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Yes, just what the title says. Only 12 episodes for this one fic, though there's enough duels for YGO fans and enough Sakura for CCS fans to enjoy.

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Summoner Wars
A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover
Episode 1: First Encounter
By Razor Knight
Last update: June 6, 2006

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"Good morning, monster."

The brunette teen glared at her tall brother. "I'm not a monster!"

"Then why are you trying to fry me with your eye lasers?" The guy said as he shrugged and resumed eating his breakfast, which only caused the girl's glare to turn darker.

"She has no eye lasers, unless she already created a card for that," the small plushie-like yellow creature standing on the girl's shoulder commented. The guy simply nodded.

"Sakura, you better eat your breakfast quick, if you don't want to be late for school," a voice said from the kitchen.

Sakura nodded and sat on a chair next to her brother, her mood lightening fast. "So, Touya, enjoying your new job?"

Touya, her brother, nodded. "I can get used to this one." For once, he'd found a job he didn't get bored of in a few days. He was helping an old man who'd set a card shop in Tokyo a few weeks ago. Touya had mentioned the man's name a few times but Sakura couldn't remember. All she knew was, the man used to own one of the best card shops in Domino, and was seemingly trying to expand the business.

Sakura had asked Kero about the cards, but her guardian had said he didn't detect any magic in them, and Yue had agreed. She was glad her cards were still the only ones with magical powers, although she remembered the one time monsters, quite similar to those in the cards she'd seen, had appeared around the world, a few years ago. She had to fight against a few of them to protect her house, and that had been the first time her father had seen her in action.

"Sakura, snap out of it, you're gonna be late," Kero warned.

"Uh? Oh!" Sakura remembered she was already quite late and bolted up, leaving the half-eaten breakfast in the table. "Thanks for the food!" She said as she put on her skates and rushed out of the house.

"She'll never change," Touya muttered.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Fujitaka Kinomoto asked poking his head out of the kitchen.

"It is," Kero agreed as he finished his breakfast and eyed Sakura's leftovers. "Hmmm..."

"Like we could stop you, glutton," Touya muttered as he stood up. "I'm leaving too, dad, I told Mr. Motou I'd open the store for him today."

"Have fun," Fujitaka said from the kitchen.

"Sure will," Touya said before walking out. He had to agree with the others, though. It was good that despite all the fighting Sakura had gone through the last five years, she was stil the same. For some reason, she seemed to attract magical creatures, as they always attacked those around her. It'd been a few years since the last time, but Touya still remembered those monsters invading Tokyo. Monsters like those in the card game Mr. Motou had as main income source, which had appeared and vanished swiftly and misteriously. He had tried asking the store's owner about them, but something always came up. Today he would try again, since he was curious about that coincidence.

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"You made it in time. Amazing."

Sakura glared at the brown-haired guy for a second, then smiled. "Hi Syaoran," she said as she hugged him, giving him a soft kiss on the lips.

"Isn't he a gentleman, waiting for his girlfriend before entering the school?" Tomoyo asked as she walked to them.

Syaoran shrugged. "I try." The bell rang just then, and he sighed. "Let's go, we don't want to be late for Mrs. Dragon's class."

Sakura chuckled at the nickname Syaoran had for their new history teacher. A woman she could almost see as being the villainess type.

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She sighed. So far, she'd found no worthy opponents, nobody she saw as useful for her master. All duelers she'd seen in the city were rookies, devoid of skills and magic power.

She stopped as she walked past a school. There were two magicians there, one of them being powerful enough to make her uneasy, but the other one... Her power was incredibly high. If she managed to defeat both in a duel, she could have them join her master's ranks.

"Well, Seraph, today might just be your lucky day," she told herself as she leaned against a tree, waiting.

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Sakura frowned. She was on her way back home, her two friends walking by her side. It was too bad Mei Ling had been sent to detention for fighting once again, because Sakura was almost sure she would need her help in a minute. Looking at Syaoran, she could see he had felt the magic too. Tomoyo looked at them and nodded knowingly, the pale-skinned girl had been around Sakura long enough to know when she was sensing a magical threat.

The brunette turned around, glaring at the red-haired woman who'd stopped as soon as she'd turned. "Who are you, and why are you following us?"

The woman's reddish-brown eyes seemed to sparkle as she chuckled. "For the last question, I was just trying to see how long it'd take you to detect me, mage."

"I've sensed you since you stopped outside the school. I was just waiting for you to leave on your own," Sakura said. Syaoran stood ready, holding her hand in his, the other hand ready to produce one of the spells he had used time and again in the past to protect her.

"I see... For your first question, I'm Seraph, and I'm here to make you an offer."

"Offer?" Sakura blinked confusedly. "What kind of offer?" She looked at the woman's attire. A plain red blouse and black jeans, nothing too showy or complicated. Maybe she'd been late to the Villainess Outfits store's discount sale.

"My master is recruiting people with power, like you, people who'd help him achieve his goal."

"Let me guess," Syaoran said with a half-smile. "Your master wants world domination and ultimate power. It's either that, or destroying the planet, or cleaning it of human life."

Seraph was surprised by the comeback, but shrugged. "My master only wants to unite the world under his holy power."

"I can't accept that," Sakura said.

"I see... Then, let's have a duel," Seraph said producing a pack of cards from her jean's pocket. As she rose her hand, a strange scythe-like blade appeared. It had ten rectangles drawn in it, which looked just the same size as the cards. "I know you have magic of your own, and I want to test it."

Sakura frowned. "What if I refuse?"

"We'll follow you around until you accept. I'm not the only servant to my master, and sooner or later you'll be one of us."

"I see..." Sakura sighed. If anything, this'd be a change from the boring normal days she'd been having lately. She produced her own cards and smiled. "Let's fight then, and if you lose, you'll leave me alone."

Seraph smirked. "If you lose, however, you'll join us."

"Sakura, don't," Syaoran said.

Sakura looked at him. "Trust me, I can beat her."

"Where's your duel disc?" Seraph asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Ready?"

Seraph nodded, and her scythe-like weapon - if that was a weapon - lit up as she introduced her cards in it. The space between them lit up as well, forming some kind of battlefield with rectangular spaces divided in two 'sides,' ten blocks total on each side. "Since you don't seem to know how this goes, let me show you." She took five cards out of her 'deck,' then a sixth one. "Hmmm... Since I can't attack in my first turn, I set a face-down monster on the field, and also two face-down cards. With that, I end my turn." And if this works, I'll psyche her down, she thought.

Sakura looked at the man-sized cards that had appeared into the 'field.' Those were cards like the ones sold at Touya's new shop, only... These ones had magic in them. A strong kind of magic she'd never...

"Sakura, be careful!" Tomoyo said.

"Damn it, we're late."

She turned to the voice and saw Kerbeross and Yue flying to her. "You're not, we just started," Sakura said.

"This is no joking matter, Sakura. Clow told me about these cards." Yue said. "They were used by the rulers of the world, eons ago, to decide the outcome of wars. They hold a magic that could be stronger than that of the Clow Cards."

Sakura nodded. "I see." She had already guessed, from the woman's power and the cards, this was no simple game. But she wasn't worried. "I'll play along, I'm sure my 'monsters' can beat hers."

Kerberos frowned then nodded. "I know you can do it... But don't underestimate her."

"Good advice, kitty," Seraph said. "However, if any of you interferes with the duel, your friend'll lose."

Syaoran frowned. That left Sakura alone in this fight. He wasn't happy just watching, but there was nothing he could do right now.

Sakura smirked. "Oh but my two Guardians are also summons in a way. "

"We are?" Kerberos and Yue asked in unison.

Sakura chuckled and took five cards out of her own deck. She then shrugged. "Let's see if I got this right... I'm supposed to take a sixth card then play those I can into the field."

"Only one summon per turn," Seraph said.

"I see... Then instead of a sixth card... Summon: Kerberos."

Kerberos blinked as he vanished then reappeared into the field, in the first spot to the left of Sakura. "What the heck..."

"It worked," Sakura said with a smile. She then blinked as some numbers appeared hovering over Kerberos'form. "Four thousand and two point five thousand... Hoe?"

Seraph's eyes widened. "Impossible... That monster's too strong to be summoned directly."

Yue smirked. "If it was, it wouldn't have worked. I know most of the rules from Clow's stories." The grim angel then turned to his 'master.' "Sakura, don't attack just yet. I'm sure those two face-down cards she has behind her monster are meant to turn the tide against you."

"I said no interferences..." Seraph growled.

"I'm one of the summons, and I'm not attacking you, just offering some advice. Again, if it wasn't allowed..."

Seraph growled again. That angel guy had a point, no matter how much she hated to admit it. "So if you're not going to fight..."

Sakura smiled. "Maybe my own 'trap' cards will work here." She'd seen some of the cards, as Touya had shown her a deck he'd built. "Mist, destroy those face-down traps!"

Seraph blinked in disbelief as her Michizure and Magic Cylinder cards were destroyed by a wave of mist. "Uhhh..."

"And now, Kerberos, destroy her face-down monster!"

Seraph's mouth opened in shock as her Prevent Rat joined her two trap cards. She recovered from the shock and smiled. "Fortunately, since the card was in defense mode, I lose no life points."

Sakura blinked. Life points, what the... Only then she noticed the numbers floating over Seraph's head. Four thousand... If she played things right, Kerberos could defeat her opponent in one hit. "Okay, then, I put two more cards face down and... End my turn."

"You learn fast," Seraph said and took another card off her deck. "Perfect. I play Monster Reborn, to bring my Prevent Rat back from the graveyard, and place it in defense position. And next, I put another monster face-down on the field. Your turn."

Sakura frowned, looking back at Yue. "Summon: Yue." She looked at the readings. "Two point five thousands and three point five thousands."

"Still strong enough to take on most low level monsters, and with enough defense to protect you from most high level ones," Yue commented. "What am I supposed to do next?"

Sakura frowned. "Let's risk it. Attack her face-down card."

Yue nodded, attacking the face-down monster. As soon as it flipped, however, he groaned. "Not that card..."

Seraph chuckled. "You destroyed my Penguin Soldier, activating it's effect. I can now return two cards to your hand, so... I can't help but choose your two monsters." As she said that, Kerberos and Yue vanished, and Sakura noticed two more cards appearing in her hand, with the figures of Kerberos and Yue drawn in them.

'Don't worry, Sakura, we're okay,' Kerberos voice said in her mind.

Sakura sighed. "Okay then, I end my turn."

"Not as easy as it seemed, is it?" Seraph asked.

Sakura nodded. "And I gotta admit... This is fun."

"Fun... It'll be funnier when you join us."

"Gloat after you defeat her," Syaoran snapped.

"Right. My turn," Seraph looked at the field and then drew another card. "Hmmmm... Guess this will do. I play the Goblin Attack Force in attack position, and activate my face-down Final Flame, hitting you for six hundred points."

As Seraph said that, a flame shot out of the one face-down card that had just been flipped, heading straight for Sakura. She put her arms in front of her face to protect herself, but the flame struck her in the chest, causing her to fall back, a yelp of pain escaping her lips. "Sakura, are you okay?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura nodded. "Been hit harder..." She muttered as she stood up. "That wasn't nice, Seraph. But let's see what else you've got."

Seraph chuckled again. "Okay, then. I activate Dragonic Attack, increasing my Goblins' attack by five hundred. Also, I summon Cyber Falcon."

"Those two monsters have more attack than Sakura's life points," Tomoyo commented.

Syaoran looked at Sakura, and saw she wasn't worried at all. "I think she'll be fine."

"Goblins, attack her life points directly."

Sakura smiled. "Not so fast. I activate my Mirror card, which deflects your attack back. Your Goblins hit themselves, and you receive those two point eight damage points."

Seraph winced in pain as the Goblins' attack bounced back, hitting her. The green-skinned troops vanished as her life points dropped to one point two thousands. "Okay then, Cyber Falcon..."

"I wasn't done yet," Sakura interrupted. "I activate my other card, Arrow, which destroys your Cyber Falcon, dealing his attack points to your own life points."

Seraph blinked in disbelief. "I lost?"

"Indeed," Kerberos said as he reappeared besides Sakura, the battlefield vanishing as the duel ended.

"Now leave, as promised," Yue added.

"Okay kid, I'll leave you alone... But there's more like me out there. Don't think because you beat me you'll have it easy against everyone else." After saying that, Seraph snapped her fingers and vanished.

Syaoran smiled at Sakura. "I knew you could beat her."

"It was mostly luck. If these guys are coming after me again, I better learn how to play, and fast."

"How did you know what each card would do?" Tomoyo asked.

"They told me," Sakura simply said.

Syaoran shrugged. "Let's go to that shop your brother works at. For what I've heard at school, the owner's grandson is one of the best players of that game."

Sakura nodded. "Didn't know that, but I guess that's my best option right now."

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Yugi looked at the tall, bald man standing in front of him. "Who are you?"

"Name's Zenit, kiddo, and my master's interested in you, Yugi Motou. "

Yugi frowned. "What is it this time. My soul, my cards or the world's sake?"

Zenit blinked confusedly. "I'm just here to make an offering to you. My master would like you to be a part of our clan. Help him achieve his goals, and he'll reward you greatly."

"I'll pass," Yugi said.

"Then, I challenge you to a duel. If you win, I'll leave you alone. If you lose, however, you must join us."

'I'm not so sure about this,' Yugi thought.

'Then let me handle him,' The Pharaoh suggested, standing by his side. Actually that was only a projection of Yugi's mind, since the Pharaoh's spirit was always within him.

'No, I can beat him. He may even be fun enough to make the duel worth playing it.'

The Pharaoh nodded. 'If you need my help, I'll be right here. '

"I accept your challenge," Yugi said and produced his cards.

"Good," Zenit smiled coldly. "Let us begin."

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A/N: As you may've guessed, this one's set several years after Card Captor Sakura's ending, and a year after Yugioh's ending (ignoring Dawn of the Duel, that is.) As for who this new foe is... Not telling yet.

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.

Summoner Wars
A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover
Episode 3: New Old Evil.
By Razor Knight
Last update: June 14, 2006

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Sakura frowned. Hope. The last Sakura Card she'd created, and for these duels, the one that could give her the advantage. But on it's own, it was quite useless. All she could do now was wish Yugi didn't have a card strong enough to destroy her Lock.

"I summon Fiery!"

Two thousands and one point two thousands... Not enough to destroy the Summoned Skull, at least not without destroying itself, but Yugi knew what her plan was.

"... And I end my turn."

"What?"

Sakura looked at the Pharaoh. "I don't need to attack you yet."

'She seems to trust her cards as much as we do,' Yugi noted.

'I would be too, with that Lock card of hers...'

Only one card would be able to solve Yugi's problem... And, for once in a lifetime, he didn't draw it in the right moment. "I set another face-down monster, and a face-down card, and end my turn," the Pharaoh said with a frown.

"Yugi's winning, no surprise."

Syaoran turned to the side and saw a group of teens watching the duel. The one who'd spoken, a blonde-haired, tall guy, was wearing an uniform similar to Yugi's, only without the collar and pyramid.

"Who's that girl anyways?" The second one, a brown-haired guy with a quite lame hairdo, asked.

"Oh darn, it better not be another Rebecca," the brown-haired girl besides the first two commented.

The blonde chuckled. "I thought Rebecca was over her 'Yugi's girlfriend' phase."

"She is, and I really don't want to go over that kind of things again."

Quite unaware of all the people watching the duel, Sakura drew a card and smiled. Sword. One more card and she'd be able to show Yugi the real power of her cards. "Nothing to do right now, so... I end my turn."

Yugi chuckled. "If you don't attack, you won't beat me."

"Offense is not the only way of winning a fight," Sakura countered.

"Right then..." The spike-haired boy drew another card and smirked. "Just what I was waiting for. I summon my Dark Magician Girl in attack mode, her two thousand attack points are raised to two thousands three hundred since the Dark Magician is in the graveyard.. "

'So that's why he discarded it,' Syaoran thought with a nod.

'Wonder who that girl is,' Anzu, the brown-haired girl, pondered.

'Where the heck did she get those cards from?' Katsuya, the blonde guy, wondered.

'Yugi's outfit's so cool... I wonder who designed it,' Tomoyo thought with a smile.

"And that's not all," Yugi said. "I also set the field card Yami," he said as he put a card besides the field, which turned pitch black. "This boosts all Fiend and Spellcaster monsters's attack another two hundred points. Dark Magician Girl, finish her Firey card!"

The crowd cheered as Sakura's card was blasted to pieces by a magic bolt, going to her graveyard pile. Sakura's point went down to one point five thousands.

"And with that, I end my turn."

Sakura frowned as she drew a card, then smiled. Shield. "Well, well, I just got lucky."

Her opponent smiled. "Let's see what you've got." He was quite excited about this fight, he hadn't dueled someone who used new, challenging cards in quite some time.

"Okay," Sakura said and showed him her 'Hope' card. "I activate Hope, and fuse my Sword and Shield with... Me."

"What the heck?" Honda said from the crowd. His question was echoed by many others.

Sakura walked into the field, standing besides her Lock Card, and the Hope card hovered over her. A second later, a Shield and Sword appeared in her hands, and everyone saw the three cards going into the graveyard as her school uniform turned into a silvery, helmet-less full plate armor. "This is my Knight Sakura fusion," she said. Two point five thousands attack, two thousands defense, relatively stronger than the Summoned Skull or even the Dark Magician Girl, Yugi thought. "But before I show you what I can do, I activate Hope's special ablity. Once sent to the graveyard, it can be put back into my deck, which is shuffled afterwards."

Katsuya whistled. "Kinda like a recyclable Polymerization."

"And now, I attack your second face-down card!" the female Knight said as she charged at the face-down Mystic Elf.

Not if I can help it, Yugi thought. "I activate Negate attack."

Sakura frowned as her charge was stopped by an unseen force. "Hoe?"

The Pharaoh chuckled. "As the name of the card implies, this trap stops your attack, and also cancels any further attacks you may have planned in this battle phase."

"Okay then... I end my turn," Sakura said with a sigh.

Yugi drew a card and chuckled. "Well, this was fun, but the duel ends now. I activate Raigeki!"

Sakura yelled in pain as lightning struck her side of the field, zapping her two other cards and herself. The attack sent her out of the field, and she kneeled on the ground as her armor reverted back to her school uniform. "That hurt..."

'Didn't know it'd hurt her,' The Pharaoh admitted.

'Maybe it's a side-effect from being a card herself...'

"Are you okay?" the spike-haired guy asked.

Sakura nodded. "Don't worry, I've been hit far worse before and survived."

The Pharaoh nodded back. "Okay then... Dark Magician Girl, take out the rest of her life points!"

Sakura staggered up as her life points dropped to zero. "I could get used to this," she muttered.

"Playing the game, or getting beaten up?" Syaoran asked slyly.

Sakura stuck her tongue out at him, then turned to the Pharaoh who was walking towards them, the battlefield already gone. "This was interesting," he said. "I guess I'll help you improve your skills, but those cards of yours are quite strong on their own."

"Hey Yugi, who's the cutie?" the blonde guy asked as his group walked to them.

"Name's Sakura, and you better keep those eyes for yourself," Syaoran snapped.

"Easy, boy, I was just asking. 'Sides I already have Mai..."

"Does she know that yet?" Honda asked.

"Now seriously, who's the girl?" Anzu asked.

'Yugi, she's looking at us that way...'

Yugi cringed. 'We better explain all this and fast, huh?'

"I'll explain, but not here," The Pharaoh said. "Let's go into the shop."

Unseen by the others, Seraph and Zenit were amongst the crowd that had watched the duel. As the crowd started thinning out, they both walked away. "You were right, that Yugi guy is good," the woman commented.

"And the summoner girl's cards are nothing like I've seen before. She's quite a wild card, so to speak," Zenith admitted.

"We have to tell Suzaku about this," Seraph said as they both turned around a corner and vanished from view.

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"So once again, there's some big bad evil out there using duel cards in an attempt to take over the world," Katsuya said. "Nothing new there, huh?"

"I bet if Kaiba meets these guys, he'll insist they're using holograms and cheap magic," Honda commented.

"I'll need all the help I can get to fight this new evil," Sakura said. "I'm still trying to figure out most of the duel's rules and strategies."

"If you want, Duelist Extraordinaire Katsuya Jounoichi can teach you a few things!"

"Like how to lose with dignity?" Honda muttered.

"Why you..."

"Stop it you two," Yugi said. "Well, Sakura, I can teach you all I know about dueling, but I first need to know all about your cards, what each of them can do, and what their weak points are..."

Syaoran shrugged. "I just wanna know what the deal was with that Fusion thing... Never seen anything like that."

"I have," Yugi said. He still remembered about Noah and Marik, and how they'd fused with their monsters to fight. Sakura's fusion, however, wasn't the same. She wasn't fusing with an existing monster, but using her cards as equip cards... "But not the way she uses them."

"They all work the same way," Sakura explained, "and that Knight Sakura thing was the only thing I could think of to win the duel."

"You lack information, but your skills are good," Yugi said.

"You know, Yugi, you're speaking more and more like the Pharaoh every day..." Anzu mused.

"Perhaps I do," Yugi admitted. "Guess some of his character rubbed on me, but also... He's not as grim and socially challenged as he used to be."

'I'm still here, you know...'

'Hard to forget. So, what do you think?'

'I agree with you. Once she learns the basics and how the most common monsters and traps work, she could be quite a powerful ally. '

Sakura paled as she looked at her watch. "Damn, dad must be worried sick by now!"

Touya chuckled. He'd been listening to the others as he worked on keeping the store clean. Today had been quite a calm day compared to the rest of the week, but he couldn't complain. "Don't worry, monster, I called him and told him you were here."

"Don't call me that," Sakura muttered.

Yukito was leaning on a wall, with Kero sitting on his shoulder. Both had been silently trying to figure out who the new foe was, but Seraph didn't use any item or spell that could give them a clue about it. Still, there was something familiar, a magic they'd seen before, in her deck.

Suddenly, the door opened and a quite tired man walked in. His white hair had the same gravity-defying form as Yugi's, and along with his short white beard and blue overalls gave him quite a funny appearance. "Hmmm... You've got visitors I see."

"Grandpa?" Yugi asked.

"Don't worry," the old man said. "Some crazy girl named Astra wanted to duel me. Ranted on about her master and uniting the world and other stuff I didn't quite get."

"You beat her?"

"Of course, but it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be." The old man stopped and looked at Yugi. "You've met someone of her group, right?"

Yugi nodded. "I did. And this girl here's Sakura Kinomoto, Touya's sister... She has her own kind of cards to use in duels."

"Own kind?" Grandpa asked, his interest raising.

Sakura smirked, mentally summoning forth her Hope card like she had in the duel, along with Shield, Sword and Fly. The end result was, she looked like an armored angel. "And not only for duels," she said.

The old man gasped. "Amazing. Those look like the Mage Cards."

"Mage Cards?" Yugi asked.

"A friend of mine found records on them in an ancient buddhist temple in China. There were two mages, Clow Reed and Phoebe Suzaku, who tried to create cards much like the ones used eons ago, the same ones you use now, Yugi," Grandpa explained.

"So my cards are connected to them?" Sakura asked.

"You're using Clow's cards, right?" the man asked back.

"Not exactly... I had to transform them to use them," Sakura said. "Could you tell me more about that legend?"

Grandpa Motou smiled. "If you have time for an old man's ranting... "

"There could be details we need to know in that legend," Yugi said, "so we should listen to it."

"Darn, I forgot to bring the popcorn," Katsuya muttered. Anzu promptly glared at him.

The old man chuckled. "Well..."

"Reed and Suzaku were two mages who had studied the magic arts together, but while Reed wanted to use magic to help others, Suzaku wanted only power and control. There'd always been tension between them, and when Reed created his Clow Cards, Suzaku did everything she could to get them. Upon failing, she created her own set of cards, the Phoenix Cards, even stronger than Clow's."

"So, Suzaku started using her cards to take over small villages, then fortresses, and in the end, she was confident enough of her powers so she decided to take the final step."

"Suzaku tried to use her cards against the Emperor, but Reed stood in her way. They fought with their summons for almost two days, and, in the end, only one mage got out of the fight alive."

"Clow killed her?" Syaoran asked skeptically.

"No," Yukito said. "I remember Phoebe now. Her cards were strong, but that also made them hard to control."

The old man rose an eyebrow. "You mean you were there?"

Yukito swiftly turned into his true form as Kero floated off his shoulder. "I'm Yue, one of the guardians of the Clow Cards. Now that Sakura turned them into her cards, I serve her like I served Clow. "

"So those legends were real... Wait until my friend finds out," Grandpa mused.

Kero shrugged. "I'll tell you what happened in that battle. Despite them both being rivals, I know there was something else there. Phoebe had the chance to deliver a killing blow to Clow with one of her strongest cards, but she didn't... She couldn't. The card went berserk and killed her before Clow could help her."

"What happened to the cards?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know. Clow said he'd put them in a safe place, but never told us where."

"I don't see a connection," Syaoran said.

"We sensed something... Familiar in Seraph's deck today," Kero explained. "We didn't know what it was until this man mentioned Suzaku. Seraph could have one of the Phoenix Cards in her deck."

"I'll call Eriol and tell him," Yue said. "Maybe he can give us more details."

Sakura nodded. "As for me, I'm going home. Yugi, I'll come back tomorrow so you can teach me all you know about duels."

"I'll help you as much as I can," Yugi said, noticing Anzu still seemed a bit territorial. "See you tomorrow."

Sakura nodded as she and her friends walked out of the store. Touya just shrugged as he turned to Motou. "Sorry, Mr. Motou, but there aren't a lot of customers today. I'm going to make sure Sakura gets home unharmed."

The old man nodded. "Don't worry, I can take care of business."

"Hey Anzu, stop glaring at the door, or you'll melt it down," Katsuya joked.

"I wasn't!" Anzu snapped.

"That girl's got a boyfriend, so I think you're safe," Honda added.

Yugi sighed. "Don't worry about her, Anzu. You know I only have eyes for you."

Katsuya whistled, and Honda promptly headlocked him to keep him silent.

Anzu smiled at Yugi, then frowned. "Is that the Pharaoh or Yugi talking?"

Yugi smiled at her. "Both."

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"You've failed."

The three persons standing near the desk bowed to the man behind it. He was giving his back to them, his dark blue business suit contrasting with his long golden hair in quite an imposing way. "Master Suzaku, we're sorry about our failure. But we have data on those we fought..."

"I'm listening."

"My target," Zenit said, "was Yugi Motou. He indeed deserves his title. I couldn't even use the little surprise I had for him..."

Astra was a black-haired woman wearing stiletto-heeleed, knee-long blue boots, a very short blue skirt, and blue tube top. She sighed. "His grandfather is no pushover either."

"As for me... I found someone special," Seraph said.

"You did?" Suzaku asked.

"I found the new master of the Clow Cards. Her name is Sakura Kinomoto."

"Interesting, very interesting," Suzaku said. "Maybe we can kill two birds with one stone there. Gain a powerful ally, and also the only cards that could oppose my Phoenix Cards."

"What if we can't make her join us?" Zenit asked.

"Then I'll kill her myself. I don't want those Clow cards to destroy me like Clow destroyed the first Suzaku."

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A/N: One thing I noticed about YuGiOh is, you rarely see the villain/opponent's hand. So for this duel, you could consider Sakura as the main character. About the result of the duel, it could've gone either way, but I decided to not have a rookie win against the 'Duel Master' Yugi.

Summoner Wars
A Card Captor Sakura/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover
Episode 5: Warlocks and Dragons.
By Razor Knight
Last update: November 21, 2006

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Aurora sighed. "I hate playing defense, but I don't have anything I could use against you right now. I set a face-down monster and two face-down cards, and end my turn."

Zenit, on the other hand, did have something to take care of the Warlock. "I also set a face-down card and a face-down monster, and end my turn."

"How was it," Kaiba mused, "'all you kids do is defend'?"

"My Silent goes to the graveyard now," Sakura said, "but I think it did quite a bit of damage so far."

Syaoran drew a card. Baby Dragon. It was pretty useless right now, but... He still had the card Sakura had set. "I activate Sakura's face-down card!" He smiled as he saw what card it was. "Return lets me summon up to five monsters directly from the graveyard, at the cost of a thousand life points. I can only summon two right now, but it's still more than enough."

"I see... Sakura's spells and traps' main flaw is, most use up life points to be activated," Kaiba noted.

Yugi nodded. "If you hold her into a stalemate for long enough, she can pretty much run out of life points on her own."

"I set two monsters in face-down position from the graveyard, and attack Aurora's face-down monster with Gaia!"

"Not going to work," Zenit said. "I activate a quick spell, Suzaku's Fortress. This spell card stops any attack and cancels the current battle phase."

"Negate Attack copycat," Jou noted.

"Main difference is, it can't be stopped by a trap or spell card."

"Since I can't do a thing right now, I end my turn," Syaoran said. "Sakura, you can pretty much run over them now."

Sakura nodded and drew a card. Mist, it could be good to use right now, as the enemy had several traps and spells set. "I set a face-down card, and attack Zenit's face-down monster."

Zenit laughed. "Yes! You attacked my Man-Eater Bug, which means I can send any monster to the graveyard!"

Sakura smiled at him. "I would be worried about that, if you could activate that flip effect."

"What the heck?" Zenit gasped as his card was sent to the graveyard with no side effects.

"My Warlock form cancels any flip effect your monsters may have when I attack them, and is unaffected by flip effects as well. It also has another effect, but I'd rather let you discover it yourselves. Now, I attack the other face-down card with Gaia." Aurora frowned as her Prevent Rat was destroyed. They were defenseless, but luckily their turn would come next. "Your turn."

"That card is just too strong to be attacked directly, except for some of the strongest duel monsters." Yugi noted.

"I figured that out," Kaiba said. "My Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon would have a slight chance to win, with some help." Even then, summoning the Blue Eyes was as difficult as summoning the Warlock, and he was never too fond of relying on luck. Whether luck did save his hide several times in the past or not, wasn't a point he cared considering.

Aurora looked at Zenit. "If this fails, use your little surprise." Zenit nodded. "Okay, I set a face-down card, then activate Raigeki. Kiss all your monsters goodbye!"

Sakura shrugged. "I counter with Mist. It destroys all your spell and trap cards."

Zenit flinched. It was a good thing he hadn't set his 'surprise' yet. "

"Do it, Zenit," Aurora said.

Zenit's eyes shot glares at both Sakura and Syaoran. "This will be fun. I activate Dark Hole!"

Kaiba flinched. "Well, that's it for the Warlock."

As the smoke cleared, however, the Warlock was still there. All the other monster cards had been removed, but Sakura just stood smiling at a very dumbfounded Zenit.

"You just found my second effect," Sakura said. "The Warlock Sakura form is unaffected by spell and trap cards."

"In one hand, it lets her shrug off Raigeki or Black Hole," Kaiba said, "But on the other hand, it also doesn't let her attack improve. "

"What for?" Honda muttered. "She really doesn't need it."

Zenit couldn't help but admit Kinomoto was good. But never outloud. "I set a face-down monster, then, and end my turn."

Syaoran smirked as he looked at the card he'd just drawn. Combined with one of the card he was already holding, it'd be enough to take those fools down. "I'll play a card I've been holding back since the start of this duel. Change of Heart!"

Zenit groaned as his monster switched sides. "Well, this doesn't look good."

"It'll look worse. I summon my Dark Magician Girl!"

"Good choice of cards, indeed," Yugi mused.

"Wow, she looks awesome!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "Wonder if I could make an outfit just like that one?"

Sakura overheard that and laughed nervously. "Thought she was out of that phase..."

Syaoran chuckled at that, but then turned serious again as he looked at his foes. "And since you're open for an attack, don't mind if I take the chance. Dark Magician Girl, attack!"

Aurora frowned. "Hmmm... This sucks. But at least, we'll have one more turn to go."

"I end my turn," Syaoran said as he noted she was right. Sakura wouldn't be able to use his monster this turn, so they'd have to play a bit longer.

The face Sakura put as she drew a card, however, told him the duel was about to end prematurely. "I hope you don't mind me killing your magician, Syaoran," she said.

"What are you talking about?" Zenit asked.

Syaoran knew only one Sakura card that'd do that, so he nodded. "Go for it."

"I use the card I just drew, Arrow, to destroy the Dark Magician Girl."

"Destroying a monster on her side?" Kaiba asked. "That's..."

Yugi recalled the card's effect and shrugged. "That's just what they need to win, Kaiba."

"When Arrow destroys a monster, it's attack points equal damage to my rival, even if the monster was mine."

Zenit flinched as his side's life points dropped to three thousand four hundred. "This is... Incredible."

"You two were fun to fight, but I'll have to end this now." Sakura rose her staff, and a couple dark energy blasts shot forwards, hitting both Zenit and Aurora and knocking them back. Their life points dropped to zero and the arena vanished.

Aurora flinched as she stood up, and noticed Sakura's suit hadn't vanished. "What the..."

The brunette glared at them. "Tell your boss this: Next time he should come fight me himself. That is, unless he's a coward who can't fight his own battles."

Zenit growled and charged at Sakura, drawing a knife from under his duel disk. "I won't let you insult master Suzaku!"

Sakura simply shot another energy blast, knocking Zenit back harder than before. "I thought you said you'd leave me alone. You better leave this place, before I stop playing nice." She mentally summoned her four elementals for effect, and from the looks in her foes' faces, they surely did their job well.

Aurora took a step back. "Screw it. I'm out of here." Zenit glared at Sakura as Aurora vanished, then he left the scene himself.

Sakura turned back to normal and her elementals vanished. "Finally, this fight's over."

"You weren't really going to kill them, right?" Yugi asked walking to her.

"Of course not. I could give them a nice beating if forced to, though."

Syaoran hugged Sakura and kissed her softly. "That was fun."

Sakura blushed slightly then noticed Kaiba leaving. "Wait, Kaiba!"

"I've seen more than enough today," Kaiba said. "Maybe I'll have a friendly duel with you someday, Kinomoto."

As the grim millionaire left the scene, Tomoyo was still lost in her own world. "Wonder how that magician suit would look in pink?"

Honda rose an eyebrow as he heard that. "What's she on?"

"Don't ask," Sakura muttered.

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Suzaku nodded as Zenit and Aurora informed them of their defeat. "I see... While you lost against Kinomoto, Seraph was victorious against someone else."

"Who did she turn? I thought all the important duelists were with Motou."

"That's true. But there was one lesser duelist whose connection with one of our targets make her important as well. And I already sent her to bring him to our ranks."

Zenit smiled at that. Whatever Suzaku was planning, it would be good.

"Oh, and Zenit... Kinomoto's right."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll go fight her myself next time, without interferences. If she can fight her own battles, so can I. You may leave now." Aurora and Zenit bowed at him and left the room. A couple red eyes appeared behind him, the new figure cloaked by shadows. "I was wondering where you were."

"Just doing a bit of research. Want me to keep Kinomoto entertained while you prepare?"

"Not yet, Hisako. Not yet."

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As he walked into his classroom, Yugi frowned. "Something wrong, Jou?"

Jou nodded. "It's Shizuka."

"Huh? what's wrong with her?"

"Last night when I got back home, she seemed cold and distant. She didn't speak to me much, and wasn't answering any questions."

"Strange. Think she's sick?"

Jou sighed. "I don't know. I'm going to find out today."

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"Gee, and I missed that?"

Syaoran just stared at Mei Ling. He'd told her all that had happened the day before, but he'd thought she wasn't a duel monster fan. "Why, you wanted to watch the battle?"

"You can't call that crap battling. I'd just gone and kicked those losers around for a while."

"I don't doubt it," Syaoran admitted. As long as she didn't try to go meelee on a Blue Eyes...

"Duels. Bah. Duels are fought with swords, guns or even fists," Mei Ling ranted on.

Tho knowing her, Syaoran thought, she'd most likely try just that.

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"Wait, Shizuka!"

The girl turned and saw her blonde-haired brother walking her way. she didn't smile, however, she just stared at him. "Kazuya..."

"What's going on, Shizuka? You're acting weird," the boy noted. Shizuka noted Yugi was with him, and chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Yugi asked.

"Oh, it's just that you're here too... I may be able to defeat you both."

"What do..." Jou started, then flinched. "No, not you..."

"Unfortunately for you, yes," Shizuka said. "Seraph challenged me to a duel yesterday, I thought I could use the practice... But she was a bit better than me."

"Damn... If she lost, she must've joined them."

'Stating the obvious just isn't your thing, Yugi,' The Pharaoh mused.

'Why use her though? Even if Jou taught her a lot this last year, she's still not up to his level.'

'Suzaku must be planning to use Jou's soul against himself. Maybe he counts on him being unsure of fighting Shizuka.'

That, however, was quite a moot point. "All right, Shizuka, let's duel."

"I'm the one supposed to challenge you," Shizuka muttered with a frown.

"Lost your call," Jou said, "so I'll make the rules. If you win, I'll join your group, but if I win... You'll have to leave them."

"That can't..." Shizuka started, then gasped as Suzaku appeared right besides her. "Master Suzaku..."

The man smiled at her, then looked at Jou, his face unreadable. "Your terms sound fair to me."

"Master?"

"Don't worry," Suzaku said to the girl. "If you fail me, I won't harm you. But you won't have any purpose in my ranks unless you manage to bring your brother to me."

Jou smirked. "Dream on, goldilocks, I'm gonna get Shizuka back."

"We'll see," Suzaku said, then looked at Yugi. "Interesting person you are. Or should I say 'persons?' In any case, we'll meet again, in a duel, and soon."

'Okay, now we know how the enemy looks like,' the Pharaoh noted.

'What was that about stating the obvious again?'

Jou produced his cards and put them into his disk. Shizuka did the same with her own cards... Though some of them weren't normally in her deck.

Yugi sighed. "Good luck, Jou."

Jou nodded. "You go first, sis."

"Always the gentleman," Shizuka mused. "Okay, I put a face-down monster and two face-down cards and end my turn."

"I see... I bet goldilocks gave you some new cards, huh?"

"Good guess."

"Then I think it's time to see if you're as good a duelist as I hope you are."

"You talk too much, brother."

Jou chuckled. "And you're no fun. Anyways... I start by setting three face-down cards, and activate one of them... Insect barrier!"

"I see you also got new cards..."

"Yep... I also play my Axe Raider in attack position, and add Draconic Attack to it. That makes him have a total of twenty two hundred attack points. And now, I attack your face-down card!"

Shizuka chuckled. "That's none other than Suzaku's Barrier, thanks to it's special effect it has two point five thousand defense points... Hence you just hit yourself, brother."

"I see... I set another face-down card and end my turn."

"Let's see..." Shizuka smiled at the card she'd drawn. "I play Suzaku's Thief in defense position, with one thousand and one point two thousand points, which go up by four hundreds thanks to it's special effect... And add three hundreds more to my Barrier."

"Uh huh... I've told you a thousand times, playing defensive always isn't the way to win."

"I also activate Suzaku's Torment, this trap takes five hundred life points from both players during each standby phase. See, I just need to stall you. Oh, and my thief has another effect, it lets me draw one extra card at the end of my turn."

'Strange one' Yugi heard in his mind. He just nodded, the battle was just starting but Jou was already in a slight disadvantage.

Jou had figured that too, he had almost no monsters that could take on the Barrier, and his life points had dropped to nearly three thousand without any attacks from his opponent. He had, however, a way to keep his sister from attacking. And with the card he'd just drawn, he could win this fight. "I activate my trap card, DNA Surgery, and change all monsters in the field to Insect type. And while I'm at it, I play Raigeki!"

Shizuka frowned. Those new cards were messing her strategy, but she still had one piece to move and make him drop to his knees. "Good move."

"I'm not done. I play Monster Reborn, bringing your Barrier back to my side... And sacrifice both monsters to summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

Yugi nodded as he saw the massive dragon appear on the field. "Well played, Jou."

"Red Eyes, attack her life points directly!"

"Sorry, but no. I play my second face-down card, Suzaku's Fortress. "

Jou cursed. "Okay then, I end my turn."

Shizuka giggled as their life points dropped by half thousand. "Don't be upset, brother, you'll be able to use your pet next turn... " her smile turned into a devious look as she saw what she'd drawn. "Or maybe not. Meet Suzaku's Dragon, this baby has two point five thousand attack points and gains two hundred for each Suzaku monster around. That makes him three hundred points too strong for you."

"You can't attack yet."

"I don't need to," Shizuka said. "See, bro, defending sometimes is the way to win."

Yugi saw Jou glare at Shizuka and winced. She was right, all she had to do was keep him from attacking, and her Torment trap card would kick Jou's points down to zero.

"Your turn, dear brother," Shizuka said with a mocking smile.

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A/N: I know Shizuka/Serenity was quite useless in the show, but hey, other than Mai, she's the only girl Kazuya gives half a damn about...

lol.... Short. My main fic is now 70 episodes long and counting (only about 20% of the whole thing done.)

As for this one... If you want to read the rest of it:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3249473/1/Summoner_Wars

It's only 12 episodes long... And needing a rewrite.