Last time.....
Ayana: Bi continued to battle against that roach queen, Mushi Uri. Mushi continued to increase her Life Points with her insects, but Bi was successfully in summoning five angels of each element. Bakura walked in on the duel and discovered Bi's true identity, that Ikamono Shimei was a fake. Bi then summoned her Lilim servant, Trahkisis the Mythic Dragon, but it seemed Mushi was prepared for that.
Chapter Ten: Sincerity
Mushi - 4950
Bi - 1600
The five-headed dragon continued to look down at the pink haired Mushi. Because of Mushi's mosquito trap, she siphoned half of the dragon's ATK, sending it from 7700 to 3850. Bi though wasn't complaining, the dragon had enough strength to wipe out Mushi in the next turn, if possible.
"You won that round, but I'll get the true victory. I'll set this card face-down and end my turn." Bi said, setting a card face-down.
Mushi drew a card, she was still shaking with fear. She looked at her Spider Web trap. It wasn't any good to her if she had no monsters on the field. She grinned evilly when she looked at her hand.
"I'll summon Pinch Hopper (4/1000/1200) in attack mode!" she said as the grasshopper appeared on the field.
Bakura knew what Mushi was up to. If the grasshopper was destroyed she could Special Summon any Insect Monster from her hand to the field. Knowing her, she would probably summon Insect Queen like Weevil did in the past. Bi drew a card.
"I know that your Spider Web is still on the field and I know what you're trying to do. Believe me, it won't work, Mushi!" Bi said.
"Oh, now you're hurting my feelings, boo-hoo." Mushi said sarcastically, drawing a card. "I'll use this Magic Card, Eradicating Aerosol, which will destroy all insects on the field!"
Bi looked confused as a giant hand emerged from the sky with a green can of aerosol. The hand sprayed the entire field with the aerosol, then disappeared. The Pinch Hopper gasped, then exploded. A big grin formed on Mushi's face.
"Because of that, I can Special Summon any Insect monster in my hand! And I plan on summoning this monster, Khepri the Scarab Plague!" Mushi giggled setting the card on the field.
Khepri the Scarab Plague
Type: Insect - Earth
Level: 8
ATK: 2550
DEF: 2000
Effect: Increase the ATK of this card by 300 for every Insect sub-attribute monster in your Graveyard. Every stand-by phase, Special Summon 1 "Swarm of Scarabs" in face-down defense position.
The ground quaked open and a man dressed like an Egyptian pharaoh emerged from the ground. But his head was hideous, it was a black scarab beetle with red glowing eyes. Bi started to shutter at this beetle man. She covered her eyes, but realized that the beetle was still weaker than Trahkisis, but that Spider Web was still on the field.
"Nice try, Mushi, but your bug boy over there will get crushed by my dragon! I wouldn't attack if I were you!" Bi said.
"Ah, but there are four insects in my Graveyard, therefore Khepri gets 1500 ATK, making it 4050! But I won't attack now! Plus, I'll this face-down and end my turn." Mushi said as a face-down card appeared.
Bi drew a card. Trahkisis looked at Bi with all five of her heads. Bi looked at her. She heard a voice in her head. You might as well play that face-down card. I know that I can kill these bug. You just have to trust me.
"Did Trahkisis just speak to me?" Bi asked.
"Indeed she did, Bimusouka. The servants of the Lilim can speak to their master telepathically. Trust her. She knows what she's talking about." Bakura said.
Bi nodded.
"I play my face-down card, Raigeki Break! By playing it, I can discard a card in my hand to destroy any card on the field! I choose your Spi--!" Bi stopped. "On second thought, I'll destroy your Khrepi!"
Bi discarded an Angel Knight #2, and lightning struck Khrepi, destroying it. Mushi didn't seem terrified at all.
"Trahkisis, attack her directly!" Bi shouted as the dragon shot Mushi with all five of her heads.
Mushi screamed in pain as the elements of fire, water, wind, earth, and darkness hit her. She was in even more pain than she normally was.
Mushi - 1100
Bi - 1600
"You should've destroyed my Spider Web, Bimusouka, cause now I play this Trap Card, Insect Renewal!" Mushi shouted, revealing the card.
Insect Renewal
Type: Trap
Effect: Special Summon 1 Insect sub-attribute monster from your Graveyard in face-up attack position or face-down defense position.
Mushi drew a card, then Khrepi reappeared on the field. But then, a face-down monster appeared on the field. Khrepi's ATK went back to 3750.
"What is going on?" Bi asked.
"Khrepi, on my stand-by phase, can Special Summon a certain monster in face-down defense position. I would like you to try and guess what that monster would be!" Mushi laughed.
Bi smiled. She was going to do something that she should've done a long time ago to end this. She drew her card.
"I will summon Angel Knight #3 (4/1300/1400)!" Bi shouted as the red haired angel appeared on the field.
"What good is that going to do you?!" Mushi asked snidely.
"This! Trahkisis, attack Khrepi!" Bi shouted as the dragon shot her elements.
"You fool! Don't you remember Spider Web? Now I'll offer 800 Life Points to keep Khrepi safe from harm!" Mushi laughed.
The spider web formed in front of Khrepi as the elements blasted it. No damage came to the scarab monster.
Mushi - 300
Bi - 1600
"Now, Angel Knight, attack that face-down monster!" Bi shouted.
The angel slashed at the monster, which was a Swarm of Scarabs (3/500/1000). The scarabs lunged at Trahkisis. The dragon roared in pain, then exploded. Bi was surprised to see that. Khrepi went to 4350.
"You see, your Lilim servant maybe as powerful as a god, but it's still a monster." Mushi laughed.
"Think that all you might. I set this card face-down and end my turn." Bi said as a card face-down appeared.
"Ha! Fool!" Mushi said drawing. "And now another face-down Swarm of Scarabs forms on my field thanks to Khrepi!"
She was right. Another face-down card appeared on Mushi's field.
"Since you left your pitiful angel wide open....... Khrepi, attack!"
The scarab faced man lunged at the angel knight. Bi grinned.
"Activate Mirror Wall!" Bi shouted, revealing the trap.
A wall of glass formed in front of Khrepi and he punched his own reflection, dropping his ATK to 2175, but he still broke through and destroyed the angel.
Mushi - 300
Bi - 725
"That was very foolish of you to do that!" Mushi taunted.
"Try this on for size." Bi said, drawing. "I play Monster Reborn! Revive Trahkisis!"
Lightning struck the ground in front of Bi and the dragon emerged from the ground, but her ATK was 0. I forgot, she needed sacrifices to power up. Bi thought.
"Next, I play Soul Release, releasing the souls of your five insects and reduce your scarab man all the way to 3150!" Bi said, playing the card.
Five insect souls emerged from Mushi's graveyard. She looked worried.
"Plus, I'll play Coins of Heaven, allowing us to draw until we have six cards." Bi explained as both she and Mushi drew up to six cards total to their hand. "Then I'll play this Magic Card, Sword of Holiness!"
Sword of Holiness
Type: Magic - Equipment
Effect: The card equipped with this card will increase its ATK by 500 for every Fairy sub-attribute in the Graveyard.
A sword appeared in Trahkisis' hands and it started to shine bright. The dragon roared in delight as her ATK went from 0 to 3500.
"I will still use Spider Web if you attack!" Mushi cried.
"No you won't. You have 300 Life Points. You use it to defend Khrepi, you're finished! Either way, you're finished! Trahkisis, finish her off!" Bi shouted.
The dragon shot fire, darkness, water, earth, and darkness at Khrepi. Mushi screamed as the scarab man exploded.
Mushi - 0
Bi - 725
Mushi whimpered as Trahkisis glared at her. The holograms disappeared. Mushi continued to whimper, then screamed. When she did, she logged out. Bi smiled in delight as the sun came out in the VR world. She turned around and saw Bakura staring at her. She forgot that Bakura didn't know she was Ikamono Shimei.
"We need to talk." Bakura said.
Ayana woke up in another section of the art museum. She looked around and saw that she was in front Ishizu's ancient scriptures exhibit. She looked at them and then started to see images of Tea looking at them with Yugi. After all, she was Tea in her past life.
"They're beautiful, aren't they, Meijin?" came a man's voice.
Ayana slowly turned toward the shadows to see a man and a woman heading her way. The man had short brown hair, blue eyes, and a white trench coat that had a dragon's head on the left shoulder. He wore a black shirt and black pants. Around his neck was a duel monster card hanging from a string. Next to him, the woman, who had long light brown hair and brown eyes. She wore a black tanktop with a short black shorts on. She had on black shoes as well. Ayana gasped when she saw them.
"You're -- You're --"
"Yes, I am Seto Kaiba, Ayana Meijin." the man said. "And yes, this is Serenity Wheeler, sister of Joey Wheeler."
"But, what are you two doing out of the mental facility?" Ayana asked.
"You're a mind reader, Ayana, why don't you read our minds and find out." Serenity said, snidely.
Serenity had never been the same when she witnessed Bakura putting Joey in a coma. When Lilith attacked, however, Joey died in the hospital. He didn't accept Lilith's offer, he just couldn't last long in his catatonic state. Kaiba grabbed Ayana's hand forcefully and put it on his forehead. Random images flashed through Ayana's head: the Battle City tournament, the Doma Saga, the KC Grand Prix, Yami Yugi trying to find his past, and the first Lilim strike. Then, she witnessed how Kaiba and Serenity escaped. They were brought out by Jolie, Janguru, and Mushi. Ayana forced her hand away from Kaiba. She looked terrified.
"Was that all you wanted me to do?" she shouted.
"No, Ayana. I know you're a Lilim, just as you know I am, too. Plus, Serenity here is a Lilim as well. She defeated the reincarnated woman that was Cherub. Now that there are six Lilim here, we just need to find Mordecai and Mai. You're going to help me." Kaiba said.
"What if I refuse?" Ayana asked.
"I'll kill you, that's what! You got that!?" Serenity snapped.
"No, Serenity, down girl. If you refuse, I know someone that you love dearly that will die. Not Bakura, but that one boy that was once Marik. You know, Toorima?" Kaiba laughed.
"You wouldn't dare."
Kaiba flashed her evil grin. The same evil grin that the Priest Seto flashed the Pharaoh Atemu when they dueled in the near final battle of the ancient past. Kaiba grabbed Ayana by the hand. She wenched in pain. Kaiba was crushing it in his mighty grip.
"I won't, will I? Huh?! Don't drive my patients, Ayana! You will get hurt!" he said, throwing Ayana into the glass covering over the scriptures.
The glass shattered and some of the shards sank into Ayana's back and legs. She started to cry. Kaiba stood over her and grabbed her hair. He pulled her up by it, Ayana screaming in pain. Tears were streaming down her face, and blood was streaming down her legs and back.
"Not only that, but you're also going to become one with Lilith......... once again." Kaiba laughed.
Ayana looked at Kaiba, she was terrified of him. Kaiba has lost his mind indeed. This was not the same Kaiba she knew that was a genius. No, this was Kaiba the madman. The man who had lost his little brother, Mokuba, to Lilith, to Tea. Kaiba knew Ayana was Tea in a reincarnated body, but he had to realize that she wasn't the same person.
Next time.....
Kaiba: Now that my secret identity is out, I can't really afford Ayana to go snooping on me. Serenity goes into the VR world to monitor Jolie's progess, who's just now started to duel that Toriyama brat. Bakura and Bi find Toriyama, but I think they'll be a little too late by the time they arrive. I will succeed in my plan, hopefully in "Apocalyptic Revelations: Vengeance."