Chapter 21: Chapitre XXI
(by Arcademan, added on 2006-05-08 10:46:37 AEST) [Discussion Topic]
FLASHBACK: MOMENTS BEFORE IN THE ARCADEMAN UNIVERSE...
"Adam...you and Parrillusia trade notes. Your experience in The Darkness' abilities will be invaluable to..." Before Arcademan could finish his sentence, he felt a tug within his belt pocket. Opening it up, he saw the eight sided Powerstar flashing.
"Sakura Kinomoto is in mortal danger. I must go to her and her world. The Darkness may be already conquered the Cardcaptor World. Send me there, Parrillusia...NOW!!!" demanded Arcademan.
Black Adam whispered something to the elder faerie, then she turned to Arcademan. "Black Adam told me that before he came to our world, Shazam telepathically communicated with him. Once he was freed from being the prisioner of The Darkness and Doctor Sivana, he would project a mental shield around Earth-S. We should do the same here since obviously The Darkness has been communicating with himself between the void, coordinating the attacks against the heroes of three worlds. We can do the same thing however once done, there can be no travel between the worlds. If you decide to go to Sakura's Earth, you may not be able to return."
Without any hesitation, Arcademan said, "I'm going. Black Adam can help out here. Sakura's world lack the heroes we have here and on Earth-S. If The Darkness even conquers one world, then there may be no stopping him. Once I'm gone, set up the shield. We must do this now!"
Parrillusia opened a portal and Arcademan darted through it at super-speed. Once in, the portal closed immediately.
WITHIN THE PORTAL TO THE CARDCAPTOR EARTH...
As Arcademan flew through the portal of swirling lights, he suddenly sensed a familiar presents...no...TWO of them.
"Dream Angel! Dream Demon! What is going on?" asked the hero.
The Angel spoke first. "We are here to give you some advice and a warning. Once you arrive on Sakura Kinomoto's world, we will not be able to communicate with you so please heed our words."
Then the Demon continued. "Parrillusia will use the magicks from the Realm of Higher Existance to seal our world to prevent The Darkness from communicating so if the worse comes to past, and I hope it does not, we Dreams cannot interfer in the lives of the mortals for if they are not permitted to have dreams or nightmares, the entire human race will go slowly mad. So the battle with The Darkness must come to a close soon."
"Understood!" answered Arcademan. "I'd say wish me luck but then I don't believe in luck." Right before Arcademan was about to leave the portal, The Dream Angel says one last thing...
"You will run into a person named Yuuko. She is what is known as a dimensional witch. Her magicks are strong but there's a price to pay for them if she decides to offer her services. Do not trust her!" And on that note, the voices of the Dreams disappeared and soon Arcademan was flying over the town of Tomoeda, Japan. As he looked down, he saw Sakura, amongst others in front of a old-style home talking with a tall woman dressed in black. Thanks to his super-hearing, he could listen into the conversation taking place.
"Now that I have everyone's attention, as I've said before, I can help rid the world of this evil presence...however the price is very high. Sakura Kinomoto, legacy of my beloved Clow Reed...are you ready to pay such a price?"
Sakura was about to answer when Arcademan shouted from the sky, "NO! SHE DOES NOT!!!"
Everyone gazed their eyes on the cloaked figured Arcademan as he landed between Sakura and Yuuko. Sakura ran up to him and gave Arcade a big hug and said "I knew you would come..." Then Arcademan turned to Yuuko.
"I believe introductions are in order. My name is Arcademan and I came to destroy The Darkness that has troubled this world once and for all!"
The dimensional time-space witch looked confused at the turn of events, then she regained her composure. Fai looked on and leaned over to his partners Kurogane and Syaoran.
"Very interesting. did you notice the look on the time-space witch when that colorful character arrived?"
Kurogane looked with a puzzled expression on his face. "So what?"
"Remember when we first came here. The first thing Yuuko told us is that there is no such thing as coincidence...there is only hitsuzen."
Syaoran nodded. "Ah...yes...a naturally foreordained event. A state in which other outcomes are impossible...a result which can only be obtained by a single causality and other causalities would necessarily create different results."
"Correct. So if she is a full believer in hitsuzen, the stranger's arrival wouldn't have startled her yet it did." deducted the Wizard from Seresu.
Kurogane grunted. "Guess all we can do is wait and see what happens next but from what I can sense from this new person, his soul may be darker than the Dark being that's trying to destroy this world."
Arcademan stepped right up to Yuuko. "You mentioned you have a solution to this whole thing...let's hear it!"
Yuuko stared back at the hero. "I do however what do you have to compensate for this? This information comes with a heavy price." Then the witch looked closely at Arcademan and noticed something...
"Hmmm...a sword sheath...minus a blade. What is that, if you don't mind me asking?" Arcademan could sense her mind scheming and plotting but he didn't let it show.
"This is called The Sunblade. Its blade is made of pure negative energy. Only the darkness within my soul keeps it in check and it also prevents by being from further plunging into the darkness. What are you getting at?"
This is a slight hesitation in Yuuko, then she makes her sales pitch. "I will use my abilities to aid your battle in destroying this foul being however in trade I want that sword of yours as payment for my services."
Arcademan looked at everyone around the area, then he looked at his friend Sakura and gave her a wink of his eye, then he grabbed the Sunblade and went to hand it to Yuuko.
"I accept your deal!"
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