The Shadow Eaters

Jackie, Jade and Uncle were on a speedboat in Louisiana trying to get the next Oni Mask before the forces of evil did. However, one of them was having an argument with Jake Long's annoying cousin. Greggy and Jade were fighting over the Hana Fuda card revealing the key ingredient for the removal potion. Unfortunately, they dropped the card and a crocodile ate it. "This is your fault!" She accused. "Why weren't you up there flying with Mei Ling and Ring?"

"They can't keep up to me." He bragged to the Chans.

"Yeah, they couldn't slow down to your level." Jade replied.

"There's no time for arguing." Jackie interrupted. "Without knowing the key ingredient, it's more important than ever that we find the Oni Mask before anyone wears it."

"We could see if the people living at that shack have seen it." Greggy suggested.

"Good idea, Gregory." Jackie replied.

Upon entering, Jade recognized it as the home of a TV psychic. "The stars told me you would come." The psychic said as she saw the Chans and the dragons.

"Ha!" Uncle replied. "She saw us coming!" He then inspected the dolls. "But she is very good doll-maker..."

"The stars told me you came for that." The psychic said as she pointed to a mask.

"The Oni Mask!" Ring exclaimed.

"Cool!" Mei Ling added. "We can get it before the bad guys."

"You're not the ones the stars said would get the mask." The psychic replied as she produced a Hak Foo doll. At this moment, Hak Foo and Chang broke into the house to grab the mask. The two villains then left the shack with the heroes going after them.

"Give me the mask, you worthless human." Chang demanded.

"You already had your turn, Chang!" Hak Foo replied.

"You both give me the mask or else…" Greggy said and then dragoned up.

"Another dragon?" Hak Foo asked with an annoyed tone.

"No need to worry." Chang replied. "Young Greggory here is one of the weakest dragons in the order."

"I dare you say that after feeling this!" Greggy then tried to hit the villains with a fireball but it was too weak and hadn't even made it halfway. While Chang was distracted laughing, Hak Foo took advantage of the distraction to put on the Oni Mask.

"Hey!" Chang protested. "I should be the one wearing the mask!"

"You already had your turn." Hak Foo replied. "Now come to me, my Shadowkhan!"

A new tribe of Shadowkhan appeared. The Black Tiger was shocked at their size. "They're so, so, so, so, so…"

"CUTE!" Both Jade and Greggy exclaimed at the same time, shocking each other. However, they quickly recovered. "And they said my fire breathing was lame." Greggy said.

"It is." Jade replied.

"Demon compensates for pathetic ninja army!" Hak Foo proclaimed while charging against Jackie Chan, who quickly dodged. Chang and the Black Tiger then fled. Greggy then directed his attention to Mei Ling. "So, do you have a date for tonight?"

"Greggory! I have a boyfriend." She replied.

"A slayer does not deserve to be the boyfriend of such a magnificent dragon." He said with a flirtatious tone. "Why don't you dump him and start dating a proper dragon. Like me, for example?"

"Never!"

"Look, if you're afraid of him, just tell me and I'll protect you." Greggy offered. "I can make sure no slayer will ever bother you."

"How?" Mei Ling asked. "Will you annoy the whole Huntsclan to death?" She, her sister and Jade laughed a lot with this comment.

"Look!" Jackie pointed to the ground. "One of the Shadowkhan stayed behind."

Uncle then caught it inside a glass container. Our heroes then returned to San Francisco. At Uncle's Antiques Shop, Tohru was told to watch over the captured Shadowkhan while Uncle went looking for the Japanese Evil Encyclopedia hoping it might inform the key ingredient.

"Look!" Greggy said as he noticed the Shadowkhan staring at the cookie Tohru was about to eat. "It seems the Shadowkhan is hungry. Maybe we should feed it."

"Would he like a cookie?" Tohru asked.

"Not so fast." Greggy stopped. "You humans might have been lucky so far but the handling of rogue magical creatures is work for a dragon." He then offered the cookie to the Shadowkhan, which seemed to eat it but, in fact, it ate Greggy's shadow. Greggy fell unconscious after that. Distracted by that, nobody noticed that the Shadowkhan grew up and escaped.

Meanwhile, at the villains' hide out, Hak Foo was drilling his Shadowkhan about martial arts when Tarakudo and Chang appeared. "Look at the pathetic human and his pathetic Shadowkhan." She mockingly said.

"They'll show you, Chang!" Hak Foo replied and then told his Shadowkhan. "Show Master Tarakudo your angry faces" Tarakudo was obviously unimpressed with the presented results. "Ooh, if I had a spine, it would be tingling!"

"I'm glad I didn't get that mask." Chang commented.

"You won't be after they reveal their true power." Tarakudo replied.

"What do you mean?" A surprised Chang asked. Instead of speaking, Tarakudo used his powers to make Chou appear. It was obvious Chou wasn't expecting that since he wasn't wearing anything other than a towel. "Tarakudo, how dare you make me appear like that in front of a woman?" Chou angrily asked while pointing at Chang. Since he wanted Chang to see what happens, Tarakudo magically made Chou's clothes appear. "That's better." A relieved Chou commented.

"Now, Chang, you and Hak Foo will see what these Shadowkhan can do." Tarakudo said.

Chou finally noticed the Shadowkhan. "What? Those cute things?" And then started a mockery that ended when they ate his shadow and he fell asleep. "This tribe of Shadowkhan can eat people's shadows." Tarakudo explained. "Without their shadows, people can't stay awake. And, once Shadowkhan eat someone's shadow, they grow."

"What do you think of them now, dragon lady?" Hak Foo asked. Instead of answering, she stared at Chou's motionless body. "A practice dummy? Finally a practical utility for these despicable humans."

Meanwhile, back at Uncle's shop, Tohru was reading the encyclopedia. "This particular tribe of Shadowkhan is known as Shadow Eaters. The more shadows they eat, the bigger they are. Once a person's shadow is eaten, the person falls asleep."

"Yeah, looking at Sleeping Beauty here gave us that impression." Jade casually replied. "But what's the key ingredient?"

"I'm still researching that." Tohru answered.

Uncle then handed Jackie, Jade and the dragon girls some vacuum cleaners. "Until then, we must capture the Shadowkhan before they steal more shadows." He explained.

"What about Greggory?" Jackie asked out of concern.

"He and all other victims will be restored back to normal once the mask is removed from Hak Foo's face." Tohru explained.

Meanwhile, Hak Foo and his Shadowkhan were going through the town searching for more shadows to be eaten. Chang was right behind. "You may stand and watch while my warriors grow big but don't get on my way, Chang." Hak Foo said.

"I'm only here to take the mask from our enemies once they remove it from you, Foo." Chang replied.

"What makes you think they'll ever remove it in the first place?" Hak Foo asked.

"That's what they did to the other masks after all."

"Stop." Hak Foo told her as he pointed to a spot where Jackie, Jade, Mei Ling and Ring were sucking the Shadow Eaters. "We have company."

Chang then flew after the dragon girls. Meanwhile, Jackie's cell phone rang. "Uncle?" "Really? That's great! Thank you." He then told Jade. "Good news, Jade! The key removal ingredient is fish!"

"You call that great? Where do you think we'll find…?" She then noticed her blowFISH. "Duh."

Noticing their conversation, the dragon girls approached them. "Mei Ling. Ring. Fish is the key removal ingredient. Help me to distract Chang while I go after Hak Foo." Jackie said and they agreed. Mei Ling and Ring then flew towards Hak Foo until Chang engaged them into battle, which was the distraction Jackie needed while he and Jade went past the Shadowkhan. Eventually, they became close enough to Hak Foo and started chanting, "Nukeru, He Men Jaaku! Nukeru, He Men Jaaku! Nukeru, He Men Jaaku!" Furious, Hak Foo went to attack Jackie directly, allowing Jackie to grab the mask and remove it. The Shadow Eaters soon disappeared. It was right on time, for the Sun was starting to rise, which would bring more shadows to be eaten. "Now it's my turn to wear the mask." Chang said and then went towards it. However, Jackie quickly pulled some sphinx hair and Chang had to flee. She and Hak Foo were then pulled away by Tarakudo.

As our heroes returned to Uncle's shop, they found him making an oil painting of Tohru. "Uncle asked his old friend how to deal with the stress of dealing with magical trouble everyday and Uncle's old friend suggested having some time off for a hobby." Uncle explained. "Uncle likes oil painting."

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