Chapter nineteen: Darkness of peace

A ship in orbit.

"One card left."



"Yes and I'm going to make this one a hard nut to crack as it is said"



"Master regarding the traitor we executed when Li was capturing the huge"



"Yes."



"It appears he survived and is attempting to warn Li Showron"



"What do you recommend we do with him my friend?"



"I suggest he becomes the target of.elimination"



"I agree send one of our strongest warriors to destroy him"



"Yes master"



In the sky above Reedington.

The last eternal card floated in the sky above Reedington, however this card was by far the most powerful. It grinned at the thought of the fight ahead but then it felt a horrible pain in it's head, its usually pale skin turned pitch black as did it's robes then it's eyes and hair turned blood red. The pain soon stopped and he straightened up and thirsty for the blood of Li Showron.



Li's room.

Li stood on the balcony looking at the moon which he did almost every night, the moon reminded him of Sakura when he thought he sensed something but shook it off. Suddenly a bloodied body landed on the balcony next to him.



"JESUS CHRIST!"



The man stood up "Li *cough* Showron you are in danger I *cough* don't have to much time left before he gets here"



"Who gets here?"



"The *cough* assassin sent to kill me *cough* after the final judgement."



He was stopped as a pink beam hit him and completely disintegrated him, Li spun round and looked up to see a large almost serpent like creature glaring down at him. Li drew his sword and prepared to fight it but to Li's surprise it flew off into the sky.





A ship in orbit.

"Master, Gactiral has executed Triabul"



"Excellent inform him that he shall be used in the final attack wave for his services"



"Yes master"



Li's room.

Li examined the ashes of the guy, suddenly the ashes formed a card that showed a picture of the man and the word Triabul at the bottom. Li was about to take the card when it sliced in half then each half disappeared.



*What a tangled web we weave wait a minute.a card! Its power is tremendous!*



"FLIGHT!"



In the sky above Reedington.

Li flew up near the card "ELEMENTAL LIGHTNING!"



The lightning was blocked by a barrier, the card disappeared and appeared behind Li smashing him in the back.



"ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"



Li quickly recovered and punched the card in the jaw, knocking it out of place however the card just popped it's jaw back into place with a sickening crack. They exchanged punches and kicks but they either blocked each other attacks or dodged it, Li slashed the card with his sword but the barrier threw him back. It fired a black energy blast at him, Li quickly used the lightening card and neutralised the attack. The card drew it's arms back over it's head, between it's two hands it formed a large grey ball which it fired at Li. It moved so fast that Li didn't have a chance to avoid it, it hit him dead on in the middle of his chest making him too weak and he fell unconscious and fell. The card sniggered as it watched Li fall. The Korano cards Li captured circled Li causing a magic barrier to appear around him, they slowed his fall and carried him to Sakura's house.



Sakura's room.

Sakura was woken up by a bright white light that also woke Kero up, she opened the window and Li bloodied and surrounded by the cards floated in.



"WHAT HAPPENED TO LI!" Kero demanded.



Sakura had tears in her eyes, she used the mirror card creating a mirror form of herself. "You can talk to the cards right *sniff*?"



"Yes mistress"



"Right ask them what happened to Li please"



The mirror card spoke to the Korano card in some weird sort of language then when she was finished she told Sakura what happened.



"The final card." Sakura said with tears in her eyes



"Yes but the strange thing is the Korano cards say there's something different about it"



Sakura stared at her "what do you mean different?"



"Well they say the card normally its robes and skin are pale, it's hair is blue and it's eyes are green but this time the card had black robes and skin and it's eyes and hair were red"



"That is strange" Kero said.



Li opened his eyes "where am I?"



"Li!"



Li stopped her and picked up the restoration card, he used it and healed all of his wounds.



Sakura told Li what the cards had said, he was surprised and blamed himself for getting hurt because he underestimated the power of the last of the eternal cards whether it changed or not.



"Li if your going after the card again please let me come with you!"



Li shook his head "no Sakura if can't capture this card alone I'm unfit to be the master"



"Li but."



Li put his finger over her lips "trust me Sakura please"



He kissed her lightly on the lips and she nodded "be careful Li"



He smiled at her "FLIGHT! STRENGTH! SPEED! LASER!"



In the sky above Reedington.

Li flew up to the card, the card turned and faced Li with a "I'll beat you again" look on it's face.



"If your not afraid lets go another round"



It nodded and went into a fighting stance, Li also went into a fighting stance and fired a red beam out of his hand which shattered the barrier and knocked the card senseless.



"Wow this laser card is useful"



The card instantly retaliated with a grey beam but thanks to the speed card Li avoided it and used his new found strength from the strength card to smash the card about. The card quickly became weak from Li's constant attacks but instead of giving up fired its grey ball again which Li couldn't dodge. It hurt him greatly but not enough to quickly seal the card and take great pride in his capture of the so called peace card. Suddenly a black beam shot out of the card and instead of black the card returned to its usual colour.



Reedington high.

Everyone was assembled waiting for Li, they were all especially Sakura worried about him but were all relieved when he landed near them.



Sakura ran towards him and got him in a bone crushing hug "Li I'm glad your all right"



Li hugged her back was in the middle of kissing her when.



"It is time"





Everyone looked at the roof and saw Ben standing there.



"Ben what are you talking about?" Li asked.



"You caught all the cards didn't you?"



"Yes"



"Well then prepare yourself" he put himself into a fighting stance "for the final judgement"