The group of five made their way to the hotel in which the J-team (the members that had come) was staying in. Jake and his friends left not long after that headed home or so they told Jade.

Jake actually went to find his grandpa and ask him some questions. He actually ended up finding him at their house. His grandpa was doing some reading in the living room. He looked up as Jake walked in the door.

"Hey grandpa can I ask you a question." He said as he sat down on the couch not far from him.

"What is it?" He asked

"What do you know about someone or something named Shendu?" he asked

The book his grandpa had been reading dropped to the floor and he looked startled.

"Shendu was a demon and a dragon at that. He was bad news and centuries ago he was defeated and sealed away with his brethren in the astral realm. What brought his name to your attention?" he asked

"Trixie, Spud and I ran into a couple of people today, they are from San Francisco and according to them Shendu has been running amok over there. They apparently just sealed them all away for good or at least they thought they did but something happened today and they know about me being a Dragon now." Jake explained as they continued to talk.

His grandpa didn't say anything for a few more minutes as he sat there. "I wish to meet these people."

Jake told his grandpa that they had dropped them off in front of the hotel they were staying at and that he had given Jade the number to get a hold of him to let him know if they would be staying around for a little while.

Jade sat in the room she and Jackie were sharing for the duration of their stay in New York; he was sitting on his bed with a lab top in front of him, looking for all the different legends about Dragons and about Demons.

"Jackie are we staying here for a while or headed back home soon?" she asked making him look up at her his dark eyes staring out at her.

"We're here for at least three days; the museum is in the middle of a show and can't send the piece back to San Francisco until then. Why?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Tohru and I meet some kids today that want to hang out and I really like them." She said conveniently leaving out anything to do with Hsi Wu showing up out of anywhere, she knew that he would freak out and try to send her back home with Tohru earlier out of worry. She didn't want to leave she was happy and had enjoyed her time today with Jake, Trixie and Spud.

"Jade! We are here just for the artifact, however I suppose if you really want to we can do something with these kids." He said with a smile.

Jade smiled and lay down on the bed her eyes closed. She was very happy maybe she would come away from this trip with three new friends.

Hsi wu stood in his human form at the top of a building overlooking the Hudson river. The night was beginning and he ran a hand through his hair pushing it back out of his eyes. He had come up with a plan, he would wait until he could catch Jade on her own, than he would bring her back to this building.

It was so hard to see her with someone else, this new boy Jake he was a Dragon a son of the children who came from his brother's line. It was not an unheard of thing for young dragons to mingle with humans as they were part human themselves. He had heard from Shendu many times about the first woman he had courted, she had been from his kingdom and she had been the daughter of the former king of his land.

He himself had never gotten into a relationship with any human female. It had never been something he had any intrest in doing, at least not until he had meet Jade. She had been very nice to him when he has been in this form before. She was very pretty her hair shorter than most girls. Her eyes were brown almost black and they were full of different emotions. She had made him fell something, he couldn't figure out what it was exactly.

It may not have been obvious to the humans how she had changed over the last few months but to him it was painfully so. She had begun to change, to become a teenager. It wouldn't be too far off in the future that she would be old enough to become a mother.

As the moon rose high into the sky he lay down on the floor. He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

Jackie, Jade and Tohru meet up with Jake, his grandpa, Trixie and Spud at a coffee shop not too far away from the park.

Jackie smiled a big smile. "Mr. Long, it's nice to see you again." He said slightly bowing to him.

Jake and Jade both shook their heads in amazement their mouths both falling open. Well I guess that was a surprise to both of them.

"Jackie, it is good to see you as well. How is your Uncle?" he asked

"Uncle is fine, he will probably call soon to check in." Jackie said with a small laugh.

The three thirteen year olds and Jade spent the next two hours talking as the grownups did the same.

"That was unexpected." She said with a smile. "I wouldn't have expected for them to know each other."

"Strange that." Trixie said "Wonder how that happened."

"That's a good question." Jake said with a sigh watching Jade as she laughed with Trixie and Spud and as she ran her hand through her hair. She really was beautiful. Her large dark eyes glowing with emotion and love, she was very happy. He really wished that he could tell her that she was going to be a friend if not more. Every time that he began to think about her like that it also made him think about his ex-girlfriend Rose and everything that they had gone through. It hadn't been very long since they had ended and he was very weary that he had already begun to get feelings for someone else.

Wonder if Jake likes me? He sure is cute Jade thought with a hidden smile and watched him. He was at ease with his friends and his family. Trixie had told her while he and Spud were down in the kitchen getting drinks that he had just got out of a relationship with another girl and that they weren't about to let him get into something to quickly if they could help it.

Music played in the back ground while they played video games and ate snacks. The room got very warm very quickly, she went outside on to the small balcony to cool down. It was a minute later that she was joined by Trixie.

"To hot for you too?" She asked leaning against the railing.

"Yes, I came out here to get away from the heat." Jade answered.

"What was that creature that came after you?" she asked tilting her head.

"Hsi Wu? He is a demon." She answered biting the side of her cheek. "We sent him back into their demon prison."

"Then how did he get out?" Trixie asked

"That we don't know." She sighed

Trixie turned and headed back inside leaving her to think about things. About two minutes later she had closed her eyes and was leaning against the rail. It was in that second that she felt an arm wrapped around her waist and lifted her up. She opened her eyes and screamed.

The three other kids ran out onto the balcony but it was too late. They couldn't see Jade or Hsi Wu. Jake felt something shatter again inside. What will happen next?