Hey there my wonderful readers, I hope you enjoyed the previous chapter of Cardcaptor Sari. I got a little les reviews than last time, does that imply something? Oh well, I finally finished writing this, despite my busy schedule.
I want to thank Kerra Quigley and our new anonymous review Zap Rowsdower on taking your time to leave a comment.
Now a question: is this a SarixBlitzwing? The answer is no. If you look at the choice of genre for this fanfic you will see that it's Action/Adventure/Friendship. No Romance. Friendship you ask? That's right, Friendship! In Cardcaptor Sakura it wasn't only about a girl capturing magical cards but also about human relationships, one of the important elements in Cardcaptor Sakura that made it good. So I'm mixing this element with Transformers Animated, and ta-dah you have a crossover! So what's the friendship? Why it's Sari and Blitzwing of course. I love that German Decepticon who suffers from split personality disorder because he has a very interesting character. The accent, the humor, the faces was what made me love him on sight. So yea, and I found that Blitzwing fanfics were few in number (unless I'm not looking hard enough).
Enough talking, please enjoy the sixth chapter of Cardcaptor Sari!
Disclaimer (didn't forget it this time): I do not own Transformer Animated and/or Cardcaptor Sakura.
Hidden Powers
After the police forces, ambulances and fire trucks had left the vicinity. Work resumed at the docks and the day flowed smoothly as if nothing wrong had happened. The Autobots, along with Sari, decided to retire back at their base. It was still early in the afternoon, but Prowl had an issue he wanted to share with the rest of his teammates in private. He wasn't the only one. It seems that the recent events with Watery at the docks had troubled the yellow guardian, Kero. He needed to talk with Sari, away from the Autobots. Arriving at the abandon factory that made their home, Sari opened the car door and jumped out of Bumblebee. The Autobots transformed back into their robot forms and walked inside. Sari stayed behind.
"Aren't you coming in, Sari?" Bumblebee asked.
"You guys go ahead, I've got a few things to do out here," Sari replied. Bumblebee turned around and walked with the others inside. Sari checked when she was certain that they were out of hearing distance the girl put down her bag.
"All clear Kero, you can come out now," The Beast of the Seal fluttered out and stretched his wings to bask in the sunlight. "Something on your mind?"
"It's that friend of yours," said Kero, relaxing himself as he looked at the factory. "That black gold one, something's different about him,"
"You mean Prowl? What about him?" Sari cocked her head at the guardian
"While your friends were busy with rescuing everyone off the boat he dived into the water to save that drowning boatman, but it would have been pointless,"
"Why?"
"That boatman was as good as dead as soon as he fell into the lake; there would have been nothing anyone could have done to release Watery's hold on him. Yet your friend freed him like it was nothing, even stranger, he managed to stop Watery from capsizing the boat,"
"Your point?"
"Something's not normal about Prowl. For a non-magical person, they wouldn't be able to see Watery amongst all the water in the lake let alone manage to grab a hold of her. Yet your friend did it, but… there isn't a drop of magical power in him," Kero closed his eyes in concentration, letting out a frustrated sigh as he tried to find an explanation.
"Maybe… I don't know…" Sari started.
"What?"
"Well you didn't know this, but Prowl's a ninja. Well a cyber-ninja, that's what they call him and the other ninjas at Cybertron,"
"A ninja? Yea… that would explain some of it,"
"I'm not sure what kinda of training they do there, but I'm sure ninjas can sense a lot of things,"
"Hmm… Despite him not of the Earth, I'd say that would be a plausible theory. During ancient times ninjas were well-known for their extremely sensitive senses, some sensitive enough to feel the flow of spiritual energy around them. I'm not sure how true that is, but this just shows that we have to be really careful about using magic near him. He might sense to surge of energy being given off when you use the cards. He might be even immune to the cloaking magic that would normally hide the cards from plain sight. Maybe that's why he could see Watery. I'm worried he'll discover the existence of the Clow Cards and magic faster than expected. Something we defiantly have to make sure he doesn't,"
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Inside the spacious main heart of the factory, the Autobots made themselves comfortable on their makeshift furniture.
"Is something bothering you, Prowl?" asked Optimus.
"I'm not even sure how to explain it," said the cyber-ninja.
"Just start from the beginning," said Ratchet.
"Well, you remembered that I dived inside to save one of the boat workers. But what I saw underwater the lake was, to put in simple words, a little strange,"
"How strange?" Optimus inquired.
"The whirlpool that formed under the boat, I believe, wasn't created naturally. It was as if the water in Lake Erie was being controlled to form it,"
Prowl received strange looks and silence from all his teammates.
"Are you sure your circuits didn't fry when you were down there?" questioned Bumblebee.
"I'm positive at what I saw. Obviously someone or something was manipulating the water current in the lake. All I saw was a band of dark water. Its color was different from that of the lake,"
"I've never heard of liquid dihydrogen monoxide acting like that. It's unheard of," said Ratchet.
"But what's even stranger is this. The boat worker was caught in the flow of the dark liquid so I tried to pull him out. Of course it didn't work so I decided to disrupt the water current. I had actually touched and grabbed a hold of it, like it wasn't water at all but something more solid. Also… you remembered the time I told you how I sensed that there was a life force coming from the Dinobots?" The rest of the Autobots nodded their heads. "Well I sensed the same thing when I came in contact with it, except the life force emanating from the water was different,"
"Different? How?"
"Well it definitely didn't feel like the energy from the AllSpark or from something Cybertronian. It was more alien,"
"So you're saying that the whole fiasco we had at the docks was because of some living water? That's the craziest thing I ever heard in my life-cycle!" Bumblebee let out a string of laughter, Prowl growled at the teasing yellow bot.
"Prowl, not to mean anything, but I think Bumblebee's a little right," said Optimus. "Water is water, it's not living,"
"But do you think this has anything to do with the strange things that have happened over the last few orbital cycles?" Bulkhead added in his concern. "First we had that strange giant bird that wasn't exactly what you call organic, the next a series of unexplainable robberies, an orbital cycle after that all the stolen goods were found in the park and now this. That counts up to three, four if you count finding the stolen goods,"
"I'm not sure we can relate these events with anyone of them, they seem all too random. But you do bring up a point Bulkhead, strange things have been happening in Detroit," said Optimus.
"What do you suggest we do, Prime? Could it be the Decepticons?" asked Ratchet.
"For now, the most important this is that we're here to protect the innocents and drive away anything that could potentially threaten the people. And I highly doubt the Decepticons had anything to do with this, they wouldn't try to risk another scuffle with us after we drove them off. Speaking of which… they've been awfully quiet for a bunch of 'Cons,"
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"So what do you think we should do?" Sari asked.
"Well we can't stop the Clow Cards from appearing and causing havoc in the city. Eventually someone is going to notice, especially your friends," said Kero. "Our only choice right now is to capture the cards as soon as possible, that would reduce the chances of them finding out,"
"Well it doesn't take a genius to think that out. Watery should be easy to seal, just like Fly and Jump," Sari said enthusiastically.
"There is a problem though…" Kero put a hand to the side of his head, concern and worry filled his mind. He had really hoped something like this wouldn't happen so soon.
"What?"
"This is Watery we're dealing with,"
"So Watery, just like Windy almost the same name, I'll capture her the same as the others,"
"It's not that simple!" Kero shouted in annoyance; Sari flinched at his outburst. The guardian mentally slapped himself at his own irritability. Taking in a deep breath, to calm himself, he explained the situation. "You can't simply catch Watery like the other cards. First off even though Prowl is able to see Watery underwater you can't, your magic powers are not that highly developed. So in water, Watery is practically invisible to you. And even if you did pull Watery out of her element she would simply disperse into tiny pieces, so you can't really contain all that. It's difficult to capture things that have no solid shapes like water,"
"What is it about Watery that makes her so special, apart from the fact that she is water?" asked Sari.
"Watery is one of the high magic cards in the deck. The four basic elements; Earth, Fire, Wind and Water are difficult to use in magic. Furthermore, Watery is an offensive card, so she has got quite a temper. The cards you have right now Sari; Windy, Fly, Jump, they're no match for what we're facing," Kero counted off the cards with his tiny, stubby fingers.
"But if Watery is a high magic card, can't I use Windy since she's the same?"
"It still wouldn't work. Although Windy herself is also another high level magic card, you can't win against Watery. That's cause Windy's too kind…"
"But I only have three cards! How do you expect me to capture Watery?" said Sari, taking out the cards from her pockets and inspect each of them.
"This I wonder too, I didn't really expect such a difficult card to appear so soon," Kero's voice was laced with worry and fear. Sari continued to stare at the cards in her hand, her face furrowed in concentration. But before she could begin brainstorming…
"Sari, are you still out there?" Prowl's voice came from behind her.
"Uh oh!" Kero stilled himself, taking on the guise of an ordinary plush doll as he dropped from the air. Sari caught him in both her hands as she stuffed the cards into her pocket.
Just in time as Prowl turned around the corner to find Sari.
"Sari, were you talking with someone?"
"Um…" the question was a little unexpected. "N-no, nobody here Prowl,"
"Strange… I thought I heard another person," Prowl noticed the plushy doll that she held in her hands. Something didn't feel right; he could almost sense something very faint coming off of it. He stared at the doll with his unblinking optics.
Kero's muscles ached for movement, but he didn't dare reveal his self in front of the cyber-ninja. His body began to tense as beads of sweat broke around his head under Prowl's adamant glare. Sari noticed the staring contest between Prowl and Kero and decided to stop it before things got worse.
"Uh… Prowl, is something wrong?" Prowl broke his gaze from Kero to look at the girl.
"It's nothing Sari," Prowl headed back to the base.
When Prowl had finally left, Kero relaxed himself and gave out a sigh of relief.
"This is what I'm so worried about that friend of yours,"
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The rest of the day passed sluggishly, but Sari still couldn't think of an idea to capture Watery. Amongst the list of discarded ideas were; she would use all three cards (Kero turned down the idea, the three cards were still no match against Watery combined), she could lure Watery into more dry areas (but what would she do when she had to fight it?), she could suck Watery dry (it was also turned down, Watery had the ability to magically create more water). All her ideas and plans had either some sort of flaw or simply were impossible to initiate. Sari almost felt like giving up. Checking on the time, she decided it was time to go home. Bidding her friends farewell (politely refusing their offer for a ride), she made her way back to Sumdac Tower.
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Back at the docks, hidden amongst the shadows created by the sinking sun, Blitzwing kept watch to see if the strange liquid entity would make another appearance. So far it seemed to have retreated into the depths of the lake. Taking a sip of energon from its cube shaped container, he relished the feeling of the glowing liquid traveling down his throat, warming his insides from the cool twilight air. Though he didn't really need the extra boost of energy, he had to stay awake throughout the night (again). In his processor, Blitzwing replayed the afternoon events. Whatever lurked inside Lake Erie obviously was very powerful to rock a whole cargo ship. But it seemed that neither the humans nor the Autobots saw the source of the disturbance. Even more was that they obviously had no idea who or what was causing it. Blitzwing on the other hand suspected that Sari was connected to all this. But… if the Autobots were ignorant to the whole matter, then that meant the girl was keeping it a secret.
"But vhy?" the question crossed his processor.
The relation between Sari and the Autobots was a strong one; they were the first to develop an organic-Cybertronian bond. So why all the secrecy? Why the strange powers and what was it? And where had she obtained it? So many questions still left unanswered. But there was no reason to feel overwhelmed; it would only hinder himself from finding answers. Right now his closest lead was at the docks. He would simply wait and watch for now.
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Sari was distracted as she took a shortcut through the park to Sumdac Tower.
"How do I catch something like water?"Sari thought as she approached a fountain. Dipping her cupped hands in, she watched as the water leaked from the crevices in between her fingers. She tried again, with closed fists, but the water simply squirted out as soon as she applied pressure. Kero watched over Sari's shoulders. He too was unsure how to contain Watery. It troubled him to see the girl so down.
"I'm sure you'll think of something," Kero tried to comfort her.
Both of them looked up as they heard the sound of distant sirens. In the fading light of the day, they saw as multiple red and blue lights flashed through the streets on the other side of the park. Lines of police cars, ambulances and fire trucks speed through. All of them were headed towards the docks, a second time.
"Don't tell me it's Watery again!" Sari let out a groan.
"I'm sorry to say, but it is. I can feel her presence again," Kero replied. "Let's go check it out,"
Sari let out a withering sigh, she felt really exhausted. But hoping to spot a weakness in Watery, she was willing to go again. Looking around and seeing that the park was deserted, Sari pulled out the Sealing Key.
The Key that hides the power of the Dark
Show your true powers before me
I, Sari, command you under our contract
RELEASE!
Bright white light from the Key melded with the gold glow from the magic circle that appeared around Sari as a soft wind blew around her. The Key extended and grew into the Sealing Wand before her very eyes. Grabbing hold of it, the light faded. From her pocket, Sari took out the Fly card and threw it into the air.
"Fly!" Sari summoned out the card's power as she struck it with her staff. Out came the sound of chime bells as feathery wings sprouted from the staff head. Mounting the staff, and with a flick from the wings, both she and Kero took off to the sky. Once they were high enough from watchful eyes, they glided towards the docks.
In less than two minutes they landed on the top floor of a parking complex. Retracting in her staff, Sari ran towards the edge and peered over the barrier, Cardcaptor and guardian saw a scene of chaos. It seemed that Watery had gotten more aggressive and powerful, a large column of raging indigo water loomed over the assembled police force. Smaller streams of moving water surrounded it like tentacles of an aquatic beast as they assaulted the police. Though the peacekeepers let loose barrages of rockets and missiles at Watery, which exploded on contact, the card regenerated its lost limbs. Its tentacles snacked across the harbor, the police retreated back as two of their cars were snagged and lifted into the air. Bringing the tentacles down in a whip-like fashion, the cars twirled through the air. One of them landed on top of another parked car, the other flew through the air and crashed into the top section of the parking complex. Sari crouched down, teeth clenched from the jarring impact.
"It's too dangerous up here Sari, we have to get down," Kero shouted above the din.
"I didn't remember Watery being this powerful! Ok so it can rock a whole cargo boat, but this is a little too much!" Sari exclaimed as she ran down to the ground floor. Running out of the parking lot, she quickly hid behind a pillar. Her Autobot friends zoomed past. They believed that Sari was at Sumdac Tower, it would have been an awkward moment to find her back at the docks. Transforming, their faces had looks of shock and awe.
"That's impossible…" said Ratchet.
"Prowl, is this what you saw?" Optimus turned to the cyber-ninja. Prowl nodded his head in reply.
"Heads up!" warned Bumblebee. The Autobots jumped out of the way, seconds before a wooden box came crashing down on the very spot they stood. The wood splintered open as its contents spilled across the concrete.
"Autobots! Attack!" ordered Optimus as his faceplate clamped over his mouth and nose. He pulled out his axe, the blade opened like an egg revealing its neon blue circuitry inside. Slicing off a tentacle of water, that was making its way towards the humans; the axe was met with little to no resistance. The severed blob of water splattered on the ground.
"Prime, behind you!" shouted Ratchet.
Optimus looked back to see another tentacle of water poised at him. He rolled out of the way as it smashed into ground, leaving a cracked dent in the harbor. The other Autobots were fairing no better than Optimus. Bulkhead was twirling one of his wrecking balls above his head. Letting out a roar, he swung it at the large pillar of water. The ball collided; water splashed everywhere, before sinking into the mass of liquid. Bulkhead tried to reel in his ball back, but grunted as it was caught in a pulling current. A spot in the lake frothed as a jet of water pounced out as it shot towards Bulkhead. The water smashed into him, the Autobot screamed in pain. His wrecking ball was released, the sudden loss of resistance (plush the jet of water) rocketed Bulkhead through the air. He landed with an almighty crash; the stream of water broke apart into harmless droplets of water, revealing a large dent on Bulkhead's chassis. He groaned as pain thrummed through him.
Ratchet, with his magnetic appendages, caught stray debris being thrown at them and threw them away before they could pose harm to others. But with the multiple tentacles working against him, the job was overwhelming. Seeing that Bulkhead was down, he took a moment to run towards him. Ratchet dragged the large bot into a safer area.
Prowl gracefully jumped from one side to the next as he dodged stream after stream of water that shot at him like bullets. Eventually a ring of water formed around him from the constant assault. Sensing something suspicious about it, Prowl took a step back. He was about to leap out of the way till the water rose into the air and created a liquid wall around him. Reaching a point, the tips of the makeshift wall drooped downwards as gravity took hold. The torrent of water cascaded down towards Prowl, eventually enveloping him in swirling water. Inside, the cyber-ninja was mercilessly tossed to and fro before being spat out and tumbled on the hard ground.
Bumblebee was busy shooting bolts of electricity at the water entity that he was unaware of a lithe tentacle flowing towards him. The yellow bot let out a yell of surprise as the tentacle ensnared itself around his ankle and dragged him across the concrete, leaving behind scratch marks on its surface. His teammates shouted out his name, Optimus ran forward to aid him. Growling, Bumblebee lifted up his stingers and shot at the offending tentacle hoping it would let go. It did little to help him. Rather, it seemed to aggravate the liquid entity as water flowed underneath Bumblebee. The water curled around him like jaws of a beast and clamped down, trapping Bumblebee in a cocoon of water. Bumblebee, who had his optics shut for the worst, opened one of them. Relieved to see nothing lethal had happened, he couldn't help himself but jeer.
"Is that all you got, water? I don't need to br- AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!" the rest of Bumblebee's words were lost as he let out a shriek of pain. The cocoon had begun to violently swirl and froth, its once fat shape began to thin. It was as if the watery prison was being held by a pair of hands that were twisting it by the ends. Through the foam and ripples, they could see that Bumblebee's armor began to wrinkle as dents began to mar his frame.
"Bumblebee!" Sari shouted out towards her friend. Forgetting that she was supposed to stay hidden, she ran towards the suffering bot. The Autobots, excluding Bumblebee, were surprised at Sari's sudden appearance. Optimus stepped in front of her and bending down, he used his servo to stop Sari from advancing further.
"Stop Sari, it's too dangerous!"
"Let me through! Bumblebee needs my help!" shouted Sari, her vision began to blur as her eyes filled with tears.
"I got him!" said Ratchet as pink energy sparked out and enveloped Bumblebee, who seemed to have fallen unconscious. With a grunt Ratchet attempted to pull the yellow bot out. Optimus shot a pair of grappling cables that attached themselves on Bumblebee. With the combined forces of Optimus and Ratchet, they slowly pulled Bumblebee out. With a squelching noise, the water finally released its hold on Bumblebee. Using his magnets, Ratchet gently placed Bumblebee on the ground.
As if furious of being cheated from its prey; the tip of the column of water reformed into a head of a snarling dragon, water sprayed everywhere. Opening its jagged mouth, it let out a rumbling roar and head butted into the dock. Its form broke apart as it made contact with the ground. A miniature tsunami of water washed over the harbor. With quick reflexes, Optimus grabbed Sari and raised her out of harm's way while he and Ratchet held down Bumblebee from drifting away. Finally the water stilled, the elemental entity was nowhere to be found. Prowl ran towards the four, Bulkhead limped behind him.
"Ratchet, is Bumblebee…" Optimus started. The medic did a quick scan and gave the Autobots a reassuring smile.
"He's pretty slagged but not ready to join the Well of All Sparks. He's in stasis lock," Ratchet reported.
"Sari, your key," said Bulkhead. Sari nodded as Optimus lowered his servo. She jumped off and ripped the AllSpark key from its string and crawled on Bumblebee's chassis, energon and energy sparked from various cracks on his frame. Placing the key over the Autobot insignia, the symbol slid up, revealing a keyhole inside. Sari shoved the key in and turned it, bright blue light glowed. Before their very eyes (or optics) the dents, wrinkles and cracks seemingly disappeared as the key worked its 'magic'. The light faded away as Bumblebee's repair was finished. Slowly Bumblebee's optics fluttered open; he blinked a few times to see Sari, Bulkhead, Prowl, Optimus and Ratchet staring down at him.
"Ugh… what happened? Did we win?" Bumblebee sat up, rubbing the side of his head.
"Bumblebee! I was so worried!" tears leaked from eyes as she gave him a hug.
"Hey, hey… its okay Sari, I'm alright," Bumblebee returned the hug before staring up at Optimus. "Just what was that thing, boss-bot?"
"I have no idea," was all Optimus could say.
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After both Autobots and humans had left the docks, leaving only Sari behind (she had manage to persuade Optimus and the others to go on ahead) Kero came out of his hiding spot.
"Kero, how come Watery became so powerful?" asked Sari as she stared at her friends driving off.
"It seems that Watery's power increased during the night,"
"How?
"You remembered me telling you that my symbol was that of the Sun. The elements Earth and Fire are under that same symbol, while Wind and Water draw their power from the Moon. Two pairs of opposite elements, hot and cold, light and dark. So as the Sun fell and the Moon rose, Watery became more active. Some Clow Cards are like that, more active at night or day," Kero noticed that Sari was awfully quiet. "Sari?"
"To heck with planning, Watery needs to be sealed now!" Sari shouted.
"Eh! Sari have you gone nuts, you gotta think this through!" Kero tried to reason with the girl.
"And what happens if I do nothing? Let more innocent people suffer just like Bumblebee?" Sari angrily retorted. With the Sealing Key on her palm she chanted out the incantation. Holding the staff in both her hands, she ran across the wet harbor. Kero flew after her. Reaching the edge, Sari pointed the Sealing Wand towards the lake. "Watery! Come out now!"
"This is a bad idea… let's just get out of here while we can," Kero whispered into her ear, Sari wasn't listening to the guardian's advice as she glared into the lake. A spout of water erupted up into the air, raining droplets around it. "Too late…"
Undaunted by Watery's dramatic entrance, Sari pulled out Windy's card.
"Become the chain that binds, Windy!" Sari struck the card; the winged woman was pulled from her card. With an undying obedience, Windy unfurled her insect like wings and glided towards Watery. Strands of light yellow and green air curled around the water elemental. Windy began to tighten her hold, but Watery was not about to give up that easily. Thinning herself and slipping from Windy's grasp, Watery made her way towards Sari. The girl finally realized her own foolishness. Panicking, Sari fumbled with the two cards in her pocket.
"Sari, get out of there!" Kero yelled.
Sari turned and ran from the raging stream of water.
"Someone help me!" the Cardcaptor cried.
Still hiding behind the various buildings that lined the dock, Blitzwing heard the girl's cry. Watching Sari's predicament made his Spark drum. Energon pumped throughout his circuits, heating him up at uncomfortable temperatures. It was almost like an adrenaline rush except there was no euphoria, only the feeling of urgency and panic. His body and Spark told him to go save the girl, but what was more important? Sari or Megatron? The girl began to tire, her pace slowed considerably. Taking in deep breaths, she let out a chocking gasp as Watery caught up with the girl and wrapped herself around Sari's neck.
"To zhe pit vith zhe mission!" shouted Blitzwing, switching to his Hothead personality and running out.
"Vell, no use stopping now," he mused, switching to Icy. Lowering his cannons he let loose a violet, glowing laser surrounded by ice blue rings. Upon contact ice crystals formed and spread, freezing the stream of water that was looped around Sari's neck. Balling one of his servos into a fist and raising it into the air, he brought down it down with a grunt. The ice shattered, freeing Sari. Kneeling on the floor, the girl gasped for air. Kero flew next to Sari, hands on her shoulder to support her in case she collapsed. The guardian turned towards the triple-changer, giving him a questioning look.
"I guess I should thank you," said Kero.
Before Blitzwing could answer, the sound of splashing and pounding water diverted his attention back to Watery. The column of water that was the card twisted into a cone shape before unfolding to reveal a young girl made entirely of the same blue water. Her long, smooth clear blue hair trailed behind and in front of her face, a pair of webbed flippers protruded from the sides of her head like ears. On her forehead was a headdress made of four large azure fish scales. A pair of giant fins (made also out of water) spread out behind the card like wings, giving her an image of height and power. From her waist a pair of fish fins covered her non-existent legs. From there on was a long stream of water that connected to the lake.
Watery glared resentfully at Blitzwing with her sapphire eyes. Her attention had been diverted from Sari to the new threat that stood before her. It annoyed her that seconds before she would have been done with the girl. Now this strange metallic giant had intervened and was now standing as though the card was nothing compared to it, mocking her abilities. Nobody interrupts her, not even giant robots. Letting out a cry that sounded like a mix of a whistle and a serpentine roar, she extended both her webbed hands in front of her, an orb of water formed between them.
"Hey, giant robot with the cannons!" Kero called out.
"Zhe name is Blitzving!" the Decepticon corrected the Beast of the Seal.
"Blitzwing, I need you to fire more of that laser of yours!" Kero ordered. Blitzwing, just stared at the miniscule creature. "Now would be a good time!"
Unsure of what the slag was going on, he complied anyways. He lowered his cannons and fired another beam of ice. The beams struck Watery under her waist. The card, interrupted from preparing her attack, looked down and gasped. Eyes widened in surprise as she brushed off the encroaching crystals. The ice melted as Watery touched them with her webbed hands. Although she was distracted Blitzwing's ice beams weren't enough to freeze the card, Kero noted this.
"Sari, you need to use Windy, it'll help freeze Watery faster!" said Kero.
"Why should I help that Decepticon?" Sari's voice dripped venom at the word 'Decepticon'.
"Just do it Sari!"
Sari glared at Kero. Sure he was guardian of the Clow Cards and very knowledgeable and wise (due to his apparent long life), but this was crazy. Reluctantly, Sari pulled out Windy and struck the card with her staff. Once again the spirit rose from her card and encircled around the distracted Watery. By the time Watery noticed that her elemental sister was aiding Blitzwing, frost had already started to form all over her. Reaching out in a desperate attempt to flee, the card froze (literally and inwardly) as she became a statue of ice.
"Sari, now!" Kero gave the girl the cue to seal the card.
"But…" Sari glanced at Blitzwing, who stared at her curiously. Sari shook her head, dispelling the feeling of uncertainty. Sealing the card was more important. Pointing the staff towards the frozen card, she raised it above her head.
Return to the guise you were meant to be in!
CLOW CARD!
Light rippled forth as the glowing shell of an empty Clow Card materialized at the tip of the staff. As if the card itself was a gateway to a vacuumed void, air rushed in. The sound of breaking ice came as the frozen statue of Watery shattered into pieces. The shards of ice circled the air, glittering in the magic light as they were sucked into the glowing card shell. As the last piece of ice was consumed, the light and wind faded. The dock was clean of frost, leaving no indication of what had recently transpired. All that remained was a Clow Card, stuck in the air in front of the Sealing Wand.
"Excellent! Why didn't I think of it sooner, it was so simple! By freezing Watery, it makes it much easier to capture it!" Kero exclaimed.
Lowering her staff, Sari opened her hand to catch the card. The card fell and flipped away from Sari's fingers. Sari gasped in surprise as she tried to grab the card, but the card moved out of her reach and flew over her head and turned… towards Blitzwing. The Decepticon was equally surprised as the Clow Card headed straight towards him. Instinctively Blitzwing raised one of his arms, servo opened, as the card dived down. The card slowed, landing neatly between his thumb and index digit. Blitzwing stood dumbstruck, staring at the card he held. On the face of the card was a detailed drawing of Watery, eyes closed (still holding that harsh look when she was unsealed) as if she was sleeping. A pair of large fins was wrapped over her body like a blanket. From the waist down, she had the body and tail of a fish instead of legs. Printed on the sun symbol (at the top part of the card) was '水'. Silence blanketed the docks as both Sari and Blitzwing were dumbfounded.
"What!" Sari was the first to shatter the silence as her voice echoed through the harbor. "Give that back, Blitz-brain!" Blitzwing looked at Sari, a smirk on his face before switching to Random.
"Vhy should I? It's not like I stole it!" the triple-changer teased the girl.
"Kero!" Sari called for the guardian's aid. "Do something!"
"I can't," said Kero.
"What do you mean you can't? We can't have someone like Blitzwing get their hands on a Clow Card!" Sari exclaimed.
"He can, Watery has chosen Blitzwing as her master. We can't do anything about it," Kero said neutrally.
"Blitzwing? Her master? What are you talking about? How?!" Sari voiced was filled with confusion and irritation.
"There are strict rules and laws in magic, this being one of them. Because Blitzwing was the first to force Watery into her true form, he has been chosen to be Watery's master. That is how ownership of the cards is determined,"
"No way, Blitzwing is a Decepticon! He's evil, he'll use Watery to destroy everything!" the possibility of Blitzwing misusing the card's power gave Sari newfound fear.
"Now zhat's a little harsh, coming from someone like jou. But… destroying zings is mein specialty!" Blitzwing laughed at the thought.
"Not if I can stop it! Bind the person that stands before me, Windy!" Sari touched the card once more with her staff.
"Sari, what are you doing?!" Kero gasped.
But his cry came too late as Windy erupted from the card and rushed towards Blitzwing. The triple-changer tried to attack the spirit by trying to swipe the card away from him, but his attempts were futile when his servos passed right through Windy. Windy encircled around him, flew under his wings and around his legs. Her body began to contract to chain the Decepticon. Then a bright flash of light erupted from the triple-changer as golden light glowed from underneath him. Windy was repelled away from Blitzwing and dispelled back into her card form. Both Sari and Kero gasped in surprise. A golden circle; containing a twelve pointed star, a sun, a moon and various astronomical symbols, runes and characters formed under the Decepticon, the magic circle of Clow Reed. Blitzwing looked down in surprise at the sudden appearance of the magic circle. The magic light faded away as the artificial lights from lampposts reclaimed the dim dock.
"Vhat, in the name of Primus, just happened!" shouted a confused and irked Hothead Blitzwing. He turned his optics to Kero. "I vant an explanation, now!"
"I… don't believe it…" muttered Kero, mouth gaped open in shock.
"Uh Kero, wasn't that circle the same as mine's?" asked Sari. The guardian nodded in reply. "Then why did it appear under Blitzwing?!"
"I wish I knew…" said Kero. "The magic circle appeared and dispelled Windy… what could this mean? Does he have magic powers like Clow Reed?" Kero flew up to Blitzwing (who had turned back to Icy) and stared at him with a piercing gaze.
The Decepticon backed his head slightly from the guardian, a little bothered by the intrusion of his personal space.
"Vhat?"
"Blitzwing was it?" the Decepticon nodded. "Have you heard or met Clow Reed before?"
"Clow Veed? Is he a Human?" asked Blitzwing.
"Yes," replied Kero. Blitzwing rolled his optics at the fact that the yellow organic in front of him asked such a stupid question..
"Of course not, jou think I vould vaist mein time to associate vith organics? Obviously jou haff never met a Decepticon. Who is zhis Clow Veed? Strange name for a Human,"
"Never mind… for a moment I had hoped,"
Blitzwing opened his mouth to ask, but a beeping noise interrupted him. Someone or somebot had gotten hold of his comlink frequency and was contacting him. Pressing a digit to the side of his audio receptor, he activated his comlink.
"Blitzwing," Megatron's drawling voice sounded through his processor.
"Mein lord, vhat is it?" asked Blitzwing.
"Abort the mission," said Megatron.
"Zir?" Blitzwing couldn't beleive his audio receptors, maybe they were in need of repair.
"You heard me, return back, now," Megatron severed the link, confirming the end of the mission.
Blitzwing deactivated his comlink and turned away from Sari and Kero. He walked towards the middle of the docks, where it was more spacious for him to take off.
"Hey, where are you going?!" shouted Sari before he could transform.
"Vhere does it look like I'm going? I am needed back at zhe base," replied Blitzwing without looking at Sari.
"You're not going anywhere till you hand back that card!"
"Jou should really listen to jour friend more, zhis belongs to me," said Blitzwing as his mid-section slid open, the triple-changer dropped the card in his sub-space container. "I haff no inkling of vhat zhis is, vhat power it contains or vhere jou stand in zhis situation. Zhere are many things I do not know. But it is not important right now, eventually zhe answer vill come. And jou Sari know something I don't," kneeling down, Blitzwing transformed into a fighter jet. "Funny… jou could call it a glitch, but I do haff a feeling zhis von't be zhe last time ve vill meet,"
In a flare of violet flames, Blitzwing blasted off towards the distance. Sari and Kero covered their eyes from the sudden burst of air. When the air stilled, Blitzwing was merely a speck of purple in the night sky. Sari simply stared at the retreating Decepticon. It seemed that things were never going to be the same.
Dun dun da da daduuun dun dun!
Leave it to Kero!
"Hey-hey-hoo!" Kero greets the audience, jumping into the air with a microphone in hand. "Despite the awkward turn Sari's quest has taken, I Kero still aggressively review all your favorite characters in Cardcaptor Sari! Let's begin!" the background changes to a picture of a familiar Decepticon.
"One of the many perfect examples of how cool intellectuals should look like is staring right in front of our eyes. Intelligent sharp eyes, glove like hands, a monocle and a German accent. Blitzwing has it all. His slim face does capture that sharpness of his. He must be a very observant Decepticon, that is if he can keep his cool," again Kero shows how much of a hog he is for attention. "Now time for a Kero's Check!"
The picture switches to a picture of just Blitzwing's helmet.
"I really do like that hat of his; I think it's a hat. Not sure what Cybertronians call it. But imagine me wearing it," Kero's eyes have a glazed look to them." I really do look good in anything…"
"Well it's been fun sharing this with all of you guys; Blitzwing will be featured in the next Leave it to Kero as part of a set special. Well, see ya!" Kero waves farewell.
End of sixth chapter!
Again I'm so sorry to make you guys wait! But college, ugh… I mean it's not that bad… but it really sucks a lot of time out of your hands. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter of Cardcaptor Sari, don't forget to leave your review. Critiques are very welcomed!
