Chapter 6- An Enemy
Nightmare charged at Cobra, the smoke-colored horse doing it's best to
stomp and kick the wood-snake with it's diamond-like hooves. Meanwhile,
Shine, a white phantom that was very similar to Sakura's The Shadow Card,
fought skillfully with a cloud of energy that Catsy called Jolt, the
strange cloud sending out bolts of lightning like a machine gun would
send out bullets. Valconair dodged a swipe by a black Minotaur with a
flail, the two deadlocked in combat. These were the only three creature
Cards each of them had left that could stand and fight, the others having
been defeated earlier in the battle. People watched at a distance as
Catsy and Gabor struggled viciously with one another, neither seeming to
gain any ground.
'Now would be a really good time for Kai to show up with
reinforcements.' Gabor thought, dodging a leg swipe from Catsy. If Necros
was behind this, it was definitely his best-planned offensive yet.
Reinforcement did come, but not at all in the form Gabor expected.
'Oh no, not them! Not now!' He thought, seeing Sakura and Li on
high-speed approach. He dodged a wide swing from Catsy, then tried to get
in a thrust with his sword. Quickly blocked.
"Well, who do we have here?" Catsy mused as Sakura and Li got within
hearing range of the battle. "Aw, how cute! Some little kids want to play
with us! Buzz off, brats, before I disembowel you both!"
"We're not scared of you!" Sakura shouted. Li drew his sword in
agreement.
"You should be, kids. Believe you me, you're outta your Pokemon League."
She dodged a swipe from Gabor. "Why don't you two fashion disasters just
go home and play with your little Game Boys, Ok?"
"Sorry, but We're Cardcaptors and we're here to kick your butt!" Li
challenged.
"Oh, are you now?" She back flipped onto a nearby balcony. "We'll just
see about that, kiddies! I'll get you, and your little dog too!" She
pulled a Card from a pocket inside her cape and threw it straight at
them.
Gabor was able to push the two kids outta the way just in time as the
Card transformed itself into a huge boulder that would have crushed them
both. They watched as the boulder hit the sidewalk and kept rolling,
headed straight for a collision with a mass of buildings.
"You two want to help?" Gabor said. They nodded. "Use your Cards to stop
that boulder while I deal with this troublemaker!"
"Right!" Sakura grabbed her wand, pulling out The Shadow, and touched it
with the tip of her staff.
Gabor shot back into action, pulling out the hailstone Card he'd used
once before and throwing it straight at Catsy. She countered with a Card
of her own, one that suddenly formed a black energy shield around her,
dispelling his attack. Sweat dripped off his forehead by the ounce. There
had to be a way to stop her!
He was running out of useable Cards, and out of ideas. The thought
suddenly came to him to use his Random Card, but he had seen what that
thing could do the first time he'd used it, and he'd vowed never to use
it again unless there was no other choice. Right about now, there seemed
to be no other choice.
He pulled the Card from his pouch. It was now or never.
"What'cha got there, an ace of spades?" Catsy laughed a deep evilly
laugh.
"Yeah,... somethin' like that." He replied, then threw the Card straight
at her. She pulled out another shield Card and activated it, but seconds
later both she and the shield and all her creatures were gone. Simply
gone. He leapt for the Card as it fell to the ground, grabbing it in his
hand just in time to see 'Dispel Opponent' fade away on it's face. He
sighed a deep sigh of relief. Last time he'd used it, it had destroyed
every living thing for miles. He thanked God from every part of his soul
that the Card had used something stable this time.
"What happened?" Li rushed over to Gabor. "Where'd she go?"
"Who knows. We'll probably see the likes of her again, though." He held
up his Random Card. "Don't ever get one of these. They're stress
factories."
Sakura suddenly ran up to join them.
"How'd it go, Sakura. Were you able to stop that boulder?" Gabor
inquired, putting away his Random Card.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact, I brought this back for you." She handed him
a black Card with the picture of a boulder on it. "Somehow, I guess she
left it behind."
"Something like that. Did you have it wrapped up with The Shadow when
she vanished?"
"Yeah, I did." Sakura thought for a second.
"That must have blocked the 'Dispel Opponent' effect from my Random
Card. At any rate, I want you and Li to take this Card home and make sure
it's a Darkcaptor Card. I need to know everything about who I'm up
against here."
"Right. I should have this thing ID'd in no time flat." Li stated.
"I'm glad you're so confident of yourself, Li. Wish I could say I was
right now." He looked at the smouldering remains of the church building,
just enough of it left intact to be rebuilt and repaired. "I was
fortunate this time. I need to be more prepared for my next confrontation
with her, whoever she is."
Catsy had re-appeared deep in the jungle, which jungle she had no idea,
but she was discovering that there were many more varieties of mosquito
than she had ever imagined. She had located her The Nightmare, The Jolt,
and The Predator Cards, still in creature form, fighting a similar battle
against the mosquitoes that she herself had been fighting. She returned
them to their Cards, then activated a DarkShield Card that kept the
mosquitoes at bay for a while. 'Bugs,' She thought to herself. 'The one
thing nobody seems to be able to fight effectively. Not even me.'
She got her bearings, and after a few hours located a native fishing
village. She'd scared the (censored) outta those villagers with her
Cards, and they ran off screaming like babies into the forests. She'd
grabbed what spoil she'd need to make it outta this place in one piece;
some food which mostly consisted of fish, which she hated, a compass, and
some rudimentary maps that would help her find the nearest city. When she
did, she thought, she'd make sure to hijack the first plane headed
towards Tokyo and then really show that jerk who was the best Cardcaptor
of them all. She'd make absolutely sure he didn't survive, and even if he
did, she'd make his life a living hell.
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The Characters I own:
Gabor, Remnant Cardcaptor extreme
Catsy, the Demon-controlled Darkcaptor
Ryan, leader of Team Revelation (briefly mentioned)
Peter, Spiritual Superwarrior (briefly mentioned)
Serria, member of the Shadow Six, in love with Ryan (briefly mentioned)
The concepts I own:
Remnant Cardcaptors
Darkcaptors
The Surro-Terkaan wars (briefly mentioned)
ZaeT'kno Cardcaptors (Briefly mentioned)
Cardcaptor concepts I own:
The Flarewolf
The Valconair
The Nightmare
The Cobra
The Shine
The Jolt
The Predator
Who owns everything else:
Cardcaptors, Li, Sakura, Kerberus, and Tomoyo are property Clamp
Kai, Phalyn, Necros, and Balera (briefly mentioned) are property of
Eternal Studios and ArchAngels: The Saga
If anyone wants to create a sequel to this fic, the only condition is
that you send me the sequel before distributing it.
I personally don't know a lot about Cardcaptors, so don't flame me if it
turns out Cardcaptors: A Bold New Realm is nothing like the TV
show/anime/magna ( I never could spell that right), ect...
E-Mail me at Arch-Angels@juno.com