Sorry I didn't review last weekend! Some weekends I might not update 'cause I'm working on another fic (I haven't uploaded it to this website yet, though), so I'm just warning you. Last weekend and this week I was just so lazy (that's what summer is doing to me!) Don't worry though, to make up for it I'm also going to put a chapter up tomorrow! RER!

The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams

Syrus plopped down into his bed, all of him emotions mixing, giving him butterflies in his stomach. And this was all because of what Zane did. Syrus sighed. Today was so bad... but hopefully tomorrow will be better, Syrus groggily murmured to himself as he fell asleep...

With the man in the yellow suit:

The man was standing at the bowl of water, with an image of Masato's defeat playing. That went better than I expected, he thought looking up at the three tablets before him. Slifer was now much more clear, and could easily be recognized (it could be recognized, but it was clearly not ready to be resurrected). "Fetch out little 'sandman,'" he said to the man in the black suit and sunglasses, who was waiting near the door. "And have him defeat Jaden."

"Yessir!" The man said, departing the room.

The man at the water sighed. The image on bowl shifted from the past to the present, with Jaden lying in bed snoring loudly. "I just hope that he gets the right person this time," he said quietly to himself.

With Syrus...

Syrus was in a pitch-black room, although he could see himself clearly. "Ooh... I'm in a dream! I hope it's a good one!" He said happily.

"Believe me, it will not be happy," A voice said as a door opened, letting an eerie light fill the room, which let Syrus see the light purple mist floating around. The man looked just like a black silhouette. "Are you ready to duel?" he asked Syrus as a black duel disk appeared on his arm.

"Okay!" Syrus said as a duel disk appeared on his arm and activated. "This is turning out to be one crazy dream! So what can I call you?"

"This is no dream," the man said. "But you can call me what you think I am, Dream!"

Syrus: 4000; Dream: 4000

Both players drew 5 cards, and then Dream drew a sixth (6). "Since I'm just a dream," he sneered, "I'll go first. And all I'll do is set a monster(5) and end my turn."

"Draw(6)!" Syrus declared. "Now I summon Patroid(5;1200/1200) to the field in attack mode, and I'll use his effect to see what your set card is!" A cartoon police car appeared on Syrus' side of the field and shone its headlights briefly on Dream's face-down monster, revealing it to be Headless Knight(1450/1700). "Next I'll play the equip spell 7 Completed(4), allowing me to increase my Patroid's attack or defense by 700, and I'll choose his attack! Speaking of which, attack his face-down Headless Knight!" Patroid got a little bigger, drove through Dream's monsters, and then parked itself back on Syrus' side of the field. "That's it for me."

"Then I can begin my turn," Dream said, drawing a card(6). "I'll activate my continuous spell card, the Card of Safe Return(5), allowing me to draw a card whenever a monster is special summoned from my graveyard. Like right now, for instance, because I activate my spell card, Silent Doom(4)! This allows me to special summon one normal monster from my grave in defense mode!" The metal armor rose up on Dream's side of the field as he took a card off the top of his deck(5). He added that card to his hand, selected a new card in his hand, and slid it into his deck. "I play Polymerization(4)!" Dream declared. "Fusing my Headless Knight with my Earl of Demise(3;2000/700) in my hand to create Ghost Duke(2000/1700)!" The blue-skinned zombie appeared on the field for a second before it got merged together with the suit of armor. The new monster that formed looked just like the Earl of Demise, except it was wearing Headless Knight's armor. "Now, attack and destroy his Patroid!" The zombie raced forward and slashed its sword through Patroid, destroying it, and then into Syrus.

Syrus: 3900; Dream: 4000

Ow, that hurt! Syrus thought. Well, then again, it is a dream, so I guess it should.

"I'll end my turn," Dream declared.

"My draw(5)!" Syrus shouted. "And now I summon to my field Steamroid(4;1800/1800)! Now, attack his Ghost Duke! And my Steamroid has a special ability: when he attacks he gets an extra 500 attack points!" The cartoon train started to lurch forward, and then gained speed and rushed over Ghost Duke. However, Ghost Duke just bounced back up, unharmed.

Syrus: 3900; Dream: 3700

"Oh, did I forget to tell you?" Dream asked. "My duke isn't destroyed in battle! However, I need to pay 500 lifepoints during each of my standby phases."

"Fine, I'll end my turn," Syrus moaned.

"I'll draw(4)," Dream said. "And I'll pay my 500 lifepoints." A small aura appeared around Dream, and then transferred to his Ghost Duke.

Syrus: 3900; Dream: 3200

"Now, Ghost Duke, attack Syrus' Steamroid! And don't think I don't know about his downside ability." The duke jumped up, and brought its sword down through the train, whose attack was lowered because it couldn't build up speed.

Syrus: 3200; Dream: 3200

"I'll end my turn," Dream said.

"So now I draw(5)" Syrus said, and Syrus gasped when he saw the card he got. I don't have this card! Well, this is a dream, so I guess that's why. "I play Cost Down(4)! By just discarding a card from my hand(3) I can reduce the level of all the monsters in my hand by 2, which means I can summon Tankroid(2;2200/1000) with no tributes!" On Syrus' side of the field a giant cartoon tank appeared. "Now I'll have him attack your "Ghost Duke!" The tank fired a cannonball at the ghost. The ball went through the duke right into Dream.

Syrus: 3200; Dream: 3000

"I'll end my turn!" Syrus said, smiling.

"I'll draw(5) and pay 500 lifepoints," Dream said as his aura appeared and transferred to Ghost Duke.

Syrus: 3200; Dream: 2500

"However, Ghost Duke won't be here for long, for I tribute him to summon Death Swordsman(4;2200/1000) in attack mode!" The Ghost Duke disappeared, and in its place a pale swordsman with 4 arms and a sword in each of its upper arms appeared. "I'll set 3 spell/traps(1) to finish my turn."

"Draw(3)!" Syrus declared. "Tankroid, attack his Death Swordsman!" Syrus declared.

"What are you doing?" Dream asked. "Both our monsters will be destroyed! Well, it doesn't really matter; I activate Ghost Shield, allowing me to remove my Headless Knight in my graveyard from play to negate your attack! And now my Death Swordsman's effect activates, and his attack increases by 100 because a fiend type monster was removed from play!" Syrus' tank launched a cannonball at Death Swordsman. A small white glow appeared around Death Swordsman as a purple spirit rose up in front of the cannonball to stop the attack. However, the cannonball just flew threw the spirit into Death Swordsman.

Syrus: 3200; Dream: 2200

"Your monster isn't the only one with a special ability!" Syrus explained. "You see, my Tankroid's attacks can't be negated, and if they would be, his attack increases by 400!"

"I had a feeling you had something like this planned, so I had set this!" Dream said, pushing a button on his duel disk. "I activate Revival Tablet, letting me revive my Death Swordsman!" The white swordsman rose from the ground, but it had lost its attack increase.

"Fine, I'll end my turn, and I'll kill your swordsman next turn!"

"Oh, I doubt you'll even have a next turn!" Dream laughed, drawing a card(2). "And to begin your demise, I'll summon my Great Voodoo Master(1;1500/800) in attack mode!" A floating monster that looked very much like Grand Tiki Elder, except he was dressed in darker clothes and had a purple aura appeared. "Now Great Voodoo Master, attack his Tankroid!"

"But why?" Syrus demanded as the voodoo master shot a spell a Tankroid, who absorbed it. Tankroid then shot a cannonball at Great Voodoo Master. The master exploded into purple dust, and then the dust floated over into Tankroid, decreasing its attack.

Syrus: 3200; Dream: 1500

"Because," Dream explained. "The if a monster destroys Great Voodoo Master, its attack is decreased by 600. But that's not all, for I activate my Mirror Tablet trap card! So now watch as my amazing trap card's effect takes place!" The card backing behind Death Swordsman flipped up, and then turned into a giant mirror. When Syrus looked through is, he saw the reflection of Death Swordsman's back. However, it morphed into a picture of Tankroid. Then tentacles oozed out of the mirror, and gently wrapped themselves around the swordsman, giving him their power. The tentacles unwrapped themselves and then shot themselves at, and through, Tankroid, greatly decreasing its attack. The tentacles retreated back into the mirror, and then the mirror sunk down into the ground. "Let me explain," Dream snickered. "Mirror Tablet can only be activated when one of my fiend or zombie monsters is destroyed in battle. It increases the attack of one of my other fiends or zombies by the original attack of the monster that destroyed my monster. But that's not all; it then halves your monster's attack! So now my Death Swordsman's attack has been increased to 4400, while your tank's attack has been decreased to 800. And if my math is correct, that's 400 more than I need to destroy you, so Death Swordsman, attack Tankroid and win me the game!"

"No," Syrus moaned as the swordsman easily slashed his swords through Tankroid, and then into Syrus, knocking Syrus into the ground.

Syrus: 0; Dream: 1500

"You have lost the duel, and now your soul belongs to me," Dream said, walking up to Syrus.

"That's not true!" Syrus said defiantly as the purple mist began to condense into purple spirits. "This is only a dream, so I'll just wake up and this'll be all over!"

Dream bent over and Syrus could tell he was smiling. "Just because you say so," Dream cackled as the spirits entered Syrus through his mouth and Syrus fell to the ground, unconscious, "Doesn't make it true."

Original Cards

Silent Doom; Spell; Special summon one normal monster from your grave to your side of the field in face-up defense mode. The summoned monster cannot attack. (This is really Japanese only right now, but I thought I'd throw it in anyway)

Ghost Duke; Fiend/Fusion/Effect; Dark; 6; 2000/1700; "Headless Knight" + "The Earl of Demise" This card is not destroyed as a result of battle. During each of your standby phases you must pay 500 lifepoints. If you do not, this card is destroyed.

Tankroid; Machine/Effect; Earth; 6; 2200/1000; This card's attacks cannot be negated. If this card's attack would be negated, increase the original ATK of this card by 400 during the damage step only.

Death Swordsman; Zombie/Effect; Dark; 6; 2200/1000; Whenever a fiend or zombie-type monster is removed from play increase the ATK of this card by 100.

Revival Tablet; Trap; You can activate this card when a zombie or fiend-type monster is destroyed as a result of battle. Special summon that monster from your graveyard.

Great Voodoo Master; Fiend/Effect; Dark; 4; 1500/800; Decrease the ATK of the monster that destroyed this monster as a result of battle by 600.

Mirror Tablet; Trap; You can only activate this card when one of your opponent's monsters destroys one of your fiend or zombie-type monsters in battle. Select one face-up fiend or zombie-type monster on your side of the field. Increase the ATK of the selected monster by the original ATK of the monster that destroyed your monster. Halve the ATK of the monster that destroyed your monster.

Well, that's it! Syrus lost his soul! oO Anyway, if someone can tell me which character from the original Yugioh used the card's dream used, I'll give them a special prize! (The cards that they actually used are ghost shield, revival tablet, and mirror tablet, and for the tablets, on the site if found them, they actually used the word 'ouiju' for tablet, but someone I know told me that ouiju mean; tablet, so I just translated it into tablet for the fanfic). The contest will end until someone gets it, or until I put chapter 20 (maybe 21) up.

Jaden: Uh oh! Something's wrong with Syrus! He's in some strange coma, like the people that lost a shadow game!

Chazz: Yeah, this is strange. Nothing happened during the night, so what could be wrong with him?

Jaden: I don't know, but I'm gonna find out! I'm falling asleep on that spot to investigate, next time on Chapter 19: Chain Disappearance

Chazz: Good luck Jaden… Of course, if you fail, at least you won't be bothering me for a while.