Chapter five: Meilings strength
Sakura's room.
"Sakura! It's Li on the phone!"
"Coming dad!"
Sakura took the phone off her father "hello?"
"Sakura?! There's another card it's in the middle of penguin park just search by air you can't miss us!"
"Right Li I'll be there!"
Penguin park.
"LOOK OUT MEILING!"
Meiling dodged as the card threw a punch at her, the punch hit the ground and caused a massive crack in the ground.
"WHAT CARD IS THIS!" Meiling shouted.
"The strength card is very strong but not too bright" Korano said "EMERALD BEAM!"
The green beam knocked the strength card back but didn't come close to knocking it over in fact the most it did was knock the breath out of it for a few seconds. The card charged towards Meiling, she tried to run but tripped and fell.
"MEILING!"
"MOVE COME FORTH!"
Suddenly Meiling disappeared and the strength card hit the ground where she was, everyone was dumbstruck until Meiling appeared beside Korano.
"HEY GUYS"
"Everyone looked up to see Sakura floating downwards waving the move card in the air.
"Great timing Sakura" Li said.
Li turned back to the strength card and used the forest card, however this hardly held it for 2 seconds before it broke free.
"Wonderful" Li muttered.
"Li I'll hold the card while you seal it" Sakura said.
"What! Sakura no way you'll just." he stopped when he saw she was holding the jump and power cards. She smiled at him and he smiled back and nodded.
Sakura used both the cards and jumped in the air, she landed behind the card and grabbed it. The card struggled and Li knew she couldn't hold on much longer so he quickly sealed the card. He picked up the card and ran over to her.
"Sakura are you all right!?"
She looked up and smiled at him "I'm fine Li."
He hugged her and she hugged him back but instantly Li was gasping for air.
"Please Sakura I can't breathe"
"Sorry Li" Sakura said withdrawing her arms.
Suddenly the strength card glowed pink and a beam of light shot out and hit Meiling. Meiling fell over and everyone ran over to her.
"Meiling! Meiling! God Meiling are you all right!?"
Meiling opened her eyes and got up "yeah I'm fine what happened?"
"I think I know" Korano said handing Meiling a rock.
"What!?"
"Just squeeze the rock Meiling and we'll find out whether I'm right"
"Okay" she squeezed the rock and it turned to dust.
"Huh!?"
"The strength card has given Meiling some of its strength"
"How long will she be like this" asked a worried Sakura.
"One day" Korano answered.
Meiling sighed "why'd tomorrow have to be a school day?"
"Don't worry just be careful you'll be fine" Senosa said.
"Yeah and me, Li and Madison will help you" Sakura said.
"Thanks Sakura"
Li's apartment.
Li opened the doors for Meiling after she cracked the front doors door knob.
"Meiling try to relax and don't worry just be gentle and we'll make it through tomorrow"
Meiling wiped her eyes "thanks Li"
"And if it really gets bad I'll use the weak card"
"Won't that make me collapse?"
"Not with the strength you have at the moment, any way night Meiling" Li left the room and closed the door behind him.
Next day at school.
"Where's Meilin?" Madison asked.
"And Li for that matter" Sakura said.
Meiling and Li entered the room, Li was keeping a careful eye on Meiling and everyone felt suspicious.
Lunch time at school.
"Do you think something's wrong with Meiling I mean she only broke 6 pencils" Chelsea said.
"Yeah do you think she's angry about something?" Rita said.
"Maybe she and Li had a fight" Nicky said "what do you think Sakura?"
"Uh.no, no I'm sure it's nothing, nothing at all nope nothing"
Everyone sweat dropped.
On the school roof.
"Meiling are you all right?"
Meiling turned round to see Li standing behind her with a concerned look on his face. The first thing Li noticed about her was that she had tears running down her face.
"I'm fine Li"
"Doesn't look like it" he said putting a comforting hand on her shoulder "do you want me to use the weak?"
"Thanks but don't worry Li I'll be fine"
After school Li's apartment.
Li and Meiling came into find Korano alone to greet them.
"Where's Senosa and Wei?" Li asked.
"Senosa is at Madison's and Wei is shopping" she answered she then looked at Meiling who was hanging her head "Meiling? Did everything go OK?"
"Not really" she answered and went into her room.
Korano looked at Li "What happened?"
"Before lunch she broke 6 pencils which wasn't that bad but after lunch we had a test because no one would shut up. She accidentally ripped the test paper in half and the teacher sent her to the principal"
"What happened then?"
"She couldn't answer the principals questions and when he got angry he grabbed her by the collar and."
"Wait a minute are principals allowed to do that!?"
"Well no but apparently he was really ticked off and when she tried to get him off her she flipped him over the principal, said she attacked him and obviously no one believed her so now she's been suspended"
"Poor Meiling"
"Yeah I think I'll talk to her"
Meiling's room.
Meiling was lying on her bed with her head on her pillow crying.
*Why me!? Why couldn't it be Li or Sakura!? At least they could hand le themselves in a situation like this*
There was a knock at her door, she wiped her tears "come in"
Li opened the door slowly came over and sat next to her.
"Meiling do you want to talk about what happened today?"
Meiling looked away "no Li I'm fine really"
Li shook his head "Meiling we've known each other most if not all our lives we can talk about anything and you know it."
Meiling looked at Li and smiled "Li could you do me a favour?"
"Sure"
"Can you ask Sakura to use the sleep card to make me fall asleep until the strength leaves me?"
"Okay just lye down for a little while and I'll call Sakura"
Sakura's house.
"No Sakura's not home yet" at that moment Sakura walked in "wait a minute she's here now, Squirt It's the brat!"
Sakura took the phone off her brother "TORI DON'T CALL ME SQUIRT AND DON'T CALL LI BRAT!"
Tori walked out of the room "whatever squirt"
Sakura put the phone to her ear "Hey Li! Is Meiling alright after what happened today?"
"Not really but she wanted me to ask you to use the sleep card on her to speed things along is that alright?"
"Sure I'll be right over"
10 minutes later Meiling's room.
Meiling heard a knock on her door "come in"
Sakura with her staff and sleep card in hand came in with Li behind her.
"About time" Meiling said crossing her arms.
Sakura used the sleep card and put Meiling to sleep.
"Li can I talk to you in your room for a minute?"
"Okay Sakura"
Li's room.
"Li.do you still feel like you aren't needed?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I don't want you to feel like that"
"A bit I guess because if you were the capturer considering how strong your magic is all the cards wouldn't be a problem"
"Yes they would Li"
"I didn't deserve to be the master of the Clow cards so why do I deserve to be master of the Korano? Not that any card would want me to be their master"
As if on cue the cards floated in the air and circled Li.
"What do you want!" Li demanded.
Sakura grabbed Li's arm "Li they want you to be their master, not me and not anyone else only you" Li looked down at her then at the cards, the cards floated for a few seconds then went onto Li's desk and spelled out two letters L and I. Sakura looked up and smiled at Li "see Li you'll be a great master"
Li looked back down at her and smiled "not as good as you"
Sakura hugged him "you'll be better than me Li I know you will"
Sakura's room.
"Sakura! It's Li on the phone!"
"Coming dad!"
Sakura took the phone off her father "hello?"
"Sakura?! There's another card it's in the middle of penguin park just search by air you can't miss us!"
"Right Li I'll be there!"
Penguin park.
"LOOK OUT MEILING!"
Meiling dodged as the card threw a punch at her, the punch hit the ground and caused a massive crack in the ground.
"WHAT CARD IS THIS!" Meiling shouted.
"The strength card is very strong but not too bright" Korano said "EMERALD BEAM!"
The green beam knocked the strength card back but didn't come close to knocking it over in fact the most it did was knock the breath out of it for a few seconds. The card charged towards Meiling, she tried to run but tripped and fell.
"MEILING!"
"MOVE COME FORTH!"
Suddenly Meiling disappeared and the strength card hit the ground where she was, everyone was dumbstruck until Meiling appeared beside Korano.
"HEY GUYS"
"Everyone looked up to see Sakura floating downwards waving the move card in the air.
"Great timing Sakura" Li said.
Li turned back to the strength card and used the forest card, however this hardly held it for 2 seconds before it broke free.
"Wonderful" Li muttered.
"Li I'll hold the card while you seal it" Sakura said.
"What! Sakura no way you'll just." he stopped when he saw she was holding the jump and power cards. She smiled at him and he smiled back and nodded.
Sakura used both the cards and jumped in the air, she landed behind the card and grabbed it. The card struggled and Li knew she couldn't hold on much longer so he quickly sealed the card. He picked up the card and ran over to her.
"Sakura are you all right!?"
She looked up and smiled at him "I'm fine Li."
He hugged her and she hugged him back but instantly Li was gasping for air.
"Please Sakura I can't breathe"
"Sorry Li" Sakura said withdrawing her arms.
Suddenly the strength card glowed pink and a beam of light shot out and hit Meiling. Meiling fell over and everyone ran over to her.
"Meiling! Meiling! God Meiling are you all right!?"
Meiling opened her eyes and got up "yeah I'm fine what happened?"
"I think I know" Korano said handing Meiling a rock.
"What!?"
"Just squeeze the rock Meiling and we'll find out whether I'm right"
"Okay" she squeezed the rock and it turned to dust.
"Huh!?"
"The strength card has given Meiling some of its strength"
"How long will she be like this" asked a worried Sakura.
"One day" Korano answered.
Meiling sighed "why'd tomorrow have to be a school day?"
"Don't worry just be careful you'll be fine" Senosa said.
"Yeah and me, Li and Madison will help you" Sakura said.
"Thanks Sakura"
Li's apartment.
Li opened the doors for Meiling after she cracked the front doors door knob.
"Meiling try to relax and don't worry just be gentle and we'll make it through tomorrow"
Meiling wiped her eyes "thanks Li"
"And if it really gets bad I'll use the weak card"
"Won't that make me collapse?"
"Not with the strength you have at the moment, any way night Meiling" Li left the room and closed the door behind him.
Next day at school.
"Where's Meilin?" Madison asked.
"And Li for that matter" Sakura said.
Meiling and Li entered the room, Li was keeping a careful eye on Meiling and everyone felt suspicious.
Lunch time at school.
"Do you think something's wrong with Meiling I mean she only broke 6 pencils" Chelsea said.
"Yeah do you think she's angry about something?" Rita said.
"Maybe she and Li had a fight" Nicky said "what do you think Sakura?"
"Uh.no, no I'm sure it's nothing, nothing at all nope nothing"
Everyone sweat dropped.
On the school roof.
"Meiling are you all right?"
Meiling turned round to see Li standing behind her with a concerned look on his face. The first thing Li noticed about her was that she had tears running down her face.
"I'm fine Li"
"Doesn't look like it" he said putting a comforting hand on her shoulder "do you want me to use the weak?"
"Thanks but don't worry Li I'll be fine"
After school Li's apartment.
Li and Meiling came into find Korano alone to greet them.
"Where's Senosa and Wei?" Li asked.
"Senosa is at Madison's and Wei is shopping" she answered she then looked at Meiling who was hanging her head "Meiling? Did everything go OK?"
"Not really" she answered and went into her room.
Korano looked at Li "What happened?"
"Before lunch she broke 6 pencils which wasn't that bad but after lunch we had a test because no one would shut up. She accidentally ripped the test paper in half and the teacher sent her to the principal"
"What happened then?"
"She couldn't answer the principals questions and when he got angry he grabbed her by the collar and."
"Wait a minute are principals allowed to do that!?"
"Well no but apparently he was really ticked off and when she tried to get him off her she flipped him over the principal, said she attacked him and obviously no one believed her so now she's been suspended"
"Poor Meiling"
"Yeah I think I'll talk to her"
Meiling's room.
Meiling was lying on her bed with her head on her pillow crying.
*Why me!? Why couldn't it be Li or Sakura!? At least they could hand le themselves in a situation like this*
There was a knock at her door, she wiped her tears "come in"
Li opened the door slowly came over and sat next to her.
"Meiling do you want to talk about what happened today?"
Meiling looked away "no Li I'm fine really"
Li shook his head "Meiling we've known each other most if not all our lives we can talk about anything and you know it."
Meiling looked at Li and smiled "Li could you do me a favour?"
"Sure"
"Can you ask Sakura to use the sleep card to make me fall asleep until the strength leaves me?"
"Okay just lye down for a little while and I'll call Sakura"
Sakura's house.
"No Sakura's not home yet" at that moment Sakura walked in "wait a minute she's here now, Squirt It's the brat!"
Sakura took the phone off her brother "TORI DON'T CALL ME SQUIRT AND DON'T CALL LI BRAT!"
Tori walked out of the room "whatever squirt"
Sakura put the phone to her ear "Hey Li! Is Meiling alright after what happened today?"
"Not really but she wanted me to ask you to use the sleep card on her to speed things along is that alright?"
"Sure I'll be right over"
10 minutes later Meiling's room.
Meiling heard a knock on her door "come in"
Sakura with her staff and sleep card in hand came in with Li behind her.
"About time" Meiling said crossing her arms.
Sakura used the sleep card and put Meiling to sleep.
"Li can I talk to you in your room for a minute?"
"Okay Sakura"
Li's room.
"Li.do you still feel like you aren't needed?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I don't want you to feel like that"
"A bit I guess because if you were the capturer considering how strong your magic is all the cards wouldn't be a problem"
"Yes they would Li"
"I didn't deserve to be the master of the Clow cards so why do I deserve to be master of the Korano? Not that any card would want me to be their master"
As if on cue the cards floated in the air and circled Li.
"What do you want!" Li demanded.
Sakura grabbed Li's arm "Li they want you to be their master, not me and not anyone else only you" Li looked down at her then at the cards, the cards floated for a few seconds then went onto Li's desk and spelled out two letters L and I. Sakura looked up and smiled at Li "see Li you'll be a great master"
Li looked back down at her and smiled "not as good as you"
Sakura hugged him "you'll be better than me Li I know you will"