Chapter 4: "It's GONE! I don't believe this! Kero-chan!!"
Disclaimer: Hmm, lemme see. I don't own CCS, only Hikari Reed. Read and Review pleeeeeease? *pleads* I would like some feedback on this! It's my first shot at a CCS fic. Arigatou Domo! Character thoughts are in brackets. ^_^
"Ah! Oh no, no, no, no, no, no!!!" Sakura wailed, as she tore her room apart, searching for some obviously misplaced item. They, meaning Sakura and Kero-chan, had just gotten home when Sakura let out the shriek. "It can't be...it CAN'T BE!!! It was here! I checked before I left! Oh no, no, no, no nononononononononono!!!"
"What is your problem?" Kero-chan demanded, seeing the Clow Mistress in such panic. "Did you lose your cell phone or something? Or that gaki's phone number?"
"KERO-CHAN!!!" Sakura yelled, surprising Kero-chan. "It's GONE! I don't believe this! Kero-chan!!" She began to fret, as her room now looked as if a tornado ripped through and left no survivors.
"Calm down, kiddo," Kero-chan advised, hovering infront of her. "What's gone?"
"The fiery card!" Sakura exclaimed, showing Kero-chan the Clow Cards. "I've checked, double checked and triple checked, and it's not here! I've even checked Touya and Otousan's rooms, and they're not there! I don't believe this!"
"Are you sure?" Kero-chan asked seriously. Sakura nodded helplessly. "That doesn't make any sense. What would happen to the Fiery card to make it dissapear?"
"Kero-chan," Sakura whined, her face set in panic. "What am I going to do?"
"Calm down first of all," Kero-chan ordered. "We'll find it. We *have* to."
***
A young boy, roughly the age of 17, with fire red hair and peach-coloured skin and red eyes looked at his surroundings. He was wearing a red soccer jersey, and red khaki pants with sneakers. "Where am I?" He then looked at his hands. "What? Human clothes? My hands...they're human hands! No, this can't be! I am not a human! I am the fiery card!" It was getting dark, and the aura emitting from the boy was making him a certifiable torch.
"Hey," a female called to him, snapping him away from his tirade. It was Hikari. "What's the matter? Why are you yelling like that?" She had a large bag filled with groceries in her right arm. (What's this I'm feeling from him? He doesn't. . .*feel* human. . .I sense Clow magic. A lot of it in him. What the...he's a clow card!)
The fiery card looked at her with blazing eyes. He then noticed the pendant that was around her neck. "The symbol of Clow Reed. . .You are his decendant, correct?" Hikari nodded, setting down the groceries. Nighttime came quickly in the town of Tomoeda, and Hikari was glad, as she would've had a hard time explaining why this boy was saying he was a Clow Card. "That pendant... Clow Reed said that only the most powerful of his decendants would have it."
(I'm going to make him explain that.) Hikari thought. "The only way a Clow Card could gain the form of a human is if there was some mixing of magic," Hikari explained, as she walked closer to the Fiery card's human form. Fiery looked at her, wanting to hear more about how it got to be a human. "But there was no magic being used recently. The only other way I could think of is that there's--"
"There's what? Tell me!" Fiery ordered, preparing a ball of fire in his fist.
"Hey! Don't do that here!" Hikari exclaimed, as Fiery stopped. "You're human now, and if you make a ball of fire in your hands and people see, that's going to get you into trouble. Now listen. The only other way that you could become human is of your own free will. But it had to have been pretty powerful for the magicks to conflict and bring you into a human form."
"You haven't told me your name," Fiery murmered, as he reluctantly extinqished the ball of fire in his hand. The girl, whom he was sure was Clow's decendant, certainly didn't lack in the looks department. She had Clow's more feminine looks, sans the glasses.
"Reed Hikari," Hikari answered, picking the groceries back up. "It's late. I'm not sure if I should drop you off at your master's house or wait until morning. If anyone asks, your my brother, Shinji, okay? You say your name is Fiery, they're going to think you're nuts. Just let me do the talking, alright?"
"Agreed," Fiery nodded. He then saw the Card Mistress flying ahead with the help of the fly card. "There she is."
Hikari looked up and saw Sakura sitting on a pink staff, and that stuffed animal flying beside her, and her mouth opened in surprise. (Sakura's the Card Mistress? I knew I felt something about her. And that must be Cerberos. His form has dwindled....a lot.) "Come on Fiery, we're going to find them after I put these groceries in my apartment."
"Right," Fiery agreed, as he followed Clow's decendant to her apartment room. After that, they went down the street in the direction that Fiery had seen Sakura fly.
***
Sakura bit her lip worridly, as she scanned the area. She was looking for anything--things on fire, anything that would lead her to her missing card. Before she took to the sky, she called Syaoran and Meiling, asking them for help. Meiling rudely told her no, but Syaoran took the phone from her and said he would help. Sakura then spotted Syaoran and Meiling dressed in their Card Capturing clothes. Quickly, she landed and ran over to them. "Arigatou domo for coming!"
"I don't see why *we're* helping you, Kinomoto," Meiling muttered, glaring at the Card Mistress. "It's your fault you can't handle the cards."
"Meiling!" Syaoran admonished, and Meiling wilted, regreting saying that. "Sakura, what was the big emergency? You sounded pretty panicked....which you are..obviously."
"It's the Fiery card!" Sakura fretted. "It's gone! I don't know where it is! It was there when we left for the festival, and then it was gone! I've checked everywhere, and I can't sense anything, Syaoran, that's why I need your help!"
Syaoran nodded, and took out the Lazin board. "Source of Light with Ancient Spin. Send forth the magic within!" A thin blue beam shot out from the board, going northwest. Kero-chan transformed into Cerberos, and told Syaoran to get on, while Meiling got on the wand with Sakura as she summoned the Fly card. Soon, they were joined by Yue in the sky, and Sakura was glad he was there.
***
Fiery stopped suddenly, and grabbed Hikari's arm, stopping her as well. "I sense my master, as well as Cerberos and Yue. They've sensed me. And you, if I'm not mistaken." Hikari looked at him curiously, but halted nonetheless.
Hikari looked up to the sky with Fiery, and saw Sakura and a girl with blue hair on the sealing wand which had grown wings again, and Syaoran on Cerberos, and Yue. It was an impressive sight. Syaoran said something to Sakura, and pointed down. Sakura nodded, and the group landed. "Sakura..."
"Hikari?!" Sakura gasped, as she saw the older girl. "What are you doing here? And who's that with you?"
"I found Fiery," Hikari replied. (I'm going to have to explain myself soon, don't I?) She found herself blushing at the sight of Yue, but kept it well hidden. Sakura looked at her with a look that said, 'where? Don't look at like me like that, where is it?'. Hikari gestured to the boy beside her. "This would be Fiery."
"That can't be," the blue haired girl scoffed. "That's just a boy with a liking for red, that's all." Syaoran hushed her, and Hikari found out her name--Meiling. Hikari then explained how Fiery became that way, with both theories, and which one was the most probable. "But how do you know so much about this?" Meiling asked, more like demanded.
"I am a direct desendant of Clow Reed," Hikari began, shifting uneasily. "And with my powers, I think I can return Fiery to his card form." She then felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked up to see it was Yue. "So, you must be Yue and Cerberos. I've heard much about you. The Guardians of the Clow."
"Thank you for your help," Yue said, his voice soft and gentle.
"No problem," Hikari smiled, and felt her knees get weak, but kept her balance. "Ancient light of Clow, return the element to card form, now." There was a small flash of blue and white, and when Sakura removed her arm from her eyes, she saw the Fiery card in Hikari's hand. "Here you go, Card Mistress."
"Arigatou!" Sakura smiled widely, as she caught Hikari in a hug. The older girl tensed out of surprise, but hugged the smaller girl back with a smile on her face.
"How touching. Why didn't you invite me, Sakura?" a familar voice rang out from above them. Sakura broke the hug and looked to a nearby rooftop, and her eyes widened.
***
Author's notes: Ah, I'm evil. Cliff-hangers seem to irritate people, but it's fun to do! *hides from the angry mob* Don't hurt meee! I'm just a Canadain fanfic author! I'm not worth it! Review please? ^_^*
Disclaimer: Hmm, lemme see. I don't own CCS, only Hikari Reed. Read and Review pleeeeeease? *pleads* I would like some feedback on this! It's my first shot at a CCS fic. Arigatou Domo! Character thoughts are in brackets. ^_^
"Ah! Oh no, no, no, no, no, no!!!" Sakura wailed, as she tore her room apart, searching for some obviously misplaced item. They, meaning Sakura and Kero-chan, had just gotten home when Sakura let out the shriek. "It can't be...it CAN'T BE!!! It was here! I checked before I left! Oh no, no, no, no nononononononononono!!!"
"What is your problem?" Kero-chan demanded, seeing the Clow Mistress in such panic. "Did you lose your cell phone or something? Or that gaki's phone number?"
"KERO-CHAN!!!" Sakura yelled, surprising Kero-chan. "It's GONE! I don't believe this! Kero-chan!!" She began to fret, as her room now looked as if a tornado ripped through and left no survivors.
"Calm down, kiddo," Kero-chan advised, hovering infront of her. "What's gone?"
"The fiery card!" Sakura exclaimed, showing Kero-chan the Clow Cards. "I've checked, double checked and triple checked, and it's not here! I've even checked Touya and Otousan's rooms, and they're not there! I don't believe this!"
"Are you sure?" Kero-chan asked seriously. Sakura nodded helplessly. "That doesn't make any sense. What would happen to the Fiery card to make it dissapear?"
"Kero-chan," Sakura whined, her face set in panic. "What am I going to do?"
"Calm down first of all," Kero-chan ordered. "We'll find it. We *have* to."
***
A young boy, roughly the age of 17, with fire red hair and peach-coloured skin and red eyes looked at his surroundings. He was wearing a red soccer jersey, and red khaki pants with sneakers. "Where am I?" He then looked at his hands. "What? Human clothes? My hands...they're human hands! No, this can't be! I am not a human! I am the fiery card!" It was getting dark, and the aura emitting from the boy was making him a certifiable torch.
"Hey," a female called to him, snapping him away from his tirade. It was Hikari. "What's the matter? Why are you yelling like that?" She had a large bag filled with groceries in her right arm. (What's this I'm feeling from him? He doesn't. . .*feel* human. . .I sense Clow magic. A lot of it in him. What the...he's a clow card!)
The fiery card looked at her with blazing eyes. He then noticed the pendant that was around her neck. "The symbol of Clow Reed. . .You are his decendant, correct?" Hikari nodded, setting down the groceries. Nighttime came quickly in the town of Tomoeda, and Hikari was glad, as she would've had a hard time explaining why this boy was saying he was a Clow Card. "That pendant... Clow Reed said that only the most powerful of his decendants would have it."
(I'm going to make him explain that.) Hikari thought. "The only way a Clow Card could gain the form of a human is if there was some mixing of magic," Hikari explained, as she walked closer to the Fiery card's human form. Fiery looked at her, wanting to hear more about how it got to be a human. "But there was no magic being used recently. The only other way I could think of is that there's--"
"There's what? Tell me!" Fiery ordered, preparing a ball of fire in his fist.
"Hey! Don't do that here!" Hikari exclaimed, as Fiery stopped. "You're human now, and if you make a ball of fire in your hands and people see, that's going to get you into trouble. Now listen. The only other way that you could become human is of your own free will. But it had to have been pretty powerful for the magicks to conflict and bring you into a human form."
"You haven't told me your name," Fiery murmered, as he reluctantly extinqished the ball of fire in his hand. The girl, whom he was sure was Clow's decendant, certainly didn't lack in the looks department. She had Clow's more feminine looks, sans the glasses.
"Reed Hikari," Hikari answered, picking the groceries back up. "It's late. I'm not sure if I should drop you off at your master's house or wait until morning. If anyone asks, your my brother, Shinji, okay? You say your name is Fiery, they're going to think you're nuts. Just let me do the talking, alright?"
"Agreed," Fiery nodded. He then saw the Card Mistress flying ahead with the help of the fly card. "There she is."
Hikari looked up and saw Sakura sitting on a pink staff, and that stuffed animal flying beside her, and her mouth opened in surprise. (Sakura's the Card Mistress? I knew I felt something about her. And that must be Cerberos. His form has dwindled....a lot.) "Come on Fiery, we're going to find them after I put these groceries in my apartment."
"Right," Fiery agreed, as he followed Clow's decendant to her apartment room. After that, they went down the street in the direction that Fiery had seen Sakura fly.
***
Sakura bit her lip worridly, as she scanned the area. She was looking for anything--things on fire, anything that would lead her to her missing card. Before she took to the sky, she called Syaoran and Meiling, asking them for help. Meiling rudely told her no, but Syaoran took the phone from her and said he would help. Sakura then spotted Syaoran and Meiling dressed in their Card Capturing clothes. Quickly, she landed and ran over to them. "Arigatou domo for coming!"
"I don't see why *we're* helping you, Kinomoto," Meiling muttered, glaring at the Card Mistress. "It's your fault you can't handle the cards."
"Meiling!" Syaoran admonished, and Meiling wilted, regreting saying that. "Sakura, what was the big emergency? You sounded pretty panicked....which you are..obviously."
"It's the Fiery card!" Sakura fretted. "It's gone! I don't know where it is! It was there when we left for the festival, and then it was gone! I've checked everywhere, and I can't sense anything, Syaoran, that's why I need your help!"
Syaoran nodded, and took out the Lazin board. "Source of Light with Ancient Spin. Send forth the magic within!" A thin blue beam shot out from the board, going northwest. Kero-chan transformed into Cerberos, and told Syaoran to get on, while Meiling got on the wand with Sakura as she summoned the Fly card. Soon, they were joined by Yue in the sky, and Sakura was glad he was there.
***
Fiery stopped suddenly, and grabbed Hikari's arm, stopping her as well. "I sense my master, as well as Cerberos and Yue. They've sensed me. And you, if I'm not mistaken." Hikari looked at him curiously, but halted nonetheless.
Hikari looked up to the sky with Fiery, and saw Sakura and a girl with blue hair on the sealing wand which had grown wings again, and Syaoran on Cerberos, and Yue. It was an impressive sight. Syaoran said something to Sakura, and pointed down. Sakura nodded, and the group landed. "Sakura..."
"Hikari?!" Sakura gasped, as she saw the older girl. "What are you doing here? And who's that with you?"
"I found Fiery," Hikari replied. (I'm going to have to explain myself soon, don't I?) She found herself blushing at the sight of Yue, but kept it well hidden. Sakura looked at her with a look that said, 'where? Don't look at like me like that, where is it?'. Hikari gestured to the boy beside her. "This would be Fiery."
"That can't be," the blue haired girl scoffed. "That's just a boy with a liking for red, that's all." Syaoran hushed her, and Hikari found out her name--Meiling. Hikari then explained how Fiery became that way, with both theories, and which one was the most probable. "But how do you know so much about this?" Meiling asked, more like demanded.
"I am a direct desendant of Clow Reed," Hikari began, shifting uneasily. "And with my powers, I think I can return Fiery to his card form." She then felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked up to see it was Yue. "So, you must be Yue and Cerberos. I've heard much about you. The Guardians of the Clow."
"Thank you for your help," Yue said, his voice soft and gentle.
"No problem," Hikari smiled, and felt her knees get weak, but kept her balance. "Ancient light of Clow, return the element to card form, now." There was a small flash of blue and white, and when Sakura removed her arm from her eyes, she saw the Fiery card in Hikari's hand. "Here you go, Card Mistress."
"Arigatou!" Sakura smiled widely, as she caught Hikari in a hug. The older girl tensed out of surprise, but hugged the smaller girl back with a smile on her face.
"How touching. Why didn't you invite me, Sakura?" a familar voice rang out from above them. Sakura broke the hug and looked to a nearby rooftop, and her eyes widened.
***
Author's notes: Ah, I'm evil. Cliff-hangers seem to irritate people, but it's fun to do! *hides from the angry mob* Don't hurt meee! I'm just a Canadain fanfic author! I'm not worth it! Review please? ^_^*