The Second Generation 10
Makoto again! Last time we left you on a cliffhanger, ne? Gomen. WE really didn't expect anything like this to happen. First, Akiko had her "talk" with Eriol and Tomoyo; she went up to her room, while the rest of us ate cookies. Soon, the snack was interrupted by the Silent and the Lock crashing the party. Us kids were shocked by Eriol's refusal to help. He would watch his only daughter, get trapped inside her own room. Soon, Meeko, Shinji, and I came through the window, only to have Akiko conquer the cards on her own! We discovered it was only a decoy by our enemy and now set out to conquer the new danger. I called up mom and dad, hoping to get some help. Mom agreed, but was breathing heavily. I wonder what they were doing?
Akiko giggled as she recorded Meeko and Makoto in her newest fashion. It consisted of a blue/black top, with matching pants. Meeko's was a shirt and flared out more than Makoto's. Shinji was dressed in his battle outfit. Similar to Yue's outfit, but made smaller to fit Shinji. It was basically a white robe and pants, baggy to allow Shinji to call forth his weeks, which he now had out.
Akiko's admiration was abruptly cut off, by the sound of lightning and thunder. She squealed and jumped. "What card is it?"
Shinji took out his staff. "It's the Storm Card!" He said.
Next, without warning, lightning came down on the four cardcaptors. Meeko called out Fly while Makoto called out Jump, they move out of the way. Shinji grabbed Akiko and flew out of harm's way.
Meeko floated into the air, and soon Shinji joined her. "This doesn't seem right." She commented.
Shinji frowned. "What do you mean? It's a Clow Card right?" She nodded. "So what feels so weird?"
Just then, a blast of wind came from the dark cloud overhead. The wind blew the oceans nearby, and soon, giant waves were crashing the shoreline, breaking fences, and nearby homes. Meeko narrowed her eyes. Something didn't seem right, but what was it?
Makoto watched the ultimate storm play its way across the sky, when he felt another presence. He scanned the surrounding area, and saw the shadow of a small person, probably a kid, standing on one of large boulders along the beach.
He unsheathed his sword. "Who are you?!" His challenge alerted Shinji and Meeko to the danger, making them turn that way. Now they had to split their attention between the storm and this new enemy.
The person said nothing, simply raised a hand, and the pull on the surf increased, making a giant tidal wave. It formed out in the sea, but then quickly made it's way towards shore. Meeko's eyes widened, as everyone else's mouths dropped to the floor. "She's going to flood the shore! All those houses!"
Shinji took out a card and struck it with his sword. "Windy!" Windy dispelled and blew against the wave, causing it to momentarily stop its run at the shoreline. But then the wave overpowered Windy and pushed past her, turning her back into a card, falling at Shinji's feet.
Meeko watched in horror as the wave approached the houses. Suddenly… "Windy! Fiery!" A voice called out and a wave of heated air blew past everyone, attacking the wave head on, not only stopping it but also moving it back.
Makoto and Shinji, along with Meeko, turned to see Sakura and Yue in the air, with Syaoran running along the ground below them. "Mom! Dad!" Meeko shouted.
"Dad!" Shinji called out, flying to his father's side. "What are you doing here."
Yue did not smile, or show any expression whatsoever, but simply replied. "We're here to do some advising."
Shinji nodded and pointed to where the shadow person was, but was now gone.
"She's gone!" Makoto said in astonishment.
"Now completely! I got it all on tape!" Akiko said triumphantly.
Meeko flew to her mother's side, as Fiery and Windy returned to their mistress. "Have you ever combined two cards like that?"
Sakura smirked. "Well, I captured Fiery using Windy and Watery, but never Fiery and Windy." Meeko nodded.
Thunder struck again, and Syaoran narrowed his eyes. "This is not natural."
Makoto rolled his eyes. "Well, duh."
Syaoran raised an eyebrow at his son. "Which one is it?"
Makoto straightened his back. "Storm." He said confidently.
Syaoran shook his head. "Wrong."
Makoto seemed shock, but then pointed to Shinji. "That's what he said."
"Hey!" Shinji protested.
"What do you feel?" Sakura asked Meeko.
Meeko closed her eyes and focused on the storm. "It's separated…uncontrolled."
Shinji frowned and closed his eyes. It was true. The storm, at one time had one objective, now had more. "It's more than one card."
Makoto's mouth flew open, causing Syaoran to laugh. "Expect the unexpected." He recited.
Makoto growled and tried to concentrate on the storm, as did his companions. Yue looked to his son. "Which ones is it?"
"Thunder." Shinji replied.
Meeko frowned. "Wave."
"Rain." Makoto replied.
Akiko frowned at her friends' difference in answers.
Sakura nodded. "Actually, it's all three."
Syaoran nodded and thought for a moment. That shadow person had to have done something to have them combine like this.
Makoto called out jump. "I'm going after Rain!"
Meeko nodded. "I got Wave!"
Shinji held his staff in both hands. "I got Thunder, then." Knowing full well it was the hardest of the three.
The three adults split up, each going with their child: Syaoran with Makoto, Sakura with Meeko, and Yue with Shinji. Akiko didn't like it, because then she'd only get some of each one on tape.
Meeko flew in the air with Sakura by her side, towards the ocean. Meeko saw another wave forming and flew faster. "How am I supposed to catch it?!" She called out to her mother.
"Trap it! Somehow get it away from its element!" Sakura replied.
Meeko looked around for something to use against Wave. But what do you use against water? Then she saw the rocks against the shore. That's it!
Meeko turned sharply, catching her mother off guard. "Meeko! Where are you going?" Meeko didn't reply, but stopped and turned to Wave. "Is that all you got?" She taunted.
The Wave stopped its path towards shore and began chasing the cardcaptor with wings. Meeko smirked and flew off, The Wave right on her trail. That's right you heartless Clow Card…follow the "helpless" girl from the ocean. "Is that as fast as you can go?"
Wave got made and sent up a waterspout under Meeko, sending her to the ground. "Windy!" Sakura called. Windy came and slowed Meeko's decent.
Meeko smiled. "Thanks mom!"
Wave recovered quickly and chased Meeko again, her drawing it away, back towards land, and the others…I hope this works…
Makoto used jump and brought out rain from the sky. Rain chased him, a mean look on her face, aiming her heavy monsoon rain on the fleeing cardcaptor. Makoto jumped and dodged Rain's attacks.
"You can't run! You have to fight!" Syaoran shouted, running after his son.
"How can I stop it?" Makoto shouted back.
"Use its own element against it!" The experienced cardcaptors replied.
An idea popped into Makoto's head. Hey sis!
What?
You comin' my way?
I am now!
Just then Meeko, with Wave behind her, came around the bend. Makoto smiled. Perfect. Come over this way!
He saw Meeko turn and aim towards him. Soon Wave overcame Rain, trapping it in a bubble, and Wave fell to the ground, Rain fighting the water shield that held it in.
Shinji flew aggressively towards Thunder, trying to change it into its visible form. Akiko on the ground wanted to help.
Yue flew after his son. "You have to blast it with a strong attack!"
Shinji dodged another blast. What's strong enough to take out Thunder? Then it hit him. Shinji took out his card. "Sword!"
His staff turned into a sword, and Shinji faced Thunder with renewed confidence. Thunder struck again, this time, Shinji was ready. With inhuman reflexes he sliced his sword, right when Thunder's blast passed him.
Thunder went hurtling to the ground, smacking Wave and Rain both to the ground. Shinji quickly dove to the ground, his staff turned back to normal. He saw Meeko was already ready.
He nodded, and Meeko nodded back. Instead of holding his staff at the end, Shinji held it in the middle and threw it down at the same time Meeko did hers.
"Wave! Return to the shape you were meant to be!" Meeko cried.
"To thy true form! Rain and Thunder!" Rain and Thunder were pulled into opposite sides of Shinji's staff. He had sealed them both at the same time, but not without a price. He started to collapse, but felt someone catch him.
Meeko cradled Shinji in her arms, her new card in her hand. Rain floated to Makoto, and Thunder lay on Shinji's chest. Shinji opened his eyes and smiled, though blushing furiously at the closeness of his crush. "A…Arigat…gatou, M…Meek…ko."
Meeko giggled at his shyness. "Anytime."
Just then, Akiko, and the adults came by. "Great job you kids." Syaoran said, proud of the way his children had worked together as a team.
"You were wonderful!" Sakura praised.
"But how were they able to merge like that?" Yue asked.
Makoto didn't know the answer, but his father did. "It had to have been that shadow. They were more organized when it was here. Why else would they have been so easy to catch when it left?"
Makoto felt his mouth open. "Easy? You call that easy?"
Syaoran smiled. "Compared to some…"
"Yes." Sakura replied, coming up and holding her husbands hand.
Yue came up and lifted Shinji up. "We must be going." With that he flew off.
Meeko felt hurt with Shinji leaving like that, but knew it wasn't his fault.
Syaoran broke away from Sakura's hand. "I'll take Akiko home."
Sakura nodded and lifted Makoto up into her arms. "Let's go home."
Meeko smiled and flew into the air, Sakura with Makoto, by her side. Meeko was happy, accomplishing what they had. They were a team, and with that knowledge and skill, catching the rest of the cards would be easy.
Behind, where the battle had been waged, the shadow stood there, and watched sadly as the cardcaptors left. Red eyes reflected the moonlight, which now hung full and bright in the sky. You don't know what you're facing…no idea at all…