Card Captors: A New Beginning
By "Grand Master Shoma"
Episode 7: The First Sights
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the anime, or anything doing with the anime. But I do own this story, so don't steal it.
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Now, Ryuko and the rest are now in Miami.
What will happen next?
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Here we are.
We were now inside a swanky hotel, which looked pretty amazing if you ask me. Crystal chandeliers, golden hallways, and anything that could be considered sparkly and could possibly blind my eyes.
We then got us some nice ass rooms. And I don't mean ordinary rooms. I mean 'a spicy-a meatball' rooms, if you know what I mean. Daidouji-san and I share one room, while Nakuru shared another. The rooms are on two different floors.
"Hey Terry, these rooms are sweet!" I then plop down on the bed. I bounce back up and hit the floor. "OW! I'll kill you!" I jump again, only to see the bed bounce me off again.
"Yeah, Ryuko-san." Terry was unamused and sarcastic. "Show that bed who's boss."
"SHUT-UP DAIDOUJI-SAN!!"
Then, my sister came in. Why was she here, I wonder.
"Ryuko, may I talk to you about something?" she asked me calmly.
"What is it?"
"It's about... your magic."
"Yeah? What about it?"
She sighed, then asked me something, but in a different way. And by different, he grabbed me by the collar. "Why? Why did you open the seal?"
"Look, I never knew. I just opened the book, and I unknowingly gave out the name of one of the cards, and then, I was told by one that I was to bring all the cards back together."
"Which card did you read?"
I pulled my favorite from my bag, which was the Earthy Card. That one was my favorite. "This one."
All Nakuru did was look blankly at the card. "Wait a minute... does that mean that that one night when you said you were 'screaming in your sleep', that was you summoning your card?"
"Well yeah."
With a small *ahuh*, she then left our hotel room. I then look at the room service menu, and as soon as I see sweets and pastries, I quickly assumed that Earthy would kill me if she missed this opportunity. I wanted some for myself of course.
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Me, Terry, and Nakuru were walking around this sunny little city. Me, I'm just wearing a T-shirt with shorts, she was wearing a bikini top with shorts, and Terry, well, I won't even describe it.
We were heading for the zoo. But something caught my eye. Across the zoo, there was an inline store, where I saw some of the sweetest blades in a opaque jet black color. I managed to exchange some money I brought, and what exchanged to $500. This was sweet.
"I'm going to that inline store!" I call out to Nakuru.
"Fine, just leave me alone for a bit!"
I grabbed Terry's arm, and I bolted in.
I saw it. The most beautiful inline skates I've ever seen. They were jet-black in color, with sharp-looking wheels, and there were matching elbow pads and knee pads as well. I took it without hesitation, and then after buying it, I immediately put those on.
I then skate out to my sister, surprisingly not falling at all.
"Impressive!" Onei-chan happily complimented.
I was blushing a bit, receiving a compliment from her. "Arigatou gozaimasu!" Then we decided to go in the zoo.
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Terry and I split ourselves from Nakuru. We decided to go see the Australian animals. We stopped in front of a cage were there were some small, black furry animals, almost looking like ferrets.
"Hm..." Terry was reading the sign. He was having some problem, though, since the sign was in English. But he overcame it. "These are Tasmanian Devils."
"Really?"
"Yeah. They live off the coast of Tasmania Island. They are mostly carnivorous animals, feeding off of smaller life forms."
"Cool." I look at another cage, with two animals
that looked like anteaters, but more spiked. "What are those?"
"Those are echidnas. They're insectivores, feeding off of ants mostly. They're also one of the few mammals who lay eggs instead of bearing them alive."
"Weird!" I gave off, but before I could respond again to him, I saw something.
Something... strange.
I saw a big lion, but it had large wings and it wore a type of helmet on it's head, embedded with a type of ruby. It wasn't in a cage, so I started freaking out in my mind.
"HOE!!!!"
But it was just looking at me, as if it wasn't going to pose a threat to me. That still gave me the heebie-jeebies. But then, the lion vanished.
"Hey Ryuko," Terry tapped me on the shoulder. "You alright?"
"Huh?" I look at him, a bit spaced out, but then gain admittance back to reality. "Oh, I just thought I saw something that looked like a winged lion."
"You okay, Kinomoto-Li-san?" Terry gave a concerned look at me. He would only call me that if he thought I had gone nuts. "Let's check out some more animals."
"Sure. And don't call me Kinomoto-Li-san, Daidouji-san!"
I stopped. There was an irregular force going on around here.
"What's wrong, Ryuko?"
"A Sakura Card is nearby!"
"How can you tell?"
I saw cracks forming on the ground, and I heard the noise of a giant being's footsteps. But it was invisible. I couldn't see.
"Oh Key that hides the forces of the stars!
Reveal to me thy true form!
I, Ryuko, command thee under contract!
RELEASE!"
It noticed. Whatever this Sakura Card was, it's booming steps were getting closer. And closer, and closer.
"Ryuko! What's going on? We thought there was an earthquake around here, and--" Nakuru soon saw what I was doing. "Ryuko, don't tell me you're after another one."
"Yeah, well--"
It started getting closer, and then it roared out
"TUG OF WAR!"
It soon revealed itself to not be a threat. It was a little girl wearing puffy pants, a tutu, a little top, and a large pipe-like bow. On it's forehead were small circles. That little girl looked non-threatening.
"Hey, where's your parents, little girl?" Nakuru asked as she was pinching her cheeks. But the 'little girl' then grabbed her wrist, and started crushing her. "OW!! What are you doing?"
"I want to play tug of war!!" She cried out as she gave Nakuru a mighty heave, sending her flying.
"EARTHY CARD!"
I summon Earthy just in time so that she could catch Nakuru.
"Are you alright?" Earthy asked.
"Yeah, I am." Nakuru then got herself off of her.
"Hey Earthy!" I called to her. "Come here!" As she walked towards me, I pointed to the little Sakura Card. "Which one is this?"
"This one is the Power Card."
"Power?"
"I WANT TO PLAY TUG OF WAR!!!" Power screamed out as she snatched a rope out of nowhere and threw it to my side.
"Well, if it's tug of war she wants," Earthy was a slight worried, but still kept her cool. "We have to get more cards to help!"
"RIGHT!"
"FLY! FIGHT!"
Soon, The Fight and The Fly Cards emerged.
"Alright, it's a tug of war!" Fight said as she grabbed the rope. Fly grabbed it as well. Soon, I saw Terry, Nakuru, and Earthy grab the rope as well. Finally, I decided to nab the rope.
Now it was a monstrous tug of war between me, Tina, Terry, Nakuru, Earthy, Fly, and Fight against the Power card. Power was simply pulling with all her might, and we were almost losing, but the giant stature of the Fly Card and Earthy Card held our ground. I then slip slightly because of the fact that I had skates. The Power Card almost had us in the bag.
But then, I see Earthy put her foot in the ground, and on the side Power was, a large stalagmite popped up, and blocked Power, thus making her trip first, and the rest of us fall over.
Seeing that she lost, she started to cry. "AAAAAHHH!!! YOU DIRTY CHEATERS!!! WAAAAHH!!! YOU DON'T PLAY FAIRLY!!"
"Now, Ryuko!" Earthy commanded me.
"Return to thy form which though should be!!
POWER CARD!!"
I now sealed Power in a puff of smoke, and then returned to her card form.
"Wow, now that was a toughie."
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As we left the zoo, I just can't help but think about something. What was that lion? And what was up with that lion? It looked as though that it was looking after me. But what can I say?