Hey everyone! Glad you liked the last chapter. Here's a new one. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh GX or Jess; she still belongs to ladydream-chan.
Claimer: YAY! This ENTIRE STORY IS MINE!!!! And the one or two or three OCs that show up that aren't Jess are also mine. :)
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Narrative POV
Julie sighed and pulled the sunglasses in her hair down over her eyes. Maria rolled over slightly in the carrier her mother held as they both got off the boat. They had just arrived at Duel Academy Island.
"Come on, Baby Girl. Now we have to find Daddy and Uncle Jaden," Julie whispered. Maria opened her bright green eyes to stare at her mother, blinking slightly. Julie sighed and began trudging toward the academy. Some students looked at her confused, wondering who she was. Others stared at her in surprise. She was their age and had a baby with her. She ignored them however and continued to look around her surroundings, looking for Jaden, Jesse, and maybe Angelina.
"Excuse me, Miss?" a voice called. Julie stopped and turned to see who was talking to her. A boy in an Obelisk Blue uniform with green hair was standing just behind her. He smiled charmingly at her.
"Yes? What is it?" She didn't recognize the boy but she wasn't getting any strange vibes from him. Still, she was cautious as she stared at him, her eyes narrowed. He took a step toward her, to which she took one back.
"I couldn't help but notice that you were looking for someone. Maybe I could be of assistance." His eyes were soft and his smile inviting. Still, many years as a Blood have taught Julie many things. One of which was to never trust a book by its cover.
"I'd actually rather find them for myself, if you don't mind." He smiled at her and took another step; only it was a much larger one so he was close enough to place his hand on her shoulder. She shook him off quickly.
"I'd really like to help. Believe me, I don't bite." He wasn't going to leave her alone anytime soon, Julie knew that. So she surrendered with a sigh.
"Do you know where Jaden Yuki is?" The boy placed his hand on his chin.
"Jaden Yuki? I believe he is at the Slifer Cafeteria right about now." He smiled at her and extended his arm toward her. "Shall I escort the beautiful mother there?" She couldn't help but smile at him and take his extended arm. He then began to lead her toward the Slifer dorms. He smiled down at her after a moment. "So, what's the name of the cutie you're carrying?" Julie glanced down at her baby, who wasn't asleep but looking all around her.
"Her name is Maria," she said.
"What a lovely name. And what is her beautiful mother's?" She knew he was flirting with her and even though she should be pushing him away, it made her feel special to have someone look at her like that. But Jesse's gaze toward her was so much more.
"Julie." She smiled up at him.
"Julie, a beautiful name for a beautiful woman." He smiled at her. A blush bloomed on her cheeks, but she continued to smile at him nonetheless. "My name is Yusuke (1)."
"Nice to meet you, Yusuke." They continued to walk in silence until Yusuke spoke up again.
"Are you here to see the father?" Julie blinked and looked up at Yusuke. He was smiling at her still. She shook her head.
"No, well yes, but Jaden isn't Maria's father. Her father is here with him, visiting. But I need to see them both." Yusuke nodded.
"Very well, and what is his name? The father I mean."
"Jesse." Yusuke just nodded again. Julie sighed and glanced to the right, as Yusuke was on her left. She froze when she saw something blur past her vision. He looked at her confused.
"What is it?" She shook her head and turned around, handing Maria's carrier to him and the baby bag as well.
"Nothing you need to worry about. Just…go to the dorm and find Jaden and Jesse. Tell them I'm here and nothing more, okay?"
"What about when they ask me where you are and why I have Maria?" Julie bit her lip and looked over her shoulder.
"Tell them I ran off and gave Maria to you, okay?" She looked back to see him nod. "Good, now get to them now!" With that, Julie took off running into the woods, leaving behind a very confused Yusuke and a smiling Maria.
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Jaden's POV
I sighed and looked at Jesse. "She isn't going to call this instant. You just left her a message. Give her a little while to reply, would ya?" He frowned but closed his phone and set it on the table. I snatched it up so he wouldn't be tempted to call Julie again. He glared at me, but let me keep his phone.
"Are you sure she hasn't called yet?" Syrus asked. Jesse nodded.
"I've had it on all day, on me at all times. If she called, I would have picked up by the first ring," he answered. Alexis looked at him. She was sitting on my lap, our hands twined beneath the table.
"Maybe she's just really busy." I smiled at her.
"That's exactly what I said." Jesse rolled his eyes and opened his mouth, like he was about to say something, when Mindy and Jasmine ran in.
"Oh my god! You'll never believe what we just saw!" Mindy screamed. Chazz looked at her.
"Good, because I really don't care what you saw." She stuck her tongue out at him and looked at everyone else.
"What did you see, Mindy?" Syrus asked.
"Yusuke! And he was carrying a baby!" Jasmine exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. Atticus looked at them, his eyes questioning they're sanity.
"Yusuke and a baby?" They nodded. He shook his head. "Yusuke doesn't even know anyone with a baby." They scowled at him.
"Don't believe us?" We all shook our heads. "Fine, come and see for yourself." They ran out of the room, leaving us no other option but to follow them. When we walked out, we did indeed see Yusuke walking toward us, a baby bag on his shoulder and a carrier in his hand. Jesse shoved his way past me and made his way toward Yusuke.
"Maria!" he gasped. Yusuke looked up at him and smiled. He walked over to him, the carrier extended toward him. Sure enough, it was Maria in the carrier. As soon as she saw her daddy, she began to smile and reach out toward him.
"You must be Jesse," Yusuke said. Jesse took Maria out of her carrier and held her in his arms. She reached up and began to tug on the hair that framed his face. He looked at Yusuke in shock.
"How do you know my name and how do you have Maria?" I was surprised when he didn't sound angry, only surprised. Yusuke set down the now empty carrier and baby bag.
"I met her mother." Jesse gasped.
"Julie is here?" Yusuke nodded.
"Yes. She said she came here to talk to you and Jaden, only she ran off a little while ago." I walked forward, looking at Yusuke.
"Where did she run off to?" I asked. Yusuke just shrugged.
"She wouldn't tell me." I looked at Jesse, who was frowning at me. Maria continued to giggle and tug on her father's hair.
"Should we go look for her?" Syrus asked. Jesse scowled at nothing, his hand smoothing over Maria's hair without really thinking about it.
"No. She'll come to us," he said. I opened my mouth about to say something when suddenly, someone screamed. Everyone whirled around in time to see Julie flying out of the woods, sliding on her side. She grunted in pain and flinched as she sat up. Her clothes were torn and blood coated the cuts and holes. There was a cut on her head that caused blood to cake in her hair.
"Julie!" everyone screamed. She didn't look back at us, only doing a backwards summersault as another girl lunged out of the trees, landing just where she was. The other girl looked like she was in much worse shape than Julie. Her long, jet black hair was tied behind her head and her black outfit was torn in some places with sleeves missing in others. Her nose was crooked and she had two black eyes.
"There's nowhere to run now, Blood Bitch!" the other girl snarled. Julie glared at her and got to her feet shakily. Her left arm hung limply at her side.
"I think her shoulder's dislocated," I whispered to Jesse. He clenched his jaw and nodded.
"Now you die!" the black girl pulled a gun from out of nowhere and aimed at Julie. Everyone gasped, but Julie merely spun around and tried to kick it out of the girl's hand. Except that she anticipated her attack and raised her arm just out of Julie's range. "Ha! That shit don't work twice!" But Julie only flipped with her leg extended and knocked the gun out of her hand, sending it soaring high into the air until it slid to the right. The girl screamed in pain, crumpling to her knees and clutching her now broken wrist. Julie stood over her, breathing deeply.
"You can't kill me if you can't fight at all," she said. The girl spat at her feet.
"Fuck you." She drew another gun and flipped out of Julie's way. "Now die!" She didn't wait as the gun was aimed at her. She instead ran toward the right, sliding on her side toward the gun. The girl followed her the entire way.
"Oh, God! It's going to be close!" Bastion gasped. Jesse reached out and clutched my forearm tightly. His face was bone white and I could tell he felt useless just watching. But there was nothing he could do, so I let him cling to my arm so hard that I knew I would have a fresh bruise.
We all watched as Julie's hand closed around the gun and she spun upward, pointing the gun at the girl and pulling the trigger. However, the girl also had her gun pointed at Julie. And she pulled the trigger as well. Everyone was silent as we watched, wondering what the outcome was. Suddenly, the black girl coughed up blood and fell backwards, the gun sliding from her grip. Julie breathed a sigh of relief and fell completely down, her right arm extending out and the gun slipping from her grip.
"Julie!" Jesse screamed as he handed Maria off to Alexis, who took her and held her tenderly against her chest. He took off toward her, sliding to her side in the blink of an eye. Maria giggled and clapped her hands as she watched her dad run. I followed after him, only I walked over to the now dead girl. The rest of the gang walked over to them.
"Julie, are you okay?" Mindy gasped. She nodded and sat up, Jesse helping support her. She pulled her legs up and placed her left arm between her knees. Holding onto her arm tightly, she placed her right hand on her left shoulder and with one swift twist, popped her shoulder back into place. She winced once, but rolled her shoulder and cracked her neck.
"I knew I'd regret letting that bitch live," she muttered as she looked back at the girl she just shot. Jesse scowled at her.
"What happened?" Julie looked at him.
"It's a long story." He frowned at her but suddenly leaned forward and captured her lips with his own. She kissed him back, cradling his cheek with her right hand. The gang watched, smiling, but I just looked away and down at the corpse at my feet.
She was young, maybe sixteen. Her bright green eyes stared up at me, lifeless. Blood pooled underneath her body from the bullet wound in her chest, right through her heart. Julie has great aim. My eyes continued to roam over the body until they land on her throat, freezing on the silver pendent nestled in it. My breath froze in my throat and my eyes grew wide.
"It can't be," I whispered. I have never been more afraid in my entire life, even when the war between Cribs and Bloods happened last year. I dropped to my knee, kneeling next to the body. I reached out and ripped the pendent from her throat.
"Jaden, what is it?" Alexis asked, leaning next to me. I stood up and looked at her. She gasped when she saw the naked fear on my face.
"Jesse, I think I know why Julie is here," I said, looking at him. He turned his head to look at me. Julie and he had their foreheads pressed together but now her forehead was pressed against the side of his head, her eyes closed.
"What?" he asked. I held up my hand and flashed the pendent, the sunlight glistening brightly off it. He gasped and fear and panic rose on his face. He knew exactly what was going on.
All because of the skull and crossbones pendent that I held in my hand.
"What is it?" Aster asked, looking at the pendent. I lowered my arm and looked at him.
"This is the symbol of the Skulls."
"Who are the Skulls?" Hassleberry asked. I looked right at him.
"A monstrous gang that the Cribs and Bloods disbanded years ago," I said.
"And they swore revenge for what we did," Jesse said. Julie looked up.
"And now they're back to make good on their word."
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Oh my god! Skulls? Who the hell are they?
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1: Okay, not exactly sure who knows and who doesn't know about Yusuke. But he is in season four of YuGiOh GX, which 4kids didn't do. You can just look him up. For those who do know who he is, I make him good. Not sorta or completely evil like he is in the anime. Not exactly sure what he is. : )
