Hi everyone! Happy Holidays to you all! Here is my present to all of you. Well, part one anyway! That's right, for you own enjoyment, there are three new chapters! YAY! The last chapter will have an update on where I am right now!

Anywho, enjoy part one of your present!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX nor its characters nor its cards

Claimer: I own this story plot, title, all of my characters, and Ochi City. ©

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Narrative POV

Alexis woke up the next morning around ten. She moaned as she sat up in the bed, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and looking around. The room was empty. Curiosity taking over, she got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom. Before she reached it, a yellow piece of paper caught her eye. It was resting on the mini bar, right where she could see it. She picked up the folded piece of paper and opened it.

Lex,

We thought we'd let you sleep in. When you wake up, get dressed and go to Zane's room.

Mindy and Jasmine

She smiled and set the note back down. She walked over to the dresser and opened her drawer. Digging through it, she decided on a pair of white cargo shorts that came mid-thigh and a red tube top. She changed quickly, slipped on her white flip flops, grabbed her key, and exited the room.

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She walked down the hall towards Zane's room. She stopped when she passed Jaden's room. She looked at the door, hoping Jaden came back last night. She took a deep breath and walked the rest of the way to Zane's room. When she reached the door, she knocked. The door flung open, a hopeful Syrus standing there. When Syrus realized that it was just Alexis standing there, his face fell.

"Hey, Syrus," she greeted waving her hand slightly. He gave her a weak smile.

"Hey, Alexis." He stepped out of the doorway and she entered the room. He closed the door and walked past her. He walked over to the bed closest to the window and sat down next to Hassleberry. Alexis continued to stand in the entrance way, next to the mini bar, taking in what was in front of her.

Sitting on the bed closest to the window were Syrus, Hassleberry, and Bastion. Chazz was sitting cross legged on the floor in front of the bed closest to the window. Mindy, Jasmine, Blair, and Atticus were on the bed closest to her. Zane was leaning on the wall at the end of the dresser closest to the door. Aster was sitting in the chair in the corner of the room, his elbows resting on his knees. The tips of his fingers were touching in front of his face, like a mob boss. She looked around again and something hit her like a ton of bricks: Jaden wasn't there. She swallowed the lump in her throat before she spoke.

"Where's Jaden?" she asked keeping her voice from cracking. Zane opened his eyes and looked up at her.

"Not here." Her heart clenched and she looked at the ground.

"Oh." Everyone went quiet.

"As much as I hate to be the one to say this, we need to find that little Slifer Slacker," Chazz complained standing up. Everyone looked at him. He was whipping off his pants.

"Yeah," Syrus agreed. Everyone nodded in agreement and stood up from where they were sitting and started to walk to the door. Mindy and Jasmine stopped next to Alexis.

"You okay?" Jasmine asked her in a concerned tone. She looked up her, a fake smile on her face.

"Perfect! Let's go find Jaden." She turned on her heels and walked away before they could say anything else. They followed her, muttering how she was faking. She just ignored them.

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Everyone was quiet on the way down to the lobby. Bastion stopped by Crowler's room, telling him he should come. Crowler, complaining, eventually came with them. They left the hotel at around eleven.

"Alright, let's go this way first," Zane said walking toward the high school.

"Why don't we just go to the police station?" Blair asked as she followed. He thought a moment but Crowler jumped in the conversation.

"We shall NOT go to the police station!" They all looked at him.

"Might I ask why?" Aster asked. Crowler looked at him.

"We shall not tell them that I lost a student!" Everyone rolled their eyes. "Plus, it hasn't even been twenty-four hours." Alexis looked at him.

"Are you saying we have to wait till tonight in order to go to the police station?" she yelled. He jumped back in fear. Atticus placed his hand calmly on her shoulder. She looked away from Crowler and back in front of her, ignoring the concerned look her brother was giving her.

"Crowler's right. They won't let us file till it has been twenty four hours," Zane said. He looked over his shoulder at all of us. "We'll just look around the city."

"Why don't we just call him?" Hassleberry asked as they rounded a corner. Zane shook his head.

"Already tried it when Syrus came slamming on my door at seven this morning." He looked at Syrus when he said that. He looked away from his older brother; Zane just shook his head and looked back forward. "It was off."

"Damn, this is bad," Bastion muttered. Everyone looked at him. He looked up at us. "Ochi City is the second largest city in Japan, second only to Domino." Zane nodded.

"Right." Chazz looked at him closely.

"So what are we going to do about this search a large city?" he asked curiously.

"We're just going to look. We don't want to separate and end up losing more people," Zane said. Alexis looked at the ground. Atticus gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Let's get looking." He took of jogging toward the school. Everyone followed.

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Jaden's POV

Mark set a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon in front of me, with a side of toast. He set a glass of milk down and took his seat in front of me. I picked up my fork and started eating, very slowly.

"What are your plans for today?" he asked me after a few minutes of uncomfortable silence. I set my fork down, letting it still rest in my eggs, and whipped my mouth off with my napkin.

"I really don't know." I kept my gaze on the white linoleum.

"Morgan and I are going out of town today." I looked up at him.

"Where to?" He shrugged.

"Nothin' special. Just going to Kaibaland." I smiled.

"Morgan forced ya again?" He made a face at his eggs.

"Yeah." I chuckled. He looked at me.

"Are you staying again tonight?" I couldn't tell if he sounded hopeful that I would be or hoping that I wouldn't be. I looked back at the ground.

"I dunno," I mumbled. He began poking his eggs with his fork.

"You should go find her." I looked at him. He was looking at me so intently, it was actually scary. I sat back in my chair, the legs scrapping slightly against the linoleum floor.

"I know…" After that, it got really quiet. Mark stood up with a clean plate ten minutes later. He took my plate, which was still pretty much full, and stuck it in the fridge. He threw his dish in the sink. He walked to the doorway and stopped.

"I've gotta go pick up Morgan in twenty minutes. I'll leave some of your clothes you always forget here on the bed in my room." With that, he left the room and headed upstairs. I looked at the doorway for a good three minutes. I rested my forehead on the table and looked at the floor.

'Alexis…'

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Narrative POV

'Jaden…'

"Alexis?" Jasmine's voice tore her away from her thoughts. She looked at her. They were in the local park around three. The gang's been looking for Jaden nonstop and there still no sign of him.

"Yeah?" Jasmine took her by the hand and began pulling her in the direction of the hotel.

"Everyone went back to the hotel." Alexis looked at her with her eyebrow cocked.

"Why didn't you go?" She looked at her, pure concern in her eyes.

"You were staring at the clouds for a good half hour, Lex. I knew you needed more time to think, so I let you." She smiled weakly. Alexis smiled back.

"Thanks." Jasmine nodded and they kept heading for the hotel. With Jasmine's firm grip on her hand, Alexis just let her guide her and let her gaze wonder back toward the sky.

'Jaden, where are you?'

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Jaden's POV

Mark left with a slight wave about ten minutes ago. I was lying on my back on the couch in his living room, my arms folded behind his head. Noodles was curled up on my chest sleeping. I scratched him between the ears. He looked at him.

"What kind of name is Noodles?" I asked him. He barked at me, like saying he didn't know. I laughed and continued to scratch him between the ears. "Look at me; I'm talking to a dog." Again, he barked at me, this time like he was insulted. I laughed again. "No offence." He growled and jumped off my chest. I sat up and folded my left knee up to my chest, resting my elbow on the joint. He looked at me. I looked at the clock on the wall.

It was almost four.

I sighed and stood up, brushing the dog hair off of my chest. "I guess I'll go get dressed." Noodles barked and ran toward the stairs. I smiled and followed him. He ran up the narrow staircase, I myself following at his heels…err…paws. He turned right at the top and ran down the hall toward the only room in the entire upstairs with the door open. Mark's room. He ran right into the room and jumped onto his dog bed. I smiled and walked over to Mark's bed, where a pile of folded clothes rested at the end of it. I grabbed them and headed to the bathroom down the hall. Noodles didn't move at all.

I leave too many clothes at Mark's house. I mean, I've been wondering where these jeans went. It was a simple pair of dark faded blue jeans, which happen to by my favorite pair of pants. The shirt, which I've also been wondering where it disappeared to, was a black sleeveless shirt with white words that read: My imaginary friend thinks you have mental issues.

I walked downstairs, Noodles following at my heels. I grabbed my black jacket off the hook by the door, it was dry now, slipped into my white tennis shoes, and looked at Noodles, who was sitting on the last step. "Later Noodles," I said. He barked at me and I left, locking the door behind me.

It was four thirty.

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Narrative POV

It was five o'clock. Everyone was sitting in the girls' room, empty boxes of pizza resting on the ground next to the trash can. Alexis was sitting on her bed with Jasmine and Mindy. She was leaning against the back of the bed, her knees pressed against her chest. She had her arms wrapped around her legs and her chin resting on her knee. Zane and Aster were sitting in two chairs in the corner. Chazz, Atticus, Bastion, Syrus, and Hassleberry were sitting on Mindy and Jasmine's bed. Blair was sitting on the empty area on the dresser.

"We should go look again," Syrus said after a few moments of silence. Everyone but Alexis looked at him. I kept staring at the bed sheet.

"Yeah, we should," Hassleberry agreed. Everyone looked at Alexis. She looked up at them and smiled weakly.

"I'll hang out here, if that's okay." Everyone looked at her concerned.

"Lex, are you sure?" Mindy asked. She nodded.

"I'm not feeling so good." Everyone looked at each other.

"I don't know about leaving you here alone…," Atticus began to say. Chazz opened his mouth but a voice no one expected to hear spoke up.

"You go; I'll stay here with her," Blair ordered. Everyone turned to the mini bar where she was standing.

"You'll stay?" Syrus repeated, shocked. She rolled her eyes.

"No. I just said that to tease you guys. Of course I'll stay." She stepped out of the way and gestured toward the door. Everyone looked at Alexis.

"Its fine, you guys go. Blair and I will just hang back." Everyone looked at each other. Then they shrugged and stood up. They exited the room. Blair closed the door behind them. She spun on her heels and walked over to Alexis. She leaned on the mini bar with her right arm.

"Alright, Alexis. We need to talk."

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