NOTE: Another song, just so's ya know. Actually, this one's kind of short. And weird. And... condensed? I don't know. I'll upload another chapter soon enough! In the meantime, here's where the story REALLY kicks in!
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Sakura, Li, Tomoyo, Jimmy and Kero arrived at the park via Maya's magic powder. Once there, they wasted no time hurrying over to Sakura's house.
"Kero! Mail slot!" Sakura shouted as they were running.
"I'm on it!" The doll replied as he flew over to the house and crawled through the mail slot.
Once inside the house, he unlocked the door and opened it just in time for Sakura and the others to hurry through. They all stopped in the living room to catch their breath, especially Jimmy.
"Lord have mercy. I haven't run that fast since we chased that Protestant outta my church." The preacher said.
Sakura and her friends looked at each other and shrugged. "Americans." Li simply said. "Go figure."
Just then, a very exhausted-looking Touya slouched his way down the stairs as a strange jumping noise was heard from a distance. Touya yawned then noticed his sister and her friends standing around in the living room.
"Oh. It's just you. And some old guy." He yawned again. "Okay." He turned around to head back to his room until the realization finally clicked. "Holy--! What the--!? Sakura!?" He struggled to speak as his energy somewhat returned.
"Touya, is everyone okay?" Sakura asked her brother.
"No! Everyone is miserable! I'm miserable!" He screamed.
Sakura suddenly feared the worst. "Oh my God, it's Faust. He's done something, hasn't he? What?"
"Faust hasn't done anything! It's that other you!" He started. "You know! The one you left behind to cover your ass!"
Sakura thought for a second then remembered. "The Mirror card!" She gasped.
"Uh-huh!" Touya nodded his head like a crazy person while biting his upper lip and his messy hair and baggy eyes came into view.
The jumping noise stopped and a loud crash was heard. The Sakura clone then came running downstairs, wearing a chocolate stained yellow jumpsuit, a pirate hat made out of a newspaper, tons of candy jewelry and a very poorly executed make-up job with lipstick smeared all over her mouth.
"Mirror?" A very disturbed Sakura asked.
"Welcome back, mistress!" She said as she jittered a bit. "Guess what? I like coffee!"
Sakura closed her eyes, balled up her fist and started to shake it. "Oh no..."
Touya knew he was in trouble. "Okay, I know you're gonna get mad but--"
"Oh, hell no!" She butted in. "You gave her coffee?"
"Only a little bit." He said in a soft voice.
"What's wrong with that?" Li asked.
Sakura pointed at her clone with a maniacal grin. "That's what's wrong. The cards can't have too much caffeine or sugar or they go crazy."
"I didn't know that." Kero said.
"Trust me. It's bad. Really, really bad." She said through her teeth.
"Well, what about the Sweet card?" Tomoyo thought aloud.
"You mean this?" Sakura said as she pulled the card out.
The spirit suddenly projected itself from its card form, cross-eyed and drooling like a fountain. "Beans! I've run out of beans!" It simply yelled.
"All right, that's enough out of you!" Sakura said as she put the card back with the rest.
"Wait a minute. You were able to summon the Sweet card." Li pointed out.
Sakura was surprised herself and thought for a second. "You're right. How did I do that?"
"Uh, excuse me..." Jimmy started. "But what exactly did you bring me here for? Everything seems to be normal."
"You call that normal?" Sakura pointed at her clone.
The other Sakura turned on the TV and started to slobber all over it. "Jimmy Carter tastes like peanuts!" She exclaimed.
Touya groaned. "All weekend that thing's been bothering me. I'm only glad dad went out of town when you did."
"When's he coming back?" She asked.
"This Friday." Her brother answered.
"Today's Monday. That gives us almost a week to get things going." Li said.
Sakura nodded. "Where's Yuki?"
Touya's eyes widened as he started to shudder. "He's in my room. Moping."
"I have to talk to him." She started for the stairs but Touya held her back.
"Oh, trust me." He said. "You do not want to go up there!"
"Why not?" She asked.
« « « IN TOUYA'S ROOM » » »
"Oh..."
"..My..."
"...God."
Were the words that came out of Sakura's, Tomoyo's and Li's mouths in that order. Why? Because lying on Touya's bed was a very large, bloated, triple-chinned Yukito with fingers the size of sausages. And not those lil' smokey kinds of sausages. We're talking Jimmy Dean size! I don't know if that's possible but hey! It's an anime! Work with me here, people!
"What unspeakable evil has cast this spell on you, son?" Jimmy asked Yukito.
"Judging by the trash? I'd say Twinkies, pizza, candy and those yellow marshmallow things nobody likes getting at Easter." Li said after looking at the piles and piles of trash surrounding Yuki.
"Hi, guys..." Yuki burped as a bit of drool dripped from his chocolate smeared mouth. His cheeks had gotten so big that his glasses were no longer clamped to his ears.
"Did you know he kept a secret stash of junk food in my room?" Touya asked his sister. "A stash. In my room!"
Sakura laughed awkwardly and stepped around the trash to get to Yuki. "Yuki? I need to speak to Yue."
"Do I have to? I'm kind of comfortable here." The fat man moaned.
Sakura nodded her head. "Yes. It's important."
"Okay." Yuki closed his eyes and began the transformation. He then noticed the wings were struggling to fold themselves over his large torso and Yue's voice kept ringing in his head saying, "Suck it in, man!" Yukito sighed and tried again, Yue's suggestion in mind. When he transformed, everyone was shocked to find that Yue was even fatter than Yukito.
"Is he supposed to look like that?" Jimmy freaked.
"No! He's not!" Kero shouted. "Yue! What happened?"
Yue tried to speak but his mouth kept spewing out food in large chunks, spilling it all over his robe and on the floor.
Sakura was completely disgusted. "Oh, God! Take him away! Take him away!" She squirmed as Yue returned to his borrowed form.
"That was the grossest thing I've ever seen." Tomoyo gagged.
"Don't tell me we came all the way over here for this." Jimmy said.
Sakura shook her head and sighed. "All this time. Wasted. I guess we should head back then."
"I don't think so." Touya said as he grabbed the bag of magic powder hanging from Sakura's neck and tossed it away.
"Touya!" Sakura yelled. "What are you doing!? We need that!"
Suddenly, Touya grabbed his sister by the throat and hurled her across the room. Li immediately ran to her side as Tomoyo and Jimmy backed away from the room.
"What the hell's gotten into you!?" Li shouted.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Touya responded in a low, raspy voice. His eyes were now completely black and his expression was cold and menacing.
"Oh, this isn't good. Nope. Not good at all." Kero said.
"What's wrong with him?" Sakura asked.
"Touya's been possessed." The doll answered.
Li helped Sakura back on her feet and was puzzled by Touya's demonic appearance. "Why?" He asked.
"Faust is sending one of his cronies to do his dirty work, that's why!" The doll shouted as he dodged Touya's fist.
While Kero distracted him, Li snuck up on Sakura's brother and tried to put him in a headlock. The plan backfired, however, as Touya swung his head back and knocked Li to the bed, where he landed on Yukito's fat, greasy stomach, face first.
"Oh, dear God!" Li said as he quickly removed himself from Yukito's flab. "I always knew your brother was evil, Sakura! But God damn!"
Tomoyo took out her camera and started filming, unafraid of what was going on. "Oh, good! I haven't filmed in days! Smile for the camera, Touya! Thank you!"
Touya growled as he turned his head towards the girl, prompting Jimmy to pull her away. The preacher man then smiled nervously as he reached for the doorknob. "Well, this has been fun. I think I'll catch you kids later, okay?"
Touya rushed towards Jimmy and put his hands on his neck, attempting to choke him. However, something caused Touya to let go immediately as he screamed in pain. Kero hovered around Touya and noticed his hands were burning.
"Jimmy, what did you do?" Kero asked.
"Nothing." The preacher man was as confused as the others.
Sakura suddenly got an idea. "Jimmy! Why don't you perform one of your faith healing rituals!?"
Jimmy shook his head. "What, are you crazy! That's simple faith healing! What we need is an exorcism and I ain't no exorcist!"
Touya got angry and started moving things around with his mind as his eyes rolled back and his breath drew cold air. Tomoyo then shut off her camera and hurried over to Li for protection.
"Okay, I've seen this movie! And if he starts projectile vomiting or spinning his head around, I'm definitely leaving!" She said as the room started to shake.
"Sakura! Use a card!" Kero shouted.
Sakura closed her eyes and tried to focus her energy when a chair suddenly crashed onto her. She got back up but was too dazed to try again. Yukito remained on the bed, too fat to move and too lazy to care.
Touya's possession had gotten so powerful, that the entire house was beginning to lift. Objects in every room were now flying everywhere as Sakura and her friends tried to hold their ground.
"Jimmy!" Sakura screamed across the room. "We need you!"
The preacher man looked at all the chaos around him and hesitantly nodded. He reached inside his coat pocket and pulled out small bible.
"You'd think it was a gun the way you church types carry those things around!" Tomoyo joked in the midst of all this.
The house was levitating higher and higher, its contents flying all over the place. People in the neighborhood were starting to notice the strange occurrence as they fearfully watched from their own houses.
Jimmy fought against the strong wind current emanating from Touya with his bible in hand. As Touya remained in a catatonic state, unleashing his demon magic, Jimmy started to read from his book, practically shouting over the noise.
"Dear Lord, Deliver this man from the evil which has been bestowed upon him! An agent of Beelzebub hath betrayed a sheep from your flock and taken full possession of his mortal coil!" The preacher started. "Child of darkness! Child of Lucifer!"
Touya opened his eyes and released an even more powerful gust of wind, forcing the house to go up even higher.
Sakura noticed Jimmy was struggling to recite the ritual as she hung on to the bedpost. "Jimmy!" She shouted. "What's wrong?"
"I..." The man was confused. "I can't do it without a psalm! I need music!"
"What!?" Everyone shouted.
"It's supposed to heal the tension in the room and help provoke the demon's departure!" He explained. "Without it, it's just another exorcism!"
"Well, what are we supposed to do!?" Tomoyo asked as she hung on to Li, who was holding on to the other side of the bedpost.
"I need you to sing!" He yelled.
"I don't know any psalms!" Tomoyo panicked. She then turned to Li. "Do you?"
He shook his head. "No. Sakura?"
Sakura looked down. "No."
"Look, it can be anything! Just sing something cheerful while I cast this sucker out of your brother's body!" Jimmy pleaded.
There was a long and terrifying silence from everyone as Touya's demonic intruder continued hurling everything in sight.
Suddenly,
Li started to sing softly. "Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her
tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight."
Another pause as Tomoyo and Sakura gave Li a strange look. Li motioned for them to join in and continued. "My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right. Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?"
Yet another pause until Tomoyo and Sakura joined in with Li. "When everything's a little clearer in the light of day. And you know the night is always gonna be there any way."The preacher smiled. "Keep singing!" He then reopened the book and continued reading. "Accept our Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and you shall not be forsaken!"
Touya hissed as Sakura, Li and Tomoyo sang some more. "Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight."
The Song card suddenly activated itself and started playing the music along to the trio's soothing lyrics. They continued again.
Started out this morning feeling so polite
I
always thought a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite.
But you've got some bait a-waitin'
and I think I might try nibbling a little afternoon delight.
"I want you to feel the love Jesus has for you and cast out the evil that's plagued you so!" The preacher said as the house continued moving. "I command whatever demon is inside you to release its grip on you! It does not control you! You control you!"
The demon within Touya started to growl as it felt the effects of Corin's faith healing magic. "Is vas est mei own! Licentia mihi exsisto!" Touya's raspy voice growled.
"Cast out the demon and save yourself, Touya Kinomoto! Cast him out and keep him out! The light will prevail over the darkness! Free yourself!" Jimmy fought back as the Song card continued playing alongside Sakura and her friends.
Sky rockets in flight.
Afternoon delight.
Afternoon delight.
Touya fell to the floor as the entire house and everything afloat suddenly paused. Jimmy continued praying. "Release him from your grasp, demon! Return to the fiery pits of hell from whence you came and leave this family alone! In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior! I command you to leave this place at once!"
The demonic spirit began to wail out in pain as Sakura, Li and Tomoyo continued singing along, nervous and a bit confused.
Please be waiting for me baby when I come around.
Sky
rockets in flight.
We
could make a lot of lovin' before the sun goes down.
Afternoon delight.
Afternoon delight.
The demon growled its last growl as it escaped from Touya's body and shot straight for Jimmy.
"Jimmy, watch out!" Kero called out to him.
"Can I get an amen?" He asked.
"Amen!" Everyone yelled, causing the demon to shrivel up and explode into a flash of light.
The house then fell back to the ground, its contents taking a turn for the worse. The impact of the fall caused everyone to shoot across the room, except Yuki's fat ass, who still remained on the bed. After a while, when the dust had settled, Sakura walked over to her brother and helped him up on his feet.
"Touya? Are you all right?" She asked him.
Touya groaned as he massaged his head and rubbed his eyes. "What happened?" He looked around and noticed the mess. "What did you do, Sakura?"
"What did I do!?" She snapped. "This is your mess, not mine!" She said as she slapped her brother in the back of the head.
"You okay, Jimmy?" Tomoyo asked him.
"Oh, I'm fine." The preacher said with a smile. "I kick ass on the Lord's side!"
"Looks like Faust wants to play dirty." Kero said as Li looked out the window.
"Oh no." He started. "The whole neighborhood saw. There's no way we can hide from this."
"Sure we can." Sakura said. "I'll just use the Erase card to alter some memories and we'll be out of here in no time."
"Can you do that?" Li asked.
Sakura nodded. "Yeah. I think I know how to do it now. It's going to take a little time but I think I've got it."
"Well, you know we have plenty of time." Tomoyo said as she picked up the empty bag, where Maya's magic powder had been kept.
"You mean we're stuck here?" Kero worried.
"Not for long, Kero." Sakura said with an optimistic grin. "Faust may have stranded us here but if I'm right, then the army should be ready for anything he tries to throw at them."
"What now?" Touya asked.
"Now?" Sakura thought for a second. "I'm going to work on getting the neighborhood's memory erased. Your job is to get Yuki back in shape."
"Round is a shape." Yuki said as he let one off.
Everyone in the room covered their faces, afraid to breathe in Yuki's powerful gas bomb. Kero, unfortunately, was too slow and dropped to the floor like a dead fly.
Sakura looked down on the doll, who was beginning to twitch. "Hmm. Out cold."
