I'm back with the next story, 'Shadow Tide,"

Hope you enjoy…And I still don't own JCA

All of the demon sorcerer's children had taken to staying at the dump when they weren't running around doing their own little thing. Drago was always there, and Spark was there most of the time, whether to visit with her favorite cousin, Drago, or to be with her new boyfriend, MC Cobra. Kaze spent a bit of time there, but was constantly running off to the mall whenever Spark wasn't paying attention to her.

Sparrow rarely went to the dump, she would rather be around her dad and Frank…and Charlie and Jade too, of course. Not one of these demons had seen hide or hair of most of their other cousins. The demons that haven't stopped by the dump yet were the Monkane, son of the mountain demon, Fare daughter of the earth demon, and Gill son of the water demon.

Even though Sparrow spent hardly any time at the dump she's lately been seen there constantly.

Sparrow, daughter of Hsi Wu, was worried…very worried.

Her younger cousin was sick, and it wouldn't be that much to worry about, but he was just getting worse. Salv, nine year old son of the moon demon, had been sick ever since they first got into the human world. Everyone hoped that he would get better over time, but if anything, he'd gotten worse.

Sparrow knelt beside her little cousin and put a wet cloth on his head. The nine year old boy was very pale and had a very high fever, they had to constantly keep him in the shade or else he would get about ten times worse. Sparrow couldn't figure out what was wrong with the dark haired boy.

Sparrow may be one one of the youngest of her cousins, but she was the one who tried the most to get Salv better. She was the only one with enough patience to deal with the sick boy. Kaze and Spark helped out when they could, Drago never helped, but he was worried, even if he didn't show it very much.

There was one person they could go to for help, well, technically speaking, two, but neither of them was very appealing. Sparrow didn't know either of them very well, but she did know that one of them was dangerous, and the other was proud. Going to the proud one for help would mean practically begging for his help, Sparrow guessed that he was so devious that she would almost have to sell her soul to get him to help her.

Sparrow sighed and said quietly, "I just don't know what to do anymore."

"But I do," a voice says. Sparrow turns around to see the speaker. Standing in front of her is a tan teenage boy who was wearing a purple vest with yellow trimming. He left his stomach bear to show some really bad scars he had. He had wild dark hair with blue streaks in it.

"I told you the kid shouldn't have come with us, he can't handle humans." The teenager says. Sparrow says angrily "You're wrong, Gill, he's not like that, it's just a normal sickness." Gill holds up his hands defensively and says "Calm down Sparrow, I'll let you have your opinion on that, you let me have mine. That aside, he's really not looking very well, is he? You must be desperate to help him."

Sparrow sighs, she really was desperate now, she had no choice, she had to go to one of the people that could help her. Weighing the choices in her mind, Sparrow picks one. She says, "You're right, I am desperate." With that the girl stands up and picks Salv up, she starts walking quickly away.

Gill is surprised, "Where do you think you're going Sparrow?" he asks, following her. Without turning around, Sparrow replies "To go find help." Gill steps in front of Sparrow and says calmly, "Sparrow, the help I was talking about was me. You know I know how to deal with this sort of thing."

Sparrow looks Gill in the eyes and says "I know you do. I'm sorry, but I'm going to go to someone else for help, a more, well, reliable person." And she walks around Gill and continues on her way. Gill swiftly catches up to her.

"And who would this 'more reliable person' be?" He asks.

"His name's Frank," Sparrow says simply. This statement causes Gill to stop in his tracks.

"Hang on a second, Frank?" Gill says, stunned, "You mean that human boy who has demon chi in him?"

"Yes," Sparrow says, "Frank's a good friend of mine, I trust him." With that statement Sparrow gets out her reddish brown wings and flies away.

Gill is now furious, "Trust him?" Gill yells, "Are you telling me that you trust that stupid fire demon more then you trust me?" Sparrow doesn't answer, she just keeps flying away.

Gill yells out in frustration, then runs off after Sparrow.

Alright, let's just end it there. Man, I feel good about this chapter for one big reason, I wrote it and it was really short, yet I wanted it to end exactly here, so I went back and added stuff and nearly doubled the length.

I know the chapter is still short, but I say it's good.