Chapter 3: Getting some info from the Chinese Zodiacs

For running this fast, Jack decided to take his Pikachu, and both Kyo and Yuki into a secret spot known as the closet. Just to keep things under control before it becomes more chaotic around, Jack and Pikachu wants to know more about the Chinese Zodiacs and why both Kyo and Yuki can't return back into their human forms.

"I'd just hope they didn't realize that I was protecting you both in the first place." Said Jack, tired, "Lying about you two is against the law, and I can't take it lying a lot."

"So, will you at least hurry before more crazy stuff happen?" Ask Pikachu, "Just before they find out about the both of you?"

"Chinese Zodiacs?" Ask Jack.

"Yep." Yuki replied, "That would be us."

Outside the door, Joey, Yo-Yo Man, Jena, Amy, and their pok'emon can hear through the closet about Jack and Pikachu talking with Yuki and Kyo.

"Chinese Zodiac, huh?" Ask Joey.

"But that doesn't explain why you both transform into animals in the first place." Said Jack, a little confused.

"Gee, what makes you notice?" Ask Kyo.

"I mean, if you're suppose to be a cat, then why aren't you one of them?" Ask Jack.

"Because the cat is an idiot." Yuki replied.

"DANG YOU RAT BOY!" Kyo shouted at Yuki.

"Then stop being stupid, stupid." Said Yuki.

Jack tries to get Yuki and Kyo along and said, "Just take it easy, you two!"

"It's not like you two are fighting."

"It's not like that." Said Yuki.

"It's just…" Said Kyo.

And both Kyo and Yuki said together, pointing at each other, "I don't like to be with him."

"Besides, can you at least tell me why you are Zodiacs?" Ask Jack.

"Did we tell you?" Ask Yuki.

"Yeah." Jack replied.

Yuki thinks about it. "Hmm…look, the most important thing is that we don't want reveal anybody else."

"Yeah, not like your other mortal friends and your mortal demon." Said Kyo.

"! Mortal!" Joey whispered, angry. Yo-Yo Man and Jena are doing their best to calm Joey down, shushing him even more.

"Look, the sooner the better," Jack said, standing, "The faster we complete this. In the mean time, I'll just give word to someone else." He walks up to the door, "All you have to do is stay in a low profile and…" And when Jack pushes the button, the door opens up, and there are Jack's friends and his cousin.

They all said together at Jack, "Hello!"

"Jack, do you want to be force with the 'S-I-T' word?" Ask Amy.

"Uh…" Jack replied, nervous.

"Jack, do I have to…" Joey said, cracking his knuckles. "Lucario?"

"Jack, I'm just going to say that lying is not good for you." Said Jena.

"And I am really itching to really use this on you." Said Amy. Joey just chuckles a little.

Jack felt his heart starting to beat faster, and faster, and faster, feeling that he wants to explode.

"Flare! Flare!" Said Flareon. Jack just pushes the button again, and then door backs down, closing the closet like a closet door. "Flare?"

Now Jack backs away from the door, taking Kyo and Yuki, and puts Pikachu on his right shoulder.

"Jack?" Ask Pikachu, confused.

"Is there something you want to share with us?" Ask Yuki.

"You want to hold on tight." Said Jack. "…Agh!" He jumps straight up through the ceiling when Joey pushed the button.

"Huh? Where'd he go?" Ask Joey, surprised.

"He made a hole on the wall." Said Jena.

"I'll get him!" Said Joey, going through the ceiling. "Get back here, Cousin!" Jack continues to run through the air vent, but he could hear his cousin's voice from anywhere. Jack sees a hole, punches through, and jumps down while Pikachu, Yuki, and Kyo on both arms.

"Don't worry." Said Amy, "I'll say 'sit' when I see him."

"GAOUCH!" Joey shouted, crashing down through the ceiling and straight to the ground.

"Oops." Said Amy, surprised, "Sorry, Joey."

Joey just shook it off, and replied, "Ugh. That's alright."

"Let's get him!" Said Lucario. And both Joey and Lucario saw Jack panting running with Pikachu, Yuki, and Kyo. Both Lucario and Joey chased after Jack.

"Get back here, Jack!" Joey shouted. "Wait 'till I get my claws on you!"

Lucario manage to split up, but Joey continues to follow Jack. Until then, Jack saw Lucario coming towards Jack, and he also saw a hold on the ceiling. Jack uses the force to jump up, and then both Lucario and Joey collided into each other.

They shook it off, and Joey said, "Did you find him?"

"Not yet." Lucario replied, "I'll keep searching."

Jack and Pikachu separated just to continue Lucario and Joey, but they accidentally run into each other, and felt each other's head. Lucario and Joey saw Jack and Pikachu, and both Jack and Pikachu run off even more.

Now Joey started to charge up his own Mystic, and aims through the halls. "Kamehameha!" Joey shouted. Jack saw Joey's own Kamehame Wave technique. Jack jumps up with the force, escaping the technique.

"Treagle!"

Pikachu then drops down, and accidentally dropped to the ground. "! Agh!" Pikachu shouted, surprised, and making a run for it.

Lucario saw Pikachu, and went after him, "The Aura's with me."

When they had their ruckus, they run through the hallways even more, going through door to door. When it comes to the end, Jack, Pikachu, Lucario, Joey, and Treagle run to one spot, and accidentally collided each other.

"WHOA!!!!" BOOM!

"Jack! Joey! Sit!" Said Amy, and then both Jack and Joey were pulled down by gravity very hard.

"OW!"

"Ouch!"

"Just stay in one place." Said Jena. "You three, what's going on?"

"Hey, who are those two?" Ask Lucario, going to the orange cat and the small rat. It seems that Kyo and Yuki are now acting like stuffed animals, like toys. Lucario started to sniff on the orange cat, and Jack got up.

"Huh?" Lucario then punches, sliding the orange cat on the floor.

"Ouch!" Said Kyo.

Everyone was very surprised to see a talking cat.

"Huh? Was that a talking cat?" Ask Joey, surprised.

"Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!" Said Jack, trying to convince.

"That cat just talk!" Said Amy, surprised.

"Amy." Said Jena. "Don't ever go there."

"Give me that!" Said Jack, taking the orange cat. "No! This is my toy! This is for my…"

"Jack, do I have to tackle you?" Ask Lucario.

"A talking cat is for who?" Ask Jena, "You don't have a girlfriend."

"Jack, do I have to?" Ask Lucario, and tackles Jack.

"Ouch!" Jack shouted, attacked. "Hey! Lucario!"

Lucario then slaps Lucario on the face. "Ow!"

"Will you just listen?" Ask Jack. Lucario then shook it off. "This is just a toy! Look I'll prove it to you. You squeeze on it, and say," Jack then tries to fake voice in a deep voice, "Hey, what's up?" Jack came to a regular voice and said, "See? It's just a toy."

"…That was your voice projecting and you squeezing." Said Jena.

"That is not." Said Jack, "Look, I'll prove it to you, by drinking this water." Jack takes a cup of water, and starts drinking while pretending to squeeze the cat.

"What are you talking about?" Ask Kyo, acting like a toy, "I'm a talking cat."

"Your lips were moving." Said Jena.

"Jack! Don't make me do this." Said Joey, performing a Kamehame Wave, charging it.

"You are a poor inquisitives." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"Don't make say the word already." Said Amy.

Jack can't continue lying, because all of this will get himself killed by his friends. He felt very nervous, and blurs it all out, shouting, "STOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!" Everyone froze. Jack said, "This is Kyo and Yuki!"

"Finally." Said Joey.

"Oh! I love kitties!" Said Jena, cute.

"I know." Said Amy, excited, "They look so cute!"

"So, Kyo and Yuki are your names, huh?" Ask Joey.

"Gee, how'd you figure that out, mutt boy." Ask Kyo.

Joey got into a tantrum and shouted, "What you say, you freaking cat?"

"Oh! You heard me!" Kyo shouted, and both Joey and Kyo got into an argument of a dog and cat fighting. Jack and Pikachu were surprised.

Yo-Yo Man then stops then both with one chop, and both Joey and Kyo froze and fell on the ground.

"Ow!"

"Joey, sit." Said Amy, and Joey himself was pulled down by gravity.

"Ow!"

"Joey! Are you alright?" Ask Lucario, worried.

"He'll be okay, Lucario." Said Jack, and he look at Yo-Yo Man. "Thanks, Yo-Yo Man." Joey just shook it off. "Everybody, to the lobby. I'll explain everything over there."

"Fine." Said Amy.

Over at the environment, Jack took his Pikachu, and both Kyo and Yuki to new environment with grass and tress all over the place. Joey, Amy, Yo-Yo Man, Jena, and their pok'emon wanted to know everything about why Jack puts Kyo and Yuki in a closet and keep them busy.

"Now you see the reason why we're like this?" Ask Yuki, on top of Jack's hat.

"So, you two are Zodiacs." Ask Joey.

"That's pretty interesting." Said Jena.

"No doubt." Kyo replied.

"I thought they were twelve Zodiacs." Said Joey, thinking. Kyo started to look angry, "And a cat."

"Thank you, mutt boy." Said Kyo.

"You're welcome, cat man." Said Joey.

"Yes, I know I'm a cat, deal with it!"

"Me too." Said Amy.

"Most importantly is just that we'd had a little trouble staying in dungeons lightly." Said Yuki, explaining.

"Dungeons?" Ask Joey.

"What's wrong?" Ask Jena.

"You've seen us like this, don't you?" Ask Yuki.

"Yes." Joey replied.

"You mean furry little creatures?" Ask Jena.

"Jena!" Said Amy.

"Thank you, Amy." Said Yuki, "The important thing is that we've survived, and now…here we are. Your little friend hand gave us a hand; you'd be thanking him for helping you guys out. But punishing him is a crime."

"I wouldn't say that." Said Joey.

"Thank you, Yuki." Said Kyo.

"Uh, excuse me." Said Joey, going to one of the trees, "I'd gatta do some business."

When Joey's about to do it, Cid shouted, "DON'T YOU EVER DARE! DO IT OUTSIDE, YOU MUTT!" Joey is about move outside, leaving.

"Look, the important thing is that thanks your friend here," Yuki continued, "He got me out of my curse. For good."

"Curse?" Ask Joey.

"What curse?" Ask Jena, "Are you okay?" But she remembered, "Oh you, you're the curse of the rat, I remembered."

"I turned into some kind of overall statue." Said Yuki, and they were surprised.

"I see." Said Joey, "A giant form."

"Hmph. If it wasn't for your friend here, he would be a monster for the rest of his life." Said Kyo.

"Oh, thank you, cat boy." Said Yuki.

"Oh, thank you, rat boy." Said Kyo.

"Fe!" Said Joey, annoyed, "And I thought my brothers are the ones who are fighting a lot."

"You're welcome, cat boy," Yuki said, "Or should I say, 'Kyo-Kyo'."

"That's not funny!" Kyo shouted.

"…Kyo-Kyo!" Joey said, laughing, but Kyo started to growl at Joey, and both Joey and Kyo started to growl at each other.

"Enough! Both of you!" Jack shouted, and both Kyo and Joey turned away. "I have a sword and I know how to use it!"

"Joey! You come here right now!" Said Jena.

"Alright." Said Joey, coming to Jena.

"You too, Lucario." Said Jena, and Lucario came along.

Jack was relieved. "Thank you, Jena."

"You're welcome." Said Jena, rude.

"The important thing is that your demon friend isn't Shigure." Said Yuki.

"Shigure?" Ask Joey, confused. "Who's Shigure?"

"Trust me, you don't want to know." Said Yuki, and he continues to explain, "The point is that thanks to your friend and your friend's friend, the little yellow mouse, they got out of my darkness side, or my evil side."

"I see." Said Joey.

"So they got you out of your darkness side." Said Jena, "Go on."

"And I don't get why you call Jack a 'ditcher'. That's cruel." Said Yuki.

"That's just mean." Said Jena.

"Yes, for someone who was about to save us." Said Yuki.

Joey thinks about it. "So why were you guys hiding in a closet?" Ask Jena.

"I was covering them." Jack replied. "So that way you guys won't find out."

"Why were they doing in a closet?" Ask Jena.

"I had to keep them a secret." Jack replied.

"In a closet?" Ask Jena, "You could have at least hide them underneath your bed."

"That's not good enough." Said Jack, and Joey agree, "Joey would find him easy with his nose."

"Wait, they were stone statues." Said Jena, "You think?"

"Yuki was the one who can possess statues," Jack explained, "Cause, he was a darker side with his spirit."

"How could he ever be smelt by Joey?" Ask Jena.

"Because of his fur." Said Jack, picking a fur off of Yuki's fur.

"You're telling me he wasn't turned into stone?"

"No, because he was a spirit, and he could possess a statue like a Talisman." He looks at Yo-Yo Man, "Sensei, can you explain about the Talisman."

"Oh yes," Yo-Yo Man replied, and he explains, "You see, there are 'Twelve Talismans'. Each with a different unique power."

"I knew that dad, you told me about that." Said Jena, "My favorite is the dog."

"Yes." Said Yo-Yo Man, continue to explain, "These power you don't know. Each Talisman as special power, such as the dog, which gives him invincibility."

"Uh-huh." Said Jena, cheering.

"That's for me. Said Joey.

"Cousin, you weren't supposed to say that." Jack thought, "Or everyone will find our you're really a god, and your powers will be taken away. I can't believe you. You'd never told me you were a god, not because of your Triforce, but because of your father being a Demon God."

"The Rooster gives flight." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"A Saiyan." Said Joey.

"A snake, which gives invisibility." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"Sweet, I'd give for an invisibility." Said Joey.

"How about Yuki's ability?" Ask Jack.

"The rat?" Ask Jena, "It gives life to animate object."

"Bingo!" Said Jack, "That's what he tried to do to me when he was evil."

"I did that?" Ask Yuki, surprised, "I didn't even notice."

"I get it." Said Joey. "I see."

"But it's the cat that worries me." Said Amy.

"The Tiger, the one with unity." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"The Tiger has the ability that separates good and evil." Said Jack.

"And bring together that was separated." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"And don't forget this bull, right here." Said Jack, pulling some kind of sheet with all the Chinese Zodiacs. He points the bull symbol underneath the rat symbol.

"The Ox." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"Strength." Said both Yo-Yo Man and Jena.

"Hello, Saiyan warrior." Said Joey.

"We'd notice, cousin." Said Jack.

"I'm still trying to see how Saiyans mate…" Said Jena, but Jack, Pikachu, and Yo-Yo Man starts to ignore Joey and Jena for chatting. Jack and Yo-Yo Man whisper to each other. But then Joey starts to shout.

"What?" Joey shouted, "It's embarrassing to tell!"

Yo-Yo Man points at Joey and Jena and said, "Striking Ember!" A small fire leaps by. Joey stares at the small ember.

"Pretty fire." Said Joey, staring at the ember, and then it fades. Joey snapped out of it, "Where'd it go? Where'd it go?"

"That'll get your attention." Said Jack.

"It was an Illusion." Said Jena. Joey growls, "Calm down, or I'll get Amy to say that word."

"Yipe!" Joey said, shocked.

"How about this one?" Ask Jack, pointing at the dragon, "Underneath the rabbit looks like a little black dragon like."

"Yes, the Dragon." Said Yo-Yo Man.

"Is it speed?" Ask Jena.

"No." Jack replied.

"The Dragon; fiery breath." Yo-Yo Man said, "I have something similar to that. My 'Hatching's Flame'."

"And almost similar to Joey's fireproof armor." Said Jack.

"That's me." Said Joey, he yawns, "What a drag. I'm ganna go to sleep." He fall a sleeps.

"Don't forget about this Sheep that caused phantom-ness." Said Jack.

"Joey! Wake up!" Lucario shouted, trying to wake up Joey. He kicks his owner.

"Ow!" Joey shouted, "You're ganna pay for that, Lucario!" And then both Joey and Lucario started to fight against each other.

"Why you two knock it off already?" Jack shouted.

"Striking Ember!" Yo-Yo Man shouted, and both Lucario and Joey stopped.

"Joey, sit!" Said Amy, and then gravity pulled down Joey on the ground.

"Were we supposed to get this finish and now you two are sparring in the middle of this?" Ask Jack, shouting, and he pounds both Joey and Lucario on their heads, giving them lumps. "That's unrealized." He looks at Jena, and said, "I'm sorry about that, Jena. I get a little anger management."

"Nah, it's okay for the first time." Said Jena, "You should see Brent when he's ticked for the first time."

Joey just snorts and left, "Whatever."

"Now where's that next one." Jack said, checking the list, "The Horse give healing, Dog gives immortality one, Monkey gives the user to transform into its animal forms. I think we got them all."

"True." Said Jena.

"So, where do we go next?" Ask Kyo.

"I say…" Jack said, but he was interrupted.

"Whatever." Said Joey.

"Sheesh, are you always this sore?" Ask Lucario.

"I'll explain everything." Said Jack, moving on, "But let's get moving." But Jack was interrupted by Jena.

"Well, I just remember something." Said Jena, "Joey, come here."

"What is it?" Ask Joey, coming to Jena.

"Uh, I sort of having a new power I didn't tell anyone about." Said Jena, "I can see Aura."

"You…you can see, Aura?" Ask Joey.

"Brent told me one, but he wants me to tell you all." Said Jena.

"Aura? You got the power of Aura?" Ask Lucario.

"I can see it, I can channel it." Said Jena.

"Bloody Brilliant." Said Jack.

"Nice." Said Joey.

"Let me tell what color Aura you have." Said Jena.

Joey was surprised, and begs, "Oh! What's mine?"

"You're Red." Said Jena.

"Thank you!" Said Joey, cheering.

"What about mines?" Ask Lucario.

"Lucario, yours is sort of pale blue." Said Jena.

"I knew it." Said Lucario.

Jena looks at Jack, and said, "Jack, yours is 'pink'." Jack was shocked.

"WHAT?" Ask Jack, shocked, and Joey started to laugh.

"Jack! You're Pink?" Ask Joey, laughing.

"No time!" Said Jack, setting the checklist on the wall. "There we go. Looks like we'll have to get all the Zodiacs."

"Until we have all twelve." Said Joey.

"Starting with the one underneath the rat." Said Jack, and Kyo find it offensive.

"Hey!" Kyo shouted.

"And the cat." Said Jack, and Joey started to laugh. "That's why we'll start of, at the Lavender Temple."