Card Captors: Redux

Card Captors: Redux
Lost in a Maze
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Reviewer Responses

Scorpinac: Thanks for the refresher course. Well, here's the next chapter.

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"Layla MacKenzie, you know what I ask of you?" Eli asks. MacKenzie
"Of course, but if Fei is back, will there not be a final judgement?" Ms. MacKenzie asks.
"Just being prepared. If there is no final judgement I'll have to come anyway. If somehow both are found worthy then we will have an issue."
"And the lovers card?"
"Oh yes, can't forget about that card can we? Well, Fei would be a fool to interfere in Yue's final judgement. Clow, unfortunately, never saw any of this coming. I don't like not knowing what is coming." Eli sighs. "If Fei does show up sooner than expect, inform me. They'll need the extra helping hand."

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"You sure we should let them do this?" Sakura asks.
"They need to get this out of their system one way or another. Besides, do you think we've got enough of the cards to stop them?" Lee asks.
"Sleep?" Sakura asks hopefully.
"No, they'll just come after us for doing that." Lee replies.
"I believe Lee is correct. Wulf seems way too eager to fight Meilin." Josh comments.
"Come to think about it, he has been the one provoking her, Lee." Sakura states.
"Yeah, and provoking her isn't a good thing." Lee retorts.
"Well, at least I'll get some great action sequences." Madison says smiling. The two fighters come out from their respective changing rooms and grab one of the heavy mats and set it down. The two stand at opposite corners and Meilin bows.
"Whenever you're ready," Wulf says with a teasing smile. Had the two check, or had the two card captors in the room been paying more attention to their magical senses, they would have felt the slight presence of a card. The card was now current underneath the mat that the two were fighting on. Meilin had gone for a quick, hard kick to the head, but Wulf had seen that coming and grabs her leg by the ankle. She tries to kick with the other leg, but Wulf ducks and she ends up on her backside. She rolls and gets to her feet. She charges again and Wulf uses her own momentum to drive her into the mat.
"Ouch, that had to hurt." Josh comments. Sakura looks on worriedly, but Lee puts a hand on her shoulder.
"She's tougher than that, plus, Wulf isn't even trying." Lee explains.
"I think he's right." Madison says as the four watch on. They don't notice someone silently coming into the room and observing them.
'The lovers card is here, but it's only putting out light influences. So, this is the group that will be tasked to defeat Fei Wong.' Ms. MacKenzie thinks.
"C'mon! Is that the best you can do?" Wulf taunts. Meilin begins to see red and charges angered now. /Wulf smirks and wraps her up in a bear hug.
"Uh oh," Josh says realizing that Wulf had her right where he wanted her.
"Give up!" Wulf shouts.
"Never!" Meilin replies and head butts him. The two hit the floor. Lee winces at that.
"Meilin's head is like concrete, and I've seen Wulf take soccer balls to the head in P.E." Lee says.
"Why you...," Wulf growls and locks in the bear hug again this time on the mat.
"Is it just me or are they enjoying themselves a little too much?" Sakura asks. Lee looks closer and sees the same thing that Sakura could see. The unseen card slips out from under the mat and flies off. Ms. MacKenzie watches the card vanish up into the ventilation system and feels it leave school grounds.
'That won't be the last time that card shall show itself.' Ms. MacKenzie thinks to herself. The bell rings and she leaves to go prepare herself for the first day of teaching.
"Damn!" Wulf growls.
"Hah! You didn't beat me."
"Nor did you!" Wulf shouts and the two growl at each other.
"Ok you two! It's a draw for now, but you'll have another chance later." Sakura calls.
"Yeah, c'mon, we've got to get to class!" Josh shouts. This seems to bring them out of their need to fight some more.
"We'll settle things later." Wulf growls.
"You count on it, big boy." Meilin teases and Wulf finds himself blushing. Lee arches an eyebrow wondering if Meilin was now trying to fight a little smarter.

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"This is...,well...,there are no words to describe this." Josh states as the six humans and one guardian beast look around at the maze that they were trapped in.
"We've got to find the exit." Lee stat4es.
"I'll see if I can see it from the air...,fly card!" Sakura shouts and takes to the skies. The walls of the maze grow as high as she flies. Sakura sighs and lands back on the ground.
"Ok, if we can't fly, then...,sword card!" Sakura cries and cuts a whole through the wall of the maze. The group goes through the whole that Sakura made, but once the last of the group was through, the hole closes up. the maze then shifts and changes and the seven find themselves separated.
"What in the world? Did this thing not study the laws of interdimensional physics?" Josh asks Madison was filing in glee beside him trying to spot Lee and Sakura.
"This is ridiculous." Lee growls walking on an upside down staircase.
"Kero, why would Clow make such a card?" Sakura asks frustrated as well.
"Heeelp!" Meilin shouts.
"Meilin! Stay right where you are. Just keep counting. as long as we can hear you we'll be able to find you!" Lee shouts as now most of the group finally reunites. Meilin starts counting and the group try to head in the direction of her voice. However, not a minute passes when they hear Meilin's voice stop counting. The group hurriedly rushes back in the direction they came, but instead of ending up where they had been, they see...,
"Ms MacKenzie, Meilin!" Sakura cries.
"It seems you're having trouble." she says to the two card captors and the two nod. The silver bell she has rings again and a wall falls to reveal an exit. "I believe this is the exit you're looking for?" she asks and the groups follow their math teacher out.

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"That was a strange capture, Kero." Sakura complains in her room that night.
"Well, we know one thing, she's not an ordinary woman, that is for sure."
"Then Lee was right."
"Yeah, but I don't think she's working for Fei. It's not his style." Kero states. 'Yue, are you in her?' he thinks. 'It would make since if you were.' Kero thinks and Sakura turns off the light and falls asleep. 'Fei, Sian, Lee and Sakura signing all the cards...,Josh and Wulf finding out about the cards....,what does it all mean?' Kero ponders. He sighs and heads for bed himself. He had another long day of video game playing he needed to get to tomorrow.