The Second Generation 5
Konnichiwa! I'm Akiko! You met me last time, the proud daughter of the, now married, Eriol and Tomoyo! Last time, our two young rookie cardcaptors made their first capture! The Fly Card! Meeko tried once to use her mother's cards, but that wouldn't work, because they only respond to their mistress. They were in for a real doozy when the Fly Card came after them! But my friends were quick on their feet! They used their innate magical powers to freeze the Fly in its tracks, and seal it! Though with their parents coming around the corner, they were grounded for a time. But am I the only one who thinks grounding them won't stop them?
Meeko sat on her bed, reading one of her father's old magic books, trying to find out more about who she was and what it was that she was expected to do. Not only her, but Makoto, her twin brother and fellow cardcaptor.
Meeko turned a page, when she noticed something. It was written in Chinese, but that was all right. Her father had taught her Chinese and Japanese, then also a little English, just in case. She tried to understand a certain passage in the book, but couldn't quite concentrate.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
That was the sound of her brother's stupid soccer ball bouncing against the wall. He was still mad about the fact that they were grounded for their little adventure.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
He continued to bounce the ball. The sound was getting to be very annoying for Meeko. She waited for him to throw the ball yet again, and then used her power to create a shield right in the ball's path. The ball hit her small red-hued shield and bounced back at Makoto. It smacked him in the head, knocking him to the floor.
Meeko couldn't help but giggle as stars flew in circles around Makoto's head. When he came around, he shot up and glared at his sister, veins popping out anime style. "What was that for!?"
"For annoying me!" She accused.
He picked up his soccer ball, and plopped himself next to his sister. "Whatcha readin'?" He asked.
"Magic." She said simply.
Makoto raised an eyebrow and peered over her shoulder to read the book, but upon seeing the text, said, "Chinese?"
"Yep." She lightly elbowed him. "If you had listened to Dad when he was teaching us, you would be able to read it too."
Makoto glared at his sister. She grinned, knowing full well what she had said was true. Makoto had been skeptical about the usefulness of learning Chinese and had paid little attention when Syaoran decided to teach them.
Makoto sighed. "What does it say?"
Meeko began to read from the ancient book. " 'If a cardcaptor uses a spell, or a card, it uses magical energy. When a cardcaptor is magically drained, to continue the spell, one starts to lose their life energy. For life energy and magical energy are directly linked. This can be the rise or downfall of a cardcaptor.'" Meeko frowned.
"So we used some of our magical energy last night." Makoto concluded.
Meeko nodded. "We need to be careful and not cast too big of a spell until we're older." Makoto nodded his agreement.
"Kids! We're leaving!" Sakura called.
Meeko and Makoto got up and went downstairs. Syaoran and Sakura were standing by the door. Sakura wore a white-laced blouse and a yellow pleated knee length skirt. Syaoran wore a nice brown suit.
Sakura smiled. "Your father and I are going out. We'll be leaving you two alone."
Makoto could barely contain his joy and whispered a "Yes!"
Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Don't think because we're leaving that it automatically means you're off groundation."
"We're leaving Kero…" Sakura added. "To watch you guys."
Both children's mouths dropped. "Nani!?" Meeko exclaimed.
"Stuffed animal plays babysitter?" Makoto asked.
Kero flew in and rammed into the back of Makoto's head. "That's Mr. Stuffed Animal to you, brat boy!"
"Kero!" Sakura exclaimed.
Makoto growled. "I'll call you what I want to you miniature doggy chew toy!"
Kero had three veins popping out. "Nani?! You want to know what I can do when I change into my full form?!"
Makoto crossed his arms, not impressed. "And what would that be? A giant teddy bear?"
Meeko laughed. "Monzaemon!" (Digimon joke)
Syaoran tried his best not to laugh, though he loved seeing his son really give it to the guardian beast; he had to be the mature one. "Now, be good you too."
Meeko giggled. "We will!"
Syaoran and Sakura smiled and left.
"I'm gonna go make something to eat." Meeko went to the kitchen.
Kero flew after her. "Don't think you can tempt me with food! I'm not letting my guard down!"
Meeko shrugged. "Fine then. I won't make you anything."
Kero freaked out. "No! That's not what I meant!" Then he disappeared into the kitchen with Meeko.
Back in the living room, something was bothering Makoto. He could sense it. He looked around the room, trying to find the source of it. He heard something and walked over to the corner. The coffee table was tipped over on its side. "Huh?"
Makoto bent down and thought he heared a growl. Then his amber eyes caught site of the pink tail. He frowned and reached out…big mistake.
Whatever was there totally freaked out and started bouncing around the room. Makoto dove for cover behind the couch while the little creature ricocheted around the living room. Makoto heard it bounce off the wall, the ceiling…the piano.
"Hey!" Makoto poked his head up and was smacked in the face with the pink creature. He fell down and it landed on his stomach. Makoto opened his eyes and saw the creature close up…
"No tomatoes." Kero reminded.
"Okay." Meeko replied getting annoyed, rolling her eyes.
"More mayonnaise." He told her.
"I said okay!" Just then, Meeko sensed something. There was a loud crash and Meeko heard her brother scream.
She dropped the sandwich and ran to the living room. "Oniichan!" She ran in a saw everything in disarray. The coffee table was tipped over, the piano bench was over on its side, and the source of the crash was shattered all over the floor. "Makoto that was mom's favorite vase!!" She scolded him.
Makoto got off the ground and looked at his sister, a black eye forming on his face. "It wasn't me!"
Just then the pink thing shot into the living room, causing Meeko and Kero to dive for the floor. "What is that?!"
"That's the Jump Card!" Kero told her.
"It's breaking everything!" Makoto shouted.
Meeko quickly used her power to make a shield around her, and then made a dash for the door.
Attracted by her magic, the Jump Card went after her, bouncing repeatedly off the shield.
Meeko got to the door and opened it, allowing the Jump Card out. She slammed the door after it.
Kero flew over to Meeko. "Why'd you let it go?!"
"It would've destroyed the house!" She retorted.
"You're a cardcaptor now! You're supposed to capture the cards!" Kero replied.
"We will as soon as we make a plan." Makoto said.
"How? We're grounded remember?" Meeko told him.
"We'll just have to get someone else to bring it here." Makoto replied.
"And that would be?" Kero asked.
Makoto winked. "Just leave everything to me." He went over to the phone.
Meeko put her hand on her forehead. "Oh, boy…"
The doorbell rang and Makoto answered it.
"I'm here!" Akiko greeted happily, and then pulled out two costumes. "Mom made these too!!"
Makoto sweat dropped.
Akiko aimed her video camera at the two newly dressed cardcaptors and zoomed in. "Oh you two look so kawaii!!!"
Meeko looked down at what she was wearing. She wore a black, long sleeved shirt and black pants. A long black tail and black ears were added to finish the outfit.
"We choose the cat outfit because of its known agility! You'll be able to capture the Jump Card no problem!" Akiko explained.
"Guys do not dress up as cats!!" Makoto complained, "And I refuse to wear cat ears!" He shoved the ears back and Akiko and crossed his arms.
"Oh, but then you won't be twins!" She whined.
"We're not identical!" Makoto pointed out. "Because I am not a girl!"
Akiko sighed in defeat. "Fine, fine." She put them away and aimed the camera at Meeko.
"Release your wand." She asked.
"Now?"
"Of course!"
Meeko rolled her eyes, but smiled. "All right." She took out her key. "Oh key of Clow, bestowed by right. Surrender the wand. Surrender the light. Release!!!!" The key swirled and turned into a wand, which Meeko grasped and held strongly in both hands.
Akiko jumped for joy and turned to Makoto. "Now…Nani?" She saw he had already retrieved his key and it was now a sword.
Makoto smiled. "Too late." He turned to his sister. "You know the plan?" She nodded. He looked at Akiko. She nodded. "All right."
He cupped his hands in front of him and began to form a blue sphere. It turned into a solid ball. "Akiko?" He said.
She stared at wonder at the magic with wonder, and then carefully took it in her hands.
"He should be attracted to the magic in the sphere. When he starts to follow you, bring him here." Makoto reviewed.
"We'll take care of the rest!" Meeko said confidently.
Akiko nodded. "Right!" Then she ran out of the house.
Kero flew in. "The basement's ready, but I still think this is a bad idea!"
"You got a better one, cotton ball?"
Kero growled. "This had better work!"
"It will." Meeko assured. Then she felt it. "She's coming."
Makoto nodded. "And she's got our little pink ping pong boy with her."
"Let's jump into action!" She ran to door and opened it, just in time to have Akiko jump in and have the Jump Card zoom past her, into the house.
Makoto grinned. "Come on, Jump Card! Come and get me!" He taunted and made a dash to the basement.
The Jump Card growled and followed Makoto, bouncing sideways against the hallways and walls of the house. Meeko followed, with Kero and Akiko close behind.
Makoto ran down into the basement, leaving the door wide open, and ran into his parents' secret room. This was the room where, he had just found out recently, his parents practiced their magic. It was also the place where they were going to capture the Jump Card.
The Jump Card entered the small room and started ricocheting off the sides of the room. After Meeko, Akiko and Kero made it inside the room, Kero activated the sealing wall that had hid the room from anyone in the basement. Now the Jump Card was trapped.
The Jump Card wasn't happy at all and started aiming his attacks at the two cardcaptors, sensing their magic.
Makoto dodged another attempt by the Jump Card to know him out and shouted. "We have to slow it down! Get it to where we want it to!"
Meeko watched Jump bounce around the room, in a mad frenzy, and remembered something. Just a few hours ago, Makoto had been bouncing around his soccer ball against the wall. Meeko had stopped it with one of her shields. That gave her an idea. "Makoto!"
Makoto jumped up, dodging another blast and landed on his feet. "Nani!"
"Let's play a little game of soccer!" She formed a square shield with one end open at the end of the room.
Makoto saw it. "Right!" He saw the Jump Card make a move at him and instead of dodging him, jumped up and kicked him towards his sister. "Sis!" He cried.
Meeko nodded and saw Jump go high. She took out her only card. "Fly Card! Lend your powers to me! Fly Card!" She hit it and instead of wings coming out of the wand, they grew out of her back.
Kero's mouthed dropped, as did Akiko's. "That's not supposed to happen, is it?" She asked.
Kero watched in wonder. Sure enough, the Clow Card that Meeko had caught was being used like a Sakura Card. "No it's not!" He replied.
Meeko smiled at the white wings, and flew into the air, to intersect the Jump Card. It came at her, so she swung her wand at the approaching target, and hit it back towards her brother.
He was ready. He jumped up again, but this time angled his kick at the make shift goal his sister had made. Jump Card went flying into the goal, and Meeko closed the shield.
She flew down and landed in front of it. "Return to the shape you were meant to be! Clow Card!" Jump Card disintegrated and formed into the card it was originally. It stopped glowing and floated over to Makoto.
Meeko, Makoto, Akiko, and even Kero, shared a high five. Now they had two less cards to worry about.
"Kids! We're home!" Sakura shouted. Then she screamed. The kids down in the basement all shared horror stricken faces.
"Kero! You were supposed to be watching them!" Syaoran scolded.
"But there was a Clow Card!" Kero retorted.
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Now you sound like the children."
Meeko and Makoto sat on the couch, still in their cat outfits, though Akiko had gone home. "Dad we did what we had to!"
"Yes dear. Don't be too hard on them." Sakura said softly.
Syaoran looked at his wife. "But they were grounded and look at the house!"
"It can be cleaned." Sakura pointed out. She turned to the children. "Why don't you go up to your room? I'll call you down when dinner's ready."
"Okay!" Both children said and ran up to their room.
Syaoran shook his head and rubbed his eyes. "Why'd you go against me on that?"
Sakura came up from behind and started to give Syaoran a nice back massage. "I think you were be a little too hard on them." She replied. "If it was a Clow Card when we were there age, we wouldn't hesitate either."
"Besides, they did a pretty good job." Kero said.
Syaoran sighed. "Well, are we going to keep them grounded?" He asked.
Sakura put her arms around Syaoran's neck and whispered in his ear. "I don't think we should."
Syaoran smiled and turned his head. "And why's that?"
Sakura shrugged. "I little bird told me that they were going to have some special company tomorrow. I thought I'd be nice for them to actually go outside and have some fun with them."
Syaoran raised an eyebrow, and brought Sakura around to sit in his lap. "And who would that be?"
She giggled and laid her head on his shoulder. "Shinji."
At hearing this, Syaoran gasped…