Boldfaced letters mean the name of the speaker.
Italicized letters mean what is thought in mind.
Faint letters mean what is happening in the flashback or in the dream.

The Switch

In Reedington Park, Sakura, Kero, and Li are busy capturing a Clow Card.
Kero	Sakura! Over here!
Li	I've got him! Kero, move away! Now!
Kero	Wrong again, kid! This one's ours. Hey, you! Come back here!
The Change Card, looking like a chameleon or some weird reptile, escapes from Kero and Li, rushing to the Penguin Slide. Sakura jumps onto the top of the slide, and get ready to seal it.
Sakura	Change Card! Return to your power con-
The Change Card jumps up to Sakura, with its mouth open and showing its creepy tongue.
Sakura	Aah! Get off!
The Card jumps on Sakura's head and flies through the air.
Li	Huh?
Kero	I got it!
Kero and Li jump and seize the Change Card at once. The Card uses its magic across the two hunters, so they switch their each other's minds.
Li	Sakura, hurry up and seal it before it escapes again! (in Kero's voice)
Sakura	Huh?
Kero	Seal it before it escapes again. (in Li's voice)
Li	I just said that.
Sakura	Change Card! Return to your power confined!
The Change Card turns into a card, as if sucked up to the tip of the wand.
Sakura	Finally.
Kero and Li are moaning when they're getting up.
Sakura	Are you guys OK?
Li	Huh? Ugh. Oh. I don't believe it. (Covers his face with his hand)
Kero	(Looking his hands and legs) No way! Ugh!
Li	Ah, relax, kid.
Kero	How can I relax? I'm a stuffed animal.
Li	Hmmph.
Sakura	What are you talking about?
Kero & Li	Uh...
Li	Sakura, listen carefully, OK?
Sakura	Li, why are you talking like Kero?
Li	I am Kero. We had a little accident.
Sakura	Can you do other impressions? No, really. You're pretty good.
Kero	It's the truth, Sakura. I'm Li in Kero's body.
Sakura	Oh! Heh heh. You guys are a riot.
A few minutes later, Sakura is signing her name on the Change Card she's just captured.
Sakura	Sa-ku-ra. There the Change Card's signed. Let's go home, Kero.
Kero	Hey! Keep your distance!
Sakura	But, you mean, you are... (Looks at Kero and Li in turn)
Li	That's right.
Sakura	The Change Card did that? This is just terrible, Kero!
Kero	I'm Li!
Sakura	So, what does this mean? Are you guys permanently switched now?
Li	Well, not necessarily forever.
Kero	Really?
Li	There are certain procedures that have to be followed.
Sakura	You seem to be awfully calm about this, Li. I mean Kero.
Li	Yep.
Sakura	Is there anything I can do to fix this now?
Li	Sometimes things just have to take their course. It's all part of ``expect the unexpected.''
Kero	Huh. Easy for you to say.
Li	Watch it, kid.
Kero	I'm the one stuck in the body of a stuffed animal, OK?
Li	Welcome to my world.
Sakura	What do you mean?
Li	This is my chance to live it up big time!
Kero	Wait a minute. I don't like the sound of this, Kero.
Li	Ah, don't get your wings in a flutter, kid.
Sakura	Kero!
Li	All we gotta do is a reverse transformation. We just have to be back here tomorrow same time, same place, OK? Or we'll be stuck like this forever.
Kero	Huh, I'll be here.
Li	Don't mess up. Bein' me's not easy.
Kero	I can be you a lot better than you can be me.
Sakura	Guys!
Li	Just show up, kid. Think you can handle it? Huh?
Kero	Yeah.
Li	'Cause if you don't, we're stuck.
Kero	Fine. There's just one little thing.
Li	Yeah, right. Here it comes, forks. Excuses from the kid.
Kero	Uh, it's Meilin.
Sakura	We can't tell Meilin, OK? We can't tell anybody. Low profile, right?
Li	Oh, of course.
Sakura	Because we can't afford any unexpected glitches.
Kero & Li	Yeah. Hmm.
When Li with Kero's mind stands by the door of his apartment, Meilin opens the door to take him in.
Meilin	Hi.
Li	Hi, Meilin.
Meilin	You're late. But it's OK. Come in.
Li	Well, OK. Here's the deal.
Meilin	Your voice sounds awfully strange, Li. Have you got a cold or something?
Li	(Nervously) Heh heh heh. Uh.
Meilin	Doesn't matter. Come on.
Li	Uh. Oh, boy.
Meilin takes Li's hand and pulls him into the apartment. And then she closes the door.
Just in front of the apartment building, Sakura and Kero with Li's mind are standing with an anxiety.
Kero	We should never have let Kero go in there.
Sakura	Well, since Meilin was expecting you, we didn't have much choice, did we?
Kero	He's going to blow it.
Sakura	Li, if you don't show up where you're supposed to, then people are going to start getting suspicious.
Kero	But, Kero...
Sakura	Come on, Li. He just has to make some soup.
Kero	I'll bet he can't boil water.
In the kitchen in Li's apartment, Li with Kero's mind and Meilin are getting ready for fixing dinner.
Meilin	So... do you need anything else?
Li	Uh, for what?
Meilin	You promised you were going to cook Wei's chicken noodle soup for me today, remember?
Li	Oh! Oh, yeah. I am.
Meilin	OK. I'll set the table while you get started. I can't wait! (Rushes out of kitchen)
Li	I just... uh. Ugh.
Li takes a glance at vegitables, and then he makes up his mind.
Li	Well, it's just soup. How hard can it be?
On the other hand, Sakura has taken Kero with Li's mind into her room, and she is talking to him.
Sakura	Li, there's no way you're sleeping in my room.
Kero	So, what? You want me to fly over and sleep in the tree?
Sakura	It's no big deal. You've got Kero's wings.
Kero	OK, fine. I'll fly to the tree. (Opening window) Unh. How hard can it be?
Kero stands on the window frame and looks below; it seems to him that it's higher than he ever thought.
Kero	No problem.
Kero makes up his mind and jumps out of the window to the tree, but he can't reach it.
Kero	Unh! Unh! Unh! Oh!
Kero falls with his head down.
Sakura	Oh, no! I'm coming!
Sakura rushes down stairs and to the front door, when Tori comes back home.
Tori	I've got a key.
Sakura	Hang on! I... Hi.
Julian	This is your stuffed animal, right? He just came flying out the window.
Sakura	Uh, yes, it is.
Julian	The next door neighbor's cat thought he was a bird. Here.
Sakura	Thanks.
Tori	That thing is looking worse and worse every day. I vote we give it to the cat.
Sakura	You hungry?
Li	Unh! Unh!
Since Sakura is covering Kero's mouth and nose, he can't breathe.
Tori	I suppose I could eat something.
Sakura	Dad's working late. I'll go make hamburgers.
Julian	Does it talk?
Sakura	What?
Julian	Well, it sounded like it said something just now, didn't it?
Sakura	Oh, no, no. Doesn't talk. Nope. Never did.
Sakura rushes back to her room to take Kero in.
And, back in Sakura's room.
Kero	You scratched my nose.
Sakura	Sorry. Being a stuffed animal isn't as easy as it looks, I guess. You blew it big time on the flying, so just stay put. I'll bring you some food.
Sakura goes out of her room.
Kero	Hmm. Stay put. (Looking out window) Hmm.
In Li's apartment, Li and Meilin are ready to have dinner.
Meilin	I'll bet there isn't anything you can't do, Li.
Meilin turns pale just by a spoonful of soup she eats.
Li	So, how do you like it, huh?
Meilin	Good. You know, I gotta tell ya, you do sound different today.
Li	Uh, how?
Meilin	Like that stuffed animal.
Li	Uh, that's funny, because, uh, you're not the first person who's told me that today, actually, but I guess that's just what happens when you hang out with someone a lot.
Meilin	Why would you want to hang out with a stuffed animal?
Li	(Jumps on his feet) Don't call him a stuffed animal! He's Keroberos, gurdian beast of the seal.
Meilin	What do you mean? You always call him the stuffed animal.
Li	Well, yeah, but not any more. That Keroberos is a pretty amazing guy.
Li sips the soup he made, and he got shocked at its bad taste.
Li	Aah! Oh, now this soup has some zap. Ho! Even if I do say so myself. (Keep eating nervously)
At Sakura's house, Kero is climbing up the downspout.
Kero	If he can fly, I can fly. I can do anything he can.
Kero jumps off the downspout to the kitchen window. He hangs up from the window frame, and lifts himself up to see Sakura, Tori, and Julian in the dining room.
Sakura	I'll get some more.
Sakura runs into the kitchen, besides Julian and Tori have a conversation on their physics subject.
Julian	You're not serious. That's Newtonian, man!
Kero	Sakura!
Sakura doesn't notice Kero is just outside the window.
Kero	Rats.
Tori	Exactly. For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction.
Julian	Yeah, but what about gravitational force...
Sakura takes out another hamburgers out of the drawer, and rushes back to the dining room.
Kero	Hey! Over here! Let me in!
Kero tries to lift himself up onto the window frame, but unluckily, he slips and falls, so he is to hang off the window.
Kero	Aah!
Tori	Huh?
Sakura	Hey, Tori, would you like another hamburger?
Tori	Yeah. I just thought I heard somethin'.
Sakura looks back at the kitchen window, where Kero is hanging off outside.
Kero	Somebody! Unh! Unh! Unh!
A cat comes just below Kero and it keeps meowing.
Kero	Get away from me!
Sakura	Just sounds like a cat.
Sakura comes check the kitchen window, so she opens the window. Then the cat runs away.
Kero	Unh!
Sakura	Li!
Julian	Hey, do you want me to go check it out, Sakura?
Sakura hurriedly closes the window, leaving Kero hanging off.
Sakura	What? Oh, no. It's nothing.
Meawhile, Kero runs out of his grip, and falls.
Kero	Uhh! Aah!
Kero with Li's mind wakes up to find himself in Sakura's drawer. He is wincing the pain in the head.
Sakura	You awake?
Kero	No. I'm in a bad dream.
Sakura	It'll be over this afrernoon.
Kero	Yeah.
Sakura	Hey, you were supposed to stay put. It's your own fault.
Kero	Thanks for pointing it out.
Sakura	You shouldn't come to school today.
Kero	Are you kidding?
Sakura	No, I'm not. You've blown it twice already. It's too risky.
Kero	I'm coming. Who knows what Kero will get into?
Sakura	You're no slouch at causing trouble yourself.
Kero	I won't move an inch. I promise.
Sakura	OK, not one inch.
The bell rings in Sakura's school, where Sakura comes to school in the nick of time; she sighs.
Kero	Uhh. (Poking out Sakura's bag) You know, you really have to get organized, Sakura. You almost made us late.
Sakura	Li, get back in the bag right now.
Kero	Do you have any idea how dark and...
Terada	One minute to home room. You're pretty loaded down.
Sakura	Yeah, I got my gym stuff today. Oh, cool bag! (Pointing to a blue bag)
Terada	This? Actually, it's a birthday present for my niece.
Sakura	Well, what'd you get her?
Terada	It's a stuffed animal... but if we're not careful, we'll both be late for class.
Sakura	OK!
Sakura runs to the classroom, but just running one corner, she stops and sighs.
Sakura	Li, is everything OK?
Kero	Whew. Good cover. Kero's never gonna pull this off, you know, Sakura.
Sakura opens the door and walks into the classroom.
Sakura	Hi, guys.
Back of the class room, kids are gathering to see something.
Sakura	Huh?
Li	Hyah! Hyah! Yeah! Unh!
In the middle of the crowd, Li with Kero's mind shows the action of Zylon Warrior, the video game Kero is really into.
Li	Hyah! Ha! Ha! Hyah! Hyah! Ha! There.
Chelsea	Wow. You've never really seemed like the video game type, Li.
Rita	So, what's your favorite move?
Li	Without a doubt, it would be the Zylon Warrior thumb flip.
Kero	I don't believe this.
Nikki	That's one I've never heard of before. Can you show it to us?
Kero	Well, basic move. Wrist and thumbs with a little extra- Hyah! Uhh!
Kero raises his leg up high, and get unballanced to fall down.
Kids	Ha ha ha ha!
Sakura	Hmm.
At recess, Sakura, Kero, and Li are at the back of the school building.
Sakura	You call that a low profile, Kero?
Li	Ah, so sue me. We were just talkin' about video games. Sorry.
Kero	Humiliating.
Li	You ought to thank me! I gave you a personality.
Kero	Thank you?
Sakura	Shh. Don't be so loud, or someone will hear you.
Madison	Someone will hear what, Sakura?
Sakura	Uh, Madison!
Madison	I've got a distinct feeling I'm missing something.
Li	You do?
Kero	Maniac!
Madison	Oh, I didn't know you were here, too, Kero... or is it Li?
Li	What do you mean? I'm Li.
Madison	Sorry, but I'd bet my camera that Li Showron never played a video game in his life.
Sakura	He hasn't.
Li and Kero glare at Sakura.
Sakura	Uh...
Li	Well, so much for secrets, huh, Sakura?
Kero	That's great. Nice going.
Madison	Oh, come on. It was obvious. No one had to tell me anything. I just knew.
Kero	We've only got a few hours left. Then everything should get back to normal, and this nightmare is over.
Li	Ha! Tell me about it. Livin' in your body ain't no picnic, kid.
In P.E. class, the boys are playing soccer.
Boy A	Hey, Li! Pass!
Boy B	I'll take that, Li.
Li	Whoa! Uhh!
Li with Kero's mind fails to get the ball, and falls down instead.
Li	Ugh!
Kero with Li's mind is observing the P.E. from the classroom window.
Kero	He's hopeless!
Sakura is also watching the soccer game, while the girls including her are playing dodge ball.
Rita	Heads up!
Sakura	Huh? Unh!
Sakura catches the ball thrown at her.
Li	Forget the two-legged thing.
Li begins to run on all fours.
Sakura	No!
Kero	No!
Li jumps high to get the ball in the air, but a dodge ball hit Li in his face, dropping him.
Li	Unh! Oh!
Kero	I'm ruined.
At this moment, Mr. Carter comes to the classroom.
Carter	Who's in there?
Kero	Huh? (Puts on a stuffed animal impression on desk)
Carter	Kids. The only thing they don't forget is their lunch. (Picking up Kero) Let me introduce you to your new friends at the lost and never found.
Mr. Carter is carrying baggages on a hand cart, among which Kero is lying. The music teacher comes out of the teachers' room, and talks to Mr. Carter.
Music Teacher	Mr. Carter, perfect timing. Can you give us a hand with the textbooks? They're on the loading dock.
Carter	No problem.
Mr. Carter pulls off the cart aside, and walks to the loading dock. Kero is still lying in the baggage.

Li	See? Don't sweat the small stuff, Sakura. We made it through.
Sakura	We're not done yet, Kero. We've still got an hour to go.
Madison	It would have made a great documentary. Too bad I didn't film it.
Meilin	Hey!
Li	Huh?
Meilin comes up to Li, but she looks suspiciously at Li and Sakura in turn.
Meilin	All right, Li. What's going on?
Li	What? Nothing's going on, Meilin. I...
Meilin	Hey! It's me, Meilin. So spill it!
Mr. Terada comes out of the teachers' room; he's on his way home.
Terada	Good night.
Teacher	Phone call, Mr. Terada.
Terada	Oh, thanks.
Putting his bag on the cart Mr. Carter was carrying, Mr. Terada goes back into the teacher's room. In Mr. Terada's bag, there is a stuffed animal looking like Kero.
Kero	Now's my chance. Huh?
Kero with Li's mind gets unballanced in the bag, and falls back into the bag, besides Mr. Terada's bag falls off from the cart. At this moment, Mr. Terada comes out of the room.
Terada	OK, good night.
Kero	Gotta go! Huh?
Mr. Terada takes a wrong bag with Kero is in. Soon later, Sakura's gang are walking past the teachers' room.
Meilin	Oh, wait till my Li hears about this.
Li	He knows.
Madison spots the stuffed animal looking like Kero which fell off the cart.
Madison	As a matter of fact, here he is.
Sakura	Couldn't be. He's upstairs.
Madison	Look.
Madison picks up and shows to the gang the bag with the stuffed animal resembling Kero.
Sakura	Li, I told you to stay put. What are you doing?
Meilin	Look at him. Oh, no.
Li	Now who's causin' problems, huh, kid?
Sakura	Come on. Wake up.
At this moment, a girl is passing by the gang.
Madison	Sakura, this is way too public.
Sakura's gang take the bag with the stuffed animal to behind the school building.
Sakura	He's just lying there. Maybe you were wrong about the Change Card.
Li	But the Change Card doesn't have that much power.
Meilin hysterically seizes the stuffed animal.
Meilin	Talk to me! Please say something.
Li	That won't do any good, Meilin.
Li with Kero's mind grabs the stuffed animal off Meilin.
Li	Ugh! Useless stuffed animal!
Madison	Wait. Where did his wings go?
Sakura	His wings?
Li	Huh?
Madison	This toy really is a toy.
All	What?
Sakura	She's right.
Sakura finds a price tag on the stuffed animal.
The gang run back to the teachers' room and look for Kero around the cart.
Madison	He wasn't in the classroom, either.
Sakura	Where can he have gone? (Gasps) Mr. Terada had a bag like that.
Ms. Mackenzie happens to walk to the gang.
Mackenzie	This sounds serious.
Sakura	Where's Mr. Terada?
Mackenzie	I just saw him leaving.
Sakura	We've got to find him. Do you know where he went?
Mackenzie	To the toy store downtown, I believe.
Sakura	Thanks a lot. We've got to go.
Madison	Thank you, Ms. Machenzie.
Mackenzie	Anytime.
Sakura's gang are running in the downtown, looking for Mr. Terada.
Li	You know, running on all fours is faster.
Finally they find Mr. Terada walk just ahead of them.
Sakura	Mr. Terada, wait!
Terada	Huh? This looks like trouble.
Meilin	Give me that! (Snatches the blue bag from Mr. Terada)
Terada	Hey! What are looking for?
Sakura	The toy like this.
Terada	Well, I took that one back to the store because my niece already had one just like it.
In the toy store Mr. Terada took Kero back, the gang are looking for Kero.
Meilin	Li! Li! Talk to me!
Clerk	I'm sorry, little girl. Our toys don't talk.
Madison	Sakura, here!
Madison points to the glass chamber of the crane game, placed outside the store.
Madison	Look.
Sakura	Oh.
Kero is in the glass chamber, Sakura gasps at the sight of Kero among many other stuffed animals.
Kero	It's about time!
Li	Just step aside there, ladies. This calls for an expert. (Cracking nuckles)
Sakura	This is a lot different than a video game, Kero.
Li	It's all a matter of eye-hand coordination.
Li puts a coin in the slot, and manipulates the crane to Kero. When Kero stands tiptoe to get a hang on to the crane, the clerk comes to see them play.
Clerk	Ah, here you are.
Kero	Oh, no! (Puts on a stuffed animal impression)
Clerk	Good choice. He's a cute little fella.
Grasping Kero's head, the crane is beginning to hoist him up.
Clerk	Careful. Whoops. Easy. No too tight.
Despite the pain in the head Kero has born with, the first trial failed.
Clerk	Too bad. You'll have to try again.
Sakura&Meilin	Huh? What?
Li	All right. Here goes the master!
Kero	Oh, brother.
Back in Reedington Park.
Li	And I'm tellin' you, Li, that clerk destroyed my concentration.
Kero	Please. How hard can it be?
Li	Just as hard as you want to meke it, kid.
Kero	I'm ready.
Li	Not as ready as I am.
Sakura	Hey, it's time, you two.
Li&Kero	Huh?
Sakura	Our 24 hours are over.
Li	Hmm. (Waits for Kero with Li's mind to jump into chest)
Kero	Hmm. (Hesitates)
Sakura	Come on. This is how it's gotta be done, Li.
Kero	Huh? Ugh. Hmm.
Kero with Li's mind jumps into Li's chest. Sakura takes out the Change Card and calls out the magic.
Sakura	Change Card! Release and dispel! Change Card!
The Change's magic comes out and swirls around Li and Kero in a hug.
Next morning, Li walks into the classroom, when Sakura is already seated.
Li	Morning.
Sakura	Good morning, Li. I thought it might be a little tough for you today.
Li	What are you talking about?
Sakura	So here. (Opening her backpack) I brought your other half.
Kero	I'm having a little trouble in the transition, you know?
Li	Ugh!
Kero	I just miss you, that's all. Mind if I ride in your backpack?

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