Hey everyone. Glad you liked the last chapter. Also, I'm going to put this story on hold until further notice. The reason being I'm going to finish each of my current fanfics one at a time. This is so I can only focus on one fanfic at a time. Check out my profile to vote for which fanfic I'll do once the one I'm currently doing is done. Here's the next one.

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh GX. End of discussion.

Claimer: I own this plot, idea, title, and all OCs but Michael.

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Jaden's POV

Jesse, Alexis, Mark, Michael, the gang, and I were following Marron. He had his nose pressed tightly against the ground. The sound of his sniffing was the only thing heard in the cool night.

"Okay, I have a question," Hassleberry said after a few minutes. I looked back at him.

"What's up?" I asked. Hassleberry looked at me.

"How can Marron talk?" Hassleberry asked. Jesse looked at me, shock written all over his face. I felt my own face fall into a stat of shock.

"You can see him?" Jesse asked the shock on his face visible in his voice. Hassleberry nodded. Jesse and I looked at each other. Suddenly, Chazz fell down on the ground. He cussed as he pulled himself into seated position, sitting Indian style. He picked up a blue boot. Alexis grabbed it.

"It's a girl's Obelisk boot," Alexis said.

It's Mel's! Marron exclaimed jumping up at the boot. We looked at him; his eyes were panicked.

"Why would she take her boot off?" I asked.

"Here's the other one," Mark said. He appeared with another boot. Alexis handed him the one that Chazz tripped over.

"Again, why would she take off her boots?" Syrus asked.

Isn't it obvious! Marron yelled. Chazz pulled himself up and glared at Marron.

"Obviously not sense we're asking!" Chazz spat. Marron growled at him.

She took them off so she could run faster! Marron answered the growl still in his voice.

"Where did she run?" Jesse asked. Marron stuck his nose to the ground again and sniffed. He pointed toward the woods with his snout.

That way! Marron yelled. He took off running in that direction. We all ran after him; Mark carried Mel's shoes.

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Mel's POV

My breathing was ragged and my feet were bleeding, swollen, and sore. My arms and legs were cut by branches and underbrush of the woods. Yet, my instincts told me to keep running and I trusted them.

A growl rumbled through the air. I gasped and ran faster, though my burning lungs ordered my stop. I could still hear it, right behind me, just waiting for me to fall.

I didn't dare look back.

Suddenly, the trees and bushes are gone and I'm standing on a cliff. I blinked, taking a deep breathes. I saw the lights of the dance on the beach.

The beach! PEOPLE! I thought. I turned to bolt in the direction of the beach. As I turned, a clawed, freezing cold hand grasped my throat. I gagged. The darkness chuckled and picked me up of the ground. It moved toward the edge of the cliff, yet remained cloaked in the darkness. It opened its eyes.

Blood red.

My pupils retracted to small circles and I began gasping. I was unable to tear my gaze away from its eyes; they were entrancing. The darkness chuckled darkly and continued to walk toward the cliff.

I felt my consciousness slipping.

No…not…again… I was able to think in the slowness of my mind. I grabbed the hand and tried to pry it from my throat futilely. The darkness continued to chuckle at my efforts.

The darkness toke one last step, reaching the edge of the cliff. The earth it stepped on was soft and it crumbled under our weight and we fell into the ocean. The blood red eyes drifted only an inch away from my own, breaking my eyes from them.

In the fogginess of my mind, I registered myself falling away from the darkness. I kicked out my legs and landed on something hard and cold as ice. There was a dark hiss of pain and then the hand on my throat fell away.

I crashed into something colder than the darkness and I was being pulled under by something. I cracked my eyes open and they stung as the cold rushed into them. I could still see the darkness falling deep in the water about twenty five feet away. I closed my eyes and fell deeper into the water.

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Jaden's POV

We're still following Marron through the woods. The woods are beginning to thin out onto my cliff.

Marron growled darkly as he continued to run.

"What's wrong Marron?" Blair asked. Marron just growled louder.

Suddenly the woods disappeared from around us and we were on my cliff. Marron ran right to the edge and stuck his nose against some crumbled earth. He gasped and looked around. We walked up behind him.

"What's wrong Marron?" Michael asked. Marron looked up at him.

Mel's scent ends here! Marron yelled. We all blinked and then looked over the edge of the cliff. The rough sea crashed into the rocks at the bottom.

"Did she…" Axel began to say.

"Maybe Mel ran this way!" Mark yelled. He ran down toward the beach. He didn't look like he was going to take Axel's option. Marron looked at him; he looked almost insulted.

My nose never fails Marcus! I would have smelled her if she had gone that way! Marron yelled. Mark glared at him.

"It's the only other option!" Mark countered. He sounded desperate for Marron to be wrong. Marron sighed and ran after him. We all followed them down the hill. I turned and started heading down. I slowed up as I waited for Jesse to follow.

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Jesse's POV

I turned to follow the gang down the hill when I heard a gasp down in the water. I looked to see Mel bobbing in the water, gasping for breath. I fell to the ground and grasped the edge of the cliff.

"MEL!" I yelled. The gang looked at me in shock. Mel looked up; she appeared to be tired and losing her grips on consciousness.

"JESSE!" She yelled back. Everyone ran over to me. Suddenly, about twenty five feet away from Mel, something completely made out of darkness roared out of the water.

"What the hell is that thing?" Chazz yelled, seeing it.

"What?" Adrian asked. Everyone looked where we were looking. Jaden pointed.

"That thing, it looks like its walking darkness," Jaden said. Everyone squinted in the direction Jaden pointed.

"There is nothing but water there!" Adrian spat, sounding annoyed. Marron began to growl at the darkness with all the growl he could muster. Ruby appeared around my shoulder, cowering from the darkness. Winged Kuriboh appeared behind Jaden's head, cowering in fear.

Boss, boss! Protect us boss! The Ojama Brothers begged to Chazz as they appeared and began cowering. Chazz swatted at them.

"Grow up!" He snarled. They ignored his hostility and continued to try and hid behind his head. Chazz gritted his teeth. "What is that thing?" Chazz asked.

"I have no idea," I replied. I stroked Ruby's cheek in a soothing manner. The darkness looked at us, then at Mel. The darkness began swimming toward Mel. She gasped and began to swim toward the beach away from the darkness.

"What the hell is that thing doing!" I yelled as I jumped to my feet. Everyone who couldn't see the darkness looked at me confused.

"Who cares! Let's move!" Jaden yelled. We began running down the cliff toward the beach, Jaden and I leading the pack. We looked over and saw that the darkness was closing in on Mel.

"It's going to catch her!" Jaden exclaimed. I gritted my teeth together. I reached toward my duel belt and unlatched it. I handed it to Jaden. He took it and looked at me curiously. Finally, he figured it out, but too late.

"Jesse don't!" Jaden exclaimed. I was already gone. I ran toward the edge of the cliff and dove off the cliff, into the ocean.

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Yay! Hehe, gives a new meaning to cliffhanger, doesn't it? Lol, anyway, please review!

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