“Hey Yulie, we’re going to have a pizza party after school at Madison’s. Dou you want to go?” asked Sakura.

“I’d love to, but only if it’s all right with Mia,” as he said this both young teens looked at the young woman pleadingly.

“I don’t see any reason why you can’t go. Sakura, when is the party and how would I get there?” asked Mia.

“It’s at five-thirty,” answered Sakura as she wrote down the instructions for finding Madison’s home.

***

Later at the party

“Look at those two,” laughed Madison as Yulie and Kero were having an all out war of ‘Mortal Kombat’.

“There is no way you’re better than me twerp!” yelled Kero as his character, Scorpion, just got K.O.ed by Yulie’s character, Kitana.

“Wanna bet? I’ve learned from the best.”

“Oh yeah? Well next round I’m Subzero!”

“Then you’re gonna meet me as Rayden!”

Sakura and Li were quite shocked that someone could actually match Kero in his video game frenzy.

Suddenly Yulie dropped his controller, “Did you feel that?”

“Uh huh,” said Sakura.

“It must be a medallion,” said Li. With that the young teens left, with only Madison pausing to grab her camera.

Soon they reached the location of the medallion, the Marina.

“We already have Water, what could be here?” asked Sakura.

“Water’s not the only power to use water as its source,” stated Yulie.

“Oh no, I had hoped we would have Light before we encountered this,” said Dae as a dark sickly green fluid began to seep out of the tanks of water. It formed into an elf like spirit with snake like eyes. It held a katana in each hand and on either hip were two more katanas. All six blades dripped with the same sickly fluid.

“Venom,” stated Sapphire.

The spirit of the Katanas of Venom challenged Li. Thinking fast he called forth the Katana of Fire and proceeded to do battle with the spirit.

“Li! You’ll never beat him with that weapon!” cried Yulie, and his statement seemed true enough since the spirit appeared to only be playing with him.

“What do you mean?” asked Li as he narrowly avoided being struck by the deadly katana.

“Fire is weak against Venom, Venom is weak against Water,” he answered, and then he transformed his wand.

"Oh, key of the Elements

Raging Fire, Foaming Sea

Endless Light, Eternal Darkness

Surrender your power now to me

Release"

Then he threw the medallion of water into the air, aimed his wand at it and chanted:

"Wand of the Elements

Answer to me

Yari of the Gentle Waves

Release her powers to me

Wind"

“Here use this!” he shouted as he tossed the yari to Li. Li caught it with ease and slid the katana of fire to Sakura and Yulie as he continued his fight. The fight began to shift in Li’s favor and soon he bested the spirit. Now that the danger was over Li and Yulie called back their weapons. The new medallion went to Li. It was the same sickly green as the venom and it was oily to the touch. Embossed on it were six katanas and the word venom.

“We were lucky, anything living cut by those swords is infected by a deadly poison. Only the No-

Datchi of Light could have healed those wounds,” stated Sapphire.

“Glad I wasn’t cut,” said Li as he realized just how much danger he had been in.

“But now that Li possesses the medallion he should be able to control the level of their poison. In fact he should be able to use them to produce antitoxins as well,” said Yulie reasoning that if Sehkmet could do this with his venom that Li should as well.

“He’s right,” remarked Eli, “Not many know that. How did you know that Yulie?”

“Yes, and how did you know that Venom gained its power from water?” added Sapphire.

“And that Fire is weak against Venom, and Venom is weak against Water?” added Spinal.

“I’d rather not say. If I can’t tell those I am closet to about the medallions then I have no right to share their secrets with you, even though I count you all among my friends,” he replied.

“Fine, I’ll let you off the hook this time, but sooner or later I will get my answers,” said Sapphire.

“Never thought I’d see the day she was confused about anything,” Kero whispered with a smirk on his face.

“C’mon, let’s get back to the party,” said Sakura.

“I’m so gonna kick your butt on the next round! I’m gonna use Reptile!” said Kero to Yulie.

“Oh yeah! Well then you’ll have to suffer with me as Jade!” retorted Yulie.

“Does anyone else find this scary?” asked Madison.

“Yes, I never thought I’d see the day someone would be able to match Kero in a video game,” laughed Sakura.

"Hey Squirt," said a young man with short brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a white shirt and a pair of blue jeans.
"Shouldn't you be at work Tori?" asked Sakura, she was wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans.
"I'm off today. Oh, don't bother me today. I have a test tomorrow and I brought a friend over to help me study."
"Julian?" asked Sakura hopefully.
"No," answered Tori.
"Oh, well I've got Madison and Yulie over, so I won't bother you.
By the way, who is your friend?"
"Rowan Hashiba, he has three classes with me and Julian," said Tori as his friend entered the room. He had short blue hair held back by a non- effective blue headband, and blue eyes. He was wearing a white shirt with a blue jacket, with the number five on
the back, and a pair of blue jeans.
"So is Blue Boy here Rowan?" asked Sakura as Yulie entered the room. He was wearing a Black t-shirt with the 'Cats' logo on the front, and a pair of blue jeans.
"Rowan?! What are you doing here? I thought you were going to a friend's house?" asked Yulie.
"I did. But it appears that our friends are siblings," explained Rowan.
"You know each other?" asked Sakura.
"Yeah, Rowan is one of my best friends. He's really smart too, so if you need any help with homework he's the one to ask," said Yulie.
"Yeah, but you probably wouldn't need so much help if you'd lay off the video games," chided Rowan as he attempted to fix his headband.
"And if you'd just get a decent haircut you wouldn't have to mess with that thing," retorted Yulie. Rowan gave him a false look oh horror and then they began to laugh.
"Next time you want to come over, I'll give you a ride and spare Mia the drive," offered Rowan as he left the room with Tori.
"So is he the one who taught you how to fight?" asked Sakura as they left the room.
"One of them, Rowan taught me how to use the bow," replied Yulie, "I'm still nowhere near as good as him."
"Then he must be a master with it," said Madison as they entered Sakura's room. She was watching her footage of Yulie's fight with Water.
"Look here's Li's fight with Venom," said Madison as her tape switched to the next battle.
"I still don't get how you figured that one out," said Kero, then to himself, 'He said he didn't want to reveal his friends' secrets, could Rowan be connected to this somehow?'
"That's it," said Madison as the fight ended. She ejected the tape and replaced it in her camera.
The screen was immediately replaced with the news. "No one seems to know why the girl is here, and no one can get close enough to question her. For those just tuning in a strange girl mysteriously appeared by the fountain at the city park. Eyewitnesses claim the
girl materialized from thin air," announced the reporter as the screen changed to show the girl. She was elflike and seemed to be golden. In her hands she held a no-datchi that was taller than her. A white light radiated from her and formed a barrier of light around
her. She seemed to be waiting for someone.
"She's a medallion!" exclaimed Yulie. The three teens snuck out of the house and raced to the park.
"I'm going to use Sleep," explained Sakura, "We don't need anyone to see us." She summoned the staff and then called forth the Sleep Card.
Soon everyone except Sakura, Madison, and Yulie were the only ones awake. When they tried to enter the barrier Madison and Sakura were knocked back. Yulie was the only one permitted to enter.
"We're still close enough to film it," said Madison as she turned on her camera. Light smiled as Yulie approached her. When he stood directly in front of her, she slowly touched the Jewel of Life. It glowed brightly as she touched it and her light grew too.
"Your heart must be pure and full of light to wear this gem," she said in a clear bell like voice, "We do not have to fight. Seal me now, I am willing."
"As you wish,
"Oh, key of the Elements Raging Fire,
Foaming Sea Endless Light,
Eternal Darkness
Surrender your power now to me
Release"
"No-Datchi of Light Return to your spirit Return to your Medallion Light" The medallion was green with a golden no-datchi embossed on it with the word light beneath it. It was slightly warm to the touch and seemed to glow. Once Light was sealed the barrier vanished.

"Yulie, what happened? It got so bright we couldn't see," said Sakura.
"She didn't fight. She touched the Jewel of, I mean my necklace and told me to seal her," he said as he handed Sakura the medallion for inspection.
"It's different from the others," said Sakura as she returned it.
"Light has the power to heal and light the way," said Dae, "Next time tell me when you run after a medallion. I nearly got caught by that giant your friend calls a cat!"
"How did you find us?" asked Yulie.
"I saw Light on the news and figured you would sense her and come here," he explained.
"We should get back before my dad notices that we're gone," said Sakura.