Pairings: Haou x Yubel (human)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh Gx, but I wish I did…oh well. Enjoy!

-Oasis Dimension, Jaden's Room-

Jaden was looking out from the double window that would lead out to the balcony. The brunette would enjoy watching the villagers and duel monsters working together, peacefully.

That would mean that his brother wasn't a cold bastard on how some people say he was. Heck, some of the guards and maids are scared of him. But in his childhood memories, Haou may have been quiet, but never cruel and heartless.

"Was…my disappearance caused him to be this way?" Jaden murmured, softly.

"Kuri?"

Jaden looked up to his partner with a worried look on his face. The brunette smiled before looking over at the balcony to see Flame Wingman was guarding the window while Inferno Wing was guarding the front door.

Aqua was summoned by his brother, leaving Jaden alone though the water priestess did leave some books for him to read while she was gone.

But he hasn't opened any of them.

Jaden bite his lip, nervously before looking around the room then down at his injured ankle. Ella came not too long ago and said that he would be able to walk by tomorrow.

"Kuri – Kuri!"

Jaden looked up to see his partner flying over to the discarded books before jumping onto one. The brunette tilted his head before picking up the selected book. "The photo album?" he asked, turning his head, "What about it, Kuriboh?"

The winged spirit jumped up and down before making the book to open and turned to a page he wanted for Jaden to see. It was him as a baby while his brother looked about five years old. His brother was holding onto him or was trying to and had a small smile on his face.

On the picture, there was a message: Haou, age 4 holding his baby brother, Jaden, 6 months old for the first time.

Jaden smiled upon seeing the picture before hearing the door opened. He looked up to see his brother and Aqua walking inside before Haou whispered to Aqua. She nodded and left the room.

"Are…Are you done with…" started Jaden but couldn't finish.

Haou frowned, "If you referring about that bastard, then yes, I'm done for today. I'll wait until Johan returns tomorrow for his sentence."

Jaden looked down, "Does…Does he have to go through so much torture? Why not just…um well, you know…"

"Kill him?" Haou finished.

"Yea, that," murmured Jaden, softly.

Haou sighed before taking a seat on the armchair, right across from Jaden. "I want to see the fear in his eyes, begging for his useless life before ending him."

'At least he's honest,' thought Jaden, frowning. "Can you think of some other kind of punishment? This…This wouldn't resolve anything."

Haou slammed his hands on the table, "And let him get away of his crimes?! Jaden, he could have killed you! Did you honestly think I will let him live after what he had done to you?!"

Jaden flinched, "I…I know Haou, but your…um, your punishments are a bit too…medieval?"

Haou just started at his younger brother before getting up and walked out to the balcony, shutting the door behind him.

Jaden lay down on the couch while hugging Winged Kuriboh. The brunette sighed, "You know Kuriboh…I sort of…enjoyed…hearing that man scream. Am…Am I a heartless person just by enjoying someone's pain?"

"Kuri, Kuri," said Winged Kuriboh, shaking his head.

"You're not heartless Jaden," said Aqua as she walked into the room with a tray of food. She frowned when she noticed someone was gone, "Where's your brother, Jaden?"

"We sort of had a little…argument, I think," replied Jaden before pointing over to the window. "He went out to the balcony and closed the window door."

"I see," murmured Aqua, shaking her head. She grabbed a bowl of beef stew and placed it in front of Jaden, "Start eating while I go deal with your brother."

Jaden smiled, "Thanks."

Aqua smiled before opening the window door and closed it behind her. She saw that Haou was leaning onto the balcony and was looking down at the castle grounds.

She crossed her arms, "So, mind telling me why I found your younger brother upset?"

Haou snapped out of his thoughts, "He's…really that upset?"

"You know that Jaden was quite emotional even to the smallest of things," stated Aqua before narrowing her eyes. "But it would seem that you need to be reminded about that small detail."

Haou slightly narrowed his eyes before turning his head to his left. "He wants me to give mercy to his attacker. How can he be so forgiven after what he has done…?" The older brunette was interrupted by a slap on his cheek. He slowly reached over to his injured cheek and placed his hand on it. "You – You slapped me?!"

"To knock some sense to you!" Aqua scolded, placing her hands on her hips. "Of course, Jaden is a forgiven person! Don't you remember of your mother?! She was cherished as a Pure Hearted Queen and that was passed on to your brother! So, stop being stupid!"

Haou blinked his eyes before looking down at the ground with a bit of guilt. He sighed before walking back inside to his brother's sitting room. Inside, he saw that his brother was eating his lunch. Haou walked over to his brother and placed his hand on his head.

Jaden jumped a bit before looking up to his face. "Haou?"

"…You're just like mother. It's hard to control my emotions…"

Jaden shrugged, slightly, "Is…that such a bad thing though? Showing your emotions isn't all that bad unless of course, you want some privacy."

Haou twitched his mouth, "If only I can get some around here, but being King, I don't."

Jaden giggled before pointing at the table, "Aqua brought us lunch and it's really good."

"You don't say," said Haou as Aqua came inside. He turned over to her, "Let me guess…it's your famous beef stew, correct?"

Aqua smiled, "You know me too well, Haou. I will let you two be while I go and help Lily and Ella. Johan and the troops will be returning tomorrow."

Haou nodded before going over to the table and begin eating his lunch.

When they finished, Haou collected his paperwork and brought it to Jaden's sitting room while Jaden was reading a book about the 12 dimensions.

After working for an hour, Haou stopped before hearing some snoring. He turned over to see his younger brother sleeping and had the book on top of his chest.

Haou chuckled a bit before getting up and retrieved a blanket from his brother's bedroom. He removed the book before placing the blanket over his brother.

The older brunette was about to return to his work before having second thoughts and decided to take a break. He walked over to where Jaden was sleeping and sat on the couch before he fallen asleep as well.

That's how Aqua and Lily found them.

"Maybe we should just leave them be," murmured Lily, nervously. She bites her lip, "I mean we shouldn't interrupt his majesty's rest time."

Aqua sighed before summoning her staff and pointed over to Haou and Jaden. Lily panicked, knowing what the water priestess is going to do.

"No, don't! You'll get punished Lady Aqua!"

The water priestess just winked at her before casting a water spell over to the two brothers and released it. The two immediately shot up and glared at Aqua.

"Why did you have to wake us up like that, Aqua?" Jaden shouted.

"Was it necessary for you to do that?" Haou asked, slightly annoyed.

"Considering that is close to dinner and…I can see you haven't finished the paperwork then, yes," replied Aqua, crossing her arms.

Haou slightly pouted before grabbing a pillow…and throw it to Aqua's face.

Lily who was behind the water priestess had a shock look on her face before twitching her lips. The young nurse spirit just couldn't believe what she witness.

King Haou had thrown a pillow at Aqua, something rather…childish.

Lily looked over at Aqua before backing away from her when she saw the water priestess twitching her eyebrow.

"If that's how you want to play it," murmured Aqua before pointing her staff towards them again.

Haou widened his eyes while Jaden had a confused look before the two of them were completely soaked. "Aqua!" Haou shouted.

"Enough of that. You're not fifteen anymore," stated Aqua. "Now clean yourselves up while I go get your food. Will you be eating here again?"

"Can we eat outside?" Jaden asked.

Haou thought for a moment, "Aqua, have our supper at the hot springs."

"Very well," said Aqua before leading a speechless Lily out of the room.

"There are hot springs here?" Jaden asked.

"Yes, but I rarely use it," replied Haou before picking up Jaden. "It was mostly used for relaxation for our parents while you and Jesse would play in the water."

Jaden thought for a moment before smiling a bit as he remembers.

It didn't take that long to arrive at the hot springs which was breathe taking. Jaden was in awe before his brother placed him on one of the chairs.

Haou removed the bandages around Jaden's ankle and examined it. "It looks like it's healing quite well. A little time in the hot springs will heal your ankle completely."

"Is the water in the springs has some kind of healing magic?" Jaden wondered as he was removing his wet clothes.

"Mm…I guess," said Haou, handing his brother a towel. He then removed his own wet clothes and wrapped his black towel around his waist.

The old brunette picked up Jaden and placed him at the edge of the water.

"Awesome! The water feels great!" Jaden said, happily. The young brunette could move his ankle with much ease before he started swimming a bit.

Winged Kuriboh appeared and went into the water as well.

Jaden laughed before looking over to his brother who was sitting at the armchair with his eyes closed. The young brunette thought for a moment before smirking and swam quietly over to his brother.

"Hey Haou!" Jaden shouted.

The older brunette opened one of his eyes before getting splashed upon his face. His eyebrow twitched with a bit of annoyance and smirked a bit upon seeing Jaden laughing.

"Bulls eye!" Jaden said, happily. He smiled, sheepishly, "No hard feelings, right brother?"

"Of course, brother," murmured Haou, smirking. "But don't you think I will let this slide."

Jaden tilted his head while Kuriboh settled on top of the brunette's head. The young brunette was at a loss before widening his eyes upon seeing his brother jumping into the spring.

Jaden had a panic look on his face before going underwater.

Haou went underwater as well, but he couldn't see his brother. He reemerged out of the water and looked around, "Now, where did you go?"

Unknown to him, Jaden was sneaking behind him and grabbed hold his brother's shoulders. The younger brunette put his whole weight onto the older one which caused them to go underwater.

The two stayed under for about a few seconds before resurfacing, but in the last second, Jaden took his brother's towel.

"Jaden, I know you're only trying to have some fun, but…" started Haou before looking down to see his towel missing. He blushed, "J-Jaden! Give me back my towel!"

Jaden just grinned before swimming away from his brother and sat at the edge of the spring. "Come and get it!"

Haou sighed, but before he could move, Aqua came back with their dinner and placed it on the table. She smiled, "Glad to know you two are having fun, but it's time for dinner."

"Sweet! I'm starving!" Jaden said before smirking over to his brother. "Come on Haou, or I'll end up eating your dinner as well."

Haou blushed some more, "I…I – damn it Jaden! Give me back my towel!"

"Towel?" Aqua said before seeing Jaden holding a black towel while his own red towel was around his waist. She blinked her eyes before she started to laugh.

"Aqua! Don't encourage his actions!" Haou said, slightly whined. He pouted, "Can you at least give me my towel from that little monster?"

"Hey!" Jaden shouted.

Aqua shook her head before snatching the black towel from Jaden and throws it to Haou. She then picked up Jaden and placed him on one of the chairs. "Had fun?" she asked with a playful smirk.

Haou glared at her before playfully hitting Jaden on the head. "That's for taking my towel."

Jaden pouted, rubbing his head, "Well excuse me for trying to have some fun around here. I really miss my friends in Duel Academy."

"And which friends are those?" Haou asked as he took a seat.

Jaden grinned, "Well there's Syrus, he's a bit shy but once you get to know him, he's really awesome. He's my very first friend as we meet in our entrance exams. Then there's Chumley…"

It took about an hour for Jaden to tell his brother about his friends but didn't have the gut to mention about the events had happen when he was in the school.

'He will most definitely not allow me return back if I tell him about the Scared Beast incident and the fight of that soul fragment of the Light of Destruction.'

"Interesting," murmured Haou before smirking. "I wouldn't mind having a duel with that Zane or that Aster boy. You say they're Professional duelists, correct?"

Jaden nodded, "At first I sort of lose against Zane and Aster, but when I duel them for the second time, I won."

Haou smiled before making an annoyed face, "If only I could have a 'private' meeting with that professor of yours. What was his name again? Crowler?"

"You're just going to make it worse if you do," stated Jaden before pouting a bit. "I mean he's not a bad teacher. He just…strict about his teaching, that's all."

"…fine. Spoil my fun," murmured Haou.

"You know it would be neat if you team up with Zane and duel against me and Syrus," said Jaden, excitedly. "Who will win? Older brothers or younger brothers?"

Haou thought for a moment, "Sounds…tempting. I'll think about visiting the human dimension, but we have to wait when Johan and Jesse come back from the Dark World."

Jaden widened his eyes, "J-Jesse?! He's here?!"

Haou blinked his eyes, "I guess I forgot to mention about that. He was found and taken to my stronghold in the Dark World where he regained his memories."

Jaden jumped up and down, grabbing onto Kuriboh, "Jesse's coming, Kuriboh! I can't wait!"

Aqua hold onto Jaden's shoulders, "Alright settle down. Your ankle shouldn't be putting that much pressure still. Now sit back down before you hurt your ankle any further."

Jaden rubbed his head, sheepishly before sitting down and continued with his meal.

"Mind fetching some fresh clothes for us Aqua?" Haou asked before frowning. "I'm not walking back inside with just my towel."

"Of course," said Aqua, bowing and left the two brothers to finish their meal.

-Break Line-

A little brotherly bonding and argument. Looks like Jaden is getting used to living with his brother minus the part on how he treats his prisoners. I wonder how Jaden will react when he reunites with Jesse, but the question is, how will Jaden will react to know that his friends are there as well?

Find out next re-edited!