Syrus' Sacrifice
Chapter 9
Wake Up
Chazz wearily opened his eyes, groaning at a pain in his head. Where was he? He looked around and blinked. He was back at Duel Academy? But how? Did Zane and Jaden beat Camilla? Last time he checked, he had been absorbed by a man-eating plant. He remembered Zane and especially Jaden trying to save him, and he smiled slightly. Hopefully Jaden was alright, he thought to himself. I haven't told him how I really feel, and if he loses that challenge against Camilla, I will never get to tell him how I feel... it will all be too late, especially for Syrus and Zane.
He tried to get up but was in too much pain to move. So he merely collapsed back onto the bed and laid his head against the pillow before closing his eyes, sighing heavily.
"Chazz!" a voice called to him.
"Open your eyes!"
Chazz blinked and opened his eyes. "What?" there was no one in front of him. So where had that voice come from?
"Open your eyes, Chazz!" the voice kept calling. "Breathe!"
"Okay, you're retarded," Chazz scoffed. "Whoever you are. Wherever you are. Can't you see I'm alive and kicking?"
But he got no reply. Chazz scoffed and wondered why the voice kept saying the same thing over and over, begging for him to wake up.
Who was it anyway? It sounded familiar, but he couldn't place it. It felt like he knew that person very...very well.
"Chazz, we beat Camilla!" the voice exclaimed. "Now open your eyes!"
"Why won't he wake up?!" Jaden exclaimed as he punched the ground. 'Syrus is back to normal, so why hasn't Chazz woken up yet?!'
It was true. They had beaten Camilla, destroyed her. Syrus was a human again and nestled in Zane's arms as they both watch Jaden try and wake Chazz up. But it wasn't looking too good. Chazz was deathly pale, and there was a faint blue on his lips. He wasn't shivering at all, but one could tell he was really cold.
"The plant must have done something to him," Zane spoke as he looked at Chazz.
"What...like poisoned him or something?" Jaden asked.
"Quite possible that the plant poisoned him," Zane replied. "After all, we didn't know what type it was."
"It was man-eating, that's for sure," Jaden said. "Alright, well... let's just take him back to Duel Academy and see what the nurse says."
With that, the three friends went back to Duel Academy Island. Chazz was carried by Jaden, and Syrus by Zane, because Syrus was tired from using up most of his energy just to talk as a doll.
"Heh... I guess the voice stopped," Chazz said as he tried to get out of bed again. His head didn't hurt so much anymore, so he thought it would be easier.
And it was.
He could officially get out of bed and walk around. Trouble was, by the time he got to the door, he began to get dizzy and sway to the ground. But an arm caught him before he did.
He looked up and saw Alexis Rhodes standing in front of him. "Alexis?" he blinked. "What are you doing here?"
"Chazz, you have to wake up," Alexis said.
"Why does everyone keep saying that?!" Chazz exclaimed. "I'm AWAKE! My eyes are OPEN! I'm FINE!"
Alexis shook her head. "You're in denial, Chazz. You have to return. You have to get back to Jaden."
"Jaden…?" Chazz asked. "Wait... if I'm asleep... where is he here then?"
Alexis looked down at the floor. "He...he's gone, Chazz. In this world, Jaden is gone, and so is Zane. They were both turned into vampires by Camilla."
Chazz's eyes widened. "What about shorty?"
"You mean Syrus?" Chazz nodded. "He's with Atticus right now."
"With... you mean, 'together'?" Chazz asked, his eyes bulging out of his head.
Alexis nodded. "Yes. They are a couple. Atticus helped Syrus get over the losses of his brother and best friend."
"Help how?" Chazz raised an eyebrow.
"You don't want to know," Alexis shook her head. "Anyway. The Jaden and Zane in your world are alive. You have to go back."
"But how?" Chazz asked.
"Just wake up."
In the real world, and in Jaden's arms, Chazz Princeton's eyes opened slowly. He groaned and held his head in pain.
"Chazz!" Jaden and Zane both exclaimed.
"You're awake!" Followed by Syrus soon after.
"Yeah... but my head's killing me," Chazz groaned.
Jaden grinned. "Come on, we're almost to the Hospital Wing."
A/N: Yay! I'll make one more chapter which will be the last! Then a sequel. Promise. -pinkie promise- Anyways, since no one responded to the challenge, I merely ignored it and skipped the duel. I hope that other reality Chazz was in made sense to you people... ;) Thought I'd put something like that in there. Review!