Chapter 9: The Darkness Lures
"I beseech you." Said the Galka. "Take this. This will improve your claws more."
"Wow, thank you." Said Joey, and he puts it on.
Thanks to the Amulet of Mighty Fist, now Joey has become even stronger for his demon claws. With all that power, Joey has a mighty fist to knock opponents out of the park. He has become the honor of the Galkas.
"Nice." Said Joey. "Thank you."
"I will be going now." Said the Galka, "Great Galka, continue your adventure." He begins to form into a ball with his Donphan, and then left out of the dungeons.
"Wow." Said Joey, "My claws feel strong as they ever been."
"That's magic for you." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"Amazing." Said Lucario. "He does have a brain."
"Hey!" Joey shouted. "Very funny, Lucario!"
"Here we go." Said Jack, taking the seal. "Now that we got the seal, we just need one more and we might have enough."
"I still say we throw Joey at the door." Said Jena. "No offense or anything."
"Hey! Where are Yuki and the Cat?" Ask Joey.
"I believe they're still in the balcony." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"I'm here." Said Yuki.
"I'm right here, stupid." Said Kyo.
"Oh!" Said Jena, excited.
"Oh, there's Yuki and the cat." Said Joey.
"Did I miss anything?" Ask Haru.
"Yeah, a gigantic fight." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"That was one humongous monster I have ever saw." Said Haru.
"It was a Galka." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"There is one more door to solve." Said Haru.
"Let's go investigate and see what's going on." Said Jack.
"…Okay." Said Jena, and then everyone walks back down stairs and out of the Yang door. They walk through the lobby, and enter the next room.
Inside the Yin Door, looks kind of pitch black; the whole place is always black because the room is covered with darkness. Even black smoke like black fog all over the room.
"Don't be scared, Jena." Said Joey.
"I'm not scared." Said Jena, acting like she doesn't care, "Just reminds me how Brent sleep at night. Dark, hard to find anyone creepy."
"You alright, Jack?" Ask Joey.
"I didn't get my chance to fight." Said Jack.
"Oh, sorry." Said Joey, "You missed a big battle."
"Because you guys are stronger then I am." Said Jack.
"Jack, don't underestimate yourself."
"No." Said Yo-Yo Man, "We're just faster then you."
"And what's my skill?" Ask Jack, pulling his guitar, "Just a guitar to play music for everyone?"
"Even you have the greatest gift." Said Jena.
"But remember," Yo-Yo Man said, "Ounce you have completed your Swordsage training, you will be a much quickest matter."
"Thanks." Said Jack. Everyone came to a dead end, but something's on the wall. What appear looks like a mirror, covering with everyone's reflection?
"There's a mirror." Said Joey.
"I think it has to do with some kind of roll reversal." Said Jena. "Wait, let's just hope it doesn't switch…"
"Personality." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"Pretty much." Said Jena.
"Or genders."
"…Dad!" Jena called.
"Sensei!" Joey shouted.
"Or it could flip flop," Yo-Yo Man explained, "What our left or right is, or make an evil clone of us, or make a good clone of us."
"Or make a set reversal world." Said Jena.
"Or could do all sorts of thing." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"Okay." Said Joey, had enough. "And he's off, ladies and gentlemen."
"Hey! He's been teaching you." Said Jena.
When all the sudden, when everyone stares at the mirror, the reflection of the mirror started to wave at him or her.
"HUH?" Ask Joey, surprised.
"Okay, I feel petrified!" Said Jena, a little afraid.
"Huh?" Ask Amy, holding on to Jack.
"What's going on?" Ask Joey. The first reflection came of the mirror that looks like Yo-Yo Man but all black.
"Who?" Ask Yo-Yo Man.
"Huh?" Ask Amy, surprised. The next one coming out of the mirror looks like evil Jack.
"Dad?" Ask Jena.
"Huh?" Ask Joey. And then next is Joey's evil reflection. "Is that me as an evil form?" Next coming out of the mirror looks like Jena.
"Dad, you had to worry about the clone thing." Said Jena. And then lastly looks like Amy. All the reflections look like evil versions, but all black body and yellow eyes. "I was right, they're evil clones of ourselves."
"Are you my dark side?" Ask Joey.
"Well what do you know?" Said Evil Joey, "If it isn't the freak of the Inu Family!"
"WHAT?" Ask Joey, shocked. His evil side is making fun of Joey.
"Oh, look at me, I'm a stupid Inu." Said Evil Joey.
Joey had his ears shut, trying to ignore his evil side's taunting words. "ENOUGH!!!"
"…Joey, why don't you calm down?" Ask Jena.
"Oh gee, I didn't no who's stupid, you or him." Said Jena's evil side. "Oh wait, it's you!"
"Who are they?" Ask Amy, scared. "I thought they look like us, but our evil side?"
"Who are they?" Said Evil Amy, mimicking. "Go blow off your dumb ears!"
"I had enough." Said Yo-Yo Man, going up ahead. "Hatchings Flame!" Yo-Yo Man blows out some kind of fire right at three shadows. He burns Evil Yo-Yo Man, Jack, and Joey all three.
"Who's the freak now?" Ask Joey, laughing.
"AGH! I'm melting!" Said Evil Jack, and then he said, "Just kidding. I was just joshing you."
They must have survived the fire attack. Next, his Treagle does a flyby attack, and swipes at evil Yo-Yo Man. However, Treagle misses.
"I believe a little birdie misses." Said Evil Yo-Yo Man, "Keep and eye on the birdie." Jena was charging at Evil Jena, but misses. Next, Glaceon starts to use a Slam attack, and misses at Evil Jena.
"Gee, someone was being dumb. Oh wait, it's you!" Said Evil Jena.
Joey went up to his evil side and said, "Hello, freak."
"Hello, loser." Said Joey's evil side. "Haven't even realize your Vegetta friend betray you, or your father!"
"Why you!" Joey shouted, "Eat this!" POW!
"Ow!" Joey's evil side said, punched. "Not feeling good."
"Freak." Said Joey.
"Loser."
"Jerk!"
"Idiot."
"Joey, I thought we'd agreed you wouldn't make fun of them." Said Jena.
"Just let them, you dummy." Said Jena's evil side. "Dummy, dummy, dummy, dummy! Someone's being an idiot in the Aunti family!"
"Don't worry, Joey." Said Lucario, going up to Evil Joey, "I'll take of your evil side." He begins to start to Pound Joey's evil side. A first punch failed, but a second punch never failed. POW!
"Ow! Not feeling good." Said Evil Joey.
"Take that, you evil version of my master." Said Lucario.
"Thank you, Lucario." Said Joey, "Good reddens."
Amy aims at her evil side, and then fires an arrow. She aims, and then fires at her evil side. "Ow! She hits me, you freaking Neko."
"You're a Neko too." Said Jena.
"Well, not the dumb one as you." Said Evil Jena.
"Wait, since when am I a dumb Neko?" ask Jena. Flareon starts to go up to Evil Amy, and then attacks with a Slam attack. Flareon charges, and then misses.
"You miss me." Said Evil Amy.
"It's my turn." Said Jack, charging.
"Go for it." Said Joey. Jack begins to start to concentrate on his right hand.
"Pikachu, I need some time." Said Jack, "Can you take care of the fiend?"
"Sure!" Pikachu called, and he begins to charge up electricity. Pikachu then fires electricity at Jack's evil side, and shocks him.
"AGH! Not feeling good." Said Evil Jack.
Now the evil sides are going to attack each and every one of the team. The Evil Yo-Yo Man starts to slam Yo-Yo Man, but misses. Next, Evil Joey is ready to slam Joey, but misses. "Hmph!" Evil Jena is ready to punch Jena, but misses. However, Evil Jack attacks Jack and Evil Amy hits Amy.
"Whoa!" Jack shouted, attacked.
"Jack!" Joey shouted, worried. "Are you alright?"
Yo-Yo Man begins to attack his evil side in his lower stance. He pulls out his spiked chain and then attacks. With a single swing movement, his spiked chain flickers, and hits his Evil side.
"AGH!" Evil Yo-Yo Man shouted, attacked. Next, Yo-Yo Man throws the spiked chain at Evil Amy, and hits her.
"Owie!" Evil Amy shouted, attacked. Treagle then swoops at Evil Yo-Yo Man and Amy at the same time, and both the evil sides faded away.
"Whoa!" Said Joey, "Treagle killed both evil fiends."
Joey begins to get serious, and attacks his Evil Side.
"Cool." Said Amy.
"Good reddens." Said Joey, "Now I got to do is take care of my annoying side."
"I can't believe the Crystal Region are dumb." Said Evil Jena.
Glaceon is ready to attack Evil Jena with Magic Missile, and Jena attacks her evil side with her sword. They hit her, but Evil Jena is still standing.
"Yow!" Said Evil Jena, attacked.
Joey begins to attack his evil side with his Lucario. "Eat this you freak!" Joey shouted. Both Joey and Lucario punch Evil Joey very hard. POW! Evil Joey fades away.
"Good reddens." Said Joey.
Amy begins to aim her bow at Jena's evil side, and barely got her. That hits Evil Jena on the shoulder. Next, Flareon begins to attack Evil Jena with Slam, and hits Evil Jena hard.
"Owie!" Evil Jena shrieked, but still standing from the attack.
"And I thought you Dantos a lame." Said Evil Jack, "Oh gee, I forgot, you're the freak of the Inu Family, because you're a coward."
"Shut up!" Jack called.
"I can't believe you're weak." Said Evil Jack, still teasing Jack, "I can't believe you've become the freak of the Inu Family. You'll just have to learn on how to become a tiny puppy instead of a big dog."
"I may be weak," Jack called, "But I'm strong enough to take you out!" His' right hand is fully charge with white mystic. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHH!!"
"Can that be?" Ask Joey, surprised. Joey just saw white mystic on Jack's right palm, gathering enough mystic and aura to create one powerful attack.
Jack then charges at his evil side, and shouted with a six-sided star on his right palm, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!" It's like raining Holy spheres at his evil side.
"AGH!" Evil Jack shouted, attacked, and he begins to fade away.
"You are truly are fully powerful to know the power of the Diamond Mind." Said Yo-Yo Man. "Mind focus."
"How that feel, Jack?" Ask Joey.
"I say, that feel really good." Said Jack. "Pikachu, finish Evil Jena!"
Pikachu charges enough electricity, and then shocks Evil Jena very hard. "PIKACHU!" Evil Jena becomes electrocuted, and then faded away.
The whole team won the battle. "Complete Victory!"
"That was so much fun, everyone." Said Jena.
"It was indeed." Said Joey.
"We found out that Joey is a smarter person." Said Jena.
"And we all now that Jena is brilliant." Said Jack.
"Thank you." Said Jena, happy.
"And of course, the final lesson is intro specs hurts." Said Yo-Yo Man, explaining, "We were fighting our dark selves. If it doesn't count as an intro specs, don't know what does."
"Come on, Glaceon." Said Jena, and her Eevee's ice form got close to her.
"Great job, Lucario." Said Joey.
"I'm about to disintegrate this mirror ounce and for all!" Jack shouted, angry.
"Hold on." Said Yo-Yo Man, "That would bring seven years of bad luck." Instead, Jack follows his teacher's idea. "I have an idea, instead…" He takes the mirror, and carefully slides the glass out of the mirror. Next, he breaks it expects the glass, and then melts the glass down.
"What you are making, sensei?" Ask Joey.
"I call it, 'modern art'." Said Yo-Yo Man, and everyone begin to laugh.
"Hey! Who has the seal to put in the last thingy?" Ask Jena.
Jack and Pikachu were wondering about the Yin seal, and pull it out. They pulled it out hard, and the seal came out.
"Well, that takes care of that." Said Joey.
"Alright, let's go in." Said Jena.
Everyone decided to head back to the lobby, to where they will put the two seals together to bring get the next zodiac out. Inside the lobby, Jack pulled out the two seals, and they started to move on its own. They spin around, and it connects to the double door like a key. It opens the double door, and reveals a big door.
"Wow." Said Amy, looking at the big room, "Big Room."
Up ahead looks like two statues standing on two pillars. The statues don't seem to move, but act like they're the guards of the Tiger Dungeon.
"Be carefully about the statues." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"Something about them is rubbing me the wrong way." Said Joey.
"Of course by salvation on the statue." Said Jena.
"Do you think you could check them out?" Ask Yo-Yo Man.
"What? Me?" Ask Jena.
"Not you." Yo-Yo Man replied, pointing at Jack.
"Well, as long as we have these donuts, we'll stay healthy." Said Jack. He's holding a box of donuts inside. Jena got too excited.
"Oh! Are they creamed filled?" Ask Jena.
"Oh! You want one?" Ask Jack.
"Yeah!" Said Jena, and Jack gives her one. "Here."
"Let's get going." Said Jack.
"No, wait!" Yo-Yo Man called, but Joey walks inside. "Wait! WAIT!" Joey came to a halt and comes back.
"Cousin! Come back!" Jack called.
"Hmm…" Yo-Yo Man said, "Can someone hand me a tablet?"
"Here's a rock." Said Jena, giving her father a rock. Yo-Yo Man pulls his arm back, and then chucks the rock to the big statue. It hits the statue on the head, and both statues have glowing red eyes. They moved down from the pillars and prepared themselves.
"They're Alive!" Joey called.
"HMM? Who dares disturb the brotherly brothers?" Ask the big statue.
"The what?" Ask Jena, confused.
"The what, what?" Ask Amy, confused.
"E-Taiyo!" Said Yo-Yo Man.
"Hey!" The big human statue shouted, "That's no way to treat a host! What do you want?"
"Uh, we want the honor your holding?" Ask Jena.
"Oh, you mean the tiger?" Ask the little human statue. "Okay."
"Go ahead." Said the big human statue, and then he asks to his little brother, "Why do you get to greet a guest?"
"Because I'm better then you." The Little Statue replied.
"Oh, you think you're so smart."
"Smatter then you!"
"I'm smatter then you!"
"I'm smatter then you!"
"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" Jena called.
"No," Yo-Yo Man said, "Let them keep fighting."
"Hi, he thinks that he salted your head." Said Jena.
"That's not true." Said the big statue.
"Yes is it." Said the little statue, and then both statues begin to fight.
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is!"
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is!"
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is!"
"Why don't you two douche it out and finish this ounce and for all?" Ask Yo-Yo Man.
"Yeah." Said Amy.
"And let us through?" Ask Jena. The statues got closer.
"You've been searching for the tiger zodiac?" Ask the big statue, and Amy nods. "Alright, go ahead."
"Hey! How come you get to let them go?" Ask the little statue.
"Because I'm better then you." The big statue replied.
Everyone starts to laugh at both statues, bickering as they move to where the zodiac is. But there is one problem; them come across a dead end.
"We've been sacked." Said Jena.
The statues stares at the heroes and the big statue said, "You've fell for it! There is no tiger zodiac but us! The all wondering Flying Brothers!"
"I thought we were the Otto Brothers." Said the little statues.
"No. We're the Flying Brothers."
"Otto Brothers!"
"Flying Brothers!"
"Otto Brothers!"
"Flying Brothers!"
"Otto!"
"Excuse me." Said Jena, interrupting.
"WHAT!" Both brothers shouted at Jena.
"Okay, I know about this brother thing and the argument," said Jena, "But could you please tell us where the zodiac is?"
"Sorry little miss, no can do." The big statue replied.
"Hey! That's not nice!" The little statue shouted.
"That's not nice!"
"That's not nice!"
"Do you know what's not nice?" Ask Jena, "Both hosts are arguing in front of us, and not being nice to us."
"Oh, sorry miss." Said the big statue.
"That was rude thing ever through." Said Jena.
"Gee, and I thought my brothers had problems." Said Joey.
"Wait, you have an older brother, so do I!" Said the little statue.
"Hey!"
"I have three older brothers." Said Joey, "And one younger brother."
"I have an older brother who has to make do his chores." Said Jena.
"I'd wish I could relate to that." Said Yo-Yo Man.
"Daddy, you're an only child." Said Jena.
"Yes." Said Yo-Yo Man, "I'd wish I could related."
"Uh, let us try this again." Said the big statue.
"Yeah, let us try this again." Said the little statue. They turn around, and then shouted at the team.
"NOW DIE!" Both statues shouted. They're ready to fight.
"WAIT!" Jack shouted, going to the front. "You can't attack us!" They're confused, "Because it's the uh…twin brother tradition!"
"Aye?" Ask the little statue.
"What?" Ask the big statue.
"Here, have a box of donut." Said Jack, giving them away.
"Great, I'll take mines cream filling." Said the big statue. He takes a donut and eats it, but his little brother felt jealous.
"Hey! How come you get the cream filling?" Ask the little statue.
"Because it's better then chocolate." The big statue replied, and the little statue felt even more jealous.
"Hey! The jelly ones is very good." Said Jena.
"Don't I get a piece?" Ask the little statue.
"Here you go." Said Jack, and the little statue take apiece.
"Ooh, thanks." Said the little statue, eating a donut.
"I can't stand jelly." Said Yo-Yo Man, "It's like I'm fighting against a big smooching thing."
"Here, have some more." Said Jack, encouraging them.
"I'll like anything you chew." Said Joey.
The big statue took another donut, but notices something wrong and crushes it. "Oh no! They've found out!" Jack shouted, surprised.
Candy-Gram-Promongo, it was a booby trap.