The Sealed Pendant
Episode Seven - A Dream Of Impending Events


"Where's a friend when you need one?" Kokkei sighed into the wind, sitting on the roof of the school building she was just currently in. She let the wind play around in her braids for a while, then jumped up. "I can't believe I ruined a cake." she sighed, "How stupid." She took an army step and turned around, only to come face to face with Yue. "What are you doing here?" she asked, trying to sidestep him while still holding the drill walk. "Why are you acting like this?" he asked, grabbing her arm. "Acting like what?" "You're not yourself. I can tell." "How do you know when I'm myself? You've only known me for a couple of weeks." Kokkei had a few tears running down her cheeks now, "So you don't really... know me." Yue's expression softened. "Is this what this is about? You and me...? I don't know what happened, but whatever it is..." "You told Miss Mackenzie..." She sniffled a wiped her eyes, "...You were just protecting me." He pulled her close, burying his face in her hair. "I am protecting you, but you remember the conversation we had." "I'm not young!" she cried into his chest. "You're only 14." "That's not young. Age is nothing but a number..." "Fine. Kokkei, I'm sorry. I just don't want to see you get hurt. You're a sweet kid." "I'm not a kid." she mumbled, the crying affecting the way she sounded. "I know you're not. So, will you please cheer up... for me?"

Kokkei pulled away and looked up at him, her eyes red. She smiled. "I know there was a reason I loved you. Come on. Let's go back. I have to make a chocolate cake." Yue smiled also and the two headed back. Kokkei did what she said, and by the afternoon, she was walking home with the cake, in a box, in her hands. "So, Meilin. Everyone's told me so much about you." "Likewise." Meilin said blankly. Kokkei groaned softly. "Who's the cake charing for?" Madison asked, peeking in the box. Kokkei pulled it away, laughing. "For me and Rukki, and... whoever else wants." "Like me and Wei and Yue?" She nodded at Li. "She's staying with you? With us?" Meilin said, staring at Li. "Us?" Kokkei mouthed to the others. Eriol and Madison laughed, while Sakura smiled. "It's nothing, Meilin. But, Kokkei. Isn't it weird how Fiery was the only spirit there?" "Ooh. You're right." "Maybe you're almost finished." Eriol said, playing with Madison's hair. "Like I said before, I have over 40. How can I be nearly done? Sakura has over 50 something." "52." Sakura corrected. "Whatever. I was close anyway. And Ceaira has near a bazillion Gems. And I'm nearly done. Sure!" "All you need is Earth, of the elements. And... whatever else you need." Kokkei nodded at Madison. "Then you'll have your judgment." Yue said calmly.

"What are you guys talking about?" Meilin asked." Oh. You weren't here. I forgot." Sakura said. "Me and Li had to do the Final Judgment, given by Yue. Li failed, of course." He glared at Sakura, but she continued, "And I nearly failed, but then I passed, and I'm the Clow Cards' master. Didn't we explain this to you?" Meilin shrugged, "Maybe. I don't know. So then, who's Kokkei's judge?" They all looked at each other. "I might have a feeling who it is." They all now looked at Kokkei. "Who?" Sakura asked. "And I think he knows he's my judge, too." "Who?!" they all repeated. Kokkei nearly dropped the cake. I don't wanna tell. It might ruin something." "Anyway. I have to go." Eriol hugged Madison, then ran off, waving. "Yeah. We have to go, too." Sakura sighed. She hugged Li and Meilin, then Kokkei, walking off with Madison, who just decided to wave. Li looked around. "Well. All of us are now going to the same place. So let's speed it up." They arrived at home, in time for dinner, where they were able to eat Kokkei's cake. She saved a few pieces for all of the others, but she had to fight off Rukki when doing it.

That night when Kokkei went to sleep, she had a dream.

She stood on the roof of the school building, wearing an outfit Madison customized for her. She wore tight, and a cap, like Robin Hood's, but the cap was fitted on the side of her head. The pants were above her knees, and the whole thing was outlined in blue. The shirt was like Fiery's, with only the one sleeve and she wore fingerless gloves also. And her shoes were blue and white, with a heart on the top, and Jump's wings on the side. Strapped across her chest was the Bow, in its form, and hanging from her wrist was the Wand. She faced off with someone whose features were shadowed, but they had wings, and long, light green hair, moving lightly as the breeze blew. On both sides of her were Li and Sakura, with Keroberos, her right, and on the left, Ceaira, with Aquilia, in her true form, and another person, who also had green hair, but it was slightly darker than the first, and dragon wings, who stood next to Yue. Kokkei took a step forward. "I know who you are..." she whispered. The figure smirked and held out their hand. Kokkei's eyes glowed a light green and she floated forward. Yue moved to intercept, but a force field was in his way. Kokkei dropped to her knees, her eyes returning to normal.


She woke up to someone shaking her. "Go away..." she mumbled, rolling over. "Kokkei, we're going to be late for school. Get up." She swatted at the hand. "I don't feel good." Someone rolled her back over and placed a hand on her forehead. "She has a fever." they said. Kokkei opened her eyes, but everything was blurry. She coughed and curled up. "Yue. Will you stay here with her? I'm going to drop off Li and Meilin." 'That must be Wei...' Kokkei thought, 'But he sounds weird. They all do.' Kokkei moved to the edge of the bed, and rolled off, trying to head for the bathroom. She stopped right outside the door, holding her stomach, and threw up. "Ewww!" Li and Meilin, who were halfway down the stairs, made a face. "You have to clean that up." Wei said back upstairs. Yue groaned, then took Kokkei into the bathroom, where she cleaned herself up. When she looked in the mirror, the blurry visions were gone and Yue stood behind her. "How'd you catch the cold?" he asked, leading her out. She shrugged.

He rest her on the bed just as Rukki popped in. "Ohh! Kokkei, I rushed over as quickly as possible." "Where have you been, Rukki?!" she said in a hoarse tone. "With Kero. Aquilia was there, too, 'cause Ceaira was visiting Tori, who was home from college, also just to visit." If she had the strength, she would've strangled him. "You're unbelievable." Yue grabbed Rukki. "Help me clean up this mess." He tied his hair up and, with a little of Rukki's help, cleaned up the mess. When Wei came back, he made Kokkei soup and gave her medication. Halfway through the day, she sat up, holding the key. "No." Rukki said, flying to her, "You're not going anywhere." "But can't you sense it?" Kokkei coughed, "Power of Kayo... Key of Akarui.. Reveal your true form to me!... Release!" She held the Wand slackly in her hand, as Rukki tried to keep her in bed. "It doesn't even feel strong, Rukki. Let me go." Yue and Wei walked into the room. "What's going on?" "Kokkei wants to capture a... pendant!" She had flicked him into a wall. "You really are as bad as Sakura." Yue said, walking to her. She swung the Wand at him. "No. I have to seal it." He caught it and supported her as she started to fall. "Fine, but with our help." Rukki lay on the floor with swirly eyes. She picked him up and Yue picked her up. "We'll bring her back safely, Wei." Rukki told the elderly man, as they all went through the window. Wei sighed and walked downstairs. "I'm too old for this."

Rukki and Kokkei had pinpointed the location, and it was around the public park. "You really are finished." he said, "This one always shows itself before Earth, and Earth is always last." "So this one is special?" Kokkei whispered. She had gotten three special ones before, this one would make a fourth. Rukki nodded. They walked around the park for a while, until Kokkei spotted a glowing figure sitting on a swing. "There it is." she said, pointing. Yue flew over there and set her down. Rukki sat on his head and watched as she stumbled over thee. She sat down in the swing next to the figure. The spirit looked up at her and smiled. "Why are you here? Waiting for me?" It was a young lady, dressed in a flowing white dress, her hair mixing with it, as she nodded. Kokkei coughed and leaned forward. "You have a name yet?" She shook her head and stood up, pulling Kokkei with her. She stood in front of her, glowing brightly. Kokkei opened her eyes, after closing them, and looked around.

"Where am I?" she asked. "You'll need your strength when you come across Mizuiro." Kokkei blinked as the lady appeared in front of her. "My fish?" She laughed, "No. You will be judged by him. You will need you strength, and have no help from friends." Kokkei took a deep breath as the energy passed through her. When she breathed again, she was able to do so regularly. "You... healed me." she said, astounded. "Then I've just been named." "Heal." "Yes, and thank you. But be careful. Your judgment time is near." Kokkei closed her eyes and when she opened them, Heal stood in front of her, but she was in the park. "Heal... Return to the pendant you were confined to. Lock and seal." As she was being sealed, Heal spoke again, "Be careful. Mizuiro will show no mercy." Kokkei grabbed the silver star pendant and held it close. "Mizuiro?" Yue asked, coming up behind her. "Her judge." Rukki said, his arms crossed and a frown on his face. Yue took her temperature. "Your fever's gone. How...?" "The Pendant. I named it. She healed me so I could get ready for my judgment." He hugged her.

"I'm hungry." she whined. "You always are." Rukki now sat on her head, a stern look on his face. "Don't worry, Rukki. I'll do fine. I had a dream about it though. Madison's gonna make me an outfit." She giggled. "A dream?" "Yeah. And this other girl, was standing next to Yue, with wings also, but hers were... dragon wings." The judge stiffened. "Dragon wings? A young girl?" Kokkei nodded. "Between you and Ceaira." "That was Ceaira's judge? I'm surprised she passed." "Who is she?" "Ano..." Yue laughed nervously, "Let's just get going." He picked her up and headed back to the house, where Meilin and Li already were, wondering where she was. She explained to them and they told her about the field trip they were taking to the zoo. Kokkei cheered and did the homework they had brought her. She put in a good night's rest, so she would be able to stay awake for the trip.


Yue came along with them on the trip, just in case anything went wrong. Kokkei bounced around happily, her several million pendants jingling in her backpack. "You sound like a summer Santa Claus." Sakura laughed. She stuck out her tongue at her. "Let's go see the lions!" she said, "Come on, come on!" She dragged Sakura and Madison along, while the others followed. Rukki popped his head out of her bag. "Alright! I smell sweets!" "Baka." Kokkei whined. Madison handed him a small bag of cotton candy and he went back in, munching happily. Kokkei stood in front of the lions' cage, reaching in her hand. "Kokkei!" the others gasped. Eriol sighed, "Where's a zoo guide when you need one?" The lion came up and sniffed her hand, then let her pet him. "You know, you're past crazy." Li sighed, coming up beside her. She leaned down and let the lion lick her cheek. She giggled and moved away. "I think it just acquired a taste for sweets." Sakura said, looking nervously at the large cat.

"Hey, you guys. I had a dream about my Final Judgment." "Oh, wow." "Just like me." "Ohh. By the way." Madison pulled a package from her bag. "I made it for you. I thought you could use it." Kokkei took it and opened it. "It's the same... outfit... from my dream." "Really? Wow." She hugged Madison. "Thank you. And you got the one-sleeved idea from Fiery." Madison laughed and nodded. "I thought it was so cute." As the two stood there, Kokkei felt the ground shake a little. "What was that?" Tori and the others came up behind them. "Felt like a tremor." Antonio commented. Kokkei moved to Madison's side and looked at him. "It's still weird to see you up and around." Tori said, looking at Yue. He gave a small smile. "Crazy Kokkei!" Ceaira said, popping out from behind Tori. "Eriol. Where's Nakuru? Ceaira seems to have taken her spot with the Tori-glomping." Eriol smiled and took Madison's hand. "I sent them back, to England, that is." "Oh." Julian walked up to Yue. "How are you finding life as a regular person?" "It's not quite what I expected, but I think I've adjusted a great deal."

Kokkei bumped Yue out of the way, to the side, and stared at Julian, a tiny blush on her face. "Julian! Hi. How are ya?" "Great. And you?" "Just peachy." "It's so good to see you up and around again, especially from that incident." Kokkei nodded, then fell forward into Julian's arms as the ground shook again. "Are you alright?" he laughed, helping her up. "Uh, yeah. I guess." Rukki's head popped out a little. "It's here. I can feel it." he whispered. "No. No, no, no, no!" she said, yanking on Julian's jacket and Yue's hair. Everyone just stared at her. "This is a field... field... field--" Kokkei sneezed, bringing both males to the ground. Ceaira stepped forward. "I didn't know you had allergies." "I didn't know I had them either." Kokkei looked at Yue and Julian and stepped quietly away. They got to their feet and glared at Kokkei, who was hiding behind Ceaira. "I'm really so... so... sor -- Ah-choo!" She was thrown to the ground from the force of the sneeze. Antonio knelt next to her and she sneezed again. "What am I allergic to?!" was the translation for her nasal sentence. He helped her to her feet. "Losing?" he whispered.

Kokkei gasped and sneezed again, making Antonio smile. She pulled away from him and into Yue. "Let's get going." Eriol said, "Don't wanna lose the rest of the class." Kokkei sneezed again. This time, the ground shook so hard, cracks were produced in the ground. People's screams and yells from all over filled Kokkei's ears and she started sneezing uncontrollably. Yue took a step away. "No... no. I'm not allergic to you." She blocked out the noise and took a deep breath. "Then why'd you stop?" "I'm allergic to the weirdest thing." Antonio crossed his arms. She started to sneeze again, but Yue covered her nose, but when he removed his hand, she sneezed, falling on a crack that widened, a small mountain raising up beneath her. She screamed as she was lifted into the air. Yue forgot his surroundings and spread his wings, flying up after her. He grabbed her and looked down below. "Thanks." she sniffled, wiping her eyes. He nodded. All over the zoo grounds, crevices and formations began appearing. "I don't want to do this, Yue." she said, burying her face in his shoulder, "After this, it's the Final Judgment. What if I... I..." "You'll pass." Kokkei stopped in mid-sneeze and looked at him.

"You think so?" He nodded. "I know so." She hugged him. "Um... hey. Lovebirds!" They looked down to see everyone waving up at them. "Element! -- causing destruction. Animals running wild!" "I already used the Sleep Card!" Sakura shouted, "Right after Yue and his little incident." Kokkei laughed sheepishly, "Let's get this over with." "I'm coming!" Rukki said, flying up. He'd fallen out after some of Kokkei's many sneezes. Most of the risings were centered around this one area, so they started there. "Meet us at the center!" Kokkei shouted back to the group. As they disappeared, from sight, the last thing Kokkei heard was Ceaira releasing her bow. Kokkei jumped from Yue and in front of the young woman. "Let's get this over with. Release!" She grabbed the Wand and twirled it around. Earth smirked and roots shot out of the ground, holding all three in place, then began pulling them into the ground. The others ran up in time to see them halfway down. Earth looked up at them and those closest to the trees were held by the branches.

Ceaira rolled out of the way. "Shatter and dispel!" She shot an arrow and the Water Snake appeared and dissolved into swirling tunnels that headed for Earth. They hit on contact, and she half became mud, but recovered. "Sword! Release and dispel!" Sakura ran ahead and slashed at the roots holding the trio together, since they were almost gone. Kokkei took hold of Yue's hand and he pulled her out. "You're a mean, mean, mean element." she reprimanded, "Water... Vine!... Unlock!" Kokkei's Water element formed a tunnel around Earth as Vine entangled it. Earth struggled a great deal. She pulled out another pendant. "Fiery!... Unlock!" Kokkei pointed. "You know the drill." Fiery nodded and held her hands above her head, forming a large ball of swirling fire, then brought her hands down, throwing the ball in Earth's direction. Her eyes widened and she opened her mouth in a silent scream as the flames engulfed her. Sakura held her Card and Ceaira held her Gem, both of them staring at Kokkei, a smile on their faces. Kokkei stepped forward. "Earth!... Return to the pendant you were confined to! Lock and seal!" She held out the Wand as it sucked up the elemental spirit.

Upon finishing, a glowing box appeared in front of Kokkei and Rukki began to glow beside her. Those who had been held by something were freed and now stood around, watching. Kokkei looked between the two things and stopped her gaze on the box. The pendants floated away from her, all forty-five of them, and shrunk into the size of a regular pendant, like the one the Wand always is, and floated over the box. There were nine heart shaped holes, each holding several pendants. Madison's squeal tore Kokkei's gaze away, and to Rukki, who was now a full-sized, hoofed, winged Unicorn. His horn shimmered as he turned to look at her. "You did it." he said in a deeper voice. She walked to him, slowly, the box floating after her. She reached up and petted him. "Wow. So cool." Rukki smiled. Kokkei continued petting him and looked over at Antonio. He was smiling and slowly outlined in a blue light. When she looked back at Rukki, his horn was crackling with energy. She pulled away. "Wha--wha--wha..." Everyone sweatdropped. "You saw me when you captured Lightning. Well, it's what I draw my powers from." "Cool." Kokkei laughed, "But can we leave? I'm pooped." Everyone else agreed. "So, let's meet by the school, 'kay?" They nodded and all dispersed, quietly making their way around all the commotion that was going on. As they all reached home, the sky was darkening. The coming of night.