Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The Second Generation Cardcaptors ❯ Apologies Gone Wrong ( Chapter 7 )

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The Second Generation 7


Alexandra Lucas
Alexandra Lucas
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The Second Generation
7



Sh…Shinji…h…here. I'm…uh…kinda nervous, so…bear with…me. I was introduced last time, when M…Me…Meeko
and her brother went to school. My dad,
Yukito, felt the cards get scattered and so came back to his hometown and see
if Sakura and Syaoran knew anything about it.
At school, I came in as an exchange student, and what luck! They sat me
behind Me…Me…Meeko! Something about her
makes me nervous. Anyway, M…Me…she and
I along with Akiko and Makoto were walking home when the Windy Card
attacked. It's supposed to be a gentle
card, which makes me wonder why it attacked so violently. Dad thinks it's because someone influenced
it. Well, who ever influenced it better
look out, because it almost got M…Meek…My friend killed!!! I saved her, but in the process let out my
deepest secret. I had inherited my
father's wings and so used them to fly up and save…her. When I say "her" you know who I mean. I want to tell her, but I'm nervous. The next day…gets even worst. So read on…



Shinji took
his seat behind Meeko and tried his best not to blush. Meeko smiled at him, then turned and started
taking notes on the lesson. Shinji knew
she was still upset over yesterday. Her
brother had filled her in on the details of her rescue and it didn't suit well
with her. Shinji would have to fix
that. He hated to see her sad, even
though she was trying her best to hide it.
He wrote down the notes, but on the side, on another piece of paper, he
wrote a note to Meeko and passed it to her.

Makoto frowned
as he saw the note passed. He
frowned. What's it about? He asked his sister.

She frowned
at the note. He wants to meet me
this afternoon, after school, to talk.

Makoto
nodded. Maybe he wants to apologize. Makoto sure hoped so. Because as much as Shinji was their friend,
if he hurt Meeko in any way, he'd find himself at the sharp end of Makoto's
sword. Makoto was very protective of
his sister. He wouldn't let anyone hurt
her. But he would give them the time
they needed.



After
school, the four friends walked, Meeko, Makoto, Shinji and Akiko, home all in
silence. Makoto suddenly grabbed
Akiko's hand and stopped her. He looked
forward at his sister, who was walking next to Shinji, her head down. "We're…uh…we're going to stop by the toy
store to pick up some things…you guys go on without us."

Meeko
turned, as well as Shinji and frowned.
Akiko looked at Makoto. "We are?"
Makoto squeezed her hand. "Oh! We are.
See ya!" Then they turned down a
different path and started off.

Meeko
played with her foot in the dirt, not knowing what to say. Shinji pointed to the park. "Can we go talk?"

She nodded,
but did not raise her head. They went
over to the park and stood in a small clearing. They were silent for the first few minutes.

Little did
they know, but someone was watching them from afar. It was the woman from the night before!! She was back, and she didn't like the
children being so close to the card she was trying to capture. She felt the card nearby and came to get
it.

Now it was close to them, she would
just have to make sure they put up a good fight, for she knew the key to making
them hostile. Where the card was
gentle, she could make it ruthless. She
did it with Windy, and she would do it with this card.



Meeko stood
on the soft green grass, unsure of what to do.
Shinji twiddled his fingers.
When he had asked Meeko to come here, he thought the surroundings would
calm his nerves. The air was calm and a
soft breeze blew through Meeko's long hair.
She looked beautiful standing there with the light dancing across her
amber locks. Shinji shook his
head. He would have to tell her. He couldn't keep it a secret anymore.

"Me…Meeko…"
He started.

She turned
to him and gazed at him wither dark amber eyes. This cut Shinji off from what he was going to say. Why did she have to inherit her father's
deadly eyes? Shinji thought.

"Why didn't
you tell me?" She asked. Shinji looked at her, and saw the pain she
held within her soul…through her eyes he could see sadness and mistrust.

He looked
down, unable to meet her gaze any longer.
"I was told I couldn't. I wasn't
to let anyone know about them…" Meaning the wings. "Father said I couldn't let anyone know
until the right time comes…" He told her.

She
frowned, not understanding what he was saying.
"And the right time would be when I'm hurtling through the sky,
threatening to hit the ground at any moment?"
She asked coldly.

Shinji
finally looked up and met her stare.
"No, it wasn't that. Too see you
hurt…I just couldn't bear it. I had to
save you. Even if father didn't
approve." He replied honestly.

Meeko's
eyes went round in surprise. Here was
her best friend, saying he would give up his greatest secret, just to see that
she was safe. She smiled. "You could've said something. You can trust us."

Shinji
opened his mouth in shock. "No, I know
that, I trust you guys with my life, I…"

Meeko
giggled. "I'm not sure if I would even
trust my life to Makoto." She teased.

He smiled
and laughed with her. "You know what I
mean."

She nodded,
but then stopped. Shinji looked
around. They both sensed it…a Clow Card
was nearby.

Meeko took
out her key and acted fast. "Key of
Clow, bestowed by right. Surrender the
wand, surrender the light. Release!" Her key became a staff, and she gasped it,
getting ready for the coming confrontation.

Shinji took
out his weapon too. It was a small
staff, which he turned into a large staff, about a foot taller than he was,
chanting an ancient language. Meeko was
again surprised, but pushed the thoughts away and stretched out her
senses. "It's around here somewhere."

Shinji and
Meeko went back to back. They would
have to hold out until Makoto got to them, for he too surely felt the
disturbance.

The attack
came swift and painful. Shinji was
knocked from the side, and thrown into the trunk of a tree. He fell to the floor a bit dazed.

"Shinji-kun!" Meeko ran to him and, but hit a
barrier. Suddenly, a purple-hued
shield, formed around Meeko. She was
trapped on all sides, so she tried to hit the shield with her staff…no
good.

"Meeko!" Shinji cried and used his staff to get to
his feet, his head spinning in pain. He stumbled over to Meeko, heavily leaning
on his staff. "Meeko." He whispered as he placed a hand on hers,
yet never touching it.

"It's the
Shield Card. Another gentle
card…supposedly." He said. Why were the cards acting like this? He didn't get it. He hit the shield many times, but still couldn't get in.

Meeko
looked sadly at Shinji, then her eyes went wide. She motioned to her throat, and started screaming, but Shinji
couldn't hear any of it. Then he saw
what she was explained. Her throat…she
couldn't breathe. She was running out
of air.

Horror
immediately occupied Shinji's expression, and he made more attempts to get
Meeko out. No good. He tried to calm himself and focus on the
problem. He had to get through the
shield…but nothing was strong enough.

"Shinji! Meeko!!"
Makoto's voice was heard, and Shinji turned to see Makoto and Akiko
running towards them.

Makoto
looked at the situation and looked to Shinji for an explanation. "The Shield Card!" Shinji said, and Makoto got the message.

He took out
his key. "Upon this key, I place a
spell. Show me your powers, within the
sword do dwell." The key became a sword
and Makoto held it in both hands. Meeko
moved to the farthest side of the shield, though it was only about three feet
wide. Makoto struck the shield, with
little luck.

"We need
help!" Shinji said. They needed the adults, but they were too far
away to help.

"I got
it!" Akiko exclaimed and took out a
cell phone. She dialed the number and handed the phone to Makoto. He held it and looked desperately at his
sister. Finally after three rings
someone answered. "Hello?"

"Dad! It's me Makoto!"

"Makoto? What's wrong?"

"A Clow
Card's got Meeko!"

"Where are
you?"

"At the
park!"

"We're on
our way!" Then Syaoran hung up and
Makoto shoved the phone back at Akiko.
"They're coming." He told
everyone.

"We need
something strong enough to break it.
But what?" Shinji thought out
loud.

Just then
Syaoran and Yukito came running towards them.
"Meeko!" Syaoran exclaimed and
took out his sword. He struck the
shield, but had about as much luck as Shinji and Makoto.

"Where's
mom?" Makoto asked.

"She went
with Nakuru out to the city to do shopping.
I called them, and they're on their way."

"It's the
Shield Card." Yue said, not
transformed.

Shinji
nodded. "But how do we break it! She's running out of air!"

"We need
the Sword Card." Syaoran said.

"But where
do we find it?" Makoto asked.

"We have to
look in any stores that would carry broaches."
Syaoran explained. "It should be
in one of them."

Shinji
nodded. Yue stepped forward. "Syaoran and I will check out the West part
of town. You and Makoto take the East
side." Both children nodded.

"What about
me? I want to help to." Akiko said.

Syaoran
smiled and kneeled down. "I need you to
watch Meeko. Guard her." He said.

Akiko
nodded and stood next to Meeko, on the outside of the shield. "No one will get her…I promise."

Syaoran
nodded. "Let's move."

Makoto and
Shinji took off to the left, and Syaoran and Yukito took off to the right. Meeko looked out to her brother and Shinji
leaving. "Please save me, Shinji." She whispered, but no one could hear her.