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."