All right, guys! Here's the next chapter! Sorry these always take almost 2 weeks. I either end up side-tracked or busy with something else. Once you read this chapter, any preconceptions will vanish... whatever the hell that means. Anyway, please enjoy and review! I like the feedback.
*Boys' Dorm Room, Tokyo University Duel Academy, Japan*
The events of Valentine's day seemed like they only happened hours ago, mostly because they did, and Spiral, Shroud and Naoto were back in their dorm room playing games.
"I'm gonna get you, Spiral!" Shroud trash-talked.
"Oh, I don't think so!" Spiral gloated.
MIING! FFFEW!
"SUPER KO!" Spiral cried out in victory.
What Spiral is referring to is when playing a fighting game, the player activates a character's specific move that can help turn the tide of a match.
"No fair!" Shroud exclaimed.
"'All's fair in love and war'." Spiral quoted.
"This is neither." Shroud pointed out.
"Same rules apply." Spiral stated.
As Spiral and Shroud were bickering, Naoto noticed that Spiral's cell phone was ringing and he picked it up.
"Spiral?" Naoto got Spiral's attention. "It's for you."
Naoto tossed Spiral his phone, which Spiral caught and looked at the caller ID. It was Hikari.
"Hello?" Spiral answered his phone. "... No, I haven't heard from her since this afternoon... No, I don't think she planned anything with us tonight. Why do you ask? ... What? ..."
"What happened?" Naoto asked.
"Lilith's missing."
"Um... Spiral?" Shroud seemed to have noticed something.
Spiral and Naoto diverted their gazes to where Shroud was pointing, which was Spiral's wrist. His bracelet was gone.
"What happened to your bracelet?" Shroud asked.
"Well, since Daisuke was responsible for those incidents and he's gone, I thought I wouldn't need it anymore so I put it away." Spiral answered.
"Where did you put it?" Shroud questioned.
Spiral realized what Shroud might be getting at. "Shroud, you don't think she could have gone into that other world, do you?"
"I'm with Spiral." Naoto agreed with him. "Daisuke confessed to all of the kidnappings and murders, AND he's dead. Maybe she was taken by some whackjob. In which case, we should probably call the police and go search for her."
Shroud's expression suddenly turned serious and he went toward Spiral dresser. He then began to sift through the drawers until he took something out of it. What Shroud had taken out was something that completely surprised Spiral and Naoto. It was the bracelet Spiral had worn and the orange jewel embedded in it was glowing.
"Oh... my... God..." Spiral simply responded to what he saw.
In fact, nobody knew how to respond to what they were seeing.
Spiral, Shroud and Naoto had contacted the principal, Momo, Aura, Chan, Chun, Hikari and Asuka about the situation and they had all gathered in the main area of the mirror world.
"I checked the elevator." Naoto informed. "A new floor has been added."
"How did this even happen?" Asuka questioned. "I thought Daisuke was responsible for all of this and we saw what happened to him! How did Lilith get in here?"
"I don't even know, and I'm the brains of our little group." Shroud stated.
Pulse just remained quiet and seened to be lost in thought.
"See?" Shroud pointed to her. "Even our principal is trying to solve this mystery."
"Do you think she came in here by accident?" Momo asked.
"Wait, I just realized something." Aura spoke up. "Before we acquired these powers, we weren't able to enter this world. Whenever we touched a mirror, we just touched it."
"That's true for me, too." Spiral said. "It's because of the bracelet that I had such powers in the first place."
"Actually, it was the power of your Deck that granted you the ability to do that." Pulse explained. "The bracelet simply informed you of when a person was in here."
"Well, if only people like us or those who used that ninjutsu thing that Daisuke was using, wouldn't that mean Lilith has to be one of those things?" Aura wondered.
"But Daisuke took that from my family and she was trapped by the vines that Daisuke controlled." Momo pointed out. "We can probably rule out the fact that she used that."
"Now I'm more confused than ever." Spiral expressed. "Look, if we want to get some answers, we'll just have to ask Lilith herself. Which means..."
Spiral then looked toward the elevator, walked over toward it and entered it. Everyone else was a bit unsure of themselves, but they all entered the elevator and Spiral pressed the button that said 'B9'. When they finally reached the floor and the doors opened, it revealed what appeared to be a giant series of caverns, all made out of ice. There were also several dolls, which had their forms encased in ice up to their faces. There were so many caves that it was difficult to tell which way someone was supposed to go.
"Which way do you think we should go?" Naoto asked.
"This way."
"This way."
"This way."
It sounded like Lilith's voice echoing off the walls, but it felt like several different people were talking all at once.
"Lilith? !" Asuka called out.
The voices continued to echo throughout the floor.
"What the hell?" Asuka responded.
"Asuka, try calling again." Shroud requested.
"Why?" Asuka questioned.
"I could have sworn I didn't hear your voice echo." Shroud stated.
"That's ridiculous." Asuka expressed.
"Just do it." Shroud said.
"LILITH, WHERE ARE YOU? !" Asuka called out as loud as she could.
Shroud listened intently. "I was right. Asuka's voice isn't bouncing off the walls."
"So?" Naoto didn't see the big deal.
"SOO... I'm not sure myself." Shroud realized. "But it's still suspicious."
"I think I can explain." Pulse finally spoke up. "This place is trying to deceive us."
"What are you talking about?" Naoto asked.
"Each floor was a reflection of your hearts." Pulse stated. "Whatever is going on inside Lilith's heart is probably related to these phenomena."
"So which way do we go?" Aura asked.
Asuka started to bolt off into a random direction.
"Asuka, wait!" Aura called out to her.
"I'll follow her!" Spiral said as he ran off after her.
"The rest of us should split up into groups of two." Pulse said. "The moment one of you spots Lilith, activate your Duel Gazers and contact us to give us the directions from the starting point. We'll then converge on your position. Are we clear?"
Everyone nodded and paired up with each other: Naoto and Shroud, Chan and Chun, Hikari and Pulse, and Aura and Momo. All of the pairs went off in different caves and put on their Duel Gazers in the case that someone found Lilith.
Asuka was still running down the cave and Spiral was chasin after her.
"Asuka, hold up!" Spiral called out.
"No time!" Asuka responded. "Lilith could be in serious danger!"
"What if you run into a trap that ends up killing you? !" Spiral asked her. "Sure, we might be able to save her, but I'm not willing to let one of my friends sacrifice themselves! I want to find her, too, but I don't want anyone else dying because of this place!"
Asuka finally slowed down and stopped and Spiral did the same. Asuka then looked back at Spiral.
"... I'm sorry." Asuka apologized. "I should have been more considerate of your feelings."
"Let's just focus on finding Lilith without a head-on approach." Spiral said.
"He told me... that the real world was the REAL Hell."
Lilith's voice echoed throughout the cavern.
"Lilith? !" Asuka called for her.
"Wait, what is she talking about?" Spiral wondered.
"Then I went to the real world, expecting it to be scarier than anything I could ever imagine. But... the people I met were so nice. They treated me like their own... which is why I couldn't tell them the truth."
"'Truth'?" Spiral responded.
Shroud and Naoto were still searching for Lilith. Naoto couldn't help but shudder at the unusual sight of the dolls encased in ice.
"Hhhhrr, this place is so creepy." Naoto expressed. "Why are these dolls frozen?"
"The principal says it's because of Lilith's heart." Shroud answered.
"I got THAT, but what-"
"Daisuke entered this world with an unconscious child in his arms. He told me he planned to kill the child."
Lilith's voice echoed through the cave again.
"Is that Lilith?" Naoto wondered.
"I couldn't let him kill the child. I had to stop him, but somehow he was able to merge with his Demon and obtain a new power. He overwhelmed me and I failed to stop him. I only hope that the child's life was saved."
"She must be talking about Etsuko." Naoto stated as the two started walking again.
"Wait, didn't she say that Daisuke talked to her?" Shroud asked.
"Yeah, and she tried to stop him." Naoto pointed out.
"You're not getting it-"
The floor of the cave became an incline so steep that they both slipped and started sliding down the cave. They screamed as they slid and fell down the cave.
Meanwhile, Chan and Chun were wandering through the cave they entered and Chan had her arms wrapped around herself.
"I hope we find Lilith soon." Chan expressed. "This place looks like something out of my nightmares."
"Is it because of that one dream you had?" Chun asked. "You know, where there were doll heads all over the place and one of those dolls came to life and tried to eat your brains?"
"AAAAHHH!" Chan screamed. "PLEASE DON'T BRING IT UP AGAIN!"
"While we're on topic, I once woke up while you were having another bad dream." Chun remembered. "From what I heard from your sleep talk, I think you were dreaming how when we grow up, I'll end up having really big boobs and yours will be flatter than a piece of paper."
"AAAAAAHHHH!" Chan then went into a corner, curled herself into a ball and muttered to herself. "I-It's okay. This isn't m-m-MY n-n-n-nightmare. J-j-ju-just-st th-think p-p-p-peaceful, h-hap-p-p-py thoughts."
"The real world is nothing like he told me it was. Those kind people have proven that to me." Lilith's voice once again reverberated through the cavern.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Chan screamed at the top of her lungs and started running away.
"Chan, wait!" Chun started to run after her.
While that was happening, Aura and Momo were walking around looking for Lilith. Aura couldn't help but look at the dolls.
"Momo, what do you think this means?" Aura asked. "These dolls encased in ice?"
"I don't know and I don't think I want to." Momo answered. "This is beyond creepy."
"I agree." Aura stated. "Principal Pulse said this place was connected to Lilith's heart. Even though I know I won't like the answer, I still want to know what's wrong with her."
"Unfortunately, they might be his enemies." Lilith's voice spoke again. "I want to help them, but how could I possibly betray him?"
"That's Lilith!" Aura responded to the voice.
"Who is she talking about?" Momo wondered. "I know 'they' means us, but who is 'him'?"
"Hopefully, we'll find out at the end of this tunnel!" Aura said as she ran off further into the tunnel, with Momo following closely behind her.
Pulse was walking down the tunnel she went through with Hikari following behind her.
"Um, Ms. Principal?" Hikari tried to get her attention. "You've been lost in thought ever since we came back to this world. Is something wrong?"
Pulse remained silent for a moment. "No. There is nothing wrong."
"Why did you respond like that?" Hikari questioned. "It took you a while before answering. You know, ever since Lilith went missing, I couldn't help but feel that something was amiss. I know that Daisuke is gone, but Lilith's disappearance made me question this whole case again. There is no doubt in my mind that Daisuke intended to kill us all, but something occurred to me. What if Daisuke was merely a pawn; a player in this game, if you will. You're hiding something from us, aren't you?"
Pulse didn't respond to her statements at all.
"Pulse, please tell me!" Hikari demanded as she stopped walking. "Enough with the secrets! This involves all of us and if we end up dying because you wouldn't tell us, our deaths will be on your head!"
"...Very well..." Pulse gave in. "I will tell you. I will tell you everything."
Asuka and Spiral had finally reached an area where the thin path led to a wide-open area, the frozen dolls looking almost like icy stalagmites. On the opposite side of the area was what looked like a cliff. Right by that cliff, they both saw Lilith standing in front of the cliff and her back towards Spiral and Asuka.
"LILITH!" Asuka shouted as she ran toward her.
Spiral was about to follow when he heard yelling.
"AAAAHHH!"
Spiral turned around to see a hole on the side of the wall and Naoto and Shroud fell out of it like a slide at a water park. Unfortunately for them, Naoto and Shroud landed on their faces.
"Oww." Shroud groaned.
"What are you guys doing?" Spiral asked with a sweat drop behind his head.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The three of them looked over in another direction to see Chan running out of another entrance, screaming her head off. Chan eventually ran directly into Spiral and fell over, stopped screaming and looked up at him.
"Spiral! Thank God you're here!" Chan sighed. "This place is SO, SO scary!"
"CHAN!" Chun the came running from the same direction. "Spiral? What are you doing here?"
"I could ask the same thing to you guys." Spiral stated. "What exactly IS going on here?"
Aura and Momo then came running from another entrance.
"Spiral! Guys!" Momo called out.
"You're here, too?" Spiral asked.
"My guess is that certain tunnels lead to the same place." Shroud hypothesized. "After you went after Asuka, we all split up into groups."
"Have any of you guys found Lilith yet?" Aura asked.
Asuka finally made it to Lilith.
"Lilith, are you okay?" Asuka asked. "Come on, let's go home."
Asuka turned Lilith around and saw that her eyes were red, almost like the Demons they have fought before.
"What... the hell?" Asuka gasped.
"What are you guys doing here? !" A voice came out of nowhere.
Everyone turned to where they heard the voice and saw Lilith.
"Wait, Lilith? !" Spiral was surprised.
"If that's Lilith, then who is-" Asuka was about to say.
"I AM Lilith." Lilith(?) said.
Asuka stepped back until she was back with the others.
"Why did you guys come in here?" Lilith asked.
"We came to rescue you." Spiral answered. "This place is dangerous."
"I wasn't in any danger." Lilith stated.
"What are you talking about?" Spiral asked.
"Are you truly sure you're safe?" Lilith(?) questioned. "I mean, two choices have been laid out in front of you and regardless of which one you pick, you'll be betraying someone."
*'Betray one of us'?* Spiral wondered.
"The question is: Who will I choose?" Lilith questioned. "The person who created me... or the people who have shown me the truth?"
*This is bringing up more questions than answers.* Spiral thought. *What does she mean by 'the person who created her'? Is there something that we missed?*
"You know it's the truth and you know who I am." Lilith(?) said to the other Lilith.
"You are my Demon..." Lilith responded. "... from within my heart."
"I'm surprised I even have a heart." Demon Lilith stated. "I mean, I wasn't born like most people. I was created here by him. But he doesn't care about me. The only reason I was created was to replace someone he lost, but during my final stages of development, he realized that's not what he truly wanted. But he kept me anyway. I'm practically his daughter and yet he doesn't treat me like one. Why do I even bother working for him? For the hope that one day he'll acknowledge me as his daughter? Or some innate instinct? I think it's more of the latter."
"Please, shut up!" Lilith yelled at her Demon. "They should hear it from my mouth!"
"Idiot! It IS coming from my mouth!" Demon Lilith pointed out.
"Just SHUT UP!" Lilith shouted.
Lilith then punched her Demon in the face, but the Demon didn't seem fazed by it at all.
"Die, bitch!"
Demon Lilith then punched Lilith in the stomach and sent her flying toward the opposite wall.
"Let me tell the damn story!" Demon Lilith yelled.
Spiral then walked up to the Demon. "Lilith said that she wanted us to hear it from her. That's exactly how it should be."
Demon Lilith seemed confused and somewhat irritated by that comment.
"How about a Duel, and if I win, THAT Lilith will tell us what she wants to say?" Spiral challenged.
"A Demon cannot deny a challenge." Demon Lilith said. "I accept."
Spiral went to the opposite side of the area and readied his Duel Disk and Duel Gazer. Red shadows engulfed Demon Lilith's left arm and left eye which transfigured into a Duel Disk and Duel Gazer.
"Let's Duel!" They both shouted as their Duel began."
Demon Lilith (LP 4000) Spiral (LP 4000)
"The first move is mine!" Demon Lilith made the first move. "First, I activate the Field Spell Demon Circle! Since I don't have any monsters, I can Special Summon Demonic Lovers (Lv.4 1600/1400) from my hand! Then I Normal Summon Hive Mind Demon (Lv.2 650/200), and the Normal Summon activates Demon Circle and allows me to Special Summon Demonic Bouncer (Lv.5 2100/2000)! Then I pay 500 Life Points so I can Special Summon another Demonic Bouncer! Next, I use Bouncer's effect to increase the Level of Demonic Lovers by 1! Also, Hive Mind Demon gains 1 Level for every other Demon or Demonic monster I control! I have 3 others on my field, so he goes from Level 2 to Level 5! And now I overlay my 4 Level 5 monsters!"
Demon Lilith (LP 3500) Spiral (LP 4000)
The four monsters became red shadows that engulfed Demon Lilith and started to transfigure her form.
"I Xyz Summon Treacherous Gorgon Demon (Rank 5 3600/3100)!"
Demon Lilith had transfigured into a woman with red eyes and snakes wrapping themselves and slithering around her arms. She also wore a black cloack that completely covered her hair and some snakes popped out of various parts of the cloak.
"I end my turn by placing one card face-down!"
Spiral then drew his first card. *With a card that powerful this fast, I better make every play count!* "First, I activate the Continuous Spell Legendary Aura! Now whenever I Xyz Summon a Legend-type card, it gains 1000 attack points for one turn! Next, I summon Legendary Guardian Energy Binder (Lv.2 700/500)! And since I control a non-Tuner Legend-type card, I can Special Summon the Tuner Legendary Guardian Flame Lancer (Lv.3 1200/700) from my hand! Now I'm going to use Energy Binder's special ability to decrease your monster's attack points by 200 for each of his Levels! Since Energy Binder is Level 2, he'll take away 400 attack points!"
"I don't think so!" Demon Lilith said. "I now detach 1 Xyz Material to negate your monster's effect, destroy it and inflict us both you with damage equal to your monster's attack points!"
A snake shot out of Demon Lilith's robe and it bit Energy Binder. Energy Binder exploded and the blast caused Spiral to lose 700 Life Points.
Demon Lilith (LP 3500) Spiral (LP 3300)
"Damn it!" Spiral cursed under his breath. "I end my turn by placing two cards face-down!"
"Then it's my turn again!" Demon Lilith said. "I now summon Venom Demon (Lv.4 2000/1600)!"
A black snake with glowing red eyes appeared on the field.
"The drawback to Normal Summoning this card is that I have to take 1000 points of damage." Demon Lilith pointed out. "But now I detach another Xyz Material so I can destroy him and inflict you with damage equal to his attack points!"
Demon Lilith then shot another snake at her own monster. Venom Demon just glared at her before it exploded and the explosion caused Spiral to lose 2000 more Life Points.
Demon Lilith (LP 3500) Spiral (LP 1300)
"No!" Aura exclaimed. "If Spiral doesn't counter this attack, he's going to lose!"
"Do you know why I destroyed my own monster?" Demon Lilith asked.
"So you could lower my Life Points?" Spiral guessed.
"Killing of my own allies or friends for my own personal gain... that is betrayal." Demon Lilith stated. "Each of our Demons correspond to a particular sin that shapes their beliefs and abilities. But there's one more thing I should tell you."
Demon Lilith then removed another Xyz Material from herself and a dark aura surrounded Flame Lancer. Flame Lancer then moved to Demon Lilith's side of the field.
"What just happened?" Spiral asked.
"That's my other special ability." Demon Lilith explained. "Removing a Xyz Material not only allows me to negate a monster's effect, destroy it and inflict damage. I can only do so to have any monster on the field switch control. In other words, Flame Lancer is a traitor, just like me. However, I cannot conduct my Battle Phase during the turn I activate this effect, so I'm going to end my turn."
Spiral drew his next card. "First, since there is a Legend-type card in my Graveyard, I can Normal Summon Legendary Guardian YX-19 without a Tribute! Next, I activate my face-down Spell Card Star Twin! I select one monster on my field and then I can Special Summon a monster from my Deck or Extra Deck with the same Level, but it's effects are negated and it can't attack! I'm bringing out Legendary Guardian Kairi (Lv.5 2200/1400)! Now I overlay YX-19 and Kairi to Xyz Summon Legendary Guardian Volcanic Chaos (Rank 5 2650/1850)! And thanks to Legendary Aura, he gains 1000 attack points this turn! Volcanic Chaos, attack Gorgon Demon!"
Volcanic Chaos slammed his fists on the ground which caused a tremor to form and lava spewed out of it.
"I activate the Trap Treacherous Sacrifice!" Demon Lilith responded. "This changes your attack target to another monster I control and you take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack points!"
Demon Lilith then grabbed Flame Lancer, jumped into the air and threw Flame Lancer into the lava, which destroyed him and inflicted Demon Lilith with 2350 points of Battle Damage and Spiral with 1200 points of damage from the effect.
Demon Lilith (LP 1150) Spiral (LP 100)
"I end my turn!" Spiral gritted his teeth.
Volcanic Chaos' attack points returned to its normal 2650.
Demon Lilith smirked. "Also, because I activated Treacherous Sacrifice, I can't conduct my Draw Phase this turn. I think I've played with you long enough. I will now attack Volcanic Chaos and end this!"
"I activate the Trap Court of the Legendary Guardians!" Spiral retaliated. "If I control a Xyz Legend-type card, I can detach one of its Xyz Materials and end the Battle Phase!"
Volcanic Chaos transformed his right hand into a gavel and it slammed it against the ground. The shockwave caused Demon Lilith to lose her balance and stop her attack.
"Fine! I end my turn!" Demon Lilith said.
Spiral put his hand on his Deck to ready his draw. *I hope this next draw can turn this Duel around!* Spiral drew his card, looked at it and smirked. "Yes! I equip Volcanic Chaos with Xyz Unit! This increases his power by 200 for each of his Ranks! Since he's a Rank 5, he gains 1000 more attack points! Volcanic Chaos, attack Gorgon Demon with Grand Eruption!"
Volcanic Chaos once again slammed its fists into the ground to cause tremors and volcanic geysers around Demon Lilith. One of the magma geysers blew up from under Demon Lilith and incinerated her, which reduced her Life Points to 0 due to her effect of inflicting the controller with 2000 damage when destroyed.
Demon Lilith (LP 0) Spiral (LP 100)
Spiral sighed with relief when the Duel ended. Demon Lilith reverted to her previous form and stood before the group. Lilith then walked up to her Demon.
"I... I don't know what I should do..." Lilith looked down. "I have to choose between the person I knew my whole life and the people who risked their lives to save me... I... I..."
"Lilith." Asuka walked up to her. "I may not know what you're going through, but... I don't know how to put this. Anyway, don't listen to what your head tells you, just listen to what your heart wants. Don't choose because there's a better offer; choose what YOU think is right."
"'What I think is... right'?" Lilith thought for a moment before looking back at her Demon. "After seeing the world outside and shown the truth, I became so confused. I didn't know what to do and just did what people told me to do. I knew that whatever happened, I would have to betray someone. I realize that I was never in this for my own personal gain, letting others choose for me. I'm not even human, so I never really had a choice of anything. But interacting with these people must have made me more human than I ever was. I never doubted that you were me, I just didn't want to be reminded of my dilemma. As for my decision... my heart is telling me... to side with my new friends."
Demon Lilith smiled and transfigured into a dark-haired woman clad in purple armor that was shaped like a strapless one-piece swimsuit so that her bat wings could be exposed. She then turned into a card the fell into Lilith's hand.
"Lilith, can you tell us what's going on here?" Spiral asked. "You said it should come from your mouth and I won the Duel."
"Yeah, tell us." Momo agreed.
"Okay... I'll tell you everything." Lilith said. "About 100 years ago, a normal man came home after working, only to find that someone had broken into his house. His wife was dead and even though his daughter was alive when he got home, she died shortly after. He eventually found out that his wife's soul was sent to Hell and his daughter's soul went to Heaven. In an attempt to bring them back, he tried to find ways to open the gates of Hell and Heaven. And he eventually did, began training for the perilous journey and started with Hell. He traversed the 9 Circles of Hell and managed to defeat the Lord of Hell, Lucifer. Unfortunately, his wife had suffered long enough that her Demon overcame her mind. She was no different than any of the other souls trapped there."
"What do you mean her Demon overcame her mind?" Spiral asked. "I thought Demons attempted to kill their former selves."
"Demons attempt different things depending on the host's life status." Lilith explained. "What you all experienced was what happen to living humans exposed to Hell. When a person dies and their soul goes to Hell, after enough punishment and suffering, which the Demons feed off of, they take over the host's mind and live in agony for eternity. Anyway, back to story. He had failed to save his wife, but he still had a chance to save his daughter. But defeating Lucifer had a catch. If a person challenges the Lord of Hell, the loser vanishes from existence and spends the rest of eternity in Purgatory while the winner becomes the Lord of Hell or retains that title. He did not know that if the battle took place in Hell, he would be trapped in Hell for eternity to keep watch over the souls of the damned, unable to leave so he could save his daughter."
"What does this story have to do with what's going on?" Spiral asked again.
"I think I might be able to shed some light on this."
Everyone turned around to see that Pulse and Hikari had finally arrived.
"You see, before you were even conceived, Spiral, the man she spoke of, Hell's new Lord, attempted to escape." Pulse enlightened. "He could not permanently leave Hell, but he would need to find a way to close the gates before his time ran out so he could have enough time to rescue his daughter from Heaven. Also, before he knew this and managed to escape, it caused the Demons to run rampant through our world. It was chaos and I was involved in that battle. It was a difficult fight and my friends and I almost lost our lives, but time ran out and he was forced back into Hell. Unfortunately, the gates were left open and the Demons continued to pour through into the real world. There was only one option at that time: We had to destroy Hell."
"Is that even possible?" Naoto asked.
"Considering we managed to do so, it was, at leat partly." Pulse explained. "We could not completely destroy Hell, but we destroyed all the layers except for the Lord's domain. Hell still existed and the souls of the damned still end up there, but the new Lord could not escape at all."
"I think I can probably take this from here." Lilith continued. "Because he was trapped here and couldn't save his daughter, he tried to create a clone of his daughter by amassing some of the Demons and experimenting with them to reincarnate them into a new life. That new life was given a new personality and was merged with the genetic structure of the lord to take the form of his late daughter. That is how I was conceived. Unfortunately, during my final stages of prenatal development (I was still being born like a normal human being), the man realized that what he created was another human, which would age and eventually die. It was then that he truly wanted, which was to spend the rest of eternity with his daughter. Regardless, he still let me be born and took care of me, even though he never considered me his true daughter. So he did more research into Hell's structure and functions and found a solution: He had to rebuild Hell from the ground down. He had to rebuild each of the layers starting with the top-most layer. He has also discovered how to close the gates so he could come and go whenever he pleases."
"And what does this have to do with this world?" Spiral asked.
Suddenly, flames erupted from where the cliff was and everyone had to step back. As the flames continued to roar, a shadowy figure could be seen within the flames, and it looked like it was walking toward them. Eventually, the figure stepped out of the flames and revealed itself as a man with short black hair, a red coat and black pants.
"Who are you?" Spiral asked the figure.
"I am Dante... the Lord of Hell." The figure answered.
(to be continued...)
English Voice Cast
Todd Haberkorn Spiral
Monica Rial Momo
Alexis Tipton Aura
Yuri Lowenthal Naoto
Maxey Whitehead Shroud
Laura Bailey Hikari
Caitlin Glass Asuka
Alison Viktorin Chan/Chun
Cherami Leigh Lilith
Kate Higgins Pulse
Eric Vale Dante
Preview
spiralgamer: The true mastermind is finally revealed and a lot of light has been shed on the truth. Soon, the entire truth will be revealed and make our heroes wonder if what they've been doing has been the right thing to do. Next time on Awakening of the Soul, Inferno. Stay tuned. Oh, and the Comedy Corner won't be around for a bit due to the seriousness the plot is taking right now.
Chan: WHAT? !
Chun: YOU DIDN'T!
Spiral's Cards
Star Twin
Spell
Select 1 monster you control. Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck or Extra Deck whose Level is equal to the Level of the selected monster and its effects are negated and it cannot attack.
Court of the Legendary Guardians
Trap
When your opponent declares an attack while you control a face-up Legend-type Xyz Monster, detach 1 Xyz Material from a Legend-type Xyz Monster you control and end the Battle Phase.
Demon Lilith's Cards
Treacherous Gorgon Demon
Fiend/Xyz/Effect (ATK 3600 DEF 3100)
Rank 5/DARK
3 or more Level 5 "Demon" or "Demonic" monsters
This card can only be destroyed as a result of battle. When this card is destroyed by your opponent: Inflict 2000 damage to the controller of this card. You can detach 1 Xyz Material Monster from this card to activate one of the following effects: *Negate the activation of a monster effect, and if you do, destroy that card. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster. *Select 1 monster on the field and switch control of that card.
Venom Demon
Fiend/Effect (ATK 2000 DEF 1600)
Level 4/DARK
When this card is summoned; Inflict 1000 damage to the controller of this card.
Treacherous Sacrifice
Trap
When your opponent declares an attack; You can change the attack target to another monster you control. When that monster is destroyed: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster. If you activate this effect; Skip your next Draw Phase.