Hi, so here's the second chapter of this month. My coauthor and I hope you will all like it, and we hope to see reviews.

Chapter 14

A few days have gone by now since Jade had killed Zyon, and she still refused to leave her room. The only one she allowed into her room was Mamoru, mainly because she couldn't throw him out. Everyone was getting worried; well of course they were. Her friends knew that she needed time on her own to figure things out, but they thought she would have let them in by now. Currently the J team, Daolon Wong, and the Demon Sorcerer were walking down the hall toward Jade's room to see if she'd talk to them now; well at least the J team was hoping for that Daolon Wong and the demon sorcerers were just bored and thought it would be interesting to watch. They all noticed that her friends were walking in their direction.

"What are you all doing?" Jackie questioned.

"We were trying to see if Jade would let us talk to her now, but she still won't talk to anyone except Mamoru." Amber declared.

"She won't talk to all of you?" Viper questioned.

"Well, I honestly don't blame her, after all that she went through with Zyon, and she had to kill him." Violet stated sadly.

"I know the Devil refused to tell us about Zyon, but maybe now that he's gone you all could tell us a little bit more about him?" Jackie suggested.

"Well…" Dante said.

"Please, we would greatly appreciate it. We want to learn more about Jade, apparently there's so much we didn't know." Tohru stated.

"Okay, I suppose as Jade's mortal family you do have some right to know." Mark confirmed.

"We should go somewhere a bit more secluded though; we don't want more reapers or political officials hearing all of this." Violet suggested.

So they all went to Violet's suite. The reapers' suites were pretty private, they only way you could get in really is through the front door, which of course had a lock; the only one who could get in any other way is Mamoru, but he was with Jade of course.

"Okay, so who exactly was this Zyon boy?" Uncle asked.

"Well, it all started when we were all young. In case you haven't figured it out by now, the Devil himself chooses who he finds fit to be reapers, and Jade and Zyon were among the many of us who were chosen. Anyway the Devil at the time had no children so he needed to look for potential heirs." Mark explained.

"Why didn't he have any children?" Paco asked.

"He had a consort, but she died many years before we arrived, and he chose not to remarry." Amber replied.

"Anyway, like I was saying, since he was childless, he had to look for potential heirs. Even when we were small Jade was always one of the strongest so he took her in as his daughter. As for Zyon, his father was a very high political official, but he betrayed the Devil, and he was executed; but the Devil saw how Zyon was quite powerful as well, and he knew that he shouldn't have been judged by his father's actions. So he took Zyon in as a son. That's kind of where this all started. For years Jade and Zyon trained together, both of them got significantly stronger and more powerful. Now both of them knew that since they were practically the Devil's children that they were two big potentials to be his heir. Jade never wanted it but Zyon did." Mark explained.

"When did the worst of the trouble start?" Viper asked.

"The worst started 10 years ago. The Devil was going to make an announcement on who he had chosen to be his heir, and all of Hell was there to hear it. In the end, he chose Jade despite her many refusals and her lack of desire. Zyon was mad, and he blamed it all on Jade. He completely ignored all those times that she specifically said she didn't want to be heir and just stormed away."

"Stormed away?" El Toro questioned.

"He just left, and no one saw him for the longest time. I know it sounds weird since he was still a child, but he was still a trained reaper, so it's not really all that surprising that he was able to disappear." Dante stated.

"That was until a few days later, he showed up again, and he started attacking her, but the Devil stopped him, and banished him as far away from the palace as possible; and as for Jade, well the Devil was very concerned for her safety so he sent her back to the mortal family she was born into, then I guess they sent her to you." Mark concluded.

"So Zyon went crazy all because he didn't get what he wanted?" Pablo asked.

"Yeah, that's pretty much why." Amber replied.

"Wow…" Viper said.

Later the J team and the Demon sorcerers went back to their rooms. Jade's was still in her room, when she decided on something.

"Mamoru, I know what I have to do now." Jade stated.

"So, you're ready to accept your role?" Mamoru questioned.

"Yes. Go summon my friends for me please. I need to tell them." Jade stated.

A few minutes later Jade heard knocking on her door.

"Come in." She said.

"Hey there Jade." Dante greeted.

Jade, we were like so worried about you!" Amber said running over and hugging her friend.

"Amber, what did I tell you about hugging?" Jade threatened.

"Oh, right, sorry….. but you know what? I don't care I was so worried about you" Amber replied.

"Mamoru said there's something important you needed talk to us about?" Violet questioned.

"Yeah, you guys, killing Zyon, was the hardest thing I have ever had to do…" Jade began.

"Jade, we…" Dante interrupted.

"But it also made me realize something. I can't keep running away from my duty." Jade declared.

"Jade, does this mean you're going to accept your role as heir to the throne?" Dante asked.

"Yes it does." Jade replied.

"Jade, no matter what happens…we'll be right there to support you." Violet stated.

The Devil was of course informed right away about Jade's decision, and he was going to make an announcement in front of all the citizens of Hell. Jade still refused to come out of her room, but the Dark King was still going to make an announcement. The J team, Daolon Wong, and the Demon sorcerers were present.

"My fellow Hellians, I stand before you today with very good news. Princess Jade has agreed to officially accept her role as heir to the throne. Unfortunately she could not be here today to celebrate with us, but I'm sure you will join me in rejoicing in the princess's decision." The Devil announced. The whole kingdom cheered.

From the crowd the J Team looked concerned.

"I just hope you realize what you're getting into Jade." Jackie whispered.