CCS belongs to me.
This is a fill-in chapter, and it seems thought nothing of importance happens in it, but that's what makes the next chapter so interesting.
And at the same time, I realized that I lost a realy precious poem that I was going to use for Jewel Quest, but forgot and was going to use for Black Magic. So please bear with me, I'm trying to recover from the shock, and I got most of it again from memory (which was pretty good, considering I haven't looked at it for, the longest time, four months least.
A Trip to Norway
"Are we there yet?" Doughboy grumbled as we walked along. Vash peered at the map in Snowy's hands and sighed.
"According to this, we have five more miles." He said. "We ARE starting to see the first signs of civilization."
"Really?" Doughboy grumbled. "I'm just starving and hungry and tired and my feet hurt and I'm thirsty and I can't walk another step!" Vash gritted his teeth impatiently.
"Then don't." He said simply. I wonder how Vash keeps his temper sometimes. Doughboy collapsed in the middle of the road. "Watch a car come and crush him or something." Vash muttered under his breath.
"Speaking of cars, I haven't seen any cars since we got here." I said. "Any one of you?" Heads shaking were visible. I sighed and we continued to that small, civilized town. Doughboy by now had realized we weren't going to wait for him, and quickly ran after us.
"Hey." A voice said. Everyone turned to look behind us.
"Rene!" I exclaimed. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in the park, supervising."
"I know." Rene said. "But I felt really bad, even though I want to see Reni real bad, and well, I decided I could at least manage a little trip to see Nakita, the very least."
"Well, all right." Kelli said.
* * *
"Two miles." Vash said. "We're almost there. Say, any one hungry?" Doughboy raised his hand and hopped around behind the others. "Well then, let's eat. Kelli, how much do we have?"
"Um." Kelli said, rummaging through the bag she carried by her side. "Uh-oh, uh, Vash? I, er, don't think we have enough for everyone." Doughboy's eyes seemed to pop up from his head.
"Well then, let's serve the ladies first." Vash said, being courteous and sly at the same time. He knew that Doughboy was starving, and he was a little hungry, but hey, the girls had to eat too, and they had to make some sacrifices. If Doughboy had to make sacrifices, so would he.
"All right!" Snowy said as we sat down to eat. "Dig in!" Doughboy sighed and slumped against a pole, going to sleep. Rene and I exchanged looks, and met Kelli's gaze.
"It doesn't feel right eating without Vash." Rene said, looking at Vash, who was examining the map not far away. "C'mon, let's all split some for him."
"Okay." I said. "Vash, come over here!"
Vash delighted in the little treat, and when we started again, everyone's stomach was full -well, except Doughboy, that is.
"Can't you just shut up for once?" Snowy asked, annoyed. Doughboy shrugged and patted his abnormally large stomach.
"Hey, can't help it, I haven't had anything to eat since breakfast!" He wined.
"Sure doesn't look it." I murmured. "Hey, look!"
"That sure looks like the town all right." Vash said beside me. "It's on a hill, and that house on the top must be Nakita's house!"
"Can't we just fly up there?" Doughboy asked.
"It wouldn't really matter to you, if we flew, because you'd have to walk anyways." Kelli said. "Your bubble is WAY too visible and too slow. No, we have to walk through town, that way, people see us coming, and we're not appearing out of nowhere."
"Let's go in three groups of two, so they can't be too suspicious." Vash suggested. "C'mon." He dug into his pockets. "Here's the dice." He held it out. "Okay, one, two, three, four, five, and six." He said. "Remember your numbers." Vash kneeled down on the pavement and rolled the dice. Okay, two and five, a group, and one and six, a group." He looked around and sweatdrop. "Hey, that means that three and four are a group. I have to be stuck with Doughboy."
"That's too bad." I said. "Who's going up the hill first?"
"We will." Kelli said. "C'mon Snowy. After five minutes, come after us!"
"It can't be too hard to get up that hill." Rene said, looking at the two girls departing. "I mean, look at it, it's visible from nearly everywhere!"
"Just don't get lost in the city." Vash warned. I smiled.
"Too bad, I wanted to look at all the shops."
Rene and I started off next, and five minutes later, Vash and Doughboy were visible slowly moving towards us. It seemed that Vash was traveling at a respectable pace, and Doughboy at a snail pace, which was a little suspicious.
"This place is so beautiful." Rene said, and we entered the town. "Look at all the shops!"
"Great buys!"
"I don't think these are American Dollars."
"Neither do I, but they're still great buys, even though they are a lot more expensive than if they actually sold them in US."
"Yeah." We continued uphill, chatting and looking around us, trying not to appear too suspicious.
"Think how Nakita would feel if we arrived at her house!" Rene said. "Of course, we're going to try to live here without her grandmother noticing."
"Her grandmother doesn't seem to notice all that much." I said. "It almost seems like she WANTS people to think she's a witch."
"What's so wrong with being a witch?" Rene asked. "We have magical powers, don't we? Can't we be classified as witches?" I slipped a hand over her mouth.
"Shh." I said. "Probably, but this IS Norway, and hey, gotta always keep these kinds of things secret. It's been that way, and it seems will ever be." Rene sighed. "I can't wait to help Nakita set the place in order, and shoo away those awful boys."
"Hey look." Rene said, stopping and peering in a black gate. "That sign says "The Care's." Do you think it could be Kanari's house?"
"Very possible, they did say last year they lived in the same town." I replied. "But let's not get off mission. C'mon, we're not here to visit Kanari and cheer her up."
"What a grand house." Rene said, following me and peering in around the brick. "Wow."
"Wouldn't anyone love to live in a house like that?" I said, smiling. "You know, we have GOT to go and visit it someday."
"Yeah, like tomorrow." Rene said, giggling. "C'mon, let's hurry up and get to Nakita."
* * *
"Do you suppose this is Nakita's house?" I asked.
"Must be, it's the one on the very top of the hill." Rene said. "This place is rather run-down."
"I love fixing up things so they can be the way I want it." I said. Seeing Rene's look, I added, "If that doesn't include any bugs."
"I'd rather do all the sewing for the house." Rene said, smiling. "Hey, we might order most of our clothes from Clothes Magazines, but then, my mom DID teach me how to sew."
"And Snowy can summon a sewing basket." I replied. "Suppose we should knock?" Rene nodded, and I knocked. "One of the first things we'll put in will be a doorbell."
"Yeah." Rene agreed. The door opened, revealing Nakita, Snowy, and Kelli. "Nakita!" We both squealed and hugged her.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you!" Nakita said, shutting the door behind her. "I never thought this place would be so, well, run down! Anyways, Yuki, made any Clow Card captures lately?"
"A few." I replied. "Oh, Nakita, I've been wanting to tell you this, but I also captured the Jump Card, and you wouldn't believe where it's been!"
"Where?" Nakita asked.
"It seems as though when I opened the Clow Book, it escaped, and we didn't notice it because of that Glowing Page." I said, unaware that the only person who had been with me from the beginning of the journey to the end here was Snowy, considering that Liz had left us and Doughboy was still walking. "But the other day, I was out capturing a card, and I summoned the Windy. Now, Liz just happened to be walking with her friends, and the Windy blew them apart. It kept charging at Liz, and I couldn't see her, so thinking she was the Clow Card, I sealed it." Here I paused for a breath.
"You sealed Liz?" Nakita asked.
"No, but you know those little wings that Liz had on her feet that allowed her to jump real high?"
"Oh!"
"Yeah, I captured the Jump Card, and Liz had it all along!"
"Wow." Nakita said, sitting down on a bare stool. She glanced at the couch. "That think has GOT to go."
"Ugh." Rene said, brushing a spider off her arm. "I'm sorry Nakita, but this place is creepy."
"I agree." Nakita said, with a slight smiled. "I've really got to get this back in order. You two surprised me!" She said, smiling at Kelli and Snowy. "Kelli?"
"Over here!" A muffled voice called. The girls went to the kitchen. Kelli smiled. "Just raiding your fridge." Kelli said, jokingly. She was actually organizing it. Rene looked around the place and shuddered.
"Not used to living in poverty, eh?" Nakita said, chuckling.
"It's not really poverty, just not well taken care of." Rene said quietly, fearing she had insulted Nakita.
"Well, you don't seem like the snobby rich type either." Nakita said, laughing. "Backgrounds can be deceiving."
"Oh, and one more thing." I said, helping Kelli with the fridge. "Um, Nakita, when we came through the barrier ("What barrier?" Nakita asked. "It doesn't really matter right now, Vash will give you a good explanation when he arrives, but just to let you know, the thing we came through to get from US to Norway, cutting a few thousand miles) we bought a Clow Card with us, and it looks just like me."
"Oh!" Snowy cried. "Then it has Kero!"
"What?" I asked, spinning around to look at her. I reached for my collar, and revealed a sleeping Suppi behind it. "Are all the rest of the pet's here?"
"Anora's at home." Kelli said. "I left her to keep good care of Rene, who followed us here."
"I'm really sorry." Rene said. "Really, I am."
"Doesn't matter, you're here now, and that's what counts." Nakita said, giving her a hug.
"Would it be suspicious, if Rene came to this house and just disappeared?" I asked.
"It might support the witching." Vash said, coming into the kitchen. "Sorry, the door was unlocked, and there was no doorbell. We've locked it now." There came a crash from the living room.
"That's why you knock, Vash." I replied, dashed after the others.
"DOUGHBOY!" Everyone cried.
"Oh." Doughboy moaned, who was lying in the middle of a sofa-wreck. "Oh man, this sofa is broken."
"It was broken before, Doughboy." Nakita said, trying to move him.
"And you've just added so much weight to it that it collapsed." Vash said, moving Doughboy with his finger. I gasped.
"Vash, I didn't know you could do that!" Vash shrugged, and smiled mischievously.
"There may be a lot you don't know."
"Now, what's that supposed to mean?"
"I think I'd rather go home now." Rene said. "Say I went down the other side of the hill." She shrugged, and opened her book bag, pulling out Vash's laptop. "All right, I'll talk to you guys later!"
And in one split second, Rene was gone.
"Where in the world is she off to now?" Doughboy grumbled. "Ahh, a little more responsibility." I frowned, and clenched my fists. Vash gritted his teeth.
"Look who's talking?" I said. Suddenly, there came a crash of a window.
"Oh no, that's the second window this week!" Nakita cried, rushing to the living room. "Oh, I'd like to finish those boys someday." Vash nodded, and peered out of the window.
"They're gone." He said.
* * *
"It seems as if the only way to fix this witchery problem is to get a time machine." I groaned, slumped against the fireplace. The house had been fixed up, and it had been a week already. "In other words, it's impossible."
"It's not impossible." Vash said. "If we want to make one, we CAN."
"I'd rather go to Uri and purchase one." Kanari said, gathered with us.
"So would I." Snowy replied. I sniffed the air, and closed my eyes, staying perfectly still.
"You sense a Clow Card again?" Vash asked, stirring his coffee, which Kelli was making him drink.
"Yeah." I said, pacing in the room, and then pausing at the window. "Look's like it's going to storm." I gasped. "Hey, uh, guys? I see my double."
"This is the worst place ever you could capture a Clow Card Yuki." Kelli said. "If ANYTHING sees you, hey, you'll be accused of witchery too."
"I have a memorization power." Doughboy said, pulling out his pendant. "Couldn't we do that instead of traveling in time?"
"The whole town?" Vash asked. "Never happen."
"Hmm." Doughboy said.
"However, Memorization might be perfect for Clow Cards." I said. "Oh?" I asked, peering over Vash's shoulder.
"Hey, Yuki, my Glass Crystal's flashing, and it's Rene, asking for you." Vash said, handing me the Crystal.
"Hey Rene." I said.
"Hey." Came Rene's muffled voice. "Still haven't found your crystal, I see."
"It looks more like a stone." I said. "A beautifully polished white stone, with some sort of glowing engraving on it, that changes to a face once people start talking. But no, haven't captured that Clow Card yet, and I'm really starting to worry bout Kero. That card's outside the house right now, but we're trying to see if I can capture it without being seen."
"That's an easy thing." Rene said, disappearing from view. A second later, I found myself in a black clock.
"Vash." I complained. "You taught her too much!" Vash chuckled.
"How was that?" Rene asked.
"Rene, I'm trying NOT to look like a witch here." I said. "And I am thinking about using my wings."
"Your wings are too bright." Rene said. "But we won't go there. How about-" Rene disappeared again
"That's all right Rene, I'll just cut the cloak up to suit me!" I called. "But what I wonder is, oh, that better be a Clow Card and not the kids." I handed the crystal back to Vash. "That better not be the gang of three boys. But I definitely sense a Clow Card. If only Kero were here."
"AH!" Vash cried. There was a small flash, and the next second; Vash was in what looked like a small, black dress.
"Now, how was that?" Rene's voice popped up and her head went back into the screen. "AH! VASH? What are you doing with Yuki's costume?"
"Think about it, will you?" Vash said, shutting her off and excusing himself. Doughboy snickered.
"I'm going out there." I said, grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting the cloak's height in half. Tying it around my neck, I opened the door. "Be right back." Winking, I flew off.
"There it is!" Suppi cried.
"Yeah, Mr. Smart guy." I murmured. "I should give you to Nakita."
"She already has Cherry." Suppi said. "Cherry, who almost ate me the second day we were here! Never thought she'd be THAT starving."
"I'm sure she was just playing." I muttered.
"Yeah, I'm not very sure." Suppi shot back.
"Oh boy, I really hope Kero comes back soon." I muttered. "This is a total nightmare! This whole thing of it!"
"Hmph." Suppi muttered. "Hm."
Please review this, as it gives me encouragement. At the moment, teasers are NOT avaliable, but will be soon.
And while you're at it, check out Oracle of the Wine Shack too!
This is a fill-in chapter, and it seems thought nothing of importance happens in it, but that's what makes the next chapter so interesting.
And at the same time, I realized that I lost a realy precious poem that I was going to use for Jewel Quest, but forgot and was going to use for Black Magic. So please bear with me, I'm trying to recover from the shock, and I got most of it again from memory (which was pretty good, considering I haven't looked at it for, the longest time, four months least.
A Trip to Norway
"Are we there yet?" Doughboy grumbled as we walked along. Vash peered at the map in Snowy's hands and sighed.
"According to this, we have five more miles." He said. "We ARE starting to see the first signs of civilization."
"Really?" Doughboy grumbled. "I'm just starving and hungry and tired and my feet hurt and I'm thirsty and I can't walk another step!" Vash gritted his teeth impatiently.
"Then don't." He said simply. I wonder how Vash keeps his temper sometimes. Doughboy collapsed in the middle of the road. "Watch a car come and crush him or something." Vash muttered under his breath.
"Speaking of cars, I haven't seen any cars since we got here." I said. "Any one of you?" Heads shaking were visible. I sighed and we continued to that small, civilized town. Doughboy by now had realized we weren't going to wait for him, and quickly ran after us.
"Hey." A voice said. Everyone turned to look behind us.
"Rene!" I exclaimed. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in the park, supervising."
"I know." Rene said. "But I felt really bad, even though I want to see Reni real bad, and well, I decided I could at least manage a little trip to see Nakita, the very least."
"Well, all right." Kelli said.
* * *
"Two miles." Vash said. "We're almost there. Say, any one hungry?" Doughboy raised his hand and hopped around behind the others. "Well then, let's eat. Kelli, how much do we have?"
"Um." Kelli said, rummaging through the bag she carried by her side. "Uh-oh, uh, Vash? I, er, don't think we have enough for everyone." Doughboy's eyes seemed to pop up from his head.
"Well then, let's serve the ladies first." Vash said, being courteous and sly at the same time. He knew that Doughboy was starving, and he was a little hungry, but hey, the girls had to eat too, and they had to make some sacrifices. If Doughboy had to make sacrifices, so would he.
"All right!" Snowy said as we sat down to eat. "Dig in!" Doughboy sighed and slumped against a pole, going to sleep. Rene and I exchanged looks, and met Kelli's gaze.
"It doesn't feel right eating without Vash." Rene said, looking at Vash, who was examining the map not far away. "C'mon, let's all split some for him."
"Okay." I said. "Vash, come over here!"
Vash delighted in the little treat, and when we started again, everyone's stomach was full -well, except Doughboy, that is.
"Can't you just shut up for once?" Snowy asked, annoyed. Doughboy shrugged and patted his abnormally large stomach.
"Hey, can't help it, I haven't had anything to eat since breakfast!" He wined.
"Sure doesn't look it." I murmured. "Hey, look!"
"That sure looks like the town all right." Vash said beside me. "It's on a hill, and that house on the top must be Nakita's house!"
"Can't we just fly up there?" Doughboy asked.
"It wouldn't really matter to you, if we flew, because you'd have to walk anyways." Kelli said. "Your bubble is WAY too visible and too slow. No, we have to walk through town, that way, people see us coming, and we're not appearing out of nowhere."
"Let's go in three groups of two, so they can't be too suspicious." Vash suggested. "C'mon." He dug into his pockets. "Here's the dice." He held it out. "Okay, one, two, three, four, five, and six." He said. "Remember your numbers." Vash kneeled down on the pavement and rolled the dice. Okay, two and five, a group, and one and six, a group." He looked around and sweatdrop. "Hey, that means that three and four are a group. I have to be stuck with Doughboy."
"That's too bad." I said. "Who's going up the hill first?"
"We will." Kelli said. "C'mon Snowy. After five minutes, come after us!"
"It can't be too hard to get up that hill." Rene said, looking at the two girls departing. "I mean, look at it, it's visible from nearly everywhere!"
"Just don't get lost in the city." Vash warned. I smiled.
"Too bad, I wanted to look at all the shops."
Rene and I started off next, and five minutes later, Vash and Doughboy were visible slowly moving towards us. It seemed that Vash was traveling at a respectable pace, and Doughboy at a snail pace, which was a little suspicious.
"This place is so beautiful." Rene said, and we entered the town. "Look at all the shops!"
"Great buys!"
"I don't think these are American Dollars."
"Neither do I, but they're still great buys, even though they are a lot more expensive than if they actually sold them in US."
"Yeah." We continued uphill, chatting and looking around us, trying not to appear too suspicious.
"Think how Nakita would feel if we arrived at her house!" Rene said. "Of course, we're going to try to live here without her grandmother noticing."
"Her grandmother doesn't seem to notice all that much." I said. "It almost seems like she WANTS people to think she's a witch."
"What's so wrong with being a witch?" Rene asked. "We have magical powers, don't we? Can't we be classified as witches?" I slipped a hand over her mouth.
"Shh." I said. "Probably, but this IS Norway, and hey, gotta always keep these kinds of things secret. It's been that way, and it seems will ever be." Rene sighed. "I can't wait to help Nakita set the place in order, and shoo away those awful boys."
"Hey look." Rene said, stopping and peering in a black gate. "That sign says "The Care's." Do you think it could be Kanari's house?"
"Very possible, they did say last year they lived in the same town." I replied. "But let's not get off mission. C'mon, we're not here to visit Kanari and cheer her up."
"What a grand house." Rene said, following me and peering in around the brick. "Wow."
"Wouldn't anyone love to live in a house like that?" I said, smiling. "You know, we have GOT to go and visit it someday."
"Yeah, like tomorrow." Rene said, giggling. "C'mon, let's hurry up and get to Nakita."
* * *
"Do you suppose this is Nakita's house?" I asked.
"Must be, it's the one on the very top of the hill." Rene said. "This place is rather run-down."
"I love fixing up things so they can be the way I want it." I said. Seeing Rene's look, I added, "If that doesn't include any bugs."
"I'd rather do all the sewing for the house." Rene said, smiling. "Hey, we might order most of our clothes from Clothes Magazines, but then, my mom DID teach me how to sew."
"And Snowy can summon a sewing basket." I replied. "Suppose we should knock?" Rene nodded, and I knocked. "One of the first things we'll put in will be a doorbell."
"Yeah." Rene agreed. The door opened, revealing Nakita, Snowy, and Kelli. "Nakita!" We both squealed and hugged her.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you!" Nakita said, shutting the door behind her. "I never thought this place would be so, well, run down! Anyways, Yuki, made any Clow Card captures lately?"
"A few." I replied. "Oh, Nakita, I've been wanting to tell you this, but I also captured the Jump Card, and you wouldn't believe where it's been!"
"Where?" Nakita asked.
"It seems as though when I opened the Clow Book, it escaped, and we didn't notice it because of that Glowing Page." I said, unaware that the only person who had been with me from the beginning of the journey to the end here was Snowy, considering that Liz had left us and Doughboy was still walking. "But the other day, I was out capturing a card, and I summoned the Windy. Now, Liz just happened to be walking with her friends, and the Windy blew them apart. It kept charging at Liz, and I couldn't see her, so thinking she was the Clow Card, I sealed it." Here I paused for a breath.
"You sealed Liz?" Nakita asked.
"No, but you know those little wings that Liz had on her feet that allowed her to jump real high?"
"Oh!"
"Yeah, I captured the Jump Card, and Liz had it all along!"
"Wow." Nakita said, sitting down on a bare stool. She glanced at the couch. "That think has GOT to go."
"Ugh." Rene said, brushing a spider off her arm. "I'm sorry Nakita, but this place is creepy."
"I agree." Nakita said, with a slight smiled. "I've really got to get this back in order. You two surprised me!" She said, smiling at Kelli and Snowy. "Kelli?"
"Over here!" A muffled voice called. The girls went to the kitchen. Kelli smiled. "Just raiding your fridge." Kelli said, jokingly. She was actually organizing it. Rene looked around the place and shuddered.
"Not used to living in poverty, eh?" Nakita said, chuckling.
"It's not really poverty, just not well taken care of." Rene said quietly, fearing she had insulted Nakita.
"Well, you don't seem like the snobby rich type either." Nakita said, laughing. "Backgrounds can be deceiving."
"Oh, and one more thing." I said, helping Kelli with the fridge. "Um, Nakita, when we came through the barrier ("What barrier?" Nakita asked. "It doesn't really matter right now, Vash will give you a good explanation when he arrives, but just to let you know, the thing we came through to get from US to Norway, cutting a few thousand miles) we bought a Clow Card with us, and it looks just like me."
"Oh!" Snowy cried. "Then it has Kero!"
"What?" I asked, spinning around to look at her. I reached for my collar, and revealed a sleeping Suppi behind it. "Are all the rest of the pet's here?"
"Anora's at home." Kelli said. "I left her to keep good care of Rene, who followed us here."
"I'm really sorry." Rene said. "Really, I am."
"Doesn't matter, you're here now, and that's what counts." Nakita said, giving her a hug.
"Would it be suspicious, if Rene came to this house and just disappeared?" I asked.
"It might support the witching." Vash said, coming into the kitchen. "Sorry, the door was unlocked, and there was no doorbell. We've locked it now." There came a crash from the living room.
"That's why you knock, Vash." I replied, dashed after the others.
"DOUGHBOY!" Everyone cried.
"Oh." Doughboy moaned, who was lying in the middle of a sofa-wreck. "Oh man, this sofa is broken."
"It was broken before, Doughboy." Nakita said, trying to move him.
"And you've just added so much weight to it that it collapsed." Vash said, moving Doughboy with his finger. I gasped.
"Vash, I didn't know you could do that!" Vash shrugged, and smiled mischievously.
"There may be a lot you don't know."
"Now, what's that supposed to mean?"
"I think I'd rather go home now." Rene said. "Say I went down the other side of the hill." She shrugged, and opened her book bag, pulling out Vash's laptop. "All right, I'll talk to you guys later!"
And in one split second, Rene was gone.
"Where in the world is she off to now?" Doughboy grumbled. "Ahh, a little more responsibility." I frowned, and clenched my fists. Vash gritted his teeth.
"Look who's talking?" I said. Suddenly, there came a crash of a window.
"Oh no, that's the second window this week!" Nakita cried, rushing to the living room. "Oh, I'd like to finish those boys someday." Vash nodded, and peered out of the window.
"They're gone." He said.
* * *
"It seems as if the only way to fix this witchery problem is to get a time machine." I groaned, slumped against the fireplace. The house had been fixed up, and it had been a week already. "In other words, it's impossible."
"It's not impossible." Vash said. "If we want to make one, we CAN."
"I'd rather go to Uri and purchase one." Kanari said, gathered with us.
"So would I." Snowy replied. I sniffed the air, and closed my eyes, staying perfectly still.
"You sense a Clow Card again?" Vash asked, stirring his coffee, which Kelli was making him drink.
"Yeah." I said, pacing in the room, and then pausing at the window. "Look's like it's going to storm." I gasped. "Hey, uh, guys? I see my double."
"This is the worst place ever you could capture a Clow Card Yuki." Kelli said. "If ANYTHING sees you, hey, you'll be accused of witchery too."
"I have a memorization power." Doughboy said, pulling out his pendant. "Couldn't we do that instead of traveling in time?"
"The whole town?" Vash asked. "Never happen."
"Hmm." Doughboy said.
"However, Memorization might be perfect for Clow Cards." I said. "Oh?" I asked, peering over Vash's shoulder.
"Hey, Yuki, my Glass Crystal's flashing, and it's Rene, asking for you." Vash said, handing me the Crystal.
"Hey Rene." I said.
"Hey." Came Rene's muffled voice. "Still haven't found your crystal, I see."
"It looks more like a stone." I said. "A beautifully polished white stone, with some sort of glowing engraving on it, that changes to a face once people start talking. But no, haven't captured that Clow Card yet, and I'm really starting to worry bout Kero. That card's outside the house right now, but we're trying to see if I can capture it without being seen."
"That's an easy thing." Rene said, disappearing from view. A second later, I found myself in a black clock.
"Vash." I complained. "You taught her too much!" Vash chuckled.
"How was that?" Rene asked.
"Rene, I'm trying NOT to look like a witch here." I said. "And I am thinking about using my wings."
"Your wings are too bright." Rene said. "But we won't go there. How about-" Rene disappeared again
"That's all right Rene, I'll just cut the cloak up to suit me!" I called. "But what I wonder is, oh, that better be a Clow Card and not the kids." I handed the crystal back to Vash. "That better not be the gang of three boys. But I definitely sense a Clow Card. If only Kero were here."
"AH!" Vash cried. There was a small flash, and the next second; Vash was in what looked like a small, black dress.
"Now, how was that?" Rene's voice popped up and her head went back into the screen. "AH! VASH? What are you doing with Yuki's costume?"
"Think about it, will you?" Vash said, shutting her off and excusing himself. Doughboy snickered.
"I'm going out there." I said, grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting the cloak's height in half. Tying it around my neck, I opened the door. "Be right back." Winking, I flew off.
"There it is!" Suppi cried.
"Yeah, Mr. Smart guy." I murmured. "I should give you to Nakita."
"She already has Cherry." Suppi said. "Cherry, who almost ate me the second day we were here! Never thought she'd be THAT starving."
"I'm sure she was just playing." I muttered.
"Yeah, I'm not very sure." Suppi shot back.
"Oh boy, I really hope Kero comes back soon." I muttered. "This is a total nightmare! This whole thing of it!"
"Hmph." Suppi muttered. "Hm."
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