Well, I said I was going to update today, and I did! RER!
EDIT (7/18): I made the title in the center now! yay! (before it was accidently on the left). Also, whenever I put edits in, I'll say the date i edited them. Anyway, enjoy!
Chain Disappearance
"I told you to go after Jaden!" 'The man in the yellow suit' yelled at 'Dream' through his small pool of water.
"I'm sorry, master," 'Dream' pleaded. "I know you told me, but I sensed that blue haired boy's worries and fears, and I just couldn't help invading."
"Fine, fine," the man said. "Just go and get Jaden the next time Jaden sleeps. And this time it had better be Jaden. Or else."
"Yes sir," 'Dream' said as the image dispersed.
At Duel Academy:
"That was a good sleep!" Jaden yelled as the bell woke him from Crowler's class. "In fact, it was so good, I might not have to sleep for any of my other classes today!"
"Well that'll be a first," Bastion sighed.
"There's a first time for everything!" Jaden laughed.
"A first time for what?" Alexis asked, walked up.
"Jaden says he won't sleep through any of his other classes today," Bastion said.
"Well that'll be a first!" Alexis laughed.
"My thoughts exactly," Bastion said, smiling because his point was proven.
"I'll show you! I'll prove it! I won't sleep again until night!" Jaden said defiantly.
"Anyway, have you seen Syrus?" Alexis questioned. "I haven't seen him today, and it's not like him to just miss class like this."
"Well, this morning when I tried to wake him he wouldn't get up," Jaden said. "I just thought that maybe something happened last night so he didn't get that much sleep, but it could be something else."
"I think we should go check on him," Alexis said. "We may be late for our next class, but if something happened to Syrus… I think that's more important."
Jaden and Bastion nodded as Bastion suggested, "Jaden and I will go to his dorm. Alexis, get Chazz and Kaito to geo to the dorm, we'll meet you there."
Alexis nodded in agreement as she ran off.
Jaden and Bastion soon arrived at the rundown Slifer dorm, and entered the room.
"First let's just try waking him up normally," Bastion said. They began to shake Syrus (who was still in his pajamas in his bunk "sleeping"), which didn't work. They then said his name over and over again, which didn't work. They then tried threatening him, which didn't work. They then tried yelling in his ear, which didn't work. Right when they gave up Alexis, Chazz, and Kaito walked into the room.
"Hi guys!" Jaden exclaimed. "Me and Bastion tried waking Syrus up, but it didn't work."
"Let's have a look," Kaito said as him, and Chazz walked over and inspected Syrus. "He's vital signs are okay, except his heartbeat is kind of slow."
Chazz tried lifting Syrus' eyelids, and gasped and stepped back when he saw what had happened. "His… his pupils are missing!"
"WHAT?" Everyone cried as they lifted his eyelids to saw that it was true.
"Just like the people who have lost shadow games…" Bastion noted.
"Well, nothing happened during the night," Jaden said.
"And how do you know?" Kaito asked.
"Because," Jaden explained, "I'm a very light sleeper. I would have heard something and woken up."
"You are not a light sleeper, slacker!" Chazz yelled. "A fire drill alarm wouldn't wake you up! In fact, the fire drill alarm didn't wake you up that night we had one!"
"We had a fire drill at night?" Jaden asked, puzzled.
"Exactly!" Chazz yelled. "Besides, I am a light sleeper. Every time Jaden has one of his dream duels, or Chumley has a grilled cheese fantasy, I never get any sleep! And I can assure that nothing happened during the night."
"Then what could have happened?" Alexis pondered out loud.
"I don't know… but I'm gonna find out!" Jaden explained, getting into his bed.
"Jaden, what are you doing?" Kaito asked.
"This happened while Syrus was asleep, so I gotta fall asleep too!" Jaden explained.
"No, it's too dangerous!" Alexis objected.
"Sorry, but it's the only way," Jaden said.
Alexis sighed. "Fine. But we're all going to stay here and we'll wake you up if something happens."
"Okay!" Jaden said happily as he tucked himself below the covers.
"Not me," Chazz said, heading to the door. "I'm leaving."
"Okay then," Alexis said, surprising Chazz because Alexis actually agreed. "Go and tell Chancellor Sheppard we're here. But then come right back, just in case," Alexis finished.
Chazz paused for a second, but then said "All right," and exited as Jaden began snoring….
In Jaden's dream…
Jaden was in a strange room that looked like the inside of an ancient Egyptian tomb. The walls, floor, and ceiling were made out of old yellow stone, and several torches were lit on the walls, illuminating the room. "Where am I?" he wondered out loud.
"In your dream," a voice said. Jaden turned around to see where the voice had come from. He saw a man wearing a black jacket, pants, and shoes. However, the strange thing about the man is that he didn't have a face, or skin, or anything like that; any time there would be skin it was just black (well, black or a very deep shade of purple, Jaden couldn't tell.) "Well, it's more of a nightmare!" he cackled.
"Who are you?" Jaden demanded. "Why are you here?"
"To duel, of course," the 'man' said as a black duel appeared on his arm.
"All right!" Jaden said as his duel disk appeared and activated. "So, what exactly is your name?"
"You can call me by my name, Nightmare! Let's begin!"
"DUEL!" Both players shouted as they drew 5 cards.
Jaden: 4000; Nightmare: 4000
"Oh, and this is a shadow game, so when you lose you shall join your little friend Syrus!" Nightmare laughed.
"You have Syrus?" Jaden half asked/half murmured, but then snapped out of his shock. "Since you're so confident of yourself, I'm sure you'll let me go first!"
"Go ahead," Nightmare said.
"Thanks, I think I will!" Jaden said, drawing a card(6). "And I'll start off with Elemental Hero Avian(5;1000/1000)! I'll then set 2 spell/traps(3) and end my turn!" Avian may be weak, but my face-downs will help me! And maybe I'll be able to find out his strategy from the cards he plays this turn.
"My turn," Nightmare said, drawing a card. "And I'll start off with a continuous spell known as Call of the Mummy!"
"I doubt it!" Jaden called. "I activate one of my face-downs, Feather Wind, letting me negate one of your spell or traps as long as I have Avian on the field!" Avian flapped his wings, letting out a blast of wind, destroying the spell card.
"Fine, then I'll just summon my Regenerating Mummy(4;1800/1500) and attack!" The mummy appeared on Nightmare's field, and then jumped at Avian. However, a blue circle appeared, blocking the mummy.
"I activated my Hero Barrier, blocking your attack!" Jaden explained.
"Fine, I'll set a spell/trap(3) and end my turn."
"My draw(4)!" Jaden exclaimed. "And now I'll play Polymerization(3), fusing Avian on my field with Elemental Hero Burstinadrix(2;1200/800) in my hand to form Elemental Hero Flame Wingman(2100/1200)! Now attack with skydive scorcher!" The red lady appeared on Jaden's field, but then merged with Avian in a vortex to create a tall green and red warrior with a wing and a dragon's head as one of his hands. The jumped up in the air, and landed on top of Regenerating Mummy, destroying him.
Jaden: 4000; Nightmare: 3700
"Well that barely did anything!" Nightmare laughed.
"That might not have, but Flame Wingman's superpower will do something!" Jaden yelled. "You see, if he destroys your monster in battle, you take damage equal to your monster's attack!" Flame Wingman jumped in front of Nightmare, and blasted him with flame from his dragon head.
Jaden: 4000; Nightmare: 1900
"I'll end," Jaden said, smiling.
"Then I'll begin," Nightmare said, drawing a card(4). "First I'll activate Pot of Greed(3), letting me draw 2 cards(5). Then I'll play Card of Safe Return(4), letting me draw a card whenever a monster is special summoned from my grave. Like now, for instance, because I activate Call of the Haunted, special summoning back my Regenerating Mummy!" The mummy appeared as Nightmare drew a card(5). "However, he won't be here for long, for I tribute him to summon my Vampire Lord(4;2000/1500)!" The mummy's bandages unwrapped, revealing a pale man in a black suit with green hair. He smiled, and Jaden saw two glistening fangs in his mouth. "Unfortunately, my Call of the Haunted stays on the field as a useless card because my mummy was tributed, not destroyed, but it doesn't matter, for I play Smashing Ground(3), destroying your Flame Wingman!" A giant pole came out from the sky, destroying Jaden's monster. "So now, my vampire, attack Jaden directly!" The vampire's suit began to bulge, and he opened it, revealing tons of bats, which flew out and swarmed around Jaden.
Jaden: 2000; Nightmare: 1900
Ouch! That hurt so much! Well, this is a shadow game and a dream, so I guess it should, Jaden thought.
"Oh, and my Vampire Lord has a special ability," Nightmare explained. "When he inflicts damage to your lifepoints I declare a type of card, and you have to send one type of that card from your deck to your grave, and I'll select monster!"
"Fine," Jaden said as he looked through his deck and sent a monster to his grave.
"I end my turn."
"Draw(3)!" Jaden yelled. "First I'll play Pot of Greed(2), allowing me to draw 2 cards(4). And now I'll summon Elemental Hero Wildheart(3;1500/1600)!" The big, tan skinned warrior appeared on the field.
"That's it?" Nightmare laughed. "He's 500 attack points short of being able to defeat my vampire."
"Who said wildheart is going to defeat you?" Jaden asked, confusing Nightmare. "I'm sure you remember that my Avian and Burstinadrix can fuse, and so can Wildheart! I activate the spell Miracle Fusion(2)! You see, just like Polymerization can fuse together elemental heroes in my hand and field, Miracle Fusion can fuse together elemental heroes in my grave and field! However, the only catch is that the monsters are removed from play instead of being sent to the graveyard. So now I'll fuse together Elemental Hero Wildheart on my field with Elemental Hero Necroshade(1600/1800) in my graveyard to form Elemental Hero Necroid Shaman(1900/1800)!" Necroshade appeared for a brief second before being fused with a vortex with Wildheart, to make a warrior that looked like Wildheart except he was wearing a tribal headdress and a tribal mask.
"Your monster is still short on attack points!" Nightmare yelled.
"Yes, my Shaman's attack is less than your vampire's," Jaden agreed, "But he's also 100 points stronger than your mummy!" Nightmare gasped when he saw the bandages rising up out of the ground, and wrapped them around Vampire Lord, forming Regenerating Mummy again. "You see, when my Necroid Shaman is summoned, he can replace one monster on your field with one monster in your graveyard!"
"Okay," Nightmare sighed, "But I still get to draw a card from my Card of Safe Return(4)."
"It doesn't matter," Jaden said, "Necroid Shaman, attack Nightmare's Regenerating Mummy with Black Necroid Blast!" The shaman unleashed a ball of black energy out of his hands, which pulverized Regenerating Mummy and then went into Nightmare.
Jaden: 2000; Nightmare: 1800
"I'll end my turn with a set spell/trap(1) and a continuous spell card known as Branch(0)!"
Nightmare took a card from his deck(5) and then said, "Now that I've drawn, my Vampire Lord's effect activates! Because he was destroyed by your card effect, he gets special summoned from my graveyard, which means I get yet another card(6), completely refilling my hand!" The pale faced vampire smiled at Jaden with his fangs as he rose from the ground again. "So now, attack his Necroid Shaman!"
"I activate my set spell, Burial from Another Dimension! This returns all my monsters that are removed from play—mainly Elemental Hero Wildheart and Necroshade—to my graveyard!"
"How will that help?" Nightmare laughed as the vampire bats destroyed Necroid Shaman and then attacked Jaden.
Jaden: 1900; Nightmare: 1800
"Because now my Branch's effect activates!" Jaden yelled. "Because you destroyed a fusion monster, I can summon back one of the fusion material monsters from the graveyard, and luckily they're there from my previous spell card!" Elemental Hero Wildheart rose up again from the ground in front of Jaden.
"Hmm.. well then I'll just select spell this time for Vampire Lord's effect," Nightmare said. "And then I'll end my turn."
C'mon deck… I need something good… Jaden thought to himself as he drew his card(1). "All right! I play the spell known as Cyclone Boomerang(0)! This increases Wildheart's attack by 500, enough to destroy your Vampire Lord, so attack!" Wildheart launched his boomerang at Vampire Lord while Vampire Lord shot his vampire bats at Wildheart, which resulted in a draw. However, the boomerang was still on the field, and slashed through Branch, Call of the Haunted, and Card of Safe Return, and then bashed into Nightmare.
Jaden: 1900; Nightmare: 1500
"Oh, and in case you're wondering, when Cyclone Boomerang is destroyed, it destroys all spells and traps on the field, and then reduces your opponent's lifepoints by 100 for each one! Seeing as I have nothing left to do, I'll end my turn."
"Then I'll draw(7)," Nightmare said. "And I'll summon my Magnet Zombie(6;1000/800) in attack mode, and have him attack you directly!" The gross zombie rode up from the ground and launched itself at Jaden.
Jaden: 900; Nightmare: 1500
"I'll take it an easy on you this turn and end my turn," Nightmare said.
Jaden drew a card(1) and got a huge smile. "What do ya know? I play Card Of Sanctity(0), letting me draw 6 new cards(6)! Of course, you already have 6, so you won't get any! And now I'll summon Elemental Hero Sparkman(5;1600/ 1400) in attack mode! So go and attack Magnet Zombie and even out the scores!" The blue and yellow warrior appeared on the field and let out lightning, which went through the zombie into Nightmare.
Jaden: 900; Nightmare: 900
"I'll end my turn," Jaden said, smiling.
"Draw(7)!" Nightmare yelled. "Time to kick it up a notch. First I'll set 3 spell/traps(4), and then I'll activate the spell Resurrection of Soul(3)! This will let me summon one soul I've captured… and I think your friend Syrus(0/100) will do nicely!"
"What? No!" Jaden yelled as a transparent form of Syrus appeared, except his eyes were glowing red.
"Oh, and if you destroy this Syrus, Syrus' soul will be gone forever, and you won't be able to bring his soul back no matter what you do! I'll end my turn with my second Smashing Ground(2)," Nightmare said.
"My draw!" Jaden yelled as he drew(6). "And I'll play the spell Fusion Recovery(5) to add Polymerization and Avian to my hand(7)! Then I'll use Polymerization(6) to fuse Avian(5) and Elemental Hero Bubbleman(4;800/1200) to create Elemental Hero Mariner(1400/1000)! I'll set a spell/trap(3), so now I can use Mariner's special ability to attack you directly!" The hero launched his anchor at Nightmare, however the anchor twisted and then went into Syrus instead. "NO! SYRUS!" Jaden yelled.
"Relax," Nightmare said calmly. "I just activated my Spirit Barrier trap card so I don't take any battle damage as long as I have a monster!"
"Phew," Jaden sighed in relief. "I'll end my turn."
"Then I'll begin mine!" Nightmare yelled as he drew a card(4). "First I activate my third and Smashing Ground(3)! Then I'll switch Syrus to attack mode… and equip him with Axe of Despair(2)! And what do you know? Axe of Despair is going to cause you despair! Syrus, go! Attack and defeat your former friend!"
"NO!" Jaden screamed again as Syrus raised his axe and raced towards Jaden. Jaden covered his head with his hands and shut his eyes tight, waiting for the fatal blow. Jaden waited for several seconds, but nothing happened. Jaden opened his eyes and saw Syrus standing and struggling right in front of him, with the axe blade a few inches above Jaden's head.
"N… n… n… NO!" Syrus yelled as his eyes returned to normal and he threw the axe on the ground.
"Fine, then return to my field!" Nightmare command as Syrus' body hobbled over back to Nightmare, despite Syrus' struggling. "If your 'friend' won't destroy you, then this will! I activate my trap, Nightmare Growth!" The trap card transformed into a black blob, which grew into a giant black, hulking figure.
"Wha-… wha-… w-w-w-w-what is that?" Jaden asked in fear as he fell backwards and started to crawl backwards.
"It's your worst nightmare!" Nightmare cackled. "You see, Nightmare Growth turns into the monster you are most afraid of… and I must thank you for being frightened of such a strong monster! Now attack!" The giant hulking figure launched itself at Jaden, reducing his lifepoints to 0.
Jaden: 0; Nightmare: 900
The purple mist began to condense into purple spirits, and started to enter Jaden through his mouth. "Your soul is now mine! Have a good time with your friend!" Nightmare laughed as the spirits finished entered as Jaden fainted and fell to the ground.
Original Cards
Magnet Zombie; Zombie/Effect; Dark; 4; 1000/800; When your opponent declares an attack, you may automatically switch the target of the attack to this face-up card.
Resurrection of Soul; Spell; Special summon 1 spirit under your control as a "Spirit Token" (Fiend/Dark/1/0/100). If "Spirit Token" is destroyed in battle during your opponent's turn or by your opponent's turn that soul is lost forever. (Well, of course, this isn't really a card konami would actually make)
Nightmare Growth; Continuous Trap; After this card is activated, it is moved to the monster card slot and is treated as a monster. The monster this card is treated as is the monster your opponent is most afraid of.
Well, now Jaden lost. Yes, I am aware that Nightmare (who is dream) used different cards than last chapter. And just so you guys know, I think I'm going to use the cards he used last chapter in the next chapter, instead of the ones in this chapter. Anyway, Ryu did win the contest (should have known he would; he is a bakura fanatic). Oh, and yes, I did alter Cyclone Boomerang's effect a little, so please don't bug me about it in the reviews. Anyway, RER!
Zane: I heard that Jaden and my brother's soul have been captured…. Not including Masato, Jaden is the second best duelist in the school, and I'm the first. That means I'm the only one who can save them! It's all up to me, and I'm going to do that, even with these guards… somehow. Next time, on Chapter 20: Mirage of Nightmare