Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 4: Suzaku Cards.

By Razor Knight

Last update: November 20, 2006

A couple days passed without incidents, and Sakura used the break to practice as much as she could. One thing she'd figured by now was...

"And Slifer attacks directly, bringing your life points to zero."

... Yugi wasn't easy to defeat, at all. Either of the 'Yugi' since the Pharaoh didn't seem to have a name. Also, even outside of the duel, those three God cards were amazingly strong.

"That was amazing," Sakura said.

Yugi shrugged. "It was nothing, really. You could've won the duel if you had any stronger cards."

"I do have some, but they're not easy to summon, just like your Gods. "

"What's the strongest overall card you have there?" Yugi asked. "It's hard to know what monsters and traps you have since they're not normal duel cards."

"The strongest card isn't a monster, but a fusion."

"Can you show it to me?"

Syaoran frowned as Jou defeated his Summoned Skull. "Well, this game's actually funnier when you find challenging rivals."

Jou turned to the side as he noticed Sakura calling forth several cards. "What's she up to?"

Sakura smiled. "Windy, Fiery, Earthy and Watery, my four strongest elemental cards. When I use them in a duel combined with the Hope card..." As she said that, her body shone with light, and her clothes were replaced by a long black robe, as her wand appeared in her free hand. "I become the Warlock Sakura."

Jou looked at his duel disk as he read Sakura's power. "Four thousands and a half and three thousands... Damn, that's as strong as an Egyptian God!"

"I cannot be affected by spells or traps, or even flip effects," Sakura explained. "If I attack a flip monster, it's effect is denied. Also..."

"Sounds a bit godly," Jou noted.

"She has to have those five cards in her hand or field to summon it, " Yugi noted. "But all cards have a flaw."

Sakura shrugged. "... When this 'monster' is destroyed, I can summon Kerberos and Yue in face-up attack position to the field, even if they're in the graveyard."

"See, godly."

Yugi shook his head at Jou. "Slifer would have it relatively easy in such a situation."

"Good thing you don't have her as an enemy," Jou said.

Touya was listening to the others amusedly. That guy Syaoran... He wasn't learning how to play just for fun, he knew he planned to defend his sister, and... As much as he didn't want to admit it, he respected him for that.

His thoughts were interrupted by a knock to the door. He opened it to see a guy as tall as him, with brown, short hair, wearing a white trenchcoat over a black shirt and jeans. The dismissive look he gave Touya made him want to punch him even before knowing who he was. "Is Yugi home?"

"Kaiba?" Yugi asked.

'What the heck is he doing here?'

'Possibly our 'friends' visited him.' Yugi noted.

Kaiba walked in, raising an eyebrow as he saw Sakura. "Is she one of those weirdos?"

"No, she's a friend," Yugi said. "What are you doing here?"

"I was visited by someone calling herself Astra, who started babbling about a master and world domination. I had my Blue Eyes show her the door, but she said there were more like her around."

"There sure are," Sakura said. "We've met several of them."

"What's with the suit?" Kaiba asked her bluntly.

"Same could be asked about you," Syaoran noted.

"I... The cards I use are not standard duel cards," Sakura said. "It's a very long story, and from what some told me about you, you wouldn't believe it."

"I find half the crap I went through since I met Yugi hard to believe," Kaiba said, "but that doesn't mean I don't know truth from illusions."

"Well, then..."

"Zenit."

"Yes, master?"

"You and Aurora will go challenge Kinomoto and Motou."

"As you wish. I'll take care of Kinomoto."

"Don't underestimate her. She's a descendant of Clow after all." Zenit nodded and walked out of the room.

Kaiba sighed. "Yes, you're right, I don't believe your fairytales. However, I'll give you the benefit of doubt since Astra's rant was worse."

"How nice of you," Jou muttered.

Sakura had changed to normal, and Kaiba was checking her cards. "What do you think?"

"No matter how strong the cards are, having one of each makes your chances of victory low," Kaiba said.

"Is that a challenge?" Sakura asked.

"Of course not. I don't waste my time with rookies."

Sakura looked at Yugi. Yugi shook his head. Touya, however, wasn't going to stand there and let Kaiba insult her. "Okay, Kaiba, I think you should leave."

"I don't take orders from anyone," Kaiba snapped at him.

"You either stop insulting my sister and leave through the door, or I'll toss you out the window. Your pick."

Kaiba shrugged. "I didn't come here to fight, but to get information. Since I already got what I wanted, I'm out."

Jou chuckled after Kaiba walked out the door. "Same old Kaiba."

"I don't like that guy," Syaoran said.

"Nobody does, but he's useful now and then," Honda, who had remained silent until then, noted.

Sakura nodded, then looked at the door and frowned. "Syaoran..."

"I feel it too," he said. "Two of them."

Just then, Zenit walked in, followed by a gold-haired woman who was wearing a long dress that matched her hair. "Well, well, we meet again, Motou."

Yugi frowned. "I thought you said you wouldn't come after me again. "

"I'm not, I'm here to challenge your friend Sakura. As for you, Aurora here will keep you entertained."

Syaoran frowned. "How about we make things more interesting?"

"How so?" Zenit asked.

"Instead of Yugi, you two could face us both in a double duel."

Sakura looked at Syaoran and smiled. "I suppose that'd be better for both. If you win, you get us both. If we win, you two stop bothering us both."

"Fair enough," Aurora said. Zenit just nodded. "Let's do it."

"Outside," Sakura simply said.

"Suits you," Zenit and Aurora said in unison.

"Are you sure about this?" Yugi asked as the group walked out of his house.

Sakura nodded. "Syaoran's been playing with those cards for longer than I have. I trust him."

"Since this will be a double duel, we'll play to eight thousand life points. Also, both members of each team will play before the other team gets a turn."

Sakura nodded. "Let's do it."

"We'll let you go first," Aurora said.

"How kind of you," Syaoran muttered, then looked at Sakura, who nodded. "I'll take the lead, then." He took a card off the deck and smiled. "I play a face-down monster and two face-down cards."

Sakura looked at her hand. Windy, Watery and Firey, along with Freeze and Silent, and the card she drew was Hope. Almost enough to summon her Warlock form! "I play a monster in face-down position, and activate Silent. This card stops my rival from setting or activating any spell or trap card for three turns, at the cost of a thousand life points. And with that, I end my turn." Zenit frowned. Silent wouldn't really bother him, if his whole strategy didn't base in traps and spells.

"All you kids do is defend, and look, we haven't even touched you and you're down a thousand points," Aurora said. "In any case, let's start this duel for real. I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack position. Neo, attack Li's face-down card!"

Syaoran smirked. "I'll counter with one of my face-down cards. Negate Attack!"

"Those two know what they're doing," Jou noted.

"Specially since Sakura's cards aren't normal, it's hard to combine strategies when you don't know what the cards do," Yugi, or rather the Pharaoh, said.

Sakura chuckled. "That's what they supposed, and why they accepted dueling us."

Aurora frowned. "What do you mean?"

"I took my time studying all of Sakura's deck, knowing strengths and weaknesses, and coming up with strategies to help her," Syaoran said.

Honda whistled. "They could be a dangerous team to face."

"So are we," Aurora snapped.

Zenit nodded. "I play my Zombyra the Dark and attack your face-down monster, Li."

Syaoran smirked. "Not yet. I activate my face-down spell card, Tribute to the Doomed. Kiss your vampire goodbye."

Zenit cursed as his monster was destroyed. "Okay then, I end my turn. "

"Good," Syaoran said. He drew another card and nodded. "Luck is as important as skills. Remember that card I just discarded to use my Tribute?"

Zenit nodded. "Yeah. What about it?"

"It was one of my strongest, Gaia the Fierce Knight. And since now I drew this one," he showed Zenit the card, "I can call directly. I play Monster Reborn and summon Gaia from the graveyard. Gaia, destroy the Swordsman."

Aurora gasped as their life points dropped by six hundreds. Suzaku had told her not to underestimate these kids, and he sure was right. "We still have the advantage."

"I end my turn," Syaoran announced.

'So far, so good,' Yugi thought.

'I don't know... Something tells me those two may have strong cards waiting.'

Sakura drew a card and nodded. Return, that card could prove useful if used at the right time. "Okay, I set another face-down monster, and end my turn."

Zenit laughed. "Girl's scared of attacking us."

"As I told Yugi before, attacking isn't the only way to win a duel. And right now, I have more than enough time to prepare my strategy. "

Syaoran knew what Sakura was trying to do, and he had a couple cards in his deck that could help her. He only had to draw them.

Aurora smiled deviously. "Then I guess it's time to stop fooling around. Your Gaia may be strong, but not as strong as this. I call forth Suzaku's Priestess!"

Honda stated the obvious as the monster appeared. "Looks hot." The 'Priestess' was wearing a white robe that left little to imagination, her red hair contrasting with her clothing. "But she's not stronger than Gaia," the brown-haired guy noted. With two thousand attack points, it wasn't strong enough to take on Syaoran's card.

"Oh, maybe not now, but all Suzaku cards gain something when there's Suzaku cards on the field. In the Priestess' case, she gets three hundred attack points for each Suzaku monst card face-up."

Sakura frowned. "Hoe? But that doesn't help her at all."

Syaoran flinched as the Priestess' attack went up to twenty three hundred. "It does... It counts any Suzaku monster card, including herself."

"Same old," Kazuya commented, "but still not enough to defeat Gaia. "

"But this Aurora girl forced him to a stalemate."

The others turned to see Kaiba standing a few meters away, watching the duel. "I thought you'd left," Touya noted.

Kaiba shrugged. "I saw the creeps walk into Yugi's house, and I guessed they were going to challenge one of your group. Right now, I want to see just how good those Sakura cards are."

"We're having a duel here, rich boy," Aurora snapped. "Anyways, since attacking Gaia would destroy my Priestess, I'll target Kinomoto's card instead. Priestess, attack!" As she saw the card flip, she frowned. "Zero defense points? Why the hell would you put it in defense then?"

Zenit groaned. "Possibly a flip effect." Sakura chuckled. "Close. You attacked Windy, and activated her special effect. When attacked in defense position, damage isn't calculated, and your monster can't change position or attack as long as Windy stays in the field."

"I see... I end my turn."

"And I start mine," Zenit said. "I play Suzaku's Barrier in Defense Position. As all Suzaku monsters, he gains something from all others. three hundred points to attack and defense, to be exact." The Barrier looked like a brick wall, but it's color was flame red. The monster's total points were twenty one and twenty eight hundreds. That made it impossible for Zenit's rivals to destroy with a monster card. And it also boosted the Priestess, which rendered her untouchable as well.

"And with that, my turn ends."

Syaoran drew a card and smiled. "Sakura, I want you to use this card. I set a face-down card, and summon Copycat. He can clone the attack and defense of any monster on the field, and I choose the Priestess."

Yugi nodded. "I know what's next. Gotta admit Li isn't bad."

"I attack Priestess with my Copycat, and both are destroyed. That's it for now."

Sakura drew a card next. Shield. She then remembered what Syaoran had said, and nodded. "I activate Syaoran's face-down card..." As it rose, she looked at him. "You could've used it."

"I'm here just to protect you, Sakura. That card will help you more than me."

"Thanks." She turned back to the battle. "The card was Pot of Greed, which means I can draw two more cards..." Twins and Earthy. "Okay... I set a face-down card and..."

Kaiba yawned. "Are they gonna start attacking yet?"

"I activate my spell card Hope. It allows me to fuse with certain monster and spell cards to become a duel monster myself."

Zenit rose an eyebrow. "Oh shit."

"I call forth the four elementals. Windy, Watery, Earthy, Fiery!"

A light show later, Sakura was standing on the field, wearing the dark robe the others had seen before. "This is my Warlock Sakura form. But before I attack, I'll use Hope's special ability, sending it back to my deck from the graveyard."

After shuffling the deck, she smiled at her foes, and despite it being a friendly smile, her intentions were clear. "Now, time to remove that barrier." A blast of fire came from her wand, destroying the summoned Barrier. "And with that, I end my turn. Having fun so far?"

Aurora looked at Zenit. Right now, the only thing that could save the day, was one of Zenit's effect monsters. "We're not here to have fun, we're here to get new soldiers."

"And that's why you lose," Yugi noted.

Kaiba nodded. "With a monster like that, I'm glad we don't have to fight her."

"So, still think she's a rookie?" Touya asked.

"Her deck's stronger than it looked, and she knows the basics. I'd like to test her skills later."

Sakura smiled at him. "We'll see. For now, thought, we have to finish this duel. So, Aurora, you can stop gawking at me and start your turn."

Yugi frowned at that. 'She's being over-confident.'

'She has reasons to, Yugi. But you're right. We managed to beat Pegasus, Noah, Marik and others with all odds against us.'

'Also, those Suzaku cards... Who knows what else they have in their decks...'

'Guess we'll have to wait and see.'

Aurora nodded. "This will be a challenge. I like challenges. Okay, let's see what I can do."

"Be my guest," Sakura said. "Oh, Syaoran, you can use that card I set last turn."

Syaoran blinked. "Huh?"

"Let's say it's a way to thank you for helping me... And could also be a way to finish this duel in our next turn."

Zenit couldn't help but flinch. He had a few traps and spells to use, but Silent was up for their next turn, so they'll have to resist. After that, the Warlock monster Kinomoto had become would go down for good.

But the way Kinomoto was smiling at them... It was like she was hiding something. Something that, for some reason, he felt wasn't good for them.

A/N: Since some of my RL friends and old site's readers did ask about it, yes, some of Sakura's Fusions are immune to traps, spells and flip effects. Even her Warlock card's not godlike, as Relinquished, for one, would destroy her. (And there's plenty non-flip effect monsters around to quite mess up with her.)

Why not make her fusions downright godlike? It'd take the fun off the duels, and the planned plot requires her to be defeatable.

Disclaimer: I own neither Card Captor Sakura nor Yu-Gi-Oh, I'm just using the characters of those shows for my own little story.