Chapter 3: What to do?
Sun's warm rays burned down on our brown-haired friend, as he made his way towards the mall. At eleven o'clock in the morning the temperature had already reached it's day's climax and so Judai was getting more and more annoyed. He was out shopping- yes, shopping of all things! And for a girl. Asuka wasn't able to got with him, since she indeed had nothing to wear, which was the reason, why he was shopping!
"I'm a killer for heaven's sake! Why didn't I just cut her throat, the moment, she shoved me out of my apartment?!", he asked himself, then of course the answer hit him: "Oh yeah, right. I love her! Geez…"
By now, the boy had arrived at the mall and was already looking for some clothes to get for the girl of his dreams. As he rummaged a little, he was noticed by a young shop assistant, who came up to his side with a wide blush on her timid face. Her dark auburn hair hid her eyes as she spoke up:
"Excuse me, sir… the fashion for men is on the other side of the shop, sir."
"I know!", Judai answered bored.
The girl said nothing, she just looked around embarrassed, as if trying to find help or thinking about, what she could answer him. Then her green eyes fixed him, pleading him to say something. Judai however ignored her. He wasn't going to discuss his actions with somebody, he never had. If she insisted in having him move to the other side, he might get angry and loose control, since he already was annoyed by his "job". The killer hoped, the girl would get the sign, as he moved away, and leave him alone, but- of course- he wasn't that lucky… She was right by his side again, her blush even deeper than before.
"But, sir… this is ladies fashion. What would you want with…."
"That's none of your buisness!", Judai snapped impaciently.
"I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to bother you… If I may help you in any way?…", the girl hastily responded.
"You could leave me alone!", Jaden suggested. "It's embarrassing enough, even without you peaking at every damn motion of mine."
"Em… embarrassing, sir?", she asked, curious against her will. That guy was strange!
Judai groaned in frustration.
"If you must know?! I'm shopping for my girlfriend. She just moved into my aparmtent from her's in New York(don't own the city) and some luggage was left behind. It should arrive within a week, but she isn't satisfied with that, so… She even gave me a list!", the killer quickly made up a story, except for one thing:
The list!
Asuka really made one, before she pushed him out of the door…
"Oh…", was the first thing, the saleslady said. Then, shaking away her confusion, she held out a slender hand. "May… May I have a look, sir?"
Judai gave it to her and raised an eyebrow at her reaction. The girl read it over only one time, nodding her head a little and rushed off, telling him, that he should take a seat, because this would take a while. The killer couldn't help himself, but smile. He had read that list again and again and he still couldn't really tell, what Asuka meant with certain orders, but this girl figured out immediately…
"Woman!", Jaden mumbled grumpily.
"But the real problem is: What should we do now?"
(Scene change)
"That has been close!", Bastion said, as they finally arrived at the Duel Academy. He and Hasselberry had noticed, something wasn't right, and begun to pack their things the same second, but still… they had almost been captured. As their cab drove off, they witnessed a dozen of men in black suits running into the hotel. If the two Ra Yellow agents would have been any slower, now they would be in Pegasus' hands.
"Yeah, but thanks to your quick thinking, we're safe now! I wasn't paying attention anymore, when you finally hacked into the system and saw what happened to Jaden and Lex. I hope they are alright."
"I'm sure, they are. Jaden is an excellent killer. I mean, there's a reason for him being the best of all."
"What happened?!", they heard a voice and then quick steps, as a certain dark haired girl in the Slifer Red uniform came up to them. "Where is Jaden?"
"Hello to you too, Blair!", Hasselberry exclaimed, faking cheerfulness. He didn't really like that girl, even if he could not tell why. The Ra Yellow wasn't able to put his finger on it, but something bothered him about the young girl. She was in the first year of Duel Academy, but she was younger than any other student. They just let her join the school, because of her high marks and her skills, which were extraordinary. Jaden was stilll better than her, though. Blair was friendly and nice and always smiling, she liked Jaden a lot and was always around him, when he was at Duel Academy…
"Still… there's something about, that… just doesn't feel right. As if she was showing us a mask…", Hasselberry thought. Of course, in Duel Academy everyone had secrets- beginning with his true name, but the Ra Yellow had the feeling, that everyone else was acting normal though. With Blair however, that was different. "Something is really wrong. Just as wrong, as… that lack of security at Industrial Illusions…?"
"Something went wrong and Jaden and Alexis had to flee… But wait, aren't they here?!", Bastion finally answered, but Blair shook her head.
"Okay now, this is getting strange!", he thought. "Jaden knows that, if something goes wrong, we have to come back immediately. He would obey this order, wouldn't he? And he couldn't have possibly been captured by Pegasus men, could he?No, no way. He is too good for that! There has to be something else, something I'm missing."
"I'm sure, they'll be here soon!", Hasselberry said. "Until then, we can only wait and I'm tired, so I'll go to the dorm now. Are you coming, Bastion?"
"Wh- what?!… oh, sure, I'm right behind you."
"We cannot trust anyone…", Hasselberry said, when Blair couldn't hear them anymore. "I'm sure, you already guessed it: We have a traitor! That's the only reason imaginable. It's logical, isn't it? That's why Pegasus was expecting us and why Jaden and Ley aren't coming home- they must have figured it out also."
"Yeah…", Bastion answered. "We have to do some research, but there's another problem…How are we supposed to trust each other? What do we do about that?"
Hasselberry was silent for a moment…
…then he told Bastion his real name…
(Scene change)
"So, you're 100 positive, that Jaden and Alexis Rhodes have boarded the plane to Mexico yesterday?", the staff member of Star airlines (If there is one with this name, I don't own) was asked by the blond man.
She nodded.
"Thank you!", the man answered and made his way back to his friend. "Well, pal, I better get us some tickets or those two are going to get away."
The other one just smirked and walked up to the staff member. He exchanged some words with her, while showing her two photos. At the end of the conversation he bowed a little and returned to where he was standing before, smirking even wider.
"What the heck?", the other man growled.
"I showed her the pictures of the two, we're looking for and asked, if she had seen them in the last days. She said, she didn't."
"But how…? Oh, I see. The old trick of hiring buying tickets and then making someone go instead of yourself. That way, if your enemy isn't very smart, you get away, because while he seeks you in a distant place, you go and hide…"
"…right infront of his nose, yes. They're still in town."
"So, what to do? How are we going to find them, Yugi?", the blond man asked.
"We aren't. They are going to hunt down that girl, who betrayed Kaiba Corporation and we will just stay back and watch."
"Why?"
"Because, Joey, I want to see, what the best Slifer Red student and the Queen of Obelisk Blue are able to achieve. They are in love, which means, that they can't stay in Kaiba's organization. He doesn't accept such relationships- he always had a problem with emotions. And I want to know, if we could employ them."
A/N: This one is a little short, I know and I'm sorry. I'll try to write a longer one next time. However, next time will be only in three weeks, because I'll be away for some time- at first with my school and after that, I have holidays. And where I'm going, there will be no internet aviable. Gomen nasai!