The Second Generation 15
Meeko: Sigh, last time Shinji actually asked me out on a date! I was so surprised! Makoto: I wouldn't exactly call that a date. You went to the park. Meeko: It's more that you ever did to Akiko! Why don't you ask her out on a date? Makoto: Because…um… Meeko: See? Anyway, Glow made a nice little entrance, and really made things romantic. Makoto: Until Arrow joined the party. Meeko: Amazingly, Hitori was there and saved us, enabling me to capture Arrow. Makoto: Then I came with the cavalry and plan to help Shinji and Hitori recover. Meeko: Hopefully, we'll find out what exactly is going on.
Meeko watched her father lay Shinji and Hitori carefully down on the two couches in the living room. She sat by Shinji's side, and tried to hold back the tears. It was all her fault. If she had caught on to what Hitori was trying to tell them, Shinji wouldn't have gotten hurt. Akiko sat by Hitori's side, holding her hand, like Meeko was doing for Shinji. Meeko was following his parents around, trying to figure out what they were doing.
Sakura came back into the room with bandages and started cleaning Hitori's wound. Syaoran came over and whiped the blood from Shinji's wing. When Syaoran was done, he went to the kitchen and started making phone calls. Sakura finished healing Hitori, and went to join Syaoran.
Meeko sighed and felt tears fall anyway, as she stroked Shinji's bangs out of his eyes. Shinji moved slightly and slowly opened his eyes. Meeko smiled at him, while her tears kept coming. Shinji slowly raised a hand and whiped them away. "Don't cry." He said weakly. "I'll be okay."
Meeko held his hand against her cheek. "I'm sorry."
Shinji frowned. "For what?"
"For getting you hurt."
Shinji smiled. "As long as you're safe, I'd take a thousand arrows right to the chest."
Meeko smiled and gave Shinji a small, gentle hug. They both heard Akiko gasp, and turned to see Hitori coming to. "Akiko." Meeko called, and Akiko took her spot besides Shinji, while Meeko went to Hitori's side.
"Are you okay?" Meeko asked carefully.
Hitori smiled sadly. "It's not anything else I'm not used to." Meeko frowned, not understanding, so Hitori continued. "My mother, your teacher, is not who she appears to be."
Makoto came back. "They're calling all the adults. Everyone should be here soon." Then he noticed Hitori awake. Kero came in from being on Sakura's shoulder and landed on the couch's armrest. (I know I haven't had him in yet, but there's a reason. Just wait. ^_~)
"Who are you?" Kero asked Hitori.
Hitori closed her eyes. "My mother…is actually a very powerful sorceress. She wants to destroy the descendants of Clow, before they can capture all the Clow Cards.
Makoto gasped. "Y…your mo…mother? Madoushi Sensei?"
Hitori gasped. Meeko frowned. "It was you." Everyone looked at Meeko strangely. She ignored them. "At the park…it was you, wasn't it? Asking for help."
Hitori nodded. "My mother will know I'm here soon. I have to leave here, or she will come after you."
Makoto stepped forward. "We can handle it."
Before he could say more, the doorbell rang. Sakura and Syaoran went to go answer it, and Tomoyo, Eriol, Yukito, and Nakuru, all came in.
"What's the matter?" Tomoyo asked.
Syaoran said nothing, only pointed to Hitori. Eriol nodded. "It has begun."
Yukito and Nakuru transformed into their full forms, and Suppi came out from his hiding spot. "What's going on? Something's wrong."
Kero felt it too. "She's here."
Hitori tried to get up, but Makoto had to help her, while Meeko ran to Shinji's side, as the feeling got worse. "We have to get out of here." Hitori said weakly.
Just then, the whole house shook, and the sky grew dark. All the birds stopped singing, and everything was deathly still. Sakura looked outside. "There!"
Everyone ran out, and saw the shadow women who had tried to take the cards, who had attacked Akiko earlier…she finally revealed herself as Madoushi Sensei. "Give her back!"
Hitori held onto Makoto's arm, which made Akiko kind of jealous, but she let it pass. "I…I don't want to be your daughter anymore!" She said.
Madoushi laughed. "As if you had a choice!" She raised a hand, readying an attack, making all the adults jump in front of the children.
Syaoran took out his weapon, along with Sakura and Eriol. Eriol was against helping seal the cards, but this was beyond that, he would not let this woman get to the children. "Suppi! Kero! Get the kids out of here!" Syaoran ordered.
Suppi transformed into Spinel Sun and Kero transformed into Keroberus, and flew besides the children. Keroberus grabbed Meeko and Shinji, while Spinel Sun grabbed Makoto, Akiko and Hitori, and threw them on their back.
Meeko struggled, while Shinji held her back. "Mom! Dad! Iie!!!"
Sakura had a determined look on her face. "You will not harm the children!"
Madoushi once again laughed. "And who's gonna stop me? You? I think not!"
She powered up her attack, and set it at the adults, making them jumped apart from each other. Tomoyo was on the side, no longer with a camera, only praying her friends and family were okay.
Sakura pulled out her card. "Thunder!"
Syaoran threw his sword forward. "Lightning!" No longer needing the whole incantation for his attack.
Madoushi laughed maniacally and shocked all the adults as the attacks bounced off her purple hued shield. She smiled and threw her hand forward again; this time uplifted the ground under their feet. Sakura called out Fly and took to the air, along with Yue and Ruby Moon, while Eriol and Syaoran stayed on the ground.
The children watched this from the air, as their parents fought what looked like a losing battle. Hitori watched all of it sadly. "They cannot win." She stated.
"Hey! That's my mom and dad down there! If they can't do it, none of us can!" Makoto countered.
Yue and Ruby Moon let loose their white and maroon crystal attack, still only bouncing off her shield. It seemed that nothing would faze her.
Syaoran got mad, and watched Eriol make ready an attack of his own. Syaoran saw his opportunity. Eriol let loose his fireball attack, and Syaoran attacked with his new weapon. Syaoran threw his sword forward and shouted. "Solar Ray!" A beam of white and yellow light blasted out, combining with Eriol's attack, breaking threw Madoushi's shield and hitting her.
She went flying and blasted into the side of the wall of the house. When she got up, her eyes glowed red. "You will pay for this!" Putting her two hands together, she blasted a blue ball attack into the sky, while floated there, then exploded, and knocking all those in a close proximity down to the ground.
Farther away, Meeko screamed. "MOMMY!"
Sakura fell to the ground, landing in Syaoran's arms. She weakly stood, needing Syaoran to hold her up. Eriol lowered Yue and Ruby Moon safely to the ground.
Madoushi laughed. "I only need to get through you to get what I want."
She sent another blue blast, right in the middle of the adults, exploding and sending them all to the ground.
Keroberus and Spinel Sun nodded, landing and letting the children down. "Stay here!" Keroberus commanded, while he and Spinel Sun took off towards the battle.
Meeko cried into Shinji's shoulder, while Akiko held onto Makoto's arm. Hitori watched solemnly. "Please be careful." She whispered.
Spinel Sun came in and attacked with his maroon beam, blasting Madoushi to her knee. Keroberus called forth his fire attack, aimed right at her, but she jumped out of the way. "Now they send animals after me?"
She formed her blue ball attack and threw it at Spinel Sun. He dodged it and blasted her again. She blocked it, and growled. "You wanna play hard ball? Fine with me!" She took out an odd pendant, it was yellow, and was held in a dragon's claw. "Powers of darkness, lend me your powers. Send these ignorant beasts to their knees!"
The pendant glowed and the earth began to shake. Out of the ground, burst giant dragon claws. One grabbed Spinel Sun and the other Keroberus. The struggled, but were unable to get free.
Suddenly, the claws glowed and fiercely fed energy into Keroberus and Spinel Sun, making them cry out in pain, until they were forced to unconsciousness.
Madoushi looked around, seeing all the adults down, smiled. "Now for the children.
Meeko gasped and got her wand ready. Makoto and the other followed suit, even Hitori, who narrowed her eyes at her "mother".
Madoushi came forth and rolled her eyes. "You think you can stand up against me?" She simply snapped her fingers, making a high-pitched noise fill the air.
They all covered their ears against the noise; of course it did no good. They were all driven to their knees, and soon they too were unconsciousness. Makoto was the last one to go down. Madoushi came up to him and kicked him hard in the face, so he too was out.
She smiled. "Now I have all of you."
Keroberus awoke first, looking around found the claw gone, Spinel Sun stirred and awoke besides him. He nodded and went to Syaoran and Sakura, while Spinel Sun went to Yue and Ruby Moon.
Keroberus slightly nudged Syaoran and awake, who slowly got up and looked around. Soon everyone awoke and looked around…dread clenching their gut.
"Where are the children?" Sakura asked
Tomoyo held her hands together. "She has them."
Syaoran narrowed his eyes. "Not for long."