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Jaden's POV

"Are you sure it's smart to just come busting in like this?" Tony demanded, but a moment too late. I just kicked in the front door, gun drawn as I looked for the Skull that had been so daring as to attack my friends here.

"Too late now." I looked at him. "You look upstairs, I'll look down here."

He nodded and went up the stairs, gun tight in his grip. I let out a breath and walked down the hall, checking every room, every closet, every empty place where anyone could hide and I came up with nothing. After five minutes I found myself in the living room, looking around. I lowered my arm, the one that held my gun.

"What the hell? Where is that Skull?" I scratched the top of my head. Suddenly, a gun is fired, a bullet flying right past my head. I turned slowly, staring at the leader of the Skulls, the very man whose whole existence revolves around torturing and killing me. I sagged slightly, giving a humorless chuckle as I shook my head.

"I should have known."

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Narrative POV

"You guys should have your own tab," the nurse teased, finishing wrapping a bandage around Yusei's chest. Everyone laughed softly, glad to see the hospital personal were more interested in treating everyone's wounds than finding out how they got them in the first place. First they bring Julie in with a bullet in her head. Then Jesse ends up with multiple broken ribs and bruises everywhere, including a slightly sprained wrist. Next Atem showed up with multiple stab wounds and finally Yusei showed up, more broken ribs that Jesse and a gunshot wound.

"Just add it to Julie's bill, Nurse. I'll cover it all," Nathan said, raising his hands when everyone began to object. "I'm paying for everything and that's final."

The nurse smiled. "Very well, Mr. Carter." She stood up and bowed in respect. "Well, I'll be leaving you all alone." She left the room, closing the door softly behind her.

"So now the only Skull that remains is the leader, right?" Hassleberry asked, looking around. Everyone nodded.

"Yeah, Giese, Kalin, Camula, and Bakura are all dead." Jesse bounced Maria and his knee as he held Julie's hand.

"It's almost over," Jim said, looking around at everyone.

"Thank goodness," Yugi said, breathing a sigh that was almost relief.

"Yug, do you mind if I ask you something?" Joey asked, looking at him.

Yugi shrugged. "What's on your mind, Joey?"

"Why are you guys here? Shouldn't you be back at the mansion?"

Everyone else looked up at him, curious looks on their faces.

"Well, no. Jaden called and said that Atem told him the house was compromised." Yugi looked at Atem. "Didn't you?"

"No. Why would I have any reason to believe the house might have been compromised?"

Yugi frowned. "Jaden said Bakura told you that we were all in danger where we were."

"Bakura said no such thing and even if he did, why would I tell Jaden? I would have contacted you myself."

"But why would Jaden call and lie to you?" Jack asked.

"He wouldn't," Jesse said, looking a bit worried. "Jaden doesn't even know what compromised means, so how could he use it properly?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"I'm calling him," Aster ripped out his cell phone and began dialing. After a moment he snapped it shut. "Damn, it's off."

"I can't get through via the walkie-talkie either," Tristan said.

"Try Tony," Jesse ordered. Jess pulled out her cell phone and dialed Tony, but hung up after a moment. Jesse made a face. "Let me guess, right to voicemail?"

She nodded.

"His walkie-talkie isn't working either."

"This isn't good," Serenity said.

"No, it isn't," Jim agreed, looking around. He looked ready to speak again when someone interrupted him.

"Ugh."

"Julie!" Alexis gasped, looking at her. Everyone quickly looked at the bed, seeing that Julie was indeed slowly coming to. Her eyes were pulled tighter until they slowly blinked open, her pupils slowly adjusting to the light.

"Uh," she groaned, using her free hand to rub her forehead. "My head is killing me."

"It almost did," Jesse said, smiling softly. She looked at him, confused.

"You look like hell," she said, noting all the bruises and cuts on his face.

"I'm not the one in the hospital bed."

Julie looked down at herself then back at him, even more confused. "I don't understand, what's going on?"

"Jewels, don't you remember anything?" Nathan asked, moving closer to her. She frowned and looked down at the sheets, a thinking look on her face. After a moment, she slowly looked up and around the room.

"Where's Jaden?"

"We don't know," Joey said. "We can't get a hold of him, but he should be okay. I mean, Tony's with him."

Julie shot up then, nearly jumping out of the bed. "WHAT!"

"Julie, calm down!" Jesse tried to tug her back into bed, but she jerked away from him.

"What's wrong, Julie?" Atem asked, looking concerned. She glared at him.

"What do you think! Isn't it obvious?"

"Let's pretend it isn't and you become kind and explain it to us," Kaiba snapped.

She just glared at him. "Tony's the one who shot me and killed Camula!"

Everyone grew quiet.

"What?" Jess whispered.

"That can't be true," Bastion said.

"Oh, it is! I stared right at him as he shot me!" She was glaring around the room.

"But why would Tony shoot you and kill Camula?" Yusei asked.

"Because he's the leader of the Skulls!"

"We've been played!" Crow screamed. Everyone quickly got up.

"Tony must have somehow tricked us out of the mansion! That has to be where he and Jaden are!" Yugi said.

"Well what are we still doing here!" Joey ran out of the room, everyone following him.

"Julie, you stay here," Jesse said, trying to hand her Maria.

"No way, I'm coming too!" She got out of bed, pulling on the clothes that were sitting on the end of the bed.

"You were just shot, Julie! Stay here with Maria!" Jesse grabbed her arm, already have handed off Maria to Nathan.

Julie glared at him. "We don't have time to argue! I'm coming along and you're not going to change my mind!"

They glared at each other for another moment, would have been longer if Alexis hadn't screamed for them to hurry.

"Fine, but you stay close." Jesse grabbed her hand and they ran out of the room, sprinting after everyone else. Nathan stayed behind in the room with Maria.

"I can't believe I fell for that cheap trick," Yugi said.

Jess looked at him. "Don't feel bad, Yugi. Tony tricked us all."

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Jaden's POV

"I really am an idiot," I said, shaking my head. "I can't believe I ever trusted you. All of the signs were there, pointing to you as the leader, Tony."

Tony smiled, gun still pointed at me. A skull and crossbones pendent hung around his neck, proving he was aligned with the Skulls. "Don't feel bad, Jaden. Every single one of your friends and so called reinforcements fell for my act." He made a face. "Except for that bitch Julie, but she never really figured out who I was either."

"Julie didn't know you weren't with us, she just didn't trust you. It's just part of who she is."

Tony's smile widened. "Is that why all of you wrote off her distrust in me?" He laughed. "Well fancy that! Julie helped me rather than hurt me."

"Is that why you tried to kill her? More than once?"

Tony looked surprised. "What? You don't think I sent my Skulls after her simply because she was a Blood."

I snorted. "Please, if you were to send all of your Skulls after one person it certainly wouldn't have been Julie."

He chuckled, nodding. "You are smarter than you give yourself credit for." He looked at me, smiling. "All right, sense you're going to die here I might as well tell you everything, just so you can die knowing that I beat you in every way, shape, and form."

'We'll see about that.' I narrowed my eyes at him. "Well, I'm all ears."

"I'm a lawyer, Jaden, and my specialty is inheritance. My most recent client was named Ezekiel Francis Drake the third. Just in case that name doesn't ring any bells, Melanie Drake was Julie's mother. Therefore, Ezekiel Francis Drake the third is Julie's grandfather."

"So? What does her long lost grandfather have to do with you wanting her dead?"

He smirked wickedly. "Everything." He took a step closer to me, gun still completely level. "You see, Jaden, Mr. Drake was a multi-millionaire, who would only grow richer even after death. But, sadly, he had no family except for his runaway daughter." Tony looked at me. "He didn't even know about Julie until he hired a private eye to find Melanie."

"But instead of finding Melanie he found Julie."

Tony pointed at me. "See? You are smarter than you think you are. That's right, he found Julie. And you know what he did, even though he's never once met her?"

"No, but I have a feeling you're going to tell me."

"He rewrote his will so everything of his was left to Julie…everything! All his money, all his power, everything he possessed would go to her." He glared at me. "And I simply couldn't allow that."

"Why? So what if Julie had a lot of money, what does it matter to you?"

"I could care less about the money. Mr. Drake has power, and lots of it. This power won't die with him. Like I just said, Julie would inherit it."

"And you want it."

"Just a little, but I was more interested in what she could do for you and everyone around you."

I narrowed my eyes at him, confused. He was slowly pacing the room, gun pointed at me the entire time. "What do you mean?"

"New lives, for all of you. This whole gang nonsense would seem like a bad nightmare with what she could do for you." Tony stopped and looked at me, leaning closer. "And why would I want anyone to have the power to make all your pain go away?" He lowered the gun slightly and pulled the trigger, shooting me in my leg.

"Agh!" I dropped down and clutched my leg, hissing in pain.

"The answer is I wouldn't!" he snapped, baring his teeth. "So I took matters into my own hands."

"Even if you managed to eliminate Julie you still wouldn't get anything!" I argued.

"Wrong, I'd get everything."

"HOW!"

"I was the default beneficiary. If Julie died, went missing, or refused to inherit, then I would in her place." He smiled. "I helped Mr. Drake through a lot, so he felt his fortune and power would be safe with me."

"If only he knew what kind of monster you really were," I growled. Tony frowned and aimed his gun, shooting me again, only in the shoulder. "Gah!" I collapsed back, clutching my shoulder with one hand, trying to stop the bleeding.

"I guess you're right, but it doesn't matter. I'll simply kill Julie once I'm finished with you. I'll still win."

"Hurray for you, Tony, if that is your real name." I looked up at him from my place on the floor. "You've won, so why are you still here?"

"Oh, I'm not done with our little game." He tapped the barrel of his gun against his palm. "And don't you want more answers? You managed to figure out my interest in Julie's death but you have yet to ask me a very important question." He looked at me, a completely fake hurt expression on.

"And what have I forgotten to ask?"

"Well, it's actually two things." He held up two fingers, dropping one so he only held up one. "The first one is fairly obvious."

"Don't you know? I'm quite dense."

He chuckled and shook his head. "No, you're not. You're quite brilliant actually, if given the right incentives that is." He sighed and looked at me closely. "Don't you want to know who killed your little blue haired friend Syrus?"

My body went limp, blood draining from my face as I stared at Tony. "Did…did you kill Sy?"

He smirked and leaned back, clapping his hands together. "Give Mr. Densehead a gold star! That's right, Genius, I killed your little friend."

"Why! Syrus never did anything to you!"

Tony pointed his gun at me. "Ah, almost true! But you're little friend was about to do something I simply couldn't allow."

"What?"

"He snooped where he shouldn't have snooped and found out who I really was, that I really was the leader of the Skulls." Tony dropped down so he was crouched a few feet away from me. "And he was going to tell you even though I warned him of the consequences."

I stared at Tony, too numb to feel any real shock or anger or…anything. "You threatened Syrus?"

"Of course!" Tony stood up and began to walk around the room again, simply tapping the barrel of the gun against his hand. "I pulled a gun out and everything, which I thought had done the trick. Syrus looked ready to die on the spot, but only because he was so scared." He stopped and looked at me. "But during the next two days after he discovered who I was, he must have found some serious guts."

"What do you mean?" I was getting extremely lost.

"He was going to tell you about me, using his 'personal item' excuse so he could get out of the house and catch you at the park." Tony chuckled. "Thankfully Yugi refused to let him leave unless he had some back up, and I was more than willing to accompany him." He smirked at me, causing my stomach to clench slightly.

"So, what? You killed Syrus to keep your cover?"

He shrugged. "Pretty much, but you should feel honored, Jaden."

"Why?"

"Don't you see? Syrus died trying to give you very important information; he died trying to help you." Tony whipped a fake tear from his eye. "He was such a good friend."

"Sy," I whispered, looking away from Tony and at the ground. 'Did you really die just trying to help me?'

Tony fired his gun again, the bullet entering my leg parallel to the first shot.

"Argh!" I pressed both hands against my leg, hissing my breath between my teeth.

"I'm not done! Don't you want to know the second question you should be asking?" He didn't look happy that was ignoring him.

"Honestly, Tony, I could care less right now."

He cocked his head to the side. "Come now, Jaden, I'm about to set you free. The least you could do is at least fain your attention."

I paled and looked at him closely. "You're about to kill me?"

"Not quite yet, but I'm about to tell you news that will finally free you."

"And what's that?"

He stopped pacing and looked at me. "You and I," he began, motioning between us with his gun, "are not really brothers."

"What?" That wasn't the news I was expecting, but he was right; something did seem to break away from inside me.

"That's right; you and I have absolutely no blood relation."

I shook my head slowly. "That's not possible. The DNA tests…"

He cut me off saying, "Forged. I have a buddy in the lab and he was more than willing to fake the results for me." He winked at me. "You could say he owed me."

"But why would you fake DNA tests just to prove that you were my brother?" I looked at him, shaking my head. "Things just aren't adding up here, Tony."

"Well allow me to be your calculator." He cleared his throat. "You could say that I faked the results just so I could gain your trust and get closer to Julie."

"Is that why?"

He chuckled. "No, but that would have made a good excuse." He shook his head. "No, the real reason, the 'x' factor in this equation has one name." He paused, probably so he could be dramatic, before he whispered, "Kaylee."

I can't take any more of these surprises; they're going to kill me.

"Kaylee? As in the little girl from my old orphanage?" As in the little girl who gave me the locket that Alexis now wore around her neck.

Tony nodded slowly. "The little girl from the orphanage to you, but I knew Kaylee in a different way."

"Really? What way is that?" I asked.

He stopped moving and glared heatedly at me. "She was my sister."

"Your what?"

"SISTER!" He shot me again, this time going straight through my already injured arm.

'Four,' I thought softly, looking at Tony as I clutched my arm.

"You found her body in an alley, right? Isn't that right, Jaden?" He was shaking now, his arm no longer steady. Talking about Kaylee was getting to him physically.

'Maybe…' I nodded. "Yes, that's how I found her body."

"Did you know I found her first, and I found her alive?" His voice was strained as he remembered everything. "Did you know she died in my arms? Did you know that with her last breaths that she told me why she was there, dying?"

"No, Tony, obviously I don't know any of this! How can I? I hadn't seen Kaylee since Jess and I ran away from the orphanage! Then how do I find her after many years? DEAD IN AN ALLEY! How the fuck am I supposed to know what happened between the time I left her at the orphanage and when I found her in the alley?"

"SHUT UP!" Tony fired again, but this time it was only a warning shot.

'Five.'

"Well, here's what she told me. A Skull found her. He figured out about your past at the orphanage and through that headmaster, he discovered Kaylee. They were going to use her, against you." Tears were pooling in Tony's eyes. For a second I almost felt sorry for him, but then I remembered he was a murderous psychopath that killed one of my best friends.

"But she wouldn't admit to knowing you! They tortured her and did unspeakable things to her but she kept silent, for you!" The tears ran down his cheeks. "Her very last words were: 'I'm glad I was able to die protecting him for a change.'" He cocked his head lightly to the side. "She died saving your worthless ass. There was no way I was going to let you get away with that."

"But I didn't kill her! The Skulls did! And look who you're leading now! Now that you're the leader of the Skulls, you've now had a hand in killing your sister!"

"Shut up!" He aimed the gun at me and pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. He looked at the gun in confusion.

"You're out of bullets, and out of chances." I jumped up and tackled him against the wall. He grunted in pain, the gun slipping from his fingers. He raised his leg up, kneeing me in the chest. I just grabbed his leg and swung him around, throwing him into the couch; the back broke off and it and Tony fell on the ground. Just when I thought I had the upper hand, Tony amazed me once more.

He jumped up and flipped over the couch, grabbing the collar of my shirt and flipping me over his back, slamming me onto the coffee table. I shattered it and groaned in pain, feeling wood and glass beneath my back. I forced my eyes open, seeing that I was staring down the barrel of a gun.

'Damn! A clutch piece!'

"This war is over." Tony released the safety on the gun. "Goodbye, Jaden Yuki."

And the gun fired.

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Narrative POV

Everyone froze on the walkway, looking up at the house.

"Did everyone else hear the gunshot?" Jim asked, looking around. Jesse and Julie looked at each other before sprinting into the house, everyone else hot on their heels. Jesse slammed through the door and turned into the living, stopping in his tracks.

"God," Kaiba said, covering his mouth with his hand. The scene before all of them was gruesome. Blood was…not everywhere, but it wasn't sparse. Pools of it were on the floor, especially beneath Jaden, who lay motionless on the shattered coffee table. Tony was on the ground as well, more blood around and underneath him. Furniture and other things were broken, casualties in this battle for life.

"Not again," Jesse whispered, shaking his head slowly. Flashbacks of last year's last battle, the one between Mark and Adrian, in which both brothers killed one another. This scene before them was an exact replica in that darkest moment of the Blood-Crib war.

"No, not again."

Everyone gasped and looked toward the scene, seeing something that shocked them all.

"Jaden!" Jess yelled, seeing her brother slowly standing up. He kept his backs to them, turning around slowly. Everyone saw that he was injured, severely injured, but he was alive. In his right hand he held a small gun; his clutch piece.

"Tony killed Camula and he tried to kill Julie," he said, still staring down at the gun in his hand.

"We know," Akiza said.

"He killed Syrus." His hand clenched around the gun.

Everyone gasped softly, looking around at each other.

"But he didn't kill you," Atem said after a moment.

Jaden shook his head. "I'm so stupid," he whispered.

"If you're stupid then we're all stupid, Jaden. We all believed him," Jesse said. Jaden just sighed and looked back at Tony, who lay motionless on the floor. Slowly, he turned and looked up, seeing Alexis staring at him. He flinched and looked away, ashamed.

"No," she whispered, rushing over to him and throwing her arms around him. He froze in shock. She leaned back, turning his face so he was looking right at her. "You can no longer hide from me. All of you is what I want to see." She pulled his face toward hers, pressing her lips against his. "All of you," she whispered against his lips.

His arms wound around her, holding her tightly against him, kissing her back.

Just when things are starting to look up, everything changed.

"Die!"

Tony jumped up, eyes blazing and gun rising; he was through playing possum.

"Jaden!" everyone yelled. Quick as lightning, Jaden snapped his eyes open and raised his gun at Tony. His eyes went honey, and he fired his gun. The shot's sound echoed around the room, followed by another and then another. Jaden fired seven times, emptying his gun into Tony's chest. He only stopped when he heard the click of an empty container.

Tony's gun clattered to the floor as the man pressed his hands against his bleeding chest. He coughed up blood, falling to his knees. His body started to twitch slightly but he looked up at Jaden, managed a weak glare before his eyes rolled back in his head and he finished collapsing to the ground: dead.

Jaden slowly lowered his arm, his other one securely around Alexis' waist.

"Um, Jaden?" Joey called. Jaden looked at him, eyes still honey colored.

"What?" His voice was slightly different.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

Joey pointed at the ground behind Jaden. "What do you have against coffee tables? I mean, that's the second one you've destroyed in the last three days."

Jaden blinked once, looked behind him, and then burst out laughing, eyes turning back to chocolate brown. Slowly, Jaden's laughter spread around the room until everyone was laughing, only stopping when Jaden regained his composure. He sighed and rubbed his free hand over his face, having dropped the empty gun to the floor.

"I don't know about the rest of you guys," he began looking at everyone. "But I'm ready to go home."

"Are we sure there's no more cults out to get us?" Jesse asked. Jaden chuckled and shrugged.

"Eh, let's worry about that tomorrow. Right now let's just get the hell out of here."

Jesse pointed at him. "Now that sounds like a plan."

Everyone slowly left the mansion, all in their own world of relief. The Skulls were finally gone, and the Bloods were finally free.

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YES! The war is OVER! :D

This chapter was way longer than I thought it would be! XD

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