Chapter 4: The Battle

A black cloud covered the ground, and an invisible force pulled a card from Izuyu's grasp. When the card reached the cloud, it grew into its true form: the Stealing card. It had looked hideous as a card, and in real life it was an eyesore. "Hey, bro," it said to the cloud, which took a similar form. "Yo, wassap?" said the Evil, high-fiving it. "Thanks for joining me. Everything's more efficient with a partner."
"You're not going to get anything done!" yelled Izuyu.
"Well, kid," said the Evil, "I am the spirits of Alex the Great, Napoleon, Hitler, and¡K Hitler all rolled into one and ready for revenge! And I'm gonna get it! Plus, I have help, and who do you three think you are that you think you can beat me and my partner? You know we'll win,"
"'Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what any day might bring forth'," quoted Sukura.
"Anyway, why are we yellin' at each other? Let's get down to business. Even though we will win, might as well get rid of you."
"About time, too," said Izuyu. "I was getting impatient."
Slowly she drew out her card. She called out,
"Sun, Moon,
Release¡Kthe Light,
And all of the power which it holds¡K!
RELEASE!"
The card glowed white, hovering in midair for awhile. Then with a burst of light, it appeared to explode. The Light card shot forward and cut a hole through the Evil. Light had white skin, pale gold hair, and purple eyes. Then she turned around and shot again, this time they caught her. ('They' referring to the Evil and the Stealer.) A dark blob shifted around for awhile, then the Light burst forward. This continued for a while, until Izuyu noted that the Light card seemed to be flickering dimly. "Li," she cried out, "take out your sword!"
"Uh, OK¡K" he said, drawing out his sword. The Light card saw this, smiled, and zapped towards him. He held out his sword in defense, and the Light card apparently absorbed herself into the sword. Li stared at the sword, which was literally swirling with energy. Then the Light card released herself, fully recharged, and attacked again. "Hey," said Sukura. "You could've asked me to use the mirror card!" "Umm¡K I forgot about that," said Izuyu.
Eventually the situation looked pretty much hopeless. It was obvious that Izuyu's Light card couldn't fight alone. "I know it," said Izuyu. "Something is gonna happen. I just know it."
Apparently, Izuyu was right. The Light card confined herself to build up her power. The Evil and the Stealer started to mutter among themselves, then the Evil formed a hole in the ground, which at the bottom of the deep chasm, there was a pool of black, swishy liquid.
"I told you, didn't I?" asked Izuyu. "That's a pool of pure disintegration. Anything that falls in there shall be destroyed."
Then the Stealer lunged out at them without warning.
"AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!" They all yelled, holding out their arms in defense. The Stealer swished around them, and Li was hoping with all his heart that Sukura would be OK. When the Stealer drew back, Izuyu said, "Well, I guess that nothing -- ACK!" She clutched her heart, wincing as though she was in great pain. All of a sudden, Li and Sukura felt the exact same way; they felt an indescribable pain hit them in the heart and head. When the pain faded off, they noticed that they all had lockets on. Sukura's was a pink crystal flower on a chain, Izuyu's was a blue and silver yin-yang on a chain, and Li had a small green wolf on a pin. "These are our Life-Lockets," explained Izuyu, in response to the surprised looks. "They're our lives in a small form. If they get destroyed, we're dead meat." She shook her head. "I really gave my cards too much power." (Can you guess what happens next?) Then, the Stealer lunged at them a second time. This time, when he drew away, they all felt¡Kempty. Then Sukura gasped, "Our lockets!" Yes, the Stealing card had stolen their precious lives.
"Heh, heh, lookin' fer these?" sneered the Evil, holding up three lockets. "You give those back!" yelled Li. "Ha, like I'm gonna?" scoffed the Evil. Then he held up a locket on a chain, above the pit. A pink crystal flower winked at them. "Bon voyage, Cherry Blossom," the Evil said, dropping Sukura's locket (now this is a cliffhanger!).
"NO!" yelled Li, jumping into the pit. Sukura clasped her hands to her mouth. Li caught the locket, and then grabbed the side of the pit. Izuyu looked over, and threw down the Band of Magic, which Li grabbed onto. When his feet touched land again, he lost no time in giving Sukura her locket back. She didn't say anything, but she didn't really need to. Izuyu's Band of Magic got the other lockets, returning them to their rightful owners. "Hmm¡K My card is back on the battlefield, but I think that we're gonna need the strongest cards to help out," said Izuyu. Her other female companion had a solution.
Slowly and clearly Sukura called upon the Four Elements. Windy, Watery, Fiery and Earthy came out and fought alongside the Light. Realizing her strategy, Li used his sword to call upon Lightning.
Then (that phrase is becoming regular, isn't it?) Izuyu put her Band of Magic in a circle about the size of your monitor. In a clear voice, she recited:
"Sun, Moon,
Seal the Stealer, Seal the Evil,
And the evil and power which they hold¡K!
BE SEALED!!!"

"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled the Evil and the Stealing as they were sucked and confined into a pair of cards: the original Stealing and a black, blank card. However, Izuyu did not take them, instead the circle was filled with an electric-like golden aura. Suddenly, Li and Sukura saw that Izuyu was trying to destroy the two -- an impassible force and her own creation -- via her own magic. The two shrank for a split second, then they would grow back to their original size. Sukura and Li knew what they had to do.
Sukura focused hard, and soon a pink aura surrounded her, as with Li, only green. She raised her staff high, and then struck it down, two rays, green and pink sliced the air, and hit the circle.
With this added energy, the Evil and the Stealer fought even harder, but the trio just added more. Finally, the two shrank to mere nothingness.
And the three 11-year-olds that had just destroyed the most powerful being in the world and his partner, and who had just saved the entire planet from being equivalent to wiped out, collapsed on the ground, facedown.
Finally, Izuyu looked up. "Huh?" she whispered. "¡KDid we¡K win?"
Sukura looked up. "Yeah, I guess we did."