"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for,
wood-sprites)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Thank You! I really like the Reviews! =)
Chapter 37:
"Okay, we need to decide where to fight this thing," Syaoran looked out the window, "Quickly. I *do not* want this going down in my livingroom."
After a short time of contemplation, one word was said by everyone, at roughly the same time: "Park." They all nodded. (AN: For some strange, anime, reason, the Park, any park, anywhere, is always the perfect place for a magical battle. Who am I to disagree? ;)
Once the imminent location was settled on, Sakura took a few calming breaths, then took charge, "Syaoran, how long will it take you to cast that spell to amplify your lightning?"
Syaoran thought about it. He had only done the complete amplifying spell twice before. Once when he learned it, and once back in China, when the Li clan had charged him to take care of a little wood-sprite problem (nasty things, wood-sprites). However, for the last few months, he had felt the need to improve his casting-time on this particular spell. So, he had practiced different parts of the spell, without actually casting it, until he was sure he could do it fairly quickly in an emergency situation.
"About ten minutes," he answered Sakura, with an adequate amount of certainty.
"Okay, Syaoran you do the amplifying spell." Sakura and Syaoran had to disentangle hands, that had inexplicably become clasped together again, before he could go get the stuff he would need for the spell.
Sakura turned to the rest of the group, "Kero you go back into the Barrier spell and tell Yue the plan, then the two of you take down the Guardian's Barrier. Do it slowly so we'll all be ready to go the minute it's down. And try to save as much energy from it as you can."
"Sure Sakura," Kero still had some magic from before. So, even though Sakura's skin was glowing again, he decided not to take power from her, she might need it later. After transforming, Kerberos did as his Mistress bid him.
Next, Sakura turned to her family, "Dad and Touya you get stuff together that we might need, like w-," she barely stopped herself from saying 'water', "something to drink and first-aid supplies. Then get the car ready." Kent went to the kitchen to pack a cooler, and Touya, with only a slight hesitation, went toward the bathroom in search of a first-aid kit.
Sakura turned around to find Madison directly behind her. Her best friend was holding a bag, that she had left by the door when she came in, and wearing a happy 'I-am-in-my-element' kind of smile. Sakura looked at the bag in trepidation. That wasn't what she thought it was, was it?
"I brought this just-in-case Sakura. It's my latest design!" Eeeep!! It *was* what she thought it was. Madison had a new creation.
"Uh, Madison?" she said in a weak voice, "That's not a battle outfit, is it?"
"Yep! And you're going to love it! It's the latest style in Paris!!" Double Eeeep!! Sakura knew it was no use to run, Madison was faster than she was. And pleading wouldn't work either, Madison could do 'puppy-eyes' that put Kero's to shame. *sigh* Best friends were so high-maintenance!!
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on where you were standing when you looked at it, there had been one Madison-made battle outfit that Sakura really liked. It was the outfit she wore during the capture of the Twin Card. Made with soft material in the palest pink, Sakura's favorite color ^_^, this ensemble had been accented in elegant black ribbon. The long sleeved jacket had a train, ruffled like a dress, that fell past her knees in the back. The effect was completed with gloves, black shorts, and really tall black boots. There was, however, one part of the outfit Sakura could have done without, the hat. Sure it matched the jacket perfectly, but, for some reason, Sakura just didn't like hats. (AN: Hmmmm, could the reason be that the Author doesn't like hats?? :)
Sakura watched Madison as she happily dug through her bag for her newest creation, trying to keep the dread she felt from showing on her face. To herself, Sakura made a vow that if this outfit had bells and/or cat ears with a tail, she would *not* wear it. No matter how big and liquidy Madison's 'puppy-eyes' got.
But, when Madison showed Sakura the new battle outfit, she was pleasantly surprised by the results of Madison's imagination. For, by some great cosmic coincidence, this battle outfit was almost an exact duplicate of the one she had worn to fight the Twin Card, except for the color. Where the previous outfit had been pink and black, this one was black and white, everything that had been pink, was now white.
"Oh, Madison! I do like it!" Sakura squealed giving here friend a hug, "But how can it be the newest rage in Paris? It looks just like the one I wore to capture the Tw-," Oops! she'd almost done it again, she had to watch what she said, "I mean the last capture that Myelin was with us on."
"No way!" Madison protested, "It's completely different!" Madison went on to explain why it was different. The biggest change, other than the color, was the material used to make the jacket, which was now a soft, snowy-white, crushed velvet. The other differences were slight; the waist of the jacket was a little lower, the shorts a little longer, the boots a tad shorter, and the gloves were fingerless.
"And," Madison said while excitedly rummaging through her bag for the final touch, "The hat has bells on it!"
~Oh no! Not a hat!~ Sakura thought desperately ~With bells?!?!?~ *shudder*
"Oh no!" Madison eerily echoed her friend's thought.
"What is it?" Sakura asked, trying not to get her hopes up. But the hat could have been hat-napped by aliens, right?
"I left the hat at home!" :(
"Madison the outfit is fine without it, really!" ^_^
"Really?"
"Really," Sakura returned, with complete truthfulness, "It's already one of my favorite Madison-made, battle outfits. A hat might have drawn attention away from the elegant lines of the ensemble."
"Well," Madison, who was starting to cheer up again, admitted, "I was having some doubts about the matchingness of the hat."
"There ya, go! Leaving the hat behind has saved you from a fashion disaster!"
"Okay," *sniff*, "your right. Thanks Sakura!"
"Anytime, what are friends for?" ^_~
10 Minutes Later:
When Sakura emerged from the guestroom, where she had gone to change into her new outfit, she found everyone ready to go. Yue and Kero had taken down the Guardians Barrier, Kent had packed food, water, and the first-aid supplies Touya had brought him. Syaoran had finished his spell, and put on his back-up Li Clan robes. This last part made Sakura very happy, she hadn't wanted to go through life without ever seeing Syaoran in his battle outfit again.
They gathered everyone together and trooped down to the car. But when they got there, they discovered another problem: Only 5 people could fit in the car. Madison hadn't been with them on the way over, so fitting Yue in had been no problem. Now it was a problem.
"Yue?" Sakura asked, "Don't you have an, umm, *smaller* size? Like Kero?"
"No, I only come in one size," Yue said sardonically.
"Arg!!" Yue was soooo annoying! Sakura stamped one foot in frustration, "Ohh! Yue! If only you were LITTLE!!!!" ***POP***
"Uh-oh!" Sakura had done it again.
Sakura looked down to see a small sized Yue jumping up and down and yelling.
Sakura smiled, now Yue *would* fit in the car!! "No, I don't think so, Yue."
"I think I'll leave you that size until we get to the park." ^_^
To Be Continued ^_^