Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptors or anything that appears in the series, so please don't sue me.
Ritchie was walking quietly down the street when Foxy
popped out of her bag and asked, "When are you going to tell them the truth
about yourself, Ritchie?" With that question, Ritchie looked at her
'guardian'.
"She will find out soon, Foxy. She will find out soon."
Ritchie replied then clenching her fist. 'LaToya, you are not going to touch a
single hair from my friend or else it's your head your going to lose!'
Ritchie then continued to walk towards her house where Melinda was waiting for
her.
'I wonder how Ritchie really looks like? I know she is older than us but she shouldn't look too different from us. This is how she looked like 5 years ago, she probably looks just a little different from her real age.' Li thought as he finally got rid of Meilin so now he can finally be in his room quietly and he can actually change his clothes. "She just had to be in my house." He said as he let out an I-can't-believe-that-she-is-here-with-me-again sigh and he then plopped down on his bed.
'I wonder what Sakura would say? How is Ritchie going to
tell her?' Li thought as he stared at the wall. He then closed his eyes in
thought and was thinking if it was Ritchie who helped them out. 'Well, I felt
a Clow Card being released so it was, probably, Ritchie.'
"I wonder how Ritchie did that. I know that she did it
with magic cause she said that she used it. It's too bad I don't understand
these things. Why couldn't I be born with magic?" Meilin pouted, "At least
if I have magic, Li won't need that Sakura to capture the cards and he'll
have me instead."
Ritchie just arrived at her house and looked outside the
window. She then headed outside and jumped up the tree. She then looked back in
the past, she was looking at certain childhood memories, when she knew about her
magic ever since she was really young but didn't know anything about having
ancestral rivals or anything.
It was Halloween night, a small 5-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl were walking
around the park, with an adult near them, were dressed up in costumes and the boy had serious look on
his face, neither one of them were trick or treating. The little boy was Li Showron and he was dressed up in his battle
costume
"Ritchie!" A voice yelled from behind them, causing Ritchie to look back and see who called her.
"LaToya," Ritchie said in surprise, "I thought you said you aren't going out on Halloween."
LaToya shrugged. "I didn't really want to go out but when I saw you out, I decided to join you." Ritchie then turned to Li and told him to go ahead without her. "So when do we practice for the concert?" LaToya asked.
"We'll practice it tomorrow at my house. Plus there are things that I really have to tell you about." Ritchie smirked.
LaToya then punched Ritchie playfully in the arm, causing Ritchie to chase after her, then they continued to talk.
"We used to be best friends, Foxy. I just can't believe I have to face her again. From friends to rivals to only one of us will make it out alive..." Ritchie said a she jumped off the tree and headed back inside the kitchen.
"What are you talking about,
Ritchie?" Foxy asked.
Ritchie and LaToya were now 13 years old, they were more mature and were learning new things. Ever since she was young, Ritchie has learned about her powers and was able to control them and she keeps it a secret. On the other hand, though, LaToya just learned about her powers and she keeps on using them on Ritchie who LaToya thinks 'doesn't have a clue about magic', or so she thought.
Ritchie was in the park reading a book that she just "bought" when all of a sudden, the page that she was reading just burst into flames. LaToya smirked at the sight of her friend as she tried to extinguish the flames. When that was over, Ritchie then glared at LaToya.
"LaToya, I know you are the one that did that. Cut it out already! It's really pathetic!" Ritchie screamed. LaToya then scoffed, "Well, I just wanna have fun with magic and...." LaToya paused when she realized what she was talking about, "hey, how did you know I had powers?"
"Just a guess," Ritchie lied. LaToya then smirked. "Well, I'm just having a little fun, that's all" LaToya then cupped her hands together and formed an energy ball to throw to Ritchie for ruining her fun. Little did she know though, that Ritchie sensed what she was going to do and took out her sword. As LaToya fired the energy ball it didn't even hit Ritchie because she (Ritchie) sliced the energy ball making it disintegrate into thin air.
"Yeah, right. Having fun? First, you steal my boyfriend, and you called that 'having fun'. Then you spread rumors about me, and you also called that 'having fun' Well this is the last straw!" Ritchie yelled as she swung her sword. LaToya got surprised by this movement and jumped out of the swords way, but since she didn't move quick enough, the sword sliced at her arm.
"Ah! What are you doing? And where did that sword come from?" LaToya yelled as she placed her free hand in her bleeding arm while glaring at Ritchie.
"You are just experiencing a small amount of pain that I am feeling, LaToya." Ritchie said as she gripped the bloody sword tighter and leaves LaToya alone in the park.
"You'll never get away with this,
Ritchie! The next time we meet, only one of us will make it out alive! I can
easily convince people that you are the one that creates havoc in the school!
Get back here you slut! " LaToya screamed at Ritchie and threw an energy
ball at her. Ritchie turned around and opened her hand and simply deflected the
energy ball with her hand.
"What?" LaToya said as her attack got deflected. "You have powers too?" She stuttered. Ritchie then turned her back and started to walk away from LaToya, who was slumped down on the floor. "Yes, I have powers but nobody will believe you anymore, LaToya. And one more thing," Ritchie said facing her again. "What is it?" LaToya hissed. "I think you would like to hear this, I have found out a couple of days ago that we are ancestral rivals. Looks like what you said is going to be true." Ritchie said as she left the dumbfounded girl in the park. LaToya watched as her former friend, or as she sees it now, her ancestral rival leave the empty park.
"We used to be friends, but she did that for her own being." Ritchie said as she plopped down her bed, closed her eyes and eventually fell asleep.
A week has passed and nothing that is related to the Nai
Phan Clan. Small disturbances occurred but it wasn't that dangerous. Now, most
of the people in the neighborhood was either doing something at home, or
working, but one household was full of life. It was the place where the Li clan
was having their reunion. Sakura and Madison were invited by Ritchie and Meilin
was, well, latched on to Li, to put it lightly. The group then excused
themselves from the grownups and headed outside.
Soon, a young teenage girl approached them. She was 5 feet 3 inches, had flaming red hair that was tied up in a bun and she also had grayish0 blue eyes and she gave them drinks. Li looked at her and thought something was familiar about her. The girl then winked at him and Li realized who the girl was. Madison then faced the girl, "thank you for the drinks, miss. But can you tell us where Ritchie is?"
The teens' eyes twinkled and she smiled. "I'll get her for you." She said as she headed back inside. Soon after that, Ritchie popped out wearing a Chinese shirt and pants. "Hey guys! Sorry I wasn't with you. I was just helping in the kitchen." She explained, then winking at Li. Madison then looked at Ritchie. "Ritchie, you know you look awfully similar to the girl that gave us the drink a while ago." She said.
"Oh, her... "Ritchie whispered.
Sakura and the rest of the group were just talking when a powerful wave of energy swept trough Sakura, Li and Ritchie and they grabbed their heads and bit their lip to prevent them from screaming. Sakura and Ritchie were already whimpering as the power increased and even Li was groaning. Madison and Meilin just looked at the two in surprise.
"Looks like an express card from the last member," Sakura said as the pain subsided.
"By the frequency of the power, my guess is that he or
she is just practicing their powers to attack us," Li said, looking
at a far distance where he felt the wave come from. Ritchie just clenched her
fist and looked in the same direction as Li was. '
"Well, let's go back to the reunion, Li." Meilin cut in. Li just nodded and everyone went back inside except Ritchie.
"Ritchie, come on." Sakura said as she took Ritchie's arm.
"Okay, I'm coming." Ritchie said as she walked back inside with Sakura.
They were then inside the house and they all sat the the same table and talked about the Nai Phan Clan.
"We have to be careful. She is increasing her power at an unnatural rate to make herself stronger." Ritchie explained. Li nodded. " I'll train more then." He said.
"Come on guys let's forget about them for now and have fun at the moment," Sakura said. Li and Ritchie then agreed not to talk about the Nai Phan clan for the remainder of the day. It seemed like they had forgotten about the clan but they are actually thinking about how they are going to defeat the last member of the clan.