*******************THE PURPLE CHERRY BLOSSOM**************

************************BY- KIRIN LI****************************

A.N./ Hello! Well, here's chapter 7. Hope ya 'll enjoy it!

~ Disclaimer: I don't own CCS ~

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Chapter 7- The Final Battle Begins.



Mika glared at Kirin and then smiled evilly. "You wont live long enough to give birth to your first child, Kirin." She sneered. Now it was Kirin's turn to smile evilly. "I've got news for you, Mika. Remember when you killed me all those years ago? Well," her evil smile grew as Mika's was wiped from her face. "I had given birth to my daughter only a month earlier. So, I have lived long enough to give birth to my first child." Mika growled. She pulled out her black sword and held it in her right hand. "Let's get started. The sooner I kill you, the sooner I kill the delicate Cherry Blossom." Mika said, impatiently. She held her sword in both hands and began to charge.



Kirin held her own sword in both hands and stood in a ready-to-counter stance. The magical gang backed away form her, and fast, so they wouldn't be in the way. The students and teachers in the school watched, helplessly, as the two swords collided.



Not hitting on the first attack, Mika jumped back a couple feet and attacked again, swinging in an arch. Swords colliding again, Mika jumped back even further. Kirin then attacked, aiming for Mika's middle, but was blocked. As Kirin attacked the next two times, she drove Mika toward the opposite end of the court, away from Sakura.



Attacking Mika's side, Kirin missed as she dodged; however, Mika had used that attack to her advantage and sliced a long, but shallow, cut across Kirin's left cheek. Mika's back was now turned to the magical gang and her full attention on Kirin. "Your good." she complimented. "You must have been practicing."



"I've been working on my strategies." Kirin responded.

"I can see that." and Mika lunged. She missed her target, but managed to make a pretty deep cut in Kirin's left arm as the attack was dodged.



Mika had chassed Kirin over to the middle of the court when Kirin struck again, cutting Mika's arm. Sakura and the others watched in anxiety as the two sorceresses attacked. Sakura held her sword tightly in her hand, ready to assist Kirin at any moment, when she realized that out of the tow of them, Kirin had the most injuries.



Kirin made a move to strike Mika, who dodged it, when she was hit. When Kirin's attack missed, Mika had taken that opportunity to strike a serious blow. Kirin heard everyone gasp and looked down at Mika's sword. The tip of it was embedded in Kirin, just below her bellybutton. Mika's mouth was by Kirin's ear. "Looks like I win again, Miyuki." she whispered. She pushed Kirin off of her sword and to the ground.



Kirin's sword fell out of her hands and they clamped over her wound. She looked up to see Mika's scowling face. "Good bye, Kirin." Mika said in a venomous voice, bringing her sword down for the final blow. Kirin bent her head and closed her eyes, waiting for the sword and death, but it never came. Instead she heard the collision of tow swords and then Mika hiss.



Looking up, Kirin saw none other than. . . . Sakura, a frown on her face and glaring at Mika. "S....Sakura!" she said faintly, but surprised. Sakura smiled. "You didn't seriously think I'd stand back there and watch you get killed, did you?" she asked, not taking her eyes off of Mika, who had jumped back. Kirin smiled. "No.....

I guess not." Syaoran ran up to them. "I'll keep her busy while you take Kirin back to safety." Sakura said, charging Mika.



Syaoran picked up his sister and ran back to the others, Tomoyo now away from her hiding place but still recording the fight. "Oh my god! Kirin!" she had screamed. Syaoran placed her on the ground and Yue knelt next to her, while Kale knelt behind her and allowed her to lay back on him. Tomoyo was at her other side, cam-corder on the fight, her eyes on Kirin showed worry.

Kirin removed her hands from her wound and let Yue look at it. "It is too deep and serious of a wound for magic to heal it. However, magic can stop the bleeding and make your survival possible." he said. Kirin nodded and Yue stopped the bleeding.



They all turned their attention back to the fight. Sakura had few cuts while Mika had many, though not serious. Both charged at each other with great force that when they collided, both swords went flying out of their hands and away, cutting their faces on the way.



Mika pulled a staff from thin air and Sakura trance formed her key. "Fire!" Mika yelled, pointing the staff at Sakura. Fire came flying from the end of the staff, across the various feet, toward Sakura. "Shield!" Sakura yelled as the fire approached. An invisible shield surrounded Sakura as the fire hit.



Sakura called upon fly as Mika unleashed water. In mid-air, Sakura called on the sword card and attempted a sky attack. Reaching Mika, Sakura bounced off of a shield that had been called on. 'Shield isn't an element! I thought she could only call upon the elements!' Sakura thought, gliding away from Mika.



Dodging a few lightening bolts, Sakura called upon Rain. A small cloud floated above Mika. She stared at it and sweat dropped. "Why call upon a useless little clo..." she was cut off as that 'little' cloud poured a cascadae of water over her.



A little kid popped out of the cloud and giggled, flying away. Back at the basket, the magical gang, plus Tomoyo, sweat dropped. Eyes wide in astonishment, Mika shook her head then glared at the little cloud, which giggled, again, and stuck out its tongue. "That wasn't funny." Mika hissed at it. Once again, it giggled and stuck out it's tongue, this time also pulling down its bottom eyelid with its pointer finger, before returning to its mistress, who was once again on the ground. Sakura was snickering at Mika, who looked like a drowned rat.



"You'll pay for that!" Mika roared with furry. She pointed her staff at Sakura and a stream of deadly icicles flew at her. "Jump!" Sakura called and jumped out of the way just in time. Landing a few feet to the left of where she had been seconds ago, Sakura pulled out another card. "Thunder!" she yelled, striking it. Thunderbolts streamed out of her wand and hit Mika. Crying out in pain, Mika fell to her knees.



She stood back up shakily, supporting her self on her staff for a moment. "How dare you..." she croaked. "It's less than you want to do to me." Sakura smirked. Pulling out another card, her eyes never leaving Mika, Sakura struck it. "Sleep!" she yelled. Sleep flew over Mika and then back to Sakura. Mika smiled evilly. "Surprise. Sleep doesn't work on me." she chuckled evilly.



Sakura frowned. 'This is just great.' she thought. Mika smiled a venomous smile and pointed her staff at Sakura. "It's time to end this. Good bye, Sakura." she spat Sakura's name as if it was poisonous. At the end of her staff a black ball of power formed. Mika released it. A look of horror crossed everyones faces as the ball grew closer to Sakura.



To Be Continued....

Hi! Did ya like it? I hope so. I'm home sick right now, but even that can't stop me from writing! Well, I know I said that the next few chapters would be long, but please forgive me if they aren't. Ja for now! ~Kirin Li^_^