The Sealed Pendant
Episode Four - A Day When You Should Reflect Upon Life


Kokkei didn't wake back up until Sunday afternoon. She stretched and yawned, then wearily opened her eyes. She looked around the room and spotted her giraffe and unicorn. "It has a slight resemblance to Rukki." she mumbled, hopping out of bed. "No, it doesn't not." Kokkei smiled and picked up Rukki. "Yes, it does." she said in a baby voice, "Yes, it does. Looks just like cute wittle you." As she continued teasing him, the sweatdrop on Rukki's head grew bigger. She hugged him and ran out of the room. She took her time down the stairs and saw the medium-sized fish tank with her two, won, goldfishes. She let go of Rukki and bounced over there. She pressed her face right up against the glass. "Hi, little fishes." she giggled. She moved back and looked at them carefully. "Ok. The one with the longer fin is now named Yue." Someone snickering made her turn around. Li stood there with his arms crossed. "You're really hung up on him." He walked over and dropped down in the chair, grabbing the remote.

Kokkei turned back to the tank. "And I'll name the other one... Mizuiro." Li looked at her after he'd turned on the TV. "Who's Mizuiro?" he asked. "I dunno. The name just came into my head." Li turned back to the TV. "Hey. Look at this." Kokkei moved away from the fish tank and sat next to Li. "What?" "The news. Just watch and listen." Kokkei stretched and let the news play out. "...Down here on the south side of Reedington, there's been some strange activities. Half of the town is covered in a weird dome, keeping in almost everything, and blocking out others." Kokkei groaned, "Sunday is a day for resting, not capturing." "Forget that. Let's go. C'mon, c'mon!" The looked at Rukki. "It's a resting day." Kokkei repeated. "We have to leave now." "Fine. Li, call Sakura and Madison and... whoever else. I wanna change into my outfit. I finally get to wear it. Kokkei giggled as she ran upstairs. "She's hopeless." Li sighed, getting up. "I know, but you know it's her job to do what she must."

"Yeah." Li grabbed the phone as Rukki flew upstairs. He flew into the room and looked at Kokkei, who was modeling in the mirror. "Are you finished?" She looked at him and smiled. "Isn't it cute?" She twirled around. Li walked up. "Madison and Sakura are on their way, along with Kero and Julian, or Yue... whoever." Li was wearing his ceremonial robes while Kokkei had something similar, but it was still different. It was a short white skirt, like the school's outfit's, but shorter. Then there was the Chinese traditional shirt, closed up in the front, on the right side of her chest, the edges outlined in gold. The shirt was pink, to go with the color of the Wand, and around the waist, was a black wrap, with the kimono's bow strings, holding it in place. The sleeves were like Li's, just outside it was a pale green, and when she moved her arms, you could see that the inside was pink. The shoes were just like Li's, just pink.

"Isn't the skirt a little... short?" Rukki asked, sweatdropping all around. "Not for me. What do you think, Li?" "Err..." Li tuned sharply and ran downstairs. Kokkei blinked. "I guess it was too short. Oh, well. Let's go." She grabbed Rukki and the pendants also, running out of the room. The stood in front of the door, looking around. "Where's Li?" 'Right here." He walked into view, attaching his sword to his back. Kokkei opened the door just as Sakura and the others arrived. Woo-hoo. Free rides. I was wondering how we would get there." Sakura smiled. "You have to pick. Keroberos with Madison or Yue." "Hmm. Weren't we picking up Eriol along the way?" Madison took the camera away from her face. Kokkei heard nothing more. She walked over and looked up at Yue, smiling. She went chibi. "Up." Everyone facevaulted while Yue had a tiny sweatdrop on the side of his head.

He sighed and picked her up. She returned to normal. Madison pointed the camera at them. "So cute." she giggled. "Quit worrying about cuteness!" Rukki yelled, waving his arms, "Pendants are loose!" "Right." Sakura said, "Come on, Li." She held out her hand towards him. He blushed and got on behind her. She took off into the air with the others. Passing near where they were supposed to pick up Eriol, Keroberos swung low so Madison could see better. "There he is!" Eriol was waving to the as Keroberos landed.He climbed on behind Madison and the guardian beast follwed after Sakura. "What is it this time?" he asked. "They haven't told us yet." Kerobero flew closer to Sakura. "Hey, Li. What pendant is it?" Li looked over at Madison. "The Shield we believe, but like I suspected before, these things come in pairs, so the other must be inside the dome."

Kokkei leaned down from Yue and pointed below. "Look. There it is. And there are the news crews." "Keep still or you'll fall." "And you'll just catch me." "Yeah, right." She grinned as they all started to descend. She jumped from Yue and headed for the top of the dome shield. As she landed, it sparked slightly. She leaned down and peered through to see what was going on as the others landed. "You see anything?" Rukki asked. "Not. Not really. And just like the new lady said, it's keeping out others." "Let's go then." "How can we? I'm standing on the shield, Rukki. How are we supposed to get in?!" The dame crackled loudly and Kokkei gasped as a hole appeared below her. Yue flew down and grabbed her arm, placing her safely on the ground. The other landed around her as the dome closed. Rukki tapped Kokkei on her shoulder and she looked at him.

He pointed in all directions, yelling wordlessly. Kokkei looked around to see a group of people watching them. A little kid ran up behind Yue and pulled on his hair. He yelled and grabbed it back. A whole group of children ran up and surrounded him, tugging and pulling on his outfit, his hair, and wings. Kokkei and the others grinned as they sweatdropped. Madison and Eriol jumped off of Keroberos as a group of children formed around him also. One kid walked over and pulled on the bunny tail on Sakura's outfit. She eeked and looked down at the little boy. he grinned up at her. Li's head slowly appeared over her shoulder. "Hey, kid. Go back to your mommy." The little boy stuck out his tongue at Li and ran off. Sakura giggled as he sweatdropped. Kokkei was trying to keep away from a couple of children. "You think this is the pendant's doing?"

"No. There are just children that must've been coming from preschool or something, when they were caught in here. They're just excited to see people like Yue and people dressed like Li and Sakura." "I hate you two." Kokkei wailed at Eriol and Madison. They laughed. Madison had on a dark blue dress and blue sandals, while Eriol wore a dark green, long-sleeved shirt with black pants and black shoes. Madison took the camera from by her face, from videotaping the child attack. "Kokkei, dear. I believe you have more admirers than those children." She indicated behind Kokkei and she turned around. A group of boys, around her age, maybe older, were looking at her. Yue saw this and pulled away from the children. He rushed to her and grabbed her, floating high enough so the kids couldn't reach them. "Let's scout around. Nothing seems to be here." Kokkei said, wrapping her arms around Yue.

"We'll walk." Madison said, holding Eriol's hand. Sakura and Li dragged Keroberos away from the children and climbed on his back as he took off. They caught up with Yue and Kokkei. "So, what do you think it is, Rukki?" Li asked. "It must be a special one, or just real powerful to bond with Shield." "Special?" "I'll explain later, kid." Rukki said to Kokkei, "We've gotta find the second one." "Maybe if I get rid of the first, the second will appear. Kero, can I stand on your back please?" Keroberos stuttered for a moment then nodded. "Fly!" Li and Sakura got back on the staff as Yue placed Kokkei on Keroberos. "Lightning! Unlock!" She tossed the pendant in the air and brought the Wand up under it. A long beam of yellow headed for the dark top of the dome. The energy surged throughout the whole thing, lighting up the confined area. She held the first one there and a second Wand appeared in her other hand as the dome shrank.

"Shield!... return to the pendant you were confined to! Lock and seal!" Whatever remaining energy of the dome there was, was sucked into a new pendant as Kokkei stuck Lightning in her pocket. As she grabbed the new one and looked at it, the picture of a female, dressed in a warrior's clothing, with an armored shield on her arm that was over her chest, while the other was at her side, a loud roar was heard, knocking Kokkei off Keroberos. Before Yue could react, Keroberos had turned his head and grabbed Kokkei by the sleeve of her outfit. "That's not a pretty site, you know!" Madison shouted up. He swung her back on his back as the same roar was heard again, only closer. "You didn't have to look up!" Kokkei shouted back down. "It's a Special Pendant!" Rukki interrupted, sitting on Kokkei's head. "What are these "special pendants" you keep talking about? she asked as Keroberos started flying forward.


Kokkei screamed as the upper part of an extremely huge dragon became visible. "That... is a special pendant." Sakura flew up alongside them. "You think it's something like the Create Card? Simply someone's imagination?" Rukki shook his head. "That is the pendant's true form." "I'm not capturing that! Are you mad?!" A second roar was heard, lower, over to the other side. "Another one?!" Kokkei screeched. "No. Mirror." "Rukki, that's three!!" He sweatdropped. "Don't worry." Li said, "We'll be here to help you." Kokkei looked at him and smiled, then turned back to look at the dragon, giving a mushroom sigh. "Kero. Fly me over there, as close as you can get." The dragon roared and opened its mouth, letting out a burst of fire. Kokkei's eyes widened. "On, second thought..." Keroberos had already started heading for the creature. He flew higher than its head, and as he got closer, Kokkei stood up and jumped down on it.

"What is she doing?" Rukki asked. "I don't know." Sakura answered, "But I hope she does." Kokkei had landed on the dragon's head and was now holding the Wand over her head. "Hey, dragon thing! Are you gonna go easily or the heard way?" It tilted its head back and roared again, this time, letting loose a beam of yellow energy. "Eeep! I guess it's the hard way. Lightning... Water!... Unlock!" The two elements swarmed together over the giant lizard's body. Kokkei was still standing on it, but it didn't affect her. She jumped up and down in a chibi way. "Die, die, die!" She pulled out another pendant. "Vine!... Unlock!" The green plants started from the top and criss-cross wrapped itself down the dragon. As it's feet snapped together, it started to topple over. Kokkei started jogging down its back as it continued to fall. "Timber!!" It made contact with the ground just as she landed on its tail.

"Force, know my plight. Release the light! Lightning!" Kokkei jumped down as the dragon was fried again. She walked to the front of it and giggled as she saw it had swirly eyes. "Can I seal you know?" she asked, petting it. It gave a low growl. She looked into its eye and smiled, leaning against its cheek. "Dragon!... return to the pendant you were confined to! Lock and seal!" The pendant she held in her hand was a silver color and in the shape of a star. The dragon on it was standing, its arms and wings spread out to the side. "That was easy." she whispered as the other came up. "Now, go find the Mirror." Rukki instructed, "It's gonna take on your form now." "Alright. Double cuteness." Kokkei started running in the direction of where the second dragon was seen. "Slow down." Madison was saying, "I ca't keep taping with my constant movement."

Keroberos flew to her and she climbed on; Eriol continued running. "Better now?" Keroberos asked. She nodded and smiled. Kokkei fell behind and then fell to her knees. Yue stopped and moved to her side, holding her shoulder as everyone also came back. "Are you okay?" he asked, picking her up. She managed to smile. "I'm fine, but if you keep lifting me up, you won't be." He blinked. "I'm not small like when you used to catch and lift up Sakura all the time." Sakura looked at Li. "How does she know all this?" she whispered. He shrugged. "Yeah." Yue said, "But you're still a little close to it." "I'm not small. I'm almost as tall as you." She jumped down and stood up straight. She sweatdropped and her shoulders sagged as she realized she was shorter than him. She turned around to see everyone staring at her. She gasped, "Oh. I'm sorry. The pendant." She laughed nervously and jogged ahead of them.

"Windy!... Unlock!" Everyone stopped when they heard the line, and looked at Kokkei, but she was now staring at the Windy Pendant in her hand. "Oh! That's right!" Rukki laughed, "Mirror now possesses all the Pendants you have." "What?!" Everyone screamed. "Even the one I just captured?" "Yup." Kokkei grabbed Rukki and began to strangle him. "Bu-u-ut! You can.. u-u-use th-e--" Rukki gave up as Kokkei's death plan continued. "Where you asleep for 1,000 years?! Kero slept less than that!" Sakura's guardian beast sweatdropped. "Um... guys." Madison mumbled. They all looked at her and to where she was pointing. "Wow." Kokkei said absentmindedly, "That's the biggest tornado I've ever seen." Rukki slid from her grasp. "Kokkei..." he gasped for air, "You can... use the Dragon Pendant.. to help you... fly." He wheezed. "Really?" Kokkei asked, the same time as Li said, "Can we outfly it?" He got back on behind Sakura.

Kokkei unlocked the Dragon pendant and giggled happily as two dragon wings appeared on her back. "Maybe. Maybe not." Rukki said, answering Li's question, and landing on Kokkei's head. "No more free rides." She swatted him off with the tip of her wing. They took to the air as the tornado got closer, Kokkei still sticking close to Yue. "I have too many dilemmas!" she yelled. "Oh. I see her." Eriol said, leaning slightly off Keroberos. "Where?" Sakura asked, pulling up alongside. "Right there. The group of guys." "Oh. Guys love me." Kokkei giggled. Yue looked at her, then turned back as they landed. When they did, the group of boys turned around. One of them stepped forward, revealing Mirror, in Kokkei's form. "Are you guys twins?" Kokkei ran over to Mirror, the wings disappearing. "No, we're not." Mirror smiled.

"As I asked that Dragon thing, are you going to go the easy way or the hard way?" "Can I have some fun first?" "Your fun might be dangerous." Mirror walked to her and Kokkei took a step back. She leaned forward and whispered in her ear. Everyone stared at the two talking. "Wow. You can do that?" Mirror nodded. "Ok. Let me seal you, then you can have all the fun you want after performing the task you said." Mirror smiled and straightened back up. "Time Card!" Sakura yelled. The area glowed golden as everything stopped, except their group. "Mirror!... return to the pendant you were confined to! Lock and seal!" Kokkei didn't even grab the pendant, just touched the wand to it again. "Unlock!" The area filled with a bluish light as a pale blue female, holding a broken heart mirror, appeared. It was broken down the middle in a way, so when placed together, it's the whole heart.

Mirror smiled then looked at Yue, floating over to him. "Kokkei, hurry." Li shouted, "Sakura can't hold onto the Time Card any longer." Mirror nodded and turned back to Yue. He took a step back then looked at Kokkei, who was beaming happily. Mirror disappeared into Yue and he gasped. A few moments later, after a light had faded, she stepped out, in Julian's body, then she floated out of Julian, turning to face them. Sakura groaned as she fell onto Li's side, the Time Card returning. The two separate pieces of the mirror flew out of them and snapped together. "My job is done. Can we go now?" Mirror took on the form of a young girl with light blond hair. The boys around them were wondering what happened and looked around. They looked at each other and then took off running, not wanting to know what happened. Kokkei smiled and turned back around.

Yue and Julian were staring at each other. "This is..." "...odd." Julian finished for Yue. He took a step forward and stared at him more closely. "Yue..." he sighed. Yue nodded. Sakura walked up and poked Julian. He looked at her, along with Yue. "Sakura..." he whispered. "Julian!" Sakura laughed, hugging him. He laughed slightly and hugged back. The others looked at Mirror and Kokkei, who were dancing happily. Madison took Eriol's had and started forward, but he stopped her. "There's nothing to separate, Madison." He sighed, "And I like my po--" Madison looked at him. "It wore off. The spell wore off, but I still invited you with me today. With us." "I appreciate tha--" She placed her fingers over his mouth. He continued speaking, his speech slightly garbled. Kokkei and Mirror laughed. "Okay. So you're saying that you might grow up to look like, and be, Clow Reed, or something?" He shrugged. He already had his hair cut many times.

Madison removed her hand. "I guess... I can live with it." "And I can live with my Yue." Kokkei passed between them deliberately and stood in front of Yue. They glared at her back then smiled. "What did you do?" he asked. "Something. Now you can go with me everywhere." Li and Sakura popped out from behind Yue. "The wings are no problem." Sakura said, "But..." Li held up Yue's hair and Sakura pointed an arrow at it. The judge developed a small sweatdrop. "We'll just cut it." Kokkei stated with a malicious grin. "Never!" Yue yelled, grabbing his hair away from Li. "Ok. Now can we go?" Mirror whined. "She's developed Kokkei's style." Li groaned. "That's bad. Very bad." Sakura added. "Forget you." both Kokkei and Mirror said. Everyone laughed as the two sweatdropped.

Mirror quickly glowed then took on Yue's form. She grabbed Julian and took off slowly. "Nothing's a problem. Now let's go, please." Everyone else followed. They dropped off Julian, Madison, Eriol, and Sakura, Kero going with her. Yue and Mirror came with Kokkei and Li. When Wei opened the door and stared at them, "Master Li. What's going on?" was what he asked. "Long story." Yue's wings disappeared and he entered after Kokkei, Mirror returning to the young girl form. They walked up the stairs and Li kicked open the door to his room. He fell down on his bed, burying his head in the pillow. Yue glanced at him then at Kokkei. She was already curled up in her bed, trying to get comfortable. "Li, tell Wei..." she mumbled, "... to call Tori or Antonio.. or whoever, and have them escort Mirror around town." "Do it yourself..." he mumbled. "Noooo... I did the most work today." she yawned.

Li groaned loudly, but did it still. "I need a name." Mirror said, staring at Kokkei from outside. "Use Jessie... my brain's not functioning right now." "Jessie's fine." Mirror, now Jessie, ran downstairs, to wait for Tori, who Li said was the only one available at the time. Yue was in Kokkei's room, staring out the window. She looked up at him. "You can't reside in Julian anymore. You're going to have to sleep and other things now." Yue looked at her then sat in a chair. Mirror shouted her bye and Kokkei shouted back a warning, "Don't cause trouble." with the reply of, "I'll try not to." She smiled and got up, closing her door. "G'night, Li." "Ditto." Kokkei jumped back in bed. "Goodnight, Yue." she yawned, before slipping into a half-peaceful slumber. He looked at her for a few more minutes, then closed his eyes, slowly, but surely, drifting off into sleep with her.