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1 Cardcaptor Nadeshiko
2 Chapter 2
3 by G.P. and Amazoness Duo
4 pearsong1954@yahoo.com
5 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
6
7
8 “Nadeshiko-chan!! Look out!!” Sonomi cried out, throwing herself between her curious cousin and
9 the evil, bloodthirsty, undead teddy bear. She kept herself in the way, lest it try to drink her
10 precious best friend’s blood or some other such travesty. She eyed it with fiery determination
11 for a ten year old, ready to protect Nadeshiko to the bitter end. No one was going to hurt her
12 cousin. It felt like some kind of nightmare. But somehow, deep down, Sonomi felt vindicated. Her
13 paranoia had been right! Something else had gone wrong! Sure, it wasn’t what she had expected,
14 but she had known it all along.
15
16 “Huh? What is it?” The little yellow stuffed animal looked one way and the other, getting ready
17 to pounce on whatever the danger could be. Something had the auburn haired girl pretty worked up
18 by the look of things. He had to be ready for anything.
19
20 With strong legs garnered from being the fastest girl on the track team, Sonomi’s leg swept out
21 and hit the teddy bear dead on. The stuffed animal got out a muffled ‘ooph’ before getting flung
22 into the far wall by the force of Sonomi’s unexpected kick. Her skirt fluttered about her in a
23 very unladylike way, but aside from her mother’s voice telling her to fix it in her head, she
24 didn’t bother worrying about it. Picking up Nadeshiko’s alarm clock, Sonomi hurried to the
25 fallen plushy. If it could be hurt like that, then maybe it could be killed. She wasn’t about to
26 let some demonic puppet whisk away her darling Nadeshiko. Her heart beat furiously in her chest
27 as she kept a wary eye on the little stuffed animal.
28
29 Nadeshiko hurriedly followed Sonomi, her eyes swiftly spotting Teddy. He was lying on the floor
30 in a daze, little eyes swirling. Nadeshiko felt sad inside as she surveyed the sight. It looked
31 like her friends weren’t getting along very well at all. But then, Sonomi was awfully protective,
32 so maybe she thought that Teddy was trying to take her place as her best friend. Smiling
33 brightly, she tried to ease her cousin’s worries. “Don’t worry about Teddy-chan, Sonomi-chan.
34 He’s my new friend, but nobody could ever replace you as my very best friend.” She hugged the
35 slightly taller girl from behind, holding onto her tightly. Sonomi was fun to hug. She always
36 got all blushy and embarrassed. It was always hard for Nadeshiko to keep from giggling.
37
38 The stuffed animal in question could dimly hear someone talking as he tried to get his bearings.
39 What had happened? He had the vague memory of danger and then swift and immediate pain. It must
40 have been invisible, he decided. What else could hurt the almighty Cereberus? Nothing, that’s
41 what. Assured once more of his invulnerability, the animate stuffed doll looked around the cute
42 room. Everything was frills and ribbons. Even the pigtailed girl above him wielding an alarm
43 clock. In all of his life, nothing had frightened the Seal Beast as much as that ten year old
44 girl about to squash him flat with a cute pink clock. There was something about it that didn't
45 make for a fitting demise to the legendary Cereberus. Luckily, the pale girl from earlier
46 managed to stop the auburn haired girl that was bent on crushing his head. The pigtailed girl
47 blushed and fidgeted in the pale girl’s embrace, offering him the chance to recover, quickly
48 flying up into the air.
49
50 “Nadeshiko-chan...” Sonomi got out weakly as she felt Nadeshiko’s arms around her. She nearly
51 forgot about the bloodsucking teddy bear and the clock in her hand. Nadeshiko was always so sweet
52 and loving. And it always made Sonomi’s heart flutter when they would hug, or just when she got
53 to watch her precious cousin. Sonomi loved pretty, cute things and Nadeshiko was the living
54 embodiment of such things. And even with her own admittedly short temper and emotional nature,
55 Nadeshiko could always diffuse it with a smile or a hug. Just as she did now. It took the
56 brunette a moment to spot the flying toy. Narrowing her eyes, she pressed back against Nadeshiko,
57 intent on protecting the smaller girl. “Stay away from Nadeshiko-chan!!”
58
59 “Will ya wait a minute? Geez...” The floating stuffed animal rubbed his head with his small arm,
60 wincing at the pain that burst through him at the contact. “What kind of girl are you? Didn’t
61 your mother teach you not to hit people?” He frowned as he watched the two girls. Somehow this
62 wasn’t turning out at all how he’d planned it. The Cardcaptor seemed... out of it. And the other
63 girl certainly was violent.
64
65 “Of course she did. But I’m not gonna let some little evil stuffed animal hurt my
66 Nadeshiko-chan!” Sonomi shot back angrily. This thing was starting to get on her nerves. If only
67 she’d smacked it with the alarm clock...
68
69 “Who are you callin’ little?!” Little wings beat irately as a vain appeared on the toy’s
70 forehead. “Why you..!! You have no idea who you’re talkin’ to!”
71
72 Sonomi clenched her fists as she advanced on the pissed off teddy bear. She was done arguing with
73 the thing. She was just gonna beat the thing until it stopped moving. That would keep it from
74 getting to Nadeshiko. Then maybe they could call an exorcist or something to get rid of it.
75
76 Nadeshiko darted in front of Sonomi before she could reach the stuffed animal. She knew her
77 bigger cousin would hurt Teddy if she thought he might hurt her. Sonomi was sweet like that. She
78 was always looking out for her. Nadeshiko was very happy to know that Sonomi was looking out for
79 her, but somehow she thought Teddy wouldn’t appreciated it as much as she did. “No, wait, Sonomi-
80 chan! Teddy-chan’s my friend. He was on the book with the pretty Cards. He told me I get to go
81 find the rest of them.” She smiled happily at her cousin, disarming most of Sonomi’s wrath.
82
83 “Ahem...” The flying toy crossed his arms as he lowered to eye level. He had more important
84 things to do right now than argue with the fiery girl. The much more placid pale girl was his
85 concern at the moment. “I am the Seal Beast, Cereberus! My job is to look after the Clow Book
86 and the Cards inside of it. But now all of the Clow Cards are gone. If they aren’t found,
87 misfortune will befall the world,” he said gravely.
88
89 “Not all of them are gone,” Nadeshiko spoke up brightly, holding up the Flower Card. “Here you
90 go!”
91
92 “Err...” The stuffed animal sweatdropped as he shook his head. “No, you keep it.” The pale girl
93 brightened even further, evidently pleased that she got to keep the Card. The Seal Beast tried
94 not to get distracted, going back to his story. “The Clow Cards were made by Clow Reed, the best
95 magician ever. Each Card is alive and has it’s own special power. They all have their own
96 personalities, but they can be quite mischievous. That’s why they were all kept in a book and
97 why I was set to look after them. So if we want to avert the Catastrophe and get all the Cards
98 back, I’ll need your help.” He motioned towards Nadeshiko with a flourish. He was still a bit
99 miffed that the Cards had all gone missing, but at least he was out and about. He’d been stuck
100 in that bookstore in Osaka for far too long. Any excuse to get out of the book seemed like a
101 great idea.
102
103 Nadeshiko squealed delightedly. Sonomi, on the other hand, did not quite share her cousin’s
104 enthusiasm. “Why does she have to get the Clow Cards? I thought you said that was your job.
105 Shouldn’t you go find them?”
106
107 “I’m supposed to protect them! That’s a completely different job altogether. I’m not the one who
108 lost them,” Kero argued, crossing his arms. Why couldn’t he finish this up back at the other
109 house? It was a lot easier without the brunette there.
110
111 “Then she wouldn’t need to go looking for them if you’d been doing your job!” Sonomi declared.
112
113 “I was asleep, all right!! Besides, she has power. She opened the book. So she obviously has
114 magic.”
115
116 “Hmph... Some Seal Beast you turned out to be.” Sonomi crossed her arms, not at all happy with
117 all this. “Come on, Nadeshiko-chan. Let’s go downstairs and get some tea. I’m sure the stuffed
118 animal can find his way out on his own.” She sweatdropped when she spotted her cousin with a
119 thrilled look on her face, holding the Book of Clow. “Nadeshiko-chan?”
120
121 “I am not a stuffed animal,” the Seal Beast said irritably. “I’ll have you know that I’m quite
122 menacing in my true form. I may look stunningly cool now in my false form, but you haven’t lived
123 till you’ve seen me like that. As soon as we get the Cards back, I’ll be able to retain that
124 form.”
125
126 “Sounds like too much trouble to me,” Sonomi said halfheartedly, her attention still distracted
127 by Nadeshiko.
128
129 “That sounds great, Teddy-chan! I can’t wait to see it! I bet it’s adorable.” The pale girl’s
130 eyes sparkled as she thought about the beautiful form that must await her cute little Teddy. Now
131 she was even more eager to catch the Cards. Especially if they were at all as fun as Flower. She
132 couldn’t wait to introduce herself to them all.
133
134 “I’m not a teddy bear! I’m a lion! A really menacing lion, too!” The Seal Beast narrowed his
135 eyes as he floated in front of the two cousins. Why did he have to get saddled with two little
136 girls? Why couldn’t it be some powerful magician or something? He sighed miserably. You had to
137 make do with what you had, he guessed. “All right. We need to make the contract. Nadeshiko-chan,
138 please stand over there.”
139
140 “All right!!” Nadeshiko said happily, practically skipping over to her designated position.
141
142 “Wait a minute! What’s all this about?” Sonomi asked worriedly, her eyes darting back and forth
143 from the teddy bear to her cousin and back. Whatever it was, she sure didn’t like the looks of
144 it. Why wasn’t anyone listening to her? Protecting Nadeshiko would be so much easier if the
145 beautiful dark haired girl would simply listen once in a while. Sonomi’s stormy blue eyes went
146 wide when she saw the room vanish, replaced by a dark expanse. A strange symbol lit up underneath
147 Nadeshiko’s bare feet, her nightgown fluttering around as if tugged by the wind. Sonomi felt a
148 cold pit in the center of her stomach, but her cousin looked sweetly excited.
149
150 “Oh key to the seal. Here is a girl wishing to make a contract with you. Her name is Nadeshiko.
151 Key, give power to this girl!” The small key in the lock of the book flew over to Nadeshiko
152 lighting up in the center of the symbol. It slowly grew in front of her, becoming a large
153 lavender staff. It had two beautiful flower blossoms on the sides of the top of the staff, and
154 what looked to be tiny vines traveling down the length of it. “Now, Nadeshiko-chan! Pick up the
155 Key!”
156
157 Sonomi struggled to see through the blinding light, her eyes barely managing to make out
158 Nadeshiko as she walked towards the staff, her arm raised. “Wait! Nadeshiko-chan! Don’t!!” she
159 called out.
160
161 “Don’t worry, Sonomi-chan. It’ll be fun,” Nadeshiko promised, smiling at her overprotective
162 cousin. With that, she grasped the Key, energy filling her.
163
164 “All right!! A new Cardcaptor is born! Sugoi!!” The newly dubbed Teddy exclaimed.
165
166 Sonomi sighed, holding her head. As if it wasn’t difficult enough to protect Nadeshiko as it was,
167 now she’d have to deal with sweet, naïve Nadeshiko as a magical girl? Somehow that didn’t lift
168 the brunette’s spirits. Sure, Nadeshiko had always been magical in her own way. But this was just
169 wrong. The beautiful pale girl shouldn’t be in a position where she could just get hurt even
170 worse. If that day had proved anything, it was that Sonomi had to keep a closer watch on
171 Nadeshiko. The younger girl had already gotten hurt that day as a normal girl. Making her a
172 magical girl was just asking for trouble.
173
174 As if on cue, one of Nadeshiko’s puppets stood up, glancing around the room. It finally caught
175 sight of the pale Cardcaptor and leapt her way. Sonomi jumped in the way of the stuffed rabbit
176 in time to take the blow in her chest. Being made out of fluff and cloth, it bounced off
177 harmlessly, landing on the floor. “Buni-chan? What’s wrong Buni-chan?” Nadeshiko asked curiously,
178 bending down to pick up her injured stuffed animal.
179
180 “Nadeshiko-chan!” Sonomi pulled Nadeshiko away before the stuffed animal could attack again.
181 “Another man-eating toy? What’s going on today?” Sonomi asked to no one in particular. She loved
182 toys, she really did. They were so cute and fun, just like her cousin. But twice in one day was
183 a little ridiculous.
184
185 “It’s a Clow Card!” Teddy said joyously. His face lit up. Perhaps this wouldn’t be too difficult
186 after all. The new Cardcaptor did have a sweet disposition. The Cards would love that. It would
187 make things much easier than if they were trying to get away from her. It must have already
188 attracted one of the Cards. But which one? Teddy watched as it leapt about the room. “It’s Jump!
189 We have to catch it before it gets away!”
190
191 “Come here, Buni-chan... It’s all right,” Nadeshiko said soothingly as she hopped up onto her
192 futon, following the bouncing bunny. Another new friend already. It was turning out to be a
193 wonderful day! Now if only Sonomi was a little happier about things it would be perfect. But she
194 was sure that her older cousin would grow to love the whole thing as much as she did.
195
196 Sonomi was currently hating the whole thing. Not only was her dearest friend stuck as a magical
197 girl who had to seek out strange and mysterious magical items, but one of those said items was
198 terrorizing her cousins room in one of her stuffed animals. A stuffed animal that Sonomi had
199 given Nadeshiko for her birthday, no less! Sonomi trailed after the snow white rabbit, nearly
200 swiping it off the floor several times, but it continued just out of her grasp. At the same
201 instant, both pigtailed girl and Clow Card spotted the open window. The Jump leapt for the
202 window as Sonomi sprinted forward. She slammed the window with jarring force, shocking her. For
203 a moment, she didn’t know whether she had been in time. A glance down to her feet reassured her.
204 The bunny was lying in a daze on the floor, having slammed dead on into the window. She stepped
205 down with her sock covered foot and caught it’s arm before it could leap away again. “Gotcha!”
206
207 “Poor Buni-chan. Were you scared? I’ve got you, Buni-chan.” Nadeshiko swept the small bunny in
208 her arms, tickling Sonomi’s foot with lithe fingers before she stood up. She smiled happily at
209 her cousin as she held her stuffed animal. “Thank you, Sonomi-chan!” Leaning forward, the flighty
210 Cardcaptor kissed her auburn haired friend on the cheek.
211
212 Blushing furiously, Sonomi could only nod in reply. The burning warmth of Nadeshiko’s silken lips
213 remained on her cheek, replaying over and over again in the brunette’s mind. Her fingers went to
214 the small patch of skin where her cousin’s lips had lingered and felt her heart skip a beat. She
215 had only wanted to help Nadeshiko with this killer stuffed animal. She had never thought that
216 she could receive such a sweet reward. Feeling dizzy, Sonomi had to sit down quickly before she
217 could topple over. She didn’t fully understand the feelings the younger girl stirred within her,
218 but they always overwhelmed her. Sighing not unpleasantly, the auburn haired athlete watched her
219 best friend cradle the Clow Card in the stuffed animal it inhabited at the moment.
220
221 “You have to seal it, Nadeshiko-chan!” Teddy shouted. Just then, the door opened. Teddy dropped
222 lifelessly to the floor, hoping whoever it was hadn’t seen him. His heart froze in his chest as
223 he saw an older woman stuck her head in.
224
225 “Nadeshiko-chan? What are you and Sonomi-chan up to? You really should get some sleep, dear. All
226 of this yelling and jumping around can’t be good for you after getting hit earlier,” Nadeshiko’s
227 mother chided gently. She smiled over at a blushing Sonomi who was still sitting on her
228 daughter’s futon. At least there was one voice of reason in her daughter’s room. She would have
229 to thank her sister for her responsible daughter looking out for her own little girl. Just like
230 when she herself was a child. Looking from one cousin to the other, she decided to call her
231 sister again before going to sleep.
232
233 “We were just helping Teddy-chan get the Kurow Kaddo, mama,” Nadeshiko said sweetly, still
234 cradling the white rabbit in her arms.
235
236 “Oh, is that all? How about you do that in bed, dear? I’m sure you can help Teddy-chan all you
237 want from under the covers.” Bending down, the older Amamiya woman picked up the small winged
238 bear from the floor and handed him to Sonomi. After helping the two girls get settled in bed,
239 she walked back to the door, turning to get another peak of her baby girl and her little niece.
240 “You two are just too cute. Sleep well, girls.” Blowing a kiss to the two cousins, Nadeshiko’s
241 mother shut the door behind her.
242
243 “...and then you say ‘release’!” Teddy was whispering, Nadeshiko nodding intently.
244
245 “Like this? Return to your true form, Kurow Kaddo! Release!” Nadeshiko said, very gently tapping
246 the rabbit’s head with staff underneath the sheets. She didn’t want to hurt it, after all. In a
247 flash of light, magic was pulled out of her rabbit, appearing in the form of a small brown card.
248 Grinning delightedly, she grasped the Card and hugged it close. “Sugoi!”
249
250 “Hai, just like that. But you have to yell it out louder. It sounds cooler that way,” Teddy said
251 approvingly.
252
253 Sighing miserably, Sonomi stared up at the roof. Why did she have a very bad feeling about all
254 of this? Something was going to go horribly wrong, she just knew it. It was only a matter of
255 time. Determination sparked in her stormy blue eyes. This just meant she’d have to be ever more
256 vigilant in protecting her dearest Nadeshiko. She would have to make sure she was always there to
257 help her. Magic or not, she wouldn’t let anything hurt her pretty cousin. Her thoughts cut off
258 abruptly as she felt arms wrap around her stomach as her pale friend snuggled close to her under
259 the sheets. She could feel Nadeshiko’s warm breath against her neck as the smaller girl yawned.
260
261 “Goodnight, Sonomi-chan,” Nadeshiko said quietly, resting her head against the brunette. She
262 always felt warm and safe with her athletic cousin. She got so lonely late at night when she was
263 all alone. She had once asked her mother if Sonomi could move in with them so that she could
264 always spend the night, but her mother had said that Sonomi’s parents would miss her too much.
265 ‘But I miss her too much,’ Nadeshiko had protested. Her mother hadn’t been able to come up with
266 a good explanation after that, but Nadeshiko had to content herself with when her best friend
267 could stay over. Snuggling closer, Nadeshiko smiled and let her emerald eyes fall shut.
268
269 “Sweet dreams, Nadeshiko-chan,” Sonomi whispered in reply, holding her smaller cousin close. Her
270 fingers gently brushed through Nadeshiko’s hair the way she remebered her aunt’s fingers
271 traveling through her own. Nadeshiko had such beautiful hair. And it felt so nice and soft
272 falling through her fingers. Forgetting about the Cards and the teddy bear with the Osaka
273 dialect for the moment, Sonomi held onto her friend, her heart beating wildly. “I’ll always
274 protect you, Nadeshiko-chan.”
275
276 “I know,” Nadeshiko replied matter-of-factly, already starting to drift off to sleep in Sonomi’s
277 arms. “I know, Sonomi-chan.”
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