Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 6: Face of the Enemy.

By Razor Knight

Last update: December 13, 2006

Yugi frowned. While he trusted his friend's skills, those Suzaku cards were tricky. Right now, both sides were at a stalemate, but that was just what Shizuka wanted. In a few turns, Jou's LP would run out, unless he managed to draw a few more good cards.

Jou drew a card and smiled. "Good. I end my turn."

"You should give up now, brother. There's nothing in your deck that can defeat me."

"The duel ain't over until the last card's played."

"Very well, then... I set a face-down card, and that's it for now. "

Her brother smiled. Even turned evil, she was still playing as she usually did. He wouldn't worry about it, had she not managed to defeat him playing defensive in the past. And that was without any of those annoying Suzaku cards.

He drew another card and his mood lightened even more. "Oh yeah... "

"Stop bluffing, brother. You got nothing better than that Red Eyes lizard in your deck."

"Tsk, tsk, I told you I had new cards too... And one of them is one of Yugi's favorites. So, I play this!"

Yugi looked at the Polymerization card and nodded. "Things are about to get interesting."

"I sacrifice my Red Eyes and Summoned Skull to create the mighty Red Eyes Skull Dragon!"

Shizuka flinched at the numbers. "That's..."

"Attack!" The Dragon shot at Shizuka's red-scaled one, and destroyed it. Shizuka's life points dropped below his. "You know, I think I just turned the tables."

Shizuka laughed as she drew a card. "You think? You should always be aware of the magic cards your opponent sets, you taught me that... So here's mine, I activate my trap card, Suzaku's Potion!"

Yugi paled as Shizuka's life points rose. "Oh no..."

"My life points are raised by two thousands, giving me enough turns to beat you. But you, dear brother, only have next turn to win. So, I set my Suzaku's Priestess in defense position."

"I really shouldn't have taught you so well," Jou commented. It was true, though, he only had two hundred life points left, against her two thousands... And his Skull Dragon wouldn't be able to attack. "There's one factor you can't shrug off, sis. Some people say I only got to where I am due to sheer luck, and they may be right." He drew a card, and looked at it. "Know what, you're right, the duel ends in this turn. I play Defusion!"

Shizuka gasped. "No way..."

"Luck means nothing if you just grab a bunch of random cards and call it a deck. Defusion's a card that I guessed would be needed sooner or later. So, let's end this. Summoned Skull, destroy her Priestess!"

Shizuka fell to her knees. "Finish this, brother."

Jou nodded. "Red Eyes, attack her life points directly!"

As the wave of red fire hit Shizuka, the field vanished, along with the cards summoned inside it. "That was a close call."

Shizuka stood up. "Kazuya, sorry about all that... I couldn't..."

"It's okay, Shizuka. I'm just glad you're back to my side."

The girl suddenly looked at the deck still in her duel disc and gasped as several cards vanished. "The Suzaku cards..."

"Hate to admit it, but that was a wise move. If we could keep the cards, we could study their strengths and weaknesses," Yugi said.

"Maybe that's his plan," Jou said.

"Huh?"

"He sends others to duel us, so he can figure our weak and strong points, and use that information against us."

"You mean he'll only come after one of us after he thinks he knows enough?" Yugi asked.

"That's what I'm guessing."

Shizuka sighed. "I'm going home, I need to recover after that duel. "

Yugi turned around as the girl left, and chuckled. "Kaiba, you can come out of hiding now."

Seto Kaiba walked out of the alley he'd watched the battle from and frowned. "You knew I was there all along?"

"The Pharaoh sees things I can't see," Yugi explained.

Kaiba turned to Jou. "I'm disappointed. I expected you to win way faster than that."

"It wouldn't have been fun at all."

"I'm serious. It's pitiful someone that, for some reason, ranks high amongst the world's top duelists, almost loses against a newbie."

"Shizuka's no newbie, pretty boy. I bet she could kick your ass around anytime."

Kaiba turned to leave, laughing loud at Jounoichi's expense. "Yugi, you should take your friend to a hospital, he's delirious."

Jou glared at Kaiba's back as he walked away, then he looked at Yugi. "I think we better get out of here before someone else comes asking for a duel."

"That's a good idea. Think any of our friends out there were challenged?"

Jou shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. I just hope they don't turn Mai into a cold-hearted bitch again."

"I don't think she'd like you calling her that."

Jou just shrugged and started walked away. Yugi followed, noticing Jou's mood had darkened, but said nothing.

Speaking of Mai, she was just done with a duel. "Hmph. If you guys really want me joining, you should send someone who can duel."

The man growled at her. "There's more of us, and we'll keep on coming until you join our cause."

Mai just walked away before the man could rant on about how great his master was and how perfect his plan was. She'd had enough of that already, being challenged twice in two days, by two losers.

And this loser called himself 'The Mighty Orion.' Mighty indeed. She wondered if Jou and the others had already faced one of them. "Guess I'll have to go and ask them myself."

Sakura frowned as Jou finished telling her about his last duel. They were in the shop's backyard, along with Yugi, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Touya, Anzu and Mei Ling. "That sounds bad. Using your sister to get to you, that's just low."

"Yeah, but that Suzaku guy looked too polite," Yugi said. "I don't know if it's all a facade, or if he's really that way."

Mei Ling had decided to tag along this time, but she was listening to them with detached interest. She was browsing a pack of cards Syaoran had just bought, and wasn't too impressed by them. "I still don't see why don't you guys just go to their hideout and kick their asses."

"We would," Yugi said, "if we knew where they are."

"None of these cards look too dangerous," Mei Ling said. "I could beat any of them barehanded."

Yugi frowned. "Don't underestimate these cards. Those who have a strong spirit can bring their true form out, like Sakura does with her cards."

Syaoran sighed. "I know her too damn well. She won't be quiet about it until she gets a beating."

Jou shrugged. "Well then... Panther Warrior, sic'em!"

Yugi gasped as the feline swordsman appeared. "Jou, that could be dangerous."

Mei Ling looked at the monster and laughed. "Kitty wants some tuna?"

The panther rushed forwards, raising his sword. Mei Ling did a split to dodge the diagonal slash, then punched straight up as the monster run past her.

Jou paled as his monster fell down clutching it's vital area then vanished. "Wow, that chick knows how to fight..."

'She can handle fighters, but what about magicians?'

'I don't want to hurt her,' Yugi noted.

'For some reason, I don't think we can.'

Yugi smiled. "Since we're not in a duel, I can call one of my favorite cards here to fight. Go forth, Dark Magician Girl!"

"Yugi, you sure that's safe?" Anzu asked worriedly.

The pointy-hatted witch laughed. "Funny hairdo."

Mei Ling scowled. "Like you can talk, mad hatter." She rushed forwards this time, not waiting for the monster's attack.

The magician giggled and shot a magic blast, taking Mei Ling off-guard. As her foe staggered back, the blonde leapt forwards, flinging her staff down at her. Mei Ling wasn't out yet, however, and she blocked the staff with one hand, spinning around her target and delivering a chop to her back.

The creature swung her staff as she spun around, but gasped as she didn't see her mark. "Come out and play!"

"I'm up here, blonde joke."

The Dark Magician Girl looked up to see Mei Ling coming down at her with a drop kick. She rapidly summoned a spell and shot it right as her foe's foot hit her midsection.

Everyone gasped as both Mei Ling and the magician fell down, the creature vanishing as she hit the ground. "Is she okay?" Anzu asked.

Sakura checked on her. "She's fine, just knocked out."

"She's a skilled fighter," Yugi commented.

Syaoran smirked. "Back home, some said she'd learnt how to fight before she'd learnt how to walk. After seeing her fight for a decade, I'm not sure if that's a joke or not."

"Oww..." Mei Ling stood up and grimaced. "That hurt."

Jou smirked. "See, girl? You're good, but don't underestimate these monsters. Some are just too big and bad for a human to take on." To demonstrate his point, he produced a Red Eyes Skull Dragon card and showed it to her.

"I guess I did underestimate those things a bit. Still, I could just go and kick any duelist's ass before they could even grab their decks."

"Good point," Jou muttered.

"Heh... I supposed I'd find you merry losers here."

"What are ya doing here, rich boy?" Jou snapped at Kaiba, who'd just leapt over the fence.

"Not here to trade insults with you, that's for sure," Kaiba snapped back.

"Then what are you here for?" Yugi asked.

Kaiba looked at Yugi and smirked. Despite not buying the whole ancient Egypt bullshit, he still knew Yugi had two different sides, and this one was indeed the one they called 'Pharaoh.' "I was researching on a quite new game company named Phoenix Corporation, and what I found out seems to fit what your magician friend told me. Maybe you should go check it out."

"Phoenix... Suzaku," Sakura frowned. "Zero points for stealth."

"Now if you excuse me, I'll go take care of actually important business."

"Hey Dick Tracy, isn't the world's destiny important to you?"

Kaiba turned to Mei Ling. "I won't waste my time with little girls, so shut it."

Syaoran was quite eager to pound Kaiba's face in for that, but someone else did it first. Everyone gasped as Mei Ling rocketed forwards, her fist impacting Kaiba's stomach before he could react, and forcing all the air out of his lungs.

The girl turned her back to the now gasping millionaire, and started walking back to the group. "First off, don't call me little girl. And also, the only person who can tell me to shut up, is my mother. "

The others didn't know how to react to what had just happened. Well, except for Jou, who'd fallen to the ground in a laughing fit. Anzu sighed. "You know, I was sure sooner or later, someone'd do that."

"You okay, Kaiba?" Yugi asked.

"Ba...Rely," Kaiba grunted as he stood up, massaging his midsection.

"Any more comments to make?" Mei Ling snapped.

Kaiba shrugged. "I'm done with what I came here to do..."

"Yeah, get beaten by a girl for being a bigmouthed fool," Jou noted as he tried, and failed, to stop laughing.

"So, I'm leaving," the milllionaire said, not bothering to snap back at Jou.

"He's a real charmer," Mei Ling commented.

"That attack wasn't necessary," Syaoran noted. "Amusing and deserved, but unnecessary."

"Says you," Mei Ling said.

"Next time, aim for his head," Jou suggested, still not quite done laughing.

His laughing stopped, however, when a figure appeared in the yard. "Suzaku..." Yugi muttered.

"He's Suzaku?" Sakura asked. A blonde-haired man wearing a white business suit, didn't look too intimidating to her. What she was feeling in her mind, however, was quite unsetting, as Suzaku was admittedly stronger than her magic-wise. "Well, I had to meet you sooner or later, I guess."

"Sakura Kinomoto, master of the Clow... Or should I say, the Sakura cards. It's a pleasure to meet the descendant of the great Clow Reed. "

Syaoran took a step towards him, but Suzaku didn't seem to notice. "You touch her, and I'll..."

"Don't worry, boy, I'm not going to kill her," Suzaku said calmly. "It's not my style. But someone like her, in ther wrong side of the battlefield, is a wild card, and one I can't ignore."

"So?" Sakura asked, already guessing the answer.

"So, I'm here to challenge you, and only you, to a duel. If I win, you'll join us. If I lose, it'll be the last time you'll have to duel us, unless you choose to interfere with our quest."

"Sounds fair," Sakura said.

"If any of you want to witnesses this battle, you must not interfere with it. If you do, she'll lose automatically." The others nodded their agreement, Syaoran, Yugi and Mei Ling taking a few seconds before nodding. "Well, then, let's go to a more fitting battle arena. "

Sakura blinked and looked around. Her surroundings had changed to a marble-white, large room, and she could see her friends were there. "Hoe? Where are we?"

"I cannot tell you that, but don't fear. Your friends will return to their last location once the duel's over. Wether or not you return along with them, will be decided now."

Kero and Yukito appeared in the room, looking around in confusion. "What the... Who's that man?"

Sakura looked at Kero. "Suzaku, at least one of her descendants. And we're about to have a duel." The two guardians nodded and returned to their card forms, and Sakura smiled. "I'm ready."

"Now, before we start, we'll shuffle each other's cards, as is custom in duels," Suzaku said, then smiled at Sakura's worried face. "I won't steal them. I wouldn't be able to use those cards unless I won them in a magic battle, and also, my cards are stronger so I don't need yours."

Sakura nodded at that, and both decks were shuffled. They then stood facing each other, several meters apart, and readied their decks. "Hey, the guy doesn't have a duel disk," Jou noted.

Yugi was waiting for the duel to start, well aware of the consequences if his newest friend lost. "Like Sakura. I asked her why she didn't use one of them, and she said it'd just be a nuissance to her."

Mei Ling looked at Syaoran. "You okay?"

"No. I want to help her, to protect her, but all I can do is stay here and watch. I hate that."

"I could kick that guy's ass..." Mei Ling started.

"His magic is impressively high," Syaoran noted. "Also, you heard him. If we interfere, she loses. And if she loses, she'll get turned into our enemy."

Tomoyo, who'd been eerily silent, sighed. "Dumb little me, I had to forget my cammera today of all days..."

"Let us start," Suzaku said.

Sakura looked at the numbers magically formed above their heads. "Eight thousands?"

"I know your deck well, Sakura, and I know you need life points to activate most of your magic cards. I'm giving you that advantage, and also... Ladies first."

Sakura looked down at the cards she'd drawn, and couldn't help but laugh. "Guess I started this the right way. I summon both Yue and Kerberos, and set two cards down. Your turn."

Suzaku looked at the two guardians. The angel had been set in defense position, while Kerberos was attacking. It didn't matter, though, as he had a few ways to get rid of both.

Yugi and his spiritual guest were both thinking the same way. Suzaku better had a really good strategy for this duel, or his life points would run out faster than Haga and Ryuuzaki ran out of fans.

A/N: About Kaiba getting mauled... I don't think any non-fangull would really resist for more than three or four minutes without wanting to knock him senseless. Mei Ling's just a lot more practical than the others.

And yep, Yue and Kerberos can be special summoned that way, as shown in the first episode, but only if there's no other monsters around (excluding each other.) Godly? Not really, the side-effect of their summoning will be explained soon enough.

How will this duel end? I think it's a given. Still, not telling.

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.