Chapter 2:
Hi everybody! How's it going? First, I'm sorry for taking so long to update. I had some… issues that took priority, not to mention writers block.(already!) I'm lame I know but oh well. So here is the story of Card captor Ai. You'll see how it connects to Sakura later.
Disclaimer: I forgot to put this last time, but I figured it was obvious that the original Idea wasn't mine. I do not own Card captors! I do however own Ai, Kaisei, Fang, Tai, and Shen. Not to mention anyone else I decide to create. On with the show.
Don't open that book!
Ai didn't listen to those wise words. 'It's calling to me. I'm sorry, but I have to know,' she thought. She opened the book and as soon as she did she knew she was probably going to regret it. A powerful gust of wind shot out of the book. She turned to get a glimpse of the person who tried to warn her.
"Tai-!" was all she got out before she was surrounded by the books energy. 'Just stay calm. I can handle anything,' she thought to herself. 'You're in the eye of a cyclone, in the house, made of random wind and… are those cards?'
Ai cautiously reached out to the cards. A single card landed in her stretched out hand. When she pulled it back to examine it, the rest dispersed from the spinning vortex and disappeared from sight. The gust slowly died down 'til no movement could be seen.
'What just happened here?' Ai pondered to herself. She looked at the card that remained in her hand, along with a necklace in the other. 'The Windy?' Ai didn't have time to cogitate about what happened, because Tai ran to her and began to shake herby the shoulders.
"You idiot! Do you know what you've done? Do you think I tell you not to do things so I can hear myself talk? Do you?!" Tai was speaking quickly and angrily.
"You're hurting me!"
Tai immediately released her. Ai took a second to examine the book from a distance. Something bothered her. She walked over to the desk, so she could have a better look. It seemed as is if someone cut out a rectangle in the center of the pages. She held up the card still clasped in her hand.
'The hole and the card are the same size. The cards came from inside that book!'
"Tai, do you know what's going on?" she asked nervously, placing the necklace in her uniform's pocket.
"I think he'd better explain," he said looking at the desk.
"He?"
"Me," spoke a voice from the desk. A small winged creature was standing next to the book. He was the color of the sun, with a majestic lion's tail. He had two ears that reminded Ai of Mickey Mouse (1), they were round and slightly smaller than his round head. "What are you staring at Blondie?"
"Did you just talk? Did that thing just talk?!" Ai asked the creature and then Tai.
"Of course I talk," stated the creature annoyed.
"Ahhhhh!" Ai ran to hide behind Tai. "Please, please, tell me I'm dreaming. I have to be, that's the only way a pansy form of Kon (2) could be talking in reality.
"Kon? As in BLEACH (3)?" asked Tai.
"Not a pansy!!" This came from the creature.
"I am beyond confused," Ai spoke to herself. "What was with those cards?"
"You only unleashed powerful magic to run amok in the world," spoke the creature.
"wha-?" she asks.
"Kero! She's started enough as it is," reprimanded Tai.
"Well she can get over it. She doesn't have time to be startled. I can already tell she's no Clow Reed or Sakura."
"Who?" she asks confused.
"She is stronger than she looks!" insisted Tai.
"She will have more troubles to face than Sakura ever did!" countered Kero.
"Who's that?" she tried to ask again.
"She will have help, just as Sakura-sama did," continued Tai.
"She will need more than a college sorcerer to win this fight," continued Kero.
"Hey?"
"She can do it," Tai argued.
"Hey?"
"She will become the enemy of another," added Kero
"Hey?"
"She can take them all on," Tai spoke with confidence.
"We shall s-"
"HEY!?!"
Bothe speakers turned to her, shocked.
"Yeah, I'm right here! So quit talking like I'm not. Whatever the hell it is, I'll do it," she said as a birds shrieking call pierce the serious air.
"Good than you better go catch that card," Kero said flying out the now open door.
Ai moved to the same doorway and turned to look at Tai. She glared before turning quickly and running out the door.
"Uh-oh, I'm in trouble now. Kirai came out; I just hope she goes back to being Ai before she comes home," Tai thought. He wanted to go after her so badly but he knew he couldn't. This first one she had to do alone, or rather with Kero.
Feng walked into the room with a confused look on his face. He made a gesture to the door with his thumb.
"Ai's fine, don't worry about it."
Feng shrugged his shoulders and left the room.
Ai was running as fast as her body would allow her. She was only barely able to keep up with Kero.
"So … huff ... what am I … supposed to do?"
"Follow what your heart tells you to do."
'That's helpful,' she thought as she collided with Kero. "Watched where you're stopping you stupid stuffed animal!" she yelled.
"It's up there," Kero replied. "It's the Fly and I'm not a toy."
A giant bird flew in the sky, blowing branches and leaves all over the place with each flap of its wings. The bird looked down and stared at Ai. She managed to dodge it, barely.
"Kon, why is that thing trying to attack me!?" she screamed as the bird dove again.
"My name's not 'Kon' it's Kero!"
"Just answer the damn question!" she screamed as the bird's beak grazed her shoulder.
"It can sense your power. You have to catch it before it kills you." Kero spoke calmly. "Where did you put the key? Ch-" Kero was suddenly blown away.
'Key? What-? The necklace!' she pulled it out. There was a pendent of the sun and moon combined, as if embracing. 'It doesn't look much like a key, oh well.'
She held it up and yelled," Abbra Kadabra!" Nothing.
"Open sesame?" Nothing.
"Please and thank you." Nothing still.
'Damn, I should have known. Well, let's try to think clearly … while I'm about to be bird food! What was the book called Clow? That's right. Dammit I don't know what to do! Ya know what; I'll just do what Tai does.'
"Say the first stupid thing that comes to mind!" She pulled out the key and threw it in the air. As it fell, she stuck her hands out and the key landed safely in an orb of energy, that had formed between her two small hands. 'Here goes nothing.'
"Key of Clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender my staff, the force ignite! RELEASE!"
Suddenly a pink light filled the sky. The key began to levitate out of its orb and transformed into a staff of red with the pendent placed at the top. The moon stuck out from the staff, its curve barely hanging on to the sun.
'Whoa! Cool,' she thought. She then saw the bird come back. 'Let's do this!'
She screamed as she charged. Just before she reached her target, Ai stopped. She took a determined stance. "Bring it on, you stupid card!" she raised the staff up in the air.
"Do as I demand, return with your power confined,
Fly Card!"
The bird halted and began to be sucked into what looked like a miniature tornado. After it faded away another card was left in its place. The card flew over to Ai and she took it in her hand along with The Windy.
'Wow. I did it.'
The staff quickly changed back into its original form. Ai places it around her neck. Warmth and peace fell over her until Kero flew back, his mouth covered with a sticky, white substance.
"Please tell me that's not what I think it is."
"Wha-, it's vanilla ice-cream, so yummy!"
"You left me alone … TO GET DESSERT!"
"Hey! I'm much more responsible than that. I just happen to be blown into an ice cream shop."
"Whatever you say. Look, why don't we go home and you can explain this to me in more detail tomorrow morning. I'm hungry and I think Jiang-san made a pie before she left for work." Jiang-san was her foster mother; she often worked late into the evening and left early in the morning.
"Pie!? Let's go Ai!" Kero shouted, throwing his tiny fist in the air.
And so ended one crazy day. What will tomorrow hold for Ai? Read the next chapter to find out, but I need reviews in order to know that you want more, so click on the purple button at the bottom of the screen, and submit a review.