Magical Witches
Chapter 4: Training
By: KawaiiLeena

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS. They are a copyright from CLAMP.

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Clow Reed chuckles and turns to the five girls again. "Figures," he replies softly. He adds, "But Ruby Moon, didn't I told you that never ever listen to Spinel Sun when it comes to fighting? He has its own ways."

"I know," Ruby Moon answers back. "But to me, teamwork is useless. To be the strongest there is, you must focus everything to how much your fighting skills are, offense to defense. I will show them who's the boss!" she then looks and walks to the door.

Clow Reed sighs and turns to her. "I hope not, Ruby Moon." He says this softly as Ruby Moon walks away to her own chamber. "Because if you do, it will be the first sign of defeat."

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The five girls silently walk to the cemented pathway, seeing flowers in some parts of the grass. They look up to see the small library Kaho build, painted light brown, with a wooden door and looks very much old-fashioned.

"W-who'll open the door?" Meiling stammers, her ruby eyes scared. Of course, who wouldn't be? The library looks like a haunted house itself, looking very creepy. It is very unusual for it to be beside a modern Spanish house. "Anyone?" The four shakes their head, agreeing the fact that they are scared as well. "What? Aww… c'mon, you'll just have to open it!"

Chiharu's eyes narrows at the whiny Chinese girl as she hisses, "Oh yeah?" she stomps her way to Meiling's back and pushes her towards the doorway. "If you are so confident yourself, why don't you do it?"

"Yeah!" Naoko agrees, nodding her head. "I guess it won't be that hard! You'll just turn the knob and open the door." Then her eyes twinkle in excitement as she adds, "But wouldn't it be exciting when we encounter a ghost there?"

Sakura shudders as she hears the word, 'ghost'. Even when she was a little girl, she is very afraid of supernatural beings, even though they won't likely exist.

"Mou, Naoko-chan!" Sakura cries, her eyes turning to a deep worry. "You aren't sure about having a ghost there… are you?" she turns to the giggling Tomoyo, "Hm? What's so funny, Tomoyo-chan?"

The raven-haired girl turns to her and pleasantly smiles, "Iie… nandemonai, Sakura-chan," she replies. She turns to Meiling who is arguing with their friend, Chiharu. A soft sigh escapes her lips, as she turns to the trembling auburn-haired girl. Yes, some things will never change. "Ne, Sakura-chan, seeing Meiling being so lazy, why don't you open it?"

A shocked face appears on Sakura's face, as she turns to Tomoyo, "No way I mean… there might be ghosts there…" she turns to the door, waiting patiently to be open, "Or bats, or vampires, or elves… or… or…"

"Nonsense, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo scolds, but in her gentle tone of voice as she pulls Sakura's wrist and leads her to the front step of the door. "You do it. Besides…" she turns to a sweet smile. "You ARE our LEADER, aren't you?"

Chiharu and Meiling stops bickering and face Sakura and breaks off to a wide grin. Sakura looks at both of them, as their grins giving her the creeps. "Hoe…" she whispers to herself. "What did I done to deserve this?" she turns to Naoko as she lips for help, but in response, Naoko gives her a smile. "Great friend…"

"C'mon, Sakura!" Meiling says energetically. "Open it! We don't want to have Kaho-san waiting!"

Sakura swallows hard; she was right. The talked about it about 4:30PM, and they are just wasting their time. She shouldn't let her wait that long, and most importantly, shouldn't let herself be crazed by ghosts.

"Fine," Sakura mutters, sighing. She turns around and puts her right hand on the doorknob and pushes open the wooden door softly and gently. She peeks her head in and starts to look around, seeing in only very dark. She searches for the switch and then she found it and turns it on.

"Well?" Meiling asks impatiently, hoping to see a view. "What do you see, Sakura?"

"Hush, Meiling!" Naoko scolds, but inside, she has the same curiosity, too. She looks up to see Sakura smiling. "Hmm?"

"Wow! This place is great!" Sakura exclaims as she pushes open the door, letting the orders see it for themselves. Inside, it is very clean, a dust not to be found. About six bookshelves to be seen, with new and very old, like ancient books. There are about three tables with six chairs each, and the place looks very inviting. "Sugoi…"

Meanwhile, a magical creature narrows her eyes as she looks down to see five girls appearing. Her cerulean eyes flashes with anger as the thought comes to her this must be the new guardians of what was that place again? Oh yeah… Deimos.

"Pathetic girls," she hisses, lowering her voice down, as she patiently stick to the ceiling. A sigh of relief escapes her lips as the girls didn't notice her hanging on the ceiling secretly. But they ruined her plan! She was about to steal Kaho's secret items to observe when these girls stepped in.

"Are you sure this is Kaho's library?" the girl with two pigtails ask, putting her hand on her chin as she thinks. Ah, that must be the daring Chiharu, the one whom Fateskos was talking about to be really tough.

A girl with maroon hair and with round glasses nods. That must be the laid-back Naoko Yanagisawa, intelligent, but stupid enough. "Yeah, this looks like a mansion than a creepy library to me!"

"But this is her address, guys," a girl with auburn hair and emerald eyes replies, starting to look at a small piece of paper. Oh my goodness, that must be their leader, Kinomoto Sakura, The one whom Fateskos described as a headstrong, hopeful and ambitious soon-to-be-guardian.

"You know what, guys?" Tomoyo butts in. Pretty Tomoyo, beauty with brains. The creature looks at her intently, starting to be interested to what she has to say. "I kind of feel something… wrong… no, not that, forget that. What I mean is that I can sense a strange kind of aura. There is… someone else in this room other than us."

The creature's eyes widen in surprise. She sensed her! The heartless creature narrows her eyes as she thinks, - Pitiful humans! That Tomoyo girl sensed that I am here! Now, I have nothing to do but to retreat. – She bows her head as she chants - We will meet again, guardians. When the right time has come. – She looks up again and narrows her cold blue eyes to Tomoyo. – Especially you, Guardian of Air! Prepare for your worst battle! –

Then the creature silently vanishes, leaving the empty room.

Meiling looks up to the ceiling, sure she saw someone there a while ago. She even heard a creepy whisper. Was there really someone there, or… just her imagination? Plus, she even sensed a creepy and magical aura. Oh well, maybe it's just her imagination, so she brushed it off.

Then, another opposite door opens, making the girls jump in surprise as they form a circle of each other. Surprisingly, it turns out to be their teacher, Mitzuki Kaho, who is grinning ear to ear.

"Welcome girls, to my library," she greets as she enters and closes the door gently. The girls sigh with relief hinted in it. "Arigato gozaimasu for coming this day. Are you all ready to take your very first training?"

The five girls smiles and nods, making Kaho smile. "Okay then, Sakura?" the emerald-eyed girl walks to her. "Kindly please order the crystal heart to take us to Deimos Training Hall."

Sakura confusedly nods, and then holds the silver heart pendant close to her chest, as she bows her head and closes her eyes. She gently commanded with all her heart, "Oh Crystal Heart, with the spirit of Yuan Xin, guide us to the Deimos Training Hall."

In the instant, a bright light surrounds all of them, making a strange WHOOSH sound. Naoko's eyes widen in surprise as the light reaches her, and then swallows all of them up in a fraction of a second. Then, in a flash, all of them are magically transported to another place.

Then, the library door opens, revealing a confused Syaoran. "Meiling?" he asks to himself, looking around. Then he sighs angrily and narrows his eyes. "Where in the hell are you, Meiling?" then he slams the door hard.

Somewhere else

Meiling opens her eyes lazily, her vision blurred. All she could see is… cotton candy. White, fluffy cotton candy. Ready to eat, patiently waiting to be tasted, there, in front of her, and so many of them! Yummy!

She smiles goofily and starts to reach out for it, extending her hands, when suddenly, amethyst eyes replaces them, making her shriek… loud.

"Ow, Meiling!" Tomoyo cries, covering her ears. "That hurts! You don't have to shout, you know. I was just checking up on you."

The Chinese girl blinks in surprise and asks, "Um… Tomoyo-chan? Is that you?" the girl with long raven hair turns to her with a look that tells are-you-crazy-or-something. She sighs and nods. "B-b-b-but… where's the cotton candy?"

"Cotton candy?" Tomoyo repeats, then burst out to a giggle. Then, more giggles are to be heard and Meiling is very confused. She looks down to see she's lying on a cloud! She shrieks and jumps up, then looks around… clouds everywhere!

"Relax, Meiling," a familiar voice calls, making the jet-blacked hair girl jerk her head around, to see Chiharu smirking. "We're just in the Deimos Training Hall. Remember, this is a magical and sacred place, so no need to shriek that there are clouds everywhere… and don't ask for cotton candy."

Tomoyo giggles at this and pleasantly smiles. "That's okay, Meiling," she comforts. "We were surprised at first, too. Anyways, the others are waiting for us in the other room." The amethyst-eyed girl extends her hand. "C'mon, we don't have to keep them waiting."

Meiling nods as Tomoyo helps her get up with Chiharu by their side. They turn to another room to see Sakura, Naoko, and Kaho chatting with each other gleefully. The auburn-haired girl turns around as her face breaks to a smile.

"Meiling-chan! You're okay!" Sakura exclaims, standing up and runs to her friend off-guard. "I was so worried! I'm glad that you have finally recovered."

The ruby-eyed guardians smiles a little as they let go, "I guess," she replies. She turns to their teacher and smirks and she turns to hyper mode. "So, teach, whatcha teaching us today?"

"I figured that you'll say that," Kaho smiles. "Okay, everyone, listen up. You five girls have further magic powers than the element ones. Do you want me to explain them to you?" they all nod. "Good, you, Tomoyo-chan… you are the only guardian to fly. Yes, fly, and you ONLY. No one else." Tomoyo gasps and smiles. "And you have the power to see the past through sound."

"Sugoi," Naoko exclaims quietly, smiling. "How about me, Kaho-san?"

Kaho turns to her and explains, "You, Naoko-chan, you have the power to create fire balls EVERYWHERE. Even in water!" Naoko's eyes widen behind her glasses and nods. "And you have strong telepathic powers that can let you talk to your friends through telepathy."

"Does that mean that we can talk to each other even without saying a word?" Meiling asks excitedly. Kaho nods. "SUGOI! But then… everyone can hear about what I'm thinking… uhh… not too good."

"But it is useful, though," Kaho smiles back. Then she walks to Chiharu and says, "You, Chiharu, can make flowers bloom, open passages through magic. For example, you can break open a cemented wall. And you can move things with your mind."

"Really?" Chiharu asks, stars twinkling in her eyes. "Cool! That means I won't have to clean my room anymore!" she starts to giggle.

"Mou! What about me?" Meiling asks lazily, crossing her arms in front of her and starts to boil. "Don't I have additional powers, too?"

"Of course you do," Kaho snaps back. "You can control tidal waves."

Meiling blinks and furrows her eyes, "That's all?" she asks, taken back. Kaho nods. "I mean, nothing else? Just that?" Kaho nods again. "What? I can't believe it! My friends have so great powers like to fly, see the past, move things with her mind, have strong telepathic powers, open passages, flowers bloom and I only can control tidal waves or tsunamis? I can't believe it!"

"Well, you have to, darling," Chiharu teases. "Because it's the truth."

Meiling looks away, giving a Hmph. Kaho smiles at how energetic these girls are and she turns to the giggling Sakura. "And you, Sakura," she starts as Sakura turns her attention to her. "You have the powers to talk to animals and talk to appliances. You also have the power to transport anyone everywhere you wish them to be."

Sakura smiles and bows her head slightly, "Arigato Gozaimasu." Even though that she can't believe that she soon will have many powers, she just know that a great adventure is waiting for them. Magical lands, evil enemies.

The redheaded teacher smiles once again and turns to the group and claps her hands loud, so that she will get their attention. "Excuse me, ladies," she starts. "Let us now practice." The girls nod and start to stand straight. "Good. Tomoyo-chan?" Tomoyo turns to her. "Can you please try to fly?"

The amethyst-eyed girl nods and closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, and in a fraction of a second, she is seen high in the air. Meiling's eyes widen, and soon start to feel very envious, as she starts to frown. Her friends have such so special powers, but what about her?

Tomoyo smiles and floats back down again, and opens her eyes and bows slightly. Chiharu soon walks forward, as a wall and dead flowers, and unorganized things appear out of nowhere.

"You don't have to tell me what to do," Chiharu says with a smirk. She rises up her two hands, and narrows her eyes, as a green ray of light is seen from her hands and then runs forward to the wall, making a huge hole. She smiles as she points her index finger to the dead flowers, and then, to their excitement, the flowers starts to bloom and seems very happy and colorful. And then, with a snap of her fingers, the unorganized things start to move by itself, and then the place seems tidy and neat again.

Kaho claps her hands as she breaks to a grin, "Very good, Chiharu! You seem to be ready!" she then turns to Naoko and nods. "Naoko, you are next. You seem to know everything, right now, okay?" Naoko smiles. "Good." She turns to an empty space and chants the words, "Lake, appear to me now!" soon, a lake appears magically.

Naoko takes a deep breath, and walks forward and kneels down beside the lake. She pushes up her glasses and pulls down her right hand. She starts to chant a little, and soon, a fire is extracted from her hand.

"Good," Kaho smiles as Naoko turns back to the group. "Now, when you need badly to use telepathy, all you have to do is chant…" she starts to whisper a spell to Naoko's ear, and the maroon-haired girl smiles and giggles. "Okay?" Kaho asks as they break apart. Naoko nods.

"Sakura?" Kaho asks, as the honey-haired girl turns her emerald eyes to her. Kaho smiles slightly. "Do you want to practice? Well, your powers are quite much more easy to use. You can talk to appliances and animals any time and any where, without raising or changing your voice."

Sakura smiles and requests, "It's fine, Kaho-san. But may I pleas try to practice the steps of how to transport anyone?" Kaho smiles and nods and walks towards her to teach her.

"Get your pendant," Kaho orders, as Sakura did so. Put it in your chest and leave it floating there. Sakura puts the pendant close to her left bosom and leaves it floating there, much to her amazement. "Now, joint your ten fingers to one point."

Sakura looks up and confusedly asks, "How, Kaho-san?" she asks with such innocence.

"Like this," Kaho smiles. She starts to show Sakura how, her left fingers jointed to one point in the right direction, and the left hand jointed also to one point in the right direction, but in a 'sleep' style. Sakura nods and smiles. "Okay?"

"Un!" Sakura giggles. She then starts to do what Kaho did, and she did it so perfectly. "Then…?"

Kaho smiles and pats her back. "Listen to your heart, Sakura-chan. Order the spirit within it gently, through each other's heart. When the pendant starts to glow, it means the spirit is following you. When it does, point to the person or thing you want to transport by your right hand, and then point your left hand to where you want it to be transported. Okay?"

Sakura nods, and closes her eyes and starts to chant softly. When she feels a warm glow beneath her hands, she looks down and sees a temperate glow of white surrounding the pendant. She smiles and points her right hand to Meiling, who seems to look back at her, confused. And with her left hand, she points to the lake.

Suddenly, Meiling vanishes, making the girls confused to where she is. Then they heard a splash, and then turns to where it comes from. To their surprise, they see Meiling in the lake, all drenched up, to her hair to her body and to her uniform.

"Aw, great!" Meiling whines, looking at her wet hair. "What a life! I was just chatting with my friends when suddenly; I fell into this lake from the air! What the hell happened?" she starts to glare at Sakura, who is giggling uncontrollably. "Oh, I see the suspect now!"

The girls soon find themselves cornering Meiling by the water. "Meiling!" Naoko gasps, kneeling down. "What are you doing in there?"

Meiling glares at Sakura who just smiles back, "Ask our leader…" she growls. "I think she knows!"

The three girls turns to Sakura, as Sakura smiles and explains, "I have an explanation. Well, you see, I have the power to transport anyone and anything, right? When I start to practice, Meiling came first to my mind as I point to her and I decided to point my hand anywhere, but I didn't know it was the lake I pointed!" she then starts to turn to Meiling with a sheepish smile. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."

Meiling's eyes soften and were about to speak up when Chiharu interrupts her, "Well, I see the Queen-wanna-be enjoying herself with her little bath, huh, Miss Li?" she mocks with a sly smirk.

The ruby eyes of the Chinese girl start to heat up when she suddenly replies back, "Yeah, I'm so enjoying myself and since I'm very generous, I'll give you some of it!" she starts to raise her hand towards the pigtailed girl and soon, splashes of water starts to attack poor Chiharu, and Meiling just receive the last laugh. "Sorry, babe! I'm in my own home field!"

Chiharu looks down on her wet uniform in disbelief, and boils, "Darn! I forgot that Meiling's element is water!" she turns to the Chinese girl, who is trying to get out of the water. "Look at my uniform! It's soaking wet! You'll pay next time, Li!"

"I'll be waiting, Mihara!" Meiling teases, giggling.

Tomoyo comes beside her and gives her a warning look, "Meiling-chan! Look at you! You need to freshen up! Let me help you!" she starts to raise her hands towards the uniform and then, Meiling feels the clean wind Tomoyo is summoning to her uniform to her skin.

Meiling grins, "Thanks, Tomoyo-chan! Why don't you help Chiharu, too?" Tomoyo smiles and nods and runs off.

"You know?" Naoko whispers to the ruby-eyed queen. "I have a feeling that, that was just an excuse to use her powers." Meiling giggles and nods.

"Now, now girls, line up, it's about to get dark and I want you to know your last powers before you go home," Kaho announces loudly enough for the girls to hear, which it was, as they start to shut up and line in front of their teacher. "Good. Now, I want to tell you that you can create doubles of yourselves, meaning, that when one or each of you has to go to Deimos for an emergency meeting, you can create perfect doubles of yourselves to replace you while you're gone."

Meiling's eyes pops open as she squeals, "Really? WOW!" she exclaims, "Wow! Wow! Wow! That means I can go to anywhere I want without Auntie Yelan catching me!"

Kaho sighs as she adds, "I mean, Ms. Li, WHEN you need to go to the Deimos hall, so please pipe down." Meiling pouts but obediently obeyed. "Good, and now, I want you to know that these doubles are called Moon Mirrors, and they are the people that look like you, act like you, reflect about you, and do what you would do. Okay?" The girls nod.

Kaho smiles, "Very well. For our next meeting, you will soon meet your true master, Clow Reed."

To be continued…

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After their very first training at the Deimos Training Hall, the dark force is becoming more stronger than before! With this, the five girls are going to meet Clow Reed for the first time!

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