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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23: Practice Makes Perfect!: A Song Worth Singing!

It had been about a another week or so. Though once again, it felt as though it may have been a little bit less then a week. Which was how long that had passed since me and Sakura had captured and sealed the Sleep Card spirit, at the university where our dad. Well Sakura's dad anyway, since I still didn't see him as such. Which was still due in large part, to not a lot of time having passed still, since I had mysteriously wound up in the Cardcaptor anime canon timeline.

And this, among other more important things at the moment, was something that I was still continuing to keep at the back of my mind. Since, I still had absolutely no idea at the current moment, as to why I had ended up in the Cardcaptors anime timeline in the first place.

But as aforementioned, this was not the current thing was was present on either me or Sakura's minds at the current moment. As we were currently quite a bit more focused, on capturing a Clow Card. Which just so happened to be the Song Card spirit. But I am getting a bit ahead of myself, so lets wind things back to how all of this started shall we.

So earlier in the day, me, Sakura, Nikki, and a couple of our other friends, had been walking down one of the many hallways of Tomoeda Elementary School. And as for the current conversation, that had lead to me, Sakura, Madison, Li, and Meilin's encounter with the Song Card spirit. Well about that...

"So wait a sec here Nikki, did you say that there might be a g-ghost in the music room?" Sakura had now proceeded to say to Nikki. Who had just finished telling me, Sakura, and Chelsea, that when she was last alone in the music room, she heard what sounded like a female voice singing. And though this didn't seem to frighten me, it did however wind up frightening Sakura.

Which was a bit of a surprise to me, since from the information that I had of the first five episodes of the Cardcaptor Nelvana Dub anime canon timeline. At no point during these five episodes, was it revealed to me that Sakura was afraid of ghosts. Well, me and her did wind up acting a bit on edge when we had been sealing and capturing the Shadow Card spirit a couple of months ago in the courtyard of Tomoeda Elementary School. Which at the time, I didn't really think very much of it.

But now, this is exactly what was transpiring now. As I was now a bit more informed, that the capturing and sealing of the Shadow Card spirit. And in regard to Sakura's fear of ghosts so too speak. Something told me, that this wasn't going to be a sort of one-off so too speak.

But, moving a bit forward, to just after we had been informed by Kero, that the Clow Card in question was the Song Card spirit. Which was due largely in part to the fact, that Kero had actually accompanied me, Sakura, Madison, Li, and Meilin to Tomoeda Elementary School. Which was later that night, after everyone else had gone home.

But getting back to the current situation so too speak...

"Me and Li are going to capture this card before you Avalon!" The somewhat annoying and arrogant sounding voice of Meilin had now proceeded to say to me and Sakura. Which not surprisingly, had now caused one of my eyes to start twitching slightly. But thankfully, I was able to hide it well enough, so that Meilin didn't notice it. Which would have wound up making this situation even worse then it already was.

But getting back to the current task at hand regarding the Song Card spirit. And this was kind of made a bit more embarrassing, since me and Sakura, were once again dressed up in yet another one of Madison's battle outfit ensembles.

Sakura was currently wearing long-sleeved pink dress that had a quarter note printed at the chest, along with a v-opening at the front of the frilled skirt. She was also wearing a lavender underskirt with a scallop border, a cream-colored cape as well as a pair of pink Mary-Jane shoes. This outfit also had a cream-colored pair of gloves with a cuff, as well as a pink beret with a quarter note printed on the left side.

And as for my battle outfit? Well it was the same thing, only it was dark blue to match my Clow staff. Which at the moment, was already at its full size. But getting back to the current situation at hand...

"Wait a sec, do you guys hear that?" Madison of all people proceeded to ask me, Sakura, Li, and Meilin. Although she had asked this question more to me and Sakura, then to Li and Meilin.

And sure enough...

"A twinkle in the night sky, far far away. Golden sky I gazed upon it in my dreams. On a sleepless evening, I sing alone. Tomorrow I'll wait for you, on a wing of a dream..." A disembodied but yet female sounding voice proceeded to sing out from seemingly out of nowhere.

Which though it wound up taking Sakura by surprise, the same was not the case for me, Li, and Meilin. And it was only once the Song Card spirit had finished singing, at least for the moment. That an idea on how we could capture it, then made its way into my mind. And with this idea now in mind, I proceeded to whisper it to Meilin and Sakura. So as to not inform either Li or Meilin, of the plan that I had to capture and seal the Song Card spirit.

"Madison, if you were to sing that very same song. Then it should help to draw out the Song Card spirit," I proceeded to whisper low enough to Madison and Sakura. Which was thankfully at a low enough of a volume, so that neither Li or Meilin heard what I had just said.

And, with this idea of mine now in the mind of both Madison and Sakura...

"A twinkle in the night sky, far far away. Golden sky I gazed upon it in my dreams. On a sleepless evening, I sing alone. Tomorrow I'll wait for you, on a wing of a dream..." Madison proceeded to sing. Which as I had intended, was quickly followed by the Song Card spirit then proceeding to join in. To which the Song Card spirit then appeared in front of all of us.

"Alright you two, seal it!" Kero proceeded to say to me and Sakura.

And without having to exchange a single word between either of us, or acknowledge Kero. Me and Sakura then proceeded to raise our respective Clow staffs.

"Song Card, we command you to return to you power confined, Song!" Me and Sakura proceeded to chant together in unison, as we also proceeded to swing our respective Clow staffs down, at exactly the same time.

And after the Sleep Card spirit had been sucked into our respective Clow Card halves, that had materialized on the tips of our respective Clow staffs. And both Clow Card halves had then combined together, in order to form a completed and whole Clow Card, the Song Card was sealed.

And as for me and Sakura with regard to just completing yet another successful Clow Card capture without very much difficulty...

"Well, that wasn't particularly difficult," I proceeded to say, as I also proceeded to breath a short sigh of relief.

"Thanks again for helping us out Madison," Sakura said, referring to the fact that Madison's singing, had just played a huge role in drawing out the Song Card spirit. Which was the only reason why me and Sakura, were able to seal and capture it so easily. Which was despite once again the fact, of me and Sakura looking a tad bit ridiculous. As well as feeling a bit embarrassed, having been dressed in another one of Madison's battle outfit ensembles.

But, we both resigned ourselves to the fact for the moment, that we now had yet another successful Clow Card capture under both of our belts. But, what we were not able to notice, was that Meilin wasn't really happy at the moment. Which was confirmed by...

"Hey that's not fair, that Clow Card should've gone to me and Li," Meilin had proceeded to shout out in a very obvious whiny sounding tone.

But thankfully...

"Meilin can you please give it a rest?" Li proceeded to say to Meilin in response. Which he had said while a sweatdrop and a somewhat embarrassed looking expression, was also currently present on his face.

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