Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Second Generation Cardcaptors ❯ Preparations ( Chapter 12 )

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Second Generation 12


Alexandra Lucas
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The Second Generation
12



I haven't
done a chapter yet, so it's my turn.
It's me Sakura. Last time, the
day went by pretty relaxed. Meeko was
unsure of what she should do for Shinji, since he was weak. It was love I knew that, demo I don't think
she did. I told about a time when
Syaoran was ill and how I went to his house to check up on him. She brought him some honey milk, and quickly
left out of embarrassment. When she got
home though, Shinji appeared at the door a little later, bearing a bouquet of
roses. I thought I was cute and
remembered how Syaoran had given me a single Sakura blossom as a thank
you. After that, he started going out
and became a couple. I just hope my
daughter discovers her feelings and tells Shinji before something happens.



Akiko sat
in her room, organizing her footage, and making her own first outfits, when
Eriol came in. Things were still tense
between them, so it was of no surprise to Eriol, that when he entered his
daughter's bedroom, she looked up at him, paid him no attention, and went back
to sewing.

Eriol
sighed and walked into the room.
"Akiko…"

"Why didn't
you help me?" She asked coldly, meeting
his calm blue stare with an ice-cold stare of her own.

Eriol
looked down at the ground. "I can't
interfere. You kids have to do this on
your own." He tried to explain his
situation.

"So if
Meeko and Makoto and Shinji hadn't been there or unable to get me out, you
wouldn't have lifted a finger to help me?"

Eriol
closed his eyes, not wanted to answer, even though Akiko somehow already knew
the answer. Akiko growled. "And you say you love me."

Eriol
frowned. "Of course I do, but you have
to over come this on your own." He sat
next to her. He saw her start to sob,
and wrapped an arm around her. "Hey,
hey it's okay."

Akiko shook
her head, burying her head in his chest.
"It won't be okay. I can't do it
without you…you or mommy. I need help." She sobbed again, grabbing a part of Eriol's
shirt.

Eriol
pulled away and took out something. "I
think this will be able to help you."
He handed it to her.

Akiko
frowned and looked at what he had given her.
It was a key, with a small paddle on the end. On the paddle was the symbol of the sun. She gasped.
"What is this?"

"I made you
a staff of your own. You call it forth
and you can fight, as well as call out your cards." Eriol explained. It had
taken a lot of energy, but had made a duplicate of the key he himself still
wore around his neck. He smiled. "It will help you, but only if you believe
in its powers and your own."

Akiko
smiled and hugged her father. "I do,
and I will, you can count on me."

Eriol
chuckled. "I know I can, but I have to
be alive to see it, and your choking me."
Akiko smiled sheepishly and let her father go. Eriol massaged his throat.
"You get that strength from your mother." Akiko blushed.

Eriol
looked at the clock on her dresser.
"You better hurry, or you're going to be late."

Akiko saw
the time and gasped. "Gotta go!" She grabbed her backpack, already dressed in
her uniform, and sped out of her room, and out of the mansion.



At school,
Makoto and Meeko were already there.
They took their seats, but were surprised to see their substitute
teacher not there yet. She was always
there before everyone. Meeko
frowned. Something's not right here.

Makoto
nodded. I sense something.

The
door slide open and Shinji came through.
He smiled at Meeko, making her blush.
He took his seat and Meeko turned to face him. She whispered. "Do you
sense anything?"

Shinji
looked solemnly at her and nodded.
Meeko nodded in return. "Keep
your senses open." She whispered again,
before turning back towards the front.

Akiko
arrived. "Ohayo minna!" She greeted.

Meeko
smiled. "Ohayo gozaimas!" Makoto and Shinji also said hi. Akiko took her seat behind Makoto. She always loved her spot. Even though they were cousins, though
distant, she loved Makoto…always so strong and gentle at the same time.
(Inherited from Syaoran) She would
never tell him though for fear that he didn't feel the same way. So she stayed quiet and watched Meeko and
Shinji grow closer, wishing she and Makoto were like that. (Okay everyone
happy? I'm getting M+A together like
dozens of you requested.)

Just then,
all four Cardcaptor stiffened as they felt something. The door slide open, but it wasn't their substitute teacher that
came through, but their real teacher.
Makoto's mouth fell open. I
thought I got rid of her!

Meeko
glared at him. Makoto hush!

The
teacher came in went to the front of class.
"Class, I have fully recovered and have returned." She took one glance at Makoto and
smiled. Makoto glared at her. Why do I feel something from her?

I feel
it too. Weird.

Shinji
frowned at the situation. He didn't
know the teacher they had wasn't the real one, but why did this one make him
feel so uneasy? There was something
about her that didn't seem right.

The teacher
shuffled her papers and looked up at the class. "We have a new exchange student." Hearing this the cardcaptors exchanged glances. This was not good. "Come in please."

Through the
door, came a girl, dressed in the school uniform. She had bright blue hair, with amazing green eyes. She came in with a sad smile, her gaze
stopping on the cardcaptors, making them fidget with uneasiness. She went to the front of the class as
Madoushi sensei, the teacher, wrote her name up on the board.

"Class,
this is Madoushi Hitori." She
introduced the girl, but the girl flinched as she said her name, like it was
something that pained her.

Makoto
gasped though. If her last name is…

Then she
is Madoushi's daughter. Meeko
finished for him.

Hitori, in
Japanese, means alone… (I think, don't quote me on that). Hitori looked at Meeko and Makoto sadly,
like she'd done something wrong. Meeko frowned. How can one girl, give off such sad emotions so strongly?

Makoto
glared at the teacher, as she sat Hitori to Makoto's other side. Hitori refused to look up, not meeting
Makoto's stare.

"You will
respect her like any other classmate."
Madoushi sensei said, looking at Makoto the whole time.

Akiko
watched as Makoto went back to looking at Hitori, feeling a bit jealous. She wanted him to look at her like
that. She sighed and looked at Meeko,
who met her stare with worry. Meeko
knew of Akiko's feelings for her brother, just like Makoto knew about her
feelings for Shinji, and so understood her worry.

She knew
Makoto liked Akiko back, but never told her.
She would have to fix that, with some help from Shinji of course. She smiled evilly as a plan came to her
head. She started writing a note and
passed it behind her to Shinji. Shinji
read it and smiled a reply:



Good plan. I'm in.



Meeko
smiled and started to get through the details of her plan. Operation A+M was about to start. This week there was a school fair outside,
to raise money for the annual camping trip at the end of the year. People would sell all kinds of things,
giving the money to the school. There
were tons of different foods that would be up for sale, and Meeko knew for a
fact, Akiko was a great cook, and would get her to bake a cake. Not just any cake, demo…double chocolate
cake…Makoto's favorite. (Taking after
his father more and more, ne?)

The rest of
the plan was already set in Meeko's mind.
She just hoped Shinji would do his part later…



At lunch,
Meeko sat with Makoto, Akiko, and Shinji.
They sat underneath the same tree everyday. Meeko got up and gave Shinji a wink. "Uh, Akiko can you come with me?"

Akiko
frowned. "Where?"

"To the
bathroom." Meeko lied.

"You can't
go by yourself?" Akiko replied, not
really wanted to leave Makoto's side.

Meeko
rolled her eyes and dragged Akiko to her feet.
"Come on!" Akiko was dragged
from the group, leaving Shinji to talk to Makoto.

"Are you
going to enter the contest?" Shinji asked.

Makoto
frowned. "What contest?"

Shinji
chuckled at Makoto's naivety. (Also a
Syaoran trait. Like father, like son,
ne?) "The kissing contest. The winner of mile race, gets to kiss the
winner from the Baking Competition."

Makoto was
still lost. "Why would I want to?"

Shinji
wasn't going to win this unless he went to extreme measures. "I dare you." He said. "I double dog
dare you to enter that race."

Makoto's
eyes widened. "You're on!" He shook Shinji's hand. He just hoped Meeko had such good of luck.



In the
bathroom, Meeko washed her hands, and turned to Akiko. "So, what are you going to make for the
baking competition?" She asked.

Akiko
gasped. "I wasn't planning on
entering."

Meeko's
mouth fell to the floor in mock shock.
"Nani? Doshte? (Why) You'd win in no time. You're the cook on campus."

Akiko
blushes at the compliment. "Do you
really think I'd win?"

Meeko
nodded and smile. "Definitely."

Akiko
smiled. "Okay! What should I make?"

Meeko
pretended to think. "How 'bout a
chocolate cake? Or a double chocolate
cake?"

Akiko
nodded. "It's already made." She winked and they left the bathroom
giggling.



On the way
home, Shinji took Makoto to Penguin's Park to go practice for the race, while
Meeko and Akiko went to Akiko's house to make the cake.

Meeko and
Akiko ran into the kitchen, taking out the ingredients that they would
need. They worked all afternoon, making
at cake, the icing, and decorations.
When it was done, Akiko smiled and cut a piece. Both girls decided to make a practice one
first, to make sure that the final one was perfect, without any glitches.

Akiko and
Meeko took a bite…and wrinkled their noses.
"What happened?" Akiko asked.

Meeko
shrugged and put the piece down on the counter. "Something isn't right here."
Just then she sensed it…A Clow Card.

Akiko
sensed it too and got out the key her father had given her. Meeko gasped. "Where'd you get that?"

Akiko held
it up. "Dad gave it to me. He said it'd help me." She held it out in her palm. "Key of Clow, your powers sealed tight. Lend me the power, lend me your might. Release!"
(Corny…I know…I apologize now)
The key turned into the large staff with the symbol of the sun on the
end of it.

Meeko took
out her key. "Key of Clow bestowed by
right. Surrender the wand, surrender
the light. Release!" Meeko's staff
appeared before her, she clasped it and went back to back with Akiko. "It's around here somewhere."

Akiko
nodded, stretching out her senses, trying to find it. "What card is it?"

"The
Sweet." Meeko replied, scanning the
room for the little card with small wings and a fluffy dress. She spotted it, right under the stove. "There!"

Akiko spun
around and tried to hit it with her staff.
She was mad. This Clow Card was
going to ruin her cake! One she worked
very hard on! She threw the staff
forward, red fireballs coming out of it.
One hit poor little sweet and she fell the ground.

Meeko
pulled up her staff. "Return to the
shape you were meant to be!
Sweet!" Sweet turned back into a
card, and it floated over to Akiko.

Meeko was
shocked. "You didn't have to be so
aggressive. It was a gentle card."

Akiko
looked at her, her blue gaze making Meeko shrink back. "It didn't have to do what it did. Now I have to start all over."

Meeko
nodded, and looked out of the window.
"It's late…I'd better go. Good
luck." Then she left.

Akiko
sighed, looking at the Sweet. She
hadn't meant to be mean, but something inside her broke. What was she becoming? A monster?
She'd have to apologize to Meeko, when they saw each other again.



At the
park, Shinji and Makoto were running around Penguin Park, training Makoto so he
could win the race. Soon though, a boy
from their school appeared. His name
was Liwen, a very stuck up boy at school.
"Is that the best you got?"

Makoto
growled. "You wanna go up against
me? Let's go! You and me!"

Liwen
smirked. "You're gonna be sorry."

Shinji
shook his head at the petty argument.
Makoto and Liwen lined up and made ready to run. Shinji was about to turn his back on the
race, when he sensed a Clow Card. He
turned to Makoto, but saw he was only determined to show he was better. With his mind's eyes, Shinji saw Liwen's
body start to glow green.

Shinji's
eyes went wide… The Dash Card! He
thought. The race started and Liwen
quickly took the lead. Makoto wouldn't
give up though; he went as fast as he could, trying to catch up to Liwen. Shinji watch them disappear around the bend,
and took out his staff. He looked
around trying to sense for the Dash Card.

It took him
a while, but he found it hiding in the bushes, tied up, and trying to get
free. Shinji stepped forward and slowly
picked up Dash. It was shaking with
fear. Shinji narrowed his eyes. Liwen did this. He probably found the animal and saw he could run faster with it
in his possession. So he kept it
unwillingly as a pet.

He saw
Liwen coming around the corner, Makoto behind him. Liwen stopped as he past Shinji, seeing his prize in Shinji's
arms. "You give that back." He said, not even out of breath.

Shinji held
Dash closer. "What did you do to it?"

Liwen
started to get mad. "That's none of
your business. Now hand it over."

Makoto came
and saw what was happening. He gasped,
and Shinji nodded, confirming his silent question. "That's going to far Liwen!"

Liwen
growled at Makoto and socked him in the stomach. "I don't need to hear that from a little kid like you!"

Makoto
coughed, but slowly got up and held his stomach. "You can't treat any animals like that…they have feelings too."

Dash perked
up at this, looking at the cardcaptor not as its enemy, but as its
protector. Makoto didn't see it, but
Shinji did. Dash was trying to help
Makoto, giving him the speed he needed.

Liwen swung
again, this time, with Dash's speed; Makoto dodged the blow, sending a quick
jab to Liwen's side. Liwen grabbed his
side, but tried to lash out at Makoto with his foot. Makoto saw it coming and caught it, twisting it, sending the
unruly kid to the floor.

Liwen
looked up in shock at how fast Makoto was, and got up only to run away, leaving
Dash in Shinji's arms. Makoto turned to
Dash and petted it. It purred and
struggled out of the bonds. Makoto
gently took Dash out of Shinji's arms and untied the ropes. Dash jumped out of Makoto's arms, and turned
to it, waiting for something.

Makoto
frowned, not understanding, but Shinji smiled.
"He's letting you seal him."

Makoto
gasped and looked at Dash. The little
creature lowered his head in submission as Shinji got out his staff. "To thy true form! Dash Card!"

Dash turned
into a card and floated over to Makoto.
Makoto looked at it in wonder. I
wonder if the girls had as much fun as we did…



In
the darkness of the surrounding foliage, a pair of green eyes watched the whole
situation unfold. She smiled as she saw
the male cardcaptors capture Dash. They
had shown teamwork when battling the combined Clow Cards the other night, put
together by her mother. They now showed
compassion, aiding a Clow Card, and not being merciless. The figure smiled. Perhaps her mother wouldn't win the fight after all.