The return message fast. That's not a funny joke, Jade. Lee seems to smirk as terror grips at me for the first time in my life. "What's wrong? I heard your little fight, and I just wanted to apologize for my sons behavior. He was so mean to say that without knowing your whole story." A growl ripples its way out of my throat.

"Now, now. Shouldn't we be civil to each other? You are practically dating my precious eldest son. It's such a pity that he won't come to help you." I crouch close to the ground. Ran! I'm not joking, I really need your help! Lee laughs cruelly. "Is da wittle tikky scayed?" He taunts. Hong li smirks. I morph back into myself, with Nala tucked securely into my arms.

"I'm not a 'wittle tikky' and why would I be scared? You seem like a great father. You must really miss your wife though. Did you know the police talked to us about her? Apparently they found proof that you are guilty for her death and are going to be punished for that as well as the attempted murder of your 'precious eldest son'." I say angrily.

Hong Li recoils as if I had just physically struck him. "W- what?" He asks. "didn't you know?" I ask, truly surprised. "Your father murdered you mother and attempted to do the same to your brother." I tell him sympathetically. He just stares at me. "It's true." I tell him. "He tried to hurt my parents too, and almost succeeded just because he was jealous of my mom and how famous she had become."

I can see his eyes glaze over as he thinks about my words. Suddenly they clear. "Your mom is Prince right?" He whispers. I nod. "He talks about her all the time. All of you guys." This is something I had expected, but it still scares me. "If he is mad enough to kill my parents, what would stop him from killing your mom? What would stop him from killing you?"

Hong Li glances between his father and me. I'm coming, hold on. The PM startles me and I jump. Wait. I want to talk to your brother. I tell Ran quickly. Are you crazy? You are alone and outnumbered. I don't care if it is my family, that would be bad in any situation! He says back. Oh for goodness sake, just get here and wait where you can't be seen. This is in game so the worst that can happen is that I'll end up at the rebirth point. I tell him, beginning to feel very frustrated.

Fine. He agrees quickly. I roll my eyes. Leave it to Ran to forget that we are playing a game. I refocus on Hong Li and Lee just in time to see Lees hand make contact with Hong Lis' face. He falls to his knees and looks up at his father with a striken look as one hand gently holds his cheek. "That is for questioning me just because some little girl is spouting lies." I morph quickly into the fastest animal I can think of. A cheetah.

I feel Nala grip onto my neck and hold tightly as I begin to run. I briefly see Lees' surprised expression as I run past him to Hong Li. I slow down just enough to grab his clothes in my mouth and swing him up onto my back with Nala. Lee begins shouting as I run with his son clinging desperately on my back.

An arrow whizzes past my head and inbeds itself into a tree in front of me. I can't do anything but watch as it explodes, sending the three of us flying to the forest floor. I hear the system tell me that my HP has dropped but I ignore it in favor of the pain shooting through my body.

Lee catches up and glares down at me. "You are as troublesome as your mother was." He spits out at me. I look up at him, the pain making it hard to do much else. Suddenly he grins. "But now I can still have my revenge." Ran, now is a good time to make a heroic appearance! I say quickly. We're almost there, just hold him off for a little while more. He tells me. I groan.

He takes a step closer. I struggle to my feet and stand in front of Hong Li and Nala who are lying close by on the ground. I eye the bow Lee is now holding in one hand. He laughs and waves it teasingly from side to side. "This is the best bow money can buy in second life. Even if you run it will catch up to you." A plan marches through my mind. He takes another step and pats my head like adults would to little kids. 'Now!' I think.

I morph into a kangaroo and sit on my tail to use my powerful legs to kick him away. Then I turn myself into a large snake and wind myself around his body to hold him in place. Ran arrives with Laica and quickly take in the situation and check on Nala and Hong Li. Next they come over to the two of us. "Well, you've gotten in yourself into a bind." Says Neo to Lee. The twins laugh at the pun.

Due to an outside disturbance, player Lee must log off. He smirks and disappears, leaving me to fall to the ground in coils. I morph back and start drinking down health potions. "What do you think the 'outside disturbance' was?" Asks Ran. The twins smirk. "Lets just say that we did a little research and found where the Lee guy was staying and then 'tipped off' the cops."

Nala wakes up and walks drunkenly over to me, before she collapses into my arms. I check her over for any injuries before I settle her into my lap. Ran stands above me with a small frown. "I'm sorry for what I said earlier, I didn't know." I stand up and take his hands into mine. "I'm sorry too. I overreacted." We both smile.

Laica and Neo are off to the side, hugging each other. "They grow up so fast!" Sobs Laica. "I Know!" Agrees Neo. My smile turns slightly evil. "Nala, attack." The kit jumps out of my grip and lands squarely on Neos shoulder. She bites him on the nose and doesn't let go until Laica gets close enough that she can switch targets and latches firmly onto Laicas ear.

Laica starts running around in circles while Neo laughs, even as a bruise develops across his nose. The kit lets go and jumps onto Ran and licks his cheek. Both boys glare at him. "Why does he get licked and we get bitten?" Asks Laica. I look at him. "Would you rather be licked?" I ask. They both cross their arms and nod yes. I shrug and tell them to close their eyes before I turn into something that will give them a 'nice, friendly' lick.

Ran covers his mouth in attempt to stifle his laughter. I lick each of my cousins quickly on the cheek and watch as they open their eyes and wipe off the gooey saliva. "Gross, Cuz! You didn't have to turn into a camel!" Yells Neo. I shift into a llama and calmly spit on his shirt. He looks down at the watery mess. "On second thought, I would rather have you as a human again. You have less slobber that way."

I shift back and smirk. "What can I say, you two are just SO drool worthy." The twins grimace but Ran and I laugh. Hong Li sits up and starts drinking his own potions, before he starts to nervously fidget. "Hong Li?" I ask. He looks up at me with guilty eyes. "Your father is going to prison, and we need another teammate. Do you want to join?" "What?" He asks at the same time Ran does. I just shrug my shoulders. "Why not? He shouldn't be blamed because of his fathers sins. Neither of you should."

"Fine." Says Ran. "But if he does one thing wrong, he's out." "So are you in?" I ask as I offer my hand to him. "I'm in." He says quietly. He takes my hand and I help him to his feet. "Welcome to the club!" I say.

"We need to train together." Says Ran. I roll my eyes. "And here I thought we could just go sign up for the next tournament and win without knowing everyone elses skills." I tell him sarcastically. "Well I didn't hear you say anything." He argues. "That's because we already know that we are going to need to train!" I yell.

"Do they always argue like a married couple?" I hear Hong Li ask. "No!" Ran and I yell together while the twins both say "Yes." I facepalm. "What are everyones abilities?" Neo raises his hand and waves it around. "I'm a mage and Laica is a priest." "I didn't see that one coming." Says Hong Li. I shake my head. "Neither did I."

"I'm a warrior but I keep my speed, agility, and stealth high so I can also be classified as a thief." Ran snorts. "That I did see coming." Hong Li sticks out his tongue in a childish manner. I laugh at them and decide to state my ability before the brothers decide to fight. "I'm a transformer." I tell them. Hong Li looks at me questioningly. "Really? That's what your class is called? Why not call yourself a shape shifter?"

"Lady Bug calls all of her children transformers." "Exactly." I agree. "So put that in your juice box and suck it." My newly formed team looks at me like they think I've lost my mind. "What?" I ask them. "Exactly what? You never answered the question. You just said exactly." Says Ran. I frown. "But I thought you explained that Lady Bug calls all of her children transformers?"

"No, that was me." Says a quiet voice. "Nala?" The small tiger gives me a mischievous grin. "Of course!" She says. "That Is so cool!" I yell. "I totally forgot Lady Bug said I could talk to you!" I hear Ran laughing behind me. "What's up with you?" I ask him. "You just called the lightning bug, Lady Bug so it sounds like you are calling her a lady bug." He laughs some more.

"Was he dropped on his head as a child?" I ask Hong Li. He shrugs his shoulders. "Probably." Ran stops laughing. "I was not!" Hong Li raises an eyebrow. "Do you have proof? I'm pretty sure there's a flat spot on your head that could be from being dropped onto your had." Ran frowns. "I inherited that from Grampa, and you know it!" argues. "Maybe he was dropped on his head too?" Asks Neo.

"Ok guys!" I say to break up the playful argument. "Ran, what class are you?" I ask. Ran looks embarrassed and mumbles something under his breath. "What?" I ask him. "I said I don't have a class yet." He says. Hong Li starts laughing. "You mean that you forgot to turn in the darts from the poison dart frogs? That's classic. You spent all of that time collecting the darts and then you forget to turn them in? Aren't you guys all at ,like, level forty?" He asks.

"Fifty-five." Says Ran. "How did you level so much without having a class?" Asks Laica. Ran pulls out a sling shot and some marble looking things. 'How did I not notice him using that?' I wonder. He holds up one of the marbles. "These changes ability based on their color. Red is fire, dark blue is water, light blue is ice, brown is earth, clear is wind, purple is poison, and black is anything that I can think of."

"That's awesome." Says Neo. I grab Rans hand and start pulling him towards the village. "Where are you pulling me?" He asks. "To the village so you can get a job." I tell him. "Uhm, Jade? The village is in the other direction." I groan and look back at my other teammates. "Maybe one of you should lead."

The walk to the newbie village is uneventful. But as soon as we get there the feathers hit the fan. Four guys and three girls walk over to us, and I immediately recognize them as some of our classmates. "Hong Li, what are you doing with the loser, the pipsqueak, and the nerd duo? I thought we were going to form a team t take them down." I look at Ran who is glaring at the seven with unconcealed dislike.

"Do you want the loser and pipsqueak or the nerd duo?" Ran doesn't take his eyes off the the people in front of us but the twins catch on to my plan. "You guys definitely have the nerd duo." Says Laica. "Then who gets pipsqueak and loser?" I ask them. Hong Li catches on too. "I have a coin. We can flip it to see who gets who." "But who gets who if it lands in the side?" I ask. Hong Li shrugs. "Whoever gets to them first."

"That seems fair enough" I agree. "Are we going to loose publicity for this?" I ask. The twins smirk. "Most likely." The chorus. Hong Li pulls out a coin. "As soon as it touches the ground." I nod. He places it on his fingers and uses his thumb to send the coin flipping through the air. As soon as it lands we each attack our chosen opponents.

Ran looks stunned for a moment before a wild glint appears in his eye and he joins us. Nala helps the others by biting the other peoples ankles, distracting them. I morph into a large tarantula and launch myself onto one of the guys shoulders. A satisfied feeling sweeps through my body when he releases a very feminine shriek and faints.

Two others look over and spot me. They both run, but a third stops her tracks and stares at me wide eyed as if rooted to the spot by web that I can probably make now. 'I wonder if I can still talk like this...' I smirk. "Boo." I say while raising my first set of legs in an intimidating way. She screams exactly three times before she turns around and runs away.

The last two follow soon after. "You guys are crazy!" Yells one of them over their shoulder as they 'retreat'. I frown. The gesture seems foreign in this body but I ignore it and turn back to my team. "That was fun! And because they all, uhm, retreated? We didn't lose any points." The four males look down at me with odd expressions on their faces. "What?" I ask them.

"Are you trying to help them by saying they retreated?" Asks Hong Li. I shrug. "They'll never admit to running away anyhow." I tell him. I morph back into myself and pick up Nala. Now lets go get Ran officially classified!" Hong Li coughs. "Why not just call him your husband and leave it at that?" He asks. I smile at him. He shivers. "Because I love you so much more!" I say while I latch onto his arm. "Your just sssooo much cuter than your brother." I say. A couple people begin to notice me and keep glancing in our direction. Hong Li starts to turn a light shade of red when he notices the attention. I kiss him quickly on the cheek and then walk calmly back over to Ran. "Revenge is so sweet." I say out loud. He shudders. "Death by embarrassment." He mutters. I wink at him. "Oh good, so its a date."

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So the reason this chapter is so late is because SakuraKoi took my family(Not really, It's just a joke) hostage after I stole Aizen (from Bleach(Yeah, I'm that good)). Then Gen(Also from Bleach) and I teamed up but SakuraKoi overheard our plans to rescue my family(still a joke). Then Gen was dragged away by an angry Rangiku(ALSO from Bleach(I'm not sure if I spelled her name right)) and SakuraKoi said I was under one of Aizens (still that good) allusions so I won (I'm not sure how, but it sounds good to me) and here is chapter 19!

IT'S ALL HER FAULT!

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-I HATE spiders. Eaugh. DX. I'd probably be the one that fainted... Or the one the froze. Maybe both... Hm...