Enjoy! Please review after! Thanks to all those who reviewed! Sorry for the long wait; my muse for this story, Sakura, was away sadly. She then had a little battle with my other muses, Edward for Fma, Yugi for Yugioh, Kenshin for Ruroken, and other muses that I don't remember. (sweat drop)
It's a no brainer if you realized anything about the Sennen Broach and the Sennen Bell. (wink)
I don't own CCS or YGO; if I did then, I wouldn't be writing this story now would I? ;D
Chapter 9: Double is Better than Single
Previously on Sa-ku-ra-oh:
"I accept your challenge, sensei," Yami Sakura replied, ready to play.
"I'll let you go first," Kaho insisted with a kind smile.
Tomoyo sighed with a sad look on her face. Mei-ling asked what was wrong.
"Oh, if only I knew about this, then I would have brought a costume for Sakura-chan," Tomoyo sighed. She took out her camcorder and recorded Sakura. Mei-ling and Syaoran collapsed.
Yami Sakura chose one of her Clow Cards. In her hand was the Wood Card.
Kaho closed her eyes and grinned.
Yami Sakura tossed the Wood Card and spun her Clow wand. "Wood!" As she released the card, branches rushed towards Kaho.
Kaho narrowed her eyes and released an amount of magic towards the branches, breaking them apart in the process.
Kaho smiled dismissively. "Try again."
Yami Sakura frowned. She picked the next Clow Card, Watery. Did she know I was going to use Wood? No, it couldn't be. I have to be careful of that Bell of hers.
"Watery!" As soon as Watery was released, it rushed towards Kaho and enveloped and circled around her, until she was captive in a watery dome.
Yami Sakura grinned but frowned as the water broke apart thanks to Kaho's bell.
Kaho smiled. "Again, that didn't have any effect."
Yami Sakura scowled. Damn! First Wood and now Watery. What else can I use? She shut her eyes. Think…Think!
"Calm your mind."
"Huh?" Yami Sakura looked up to Kaho.
"Calm your mind. There is no point in winning if you're feeling under pressure," Kaho advised simply.
Yami Sakura stared at Kaho for a moment. Did she just read my thoughts?
"It's my turn," Kaho said as she projected an amount of magic from the bell towards Yami Sakura.
Yami Sakura became stunned as she was hit in the chest; and thrown back in a blink second. She staggered across the ground.
Tomoyo gasped. "Sakura-chan!"
Yami Sakura gagged as she slowly, but painfully stood up. Her limbs suddenly felt heavy like weights. She somehow was able to stand and positioned herself with her wand. Kaho felt impressed.
Yami Sakura picked a Clow Card.
"I can read your mind letting me know what you're thinking and what card you are going to use," Kaho confessed. "This is the ability of the Sennen Bell. I have been reading your mind from the beginning of this duel."
Yami Sakura and Syaoran became stunned.
Kaho placed her hand on her moon bell. Ripples of aura were released towards Yami Sakura and rushed through her, like water. Kaho read the card in Yami Sakura's hand as she saw it in her mind.
"You plan to use Windy, ne?"
Yami Sakura's eyes widened. "She read my mind again." She looked at her Windy card. What should I do? She can predict what cards I'm about to use with that bell. Yami Sakura mused. She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. I can't win against her it's hopeless.
"It is hopeless. You cannot defeat me when I have the Millennium Bell," Kaho reasoned as she slowly raised her bell. Her eyes were slanted like slits. Her mouth was curled up in a grin. She faced the bell right side up.
Kaho released an amount of magic from the moon bell. Sakura's friends gasped.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo gasped.
Yami Sakura shut her eyes.
"Mou hitori no watashi!"
Yami Sakura reopened her eyes as she heard Sakura calling her. She closed her eyes and in a flash of light, she entered inside her mind. She met Sakura standing in between the hallway of two doors. The two doors were mirroring each other. The one on Sakura's right was a steel door with a sakura on it, while the steel door on the opposite side had the Eye of Horus and vines protruding towards it.
"Aibou, nani des ka?"
Sakura sighed with relief. "Thank goodness I reached you this time."
"Every time when I try calling you, I don't hear a response," Sakura admitted. "To me, it may seem that you don't hear me." She held her head down for a moment. She then grasps her heart and gave Yami Sakura a smile.
"I realized that I was able to reach you through my emotions. I was grateful that you were there when I was alone after everyone disappeared by the Erase card."
Yami Sakura looked at her hikari for a moment with silence.
"I want to fight alongside you, other me. We can win against Mizuki sensei's moon bell," Sakura piped. "Together! I don't want to see you get hurt and when you got hurt by the bell, I felt your pain." She held her heart.
Yami Sakura nodded and blinked. "Uh huh. Are you saying we should use the powers of the millennium puzzle, too?"
"Yeah! That's what I was thinking!" Sakura chirped.
"Okay then, let's do it Aibou," Yami Sakura nodded.
As Sakura and Yami Sakura high five, a flash of light appeared.
The magical energy was redirected into the sky. Sakura's friends were confused, and then they noticed a shield around Sakura just before it vanished.
Sakura stood with her wand at ready. Kaho seemed a bit surprised.
Sakura held up her Clow Card. "You were wrong, Mizuki sensei. The card I was about to use was the Shield." She grinned.
"Eh? I thought she was going to use Windy" Mei-ling said, confused.
"It seems to me that that is the normal Sakura-chan," Tomoyo observed.
"So…there are really two Kinomotos?" Mei-ling blinked couple of times, a bit startled.
Sakura faced her friends. "Gomenasai that I haven't been myself recently while capturing the Clow Cards. I really do have another personality living inside my heart," she admitted.
Kaho smiled calmly. "Ah, I see."
"Mizuki sensei, you can read my other self's mind but you cannot read mine," Sakura informed. Her puzzle then shone.
"That is because we are using Mind Shuffle," Yami Sakura finished.
Kaho grinned. Ah so she has figured out the puzzle's abilities. Teehee this is interesting.
Yami Sakura switched with Sakura again, letting Sakura take control of her body.
Kaho closed her eyes and chuckled. "I see." She opened her eyes in slits. "I guess it's time for a Dark Trial, ne?"
Sakura became stunned as darkness overshadowed her and Kaho. Sakura swallowed her breath. She felt her head was starting to ache, her heart pounding heavily; hot sweat trickled down from her temple. Her lungs were starting to ache every breath; she was starting to have hard time breathing.
Why? This much pressure…I can't…
Yami Sakura noticed her hikari suffering so she immediately took over Sakura's body.
Kaho studied Sakura for a moment. The poor thing. The normal Sakura doesn't have enough mental capacity to withstand the Shadow Realm's pressure. Her magic is also too weak to help her.
"What's going on?" Mei-ling asked bewildered. "For a minute there, Kinomoto looked frozen until her other self took over." She turned to Syaoran, who was astonished.
This dark magic. Syaoran thought. It's another Shadow Game, a dark trial just like with Hiiragizawa. These Sennen items are amazing.
Yami Sakura scowled. This duel needs to end soon. I don't want to lose Aibou. She thought of what cards to use.
Kaho waited patiently.
Sakura appeared beside her dark half. "Let's use those cards in a combo."
Yami Sakura looked at her light half for a moment. She thought for a moment of what cards in particular she was referring to.
"All right." Yami Sakura nodded. She picked one Clow Card. She closed her eyes for a moment. She reopened them. "Windy! Create a binding chain!"
Windy rushed towards Kaho as soon as it was released from its card. Kaho released an amount of magic from her bell, redirecting Windy towards Sakura. Suddenly, Kaho became astonished when Windy was coming towards her and binding her. As the Sennen Bell was dropped to the ground, the darkness that surrounded Sakura and Kaho disappeared and so did Windy.
"I used Windy as a decoy and then I used Loop to redirect the attack at you," Yami Sakura explained briefly.
Tomoyo, Syaoran, Mei-ling, and Eriol were bewildered for a moment.
"So…it's over?" Mei-ling asked.
"It seems so," Eriol said.
Sakura appeared beside her dark half. "We did it other me!" Yami Sakura nodded. She switched with her hikari. Her friends rushed over to her and acknowledged her.
Kaho smiled to herself as she looked at Sakura. I knew she would pull through. She walked over to Sakura and her friends. "Kinomoto-san."
Sakura looked at her teacher. Kaho handed her the Maze card and Sakura took it. "This card is rightfully yours and you deserve it."
"Arigatou!"
"Kinomoto-san, be careful when you meet him." Kaho turned on her heel and walked deeper into her shrine.
What does she mean?
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Chii-kun- Hope you all liked that chapter! The Yu-gi-oh episode with Yami and Yugi using the Mind Shuffle was one of my favorite episodes! (Even if I didn't like the Duelist Kingdom arc…borrrrinnnggg…) I kind of twisted it up a bit. (glares at Ana-malia)
Ana-malia- OO what?
A very familiar character enters in the next chapter. Who is it? You just have to go on to the next chapter! For now wait until my next update, and 'till then….
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