The Green Leaves
By Phoenix-Fire888
Chapter 3: The Tricky Leaf
"Ready to go, guys?" Kero shouted.
"Hmm mm!" Sakura and Li nodded.
"I'm ready when you are, Kero!" Madison smiled, videotaping Sakura's costume.
"Well, DUH! You stuffed animal!!" Meilin bragged. "And this Leaf card belongs to Li!!"
Kero sighed. "We'll see... now let's go!!" He rushed into the forest. "Owww!!" he moaned a second later and zoomed out the forest.
"What's wrong, Kero?" Sakura asked concernedly.
"I think I hurt myself!!" Kero looked back at the forest. "That palm tree's gonna kill me!!"
"Palm tree??" Sakura asked. "Is that the Leaf card?"
Kero shook his head. "I don't know. I didn't concentrate and sense it." He turned to Sakura and Li. "Did you sense anything weird?" The two cardcaptors shook their heads.
"No, Kero." Sakura said. "But I was sure the first time I sensed it, it was in this forest!"
"Me too!" Li agreed.
"Well, then, it's gotta be in there somewhere!" Kero took the lead. "Let's gooo, Cardcaptors!"
Everyone else followed Kero and into the deep forest...
A moment later...
"Are we there yet, Kero?" Madison asked nervously. "My video camera's filled with leaves and I can't really look through it!"
"Don't worry, Madison," Kero reassured. "We are close now, I can sense it."
"I hope you're wrong, Kero!" Sakura said shakily. "I don't know if we can capture this Leaf!"
"Ha!" Meilin grinned. "So Sakura, you admitted yourself is scared!"
"No!" Sakura yelled back.
"Is too!" Meilin shouted.
"Am not!!" Sakura shouted louder.
Li and Madison grabbed Meilin and Sakura to shut them up. Then Kero spoke up. "Look out!!"
Suddenly, spiky leaves shot out of nowhere and toward Sakura! Li held Sakura down and the leaves missed her.
Sakura sighed with relief. "Whew! That was a close one!"
"It's the Leaf!" Li said. "And those were the poisonous leaves!!"
Kero nodded. "Yes, Li's right! Be careful, guys! Leaf is not that easy to capture like the Flower! Yaahhhh!!"
Several more sharp and spiky leaves shot out from a palm tree and toward Kero! Kero jumped up and the leaves just disappeared into thin air!!
"It's too dangerous!" Kero was sweating all over.
"And you want me to capture that Leaf?! Speak for yourself, Kero!" Sakura complained.
"But somehow we've got to do it!!" Kero shouted. "Sakura, don't complain until we've found that Leaf card!"
"Yeah, I know." Sakura took out her Clow key and started chanting. "Oh, key of Clow, power of magic, power of light! Surrender the wand, the force ignite! RELEASE!" The key extended and became the Clow wand. Sakura hit the Fly card with her wand. "FLY!" she commanded. Bright white feathery wings sprouted out from the end the wand and Sakura flew into the air.
"I can't find it, Kero!" Sakura yelled from above.
"I'll try!" Li took out his Lasin Board. "Source of Light with Ancient Spin, send forth the Magic, power within! Force, know my Plight, RELEASE THE LIGHT!!"
A blue ball appeared on his board. It whirled around the board center and became a strand of light, pointing at a palm tree ahead.
"I told you, Kero!" Sakura yelled. "I knew at first that this palm tree is the Leaf-"
Li held Sakura down as three poisonous leaves shot at Sakura.
"Thanks, Li." Sakura stood up shakily.
"You gotta be careful!" Li warned. "Protect yourselves!"
"Protect?" Sakura muttered. She suddenly remembered something. "Oh yeah! Why haven't I thought of it first?" She took out a Clow Card. Everyone turned to her.
"SHIELD CARD!! PROTECT MY FRIENDS AND ME! SHIELD, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!!" Sakura chanted. She pointed her wand at the card. And blue smoke flew out from the card and made a barrier around each of the friends.
"Nice one, Sakura!" Madison smiled. Sakura giggled a bit. Suddenly, the palm tree leaves rustled. Everyone turned to it. The special palm tree started to change into a human shape. There, in front of Sakura, Kero, Li, Meilin and Madison stood Leaf's true form.
"Th-this is, Leaf?" Meilin yelled. "He's just a little kid!!"
To say Leaf is a kid is not exaggerating, I tell ya. The Leaf is a kid size boy with palm fronds around his waist. And a leaf sign on his forehead, which is almost covered by the mild green hair.
"Well, Kero?" Sakura asked. "This is the Leaf? He doesn't look strong to me!"
"Do not underestimate the power of Leaf, Sakura!" Kero warned. The Leaf raised his left hand and palm leaves shot out from his hand and toward the cardcaptors. It's a good thing that Sakura used the Shield card, 'cause the leaves bounced right off the barrier and didn't harm our friends a bit. The Leaf looked surprised for a second, but turned serious again.
The Leaf's hair turned into vine-like knives and cut the barrier in half! Sakura and her friends gasped in horror. The Leaf grinned.
"J-just as you said, Kero!" Sakura stammered. "H-he is strong for sure!"
"Told ya!" Kero said back, sweating.
"Sakura! Use your mirror card and reflect its attacks! Can you do that?" Li yelled.
"No, she can't!" Kero shouted back. "The mirror can only make a double of somebody! It can't reflect attacks!!"
Li looked back at Leaf furiously. "Shoot," he murmured. The Leaf shot out another vine. Li quickly used his Freeze card and froze the vine. The Leaf was surprised again.
"We can't just let this go on!" Sakura yelled. "Somebody has to do something to stop it!"
The Leaf seemed to be very happy to see Sakura nervous. He shot out three sharp leaves again.
"Freeze!" Li shouted and the leaves froze.
"Hey I've got it!" Sakura took out another card. "SWORD, RELEASE AND DISPEL!" A sword came out of the sword card. Sakura held the sword tightly and cut the leaves and the vine in half. They disappeared into thin air.
"It's still no use!" Kero shouted. "We need an attack card to attack it!"
"Like what?" Sakura yelled back.
"Like the basic elements, you dummy!" Meilin suggested.
"Right, but which one?" Sakura asked. The Leaf shot more leaves.
"I know! WINDY, CHANGE THE LEAVES' DIRECTIONS! WINDY, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!" Strong wind blew out and changed the leaves' directions.
"Okay, it's still no use." Sakura muttered, thinking hard.
"Heh, we can always attack it from its back!" Madison smiled.
"Attack from its back?" Sakura thought hard. "Oh yeah! You're so smart, Madison! MIRROR, MAKE A COPY OF MY FRIENDS AND ME! MIRROR, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!" A giant mirror appeared and another Sakura, Kero, Li, Meilin and Madison walked out. And the true guys sneaked up behind the Leaf. Sakura raised her wand.
"Leaf card! I command you, return to your power con-" As Sakura was about to seal the Leaf, the tricky boy turned around and shot leaves toward our friends! Just because our friend didn't do any protection, Madison and Meilin got poisoned instantly.
"No! Meilin! Madison!" Sakura cried. She turned back toward Leaf. The mirror image of her and her friends disappeared. "You'll pay for this, Leaf!" She didn't know why she did it, but Sakura suddenly used a powerful card! "SHADOW! SURROUND THE LEAF CARD WITH YOUR MIGHTY DARKNESS!! SHADOW, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!!" Black stuff came out from beneath the Shadow card and surrounded the Leaf. The Leaf tried to move but he can't.
"Sakura! Seal it while you had the chance!!" Kero shouted.
"I'm on it!" Sakura walked toward the Leaf. "Alright, Leaf card, RETURN TO YOUR POWER CONFINED! LEAF CARD!!" She pointed her wand at the Leaf's head. Bright light shot out from Shadow's darkness and formed into a card shape. The card stopped shining and it flew into Sakura's hand.
"Got it, Leaf card!" Sakura said happily.
"Told you it's hard!" Kero shouted in glee.
"Well thanks for the tips, Kero!" Sakura smiled.
Madison and Meilin slowly returned to conscious.
"What... happened?" Madison wondered aloud.
"Who's got the card? Who's got the card?" Meilin asked Li quickly.
Li pointed at Sakura. "She did," he said softly.
"WHAT??!!" Meilin screamed. She took a step toward Sakura. "Look there, Sakura. You're nothing more a squeaky mouse! Do not stand in Li's way and I mean it!!"
"What did you just say?!" Kero yelled. "Sakura's the chosen Cardcaptor! How many times do I have to tell you??!!"
"Says who, you stuffed animal?!" Meilin yelled. "Li is the chosen Cardcaptor, not Sakura!! Plus, Li's got me to help him to conquer the world and not you and Sakura, even Madison wouldn't do any good! Understand??"
"Oh yeah?" Kero said in a challenging voice. "Is that a challenge?"
"Yes it is, you stupid!" Meilin roared. "Li's going to win the Final Judgment once and for all!"
"We'll see..." Kero sighed again.
(A/N: The end! And stayed tuned for more Cardcaptor Sakura coming up soon!! .)
By Phoenix-Fire888
Chapter 3: The Tricky Leaf
"Ready to go, guys?" Kero shouted.
"Hmm mm!" Sakura and Li nodded.
"I'm ready when you are, Kero!" Madison smiled, videotaping Sakura's costume.
"Well, DUH! You stuffed animal!!" Meilin bragged. "And this Leaf card belongs to Li!!"
Kero sighed. "We'll see... now let's go!!" He rushed into the forest. "Owww!!" he moaned a second later and zoomed out the forest.
"What's wrong, Kero?" Sakura asked concernedly.
"I think I hurt myself!!" Kero looked back at the forest. "That palm tree's gonna kill me!!"
"Palm tree??" Sakura asked. "Is that the Leaf card?"
Kero shook his head. "I don't know. I didn't concentrate and sense it." He turned to Sakura and Li. "Did you sense anything weird?" The two cardcaptors shook their heads.
"No, Kero." Sakura said. "But I was sure the first time I sensed it, it was in this forest!"
"Me too!" Li agreed.
"Well, then, it's gotta be in there somewhere!" Kero took the lead. "Let's gooo, Cardcaptors!"
Everyone else followed Kero and into the deep forest...
A moment later...
"Are we there yet, Kero?" Madison asked nervously. "My video camera's filled with leaves and I can't really look through it!"
"Don't worry, Madison," Kero reassured. "We are close now, I can sense it."
"I hope you're wrong, Kero!" Sakura said shakily. "I don't know if we can capture this Leaf!"
"Ha!" Meilin grinned. "So Sakura, you admitted yourself is scared!"
"No!" Sakura yelled back.
"Is too!" Meilin shouted.
"Am not!!" Sakura shouted louder.
Li and Madison grabbed Meilin and Sakura to shut them up. Then Kero spoke up. "Look out!!"
Suddenly, spiky leaves shot out of nowhere and toward Sakura! Li held Sakura down and the leaves missed her.
Sakura sighed with relief. "Whew! That was a close one!"
"It's the Leaf!" Li said. "And those were the poisonous leaves!!"
Kero nodded. "Yes, Li's right! Be careful, guys! Leaf is not that easy to capture like the Flower! Yaahhhh!!"
Several more sharp and spiky leaves shot out from a palm tree and toward Kero! Kero jumped up and the leaves just disappeared into thin air!!
"It's too dangerous!" Kero was sweating all over.
"And you want me to capture that Leaf?! Speak for yourself, Kero!" Sakura complained.
"But somehow we've got to do it!!" Kero shouted. "Sakura, don't complain until we've found that Leaf card!"
"Yeah, I know." Sakura took out her Clow key and started chanting. "Oh, key of Clow, power of magic, power of light! Surrender the wand, the force ignite! RELEASE!" The key extended and became the Clow wand. Sakura hit the Fly card with her wand. "FLY!" she commanded. Bright white feathery wings sprouted out from the end the wand and Sakura flew into the air.
"I can't find it, Kero!" Sakura yelled from above.
"I'll try!" Li took out his Lasin Board. "Source of Light with Ancient Spin, send forth the Magic, power within! Force, know my Plight, RELEASE THE LIGHT!!"
A blue ball appeared on his board. It whirled around the board center and became a strand of light, pointing at a palm tree ahead.
"I told you, Kero!" Sakura yelled. "I knew at first that this palm tree is the Leaf-"
Li held Sakura down as three poisonous leaves shot at Sakura.
"Thanks, Li." Sakura stood up shakily.
"You gotta be careful!" Li warned. "Protect yourselves!"
"Protect?" Sakura muttered. She suddenly remembered something. "Oh yeah! Why haven't I thought of it first?" She took out a Clow Card. Everyone turned to her.
"SHIELD CARD!! PROTECT MY FRIENDS AND ME! SHIELD, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!!" Sakura chanted. She pointed her wand at the card. And blue smoke flew out from the card and made a barrier around each of the friends.
"Nice one, Sakura!" Madison smiled. Sakura giggled a bit. Suddenly, the palm tree leaves rustled. Everyone turned to it. The special palm tree started to change into a human shape. There, in front of Sakura, Kero, Li, Meilin and Madison stood Leaf's true form.
"Th-this is, Leaf?" Meilin yelled. "He's just a little kid!!"
To say Leaf is a kid is not exaggerating, I tell ya. The Leaf is a kid size boy with palm fronds around his waist. And a leaf sign on his forehead, which is almost covered by the mild green hair.
"Well, Kero?" Sakura asked. "This is the Leaf? He doesn't look strong to me!"
"Do not underestimate the power of Leaf, Sakura!" Kero warned. The Leaf raised his left hand and palm leaves shot out from his hand and toward the cardcaptors. It's a good thing that Sakura used the Shield card, 'cause the leaves bounced right off the barrier and didn't harm our friends a bit. The Leaf looked surprised for a second, but turned serious again.
The Leaf's hair turned into vine-like knives and cut the barrier in half! Sakura and her friends gasped in horror. The Leaf grinned.
"J-just as you said, Kero!" Sakura stammered. "H-he is strong for sure!"
"Told ya!" Kero said back, sweating.
"Sakura! Use your mirror card and reflect its attacks! Can you do that?" Li yelled.
"No, she can't!" Kero shouted back. "The mirror can only make a double of somebody! It can't reflect attacks!!"
Li looked back at Leaf furiously. "Shoot," he murmured. The Leaf shot out another vine. Li quickly used his Freeze card and froze the vine. The Leaf was surprised again.
"We can't just let this go on!" Sakura yelled. "Somebody has to do something to stop it!"
The Leaf seemed to be very happy to see Sakura nervous. He shot out three sharp leaves again.
"Freeze!" Li shouted and the leaves froze.
"Hey I've got it!" Sakura took out another card. "SWORD, RELEASE AND DISPEL!" A sword came out of the sword card. Sakura held the sword tightly and cut the leaves and the vine in half. They disappeared into thin air.
"It's still no use!" Kero shouted. "We need an attack card to attack it!"
"Like what?" Sakura yelled back.
"Like the basic elements, you dummy!" Meilin suggested.
"Right, but which one?" Sakura asked. The Leaf shot more leaves.
"I know! WINDY, CHANGE THE LEAVES' DIRECTIONS! WINDY, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!" Strong wind blew out and changed the leaves' directions.
"Okay, it's still no use." Sakura muttered, thinking hard.
"Heh, we can always attack it from its back!" Madison smiled.
"Attack from its back?" Sakura thought hard. "Oh yeah! You're so smart, Madison! MIRROR, MAKE A COPY OF MY FRIENDS AND ME! MIRROR, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!" A giant mirror appeared and another Sakura, Kero, Li, Meilin and Madison walked out. And the true guys sneaked up behind the Leaf. Sakura raised her wand.
"Leaf card! I command you, return to your power con-" As Sakura was about to seal the Leaf, the tricky boy turned around and shot leaves toward our friends! Just because our friend didn't do any protection, Madison and Meilin got poisoned instantly.
"No! Meilin! Madison!" Sakura cried. She turned back toward Leaf. The mirror image of her and her friends disappeared. "You'll pay for this, Leaf!" She didn't know why she did it, but Sakura suddenly used a powerful card! "SHADOW! SURROUND THE LEAF CARD WITH YOUR MIGHTY DARKNESS!! SHADOW, RELEASE AND DISPEL!!!" Black stuff came out from beneath the Shadow card and surrounded the Leaf. The Leaf tried to move but he can't.
"Sakura! Seal it while you had the chance!!" Kero shouted.
"I'm on it!" Sakura walked toward the Leaf. "Alright, Leaf card, RETURN TO YOUR POWER CONFINED! LEAF CARD!!" She pointed her wand at the Leaf's head. Bright light shot out from Shadow's darkness and formed into a card shape. The card stopped shining and it flew into Sakura's hand.
"Got it, Leaf card!" Sakura said happily.
"Told you it's hard!" Kero shouted in glee.
"Well thanks for the tips, Kero!" Sakura smiled.
Madison and Meilin slowly returned to conscious.
"What... happened?" Madison wondered aloud.
"Who's got the card? Who's got the card?" Meilin asked Li quickly.
Li pointed at Sakura. "She did," he said softly.
"WHAT??!!" Meilin screamed. She took a step toward Sakura. "Look there, Sakura. You're nothing more a squeaky mouse! Do not stand in Li's way and I mean it!!"
"What did you just say?!" Kero yelled. "Sakura's the chosen Cardcaptor! How many times do I have to tell you??!!"
"Says who, you stuffed animal?!" Meilin yelled. "Li is the chosen Cardcaptor, not Sakura!! Plus, Li's got me to help him to conquer the world and not you and Sakura, even Madison wouldn't do any good! Understand??"
"Oh yeah?" Kero said in a challenging voice. "Is that a challenge?"
"Yes it is, you stupid!" Meilin roared. "Li's going to win the Final Judgment once and for all!"
"We'll see..." Kero sighed again.
(A/N: The end! And stayed tuned for more Cardcaptor Sakura coming up soon!! .)