how it would be if my parents were with me."
"I really don't think…
"Don't think, just act. It's the last stage of grief and getting over it. You must realize that it's okay and this is his way in how. Do it!" Ladle nodded and Jaden and I watched from a sideline of how our lives would be with Jaden's parents in our lives.
Year 2006, in an alternate state (3rd person)
comments by Alexis from the present
"Come on Alexis, we have to go pick out your fiancé and meet with all the other heir families." Alexis sighed and walked onto the boat and rode over to a big factory island.
"But mom, he's a major jerk. He's worse than that Chazz kid." He's worst than Chazz, who could that be?. Melissa nods and walks onto the boat behind me.
"I don't care, he's still in the running Alexis. He's still an heir; though you don't think he's fitting because of his job, and position doesn't mean he's can't be it." Get a clue mom, I hate the dude.
"Mom, he's destroying the atmosphere with his chemical plant. I hate people who destroy our environment. Plus, he destroyed the place where Atticus disappeared at?" Do I mean duelist academy? Who would do such a thing? Alexis' Family arrived at a huge island.
"I'm sorry but I agree with him. A cursed island deserved to be destroyed not host a school. The place is where your brother disappeared at?" No Atticus? No Atticus. Alexis pouted and the walk into a castle-like house.
" Hello Miss. Alexis, how are you?" A man about 46 walked up to Alexis and kissed her hand and she snatched it back. Ewe.
"Excuse you; keep your body to yourself." Alexis stomped off. I had the right to be upset. I mean look at him. A old man kissing up to me like that, major ewe factor.
Alexis walked over to a chair in the unlit part of the company room. She bumped into a person. "Ah."
"Alexis are you alright? You seem a little freaked out by this place more than normal." Alexis relaxed and the person came out of the shadows. Zane, cool, someone I know.
"You do know what today is, right?" Zane gave a nod. "It's so unfair. If I get stuck with you-know-who, I think I might die."
"Have you ever given the guy a chance?" Alexis laughed. Who is he, hello, I'd like to know. Alexis sat down next to Zane and she leaned over on his shoulder.
"Give someone I have never met a chance, hm, not a chance. He's dad's a total jerk, a freaky jerk. His mom is so sick that she hasn't left the hospital in 16 years. He destroyed the only good school away from home that you can duel at. He's total manners and he is just…uh." Zane kept a straight face and Alexis kept a straight face. This guy is totally evil, DA gone, his poor mom, crazy father, I don't know who he is but no chance from me either.
"Promise that you'll try to make polite conversation with this guy. He could be the guy, Lex." Don't think so. Never!
"When I grow wings and fly away from him and then die; I'll consider it." Finally, a little common decency. Alexis said once again pouting.
"Alexis, none of this is his fault. He was born to be an heir like us. His mom's choice to have him had nothing to do with him. His dad decided to destroy the school. His dad he was just born to, it's not at all his fault." Alexis smiled and looked at Zane.
"You try so hard to make me happy. I wish you had a chance with the evilness my parents are. You're amazing Zane." I hope I get to see the end of this. Alexis smiled and kissed Zane on the cheek.
Horns blow "Announcing your highness, Mr. Jaden Yuki," Jaden walks down the stairs dressed in gold and red. Are you kidding, Jaden. Jaden can't be bad. This is so, so wrong. Get me out of this twisted reality. Help.
"Told you he was just as the rumors portrayed him, a stuck up, rude, fancy heir person." Zane stared Alexis in the eyes after she whispered the line.
Jaden walks over to Alexis. " Miss. Alexis Rhodes, may I have you're hand in holy matrimony?" Alexis snatches her hand.
"Only if you can defeat me in a duel, then I may consider." Why not just turn him down? Why? If Jaden has become this bad person why like agree to even a duel? Alexis smiled and took out her deck.
"What kind of marriage ceremony is this duel? I will not duel a lady. It is the most horrible ritual ever." Alexis smiled.
"Heiress rule 36 of the manual, to win a hand in marriage you must beat her in a duel of her choice. I choose duel monsters." Alexis, what are you doing? Jaden has beaten you so many times. Wait, this Jaden hates duel monsters.
5 minutes later, Alexis has beaten Jaden by 1800 points. She sacrificed 200 of her own to wage a direct attack. Zane walks onto the field. "Good game, may I make an attempt." Alexis parents go into an outrage.
"Alexis, he is worst than a commoner, he is a heir who hangs around with commoners. You may not do this." Alexis held out her hand to them.
"The rules say anyone who can defeat me in a duel of my choice can have my hand in marriage. Rules are rules as you always say." They stared angrily at Zane then sat down.
After an hour and two out of breath heirs the duel was over and Zane won by 100 points. She smiled and accepted the proposal and the ring and the end. Good match, at least I'm sort of happy with Zane. I wish Jaden wasn't like that. I like my Jaden much more.
Author's Note I know you people may be angry at me but it had to be done. A bit of spoiling, richness, and two parents and you have a person turned completely around.