Disclaimer: I don't own GX. Never have, never will.

Author's Note: And now I finally get around to writing the remake of the second story in the Breaking the Hold series. ...It occurs to me I need a better name for these series of fanfics.

I've said Alexis and I had more troubles to go through after we became boyfriend and girlfriend. Well, this was probably the first one.

Some time had passed since I beat Chazz and ended the Society of Light for good. I was getting ready to take Alexis on a date wh- Y'know, this was a pretty boring thing, actually. Let's just skip to when the big stuff happened.

"So, how was it?" Syrus asked, prying into my love life just as I returned from my date.

"None of your business." I said, lying back on my bed.

"But c'mon, Sarge!" Hassleberry cried. "You're the only one of us with a girlfriend. We need this information for when we have girlfriends!"

Hassleberry too?

"You too, Hassleberry?" I asked. Stop it, me!

"Hey!" Syrus shouted. "I have a girlfriend!"

"Card crushes don't count as girlfriends." Hassleberry said.

"She's real, I tell you!" Syrus yelled. "Duel Monster Spirit Day is coming up soon! I'll prove to you she's real then!"

"Well, you two enjoy your fight." I said, yawning. "Jaden need to catch up on sleep."

Yeah, while I was finally back on my usual sleeping schedule after defeating the Society, I still needed to make up for all the sleep I lost.

And I would have gotten it too, if not for one little thing. Two heads hanging down to look into my bunk.

"What is it now?" I asked my roomies as they smiled wildly.

"You have to tell us this much." Hassleberry said.

"Have you kissed her yet?" Syrus asked.

"What?!" I shouted. "Why would you two wanna know that?!"

"Well, Hassleberry hasn't had his first kiss yet, and I only got a cheek smooch from Dark Magician Girl, so..." Syrus started.

"And since you're the Sarge and all..." Hassleberry added.

"Well, don't ask me." I said with a shrug.

"What?" Syrus asked.

"Aw, Sarge, that's no fair." Hassleberry grumbled, leaning back into his bunk. "Private Truesdale gave you advice."

"Wait, Hassleberry, I don't think that's what he means." Syrus said, before gulping. "J-Jaden, you have kissed someone before, right?"

"Piece of cake!" I said.

"Oh, so you don't want to tell us because it's easier than we think it is?" Hassleberry asked.

"No. I mean I kissed a piece of cake." I explained. "It was so sweet and tasty, and delicious, I just had to proclaim my undying love for it!"

...Yeah, needless to say, I was hoping my first kiss with Alexis wouldn't end the same way things ended with the cake. Though I did hope it would taste as good!

"Wow, Sarge..." Hassleberry muttered. What? Nothing gets in the way of my stomach, especially not the best looking piece of cake ever!

"You know, Jaden, if you wait too long for this, Alexis might get the impression you don't like her." Syrus said, nodding his head.

"Oh, what would you know?" I asked. "You've been pecked on the cheek by a spirit!"

"Defensiveness." Hassleberry said. "The first sign someone is getting worried."

"I'm not worried." I said. "You guys just want to know about my love life so you don't have to try as hard when you have girlfriends!"

"No, we're not!" Syrus and Hassleberry shouted in unison.

"Defensiveness." I mocked.

Before we could get into a good ol' roommate argument, there was a knock at the door.

"Shoot!" Syrus said. "Someone must have sent in a noise complaint."

'I'm shocked they didn't do it sooner.' I thought as I got out of bed and walked to the door.

You know what's a beautiful sight? Seeing your girlfriend standing outside your room. What's less beautiful is seeing your girlfriend standing outside your room, drenched by the rain. ...Uh, I mean... You get the point! Alexis had been standing out in the rain!

"Jaden..." Alexis said, trying her best to sound strong.

Alexis tries her best never to show any signs of weakness. It's pretty admirable of her. But there are times when I can see past her tough exterior and see her inner sadness. ...And by that, I mean, I can do that for every last person I know. I am, in fact, a superhero. Super Emotion Detection is my power! It doesn't help much in stopping crime, but it saves the world a lot! Yep!

"What happened?" I asked, as I walked Alexis into the room.

"Chazz took his room back." Alexis said.

Yeah, the room Alexis had been staying in was given to her by Chazz. She had decided to stay at the Red Dorms because her brother and Crowler wanted her to become a pop idol. This was also, presumably, the reason Atticus was now pushing the two of us, after he heard something about a student at another Academy becoming an idol after dating the best duelist at that Academy. That's irrelevant to any of this, but I like stroking my ego!

"You could just go back to Obelisk Blue." Hassleberry said.

"Yeah, but then I'd be pressured to become an idol." Alexis said, sitting down at the desk.

"Look, I'll talk to Crowler in the morning, but for now..." I gulped. "...you could stay here."

"Really?!" Alexis asked, her face brightening a bit.

"What?!" My roomies shouted in shock.

'Whoops, forgot I had roommates for a second.' I thought to myself.

"You don't mind, right, guys?" I asked, rubbing my hands together sheepishly. Wait, sheep don't have hands. "It's only for one night."

"Jaden, Doctor Crowler might have been willing to help get you back to stop the Society of Light, but that doesn't mean your best friends now!" Syrus shouted.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Hassleberry said. "But when the common enemy is gone, they go back to being enemies! He'll use this as fodder to get you expelled."

"Oh, I'm sure Dr. C won't mind." I said.

"Since when has he allowed you to call him Dr. C?" Syrus asked.

"We're the best of buds!" I shouted. We weren't.

"Look, even if Doctor Crowler is fine with it, Vice Chancellor Bonaparte won't be." Alexis said. "I appreciate the offer, but I don't want to be the reason that the Silfer dorms are torn down."

"I bet Chancellor Sheppard would be cool with it." I said.

"Yeah, but he's still off doing who knows what." Syrus pointed out.

"Okay, look!" I shouted. "We still have dirt on Bonaparte! He trapped me in that forest! If he tries anything, I'll threaten to sue!"

No, that wasn't the reason Bonaparte got to stick around. The whole forest affair would slip my mind shortly after this.

Syrus climbed up to Hassleberry's bunk and the two had a mini-conference while Alexis and I looked on.

After a few minutes, Syrus crawled back down to his bed.

"We've talked it over." Syrus said.

"Private Rhodes can stay here." Hassleberry said.

"As long as she's fine with it." Syrus added.

"Well, Lex?" I asked, as we all turned our attention to her.

"Um, well..." Alexis said, looking at the floor. "If you guys are kicked out of the Academy because of me, I'll feel guilty for life."

"Alexis, I've put my life on the line for more serious matters." I reminded her.

"But that was for the sake of the world." Alexis pointed out.

"I'd put my life on the line just to protect you." I said, before adding a few awkward seconds later, "Or any of my friends." Nice save, huh?

"Well, if you're sure..." Alexis said.

Yeah, I asked her later. Turns out, she'd planned to take the rap if we were caught. A guy who will put his life on the line for his friends, and a girl who will lie about anything to protect her friends. We were made for each other.

Thankfully, for the most part, the night was normal. I had pulled out a spare sleeping bag and slept on the floor. What? You expect me to let my girlfriend lie on the floor? Fat chance!

For most of the night, things were quiet. However, at... very late in the night! I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on the door.

"Mm... What is it?" I muttered, pulling myself out of the sleeping bag.

"Hey, Jaden?" Atticus' voice rang through the door.

"Oh no..." I heard Syrus mutter from his bed.

I quickly shot Sy a look, saying "Be as quiet as possible."

Walking over to the door, I opened it a sliver.

"What's up?" I asked. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Do you?" Atticus asked. Hey, I asked first! "I went by Lexi's room to talk to her, but she's not there."

"We're dooooooomed..." I heard Syrus whisper from under a pillow.

"And you're first instinct is to ask me because..." I started.

"Two teenagers in the hot thrall of passionate love, on an island..." Atticus suggested, resulting in me blushing DEEP! "Things happen."

"Not between us." I hissed. "Look, after our date tonight, she said she was going to the Lyin Berry."

"Oh, alright." Atticus said, before looking back at me and tilting his head. "The Lying Berry?"

"Y'know, that booky place." I started explaining. "Where everyone is supposed to be quiet and they have a card catalog that doesn't involve actual Duel Monster cards?"

I could hear Syrus slapping his forehead behind me. Just to clarify, I DO know what the Library is! I was just very tired and the blood wasn't flowing to my brain. Plus, with all the worry, it made the word "Library" into "Lying Berry". We all understand, right? Good!

"Alright..." Atticus said with a look of confusion on his face. "I think I know where you're talking about. Thanks."

"What... do you need her for anyway?" I asked.

"We need to discuss her next date with you." Atticus said, smiling widely.

"Thanks..." I muttered sarcastically. "Well, see ya in the AM."

"It is the AM." Atticus pointed out before putting on a pleasant smile. "But good night."

I crawled back into the sleeping bag and drifted off to sleep. Really, I should have been wondering why Atticus was up so late, but hey, I was dead-tired. I'd ask him some other time. ...Just like I'd get Bonaparte fired. Look, I'll go make the call in a few minutes, okay?

I woke up the next day to Alexis staring at me while sitting in my bed.

"Good morning." I said with a smile on my face.

"You know, for someone who snores and drools in the middle of class, when you sleep at night, you look pretty cute." Alexis said, smiling one of the cutest smiles I ever woke up to. ...But only because it was the only smile I woke up to that wasn't my parents, Syrus, Chumley or Hassleberry. Or that one time Chazz sent Ojama Yellow to wake me up, but that hadn't happened yet, so... Where was I?

I managed to pull myself enough out of the sleeping bag and after shaking it off my leg, proceeded to bolt off to the outhouse to change into my uniform.

"So, where are Syrus and Hassleberry?" I asked, walking back in.

"At the Lying Berry." Alexis said, with a giggle. An honest-to-Horakhty giggle!

"I was tired, alright?" I asked, blushing slightly.

"Don't worry." Alexis said with a smile. "I thought it was cute." That girl really knows how to make a guy feel dumb and good at the same time.

"So, are they really there, or not?" I asked.

"They said they were gonna see if any rooms were available." Alexis said.

I couldn't help but smile. Even though I had sprung this on them and asked the world of them, they were still trying to help.

"Well, we should ask Crowler if he can help before class starts." I said.

"Right!" Alexis said with a nod.

And so, we headed to the Chancellor's office. However, we were not prepared for who would be there before us.

Author's Note: So, while Breaking the Society's Hold was pretty faithful to the original Breaking the Hold, just fixing some of the dumb things and expanding on a few concepts, Missing You, as can be seen here, is a bit more erratic. Whereas the first chapter of Breaking the Society's Hold was made of the first three chapters of Breaking the Hold, Missing You chapter 1 was made of Missing's first, second and fifth chapter. Yeah.

Expect other larger changes. Especially to the, uh... revelation, as the fans who read the original would know.