Erika opened her eyes and found herself lying in bed. She gasped and sat up. "What happened?" She thought. "Was that all just a dream?" Looking down at herself, Erika saw she was still dressed in uniform. She gave a sigh and threw her feet over the edge of the bed, finding her shoes neatly placed beside her bed. After putting them on, she got off the bed and found her duel disk and deck upon a small chest of draws. Unusually, the ship wasn't rocking as harsh as she remembered it to. Maybe it was a dream? Shaking the thoughts off, Erika put on her duel disk.

"Something doesn't seem right," the spirit of Fairywitch commented. Erika turned to look at the witch with brimming pink wings. "I sense a dark presence."

The spirit vanished into thin air. Erika looked around with surprise. With a sudden paranoia rushing through her, she dashed out of the door. An eerie presence was in the corridor, which gave her the chills. Was it him? No, it couldn't be; this eerie feeling was unlike his – his was much creepier. This feeling was as if something was wrong, or that's what Erika felt.

Erika came to the cabin door beside hers and knocked a few times. "Hello?" No response. She knocked harder with more taps. "Hello…?" Yet again, there was no response. She opened the door and peeked into the cabin. "Hello?" After inviting herself in, Erika found an unmade bed and bags on the floor. Besides that the room was empty. She gave a sigh and headed out the door.

"No one's in their rooms," a small voice said.

Erika jumped and turned around to see Fairywitch hovering in the air. She clutched her chest and sighed in relief. "You gave me a fright there…. Wait… What do you mean?"

"No one's on board the ship either. The anchor has been dropped but no boats have left," the duel monster spirit continued. "I went to check out the presence and found the place deserted. I think you should look outside."

Wandering to the outer deck, Erika gasped as the sunlight glared into her eyes. She glanced around and saw the ship had landed metres away from the shoreline of an island. It looked like paradise, with tropical bush hiding a mountain top in its centre. "Fairywitch, this place is amazing!"

"Don't be fooled," the monster warned. "It looks beautiful but there's a dark presence I can sense. Can't you feel it?"

Erika shook her head. "No I can't. Maybe we should just wait here."

"Go and find them. They could be in danger."

"Uh…" Erika gulped. "How will I get to shore?"

The witch sighed. "Swim?"

"Uh…Do I have to? I don't think I can swim that far…"

"Didn't you do surfing? You should be good then. Plus the sea's calm."

The girl looked worried. "I was good when I was twelve…"

Fairywitch slapped her own forehead with her palm. "Put on a lifejacket, place your duel disk and cards in some kind of plastic bag or inside a sealed flotation device and jump in feet first."

Following Fairywitch's advice, Erika gathered what she needed, made sure everything was secure and sat on the ledge of the ship. She gulped and turned to the duel monster. "Are you sure about this?"

"You'd be better off on the island than being on here," she told the nervous girl. "Trust me, you'll be fine."

Erika nodded. She clutched onto her now waterproof duel disk, took in a deep breath and jumped into the waters below.

Jaden's fingers dug into the grainy sand as he stirred from his unconsciousness. He sat up and faced the deep ocean, unknowing to where exactly he was and how he got there. Damp clothes covered his body but he was bewildered to how they got saturated in the first place. He looked around and saw his best friend lying on his side in the sand.

"Syrus!" Jaden yelled as he made a dash towards his friend. He crouched down beside him and shook him frantically. "Wake up buddy."

The small boy stirred out of his slumber. "J-Jay…. Is that you?"

Jaden gave a sigh in relief. "Oh I'm glad you're okay man, I was worried about you. Hey, check out where we are."

Syrus sat up and took his glasses off, rubbing the lenses before putting them back on. He gave a small gasp and instantly got to his feet. "Where are we?"

"I dunno," Jaden shrugged. "I just woke up."

"How did we get here? Where's the boat? Where are all the others? What if we're here all by ourselves? Or what if we're not? What if there are wild animals lurking in the bushes waiting to eat us?"

"Oh Sy, don't worry! We'll have a look around for the ship. Maybe that will reveal how we got here. The others will be there I'm sure of it!" Jaden positively replied. "Besides, if any animals are hiding, be my guest – I'm starving!"

Syrus gave a heavy sigh and decided not to doubt his friend. Jaden was doing his best to stay hopeful. He knew if anyone could help in this situation, it would be Jaden.

"Bleugh! I feel like a wet dog!" Erika complained out loud to herself as she crawled out of the water. Her legs felt so sore and all she wanted to do was drop onto the beach and remain there for the rest of the day.

The sand glistened like gold as she stumbled out of the surf and onto the beach. She fell to her knees and fell face forward. She dug her fingers into the sand and hugged the comfortable turf. With a soft smile on her face, she gently rested her eyes and slowly fell into a slumber.

"Wake up!" A voice yelled.

Erika let out a scream and instantly sat up. She saw the spirit of Fairywitch floating beside her. "Wha…? What was that for?"

Before the monster could reply, she gave a gasp and suddenly vanishes as if she was being sucked into the island.

"Fairywitch?" Erika asked, unsure where the monster went off to. She hit the sand and gave another sigh. "Now what?"

Erika faced the deep tropical bush. She had no idea what to do, her clothes were wet and she was cold. If anyone from the ship could survive on a remote island it definitely wouldn't be Erika. This reminded her of the days where her mother watched a reality TV show about a group of people having to survive out in the wilderness for thirty-something days. It went on for twenty or so seasons but it always seemed like a thousand or more. Regretting never watching an episode, Erika knew that if she ever made it out of this situation she'd actually watch it. She took another sigh and lay on the sand facing the cloudless sky as the sun kissed her now closed eye lids.

Higher into the sky the sun rose as the heat began to pound upon Jaden and Syrus. Their footsteps treaded slower along the shoreline. Jaden wiped his brow and gave a heavy sigh.

"Man, this is hot weather, Sy. This place is like paradise." Jaden's stomach gave a loud gurgle. "But I'm so hungry! I could do with a bag of Cheetos."

"We'll keep walking Jay. I hope we find that ship soon," Syrus said looking towards the dense jungle-like bush. "Before something eats us."

Jaden let out a laugh. "You worry too much! Nothing's gonna eat us." A small noise caught Jaden's attention. He stopped in his tracks and looked by his side. There appeared Winged Kurriboh, his duel monster spirit. "Winged Kurriboh…? What's wrong?"

The monster gave a small cry and pointed him in the distance they were heading in.

"Are we heading in the right direction?"

The small ball of fur gave a happy nod and flapped its wings. Winged Kurriboh's eyes then grew wide in fright as it frantically tried to fly up to Jaden. The little monster wasn't strong enough as it vanished and was sucked into the island.

Jaden gasped and ran towards the thick scrub, looking into the direction his friend vanished into.

"Jay, what are you doing?" Syrus ran to his friend and pulled him back on track. "The ship's around the corner out at sea."

Jaden turned to his friend and back towards the bush. "I will find you Winged Kurriboh, I promise as soon as I find my friends."

Both boys ran around the bend and gazed out towards the ship. It looked close but they could tell it was further than it looked.

"Guess you won't be getting your Cheetos, Jaden…"

The brown haired boy was more focused on his duel spirit than his stomach now. It was unlike Winged Kurriboh to disappear like that. Jaden looked towards the bush again as his eyes wandered into the island. "No one's here either." His eyes traced along the shoreline. They fixed upon something unusual.

"What's that?" Syrus pointed out, his eyes looking at the same thing. He gasped "is that a body?"

He and Jaden ran towards the body. They both gasped.

Syrus looked upon the body. He began to panic. "I-Is she d-d-dead?"

Jaden knelt beside her and felt her wrist trying to check for a pulse. "She's really cold. Now if I could remember…" He put his fingers on her wrist. "I can't even feel a pulse." He shook her body. "Hey, are you alive?"

"Oh no! Please no!" Syrus began to panic more than before. "Can you save her?"

"I dunno," Jaden sighed. "I've watched things on TV but I've never done them."

"B-b-b-but we can't leave her like this…"

Jaden nodded. "I know… I'll give it a go." He gave a sigh.

Erika stirred half asleep. As she began to wake up she felt something on her lips, breathing into her mouth. Her eyes widened as she went to sit up.

"You saved her, Jay!" A boy cried.

"W-Wha….!" Erika's eyes lay upon Syrus who appeared to be relieved. They then flickered to another boy sitting beside her. She became panicked and her eyes were fixed on him. "What in the world were you doing?"

Jaden looked at the girl confused. "Didn't I just save you or something?"

Her eyes were wide. "Save me..? What are you talking about?"

"You were dead."

"I was dead?"

"Well you weren't responding to my shaking and you had no pulse," he told the clueless girl, "so I gave you mouth-to-mouth to save your life."

Erika's eyes became really wide. She felt dizzy. Her voice grew quiet. "I-I must've fallen asleep…"

Jaden ran a hand through his hair and gave her a cheesy grin. "Well I guess I didn't save your life after all then."

"H-How did you check my pulse?" The now quiet Erika asked.

"Oh I just felt your wrist with my fingers and there was no beat."

Erika gave a sigh and clenched her fist tightly. "H-Here, I'll show you." She took his hand and placed it below her wrist on the thumb side by the vein. "Feel that?"

Jaden gasped. "I can feel it now… You're hearts beating really fast."

She dropped his hand and looked away. "Y-You gave me a fright."

"We were worried that you were dead," Syrus said. "You were just lying there…"

Erika took a breath in and looked at the boys, feeling rather embarrassed about the situation. "Thanks for caring about me guys. I'm sorry."

"No problem," Jaden said with a cheeky grin. "Do you happen to know where everyone else is?"

"No," Erika shook her head. "I was on the ship and I swam here. The next minute I wake up and…" Her face went a little pink.

"Alexis, Zane, Atticus, Chazz, Jake and Professor Banner… Are they all on the island?" Syrus asked.

"Must be," Jaden replied. "We have to find them."