Hey, guys! Thanks for waiting so patiently! :D *gets pelted with batteries* …Ok, so it took forever for me to start writing this. I'm sorry. Welcome to the final instalment of the series! Now with 20 percent more Jackle! Enjoy!

NiGHTS: Journey Into Tokyo

by ERiN OPPEL

Chapter One: Not Again

When we last left off, NiGHTS and her friends had found themselves teleported to a bizarre and frightening location: Tokyo, Japan. The group was supposed to arrive in Nightopia after NiGHTS and Reala's wedding in Paris (see Journey Into Paris), but the portal creator sent them in the wrong direction, no thanks to Jackle. Now they were stranded.

Reala clenched and unclenched his fists. He gritted his teeth in an attempt not to yell in rage at the top of his lungs at Jackle. But it didn't work. "!"

NiGHTS quickly stood in front of Jackle and told her mate calmly, "Easy, Reala, I'll handle this." She smiled sweetly and it seemed to relax him. She turned to a now-calm Jackle, grabbed him by the shoulders and shrieked in his face, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" while shaking him violently.

Surprised by her sudden ferocity, Reala and Clawz managed to drag NiGHTS away from Jackle, "Look," began Clawz, "As much as I would like to stand here and scream at Jackle, I think it would be a better idea if we figured out how to get back home."

"Hey!" Jackle spoke up.

The others looked at him, none too happy. "What?"

"Nothing. I just didn't get to say any lines yet."

Scowling, the others turned and began to walk away.

"Hey, wait up!" said Jackle, following them.

"We'll need to fix the portal creator." Reala was saying. "It's possible we'll need to get some new parts."

NiGHTS frowned. "That means we'll have to buy them. With money. That we don't have."

Clawz spoke, "Well, we do have a few Euros. You think they'll accept them?"

"Let's find out." said Reala. He walked into the nearest store. A few seconds later, he walked out, shaking his head.

"We can't use them?" NiGHTS guessed sadly.

"No, I couldn't understand what the guy was saying." Reala answered.

Jackle suggested, "Maybe he speaks 'Insane'!"

Reala grumbled, "Yeah, I'll bet you're an expert in the 'Insane' language."

Jackle chuckled and said modestly, "Oh, well, I wouldn't say 'expert', hehehe..." The others looked at him with raised eyebrows. "Heh...I'll go talk to him." he said normally. He went inside the store.

NiGHTS and the others looked inside the store window. Jackle seemed to be shouting gibberish and laughing loudly. After a few seconds, Jackle was thrown out. "Some expert." Reala muttered.

"I just didn't know the Tokyo dialect!" Jackle insisted.

Clawz sighed. "Well, looks like we'll have to make money the Japanese way: work in a fish factory." Then his eyes lit up. "Hey, it can't be that bad!" he said very optimistically.

NiGHTS shrugged. "Guess we've got no other choice."

Heeheehee, what could possibly go wrong with that? Surprisingly, a lot. Sorry the intro was so short, but I wanted to separate it from the next chapter. Please review!