Well, hello! And Welcome to My Little World of Weirdness!

I state for the record that, despite the fact I really, really wish I did, I don't own any of the characters that will grace this story; it's all CLAMP's! Always has been, always will be! Also I don't pretend to have any Mastery over the language of Japanese or any clue as to correct grammatical structure. I put it in and hope it gets across the point I'm trying to make! Nor do I [thankfully] own the Nelvana theme tune, but I do own the lyrics to this fic!! And Yue-Bella, and Kero-ette, and several other characters, but I don't want to spoil the surprise yet!! Dubbers . . . flame me at your peril!! Subbers . . . let us gather by the fire and share a tale so terrifying . . . you'll be thanking Nelvana . . . MAH HA HA HA HA!!!

"Speaking"

*Stress/emphasis*

//Thinking//

~~Flashback~~

Whoops! Didn't Mean To Do That . . .

By Dr Megalomania.

[Cue CC Theme Tune and Manufactured Boy Band™]

What if, Hammer, Bounce, Hole, Swear, Unfinished, Stupid . . .

Cardcaptor of the Whoops,

Expect some unexpected stuff!

Cardcaptor, you gotta be kidding!

Cardcaptor, go track them down!

Cardcaptor . . . dun dun do dodo!

CARDCAPTOR MEILIN?!

Meilin groaned as she woke up, she had had the worst nightmare . . . her wish had come true and now she was a Cardcaptor, like Sakura, only the cards she had to catch were meaningless, senseless, but mostly pointless . . . and she had had this awful vision of a boy with hideous orange robes which were just like Syaoran's . . . she blinked, as she stared into the fuzzy visage of her new sun guardian.

"ARRRGH!!"

"Nani?! What kinda greetin' for your new best friend?!" Meilin rubbed her eyes, as Kero-ette continued, "Now, get a move on! It's time for school and Syaoran said he was going to leave without you!"

[Cue senselessly dramatic music]

Part Two: Meilin's Latest Challenger Turns Up!

"Syaoran!! Wait for me!!" Syaoran rolled his eyes and paused as Meilin came jogging up behind him. She breathed a sigh of relief as he slowed to a stop.

"Why were you up late today?"

"I don't know!" Meilin panted slightly, "Maybe it was because *someone* turned off my alarm clock!" There was an indignant yell from her backpack.

"I don't like it's horrid voice!!" Kero-ette screamed.

Syaoran paused to look at the backpack; "You're bringing that stuffed toy along too?"

"She's making me!"

"Ohayo!" The two stopped and turned as Yuki-Bella rode up to them, the sweet girl smiled at Meilin, "I couldn't believe I have two personalities . . . and now I have a new mistress! I hope you can catch all the cards!" She held out her hand, "I'm Yukito-Bella by the way!"

Meilin blushed as she took Yuki-Bella's hand, "Meilin."

"Pleasure to meet you, Meilin-chan, and you are . . .?"

"Li Syaoran," Syaoran bobbed a quick bow, "If you will excuse us, we have to . . ."

"Get to school? Me too! Let's go!" The smiling girl started to peddle slowly. As Meilin started to walk with this strange new Yuki, she suddenly felt a deep sigh building within . . . //Hayaannn!//

"Well . . . here we are, Meilin!" Yuki noted as they got to the school gates, Meilin paused, and looked at the gates.

"We're here already?" She murmured sadly as Yuki-Bella started to ride away. She sighed, Yuki-Bella's laughter made her pause in the gateway.

"Ja ne!" Yuki-Bella turned slightly in her seat and threw a small candy to her new mistress. Meilin caught the treat easily, and stared at it.

"A very smooth move . . ." Sakura stroked her chin, and smiled knowingly.

"Very slick of her!" Tomoyo nodded, and focused her camera on the rapidly blushing Meilin.

Meilin jumped slightly, "Tomoyo! Why are you filming me?!"

Tomoyo grinned; "Since you're the new Cardcaptor, you'll need someone to film your adventures . . . Sakura-chan and I are your new film crew!"

The purple haired girl turned to Sakura, who whipped out her own camera; "We simply *must* capture every moment of your bravery against the Whoops cards!!"

Syaoran chuckled as Meilin blushed and stuffed the small treat into her pocket, "Come on, you guys! Let's just get to class!"

As Meilin sat down she noticed another desk had been attached behind hers. She sat and wondered who would be joining the class; she looked over at Tomoyo and Sakura. "So . . . Why *did* you and Yuki-Bella come to school together?"

"We didn't, we just happen to meet!" Meilin protested as Syaoran sat behind Sakura. He glanced at Eriol's seat.

"Where's Creep Features?"

"I don't know . . ." Tomoyo turned to stare at the seat, "He's usually always on time, I wonder if . . ."

"Made it!" Eriol ran into the classroom. The teacher glared at him, and folded the register shut.

"Why are you late?"

"My pet cat was ill." Eriol said very seriously.

"A likely story, go take you seat."

Syaoran sniggered as Eriol slouched wearily in his chair, "Late night?"

"Nope!" Eriol pouted, "Late morning . . . I don't have an alarm clock simply because Ruby and Spinel start on each other like clockwork every morning . . . but today, Ruby was late, so Spinel wasn't attacked on time, therefore I wasn't woken up by his drunken hiccups until it was late!"

Syaoran sniggered again, "Wow . . . Is everyone running late today then?"

"Why's that?"

"Well, I was slightly late up today, and so was Meilin!"

"Hmmm . . ." Tomoyo turned slightly; "I was late today as well."

This earned a gasp from everyone, but Sakura quickly explained, "But only by a couple of seconds . . ."

"But still . . . that's late for me." Tomoyo said sadly, "I almost missed you, Sakura-chan."

Sakura smiled, "I guess I'm the only one not affected! I was *early* today!"

This earned another gasp from the entire class including the teacher, who blinked at her for a couple of seconds before clearing his throat. "Um . . . well, yes . . . we have a new transfer student . . ."

Sakura and Syaoran glanced at Eriol who shrugged, "What are you looking at me for? I don't know about any new challenges for Sakura!"

The teacher continued, "He's from America, so I want you to give him a warm welcome!"

"Hai!" The class chirped, as the room's door slide open. A short boy stepped in and took a place by the teacher, "This is Li Syaotang. Please introduce yourself to the class."

Syaotang nodded, and looked around the class. "My name's Li Syaotang, I'm sure it's a great pleasure to meet all of y'all." His amber eyes settled on Meilin, "I'm told a couple of my really distant relatives are here . . . so if y'all be kind enough to point 'em out for me . . ."

Meilin and Syaoran glanced at each other and stood, "We're from the Li Clan in China."

Syaotang's eyes flickered slightly from Meilin to Syaoran, and back again, "It's a pleasure to meet you . . ."

Meilin tried to smile at the boy but she could help but think //He looks almost exactly like Syaoran except that his hair is more ginger brown! . . . And why is he staring at me like that . . . why? Why? WHY?!//

All through the lesson Meilin could feel Li Syaotang's eyes boring into the back of her head, and all the time all she could think was, //Okay, freaky, freaky, freaky, freaky . . .//

She thought she had a break when lunch came along, she sighed as she stepped out the class. She assured the others she would be fine, as she went to get some aspirin for the huge headache she was getting. She gave her backpack over to Sakura so she could let Kero-ette out for some air. Meilin sighed, what had she gotten herself into no—

"Pardon me?" Meilin tensed up as the soft American tones of Syaotang sounded from behind her; "Can we talk, y'know, like outside?"

Once they were outside . . .

"What do you want from me?"

Li Syaotang's eyes narrowed, and he pulled out a circular board that was just like Syaoran's compass, //Oh, no . . .// thought Meilin, //He's the Whoops card's answer to Syaoran!!//

"Fork's know my plate! Release the Salad!

"What?!" Meilin cried as the board began to glow, "What the hell do you mean 'Release the Salad'?!"

As the compass' light beam struck her, Syaotang ignored her and leapt backward, "You have the Whoops cards in your possession," His amber eyes narrowed, "Hand them over!!"

Eriol shook his head, "You know what? . . . I suspect that the Li boy is supposed to be the Whoops cards' version of Syaoran . . ."

"You mean, Meilin's about to go through what I went through?!" Sakura shuddered, "We'll really have to help her then . . ." the green eyed girl folded her arms and looked expectantly at her boyfriend, "Especially if he's as mean as Syaoran was!"

"Hey, I was just doin' my job!"

"Sure you were . . ." Sakura nodded unconvinced.

Syaoran gasped, "I didn't enjoy a single moment of it!"

"Sure you didn't . . ."

"Stop talking like that!" He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer.

"Sure I will . . ." She wrapped her arms around his neck, and placed a quick kiss on his lips. Syaoran blushed as he released Tomoyo had whipped out her camera, and Eriol chuckled politely behind his hand. The little wolf stepped away from his girlfriend. "Anyway . . . if that guy's basically me . . . and Meilin's basically Sakura . . . who's going to be basically Touya and save her?"

"What do you mean?" Eriol glanced at him.

"Well, as I recall, I cornered Sakura and sorta . . ."

"Sorta . . ." Eriol teased, he knew full well what Syaoran had done, "Sorta what?"

"Sorta attacked her . . ." Syaoran rounded a corner and came across the sight of Syaotang and Meilin struggling. "Very much like that . . ." he said quietly, as he ran forward, "Hey you! What are you doing to my little cousin!!"

Syaotang leapt back and took a fighting stance, as Tomoyo and Sakura went to help Meilin, Eriol leant against the fence and whistled Touya over. "What's going on?" he asked, as he watched Syaoran and Syaotang, he blinked and climbed over the fence to get a closer look, it seemed like Syaoran was facing himself off in a mirror. "And who's the clone of Syaoran . . .?"

"Basically, he's the Whoops version of Syaoran . . . his name is Li Syaotang." Eriol smirked, as the two Li's frowned in the same manner, and took up similar fighting positions.

Touya smiled evilly as he watched Syaoran protect Meilin as he had done for Sakura, "No kidding, you realise his name means . . ."

"Little Tango?" Eriol sniggered, "Yep . . . Think of all the 'You've been tango-ed!' jokes I can make . . ." he grinned at Touya, who shuddered slightly, "Yeah . . . think about it . . ."

There was a yell as both Yuki and Yuki-Bella came running over, "THEY HAD MODERN PIZZA!!"

The two swung themselves over with the practiced ease afforded by their other forms. The pair grinned, "They had modern pizza and--" They virtually danced and held up two large bento bags, "And they had just *enough* for all of us!!"

Yuki-Bella swung around and bent over in front of Syaotang, "Would you like to join us?"

"Oo-oh-ohho-oh . . ." Syaotang twitched slightly, Yuki-Bella put on her best kindest smile. He swallowed quickly, and blurted, "Have a nice day!"

He spun and ran off, leaving a very confused Yuki-Bella far behind him. "Was it something, perhaps, I said?"

Syaoran glowered, "Hey! He hasn't tripped yet!" He reached down and picked a random branch, he hurled it at his counterpart's legs. Syaotang tripped, rolled perfectly and kept running. "HEY!!" Syaoran protested, "He can't do that!"

Eriol chuckled and put a hand on his cute little descendant's shoulder, "Would it appease you if . . ." He flicked a hand at Syaotang, the ginger brown haired boy flipped unnecessarily a couple of times and fell flat on his face in the dirt. " . . .That happened?"

"Muchly . . ."

Later that day . . .

"Eriol, shut up!"

Eriol was having a fit. Unfortunately for Syaoran, it wasn't the kind that put you in hospital, although . . . the rate of Eriol's laughter and the way Syaoran's temple was throbbing, Eriol might have found the hospital a darn sight safer than his cute little descendant's home.

"But the way he's almost *sooo* like you in every respect! He even runs like you! Awwwww!" Eriol held his stomach, "Now I have *two* Cute Little Descendants to play with!!" Eriol paused, and turned very serious for a few moments, "I always knew there was a perk to being reincarnated . . ." The amused reincarnation did a little victory dance, "Yay me!"

"Shut the hell up!"

The two were preparing dinner, as Wei was away, and the girls . . . namely Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin were out at their respective practices. Tomoyo had her singing practice, and Sakura and Meilin were at their cheerleader practice. Sakura thought it might perfect Meilin's staff skills, Meilin just thought, and I quote: //If I'm going to be a replica of Sakura, I might as well start with the embarrassing noggin-bashing.//

"You know what?"

"What now?"

"I wonder if that other Syaoran—"

"Syaotang . . . his name is *Syaotang* . . . Do *not* start confusing him with me!"

"If that Syaotang has a situation similar to ours . . . I mean, it makes you wonder where the similarities end with him."

"What's your point?"

"My point is has he got a Wei? A Meilin? Will we see him falling for Meilin as you did Sakura? He's already done the get-the-cards-by-force thing—"

"You'll just never let me forget that, will you?"

"--And the blush-and-act-stupid thing around Yuki-Bella . . . who knows . . . he might even catch some of those Whoops cards himself . . ."

"I intend to catch 'em all." A quiet voice from outside made them turn and look out the window; Syaotang was sat outside the window on a tree branch. Eriol chuckled and Syaoran glowered, "What the hell do you want?!" He leant out the window and looked down, "And how the hell did you get up here?!"

Syaotang stood on the branch; "I've been trained since I was—"

"Let me guess!" Eriol leant out the window too, "You've been trained since you were a little boy, you also happen to be the Li Clan of America's clan head, AND you're betrothed to your cousin!"

"Right, right . . . wrong! That's just incest!"

Syaoran sighed with relief, "Well, at least that means there'll be no Meilin copy!"

"I'm actually betrothed to my second cousin's husband's sister's daughter's boyfriend's ex-boyfriend's father's mother's daughter from a previous marriage." At their shocked faces, he shrugged, "I live in a small state, in a small city, in a small suburban hell called Readingtown . . . and her name's Madison Rae."

"Any chance she'll be following you here?" Syaoran murmured fearfully.

"I sure as hell hope not . . . she bugs the hell outta me!"

"Crap!" Syaoran beat his fist the nearest hard object, which happened to be the branch Syaotang was balanced on, the branch wobbled. Syaotang's efforts to balance himself failed miserably. What do you expect from a branch that had only just sprouted? The twig manfully tried to hang on to it's mother tree, but the combined weight of Syaotang, his school backpack and fate was too much for it.

"Oh, great . . ." Eriol murmured as he and Syaoran leant out the window to see how bad Syaotang's landing would be.

"Think I killed him?"

"Considering this is the penthouse, Wolfie, I think so."

"Well . . . that takes care of that problem, then." Syaoran dusted off his hands and went back to his string bean soup. Eriol shook his head and glanced at the Chinese boy, "Doesn't it bother you that you're just killed your doppelganger?"

"Doesn't the old legend go that if you meet your doppelganger, you bite the biscuit?"

"Yep . . ."

"So who's to say, I'm not *his* doppelganger, and he's just died 'cause he met *me*?"

"You've got a point." Syaoran hmpt-ed and nodded, Eriol sighed and shook his head, "But still it would have been nice to at least torment him a little before you made sidewalk pizza out of him . . ."

"Then I've done him a small mercy!"

"And now I will do you one!"

"ARGH!" Eriol and Syaoran sprang to find Syaotang standing on the branch once more, Eriol grinned happily and Syaoran scowled, "How did you do that?!"

"No, no!" Eriol ran forward again, "Let me guess, you happen to have magic papers, one of which is the wind, the lightning, water and fire make up the rest. You used the wind to get back up here and now you are here to tell us to tell Meilin that you are going to collect all the cards and that she might as well give up now!"

"Give the man a cuddly toy; you're right on all three counts." Syaotang's light amber eyes glared at Syaoran, "Be sure to give her my warning."

"Or what?" Syaoran glared back just as hard, Eriol was practically beside himself with glee as the two frowned at each other, Syaotang's eyes narrowed as, in the blink of an eye, he set alight to Syaoran's sleeve with one of his magic papers. The little tango turned and leapt down the tree with practiced ease.

"I'm back!!" Sakura's sweet voice rang out around the halls; she bounced into the kitchen, and glanced at the clock.

"My, my Sakura, once again today you're early," Eriol remarked easily, as he doused the flames that were rapidly spreading up his cute little descendant's arm.

"Ano . . ."

"Hai?"

"I thought Syaoran was a good cook. Surely, good cooks wouldn't set alight to their own clothes . . ."

"I am! That stupid Gaki from our class decided to pay Meilin a visit!" Syaoran groused as his favourite shirt was almost scorched beyond redemption.

"Oh . . . well, that was nice of him, wasn't it?" Eriol pressed his hand over his mouth, as Syaoran gaped at Sakura, who nonchalantly began to prepare the table for their meal.

"Did you have a nice time today?" Kero-ette asked as Meilin prepared for bed, it was very late.

"Yeah, I managed to be late to the practice, and drop the stupid baton on my head a total of seven times. Tomoyo was late to her practice, and we were late coming home . . . today's just been a day of lateness for everyone!" Meilin climbed into bed, "And you remember me telling you about the strange boy—" she glanced at Kero-ette who had suddenly gone very contemplative, "What is it?"

"What makes you say it was a day of lateness?"

"Almost everyone was late today."

"Really? In what way?"

"In what way? How can there be a way of being late?" Meilin cocked her head, "There was no real reason, just that people misjudged time, and only when they arrived did they realise they were late . . . why?"

Kero-ette frowned, "Clow Reed was very bad at time keeping . . . bad at many things, but mostly time keeping . . . he made a card that would slow everything else down, so he would always arrive early for almost everything . . ."

"So? What's this got to do with everyone being late?"

Kero-ette started to glow, and the Whoops book floated out of Meilin's dresser, "It's one of the Whoops pack because it didn't work . . . it made the event early and the person late . . . have there been any odd occurrences?"

"What do you mean?"

"It takes a lot of power to control people like that . . . the Late card would only focus it's energies on one person. One person alone would always be early . . . can you think of anyone who's always on time?"

Meilin thought about it, "No one springs to mind." Kero-ette frowned again and turned out the lights.

"For now, get some sleep, but tomorrow . . . promise me you will keep your eyes open . . . check to see if anyone is being help by this card."

The next morning

"MEILIN!! WAKE UP OR WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!!"

Meilin still had Syaoran's call ringing in her ears as she skated; Syaoran glanced down at her feet. Yuki-Bella had heard about Meilin's lateness and given her mistress a brand new set of roller-blades, they were a reddish purple, and yes, her protective gear did have 'Meilin' stamped all over it. He looked up at his cousin's helmet; this also matched the purple skates. Syaoran sighed, "Aren't you taking this 'Carbon Copy of Sakura' thing a little too far?"

"Nope!" Meilin frowned slightly, as they past the spot where Yuki-Bella usually waited, the snow-bunny-Bella wasn't there. She sighed, "Besides I don't want to take the chance that the Late card will strike us."

"The what?" Syaoran eyed her; he upped his pace a little because she was skating a little faster.

"The Late card, Kero-ette says to keep an eye on everyone . . ." She closed her eyes and wrapped her hand around the rubber ducky key, "Just in case the Late card's focused it's energies on one person."

"I'm sure you'll be full of energy today!" Meilin came to a screeching halt as Yuki-Bella peddled up beside them, "Ohayo!" She beamed.

"O-ohayo, Yuki-Bella-san!" Meilin blushed slightly, and smiled as best she could without losing her balance, "You look very happy this morning."

"Sugoi! I met with Yukito-san . . . and we went for breakfast together at an All-You-Can-Eat!" Yuki-Bella glanced at her lunch box, Syaoran did a double take . . . the bag was huge! Yuki-Bella smiled, and crowed, "The restaurant owner was very nice, and said we could take as much food as we could carry as long as we left before we finished off his stocks!!"

Syaoran sighed as he slid back the classroom's door, Meilin had been alternatively sighing and giggling since Yuki-Bella had left them, he shook his head, and stepped into the class. "Ah . . ." The teacher made a tick in his list, "Yet another late arrival?"

"Pardon?" Meilin and Syaoran glanced at the clock, they were ten minutes late, "But we left on time!" Syaoran murmured in shock.

"As did Eriol and Tomoyo and still they were late." The teacher shook his head disapprovingly, "Please do not continue this behaviour; you must strive to be like Sakura . . . she had been early every day."

Once again, there was a collective gasp from the class as they all turned to stare at Sakura, who had begun to blush deeply.

"I can't help it, I think I'm late but every time I'm early!" Sakura said as they travelled home that day, "I don't understand it."

"Neither do I!" Touya rubbed his knuckles against Sakura's head, "It's very disconcerting to have her ready and waiting for me all the time."

Meilin held her bag on tighter, "I don't know how many more times I can be late this week . . . I have to stop this card soon!" She looked at Syaoran, "But how can I do it?"

"Well, I hope you do it soon! I'm getting too late to the shops!" Nakuru sighed, "And I keep missing Suppi . . . that's even more depressing."

Yuki-Bella smiled, "Let me get this straight . . . You torment this little brother of yours even though you really love him?"

"Hai!" Nakuru skipped a little beside her, Yuki-Bella smiled, as she linked her arm with Nakuru and leant towards her conspiratorially. "That must mean you have a—"

Yukito chuckled as Touya clamped his hand over Yuki-Bella's mouth and sighed. "A brother complex? Is that what you're going to say?" Yuki-Bella smiled under his hand and nodded, "This is strangely freaky . . . and annoying." He glared at Eriol, who shrugged, and linked his arm with Tomoyo.

"What can I say? Clow was a man with many problems . . ."

"You can say that again."

"He was a man with ma—" Syaoran clamped a hand over Eriol as the boy started to chuckle.

Meilin stopped suddenly; "I've forgotten my library book! I have to go back and get it!"

"Meilin!" Tomoyo called after her, "Take Sakura with you!"

"Why?"

"Because she needs to film you . . ." Meilin went crashing to the ground, as the violet haired girl continued, "And if you're right about a Whoops card being behind your lateness and Sakura's earliness then taking Sakura will prevent the library shutting before you get there!"

"THAT'S IT!!" Meilin grabbed Sakura's arm and started to run to the library, "I'll confuse it!"

Meilin and Sakura raced to the library, and Meilin explained her plan along the way, "I'm always late because the Late card has focussed it's energies on you, however it can't make me late and you early at the same time!"

"So what are we going to do?"

"Stick with me!" Meilin pulled out her key; "We'll confuse it until it's own logic collapses in on itself! . . .I think . . . I wish Kero-ette were here!"

Sakura snapped her fingers, "That's it! I meant to give you these!" She handed three bright crimson mobiles to Meilin, "Tomoyo wanted you to have these! One for you, one for Yuki-Bella and one for Kero-ette."

"Sakura-chan . . . What good are they going to do me if all three are here?!"

Sakura blinked, "Ah . . . um . . . No, wait! Kero-ette's with Kero and Suppi! You can phone Kero!!"

"And that's when I beat him back! It was a grand battle . . . I only wish you had been there to see it." Spinel leaned over and kissed Kero-ette's paw lightly. "If only, my dear . . ." The midnight blue guardian looked up at her and whispered wistfully, "If only!"

"Is he always like this?" Kero-ette pulled her slobbered-over paw away from Spinel sun slowly, she returned it to the bright red controller her brother had supplied her with as they battled each other.

"Only when he's had one too many . . ." Kero didn't take his eyes away from the game, he would not lose to her . . . even if they did match each other equally.

"Too many drinks?" Kero-ette ducked with her character as Kero went on the attack.

"No, sweets."

She hit the pause button and put a stubby paw on her hip. She glared at Suppi as he started to dance with her tail. She rolled her eyes and jerked her thumb at the drunken kitten. "How does that figure . . .?"

Kero folded his arms and said in a completely serious tone. "Same way Clow figured you."

The pair tutted and shook their heads, "Clow had a lot of problems . . ."

***RING, RING***

Kero jammed his paw on the pretty pink phone, "If this is our Take Away service, where the hell is my Chinese?! Anyone else . . ." he put on his normal sweet voice, "Moshi, moshi, Kinomoto residence?"

"Kero?" Meilin called, sounding a little breathless, "Can I talk to Kero-ette please?"

Sakura and Meilin paused as they came to the junction; Meilin had listened to Kero-ette's instructions carefully. They had paused, to find a safe place for Meilin to use the Magic Girl card. "Over here!" Tomoyo shouted, and waved them over.

"How did you get here?!"

"That isn't important . . ." Yue-Bella snapped as she yanked Meilin into the bushes.

Meilin looked at her reflection in a puddle, "The White Rabbit?"

"The White Rabbit! It's perfect for fighting the Late card!" Tomoyo grinned; "The Magic Girl card is a genius!"

Meilin sighed and glanced at Sakura, "And you're?"

"Alice . . . again!" Meilin and Sakura let out a long sigh as Tomoyo filmed them, gushing happily over them.

"And remember!" Tomoyo called as they started off, "In the ears and the bow is a radio just in case you need back up!"

Meilin waved at Yue-Bella to stay back, "We'll take care of this . . . but stay around, just in case we need you!"

"Sure . . ." Yue-Bella folded her arms, she frowned, then rolled her lilac eyes, "Since my sister isn't around . . ." she grimaced, "All right! It's time for Cardcaptor Meilin!!"

Meilin grimaced as well, "Kero's right . . . That does sound so *very* wrong!"

As it happened, the Late card was surprisingly easy to catch. It kinda gave up actually, knowing that Meilin's half-baked idea would defeat it anyway . . . and since she had two of the strongest cards of the Whoops pack; the What If and the Magic Girl, it really didn't feel there was any need to get it's Time/Return-card-based-can whupped.

Meilin sighed as she wrote her name on the card, "Is it going to always be like this?"

"What do you mean?" Tomoyo filmed every movement.

"The captures . . . are they always going to be so easy?"

"This wasn't easy!" Sakura clapped her hand on the new Cardcaptor's shoulder, "Now capturing the Jump card . . . Now *that* was humiliatingly easy!"

"You got it already?!" The three girls jumped in shock, Yue-Bella rolled her eyes she had felt the American boy a mile off.

"Yes we did!" Yue-Bella sniffed haughtily as she looked down the boy, just like his Chinese doppelganger, Li Syaotang had robes, except his were orange . . . with a green belt . . . and trust me, it clashed horribly . . . Tomoyo actually started to develop a twitch in her eye and started to think, //Resist urge to tear clothes to pieces . . . Resist . . . Resist urge to make new costume for poor rival man . . . Resist it. Resist!//

"DAMNIT!! I WAS TOO LATE!!" He yelled, and started to clutch his head in frustration. "Damnit, Damnit, Damnit!"

Meilin started to feel sorry for him, but then thought better of it and joined Tomoyo in thinking, //Resist urge to destroy robes, they clash with mine but still . . . Resist urge to destroy robes . . . //

Syaotang walked with them part way back to their home, he paused on the little bridge over the water, and held Meilin back. She blinked at him, "Nani?"

"You . . ." he rolled his eyes and tried again, "You did a bang up job . . ."

"Arigato . . . demo I really---"

"No, it takes a lot of thought to defeat the Late card . . . you did . . . tolerably . . ." He groused. He held out his hand, "Clow never left many books about the Whoops cards, that's why my small family got lumped with their protection . . ." As Meilin took his outstretched hand, he started to shake it slowly, "I still am going to catch 'em all . . . but . . . I guess it would be a nice challenge to fight for them . . . and I hope that---"

"SYAOOOOOOOTAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNG!!!"

Syaotang flinched; Tomoyo, Yue-Bella and Sakura turned instantly as this really annoying yell sounded from behind them, Meilin looked over Syaotang's shoulder, behind them a girl came running up.

"SYAOOOOOOOOTAAAAAAAAAANNNG-BAAAAAABY!!" Syaotang winced one more and turned. The girl had long purple hair, which was pulled up into a single high, side ponytail . . . she looked like something out of the eighties!

"Madison!" Syaotang yelled back at her, his anger and annoyance ring out clearly, "What are you doing here?!"

She panted slightly as the girl came to a halt, she grinned and threw her arms around him in a tight bear hug. "You're so cute!" She glanced at each of the other girls gathered, the eighties girl growled, and jerked her head towards them, "Who are they?"

"They are the other gang who support the Cardcaptor . . ." he pushed her off him, and drew his sword slightly, "What are you doing here?!"

Madison wrapped an arm around him and started to noogie him, "I've come to support you of course! I'm gonna be your cheerleader! And—"she pointed an arm at Sakura, "--We'll be capturing all the cards from now on!"

Sakura winced, "I'm the Card *Mistress*. . ." She pointed at Meilin, "She's the Cardcaptor."

"Well, it doesn't matter, all that matters is I'm Madison Rae! And this is my boyfriend; together we'll beat you all!! OH HO HO HO HO HO!!!!"

As the purple haired, blue-eyed girl laughed manically, Syaotang sighed deeply, Yue-Bella closed her lilac coloured eyes, started to rub her temples tiredly and began to chant a quiet, soothing mantra, "Clow Reed was a idiot . . . Clow Reed was a *complete* idiot . . . Clow Reed was . . ."

Meilin blinked, trembling slightly as the manic girlfriend of Syaotang dragged him away. Syaotang was pressing weary fingers against his brow and shaking his head as Madison dragged him away by the back of his nauseating orange robes. Sakura smiled slightly and focused her camera on Meilin's confused, slightly terrified face, and murmured, "Kawaii . . ."

Tomoyo pulled at Sakura's sleeve, the cheery blossom leant towards her best friend as she whispered, "It seems our new adventure just got a little more complicated . . ."

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And now it's time for Leave it to Kero-ette   

Kero-ette: Konnichiwa! WAI, WAI, WAI!! Welcome to today's packed, packed, packed show! Today, our wonderful Cardcaptor had to face the Late card! Are you late to any of your lessons? I hope not! Did you feel the optimistic oomph Meilin gave off as she face the trials and tribulations of the Late card?! What a challenge!!

[Presses face against screen] GO! GO! Kero-ette-chan check!!

Today we met . . . WHAT?! Who is this?! Grrr, well just to show you was a courteous host I can be . . . this is Li Syaotang, he's from some forgotten sect of the Li Clan . . . sigh, I think I'll just have to call him Yank for the rest of my life . . . he already looks annoying! And have you seen his clothes?! ARGH!! Not only are his clothes just wrong, but take a look at the source of his powers . . . Clow must have be very hungry when he was making this guy's Rashiban board! It looks like a plate, and has ancient recipes engraved on it! I supposed that's very . . . cool, cool . . . and cool . . . yes, well . . .

[Sits in big red chair] So how was it? I hope you're not as hungry as I am now after talking about the Yank's Fork and Salad powers! But if you are, eat, eat, and eat!! And remember to *chew* before you swallow those pretzels!! Well, please R&R and come back for the next instalment of Whoops, Didn't Mean To Do That!

[Waves] Hon Na Na!

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Preview

Meilin: Who's this new girl? Why won't she let go of Syaotang? Where's this place she comes from? Well, at least Eriol looks happy, Syaoran and Syaotang providing him with happiness! What's this? Why has everyone disappeared? OH NO!!! Where did that hole come from??!!

Meilin And A Hole New Trouble!

Next time on 'Whoops! Didn't Mean To Do That!' Come with me, Cardcaptor Meilin!

Release!

[Cue senselessly dramatic ending music!]