Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 8: Phoenix's Nest.

By Razor Knight

Last update: December 16, 2006

"What are your orders, master?" Zenit asked.

Suzaku took a few seconds to look at his 'soldiers.' Zenit, Astra, Seraph, Zigurat, Aurora, and the twins Dess and Troy, they were all there. "So far, you've only partially succeeded in bringing me new troops. Shizuka was just a momentary addition, and while skilled, she still failed."

Dess and Troy both nodded. "Master, we've defeated two duelists."

"And who would they be?" Suzaku asked, his interest gained.

Dess and Troy stepped aside, and a couple youngsters walked up and bowed to their new master. "The blonde girl is Rebecca, who placed quite high in Kaiba's Grand Championship. As for the boy..."

"I know who he is," Suzaku said. "Welcome, Mokuba."

"What are your orders?" the two asked in unison.

"For now, just wait. I'm sure your brother will want to recover you, and thanks to my last victory, I have something Yugi wants, so you'll be useful too, Rebecca."

A figure walked into the room, and Suzaku's army gasped at her. She was wearing a black robe with several runes drawn in her chest, and her staff was the same as usual, only black. "Master Suzaku, I can feel them coming this way."

"I wouldn't expect them to wait. Sakura, I guess you'll be able to test your new cards soon."

Sakura smiled coldly. "And I already know who I'll challenge."

"Guys, that's quite a story. But since I've been challenged by one of them, I'll bite."

"It's not like you haven't seen magicians and freakshows before," Jou said.

"I'd rather not remember about Dartz," Mai admitted. "But tell me, is Kinomoto that strong?"

"Her cards are powerful, and she can use it for more than just dueling," Yugi said. "Her deck's got flaws, but she's learnt to compensate for them in a just a few weeks."

"Wasn't strong enough, I suppose," Mai noted.

Syaoran glared at her. "She's not weak, really. She could make her deck better with a bit of effort, true, but her cards are more than tools."

Mai sighed. "I'm not saying she's weak. I'm saying that Suzaku freak must be too strong."

Jou shrugged. "I could beat him."

Touya snorted. "Sorry, but what would you do if he used that War Song card against you?"

Jou picked a card off his deck and tossed it at Touya. "That."

Touya looked at the card. Magic cylinder? "Damn it, if only she'd had her Mirror card when Suzaku used that..."

Syaoran nodded. "But she didn't. That's the one thing about duels, luck's a factor like it or not. But just as we won't always be lucky, so won't Suzaku."

"Right," Yugi said. "Syaoran, I think you should leave this to me, I can rescue --"

"No," Syaoran snapped. "I'll go, I have to rescue her myself."

"Then, let me help," Yugi said.

"Of course. I can fight with my sword, but my cards skill still need practice."

"I'll go too," Anzu said.

"But..."

"Again?" Jou muttered. "Yugi, cut that off. We're going to help, even if we have to knock you out to do it."

The Pharaoh snorted. 'How could we say no, when they put it so nicely?'

'But they're right, they've helped us in the past. We could need them this time around.'

Outloud, Yugi nodded. "Okay, guys, let's get ready, we have a tower to conquer."

Mai smiled. "I'm not missing this one."

"Hey, don't you dare leaving us behind!"

Most of the ground turned to see Honda and Shizuka walking to them. "Sis, what the hell are you doing here?"

"I'm helping."

"Hmph... If you get turned evil again, don't think I'll come defeat you," Jou said.

The girl produced her deck and opened it like a fan, so a bit of each card could be seen. There was one thing everyone noticed. "Mostly effect monsters?"

Shizuka nodded. "You know my style, Jou."

Syaoran walked to Jou as the blonde guy was seemingly not relenting. "Just let her be. The sooner we get there, the sooner we'll rescue Sakura."

"I don't think my car'll be big enough for us all," Mai noted.

"We could ask Kaiba for a ride," Yugi suggested.

"You really think Richie Rich will help us?" Mei Ling asked skeptically.

Suddenly, the sky darkened. Everyone looked up to see a Blue Eyes White Dragon floating over their heads. "What the hell?" Syaoran shouted.

"Oh, that thing," Jou said dismissively. "That's Kaiba's personal jet, modeled after his boyfriend."

"I heard that," Kaiba's voice snapped from the metal dragon. "Listen, we have a common enemy now, so I figured I'd come and offer you a chance to help me kick Suzaku's ass out of the country."

Yugi shrugged. "Excellent timing. We need to go rescue Sakura."

"Suzaku got her too?" Kaiba asked. "Okay, hurry up and board." A platform popped out of the dragon's belly, floating down with the help of jets, and waited for the group.

"Guess he updated that jet a bit," Yugi mused.

Jou snorted. "How was that line... Get in my belly?" The others all shook their heads at him. "No sense of humor."

"Rather none than a defectuous one," Mai teased as they all leapt into the platform. As soon as it'd readjusted itself in it's place, the dragon jet fled out of view.

"So, exactly why are you helping us?" Jou asked as the group walked into the ship's cockpit. "Wait, where's Mokuba?"

"That's why I'm helping you," Kaiba said. "Suzaku got Mokuba, so I'm going to do whatever it takes to bring him back. Even if I have to topple his tower."

"Always going to the extreme," Mai mused.

"Nice to see you on the right side of the battle for once, Kujaku. "

"Ouch," Mai muttered. She noticed Tomoyo staring at her and frowned. "What's up with you?"

"Nothing," Tomoyo said and decided to stare out the window instead. Syaoran chuckled at that, but Mei Ling glared him silent.

"Suzaku isn't someone to take lightly," Yugi noted. "Even if he's not resorting to violence to achieve his goals, he's a very good duelist, and has some dangerous cards."

"I know," Kaiba said.

"How?" Jou asked.

"I've hacked his system and learnt all I needed to. Did he use his War Song yet?"

Yugi nodded. "That's how he beat Sakura."

"I guessed that. I've made a few adjustments to my deck in order to cancel that card's power."

"First, we gotta get through his underlings," Honda noted.

"I hope we don't have to fight Sakura to get to Suzaku," Syaoran said. "I may be able to beat her, but I don't want to hurt her."

Kaiba just piloted the ship and half-listened to the others. He had the same problem than Syaoran, though for different reasons. He knew he'd most likely have to duel Mokuba to get to Suzaku, as he guessed that was the gold-haired jerk's plan from the start.

But there was one thing Suzaku hadn't considered. Kaiba could stand someone messing with his company. With his deck. Even with him. But not his brother. Nobody had ever messed with Mokuba and walked out of it intact.

The Blue Eyes jet had touched ground a mere block away from Phoenix's headquarters. Admittedly, the tower was impressive, a building built in a material that resembled onix, and standing a massive three hundred meters tall.

Jou whistled as they reached the front door. "Bet he's compensating for something."

"Good thing we can count on you for the obvious and stupid jokes," Kaiba commented as they walked in.

"Save all that energy for our enemy," Yugi, or rather the Pharaoh, said.

And speaking of the enemy... "Well, well, we have a whole gang of intruders here," Astra said.

"Suzaku's sending his lap dogs out so soon?" Kaiba mused. "I'd hoped he bothered with booby traps and security systems first."

Zenit frowned. "You'll have to get through us to get to master Suzaku."

As the underlings produced their decks, Mei Ling smirked. "Hey Syaoran, how about we teach them some manners?"

Syaoran cracked his knuckles. "I need someone to beat on, and monster cards won't do."

Yugi and the others winced as the two Li attacked. It took them only a minute to deal with the whole welcome comitee, and when they were done, none of them was conscious enough to ask for a medic, let alone ask for a duel. "Well, that's one way to avoid dueling, " Kaiba mused.

"Let's hurry before they send more of them," Syaoran said. The others nodded and rushed up the stairs.

"We should've taken the elevator," Anzu muttered as the group reached the fifteenth floor.

"It could've been rigged," Kaiba noted.

"What for? Suzaku wants soldiers, not corpses to hide," Anzu said.

Syaoran noticed Tomoyo looking around uneasily. "What's wrong?"

"I have a feeling we'll find what we're loooking for soon."

Suddenly, one of the elevators opened, and a single figure walked out of it. Yugi was the first to recognize her, despite her new clothes. "Rebecca?"

The blonde girl was dressed in a black, knee-long dress. "We were expecting you. Guess those losers master Suzaku calls soldiers weren't good enough."

"We knocked them down, just like I'm about to..." Mei Ling started, but Yugi put an arm in front of her. "Motou?"

"Don't hurt her, I'll take care of this," Yugi said.

Anzu frowned. "No, let me do this."

"Anzu..." Yugi looked at her surprised.

"Hey, she owes me for trying to make you her boyfriend," Anzu said, "and I'd think I'm good enough to knock her back to her senses."

Rebecca nodded. "I accept the challenge." She looked at Yugi and winked. "Hope you don't mind having to fight both your girlfriends soon."

Yugi let out a long, theatrical sigh. "Okay, time for more stair hiking."

Rebecca chuckled. "No need for that. Take the elevator, it'll take you to your next challenge."

Mai pushed the button and looked in. "Wow, this elevator's bigger than my old appartment."

"Let's go," Kaiba said.

Yugi turned to Anzu before walking into the elevator. "Good luck, we'll be waiting for you up there."

"Good luck to you too, Yugi," Anzu said, then turned to Rebecca. "So, let's start this."

Rebecca smiled. "I couldn't agree more. I'm the youngest and cutest of the two, so I'll go first."

"Cute, Suzaku boosted her ego," Anzu muttered.

As the elevator's doors opened, the group walked out. There was, again, one single person there. "Hello, brother."

"Mokuba..." Kaiba said. The boy was wearing his usual attire, but Kaiba could almost sense the cards he was holding weren't quite the same Mokuba usually carried. "I'll take care of this one, you all keep on going."

"Gee, why did we bother walking out of that thing," Mai muttered.

As the group left, Kaiba turned to his brother. "Let's see if I trained you too well for my own sake."

"You did, brother. That's just too bad for you."

As their vehicle stopped again, the group winced. The welcome comitee was all there, waiting. "How the heck did they get here so fast?" Jou muttered.

"Yugi, Syaoran, keep going," Mai said.

"But..."

Mei Ling frowned. "I'll just put them to sleep again."

"If you do, we'll keep on coming after your friends," Seraph noted.

Shizuka nodded. "She's right. Let's beat them our way."

Jou sighed. "Everyone, don't lose, or I'll have to beat you back to our side."

"Same goes for you, handsome," Mai said with a wink.

Yugi and Syaoran just looked at each other and decided to leave before things got any weirder. Tomoyo and Mei Ling tagged along. "Girls?"

Tomoyo shrugged. "I can guess who the next challenger will be... I want to be there."

Syaoran nodded. "Leave Sakura to us... We'll get her, then we'll defeat Suzaku."

Anzu smiled. "Dark Magician Girl, end this duel!"

Rebecca laughed. "Not so fast. Go, Raigeki!"

The brown-haired girl looked at the lightning card in an almost condescending way. "Too bad I have this. Too bad for you, I mean. Anti-Raigeki!"

Rebecca gasped as her magic card vanished, followed by her remaining life points as the sorceress destroyed her last monster. "Uhm... Hi, Anzu."

"Good to have you back with the right team," Anzu said.

Rebecca nodded. "And... All I said before..."

"I know. Now let's go, I don't want to miss Yugi beating Suzaku."

"One question, though," Rebecca said. "When did you add that Anti-Raigeki?"

"A few months ago... I figured it'd be useful since Raigeki is quite popular."

Mokuba fell back as the Blue Eyes blasted his Necromancer to dust. "Ow..."

"Are you okay, Mokuba?" Kaiba asked as the battlefield vanished.

"Yes... And sorry about letting them control me."

"Don't worry about that. But now, I have to go knock some sense into Suzaku's thick skull." Before Yugi once again takes all the glory for himself, the millionaire thought with a frown.

"I'll go too... There's no way I'm missing a battle like that one. "

Zigurat staggered back. "Nice move, but I can get back up. I will use my United We Stand in my Priestess, and since she's got four friends, her own boost stacks up with the card."

Shizuka sighed. "That's not good..." They'd managed to beat Aurora in their double duel, but Zigurat was no pushover.

Jou laughed. "Go ahead, baldy, attack."

"Don't mind if I do. Priestess, attack the girl's life points directly!"

Jou shook his head. "I won't let you do that. I play Negate Attack. "

Zigurat frowned. "Well, your turn."

"Jou, stop covering me."

"But you would've lost if I didn't use that card."

"Still, you've wasted a lot of good cards covering me."

"These double duels are about cooperation, and..."

"Cooperation, yes, but treating me like I can't duel?"

"Should I come back when you're done arguing?" Zigurat teased.

Honda growled. "Hate to say this but marble head is right. Jou, you have to win with Shizuka, not for her."

Jou winced. "I see. Okay, then, I'll set a monster in defense position, and that's all."

Shizuka looked at her cards. "I'll put my Cure Mermaid in defense position, and that's all."

Zigurat chuckled. "Good, good... I summon a second Priestess, and activate Suzaku's Artillery, which makes you take damage even from monsters destroyed in defense position.

Jou gasped, then saw Shizuka smiling at him. She had a plan, and apparently it was a good one.

"Now, I attack Shizuka's mermaid with my strongest Priestess!"

The girl giggled. "Hook, line and sinker. I have this present for you."

As Shizuka's card rose, Zigurat cursed out loud. "Magic Cylinders... "

Shizuka nodded. "Which means you lost."

"This was fun," Mai said. "In a dangerous way."

"Why did you tag along?" Jou asked. "You don't have anyone to save. "

"What about my pride?"

"Huh?"

"Well, they sent that fourth-class newbie duelist Orion to recruit me. Which means they didn't consider me a real duelist. So that's why I came here, and I did show that Zenit jock not to mess with me. "

"That you did," Jou admitted. "Now let's go, Yugi may need our help. "

"Welcome, dear friends."

Tomoyo gasped. "Nice suit."

"So, who shall it be. Syaoran, Yugi?" Sakura asked.

"We can defeat you, working as a team," Syaoran said.

"I doubt that, Syaoran," Sakura said, "but if you two are so eager to join us, be my guests."

"I haven't said this in a while," Yugi noted, "but it's time to duel. "

A/N: Hey, I won't stop to tell every single, unimportant duel's details turn by turn. It's not because I can't do it, but because I don't want this series to be as long as the anime was.
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.