BLOSSOMS IN THE SPRING A crossover Improfanfic Started by The Eternal Lost Lurker Street Fighter and all related trademarks belong to Capcom. Cardcaptor Sakura and all related trademarks belong to CLAMP, Kodansha. Used without permission. Chapter Twenty-Two: Sakura and the TWIN threat!! This part by Lord Ryunson ---(Dan Wood wrote this lovely section.)--- Sakura woke with an easy grace, enjoying the feel of her pillow against her cheek and the thick comforter draped over her. Kero had managed to nestle himself in the nook behind her knee sometime during the night and the sound of his faint breath heightened the quiet Friday morning. She didn't remember any prophetic dreams or vague sepia-toned memories from her previous life, a refreshing change from the previous months. She gently opened up a sleepy eye and peered at her alarm clock; 9:04. "As good as any time to get up," Sakura muttered to herself as she turned over and slid upright, resting her back against the headboard. Kero was displeased, but not enough to wake up. Sakura stretched, muscles aching but nothing a bit of exercise wouldn't fix. She tried to think of what she needed to do today; laundry was a given, maybe a good skate around the park, see her friends. Then she remembered Li, then the book. Her hands went to the drawer by her bedside, where she kept the deck of Clow. Flipping through it, she quickly found what she was looking for: WATERY. She examined the card with a sense of urgency, her name was still written beneath the graphic. Her handwriting, and she could barely make out the handwriting of another Sakura beneath it. Sakura set the card beside her and picked up another card, this time FLY. Her signature stood alone beneath the ornate picture of a bird coming to perch. "Kero, wake up," Sakura nudged him with a foot. "...Lobster stick to magn-*snrrrk*," was the only reply the Guardian Beast gave. "Kero! Wake up!" This time the nudge was a bit more violent. "Wha..." Sakura leaned forward towards Kero, pointing to the second faint signature beneath WATERY, "What does that mean?" He lifted his cute little head, peered at it with a bleary eye, "No idea," and promptly dropped his head back to the comforter, asleep. Sakura was of two minds; on one hand, she wanted information; on the other hand, she wanted to kick him soundly for being rude. The debate went on for scant milliseconds, resolved and a plan of action was put into place. She'd ask later, but for now... "Oops, I'm SORRY Kero," she apologized after sweep kicking from beneath the comforter, "Just got up a bit fast!" Kero slid to a rest, upside down and wedged between her dresser and wastebasket, "You'll pay for that." He made the attempt to cross his arms, throwing his balance off and tumbling forward. "You'll pay," he continued into the floorboards. *** Tomoyo had been awake well before the doctors cleared and released her from the hospital. She didn't like hospitals; the smell of disinfectant, the harsh shine of linoleum, the curt and detached concern of the workers... it just gave her the shivers. Those feelings aside, she had to stay there for Li's sake. "So I was thinking," she continued to the sleeping Li, "Who am I to judge? I mean, if she likes you more than me..." A polite cough at the door broke the awkward moment, "Miss, the results from the x-ray came back. If you'd join me outside," the young ER doctor gestured to the outside. "The good news is there is no apparent broken bones," he began as soon as Tomoyo joined him, "But there is significant bruising and apparently he has broken bones in the past." "And so..." "I cannot keep him in this hospital given his uninsured status... and frankly, he doesn't need to be monitored. He just needs bed rest and someone to help him around. Do you happen to know his family or any significant others in the area?" "His family is in China, but I have known him for quite a while. My family will take care of him, and his bills," Tomoyo smiled at the doctor. "Good, good," the doctor gently pulled his pen from his chest pocket and began taking quick notes on a clipboard beside Li's door. "How long will Li be unconscious?" The doctor paused, "Well, given that we stopped giving him painkillers about," he flipped through the clipboard a bit and then lifted up a sleeve to look at his watch, "Two hours ago, he should wake up shortly." The doctor neglected to mention how loudly. *** Sakura moved through her exercises with purposefully slow movement, trying to feel where she was having the most difficulty in her style. School wore her out today; more nattering by her teachers, more the marathon runs, trying to capture DASH and the track team left her with a lot more muscle than she was used to and had to relearn her movements. She jabbed, feeling the tenseness in her back pull the arm backwards. She inwardly sighed, more stretching. As she started her stretches over again, her mind mulled over the events of the past few months. The battles with the cards, the battles with their hosts... Why did they fight so hard? Sakura laced her fingers behind her back and pulled them upwards, stretching her shoulders and back, "What's so wrong about being captured?" Kero looked up from the bowl of ice cream he was nibbling at, "What's that?" She stopped her stretch and sat down next to Kero, "Why are the cards fighting like this? Why are they so driven?" Kero stood up and posed thoughtfully; hitting the power button for the television as he righted himself, "Think about it, Sakura. You know how to fight, right? Imagine if you knew only how to fight and it brought you pleasure to do it. Then this silly girl comes along, beats you senseless and confines you to a little slip of magical paper. The only time you fight is when she's gotten herself into trouble and you're released only to do her whims. In between then, the only thing you have to talk to is the other cards, who are solely driven by things which you think are pointless. See?" Sakura paused, completely ignoring the obvious, "The cards talk to each other?" "Well, they're doing it a lot more than before. They're more... individualistic now. Before, they just talked about how much they liked you and how hard Clow tested them. Now they're talking about how much fun it was to go out and do," Kero waved his cute paws fruitlessly, "Whatever it is they do." "Really now, why don't I remember anything like this?" Kero put a paw behind his head and scratched, "Well, frankly... You didn't really didn't ask. The Cards have changed a lot as of late. They're more... " "Human?" Sakura finished. "Yah," Kero frowned and crossed his arms. He didn't like how the Cards ignored him when he asked them to be quiet or stop talking about how much they liked being free. "So, can I talk with them? Is it, y'know... possible to talk with a Card?" Sakura turned the deck of Clow over in her hands, peering at it intently. "Well, you can talk at them. It's not as if they really have to listen to you. They'll talk back if they have something to say. It's not like the fortune telling exercises or anything." Sakura flicked through the deck, looking for the right card, one that she thought had the most to say and had a history of trust and friendship with. FLY. With a flick of the thumb, she pulled it from the deck and peered at it. With a nearly silent voice, imbued with deep magics, she plainly questioned the card. "Card made by Clow, answer my question truthfully," she paused, unsure of what to actually ask. The momentary magic passed, however she continued, "What is it that you want?" The card glowed feebly and a vague voice echoed from seemingly afar, Sakura put the card to her ear and was shocked at the reedy speech from the card. Sakura slowly set the FLY card back on top of the deck, which was glowing itself. As she momentarily set a finger to the deck, a flood of conversation overwhelmed her. She pulled her hand back slowly as she began understanding what was happening. Sakura Kusanago never realized the quiet desperation in which the Cards of Clow lived. *** Li woke the second time in an unfamiliar car. He knew he was moving somewhere and had been placed in the back seat with great care and comfort; he lay across the back seat and was covered by a thick, rough blanket. With a simple look up, he noticed that it was night and the streetlights were streaming past. It was hypnotic in a way, looking up like that. He made a movement to fluff the pillow his head rested on, but stopped short due to a sharp pain in his forearm. "Li? Are you okay back there?" The voice was sincerely concerned, and had Li been so inclined, he would have noticed Tomoyo looking back from the passenger seat. Unfortunatly, he was more focused on wincing and kvetching. "Geh," he began, once he had complained away most of the pain and settled down enough to remember he could actually heal himself, "Where are we going?" Tomoyo leaned back over and smiled that cheery oblivious smile, "To pick up Sakura and go out to my little cottage!" "Your cottage?" "Yes," she continued in facetious official manner, "The doctor advised that you were to take a relaxing trip in the company of friends," she softened her demeanor, "We're still friends, right?" ---(End of Dan Wood segment. Now it's my turn.)--- "HAAAH!!" Guy was in a rather tight spot as he knocked down a random thug with his foot. The tight spot, being near the subway to be exact in the more ghetto area of the city. The thugs were slowly gathering around Guy as he prepared a counterstrike while seeing the thugs play with their chains. 'Three against one?' Guy thought as he got into a stance. 'Unfair, but they're no threat.' The thugs moved in as Guy jumped. While he jumped, he tossed out his legs into a kick, and spun. He kicked the thugs fast and hard enough to knock them down. One of the thugs was holding a purse of some sort. Guy caught it in mid air as it was flying. He handed it to a poor lady that was robbed by the thugs. The woman herself was dressed in a trench coat, as well as a hat and shades which covered her eyes. "I knew that you'd save me, Guy." Guy was shocked to see someone who knew his name. "How did you know who I am?" The woman smiled. "Perhaps we can talk in my car. After all, you are the latest heir of Bushin." Guy nodded as he followed the woman to her car. "But how do you." As they got to the car, which was an average car painted blue, with a covered top, the woman continued to talk. "I'll tell you when I drive us to my hideout." She spoke as she got in the car with purse in hand. The woman took the drivers seat, as well as Guy getting in the back seat as he opened his door. As the woman got out the keys needed to start the car, Guy sat down on a cushioned seat that was pure nylon. She inserted the keys, and after both passengers got on their seat belts, the car was started. --- Later that day, Guy and the woman stopped the car near an old abandoned house. It was indeed old, and yet, somewhere secluded from the city. "This is where I stay, mainly because I wanted to have a place to hide out because of recent happenings in Japan." "And what are they?" Guy spoke to the woman as she got out the keys from her purse. She inserted the keys into a keyhole as she turned around. "I'll tell you once we get inside." As the woman opened the door, a strange purple mist "Not to worry." Said the woman. "The mist is harmless." Guy was looking around him at the various patterns that swirled around. He tried to figure out where he was, where the mist was taking him and the woman. Guy wasn't in reality anymore, not for a while. "You hold the Libra Card, do you not?" Guy was a bit startled at the way the woman's voice began to emanate from all directions all of a sudden. "Yes, the Libra Card is strong within me." Guy spoke as he looked at the glow of light coming towards him. It later turned into an all too familiar figure. "Rose? So it was you!" "I knew that you'd try to seek my help sooner or later." It was Rose. She formed a table using the energy around her, and soon afterwards, she sat down. She bent over and her large yellow scarf that's hanging off her shoulders swished aside, and placed her behind on a stool. She later shuffled tarot cards that showed Guy's possible future. "You know the task I prepared maybe too dangerous for you, even if you are a Bushin, you don't completely understand the concept of Clow Reed, and how some of his cards have gotten to Bison." "I understand the cause of your mission," Guy responded. "But like I said before, it would make no sense if you sacrificed yourself to fulfill this objective of stopping him before he unleashes Clow Reed's destructive magic on the world." Rose placed a card on the table. "Would you do the same for your cause?" Guy lowered his head. "I'm afraid so, but that's different compared to your mission. People can teach others to whom they feel trust worthy to, like the Bushin style for instance. Your soul power, on the other hand, is a priceless thing, and should not be taught to anyone." "Indeed." Rose smiled as she placed another card. "Bison is probably the reason for this, but thankfully for you, Shadowlaw was destroyed before I could even act!" "I tried to help you on your quest, but you refused the offer." Guy deadpanned as he looked at Rose as she places another card. "But why seek my help now?" "I want you to help me investigate a strange connection between your 'pals' at Mad Gear and the Clow Cards, and how they managed to get a few of them." "They have Clow Cards, other than me?" Guy lowers his head as he looked at Rose. "This is indeed a threat to the world, if Mad Gear continues to obtain these cards." "I already know the dire consequences of this event." Rose interrupted Guy as she placed another card. "Whomever it is, that person must be stopped at any cost. Even if they are minor nuisances, they still pose a threat to this world, which is why I need your help." Guy spoke as he looked at the purple haired fortune-teller, "I faced Mad Gear before, they are indeed part of the evil that threatens this world, and because of this, I will help you." "Excellent." Rose smiled as she got up. Her unique purple hair swished, her scarf swayed back and forth, and her chest heaved as she straightened herself. "It's time to wake up." --- Guy went back to reality as he woke up. He shook his head as he was sitting in a really old antique chair. "Forgive my rudeness, but I had to give you a dire warning that may threaten the Bushin style and the world." She removed her glasses to reveal all to familiar eyes. It was Rose. Guy knew whom she was, knowing that he had spoken to her in both reality, and the subconscious world. "Shall we begin?" Rose smiled as she putted her glasses away. --- At the country house, Tomoyo was watching a little bird from her window singing a song as the sun set. "Li!" Tomoyo shouted as she saw what was outside. No answer. Tomoyo ran on over to Li's room as she took her belongings while holding onto her hat. It was empty, save for a few belongings. "Oh no," Tomoyo spoke as she looked at Li's room. "He was supposed to be recovering, as well as enjoying the sunset with me." Tomoyo pondered as she looked out the window. "I wonder what's wrong?" --- Not far from the country house, there was a woman standing on a mountaintop. She was a girl no older than sixteen, with short orange hair, sporting a small black beret on her head, and wearing a tight black/navy jumpsuit, which covered her body except the back, leaving it exposed. Also, she wore a red necktie that falls between her rather medial to small breasts, red gloves, and black shoes. She also has a band that wrapped around her left arm. "Kusanago." The woman spoke in a cold voice as she looked at the cabin. "Soon, Lord Bison's vengeance will belong to me." The woman brought up her hand in a fist. Behind the woman was laughter, followed by a quote that sounded like this, "Don't you mean us, Juni?" Emerging behind Juni was another woman. "Or have you forgotten?" She was a woman that has the same uniform as Juni, only this woman was taller, has brown hair tied into a bun, and has bangs on the front. Her eyes were more narrow, as well as having much larger breasts than Juni. She was slightly more developed than Juni. "Oh that's right, Juli." Juni looked at Juli as she turned around. "We're like sisters, sticking by side by side no matter what the cost, even at our own lives." Juli smiled. "Even though they did receive FLY from an unexpected visitor, and took a beating from our master, they still got lucky, and won." "I want to kill them for making Lord Bison suffer!" Juni then stamped her foot on the ground. As she did, it made a crack in which surrounded her boot. "I want to kill them too, but you shouldn't take the glory for yourself." Juli patted Juni on the back. "Like you said, we're like sisters." Juli then wrapped her arm around Juni. "Besides, don't we need Kusanago alive in order to carry out our plans?" "I know." Juni looked to the sky as she spoke with a cold tone. "Then it will be her friends that should suffer beneath our feet!" "Yes," Juli looked over to the mountain side where a glorious view of the sun slowly setting. "We'll let Sakura enjoy her last day of freedom, and when the sun goes down, Sakura won't have a prayer against us." ---- "WATERY!" Sakura screamed out as she raised the Key Staff high into the sky. The sunlight pierced the wand as water swirled all around it. It suddenly rushed at Sakura as she screamed. It was acting like it was trying to kill her. Correction. It was trying to kill her. It ripped up several parts of her clothes, and tossed her aside. Sakura raised the staff again, and screamed out a sealing spell as WATERY was placed back in the Clow Card. Li happened to be in the area when it happened. "Sakura," He spoke as he looked at the Card Captor. "Do you really think you can control WATERY, even after she has been sealed?" Then, he tossed his hair aside. "Absolutely not! A sealed card has to obey the person invoking it no matter what, and return after that person has done the job it was called to do! It's because of your incompetence that WATERY can't obey you." Li was rather furious with Sakura after a long and hard battle against WATERY and her minions. They were standing at a lake not far from the country house. Li looked at Sakura as he stared at the lake. "I wasn't a descendant of Clow Reed for sheer amusement! Besides, unlike WATERY, this lake is as calm as this serene sky. FIREY also has problems with us, but I managed to use her against SNOW without any problems." He spoke as he held up the SNOW card. "If it wasn't for FIREY, SNOW would've been a much harder foe than we expect her to be." Sakura looks at the sun slowly setting. The wind blew across the grass as the cold winds suddenly come in with a force that involved her hair, and her skirt. "Indeed." Sakura spoke as she looked at the sunset. "The sunset is quite beautiful, isn't it?" "Yes, but unlike the sunset, WATERY's attitude toward you is about as sickening as bile." Li then looked at Sakura with a cold glare in his eyes. "If you really are the captor, I suggest you talk to WATERY yourself." Sakura nodded. She pulled out the staff, and chanted the spell. "WATERY" She spoke as she slammed the Key Staff onto the Clow Card. Suddenly, a flare appeared within her magic. A burst of fire emerged from her wand as it manifested into a small girl on the ground. "FIREY!!" Sakura screamed as she turned around to see the girl. "I didn't call you! What's going on?" "I know you didn't," FIREY spoke as she looked at Sakura. "But thanks to the power of that book, WATERY's insane as insane can be!" "I understand completely why she wants to kill me, but why does she want to kill you?" "She and I are opposing elements. She and I have always been fighting," She gave the card captor a look of grudging acceptance as FIREY spoke, "But she's never wanted to kill me before. Besides, she's never talked about killing a fellow Card before and these days, killing is all she rants about. She's gone completely mad." "That's because Sakura was in the way of the sorceress's true objective. Clow Reed." Li spoke as he looked at Sakura. "She had feelings for him, even though she tried to seek out and fight Clow." "If you want to summon WATERY, Go ahead, I want to see if my theory is correct." FIREY shrugged as she crossed her arms. Sakura raised the Key Staff high, and summoned WATERY. "Here we go." Li spoke as he looked at WATERY come out of the card. WATERY took the form of a very angry girl as she suddenly rushed Sakura as she screamed. "Whoa!" Sakura fell to the side as WATERY charged. She turned around as she looked at Sakura. "Kill." Muttered the card of water. "I'll stop her!" FIREY yelled as she begin to unleash a ball of fire, when. "NO!" Li used his sword to point at FIREY as he looked at her. "You're weak against this form of WATERY!" "HEY, DON'T CONFUSE ME WITH COMMON HOUSEHOLD LOGIC!!" FIREY screamed as she looked at Li. "I can take this fish girl!!" "I'm sorry, but you have been captured longer than WATERY and you reserves are lower. Two, WATERY's contact with the magical book has given her more strength than if she had taken a human host. And three, WATERY's madness has given her the extra strength since she attacks with wild abandon without concern about overexerting herself. You might be destroyed even if you could damage WATERY." "How did you figure that one out, genius?" FIREY spoke as she looked at Li. "Watch." "DESTROY!!" WATERY screamed as she unleashed a whirlwind of water to attack Sakura, Li and FIREY, all in one swoop from the lake. "Man," Sakura spoke, as she looked at WATERY. Sakura was wet all over her after that attack. "I just want to talk to you!" "NEVER!!" WATERY screeched as she prepared another attack. "No you don't!" FIREY screamed as she unleashed several shots of fire as WATERY blocked them with little difficulty. "Fool!" WATERY screeched as she blasted FIREY as well. "NO!" Sakura yelled as she invoked another spell. She returned FIREY to her sealed form in the Clow Card. "That was too close!" Li spoke as he looked at Sakura battle WATERY. "Now it's my turn!" "OH NO IT'S NOT!" WATERY screamed as she shot out a lance of water right at where Li's wounds are. They opened the wounds in Li's body, forcing him to fall onto the ground. "LI!" Sakura spoke as she saw Li hit the ground. "WHAT'S WRONG, MISS PANTY FLASH?" WATERY spoke as she smiled. "AREN'T YOU GOING TO ATTACK ME?" "No." Sakura lowered her head. "TOO BAD!!" WATERY screamed as she unleashed several shots of water onto Sakura. "SHIELD!!" Sakura screamed as she unleashed the power of the SHIELD card, and blocked the water shots. "CHICKEN!" Watery screamed as she looked at Sakura. "I don't want to fight you!" Sakura screamed, as she looked at WATERY. "I caught you fair and square, why can't you accept what happened?" "KKUUUUAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" WATERY screamed as she unleashed more tornadoes of water at Sakura. She leaped high in the air as she dodged the attack. She formed a ball of ki as lightning emerged from her hands. "THUNDER!!" She screamed as she shot it in a straight line towards Watery. It blasted the WATERY card and electrocuted her as the water spells are suddenly canceled. "Hurt." Watery spoke as she felt the pain of THUNDER around her. She then straightened her back, and laughed. "GOTCHA!!" "A trick eh?" Sakura looked at WATERY as she later formed a ball of blue energy in her hands. "So be it. HADOU-KEN!!" It shot straight at WATERY. "Fool." WATERY spoke as she laughed. She blocked the Hadou-Ken as it screamed toward her. She took some damage, as the blast ripped some parts of WATERY, but not enough to make a major bruise. "If I can't kill you with this power alone, I'll have to find someone to physically kill you without a second thought." WATERY then left the area as she used the lake for transport. Suddenly, Li got up as he watched WATERY escape. "Sakura, where's." "WATERY?" Sakura deadpanned as she looked at the descendant of Clow Reed. "She escaped, and planned on coming back with a strong body to kill me." Li smiled and laughed. "Li, that's not funny!!" "I'm laughing is because you can't even control the cards right." "Oh, and you can?" Li nodded. "As a descendant of Clow Reed, it is my duty to keep these cards in line." "Oh, and I'm not?" Sakura pouted, as she looked at Li. "Look pal, I have captured more cards than you, and WATERY's definitely part of my catch!" She then pointed the staff at Li as she glared at him. "What makes you think YOU can control WATERY?" He later frowned. "Nothing. I'll talk with my own cards to see what's going on." He left the lake as Sakura looked at him dead on. "The nerve of that guy! OOOHHH!!" Sakura screamed as she looked at Li leave the lake. --- Deep within the water, WATERY pondered why the other cards refused to follow her, even though some want to be free. She heard a conversation within Sakura's deck about Sakura being nicer to the cards than Clow Reed was. Sakura was even nicer than the undead sorceress WATERY once possessed. Finally, from Li's conversation about the cards, they either have to obey Sakura, Li, or both Card Captors no matter what. WATERY's seal wasn't as strong as the rest of the cards, not to mention WATERY did find a frighteningly strong host, which tampered with the seal a bit. This is probably why she managed to escape Sakura's grasp. 'Maybe my former mistress doesn't like repeat performances.' WATERY looked at herself through the seal Sakura tried applying to. 'Or is it that Sakura was a weak Card Captor that she couldn't even capture me correctly like all the others.' WATERY hissed as she continued to swim near a pipe, which lead into a sewer. 'If the cards won't leave Sakura until she dies again, I guess I'll find someone to persuade them to do so.' She thought as she swam through the plumbing system, going unnoticed in a chemical refining plant, and eventually, the sewer. 'Till death do they part,' WATERY hissed even more as she swam through the sewer. 'That's what her cards are thinking, they won't leave Sakura until she gets killed again, sharing the same fate as Kinomoto.' --- Elsewhere, deep within the city, down below beyond the refuse of the sewer area, The notorious Mad Gear has set up a fortress in the underground area that once belonged to a fellow Mad Gear member who ran operations in the Japan area. Sadly, that crime lord wasn't as popular as the gang members who once ruled Metro City. "Koko ne,(Here) Rolento-san!" It was Sodom, who holds in his hand a long sword. He slashes to the right and left, up and down. "Used by various samurai, this sword was passed down to only the strongest warriors!" Rolento was a man dressed in a yellow jacket and pants that extended down to his brown boots that are length up to his knees. He was sleeveless, and he also wore a grenade pack that wrapped around the front of his body. Inside the jacket was a red tie tucked in, and he wore a red beret on his head. He had sideburns to his brown hair, as well as a square jaw, and a scar that went down his face. He also wore brown gloves that exposed his fingers, in which wrapped around a long rod. He laughed as watched Sodom train with a mere sword. "If this sword is truly legendary, can it be used in military combat?" "Nani?" (What?) Sodom spoke as he looked at Rolento. Then, on the ceiling, WATERY looked at Sodom and Rolento bicker about the fighting styles of them both. "What a true soldier needs is his mind," He tapped his red beret with his pointer finger. "His body," He spoke as he flexed one of his arms. "Lastly, if the situation demands it, his weapons!" He showed Sodom his rod that he holds in his hand. "I know, but the sword is a weapon, see?" Sodom showed Rolento the sword again. Rolento looked at Sodom with a disconcerted look. "I know that! As long as it's used for the ideals of a new utopia." "But enough of that, what's in the truck?" Sodom spoke as he pointed to a large white truck with a red cross on the side. >From the truck emerged two men dressed in uniform. One was a man dressed in a reddish shirt with pants that extended down from the waist to the boots. He wore a red beret that covered his hair. The second one wore the same uniform, except that it was a tan green, and has a green beret on his head. He was also tan skinned, as well as having a lot more facial hair than the first one. "Hollywood, El Gado," Rolento spoke as he saw the two men hoist out a rather large body on a cart. "Show Sodom what I have planned for anyone that dare stand in the way of the utopia I promised." The two men unveiled what appears to me a man. He has the same outfit as Andore, except it is very white. His head is so very different from Andores. He has a Mohawk, as well as scars that run down his eyes. Other than that, he was about as large as Andore. "Abigail? Here?" Sodom was shocked to see a man that was thought to be dead. "That's right." Rolento smiled as he examined Abigail's muscles with his rod. "It wasn't easy to get him out of jail, but thanks to my underground subway that Shadowlaw once had, we got here just in time!" "I see." Sodom looked at Abigail as drips of water suddenly pierce the giant's head. He moved as if he was having a nightmare about his defeat back at Metro City's bay area. "OH NO!" Sodom screamed as he backed away. "Stand down, soldier!" Rolento placed his rod in front of Sodom as Abigail slowly growled and moaned as he was tussling around. Rolento looked at the ceiling. "It's just a leak in the ceiling pipes. Better move him away from it, now!" As the two men moved the cart containing Abigail away from the leaky pipes, WATERY was infuriated that her attempt at possessing the behemoth that would serve as her instrument of the Card Captor's death was momentarily thwarted. She wanted a mindless minion that is willing to follow orders as long as he can fight, destroy, and be loyal to his or her masters, and Abigail fits the description perfectly. "The old Chinese Water torture trick." Sodom looks at Abigail tussle as he tried to stay calm. "Makes anyone furious beyond belief." "Thank you, Mr. Obvious." Rolento spoke as WATERY moved to the new location. Droplets of water later continued to pierce Abigail's head. He moved even rougher than before. Sodom looked at the ceiling, very closely. Where Abigail was originally positioned, it seemed to stop leaking. Then it started to leak to where Abigail currently was. "There's something fishy about that ceiling." Sodom spoke as he looked at it. "The leak acted like it moved from one place to another." "That happens." Then, Rolento did look at the ceiling. "Somehow, the pipes are leaking, and they look alright to me, something is up." Watery decided, 'To hell with the subtle approach'. Flowing to the spot just above Abigail, she let herself drop and envelop the sleeping giant, awakening him with a violent tremor. Abigail's muscles twitched and pumped as he got up. Rolento, Sodom, and other members that were in the area slowly backed away from the now drenched monster. Abigail's feet touched the ground, and as he got up, he straightened his back, and his chain that he wore on his waist started to jingle. A watery pattern suddenly swirled up and around Abigail as it suddenly took form of a too familiar girl. "What the?" Sodom spoke as he saw the girl. "Who are you?" "Well, if it isn't SWORD," WATERY spoke as she saw Sodom. "What are you doing here?" "This sword has chosen me to be it's holder, WATERY!" SWORD spoke while it emerged from Sodom. It danced in midair for WATERY to see. "And I'm not going to let some silly girl who's best known for her revealing high kicks try to stop me!" Rolento looked at the SWORD card as it danced. "Sodom, what happened to you?" He interrupted as he looked at the Kabuki Mask wearing samurai wannabe. WATERY giggled as she swirled all around Abigail. "Tell you what, how about if I borrow Abigail for a bit, and maybe if I destroy Sakura, I'll give you all of her Clow Cards in return?" "Fine, as long as," Sodom stopped for a bit as he looked at Rolento and the others. "All of Mad Gear rule all of the world to build a new nation, once we have them in our possession! FU FU FU FU FU!!!" He laughed as he saw WATERY nod and take off. Abigail's giant steps slamming on the ground, while WATERY rid on him like a child on her father's strong back. "Clow Cards? HAH!" Rolento smiled as he looked at Sodom. "This is probably the reason some of us are acting weird." "I know." Sodom spoke as he looked all around him. "Damnd might have kidnapped a few girls in his time, but he would never try to destroy them. Not his style. Maybe it's VOICE that got him to do that." "Look, why don't we cut the Clow talk, alright?" Rolento spoke as he held his head. "It is no threat to us as long as we don't look further into it." "Fine." Sodom lowered his head as Abigail left the area. --- "SHADOW, SWEET, SNOW and SAND," Li spoke as he paced around his deck as he looked at all three near his room. "I released you all today because something disturbing is going down." Then he lowered a diagram of WATERY's current behavior. "As you can see, WATERY hates Sakura with a passion beyond reason, even after she was caught." He raised the diagram to close the slider board. "What I want to know is, why is WATERY acting this way?" He pointed his sword at SHADOW. "Well," SHADOW began. "I was involved with Shadowlaw's operation, but I wasn't involved with WATERY." "I did possess a very hyperactive girl," SWEET then told her story. "But I was never involved with WATERY. Cold drinks maybe, but not WATERY." "I was minding my own business." SAND spoke as she sat down. "Then you came along and caught me. Then it was all a blur, but WATERY wasn't involved in my story either." "I used to work for WATERY," Snow spoke as she lowered her skirt a bit. "But not anymore, all thanks to you." "And did WATERY give you any motivation on why she wanted Sakura dead?" Li looked at SNOW as she shook her head. "No no," Snow continued to shake her head. "I was just following orders, she never gave me any reason for me to do so." "I see." Li spoke as he looked at his Lashin Board. "According to this, WATERY has somehow brought something with her." Li packed his stuff and cards as well as his weaponry. "It's time to confront WATERY, once again." --- "Are you sure this is the place?" Guy spoke as he looked at the street before him. He saw various cars go in and out of the road as they try to get where they needed to go. "Yes, I sense the one known as Abigail would be here with a Clow Card." Rose spoke as she suddenly rubbed her head. "But the card that possessed him had already been sealed by Sakura. I don't know how it got free again." "Sakura." Guy pondered as he rubbed his head. "I've heard that name before. It was probably when she was pursuing Damnd." "Your memory serves you well." Rose smiled as she continued to walk toward the street. She stopped for a moment as she looked around. "But, someone else is coming as well." "And who is that person?" Guy spoke as he looked at Rose with a concerned look. "A young man named Syaoran Li." "But, why?" Rose spoke as she looked outside the alleyway they were in. "He wants find out about a major issue, concerning WATERY's behavior." She then looked at the street. "WATERY and Abigail have somehow joined forces to kill Sakura." "This is bad." Guy spoke as he saw Li enter the area. --- Li looked around as he tried so hard to look for WATERY. "The Derivetor says WATERY must be close, but something else is close too." Li thought as he ran alongside an alleyway not far from where Guy was investigating the phenomenon. Water started to spurt from the cracks as Li advance toward it. Suddenly, something was wrong with one of Li's cards. It shook more violently as Li got closer to the leaks. "SNOW!" He screamed as he invoked the card. "Come out!" There was SNOW. She was frightened beyond belief as her dress swished. "I'm scared." SNOW muttered as she held onto her skirt. "WATERY is nearby." "Seeing as you're one of her former minions, I agree with you completely. Come back!" He spoke as SNOW got back in the card. --- "I have a feeling he needs our help." Guy spoke as he started to run towards Li. "STOP!" Rose shot out her scarf, and used it to wrap around Guy as it held him back. "What are you." "WATERY has already been sealed by Sakura. It's their problem, not ours." Rose looked at Guy as she continued to hold the scarf. "Our primary concern is why the remainder of the Mad Gear gang keeps getting the Clow Cards for their own personal ideals." "You're right." Guy spoke as they began to leave the area. --- The spurting grew stronger as it began to pierce through the concrete where Li was standing. Suddenly, a rather large man busted through the concrete as water swirled around him. It was Abigail. He screamed as he busted out of the ground. "What the?" Li was shocked to see a man leap up from the ground. He sees WATERY swirl around Abigail as the giant fell down, and as he landed, he caused several cracks in the pavement. "WATERY! We meet at last. To bad you won't succeed in your objective!" "You are a fool to come here." WATERY muttered as she looked at Li. "I want Sakura to face me, not you." "If Sakura can't control you, well I might as well capture you!" Li smiled as he rushed toward Abigail with his sword drawn. Abigail thrusted his hand out as he grabbed Li by the neck. He picked up Li as the young warrior tried to break free. "Less talk, more fight!" Bellowed the giant as Li held on to him with his life. Using the power of WATERY, which in turn has trapped Li in a column of water, Abigail hoisted Li to a rather secluded area below the deserted section of the city. --- Yes, it was indeed a deserted sector of the city, near the mountains that the country house that Sakura was staying in. Abigail delivered the first blow as Li flipped aside with his sword in hand. Li rushed at Abigail with his sword drawn. He was about to strike the behemoth, but Abigail grabbed him by the neck, and throws him. Li was quite damaged from the landing. His wounds continue to open as he tried to get up once again. Li drew out one of the cards. He used his sword to clash against the card. "SAND!" He yelled out, "Confuse my enemy!!" Li summoned a sand tornado to hurl at Abigail. The giant countered with a block. WATERY unleashed water bolts to turn all of SAND's attacks into mud. Li slashed the mud balls with such vigor, even though the mud did damage his clothes. "Curse you!" Li screamed out with hatred. "That was my best outfit!" WATERY stuck her tongue out as Abigail prepared another charge. As he pumped his muscles, he turned a beet red, and charged at Li while screaming. "SWEET!" Li spoke as he raised his sword. "Turn my enemy into." Before Li can finish, he was smashed by Abigail's fist as he was pushed back. "No." Li spoke as he staggered to get up. "I can't fail like this!" Abigail laughed as he sees Li trying so hard to get up. Li's open wounds really made his fight more difficult than before. WATERY attacked Li using the puddles of water that happen to be in the area. 'I must not lose.' Li thought as he was pelted by the water blasts. 'As one of the descendants of Clow Reed, I must not lose.' "Now it's time for the finisher. Say goodbye, insect!" WATERY spoke as Abigail started to reach out his hands to a very wounded Li. "THUNDER HADOU-KEN!!" A ball of ki and thunder was hurled at Abigail just when he was about to grab Li. It blasted him as the giant screamed. WATERY screamed as well, basically it was a part of the legendary Hadou-ken technique. Li turned around to see a familiar figure riding on what appears to be the Key Staff. Correction. It was the Key Staff. "Sakura!" Li spoke as he slowly got up. "How did you." "Let's just say there's more to Pokemon than just cute animals." Sakura smiled as she winked an eye. Both Abigail and WATERY turned around as they both looked at Sakura and Li. "WE'LL KILL YOU BOTH!!" Both WATERY and Abigail screamed as they looked at Sakura. Abigail's muscles pumped, and he turned a beet red, as he got angrier and angrier. He charged Sakura while screaming and was about to throw a punch. "FIREY, aid me in my attack!" Sakura called out as she got into a stance. "FIREY SHUN-PU-KEN!!" She jumped and spun her legs as fire swirled around her. It burned bits of Abigail as it also neutralized WATERY's shield that was put up. Staggering still, Abigail summoned all of WATERY's power, as well as his own anger, in one devastating attack. "This time," WATERY spoke as she helped Abigail prepare his desperation attack. "You won't survive this attack!" Abigail turned red once again as he charges. Sakura puts up her guard and prepares a counterstrike. Abigail was about to ram right into Sakura, when. "SNOW?" Li saw SNOW freeze Abigail in his tracks with a blizzard. "How did you," "I no longer fear WATERY." SNOW spoke as she looked at Li. "My new masters are in danger, and they are nicer to me than WATERY ever was with that book." "Um, we prefer the term, new friends." Sakura smiled as she looked at SNOW. "You. You. YOU TRAITOR!!" WATERY growled as she looked at SNOW. "You will die with your new allies!!" With that, WATERY directed Abigail toward Li and SNOW. He turned red and screamed as he ran towards Li and SNOW. "YOU WILL NOT KILL MY FRIENDS!!" Sakura screamed as she held up the Key Staff and leaped high into the air. She slammed down on Abigail's back, and WATERY screamed as the Key Staff pierced her. "Return to the guise that you were meant to be in, CLOW CARD!!" Sakura screamed as WATERY continued to wail. "DON'T THINK YOU'VE WON!!" WATERY screamed as she was sucked into the card. "I'LL GET EVEN SOMEDAY, SOMEDAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!" Abigail then fell to the ground as he landed on his back as he reeled over. Sakura then held up the card. WATERY. "No you won't, WATERY." Sakura spoke as she looked at the card. "Cause I got a lot of friends who are quite upset at you for your bad behavior." She places the card away in her pocket. "Thank you." Li smiled as he looked at Sakura. He placed his cards back in his bag, as well as Sakura placing her cards back in hers. "But the question remains, is WATERY really under your control?" He spoke as he fell down "LI!" She came to his rescue. Sakura smiled a bit. "Don't worry, she's not going anywhere unless I tell her, because the seal, is officially complete!" Sakura smiled as she yelled out, "FLY!" and transformed the Key Staff into the Key Staff with wings. Li hopped on with Sakura as they flew out. "Now we gotta get back to the cottage. Tomoyo is worried about us." --- "Is the serum ready?" Juni spoke, as she looked at Juli finish a needle gun on a rock. "Yes," Juli smiled as she looked at the complete needle gun. "Soon, Sakura's body will belong to Lord Bison." She smiled as she placed the gun on her waist belt. "Now, have we got the trap set up?" Juni spoke as she looked at the layout of the area. "Yes." Juli smiled. "But your letter will lure Kusanago over here. We have what she wants." Juni nodded as she left the area. --- "Sakura!" Tomoyo spoke as she freaked out. "What happened to Li?" "Long story short, he wanted to control WATERY, whereas I couldn't, but I managed to corral her just in time." Sakura puts Li down on the bed as she dusted herself off. "Now I have to comfort him again!" Tomoyo winced as she went to work. There was a knock on the door slowly afterwards. "I'll get it!" Sakura ran on over to the door. It was Kero. He was wearing a very small shirt with a dragon on it. He was also wearing some very small pants. "KONYA NATCHAA!!" He spoke as he waved his hands. "KERO!!" Sakura spoke as she rushed on over to the plush guardian. "Where the hell have you been?" Then, she covered her nose. "And what's that smell?" "Well I went on over to the video game shop not far from here, and under the guise of garbage, I overheard some kids talk about the latest video games." Kero lowered his head in shame as he continued. "Unfortunately, the newest ones didn't arrive." "So what's up this time?" Sakura looked at Kero as he crossed his arms. "I detected two Clow Cards. I had to hide in some trees in order to see what they are up to." "And who are their hosts?" Sakura looked at Kero as he rubbed his hands together. "I don't know. It was two girls about your age." Sakura's eyes narrowed as she listened to Kero's description of them. "I heard them say they wanted to thank you for hurting Lord Bison. They said they'll keep watch over you tonight, and thank you tomorrow." "Well I won't find out until tonight, huh?" Kero nodded. "But first, I need a shower." Kero spoke as he headed immediately to the bathroom of the cottage. --- "Two Shadowlaw dolls, here?" Sakura spoke as she looked all around for them. "Well as long as they have Clow Cards in them, I'm pretty much." Before Sakura was finished, a branch reached out and grabbed Sakura by the leg, and flipped her down, landing on her chest as it collided with the ground. She flipped over as the branch still held onto her leg and Sakura landed on her back. Suddenly, another branch wrapped around Sakura's hand, and eventually, a moving tree hoisted Sakura. "What is this?" Sakura screamed as the tree hoisted her. There was laughter. It was Juli. She laughed as she raised her arms to what appears to be controlling the tree. "We have you right where we want you." "There you are!" Sakura screamed as she looked at Juli. "I thought you'd never get here!" "And we thought you'd never get here either." Juli placed her arms down as she looked at Sakura. "Our headquarters may be destroyed," Juni stepped in from the shadows. "But memories of it will never die." "That's what you think!" Sakura screamed out "FIREY!" As she tried to struggle to get out of the tree Juli created. "I wouldn't do that." Juli raised her hand as Sakura invoked FIREY. "Summoning fire at a situation like this would burn you to a crisp, and we wouldn't want that body of yours damaged at a time like this." "What are you saying?" Sakura canceled FIREY as she looked at Juli. "You are obviously more immature than you look." Juni spoke as she looked at Sakura. "When the time comes, you will belong to Lord Bison." "And how are you going to do that, huh?" Sakura smiled as she looked at the two dolls. "Without your Psycho Drive, you can't do a thing!" Sakura sticks her tongue out at the dolls. "Oh no?" Juni smiled. "With this specialized serum, Bison will spread his power through your body, just like that." She held a needle pistol. Beside her was a medical kit that another doll has given her. "You're crazy!" Sakura spoke as she tried to struggle through the tree. Juli raised her arms, and the tree grew tighter. "Stand still, little one, and everything will be all over." --- Kero was flying over the area to see the dolls having Sakura trapped within the tree Juli created. "This can't be good." He spoke as he hovered over the area. "I better, no, I must save Sakura!!" He dive- bombed into the area. --- Li also happened to be in the area. "If the Derivitor is correct," He spoke, "Two Clow Cards are this way." It pointed to another direction. "It's time for the great Syaoran Li to add more cards to his collection!" He posed as he ran after the Derivitor's signal. --- Juni was advancing with the needle pistol as Sakura was still struggling. Juli laughed as Sakura tried to break through. "The more you struggle, the tighter the tree gets!" She spoke as she tightened the tree's grip on Sakura. Just as Juni advanced toward Sakura with the needle pistol in hand, she aimed it at Sakura's leg. She was about to inject the serum into her, when, she stopped. She looked down to see something biting her leg. It was Kero. Juni dropped the needle pistol just as Kero bit her on one of her heels. She looked at Kero gnawing on her boot as she pulled him off. "I don't recall stuff animals actually biting people." "I'm no stuffed animal!" Kero spoke as he looked at Juni. "I'm Cerberus, the Guardian Beast!!" "You don't look like Cerberus." Juni spoke as she looked at Kero. "Well, I just happened to have the same name as the three headed dog of Hades from legend, but still, I'M THE GUARDIAN BEAST!!" "Whatever." Juni turned to look at Juli. "Juli," Juni spoke as she watched her. "You mind disposing this stuffed animal while I continue our mission?" "Sure." Juli smiled as Juni tossed Kero to Juli. She caught Kero as he was flying toward her. "Put me down, I don't deserve this!" "You and I are going to have lots of fun before I kill you." Juli smiled as Kero struggled. "What do you say?" Kero stopped for a moment as he screamed out, "NOT ON YOUR," Before he could finish, his eyes strayed from Juli's face down to her chest. "On second thought," Kero spoke as he was hypnotized by Juli's rather large bosom. "Maybe I can die a happy guardian beast after all." "OOOOOOHHHHHH!" Sakura screamed as she looked at Kero. "That pervert! I don't know how Clow Reed managed to raise him, but when I get out of here, BWAM!" Juni smiled. "You'll do plenty of that once the serum enters your body." She picked up the needle pistol, and took out some cotton from the medical kit. She also took some rubbing alcohol and dampened the cotton ball with it. --- Li ran to the area where Juli and Juni were having their little 'fun.' 'This is bad.' Li thought as he watched them in action. 'Have to save Sakura, Tomoyo would be furious if anything happened to her, and I don't want to be the receiving end of her attacks!' He ran on over to where Juni was applying the cotton on Sakura's leg. --- "And now, the injection!" Juni smiled, as she was about to place the needle pistol on Sakura's leg, when Li jumped in, and knocked her out of the way. Juni has once again dropped the needle pistol as she was knocked back. "Impressive." She spoke as she straightened her back. "But can you save two people while fighting two of me at the same time?" "Two of you?" Li spoke as he faced Juni. "But there's only one of you!" "Wrong!" Juni spoke as she suddenly splits in two. Two Junis, both are exactly alike. "I remember this technique." He then remembers a card that has two, child like jesters that have the same faces, the same clothes, and the same style. "TWIN! You're mine!" Li spoke as he rushed toward the two Junis. --- "HAH!" Juli swung one of her legs at Kero. As her foot hits the ground, her hair bobbed and her chest bounced. She picked up her other leg, and swung it at Kero. He dodged the leg as it came toward him. "What's wrong?" Kero smiled at Juli. "Lost it because of an apparent lack of a Psycho Drive?" "No one mocks Shadowlaw technology!" Juli growled as she raised her arms. From beneath the ground, a large branch started to grow, trapping Kero in his place. "WOOD," Kero spoke as he was choking on the branch that was restraining him. "Is that you?" "Indeed." Juli spoke as she continued to create the branch. Kero freed his arms from the branch and casted some flares. Ironically, the flares burned up the branch, as well as Kero. "Well that was stupid." Kero maybe free, but he was singed a bit. --- The two Junis surround Li as he prepares a counter strike. "SNOW!" He screamed out. "Freeze my enemy!" He smiled as a blizzard was prepared to trap the two Junis. He thought wrong as one the Junis dodged the blizzard, and attacked Li, forcing him to drop the Derivitor. The same one took the sword away from Li and started to attack. "NOT AGAIN!" Li screamed out in anger. "I will not have the Derivitor stolen by a Shadowlaw Doll the second time!" He spoke as he chased the Juni with the Derivitor. His wounds slowed him down as he continued to chase Juni. --- "AAUUUGGGHHH!" Kero screamed as he was knocked aside by Juli. She smiled as she looked at Kero all damaged up and bruised. "Had enough, little toy?" "I had just begun to fight!" Kero spoke as he got up, and flew toward Juli. She raised her arms, and created more branches. Kero managed to make like an experienced pilot and dodged the branches as he flew at full speed ahead at Juli. 'Called me a little toy huh?' Kero thought as he flew. 'Called me useless, well I'll show them, I'll show them all!' He continued to speed toward Juli as she continued to summon more branches. "You can't win, little doll." Juli continued to summon harder to pass through branches. "Yes I will!" Kero spoke as he began the final rush towards Juli. "For I am." Juli's eyes widened as something crashed into her. She looks down to see what did crash into her and where. Surprisingly, Juli finds Kero deep within her breasts. "In Heaven." Kero spoke, as he was nuzzling in between Juli's chest. Slightly ticked, Juli pulled Kero out of her cleavage, and looked at the plush guardian. "The Card Captor was right about you." She spoke, as she looked Kero in the eyes. "You really are a pervert." "That's not fair." Kero smiled as he displayed an embarrassing look. "Now that you've experienced what you call Heaven," Juli spoke with a cold tone as she held Kero in her hand. She slams him to the ground, and places her foot on him. Juli focuses her weight on her boot, and crushes him with her heel. "Prepare to experience Hell." Kero gasped for air as Juli crushes him with her foot. "Now, who is your mistress?" "Sakura." Kero spoke as Juli rams her foot in. "I mean you, YOU ARE MY mistress!" --- 'No.' Sakura thought as she looked at the two dolls overpowering her friends. 'I can't let them die like this, not here.' With that, Sakura focuses her ki on her hands. She heavily concentrated on her arms and hands as she struggled through the tree. Because Juli was giving Kero such a painful experience for his perverted acts, she wasn't paying any attention to the tree that Sakura was bounded to. Sakura managed to power her ki right through her arm, as she broke free from the branch with one hand. She later did the same for the other. She later focused on her body, giving several thrusts forward. --- "MERCY! MERCY!" Kero was definitely at the mercy of Juli's power as she continues to crush him. "Why? I have just begun torturing you!" Juli smiled as she continued to crush him with her boot. Suddenly, she was forced to look the other way. --- Juni suddenly knocked li back. While Li was on the ground, Juni landed on the ground. "Just as I thought," Juni spoke as she looked at the knocked out descendant of Clow Reed. "Nothing more than a pretty boy." Suddenly, she too was forced to look the other way. --- Both dolls were looking at Sakura as she suddenly trying to break free from her tree prison. "We forgot about Kusanago!" The two dolls spoke as they rushed on over to Sakura. Juni grabbed the needle pistol containing the serum as Juli tried making the tree tighter. With enough ki in her system, the power of Sakura's might broke through the tree, sending splinters flying, and Sakura herself screaming as she flew towards Juli. Surprised at this, Juli was suddenly knocked back by Sakura's spin kick. "SHIN-PUN-KEN!!" She screamed as she knocked Juli back. Juni ran on over to pick up the needle pistol. She was about to do so, when something stopped her. "I'm not done with you." It was Li, all worn out, and yet, he was able to fight some more. "This time, there's no escape." Juni swung her fist back, and tried to hit Li with it, but he blocked it, and tossed her aside. --- Juli leaped up to the mountainside, and as she landed, her hair bobbed aside, and her chest heaved up and down. She laughed as she straightened her back. "Not bad, Kusanago," Juli gloated as she looked at Sakura chasing her. "But can you survive my deadly forest?" "Deadly forest? Before Sakura can finish, Juli used the WOOD cards power to turn the forest near Tomoyo's country house, into a living deathtrap. "Great." Sakura moaned as she got out the Key Staff. She leaped into the forest after Juli with the Key Staff drawn. Suddenly, several branches darted out at her. Sakura ducked, and jumped most of the branches. Some might've ripped Sakura's outfit a bit. She kicked off some of the branches that might try to grab her. Unfortunately for her, Sakura was grabbed by the branches and was hoisted up. "Augh!" Sakura screamed as she spin kicked them to the ground to escape. "Come on out," Sakura screamed. "There's no sense in hiding within a forest like a coward!" Juli smiled as she stood on one of the branches. "And do you have to rely on Clow cards to fight us?" "They are just more than just mere cards!" Sakura spoke as she held the Key Staff in place. "They have feelings too, and they have become more like friends than just objects!" "Really?" Juli spoke as she looked at Sakura. "Even if they are your friends, you will succumb to the Psycho Power." "HADOU-KEN!" Sakura shot a bolt of blue energy as Juli jumped out of the tree. She flew feet first right into Sakura's torso. Sakura was flung back as the doll moved forward. "Do you really think you'd stand a chance against Shadowlaw's more powerful and popular members?" "What does popularity have to do with anything?" Sakura growled as she looked at Juli. Sakura wiped some of the blood off of her face as the buxom doll walked toward her. Juli laughed as she looked at Sakura. "You're only good for your crimson red panties." Sakura staggered as she got up. "I am more than just panties, my friend." She growled as she charged up her ki from her hands. "Much more than that." Juli charged as she prepared another kick. She flung back her leg as she rushed forward. "SHOU-KEN!" Sakura screamed as she uppercuts Juli. Juli counters with a Cannon Spike as she lifted her leg, and cuts Sakura with her boot. Both women fell to the ground as they faced each other in combat. --- Juni knocked Li down as she used a combination of punches and kicks on him. Various special moves she also did to hold off the attacks of the following cards. SAND, and SNOW. Using her Cannon Spike and Hooligan Combinations, she managed to take down SAND without much difficulty. On SNOW, she also uses Earth Direct and Falling Arc. The other Juni was suddenly free from the snow attack as she ran against him. Juni stands triumphant over Li's cards, even though she didn't use TWIN this time. Correction, the other Juni later joined up with the real thing. 'I tried almost everything on this broad, and nothing works!' Li thought as he faced Juni. 'It's time for SHADOW's power.' "SHADOW!" Li called out using his sword and SHADOW came forth. "Defeat my enemies, NOW!" SHADOW then used the night shadows in the area, and completely overwhelmed Juni. >From Cannon Spikes to Spin Drive Smashers, Juni's hits had no effect on SHADOW, even with TWIN. The False Juni was easily consumed by the shadows, but the real Juni had the needle pistol right in her hand. She throws it out to the forest where Juli was fighting Sakura. Juni fought valiantly, but the SHADOW drew too much power from the surrounding darkness, and thus became Juni's defeat. She was hurled to the ground as Li walked on over. "Almost too easy that time!" Li called out to Sakura. "Sakura! Come quick!" --- Sakura was breathing heavily as she angrily stared at Juli. Juli smiled as she looked at Sakura. "I didn't want to fight you," She spoke with a serious tone. "But somebody had to get that message through your head." "What message?" Sakura spoke as she looked at Juli leap from tree to tree. "Isn't it obvious?" Juli spoke as she landed on another branch. "We need you alive for our own plans, to thank you for giving Lord Bison quite a show." "You're welcome, but what will you do for me?" Sakura spoke as she looked at Juli come down. "I can make you very powerful, more powerful than you can imagine. Just corporate with us, and you will have all the power you could ever want." Juli smiled as she crossed her arms. "I'll never give in, never!" Juli laughed some more. "Please, we wanted you alive to feel what it's like to wield Psycho Power in your body." Juli stood as she brushed her hair aside. "Well then, if you're that desperate," Sakura got into a stance as she looked at Juli. "Why don't you fight me and force me to? You'll never win." "Very well." Juli spoke as she leaped out of a tree with a flying kick. Sakura blocked it and flipped Juli over. The buxom doll looked at Sakura, and used her legs to embrace Sakura's own. Using the legs, she flips Sakura over, and the card captor falls to the ground. Sakura got up, and flipped to the end of the forest while her skirt bounced aside, revealing her red panties. Juli did the same as she ran towards Sakura with a drill kick. Sakura was knocked back as she crashed against the ground. "Okay, doll, you want me to have the power, how about I send it right at you and see how I don't need your power?" Sakura gathered all of her ki in a massive ball of blue energy. "SHINKUU." "WAIT!!" RAIN came out of Sakura's deck as she took form of a small girl. "Don't hurt my friend!" "Friend?" Sakura spoke as she looked at RAIN. "That Shadowlaw bimbo that tried to kill me?" "NO!" RAIN screamed as she looked at Sakura. "WOOD and I helped each other a lot in creating new forests under Clow's guidance, please reconsider." "Sorry little girl," Juli smiled as she looked at them both. "But WOOD works for me now." Juli spoke as she waved her hands around, sending more branches to attack Sakura and RAIN. The branches hoisted Sakura and RAIN to a restraining hold. Sakura dodged the attacks while grabbing RAIN, and combined with her to form, "RAIN SHIN-PU-KEN!!" She spun while having the power of RAIN in her kicks, and they pelted Juli to the ground. Juli got up with several rips in her clothes as she looked at the card captor. "We were right, you are strong." "And now, for the final blow!" Sakura spoke as she raised the Key Staff high in the sky. "Return to thy form that thou should be, CLOW CARD!" She struck the base of Juli's chest with the key staff, and magic swirled around the piece of paper. Sakura posed as she got the card. WOOD. --- Li screamed as he saw Juni trying to break free from SHADOW's grasp. "Hurry Sakura! I don't know how long I can hold her!" "Coming!" Sakura finally heard Li as she ran on over to Li's location. There was TWIN, defeated and humiliated by the power of SHADOW that dares to bind Juni in place. Juni struggled as she tried to break free. Sakura leaped high into the air as her body shadow eclipsed the moon. She came down screaming as she held the Key Staff in place. "Return to thy form that thou should be, CLOW CARD!" She strikes the restrained Juni in her chest area as well, and managed to seal TWIN, before it's host could escape. The sealed card floated over to Li's hand as he caught it in mid air. "Clow Cards," He spoke as he posed a bit as he held it. "Meet TWIN." He spoke as he placed it back in his pouch. "Well, it seems we both got cards this evening!" Sakura smiled as she posed some more while her shirt and skirt swished, exposing her red panties and undershirt. "Now let's get to.. KAAHHHH!!" "Sakura!" Li spoke as he saw Juli with the needle pistol in Sakura's back. Juli laughed as she successfully injected the serum into Sakura's bloodstream. "The card is yours, but your soul belongs to Lord Bison!" "NO!!" Li screamed as he rushed at Juli. Juni broke free form the shadow bindings as she leaped at Li. "Back off." She spoke as she knocked Li down a bit as the orange haired doll went on over to a nearby motorcycle. "Unless you want to suffer the consequences." "Um, what's going on?" Kero arrived as he was watching the area. --- "AUGH!" "Rose, are you all right?" Guy screamed as he rushed on over to Rose as she fainted near her hideout. "Sakura. Has been tainted. With Psycho Energy." "ROSE!!" Guy caught her just in time just as she fell over. "Psycho energy? Has Sakura." Rose woke up slightly as she spoke these words. "Sakura has been poisoned with evil. But someone told me not to interfere." "Who is this person?" Guy spoke as he held Rose in his arms. "Someone, who prefers her identity, a secret." She spoke as she fainted. Guy looked to the moon as he continued to hold Rose in his arms. --- Sakura clutched the injected wound as she fell on over, breathing heavily as she shook. "You should be pleased, Kusanago." Juli smiled as she held the needle pistol in her hand. "Soon, you will embrace your true power." "HOW DARE YOU!!" Li screamed as he rushed at Juli with his sword. She leaped onto a motorcycle with Juni piloting it as the two of them start to leave. Juli wrapped her arms around Juni's waist as her chest mashes in with Juni's back. "Until we meet again," The two spoke as they sat on the motorcycle driven by Juni. "Try to stay alive." They drove off on their motorcycle into the night sky. "COWARDS!!" Li screamed, "Just you wait until that day comes, oh you'll be sorry you crossed the descendant of Clow Reed!" "Li, get over here!" Kero spoke as he looked at Sakura getting up. "Look at Sakura!" Sakura breathed heavily as she got up. A sound, like a heartbeat emanated from Sakura's heart as she continued to breath, and stand into the breeze. "Sakura?" Li spoke as he looked at the other card captor. "Are you all right?" "Li," Sakura spoke as she stutters. "I. I." "Go on!" Kero encouraged. "Say that you're all right, please?" "I. I." Sakura continued to breathe heavily. Her heart beat faster and faster, and her muscles are getting tighter and tighter. She turned around, but it's not a normal face. Her eyes glowed an evil purple, and her skin is slowly becoming red. "I've never felt better in all my life." Sakura sounded more evil than before. Li and Kero were shocked at this phenomenon as they looked at Sakura smile in an evil manner. Sakura laughed in a twisted tone. "Now that Juli and Juni have done their job of getting Lord Bison's power into my bloodstream, all that's left now is to test this body out." Li rushed at the transformed Sakura with his sword. "SHIN-PUN-KEN!" Sakura screamed as she spin-kicked Li, this time with purple energy swirling all around her. Li was knocked back as he straightened himself. "Is that all, pretty boy?" Sakura gloated, as she looked at Li. "I expected something more vicious." "Tomoyo would never forgive me if she saw you like this!" Li screamed as he looked at Sakura, now tainted by evil. "You have to fight it! Otherwise it would be the end of everything!" "Too late!" Sakura gloated as she looked at Li. "This body is. GGGUUUAAAHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed as she held her head in pain and agony. "Why won't I." Sakura's eyes and skin became normal again. "You won't control me because you are not ready, even though the serum is in my body." Sakura sounded a lot kinder than her last comment. "As long as I have friends and a heart, you won't control me." Sakura's eyes glowed purple again. "True, so very true." The demonic Sakura spoke from within. "I'll leave you alone for now, but remember, you will submit to the Psycho Power, one way or another." Sakura once again held her head as she fell down, and faints. "Quickly!" Kero spoke as he called Li over. "We have to get her back to the cottage!" "Yes." Li spoke as he picked up the unconscious Sakura. "She will need plenty of rest for tomorrow morning." "Why, what are we doing tomorrow?" Kero spoke as he looked at Li. Li smiled as he continued to hold Sakura in her arms. "Ken Masters did promise us a trip filled with relaxation and new atmosphere, right?" "Well I guess so." Kero scratched his head. "Why?" "So we can get Sakura's mind off that serum." Li continued to hold Sakura as he walked. "The more pressure Sakura gets, the more likely the serum would take effect, so until we can figure out how to remove that serum, we have to be extra cautious about what we're doing." --- ---***--- LEAVE IT TO FLOWERY CHAN!! ---***--- (Flowery floats in ala an umbrella) FLOWER: Whoa! What a scary chapter! At the beginning, it was peaceful and relaxing, but when it got to the middle, featuring that brute Abigail, the two Shadowlaw dolls, and the debut of Dark Sakura, I was so scared! KERO: (Flies in) You should be, because for one, I, FLOWER: (Interrupts him) And worse yet, Kero has done something perverted DURING the episode, rather than here for a change. KERO: (Slightly embarrassed) Heh heh heh. (Juli and Juni sweatdrop off stage while GLARING at Kero.) FLOWER: Anyway, let's make this a little happier! WITH FLOWERS!! (Spreads the flowers all over) Aren't they wonderful? Wheee!! KERO: Seriously, this segment is getting real, (Is covered in flowers before he could finish.) FLOWER: And now, the moment you all been waiting for! FLOWERY CHAN CHECK!! FLOWER: Notice how Sakura's typical outfit would be amazingly beautiful, if it were filled with so many flowers! (Sakura's outfit is now covered in flowers) SAKURA: (Sees the design) Actually, that's pretty good, compared to that perverted stuff animal's art style. FLOWER: (Hugs Sakura) I knew you'd like it! Thank you! SAKURA: Your. Welcome. KERO: (Emerges from the flowers) ALL RIGHT FLOWER GIRL!! Your reign of terror is over, for I have arisen to take back this segment!! FLOWER: Whoops! Time to go! (Runs away) Until the next happy fun time! KERO: (Chases her) GET BACK HERE! I'LL SUE YOU FOR COPYRIGHT INFRIGIMENT!! SAKURA: (Shrugs and chases Kero off stage.) --- Author's notes: Another big chapter, intro part written by Dan Wood, and the rest, was all me. Special thanks to Sze for prereading, and maybe Dan Wood too, for also prereading. The reason for Dan to contribute his would've been part to my own is this, he wanted Sakura to relax a bit like Jex has mentioned in his second part, but sadly, Dan had to skip out. So he has entrusted me with the part, and I thank him for his hard work. Guy and Rose: After playing the video game, I thought it would be a perfect setting for Rose and Guy to investigate what's up with Mad Gear and the Clow Cards. I'm afraid the other authors will have to decide on what caused that. Juli, Juni, and Dark Sakura's debut: They injected the serum containing Bison's Psycho energy into Sakura, completing step one of a two step process. Step two is Sakura actually giving in, which won't happen for a while. That way, Bison can really pull himself together without any more interference from the Card Captors and other enemies of Shadowlaw. Think of it as a semi truce, really. And here's to yet another rewrite. I seriously would like to thank Sze for pointing out what was wrong with the first attempt. If it weren't for him, it wouldn't be this smooth. Well, I hope I enjoyed you enjoy reading this chapter just like I have writing it! Later. Lord Ryunson lordryansen@yahoo.com