Card Captors: Redux

Card Captors: Redux
Explanations
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Reviewer Responses

Scorpinac: Doh! thanks for pointing that out...,I'll fix it. Hmmm, don't know if he'll be a plant, but being such a young beast he can be easily manipulated.

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"Ok, we have a problem that may be far worse than Fey ever was." Kero begins. "Whoever this mage is he's dealing in demonic sorcery."
"Why is that worse than Fey?" Madison asks.
"Fey was an interdimensional mage...,powerful, but he could only summon spirts that he would turn into golems. This new threat, on the other hand, can summon demons. Demons are much stronger than golems, and as the four of you saw, it takes the far stronger cards to destroy." He says to Lee, Sakura, Wulf, and Meilin.
"Who could be doing this, Kero?" Sakura asks holding a sleeping Ember.
"Someone that knows enough about us to know that there are powerful mages on the side of good here. You said you felt something at school?" Kero asks.
"For a moment, I felt something very dark...,but then it went away." Sakura explains.
"Kid?" Kero asks turning to Lee.
"No...," he says shaking his head.
"That's the problem with demonic based magic...,it can be so subtle that you can't feel it unless you're hyper sensitive like Sakura." Kero explains.
"So we wait until he shows him or herself then?" Josh asks.
"Yes....,uh oh...," Kero says seeing that Sakura had that look again.
"Whoa...," Lee says out loud. Sakura had opened the link to the point where Lee could feel the demonic aura.
"The park...," Sakura states.
"Let's go then." Meilin says ready for another fight.

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'That's what I wanted, I wanted all of you to come." the figure says watching from the shadows. He had summoned a pack of weaker demons. 'Dear cousin...,you're only just one half of what I felt, but your powers have no right eclipsing mine.' the figure fumes. 'Lee Shaoran, you've got the heritage, but with my cousin, you'd be nothing. Meilin Rae and Wulf Drumhilde...,the warriors of the group. Meilin is Lee's cousin and has been laying with Wulf. I can feel that de vine aura about the two. Josh Karthing...,the enigma in this whole group. He uses technology in order to have a fighting chance. His mind is vast, but his body isn't.' the figure thinks as his summoned band of demons are destroyed. 'That's not the end of it, cousin.'

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"Shaoran, you're up." the coach barks out. they were having their first full gym class. "Avalon, step up."
'Avalon!?' Lee thinks. He turns his head to see Wulf and Josh's reactions and they were just as perplexed as he was. The two boys size each other up. The moment the two locked up Lee could feel that same demonic aura that Sakura showed him through their link. Lee sees that the boy had very dark red eyes, almost black, and had a lean build to him. Everything screamed evil or demonic to Lee. The boy flips Lee onto his back.
'You are pathetic.' he sends to Lee.
'Who are you?'
"I am your precious cherry blossom's cousin. She hasn't seen me in some time so she wouldn't be able to recognize me.'
'What do you want?'
"She isn't the only with the gift of magic in our family.'
'You are a demon mage! Your powers corrupt your soul!'
"Power is power. It doesn't matter where it comes from.'
'And your name?'
'Now you ought to know names carry power, so I won't tell you. You know enough to know who I am.' Avalon says and takes Lee down again.
"Shaoran! You're not concentrating enough!" the coach barks.

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"What happened?" Wulf asks.
"We've got a problem." Lee begins.
"Uh, he's related to Sakura?" Josh asks.
"Yes, and he's the one that summoned those first demons." Lee states.
"Uh oh, jealous family member?" Wulf asks.
"Yes." Lee answers. "We've got to be careful, he knows our secrets and would know just where to hit us, especially you, Josh." Lee says and Josh gets a dark look about him.
"If he even touches her...," Josh begins.
"easy there, you think he can summon sucubi and incubi?" Wulf asks.
"Sex demons...,I'm not sure if his powers go that far or not, but I bet we'll find out soon." Lee states.
"Doesn't that mean that this guy is related to Madison as well?" Josh asks and Lee nods.
"Yes, that's why this will get personal real quick." Lee says.
"Do we tell the girls?" Wulf asks.
"I'll tell Sakura and Madison first. You might want to be there, Josh. Wulf, tell Meilin what we know and find out how the hell we can defeat such a sorcerer. Your family has had to face one of them right?" Lee asks.
"I'll talk to my aunt and she'll have some answers as soon as she can get them." Wulf states.

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"What?" Sakura says shocked.
"He claims to be a cousin that you haven't seen in years." Lee says finishing his story.
"So, he's family?" Madison asks.
"That's what we've concluded." Josh states.
"Why?" Sakura asks.
"Probably jealously, but this presents a problem that didn't come up with Fey." Lee begins.
"He knows some of us more intimately." Sakura states.
"Right. So, your father, Sakura, and your mother, Madison, might be pulled into this." Lee states.
"Lovely, that isn't the way I would want to have my mother find out about all this." Madison states.
"Hopefully we can avoid that, but we better prepare to tell her if things do get that rough." Lee states.
"We need to talk to my father. He might know who this is...,if I ...," Sakura begins but Lee sends the mental image of him to her.
"That help?" he asks smiling. Sakura nods smiling as well. "You've been quiet over there, stuffed animal."
"I'm trying to make sure he's not a plant." Kero states.
"A plant?" Sakura asks.
"I'm trying to see if this cousin of yours was able to make our friend here feel as if he had been created by your magic."
"Kero!" Sakura fumes but Lee puts a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't like it, but he's got a point." he says in a calming tone. "He might not even know that he's a plant."
"But he...,"
"Don't worry, if he is we won't be blind sided by it now since Kero mentioned it. we just have to make sure we keep an eye on him if Ember does go out with us to fight." Lee says and Sakura nods. This was going to become complicated real quick.