Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Enemy Revealed ❯ Return of the Little Wolf ( Chapter 8 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

The Enemy Revealed
Chapter 8: Return of the Little Wolf

Techno giggled as he and Cracker walked up to Kerberos and Spinel Sun. "Time to put the kitty cats to sleep."

"Yeah." Cracker aimed his cannon arm at the two Sun Guardians.

Kerberos rose up quickly. "I don't think so!" he shouted defiantly as he stomped his paw on the ground. A shockwave traveled up to the two Masters and caused them to struggle to stand up. The golden-eyed lion blasted them with a fire wave which pushed them back. Feeling the effects of the Graviton Blaster wearing off, Spinel Sun made it to his feet and fired a blast of his own. Overwhelmed, the two Masters crashed to the ground.

"Not bad for a couple of kitty cats, huh?" Kerberos said with a grin.

Returning his arm to normal, Cracker got up and lunged at Kerberos. "Dynamite Punch!" he shouted, his fist glowing brightly.

Kerberos took to the air, and Cracker smashed his fist into the empty spot. Spinel Sun flew at Techno with a roar.

"Take this, Purple Panther! Mad Bomber!" A bomb with limbs and a question mark appeared in Techno's hand. With a grunt, the hunchback hurled it at Spinel Sun.

"Nani?" the butterfly-winged Guardian exclaimed seconds before the bomb exploded. He fell to the ground with a thump.

"Spinel!" Kerberos shouted.

Eriol's Sun Guardian laid on the ground with his blank eyes and a rolled-out tongue. "Da, ba, ga, wa, ta..."

"Huh?" Kerberos said, puzzled.

Techno giggled loudly. "Thanks to my Logic Bomb, your friend's an eggplant now!"

Kerberos growled and started to fly towards Techno. To his surprise, he snapped back. Turning around, he found Cracker holding him by his tail.

"Shouldn't have forgotten me." Cracker yanked Kerberos towards him and gave him a Dynamite Punch in the face. "Happy landing!" he cried out as the winged lion fell and landed next to Spinel Sun.

Growling, Kerberos looked into his fellow Sun Guardian's eyes. "Spinel, snap out of it! I need a little help!"

"Ba?" Spinel Sun answered.

"Your turn, Goldie." Techno produced another Logic Bomb. "I wonder who'll be dumb and who'll be dumber."

Meanwhile, Yue and Ruby Moon hovered in an area they felt was a safe distance from Tokyo Tower. "Here we are," Yue said. "No sign of any Cybers."

"True, but where's the clown?" Ruby Moon asked, looking around.

Their answer came from above. "Special delivery! Psycho Trick!"

Yue and Ruby Moon looked up. Suddenly, two Worms fell out of the sky and wrapped themselves around the two Moon Guardians. They struggled to break free, but the cobra-like Cybers kept their grip.

Psycho appeared before his enemies. "And now, a blast from the past for the Avenging Angel!" he declared, laughing as Yue and Ruby Moon struggled unsuccessfully.

Ruby Moon grunted. Yue glared silently at the evil clown.

"Oh, did I mention their venom's more potent? That only one bite can sent you into nonexistence?" Psycho said cheerfully. "No? Oh, well. Time for my babies to have a little bite." The Worms bend their heads back and opened their mouths, revealing their long fangs. "Don't worry, kiddies. It's not very painful. After all, I won't feel a thing."

Yue and Ruby Moon snarled as the Worms prepared to strike. As they kept trying to escape, Psycho broke out into an insane fit of laughter.

* * * * *

Tomoyo hummed as she brought the cake out of the oven. She sniffed and took in the aroma of chocolate. She was sure Sakura would not mind her using some of her cake mix. *Sakura-chan and Kero-chan will love this,* she thought happily, picturing them coming in after their victory over the Cybers.

Placing the cake on the table, Tomoyo admired it until she saw a flash of light coming from the living room. "Hm?" she wondered.

"Get off of me!" a boy cried out.

Tomoyo blinked. "Li-kun?"

"Only if you get your elbow out of my back!" another boy called out.

"I apologize, Mistress."

"No problem, Umbriel. We're still alive."

"Does this always happen?"

Tomoyo blinked again. "Meiling-chan?"

"Yes."

Curious, Tomoyo entered the living room and found Syaoran, Meiling, and the others in a dogpile. "Li-kun? Meiling-chan?" Tomoyo addressed her friends, surprised as everyone picked themselves up. *Why are they in their battle costumes?* Her eyes wandered to the strangers. *Three kids. Just like Sakura-chan said. Could they be here to help her?*

"Hello, Daidouji-san," Meiling greeted with a wave as Ready and Maya joined her at her side.

"Hello," Tomoyo replied, eyeing the two newcomers standing next to the Li girl. "I believe we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Daidouji Tomoyo," she said, placing her hand on her chest for emphasis.

"Brighton Regina," Ready answered in Japanese, remembering the Japanese placement of given name and surname. "You can call me Ready."

"Torres Maya," Maya said. "Just call me Maya."

"This is Umbriel, my main Guardian," Ready said, gesturing to the pale, thin figure behind her.

"Nice to meet you, Daidouji-san." Umbriel bowed slightly, and Tomoyo returned the gesture.

Umbriel looked down at Syaoran and Brandon, whose fallen forms formed a cross. Lying facedown, the Chinese magician was trying to get up, but the young Shadowwalker was lying on his back facing upward. "Get off of me! I can't stand any more physical contact with you!" Syaoran shouted angrily as he tried to lift himself, digging his elbows into Brandon's back.

"And the guy on top of Syaoran is Darque Brandon," Ready explained, pointing to her friend.

"Well, sorry, Your Royal Vegetable, but I'm getting a sharp pain in my back, so could you be good enough to remove your elbows from it?" Brandon shot back.

As the two young magicians continud to argue, Umbriel shook his head and looked at Ready, who nodded wearily. The Darkling pulled Brandon off Syaoran and helped the young Li to his feet.

"Much better," Syaoran said, glaring at Brandon.

"Very," Brandon said, returning the glare.

Taking to the air, Pegasus Uni rolled her eyes. "Oy vey."

"I'm glad we didn't decide to take a plane," Lupe said gladly. "I think someone would've thrown them off in mid-flight just to stop the arguing."

O.G. sniffed the air. "Hey..." He sniffed harder. "Wait, that's chocolate cake! Just came out of the oven, I believe," he deduced, grinning.

Tomoyo found herself staring at three tiny creatures that resembled plush toys. *Oh, my. They look like Kero-chan.*

"These are our Guardians, Daidouji-san," Ready explained, noticing Tomoyo's look of amazement. "The white unicorn with wings is Pegasus Uni, and she's mine. The gray wolf is Lupe, and she's Maya's. The bear with the spiked shell is..."

"Cake!" O.G. cried out, breaking into a run towards the kitchen.

"Oh, no," Lupe groaned as she pursued O.G.

"After him!" Pegasus Uni shouted, taking off after the hungry bear.

Ready closed her eyes and sweatdropped. "That was O.G."

"He belongs to me," Brandon acknowledged.

"O.G.! Don't!" Pegasus Uni pleaded from the kitchen.

"Cake! I must have cake!" the Shadowwalker's Guardian declared.

Everyone went to the kitchen and found O.G. trying to get his paws on Tomoyo's cake. Lupe was biting on his leg and holding him back while Pegasus Uni held him from the air.

"Cake!" O.G. shouted excitedly.

"You already ate at the Li's house," Pegasus Uni told her fellow Guardian as she pulled harder.

"Those little biscuits? Those weren't exactly filling," O.G. said, stretching forward and reaching for the cake.

"You never get filled, you bottomless pit!" Lupe said through a mouthful of leg fur.

"This is your Guardian?" Meiling said to Brandon with dot eyes and a sweatdrop on her forehead as she pointed at O.G.

"Well..." Brandon said, laughing nervously.

"An appropriate match considering he's as incompetent as his master," Syaoran said.

"Hey!" Brandon said, his gaze shooting daggers at Syaoran's.

"Interesting," Tomoyo said, cupping her chin as the two Guardians pulled O.G. away from the cake slowly. "He acts like Kero-chan."

"Kero-chan? You mean Kerberos, right?" Brandon asked. "How do you know about him?"

"Kerberos? Who said Kerberos?" Lupe asked, almost releasing her hold on O.G.'s legs.

"Keep your grip on him!" Pegasus Uni told her fellow Guardian.

"Cake!" O.G. cried, still reaching for the cake.

"Brandon, don't you remember Eriol's stories?" Ready said.

"Tomoyo is Sakura's best friend," Maya reminded the young Shadowwalker. "She knows about everything."

"Oh, right," Brandon said, snapping his fingers. "The costume designer, camera freak, and voyeur."

Ready stomped on Brandon's foot, and his face strained to hold in the upcoming scream of pain. "Be polite," she told him sweetly.

"Is he always like this?" Meiling whispered to Maya.

"Unfortunately," Maya replied, rolling her eyes.

"Excuse me for a moment," Brandon managed to say. He hopped quickly to the door and went outside. A few seconds later, everyone was treated to a "YEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!"

The shout from his master distracted O.G. from Tomoyo's cake. Pegasus Uni took the opportunity to lift the bear off the table. "Cake!" he yelled, still reaching for the now out-of-reach cake.

"Oh, put a sock in it," Lupe muttered, still hanging on to O.G.'s leg with her teeth.

Brandon reentered the house. "Feeling better?" Tomoyo asked.

"Much," Brandon replied with a smile. Pegasus Uni flew over to him and dropped O.G. into his waiting hands. Lupe let go of O.G.'s leg and landed on the floor feet first.

"Hmph. More proof that you're a terrible magician," Syaoran remarked. "If you were your instructor's best, then I'd hate to see how everyone else fared."

Brandon's ears shot out steam as he glared at Syaoran. "You know, how'd you like me to test if my foot's better by me kicking it all the way up your sorry..."

"Ah, excuse me," Maya interjected, pointing upward, "but where's Sakura?"

Syaoran took his eyes off the angry Shadowwalker and recalled why he was back in Tomoeda. "Daidouji-san, where is Sakura? She's in danger!"

"If you mean the Cybers, Sakura-chan's taking care of them," Tomoyo answered.

"What?" Syaoran's eyes widened.

"The Cybers are here?" Ready asked.

"They're attacking Tokyo," Tomoyo answered. "Sakura-chan went there to stop them. I would've come, but she was worried I would get hurt, so she used the Sleep Card on me."

"That explains everything," Meiling said, who was wondering why Tomoyo was not at her best friend's side filming the battle.

"But I'm not upset," Tomoyo said, smiling. "She whispered into my ear that she was sorry. When I woke up, I decided to make a victory cake for her."

"Daidouji-san, if we don't get to Tokyo, Sakura won't be coming back," Syaoran said solemnly.

"She isn't alone, Li-kun. Kerberos-san went with her. So did Ruby-san and Spinel-san," Tomoyo mentioned.

"Not a big surprise," Ready said. "Ruby and Spinel were coming here to warn Sakura and find Eriol."

"Like they'll be a big help," Brandon remarked dryly. "The boss robots can take on Guardians pretty well."

"We'd better get to Tokyo now," Maya urged.

"Yes, we must," Tomoyo agreed, looking at each of the newcomers. "Although Sakura-chan heard you in her dream, I'm still puzzled on how you can help her."

"Ah, her ability to see the future in her dreams," Maya commented. "Eriol mentioned that as well."

"We'll explain everything to you after we get back," Ready said to Tomoyo.

"I'm coming with you. I must be prepared to film Sakura-chan in all her glory!" Tomoyo grabbed her camcorder and her camera bag.

"Are you sure you want to come?" Brandon asked Sakura's self-appointed camerawoman. "After all, we're going to be attacked by killer robots."

"Someone must capture Sakura-chan's bravery and cuteness on film," Tomoyo told him.

"We'll be heading into a possible war zone," Ready pointed out to Sakura's best friend. "You could get hurt."

"I never get hurt when I'm with Sakura-chan," Tomoyo said cheerfully.

"Hello! Robots will be shooting at us!" Brandon remarked, trying to get the idea of life-threatening danger into Tomoyo's head.

"It'll make excellent footage," Tomoyo answered, smiling. "Of course, filming Sakura-chan defeating the Cybers will be the highlight of this video."

"Somehow I don't think we're going to dissuade her," Maya observed. "Am I correct, Meiling?"

Meiling shook her head. "You'd have to tie her up to keep her from leaving this house," she said half-jokingly.

"There's an idea," Brandon said. "Where's the rope?"

"Brandon!" Ready punched her friend in the arm, then looked at Tomoyo. "I guess you still want to come along no matter what, right?"

"Hai," Tomoyo answered.

"Unless we have some chloroform around here," Brandon said. "Either that or I can..."

"Try any of your Shadowwalker tricks on Daidouji-san and I'll run you through with my sword, assassin," Syaoran threatened.

Brandon gave Syaoran a dirty look. "One word for you, Greenbean: decaf. Oh, wait, two more: Fashion sense."

It took Meiling gripping Syaoran's shoulders to keep him from attacking the young Shadowwalker. As Syaoran snarled at Brandon and vice versa, Maya talked to her best friend. "Ready, if you recall, I accompanied you on your adventures before I got my ring."

"You had all those cool gadgets, Maya," Brandon pointed out before returning to glaring at Syaoran.

"True, but no magic at that time." Maya gestured towards Tomoyo. "She's been with Sakura on most of her adventures, and she's still alive. We have four Guardians, and our abilities are good if not at par with Sakura's. I'm sure we can keep Tomoyo out of harm's way."

Ready considered this, then looked at Tomoyo. "Looks like you're coming along, Tomoyo," she informed her with a smile. "We'll keep you out of harm's way as best as we can."

"I'll be okay when I'm with Sakura-chan. I hope we'll be in time to see her defeat the Cybers and save Tokyo. After all, nothing is cuter than Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo declared excitedly.

"I'm getting the feeling there's more to this heroine worship," Brandon whispered to O.G.

"Same here, boss," O.G. whispered back.

Ready picked up bits of Brandon and O.G.'s conversation. "What are you two talking about?"

"Nothing," they both replied.

Syaoran's gaze fell on Umbriel. "Well? What are you waiting for? Take us to where Sakura is!"

Umbriel shook his head. "I cannot."

"What?" Syaoran exclaimed angrily. "Sakura's facing certain death and you can't teleport us to Tokyo to save her?"

"I must refrain from teleporting without the proper amount of energy," Umbriel explained. "If I try it, we would be taken to another place, including another country."

"For your information, Greenbean, that's a bad thing," Brandon said.

Syaoran clenched his teeth and his fists. "I'll run all the way to Tokyo if I have to. I won't let Sakura die!"

"Syaoran, please calm down," Meiling told her cousin. "Shouting won't bring you to Kinomoto-san any faster."

"He's really got it bad," Brandon whispered to O.G.

"Again, look who's talkin', boss," O.G. whispered back.

"Now what are you two whispering about?" Ready asked, eyeing them suspiciously.

"Nothing," they answered quickly.

"Calm yourself, Syaoran," Maya said soothingly. "We still have transportation," she mentioned, gesturing towards the three animal Guardians.

"Yeah, we can take you there," Lupe said confidently.

"Leave it to us," Pegasus Uni added, waving her hoof. "We can take all of you to Tokyo."

"That's right," Meiling said, remembering O.G. in his real form.

"Then let's go! Sakura needs us!" Syaoran rushed out the door.

"Come on!" Pegasus Uni and Lupe followed him. O.G. leapt out of his master's hands and followed his fellow Guardians before the door closed.

Brandon opened the door for Ready. "Why, thank you, Mr. Darque," she said.

"Er, anytime, Miss Brighton," Brandon said with redness on his face as he followed her out.

*Hmmmmmmm...* Tomoyo's mouth formed a small smile.

"You noticed too?" Meiling asked her.

Tomoyo nodded. "Have you, Maya-chan?"

"Ever since he stopped trying to kill her," Maya replied, rolling her eyes.

"Kill her?" Tomoyo wondered.

"Long story," Maya said, grinning.

"You can tell it to me sometime," Tomoyo said.

"Me too," Meiling added.

"Let's go," Umbriel said to the three girls.

They joined everyone else outside. Fortunately for the Guardians, the street was empty. "Are you guys ready?" Brandon asked the three small animals.

"You bet!" they cried excitedly.

"Then do it!" Ready said encouragingly.

"Right!" they answered.

Tomoyo started recording when the three Guardians began to glow. "How interesting," she commented as they changed form.