Chapter 3: Allies!: Nearly Dragged To A Watery Grave!

The next day, me and Sakura, along with most of the school went on a field trip to the aquarium. Both me and Sakura were very excited that we were going to see the penguins perform. As me and Sakura soon reached the pool, with its clear glass sides, in time to see the lady dive in to play with the penguins, watching entranced as they, in turn, played her games, with the hoops and the balls and all the other toys, and she was just climbing out when something happened. It was then that me and Sakura saw it, a whirlpool began to swirl around the trainer's leg, soon after that, it caught one of the penguins as well. It was then that Tori arrived on the scene, and dove in to save the penguin and the trainer. A few seconds later, both the trainer and the penguin were freed.

"What could that have been?" I thought to myself.

A little later back at the house. "Zachary, when are those pancakes going to be ready?" Kero whined.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you that patience is a virtue?" I said, continuing to stir the pancake batter.

A few minutes after that, me and Sakura explained to Kero what had happened at the aquarium. And after explaining, Kero, me, and Sakura went up to our room.

"The Water Card?" Me and Sakura said.

"That's right, Clow Reed created four element cards that are more powerful then all the other Clow Cards, Wind, Fire, Earth, and Water, both of you will need to call upon your strongest Cards in order to seal the Water Card, you both will need to concentrate on Windy, Fly, and Shadow, you both may use any two in combination," Kero said.

"I don't get it, why those cards?" I asked.

"Well, those are the first three cards that both of you captured, remember, and that makes them your strongest allies," Kero said.

"So these three cards are our allies for the Water Card?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, but remember, you can only use two of them in unison," Kero said.

The next morning, after the school day ended, Madison, me, and Sakura were walking home.

"The aquarium won't be safe until we capture that Clow Card," Sakura said.

"Oh, I almost forgot, my mom gave me samples of the new cell phone," Madison said, taking out three cell phones.

One was blue, one was pink, and the other was yellow. "One for each of you, and one for Kero," Madison said, handing the blue cell phone to me, and the yellow and pink ones to Sakura.

"Thanks Madison," I said.

"Your welcome, and who knows, they might come in handy on your next card capture," Madison said.

A few minutes later, when me and Sakura arrived home and went up to our room, I picked up my blue cell phone and called Madison.

"Hello Madison," I said in a cheery tone of voice.

"You sound cheerful, did you and Sakura capture the Water Card already?" Madison asked.

"No, but I think we will find out the answer soon, we'll be on our way to the aquarium soon, we'll call you when we get back," I said in response.

A little later, me and Sakura met Julian at the aquarium.

"Oh hey Sakura, hey Zachary, what are you two doing here?" Julian asked.

"Oh, just looking," Sakura said.

"Oh okay, come on, I'll buy you two some ice cream," Julian said.

"Sounds like a plan to us," I said, as Julian, me and Sakura walked into the aquarium.

But, unknown to me and Sakura, Kero and Madison were behind a tree a few yards away from the entrance, Madison was wearing a disguise so that me and Sakura wouldn't notice her, and Kero was hovering beside her.

"Well, so much for sensing Clow Cards." Kero said with a sigh.

Meanwhile, at the aquarium's food court.

"Can we get three chocolate sundaes," Julian asked Tori.

"With strawberries," I added in.

"And three lemonades," Julian added in.

It was then that a peculiar swirl of water swirled through the giant fish tank. Julian, me, and Sakura didn't even notice. Meanwhile, one floor above the food court. Madison and Kero were keeping a close watch for anything out of the ordinary.

It was then that Madison heard a cracking noise. She looked up and saw a huge crack forming on the giant fish tank. A few seconds later, water began gushing out of the tank and began to fall towards the floor where the food court was.

"Oh no, Sakura, Zachary!" Madison yelled. Meanwhile, underwater, me and Sakura opened our eyes to see a whirlpool wrapped around our left ankles.

"The whirlpool, IT'S THE WATER CARD!" I thought to myself.

Meanwhile, above water, Tori was trying his best to locate me and Sakura.

"Sakura, Zachary, where are you?!" Tori yelled.

Meanwhile, Julian went to a small door, pulled out an ax, and started chopping at the basement door.

And after a few swings, the basement door broke open, and the water that was on the ground floor where the food court was, began to flow down to the basement. A few seconds later, me and Sakura floated up to the surface.

"There they are!" Madison said, still in a shocked state. It was then that Tori swam towards Sakura and I and managed to carry us both to safety.

"Sakura, Zachary, are you two alright?" Tori asked.

"Uh huh," Sakura said, still dazed from being underwater.

A few seconds after Tori went to go help Julian with anyone that might have been hurt during the flood, Kero popped out from under Madison's hat.

"It's here", Kero said. "Kero, I was sitting right there and neither me or Sakura sensed a thing," I said.

It was then that Julian came up to both of us.

"Well, I guess were going to have to take a rain check on that ice cream, nothing like a swim to cool you off" Julian said.

"Cool you off, wait a minute that's it!" Sakura said to herself.

Later that night, at the service entrance to the aquarium, Madison, Kero, me, and Sakura, snuck past the guards. Kero, me and Sakura went left at the t-junction up ahead while Madison went to the right.

"I assume you both have a plan?" Kero asked me and Sakura as the two us ran down the hall with our staffs in hand.

"We sure do," I said in response.

Both of us were dressed in battle costumes that resembled court jesters, except, both battle costumes were blue and white, with mine having a slight extra lighter hue of blue to it.

"Would you care to fill me in?" Kero asked.

"You'll find out soon enough," Sakura said as we approached the top of the tank that we both sensed was where the Water Card was hiding.

It was then that I pulled out the blue cell phone that Madison had given me.

"Alright, I'm all set," Madison said.

"You found it?" I asked.

"Yep, right in the basement just like you and Sakura said it would be," Madison replied.

It was then that me and Sakura raised our staffs over to the tank to which Sakura turned to me, to which I nodded, and thus we then set our plan in motion.

"Water Card, if you're here, COME AND GET US!" Sakura said.

"This is your plan?" Kero asked as a wave of water shot out of the top of the tank.

"Kero, leave this too us!" I said. Kero then nodded and flew out of the way.

It was then that I pulled out the Fly Card, and me and Sakura raised our staffs.

"NOW FLY!" Me and Sakura yelled in unison as we tapped the fly card at the same time with our respective staffs.

A few seconds later, both of our staffs grew wings, both of us then hopped on our respective winged staffs, and then we flew away from the wave of water as fast as we could.

It wasn't long until the wave of water began to catch up to both of us, and as we flew past the t-junction, we spotted Madison.

"Sakura, Zachary, in here," Madison said, pointing to a doorway in front of her.

After we flew down a few flights of stairs with the wave of water following close behind, we finally arrived at the freezer. Both of us then got off our respective winged staffs, which changed back to normal after one second, and then we turned to face the wave of water.

It was then that I pulled out the Windy Card and both of us raised our respective staffs above our heads.

"WINDY, RELEASE AND DISPEL!" We both chanted as we tapped the Windy card at the same time with our respective staffs.

A few seconds later, the Windy Card appeared and began to circle me and Sakura. A few seconds after that, the freezer door behind us swung open with a bang.

It was then that the Windy Card flew into the freezer, the wave of water then followed close behind a few seconds later. We both managed to jump out of the way just in time as the wave of water went into the freezer. We then closed the freezer door.

It was then that Madison and Kero ran up to us.

"It worked!" Madison said with a smile.

"Way to go Zachary, way to go Sakura, both of you passed the test," Kero said with a smile.

"The answer was right in front of both of us all along," I said in response.

"And I got it all on tape," Madison said.

"Hey, its got to be time now, don't you think?" Madison asked, while looking at her watch.

It was then that we opened the freezer door, and saw the frozen Water Card, we both then raised our respective staffs over our heads once again.

"Water Card, we command you to return to your power confined, WATER CARD!" We chanted in unison as we jumped up and swung our respective staffs down at the same time.

A few seconds later, the frozen Water Card spirit broke apart and was sucked into both card halves. And a few seconds after that, the Water Card was captured.

"Both of you choose you allies well, Zachary and Sakura," Kero said.

"Well, we both chose the best study partners," Me and Sakura said in response as we turned to each other.