Chapter three: The cold lightning
Li's room..
Li got out the cards that he had captured so far and looked at them.
*Forest, wet, heat.so far there have hardly been a problem with the cards. How am I going to prove that I'm worth something to myself with cards that don't put up a fight..why am I still going on about this?*
He put the cards down.
*Is it cold in here? I sense a Korano card, maybe I'll get a chance to prove my self now. I'll take it on alone*
Li grabbed his sword and went up to the roof. He closed his eyes and tried to sense where it was.
*It's coming here, hah all the better for me*
He waited a few minutes until he saw the card land in front of him. The card was about the same height as Li, bright blue, bald, the only thing it wore was puffy blue trousers.
Li used the forest card and tied the card up, the card smiled evilly, it touched the branches and they started to freeze up allowing it to get out easily.
"Okay! Lets try this!"
Li tried to use the wet card but the card attacked, it swung it's right fist forward but Li managed to block it, then it hit Li with it's left fist in an uppercut. Li stumbled back and used his elemental lightning, it caused the card to fall over giving him those few crucial seconds to use the wet card to bring it down so Li could seal it. Li picked up the cold card and smiled.
*I did it on my own, but this card didn't put up much of a fight either.oh well*
"LI!"
Li glanced up to see Sakura, with wings (obviously the fly card) flying toward him.
"Li where's the card!?"
"How did you know Sakura?"
"Because I sensed you use your magic so I knew something was up"
"Don't worry Sakura I've already caught it"
"LI WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?!"
"Sakura I-I"
"Li I would've helped, you could've been hurt!"
"SAKURA I HAVE BEATEN THE CARD MYSELF! DIDN'T YOU THINK I COULD CAPTURE IT WITHOUT THE ALMIGHTY MASTER OF THE CLOW CARDS! WHY DON'T YOU TRUST ME!"
Sakura's eyes started to water, she walked forward right up to Li with tears flowing in her eyes. She hugged him.
"I'm sorry Li I just don't want you to get hurt. I care about you too much to lose you!"
Li hugged her back.
"I'm sorry too Sakura I guess I over reacted."
Next day..
"Wow Li you caught the card by yourself!?" Korano exclaimed.
"Yeah but so far the cards haven't been putting up much of a fight. I'm kinda disappointed."
"These are the weaker cards trust me some of the cards are really powerful" Senosa said shoving sweets down his mouth.
"It's disturbing how much like Kero Senosa is" Meiling said.
"Out of interest is that Senosa's true form or does he have another?"
"No Senosa has another form. You'll get to see it when you capture the peace card"
"The "peace" card?" Meiling said.
"It's my most powerful card"
Sakura's house.
"So Sakura where were you last night?"
Sakura looked up "huh? What do you mean Kero?"
"Come on Sakura I know you took off late last night. I bet you were with the kid."
"Well.I sensed Li use his magic and I thought he might be fighting a card so I thought I'd go and help him"
"And you didn't wake me! Anyway was it a card?"
"Yeah it was but Li had already caught it"
"What the kid caught a card by himself!? Why that's.huh?"
Kero looked at Sakura to see her eyes watering.
"Hey you all right?"
"Yeah but for the first time since me and Li told each other how we feel we have never had a fight but we had a fight last night."
"What about?"
Sakura told Kero how she had scolded Li and how his reaction was saying he didn't trust her.
"Yeah but you apologised to each other afterwards so I don't see the problem"
"Li trusted me when I was transforming the cards, even though he objected every now and then he believed I could do a lot on my own. I made it seem last night that I couldn't trust him to handle the card without me"
"Don't worry Sakura it's over"
"I know but I can't shake the feeling that he's right"
10 minutes later Li's apartment.
Ding-dong
"Don't worry Meiling I've got it" Korano said
Korano opened the front door to see Sakura standing there.
"Hey Sakura, are you all right?"
"Yeah I'm fine, is Li in?"
"He's in his room come in"
"Thanks"
Li's room.
Li sat on his bed studding the cards.
*So far I've only been thinking about the cards as a fighting experience while everyone else cares for them because of their spirits. Maybe I should give up I don't deserve to be their master*
He put the cards on the bed and sighed. The cards suddenly floated in front of Li and rested in Li's hands.
*Do they.actually want me to be their master?*
He put the cards back in the book and was about to lay down on his bed when the door sprang open and Sakura came in.
"Sakura!"
She closed the door behind her and went up to Li.
"Li I'm so sorry about what I said last night Li I-I"
Li smiled, wiped her tears and hugged her.
"Sakura we sorted this out last night you've done nothing to apologise for"
"I know but.your right Li you trusted me when I was transforming the cards but now that you're capturing cards I just don't think you can do it without me"
"Sakura I know you don't want me to get hurt and I gladly accept your help but if I capture a card on my own that's no excuse to shout at me"
"I know Li I'm so sorry"
"Shhhhh it's alright, it's alright"
He hugged her close, lifted her head and kissed her.
Later that night.
BOOOM!
Li woke up with a start and went onto the balcony.
*Wow those are horrible storm clouds, wait there's a Korano card there I gotta tell the others*
20 minutes later Li's apartment roof.
"Where's Yue?" Sakura asked
"Couldn't reach him" Li answered.
"Which card is it Korano" Madison asked.
"Definitely the lightning card, this is bad the lightning card is undoubtedly one of the strongest cards"
"HERE IT COMES!"
They all looked up to see lightning come out of the clouds moving like it had a mind, it struck the ground near them but did not disappear. It twisted around until it formed a tiger like body.
"Don't worry I've got it!" Korano said "EMERALD BEAM!" A green beam of magic shot out of Korano's hands but the lightning card easily dodged it. It in turn fired a lightning bolt back, Sakura used the shield card just in time but the force of the blast was enough to blow a hole in the shield.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Kero exclaimed.
"MOVE IT" Li shouted as he saw the lightning card charge up another attack, which they only just dodged.
Kero transformed and attacked the card but it just dodged that attack just like Korano's. "This thing is unbeatable!" Kero shouted
"It's both incredibly powerful and incredibly fast however it lacks in defence so a solid attack will defeat it in one hit" Senosa said
"But how are we supposed to hit it!?" Kero demanded.
"Sakura use the wood card" Li said.
Everyone looked at Li "but Li it'll just dodge it"
"Trust me Sakura"
Sakura nodded and smiled "Okay Li"
She used the wood card but as they suspected the lightning dodged it but a split-second afterwards Li used the forest and to everyone's astonishment tied the lightning card but it was quickly escaping.
"KORANO! STUFFED ANIMAL ATTACK NOW!"
They both attacked and hit the card dead on weakening the card enough for Li to seal it.
"Hey kid did you just call me a STUFFED ANIMAL!" Kero leapt on Li pinning him to the floor.
"GET OFF HIM KERO NOW!"
"It's amazing" Korina said to Senosa "That Li knew that the lightning card has too recover from it's dodge, he shows promise"
"Yeah but will that be enough?" Senosa asked.
Li's room..
Li got out the cards that he had captured so far and looked at them.
*Forest, wet, heat.so far there have hardly been a problem with the cards. How am I going to prove that I'm worth something to myself with cards that don't put up a fight..why am I still going on about this?*
He put the cards down.
*Is it cold in here? I sense a Korano card, maybe I'll get a chance to prove my self now. I'll take it on alone*
Li grabbed his sword and went up to the roof. He closed his eyes and tried to sense where it was.
*It's coming here, hah all the better for me*
He waited a few minutes until he saw the card land in front of him. The card was about the same height as Li, bright blue, bald, the only thing it wore was puffy blue trousers.
Li used the forest card and tied the card up, the card smiled evilly, it touched the branches and they started to freeze up allowing it to get out easily.
"Okay! Lets try this!"
Li tried to use the wet card but the card attacked, it swung it's right fist forward but Li managed to block it, then it hit Li with it's left fist in an uppercut. Li stumbled back and used his elemental lightning, it caused the card to fall over giving him those few crucial seconds to use the wet card to bring it down so Li could seal it. Li picked up the cold card and smiled.
*I did it on my own, but this card didn't put up much of a fight either.oh well*
"LI!"
Li glanced up to see Sakura, with wings (obviously the fly card) flying toward him.
"Li where's the card!?"
"How did you know Sakura?"
"Because I sensed you use your magic so I knew something was up"
"Don't worry Sakura I've already caught it"
"LI WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?!"
"Sakura I-I"
"Li I would've helped, you could've been hurt!"
"SAKURA I HAVE BEATEN THE CARD MYSELF! DIDN'T YOU THINK I COULD CAPTURE IT WITHOUT THE ALMIGHTY MASTER OF THE CLOW CARDS! WHY DON'T YOU TRUST ME!"
Sakura's eyes started to water, she walked forward right up to Li with tears flowing in her eyes. She hugged him.
"I'm sorry Li I just don't want you to get hurt. I care about you too much to lose you!"
Li hugged her back.
"I'm sorry too Sakura I guess I over reacted."
Next day..
"Wow Li you caught the card by yourself!?" Korano exclaimed.
"Yeah but so far the cards haven't been putting up much of a fight. I'm kinda disappointed."
"These are the weaker cards trust me some of the cards are really powerful" Senosa said shoving sweets down his mouth.
"It's disturbing how much like Kero Senosa is" Meiling said.
"Out of interest is that Senosa's true form or does he have another?"
"No Senosa has another form. You'll get to see it when you capture the peace card"
"The "peace" card?" Meiling said.
"It's my most powerful card"
Sakura's house.
"So Sakura where were you last night?"
Sakura looked up "huh? What do you mean Kero?"
"Come on Sakura I know you took off late last night. I bet you were with the kid."
"Well.I sensed Li use his magic and I thought he might be fighting a card so I thought I'd go and help him"
"And you didn't wake me! Anyway was it a card?"
"Yeah it was but Li had already caught it"
"What the kid caught a card by himself!? Why that's.huh?"
Kero looked at Sakura to see her eyes watering.
"Hey you all right?"
"Yeah but for the first time since me and Li told each other how we feel we have never had a fight but we had a fight last night."
"What about?"
Sakura told Kero how she had scolded Li and how his reaction was saying he didn't trust her.
"Yeah but you apologised to each other afterwards so I don't see the problem"
"Li trusted me when I was transforming the cards, even though he objected every now and then he believed I could do a lot on my own. I made it seem last night that I couldn't trust him to handle the card without me"
"Don't worry Sakura it's over"
"I know but I can't shake the feeling that he's right"
10 minutes later Li's apartment.
Ding-dong
"Don't worry Meiling I've got it" Korano said
Korano opened the front door to see Sakura standing there.
"Hey Sakura, are you all right?"
"Yeah I'm fine, is Li in?"
"He's in his room come in"
"Thanks"
Li's room.
Li sat on his bed studding the cards.
*So far I've only been thinking about the cards as a fighting experience while everyone else cares for them because of their spirits. Maybe I should give up I don't deserve to be their master*
He put the cards on the bed and sighed. The cards suddenly floated in front of Li and rested in Li's hands.
*Do they.actually want me to be their master?*
He put the cards back in the book and was about to lay down on his bed when the door sprang open and Sakura came in.
"Sakura!"
She closed the door behind her and went up to Li.
"Li I'm so sorry about what I said last night Li I-I"
Li smiled, wiped her tears and hugged her.
"Sakura we sorted this out last night you've done nothing to apologise for"
"I know but.your right Li you trusted me when I was transforming the cards but now that you're capturing cards I just don't think you can do it without me"
"Sakura I know you don't want me to get hurt and I gladly accept your help but if I capture a card on my own that's no excuse to shout at me"
"I know Li I'm so sorry"
"Shhhhh it's alright, it's alright"
He hugged her close, lifted her head and kissed her.
Later that night.
BOOOM!
Li woke up with a start and went onto the balcony.
*Wow those are horrible storm clouds, wait there's a Korano card there I gotta tell the others*
20 minutes later Li's apartment roof.
"Where's Yue?" Sakura asked
"Couldn't reach him" Li answered.
"Which card is it Korano" Madison asked.
"Definitely the lightning card, this is bad the lightning card is undoubtedly one of the strongest cards"
"HERE IT COMES!"
They all looked up to see lightning come out of the clouds moving like it had a mind, it struck the ground near them but did not disappear. It twisted around until it formed a tiger like body.
"Don't worry I've got it!" Korano said "EMERALD BEAM!" A green beam of magic shot out of Korano's hands but the lightning card easily dodged it. It in turn fired a lightning bolt back, Sakura used the shield card just in time but the force of the blast was enough to blow a hole in the shield.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Kero exclaimed.
"MOVE IT" Li shouted as he saw the lightning card charge up another attack, which they only just dodged.
Kero transformed and attacked the card but it just dodged that attack just like Korano's. "This thing is unbeatable!" Kero shouted
"It's both incredibly powerful and incredibly fast however it lacks in defence so a solid attack will defeat it in one hit" Senosa said
"But how are we supposed to hit it!?" Kero demanded.
"Sakura use the wood card" Li said.
Everyone looked at Li "but Li it'll just dodge it"
"Trust me Sakura"
Sakura nodded and smiled "Okay Li"
She used the wood card but as they suspected the lightning dodged it but a split-second afterwards Li used the forest and to everyone's astonishment tied the lightning card but it was quickly escaping.
"KORANO! STUFFED ANIMAL ATTACK NOW!"
They both attacked and hit the card dead on weakening the card enough for Li to seal it.
"Hey kid did you just call me a STUFFED ANIMAL!" Kero leapt on Li pinning him to the floor.
"GET OFF HIM KERO NOW!"
"It's amazing" Korina said to Senosa "That Li knew that the lightning card has too recover from it's dodge, he shows promise"
"Yeah but will that be enough?" Senosa asked.