Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 7: Turning Point.

By Razor Knight

Last update: December 15, 2006

"Oh, it seems I'm in disadvantage right now," Suzaku said. "I actually expected this, your cards are, after all, quite strong."

Sakura nodded. "But it's only begun."

Suzaku looked at his hand. "You're right. And I wasn't dumb enough to give my followers all my cards. But let's start with a classic. I set two face-down cards, and summon Thief in defense position."

The brunette smiled as Suzaku's monster appeared. "I'll activate Arrow, destroying that monster and dealing it's fourteen hundred attack points directly to your life points."

Suzaku frowned. One one hand, that meant he was defenseless, but on the other hand, Sakura had used her Arrow card on a weak monster, so the damage wasn't grand. And he had a few good cards to play yet. "Your turn."

Sakura nodded. Shield, Power and Sword, not a lot could be done with those, but with a bit of luck she'd get Hope soon. It was, however, time to get rid of Suzaku's magic cards. "I activate Mist."

"She's clearly on the winning side," Touya commented.

Yugi frowned. For the look in Suzaku's face, he was expecting that move. As the two face-down cards showed themselves, he frowned. "Suzaku's Veil?"

Suzaku chuckled. "They're harmless, fake spell cards."

Syaoran frowned. "So Sakura just used her Mist for nothing?"

Sakura giggled. "I guess you forget I can still attack you. I change Yue to attack and strike your life points directly!"

As Yue moved to attack him, Suzaku snorted. "Good try, but I have this. Suzaku's Fortress!"

"Guess he's full of tricks too," Jou noted.

Sakura sighed. "Okay, your turn." Though she wondered what cards he could have to let him defeat Kerberos. If he did that, she'd be the one in disadvantage.

"Why not summon any more monsters?" Suzaku asked.

"That's the drawback of having Kerberos and Yue summoned directly. I can't summon any monsters for two turns."

Suzaku nodded and took a pensive pose for a few seconds while he looked at his hand. "Oh, let's try this. I summon my Suzaku's Barrier in defense position, and equip it with Suzaku's Bond."

"Hoe? What's that card's effect?"

Suzaku's face turned unreadable. "It's no fun if your opponent knows all your tricks, so... Attack Barrier and find out. I set another face-down card, and that's it for now."

Sakura looked at her lattest draw: Fight. She didn't need to summon it yet, and she'd rather have a backup in case her two Guardians were taken down. Also, she could use it as a Fusion. "Hmmm... I think I won't attack this time."

"Sakura, do it," Yue said.

"But..."

"You can only get him by destroying Barrier. Use me to attack it, then whatever effect that thing has will be gone, and Kerberos can decimate his life points."

Her eyes widened. Yue was right, sometimes there was no way around making a sacrifice.

"That card could be something like Raigeki or Dark Hole," Jou commented, "and there's also that face-down card. I bet Suzaku's up to no good."

Suzaku chuckled. "Just attack if you're going to."

Sakura nodded, and decided to save Fight for later. After all, she didn't know what Bond's effect was. "I attack your Barrier with Yue!"

Suzaku shrugged as Barrier was destroyed. "Good. I activate Bond's effect. When one of your monsters attack a card equipped with this, it's destroyed. Don't worry, your guardian angel still destroyed Barrier, but Bond has another effect: When sent to the graveyard, it deals five hundred points of direct damage to you."

Sakura gasped as the Bond card, which looked like a ball-and-chain, turned into an energy bolt then struck her. She staggered back and coughed. "That hurt..."

"Also, I have this in stock for your pet cat. Fortress!"

"But he used that last turn," Jou commented.

Suzaku laughed at that. "Yes, I expected you all to assume I only had one card of each type. See, my ancestor made most of these cards, but I was able to create new ones, and replicate the ones I already had." He turned to Sakura. "Your deck is strong, you could defeat even the so-called King of Duels if luck was on your side... But there's a main flaw, you have one card of each, and only two or three cards that can bring them back once used."

Sakura nodded. "I know my limitations. Do you know yours?"

Suzaku smiled. "Why don't we find out?"

"We will, since it's your turn," Sakura said.

"He's bluffing," Jou commented. "Look at him. No cards set, no cards in hand. He's a gonner."

The gold-haired man turned to him. "You told your sister luck was a factor never to be ignored. Was that just small talk?"

Jou fell silent. Hard to admit it, but the jerk was right. "I don't think luck can help you beat Kerberos."

Suzaku drew a card and chuckled. "I'm really going to have to thank Lady Luck for this one. I play my spell card Suzaku's Treasure!"

"New card," Yugi noted. And he had the feeling it was a very bad thing for Sakura.

"Before you ask, let me explain. Treasure's effect is simple, it lets me draw five cards without any costs." The man drew cards, and smiled. "I'm sorry, Sakura, but these five cards will defeat you. First off, I set Suzaku's Decree. It makes any magic card on my side be considered a monster for effects only."

"What's so special about that?" Mei Ling asked, not really following. Well, admitedly, she had a hard time following most of the 'battle.'

Syaoran frowned. "Each Suzaku monster gains power when there's other suzaku monsters around. Normally the worst would be if Suzaku managed to get five monsters out, since that'd mean any of them would have their bonus attack multiplied by five."

Anzu winced. "But with Decree, he could have up to eleven times that bonus."

"Still, that's not bad for now. He doesn't have enough monsters out to make Sakura worry," Touya noted.

Suzaku's smile hadn't faltered. "That's about to change. I play a spell card, Suzaku's Circle, which lets me special summon a monster from my hand, no matter the level. I choose my Suzaku's Archon, he gains five hundred attack and defense for each Suzaku monster on the field." The monster looked humanoid, altough he was clad in a black, hooded robe that obscured it's face, so nobody knew what he, she or it looked like.

Yugi frowned. Seven stars, and three thousand attack points and two point five thousand defense points. With the added thousand from bonus, it was up to Kerberos' power. 'Not good enough yet, unless he's planning for a suicidal attack.'

The Pharaoh nodded. 'But he still has his normal summon left, that'd make Archon five hundred points stronger than Kerberos. '

Sakura was thinking along the same lines. "So, that's all?"

"Unfortunately for you, no," Suzaku said. "I summon Suzaku's Necromancer. It has a second effect besides giving Archon a bonus. It lets me bring two monsters back from my graveyard. I summon my Thief and Barrier."

"Oh damn..." Tomoyo muttered. She'd been silently watching the duel, and wished she had a way to help. "Sakura, you can win."

Sakura frowned. "But... That monster's attack is... Over five thousands." Kerberos was the only one that could somehow come up to the Archon's level, and he was about to get knocked out of the field.

"That's right, you don't have anything as strong as Archon, and he can only get stronger. But for now, Archon, get rid of the kitty."

"Don't listen to him, Sakura, Tomoyo's right," Kerberos said as the Archon hit him. As the guardian vanished, Sakura lowered her head.

"What's up, Sakura, giving up?"

When Sakura looked up again, she was smiling. "Not at all. In fact, my friends are right, I can still win, but it all depends on my next draw."

Suzaku frowned. None of the cards Sakura had could defeat him, and her fusions weren't enough... Unless she did have a fusion stronger than the Warlock.

"Also, Kerberos lets me summon a Pyro monster when he goes down, and I only have one monster like that besides him. So, I call forth Fiery from my deck!"

Fiery appeared in defense position. Suzaku laughed. "That's all? I destroy your Fiery with my Necromancer, then attack you with Thief. "

Syaoran winced as Sakura was knocked back by the Thief's attack. "Her life points are down to three point five thousand, this doesn't look good."

"My turn," Sakura said, then looked at the card she'd drawn and laughed. "Guess Lady Luck has switched sides. I use my Hope card, along with Power and Shield from my hand, to become..."

"Huh? Power and Shield? I never saw that one," Yugi noted.

Syaoran nodded. "I've seen it, and I think it's the only way to destroy Suzaku's creatures."

"... Vampire Lady Sakura." Sakura was standing in the battlefield, her suit changed to a long red gown, and her canines had grown larger, becoming fang-like, and bat-like, large wings were around her, covering her like a shield as she stood in defense position. "And that'll be all for now."

Suzaku was glaring daggers at Sakura. "That creature... It has no attack or defense points... It must have a hidden effect."

Sakura giggled. "You said it yourself, it's no fun to just tell your foe everything your cards can do."

"That's true," Suzaku said. "Okay, first off I'll put all my monsters into attack position. Then, I'll attack you with my Thief. "

Sakura staggered back as she was hit, her suit turning back to normal, and she leapt back to the field's outskirts. "Thanks for that. When my Vampire Sakura form is defeated, I can, and will, destroy all monsters on the field."

Suzaku's face turned almost furious for a second, then he looked at his hand and smiled. "Well played."

"Oh, that's not all. Vampire Sakura's second effect is, I can special summon a monster from my graveyard when that form's defeated. So, I'll summon Kerberos in attack position."

"It's good to be back," Kerberos said as he appeared in the field. "And I'm ready to take a chew off Suzaku."

Sakura drew another card and nodded. "Good. Let's see if I can end this duel right away. First off, I'll equip Kerberos with Sword, raising his attack to five thousands. And next, I summon Big. That card, as you know, boosts all my monster's attack by five hundred. "

"You're good," Suzaku admitted.

"And you're about to lose," Sakura said. "I attack you directly with Kerberos!" Kerberos shot a fire blast, knocking Suzaku's back, and knocking his life points down to eleven hundred. "Next, I..."

"Not so fast. I activate my Potion!"

Sakura spat some unladylike words as Suzaku's life points rose. "Oh well, I'll still have to slap you around one more turn. Big, attack!"

After the dust settled, Suzaku's life was cut down to thirteen hundred. If not for his smiling face, Sakura would've though she had the duel won.

Suzaku drew a card and sighed. "I really didn't want to use this one card yet."

"Which card?"

"It's a card that will end this duel, I wanted to keep it a secret from the one you call the King of Duels, but there's no way around it now. First off, I summon my Necromancer."

"Oh crap, bet I know what he'll bring back," Anzu said.

"Of course. I summon my Archon and Barrier."

"It can't defeat Kerberos now," Yugi noted.

"And that's when the card I drew comes into play. I activate War Song, which can only be used when Archon's in the field."

Sakura dreaded asking. "What is it's effect?"

"It's very similar to a certain duel card I heard about, one I know Motou owns. It's my very own version of Ragnarok."

Yugi's eyes widened. "Oh no..."

Mei Ling frowned. "Is that card strong?"

Syaoran growled. "Suzaku!"

Suzaku turned as Syaoran rushed at him. "I said she'd lose the duel if you interfered."

"She'll lose anyways, but I'm stabbing you through first!"

Suzaku laughed. "Don't think so. Barrier, cover me."

Syaoran bounced back after hitting the wall summon and started shouting curses at him. Suzaku just ignored him and turned to Sakura. "Suzaku, this isn't over. Even if you turn me into your servant, my friends can rescue me."

Suzaku nodded. "I'm well aware of that, but this duel's still about to end for you. Thanks to War Song's effect, I can sacrifice every monster in my deck, hand and graveyard, adding five hundred attack points to Archon for each one of them."

Jou grimaced as he added up mentally. "Fuck, it's attack will skyrocket."

Suzaku laughed. "I bet you're guessing how many monsters I have... See, that's the trick, with Decree out, all my cards count as monsters, even Decree itself."

"No way," Yugi muttered.

'Unfortunately, she lost,' the Pharaoh said with a mental sigh.

'We'll get her back.'

Sakura paled as she looked at the Archon. It's attack had risen to an incredible twenty-three point five thousands. "Guys, whatever happens, don't give up hope."

As Sakura said that, three cards flew out of her deck, and right to Syaoran's hands. Two of the cards turned into Yukito and Kero, and the third, was The Hope. "Sakura..."

"I love you," Sakura said just before the monster hit her.

As Sakura fell to the ground, unconscious, Suzaku frowned. "Well, I guess this is it."

Yugi frowned. "I'll duel you next."

"Not right now," Suzaku said. "Begone."

Mei Ling blinked a few times. No, her eyes weren't deceiving her, they were back to Motou's yard. "Sakura..."

"Damn it!" Syaoran punched the ground furiously. "I was supposed to protect her..."

Tomoyo knelt besides him and put a hand on his shoulder. "She's not gone, you can bring her back."

"Can I?" Syaoran muttered. "I'm not that good a duelist."

"I'll help you," Yugi said.

"We all will," Anzu noted.

"But..."

Anzu frowned. "Don't start, Yugi. You know I can duel too, and I've been learning your strategies for years."

Mei Ling nodded. "We can save her, together."

"You don't duel," Jou noted.

Mei Ling chuckled. "An unconscious duelist can't duel at all."

"Forgot that," Jou muttered.

"So, what's next?" Touya asked.

"Suzaku won't hurt Sakura, but he'll give her some of his cards."

"I have this one," Syaoran said holding the Hope card, "and she also freed Kerberos and Yue before Suzaku hit her."

Kero floated to his shoulder, as Yukito stood looking up to the sky. "We'll get Sakura back for sure."

'That we will,' The Pharaoh agreed.

'Even without those three cards, Sakura could still be dangerous. Specially if Suzaku adds his own cards to her deck.'

"Oh, there you are... And I see you've found even more people to add to your fan club."

Yugi turned to the voice. "Mai?"

"Been a while," Mai said as she stood right outside the fence.

A/N: Don't tell me you really expected Sakura to win this one. What'd be the fun in that?

What'll happen from now on? More dueling, that's for sure.

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.