Chapter four: The Weakend
Sakura's room.
Sakura stared at her cards her eyes starting to water. She put the cards down and turned to see Kero with a concerned expression on his face.
"You all right Sakura?"
Sakura wiped her eyes "Yeah I was just.thinking"
"About what?"
"Well.after I passed the final judgement I had to transform the cards"
"Yeah.so what?"
"Well whenever I captured a card my magic didn't really strengthen my magic too much but transforming the cards increased it a lot more."
"You worried that the kid has to transform the cards?"
"I guess but what really concerns me is that with every card Li captures his magic increases greatly"
"Why would that concern you?"
"Maybe he needs his magic stronger for more than the final judgement maybe there's something else afterwards"
"You don't want to see him get hurt"
Tears started falling from Sakura's eyes "of course not"
Li's room.
Li sat on his bed holding a picture of him and Sakura in his hands when he felt a strange aura.
*The aura's coming from the roof. It could be a card maybe I should call Sakura* he thought about this for a few seconds *no I'll take a look first*
He went up onto the roof and saw a young girl in pink robes similar to Li's standing there. He walked over too her.
"Hey kid, are you lost?"
The girl turned around, Li took a step back when he saw the girls eyes were completely empty. Before he could do anything else she shot a pink energy blast at Li which knocked him back a bit. Li collapsed to the floor but found that he didn't have the strength to get up or move for that matter. The girl giggled and jumped off the roof.
*Definitely a Korano card* thought Li.
He tried to get up again, but failed. *Wonderful, I wish Sakura was here.Sakura*
Sakura's room.
Sakura's head jerked up, she went over to the window and looked around. Kero flew over to her and sat on her shoulder.
"What's wrong Sakura?"
"Li's in trouble"
She gabbed the fly card and opened her window *I'm coming Li*
5 minutes later the roof of Li's apartment building.
Li was still lying on the roof unable to move still with his eyes closed. He thought he heard Sakura call his name but then decided he was hearing things, a few seconds later he felt someone help him to his feet. He opened his eyes and saw Sakura smiling at him, he smiled back.
Li's apartment.
Sakura helped him to the couch and sat next to him. Korano walked into the room and saw the couple.
"What happened to Li!?"
"Good question" Sakura said looking at Li.
Li told them the whole story, still not able to move, and asked Korano which card it was.
"The weak card"
"The "weak?"
Korano nodded "the weak card has no outstanding abilities but can drain a person's strength for a couple of hours. Apparently it plans to keep Li drained to stop him from capturing more cards"
"So I'm gonna be like this for a couple of hours?" Li asked.
"Yes but don't worry about the card I'll ask Senosa to fly around and keep an eye out" Korano said.
"Thanks Korano" Li said smiling.
"I'll stay here and take care of him" Sakura said hugging him.
2 hours later.
"You should fell better any minute now Li" Sakura said.
"You didn't have to stay Sakura"
"Nonsense Li, I love you why shouldn't I take care of you" she said with a smile.
"Uh." Li tried to move and managed to lift his right arm "about time"
Somewhere in the air above Reedington.
"Man I've been looking for two hours and still no sign of the weak card" Senosa muttered "wait a minute."
Li's apartment.
Korano burst into the room just as Li and Sakura were kissing, they pulled apart their faces so red.
"Whoa did I interrupt something?" she said with a grin on her face.
"N-no!" they both said nervously.
"Anyway Senosa saw the weak card by the slide in penguin park, he said it looked like it was waiting for something"
"For me" Li said snatching up his sword.
Penguin park slide.
Li and co. approached the card, the card turned and smiled. It fired another pink beam at Li but Sakura pushed him out of the way and got hit by the blast herself.
"SAKURA!!" Li caught Sakura before she hit the ground.
He looked at the card which was smiling evilly at them, it fired yet another pink beam and Li knew it was going to hit him for sure.
"EMERALD SHIELD!"
"Huh!"
A green shield surrounded them and blocked the blast completely.
"Where did that come from!?" Li demanded.
"From me" said Korano smiling.
Sakura smiled weakly "thanks a bunch Korano"
"Korano, Senosa take care of Sakura" Li said as Korano rested Sakura on her.
"Be careful Li" Sakura said.
Li smiled back at her and jumped out of the shield. The card immediately fired another one of it's beams at Li but Li gracefully dodged it and used his elemental lightning attack that knocked the card off balance for a couple of seconds. This gave Li more than enough time to use the wet card and shoot extremely powerful blasts of water out of his hands throwing the card back onto the floor. The card got up, Li could see the anger in it's eyes and that it wasn't going to play about anymore.
*Better finish this quick then*
Li pulled out the lightning card and used it, the spirit of the lightning card came out of the card and fired a large white lightning bolt which made the card collapse allowing Li to seal the card.
"Great work Li!"
Li turned to see Korano helping Sakura over to Li.
"Looks like it's my turn to take care of you" Li said as he tried to carry Sakura "you need to lose some weight Sakura"
Sakura glared at him for a few seconds then smiled and asked Li to help her use the little card.
Li carried the shrunken Sakura back too her house with Korano and Senosa behind, when they arrived at Sakura's house they found Madison standing at the gate.
"Hey have you guys seen Sakura?"
Li smiled and opened his hand to show the shrunken Sakura who was now sleeping in his palm to Madison.
"HOW CUTE!" Madison cried.
*Oh yeah* Li thought *how cute indeed*
Sakura's room.
Sakura stared at her cards her eyes starting to water. She put the cards down and turned to see Kero with a concerned expression on his face.
"You all right Sakura?"
Sakura wiped her eyes "Yeah I was just.thinking"
"About what?"
"Well.after I passed the final judgement I had to transform the cards"
"Yeah.so what?"
"Well whenever I captured a card my magic didn't really strengthen my magic too much but transforming the cards increased it a lot more."
"You worried that the kid has to transform the cards?"
"I guess but what really concerns me is that with every card Li captures his magic increases greatly"
"Why would that concern you?"
"Maybe he needs his magic stronger for more than the final judgement maybe there's something else afterwards"
"You don't want to see him get hurt"
Tears started falling from Sakura's eyes "of course not"
Li's room.
Li sat on his bed holding a picture of him and Sakura in his hands when he felt a strange aura.
*The aura's coming from the roof. It could be a card maybe I should call Sakura* he thought about this for a few seconds *no I'll take a look first*
He went up onto the roof and saw a young girl in pink robes similar to Li's standing there. He walked over too her.
"Hey kid, are you lost?"
The girl turned around, Li took a step back when he saw the girls eyes were completely empty. Before he could do anything else she shot a pink energy blast at Li which knocked him back a bit. Li collapsed to the floor but found that he didn't have the strength to get up or move for that matter. The girl giggled and jumped off the roof.
*Definitely a Korano card* thought Li.
He tried to get up again, but failed. *Wonderful, I wish Sakura was here.Sakura*
Sakura's room.
Sakura's head jerked up, she went over to the window and looked around. Kero flew over to her and sat on her shoulder.
"What's wrong Sakura?"
"Li's in trouble"
She gabbed the fly card and opened her window *I'm coming Li*
5 minutes later the roof of Li's apartment building.
Li was still lying on the roof unable to move still with his eyes closed. He thought he heard Sakura call his name but then decided he was hearing things, a few seconds later he felt someone help him to his feet. He opened his eyes and saw Sakura smiling at him, he smiled back.
Li's apartment.
Sakura helped him to the couch and sat next to him. Korano walked into the room and saw the couple.
"What happened to Li!?"
"Good question" Sakura said looking at Li.
Li told them the whole story, still not able to move, and asked Korano which card it was.
"The weak card"
"The "weak?"
Korano nodded "the weak card has no outstanding abilities but can drain a person's strength for a couple of hours. Apparently it plans to keep Li drained to stop him from capturing more cards"
"So I'm gonna be like this for a couple of hours?" Li asked.
"Yes but don't worry about the card I'll ask Senosa to fly around and keep an eye out" Korano said.
"Thanks Korano" Li said smiling.
"I'll stay here and take care of him" Sakura said hugging him.
2 hours later.
"You should fell better any minute now Li" Sakura said.
"You didn't have to stay Sakura"
"Nonsense Li, I love you why shouldn't I take care of you" she said with a smile.
"Uh." Li tried to move and managed to lift his right arm "about time"
Somewhere in the air above Reedington.
"Man I've been looking for two hours and still no sign of the weak card" Senosa muttered "wait a minute."
Li's apartment.
Korano burst into the room just as Li and Sakura were kissing, they pulled apart their faces so red.
"Whoa did I interrupt something?" she said with a grin on her face.
"N-no!" they both said nervously.
"Anyway Senosa saw the weak card by the slide in penguin park, he said it looked like it was waiting for something"
"For me" Li said snatching up his sword.
Penguin park slide.
Li and co. approached the card, the card turned and smiled. It fired another pink beam at Li but Sakura pushed him out of the way and got hit by the blast herself.
"SAKURA!!" Li caught Sakura before she hit the ground.
He looked at the card which was smiling evilly at them, it fired yet another pink beam and Li knew it was going to hit him for sure.
"EMERALD SHIELD!"
"Huh!"
A green shield surrounded them and blocked the blast completely.
"Where did that come from!?" Li demanded.
"From me" said Korano smiling.
Sakura smiled weakly "thanks a bunch Korano"
"Korano, Senosa take care of Sakura" Li said as Korano rested Sakura on her.
"Be careful Li" Sakura said.
Li smiled back at her and jumped out of the shield. The card immediately fired another one of it's beams at Li but Li gracefully dodged it and used his elemental lightning attack that knocked the card off balance for a couple of seconds. This gave Li more than enough time to use the wet card and shoot extremely powerful blasts of water out of his hands throwing the card back onto the floor. The card got up, Li could see the anger in it's eyes and that it wasn't going to play about anymore.
*Better finish this quick then*
Li pulled out the lightning card and used it, the spirit of the lightning card came out of the card and fired a large white lightning bolt which made the card collapse allowing Li to seal the card.
"Great work Li!"
Li turned to see Korano helping Sakura over to Li.
"Looks like it's my turn to take care of you" Li said as he tried to carry Sakura "you need to lose some weight Sakura"
Sakura glared at him for a few seconds then smiled and asked Li to help her use the little card.
Li carried the shrunken Sakura back too her house with Korano and Senosa behind, when they arrived at Sakura's house they found Madison standing at the gate.
"Hey have you guys seen Sakura?"
Li smiled and opened his hand to show the shrunken Sakura who was now sleeping in his palm to Madison.
"HOW CUTE!" Madison cried.
*Oh yeah* Li thought *how cute indeed*