Jaden: The Fallen Angel of Destruction

Chapter Five

By Kellyq

A slim well dressed man with silver hair hanging down over his right side of his face, walked into the training room. He was known as Maximillion Pegasus, Jesse's trainer. He raised a brow when his noticed that he pupil was doing some intense training. Ruby turned her head and her eyes shone joy. The creature ran up and jumped into his arms. Ruby rubbed her face against Pegasus as a rumbling sound came from the back of her throat. Jesse turned and smiled at the sight.

"So, what's with the intense training?" Pegasus asked. "Is there something special happening?"

"A friend of mine needs help and I want to be prepared for anything."

Ruby shook her head and made a sound of annoyance. Pegasus listened eagerly to what she had to say.

"Okay, Ruby. You don't have to tell him everything," Jesse interrupted her. She didn't have to tell Pegasus about how close he was to Jaden. The tall man looked at his pupil with amusement in his eye.

"I see. So you want me to give you more intense training? Very well. I'll do it, on one condition: I meet this Jaden-boy you desire."

Cobra walked into Prince Marcel's room and closed the door behind him. He walked up to a long table, and bent down on one knee in front of Marcel.

The young prince nodded his head. "Professor Cobra, I presume?"

The impossing professor nodded his head and rose to his feet. "There's a student here who has great potential. He goes by the name of Jaden Yuki ..." Marcel narrowed his eyes at the mention of the brown haired teen. "I would like to train him."

Marcel raised a brow and looked at the elder man more closely. Now he remembered who Cobra was – a very strict, power-hungry man. He wasn't all too gentle with people when it came to what he desired. This could be the answer Marcel was looking for to solve Yubel's problem.

"You may. On one condition: he's Yubel's partner on missions. Is that clear?"

Jaden stood in front of a mirror and stared at his own reflection. The mirror image had a possessed look of orange and red eyes, that held hunger for power. Jaden's eyes widened in complete horror as he felt his heart pounding really hard in his chest. His reflection smirked at the pitiful sight of Jaden.

"Weak ..." the reflection taunted.

Jaden flinched, snapping out of his thoughts. He frowned at the possessed verson of himself. "No, I'm not!"

The possessed reflection scoffed. "If you are strong, why are you still wearing the symbol of the lower class?"

Jaden blinked and looked at the red jacket. He looked back at the menacing reflection. "I happen to like red!"

"But you do realize that it symbolizes that you are weak, Jaden – and I know that you do not like being weak in front of anyone."

Jaden's eyes widened. How did this being – or what ever it was - know about that? The reflection chuckled and locked his gaze with Jaden; dark energy spiraled out and started to wrap around Jaden's leg ...

Jaden snapped his eyes open to find that he was actually kicking and hitting. Jaden stopped struggling altogether when he realized he was being held in someone's arms.

"You alright, Jay?"

The brown haired boy blinked a few times before noticing that it was Jesse who was holding him. Jaden looked at his crush and saw that Jesse looked like he had been struck a few times.

"Jesse, what happened?"

The green-eyed teen only tightened his grip around Jaden. "Don't worry about it, Jay. You were only dreaming."

Jaden lowered his gaze and noticed deep scratch marks on Jesse's wrists. Ruby slowly emerged from under the bed and tugged on Jesse's pant leg to get her master's attention. Jesse looked down to see that she still looked a little frightened but wanted to know if Jaden was alright.

"It's okay, sweetie. I got him to calm down," Jesse soothed.

More guilt washed over Jaden as he looked up slightly to see Ruby slowly climbing on to the bed. She looked a little rattled from what had happened.

"I .. I didn't mean to scare you, Ruby," Jaden finally said. He extended his hand toward her. Jaden waited to see if Ruby would sniff his hand. "I'm not going to hurt you."

All Ruby did was cringe and whimper.

Jesse sighed. "Ruby, Jay's not going to hurt you."

"It's okay, Jesse. She has every right to be ..." Jaden choked back a sob.

Ruby whimpered again - this time not out of fear, but out of feeling bad for upseting Jaden.

"Actually Jay, she came from an abusive home when she was young ... my trainer found her and nursed her back to health."

Jaden frowned. That was the first time Jesse ever mentioned his trainer. "Who's your trainer?"

As if on que, a slim well dressed man with silver hair walked into the room.

Jesse smiled. "Jay, meet my trainer - Maximillion Pegasus."

Jaden blinked a few times and then his face lit up. "I know you! You're the one who taught Yami how to fight! I always wanted to be like my step dad. He's the best."

Pegasus smiled and took a gentle hold on Jaden's wrists. "So. You must be Jaden. Jesse told me a lot of good things about you."

A hint of a blush formed across Jaden's face.

Pegasus nodded his head and pulled away. There's something not quite right about this Jaden-boy. When Pegasus had touched the boys wrist, he felt a dark strenth deep with in Jaden.

"Jesse," Pegasus murmured leading toward his pupil. "I need to talk to you outside."

"Right. Give me a moment."

"Alright. What are we dealing with?" Jesse finally asked Pegasus.

After Jesse had come back from training, he had come into Jaden's room to see the brown haired boy tossing, turning, kicking, and hitting in his sleep. It had taken Jesse's strength to calm Jaden down and wake him up.

Jesse eyed his trainer, not liking the vibes he was getting from him. Pegasus sighed. "I'm not sure intense training will help ..."

"What do you mean?" Jesse frowned.

"When I touched him, I felt something that could be a potential threat ..."

"Hoau ..." Jesse said bluntly. "I know. Kuriboh told me ..."

"Jaden-boy needs to be sent home ..."

Jesse flinched in shock. "What?!" He couldn't believe he was hearing this coming from Pegasus.

"Jesse-boy, he's not safe here," Pegasus said firmly.

"Then I'll protect him!" Jesse insisted.

Pegasus eyed his pupil and saw nothing but a determined look. "Alright. But if anything happens, you'll be held responsible."

To Be Continued ...