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Author's Note: Here is a late Christmas gift and a Happy New Year's gift for everyone. It's the new chapter that everyone has been asking for. I would like to apologize for taking so long finishing this chapter. Basically school and work got in the way. Everyone here knows how that is. I would also like to thank those who reviewed and read this story. I really appreciate it. =D I decided to change up the writing style for the story. Half of it is still the same, but it's a little different. Just let me know if you like it or should I stay with my current style. I now present to you my fellow readers Chapter 8. Reviews are appreciated!

Chapter 8 Discoveries

It was 9:30, Monday morning at Duel Academy. The sun was shining and everything was well. Jaden made a complete recovery over the weekend. Jaden and his friends were in high spirits. Crowler's class had just ended so all of the students were sitting around chatting, while waiting for Professor Satyr to come. As usual Jaden's area was surrounded by the gang minus Blair and Marcel, since they had a different class.

Atticus sighed in relief. "I'm so glad that Crowler's class is finally over," Atticus said.

Syrus placed his head his desk. "Me too! I thought my head was going to explore from all of the technical terms Crowler threw at us," Syrus stated.

"Well it can't be helped. He is just trying to prepare us for graduation exams," Alexis said.

"Yeah, but why are the others non- seniors and I being dragged into this?" Hassleberry asked.

"Who knows mate!" But look at it this way, at least you know what you're up against when you take the test to graduate," Jim said.

"Speaking of graduating… what are you three going to do about graduation since you guys are stuck here for a while?" Chazz asked. The group looked at the boys waiting for an answer.

Axel shrugged his shoulders. "That we don't know. Chancellor Sheppard is trying to contact our Principals about it, but we haven't heard anything," Axel answered.

"Hopefully they'll figure something out," Jasmine said.

"Yeah, but in the mean time let's worry about trying not to get kill by Crowler's work," Mindy said.

"Come on ya'll it's not that bad," Jesse claimed.

Jaden looked at him wide-eyed. "What? Are you kidding Jesse?" Crowler piling work on us is overkill!" Jaden stated. Unknown to them two figures were standing near the group.

"Well, it looks like you're doing better Jaden," a voice said. The group turned to see who was speaking to them. The voice was coming from their friend, Aster Phoenix and behind him was Zane Truesdale, Syrus's older brother.

"Aster!" Jaden said.

"Big Bro!" Syrus said surprised. The other students noticed the two Pro-Leaguers' presences.

One girl jumped out of her seat. "OMG! It's Zane and Aster!" The girl screamed.

Most of the girls in the room squealed high pitched squeals of joy. In response the male half of the class and Jaden's group covered their ears until it stopped. The squealing fan girls got out of their seats, ran over and surrounded the group and a few of the male students that were in the area.

"Aster I love you!" one girl shouted.

"Zane marry me!" Missy, Zane's supposed number one fan shouted. The fan girls moved closer together and started crushing the group.

"This is insane!" Chazz shouted as he was being pushed into Alexis and another student. The fan girls crowded in around them.

Hassleberry and Syrus were standing back to back to each other while being crushed. "You all right private?" Hassleberry asked.

Syrus was desperately trying to get out words. "Can't… breathe!" Syrus choked out.

Atticus, Mindy, Jasmine, and Axel were stuck together. "I'm claustrophobic! Let me out!" Mindy cried. But due to the high pitch screaming, no one could hear her request. Jesse and Jim were smashed together.

Jaden was with a few other guys caught in the area. "I can't take this anymore!" Jaden shouted. Jaden started to push through the fan girls so he could get out. The fan girls started pushing back. Jaden was being shoved into all sorts of directions. Jaden was shoved roughly out of the crowd, but was falling forward. Suddenly, a strong arm wrapped his waist and caught him before he could hit the floor.

Jaden snapped his head around to see that it was Jim who caught him. "You all right Jaden?" Jim asked.

Jim pulled him up towards him. "Yeah, I'm fine," Jaden said meekly.

"What is all of this commotion?" a voice shouted. The squealing ceased and everyone faced to the front of the room to see an irritated Crowler facing them.

"What is the meaning of this of all of this noise?" Crowler asked scowling.

Aster pushed through a few fan girls. "That would be our fault!" Aster answered raising his hand giving Crowler his and Zane's location in the sea of fan girls.

Crowler's scowl went away. "Well I'll be it s Aster and Zane. What are you two doing here?" Crowler asked.

"We're just here for a visit," Aster replied. Zane just stood there not saying anything.

"It's a pleasure to have you two in our presence. Now will the rest of you take your seats, I have an announcement to make," Crowler said. The crowd of fan girls begin to disperse giving the trapped group a chance to breathe. Atticus grabbed Mindy, who was shaken up and lead her to her seat with Jasmine following them.

Syrus, Hassleberry, and a few others students flopped down in their seats. "Now I know what a can of sardines feels like!" Syrus said sounding a little exhausted. Aster and Zane took this as their cue to leave the room. Jaden looked down and noticed that Jim's arm was still around his waist. Jaden then felt a warm feeling spread throughout his body. Jim looked at Jaden and realized that he was still holding Jaden.

Jim suddenly let go. "Sorry about that," Jim said sounding a little embarrassed.

Jaden shook his head. "It's okay," Jaden said.

Jim followed Axel back to their seats. Jaden watched Jim go back to his seat with a blush on his face.

Jaden then looked over at Jesse who was looking irritated. "Something wrong Jesse?" Jaden asked.

"Nothing…nothing at all," Jesse replied as he got into his seat. Jaden did the same.

As soon as Crowler was sure that the students were in their seats he made his announcement. "Professor Satyr got food poisoning over the weekend from one of his recipes, so he won't be teaching today. I have come back to take over his class," he said. It took the students a few seconds to process what he had just said.

"What?!" the students shouted. Then they started groaning and complaining.

"Will you all be silent and let me finish!"Crowler shouted. The class once again grew silent. "As I was saying since Professor Satyr is sick, I'll take over his class today. For class today we're going to the gym," Crowler concluded.

"Yay!" the class shouted.

"Alright, alright go change into your gym clothes and meet me on the court," Crowler said as went out of the door. The students got out of their seats and filled out of the door. Zane and Aster followed Jaden and the others out of the door.

"So what are you guys doing here?" Jaden asked.

"We heard that you were sick, so we came to visit you. But you're apparently doing better so we'll use this break from the Pro-Leagues as a little vacation," Aster answered as they kept walking.

"Of all of the places that you can vacation at, why do you want to come here?" Chazz asked.

"Did you forget that I go to this school Captain Whippy!" Aster retorted with a smirk on his face.

Chazz stopped dead in his tracks and whipped his body around to face Aster. "How did you know about that?" he questioned.

"Atticus told me about it in one of his emails," Aster answered. Chazz sent a glare towards Atticus. Atticus quickly turned his head and started whistling.

"That nickname suits you more than "The Chazz!" Aster stated. All of the guys except Jaden and Jesse were cracking up.

Chazz just stood there twitching. "Seriously Phoenix don't make me kick you a…Chazz was saying until he was interrupted by an overly excited Chancellor Sheppard walking towards the group.

"Aster and Zane it's nice to see you two here again!" Sheppard said.

"We'll see you guys at lunch," Aster stated as he walked away from the group with Zane following behind.

Chazz's eyes were still twitching, so Alexis grabbed his hand to help calm him down. "Just let it go Chazz!" Alexis commanded. Chazz began to relax.

"Let's go before we're late," Syrus suggested.

The group went into their respective locker rooms and got dressed. When they finished changing they met the other students on the court. Crowler came out of the equipment room with a sack of red balls.

"Alright class separate into two groups because you're going to play dodge ball," he said. Everyone separated into two group one red and the other blue. Jaden, Jim, Atticus, Syrus, and Hassleberry were on the red team. Chazz, Alexis, Jesse, Axel, and jasmine were on the blue team. Mindy decided to sit out because of the mess that happened in the classroom. Shirley was with her keep her company. Crowler picked Jim and Pompadour to be team captains as he handed them the balls. After that Crowler got in his seat and started the game.

Half an hour later, more than half of both teams were eliminated. Even though the group was separated Jaden's group was still in the game. The students that were eliminated were either watching the game or chatting with friends. Back on the court Chazz had just dodged a ball from the other team. Out of the corner of his eye Chazz had spotted Atticus flirting with a girl on the court. Chazz suddenly had an evil glint in his eye. Chazz picked up one of the stray balls beside him, took aim, and threw it at Atticus. Atticus continued talking unaware of the whizzing ball heading his way.

The girl he was talking to turned around and saw the ball coming. "Atticus!" the girl shouted while pointing the direction that the ball was coming from.

Before Atticus knew what was going on, the ball hit him on the shoulder knocking him down. "Chazzy Dude what the hell!" Atticus whined.

A victorious smirk appeared on Chazz's face. "That's what you get for telling Phoenix about that stupid nickname!" Chazz said. The girl was talking with Atticus helped him off of the court.

"Chazz!" Alexis called out with her hands on her hips.

"What? He's on the other team I had to hit him," Chazz responded.

Back on the court Syrus and a few students were dodging some balls. "I can't believe that I'm still in the game," Syrus said.

"Me too! Normally I would be one of the first ones ou… a fellow teammate was saying until he was hit by a ball. As he watched his fellow teammates fall all around him, Syrus heard laughter coming from the other side of the court. It was coming from Pompadour and his friends. Syrus made eye contact with Pompadour.

An evil smirk appeared on his face. "I think I found our next target guys," Pompadour stated. His two friends looked his direction at Syrus.

Syrus gulped. "Hey it's Little Truesdale," one of the friends said.

"Let's get him!" the other friend shouted. The trio took aim and threw their balls at Syrus. Miraculously, Syrus dodged their attacks. Syrus thought that their onslaught was over but it wasn't. The trio somehow had more dodge balls.

Syrus panicked. "Wait a minute! Where did they get all of those balls from?" he said. Syrus then tripped on one of his untied shoelaces and fell on the floor.

Pompadour had Syrus right where he wanted him. "Got ya' now Little Truesdale!" pompadour said as he threw a ball at Syrus.

"This is like elementary school all over again!" Syrus screamed as he cringed waiting for the impact to come. But the impact never came. Syrus opened his eyes to see Hassleberry standing in front of him with the ball in his hands.

Hassleberry glanced back at Syrus. "You alright Sy?" he asked.

Syrus was surprised. "Yeah I'm fine," he replied blushing.

Jaden and Jim helped him up to his feet. "We got your back Syrus," Jim said. Hassleberry turned back to face pompadour with slits in his eyes.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"(AN: Yes, I know that this is the most over used line) Hassleberry said while throwing the ball trying to hit pompadour. Right before the ball could hit him, Pompadour dodged out of the way resulting in one of his friends being hit instead.

Pompadour watched his friend fall. "You're going pay for that!" he angrily said as he faced the foursome.

"Fat chance Pompadour!" Jaden said as he threw a ball at Pompadour. The ball went passed Pompadour and was heading towards Jesse.

Jesse got out of the balls way at the last minute. "Whoa! Who exactly are you aiming at Jay?!" Jesse shouted.

"Sorry Jess!" Jaden said as the sweat dropped.

One of the dodge balls thrown from the other side rolled over to Jaden's feet and Jim spotted it. "Hey Jay, pass me the ball near your feet," Jim requested.

Jaden picked up the ball and passed it to Jim. "Thanks jay, now watch me take this guy out," he said while running past him. In Jaden's eyes time seemed to slow down. His eyes were watching Jim's every move. While he was entranced by Jim, Jaden was unaware of the speeding ball heading towards his head.

"Jaden look out!" Syrus shouted. Jaden snapped out of his entrancement was hit square in the face by the ball.

Jaden flew backwards sliding against the floor. "Jaden!" Jim and Jesse both shouted. The two of them along with the rest of the group and a few others rushed over to Jaden. Jaden was unconscious.

Jesse faced pompadour. "What's wrong with you? He just finished recovering!" Jesse said angrily.

Pompadour just shrugged his shoulders. "It's not my fault that he was acting like a space cadet," he said sarcastically causing his shoulders. Jim and Jesse started to glare daggers at pompadour. Jaden started to stir from all of the noise around him. He opened his eyes.

"Jaden!" Syrus shouted.

"Back up! Give him some space!" axel suggested. Jaden sat up.

"Are you okay?" Alexis asked.

Jaden tried to stand. "Yeah… I think so," he replied. Suddenly, his knees buckled resulting in Chazz and Atticus catching him.

Crowler approached the group. "Chazz… Atticus… will you please take Jaden to Ms. Fontaine's office," he ordered. Atticus and Chazz helped support Jaden and lead him off of the court.

"Alright students let's wrap this game up," Crowler said as he walked back to his chair. Jim watched as Jaden was being lead by Atticus and Chazz. He was interrupted by Pompadour's laughter.

"It can't be helped he is a Slifer Slacker after all," he said. His friends laughed.

Jim glared at Pompadour again. "It looks like someone needs to be taken down a notch," he muttered to himself as he got back into position on the court.

Meanwhile Jaden was lying in a hospital bed (again) with a bag of ice on his forehead.

"Okay, you two can go back to class," Ms. Fontaine said.

The pair looked at Jaden worried and then faced her again. "Is he going to be alright?" Atticus asked. Ms. Fontaine smiled.

"Don't worry. Jaden will be fine with a few hours rest," she replied.

"Well that's good. See ya' later Jay," Atticus said. Jaden was already asleep so he couldn't hear the goodbye.

Chazz shook his head. "Seriously, I'm starting to wonder did he get hit on purpose in order to get out of class," Chazz said. Atticus just shrugged his shoulders and the pair walked out of the office.

By the time Jaden woke up it was already evening time.

Jaden glanced around and saw Syrus sitting near his bed. "Jay you're awake!" he stated.

Jaden sat up in bed rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "What happened?" Jaden asked.

"You got hit in the face with a dodge ball," Syrus replied.

"Oh yeah! But who won the game?" Jaden asked.

"Oh man, it was awesome Jay! Jim won the game for us. He was all over the court. Atticus maybe right about Jim being a ninja. But anyways, I think Jesse tripped Pompadour and Jim hit him square in the face. I also took out the other guy. It was great!" Syrus replied. As Syrus continued to ramble on Jaden's thoughts shifted over to Jim and a blushed appeared on his face.

Syrus stopped talking and looked at Jaden. "Jaden are you okay?" Syrus questioned.

Jaden snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head. "Yeah I'm fine," he answered.

Out of the corner of his eye Jaden spotted a small box in Syrus's hands. "What's in the box Sy?" he asked.

Syrus looked down at the box. "Oh this? Its pair of expensive contacts that my brother gave me… Well actually Aster gave me from my brother," he answered as he happy expression disappeared.

Jaden noticed the change in his friends. "What's wrong Sy?" Jaden asked.

Syrus continued to stare at the box. "I just wonder if Zane will ever acknowledge me for my accomplishments. I also wonder if I ever will get out of Zane's shadow. I mean, I'm in Obelisk blue now and yet Zane treats me the same as he always did before and after he left. Even everyone else treats the same. They don't take me seriously. I'll always be known as Zane Truesdale's little brother," he said sadly.

Jaden shook his head. "That's not true Sy. We've seen how far you've come seen we arrived here at duel academy. You managed to go against the odds and always reach the top. Remember the time when the both of us defeated the paradox brothers. I couldn't have done without you. You also defeated Missy and advanced to Ra yellow. You finally managed to reach Obelisk blue with your own ability," Jaden said. Syrus continued to listen to Jaden talk. "It doesn't matter if the other students don't take you seriously. All that matters is that me and the others are behind you every step of the way. And believe it or not I think Zane acknowledges you in some way," Jaden added.

Syrus looked confused. "And what way would that be Jaden?" Syrus asked.

"Even though he didn't give it to you directly, that box in your hands is a gift that proves that he cares," Jaden concluded.

Syrus began to realize what Jaden meant and smiled. "Hey jay, since you're up how about we get something to eat," he suggested.

Jaden's stomach growled. "Now you're speaking my language Sy. What about Mrs. Fontaine?" Jaden questioned.

"Its okay, she said as soon as you wake up you're free to go," Syrus replied. He then handed Jaden his uniform. "I'll meet ya' outside," Syrus said as he got out of his chair and went out the door. After Jaden got dressed he and Syrus left for the cafeteria. On their way to the cafeteria they were approached by chancellor Sheppard.

"Jaden, Syrus how are you doing this evening?" he greeted.

"We're doing fine sir. We were on our way to the cafeteria," Jaden stated.

Sheppard reached in his coat pocket and pulled out three envelopes. "Since you're heading that way and they might be there. Can you two deliver these letters to Jesse, Axel, and Jim for me?" Sheppard asked.

"Sure, we can do it," Syrus said.

Chancellor Sheppard handed Syrus the envelopes. "Thanks for doing this me. Have a nice evening," he said as he walked past the pair.

"I can deliver Jesse and Axel's letters because they're already in the cafeteria. Wanna' deliver Jim's letter?" Syrus asked while handing Jaden the letter. In Jaden's mind an image of Jim flashed through.

"Jay!"Syrus called.

Jaden snapped out of it. "Huh, what?" Jaden said.

"I asked did you want to deliver Jim's to him." Syrus said still holding the letter.

Jaden took the letter from Syrus's hand. "Sure but where is he?" he asked.

"He and Shirley went back to their room an hour ago. The room number is 303," Syrus replied.

Jaden placed the letter in his jacket pocket, "Okay then, I'll meet you in the cafeteria," Jaden said while jogging off in a different direction. As soon as he got outside Jaden decided to take a shortcut that he usually takes to get to school. As he ran along the path, he started to voices.

Jaden came to halt. "Where are those noises coming from?" he asked himself. He started looking around to find the source of the noises. Jaden walked in the direction that the noise was coming from. He found the source of the voices and crouched behind a bush. The voices were coming from Zane and Aster.

"I wonder what they are doing here?" Jaden asked himself.

Aster was pacing. "I still don't see why you made me give him the contacts," Aster said.

Zane was leaning back against a tree with his eyes closed and arms. "It's complicated!" Zane stated.

Aster stopped pacing and faced him. "Complicated? How is it complicated? I mean he is your brother," Aster argued.

"What do you want me do?" Zane asked.

Aster put his hands in a "I don't know" posture in the air. "I don't know… act brotherly or something," Aster answered. Zane just grunted and turned his head.

Aster just stood there for a second and then a smirk appeared on his face. "Oh I get it. You don't want Syrus and the others to see how much of a big softie you are," he said as he began to approach Zane.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Zane denied.

Aster continued smirking. "Sure you don't. You can deny it all you want, but you have begun to soften up a bit. How do you explain how I got you to take off that stupid shock collar and medical help?" Aster asked.

"I got sick of that thing." Zane replied.

Aster stood in front of him. "I know that you're being stubborn for now, but I know that you'll change sooner or later," Aster said sincerely. Zane opened eyes and pushed himself up from the tree. He stood towering over Aster by a few inches. The two exchanged meaningful glances towards each other. Zane then pulled Aster close to him and leaned in. Aster leaned his head up and closed his eyes. Zane and Aster lips then touched.

From the brushes Jaden looked on in complete shock. He couldn't believe his eyes at the sight before him. "Zane and Aster are kissing! I got to get out of here!" Jaden stated as he started to back. As he was backing up one of his feet stepped on a twig snapping it. Jaden froze.

Zane and Aster quickly broke away from each other. "Who's there?" Zane shouted. Jaden was now freaking. He was thinking of the consequences of what if they find him here. Just when Jaden thought he was caught Pharaoh, the cat happened to walk past him in the opening where Zane and Aster were.

"Phew! It's just Pharaoh," Aster said calmly. Jaden then took this opportunity while the two were distracted to make his getaway. Jaden got back the path that he was taking and ran.

Jaden's head was spinning. "I can't believe it. Zane and Aster are gay and they're together. Does everybody else know? More importantly does Syrus know? If he doesn't know, what am I going to tell him?" Jaden said still freaked out. Jaden halted to a stop and shook his head. "Okay, Jaden just calm down. You can figure out what to do later. Right now you need to clear your head. Okay, what did I need to do again?" he asked himself. Jaden felt the envelope in his pocket. "Oh yeah! I got to deliver this letter to Jim," Jaden answered himself. Jaden took off for the Obelisk boys' dorm.

Jaden was standing outside of Jim's door catching his breath. When he caught his breath Jaden knocked on the door. But there was no answer. Jaden was about to knock on the door again, when the door started to open. Jaden didn't see anyone at the door. Jaden heard a growling noise from below him. He looked down and saw Shirley.

Jaden bent down before Shirley. "Hey girl is Jim here?" he asked. Shirley turned off around and went further into the room. Jaden took that as a sign to come in.

Jaden walked into the room and started looking around. "So this Jim's room. This room better than the ones in the Slifer dorm," He said. Jaden walked over the bed and sat down. "Maybe Jim stepped out for a bit. Oh yeah! I almost forgot about the letter," he stated. Jaden took the letter out of his pocket and placed on the nightstand near the bed. Jaden got off the bed to have a better look around. Out of the corner of his eyes, Jaden spotted one of Jim's decks on a desk close to the bathroom. He went over to desk to look at the cards.

At moment Jim walked out of the bathroom with a towel on his head. "That bath felt spiffy," Jim said. Jim then took the towel off of his head. "Holy dooley! Jaden?!" Jim shouted surprised.

Jaden jumped. "Jim!" Jaden shouted. Jaden's face turned beet red. The reason was because Jim was in nothing but his jeans. But that wasn't all water was dripping down from his chest, his normally spiked up hair was now straight down, and his other eye was uncovered with a scar on it (AN: *NOSEBLEED*).

Jaden start backing up nervously. "I had a letter to bring you. I didn't know that you were in shower! I'm sorry!" Jaden said nervously as he continued to back up.

Jim started to approach him slowly. "Jaden just calm down," Jim suggested. Jaden didn't hear him. Unknown to him Shirley was lying on the floor behind.

Jim noticed at the last minute. "Jaden lookout!" he shouted. Before Jaden could register what Jim had just said, he tripped backwards over Shirley. Jim lunged forward to catch Jaden and they both went down. Jaden groaned at the pain from the impact. Jaden tried to sit up, but he found out that he couldn't because a wet, shirtless Jim was on top of him (AN: *HEAD EXPLODES!*). Jim pushed himself up with is arms. Jim shook his head and opened his eye to see a blushing Jaden beneath him. It felt as if time stood still. Jaden's heart was beating so fast it felt like it was about to burst out of his chest. Jaden suddenly became embarrassed, pushed Jim off of him, and ran out of the room.

Jaden ran far away from the Obelisk dorm as fast as he could. On the very path that he took Syrus, Hassleberry, Jesse, and Axel were heading for the direction of the Obelisk dorm.

"You said Jaden went to give Jim his letter right?" Axel asked.

Syrus nodded his head. "Yeah, I don't get why Jaden's taking so long," Syrus replied.

Hassleberry looked forward and saw Jaden heading for him. "Hey! It's the Sarge!" Hassleberry said excitedly. Smiles appeared on Jesse and Syrus's faces.

"Hey Jaden, guess what? Axel, Jim and I get to…" Jesse was shouting to Jaden, but he ran right pass the foursome.

"What's with the Sarge?" Hassleberry asked. The other three were just as he stumped as he was. Jaden ran all of the way back to the Slifer dorms. When he got in his room Jaden collapsed in his bed, forgetting that he was hungry.

To be continued……

Australian slang terms: 1. Spiffy- great, excellent Holy dooley- good heavens, my goodness

Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Even though it took me a while I really had fun with it. I especially had fun with writing the AsterxZane, JimxJaden, and Jaden freaking out parts. I already have ideas for the next chapter so hopefully it won't take me so long to finish. Reviews are appreciated.