Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Second Generation Cardcaptors ❯ Rebirth ( Chapter 29 )

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Second Generation Cardcaptors 29

Shinji: In the last chapter, Sakura and Syaoran tried their best to cheer up Meeko and Makoto over the loss of their friend, Akiko. Makoto and Syaoran had a father and son talk, and then Makoto got a visit from an unexpected ally, Hitori! Given instruction, Meeko and Makoto set out to find the Ishi no Kiseki. The found getting it was harder than it seemed, but they did it and now we must discover if this "Stone of Miracles" will actually bring back our beloved friend…

Sakura went to answer the door and opened it to find Shinji standing there. "Shinji? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Where are Meeko and Makoto?" He asked.
Syaoran appeared beside Sakura. "They're upstairs. Why?"
"May I see them?" Shinji persisted.
Sakura frowned. "Sure." She and her husband moved aside.
Shinji bowed his thanks and ran past them, and then up the stairs. He opened the door. "So what's going on?"
Meeko looked up from the scroll, Amiboshi had given them. "We had a visit from Hitori. We are going to use the Ishi No Kiseki to bring Akiko back." She quickly gave up the summary of the situation.
Makoto sat on the floor, the stone at hand. "We'll need all the power we can get."
Shinji nodded. "You got it."

Back downstairs, Sakura and Syaoran sat together in the living room, worrying about their children.
"Something's going on." Syaoran said frustrated that he didn't know what they were up to.
Kero came flying in from the kitchen with a panicked expression. "You two had better come and take a look at this!"
Sakura and Syaoran jumped up and ran to the kitchen. "Nani? Sakura asked.
Syaoran spotted it. The magic book Meeko had left on the counter! Syaoran went over to it and picked it up. "The Ishi No Kiseki…"
"The what!? Kero exclaimed. "That stone is big trouble!"
Sakura looked up worriedly. "Why?"
Kero crossed his little arms. "Clow's brother, Amiboshi was also a sorcerer. He created the Ishi No Kiseki for bringing back the dead and other works of miracles, hence the name." He sighed sadly in memory. "He died trying to save another's life, because the stone took his life force, in exchange for the others…"
Syaoran made a fist. "If those two have it…and try and bring back Akiko, like we all know they will…then…"
"We have to stop them!"
"Kero! Call Eriol and fill him in!" Syaoran threw down the book and raced upstairs, Sakura on his heels.
Kero flew to the phone. "You got it!"
Syaoran and Sakura ran to their children's room, but when Syaoran tried to throw open the door, a blue and red hued shield threw them back. "Nani?" Syaoran asked in astonishment."
Sakura pounded on the shield. "They made a barrier!"
"And it's stronger because of the stone!" Syaoran said.
Inside…Meeko turned at the sound of her mother's pounded. "Are you sure that'll hold?"
Makoto nodded. "It'll hold long enough."
Meeko bit her bottom lip in uncertainty. She remembered the book said to not attempt harder spells unless the spell caster was very strong and experienced in their powers. "Hey, Makoto…are you sure we should be trying this? Maybe we should ask mom and dad for help."
Makoto looked up. "We don't have time to argue with them. I'm getting Akiko back with or without your help. Are you in or out?"
Meeko sighed. "I'm in."
The three sat around the stone…and began the spell…
Concentrating with all his power, Makoto read from the scroll. "The four elements of magic!"
"The four corners of Earth!" Meeko recited her part.
"Grant us your power and grant us our one wish!" Shinji said.
"Bring our best friend back to us!!" Makoto said, finishing the spell.
Sakura and Syaoran saw a bright yellow light come from under the door and gasped. Kero came flying up. "Eriol is on his w- oh no!" He exclaimed. "They started the spell!"
Sakura pounded harder on the door. "Meeko! Makoto! Please! Don't!"

Fushuku raised the whip on the huddling Hitori. "So, you thought you could send a message to your so-called friends without Lord Abbadon knowing huh?" Fushuku whipped her again, making another deep gash in her body. "You will be severally punished little girl!"
Hitori cried and cried as she received lash after lash from the merciless servant. She did what she had to. Akiko, along with the rest, were her friends, and she would sacrifice any amount of pain to see them safe. Please…help me…

Meeko and the others gritted their teeth against the effort as they felt their bodies drain out completely of magical power. But it was all worth it, because when Makoto carefully opened his eyes, just a bit, he saw the yellow light in the room, that was coming from the crystal, form a ball above their heads.
A body soon formed in that ball of light…a very familiar body.
"Akiko…" Makoto forced a smile through his pain and draining.
Akiko floated down and landed besides the stone, still in the same clothes she wore on their first date, now completely mended and repaired.
Outside the door, Syaoran growled. "Get back! I've had enough of this!" Sakura and Kero moved back, and Syaoran called out his sword. "Lightning!" His lightning easily broke the shield. Why didn't I try this earlier? He shook his head. "Come on."
He threw open the door, just in time to see Meeko and Makoto fall limp to the ground. Shinji jumped to his feet. "What happened? Why didn't anything happen to me?"
Sakura ran to her children. "Meeko! Makoto! Wake up!" She hugged them close.
Syaoran picked up Akiko and the stone and placed them carefully on the bottom bunk.
Kero turned to answer Shinji's question. "You are not of the Clow Reed line. They are…it took them as a sacrifice."
Sakura's eyes widened. "No! I won't lose them! Please! Don't leave me!" She cried.
"We here!" Just then, Tomoyo and Eriol stormed in. Tomoyo gasped at seeing something very unexpected. "A-Akiko?" She ran to her daughter and hugged her tightly, much the way Sakura now held her twins. "It's a miracle!"
"Yes it is." Eriol said, calmly. He picked up the Ishi No Kiseki. "Amiboshi, you never ceased to amaze me." He walked over to Sakura and placed a hand on her shaking shoulder. "Do not worry. I can reverse the effects. I learned to do this, incase someone else ever came across this god-forsaken creation." He laid a hand on each of the twins and they were surrounded by Eriol's dark blue aura and soon, their eyes opened.
"Mom?" Meeko mumbled.
"Oh, sweetie!" Sakura held her close.
Makoto groaned awake. "Did it work?"
As if answering his question, Akiko slowly opened her eyes and Tomoyo cried tears of joy. "Yes it did. Yes it did." She answered for them all.

The whole Li family along with Eriol's family sat around the kitchen table, trying to catch up on everything that had happened. They mostly turned to Meeko and Makoto for an explanation. The explained the best they could, but a lot of it was, needless to say, unbelievable.
"So…Hitori's alive? Tomoyo asked.
Makoto nodded. "I think so. Either that or it might have been her spirit."
"And you went into the basement, heard a low voice, and were transported to a darkened chamber, where you single handedly fought off several wolves, and ended up seeing Amiboshi's spirit and bringing back the scroll and the Ishi No Kiseki?" Syaoran looked at them critically.
"Hey if you don't believe us, just look at the proof!" Meeko shouted, pointing to Akiko, who was tired, but otherwise very alive.
"I believe them." Sakura said. She turned to her children. "But you didn't need to hide it from us."
"Damn right." Syaoran said. Sakura glared at him for his choice of words, and the mighty Syaoran, cringed back. Tomoyo let out a laugh.
"I'm just glad this is all over." Shinji said. "The four of us are back together!"
"But it isn't over…" Makoto said. "I plan to get Hitori back at all costs."
Meeko nodded. "And we have to get the rest of the cards."
Akiko laughed, which brought everyone's attention to her. "We have a recital to do."
Meeko groaned and banged her head on the table. "Don't remind me."
Everyone continued to talk about their experiences and what lied ahead. But no one knew that they were being watched…

Abbadon smirked as the group thought the worst was over. "I have so much more in store for you yet, cardcaptors. Just you wait and see. You may as well enjoy your little pathetic celebration while it lasts, because there is so much more yet to head your way." He laughed boastfully.
In the dungeons far below, Hitori whimpered and tried to tend to her wounds as best she could. Her powers were drastically reduced because of the shield over the whole area, so she couldn't heal herself. She dressed her wounds with some old material, and whipped away her tears. "I am happy for you Makoto, Meeko, and Shinji. You survived. I would have warned you, but Abbadon caught me, along with Fushuku. After you capture all the cards, I am sure you will find me, and we will seal up the demon once and for all."

Hidden in the bushes, Meeko and Shinji watched a very red Makoto and a smiling Akiko. Meeko was recording the whole thing. Akiko will thank me for this later…
Akiko held her hands behind her back, sweetly. "I never got to thank you for a great date."
Makoto looked up with a frown. "Great date? Akiko, you…you died…!"
"I did it for you!" Akiko said firmly. "And I don't regret doing either!"
Shinji lowered Meeko's camera. This was something he didn't want the camera to capture.
Makoto sighed and stared at the ground. "When I felt you push me to the side…and then disappear, just like that, I felt as if a part of me was burned to ashes…just like…" He sniffed.
Akiko pulled him into a hug. "Makoto…I did it, because I didn't want you to be in that position. I would gladly go through that a thousand times to see you safe and sound."
Makoto looked at Akiko carefully. "Why?"
Akiko blushed. "Because I…I love you, Makoto. I always have."
Meeko sighed, but soon felt Shinji dragging her away. "Hey!" She whispered/hissed.
Shinji smirked. "Let's give them some privacy shall we?"
"Yeah right!" Meeko fought to get back to her hiding spot, but Shinji, being the strong of the two, simply picked up Meeko into his arms, and carried her back into the house. "Put me down!"
Back to Akiko and Makoto, Makoto gasped and blushed madly. "Y-you do?"
Akiko nodded with a smile. "I just never go the guts to-…"
Akiko was cut off by Makoto's lips. He gently kissed her and pulled back, smiling. "I love you too. I guess I always have. I just never noticed it before."
"Oh, Makoto…" Akiko threw herself at Makoto, and he caught her, giving her a small spin around in the air.
In the bedroom window, Meeko pouted. "Why couldn't I record that?"
Shinji, who sat on Meeko's bed, laughed. "Cause Makoto would have killed me later if I hadn't stopped you."
Meeko smiled and sat in his lap. "And we definitely can't have that now, can we?"
Shinji smirked back. "Wouldn't dream of it." He leaned in and kissed Meeko on the lips, Meeko wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling them closer.
Whatever happened in the future, the four would fight their hardest…and they would win…because they had their loved ones by their side, and they would not lose.