Chapter 4: America
Eriol smiled, and kissed her cheek. "I'll work on the spell." Tokoyo smiled back. "Good." Nakuru rolled her eyes. "Master, must you always be so dramatic?"
Tokoyo placed the black ring on her finger. "I will, Eri." Eriol placed the crown in his bag. "I will, Tokyo."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Good-BYE, Eriol!" Sakura kissed him, and he blushed. Eriol teased, "Good-BYE, Li!"
~*~
An hour later, 4 children were on a plane bound for the PDX airport.
Tomoyo and Tokoyo talked quietly as Syaoran and Sakura made out. "How often does this happen?" Tomoyo smiled. "Quite alot. I'm so glad I got them together." Syaoran kicked her. The girls giggled, but Syaoran wasn't paying attention.
The flight attendant came along, and pulled the two apart. "Excuse me, where are your parents?" Syaoran and Sakura blushed violet. "Well, um..."
Tokyo stood up. "Excuse me. I am Tokoyo Clow Kurii, and this is Tomoyo Daidoji, and we are on my father's business, and we brought along two friends."
The woman bowed her head. "Of course. I did not see you, Ms. Kurii. Excuse me, Ms. Daidoji, but would you like to order for your FRIENDS?" Tomoyo nodded. "We'll have 4 orders of Pad Thai and some water, please."
The woman nodded. "Of course there will be no charge. Thank you for choosing Nihon International. We hope you will speak highly of it to your guardians." The girls nodded. "So far, the service has been impeccable, if not my comrades behavior. Excuse them, they have not ridden in first class before."
The woman nodded. "Your food will be here soon. Nice meeting you, Ms. Kurii and Daidoji." The girls bowed their heads, and sat down.
Both glared at Syaoran or Sakura. "We could have been thrown back into coach! If my father heard I rode in coach, he'd check who was stupid enough to do that, find he supposedly supervised my flight to the states, and come running." Tokyo slapped Syaoran, and relaxed.
"Good. Now we will have something to eat." They ate silently, unsure of the thought of America. Only Tokoyo knew the language, and Tomoyo had been there once.
"How will we get around?"
Tokyo grinned. "You follow me closely, keep your hands in your pockets, and say nothing if you are asked to help, hold or give something. We will be landing in New York, and people are not angelic here. They will try to pick your pockets, steal your purses, or beat you up. We will walk quickly to the train station, and not get off until we're in Oklahoma. We'll change buses, and stay on our second one until Idaho. We will then take a bus to northern California, where Crystal and Alyson Raphael will greet us."
Syaoran stared. "When'd you figure that out?"
Tokyo smiled, and said sweetly, "While you two were oblivious to the world."
Syaoran and Sakura blushed furiously, but said nothing more.
~*~
The food was all right, but the water glasses were small, and the food was spicy. They rushed through the streets. Syaoran and Sakura felt odd, so many different hair colors and skin colors, and no one was the same size. A short fat red man was yelling at him, waving a red stick in brown bread. Syaoran shielded Sakura, and hurried the group.
When they got to the train station, Syaoran was indignant that they would have to stand until they got out of New York, and seated passengers got off.
A girl with black hair holding a small child smiled. "Tokyo!" Tokoyo beamed. "Kadori! Yoko! How are you two?" Kadori shrugged. Henry, her boyfried, was holding two stuffed animals, one an versized rabbit, the other, Syaoran couldn't quite tell. Kadori put a finger in his side, and he jumped up. He pointed at Tomoyo and Sakura. "Sit down. Don't mind the toys." Syaoran thought he heard the rabbit mumble, but he shook his head. It had been a long day. He was hearing things. Sakura indicated for him to sit down. He did, and she sat in his lap.
Kadori and Tokoyo grinned. "So, have you found him, Tokyo?" Tokoyo blushed. "Yes, Kadri. I found him." The girl grinned, and put Yoko down. "Don't play with the mon, Yoko." The girl nodded.
Yoko stared at Tokyo. "Toko!" she screamed. Tokyo picked her up, smiling. "You remember me!" Yoko beamed and laughed. "Your new friends?" Tokyo nodded, matching the child's solemn face. "Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoran." she said, pointing out each of them. Yoko struggled free, and went up to each of them, and said solemnly, "I am glad to meet you, friend of Toko. You will stay, see Kadri's house?" Syaoran looked over the child's head. "Does she know how to talk well?" Tokyo and Kadori laughed. "She comes up with nicknames for all her friends. Get used to it Li, she's going to Oregon." Syaoran slowly smiled at the kid. "Yoko, what would you like to call me?" The girl thought hard. "Syao?" Syaoran laughed. "Okay." She looked at Sakura. "Can I call you Sakra?" Sakura smiled, her heart melting for this girl. "Sure." She looked at Tomoyo. "Tomo and Toko!" Tomoyo laughed. "You've got us all figured out!"
~*~
Meanwhile, Eriol was preparing his spell for changing his birth.
"Now, I need a clip of hair."
SNIP! Blue black hair fell in.
"A little dragon scale."
A golden circle slowly fell.
"That should be it. Now Tokyo doesn't have to worry about her mother. We'll have another chance!" Eriol stirred the mixture, and ladled out an amount into his cup. A black/bluish color, Eriol shuddered, but drank. He fell in a spasm, his cup breaking. He could not move. Instead of fully recovering from Clow Reed's control, he has just strengthened the spirit's grip. Clow Reed flowed back in. Eriol heard his own voice, and was terrified. "Ha ha ha, time to test Tokoyo Clow Kurii, the new cardcaptor!"
Eriol beat at the blackness that shaded his vision, but he was thrown back.
"Eriol! Have you learned nothing? Stay where I can't feel you, and I won't hurt you!"
Eriol was thrown back into a mental cage he'd been trapped in before. Except now, he couldn't even struggle.
Eriol saw the words on the page change. 'Spell for stupid magicians to release evil spirits.' Eriol had forgotten. A word could be changed with powerful magic. Of course, Eriol hadn't bothered to look. He'd thought that after Clow Reed had tested Sakura, he would be done. But apparently, Clow Reed didn't want to go back wherever he came from. Eriol sent out a mental cry.
{help!}
~*~
Tokyo's head popped up. She turned to Sakura and Li. "Did you hear that?" They shook their heads. She knelt down in front of Yoko. "Yoko, I need you to tell me who said that, okay?" The girl nodded, and concentrated.
Tokyo mouthed, Did you? at Kadori and Henry. They nodded. This wasn't obvious magic. This was spiritual warfare. And Yoko was their lethal weapon.
"It-came from-a boy-in Nihon?-a spirit-inside-boy want-it out-too powerful-HELP ME!" she screamed. Sakura and Syaoran jumped. It was Eriol's voice that screamed. Tokyo had already figured it out.
Tokoyo held the little girl, rocking her back and forth, calming her. "Sh, it's all right, Yoko. Thank you, Yoko. You can let go now." The girl slowly calmed. She was still crying.
"He was,"
sniffle
"in a cage,"
sob
"the bad one wouldn't,"
sniffle
"let him out. He's so scared, Toko. He's had the bad one before."
Tokyo's face drained. She looked at Kadori and Henry. They were both pale, too.
Syaoran, Sakura and Tomoyo figured it out. "Wait!" Sakura hissed. "Eriol doesn't know God, but Eriol is half Clow Reed. Can that be the evil one?" Tokyo sadly turned to Sakura. "He's not a reincarnation. Whatever Clow Reed was or is, I think demon, you think spirit, he's taken over Eriol again."
Yoko suddenly screamed, and grabbed Tokyo. The black haired youth shielded the girl, feeling cold things pass over her. Henry started singing. "I love you Lord," Kadori joined in, raising her voice. "And I lift my voice," Tokyo and Tomyo joined. "To worship you." Somehow, Syaoran and Sakura joined in, not knowing what the English words meant, but knowing it stopped the demons and made them flee. "Oh my soul," Yoko finally calmed down, and joined. "Rejoice." Two blonde girls came into the room, and finished the song with them. "Take joy, my King, in what You hear. May it be a sweet, sweet sound, in Your ear." The last one fled.
One blonde quoted the verse in English, the other in Japanese. "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Tokyo smiled softly. "Thanks. I wasn't sure they'd leave or not." The Japanese speaking girl laughed. "Of course they'd leave! Why wouldn't they?" T
he American blonde looked around. "Where's Meiling?" Syaoran blushed. "She didn't come." "Oh. I'm Alyson, and we went to school together. This is my little sister Crystal. We tried to meet you at the airport, but you guys left pretty quick. Not everyone is dying to mug you, Tokyo."
Tokyo blushed. "It's still hard to stop being careful." Crystal smiled. "Alyson, stop teasing. You know if she were to shout she didn't fear being mugged, even though she was Kurii heiress-" her sister cut her off. "Very funny, sis. So funny, I forgot to laugh." The others were laughing, trying to imagine Tokyo yelling. They'd seen her do it once, but that was understandable.
Eriol smiled, and kissed her cheek. "I'll work on the spell." Tokoyo smiled back. "Good." Nakuru rolled her eyes. "Master, must you always be so dramatic?"
Tokoyo placed the black ring on her finger. "I will, Eri." Eriol placed the crown in his bag. "I will, Tokyo."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Good-BYE, Eriol!" Sakura kissed him, and he blushed. Eriol teased, "Good-BYE, Li!"
~*~
An hour later, 4 children were on a plane bound for the PDX airport.
Tomoyo and Tokoyo talked quietly as Syaoran and Sakura made out. "How often does this happen?" Tomoyo smiled. "Quite alot. I'm so glad I got them together." Syaoran kicked her. The girls giggled, but Syaoran wasn't paying attention.
The flight attendant came along, and pulled the two apart. "Excuse me, where are your parents?" Syaoran and Sakura blushed violet. "Well, um..."
Tokyo stood up. "Excuse me. I am Tokoyo Clow Kurii, and this is Tomoyo Daidoji, and we are on my father's business, and we brought along two friends."
The woman bowed her head. "Of course. I did not see you, Ms. Kurii. Excuse me, Ms. Daidoji, but would you like to order for your FRIENDS?" Tomoyo nodded. "We'll have 4 orders of Pad Thai and some water, please."
The woman nodded. "Of course there will be no charge. Thank you for choosing Nihon International. We hope you will speak highly of it to your guardians." The girls nodded. "So far, the service has been impeccable, if not my comrades behavior. Excuse them, they have not ridden in first class before."
The woman nodded. "Your food will be here soon. Nice meeting you, Ms. Kurii and Daidoji." The girls bowed their heads, and sat down.
Both glared at Syaoran or Sakura. "We could have been thrown back into coach! If my father heard I rode in coach, he'd check who was stupid enough to do that, find he supposedly supervised my flight to the states, and come running." Tokyo slapped Syaoran, and relaxed.
"Good. Now we will have something to eat." They ate silently, unsure of the thought of America. Only Tokoyo knew the language, and Tomoyo had been there once.
"How will we get around?"
Tokyo grinned. "You follow me closely, keep your hands in your pockets, and say nothing if you are asked to help, hold or give something. We will be landing in New York, and people are not angelic here. They will try to pick your pockets, steal your purses, or beat you up. We will walk quickly to the train station, and not get off until we're in Oklahoma. We'll change buses, and stay on our second one until Idaho. We will then take a bus to northern California, where Crystal and Alyson Raphael will greet us."
Syaoran stared. "When'd you figure that out?"
Tokyo smiled, and said sweetly, "While you two were oblivious to the world."
Syaoran and Sakura blushed furiously, but said nothing more.
~*~
The food was all right, but the water glasses were small, and the food was spicy. They rushed through the streets. Syaoran and Sakura felt odd, so many different hair colors and skin colors, and no one was the same size. A short fat red man was yelling at him, waving a red stick in brown bread. Syaoran shielded Sakura, and hurried the group.
When they got to the train station, Syaoran was indignant that they would have to stand until they got out of New York, and seated passengers got off.
A girl with black hair holding a small child smiled. "Tokyo!" Tokoyo beamed. "Kadori! Yoko! How are you two?" Kadori shrugged. Henry, her boyfried, was holding two stuffed animals, one an versized rabbit, the other, Syaoran couldn't quite tell. Kadori put a finger in his side, and he jumped up. He pointed at Tomoyo and Sakura. "Sit down. Don't mind the toys." Syaoran thought he heard the rabbit mumble, but he shook his head. It had been a long day. He was hearing things. Sakura indicated for him to sit down. He did, and she sat in his lap.
Kadori and Tokoyo grinned. "So, have you found him, Tokyo?" Tokoyo blushed. "Yes, Kadri. I found him." The girl grinned, and put Yoko down. "Don't play with the mon, Yoko." The girl nodded.
Yoko stared at Tokyo. "Toko!" she screamed. Tokyo picked her up, smiling. "You remember me!" Yoko beamed and laughed. "Your new friends?" Tokyo nodded, matching the child's solemn face. "Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoran." she said, pointing out each of them. Yoko struggled free, and went up to each of them, and said solemnly, "I am glad to meet you, friend of Toko. You will stay, see Kadri's house?" Syaoran looked over the child's head. "Does she know how to talk well?" Tokyo and Kadori laughed. "She comes up with nicknames for all her friends. Get used to it Li, she's going to Oregon." Syaoran slowly smiled at the kid. "Yoko, what would you like to call me?" The girl thought hard. "Syao?" Syaoran laughed. "Okay." She looked at Sakura. "Can I call you Sakra?" Sakura smiled, her heart melting for this girl. "Sure." She looked at Tomoyo. "Tomo and Toko!" Tomoyo laughed. "You've got us all figured out!"
~*~
Meanwhile, Eriol was preparing his spell for changing his birth.
"Now, I need a clip of hair."
SNIP! Blue black hair fell in.
"A little dragon scale."
A golden circle slowly fell.
"That should be it. Now Tokyo doesn't have to worry about her mother. We'll have another chance!" Eriol stirred the mixture, and ladled out an amount into his cup. A black/bluish color, Eriol shuddered, but drank. He fell in a spasm, his cup breaking. He could not move. Instead of fully recovering from Clow Reed's control, he has just strengthened the spirit's grip. Clow Reed flowed back in. Eriol heard his own voice, and was terrified. "Ha ha ha, time to test Tokoyo Clow Kurii, the new cardcaptor!"
Eriol beat at the blackness that shaded his vision, but he was thrown back.
"Eriol! Have you learned nothing? Stay where I can't feel you, and I won't hurt you!"
Eriol was thrown back into a mental cage he'd been trapped in before. Except now, he couldn't even struggle.
Eriol saw the words on the page change. 'Spell for stupid magicians to release evil spirits.' Eriol had forgotten. A word could be changed with powerful magic. Of course, Eriol hadn't bothered to look. He'd thought that after Clow Reed had tested Sakura, he would be done. But apparently, Clow Reed didn't want to go back wherever he came from. Eriol sent out a mental cry.
{help!}
~*~
Tokyo's head popped up. She turned to Sakura and Li. "Did you hear that?" They shook their heads. She knelt down in front of Yoko. "Yoko, I need you to tell me who said that, okay?" The girl nodded, and concentrated.
Tokyo mouthed, Did you? at Kadori and Henry. They nodded. This wasn't obvious magic. This was spiritual warfare. And Yoko was their lethal weapon.
"It-came from-a boy-in Nihon?-a spirit-inside-boy want-it out-too powerful-HELP ME!" she screamed. Sakura and Syaoran jumped. It was Eriol's voice that screamed. Tokyo had already figured it out.
Tokoyo held the little girl, rocking her back and forth, calming her. "Sh, it's all right, Yoko. Thank you, Yoko. You can let go now." The girl slowly calmed. She was still crying.
"He was,"
sniffle
"in a cage,"
sob
"the bad one wouldn't,"
sniffle
"let him out. He's so scared, Toko. He's had the bad one before."
Tokyo's face drained. She looked at Kadori and Henry. They were both pale, too.
Syaoran, Sakura and Tomoyo figured it out. "Wait!" Sakura hissed. "Eriol doesn't know God, but Eriol is half Clow Reed. Can that be the evil one?" Tokyo sadly turned to Sakura. "He's not a reincarnation. Whatever Clow Reed was or is, I think demon, you think spirit, he's taken over Eriol again."
Yoko suddenly screamed, and grabbed Tokyo. The black haired youth shielded the girl, feeling cold things pass over her. Henry started singing. "I love you Lord," Kadori joined in, raising her voice. "And I lift my voice," Tokyo and Tomyo joined. "To worship you." Somehow, Syaoran and Sakura joined in, not knowing what the English words meant, but knowing it stopped the demons and made them flee. "Oh my soul," Yoko finally calmed down, and joined. "Rejoice." Two blonde girls came into the room, and finished the song with them. "Take joy, my King, in what You hear. May it be a sweet, sweet sound, in Your ear." The last one fled.
One blonde quoted the verse in English, the other in Japanese. "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Tokyo smiled softly. "Thanks. I wasn't sure they'd leave or not." The Japanese speaking girl laughed. "Of course they'd leave! Why wouldn't they?" T
he American blonde looked around. "Where's Meiling?" Syaoran blushed. "She didn't come." "Oh. I'm Alyson, and we went to school together. This is my little sister Crystal. We tried to meet you at the airport, but you guys left pretty quick. Not everyone is dying to mug you, Tokyo."
Tokyo blushed. "It's still hard to stop being careful." Crystal smiled. "Alyson, stop teasing. You know if she were to shout she didn't fear being mugged, even though she was Kurii heiress-" her sister cut her off. "Very funny, sis. So funny, I forgot to laugh." The others were laughing, trying to imagine Tokyo yelling. They'd seen her do it once, but that was understandable.