A/N: Sorry for the delay. . Anyways, thank you Knives91 for the song ideas. I really like the one "Apologize" by Timbaland. So please enjoy this chappie!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX. I own my OCs and people own the OCs they submitted. Please R&R but do not flame. I also don't own any songs I may mention.

Chapter VI

Apologize

They rushed out into the night, feeling the cool air stinging their flushed cheeks, and their animalistic gazes all landed on their enemies. At once they knew that dueling would be useless this time. Their fight would be more physical than that.

"Come, little pretty, let's play a game." chuckled one of the shadow creatures towards Lilly.

K'van subconsciously drew her behind him in a protective manner. The shadow scowled, bearing his razor sharp fangs towards them. Alicia glanced briefly at all of her comrades faces.

"Spirit or animal?" She asked softly.

"I think animal might be effective." Hazel smirked in return.

Virgil squeezed Alicia's shoulder for a second, "Let's do this, Commander."

Alicia nodded, "Everyone! Attack and defend!" She cried at once.

They split up into groups after they changed forms. Matt and Hazel double teamed, both roaring loudly. K'van did his best to fly above Lilly; making sure to take down the shadows that tried to sneak up on the panther. Alicia and Virgil worked together, wildcat and leopard, snarling and biting an enemy together. Raiden was doing his best to protect Tyler, since she was one of the weakest of the party, mainly because she was so gentle and reluctant to wound her enemies. Furthermore, Noah and Rae both decided to do an aerial assault above Emerald, Kiyoshi, and Arya.

'Crap, this isn't working out too well!' Raiden thought desperately as Tyler was thrown to the ground. She let out a whimper of sheer pain and it nearly broke his heart. 'I can't let Ty get hurt! She's like my sister!'

Without much thought, Raiden shapeshifted back to his human form, and switched to his spirit form instead.

Two words: Big mistake.

'RAIDEN!' Alicia mentally shouted.

Shadows surrounded him and dragged him to the ground. There were too many of them for him to fight off and they soon engulfed him in a sea of creatures.

'RAIDEN!'

She charged headfirst into the mass; snarling, biting, and trying to rescue him. She finally managed to get to the middle and found him back to his human form, passed out, and his left arm bleeding intensely near his shoulder.

Alicia saw red. An enraged roar erupted from her chest.

She lunged…

And then the fight was over.

"Raiden, dammit, answer me!" Alicia shouted, slapping him repeatedly across the face, and crying hysterically.

"Ali! Ali! Stop!" Emerald pulled Alicia away from the knocked out lynx-boy. "You're making things worse!"

Alicia started to flail and kick, "Get off me, Emerald!"

While Emerald restrained Alicia, K'van and the other boys helped lug Raiden onto Noah's back, and they quickly headed for the infirmary. No one was seriously harmed, except for Raiden, apart from for a few bumps and cuts. Alicia finally calmed down when Raiden was out of her sight.

"It's okay… he'll be alright…" Emerald coaxed soothingly.

Tyler, who had remained in her wolf form, quickly nuzzled her cold nose against her sister, trying to comfort her. Alicia buried her face in Tyler's white coat, her tears slipping down her face like rain, and her body shook violently.

Emerald looked at the she-wolf, "Want to take her back to the dorms?" She asked.

Tyler nodded slowly.

Slifer Dorms

'Sleep, my sister, and dream peacefully.' Tyler thought as she used her teeth to cover Alicia up on her bunk. She had the feeling she wouldn't be needing to use a bed for awhile. 'My dear, sister…'

Silently, she turned and curled up in the corner of the dorm, closing her eyes, and listening for the sounds of Emerald's return. Her best friend had gone to apologize to Aster for her early departure. The others had gone back to their dorms after making sure Ms. Fontaine had patched Raiden's arm up. He was still unconscious in the infirmary with Rae, Matt, and Hazel watching over him.

Well, to be more exact, protecting him.

'Syrus…'

Tyler's amethyst wolf eyes looked out the window and at the beautiful moon.

'How do I possibly tell you what I am…? Will you accept me and my feelings for you…? Or will you run away like a sane person would…? And… and how can I face you when I may never even be human again…?'

A silver teardrop slipped down her face and landed on her paw. She hadn't dared try and tell the others that during the fight one of the shadows had used a spell on her. It trapped her in her wolf form until she could find the counter-spell to break it.

"Tyler!"

Syrus suddenly burst into the room, causing said wolf to yelp slightly, and dive under the desk in the shadows. He took one look around the room and saw Alicia asleep.

"Tyler?" He whispered much more softly.

That's when he heard it; a soft whimper coming from the direction of the desks. Syrus slowly and timidly got on his hands and knees and peered underneath the desks. He jumped when the moonlight reflected off a pair of beautiful purple-blue familiar orbs. Very slowly, the bluenette reached a hand out in their direction, letting out a small gasp with a cold nose met his palm. Then, warm soft fur was nuzzling against it, as if to tell him not to be afraid.

'Syrus…' He could hear Tyler's voice in his head and it startled him. 'Please, when you lay yours eyes upon me, do not run away…'

Syrus fell backwards on his bottom as the she-wolf came into the moonlight. His heart was pounding, but not from fear, as he had expected. It was pounding in admiration and… dare he even believe it...

Love.

"Tyler…" Syrus gently placed his hand on her head and ran it down her sleek fur once. "What happened to you?"

'Alicia and I, plus eleven others, were experimented on when we were ten years of age by my mother, Sharon.' Tyler began. 'We each have the hearts of animals. That is why our eyes, teeth, and ears are strange in contrast to normal homo sapiens. Tonight, as warriors of this school, we fought against shadow creatures from the Shadow Realm. During this battle, a spell was cast upon me, and now… I may never be human again.' Tyler ended with sad eyes.

Syrus threw his arms around her neck, pressing his cheek to her head, and started to stroke her fur affectionately.

"I won't run away from you, Butterfly, because you need me right now." Syrus whispered in her ear. "And I won't ever run away from you. I'll help you break this spell if it's the last thing I do. I promise."

'But why on Earth would you promise such a thing, Syrus?' She questioned.

Syrus pressed a light kiss to her furry cheek, "Because I love you, Butterfly, and I would do anything to protect and fight for you."

Tyler surely would've blushed if she was still human.

'You… love… me?'

"More than anything I've ever loved… I mean… you're perfect to me, Tyler Crosby."

'As you are to me, Syrus Truesdale…'

Syrus curled up next to Tyler, his arms wrapped around her, and soon the new couple was fast asleep with their hearts, though different, beating in harmony.

Infirmary

"You idiot," Hazel murmured, gently running her hand back and forth across Raiden's forehead, "You were safer in your lynx form… your spirit form drew the creatures to you like a bear and honey."

"Funny you would say that particular phrase." Matt chuckled slightly as he came up behind Hazel.

Hazel blinked and glanced at him for a second. Rae was fast asleep in the chair, her head nodding every so often, and her arms crossed underneath her chest. Matt turned his attention from the Native American girl to his best friend lying on the bed. Raiden stirred slightly, rolling onto his side, but didn't awake.

"Matthew…" Hazel suddenly whispered, "How do you view Raiden?"

"What do you mean?" He replied.

"Good… or evil?" She dared to ask.

Matt bit his lower lip, "Honestly, until he got those strange cards at the music store in California, I believed he was good… but now I think there's a part of him falling to the darkness."

Hazel reached out and touched a strange symbol branded to Raiden's right shoulder-blade, "Your feelings are correct. There is strange warmth coming from this mark. I sense magic." She took Matt's hand and then lightly pressed his fingers to the brand as well. "Do you feel it?"

"Yeah…" the brunette breathed. "Hazel…"

"I will protect your friend." She promised suddenly, "I mean our friend." A soft smile crept across her dark lips.

Matt smiled too, at least until she grasped the dream catcher around her neck, and watched her hazel brown eyes widen frantically. Without another word, Hazel staggered away from Raiden, and shielded her face away from him.

"Hazel, what's wrong?" Matt asked concerned.

"Nalia! Hunter!" Hazel hissed before taking off out of the infirmary.

Matt froze as he slowly recognized those names from a memory.

Flashback

"Rae's your only sibling then." Hazel noted.

"Yeah. What about you?" Matt replied.

"I have… two. Hunter is older by a few years… Nalia's my little sister." Hazel explained awkwardly. "I haven't seen them physically in years… since I was banished from my village…"

"Banished?!"

Hazel's hand glowed green again and a dead flower came back to life by her touch.

"Druids came near our village and taught me magic. By doing so, I broke my tribe's rules. The shaman, my own grandfather, banished me to live with them. They raised me and all but… Hunter and Nalia secretly still contact me at times. They still love me. And I them. I would die to protect them."

End of Flashback

"Hazel!" Matt ran after her quickly.

He found her breathing heavily and leaning against the wall in the corridor. Gently, Matt touched her shoulder, causing her to jump slightly, and whip her head around to look at him.

"What's wrong?"

"I just… had a vision." Hazel bit her lower lip. "Nalia's sick…"

Matt's hazel eyes found hers, "I'm sure Hunter will make her better."

Hazel nodded, "Yes. He will. I just… I just get so worried about her! She's only six and I… I can't even be a proper sister towards her…"

For the first time in years, Hazel had the wetness of tears brimming her eyes and the unfamiliar lump burning her throat. Wrapping his arms around her waist, Matt drew Hazel close, and held her as she cried, pouring out emotions most thought had been lost forever.

Nevertheless, they weren't lost; merely locked away.

"I'm here… I'm here…" Matt whispered softly.

"Don't leave me…" Hazel sobbed softly. "Please… don't ever leave…"

He stroked her ebony locks, "I promise you, Hazel, and I won't ever leave, not willingly."

Next Day

Raiden opened his eyes slowly, the room slowly coming into focus. His first sight was that of Alicia, leaning frantically over him, and he saw relief cross her fair face the moment his eyes found hers.

"Raiden, you're okay…" She whispered.

Raiden sat up and winced as slight pain went throughout his arm. He looked and saw he was shirtless, his left arm bandaged, and he turned back to Alicia. He then had the vivid memory of Virgil's lips on her own fill his head, causing sheer rage to slice through him. Scowling slightly, Raiden swung his legs over the side of the bed, and found his shirt, yanking it over his head. Alicia bit her lower lip and watched him force himself to stand up.

"Raiden… wait…" She began.

He froze for a second and heard music in his heart. Looking at her, his dark eyes burned through her.

"I need you…" Alicia continued. "But what you did was so stupid and reckless…"

Raiden scoffed and turned around.

"I'm sorry…" She watched him turn around uncertainly.

"It's too late to apologize."

Alicia stepped back and swallowed the lump in her throat.

"'I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you, and I need you like a heart needs a beat, but it's nothin' new…'"

His brown orbs locked on her ice green as he confessed in his musical voice.

"'I loved you with a fire red, now it's turning blue, and you say... "Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you, but I'm afraid... It's too late to apologize… it's too late…'"

And silently, Raiden headed for the exit, ignoring the fact Alicia had fallen to her knees sobbing painfully. Before he locked the last door of his old life, he said one last thing to send another dagger into her heart.

"Tell Virgil that I support your love of him." Raiden sneered before shutting the door.

And by doing so… letting the darkness consume him.

End Chapter

A/N: Sorry pplz but Raiden has to go to the dark side for a bit! He gets cookies! J/k. Anyways, please R&R, but do not flame. So yeah, love problems again… kinda typical. It is anime. Later!

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