A few days later, Alexis, Jaden and Jesse went to Alexis's mansion. The three of them sat down around the table to plan what their next course of action against the Iro Ryu.
"Alright Jay what are we ... " was all Jesse said before a roar was heard by all three. Jaden sheepishly rubs the back of his head.
"You still are a bottomless pit huh Jay?" was what Jesse said before his stomach roared out as well.
"Look who's talking Jesse," Jaden countered before Alexis sighed in annoyance and stood up from her seat.
"Alright I can't think if your stomach's are gonna make a fuss, so while I make a snack your free to look around the place but stay away from my room or no snacks for you."
While Alexis retreated to the kitchen, Jesse decided to look around the house while Jaden just looked around the living room. Jesse almost teased Jaden about being in his crushes home but a glare from Jaden quickly closed his mouth.
As Jesse looked around the house, he entered the room of Alexis's brother, Atticus. There, he found some shocking things related to the Iro Ryu. He found a familiar mask. It was black with a red gem with special visors to hide the wearer's eyes. Unlike most of the other masks, this only only covered the upper portion of the face. He also saw a photo of Atticus, and saw the hair.
"Nightshroud," Jesse said to himself. "Alexis's brother is Nightshroud, the Darkness Dragon."
Nightshroud was one of the four fangs of the dragon, a rank higher than the five claws. He was the best of the four fangs, ranking second in the Iro Ryu overall when he and Jaden were still part of the gang.
He knew Jaden should know, but wondered if he should tell Alexis. Just as Jesse was about to walk back and tell Jaden about what he found, the dorm swings open to reveal Jaden along with Alexis with tears around her eyes like she is about to cry.
"We were just coming to find you, Alexis has some snacks for us on the table to plan our next move," Jaden said.
Jesse and Jaden walk towards the kitchen table as Alexis silently follows behind with her head down. Both of the guys sit down and quietly enjoy the food that Alexis made along with some tea to drink. Both of them realized that this was a shock for Alexis to find out about and want to give her time to let this sink in, that as well as they don't want to be on the receiving end of her wrath when she explodes into rage. After about half an hour after Jesse found the mask, the boys finished their food, the door opened and Atticus came in.
"Hey, sis, I'm home!" Atticus said as he entered the mansion. However, he noticed Alexis's glare. "Oh, come on. I'm not that late."
"This isn't about you being late, Atticus!" Alexis shouted. "This is about you being part of a gang!"
"What are you talking-?"
"We saw the mask," Jesse said, getting Atticus's attention.
"The three of us know you're Nightshroud," Jaden followed-up. Atticus's eyes went wide. They knew his secret. Before he could ask how, Jaden answered. "Osiris and he was Gem."
He hung his head low in shame.
"I'm not Nightshroud. At least, not anymore. I was exiled after Darkworld became the Supreme Dragon. He knew that if I remained in the gang, I could team-up with Cyber End to beat him. I was hoping I was wrong when I saw the video of you, Osiris."
"I just go by Jaden now. But they are back. We're trying to figure out a plan to stop them."
Atticus nodded in understanding.
"Why don't we leave while you call the Fangs and we will see you tomorrow at school Alexis?" Jaden said as he dragged Jesse after him.
Alexis just goes into her room before Atticus can say anything and shuts her self inside as she cries herself to sleep on her bed. Realizing that he needs to give his sister some space to deal with the news of his involvement with the Iro Ryu, Atticus takes Jaden's advice and calls the rest of the Fangs.
Atticus called in the other Fangs for help, save for Black Rose. Jaden ended things with her when he found her cheating on him with Haou. He did get Vice, the Clear Dragon, and Doomfire, the Magma Red Dragon. Doomfire said he could get Destiny End, the Blood Red, on board with this, which would help with his legal connections, including the vice governor of Japan, Maximillion Pegasus. Once that was all done, Atticus hears a beeping noise nearby and quickly looks around the house before opening the front door. On the porch is a wrapped package beeping and Atticus quickly throws it away but the bomb inside quickly explodes sending him falling backwards into a table breaking it. Alexis hears the commotion and runs out to help her brother, but Haou grabs her by her wrists holding her tight against his body. He then hands her to Galaxy and Light/Darkness before walking over to Atticus while Cyber-End places a box nearby.
"I have a message for my brother I want you to deliver for me along with a package. Meet me at the abandoned stadium tomorrow at midnight for a one-on-one duel and if by some chance he wins we will let your sister go free. If he chickens out or loses, well the boys get to use her as their cocksleeve for the rest of her life or until they tire of her."
With his message delivered, Haou and the rest of the gang leave with a squirming Alexis trying to help her brother. As Atticus tried to reach out to Alexis, the lose of blood caused him to pass out as Haou laughed.
oh, man, things are getting really intense. Alexis's fate is in Jaden's hands.