Last time........
Bakura: The duel between Ayana Meijin and Jolie Marthis continued on. The onslaught of Lilith was about to begin. Jolie used the last of her Life Points to empower Lilith and become one with her. Ayana had to keep her Life Points up high and ready to go. Lilith continued to try and break Ayana, but Ayana stayed strong enough to defeat Lilith and Jolie. However, after the match, when Ayana went to claim her prize of a rare card, Lilith's card wasn't there. What is going on here?
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Chapter Four: Honor
Ayana continued to walk to Bakura's office, Toorima slowly walking behind her. The purple haired, yellow eyed vixen had no idea that her blond haired, brown eyed friend was following her. She opened the door to Bakura's office and there he stood. Her Pale Rider. Bakura Ryou looked at Ayana, arms crossed. Though this was the Ring Spirit, he was still generous to people. It took him over sixty centuries, but the spirit had finally shown compassion for people. Ayana smiled and blushed. But Bakura wasn't smiling. Ayana looked away. Toorima stood near the door and listened in on their conversation. Ayana and Bakura sat down in chairs.
"So, you battled Lilith and survived....... impressive, Meijin....." Bakura said.
"Um, sir, you made that clear in the virtual world." Ayana replied.
"I know I did, Meijin, but listen. This is very very serious. When we were in the virtual world, and you asked what was going on, I didn't know how to tell you. Are you sure you're ready for what I'm about to tell you?" Bakura asked, his voice shaking.
Ayana looked worried. Bakura never sounded like this. She was wondering what was wrong.
"I'm ready to hear your story, Bakura-sama." Ayana said.
"Okay...... You know that five years ago that I made the dumbest mistake of teaming with Lilith, correct?" Bakura asked. Ayana nodded. "Good. Well, I know there were rumors going around after the event. Here's the real version. I --"
"Ryou-sama, wait...... Don't tell the story yet." Ayana interrupted. Bakura glared at her. "I know you hate being interrupted, but this is something I have to tell you. If I touch someone on their forehead, I can see the images of their stories....... Do you mind if I do that for you?"
Bakura's eyes widened. Just like Tea. he thought. He moved over to Ayana and grabbed her hand. Toorima's eyes widened.
"Very well, Meijin..... Do it." Bakura said.
Ayana put her hand on Bakura's forehead. Her mind started to be flooded with images of Bakura's past. The first image she saw was Bakura dueling against Yugi Motou in a Game of Darkness.
"When Lilith corrupted me with her darkness, the first order of business was to rid myself of my nemesis, Yugi Motou. We had a Game of Darkness in my house. The loser would be killed. He almost beat me, but Lilith came through to me."
The image of Bakura placing a card on a golden duel disk filled Ayana's mind. The Twilight Dragon appeared behind Bakura. The dragon blasted Yugi's Dark Magician and Yugi was then shown being strangled to death by Bakura.
"I defeated Yugi with Lilith's servant, the Twilight Dragon. Yes, Meijin, the same Twilight Dragon you used. The dragon is one of many servants of Lilith. But I'll get to that story later. When the news got out that Yugi was murdered, Joey Wheeler went after me."
Ayana saw Bakura and Joey battling on the docks that lead to Duelist Kingdom. Duke Devlin, Tristan Taylor, Tea, and Serenity are cheering for Joey.
"We had ourselves a Game of Darkness like before. The loser would drown. Joey was determined to defeat me. He kept repeating that his sister and friends gave him strength. But there something else, Joey was weakened already in a duel against Kaiba while I fought Yugi. Joey nearly defeated me, but Lilith interfered again."
Ayana sees Lilith emerging from the sea, which has turned red. She has the Orb of Eternity. Lilith blasts Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon. After that, Ayana sees Joey falling off the dock and into the sea.
"Joey lost the match and fell into the ocean. Lilith's power was holding Joey under, but something inside me stopped her. Joey was reduced to a catatonic vessel. Serenity lost her sanity when Joey was sent to the hospital. Tristan threatened to kill me, but Tea stopped him. I ran away into a church."
Ayana sees Bakura running into a church.
"I didn't seem to care that I was murdering people. I didn't care at all. They were pissing me off. Everyone. They all deserved to die, I thought. But it wasn't the answer. Tea entered the church. I thought she was going to kill me to avenge Yugi and Joey, but instead, she kissed me."
Ayana sees Tea kissing Bakura.
"She kissed you!? But I thought she would've hated your guts!" Ayana said.
"Don't lose the connection, Ayana! This is very important!" Bakura said. Ayana continued to hold on. "She revealed that she always had feelings for me but she was afraid to admit she loved me. Everytime she mentioned my name in front of Yugi, he would snap at her. She despised the Pharaoh secretly. I told her about Lilith and she said she would help me. When she agreed to the terms, she became a member of Lilith's family. Because of that, she possessed the power of clairvoyance."
A pink light forms in Tea's hand and a card forms.
"Lilith trusted Tea with her servant, Hecate the Dark Witch. With the two servants, we were unstoppable. But eventually, disaster struck."
Ayana sees Shadi grabbing Tea from behind and threatening Bakura.
"Shadi kidnapped Tea and threatened to end her life. He then called Tea and I the Lilim."
"The Lilim?" Ayana asked.
"Lilith's children. Shadi revealed to me the Hikarizuishou story, the Black Death, and that it would take eight of Lilith's servants to set her free: the Twilight Dragon, Hecate the Dark Witch, Lolth the Spider Queen, Takhisis the Mythic Dragon, Chemosh the Death Knight, Morgion the Black Wind, Sirrion the Flowing Flame, and Zeboim the Darkling Sea. Little did we know that the Lilim had gathered. A man named Mordecai possessed Chemosh. Seto Kaiba possessed Sirrion. Mai Valentine possessed Morgion. A French woman named Sylvia possessed Lolth. A little girl named Cherub possessed Zeboim. The final Lilim was Marik, who had Takhisis. Together, we destroyed Shadi. He was gone. Then, we were lead by the Black Death and we set Lilith free."
Ayana sees Lilith emerging from the darkness with no face. She is holding the Orb of Eternity.
"She said that she would give us all infinite power. Mai said she didn't want power. She had forsaken the Lilim. I wanted to kill her, but I couldn't. I then knew that something was wrong. We witnessed people around Domino were falling down dead and their bodies burning. Lilith said they wanted power. She wasn't going to give us power. She was going to kill us! But Tea stopped her."
Ayana sees Tea floating toward the faceless Lilith.
"Tea sacrificed herself to save me." Bakura said with a tear in his eye.
Ayana then saw a green light emerge from Tea's body, going into Lilith. Tea's body then disintegrated into black ash. Seconds later, Tea's face appeared on Lilith's empty face.
"Tea had become Lilith. She then began to kill the other Lilim. Mordecai, Marik, Sylvia, and Cherub accepted the power and died. To Kaiba's surprise, Mokuba had followed him and he accepted the power as well. Mokuba died in front of Kaiba's eyes."
A green light emerges from Mokuba's body and into the Orb of Eternity. Kaiba runs to Mokuba, who disintegrates into black ash.
"Kaiba lost his mind and challenged Lilith. We all did. Mai, Kaiba, and myself. We needed to bring Lilith back to hell. We dueled her in what was to everyone now, a Deck Master match. We summoned our Lilim as our Deck Masters. Lilith continued to kill humanity until we all called our Deck Masters."
The Twilight Dragon, Morgion, and Sirrion appear on the field.
"I used a Polymerization on our servants and they merged together into a monster that countered Lilith's abilities...... Kiri-Jolith the Sword of Justice."
A blinding golden light blinded Ayana's vision.
"Kiri-Jolith shattered the Orb of Eternity and set the souls free, but one...... Tea's. With that, I relinquished my darkness onto Lilith. She was sealed away in the Yamizuishou."
The Orb of Eternity glows green and explodes. Then, a dark cloud forms around Lilith and she is imprisoned in a dark crystal.
"Before Lilith was imprisoned, she said that the Lilim will one day come back together. When they do, the Yamizuishou will be destroyed. She also said that the people who accepted power would be reborn new people with different memories. We parted ways afterwards."
Ayana removed her hand from Bakura's forehead. She looked terrified.
"Are you saying that I'm......... I'm........"
"Yes, Ayana Meijin....... you are the reincarnated form of Tea Gardner. You are the one destined to hold Hecate the Dark Witch!"
Ayana looked at her hand, then at Bakura. She shook her head. Bakura held out his hand.
"I would like the Twilight Dragon back now."
Ayana nodded and dug through her deck. She handed Bakura the cards needed for the Twilight Dragon.
"You're lucky I let you borrow that card two days ago. If you didn't have it today, you would've been killed by Lilith."
Ayana stared into Bakura's eyes and Bakura stared into hers. Ayana always wondered why she loved Bakura even though he was a murderer. She was Tea. A reincarnated Tea with only memories that Lilith gave her. Just as the romance was going strong, Toorima entered the office.
"Toorima!" Ayana gasped.
"Stop right there, you scum sucking hiretsukan! What the hell do you think you're doing telling Ayana this crap?! She being Tea reincarnated?! Lilim?! Tea loving you!? What are you talking about?!" Toorima shouted.
Bakura glared at Toorima. Ayana grabbed Bakura's arm. The Ring Spirit looked at Ayana, who slowly shook her head and sadness in her eyes. Bakura knew that look. Tea gave him that same look when they were the Lilim. Toorima grabbed ahold of Ayana's wrist. He then got up in Bakura's face.
"You stay away from her, Bakura! You hear me!?" he yelled.
"You know, for a minute there, I thought you sounded like Marik Ishtar. Tell me, Toorima, have you any relation with him?" Bakura asked.
"Don't you dare tell me that I'm the reincarnated version of Marik! I will not fall for that kuso! Do you hear me?! Stay away from Ayana before I call the cops on you!" Toorima yelled.
After that, Toorima spat in Bakura's face. Bakura paused, then wiped the saliva from his face with a white hankerchief in his pocket. Ayana looked shocked to see this. Before she knew it, Toorima was basically dragging her away from Bakura and the card shop, remembering every word and image that Bakura had shown and told her.
The next day, Ayana woke up in the same guest room in Toorima's house. The house, even though five years had passed, still smelled like burning corpses and mold. She hated living with Toorima. Not because of him, but because his house was hideous. He never bothered to move out of it. He kept telling Ayana that he had lived there since he was five years old and that too many memories are in the house. If it were up to her, she'd burn the house. But it was fire that led her to living with Toorima in the first place. Her house burned down because of Lilith's Orb of Eternity. But then she remembered what Bakura had said. Tea was consumed by Lilith and Tea became Lilith. So would I be called the destroyer? Ayana thought to herself. She shook her head and got on her school uniform. It was Friday. The last day of school for the week. Once again, Toorima wasn't awake on time. It was almost 7:30 and they had to get to class by 8:00. Oh screw it. I'll let him sleep in. Ayana thought.
Ayana tried her best to open the door without trying to wake up Toorima, but the door was too old that it made an annoying creaking sound. Toorima woke up and saw Ayana was awake.
"Where are you off too so early?" Toorima asked. "Going to see Bakura again?!"
"No, Toorima, I'm not. Not now. Don't you remember that it's Friday?" Ayana said.
"So?" Toorima asked, rubbing his eyes.
"School, damuketsu!" Ayana yelled.
Toorima's eyes widened. He quickly got out of bed and got his school uniform on. The two never ate breakfast, which would explain why they were always tired on the buses. Ayana and Toorima quickly ran to the school. Ayana couldn't wait to get the school day over with, then spend the rest of the day with Bakura, the one she loved. Ayana kept running, not watching where she was going, and crashed into something..... or someone.
"Ow, like, watch it, you idiot!" came a woman's voice.
"Sorry." Ayana said.
She then felt her stomach drop as to see who it was she ran into. There she stood, the prissy, popular, long blond haired, green eyed, cheerleader of Ayana's school, Bimusouka Senritsu. Toorima ran over to Ayana and helped her up.
"You okay?" Toorima asked.
He looked at who Ayana had ran into and saw Bimusouka.
"I'm fine....." Ayana droned.
Bimusouka stood up and dusted her extremely short skirt off. She glared at Ayana and Toorima.
"Do you know how much this skirt costs?! You idiots should be watching where you're going?! But then again, I can't imagine two dueling nitwits like you to understand that!" Bimusouka yelled.
"Excuse us, Bimusouka --"
"That's Bi to you! Nobody calls me by my real name, you got me?!" Bi shouted.
"Well excuse us, Bi, I didn't see you! And besides, you yariman, you shouldn't be yelling at Toorima! He didn't run into you! I did! So yell at me, you dumb, stupid ikeike!"
Bi grabbed Ayana by the collar of her uniform and pulled her close to her face. Bi didn't like being addressed by those insults. Who did?
"First off, Meijin, you do not ever, EVER call me a yariman! Second, never call me an ikeike! Lastly, shut up!" Bi shouted, pushing Ayana into Toorima.
Toorima glared at the pretty captain of the cheerleading squad. He hated her as much as Ayana did. Bi started to walk off again, but Toorima grabbed her arm and spun her around so that they were face-to-face.
"What? Are you going to hit me now?! Is that it?!" Bi shouted.
"Shut your hole, you filthy, disgusting woman!" Toorima said.
Bi glared at Toorima even more and kicked him right in the stomach. Toorima flinched, but got back in her face.
"You think that hurt! If you want to hurt me, you'll have to defeat me in a game of Duel Monsters at Bakura's card shop!" Toorima laughed.
"As if. Does it look like I play that crappy card game. I only care for three things: me, myself, and I." Bi scoffed.
"So, you're putting your honor on the line? Is that it, Bi?"
Ayana knew what Toorima was doing. Toorima was going to anger his opponent by insulting their family honor. By doing so, he would get his opponent and try to win some good cards for his deck. Bi glared at Toorima even more.
"If you make me glare anymore, you'll make me wrinkle by the time I'm twenty! Fine! I'll play by your stupid little game! After school, I'll go to this card shop, rent me a deck, learn the rules, and face you one-on-one, family honor on the line, both of us! Deal?!" Bi shouted.
Toorima grinned and stuck out his hand.
"Shake on it?" he asked.
"Fine!" Bi shouted, shaking Toorima's hand.
After the handshake, Bi walked away angrily. Ayana looked at Toorima with concern on her face.
"Do you really plan on doing this, Toorima?" she asked.
"No doubt about it. I'll kick her cheerleading butt all the way back to the first grade after school." Toorima smirked.
Down the road, Bi walked into an alleyway and opened her pink bookbag. Inside was a membership card for Bakura's card shop. But her photo looked different. She was wearing a red cap with her hair tucked underneath it. She wore black shades and men's clothing. The name even read: "Ikamono Shimei." I can't reveal to them that I'm a duelist. I'll be the laughingstock of the school. she thought. She zipped up her bookbag and left down the road. She was well prepared for Toorima.
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Next time.......
Toorima: The time has come for me to duel little miss Bi. But when I arrived to duel, I am challenged by someone named Ikamono Shimei, one of the best duelists in the shop. This guy is amazing! Using a bunch of angel types compared to my deck. Can I really stand a chance against this guy? Well, find out next time on "Apocalyptic Revelations: Identity."