Second Generation Cardcaptors

            Mizuki Sensei: Last time the children visited my husband Touya at one of his part time jobs at the museum.  He had called them there because they had a little problem of their own.  It seemed the museum was receiving doubles of all their shipments and the head of the museum was anything but happy.  The four discovered that it was the Twin Card making all the problems.  But I specifically told them that only Meeko and Makoto could seal it and Shinji and Akiko agreed to help them.  They sealed it very craftily and everything was returned to normal.  That is until Abbadon attacked the newly freed Madoushi and Hitori…

            "You felt that!  Didn't you?!"  Meeko exclaimed to her brother's straight face.  She didn't realize it, but she had her hands on his collar, staring into his face.

            Makoto nodded and swallowed hard.  "Y-yeah, I felt it."  It was a shock that flew through his body at lightning speed.  A shiver that held such a coldness and so many other emotions.  Fear, worry, hate…but for who?  It wasn't centered on them. 

            "We've got to go to her!"  Meeko shouted.  "Makoto!"

            Makoto blinked away his feelings.  "Let's go."  He nodded and grabbed his key necklace.  It turned into his sword and his hit a card.  "Dash!"

            Meeko was right with him, calling out Fly, and soon they were out the window.

            "You felt that, didn't you."  Syaoran said, as a matter of fact.

            Sakura nodded by her place on Syaoran's side.  They were both on the couch, snuggled up, just catching up with everything.  "I did."

            "They don't have too many left."  Syaoran added.

            "You don't need to remind me.  I'm afraid for them enough as it is.  If it hadn't been for you, I would never have passed…"

            "Shhh, you were strong even then, and so are they."  Syaoran said, pulling his wife closer.

            "Yes, but that was Yue, this is…"

            "They'll do just fine."  Syaoran assured, giving his wife a kiss on the forehead.  "It's in their blood."

            Sakura smiled and snuggled deeper into his husband's embrace.  "I'll give you that much."

            "With the Clow Mistress for a mother and a descendent of Clow Reed?  How can they fail?"  Sakura gave him a look and he rolled his eyes.  "Come on, have some faith."

            Sakura sighed.  "At least they have Shinji and Akiko."

            "To a point."  Until Eriol takes them out of the loop too…like he did us…

           

            When Meeko and Makoto got on the scene, Shinji and Akiko were already there, weapons in hand, trying to get through the storm.

            "She's in there!?"  Meeko managed over the howling winds.

            Shinji nodded.  "We have to get them out of there!"

            Makoto looked up and gritted his teeth.  We finally have her back; we can't lose her now.  Not after so long.

            Meeko cupped her mouth with her hands and shouted to the building.  "Hitori!!  We're here!  Help us seal the card!"

            Makoto saw someone poke their head out of the top of the church.  But it wasn't whom he'd expected.  "Madoushi sensei!"  He shouted in shock.

            "Hitori was hit by some flying debris and is unconscious!  This is the Storm card and you need to overpower it to seal it!"  Madoushi shouted back, using some of her magic to magnify her voice.

            Akiko tightened her grasp on her staff.  "How are we going to overpower it!?" 

            None of my cards are of any help!  Meeko thought desperately.

            Nor mine.  Her brother agreed.

            Shinji brought forth a card and slammed it down with his staff.  "Shield Card!  Protect the church!"  Shield was released and its pink hue surrounded the church, momentarily keeping Madoushi sensei and Hitori safe.

            Meeko looked all around her.  The wind was howling and the rain was beating down on everyone.    I bet we could get to Hitori easier if the storm would just lessen for a few minutes!  If only we could counter it… Matte!  Soda!  (Wait!  That's it!)

            Meeko looked over at Shinji.  "Shinji-kun, release windy!  Akiko!  Release Power!  Oniichan!  Rain!" 

            The three didn't take any time to question it and did as told.

            "Windy!"

            "Power!"

            Windy and Power combined and soon the winds died down.  Akiko smiled in delight.  "Windy's countering Storm's high winds!"

            Meeko nodded in satisfaction and Makoto released rain.  Then, she did her part.  "Watery!"  She struck the card down and Watery combined with Rain and suddenly, there was very little rain.  It was practically down to a drizzle!

            "Alright Meeko!"  Shinji shouted.

            "Yatta!"  Akiko exclaimed.

            "Fly!"  Meeko shouted, flying up to the church.  Shinji called forth his wings and joined Meeko in the air.

            Madoushi smiled as they came and landed besides her.  "I'd expect nothing less from the Chosen Ones."

            "Where's Hitori?"  Meeko asked.

            Madoushi pointed to the side, and Meeko gasped as she saw Hitori, unconscious next to one of the church's columns.  "I placed her there to try and protect her from any more flying debris."  She turned to Shinji.  "Using Shield was very smart."

            Shinji tried to hide his blush.  "It was Meeko who practically stopped the Storm."

            Madoushi nodded.  "Now we must hurry and get out of here before Storm gathers strength."

            Shinji nodded and went over to pick up Hitori, while Meeko went back to the window.  "Coming down!"  She flew down gracefully and rejoined the others.

            Shinji hesitated a moment.  He turned to Madoushi.  "I'll be back for you."

            She shook her head with a smile.  "You needn't worry about me."  She jumped out of the window, and throwing out a hand, created a patch of wind that softened her landing.

            Shinji shook his head in disbelief, then gasped as the building began to shake.

            "Windy's loosing its control over Storm!"  Akiko shouted.

            "It's just too gentle of a card!"  Makoto shouted.

            Meeko gasped and was ready to fly back up to the church.  "Shinji!"

            Madoushi held a hand out to stop her.  "Windy is a gentle card, yes, but that can be changed."  Madoushi created a circle with her hands and a light formed from it.  Suddenly, Windy, as well as Power, Rain, and Watery, all gained power until Storm reverted back into its visible.

            "Time to seal it!"  Meeko said.  "Return to the form you were meant to be!  Clow Card!"  Storm closed its eyes and was turned back into a card, which was rewarded to Meeko.  "Yokatta." (Thank goodness)

            Shinji flew down and landed next to Meeko.  "She suffered only minor cuts and bruises.  We have to get her home though."

            Madoushi shook her head.  "I wouldn't suggest that."  Everyone turned to her with a "Huh??"  "Abbadon is after us.  You take her home and he'll come after you.  I suggest another suitable place."

            Makoto shrugged.  "I'm all ears."

            The four walked behind Madoushi, who was leading the way, very cautiously.  They still weren't used to her being…well nice.  True, Hitori had said that she had been under a spell by Abbadon this whole time, but it was still kinda weird seeing their teacher, well ex-teacher, with a recognizable smile on her face.

            "Shouldn't we tell mom about all this?"  Meeko wondered.

            Makoto shrugged.  "And what else could they do?  You heard Shinji.  They can't help us.  Besides, we only have three more cards to capture and this will all be a bad memory."

            Meeko nodded and kept walking, but couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched…

            "Together again, how sweet."  Ruby Moon smirked.  "Just like old times, right Eriol?"

            The reincarnated Clow Reed nodded with a sinister smile on his lips.  "I never tire of playing god when it comes to testing them."

            Spinel Sun shook his head.  "But they have yet to capture all the cards.  You cannot test them until then."

            "Not true.  After today, they will have only 2 and I will still be able to test my own daughter, for she will be done capturing the cards destined to her."  He replied.

            Ruby Moon pouted.  "What about that Hitori girl?  Is she to be tested?"

            "Not by me.  It will be the Clow Cards who decide if she is to become a true cardcaptor…or not."

            "And the descendants?"  Spinel Sun wondered.

            Eriol turned to his creation.  "That, my friend, is yet to be discovered."

            "Something the great Clow Reed doesn't know?  This should get interesting."  Ruby Moon watched as the group passed under them.

            "Yes." Eriol agreed.  "It will get very interesting indeed."

            Madoushi led them to an unknown part of the park and they were soon at the entrance to a cave.  "He will not be able to sense us in there."

            "Really?"  Akiko began to walk in, when the earth began to shake.

            Shinji got out his staff.  "Now what!?"

            In answer to his question, pieces of the park were uprooted until several dirt towers were visible all over town!

            "It's Earthy!"  Makoto shouted.  Suddenly, Earthy attacked directly under them and everyone was able to dive to the side except Makoto.

            "Makoto!"  Akiko shouted.

            Makoto was thrown to the side and hit the edge of the cave hard.

            "Makoto!" Meeko ran up to her brother, Shinji at her side.  "Hang on!  It'll be alright!"

            Akiko felt tears come to her eyes, and pulled out her sun key.  "Key of Clow, your powers sealed tight.  Lend me the power, lend me your might.  Release!"  The sun key transformed into the sun staff and Akiko glared at the giant tower.  "You've gone too far, Clow Card!  You're mine!"

            The Clow Card reacted to the threat and tried to make the ground under Akiko uplift the same way it had with Makoto.  But Akiko was ready.  "Float!"  Float created a bubble around her and she floated high above the created tower.  "Come on!  If you're after me, come and get me!"

            She directed her float path away from the rest of the party until it was just her and Earthy.  "I may not have veins to capture you with, but if you're truly made of dirt, then I know your weakness!"

            Earthy went after Akiko, attacking once again and this time, capturing the cardcaptor from underneath.

            "Akiko!"  Shinji shouted, calling forth his wings and flying towards his friend.  "I'm coming!"

            "NO!"  She shouted.  "This one's mine!"  Shinji stopped in midair.  "No one hurts my Makoto and gets away with it!"

            Makoto heard this and looked worriedly from his place on the ground.  "Akiko…"

            "Bubbles!"  Akiko shouted, striking the card and covering the tower of Earthy in bubbles.

            Meeko frowned.  "She's giving it a bath?  I know it's made of earth and I know it's dirty, but…"

            Makoto pointed.  "No…look!"

            Akiko brought forth another card.  "Snow!"  Snow was released and created a snowstorm like you would not believe.  The water surrounding Earthy began to freeze, until it couldn't move anymore.

            "She did the same thing mom did with Water, except with different cards!"  Meeko exclaimed.

            Shinji caught Akiko as she jumped off and landed her on the ground.  She turned and glared at the frozen Clow Card.  "Earthy!  Return to thy true form!  Clow Card!"  She brought down her staff and sealed away the monstrous Clow Card.  When she did so, the towers in the city disappeared and everything was like nothing ever happened.

            Meeko walked her brother to the smiling Akiko.  "Silly, don't let me see you do something so fullharded again!"

            Akiko looked hurt, but when Makoto hugged her, she knew he was just worried.  "I care about you too much to see you hurt."  He said more gently.

            She nodded.  "Next time, we go in together."

            He nodded and let Akiko walk him into the cave.  Shinji carried Hitori inside and Madoushi soon followed as well.  Meeko, though, turned and looked around the park, wondering what it was she was feeling.  She frowned and shook her head, joining her friends inside.

            Spinel Sun shook his head.  "You stay here any longer and they're going to know what you are up to.  You forget, you're wife caught the last encounter on videotape and the children watched it.  They know you'll test them soon."

            "True."  Eriol agreed.  "But they do not know what the meaning of their mission is, or how important their defeating Abbadon is.  Or how hard.  They will need the extra powers surviving the test will give them, or we are all lost."

            Ruby Moon sighed.  "Staking the entire world's population on a few kids, I still don't like it."

            Eriol laughed.  "I didn't think you would, but this was written before even my time.  We must keep the balance of fate and fortune even…and these children decide just that."