Do You Really Love Me?
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh GX. I also do not own Caitlin and Lisa, but I am using them with permission.
A/N: How often do I update? Whenever I can I'm afraid. I used to update once a week, but then school and the real world shudders at the thought got in the way. That and plus I'm attempting to write longer chapters. Harrington does need to move on, but since in the fic he's not going to do that any time soon, then we'll have to bear his presence until his fate in the story comes to pass. Happy reading!
Chapter 6 – Trouble
Alexis could barely see what was taking place before her. Her vision was blurry at first, but then it cleared. When everything was clear she saw Jaden and a dark figure with their duel disks out and the duel had obviously been going on for a while. The dark figure looked like he was going to have one of his monsters attack Jaden directly! Just when the monster was moving in for the kill Jaden revealed that his facedown card was a trap card! Alexis sighed in relief. Judging from the looks of Jaden's life points, he wasn't doing so hot. Neither was the tall dark guy. Who is that guy?
Just before Jaden was about to make his next move, the mysterious stranger stated, "Don't forget, regardless if you win, whichever of your friends' souls you decided to use for my tribute to summon my monster will be locked away forever in the Shadow Realm!"
Jaden didn't even flinch as he responded boldly, "I haven't forgotten."
What kind of monster did this guy summon?
Alexis tried to voice her thoughts but found that she couldn't. He couldn't hear her! When she tried to move it felt like she was paralyzed! Jaden, what's going on?
The brown haired boy then made his final move and defeated the stranger, sending him to the Shadow Realm. Then Jaden turned to Alexis as he muttered something that she couldn't quite understand, and then he fell lifelessly to the ground. After his body touched the ground Alexis found that she could move once again and ran to him. Before she reached him shadow creatures swarmed about him until they covered his entire body. Alexis screamed, "NO! Jaden!"
When she finally reached the spot where his body once rested, the shadows where gone and so was Jaden. Tears started streaming down Alexis's face as she sobbed pounding the ground with clenched fists. Suddenly she felt something grab her by the arms.
"No, give Jaden back!"
Jaden awoke with a start. Someone was pounding on the door. Chumley and Syrus were awakened by the pounding too. Chumley climbed down the ladder as he gruffly shouted, "Alright already! I'm coming!"
He opened the door to reveal Alexis still in her night gown, with no shoes on whatsoever. "Chumley," she said with tears in her voice, "Where's Jaden? I need to see him!"
Syrus switched on the lamp that was on the other side of the room, while Jaden, upon hearing Alexis's voice, jumped out of bed and hurried to the door.
When the poor girl stepped into the light Jaden and his roommates could see that Alexis had been crying. There were tears streaming down her face still. Jaden was about to ask her what was wrong when she threw her arms around him as she sobbed. "Calm down, Lex. What's wrong?"
The trembling girl couldn't really answer since she was sobbing so hard. Syrus pulled out a chair for Alexis to sit down while Jaden tried to get her to actually sit. She wouldn't let Jaden go for a minute. It was as if she was afraid he was going to vanish into thin air if she let go. So Jaden did the only thing he knew to do: he gathered Alexis into his arms gently as he himself sat down in the chair with her sitting in his lap.
Chumley closed the door quietly and then returned to his bed so that he could sit on his bunk while Syrus remained standing close by his friends. Jaden stroked Alexis's hair gently as he whispered in her ear, "Its okay. I'm here."
Syrus reached out and placed a comforting hand on the sobbing girl's shoulder, "What happened, Alexis?"
For a few minutes the blonde Obelisk didn't respond, but her sobs quieted down as she herself calmed down. When she was able to finally able to speak, she lifted her gaze to meet Jaden's as she brought her hand up to his face to gently stroke his cheek as if she was making sure he was really there. Jaden brought his hand up to hers as he asked her again with concern in his voice, "What's wrong, Alexis?'
Alexis bit her lip before she began to answer, "I had a dream, Jaden, that I had lost you."
Jaden had not expected this. "What do you mean?"
Alexis then went on to tell her friends about the dream she had had earlier. She told them of the monster card that had been tribute summoned and that in the dream Jaden had been able to choose the person's soul that Jaden's mysterious opponent would sacrifice. Syrus shuddered, "Oh, man, that doesn't sound like any ordinary monster card!"
Jaden nodded in agreement, "Hm… I wonder what kind of card that was, or if there really is such a card."
The next day was a Saturday. Jaden hoped that Alexis would use it to rest and recover from last night. After she had calmed down Jaden walked her back to her dorm with her tightly grasping his hand. Before he had turned to go, Alexis threw her arms around him. Jaden had returned the embrace that actually had felt more like a death-grip. The poor boy smiled slightly at the memory.
Jaden knew Alexis cared deeply for him, but ever since they broke up and then made up he had felt like there was still rift between them. Since last night though he felt like the two of them had taken another step closer to repairing their broken relationship, but at the same time he kept Rachel's words in mind, "There is no quick fix to your problem, Jaden…"
Speaking of Rachel, I need to find her and ask her about the card that Alexis saw in her dream.
The first place that Jaden knew of to look was Rachel's room. He knocked on the door, but there was no answer. That's odd. Usually on the weekends she's here just about all day. He was about to walk away when the door opened to reveal Rachel in a pair of bike shorts, a red t-shirt, and a pair of white bunny-slippers on her feet. Her bright red curls were held back by a single clip so that Jaden could clearly see a pair of green eyes that were still not yet fully awake. She smiled groggily, "Top o' the morning to ya', Jaden. What can I do for you? More relationship troubles?"
"Actually, no. I do need to talk to you about Alexis, but it doesn't relate to our relationship troubles."
Rachel nodded, "Well, come on in and make yourself comfortable while I make some coffee."
While the TA set about her task, Jaden made himself comfortable on Rachel's couch. Her room like Professor Banner's was a small room but it was a bit bigger than the average size student dorm room due to the extra space needed for the kitchenette area. It only took a few minutes for Rachel to have the coffee ready. As she carefully made her way over to the couch to hand Jaden a cup of coffee, Pharaoh, Professor Banner's cat, tackled Rachel's feet almost making the red-head spill the very hot coffee. Jaden quickly received the cup before it was spilled. Rachel yelped as Pharaoh dug his claws and teeth into her slippers, "Darn cat! My bunny-slippers are not chew toys! I'll be glad when Professor Banner gets back so he take you back to his room and keep you there!"
Jaden tried his best to stifle his laughter and failed miserably. Rachel nodded as a mischievous smile graced her lips, "Laugh it up, Jay! I'll just make sure that Pharaoh stays with you next time!"
After a few minutes Jaden's laughter subsided and it was then that Rachel inquired once again, "So, what can I do for you?"
Jaden told her of Alexis coming to his, Chumley's, and Syrus's dorm room the night before and the dream the pretty blonde had told them about. He carefully relayed the information concerning the strange card that Alexis had told him about that brought his demise in her dream. Rachel frowned upon hearing about the strange card, but continued to listen attentively. After Jaden had finished, the TA sat for a few moments lost in thought with look of concern evident on her face. "I have never heard of such a card, Jaden. If there is such a card, then it more than likely existed way back in ancient Egypt."
"Is there any way to find out for sure whether or not one of those cards exists?"
Rachel thought for a moment, "The only thing I know to do is to ask, Ly-… I mean, Professor Banner the next time he calls."
Jaden noticed the red-head's face turn red when she had almost called the professor by his first name. I wonder what the big deal is. It's not like we're in class or anything, so she can call him anything she wants. He decided for the moment to ignore his observation as mentally pushed it aside to ask, "Will you please ask Professor Banner the next time he calls, Rachel?"
She nodded and smiled, her face still flushed. Jaden grinned from ear to ear, "Thanks!"
As he was about to turn to go, he changed his mind about keeping quite about his observation, "You know, since we're not in class, it's okay for you to call Professor Banner by his first name."
Rachel's face turned even redder as Jaden smiled and turned let himself out, leaving her to ponder his words.
As soon as Jaden had left Rachel's room, he went to the Slifer cafeteria in search of some food. He didn't find many of his fellow Slifer Red students up and about. When he received his food he found Chumley sitting alone at one of the tables. When Jaden sat down across him, Chumley looked up at Jaden in surprise, "You're up early."
"Yeah, I went to ask Rachel about the weird card Alexis saw in her dream."
"That's good. What did she say?"
Jaden relayed what little information that Rachel had shared with him to his roommate. When he had finished, he noticed a look of worry and concern on Chumley's face. "What's wrong?"
The stout boy looked Jaden in the eye as he stated, "Syrus and I were talking earlier about Alexis's dream, and well… You don't suppose that this dream could be foretelling the future, do you?"
Jaden frowned, "I don't know. I hope not. For right now let's not worry about it. Rachel said that she's going to ask Banner about it the next time he calls. Who knows, Chumley? That card might not even exist."
"True. It could have been a just a not-so-licious dream."
Chumley turned to notice that Jaden was lost in thought. He was about to ask him what he was thinking about when Jaden asked, "Do you think Rachel has a crush on Professor Banner?"
What? How could he not know? How could he have not noticed after all this time? "Yeah, Jay, Professor Banner and Rachel totally have a crush on each other!"
Jaden's eyes widened a bit, "Are you serious? He likes her and she likes him back?"
"Yeah! The entire class knows!"
The brown-headed boy's shoulders slumped in embarrassment, "I guess I've been too caught up in my own problems…"
Suddenly, Syrus rushed in through the cafeteria door as he headed for Jaden and Chumley's table. He looked like was about to say something, but he was out of breath, so after a few minutes had passed Jaden inquired, "What's up, Sy? Where's the fire?"
The blue-haired boy looked up finally found his voice as he looked at his friends with worry in his eyes, "It's terrible! Last night one of the Obelisk blue girls went missing…. I think it was Mindy…, and she was found this morning on one of the forest trails this morning unconscious and her cards scattered everywhere!"
Jaden's eyes widened in shock, "Is she alright?"
"I don't know, but all I do know is that Bastian and Lisa found her this morning while they were doing their morning run. They've taken her to the nurse's office to see if she's alright."
The brown-headed boy rose from his seat and took off out the door. Shortly after Chumley and Syrus followed.
Back in Rachel's room….
Rachel sat on her bed and stared of into space while Pharaoh played with her slippers on the floor, or actually proceeded to destroy them. The professor is going to owe me a new pair of slippers! The red-head sighed as she continued to ponder the words Jaden had said to her earlier: 'You know, since we're not in class, it's okay for you to call Professor Banner by his first name.'
She let out an exasperated sigh. I'm making this more difficult than what it really is. Jaden is right. Outside of class it doesn't matter what I call the professor… well as long as I'm not talking to a faculty member. Or would it?
The red-head didn't have long to think about this however. For a knock at her door brought her out of her thoughts. When she opened the door, a very out of breath Caitlin stepped over the threshold and almost fell onto Rachel's couch from exhaustion. Rachel motion for her student to sit, but she shook her head as she stated, "Something has terrible has happened. Mindy was attacked or something of that nature. Bastian and Lisa found her unconscious this morning while they were on their morning run. Chancellor Shepherd wanted me to find you and tell you that there's supposed to be an emergency faculty meeting."
With that Rachel quickly threw on a pair of jeans a slipped on a pair of tennis shoes and motioned for Caitlin to lead the way.
A/N: Thank you everyone who reviewed and even those who didn't. Thank you, those of you who sent in suggestions and/or helped me in finding information or provided me with information about characters, etc. Thank you, Raymanly73! You're an awesome editor! - I'm hoping to update sometime next week, but then again life could throw me a few curve balls. I've got the next chapter planned out in my head and I finally have decided on a villain. I was having a hard time choosing between 2 villains and I finally made a choice. So until next update, peace out and God bless!
