The Second Generation 4
Syaoran drove his family home, and the children went up to their room. It was Saturday, so everyone decided to take a rest. Meeko brought up the Clow Book with her to the room, though Makoto protested.
"There's no reason to keep it Meeko. It's empty. We lost them." He pointed out.
Meeko climbed the ladder to her bed and sat down. "So? Maybe there's something here that can help us."
Makoto joined her and sat down next to her. "Help us do what?"
"Capture the cards." She said as a matter of a fact.
"Nani? Why? Let mom and dad do it." He argued.
"No." She said sternly. "We lost the cards, and we're gonna get them back. Now you can either help me or go away."
Makoto smirked. "Like I'm going to let you have all the fun."
Meeko smiled and slowly opened the book. There was a bright flash and Meeko and Makoto watched as two keys came out of the book.
A bird headed key came to Meeko and a small blue sword came to Makoto. When they reached for the keys, the keys grew to a staff and a sword. They grabbed them.
They held the weapons carefully.
"Wow." Meeko whispered.
"Whoa." Makoto echoed.
Suddenly the bedroom door flew open and Sakura and Syaoran, along with Kero, came barging in. "What's going on in here?" Syaoran asked.
Then they saw they're children handling their old weapons. Kero shook his head. "Another generation of cardcaptors is born."
The family sat around the table and ate dinner in silence. Meeko and Makoto wore the keys that had been passed down to them on their necks. What Meeko couldn't understand is why is caused their parents such distress? They were given something very special, a chance to follow in their parents' path. Their parents should be proud of them, shouldn't they?
"Mom?" Meeko asked quietly.
"Yes dear?" Sakura responded.
"How come you and dad are so scared?" She asked innocently.
Syaoran chokes, while Sakura dropped her fork. "Well, sweetie. There's a chance you might get hurt." Sakura told her daughter.
"Some of the cards are gentle, like Windy or Wood." Syaoran explained. "But others…like Shot and Thunder, can be violent and dangerous. We're just worried for you."
"Don't worry about us!" Makoto said confidently. "We'll get them all back!"
Syaoran smiled at his son's courage, though misguided by nativity.
Meeko thought for a moment. She felt something, but what was it? "How do you know when a Clow Card is nearby?"
Sakura seemed disturbed by the question, but Syaoran replied with a frown. "You can usually sense it. Why?"
Meeko smiled. "Oh, no reason."
Makoto raised an eyebrow. You do sense something, don't you?
Yeah, but let's check it out later. I don't want to worry mom and dad.
Fine. Makoto reluctantly agreed.
When the children went back up to their room after dinner, Syaoran called Eriol. "You sense it too?"
"Yeah, there's a Clow Card around." A voice came over the speaker.
"Do we let them capture it?"
"You have to."
"Can we help them?"
"You can advice them, but you can't aid them in the capturing of the card." Eriol explained.
"Why not?"
"They have to learn on their own…"
Meeko and Makoto sat in their room, as the feeling of the Clow Card grew.
"How do we know what card it is?" Makoto asked.
"I'm not sure." His sister replied. "But I do know there are 52."
"How do you know that?"
Meeko smiled and brought her hands to reveal…
"The Sakura Cards!" Makoto exclaimed. "How'd you get those?"
Meeko shrugged her shoulders casually. "Having a brother steal your stuff gave me all the tricks in the book." She winked.
Makoto smiled. "Let's do some card capturing." Makoto grabbed his skateboard and Meeko put on her skates and they snuck out through the window.
Sakura and Syaoran settled into bed, and Sakura looked over at her dresser. She frowned. "Do you know where my cards are dear?"
Syaoran came around from the other side of the bed and peered over her and saw they were gone. "No."
"Then who…"
Immediately both parents got up and ran to their children's bedroom. They opened the door, but found no cards and…no children. Syaoran ran to the open window and saw a giant bird fly by the window, filling the room with a gust a wind.
"Oh no!" Sakura cried.
"The Fly Card!" Syaoran slammed the window shut. He ran past Sakura and started down the stairs.
"Wait!" Sakura called. "We can't help them, remember!"
Syaoran called out his sword, and squeezed the hilt. "Then I guess I'm going to have to do some advising."
"Hold on." Sakura ran back into the bedroom and brought out two robes. She threw one to Syaoran. "Don't want the whole neighborhood to know what kind of boxers you wear do you?"
Syaoran looked down and noticed he was still wearing the boxers he was planning to wear to bed. He blushed. He and Sakura quickly put on their robes, Sakura had to cover that thin nightgown she was wearing, and ran outside after their kids…and the Fly Card.
Meeko and Makoto were ahead of the Fly Card by about one block. "Got any ideas!" Meeko yelled.
Makoto skated on his skateboard faster. "How about the Windy Card! Isn't that how mom caught it?" He yelled back.
Meeko nodded and turned around. She brought out the Windy Sakura Card and her wand. She stopped. "Wait! What do I say?"
Makoto stopped and ended up next to his sister. "Wasn't it something like…Windy?"
Meeko smiled bashfully. "Oh yeah." She threw the card in front of her. "Windy!" She hit the card, but there was a bright flash, and the card floated down to the ground. She picked it up and looked at her brother. "What happened?"
Makoto shrugged, and then noticed Fly. "Let's book it!"
Meeko and Makoto started racing away from the Fly card again. The giant bird blew huge gusts of wind at the two rookies. Meeko almost lots her balance, but Makoto grabbed her hand and steadied her.
She smiled. "Arigatou."
He winked. "What's an oniichan for?" He noticed they had gained some room and screeched to a halt, his sister did also simultaneously. "Now, we have a card to catch!"
Meeko got an idea. "And I know how!" She turned to the quickly approaching bird. Raising the wand above her head, she moved it in a large circle, and it formed a red hued sphere, just like her shield before.
Makoto caught on. "Catch ya sis!" He got ready.
"Now!" Meeko threw her hands forward and the sphere grew until it held the Fly Card still. She used her powers to shrink it, made sure it couldn't move. "What are you waiting for?" She shouted to her brother.
"Right!" Makoto used his power and pulled down Fly's wings, latching it to the ground.
"On three!" Meeko yelled. "One…two…THREE!!!" As one they let go, leaving the Fly Card immobile. Before it could react, Meeko brought up her wand, much like she'd seen her mother did in the videos. "Return to the shape you were meant to be! Clow Card!" The Fly Card turned into a card and floated to Meeko's hand.
Makoto came up and they shared a hi five. "The Li twins make their first capture!" Then Makoto thought for a moment. "But wasn't it… 'To thy true form, return, Clow Card?" (Japanese version)
Meeko stuck her tongue at her twin. "So I made it up! I worked didn't it?" She gasped and Makoto turned around.
"Dad!" There Syaoran was standing, Sakura behind him, carrying his sword. Makoto fumbled for the right words. "Well, you see it was such a pretty night, that we decided to go for a walk and…"
"Save it." Syaoran cut him off.
Sakura ran to Meeko and grabbed her into a hug. "Are you okay sweetie, you could've been hurt."
"I'm fine mom." Meeko hugged her mom back. "We made out first capture!" She showed her mother the Fly Card. Her mother smiled and nodded.
Syaoran looked over at his daughter. "The Cards?"
Meeko swallowed hard under her father's look and handed her mother the Sakura Cards. "They didn't work anyway."
"Well, they won't…" Sakura said. "Unless you're Sakura." She winked at her daughter and Meeko smiled.
"I'd say it's time to go home." Syaoran said. They all walked home, once again in silence.
"What!" Makoto exclaimed. "Grounded?" He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "For what! Doing what we're supposed to?"
Syaoran shook his head. "For going, one, without permission, and two, without telling your mother or me."
Sakura nodded her agreement. "You could've gotten hurt."
Makoto rolled his eyes. "But we didn't and we made a capture!"
"The ends don't justify the means. These things have to be done right." Syaoran argued.
Makoto pouted, but said no more. "Now to your rooms. You still have to get some sleep." Sakura said. Makoto stormed upstairs, while Meeko went slowly after.
She reached the bottom of the stairs. "Gomennasai." Then she silently went to her room.
Sakura sighed and Syaoran wrapped an arm around his wife. "Makoto takes after you. He has your temper." Sakura giggled.
"Well, he'll grow out of it." Syaoran replied. "Hopefully."
Sakura laid her head on Syaoran's chest. "You think Kero will get mad we didn't wake him for this?"
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "You can tell that stuffed animal in the morning."
Sakura giggle and together, she and Syaoran went back to the room, to hopefully have a good night's rest.