Yes I know there is a lot of dialogue. I'm working on not using so much. so pls just bear with me.
It was a hot, muggy summer day. The sun was shining brightly, maybe a little too brightly for comfort. The cicadas were humming their same old song. Some kids were running through sprinklers in their front yards, while others were on their way to the pool. In the middle of this was a two-story yellow house with a taxi parked in front of it.
"Remember to do your chores while I'm gone. Are you sure you don't want me to get Toya to come over and stay with you?", the tall man asked his eighteen year old daughter.
"I can take care of myself, Dad. Besides, Tomoyo offered to come over and stay with me," the girl replied.
"Alright, Sakura. See you in a month."
"Bye Dad. Be careful."
The taxi drove away from the Kinomoto residence. Sakura waited until the taxi was no longer in sight, then she walked into the house. Down the stairs flew a small, yellow "plush toy" carrying a pink knapsack with a sun, moon and stars print.
"Thanks Kero-chan,"Sakura said, taking it from his mouth.
"No prob. Anything for my pal. Of course it doesn't hurt that we have the whole house to ourselves for a month," he said, enthusiastically.
"Well, Dad has been looking forward to this dig since the discovery of those stone tablets last year," Sakura commented as she put on her new black and pink roller blades.
"Come on, let's go meet up with Tomoyo and get some ice cream!" Kero cheered.
The two set off towards the park. Kero popped his head out of the knapsack to enjoy the slight breeze that blew past. It wasn't long before they reached their destination.
"Sakura-chan! Kero-chan!" a girl with long wavy black hair waved to the two while she videotaped their approach.
"Tomoyo…" Sakura sweat-dropped.
"Tomoyo you never change," Kero muttered.
"Sakura-chan, I received a very interesting text message last night," Tomoyo said.
"Really? Who was it from?" Sakura asked.
"You'll see," Tomoyo giggled.
"Let's get ice cream!" Kero exclaimed.
"But I've already brought some," Tomoyo held up a small cooler.
"Alright!" Kero cheered.
Tomoyo opened the cooler and took out three ice cream bars, then suggested they take a walk through the park as they ate. Kero flew over to Tomoyo's shoulder and took the bar that she had unwrapped for him, then the trio entered the park.
Two other teenagers were also making their way through the park. The girl had a big smile on her face as she walked a little ahead of her male companion.
"Meilin, where are we?" the boy asked.
"I'm not telling you," she replied.
"Why not?"
"Because it's a secret. Besides you should be able to figure out where we are if you just look around, Shaoran."
"All I know is that we're in a park-"
Shaoran stopped walking. Meilin looked at him confused. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a black orb that was attached to a thick, red cord.
"What's wrong?" Meilin asked.
"I sense something," Shaoran stated, his sword appearing.
CLANG!
The trees suddenly became covered in metal, as well as the stream opposite of them. Out of the stream rose a metallic woman. The woman lunged herself at the couple.
"The magic is getting stronger. We must be close," Sakura said, as she raced towards the king penguin.
"Be prepared for whatever this is," Keroberos warned, as he flew beside her with Tomoyo on his back.
"Fire god, answer my call," Shaoran shouted. The woman quickly avoided the stream of fire.
"Shaoran, why isn't it working?" Meilin asked, as she stood behind him.
"She's too fast. But at least the fire is keeping her at bay," he replied. But for how long?, he thought.
"Over there. It's- it's the kid and the brat," Keroberos shouted from above. The metal woman stopped and looked up at him.
"Keroberos?" Shaoran exclaimed. Meilin waved at Tomoyo.
The screeching of wheels on the pavement caused everyone to turn their heads.
"Tomoyo, get somewhere safe. Keroberos, what is that?" Sakura asked, as she rounded the corner.
"It's the Metal card," Keroberos replied.
"Huh?" Sakura tilted her head.
"One of Claire Reed's cards. Look, I'll explain everything later, right now you need to capture Metal," he ordered.
"And how exactly do-" she started.
Metal lunged herself at Sakura, but Sakura evaded her. Keroberos looked on as Sakura evaded Metal's attacks. That was until Metal touched the ground and created a sheet of iron that expanded quickly and made contact with Sakura's roller blades, causing her to fall.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo exclaimed. Metal attacked Sakura, who was struggling to stand up.
"Fire god, Thunder god, answer my call," Shaoran commanded. A ring of fire surrounded Sakura, while bolts of lightning jumped out of the paper that floated above her. Keroberos unleashed a barrage of fireballs at Metal, who evaded every one.
Shaoran glanced over at Meilin, who nodded and grabbed Tomoyo's arm and pulled her towards the safety of the king penguin. The fire around Sakura died down and the bolts of lightning faded. Shaoran quickly ran over to her.
"Sakura, are you alright?" he asked. Sakura looked at him in surprise.
"Shaoran, what are you doing here?" she countered.
"You should ask Meilin."
"Hey, you two. Fight now, talk later," Keroberos flew in front of them and unleashed another barrage of fireballs at Metal. Sakura tried to get up again but she fell back down, wincing in pain.
"Keroberos, she can't get up. She's-" Shaoran started.
"No, Shaoran. I'm fine," Sakura said as she held up a card. "FLY!"
Sakura took to the sky, Keroberos followed suit with Shaoran on his back. Metal followed as well.
"Sakura the only way to defeat Metal is to immobilize it," Keroberos explained.
"That'll be easy," Sakura grinned.
"Fire won't work Sakura," Keroberos warned.
"Who said I was going to use fire?" Sakura countered. "MIST!"
Mist quickly flew toward Metal and within seconds turned her into a rusty statue. Metal fell to the ground below. Sakura landed on the ground.
"Return to the guise you were meant to be in, Claire Card!"
Metal turned into a dark purple card and flew over to Sakura, who was sitting on the ground in obvious pain. Tomoyo and Meilin ran over to her as Keroberos landed.
"Sakura-chan are you okay?" Tomoyo asked.
"I think my ankle is sprained," Sakura replied as she took off her left roller blade.
"You've got a nasty looking scrape too," Meilin commented.
"I don't think you can heal that Sakura," Keroberos said.
"I wasn't planning on it," Sakura said.
"Shaoran, can you heal something like this?" Tomoyo looked up at him. He shook his head.
"But I know someone who can," he said, putting a hand on Meilin's shoulder. Meilin beamed.
She placed her hands over the wound and closed her eyes. A few moments later the wound quickly began to disappear.
"There," Meilin said.
"Wow Meilin. Thanks," Sakura said.
"It was nothing," Meilin blushed.
"So the brat knows healing magic?" Keroberos pondered.
"We were surprised too, since Meilin had never shown any magical ability whatsoever,"Shaoran said.
"Putting that aside. Keroberos you have some explaining to do," Sakura held up the Metal card.