Ruler of the Gentle Darkness (Chapter Seventeen)

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

15 YEARS LATER

It had been a long fifteen years since the duel that took place on Kaiba Island. In those long fifteen years everything had changed. Domino City had transformed into a Metropolis thanks to Kaiba Corp. So much so that the city had been renamed New Domino City.

Jaden Yuki had changed much as well in those last fifteen years not only retaining his title as King of Games even longer than Yugi did, but also took a partial job at Kaiba Corp. by helping Kaiba test out new dueling systems and new modules. Together they designed and tested a new way of dueling known as Turbo Dueling and it was a massive hit with duelists everywhere.

Jaden was also responsible for helping prevent a massive disaster that would have destroyed Domino City. The Ener-D system of Kaiba Corp. was almost completely overloaded intentionally, but Jaden managed to calm the core down and prevent it from splitting Domino and taking countless amounts of lives.

Jaden, now 32 years old, looked like he had barely aged as he still retained a very youthful appearance. His multicolored hair remained spiky and the same length as it did in his youth. He had grown slightly taller and had gotten more muscular, but overall he had stayed the same and remained in Domino City his whole life.

"Jason, c'mon" a youthful teenage voice called. The one who shouted was a boy who looked to be a young teenager and had slightly spiky dirty blond hair with streaks of brown in it along with dark brown eyes.

"I'm coming Jared; you duel hasn't even started yet" another voice shouted. This one was a boy as well with messy teal colored hair and storm grey eyes. Together the two boys ran through the streets of New Domino City dodging people left and right.

They had just turned a corner and started to take off at high speed only for something to grab the back of their collars making them comically choke before they fell to the ground. "WHAT THE HECK" the two of them shouted turning around and yelling at the two people who grabbed them.

The ones who grabbed them were two girls. One of them had multi-colored hair like Jared only it was a mix of purple and black with blond strands and bangs in the front. Her hair flowed down her back and her blue eyes shined brightly.

The other one was a girl with equally astounding beauty as the first girl as she had long white hair with a slight blue tint to it and pale skin with short bands on her forehead. She also had baby blue eyes and was quite tall.

"Oh, Allison, Kiara" Jared blinked when he recognized the two girls.

Allison Muto, daughter of Yugi and Tea Muto, crossed her arms over her chest staring disapprovingly at the two boys "You two are always late, running around the city causing problems. If you hadn't of slept in you wouldn't be having this problem."

"But I was tired" Jared whined childishly.

Kiara giggled slightly "Come on Ali, it's no harm. They're just excited to watch their father's duel."

"Yeah" Jason said with a nod. "We see our dad's duel all the time, but to see them actually duel side by side as a tag team is a rarity. It's an opportunity that can't be missed especially considering their opponents. I'm surprised you two aren't more excited."

"Of course we're excited" Allison said. "Nowadays dad doesn't duel very often so of course I want to go watch."

"Then why are we wasting time here when we could be at the Dueling Dome by now" Jared called out. Looking at his watch he grunted "That's it; Jason."

"I know" Jason nodded. With that both of them scooped the girls into their arms; Jared had Allison and Jason had Kiara.

Kiara squeaked with a red face while Allison blushed in embarrassment "Jared, put me down" she shrieked.

"Once we get to the dome" he shouted as he and Jason ran off with both girls in their arms. Thankfully no one was really paying attention to them so they ran without really being noticed.

SCENE CHANGE

A few minutes later they got to the entrance to the Dueling Dome. "Ah, we're here" Jason said before remembering he had Kiara in his arms. "Sorry" he said quickly setting her back on her two feet.

Still blushing Kiara responded shyly "I-It's okay."

Allison on the other hand "Curse you Jared Yuki" she bellowed chasing him around waving a fist at him making him flail his arms comically in fear. "You are just lucky no one saw this or I'd pound you."

"Wah, why are you so angry" he cried still running from her. "It's not like you didn't enjoy it."

Now blushing even brighter she shouted "That's not the point."

"Uh guys" Jason called to them stopping the chasing. "The duel begins in two minutes.

"AH, LET'S GET INSIDE" they both shouted.

SCENE CHANGE

The entire dome was packed to the brim with duelists from all around the world with all of them cheering loudly. The four teenagers charged into the dome "Alright we made it" Jared cheered.

"You just barely made it; you're just like your father" a new voice said. Turning they saw a man wearing an all-black outfit with slightly slick black hair and a few age lines around his eyes.

"It's Uncle Chazz" both Jason and Jared said with grins.

Chazz Princeton grunted slightly "I told you brats not to call me that" he grumbled.

"Oh come on Chazzy, it shows how much they love you despite your grumpiness" the woman sitting next to him said. She had soft brown eyes and long black hair tied in a ponytail; sitting in her lap was a small toddler with messy black hair and dark grey eyes.

"Hmph, you spoil them Mindy and you know it" Chazz said to her.

"Hey, I'm the aunt, it's my job" she grinned at him.

"Jason, come sit you down; we saved you seats" another voice called. It came from a woman with long auburn hair and soft grey eyes.

"Okay mom" Jason called to her. "Come on guys" he said to his friends as they all walked to the seats and sat next to Jason's mom, Jasmine Anderson.

"Let me guess, you and Jared slept in too late again" Jasmine said.

"No" Jason denied. "I just had a hard time waking Jared up."

"Hey don't pin it all on me; you had the same problem" Jared said to him.

Another woman next to Jared laughed "You two really are your father's sons." This woman was a woman of astounding beauty; her name, Alexis Yuki. Even in her early thirties she still looked a woman who just barely left her teen years. Her soft hazel eyes shown with motherly affection as she gazed at her son. "He had the same problem in school. It drove Syrus nuts."

"Of course it did" a voice said behind them making them turn around. It was a man with light grey eyes and light blue hair pulled into a long ponytail behind him. "You were there Alexis, you know how hard it was to get Jaden up in the morning. Heck, don't you still have problems getting him up in the morning?"

Alexis giggled "Not anymore" she said with an impish grin.

"How do you do it" Syrus asked her with curiosity and amazement.

Another woman giggled "Come now darling; you know it's a woman's thing." This woman was a woman of equally astounding beauty as Alexis, Mindy and Jasmine. She had slightly tan skin with shoulder length brown hair and jade colored eyes. She was holding a little girl in her arms that had her father's hair and her mother's eyes.

"Women things are complex" Syrus groaned leaning back in his seat.

His wife, Mana, giggled again "That's why their called 'woman things.' Because guys will never understand it."

"Tell me about it" Jason and Jared murmured to each other. Their mothers, Allison and Kiara giggled at them. The giggling promptly stopped when the lights began to go out and then the stadium lit up making the entire stadium explode into cheers.

"Ladies and gentleman" an MC announced. "Welcome to Kaiba Dome on this fine Saturday afternoon. Today, live from New Domino City, we're bringing you a magnificent duel with the four greatest duelists in the world dueling together in tag-teams against one another."

The crowd cheered again "On one side we have the Head of Kaiba Corp. and his partner the First King of Games. Please welcome Seto Kaiba and Yugi Muto."

The crowd cheered as Yugi and Kaiba walked out onto the field. Despite being in their early forties both men had aged rather gracefully as they had very few wrinkles on their faces with the most prominent being around their mouths and eyes.

"And their opponents" the MC continued loudy. "They're considered the greatest Tag-Team that's ever existed. The team consists of the Intercontinental Champion and Yugi Muto's successor to the King of Game's title. They are… Jesse Anderson and Jaden Yuki."

The crowd exploded into massive cheers as Jaden and Jesse walked out into the field. Both of them walked back straight and brimming with absolute confidence. Jaden stood tall and proud with his dark outfit practically gleaming in the spotlight and Jesse still with his hair in the same style, his emerald eyes shining with youthful confidence despite his age and his muscles rippling from his sleeveless shirt. All the woman were fawning over them.

Alexis and Jasmine were smirking 'They're ours' they thought.

The four duelists met in the middle of the field staring before all of them smiled with nods before preparing for their duel. They shuffled their decks before turning and taking their spots in their dueling platforms high in the air.

"GAME ON" the four of them shouted getting the crowd to cheer loudly.

Jaden/Jesse: 8000

Yugi/Kaiba: 8000

SCENE CHANGE

The duel was simply and absolutely amazing watching the best duelists in the world dueling. Allison, Jared, Kiara and Jason were staring in absolute awe as they watched their fathers duel. It was simply awe inspiring and why they all aspired to be just like their father's.

But eventually the duel had begun to dwindle down and the scores stood as such.

Jaden/Jesse: 3300

Yugi/Kaiba: 3000

Kaiba had his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon on the field while Yugi had his Dark Paladin on the field. Jesse currently had his Rainbow Knight on the field while Jaden had Elemental HERO Neos and two cards facedown.

And it was currently Jaden's move "My draw" he called drawing a card. Looking at it he smirked "Hey Jesse, mind if I borrow your monster."

"My monster is yours" Jesse said in return.

"Cool then I use this" Jaden said showing his spell card. "Polymerization fuses Elemental HERO Neos and Rainbow Knight together." Both monster's merged together and formed a brand new monster. It looked like Neos, but with a massive sword and shield and tunic "Say hello to the one and only Elemental HERO Neos Knight" Jaden announced making the crowd scream in excitement (2500/1000). "And you should know that Neos Knight gains attack equal to half of the monster used to fuse it together so that's an extra 1400 attack points." Neos Knight got even stronger (2500+1400=3900/1000).

"That's not enough to destroy my Ultimate Dragon" Kaiba told him.

"I know that, which is why I have this" Jaden said activing his trap card. "Go Neos Spiral Force. Now Neos Knight's attack points are doubled." Neos Knight glowed as his attack points doubled (3900+3900=7800/1000).

"7800 attack points" Yugi and Kaiba gasped.

"Take it Jaden" Jesse smirked.

"With pleasure" Jaden said. "Neos Knight attack the Ultimate Dragon." Neos Knight charged forward and slashed down the Ultimate Dragon destroying it. The crowd cheered loudly "Luckily for you Neos Knight doesn't deal any damage when he attacks, but he can attack twice so Neos Knight destroy the Dark Paladin."

Neos Knight charged again and destroyed Dark Paladin leaving their field barren. "We're not done yet Jaden" Yugi called to him.

"Actually you are" Jaden said with another smirk. "I activate my other facedown card; De-Fusion. Neos Knight, time to split." Both Neos (2500/2000) and Rainbow Knight (2800/2600) returned to the field. "Let's end it Jesse."

"Right behind you partner" Jesse said. "Rainbow Knight…"

"Elemental HERO Neos" Jaden continued.

"ATTACK" they both shouted. Both Rainbow Knight and Elemental HERO Neos charged forward and slashed down both of them and that was it.

Jaden/Jesse: 3300

Yugi/Kaiba: 0

"And the winners are Jesse Anderson and Jaden Yuki" the MC screamed as the crowd erupted into massive cheers. No cheers were louder than Jared and Jason as they jumped in their seats at their father's victory.

Allison and Kiara were clapping politely; even though their fathers had lost it would never diminish the massive amounts of respect they had for their fathers. They were the original Champion and King of Games and nothing would ever change that.

SCENE CHANGE

At Kaiba Corp. a small get together was held after the duel. Kaiba sat off privately to the side like he always did, but was joined by his wife Kisara who sat with him silently holding his hand. Kaiba actually smiled softly at her showing how much love he had for her.

That smile had left when he saw his only precious daughter being chummy with Jason. Kisara had to whisper calming words to him when he saw Jason say something that made Kiara blush and giggle.

Yugi was sitting off to the side with Joey, Tea, Triston, Mai and Serenity. Like all their friends they had aged gracefully as well. Their children were off to the side having a mock duel with Joey's son Michael, coming out on top. He cheered just as loudly as his father did.

Likewise Chazz and Syrus were having a friendly duel by sitting at a table with their children in their laps pointing out cards for their father's to play. It was really adorable; in fact so adorable that Mana and Mindy were taking pictures with their phones. Jasmine and Alexis were off to the side laughing at them as they took pictures. Jaden and Jesse were sitting with them smiling at Chazz and Syrus.

One person wasn't there right now; Jared Yuki stood outside on the balcony staring out into the distance. His brown eyes had a slight melancholic look to them as his blond and brown hair blew in the wind. It was unlike the usual exuberance he usually showed.

"Jared" a voice said. Jared turned around to see Allison was the one who called him. "Are you alright" she asked softly.

"Yeah" he responded a moment later.

"Are you sure" she asked walking up to him and gently touching his shoulder. "You know you can tell me anything."

Jared sighed slightly before leaning against the railing "I guess I'm a little nervous; I mean I'm entering Duel Academy in one week. I already know so many people are going to be expecting so much of me. I mean, I'm the son of Jaden Yuki, the most powerful duelist on the planet. Everyone's expecting so much of me."

Allison could see the nervousness and worry on his face; she knew it all too well because she went through the same thing when she first entered Duel Academy. "Have you tried talking to your father about it" she asked.

"He's always really busy; I've never really had a chance" Jared told her almost sadly. "I don't resent him for now being around. I'm proud of my father; he's accomplished so much and I'm very proud to be his son, but… he's got a lot on his plate already. I don't want to add more to it."

"You're his son Jared" Allison said gently. "You know he'll always make time for you. My father does and so does Kiara's and they're busy a lot as well. Just try talking to him."

Jared was silent for a moment before he smiled "Thanks Ali" he said to her with a smile. Allison blushed "You're always there for me, you know that."

"W-Well you're my friend" Allison said bashfully. "I may be three years older than you, but I don't brush people off because they're younger than me."

Jared chuckled before he brought Allison into a tight hug making her blush again. She hesitantly put her arms around him as well. While blushing on the outside she was ecstatic on the inside; ever since she was fourteen and Jared eleven she had harbored secret affections for him. As he grew older that attraction grew, but she was afraid to confess to him because of her being so much older than him.

After a minute he pulled back with a smile still on his face "Thanks Ali" he said to her softly. For a moment the two of them stared at each other; his brown eyes stared into her blue eyes. Slowly without them noticing they had begun to drift closer together to one another.

"AHEM" a voice interrupted loudly. Both of them sprang apart with bright red faces. They turned and saw it was Jaden who had cleared his throat abruptly. He had a teasing smirk on his face "Sorry, am I interrupting" he said smoothly.

"Dad" Jared whined quietly with his face turning redder.

"You move quick son, I'll give you that; you're farther along than Jason is with Kiara" Jaden continued. "But that's only because Kaiba is around; if he wasn't they'd probably be making out by now."

"DAD" Jared shouted his face even redder. Allison's face was beyond red now.

"Sorry, sorry" Jaden laughed slightly. "Pardon me Allison, I need to borrow Jared for a minute." Allison nodded and whispered a soft 'later' to Jared before walking off. "You've got great tastes son; you really do take after me."

"Dad… not cool" Jared grumbled.

"Sorry" Jaden said sincerely before he patted his son on the shoulder. "Are you ready for the Academy?"

"Of course I am, I'm the son of Jaden Yuki, the King of Games" Jared boasted loudly. "No school is too much for me."

Jaden laughed slightly "I have no doubt about that Jared, but it's okay to feel nervous." Jared looked up at his father. "You have a lot riding on your shoulders. Allison had the same problem when she first went to Duel Academy and Kiara is going to have the same problems as well since she's Kaiba's daughter and all. Don't be bothered by what others say or what others expect. Just be yourself and don't follow the crowd. Okay Jared."

Jared was a little stunned; he had no idea his father had paid so much attention especially considering all the stories he heard from various family friends about Jaden's denseness. He had underestimated his father.

"Okay dad" he said with a nod and a wide grin.

Jaden grinned as well before opening the deck box attached to his leg before pulling a card out. "Also, I have a little gift for you. Something tells me this card just belongs with you." Jared blinked before taking the card his father handed to him.

"Kuribon" Jared said confused upon reading the name of the card. "Thanks dad… I'll make you proud."

Jaden smiled and patted his son's head "I'm already proud of you."

ONE WEEK LATER

Duel Academy students that had passed their entrance exams and their duels were on a boat ready to go to Duel Academy. Everyone could easily spot Jared, Jason, Kiara and Allison.

Allison was dressed in the Obelisk Blue's girls uniform as she was going off to her third and final year to the Academy. Next to her was Kiara waving to her father and mother also dressed in the Obelisk Blue Girl's uniform. Kaiba had such a look of pride on his face that it could practically be felt by everyone.

Both Jared and Jason were also dressed in Obelisk Blue outfits as well and both of them waved by to their parents with wide grins on their face as the ship began to take off.

"His first year and your son is already an Obelisk" Jesse said to Jaden.

"Eh, he inherited his mother's brains" Jaden said with a shrug.

"Oh yeah and his dueling skills" Jesse asked with arms crossed.

"That's a mix of both" Jaden said.

"Yeah" Alexis agreed. "He's got my talent with strategies, but he's got Jaden's luck with miracle draws. Be careful though Jaden, if you're not careful your son will usurp you as the next King of Games."

"He's good, but not that good" Jaden said with a chuckle. "He doesn't know of our power yet." Alexis frowned silently beside him as they watched their son sail off into the distance on the boat.

"When are you going to tell him" Alexis asked him.

Jaden was silent for a moment as he watched the boat drift further away into the distance "After his first yet; I want him to enjoy it… like we did. Then we'll tell him everything; I just hope he wakes it well."

"Of course he will" Alexis said confidently taking his hand. "He's your son after all." Jaden smiled with pride.

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