The Sealed Pendant -
Season Two
Episode Three - Bring My Baby Back
To Me...
Kelli smirked and held the Card close. "Soon." she giggled. She lifted the Card from her chest and kissed it. "Hey, Kelli. Whatcha got there?" She looked up to see an older boy, with dark red, when in the sun, colored hair and blue eyes. "Oh." she scoffed, "It's only you, Hiziki." The boy stood in front of her, arms crossed. "Get out of my way, fool." she instructed, glaring at him, "Go pick on a helpless kid somewhere." "What do you think I'm doing?" Kelli looked at him and had to laugh, "Get your priorities straight, Hiziki. I am not, nor will I ever be, help--" He grabbed her shoulders and lifted her off the ground. She glared at him. "You're digging your own grave." Hiziki smirked and pressed Kelli's back against the building, letting her feet barely touch the ground. "What about us, Kelli?" She snarled. He leaned down close to her face. "Do what you're thinking, and you'll be in the hospital for weeks." Hiziki pressed his mouth over Kelli's closed one roughly. She tried to kick him, but he had pressed himself up against her. He used his elbow to hold her hand in place, and pressed his fingers to the front of her neck until she opened her mouth. Her screams and yells were muffled into Hiziki's mouth. As she continued struggling, the Card in her hand grew a light, which got brighter.
The light exploded and Hiziki was pushed back from Kelli, as she was pressed further against the wall. She looked down at the Card and her eyes widened. She looked up at Hiziki, who was getting to his feet, and took off running. "You're remembering." she whispered. As she made her way onto the main street, she pulled her jacket down. From the previous fight, she was already looking bad. She spotted a police and ran over to him. "Officer. Officer!" He looked at her as she ran up. "Geez, kid. What happened to you?" "My friend, at least I thought he was my friend.." she panted, "He's 17, and I'm 14. He tried to... force.." Kelli held her head low. "Take it easy. Just describe him to me and then go home. Straight home." He checked out her face. "Yeah, home. It doesn't look that bad." Kelli described Hiziki to the officer then walked off, smirking. She pulled her jacket back up and headed for where Eriol used to stay.
She went around the back and climbed the vine ladder to the second floor. She dropped down on the floor after she'd climbed through the window. Kelli wrinkled her nose. "Sheesh. What kind of party did these guys have..?" She looked around. "Holes in the floors.." She shook her head. She walked to the middle of the room. "Clow-sama!" she called out, "Clow Reed-sama!" The Clow Circle appeared below her feet and her hair floated up around her. A transparent image of Eriol appeared. Kelli looked at him as he smiled. "Good to see you." he said. She went right to her problem. "He doesn't really remember me." she said, "The Card is Sakura's now." "They do love their new Master, but you've been imprinted in their memory from way back. Just gotta pull yourself out." "Eh. The way you say "way back" makes me seem old. By the way, when are you leaving that form?" Eriol grinned, "Don't know." Kelli sweatdropped. "Take care of Sakura-chan for me. Even... if you don't like her." he added when she "hmph"ed. She nodded. "Do me a favor before you leave." "I need one too." Eriol stated, "Kayo wants you to be protective and supportive of your sister." Kelli smiled and nodded again. "Now I need you to send me to him and then take us back to Sakura." "You're just using my powers to your own needs." Eriol sweatdropped as Kelli grinned. The Clow Circle glowed again and she was outlined in gold. "Take care." Eriol whispered as she disappeared, leaving the Card floating there. The Card then disappeared, and so did he.
Sakura sat up in her bed, for two reasons. One, she felt something land on her. Two, her cell phone was ringing. She looked at the Fiery Card then reached for her phone, falling off the edge of the bed. "Aaahh!" That woke her up. She bolted up and grabbed the phone to stop the ringing. "Hello?" "Sakura!" "Li? What's wrong? Is it Kokkei?" "Not really. Something's gone wrong over at Ceaira's." "What?" "A Gem broke loose." "Is that possible?" "I guess it is. Maybe it was cold over there." "Cold? Which one was it?" "Ice Gem. Dress warm. And oddly, it's back at the town reservoir." Sakura hopped into some winter clothing, mixing and matching as she listened. "Gotcha. I'll be there." She hung up and slipped on a jacket. She grabbed the chain off the dresser as she pulled on some boots. "Release!" She pulled out a Card. "Fly!" She smiled as the wings appeared on her back, then frowned as she noticed the Fiery Card behaving strangely. It glowed brightly, then the light exploded, making her cover her face. When she looked back up, Kelli lay on her floor.
"I've been rejected." she wailed, then looked at Sakura, who stared at her with little dotted eyes. "Where the heck did you come from?!" she yelled. "Don't worry." Kelli dusted herself off and disappeared from view, the Card glowing. "She went into the... Card?" Sakura shook her head then grabbed the Card. She walked to the door, opening it a little and whispering out, "Dad. I'm going down to the reservoir. I'll be back." As she closed the door, she heard the reply of, "Ok. But do be careful." "Waah!" She facevaulted. She crawled over and climbed out the window, taking flight and headed for Reedington's reservoir. As she got close to it, she felt the chill increase. She landed and spotted Li and Ceaira. She rushed over to them.
"Force, know my plight. Release the light. Lightning!" The blast headed for the black furred wolverine. As it connected, it just shook it off like it was nothing. "Sakura." Ceaira sighed, "You made it." "Yeah." she yawned. She reached into her jacket and pulled out two Cards. She waved to Aquilia, who waved back. Li pulled out one of his ofuda's, letting it float there, as he pressed the side of his sword against it, near the hilt. "Element! Fire!" The flame spiraled forward, connecting with the wolverine. It snarled then howled, tilting it's head back. "Aw... be quiet." Just as Ceaira tossed up the Fiery Gem, light emerged from the Card in Sakura's hand and Kelli was seen again. She grabbed the Gem as it bounced and looked at the girl. "Who is she, and what is she doing here?" "Look out!" Sakura shouted. Ceaira looked up as an ice beam was fired at Li. "Li!" From his chest down was frozen. Sakura ran to him. He was a little blue in the face, but there was nothing too serious. Kelli sighed and rolled up her sleeves. "You guys do your duty. I'll do mine." She disappeared once again. Ceaira blinked then turned back to the matter at hand, as Sakura stared at the Fiery Card, which had now turned into a mixture of purple and silver.
"Yes!" Kelli cheered, "It worked!" She looked around and pouted. "Geez. He could've made the inside of here more friendlier, but I'll do it instead." She waved her hands all around her and the dull, boring colors changed to a beautiful spring field, with a small stream off to the side. "No water..." She looked up. "Oh, yeah. That's right. I'm sorry." The stream disappeared. She looked back up and smiled at Fiery. He stepped forward and held out his hand. "Take it." Kelli basically melted as he spoke. She reached for his hand. She took it and he smiled, taking her other hand. "I'm sorry, about before. I was just..." "Cautious. I know. I've missed you so... Argh. That fool girl." The area she had changed glowed pink, then faded back to its dull original color. "Guess Sakura needs you." He nodded. Fiery let go of her hands and turned into his elemental form, disappearing. She sighed and glowed, disappearing also.
Aquilia flapped her wings at Ceaira. "Let's get this over with! Sakura will unfreeze him." Ceaira nodded then closed her eyes, taking out the Fiery Gem and holding it above her. "Fiery Gem ..." She tossed it into the air and went into a spin, gripping her crossbow. Red energy gathered around her and seeped into the crossbow as she yelled, "Shatter and dispel!" She stopped and pointed it to the sky, where the gem had stopped, and was just floating there. She fired an arrow at the gem, and upon collision, it forced it to shatter into a sparkling red light. It massed together and formed the firebird, which landed beside her. "Form a wall around Freeze! Keep it contained!" The firebird nodded then breathed a wave of fire at the wolverine. While it was distracted with that, the bird screeched and spread its wings wide, diving forward and spinning up around the wolverine. Ceaira aimed her crossbow. "Freeze Gem! Return to your power confined!" She fired a white arrow that soared across the platform, where it exploded into a white light before impact and wrapped around the wolverine. Transforming into a dark blue energy, which merged with the white and disappeared, a small gem dropped to the ground and bounced over to Ceaira. She caught it and smiled.
Kelli had watched the whole thing. She uncrossed her arms and walked over to Sakura, who stood by Li, after she'd finished unfreezing him. "Li could've done that, you know." His arms weren't frozen." "You don't tell me how to do this. You're just a kid." "A kid?" Kelli chuckled, "You don't know who you're dealing with." Sakura stepped away from Li and faced her. "Listen--" "No. You listen! I was finally able to stay, with him, and you took that away from me. Took him away from." "Clow Cards and humans can't love!" Sakura yelled. "You don't tell me that. I love him, and he loves me. Nothing can change that. Nothing!" "Stop it!" Li stepped in between them. Kelli glared at them, turned away, walking off. Fiery smiled a little, then looked at Sakura. She looked back and held up the Card. His chest rose in a sigh and he closed his eyes, returning to his confinement. Ceaira ran up to them as the Fiery Card floated off. "What was that all about?" "I haven't the slightest idea." Li sighed, "It's a weird combination. Just like Yue and Kokkei were..." She looked at the sky. "How is she doing, by the way?" "Not much better. She's getting sicker everyday..." "I'm really sorry to hear that. But I gotta go. Major Chem. test tomorrow. Seems like I'll have to cram in the morning." She smiled a little and waved as she and Aquilia left. The two waved back.
"What's so special about her?" Li faced Sakura, who was glaring down at Kelli. "Let's go, Sakura." He touched her shoulder. "No. I want my Card back." Kelli sat up, holding her wet hand up to Fiery. Sakura saw the smile on her face as her hand dried. She stormed down there and pulled the Card out of the air. "Who-- Whatever you are. I'm taking my Card back." "Sakura. Let's go." Li took Sakura by the arm and led her off. "Avalon! I need that Card." Kelli stood up, running after them. "I need it... to help her." The two before her stopped. She held her arms to her side, head down. "To save... my sister." "Nani?!" The duo spun around, staring at her. "I'm not gonna ask about the sister part, but, how can you save her?" "In a way, I just did." She held her arm up and the Fiery Card pulled away from Sakura, heading back to Kelli. "My love, for Fiery. I've been rejected, a couple of times, but now, since I never gave up, I'm with him."
"Clow Cards and humans can't love." Li said, repeating what Sakura had
said earlier. "Says who?" Kelli looked up. "I love him. And they realized
that. I never gave up. I'm stubborn." Sakura snapped her fingers. "So,
in a way, Kokkei gave up. She's been moping in her room for two and a half
weeks now." "You gotta get her up. Yue's proving his love, but if she doesn't..."
"Julian...?" Sakura gasped. "Both of them." "C'mon. Let's go." Li blinked
as Sakura rushed past him. "Now she wants to go. You women." "Yeah?
What about us?" Kelli pushed him forward and they both followed after the
speeding demon that was Sakura.
