"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for

varied annoyance)



Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*



Chapter 24:

~Hey!~ Syaoran yelled at the Windy, ~What do you mean by: 'either'?!~

~Well~, said the Windy, blinking innocently, ~Fiery doesn't know~, it pointed at the Fiery Card, ~and, you don't know either!~ it finished by pointing at Syaoran.

~Does this mean *you* know what to do?~

~Why, yes, I do~, Windy replied, smiling at him like he had just won a spelling bee with the correct spelling of 'quandary'. It took Syaoran a few moments to battle his temper down. For a warrior who was usually cool-headed, he had become angry with this Card very quickly. He tried to, briefly, decided just *what* had made this Clow Card so annoying, but could come up with nothing. It seemed that he had finally found a 'magical beast' who was more annoying than Kero.

~What do we do then?~ he asked with exaggerated calm.

~Simple, THROUGH!!!! RETURN!!!!! GET OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!~ this last was yelled loudly and without any warning, causing most of the Sakuras to jump, some to squeal, and the two year old to cry. Syaoran sighed. Why did he get the feeling that he wasn't going to like this plan?



Syaoran's Couch:

Kent didn't want to wake up. He was in a nice, warm, almost 'cuddly' place. He would have been content to float there for awhile, except that something wasn't letting him. It started with a faint ringing sound, that seemed to grow louder with every repetition. And it did repeat, over and over again, soon it was joined by voices.

"....is the phone?"

"Syaoran's? It's over there."

"No! Not Syaoran's! The one I brought."

"The pink one?"

"Yes, have you seen it?"

"No."

"Well, look for it! It's got to be Madison, and, believe me, she *will* let it ring until someone answers. If no one does, she will probably check your house. And when she sees the condition of your kitchen she might get worried enough to do something rash, like come over here!"

"Does Madison know about the Card Captoring thing?"

"Um, yes. She videotapedalmostallthecaptures!"

"Wait a minute 'videotaped'? And you let her?"

"Have you ever tried to stop Madison from doing something?"

"Good point."

"Yes. *And* she makes Sakura wear these kooky battle outfits..."

"'Battle outfits'?"

"Let's just not even go there right now! Need to find the phone before Madison goes into full Protect-Sakura mode."

"Another good point. So, if you were a pink cordless phone? Where would *you* be?...."

~That's a good question~, Kent thought to himself. And he was pretty sure he knew the answer too. He had tracked the ringing noise to a place very close, or you could say 'directly under', his left ear. *sigh* How annoying. He would just have to wake up then. The incessant ringing *must* be stopped, least it disturb any other peaceful sleepers.

Kent blinked himself awake, and sat up. Reaching down, he retrieved the phone from where it had slipped behind the couch cushion. It took him awhile to find the 'on' button, it was disguised with a shooting star sticker, (the purple, sparkly kind). But, he finally found it, and, pushing it, brought the phone to his ear.

"Hello...?" he said. At this the phone searchers discovered what they had been missing, and Madison got a little shock.

"Um..... Sakura's Dad?!?"

"That would be me."

"But.... how did you get this phone?"

"Kero left it on the couch."

"You... k..know about Kero?" she asked weakly.

"Yes"

"Who told you?"

"Kero"

"Oh," Madison paused, "Is Sakura okay? She was supposed to call me, first thing."

"I hope she's okay," Kent said, tossing a worried look toward the kitchen, "Some stuff happened."

"Magic stuff?"

"Yes"

"And I wasn't there to tape it!!!!"

"'Tape it'?"

"Um..Never mind. I'm coming over," with a video camera, no doubt.

"We're not at home"

"Where are you?!?"

"Li Syaoran's apartment"

"WHAT!!!!! You miss one night, and all the good stuff happens!! No fair!!"

"I guess so," Kent whispered in surprised amazement. Where was his daughter finding her *friends*??

"Well, I'm coming over there then"

"Wait, let me ask Kero something" Hearing his name Kero zipped over and hovered in front of him.

"Kero, did you get that barrier thing up?"

"Yep"

"Madison want's to come over, can she get through it?"

"I think so," Kero thought for a moment, "It's set to keep out negative forces. And, even though Madison *is* annoying at times, I doubt she is evil, so it should be fine."

"Madison?" Kent said into the phone, "Kero said it was okay, but I'm not sure you should come. It could get dangerous......." he trailed off, you can't talk sense to a dial tone.

To Be Continued ^_^