....No sooner had Asaki reached for the item on the floor, then a good strong wind picked it up and blew it away.
The teenager gasps as she reaches up a hand to try to grab it. It flies past her, carried by the wind.
"No!"
She begins to give chase, giving her all to try and retrieve the item.
She grabs for it and it barely slips through her fingers. Her feet slip on loose soil and she tumbles down a grassy hill.
She looks straight ahead and reaches for the item which landed on the ground, but it is once again picked up and carted off by the wind. The teenager slams a fist into the ground and utters a cry of frustration.
She puts a hand on her knee and rises, bolting after her precious item once more.
She tries snatching it from the air over and over again, but to no avail.
Her eyes contain panick and sorrow as she continues to try to seize it from the air.

The item falls into a nearby river. Asaki comes closer to realize that the body of water is quite broad. She climbs in and begins to search in the water.
"Where is it? Where is it? No! Where is it?"
She jerks quickly to her right as if it had called to her. She reaches for it and grabs it, accidentally toppling over, completely into the water. She surfaces quickly, swallowing in mouthfuls of air. The current begins to carry her away. Even the strength of Chaos is no match for the forces of nature. She struggles, trashing, trying to stay above the surface, coughing, choking, gasping for air. She grabs for jutting rocks, twigs, branches, whatever she sees before her, as a cat besieged by water.
Her face expresses the utmost horror and panic as she is rushed towards a waterfall.
As her body is flung over the side, she grabs onto a protruding branch. She kicks trying to find a foothold.
Suddenly a pale green hand reaches down and grabs her arm. She grabs on for dear life and is lifted from the water and dragged onto the surface. She coughs up mouthfuls of water, gagging on her own breath.

Kasei: "You see? Even during peaceful times you manage to get into scrapes. (Asaki glares up at the fire rod which has taken a human form; she continues to cough.) Although, I must admit, you looking like a drowned rat right about now is quite amusing."
The rod begins to laugh out loud, teasing. Asaki rises, furious. She shoves Kasei out of the way and stomps off. Her shoes make sloshing noises as she walks. The golden feather dangles, wet around her neck. She can hear Kasei roaring with laughter behind her.
She begins to climb back up the hill. Her wet sneakers, slip on the grass. She trips and falls a bit. She rises and continues to walk, angrily. She wipes a few wet strands from her face, reaches down and removes her sneakers. She looks down at her hand, the item retrieved.

The teenager walks slowly towards a shady grove of trees, away from anyone's sight, completely humiliated. She drops her shoes on the ground.
She sits down and leans against a tall tree, her knees drawn up. She holds the item tightly in her hand and sneezes a few times. She lowers her legs and crosses them, indian style. Her voice has a tone of misery to it as she speaks.
"Blast it all."
She shivers and stares down at the ground, sadly. She slams her left fist into the ground beside her. She rises and wrathfully chucks a rock. It soars farther than she can follow with her eyes. She picks up a few more and tosses them, each one going further than the one before. She drops her hands to her sides, balls up her fists, and shouts into the air.
"Kasei, you ass!!"