Whoo, I'm on a roll lately! Reviews really do make authors update faster! They give us more motivation to write, let us know someone actually has some interest in our story. Anyway, this chapter is pretty short, but the next one will be longer. Enjoy! I don't own Yugioh GX.

Edit: I've added more details and fixed grammatical errors.

Judai hated feeling like an invalid. While everyone else was gathering firewood or getting water or pitching tents, he was sitting around watching. Okay, granted, Sho wasn't really helping very much, what with the fact that he dropped the bucket of water he was carrying, spilling it everywhere, but still, he was doing something.

"Guys, isn't there something I can do?" he asked.

Manjoume answered, "Yeah. Stay off that leg and don't get kidnapped again. And shut up."

Judai sighed. Manjoume could be pretty rude sometimes. Even if he is right.

"Ouch! Fubuki, that was my foot."

"Sorry, Jim." Fubuki rubbed the back of his head nervously. "It's been awhile since I went camping, so I haven't had much experience with pitching tents lately."

"Actually, you must be doing better than you used to," Asuka said, glancing over at the pair. "After all, that's the first time Jim's complained about you hitting something other than the stakes."

"Very funny, sis."

Another sigh from Judai. Johan came over and sat beside him. "So, you don't love Yubel?" he asked.

"That's kind of out of the blue, don't you think?"

"Just answer the question."

"I don't know," Judai admitted. "I've always thought of her as more of an older sister, what with how often she babysits me and all. It would just be kinda weird is all. Marrying Yubel."

"So, then, who do you love?"

Judai looked at Johan, his eyes wide. "Who said I loved anyone?"

Johan's face broke into a grin. "Come on, Judai. I'm your best friend. What makes you think I don't know what's going on in that head of yours?"

Blushing, Judai said, "Well..."

"Okay, if you won't say it, I'll guess. Asuka?"

"Got it in one," Judai said reluctantly.

"You've got some competition, then. Manjoume's been trying to get Asuka to go out with him for a couple of years now. I'm sure Fubuki would be more than willing to help, since you seem nervous and all, but that might backfire. I remember when Manjoume got help from the 'master of love'..." Johan shuddered. "It wasn't pretty."

"What happened?" Judai asked, hoping to change the subject away from his own love life.

"Let's just say that Fubuki's advice works better if the girl you're after isn't Asuka. She's just embarrassed by everything her brother does."

"That's not an answer," Judai protested.

Johan grinned. "No, but trust me when I say you don't want an answer. Anyway, back to the matter at hand, how do you think Yubel will take it when you confess your love for another woman?"

Judai let out a dry laugh. "Let's just say that I'm kinda wishing I was gay. She'd be too stunned to say or do anything if I told her I was in love with you or something."

Johan laughed. "Yeah, but you're not, so that won't work. Besides, you're the crown prince, so you need to be able to have children. You really think she'll take it that badly?"

"Unless she falls in love with someone else before then."

"What do you think are the odds of that?"

"Slim to none."

The two were silent for a moment. In the background, Jim could be heard swearing at Fubuki for apparently hitting him again, this time in that all-too-sensitive area. How he had managed that was anyone's guess.

"I don't know about that, Judai," Johan said after awhile. "Yubel's attractive, she's got a great personality when she's not being jealous, and she lives in the castle. Guys will fall all over her. Actually," he amended, "they already do."

Judai nodded. "Yeah, but if she's not interested, it doesn't matter how many guys like her. She turns them all away."

Johan put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "It'll all work out, Judai. Don't worry about it too much."

"Yeah, you're right, Johan. Thanks."

The night was relatively uneventful. At least, for most people. For Judai, it wasn't so peaceful.

He was plagued by nightmares. In every one, his friends were being enslaved, drowned, burned, maimed, or defeated in a duel in Dark World. But his friends all had something to say to him as they suffered. Manjoume was angry with Judai for getting them into this mess; Fubuki was anguished by how little Judai was doing to help them; Sho doubted Judai's friendship; Asuka was sad that Judai had betrayed them all and let this happen to them.

He saw them in so many situations: Johan dueling Bronn, the Mad King of Dark World and being sent to the stars; O'Brien chained to a wall in a prison camp, waiting to be forced into the Dark Army; Yubel standing next to a figure clad in armor, looking pleased but worried at the same time. Judai couldn't make sense of that one, but he didn't think that he wanted to either.

His screams could have awakened the dead.

"What!? What's going on!?" Sho said, sitting up and looking around wildly.

"Judai!?" Johan asked, moving toward his friend. "Judai, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

There was noise outside of the tent as everyone else made to check out the situation. O'Brien poked his head in. "What happened?" he asked.

"I don't know! Judai just woke up screaming." Johan looked at the brunette, who was taking deep breaths to calm himself down. "Must have been a nightmare or something," he added worriedly.

"Why do you sound worried?" Sho asked Johan, sounding worried himself now.

Yubel forced her way in, shoving Sho aside. "Is Judai all right?" she asked.

"He just had a bad dream, Yubel. Nothing to worry about," O'Brien answered.

Yubel's eyes widened. "Judai, how are you feeling?"

"I'm okay, Yubel. Don't worry about it. Like O'Brien said, just a bad dream," he told her with a smile. It felt so real, though, he thought.

Still eying him suspiciously, Yubel said, "Well, if you're sure. But, if this happens again, you're telling me what these dreams are about, got it?"

"Got it."

Asuka stood outside of the tent, worried. What's going on? Is Judai okay? The moment O'Brien and Yubel emerged, she asked. "What was that?"

"Judai had a nightmare, apparently," O'Brien answered. Then, looking at Yubel, he added, "And this worries Yubel."

Now everyone was looking at Yubel. She avoided their gaze by staring at the ground, then sighed and muttered, "Might as well." She raised her gaze and looked around at the group. "It's about those 'key points' I told you that you were missing about Dark World."