Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Second Generation Cardcaptors ❯ Small Surprises/ Big Adventures ( Chapter 33 )

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Second Generation 33

Syaoran: *looks down in shame* I guess since I messed up last time, Sakura wants me to do it this time. Sakura: *smacks him with her wand* Syaoran: Ow! I said I'd do it! *Sighs* Alright, last time, Shinji walked Meeko and Makoto, along with Akiko home, but soon faced the phantom version of Abbadon as his trial to become Meeko's guardian and protector, just like Yue did before he came to test Sakura, all those years ago. He captured Shot and Through and used Shot to defeat "Abbadon". So now he is Meeko's protector and soon the Li kids will face their own test. *looks to Sakura* There happy? Sakura: *nods and smiles, then leans in and kisses him* Arigatou. Syaoran: *blushes and looks to audience* Well go on! Read the story!

Meeko sat in her room and sighed. She was happier than she had ever been in her life. Shinji had come over earlier that day and brought her a small bouquet of roses. She was so surprised! She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tight. He smiled and had hugged her back, saying he would call later.
That was why Meeko sat at her phone right now, practically staring at it, waiting for it to ring so she could hear Shinji's voice again. Whenever she thought of him, his soft silver-white hair, flowing down his shoulders, his beautiful gray eyes and handsome smile.
Even as a child she had secretly liked the neighborhood boy. Then he had left, and she was devastated. It had been because of the cards that he returned, but Meeko didn't care. He was back and here to stay, so long as she cards were out to cause havoc. That kinda made Meeko want the cards to stay out there forever.
The room was unusually quiet. Her parents were downstairs in the basement, practicing with their magic in the training room. She could feel their magic sometimes going against each other in small sparing matches, or together, when they fought a magical makeshift opponent. She smiled. Her parents were so strong in their abilities; she only hoped her and Makoto were that strong too.
What about Makoto, you ask?
Meeko smiled wide. He was with Akiko on another date to the movies. It was cute how those two were. It had taken every trick in the book for Shinji and herself to get them together. Meeko as glad it hadn't taken that much for Shinji to ask her out. He was so strong and unafraid that way. Or so she believed.

Abbadon watched the lone picture of the smiling Meeko with disgust. Those cardcaptors had done enough to ruin his plans. It was time he targeted them personally. Abbadon raised his staff and called forth two cards. These will work nicely.
The two cards, stood next to each other, eyes blank, still under the spell Abbadon had cast on them. He smirked. "Go, now. Attack the descendants of Clow Reed and destroy them!"
Both cards nodded and twirled in a small display of magic before disappearing.
Yes…these will do quite nicely.

Meeko sat in her room still, flipping through her photo album to pass the time. She saw pictures from the fair, pictures from the movies; even one Shinji had taken with Glow setting the mood on their first date. She smiled at the memories, then frowned as a thought came to mind. At all those occasions, a Clow Card had interrupted them. When would they capture them all? When would Abbadon be sealed away for good? And could it be done?
Suddenly, Meeko felt a strong power enter her room in a fast moving wind. The wind swirled around her and the magic seemed to attack her, enter her very veins. It frightened Meeko. She couldn't get away and she closed her eyes against the feelings that were enveloping her. She did the only thing she could do.
She screamed.

Downstairs, Sakura and Syaoran stopped abruptly, sensing the intense magic above them. Then they heard Meeko's scream.
"Meeko!" Sakura ran to the door and lunged up the stairs, Syaoran right behind her.

Makoto gasped and sat up straight in his seat. Akiko frowned and turned to him, watching his eyes flick back and forth as if trying to find something.
"Makoto, what's wrong?" She asked, ever so quietly, so as not to disturb he other moviegoers.
Makoto tried to sense for his sister's presence, but it seemed to disappear. "Meeko…I can't feel her." He tried again, closing his eyes and gritting his teeth as sudden pain came to him. He doubled over and Akiko had to catch him from falling out of his chair.
"Makoto!" She gasped and held him close.
After the episode ended, Makoto shot to his feet. "Meeko's in trouble!" He didn't bother to apologize to the people who were shushing him and trying to watch the movie. He ran out of the building and used Dash, while carrying Akiko, to get home as fast as he could.

At his home, Shinji also felt something was wrong, and when Meeko's pain reached him, he felt her scream his name. Shinji!! Then, he felt nothing.
He threw open the window and jumped out, his wings coming out by command. Then he flew as fast as his wings would carry him. When he got to Meeko's window, Sakura and Syaoran were already there, Sakura on the brink of tears. She sat on Meeko's bed…but there was no Meeko in sight.
"Where is she?" Sakura asked out loud.
Syaoran shook his head and shrugged. "I don't know. I can sense her, but its so small, weak. She could be hurt."
Shinji crouched in the windowsill. "Could she have been kidnapped?"
Syaoran shook his head. "It's possible."
"Shinji!"
Shinji turned around and saw Makoto coming as fast as he could to their house. "It's your sister! She's missing!" Shinji yelled to the approaching figure.
Makoto's eyes widened and he immediately used jump to get to the window, while Akiko had to use the front door. Makoto moved into his house, passing Shinji, and knelt by his mother. "Mom, what happened?"
Sakura looked up with tears in her eyes. "We felt the magic, swirling, controlled, no…not controlled…targeting. It was uncontrolled, but it was definitely after Meeko."
Syaoran nodded. "If that retched demon does anything to harm my daughter, he's going to wish he were back in hell." He said through gritted teeth.
Akiko entered the room. "We have to find her!"
Meeko looked to his mother and father and back and forth. "We can split up. Akiko and I will check one side of town, you and mom check the other." He told his father.
Syaoran agreed and gently took Sakura's hands and left the room.
Makoto turned to Shinji. "We'll search from the ground, but we need you to search the sky."
Shinji agreed and watched as Meeko and Akiko ran out of the room.
Then he sighed and dropped down into the room himself. He sat on the bottom bunk, Meeko's bunk. He held up her teddy bear and held it close to his heart. He really did it this time. Some guardian he was. He had just become her protector a few days ago, and already she had been kidnapped, or killed, or Kami-sama knows what!
He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. "I will find you. I promise you Meeko." He got up and stretched out his wings behind him, then got on the windowsill, ready to leave and search for his loved one…

Meeko opened her eyes, and groaned as she held her hands in her head. "I feel like I've been run over by three of Abbadon's evil centaurs."
She looked up and tried to figure out where she was. There was a large curly thing next to her, made of plastic, so she used it to climb up and get a better look at her surroundings.
And when she did, she gasped.
Everything was huge! But she recognized everything. The curly thing underneath her was her phone cord! There was giant twin bunk beds in front of her were hers and her brother's! So what was going here?
"I will find you. I promise you, Meeko."
That was Shinji's voice! Meeko looked and saw Shinji at the windowsill, ready to take off! No! I'm right here! She shouted and shouted, but her voice wasn't carrying. Then she noticed it. She was only about four inches tall!
The wind…and the magic! It was the Little! That was what happened! And no one could see her or hear her! She had to get his attention!
She looked down at where she stood and saw the phone was still faced up. She desperately jumped down and landed on the numbers. She began dialing anything she could, stepping on them with her foot, or punching them with her fist. She had to get his attention or no one would ever find her!
Shinji stopped when he heard the small beeps of the phone being dialed. She whipped around and shouted. "Who's there?"
No one answered, so her frowned and went over to the telephone.
And nearly jumped back in fright and relief.
There, out of breathe and small as never before, stood Meeko, wearing the outfit she had been earlier that day, when he first delivered the gift of roses.
"Meeko!" He ran over to her and knelt down so he was relatively at eye level with her.
"The small, Shinji! It was the small!" Meeko shouted, so Shinji could hear her.
Shinji nodded. "Don't move. I have to get everyone's attention." He slowly got up and went to the window, then flew to the rooftop, and shot one of his arrows into the air. It exploded and went off like fireworks. He smiled. "I love my new powers."
Makoto and Akiko, along with Sakura and Syaoran were there within minutes. "Did you find her?" Makoto asked.
Shinji nodded. "Get up here!"
They did and frowned when they couldn't see her.
"I thought you said you found her." Syaoran said, growing more confused.
"I did." Shinji replied, as a matter of fact. "She's right here." He turned his back to them, and when he turned to face them once more, he held his hands up, and Meeko was there, crossing her arms in aggravation.
"The Little shrunk me!" She shouted.
Sakura withheld a giggle. "Oh, Meeko. I'm so glad you're safe!" She took her daughter from Shinji's open palms and hugged her daughter close.
"Mom! You're going to crush me! Stop!"
Syaoran gently lowered his wife's hands down, so Meeko could breathe. Sakura smiled bashfully. "Gomen, I was just so worried."
Meeko nodded. "How are we going to get me back to normal size?"
"We can use the Big card I have…"
Shinji shook his head and cut Sakura's suggestion off. "Can't. You two are not permitted to interfere. Only the second set of Clow Cards can be used to save Meeko. We must find the Big card and use it to fix Meeko's…state."
Syaoran sighed. "Fine, you three find the Big card. Meeko stays here."
"No way! I may be small, but I will help them find the Clow Card!" Meeko shouted.
"Meeko, dear. It's dangerous out there. Especially in your condition." Sakura said. "I should know. I've been there." Sakura smiled. "If it hadn't been for Kero-chan, I would never have made it through."
Meeko thought for a moment. "Lend me the stuffed animal."
Syaoran let out a short laugh at his daughter. "I don't think he'll agree."
"We should at least try." Makoto said, supporting his sister. "Where is he anyway?"
"Where else? Sleeping on our bed." Syaoran said, crossing his arms.
"Let's go then. The sooner I get out of this body, the sooner I get capture the Little personally."
Shinji nodded and slowly took her out of the room and over to the parent's bedroom. This is going to be interesting.

It took some convincing, but they did it. Kero agreed to help on the condition that he be fed a small piece of cake everyday for a month. "I can't believe I agreed to be used for a riding animal! I'm the guardian beast of the seal!" Kero complained as Meeko held onto his fur and rode him like a flying horse.
"Oh come on, Kero. Could you really say no to me?" Meeko gave him an innocent look.
"Yes!" Kero said, huffing and puffing, while flying besides Shinji in the air.
"We should be able to spot it easier from the air. But if not, Makoto and Akiko have the ground." Shinji said. "Where do we look next?"
Meeko closed her eyes and tried to sense where the card was. "Um…how about we try Town Square? Isn't that where it was last time?" She remembered Tomoyo's tapes on that particular capture.
Kero nodded. "I sense it coming from that direction." He dove down, and Shinji followed.
They landed soundlessly, and looked around their surroundings. "Where is it?"
Suddenly, a giant fly came buzzing down their way, and they had to duck or dodged to get out of the way.
"What the heck was that!?" Shinji shouted, getting out his staff.
"That was the result of the Big card!" Kero shouted. "It's over that way!" He pointed over to the right, and sure enough, the Big card sat, smirking at the incoming enemies.
Shinji stood in front of Kero and Meeko. "I'll handle this!"
Before he could attack, Big waved its wand, and Shinji's staff became the size of a tree. He dropped it and almost crushed his toe underneath it. "Rats! My sealing staff!"
Big smirked and stood up, easily reaching seven or eight feet in height. Shinji gritted his teeth and tried to think up a plan.
Meeko growled in annoyance at not being able to help, and turned her head to the side, only to find… "The Little!" She pointed and turned Kero's head din the right direction. "Get me over there!"
"Okay! Okay! No need to pull on the ears!" Kero flew over towards Little, who, instead of running away, jumped out and tried to tackle them. Kero barely dodged. "What us up with it! It never is this aggressive!"
"It has to be Abbadon! He must have tainted them like he did the other cards!" Meeko shouted, struggling to stay on.
Little began shrinking everything within arms length, which wasn't much, but it bounced around finding more and flung it at the guardian beast and Li Descendant.
Kero dodged a shrunken carousel horse, but was hit by a small bush. It flung him to the side, and Meeko went flying off.
She would have hit the ground, except for the fact that Akiko as there to catch her. "Be careful. Another inch and you would have cracked the cement floor."
Meeko looked up with anime spinning eyes. "Thanks, Akiko."
Makoto appeared besides Akiko. "With all the excitement you guys are having over here, it was almost impossible not to find you." He said. "Akiko, watch my sister, I'm going to help angel boy."
"Makoto!" Meeko admonished.
Makoto smirked and ran over to Shinji, who had quickly created his bow and pulled back, forming an arrow. "It made my sealing staff useless, so I'm restricted to this and any other magic I have."
Makoto nodded. "You distract it, and I'll seal it."
Shinji nodded and flew to Big's other side.
Back with Akiko and Meeko, Little still hadn't seized its barrage and Akiko had been forced to pull out Fight, just to block all of the things flying their way."
"Can't you create your shields!?" Akiko asked, barely deflecting a flying table.
"Don't you think I've been trying!? I can't use a lot of my magic in this form!"
Kero flew and landed besides Meeko. "You have to touch it again!"
Meeko opened her mouth in shock. "Have you totally flipped or just left your brains back in Hong Kong? If I do that I'll be the size of a pea and then no one will be able to see me!"
Kero shook his head. "You touch it again and it'll reverse the spell!"
Meeko nodded and jumped on Kero's back. "Get me over behind it! Akiko, distraction!"
Akiko nodded. "Right!" She pulled out one of her cards. "Snow!"
A small bundle of snow suddenly appeared above Little and completely covered the small card.
Kero landed behind the bundle, and Meeko jumped off. When Little raised its head above the snow, trying to shake off the bit of snow on top of its head, Meeko jumped and wrapped her arms around the Clow Card.
There was a swirl of magic and Meeko was her original size again. She held onto Little in her hand and pulled out her wand. "Oh key of Clow, bestowed by right. Surrender the wand. Surrender the light. Release!!"
Before the Little could react, Meeko raised her wand. "Little! Return to the form you were meant to be! Clow Card!" Little dissolved into a card and floated to Meeko's awaiting hand. "All Right!"

Shinji was reluctant to use his arrows on Big. It was usually an easy capture.
Makoto had no such restrictions. "I'm going to get this card no matter what it takes!" He still didn't know his sister was back to normal. "Fiery!"
Fiery was expelled, and began throwing fireballs at Big. "
"Stop it! That's overkill!" Shinji shouted.
But he didn't understand. NO one hurts Makoto's sister. And in his opinion, the Big was in league with the Little, so it would also pay. Big seemed to crumple down and Makoto pulled out his other card. "Freeze!" Big was frozen in a large ice cube and Makoto raised his wand to seal it. "Big, Return to the form you were mean to be! Clow Card!"
Big retracted into the small rectangular mass of magic and floated to Makoto's hand. Everything it had made large went back to its original size. Shinji went over and picked up his staff.
"Makoto!" Meeko shouted, running over to her brother and hugging him tight. "Honto ni! Arigatou gozaimas!"
Makoto hugged back. "I'm so glad you're okay! How'd you do it?"
Meeko beamed and showed him the Little, back into its original card form. "I did it with Kero's help." Then she thought back. "Where is Kero anyway?"
As if on cue, Kero came around the corner, walking back and forth, like he was drunk. When Meeko had become her regular size, she had accidentally crushed Kero under her. "Which way did it go? Which way did it go?" Kero mumbled, small forms of Little and Big bouncing around his head.
Meeko gasped and ran over, picking up the small beast. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Kero! I'll make it a cake a day. How about that?"
"That can be easily arranged." Akiko said. She pulled out her card. "Sweet!" Suddenly, a large double chocolate pudding cake appeared in front of her.
Smelling it almost immediately, Kero opened his eyes and began drooling. "Cake…" He said, sounding like a zombie. He flew over to it and dove into it, literally swimming in chocolate pudding.
All the kids laughed and were happy that another disaster was over. Only a few more cards left and then the real fight begins.