*mean while*
Inside Jaden's mind Jaden was cowering in the deepest part of his subconscious. When he was asleep he could remember everything that he couldn't when he was awake. Of course Haou was taking advantage of this fact to torment Jaden into submission.
"Jaden, Jaden; where are you Jaden? Jaden you can't hide from me long, I am a part of you so it won't take me long to find you especially now that you are in such a weakened state." Haou taunted from somewhere else in his mind.
Haou knew all of Jaden's fears and weakness and knew that in the recesses of his mind that this was where he, Haou, could make him feel alone and abandoned; all he had to do was show Jaden the right nightmares and the occasional dark memory, and he would have Jaden pushing himself farther and farther into his subconscious. Of course that's what Haou was trying to do. Once he had Jaden where he wanted him he would trap him there; just as he did before and then he would retake control of his body and would become the all powerful supreme king once again and there was nothing at all anyone could do about it. Haou knew not even Yubell had the strength to stop him. For if she tried to help his lighter half he would trap her in the farthest recesses of his mind, as far away from Jaden as possible. Besides, Yubell was his anyway.
Haou smiled at this thought as he finally had pinpointed Jaden's location. He was hiding in an old memory. It was the one where he had first met Winged Kuriboh, and was also the day he was on his way to duel academy tryouts. Haou sneered at the memory. He hated that furry winged tennis ball. It was always keeping Jaden's sprits up when he was trying to smash them down. But for once he was able to keep Kuriboh from entering Jaden's mind and ruining his plans.
"Hehe, now to torment Jaden into a corner that no one will be able to reach to pull him out." Haou thought as he headed into Jaden's memory. He found Jaden looking like he had totally forgotten why he had been hiding in that memory in the first place as he watched himself become friends with Winged Kuriboh. This was Haou chance to strike.
"Oh Jaden look at what's happened, you loved Kuriboh but where is he now? Oh Jaden it looks like he had abandoned you, just like everyone else." Under Haou's prompting the memory faded and a nightmare appeared before Jaden; one where he was very much alone in and forgotten.
"NO! Please don't leave me! Jesse! Alexis! Winged Kuriboh; please don't leave me alone; it hurts too much please I'm sorry! Please make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!" Jaden cried as he crumbled to the ground, tears streaming down his face as his eyes flickered in an out from the desolate bronze color that Haou was trying to get them to go back to. This was Haou's chance to strike it home as he came up behind the now shaking boy as he cried in agony on the ground.
"Don't worry Jaden" Haou said as he put his hand on Jaden's shoulder. "Don't worry I won't leave you, I've always been with you Jaden; just go to sleep and I'll make it all go away. You'll never have to feel pain again." Haou said as tantalizing as possible. He could tell Jaden was close to giving in; with a little more prompting Jaden would be his, and then very soon the world would follow. It would be all too simple.