Summoner Wars

A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover

Episode 11: Soul Release.

By Razor Knight

Last update: December 30, 2006

Sakura took a look at her cards. Big, Shadow, and Watery. She'd set Windy down last turn, and she was hoping for a certain card, pun intended.

As she drew, she couldn't help but laugh. "This is going to be fun. I play Hope, using my Windy and Watery as material to become..." she calmly stepped into the field, her suit becoming a white rob as her staff became a woody wand. "Healer Sakura, in defense position. That's all for now."

Suzaku didn't comment, so Syaoran nodded. "Okay, then..." The card he'd drawn was Raigeki, which wouldn't affect that Princess thing. He also knew his face-down Time Wizard was probably going to be slapped out of the field soon. But with all his cards combined, he should be able to form a strategy.

"Still there?" Suzaku asked.

Or maybe, with his cards combined with something else. "Sometimes thinking works, you should try it. In any case, I'll play my face-down Tribute to the Doomed, sacrificing a card from my hand... "

"Hah! You sure you were thinking? Remember my Princess isn't affected by spells, traps or effects of any kind."

"And who said I wanted to destroy her?" He stood there for a second, thinking again. "I guess I'll have to bring back what I just discarded. Monster Reborn, bring my Dark Magician back from the dead!"

"Good thing Syaoran knows what he's doing," Jou said. "I'm a bit mad I can't help Yugi this time around."

"Four versus one would be a mess," Kaiba noted. "Also, I had my fun facing Suzaku, and from the look Sakura had when they showed us that Soul card, she has the one card that can send Suzaku packing."

"So, it's all up to luck?" Mei Ling asked.

Jou nodded. "My favorite weapon."

"Your Dark Magician is weaker than my monster," Suzaku noted.

"I know that, but it's just for shows. Here comes the real deal, I flip summon my Time Wizard!"

"Scary, but that effect won't work, either."

"I know. I equip it with my other face-down card, Metalmorph. And before you tell me it's effect won't help either, I play this."

"Polymerization?" Kaiba asked.

Anzu frowned. "I can guess what he's going to use that for."

Syaoran gave the gold-haired man an almost dismissive smile. "I fuse my Time Wizard with Sakura, to bring forth a new monster, the Archsage Sakura!"

Yugi looked at the card. Zero attack compensated by five and a half thousands defense, and he was sure it had at least one effect. The looks hadn't changed a lot, except Sakura looked older and her hair had turned as white as her robe. "Interesting..."

Suzaku laughed. "Oh please... If you're just going to cower behind your girlfriend, just leave this duel."

"I'm not using her as a defense, I'm helping her. And in return, she'll help me, as this form's effect gives all her allies a thousand life points during each standby phase. I end my turn, let's see what else Yugi can do to screw your strategy."

Kaiba could almost swear he'd seen Suzaku's eyebrow twitch. He knew the reason, as even that Soul card alone was far from beating that Archsage, and the more she was around, the better for her and her sidekicks. Now it was turn for Kaiba to be shocked. Had he just thought of Yugi as a sidekick to that girl?

And speaking of Yugi, he was looking at his hand like Kaiba'd look at a hand consisting of his three Blue Eyes and Polymerization. "First off, let the Archsage's effect work. Then, I activate Premature Burial, bringing my Dark Magician Girl back at the cost of eight hundred life points." He saw Suzaku about to comment and shook his head. "You think the King of Duels would be dumb enough not to notice my card's weaker than yours?"

"Actually, no," Suzaku muttered.

"I play Polymerization, combining the Curse of Dragon in my hand with my magician to create..." Both creatures fused, this time the Dark Magician Girl was wearing a metal plate armor similar to her magician robe, and wielding a sword, and the Curse of Dragon she rode on had metal plating in it's head, tail and wings. "The Dark Dragon Mistress, with a stunning twenty-seven hundred attack, and she gains three hundred more when facing female monsters."

"And she looks hot," Tomoyo said in a low voice.

"Tune it down, you'll scare the fish," Mei Ling said also in a low voice.

Mai overheard that, but didn't really mind. "Hmmm... Now, that new form of Yugi's pet can kick that princess out of the field." Was she talking about the dragon or the magician? That was a question the others didn't bother answering.

"I attack your Princess!"

Suzaku laughed. "Not yet, Yugi. I activate Fortress!"

Yugi frowned as his monster's attack was stopped. "Okay then, I end my turn."

Suzaku sighed as his foes' life points went up. "I really need to get rid of Sakura's new trick. But first..." Yes, perfect! This card could at leat bring a powerful warrior in, with a bit of luck, the one card that only that Archsage could resist. "I play my Priestess... But that's not all. I also play my Treasure."

"'My Treasure!'?" Eriol noted. "I didn't know you were a fan of Gollum."

Suzaku ignored that and looked at the five cards. "Oh my, look what I just got. First off, Suzaku's Offering. I destroy all my monsters, gaining one thousand life points for each. Oh, and remember Bond's effect, so all you lose five hundred points now."

"He just killed his own mob. Smart," Honda said.

"Wait, I bet I know what else he got," Jou noted.

Eriol nodded. "Soul is a level eight card, thus Suzaku could only summon it directly sacrificing three monsters... But if there's no monsters on his side, he can special summon it."

"Even more godlike," Mei Ling muttered.

"Quite, but he can't attack in the same turn the card's summoned."

"That's right, but I don't mind," Suzaku said, looking at the one card in his left hand. "Oh spirit of fire, heart so cold, heed my words and rise from the netherworld. From times of magic and old, I summon you, Suzaku's Soul!"

"Marik's evil side would sue him, if he still existed," Jou joked.

"Not funny," Mai snapped.

The card shone with light, and a fire column blasted up from it. As the fire gathered several meters above Suzaku's head, slowly shaping into a massive, blue firebird.

"Blue fire?" Yugi noted.

"Maybe he messed it up," Syaoran hoped.

"The magic in that thing..." Sakura said as she looked up at the monster. Indeed, that creature was beyond her own power, even beyond Suzaku's. In the game it had limits, but if it was released to the world...

"See, Suzaku, that monster's too strong," Eriol said. "Abandon your madness before it kills you."

Suzaku sneered. "You're funny, Clow. The Soul's mine to command, and I'll use it to first defeat these three, then to bring peace to the whole world."

"Weird, he's not out to get revenge from Clow?" Jou asked.

"Don't give him any ideas," Anzu muttered.

"In any case," Suzaku said, "I play Potion, to further raise my life, and then set two face-down cards. Your turn, and let's see what you can do against Soul."

Yugi nodded, then looked at his two allies in turns. "Remember, attacking it won't do any good, it's indestructible."

"As long as there's cards in Suzaku's deck," Sakura added, "so, we can win."

"What the hell, are they going to hold for thirty more turns?" Honda asked.

"Knowing Yugi, he could manage," Kaiba said, "but I bet Kinomoto has a surprise in stock for our oh-so-invincible foe."

As her own effect added more life points to her group, Sakura looked at her cards, then the field. There was one weak spot, one she could correct. "Hope you don't mind this, but I'll sacrifice the Dark Magician to bring forth Kerberos!"

The lion snarled at the massive phoenix as he was summoned. "It looks bigger than last time."

"That's all for now."

Syaoran looked at his card. "Oh yeah... I set this one face-down and end my turn."

Suzaku sighed. "You kids and your defensive tactics..."

Sakura smiled at him, in a way that was one sound effect away from a sarcastic chuckle. "You may have that fried chicken on your side, but you don't have what I have. Friends. Even my cards are..."

"Even those your evil side created? Those you haven't played yet, because I can bet you're ashamed of them?"

Sakura giggled. "There's plenty of those here in my deck, and one of them, actually, is going to destroy that bird for good."

Suzaku groaned. "If you say so..."

Yugi looked at his hand. "Well..."

"Me first," Syaoran said. "I activate my face-down trap, Ceasefire. Five hundred damage to the birdkeeper for each effect monster on the field... And we've got a few."

Yugi nodded as Suzaku's life points dropped drastically. "Now, I set a face-down monster, and end my turn."

"Finally, I can play," the gold-haired man said. "First off, I use yet another Potion."

"Does he ever run outta those?" Jou muttered.

"And next, Soul, attack the Dragon Mistress!"

"Sorry, but I have to activate my face-down card, Mirror. That'll bounce those four and a half hundred attack points back at you."

Suzaku glared at Sakura. His life points were dangerously low, but he was quite safe, as they couldn't attack him with their monsters. "Oh well, I'll have to end my turn."

Sakura drew and smiled. "Okay, this'll help. I activate Greed, which lets me draw 3 cards for a thousand life points." Not that she cared about life points right now, as they were bordering the fifteen thousands. She drew three more cards, and almost jumped up in joy. "Suzaku, hope you don't want to play anymore, because last turn was your last. I set two cards, and play Change."

"Change?" Syaoran asked. That was a new one, even to him.

"This card can be switched with any other cards in my hand, deck or graveyard. And I need one certain card."

"Hope?" Anzu asked. "But what for? She can't use it... Or can she?"

"I can. I abandon this form, and fuse with the Despair card I just played, to become the Trickster Sakura."

Her suit changed again, this time it was a jester's suit, pink and yellow, and her staff had it's tips shaped as question marks. "Weird, " Syaoran noticed.

"Trickster's got a few, as the name indicates, tricks," Sakura said. "First one's that it lets me attack with more than one monster each turn, if I give a thousand life points for each extra attack. Second one... I can activate traps even in the same turn they're set."

Syaoran's eyes widened. "That card?"

"Which card?" Yugi asked, and everyone else echoed that question in their minds.

Syaoran smiled. "She was right, one of her 'evil' cards is the one that'll defeat that Soul monster."

"I activate Raid!" Sakura almost shouted. As the card was flipped, everyone could see the drawing of a group of knights burning a village. "This card is a bit dangerous, but more than worth the price. I must sacrifice four thousand life points..."

"Four thousands?" Kaiba asked. "That's a lot."

"In return, all of my opponent's deck goes to the graveyard!"

Suzaku stepped back. "No... That's impossible..."

"Still, she can't destroy that Soul unless..." Mei Ling said.

"Unless I use the last effect of this form. I can sacrifice all the monsters in my side in order to add all their attack points to mine. "

"Oh crap, she beat him," Kaiba said. Not that he didn't want Suzaku to lose, but he had thought Yugi would be the one to do it.

"I could say this politely, but I guess it's time for payback," Sakura said as her body was surrounded by a magic, multi-colored aura, and the other monsters vanished. "Eat this!"

A beam shot off her staff, piercing right through the Soul monster and curving down to hit Suzaku as well. The man stood up as the battlefield vanished, glaring at Sakura. "This... I can't believe you beat me, Kinomoto."

"Weaklings, all of your clan!"

The voice boomed as Suzaku's deck started glowing, then a single figure shot out of it. "What the heck?" Syaoran exclaimed looking up.

Yugi frowned as he looked up at the massive phoenix. "This doesn't look good."

"You, Suzaku, are just another weak mortal," the bird said, even tho it's beak wasn't moving. "Your methods are soft and merciful, your skill is flawed, and your mind is still full of light. Just like your ancestor, you are not worthy of wielding my power!"

Suzaku looked up. "What? My ancestor created you..."

"And that card killed her," Eriol said. "It killed her when she ordered it not to kill me."

"That's..."

"That's the facts," the Soul said. "She was useless to me."

Eriol looked up at it. "I sealed you before..."

"But this Suzaku's energy's higher, hence you won't be able to do the same again, Clow!"

Eriol laughed. "Just like Makoto is a better magician than Phoebe, Sakura is stronger than I was, or I am right now."

The Soul laughed. "This girl can't defeat me."

Suzaku frowned. "Stop this at once!"

"You don't order me. Begone before I decide to kill you along with all these kids."

Jou winced. "I think the fried chicken wants to fry us."

"Join the club?" Honda asked.

Mai sighed. "Shut up, kids, this is serious."

Syaoran noticed Sakura was slowly backing away. "Sakura?"

"I... I can't fight that thing, it's too strong!"

Tomoyo paled, moreso than usual, as she heard her friend. "Sakura, no... You can beat it, we all trust you."

"We'll help you," Yugi said looking at his deck. "We can't let that monster get out of the shadows and back to Earth."

Eriol nodded. "That's another reason I brought you all here."

Sakura looked around and smiled, then turned to look up at the monster with a defiant glare. "You're right, we can destroy that thing, together."

"Funny last words," the phoenix snapped then shot a fire blast down.

Sakura's eyes widened as something got on the way of the attack. She then looked down at Suzaku, who was coughing blood, his back charred by the blast. "No..."

"Kinomoto... Sakura, you were right. You're... Stronger than me, because you have friends helping you. Too bad I only see that now... "

Sakura froze as Suzaku laid unmoving. Syaoran saw rage in her face, something he'd rarely seen in the past, if ever. "There was no reason to kill him, you... Monster!"

The others gasped as several spirits fled off Sakura's cards. Some they knew about, Corrupt, Burial, Despair, Poison, but a few of them were unknown, and there was even a scantly clad, stunning female Grim Reaper.

'The Death?' The Pharaoh guessed.

'No idea.'

All the creatures hit the phoenix, sending it reeling back a few meters, but the monster recovered and knocked them all away with a fire ring. "Hmm hmm, the little summoner wants a fight! But I'm afraid if that's the best you can come up with, then you're not going to last long enough to make this fun for me."

Sakura frowned as she looked up at the firebird. She didn't need to say a thing right now, her eyes were saying it all. She wasn't going to let that monster kill anyone else.

A/N: No, the card in the title wasn't played, and I don't think the pun's too obscure to figure.

Is the next episode the last? 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.