This is where you'll start seeing the story coincide with the episodes.


With Alister now defeated, the plan seemed to crack, or at least the security did. Mai was still dead set on finding Joey, and know she had one less head to annoy her. All she had to do was find him. And now that Valon was not following her, she no longer felt weighed down by his presence as she cruised on her motorcycle.

All the while, thoughts of Serenity's silence and criticisms haunted her. Not only had Serenity vocally declared hatred for her, but she also explicitly spewed words of poison whenever she was vocal. Whenever Mai was able to get her to talk, Serenity mentioned how she wished either her or Mai were dead. That way, in her mind, Serenity could finally be at peace.

Mai had even tried to fake being the old Mai in an attempt to get the innocent Serenity back, but all that brought was Serenity scoffing at it. Serenity could feel the falsehood of her display, and with all of the prior abuse, she was not about to take her façade lightly.

Mai found herself caught between the power she now had and the connection she had once shared with the teenager. She never let her loathing of Joey leave, quite frankly, she couldn't ever see herself getting over the feelings of betrayal she felt. Unfortunately, she was starting to realize that said negativity had been tainting Serenity as well, he was her brother after all.

And no matter how hard she tried, Mai couldn't get her on her side. The thought had occurred to her that maybe Dartz could awaken Serenity to the truth, just like she had. However, due to her outburst the chances of that were questionable at best.

Serenity was relaxing in the living area of the apartment, her nose stuck in a book she had since read three times already. She was enjoying the silence. With Mai out of the house, she was able to clear her head of her aggravation. Plus, she felt like she could revert back to her normal self.

While she may not have been able to contact her brother, or seek help, Serenity knew it was only a matter of time before things started going right. While hope to bring Mai back to the light was almost depleted, Serenity knew she couldn't give up hope for a rescue.

Her mind was brought back to reality upon hearing the door start to unlock. With a roll of her eyes, Serenity got up from the couch and put the book back. She got close to the door, to show Mai that she was still present.

The door burst open, stunning Serenity. But rather than seeing Mai, she was confronted by someone she could not identify. Sweat and silence took Serenity as terror took over.

Mai had no luck finding Joey after two hours of searching and decided to make a routine check up on Serenity. She just needed to make sure she was alright before going back out to search some more.

Pulling her keys out, Mai was taken off guard by the gapping opening in the doorway. The door was almost knocked completely off the hinges. Taking a few steps inside of the house, it started to look worse. Furniture had been roughed up, books were chaotically scattered on the floor, and shattered glass stabbed the floor.

It didn't take long for Mai to hastily investigate the house to find any sign of life. Panic started to take hold as the only person that existed in the house of her. Confusion and anxiety tgreeted her as she tried to figure out who would have taken Serenity.

Once she was able to calm herself down some, one person started to make themselves known. Raphael. Panic turned to rage, as thoughts started to click. Knowing that they weren't entirely fond of each other, so the thought that Raphael would have taken her made sense. Knowing that this one young girl was now in the clutches of a vindictive man made her blood boil.

Storming out of the apartment, she had a vendetta. Find Raphael and make sure he suffers. Driving within the night drenched city, she knew exactly where she had to go. However, what she did not expect, was to see a green glow in the sky. Startling her, she took note of it, realizing that someone had activated the Seal of Oricalcois.

She didn't need to think long about who activated it and against who. Valon had found Joey, and he was challenging Wheeler to a duel. Too focus on what Valon had done, Mai decided to deal with Raphael as soon as she dealt with the two duelists.


The next chapter will deal with Valon and Mai's duel. Where it will take place during Mai's I won't say.