The Sealed Pendant
Episode Two - Keep it Clear and Under Wraps


She stood in a field, surrounded by different flowers, but all of a sudden, clouds slowly rolled across the top of the flowers. "Wha..." she whispered, turning around. The misty denseness kept rolling in, then she was pulled under and covered up by whiteness. She woke up to someone calling her name, "Ms. Akarui... Ms. Akarui!" She yawned and rubbed her eyes. She looked up to see Mr. Tomido. "Class is over, Ms. Akarui. he said. Kokkei gasped and jumped up. "I'm sorry for falling asleep." She grabbed her jacket and bag, then Rukki, who had swirling eyes from being slept on. She bowed. "I'm really sorry. I'll try to stay awake from now on." "It would be better if you did." Mr. Tomido said. Kokkei grinned, sweatdropping, and running out of the classroom.

She caught up with Sakura, Madison, and Li, who had waited for her outside. Li looked at her then turned back forward. "Where's Rukki?" Madison asked. "I let him go, but the nurse gave me this stuffed animal, and I named it Rukki also." She held up Rukki, who tried not to move. Sakura noticed the pendant in his hands. "What's this?" she asked, trying to take it. Rukki held on to it, straining. "I guess it was meant to be there." She let go and Rukki gave a little sigh. Kokkei looked up. "Isn't that Tori ahead of us? And Julian?" she asked. Sakura followed her gaze and smiled. "Yeah, and someone else is with them. Tori!" she added, waving. Kokkei snatched the pendant and stuck it in her pocket, then Rukki in the other. They all ran ahead to catch up with Sakura.

She smiled at them, then indicated to Kokkei. "This is the girl I told you about, Tori." "Hiya." Kokkei said, "Sakura tells me you and Julian are in college now. How is it?" Sakura blinked and mouthed to Madison, "How'd she know they were in college? I never told her." Madison shrugged. Before either of them could answer, Rukki popped his head out and Tori glanced at him with narrowed eyes. "Hmm. Aren't you guys a little too old for those things? Sakura still has her old one." Kokkei shook her head and Sakura giggled. "By the way, this is Antonio." Sakura said as Tori indicated to the boy next to him. He was a little shorter then him, by just a little, with sandy brown hair, and dark, black eyes. The college jacket was tied around his waist.

"He's a new student. We decided to bring him here and show him around the neighborhood a little." Julian said. The college was just on the edge of Reedington, so Tori and Julian, sometimes Nakuru, too, came to visit. Rukki stared at Antonio, studying him, while Kokkei just stared. "Hey." he said, smiling. She sighed and felt her face get hot. He had the slightest twinge of a Spanish accent in his voice. "Hi." she mumbled. He chuckled and uncrossed his arms, "You're right, Tori. Sakura does have some weird friends. Cute, but weird." Kokkei blushed some more. "Well, nice to meet you. See ya at home, Tori." Sakura yelled, running off. "Hey, wait for me!" Madison laughed, running after Sakura. "Bye, Madison! Bye, Sakura!" Kokkei said, waving. "Yeah, see ya later." Li added. "Bye, Li." both girls said together.

He sighed and turned around. "Ready?" "Yeah. I guess. Bye, Tori. Julian. Antonio." She smiled at Antonio and had Li drag her off. After a few minutes of walking, they heard a shout behind them. "Hey. Wait." They stopped and turned, seeing Antonio running towards them, while Julian and Tori headed the other way. He caught up to them and smiled. "I'm headed this way. I might as well join you." Kokkei smiled cutely and took her spot on his right while Li walked at his left. "Where ya headed?" she asked, playing with her braid. "This way." Antonio answered, grinning. Li scoffed and crossed his arms. Antonio glanced at him then back at Kokkei.

"Where are you headed?" "Same way." she giggled. She sweatdropped as Rukki moved around in her pocket. She smacked him and he fell silent, but something fell out of her pocket. Antonio bent and picked it up. He held a chain with an object dangling at the end. It was like a small pink heart with a short holding piece attached. "Is this yours?" he asked, handing it over. She took it. "I guess it is." She put it on and stared at it. A strange feeling washed over her as it touched her chest. She blinked several times, then shook it off. She looked up to see Li had ran ahead of her and waiting in front of the house. She looked at Antonio. "Well, here is where I stop." She bowed. "I'll see you tomorrow. Bye!" She waved as she ran off. Antonio waved as he continued walking ahead, a faint smirk on his face.


Kokkei ran inside after Li, taking off her shoes by the door. "Hey, Wei." "Good afternoon, young miss." She set her briefcase off to the side and ran into the kitchen. She fixed a sandwich and grabbed a piece of cake. Picking her briefcase up with her mouth, she made her way upstairs. She kicked at Li's door, her way of knocking, then pushed it open with her back. She dropped her briefcase next to his open one and dropped down on the floor in front of the bed. Rukki groaned and crawled out of her pocket. She looked down at him from her sandwich. "Oh. I forgot you were in there. "I... figured." He looked up and saw the cake. "Ohh! Cake!" He made a dive for it, but Kokkei pulled it out of his way. He hit the floor and slid into a dresser. "Never mess with my cake." she warned, "Never." "But I love cake." he whined, his face red from where he had hit. "Tough."

"Will you two quit bickering? I'm trying to study." They stuck their tongue out at Li, who did it back, then returned to his books. Kokkei cut the cake in half and gave piece to Rukki. He ate it in one gulp. "So..." she started, "What's the deal with the chain?" "It's yours..." he said, his mouth full, then swallowed. She took it off and looked at it. Rukki looked at it also. "Release the power!" he said. Kokkei screamed as a light filled the room. Li was blown off the bed. The key floated in the light. "Take it!" Rukki yelled as it extended and grew. Kokkei crawled forward and grabbed the now complete Wand. As she held it, the light died down. Li peeked over the side of the bed. She took the pendant from her pocket and looked over both it, and the Wand.

It had three rings at the end, one was attached to her wrist, the second was attached to the first and the third, holding them together. The holding area was a pink color, but past that, it held a narrow cup shape, which was white and had a red and white string running around it, meeting together in a bow. Moving up still, was a flower shaped section that, with the help of two more narrow and short flowers, supported a pink-rimmed heart, that had a see-through hard plastic, with a yellow tint inside. She tossed the pendant in the air and two wings sprouted from the side. "Windy!... Unlock!" She the heart end of the Wand against the pendant and heard a tiny click as the lock on the side opened, and the room was filled with winds.

The same girl in the picture stood in the middle of the room, the spot where the pendant was, her sunset colored hair and skirt blowing. She had a pale sunset-orange glow to her, along with her white shirt. She looked at Kokkei and smiled, he head tilting to the side. She swirled, creating a small tornado in the room. Li screamed, his arms flailing, as he was picked up and spun around. "Call it off! Call it off!" he screamed, developing swirling eyes. Kokkei grasped the Wand in both hands, pointing it back at Windy. "Windy... return to the pendant you were confined to! Lock and seal!" The area's winds picked up again and the pendant, with the wings floated to Kokkei, after she'd re-sealed it.

As she held it, the wings disappeared. Rukki made another dive for her cake while she was distracted, and this time, he grabbed it. Kokkei growled then remembered Li. She turned to see him half hanging off his dresser. She rushed to him and dragged him back to the bed, resting him down. "Are you ok?" she asked, patting his cheek. "Um... I think I am." "Ok." She jumped up and ran downstairs, putting the chain back around her neck. She slid into her shoes, out the door, and right into Eriol. She yelled and rolled a few feet away. Eriol got up slowly, holding his head. Kokkei looked up at him.

"Listen. Quit stalking the house. I know who you are. I know all about Ruby, Spinel Sun; everything." Eriol smiled. "You're a smart one, aren't you?" "I don't have time for this." She got up to run down to the sidewalk, but Eriol grabbed her arm. "Let go!" She tried to pull it back, but Eriol had a surprisingly strong grip. "I said, let go!" She yelled, her hair flaring up around her in a barely visible aura. She yanked her hand from his and ran off, never giving him a second glance. Eriol chuckled quietly to himself and dusted off his hands. "Ruby is right. This is going to be fun. Someone's gotta edge her on." He walked down the stairs and headed for where they stayed.

Kokkei ran down the streets, being watched by Eriol, Ruby Moon, and Spinel Sun, all of them in their true forms. "What are you going to do now?" Ruby asked, stringing her fingers through her hair. "Just speed up her arrival time." Eriol snapped his fingers and Kokkei stood in the field she had seen in her dream. "She's expecting one, but there's really two of them." "This should be good." Ruby smiled.


Kokkei looked around at her surroundings. "My dream..." she sighed, "I'm here..." She walked on ahead slowly, waiting for what she knew was coming. Soon enough, across the tops, of the grass, came the rolling clouds. She pulled the key from her neck. "Power of Kayo... Key of Akarui... Reveal your true form to me... Release!" She grabbed her took, the ring attached to her wrist. She pulled out the Windy pendant. "Windy!... Un-- Ahh!" she screamed as she was pulled off the ground and now hung upside-down. Several vines shot out and wrapped around her, pinning her arms and the Wand to her side. She looked up at the starting of the vines, but was forced to looked back down as they tightened, and see the fog was coming closer. Soon, she was covered completely.

"What now?" Ruby asked, stretching. "Be patient." Eriol simply stated. "That's boring." He glanced at her, then looked back through his little viewing portal. Under the fog, Kokkei squirmed and tried to get free. The thicker the fog got, the less air she would probably soon have. Her eyes opened in a thought. 'This must be Fog. Mists aren't this thick or heavy. But it still leaves a dewy substance on plants.' She twisted her arm and found that it was able to move. She cheered to herself and slid out slowly. The vines unwrapped and poised, ready to strike again. She stayed low and crawled across the ground, then stood up, her head and upper body popping out of the dense cloud.

"See, Ruby. Patience is a virtue." "Be quiet, Suppi."

Kokkei picked up the Windy pendant. "Windy!... Unlock!" The young girl appeared before her, smiling. "Windy, form a tornado and suck up Fog!" She held her hands over her head and started spinning. As she sped up, the fog was slowly pulled into the forming, and growing, funnel. Kokkei rushed up and held the Wand in front of her, pointing it at the tornado. "Fog... return to the Pendant you were confined to!... Lock and seal!" A glowing new pendant appeared in front of the heart on the Wand, drawing Fog's energy and presence into it. Windy stopped spinning and looked at the re-sealing, then smiled as the pendant, with wings, floated to Kokkei. She took it and looked it over. It was a pendant similar to Windy's, only framed inside, was a picture of a pier, with clouds over the water and a faded background, due to that. "I did it by myself." she sighed.

"Not bad." Ruby complimented, a smug look on her face. "I agree." Eriol said, "Especially for a beginner with no help. But she isn't finished yet." "And she really doesn't have any attack spirits to help her." Ruby laughed. "You get too much pleasure out of this, Ruby." Spinel sighed. Kokkei looked up as she heard the snapping of the vines, heading straight for her. She eeked and turned to Windy. "Form a chain and entangle the vines!" Windy split up into several bands and encircled several vines, weaving in and out, interlocking them. It struggled and finally broke free, disbanding Windy. Kokkei gasped then developed dot-like eyes. "Oh... that's right. The vines are still moist." She gave a mushroom sigh then straightened back up, holding the Wand out in front of her.

"Force, know my plight! Release the light! Lightning!" With water still somewhere on the vines, the electricity crackled immensely, then died down as all the vines fell. Kokkei looked up to see Li, Sakura, and Madison standing off to the side. Li was dressed in his ceremonial robes, his sword now at his side. "Hurry up and seal it!" he yelled. Kokkei's arms started flailing and tears flew from her eyes in a waterfall. "No!" she wailed, "It's gonna go to you! I'm not gonna! I'm not gonna!" She spotted the vines move out of the corner of her eye. "Ok. I'm gonna." she added quickly, raising the Wand. "Vine... return to the Pendant you were confined to!... Lock and seal!" Kokkei waited for it to finish being sealed, so she could see who it would go to. Surprisingly enough, it came to her.

She grabbed it and looked it over. The image inside was of the vines, wrapping around an object. She danced around, "I did it! It came to me! I did it! It came-- wait a minute." She looked over at Li and the others, noticing she had gotten closer. "You told them?" Li nodded. "Why shouldn't I have?" "Because." He scoffed. "I can't believe you told them." "It's not that big a deal. We'll be glad to help." Sakura said. "Yeah. Good work." Madison laughed, "And I got it all on tape. Well, from where we came in." "You were better than me on my first capture." Sakura said. Kokkei smiled, little lines of red coming across her cheeks and nose from the admiration. "Thanks. Now let's just get out of here before another one show up." She hurriedly rushed ahead of them, looking around. "Hurry, hurry." she whined, hopping from foot to foot.

Sakura and Madison smiled, a little sweatdrop forming, and rushed forward. Sakura turned to look at Li, who was just standing there. "Li?" He didn't even blink or move. "Li. Is something wrong?" This time he looked at her. "No. Nothing's wrong. I'm coming." He started walking forward. He stood next to them and looked at the sky. "I was just thinking." "Think later, 'cause right now, I'm tired and hungry. Gotta get home to that--" "Last piece of cake?" Li asked, cutting off Kokkei. She looked at him strangely. "Yeah. Why?" "Well... Rukki... he kinda..." The tiny unicorn popped out from under his hat. "What the kid's trying to say is, I ate it." Kokkei's head fell low and a dark shadow loomed around her. She looked up, fire burning in her eyes. "My cake..." she growled, "You ate my cake." Madison and Sakura backed away in fear. "I guess it's wise..." "Not to mess with cake given to Kokkei." Madison finished for Sakura.

Kokkei was about to lunge for Rukki, but a voice called out to them. They turned to see Eriol running towards them, Nakuru with him. Madison smiled and took a step towards them with they stopped. "What are you guys doing out here?" Eriol asked. Madison looked at the camera in her hands then at Li, Sakura, who was wearing the green Jester outfit Madison made for when she tried to capture the Dash Card, and Kokkei, who still had the Wand exposed. "Filming a movie. It's for the film club. Something unique and new." Madison waved nervously towards the three. They facevaulted, then Kokkei jumped up and glanced at Eriol. He turned and looked at her, his eyes narrowed and a smirk on his face. She took a step back, holding the Wand close to her chest.

"Where's Tori?" Nakuru asked, looking over the group. "Oh." Sakura looked at her, "He's at him, with Julian.." Nakuru was off, leaving a trail of dust. "Bye!" she yelled, disappearing. Kokkei started walking forward, keeping her distance from Eriol. "Wanna be in the picture?" Kokkei stopped moving and turned to look at Madison. "Really? Thanks. I'd love to. I even have this outfit I can wear. Kokkei twitched. "I bet you do." she mumbled. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. "Can we get going? We can use the park for the scene if you want." "Why are you in such a hurry, Kokkei?" Madison asked. "Because over here is too far from where I'm staying, besides, there are creepy vibes around here." Eriol looked at her fully, his arms crossed. "If you want, I'll walk you home, then come back for the video."

"No!"

Kokkei gave up, "You stay away from me. I already said I knew about you. You, Nakuru being Ruby Moon, Spinel Sun. You possessing Tori's bike, making Dash use it as an escape. You, being that new presence they all felt a few days before you enrolled in the school!" Kokkei took a deep breath, her shoulders rising and falling. Madison gasped and took a few steps away from Eriol. Sakura and Li stood side by side, Li glaring at him. "I knew there was something strange about you." he growled. Eriol started laughing, his voice going deeper; returning to the true sound. "Well," he sighed, after he'd finished laughing, "You were bound to figure it out sooner or later. Guess it was sooner." He held out his hand with a key in it. "I call upon the powers of the day and the night. Sun and darkness unleash your might. Release!"

He held his staff in his hand, his outfit also changing. He pointed it in Kokkei's direction as Yue and Keroberos landed. "We got here as soon as possible." "How'd you know?" "It's a long story." Sakura looked at Yue then back at Eriol. "This isn't over." he said, "You have things to seal, and I'll just be right around the corner to make sure you do what you're supposed to." He jumped onto the top of a building. "And to make it simple. They won't remember." He laughed and disappeared as Sakura, caught by Yue, Li, and Madison slowly fell. Kokkei sighed and walked to Li and Madison. She lifted them up as best she could, helping them onto Keroberos' back. Madisn groaned and her eyes fluttered open. "Kokkei...? Kero. What are you doing here?" Keroberos looked at Kokkei and she shook her head slowly. "Even if we explained it and they remember, they'll just... forget again."

Sakura's squeak drew their attention. "Quit doing that to meee!" She had little flailing arms and legs. Li was the last to get up. He sat up and held his head. "Ok. Let's go." Kokkei cheered, grabbing his arm. "Where the heck is Rukki now?" She looked around. "Ruukkii!" she yelled. "I'm riight heerree!" The small unicorn popped back out from under Li's hat. "Well, I'll be!" Keroberos laughed, making Madison jump off his rumbling back, "Rukki, long time no see." "Same. Whatcha been up to, Kero, old buddy, old pal?" Li now stood without help, so Keroberos went back to his Earthly form. "Not much. I'm still the video game master." Rukki had little question marks pop up around his head. "Uh... something he picked up." Sakura said, standing next to them. Kokkei sighed and walked away from the group with the bubbling energy.


She leaned against a lamp post, her position always changing every few seconds. She finally gave up and started walking back to the house. When she got there, there was no sign of Wei, so she fixed herself something to eat, then went to bed. Pulling the covers over her head, she heard the door across the hall click, meaning Li was back. She sighed and sank lower into the bed. She reached under the pillow and pulled out a picture she'd framed by herself. She smiled and hugged it close, whispering a name; one name, "Yue." From where he was, Julian's eyes opened slowly. He yawned and stretched, the wings coming from behind him and enclosing around him, opening to reveal Yue. He sighed and flew out of the room. He made his way over to the building and floated in front of Kokkei's half-opened window.

She looked up from her picture and at him. She shoved it under the pillow and bounced up, looked at him. "Hi, Yuye. What brings you all the way out here?" She crawled to the window and opened it up all the way, sticking her upper body out. "You... called me or at least, said my name." "Ohh." Kokkei looked at the ground a few hundred feet below her, a small blush on her face. "You do realize you're a child, right?" "That doesn't mean anything, and I don't know what you're talking about." Yue floated down so he was right in front of her. She looked up at him, moving back inside a little. "Ignorance isn't good when it comes to certain things." he said, "You know what I mean, and you know it's the truth." "There's a saying, that I can't remember right now... but it's something about the age differences in love. They really don't matter, and since you don't really have an age, it doesn't matter."

Yue uncrossed his arms but his expression never faltered. "You have no reason to like or love me." "I've loved you, since the first time I saw your picture, and then found out you were... oh. You wouldn't understand what I mean. Just know that I like you, and I don't care what you say, I will always like you. Maybe you'll grow to like me, too." Yue just stared at her in amazement, surprise, and shock, making her blush a little more. He leaned down close to her. "Until you find your judge, and until your guardian beast is in his true form, I'll help you." Kokkei had held her breath and until he moved away from her, she didn't know that. Yue gave a small smile and she nearly toppled out of the window. She held onto the outside and pushed herself back in. "Um... I guess, in either of your forms... I'll see ya tomorrow?" He nodded and headed back. Kokkei moved back in and closed the window, falling backwards onto her bed, squealing.

"Lightning!"

She screamed and jumped off the bed, just as it was deep fried. She looked up to see Li lowering his sword. "What... was that?" she huffed, holding her chest. "I thought it might have been some kind of trouble." Kokkei looked at her bed then gasped, "My picture!" She lifted up the pillow to hear the glass of the frame crack. She pulled out the burnt object and held it close. Li walked to her slowly. "I'm sorry." She looked at him and smiled. "It's ok. I'm just gonna be sleeping in your room now. Rukki's there, right?" He nodded. "Okay. Let's get some sleep. One more day to go through before the weekend." She put the picture on the bed and walked out of the room, Li following. They shared the one bed, both keeping to their separate sides. The next morning, both Li and Kokkei were late.


They ran down the hallway, breathing heavily. "This.. is all.. your fault." Kokkei said. "If you hadn't kicked the alarm clock down, it wouldn't really matter." The bell rung and they sped up. "I've never been late to anyplace." Kokkei panted, "Run faster!" They made it to the classroom and pulled the door open, leaning against the frame, gasping for air. They tumbled over to their seats and sat down, their heads hitting the desks with a thud. "Well, glad you two could join us today, and I'll be gladder when you stay after school." They groaned and Kokkei began hitting her head against the desk repeatedly until the person on her right stopped her. The rest of the day went well. Kokkei stay far from Eriol, but the others didn't that much. At the end of the day, and Kokkei and Li's detention for being late was served, they all started walking home.

"Hey, you guys." Madison said, interrupting the silence, "I heard there's some kind of festivity tomorrow. I'm going. Are you?" Li looked at Sakura, who smiled, then at Kokkei. "I'll invite Eriol." Kokkei's face fell when Madison announced the news. "Don't be like that, Kei-chan." Sakura said. They'd come up with the little nickname for her. "What do you have against him? "I like him." Kokkei smiled. "We know you do Madison." The young girl blushed. "I like him, too." Li looked at Sakura. "As a friend, Li." He blushed slightly. "Fine. I'll go. Is Julian, Tori, and Antonio coming also?" "I guess." Sakura said. "Yay." Kokkei cheered. The other smiled. "Isn't that a lot of people? How are we all gonna go." "Our van." Sakura pulled a loose piece of thread from her skirt then looked at Li. "Right." he said. "Well, we'll see you guys later." Kokkei and Li went one way, and Sakura and Madison the other. Not seen by the four, a light streaked across the sky.