The Sealed Pendant
Episode Three - Water Water Everywhere
Saturday morning couldn't have come any sooner for them. Kokkei stood in the mirror. She had on a light blue skirt, with a regular, dark blue shirt, long sleeved. Her hair was done back in one long braid, a blue ribbon at the end. She sat on the bed and pulled on her knee-high white socks with white sneakers. Li walked into the room. He had on a pair of blue jeans, a set of extra pockets further down, right on the side. His shirt was a black, Chinese-styled on, with black shoes to go with it. "Hurry. They're waiting. Tori's going to drive us there." Kokkei looked at him then grabbed her backpack. "Coming." Li walked back downstairs, Kokkei right behind him. Wei stood by the door, waiting for them. "Bye, Wei." she said. "Yeah. See you later." Li added. "Have fun, young masters." They smiled and walked outside, Wei closing the door behind them.
Sakura waved to the from the van. "C'mon. We still have to pick up Eriol, remember?" "Yeah." Madison added, popping up beside Sakura. Tori pushed them both back down and looked at Kokkei and Li. "You heard them. Come on." They nodded and rushed over to the car. Madison moved to the back, letting Li take her spot, which was next to Sakura in the front. She sat next to Kokkei, both of them at the end, but Kokkei next to Antonio, who was next to Julian, who was at the other end. "You have your camera, right?" "Yeah, I do. Why?" Kokkei looked at Julian, who looked away from the window and smiled at her. "I need a new picture." she said, looking back at Madison. "Ok." They headed for where Eriol lived. He was standing where he said he would be, waving to them. Madison scooted Kokkei over. She squeaked as she was pushed up against Antonio. He looked down at her and smiled. She smiled back.
Eriol got in next to Madison. Kokkei fixed him a forced smile and he smiled back. Tori then headed for their destination, chatter running through the whole van. As soon as he parked, everyone piled out. The five early-aged teens together, and the three young adults following. Kokkei ran ahead. "I'm dateless at the moment, so, I'll see you guys later." They called after her, but she was swallowed by the sea of people. Kokkei ran around the fair grounds, laughing happily. She was standing next to a throwing booth, when somebody came up beside her. "Julian." she laughed. "Hey. You want me to win you something?" She looked ahead, a small blush dancing on her cheeks. "There's nothing here I like." "How about the next one?" He led her over and pointed out the different prizes. "Ooh! I like the unicorn." Kokkei held her hands together behind her back. "Ok." he laughed.
The trick was to get the ball into a large looking milk can, only there was a catch. The opening for the can was a narrow space, and your ball would probably roll out. At the last throw, Julian got one in. Kokkei laughed and hugged him. She cheered some more when he handed her the large stuffed animal. She walked around, proudly sporting her prize. She was later separated from Julian, but bumped into Antonio. "Hey, kiddo. Julian won that for you?" Kokkei nodded. "Wanna win another one?" Her eyes lit up. "You'd win one for me, too?" He nodded, smiling. "Thanks. That's so great. I wonder if Tori'll win one also." Antonio laughed, "Don't count on it." Kokkei laughed also. "Can I get a goldfish?" "Something like that would have to be won when we're leaving. How about a giraffe instead?" "Mmm.. okay." After a few minutes, Kokkei was now the proud owner of two stuffed animals. Antonio stayed with her longer than Julian had, but they were eventually separated. She pushed her way through a couple of crowds. She made it to the entrance and looked around for the car.
"Hey, squirt's friend."
She looked up to see Tori coming her way. "Tori! Just the person I needed to see." He stuck his hands in his pockets. "I need to put these in the care. I can barely see anymore." He smiled. "Come on." He led her through the parking lot and stopped in front of the van. He popped pen the door and she shoved the prizes in. "Thanks." she breathed. "No problem." He looked up at the sky and his eyes narrowed. "It looks like there might be a storm brewing." Kokkei looked up to see that the sky had darkened a little. "Odd." she whispered, "It was clear a few minutes ago. "Never trust the weather at Reedington." Kokkei smiled. "I know. Let's go back." She grabbed his arm and pulled him back to the carnival. "Can you win me a goldfish before we leave?" She looked at him. "Sure, I guess." Kokkei grinned. "Thanks. Oh! I see Madison." She waved to Tori and ran off. He shook his head. "Sakura and her crazy friends." He looked back at the sky then disappeared into the crowd.
Kokkei ran over to where she saw Madison standing. "Whatcha' taping?" Madison looked at her, then looked back through the camera. "Taping Sakura and Li. They're on the Ferris Wheel." Kokkei looked up at it. She waited for each car to pass by as she looked on. "I made the owner stop it when they reached the top." They both giggled. Eriol came up on Madison's side. "What's so funny?" "Nothing." Madison said, smiling. "Hey. Why don't you two go on?" Kokkei suggested, "I'll videotape." Madison looked at her skeptically. "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I'm sure. I can handle it. Now, shoo." She took the camera and focused it. "Alright." Madison laughed, letting Eriol walk her over to the Ferris Wheel. "Lookie at the cute couple, folks." Eriol was helping Madison into the seat then he sat next to her. Kokkei looked away from the eyepiece. "Hey." she called the manager over. "Stop it at the top for them and the earlier couple." He nodded and went back to his spot, starting back up the ride.
Kokkei waved to them and waited for Sakura and Li to come down. She waved to them also and started taping. "You're just as bad as Madison." Sakura commented. "Thanks for the compliment." As it started moving again, Kokkei noticed something behind the large wheel. "Hey, mister." The man looked at her. "Stop it when both couples come down and let them off. Tell the dark-haired ones I'm sorry their ride was so short." He sighed, but nodded. Kokkei ran around to the other side. "Wow. It's a wedding display." She put the camera back to her face and focused on the scene of white. She felt movement in her backpack and looked over her shoulder. Rukki popped out, gasping for air. "Cake! I smell cake!" He looked around and spotted the large wedding cake. He started drooling and zoomed in on it. "Rukki, no! Get back here!" People nearby stopped to look at the screaming Kokkei.
Rukki stopped abruptly to look at her and she ran right into him, both of them falling into the cake with a soft squish. Onlookers gasped and rushed to the mess. Rukki slid out from underneath Kokkei. "Cake!" he screamed, happily eating away. Kokkei kneeled up and wiped some cake off her face. Madison and the others ran up behind her. Sakura started giggling while the others held a straight smiling face. People started pointing at Rukki and whispering questions. Kokkei grabbed him and a handful of cake then ran off, stopping next to a fountain. She put him down and the piece of cake she'd stolen next to her and reached in to splash water on her face. He yelled around the cake in his mouth, "Kokkei! It's the Water Pendant!"
Rukki forgot all about his cake as he flew in front of Kokkei. She gasped as the water started swirling around her wrists, which were still in the fountain water. She was pulled into the water as the storm Tori had mentioned before, broke. Kokkei was able to catch a breath before being pulled under again. "Fiery! Release and dispel!" From the Sakura Card, over the fountain, was the fire elf. The water in the fountain dried up and Kokkei was free, but that wasn't the source. As she stood and Sakura grabbed the Card when it came back, the ground started rumbling. Kokkei pulled the key from around her neck. "Power of Kayo... Key of Akarui... Reveal your true form to me... Release!" She grabbed it, the ring attaching to her wrist.
She looked around for her bag in the rain. "My backpack has in the Pendants!" she shouted over the rain. Rukki flew up with it in his mouth and dropped it. "But I don't have anything that can help me right now. I don't even have Fly." Kokkei held the three pendants. "I'll help." Sakura said. "You already have. You can't again." They looked at Rukki. "What do you mean?" "She can only be helped once. That's why Vine went to her, even though Li had stopped it so she could capture it. You can only help once." Madison screamed as a bolt of lightning crashed down near her. The sky now lit up in flashes of light. The whole fountain exploded as Water burst out.
"Madison!"
Kokkei looked up to see Eriol push Madison out of the way of another bolt of lightning. He, himself, was caught in the electricity, and he screamed. "No!" Sakura and Madison yelled. Madison ran to his side. "I'm fine." he groaned. Kokkei grunted and tossed up a pendant and it floated before her. "Fog!... Unlock!" The energy flowed out. "Thicken!" The area suddenly turned white as the fog spread out. Kokkei jumped up above it. "It's me you want. Come and get me!" The water broke off, splashing down near her. She took off running through the denseness of the fog. Lightning and water crashed down on either side of her. "Element! Fire!" Kokkei covered her head as the fire washed over the broken fountain. "Try now, Kokkei!" Li shouted. "Right!" she shouted back.
She dashed through the fog and stood at the fountain's edge. "Water... return to the Pendant you were confined to!... Lock and seal!" She brought the Wand down in front of the fountain and a glowing pendant appeared. The energy started to gather, but then the pendant shattered and Kokkei was blown backwards, water droplets falling around her. "It didn't work, and now I'm on my own." "Not really." She looked up at Yue as he grabbed her and jumped away as a blast of water landed where she last was. She started wailing, "Yue, I can't do anything. I only have defensive pendants!" He sighed and held up his hand and formed an ice crystal. He pointed it at the source and half of it froze. He looked up at the sky and let Kokkei go as he was struck with lightning.
"No, Yue!" "Windy!" The element circled around Kokkei from Sakura's Card, but Kokkei kept falling. She squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for impact, but felt arms instead, her captor falling to the ground with her. She opened her eyes and looked up at Antonio. "What's gong on?" he asked, setting her down and standing up. "I'll explain, not right now." She looked around at the damage caused. Madison was still kneeling next to Eriol. Sakura and Li stood tense. Rukki was over by Yue, who had fallen to his knees. She started running to him, but was stopped short as water enveloped her and she was brought up in a tunnel. She looked up just in time to see lightning come down the tunnel. She yelled and her eyes squeezed shut.
'It's no use.' she thought through the pain, 'I can't win. Those are offensive pendants.' "That's not true." 'Sakura?' She opened her eyes and looked down. "She's right. You can do it. 'Li.' Kokkei had a small smile. "You can't give up. We haven't watched the video of the carnival." 'Madison.' "Even I have faith in you now. I've always had." 'Thanks, Eriol.' "We have cake to share together." Kokkei laughed a little. "If you go, you won't really figure out what you want to know." Kokkei's grip on the Wand tightened. 'Yue.' She concentrated and started glowing like before. "Let me go!" The water glowed and soon broke into nothing but little sprinkles. Kokkei floated there, glowing. She pointed the Wand to the sky and the glow passed through it and at the Lightning cloud. A second Wand appeared and she pointed it at the fountain. "Water... Lightning... return to the pendants you were confined to! Lock and seal!"
The glow intensified ad soon the sky had cleared, the fountain was back to it's regular spray, and two new pendants floated in front of Kokkei. The Water was of a young girl, like Windy, but with a blue complexion, and she wore a short Chinese dress, with splits down both side, her hands balled in fists at her side. The Lightning was of two bolts criss-crossing in an "X". She floated to the ground and everyone gather around her, all except Rukki and Antonio. They were both outlined in a light. For Rukki it was yellow, and Antonio, blue. "No way." Kokkei whispered. They looked at her, then followed her gaze, but Antonio was just sticking his hands in his pockets and Rukki floated to them. She then remembered something. "Yue." She turned to see Julian smiling down at her. He leaned down and hugged her tightly. "He's proud of you." he whispered. Kokkei gasped. "You know you're really... him?" Julian nodded. "And you're... ok... with it?" "There's nothing I can do." Kokkei hugged Julian back.
"You know. This works better with you guys in all the weird costumes."
They looked over to see Tori holding Madison's camera. Kokkei smiled. "Don't forget you two owe me goldfishes." She then fell backwards, into Julian's arms. "She's tired. Let's get her back." Eriol suggested. He had his arm wrapped around Madison's shoulder for support as they left. They dropped Eriol home first. He stood by the door smiling at Madison. "Thanks... for helping me." she said, "But I'm sorry about what happened to you." Eriol laughed, "It's ok. I'm fine. And when she wakes up, tell Kokkei I'm sorry." He leaned forward and gave Madison a small kiss on the cheek. "Bye." he said, closing the door and running off. Madison blushed and turned back around. Everyone was grinning at her. She sweatdropped. "Just drive." she sighed. Tori smiled and headed for Li's place next.
Li hopped out after Sakura hugged him, holding Kokkei's two fishes. "Bye, Li." she said, waving. Madison waved also. He nodded and walked around to the other side of the car, where Julian still carried Kokkei and Antonio carried her two stuffed animals. They all walked into the house, leaving the other three sitting in the car. "She's got them waiting on her hand and foot." Tori commented. Sakura and Madison nodded. When they came back out, Sakura had moved to the back and Julian sat in the front. Tori soon regretted the fact that he had offered to do this when I realized just how loud two teenage girls can be. Madison and Sakura talked excitedly, giggling and laughing, while the other two boys just ignored the noise for the moment.
