Hey there. This is part one of Dual Nightmare. It picks off from Unwelcome Visitor. Yubel is about to explain to Jaden his connection to Alexis Rhodes and why he is feeling emotions for her. But as our hero (or is it Villain?) is about to discover a class-s criminal can be a dangerous person. Please review when you're done reading! Disclaimer: please refer to previous chapters for disclaimer. Claimer: again, refer to previous chapters.

(Flashback)

Jaden was sitting on his throne listening to the newest Ambassador as he told him about the princess of Aria.

"You see, your majesty, our princess is a jewel that makes diamonds weep and priceless stones shatter in her presence." The ambassador, whose name was Orga, said.

Jaden sighed in his mind but he put on a smile and replied, "I would very much like to meet her in person if that isn't too much trouble."

"No, no, Of course not, your majesty. It shouldn't be any trouble at all." Ambassador Orga said as he bowed and left the room.

Jaden slumped in his seat as he stared after Orga until the door slammed shut.

The minute the doors were closed he felt two arms wrap around his neck; one was coarse but the other was as smooth as an infant's skin.

"Oh, Yubel. Why must I do this? It is you I love and you alone. Can't these blasted fools see that?" He asked his guardian.

"Jaden, you know that marrying the princess of Aria would rally others against the empire of Light. It must be so." Yubel answered sternly.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I have to like it." The teenage boy retorted ruefully.

Yubel only sighed and shook her head.

She didn't want to tell Jaden that she felt the same way about this entire ordeal.

But it must be done so that we can end this war against the light of destruction. She thought to herself.

Jaden rose from his throne and, putting his hand in Yubel's, walked off to the garden for a bit of a reprieve.

Road to Spirit Kingdom.

A young girl with blonde hair and hazel eyes wearing a dress that was red at the top and blue along the bottom looked out of her carriage window as she approached the kingdom of dual spirits.

"Cyber Tutu, why must I do this? I'm only fifteen for Pete's sake!" The girl whined.

"Alexis Cynthia Rhodes, you know why you must do this. In order to protect our kingdom, we must join forces with the Spirit Kingdom. It is because of their army of spirits that we may be able to protect our home." A girl in a ballerina dress replied in a stern tone.

Princess Alexis sighed and shook her head.

It's pointless to argue with Tutu or my parents for that matter. I know this marriage will be beneficial to our people but will it be beneficial to me? Alexis thought to herself.

Seeing the castle where the young prince Jaden lived, she prepared to meet an obnoxious boy like Prince Chazz.

Royal Garden

Jaden was sitting on the fountain, brooding that he had to get married at such a young age and to a complete stranger.

"Yubel, I wish you hadn't allowed my father's sages to put that accursed dragon heart in you. That way you would've remained a human girl. Then I would have no trouble marrying you." He muttered to himself.

Yubel was soaring along with the winged guards at the top of the castle tower, keeping a look out for the arriving princess. Jaden stared up at the being he loved with all his heart and sighed trying not to remember his past relationship.

Suddenly trumpets began to sound and Jaden jumped half a foot in the air.

Blast it! Why can't I ever have some alone time with Yubel? Why does she have to perform these tedious assignments? Jaden thought with frustration.

Yubel landed right next to him and she spoke up, "The princess of Aria is here, Jaden. You should go to meet her."

Jaden looked at Yubel and realized that he was king now so he could order Yubel to spend some time with him.

"Yes, I should go meet her." Jaden started.

Yubel nodded and gestured with her hand.

"But I won't."

Yubel fell over anime style when she heard this and looked at her king in surprise.

"Jaden! Don't you know that you shouldn't keep a princess waiting?" Yubel cried out in horror.

"Yes, I do know that but when was the last time we ever hung out together, Yubel?" He asked his face showing hurt.

Yubel bit her lower lip as she thought about the last time they had been together.

Oh no. I failed in my promise to Jaden to spend time together when he became king! But promise or no promise he must meet the princess. Yubel thought.

"Jaden, we must go meet the princess." Yubel said desperate to make him forget about the promise.

But Jaden would not be sidetracked.

"Yubel, I order you to spend time with me." He said a slight grin appearing on his lips.

Yubel looked bewildered for a second and then realized that Jaden had forced her between a rock and a hard place. Obeying the order meant that they would anger the princess but not obeying it could result in her death. Sighing in defeat, Yubel sat down on the lip of the fountain and talked with Jaden.

Main Hall

"WHERE IS THAT PRINCE?" Alexis asked his face darkening in anger.

"I don't know, princess. But maybe we should look for him." Cyber Tutu suggested.

"Oh, no. No way, nah-ah. We are not going to look for a prince who should be on time." Alexis said crossing her arms.

Cyber Tutu sighed but then got an idea in her head.

"Okay, fine. Suit yourself. Sit around for all eternity for I care. I'm going to go find the prince. Who knows maybe he'll fall in love with me." Cyber Tutu said in a teasing tone.

"What! No way, I'm not going to sit on my butt for 5 more minutes let alone for eternity." Alexis replied in a huff.

She got up and began to walk down the hall. Cyber Tutu laughed to herself for being so clever.

After 15 minutes the duo found themselves in the courtyard where they heard some voices.

"You know Yubel, I really wish you hadn't given up your humanity just so that you could protect me. I loved you when you were a human and I still do love you." A boy's voice said.

"Jaden, I wish you grew out of this. It's been five years since we last were together." A female's voice said nervously.

Alexis's face got red in anger as she thought that someone had beaten her to the prince's heart. She had seen paintings of the young prince and definitely thought that he was cute. Cyber Tutu took a step back knowing what was about to happen. She had seen Alexis's eyes when they had seen the portraits and knew that whoever had taken the prince's young heart would be in serious pain.

"I just wish I could marry you then one of those ugly princesses." The boy's voice said.

UGLY?!?!?! Me ugly?!?!? I am going to throttle that prince then place my lips on his! Alexis thought in a frenzy of rage.

She stormed out to where the voices were, the ground trembling under her feet.

"What going on?" cried the boy who was dressed in a white and red shirt along with black pants.

"I don't know, but I think the princess of Aria has found us." The female replied in a distressed tone.

She saw the prince and noticed that his eyes were wide. In terror or amazement, she didn't know.

"SO YOU THINK I'M UGLY IS THAT IT?!?!?" Alexis screamed.

The boy flinched at the scream but continued to stare at Alexis.

Wow, the princess of Aria is a jewel that makes diamonds weep! But I think I'll be the one weeping if I don't do something fast! Jaden thought in a panic.

The boy inhaled a few times and then spoke, "Forgive me, but I thought that you would look like the last princess that came here."

"Oh really? And what princess is that?" Alexis asked in a threatening tone.

The boy replied, "The princess of Guevara."

That made Alexis stop her train of thought dead. She then began to blush as she knew what princess he was talking about.

"O-o-oh sorry. I didn't know that she had come here last time." Alexis stammered.

The boy shook his head and laughed nervously.

"Yes, with your kingdom being their neighbor I assumed that you, the princess of Aria, would be ugly as well. Uh…no offense. Oh by the way, I'm Prince Jaden Yuki but I like to be called Jaden." the boy said.

"I'm Princess Alexis Rhodes but I like to be called Alexis. And no offense taken." Alexis replied as she stared at him.

She then smiled a wicked smile which gave Jaden an uneasy feeling. He then felt himself going backwards and hitting the fountain's water.

"Jaden!" Yubel cried.

Jaden came up sputtering and coughing out water.

"Okay, I deserved that for the comment I made earlier." Jaden said a sheepish smile on his face.

"Yes, I think you did." Alexis said while she inspected her nails.

Yubel and Cyber Tutu thought it would be best to leave Jaden and Alexis alone.

"Um…Lex?" Jaden asked cautiously.

Alexis snapped her head around when she heard the new nickname.

Lex. I like it. It's short and simple. She thought dreamily.

"Earth to Lex. Hey, can you give me a hand here?" Jaden shouted.

Alexis looked at the waterlogged prince and started to clap her hands. Jaden looked at her with his best 'I'm not amused' look and then smiled.

"Well, that isn't what I meant but it'll do, I guess." He said laughing.

He tried to get up but succeeded in slipping and falling back in. Alexis thought that she should help him out and walked over to the lip. She then reached out her hand.

"Come on, your majesty. Let's get you dried." She said.

Jaden swam to the lip and stretched out his hand. The minute their fingers brushed against each other, they both felt a jolt of electricity shoot through both of them. Both the prince and princess blushed at the brush. Then when Jaden got his hand on Alexis's hand firmly, he smiled in the same wicked way that Alexis had.

"Come on in! The water's fine!" He yelled which made Alexis wonder what he was doing.

When she felt herself start to fall forward, she realized what he was doing and frantically tried to get out of his grip. But all of her efforts were wasted because Jaden's grip was firm and strong. The two of them fell backward into the clear but cold water. Alexis brought her face up and coughed while she shot a glare at Jaden who was grinning from ear to ear.

"That's for shoving me into the fountain in the first place." Jaden said with a laugh.

Alexis couldn't help but laugh at the prince's way of getting revenge.

You know, this prince is a lot like me. Ready to cause trouble at a moment's notice. Alexis thought a smile coming to her lips.

Jaden then stood up on shaky legs and climbed out of the fountain.

He then reached back to help Alexis out, but immediately pulled it back.

"Whoa, almost fell for my own trick." Jaden said the goofy grin still on his face.

Alexis sighed but understood why Jaden brought his hand back. She then stood up and walked out just fine.

"How?" Jaden started to ask.

But just at that moment Alexis chose the perfect time to 'trip' and fell onto Jaden. Their lips touched and Jaden couldn't believe what was happening . He was kissing his bride to be. He felt the blood rush to his face when the kiss ended.

Maybe getting married isn't so bad after all. Jaden thought to himself.

(End Flashback)

As Jaden in the present was trying to absorb the info, Yubel laughed to herself.

Jaden, you always weren't the accepting type. Yubel thought to herself.

Jaden balled his hands into fists and the air crackled with energy.

"Yubel, why didn't you tell me this in the first place? And why didn't I get married to her in the past?" Jaden asked anger flaring.

I didn't tell you because I thought she wasn't going to be reincarnated like you. And you didn't get married because the next day a terrible battle came and you were killed. Yubel replied in a calm voice.

Jaden stared at the arm and, growling, picked it up so that she could get more power from the darkness in the Abandon Dorm.

Abandon Dorm

Alexis stood outside of the forbidden dorm, as she had christened it, and placed a rose at the bottom of one of the gates.

Be at peace dear brother. She thought, her prayer not being heard by anyone but herself.

She turned around to go but a large shadow loomed before her.

"Huh? Who are you?" Alexis asked fear gripping her voice.

The shadow didn't answer as it reached out for her.

"Get away from me! Help! Somebody…" she shouted but was knocked out by the shadow's gorilla-like arms.

"Hehehehe." The shadow said excitedly.

Syrus, Chumley, and Jess had arrived at the abandon dorm a few minutes before Jaden. They were checking out the cafeteria when they heard Alexis's scream for help.

"W-w-w-what was that?!?!" Syrus asked fearfully.

"It sounded a lot like a scream. Who it is, I don't know." Chumley said.

"Come on, amigos! This may be our chance to save someone!" Jess shouted.

The trio ran toward the entrance of the dorm but saw no one there.

"Huh. I thought for sure I heard a scream out here." Jess said perplexed.

"You did hear someone scream." A cold and harsh voice said.

All three looked to where the voice came from and saw Jaden Yuki all in his terrible armor.

Jaden looked at the three Slifer Reds and frowned underneath his faceplate. He heard the scream too and had connected the source to Alexis.

"J-J-J-Jaden Y-Y-Y-Yuki! What are you doing here?" Syrus asked.

"I came here to find something out for a friend. Got a problem with that?" Jaden said harshly. "Now if you excuse me I need to get into the dorm."

Jess shook his head and replied nastily, "Sorry, hombre. But we were here first so we'll find the damsel in distress on our own."

Jaden felt the anger surge into his blood stream and charge him with power.

"Get. Out. Of. My. Way." Jaden said slowly.

Jess took a step back when he heard Jaden's voice become hard and metallic. Jaden then walked into the dorm and down some steps that led to the place where he found the strange symbols. The minute he entered it he saw a dark figure floating over the unconscious form of Alexis who was chained down to a slab of stone.

"Who are you and what have you done to Alexis?" Jaden said his fury boiling.

The figure snapped at his voice and turned to him slowly. When he had turned fully around Jaden notice that he wore a dual disk on his arm but some sort of device was on his trench coat similar to Crowler's dual coat. The figure also wore a mask but it didn't cover his entire face like Jaden's helmet.

"Hehehehe. I am Titan, a shadow dualist and this girl is my plaything." The man said his voice cold and icy.

Whatever the scare tactic is it will not work on me. Jaden thought.

"Who are you? My first guess is that you are a boy trying to play dress up." Titan asked with an amused chuckle.

"I am Jaden Yuki, Supreme King of Darkness!" Jaden bellowed.

At the last of his sentence the air around both him and Titan swirled like a gale and became 20 degrees colder. Titan looked at the boy in fear.

How did that boy do that? I must find out his secrets! Titan thought.

"I challenge you to a dual." Titan shouted.

"I accept." Jaden said.

Okay, that's all for now. Sorry for the cliff hanger but I wanted to at least make it like the first season. Next chapter Jaden loses the girl that he loved in the past.

(Ducks to avoid thrown ax.)

Just kidding! Please review and tune in again.