Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Second Generation Cardcaptors ❯ Music Repercussions ( Chapter 31 )

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Second Generation Cardcaptors 31

Akiko: Okay, Mizuki sensei had been trying to warn us about out classmates Boshi and Kima on what they were planning to do. Fushuku turned their anger against us full blow when he place Snow and Freeze inside them! They locked up Meeko and Shinji in an ice cage and attacked Makoto and me! Makoto was hurt, but I protected him with Fight! Meeko and Shinji finally for out of that cage and together we sealed the cards! Now comes the recital! Just another day in the world of magic I guess.

Meeko, Makoto, and Shinji were all hanging out over at Akiko's house where Eriol could do some last minute instruction to Meeko and Tomoyo and Akiko could do a duet!
"Play something good!" Makoto shouted from the couch.
"Something fast!" Shinji added, sitting next to Makoto.
Eriol grinned. "Meeko, May I?" She nodded and scooted over, giving Eriol full use of the piano.
He ran a hand expertly down the keys in an awesome slide and brought down both hands forcefully to play "Fruits Candy".
Tomoyo and Akiko caught on right away and began singing. Akiko pulled Meeko onto the "stage" and got her singing too. The boys just laughed, so Tomoyo got them up and tried to get them to join in. Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy with boys as it was for girls.
Meeko won out when she gave Shinji puppy eyes. He took the mic and sang the next verse. Makoto took it as a challenge when Shinji sang so well and grabbed the other mic. The girls sang in the background and when Eriol ended on another impromptu piece, the five performers broke out in laughs and giggles.
"Shinji! You were so good!" Meeko complimented.
"You too, Makoto!" Akiko echoed.
Both boys blushed.
Meeko grinned. "The only reason Makoto can sing on stage is because he practices with a broom in his boxers on the living room couch!" She teased.
"I do not!" Makoto dove for his sister, but she squealed and hid behind Shinji. Shinji was tackled instead and the two started wrestling.
The girls snuck away while Makoto tried to get up from Shinji pinning him.
"Give up!" Shinji shouted.
Makoto struggled. "No way! Never!" He flipped Shinji off him and got up to try and tackle him again when something soft and fuzzy hit him from behind. "Nani?"
Akiko laughed from behind him, holding a pillow. "Be nice!"
Shinji laughed, but was soon hit himself by another pillow.
Meeko giggled. "You be nice too Shinji-kun! Or else!"
The boys rubbed their heads and exchanged looks. One…Two…Three! They turned and grabbed the girls' legs, making them fall to the floor. The girls fought back and got a couple hits with the pillows before they were taken away.
"Tickle attack!" Makoto shouted and began tickling Akiko, relentlessly.
Shinji was tickling Meeko too, but she was a Li after all. She began tickling back and managed to get Shinji tearing with laughter and ended up pining him!
Makoto and Akiko stopped when Akiko gave up and Makoto looked over at Shinji. "You're pathetic. She pinned you?"
Meeko raised an eyebrow. "If you remember, I pin you all the time when we wrestle at home!"
Shinji and Akiko laughed, while Makoto pouted.
Tomoyo and Eriol sat at the piano, watching the fun scene. "Is it almost time?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol shook his head slowly. "They still have some cards to capture. I think I'll wait before testing them."
Tomoyo nodded. "Come on. Let's let them have their fun while it lasts."

In his hidden lair, Abbadon laughed. "Yes, while it lasts. Which won't be long. Servant!"
Fushuku came into the room in a hustle and bowed. "Yes, my Lord?"
"Have the preparations begun?"
Fushuku nodded. "Yes, but may I ask, what soldiers will you be using?"
Abbadon put a clawed hand to his chin in thought. "Hmmm, I believe I'll use a fairly different approach." He stood up. "Bring me the girl."
"Yes, my Lord." Fushuku got up and left the room.
Hitori sat alone in her cell, her "mother", Madoushi, locked in a sleeping spell next to her in a different cell. Madoushi hadn't all been bad. It was all Abbadon's fault! He had begun to control Madoushi from his world and tainted her. Hitori would make all this right. She wasn't dead yet.
Hitori gasped as the door to the dungeon opened. Fushuku came in and opened the cell door. "His lordship wants to see you." Before Hitori could react, Fushuku threw forward yellow glowing chains that latched around Hitori's throat and wrists. "Don't try anything." He said firmly.
Hitori pouted. "Jerk." With a yank, he led her out of the cell to Abbadon.
When they returned, Abbadon held a Clow Card in his hand. It was the Create. He smirked as he saw thrown before him. "It seems another opportunity to destroy those friends of yours has arrived." He showed her the card.
Hitori growled. "Hey! That's mine!"
"That is true." Abbadon admitted. "And you will be the one to use it against the cardcaptors."
Hitori gasped. "I'd rather be trapped in the fiery pits of hell with the devil himself, than hurt my friends!" She shouted.
"I've been there. It's not where you'd want to build a summer home and it's awfully lonely. But that can be arranged." He said in a low, menacing voice.
Hitori stayed silently firm.
"Very well. If you do not wish to cooperate, then you leave me no choice." He went back and saw down on his throne.
"What are going to do with me?"
"Oh, don't think so highly of yourself, child." He turned to Fushuku. "Bring her mother."
Hitori was shocked. "You wouldn't!"
"Wouldn't I?" He kept his face straight.
Hitori was silent for a moment, before sighing in defeat. "Fine, just leave her alone."
"I thought so." Abbadon smiled. Now, everything was set.

Nightfall came, and Meeko peaked out from behind the curtains of the outside stage. "Look at all those people…"
"Don't worry. You'll do just fine." Shinji said behind her.
Sakura and Syaoran were also backstage, wishing their children for the best.
"Good luck!" Syaoran said. "Oww!" Sakura hit him on the head. "I mean…break a leg!" The kids laughed and Sakura and Syaoran rejoined the rest of the parents in the audience.
"Aren't you going too, Makoto?" Akiko asked. She and Meeko were dressed in Akiko's own best creations for the recital. It was a yellow dress for Akiko and a red one for Meeko (to match their auras), both with blue and black music notes on them.
Makoto looked down at the floor, embarrassed. "Why would I want to? I'm closer to you here." Akiko blushed and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Meeko gave Shinji a peck too and ran off to the stage entrance.
Mizuki sensei took hold of the mic and winked at her husband in the audience. "Next we have Meeko and Akiko performing "Yasashisa no Tane"."
Meeko and Akiko smiled and went out onstage, getting to their placed. Everyone applauded and cheered, then settles down as the girls stood ready.
As soon as Meeko took her seat, she froze. Clow Ka-do no kehai ga. (I sense a Clow Card) She pushed the feeling aside, momentarily and put her hand on the piano. That's when it all went bad.
A purple glow came off the piano and when Meeko tried to start her song, all the notes either were flat or sharp.
Akiko took a hold of the mic and a pinkish aura surrounded her. When she opened her mouth…nothing came out! No voice, no singing, nothing! She went into her pocket and found the Silent card still there, so why couldn't she speak?
Meeko had given up on the piano and stood up abruptly. Brother! Something's wrong!
Makoto and Shinji were out instantly. "Akiko! What's wrong?"
She put a hand to her throat, to indicate she couldn't speak.
"What's up with the piano?" Shinji asked.
Before he could be answered, screams were heard from the crowd. The four cardcaptors turned and saw human shaped shadows with red eyes appear from underneath the ground and start attacking the people! Most ran away, others fainted. Sakura and Syaoran went back-to-back, weapons at the ready. Tomoyo ran off to the side, out of harm's way, and took out her trusty video camera. Eriol took out his staff, and Yukito, who was able to come to the recital, transformed into Yue.
"What are they?" Sakura asked.
"I know of these! They are Shadow Soldiers! They belong to Abbadon! But they should still be sealed away!" Eriol said.
Abbadon nodded in amusement, watching all of it, from a bubble view screen. "Yes, they are sealed away. These are not real, yet effective." Hitori laid in the corner, holding the Create Card in her hand, her body glowing a dark blue color. She had to use all her strength to control so many soldiers. It was tiring her out. Abbadon smiled. "Try and get out of this one."
Hitori whimpered. "I'm sorry…"
Yue used his crystal attack on them, but it went through them instead!
Syaoran and Sakura split up and one of the shadows wrapped an ugly arm around Syaoran's neck. "So…you wanna play huh? Fine with me!" He took a hold of the arm and flipped it over him.
Sakura used her staff to beat one over the head, then flip-twisted into the air and made two more run into each other.
Eriol tried his fireball attack out of his staff, but it wasn't working either. "Only physical attacks work?" He wondered.
On stage, while the kids watched their parents fight, Song appeared form out of the piano, glowing a darker purple than it usually did.
Akiko saw it, but couldn't warn the others. Frantically, she called out in her mind. Makoto! Behind you!
Makoto turned around and saw Song, just floating there. "Look! What is it waiting for?"
Shinji thought for a moment. "Song has the power to recreate any song it hears. But there's no music, so it's silent."
"What made it screw up the piano?" Meeko asked.
"That had to be Abbadon's fault." Shinji concluded.
Akiko remembered back when her mother had told her about when Sakura had captured Song. Tomoyo had to sing her song just right and Song was satisfied enough to submit. But Akiko didn't have her voice… Her voice? That's it! Makoto! Voice! Voice has control of me! That's why I can't talk!
Makoto looked over at Akiko. How do we get it out?
Akiko bit her lip in bewilderment. Mom said it is brought out by song…or anything that sounds pretty.
Makoto frowned. "But none of us can sing…" He muttered.
"What was that?" Shinji asked his friend.
Makoto turned to him. "Akiko says its Voice that has control of her. We have to capture Song and use it to get Voice out into the open."
"Then how do we capture Song?" Meeko asked.
Shinji snapped his fingers. "You!" He looked at Meeko, who in return blinked in confusion. "You have to sing and beat it! Then it'll see you as it's new mistress!"
Meeko took a step back. "B-but I can't sing!"
"Yes you can! What about back at Auntie Tomoyo's house?" Makoto reminded her.
"We had music then! If I sing without music, I go off key!" She exclaimed.
Makoto grinned. "Then we'll get you music. Come on Shinji!" He ran off stage, and went into the back.
The parents continued to fight against the Shadow Soldiers, but there were too many of them! And they just kept coming!
Sakura took out another card. "Shadow!" The tall, hooded Clow Card appeared and awaited its orders. "Fight against the Shadow Soldiers!" The card nodded and took off.
Syaoran jumped back to Sakura's side. "You think it'll work?"
Sakura shrugged. "Got a better idea?"
Shadow howled and threw its arm out to smack three Shadow Soldiers about ten feet away. Syaoran thought back to when he had spied on Sakura when she had captured Shadow the first time.
"Try Windy. That'll at least tie them down." Mizuki said, suddenly besides her.
Sakura nodded. "Windy! Form a ribbon to hold down the shadow beasts!" Windy was dispelled and split into dozens of ropes, each rapping around the shadows and making them powerless.
Eriol growled as the shadows easily broke the ribbons and got angrier, their eyes now glowing bright red. "They're too strong! Illusions or not, we can't hold out much longer!"
Meeko watched in horror, as the shadows got closer. "We have to do something!"
Akiko nodded her agreement.
"Here comes the cavalry!" Touya jumped into the fray, and punched one that was about to prance on his wife and sister. "These things are really starting to piss me off."
Sakura was shocked. "Oniichan!"
Touya winked. "Do you really think I'd leave and let that gaki try to defend you?"
Syaoran growled and made a fist. "Why you…"
"Look out!" Kaho (Mizuki sensei) threw her hand forward and blasted another shadow beast with a red beam.
Eriol smirked. "It's been a while since I've seen you do that."
Yue was above them, watching with careful eyes. "We must stop them, quickly, before more people get involved."
Back on stage, Makoto, with Shinji's help, brought out the drum set and guitar from another performance earlier that night, and started to set them up.
"What are you doing?" Meeko asked.
Shinji took a seat at the drums. "You needed music right?"
Makoto smirked and plugged in the acoustic guitar. "You got it." He took a strum at the strings and blasted a loud C chord. "You don't think all those hours of practicing on my broom were for nothing, do you?"
Akiko handed Meeko the mic, who gulped. "You guys don't really think I can…"
"We know you can." Shinji said, winking. He picked up the sticks and began a nice beat on the drums. It was the music of "Koko no Kite." One he knew Meeko knew by heart.
Meeko took a deep breath and began to sing the song.
yuuhi ga akaku sougen ni furu yo
hi no you ni
yoru no sora ga hoshi o egaki dasu
hitotsu zutsu

hitomi wo tojite, kokoro no naka o mitsumeteru
dare o matsu no?
chiheisen no mukou kara
kikoete kuru koe o kiite iru
koko ni kite
As expected, Song tried to beat Meeko in the song, and the two did a dual, but ultimately, Meeko won out, and by the end of the song, Song had submitted. Meeko grinned, taking out her wand. "Return to the shape you were meant to be! Clow Card!" Song turned into a card, and floated to Meeko's hand.
In all the singing that had been going on, Voice appeared from in side the mic, and tried to make a dash at Meeko, to get her voice too. It was now a deep magenta, instead of the light pink aura it had before.
Meeko screamed and called out Fly and took to the air, barely dodging Voice.
"Oh no you don't!" Shinji said, taking to the air as well, and pulling Meeko to the side, dodging yet another dive from Voice.
Akiko growled. No one messed with her friends. NO one. She took out her staff and waited until the right moment, when Voice wasn't paying attention. Then, suddenly, Makoto appeared behind her, knowing full well she couldn't seal it, if she didn't say the words. So, he placed his hands around her, on the staff, and said them for her. "To thy true form, Clow Card!"
Voice gasped and materialized into its card form, floating over to Akiko. At its mouth, a yellow glowing ball appeared and flew to Akiko's throat.
"Akiko?" Makoto asked worriedly.
She took a pause before saying. "Makoto?"
"It worked! It worked!" Makoto picked up Akiko and twirled her around happily. She giggled in response.
With the cards out of the way, Meeko now planned to help their parents. She saw them being surrounded by the Shadow Soldiers. "Oh no! Shinji! We have to help them!"
Shinji saw his father shoot an arrow, but the creatures dodged it. They cringed as the light went by them.
They cringed…when the light…
"Soda! (That's it!)" Shinji exclaimed. Tell your mom to use Light!
Meeko nodded. "Mom! Try the Light Card!"
Sakura heard her daughter and took out the card. "Light!"
Light was released and its brightness shone all over the area. The Shadow Beasts howled and moved back.
Touya smirked. "So, the idiots are afraid of light huh?" He threw a kick out and knocked on reeling back.
Syaoran did a dragon kick and hit back another.
"The light also seems to weaken them." Eriol commented.
Meeko got an idea. "Arrow! Light!" Her bow and Arrow appeared in her hands, but when she pulled back on the string, the front of the arrow became illuminated in a bright yellow and white light. She let it fly at one of the shadow monsters that was attacked her father, and it screamed before it disappeared.
Syaoran turned to his daughter. "Arigatou."
Meeko bowed and flew over the beasts again, shooting more light arrows at them.
Sakura caught on, as well as Yue, who began attacking them all as well. The beasts were thrown into confusion, and that's when Touya, Eriol, and Kaho, used their tricks and took out the rest of them
Hitori was too exhausted to keep the spell up any longer, and went unconscious. The Shadow Soldiers disappeared and Abbadon roared in anger. "Take her back to her cell! They have won this round."
The cardcaptor group rejoiced. Everything was as it was before, except the chairs and stage were thrown into disarray. Makoto sweat dropped. "Um…how do we fix this?"
Tomoyo laughed and walked up. "Easy. Eriol, dear?"
Eriol smirked and turned to Kaho. "Shall we?"
Kaho nodded. "Let's." They used their combined powers and everything was enveloped in a red light. The group cringed and when the light died down…everything was fixed, neat and tidy.
The people started to come to and the rest came out of hiding, wondering what the heck they had just witnessed.
Sakura took out her card. "My turn." She said. "Erase!" She used the card to erase everyone's memory. "Time!" She used another card and went back in time to before the recital started.
Kaho smiled. "I believe we have a performance to complete."
Meeko grinned. "I got a better idea."

The recital began and Mizuki sensei once again took her spot at the front of the stage. "Next we have Meeko, Makoto, Shinji and Akiko, singing "Give A Reason"."
Shinji picked up the sticks on the drums. "And a one, two, one, two, three, FOUR!" He started hitting on the drums, Meeko brought down her hands full force on the piano, streaming out a fast, rapid tune. Makoto started low, slow chords on the guitar, and Akiko opened her eyes at the front of the stage, and with a smile on her face, began singing the words.
The parents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and began dancing in front of the base of the stage. The audience clapped and laughed, amazed at what four kids could do.
At the end of the song, the four kids ended on the same note and jumped into the air. "Oh YEAH!"