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Ok here's chapter 9! Yay! I'm so proud of my self! This is the longest fanfic I've ever written! Yippie! So please read on and enjoy chapter 9 and please give me some feedback on what you think of my fic so far and, what kind of things do you want to see happen to our characters. So go and read! ^_^
Chapter 9
The sky had darkened and turned a strange shade of green. The wind blew brown leaves around on the sidewalk and it whistled as it rushed passed the building. Sakura glanced out the window as she waited for the teacher to hand out a work sheet.
She looked over at Li, who was paying attention to their 3 period teacher, Mrs. Haley. They had to fill out a work sheet about themselves, and their cultures. It was very boring. It was a good thing that they had a different class the next day. They had eaten lunch already, and only had one more class for the day. The classes were set up just like the American high schools, four classes a day, each 88 minutes long, and 30 minutes for lunch. Jerimiah's group had eaten lunch with them. Everyone thought that Madison and Jerimiah made a very good couple. Sakura looked out the window again. The sky was constantly getting darker and it defiantly looked like it was going to rain.
"Now class tell me something about your self" Mrs. Haley said clapping her hands together. " Sakura, how about you?"
" I live in Reedington, Japan with my brother Tori, and my father Adien Avalon." Sakura replied politely.
"Good, now how about you Li?"
" I currently live in Reedington also, but I'm from Hong Kong." Li stated
"Good. Now I'll go around the class and I want all of you to tell me one thing about your self." She smiled at the class
She went around the room and every one stated a fact about themselves, and they continued with class. Mrs. Haley did this just to get everyone introduced, and then she started her real lesson plan, which was to teach European history.
The class moved smoothly and they got a lot of work done before it was time to leave. The bell rang and Mrs. Haley dismissed her students. Li, Sakura, Madison, and Nikki walked up 2 flights of stairs to find their next class, which was Art/Theater. Madison was excited about this class, for obvious reasons. They made it in side the door just in time. The bell sounded loudly as they took their seats. There were about 60 students in this room, which was, really the auditorium. A tall slender man, with bright red hair stood on the stage in front of them. He wore tan corduroys, and a dark green shirt. He had a light beard, and looked very laid back.
"Hello my name is Mr. Turner, and welcome to Art and Theater class!" He said after the class had gotten quiet. " Ok, in this class you will be learning about Art and Theater, of course, and we will be performing a play at the ending ceremonies. All of your parents are invited, to come and see your performances, and the rest of the student body will also be attending." He smiled " This is going to be really fun. Now the first thing we have to do is assigning the parts." He said passing out playbooks. " Now look through the list of characters, and pick a part that you would like to audition for."
They looked through the books and every one auditioned for their parts. The play was Romeo and Juliet. Sakura, Nikki, and almost every other girl went for Juliet, but Sakura got the part. Unfortunately nobody went for the part of Romeo, all the boys were too shy. Li blushed furiously when Sakura got the part of Juliet, he knew that whoever played Romeo would get to kiss Juliet, this was the perfect opportunity. So Mr. Turner auditioned all the boys to see who could say the lines the best. Li blushed bright red when it was his turn. He said his lines nervously, but he was very good at it. All the boys had auditioned and Mr. Turner took a couple minutes to make a decision.
" Ok kids, I have made my decision, I have picked Li Showron for the part of Romeo." He said clapping his hands together.
Li blushed furiously as the other kids congratulated him. Sakura's face was two shades darker than his. Madison tried to hold back her giggles when she saw this, but she couldn't and burst out in full-blown laughter. Sakura and Li gave her a puzzled look as she rolled on the floor clutching her stomach.
" What's so funny Madison?" Sakura asked looking down at her puzzled.
" Yeah, Madison what are you laughing at," Nikki asked looking even more puzzled that Sakura.
"Nothing….hehehe" Madison managed to get out before bursting into laughter again.
"I didn't think nothing could be that funny" Li said scratching his head.
Madison took about 20 deep breaths and finally stopped laughing so hard. She stood up and took another breath and walked over to Mr. Turner. Sakura, Li, and Nikki stood there with blank looked on their faces.
"Sure Madison, of course you can!" Mr. Turner said excitedly. " Are you sure you can do all that in 2 weeks?"
"Yep! I'm positive I can!" Madison said reassuringly.
"Ok then, you can make the costumes. I'll give you the money for the material and you can pick it out," he smiled.
"Thanks," Madison said smiling as she pocketed the money he handed her.
She smiled and walked back over to Sakura. She held out the money and smiled widely.
" I get to make all the costumes Sakura!" Madison said excitedly.
"I know I heard, congratulations," Sakura smiled.
"Thanks" Madison smiled.
Then they all sat down to practice their parts. Li blushed bright red for the rest of the class, which almost sent Madison into a fit of giggles every time she looked at him. Sakura was very nervous and was also blushing a bright pink. She was startled when the dismissal bell rang at the end of class and threw her playbook into the air. They all gathered their things and went to meet Mr. Alexander at the entrance hall. Jerimiah and his friends were also standing in the entrance hall and Madison rushed over to greet him. He gave her a hug when he saw her and they started talking excitedly.
"I love this program!" Madison smiled " I've learned so much today, and I get to make all of the costumes for the ending ceremonies play."
" Whoa, that's a lot of sewing your going to have to do, are you sure you can do it all?" said Jerimiah with a note of concern in his voice.
"Oh yeah! I'm sure, I love sewing, and I've got 2 weeks to do it in." Madison shook her head reassuringly.
Li was still scowling at Jerimiah from behind Sakura.
"There's something…strange about him" Li's thoughts growled. " Well, maybe it's just me…I'll ask Sakura if she senses something about him too."
" Hey Sakura, do you sense something, eh…strange about Jerimiah?" Li whispered to Sakura in an awkward tone.
"…Eh… no, not really Li, why? Do you sense something about him?" Sakura whispered back at Li.
" Well I just thought that there was something different about him, but it's probably because of this jet lag…I'm still out of wack." Li lied.
" Oh, ok" Sakura replied blushing slightly.
" Hey kids!"
They turned and saw Mr. Alexander waving to them from the door.
" Ok, Jerimiah, I'll see you later" Madison smiled.
"Ok, my room number is G196, do you think we could all go out to dinner tonight at around 7:30?" He smiled at her shyly.
"I'm sure that will be fine, I'll call you later and tell you for sure, ok?"
"Yeah, I'll see you then," He said giving Madison a hug before she ran off to catch up with Sakura and the others.
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The same mysterious woman now sat on the roof of the hotel in a purple and golden chair. She watched through a wine glass as the van arrived at the hotel. The reflection of Sakura and Li faded out of view and the glass burst into flames. The woman snapped her fingers and all of a sudden the silhouette of a small man appeared before her. He dropped to his knees and bowed at her feet.
" Quimby! Tonight the party for our little Clow Mistress will begin. Are you ready to serve me, and destroy all my enemies?" She snapped at the man.
"Of- of course m-m-mistress, any thing y-you need" Quimby said shuddering.
"Good! Now go and make the preparations!" She screamed at him.
" Ye- yes m-m-mistress!" Quimby stuttered before disappearing with a small puff of purple smoke.
" Everything is ready and waiting for our little princess's arrival" Sneered the woman folding her hands in her lap and staring out into the brightly lit city.
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" Hello…oh hi Madison!" Jerimiah said as he answered the phone.
"Hey! Mr. Alexander said that it was ok for us to go out tonight together, so did Mrs. Broth say that it was alright?" Madison spoke loudly over the racket Li and Kero were making.
"You stuffed animal!" Li shouted at Kero
"Why you little gaki!" Kero shouted back
" Hey do you think you could keep it down, I'm trying to talk here!" Madison said in an irritated tone. "Or at least move into another room to holler at each other!"
"Oh, ok…" Kero and Li both stopped mid jump, and fell to the floor (well Li fell to the floor). Li got up and brushed off and moved into another room. Kero flew off behind him and closed the door behind him. You could here them screaming at each other through the door, but It was nowhere as loud as it had been.
"Anyway!" Madison said rolling her eyes. " So can you guys come or not?" she said smiling again.
"Yeah, she thinks it's a good idea, we are here to interact with other cultures." Jerimiah smiled.
"Good, so we'll meet you guys down in the lobby at 7 o'clock, is that ok?" Madison said still smiling.
" Ok, that sounds good to me!" Jerimiah beamed into the phone.
" Ok, I'll see you then!" Madison glowed " bye…" She said trailing off.
"Bye…" Jerimiah said quietly, hesitating hanging up.
"Ok…eh…bye…" Madison said setting the phone down on the receiver lightly.
"So, you guys totally in love or what?" Nikki smirked at her.
"Oh, behave, we just met each other… but…he's SO cute!" Madison said almost floating in mid air.
They giggled some more about Jerimiah, and then the subject got changed to the play. How they had both noticed that Sakura and Li had blushed so badly when they got the leads. They both knew something was up with the two of them.
" He looks at her ALL the time!" Nikki said stifling her giggles.
"She blushes SO bad around him at times, like when she looks at him, and then he'll catch her looking at him, it's absolutely adorable how clueless they are." Madison said about to burst into giggles.
" You can all ways count on them for a laugh, even if they don't know that they're being funny." Nikki said now letting her giggles free, which turned into full-blown laughter, as Madison joined in too.
Madison, Sakura, Nikki, Li, and Mr. Alexander met Jerimiah, Eddie, and the rest of their group in the lobby at 7 o'clock like they had agreed. They all took separate vans, and headed into the city to find a place to eat. They decided to go to a nice restaurant called Washington Square. Then they all decided to do some window-shopping afterwards. Then they went to check out the mall and see what kinds of things America had. Madison had come prepared with her mom's gold card again and bought something for everyone. And she got to pick up a lot of the fabric that she needed for the play. They wandered around the mall and went to almost every shop.
" Come on Madison! This looks like a good shop." Sakura said excitedly as they entered a shop called Deb's.
Sakura, Madison, Nikki, Alexis, and Valerie (the girls in Jerimiah's group) tried on just about every piece of clothing in the store, and then bought 3 or 4 outfits a piece. It was about 9:30 when they were done in the mall. And again the guys got stuck carrying all the bags ^_^.
They left the mall and took to walking around again. Madison loved the little corner shops better than chain stores, and she was absolutely trilled to see that Washington had a big selection of them. They saw neat little vintage shops and all sorts of small café's. They wandered here and there, and saw some very unique things. Then Madison spotted it! It was a little dimly lit shop on the corner with all sorts of glittering fabrics hanging in the window.
" Sakura! Look over there!" Madison said pointing over at the shop. " It's just the kind of fabric's I need for your costumes."
" But I thought you got all the fabric you needed earlier."
" I thought I did, but those are much better."
"Oh, well, you're the costume designer, so what you say goes." Sakura said shrugging.
" Come on Li, I need you measurements" Madison said yanking Li across the road followed by Sakura, Jerimiah and the rest of the group.
" Hey, Madison, what are we doing?" Nikki yelled up to Madison from Mr. Alexander's side.
" I'm just getting more fabric." Madison smiled back at her.
" Oh…" Nikki said looking puzzled," But I thought you got it all already."
" I found something I like better."
" Oh, ok" Nikki smiled shrugging.
"Ok, well, Madison meet the rest of us at the ice cream shop at the end of the street when you're done." Mr. Alexander called after them as they turned to walk down the street.
"Ok!" Madison replied.
Madison pushed the door to the shop and a bell rang some where in the back of the building. Sakura, Li, and Jerimiah followed closely behind her. A lamp sat on a wooden table next to the door, and cast a long shadow around the room. Other lamps were scattered throughout the room and gave off an eerie orange glow. Sakura could see that Madison was trilled at the sight before her. Isles upon isles of fine fabrics spread through the store. Madison was in heaven. She moved into one of the isles and quickly pulled out a beautiful white lace, which was treaded with sliver tread, and threw it over her shoulder. She looked down and examined some more fabric, until finding a light blue crushed velvet material and threw it over her shoulder as well. Just as she was pulling out yet another roll of fabric a door opened at the back of the shop and out stepped a pale, dark haired girl in a long dress made of a deep purple silk. She smiled at them and walked up the isle toward Madison and Sakura.
" Hello, welcome to our store, may I help you?" She smiled politely.
Sakura looked at her and noticed that her smile didn't reach her eyes, they were cold and emotionless. The girl looked up from Madison and looked right into Sakura's eyes. Her cold eyes flashed at Sakura and she looked back down at what Madison was doing. Sakura felt a rush of energy flow through her body and suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her chest. She clutched her ribs trying to ease the pain, but it didn't work. There was defiantly something strange about this girl.
"I've never had anything like that happen before, maybe Li senses something too," She looked up at Li and noticed that he was glaring at the girl from 2 isles away. " I'll go ask him." She thought making her way over to Li.
He was glaring at the girl intensely, and was startled when Sakura tapped him on the shoulder.
" Ah…" He jumped up. "Oh Sakura, sorry" He sighed.
"Li do you sense something strange about that girl?" Sakura asked in a worried tone.
"Yes, I'm not sure what, but there is something really different about her."
" Yeah I sensed it too" Sakura nodded, " When she looked at me it seemed like she sent a chill through my entire body. It was strange." She shuddered.
" Is Kero with you?" Li asked his eyes flashing at her.
" Yeah, he's in my bag, along with the cards." Sakura whispered to him.
" Ok let's ask him if he's senses it too."
They pretended to be browsing the different fabrics along the wall of the shop and slowly moved into the corner where they could not be seen. Sakura opened her bag, reached her hand in and brought Kero out. He looked drowsy. Then he fluttered a couple of inches above Sakura's hand. He folded his arms and waited for them to say some thing.
" What is it, I was just having a great dream about big mountains of chocolate pudding." He said, his eyes glazing over.
" Kero, do you sense a magical presence in this shop?" Li said looking sternly at Kero.
" We sensed something, but were not totally sure what it is." Sakura said with a note of worry in her voice.
Kero paused and closed his eyes. Sakura and Li stared at him in silence. He suddenly opened his eyes and let out a small cry.
" Sakura, Li, there is a VERY powerful force in this shop, but I can't determine if it's coming from one certain place, or if this entire room is full of magic." Kero said in a slightly panicked voice.
Sakura now closed her eyes and focused very hard on the magic reverberating around the room. She saw the whole room come at her from the darkness. It glowed a bright purple color. It was as thought she was looking through night vision glasses. She spun around so that to see the whole room and stopped abruptly when she saw it. The dark haired girl was glowing bright red and stood out from everything else. She let out a muffled yell and opened her eyes quickly. She was staring right at Li, who was looking at her with a puzzled look on his face.
" I know where it's coming from!" Sakura said almost too loud.
" Where!?" Li and Kero said in unison.
" From the shop keeper." Sakura said breathlessly. " It's all coming from her."
" Are you sure Sakura?" Kero said in a quiet voice.
" Yeah, it's her all right"
"Well maybe she's just a magical person, I mean she hasn't attacked anyone, so I don't see the big deal…" Li said in an awkward tone.
" I don't know, let's ju…." Sakura's eyes rolled back and she fell to the floor with a thud.
"Sakura!" Li shouted in a startled voice.
Madison and Jerimiah and the shopkeeper ran over to see what had happened.
"Oh, Sakura!" Madison gasped when she saw Sakura spread out on the floor. " Li what happened?"
" She just collapsed, we were standing here talking and she collapsed" Li explained as he propped her up against the wall. "I don't know wh…" Li started to talk but he collapsed right on top of Sakura.
"Li!" Madison shouted as she bent down next to him. " Li wake up!" She yelled shaking him. Jerimiah bent down next to her and tried to help. They propped him up next to Sakura, his head hanging limply on her shoulder. They tried to shake them awake, but nothing worked.
"Maybe we should go and get someone…" Jerimiah said with an uncertain tone in his voice. " Maybe call an ambulance, or get Mr. Alexander."
"We can't leave them here… Hold on," Madison said turning to the shopkeeper. " Miss do you think you could run down to the ice cream shop at the end of the street and get some one to help us?"
But she just stared blankly at Madison. Madison gave her a confused look, and stepped closer to her.
"Miss, could you, please, our friends are hurt, and we, we need your help…" Madison said loudly.
The girl just stared at her. All of a sudden Madison collapsed in a heap. Jerimiah yelled and jumped up and rushed over to Madison. He turned her over onto her back and put her head in his lap. He looked up at the girl, who was now staring at him. Suddenly her eyes flashed a bright red and Jerimiah slumped over on the floor. The girl stepped over Madison and Jerimiah and bent down over Sakura. She reached next to Sakura and picked up her bag. She opened it and reached inside, searching for some thing. She brought her hand back out clutching Kero tightly.
"Get off of me! What did you do to Sakura?" Kero yelled squirming and thrashing to free his self. He pushed against her and bit down on the side of her hand. She ignored him and stood up. She held out her hand and looked straight at Kero. Her eyes flashed once more and Kero fell limp. She dropped him on the ground and walked to the front of the shop. She locked the door and pulled down the blinds in the windows.
" Now I'm gonna have some fun!" She laughed, and in a puff of purple smoke she disappeared.
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Ok so there's chapter 9, the fun is just beginning. I hope you liked this chapter. So stay here for the next chapter of The New Magic Force, to see how Sakura and the others will get out of this mess. Send your comments to me @ Just_beein_me@hotmail.com Thanks ~Sakura_star~
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Ok here's chapter 9! Yay! I'm so proud of my self! This is the longest fanfic I've ever written! Yippie! So please read on and enjoy chapter 9 and please give me some feedback on what you think of my fic so far and, what kind of things do you want to see happen to our characters. So go and read! ^_^
Chapter 9
The sky had darkened and turned a strange shade of green. The wind blew brown leaves around on the sidewalk and it whistled as it rushed passed the building. Sakura glanced out the window as she waited for the teacher to hand out a work sheet.
She looked over at Li, who was paying attention to their 3 period teacher, Mrs. Haley. They had to fill out a work sheet about themselves, and their cultures. It was very boring. It was a good thing that they had a different class the next day. They had eaten lunch already, and only had one more class for the day. The classes were set up just like the American high schools, four classes a day, each 88 minutes long, and 30 minutes for lunch. Jerimiah's group had eaten lunch with them. Everyone thought that Madison and Jerimiah made a very good couple. Sakura looked out the window again. The sky was constantly getting darker and it defiantly looked like it was going to rain.
"Now class tell me something about your self" Mrs. Haley said clapping her hands together. " Sakura, how about you?"
" I live in Reedington, Japan with my brother Tori, and my father Adien Avalon." Sakura replied politely.
"Good, now how about you Li?"
" I currently live in Reedington also, but I'm from Hong Kong." Li stated
"Good. Now I'll go around the class and I want all of you to tell me one thing about your self." She smiled at the class
She went around the room and every one stated a fact about themselves, and they continued with class. Mrs. Haley did this just to get everyone introduced, and then she started her real lesson plan, which was to teach European history.
The class moved smoothly and they got a lot of work done before it was time to leave. The bell rang and Mrs. Haley dismissed her students. Li, Sakura, Madison, and Nikki walked up 2 flights of stairs to find their next class, which was Art/Theater. Madison was excited about this class, for obvious reasons. They made it in side the door just in time. The bell sounded loudly as they took their seats. There were about 60 students in this room, which was, really the auditorium. A tall slender man, with bright red hair stood on the stage in front of them. He wore tan corduroys, and a dark green shirt. He had a light beard, and looked very laid back.
"Hello my name is Mr. Turner, and welcome to Art and Theater class!" He said after the class had gotten quiet. " Ok, in this class you will be learning about Art and Theater, of course, and we will be performing a play at the ending ceremonies. All of your parents are invited, to come and see your performances, and the rest of the student body will also be attending." He smiled " This is going to be really fun. Now the first thing we have to do is assigning the parts." He said passing out playbooks. " Now look through the list of characters, and pick a part that you would like to audition for."
They looked through the books and every one auditioned for their parts. The play was Romeo and Juliet. Sakura, Nikki, and almost every other girl went for Juliet, but Sakura got the part. Unfortunately nobody went for the part of Romeo, all the boys were too shy. Li blushed furiously when Sakura got the part of Juliet, he knew that whoever played Romeo would get to kiss Juliet, this was the perfect opportunity. So Mr. Turner auditioned all the boys to see who could say the lines the best. Li blushed bright red when it was his turn. He said his lines nervously, but he was very good at it. All the boys had auditioned and Mr. Turner took a couple minutes to make a decision.
" Ok kids, I have made my decision, I have picked Li Showron for the part of Romeo." He said clapping his hands together.
Li blushed furiously as the other kids congratulated him. Sakura's face was two shades darker than his. Madison tried to hold back her giggles when she saw this, but she couldn't and burst out in full-blown laughter. Sakura and Li gave her a puzzled look as she rolled on the floor clutching her stomach.
" What's so funny Madison?" Sakura asked looking down at her puzzled.
" Yeah, Madison what are you laughing at," Nikki asked looking even more puzzled that Sakura.
"Nothing….hehehe" Madison managed to get out before bursting into laughter again.
"I didn't think nothing could be that funny" Li said scratching his head.
Madison took about 20 deep breaths and finally stopped laughing so hard. She stood up and took another breath and walked over to Mr. Turner. Sakura, Li, and Nikki stood there with blank looked on their faces.
"Sure Madison, of course you can!" Mr. Turner said excitedly. " Are you sure you can do all that in 2 weeks?"
"Yep! I'm positive I can!" Madison said reassuringly.
"Ok then, you can make the costumes. I'll give you the money for the material and you can pick it out," he smiled.
"Thanks," Madison said smiling as she pocketed the money he handed her.
She smiled and walked back over to Sakura. She held out the money and smiled widely.
" I get to make all the costumes Sakura!" Madison said excitedly.
"I know I heard, congratulations," Sakura smiled.
"Thanks" Madison smiled.
Then they all sat down to practice their parts. Li blushed bright red for the rest of the class, which almost sent Madison into a fit of giggles every time she looked at him. Sakura was very nervous and was also blushing a bright pink. She was startled when the dismissal bell rang at the end of class and threw her playbook into the air. They all gathered their things and went to meet Mr. Alexander at the entrance hall. Jerimiah and his friends were also standing in the entrance hall and Madison rushed over to greet him. He gave her a hug when he saw her and they started talking excitedly.
"I love this program!" Madison smiled " I've learned so much today, and I get to make all of the costumes for the ending ceremonies play."
" Whoa, that's a lot of sewing your going to have to do, are you sure you can do it all?" said Jerimiah with a note of concern in his voice.
"Oh yeah! I'm sure, I love sewing, and I've got 2 weeks to do it in." Madison shook her head reassuringly.
Li was still scowling at Jerimiah from behind Sakura.
"There's something…strange about him" Li's thoughts growled. " Well, maybe it's just me…I'll ask Sakura if she senses something about him too."
" Hey Sakura, do you sense something, eh…strange about Jerimiah?" Li whispered to Sakura in an awkward tone.
"…Eh… no, not really Li, why? Do you sense something about him?" Sakura whispered back at Li.
" Well I just thought that there was something different about him, but it's probably because of this jet lag…I'm still out of wack." Li lied.
" Oh, ok" Sakura replied blushing slightly.
" Hey kids!"
They turned and saw Mr. Alexander waving to them from the door.
" Ok, Jerimiah, I'll see you later" Madison smiled.
"Ok, my room number is G196, do you think we could all go out to dinner tonight at around 7:30?" He smiled at her shyly.
"I'm sure that will be fine, I'll call you later and tell you for sure, ok?"
"Yeah, I'll see you then," He said giving Madison a hug before she ran off to catch up with Sakura and the others.
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The same mysterious woman now sat on the roof of the hotel in a purple and golden chair. She watched through a wine glass as the van arrived at the hotel. The reflection of Sakura and Li faded out of view and the glass burst into flames. The woman snapped her fingers and all of a sudden the silhouette of a small man appeared before her. He dropped to his knees and bowed at her feet.
" Quimby! Tonight the party for our little Clow Mistress will begin. Are you ready to serve me, and destroy all my enemies?" She snapped at the man.
"Of- of course m-m-mistress, any thing y-you need" Quimby said shuddering.
"Good! Now go and make the preparations!" She screamed at him.
" Ye- yes m-m-mistress!" Quimby stuttered before disappearing with a small puff of purple smoke.
" Everything is ready and waiting for our little princess's arrival" Sneered the woman folding her hands in her lap and staring out into the brightly lit city.
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" Hello…oh hi Madison!" Jerimiah said as he answered the phone.
"Hey! Mr. Alexander said that it was ok for us to go out tonight together, so did Mrs. Broth say that it was alright?" Madison spoke loudly over the racket Li and Kero were making.
"You stuffed animal!" Li shouted at Kero
"Why you little gaki!" Kero shouted back
" Hey do you think you could keep it down, I'm trying to talk here!" Madison said in an irritated tone. "Or at least move into another room to holler at each other!"
"Oh, ok…" Kero and Li both stopped mid jump, and fell to the floor (well Li fell to the floor). Li got up and brushed off and moved into another room. Kero flew off behind him and closed the door behind him. You could here them screaming at each other through the door, but It was nowhere as loud as it had been.
"Anyway!" Madison said rolling her eyes. " So can you guys come or not?" she said smiling again.
"Yeah, she thinks it's a good idea, we are here to interact with other cultures." Jerimiah smiled.
"Good, so we'll meet you guys down in the lobby at 7 o'clock, is that ok?" Madison said still smiling.
" Ok, that sounds good to me!" Jerimiah beamed into the phone.
" Ok, I'll see you then!" Madison glowed " bye…" She said trailing off.
"Bye…" Jerimiah said quietly, hesitating hanging up.
"Ok…eh…bye…" Madison said setting the phone down on the receiver lightly.
"So, you guys totally in love or what?" Nikki smirked at her.
"Oh, behave, we just met each other… but…he's SO cute!" Madison said almost floating in mid air.
They giggled some more about Jerimiah, and then the subject got changed to the play. How they had both noticed that Sakura and Li had blushed so badly when they got the leads. They both knew something was up with the two of them.
" He looks at her ALL the time!" Nikki said stifling her giggles.
"She blushes SO bad around him at times, like when she looks at him, and then he'll catch her looking at him, it's absolutely adorable how clueless they are." Madison said about to burst into giggles.
" You can all ways count on them for a laugh, even if they don't know that they're being funny." Nikki said now letting her giggles free, which turned into full-blown laughter, as Madison joined in too.
Madison, Sakura, Nikki, Li, and Mr. Alexander met Jerimiah, Eddie, and the rest of their group in the lobby at 7 o'clock like they had agreed. They all took separate vans, and headed into the city to find a place to eat. They decided to go to a nice restaurant called Washington Square. Then they all decided to do some window-shopping afterwards. Then they went to check out the mall and see what kinds of things America had. Madison had come prepared with her mom's gold card again and bought something for everyone. And she got to pick up a lot of the fabric that she needed for the play. They wandered around the mall and went to almost every shop.
" Come on Madison! This looks like a good shop." Sakura said excitedly as they entered a shop called Deb's.
Sakura, Madison, Nikki, Alexis, and Valerie (the girls in Jerimiah's group) tried on just about every piece of clothing in the store, and then bought 3 or 4 outfits a piece. It was about 9:30 when they were done in the mall. And again the guys got stuck carrying all the bags ^_^.
They left the mall and took to walking around again. Madison loved the little corner shops better than chain stores, and she was absolutely trilled to see that Washington had a big selection of them. They saw neat little vintage shops and all sorts of small café's. They wandered here and there, and saw some very unique things. Then Madison spotted it! It was a little dimly lit shop on the corner with all sorts of glittering fabrics hanging in the window.
" Sakura! Look over there!" Madison said pointing over at the shop. " It's just the kind of fabric's I need for your costumes."
" But I thought you got all the fabric you needed earlier."
" I thought I did, but those are much better."
"Oh, well, you're the costume designer, so what you say goes." Sakura said shrugging.
" Come on Li, I need you measurements" Madison said yanking Li across the road followed by Sakura, Jerimiah and the rest of the group.
" Hey, Madison, what are we doing?" Nikki yelled up to Madison from Mr. Alexander's side.
" I'm just getting more fabric." Madison smiled back at her.
" Oh…" Nikki said looking puzzled," But I thought you got it all already."
" I found something I like better."
" Oh, ok" Nikki smiled shrugging.
"Ok, well, Madison meet the rest of us at the ice cream shop at the end of the street when you're done." Mr. Alexander called after them as they turned to walk down the street.
"Ok!" Madison replied.
Madison pushed the door to the shop and a bell rang some where in the back of the building. Sakura, Li, and Jerimiah followed closely behind her. A lamp sat on a wooden table next to the door, and cast a long shadow around the room. Other lamps were scattered throughout the room and gave off an eerie orange glow. Sakura could see that Madison was trilled at the sight before her. Isles upon isles of fine fabrics spread through the store. Madison was in heaven. She moved into one of the isles and quickly pulled out a beautiful white lace, which was treaded with sliver tread, and threw it over her shoulder. She looked down and examined some more fabric, until finding a light blue crushed velvet material and threw it over her shoulder as well. Just as she was pulling out yet another roll of fabric a door opened at the back of the shop and out stepped a pale, dark haired girl in a long dress made of a deep purple silk. She smiled at them and walked up the isle toward Madison and Sakura.
" Hello, welcome to our store, may I help you?" She smiled politely.
Sakura looked at her and noticed that her smile didn't reach her eyes, they were cold and emotionless. The girl looked up from Madison and looked right into Sakura's eyes. Her cold eyes flashed at Sakura and she looked back down at what Madison was doing. Sakura felt a rush of energy flow through her body and suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her chest. She clutched her ribs trying to ease the pain, but it didn't work. There was defiantly something strange about this girl.
"I've never had anything like that happen before, maybe Li senses something too," She looked up at Li and noticed that he was glaring at the girl from 2 isles away. " I'll go ask him." She thought making her way over to Li.
He was glaring at the girl intensely, and was startled when Sakura tapped him on the shoulder.
" Ah…" He jumped up. "Oh Sakura, sorry" He sighed.
"Li do you sense something strange about that girl?" Sakura asked in a worried tone.
"Yes, I'm not sure what, but there is something really different about her."
" Yeah I sensed it too" Sakura nodded, " When she looked at me it seemed like she sent a chill through my entire body. It was strange." She shuddered.
" Is Kero with you?" Li asked his eyes flashing at her.
" Yeah, he's in my bag, along with the cards." Sakura whispered to him.
" Ok let's ask him if he's senses it too."
They pretended to be browsing the different fabrics along the wall of the shop and slowly moved into the corner where they could not be seen. Sakura opened her bag, reached her hand in and brought Kero out. He looked drowsy. Then he fluttered a couple of inches above Sakura's hand. He folded his arms and waited for them to say some thing.
" What is it, I was just having a great dream about big mountains of chocolate pudding." He said, his eyes glazing over.
" Kero, do you sense a magical presence in this shop?" Li said looking sternly at Kero.
" We sensed something, but were not totally sure what it is." Sakura said with a note of worry in her voice.
Kero paused and closed his eyes. Sakura and Li stared at him in silence. He suddenly opened his eyes and let out a small cry.
" Sakura, Li, there is a VERY powerful force in this shop, but I can't determine if it's coming from one certain place, or if this entire room is full of magic." Kero said in a slightly panicked voice.
Sakura now closed her eyes and focused very hard on the magic reverberating around the room. She saw the whole room come at her from the darkness. It glowed a bright purple color. It was as thought she was looking through night vision glasses. She spun around so that to see the whole room and stopped abruptly when she saw it. The dark haired girl was glowing bright red and stood out from everything else. She let out a muffled yell and opened her eyes quickly. She was staring right at Li, who was looking at her with a puzzled look on his face.
" I know where it's coming from!" Sakura said almost too loud.
" Where!?" Li and Kero said in unison.
" From the shop keeper." Sakura said breathlessly. " It's all coming from her."
" Are you sure Sakura?" Kero said in a quiet voice.
" Yeah, it's her all right"
"Well maybe she's just a magical person, I mean she hasn't attacked anyone, so I don't see the big deal…" Li said in an awkward tone.
" I don't know, let's ju…." Sakura's eyes rolled back and she fell to the floor with a thud.
"Sakura!" Li shouted in a startled voice.
Madison and Jerimiah and the shopkeeper ran over to see what had happened.
"Oh, Sakura!" Madison gasped when she saw Sakura spread out on the floor. " Li what happened?"
" She just collapsed, we were standing here talking and she collapsed" Li explained as he propped her up against the wall. "I don't know wh…" Li started to talk but he collapsed right on top of Sakura.
"Li!" Madison shouted as she bent down next to him. " Li wake up!" She yelled shaking him. Jerimiah bent down next to her and tried to help. They propped him up next to Sakura, his head hanging limply on her shoulder. They tried to shake them awake, but nothing worked.
"Maybe we should go and get someone…" Jerimiah said with an uncertain tone in his voice. " Maybe call an ambulance, or get Mr. Alexander."
"We can't leave them here… Hold on," Madison said turning to the shopkeeper. " Miss do you think you could run down to the ice cream shop at the end of the street and get some one to help us?"
But she just stared blankly at Madison. Madison gave her a confused look, and stepped closer to her.
"Miss, could you, please, our friends are hurt, and we, we need your help…" Madison said loudly.
The girl just stared at her. All of a sudden Madison collapsed in a heap. Jerimiah yelled and jumped up and rushed over to Madison. He turned her over onto her back and put her head in his lap. He looked up at the girl, who was now staring at him. Suddenly her eyes flashed a bright red and Jerimiah slumped over on the floor. The girl stepped over Madison and Jerimiah and bent down over Sakura. She reached next to Sakura and picked up her bag. She opened it and reached inside, searching for some thing. She brought her hand back out clutching Kero tightly.
"Get off of me! What did you do to Sakura?" Kero yelled squirming and thrashing to free his self. He pushed against her and bit down on the side of her hand. She ignored him and stood up. She held out her hand and looked straight at Kero. Her eyes flashed once more and Kero fell limp. She dropped him on the ground and walked to the front of the shop. She locked the door and pulled down the blinds in the windows.
" Now I'm gonna have some fun!" She laughed, and in a puff of purple smoke she disappeared.
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Ok so there's chapter 9, the fun is just beginning. I hope you liked this chapter. So stay here for the next chapter of The New Magic Force, to see how Sakura and the others will get out of this mess. Send your comments to me @ Just_beein_me@hotmail.com Thanks ~Sakura_star~
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