The Cardcaptor Fan Fiction Story That You Would Never Would Have Expected
To Be Made Considered All The Events That Happen In It.
By Lillian B. Parker
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2 Chapter 1
"Now class. Remember that your homework is due on Tuesday." Smiled Ms. Karlsen as the 7th grade class of Reedington Junior High filed out of their 6th hour.
"Man. I hate homework." Sakura Avalon whined to her best friend Madison Taylor.
"Yeah. Me too. I don't know why the teacher wants to pile it on us."
"Hi!" Said another voice joining the complainment conversation.
"Hi Eli." Madison said to her boyfriend.
"Want me to carry your books?" he asked.
"Sure. Thanks!" Madison chirped, fluttering her eyelashes at Eli. He blushed. Someone then tapped Sakura on the shoulder.
"Hey." Li Shoran asked his crush, smiling.
"Hey Li! Did Mr. Burns give you lots of homework in Science?"
"Yeah. We all did. But I got most of mine done." Li replied.
"That's cool." The 4 teens were all outside in the bright daylight.
"There's my ride. See you!" Madison called to her friends and ran to a red BMW and got inside.
"Need a ride?" Li hopefully asked Sakura as Wing pulled up minutes later in his beat up Station Wagon.
"Nah, me and Eli are a getting ride home from Tory."
"Have fun." Li called.
"Bye!" Sakura waved to Li as the car drove away.
In the car, Li waved back to Sakura. He then sighed and slouched in the lumpy old back seat.
"Have a good day?" Wing asked.
"Yeah." Li said, stretching his arms around his head.
"I had my first crush when I was your age too." Wing said.
"Wh---" Li started, going very red.
"I know that you like that girl Sakura."
"Don't make fun of me." Li suddenly commanded. Wing chuckled from the driver's seat.
"I won't. You should invite her over for dinner sometime."
"Um. Okay." Li muttered. Wing smiled at him from the rear-view mirror.
* Honk! * went the horn from a small Mazda. Eli and Sakura cringed and scrambled in the car.
"Hi!" Tory said over the wail of his 13-month-old son Ian who was strapped in his car seat.
"Hi." Eli and Sakura replied. Ian let out a shriek and grabbed a handful of Eli' hair as he bent down to set his backpack on the floor.
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" he yelled. "Stop that!" Ian just drooled on Sakura.
"Yuck." She said, wiping her arm on the seat.
"Ruby wants me to run a couple of errands first." Tory told the kids.
"Great." Eli said. *Rip* "Ow!" Eli yelled as Ian shook his hand now filled with strands of blue hair.
"Hey Tory. Don't forget we have a basketball game tonight. Can you pick us up?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. I think I can manage. What time is it again?"
"6:30."
"Okay."
"Poopy!" yelled Ian.
Mr. Avalon was staring into the pan he was washing in the sink. He had to do something about all those gray hairs.
"Hi Dad!" Sakura called as she and Eli came into the house. Eli was living with the Avalon's, sleeping in Tory's room. Mr. Avalon took him in like some lost evil reincarnated puppy after the wedding and Eli was kicked out of his house by his so called cousin and his brother in law.
"What are you kids up to tonight?"
"I'm cheering with the cheerleaders of course at the basketball game tonight. Eli is on the team, remember?"
"Oh. Yes, now I do." Mr. Avalon said. Sakura rolled her eyes.
That night at Reedington Junior High, a heated boys basketball game was in session.
"Let's go team!" Sakura chanted, waving her pom-poms in the air. The squeak of shoes echoed in the gym. Li bounced the ball as he ran to make a shot. All of the sudden, Eli came from behind and stole the ball and made the shot for himself. It was pointless because they were on the same team. The buzzer rang and the game was over. Reedington had won, but in his heart, Li hadn't. Eli was always ruining moments that would have earned him popularity of some kind.
"W-I-N! Reedington wins!" Sakura cheered with the other cheerleaders.
'If only Sakura could be cheering for me.' Li thought as he walked to the locker rooms to change and get his stuff.
"Great job Shoran." Said the coach.
"Yeah. Thanks." Li muttered.
He trudged outside to wait for Wing, then someone called his name. He turned around to see who it was. It was Sakura.
"Hey Li! Great game." She smiled. She looked very pretty in her cheerleading outfit. Li blushed
"Thanks." He muttered. Wing's car pulled up.
"Well, see you then." He told her.
"Bye!" she called. She watched him walk to the car and get in. Suddenly there was a loud breathing sound behind her. Sakura turned around. Right smack dab there behind her was Mad Cow Mei Lin.
"Uh, heh heh! Hi Mei Lin!"
"What do you think you're doing talking to Li?"
"Um. I was just telling him he played a good game."
"Good. You stay away from him."
"But Mei Lin, I thought you didn't like Li anymore."
"I---" Mei Lin stuttered. She tossed her hair and stalked off home. Sakura's face fell as she watched Mei Lin fade away.
"She still has feelings for him." Sakura turned around. Eli was there with his gym bag. Sakura's heart dropped.
"Tory's here. Let's go." He said. The then left for home.
The next day, which was a Saturday, Kero the guardian beast of the Clow was watching cartoons.
"What are you watching?" Asked Sakura.
"Dragonball Z."
"Oh." Sakura said. It was the episode when the Trunks character came from the future.
"Wouldn't it be cool if people from the future came and visited us?" Kero asked Sakura.
"Well, I suppose so." Little does Sakura know, that how real Dragonball Z can really be...
2.1 Chapter 2
5 years in the future..
"Honey, can I borrow the Time Card?" Li asked his girlfriend Sakura sweetly.
"Why do you want to borrow the Time Card?" Sakura asked suspiciously. Smiling innocently, he wrapped his arms around her.
"Because I love you dearly." Sakura was still very suspicious.
"Why else?"
"Don't you trust me, sweetheart?" Sakura thought about it for about 3 seconds.
"No."
"Darn!"
"Well? Did you get it?" Eli asked. Li shook his head.
"It's a no go." He shrugged at Eli angry glare. "What? I tried didn't I?"
"Well, if we don't go back, the entire world could be destroyed, and at the very least Sakura and Madison won't survive." He rubbed his chin where the beginnings of a goatee were growing. "And we can't have THAT happen."
"Hell no! We wouldn't get any lovin'!" Li grinned goofily. "And what if Mei Lin." Eli shuddered.
"Let's not think about that now." Madison came in, bearing a tray with tea and cookies for the two boys.
"What are you two up to?" she casually asked.
"Nothing dear." Eli stood, pecked her on the cheek and took the tray from her.
"My, my. You are a beautiful woman."
* Smooth * thought Li. Madison glared at Eli.
"You guys are up to something."
* Or not * Li grinned as Eli lost his composure.
"What do you mean, tigress?" Eli asked, offering the plate of cookies to Li.
"Everytime you say I'm beautiful, you either want dinner, more food, a kiss or.."
"We have a guest. Let's not go there now." Eli told Madison. They both blushed.
"Now my lovely girl.." Eli began again. "Do you think you could possibly get, I mean, borrow the Time Card for a day or two?"
* Or a week * thought Li. There was suddenly a loud BOOM from outside that shook the apartment windows. There had been another gathering of too much dark magic and the mass had exploded. Madison flinched.
"Well, what do you want it for?" Eli looked at Li. The east part of the world was in a terrible state right now. Li nodded to Eli. Madison would understand.
"We need to save the world." Eli blurted. Madison blinked several times.
"As in."
"We're going to need the Time Card to go back 5 years so we can get reinforcements so we can end this war." Li explained. The Clow War is why everything is so terrible now. Miss Mackenzie had turned on her beloved Magic students and summoned Clow Reed. It was mayhem day and night with Dark Magic forces surrounding the east. Madison burst into tears and flung herself onto Eli.
"WAAAAAAAAAA! Don't die!" she sobbed.
"Don't worry darling. I promise I won't die."
"But everyone knows Miss Mackenzie had started her plans to resurrect Clow Reed when Tory and Ruby got married!"
"I know baby, I know. Can you get the card?" Madison sniffed.
"I guess." She then got her jacket and left the apartment.
"SCORE!" Li yelled.
Later that night, Eli and Li were ready to go back to the past. Sakura hadn't been too happy about what Li had kept from her but she agreed to let them use the Time Card.
"Time Card! I command you by the power of my star to transport these two people back 5 years! TIME CARD!" Eli and Li were surrounded in a windstorm and soon their bodies had been transported away.
2.1.1 Back in the past.
"Hi Li! Hi Mei Lin!" Sakura smiled when her two friends walked into homeroom.
"Good morning." Li said. Mei Lin glared daggers at Sakura, who smiled weekly and waved slightly. They sat down and Sakura could still feel Mei Lin glaring at her.
"What's with her?" Madison whispered.
"She's mad she has to sit by Eli when Li is on the other side of him." Sakura whispered back.
"What are you girls whispering?" Eli leaned forward in his seat and cocked an eyebrow. All of the sudden, Mei Lin attacked, hitting him in the face with her backpack.
"Never ask girls what they're talking about you stupid English brat!" Eli tried to hold his glasses to his face. It was rather difficult because they had snapped at the bridge. He whimpered slightly. Madison was going to turn around to see if he was okay, pushing the wrath of Mei Lin when there was a loud bang.
After the eruptive noise had died down along with the flash of light accompanied it, the class looked to the center of the room. Several students which had been in desks that had been pushed against the sides of the wall stood up. Two boys around the age of 19 had appeared. One of them had brown hair with a few blonde streaks, big brown eyes, and rather tan skin. The other had dark blue hair and eyes. A pair of slim, metal framed glasses were perched on his nose. He also had a goatee. All the girls in the class were immediately happy. The homeroom teacher, Mr. Terrance could only blink at the events that just occurred in his room.
"Uh.." He blinked several times. "May I help you?"
2.2 Chapter 3
"Um. Hi!" the blue haired boy waved to the class. "I'm er. Ray and my friend here is Terry."
"I thought I was Ray." Said Terry.
"Too late now." Ray whispered back, elbowing him in the ribs.
"Um. Yeah. We're here to. uh. we need to see Sakura, Li, Eli, and Madison, please." Terry told Mr. Terrance.
"Go ahead." The teacher waved vaguely, still rather confused. Terry grabbed Sakura and his younger counterpart. Ray did the same with Madison and his younger counterpart. The left the room.
Sakura had grown very used to strange things happening in her life, but nothing ever this bizarre.
"Who are you?" she asked, wisely waiting until the door to the room closed.
"We told you." Terry said. "We're Ray and Terry. Where are the cards?"
"How--- Nevermind. They're with me." Sakura answered. She was also used to people asking about the cards.
"Good." Ray nodded. "Where are Kero Beros and Yue?" Now Sakura was getting suspicious.
"Why do you want to know?"
"I don't think they are who they say they are." Li stepped protectively in front of Sakura.
"Be careful, Sakura."
"Whoa!" Terry said to his younger self. "Chill out!"
"Why should I? No one else is supposed to know about the Clow Cards, Kero Beros, or Yue." Li snapped.
"Li, they seem harmless." Sakura said, laying a hand on his shoulder. He immediately went red. Terry rolled his eyes.
"I never did loose that blushing habit." He muttered.
"What--" Sakura began but Ray jumped in.
"All right. We'll tell you why we came here now." He reached inside his jacket and brought out a Star Card.
"But how.." Li started.
"We're not Ray and Terry. We're your older counterparts. Madison yelped.
"Only the boys." Ray told her.
"So." Eli said, walking around Ray. "This is what I'll look like in 5 years?"
"That's right." Ray said.
"Cool!"
"But you've forgotten to tell us why you are here." Madison said, interrupting.
"Well, the world in our time is at a terrible state. Miss Mackenzie revived Clow Reed's other half and they are both terrorizing the east." Terry/Li replied.
"Other half? I don't know what you mean!" Sakura stated. Eli and Future Eli looked at each other.
"That's right. You never told them." Future Eli said to Eli. Eli hung his head.
"Clow Reed." Li said quietly. "His other half is in you." Everyone stared at the Eli's.
"Is it true?" Madison asked Eli. He nodded. There was a silence in the hall. Suddenly the bell rang.
"What do we do now?" Li asked as kids filed into the hall.
"Is there a car we can use?" Ray/Eli asked.
"At our house there is." Sakura said, pointing to her and Eli.
"Great. We'll excuse you four from class. We'll explain the rest on the way to the house."
At the front office, the attendance lady gave Eli, Eli, Li, Li, Sakura, and Madison suspicious glares.
Once outside, Future Li began to explain more.
"The war is called the Clow War. Clow Reed is using lots of magic and bombing places."
"What about Miss Mackenzie?" Madison asked.
"She's contributing some of her magic so Clow Reed is stronger." Future Eli said.
"Ooooh." Replied the four kids.
"Anyways, all evil persons have a weakness. We know Miss Mackenzie's but we need to find Clow Reed's." They were at Sakura's house now.
"Good. Dad is still at work." Sakura said. She used her house key and ran to get the old car keys.
"None of us know how to drive though." Sakura said, handing the keys to future Eli.
"You want a bet?" he sneered and unlocked the car. The young teens piled in the back and Future Li sat in the passenger seat. Future Eli shoved the keys into the ignition and the car roared to life.
"Yee haw!" he yelled and floored it. The car flew out of the driveway and down the street.
"I thought you said you could drive!" Sakura yelled from the back.
"But he never said how well!" Future Li replied.
"I am SO cool." Eli muttered. He'd have to have a talk with himself. He was very interested in how his life turns out.
Swinging into an empty parking space at 'Buy Some Food Mart', Future Eli and Li lead themselves and the girls to the baking aisle.
"Bingo!" Future Li yelled. He grabbed a bag of Fluffy Jumbo Marshmallows.
"Marshmallows?" Li said. All the kids developed sweat drops. "You came all the way from the future just to get marshmallows?"
"Well, yah! In our time Miss Mackenzie banned them all." Future Eli began piling their cart to the rim with marshmallows.
"But.. Why?" Madison asked.
"Miss Mackenzie hates marshmallows. She also has a fear of getting lost." Future Eli explained.
"So we're going to use the Maze Card to trap Miss Mackenzie and bombard her with marshmallows."
"But she has that bell thing." Sakura replied.
"Ah! That's where you're wrong!" Future Li exclaimed. "Without Clow Reed's other half in the bell, its useless."
"So all you have to do now is find out Clow Reed's weakness?" Li asked himself.
"Right." Future Li said. Everyone turned to stare at Eli and Future Eli.
"What? Why is everyone looking as us?" they cried.
Up at the register, Future Eli paid for the marshmallows with his VISA card. Then everyone headed back to Sakura's house, not realizing someone had heard and seen everything that had gone on in the store.
5 years later at that time.
Ding Dong! The doorbell rang at Madison and Eli's apartment.
"Hi Madison." Ruby Moon Avalon said.
"Hi Ruby.:
"Hi Aunt Madison!" little 6 year old Ian said, running to give Madison a hug. He wrapped his small arms around her legs. Madison smiled down at the little boy. She wasn't his aunt, yet. But she didn't mind.
"Is Eli here?" Ruby asked.
"No. He has um.. Some businesses to attend to."
"Oh." Ruby sighed. She laid a soft hand on her oldest daughter Emily's head.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Madison asked, looking concerned. "Come in." Ruby stepped inside. Once in, she set her other daughter Miranda on the floor.
"Kids, go watch TV." Ruby told her kids.
"Yay!" Ian said. He turned to Emily. "Aunt Madison and Uncle Eli have HBO and other channels with bad words."
"Ooooo." Emily said. Ian picked up Miranda and they headed to the TV room.
"What's the matter?" Madison asked once she and Ruby had settled themselves at the kitchen table. Ruby hung her head.
"Tory has to go." She said.
"Go where?" Madison asked. Ruby took a big breath.
"The military wants engineers to see what they can do with this war. Tory had to go into war."
"Oh Ruby! I'm so sorry!" Madison reached over and patted her hand.
"I came to tell Eli and see if he was going to go, too."
"No. But he's doing his own part to help out."
"Thanks." Ruby said to Madison. She smiled a little.
"No problem." Madison smiled back warmly.
"Kids! Let's go!" Ruby called. The miniature Tory and 2 mini Ruby's came running.
"Bye!" Madison called. She shut the door and leaned her back against it. She closed her eyes and began to wonder, when she was bounced back into reality as the doorbell rang again.
"Maddie! How ARE you?" 114 pounds of flesh and a 36C bust made it's way into the apartment.
"Mei Lin!" Madison said.
"I saw your sister-in-law and your nieces and nephew leaving." Mei Lin said.
"I---"
"Why didn't you tell me you and Eli had gotten married?" Madison quickly hid her hands behind her back so Mei Lin wouldn't get on the subject of why she had no rings.
"So, how's life treatin' yah?" Mei Lin asked, picking at her just manicured nails.
"Pretty good. The store is doing well." Madison was referring to the small clothing store she owned. "How's the modeling?"
"Oh its so super!" Mei Lin gushed. "All the popularity. It's the greatest."
"I'm sure it is." Madison said.
"It really is! And Zachie--"
"Zachie?" interrupted Madison.
"Yeah. Zachary. We're going STEADY." Sweat drop.
"You are?" Madison asked aghast.
"Tch. You must never read People magazine." Mei Lin said. "Where's the hubby?"
"He's out at the moment." Madison quickly replied.
"Oh." Mei Lin walked back over to the door. "You take care of yourself Ducky." Mei Lin opened the door and shut it after her. Madison sat down on the couch and cried.
The next day at school, Ray and Terry followed Sakura to her classes. She said they were college students reviewing the school for a project to all her teachers. Future Li and Eli just sat smiling in desks.
When lunch time came, Mei Lin rushed over and slammed her tray down in front of Sakura.
"Spill it Avalon! I know what you're up to." She snapped.
"What do you mean Mei Lin?" Future Li asked her. Future Eli hit him in the arm.
"You know exactly what I mean LI." Future Li gulped.
"How---did you find out?" Sakura asked. Mei Lin smirked.
"I faked sick and got out of class and followed you guys. It wasn't easy to miss that speeding junker car."
"Please don't say anything Mei Lin." Sakura pleaded.
"All right. I won't. Only because I'm nice." Future Eli gave a cough that sounded like 'Whatever'.
"Remember Avalon. I'm on to you." Mei Lin said before stalking off to the popular kids table.
2.3
2.4 Chapter 5
It had been just about a week. Future Li and Eli still hadn't discovered Clow Reed's Weakness. It wasn't bad cooking. It wasn't any kind of food or drink. The future boys had also bought some Wine, since it was Miss Mackenzie's favorite beverage. They imagined it would come in handy when they were back in their own time.
"Well. We better be off. We have the wine and the marshmallows. There's not much else to do." Future Eli told Sakura and her friends.
"But you still don't know Clow Reed's weakness yet." Madison pointed out. Future Eli ruffled her hair.
"We'll think of something." He smiled. Madison smiled back.
"See you guys!" Future Li said. Future Eli brought out his Sun Staff and tapped the Star Time Card.
"Time Card! Take us back!" He said. "11 years." He added under his breath. The future boys were swept up and taken back.
Minutes later they had landed in the far future. They had landed in the middle of a street and immediately were almost run over by a car. Future Li and Eli jumped to safety on the sidewalk. The part of the city they were in was a smokey gray. No one looked happy.
"Tell me again why we're here." Future Li asked Future Eli.
"No time to explain. Do you still have my book?" Li reached inside his coat and brought out a blue book that looked very similar to the Clow Book. Eli took the book and they set off down the street.
"Aha!" Eli said. He pointed to a phone booth and they went inside. Eli propped open the phone directory. He scanned down the pages.
"You got a pen?" he asked Li. Li handed him a pen. Eli scribbled down an address on his hand and they left the booth.
"This is boring." Li whined. Eli ignored him and kept on walking, checking the house numbers. Finally they stopped in front of a white ranch house. There was a red van in the driveway and a little boy with glasses was playing in the front yard.
"You stay here." Eli told Li. So Li awkwardly stood on the sidewalk.
"Hi!" the little boy said to Eli has he walked up to the door.
"Hi." Eli replied. He knocked on the door and a man with blue hair and glasses opened the door. Eli showed the man the book and he was invited inside.
"Hi! What's your name?" asked the little boy to Li, holding a yellow ball in his arms.
"Li."
"Hi!" the little boy smiled and held up the ball. "Want to play with me?"
"Uh.." Li said. He looked up and down the streets. There were other little kids playing.
"They don't like me." Said the kid, seeing where Li was looking.
"Why not?"
"I don't know. They call me a freak."
"That's mean."
"I know. I don't care though."
"Do you have any friends?" Li questioned, beginning to feel sorry for the boy.
"Yes. But she's 2 years older than I am. She's my youngest cousin."
"Oh. I see."
"Son?" called the man from the doorway. Eli was standing behind him. "Come in here."
"Coming dad!" called the boy. He turned to Li. "Bye!" he dropped his ball in the yard and raced inside. A couple of kids whizzed by on their bikes. Li shoved his hands inside his pockets and shuffled his feet. Eli came out of the house. He walked to where Li was and was carefully holding his book.
"Ready to go?" Eli asked.
"Ready when you are." Eli held out his hand. Li stared at it for a moment. Then he reached out and took it. They shook hands.
"Let's save the world." Eli said. Li grinned.
Madison was in the middle of making dinner when there was a loud bang from the living room. Madison dropped the frying pan and ran to see what it was.
"Hi Honey. I'm home." Eli said, his arms open. Madison shrieked and ran into them, sobbing and crying. He patted her hair soothingly. Madison lifted her tear streaked face and looked at him.
"I'm so glad you're back." She said. "Do you have what you need?" Eli smiled down at her.
"You bet I do."
"Ahem." Madison and Eli looked to their left where they saw Li.
"Uh. I'll be headed home now." He said. He picked up 5 bags filled with Marshmallows and left the apartment.
"Madison." Eli started. He took her by her shoulders. "I want you to listen very carefully." Madison nodded and stared at him with her large blue violet eyes.
"We need to end this war as fast as we can. I know I just got back, but I need to go the battlefield."
"I understand." Madison took a breath. "Ruby came over while you were gone. Tory and Julian are fighting." She told him.
"I have to go too, you know"
"But---"
"No buts." Eli told Madison. "Do everything I tell you, okay?" Madison choked down a sob and nodded.
"That's my girl." He said. He kissed her lightly on the head. He picked up the remaining bags of marshmallows and a case of wine. He smiled gently at his girlfriend before he shut the door after him.
The doorbell rang at Ruby and Tory's house. The sound of a TV could be heard through the door.
"Hello?" Emily Moon-Avalon asked as she opened the door.
"Hi Emily. Is your mom here?" Eli asked.
"Uncle Eli!" Emily said. Soon Ian and Miranda had joined Emily in the doorway and were hugging him.
"Did you bring me anything?" Ian asked, looking towards the bags set on the doorstep.
"Er, no."
"Awwwww." The kids said. Ruby came to the door.
"Oh Eli." She said. Ruby looked very tired. Eli felt a pang of guilt. Ruby was left to care for 3 kids and herself, filled with worry if Tory was going to live through this war.
"Ruby. I've no time to talk. Just take this book, okay?" He gave her the blue book. Ruby looked down at it.
"If Madison comes to the house and tells you I sent her, give her this." Eli looked at Ruby with pleading eyes. "Please Ruby." She nodded.
"I have to go now." He said.
"You have to leave already Uncle Eli?" whined Emily.
"I'll come to visit soon."
"Wheres you goin'?" Miranda asked.
"He's going to kick some Clow butt." Ian said.
"Ian! How many times have I told you not to walk around the house repeating everything your father says?" Ruby scolded.
"I lost count after 25." Ian confessed. Eli laughed. He then headed to the deserted field where he and Li were going to meet up at.
Mr. Terada paced up and down the lines of the fighters he was bossing around for this war. They were on the edge of a deserted field. Dried grass blew in the slight breeze. Sandbags were piled up along their edge of the field. Everyone in his troop was equipped with guns and other artillery. Mr. Terada chewed his lip. Clow Reed was expecting them. He didn't know when Clow Reed was going to appear and launch attacks on them.
"Men! Get into your positions! Be ready for anything!" he yelled. The men ran to the sandbags and hunched down behind them.
"Guns at the ready!" There were clicks from the rifles and there was an impatience in the air.
"Shoot only on my command!" Mr. Terada planted his feet firmly in the ground.
As soon as Li came in the door of his and Sakura's apartment, his girlfriend and Kero Beros dragged him out again.
"Hey! Aren't you glad I'm back?" he asked.
"Of course. We've been waiting for you to get back forever." Sakura said. She took his hand and squeezed it.
"I can't wait until this war is over." Sakura added. She had the Sakura Clow book tucked under her arm and her star staff already revealed.
"You sure are ready." Li commented.
"You are too. Plenty of marshmallows."
"Ooooooooo. I hope we have leftovers." Kero Beros said. They were outside of the apartment. On the horizon they could see the yellow field where the awaited and ending battle of the Clow War was to take place. When they were about there, they met up with Eli.
"Hi." Eli quickly said to Sakura. "You have all the cards?"
"Yes." Sakura said. "Which ones will we need?" They were at the other end of the field now, opposite Mr. Terada's troop.
"We need the maze, and--" Suddenly, Miss Mackenzie and Clow Reed had materialized into the middle of the field. Eli and Li stood up. Li motioned to Sakura to give him the Maze Card. Silently they stalked towards Miss Mackenzie.
Chapter 6
"Oh look. A welcoming party." Clow Reed sarcastically said to Miss Mackenzie.
"They think they can actually defeat us with guns?" Miss Mackenzie laughed. Clow Reed joined in. They seemed to be having a jolly time until green whips suddenly surrounded Miss Mackenzie.
"What the." Clow Reed began. It was too late. The maze card had already taken shape and Miss Mackenzie was trapped.
"Help!" She yelled, banging on the wall of the Maze. Eli laughed at her, perched on top of one of the walls.
"You!"
"Me!" Eli laughed some more. "Too bad you took Clow Reed's other half out of the bell. It's no use to you now." Miss Mackenzie fumed.
"You won't get away with this." She snarled.
"With what? You have nothing." Eli smirked at her. He then tossed her a bottle of wine. She caught it.
"In case you get thirsty trying to find your way out." He then jumped off the wall. He ran with the Jump Card over to Li who was hastily opening bags of marshmallows.
"We just have to wait until she drinks the wine and then we'll bombard her with them." Eli told Li. They used the Jump card to jump up onto one of the maze walls again so they could see.
Sakura smiled as she saw Miss Mackenzie successfully trapped in the Maze. 'How mad Miss Mackenzie must be. I hope this works.' She thought. Then suddenly the Sakura Clow Book was whipped out of her hands.
"Clow Reed!" she gasped, turning around.
"Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Clow Reed said. "I have the Star Cards now! There is no way you can ever defeat me! I am invincible!" He then laughed to the heavens. Clow Reed threw the book up in the air and the remaining cards in the book flew through the air.
"Wood! Fire! Thunder! Shot! Arrow! Fight! Power! Wind!" Clow Reed cried. The cards he called burst from the cards and awaited his order.
"No!" Sakura yelled. "No! You can't do that! I'm their Master!"
"I still some come control over them, so there!" Clow Reed taunted like a little kid. Sakura's eyes filled with tears.
"It's true Sakura." Kero Beros told her. There was a yell of triumph as Li and Eli began throwing Marshmallows at a tipsy Miss Mackenzie.
"No! No! Not the Sugar! Back you evil fluffy sugar fiends!" the drunken Miss Mackenzie cried, covering her head with her arms. Eli and Li kept throwing them at her. Miss Mackenzie began to run, desperately trying to find her way out and also get away from the Marshmallows. Being as drunk as she was, she began to run the way she just came which was from a dead end. Down and down the marshmallows fell. Miss Mackenzie screamed Bloody Murder and strangely, she began to fade away.
"What's happening?" Li asked Eli.
"She's almost done for! She can't stand being lost and she hates the marshmallows!" Eli grabbed the last bag of the marshmallows and chucked them at Miss Mackenzie. With one last desperate scream, she disappeared. All that was left was a small pile of gold dust. Li looked at Eli.
"One down, one to go." They jumped down from the maze, only to have Li approached by the Fight Card and Eli, the Wood and Shot.
"What's going on?" Eli asked.
"I'll tell you what's going on." Said a voice. "I have the power over the Clow Cards now."
"Well, Miss Mackenzie is gone. We defeated her." Li said to Clow Reed, cautiously backing away from the Fight, which was glaring at him.
"I'll manage." Clow Reed sneered. "Get them." He ordered. The Wood Card bound up Eli and the Shot Card struck him in the face. Li was given a sharp right hook and an upper cut by the Fight Card. Clow Reed called back the Maze card and went back to the Thunder, Wind, and Fire Cards. Sakura and Kero Beros were being attacked by the Arrow Card and the Power Card pushed them around like ping pong balls.
"Firey, surround the field with flames. Windy, keep the victims from escaping. And Thunder, attack those measly people behind those sandbags." The Cards scattered. Clow Reed stood back and laughed.
Outside Mei Lin and Zachary's house, there were loud bangs. Mei Lin rushed to the window.
"Oh my God." She said. Flames surrounded the field near the house and she could make out the forms of her childhood friends.
"What is it?" Zachary asked.
"It's the battle. It's started." Mei Lin went white.
"It sure has." Zachary stared out the window.
"I'm going out there." Mei Lin said. She ran to the door.
"Wait! Mei Lin!" Zachary called after her. Mei Lin paused.
"Be careful."
"I will." She blew him and kiss and she raced out the door.
Also at Madison's apartment, she turned on the TV to get her mind off things and munched on her sandwich.
"Well folks." Said the TV news anchor. "This either is the beginning of the end, or the end of the world." They showed a picture of the battlefield. It was now in flames. Madison dropped her sandwich and stared at the screen. Eli was being attacked by what looked like the Shot Card. Then it showed Thunder running loose.
"What are these things?" the anchor said. Madison didn't bother to turn off the TV. She had to get to Eli. She didn't care how risky it was, she was going to the battlefield.
2.5
2.6 Chapter 7
The Thunder Card charged at Mr. Terada's team. Mr. Terada had to gather his senses together.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" He yelled.
Tory hoisted his gun on his shoulder, sweat running down his face. His sister and her boyfriend were out there. He knew exactly what was going on. Julian, beside him, did too. Tory pulled the trigger on command. He clicked the rifle again and pulled the trigger. Repeatedly he did this. The bullets seemed to bounce off the animal. It kept running at them and barking and howling.
"Starr! What the hell do you think you're doing? Shoot that thing!" Mr. Terada yelled at Julian. Julian had a very terrified tired look on his face. His body was motionless.
"Shoot it! Shoot it!" Mr. Terada kept commanding. Tory and other men stood up to get better aim at Thunder. Tory aimed and fired at the Thunder card. It went though this time and a blood spot appeared on the electric yellow wolf. Julian was standing now, too.
"Shoot it! It's in your range!" Mr. Terada yelled. "Starr! Shoot it!" He yelled.
"I-----" Julian said. His fingers were slipping on the rifle. "I can't." he said.
"What do you mean, you can't?" barked Mr. Terada, spit flying from his mouth.
"I--- can't--- do it." Julian slowly said. The gun dropped from his hands. Thunder ran at Julian.
"Julian, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tory yelled. There was a loud bang and Tory threw his gun to the ground. He caught the falling Julian, barely being able to see through the flash of light. Julian was covered in blood. It was dripping all down his front.
"Julian!" Tory cried out. Wings sprouted from Julian's bloody back and fanned out. Tory did his best to cling to his best friend.
"Tory?" said Julian, but in a very different voice.
"Julian?" Tory asked. Julian slowly shook his head.
"No. I'm Yue." He said.
"Where's Julian?"
"He's gone." Julian/Yue said. "He only seems alive because I am in him."
"No." Tory whispered. "No." Tory let go of Yue. "NOOOOO!" He yelled.
Mei Lin had reached the battlefield. She saw the Fight Card, the Power Card, and the Windy Card. 'The flames surrounding the field must be from the Firey Card.' Mei Lin thought. Her mind raced on what she could do to help. Even though she had no magical powers, neither did some of the guys shooting at the Thunder Card. She scanned the row of men. One of them was bleeding and another seemed to be having an emotional breakdown. Crying and screaming and beating the ground with his fist saying 'It's not fair! Give him back!' Mei Lin turned her eyes back to the battle, but didn't have enough time to take in all what was going on. All she saw was a great big animal rushing towards her. There was a loud eruption and there was no more Mei Lin.
Madison bit her fist to keep from screaming. She just saw her old classmate blown up by the Thunder Card. What if the Thunder Card went for her? She wished the animal would just go back to the men with the guns. Too late. The Thunder Card saw her. Madison's eyes grew wide. Her eyes were locked with the Thunders. All Thunder did was mainly blink and then trotted off. She took a breath. She wanted to get to Eli, but she was blocked off by the fire. Madison walked closer and closer to the fire, trying to see better. The Shot Card aimed another attack at Eli.
"Eli! NOOOOOOOO! Leave him alone!" She cried. Not thinking she ran straight through the fire. As soon as she passed, the fire had gone out. The Firey Card just stared at her like the Thunder had and went over to Clow Reed who was treating this like Saturday Night Live (his favorite TV show ever since he was brought out of the bell). He chortled and acted as if this was the best day of his life. Did he care Mei Lin was dead? No. Did he know Madison was on the field? No. Did he know the fire was out? No.
"Madison! What are you doing here?" Eli yelled, during the pause when the Shot Card gathered aim. Madison opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't find the words.
"Maddie!" Eli called. He winced in pain. "Run to the house!"
"Why?" She called back.
"Run to the house! Run, and don't look back!" The Shot Card aimed straight at him. Madison turned around and ran, trying to block out all the noise.
Halfway to the apartment, she stopped. She had pushed her way through several crowds of people talking about the battle and watching it. She leaned against a building and caught her breath.
"I have to get the house." She told herself. "Only 5 more blocks until I reach the apartment." Madison stood up straighter. Eli had always been specific. If he wanted her to go to the Apartment, he would have said, 'Run to the Apartment'. But he said house.
'What house?' she wondered. Then she looked up. She was standing near the outside of a big house. It was Eli's old house, now occupied by Tory and Ruby. Slowly she walked to the door and knocked.
Ruby opened the door. Madison thought she looked terrible. Ruby's eyes grew wide when she saw Madison.
"Madison! You look awful!"
"Eli." Madison said. "He said to come to the house."
"Of course. Wait there." Ruby told Madison. Ruby ran to get something and came back with a blue and silver book.
"Eli knew you were going to be at the battlefield. He wanted me to give you this. He didn't have enough time to explain everything he needed to."
"But.."
"He had to leave right away, right?" Ruby asked. Madison nodded.
"That's why he gave this to me to give you. It'll explain everything." Madison took the book.
"Thank you." She said. Ruby smiled and shut the door. Madison then hurried to the apartment.
At the Apartment, Madison sat down on the floor in front of the TV. She had turned it off. She looked at the book she had set in front of her. It looked very much like the old Clow Book. Madison reached down and touched the lock. It clicked open. Madison turned the cover and a blinding light issued from the book. It was very bright and she had to shield her eyes. When the light had died down, there was a little boy standing in front of Madison. He had glasses and light gray blue hair.
"Eli?" Madison whispered.
"No." said the boy. "I'm Elijah! Who are you?" Madison supposed that this must be a 6 year old Eli. 'Eli must be short for Elijah.' She thought.
"Madison. Madison Taylor." Elijah's face broke into a smile.
"I know who you are!" he happily said.
"That's nice, but."
"You have to find the bell." Elijah interrupted. "That's what I was told to say to whoever opened the book and let me out."
"The bell? You mean Miss Mackenzie's bell?"
"Mmm hmmm."
"That's at the battlefield!" Madison said.
"I know that." Elijah said.
"I have to get it." Madison said. She stood up and went to the door.
"Wait for me!" Elijah pouted and ran after her.
"I don't think you should come. It might be too dangerous for you."
"Is not." Elijah pushed past Madison and out of the apartment. Back down the street to the field, it was getting dark outside and more people were gathered. Madison made sure she didn't loose Elijah in the crowds.
Eli had a bleeding lip and several cuts on his face. The Wood Card still had him bound. Sakura was tired of being bullied and was trying to beat out the Power Card. Li fought back as much as he could against the Fight Card. Thunder had stopped bleeding some, but Tory was so enraged that he kept on shooting at it and aimed at the same spot.
"ELI!!!!!!!!!" Called a voice. Madison was running back onto the field. A small boy was running along side her. Eli weakly smiled and was struck again.
'Bell. Where's the bell?' wondered Madison. Her eyes scanned the ground for a glimpse of gold and purple. She thought she saw it put it was just a gleam from one of the rifles. A small hand slipped into hers. She knew she should have left Elijah at Ruby's house. It was too late now. Li was kicked in the stomach by the Fight Card. Elijah tugged at Madison's hand. She looked down at him. 'Those eyes.' She thought. 'Those eyes are just like mine!'
"I'm scared, Mommy." He said. Mommy. Elijah was her son. 'This frightened little child is mine.' Madison's eyes filled with tears.
"Why are you crying, Mommy" Elijah asked. "Are you scared, too?"
"I think we all are." She told him. She squeezed his hand. And there it was, about 20 feet in front of her, the bell.
"You stay here." She told Elijah. She took a breath and ran out onto the field. She was almost there. Elijah screamed. Madison turned around and saw the Thunder Card running towards him. Eli yelled. He was struck hard in the chest.
"STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Madison screamed. Miraculously, the men stopped firing, Fight stopped fighting, Windy stopped blowing, Wood let go of Eli, Power stopped pushing, Arrow and Shot stopped aiming, Thunder stopped running and Clow Reed stopped laughing.
"Madison." He whispered. Madison reached down and picked up the bell. Sakura, Kero Beros, Eli, Li, & Elijah ran over to her. She was later joined by Julian/Yue and Tory.
"You're an evil person Clow Reed." Madison said.
"Look at what you did." Sakura joined in.
"You meany!" piped up Elijah.
"Madison." Clow Reed repeated, coming nearer. They could see his face was getting red. Li gasped.
"Madison! You're his weakness!" Li said. Eli spluttered. That's why he and Madison were destined to be, because Eli had part of Clow Reed in him.
"How do we defeat him then?" Sakura asked. Li took hold of the bell. Eli followed suit.
"We'll treat him like a Clow Card." Yue spoke up. He also reached for the bell. Tory and Sakura did too. Lastly, a little hand reached up too. Elijah smiled at his mother.
"Clow Reed! We command you to return to a form where you shall stay during this time of magic!" Sakura said. They all raised the bell high in the air.
"CLOW!!!!!!!" Sakura and Li yelled. Clow Reed gave Madison a soft 'Help me' look and then was sucked back into the bell. The Star Cards were swept back into their cards and they floated over to Sakura.
"Arrow. Shot. Wood. Power. Windy. Firey. Fight. Thunder." Sakura said. She then gasped as she stared at the Thunder Card. The picture of the Thunder now had a red spot on it; right above it's left front leg. Sakura glared at her brother.
"Oops." Tory said. "Heh heh."
"Daddy." Elijah said to Eli, tugging on his sleeve. "You have to give this to Mommy, remember?" Elijah held up a sparkly diamond ring. Everyone stared at the little boy.
"I'll explain later." Eli spoke up and took the ring. He got down on one knee and took Madison's hand.
"Madison, will you marry me?" he asked. Madison looked at Elijah who was smiling at her.
"Of course." She told Eli. She then kissed him. Everyone else clapped and Elijah gave his younger parents hugs. It was the perfect ending, except for the fact that Zachary had suddenly ran over to them.
"Where's Mei Lin?" he frantically asked.
"Mei Lin's dead." Madison said. Zachary burst into tears and ran off again.
"Mei Lin's dead?" questioned Li.
"Yah. Let's get ice cream." Eli said.
"I like ice cream." Said Elijah. They all laughed.
It was Christmas and snow was lightly falling outside a newly bought white ranch house with a new red van in front. A decorated Christmas tree could be seen from outside. A party was going on. Ruby and Tory were sipping eggnog and their kids were arguing about presents.
"I want the board game!" Ian said.
"No, I do!" Emily whined.
"Puzzle!" cried Miranda. Yue and Zachary sat on a couch, thinking about how ugly the sweaters Ruby made for them and everybody else were.
"You know." Li was telling his fiancée, "It's a shame we couldn't have gone back and brought our younger selves to the party." He was telling Sakura, meaning his and Eli's trip to the past.
"It's also a shame that you had to bring our son back." Madison told Eli.
"Don't worry, darling. Only 7 more months." He winked. Madison blushed. She then walked over to the coffee table and picked up her camera and her camera stand.
"All right everyone. Group picture!" She called. Everyone hurried to be by the camera. Zachary even smiled. He hadn't been the same since Mei Lin died. Press cameras were all over his yard, wanting to know his opinion. He told himself everyday not to fall for models or actresses. The camera flashed. Madison looked at her husband.
"I have an idea." She said.
In the past.
"I wonder how we're doing." Li said. He was at Sakura's house with Madison and they were watching TV. It was a week after Christmas and they were watching 'How the Grinch stole Christmas' for the umpteenth time. Eli came in the room and handed out hot chocolate.
"Yeah. I wonder how the war is going to end up." Sakura wondered.
"It has to end good, with all the marshmallows they bought." Madison told Sakura.
"I guess you're right." BOOM. There was a flash of light.
"Eli!" Madison said.
"Hi everyone!" Future Eli said.
"Why did you come to visit?" Eli asked himself.
"I was told to bring something to you." He held out a glossy photo. It showed Julian/Yue, Tory, Ruby, 3 kids, future Madison, future Eli, future Li, future Sakura, and Zachary.
"Do you like it?" he asked. They didn't answer, but the looks on their faces told him the answer.
THE END
By Lillian B. Parker
1
2 Chapter 1
"Now class. Remember that your homework is due on Tuesday." Smiled Ms. Karlsen as the 7th grade class of Reedington Junior High filed out of their 6th hour.
"Man. I hate homework." Sakura Avalon whined to her best friend Madison Taylor.
"Yeah. Me too. I don't know why the teacher wants to pile it on us."
"Hi!" Said another voice joining the complainment conversation.
"Hi Eli." Madison said to her boyfriend.
"Want me to carry your books?" he asked.
"Sure. Thanks!" Madison chirped, fluttering her eyelashes at Eli. He blushed. Someone then tapped Sakura on the shoulder.
"Hey." Li Shoran asked his crush, smiling.
"Hey Li! Did Mr. Burns give you lots of homework in Science?"
"Yeah. We all did. But I got most of mine done." Li replied.
"That's cool." The 4 teens were all outside in the bright daylight.
"There's my ride. See you!" Madison called to her friends and ran to a red BMW and got inside.
"Need a ride?" Li hopefully asked Sakura as Wing pulled up minutes later in his beat up Station Wagon.
"Nah, me and Eli are a getting ride home from Tory."
"Have fun." Li called.
"Bye!" Sakura waved to Li as the car drove away.
In the car, Li waved back to Sakura. He then sighed and slouched in the lumpy old back seat.
"Have a good day?" Wing asked.
"Yeah." Li said, stretching his arms around his head.
"I had my first crush when I was your age too." Wing said.
"Wh---" Li started, going very red.
"I know that you like that girl Sakura."
"Don't make fun of me." Li suddenly commanded. Wing chuckled from the driver's seat.
"I won't. You should invite her over for dinner sometime."
"Um. Okay." Li muttered. Wing smiled at him from the rear-view mirror.
* Honk! * went the horn from a small Mazda. Eli and Sakura cringed and scrambled in the car.
"Hi!" Tory said over the wail of his 13-month-old son Ian who was strapped in his car seat.
"Hi." Eli and Sakura replied. Ian let out a shriek and grabbed a handful of Eli' hair as he bent down to set his backpack on the floor.
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" he yelled. "Stop that!" Ian just drooled on Sakura.
"Yuck." She said, wiping her arm on the seat.
"Ruby wants me to run a couple of errands first." Tory told the kids.
"Great." Eli said. *Rip* "Ow!" Eli yelled as Ian shook his hand now filled with strands of blue hair.
"Hey Tory. Don't forget we have a basketball game tonight. Can you pick us up?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. I think I can manage. What time is it again?"
"6:30."
"Okay."
"Poopy!" yelled Ian.
Mr. Avalon was staring into the pan he was washing in the sink. He had to do something about all those gray hairs.
"Hi Dad!" Sakura called as she and Eli came into the house. Eli was living with the Avalon's, sleeping in Tory's room. Mr. Avalon took him in like some lost evil reincarnated puppy after the wedding and Eli was kicked out of his house by his so called cousin and his brother in law.
"What are you kids up to tonight?"
"I'm cheering with the cheerleaders of course at the basketball game tonight. Eli is on the team, remember?"
"Oh. Yes, now I do." Mr. Avalon said. Sakura rolled her eyes.
That night at Reedington Junior High, a heated boys basketball game was in session.
"Let's go team!" Sakura chanted, waving her pom-poms in the air. The squeak of shoes echoed in the gym. Li bounced the ball as he ran to make a shot. All of the sudden, Eli came from behind and stole the ball and made the shot for himself. It was pointless because they were on the same team. The buzzer rang and the game was over. Reedington had won, but in his heart, Li hadn't. Eli was always ruining moments that would have earned him popularity of some kind.
"W-I-N! Reedington wins!" Sakura cheered with the other cheerleaders.
'If only Sakura could be cheering for me.' Li thought as he walked to the locker rooms to change and get his stuff.
"Great job Shoran." Said the coach.
"Yeah. Thanks." Li muttered.
He trudged outside to wait for Wing, then someone called his name. He turned around to see who it was. It was Sakura.
"Hey Li! Great game." She smiled. She looked very pretty in her cheerleading outfit. Li blushed
"Thanks." He muttered. Wing's car pulled up.
"Well, see you then." He told her.
"Bye!" she called. She watched him walk to the car and get in. Suddenly there was a loud breathing sound behind her. Sakura turned around. Right smack dab there behind her was Mad Cow Mei Lin.
"Uh, heh heh! Hi Mei Lin!"
"What do you think you're doing talking to Li?"
"Um. I was just telling him he played a good game."
"Good. You stay away from him."
"But Mei Lin, I thought you didn't like Li anymore."
"I---" Mei Lin stuttered. She tossed her hair and stalked off home. Sakura's face fell as she watched Mei Lin fade away.
"She still has feelings for him." Sakura turned around. Eli was there with his gym bag. Sakura's heart dropped.
"Tory's here. Let's go." He said. The then left for home.
The next day, which was a Saturday, Kero the guardian beast of the Clow was watching cartoons.
"What are you watching?" Asked Sakura.
"Dragonball Z."
"Oh." Sakura said. It was the episode when the Trunks character came from the future.
"Wouldn't it be cool if people from the future came and visited us?" Kero asked Sakura.
"Well, I suppose so." Little does Sakura know, that how real Dragonball Z can really be...
2.1 Chapter 2
5 years in the future..
"Honey, can I borrow the Time Card?" Li asked his girlfriend Sakura sweetly.
"Why do you want to borrow the Time Card?" Sakura asked suspiciously. Smiling innocently, he wrapped his arms around her.
"Because I love you dearly." Sakura was still very suspicious.
"Why else?"
"Don't you trust me, sweetheart?" Sakura thought about it for about 3 seconds.
"No."
"Darn!"
"Well? Did you get it?" Eli asked. Li shook his head.
"It's a no go." He shrugged at Eli angry glare. "What? I tried didn't I?"
"Well, if we don't go back, the entire world could be destroyed, and at the very least Sakura and Madison won't survive." He rubbed his chin where the beginnings of a goatee were growing. "And we can't have THAT happen."
"Hell no! We wouldn't get any lovin'!" Li grinned goofily. "And what if Mei Lin." Eli shuddered.
"Let's not think about that now." Madison came in, bearing a tray with tea and cookies for the two boys.
"What are you two up to?" she casually asked.
"Nothing dear." Eli stood, pecked her on the cheek and took the tray from her.
"My, my. You are a beautiful woman."
* Smooth * thought Li. Madison glared at Eli.
"You guys are up to something."
* Or not * Li grinned as Eli lost his composure.
"What do you mean, tigress?" Eli asked, offering the plate of cookies to Li.
"Everytime you say I'm beautiful, you either want dinner, more food, a kiss or.."
"We have a guest. Let's not go there now." Eli told Madison. They both blushed.
"Now my lovely girl.." Eli began again. "Do you think you could possibly get, I mean, borrow the Time Card for a day or two?"
* Or a week * thought Li. There was suddenly a loud BOOM from outside that shook the apartment windows. There had been another gathering of too much dark magic and the mass had exploded. Madison flinched.
"Well, what do you want it for?" Eli looked at Li. The east part of the world was in a terrible state right now. Li nodded to Eli. Madison would understand.
"We need to save the world." Eli blurted. Madison blinked several times.
"As in."
"We're going to need the Time Card to go back 5 years so we can get reinforcements so we can end this war." Li explained. The Clow War is why everything is so terrible now. Miss Mackenzie had turned on her beloved Magic students and summoned Clow Reed. It was mayhem day and night with Dark Magic forces surrounding the east. Madison burst into tears and flung herself onto Eli.
"WAAAAAAAAAA! Don't die!" she sobbed.
"Don't worry darling. I promise I won't die."
"But everyone knows Miss Mackenzie had started her plans to resurrect Clow Reed when Tory and Ruby got married!"
"I know baby, I know. Can you get the card?" Madison sniffed.
"I guess." She then got her jacket and left the apartment.
"SCORE!" Li yelled.
Later that night, Eli and Li were ready to go back to the past. Sakura hadn't been too happy about what Li had kept from her but she agreed to let them use the Time Card.
"Time Card! I command you by the power of my star to transport these two people back 5 years! TIME CARD!" Eli and Li were surrounded in a windstorm and soon their bodies had been transported away.
2.1.1 Back in the past.
"Hi Li! Hi Mei Lin!" Sakura smiled when her two friends walked into homeroom.
"Good morning." Li said. Mei Lin glared daggers at Sakura, who smiled weekly and waved slightly. They sat down and Sakura could still feel Mei Lin glaring at her.
"What's with her?" Madison whispered.
"She's mad she has to sit by Eli when Li is on the other side of him." Sakura whispered back.
"What are you girls whispering?" Eli leaned forward in his seat and cocked an eyebrow. All of the sudden, Mei Lin attacked, hitting him in the face with her backpack.
"Never ask girls what they're talking about you stupid English brat!" Eli tried to hold his glasses to his face. It was rather difficult because they had snapped at the bridge. He whimpered slightly. Madison was going to turn around to see if he was okay, pushing the wrath of Mei Lin when there was a loud bang.
After the eruptive noise had died down along with the flash of light accompanied it, the class looked to the center of the room. Several students which had been in desks that had been pushed against the sides of the wall stood up. Two boys around the age of 19 had appeared. One of them had brown hair with a few blonde streaks, big brown eyes, and rather tan skin. The other had dark blue hair and eyes. A pair of slim, metal framed glasses were perched on his nose. He also had a goatee. All the girls in the class were immediately happy. The homeroom teacher, Mr. Terrance could only blink at the events that just occurred in his room.
"Uh.." He blinked several times. "May I help you?"
2.2 Chapter 3
"Um. Hi!" the blue haired boy waved to the class. "I'm er. Ray and my friend here is Terry."
"I thought I was Ray." Said Terry.
"Too late now." Ray whispered back, elbowing him in the ribs.
"Um. Yeah. We're here to. uh. we need to see Sakura, Li, Eli, and Madison, please." Terry told Mr. Terrance.
"Go ahead." The teacher waved vaguely, still rather confused. Terry grabbed Sakura and his younger counterpart. Ray did the same with Madison and his younger counterpart. The left the room.
Sakura had grown very used to strange things happening in her life, but nothing ever this bizarre.
"Who are you?" she asked, wisely waiting until the door to the room closed.
"We told you." Terry said. "We're Ray and Terry. Where are the cards?"
"How--- Nevermind. They're with me." Sakura answered. She was also used to people asking about the cards.
"Good." Ray nodded. "Where are Kero Beros and Yue?" Now Sakura was getting suspicious.
"Why do you want to know?"
"I don't think they are who they say they are." Li stepped protectively in front of Sakura.
"Be careful, Sakura."
"Whoa!" Terry said to his younger self. "Chill out!"
"Why should I? No one else is supposed to know about the Clow Cards, Kero Beros, or Yue." Li snapped.
"Li, they seem harmless." Sakura said, laying a hand on his shoulder. He immediately went red. Terry rolled his eyes.
"I never did loose that blushing habit." He muttered.
"What--" Sakura began but Ray jumped in.
"All right. We'll tell you why we came here now." He reached inside his jacket and brought out a Star Card.
"But how.." Li started.
"We're not Ray and Terry. We're your older counterparts. Madison yelped.
"Only the boys." Ray told her.
"So." Eli said, walking around Ray. "This is what I'll look like in 5 years?"
"That's right." Ray said.
"Cool!"
"But you've forgotten to tell us why you are here." Madison said, interrupting.
"Well, the world in our time is at a terrible state. Miss Mackenzie revived Clow Reed's other half and they are both terrorizing the east." Terry/Li replied.
"Other half? I don't know what you mean!" Sakura stated. Eli and Future Eli looked at each other.
"That's right. You never told them." Future Eli said to Eli. Eli hung his head.
"Clow Reed." Li said quietly. "His other half is in you." Everyone stared at the Eli's.
"Is it true?" Madison asked Eli. He nodded. There was a silence in the hall. Suddenly the bell rang.
"What do we do now?" Li asked as kids filed into the hall.
"Is there a car we can use?" Ray/Eli asked.
"At our house there is." Sakura said, pointing to her and Eli.
"Great. We'll excuse you four from class. We'll explain the rest on the way to the house."
At the front office, the attendance lady gave Eli, Eli, Li, Li, Sakura, and Madison suspicious glares.
Once outside, Future Li began to explain more.
"The war is called the Clow War. Clow Reed is using lots of magic and bombing places."
"What about Miss Mackenzie?" Madison asked.
"She's contributing some of her magic so Clow Reed is stronger." Future Eli said.
"Ooooh." Replied the four kids.
"Anyways, all evil persons have a weakness. We know Miss Mackenzie's but we need to find Clow Reed's." They were at Sakura's house now.
"Good. Dad is still at work." Sakura said. She used her house key and ran to get the old car keys.
"None of us know how to drive though." Sakura said, handing the keys to future Eli.
"You want a bet?" he sneered and unlocked the car. The young teens piled in the back and Future Li sat in the passenger seat. Future Eli shoved the keys into the ignition and the car roared to life.
"Yee haw!" he yelled and floored it. The car flew out of the driveway and down the street.
"I thought you said you could drive!" Sakura yelled from the back.
"But he never said how well!" Future Li replied.
"I am SO cool." Eli muttered. He'd have to have a talk with himself. He was very interested in how his life turns out.
Swinging into an empty parking space at 'Buy Some Food Mart', Future Eli and Li lead themselves and the girls to the baking aisle.
"Bingo!" Future Li yelled. He grabbed a bag of Fluffy Jumbo Marshmallows.
"Marshmallows?" Li said. All the kids developed sweat drops. "You came all the way from the future just to get marshmallows?"
"Well, yah! In our time Miss Mackenzie banned them all." Future Eli began piling their cart to the rim with marshmallows.
"But.. Why?" Madison asked.
"Miss Mackenzie hates marshmallows. She also has a fear of getting lost." Future Eli explained.
"So we're going to use the Maze Card to trap Miss Mackenzie and bombard her with marshmallows."
"But she has that bell thing." Sakura replied.
"Ah! That's where you're wrong!" Future Li exclaimed. "Without Clow Reed's other half in the bell, its useless."
"So all you have to do now is find out Clow Reed's weakness?" Li asked himself.
"Right." Future Li said. Everyone turned to stare at Eli and Future Eli.
"What? Why is everyone looking as us?" they cried.
Up at the register, Future Eli paid for the marshmallows with his VISA card. Then everyone headed back to Sakura's house, not realizing someone had heard and seen everything that had gone on in the store.
5 years later at that time.
Ding Dong! The doorbell rang at Madison and Eli's apartment.
"Hi Madison." Ruby Moon Avalon said.
"Hi Ruby.:
"Hi Aunt Madison!" little 6 year old Ian said, running to give Madison a hug. He wrapped his small arms around her legs. Madison smiled down at the little boy. She wasn't his aunt, yet. But she didn't mind.
"Is Eli here?" Ruby asked.
"No. He has um.. Some businesses to attend to."
"Oh." Ruby sighed. She laid a soft hand on her oldest daughter Emily's head.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Madison asked, looking concerned. "Come in." Ruby stepped inside. Once in, she set her other daughter Miranda on the floor.
"Kids, go watch TV." Ruby told her kids.
"Yay!" Ian said. He turned to Emily. "Aunt Madison and Uncle Eli have HBO and other channels with bad words."
"Ooooo." Emily said. Ian picked up Miranda and they headed to the TV room.
"What's the matter?" Madison asked once she and Ruby had settled themselves at the kitchen table. Ruby hung her head.
"Tory has to go." She said.
"Go where?" Madison asked. Ruby took a big breath.
"The military wants engineers to see what they can do with this war. Tory had to go into war."
"Oh Ruby! I'm so sorry!" Madison reached over and patted her hand.
"I came to tell Eli and see if he was going to go, too."
"No. But he's doing his own part to help out."
"Thanks." Ruby said to Madison. She smiled a little.
"No problem." Madison smiled back warmly.
"Kids! Let's go!" Ruby called. The miniature Tory and 2 mini Ruby's came running.
"Bye!" Madison called. She shut the door and leaned her back against it. She closed her eyes and began to wonder, when she was bounced back into reality as the doorbell rang again.
"Maddie! How ARE you?" 114 pounds of flesh and a 36C bust made it's way into the apartment.
"Mei Lin!" Madison said.
"I saw your sister-in-law and your nieces and nephew leaving." Mei Lin said.
"I---"
"Why didn't you tell me you and Eli had gotten married?" Madison quickly hid her hands behind her back so Mei Lin wouldn't get on the subject of why she had no rings.
"So, how's life treatin' yah?" Mei Lin asked, picking at her just manicured nails.
"Pretty good. The store is doing well." Madison was referring to the small clothing store she owned. "How's the modeling?"
"Oh its so super!" Mei Lin gushed. "All the popularity. It's the greatest."
"I'm sure it is." Madison said.
"It really is! And Zachie--"
"Zachie?" interrupted Madison.
"Yeah. Zachary. We're going STEADY." Sweat drop.
"You are?" Madison asked aghast.
"Tch. You must never read People magazine." Mei Lin said. "Where's the hubby?"
"He's out at the moment." Madison quickly replied.
"Oh." Mei Lin walked back over to the door. "You take care of yourself Ducky." Mei Lin opened the door and shut it after her. Madison sat down on the couch and cried.
The next day at school, Ray and Terry followed Sakura to her classes. She said they were college students reviewing the school for a project to all her teachers. Future Li and Eli just sat smiling in desks.
When lunch time came, Mei Lin rushed over and slammed her tray down in front of Sakura.
"Spill it Avalon! I know what you're up to." She snapped.
"What do you mean Mei Lin?" Future Li asked her. Future Eli hit him in the arm.
"You know exactly what I mean LI." Future Li gulped.
"How---did you find out?" Sakura asked. Mei Lin smirked.
"I faked sick and got out of class and followed you guys. It wasn't easy to miss that speeding junker car."
"Please don't say anything Mei Lin." Sakura pleaded.
"All right. I won't. Only because I'm nice." Future Eli gave a cough that sounded like 'Whatever'.
"Remember Avalon. I'm on to you." Mei Lin said before stalking off to the popular kids table.
2.3
2.4 Chapter 5
It had been just about a week. Future Li and Eli still hadn't discovered Clow Reed's Weakness. It wasn't bad cooking. It wasn't any kind of food or drink. The future boys had also bought some Wine, since it was Miss Mackenzie's favorite beverage. They imagined it would come in handy when they were back in their own time.
"Well. We better be off. We have the wine and the marshmallows. There's not much else to do." Future Eli told Sakura and her friends.
"But you still don't know Clow Reed's weakness yet." Madison pointed out. Future Eli ruffled her hair.
"We'll think of something." He smiled. Madison smiled back.
"See you guys!" Future Li said. Future Eli brought out his Sun Staff and tapped the Star Time Card.
"Time Card! Take us back!" He said. "11 years." He added under his breath. The future boys were swept up and taken back.
Minutes later they had landed in the far future. They had landed in the middle of a street and immediately were almost run over by a car. Future Li and Eli jumped to safety on the sidewalk. The part of the city they were in was a smokey gray. No one looked happy.
"Tell me again why we're here." Future Li asked Future Eli.
"No time to explain. Do you still have my book?" Li reached inside his coat and brought out a blue book that looked very similar to the Clow Book. Eli took the book and they set off down the street.
"Aha!" Eli said. He pointed to a phone booth and they went inside. Eli propped open the phone directory. He scanned down the pages.
"You got a pen?" he asked Li. Li handed him a pen. Eli scribbled down an address on his hand and they left the booth.
"This is boring." Li whined. Eli ignored him and kept on walking, checking the house numbers. Finally they stopped in front of a white ranch house. There was a red van in the driveway and a little boy with glasses was playing in the front yard.
"You stay here." Eli told Li. So Li awkwardly stood on the sidewalk.
"Hi!" the little boy said to Eli has he walked up to the door.
"Hi." Eli replied. He knocked on the door and a man with blue hair and glasses opened the door. Eli showed the man the book and he was invited inside.
"Hi! What's your name?" asked the little boy to Li, holding a yellow ball in his arms.
"Li."
"Hi!" the little boy smiled and held up the ball. "Want to play with me?"
"Uh.." Li said. He looked up and down the streets. There were other little kids playing.
"They don't like me." Said the kid, seeing where Li was looking.
"Why not?"
"I don't know. They call me a freak."
"That's mean."
"I know. I don't care though."
"Do you have any friends?" Li questioned, beginning to feel sorry for the boy.
"Yes. But she's 2 years older than I am. She's my youngest cousin."
"Oh. I see."
"Son?" called the man from the doorway. Eli was standing behind him. "Come in here."
"Coming dad!" called the boy. He turned to Li. "Bye!" he dropped his ball in the yard and raced inside. A couple of kids whizzed by on their bikes. Li shoved his hands inside his pockets and shuffled his feet. Eli came out of the house. He walked to where Li was and was carefully holding his book.
"Ready to go?" Eli asked.
"Ready when you are." Eli held out his hand. Li stared at it for a moment. Then he reached out and took it. They shook hands.
"Let's save the world." Eli said. Li grinned.
Madison was in the middle of making dinner when there was a loud bang from the living room. Madison dropped the frying pan and ran to see what it was.
"Hi Honey. I'm home." Eli said, his arms open. Madison shrieked and ran into them, sobbing and crying. He patted her hair soothingly. Madison lifted her tear streaked face and looked at him.
"I'm so glad you're back." She said. "Do you have what you need?" Eli smiled down at her.
"You bet I do."
"Ahem." Madison and Eli looked to their left where they saw Li.
"Uh. I'll be headed home now." He said. He picked up 5 bags filled with Marshmallows and left the apartment.
"Madison." Eli started. He took her by her shoulders. "I want you to listen very carefully." Madison nodded and stared at him with her large blue violet eyes.
"We need to end this war as fast as we can. I know I just got back, but I need to go the battlefield."
"I understand." Madison took a breath. "Ruby came over while you were gone. Tory and Julian are fighting." She told him.
"I have to go too, you know"
"But---"
"No buts." Eli told Madison. "Do everything I tell you, okay?" Madison choked down a sob and nodded.
"That's my girl." He said. He kissed her lightly on the head. He picked up the remaining bags of marshmallows and a case of wine. He smiled gently at his girlfriend before he shut the door after him.
The doorbell rang at Ruby and Tory's house. The sound of a TV could be heard through the door.
"Hello?" Emily Moon-Avalon asked as she opened the door.
"Hi Emily. Is your mom here?" Eli asked.
"Uncle Eli!" Emily said. Soon Ian and Miranda had joined Emily in the doorway and were hugging him.
"Did you bring me anything?" Ian asked, looking towards the bags set on the doorstep.
"Er, no."
"Awwwww." The kids said. Ruby came to the door.
"Oh Eli." She said. Ruby looked very tired. Eli felt a pang of guilt. Ruby was left to care for 3 kids and herself, filled with worry if Tory was going to live through this war.
"Ruby. I've no time to talk. Just take this book, okay?" He gave her the blue book. Ruby looked down at it.
"If Madison comes to the house and tells you I sent her, give her this." Eli looked at Ruby with pleading eyes. "Please Ruby." She nodded.
"I have to go now." He said.
"You have to leave already Uncle Eli?" whined Emily.
"I'll come to visit soon."
"Wheres you goin'?" Miranda asked.
"He's going to kick some Clow butt." Ian said.
"Ian! How many times have I told you not to walk around the house repeating everything your father says?" Ruby scolded.
"I lost count after 25." Ian confessed. Eli laughed. He then headed to the deserted field where he and Li were going to meet up at.
Mr. Terada paced up and down the lines of the fighters he was bossing around for this war. They were on the edge of a deserted field. Dried grass blew in the slight breeze. Sandbags were piled up along their edge of the field. Everyone in his troop was equipped with guns and other artillery. Mr. Terada chewed his lip. Clow Reed was expecting them. He didn't know when Clow Reed was going to appear and launch attacks on them.
"Men! Get into your positions! Be ready for anything!" he yelled. The men ran to the sandbags and hunched down behind them.
"Guns at the ready!" There were clicks from the rifles and there was an impatience in the air.
"Shoot only on my command!" Mr. Terada planted his feet firmly in the ground.
As soon as Li came in the door of his and Sakura's apartment, his girlfriend and Kero Beros dragged him out again.
"Hey! Aren't you glad I'm back?" he asked.
"Of course. We've been waiting for you to get back forever." Sakura said. She took his hand and squeezed it.
"I can't wait until this war is over." Sakura added. She had the Sakura Clow book tucked under her arm and her star staff already revealed.
"You sure are ready." Li commented.
"You are too. Plenty of marshmallows."
"Ooooooooo. I hope we have leftovers." Kero Beros said. They were outside of the apartment. On the horizon they could see the yellow field where the awaited and ending battle of the Clow War was to take place. When they were about there, they met up with Eli.
"Hi." Eli quickly said to Sakura. "You have all the cards?"
"Yes." Sakura said. "Which ones will we need?" They were at the other end of the field now, opposite Mr. Terada's troop.
"We need the maze, and--" Suddenly, Miss Mackenzie and Clow Reed had materialized into the middle of the field. Eli and Li stood up. Li motioned to Sakura to give him the Maze Card. Silently they stalked towards Miss Mackenzie.
Chapter 6
"Oh look. A welcoming party." Clow Reed sarcastically said to Miss Mackenzie.
"They think they can actually defeat us with guns?" Miss Mackenzie laughed. Clow Reed joined in. They seemed to be having a jolly time until green whips suddenly surrounded Miss Mackenzie.
"What the." Clow Reed began. It was too late. The maze card had already taken shape and Miss Mackenzie was trapped.
"Help!" She yelled, banging on the wall of the Maze. Eli laughed at her, perched on top of one of the walls.
"You!"
"Me!" Eli laughed some more. "Too bad you took Clow Reed's other half out of the bell. It's no use to you now." Miss Mackenzie fumed.
"You won't get away with this." She snarled.
"With what? You have nothing." Eli smirked at her. He then tossed her a bottle of wine. She caught it.
"In case you get thirsty trying to find your way out." He then jumped off the wall. He ran with the Jump Card over to Li who was hastily opening bags of marshmallows.
"We just have to wait until she drinks the wine and then we'll bombard her with them." Eli told Li. They used the Jump card to jump up onto one of the maze walls again so they could see.
Sakura smiled as she saw Miss Mackenzie successfully trapped in the Maze. 'How mad Miss Mackenzie must be. I hope this works.' She thought. Then suddenly the Sakura Clow Book was whipped out of her hands.
"Clow Reed!" she gasped, turning around.
"Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Clow Reed said. "I have the Star Cards now! There is no way you can ever defeat me! I am invincible!" He then laughed to the heavens. Clow Reed threw the book up in the air and the remaining cards in the book flew through the air.
"Wood! Fire! Thunder! Shot! Arrow! Fight! Power! Wind!" Clow Reed cried. The cards he called burst from the cards and awaited his order.
"No!" Sakura yelled. "No! You can't do that! I'm their Master!"
"I still some come control over them, so there!" Clow Reed taunted like a little kid. Sakura's eyes filled with tears.
"It's true Sakura." Kero Beros told her. There was a yell of triumph as Li and Eli began throwing Marshmallows at a tipsy Miss Mackenzie.
"No! No! Not the Sugar! Back you evil fluffy sugar fiends!" the drunken Miss Mackenzie cried, covering her head with her arms. Eli and Li kept throwing them at her. Miss Mackenzie began to run, desperately trying to find her way out and also get away from the Marshmallows. Being as drunk as she was, she began to run the way she just came which was from a dead end. Down and down the marshmallows fell. Miss Mackenzie screamed Bloody Murder and strangely, she began to fade away.
"What's happening?" Li asked Eli.
"She's almost done for! She can't stand being lost and she hates the marshmallows!" Eli grabbed the last bag of the marshmallows and chucked them at Miss Mackenzie. With one last desperate scream, she disappeared. All that was left was a small pile of gold dust. Li looked at Eli.
"One down, one to go." They jumped down from the maze, only to have Li approached by the Fight Card and Eli, the Wood and Shot.
"What's going on?" Eli asked.
"I'll tell you what's going on." Said a voice. "I have the power over the Clow Cards now."
"Well, Miss Mackenzie is gone. We defeated her." Li said to Clow Reed, cautiously backing away from the Fight, which was glaring at him.
"I'll manage." Clow Reed sneered. "Get them." He ordered. The Wood Card bound up Eli and the Shot Card struck him in the face. Li was given a sharp right hook and an upper cut by the Fight Card. Clow Reed called back the Maze card and went back to the Thunder, Wind, and Fire Cards. Sakura and Kero Beros were being attacked by the Arrow Card and the Power Card pushed them around like ping pong balls.
"Firey, surround the field with flames. Windy, keep the victims from escaping. And Thunder, attack those measly people behind those sandbags." The Cards scattered. Clow Reed stood back and laughed.
Outside Mei Lin and Zachary's house, there were loud bangs. Mei Lin rushed to the window.
"Oh my God." She said. Flames surrounded the field near the house and she could make out the forms of her childhood friends.
"What is it?" Zachary asked.
"It's the battle. It's started." Mei Lin went white.
"It sure has." Zachary stared out the window.
"I'm going out there." Mei Lin said. She ran to the door.
"Wait! Mei Lin!" Zachary called after her. Mei Lin paused.
"Be careful."
"I will." She blew him and kiss and she raced out the door.
Also at Madison's apartment, she turned on the TV to get her mind off things and munched on her sandwich.
"Well folks." Said the TV news anchor. "This either is the beginning of the end, or the end of the world." They showed a picture of the battlefield. It was now in flames. Madison dropped her sandwich and stared at the screen. Eli was being attacked by what looked like the Shot Card. Then it showed Thunder running loose.
"What are these things?" the anchor said. Madison didn't bother to turn off the TV. She had to get to Eli. She didn't care how risky it was, she was going to the battlefield.
2.5
2.6 Chapter 7
The Thunder Card charged at Mr. Terada's team. Mr. Terada had to gather his senses together.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" He yelled.
Tory hoisted his gun on his shoulder, sweat running down his face. His sister and her boyfriend were out there. He knew exactly what was going on. Julian, beside him, did too. Tory pulled the trigger on command. He clicked the rifle again and pulled the trigger. Repeatedly he did this. The bullets seemed to bounce off the animal. It kept running at them and barking and howling.
"Starr! What the hell do you think you're doing? Shoot that thing!" Mr. Terada yelled at Julian. Julian had a very terrified tired look on his face. His body was motionless.
"Shoot it! Shoot it!" Mr. Terada kept commanding. Tory and other men stood up to get better aim at Thunder. Tory aimed and fired at the Thunder card. It went though this time and a blood spot appeared on the electric yellow wolf. Julian was standing now, too.
"Shoot it! It's in your range!" Mr. Terada yelled. "Starr! Shoot it!" He yelled.
"I-----" Julian said. His fingers were slipping on the rifle. "I can't." he said.
"What do you mean, you can't?" barked Mr. Terada, spit flying from his mouth.
"I--- can't--- do it." Julian slowly said. The gun dropped from his hands. Thunder ran at Julian.
"Julian, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tory yelled. There was a loud bang and Tory threw his gun to the ground. He caught the falling Julian, barely being able to see through the flash of light. Julian was covered in blood. It was dripping all down his front.
"Julian!" Tory cried out. Wings sprouted from Julian's bloody back and fanned out. Tory did his best to cling to his best friend.
"Tory?" said Julian, but in a very different voice.
"Julian?" Tory asked. Julian slowly shook his head.
"No. I'm Yue." He said.
"Where's Julian?"
"He's gone." Julian/Yue said. "He only seems alive because I am in him."
"No." Tory whispered. "No." Tory let go of Yue. "NOOOOO!" He yelled.
Mei Lin had reached the battlefield. She saw the Fight Card, the Power Card, and the Windy Card. 'The flames surrounding the field must be from the Firey Card.' Mei Lin thought. Her mind raced on what she could do to help. Even though she had no magical powers, neither did some of the guys shooting at the Thunder Card. She scanned the row of men. One of them was bleeding and another seemed to be having an emotional breakdown. Crying and screaming and beating the ground with his fist saying 'It's not fair! Give him back!' Mei Lin turned her eyes back to the battle, but didn't have enough time to take in all what was going on. All she saw was a great big animal rushing towards her. There was a loud eruption and there was no more Mei Lin.
Madison bit her fist to keep from screaming. She just saw her old classmate blown up by the Thunder Card. What if the Thunder Card went for her? She wished the animal would just go back to the men with the guns. Too late. The Thunder Card saw her. Madison's eyes grew wide. Her eyes were locked with the Thunders. All Thunder did was mainly blink and then trotted off. She took a breath. She wanted to get to Eli, but she was blocked off by the fire. Madison walked closer and closer to the fire, trying to see better. The Shot Card aimed another attack at Eli.
"Eli! NOOOOOOOO! Leave him alone!" She cried. Not thinking she ran straight through the fire. As soon as she passed, the fire had gone out. The Firey Card just stared at her like the Thunder had and went over to Clow Reed who was treating this like Saturday Night Live (his favorite TV show ever since he was brought out of the bell). He chortled and acted as if this was the best day of his life. Did he care Mei Lin was dead? No. Did he know Madison was on the field? No. Did he know the fire was out? No.
"Madison! What are you doing here?" Eli yelled, during the pause when the Shot Card gathered aim. Madison opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't find the words.
"Maddie!" Eli called. He winced in pain. "Run to the house!"
"Why?" She called back.
"Run to the house! Run, and don't look back!" The Shot Card aimed straight at him. Madison turned around and ran, trying to block out all the noise.
Halfway to the apartment, she stopped. She had pushed her way through several crowds of people talking about the battle and watching it. She leaned against a building and caught her breath.
"I have to get the house." She told herself. "Only 5 more blocks until I reach the apartment." Madison stood up straighter. Eli had always been specific. If he wanted her to go to the Apartment, he would have said, 'Run to the Apartment'. But he said house.
'What house?' she wondered. Then she looked up. She was standing near the outside of a big house. It was Eli's old house, now occupied by Tory and Ruby. Slowly she walked to the door and knocked.
Ruby opened the door. Madison thought she looked terrible. Ruby's eyes grew wide when she saw Madison.
"Madison! You look awful!"
"Eli." Madison said. "He said to come to the house."
"Of course. Wait there." Ruby told Madison. Ruby ran to get something and came back with a blue and silver book.
"Eli knew you were going to be at the battlefield. He wanted me to give you this. He didn't have enough time to explain everything he needed to."
"But.."
"He had to leave right away, right?" Ruby asked. Madison nodded.
"That's why he gave this to me to give you. It'll explain everything." Madison took the book.
"Thank you." She said. Ruby smiled and shut the door. Madison then hurried to the apartment.
At the Apartment, Madison sat down on the floor in front of the TV. She had turned it off. She looked at the book she had set in front of her. It looked very much like the old Clow Book. Madison reached down and touched the lock. It clicked open. Madison turned the cover and a blinding light issued from the book. It was very bright and she had to shield her eyes. When the light had died down, there was a little boy standing in front of Madison. He had glasses and light gray blue hair.
"Eli?" Madison whispered.
"No." said the boy. "I'm Elijah! Who are you?" Madison supposed that this must be a 6 year old Eli. 'Eli must be short for Elijah.' She thought.
"Madison. Madison Taylor." Elijah's face broke into a smile.
"I know who you are!" he happily said.
"That's nice, but."
"You have to find the bell." Elijah interrupted. "That's what I was told to say to whoever opened the book and let me out."
"The bell? You mean Miss Mackenzie's bell?"
"Mmm hmmm."
"That's at the battlefield!" Madison said.
"I know that." Elijah said.
"I have to get it." Madison said. She stood up and went to the door.
"Wait for me!" Elijah pouted and ran after her.
"I don't think you should come. It might be too dangerous for you."
"Is not." Elijah pushed past Madison and out of the apartment. Back down the street to the field, it was getting dark outside and more people were gathered. Madison made sure she didn't loose Elijah in the crowds.
Eli had a bleeding lip and several cuts on his face. The Wood Card still had him bound. Sakura was tired of being bullied and was trying to beat out the Power Card. Li fought back as much as he could against the Fight Card. Thunder had stopped bleeding some, but Tory was so enraged that he kept on shooting at it and aimed at the same spot.
"ELI!!!!!!!!!" Called a voice. Madison was running back onto the field. A small boy was running along side her. Eli weakly smiled and was struck again.
'Bell. Where's the bell?' wondered Madison. Her eyes scanned the ground for a glimpse of gold and purple. She thought she saw it put it was just a gleam from one of the rifles. A small hand slipped into hers. She knew she should have left Elijah at Ruby's house. It was too late now. Li was kicked in the stomach by the Fight Card. Elijah tugged at Madison's hand. She looked down at him. 'Those eyes.' She thought. 'Those eyes are just like mine!'
"I'm scared, Mommy." He said. Mommy. Elijah was her son. 'This frightened little child is mine.' Madison's eyes filled with tears.
"Why are you crying, Mommy" Elijah asked. "Are you scared, too?"
"I think we all are." She told him. She squeezed his hand. And there it was, about 20 feet in front of her, the bell.
"You stay here." She told Elijah. She took a breath and ran out onto the field. She was almost there. Elijah screamed. Madison turned around and saw the Thunder Card running towards him. Eli yelled. He was struck hard in the chest.
"STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Madison screamed. Miraculously, the men stopped firing, Fight stopped fighting, Windy stopped blowing, Wood let go of Eli, Power stopped pushing, Arrow and Shot stopped aiming, Thunder stopped running and Clow Reed stopped laughing.
"Madison." He whispered. Madison reached down and picked up the bell. Sakura, Kero Beros, Eli, Li, & Elijah ran over to her. She was later joined by Julian/Yue and Tory.
"You're an evil person Clow Reed." Madison said.
"Look at what you did." Sakura joined in.
"You meany!" piped up Elijah.
"Madison." Clow Reed repeated, coming nearer. They could see his face was getting red. Li gasped.
"Madison! You're his weakness!" Li said. Eli spluttered. That's why he and Madison were destined to be, because Eli had part of Clow Reed in him.
"How do we defeat him then?" Sakura asked. Li took hold of the bell. Eli followed suit.
"We'll treat him like a Clow Card." Yue spoke up. He also reached for the bell. Tory and Sakura did too. Lastly, a little hand reached up too. Elijah smiled at his mother.
"Clow Reed! We command you to return to a form where you shall stay during this time of magic!" Sakura said. They all raised the bell high in the air.
"CLOW!!!!!!!" Sakura and Li yelled. Clow Reed gave Madison a soft 'Help me' look and then was sucked back into the bell. The Star Cards were swept back into their cards and they floated over to Sakura.
"Arrow. Shot. Wood. Power. Windy. Firey. Fight. Thunder." Sakura said. She then gasped as she stared at the Thunder Card. The picture of the Thunder now had a red spot on it; right above it's left front leg. Sakura glared at her brother.
"Oops." Tory said. "Heh heh."
"Daddy." Elijah said to Eli, tugging on his sleeve. "You have to give this to Mommy, remember?" Elijah held up a sparkly diamond ring. Everyone stared at the little boy.
"I'll explain later." Eli spoke up and took the ring. He got down on one knee and took Madison's hand.
"Madison, will you marry me?" he asked. Madison looked at Elijah who was smiling at her.
"Of course." She told Eli. She then kissed him. Everyone else clapped and Elijah gave his younger parents hugs. It was the perfect ending, except for the fact that Zachary had suddenly ran over to them.
"Where's Mei Lin?" he frantically asked.
"Mei Lin's dead." Madison said. Zachary burst into tears and ran off again.
"Mei Lin's dead?" questioned Li.
"Yah. Let's get ice cream." Eli said.
"I like ice cream." Said Elijah. They all laughed.
It was Christmas and snow was lightly falling outside a newly bought white ranch house with a new red van in front. A decorated Christmas tree could be seen from outside. A party was going on. Ruby and Tory were sipping eggnog and their kids were arguing about presents.
"I want the board game!" Ian said.
"No, I do!" Emily whined.
"Puzzle!" cried Miranda. Yue and Zachary sat on a couch, thinking about how ugly the sweaters Ruby made for them and everybody else were.
"You know." Li was telling his fiancée, "It's a shame we couldn't have gone back and brought our younger selves to the party." He was telling Sakura, meaning his and Eli's trip to the past.
"It's also a shame that you had to bring our son back." Madison told Eli.
"Don't worry, darling. Only 7 more months." He winked. Madison blushed. She then walked over to the coffee table and picked up her camera and her camera stand.
"All right everyone. Group picture!" She called. Everyone hurried to be by the camera. Zachary even smiled. He hadn't been the same since Mei Lin died. Press cameras were all over his yard, wanting to know his opinion. He told himself everyday not to fall for models or actresses. The camera flashed. Madison looked at her husband.
"I have an idea." She said.
In the past.
"I wonder how we're doing." Li said. He was at Sakura's house with Madison and they were watching TV. It was a week after Christmas and they were watching 'How the Grinch stole Christmas' for the umpteenth time. Eli came in the room and handed out hot chocolate.
"Yeah. I wonder how the war is going to end up." Sakura wondered.
"It has to end good, with all the marshmallows they bought." Madison told Sakura.
"I guess you're right." BOOM. There was a flash of light.
"Eli!" Madison said.
"Hi everyone!" Future Eli said.
"Why did you come to visit?" Eli asked himself.
"I was told to bring something to you." He held out a glossy photo. It showed Julian/Yue, Tory, Ruby, 3 kids, future Madison, future Eli, future Li, future Sakura, and Zachary.
"Do you like it?" he asked. They didn't answer, but the looks on their faces told him the answer.
THE END