Last time.......
Bakura: Toriyama began her duel against that sleeze queen, Jolie Marthis, to see who be in possession of Lolth the Spider Queen, a servant of the Lilim. Though Toriyama offered friendship, Jolie decided to totally massacre the poor little one in their duel and get Lolth back herself. We then discovered that Seto Kaiba and Serenity Wheeler are behind this whole mess. They threatened to kill Ayana if we tried to get in their way. I just can't bring myself to see that.
Chapter Twelve: Descent
Bakura sat on the steps of the museum that next day. He kept thinking about when Ayana was kidnapped by Kaiba and his goons. Now six Lilim have gathered, only two remained: Mai Valentine and the reincarnated form of Mordecai. Bakura, when everyone's lives were restored after Lilith's death, hid Mordecai's reincarnated form somewhere, but couldn't think where it was. He didn't even remember if the reincarnation was a boy or a girl. He just couldn't remember. Not to mention he was shocked when he heard that Bi was Ishizu Ishtar and that Toriyama was Mokuba. He stood up and pulled his cellphone out from his pocket. He dialed in a number. A few rings later he got an answer.
"Hello?" came a female voice.
"Mai?" Bakura asked. "It's Bakura."
"Bakura! How have you been?" Mai asked over the phone.
It had been five years since Bakura last spoke to Mai and that was when he teamed with her and Seto to seal Lilith away.
"Everything's not going so well. It's happening again!" Bakura said.
"What's happening again?" Mai asked.
"The Lilim are gathering, Mai. Kaiba and Serenity are trying to gather the Lilim together to break the seal on Lilith. They have with them a girl with purple hair named Ayana Meijin. Did you see any of them?"
"No, not at all. I'm still working here in London, hon."
It was true. After Lilith was sealed, Mai moved away to London to get away from the crowds. She didn't seem to like people as much as she use to when she entered Battle City.
"Are you sure it's Kaiba and Serenity?"
"Yes! Not only that, but Serenity has taken over Cherub's Lilim position! Another Lilim they have is Sylvia's reincarnation, Jolie Marthis. I have a Lilim with me, her name is Bimusouka Senritsu. Mai, we need you down here, ASAP! And bring the old Duel Disks with you. I have a feeling we'll be needing those."
"Sure thing, partner. I'll be down in Japan in a few hours, a day, or two days, depending on the air traffic."
"Thanks, Mai."
"No problem, hon."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Bakura and Mai hung up on each other. When they did, Bakura looked to the sky. He was hoping that Ayana was doing okay. Not only that, he was hoping that Kaiba didn't find Mordecai's reincarnation. But knowing him, he would use the old Kaiba Corp computers to find anyone who dueled with Chemosh the Death Knight, Mordecai's servant. If Kaiba knew who he or she was, that person would be in great danger, wherever it was.
Toorima, however, wasn't feeling well since Bi told him that Ayana was kidnapped. He hadn't been feeling well at all when he lost to Bi. In fact, he had had constant headaches for the past few days and he had been coughing up blood. There was a night in his house where he went blind for two hours and where he went mute for three hours. He was feeling as though a toxin was injected into his system. He ran into his bathroom and looked in the mirror. When he did, however, he saw someone else in the mirror, and it wasn't him. The man had dark skin, weird markings around his eyes, spiked up platinum blond hair, a flashing golden eye in his forehead, a purple cape, black shirt, and khaki pants. Toorima backed away. When he did, so did the man in the mirror.
"W-Who are you?" he asked.
As he asked that question, he felt a strange feeling in his body. His eyes turned from a worried stare to an angry stare. He then found himself grinning evilly.
"Are you sure you don't remember me, Marik? I am the one you cast aside in the battle against the Pharaoh! I am the one who you said you didn't need anymore! But it seems to me like you do!" Toorima said in a darker voice.
But then, Toorima's expression turned back to one of worry.
"What are you talking about?! I am not Marik! I am Toorima!"
"Oh can it, fool! I know who you are and who you one were! In a past life, you were once Marik Ishtar and I was your darkside! We were invincible until that fool Odion got in our way!"
"Shut up! I don't know what you're talking about!"
"YOU SHOULD! Have you ever heard of the Battle City tournament that Seto Kaiba held!?"
Toorima nodded slowly.
"I was in the finals against Yugi and he killed me with Marik, or should I say, you. But now I'm back from the shadows because your seal on me has weakened since you were reborn." Yami Marik said in the mirror. "Plus, I know that the Lilim are gathering again to release Lilith from her prison. I think you and I should help Seto Kaiba and Serenity Wheeler complete this mission."
"No! If Lilith is free again, we'll all die! I know we will! I know it!"
"Shut up, you whiner! It's no wonder you lost control to me! You were always such a wimp, Marik, Toorima, whoever you are! Let me back into your life! We can take revenge on those who have made you a wreck! Bimusouka Senritsu, Bakura Ryou, you name it. If we side with Kaiba, I know we'll make all of them pay for what they did!"
Toorima looked back in the mirror. He grinned evilly and nodded.
"Yes! I agree with you! Fine! We'll work together with Kaiba, but I will do all the talking! You can do all the dueling if you want!" he said.
"That's fine with me, but we'll need to change your deck a bit. Your constant Life Point strategy is only good for if we had the Winged Dragon of Ra." Yami Marik said. "So, let's get started. I feel another Lilim is coming our way and she was one of our victims in the past."
Toorima grinned evilly at his new "friend." He now had the strength and power he needed to get revenge on Bi and Bakura for pulling Ayana from him. Plus, he wanted to defeat Mai now to get a Lilim status. He would go up against Bi, but he knew that Bi had Trahkisis the Mythic Dragon. He hadn't a clue what Morgion the Black Wind would be like though. He didn't care. He had a deck to construct that would help Kaiba win in his mission to restore Lilith to power.
Kaiba, Serenity, and Jolie stood in an abandoned church. Ayana was still bleeding and looked worse than she did. She was tied to the priest's podium. Janguru and Mushi were watching outside the windows, making sure Bakura or Bi couldn't find them. Kaiba was on his laptop, looking through the duelist databank. He had been in the asylum for five long years he needed to catch up on the dueling times. Then, he saw someone interesting. An article in the Duelist Times website that read: "Newcomer wins $10,000 tournament in Illinois." Kaiba read the article thoroughly. The duelist was a girl named Zelda Phoenix. Apparantally she had won a tournament with an eerie looking monster.
Kaiba continued to read the article, then decided to look up more on Zelda Phoenix. She had long black hair, glasses, and wore anything dark, especially crimson. Her deck consisted of clowns, magicians, and fiends. But by the rules that Pegasus J. Crawford, who was still alive, made, no one's deck would be revealed on any website.
"I'm having a suspicion that this Zelda Phoenix girl is Mordecai's reincarnation." Kaiba said.
"Are you zo sure, mon maître?" Jolie said, biting into a plump peach.
"Positive. Mordecai also used clowns, fiends, and magicians. But that was to soften his opponents up for Chemosh the Death Knight. We need her on our side." Kaiba said.
The sounds of Mushi and Janguru groaning and hitting the floor with a thud was heard. The three Lilim turned to see a strange man standing in the doorway of the church. His hair was spiked up with hair gel, he wore a purple cape, black sleeveless shirt, khakis, and black boots. The man's hair was blond and his eyes were brown. Serenity gasped.
"Marik?!" she gasped.
"No...... but you're close, Ms. Wheeler. Very close indeed. I know you need help with finding this Phoenix girl. Perhaps I can help you." the man said, moving a hand through his gelled up hair.
Kaiba glared at the man.
"If you wanna help us out, you have to prove how worthy a duelist you are. You can start by facing both Janguru and Mushi in a two-on-one duel." he said.
The man laughed evilly and pulled out a golden duel disk. It was the same duel disk that was from the virtual world. Kaiba looked shocked to see this. How could this man have gotten that duel disk without entering the virtual world?
"I'm ready anytime." the man said.
The next day, Bi and Bakura got together. Toriyama couldn't come with them. Instead, Tristan Taylor and Duke Devlin decided to watch Bakura's shop for them. Bi was reading a newspaper article that read: "Crawford residence broken into." The article told that Pegasus was robbed that night, but the only things taken were the three Egyptian God Cards. Apparantly an obsessed fan of Duel Monsters stole them from Pegasus.
"This is not good. Do you think Kaiba stole the God Cards to get even stronger?" Bi asked.
"I don't think so. Kaiba gave up on the gods when he was given his servant, Sirrion the Flowing Flame. But who would stoop so low as to steal the gods from Pegasus?" Bakura asked.
"Who knows, but if that creep is working with Kaiba, we better look out for him." Bi replied.
Then, a blue convertible pulled up in front of them. Bi screamed and jumped back. The car stopped at Bakura's shins. Behind the wheel was a woman with long blond hair. She had purple eyes and she wore purple biker clothes. When she stepped out of the car, she revealed she was wearing black knee high boots and black fingerless gloves. She smiled at Bakura and hugged him.
"Long time no see, Mai." Bakura said.
"I know. Far too long." Mai replied.
Bi looked shocked.
"Whoa! This is Mai Valentine? THE Mai Valentine!? Oh my God, she is my hero!" Bi said.
Mai stopped hugging Bakura and looked at Bi.
"Is this Ishizu's reincarnation?"
"Yes, this is Bimusouka Senritsu, but you can call her Bi for short. She has been chosen to watch over Trahkisis." Bakura replied.
"But Marik had Trahkisis." Mai said.
"She won it in a duel against his reincarnation, Toorima." Bakura said. "Did you bring the duel disks, Mai?"
"Yep. They're in the trunk of the car." Mai said, pointing to the back.
"We'll need them now more than ever. We're going to travel to the United States."
"WHAT?!" Bi shouted. "You can't be serious! I have classes, cheerleading matches, Ouken, not to mention my grades are slipping! I can't miss anymore school!"
"I already called your teachers. They will e-mail you your assignments and you are to e-mail them back to them for your grades." Bakura replied.
"But why are we going to the US? I don't speak English." Bi whined.
"I do speak English. I lived in London for five years. Let me guess, we're going to the US to look for Mordecai?" Mai asked.
Bakura nodded. Mai shook her head with a smile on her face.
"Alright, let's go. In the car. Come on. Forward."
Bi gracefully entered the back of Mai's car while Bakura set in the front. Without stalling, they were off to the airport to get to Mordecai before Kaiba did.
Kaiba, Jolie, and Serenity clapped for the strange man's victory. Janguru and Mushi were backing away from the man in fear. The man grinned evilly and put his deck in his deck box on his belt.
"Impressive, sir. I never knew that you had such talents." Kaiba said.
"All I needed was help from the darkness. After all, Kaiba, Serenity, you should know my tactics. We have met before." the man said.
"What are you talking about?" Serenity asked. "And what exactly is your name?"
"My name? You may call me Toorima....... Toorima Naito." the man said.
It took about an hour to reach the airport. Mai, lucky for her, had enough money for the trip to the US and back with Mordecai. Bi felt nervous. She had never been on a plane before. Ishizu, however, was on one, but Bi was a different person. She had to swallow her fears and come to grips with reality. She was doing this not only for Ayana, but for Bakura. Finally, they were up next.
"Yes?" asked the old man at the desk.
"Three passport tickets to the United States, Chicago, Illinois." Mai said.
"One way trip?" the man asked.
"No, we'll be back in a week or so." Mai said.
After paying for the passports, the three were ready to leave. After a half hour or so, the plane pulled up. Bakura, Bi, and Mai grabbed their bags and got on the plane. They were on their way to the United States of America to find Mordecai, or whoever his reincarnated form was.
Next time............
Yami Marik: Bakura and his gang of fools make it to the United States, but are in the wrong state. Instead of being in Illinois, where we know where Mordecai is, they landed in Ohio. Kaiba and us flew to the United States in his jet, but I sense that I had to take care of some unfinished business, maybe even claim a Lilim status by defeating Mai Valentine. You'll have to see if I prevail in "Apocalyptic Revelations: Return."