Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Creation ❯ The Merging ( Chapter 1 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: heeropika 
Finally Finished!
Added some bits to the last part.
Anime/Manga: Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Fantasy / Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 04.23.2002 | Updated On: 01.17.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 381 | Status: Work In Progress
Finally Finished!
Added some bits to the last part.
Anime/Manga: Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Fantasy / Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 04.23.2002 | Updated On: 01.17.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 381 | Status: Work In Progress
The merging: p1
"Anou... Eriol, do you know of any other cards that Clow made other than mine?" Sakura asked over the phone. Eriol had called earlier just to chat. But it seems that he too felt the impending danger.
"Other cards? N..Nooo, I don't think so, not that I can remember. Why do you ask?" The voice over the phone sounded worried.
"Nothing, I had a dream last night. I saw the cards flew around like before and there was another person across the building. He wore strange clothes, some kind of a coat and had the weirdest red eyes! You know anybody like that?"
"Red eyes? Wore a cloak?" Eriol asked, his voice filled with disbelief.
"Uh huh..."
"Tell me what else did he do?"
"Well... He pointed some kind of a stick at me, said something and I felt pain all over. Then the next part of the dream came."
"<mumbles>Could it be...? No... How could...?"
"Eriol-kun?"
"What did Kero say? Have you asked Yue, yet?"
"Well, Kero said that he knew of no other card that was left. He couldn't remember what else that Clow could've created. And I haven't really asked Yue...yet. He and Touya have been busy the whole day."
"Sou da ne... I'll have to look up about this. Sakura, if you find anything, ANYTHING at all about this person or card, tell me right away. If my guess is correct, this is the strongest and most evil card that I ever created."
"HOEEEEE?!?"
"Please, Sakura-chan! Go ask Yue soon!"
"Hai."
"Please be careful."
"Hai" She answered. The call ended there. She couldn't help BUT be worried by this. The second dream sequence really creeped her out. The dead bodies of Yue and Kero made her not want this to be true, but she knew from her past experiences that it would not be true. Every dream there is a reason behind it, and this was just a warning.
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It could not be helped that Wufei remained in his room ever since he ate his breakfast. The dream, so very vivid. Made him feel very disturbed that something like before would happen. He lit some more joss sticks, not only to give them peace, but also to reassure himself. But what could happen after all these days? Nothing much. Nothing that much destructive. Voldemort is gone... Right? 'No way he could've survived the killing curse. Could he...?'
Sigh. Now we are in the middle of a fragile peace. Easily broken by some other renegade rebel. We even have settled in, sort of. We never know what might happen in the aftermath. But we have peace now... right?
The dream yesterday. He could not get rid of the last vision of his old friends. How he wished he could see them again. Then again, it was useless. They're dead, killed by Voldemort. That name still angers me. Then there's Seiryuu. Why is it always that I try to make friends, every time, they ended up DEAD?
Hermoine, Ron, Ginny, Xiu Ping, Kim Hang , Meiran and Draco. Draco had turned to the light side after fleeing the deatheaters, after Voldemort had killed his father without a care. Same like the others, He was killed easily, in the last fight against Him. Seiryuu, consumed Xiu Ping, killed Kim Hang in his effort to seal the dragon god. Let him without friends and scared of company. Really there’s no justice in this world. For him, for his friends.
'Seiryuu, The east god of the world in the book, Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho. The book! Where's the book? Oh yeah, It's right at that shelf. Yeah I remember I kept it there.' he goes to browse the small shelf of books that he kept. 'No. No...No... That's the end already?!? What the hell it's not here! Shit!' He turned and began searching the whole room for that single book.
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"Sakura-chan. Is something wrong? You've been very quiet today." Tomoyo asked her childhood friend. But Sakura continued to look blankly at the tree in front of her. Tomoyo have come to visit the Kinomoto Residence but it seems that Sakura did not have most of her mind at this time. "Sakura? Sakura?" She said, waving her hand in front of Sakura's face. Then Sakura woke up from her stupor.
"Hoe? What? What happened? Oh? Tomoyo-chan. What are you doing here? Eh? Oh yeah. Sorry about that." Sakura said, her face slightly reddish.
"Daijobu? Anything bothering you this much needs should be quite serious. So what happened?"
"Eh? I just had a dream, maybe another new card. I don’t know, but in that dream, the card threatened to kill me."
"Oh then it's okay."
"Excuse me, Tomoyo! The card threatened to KILL me!?!" Sakura almost shouted to her. She couldn't believe that her best friend said that everything is okay.
"I mean, you have been successful in capturing every other card, your powers are very strong. What could the card do to you?" Tomoyo said, a smile present on her face. "Anyway if you're going to capture the card, make sure you call me up! I have made the cutest costume for you and then, I can record your capture on my new vid camera! Hohohoho!" She said, her eyes going starry again.
"Tomoyo-chan..."Sakura sweatdropped. No matter how much she changed, Tomoyo will always be Tomoyo!
"Tadaima!" Her brother's voice came from the front door.
"Okaeri Nasai!" Sakura answered as Touya opened the door. Then she saw Yukito standing behind him carrying various bags full of food. "Yukito!" She cried, going past Touya and his own load of bags. Grabbing the bags and putting them on the floor, she practically dragged him out of the room going upstairs. "I need to talk to you!" was all Tomoyo and Touya heard before she disappeared.
Upstairs, she slammed her door shut. Yukito was gone. In place of him was Yue. Suddenly she remembered the vision she had of Yue in her dream. A shiver went up her spine. "Ah! Yue! Thank god, you're okay. I really need to ask you something."
"What is it Sakura?" Yue asked, a hint of worry in his tone. The guardian knew that something bad had happened since she had practically dragged Yukito up the stairs!
"Did Clow create any other cards other than my cards and the Hope card?"
"...I don't think..." Yue went silent. Then he remembered a time when Clow showed him a card. Different in almost every perspective, yet still powerful, what was weird about it was it was totally black with green patterns of serpents and a figure in silver. The back showed the eyes of a snake, a basilisk. This card is too dangerous. Even I can't control the Sorceror."Wait, I think there's one more. I think it was called the Sorcerer. It was meant to seal up the powers of any wizard the command of the card, but something happened that made the card like that. I don't know what happened to it. One day, it just disappeared."
"Hoe?"
"Did Eriol know about this?" Sakura shook her head. "I guess not. It was one of the experimental cards that Clow created. This was more rebellious. I guess after it disappeared, He forgot about it."
"What do you think it had been doing all this time? How could it just mask its power?"
"Like I said, it is one of the more powerful and evil ones. The others were just misguided, like the Hope card. But this card is just pure Evil. Not a spark of kindness in him. He's only weakness is that he likes to play around."
"Thank you, Yue. Now I've got to call Eriol-kun. Maybe he remembers something else."
"I doubt it. Where's Cereberus?"
"Eh? Kero? I don't know. I wondered why it was so quiet today." she said, picking up the handset. Suddenly, a loud blast was heard. Both Yue and Sakura stiffened at the pulse of magical power. "What was...?
"Sakura! Come quick! Tokyo's being attacked by Syoran!" Kero shouted as he came through the open window.
"Kero-chan!" She cradled the tired little guardian.
"Sakura-sama, look!" Yue said, his eyes wide open in fear. He pointed towards the scene of the city. Sakura gasped. The city was in flames, above was a strange symbol of a skull with a snake wrapped around and in it. A loud blast and a tremor was felt as another part of Tokyo was engulfed in flames. "The card!" Yue whispered, horror evident in his voice. The rising smoke took shape of a cowled face. Eyes looked eerie as the flames flickered from behind it. The smile an almost mocking one as if beckoning for the card mistress to come. The face looked similar to that from the dream last night. It seemed that the card had possessed Syoran because of his magical powers.
Sakura felt more determined not to relieve her dream in 3D. "Let's go and get that card." she said, her voice grim.
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'Where? Where? Where? Where?' "WHERE IS IT?!?" Wufei shouted as he ran through the house. Pass the other bewildered pilots. He ran into the garage and began ransacking his gundam. "Shiiiiitt! This is totally INJUSTICE!!!!! Where the hell is that BOOK?!?" His shouts could be heard throughout the mansion. Heero, Trowa and Quatre sweatdropped at the other pilot's rather strange behavior. Duo just sat there looking at the warded blue book he'd found in his room that morning.
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Fiery heat permeated the winds surrounding Sakura as she tries to defend herself from the fireball thrown by Syoran. Syoran, eyes blank, kept on with the barrage of fireballs. Shield was weakening as more attacks of fire and lighting hit it.
'Shield can't hold on. I've got to do something before he really kills me. But what...?' Sakura thought. She looked around her; trees on fire, the penguin playground practically destroyed by the battle between her and the entranced Syoran. Yue lying on the ground not moving, his face bruised and the neck at an unnatural angle. And Kero...? 'Where's Kero?' She thought.
"Sakura!!!" A loud cry from behind her told her that Kero was still okay, at least conscious. A burst of wind blew pass as Cereberus flew forward attempting to ram Syoran head-on. An evil smirk appeared on Syoran's face, a chuckle was heard before he sidestepped from Cereberus's path and hit him with a bolt of lightning. Cereberus surprised at the move did nothing to avoid the bolt. Body charred, he fell towards the ground with a loud thump. Syoran grinned evilly before turning to Sakura.
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'A plain blue book, with the characters on the cover. Old and yellowed. Covered by many wards. The characters saying "Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho". Seiryuu's book... In Duo's hands?!? Oh Shit! How did he get it?' Wufei’s already panicked thoughts went into code red.
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"NO!!!" Sakura shouted, taking advantage of Syoran's brief inattentiveness, she lunged towards him, Sword in hand. The attack did not faze him as he easily deflected the strike. Sakura's angry stabs did not hurt Syaoran who kept either deflecting or blocking each and every strike with his sword. Tired of playing, Syoran saw an opening and attacked her. His sword stabbed Sakura into and out through her abdomen, drawing blood. Sakura gasped at the sudden intrusion of sharp metal into her body. A slash and a stab later opened gaping wounds on her leg and upper arm. Falling forward in pain, she saw a misty figure exiting from Syoran's body.
Syoran's eyes cleared of the misty look that instance. His eyes showed fear, dread and disbelief. The wounds on Sakura, he couldn't believe that he id that to his own girlfriend! "Sakura!" He rushed towards her, stopping her fall. Blood poured from her wounds, sweat covered her forehead, face pale from lack of blood and exhaustion. "Shikkari!" he said, leaning on him.
"Daijobu...Syoran-kun..." Sakura said weakly, putting her hand onto her side to curb the flow of blood. "The card..." Both looked towards the misty figure as it took it's true form.
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"Duo, please give me the book," Wufei tried to talk him into giving it to him.
"Why? This book seems interesting! Like, nothing on the cover except the title covered all in wards. What harm can come from reading a book?" Duo said while trying to peel off the wards. Wufei's panic increased as Duo's meddling managed to tear one ward off.
"Do you even know what it says?"
He peels off another ward. "Sure! Book of the four gods, I think. I'm not that literate in Chinese, but I can read it!"
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It took a form of a cloaked man. His head covered by the hood covering half of his face. The visible part of his face was pale skinned. Thin-lipped with dry parched skin, his eyes could be seen shining through the shaded half. The cloak seem ragged and burnt. The emerald color dulled by the numerous spots of dirt and dust. In his left hand was a sword, sharp and silver. Its surface reflecting the tongues of flames that smothered the city. Held in his right hand was a long stick of wood.
A mumble was heard from the man. He pointed the stick the stick towards them. It seemed like he was reciting a spell. A bright light emanated from him, covered the cleared area of the park. Soil and rocks rose up, trees were uprooted all got together to form huge grotesque-looking creatures. Both Syoran and Sakura cursed under their breath. Sakura held her hand away to take out the only card that she knew that would be able to fight them all at once.
"Create! From creatures to stop them. Release and Dispel!" She cried. As soon the incantation was finished, a wave of fatigue ran over her. Syoran had turned to fight one of the creatures that looked like an overgrown cherry tree. Even he was tired after being possessed by the Sorceror card. Soon, a slap from one of the branches flung him away. His flight abruptly stopped by a tree and he fell unconscious.
Sakura winced at the pain by her side, confronted the Sorceror. Both faced each other. Hate and malice evident on each other's face. Her thoughts ran wild. She needed to hold the card down so as to be able to seal it. As exhausted as she was, she could only see one way...
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"That book's dangerous, you know."
"Eh? Dangerous? How? Seems to me like some kind of mythology or something. I like those types of books!" He said peeling of another ward, tearing one almost in half.
"Duo give me the book!" Wufei said, gritting his teeth, his patience wearing thin.
"No! I wanna read it!" He said struggling with the last ward.
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"Wood!" She cried. Wood appeared and spread its branches towards the Sorceror. By luck, the Sorceror got out a freeze attack at the same time, effectively slowing down Wood and freezing Sakura's feet in place. The shock of being frozen and the inability to move, made her kneel down. At that time, everything was covered in a layer of ice. Everything within a radius of a kilometer became fragile ice. Silence reigned. Only footsteps of the Sorceror could be heard, crunching ice underfoot.
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"Maxwell! Give it back!" Wufei lunged at Duo unable to stand the foolishness of Duo. Duo evaded him leaving him sprawled on the ground. Or was it what he felt was fear? Just he thought of THAT happening again renewed his strength to remove he book from duo's possession before he removed the seal. The last seal, peeling at the edges and the oldest. Doesn't have that much power left and the adhesive almost gone. He got up and tried again.
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The dark sky seem to give a more sinister feel to the night as more storm clouds formed and lightning strikes filled the skies. The blowing wind seem to make the flames rise, playing with the shadows that form. The face of the Sorceror looked, if possible, more evil. "What a pity. You could have just accepted my invitation and all of this would've been saved. Instead you decided to go against me. You're as much of a bother as that Potter! Thanks to you, everything is gone now. And so will you, cardmistress!" He spat the last word out with loathe. Raising his wand he said calmly, "Avada Ke..."
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"No. I don't see what about it that is so important to you!" He said easily using his height advantage to put the book far away from the crazed Chinese man beside him. A final tug tore the seal completely away from the book. "Ah! There you go. Now what's so bad about this book that can make you this frantic?" He said flipping opening the book.
"No, Maxwell! Don't!" Wufei cried, but it was too late, the book was wide open.
"Why?" Was all Duo could say before a bright beam of light and a surge of power filled the room, flinging the two ex-gundam pilots to opposite corners of the room.
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Lightning flashed, dark clouds covered the night sky as a loud roar filled the sky. Both Sakura and the Sorceror looked up and around for he source of the spine chilling roar. A figure flickered in the sky before taking shape. A huge blue dragon with grayish hair appeared. Clawed paws outstretched, it's huge sharp toothed maw opened. Another roar came from the blue dragon as if shouting the victory if it's release. The dragon, as if sensing the power emanating from the battle, began approaching them.
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Wufei painfully opened his eyes. The light making sharp pinpricks in his brain. He could see the light. He could feel the almost holy power coming form the light. But he couldn't feel the East god ANYWHERE! Seiryuu could be anywhere! 'Stupid Maxwell! Stubborn and stupid. Totally er-bai-wu! If he had just followed what he said none of this would've happened.'
'The book! I have to close the book! Before Seiryuu could gather all of his fragmented power. My wand! Where? Got to protect myself.' Wufei thought. He pointed his wand at the glowing book. "Accio Shi jin ten chi sho!"
The book shook a bit but didn't move. A return burst of power showed Wufei that there was much more to do than a simple spell. His phoenix feather wand is not powerful enough. His last hope, his sword. Taking it out of his magicked pocket, he started his approach on the book, silently mumbling a powerful shielding spell, hoping he'd have enough energy to seal it too.
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The sinuous body of the dragon gracefully weaved through the buildings, approaching them with a predatory smile. All of a sudden, it froze in it's tracks. It's face scrunched up, teeth grinding against each other. It began writhing as if in pain. The vicious movements caused the few buildings left standing to collapse on their already fragile foundations. Its descent accelerated with speeds borne out of terror of defeat and self- preservation. It crashed into the many ice 'statues' on the frozen landscape, shattering them.
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'Ouch! Did anyone get the number of that MS?' Duo thought, rubbing his bruised head. Then he remembered. 'The book... What happened anyway? I remember opening the book, then that Wufei telling me not to, then...? A bright blue light? Doesn't make sense!' Duo opened his eyes reluctantly, not wanting to see the smirking face of the justice freak. 'Whoa! What happened here?'
The scene that greeted his eyes was of chaos, no other word for it. Only the center of the room was a cleared area. The book, glowing blue and floating in mid-air. Wufei was cautiously approaching it, his sword drawn and ready. Duo looked around and saw the discarded wand on the floor. 'Interesting. Wonder what a reducto spell would do to the book? ... Reducto? What the hell is that?!?' Duo continued to watch Wufei, knowing that he couldn't do anything. Though it seems that Wu-man wasn't making any progress. Gotta help him. My fault anyway.
"Reducto!"
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The sharp shards of ice narrowly missed Sakura as she flies away. Her side hurting more with the sudden movement. The Sorceror jumped high, out and away from the path of the rampaging dragon. His face turned to that of glee as he saw the dragon. He admired the view, the perfect picture of pain and robbed glory.
The Sorceror sensed the build-up of power before the attack came. "Sword!" He heard the card mistress shout. HE turned around, thrusting his sword into her heart. He felt the resistance as the sword went through the girl. He saw the girl grimace in pain and... Disappeared?!? 'What the hell?!?' He thought. He saw the card Illusion and realized his mistake. He turned around hoping to kill the cardmistress. But he was too late. At the last minute, he saw Sakura holding her sword high and in front of her. The Sword went entered his upper body injuring delicate internal organs.
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Wufei was prepared for the numerous outburst of magical power from the book but he WASN'T prepared for the spell that came from BEHIND him! "What?" He said bewildered, for once breaking his concentration. He looked behind and saw Duo standing up with his wand him his hand. Duo seemed surprised at his move. But then he came forward, determination set on his face.
"Don't break your concentration, Wufei!" he said. Wufei nodded back and continued to chant. Then a blot of power came, bending around Duo towards Wufei. Duo swore under his breath before shielding the vulnerable Wufei from it. "Oi! Don't let your guard down, Potter!" Duo cried out. He used every spell he knew to lower its power. 'Don't know whether this would work on a book!'
"Avada Kedabra!"
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As the sword was pulled out, he saw the dragon heading for him. He got ready for his final attack, He would never let anyone defeat him! Lightning flashed, temporarily lighting up the darkened sky. The card mistress prepared to seal him. "Return to your powers CONFIN...Ahhh!!!" lightning struck the trio: The dragon, the Sorceror and Sakura. The backlash of power from both sides caused a tremendous outburst of energy and a vortex to form. The sound of rushing air was silenced as it closed. Nothing moved.
TBC...
"Anou... Eriol, do you know of any other cards that Clow made other than mine?" Sakura asked over the phone. Eriol had called earlier just to chat. But it seems that he too felt the impending danger.
"Other cards? N..Nooo, I don't think so, not that I can remember. Why do you ask?" The voice over the phone sounded worried.
"Nothing, I had a dream last night. I saw the cards flew around like before and there was another person across the building. He wore strange clothes, some kind of a coat and had the weirdest red eyes! You know anybody like that?"
"Red eyes? Wore a cloak?" Eriol asked, his voice filled with disbelief.
"Uh huh..."
"Tell me what else did he do?"
"Well... He pointed some kind of a stick at me, said something and I felt pain all over. Then the next part of the dream came."
"<mumbles>Could it be...? No... How could...?"
"Eriol-kun?"
"What did Kero say? Have you asked Yue, yet?"
"Well, Kero said that he knew of no other card that was left. He couldn't remember what else that Clow could've created. And I haven't really asked Yue...yet. He and Touya have been busy the whole day."
"Sou da ne... I'll have to look up about this. Sakura, if you find anything, ANYTHING at all about this person or card, tell me right away. If my guess is correct, this is the strongest and most evil card that I ever created."
"HOEEEEE?!?"
"Please, Sakura-chan! Go ask Yue soon!"
"Hai."
"Please be careful."
"Hai" She answered. The call ended there. She couldn't help BUT be worried by this. The second dream sequence really creeped her out. The dead bodies of Yue and Kero made her not want this to be true, but she knew from her past experiences that it would not be true. Every dream there is a reason behind it, and this was just a warning.
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It could not be helped that Wufei remained in his room ever since he ate his breakfast. The dream, so very vivid. Made him feel very disturbed that something like before would happen. He lit some more joss sticks, not only to give them peace, but also to reassure himself. But what could happen after all these days? Nothing much. Nothing that much destructive. Voldemort is gone... Right? 'No way he could've survived the killing curse. Could he...?'
Sigh. Now we are in the middle of a fragile peace. Easily broken by some other renegade rebel. We even have settled in, sort of. We never know what might happen in the aftermath. But we have peace now... right?
The dream yesterday. He could not get rid of the last vision of his old friends. How he wished he could see them again. Then again, it was useless. They're dead, killed by Voldemort. That name still angers me. Then there's Seiryuu. Why is it always that I try to make friends, every time, they ended up DEAD?
Hermoine, Ron, Ginny, Xiu Ping, Kim Hang , Meiran and Draco. Draco had turned to the light side after fleeing the deatheaters, after Voldemort had killed his father without a care. Same like the others, He was killed easily, in the last fight against Him. Seiryuu, consumed Xiu Ping, killed Kim Hang in his effort to seal the dragon god. Let him without friends and scared of company. Really there’s no justice in this world. For him, for his friends.
'Seiryuu, The east god of the world in the book, Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho. The book! Where's the book? Oh yeah, It's right at that shelf. Yeah I remember I kept it there.' he goes to browse the small shelf of books that he kept. 'No. No...No... That's the end already?!? What the hell it's not here! Shit!' He turned and began searching the whole room for that single book.
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"Sakura-chan. Is something wrong? You've been very quiet today." Tomoyo asked her childhood friend. But Sakura continued to look blankly at the tree in front of her. Tomoyo have come to visit the Kinomoto Residence but it seems that Sakura did not have most of her mind at this time. "Sakura? Sakura?" She said, waving her hand in front of Sakura's face. Then Sakura woke up from her stupor.
"Hoe? What? What happened? Oh? Tomoyo-chan. What are you doing here? Eh? Oh yeah. Sorry about that." Sakura said, her face slightly reddish.
"Daijobu? Anything bothering you this much needs should be quite serious. So what happened?"
"Eh? I just had a dream, maybe another new card. I don’t know, but in that dream, the card threatened to kill me."
"Oh then it's okay."
"Excuse me, Tomoyo! The card threatened to KILL me!?!" Sakura almost shouted to her. She couldn't believe that her best friend said that everything is okay.
"I mean, you have been successful in capturing every other card, your powers are very strong. What could the card do to you?" Tomoyo said, a smile present on her face. "Anyway if you're going to capture the card, make sure you call me up! I have made the cutest costume for you and then, I can record your capture on my new vid camera! Hohohoho!" She said, her eyes going starry again.
"Tomoyo-chan..."Sakura sweatdropped. No matter how much she changed, Tomoyo will always be Tomoyo!
"Tadaima!" Her brother's voice came from the front door.
"Okaeri Nasai!" Sakura answered as Touya opened the door. Then she saw Yukito standing behind him carrying various bags full of food. "Yukito!" She cried, going past Touya and his own load of bags. Grabbing the bags and putting them on the floor, she practically dragged him out of the room going upstairs. "I need to talk to you!" was all Tomoyo and Touya heard before she disappeared.
Upstairs, she slammed her door shut. Yukito was gone. In place of him was Yue. Suddenly she remembered the vision she had of Yue in her dream. A shiver went up her spine. "Ah! Yue! Thank god, you're okay. I really need to ask you something."
"What is it Sakura?" Yue asked, a hint of worry in his tone. The guardian knew that something bad had happened since she had practically dragged Yukito up the stairs!
"Did Clow create any other cards other than my cards and the Hope card?"
"...I don't think..." Yue went silent. Then he remembered a time when Clow showed him a card. Different in almost every perspective, yet still powerful, what was weird about it was it was totally black with green patterns of serpents and a figure in silver. The back showed the eyes of a snake, a basilisk. This card is too dangerous. Even I can't control the Sorceror."Wait, I think there's one more. I think it was called the Sorcerer. It was meant to seal up the powers of any wizard the command of the card, but something happened that made the card like that. I don't know what happened to it. One day, it just disappeared."
"Hoe?"
"Did Eriol know about this?" Sakura shook her head. "I guess not. It was one of the experimental cards that Clow created. This was more rebellious. I guess after it disappeared, He forgot about it."
"What do you think it had been doing all this time? How could it just mask its power?"
"Like I said, it is one of the more powerful and evil ones. The others were just misguided, like the Hope card. But this card is just pure Evil. Not a spark of kindness in him. He's only weakness is that he likes to play around."
"Thank you, Yue. Now I've got to call Eriol-kun. Maybe he remembers something else."
"I doubt it. Where's Cereberus?"
"Eh? Kero? I don't know. I wondered why it was so quiet today." she said, picking up the handset. Suddenly, a loud blast was heard. Both Yue and Sakura stiffened at the pulse of magical power. "What was...?
"Sakura! Come quick! Tokyo's being attacked by Syoran!" Kero shouted as he came through the open window.
"Kero-chan!" She cradled the tired little guardian.
"Sakura-sama, look!" Yue said, his eyes wide open in fear. He pointed towards the scene of the city. Sakura gasped. The city was in flames, above was a strange symbol of a skull with a snake wrapped around and in it. A loud blast and a tremor was felt as another part of Tokyo was engulfed in flames. "The card!" Yue whispered, horror evident in his voice. The rising smoke took shape of a cowled face. Eyes looked eerie as the flames flickered from behind it. The smile an almost mocking one as if beckoning for the card mistress to come. The face looked similar to that from the dream last night. It seemed that the card had possessed Syoran because of his magical powers.
Sakura felt more determined not to relieve her dream in 3D. "Let's go and get that card." she said, her voice grim.
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'Where? Where? Where? Where?' "WHERE IS IT?!?" Wufei shouted as he ran through the house. Pass the other bewildered pilots. He ran into the garage and began ransacking his gundam. "Shiiiiitt! This is totally INJUSTICE!!!!! Where the hell is that BOOK?!?" His shouts could be heard throughout the mansion. Heero, Trowa and Quatre sweatdropped at the other pilot's rather strange behavior. Duo just sat there looking at the warded blue book he'd found in his room that morning.
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Fiery heat permeated the winds surrounding Sakura as she tries to defend herself from the fireball thrown by Syoran. Syoran, eyes blank, kept on with the barrage of fireballs. Shield was weakening as more attacks of fire and lighting hit it.
'Shield can't hold on. I've got to do something before he really kills me. But what...?' Sakura thought. She looked around her; trees on fire, the penguin playground practically destroyed by the battle between her and the entranced Syoran. Yue lying on the ground not moving, his face bruised and the neck at an unnatural angle. And Kero...? 'Where's Kero?' She thought.
"Sakura!!!" A loud cry from behind her told her that Kero was still okay, at least conscious. A burst of wind blew pass as Cereberus flew forward attempting to ram Syoran head-on. An evil smirk appeared on Syoran's face, a chuckle was heard before he sidestepped from Cereberus's path and hit him with a bolt of lightning. Cereberus surprised at the move did nothing to avoid the bolt. Body charred, he fell towards the ground with a loud thump. Syoran grinned evilly before turning to Sakura.
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'A plain blue book, with the characters on the cover. Old and yellowed. Covered by many wards. The characters saying "Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho". Seiryuu's book... In Duo's hands?!? Oh Shit! How did he get it?' Wufei’s already panicked thoughts went into code red.
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"NO!!!" Sakura shouted, taking advantage of Syoran's brief inattentiveness, she lunged towards him, Sword in hand. The attack did not faze him as he easily deflected the strike. Sakura's angry stabs did not hurt Syaoran who kept either deflecting or blocking each and every strike with his sword. Tired of playing, Syoran saw an opening and attacked her. His sword stabbed Sakura into and out through her abdomen, drawing blood. Sakura gasped at the sudden intrusion of sharp metal into her body. A slash and a stab later opened gaping wounds on her leg and upper arm. Falling forward in pain, she saw a misty figure exiting from Syoran's body.
Syoran's eyes cleared of the misty look that instance. His eyes showed fear, dread and disbelief. The wounds on Sakura, he couldn't believe that he id that to his own girlfriend! "Sakura!" He rushed towards her, stopping her fall. Blood poured from her wounds, sweat covered her forehead, face pale from lack of blood and exhaustion. "Shikkari!" he said, leaning on him.
"Daijobu...Syoran-kun..." Sakura said weakly, putting her hand onto her side to curb the flow of blood. "The card..." Both looked towards the misty figure as it took it's true form.
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"Duo, please give me the book," Wufei tried to talk him into giving it to him.
"Why? This book seems interesting! Like, nothing on the cover except the title covered all in wards. What harm can come from reading a book?" Duo said while trying to peel off the wards. Wufei's panic increased as Duo's meddling managed to tear one ward off.
"Do you even know what it says?"
He peels off another ward. "Sure! Book of the four gods, I think. I'm not that literate in Chinese, but I can read it!"
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It took a form of a cloaked man. His head covered by the hood covering half of his face. The visible part of his face was pale skinned. Thin-lipped with dry parched skin, his eyes could be seen shining through the shaded half. The cloak seem ragged and burnt. The emerald color dulled by the numerous spots of dirt and dust. In his left hand was a sword, sharp and silver. Its surface reflecting the tongues of flames that smothered the city. Held in his right hand was a long stick of wood.
A mumble was heard from the man. He pointed the stick the stick towards them. It seemed like he was reciting a spell. A bright light emanated from him, covered the cleared area of the park. Soil and rocks rose up, trees were uprooted all got together to form huge grotesque-looking creatures. Both Syoran and Sakura cursed under their breath. Sakura held her hand away to take out the only card that she knew that would be able to fight them all at once.
"Create! From creatures to stop them. Release and Dispel!" She cried. As soon the incantation was finished, a wave of fatigue ran over her. Syoran had turned to fight one of the creatures that looked like an overgrown cherry tree. Even he was tired after being possessed by the Sorceror card. Soon, a slap from one of the branches flung him away. His flight abruptly stopped by a tree and he fell unconscious.
Sakura winced at the pain by her side, confronted the Sorceror. Both faced each other. Hate and malice evident on each other's face. Her thoughts ran wild. She needed to hold the card down so as to be able to seal it. As exhausted as she was, she could only see one way...
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"That book's dangerous, you know."
"Eh? Dangerous? How? Seems to me like some kind of mythology or something. I like those types of books!" He said peeling of another ward, tearing one almost in half.
"Duo give me the book!" Wufei said, gritting his teeth, his patience wearing thin.
"No! I wanna read it!" He said struggling with the last ward.
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"Wood!" She cried. Wood appeared and spread its branches towards the Sorceror. By luck, the Sorceror got out a freeze attack at the same time, effectively slowing down Wood and freezing Sakura's feet in place. The shock of being frozen and the inability to move, made her kneel down. At that time, everything was covered in a layer of ice. Everything within a radius of a kilometer became fragile ice. Silence reigned. Only footsteps of the Sorceror could be heard, crunching ice underfoot.
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"Maxwell! Give it back!" Wufei lunged at Duo unable to stand the foolishness of Duo. Duo evaded him leaving him sprawled on the ground. Or was it what he felt was fear? Just he thought of THAT happening again renewed his strength to remove he book from duo's possession before he removed the seal. The last seal, peeling at the edges and the oldest. Doesn't have that much power left and the adhesive almost gone. He got up and tried again.
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The dark sky seem to give a more sinister feel to the night as more storm clouds formed and lightning strikes filled the skies. The blowing wind seem to make the flames rise, playing with the shadows that form. The face of the Sorceror looked, if possible, more evil. "What a pity. You could have just accepted my invitation and all of this would've been saved. Instead you decided to go against me. You're as much of a bother as that Potter! Thanks to you, everything is gone now. And so will you, cardmistress!" He spat the last word out with loathe. Raising his wand he said calmly, "Avada Ke..."
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"No. I don't see what about it that is so important to you!" He said easily using his height advantage to put the book far away from the crazed Chinese man beside him. A final tug tore the seal completely away from the book. "Ah! There you go. Now what's so bad about this book that can make you this frantic?" He said flipping opening the book.
"No, Maxwell! Don't!" Wufei cried, but it was too late, the book was wide open.
"Why?" Was all Duo could say before a bright beam of light and a surge of power filled the room, flinging the two ex-gundam pilots to opposite corners of the room.
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Lightning flashed, dark clouds covered the night sky as a loud roar filled the sky. Both Sakura and the Sorceror looked up and around for he source of the spine chilling roar. A figure flickered in the sky before taking shape. A huge blue dragon with grayish hair appeared. Clawed paws outstretched, it's huge sharp toothed maw opened. Another roar came from the blue dragon as if shouting the victory if it's release. The dragon, as if sensing the power emanating from the battle, began approaching them.
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Wufei painfully opened his eyes. The light making sharp pinpricks in his brain. He could see the light. He could feel the almost holy power coming form the light. But he couldn't feel the East god ANYWHERE! Seiryuu could be anywhere! 'Stupid Maxwell! Stubborn and stupid. Totally er-bai-wu! If he had just followed what he said none of this would've happened.'
'The book! I have to close the book! Before Seiryuu could gather all of his fragmented power. My wand! Where? Got to protect myself.' Wufei thought. He pointed his wand at the glowing book. "Accio Shi jin ten chi sho!"
The book shook a bit but didn't move. A return burst of power showed Wufei that there was much more to do than a simple spell. His phoenix feather wand is not powerful enough. His last hope, his sword. Taking it out of his magicked pocket, he started his approach on the book, silently mumbling a powerful shielding spell, hoping he'd have enough energy to seal it too.
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The sinuous body of the dragon gracefully weaved through the buildings, approaching them with a predatory smile. All of a sudden, it froze in it's tracks. It's face scrunched up, teeth grinding against each other. It began writhing as if in pain. The vicious movements caused the few buildings left standing to collapse on their already fragile foundations. Its descent accelerated with speeds borne out of terror of defeat and self- preservation. It crashed into the many ice 'statues' on the frozen landscape, shattering them.
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'Ouch! Did anyone get the number of that MS?' Duo thought, rubbing his bruised head. Then he remembered. 'The book... What happened anyway? I remember opening the book, then that Wufei telling me not to, then...? A bright blue light? Doesn't make sense!' Duo opened his eyes reluctantly, not wanting to see the smirking face of the justice freak. 'Whoa! What happened here?'
The scene that greeted his eyes was of chaos, no other word for it. Only the center of the room was a cleared area. The book, glowing blue and floating in mid-air. Wufei was cautiously approaching it, his sword drawn and ready. Duo looked around and saw the discarded wand on the floor. 'Interesting. Wonder what a reducto spell would do to the book? ... Reducto? What the hell is that?!?' Duo continued to watch Wufei, knowing that he couldn't do anything. Though it seems that Wu-man wasn't making any progress. Gotta help him. My fault anyway.
"Reducto!"
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The sharp shards of ice narrowly missed Sakura as she flies away. Her side hurting more with the sudden movement. The Sorceror jumped high, out and away from the path of the rampaging dragon. His face turned to that of glee as he saw the dragon. He admired the view, the perfect picture of pain and robbed glory.
The Sorceror sensed the build-up of power before the attack came. "Sword!" He heard the card mistress shout. HE turned around, thrusting his sword into her heart. He felt the resistance as the sword went through the girl. He saw the girl grimace in pain and... Disappeared?!? 'What the hell?!?' He thought. He saw the card Illusion and realized his mistake. He turned around hoping to kill the cardmistress. But he was too late. At the last minute, he saw Sakura holding her sword high and in front of her. The Sword went entered his upper body injuring delicate internal organs.
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Wufei was prepared for the numerous outburst of magical power from the book but he WASN'T prepared for the spell that came from BEHIND him! "What?" He said bewildered, for once breaking his concentration. He looked behind and saw Duo standing up with his wand him his hand. Duo seemed surprised at his move. But then he came forward, determination set on his face.
"Don't break your concentration, Wufei!" he said. Wufei nodded back and continued to chant. Then a blot of power came, bending around Duo towards Wufei. Duo swore under his breath before shielding the vulnerable Wufei from it. "Oi! Don't let your guard down, Potter!" Duo cried out. He used every spell he knew to lower its power. 'Don't know whether this would work on a book!'
"Avada Kedabra!"
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As the sword was pulled out, he saw the dragon heading for him. He got ready for his final attack, He would never let anyone defeat him! Lightning flashed, temporarily lighting up the darkened sky. The card mistress prepared to seal him. "Return to your powers CONFIN...Ahhh!!!" lightning struck the trio: The dragon, the Sorceror and Sakura. The backlash of power from both sides caused a tremendous outburst of energy and a vortex to form. The sound of rushing air was silenced as it closed. Nothing moved.
TBC...