Well, here goes something.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh Gx.
Chapter 7
Third Person POV
Jaden was alone in his Slifer dorm that night. Syrus and Hassleberry were in their respective dorms. Jaden was glad for that, because he woke up screaming after another nightmare. And he hit his head again.
He muttered some things unintelligibly under his breath as he got ice again. The clock just barely caught his attention as he passed, reading 2:37 AM. Jaden groaned. He hated being up in the middle of the night. But considering the nightmare he just had, he'd rather be awake than asleep.
Jaden walked out onto the cliffs with the ice. He curled his knees up to his chest and somehow found a comfortable way to hold the ice against his forehead.
The bunks aren't even that close together, Jaden mused.
Kuri?Winged Kuriboh asked. Jaden smiled at the sound of his little friend.
"Hey pal. I'm fine, just had a little nightmare."
Kuri Kur (Yeah right). Winged Kuriboh nudged Jaden under his chin.
"Okay, so it was more than a little nightmare. I just…I don't want to face him again. I wish he would just stay out of my life," Jaden admitted.
You should know that won't happen, Yubel's voice said. Her form appeared next to him. One of her wings wrapped around him comfortingly.
"Hey Yubel. You've been quiet lately," Jaden said. He wasn't making any eye contact with either of his spirits.
You haven't needed my help. Now, you do. So here I am. Besides, the others seem to freak out a lot whenever I'm around or even mentioned. Jaden frowned. He wished his friends wouldn't, but it was going to take a lot of convincing and time before they got used to Yubel. What are you so scared of?
"You remember what happened," Jaden said. Yubel nodded.
That was why I became so protective of you. You were in no shape to be hurt like that again. And I still regret not helping you then, the way I should have.
"Yeah…well…um…" Jaden wasn't quite so sure what to say now. Kuriboh nudged him again. He may hate what his father had done, but he wasn't sure he would have wanted Yubel to hurt him.
It doesn't matter anymore. We've made our peace with each other. I know that now you can handle yourself.
"I guess. You'll stay close though, right?"
Of course. Our souls are combined Jaden. I'm not going anywhere.
Kuriboh chirped happily. Not even Jaden could make out what he was saying.
You should rest.
"I don't want to have those dreams…they only get worse," Jaden admitted. Yubel looked at him. He still wouldn't make eye contact. He just stared off into the skyline.
What was the last one about?
"It was about…him…only it was what he would do when he got here," Jaden said quietly. Yubel moved an arm around Jaden.
You are not alone. Your friends and I will help you.
"I know…It's just…that doesn't stop the dreams…" Jaden squeezed his eyes shut. Yubel wished there was more she could do to comfort him, but being only a spirit had some limits.
Kuurrrri (Everything will be fine). Jaden partly wondered how such a small word could mean so much.
The rest of him just wanted to jump off this cliff.
But of course, that would leave Jacey alone to deal with this mess, and he would not abandon her. A twig snapped behind him.
He turned around to see Jesse walking over. He seemed a little pale seeing Yubel, but did his best to ignore her. He sat down on the other side of Jaden.
"I had a feeling you might be out here," Jesse said.
"Yeah."
Yubel smiled and faded from view. She knew Jesse could take it from here. Winged Kuriboh and Ruby Carbuncle were…not quite attacking each other, just tumbling around and fake fighting.
"So…Nightmare or just couldn't sleep?" Jesse asked. He was sitting the same way Jaden was, with his knees curled into his chest.
"Nightmare," Jaden said. Jesse nodded.
"Well whatever you dreamed about, just remember it was a dream. It's not going to happen."
"How do you know it wasn't something that already happened?" Jaden asked. Jesse turned towards him.
"Was it?"
"No…"
"Well then there you go," Jesse said, turning back to look at the skyline. Jaden could hear the smile in his voice.
"Don't make the guy with the possible concussion confused," Jaden complained. Jesse laughed.
"You're fine. If not, just don't play dodge ball tomorrow!" Jesse said. Jaden looked at him, a trace of fear in his face.
"You wouldn't…"
"I wouldn't. The other players might not be so nice," Jesse said. Jaden groaned. Jesse laughed. The brunette was so worried now he didn't even realize that it's early Sunday morning, and Jesse was referring to Monday. That was over twenty-four hours from now.
He'd likely still get hit in the face though.
Jesse leaned back and cushioned his head with his hands. Jaden leaned back on his hands. The ice had all melted for the most part.
"So what are you doing up?" Jaden asked.
"Just worried about you and Jacey. Figured since I can't go see Jacey, I'd come see you. You weren't in your dorm, so I came here."
"Geez, am I really that predictable?" Jaden asked.
"Only when you're stressed." Jesse closed his eyes. Jaden didn't say anything. "You need to relax. Everything's going to be fine. You don't have to face your father alone. And we'll make sure you don't face him around any windows too."
Jaden laughed. "That's a nice idea," he admitted. Jesse smiled.
"You going to be able to sleep now?"
"Not likely. And I'm not trying on a bunk bed anymore either. I've learned my lesson with those," Jaden said. He rubbed his abused forehead.
Jesse laughed. Jaden moved away from Jesse a bit so they wouldn't hit each other and laid down, his hands under his head. His left leg was bent a little. He heard a light snore from Jesse and smiled.
"Night Jessie," Jaden muttered. He closed his own eyes.
Xx
Dawn broke earlier than either boy would have liked, waking the two much sooner than they were accustomed to.
Jaden glared at the sun, while Jesse simply rolled over and covered his head with his arms. Jaden threw his own arms over his face to block out the sun.
"Too early," the blunette muttered.
"Too bad!" a new voice said from above them. Both boys jumped up, Jaden managing to bonk heads with the uncaring waker. Of course, he happened to hit his forehead, again.
"Ow…" he complained.
"My thoughts exactly," their waker said. The boys looked up to see Atticus, already dressed for the day, standing upright now and rubbing his forehead.
"Why are you out here right now?" Jesse asked, stretching.
"Looking for Jaden! Didn't expect to find you out here…What were you doing?" Atticus asked, suddenly suspicious.
"Probably the same reason you're out here now," Jesse said. He now sat cross-legged, leaning his elbows on his knees and putting his chin in his hands.
"You mean you're trying to get Jay-man and my sis together too? Great! Now we can gang up on him!" Atticus said. Jaden groaned. Jesse just looked at Atticus, perplexed.
"Um…not actually why I was out here," Jesse said. Jaden stood up, still rubbing his head.
"I'm getting ice again," he stated, walking off to his dorm. Jesse laughed.
"How often do you think you're going to get hit on the head today?" Jesse called after him.
"I'm glaring at you in my mind," Jaden called back. Jesse and Atticus laughed.
"He really does have a hard head," Atticus stated, rubbing his own forehead. Jesse laughed. "So…why were you out here?" Atticus asked. Jesse sighed.
"I figured with their parents coming to the island soon, Jaden and Jacey would be worried. Since there was no way I'd be able to go talk to Jacey, figured I'd come see Jay."
"He's needs to learn to relax. Worrying about his parents isn't going to make it any easier," Atticus said, switching into his serious mode.
"Wish there was a way we could make him see that. But as long as there's a chance any of us can get hurt, Jay's not going to relax."
"No. But we could at least make him have fun!" Atticus said, switching back to fun mode. Jesse's head was starting to spin with all the mood swings.
"And how do we do that? We can't just duel him all day," Jesse said. Atticus put a hand to his chin in a thinking manner.
"We need something that will last all day, something that is bound to distract him…Thank God it's Sunday and we don't have classes…"
"Like what? Laser tag?" Jesse said. Truthfully, he still wanted to sleep, and was halfway there already.
"No, we don't have the equipment for that." Jesse looked at him. The fact that Atticus even considered that possibility was reason to worry.
"Um, what are you thinking'?" Jesse asked.
"We can't use laser guns, and paintball guns would be hard to come by here to. I've got water guns though!" Atticus said, brightening up. Jesse looked up at him.
"Why would you have…you know what? I don't think I want to know," Jesse said. Atticus grabbed his arm and lifted him up.
"Come on, we've got a lot of work to do if we want to get this full scale water fight going!" Atticus said. He started dragging Jesse back to the Obelisk blue dorms.
"Full scale water fight?" Jesse repeated. Atticus nodded.
"I suppose we'll have to wait until after breakfast, and we need to let everyone else know somehow…we can tell them at breakfast! You'll have to distract Jaden and Jacey somehow too… hmm," Atticus mused. Jesse shook his head.
What have I gotten all of us into?
Xx
Atticus walked into breakfast with a smile on his face. Jesse followed behind him. Everyone else was there, including Jaden. Alexis immediately picked up on her brother's mood, and alerts went off in her head.
Jesse got his food and sat next to Jacey. Atticus sat across from Alexis. Probably not the smartest move.
"What are you planning?" Alexis asked. Atticus jumped.
"Planning? Whatever do you mean Alexis? I'm not planning anything!" he said. Jesse would have smacked himself, but that would have given it away.
"Are you in on whatever Atticus says he's not planning?" Jacey asked Jesse. Jesse jumped and looked at her.
"What makes you think that?" he asked. He started shoving food in his mouth.
"One, because you came in with Atticus. Two, now you're nervous at being questioned and shoving food in your mouth," Jacey said. Jesse had to try a few times to swallow so he could respond. Jacey giggled.
"You make it seem like Atticus really is planning something, which he just said he's not."
In his mind, Jesse was congratulating himself on the brilliant defense line. In reality, he was withering under Jacey's hard stare, much the same way Atticus was withering under his sister's stare.
Atticus looked at Jesse. Jesse wasn't looking at him. Atticus threw a spoon at Jesse, hitting him in the head.
"Ow!" Jesse complained, his hand shooting up to rub his head. He looked over at Atticus. Atticus mouthed now. Jesse nodded.
"So, Jacey. Are you as fast a runner as your brother?" he asked. Jacey looked at him like he had three heads.
"Why do you suddenly care about how fast I can run?"
"No reason really. I just wondered if you could run really fast like him, or if you were part turtle." Jesse looked up at the ceiling, the pointer finger of one hand tracing an invisible pattern on the table.
He wasn't the best at being 'subtle'.
"Excuse me?" Jacey asked. She turned completely to stare at Jesse, slamming a hand down on the table.
"If you don't know, maybe you and Jaden should race. Right now."
"I'm still eating!" Jaden complained, taking another bite of his pancakes.
"What would that prove?" Jacey asked. She's going to kill me if I go any farther! Jesse thought. But, Atticus will kill me if I don't!
"I guess it wouldn't prove anything, since you seem too scared to go," Jesse said. He subtlety moved back a few inches, away from Jacey.
"Scared? Who said anything about being scared?" Jacey asked, standing up.
"So you're saying you can beat Jaden?" Jesse asked. A bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face. This is dangerous! he thought.
"She couldn't beat me if she was on a sugar high!" Jaden spoke up. Jacey turned her attention towards her brother, and he realized too late he probably shouldn't have said that. "I'm guessing this isn't going to wait until after breakfast?"
Jacey walked outside, grabbing the collar of her brother's shirt as she passed. She dragged him outside. A few of the others stood up, eager to see who was faster.
"Everyone else stay here," Jesse whispered, following them out. They sat down again in a huff.
"Why should we listen to you, Anderson?" Chazz asked, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Because we have a plan for what to do today!" Atticus said, standing up when he figured the others were far enough away to not hear him.
"You liar," Alexis said.
"What? No, I'm serious! Jay-man and his sis are worried about their parents right, so they need an all day distraction!" he said.
"I meant about you saying you weren't planning something!" Alexis muttered. Atticus ignored her.
"So, what's your plan?" Syrus asked. Atticus grinned from ear to ear, much like a Cheshire cat.
"Well, I had all these water guns lying around…" Atticus started.
Xx
Jesse, Jaden, and Jacey were all back at the cafeteria now. Jaden and Jacey were panting. Each of them were scowling.
"There…is…no way…we tied…" Jacey managed.
"I…agree," Jaden said. Jesse just chuckled to himself and waited by the doors for the two, barely hiding his smile. If they thought it was weird he was having them go first, they didn't say anything.
Jaden opened the door, only to have a huge spray of water hit him in the face. Jacey got hit with the excess. The water died down, and Jaden stood there, stunned, dripping wet. Jesse took one look at his friend's expression before cracking up.
"What…just happened?" Jaden asked. Jesse only laughed harder.
"What happened Jaden, is the power of my water gun!" Jim said. The lights in the cafeteria were off. He stepped into view, pumping the gun. Shirley growled at his feet.
Jesse ran to the side of the building, where he knew Atticus had stashed some guns for them.
"Why? I thought we were friends!" Jaden said with mock hurt.
"Yeah yeah drama king. Here's your ammo," Jesse said, handing him a gun. Jaden's eyes lit up. He handed a second one to Jacey. Her face beamed with the weapon of wet destruction in her hands. She pumped the gun. Jesse ran next to Jim, pumping his own water gun. He aimed at Jacey and hit her in the face. She turned away from it, shrieking.
"You know this means war, don't you?" Jacey said. Jesse smirked.
"Only if you can hit me," he said. Jaden however, had already been aiming at his friend, and so hit Jesse right as he started to say 'hit'. Jim started laughing.
"I guess it's war then," he said. He hit Jaden again. Jesse ran towards the back of the cafeteria, where a lone window stood open. He jumped and army rolled through it as Jacey took aim at him. Only the mist managed to hit him.
"Hey Jaden?" Alexis' voice called from behind the brunette. He turned just in time to be hit point blank in the face by her assault. He coughed a bit when the spray ended.
"Not you too!" he cried out. He shook his head like a dog, sending water flying everywhere. Alexis laughed.
"It's all for one Jaden. We just happen to all be against you and your sister," Jim said.
"That doesn't sound all for one!" Jaden complained. He aimed at Alexis and fired, she screamed and ducked to avoid the water and then took off running into the forest. That's when Jaden noticed she wasn't in her uniform, but just some old clothes that she probably didn't care if she ruined. Which was likely to happen.
Jim fired at Jaden from behind. He jumped a foot in the air in surprise. Jim laughed and ran out past Jaden, following Alexis. Jaden ran after Jim, only to be sprayed by Aster, who had jumped out from behind a tree in front of Jaden.
"You're in on this too?" Jaden asked, wiping some water off his face. Aster smirked and smiled, choosing to fire at Jaden again instead of answering.
Xx
Jesse ran down to the beach, where an ambush was waiting for Jacey. The unsuspecting Yuki ran right into it, being pelted by water from Hassleberry, Syrus, Bastian, and Blair. She stood there and took it.
"You guys are so gonna get it," Jacey said, pumping her water gun ominously. Syrus gulped. Jacey planned her attack well, aiming at Syrus first. The poor blunette didn't stand a chance.
"No! Syrus!" Hassleberry cried. He jumped in front of Syrus, taking the hit for him.
The others all just stood there for a moment, staring at Hassleberry. Bastian opened his mouth to say something, decided against it, and closed it again.
"Hassleberry, you…saved me?" Syrus asked. Hassleberry shook his head to get the water off.
"Yeah…got caught in the moment," he said. Jacey and Jesse looked at each other and smirked, then at Bastian and Blair. With one look, they all had the same idea.
They fired simultaneously at the two currently having a drama scene. Then they ran.
Xx
The water fight went on for several more hours. Jaden was so preoccupied he even skipped lunch. All of them paid for that at dinner, when he basically cleaned out the Slifer cafeteria of food.
They all ate dinner soaking wet still, figuring they were already close to the cafeteria anyway.
"So," Jaden started when he was done with his fifth helping. "Who's idea was the Island Water Fight?"
Jesse and Atticus raised their hands. Jacey dropped her fork.
"Jesse?" she practically screamed. Jaden slammed his hand down on the table. (the one that wasn't holding a fork)
"So that whole race this morning was just a distraction?" he asked. Jacey slammed her hand on the table. Jesse shrank back.
"Uh…Atticus help!" he yelled, throwing his hands up.
"Easy on the southern guy! He was more of my accomplice!" Atticus said. Jacey rounded on him.
"Why did you even do this?" she asked, completely calm now. Everyone else dropped their jaws in surprise at the sudden mood change.
"You two needed a distraction for the day. So we made it happen," Atticus said. He took a bite of…whatever it was he was eating.
Jacey threw a waded up napkin at him. She just glared at Jesse. Jaden shrugged and took another bite of his food.
"So what's tomorrow's plan?" he asked. Atticus's eyes lit up at the idea.
"Class," Alexis said sternly, looking at her brother. Atticus pouted.
"Right…dang," Jaden said. "I don't want to go to class."
"You hardly ever do," Chazz pointed out.
"Why does everyone say that? I'm in class a lot. I just sleep through it," Jaden said. A small scowl was on his face. Everyone laughed.
"I guess it's because even when you're there, we still don't realize it," Hassleberry said. Syrus jumped at such an obvious chance.
"His real best friend would always know when he's there!" Hassleberry started to argue back. Everyone else in the room smacked themselves, except Jacey, who had yet to realize this was a more than daily occurrence.
End Chapter
And that's that. Just a little fun chapter that has taken a surprisingly long time to write.
And as for Yubel, she'll only be appearing when I either remember her or when I feel she has something worthwhile to say. Or a bit of both. Not sure. Just don't expect a whole lot of her.
Review please!