Nakoruru: Well, let's see. I have the results back from my challenge! And I have to say that I'm happy to say that I do have a winner for it. Blaze, would you mind doing the honors?
Blazer: Of course not. But first, I would like to congradulate Sere and LightAngel for their correct guesses of Tennousei and Kaiousei, even though it was pretty obvious.
Nakoruru: Hey, can I help it? If I made it hard, then it wouldn't be fun.
Blazer: And now the winner of the challenge, thank you Liz for the answer. Yes, Dosei is who you think she is. And so the next cards that are going to appear in this chapter will be Sword and Shield.
Nakoruru: And I would like to thank everyone else for reviewing or trying the challenge. Enjoy the next chapter.
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Serena hopped from one building to another late one night as she tried to catch another card. This one Kero had told her, after the fact she thought she could run it down, was named Dash. After five minutes on a marathon run, she decided to use Jump to catch up to the speedy, but cute little elemental she had mistaken for a baby fox on her way home. Somewhere on the ground, Kero, Mina, and Amy were trying to catch up to her.
*Darnnit, Kero should have told me that Dash could really run. I've been chasing this card for the past, how many minutes? Well, I think Kaiousei and Tennousei have lost it too.*
Not too long after she discovered Dash, Tennousei and Kaiousei had showed up to try to claim the card. But she had managed to keep them away from the speedy card. After a short battle with Tennousei's shadow birds, Dash had sped off.
*I hope they lost us.*
"Captor!" The voice of the blonde Tennousei rang out in the night. Serena cursed under her breath as she dodged out the way of a shadow spike curtisy of the short green haired Kaiousei. Serena came to a stop as the two reappeared in front of her. "We won't allow you to have that card."
"Yeah, and I won't allow you either!" Serena shouted as she rose her staff. Pulling out Windy, she tossed the card into the air. "Windy! Make a cage and ensnare!" The wings on the staff grew as she summoned Windy. The wind elemental raced towards the two.
"No you don't!" Kaiousei opened her hand, concentrating her energy. "Dark Vortex!"
"I'll go get Dash while you take care of her," Tennousei said, as she turned to locate the speedy card, that was a good distance from them. "Damn...it's fast."
"I'm not going to let you get Dash!" Serena screamed as she summoned Windy back to her. Pulling out Jump too, Serena tossed both cards in the air. "Windy, Jump! Use your power to allow me to get to Dash!" Wings appeared on Serena's feet as Windy lifted her into the air. With one good bound, Serena avoided her enemies and was back on Dash's trail. "We can't let Dash get out of our sights. Just a bit farther!"
"Serena!" Below her, she could hear Kero. Looking down, she saw the little orange guardian of the book. "Dash is just ahead, it's stopped, so you can catch it."
"Right!" Continuing on, she avoided Tennousei and Kaiousei's attacks. She wasn't about to allow them to capture Dash and use its power for evil. Landing on the ground, Serena spotted the lavendar colored elemental looking fox. The elemental turned around and hissed at her. "Hey, stop that now. I'm not going to hurt you."
Dash backed up from her as she walked towards it. Serena knew that the card was confused about her power because it was different than Sakura's. And she knew that it was very fond of Sakura, like all the other cards must be. But she had to capture it before Kaiousei and Tennousei got their hands on it. Serena walked slowly towards it, a short sweet smile on her face. She had to keep it from running off yet again.
"I won't hurt you. I'm a friend. I know that you're really fond of Sakura and were of Master Clow, but...well...you know that Clow is gone. And Sakura...she has passed too. I'm sorry. And I know that I can't live up to them, but I want to try to keep you safe Dash. Please let me catch you. I don't want you to fall into Tennousei and Kaiousei's hands," Serena said, kneeling down near the little elemental. Dash quirked its head to the side, but stayed in place.
"Serena?" Mina ran up with Kero close behind. She was panting from her marathon run also.
"Don't come close. Its still a little upset. Stay back," Serena said. Serena looked at Dash with another short smile before she brushed her fingers across its head. "Come on home. Everything will be fine, I promise."
The little creature brushed into her hand, making a cute little purring sound. Serena picked up the little elemental, snuggling it close to her. Dash calmed down in her embrace and looked up at her. Licking her chin with a gentle kiss. Serena giggled a little bit as Dash did it again.
"Okay." Closing her eyes, the magic circle appeared under her feet. "Card once made by Clow. Whose power burns bright. Hear me now. By the covenant that I have made. Change your power from star to moon!" In her arms, Dash began to dissolve, returning to its card form.
"No, we're too late," Kaiousei said, as she watched the captor turn the card back.
"Let's go. There's nothing left for us to do," Tennousei said. Kaiousei nodded in agreement as they both disappeared. The captor had changed another card and gotten stronger. They would not have to worry. If they kept collecting energy for Dosei as a side project, everything would be fine.
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"Ahhh!!!!! I'm going to be late again!!" Serena screamed as she raced out the door of her house. Rounding the corner, she practically ran into Darien. "Out of my way loser!"
The young man raised a brow at the speedy girl. There was something about her today that seemed off. It wasn't because of the fact that she was later than usual. That never surprised him. For the past two weeks he had been watching her carefully. There was a subtle but strong change in her. Sometimes she seemed tired, more than usual, or she occasionally left at night to do things. And would come back even more tired than before. She was doing something that no one seemed to know about. He would have to keep an eye on her.
(A/N: By now, Serena has like ten cards by now. And I only decided not to tell about these because: 1. Way too many cards 2. I don't want this story to end up 30 something chapters. So the only cards that she has now are Dash, Jump, Windy, Bubbles, Sand, Mist, Snow, Song, Cloud, and Sweet. More cards will not have seperate chapters, and some may not been mentioned, but captured, so sorry about that. I just don't think I want this story to be hundreds of chapters long.)
Serena turned the corner, using Dash's magic to make it too school. So...that was a little abuse of the cards, but hey, who would know. Like she was going to tell Kero about this. And...she was the captor, she deserved a bit of a break using her growing magic to transform the cards.
The girl made it to school no more than three minutes later. With a minute to spare, she dispelled Dash's power and headed for her classroom. Just as the bell rung, Serena made it to her seat. Amy and Mina looked at her with a good morning.
"So, how did everything go last night?" Amy said, who was absent from the latest captor. Most of the times now when Serena sensed a card to transform, Amy and Mina were always there to help her out anyway possible. They were a team, as Mina called it and had to watch out for each other.
Serena grinned as she pulled out the transformed Dash card. "This makes six now. And by far the hardest one. I mean Bubbles, Mist, Song, and Sweet were like a cake walk. I didn't have that much problem with Sand or Snow, and Jump wasn't that bad. But man. Amy, if you had been there, it was like a marathon run."
"Yeah, I chased after her and the card and still didn't catch up til that thing slowed down," Mina said. "My legs still ache from all that running. I hope there is not another card like that to capture. I don't think my legs can take it."
"Well, just think, ten cards. That's a lot in two weeks," Amy said.
"I suppose so. But there are still many more cards left to capture. And then we still have to worry about Tennousei and Kaiousei appearing all the time to steal the cards we capture," Serena stated.
"Those two burn me up! I wish there was a card to just zap them out of existence," Mina said.
"If only it was that easy," Serena sighed.
"Hey, Serena, Amy, Mina!" A young woman with short brown hair ran up to the two with a paper in her hands.
"What's up Mahara?" Mina asked the young girl who was one of their classmates and also the daughter of an auctioner that collected rare items from around the world. The girl set a paper down on Serena's desk. The other two girls went over to stare at the piece of paper. "What's this?"
"My dad is holding another auction this week," Mahara chimed.
"And?" Mina said with a brow rose.
"Well, he has some nice things. It's going to be really big. Because of the center items that he just came in with. You guys should come. He's going to show off each piece before people can buy them," Mahara explained.
"Um, Mahara, no offense, but all those auction things are for rich people. Not the poor population of students that go to this school," Mina replied.
"The reason I'm telling you is because that there are other things on sell too. Like charms and jewelry and stuff that "you poor students" can buy," Mahara said with an eye to Mina who still thought the whole thing was for the rich.
"Okay, if you say so."
"Argh!" Mahara turned her attention to Serena and Amy. "Do you guys want to come check out the things that we have? Please say yes, it will be really fun even if you don't want to buy anything."
"Well, it sounds really nice. It might be fun," Amy said.
"Yeah. I could always use new earrings," Serena said.
"So are you guys coming?" Mahara begged.
"Sure. What's the center piece that your dad is showing?" Amy asked.
Mahara's face broke out into a huge smile as she turned the paper over to the back with a full colored picture of two items that were what appeared to be a shield and a sword that had wings. A star was in the middle of the handle. Serena's eyes widened with surprise. Could both of these items be Clow cards?
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Nakoruru: Cliffie...yes. Bad cliffie....yes. Evil cliffie....incredibly. Bad writer for making cliffie....hm....I'll think about that. Sorry to cut it short. I have to go and all. I mean, if I tried anymore, I would probably just have to post it tomorrow.
Blazer: Your fault for not getting all your work done on time.
Nakoruru: Actually, we blame my boss. I haven't had time to sit down and work on anything and then all those tests and stuff.
Blazer: Fortune faded?
Nakoruru: Exactly. Well, I'm going to try to work on this by Sunday and I promise to make the chapter longer. So come back Sunday for Shield and Sword and maybe another card that I can throw in. Bye bye.
Blazer: Of course not. But first, I would like to congradulate Sere and LightAngel for their correct guesses of Tennousei and Kaiousei, even though it was pretty obvious.
Nakoruru: Hey, can I help it? If I made it hard, then it wouldn't be fun.
Blazer: And now the winner of the challenge, thank you Liz for the answer. Yes, Dosei is who you think she is. And so the next cards that are going to appear in this chapter will be Sword and Shield.
Nakoruru: And I would like to thank everyone else for reviewing or trying the challenge. Enjoy the next chapter.
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Serena hopped from one building to another late one night as she tried to catch another card. This one Kero had told her, after the fact she thought she could run it down, was named Dash. After five minutes on a marathon run, she decided to use Jump to catch up to the speedy, but cute little elemental she had mistaken for a baby fox on her way home. Somewhere on the ground, Kero, Mina, and Amy were trying to catch up to her.
*Darnnit, Kero should have told me that Dash could really run. I've been chasing this card for the past, how many minutes? Well, I think Kaiousei and Tennousei have lost it too.*
Not too long after she discovered Dash, Tennousei and Kaiousei had showed up to try to claim the card. But she had managed to keep them away from the speedy card. After a short battle with Tennousei's shadow birds, Dash had sped off.
*I hope they lost us.*
"Captor!" The voice of the blonde Tennousei rang out in the night. Serena cursed under her breath as she dodged out the way of a shadow spike curtisy of the short green haired Kaiousei. Serena came to a stop as the two reappeared in front of her. "We won't allow you to have that card."
"Yeah, and I won't allow you either!" Serena shouted as she rose her staff. Pulling out Windy, she tossed the card into the air. "Windy! Make a cage and ensnare!" The wings on the staff grew as she summoned Windy. The wind elemental raced towards the two.
"No you don't!" Kaiousei opened her hand, concentrating her energy. "Dark Vortex!"
"I'll go get Dash while you take care of her," Tennousei said, as she turned to locate the speedy card, that was a good distance from them. "Damn...it's fast."
"I'm not going to let you get Dash!" Serena screamed as she summoned Windy back to her. Pulling out Jump too, Serena tossed both cards in the air. "Windy, Jump! Use your power to allow me to get to Dash!" Wings appeared on Serena's feet as Windy lifted her into the air. With one good bound, Serena avoided her enemies and was back on Dash's trail. "We can't let Dash get out of our sights. Just a bit farther!"
"Serena!" Below her, she could hear Kero. Looking down, she saw the little orange guardian of the book. "Dash is just ahead, it's stopped, so you can catch it."
"Right!" Continuing on, she avoided Tennousei and Kaiousei's attacks. She wasn't about to allow them to capture Dash and use its power for evil. Landing on the ground, Serena spotted the lavendar colored elemental looking fox. The elemental turned around and hissed at her. "Hey, stop that now. I'm not going to hurt you."
Dash backed up from her as she walked towards it. Serena knew that the card was confused about her power because it was different than Sakura's. And she knew that it was very fond of Sakura, like all the other cards must be. But she had to capture it before Kaiousei and Tennousei got their hands on it. Serena walked slowly towards it, a short sweet smile on her face. She had to keep it from running off yet again.
"I won't hurt you. I'm a friend. I know that you're really fond of Sakura and were of Master Clow, but...well...you know that Clow is gone. And Sakura...she has passed too. I'm sorry. And I know that I can't live up to them, but I want to try to keep you safe Dash. Please let me catch you. I don't want you to fall into Tennousei and Kaiousei's hands," Serena said, kneeling down near the little elemental. Dash quirked its head to the side, but stayed in place.
"Serena?" Mina ran up with Kero close behind. She was panting from her marathon run also.
"Don't come close. Its still a little upset. Stay back," Serena said. Serena looked at Dash with another short smile before she brushed her fingers across its head. "Come on home. Everything will be fine, I promise."
The little creature brushed into her hand, making a cute little purring sound. Serena picked up the little elemental, snuggling it close to her. Dash calmed down in her embrace and looked up at her. Licking her chin with a gentle kiss. Serena giggled a little bit as Dash did it again.
"Okay." Closing her eyes, the magic circle appeared under her feet. "Card once made by Clow. Whose power burns bright. Hear me now. By the covenant that I have made. Change your power from star to moon!" In her arms, Dash began to dissolve, returning to its card form.
"No, we're too late," Kaiousei said, as she watched the captor turn the card back.
"Let's go. There's nothing left for us to do," Tennousei said. Kaiousei nodded in agreement as they both disappeared. The captor had changed another card and gotten stronger. They would not have to worry. If they kept collecting energy for Dosei as a side project, everything would be fine.
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"Ahhh!!!!! I'm going to be late again!!" Serena screamed as she raced out the door of her house. Rounding the corner, she practically ran into Darien. "Out of my way loser!"
The young man raised a brow at the speedy girl. There was something about her today that seemed off. It wasn't because of the fact that she was later than usual. That never surprised him. For the past two weeks he had been watching her carefully. There was a subtle but strong change in her. Sometimes she seemed tired, more than usual, or she occasionally left at night to do things. And would come back even more tired than before. She was doing something that no one seemed to know about. He would have to keep an eye on her.
(A/N: By now, Serena has like ten cards by now. And I only decided not to tell about these because: 1. Way too many cards 2. I don't want this story to end up 30 something chapters. So the only cards that she has now are Dash, Jump, Windy, Bubbles, Sand, Mist, Snow, Song, Cloud, and Sweet. More cards will not have seperate chapters, and some may not been mentioned, but captured, so sorry about that. I just don't think I want this story to be hundreds of chapters long.)
Serena turned the corner, using Dash's magic to make it too school. So...that was a little abuse of the cards, but hey, who would know. Like she was going to tell Kero about this. And...she was the captor, she deserved a bit of a break using her growing magic to transform the cards.
The girl made it to school no more than three minutes later. With a minute to spare, she dispelled Dash's power and headed for her classroom. Just as the bell rung, Serena made it to her seat. Amy and Mina looked at her with a good morning.
"So, how did everything go last night?" Amy said, who was absent from the latest captor. Most of the times now when Serena sensed a card to transform, Amy and Mina were always there to help her out anyway possible. They were a team, as Mina called it and had to watch out for each other.
Serena grinned as she pulled out the transformed Dash card. "This makes six now. And by far the hardest one. I mean Bubbles, Mist, Song, and Sweet were like a cake walk. I didn't have that much problem with Sand or Snow, and Jump wasn't that bad. But man. Amy, if you had been there, it was like a marathon run."
"Yeah, I chased after her and the card and still didn't catch up til that thing slowed down," Mina said. "My legs still ache from all that running. I hope there is not another card like that to capture. I don't think my legs can take it."
"Well, just think, ten cards. That's a lot in two weeks," Amy said.
"I suppose so. But there are still many more cards left to capture. And then we still have to worry about Tennousei and Kaiousei appearing all the time to steal the cards we capture," Serena stated.
"Those two burn me up! I wish there was a card to just zap them out of existence," Mina said.
"If only it was that easy," Serena sighed.
"Hey, Serena, Amy, Mina!" A young woman with short brown hair ran up to the two with a paper in her hands.
"What's up Mahara?" Mina asked the young girl who was one of their classmates and also the daughter of an auctioner that collected rare items from around the world. The girl set a paper down on Serena's desk. The other two girls went over to stare at the piece of paper. "What's this?"
"My dad is holding another auction this week," Mahara chimed.
"And?" Mina said with a brow rose.
"Well, he has some nice things. It's going to be really big. Because of the center items that he just came in with. You guys should come. He's going to show off each piece before people can buy them," Mahara explained.
"Um, Mahara, no offense, but all those auction things are for rich people. Not the poor population of students that go to this school," Mina replied.
"The reason I'm telling you is because that there are other things on sell too. Like charms and jewelry and stuff that "you poor students" can buy," Mahara said with an eye to Mina who still thought the whole thing was for the rich.
"Okay, if you say so."
"Argh!" Mahara turned her attention to Serena and Amy. "Do you guys want to come check out the things that we have? Please say yes, it will be really fun even if you don't want to buy anything."
"Well, it sounds really nice. It might be fun," Amy said.
"Yeah. I could always use new earrings," Serena said.
"So are you guys coming?" Mahara begged.
"Sure. What's the center piece that your dad is showing?" Amy asked.
Mahara's face broke out into a huge smile as she turned the paper over to the back with a full colored picture of two items that were what appeared to be a shield and a sword that had wings. A star was in the middle of the handle. Serena's eyes widened with surprise. Could both of these items be Clow cards?
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Nakoruru: Cliffie...yes. Bad cliffie....yes. Evil cliffie....incredibly. Bad writer for making cliffie....hm....I'll think about that. Sorry to cut it short. I have to go and all. I mean, if I tried anymore, I would probably just have to post it tomorrow.
Blazer: Your fault for not getting all your work done on time.
Nakoruru: Actually, we blame my boss. I haven't had time to sit down and work on anything and then all those tests and stuff.
Blazer: Fortune faded?
Nakoruru: Exactly. Well, I'm going to try to work on this by Sunday and I promise to make the chapter longer. So come back Sunday for Shield and Sword and maybe another card that I can throw in. Bye bye.
