Another Nightmare... (Eyes)

At the time I accidentally wrote some prompts out of order, so this one got it's own chapter. I believe the next chapter was supposed to be Festival, and I didn't end up writing that and updated something else in its place. I had my own reasons at the time and they were certainly valid but I don't remember what they are.

Year Four, Second Half - Slifer Dorms

Jaden was alone. No one else was there. Yet, he could feel the stares of several eyes piercing through the darkness around him, every single one focused on him.

He was alone.

All his friends had been struck down by the approaching darkness. They were defeated, gone. He hadn't been good enough to save them, and they were gone. Now Jaden was alone and the darkness was making him its next target.

He activated his duel disk. He was only going to have one shot at this. He had to win, or no one was going to be able to help his friends or him…

Jaden awoke with a gasp.

He was…he was in bed? How had he been able to sleep at a time like this? There was no time for that! He had to go and defeat whatever was out there, or no one would be able to bring his friends back.

When he practically jumped out of bed into a standing position, Jaden winced. He hadn't noticed the pounding headache threatening to engulf his thoughts until he'd moved.

Calm down, it was just a dream, it's okay, Jaden. He also hadn't realize Yubel was trying to talk to him and bring him back to reality. Hearing those words, however, Jaden forced himself to take a deep breath. Now that his mind was clearing, he remembered that it had been a dream. Nothing was happening. Everyone was safe. They were okay.

Thank goodness, Yubel told him. I wasn't sure how long it would take to get you out of it. You scared off Pharaoh, you know.

Jaden winced again. There'd been an anger lingering beneath the surface of his panic when he'd woke. Anger at himself for letting his friends down in that dream, that his friends had been gone and there'd been almost nothing he could do. While he'd stopped panicking, he still couldn't force himself quite out of that anger. He really need to work on that.

Yikes, and if that's how he was feeling, his eyes were probably glowing gold with the power of the Supreme King, too. There was no way he could go out like this. He would just scare his friends with memories of Dark World, and confuse everyone else. Looks like he was skipping class again today.