Cardcaptor Sakura/Cardcaptors Fan Fiction

It was early Saturday morning when Phoenix woke up. She was going over to her grandfather’s house to do some training today. Kiro was already up playing video games on her Holo – TV.

“Morning,” she said, after she had gotten dressed.

“Hey!” Kiro said with a smile. “Are you ready to do some good training today?”

“I sure am!” Phoenix said as she packed her backpack with the magical items that she had gotten from her grandfather. “All right. In ya go!” She told Kiro, as she motioned to her backpack.

Kiro groaned. “We’re going to have to find a different way of doing this,” he said as he flew into her backpack.

“Shush,” she told him as she walked downstairs. She entered the kitchen where her parents and her brother were already eating breakfast.

“Good morning, Phoenix,” her mother said as Phoenix sat down. “I know that you’re going over to your grandfather’s house today, but I hope that you’ll make time for some breakfast first. I made your favorite: blueberry pancakes with maple syrup.” She said putting a plate in front of Phoenix.

Just then they all heard a noise that sounded like someone exclaiming in excitement.

“Oh!” Phoenix said nervously, rubbing her stomach and elbowing her backpack at the same time, “I must really be hungry if my stomach is growling like that! She said nervously. She then glanced at the kitchen clock. “I’m going to be late!” she exclaimed. “Mom, can you put my breakfast in a container and I’ll eat at my grandfather’s house?” “Of Course,” said her mother in a puzzled voice.

When Phoenix finally got outside and away from her house she let out a big sigh of relief. “That was too close,” she said as she walked to the bus stop.

“Hey!” said Kiro from her backpack. “How about sharing the wealth and passing those pancakes back here?”

Phoenix quickly ate a pancake and put the container into her backpack. Soon there was the sound of happy munching coming from her backpack.

Phoenix caught the hover – bus to the other side of town and soon she was at her grandfather’s front door.

“Ding- Dong,” went the door, echoing throughout the mansion. The same tired nurse answered the door.

“Oh, hello dear,” she said. “Your grandfather is expecting you.”

The nurse led Phoenix up to the same room as before. When Phoenix entered she saw that the curtains had been pulled back and the room looked cheerier. Her grandfather was sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee.

As soon as the nurse closed the door Kiro popped out of Phoenix’s bag and floated over to Li.

“Hey Li!” Kiro said. “Do you got anything to eat?”

“It looks to me like you’ve already had breakfast.” Li said, noting the syrup all over Kiro’s face and hands. “Go to the bathroom and wash yourself up before you make a mess all over everything.”

“Yeah, Yeah,” Kiro said as he floated to the bathroom and cleaned himself off.

When he got back Phoenix and Li were already in a discussion about what to do about the cards.

“What we’re going to do today is go over the cards and their abilities. We don’t know when or where the cards could appear, so you need to be prepared for all the different cards,” Li told her.

And so it began. Li went into great detail about all the cards, their personalities, their powers, and some ways to defeat them. A few hours and several pages of notes later they were finally done for the day. Phoenix’s head felt like it was going to explode with all the information that her grandfather had given her.

“Well, I think that’s all for today.” Li said. “I still have more to teach you, but we will get into the magical training next time. For now I have just taught you the bare essentials that you will need in case you encounter a Star Card between now and next session.”

“Yeah! Next time we get into the cool stuff like practicing your magic!” Kiro said.

Li gave him a withering stare as Phoenix began to pack up her things. Suddenly they all heard a scream. They looked at each other in confusion. Then there was another scream.

“Ms. Hollander!” Li said, moving toward the door. As the three of them went down the stairs they say what the trouble was almost immediately..

“Someone help me!” The nurse cried. She was trapped in some sort of bubble. She was pounding on it’s walls, but she could not break free. She suddenly fainted and fell backwards.

Phoenix thought about all that she had learned that afternoon, but her mind was already overloaded with information. She was unsure of what it was, but she knew that she had to get Ms. Hollander out of there.

A bolt of lightning came from the Odifous and hit the bubble, but it didn’t do any damage. She tried another element.

The same thing happened. Phoenix didn’t know what to do. She closed her eyes to try and think of something. She then looked at Li and Kiro, but they looked frozen. “Kiro...?” She asked him, but he didn’t move. She glanced at the clock on the wall, and saw that it too had stopped. “What’s happening?”

“I don’t know what to do. I can’t get Ms. Hollander out of there and I can’t figure out which card it is,” Phoenix said, frustrated. “It’s not attacking or using it’s abilities, so I can’t figure out which card it is.”

“Sometimes the answer is right in front of you,” Sakura said. “Li told you what the cards were, but you also have to rely on your instincts too. You think that the card isn’t using it’s powers¼”

“Yes! All it does is deflect all the attacks I send at it!” Phoenix said.

"Maybe that's all it does," Sakura said. "Not all of the cards are attack cards. Some of them grant abilities like the Dash or Jump cards. Think about what it is doing, not what it isn't doing."

Phoenix thought about this for a moment. "It's blocking my attack and protecting Ms. Hollander..." An idea came into her head. "Is it the Shield Card?" Sakura just smiled at her. "But if all it does is block my attacks, then how am I supposed to capture it?"

"The Shield Card is tricky, but it is invaluable once you get it," Sakura told her. "It can block both physical and magical attacks."

"So how am I supposed to capture it? I don't think that the Wood or Shadow Card is strong enough to break it's defenses."

"You must believe in yourself and the magic of the cards," Sakura told her. "They draw their magic from you and you have great magical ability, but you must learn to focus it. I shall now return you to the moment in time where I took you. Good luck." Sakura then vanished. Phoenix looked around and saw Li and Kiro looking expectantly at her.

The Wood and Shadow Cards erupted from their cards and attacked the Shield Card together. At first their attacks appeared not to work, then the Shadow Card managed to wrap itself around the shield and the Wood Card proceeded to make branches that completely covered the Shield and Shadow Cards. The two cards appeared to be restraining the Shield Card, but the Shield Card was straining against them. Suddenly, the Shadow and Wood cards were thrown off the Shield Card with a burst of light so bright that the three of them had to look away. When the light faded they looked back and saw a shield floating in front of them.

"That's the Shield Card's visible form!" Shouted Kiro. "Hurry and seal it Phoenix."

The Shield Card was then sucked into it's card form, which floated into Phoenix's hand. The three of them then hurried over to the fainted Ms. Hollander. Li kneeled over her and placed his hand on her head.

"I removed the memories of the Shield Card from her mind," he said, partially drained from the effort. "She'll be all right in a few minutes."