Last time........

Toorima: The duel between Ayana Meijin and Jolie Marthis began. Somehow, Jolie could tell what Ayana was going to do before she could even make her move. She didn't have a Millennium Item though. Jolie revealed to herself she had clairvoyance and that was why she could tell. After Ayana summoned Dark Paladin and destroyed Jolie's Relinquished, Jolie snapped and summoned the avatar of Lilith, Black Death. Ayana easily destroyed the beast, but then Lilith appeared with the Orb of Eternity. How is Ayana going to defeat this beast?

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Chapter Three: Destroyer

The blank faced Lilith grabbed a hold of the jade orb. Green specks of light continued to surround the orb. Giggling and other voices echoed from inside the orb as well. As she grabbed it, Lilith's ATK went from 3000 to 6500. Lightning snapped in the background as Jolie laughed insanely.

"Well, mon ami, it looks like you are at ze end of your rope." she laughed. "By the way, it's still your turn. Are you finished with it?"

"No way, not now! I set two cards face-down and end my turn!" Ayana said, setting the two cards face-down.

Jolie laughed insanely as she drew another card. Ayana didn't like what was up next. She feared for the worse as lightning continued to snap around Lilith and the ruined Pantheon.

"It is time to finish this! I will activate Lilith's special ability to drain all but 1 Life Point from me to power up even more! Lilith, my mistress, take me! Take me to the world of infinite power! Please, Lilith!" Jolie laughed.

She raised her arms in the air and lightning snapped. All of a sudden, a green light emerged from Jolie's body and into Lilith. In a matter of seconds, Jolie's face appeared on Lilith's blank face. Jolie's body fell to the ground and turned to black ash.

Ayana -- 3200
Jolie -- 1

Lilith looked at Ayana, who started to scream in fear. The frightened girl covered her eyes with her hands and cards, trying to block Lilith's image. It was no use. Lilith's burning red eyes pierced through the darkness of her mind. Ayana started to cry out of fear.

"Do you accept infinite power as well, Ayana Meijin? I can give it to you. Sign your soul over to me and I will grant you power." came a voice inside Ayana's mind.

"No! I don't want power! I don't want any kind of power! Leave me alone!" Ayana cried, tears streaming from her face.

Suddenly, her tears started to turn red, like blood. She removed her hands from her eyes and saw that blood from dripping from her face. How was this happening. She wiped the blood away and realized that she must've cut herself with one of the cards. She looked up at the giant, Jolie faced Lilith, who still had a hold of the Orb of Eternity.

"Accept my offer, Ayana......." came another female voice from Ayana's mind.

Other voices were starting to echo in Ayana's mind. Some were screaming at her to accept Lilith's offer. Ayana shook her head and looked at Lilith angrily.

"Make your move, shimatta!" she screamed.

Lilith's kind stare turned into a stare of fury. She pointed the orb at Ayana's Dark Paladin and the green lights flew at it. Ayana smiled.

"You fell for my trap, Lilith! I activate the Trap Card, Negate Attack!" Ayana yelled.

A vortex opened in front of the Paladin and the lights were sucked in. The paladin was safe from the goddss' attack. Lilith glared at Ayana as the lights returned to the orb. Ayana drew a card.

"Here's something that Bakura used in his final battle against Yugi Motou before he killed him! I activate a Magic Card called Twilight Portal!" Ayana yelled, placing the Magic Card on the field.

Twilight Portal
Type: Magic
Effect: When this card is on the field, remove three monsters from your graveyard from play to Special Summon 1 "Twilight Dragon" from your Deck or Hand.

A nebula-like cloud appeared over Ayana.

"I choose to remove my Dark Magician, Dark Fire Soldier, and Buster Blader! Come forth, Twilight Dragon!"

The spirits of the Dark Maigician, Darkfire Soldier, and Buster Blader appeared in front of Ayana, then went into the portal. Seconds later, an ancient Chinese-like dragon emerged from it. The dragon was glowing various colors. It was like a Rainbow Beta dragon. It wrapped around the Dark Paladin, staring at Lilith. It hissed at her. Lilith continued to glare as a few lights disappeared from the orb, her ATK went down to 5000.

Twilight Dragon
Type: Light - Dragon
Level: 12
ATK: 3500
DEF: 3000
Effect: This monster can only be Special Summoned by the effects of "Twilight Portal." When it is successfully Special Summoned to the field, increase the ATK and DEF of all monsters on your side of the field by 500 points.

The Dark Paladin started to glow white and his ATK went from 3400 to 3900.

"Lilith, it's time you died! I'm activating my other face-down card now! It's called Soul Union!" Ayana said, revealing the trap.

Soul Union
Type: Trap
Effect: Choose a monster in your graveyard and use it as if it used an Equipment Magic Card. Equip the monster to any of your monsters on the field and add its ATK to its total ATK. Skip your Battle Phase afterwards.

"And I'm going to have my Skilled Dark Magician's soul unify with Dark Paladin! Raise his ATK to 5800, now!" Ayana yelled.

The soul of the Skilled Dark Magician entered the Dark Paladin, increasing its ATK to 5800. Lilith's ATK dropped down to 4500. She was weak enough to be destroyed by the Dark Paladin, but Ayana had to skip her battle phase.

"I'll set one more card face-down. Your turn Lilith." Ayana said.

Lilith's expression went back to one of kindness. A giant black orb appeared next to Lilith.

"I would like you to greet the Orb of Nothingness." Lilith's voice echoed in Ayana's mind.

Orb of Nothingness
Type: Dark - Fiend
Level: 4
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1500
Effect: You may choose to offer this monster to destroy one monster on your opponent's side of the field. Take half of its ATK and deplete it from your opponent's Life Points.

The orb flashed purple and plunged through the Dark Paladin. It groaned in pain and exploded. Lilith's ATK went to 5500.

Ayana -- 300
Jolie/Lilith -- 1

Ayana glared at Lilith.

"I activate my Trap Card, Lilith! Call of the Haunted! Revive my Dark Paladin!"

Dark Palading rose from the rubble of the Pantheon and back flipped back to Jolie [2900/2400], then its ATK went to 3400, the Spear Dragon still in Jolie's graveyard. Then, a face-down card appeared next to Lilith. Ayana drew a card and looked up at Lilith.

"It's been nice dueling you, Lilith, but now it's time to finish this! I summon Twilight Knight!" Ayana said, placing the monster on the field.

A man dressed in various colored armor appeared on the field. He had black wings and a black sword. On his forehead was a red star and his eyes were purple.

Twilight Knight
Type: Dark - Warrior/Union
Level: 3
ATK: 1200
DEF: 900
Effect: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this monster on the
field, you can equip it to your "Twilight Dragon" as an Equip Spell Card OR
change it back to a monster in face-up Attack Position. When equipped to a
monster by this card's effect, that monster's Atk/Def is increased by 1000
points.

"How about we do just that? Twilight Knight, mount the dragon!" Ayana said.

The knight nodded at Ayana and leapt onto the Twilight Dragon. The dragon's ATK went to 4500. Lilith's facial expression turned into sadness as her face-down card revealed itself.

"I activate the Dark Mist of Death." Lilith's voice echoed.

A purple mist surrounded the area. Ayana looked around. She couldn't see.

"What is the meaning of this?!" she screamed.

Dark Mist of Death
Type: Trap
Effect: You can only activate this card during your opponent's Main Phase. Reduce one monster on your opponent's side of the field and add it to one monster's ATK. At the end of the turn, the original ATK returns to the monster.

The Twilight Dragon moaned in pain as its ATK went to 2250. Ayana growled, then put a card on her disk.

"Try again! Remove Trap!" she said as the mist vanished.

The dragon rose its head as its ATK returned to 4500. I'm still not strong enough. As long as Lilith has the Orb of Eternity in her hands, she's unstoppable. She has 500 ATK higher than my dragon. The only card left in my hand won't help at all. It's worth a shot now. Ayana thought to herself.

"I'll set this card face-down and end my turn." Ayana said, setting her last card face-down.

Lilith's facial expression turned from sadness to anger. She held the Orb of Eternity at the Twilight Dragon and multiple lights flew at it. Ayana then realized what her face-down card could do. She slapped herself in the forehead.

"Stop, Lilith! That won't do! Not in this fight! Dark Reflection! Activate!" Ayana screamed, revealing the trap.

A long mirror with skulls and other bones surrounding the glass appeared in front of Lilith. Lilith's reflection appears in the mirror and another Lilith appeared with the Orb of Eternity.

Dark Reflection
Type: Trap
Effect: This card can only be activated during your opponent's Battle Phase. Special Summon a "Clone Token" (?/?/Level 1). The ATK and DEF is copied from the chosen monster's ATK and DEF. If an Equipment Magic Card is equipped on the chosen monster, the effects applied to the "Clone Token."

The clone of Lilith's ATK went to 5000. The real Lilith's eyes widened with fear as the lights attacked the clone. Seconds later, the mirror shattered and the glass shards struck Lilith. To Ayana's surprise, Lilith started to glow green and the Orb of Eternity exploded. A glowing green Jolie appeared in Lilith's place. She looked shocked. Ayana drew a card.

"Time to end this deal once and for all! Twilight Dragon and Dark Paladin, double team and attack Jolie directly!" she yelled.

The Dark Paladin twirled its staff and blasted Jolie with dark lightning. Then, the Twilight Dragon with the Twilight Knight on its back flew at Jolie. The knight slashed at her. As the onslaught ended, Jolie disappeared.

Ayana -- 300
Jolie -- 0

The monsters disappeared and the sun shined through the dark clouds that Lilith created. People ran to Ayana, who was on her knees, shaking. The crowd murmured, wondering what was going on.

"What happened?" came a familiar voice.

Ayana turned her head slowly to see Bakura, who looked angry. She gasped and rose to her feet.

"Bakura...... I mean, Ryou-san..... I mean........"

"What happened, Meijin?" Bakura asked.

"Well..... I was dueling this French broad named Jolie Marthis and she got ticked off at me when I killed her Relinquished and she summoned Lilith and I destroyed Lilith, but then she disappeared and the Pantheon is as it is now." Ayana said in one breath.

"Give me the shorter version." Bakura said.

Ayana explained to Bakura what had happened in full detail. After she was done, Bakura's eyes widen. He shook his head.

"So, it has begun again. I never would've thought. And you survived against Lilith. Amazing." Bakura said.

"Ryou-san, what is going on? What has begun again? Could you tell me?" Ayana asked.

Bakura looked at the young schoolgirl.

"I'll tell you later. Until then, I want you to claim your prize from Jolie's deck and add it to your deck like the rules state. I'll have some people do some research on Ms. Marthis as well, if her body is still in one piece in the real world. Get out of the virtual world and come to my office in the back, got it?" Bakura said.

Ayana nodded.

"Yes, I will. No problem." she said.

"Good. As for the rest of you, go back to what it was you were doing. All duels that were in progress during Lilith's attack are to be reseted and begin anew. That is all." Bakura stated.

Everyone groaned and did as Bakura said. In a flash of light, Ayana appeared back in the card room with Toorima standing over her. She gasped and got out of the chair.

"Are you okay, Ayana-chan? You seem positively spooked. What happened in there?" Toorima asked.

"I....... I don't really know. Do you know where a Ms. Jolie Marthis is, Toorima, I have to claim my prize from her." said Ayana.

Toorima pointed at a chair. There she was, Jolie Marthis, unconscious. Ayana ran over to Jolie and opened the disk slot in the chair. She searched Jolie's deck, looking for Lilith or the Orb of Eternity. The cards were not there. It was as if someone took them while she was talking to Bakura. Instead, Ayana took possession of the Dark Illusion Ritual and Relinquished. She looked at Jolie and whispered:

"I'm sorry, I must do this. It's the rule."

She then walked to Bakura's office, which was in the back of the game room. Toorima looked at her suspiciously and walked behind her.
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Next time.......

Bi: Okay, so like, Ayana talks with Bakura on the story of Lilith and what really happened. Boring! Toorima overhears the story and gets really angry with Bakura. What the heck, huh? What crawled up that loser's butt and died? So, anyways, I start to hassle Ayana the next day at school. But then, Toorima decides to stick up for Ayana's honor and challenge me. As if. Does it look like I care about that piece of crap? Anyway, like, stay tuned for "Apocalyptic Revelations: Honor."