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Well here's chapter two!

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The Mind is a Fragile Thing

Chapter 2

Nurse Fontaine sighed sadly, pulling her stethoscope back around her neck. Jesse was currently sitting on the examination table in front of her, with Jaden beside him.

"Well, Ms. Fontaine?" The nurse turned to the anxious brunette. Jaden had come into her office with the European transfer in a panic, begging her to fix the blue-haired teen.

"I'm sorry, Jaden. But all of his vitals and reflexes are fine; I can't find anything physically wrong with him."

"But there is something wrong with him!" Jaden cried. In alarm, the bluenette began to whimper and tried to pull away from Jaden. Fontaine made a shushing noise and gestured to Jaden to calm down.

"I said physically, Jaden. I agree there is something seriously wrong, but whatever it is appears to by psychological…. I'm just a school nurse, Jaden! I'm not trained to deal with this sort of situation!"

Jaden hung his head. "Sorry, Ms. Fontaine…" He took Jesse's hand in his own, calming the blue-haired student slightly. "So what should we do?"

"I'll call over to Domino Hospital… maybe they'll send someone over to take a look at him." With that, the nurse went into her office to phone the hospital. Jaden looked over at Jesse, who had been looking curiously around the room. He gently touched the side of the other's face to get his attention.

"We'll get you back, Jess… Ok?" Jaden spoke softly. Jesse stared at him, as though trying to comprehend what he was saying. After a few minutes Jesse smiled widely at him, and Jaden's heart rose hopefully.

"They kill mice."

His heart fell again. Jesse obviously didn't understand. Jaden forced a smile on his face and ruffled Jesse's hair. "That's right, Jess…" He looked up as Ms. Fontaine came back in the room. "Well?"

"I explained what happened. And they can't offer any explanations off what I told them, and I can't give them the full details because from what you described to me, it sounds like this was caused by unnatural means. They wouldn't believe me!" She sounded so distressed that Jaden bit back the comment he was preparing and listened as the nurse finished. "They said it didn't sound like there was any hope of recovery…" Jaden looked sadly at his feet, not wanting to look at either the nurse or Jesse. This wasn't fair! What had Jesse done to deserve this? He was interrupted from his thoughts when the door opened and his other friends came in.

"Sarge! What are you doing in here?" Hassleberry asked. "Why aren't you at any of the celebrations?"

"Yeah! You're not hurt are you?" Syrus questioned. Jaden couldn't muster the energy to answer the two Ra duelists fawning over him. He glanced up when Alexis came over, looking concerned.

"Is it Jesse?"

Syrus and Hassleberry both ceased their fussing over Jaden and turned to look at Jesse, realizing he had been there the whole time.

"What's up with him?" Hassleberry asked. He tried to look Jesse in the eyes, but whenever he moved, the smaller teen would turn his head away and stare intensively at something else. "Hey! Don't ignore me!" The solider wanna-be snapped, taking hold of the bluenette's arm. Jesse began whining and kicking at Hassleberry.

"No! Don't be that kind of barn owl!" He managed to nail a kick on Hassleberry's arm. Said solider yowled in pain and pulled back.

"Jesse, no!" Jaden cried, pulling Jesse against him and holding him close again. This appeared to calm him down and he stopped kicking.

"Well we do have a problem here, don't we?" Came a familiar German accent. Jaden, Syrus, and Hassleberry all looked up to see Dr. Eisenstein come into the room with Bastian. The professor had come back from his labs when Duel Academy had been sucked into the alternative dimension. In fact, he had been the one that formulated the plan that got Jesse's Rainbow Dragon to him and got them all home. Maybe he could help Jesse! Bastian came over to Jaden.

"I heard what happened. We think we might have a better grasp on what happened to Jesse, since we took part in the whole inter-dimensional portal fiasco." Jaden perked slightly at this.

"So you think he can go back to normal?"

"Hold on, boy." Eisenstein said. "Let's figure out what happened first… may I talk to Jesse for a moment?"

"Huh?" Jaden looked a bit startled. "Oh… oh, ok…" He glanced at Jesse, whom was tugging at Eisenstein's hair. "Can I come with him?" But the doctor shook his head.

"I'd like to see him alone. It would be easier for me to evaluate him when he's on his own." With that, Dr. Eisenstein helped Nurse Fontaine ease Jesse into a nearby wheelchair Fontaine had ready. Seeing Jaden's worried look, Ms. Fontaine explained.

"The way he is now it would be easier to wheel him around in the wheelchair. We don't want him running off and hurting himself. It's at least just for today." The two adults finished setting Jesse in the wheelchair when the bluenette started squirming.

"Don't! Please don't with that treachery!" Jaden could only watch as they took Jesse into the other room. When the door closed Jaden could no longer hear them. He felt terrible to admit it, but he didn't want to listen to the other like this. He hated seeing Jesse like this. He could feel the tears building up in his eyes again but he held them down. Syrus and Hassleberry were still in the room.

"Don't worry, Jay…" Syrus spoke ainxiously, "He'll get better…"

"Yeah!" Hassleberry supported. "If the Doc could figure out a way to transport the school between dimensions, he can figure out a way to fix what happened to Jesse!"

Jaden just sighed. "Thanks guys… but I kind of want to just be alone right now…" The two nodded in understanding and left. The brunette waited outside for Eisenstein to come out, and jumped to his feet when he did, followed by Bastian. "Well? What do you think? What's wrong with him? Can he get better?" The German Doctor held up his hand to silence Jaden.

"Calm down. You may want to sit, Bastian and I will explain what we think happened." Eisenstein nodded to Bastian who sat down next to Jaden.

"You see Jaden, from what we've concluded and from what you've told us, we believe Yubel has completely destroyed Jesse's mind." Jaden opened his mouth to speak, but Bastian continued, effectively making the Slifer listen. "Dr. Eisenstein believes that the human mind is connected by a form of energy, and that binding, so to speak, enables our advanced cognitive abilities." He saw Jaden looking at him like he had two heads. "Anyways, we believe Yubel broke those bindings and drained the energy holding Jesse's mind together. And that's why he's like this."

Jaden's eyes widened. "So… you're saying he's insane?"

"Precisely."

"Well can it be fixed?"

Dr. Eisenstein spoke up. "Medically speaking, no. But!" He interjected, seeing the brunette's crestfallen expression. "As this is not a medical matter, I believe there is a way. Now listen, the human mind's natural state is to be binded. And the way Jesse's was broken was an unnatural way. So, should our theory be correct then with some help it just might go back to the way it was!"

Jaden's face broke into the first real smile since discovering Jesse's mental state. "So we can bring him back to the way he was?" The doctor nodded and Jaden cheered in glee, rushing to Jesse's side. "You hear that, Jess? We can fix you! I'll do anything it takes!" Bastian chuckled, but Eisenstein looked serious.

"You do realize, Jaden, that this is simply in theory. And the chance of me being right is frighteningly low." He looked Jaden in the eye. "If you're prepared to take care of Jesse yourself, I must warn you that it will be hard on you. You're likely not going to be getting much sleep."

Jaden shrugged, still smiling. "Ah, who needs sleep anyways?" Jesse decided to voice his opinion of the situation.

"I told the cat. And now I beg my mother sitting all alone…" Jesse's vacant expression was like a knife to Jaden's heart. But he knew that even if there was the slightest chance of recovery, he would do whatever it took to reach that. And he meant it.

To Be Continued…

Phew. That took longer to write then I thought. I hope the end didn't seem too rushed.

I'm stealing some crazy phrases but most of them will be my own. It's harder then it looks!

They'll be trying to get Jesse settled next chapter. And he will be very OOC due to his insanity. However, he will go back in character as he recovers.

Tell me what you think?

Well till next time!