Chapter thirteen: Light of laser
Li's room.
Li heard a knocking at the door, he opened it and was surprised to see nobody there.
"Ahem"
Li looked down to see the ½ inch tall Korano standing there looking up at him.
"The tiny cards effects haven't worn out yet!? It's already been a day though"
"It should wear off soon but shouldn't you see if Sakura is better after all she shrunk before me"
"You're right.for once Korano"
Sakura's house.
"Where's Sakura Tori?"
"Don't know dad I would have thought she would have gotten back to normal size by now"
"I think I'll go check on her" Aiden said
"Don't worry I'll check on the squirt"
Tori went upstairs and went into his sisters room, there he saw her, still tiny, sitting on her bed he approached her.
"Hey squirt you all right?"
She looked up at him, he then noticed she was hugging Kero with tears in her eyes he felt really sorry for his sister. He smiled and picked her up.
"Sakura are you all right?"
"No Tori *sniff* why am I still like this? Why *sniff* Tori?"
"Don't worry you'll be back soon I know it"
She smiled at him but just then she started getting bigger, she grew to about two feet tall then stopped, Kero was still the same size but Sakura was more concerned about the fact that she was only two feet tall and not getting any bigger.
"Why did I stop growing?"
"Well you said you were two feet tall before you shrank more so just give it a bit more time okay?" She wiped her tears "okay Tori" she hugged him as tight as she could, he smiled and set her down "As soon as you feel like coming down come down alright squirt"
She nodded "sure Tori and.HEY STOP CALLING ME SQUIRT!"
He laughed and left the room Sakura then let go of Kero. She heard a knocking at the window and saw Li, she clambered up to the window and let him in.
"LI!"
Li jumped down from the window, he turned around and helped Sakura to the floor. She hugged him round the legs, he smiled picked her up and hugged her back. The puny Kero tried to break them up but Li literally flicked him away with his finger and went back to hugging Sakura.
Next day on the way home from school.
"It's a good thing that you returned to normal size after all you would have had to miss that presentation" Madison said
Sakura sighed "I'm just glad to BE normal size being ½ an inch tall wasn't very thrilling" Li stopped and looked up.
Everyone else stopped and looked at him "what's wrong Li?" Sakura asked
He looked around nervously "there's a card nearby.and it's immensely powerful"
A ship in orbit.
"Now you're messing with another card!? Why bother wasting you're power master!?"
"We must test the boy to see if he's worthy and I can't ask you, he hasn't seen you in a long time after all"
"The man Li once knew is dead, he has been dead for years and in his place stands me"
"I see."
Penguin park.
"I know it's around here somewhere Sakura I can feel it"
Sakura turned to Madison "Madison stay back!"
Madison nodded "okay Sakura"
"HERE IT COMES!" Li cried
They all looked up, they saw a pink girl dressed in clothes very similar to the fight card smiling at them.
"Which card is it Li?"
"Don't know Sakura but.wait a minute there's something familiar about it"
He drew his sword "ELEMENTAL LIGHTNING!"
His elemental lightning attack stopped just in front of the card.
"A BARRIER just the same as with the memory card!"
The card smiled and fired a red magic blast right at them.
"LOOK OUT!"
They jumped out of the way just in time as the magic blast hit the ground leaving a small smouldering crater 30 cm in diameter. The card floated down to their level, the card stood about Sakura's height, it immediately fired another one of it's blasts at Li. Li retaliated with the lightning card, the lightning card spirit it the beam and cancelled each other out. Sakura used the arrow card but the barrier stopped this attack as well, this made Meiling angry she charged at the card avoiding it's attacks and tried to punch it but the barrier pushed her back. The card now seeing that they had no chance against it smiled and took off probably planning to finish them off later.
"Oh no you don't FLIGHT!"
Li flew after the card going higher and higher into the air, the card disappeared into the clouds. When Li followed but he soon lost track of it, he glanced around nervously and dodged a laser as it came at him but it was so close it sliced off a few hairs on the side of his head.
"Uh okay I'm gonna need to move faster SPEED!"
Blue lightning circled Li and he flew towards the card with amazing speed, he shattered the barrier with ease and captured the card. Li looked at the laser card and sighed *who or what is creating those barriers!?*
A ship in orbit.
"Well.most impressive he can upgrade his operational parameters" the cyborg said "Yes and he's also getting smarter.more knowledgeable he might pass my expectations" "If you'll excuse me master" the cyborg said and walked off
"But of course"
Li's apartment later that night.
Li looked at the cards in his hands, especially the hate he just couldn't get his mind off how the cards had protected him and how the hate said they wanted him as their master. Now that he thought about it he only started questioning his ability as a master after Sakura became the master of the Clow cards.
"Doubting yourself again Li?"
Li looked up at the voice, floating in the air with a blue aura surrounding him was a cybernetic creature in armour and blue glowing eyes that can pierce the soul.
Li raised an eyebrow "and you are?"
"I am a warrior raised from death to become this mechanical monstrosity you see before you. I.who have no name no true name have come back from the dead to truly test you and your friends with my master"
Li drew his sword "nice speech but I don't like your tone"
"Li you haven't changed a bit"
Li was shocked "how do you know me" his expression hardened "it doesn't matter ELEMENATAL LIGHTNING!"
The attack hit the cyborg but didn't even leave a mark on his armour!
"Now it's my turn"
His eyes glowed and Li were thrown against the wall with a blue aura surrounding him unable to move and struggling to breathe.
He looked up at the cyborg with hate in his eyes "who are you?"
"Your worst nightmare" his eyes stopped glowing and Li dropped to the floor the cyborg laughed "until we meet again Li!"
He flew off with Li watching him until his outline disappeared he then got up "w-what was that thing!?"
Li's room.
Li heard a knocking at the door, he opened it and was surprised to see nobody there.
"Ahem"
Li looked down to see the ½ inch tall Korano standing there looking up at him.
"The tiny cards effects haven't worn out yet!? It's already been a day though"
"It should wear off soon but shouldn't you see if Sakura is better after all she shrunk before me"
"You're right.for once Korano"
Sakura's house.
"Where's Sakura Tori?"
"Don't know dad I would have thought she would have gotten back to normal size by now"
"I think I'll go check on her" Aiden said
"Don't worry I'll check on the squirt"
Tori went upstairs and went into his sisters room, there he saw her, still tiny, sitting on her bed he approached her.
"Hey squirt you all right?"
She looked up at him, he then noticed she was hugging Kero with tears in her eyes he felt really sorry for his sister. He smiled and picked her up.
"Sakura are you all right?"
"No Tori *sniff* why am I still like this? Why *sniff* Tori?"
"Don't worry you'll be back soon I know it"
She smiled at him but just then she started getting bigger, she grew to about two feet tall then stopped, Kero was still the same size but Sakura was more concerned about the fact that she was only two feet tall and not getting any bigger.
"Why did I stop growing?"
"Well you said you were two feet tall before you shrank more so just give it a bit more time okay?" She wiped her tears "okay Tori" she hugged him as tight as she could, he smiled and set her down "As soon as you feel like coming down come down alright squirt"
She nodded "sure Tori and.HEY STOP CALLING ME SQUIRT!"
He laughed and left the room Sakura then let go of Kero. She heard a knocking at the window and saw Li, she clambered up to the window and let him in.
"LI!"
Li jumped down from the window, he turned around and helped Sakura to the floor. She hugged him round the legs, he smiled picked her up and hugged her back. The puny Kero tried to break them up but Li literally flicked him away with his finger and went back to hugging Sakura.
Next day on the way home from school.
"It's a good thing that you returned to normal size after all you would have had to miss that presentation" Madison said
Sakura sighed "I'm just glad to BE normal size being ½ an inch tall wasn't very thrilling" Li stopped and looked up.
Everyone else stopped and looked at him "what's wrong Li?" Sakura asked
He looked around nervously "there's a card nearby.and it's immensely powerful"
A ship in orbit.
"Now you're messing with another card!? Why bother wasting you're power master!?"
"We must test the boy to see if he's worthy and I can't ask you, he hasn't seen you in a long time after all"
"The man Li once knew is dead, he has been dead for years and in his place stands me"
"I see."
Penguin park.
"I know it's around here somewhere Sakura I can feel it"
Sakura turned to Madison "Madison stay back!"
Madison nodded "okay Sakura"
"HERE IT COMES!" Li cried
They all looked up, they saw a pink girl dressed in clothes very similar to the fight card smiling at them.
"Which card is it Li?"
"Don't know Sakura but.wait a minute there's something familiar about it"
He drew his sword "ELEMENTAL LIGHTNING!"
His elemental lightning attack stopped just in front of the card.
"A BARRIER just the same as with the memory card!"
The card smiled and fired a red magic blast right at them.
"LOOK OUT!"
They jumped out of the way just in time as the magic blast hit the ground leaving a small smouldering crater 30 cm in diameter. The card floated down to their level, the card stood about Sakura's height, it immediately fired another one of it's blasts at Li. Li retaliated with the lightning card, the lightning card spirit it the beam and cancelled each other out. Sakura used the arrow card but the barrier stopped this attack as well, this made Meiling angry she charged at the card avoiding it's attacks and tried to punch it but the barrier pushed her back. The card now seeing that they had no chance against it smiled and took off probably planning to finish them off later.
"Oh no you don't FLIGHT!"
Li flew after the card going higher and higher into the air, the card disappeared into the clouds. When Li followed but he soon lost track of it, he glanced around nervously and dodged a laser as it came at him but it was so close it sliced off a few hairs on the side of his head.
"Uh okay I'm gonna need to move faster SPEED!"
Blue lightning circled Li and he flew towards the card with amazing speed, he shattered the barrier with ease and captured the card. Li looked at the laser card and sighed *who or what is creating those barriers!?*
A ship in orbit.
"Well.most impressive he can upgrade his operational parameters" the cyborg said "Yes and he's also getting smarter.more knowledgeable he might pass my expectations" "If you'll excuse me master" the cyborg said and walked off
"But of course"
Li's apartment later that night.
Li looked at the cards in his hands, especially the hate he just couldn't get his mind off how the cards had protected him and how the hate said they wanted him as their master. Now that he thought about it he only started questioning his ability as a master after Sakura became the master of the Clow cards.
"Doubting yourself again Li?"
Li looked up at the voice, floating in the air with a blue aura surrounding him was a cybernetic creature in armour and blue glowing eyes that can pierce the soul.
Li raised an eyebrow "and you are?"
"I am a warrior raised from death to become this mechanical monstrosity you see before you. I.who have no name no true name have come back from the dead to truly test you and your friends with my master"
Li drew his sword "nice speech but I don't like your tone"
"Li you haven't changed a bit"
Li was shocked "how do you know me" his expression hardened "it doesn't matter ELEMENATAL LIGHTNING!"
The attack hit the cyborg but didn't even leave a mark on his armour!
"Now it's my turn"
His eyes glowed and Li were thrown against the wall with a blue aura surrounding him unable to move and struggling to breathe.
He looked up at the cyborg with hate in his eyes "who are you?"
"Your worst nightmare" his eyes stopped glowing and Li dropped to the floor the cyborg laughed "until we meet again Li!"
He flew off with Li watching him until his outline disappeared he then got up "w-what was that thing!?"