Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this fanfic unless I created it myself. Anything that I did create was inspired by something owned by someone else. This is done for fun and entertainment, not for profit.
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Title: Let The Game Begin: 20-20: So Much At Stake
Characters: Johan, Brron
Word Count: chapter: 300||story: 6,000
Genre: Drama, Angst||Rated: PG-13
Challenge: drabble123: Johan Andersen: prompt #15, between
Notes: This is an AU, specifically where Johan's background and parts of season three and four of GX are concerned.
Summary: We know next to nothing about Johan's past. There is a great deal that he isn't telling anyone, and it has to do with Juudai and a mission Johan was born to accomplish.

Johan stared at Juudai. This was some kind of horrible nightmare, the likes of which he had never imagined he could have. It was worse than a nightmare, because it was real.

Juudai couldn't be the one that the prophecy foretold, the one Johan was meant to stop to protect Brron's life. He had the talent at dueling, Johan wouldn't deny that. But he didn't have the temperament. He wasn't a murderer. He wouldn't kill without a good reason, and Johan couldn't imagine what sort of reason would be good enough for Juudai. He was too innocent. Too pure.

He was Johan's enemy, by Brron's command. By his father's command.

"Johan." Juudai's voice all but broke when he spoke the name. Johan shook his head. He had to choose. His father or his friend, and that had never been a choice at all.

"I'm sorry, Juudai. I never wanted it to come to this." He hadn't even wanted Juudai to know that he came from another world. It was a secret he'd shared only with the Gem Beasts, who now were in Brron's grip. If it weren't for that...

If it weren't for that, I'd stand beside Juudai right now. Something tight within Johan eased. Yes. Brron forced him to make a choice, and Johan knew what it was. He didn't choose Juudai or Brron.

He chose his family, as he always had, as he ever would.

He held his head high. He had to do this. He could still feel them in his heart and mind, and they knew, and understood, and forgave.

"Duel me, Yuuki Juudai."

"Johan! You can't! This world...someone who loses a duel dies!" Juudai shook his head, and Johan smiled.

"I know. Do you accept my challenge?"

Juudai's reply was a single, heart-broken word. "Yes."

The End

Note: Look for the main story sometime in December. It's going to be my NaNoWriMo project this year. It'll be called No Matter What.