Another Chance
By: Snow Horse
I don't own CCS, the all powerful and mighty CLAMP does. *sighs* But I do own this computer!!!!!!! *grabs computer* MINE!!!!!!!!!! And the keyboard too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sakura and Syaoran were killed...by a Clow Card. All the cards released themselves. And now two new Cardcaptors are coming into the picture...Will they be able to take their place or will they die with them?
Key: "talking"
'thinking'
~****scene change****~
(a/n: author's note)
Recap.
Everyone was hanging on Maggie's every word and Kira was about to jump from her seat because she knew she was going to win.
"And the new captain is..."
a/n: This is going to be a long chapter, so I'm warning you ahead of time! I wasn't even half done w/ over 6,000 words in it. I type too much...
Chapter 3
A Capture, A Campout, And A Strange IM
"And the new captain is IZUMI HINAKO!" Maggie yelled.
It took a few seconds for everything to sink in for Izumi, but when it finally did, a smile curled up on her face. It got wider and wider till she stood up and screamed, "YES!"
She would've pranced around like she did last night, but this was public, people! Instead, she jumped up and down with Tomoyo while everyone else cheered for her and Tetsuya stood up too, smiling.
"I demand a RECOUNT!" Kira yelled as she stood up and walked over to Maggie. Her blue eyes had fire in them and her long black hair was a huge mess, because she was sweating so hard.
"No recounts, this is final," Maggie said and Izumi smiled wider, if that was possible.
~****Izumi's House****~
Izumi had just come home from Cheerleading Tryouts and had told her father all about it. Happily, she noticed that Jonouchi came home from the hospital today because he was sitting in the living room. He had woken up yesterday night. She wanted to go online and update her website, so she ran up to her room and turned on her laptop.
She logged onto the internet and went onto her website. It was a forum and you could post anything you wanted on it. She only had two other members, Lovinlife and Surfinsites. She always had to laugh at their names, Ron's Surfinsites and Mika's Lovinlife.
She went to the song/poem section of her forum and typed something she had learned:
Everything is always so complicated Why is it always that way? People think life is so easy But they never lived it right
I used to think that too Life is so easy, why do we exist? I never thought about after What will happen then?
I know now that only one can understand Only one can help That one person, my soul mate Will always be there
But where is he now? When I need his help? Where is he whenever I'm confused? Or downright dense?
Why do I have to live my life Trying to find that one special person Who will understand me? No one understands...
Izumi finished typing the song and thought about it. She looked at all of her other songs and couldn't believe that she wrote them. She was just about to get off when Tetsuya IMed her.
Karatekid: hey Izumi!
Wildfire: hi Tetsuya
Karatekid: u r'nt hyper today
Wildfire: I've been thinking a little 2 much
Karatekid: wut's wrong?
Wildfire: nothing that I can think of right now...
Karatekid: something MUST be bothering u
Wildfire: fine, it's my life
Karatekid: huh?
Wildfire: I mean, y does everything bad have to happen to me? everything always does. And yet, I'm still happy. Y?
Karatekid: u have to put the things that happened in the past in the past...u know wut I mean?
Wildfire: no
Karatekid: the past can't be changed so u have to live w/ it.....everything happens for a reason, good or bad? no one knows...
Wildfire: arigatou Tetsuya
Karatekid: no prob!
Wildfire: ^_^
Karatekid: ~_^
Wildfire: y r u winking?
Karatekid: cuz we have a lot of fun stuff to do this week!
Wildfire: oh God.....
Karatekid: wut do u want to do to get 4 hours in this week?
Wildfire: how about we go to the park? roller skating?
Karatekid: roller skating???? uh-I don't know how to...
Wildfire: O.O you don't know how?
Wildfire: don't worry, I'll teach u! ^_^
Karatekid: really? thanks!
Wildfire: no prob! now when?
Karatekid: how bout 2morrow? after school?
Wildfire: perfect! no cheerleading practice OR soccer practice! ^_^
Karatekid: -_-' that's kinda y I asked...
Wildfire: ^o^
Karatekid: that looks like some sort of animal
Wildfire: I think it looks like our reading teacher, Miss Pearna
Karatekid: it's Perna
Wildfire: i no
Karatekid: o
Wildfire: so, wut r u up to?
Karatekid: uh-writing
Wildfire: writing wut?
Karatekid: a story
Wildfire: can i read it? I love stories!
Karatekid: i'll give it to u 2morrow at school cuz I gtg now
Wildfire: ok, ja ne!
Karatekid: ja
Karatekid signed off at 7:28pm.
Izumi logged off her screen name because she was getting bored being on the internet. So Tetsuya was writing a story. 'I wonder if I'm in it,' Izumi wondered.
'Stories are a girl's best friend!' Izumi thought and decided to put that on her website. She logged on and heard the computer voice say, "You've got mail!"
"Mail?" Izumi questioned. She clicked on the mail icon and saw she had two new messages.
She opened the first one from Lovinlife first:
Hey Izumi! How r u doing at ur new school? Everyone here misses u. Did u know that Kei has missed like everyday of school since u left. Well, ok, he only missed yesterday, but that's odd for him. Tell me how u r doing w/ Karatekid!
~Mika~
Izumi laughed at the thought of Kei. He is still mad at Izumi for getting reinforcements. She replied to Mika as fast as she could:
Hey Mika! Karatekid's name is Tetsuya Li. He goes to my new school now. It's kind of a long story. Anyway, in school, we have this social studies project where we have to get married. It's funny somewhat. I have to be married to Tetsuya, which isn't that bad, actually, but no, I do not like him as more than just a friend. I hope Ron is doing all right! ~_^
~Izumi~
Izumi sent her e-mail and opened the other e-mail from Karatekid. 'I just talked to him, though,' Izumi thought.
I forgot to tell you something, Izumi. Uh-well-ok, I just wanted for you to promise me that you'll never fight a Clow Card alone. Promise?
Tetsuya
'He just wants to protect me,' Izumi thought. 'How sweet!' Izumi pressed the reply button on the screen.
Don't worry, Tetsuya. After catching Jump, I think I could go up against any Clow Card. Besides, I'm not going out there without you, Tomoyo, and/or Kero, so you don't have to be so overprotective. Never underestimate the power of a girl on a mission! Especially, a strong magically powered one! ~_^
~Izumi~
Izumi sent this and then looked at the clock, 8:03pm. She decided to take a shower and then watch some TV. She got in and out of the shower in about 20 minutes, leaving enough time to find something to watch on TV. She ran downstairs in her pink tank top and pink lounge pants with ducks on them to find Jonouchi watching the TV. He looked normal so she didn't give him any sympathy.
"Move over!" Izumi shouted at her brother and then squished on the couch beside him. Up close, she saw the cuts on his face, arms, and of course, he had a cast on his leg.
"You're not going to like this movie, squirt," Jonouchi said seriously. "It's The Ring."
"The Ring?" Izumi questioned. "It can't be that scary, can it?"
"Suit yourself," Jonouchi replied and continued watching the movie.
They were at the part where the main character watched the movie for the first time. Right after it was finished, their phone rang, which made Izumi jump and grab onto Jonouchi's arm.
"Told you," Jonouchi said, smirking. "Now, to conquer your fear, answer the phone."
Izumi gulped and slowly got up. She walked over to the phone and picked it up very slowly.
"You have seven days," said the creepy voice on the other end. It sounded just like Samara from the movie.
Izumi screamed so loud and dropped the phone. She ran up to her room.
Jonouchi limped over with his crutches and picked up the dropped phone.
"Thanks buddy," he said into it.
"No problem!" the voice on the phone replied back, now joyful and not sounding like Samara.
Jonouchi hung up the phone and laughed a little, so Izumi wouldn't hear.
~****Izumi's Room****~
Izumi ran into her room and shut the door behind her. She slid down so she sat on the floor with her back against the door. She buried her face in her hands and started crying.
She lifted her face up, still crying, and yelled out loud, "I'm too young to die!" She started weeping again and put up her knees and wept in them.
Suddenly, there was a sound at the window. Izumi looked up, tears still in her eyes. She saw a figure standing in the window frame.
The figure jumped down without making a sound and Izumi could see his face.
"Tetsuya?" Izumi questioned, wiping her tears and standing up. "What are you doing here?"
"I sensed your aura," Tetsuya answered. "It was scared to death."
"They should not make movies like that!" Izumi shouted with tears in her eyes again. "People getting killed by watching it. It's horrible! Besides, I'm going to get killed now that I watched it! The phone rang and told me that I had seven days!"
"Calm down," Tetsuya said, really concerned. "What are you talking about?"
Izumi sat down where she was sitting before and put her head down, still crying. "The Ring," Izumi answered. "I watched the movie and it-the phone rang after, and said that I had seven days, just like on the movie."
Tetsuya sat down beside Izumi which is when she noticed that he was only wearing baggy pants. She blushed and looked away from him.
"I've watched of that movie," Tetsuya said and looked up at the ceiling with his hands behind his head.
"WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!" Izumi screamed, but quickly covered her mouth.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE, KAIJUU!?!?!?" Jonouchi yelled from downstairs.
"TALKING TO A FRIEND ON THE PHONE!" Izumi yelled back. "ACTUALLY, I'M TALKING TO MY KILLER! HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO KILL ME TOMORROW!"
There was no response.
"If I say that, he's more than likely to NOT come up," Izumi explained. "He knows I'm not on the phone with my killer and that I'm really just talking to myself because I want him to come up so I can scare him. Actually, I've done that before!" She smiled wide.
"Sounds like a nice plan," Tetsuya commented.
"Yep," Izumi replied. "How long has it been since you watched it?"
"Seven days," Tetsuya answered and smiled.
"And you're not dead?" Izumi asked, surprised.
"Nope," Tetsuya answered. "I watched it on Monday of last week at about 10:00pm."
Izumi looked at the clock, 8:40pm. "You're going to die in an hour and twenty minutes!" Izumi almost shouted, but kept herself from doing so.
"Yea, too bad, too," Tetsuya said, smiling.
"Do you want to die?" Izumi questioned loudly as she stood up.
"Keep it down, Izumi!" Kero shouted as he opened the drawer Izumi gave him which was on the bottom left. "I'm trying to sleep here." Then, Kero spotted Tetsuya who stood up, seeing him.
"WH-" Kero started but Izumi covered his mouth before he could say anything.
"I better get going," Tetsuya said, walking over to the window.
"No way!" Izumi yelled and ran in front of the window, letting go of Kero. "You're not going to die. You'll stay here until it's that time. Then, I'll stop you from dying with the help of Kero and you can do the same for me in a week."
"The movie isn't real, Izumi," Tetsuya said, pushing her out of the way. "It's just made to scare people out of their wits."
Izumi blocked him again and this time she spoke firmer, "You are staying, so you won't die."
"Fine," Tetsuya agreed, reluctantly. "I can't argue with you or we'd be getting a divorce real soon." Tetsuya smirked.
Izumi moved out of the way and sat on her bed. "Very funny, Tetsuya," Izumi replied. "Just keep making those remarks and I won't save you."
"What are you guys talking about?" Kero asked, confused.
"Tetsuya watched The Ring seven days ago at 10:00pm," Izumi answered. "He's going to die at that time today, unless we save him."
"Why would we do that?" Kero asked.
Izumi got really mad and said, just to make Kero mad, "Because Tetsuya is my husband and I can't be losing him now, can I?"
"HUSBAND!?!?!?!" Kero yelled.
Tetsuya and Izumi burst out laughing. "We got married in social studies class today and-" Izumi explained all about the project and all about the movie that is going to kill Tetsuya.
Izumi heard footsteps coming up the stairs and quickly said, "Hide guys!"
Kero flew into his drawer and Tetsuya crawled under Izumi's bed which he thought smelled a lot like cherry blossoms.
The door opened, while Izumi was sitting on her bed with her phone in her ready to type in a number. Jonouchi stood at the door with his crutches, confused.
"Who were you talking to?" he asked, looking around.
"Tomoyo," Izumi answered. "I just hung up with her and I'm going to call someone else now." She smiled innocently at him.
"All right, but if you keep making this much noise, no phone for a week," Jonouchi replied.
"And who says you're the boss of me?" Izumi questioned with her hands on her hips.
"Me," Jonouchi answered and gave her the widest smirk he ever has. Izumi crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away with a "hmpf." Satisfied, Jonouchi left Izumi's room, limping.
Izumi waited till she couldn't hear footsteps anymore, opened one eye to look out the door, stood up and closed the door. Kero burst out of his drawer and Tetsuya came out from under Izumi's bed.
"Now then, what were we talking about?" Izumi questioned with a little grin, which made Kero and Tetsuya fall over anime style.
Kero recovered first, "You were saying how the gaki here is going to die tonight at 10:00pm, which is in 10 minutes." Izumi followed Kero's gaze to the clock.
"Oh God!" Izumi almost whispered. "This is horrible."
"Like I said, the movie is fake, Izumi," Tetsuya said, trying to calm Izumi down.
A bolt of shock hit all three of them. Tetsuya and Izumi looked wide- eyed at each other.
"A Clow Card," they both whispered in unison.
"Oh no," Izumi said under her breath and then fell to her knees. She put her head down, then got an idea. She raised her head with a determined face on.
"I'll call Tomoyo and Meiling," Izumi said and grabbed her phone. While it was ringing, she said, "Tetsuya, you're staying here. If-that won't work. Oh man!"
"What won't work?" Tetsuya asked, concerned.
"If you stay here, you could still die, so you'll have to come," Izumi said and then Tomoyo answered the phone. "Tomoyo, meet us at the park. A Clow Card is waiting."
Izumi hung up the phone and dialed Meiling. She told her the same thing and hung up also. Izumi cleared her throat and said:
"Oh, Key of Clow,
Power of magic, power of light,
Surrender the wand,
The force ignite.
Release!"
Her Key turned into a long wand with a bird-like head on it. "JUMP!" Izumi yelled as she threw a card into the air and hit it with her wand. Little wings appeared on each of her shoes.
"You don't know how powerful The Jump Card is, so you should be careful with it," Kero said, looking really worried.
"Don't worry Kero!" Izumi said and walked over to her window. "Okay, here goes nothing!" She stepped onto the ledge and jumped out the window.
Kero and Tetsuya ran over to the window and looked down from it.
"And you are looking down, why exactly?" Izumi asked from up in the tree. She was at the very top of it.
"You can control it," Kero said, amazed. "Sakura always had trouble the first few times controlling The Jump."
"Let's go," Izumi said before Kero could say more. Kero flew over to her as she jumped down from the tree and Tetsuya jumped from the window to land beside her.
Izumi stared at him. Tetsuya looked at her and saw her confused expression. "Years of Martial Arts Training," he said and started jumping from tree to tree down the street.
Izumi followed without being reluctant. She pushed off the trees as hard as she could to keep up.
They reached Penguin Park in no time at all. Izumi jumped from the last tree and into the park, right behind Tetsuya, with Kero on her shoulder.
"You didn't have to go that fast!" Kero panted, out of breath.
"Gomen nasai, Kero," Izumi replied. She stepped into the park with a determined look on her face. She was now standing beside Tetsuya.
"IZUMI!" a voice yelled from behind them. They turned around to face two girls, one with long raven hair in two pigtails and the other with long violet hair that was down.
Meiling was wearing her pajamas, which were a red tank top with long red and white striped lounge pants. Tomoyo also had her pajamas on, a light blue tank top with a blue bird on it and blue lounge pants with blue birds all over them. Of course, Tomoyo had her video camera with her.
"I just could not miss this!" Tomoyo said when her and Meiling reached the others. "I didn't finish my outfit for you, but I think your PJ's are too kawaii for words!" She tilted the camera up and down, making sure to get all of them.
"Looks like we all got out of bed just for this," Meiling said, looking at Tetsuya. "Is that all you wear to bed?"
"As a matter of fact, it is," Tetsuya replied and Tomoyo instantly turned her camera on him.
"I'll have to make copies of this," Tomoyo said, moving her camera down from her face. Izumi saw that she was smiling wickedly.
"Do the words 'Clow Card' mean anything to you guys?" Kero asked, getting everyone's attention.
"I guess you are right," Meiling said, "Izumi is the new Card Mistress."
"Darn right she is!" Kero replied with his arms crossed.
"Okay, well you guys can hide in the bushes while I capture the Clow Card," Izumi said to Tomoyo and Meiling. She moved closer and whispered, "Keep an eye on Tetsuya, he's going to be keeping you guys company this time."
Before Tomoyo or Meiling could ask what Izumi meant by that, she had already jumped toward the place where she felt the presence of the Clow Card. She suddenly felt the presence grow stronger and looked towards the bridge.
A figure was walking towards her. When she came into the moonlight, Izumi saw that she looked almost like Meiling, except with bigger buns in her hair with hair that was hanging down and she was wearing long gloves that had wide parts sticking out and long boots with the same effect. Her outfit had a turtleneck and was sort of a dress that had two flared parts out with a red ruby in the center of her chest with an under suit with it.
"The Fight!" Kero screamed out of the top of his lungs and quickly flew over to Izumi who was only ten feet away from the Clow Card.
"The Fight Card can only be beaten in battle with no use of any cards at all," Kero explained as it came closer.
"Okay Kero, I trust you," Izumi replied and yelled, "Jump Card, return to your power confined. JUMP CARD!" She slammed her wand to the air and the wings on her shoes were gone. The card flew towards her and she caught it and put it into her pocket.
Kero flew back towards Tomoyo, Meiling, and Tetsuya who was explaining to the girls why Izumi was making him stay out of the fight. Kero had given Izumi one last warning before leaving, "Let her make the first move."
The Fight Card stopped about three feet away from Izumi and got into a fighting pose. Izumi did the same.
"Do you think she can win?" Tomoyo asked Tetsuya, filming every move of Izumi's with her camera.
"Depends on how good she is at fighting and how lucky she is," Tetsuya answered.
"She'll win, Tomoyo, don't worry," Meiling replied, ignoring Tetsuya's comment.
"Thanks Meiling," Tomoyo replied, smiling at her with her camera still on Izumi.
'Let her make the first move,' Izumi thought. 'Oh God, how long will she take to make the first move?'
The Fight just stood there, watching Izumi to see if she would make a move.
'She just wants me to make the first move,' Izumi thought. 'Well I'm not giving up that easily.' Izumi gave Fight the worst glare ever. (a/n: She must of learned it from Syaoran, lol.)
Fight saw this and looked a little surprised, but only for a moment.
"If Izumi makes the first move, then Fight has the advantage," Tetsuya said, watching Izumi and Fight without blinking, "but if Fight moves first, then Izumi has the advantage. Let's just hope that Izumi knows how to block."
"Don't worry about it," Tomoyo replied. "All those days with Kei has her boyfriend wasn't for nothing. I mean-"
"Wait, hold on!" Tetsuya yelled, getting Izumi's attention from Fight.
Fight took her chance. She jumped up from her place and toward Izumi in a kick position.
"IZUMI!" Tomoyo yelled, looking at Izumi instead of Tetsuya.
Izumi threw her head toward Fight and block the kick with her arms. Fight jumped back and headed toward Izumi again. It kept throwing punches at Izumi and Izumi blocked them with her fast reflexes. Fight backed her up toward the trees.
"You didn't tell me that Izumi went out with Kei!" Tetsuya screamed at Tomoyo.
"Are you even concerned with this fight?" Tomoyo asked, her camera facing the fight. "Fight made the first move."
"SO!?!?!" Tetsuya yelled. "Why would Izumi ever go out with him?"
"I don't know!" Tomoyo yelled back, making Tetsuya quiet down.
Tetsuya lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know how like far they got?"
"You mean like, did they have sex?" Tomoyo asked, smiling at him. "I think you'll have to ask her that, but do you really think that her body is the body of a non-virgin?" Tomoyo pointed to Izumi, fighting Fight with her camera still pointed at Izumi.
Tetsuya looked over at Izumi who was blocking all Fight's attacks, but was backing up while doing so.
Tetsuya suddenly got the most shocked look on his face, like he was just realizing something.
"Fight plans to back her up against a tree so she can't get out," Tetsuya said to Tomoyo, Kero, and Meiling, still with that look on his face, standing up.
Izumi was blocking all of Fight's punches and kicks, but she was getting tired and she needed to have a rest soon. 'Oh shit!' Izumi thought. 'This can't be the end!'
Fight kept throwing punches and kicks until she spotted a tree. She made Izumi head for that tree. Izumi hit the tree with her back and realized what Fight was doing.
Fight had the weirdest look on its face, like it was saying, "This is the end of the line for you."
Izumi saw the look and thought, 'I'm not giving up!' Izumi glared again at Fight and when Fight threw her punch that she was sure would hit Izumi right in the head, Izumi ducked.
Izumi swung her leg around under Fight's legs, making her fall. She stood up and took her wand from her belt. (a/n: That's where she put it when they started the fight.)
"Fight Card, return to your power confined!" Izumi shouted, slamming her wand against the air. "FIGHT CARD!"
A card appeared in the air and Fight disappeared, its spirit going into the card. The card flew over to Izumi who caught it with her left hand. It was a picture of the girl with the words, 'The Fight' on the bottom of it.
"You did it!" Tomoyo screamed as she, Tetsuya, Kero, and Meiling ran over to congratulate her.
"I have to admit, I didn't think you could do it," Meiling said, smiling at Izumi. "By the way, who's Kei?"
Izumi stared at her for a second before her question got translated in her mind. "Do you mean the Kei who went to my old school?"
"I guess," Meiling replied. "These two were talking about you and Kei going out." She pointed to Tomoyo and Tetsuya who weren't looking at Izumi.
"Oh, well we did go out at one point-" Izumi started.
"WHAT!??!?!?!?!" Tetsuya yelled, looking straight at her. "Why didn't you tell me this?"
"I didn't think it would matter that much to you," Izumi replied. She looked at her watch, 10:18pm. Izumi was shocked and then she smiled super wide. She ran over and wrapped her arms around Tetsuya, giving him a great big hug. "You're not dead!!!!!!!!" Tears were streaming down her face.
Tomoyo, not wanting to miss the kawaii moment, turned on her camera and started filming. Kero turned away, not liking anyone touch his new mistress. Meiling thought it was way kawaii, and was smiling sweetly at them.
Tetsuya blushed as red as anyone could go. Izumi still hung onto him with the card in her hand. She finally seized hugging him and looked toward Tomoyo, Meiling, and Kero.
"How about we have a campout?" Izumi said. Everyone fell over anime style.
"A campout!" Meiling shouted. "It's 10:30 at night!"
"I am hungry," Kero said, his stomach growling. "Can we eat now?"
"I guess we can have a campout if you really want to, Izumi," Tomoyo said with glee.
"YES!" Izumi said, making the arm elbow down thing. "We need firewood for marshmallows and we need marshmallows and chocolate and those graham crackers, too!"
"Meiling, Kero, and I will get the marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, while you and Tetsuya will gather firewood," Tomoyo said, smiling her widest smile.
"I'm not leaving my mistress alone with that gaki!" Kero shouted.
"If you come with us, you can eat along the way back," Tomoyo said, smiling at him sneakily.
"OKAY!" Kero yelled, flying to the gate. "Coming guys?"
Meiling and Tomoyo ran over to the gate and walked out of Penguin Park.
"Uh-what just happened?" Tetsuya asked, sweatdropping.
"We just got put on firewood duty, that's what," Izumi replied with a sigh. "Well, let's go!"
~****Kero, Meiling, & Tomoyo****~
"Come on guys!" Kero yelled from the sidewalk corner. They were on their way to Tomoyo's house/mansion to get marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.
"We're coming, Kero!" Meiling yelled from the other corner of the sidewalk. Her and Tomoyo were walking behind Kero. Meiling turned to Tomoyo. "Kero hasn't changed one bit."
"No, he hasn't changed all that much, but he has changed," Tomoyo replied. "Kero, like all three of us, misses Sakura and maybe even Li a little too, if you look deep down."
"Yea, we all miss them," Meiling said. "Izumi and Tetsuya are just like them, aren't they?"
"There are a few differences here and there, but otherwise, they are just like Sakura and Li," Tomoyo answered, smiling. "Now that Li's gone, you are a free woman again."
"Yea, it's great!" Meiling replied. "I get to flirt with any good- looking guy! It's heaven!"
"Soon you'll meet that one special guy that makes you feel safe and secure when you're in his arms," Tomoyo said, starry-eyed. "Kawaii..."
Tomoyo and Meiling finally reached the corner where Kero was waiting.
"Can't you guys move any faster?" Kero asked clearly mad.
"Gomen," Tomoyo replied. "We'll go faster now."
All three of them headed in the direction of Tomoyo's house, Tomoyo and Meiling trying to go a little faster with every step.
~****Izumi & Tetsuya****~
Auburn hair was blowing in the wind as Izumi picked up every stick in sight, size didn't matter. Her emerald eyes searching for the best twigs and dry leaves to start the fire.
Izumi looked over at the chestnut haired boy walking on the other side of some trees. His amber eyes searching for the same thing she was.
Tetsuya tensed up, knowing that someone was watching him. He tried to keep calm, but really couldn't. He glanced up at the girl near him and she quickly looked down.
It went on like that for practically forever! At least that's what it seemed to them.
Izumi couldn't take it anymore. She had to do something instead of just picking up sticks! 'I have an idea!' Izumi thought and looked sneakily at Tetsuya.
Tetsuya looked up at Izumi, but she was gone. 'What in the world-?' Tetsuya thought.
Izumi walked silently over to her backpack. She pulled out her laptop and clicked on a song, her song. She had downloaded one of her songs a long time ago and put it on a disk after correcting all of the mistakes in her singing.
Days go by And I'm still standing here All by myself Trying to forget All the things I've felt
Why should I be searching When you don't care Why should I be living When it's never gunna be
Life is always there Just when you think it's gone It's always there when you need it Nothing like love...
"Where'd you get that?" Tetsuya asked, sitting down beside Izumi after putting the sticks in a pile. "It's great!"
"I made it," Izumi replied, smiling as she pressed the off button on her laptop. "Soon, I'm going to put my new part in it. I keep all my possible lyrics on my website."
She logged onto her name, Wildfire, and went straight to her website.
"This is my website," Izumi said, showing Tetsuya. She laid down on her stomach and so did Tetsuya, right beside her.
Izumi showed him all of her possible lyrics. "You know those right there are good," Tetsuya said, pointing to some words, "except for one thing, the voice."
"What's wrong with my voice?" Izumi asked, glaring at him.
"Nothing at all," Tetsuya replied. "It's just not right for those words. You need someone else to sing them."
"You mean, get someone else to sing them with me, like a duet type thing, except we have our own parts?" Izumi asked, understanding for once.
"Exactly," Tetsuya replied.
An unexpected IM popped up on the screen. It was from Lovinlife...
Lovinlife: Hey gurl! I didnt expect u to be on! It's late!
Wildfire: I'm not home, I'm camping w/ my new friends. Y r u on now????
Lovinlife: I couldn't sleep. b/s I need details! How is ur new school? Who r ur friends? R there any cute boys there?
Wildfire: U have a bf!
Lovinlife: I meant for u!
Wildfire: ok, school's great, totally wonderful! I made cheerleading captain!
Lovinlife: CONGRATS!!!!
Wildfire: thanks, btw, guess who's here?
"You're not," Tetsuya said, pleading.
"Oh yes, I am," Izumi replied, smiling. "Besides I already told her about the social studies project."
"Great," Tetsuya replied.
Lovinlife: who?
Wildfire: Tetsuya Li (aka Karatekid) is right beside me, and Tomoyo Daidouji (aka Kawaiiluver) is out getting marshmallows w/ Meiling Li, my other friend
Lovinlife: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wildfire: -_-'
"She sounds like Tomoyo," Tetsuya said, sweatdropping.
"Hey guys!" a voice sounded from the gate. "We're back!" Tomoyo, Meiling, and Kero came running over.
"Finally!" Tetsuya said, getting up. He looked at the girls. "Wait a minute! You guys weren't wearing those when you left!"
Tomoyo was wearing a beautiful light blue dress and a bow in her hair. Meiling was wearing blue jeans and a red T-shirt with a duck on it. (a/n: Btw, everyone's wearing tennis shoes because they didn't fight and jump w/o shoes!)
"We changed," Tomoyo replied. "You guys can too, I brought my latest creation for Izumi and some extra clothes from uh-somewhere for Tetsuya."
"Sure, I just have to call my dad," Izumi said. She grabbed her cell phone from her backpack, called her dad real quick, and told him where she was. She looked toward her laptop. "Oh no! I forgot about Mika!"
She ran over to the computer screen and saw that Mika had been sending all these messages like "HELLO!?!?!?!?!" and Izumi said "sorry and brb."
Tetsuya had already changed away from the girls, so it was Izumi's turn. She took Tomoyo's creation and walked past Tetsuya. He was wearing a flannel T-shirt and tan jeans.
Izumi went behind the trees and changed into Tomoyo's beautiful creation. She walked back out to see a smiling, shiny eyed Tomoyo, a knowing Meiling, and a stunned Tetsuya.
Izumi's outfit consisted of a red and pink tie-dyed bandana that she wore so some of her hair stuck out in the front, blue jean shorts, and a pink and red tie-dyed tank top. The shorts were very short and the tank top had spaghetti straps. (a/n: Btw, they all still had on their tennis shoes.)
"Kawaii!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo screamed, getting out her camera and filming Izumi walk over to her laptop.
Izumi laid down on her belly again when Tomoyo asked, "Who are you talking to?"
"My friend, Mika," Izumi answered.
"I'll talk too!" Tomoyo replied. "Just let me get my laptop!" Tomoyo rushed over to get her laptop.
Wildfire: back
Lovinlife: about time! wut were u doing, making out w/ Tetsuya?
Wildfire: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovinlife: sure seemed like it w/ all the time u took....is there something u r not telling me?
Wildfire: I tell u everything, luckily Tetsuya is not reading the screen right now...
Tomoyo had gotten her laptop set up and seeing this, Izumi invited her and Mika to a chat room.
Wildfire: Mika, meet Tomoyo, Tomoyo, Mika
Kawaiiluver: hey gurl!
Lovinlife: Hey! I finally get to meet u!
Wildfire: -_-'
Tomoyo giggled as she read the screen. Meiling and Tetsuya decided to get in on the conversation too, so they got their laptops. Kero was sleeping and didn't care if they made food or not.
Kawaiiluver: I'm inviting Meiling and Tetsuya, they're on
Wildfire: I know!! I'm right here!!!
Lovinlife: YAY! more buds I get to meet!
Karatekid has entered the chat room.
Sexychic has entered the chat room.
Wildfire: I like ur name, Meiling ^_^
Sexychic: thanks!
Karatekid: -_-' dont encourage her...
Meiling got up from her computer and whacked Tetsuya across the head before going back to her computer. Tomoyo and Izumi giggled.
Lovinlife: hey, nice to meet y'all!
Sexychic: so ur Mika? love the name!
Lovinlife: thanks!
Wildfire: y dont we talk 'bout something?
Karatekid: sure, but wut?
Wildfire: u know, u talk more than when I met u, Tetsuya
Kawaiiluver: u know, he blushes every time u smile at him?
Karatekid: I do not!
Kawaiiluver: then y were u blushing just then when Izumi smiled at u?
Karatekid: ...
Kawaiiluver: he's speechless, HA!
Lovinlife: nice job!
Kawaiiluver: thanks!
Karatekid: i'm not letting a bunch of gurls run me!
Wildfire: no, ur just letting one
Karatekid: and who's that?
Wildfire: me, u baka!
Lovinlife: awwwwwww...
Kawaiiluver: Kawaii...
Sexychic: perfect...
Wildfire: not in that way!!!!!
Kawaiiluver: -_-'
Lovinlife: -_-'
Sexychic: -_-'
Wildfire: lol
Karatekid: where is this conversation going?
Wildfire: nowhere, really...at least not where I want to take it...
Karatekid: and where do u want to take it?
Wildfire: like uh-no how about-no, man! All these topics r for gurls!
Karatekid: -_-' thanks for keeping me in mind
Sexychic: u guys just go ahead and have a private conversation.........leave us here hanging...
Kawaiiluver: Shhhhhh! I'm trying to listen to their conversation!
Lovinlife: so am I!!!!
Lovinlife: OMG! RON'S ON!!!!!! YIPEE!!!!!!!!!!! I'll invite him!
Wildfire: -_-' Ron is Mika's bf
Kawaiiluver: kawaii! but I like the I/T couple better...very intriguing
Wildfire: cut it out, Tomoyo
Surfinsites enters the chat room.
Lovinlife: YAY!
Surfinsites: calm down, Mika, now who are y'all?
Wildfire: introduce urselves...........u know me
Kawaiiluver: Tomoyo
Sexychic: Meiling
Karatekid: Tetsuya
Lovinlife: MIKA! YAY!
Surfinsites: -_-' i'm confuzzled, how did u get sooo many friends, Izumi?
Wildfire: I'm smart, beautiful, talented, Cheerleading Captain, and wonderfully lovable! Wut's not to like?
Kawaiiluver: u'r also as dense as a frog!
Wildfire: : P
Surfinsites: sooo, how's life been treating ya
Wildfire: absolutely PERFECT!
Kawaiiluver: so, u'd rather be w/ Tetsuya then Chris for our assignment?
Wildfire: dont u dare try giving me the "knowing" look! I know wut ur trying to do and it will not work!
Kawaiiluver: I forgot to ask, but how was it that u and Tetsuya got here the same time?
Wildfire: ... Karatekid: dont do that to her. u know I already told u about 'The Ring'
Kawaiiluver: ^_^ I couldn't resist!
Karatekid: -_-'
Wildfire: never do that again, Tomoyo......never ever.
Lovinlife: who's Chris?
Sexychic: a guy that Izumi's absolutely ga, ga for w/ blue eyes and chocolate brown hair
Wildfire: : P am not!
Kawaiiluver: r too!
Wildfire: i don't like him as more than a friend
Wildfire: OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Is that Jonouchi coming!?!?!?!?
Everyone around with their laptops looked to where Izumi was looking. They saw two figures coming their way. One was Jonouchi, limping, the other was just as old but much more handsome.
"You should be home in bed!" Jonouchi said to Izumi. "Tomorrow's a school day." He looked Izumi over, making sure that she wasn't hurt. "And what the heck are you wearing?"
"Tomoyo's creation," Izumi answered sweetly. "I happen to like it. By the way, who's your friend?"
"This is Yukito," Jonouchi replied, "he used to be Touya's friend who moved away."
"Nice to meet you, Izumi," Yukito said.
"Nice to meet you, too," Izumi replied with a smile. Yukito was at least a foot or two taller than Izumi, but she didn't mind one bit. "I don't mean to be rude, but we were kind of in the middle of a conversation here."
"You were all on your laptops," Jonouchi replied.
"Duh, IM!" Izumi replied and everyone said good-bye to Yukito and Jonouchi when they left after Jonouchi gave Tetsuya a dirty look.
"Now then, let's get back to our conversation," Izumi said as she laid back on her belly in front of her laptop.
Wildfire: sorry guys, Jonouchi came...to check up on me...
Surfinsites: dun worry, we understand
Lovinlife: yea, we totally understand!
Kawaiiluver: now, we were discussing Chris...any words Izumi
Wildfire: yes, : P
Kawaiiluver: i said words!
Wildfire: ok, u r evil!
Kawaiiluver: i know...*_*
Karatekid: she's horrible...
Wildfire: more than horrible...
Sexychic: let's talk bout something fun already!
Wildfire: wut???
Sexychic: ...
Wildfire: wut's been happening back there, Mika?
Lovinlife: its been normal, very normal....too normal!
Wildfire: I've found adventure, action, cheerleading, and social studies projects!
Kawaiiluver: AND LOVE!!!!!
Wildfire: have not! : P
Kawaiiluver: have 2!
Karatekid: dont be fighting now, girls...
Wildfire: u cant order me around! :(
Surfinsites: better duck, dude!
Izumi got up quickly from her laptop to hit Tetsuya across the head. He, of course, caught her hand before it could land on him. Izumi pulled away and stuck her tongue out at him. She turned and went back to her laptop.
Wildfire: i'm not talking to u, Tetsuya : P
Karatekid: wut did u call that?
Wildfire: a warning!
Surfinsites: did ya duck?
Kawaiiluver: better! he caught her arm! And I could definitely see a blush there!
Lovinlife: so u were makin out w/ Tetsuya when u took sooo long!
Karatekid: O.O
Wildfire: was not! : P i was changing clothes!
Kawaiiluver: *giggling*
Wildfire: wut's that for?
Wildfire: O!!!!!! sorry, we both got changed in the woods like away from everyone else, so yea...
Lovinlife: LOL
Kawaiiluver: LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Sexychic: lol!
Surfinsites: major lol issues dude!
Karatekid: u guys r crazy! I tell ya!
Wildfire: way CRAZY!
Karatekid: i thought u weren't talking to me???
Kawaiiluver: a smirk from Tetsuya and a blush from Izumi..........the heat continues!
Wildfire: SHUT UP TOMOYO!!!!!!!! ok, uh-I'm sorry for trying to hit u, I was mad
Kawaiiluver: now kiss and you'll be all better!!!!
Wildfire: TOMOYO!!!!!!!! n e way, can u forgive me?
Karatekid: of course, ur forgiven
Lovinlife: Tomoyo, do u have a camera cuz I want this moment on tape!!!!!!! Better yet, wait till they kiss, then tape it!!!!!
Kawaiiluver: been taping the whole conversation gurl!!!!!!!!
Wildfire: -_-'
Karatekid: guys, it's getting late...we better get going, like now.
Sexychic: but this conversation was getting sooo interesting! I really thought u guys were going to kiss...... oh pooey......
Wildfire: like I said, they'll never learn.... -_-'
Surfinsites: i agree w/ them, u'd make a good couple ^_^
Wildfire: -_-' not u 2!!!!!!!!!
Karatekid: let's just go already!
Everyone signed off their screen names and they all decided to go to bed in their sleeping bags that Tomoyo's mom had dropped off when they were IMing each other. Everyone dreamed peaceful dreams all through the night.
~****Next Morning****~
Izumi woke up the next morning before everyone else. She sat up in her sleeping bag and rubbed her eyes. She didn't feel so good.
"I feel like I just got out of the washing machine," Izumi said quietly, knowing that everyone was still sleeping. Everything was spinning around her.
'Get home,' were the only things she could think of.
~****Fifteen Minutes Later****~
Tomoyo got up and looked around. Everyone else was getting up too. She looked over at Izumi's sleeping bag and saw it empty. Her eyes went wide awake.
"Izumi's gone!" Tomoyo screamed. That got everyone's attention. They all ran over to Izumi's sleeping bag.
Tetsuya found a note on it and read it out loud:
Dear everyone,
I'm really not feeling good right now. I went home when I woke up. Hope you guys are all right! Btw, I'll be at school today still.
Izumi
Everyone looked at each other sternly. "Maybe she shouldn't have been out here that late," Tomoyo stated. "That could've been the case."
"And after fighting that Clow Card all alone, I would be surprised if she wasn't sick," Tetsuya replied.
A HUGE yawn was heard from behind them. Kero was waking up.
"Where's Izumi?" Kero asked.
"She was feeling sick and had to go home," Meiling answered. "Poor girl."
"And she didn't take me?" Kero asked seriously.
"Guess not, but I don't see why she would want to, a stupid stuffed animal like you," Tetsuya said, glaring.
"Why you gaki!" Kero yelled at Tetsuya. "I'm going to bop you on the head so hard, it's going to-"
"So, you're planning to bop me to death?" Tetsuya asked, smirking.
Kero was about to blow a gasket.
"Let's just all go home!" Tomoyo yelled and dragged Kero away toward Izumi's house while Meiling and Tetsuya went the other way.
~****Izumi's House****~
"She'll be staying in bed the entire day," Hayao said to Jonouchi, sitting on the couch beside his son.
"Serves her right for having a 'campout' on a school night," Jonouchi replied.
"She was just having fun with her new friends, Jonouchi," Hayao replied sternly.
"She still shouldn't have been out there," Jonouchi answered with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Let the girl have some fun in her life," Hayao replied, getting up and walking toward the kitchen.
Jonouchi started muttering to himself. He then got the greatest idea. He could spend the day at home with Izumi and that would be fun. Playing board games and Poker is always fun.
He ran up the stairs with a smile on his face and opened Izumi's door.
"Hey Izumi-" Jonouchi started and then widened his eyes. The room was empty! Izumi was gone!
a/n: ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! I am soooooo bad! Review! Love y'all!!!!!!
By: Snow Horse
I don't own CCS, the all powerful and mighty CLAMP does. *sighs* But I do own this computer!!!!!!! *grabs computer* MINE!!!!!!!!!! And the keyboard too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sakura and Syaoran were killed...by a Clow Card. All the cards released themselves. And now two new Cardcaptors are coming into the picture...Will they be able to take their place or will they die with them?
Key: "talking"
'thinking'
~****scene change****~
(a/n: author's note)
Recap.
Everyone was hanging on Maggie's every word and Kira was about to jump from her seat because she knew she was going to win.
"And the new captain is..."
a/n: This is going to be a long chapter, so I'm warning you ahead of time! I wasn't even half done w/ over 6,000 words in it. I type too much...
Chapter 3
A Capture, A Campout, And A Strange IM
"And the new captain is IZUMI HINAKO!" Maggie yelled.
It took a few seconds for everything to sink in for Izumi, but when it finally did, a smile curled up on her face. It got wider and wider till she stood up and screamed, "YES!"
She would've pranced around like she did last night, but this was public, people! Instead, she jumped up and down with Tomoyo while everyone else cheered for her and Tetsuya stood up too, smiling.
"I demand a RECOUNT!" Kira yelled as she stood up and walked over to Maggie. Her blue eyes had fire in them and her long black hair was a huge mess, because she was sweating so hard.
"No recounts, this is final," Maggie said and Izumi smiled wider, if that was possible.
~****Izumi's House****~
Izumi had just come home from Cheerleading Tryouts and had told her father all about it. Happily, she noticed that Jonouchi came home from the hospital today because he was sitting in the living room. He had woken up yesterday night. She wanted to go online and update her website, so she ran up to her room and turned on her laptop.
She logged onto the internet and went onto her website. It was a forum and you could post anything you wanted on it. She only had two other members, Lovinlife and Surfinsites. She always had to laugh at their names, Ron's Surfinsites and Mika's Lovinlife.
She went to the song/poem section of her forum and typed something she had learned:
Everything is always so complicated Why is it always that way? People think life is so easy But they never lived it right
I used to think that too Life is so easy, why do we exist? I never thought about after What will happen then?
I know now that only one can understand Only one can help That one person, my soul mate Will always be there
But where is he now? When I need his help? Where is he whenever I'm confused? Or downright dense?
Why do I have to live my life Trying to find that one special person Who will understand me? No one understands...
Izumi finished typing the song and thought about it. She looked at all of her other songs and couldn't believe that she wrote them. She was just about to get off when Tetsuya IMed her.
Karatekid: hey Izumi!
Wildfire: hi Tetsuya
Karatekid: u r'nt hyper today
Wildfire: I've been thinking a little 2 much
Karatekid: wut's wrong?
Wildfire: nothing that I can think of right now...
Karatekid: something MUST be bothering u
Wildfire: fine, it's my life
Karatekid: huh?
Wildfire: I mean, y does everything bad have to happen to me? everything always does. And yet, I'm still happy. Y?
Karatekid: u have to put the things that happened in the past in the past...u know wut I mean?
Wildfire: no
Karatekid: the past can't be changed so u have to live w/ it.....everything happens for a reason, good or bad? no one knows...
Wildfire: arigatou Tetsuya
Karatekid: no prob!
Wildfire: ^_^
Karatekid: ~_^
Wildfire: y r u winking?
Karatekid: cuz we have a lot of fun stuff to do this week!
Wildfire: oh God.....
Karatekid: wut do u want to do to get 4 hours in this week?
Wildfire: how about we go to the park? roller skating?
Karatekid: roller skating???? uh-I don't know how to...
Wildfire: O.O you don't know how?
Wildfire: don't worry, I'll teach u! ^_^
Karatekid: really? thanks!
Wildfire: no prob! now when?
Karatekid: how bout 2morrow? after school?
Wildfire: perfect! no cheerleading practice OR soccer practice! ^_^
Karatekid: -_-' that's kinda y I asked...
Wildfire: ^o^
Karatekid: that looks like some sort of animal
Wildfire: I think it looks like our reading teacher, Miss Pearna
Karatekid: it's Perna
Wildfire: i no
Karatekid: o
Wildfire: so, wut r u up to?
Karatekid: uh-writing
Wildfire: writing wut?
Karatekid: a story
Wildfire: can i read it? I love stories!
Karatekid: i'll give it to u 2morrow at school cuz I gtg now
Wildfire: ok, ja ne!
Karatekid: ja
Karatekid signed off at 7:28pm.
Izumi logged off her screen name because she was getting bored being on the internet. So Tetsuya was writing a story. 'I wonder if I'm in it,' Izumi wondered.
'Stories are a girl's best friend!' Izumi thought and decided to put that on her website. She logged on and heard the computer voice say, "You've got mail!"
"Mail?" Izumi questioned. She clicked on the mail icon and saw she had two new messages.
She opened the first one from Lovinlife first:
Hey Izumi! How r u doing at ur new school? Everyone here misses u. Did u know that Kei has missed like everyday of school since u left. Well, ok, he only missed yesterday, but that's odd for him. Tell me how u r doing w/ Karatekid!
~Mika~
Izumi laughed at the thought of Kei. He is still mad at Izumi for getting reinforcements. She replied to Mika as fast as she could:
Hey Mika! Karatekid's name is Tetsuya Li. He goes to my new school now. It's kind of a long story. Anyway, in school, we have this social studies project where we have to get married. It's funny somewhat. I have to be married to Tetsuya, which isn't that bad, actually, but no, I do not like him as more than just a friend. I hope Ron is doing all right! ~_^
~Izumi~
Izumi sent her e-mail and opened the other e-mail from Karatekid. 'I just talked to him, though,' Izumi thought.
I forgot to tell you something, Izumi. Uh-well-ok, I just wanted for you to promise me that you'll never fight a Clow Card alone. Promise?
Tetsuya
'He just wants to protect me,' Izumi thought. 'How sweet!' Izumi pressed the reply button on the screen.
Don't worry, Tetsuya. After catching Jump, I think I could go up against any Clow Card. Besides, I'm not going out there without you, Tomoyo, and/or Kero, so you don't have to be so overprotective. Never underestimate the power of a girl on a mission! Especially, a strong magically powered one! ~_^
~Izumi~
Izumi sent this and then looked at the clock, 8:03pm. She decided to take a shower and then watch some TV. She got in and out of the shower in about 20 minutes, leaving enough time to find something to watch on TV. She ran downstairs in her pink tank top and pink lounge pants with ducks on them to find Jonouchi watching the TV. He looked normal so she didn't give him any sympathy.
"Move over!" Izumi shouted at her brother and then squished on the couch beside him. Up close, she saw the cuts on his face, arms, and of course, he had a cast on his leg.
"You're not going to like this movie, squirt," Jonouchi said seriously. "It's The Ring."
"The Ring?" Izumi questioned. "It can't be that scary, can it?"
"Suit yourself," Jonouchi replied and continued watching the movie.
They were at the part where the main character watched the movie for the first time. Right after it was finished, their phone rang, which made Izumi jump and grab onto Jonouchi's arm.
"Told you," Jonouchi said, smirking. "Now, to conquer your fear, answer the phone."
Izumi gulped and slowly got up. She walked over to the phone and picked it up very slowly.
"You have seven days," said the creepy voice on the other end. It sounded just like Samara from the movie.
Izumi screamed so loud and dropped the phone. She ran up to her room.
Jonouchi limped over with his crutches and picked up the dropped phone.
"Thanks buddy," he said into it.
"No problem!" the voice on the phone replied back, now joyful and not sounding like Samara.
Jonouchi hung up the phone and laughed a little, so Izumi wouldn't hear.
~****Izumi's Room****~
Izumi ran into her room and shut the door behind her. She slid down so she sat on the floor with her back against the door. She buried her face in her hands and started crying.
She lifted her face up, still crying, and yelled out loud, "I'm too young to die!" She started weeping again and put up her knees and wept in them.
Suddenly, there was a sound at the window. Izumi looked up, tears still in her eyes. She saw a figure standing in the window frame.
The figure jumped down without making a sound and Izumi could see his face.
"Tetsuya?" Izumi questioned, wiping her tears and standing up. "What are you doing here?"
"I sensed your aura," Tetsuya answered. "It was scared to death."
"They should not make movies like that!" Izumi shouted with tears in her eyes again. "People getting killed by watching it. It's horrible! Besides, I'm going to get killed now that I watched it! The phone rang and told me that I had seven days!"
"Calm down," Tetsuya said, really concerned. "What are you talking about?"
Izumi sat down where she was sitting before and put her head down, still crying. "The Ring," Izumi answered. "I watched the movie and it-the phone rang after, and said that I had seven days, just like on the movie."
Tetsuya sat down beside Izumi which is when she noticed that he was only wearing baggy pants. She blushed and looked away from him.
"I've watched of that movie," Tetsuya said and looked up at the ceiling with his hands behind his head.
"WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!" Izumi screamed, but quickly covered her mouth.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE, KAIJUU!?!?!?" Jonouchi yelled from downstairs.
"TALKING TO A FRIEND ON THE PHONE!" Izumi yelled back. "ACTUALLY, I'M TALKING TO MY KILLER! HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO KILL ME TOMORROW!"
There was no response.
"If I say that, he's more than likely to NOT come up," Izumi explained. "He knows I'm not on the phone with my killer and that I'm really just talking to myself because I want him to come up so I can scare him. Actually, I've done that before!" She smiled wide.
"Sounds like a nice plan," Tetsuya commented.
"Yep," Izumi replied. "How long has it been since you watched it?"
"Seven days," Tetsuya answered and smiled.
"And you're not dead?" Izumi asked, surprised.
"Nope," Tetsuya answered. "I watched it on Monday of last week at about 10:00pm."
Izumi looked at the clock, 8:40pm. "You're going to die in an hour and twenty minutes!" Izumi almost shouted, but kept herself from doing so.
"Yea, too bad, too," Tetsuya said, smiling.
"Do you want to die?" Izumi questioned loudly as she stood up.
"Keep it down, Izumi!" Kero shouted as he opened the drawer Izumi gave him which was on the bottom left. "I'm trying to sleep here." Then, Kero spotted Tetsuya who stood up, seeing him.
"WH-" Kero started but Izumi covered his mouth before he could say anything.
"I better get going," Tetsuya said, walking over to the window.
"No way!" Izumi yelled and ran in front of the window, letting go of Kero. "You're not going to die. You'll stay here until it's that time. Then, I'll stop you from dying with the help of Kero and you can do the same for me in a week."
"The movie isn't real, Izumi," Tetsuya said, pushing her out of the way. "It's just made to scare people out of their wits."
Izumi blocked him again and this time she spoke firmer, "You are staying, so you won't die."
"Fine," Tetsuya agreed, reluctantly. "I can't argue with you or we'd be getting a divorce real soon." Tetsuya smirked.
Izumi moved out of the way and sat on her bed. "Very funny, Tetsuya," Izumi replied. "Just keep making those remarks and I won't save you."
"What are you guys talking about?" Kero asked, confused.
"Tetsuya watched The Ring seven days ago at 10:00pm," Izumi answered. "He's going to die at that time today, unless we save him."
"Why would we do that?" Kero asked.
Izumi got really mad and said, just to make Kero mad, "Because Tetsuya is my husband and I can't be losing him now, can I?"
"HUSBAND!?!?!?!" Kero yelled.
Tetsuya and Izumi burst out laughing. "We got married in social studies class today and-" Izumi explained all about the project and all about the movie that is going to kill Tetsuya.
Izumi heard footsteps coming up the stairs and quickly said, "Hide guys!"
Kero flew into his drawer and Tetsuya crawled under Izumi's bed which he thought smelled a lot like cherry blossoms.
The door opened, while Izumi was sitting on her bed with her phone in her ready to type in a number. Jonouchi stood at the door with his crutches, confused.
"Who were you talking to?" he asked, looking around.
"Tomoyo," Izumi answered. "I just hung up with her and I'm going to call someone else now." She smiled innocently at him.
"All right, but if you keep making this much noise, no phone for a week," Jonouchi replied.
"And who says you're the boss of me?" Izumi questioned with her hands on her hips.
"Me," Jonouchi answered and gave her the widest smirk he ever has. Izumi crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away with a "hmpf." Satisfied, Jonouchi left Izumi's room, limping.
Izumi waited till she couldn't hear footsteps anymore, opened one eye to look out the door, stood up and closed the door. Kero burst out of his drawer and Tetsuya came out from under Izumi's bed.
"Now then, what were we talking about?" Izumi questioned with a little grin, which made Kero and Tetsuya fall over anime style.
Kero recovered first, "You were saying how the gaki here is going to die tonight at 10:00pm, which is in 10 minutes." Izumi followed Kero's gaze to the clock.
"Oh God!" Izumi almost whispered. "This is horrible."
"Like I said, the movie is fake, Izumi," Tetsuya said, trying to calm Izumi down.
A bolt of shock hit all three of them. Tetsuya and Izumi looked wide- eyed at each other.
"A Clow Card," they both whispered in unison.
"Oh no," Izumi said under her breath and then fell to her knees. She put her head down, then got an idea. She raised her head with a determined face on.
"I'll call Tomoyo and Meiling," Izumi said and grabbed her phone. While it was ringing, she said, "Tetsuya, you're staying here. If-that won't work. Oh man!"
"What won't work?" Tetsuya asked, concerned.
"If you stay here, you could still die, so you'll have to come," Izumi said and then Tomoyo answered the phone. "Tomoyo, meet us at the park. A Clow Card is waiting."
Izumi hung up the phone and dialed Meiling. She told her the same thing and hung up also. Izumi cleared her throat and said:
"Oh, Key of Clow,
Power of magic, power of light,
Surrender the wand,
The force ignite.
Release!"
Her Key turned into a long wand with a bird-like head on it. "JUMP!" Izumi yelled as she threw a card into the air and hit it with her wand. Little wings appeared on each of her shoes.
"You don't know how powerful The Jump Card is, so you should be careful with it," Kero said, looking really worried.
"Don't worry Kero!" Izumi said and walked over to her window. "Okay, here goes nothing!" She stepped onto the ledge and jumped out the window.
Kero and Tetsuya ran over to the window and looked down from it.
"And you are looking down, why exactly?" Izumi asked from up in the tree. She was at the very top of it.
"You can control it," Kero said, amazed. "Sakura always had trouble the first few times controlling The Jump."
"Let's go," Izumi said before Kero could say more. Kero flew over to her as she jumped down from the tree and Tetsuya jumped from the window to land beside her.
Izumi stared at him. Tetsuya looked at her and saw her confused expression. "Years of Martial Arts Training," he said and started jumping from tree to tree down the street.
Izumi followed without being reluctant. She pushed off the trees as hard as she could to keep up.
They reached Penguin Park in no time at all. Izumi jumped from the last tree and into the park, right behind Tetsuya, with Kero on her shoulder.
"You didn't have to go that fast!" Kero panted, out of breath.
"Gomen nasai, Kero," Izumi replied. She stepped into the park with a determined look on her face. She was now standing beside Tetsuya.
"IZUMI!" a voice yelled from behind them. They turned around to face two girls, one with long raven hair in two pigtails and the other with long violet hair that was down.
Meiling was wearing her pajamas, which were a red tank top with long red and white striped lounge pants. Tomoyo also had her pajamas on, a light blue tank top with a blue bird on it and blue lounge pants with blue birds all over them. Of course, Tomoyo had her video camera with her.
"I just could not miss this!" Tomoyo said when her and Meiling reached the others. "I didn't finish my outfit for you, but I think your PJ's are too kawaii for words!" She tilted the camera up and down, making sure to get all of them.
"Looks like we all got out of bed just for this," Meiling said, looking at Tetsuya. "Is that all you wear to bed?"
"As a matter of fact, it is," Tetsuya replied and Tomoyo instantly turned her camera on him.
"I'll have to make copies of this," Tomoyo said, moving her camera down from her face. Izumi saw that she was smiling wickedly.
"Do the words 'Clow Card' mean anything to you guys?" Kero asked, getting everyone's attention.
"I guess you are right," Meiling said, "Izumi is the new Card Mistress."
"Darn right she is!" Kero replied with his arms crossed.
"Okay, well you guys can hide in the bushes while I capture the Clow Card," Izumi said to Tomoyo and Meiling. She moved closer and whispered, "Keep an eye on Tetsuya, he's going to be keeping you guys company this time."
Before Tomoyo or Meiling could ask what Izumi meant by that, she had already jumped toward the place where she felt the presence of the Clow Card. She suddenly felt the presence grow stronger and looked towards the bridge.
A figure was walking towards her. When she came into the moonlight, Izumi saw that she looked almost like Meiling, except with bigger buns in her hair with hair that was hanging down and she was wearing long gloves that had wide parts sticking out and long boots with the same effect. Her outfit had a turtleneck and was sort of a dress that had two flared parts out with a red ruby in the center of her chest with an under suit with it.
"The Fight!" Kero screamed out of the top of his lungs and quickly flew over to Izumi who was only ten feet away from the Clow Card.
"The Fight Card can only be beaten in battle with no use of any cards at all," Kero explained as it came closer.
"Okay Kero, I trust you," Izumi replied and yelled, "Jump Card, return to your power confined. JUMP CARD!" She slammed her wand to the air and the wings on her shoes were gone. The card flew towards her and she caught it and put it into her pocket.
Kero flew back towards Tomoyo, Meiling, and Tetsuya who was explaining to the girls why Izumi was making him stay out of the fight. Kero had given Izumi one last warning before leaving, "Let her make the first move."
The Fight Card stopped about three feet away from Izumi and got into a fighting pose. Izumi did the same.
"Do you think she can win?" Tomoyo asked Tetsuya, filming every move of Izumi's with her camera.
"Depends on how good she is at fighting and how lucky she is," Tetsuya answered.
"She'll win, Tomoyo, don't worry," Meiling replied, ignoring Tetsuya's comment.
"Thanks Meiling," Tomoyo replied, smiling at her with her camera still on Izumi.
'Let her make the first move,' Izumi thought. 'Oh God, how long will she take to make the first move?'
The Fight just stood there, watching Izumi to see if she would make a move.
'She just wants me to make the first move,' Izumi thought. 'Well I'm not giving up that easily.' Izumi gave Fight the worst glare ever. (a/n: She must of learned it from Syaoran, lol.)
Fight saw this and looked a little surprised, but only for a moment.
"If Izumi makes the first move, then Fight has the advantage," Tetsuya said, watching Izumi and Fight without blinking, "but if Fight moves first, then Izumi has the advantage. Let's just hope that Izumi knows how to block."
"Don't worry about it," Tomoyo replied. "All those days with Kei has her boyfriend wasn't for nothing. I mean-"
"Wait, hold on!" Tetsuya yelled, getting Izumi's attention from Fight.
Fight took her chance. She jumped up from her place and toward Izumi in a kick position.
"IZUMI!" Tomoyo yelled, looking at Izumi instead of Tetsuya.
Izumi threw her head toward Fight and block the kick with her arms. Fight jumped back and headed toward Izumi again. It kept throwing punches at Izumi and Izumi blocked them with her fast reflexes. Fight backed her up toward the trees.
"You didn't tell me that Izumi went out with Kei!" Tetsuya screamed at Tomoyo.
"Are you even concerned with this fight?" Tomoyo asked, her camera facing the fight. "Fight made the first move."
"SO!?!?!" Tetsuya yelled. "Why would Izumi ever go out with him?"
"I don't know!" Tomoyo yelled back, making Tetsuya quiet down.
Tetsuya lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know how like far they got?"
"You mean like, did they have sex?" Tomoyo asked, smiling at him. "I think you'll have to ask her that, but do you really think that her body is the body of a non-virgin?" Tomoyo pointed to Izumi, fighting Fight with her camera still pointed at Izumi.
Tetsuya looked over at Izumi who was blocking all Fight's attacks, but was backing up while doing so.
Tetsuya suddenly got the most shocked look on his face, like he was just realizing something.
"Fight plans to back her up against a tree so she can't get out," Tetsuya said to Tomoyo, Kero, and Meiling, still with that look on his face, standing up.
Izumi was blocking all of Fight's punches and kicks, but she was getting tired and she needed to have a rest soon. 'Oh shit!' Izumi thought. 'This can't be the end!'
Fight kept throwing punches and kicks until she spotted a tree. She made Izumi head for that tree. Izumi hit the tree with her back and realized what Fight was doing.
Fight had the weirdest look on its face, like it was saying, "This is the end of the line for you."
Izumi saw the look and thought, 'I'm not giving up!' Izumi glared again at Fight and when Fight threw her punch that she was sure would hit Izumi right in the head, Izumi ducked.
Izumi swung her leg around under Fight's legs, making her fall. She stood up and took her wand from her belt. (a/n: That's where she put it when they started the fight.)
"Fight Card, return to your power confined!" Izumi shouted, slamming her wand against the air. "FIGHT CARD!"
A card appeared in the air and Fight disappeared, its spirit going into the card. The card flew over to Izumi who caught it with her left hand. It was a picture of the girl with the words, 'The Fight' on the bottom of it.
"You did it!" Tomoyo screamed as she, Tetsuya, Kero, and Meiling ran over to congratulate her.
"I have to admit, I didn't think you could do it," Meiling said, smiling at Izumi. "By the way, who's Kei?"
Izumi stared at her for a second before her question got translated in her mind. "Do you mean the Kei who went to my old school?"
"I guess," Meiling replied. "These two were talking about you and Kei going out." She pointed to Tomoyo and Tetsuya who weren't looking at Izumi.
"Oh, well we did go out at one point-" Izumi started.
"WHAT!??!?!?!?!" Tetsuya yelled, looking straight at her. "Why didn't you tell me this?"
"I didn't think it would matter that much to you," Izumi replied. She looked at her watch, 10:18pm. Izumi was shocked and then she smiled super wide. She ran over and wrapped her arms around Tetsuya, giving him a great big hug. "You're not dead!!!!!!!!" Tears were streaming down her face.
Tomoyo, not wanting to miss the kawaii moment, turned on her camera and started filming. Kero turned away, not liking anyone touch his new mistress. Meiling thought it was way kawaii, and was smiling sweetly at them.
Tetsuya blushed as red as anyone could go. Izumi still hung onto him with the card in her hand. She finally seized hugging him and looked toward Tomoyo, Meiling, and Kero.
"How about we have a campout?" Izumi said. Everyone fell over anime style.
"A campout!" Meiling shouted. "It's 10:30 at night!"
"I am hungry," Kero said, his stomach growling. "Can we eat now?"
"I guess we can have a campout if you really want to, Izumi," Tomoyo said with glee.
"YES!" Izumi said, making the arm elbow down thing. "We need firewood for marshmallows and we need marshmallows and chocolate and those graham crackers, too!"
"Meiling, Kero, and I will get the marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers, while you and Tetsuya will gather firewood," Tomoyo said, smiling her widest smile.
"I'm not leaving my mistress alone with that gaki!" Kero shouted.
"If you come with us, you can eat along the way back," Tomoyo said, smiling at him sneakily.
"OKAY!" Kero yelled, flying to the gate. "Coming guys?"
Meiling and Tomoyo ran over to the gate and walked out of Penguin Park.
"Uh-what just happened?" Tetsuya asked, sweatdropping.
"We just got put on firewood duty, that's what," Izumi replied with a sigh. "Well, let's go!"
~****Kero, Meiling, & Tomoyo****~
"Come on guys!" Kero yelled from the sidewalk corner. They were on their way to Tomoyo's house/mansion to get marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.
"We're coming, Kero!" Meiling yelled from the other corner of the sidewalk. Her and Tomoyo were walking behind Kero. Meiling turned to Tomoyo. "Kero hasn't changed one bit."
"No, he hasn't changed all that much, but he has changed," Tomoyo replied. "Kero, like all three of us, misses Sakura and maybe even Li a little too, if you look deep down."
"Yea, we all miss them," Meiling said. "Izumi and Tetsuya are just like them, aren't they?"
"There are a few differences here and there, but otherwise, they are just like Sakura and Li," Tomoyo answered, smiling. "Now that Li's gone, you are a free woman again."
"Yea, it's great!" Meiling replied. "I get to flirt with any good- looking guy! It's heaven!"
"Soon you'll meet that one special guy that makes you feel safe and secure when you're in his arms," Tomoyo said, starry-eyed. "Kawaii..."
Tomoyo and Meiling finally reached the corner where Kero was waiting.
"Can't you guys move any faster?" Kero asked clearly mad.
"Gomen," Tomoyo replied. "We'll go faster now."
All three of them headed in the direction of Tomoyo's house, Tomoyo and Meiling trying to go a little faster with every step.
~****Izumi & Tetsuya****~
Auburn hair was blowing in the wind as Izumi picked up every stick in sight, size didn't matter. Her emerald eyes searching for the best twigs and dry leaves to start the fire.
Izumi looked over at the chestnut haired boy walking on the other side of some trees. His amber eyes searching for the same thing she was.
Tetsuya tensed up, knowing that someone was watching him. He tried to keep calm, but really couldn't. He glanced up at the girl near him and she quickly looked down.
It went on like that for practically forever! At least that's what it seemed to them.
Izumi couldn't take it anymore. She had to do something instead of just picking up sticks! 'I have an idea!' Izumi thought and looked sneakily at Tetsuya.
Tetsuya looked up at Izumi, but she was gone. 'What in the world-?' Tetsuya thought.
Izumi walked silently over to her backpack. She pulled out her laptop and clicked on a song, her song. She had downloaded one of her songs a long time ago and put it on a disk after correcting all of the mistakes in her singing.
Days go by And I'm still standing here All by myself Trying to forget All the things I've felt
Why should I be searching When you don't care Why should I be living When it's never gunna be
Life is always there Just when you think it's gone It's always there when you need it Nothing like love...
"Where'd you get that?" Tetsuya asked, sitting down beside Izumi after putting the sticks in a pile. "It's great!"
"I made it," Izumi replied, smiling as she pressed the off button on her laptop. "Soon, I'm going to put my new part in it. I keep all my possible lyrics on my website."
She logged onto her name, Wildfire, and went straight to her website.
"This is my website," Izumi said, showing Tetsuya. She laid down on her stomach and so did Tetsuya, right beside her.
Izumi showed him all of her possible lyrics. "You know those right there are good," Tetsuya said, pointing to some words, "except for one thing, the voice."
"What's wrong with my voice?" Izumi asked, glaring at him.
"Nothing at all," Tetsuya replied. "It's just not right for those words. You need someone else to sing them."
"You mean, get someone else to sing them with me, like a duet type thing, except we have our own parts?" Izumi asked, understanding for once.
"Exactly," Tetsuya replied.
An unexpected IM popped up on the screen. It was from Lovinlife...
Lovinlife: Hey gurl! I didnt expect u to be on! It's late!
Wildfire: I'm not home, I'm camping w/ my new friends. Y r u on now????
Lovinlife: I couldn't sleep. b/s I need details! How is ur new school? Who r ur friends? R there any cute boys there?
Wildfire: U have a bf!
Lovinlife: I meant for u!
Wildfire: ok, school's great, totally wonderful! I made cheerleading captain!
Lovinlife: CONGRATS!!!!
Wildfire: thanks, btw, guess who's here?
"You're not," Tetsuya said, pleading.
"Oh yes, I am," Izumi replied, smiling. "Besides I already told her about the social studies project."
"Great," Tetsuya replied.
Lovinlife: who?
Wildfire: Tetsuya Li (aka Karatekid) is right beside me, and Tomoyo Daidouji (aka Kawaiiluver) is out getting marshmallows w/ Meiling Li, my other friend
Lovinlife: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wildfire: -_-'
"She sounds like Tomoyo," Tetsuya said, sweatdropping.
"Hey guys!" a voice sounded from the gate. "We're back!" Tomoyo, Meiling, and Kero came running over.
"Finally!" Tetsuya said, getting up. He looked at the girls. "Wait a minute! You guys weren't wearing those when you left!"
Tomoyo was wearing a beautiful light blue dress and a bow in her hair. Meiling was wearing blue jeans and a red T-shirt with a duck on it. (a/n: Btw, everyone's wearing tennis shoes because they didn't fight and jump w/o shoes!)
"We changed," Tomoyo replied. "You guys can too, I brought my latest creation for Izumi and some extra clothes from uh-somewhere for Tetsuya."
"Sure, I just have to call my dad," Izumi said. She grabbed her cell phone from her backpack, called her dad real quick, and told him where she was. She looked toward her laptop. "Oh no! I forgot about Mika!"
She ran over to the computer screen and saw that Mika had been sending all these messages like "HELLO!?!?!?!?!" and Izumi said "sorry and brb."
Tetsuya had already changed away from the girls, so it was Izumi's turn. She took Tomoyo's creation and walked past Tetsuya. He was wearing a flannel T-shirt and tan jeans.
Izumi went behind the trees and changed into Tomoyo's beautiful creation. She walked back out to see a smiling, shiny eyed Tomoyo, a knowing Meiling, and a stunned Tetsuya.
Izumi's outfit consisted of a red and pink tie-dyed bandana that she wore so some of her hair stuck out in the front, blue jean shorts, and a pink and red tie-dyed tank top. The shorts were very short and the tank top had spaghetti straps. (a/n: Btw, they all still had on their tennis shoes.)
"Kawaii!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo screamed, getting out her camera and filming Izumi walk over to her laptop.
Izumi laid down on her belly again when Tomoyo asked, "Who are you talking to?"
"My friend, Mika," Izumi answered.
"I'll talk too!" Tomoyo replied. "Just let me get my laptop!" Tomoyo rushed over to get her laptop.
Wildfire: back
Lovinlife: about time! wut were u doing, making out w/ Tetsuya?
Wildfire: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovinlife: sure seemed like it w/ all the time u took....is there something u r not telling me?
Wildfire: I tell u everything, luckily Tetsuya is not reading the screen right now...
Tomoyo had gotten her laptop set up and seeing this, Izumi invited her and Mika to a chat room.
Wildfire: Mika, meet Tomoyo, Tomoyo, Mika
Kawaiiluver: hey gurl!
Lovinlife: Hey! I finally get to meet u!
Wildfire: -_-'
Tomoyo giggled as she read the screen. Meiling and Tetsuya decided to get in on the conversation too, so they got their laptops. Kero was sleeping and didn't care if they made food or not.
Kawaiiluver: I'm inviting Meiling and Tetsuya, they're on
Wildfire: I know!! I'm right here!!!
Lovinlife: YAY! more buds I get to meet!
Karatekid has entered the chat room.
Sexychic has entered the chat room.
Wildfire: I like ur name, Meiling ^_^
Sexychic: thanks!
Karatekid: -_-' dont encourage her...
Meiling got up from her computer and whacked Tetsuya across the head before going back to her computer. Tomoyo and Izumi giggled.
Lovinlife: hey, nice to meet y'all!
Sexychic: so ur Mika? love the name!
Lovinlife: thanks!
Wildfire: y dont we talk 'bout something?
Karatekid: sure, but wut?
Wildfire: u know, u talk more than when I met u, Tetsuya
Kawaiiluver: u know, he blushes every time u smile at him?
Karatekid: I do not!
Kawaiiluver: then y were u blushing just then when Izumi smiled at u?
Karatekid: ...
Kawaiiluver: he's speechless, HA!
Lovinlife: nice job!
Kawaiiluver: thanks!
Karatekid: i'm not letting a bunch of gurls run me!
Wildfire: no, ur just letting one
Karatekid: and who's that?
Wildfire: me, u baka!
Lovinlife: awwwwwww...
Kawaiiluver: Kawaii...
Sexychic: perfect...
Wildfire: not in that way!!!!!
Kawaiiluver: -_-'
Lovinlife: -_-'
Sexychic: -_-'
Wildfire: lol
Karatekid: where is this conversation going?
Wildfire: nowhere, really...at least not where I want to take it...
Karatekid: and where do u want to take it?
Wildfire: like uh-no how about-no, man! All these topics r for gurls!
Karatekid: -_-' thanks for keeping me in mind
Sexychic: u guys just go ahead and have a private conversation.........leave us here hanging...
Kawaiiluver: Shhhhhh! I'm trying to listen to their conversation!
Lovinlife: so am I!!!!
Lovinlife: OMG! RON'S ON!!!!!! YIPEE!!!!!!!!!!! I'll invite him!
Wildfire: -_-' Ron is Mika's bf
Kawaiiluver: kawaii! but I like the I/T couple better...very intriguing
Wildfire: cut it out, Tomoyo
Surfinsites enters the chat room.
Lovinlife: YAY!
Surfinsites: calm down, Mika, now who are y'all?
Wildfire: introduce urselves...........u know me
Kawaiiluver: Tomoyo
Sexychic: Meiling
Karatekid: Tetsuya
Lovinlife: MIKA! YAY!
Surfinsites: -_-' i'm confuzzled, how did u get sooo many friends, Izumi?
Wildfire: I'm smart, beautiful, talented, Cheerleading Captain, and wonderfully lovable! Wut's not to like?
Kawaiiluver: u'r also as dense as a frog!
Wildfire: : P
Surfinsites: sooo, how's life been treating ya
Wildfire: absolutely PERFECT!
Kawaiiluver: so, u'd rather be w/ Tetsuya then Chris for our assignment?
Wildfire: dont u dare try giving me the "knowing" look! I know wut ur trying to do and it will not work!
Kawaiiluver: I forgot to ask, but how was it that u and Tetsuya got here the same time?
Wildfire: ... Karatekid: dont do that to her. u know I already told u about 'The Ring'
Kawaiiluver: ^_^ I couldn't resist!
Karatekid: -_-'
Wildfire: never do that again, Tomoyo......never ever.
Lovinlife: who's Chris?
Sexychic: a guy that Izumi's absolutely ga, ga for w/ blue eyes and chocolate brown hair
Wildfire: : P am not!
Kawaiiluver: r too!
Wildfire: i don't like him as more than a friend
Wildfire: OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Is that Jonouchi coming!?!?!?!?
Everyone around with their laptops looked to where Izumi was looking. They saw two figures coming their way. One was Jonouchi, limping, the other was just as old but much more handsome.
"You should be home in bed!" Jonouchi said to Izumi. "Tomorrow's a school day." He looked Izumi over, making sure that she wasn't hurt. "And what the heck are you wearing?"
"Tomoyo's creation," Izumi answered sweetly. "I happen to like it. By the way, who's your friend?"
"This is Yukito," Jonouchi replied, "he used to be Touya's friend who moved away."
"Nice to meet you, Izumi," Yukito said.
"Nice to meet you, too," Izumi replied with a smile. Yukito was at least a foot or two taller than Izumi, but she didn't mind one bit. "I don't mean to be rude, but we were kind of in the middle of a conversation here."
"You were all on your laptops," Jonouchi replied.
"Duh, IM!" Izumi replied and everyone said good-bye to Yukito and Jonouchi when they left after Jonouchi gave Tetsuya a dirty look.
"Now then, let's get back to our conversation," Izumi said as she laid back on her belly in front of her laptop.
Wildfire: sorry guys, Jonouchi came...to check up on me...
Surfinsites: dun worry, we understand
Lovinlife: yea, we totally understand!
Kawaiiluver: now, we were discussing Chris...any words Izumi
Wildfire: yes, : P
Kawaiiluver: i said words!
Wildfire: ok, u r evil!
Kawaiiluver: i know...*_*
Karatekid: she's horrible...
Wildfire: more than horrible...
Sexychic: let's talk bout something fun already!
Wildfire: wut???
Sexychic: ...
Wildfire: wut's been happening back there, Mika?
Lovinlife: its been normal, very normal....too normal!
Wildfire: I've found adventure, action, cheerleading, and social studies projects!
Kawaiiluver: AND LOVE!!!!!
Wildfire: have not! : P
Kawaiiluver: have 2!
Karatekid: dont be fighting now, girls...
Wildfire: u cant order me around! :(
Surfinsites: better duck, dude!
Izumi got up quickly from her laptop to hit Tetsuya across the head. He, of course, caught her hand before it could land on him. Izumi pulled away and stuck her tongue out at him. She turned and went back to her laptop.
Wildfire: i'm not talking to u, Tetsuya : P
Karatekid: wut did u call that?
Wildfire: a warning!
Surfinsites: did ya duck?
Kawaiiluver: better! he caught her arm! And I could definitely see a blush there!
Lovinlife: so u were makin out w/ Tetsuya when u took sooo long!
Karatekid: O.O
Wildfire: was not! : P i was changing clothes!
Kawaiiluver: *giggling*
Wildfire: wut's that for?
Wildfire: O!!!!!! sorry, we both got changed in the woods like away from everyone else, so yea...
Lovinlife: LOL
Kawaiiluver: LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Sexychic: lol!
Surfinsites: major lol issues dude!
Karatekid: u guys r crazy! I tell ya!
Wildfire: way CRAZY!
Karatekid: i thought u weren't talking to me???
Kawaiiluver: a smirk from Tetsuya and a blush from Izumi..........the heat continues!
Wildfire: SHUT UP TOMOYO!!!!!!!! ok, uh-I'm sorry for trying to hit u, I was mad
Kawaiiluver: now kiss and you'll be all better!!!!
Wildfire: TOMOYO!!!!!!!! n e way, can u forgive me?
Karatekid: of course, ur forgiven
Lovinlife: Tomoyo, do u have a camera cuz I want this moment on tape!!!!!!! Better yet, wait till they kiss, then tape it!!!!!
Kawaiiluver: been taping the whole conversation gurl!!!!!!!!
Wildfire: -_-'
Karatekid: guys, it's getting late...we better get going, like now.
Sexychic: but this conversation was getting sooo interesting! I really thought u guys were going to kiss...... oh pooey......
Wildfire: like I said, they'll never learn.... -_-'
Surfinsites: i agree w/ them, u'd make a good couple ^_^
Wildfire: -_-' not u 2!!!!!!!!!
Karatekid: let's just go already!
Everyone signed off their screen names and they all decided to go to bed in their sleeping bags that Tomoyo's mom had dropped off when they were IMing each other. Everyone dreamed peaceful dreams all through the night.
~****Next Morning****~
Izumi woke up the next morning before everyone else. She sat up in her sleeping bag and rubbed her eyes. She didn't feel so good.
"I feel like I just got out of the washing machine," Izumi said quietly, knowing that everyone was still sleeping. Everything was spinning around her.
'Get home,' were the only things she could think of.
~****Fifteen Minutes Later****~
Tomoyo got up and looked around. Everyone else was getting up too. She looked over at Izumi's sleeping bag and saw it empty. Her eyes went wide awake.
"Izumi's gone!" Tomoyo screamed. That got everyone's attention. They all ran over to Izumi's sleeping bag.
Tetsuya found a note on it and read it out loud:
Dear everyone,
I'm really not feeling good right now. I went home when I woke up. Hope you guys are all right! Btw, I'll be at school today still.
Izumi
Everyone looked at each other sternly. "Maybe she shouldn't have been out here that late," Tomoyo stated. "That could've been the case."
"And after fighting that Clow Card all alone, I would be surprised if she wasn't sick," Tetsuya replied.
A HUGE yawn was heard from behind them. Kero was waking up.
"Where's Izumi?" Kero asked.
"She was feeling sick and had to go home," Meiling answered. "Poor girl."
"And she didn't take me?" Kero asked seriously.
"Guess not, but I don't see why she would want to, a stupid stuffed animal like you," Tetsuya said, glaring.
"Why you gaki!" Kero yelled at Tetsuya. "I'm going to bop you on the head so hard, it's going to-"
"So, you're planning to bop me to death?" Tetsuya asked, smirking.
Kero was about to blow a gasket.
"Let's just all go home!" Tomoyo yelled and dragged Kero away toward Izumi's house while Meiling and Tetsuya went the other way.
~****Izumi's House****~
"She'll be staying in bed the entire day," Hayao said to Jonouchi, sitting on the couch beside his son.
"Serves her right for having a 'campout' on a school night," Jonouchi replied.
"She was just having fun with her new friends, Jonouchi," Hayao replied sternly.
"She still shouldn't have been out there," Jonouchi answered with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Let the girl have some fun in her life," Hayao replied, getting up and walking toward the kitchen.
Jonouchi started muttering to himself. He then got the greatest idea. He could spend the day at home with Izumi and that would be fun. Playing board games and Poker is always fun.
He ran up the stairs with a smile on his face and opened Izumi's door.
"Hey Izumi-" Jonouchi started and then widened his eyes. The room was empty! Izumi was gone!
a/n: ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! I am soooooo bad! Review! Love y'all!!!!!!