Chapter 17: Match One

Entilza: Well, according to the camera on my machine, my Yami has just managed to elude it long enough to exhaust the allotted time for the text. He should be arriving here any minute.

Shadow Entilza: I'm already here! (Jumps Entilza, sword in had and gets sent flying by force field).

Entilza: I thought you would try something like that.

Shadow Entilza (gets up off the ground). You deserve it! Do you have ant idea how hard it was trying to keep away from that thing?

Entilza: Hey, you asked to be the guinea pig.

Shadow Entilza: I did not! You twisted my words. Now, face me. (Uses author powers to summon 40k Daemon weapon known as a Dark Blade.)

Entilza: Well, if that's how you want to play it. (Summons C'tan Phase Sword.) Please excuse me my reviewers while I teach my yami the foolishness of using a Chaos weapon.

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Sakura and Hikaru both stepped onto a platform in the middle of a stadium. There were several of them scattered around the castle. Thousands of screaming fans surrounded them.

"It's certainly crowded today," Sakura said.

"Yeah, they must be looking forward to seeing our match," Hikaru replied. Then their announcers, Hie and Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho, stepped into their booth.

"Welcome fight fans, to the very first round of the Anime Battle Tournament. I am of course, the lovely, and single, Kuwabara."

"And I am Hie, the person who will at least attempt to actually do his job."

"Hey, I can do my job!"

"Really? I thought you only took this job because Yukina refused to go out with you."

"That's it Shrimp boy! You're going down!" Hikaru raised her hand and fired a blast of energy that left Kuwabara sizzling."

"Uh, we DO have a match here," She said.

"Of course," Hie replied.

"Hey, why'd she only aim for me," Kuwabara asked.

"Because I was actually doing my job," Hie replied. "Now let's begin the match. Are the contestants ready?"

"Ready," the two girls replied. Hikaru was already transformed and Sakura was ready with the Star Cards. Before the match they had both agreed that Sakura could have the ability to just say a card's name and use its power, to counter Hikaru's speed advantage.

"Then begin!"

Hikaru leapt into action, running toward Sakura in a blur.

"Dash card!" Sakura called out, and managed to dodge Hikaru's razor nails. "Power card!" She ran at Hikaru and managed to nail her in the chest with a powerful punch. Hikaru was sent into the air, but twisted around in mid air, extended her wings and hovered.

"Oh, what an awesome opening attack! Sakura has managed to get the first hit but Hikaru doesn't seem fazed at all."

"Of course not," Hie replied. "They're still feeling each other out."

"Hey, that was rude!" Kuwabara said.

"Idiot, I meant both of them are gauging the others abilities."

"Oh, right," Kuwabara said, blushing a bit. Hikaru shot him a mean look for a moment.

"Nice moves," Hikaru called down to Sakura. "I think you're one of the few opponents who can match me in diversity of power," she said, then teleported behind Sakura and fired an energy beam which clipped the edge of Sakura's outfit.

"Thanks, but haven't seen anything yet. I can be a lot stronger than I was in my show. Fly Card, Firey Card!" She called, forming wings of her own and charging at Hikaru with fireballs flying from her hands. Hikaru smirked and folded her wings in front of her. Sakura's fire balls hit but did no damage.

"Nice try, but take this!" Hikaru called, opening her wings quickly and launching a massive energy attack that caught Sakura full on. The fell to the ground but caught was back up quickly.

"You're pretty fast," Sakura complimented. "Arrow Card!" Sakura called and shot a barrage of magical arrows at Hikaru. She created a force field and blocked them. By now both girls were starting to breathe hard. They each thought the other was a great opponent.

Meanwhile, Tyler was still with the Mew Mews. They were basically just doing what they'd been doing before he'd come in. Suddenly he felt a heavy weight on his back and he fell forward onto his face.

"Hahahaha! Gotcha!" Kiki called out as she jumped off Tyler and landed on the bed.

"Hey, what was that for?"

"Hikaru told us to play with you, so we are," Zoey said as she and the other girls formed a circle around the bed. "Let's go Mew Mews!' She called out, and the girls transformed to their animal forms.

"Yah, let's have some fun!" Kiki cried, jumping on Tyler again and balancing on his head. Zoey twirled a bit, causing her tail to rub Tyler's face, inciting a massive blush from him. But that was nothing compared to when Rene put her arm around Tyler's shoulder and whispered in his ear "I think you're cute." If Tyler had been anime he would have had steam coming out of his ears.

"So, who's up for a game of Twister?" Bridget asked. Unlike her show self she was actually a pretty good athlete. Tyler's blush only got brighter. Then he was grabbed and dragged over to the Twister board.

Meanwhile, match at the arena, Hikaru's parents were watching the match with Delia and Professor Oak. They watched Hikaru and Sakura exchange blows. They heard the collective gasps from the audience when Sakura was knocked to the ground.

"My, that was a good hit," Oak said.

"I just hope on one gets badly hurt," Marie said.

"Oh don't worry. I told you it's impossible for someone to lose their life in this tournament."

"Professor Oak is right. Just relax and enjoy the match," Delia said.

"Freeze Card," Sakura called, sending a lance of ice at Hikaru, aiming to freeze her solid, but Hikaru teleported out of the way. She appeared behind Sakura and hit her in the back with a powerful kick.

"You should know by now that long range attacks are useless against me," Hikaru said, her black and crimson hair flying behind her like a cloak. "Now it's my turn. Star Shower!" A wave of energy blasts shot out of Hikaru's wings. They traveled fast and were aiming right for Sakura.

"Shield Card!" She called and Hikaru's attack was deflected. But the attack was just a diversion. While the intense light of the explosions blinded Sakura, Hikaru sneaked up behind Sakura.

"Surprise! Crimson Lightning!" She called, sending streams of red light snaking around Sakura and binding her. Massive jolts of electricity shocked Sakura, drawing a scream from her. "Try and get out of that!"

"Fine, I will," Sakura gasped. "Power Card!" Sakura used all her strength and snapped Hikaru's bindings. Both girls landed ten feet from each other. "Well, I think that's enough of a warp-up."

"I agree," Hikaru replied. "Let's get the real fight started," she said to the crowd, who began cheering even louder.

"That was just a warp-up!" Marie asked.

"Indeed," Professor Oak said. "Both of these girls have a whole lot of power left. I think we're in for quite a show."

How was that? Sakura and Hikaru are about to kick it up a notch. Who will be the victor? Will Tyler manage to survive with the Mew Mews without having a nosebleed? Stay tuned and find out in the next chapter. See ya then, and don't forget to review!

ENTILZA