The Fear Factor

Jaden was having a hard time sleeping in his bed. Opposite him, was a mysterious, indistinguishable humanoid figure, with a duel disk on it's arm the same as Jaden had at the moment. Both duelists had a monster in front of them, Jaden's being Wildheart. 
"Party's over!" The Slifer boy declared as he drew. "And I think it's time your monster split!"
Wildheart's attack passed right through it. The other monster then morphed into a enormous dragon. The dragon then shot a jet of fire at Wildheart, reducing him to ashes.
Jaden: 0 LP
Jaden heard Syrus and Chumley call out for help and turned to the side and saw Syrus and Chumley engulfed in the dragon's flames. Jaden shouted for them to hang on, but when he tried to move towards them, black slime rose from the ground, pulling him down.
"Jaden, wake up!" Syrus' voice shouted. Jaden sat up in his bed before turning and seeing Syrus sitting next to him. 
"Syrus! You're okay!" Jaden said, relieved. 
"I'm fine, but I'm worried about you. You were crying out in your sleep." Jaden apologized, saying it was just a bad dream before he tried to go back to sleep.
The next day, Syrus and Chumley took Jaden to the Duel Academy hot springs to try and relax him. When they arrived, Syrus jumped straight in. 
"This is the life. I mean could it get any better you guys?" Syrus asked. 
"Sure it could, Syrus. Like if you hadn't jumped in with your towel still on." Jaden responded as he pointed to Syrus' towel, which was floating in the water.
"Oh man, and it was dryer fresh." Syrus lamented as he grabbed his towel.
"Come on, guys." The koala duelist spoke up. "The water's really warm over by Syrus."
"Actually… That's why I'm chilling over here." Jaden responded.
"Yeah, what he said."
"So Jay, you over that nightmare yet?" Syrus asked. Jaden sighed and leaned back against a rock, at which Chumley looked at Syrus with a glare. "What? I asked because I care. Sorry Jay."
"Yeah…" Jaden mumbled, then sunk into the water.
"Now where'd he go?" Syrus asked as he searched the water for his friend. He then gasped as he felt something in the water.
A short distance behind them, Jaden resurfaced, holding up something.
"Hey, guys, look what I got..." he called out teasingly.
Syrus turned around and started doggie-paddling towards his roommate, "Gimme back my towel, Jaden!"
"Yours?" Jaden laughed as he backstroked away from his friend, "Naw, yours was dryer fresh, this one's a wet mess!"
"You'll be messing with me if you don't give it back!"
All of a sudden a wave of ice cold water hit Syrus in the face, causing the poor Slifer to stop chasing after his friend. He, Chumley and Jaden turned to see who it was.
Chazz sat on a nearby rock, small water bucket in his hand, legs crossed.
"Take a chill pill, shortstack." He snapped.
Jaden waved as he treaded water, "Hey, what's new... Chazz-a-roo?"
"Cute..." Chazz rolled his eyes as he set the bucket down next to him.
"Aw, thanks," Jaden rubbed the back of his head, "So why are you here, you come out to hang with us?"
Chazz scoffed and looked away, "Please, like I'd waste my time with you losers. I just came to relax,"
Jaden separated himself from the others as Chazz and Chumley went after Syrus.
Ever since last night, Jaden had been preoccupied with disturbing thoughts and memories of the last few duels against the Shadow Riders. Zane and Davis lost their souls and became a doll, Atticus and the rest were freed, and now Camula had her soul taken by her own Phantom Gate after losing to him.
'With all that's been happening lately, it's no wonder I had that dream...' Jaden thought as he sank beneath the water, remembering the dream. He was in a duel against a dark figure and they were both low on points, his Wildheart on the field.
His Elemental Hero attacked his opponent, but he didn't win. A huge form appeared out of the darkness and fired off a blast of bright blue and white energy at Jaden, blasting his Life Points to nothing. To make it worse, he had seen Syrus and Chumley taken into a blaze of blue fire before he himself was covered by a mass of living, black slime.
Jaden rose back to the surface and watched as Chumley and Syrus played Keep Away with Chazz.
"Jay?" Syrus looked at the towel, getting a bad feeling.
Chumley looked around, "Where'd he go?" he asked, before seeing something off to the side, "Huh?"
Like Jaden, Chumley swore that he saw a familiar Duel Monster, this one being a large Koala monster, running through the pool water.
Chumley rubbed his eyes and started to swim to where he last saw it, "Des Koala?"
"Hey..." Syrus turned as his friend swam away, "Chum..."
"Finally." Chazz wrung his towel a little after putting it back on, "This place should be a Kiddy Pool for those slackers...or at least wet 'em down with a hose."
"I'm with ya boss!" Appearing next to the dark coat Slifer was Ojama Yellow, to his dismay. "They don't understand you like I do!"
"Zip it!" Chazz yelled at the little monster, sending it underwater.
For most of his descent, Jaden could only see the dark depths of the water until finally he landed on something hard. He yelled, and then stopped, realizing that he actually could yell. If he was still under water, he couldn't or wouldn't be shouting at all.
He looked around to find that he was now in a large cave area.
"What the...who the...?" He checked himself and found that he wasn't in a towel anymore, but he wasn't naked. He was wearing his usual clothes with his Slifer Red blazer as well as an Academy duel disk on his arm.
"Uh...hey there." Jaden waved a little at them, calming down a bit, "My name's Jaden. Sorry for dropping in... or dropping out, or whatever."
A high whistling sound made Jaden look up. Above him was a large hole, the obvious entrance that he fell through. He could see three dark shapes coming down fast upon him.
Jaden watched as the cloud cleared and saw that Chumely, Chazz, and Syrus had joined him, fully dressed. But they weren't alone.
Chazz had his Ojama Yellow with him, this time, not see through.
A large Des Koala sat behind Syrus, munching on leaves from its pouch, looking very real and solid.
Syrus felt around the dirt, "My glasses...anyone seen my glasses, I can't see a thing without them!"
Hearing a grunt behind him, Syrus turned and saw a familiar, rounded blur hand him his glasses. Syrus smiled as he took them, placing them on his face as he turned, "Thanks Chumley..."
"We're in some kind of spirit world!" Chumley said excitedly, looking at all the Duel Monsters.
Syrus blinked, "Wait a minute...if Chumley is there." He pointed to the Slifer, "Then who's..." he slowly turned around and yelped, "Des Koala?!"
Chazz shrugged and looked at the crowd of Spirits, "Looks like a ton of Duel Monster cards come alive..."
"Cool huh?" Ojama Yellow asked, shaking his butt around again.
Jaden managed to tear himself from the screams of his friend and look at the other spirits, "This is bizarre..."
"Who are you calling bizarre?" a new voice snapped.
Everyone looked to the side to see an impressive figure standing there, arms folded and a smug look on his face.
The figure was male, wore black pants and a shirt, along with a long, white, sleeveless trenchcoat, topped off with a strange, dragonhead-like mask, his long red hair flowing behind him.
"It's Kaibaman!" Ojama Yellow shouted happily.
"Kaibaman?" Jaden rose to his feet, "As in Kaibaman, the Duel Monster card? Wait, so are you the one who brought us all here, the one who's in charge of this place?" Jaden scowled, "Or is this all some Shadow Rider trick?!"
"You ask a lot of questions," he noted, smiling, "but I'm afraid you won't be getting any answers...unless you take me on in a duel, that is," Kaibaman held up his left arm to show a strange disk attached to his arm. It wasn't like Camula's but the guys knew it looked custom made.
"Uh oh," Claudio noted. "Sounds like he means business..."
Jaden held out his arm and his own disk whirred to life, the tray spreading outward.
"By the looks of you, I'd say you accept my challenge, but from what I sense, I'm not so sure..." Kaibaman grinned slightly, "I sense fear..."
Kaibaman shook his head, and then pointed at Jaden, "The fear I sense comes from you, and it's deep fear. Fear that your friends will pay most dearly!"
"What's this guy talking about?" Chumely asked.
"This isn't about your dream last night, is it, Jay?" Syrus asked in a whisper.
Chazz scoffed and rolled his eyes, "Look, if you're all scared, then I'll duel him,"
Jaden slowly shook his head, a look of determination plastered on his face.
Kaibaman chuckled, "Not backing down? Then, you can look forward to facing this card." The spirit held up a card. The card in his hand showed a mighty dragon with white scales and azure-colored eyes.
Jaden's eyes widened at the card. 
"The...the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" He gasped.
Chazz frowned, "That's one powerful beast. On second thought, I think I'll sit this one out,"
"Oh man..." Syrus shook his head.
"Can we go back to the pool now?" Chumley whined.
"What's wrong? You look like you've just seen a ghost, Jaden," Kaibaman taunted, waving the card around a little, ignoring the comments.
"Try a nightmare..." Jaden hissed through his teeth, "but still, I won't run!" he declared, holding up his disk.
Kaibaman smiled a bit at the Slifer while more and more Spirits surrounded them, sensing something big was going to happen.
"Now, Kaibaman," Jaden stepped forward, disk and deck at the ready, "Let's give these monsters a good show,"
"Let's duel!" they both shouted as they drew their hands.
Kaibaman: 8000
Jaden: 8000
"Alright then, here goes!" Jaden drew his sixth card, only to slap it onto his disk, "First, I summon the Elemental Hero Bubbleman!"
Jaden's white caped Hero appeared, posing heroically as he aimed his glove hose at Kaibaman. (4/800/1200)
"Oh, and if Bubbleman's summoned out, and he's the only monster I have on the field, I get to draw two more cards! Pretty sweet, huh?" Jaden asked as he took his new cards from the top of his deck. He looked at them, and then slipped one into his disk, "Especially this one! I play the Equip Spell card Bubble Blaster!"
A large cannon with a big water tank on top appeared and landed on top of Bubbleman's shoulders, causing the Hero to kneel down. (4/800-1600/1200)
"Lishus!" Chumley smiled, "That gives Bubbleman 800 extra attack points!"
"I'll call it a turn with that," Jaden said with a slight grin.
Chazz folded his arms as he watched the duel, 'Rumors are that Kaibaman was created by Kaiba himself. This could be tough...'
'Talk about dreams coming true,' Jaden thought as he stared down his opponent, 'Last night, I dreamt about Blue Eyes White Dragon, and now, he's got one! I just hope this doesn't end the same way my nightmare did...' he glanced at his friends, imagining them in pain surrounded by blue flames, '...with my friends in deep trouble because I failed. I have to win!'
"Wishing you could back out now? Too late. My move!" Kaibaman drew his card and smiled at what he just drew, "I summon forth, myself, Kaibaman!"
Everyone stared as they saw a second Kaibaman appearing. (3/200/700)
"Whoa... I'm seeing double!" Syrus blinked.
"And trouble..." Chazz added.
"Now, I'll offer him to bring out the one, the only..."
Jaden gasped, knowing what was coming, "Not him..."
"You better believe it's him!" Kaibaman laughed as he held up a card from his hand, "I summon the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
Every monster took shelter behind rock formations as a fierce wind picked up just as the second Kaibaman disappeared. (8/3000/2500)
"Feast your eyes on the beast that will feast on your soul!" Kaibaman screamed as the huge and powerful ivory dragon appeared above him, letting out an almighty bellow as it stretched its wings to their full extent.
"Our souls?!" Jaden cried in disbelief.
"This could be a really short duel." Chazz murmured.
Syrus stared at the beast, "3000 attack points?!"
"Yes, and you'll see them all in action! Blue Eyes, destroy Bubbleman!" Kaibaman ordered, pointing to the Hero, "White Lightning!"
Blue Eyes opened its mouth and fired off its signature attack, a stream of bluish-white electrical energy. The powerful blast engulfed Bubbleman completely, obscuring him from the other's sight.
"Hold it, Kaibaman!" Jaden yelled over the attack, "Since my Bubbleman is equipped with Bubble Blaster, the Blaster takes the hit and my Bubbleman is safe!"
Chumley nodded, "Yeah, but since the Equip Spell is gone, Bubbleman's attack points go back to normal. This isn't good when you're facing down a Blue Eyes White Dragon!" EHB (4/1600-800/1200)
"Alright, my turn again!" Jaden drew his card, "Now, I'll be turning two monsters into one. I play Polymerization to fuse my Bubbleman and my Elemental Hero Clayman to create the Elemental Hero Mudball Man in defense mode!"
Jaden's round monster with the body of Clayman and the head of Bubbleman landed in front of him, kneeling and arms crossed protectively. (6/1900/3000)
"Take that!" Jaden challenged.
"No, I'll take this!" Kaibaman drew his card, "I play the Spell card Pot of Greed! This lets me draw two more cards," he reached down and drew his new cards, "But, I'll only need one. I play the Spell card, Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Jaden blinked, confused, "Isn't that an attack that the Blue Eyes uses?" He asked slowly.
"Yeah." Chazz nodded, "But what's the deal with it being a card?"
"You're about to find out," Kaibaman smirked, "You see, I can only activate this card when a Blue Eyes is out, but since he is, I can use it to destroy all your monsters!"
"What?!"
"Go!" Kaibaman pointed ahead, "Destroy Mudball Man with Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Another orb of crackling energy appeared out of Kaibaman's Spell card and flew through the air, striking Mudball Man hard in the chest. The Fusion Hero screamed before exploding, creating a big cloud of smoke.
"No!" Chumley cried out.
"With that blast, Jaden doesn't have a monster and when Blue Eyes attacks..." Syrus grabbed his head, "Oh man..."
Chazz scoffed, "Read the fine print, slackers. On the turn that Burst Stream of Destruction is played, Blue Eyes White Dragon can't attack,"
"It won't matter...," Kaibaman said as he slapped a card onto his field, "I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands!"
A horrifying, disfigured monster with countless limbs and hands appeared on the field, snarling at Jaden. (4/1400/1000)
"Now, he'll lend me a hand," Kaibaman said jokingly, "Because when he's summoned, he allows me to take a Ritual Monster or a Ritual Spell card from my deck and add it to my hand...," he fanned out his deck and scanned through it until plucking one out, "But it won't stay in my hand for long, because I'll be playing it. I play the Ritual card known as White Dragon Ritual! I sacrifice my Manju to summon Paladin of White Dragon!"
In Manju's place, hovering above Kaibaman, a man in white armor carrying a lance appeared, sitting on top of a small pale dragon, ready to battle. (4/1900/1200)
"Like I said, it won't matter that Blue Eyes can't attack this turn, because with Paladin, he doesn't need to! He'll fill in for Blue Eyes just fine," Kaibaman shrugged slightly, "Sure, it's not a Dragon, but he's managed to tame one, and in my book that's tough enough!" he pointed to the exposed Slifer, "Now, Paladin of White Dragon, attack with Ionic Spear Burst!"
The smaller Dragon roared and flew at Jaden as the armored rider reared back its lance while a small twisting aura appeared around it. Jaden yelled as the attack went right through him, knocking away his points.
Kaibaman: 8000
Jaden: 6100
"Jaden!" Syrus shouted.
"He'd better get some cards on the field!" Jethro added.
"I'm not done yet," Kaibaman went on as his Paladin returned to him, "By sacrificing my Paladin of White Dragon, I can summon a monster from my hand or deck, and it's one you're already quite familiar with! Care to guess which, Jaden?" he taunted.
Jaden grit his teeth, "Actually...no..."
"Let me give you some hints then," Kaibaman said as his Paladin disappeared, "It's got blue eyes...white scales...," he grinned as another great Dragon appeared next to his first one, "The Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
"Another?!" Jaden looked up at the new arrival. (8/3000/2500)
"This is bad!" Syrus yelped, "Dealing with one was bad enough! Now Jaden's gotta face two?!"
"That card created by Kaiba is a chip off the old block," Chazz muttered, "Jaden better hope that that deck of his isn't an exact copy, or else he's in for it!"
Kaibaman folded his arms as his second Dragon stopped flapping its wings, "It's your move, Jaden..."
"About time. Now," Jaden drew his card, "First, I'll play Legacy of a Hero to draw three cards since I have at least two E-Heroes at least level 4!" Jaden drew three more cards. "Then, I'll play Monster Reincarnation!"
"Lishus!" Chumley smiled, "By discarding a card from his hand, he can bring back a monster from the Grave!"
"Goodbye Elemental Hero Necroshade..." Jaden slipped the card into his Graveyard, then pulled another one out, "...and hello Elemental Hero Clayman!"
"Going to try behind that puny monster again? Pathetic," Kaibaman scoffed.
"No way!" Jaden snapped, "I don't have to hide anymore! Even though I'm glad to have Clayman back, I'm even happier to see Necroshade in my Graveyard, because with him there, I can Special Summon a high-level monster without a sacrifice!" he slapped the card onto his disk, "And the one I choose is the Elemental Hero Bladedge!"
Jaden's golden Hero appeared, flexing his blades. (7/2600/1800)
"Next up, another Polymerization to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Clayman to form Elemental Hero Great Tornado!"
Both the winged hero and the stone hero fuse themselves together to form the Elemental Hero that defeated Kenji last time. (8/2800/2200)
"But as strong as those guys are, they're still no match for those Blue Eyes White Dragons!" Syrus whimpered, turning to the beasts.
"Now, Bladedge, attack with Slice 'n Dice Attack!" Jaden commanded.
The golden Hero soared past the first Blue Eyes, its arm blade cutting deep into the Dragon's neck, letting a bright light pour out of the wound before the Dragon exploded. Kaibaman grunted as he was surrounded by the smoke of his fallen Dragon, his points wounded.
Kaibaman: 6900
Jaden: 6100
"Now Tornado, attack the other dragon with Fury Wind Cutter!"
Great Tornado removed his cape and stretched out his arms, creating another tornado that caught the second Blue-Eyes in the storm and blew him into pixels.
Kaibaman: 5600
Jaden: 6100
"Wow...Jaden actually did it..." Chazz stared at the Slifer, surprised.
Jaden slipped a card into his disk, "I'll throw down two facedowns and end my turn," he grinned as his heroes came back, "...and to think, I was worried I'd lose. Well, not anymore!"
Kaibaman smirked, "Is that so?"
"For sure!" Jaden nodded, "I'm so over my fear! The trick is to take what your fear does and not let it happen!"
"Not let it happen? Anything could happen..."
"Huh?"
"You actually think because you beat two Blue Eyes, you've won this duel, you've avoided the defeat that you fear? Think again! You're a long way from winning this contest and Blue Eyes is a long way from being beat!"
"I don't believe you!"
"It's true, like it not. The fate of you and the fate of your friends still hang in the balance, you have to accept that and face it head on!"
Jaden frowned, "What is this?"
"This is what dueling is all about! Not afraid of the thought of defeat, but to be always prepared to accept it. That is the nature of dueling, and it is high time that you learn it!" Kaibaman drew his card, "I play Trade-In discarding the last Blue eyes in my hand to draw two cards!" He explained discarding his dragon and drawing his cards. "Then, I'll play the card known as Dragon's Mirror!"
"Uh oh..." Jaden gulped.
"It is the same!" Chazz gasped.
"What's the same?" Syrus asked, turning to Chazz.
"Kaibaman's deck," his fellow Slifer explained, "It's the same deck as Seto Kaiba's,"
Jaden glanced at Chazz, then back at the duel, "Then that means..."
Kaibaman grinned, "It means I can fuse every single one of my three Blue Eyes White Dragons to call upon the almighty and the powerful, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
Everyone gasped as the three Blue Eyes White Dragons swirled into a bright, glowing orb, only to emerge into a great three-headed behemoth that looked more and was destructive. (12/4500/3800)
"Allow me to introduce the most powerful, mighty and devastating Dragon of them all!" Kaibaman raised his arm to the sky, pointing to the newly born monster.
Jaden stared at the behemoth as images from the night before came back to him. The beast that fired blue flames at him from the shadowy recesses of the duel...it was this!
"The monster from my dream! It can't be!"
"It can be, and it is!" Kaibaman snapped at him, "And it gets even worse. That dream you dreamt? It will now become a reality!"
"Now, go! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack with Neutron Blast!" Kaibaman ordered.
Jaden pressed a button on his disk, "Go, Trap card! Edge Hammer! By sacrificing Bladedge, I get to destroy one of your monsters, and you take damage equal to that monsters attack points!"
Bladedge flew into the three separate torrents of energy from the Neutron Blast, blades glowing like no other.
"You said I should be afraid of losing?" Jaden shook his head as the three-headed monster was engulfed into a huge cloud of smoke, "I don't think so!"
The bystanders held up their arms to protect their eyes from the smoke and dust from the shockwave.
"He did it!" Syrus whooped.
"Way to go!" Chumley cheered.
"No way!" Chazz cried in disbelief.
"If you won't accept defeat," Kaibaman held up the card he managed to play before the blast, "I guess I'll have to force it on you,"
Jaden's eyes went wide as he saw the image on the card, "De-Fusion and Burial From a Different Dimension?!"
"That's right. With these two cards, I can bring back my dragons into the graveyard, and then revert my Fusion monster back to its normal pre-Fusion form, so welcome back the three Blue Eyes White Dragons!" Kaibaman smirked wider as the three Blue Eyes flew around Kaibaman. (8/3000/2500) x3
"Since Edge Hammer's target wasn't there anymore, it swung and miss! Something that my Blue Eyes won't be doing! Go, my Dragons, attack with White Lightning!"
"Yeah, accept only one's gonna hit the right target! Go De-Fusion!"
Jaden's fusion hero separated into Avian and Clayman that defended from the Blue Eyes assault. (3/1000/1000), (4/800/2000)
Two of the Blue Eyes attacks, destroyed the E-Heroes, while the last one hit Jaden hit dead on, pushing him back.
Kaibaman: 5600
Jaden: 3100
"Stubborn, aren't you?" Kaibaman taunted.
"You said it..." Chazz added. "I don't know how Jaden's stepping up, but he better hurry it up and draw something."
"It's your move Jaden..." Kaibaman stated.
Jaden drew his card. 'I better come up with some defense or take out one of those Blue Eyes before he fuses them, or worse...'
"Coo!" Winged Kuriboh floated in front of him, getting his attention.
"Okay, at least it'll buy me some time..." Jaden said as he took the card and placed in on the disk. "I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!"
"Coo!" The winged monster appeared, ready to defend. (1/300/200)
"Then I'll call it a turn." Jaden said.
"Well, at least he bought himself a turn." Syrus said, trying to be optimistic.
"Yeah, there's no way he can get around Kuriboh's effect!" Chumley added.
Kaibaman drew. "Looks like you've lost! Prepare to face defeat!"
Jaden gasped, "This is bad!"
"Now Blue-Eyes, triple White Lightning!"
The three dragons unleashed their attacks onto the E-Hero duelist and hit him dead on. On contact, the field exploded, sending up a huge cloud of smoke as both Kaibaman laughed triumphantly.
"No!"
"Jaden!"
"What gives?!"
Kaibaman: 5600, Winner
Jaden: 0
Jaden opened his eyes to find himself lying on the ground of the Spirit Cave, Winged Kuriboh hovering nearby.
"Syrus! Chumley!" " Jaden scrambled to his feet, and looked around, only to find that his friends were just fine. They seemed nervous to be around the multiple Duel Monsters, except Chazz. Chazz seemed to be annoyed.
Suddenly, pain shot through Jaden's chest and the Slifer winced, holding it, still feeling the damage from the combined power of the Blue Eyes. Kaibaman walked up to him, arms folded across his chest.
"Defeat is nothing to be scared of, Jaden," he grinned a little, "What matters is that you can get up after,"
Jaden looked up at him, "Wait, so you're telling me that this whole thing was just a test?!"
"Tell me, are you afraid now?"
"Actually..." Jaden stopped and thought about it for a few moments, "No, I'm really not,"
"Then, do you know why?" Kaibaman asked, "Because you faced it. You lost and you're okay,"
Jaden nodded, taking the words in, "Yeah...I am, huh?"
Kaibaman turned his head as Jaden's friends came running up to him, "So are your friends,"
Jaden turned to his posse, "Guys, I think I'm finally over my bad dream!" he said with a grin.
Chazz crossed his arms, "Yeah, well I'm over this place. Can we please get out of this Spirit Cave? It's way low-rent,"
"Uh...Kaibaman?" Jaden turned around, "Think you can help us out here...huh?"
Kaibaman wasn't there anymore.
Everyone looked around the cave.
"Where'd he go?" Chumley asked.
"If you want a way outta here, you should ask your friend Kuriboh," Kaibaman looked over his shoulder at them, "After all, he's the one that brought you here," he turned back and started walking away, "Goodbye, Jaden..."
Kuriboh flew between the boys and hooted quickly and loudly.
Jaden stared at his partner, "Really, Kuriboh? Just close our eyes and wish for it?"
Kuriboh hooted again.
"Ok..." Jaden closed his eyes, and his friends followed suit.
"I really wanna go back home!" Syrus pleaded.
"This is the first time I've left the wading pool feeling more tense than I did when I came in!" Syrus laughed as he and the others crossed the bridge while the sun set, "It's good to be back where monsters like Des Koala and Winged Kuriboh are just cards, right guys?"
What Syrus didn't know was that Des Koala was walking behind Chumley, back in its spirit form, while Kuriboh flapped its small wings near Jaden's head.
"I know what I know, Kuriboh." Jaden turned to his friend, "I know who I owe a big fat thank you to..."
Kuriboh hooted happily.
"Oh, by the way Sy." Jaden turned back to his friends, "I still got your towel!"
"What?! Give it!"
"Sure!"
SNAP!
"OW! HEY!"