Oh forget the disclaimer. I'm so used to putting it in when i publish the story and it appearing automaticly. So...
Yugioh doesn't belong to me. That includes the original, GX, 5ds, the card game, or anything else. It belongs to the creators.
Syrus POV
It's been a week since everyone returned to duel academy. Well…mostly everyone. Some people are still missing, like my brother, who...probably died for real because his heart stopped, and….Jaden. I watched Jaden duel Yubel in the final battle. I thought he wanted me to be near him, to cheer him on. But then he said he had to help Yubel. That he needed go on a journey. What did he mean? I thought Yubel was the enemy. Now Jaden decided to help Yubel? Ugh….I'm never told anything. But he promised he wasn't going to die. I want to believe you Jay, I really do but it's so hard.
….I think everyone else gave up hope.
I don't care. I will never give up hope. I know Jaden will come home! I know he's alive!
Normal POV
Syrus, Hassleberry, Chazz, Alexis, and Atticus are all eating dinner at the Sliffer Red dorm and when they're done, they all notice the extra fried shrimp that Jaden usually would be gobbling down by now.
Syrus looks down.
"I can't believe it's only been a week," Alexis says. "It feels like it's been forever."
"I don't care how long it's been, " Syrus says in a low voice. "I know Jaden will come back one day."
"Listen shrimp," Chazz tells him, "I know you want him back more than any of us but you've just gotta face the facts that Jaden is gone."
"NO!"Syrus stands up and bangs his fists on the table. "Don't you dare say that! I know Jaden's alive! He told me he wasn't going to die! Jaden wouldn't lie about something like that!" His voice gets lower. "Not to me….he knows how much I love him…."
Syrus runs out of the dorm, crying.
"Chazz!" Alexis scolds. "You know how sensitive he is when it comes to Jaden."
"Yea…not cool to tell Syrus the sarge is probably dead."
"He's gotta face reality sometime," Chazz defends. "Besides, I know you guys were thinking it too."
"That may be but we don't want a repeat of what happened 2 days ago." Atticus tells him.
Flashback Syrus' POV
It's been almost a week. Seems like years. I use a spare key to unlock the door to Jaden's room. I miss him. I know he's alive but…if he's alive, why won't he come back? Is he ashamed of what he did? Or did he really….I can't even think about it. It's too painful. I ran into Hassleberry on the way to Jaden's room. He knows how depressed I am and he tried to cheer me up, saying he believes Jay's alive too but I can see it in his face. He doesn't really believe it. I can tell that Hassleberry lost hope. Maybe I should too…but ifJaden doesn't come back, what will I do? The gods are so cruel. The finally let me admit to Jaden I love him and by some miracle, he loves me too. But then they just pull us apart.
I see Jaden's bed is still messy. He didn't bother making it. I sit down on his bed and lie down, stuffing my face in his pillow. I can smell him…the cheap shampoo Duel Academy gives out doesn't cover it up. I take a big inhale. He smells good. I can feel myself getting turned on as my hardon tents out my pants. I suddenly sit up, blushing. What if someone catches me in here, smelling Jaden's pillow? I might get called a pervert.
Sigh who cares? This is one of the only things here that has Jaden's scent on it. And eventually that will be gone too. Eventually everyone will forget Jaden ever existed. I…I don't wanna live in a world like that. I stand up and walk towards to door to his room when I notice something on the mini sink. A pocket knife. I pick it up. I remember this. I gave it to Jaden. Actually my brother gave it to me first because he wanted me to have something to protect myself with in case of emergency. But that emergency never came and I never did like carrying something like a pocket knife around so I gave it to Jay.
I feel slightly happy for a moment upon realizing that even after all this time, he kept it. But even this feeling soon fades. If Jaden is really dead….maybe I should join him. I open the pocket knife. I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. I take off my jacket and lift the right sleeve of my shirt. Should I really be doing this? I don't care anymore. I just do what comes to mind and I start to carve into my arm. The pain is excruciating and I'm starting to feel light headed. I hear a knock at the door but I have no energy to answer it. I just finish carving Jaden's name into my arm and that's the last thing I remember.
Some time later
Jaden, I'll join you soon. I see a light. Wait, that's not the lights of heaven. Those are the lights of the hospital wing. I'm…alive? I open my eyes to see my wound bandaged up and an IV running into my arm.
"Hey, you're awake partner. Boy I sure was lucky when I got there when I did."
Hassleberry?
"Hey guys, he's awake."
Chazz, Alexis, and Atticus are also here. All my friends are here…except Jaden. I wish Hassleberry didn't save me. He should've just let me die. I would have joined Jaden in heaven. Now I'm stuck here.
"What are you cutting yourself for shrimp?" Chazz asks.
I think it should be obvious, Mr. I figured out that Syrus loves Jaden.
"Now Syrus," Alexis starts, "we all miss Jaden but I never thought you of all people would do…that." She points to my bandaged arm.
Alexis…she's a nice girl, always trying to make people feel better. But she can't possibly understand my pain, can she?
"What makes you think I did this because of Jaden?" I ask which I immediately realize is a very stupid question. Why else would I cut myself?
"Well its obvious if because you miss the sarge Syrus," Hassleberry points out, "especially because you carved his name into your arm."
I blush. Oh yea, that's right.
"Don't worry us like that Syrus," Alexis scolds. What is she, my mom? No…that's an unfair comparison. My mom would probably ground me for life before dragging me to weeks of counseling. I don't need counseling. I need my Jaden.
"Sorry for worrying you guys." I don't even know if I meant what I just said. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad my friends are so worried about me. It doesn't change how I feel though.
End Flashback Normal POV
"You've got a point," Chazz confirms.
"Hassleberry, did you remember to take all the sharp objects out of Jaden and Syrus' rooms?" Alexis asks him.
"Yea I got them all but you know, Syrus can use plently of objects outside to hurt himself too you know."
"Yea but didn't he promise he wouldn't hurt himself anymore?" Atticus asks.
"Yea well you never know with him," Chazz tells him.
Syrus POV
Now I'm sitting by a tree, just thinking about Jaden. My wound from when I…cut myself still hurts. Speaking of which, that was really stupid of me. I donno what came over me. Jaden would be so disappointed. I feel so ashamed. Jaden's still alive, I truly believe it. My mind wonders to when we were at the duel monsters world. First Jaden's selfishness gets most of our friends dead…or so we thought. And then the supreme king took control of Jaden's body and mind. I thought I lost Jaden forever. But I got Jaden back.
I remember when Jaden confronted Yubel in the final battle. No matter how Crowler tried to convince me otherwise, I needed to be with Jaden. So I stepped into the portal. That's when I found out from Chazz the others were alive and only Jaden could save them, and only by using the power of the supreme king. I tried protesting, I was afraid Jaden would become evil again. That's the last thing I wanted. But I knew that Jaden needed his power. Just like what Bastion said, Jaden and the supreme king are part of each other and they need each other to live. The last thing I want is Jaden to die. So when I got to the battlefield, I knew I had to tell him….
Flashback
I finally arrive to the battlefield. I have to tell Jaden to use…his power. I don't like this idea but Jaden needs to do it.
"Jaden!"
"Syrus?"
I see he's already deep in trouble. Oh no. Am I too late? I have to hurry!
"Get out of here! It's too dangerous!"
He's concerned about me? That makes me so happy. But I have to be with him.
"No Jay! I'm not letting you do this alone! Besides, I need to tell you something. The others…they're alive!"
Jaden looks so relieved. I was too when I found out. But I imagine he's more relieved. How would you feel if you found out your friends, who you thought you killed, are still alive?
"They're alive?"
I nod. "Yea. They're trapped in another dimension. It's all Yubel's fault! Please, save them! Defeating Yubel is the only way!"
"That's what I intend to do."
That's not the scary part though….
"There's more. You have to use the supreme king's power!"
"What?"
"Please Jay. You have to. It's the only way. Yubel is using the others to increase her own power. You have to fight with all your strength."
Jaden looks away. He must still be frightened of that power. I am frightened too. I'm scared that the supreme king might take over if Jaden uses his power. I'm scared of losing him forever. But I'm even more scared of Yubel winning….
"But Syrus…I can't."
Yubel speaks up. "Are you going to make a move Jaden? You're not giving up already, are you?"
"Jaden would never give up!" I yell, defending him. I'm tired of Yubel. I hate her. She claims to love Jaden but she breaks his heart over and over. That's not love! That's…I don't know what that is but that's not love.
"I wasn't talking to you," she tells me. I don't care. I refuse to stand by and let her hurt Jaden anymore.
"Don't you ever shut up? What are you even doing here? I tried to make you hate Jaden so you would go away and yet here you are. But it doesn't matter. Jaden is mine, not yours. You're just an annoying child who is no use to anyone. Jaden will never love you so just do everyone a favor and go away."
I know Yubel is just lying to try to get me out of the way but that doesn't change the fact that I can't help but wonder if she's right. Maybe he really doesn't love me. Maybe I am just an annoying sidekick to Jaden. It's not like I'm good for anything else. I'm not half the duelist anyone else is. All I can do is cheer and be annoying. Maybe I should just go back…I turn around to go back until I hear…
"That's enough Yubel!"
Jaden?
"Syrus is not useless! And he's defiantly not annoying! I don't mind if you hurt me, I probably deserve it after everything I did, but I refuse to let you hurt Syrus! I made up my mind. I will take you down. I WILL finish you!"
Jaden looks up and I see he has those eyes again. His eyes. Those cold yellow eyes. Those aren't the eyes of my love. Those are the eyes of a murderer.
"Jaden….I don't like that look in your eyes…"
"I'm fine Syrus. Don't worry about me. I'm still in control. Everyone was right. I have to use the power of the supreme king."
"What?" Yubel asks.
"Yes. I can't be afraid anymore. I can't try to hide the supreme king's power. He's a part of me."
He looks at me and I tremble.
"Syrus, please don't be afraid. I promise I will use this power to protect you. I refuse to give into the darkness. I know that would hurt you again and I love you too much to let that happen. Hear that Yubel? With the power of the supreme king, I will take you down."
Jaden is going to use his powers to protect me? Do I really mean that much to him? I feel a blush creep across my face. I'm so happy! Even though those cold eyes of a murderer, he's still my Jaden!
Yubel's face is one of pure shock.
"You love him? Look at him. He hates what you've become. He hates what you've done."
"Even if that was true Yubel, my feelings for him won't change."
"Is that so? Well in order show you how much I love you, allow me to get rid of his child for you."
"What?"
Yubel surrounds herself with a shield of thorns and then the thorns rush at me at his speed. No way. I need to run but I can't move. I just stand there, frozen. I close my eyes and brace myself for the attack but the attack never comes. Instead I hear Jaden scream. What happened? I open my eyes and I see Jaden in front of me. He took the attack.
"Syrus, are you ok?" he asks me. Why did he do that? He's only hurting himself by protecting me. I start to cry.
"Jaden…"
He looks at me once again and smiles. Those eyes still scare me but I don't want him to think I'm scared of him…because I'm not.
"Thanks Jaden."
Jaden looks at Yubel with anger in his eyes.
"Yubel, you've gone TOO FAR! I can't forgive you trying to hurt MY Syrus!"
Oh Jaden, I'm sorry I got in the way.
Yubel laughs. "Why? So you can hurt him yourself? I never knew you like hurting others like I do."
"That's enough Yubel. I would never hurt Syrus. But I WILL hurt you."
"Then come on, let us continue this duel and I will show you the real meaning of pain. Only through pain will my love for you blossom."
"Syrus, stay back," Jaden tells me, "and if things get bad, I want you to leave."
I know Jaden only cares about my safety but I can't leave him. Regardless, I promise.
"Ok Jaden."
"Good."
He walks back to the arena to continue the duel.
End Flashback
But when Jay said he needed to go away, I thought that this has to be a joke, right? He was dead serious. My heart broke in two then. I think I started to cry. I try to convince Jaden to come back with us but he's so damn stubborn….I would have given anything to go with him but he insisted that he had to do this alone. But then Jay told me not to worry…that he was going to come back. He promised me and he doesn't break many promises.
Flashback
What just happened? I can't see Jaden's duel anymore. I'm worried….what if he lost? I shake my head. No way. Jaden would never lose. He's the best duelist I know. He can't lose. Just then, Jaden appears before me.
"Syrus…can you do something for me?"
I've got a bad feeling about this.
"Of course, what is it Jay?"
"Can you tell everyone I'm sorry for everything I did?"
"What? What about you?"
"Sorry but I've gotta do something."
"You can't be serious!"
"Sorry but I am."
I can feel my heart breaking when he says this.
"No, you can't. We gotta go back to our world together. I'm not going back without you!"
"I'm sorry but I have to do this. I have to go on a journey to help an old friend. I have to help Yubel."
"Hu?"
Help…Yubel? I thought she was the enemy. Is he gonna…die? I start to cry once again.
Jaden smiles. "Don't worry Sy. I'm not sacrificing myself or anything. I'll be back. I promise."
He does his sexy victory pose again. "Gotcha."
And then he disappears.
"Jaden!"
My… my heart is broken now. Jaden, I don't understand. Why do you have to leave me? You have to go on a journey? You have to help Yubel? I feel so alone. I can't do anything myself. I need you Jaden.
End Flashback
Jay….my love. I know you're out there somewhere.
I see a shooting star soar by the sky. I stand up to get a better view.
I was never one to believe that shooting stars can grant wishes but I'll try anything.
I fall to my knees with tears in my eyes.
"Please….I need my Jaden back. He's my best friend and…my lover. I'll do anything to get him back."
Just then the shooting star seems to change course and….is it heading straight for me? Oh shit! I try to move out of the way but then the shooting star changes course again and crashes in the forest.
What just happened?
I run to where the shooting star fell and I can swear I see someone standing there. Is it….It can't possibly be him can it?
The smoke clears and the person turns around. It is Jaden! I can't believe it! It's really him!
"Hey Syrus. Isn't today fried shrimp day at the dorm?"
He smiles. Oh that sexy smile of his….it turns me on. It really does. I run up to him and hug him.
"Jaden!"
This takes him by surprise but he hugs me back.
"I missed you so much! I thought that-"
"Now what did I tell you Sy? I was going to come back."
"But it's been so long, I was starting to give up hope!"
He blinks. "Sy, it's only been a week."
Oh yea, that's right.
"But it feels like it's been years."
"I'm sorry for worrying you Sy. But I'm here. And nothing is going to tear us apart."
"Do you promise?"
"Of course Sy. I love you and I wouldn't lie to you."
"I love you too Jay."
Jaden pulls me into a kiss, which I happily accept.
The others probably heard the crash and will come to investigate. They might see me and Jaden making out.
But I don't care. This is seriously the happiest day in my life. I wish this moment would never end.