The Wolc Cards
A/N: Konnichiwa!! All right, no more script format, people, otherwise I might be deleted . Thank you all for the great cards!! ^____^ At the time I am writing this, I have 37 cards described in a nice list. =D 52-37=15 more I need!! I have all four element cards now, and thanks to the person who gave me the idea for the Phoenix Card, all four are mythical beasts!! ^___^ Now, on with the fic, and gomen for not updating for so long....
Disclaimer: Lalala....hmm, the CC episodes here (shown in the CCS order) have reached the episode where Sakura gets sucked into Alice in Wonderland. Heh. There are traces of S+S (mostly Syaoran blushing, so kawaii!! =^o^=) but I read in a CC bashing fic (no idea why I read it, I suppose I was feeling bored -_-) that they cut out the part where Syaoran confesses!! NOOOOOOOOOO!! _ Well, I admit that I cut it out in this fic as well, but it's for a good cause....=P And if you've guessed that I was trying to avoid doing the disclaimer, you're right. I did so many disclaimers for Pokemon already, and now I'm feeling so down....If you've guessed that I don't own CCS, DING DING DING!! You're right!! T_T
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Chapter 3: First Encounter __________________________________________
{{For the key, look at previous chapter. Gomen, too lazy to type it out. ^_^;; Oh yes, and they're 13 in this fic.}}
~Normal POV~
"Now that the business matters are settled," Kero said brightly. "How about some dinner?"
"Greedy, as always," Syaoran muttered, stroking his guardian beast, who was sitting on his shoulder. His sword had been transformed back into an emerald orb with small white wings, and now hung on his neck on a red string.
"Not greedy, hungry," Kero shot back. "It's evening already, if you haven't noticed."
"Hooooooee!!" Sakura cried, jumping up and looking out of the window. "It IS evening!! I didn't notice, what with the new Cards and everything. I'll start making dinner now!!" She bounded out of the room and slammed the door.
"Hmmm," Shimi murmured thoughtfully. "I haven't eaten in about a hundred years. Food would be nice. I wonder how much has changed."
"A lot," Kero suggested. "I remember what they called food a hundred years ago. Tasteless things compared to now."
Tomoyo trained her video camera on Kero, the focus of her usual taping now gone from the room. "What was it like a hundred years ago? Can you tell me? It might come in handy for projects later on."
As Kero talked about the 'tasteless things', Syaoran gazed into space.
~Syaoran's POV~
I watched the wall, thinking about what had happened in the last few hours. [New Cards, and me the Cardcaptor...] I mused. [Does that mean that I don't have to go home soon after all? I'll ask Mother,] I decided, [And see what happens next. She can't make me go home now that there are more Cards. She asked me to come to Japan so that I could capture some Cards, and she didn't sound very happy when I told her that Sakura was the Mistress of the Clow Cards now. At least I can stay here longer....and I don't have to leave Sakura.]
I turned, about to go down and ask Sakura whether I could use the phone, when I came face to face with Hiiragizawa.
"Penny for your thoughts, my cute descendant," he said, smirking. Thinking back to my very last thought, I blushed furiously.
"I don't need one, thank you," I snapped back, still blushing. [At least Daidouji is occupied,] I thought dryly. "Go away," I growled. "And don't call me that."
"Don't call you what, my cute descendant?" he asked, his eyes ever so largely innocent. It was obviously fake and meant to irritate me. Instead of blowing up, as I would at this stage, I simply shoved him away and said politely, "Excuse me please."
As I closed the door behind me, I caught a glimpse of his astonished look. I snorted with laughter as I descended the stairs. Priceless indeed!!
The smell of something delicious wafted out of the kitchen. It smelt like tomatoes. I poked my head around the corner and saw Sakura busily stirring something in a pot. [She looks so kawaii with her hair tied back like that,] I thought, blushing slightly.
"Sakura?" I called.
She turned around and saw me. "Syaoran-kun?" she exclaimed. "What is it?"
"Um....can I borrow the phone?" I asked, blushing harder. [Bakabakabakabaka....why must I blush NOW?!]
"Sure," Sakura replied cheerfully. "It's just down the hall. Dinner will be ready soon. It's spaghetti."
"I sorta guessed," I smiled. "I smelt tomato on the way down."
"When you're done with the phone can you help me call the rest down? Oh, and don't worry," she added, correctly interpreting my worried look. "Onii- chan's (is that the correct spelling? I used to take Jap but I quit so now I'm not too sure) studying with Yukito-san tonight. He'll be late. And Dad's on a business trip."
"That's good," I said, walking down the hall. I picked up the phone and dialed.
"Riiiiing, riiiiiiiing, riiiiiiing...."
"Hello. Li residence."
"Mother?"
"Xiao Lang? Why are you calling? I arranged your flight back to Hong Kong on Saturday at 2 in the afternoon, if that's what you're going to ask."
"No, I...."
"If you're asking if you can stay there longer, the answer is no. I thought we discussed this already." My mother's voice was disapproving; although so knew about my feelings for Sakura and approved of it, the Li Clan did not. She didn't have much choice, I guess.
"No, it's not that....A Card Book showed up today."
"What? A Card Book? Which one?"
"It's called the Wolc Book or something."
"Oh, the set Clow made after he made the Clow Cards. And what does that have to do with you?"
"I'm the Cardcaptor for this set of Cards, mother."
"Oh."
I quickly explained what had been going on in the past few hours, then ended with a plea to stay longer.
"If that is your reason for staying, I'm sure the Li Clan leader will not object." I could almost hear her smile. "I will cancel the flight. Good luck, Xiao Lang, and remember to call back weekly to report."
"Hai!!" I grinned. "I'll do it. It's almost habit now."
"Good luck, and see you next holiday!!" Before I could ask about that...
CLICK!!
I sighed and put down the phone. As I walked past the kitchen, I could see Sakura pouring spaghetti sauce onto six plates of spaghetti. Seeing me walk past, she called, "Dinner's ready!! Call the rest down!!"
"Okay," I climbed to stairs back to Sakura's room.
~Tomoyo's POV~
"....So this means that their relationship can develop!!" I said excitedly to Eriol-kun. "And I can tape more kawaii moments!!" I smiled dreamily, then snapped back to attention. "But I may need your help."
Kero-chan had finished his 'lecture' on food a few minutes ago, and at this moment, he and Shimi-chan were huddled in the corner, having a discussion. I have no idea what about.
"My help?" Eriol-kun asked in mock surprise, dark eyes dancing merrily. "What for?"
"Well, when they need a nudge in the right direction, and that nudge needs magic to 'happen', you could help," I replied brightly. "So, what do you say?"
"Whatever that would help my cute descendant, my daughter, and an angel, I suppose," he smiled, glasses reflecting the light for a moment and obscuring my view of his eyes.
"An a-angel?" I inquired, blushing ever so slightly.
"Isn't that what you are?" Eriol-kun asked, glasses reflecting the light again. I squinted. "Angels care about other people, and often forget about themselves." he continued, looking at me seriously. "They do a lot of good, but usually aren't noticed by anybody. Or at least, they're not properly appreciated."
"Eriol-kun, I-I...." I fumbled for words, but was saved by Li-kun, who burst through the door.
"Dinner's ready," he announced.
"Woo~!!" Kero-chan cheered, then rose into the air, pulling Shimi-chan with him. "C'mon, I'll show you what the food now is like...." He flew out of the door, Shimi-chan following curiously behind.
Li-kun looked over and smiled slyly. "Did I interrupt anything?" he asked with a wicked smile. "I'm so sorry, I'll leave both of you here. Remember to come down when you're done." He turned and slammed the door. I could hear snickering as he descended the stairs.
I blushed. [Never knew that Li-kun had that mean streak in him,] I thought wryly. [I suppose it's payback.]
"So," I said cheerfully, trying to break the awkward moment. "You want to hear my latest plan to get them together?"
"Don't change the subject," he scolded, blue eyes twinkling.
"What subject?" I asked, trying to sound confused. [I hope he doesn't pursue our earlier 'subject',] I thought uncomfortably, blushing. [I hope he can't read minds either.]
"Never mind," he replied, sighing. "Come on, let's go down and join the others." He opened the door and gestured.
"Hai," I said, sighing inwardly with relief. I walked out, then waited as he closed the door.
"By the way," he whispered as we approached the kitchen. "I can." {A/N: Read minds, that is. Heh. Some E+T here...o^___________^o And some very un- Tomoyo-like denseness. *laugh* }
~Sakura's POV~
Some time after Syaoran-kun went up, Kero-chan flew in, followed by Shimi- chan, who took one look and eagerly sat down beside one of the plates, sniffing hard. "It smells great..." she said dreamily as she took great big whiffs of the spaghetti.
"It IS great," Kero-chan said happily, sitting down beside a plate next to Shimi-chan's, which incidentally had the largest amount of spaghetti on it. He picked up the end of a strand, then started to suck it up. "You see," he said, slurping. "This is how you eat it."
"It is also messy, bad-mannered, and time-consuming to eat like that," I informed Shimi-chan, who was looking at Kero-chan in fascination. "You should eat it with a fork, like this." I sat down and twisted some spaghetti at the end of my fork, then ate it. "Here," I said, handing a miniature fork to Shimi-chan. "I used Little to shrink it. Would you like me to shrink your plate of spaghetti as well?"
"Um, okay," she said, staring at the mound of spaghetti.
"Little!!" I murmured, taking a card out of my pocket. "Would you please shrink that plate of spaghetti?"
Little appeared in a small blaze of light, giggled, then happily shrunk the plate and the contents on it to a suitable size for Shimi-chan.
"Thanks," I smiled. Little giggled again, then went back to card form. Shimi-chan happily dug in to her food.
"Tish ish delishious!!" Shimi-chan exclaimed with her mouth full. She swallowed and grinned.
"Thanks, but that's not much different from other spaghetti," I told the ecstatic guardian beast, who was stuffing herself with the pasta.
"What did I tell ya?" Kero said happily, busy stuffing the bottomless pit known as his stomach.
"I hope that she won't be like you, stuffed animal," drawled a voice from the doorway. I turned to see Syaoran-kun.
"Syaoran-kun!! Come and eat!!" I exclaimed, then peered behind him. "Where are Tomoyo-chan and Eriol-kun?"
"Oh, they're still upstairs," he said, smirking and walking to the table.
"Huh?" I didn't understand, but shrugged it off. I was sure they would come down sometime. {Heh, isn't Sakura dense...XD }
~Syaoran's POV~
I sniggered inwardly as they came into the kitchen. Daidouji was blushing faintly, something she was never known to do unless she was talking to Sakura about her costumes or what she had taped { Not the 'romantic' kind of blush; if you've read the manga you'll know what I mean. ^^ }
Sakura happily invited them to eat. I watched her sparkling emerald eyes dreamily, wondering how there could be such a pure green in this world.
"Syaoran-kun, what is it?" she looked up and asked. I blushed furiously while Daidouji and Hiiragizawa snickered simultaneously.
"It-It's nothing," I stammered, then jumped up, sensing a fairly strong magic in the area. "Sakura!!" I said sharply; her eyes widened as she sensed it too. Daidouji whipped out her video camera and started taping. Sighing in resignation to being subjected to needless taping again, I leapt out of the (OPEN) window, Sakura right behind.
Outside on the street, the trees waved wildly as a gale whipped through. The weird thing was, the trees went this way..then the opposite way. It was obvious that it was a Card. To my side, I could hear Sakura releasing her staff. Taking out my own Key, or in this case, Orb or Sword {=S}, I held it in front of me and released it like I had always done. Holding my new Sword, I stood in a defensive stance.
"Windy!! Find the source of this wind!!" I heard Sakura command, then turned and watched as the spirit-like Card whoosh away, returning with a puzzled expression.
"Windy, you did your best, arigatou," Sakura murmured as Windy returned to Card form. Turning to me, she asked worriedly, "What do we do now?"
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Gomen if this chapter (or fic) wavers to CC, but I can't help it. I'm not Japanese, and they're showing CC over here. I just read some comments on the difference between CC and CCS, and it makes me dislike CC even more. Oh, and I came across this really KAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAIIIIIII *squeal* S+S site. It's at http://www.dagger.net/~sakura/, and the fanfiction and artwork are great. I really liked this picture!! (http://www.dagger.net/~sakura/pics/art18.jpg) A must visit!! ^______^ Well, ja ne till next time, and remember to review, and card ideas are still welcome!!
~*Dawn the Espeon*~
A/N: Konnichiwa!! All right, no more script format, people, otherwise I might be deleted . Thank you all for the great cards!! ^____^ At the time I am writing this, I have 37 cards described in a nice list. =D 52-37=15 more I need!! I have all four element cards now, and thanks to the person who gave me the idea for the Phoenix Card, all four are mythical beasts!! ^___^ Now, on with the fic, and gomen for not updating for so long....
Disclaimer: Lalala....hmm, the CC episodes here (shown in the CCS order) have reached the episode where Sakura gets sucked into Alice in Wonderland. Heh. There are traces of S+S (mostly Syaoran blushing, so kawaii!! =^o^=) but I read in a CC bashing fic (no idea why I read it, I suppose I was feeling bored -_-) that they cut out the part where Syaoran confesses!! NOOOOOOOOOO!! _ Well, I admit that I cut it out in this fic as well, but it's for a good cause....=P And if you've guessed that I was trying to avoid doing the disclaimer, you're right. I did so many disclaimers for Pokemon already, and now I'm feeling so down....If you've guessed that I don't own CCS, DING DING DING!! You're right!! T_T
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Chapter 3: First Encounter __________________________________________
{{For the key, look at previous chapter. Gomen, too lazy to type it out. ^_^;; Oh yes, and they're 13 in this fic.}}
~Normal POV~
"Now that the business matters are settled," Kero said brightly. "How about some dinner?"
"Greedy, as always," Syaoran muttered, stroking his guardian beast, who was sitting on his shoulder. His sword had been transformed back into an emerald orb with small white wings, and now hung on his neck on a red string.
"Not greedy, hungry," Kero shot back. "It's evening already, if you haven't noticed."
"Hooooooee!!" Sakura cried, jumping up and looking out of the window. "It IS evening!! I didn't notice, what with the new Cards and everything. I'll start making dinner now!!" She bounded out of the room and slammed the door.
"Hmmm," Shimi murmured thoughtfully. "I haven't eaten in about a hundred years. Food would be nice. I wonder how much has changed."
"A lot," Kero suggested. "I remember what they called food a hundred years ago. Tasteless things compared to now."
Tomoyo trained her video camera on Kero, the focus of her usual taping now gone from the room. "What was it like a hundred years ago? Can you tell me? It might come in handy for projects later on."
As Kero talked about the 'tasteless things', Syaoran gazed into space.
~Syaoran's POV~
I watched the wall, thinking about what had happened in the last few hours. [New Cards, and me the Cardcaptor...] I mused. [Does that mean that I don't have to go home soon after all? I'll ask Mother,] I decided, [And see what happens next. She can't make me go home now that there are more Cards. She asked me to come to Japan so that I could capture some Cards, and she didn't sound very happy when I told her that Sakura was the Mistress of the Clow Cards now. At least I can stay here longer....and I don't have to leave Sakura.]
I turned, about to go down and ask Sakura whether I could use the phone, when I came face to face with Hiiragizawa.
"Penny for your thoughts, my cute descendant," he said, smirking. Thinking back to my very last thought, I blushed furiously.
"I don't need one, thank you," I snapped back, still blushing. [At least Daidouji is occupied,] I thought dryly. "Go away," I growled. "And don't call me that."
"Don't call you what, my cute descendant?" he asked, his eyes ever so largely innocent. It was obviously fake and meant to irritate me. Instead of blowing up, as I would at this stage, I simply shoved him away and said politely, "Excuse me please."
As I closed the door behind me, I caught a glimpse of his astonished look. I snorted with laughter as I descended the stairs. Priceless indeed!!
The smell of something delicious wafted out of the kitchen. It smelt like tomatoes. I poked my head around the corner and saw Sakura busily stirring something in a pot. [She looks so kawaii with her hair tied back like that,] I thought, blushing slightly.
"Sakura?" I called.
She turned around and saw me. "Syaoran-kun?" she exclaimed. "What is it?"
"Um....can I borrow the phone?" I asked, blushing harder. [Bakabakabakabaka....why must I blush NOW?!]
"Sure," Sakura replied cheerfully. "It's just down the hall. Dinner will be ready soon. It's spaghetti."
"I sorta guessed," I smiled. "I smelt tomato on the way down."
"When you're done with the phone can you help me call the rest down? Oh, and don't worry," she added, correctly interpreting my worried look. "Onii- chan's (is that the correct spelling? I used to take Jap but I quit so now I'm not too sure) studying with Yukito-san tonight. He'll be late. And Dad's on a business trip."
"That's good," I said, walking down the hall. I picked up the phone and dialed.
"Riiiiing, riiiiiiiing, riiiiiiing...."
"Hello. Li residence."
"Mother?"
"Xiao Lang? Why are you calling? I arranged your flight back to Hong Kong on Saturday at 2 in the afternoon, if that's what you're going to ask."
"No, I...."
"If you're asking if you can stay there longer, the answer is no. I thought we discussed this already." My mother's voice was disapproving; although so knew about my feelings for Sakura and approved of it, the Li Clan did not. She didn't have much choice, I guess.
"No, it's not that....A Card Book showed up today."
"What? A Card Book? Which one?"
"It's called the Wolc Book or something."
"Oh, the set Clow made after he made the Clow Cards. And what does that have to do with you?"
"I'm the Cardcaptor for this set of Cards, mother."
"Oh."
I quickly explained what had been going on in the past few hours, then ended with a plea to stay longer.
"If that is your reason for staying, I'm sure the Li Clan leader will not object." I could almost hear her smile. "I will cancel the flight. Good luck, Xiao Lang, and remember to call back weekly to report."
"Hai!!" I grinned. "I'll do it. It's almost habit now."
"Good luck, and see you next holiday!!" Before I could ask about that...
CLICK!!
I sighed and put down the phone. As I walked past the kitchen, I could see Sakura pouring spaghetti sauce onto six plates of spaghetti. Seeing me walk past, she called, "Dinner's ready!! Call the rest down!!"
"Okay," I climbed to stairs back to Sakura's room.
~Tomoyo's POV~
"....So this means that their relationship can develop!!" I said excitedly to Eriol-kun. "And I can tape more kawaii moments!!" I smiled dreamily, then snapped back to attention. "But I may need your help."
Kero-chan had finished his 'lecture' on food a few minutes ago, and at this moment, he and Shimi-chan were huddled in the corner, having a discussion. I have no idea what about.
"My help?" Eriol-kun asked in mock surprise, dark eyes dancing merrily. "What for?"
"Well, when they need a nudge in the right direction, and that nudge needs magic to 'happen', you could help," I replied brightly. "So, what do you say?"
"Whatever that would help my cute descendant, my daughter, and an angel, I suppose," he smiled, glasses reflecting the light for a moment and obscuring my view of his eyes.
"An a-angel?" I inquired, blushing ever so slightly.
"Isn't that what you are?" Eriol-kun asked, glasses reflecting the light again. I squinted. "Angels care about other people, and often forget about themselves." he continued, looking at me seriously. "They do a lot of good, but usually aren't noticed by anybody. Or at least, they're not properly appreciated."
"Eriol-kun, I-I...." I fumbled for words, but was saved by Li-kun, who burst through the door.
"Dinner's ready," he announced.
"Woo~!!" Kero-chan cheered, then rose into the air, pulling Shimi-chan with him. "C'mon, I'll show you what the food now is like...." He flew out of the door, Shimi-chan following curiously behind.
Li-kun looked over and smiled slyly. "Did I interrupt anything?" he asked with a wicked smile. "I'm so sorry, I'll leave both of you here. Remember to come down when you're done." He turned and slammed the door. I could hear snickering as he descended the stairs.
I blushed. [Never knew that Li-kun had that mean streak in him,] I thought wryly. [I suppose it's payback.]
"So," I said cheerfully, trying to break the awkward moment. "You want to hear my latest plan to get them together?"
"Don't change the subject," he scolded, blue eyes twinkling.
"What subject?" I asked, trying to sound confused. [I hope he doesn't pursue our earlier 'subject',] I thought uncomfortably, blushing. [I hope he can't read minds either.]
"Never mind," he replied, sighing. "Come on, let's go down and join the others." He opened the door and gestured.
"Hai," I said, sighing inwardly with relief. I walked out, then waited as he closed the door.
"By the way," he whispered as we approached the kitchen. "I can." {A/N: Read minds, that is. Heh. Some E+T here...o^___________^o And some very un- Tomoyo-like denseness. *laugh* }
~Sakura's POV~
Some time after Syaoran-kun went up, Kero-chan flew in, followed by Shimi- chan, who took one look and eagerly sat down beside one of the plates, sniffing hard. "It smells great..." she said dreamily as she took great big whiffs of the spaghetti.
"It IS great," Kero-chan said happily, sitting down beside a plate next to Shimi-chan's, which incidentally had the largest amount of spaghetti on it. He picked up the end of a strand, then started to suck it up. "You see," he said, slurping. "This is how you eat it."
"It is also messy, bad-mannered, and time-consuming to eat like that," I informed Shimi-chan, who was looking at Kero-chan in fascination. "You should eat it with a fork, like this." I sat down and twisted some spaghetti at the end of my fork, then ate it. "Here," I said, handing a miniature fork to Shimi-chan. "I used Little to shrink it. Would you like me to shrink your plate of spaghetti as well?"
"Um, okay," she said, staring at the mound of spaghetti.
"Little!!" I murmured, taking a card out of my pocket. "Would you please shrink that plate of spaghetti?"
Little appeared in a small blaze of light, giggled, then happily shrunk the plate and the contents on it to a suitable size for Shimi-chan.
"Thanks," I smiled. Little giggled again, then went back to card form. Shimi-chan happily dug in to her food.
"Tish ish delishious!!" Shimi-chan exclaimed with her mouth full. She swallowed and grinned.
"Thanks, but that's not much different from other spaghetti," I told the ecstatic guardian beast, who was stuffing herself with the pasta.
"What did I tell ya?" Kero said happily, busy stuffing the bottomless pit known as his stomach.
"I hope that she won't be like you, stuffed animal," drawled a voice from the doorway. I turned to see Syaoran-kun.
"Syaoran-kun!! Come and eat!!" I exclaimed, then peered behind him. "Where are Tomoyo-chan and Eriol-kun?"
"Oh, they're still upstairs," he said, smirking and walking to the table.
"Huh?" I didn't understand, but shrugged it off. I was sure they would come down sometime. {Heh, isn't Sakura dense...XD }
~Syaoran's POV~
I sniggered inwardly as they came into the kitchen. Daidouji was blushing faintly, something she was never known to do unless she was talking to Sakura about her costumes or what she had taped { Not the 'romantic' kind of blush; if you've read the manga you'll know what I mean. ^^ }
Sakura happily invited them to eat. I watched her sparkling emerald eyes dreamily, wondering how there could be such a pure green in this world.
"Syaoran-kun, what is it?" she looked up and asked. I blushed furiously while Daidouji and Hiiragizawa snickered simultaneously.
"It-It's nothing," I stammered, then jumped up, sensing a fairly strong magic in the area. "Sakura!!" I said sharply; her eyes widened as she sensed it too. Daidouji whipped out her video camera and started taping. Sighing in resignation to being subjected to needless taping again, I leapt out of the (OPEN) window, Sakura right behind.
Outside on the street, the trees waved wildly as a gale whipped through. The weird thing was, the trees went this way..then the opposite way. It was obvious that it was a Card. To my side, I could hear Sakura releasing her staff. Taking out my own Key, or in this case, Orb or Sword {=S}, I held it in front of me and released it like I had always done. Holding my new Sword, I stood in a defensive stance.
"Windy!! Find the source of this wind!!" I heard Sakura command, then turned and watched as the spirit-like Card whoosh away, returning with a puzzled expression.
"Windy, you did your best, arigatou," Sakura murmured as Windy returned to Card form. Turning to me, she asked worriedly, "What do we do now?"
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Gomen if this chapter (or fic) wavers to CC, but I can't help it. I'm not Japanese, and they're showing CC over here. I just read some comments on the difference between CC and CCS, and it makes me dislike CC even more. Oh, and I came across this really KAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAIIIIIII *squeal* S+S site. It's at http://www.dagger.net/~sakura/, and the fanfiction and artwork are great. I really liked this picture!! (http://www.dagger.net/~sakura/pics/art18.jpg) A must visit!! ^______^ Well, ja ne till next time, and remember to review, and card ideas are still welcome!!
~*Dawn the Espeon*~