Duel 10: Dreams, Returns, and Secrets

"Tsunaida tamashii no hi ga mune wo sasu nara. Kotoba yori motto tsuyoi hibiki ga ima kikoeru ka?" Haruhi sang out loud, cheerful. I recognized the lyrics from T.M. Revolution's Resonance.

Why was I here? I was a virtually unknown duelist, that lived a normal life until she came into it. Now, I have an ESPer, a Time-Traveller, and an alien for friends, and I'm chosen by a freaking God! or a time anomaly or technological lifeform. Either way.

"Roku ni me mo awasazu unmei ni made karandeku. Yukisaki moro kabutteru kuenai yoru wo hashire. Fukaoi shi sugita mabushisa ga. Warui yume ni tsuzuite mo. Tsunaida tamashii no hi ga mune wo sasu nara. Kotoba yori motto tsuyoi hibiki ga ima kikoeru ka? Deatta wake wa dou datte ii hikitsukerarete. Fureta shunkan no kizu no bun dake tashika ni nareru!" Haruhi finished her little song, smiling all the while.

"Will she shut up?"

Tyranno, Shut up.

"Why should I, Punk?"

I'm... going to ignore you now.

Later, we set up camp.

As I ate some blueberries I found in the forest, I began to feel drowsy, and decided there was nothing else to then get to sleep.

As I slept, I dreamed. There was a background in a kid's drawing version. Then, out of no where, there was a dog walking on two legs with a sheep walking on four (which reveals to be Haruhi in a dog costume and the one in the sheep costume is ... Asahina-san?).

"Huh? Look! Kyon's trying to sleep." Dog-Haruhi said.

"Baa." Sheep-Asahina ... baa-ed.

"I know! Let's help them count sheep!"

Suddenly, the scenery change turns darkened and a flaming hoop came outta no where.

"COME ON YOU FRICKIN' SHEEP! JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!" Dog-Haruhi pulled out a whip and keeps whipping on the ground, while the Sheep-Asahina weeps with fear. "JUMP OVER THE FLAMING HOOP SO HE CAN COUNT YOU!"

"I CAN'T SLEEP! I FEEL TOO SORRY!!!!!" I woke up... in a badly-drawn field.

"What the?" I muttered, "I... must be dreaming! Sorry, Asahina-san. I went to sleep after all."

"Yes," a familiar voice said, and I turned to...

Itsuki? in a Mountain outfit?

"I am the Mountain, Itsuki Koizumi."

"HOLY CRAP!"

"Hmm? What with that reaction, Kyon?" Mountain-Itsuki asked.

"Okay, seriously. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY DREAM?"

"Oh, didn't the real-world me tell you? Tomorrow is New Year." Mountain-Koizumi explained, "And if you dreamt the Mt. Fuji, a Hawk, and an Eggplant at this time; they'll bring good luck."

"I don't see you bringing me luck."

"WHAT?! You figured it out!? That I'm actually the Mountain spell card, and not Mt. Fuji?"

"WHAT!?!?!?!"

As all my rage became full-out fury, I became... Obelisk, the Tormentor! (4000/4000)

"OMG, A god card!" Koizumi yelled.

"FIST OF FURY!" Obelisk-Me yelled, as two unknown voices yelled, "TOOOOORRRRMEEEENNNNTTT!!!"

"AUGH!"

"Sorry about that..." I apologized to the lightly singed Koizumi.

"Apology accepted." Koizumi responded. "Well, let's go find the hawk and the eggplant."

So we walk, and walk, and walk, and walk and-

"Oh! That hawk has been flying up there the whole time." Koizumi notice a kid's drawing version of a bird (a sideway 3) flying in the sky.

"THAT'S A HAWK?!"

The "hawk" came down and reveals to be...

"I am the hawk, Yuriko Tsuruya."

"You're a CRANE!" I responded. Tsuruya shot a look at me that said "Shut up, or I'll rip out your heart and feed it to you."

"You should never judge a book by its cover." Tsuruya said "Even though I have a body of a crane, I HAVE A HEART OF A HAWK!"

"... But you're a crane."

"... I guess..."

"Well, now where would we find the eggplant?" I asked.

"Don't worry, I got this handled." Mountain-Koizumi pulled out a cellphone and dials.

"Hang on! You have a cellphone all along?!" I yelled. Then I heard a ring tone and saw a red cellphone on a ground. I picked it up and press "send".

"Nagato-san?" Koizumi asked, "You there?"

"Oh, so Nagato is the Eggplant?" I answered.

"Eh?"

"I found this on the ground." I said.

"Well, why didn't you tell us you found Nagato?"

"I didn't."

"Well, isn't there a strap?"

"What strap?" I look at the cellphone, finally notice a strap and ...

"I am the Eggplant, Yuki Nagato." Mini Eggplant-Nagato introduced herself.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Well. Now we got the three of you, now what?" I asked.

"... What do you mean?" said the three.

"LIKE HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS KOOKY DREAM!" I yelled.

"Heck, I dunno." Koizumi responded.

"Me neither." Tsuruya added.

"I know how you can leave." Nagato said.

"Really? How!"

"Just sleep in this dream world," Mini Eggplant-Nagato explained, "Then, you will wake up to the real world."

"... That's it?"

"That's it."

That was easy.

So I slept in my own futon bed (that came out of nowhere), hoping to wake up soon. But, I feel really uncomfortable when three people were watching me sleeping. Man, how are they going to wake up?

But that's when the Dog-Haruhi and Sheep-Asahina returned.

"Huh? Look! Kyon's trying to take a nap, again." Dog-Haruhi said.

"Baa." Sheep-Asahina ... baa-ed again.

"I know! Let's help them count sheep!"

Again, the scenery change turns darkened and a flaming hoop came outta no where.

"COME ON YOU STUPID SHEEP! JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!" Dog-Haruhi pulled out a whip and keeps whipping on the ground, while the Sheep-Asania weeps with fear. "IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN LAMB CHOPS BY NOW!"

"STOP IT!!!"

And then I realized I woke up. For real, this time.

SIGH.

MEANWHILE, THOUSANDS OF CENTIMETERS AWAY... (THIRD PERSON POV)

Somewhere in the forest, a light flashes.

"Hehehe." a familiar Blue-Haired girl smirked, "Nagato thought she got rid of me? But she did forget I have . . . a back-up plan."

"RYOKO ACHAKURA HAS RETURNED!" Ryoko had been revived. But she started to notice if the flowers were grown. Until they finally realized she was... tiny. She was, as they call it, "Chibi-fied". It seems this back-up plan backfires.

"... Damn it."

Ryoko turned to see a giant, very familiar face.

"NAGATO-SAN! How did you find me here!?"

"Found out by chance," Yuki responded, before stuffing Ryoko in her bag.

"HEY! LEMME OUT!"

LATER, THOUSANDS OF CENTIMETERS AWAY.

"So, you want me to stay with you, right?" Ryoko said.

"Correct."

"Well, okay." Ryoko said, forcing a smile. But deep down, She knew something was wrong. It's like a part of her is missing...

To be continued...