Sorry it took so long, but chapter 4 is FINALLY up! (Obviously as it is what you are currently reading . . .) Enjoy!

By the way, along with Rayearth and CCS, I don't own Digimon either. (I know this is supposed to be Rayearth/CCS but since it is a battle for Earth against evil I found other anime/manga that could fit in very nicely. Please don't stop reading just because you don't watch/read one series or another. If you have any suggestions for other anime/manga I should include then tell me in a review, and I will do my best to include it.)

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Sakura didn't even look up. She couldn't bear it. It was one thing to acknowledge your failure. It was quite another to know that through your own failure, you failed all those dear to you.
The man laughed evilly. How so very sad, thought Sakura, the last thing I hear before my death is this horrid laugh. The last thing I see is this vile man. The last memory I have is the pain of my friends, for which I am partly responsible. I don't want to lose hope, but was there any hope to begin with? It's all over, isn't it? After he kills me, he'll kill Kero, and Yue, and Tomoyo, and then he'll take the cards and kill even more people. In the end, he may even destroy the whole world. And it's all my fault! I couldn't stop him . . .

The staff the evil mage held poised above Sakura's head glowed with dark power. Laughing, he brought it down swiftly. It came down vehemently, slicing through the air, making an eerie whistling sort of sound . . .

But it never made contact . . .

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The scream echoed all around, but it was obvious the source of the scream had already been silenced. Hikaru looked around. The wind had died down and she was in a large dark chamber. She seemed to be standing on some type of ledge. The only light came from somewhere down below. Should I go down? Hikaru asked herself. I don't see any way to get down though.
As if in answer, the wind picked up again. Hikaru felt it enveloping her in a tight encirclement, as it gently blew her down to the ground. Hikaru gasped in surprise. There were two other girls standing before her. "Umi?" asked Hikaru unbelievingly, "Fuu?"
"HIKARU?!" both Umi and Fuu exclaimed. Surprised, they both turned to each other, and said, "YOU TOO?!"
"We haven't seen each other in ages!" Hikaru said.
"Yes, it feels like it's been forever since we last visited Cephiro," agreed Umi.
"But we're all here now, aren't we? The question is why." Fuu looked at Hikaru and Umi.
"Well, did you all get transported here by wind?" asked Hikaru.
"As funny as it sounds, yes. But who called us?" asked Umi.
"Did you hear a voice asking for help?"
"Yes! So I'm not the only one hearing voices in my head. That's always a good thing to know."
"Well," said Fuu, now joining in the conversation, "I heard someone say, 'Magic Knights, your help is needed once more'."
"But then are we in Cephiro?" Umi looked at the other two inquisitively.
"I don't think so."
Umi and Fuu looked at Hikaru in surprise.
"I think we are still in our world, Earth."
"What makes you think that, Hikaru?" asked Fuu.
Hikaru's answer was interrupted as the scream sounded again. "Look!" shouted Hikaru, "It's coming from there!"
In a corner, the light Hikaru had first seen shone out into bright beams. The scream seemed to echo strongest from there, so Hikaru led Umi and Fuu there. She gasped at what she saw.
Lying on the ground, bathed by white-violet light was a beautiful fairy-like creature. Next to her lay a little purple digital device that emitted a faint beeping. But Hikaru paid no attention to the digital device, her eyes were on the fairy. She knew that at one point, this fairy must have been very spectacular in appearance, but now it hurt even to look at her. This was because both the fairy's delicate looking wings had been smashed, her long violet-colored hair was in tangles, and she was bruised all over.
"Who are you?" Hikaru asked softly. "Are you the one who called us?"
To her surprise, instead of replying the fairy did something very odd. She transformed. The digital device's beeping got louder and more incessant and the fairy was obscured from view by a ring of white light. When the light disappeared, a human girl was left behind.
Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu just stood there, gaping, as the girl sat up and began to talk in a tired but friendly voice, "Hi, my name is Zoe. I am really sorry to have called you here. I didn't think anyone would hear, but I guess my D-tector has more power than I thought."
Umi and Fuu continued to stare, but Hikaru was the first one to recover and said, "It's nice to meet you, Zoe. But, if you'll excuse me, what exactly are you?"
"Oh," Zoe laughed, "I'm sorry, I guess I shocked you with that little bit of dedigivolution. I am actually a human girl, just as normal as you...well maybe not exactly as normal as you. I have the power to turn into a digimon, or digital monster. They're creatures that can do all kinds of things, including battling. My human spirit evolution is Kazemon." At this point, Zoe put on a more serious face before continuing, "See, the Earth is in danger, and I was called on to help fight this evil that's threatening to take over. But I failed. These three dark creatures, by the way don't ask because I myself have absolutely no idea what they are, ganged up on me and totally destroyed me. I'm lucky they didn't fully kill me though. I'm afraid of what the three creatures will now do now, because they left laughing in this scary way after they attacked me. So I called for help. I mean it was the best I could do, even though it sounds stupid. I'm really sorry you had to come here for me. I'll try to help you go back if you want." Zoe looked at Hikaru, Umi, and then Fuu.
"No way!" Hikaru exclaimed. "I am going to stay here and help fight for Earth."
"And I will fight with you!" Umi said strongly.
"We'll all fight together!" Fuu cried.
"But how?" asked Zoe. "I mean are you guys Digimon also?"
"No," said Hikaru, smiling. "We're Magic Knights!"
"Um, okay. Do you know where we are right now?" Zoe said.
"Er," Fuu looked sheepishly at Zoe, "Earth?"
"Yes," replied Zoe, "But do you know where?"
"No. Can you tell us?" Umi asked.
"We're in the spiritual heart of our world."
"Okay, whatever, can you explain further?" Fuu asked joining in the conversation.
"Well," said Zoe a bit haltingly, "This isn't a real place. I mean, it is, but not everyone can get here."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Hikaru. "Wait, does this have something to do with our hearts?"
"Yes, your heart, your mind, and your spirit. It's kind of like how much willpower you have, I guess. Like only those people who are strong in some way that's not exactly physical have enough power or energy or whatever you want to call it to find a way here."
"But then basically you're saying we summoned ourselves here."
"Yes! I guess when somehow you heard me ask for help, you were able to come here to the heart of Earth through the need to find the source of my cry."
"Oh," said Hikaru, "and the fact that we're now here probably means we have to participate in this battle for Earth as well."
"Well I'm ready!" Umi shouted.
"Yes, so am I," said Fuu, "but we don't have any weapons, armor, or even magic! How can anyone expect us to go rushing into battle defenseless?"
"Well," said Zoe, laughing, "you passed!"
"Huh?"
"Uh wha?"
"Phwee?!"
"You passed," Zoe said simply, as if that explained everything.
"You mean this was a test?" asked Hikaru.
"Yes," said Zoe innocently, "I was called to this heart of Earth to help summon people to fight against this enigmatic darkness that's been threatening to take over recently. Actually, at first I was called to help fight it, but I failed, so this was the only other way I could think of to help."
"Um..." said Hikaru, with a confused look on her face.
"I know, I don't get it either. At least not really. All I understand is that something is attacking Earth and we need all the help we can get. I called for help thinking if anyone out there was strong enough to fight this evil, they would be able to answer my cry and summon themselves to the heart. Of course I was expecting other kids who could turn into Digimon. When I found out you guys couldn't, I thought you wouldn't be able to fight either. I must say, I did doubt your abilities. But I guess I'm wrong, you really are fighters if you know about armor and weapons and all that stuff."
"Well," said Umi, trying to contain her sudden feelings of rage, "anyone ever tell you that you've got a twisted mind?"
Zoe simply laughed and said, "No. No one ever has before, and no one isn't now, at least not that I know of."
Then all of a sudden, as if in answer to Fuu's earlier question about magic, weapons, and armor, the air glowed silver and Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu were surrounded by bright light. Hikaru was surrounded by red light, Umi blue, and Fuu green. Through the light, Zoe could see armor emerging from some hidden source, bringing itself to cover the three girls. Then three swords appeared from nowhere, and made their way into the three girls' hands. Finally the colored light surrounding the three girls shone so bright, Zoe couldn't see through it anymore. When the light lifted, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu had completely transformed. Zoe stared in awe. So this was why they were so confident about fighting for Earth. These three girls who called themselves the Magic Knights were true knights with magical powers. The fate of Earth was now hopefully in good hands.

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I apologize for another very short chapter, but I got really busy with other stuff. Next chapter, I PROMISE, I will finally write about what happens to Sakura, and get her out from under that evil mage's staff. (She's been there for what, two chapters and a few paragraphs now?) Please R&R and I'll update asap! ^_^ (Oh and let me know what you think about adding other characters from Digimon. I added Zoe this time because she fit in really well, but I don't really like her, you can tell by the way I made her "fail", but I'm willing to add other characters and make them look good, so please give me any suggestions you might have.)