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The kids gasped and Justin staggered back a few feet. The gang, however, was very confused. Everyone looked at Akaria. She had her fists balled up at her sides. Her face was contorted with rage but her eyes were entirely different.

They were depths of naked, red fear.

"Johan?" Keith gasped. Akaria nodded tensely.

"That's right."

"Oh, no," Emma whispered. She clenched her heart and tears began to form in her eyes. Justin shook his head slowly.

"Ummm…who's Johan?" Syrus said suddenly. The kids ignored him, too engrossed in their own thoughts. Akaria looked at him.

"We need to set up camp, and then I'll tell you everything about Jesse…and Johan."

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"Okay, we have fire, food, water, and shelter. Now are you going to tell us what happened?" Bastion asked. Akaria looked up from the log that she pulled up to the fire. The rest of the gang was sitting on the ground, surrounding the fire. They had sticks in their hands and were roasting some meat on the fire. How Axel and Jim came to acquire this meat, they refused to explain.

"I can't believe this happened," Emma whispered. Keith smiled reassuringly at her and tucked a green lock of hair behind her ear. When she returned a sad smile to him, he went back to her hands. A thin sheet of water covered his hands and he ran them over Emma's, tending to her severely burned hands. Akaria rubbed her blade; she had returned it to her side. Jesse's lay at her feet.

"Well believe it, because it did," Justin said. He kicked some stones into the fire, scattering embers around the ground. Chazz glared at him, as his kick had caused dirt to cling to his dinner.

"Thanks for that," he said sarcastically. Justin glared at him.

"Dirt won't kill you, but I will if you keep talking to me like that."

"You don't scare me." Justin rose to his feet. Chazz looked up at him.

"Oh yeah?" Justin challenged. Chazz stood up, handing his stick to Blair who was next to him. Chazz looked him in the eye.

"Yeah." The two of them stared each other down.

"Enough. You're acting like a bunch of second graders," Akaria snapped, glaring at the two of them. With one passing glare in each other's direction, the two of them went back to their seats.

"Akaria, what happened to Jesse?" Jaden asked, looking at her. He had a stick in his hands but there was no meat on the end. He wasn't very hungry; nor was Akaria. She let out a breath, surprising everyone when it came out shaky.

"Jesse has been possessed by Yubel. When he was possessed by her, he turned into Johan: The Dark Crystal Warrior."

"So, has Yubel always been able to take possession of Jesse and become Johan?" Syrus asked. Akaria nodded.

"Yes," she whispered. Jaden lurched forward.

"Then why did he fight her if he knew that he could be possessed by her?" he demanded. Akaria took a deep breath and looked at Jaden.

"He didn't know." Jaden's eyes narrowed.

"How could he not know?" Akaria slouched and covered her eyes with her left hand, the right one folded across her knees.

"Atem never told him because he didn't think he was ready to know that he was part of the Dark Duel Warriors."

"Then how did you know?" Hassleberry asked.

"Atem told me just before we left. That is what he was telling me about in the woods. He didn't want to tell Jesse, because he was so intent on saving Jaden that it would have gone in one ear and out the other."

"Is that why you've always intercepted the two of them?" Alexis asked. Akaria nodded.

"Atem made me swear to keep Jesse from fighting her, and I failed!" Akaria roared and threw a rock into the fire. Embers shot into the air, flying away in the harsh breeze.

"You were unconscious. It isn't your fault, Akaria," Emma said. Akaria shook her head and lowered it, covering her face with her hands.

"It's my fault. If Jesse knew, after we saved Jaden, then maybe he wouldn't have been possessed."

"How could you have told him, Shelia? You were unconscious and the only one who knew. There was no way for Jesse to know," Jim assured her, placing a reassuring arm around her shoulders. Akaria took a deep, unsteady breath. It sounded like she was about to cry.

"Why did it take so long for Yubel to take possession of Jesse? They fought for awhile but she never made a move until you showed up," Chazz said. Akaria looked up. Tears were running down her face and her face showed the guilt that made her sick.

"His Crystal Katana protected him. When he whirled to see me, Yubel knocked it out of his hand and then made her move. As long as he possessed it, even on his hip, Yubel couldn't do anything to him." Her voice was hoarse. Jim pulled her against his side, trying to comfort her.

"But Jesse didn't have his sword at the Duel Academy and Jaden was the only one she was interested in," Blair noted. Akaria lowered her head, staring at the ground.

"I don't know why Yubel was so interested in Jaden. Some weird obsession. Or maybe he was just a pawn she used to lure Jesse here so she could take possession of him," she offered. Jaden looked at her.

"Maybe, but when I a prisoner in the castle, Yubel would take me to some weird thrown room every day and then some sinister voice would talk, like pulling her stings. And every day, some weird, dark smoke would surround me and…well, hurt me really bad. I don't know what it was trying to do, but I think Yubel captured me for it, not herself." Akaria looked at Jaden and then away.

"Maybe…," she whispered.

"Wait, you said Jesse didn't know he was part of the Dark Duel Warriors, right?" Axel said. She looked at him, confused.

"Yeah."

"But all of you seemed to know about them, because when you said Johan, the team really freaked out," he continued. Justin looked at him.

"We all learned about Johan and Yubel. We never once thought that one of us could be the vessel the allowed Yubel to become Johan," he answered, his voice lowering to a whisper toward the end. Bastion looked at Akaria.

"You said the 'Dark Duel Warriors'. Does that mean that there are two warriors?" he asked. Akaria nodded. She reached up to rub some tears from her eyes, but more just replaced the ones she whipped clean. She glared annoyed at her hand before looking at Bastion.

"Yes, there are two: the Dark Crystal Warrior and the Dark Cosmic Warrior. Like Jesse was the Crystal Warrior, there is another member of our team that is the Cosmic Warrior." Syrus looked around.

"Who is it?" he asked.

"We don't know. The Cosmic Warrior has been missing our entire time with the Organization," Keith answered. Jim looked down at Akaria. She was leaning against him, her head lolling against his broad shoulder.

"You said you knew that Yubel created Johan. Does that mean you know who creates the next dark warrior?" he asked. She nodded, keeping her eyes on her hands in her lap.

"Yes. The Dark Angel Haou will possess and create…Judai: the Dark Cosmic Warrior."

"But we don't have the Cosmic Warrior with us, so there is no chance of Judai appearing," Emma said quickly. Keith nodded. He had just finished tending to her hands, bandaging them up and all. He now sat next to her.

"Yes. It would be catastrophic if both Judai and Johan were together," he said. Everyone nodded. Jaden looked at Akaria.

"So, how do we save Jesse?" he asked. She looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?"

"How do we get him un-possessed and un-Johan?" Akaria looked at Jaden, despair in her eyes.

"Jaden, there is no way to save him." It was now Jaden's turn to look confused.

"What do you mean?" Akaria pulled away from Jim and got down on her knees. She placed on hand on Jaden's shoulder and looked into his eyes. Her tears had now stopped, but the guilt and regret still lingered in her eyes.

"Jaden, Jesse's gone forever. I'm sorry."

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Johan stood in the dark thrown room. His eyes were no longer Jesse's bright emerald but now a dark, disturbing orange.

"You look wonderful my dear sister," the sinister voice said from the shadows. Johan gave a dark smirk.

"I know."

"Now I need the Cosmic Warrior and then I can become who I have always been destined to become." Johan scowled.

"That may be harder than it should. That bitch Akaria will surely intervene. There is no doubt she's already figured out who the Cosmic Warrior is."

"That matters not, dear sister. My plan shall work. The new moon rises tomorrow night and that is when we will strike. When darkness envelopes the sky and every star is extinguished, the Fire Warrior shall parish and I will rise."

Johan smiled, liking the plan.

"Yes, Haou." She bowed slightly. An evil chuckle filled the room and in the corner, the darkest corner, eyes opened, revealing a pair of ominous, dark honey-colored orbs.

Tomorrow, the Fire Warrior dies and the Cosmic Warrior will be mine.

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