Going In Almost Completely Blind

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More seconds seemed to tick by as the 19 of us lay tangled and splayed out on the ground of Aphrodite's throne room.

But eventually, we all started to come to, and when some of us did, we very much snapped to attention instantly.

And it was then that the girl, who I now knew was named Shinko, decided to speak up.

"Okay, let me honest with you sis, I am really getting tired of being thrown into portals!" Shinko said to Momoko, through a slight bit of frustration being present in her tone of voice.

It was then that the girl, who I now knew was named Keiko decided to speak up as well.

"You think you have it rough Shinko, try having to have someone cling onto you when you have been thrown through a portal and then hit the floor as well!" Keiko said, obviously referring to the fact that before the portals on the sidewalk had appeared. Misaka picked that particular moment to try and use her electricity to try and cling to a nearby wall in an attempt to avoid having them both getting sucked into the portal.

However, another portal on the wall wound up sucking the two of them in anyway.

It was at this point that Limone picked this point to speak up. "I am terribly sorry to bring you all here like this, but seeing as how things have turned out, we saw no other option," Limone said.

It was at this point, that Shinko, as well as Momoko, Yuri, Hinagiku, and Scarlet, turned their attention towards the sound of the familiar male voice, which was followed quickly by everyone else.

"Wait what do you mean by we Limone?" Momoko asked.

"I can help you answer that," another female voice chimed in.

This voice, although none of the other Love Angels recognized it, both me and Shinko did. For when the nine sailor senshi turned their attention towards the source of the female voice, they were met with not just the form of Queen Serenity, but of Neo Queen Serenity as well.

Okay, so from I knew about both of them regarding information on each of their characters, both Neo Queen Serenity and Queen Serenity, were basically very very powerful individuals of the Sailor Moon Dimension.

One was the original queen of the Silver Millennium from back in the past, the other, was the future ruler of Crystal Tokyo, and also, Usagi, from the 30th century. Man, things just keep getting weirder and weirder don't they? But, more surprises, were still to come.

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Okay, remember when I said that more surprises were still to come, well, I wasn't kidding.

And after the explanation of the current situation to everyone from Aphrodite, Queen Serenity, and Neo Queen Serenity, it was quickly apparent.

That what Sailor Pluto had said in the alley, about several of their old foes making an unexpected return, was not only true.

But it also seemed that bringing the rest of us in, was more then a justifiable thing to do, considering what we were all up against.

However, we were about to get some help, and I mean quite a lot more help.

Because at the moment, when Usagi, Momoko, Sakura, and Misaka, each asked what the three of them intended by help.

More portals opened up behind the three of them, and out walked familiar faces, and I mean a lot of familiar faces.

Usagi wasted no time in running into one of their arms, who was obviously Mamoru and Chibiusa right beside him.

Sakura, me, and Li, wasted no time, running towards their friends, Madison, Meilin, and Yue.

Misaka and Keiko, although Misaka was a bit resistant on it, walked over and had her casually say hi to Touma, and also one Mitsuko Kongo, and Kuroko Shirai, who were also present beside him, despite having Misaka blush profusely, and having Keiko let out a huge sigh in response to having her blush.

And it was then that I noticed someone else present among them, Misaki Shokuhou, another level 5 Esper.

Of all of the level 5's in Academy City, Misaki Shokuhou was a well known level 5.

A mind hacker of sorts.

An level 5 Esper, with an ability called Mental Out.

Think of a computer hacker, but instead of her manipulating and messing with someone's computer, she messes with and manipulates with a persons mind instead.

Sounds like some kind of freaky horror flick like stuff, doesn't it?

That is the power of Mental Out.

And I could tell from the irritated looks on both Misaka and Keiko's faces, they weren't exactly happy to see her.

And also this didn't stop Kuroko from being her usual perverted self.

Albeit, she seemed to be a tad reserved about it for some reason.

Probably because Misaki was here, but this was just a hunch that I had.

This was of course followed up with Misaka smacking her on the head in response.

And Momoko wasted no time in running towards Yousuke, with Shinko following close behind.

But, despite all of this, a huge tremor was soon felt throughout the throne room, interrupting the festivities.

And upon being told that it was finally time, the senshi pulled out their respective transformation items.

Shinko and the Love Angels readied their respective items as well.

And Sakura, me, and Li, readied our items as well.

"Moon Eternal...Make Up!"

"Moon Crystal Power...Make Up!"

"Mercury Crystal Power...Make Up!"

"Mars Crystal Power...Make Up!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power...Make Up!"

"Venus Crystal Power...Make Up!"

"Saturn Planet Power...Make Up!"

"Uranus Planet Power...Make Up!"

"Neptune Planet Power...Make Up!"

"Pluto Planet Power...Make Up!"

"Beautiful Wedding Flower! Angel Amour Peach!"

"Elegant Wedding Flower!"

"Graceful Wedding Flower! Angel Precious Lily!"

"Attractive Wedding Flower! Angel Courage Daisy!"

"Excellent Wedding Flower! Angel Passionate Salvia!"

"Key of the star, with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light, release!"

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Meanwhile in one of Academy City's many parks, the villains were waiting to take on all of us, which was headed by none other then Joker, Galaxia, Raindevila, and Gensei Kihara.

It was while they were all waiting for us to arrive, that several of the many villains, decided to speak up and start bickering...again.

"How long are we supposed to wait?!" Pluie asked in an irritated tone of voice.

"Oh pipe down Pluie, last I checked, your whining was starting to get on my nerves the last time you spoke up!" Jadeite responded back with an irritated tone to match that of Pluie's.

"Hey, you can't talk to him like that Jadeite, it is bad manners...don't you know?" Potamos chimed in, and then followed up with her usual verbal tic.

"Potamos, do you ever stop using that at the end of everything you say, it gets very annoying!" Jadeite snidely responded back, clearly very irritated and annoyed by this point.

I mean, how would you feel if you were brutally humiliated years ago at Haneda Airport by Usagi/Sailor Moon, Ami/Sailor Mercury, And Rei/Sailor Mars, and having to be put to eternal sleep upon arrival back to Queen Beryl, despite learning each of their identities.

It was at this point that Galaxia picked this opportunity to speak up "I think that is enough out of the three of you, don't you think, or do I need to remind you how things went back at the lab?"

This caused all three of the villains to stop arguing immediately, and bowed to Galaxia in apology. "Our apologies Galaxia," they said in response.

"Good, now be ready, we have a battle that we can possibly win here, in fact, I am counting on it," Galaxia said, as she turned her attention forward again, and an evil smirk once again found its way onto her face.

And as several portals opened up in front of all the villains, Queen Nehellenia decided to speak up.

"Ah, right on time," she said whilst smirking.

And as all of us stepped through the multiple portals and out onto the battlefield, we all readied ourselves, for what would be the most important battle of our lives.

But what the villains did not expect, and nor did they account for, was for far several more people then they had expected, to step through those portals.

And that, would wind up giving us the slightest of upper hands, in what would be this final battle.

And it was at this point, that Keiko apparently recognized the looks on some of the villains faces, and then decided to speak up.

"I'm sorry, were you expecting fewer of us?" Keiko said, a cocky smirk finding its way onto her face.

"Keiko, I would say that judging from their expressions, yes, that would appear to be the case," I said, wearing my own cocky smirk, with my staff clenched tightly in my hands.

"Well then, what do you say, that we show them what it means to be a hero?" Angel Bluebell said, wearing her own cocky smirk, and brandishing her sword at the villains.

"Sounds good to me sis, and remember that we are always behind you," Wedding Peach said.

"Thanks sis, and don't worry, as long as we stick to the plan, there won't be any issues," Angel Bluebell said.

It was at this point, that as the sound of chiming bells suddenly filled the air, that the senshi and the love angels then began their introductions.

"As the breeze graces the evening calm, and those who love and cherish each other share an everlasting bond. On this fine summer day, you have all have put all of our worlds that we care so much about in grave danger, and for that I can't forgive you! I am the Love Angel! I am Wedding Peach, and I am extremely angry with you!" Wedding Peach said, as she struck her usual pose.

"The nature of the Bluebell, is to spread joy and love, allowing friendships to remain strong! I can't forgive those who commit acts of evil! I am the Love Angel! I am Angel Bluebell, and I am very angry with you!" Angel Bluebell said, as she swung her sword up towards and over her right shoulder, stopped it mid downward swing, held it in front of her in a battle ready stance, and struck a pose.

"In the language of flowers, the name of the pure lily is special, it means that it will bloom and grant love!" Angel Lily said, as she struck a pose.

"The daisy is the emblem of the pure and innocent heart, and its power can withstand even the most evil wind!" Angel Daisy said as she struck a pose.

"In the language of flowers, Salvia means a burning heart! The warrior from heaven, Angel Salvia, is here to do battle! All of you devils who mislead innocent girls, I will erase your filthy souls!" Angel Salvia said as she struck a pose.

"I am the Pretty Guardian, who fights for Love and for Justice, I am Sailor Moon! And now in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Justice! I am Sailor Chibi Moon! And now in the Name of the Future Moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Chibi Moon said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am the Pretty Guardian, who fights for Love and Intelligence, I am Sailor Mercury! Douse yourself in water and repent!" Sailor Mercury said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Passion! I am Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I'll chastise you!" Sailor Mars said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Courage! I am Sailor Jupiter! I'll fill you regret, It'll leave you numb!" Sailor Jupiter said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Beauty! I am Sailor Venus! In the name of Venus, I'll punish you with the power of love!" Sailor Venus said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am an emissary from the abyss of Death. Protected by Saturn, the Outer Planet of Destruction, the Guardian of Silence. I am Sailor Saturn." Sailor Saturn said as she struck her usual pose.

"Protected by Uranus, the Planet of the Wind. Guardian of Heavens. I am Sailor Uranus!" Sailor Uranus said as she struck her usual pose.

"Protected by Neptune, the Outer Planet of the Seas, Guardian of the Deep Sea. I am Sailor Neptune. " Sailor Neptune said as she struck her usual pose.

"I am the Keeper of the Door of Space and Time. I am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of the Underworld." Sailor Pluto said as she struck her usual pose.

"On behalf of Aphrodite..." Wedding Peach said.

"On behalf of Queen Serenity, Neo Queen Serenity, and the future of Crystal Tokyo..." Sailor Moon added in.

"On behalf of all of my friends..." Sakura added in.

"It's time for you all to face judgment..." Kuroko Shirai added in for good measure, causing not just the three of them to sweatdrop, but it also caused Angel Bluebell and me to do so as well.

However, Keiko and Misaka, did not, and I realized that it was because she was just doing her job, well, we all were.

And this was truly going to be a battle, that was going to be one for the books.

Oh right, the plan.

Going back to when we had all been in the rift between the portals, waiting for the portals to open up to allow us onto the battlefield.

Although the plan had only been thought in only a few minutes, basically on the fly, by just Usagi, Misaka, Keiko, Sakura, me, Momoko, Shinko, and Kuroko, it still seemed like a pretty solid plan.

I mean, what would you expect from 5 of some of anime's best and most powerful female characters?

And then there was Shinko, me, and Keiko, who had not only managed to live up to their reputations, but we had also managed to each accomplish something that most people wouldn't have even to have dreamed to be possible.

We had each managed to not only to measure up to their sterling reputations, and become someone who was of equal power and strength to the main characters in each of our worlds, but we were also their allies, as well as their siblings. Well, siblings to each of our respective characters in our worlds, apart from Sailor Moon, but we'll just gloss over that part.

And that, was more powerful then any sort of magic or any sort Esper ability could ever be.

Because what is more powerful, then the power of friendship.

Which would explain why the 8 of us were able to come up with such a brilliant plan so quickly.

And to top it all off, the enemy, was in fact no slouch.

Sailor Pluto was not kidding.

Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite, Gensei, Pluie, Aquelda, Potamos, Petora, Igneous, Raindevila, Eudial, Kaolinite, The Witches 5, The Amazon Trio, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl, Joker, and of course, Galaxia.

Man, talk about a rouges gallery. And I thought Batman had it rough?

But, knowing that we didn't have to deal with anyone else from our past, put us a little bit at ease.

But still, these villains that had been brought back, weren't exactly slouches.

So to compensate for this, we were going to have the Senshi, with help from Kuroko, Keiko, Misaki, Touma and Misaka, to dispatch Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite, Gensei, Eudial, Kaolinite, The Witches 5, The Amazon Trio, Queen Nehellenia, Queen Beryl, Joker.

And have Shinko, along with Momoko, and the other Love Angels, with help from Sakura, me, and Li, help us deal with them, along with Pluie, Aquelda, Petora, Igneous, Raindevila, Potamos, and Galaxia.

Plus, this also meant, that not only would everyone participate, but because none of these villains, had ever crossed paths with Sakura, me, or any of our friends.

Well, only Kongo, Kuroko and Touma couldn't participate, but that was only because their abilities had no use in a setting such as a park. No possible projectiles for Kongo to launch with her Aero Hand ability. Neither Misaka or Keiko wanted to see Kuroko get unnecessarily hurt. And Touma couldn't participate mostly because Misaka said so. And not wanting to incur her wrath, knowing full well what she's capable of, we decided to accept it. Plus, it was going to be very frowned upon if one Mistuko Kongo or Kuroko Shirai wound up causing unnecessary damage to one of Academy City's many parks. Sure they are both Level 4 Espers, and very good ones at that, but we were just not willing to take the risk of causing any unnecessary collateral damage. Well in Kongo's case anyway. Plus, Kongo likes hearing herself talk just a little too much, but she's a friend of Misaka's and Keiko's, so they kind of have to deal with that. And Kuroko's well...yea...anyways, moving on.

This was basically the ultimate advantage that we had, on top of having Misaka, Keiko and their friends with us as well.

And with the plan having been settled, we stepped through the rift between the portals, and out onto the battlefield.

 

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As all of us stood on the battlefield, facing down the group of villains opposite us.

Angel Bluebell picked this moment in time to speak up.

It was now time to put the first phase of our plan in motion.

"Before we all start this, I would like to say a few things, to clear the air a little bit, Jadeite, Igneous, isn't their something that you would like to tell everyone?" Angel Bluebell said, a cocky smirk finding its way onto her face.

They both however looked slightly perplexed. But not for long.

I then decided to speak up.

"I think what Bluebell here is trying to say is, Jadeite, why don't we start with you first. If I am not mistaken you know who some of us really are, don't you?" I said, pretty much hinting back to when Jadeite had discovered Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Mar's identities during their fight at Haneda Airport several years back.

"And Igneous, you appear to know who some of us really are as well, isn't that correct?" Angel Bluebell said, a blank look with a hint of mistrust present on her face, obviously referring back to when Igneous had accidentally discovered the identities of her, Wedding Peach, Angel Lily, and Angel Daisy.

It was at this point, that the perplexed looks on Jadeite's and Igneous' faces, were then replaced by looks of anger and rage.

"Ah, so you do both remember, I'm honestly quite surprised you haven't told the rest of your comrades about it, you would think that sort of important information would've been shared among all of you?" Keiko sighed, which was followed by an eye roll from her.

"Jadeite, what are they talking about, would you care to explain yourself!?" Tigers eye said, with severe intent and anger.

"Iggy, you seemed to have been holding out on us, it is so not like you to do that...you know!?" Potamos said with severe anger, followed by her usual verbal tic.

"Well Misaka...Shokuhou, I think that's our queue, time to see if a forcefield, can stand up to 3 of Academy City's top seven level 5s," Keiko said, with a quick deadpan sideways glance to Shokuhou, since she was still not too thrilled to be working with her.

And with a quick nod of approval from Misaka, they each pulled out several arcade coins from their respective skirt pockets, and placed one of those arcade coins between their respective two fingers.

And once they both had channeled enough electricity, they fired, each of them producing their respective railguns. But, in order for this to work, they had to fire all of their coins in rapid succession. Not an easy thing to accomplish, when neither of them had done this before. I mean, after all, their best, from what I knew about Misaka from watching the first season of the anime, was 8 shots per minute. So, they would need to exceed that, as well as fire them in much closer succession. Not easy, but also not impossible. So, once they had fired the first of their coins, they then proceeded to fire several more in close succession. And when I say close succession, I mean that they wound up firing a combined total of 9 coins in the span of only 9 seconds. And each of them produced a railgun each. And while Misaka fired 5 railguns, Keiko fired 4. And each one was aimed at each of the 9 villains that we had all decided were the ones that had to go first. I mean after all, Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Kunzite, were the most problematic. As all four of them could produce forcefields to block any magic or physical based attack. But, while that is in fact the case. Those forcefields of theirs aren't strong enough to stop something traveling at three times the speed of sound. And that, is why this plan had no chance of failing.

Anyway, before the three generals could raise their forcefields, or the devils could wind up defending themselves, they all suddenly put their hands to their heads.

"Thanks Shokuhou...I guess..." Keiko sighed, giving her a deadpan expression.

"Oh Keiko sweetie, don't tell me you didn't enjoy my performance," Misaki said, putting the remote to her face and smiling.

"No Shokuhou...you just annoy the heck out of me...Misaka for that matter too..." Keiko said, a blush, and a look of irritation now finding its way onto her face.

"Wait, did Keiko just do what I think she just did...no...there's no way that I would ever be a tsundere," I inwardly thought to myself with fear.

"Oh Keiko, you don't mean that, and I'm sure that Misaka doesn't either," Misaki said in her usual joyous tone.

"Oh you'd be surprised...Shokuhou..." Keiko said, her irritated expression and blush, not once having left her face.

But anyway, as Keiko looked forward again, despite her bad mood regarding Shokuhou, the instant before their multiple respective railguns made contact with the nine villains.

Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Kunzite managed to raise their hands and produce their forcefields. But unfortunately, their railguns simply went through all four of their forcefields, shattering them to pieces. Like a baseball being thrown through a pane glass window.

And all 9 of them were then wiped out of existence.

"I guess it's not just true in the case of high cards, an ace will always be better then a king or a queen, even when you're not playing poker," Keiko smugly said, with a smirk now finding its way onto her face.

And this, was only the beginning, of what would be a two phase plan, that would show, that things, if done properly, can wind up going like clockwork.

Silence, that was what was present among all the villains, after having just witnessed 9 of their comrades just being completely wiped out of existence.

All except for Gensei Kihara, who at that moment had decided to speak up.

"That was a very excellent display of power, exactly what one would expect from three of Academy City's best level 5's. But tell me something Keiko, and you as well Railgun. How long do the three of you think you can keep that up?" Gensei said, an evil smirk finding its way onto his face.

"I don't know Gensei, why don't you tell us, I think you already know the answer to that question. I mean after all Gensei, as someone once said, kingdoms rise, and kingdoms fall every day, ask the Emperor of Japan. And let what just happened, be a warning to the rest of you villains, if any of you decide to try and defend another one of your own," Keiko said, a stern look with quite a bit of determination very much present on her face, since she was not at all amused, and didn't want any of the other villains to stand in any of Misaka, her, Shokuhou's, or anyone else's way.

And it was at this point, that Angel Bluebell decided to speak up.

"Oh, and Galaxia, just so you know, now you know what it feels like to lose 9 people, doesn't feel good does it? Now you know how some of us felt when you literally took our lives away from us! Oh, and don't think that I didn't forget about the rest of you villains either. I know more about the rest of you villains and the damage that you've caused to the senshi over the years then you think I do! Tell me, do the words 'Beryl,' 'six murders,' and 'jealousy,' mean anything to any of you?! Beryl, you know full well what it is I am referring to. You should know, as you did kill them after all! Too bad that your tricks only work once. And quite justifiably, as you now have nothing, nothing to threaten us with, nothing to do with all of your strength!" Angel Bluebell said, through very clear anger, and gritted teeth, while obviously hinting to when Galaxia had killed 9 of the sailor senshi in the fight in Juban years back, and clearly fed up with everything that she had done. And while also mentioning that when it came to the rest of the villains, other then Gensei, that their cards were marked. In fact, their cards had been marked long before they decided to come crawling back from the dead.

And not surprisingly, Bluebell's statement, was met with quite a few shocked expressions, not just from the senshi, but also from both Beryl and Galaxia.

Who knew full well what it was that she was referring too.

Which was followed up by a look of pure rage from both Beryl and Galaxia.

"Damn you, you'll..." Galaxia was midway through saying her threat, when Bluebell decided to cut her off.

"You, how dare you..." Beryl was also midway through her threat as well, when Bluebell decided to cut her off alongside Galaxia.

"You'll what Galaxia...you'll make us pay?! Not while I still stand and breath you won't! Beryl, how dare I what...hold you responsible for the damage and grief that you have caused to my friends...how about how dare you?! You both need to take accountability for the people that you have both killed! As I think you already did that to several of us already didn't you?! You know Galaxia, right after you turned some of us against each other and then made us kill each other?! And Beryl, you are just as guilty regarding this! You should consider yourself immensely lucky Galaxia, on the fact that you don't possess a star seed...or things in that battle would've wound up ending a bit differently...And to think Galaxia, that you killed them just to further your evil goal of collecting star seeds!...Beryl, the same goes for you as well!...Because if I had been involved in things at the North Pole, I would've made completely sure that you payed dearly for each and every one of their deaths!...And I do think that you've both caused more then enough pain and suffering to the senshi to last several lifetimes! You want me to care Galaxia and Beryl, and show some sort of sympathy for villains like you, or any of you villains for that matter, and you decide to harm and kill my friends!? So no, I don't think that you'll wind up making any of us pay, or be daring anything out of any one of us! You both really do seem to think that you can just do whatever you damn well please, and think that the rules of engagement and battle don't apply to either of you! When to be honest, they do! You went and committedly murdered 9 of my friends Galaxia...And don't try and feign ignorance, as you know fully well which 9 I am referring too...and Beryl, you went and committedly murdered 6 as well! And don't try to deny it either! As you know fully well the 6 that I am referring too...So that makes you just as guilty as Galaxia! So now it is time to have you both pay dearly for having done just that! So let me just show you Galaxia, and you as well Beryl, as well as demonstrate to you, why all of you villains can't win against the likes of us, and never will!" Angel Bluebell continued to say, and finished up with, through more anger, while hinting back to when Galaxia had turned Uranus and Neptune against the rest of the senshi and forced them to kill Saturn and Pluto.

And now, once the shock from Angel Bluebell's outburst had worn off, it was then time for the final phase.

Time for the rest of us to wipe everyone of the other villains off the board in one fell swoop.

It was the only possible way that this would not only end quickly, but it would also ensure that no one on our side would wind up getting unnecessarily hurt.

"Well, I guess it's time for the endgame then. So Peach, Lily, Daisy, Salvia, what do you say we show Raindevila and the rest of the villains that our bonds are stronger now then they have ever been?" Bluebell said, turning to Wedding Peach and giving her a small smile.

"Bluebell, I think you already know the answer to that question," Wedding Peach said, returning her own smile to Angel Bluebell.

"Yea, let's show them what were made of!" Angel Daisy said.

And in a split second, Angel Bluebell, Wedding Peach, and the rest of the love angels, readied their respective weapons, and proceeded to launch their respective attacks.

"I guess that's our queue then, Sakura, Li, what do you say we show them what true friendship is?" I said, turning my attention to Sakura and Li, a smile present on my face.

And a second later, after both of them had given me a nod of approval, I turned forward again, pulled out the Thunder card, and proceeded to throw it forward in preparation.

And as for Madison, she had managed to go off in the nearby bushes, and had begun filming the entire fight ever since everyone had started their respective introductions.

I mean, that is Madison for you, wouldn't you want to film a fight between 3 of the best magical girl groups of all time, a group of very powerful espers, all of which were going up against a rouges gallery of very powerful villains from their past?

But, before I was about to throw the Thunder card forward, a thought wound up popping into my head, and a very tragic one at that.

"I completely forgot about how Mako tragically lost her parents. I am still struggling to understand how she could be so okay about it. I mean, she was on the plane with them when it had crashed. And out of the five hundred and nine passengers and fifteen crew members that were on board that plane, she was only one of the only four passengers that had somehow managed to survive. And that was after thirty-two horrifying minutes. I am obviously going to have to talk to her about it at some point, only I don't know when. I just want to let her know, that she isn't the only one, that knows, about what had happened, to her and her parents. No wonder Makoto is so afraid to fly on an airplane," I thought to myself.

And I wasn't able to realize, that tears had now begun to fall down my face in streams.

And despite me now realizing this and best efforts to try and hide it.

I realized, that it was now far too late, to do anything about it.

Thankfully however, I managed to wipe the streams of tears from my face, before anyone managed to take notice.

And then, after steadying myself again, Shinko readied her sword, as the rest of us prepared to launch our attacks at the rest of the villains.

"Saint Grenade...Critical! Heart...Impact!"

"Saint Sword Of Bluebell...Devil...Purification!"

"Saint...Spiral Whip!"

"Saint...Rolling Boomerang!"

"Saint...Twin Swords!"

"Moon...Gorgeous...Meditation!"

"Mercury....Aqua...Rhapsody!

"Mars...Flame...Sniper!"

"Jupiter...Oak...Evolution!"

"Venus...Love And Beauty Shock!"

"Death...Reborn Revolution!"

"World...Shaking!"

"Deep...Submerge!"

"Dead...Scream!"

"Thunder!"

"Element...Lighting...Descend!"

"On behalf of Academy City..." Keiko began.

"The aces of Tokiwadai cast upon you..." Misaka followed up by saying.

"Judgment!" They both put in for good measure in unison.

Which was followed up by Misaka and Keiko firing their respective railguns from the arcade coins that they wound up firing after they had said the last word of their sentence in unison.

And once all of the attacks hit the villains at varying intervals.

Those that needed to be purified, were purified, and as for the rest, well, they were wiped out of existence.

And Chaos was cast out of Galaxia's body for what would now be the third time.

And the next time it would come back?

Well, that is something that even I don't know the answer too.

But I can guarantee you, that it won't be coming back in this millennium.

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A bit later on, in front of Tokiwadai Middle School.

After everyone had powered down, so as to not draw unwanted attention to themselves.

I figured, that now was a better time then any, to tell Makoto what was had been on my mind during the fight at the park a little bit ago.

However, Shinko managed to beat me to it.

"Makoto, can I have a word with you for a moment?" she asked, trying her best to hold back tears that were starting to well up in her eyes.

"Sure Shinko, what is it you want to talk to me about? Makoto replied.

It was then that she took a deep breath, knowing the backlash that would most likely ensue from what she was about to say.

She then took her in a tight embrace, as tears started to fall down her face in streams.

"I know, why you are afraid, to fly on an airplane. And just so you know...you aren't alone Mako, you have so many people that care about you, more then just those that are standing here right now" Shinko said, through severe sadness and distraught in her voice.

It was then that something unexpected happened, that I didn't expect, Makoto took Shinko in a tight embrace as well.

"Shinko, thank you, that means a lot" Makoto said.

I then realized, that I was crying.

I mean, why wouldn't I, this was something that I never thought would happen.

And experiencing it for real, right in front of me, pretty much made it feel that much more right.

And it was once the two of them finished their tight embrace.

That Meilin of all people decided to speak up.

"Ok, so is everyone ready to head back to their worlds?" She asked, clearly not getting what was currently going on at the current moment.

"Meilin, show some respect" Li said, turning to her and clearly not very amused with what she had just said.

It was at this point, that it was time for all of us to head back to our respective worlds.

But not before Usagi decided to speak up.

"Maybe sometime in the future, we can fight against each other...you know for fun?" she said.

"Uhh...sure?" Sakura said.

"But when we do" Momoko said.

"Lets just make sure that none of our worlds are on the line next time" Misaka said.

And it was at this point, that the four of them, along with Keiko, me, and Shinko, formed a circle, and put our hands into a pile, to signifiy our unbreakable bonds, as well as our everlasting friendships.

However, it was while we were all still doing this, that Shinko decided to speak up.

"Oh, I almost forgot, if you will all excuse me for a second." She said.

"No problem at all Shinko, just don't get carried away" Usagi said.

"No trouble at all Sis, just be discreet about it" Momoko said.

"Thank you sis, thank you Usagi" Shinko responded back with a smile.

This was then followed up by her turning to face off to what looked like straight ahead of her.

Which seemed a bit odd to me, but once she started speaking, a shocked expression found it's way onto my face. But I did my best to hide it.

"I would like to thank you, the reader, for joining me, and all of my friends on my journey."

"Yes, you didn't think I forgot about you did I?"

"And I am pretty sure that everyone else that is here with me hasn't either." *wink*

"Wait a sec, did she just break the fourth wall right in front of me?! I thought that me and Sakura were the only ones that could do that! And judging from the way that Momoko and Usagi just responded to Shinko's first statement...that would mean...no...that can't be right...let's not jump to any conclusions here...and yet, it would make a whole lot of sense if both Momoko and Usagi can break the fourth wall as well. And yet, this is still a bit awkward. I am not exactly sure how to respond in this situation...." I thought to myself as a sweatdrop found its way down one side of my face.

And once Sakura, me, Li and the rest of us had returned to our rightful dimension, I suddenly had a bad feeling.

But at the time, I had chosen to ignore it.

However, that bad feeling, like all the other times, was a stepping stone, for what was still to come.

 

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A year had now passed since the events that went on in Academy City.

Well as normal as it can get for two siblings who happened to be CardCaptors with the titles of master of the star cards.

However, even though Sakura and I were now 13, we still had a lot on our minds, such as preparing for our first day at Junior High.

And after we had gotten back to our world, we had learned that Madison had filmed the entire fight between everyone in the park in Academy City.

Not surprisingly, we told her to make sure not to show it to anyone.

Because that would wind up causing quite a lot of trouble for all of us.

Because why wouldn't it.

But anyways as I had said to Sakura more then two years ago at Penguin Park, during the incident with the water vortexes.

The world of magic is always changing, and until we passed the cards onto someone else, we were always going to be met with challenges.

Because, as it always seemed to be the case, fate and destiny waited for no one, regardless of who they were, and both Sakura and I were no exception to this, as it would become clear later on.

Well, I guess a Cardcaptors job really is never done huh? So, it was discovered earlier, that all of the star cards in our transformed book, had suddenly gone transparent and clear.

Not to mention that both Sakura and I seemed to have another recurring dream like we used to have with the Final Judgment and the Final Test.

However, this was was wildly different then those dreams.

And when I say wildly different, I mean that the respective star keys we had in our hands in that dream, were not only our star keys anymore, but were in fact new keys.

This consisted of the same wings from before, albeit a bit smaller, but the star in the middle was larger, as was the ring it was inside, and the star had many more points to it.

This was made even weirder, when we were woken up by Kero during the wild dream, being told that we were having a nightmare, only to discover, that when we lifted up each of our hands that had held the keys in our dream, sure enough, they were present in our hand, just as they had been in the dream.

But, this was kind of all not on either Sakura, me or Kero's mind at the current moment, and this was largely due to the fact that we were currently being assaulted by an unknown force, that seemed to have the ability to conjure up gale force winds and throw them in our direction.

It was then that I realized, as I am sure Sakura did realize this too, that we couldn't defend ourselves, since all of our star cards had become clear and transparent.

"Okay this just got really really bad," I thought to myself, as I dodged out of the way of yet another gale force blast of wind that was thrown at me out of nowhere.

It was then that I was left with no other option, and I was sure that Sakura saw it as well, we had to use the new keys we had acquired the previous night, to try and capture this card, if it even was a card.

I then pulled out my respective key, to which Sakura did the same. "Release!" we chanted in unison.

However even though our staffs grew to full size, I then realized that because they were new staffs, our old incantations would be of no use.

So after some thought Sakura and I tried to activate our new keys, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison as the unknown force was sucked into our respective staffs.

This wound up being transformed into a clear card with a transparent design, which was different from that of the clow cards and star cards that Sakura and I had seen, and on the bottom of the card was a single word, "Gale."

It was then that I knew, as I held the card i my hand, that another exciting adventure, for the both of us, had now begun.

 

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Just another day in the life of two siblings who just happened to also be CardCaptors.

It had all started when Madison had come over to our house for a visit.

Then, without warning, our room disappeared, and it was replaced by a closed space, and Madison, Sakura, me and Kero, were all trapped inside of it.

After Kero said that he, like when Sakura and I had captured the Gale card, that he couldn't sense any sort of magical presence anywhere in the closed space, I then knew exactly what this was, and I had a feeling that Sakura knew this as well.

This was largely because we were both sensing the same unmistakable magical presence of what could only be a card.

But, we would all need to get out of the closed space first, before Sakura and I could get any sort of chance to capture it.

It was then that Sakura came up with the idea for her and I to use sewing needles to pop the edges of the sealed space, since the space looked as though a sewing needle could be the solution to all of us getting out of here if it was used to pierce through the edges of the space.

And so, once Sakura and I had pierced the edges of the closed space with our respective sewing needles, the closed space started to morph and fade.

It was then, without skipping a beat, that I pulled out my respective key, followed shortly thereafter by Sakura.

"Release!" we chanted in unison.

And with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card before the closed space vanished completely, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!"

Sakura and I chanted in unison, as our staffs both glowed and absorbed the vanishing closed space into them.

It was then that the absorbed magic was transformed into another card with a clear transparent design, that wound up in my hand, and across the bottom of it read a single word "Siege".

"Another clear card," I said turning to Sakura with the now captured Siege card in my hand.

And it was then that I realized, that this was going to be a lot tougher then anything that Sakura and I had ever done previously.

Though not as tough as what had gone on in Academy City, it was up there.

But as long as we had each other, I just knew, that like the Final Judgment, the Final Test, and our fights against the Nothing card, and that evil female spirit in Hong Kong, we wouldn't let anything stand in our way of fulfilling our destiny.

 

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It just seemed like another day in the life of two siblings who just happened to also be CardCaptors.

But as of right now, we were dealing with an endless downpour, that seemed to be occurring in all of Tomoeda.

And it was while the downpour was going on, and Sakura and I got the suspicion that it could once again be a card.

We wound up meeting Madison at the park.

And then, without skipping a beat, I pulled out my respective key, followed shortly thereafter by Sakura.

"Release!" we chanted in unison.

And with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" Sakura and I chanted in unison, as our staffs both glowed and absorbed the rain into them.

It was then that the absorbed magic was transformed into another card with a clear transparent design, that wound up in my hand, and across the bottom of it read a single word "Aqua."

"Another clear card," I said turning to Sakura with the now captured Aqua card in my hand.

However, this was certainly not going to be the last clear card that we would wind up sealing together.

And as a matter of fact, on the very next day, we wound up sealing another clear card, "Reflect."

However, our adventure regarding these new Clear Cards, was far from being over.

 

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About a day had now passed since the capturing of the Siege Card, and things seemed to have once again returned to normal.

Well, that is until Sakura and I once again sensed the presence of another card.

And so, without skipping a beat, I pulled out my respective key, followed shortly thereafter by Sakura.

"Release!" we chanted in unison.

And with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!"

Sakura and I chanted in unison, as our staffs both glowed and absorbed the card spirit into them.

It was then that the absorbed magic was transformed into another card with a clear transparent design, that wound up in my hand, and across the bottom of it read a single word "Action".

"Another clear card," I said turning to Sakura with the now captured Action card in my hand.

 

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About a day had now passed since the capturing of the Action Card, and things seemed to have once again returned to normal.

Well, that is until Sakura and I once again sensed the presence of another card while at a flower viewing at a park.

And so, whilst we seemed to be pulled towards one of the parks trees, I then pulled out my respective key, followed shortly thereafter by Sakura.

"Release!" we chanted in unison.

And with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!"

Sakura and I chanted in unison, as our staffs both glowed and absorbed the card spirit into them.

It was then that the absorbed magic was transformed into another card with a clear transparent design, that wound up in my hand, and across the bottom of it read a single word "Gravitation".

"Another clear card," I said turning to Sakura with the now captured Gravitation card in my hand.

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Gravitation Card.

Sakura and I were in the schools music room, until we once again sensed the all too familiar presence of a card.

And when we turned our attention to one of the many pictures in the room, it seemed to have a what looked like a red dot blinking from it.

Without questioning why this was the case, we then both pulled out our respective keys.

"Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card.

"Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" We chanted in unison.

And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card read a single word, "Record."

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Record Card. Sakura and I were in the garden of Madison's house, because we both, along with Madison, wanted to test the powers of the Record Card, and after we had done so, Sakura and I once again sensed the all too familiar presence of a card. And when we turned our attention to a portion of the garden, there seemed to be a large pair of what I could only assume were butterfly wings flying across the garden. Without skipping a beat, we then both pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" We chanted in unison. And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card read a single word, "Flight."

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Flight Card.

Sakura and I were in the library of Akiho's house, because we both, had been invited over.

But as Sakura and I browsed through the many shelves, while Akiho was off doing something else, we once again sensed the all too familiar presence of a card.

And when we turned our attention to a spot between two books, there seemed to be a glow emanating from between them.

Without skipping a beat, we then both pulled out our respective keys.

"Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card.

"Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" We chanted in unison.

And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card read a single word, "Lucid."

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Lucid Card. Sakura and I, along with Li, went on a trip to the aquarium. This was sort of a bit of Deja Vu for Sakura and I, because this was where we had captured the Water Card many years ago. However, one of the tanks broke, flooding the bottom floor with water, and a whirlpool of sorts that had formed around one of Sakura's legs, as well as mine, was keeping us under the water. That is, until Tori was able to drain the water and save both of us, before we wound up getting seriously hurt. Okay, this really was becoming a complete case of Deja Vu, mind you it was several years later, but it pretty much was seeming to be the case.

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Okay, this really is Deja Vu huh? Later that night, after Sakura and I had snuck past the guard, and had made our way over to one of the tanks, dressed in another one of Madison's battle outfit ensembles. And once the whirlpool from before revealed itself again, we then both pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card read a single word, "Spiral."

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Spiral Card. Sakura and I, got a visit from Akiho. However, while she was over, she was suddenly put to sleep by something. It was then that Sakura and I, once again, sensed the presence of a card. However, as we caught site of the card spirit, and chased it outside, we noticed that the surroundings of our house had been turned into a very intricate labyrinth. And so, with Sakura and I turning to one another and nodding, we then both pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the two cards, "Forces that have no owners, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And, once the card spirits were absorbed into our respective staffs, they were transformed into two transparent and clear cards, and across the bottom of the two cards. each read a single word, "Snooze," and "Labyrinth." It was at this point, as I held the Snooze Card in my hand, and Sakura held the Labyrinth card in hers, that I turned my attention to her wanting to say something to her, but decided at the last moment not to do so, and instead smiled.

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Snooze and Labyrinth Cards. Sakura and I, found ourselves at Penguin Park, along with Li, and we found ourselves and our attention drawn to the large penguin slide, that was at this current moment upside down. And so, with Sakura and I turning to one another and nodding, knowing full well that we were both sensing the presence of a card, we then both pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Reversal."

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Reversal Card At Penguin Park. Sakura and I, along with several of our classmates, were participating in the school's sports tournament. That is, until a freak hailstorm decided to roll in unexpected. And so, with Sakura and I turning to one another and nodding, knowing full well that we were both sensing the presence of a card, and with everyone else more concentrated on the freak hailstorm, so their attention was obviously not focused on the two of us, we then excused ourselves off to a more private place, and then both pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" We chanted in unison over the roar of the hailstorm. And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Hail." And with the Hail Card sealed, the hailstorm subsided. However, later that night, Sakura and I had another strange dream. And this time a strange cloaked figure, that we both had been having a recurring dream about lately, had once again shown up, and tried to once again steal away our keys. And unfortunately, this was only the beginning of what was to come for the both of us.

 

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About a day or so after the incident and capturing of the Hail Card at the school's sports field. Sakura and I, along with several of our classmates, went to go and visit a shrine. That is, until Sakura and I took notice of several of our classmates suddenly turning into various animals right in front of us. And so, with Sakura and I still a bit perplexed, and yet knowing full well that we were both sensing the presence of a card, and with Li coming in to help us, because given the current situation, we sort of needed the help. Both Sakura and I then both pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" We chanted in unison. And, once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Mirage." But, despite us both capturing the Mirage Card. It was discovered that the reason that the card had behaved the way that it had, was because that it had acted on both of our thoughts. We both concluded, that the only way for something like this to not happen again, was to get even stronger.

 

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A few days had passed since Sakura and I had captured the Mirage Card, and we were both in our room, doing our separate things. Sakura was busy braiding Meilin's hair, I was sitting on my respective bed, watching the two of them, while Kero was busy playing video games. But, both Sakura and I would soon realize, that what lay ahead for us, would soon become one of our toughest challenges yet.

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Man, talk about a huge amount of embarrassment for both Sakura and myself. This was largely due to the fact that the both of us, along with Meilin, Madison, Akiho, and also Kero, who was hiding in Sakura's bag, were watching previous recordings of plays in which Sakura and I had acted in over the years at school. However, about halfway through the viewing session, an earthquake, or what seemed like an earthquake, was felt through the entire theater room. After Kero popped out of Sakura's bag, and told both Sakura and I that the earthquake wasn't normal, and seeing as how everyone else in the theater room was more preoccupied with the fact that quite a bit of stuff had fallen onto the floor of the theater room.

Sakura and I, without skipping a beat, hopped over our respective seats, pulled out our respective keys, and spoke "release" in the most hush tone we could muster. And with the appearance and then disappearance of our respective circles, and our respective staffs now in hand, I pulled out the Snooze Card. Without hesitation, I threw the Snooze Card forward, and as the card spun in place, Sakura and I then swung our respective staffs toward it. "Okay, now snooze," we said in unison. And once our staffs came within inches of the card, it then stopped spinning, and in an instant, Akiho was put to sleep. And after a quick run out of the theater room, and a quick encounter and conversation with Madison's mom, to which Sakura and I had to try a little bit to hide our respective staffs behind our backs. Kero, helped us out in putting her, and her bodyguards to sleep, by placing the snooze card behind us, and in enough of a range so that we could both still use it. And as the card spun, we both knew that we would both wind up feeling a little guilty for doing this. "Please forgive us, now snooze," I said, as the circles appeared below both Sakura and myself, and the Snooze Card put Madison's mom and her bodyguards to sleep. "I am so sorry that we both had to put your mother and her bodyguards to sleep Madison," Sakura said in a very apologetic tone of voice. "I guess you never know when you are going to need to use magic," Madison said in response, as she held her video camera on the both of us.

It was at this point that I decided to speak up about this, "not while the house is still shaking, it is best that you stay here." Madison, obviously didn't take my statement too well, I mean how would you feel if you couldn't film your two best friends using their magic as CardCaptors? However, this didn't stop Madison from mounting a webcam on Kero's head, which not surprisingly caused both Sakura and I to sweatdrop. And with that all sorted, Sakura pulled out the Flight Card, and after we both nodded to each other, Sakura threw the Flight Card forward, and we both then swung our respective staffs forward towards it, "Flight!" we chanted in unison, as our staffs stopped inches from in front of the Flight Card. And with the wings of the Flight Card adorning our lower backs, we both took off into the air, down the hallway, up towards the skylight, out one of the windows of the skylight, and out and skyward into the open air. However, it was as Kero, Sakura and I were still flying skyward, that we wound up hearing the same sound from before coming from the house behind us. We turned ourselves back around, and something told us, that this, was only just the beginning.

 

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Okay, this seemed to just be getting weirder and weirder, and Sakura and I had been in some pretty weird and unusual situations over the years. However, as we both, with the Flight Card's wings still adorning our backs, continued to keep aloft in place, with Kero beside us, we once again heard the sound from before, emanating from the house. "Over there!" I exclaimed, pointing towards the house. And after a good amount of looking underneath the house, after we had found the source of the noise, which turned out to actually be a card. Sakura and I used the Siege Card, to ensure that the card spirit did not escape, to which we then proceeded to seal it. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Swing."

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Okay, so, two cards in one day huh? This did seem to be the case as Sakura and I, along with Meilin, found ourselves fighting against yet another card spirit. Thankfully however, as Sakura and I were fighting against it, Meilin did all she could to help us seal it. And once we all had got it to a point where Sakura and I were able to seal it, we both seized the opportunity to do so. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" Sakura and I chanted in unison. And once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of this card, read a single word, "Struggle."

 

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Only a day had passed since Sakura and I had captured both the Swing Card at Madison's house with the use of the Siege Card. And had captured the Struggle Card on the streets of Tomoeda with Meilin's help. But, as Sakura and I sat during the class, something strange started to happen. And when I mean strange, I mean strange as in all of the roll cakes that were currently present in the room started to jump around on their own, and then wound up fusing into a large monster. However, since everyone else was focused on the class, and not on the roll cakes, Sakura and I, while everyone's attention was on the class, excused ourselves out of the room, and pulled out our respective keys. "Release" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, I pulled out the snooze card, to which I then threw it forward, and Sakura and I then swung our respective staffs toward it. "Now snooze," we chanted in unison, to which in an instant, all of those that were present in the room, were put to sleep. And with that now sorted out, Sakura and I then turned our attention to the roll cake created monster, and then proceeded to seal it, "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Appear."

 

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Only a day had passed since Sakura and I had captured both the Appear Card at school during home economic class. But this was sort of the last thing that was currently on our minds. Largely due to the fact since the both of us, along with Li, were currently dealing with another card spirit. But thankfully, with Li's help, we were able to get the card spirit to a point to where Sakura and I were able to seal it. Sakura and I then proceeded to seal it. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Blaze."

 

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Only a day had passed since Sakura and I had captured the Blaze Card with help from Li. But as of right now, we were both currently at Akiho's house, taking part in a reading session of Buying Mittens for children. But, after we had returned home, Sakura and I revealed to Kero and Yue that we had used the Record Card to record the occasion, and we wound up playing back what it had recorded. We then realized that the Record Card had recorded something else rather then the reading session that Sakura and i had taken part in with Akiho. In fact, after some investigating, it was discovered that the scene that Sakura and I had recorded was from decades ago, which was actually a sign that our powers had increased to an astonishing level. It was ultimately decided, that we were to contact Eli at any cost.

 

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Only a day had passed since Sakura and I had discovered what was on the Record Card. But as of right now, the both of us, along with Li, were visiting our great-grandfather for the day. However, while both Sakura and I went to get more tea, we wound up stumbling upon our mother's room. As in, our mother who had tragically died back when we were very young. So anyway, we both wound up using the Record Card to view memories and scenes of our mother, back when she was a child, that is, until her image that was present in the recording suddenly told us to stop viewing, stating that we both would not be able to return if we wound up delving any further, so we stopped. However, we were not aware, and wouldn't be until much later on, that the time would soon come, when we would both be put through our toughest test yet.

 

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It was after Sakura and I had gotten home from visiting our great grandfather, that we noticed that things in our house were strange somehow. Strange as in, everything seemed to be mirrored in some way or another. So, seeing as how we were the only ones currently at home, Sakura and I wasting no time, pulled out our respective keys. "Release!" we chanted in unison, and with our respective staffs now in hand, we then proceeded to seal the card. "Force that has no owner, obey our staffs of dreams, accept our power!" we chanted in unison. And once the card spirit was absorbed into our respective staffs, it was transformed into another transparent and clear card, and across the bottom of the card, read a single word, "Mirror." However and meanwhile, Eli was having a conversation with someone over the phone, that is, until it was abruptly cut off by Akiho's butler Kaito by using his own magical powers. And unbeknownst to both Sakura and I, Kaito was soon going to be the least of our problems.

 

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Man, talk about recurring dreams huh? This really did seem to be the case, as Sakura and I seemed to once again be having a dream about the same cloaked figure from all our other previous dreams. However, this would wind up being a little bit different. Because, during the dream, we managed to take a quick glance at the face that was under the cloak, and boy were we a bit surprised when we did. Because it was none other then Akiho. However, right before the cloaked figure who we had identified finally as Akiho, was about to take our respective keys and all of our cards away, we wound up waking up in our respective beds, having forgotten about glancing Akiho's face underneath the cloak. And unfortunately for the both of us, this meant that the events that lay ahead for the both of us, were now more unknown then ever before.

 

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A couple of days after the capturing of the float card. As well as our capturing of the storm card, in which it wound up going to Li instead of us. Sakura, me, and Julian, along with several others, wound up taking a vacation to the countryside. Sakura and I wound up meeting the old owner of a country mansion near their rented cottage. He invited us over for tea, tennis, and we became good friends. He wound up showing us the room of his granddaughter, who was deceased, and gave Sakura clothes that had once belonged to her. The next day, Sakura's dad gave Sakura cookies to give to the old man. On the last day of our vacation, Sakura asked the old man to stand on the balcony of his granddaughter's room...to which we then used the rain card to make a beautiful rainbow. I guess all's well that ends well. But we still had a long way to go with regards to capturing the clow cards. I only hoped that it would all work out in the end. And yet, I wouldn't know until much later on, that there are far greater and more powerful forces at work, then either myself, or Sakura, would ever even begin to comprehend.