It's finally out! It took awhile, I know...I don't really have a good excuse other than writer's block...but it's out now! Better late than never right?

Start!

"May the battle begin!" With that said, Nanoha transformed into her barrier jacket and Sakura released her magical staff.

"Hey, I don't want anyone to get hurt down here. How about we take our battle to the sky?", suggested Sakura as she took out the Fly card, wings appearing on her back.

"Excellent idea."

"Flier Fin", wings appeared on Nanoha's boots, allowing her to fly straight up at an incredible speed. Now in the air, the two mages are ready to fight.

Sakura made the first move, she pulled out a card and with a cry:

"Thunder!", thunder shot out, hitting Nanoha but she countered her attack.

"Protection", with that, Sakura's attack did no damage.

"Shoot", a beam of energy shot out at Sakura, who just barely dodged it.

"This is going to be much harder than I thought", thought Nanoha, she didn't want to hurt her.

Sakura pulled out another card.

"Fiery!", a burst of fire made it's way towards Nanoha.

"Flash move", in an instant, Nanoha moved behing Sakura and attacked.

"Shoot!", she strucked Sakura, sending her down towards the ground. She really wanted to help her, but she knew better than that. It was a battle afterall,
so she just kept her stolid face as Sakura steadied herself. Sakura pulled out yet another card.

"Freeze!" ice shot out, actually hitting Nanoha. She was only midley frozen, so she was able to break free of the ice fairly quickly.

"Divine shooter.", a small number of energy balls shot out and were headed towards Sakura. But Sakura fled, only to have one of the energy balls hit her. She was racing down towards one of the buildings and hid. She made sure she was out of Nanoha's sight before she could properly rest, a million thoughts running through her head.

"How am I suppose to beat her! She's way too strong!", sweat started to form on Sakura's forehead, she had to think of a plan and fast! She looked through her cards, trying to find the best one to use against the incredibly strong mage. "This is hopeless! I bet not even the strongest of mages can defeat her!"

Farther away from Sakura's hiding place, Nanoha just floated there, thinking of a plan to end the battle.

"Wide Area Search", a ball of light was released from Raising Heart and flew off to search for the hidden mage. Nanoha was able to see where the ball of light was going, thanks to the monitor that was placed next to her.

Sakura was still looking through her cards, until she saw a ball of light float right in front of her. Frightened, she took out the Fly card and took off as fast as she could with the ball of light still following her.

"Found you", said Nanoha as she flew towards Sakura's destination.

"There you are", Sakura jumped at the sound of the mage's voice, she slowly turned around and was met with the sight of Nanoha. Gathering up enough courage,
she took out another card.

"Sword!", she never really needed this card, but she remember how strong it was, and thought that it may be of some use to her now. She flew towards Nanoha,
who was shocked at the predicament that she was placed in. She hastily dodged all of Sakura's attempt, but only barely. She was unsteadily moving and was caught off guard, Sakura was able to cut a little of Nanoha's barrier jacket, a bit of blood was oozing out of the cut.

"Ok, looks like I don't have to hold back as much", thought Nanoha as she winced a little from the cut.

"Restrict Lock", Sakura was binded by her magic, the sword disappeared, back into the card.

"Excellion Mode", with that, Raising Heart transformed. She released Sakura from the bind, and was preparing to attack.

"Excellion Buster!", a burst of energy shot out at Sakura, and just as it was about to hit her, she pulled out another card.

"Time!", time froze and Sakura moved out of the way of the energy beam. She moved to a far, more safer distance, and then released the time freeze.

Once the attack had ebbed enough, Nanoha saw that Sakura was nowhere near her original positon. She was utterly shocked. How was she able to dodge that attack so fast? Despite her shock, she was a little excited. She hadn't fought someone this strong since her fight with Fate. Her face started to become effervescent once more as she prepared for her next attack.

Back down on the ground, Tomoyo was still filming, she didn't think that the battle would be this intense. Syaoran was worried for a second that Sakura was going to get seriously hurt, but when he saw that Sakura was safe from Nanoha's attack, his mind was put at ease for the time being. Fate, however, was more concerned about Nanoha.

"I've seen that look before..Nanoha is seriously getting into this fight. If this continues, she may actually go all out.." thought Fate with a worried expression.
She had seen Nanoha look so enticed about a fight before..and when Nanoha was excited about something, there was no stopping her. "I hope she will be able to control herself this one time."

Back up with the two mages, Nanoha was starting to get closer to Sakura, plotting her next attack. Her quixotic mind was running a bunch of different possibilties for her next move.

"You're pretty strong! I was surprised at how you were able to dodge my attack so fast!", gushed Nanoha. Sakura,too, was planning her next move. She was unsure on how strong Nanoha truly was, so she had no idea just how strong of a card she should use.

"It was nothing. Thank my cards for that one." Sakura pulled out another card.

"Watery!", water sprung out, towards Nanoha.

"Flash move", she moved so quickly that Sakura was unable to see where she had disappeared to until she spotted Nanoha, who...was right behind her.
"Divine Buster!", it shot at Sakura, sending her down. Her back was covered in deep abrasions with blood slightly coming out of the wounds. She flew towarded a building, out of Nanoha's sight, and pulled out a card. A plan was forming in her mind.

"Illusion", another Sakura was formed and flew out, towards Nanoha.

Once Nanoha saw her, she instantly sensed something was off. 'Sakura' didn't seem to have that same look about her as before.

"She used some kind of magic...I know this isn't her...her magic isn't as strong as before...what did she do?", thought Nanoha as she eyed 'Sakura'.

"Axel Shooter" a dozen magic missiles shot out at 'Sakura', who didn't seem to be fazed much. The missiles hit her, but no damaged was brought to her, only her whole being seemed to disappear. All of a sudden, the real Sakura flew towards Nanoha from behind and was going to hit her head on. Nanoha was prepared for this outcome and was ready to attack back. Face to face, Sakura brought her staff up, about to hit Nanoha, as Nanoha brought up her own staff, preparing to attack.

"Shoot!"

Sakura was able to hit the attack before it had a chance to hit her, but since they were so close togethor, both were affected by the blast. An explosion emerged,
blinding everyone around. Once the blast had ebbed enough, everyone was shocked at the outcome.

"Nanoha!"

"Sakura!"

End!...of the 7th chapter...

Oh no! A cliffhanger! Haha I do hope that this chapter is good enough...I tried to make it as epic as possible but it was rather difficult...at this point, I'm not too sure what will happen, in terms of whose going to win this battle...tell me, who do you want to win? Nanoha or Sakura? Your opinion could help me decide who will win...and I don't know when I'll update again, but it will be soon!...hopefully...