Hey everyone! I'm glad you guys liked the last chapter! Here's the next one! Also, my summer vacation starts this week but I don't know if I will be updating more often. But, most likely, I will! Yay! Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: YuGiOh GX is NOT mine. Plain and simple.

Claimer: This plot, title, idea, and all OCs are mine though!

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Everyone, minus Atem and Akaria, are in the Slifer cafeteria eating dinner. The gang is talking about their classes. Keith, Emma, and Justin are talking about some mission they just got back from. Pegasus was sitting behind Jesse; he was watching him with cautious eyes. Jesse sat between his team and the gang. Both tired to involve him in their conversations. Jesse ignored them and poked his food.

Emma, who was sitting next to Jesse, looked at him concerned. Emma placed her hand on top of Jesse's; Jesse looked at her.

"Jess, are you okay?" Emma asked in a concerned tone. Jesse smiled at her, though the smile was sad.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just worried I suppose," Jesse admitted. He pushed his food away from himself and set his fork down on the table. Justin grabbed the plate and started eating Jesse's untouched food. Keith glared at him but said nothing.

"It's okay to be worried Jesse-boy, but you still need to eat," Pegasus said as he placed a hand on Jesse's shoulder. Jesse looked over at him.

"Yeah, you're right Pegasus, it's just," Jesse pulled Pegasus' hand from his shoulder, "I'm not hungry." Justin swallowed his food and set his fork down on the now empty plate.

"Well, you better eat something before Atem and Akaria get here," Justin said as he whipped his mouth on the sleeve of his shirt. Emma wrinkled her nose at him in disgust. Keith sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. Jesse smiled at him.

"Yeah, I know, but I'm just not hungry," Jesse said. He folded his arms across the table in front of him and rested his chin on his arm. Syrus looked at him.

"Jesse, you look kinda pale, are you feeling well?" Syrus asked. Jesse knitted his eyebrows together and looked at Syrus.

"Yeah Sy, I feel fine," Jesse said. Emma laid the back of her hand on Jesse's forehead. Jesse flinched a little. "Emma, your hands are cold," Jesse complained. Emma scowled at him.

"My hands are perfectly fine. You on the other hand are burning up," Emma clarified. Jesse blinked and sat up. Pegasus placed his hand on Jesse's forehead.

"You are feeling quite warm Jesse-boy," Pegasus said. Jesse pulled his hand away from his forehead.

"You guys are probably just really cold. I feel perfectly fine," Jesse said. Everyone looked at him curiously.

"Why are we talking about how Jesse feels?" Akaria asked as she walked into the room. Everyone looked at her. Akaria walked over and sat on the table next to the table everyone else was sitting at. Atem walked in and sat next to Pegasus.

"Jesse is running a fever," Keith explained. Jesse narrowed his eyes at him. Atem looked at Pegasus, who nodded. Akaria stood up from the table and walked around Jesse. She placed her hand on his forehead.

"Why is everyone placing their hands on my forehead today?" Jesse complained. The gang noted how Jesse didn't shy away from Akaria's hand like he did everyone else.

"How hot is he Akaria?" Atem asked. Akaria shrugged and pulled her hand away from Jesse's forehead.

"Almost one hundred and one. Maybe one hundred point seven," Akaria said. Atem nodded.

"You're going to have to go to bed early tonight," Atem said. Jesse frowned, but nodded. Jesse looked back at Akaria, who was sitting back on the table; she was looked at a PDA in her hand.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Jesse asked. Akaria looked up at him over her PDA. She looks back at her PDA and does a few things with the stylus. She closed the PDA and slid it back into one of her pouches. She pulled the little device she had a few minutes ago out of it. She smiled and showed it to Jesse. Jesse's eyes grew wide. He reached out and snagged it from her.

"Positive Dark World residue!" Jesse exclaimed. Justin, who was taking a drink of his water, spit out the water all over the table. Keith, normally calm and collected, seemed completely shocked and had to take a deep breath to regain his composure. Emma nearly fell off the bench.

"Let me see that!" Justin yelled. He grabbed the device and looked at it. Keith looked at it over Justin's shoulder. Emma sat up and looked over the top of the device. Justin set it down carefully and looked over at Atem. "What are we going to do?" Justin asked. Atem shrugged.

"I have a plan," Akaria said. Everyone looked at her. Jesse cocked his eyebrow.

"What kinda plan?" Jesse asked. Akaria smirked.

"A good one," Akaria said.

"Explain it then," Jesse said. Akaria noted that his complexion was flush and he was sweaty. She would have told him no and to go to sleep if she knew that they lacked time.

"The residue is strong, so that means that the gateway by it is also very strong." Akaria looked up at him, as she was looking at the ground, "Strong enough to carry us to the Dark World." The team gasped.

"We're actually going to the Dark World?" Emma exclaimed. Akaria bit her lip, but nodded. Pegasus looked at Atem. He had his eyes closed and his legs were crossed.

"You're going to allow them to go?" Pegasus asked Atem. The gang looked at him, confused. Atem sighed and open his eyes to look at Pegasus.

"I don't have a choice," Atem said. His eyes were worried but they held deep faith and trust in his team. Pegasus nodded.

"Fuck yes!" Justin exclaimed. He punched his fists together, a look of glee on his face. "I've wanted some serious action for awhile now!" Keith, despite himself, cracked a smile.

"This should be interesting," Keith said. Emma bit her lip and looked between Jesse and Akaria. Her eyes rested on Jesse.

"Are you sure that going to the Dark World is such a good idea?" Emma asked. Jesse sighed and looked at Emma; he smiled.

"No, I'm not. But it is the only way," Jesse said. He looked away from Emma and out the window, "It is, after all, our job," Jesse mumbled. He sounded bitter. Akaria frowned at Jesse. Emma placed her hand on top of Jesse's.

"It will be okay Jesse," Emma said. Jesse nodded but didn't look at her. Akaria cleared her throat. Jesse looked at her.

"You're not going to like this but…there's also another reason why we're going to have to go to the Dark World," Akaria said. Jesse cocked his head to the side, confused.

"What are you talking about?" Jesse asked. Akaria bit her lip and looked at Atem; Atem nodded. Akaria took a deep breath and looked at Jesse.

"Yubel is in the dark world," Akaria said. Jesse's eyes grew wide.

"You're kidding me!" Jesse yelled. Akaria shook her head.

"No, the residue is directly below where Yubel disappeared a few days ago, with Jaden," Akaria said. Jesse clenched his hands into fists.

"Condannar Lo! (Damn it!)" Jesse cussed in Italian. The gang stared at Jesse in shock.

"Jesse fermare che quest'istante! (Stop it this instant!)" Atem ordered in Italian. Jesse took a deep breath.

"Sorry," Jesse mumbled. Atem nodded and relaxed into his seat. Jesse looked over at Akaria.

"When are we leaving?" Jesse asked her. Atem answered instead.

"You are all going over in the morning," Atem said. Jesse looked at him.

"You're not coming?" Jesse asked, confused. Atem nodded. "How come?" Jesse asked. Atem shrugged.

"I've decided not to. You guys will do this one on your own," Atem said. The team nodded.

"I'm very lost," Axel said. The gang nodded. Pegasus looked at them and smiled.

"Don't worry about it, this had nothing to do with you guys I'm afraid," Pegasus said. The gang looked ready to disagree when Jesse speaks up.

"Is everything here?" Jesse asked. Akaria nodded.

"Yes, I brought everything," Akaria said. Jesse nodded. Alexis looked at Jesse.

"What are you going doing?" Alexis asked him. Jesse looked her in the eye.

"We're going after Jaden."

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