Second Generation Cardcaptors 38

            Sakura: Last time was definitely an adventure.  Syaoran: Yeah, running to the park two times in one day!  Sakura: That was because Makoto used return to save Akiko, dear.  Syaoran: We still could have been spared from the loophole!  Sakura: They had no idea we were coming.  Syaoran: *pouts*  Sakura: Anyways, Wood and Mist created a kind of Maze for the children and they not only had to find they're way out, but they also had to fight they're clones!  Hitori: Abbadon was controlling me!  I couldn't help it!  Tomoyo: Don't worry.  They don't blame you.  Eriol: Aren't you supposed to be doing your performances?  Tomoyo: I came back to visit.  Besides, you know I can't be around when you do the judgment.  Eriol: Shhh!!  They should know about it.  Sakura: Don't worry.  They're on a field trip today.  Syaoran: And so our story opens to Meeko and Makoto's Day at the Museum.

            Akiko had her camera out, recording Meeko, while Meeko tried to hide her nervousness.  "We already caught Silence, so you don't think a Clow Card will show up here do you?"  She asked, remembering Auntie Tomoyo's tape on the Silent and how it kept sending her mother back outside when they tried to capture it.

            Shinji shook his head.  "Nah, even Abbadon needs a break.  Maybe it'll be today."  He told her with a smile.

            Meeko smiled back and began skipping to catch up with the rest of the class.

            They had been assigned to pick a picture in the museum and try to either draw it as it was, or for extra credit, make it in another way.  Maybe make it abstract or recreate it in a watercolor.  Some were even using charcoal pencils, but that was far beyond Meeko's skills in drawing.

            Makoto and Akiko had decided to draw the water fountain in the middle of the courtyard.  Shinji and Meeko broke off from the main group and went over to a particular picture that caught Meeko's attention.  "Hey!"  She whispered.  "This is the same picture mom saved when she caught silent!"

            Shinji looked at the painting and smiled.  She was right.  Hanging on the wall, was a picture of a little girl with beautiful long, light brown hair, smiling.  She held her face in her hands and was framed by the windowsill.  Shinji wondered what she looked like now.

            "Looks pretty, don't it?"  A person said from behind them.

            "Sorry I talked too loud!  I'll be more careful!"  Meeko said.

            The woman smiled and shook her head.  "No, it's okay.  I was referring to the picture.  Mt father always good at capturing the sun when it was cast over the sea."

            Meeko blinked and looked between the picture and the woman and back again.  "You…you're her!?"

            Finally the woman nodded.  "Hai, when I was about 6 my father and I went to the beach and he drew that picture of me.  It was one of the last times I saw him.  He passed away a few months later."

            Shinji looked up.  "I'm sorry for your loss."

            "I'm fine.  He's in a better place now."  She said.  She had grown quite beautiful.  Her hair was down to the small of her back and her bangs were much more…adult like.

            "May we use it for our class project?"  Meeko asked, politely.

            "I would like that.  I'm sure you'll do a great job."  She said, and walked off to help other museum visitors.

            "Wait till mom hears who we met!"  Meeko quietly squealed.

            Shinji smiled at her enthusiasm.  "Now, how about we get started on…"

            "Excuse me."

            Shinji and Meeko turned around and found their teacher, Mizuki Sensei, with Akiko and Makoto. 

            "We may have a situation on our hands."  She told them.

            Shinji sighed.  "So much for a quiet field trip."  They followed Mizuki Sensei to another section of the museum. 

"You see this picture?"  She asked the young cardcaptors.

"Yeah, it seems normal to me."  Makoto said, a little annoyed that his private time with Akiko had been interrupted.

Mizuki Sensei then led them to a part of the museum that was cut off from the regular public.  "I didn't notice it at first, until Touya pointed it out to me."

"Uncle Touya?  He's here?"  Meeko asked.

Mizuki Sensei smiled.  "He works in many places."

"Kaho!"

The group looked over and saw Touya approaching. 

"Hello, Touya."  They shared a kiss and then went back to business.  "I brought the children to deal with the situation."

Touya nodded.  "Come on.  I'll show you."

They followed Touya back to where the paintings came in before they were put up for display.  Some came from inside the country and some came from China, England, Paris, and a lot of other places.

Touya brought them to a specific picture and they all gaped.  "That's the same picture that we just saw!"  Akiko exclaimed.

Touya nodded.  "All the pictures in this room are doubles.  They just appear and the museum doesn't know what to do with them.  I may not know enough about magic, but I'm guessing, this is something like it, cause what else could it be?"

Kaho turned to the children.  "If this is a Clow Card, it must be captured before anyone here sees it."

"Not another one!  Where are they coming from!?  Who's prank is this!?"  The museum's head director shouted.  "I swear if this keeps up I'm going to shut this museum down and have it debugged or de-ghosted, I don't care what.  Someone had better come up with a solution or else!"  Then he left in a huff.

"And we'd better hurry, cause we got trouble!"  Makoto pointed to a small white head that peaked out from behind one of the picture.  One small blue curl hung down between its eyes.

"That's the twin card!"  Shinji said.  He quickly pointed to its twin, who was hiding behind another picture.

"Come on! I got an idea!"  Meeko said, running out of the room and outside, behind the museum.

She pulled out her key.  "Oh key of Clow, bestowed by right.  Surrender the wand.  Surrender the light.  Release!"  Her key became a wand and she gasped it in both hands, giving it a twirl and pulled out a card.  "Sleep!"

Sleep was dispelled and flew over everyone in the museum, and soon, they were all fast asleep, including Touya.

"Now, we have to capture Twin Card, before they close up the museum!  Uncle Touya will be out of a job!"  Meeko exclaimed.

Shinji shook his head.  'It won't be that easy.  This is one of the harder cards to capture, because they have to be caught at the same time."

"That should be too hard."  Mizuki Sensei said as she walked up.

Makoto was shocked at first, then remembered she had magic, so of course she wouldn't fall asleep. 

"Meeko and Makoto will have to capture this card on their own."  She told them.

"Eh!?  You nuts!?"  Makoto exclaimed.  "We can't capture this card on our own!  We've always been a team!"

"And we always will be."  Shinji said, calmly.  He put a reassuring hand on Meeko's shoulder.  "But Mizuki Sensei's right.  You have to capture this on your own.  You two are the only ones who have the coordination t outsmart the card."

Meeko and Makoto exchanged looks, then nodded.  "Alright.  But you guys will back us up, right?"  Meeko said, look up hopefully at Shinji.

"Of course."  He said with a smile.

            "We'll always be here for you."  Akiko said, winking at Makoto.

            "But it won't be enough to defeat us!"

            All four cardcaptors turned and saw both twins smirking evilly.

            "Great…now we have talking Clow Cards.  I liked it better when you guys didn't talk at all!"  Makoto shouted, getting out his sword key.  "Upon this key, I place a spell.  Show me your powers, within the sword do dwell."  His key turned into a sword and he turned to his sister.  Ready to capture another Clow Card, sis?

            Ready and waiting.   She replied.  I say we do some different combining.  What do you say, bro?

            Go for it.  He encouraged.

            Meeko smirked and pulled out her card.  "Arrow!"

            "Freeze!"  Makoto and Meeko hid the cards at the same time, and suddenly the sky was filled with ice arrows, aimed at the twin cards.

            The twins jumped back and forth, blocking and dodging the deadly projectiles.

            "Power!  Fight!  Aide your powers to Meeko and Makoto!"  Akiko shouted, hitting both cards at the same time, Shinji besides her, lending his power into her staff, enough to release the cards.

            Meeko and Makoto were surrounded in a pink and blue light, creating a purple hue, and immediately filled the rush of power all around them.

            The twin cards recovered and glared at Meeko and Makoto.  Then, as if by silent challenge, both sides ran at each other.

            When they met in the middle, punches and kicks were thrown and others blocked.  It went so fast Shinji and Akiko were open mouthed.  "Even I can't fight that well, and they're my cards!" 

            Meeko and Makoto were so coordinated; the twins had trouble landing any blows.  Meeko and Makoto bent back and landed a solid kick at the base of their jaw, making the twins fly back.  Then, Suddenly, they flew forward and lifted Meeko and Makoto into the air, ready to have them come back down, so they could land a punch to the stomach.

            But they didn't land where they were supposed to.  "Windy!"  Shinji called out his elemental card, and Meeko and Makoto were whisked off to the side and landed safely on the ground.

            I've had enough of this!  Makoto told his sister.  Use Wood!

            Got it!

            Meeko released Wood and several vines went flying towards the twins.

            "Dash!"  Makoto ran forward and used the vines like a lasso and before they knew it, the twin card was wrapped up in Wood, unable to get anywhere.  When Makoto was back besides his sister, she raised up her wand and he his sword.  "Return to the form you were meant to be!  Clow Card!"

            Magical streamers flew at Twin and both trouble-making twins were sucked into the card, and the card was awarded to Makoto. 

            "Yatta!"  Akiko said, running up to Makoto and giving him a nice big hug.

            "Now we only have one other thing to do."  Meeko took out another of her cards.  "Erase!"

            Erase came out and flapped its cape, reaching out to all the doubled pictures and wrapping them with a blue swirl, until they disappeared and no longer existed.

            Sleep began to loose its hold on everyone, and they soon awoke.

            "What!?  Where did all those doubles go!?"  The museum director said.  "Call the police!  We've been robbed!"

            Touya walked up.  "What doubles, sir?"

            The kids withheld giggles, as the director blinked in confusion.  "The ones that were here!  There were doubles of our pictures and then…they were…dahh!"

            He threw his hands up in a fury and stormed out of the room.  Touya smirked and walked over to his wife and cardcaptors.  "I owe you guys one, but next time, could you spare me the sleeping potion?"

            Meeko looked up sheepishly.  "Sorry, Uncle Touya."

            He smiled down at his niece.  "It's okay.  You guys did well."

            When Meeko and Makoto were talking with their uncle, Mizuki Sensei walked over to Shinji and whispered.  "It's almost time."

            He gasped and looked over at her, but she simply looked up as if she hadn't said anything.  What did she mean by that?

            Standing on a tree also behind the museum, Kaho saw Eriol, Ruby Moon, and Spinel Sun, watching knowingly.  Only four more cards Eriol, how much longer you gonna wait this out?

            Always want to know what's gonna happen, eh?  Well, I'm sure you know, so I won't tell you.

            Mizuki Sensei shook her head and led everyone back inside.

At Abbadon's layer…

            Hitori felt Sleep be released and looked out her small window and then saw ice arrows falling like crazy.  They must be attacking another Clow Card.  She had thought.

            Now with Sleep released, Hitori sensed Fukushu leave the layer, no doubt on Abbadon's request.  Now was they're chance.

            "Mom?  You up?"  She asked quietly, so as to not attract attention from Abbadon.

            "Hai, I'm up.  Is it time?"  She responded.

            Hitori nodded and took out her card.  "We're getting out of here."  She used Create to recreate the Sword Card.   "Stand away from the wall."  She instructed.

            Madoushi did as told and watched and "sword" sliced through the wall with ease, and soon mother and daughter were reunited.  "Time to leave."

            Hitori sliced the back of the dungeon, magic force field and all, and was greeted by painful, but welcome light.  She grabbed her mother's hand and ran out into the open air.

            Abbadon burst through the door, sensing his barrier broken, and roared at the fleeing forms.  "I'll et you yet!  You can't stop me!  I'll summon my demons from the under world and this Earth will be destroyed!!!"

            Hitori ran and wouldn't stop running, until they crept into the back of a local church.  "Funny how a little building can oppose a power like Abbadon."  She knew they were safe in here.

            Madoushi led them to the top, where they could look out and see the whole town, green and peaceful. 

            "Why do I feel like Quasimoto doing this?"  Hitori mumbled.

            Just then, the winds began to pick up and was soon join by rain and sleet.  "This isn't natural!"  Hitori shouted.

            "This is the work of the Clow Card Storm!  Abbadon may not be able to come here and get us, but he won't give up that easily either!  He'll attack with Storm until we're destroyed!"  Madoushi shouted, holding onto a pillar.

            "The church is going to collapse!"  Hitori shouted.  Makoto!  Meeko!  Anyone!  Please come to the church!  It's going to collapse with us underneath!  HELP!

            Back at home, Meeko and Makoto looked up from their homework. 

            Walking home, Akiko and Shinji also looked up and all four said at once…

            "HITORI!"