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Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is NOT, I repeat, NOT, mine.

Claimer: This title, this plot, and all OCs are my property. Take them and I will sick my Golden Ninja on your butt! I will, trust me! You can run, but you can't hide my friends!

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"Are you okay, Akaria?" Jesse asked as the kids and the gang headed toward the cliff. Akaria was walking strong still, but limping slightly and was cradling her sides with her hands. She looked at Jesse, blowing her hair out of her eyes.

"I'll live," Akaria answered with a shrug. Jesse frowned at her but didn't say anything. Akaria was his one of his absolute best friends and he completely understood her and she him. He knew that when she gave an answer like that, she was hurting but wouldn't admit it to anyone.

She always told him she wasn't going to whine like a boy.

"Geez, is that cliff getting any closer?" Justin complained.

"It doesn't seem like it," Emma muttered, swiping her hand across her forehead to remove all of the sweat.

"Oh suck it up you babies," Akaria muttered, her breathing slightly labored. Jesse shot her a look but didn't say anything. Alexis worked her way up to Emma's side.

"Is she always like this?" Alexis asked in a whisper, shielding her mouth with her hand so Akaria wouldn't see her talking. Emma smiled apologetically up at Alexis.

"Yeah, mostly, sorry. She doesn't like hearing complaining or being slowed down," Emma explained somewhat quietly. Obviously, she wasn't worried about Akaria caring about what they were saying.

"Yes, I'm just glad Jesse's back with us, even if's only for one mission," Keith said, coming into the conservation out of nowhere. He materialized so quickly that Alexis actually jumped when he spoke.

"What do you mean?" Syrus asked. Emma sighed.

"Akaria is rather…forceful during missions. She doesn't like crap and hates it when people don't take things seriously," Emma began when Chazz cut her off.

"She doesn't seem to take it seriously herself," Chazz grumbled. Keith shook his head.

"Akaria is snippy and cocky, yes, but, if you were paying attention, she's like that because she knows it causes the people she's fighting with to lose focus and when that happens, Akaria swoops in for the kill," Keith explained. Everyone nodded, taking it in.

"Okay, but why does Jesse being here change that?" Jim asked. Keith and Emma looked at each other before looking at Jim.

"We're not entirely sure, actually. But Jesse is the actual leader of our team so Akaria does have to listen to him just like the rest of us," Keith explained. Everyone looked at each other before looking at Akaria. She was standing at the top of the hill they were climbing next to Jesse and she looked annoyed.

"We better hurry up, the Empress is getting cranky," Justin said, folding his hands behind his head like Jaden does. Everyone nodded and began to run up the hill toward Jesse and Akaria.

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"You have got to be kidding me," Chazz said, his neck craned back as he stared at the top of the cliff. Akaria stretched her back and glared at him when she came back up; her back popped in many places, causing Syrus to cringe.

"We don't kid, Chazz," Akaria snapped. Chazz glared at her.

"You expect us to climb this cliff without any equipment! What else am I supposed to think?" Chazz demanded. Jesse, who was stretching his arms just like the kids were, looked directly at Chazz.

"You all wanted to come and we let you as long as you did everything we told you to do and we're telling you to do this," Jesse explained. Everyone scowled, remembering.

"We didn't think it involved climbing a cliff," Blair muttered. Jesse shrugged, unmoved.

"You don't have any other choices really; there isn't another way up. Like Scarr said, this is the only way out of this valley," Jesse said. Hassleberry placed his finger on his chin in a thinking manner.

"Well, can't was just, like, summon a duel monster," Hassleberry said slowly. Chazz looked at him.

"What the hell is a hologram supposed to do?" Chazz asked. Hassleberry shook his head, ignoring Chazz.

"Nothing, but, well, I was just thinking that sense Scarr was real and he's a duel monster than we could summon our monsters and make them real too," Hassleberry explained. Everyone nodded, liking this idea more than trying to climb that huge cliff.

"Wouldn't recommend it," Justin said, tightening his sword on his hips. Syrus looked at him confused.

"Why not?" Syrus asked. Justin sighed and rolled his head lazily to look at Syrus, his eyes narrowed.

"Because you guys just don't have the stamina to keep a high level monster tangible for extended periods of times," Justin explained. Blair folded her hands on her hips.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Blair asked. Justin let out another, louder, annoyed sigh when Keith decided it was time to speak up.

"Listen, you guys can't summon monsters just to climb a simple cliff," Keith said. Everyone gaped at him.

"That does not look like a simple cliff!" Syrus shrieked. Akaria spoke up now.

"Stop complaining and get climbing or we're leaving you here!" Akaria snarled. Everyone looked at each other and decided against trying to argue with her. Grumbling a bit, they all made their way toward the cliff and began to climb. The kids were the first to begin climbing, minus Jesse and Akaria. Emma was leading and Justin and Keith were trailing slightly behind her. Jesse and Akaria were at the bottom of the pack, keeping a close eye on everyone.

The gang would slip once and awhile but Jesse or Akaria would quickly help them and instruct them how to climb properly. About half way up the cliff, Akaria suddenly slipped and almost fell off the mountain.

"Akaria!" Jesse yelled as he reached for her. His hand grabbed her wrist and jerked her up slightly, causing her to hiss in pain. Everyone stopped moving and looked down at the two of them. Jesse pulled Akaria back to the cliff and only let go when she growled at him.

"Are you okay, Akaria?" Emma called from way up the cliff. Akaria looked up toward her general direction.

"Fine!" Akaria called up. Saying nothing else, everyone began to climb back up the cliff, except for Jesse. Jesse just looked down at Akaria.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Jesse asked her. Akaria smiled at him and nodded.

"Yeah, just a bit sore from my battle with Scarr, I guess," Akaria said. Jesse pursed his lips but nodded and proceeded to climb the mountain. When Jesse was out of hearing range, Akaria turned her head away from him and muttered something in German. Then, she began to climb once again.

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"Come on, Hassleberry, you're almost there," Syrus called from the top of the cliff. Hassleberry was almost to the top but looked ready to collapse, which isn't the brightest idea when you're climbing a cliff.

"Justin, Keith," Jesse said. Without another word, Justin and Keith walked over to the edge of the cliff and jerked Hassleberry up. Once everyone was up on the cliff, they looked around.

The top of the cliff, or the mainland, looked a lot like the valley. There was a forest and nothing could be seen past that with the human eye. Because of this, Akaria looked at Jesse.

"Jess," she said. He nodded and closed his eyes.

"L'aquila Guarda," Jesse whispered, the Italian words light and seeming to carry some power. When Jesse opened his eyes, they were now a stunning cobalt. Without saying a word, Jesse turned and looked in the forest, his eyes scanning the terrain with a new, more powerful sense of site.

At the end of the forest was a village but it appeared to be abandoned as there was no one in it. Jesse continued to look past the village and saw the castle that he could only assume was where Yubel…and Jaden were.

"We need to head that way," Jesse said, his cobalt eyes fading back to emerald green. Syrus looked at him.

"How can you be so sure?" Syrus asked. Justin looked at him.

"Listen squirt, we never question the J-master there. His decisions are final and not open to negation so shut it and march!" Justin said, pointing toward the woods. Scowling at Justin, Syrus began to head toward the woods, following the gang. Suddenly, the kids all tensed.

"Great," Jesse muttered, his hand immediately shooting out toward the hilt of his sword. Akaria groaned and ran to stop the gang, Emma and Keith following her. Justin and Jesse quickly flipped in front of the gang and assumed protective stances. Akaria quickly assumed Jesse's right hand side, Keith proceeding to her right hand side. Emma and Justin flanked the ends.

The gang looked at all of them confused.

"What are you guys doing?" Blair asked. Emma shushed her.

"Something's coming, something big," Emma said. Everyone paled.

"Like Scarr?" Syrus whispered. Keith shrugged.

"Could be, not exactly sure," Keith answered. Everyone paled further.

"It isn't someone like Scarr, it's a lot of them and a lot weaker," Akaria assured the gang, or tried. Saying that there are more than one enemy approaching, even if they aren't very strong, wasn't what they wanted to hear. Unaware that they were doing it, the gang moved closer together.

Now everyone could hear the approaching footsteps, see little bits of red in the darkness of the forest. As the lights grew bright and closer, the kids sunk deeper in their crouches.

Suddenly, at the height of the tension, villager-type duel monsters appeared out of the forest carrying torches and their swords drawn. Shocked and a little disappointed that this was what everyone was worried about, the kids relaxed slightly.

Who appeared to be the village leader stepped forward, his sword pointed directly at the group before them.

"We don't take too kindly to outsiders around these parts," the elderly man said. Jesse stood up completely and let go of the hilt of his sword.

"I understand, but you see, we're only here looking for our friend who was captured by Yubel a few days ago," Jesse said. Murmuring erupted behind the elder as his villagers muttered about Yubel. The elder silenced them with a flick of his hand.

"Yubel you say?" the elder said. Jesse nodded. "She's at the castle on the other end of our village," the elder continued. Jesse nodded again.

"We know, that's why we're here," Jesse said. The elder looked at Jesse closely before sheathing his sword.

"It's almost dark. Only those who are wishing for death go the that castle after the sun has fallen. You can stay at our village and refresh yourselves. You look like you've had an adventure and a half today kids," the elder said with a gentle smile. Jesse smiled back at him.

"Just about."

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