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Chapter 5: Help me

Seto looked around the table and sighed. Kaiser only came over when something bad happened. Last time it was because Haou was expelled. Yusei was sitting across from Seto with Jaden right next to him and Haou on his other side. Kaiser was sitting next to Seto and glaring daggers at Kalin's toned down Devil form, which was a platinum white cat.

"Alright, let's get down to business," Seto said, clearing his throat. "Zane, what happened?"

"Yusei nearly lost control in the hallway," Kaiser said simply.

"Objection," Jaden called, making them jump. "He didn't almost loose control. He just really scared me when he let some of his Devil powers on me."

"Jaden, don't do my any favors," Yusei groaned.

"Why did you let your Devil out?" Seto asked, already exasperated.

"Jaden told me he found his soulmate," Yusei said calmly.

"Then why did you flip?" Seto asked, nearly flipping himself.

"He says his soulmate is one of those new Devils," Yusei said, still calm. But inside, he was smirking. He knew exactly how to get out of trouble. Get someone else in bigger trouble to take the spotlight off himself.

"She's what?!" Seto and Kaiser both jumped up.

"Not a she…" Yusei offered.

"Yusei, don't do me any favors," Jaden hissed back.

"Your soulmate is a male Devil?!" Seto cried, making Jaden look down. Seto sat down in exasperation and Kaiser did the same. "Jaden, how could you do this? This is against everything that you swore when you became a Devil Hunter! You're supposed to kill them, not love them! You—!"

"So what if I love him?!" Jaden snapped, standing up and banging his hands on the table. The edge of his eyes glowed a dangerous red, making everyone but Seto reel back. "I can't believe you!! You Goddamn fucking hypocrite! So fucking what if we are both guys? I think THAT'S you biggest fucking problem with this! You FUCKING moron! You really think we didn't know about your affair with Jounouchi?!"

"That was a long time ago!" Seto snapped, standing back up. "As you can see, I am now married to a beautiful, HUMAN wife! And as my son, you should do the same!!"

"I am not you son!" Jaden snapped back, making Seto jolt. "So don't you dare treat me like I am."

With that, Jaden grabbed his jacket and stormed out of the house. Seto sat back down and put his head in his hands. None of the Fudo brothers had ever challenged his status as their acting father before. The boys had accepted it long ago and never brought it up. Seto stood to follow him, but Yusei stopped him.

"Let him go," Yusei said, shaking his head. "I don't like this as much as you do, but let him go."

Seto nodded and sat back down, sighing. He put his chin in his hand and just watched the door.

~*~

Jaden sat on the bench in the park, waiting. He had called Jesse, nearly in tears. He was still close to tears. He wiped his eyes again and hiccuped. He didn't mean to go off on Seto, but he had just gotten so riled up. He knew he felt his Devil side come out a little, fueling his anger. He hated this. He absolutely hated this.

"Jay!" Jesse called, running over to Jaden. Jaden jumped up and hugged Jesse tightly. Jesse hugged and rubbed his back soothingly. "My God, Jay, what happened?"

"Jesse…" Jaden cried, starting to sob into Jesse's shoulder. "Oh, Jesse…"

"Jay, just tell me what happened," Jesse said, guiding Jaden back to sit on the bench.

"I screwed up, Jess. I screwed up real bad…" Jaden sobbed. "I flipped out on Seto…"

Jaden continued to tell the story and Jesse listened intently. His eyes widened a little when Jaden told him that he said they were soulmates. But he listed and waited until the end to ask his questions. He knew he needed to take Jaden's mind off what happened with Seto.

"Jay…" Jesse started as soon as Jaden finished. "Do ya… really thank we're… soulmates?"

"Well, yeah," Jaden said sheepishly, turning a little red. "I though it was—"

"Love at first sight," the two said together. They both laughed a little and smiled.

"Jay, I wanna ask ya a really difficult question," Jesse said, looking down and taking Jaden's hand. "Well, first let me say somethang."

"Yeah?" Jaden asked, feeling the butterflies starting in his stomach.

"Jaden… I love you," Jesse said, making Jaden's breath hitch. Jesse leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to Jaden's lips. Jaden kissed back and felt his heart sore. It was a chaste kiss, but it was passionate and they could feel each other's love.

"I love you too," Jaden mumbled against Jesse's lips. He kissed Jesse again, making the bluenet smile.

It was then that Jaden realized what he was getting into. He pulled away and sat as far from Jesse as he could, making the bluenet jolt. Jaden was scared. He didn't want to get Yusei mad at him, and he was so scared that being with Jesse would make Yusei hate him. Jaden did not want his brother to hate him. They were all they had left.

"Jay, what's wrong?" Jesse asked, putting a hand on Jaden's shoulder.

"No," Jaden mumbled, turning back to Jesse and pulling his hand off rougher than necessary as he stood. "No, no, no! Jesse, I don't love you! I can't love you! I should hate you! You're a Devil and I'm—"

"A half-breed," Jesse said calmly, standing and pulling Jaden into his arms. Jaden shoved Jesse away and glared at him.

"Yes! And I have a human side that needs to be with a human!" Jaden snapped. Jesse took a step forward, trying to calm Jaden. Jaden growled very inhumanly and pulled out one of his knives. Jesse stopped when he saw the silver blade pointed at him. "Just stay away from me, Jesse. You and the rest of your Pack better stay away from my family."

"Or what?" Jesse asked, his face taking a hard, cold expression that made Jaden's heart sink.

"Or I'll kill you myself," Jaden said, gripping his knife tighter.

Jesse did his best to hide his hurt expression. He couldn't believe that Jaden was doing this. He could bearly understand what Jaden was going through. He could understand the feeling of being under stress from his family, and Jesse knew that was playing a big part in this. But he couldn't understand why Jaden still stuck with it. Jesse had broken away from his family when they were getting on his nerves.

Jaden was fighting back tears the entire time. He hoped Jesse would understand. Being with the bluenet, it was so easy to forget that he was a Devil. But he was, and Jaden was a Devil Hunter. They were supposed to be bitter rivals, hate each other, try to kill the other. But, they fall in love? How did that happen. It was strange, and Jaden did not like it at all, not matter how great it made him feel.

"Alright, Jay," Jesse said, baking off. "I get it. This is goodbye then."

"Goodbye," Jaden said, his eyes cold.

Jesse nodded, turned his back, and walked away. As soon as his back was turned, his eyes started to overflow with tears. Jaden's did as well as he put his knife away. He turned to go back home, only to run right into Yusei.

"I'm not gonna judge you," Yusei said, his hands in his pockets.

"Then why are you here?" Jaden asked, wiping his tears away.

"To make sure he doesn't hurt you," Yusei said, reaching up to thumb away more tears. "When I heard him say he loved you, I really thought that it was a good thing. But it turns out that that hurt you even more, didn't it?"

"Yeah," Jaden said with a nod. Yusei pulled him into a tight hug, letting his brother sob in his shoulders. "God, Yusei, I love him! I love him and I can't!"

"I understand," Yusei said, rubbing his back gently.

"How?" Jaden asked, wiping his tears away with the corner of Yusei's collar. "You would never fall for a Devil…"

"I think I may have," Yusei said calmly.

"Who?" Jaden asked, resting his head on Yusei's shoulder.

"Two, actually," Yusei said, nodding.

"Kalin is obviously one," Jaden offered.

"Obviously," Yusei agreed.

"Who's the other?" Jaden asked, his curiosity peeked.

"I think it's…" Yusei hesitated and then smiled a little. "Jack Atlas…"