I'm so sorry for the lack of updates! I'm so sorry! ::cries:: I'm such a
baka! ::slaps himself:: But I do have another chapter…
Chapter 38
Syaoran drew his sword quickly. "Your time is up, Sadin. Time to end this nightmare." Sadin laughed, with his long gray hair blowing like there was a wind blowing. The room began to darken until everything was black. When the room lightened up again, they found themselves standing in a giant red cave with no entrances or exits. The blood-red walls eerily glowed. But worst of all, it was the same cave from all of Sakura's dreams.
"No, this can't be the place…" Sakura mumbled.
"You are fools!" Sadin laughed. "You all should have stayed back in your own world, but it's too late for that! Now I'll kill you all, take the cards, and rule the universe! And it could have all been avoided if you just stayed home. But all the better for me! I can now rule the world as I like! Peace and justice will reign supreme with no more war and…"
"SHUT UP YOU BASTARD!" Syaoran screamed as his whole body shook. "Lies… all lies… You've caused only pain and death. And your ruling the world will only make the world worse… But I won't allow it!" Syaoran pointed his sword at Sadin as his arm shook. "You stole the lives of my friends… my entire family… Sakura's family… everyone I ever cared about is gone. And I won't rest until they come back!"
Sadin's face grew angrier with every word. "Silence, infidel! I couldn't expect a couple of kids to understand the beauty of my plan. But I can't let you live to try and spoil my perfect utopia. Have at you!" Sadin tossed his cape into the air and prepared for battle.
Yue and Kero charged first. Yue raised his hand and fired a wave of spiked energy blasts, but Sadin just raised one hand and all of Yue's attacks stopped dead in place. "Is that all you have to offer? I figured my battle before the new begging would be more… dramatic…" Suddenly, all of Yue's attacks came flying back, sending Yue and Kero flying into a wall.
Before Sadin could turn around, he was tackled to the ground by Spinnel, who raised a paw in the air and prepared to slash. Sadin raised one hand and easily held him back. "You're all so weak." He easily stood up and kicked Spinnel into the ground. Ruby Moon attacked next, slicing at him with a sword of energy. Sadin simply raised one hand and a blast fire scorched Ruby to the ground.
Sadin turned to Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, and Mia who were the only ones left standing. "Well, I can only hope you four will be tougher than these lackeys." Mia didn't waste any time. She raised her staff and a bolt of lightning struck Sadin. He didn't even flinch. Sadin didn't say a word and just blasted Mia away with one hand.
Eriol raised his arm and blasted Sadin with a bolt of lightning at Sadin with all of his might. Sadin raised his hand to block it but it was too late Eriol's blast blew right by and started to shock Sadin for a few moments. Sadin screamed in pain till he fell to the ground. Everyone was silent for a moment. They slowly walked forward. Was Sadin down? Suddenly, Sadin sprang back to his feat, charged, and punched Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol into the ground. "ARGH! DAMMIT! That actually hurt!" Sadin raised his hands to fire again, when Syaoran grabbed an element charm. "LIGHTNING!" Lightning from his sword surged through the air. Sadin screamed as the electricity attacked him. Sakura and Eriol got the idea. Eriol shot lightning from his hands again. Sakura summoned the Thunder card and they all attacked Sadin at once.
The light of their attack intensified throughout the cavern. They put their hearts into their attacks. The attack seemed to last forever, but they didn't let up until they needed to rest for a moment. Suddenly, Sakura feel backwards and lay on her back to rest. Syaoran fell next, but Eriol lasted for a few more seconds until stopping and falling back, wiping the sweat from his forehead. Sadin stood in shock for a second before falling face first to the dirt, with not even a gray hair on his head moving.
Syaoran panted. "Did… did we do it?" Eriol took a deep breath. "I think so… I can't sense his power anymore. He must be gone for good…" Sakura smiled and put her head down in Syaoran's lap. "It's over… it's finally over…"
"Think again." They quickly watched as Sadin rose as fast as lightning, charged, and kicked them all away. Sadin held his hand out a materialized a twisted black sword.
"This is far from over, you little brats! I did under estimate you. You are all powerful indeed. Maybe this will prove interesting after all!" He gave a sadistic chuckle as he began to power up his sword. "But still, there is no way I will lose!"
Sadin began to chant as everyone from Sakura to Ruby Moon stood up. Sadin began to glow as he chanted, becoming brighter with each word. Finally, once everyone stood up, Sadin held the sword horizontally and spun in a circle, sending a shockwave of magic hurtling at everyone, knocking everyone down again. "See? Why don't you just surrender now and save me the trouble of killing you and save yourselves a long, slow, and miserable death?" "NEVER!" Sakura said as she stood up slowly. "We'll never surrender!" Sadin frowned. "Fine. Have it your way."
Sadin swung his sword again and a ball of fire came towards Sakura. "SHIELD" A barrier surrounded Sakura and deflected the attack. While she did that, Kero and Spinnel pounced from behind and sent Sadin to the ground. Sadin kicked them both off, but when he reached his feet, Yue and Ruby greeted him with a flurry of kicks. Sadin repelled them with a magic barrier of his own, but Syaoran jumped up and shattered the barrier with his sword and kicked Sadin from behind. Sadin fell to the ground, but gave a sweeping kick, knocking Syaoran to his back. By then Eriol charged up another shot a blasted Sadin back to the ground.
Sadin stood up and dug his sword into the ground to rest on it. "Dammit, you all are strong… this really will be an epic battle. I didn't want to use this, but now I have no choice!" Sadin crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and concentrated. His whole body began to glow an eerie fluorescent color. Sadin muscles literally began to bulge and tear his clothes.
Sadin held his arms apart, then quickly brought them together and a huge ball of pure energy crashed into all of them, scattering everyone across the room. Sakura stood up and threw a card into the air. "EARTH CARD!" The ground next to Sadin rose and fell onto him like a wall, trapping Sadin under at least 5 feet of solid rock.
A fist rose from the ground as Sadin pulled his way up. He looked furious. "Grrr… You'll pay for that, little girl." Sadin put his hands over his head, then dropped them in front of his face and fired a fireball directly at Sakura. Before it could hit her, Syaoran jumped in the way and knocked them both to the ground. The fire pierced right through the stonewall behind them, charring everything. "Wow. This guy is serious!" Syaoran exclaimed. "Look out! He's not done yet!" They stood up watched Sadin pull his arms behind him to power up another attack. Eriol put his hands over his mouth and screamed, "LOOK OUT SAKURA! HIS MAGIC LEVEL IS RISING!" But it was too late. Sadin brought his hands forward, and a blinding flash filled the room. No one could hear or see a thing.
Eriol was worried. Over the immense power of Sadin's attack, he could no longer sense Sakura or Syaoran's power. Had Sadin got to them? When the light died down, Eriol was shocked to see what had happened. Sakura stood over Sadin with his face on the ground. "What did you do, Sakura?" Eriol asked. "Simple!" She held a card out. "The Loop Card! I just casted it in front of myself and Sadin's attack looped around hit himself!" Eriol looked stunned. "Defeated by his own attack… That was brilliant!" He said. But inside, Eriol though, "Hmmm… she is quite strong. Maybe I will need to go a bit harder on her when our tests begin…"
Syaoran hugged Sakura tight until she almost couldn't breathe. "Sakura, you did it! You defeated Sadin!" Everyone stood up and walked to congratulate her.
"Not quite!" A voice rung out. They all watched in horror as Sadin slowly got to his feat. Syaoran jumped back and readied his sword. "Dammit, what does it take to keep this bastard down?"
"Oh, it is far from over. It will take much more than that to keep me down!" Sadin held his sword out an swung it at everyone in a blink of an eye. They jumped back and prepared to battle. Sakura turned towards Syaoran. "Syaoran, this isn't going to work! We have to work together!" Syaoran shook his head. "No, we tried that before, and he just swatted us away. There just enough of us!" Sakura got an idea. "Maybe, but I know how there can be enough!" Sakura grabbed a card. "MIRROR CARD! FORM A REFLECTION OF ALL OF US!" Everyone in the cave began to glow, until an exact image of him or her appeared next to him or her. Sakura and her duplicate summoned the Sword Card. "Now, everyone split up!" Sakura yelled. Everyone and their mirror image went in opposite direction. Sadin looked worried. "What kind of trick is this?! I can't tell who is real and who is not!"
They all circled around Sadin as fast as they could. Sadin tried to attack, but he could never decide whom to aim at. They all looked, acted, and felt them same. Every time he picked a target, someone snuck up from behind and attacked. "Dammit… I can't track them! And I don't have enough time to charge up another attack!" He mumbled. Suddenly, Yue snuck up as Sadin was distracted with his mirror image and kicked him from behind. This sent him staggering forward into Eriol, who held a hand to Sadin's face and blasted him across the room. Syaoran kicked him over, and Sakura and Syaoran pointed their swords at Sadin's face.
Syaoran raised his sword to deliver the final blow. "WAIT!" Sadin screamed. "Let me say one last thing." Syaoran lowered his sword. "Out with it already!" Sadin calmed down. "Do you remember when you faced a demon in the woods who became a wolf?" Sakura looked frightened. "How could we forget?!" She exclaimed. "Well… heh heh… he wasn't the only one who could do that! BLACK DRAGON!" The entire cave began to shake.
Everyone fell to their faces and rolled away. They saw Sadin lifted into the air. He let out a blood-curdling scream as loud as he could. His body began to twist and bulge. His clothes all ripped off as he grew larger and larger. His face stretched, his skin became green, and he generally changed completely. Within a few seconds, everyone stood up. All of the mirror images vanished. They stood before Sakura's dream… a giant dragon…
To be continued…
Chapter 38
Syaoran drew his sword quickly. "Your time is up, Sadin. Time to end this nightmare." Sadin laughed, with his long gray hair blowing like there was a wind blowing. The room began to darken until everything was black. When the room lightened up again, they found themselves standing in a giant red cave with no entrances or exits. The blood-red walls eerily glowed. But worst of all, it was the same cave from all of Sakura's dreams.
"No, this can't be the place…" Sakura mumbled.
"You are fools!" Sadin laughed. "You all should have stayed back in your own world, but it's too late for that! Now I'll kill you all, take the cards, and rule the universe! And it could have all been avoided if you just stayed home. But all the better for me! I can now rule the world as I like! Peace and justice will reign supreme with no more war and…"
"SHUT UP YOU BASTARD!" Syaoran screamed as his whole body shook. "Lies… all lies… You've caused only pain and death. And your ruling the world will only make the world worse… But I won't allow it!" Syaoran pointed his sword at Sadin as his arm shook. "You stole the lives of my friends… my entire family… Sakura's family… everyone I ever cared about is gone. And I won't rest until they come back!"
Sadin's face grew angrier with every word. "Silence, infidel! I couldn't expect a couple of kids to understand the beauty of my plan. But I can't let you live to try and spoil my perfect utopia. Have at you!" Sadin tossed his cape into the air and prepared for battle.
Yue and Kero charged first. Yue raised his hand and fired a wave of spiked energy blasts, but Sadin just raised one hand and all of Yue's attacks stopped dead in place. "Is that all you have to offer? I figured my battle before the new begging would be more… dramatic…" Suddenly, all of Yue's attacks came flying back, sending Yue and Kero flying into a wall.
Before Sadin could turn around, he was tackled to the ground by Spinnel, who raised a paw in the air and prepared to slash. Sadin raised one hand and easily held him back. "You're all so weak." He easily stood up and kicked Spinnel into the ground. Ruby Moon attacked next, slicing at him with a sword of energy. Sadin simply raised one hand and a blast fire scorched Ruby to the ground.
Sadin turned to Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, and Mia who were the only ones left standing. "Well, I can only hope you four will be tougher than these lackeys." Mia didn't waste any time. She raised her staff and a bolt of lightning struck Sadin. He didn't even flinch. Sadin didn't say a word and just blasted Mia away with one hand.
Eriol raised his arm and blasted Sadin with a bolt of lightning at Sadin with all of his might. Sadin raised his hand to block it but it was too late Eriol's blast blew right by and started to shock Sadin for a few moments. Sadin screamed in pain till he fell to the ground. Everyone was silent for a moment. They slowly walked forward. Was Sadin down? Suddenly, Sadin sprang back to his feat, charged, and punched Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol into the ground. "ARGH! DAMMIT! That actually hurt!" Sadin raised his hands to fire again, when Syaoran grabbed an element charm. "LIGHTNING!" Lightning from his sword surged through the air. Sadin screamed as the electricity attacked him. Sakura and Eriol got the idea. Eriol shot lightning from his hands again. Sakura summoned the Thunder card and they all attacked Sadin at once.
The light of their attack intensified throughout the cavern. They put their hearts into their attacks. The attack seemed to last forever, but they didn't let up until they needed to rest for a moment. Suddenly, Sakura feel backwards and lay on her back to rest. Syaoran fell next, but Eriol lasted for a few more seconds until stopping and falling back, wiping the sweat from his forehead. Sadin stood in shock for a second before falling face first to the dirt, with not even a gray hair on his head moving.
Syaoran panted. "Did… did we do it?" Eriol took a deep breath. "I think so… I can't sense his power anymore. He must be gone for good…" Sakura smiled and put her head down in Syaoran's lap. "It's over… it's finally over…"
"Think again." They quickly watched as Sadin rose as fast as lightning, charged, and kicked them all away. Sadin held his hand out a materialized a twisted black sword.
"This is far from over, you little brats! I did under estimate you. You are all powerful indeed. Maybe this will prove interesting after all!" He gave a sadistic chuckle as he began to power up his sword. "But still, there is no way I will lose!"
Sadin began to chant as everyone from Sakura to Ruby Moon stood up. Sadin began to glow as he chanted, becoming brighter with each word. Finally, once everyone stood up, Sadin held the sword horizontally and spun in a circle, sending a shockwave of magic hurtling at everyone, knocking everyone down again. "See? Why don't you just surrender now and save me the trouble of killing you and save yourselves a long, slow, and miserable death?" "NEVER!" Sakura said as she stood up slowly. "We'll never surrender!" Sadin frowned. "Fine. Have it your way."
Sadin swung his sword again and a ball of fire came towards Sakura. "SHIELD" A barrier surrounded Sakura and deflected the attack. While she did that, Kero and Spinnel pounced from behind and sent Sadin to the ground. Sadin kicked them both off, but when he reached his feet, Yue and Ruby greeted him with a flurry of kicks. Sadin repelled them with a magic barrier of his own, but Syaoran jumped up and shattered the barrier with his sword and kicked Sadin from behind. Sadin fell to the ground, but gave a sweeping kick, knocking Syaoran to his back. By then Eriol charged up another shot a blasted Sadin back to the ground.
Sadin stood up and dug his sword into the ground to rest on it. "Dammit, you all are strong… this really will be an epic battle. I didn't want to use this, but now I have no choice!" Sadin crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and concentrated. His whole body began to glow an eerie fluorescent color. Sadin muscles literally began to bulge and tear his clothes.
Sadin held his arms apart, then quickly brought them together and a huge ball of pure energy crashed into all of them, scattering everyone across the room. Sakura stood up and threw a card into the air. "EARTH CARD!" The ground next to Sadin rose and fell onto him like a wall, trapping Sadin under at least 5 feet of solid rock.
A fist rose from the ground as Sadin pulled his way up. He looked furious. "Grrr… You'll pay for that, little girl." Sadin put his hands over his head, then dropped them in front of his face and fired a fireball directly at Sakura. Before it could hit her, Syaoran jumped in the way and knocked them both to the ground. The fire pierced right through the stonewall behind them, charring everything. "Wow. This guy is serious!" Syaoran exclaimed. "Look out! He's not done yet!" They stood up watched Sadin pull his arms behind him to power up another attack. Eriol put his hands over his mouth and screamed, "LOOK OUT SAKURA! HIS MAGIC LEVEL IS RISING!" But it was too late. Sadin brought his hands forward, and a blinding flash filled the room. No one could hear or see a thing.
Eriol was worried. Over the immense power of Sadin's attack, he could no longer sense Sakura or Syaoran's power. Had Sadin got to them? When the light died down, Eriol was shocked to see what had happened. Sakura stood over Sadin with his face on the ground. "What did you do, Sakura?" Eriol asked. "Simple!" She held a card out. "The Loop Card! I just casted it in front of myself and Sadin's attack looped around hit himself!" Eriol looked stunned. "Defeated by his own attack… That was brilliant!" He said. But inside, Eriol though, "Hmmm… she is quite strong. Maybe I will need to go a bit harder on her when our tests begin…"
Syaoran hugged Sakura tight until she almost couldn't breathe. "Sakura, you did it! You defeated Sadin!" Everyone stood up and walked to congratulate her.
"Not quite!" A voice rung out. They all watched in horror as Sadin slowly got to his feat. Syaoran jumped back and readied his sword. "Dammit, what does it take to keep this bastard down?"
"Oh, it is far from over. It will take much more than that to keep me down!" Sadin held his sword out an swung it at everyone in a blink of an eye. They jumped back and prepared to battle. Sakura turned towards Syaoran. "Syaoran, this isn't going to work! We have to work together!" Syaoran shook his head. "No, we tried that before, and he just swatted us away. There just enough of us!" Sakura got an idea. "Maybe, but I know how there can be enough!" Sakura grabbed a card. "MIRROR CARD! FORM A REFLECTION OF ALL OF US!" Everyone in the cave began to glow, until an exact image of him or her appeared next to him or her. Sakura and her duplicate summoned the Sword Card. "Now, everyone split up!" Sakura yelled. Everyone and their mirror image went in opposite direction. Sadin looked worried. "What kind of trick is this?! I can't tell who is real and who is not!"
They all circled around Sadin as fast as they could. Sadin tried to attack, but he could never decide whom to aim at. They all looked, acted, and felt them same. Every time he picked a target, someone snuck up from behind and attacked. "Dammit… I can't track them! And I don't have enough time to charge up another attack!" He mumbled. Suddenly, Yue snuck up as Sadin was distracted with his mirror image and kicked him from behind. This sent him staggering forward into Eriol, who held a hand to Sadin's face and blasted him across the room. Syaoran kicked him over, and Sakura and Syaoran pointed their swords at Sadin's face.
Syaoran raised his sword to deliver the final blow. "WAIT!" Sadin screamed. "Let me say one last thing." Syaoran lowered his sword. "Out with it already!" Sadin calmed down. "Do you remember when you faced a demon in the woods who became a wolf?" Sakura looked frightened. "How could we forget?!" She exclaimed. "Well… heh heh… he wasn't the only one who could do that! BLACK DRAGON!" The entire cave began to shake.
Everyone fell to their faces and rolled away. They saw Sadin lifted into the air. He let out a blood-curdling scream as loud as he could. His body began to twist and bulge. His clothes all ripped off as he grew larger and larger. His face stretched, his skin became green, and he generally changed completely. Within a few seconds, everyone stood up. All of the mirror images vanished. They stood before Sakura's dream… a giant dragon…
To be continued…