Chapter 4

Hit with a Heavenly Bug Zapper

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Sakura listened to the lecture with half an ear as she absently petted Kero-chan. Her gaze drifted to the window. Their group had split up to attend the different classes that interested them but all it would take for Sakura to alert them to any approaching danger would be to flare her aura. And she had promised to do just that when she sensed the evil aura from her visions.

She had opted to go to the Divination class. Divination. What a laugh. This Professor could not tell the future from the reflection of a zit on her own nose. She kept her classroom filled with mind-clogging perfumes that put half the students to sleep. Obviously, she did not know the first thing about the art of Foretelling. Sakura was about to snap and take over the class for her, but that would be counterproductive.

"Miss Kinomoto, it is a pleasure to have you in my class," she said airily as she breezed by the table Sakura was sleeping…sitting at.

"Professor," Sakura nodded.

"Oh my," the Professor frowned, "You really should get more sleep,"

Strange, some useful advice actually escaped from her mouth.

"I would Professor but I have been troubled by visions of a most distressing sort," she said grandly, layering a bit or sarcasm on just to make the truth seem like a joke.

"The Inner Eye is a difficult friend to live with," the Professor nodded sagely. Sakura felt like gagging. Did the woman have any idea what it was like to see into the future? She did not think so.

"Oh yes, Professor, but it can be such a blessing at the same time. I mean, all I have to do is peek into the future to see what I should wear," Kero snorted, trying not to laugh. A couple other students snickered. She had said it all with such a straight face and with such earnest that Professor Trelawney had no clue she was being mocked.

A familiar, dreaded power crept into the edges of Sakura's senses. Sakura froze, her aura flaring up so much it actually blew the heavily perfumed air out of the room replacing it with a fresh breeze. "He's here," she muttered, standing. Kero-chan followed, a little surprised, flying behind her. "I have to find The Boy with Green Eyes," and she fled the tower classroom, leaving the shocked class and Professor behind.

"Sakura!" Nakuru ran into her in the hall, "Is he here?"

"I Feel him Nakuru-chan, he's coming," she said, not even pausing, "We have to find The Boy With Green Eyes, the one we met on the train,"

"But he had brown eyes, Sakura-chan,"

"He's the one," Sakura insisted.

"Sakura!"

"Eriol! Where's the boy we met on the train?"

"He's with…" Eriol paused, "He's with Yukito,"

"I hope Yuki brings him," she muttered.

Yuki did not bring him. So she sent him back to get the Green Eyed Boy at any and all costs. Thankfully, Yukito had more tact then to try any of the methods Sakura was envisioning and Fred came willingly.

"What's going on?" he asked as Sakura led the party out of the grand Enchanted Castle.

"Danger looms this way and Evil has reared its ugly head," Sakura said bluntly.

"What is she talking about?"

Sakura waited at the foot of the steps, her friends and Guardians fanning out behind her. She pulled Fred to stand beside her.

"Listen Boy, I don't know if you know why you're here but there is a nasty character coming our way. I have Foreseen and so it shall be, much as I hate to admit it," she grumped. "But I have also Foreseen that you, the Boy with Green Eyes, are the one to fight this Evil. My friends and I are here to support you in this. We cannot take the burden of the fight off of your shoulders but we can ease the heavy load and ensure that what should not happen doesn't,"

"What? How do you know this?"

"I have seen a boy with Green Eyes, you, in battle with a terrible man with Red Eyes. Everything I see comes true, whether I wish it or not," she explained vaguely, "Get ready, here he comes,"

Like a black cloaked plague an invading army of about twenty hooded men as well as ogres, giants, soul sucking Dementors and such ilk oozed out of the forest that surrounded the castle. Sakura's eyes widened as the malevolent auras batted against her senses.

"Voldemort," growled Fred.

"Out of my way boy," hissed the leader in a very snake-like manner.

"Over my dead body,"

Sakura shot a worried glance at her companions before she summoned her staff. Eriol did the same, his face set in a small, patronizing smile.

"Don't worry, Sakura-chan," he said cheerfully, "We'll just bind the army and let these two Wizards decide the fate of their World,"

"So you think you and your friends can hold off my army?" hissed the man.

Fred didn't even look back, "You guys had better get out of here. Voldemort is the reason I came back to Hogwarts but this isn't your fight,"

"It became my fight when I started having visions. Don't worry about us, these little monsters are nothing," Sakura stated. She raised her staff above her head and summoned her cards. "Cards made by Clow, now Sakura Cards! Heed my call! Windy! Become a binding chain! Earthy! Aid Windy! Shield! Protect the school and all that reside within its walls! Erase! Relieve these monsters of their weapons!" The cards shot forward to do the bidding of their mistress. Windy immobilized the approaching army, Earthy softened the ground until they were trapped up to the waists and Erase swiftly danced through them, ignoring the spells cast at her, making every offending weapon vanished. Behind Sakura a glowing barrier formed, encompassing the whole castle.

Only the Red Eyed man was left free.

Sakura studied the snake-like man before her. Yes, it was the red-eyed man from her visions, for certain. There was something strange about his aura.

"Eriol, what am I seeing?" she asked, not turning her gaze from the man.

"He seems to have divided his soul into physical containers," Eriol answered. Sakura could hear the disgust. Obviously, it took some very dark magic to do something like that.

"I should bring his soul back to him, shouldn't I?" she asked with a tiny malicious smile.

"Feel free, Sakura-chan,"

Sakura lifted her staff to the heavens, a magical circle glowing at her feet, and cried, "Lost pieces of the Dark Soul of the Dark Lord before Me! Return! Summoning!" the circle pulsed and the red-eyed man convulsed as the pieces of his soul suddenly returned.

"There, now you can fight him evenly," Sakura stepped back.

"Impressive, little girl," he sneered as best he could around his shock. Sakura glared.

"You disgust me," she spat, "Trying to attack a school full of children. That is pathetic. I have no Idea what you've done in the past but this is just sad,"

"You know not what you speak of, little girl,"

"Sakura?" Eriol.

"Hm?"

"Let them begin. The sooner they finish this silly war the sooner you can go home and calm your brother down,"

Huh? Oh. She could hear Yukito's mirror chiming.

"Right. Well, get on with it you two, Eriol's right. I have to get back to Japan to prove to my brother that I haven't eloped,"

Both Voldemort and Fred stared at her. She started tapping her foot.

"Well? Do your Wizard thingy,"

"Sakura," said Syaoran, "If this is the maggot guy you should just let them fight. You're distracting them,"

"Oh. Sorry,"

They were still staring at her.

"Oh just get on with it!" she snapped, "What? Did you come all this way just to stand at the steps?"

It took the two Wizards a few seconds to collect themselves but when they did they squared off as they should and the duel was begun. Sakura was mildly impressed with the creativity the Wizards used to manipulate their meager amount of power. Eriol had been right, they were just a little ingenious.

Sakura ignored the commotion going on behind her. Students and Professors were clamoring to both watch and flee, some were even trying to get past The Shield. She let Syaoran and Eriol deal with them. Kero and Yue, both long since transformed, stood by their Mistress's side ready to leap into action if the events turned on them.

Fred was holding his own against the Dark Wizard, matching him spell for spell. Sakura rolled her eyes at all the bright lights the spell made, thinking them highly unnecessary.

"How are you holding up?" Syaoran asked.

"I'm fine,"

"Are you sure? You've been holding up three cards for a while now," he pressed. Sakura smiled at him.

"Don't worry about me. I want you to help the Green Eyed Boy if things start to look like he's loosing. I don't know much about Wizards but I can't stand the thought of that evil man winning. I'll use The Watery to give you a boost," Syaoran nodded, promising.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it," he drew his sword and a few sutras, preparing to jump in at any moment.

"But only if he looks like he's truly going to lose, my Dear Descendant," Eriol warned. Syaoran shot him a glare but otherwise ignored him.

The fight continued with fervor. Fred looked like he was loosing ground. When he dodged a particularly nasty feeling spell he landed wrong and fell on his side. Voldemort grinned evilly, raised his wand and started the Killing Curse.

"Avada Kedav-" Voldemort was suddenly very wet.

"GOD OF THUNDER!"

Lightning raced down from the clear sky and zapped the Dark Lord, burning him to a crisp.

Silence reigned in the school behind them and in the trapped army before them. Fred stared at the pile of ashes blowing away in a breeze that had been his opponent then turned his shocked gaze to the group of Asian Magickers behind him. Syaoran lowered his sword and put the rest of his sutras back where they came from.

"Divine intervention, anyone?" he quipped.

"Wow, Syaoran-kun," Nakuru whistled, "You have gotten stronger,"

"Young Lady," Sakura turned to see Professor McGonagall standing at the edge of The Shield, "Can you release the barrier? We must take care of these criminals,"

"All of them? Or just the men in cloaks because these monsters are really grating on my nerves with all the negative energy they're projecting," Sakura asked, recalling The Shield and tucking the card back inside a pocket. "It's that maggot feeling, but just, just, a little less so,"

Syaoran started laughing.

"The men in cloaks are the Deatheaters, the followers of He-Who-Must-not-be…the man you just fried," said Hermione from behind Professor McGonagall.

"So I can get rid of all the others?" Sakura asked. When she received only puzzled stares she turned to Eriol. "Well? Your opinion?"

"Take them out, Sakura-chan," Syaoran encouraged. Eriol nodded.

"By all means. When we return I will find you some books so you can read up on the origins of those monsters. They will do the world no harm in being Erased,"

"Alright then," Sakura raised her staff again, "Erase! Get rid of those monsters! But leave the humans. They need to answer to the proper authorities," Erase again danced through the army, this time making the Trolls, Ogres and Dementors vanish without a trace. "Earthy! Fill in the holes where the monsters once stood!"

"Now what to do with these characters," mused Kero in his True Form.

"Eriol could seal their Magics, weak as they are," Nakuru suggested.

"You can do that?" asked Professor McGonagall. Eriol nodded.

"As long as they are weaker than I, which they all are. Would that course of action be acceptable?"

"Very. Considering how they have abused their gifts," she said, her mouth set in a grim line. Eriol nodded and raised his own staff.

"Powers gifted you by the Gods Themselves be returned from the source from whence they came. Let all those who stand before me return to the Natural State of Humanity and their Powers be SEALED" He struck the ground with his staff and a shockwave echoed along the surface. The trapped Deatheaters all glowed a soft blue before collapsing unconscious. "There, that takes care of that," He smiled brightly. Sakura giggled.

"Eriol! You have got to teach me that one!" She exclaimed, hopping from foot to foot in excitement.

"After I teach you the counter spell to return the Powers," Eriol bargained. Sakura nodded enthusiastically.

"It's a deal!" She pumped her fist and hugged Syaoran. Syaoran, of course, blushed and when Sakura realized what she had done she did the same. She jumped back and mumbled an apology, too embarrassed to look him in the face.

Of course, Nakuru had to tease Sakura and Kero growled at Syaoran. Why? Because that is what they do. Syaoran glared but refrained from saying anything.

"What's going to happen now?" Yukito asked when Yue returned control to him.

"We shall stay one night. If Sakura has no more visions then we shall depart in the morning," Eriol declared then turned to Professor McGonagall, "If that is all right with you, Headmistress,"

Professor McGonagall just nodded.

"Wonderful," Sakura clapped her hands, "Yuki? Can I borrow that mirror? I want to call Nii-chan and tell him to stop worrying,"

Yukito fished the small compact mirror out of his pocket and handed it to Sakura. Sakura flipped it open and waited until Toya's face appeared.

"Nii-chan!"

"Monster! What was going on?" Toya growled. He looked like he had been dragged by his heels though the countryside by a pack of wild horses.

"Relax, Nii-chan. I'm not a monster and we were just finishing up what we came all this way to do,"

"And what was that?"

"Destroy an evil and supposedly all-powerful Wizard. Really, he wasn't all the much. I drenched him with The Watery and Syaoran-kun hit him with the God of Thunder. Burned him to a pile of ashes. Something like a Heavenly Bug Zapper," she giggled a little.

"Great," Toya sighed, running a hand through his hair, trying to calm his frazzled nerves. "Now you two can go into business," he said sarcastically.

"Very funny. But honestly, I don't know what all these people were worried about, it's not like he was powerful or anything,"

"That must be true if the Brat could beat him,"

"Nii-chan! Syaoran-kun is NOT a brat. He's a very powerful Sorcerer and soon to be head of the Li clan," Sakura defended.

"He's a brat and always will be as far as I'm concerned," Toya shot back.

"Oh!" She growled and clenched her fists, her grip tightening on the compact.

"Ooo! Monster Rage," Toya teased.

"I have been working on the pregnancy spell, Nii-chan," she said sweetly. Toya shut up. "So, unless something unplanned happens I should be back home in a couple of days, plane schedules willing,"

"Why do you even bother with planes?" he asked, "Didn't Hiiragizawa teach you a teleportation spell a while back?"

"Yes, he did. But we took a plane here so we might as well leave on a plane. If we didn't there would be a discrepancy in the paper trail and that would just get complicated later on,"

"Whatever,"

"How are classes?"

"Boring. But I found some interesting book on magic in Dad's library,"

"Toya? Don't tell me you've been trying anything from them?"

"No way! What do you think I am? Stupid?" he defended himself, "I've seen you get trapped in a spell often enough to know that I need someone else around when practicing,"

"Good," she sighed, relieved, "I don't want to come home and find magically drained and dead Nii-chan,"

"Dad says to say 'Hi' just so you know,"

"Oh? Give him a hug from me and tell him I'll be home soon,"

"Whatever. Just stay away from the Brat," and Toya disconnected before Sakura could yell at him.

"Toya! Get BACK here!" She screamed at the blank mirror. Nothing happened. "Stupid Nii-chan,"

"Sakura-chan?" Eriol touched her elbow to get her attention.

"Hm?" she asked, turning to her mentor.

"We should be going soon,"

"Hm? Oh, right. When do you want to leave?"

"Well, we can stay at my townhouse until we make a flight back to Japan,"

"The sooner, the better," Syaoran put in, "hanging around these Wizards is getting on my nerves,"

"Very well then," Eriol turned from their group to face the Professors and students, "We thank you for your hospitality. We shall return if Sakura-chan has another vision but until then we wish you the best of fortune,"

Sakura magically collected all of their belongings and transported them to rest behind her, "How do you want to leave? On that train we came on?"

"I think you should practice your group teleportation, don't you?" Eriol smiled. Sakura nodded and pulled out her key.

"I'll probably need my staff for this, won't I?"

"Only if you feel you need the boost in control,"

Sakura nodded and tossed the key upwards, "Key that hides the Forces of Darkness! By the Sacred Covenant! I, Sakura, Command you! Release!" The Star Staff formed in her waiting hand and she set it purposefully before her, the end resting lightly on the ground. A glowing magical circle spread from where she rested the staff to encompassing the earth where her companions stood. "We thank you for your hospitality, Professor McGonagall," she bowed, ignoring the winds that wound around her, whipping at her hair and cloths. "I pray that I never have to return here on business again. Oh Gods of the Heavens above and below! By the Power of the Star! Do My Will! Transport!"

And they vanished.

"But...but you can't apparate on Hogwarts grounds!" protested Hermione.

"Everyone inside!" Professor McGonagall shouted over the babble of student voices.

"Wonder who they really were," muttered Fred as he picked himself up from where he had been resting. "They took out Voldemort without even batting an eye and then called him weak,"

"Mr. Potter," said Professor McGonagall coming up beside him, "to people like them there is no Wizard or Witch in the world that could be anything more than a nuisance, as they were not Wizards or Witches themselves,"

"What were they then?" asked Harry. Professor McGonagall had known who he was the whole time.

"The Chinese boy was a powerful Sorcerer, the Japanese boy a Magician of great power. The girl was the most powerful Magician this world has seen in all of known history and the others were Guardians, Creatures of Magic. All are more powerful then this entire school put together and multiplied. They came here because Sakura had Foreseen your battle," she explained, guiding him indoor, "Now, I think you have some friends you owe an explanation to,"

Sakura smiled as Eriol dropped her off at her home and waved goodbye as he drove off. The whole adventure had been quite interesting for the young Magician. She had traveled, seen parts of Britain, learned about Wizards and had thwarted the evil plot of an even eviler mastermind. All was good. Now for the hard part...

She stepped back as the door was thrust open revealing Toya.

"Where is he?"

Yep, it was good to be home.

AN:

Yeah, I know. You don't need to say. Fred was Harry? Terrible plot device, but it made sense to me. Anyone else? And please no flames! Constructive criticism is welcome if you have something to offer, complements too! I live, thrive! Off complements on my work. Which is probably why I'm wasting away to nothing... alas ;)

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