Before I start this chapter, I want to make some announcements: 1) thanks
to the
Insane Otaku AKA Caterfree for reviewing three times, 2) Halloween is coming
up. 3) No, I won't be dressing as a Yugioh! Character. And 4) send some ideas if you like.
I'll give you the credit for it. Now, ON WITH THE FIC!
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It was a normal after school day, and Juri was practicing the piano. It was an American
song, but she sang and played. Unlike most people she had both a soprano and an alto
voice. "My world, with all it's flowers", she sang, "My world, with all it's trees, every
ray of light, and every shower, every gust of wind, belongs to me." She continued playing
when there was a knock at the door. Her chaperone was out, for a change, so she went to
answer it. "Tomoyo-san!" Juri eyed the bag Tomoyo was holding. "What's in that?" she
asked. Tomoyo giggled and came up to Juri's room. She took out a measuring tape.
"Don't even think about it", Juri warned. Too late, Tomoyo said, "You must have battle
costumes, too since you have Fujimoto cards. You would look so kawaii!" Juri fell over
anime style. Half an hour later she was trying on what made her look like a sailor scout
("You watch Sailor Moon, Tomoyo?" "I only saw a few episodes, Juri-san, but the
costumes were outstanding.") only she was wearing the color white all over. "Tomoyo,
remind me again how you were able to talk me into this", Juri moaned. "I'm not done
yet", Tomoyo took out a white mask that covered the top part of Juri's face. Juri could
hear what was in Tomoyo's mind: she looks so kawaii! What sailor scout would she be?
She sighed. "I guess I'd be Sailor Earth", she said loudly. Tomoyo looked at her. "Did
you read my mind?" she laughed. Juri gave a fake smile, and began to take off the
costume when there was suddenly a blast outside. "What was that?' Tomoyo looked
worried, but then took out her camcorder. Juri sweat-dropped. "The key that- " she began
when suddenly there was another blast, right in the house! Both girls were thrown back
from each other. A vine wrapped around Tomoyo's left ankle, and seemed to go through
her. Juri used, "Time!" so that her staff would be released without the words. "Are you
okay, Tomoyo?" she asked uncertainly. Tomoyo's eyes opened, but they were out of
focus, and she began to laugh. "Foolish girl", she said, not in her voice, but in another's.
"Sword!' Juri quickly cut the vine. Tomoyo collapsed then looked up and began to
apologize, "I couldn't control it", she said. "Stay here", Juri ordered. "Jump!" she jumped
out of the window and into the streets. She sent a mental message to Sakura, and then
went to find the main source. She grimaced at all the people with vines on their legs.
"This is worse than I thought", she muttered as she used Fly. Soon Sakura joined her.
"I'm not going to ask", Sakura said. "About what? The outfit or the problem?" Juri asked.
Sakura sweat-dropped. "Never mind", she said quickly. They found the source in the middle of Penguin Park. They found out that they had to fight what looked like a large
pumpkin with eyes and a mouth (if you've seen Yugioh! in which Joey duels with Bones,
you know what I mean, only ten times bigger) with large vines spread out. It laughed as it
saw the two Card Captors. Juri took out Sword card, but the voice stopped her. "If you
kill me, then all that's connected to me will be killed." He gestured towards a familiar
figure. "Tomoyo!" both girls cried as they saw her walk to the pumpkin, and faced both
girls. "If you want your friend back you must surrender your cards", she said in the
pumpkin's voice. "Tomoyo", Sakura started to cry. Her tears formed a card. The Friend
card. Juri gasped and took out hers. They both had halves of it, and they both knew there
was only one thing to do. "Friend!" They both shouted, then Juri summoned Sword, and
flew down to the vines, cutting them all. When all of them were cut, she used Erase to
make sure no new ones would appear. Tomoyo was back to normal, but the next minute -
"Sakura, Juri, help!" she shouted. They saw she was being held by vines, and was being
dragged closer towards the pumpkin. Juri and Sakura summoned Sword again, but
something strange happened. Fire came out of Tomoyo's outfit (which was a red dress)
cutting the vines. On instinct, both Sakura and Juri plunged Sword into the pumpkin. It
gave was sounded like a scream, then disintegrated. Juri gasped. "Tomoyo, you have
magic in you." She and Sakura flew down, then Juri used Teleport to get all of them to
Tomoyo's house. "How long have you known you had magic?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo
smiled her ""Since you first became a Card Captor. Why else would you wear my
costumes?" Juri and Sakura sweat-dropped. Tomoyo laughed. "This is going to be fun."
"Please?" Juri begged Ashleigh. "Absolutely not", Ashleigh's tone was firm.
"Cover up for me in my appearance. Mirror Card refused. Please?" She gave Bambi eyes.
Ashleigh sweat-dropped. "Not the Bambi eyes, oh all right. But you owe me", she gave
up and turned into a form of Juri. "And here's Create card, to make sure you look like a
Card Captor for your staff and cards. Have fun. Teleport!" In a few minutes Ashleigh was
walking towards Tomoyo's house in the early evening. She sighed. "Master would get
things more done if she didn't do this every summer. Every time someone says no, she
gives them the Bambi eyes. What could be so bad about wearing a few clothes?" She
soon found out. "TOMOYO!" she shouted angrily after Sakura's cousin had gotten on
her a black dress that made her look like a spider princess. Tomoyo just laughed. "You
have to put up with it. I have power over fabric, so it won't come off unless I tell it too.
And I can also tell who you really are, Advice." Ashleigh transformed back into her
original form; a woman that sort of looked like Mystical Elf except that she didn't
repeatedly sing (sort of looks like the Healer card, but we'll get to that later). "How did
you know it was me?" she asked. Tomoyo stopped smiling. "Actually, I didn't, but
something told me." Advice gasped; it meant only one thing. "Show yourself, Soshini",
she ordered. Tomoyo's eyes looked sad. "I can't", she sobered. "I'm only half of Soshini
and half of Kenzubaro Fujimoto. The other half is Juri, and the only way for me to
transfer my half to Juri-san is for her to help me in some way or vice- versa. When is she
coming back?" Advice sighed. "Ask her and you get the Evil Eye. But I think she's
coming back now", and her voice faded to nothingness as she disappeared. A minute later
the real Juri appeared, apologizing to Tomoyo about the deception. But her apology was
covered up by the spider dress; the reaction was exactly Ashleigh's. "It's called getting
even", Tomoyo smirked. Juri sighed. "All right. Advice told me everything. Right now-"
suddenly she heard a faded, defeated voice-Sakura's. "Somebody, help me", it was
saying. "Sakura!" Juri said, then activated Vision Card, another of her created cards. It
was sort of like the Millennium Eye from Yugioh!- it could see anything except people's
souls. She set it to Sakura's house. She and Tomoyo both watched Sakura sleeping. Juri
placed a palm on Sakura's forehead. "Won't she feel it?" Tomoyo asked. Juri shook her
head. "That's one of the beauties of Vision Card. We are seeing the past. They can't see,
hear, or feel us." She frowned, then gave a small gasp. She was seeing Sakura through the
dream Future Card had sent only Sakura was just there. Sakura tried calling out to
Syaoran, but he couldn't see or hear her either as she was just a spirit to him; while her
body was resting, her subconscious form was in another place. Juri had seen and done it
before. She saw the book being opened, and there was a burst of light. Sakura shielded
her eyes. Then a moment later Syaoran had four cards floating around him, facing him.
Then they all came back to his book. Then a man's voice said, "You are destined for
these cards. They are the Millennium Cards. There are only four in the Book; Earth, Fire,
Wind, and Water. The one the Sakura Card Mistress gave you is also yours. Use these
cards wisely", and then the dream ended, and Sakura woke up. She rubbed her eyes.
"Hoe?" she said blankly, and for a minute Tomoyo panicked. Could Sakura see them?
But Juri was looking past Tomoyo's gaze. And gasped. "No way", she whispered.
Because a certain white-haired evil-looking person stood in the doorway, and Sakura was
looking shocked. (Try to figure out who it is. I've been giving hints) "Who are you?"
Sakura asked. The white-haired figure just laughed, and the next moment, a black
whirlpool was under Sakura, sucking her. "What are you doing?' she shouted. The figure
laughed again. "Just to get what I want", he said, Sakura managed to grab the Sakura
book, mumbling, "Someone, help me", before disappearing. Tears were in Tomoyo's
eyes; but Juri had seething rage. "I'll destroy you!" she shouted at the white-haired
figure. He didn't hear her, but he disappeared as well, muttering, "Soon I will have
another Millennium Item." Juri growled, and the vision ended. "The nerve of that tomb
robber!" Juri shouted. She began to release her staff, but Tomoyo looked shocked. "You
haven't even released your staff?' she asked. Juri sweat-dropped. "Sometimes I can use
cards for a short amount of time without the staff", she explained hastily. Then after she
released the staff, she explained everything she knew about Yugioh! to Tomoyo while
they tried to form a plan. "So you're saying that guy who kidnapped Sakura is a yami or
something like that? Some Yami no Bakura?" Tomoyo asked. Juri nodded, and she took
out what looked like a mini TV with a flat screen, and began typing something into it.
"What is that?" Tomoyo looked interested. Juri looked up for a minute. "Liquid tracking
devices. One of my friends from America invented them. I slipped them in all of your
school lunches on the first day so that I would always know where you were. This is a
transmitter for the devices. I typed in Sakura's first and last name so that we can find her.
Teleport is too tired to do anything right now. It needs a break." Juri's face flew wide. "I
know where she is! Let's go !" She dragged Tomoyo outside, and they saw Syaoran. "Li-
kun!" they both called, but he ignored them. He had heard the voice in the dream. A
voice that showed Sakura being kidnapped by a white-haired person. The voice had said
if he didn't come she would die in the Shadow Realm, whatever that was. A dark vortex
opened, and he stepped into it. Then it closed. "Shoot", Juri said, then got an idea. "Loop!
Open the vortex and let us through! Fujimoto Card!" It worked, and the vortex opened.
"Let's go", Juri told Tomoyo, the way she had told Annemarie on their partner test
mission. They both walked in, unaware of the new dangers ahead.
Sakura woke up. She was blindfolded, and something, maybe a piece of wood
was in her mouth that gagged her. She was chained to something, a wall, maybe, and then
she heard footsteps. Then voices. One was very spooky. It was the one from the person
who had kidnapped her. It was saying, "In order to have the Sakura Card Mistress Back,
you must play a Shadow Game." "I have no time for games!" another voice argued.
Sakura gasped silently. It was Syaoran. The other voice laughed, making Sakura's hairs
stand on one end. "This is no ordinary game. There are two cells. One of them holds an
image of the mistress, while the other holds the real one. You can only look at them for
five minutes each. When you are done looking, you can go through one cell, take off the
blindfold to look through their eyes. If you win, I let you free, if you lose, you must hand
over your Millennium Cards and face punishment." Sakura could feel Syaoran's
confusion, and his trying to cover it up. For one minute she felt his gaze, for five minutes,
then the gaze shifted somewhere else. Then a door opened. Her heart leaped. He had
chosen her door, she was sure. She felt his hands tear away the blindfold, and she looked
through Syaoran's eyes. "Syaoran-kun", she tried to say, but was muffled by the gag. He
then removed the gag, and then a few minutes later the chains broke, and she ran into his
arms. "Sakura-chan, I can't breathe", he gasped as she hugged his neck. In a minute she
loosened her grip. "Gomen nassai", she said, which meant, "I'm sorry." But the white-
haired figure laughed. "I said you could go free, but I said nothing about the Sakura Card
Mistress." A man-eating bug appeared, but then was dissolved by aerosol. "What?" the
person looked around confused. "Sakura, release the staff!" Syaoran shouted. Sakura
began to chant, "The key that holds the power to the stars. Reveal your true form to me. I,
Sakura, command thee under convert. Release!" the staff glowed, and formed. "Shield
card!" she used the card to protect herself and Syaoran. Then the white- haired person
looked up. "Show yourself!" he shouted. Then Sakura and Syaoran felt a mental message.
Don't worry; it's me, Juri. Tomoyo's with me. I'm going to teleport you all back home.
Sakura tried to send a message back. Are you coming with us? she asked. There was
silence. I don't know, but I think I stop him from coming back. Teleport! Take Sakura,
Tomoyo, and Syaoran back home. Fujimoto Card! Sakura tried to tell Juri to stop, but the
next minute, she felt helpless because she was at her house again.
Juri was thankful that Tomoyo had conjured a mask to cover her eyes and
forehead before she had used her cards. It wouldn't do good if Yami no Bakura found out
who she was. How he got into another dimension was a mystery. Probably Shadow
Magic, she grimaced. The best way was to finish him off as soon as possible. Create had
destroyed his Man-Eater Bug, which would send any monster on the opponent's field
automatically to the graveyard. She grinned at herself. It paid to watch Duel Monsters in
her dimension. Now for another card. She drew it from the Fujimoto Card Book, her
breath held. Yes! "Woody! Change to vines of restraint! Fujimoto Card!" Woody was a
gentle card, but Juri powered it with Watery, to give it an attack temper. For a minute it
looked like Juri was winning, but then Woody shrieked as Bakura used something with
fire, she couldn't tell. "Woody, Watery, return", she said, feeling worried. Then Bakura
drew a card -Shadow Spell- that had chains that wrapped around her furiously. She
couldn't move, and she couldn't summon Sword. But she wasn't defeated yet. She
activated the card in her left hand, Shield. But it wouldn't last long. Bakura looked
triumphant. "There's even more to this", his voice was malicious. "Ah!" Juri felt opho
blockage on her. The same one that Chaco had used on her. She was weakening. Shield
dissolved. No! She couldn't lose! But she was defenseless. Bakura spoke to her. "I
always liked bravery; putting yourself in danger for your friends", he said coolly, "But in
the end it will be up to your friends to save you. I could send you to the Shadow Realm,
but that would be a waste of time and energy and perhaps your friend might want to
exchange their Millennium Item for you." "Li-kun wouldn't do that", Juri managed to
say. She felt her cards glowing with heat. Was it anger? Bakura smiled evilly. He began
to advance toward her, saying, "First I must find out who my opponent is." Juri couldn't
do anything; the chains were too tight. But before Bakura was an inch away from her
blue light stopped him. Juri looked at her cards. Shield had disappeared. But how could it
use itself? Then Sword appeared, cutting the chains, and Erase made them disappear. Juri
still felt weak and she collapsed. "Master!" Power tried to help her, but Juri fainted,
saying, "I'm your friend, not your master" . Then Fight used Sword and Power. Voice
enabled her to speak. "Healer, revive her", she said. The Healer Card (a card that was one
of the first Juri had created) floated over Juri's body and began to chant. She was a big
help in major battles. Fight was going against Bakura, finally knocking him unconscious.
Erase wiped his memory of everything that had just happened and Teleport sent him back
to his dimension. Then all the cards rushed around Juri's limp body. "Is she-?" Advice
looked worried. "She's alive but barely", came Healer's answer. "I need a certain potion,
Create?" Create obliged, and then formed a pure white potion with the same thickness as
water. Healer then held it to Juri's mouth, and tilted it back slightly. Juri tensed for a
moment, then relaxed, then came to. Only by then she was in Penguin Park. She gasped
as she saw the cards gathered around her. "So Sayoko was right, you did help me when I
was in danger", she began to stand up, but Healer forced her back into a lying down form.
"Opho blockage has weakened your strength. What were you doing, trying to get yourself
killed?" she scolded "I didn't know he figured out I was a metamorpho", was Juri's only
defense. Float Card helped her to her house, where she fell asleep again. Healer looked
on. "Dream", she called. "Yes?" the silver butterfly flew to its fellow card. "Send Juri to
Jenny's planet. The one under Star Sakura", Healer ordered. Dream looked skeptical.
"Are you sure?" it asked. Healer nodded. "It'll be the perfect place for her to recover
fully." Dream flew over Juri's face and touched her eyes. Juri's eyes fluttered for a
moment, then relaxed. But in the shadows, something dark had heard everything. It
laughed. "Where Chaco, left off, I shall finish. Some wounds run too deep to heal, but the
mistress will have an unpleasant surprise."
Insane Otaku AKA Caterfree for reviewing three times, 2) Halloween is coming
up. 3) No, I won't be dressing as a Yugioh! Character. And 4) send some ideas if you like.
I'll give you the credit for it. Now, ON WITH THE FIC!
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It was a normal after school day, and Juri was practicing the piano. It was an American
song, but she sang and played. Unlike most people she had both a soprano and an alto
voice. "My world, with all it's flowers", she sang, "My world, with all it's trees, every
ray of light, and every shower, every gust of wind, belongs to me." She continued playing
when there was a knock at the door. Her chaperone was out, for a change, so she went to
answer it. "Tomoyo-san!" Juri eyed the bag Tomoyo was holding. "What's in that?" she
asked. Tomoyo giggled and came up to Juri's room. She took out a measuring tape.
"Don't even think about it", Juri warned. Too late, Tomoyo said, "You must have battle
costumes, too since you have Fujimoto cards. You would look so kawaii!" Juri fell over
anime style. Half an hour later she was trying on what made her look like a sailor scout
("You watch Sailor Moon, Tomoyo?" "I only saw a few episodes, Juri-san, but the
costumes were outstanding.") only she was wearing the color white all over. "Tomoyo,
remind me again how you were able to talk me into this", Juri moaned. "I'm not done
yet", Tomoyo took out a white mask that covered the top part of Juri's face. Juri could
hear what was in Tomoyo's mind: she looks so kawaii! What sailor scout would she be?
She sighed. "I guess I'd be Sailor Earth", she said loudly. Tomoyo looked at her. "Did
you read my mind?" she laughed. Juri gave a fake smile, and began to take off the
costume when there was suddenly a blast outside. "What was that?' Tomoyo looked
worried, but then took out her camcorder. Juri sweat-dropped. "The key that- " she began
when suddenly there was another blast, right in the house! Both girls were thrown back
from each other. A vine wrapped around Tomoyo's left ankle, and seemed to go through
her. Juri used, "Time!" so that her staff would be released without the words. "Are you
okay, Tomoyo?" she asked uncertainly. Tomoyo's eyes opened, but they were out of
focus, and she began to laugh. "Foolish girl", she said, not in her voice, but in another's.
"Sword!' Juri quickly cut the vine. Tomoyo collapsed then looked up and began to
apologize, "I couldn't control it", she said. "Stay here", Juri ordered. "Jump!" she jumped
out of the window and into the streets. She sent a mental message to Sakura, and then
went to find the main source. She grimaced at all the people with vines on their legs.
"This is worse than I thought", she muttered as she used Fly. Soon Sakura joined her.
"I'm not going to ask", Sakura said. "About what? The outfit or the problem?" Juri asked.
Sakura sweat-dropped. "Never mind", she said quickly. They found the source in the middle of Penguin Park. They found out that they had to fight what looked like a large
pumpkin with eyes and a mouth (if you've seen Yugioh! in which Joey duels with Bones,
you know what I mean, only ten times bigger) with large vines spread out. It laughed as it
saw the two Card Captors. Juri took out Sword card, but the voice stopped her. "If you
kill me, then all that's connected to me will be killed." He gestured towards a familiar
figure. "Tomoyo!" both girls cried as they saw her walk to the pumpkin, and faced both
girls. "If you want your friend back you must surrender your cards", she said in the
pumpkin's voice. "Tomoyo", Sakura started to cry. Her tears formed a card. The Friend
card. Juri gasped and took out hers. They both had halves of it, and they both knew there
was only one thing to do. "Friend!" They both shouted, then Juri summoned Sword, and
flew down to the vines, cutting them all. When all of them were cut, she used Erase to
make sure no new ones would appear. Tomoyo was back to normal, but the next minute -
"Sakura, Juri, help!" she shouted. They saw she was being held by vines, and was being
dragged closer towards the pumpkin. Juri and Sakura summoned Sword again, but
something strange happened. Fire came out of Tomoyo's outfit (which was a red dress)
cutting the vines. On instinct, both Sakura and Juri plunged Sword into the pumpkin. It
gave was sounded like a scream, then disintegrated. Juri gasped. "Tomoyo, you have
magic in you." She and Sakura flew down, then Juri used Teleport to get all of them to
Tomoyo's house. "How long have you known you had magic?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo
smiled her ""Since you first became a Card Captor. Why else would you wear my
costumes?" Juri and Sakura sweat-dropped. Tomoyo laughed. "This is going to be fun."
"Please?" Juri begged Ashleigh. "Absolutely not", Ashleigh's tone was firm.
"Cover up for me in my appearance. Mirror Card refused. Please?" She gave Bambi eyes.
Ashleigh sweat-dropped. "Not the Bambi eyes, oh all right. But you owe me", she gave
up and turned into a form of Juri. "And here's Create card, to make sure you look like a
Card Captor for your staff and cards. Have fun. Teleport!" In a few minutes Ashleigh was
walking towards Tomoyo's house in the early evening. She sighed. "Master would get
things more done if she didn't do this every summer. Every time someone says no, she
gives them the Bambi eyes. What could be so bad about wearing a few clothes?" She
soon found out. "TOMOYO!" she shouted angrily after Sakura's cousin had gotten on
her a black dress that made her look like a spider princess. Tomoyo just laughed. "You
have to put up with it. I have power over fabric, so it won't come off unless I tell it too.
And I can also tell who you really are, Advice." Ashleigh transformed back into her
original form; a woman that sort of looked like Mystical Elf except that she didn't
repeatedly sing (sort of looks like the Healer card, but we'll get to that later). "How did
you know it was me?" she asked. Tomoyo stopped smiling. "Actually, I didn't, but
something told me." Advice gasped; it meant only one thing. "Show yourself, Soshini",
she ordered. Tomoyo's eyes looked sad. "I can't", she sobered. "I'm only half of Soshini
and half of Kenzubaro Fujimoto. The other half is Juri, and the only way for me to
transfer my half to Juri-san is for her to help me in some way or vice- versa. When is she
coming back?" Advice sighed. "Ask her and you get the Evil Eye. But I think she's
coming back now", and her voice faded to nothingness as she disappeared. A minute later
the real Juri appeared, apologizing to Tomoyo about the deception. But her apology was
covered up by the spider dress; the reaction was exactly Ashleigh's. "It's called getting
even", Tomoyo smirked. Juri sighed. "All right. Advice told me everything. Right now-"
suddenly she heard a faded, defeated voice-Sakura's. "Somebody, help me", it was
saying. "Sakura!" Juri said, then activated Vision Card, another of her created cards. It
was sort of like the Millennium Eye from Yugioh!- it could see anything except people's
souls. She set it to Sakura's house. She and Tomoyo both watched Sakura sleeping. Juri
placed a palm on Sakura's forehead. "Won't she feel it?" Tomoyo asked. Juri shook her
head. "That's one of the beauties of Vision Card. We are seeing the past. They can't see,
hear, or feel us." She frowned, then gave a small gasp. She was seeing Sakura through the
dream Future Card had sent only Sakura was just there. Sakura tried calling out to
Syaoran, but he couldn't see or hear her either as she was just a spirit to him; while her
body was resting, her subconscious form was in another place. Juri had seen and done it
before. She saw the book being opened, and there was a burst of light. Sakura shielded
her eyes. Then a moment later Syaoran had four cards floating around him, facing him.
Then they all came back to his book. Then a man's voice said, "You are destined for
these cards. They are the Millennium Cards. There are only four in the Book; Earth, Fire,
Wind, and Water. The one the Sakura Card Mistress gave you is also yours. Use these
cards wisely", and then the dream ended, and Sakura woke up. She rubbed her eyes.
"Hoe?" she said blankly, and for a minute Tomoyo panicked. Could Sakura see them?
But Juri was looking past Tomoyo's gaze. And gasped. "No way", she whispered.
Because a certain white-haired evil-looking person stood in the doorway, and Sakura was
looking shocked. (Try to figure out who it is. I've been giving hints) "Who are you?"
Sakura asked. The white-haired figure just laughed, and the next moment, a black
whirlpool was under Sakura, sucking her. "What are you doing?' she shouted. The figure
laughed again. "Just to get what I want", he said, Sakura managed to grab the Sakura
book, mumbling, "Someone, help me", before disappearing. Tears were in Tomoyo's
eyes; but Juri had seething rage. "I'll destroy you!" she shouted at the white-haired
figure. He didn't hear her, but he disappeared as well, muttering, "Soon I will have
another Millennium Item." Juri growled, and the vision ended. "The nerve of that tomb
robber!" Juri shouted. She began to release her staff, but Tomoyo looked shocked. "You
haven't even released your staff?' she asked. Juri sweat-dropped. "Sometimes I can use
cards for a short amount of time without the staff", she explained hastily. Then after she
released the staff, she explained everything she knew about Yugioh! to Tomoyo while
they tried to form a plan. "So you're saying that guy who kidnapped Sakura is a yami or
something like that? Some Yami no Bakura?" Tomoyo asked. Juri nodded, and she took
out what looked like a mini TV with a flat screen, and began typing something into it.
"What is that?" Tomoyo looked interested. Juri looked up for a minute. "Liquid tracking
devices. One of my friends from America invented them. I slipped them in all of your
school lunches on the first day so that I would always know where you were. This is a
transmitter for the devices. I typed in Sakura's first and last name so that we can find her.
Teleport is too tired to do anything right now. It needs a break." Juri's face flew wide. "I
know where she is! Let's go !" She dragged Tomoyo outside, and they saw Syaoran. "Li-
kun!" they both called, but he ignored them. He had heard the voice in the dream. A
voice that showed Sakura being kidnapped by a white-haired person. The voice had said
if he didn't come she would die in the Shadow Realm, whatever that was. A dark vortex
opened, and he stepped into it. Then it closed. "Shoot", Juri said, then got an idea. "Loop!
Open the vortex and let us through! Fujimoto Card!" It worked, and the vortex opened.
"Let's go", Juri told Tomoyo, the way she had told Annemarie on their partner test
mission. They both walked in, unaware of the new dangers ahead.
Sakura woke up. She was blindfolded, and something, maybe a piece of wood
was in her mouth that gagged her. She was chained to something, a wall, maybe, and then
she heard footsteps. Then voices. One was very spooky. It was the one from the person
who had kidnapped her. It was saying, "In order to have the Sakura Card Mistress Back,
you must play a Shadow Game." "I have no time for games!" another voice argued.
Sakura gasped silently. It was Syaoran. The other voice laughed, making Sakura's hairs
stand on one end. "This is no ordinary game. There are two cells. One of them holds an
image of the mistress, while the other holds the real one. You can only look at them for
five minutes each. When you are done looking, you can go through one cell, take off the
blindfold to look through their eyes. If you win, I let you free, if you lose, you must hand
over your Millennium Cards and face punishment." Sakura could feel Syaoran's
confusion, and his trying to cover it up. For one minute she felt his gaze, for five minutes,
then the gaze shifted somewhere else. Then a door opened. Her heart leaped. He had
chosen her door, she was sure. She felt his hands tear away the blindfold, and she looked
through Syaoran's eyes. "Syaoran-kun", she tried to say, but was muffled by the gag. He
then removed the gag, and then a few minutes later the chains broke, and she ran into his
arms. "Sakura-chan, I can't breathe", he gasped as she hugged his neck. In a minute she
loosened her grip. "Gomen nassai", she said, which meant, "I'm sorry." But the white-
haired figure laughed. "I said you could go free, but I said nothing about the Sakura Card
Mistress." A man-eating bug appeared, but then was dissolved by aerosol. "What?" the
person looked around confused. "Sakura, release the staff!" Syaoran shouted. Sakura
began to chant, "The key that holds the power to the stars. Reveal your true form to me. I,
Sakura, command thee under convert. Release!" the staff glowed, and formed. "Shield
card!" she used the card to protect herself and Syaoran. Then the white- haired person
looked up. "Show yourself!" he shouted. Then Sakura and Syaoran felt a mental message.
Don't worry; it's me, Juri. Tomoyo's with me. I'm going to teleport you all back home.
Sakura tried to send a message back. Are you coming with us? she asked. There was
silence. I don't know, but I think I stop him from coming back. Teleport! Take Sakura,
Tomoyo, and Syaoran back home. Fujimoto Card! Sakura tried to tell Juri to stop, but the
next minute, she felt helpless because she was at her house again.
Juri was thankful that Tomoyo had conjured a mask to cover her eyes and
forehead before she had used her cards. It wouldn't do good if Yami no Bakura found out
who she was. How he got into another dimension was a mystery. Probably Shadow
Magic, she grimaced. The best way was to finish him off as soon as possible. Create had
destroyed his Man-Eater Bug, which would send any monster on the opponent's field
automatically to the graveyard. She grinned at herself. It paid to watch Duel Monsters in
her dimension. Now for another card. She drew it from the Fujimoto Card Book, her
breath held. Yes! "Woody! Change to vines of restraint! Fujimoto Card!" Woody was a
gentle card, but Juri powered it with Watery, to give it an attack temper. For a minute it
looked like Juri was winning, but then Woody shrieked as Bakura used something with
fire, she couldn't tell. "Woody, Watery, return", she said, feeling worried. Then Bakura
drew a card -Shadow Spell- that had chains that wrapped around her furiously. She
couldn't move, and she couldn't summon Sword. But she wasn't defeated yet. She
activated the card in her left hand, Shield. But it wouldn't last long. Bakura looked
triumphant. "There's even more to this", his voice was malicious. "Ah!" Juri felt opho
blockage on her. The same one that Chaco had used on her. She was weakening. Shield
dissolved. No! She couldn't lose! But she was defenseless. Bakura spoke to her. "I
always liked bravery; putting yourself in danger for your friends", he said coolly, "But in
the end it will be up to your friends to save you. I could send you to the Shadow Realm,
but that would be a waste of time and energy and perhaps your friend might want to
exchange their Millennium Item for you." "Li-kun wouldn't do that", Juri managed to
say. She felt her cards glowing with heat. Was it anger? Bakura smiled evilly. He began
to advance toward her, saying, "First I must find out who my opponent is." Juri couldn't
do anything; the chains were too tight. But before Bakura was an inch away from her
blue light stopped him. Juri looked at her cards. Shield had disappeared. But how could it
use itself? Then Sword appeared, cutting the chains, and Erase made them disappear. Juri
still felt weak and she collapsed. "Master!" Power tried to help her, but Juri fainted,
saying, "I'm your friend, not your master" . Then Fight used Sword and Power. Voice
enabled her to speak. "Healer, revive her", she said. The Healer Card (a card that was one
of the first Juri had created) floated over Juri's body and began to chant. She was a big
help in major battles. Fight was going against Bakura, finally knocking him unconscious.
Erase wiped his memory of everything that had just happened and Teleport sent him back
to his dimension. Then all the cards rushed around Juri's limp body. "Is she-?" Advice
looked worried. "She's alive but barely", came Healer's answer. "I need a certain potion,
Create?" Create obliged, and then formed a pure white potion with the same thickness as
water. Healer then held it to Juri's mouth, and tilted it back slightly. Juri tensed for a
moment, then relaxed, then came to. Only by then she was in Penguin Park. She gasped
as she saw the cards gathered around her. "So Sayoko was right, you did help me when I
was in danger", she began to stand up, but Healer forced her back into a lying down form.
"Opho blockage has weakened your strength. What were you doing, trying to get yourself
killed?" she scolded "I didn't know he figured out I was a metamorpho", was Juri's only
defense. Float Card helped her to her house, where she fell asleep again. Healer looked
on. "Dream", she called. "Yes?" the silver butterfly flew to its fellow card. "Send Juri to
Jenny's planet. The one under Star Sakura", Healer ordered. Dream looked skeptical.
"Are you sure?" it asked. Healer nodded. "It'll be the perfect place for her to recover
fully." Dream flew over Juri's face and touched her eyes. Juri's eyes fluttered for a
moment, then relaxed. But in the shadows, something dark had heard everything. It
laughed. "Where Chaco, left off, I shall finish. Some wounds run too deep to heal, but the
mistress will have an unpleasant surprise."
