Author's Notes: Exams are coming up and I've been getting swamped with homework. Anyway, enjoy!!!
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, characters from Sengir clan, original concept of Kjeldor and all its creatures, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells and other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Song of Blood - Episode Five
Chapter 9
The Chinese boy stood there in shock. "What...?" Strider looked at him. "I'm not going to the castle." Kero flew up in front of the entity's face. "We need your help. Without you, it's almost impossible to get past the forcefield!"
Strider crossed his arms. "You are going to have to devise a method to infiltrate the castle yourself." Li gave a small sigh. "If we can't get to Sakura, maybe we can draw her to us."
"I can place Black Wards on the both of you. With them in place, the Sengirs will be unable to scare you off as easily. Sakura would probably have to come out and deal with the two of you." The boy stiffened. "So we'll have to fight her..."
"Her senses have been heightened with the Vampiric Embrace. She should be able to pick up the Black Wards. Rather than using her vampiric abilities, she will have to call upon Clow Reed's magic from the Clow cards." Kero's ears perked up. "I remember!! The cards got absorbed and became a part of her..." "...and those cards don't have Death magic running through them meaning she can still use them against us," finished Li grimly.
"We'll give you a shout from our minds if we need anything." The duo turned towards the direction in which Castle Sengir lay. Terese snorted and went to the tavern. "Li, use this to grab the Sengirs attention." Li turned to catch the card that floated up to him. "Strider...?" The Mist lay in Li's palm.
"I picked this fellow up in Earth 096. There, it took Kero a year to finally convince Sakura to become the cardcaptor and you were just a normal kid. If it wasn't for me, the Mist would have already trashed every single building around the world." Strider cast the Black Ward spells before Li activated the Dash card and sped off towards Castle Sengir. The Defender watched as they disappeared from sight. He silently wished them luck before he went back to the tavern.
Sparks were flying as Veldrane sharpened his sword. "You know, it's not going to get any sharper." The knight noticed the Baron, leaning on the doorway. "I have to keep myself occupied until we can attack another village. I practically had a schedule until the cherry blossom arrived. I'm amazed at how I've kept myself busy all this time."
The Baron chuckled. "Don't worry, my friend. You'll see some action tomorrow evening." Veldrane took a few practice swings with his blade. "Really? Aren't you worried about our new recruit? After all, she clearly doesn't wish to do harm unless it's in self-defense."
"The perimeter forcefield has picked up two objects, coming at a tremendous speed. I can only assume it's the cherry blossom's friends." The sword flew up from Veldrane's hands and landed in its sheath on his back. "So what? You'll probably send her out to destroy them or something. But she can't because fragments of righteousness still exist in her soul."
"Consider this a test to see whether we eradicated what's pure and good about her. From the knowledge I gathered from the mind probe, the Defender will undoubtedly come up with a plan to take her away from us. In that case, we will have to conduct a rescue mission and launch a counterattack."
Chapter 10
"The Mist, huh? That should grab their attention." Kero gave a grin. Li held up the card. "Mist card, cleanse the land of this dark place!!!" He struck the card with the tip of his blade. A green mist flew from the card and flew towards the castle.
"Wind!!!" A huge gust blew the mist away from the fortress. Kero smirked. "There's the catch. Now comes the hard part of reeling her in." He turned to see the Chinese boy, turning the colour of a tomato. "NOT NOW, KID!!!!!"
The Clow mistress hovered above. "If I can't destroy you with the Sengir's magic, the Clow cards will have to do." She raised her arm. "Wood!!!" A huge forest started to surround the two. "Now, element!! Fire!!!" The fire was able to burn through the thick forest.
"Storm card, blind this girl with your fury!!!" The card started channeling into a tornado whch headed towards Sakura. She flew around the tornado, barely avoiding the sides. She headed up towards the open top. "Thunder!!!!"
The storm started dying down with the Thunder card neutralizing it. "Dammit!!!" The vampiress gave a cold smile. "I'm sure you'll remember the time when Shot almost got you. I think it wants another chance! Shot!!!!"
The Shot card came at an amazing speed. Li barely dodged the beam. Kero transformed and attempted to attack the Clow mistress. "Sleep!!!" The beast started to slow down. 'Crud...not this...again...' Kero transformed back into his original form, snoring loudly.
Li was running from the card. "Enough!!!" He whipped out his sword and deflected the Shot back to Sakura. She blinked in disbelief. "Shield!!!" A sphere surrounded the vampiress and absorbed the Shot. "Rather impressive. I wonder how you will fare against the next spell. Erase!!!"
'Strider!!! I need help!!' The Erase card started to form beside Sakura. 'Hold on a minute. Sakura has her guard down, right?' The card formed into a white mist that started heading towards Li. 'Use the Time card and I'll see if I can track down a spell in my deck that might be able to help.'
"Time card, freeze the moment!!!" The Time card activated just before the mist of Erase hit Li. 'Strider, anytime now!!!!' The entity gave a small shout of triumph. 'If you can hold on for five seconds, I can send a little something to stop Sakura.'
"Unfreeze!!!" The flow of time returned to normal. Li had gotten away from the Erase mist but it caught up to him at an amazing speed. He fell to his knees as his body started to become transparent. Sakura gave a laugh before kneeling beside him. "A noble effort but worthless in the end."
Li gave a mischievous smile. "There was more behind it than you think." A white beam hit Sakura from behind, removing all of her powers and rendering her unconscious. Li's body became solid again and Kero was just finishing his nap. A Light card lay near her body, the Humble spell.
'Humble practically turns powerful sorcerers into normal people for a period of time. The effects will wear off soon so you better head back to Kjeldor.' Li smiled as he threw Sakura on the transformed Kero's back. 'It looks like we're closer to getting the real Sakura back.' The entity agreed. 'Let's just hope there's enough of the real Sakura to save.' Li activated the Dash card and sped off towards Kjeldor with Kero right behind him.
TO BE CONTINUED...
It's been a week since I posted last time. I'm sorry but you know how exams are. Give me a review and tell me what you think. Until next time...
Next episode: In a desperate move, Li uses the Return in hopes of restoring Sakura's memory...
Disclaimers: Card Captors belong to CLAMP, characters from Sengir clan, original concept of Kjeldor and all its creatures, non-Clow cards that are still represented as spells and other stuff belong to Wizards of the Coast. Don't sue. I only own Strider.
Song of Blood - Episode Five
Chapter 9
The Chinese boy stood there in shock. "What...?" Strider looked at him. "I'm not going to the castle." Kero flew up in front of the entity's face. "We need your help. Without you, it's almost impossible to get past the forcefield!"
Strider crossed his arms. "You are going to have to devise a method to infiltrate the castle yourself." Li gave a small sigh. "If we can't get to Sakura, maybe we can draw her to us."
"I can place Black Wards on the both of you. With them in place, the Sengirs will be unable to scare you off as easily. Sakura would probably have to come out and deal with the two of you." The boy stiffened. "So we'll have to fight her..."
"Her senses have been heightened with the Vampiric Embrace. She should be able to pick up the Black Wards. Rather than using her vampiric abilities, she will have to call upon Clow Reed's magic from the Clow cards." Kero's ears perked up. "I remember!! The cards got absorbed and became a part of her..." "...and those cards don't have Death magic running through them meaning she can still use them against us," finished Li grimly.
"We'll give you a shout from our minds if we need anything." The duo turned towards the direction in which Castle Sengir lay. Terese snorted and went to the tavern. "Li, use this to grab the Sengirs attention." Li turned to catch the card that floated up to him. "Strider...?" The Mist lay in Li's palm.
"I picked this fellow up in Earth 096. There, it took Kero a year to finally convince Sakura to become the cardcaptor and you were just a normal kid. If it wasn't for me, the Mist would have already trashed every single building around the world." Strider cast the Black Ward spells before Li activated the Dash card and sped off towards Castle Sengir. The Defender watched as they disappeared from sight. He silently wished them luck before he went back to the tavern.
Sparks were flying as Veldrane sharpened his sword. "You know, it's not going to get any sharper." The knight noticed the Baron, leaning on the doorway. "I have to keep myself occupied until we can attack another village. I practically had a schedule until the cherry blossom arrived. I'm amazed at how I've kept myself busy all this time."
The Baron chuckled. "Don't worry, my friend. You'll see some action tomorrow evening." Veldrane took a few practice swings with his blade. "Really? Aren't you worried about our new recruit? After all, she clearly doesn't wish to do harm unless it's in self-defense."
"The perimeter forcefield has picked up two objects, coming at a tremendous speed. I can only assume it's the cherry blossom's friends." The sword flew up from Veldrane's hands and landed in its sheath on his back. "So what? You'll probably send her out to destroy them or something. But she can't because fragments of righteousness still exist in her soul."
"Consider this a test to see whether we eradicated what's pure and good about her. From the knowledge I gathered from the mind probe, the Defender will undoubtedly come up with a plan to take her away from us. In that case, we will have to conduct a rescue mission and launch a counterattack."
Chapter 10
"The Mist, huh? That should grab their attention." Kero gave a grin. Li held up the card. "Mist card, cleanse the land of this dark place!!!" He struck the card with the tip of his blade. A green mist flew from the card and flew towards the castle.
"Wind!!!" A huge gust blew the mist away from the fortress. Kero smirked. "There's the catch. Now comes the hard part of reeling her in." He turned to see the Chinese boy, turning the colour of a tomato. "NOT NOW, KID!!!!!"
The Clow mistress hovered above. "If I can't destroy you with the Sengir's magic, the Clow cards will have to do." She raised her arm. "Wood!!!" A huge forest started to surround the two. "Now, element!! Fire!!!" The fire was able to burn through the thick forest.
"Storm card, blind this girl with your fury!!!" The card started channeling into a tornado whch headed towards Sakura. She flew around the tornado, barely avoiding the sides. She headed up towards the open top. "Thunder!!!!"
The storm started dying down with the Thunder card neutralizing it. "Dammit!!!" The vampiress gave a cold smile. "I'm sure you'll remember the time when Shot almost got you. I think it wants another chance! Shot!!!!"
The Shot card came at an amazing speed. Li barely dodged the beam. Kero transformed and attempted to attack the Clow mistress. "Sleep!!!" The beast started to slow down. 'Crud...not this...again...' Kero transformed back into his original form, snoring loudly.
Li was running from the card. "Enough!!!" He whipped out his sword and deflected the Shot back to Sakura. She blinked in disbelief. "Shield!!!" A sphere surrounded the vampiress and absorbed the Shot. "Rather impressive. I wonder how you will fare against the next spell. Erase!!!"
'Strider!!! I need help!!' The Erase card started to form beside Sakura. 'Hold on a minute. Sakura has her guard down, right?' The card formed into a white mist that started heading towards Li. 'Use the Time card and I'll see if I can track down a spell in my deck that might be able to help.'
"Time card, freeze the moment!!!" The Time card activated just before the mist of Erase hit Li. 'Strider, anytime now!!!!' The entity gave a small shout of triumph. 'If you can hold on for five seconds, I can send a little something to stop Sakura.'
"Unfreeze!!!" The flow of time returned to normal. Li had gotten away from the Erase mist but it caught up to him at an amazing speed. He fell to his knees as his body started to become transparent. Sakura gave a laugh before kneeling beside him. "A noble effort but worthless in the end."
Li gave a mischievous smile. "There was more behind it than you think." A white beam hit Sakura from behind, removing all of her powers and rendering her unconscious. Li's body became solid again and Kero was just finishing his nap. A Light card lay near her body, the Humble spell.
'Humble practically turns powerful sorcerers into normal people for a period of time. The effects will wear off soon so you better head back to Kjeldor.' Li smiled as he threw Sakura on the transformed Kero's back. 'It looks like we're closer to getting the real Sakura back.' The entity agreed. 'Let's just hope there's enough of the real Sakura to save.' Li activated the Dash card and sped off towards Kjeldor with Kero right behind him.
TO BE CONTINUED...
It's been a week since I posted last time. I'm sorry but you know how exams are. Give me a review and tell me what you think. Until next time...
Next episode: In a desperate move, Li uses the Return in hopes of restoring Sakura's memory...