Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 5: Warlocks And Dragons.

By Razor Knight

Last update: November 21, 2006

Aurora sighed. "I hate playing defense, but I don't have anything I could use against you right now. I set a face-down monster and two face-down cards, and end my turn."

Zenit, on the other hand, did have something to take care of the Warlock. "I also set a face-down card and a face-down monster, and end my turn."

"How was it," Kaiba mused, "'all you kids do is defend'?"

"My Silent goes to the graveyard now," Sakura said, "but I think it did quite a bit of damage so far."

Syaoran drew a card. Baby Dragon. It was pretty useless right now, but... He still had the card Sakura had set. "I activate Sakura's face-down card." He smiled as he saw what card it was. "Return lets me summon up to five monsters directly from the graveyard, at the cost of a thousand life points. I can only summon two right now, but it's still more than enough."

"I see... Sakura's spells and traps' main flaw is, most use up life points to be activated," Kaiba noted.

Yugi nodded. "If you hold her into a stalemate for long enough, she can pretty much run out of life points on her own."

"I set two monsters in face-down position from the graveyard, and attack Aurora's face-down monster with Gaia!"

"Not going to work," Zenit said. "I activate a quick spell, Suzaku's Fortress. This spell card stops any attack and cancels the current battle phase."

"Negate Attack copycat," Jou noted.

"Main difference is, it can't be stopped by any other trap or spell card."

"Since I can't do a thing right now, I end my turn," Syaoran said. "Sakura, you can pretty much run over them now."

Sakura nodded and drew a card. Mist, it could be good to use right now, as the enemy had several traps and spells set. "I set a face-down card, and attack Zenit's face-down monster."

Zenit laughed. "Thanks for that, girl. You attacked my Man-Eater Bug, which means I can send any of your monsters to the graveyard."

Sakura smiled at him. "I would be worried about that, if you could activate that effect."

"What the heck?" Zenit gasped as his card was sent to the graveyard.

"My Warlock form cancels any flip effect your monsters may have when I attack them, and is unaffected by flip effects as well. It also has another effect, but I'd rather let you discover it yourselves. Now, I attack the other face-down card with Gaia." Aurora frowned as her Prevent Rat was destroyed. They were defenseless, but luckily their turn would come next. "Your turn."

"That card is just too strong to be attacked directly, except for some of the strongest duel monsters." Yugi noted.

"I figured that out," Kaiba said. "My Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon would have a slight chance to win, with some help." Even then, summoning the Blue Eyes was as difficult as summoning the Warlock, and he was never too fond of relying on luck. Wether luck did save his hide several times in the past or not, wasn't a point he cared considering.

Aurora looked at Zenit. "If this fails, use your little surprise." Zenit nodded. "Okay, I set a face-down card, then activate Raigeki. Kiss all your monsters goodbye!"

Sakura shrugged. "I counter with Mist. It destroys all your spell and trap cards."

Zenit flinched. It was a good thing he hadn't set his 'surprise' yet. "

"Do it, Zenit," Aurora said.

Zenit's eyes shot glares at both Sakura and Syaoran. "This will be fun. I activate Dark Hole!"

Kaiba flinched. "Well, that's it for the Warlock."

As the smoke cleared, however, the Warlock was still there. All the other monster cards had been removed, but Sakura just stood smiling at a very dumbfounded Zenit.

"You just found my second effect," Sakura said. "The Warlock Sakura form is unaffected by spell and trap cards."

"On one hand, it lets her shrug off Raigeki or Black Hole," Kaiba said, "But on the other hand, it also doesn't let her attack improve. "

"What for?" Honda muttered. "She really doesn't need it."

Zenit couldn't help but admit Kinomoto was good. But never outloud. "I set a face-down monster, then, and end my turn."

Syaoran smirked as he looked at the card he'd just drawn. Combined with one of the card he was already holding, it'd be enough to take those fools down. "I'll play a card I've been holding back since the start of this duel. Change of Heart!"

Zenit groaned as his monster switched sides. "Well, this doesn't look good."

"It'll look worse. I summon my Dark Magician Girl!"

"Good choice of cards, indeed," Yugi mused.

"Wow, she looks awesome!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "Wonder if I could make an outfit just like that one?"

Sakura heard that and laughed nervously. "Thought she was out of that phase..."

Syaoran chuckled at her, but then turned serious again as he looked at his foes. "And since you're open for an attack, don't mind if I take the chance. Dark Magician Girl, attack!"

Aurora frowned. "Hmmm... This sucks. But at least, we'll have one more turn to go."

"I end my turn," Syaoran said as he noted she was right. Sakura wouldn't be able to use his monster this turn, so they'd have to play a bit longer.

The face Sakura put as she drew a card, however, told him the duel was about to end prematurely. "I hope you don't mind me killing your magician, Syaoran," she said with a wink.

"What are you talking about?" Zenit asked.

Syaoran knew only one Sakura card that'd do that, so he nodded. "Go for it."

"I use the card I just drew, Arrow, to destroy the Dark Magician Girl."

"Destroying a monster on her side?" Kaiba asked. "That's..."

Yugi recalled the card's effect and shrugged. "That's just what they need to win, Kaiba."

"When Arrow destroys a monster, it's attack points equal damage to my rival, even if the monster was mine."

Zenit flinched as his side's life points dropped to three thousand four hundred. "This is... Incredible."

"You two were fun to fight, but I'll have to end this now." Sakura rose her staff, and a couple dark energy blasts shot forwards, hitting both Zenit and Aurora and knocking them back. Their life points dropped to zero and the arena vanished.

Aurora flinched as she stood up, and noticed Sakura's suit hadn't vanished. "What the..."

The brunette glared at them. "Tell your boss this: Next time he should come fight me himself. That is, unless he's a coward who can't fight his own battles."

Zenit growled and charged at Sakura, drawing a knife from under his duel disk. "I won't let you insult master Suzaku!"

Sakura simply shot another energy blast, knocking Zenit back harder than before. "I thought you said you'd leave me alone. You better leave this place, before I stop playing nice." She mentally summoned her four elementals for effect, and from the looks in her foes' faces, they surely did their job well.

Aurora took a step back. "Screw it. I'm out of here." Zenit glared at Sakura as Aurora vanished, then he left the scene himself.

Sakura turned back to normal and her elementals vanished. "Finally, this fight's over."

"You weren't really going to kill them, right?" Yugi asked walking to her.

"Of course not. I could give them a nice beating if forced to, though."

Syaoran hugged Sakura and kissed her softly. "That was fun."

Sakura blushed slightly then noticed Kaiba leaving. "Wait, Kaiba!"

"I've seen more than enough today," Kaiba said. "Maybe I'll have a friendly duel with you someday, Kinomoto."

As the socially-challenged millionaire left the scene, Tomoyo was still lost in her own world. "Wonder how that magician suit would look in pink?"

Honda rose an eyebrow as he heard that. "What's she on?"

"Don't ask," Sakura muttered.

Suzaku nodded as Zenit and Aurora informed them of their defeat. "I see... While you lost against Kinomoto, Seraph was victorious against someone else."

"Who did she turn? I thought all the important duelists were with Motou."

"That's true. But there was one lesser duelist whose connection with one of our targets make her important as well. And I already sent her to bring him to our ranks."

Zenit smiled at that. Whatever Suzaku was planning, it would be good.

"Oh, and Zenit... Kinomoto's right."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll go fight her myself next time, without interferences. If she can fight her own battles, so can I. You may leave now." Aurora and Zenit bowed at him and left the room. A couple red eyes appeared behind him, the new figure cloaked by shadows. "I was wondering where you were."

"Just doing a bit of research. Want me to keep Kinomoto entertained while you prepare?"

"Not yet, Hisako. Not yet."

As he walked into his classroom, Yugi frowned. "Something wrong, Jou?"

Jou nodded. "It's Shizuka."

"Huh? what's wrong with her?"

"Last night when I got back home, she seemed cold and distant. She didn't speak to me much, and wasn't answering any questions."

"Strange. Think she's sick?"

Jou sighed. "I don't know. I'm going to find out today."

"Gee, and I missed that?"

Syaoran just stared at Mei Ling. He'd told her all that had happened the day before, but he'd thought she wasn't a duel monster fan. "Why, you wanted to watch the battle?"

"You can't call that crap battling. I'd just gone and kicked those losers around for a while."

"I don't doubt it," Syaoran admitted. As long as she didn't try to meelee a Blue Eyes...

"Duels. Bah. Duels are fought with swords, guns or even fists," Mei Ling ranted on.

'Knowing her,' Syaoran thought, 'she'd most likely try.'

"Wait, Shizuka!"

The girl turned and saw her blonde-haired brother walking her way. she didn't smile, however, she just stared at him. "Kazuya..."

"What's going on, Shizuka? You're acting weird," the boy noted. Shizuka noted Yugi was with him, and chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Yugi asked.

"Oh, it's just that you're here too... I may be able to defeat you both."

"What do..." Jou started, then flinched. "No, not you..."

"Unfortunately for you, yes," Shizuka said. "Seraph challenged me to a duel yesterday, I thought I could use the practice... But she was a bit better than me."

"Damn... If she lost, she must've joined them."

'Stating the obvious just isn't your thing, Yugi,' The Pharaoh mused.

'Why use her though? Even if Jou taught her a lot this last year, she's still not up to his level.'

'Suzaku must be planning to use Jou's soul against himself. Maybe he counts on him being unsure of fighting Shizuka.'

That, however, was quite a moot point. "All right, Shizuka, let's duel."

"I'm the one supposed to challenge you," Shizuka muttered with a frown.

"Lost your call, sis," Jou said, "so I'll make the rules. If you win, I'll join your group, but if I win... You'll have to leave them."

"That can't..." Shizuka started, then gasped as Suzaku appeared right besides her. "Master Suzaku..."

The man smiled at her, then looked at Jou, his face unreadable. "Your terms sound fair to me."

"Master?"

"Don't worry," Suzaku said to the girl. "If you fail me, I won't hurt you. But you won't have any purpose in my ranks, unless you manage to bring your brother to me."

Jou smirked. "Dream on, goldilocks, I'm gonna get Shizuka back."

"We'll see," Suzaku said, then looked at Yugi. "Interesting person you are. Or should I say 'persons?' In any case, we'll meet again, in a duel, and soon."

'Okay, now we know how the enemy looks like,' the Pharaoh thought as Suzaku vanished.

'What was that about stating the obvious again?' Yugi mused. Sometimes, the Pharaoh wished he had a body of his own, because Yugi deserved some slapping now and then.

Jou produced his cards and put them into his disk. Shizuka did the same with her own cards... Though some of them weren't normally in her deck. "Four thousand life points should be enough," Jou noted.

Yugi sighed. "Good luck, Jou."

Jou nodded. "You go first, sis."

"Always the gentleman," Shizuka mused. "Okay, I put a face-down monster and two face-down cards and end my turn."

"I see... I bet goldilocks gave you some new cards, huh?" Jou asked with a half-smirk. He'd been dying to fight one of those Suzaku-using baboons, and he figured the fight would be worth it even if it was his sister who was fighting him.

"Good guess."

"Then I think it's time to see if you're as good a duelist as I hope you are."

"You talk too much, brother."

Jou chuckled. "And you're no fun. Anyways... I start by setting three face-down cards, and activate one of them... Insect barrier!"

"I see you also got new cards..."

"Yep... I also play my Axe Raider in attack position, and add Draconic Attack to it. That makes him have a total of twenty two hundred attack points. And now, I attack your face-down card!"

Shizuka chuckled. "That's none other than Suzaku's Barrier, thanks to it's special effect it has two point five thousand defense points... Hence you just hit yourself, brother."

"I see... I set another face-down card and end my turn."

"Let's see..." Shizuka smiled at the card she'd drawn. "I play Suzaku's Thief in defense position, with one thousand and one point two thousand points, which go up by four hundreds thanks to it's special effect... And add three hundreds more to my Barrier."

"Uh huh... I've told you a thousand times, playing defensive always isn't the way to win."

"I also activate Suzaku's Torment, this trap takes five hundred life points from both players during each standby phase. See, I just need to stall you. Oh, and my thief has another effect, it lets me draw one extra card at the end of my turn."

'Strange effect' Yugi heard in his mind. He just nodded, the battle was too important to lose focus. From how things looked, Jou was already in a slight disadvantage.

Jou had figured that too, he had almost no monsters that could take on the Barrier, and his life points had dropped to nearly three thousand without any attacks from his opponent. He had, however, a way to keep his sister from attacking. And with the card he'd just drawn, he could win this fight. "I activate my trap card, DNA Surgery, and change all monsters in the field to Insect type. And while I'm at it, I play Raigeki!"

Shizuka frowned. Those new cards were messing her strategy, but she still had one piece to move and make him drop to his knees. "Good move."

"I'm not done. I play Monster Reborn, bringing your Barrier back to my side... And sacrifice both monsters to summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

Yugi nodded as he saw the massive dragon appear on the field. "Well played, Jou."

"Red Eyes, attack her life points directly!"

"Sorry, but no. I play my second face-down card, Suzaku's Fortress. You know what this does already, right?"

Jou cursed. "Okay then, I end my turn."

Shizuka giggled as their life points dropped by five hundreds. "Don't be upset, brother, you'll be able to use your pet next turn... " her smile turned into an impish smile as she saw what she'd drawn. "Or maybe not. Meet Suzaku's Dragon, this baby has two point five thousand attack points and gains two hundred for each Suzaku monster around. That makes him three hundred points too strong for you."

"You can't attack yet."

"I don't need to," Shizuka said. "See, bro, defending sometimes is the way to win."

Yugi saw Jou glare at Shizuka and winced. She was right, all she had to do was keep him from attacking, and her Torment trap card would soon kick Jou's points down to zero.

"Your turn, dear brother," Shizuka said with a mocking smile.

A/N: I know Shizuka/Serenity was quite useless in the show, but hey, other than Mai, she's the only girl Kazuya gives half a damn about...
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.