Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 10: Hide and Seek.

By Razor Knight

Last update: December 30, 2006

"It's good to have a friend with a supersonic jet," Jou noted.

"I'm not your friend, Wheeler," Kaiba snapped as his dragon jet fled over China.

"Lackey, then?" Jou mused. "Anyways, where are we heading?"

Kero frowned. "We could just land here and face Suzaku, but I guess it's wise to visit Clow first."

"Thought Clow lived hundreds of years ago?" Anzu asked.

"His reincarnation lives in England," Yukito said. "And it's been several years since we last saw him."

Sakura nodded. "Seto, set course for London."

Kaiba complied rapidly. He wasn't afraid of Sakura, not at all, but it was also clear her magic wasn't just third class circus tricks. He'd felt that wind card's effect and agreed with her evil side, he'd been lucky it was just wind that time around. "ETA thirty minutes."

"More than enough time to figure out what to do with my new cards," Sakura said. She had a few other cards she hadn't shown in her duel, and she wasn't sure what to do with them yet.

"Just leave'em there," Jou said. "They're evil."

"I created them," Sakura said, "and just like Clow's Void card, they're not evil, their purpose is destruction."

"Can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs, huh?" Honda joked.

"Gee, don't talk about food, I haven't eaten anything in hours," Jou snapped.

Yukito smiled at Sakura. "You could do the same you did with Void, or you could just keep them that way."

Kerberos nodded. "Fiery, Misty and Shot are a lot like that. Doesn't make them evil unless the summoner is evil."

"So, you're keeping them?" Yugi asked. "Would be a wise idea to alternate them via a side deck."

Sakura looked at her cards. All her new cards were products of her darker emotions, those she usually kept hidden. She closed her eyes and let those cards speak to her, in her mind.

"What's she doing?" Rebecca asked. She and Mai had decided to tag along, for the same reason, they both wanted to help defeat Suzaku.

"Much like me and the Pharaoh," Yugi explained, "she can talk to her cards."

"Ohh..."

Mai smiled. "England, huh... I've always wanted to visit that country."

"We're not going there for sightseeing, rookie," Kaiba snapped.

"Watch it, Kaiba," Mai snapped back. "Or are you trying to get all the girls to slap you before the day's over?"

Sakura was done choosing her cards, and looked at both decks, the main one and the smaller one. "Makoto's up for a few surprises."

"Makoto?" The others asked.

Rebecca nodded. "I remember from the short time I was in his troops. That's Suzaku's name."

"Girly name, girly looks," Kaiba mused.

"What, thinking about getting slapped by him too?" Jou teased.

As the jet landed, the group let out a collective gasp. Eriol's mansion was located in the outskirts of London, surrounded by a forest, and was big enough to impress even Kaiba.

Not that he was about to show it. "Hmph. Big deal. My pet dog's house's bigger."

"You have no pet dog," Anzu noted.

"That's my point."

Suddenly, Eriol appeared in front of the group, along with Ruby and Spinnel. "Welcome to my humble abode."

"He calls that humble?" Jou muttered.

"Hi Eriol. Sorry we didn't call before coming here, but..."

Eriol rose his hand and smiled as Sakura stopped. "I know. One of my spawns is giving you trouble."

Ruby frowned. "She's grown stronger."

"So... You know what he's trying to do?"

Eriol nodded again. "But he's quite hopeless."

Syaoran frowned. "Why?"

"Because I left clues everywhere pointing at the card being in China, but... The card's actually with me."

"Is the card as strong as they say?" Kaiba asked.

"Even stronger than those Egyptian Gods, or the ancient Dragons you've used," Eriol said. "In the wrong, or right hands, even stronger than the Leviathan."

"How do you know about them?" Yugi asked.

"I've got eyes everywhere, Pharaoh," Eriol said calmly. "Eyes that tell me Suzaku bought my tale, and is right now sulking around China for naught."

"Always the tricky one," Syaoran mused.

Kaiba frowned. "I don't think that card is stronger than my dragons, or Yugi's God cards."

Eriol laughed. "Your skeptic ways are really funny. In any case..." A single card appeared as Eriol outstretched his hand. "Here it is, Suzaku's Soul."

"It's a Phoenix," Jou noted looking at the picture. "Why not call it that?"

"Suzaku's Phoenix would've sounded pretty dumb, don't you agree?" Mei Ling asked.

Eriol shrugged. "Outside the monster duel, this card is practically invincible. Inside it, it's got one weakness, one that I fear isn't easy to exploit."

Kaiba frowned. The card had no writings, not counting the four thousand attack and defense points. "Not the strongest I've seen. My Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon..."

Eriol sighed. "Is pretty useless when one knows how to duel. In this case, Soul will get five hundred extra points just for being there. And also, it can't be destroyed by any monster, trap, spell, or effect of any kind."

"That's cheating," Jou said. "The card's invincible!"

"No. It only remains invincible as long as there's cards in the user's deck."

"Oh, so all we have to do is force Suzaku to discard all his cards," Honda groaned.

Sakura laughed, and everyone looked at her. "Guys, if that's all that Soul thing can do, I could defeat it."

Yugi frowned, the guest soul getting control for a moment. "Overconfidence isn't good, specially since Suzaku defeated you before."

"Hence, playing by his own rules, he can't make me switch sides again," Sakura said. "All I need is to draw the right card, and that's it."

Kaiba shook his head. "Where is Suzaku?"

"Somewhere along the Great Wall," Eriol said. "I haven't checked lately."

"Good," Kaiba said and walked back to the plane. Mokuba followed him silently.

"What's he up to?" Honda asked.

"He's going to fight Suzaku," Yugi said.

"That's right," Kaiba said from the plane, "and I plan on beating him so he realizes he can't mess with us."

Eriol sighed as the jet zoomed out of view. "Even the weakest warriors have a strength. I bet Kaiba's one will be a surprise for Suzaku."

Tomoyo looked at Eriol. "What do you mean?"

"Oh, nothing. But we should be ready to face Suzaku soon."

Half an hour later, the young millionaire stood facing the gold-haired summoner. "Well, well, look what the wind brought..."

"I'm here to challenge you," Kaiba said. "If I win, you will renounce to your plans."

"And if I win, you'll be my newest soldier," Suzaku snapped back.

"Fair enough," Kaiba agreed. "Let's go. After you, ladies first."

"Those veiled insults are amusing," Suzaku noted, "specially since they come from the most hermetic mind I've ever seen."

"Play and shut it," Kaiba snapped.

"Cute," Suzaku said. "I play Suzaku's Princess in attack position, and set four cards. Show me what you can do, Kaiba."

"Gladly," Kaiba said and looked at his hand. "I play Dark Elf in attack position, and equip it with the Mask of Brutality. I sacrifice a thousand life points to destroy your princess."

Suzaku laughed. "Deal only four hundred points by sacrificing a thousand? Your strategies are strange."

"I set two cards and end my turn."

"Good. I start by playing Suzaku's Bribe, switching your elf to my side for a thousand life points. Then, I sacrifice her to summon my Zealot. And I activate Zealot's skill right away, destroying one of your face-down cards."

Kaiba frowned. There went his Mirror Force.

"And next I activate Circle, which lets me special summon a monster from my hand. And I choose Archon."

Here comes, Kaiba thought.

"I end my turn."

"What?"

"Come on, it would be no fun if I defeated you in your first turn. "

Kaiba laughed. "Your mistake. I activate Dark Hole!"

Suzaku chuckled. "Lucky I had another Circle set, so I can bring my Archon back."

"I set a monster face-down and one card, and end my turn."

"Aww, not gonna fight?"

"Do your worst."

"I will. First off, I summon Necromancer, who will let me bring Zealot and Princess back. Then, I destroy your first face down card. "

"I have another one. I activate Gravity Bind. That card won't let any level four or higher monster attack."

"Nice move," Suzaku admitted. "I end my turn."

Kaiba shrugged. "Time to end this. I play Monster Reborn, to bring my Elf back. But she won't be back for long, as I sacrifice her and my face-down monster to bring forth my Blue Eyes White Dragon. That's all for now."

Suzaku frowned. "My turn... And last one. First, my Zealot takes care of your magic card. And next, I activate War Song."

Kaiba frowned. "Damn it..."

"My Archon's attack raises, and he destroys your pet dragon, along with all your life points."

"Heh... You're good, but I'd bet Yugi would defeat you."

Suzaku frowned. "What? You should be bowing before me."

"Sorry, I don't believe in all that mind controlling bullshit."

The gold-haired man looked at Kaiba, trying to understand how he'd blocked his powers. The younger man had no magic save for a few cards in his deck, so how...? Maybe Kaiba was so close-minded not even mind control could get through that barrier?

"Now if you excuse me, I gotta go back to England with the others. "

"That was a mistake, Kaiba. I've figured if the card isn't in China, then Clow must have it. Telling me where he is isn't smart."

"The sooner Yugi sends you packing, the sooner I'll forget you ever existed," Kaiba said. "Just do me a favor, wait half an hour before you go there."

"Since you're the first person to ever ignore my mind controlling, I guess I could do you that favor. But why's that?"

Kaiba shrugged. "It's what it'll take me to get there myself."

"Oh, that's all? I can take you there in no time, so you can witness the fall of your friends and the awakening of Suzaku's strongest card."

"I'll take the offer, but just so I can watch Yugi knock you around for a while."

Suzaku didn't answer to that. Kaiba could try all the verbal jabs he wanted, because in the end, he knew he'd be the winner.

"So, what are we going to do when he arrives?" Mei Ling asked.

"I'll give him this card," Eriol said calmly.

"Uh, hello? Bad guy, uber card, bad idea?" Honda pointed.

"With a bit of luck," Eriol said, his tone still unnervingly calm, "he'll destroy himself trying to release the card's magic."

"And what if he succeeds?" Tomoyo asked.

Eriol smiled. "I trust Sakura's power, even if she loses in a duel, she may be able to figure out a way to destroy the card outside."

"Five, four, three, two, one..." Jou said.

"Stop that," Mei Ling muttered with a glare. Just then, Suzaku appeared near the group, along with Kaiba. The millionaire walked to them and shrugged. "I knew the whole mind controlling thing only worked on the weak-minded."

Syaoran glared at Kaiba, but Sakura stopped him. It was Jou, however, the one giving the right answer. "Not really, rich boy, but I guess you'd need a brain to be brainwashed."

Eriol looked at Suzaku. "So, you're the descendant of Suzaku."

The man nodded. "Makoto Suzaku, at your service... Well, not really. "

"Fetch," Eriol said and tossed him a card. "I think you were looking for it."

Suzaku looked at the card. "Suzaku's Soul... Finally..."

"I challenge you to a duel," Sakura said.

"I'll help," Syaoran and Yugi said in unison.

"Three against one?" Suzaku mused. "Interesting. What are your terms?"

"If you win, we'll leave you alone. If you lose, however, you must destroy that card and stop any evil plans you have."

"Evil? I'm not evil. I simply want the world to be united."

"Under your rule?" Yugi mused. "Using mind control to have others work for you, and seeking an ancient, destructive force for your selfish goals sounds evil enough for me."

'Sure you can handle this?'

Yugi nodded in his mind. 'I have a few surprises for him. Also, I don't want you to go and use that Soul card yourself.'

'Touch‚.'

"Let's make this fair for everyone," Suzaku said. "We'll all have eight thousand life points, and you three go first."

"We'll be here all day," Kaiba noted.

"I'm not losing this one duel for anything," Jou said.

"Go Sakura!" Tomoyo cheered.

"Yet another battle for the sake of mankind, huh?" Mai mused.

"They'll win," Anzu said. "Yugi can't lose."

"Well, there was that time in the canyon..." Honda noted. Jou promptly gagged him.

Eriol simply observed, with his two guardians standing to each side. "Do you really think it was wise to give up that card without a fight?" Ruby asked.

"Sakura's grown strong, even stronger than me. I managed to stop that card before, but... My power's not enough to destroy it."

"With a bit of luck," Spinnel noted, "he might just repeat his ancestor's error."

Eriol just nodded and waited for the duel to begin. "Hmmm... I don't want you guys ruining my backyard, so..."

Yugi's eyes widened as his surroundings changed to a known and dreaded cloudy, dark area. "Not here..."

Eriol smiled. "Don't worry, not all duels held here have to be deadly, it depends on the psyche of the one bringing you here."

Anzu frowned. "That'd explain a lot, we've been always brought to this plane by psychotic, evil characters."

Mai shivered as she looked around. Jou put an arm around her shoulder and she smiled at him. Tomoyo was filming the surroundings and sighed. "Well, the scenery sucks, but at least I can film this one."

Suzaku sighed. "If you're done with the chatter yet..."

Sakura nodded. "I'll go first. I put two face-down cards on the field and a monster face-down."

Syaoran's turn came next. "I'll mimic Sakura for this."

Yugi looked at his hand and nodded. "First off, I play Graceful Charity. I can draw three cards, but I have to discard two of them." He looked at his hand again and his eyes fixed in one of the cards. "Next, I'll play with a face-down monster and card, and that's it. "

Suzaku looked at his hand and smiled. "Okay then... I'll play my Princess in attack position, and equip it with Bond. I also activate Suzaku's Potion, thus I'm up to ten thousand life points."

"Starting off big, isn't he?" Rebecca noted.

"Yugi beat Noah with a way bigger life points difference," Anzu said. Way bigger, really.

"Now I attack Yugi's monster."

Yugi smiled. "That's my Big Shield Garna, same defense as your Princess' attack, so your attack was for naught."

Eriol was surprised. This reincarnated Pharaoh was just as good as he'd heard he was. It was a good thing, too, as Sakura needed all the help she could get to defeat this foe.

A/N: For the Kaiba fans out there that don't think Kaiba losing to Suzaku was fair, here's a question: When has Kaiba ever won a plot-relevant duel on his own? I thought so.

Is this the final duel? Sort of, and you'll get what I mean in the next few episodes.

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.