Ello everyone! Thank you for all your awesome reviews! Glad you all enjoyed the last chapter. : ) Finally, it's the chapter that you've all been waiting for! –looks at watch- And it's right on schedule!
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Disclaimer: Okay, if I owned Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, I'd take off that trash that 4kids is showing and go with the original anime from Japan. Then I'd run off to Tokyopop and demand they turn this story into a manga. After that, I'd run up to the head honcho, which would be me, and turn this into a movie! But, -looks in crystal ball- I do not see any of that happening in the near future. But I do see you guys loving this chapter! But, back to the fact, I do not own any of the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! GX or anything related to it.
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!ONTO THE CHAPTER!
Jaden's POV
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"So Jaden, what are we going to do today?" Alexis asked me as she curled into my side on the couch. I wrapped my arm around her and looked down at her. Mom took Mia, Zoey, and Tommy into town to do some shopping so we had the house to ourselves.
"Remember what I told you I couldn't tell you about Danny?" I asked. She frowned at the memory but nodded. I looked around my living room. It was a large living room with one couch, mushroom white and dragon skin texture, a matching love seat, and two pairs of matching arm chairs. All surrounded the fire place. Mounted just above the fireplace was our plasma TV. Shelves on either side of the TV held up the DVD player, VCR, and a few game systems. The walls, which were half wood paneling and half painted white (the top half white and the bottom half wood), were covered in pictures. Shelves were built all around the room, which supported more pictures, awards, plaques, and everything sentimental around here.
"Jaden?" Alexis called to me, drawing me away from my very decorated living room.
"I don't want that to happen again," I said. She cocked her eyebrows.
"Don't want what to happen again?" I sighed.
"I don't want you to get mad at me because I kept something from you," I whispered. She placed her left hand gently on my cheek; I looked at her.
"I won't." I reached up and took her hand and brought it to my lips. I gently kissed her fingertips.
"All the same, I don't want to keep things from you."
"You don't have to tell me something you aren't ready to tell me," she whispered. I smiled down at her.
"Don't worry, I'm ready." She opened her mouth to say something but I stopped her. "Please, just let me." She snapped her mouth shut and just stared at me.
"If it's what you want." I smiled and stood up, pulling her with me. We walked toward the wall by the staircase, where I pointed to a large picture of my family. It was a Christmas Eve service picture, taken by my grandma. I was holding Mia, my dad was holding Zoey, and Mom was holding Tommy.
"I'll start out simple," I began. She nodded and looked at the picture, "I'm the eldest in my family. Next is Zoey, who is about ten minutes older than Mia. Tommy's two and the youngest."
"And he's a sweetheart," she said. I chuckled.
"And a little hellion." She giggled.
"My dad, whose name is Chris, is thirty nine years old, mom is thirty eight. They have been married for a little over fifteen years."
"They weren't married when you were born?" I shook my head.
"No." She didn't ask any more questions about that. I pointed to another picture, right next to our Christmas Eve one. This one was of Aunt Shelbi and her husband Jake surrounded by all their kids on Christmas Eve.
"Uncle Jake is my dad's younger brother, he's thirty seven. He's married to my Aunt Shelbi, who's a nurse at the city hospital; she's thirty six. Jake is a Homicide Officer. Their eldest son my younger cousin Brad, who's sixteen," I began but Alexis interrupted me.
"Wait, so when you said the eldest in your family, you meant your entire family?" I nodded.
"Yup, and in this family, that really means something." She looked at me confused. I smiled. "You'll see in a minute," She nodded and I continued, "Jake and Shelbi have five kids, Brad, the eldest, Kara and Aurora, the twin twelve year olds, Susan, who's ten, and Robby, who's nine."
"Another set of twins?" Alexis stated. I nodded.
"Yeah and just wait till you see Uncle Mike and Aunt May," I said smiling. She looked at me.
"Why?" She asked, I smiled and pointed to the last picture on Christmas Eve. This one was my Uncle Mike and Aunt May, all of their kids around them.
"Uncle Mike is my dad's youngest brother; he's thirty five. Aunt May is thirty five as well."
"Your family is pretty young," Alexis noted. I laughed.
"Everyone says that." She smiled at me.
"Well, Mike and May have four kids, Sam, who's fifteen and the eldest, and Kyle, Tyler, and Skyler, little six year old triplets."
"Triplets?" Alexis gasped. I smiled.
"Yeah, and Sam hates them with a passion," I said laughing.
"I would, too." I looked at her.
"Well, Sam really hates their genius IQ's." She looked like her eyes were about to bug out of her head.
"They're geniuses!" I laughed.
"Yup, all three of them, and they love making Sam's life a living hell." I couldn't stop myself from smiling.
"Poor Sam." I snorted.
"Yeah, like she doesn't get revenge. I feel bad for the little guys, Sam actually knows how to break into Uncle Mike's gun room."
"Your Uncle Mike has a gun room?"I thought a moment.
"It's more like a really big case in his office but yeah, pretty much."
"Why does he need a lot of guns?"
"For his job."
"What does he do?" I smiled at the curiosity was filling her eyes.
"He's a gang officer so he does need a few, just for protection."
"So both your uncles are in law enforcement?" I nodded.
"Yup, head of their department, too."
"My dad is Chief of Police back home," Alexis said. I looked at her.
"Your dad?" She nodded.
"Yeah, mom wants him to quit but he won't." I nodded, knowing all too well what that was like.
"Well, he loves it." She nodded.
"Yeah, well anyway, enough of my family." She looked at me smiling, "What does your Aunt May do?" I smiled and looked back at the picture.
"She's an Obstetrician."
"A baby doctor?" I nodded.
"Yeah." Alexis held up her left hand, which wasn't being held by mine, and began ticking off some things.
"So, your dad, Chris, has two younger brothers named Jake, who's a homicide officer, and Mike, who's a gang officer; Your mom, Lauren, didn't marry your dad until you were two and you're the eldest of thirteen kids, the youngest of which is your little brother; your two aunts both work at the hospital, Shelbi as a nurse and May as a Obstetrician," Alexis restated. I smiled.
"Yeah, oh, and my mom is the hospital's head surgeon." She looked at me.
"Do all of your aunts and uncles work in the same field as your parents? Let me guess, your dad is in law enforcement too?" I chuckled.
"He is actually."
"What does he do?" I tugged her to the right a little, to get a better view of a picture.
"You'll find out later." She nodded. I picked up a picture off a shelf and handed it to her to look at. She took it. It was a picture of my grandparents, on my dad's side of the family. This one was from two years ago when they renewed their wedding vows.
"My dad's parents, my only living grandparents." Alexis looked up from the picture.
"What happened to your mom's parents?" I shrugged.
"Died before I was born," I said in a no big tone, "I can't miss who I've never met." She nodded and handed me back the picture, which I set back on the shelf.
"Anyway, my grandpa's name is Phil and I can tell right now that he's going to just adore you," I said, smiling at Alexis. She blushed lightly and smiled at me. "My grandma's name is Sophie." I looked at her and smiled. "Well, that's my family. Now we're getting into the more complicated stuff." I lead Alexis to the wall by the large bay windows, where Mom and Dad put all of the achievements of us kids, right now it was mainly mine, 'cause I'm oldest. "Mom and Dad keep records of everything we do and have step-by-step tracking of the event." Alexis looked at the wall.
"Wow," she breathed, I chuckled.
"I did a lot before Duel Academy." She nodded.
"Apparently." I smirked and pointed to a showcase mounted on the wall, inside it held a pressed black belt, a few medals, and a shelf of trophies underneath it. A picture of me in my karate uniform was on the shelf.
"I did karate for nine years, earning a third-degree black belt," I said. Alexis shook her head, "What?" I
"I never imagined you'd know karate." I chuckled.
"That's not all." I pointed to the shelf next to it, this one holding medals, trophies, and a picture of me holding a trophy, smiling with a black eye.
"Oh my god, what happened to you?"
"I got hit in the eye during the spar, my helmet wasn't on properly," I explained, and then I turned away from Alexis and muttered, "Stupid Claire." She looked at me.
"What?"
"I'll show you in a bit." She sighed.
"You're saying that an awful lot." I smiled.
"I do, but don't worry, you will find out soon." She looked at me and smiled.
"I believe you."
"Anyway, that picture is from my last Tae Kwan Do competition."
"Taw Kwan Do?" I sighed and nodded.
"Yup." I turned to her, "Now, this is going to take forever if you keep repeating everything I say," I teased. She blushed and nodded.
"Alright, I'll keep my questions to myself for now." I nodded.
"I did Tae Kwan Do for about seven years, ending about two years before karate." I looked at Alexis. She kept staring at me, waiting for me to continue. I pointed to another shelf, this one closer. On this shelf was a scrapbook, pictures, quite a few medals, and about a dozen trophies. "Now, don't write me off as some little nerdy boy with this one," I warned. She looked at me with a quirked eyebrow, but remained quiet. I took a deep breath. "I did dance for about ten years," I confessed. I quickly looked back at Alexis, who looked to be fighting a giggle fit. I sighed, "It was a modern, hip-hop kinda dance class…not ballet," I amended. She took a few deep breathes and nodded. I rolled my eyes. "I was the best in my class, thank you very much." I smiled, "I actually won quite a few competitions." She giggled. "Of course, about all of those competitions were partnered competitions."
"Who was your partner?" she asked, and then she snapped her mouth shut. I laughed.
"Nuh uh uh," I said, shaking my head. I tipped her on the tip of her nose, "No questions just yet." She smiled and nodded. I pulled her to the last wall in the living room. This one was completely covered in all of my dueling achievements.
"Holy cow," she breathed. I smiled at her.
"Yeah, dueling has been a big part of my life since I was three." She nodded. I handed her a picture of my old dueling class, just a small place downtown. "My dueling class had about fifteen people." I pointed to the front row of people. "You could probably pick out a few of them." She looked at it closely. She removed her hand from mine and pointed to a girl with her hair up in a high pony-tail. She had brown hair, brown eyes, and was missing her two front teeth.
"Morgan," She said chuckling lightly.
"Very good," I said. "Yup, that's Morgan. Fun fact, Morgan first began dueling with a fairy deck." Alexis looked at me in shock.
"Morgan…fairy deck?" I nodded.
"Yeah, but now she duels with a dragon deck," I explained. She nodded.
"That sounds more like the Morgan I met," Alexis said. I laughed. She looked closer at the picture and gasped. I looked at her. She looked at me and pointed to a boy next to Morgan. He had black hair and bright blue eyes. He was smiling at the camera. He had two black eyes. "Danny?" I nodded.
"Yeah, Danny dueled. I don't know if he still does," I said, "He was pretty good too." Alexis frowned and continued to look at the picture. I waited a moment. I heard a rumble come from her; it sounded almost like a growl. I looked at her. She was pointing a girl with blonde hair in pigtails. She was smiling at the camera and hanging off the arm of a boy with brown hair and brown eyes.
"Brook and you?" she asked. I could have sworn I heard some kinda growl in there somewhere. I nodded.
"Yeah, but she grabbed onto me just as the picture was being taken." Alexis sighed and looked at the picture quickly. I knew who she was looking for so I took the picture from her. "Mark isn't in there, he moved here about five years ago." I set the picture back down. Alexis still looked at the picture.
"Who's that?" she asked, pointing to the girl standing on the other side of me. She had very light, short brown hair dark brown eyes. She was sticking her tongue out at the camera. She had her arm looped through mine.
"Oh, that's Claire," I said. She looked at me. "Later." She sighed and looked at the wall again.
"I was top of my class," I began to explain, "At twelve, when I went to the high school (1), I tried out for the dueling team, which at that time was a defiant yes because at the time, no one wanted to join the worst team in Japan. The year I joined, we won the National Championship." She looked at me,
"Let me guess, you're the one that lead them to that victory." I chuckled.
"How'd you know?" I teased. She giggled and looked at a picture. She gasped and pointed to the picture. I looked at it and smiled.
"You were…" she began but I interrupted her.
"Yup, I was," I said, smiling. "The actually." Alexis looked at me flabbergasted.
"Whoa." I laughed. "So, I know all of this." She looked at me. "Anything else?" I nodded.
"Yup, but we need to go to my room now." Alexis nodded. I took her hand and lead her to the staircase. We climbed up them and walked into the room to the left of the stairs. My room was actually the largest in the house. Mom and Dad had no use for all the extra space. I had shaggy red carpeting and white walls. My bed was made up somewhat in matching red sheets. My favorite red comforter and feather pillows were spread across the bed. There was a large indent in my bed showing that something or someone had been sleeping in or on it recently. My red oak desk had a red desktop computer on it. Some red bean bag chairs filled in a corner and my television rested on the table in the opposite corner. Along all the walls were tables and bookshelves. Shelves also aligned the walls. Just like my living room, it also had a lot of pictures. Everything was in a shade of red.
"You really weren't kidding when you said you liked red," Alexis said, giggling. I chuckled.
"Nope." Before I could say anything, the sound of a door opening sounded through the house.
"Jaden? Alexis?" Mom called from downstairs. I heard Mia, Zoey, and Tommy running around downstairs.
"Up in my room, Mom," I called downstairs.
"Oh, okay dear. Dinner will be ready in about an hour." I nodded.
"'Kay." Alexis smiled at me.
"Your father should be home soon with the dog; he'll want to meet Alexis as soon as he gets home," Mom called up. I heard Alexis gulp next to me, her grip on my hand tightening. I smiled reassuringly at her.
"He'll love you," I whispered, kissing her lightly on the forehead. She sighed.
"Jaden?" Mom called up, wondering if I heard her. I sighed, Alexis giggled.
"Yeah, Mom, I heard you."
"Well, respond," she yelled back up. I rolled my eyes. When she didn't call back up, I began towing Alexis toward some pictures hanging on my wall.
"Okay, you know about my entire family and about what I did as a kid." I smiled at her. "Time to learn about my friends." She nodded. I picked up a photograph of Morgan and me outside of a movie theater, taken by my mom. "Morgan and I have been friends for about twelve years. We're pretty much into the same things. She joined karate, Tae Kwan Do, dance, and dueling 'cause Claire and I were in it," I began, "Claire and Morgan were also really good friends. All of us were…even Danny."
"You were actually friends with Danny?" Alexis asked in disbelief. I nodded sadly. I walked down a bit and handed Alexis a picture frame, this one was of me and Danny at a karate tournament.
"We met in karate, best friends practically instantly," I began, "Him, me, Claire, and Morgan were always seen together. Claire and I got them both into everything, except Danny and karate." I sighed. "But sometime a few years ago, Danny began to hate my guts like he does now."
"What happened?" I looked at her, and then looked away.
"I'm…not quite sure." She placed her hand on my cheek and forced me to look at her.
"Well, it's his lose because you're a great person," she said. I smiled and took her hand. I leaned in toward her face and gently kissed her on the lips. I pulled away after a moment, remembering my very impressionable kid sisters and brother were in the house. "Well, let's just forget Danny. Who's this Claire person you're suddenly talking about?" I smiled and pulled her towards the wall behind my door. On the wall was a collage of a bunch of pictures of all my memories of Claire. "Oh my god…that's beautiful." I smiled.
"My mom and aunts made if for me," I said. She looked at me.
"How come?" I hesitated a moment.
"I'll start from the beginning," I began. She nodded, "I met Claire at my parent's wedding. Her dad was good friend of mine. We were best friends instantly. You already know we did everything together. She was partner for dance competitions 'cause we were the best in the class." I took a deep breath. "But her parents got divorced and she moved to America about five years ago with her mom."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Alexis whispered. I nodded.
"Yeah, well, a week afterwards, Mark moved here so it wasn't totally bad. I still keep in touch with Claire." Alexis nodded.
"She's that girl you're always talking with on your phone," she said. I nodded.
"Yep, the very same." I sighed and looked at her. "And that's everything." She looked at me.
"Thank you for telling me," she said smiling. I smiled and brushed my fingers over her bare collarbone.
"Thank you for staying," I whispered. She looked at me, confused but she didn't say anything. I looked at her. "I want to give you something," I whispered.
"What?" Alexis asked. I leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"It's a surprise…close your eyes."
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Narrative POV
Alexis shivered slightly as Jaden's warm breath tickled her ear. She nodded in a daze and closed her eyes. Jaden smiled and walked quietly over to his desk. He pulled out the desk drawer and reached inside. He pulled out a black, velvet box, large enough to hold a necklace. He opened the box.
Good, Mia and Zoey haven't played with it, he thought. He gently unlatched the necklace from the box and quietly closed it and put it back in the drawer. He walked back over to Alexis and stood behind her. He draped the necklace around her neck and latched it on.
Alexis felt something cold behind placed around her neck, then something latching. Jaden's warm hands played gently with the back of her neck, running across whatever he just put on her.
"You can open your eyes now," he whispered. She opened her eyes and looked down to see what he put on her and gasped. Around her neck was the most beautiful gold locket she'd ever seen. She gently picked it up and examined it in the palm of her hand. The front of it was incrusted with sapphires, rubies, and diamonds, all going diagonally in that order from the left of the heart down. She turned it over and examined the back. On the back was something written in a language she couldn't read.
"Il mio respiro, la mia vita, la mia anima," Jaden whispered in her ear as he wrapped his arms around her. "My breath, my life, my soul," he translated. "It's Italian. My dad gave it to my mom when he realized that she was the one he wanted to be with for the rest of his life," he explained in a gentle whisper. Alexis felt tears brimming in her eyes.
"Jaden," she whispered. She turned around and looked up into his eyes. His chocolate brown orbs held nothing but complete love; complete love for her. The tears brimming in her eyes leaked out of the corner of them. Jaden reached up and tenderly whipped them away with his hand. She leaned into his chest and buried her face in his shirt. "Thank you," she whispered into his shirt. He pulled her tighter against his chest and rested his cheek on the top of her head.
"No, Alexis, thank you," he whispered back. She turned her head up slightly, just enough for her lips to brush the underside of his jaw.
"Whatever you're saying thank you for, you're welcome." He chuckled. He reached up his left hand and tilted her head up farther with his index finger. His lips touched hers gently. She kissed back. The kiss was sweet, but lasted only a few seconds before Jaden pulled back, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. He rested his forehead against hers.
"Thank you," he thanked again, "for listening…and staying." His voice was no more than a whisper. Alexis opened her eyes to stare at him in confusion. His eyes were focused on the ground between them. She ducked her head under his chin and leaned her head against his chest. As before, Jaden wrapped his arms around her.
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Jaden's POV
Alexis and I stood like that for an immeasurable moment. I never wanted it to end. Sadly, my wish wasn't granted. Our quiet moment was cut off by the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. I leaned my head up from Alexis' and looked out the window that was above my bed.
"Well, he's home right on time." I smiled.
"Who?" Alexis asked, perplexed. I looked down at her and smiled.
"Five…four…three…two," I began counting down. Before I could reach one, the door downstairs opened up; I heard the creaking of the hinges. Barks filled the house, but were soon silenced by two little squeals and Mia and Zoey yelling,
"DADDY!"
Alexis looked up at me.
"Your dad's home?" I nodded.
"Yeah, which means it's time to meet him." She gulped and I laughed. I pulled away from her, only hanging onto her hand. "Don't worry, he'll love you." I smiled. She smiled in return. We walked down the stairs, the clanking of pots and pans coming from the kitchen. We reached the bottom and walked in the direction of the kitchen My monstrous Great Dane Joey (2) was running around the house like a maniac. He ran right past Alexis' legs at full speed. Alexis clenched my hand tighter and pulled herself closer to my side. I couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction.
By now we reached the kitchen. Mia and Zoey were being held by a man with brown hair and green eyes. A sheen of sweat covered his brow, causing his hair to appear damp. He was in black dress slacks and a white button up tee shirt, which was unbuttoned, revealing his muscular chest. He heard Alexis and I stop a few feet away from him. He looked at us and smiled. I tugged Alexis forward and stood between her and the man.
"Dad, this is Alexis," I gestured between the two of them as I spoke, "Alexis, this is my dad. Chris Yuki, Chief of Ochi City Police (3)."
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Over 4,000 words WITHOUT author's notes and all the legal crap! Holy shiznit! (That is my word! No stealing!) You guys better like this chapter. I actually like this one better than the original. The ending at least is different, the first 3000 words or so are the original. Go me for saving it at school!
Anyway, hope all of your questions were answered! Hehe and I REALLY hope a few more popped up. –evil smile- Oh yes, I AM very evil.
Also, I have a question for all of you guys. My friends say I'm way obsessed with my fanfiction, like unhealthy obsessed. What do you guys think?
Remember to review! They make me smile! : )
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1-Okay, I know that doesn't make any sense but in Ochi City they start high school at 12. Why? Because it was the only way to make it fit in with the rest of my plot!
2-Hehe, hopefully all of you hardcore Yu-Gi-Oh! Fans out there caught that little joke. If not, then allow me to explain. Kaiba constantly called Joey "Mutt" or "Dog" as a way to antagonize him. See my little joke?
3-Why Jaden waited so long and said it so "dramatically" will be explained in future chapters. Maybe the next one, I don't know.