Attack At The Dance
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Disclaimer: I dun own Cardcaptors or anything that appear in the series. I just write fics for my own entertainment.
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Sakura and Madison were in class early the next day, but as always, Li was there before them. Ritchie promptly arrives and has a small see-through bandage since she received a small cut from the last attack she did with Jonathan. The ball then rang after a couple of minutes.
"Class, I," *Knock, knock*
Mr. Terada was interrupted as Ms. Mackenzie passed through the door.
"Mr. Terada, is it okay if one of my students stay here for awhile to write his test? I don't want to disturb him while he's writing." Ms. Mackenzie explained.
"Sure, Ms. Mackenzie. You can let him sit beside Ritchie." Mr. Terada said.
Ritchie's head shot up and looked in front of the class as she heard her name. She then felt this strange aura around her and it felt vaguely familiar. She then looked at Li and Sakura who both felt it as well, but neither can tell where the power was coming from. Sakura and Li then held on their keys as they felt the presence.
"Well, here you go Ferdinand, you can leave this class as soon as you're done your test, okay?" Ms. Mackenzie said.
"Yes, Ms. Mackenzie." Ferdinand replied. He then looked around the class and saw Chelsea, Nikki, Rita, and Zachary were talking. He then looked at the another part of the room and saw Li, Sakura, talking about something.
'So, this is the class of the cardcaptors. I should have known!" Ferdinand thought.
Then he saw Madison taking with Ritchie. A girl with red hair tied up in a ponytail that has a sword shaped pin (but too small to be noticed) was talking with her friend as their teacher, Mr. Terada was getting organized in his table.
"Who is she? She looks pretty good." Ferdinand thought as she saw Ritchie talking to Madison.
Mr. Terada then cleared his throat and asked the class to pay attention.
The morning passed by quickly, and before lunch started, Nikki told Sakura that there was a dance coming up that Friday and unknown to the two, Ferdinand was listening to it. Sakura got so excited that she couldn't wait to tell Li, Madison and Ritchie.
'A dance, huh?' Ferdinand thought, 'so the two cardcaptors are in this school and there is a possibility that they would come too. But forget them for now. I gotta go ask Ritchie to go to the dance with me. I'll ask her later then.' He then headed back to his classroom and took his lunch.
*** OUTSIDE ***
"Hey guys, there is going to be a costume dance this Friday. Are you guys going to come?" Sakura asked.
"I, uh, might go but I'm not sure yet." Ritchie said secretly nudging Li so that he will ask Sakura to go to the dance. Li glared at Ritchie but she just stuck her tongue at him. His glare softened when he slightly looked at Sakura.
"Sakura, I uh-" Li began kinda hesitating to say it.
"What is it, Li?" Sakura asked. 'Why is he so nervous?'
"WOULDYOULIKETOGOTOTHEDANCEWITHME?" Li said at lightning speed.
Sakura looked at Li with her eyes blinking.
"What was it Li? I couldn't understand it." Sakura said.
"I understood it," Ritchie said giving Li a sly grin. "It was- mpph pfft brsd..." Ritchie was about to translate the words to Sakura when Li jumped behind her and covered her mouth quickly.
"Okay, here it goes," He said letting go of Ritchie. "Would you, like to, go to, the dance, with me?" Li asked holding breath.
"I would love to." Sakura said blushing.
Li heard this and his heart was beating like crazy. He was about to jump up and down for joy when Madison interrupted him.
"Well, looks like I'm gonna make your costume, Sakura. Hmm... I think I'll also make yours, Ritchie. I think I'll make yours too, Li." Madison said.
Sakura and Li sweatdropped while Ritchie just looked at Madison blankly.
Soon a boy with short blue hair (kinda like Joe in Digimon season one but no glasses) approached the group.
"Hi guys. Hey Madison, can I ask you something?" the boy asked.
"Sure, Rico. What is it?" Madison replied.
"Okay. Here it goes. Would you, um, like to go to, uh, the dance with me?" Rico asked, kinda unsure of himself.
"I'd love to." Madison said smiling.
"Great. I'll talk to you guys later. See you, Madison." Rico said, leaving the group.
Ritchie then looked at Li, who was busy looking at Sakura.
So are you going to the dance, Ritchie?" Madison said hopefully.
"Probably." Ritchie shrugged as she looked down.
All of a sudden they could hear music surrounding the field, and it was coming out of nowhere. Li, Sakura and Ritchie all felt a familiar aura. They all couldn't pinpoint where it is when Ferdinand came to them with three red roses and a small chocolate bar. He first walked up to Sakura and gave her a rose. When Li saw this smoke was coming out of his ears and his face was red with frustration. Then Ferdinand walked towards Madison and gave he a rose too. He then approached Ritchie and gave her a rose and the chocolate bar. He then asked her, "Ritchie, Is it okay if you go to the dance with me?"
Ritchie was surprised. In her head, she was arguing with herself as she was thinking what Ferdinand did. He could've easily just asked her to the dance but she went to the trouble to buy them red roses and a chocolate bar.
Ferdinand patiently waited for her answer.
"Sure," was all that Ritchie could say.
"Thank you. I'll see you in the dance then." Ferdinand said as he left.
Li glared at him as he left. Not just because he gave Sakura a rose, not because he asked his cousin out, but something was strange about him. For everybody's sake though, he decided to leave him alone for now.
Do you want some chocolate, Li?" Ritchie asked, handing him some of the chocolate that Ferdinand gave her. the aura soon faded and Li just scratched off the thought and went back to his friends.
*** MADISON'S HOUSE, 2 HOURS BEFORE THE DANCE ***
Ritchie and Sakura both arrived at Madison's house at the same time. Sakura looked nervous because she knew what to expect when it comes to Madison and her costumes.
"What's wrong, Sakura? You look like you've seen a ghost." Ritchie inquired.
"No, I'm just thinking what kind of costumes Madison has for us." Sakura giggled nervously.
"Oh, that." Ritchie said. as they both entered the house.
"Hi, Madison." They both greeted.
"Hi guys, come in." Madison said.
* Knock! Knock! *
"That must be Li. Wait a second guys." Madison said as she walked towards the door.
"Hi Li! Come in." Madison said, leading the way.
Li came in and was surprised that Sakura was already there before him.
"H-hi Sakura." He greeted, slightly blushing.
"I'll be right back." Madison said. When she came back, she had three bags, one for each of them.
"Here's yours, Sakura." Madison said passing Sakura a couple of clothes.
"Here you go, Ritchie," Madison said, removing a bundle of clothes out of the bags and some strips of cloth.
"And here you go, Li." Madison said, just passing him the whole bag.
"Okay, Sakura, you change in this room, Ritchie you go in that room and Li go to that room." Madison said as she pointed the room where they will go.
The three just looked at her blankly then proceeded to the room that Madison gave them.
After five minutes (I dress up quickly and I want this to be quick so don't blame me) neither one of the three cardcaptors came out of the rooms that they were in. Madison, dressed up in a gypsy costume, (Esmeralda from "Hunchback of Notre Dame" to be exact) was in the living room. When she realized that she was the only one out, she decided to go to the nearest door to her, Li's room.
*Knock! Knock!*
"What?" Li snapped from inside the room
"Li, it's me, Madison. Come out. We're about to leave." She said
"Fine!" Li grumbled as he got out wearing a "Knight in shining armor" costume.
'I knew that would look good on you. Sakura will definitely like how you look like' Madison thought smiling.
"It looks nice," She said out loud, "You go get Ritchie, and I'll get Sakura, Okay?"
*Knock! Knock!*
"Ritchie come out." Li said. Ritchie then came out dressed up in a ninja costume, similar to Psylocke's outfit.
"Good job on the outfit, Madison," Ritchie commented as she took off the face mask and walked towards Sakura's door.
*Knock! Knock!*
"Come out Sakura." Madison said, then she instructed Li and Ritchie to go to the waiting room and wait for them. They both agreed and Ritchie placed her face mask back on. Sakura then came to the room as a shorthaired version of Jasmine (from Aladdin).
"Wicked outfit!" Ritchie commented. Li just stared at Sakura and blushed. 'She looks beautiful.' Li thought.
*Ding! Dong!* The doorbell rang, interrupting Li's thoughts.
"That must be Rico. I told him to meet with us here." Madison said as she disappeared to the door.
"Hey Rico! Nice costume." Madison commented was wearing a Woody costume (from toy story).
"Are you guys ready to go?" Rico asked.
"There's still an hour to go. Let's go in 30 minutes, okay?"
"Okay." Rico agreed as he came inside.
He then saw Li, Ritchie and Sakura in their costumes but he couldn't tell that Ritchie was the one in the ninja costume because she looked kinda different.
"Hi Li. Hi Sakura," He greeted then looked skeptically at the ninja. "Madison, where's Ritchie?"
"Here." Ritchie removing her face mask. The group then talked for awhile then headed back to the school, well, for the dance at least. Before they left, Madison grabbed 2 swords from the couch. One is along broad sword and passed it to Li. She then passed Ritchie a slim silver sword with blue streaks. Madison then handed them their sheaths and said, "Let's go," as Li and Ritchie said thank you and headed out the door.
From the nearby trees, Ferdinand was there and said, "The two cardcaptors are about to go to the dance I must be ready for them." His body wavered and disappeared, he then reappeared in the boys bathroom in the school. Little did Ferdinand know, Ritchie, too, is a cardcaptor to and he didn't know that they are ancestral rivals.
Soon the three cardcaptors, plus Madison with her video camera and bag and Rico arrived at the dance. They soon saw Rita, Chelsea, Nikki and Zachary. Rita was dressed up in fairy outfit, Chelsea was a sorceress, Nikki was a princess, and Zachary was dressed up as the evil back knight. When Zachary saw Li, and vices versa, they both decided to have a small duel... for fun.
Zachary then took Sakura beside him.
"What right do you have to be here, white knight?" Zachary asked.
"I shall fight for the honor of my princess AND save her." Li smirked.
"I see, but you must go through me to get her!" Zachary said in a fake French accent
Sakura, Madison, Ritchie, Rita, Chelsea, Nikki and Rico all suppressed a laugh when Zachary spoke, but they continue to watch the battle, just for fun.
"En guarde, Monsieur white knight!" Zachary said as he slashed his plastic sword in front of Li's face.
Li casually but quickly pulled out his sword from his back and placed it sideways, blocking, Zachary's attack. Li then made a playful stab on Zachary's chest.
"I have won and Princess Sakura is now safe." Li said. (k that was weird. I know he doesn't act like that.... Sorry if you think it's dumb)
Madison Ritchie, Rita, Chelsea and Nikki then pushed Sakura in front of Li. Rico then helped Zachary up since he pretended to fall down dead.
"My hero," Sakura said blushing. 'You really are my hero. You look really cute in that. I wish I could tell you how I feel. Oh!' Sakura let out a sigh in secrecy.
Then a slow song played. "I'll never break your heart" By the Backstreet Boys played and all of Ritchie's friends except Rita and Chelsea were dancing. The light suddenly was turned off and a spotlight was focused on the ceiling. All the people who were dancing stopped and looked at the ceiling and the three cardcaptors felt another presence around them.
In the ceiling was Ferdinand, dressed up in a Zorro. Hat, mask, the whole shebang. He had a rapier instead of a sword. He then grabbed a rope from the ceiling and swung himself and landed right beside Ritchie, who looked at him in surprise.
"May I have this dance, dear Psylocke?" He asked.
"Uh… Sure." Ritchie said hesitantly as they began to dance. The other groups, too, continued to dance but a certain pair of eyes didn't take his eyes of Ferdinand. He knew that something was not right about him.
"Is something wrong, Li?" Sakura asked looking at Li worriedly.
"No. Nothing's wrong." Li replied. 'But I think Nai Phan is near.' He thought.
Sakura and Ritchie felt it too, as the song was playing, the three cardcaptors were looking around. When the song ended, Ferdinand separated from Ritchie and excused himself. Ritchie then joined back with the group.
As Ferdinand was in the bathroom, he sent a wave of energy that sent everyone except the three cardcaptors to feel so weak that they passed out. Sakura saw this happening and she ran outside the gym and summoned her wand. Ritchie and Li then ran outside and met up with her.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked.
"Nai Phan Clan. I can feel them." Li said as Kero and Foxy suddenly appeared.
"Kid, are you okay?" Kero asked looking at Sakura.
"I'm fine Kero," Sakura assured him.
Ritchie, Li, are you guys okay?" Foxy asked.
The two cousins just nodded.
"We have to help the others. Foxy, find Madison and prevent her from sleeping, if it's too late, try to wake her up quickly." Ritchie instructed.
Foxy nodded and went inside to revive Madison.
"Let's go." Li said as he got rid of his fake sword and took out his real one. He then looked at himself and thought, 'This isn't too comfortable.' Li closed his eyes. He began to glow a green aura and it enveloped him. When the light faded, Li was standing there in his battle costume. While Li was transforming, Ritchie got her real sword then placed it in her sheath.
"Here Sakura," Kero said, "I thought you might need this." He then passed Sakura the pink battle robe that Madison gave her.
"Be right back." She said as she ran to the bathroom and came back out wearing the robe that Madison made for her before.
"Let's go." Kero said as they all headed back to the gym.
They were there back to the gym filled with fallen and unconscious children and teachers.
"I'll check outside again." Richie said, leaving the group.
"Ritchie, no-" Sakura was interrupted as Li stepped in front of her.
"Don't worry about her. She can take care of herself, she knows what she's doing. Now let's find this person, whoever it is." Li explained. Both Li and Sakura then felt a presence around them.
"Good job, cardcaptors," A voice taunted, "You've found me."
"Get out in the open right now!" Sakura ordered.
A figure just wavered in front of them his back towards them. He slowly turned around and Li gritted his teeth as he saw who it was.
"I should have known it was you." Li snarled as he placed a defensive arm in front of Sakura and his sword with another.
"Too bad there is only two of you. My sisters were wrong they said there was three but there is only two of you and I will defeat you easily." Ferdinand sneered.
"That's what you think! LIGHTNING!" Li yelled as lightning struck Ferdinand.
Ferdinand just laughed as the lightning bounced off his cape.
"What?!" Both Li and Sakura looked at Ferdinand.
"You two are pathetic! You two are just making my job a lot more easier! Hand over the Clow Cards now, Chosen one!" Ferdinand ordered.
Li snarled. "First of all, her name is Sakura. Secondly, you have to go through me to get it!" Li said as he lunged at Ferdinand.
"Out of the way, young wolf!" Ferdinand replied as attacked Li by slicing him with his rapier, which caused Li's sword to fly aside. Li then looked at Ferdinand, who had the tip of his sword on Li's throat. Li started to back off and slowly got cornered into the wall by Ferdinand.
Sakura gasped in horror as Li, the one that she loved, was cornered and didn't have any weapons. She closed her eyes then produced a card from her sleeve.
"Arrow card! Release and dispel!" She said as she released Arrow.
Ferdinand heard this but ignored it. Li saw this and jumped out of the way. Ferdinand got surprised at his actions then saw Sakura aiming the arrow at him. He jumped out of the way but his arm got scratched and his cape got ripped. He whipped his head towards the one where the arrow came from. When he saw Sakura holding the bow with her left hand. He then snarled and threw a couple of energy balls towards Sakura. Upon seeing this, Li placed his sword in it's sheath and pushed Sakura out of the way, but Li got hit by one of the energy balls.
"The young wolf won't be able to help you out now, Cherry Blossom. So hand over the Clow Cards." He said.
"NO!" Sakura yelled as she helped Li up. Li was okay but was a little wobbly on his feet because of the energy bolt.
Ferdinand Sighed. "You brought this on yourself." He said as he brought out his rapier. He was about to strike when...
"ARGH!!!!"
Two chuck-stars were thrown down to his right arm, causing him to let go of his weapon.
"Miss me, honey?" The voice asked Ferdinand as it jumped into the open. "I should have known you were one of them," She said as she landed near Sakura and Li.
"Ritchie, I thought you were outside." Sakura said, as she saw Ritchie in her battle robe.
"I sensed you guys were in trouble. I tried to rush back in. Looks like I just got here in time." Ritchie replied, taking her sword out of her sheath and got ready to attack and not meeting Sakura's gaze.
Ferdinand's jaw dropped open as he realized that Ritchie was, indeed, a cardcaptor.
"So you're the new cardcaptor my sisters were talking about. You killed my only brother and I will avenge ALL of their deaths!" Ferdinand bellowed as he shed a tear. He lunged at Ritchie, which surprised her. Li then pushed her out of the way causing them both to roll out of Ferdinand's way.
Ritchie quickly jumped back up and attacked Ferdinand with her bare hands. She will lead with a couple of punches and a jab, Ferdinand would reply back with a kick. Ritchie would block it and kick him back, but Ferdinand caught her foot. Upon this happening, Ritchie used her other foot and kick him really hard on the face, causing him to let go of her foot, and stagger back. He then charged at Ritchie again with a fierce blow that caused her flying to the wall. She groaned in pain and saw her friends looking at her worriedly. Ferdinand then approached Ritchie once again with his rapier near her leg, about to strike once again.
"Force know my plight! Release the light! Lightning!" Li yelled as lightning struck down on Ferdinand once again and this time it stuck him really hard. Even though he was wearing the cape the lightning passed through the holes of his cape, causing electricity to strike him. This drained most of Ferdinand's powers but he whipped his body towards Li and Sakura.
"This is how you want it, then fine." Ferdinand said as he took out his rapier and lunged at Sakura. To him, this was a worthless battle and he just disabled Sakura to use her power by hitting her sword really hard causing her sword to slide to the side and transforming back to a key.
"Sakura, get your key! Me and Li will take care of him" Ritchie said jumping back to the scene.
"Okay!" Sakura said as she ran to where her key was.
"I can't believe I liked my rival!" Ferdinand said coldly.
"Huh?" Ritchie looked at him in surprise.
"But since you two are our ancestral rivals, you will be the first one to die, Ritchie!" Ferdinand said striking his sword towards Ritchie.
Ritchie yelped as she got out of the way of the sword, which left a large dent on the floor. Li saw this and backed up to help Sakura, who summoned her wand again.
"Li, we have to help her out," Sakura said as Ritchie kept dodging Ferdinand's blows.
"I know we have to distract him, somehow." Li said, looking at Ferdinand then saw the yellow pendant on his necklace and smirked.
"Sakura, I have an idea. Use the Arrow Card." Li said suddenly.
"What? We tried that before, he dodged it, remember?" Sakura argued.
"Not that. Use the Arrow card to get rid of his power. The necklace!" Li said.
"Uh, guys!" Ritchie interrupted, "A little help over here!" She yelled as she almost got sliced deep in her shoulder. She didn't get hit, but her right hand sleeve got sliced, ripping her robe.
"Arrow Card! Release and dispel! Release!"
Since Sakura and Li were on Ferdinand's side, Sakura got a good view of Ferdinand's necklace. She pulled back the bow and released the arrow. The arrow hit it's mark, the lock of Ferdinand's necklace, and brought the whole necklace along with it until it hit the wall.
Ferdinand felt a sudden breeze behind his neck but ignored it. Ritchie saw the necklace get removed from him and grinned slyly. She then pulled her sword from her sheath and placed her sword in front of her.
"Force know my plight! Release the light! ICE!" She said as she targeted Ferdinand.
Ferdinand's figure wavered as he disappeared from the course of the attack, when he reappeared, he looked really weak as to his main power source is away from him. He then kicked Ritchie in her ribs, causing her to stagger back to the wall. Upon reaching it, she saw that the necklace was still there. When she looked at it, Ferdinand finally realized that his necklace was gone and that it was on the wall. Ritchie grinned evilly as she took out her sword and struck the pendant on the wall, which shattered into a million pieces. (okay, now that's exaggerated...)
"NO!" Ferdinand yelled..
Ritchie just smirked but then winced at the pain in her ribs. With the main source of his power gone, Ferdinand was now going to rely on his sword skills to defeat them. He jumped up and was going to strike Ritchie once again but was interrupted by Li. Ferdinand got thrown to the other side of the gym, since Li kicked him while he was still in the air (Similar to what he did to the Fight card to save Meilin) and Li landed on his knee on the floor.
"You ruined the dance. You hurt my cousin and my friends. You'll pay for that" Li said through clenched teeth.
Ferdinand just smirked and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"And what are you going to do to me, young wolf?" He taunted, " Your not strong enough to beat me!" he said confidently, even though he know he isn't as strong without his necklace.
Li made a face. "That's what you think." He roared as he brought down his sword towards Ferdinand again. "You don't even have any power left!" He said as Ferdinand jumped out of the way. This got Ferdinand, that he attacked Li blindly.
Li then looked at Ferdinand and you can tell, he has something up his sleeve.
Ferdinand lunged at Li with his sword, but Li used a bit of his strength to push down on his sword, causing Ferdinand to let go of his sword. Li then placed his sword back in it's sheath and attack Ferdinand with an uppercut and a fierce kick to the chest. Ferdinand dodged the uppercut but the kick in the chest made him stagger back a bit.. Li took advantage of this. He took out his sword once again and stabbed Ferdinand's chest, cutting through his heart, puncturing his right lung and the blade of Li's sword was out his back.
"You win, cardcaptor," He gasped, "But revenge will be ours!"
Li withdrew back his sword from Ferdinand's chest, which was now covered with blood. Ferdinand collapsed to the ground after Sakura and Ritchie joined up with them.
Sakura helped Ritchie up and walked towards Li and Ferdinand. When they were there, they heard Ferdinand mumble something.
"Rivals in love...I can't believe you are my rival, Ritchie. I loved you, Ritchie, before I learned that we are rivals. I hope we meet each other again.....but not like this.." With those last words, Ferdinand breathe his last breath and slowly, he turned to ashes. The wind began to blow and his ashes flew around the gym. His mask then flew to Ritchie's hand, and she grabbed it withher free hand.
"Ritchie, I couldn't wake up any of them." Foxy said as she approached the group. Li, Ritchie and Sakura smiled.
"He's gone now, Foxy. You'll be able to wake everyone up now" Sakura said, "But after that though, we'll meet you and Kero outside later." Ritchie added.
"Okay" Foxy agreed.
With that, Foxy made a squeaking sound (kinda like the Dash Card) and soon, you can hear young kids and teachers waking up. Madison was the first one up ans saw her friends in similar costumes.
"I get it that you fought with a member of the Nai Phan Clan." Madison asked.
"And take a guess who it was." Ritchie said, showing her the mask.
"Ferdinand? No way!" Madison said.
Everyone whipped their head around when they heard someone groan.
"Foxy, I'll meet you outside" Ritchie said quickly.
"Kero, disappear!" Sakura ordered. Before Kero left, he hit Li, which made him collapse to the floor, and then laughed.
"OW!" Li complained, "Why did he hit me for?"
Sakura suppressed her laughter and grinned at Li.
After five minutes everyone in the gym was awake. Li and Ritchie transformed their real swords back to it's miniature version and got their fake swords back in their sheath, but they forgot to change back into their original costumes, including Sakura, so Nikki, Rita, Chelsea, and Zachary approached them.
"Didn't you guys have a different costume before?" Rita asked.
"Yeah. You were a knight before Li." Zachary cut in.
"I gave them these different costumes." Madison interrupted, " I had it in my bag.
Everyone nodded. Ritchie then stood up but unfortunately with the pain in her ribs, she fell back down and was caught by Sakura and Madison but the rip in her right sleeve got revealed.
"How did your costume get ripped Ritchie?" Nikki asked.
"I- uh- got stuck in the bathroom stall" She stuttered. (dumb excuse... I know)
Everyone continued dancing and hanging out, not even remembering Ferdinand. Ritchie stayed in the bleachers to rest herself and to see her cousin enjoy himself dancing with Sakura. The Night passed on like a dream for the two as they both wondered how they are going to tell the other how they feel.
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K, sorry that this chapter is a "little" late. So? What did you think? Was it okay? Tell me please but be gentle with the criticism. On the next chapter there will be a little surprise. See you ppl in the next chapter!
Here alwayz,
Ritchie Waterfighter
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Disclaimer: I dun own Cardcaptors or anything that appear in the series. I just write fics for my own entertainment.
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Sakura and Madison were in class early the next day, but as always, Li was there before them. Ritchie promptly arrives and has a small see-through bandage since she received a small cut from the last attack she did with Jonathan. The ball then rang after a couple of minutes.
"Class, I," *Knock, knock*
Mr. Terada was interrupted as Ms. Mackenzie passed through the door.
"Mr. Terada, is it okay if one of my students stay here for awhile to write his test? I don't want to disturb him while he's writing." Ms. Mackenzie explained.
"Sure, Ms. Mackenzie. You can let him sit beside Ritchie." Mr. Terada said.
Ritchie's head shot up and looked in front of the class as she heard her name. She then felt this strange aura around her and it felt vaguely familiar. She then looked at Li and Sakura who both felt it as well, but neither can tell where the power was coming from. Sakura and Li then held on their keys as they felt the presence.
"Well, here you go Ferdinand, you can leave this class as soon as you're done your test, okay?" Ms. Mackenzie said.
"Yes, Ms. Mackenzie." Ferdinand replied. He then looked around the class and saw Chelsea, Nikki, Rita, and Zachary were talking. He then looked at the another part of the room and saw Li, Sakura, talking about something.
'So, this is the class of the cardcaptors. I should have known!" Ferdinand thought.
Then he saw Madison taking with Ritchie. A girl with red hair tied up in a ponytail that has a sword shaped pin (but too small to be noticed) was talking with her friend as their teacher, Mr. Terada was getting organized in his table.
"Who is she? She looks pretty good." Ferdinand thought as she saw Ritchie talking to Madison.
Mr. Terada then cleared his throat and asked the class to pay attention.
The morning passed by quickly, and before lunch started, Nikki told Sakura that there was a dance coming up that Friday and unknown to the two, Ferdinand was listening to it. Sakura got so excited that she couldn't wait to tell Li, Madison and Ritchie.
'A dance, huh?' Ferdinand thought, 'so the two cardcaptors are in this school and there is a possibility that they would come too. But forget them for now. I gotta go ask Ritchie to go to the dance with me. I'll ask her later then.' He then headed back to his classroom and took his lunch.
*** OUTSIDE ***
"Hey guys, there is going to be a costume dance this Friday. Are you guys going to come?" Sakura asked.
"I, uh, might go but I'm not sure yet." Ritchie said secretly nudging Li so that he will ask Sakura to go to the dance. Li glared at Ritchie but she just stuck her tongue at him. His glare softened when he slightly looked at Sakura.
"Sakura, I uh-" Li began kinda hesitating to say it.
"What is it, Li?" Sakura asked. 'Why is he so nervous?'
"WOULDYOULIKETOGOTOTHEDANCEWITHME?" Li said at lightning speed.
Sakura looked at Li with her eyes blinking.
"What was it Li? I couldn't understand it." Sakura said.
"I understood it," Ritchie said giving Li a sly grin. "It was- mpph pfft brsd..." Ritchie was about to translate the words to Sakura when Li jumped behind her and covered her mouth quickly.
"Okay, here it goes," He said letting go of Ritchie. "Would you, like to, go to, the dance, with me?" Li asked holding breath.
"I would love to." Sakura said blushing.
Li heard this and his heart was beating like crazy. He was about to jump up and down for joy when Madison interrupted him.
"Well, looks like I'm gonna make your costume, Sakura. Hmm... I think I'll also make yours, Ritchie. I think I'll make yours too, Li." Madison said.
Sakura and Li sweatdropped while Ritchie just looked at Madison blankly.
Soon a boy with short blue hair (kinda like Joe in Digimon season one but no glasses) approached the group.
"Hi guys. Hey Madison, can I ask you something?" the boy asked.
"Sure, Rico. What is it?" Madison replied.
"Okay. Here it goes. Would you, um, like to go to, uh, the dance with me?" Rico asked, kinda unsure of himself.
"I'd love to." Madison said smiling.
"Great. I'll talk to you guys later. See you, Madison." Rico said, leaving the group.
Ritchie then looked at Li, who was busy looking at Sakura.
So are you going to the dance, Ritchie?" Madison said hopefully.
"Probably." Ritchie shrugged as she looked down.
All of a sudden they could hear music surrounding the field, and it was coming out of nowhere. Li, Sakura and Ritchie all felt a familiar aura. They all couldn't pinpoint where it is when Ferdinand came to them with three red roses and a small chocolate bar. He first walked up to Sakura and gave her a rose. When Li saw this smoke was coming out of his ears and his face was red with frustration. Then Ferdinand walked towards Madison and gave he a rose too. He then approached Ritchie and gave her a rose and the chocolate bar. He then asked her, "Ritchie, Is it okay if you go to the dance with me?"
Ritchie was surprised. In her head, she was arguing with herself as she was thinking what Ferdinand did. He could've easily just asked her to the dance but she went to the trouble to buy them red roses and a chocolate bar.
Ferdinand patiently waited for her answer.
"Sure," was all that Ritchie could say.
"Thank you. I'll see you in the dance then." Ferdinand said as he left.
Li glared at him as he left. Not just because he gave Sakura a rose, not because he asked his cousin out, but something was strange about him. For everybody's sake though, he decided to leave him alone for now.
Do you want some chocolate, Li?" Ritchie asked, handing him some of the chocolate that Ferdinand gave her. the aura soon faded and Li just scratched off the thought and went back to his friends.
*** MADISON'S HOUSE, 2 HOURS BEFORE THE DANCE ***
Ritchie and Sakura both arrived at Madison's house at the same time. Sakura looked nervous because she knew what to expect when it comes to Madison and her costumes.
"What's wrong, Sakura? You look like you've seen a ghost." Ritchie inquired.
"No, I'm just thinking what kind of costumes Madison has for us." Sakura giggled nervously.
"Oh, that." Ritchie said. as they both entered the house.
"Hi, Madison." They both greeted.
"Hi guys, come in." Madison said.
* Knock! Knock! *
"That must be Li. Wait a second guys." Madison said as she walked towards the door.
"Hi Li! Come in." Madison said, leading the way.
Li came in and was surprised that Sakura was already there before him.
"H-hi Sakura." He greeted, slightly blushing.
"I'll be right back." Madison said. When she came back, she had three bags, one for each of them.
"Here's yours, Sakura." Madison said passing Sakura a couple of clothes.
"Here you go, Ritchie," Madison said, removing a bundle of clothes out of the bags and some strips of cloth.
"And here you go, Li." Madison said, just passing him the whole bag.
"Okay, Sakura, you change in this room, Ritchie you go in that room and Li go to that room." Madison said as she pointed the room where they will go.
The three just looked at her blankly then proceeded to the room that Madison gave them.
After five minutes (I dress up quickly and I want this to be quick so don't blame me) neither one of the three cardcaptors came out of the rooms that they were in. Madison, dressed up in a gypsy costume, (Esmeralda from "Hunchback of Notre Dame" to be exact) was in the living room. When she realized that she was the only one out, she decided to go to the nearest door to her, Li's room.
*Knock! Knock!*
"What?" Li snapped from inside the room
"Li, it's me, Madison. Come out. We're about to leave." She said
"Fine!" Li grumbled as he got out wearing a "Knight in shining armor" costume.
'I knew that would look good on you. Sakura will definitely like how you look like' Madison thought smiling.
"It looks nice," She said out loud, "You go get Ritchie, and I'll get Sakura, Okay?"
*Knock! Knock!*
"Ritchie come out." Li said. Ritchie then came out dressed up in a ninja costume, similar to Psylocke's outfit.
"Good job on the outfit, Madison," Ritchie commented as she took off the face mask and walked towards Sakura's door.
*Knock! Knock!*
"Come out Sakura." Madison said, then she instructed Li and Ritchie to go to the waiting room and wait for them. They both agreed and Ritchie placed her face mask back on. Sakura then came to the room as a shorthaired version of Jasmine (from Aladdin).
"Wicked outfit!" Ritchie commented. Li just stared at Sakura and blushed. 'She looks beautiful.' Li thought.
*Ding! Dong!* The doorbell rang, interrupting Li's thoughts.
"That must be Rico. I told him to meet with us here." Madison said as she disappeared to the door.
"Hey Rico! Nice costume." Madison commented was wearing a Woody costume (from toy story).
"Are you guys ready to go?" Rico asked.
"There's still an hour to go. Let's go in 30 minutes, okay?"
"Okay." Rico agreed as he came inside.
He then saw Li, Ritchie and Sakura in their costumes but he couldn't tell that Ritchie was the one in the ninja costume because she looked kinda different.
"Hi Li. Hi Sakura," He greeted then looked skeptically at the ninja. "Madison, where's Ritchie?"
"Here." Ritchie removing her face mask. The group then talked for awhile then headed back to the school, well, for the dance at least. Before they left, Madison grabbed 2 swords from the couch. One is along broad sword and passed it to Li. She then passed Ritchie a slim silver sword with blue streaks. Madison then handed them their sheaths and said, "Let's go," as Li and Ritchie said thank you and headed out the door.
From the nearby trees, Ferdinand was there and said, "The two cardcaptors are about to go to the dance I must be ready for them." His body wavered and disappeared, he then reappeared in the boys bathroom in the school. Little did Ferdinand know, Ritchie, too, is a cardcaptor to and he didn't know that they are ancestral rivals.
Soon the three cardcaptors, plus Madison with her video camera and bag and Rico arrived at the dance. They soon saw Rita, Chelsea, Nikki and Zachary. Rita was dressed up in fairy outfit, Chelsea was a sorceress, Nikki was a princess, and Zachary was dressed up as the evil back knight. When Zachary saw Li, and vices versa, they both decided to have a small duel... for fun.
Zachary then took Sakura beside him.
"What right do you have to be here, white knight?" Zachary asked.
"I shall fight for the honor of my princess AND save her." Li smirked.
"I see, but you must go through me to get her!" Zachary said in a fake French accent
Sakura, Madison, Ritchie, Rita, Chelsea, Nikki and Rico all suppressed a laugh when Zachary spoke, but they continue to watch the battle, just for fun.
"En guarde, Monsieur white knight!" Zachary said as he slashed his plastic sword in front of Li's face.
Li casually but quickly pulled out his sword from his back and placed it sideways, blocking, Zachary's attack. Li then made a playful stab on Zachary's chest.
"I have won and Princess Sakura is now safe." Li said. (k that was weird. I know he doesn't act like that.... Sorry if you think it's dumb)
Madison Ritchie, Rita, Chelsea and Nikki then pushed Sakura in front of Li. Rico then helped Zachary up since he pretended to fall down dead.
"My hero," Sakura said blushing. 'You really are my hero. You look really cute in that. I wish I could tell you how I feel. Oh!' Sakura let out a sigh in secrecy.
Then a slow song played. "I'll never break your heart" By the Backstreet Boys played and all of Ritchie's friends except Rita and Chelsea were dancing. The light suddenly was turned off and a spotlight was focused on the ceiling. All the people who were dancing stopped and looked at the ceiling and the three cardcaptors felt another presence around them.
In the ceiling was Ferdinand, dressed up in a Zorro. Hat, mask, the whole shebang. He had a rapier instead of a sword. He then grabbed a rope from the ceiling and swung himself and landed right beside Ritchie, who looked at him in surprise.
"May I have this dance, dear Psylocke?" He asked.
"Uh… Sure." Ritchie said hesitantly as they began to dance. The other groups, too, continued to dance but a certain pair of eyes didn't take his eyes of Ferdinand. He knew that something was not right about him.
"Is something wrong, Li?" Sakura asked looking at Li worriedly.
"No. Nothing's wrong." Li replied. 'But I think Nai Phan is near.' He thought.
Sakura and Ritchie felt it too, as the song was playing, the three cardcaptors were looking around. When the song ended, Ferdinand separated from Ritchie and excused himself. Ritchie then joined back with the group.
As Ferdinand was in the bathroom, he sent a wave of energy that sent everyone except the three cardcaptors to feel so weak that they passed out. Sakura saw this happening and she ran outside the gym and summoned her wand. Ritchie and Li then ran outside and met up with her.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked.
"Nai Phan Clan. I can feel them." Li said as Kero and Foxy suddenly appeared.
"Kid, are you okay?" Kero asked looking at Sakura.
"I'm fine Kero," Sakura assured him.
Ritchie, Li, are you guys okay?" Foxy asked.
The two cousins just nodded.
"We have to help the others. Foxy, find Madison and prevent her from sleeping, if it's too late, try to wake her up quickly." Ritchie instructed.
Foxy nodded and went inside to revive Madison.
"Let's go." Li said as he got rid of his fake sword and took out his real one. He then looked at himself and thought, 'This isn't too comfortable.' Li closed his eyes. He began to glow a green aura and it enveloped him. When the light faded, Li was standing there in his battle costume. While Li was transforming, Ritchie got her real sword then placed it in her sheath.
"Here Sakura," Kero said, "I thought you might need this." He then passed Sakura the pink battle robe that Madison gave her.
"Be right back." She said as she ran to the bathroom and came back out wearing the robe that Madison made for her before.
"Let's go." Kero said as they all headed back to the gym.
They were there back to the gym filled with fallen and unconscious children and teachers.
"I'll check outside again." Richie said, leaving the group.
"Ritchie, no-" Sakura was interrupted as Li stepped in front of her.
"Don't worry about her. She can take care of herself, she knows what she's doing. Now let's find this person, whoever it is." Li explained. Both Li and Sakura then felt a presence around them.
"Good job, cardcaptors," A voice taunted, "You've found me."
"Get out in the open right now!" Sakura ordered.
A figure just wavered in front of them his back towards them. He slowly turned around and Li gritted his teeth as he saw who it was.
"I should have known it was you." Li snarled as he placed a defensive arm in front of Sakura and his sword with another.
"Too bad there is only two of you. My sisters were wrong they said there was three but there is only two of you and I will defeat you easily." Ferdinand sneered.
"That's what you think! LIGHTNING!" Li yelled as lightning struck Ferdinand.
Ferdinand just laughed as the lightning bounced off his cape.
"What?!" Both Li and Sakura looked at Ferdinand.
"You two are pathetic! You two are just making my job a lot more easier! Hand over the Clow Cards now, Chosen one!" Ferdinand ordered.
Li snarled. "First of all, her name is Sakura. Secondly, you have to go through me to get it!" Li said as he lunged at Ferdinand.
"Out of the way, young wolf!" Ferdinand replied as attacked Li by slicing him with his rapier, which caused Li's sword to fly aside. Li then looked at Ferdinand, who had the tip of his sword on Li's throat. Li started to back off and slowly got cornered into the wall by Ferdinand.
Sakura gasped in horror as Li, the one that she loved, was cornered and didn't have any weapons. She closed her eyes then produced a card from her sleeve.
"Arrow card! Release and dispel!" She said as she released Arrow.
Ferdinand heard this but ignored it. Li saw this and jumped out of the way. Ferdinand got surprised at his actions then saw Sakura aiming the arrow at him. He jumped out of the way but his arm got scratched and his cape got ripped. He whipped his head towards the one where the arrow came from. When he saw Sakura holding the bow with her left hand. He then snarled and threw a couple of energy balls towards Sakura. Upon seeing this, Li placed his sword in it's sheath and pushed Sakura out of the way, but Li got hit by one of the energy balls.
"The young wolf won't be able to help you out now, Cherry Blossom. So hand over the Clow Cards." He said.
"NO!" Sakura yelled as she helped Li up. Li was okay but was a little wobbly on his feet because of the energy bolt.
Ferdinand Sighed. "You brought this on yourself." He said as he brought out his rapier. He was about to strike when...
"ARGH!!!!"
Two chuck-stars were thrown down to his right arm, causing him to let go of his weapon.
"Miss me, honey?" The voice asked Ferdinand as it jumped into the open. "I should have known you were one of them," She said as she landed near Sakura and Li.
"Ritchie, I thought you were outside." Sakura said, as she saw Ritchie in her battle robe.
"I sensed you guys were in trouble. I tried to rush back in. Looks like I just got here in time." Ritchie replied, taking her sword out of her sheath and got ready to attack and not meeting Sakura's gaze.
Ferdinand's jaw dropped open as he realized that Ritchie was, indeed, a cardcaptor.
"So you're the new cardcaptor my sisters were talking about. You killed my only brother and I will avenge ALL of their deaths!" Ferdinand bellowed as he shed a tear. He lunged at Ritchie, which surprised her. Li then pushed her out of the way causing them both to roll out of Ferdinand's way.
Ritchie quickly jumped back up and attacked Ferdinand with her bare hands. She will lead with a couple of punches and a jab, Ferdinand would reply back with a kick. Ritchie would block it and kick him back, but Ferdinand caught her foot. Upon this happening, Ritchie used her other foot and kick him really hard on the face, causing him to let go of her foot, and stagger back. He then charged at Ritchie again with a fierce blow that caused her flying to the wall. She groaned in pain and saw her friends looking at her worriedly. Ferdinand then approached Ritchie once again with his rapier near her leg, about to strike once again.
"Force know my plight! Release the light! Lightning!" Li yelled as lightning struck down on Ferdinand once again and this time it stuck him really hard. Even though he was wearing the cape the lightning passed through the holes of his cape, causing electricity to strike him. This drained most of Ferdinand's powers but he whipped his body towards Li and Sakura.
"This is how you want it, then fine." Ferdinand said as he took out his rapier and lunged at Sakura. To him, this was a worthless battle and he just disabled Sakura to use her power by hitting her sword really hard causing her sword to slide to the side and transforming back to a key.
"Sakura, get your key! Me and Li will take care of him" Ritchie said jumping back to the scene.
"Okay!" Sakura said as she ran to where her key was.
"I can't believe I liked my rival!" Ferdinand said coldly.
"Huh?" Ritchie looked at him in surprise.
"But since you two are our ancestral rivals, you will be the first one to die, Ritchie!" Ferdinand said striking his sword towards Ritchie.
Ritchie yelped as she got out of the way of the sword, which left a large dent on the floor. Li saw this and backed up to help Sakura, who summoned her wand again.
"Li, we have to help her out," Sakura said as Ritchie kept dodging Ferdinand's blows.
"I know we have to distract him, somehow." Li said, looking at Ferdinand then saw the yellow pendant on his necklace and smirked.
"Sakura, I have an idea. Use the Arrow Card." Li said suddenly.
"What? We tried that before, he dodged it, remember?" Sakura argued.
"Not that. Use the Arrow card to get rid of his power. The necklace!" Li said.
"Uh, guys!" Ritchie interrupted, "A little help over here!" She yelled as she almost got sliced deep in her shoulder. She didn't get hit, but her right hand sleeve got sliced, ripping her robe.
"Arrow Card! Release and dispel! Release!"
Since Sakura and Li were on Ferdinand's side, Sakura got a good view of Ferdinand's necklace. She pulled back the bow and released the arrow. The arrow hit it's mark, the lock of Ferdinand's necklace, and brought the whole necklace along with it until it hit the wall.
Ferdinand felt a sudden breeze behind his neck but ignored it. Ritchie saw the necklace get removed from him and grinned slyly. She then pulled her sword from her sheath and placed her sword in front of her.
"Force know my plight! Release the light! ICE!" She said as she targeted Ferdinand.
Ferdinand's figure wavered as he disappeared from the course of the attack, when he reappeared, he looked really weak as to his main power source is away from him. He then kicked Ritchie in her ribs, causing her to stagger back to the wall. Upon reaching it, she saw that the necklace was still there. When she looked at it, Ferdinand finally realized that his necklace was gone and that it was on the wall. Ritchie grinned evilly as she took out her sword and struck the pendant on the wall, which shattered into a million pieces. (okay, now that's exaggerated...)
"NO!" Ferdinand yelled..
Ritchie just smirked but then winced at the pain in her ribs. With the main source of his power gone, Ferdinand was now going to rely on his sword skills to defeat them. He jumped up and was going to strike Ritchie once again but was interrupted by Li. Ferdinand got thrown to the other side of the gym, since Li kicked him while he was still in the air (Similar to what he did to the Fight card to save Meilin) and Li landed on his knee on the floor.
"You ruined the dance. You hurt my cousin and my friends. You'll pay for that" Li said through clenched teeth.
Ferdinand just smirked and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"And what are you going to do to me, young wolf?" He taunted, " Your not strong enough to beat me!" he said confidently, even though he know he isn't as strong without his necklace.
Li made a face. "That's what you think." He roared as he brought down his sword towards Ferdinand again. "You don't even have any power left!" He said as Ferdinand jumped out of the way. This got Ferdinand, that he attacked Li blindly.
Li then looked at Ferdinand and you can tell, he has something up his sleeve.
Ferdinand lunged at Li with his sword, but Li used a bit of his strength to push down on his sword, causing Ferdinand to let go of his sword. Li then placed his sword back in it's sheath and attack Ferdinand with an uppercut and a fierce kick to the chest. Ferdinand dodged the uppercut but the kick in the chest made him stagger back a bit.. Li took advantage of this. He took out his sword once again and stabbed Ferdinand's chest, cutting through his heart, puncturing his right lung and the blade of Li's sword was out his back.
"You win, cardcaptor," He gasped, "But revenge will be ours!"
Li withdrew back his sword from Ferdinand's chest, which was now covered with blood. Ferdinand collapsed to the ground after Sakura and Ritchie joined up with them.
Sakura helped Ritchie up and walked towards Li and Ferdinand. When they were there, they heard Ferdinand mumble something.
"Rivals in love...I can't believe you are my rival, Ritchie. I loved you, Ritchie, before I learned that we are rivals. I hope we meet each other again.....but not like this.." With those last words, Ferdinand breathe his last breath and slowly, he turned to ashes. The wind began to blow and his ashes flew around the gym. His mask then flew to Ritchie's hand, and she grabbed it withher free hand.
"Ritchie, I couldn't wake up any of them." Foxy said as she approached the group. Li, Ritchie and Sakura smiled.
"He's gone now, Foxy. You'll be able to wake everyone up now" Sakura said, "But after that though, we'll meet you and Kero outside later." Ritchie added.
"Okay" Foxy agreed.
With that, Foxy made a squeaking sound (kinda like the Dash Card) and soon, you can hear young kids and teachers waking up. Madison was the first one up ans saw her friends in similar costumes.
"I get it that you fought with a member of the Nai Phan Clan." Madison asked.
"And take a guess who it was." Ritchie said, showing her the mask.
"Ferdinand? No way!" Madison said.
Everyone whipped their head around when they heard someone groan.
"Foxy, I'll meet you outside" Ritchie said quickly.
"Kero, disappear!" Sakura ordered. Before Kero left, he hit Li, which made him collapse to the floor, and then laughed.
"OW!" Li complained, "Why did he hit me for?"
Sakura suppressed her laughter and grinned at Li.
After five minutes everyone in the gym was awake. Li and Ritchie transformed their real swords back to it's miniature version and got their fake swords back in their sheath, but they forgot to change back into their original costumes, including Sakura, so Nikki, Rita, Chelsea, and Zachary approached them.
"Didn't you guys have a different costume before?" Rita asked.
"Yeah. You were a knight before Li." Zachary cut in.
"I gave them these different costumes." Madison interrupted, " I had it in my bag.
Everyone nodded. Ritchie then stood up but unfortunately with the pain in her ribs, she fell back down and was caught by Sakura and Madison but the rip in her right sleeve got revealed.
"How did your costume get ripped Ritchie?" Nikki asked.
"I- uh- got stuck in the bathroom stall" She stuttered. (dumb excuse... I know)
Everyone continued dancing and hanging out, not even remembering Ferdinand. Ritchie stayed in the bleachers to rest herself and to see her cousin enjoy himself dancing with Sakura. The Night passed on like a dream for the two as they both wondered how they are going to tell the other how they feel.
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K, sorry that this chapter is a "little" late. So? What did you think? Was it okay? Tell me please but be gentle with the criticism. On the next chapter there will be a little surprise. See you ppl in the next chapter!
Here alwayz,
Ritchie Waterfighter