A.N: Well, starting to have a capture every chapter or so and averaging about two and a half pages each.

Of course, there are again numerous cuts (sorry!) and changes (sorry again!) to the original story of the RP.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the original characters (Kero, Sakura, Tomoyo, Li etc), or the original plotline. As this was originally a role-play on GaiaOnline, the characters and some of the storyline and words belong in a way to their creators, through I've made many changes, they are still essentially the same!

Many thanks to those creators, including Hiryu-chan (the owner of CCS: The Next Generation).

Chapter Seven: Flowers and Friends

Kimika had bumped into Li again. It almost was a talent. Everywhere she went, he would be around. So now, by a stroke of luck they were walking in the same direction together, but not talking. Kimika sighed. They stood at least a metre away from each other, Li glaring at the path in front of him. Kimika wasn't sure where he was headed, but she had intended to go visit Natsumi that day.

"Hey Li-san!" said a girl smiling widely and running over to them.

"Aren't holidays the best?" She said cheerfully. The girl had on an old school uniform; from a school Kimika did not recognise, and had a blue jean jacket over it with several band patches and badges on it. Kimika closed her eyes as the girl came closer. There was something about this girl.

'It almost feel another Sakura card...but she couldn't possibly have one could she? Li-san and I are the only ones with cards, aren't we?' Thought Kimika. Was it truly possible this girl also had a card?

She smiled up at the girl. The girl was taller then Kimika, which made her a little uncomfortable because Hiryu had always been the smallest everywhere she went."Hi. Have we met before?" asked Kimika looking up at the girl. The girl laughed and held out her hand.

"No, I don't think so. I'm Kaisu Kyamae. Are you friends with Mr. Grumpy Pants over there?" Kimika took her hand and gave it a small shake.

"Pleased to meet you, Kaisu-san. I'm Waihashi Kimika. Call me Kimika. I guess we're friends in some twisted kinda of way…" Kimika said laughing. Li mumbled, glaring at the two girls.

"Yeah, call me Kyamae, Kaisu-san is way to formal for someone like me. Yeah, Kyo-kun over there is a bit of a worry…my father works with his" Kyamae said, linking arms with Kimika and sticking her tongue out at the brunette boy.

"So, what are you guys up to? None of my friends wanted to come over to my house, or had something else to do, today so I thought I was pretty much going to be bored."

'Well, maybe she'll be more fun then going over to Nat-chan's' Kimika thought, smiling.

"I'm not doing much today either…" Kimika said, untangling her arm from the redhead's. Kyamae was not only tall and redheaded, but she had some kind of energy vibrating off her, other then the one Kimika could feel. Kyamae's brown eyes, rested on Kimika's face, as if she too could sense Kimika.

'But, that's impossible of course'

"Did you just move here?" Kimika asked her. The girl shook her mane of red curls and nodded.

"I've been around for about three months through, " She shrugged, "Anyway, I think I'm gonna go...home or shopping. Maybe I'll see ya again and we can hang out or something." Kyamae shook her hair again and started walking away. Kimika called out a goodbye and Kyamae waved her hand over her shoulder but didn't turn to look at them again.

'The presence is moving away with Kyamae…'

"If you ask me, she's got Cards…" Kero said coming out of the bag he had been hiding in the whole time.

Natsumi was more then surprised to see Noda standing on her doorstep. When she'd told him where she lived, she wasn't expecting him to turn up a day or so later.

Noda smiled at her and replied to her expression.

"I was just out for my walk and saw your house, so..." Noda said. A rain of flower petals floated past, a pink camellia flower landing in the palm of his hand. He blushed and held it out to Natsumi.

"Here, sorry about coming uninvited..." He said nervously. Natsumi smiled and giggled to hide her own blush. Kimika might have dozens of guys ending up on her doorstep (although they mostly just wanted to kick a ball around with her), but other then the occasional visit from Kaan-kun, boys never came over.

"Course you can come in, I was just doing some homework…oh, wow isn't it pretty?" Natsumi cried in glee. The street seemed to be covered in flower petals, floating along the wind and resting on the road and the grass. Noda looked at the scene and nodded.

"It's a bit odd to have so many flowers at this time of the year through, they should have all just finished…"

A flicker of doubt had rested in Natsumi's heart. There was an awful lot of flower petals…

'Is this something connected to Kimika and the Clow cards?'

The three of them had felt it when the first wave of flowers rushed past them, covering them playfully in bright colours. Kyo turned to see Kimika giggle at reach out to them. Girls were so easily amused. He was glad that he wasn't one. That stupid flying bear even seemed to be amused. Already he was yammering on saying The Flower was defiantly one of the prettier cards.

'So what if its pretty? Pretty useless if you ask me.'

"Well, what do you think Li-san?" said Kimika's voice. Kyo turned to glare at her.

"Think about what?" he said, raising an eyebrow. The blonde sighed.

"About the Flower card! Are we going to go capture it now? Or should we think of a plan?" Kyo rolled his eyes.

"Do what that dumb bear tells you. I'm not interested in a bunch of flowers!" Kyo said, turning around and running in the other direction.

"Jeez, I only asked so he wouldn't get angry at me this time" Kimika said frowning.

"There's no winning with that kid!" Kero added with a nod.

"Shall I try out the Fly?" Kimika queried to Kero, lifting her cards from her pocket. Kero did a quick scan of the surrounding area and nodded.

"Sure, why not, Kid, just do your thing!" Kero said as Kimika uttered the words for the Fly to create two tiny little white wings on the end of her Star Wand. Kimika smiled and clapped with glee.

"Oh, wow! How do I use it?" Kero smiled.

"Just pretended you're a witch on a pink broom. Then direct it towards the sky"

It was a strange feeling for Kimika to fly. She was scared of falling off, so she gripped the wand tight, even through she wanted to reach out and embrace the sky. Around her were fluffs of white cloud, below clouds of flower petals. It really was an amazing site. If she hadn't needed to capture the Flower she would have stayed in the sky all day, and long into the night.

"Now, were looking for a particular dark cluster of flowers. She usually hangs around where her power will be noticed and made useful. To cheer people up or encourage. So just look around…"

"There!" Kimika yelled as she dived in the direction of a certain house. She skidded and fell off the Wand as she landed.

"Don't worry, kid, you'll get used't to it" Kero said as Kimika wiped the dust off her jeans and started up at the house.

'Natsumi's! But why Natsumi's?' Kimika wondered as she ventured up to the front door. She knocked a few times and smiled when Natsumi answered the door.

"Ki-chan! Wha-"

"Nat-chan! Guess what! You have to see me do this…is that Noda behind you?" Kimika asked in surprise, grabbing Kero and holding at her side. Natsumi blushed.

"Yeah…is it a you-know-what?" Natsumi asked. Her eyes widened as Kimika nodded.

"Awesome! But…Noda-kun…we were enjoying the flowers…they make him happy. He wants to be a florist," Natsumi said. Kimika smiled.

"I can make it so he never runs out! Natsumi-chan, I need you to keep Noda-san inside, I'm gonna borrow your ladder"

"My ladder…KIMIKA-CHAN!" Natsumi yelled as Kimika hurried away.

"It's here alright...the Flower." Said Kero, gesturing towards a beautiful dancing lady in a red floral dress on top of Natsumi's roof. The lady smiled at them and continued to dance, spreading flowers everywhere.

"Now, be careful. She's cunning" Kero said, as a red petal landed on his head. Kimika went to go get it off but a whirlwind of petal raged around them.

'I could use Windy for this since using the Fly would be kind of pointless...' thought Kimika. Kimika got her Star Wand and cards out, ready for anything. She looked over at the woman and glanced back at Kero.
"How I am going to do this one?" Kimika asked..

The petals blew more and more each second, a rainstorm of fragrant, pink, yellow, white and red petals. A heavy wind carrying a large bunch of petals could overpower her.

"I know I can do it," said Hiryu smiling, "This is my third capture. I've already captured 2 cards. I can do this. Do you want me to use the windy, Kero?" She asked. She looked over at him with her full trust in him. The petal started to blow even harder now. The petals were beautiful, but the flower rain was getting bigger and heavier. It would only some time till the whole town was buried in these flowers.

"If you can maybe blow the area clear of petals and stop her dancing, maybe then you'll be able to capture and change her"

Kimika closed her eyes and held out her wand. Below her feet the golden Clow circle etched itself into Natsumi's redbrick roof.

"Windy! Please, help we catch the Flower! Blow all her flowers away! Bind her with the forces of wind! Windy Card!"

Kimika felt a rush of wind blow past her as Windy blew away the flower. Kimika widened her eyes and saw the Windy tie the Flower. The lady in the red dressed smiled. Kimika nodded and held her Star Wand in the air as a transparent card appeared and begun to suck the lady in.

"The Flower Card, show me your true form! Return to your original form Clow Card! Flower!"

The air still smelt faintly of perfumed flowers. In her hand, Kimika held The Flower and a small bouquet of exotic flowers she had The Flower create for Noda. She smiled to herself as she knocked again on Natsumi's door.

"I'm sorry about before, I wanted to get something for Noda" Kimika added with a wink to Natsumi as she handed them to a delighted Noda.

R&R

… # Rei Ant # …