Back with chapter 3! This story is surprisingly easy to write. That's why I keep updating quickly. Hm... Well, if you catch what Yubel's trying to say here, you'll have a little hint on how many kids each pregnant person is having.

Anyway, on to the story.

This is the Life

Chapter 3: A Spirit's Survival

Recap-

"He's different." he stated simply. "He stopped crying the second I touched him, when he was born... I felt... like a part of my soul dismounted my body." Jaden rose an eyebrow at him and looked at the baby.

As if on que, it's eyes opened, staring straight into Jaden's. There were gasps from the ones that went to Duel Academy together.

Jetzu's eyes were a dark, deep orange color.

-End Recap

Yubel's POV

I watched as Jaden's eyes turned into Haou's, then mine, then back to his. I knew what was going on. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Frowning at the thought, I appeared in my spirit form next to Jaden.

"Yubel," he acknowledged me, "Do you know what's going on?" I crossed my arms and turned toward Jetzu, Jesse's newborn baby. I smiled lightly as he turned his attention to me and stared straight into my eyes.

Yep, this was Jehu's reincarnation. "How you doin' Jehu?" I asked, "Long time no talk." Jetzu yawned and turned back to his father. I rolled my eyes. He hasn't changed, even as a baby.

"Yubel?" I looked towards Jesse, who was the one to speak, "Why does he look like me when you possessed me back in DA?" I sighed. This question was going to come up sooner or later, there was no avoiding it in the first place.

"Your adventures stop here, Jesse." I told him, "It's time for the next generation to step up."

"Our generation?" Cassidy asked. I guess the kid's been listening to me.

I shook my head and pointed to Jetzu, "Their generation."

"What do you mean?" Jesse asked. I sighed.

"Take a look at your baby, then all the pregnant women in the room. Take a look at the fathers. Their past." I told them.

Jaden raised an eyebrow at me and turned to Alexis. His eyes shifted to her stomach, then back to me. He turned to Atticus and Venessa, then Violet and Hassleberry. He turned his attention back to the baby Jesse held in his arms. His eyes widened, and he gasped.

"Hey! He solved the problem! Jaden did. He did, he did!" I teased.

"What's going on Jay?" Alexis asked. "Who are you talking to?" Jaden brought his gaze over to me.

"Yubel." He stated simply. She nodded, understanding.

"Jay, what's she talking about?" Jesse asked.

"Humans don't live forever." I piped up, "Spirits do. We need a new body to call home. Jehu chose Jetzu." I explained. "Hai-" I slapped my hand over my mouth before I said anything else. I almost told them the future!

Winged Kuriboh suddenly showed up on Jaden's shoulder, I narrowed my eyes at him. He whispered something into Jay's ear. Just what was that fur-ball telling him? Winged Kuriboh nodded and cheered at Jaden's silent answer, then disappeared once again.

"Hey, are we forgetting something?" Jonie asked. Everyone thought for a moment, while I rolled my eyes.

"You forgot about Syrus and Rose, idiots." I said, though only a select few could see and hear me. Them being Jay, Cassy, Kathy, Jace, Alex, Jess, Eric, Jules, Jessie, Chazz, Mandy, Mark and Mara. In other words, the Anderson, Yuki, and Princeton family. Well, Jetzu could see and hear me too, but he was a baby. He had no idea what was going on at the moment.

"Sy!" Jaden exclaimed. The gears in everyone else's heads seemed to start turning again.

"Well, duh." I commented, smartly. But before Jaden could make a move to see what was going on with his two friends, I grabbed him by his shirt. He turned to me, confused.

A frown made its way to my face, "Jay... don't blame yourself when you find out."

(Somewhere in Domino City)

-Time rewind-

Anonymous POV

"Them?" I asked, gesturing to the red vehicle across the road, waiting for the red light to magically turn green.

The woman next to me nodded. She had brown hair pulled up into a pony tail, I couldn't tell the color of her eyes because she wore sunglasses. But she had on a black hat, leather jacket and boots, a red T-shirt and tights. She was around her mid-thirties.

I looked back at the car across from us and back to the woman seated next to me. "Do I-" she stopped me by placing a check for 150,000.00 dollars on my lap. I stared at it, astounded.

I guess that was a yes on her part. I looked up at the light, it was still red. Then I illegally drove, past the speed limit, straight into the red car. I quickly turned down the other road, getting out of the sight of the "accident".

"Good job." The woman smirked, "Tootles." she then hopped out of the stolen truck and walked away. I turned back to the crash that I caused, which was barely in my own view.

I could vaguely make out the spikey, faded baby-blue haired man who the ambulance that just arrived placed on a stretcher, hurrying him to the ambulance truck. The red-haired woman was still in the wrecked red car, people were trying to carefully take her out.

To think I caused that. I could barely make out the last thing I heard a nurse say before I hopped out the stolen truck myself,

"She's not breathing!"

(Domino Hospital)

-Present time-

Narrative POV

The gang was just told that Syrus Truesdale was in room 213 with a broken leg, he was allowed visitors. But Rose Truesdale, on the other hand was in a coma in room 109. She wasn't allowed visitors for the time being.

This worried Jaden especially. Just what did Yubel mean when she told him not to blame himself? Every time Jaden tried asking though, the only answer he'd get is silence. This only increased his worries.

Jason, Alex, Jessica, and Marina still had no idea what was going on. All they knew was that Aunt Rosey/Mommy and Uncle Sy/Daddy were hurt. They didn't like that in the least. Marina didn't like seeing her big sister sad.

"Is Daddy and Mommy OK?" Marina asked innocently, Leslie smiled sadly at her little sister and picked her up.

"We hope so, Mari." she responded. The big group passed room number by room number waiting 'til they approached number 213.

...207...

...211...

...213!

Venessa, being the person up front, took a deep breath and opened the door to Sy's hospital room. Inside, Syrus was laying in bed, staring at the ceiling. His leg was propped up by some kind of device. He turned to the gang and gave a light smile, "Hey."

"Hey."

Marina jumped out of Leslie's arms and ran towards her father, hugging him as tight as her little arms could manage when she got to him. Syrus laughed and hugged his daughter back with the same amount of relief.

"Do you know how Rose is doing?" Syrus asked, "They wouldn't tell me."

"Dey said dat Mama's in a coma." Marina answered, "What does dat mean?" she asked. Syrus frowned, he didn't answer her.

"Can we see her?" he asked.

"No, they aren't allowing visitors." Leslie said, visibly frowning.

"Why let that stop ya?" Axel asked, entering the room. "You forget you got me."

"And me." Stacy smirked. "We just put a man made out of 200 pounds of muscle in jail. I think we can manage sneaking into a hospital room without being seen." she winked. "Someone help Sy in a wheelchair. We'll get there in no time."

As the gang made their way down the hospital halls, Zane was pushing his brother in his wheelchair.

"I feel like an old man." Syrus commented. Zane chuckled. "I remember pushing you around in one of these after Duel Academy because of your heart problem." he reminisced. Zane rolled his eyes. If you must know, his heart condition was cured. But if he had a choice to have never had that heart problem in the first place, he wouldn't take it. If he was never sick, he would have never met Lindsay. His young nurse, 'came wife.

Rose's room was already in sight, Room 109, but what happened next was a shock to everyone. A shriek filled the air, nurses ran into Room 109.

Coming from Rose's hospital room...

Was a flat-lining.

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