Okay, I think we're getting into the good and gooey part. So, just read! Oh, and please don't blame me for updating so late. I got a lot of complaints about those. Hope you like this chapter!

Disclaimers: I do not own Dragonball Z or Jackie Chan Adventures.

Chapter 6: Among My Shadow

*Jade was walking through a dark corridor with uncertainty on her face.

"Hello? Is anyone there? HELLO?!" She shouted but her only answer was her echoes.

She continued to pass through the long ranged hallway in the darkness. Suddenly, she saw a shadow creep along the side of the wall. She whipped around only to find her own. "Whew." She sighed in relief.

Jade walked passed portraits of all the eight demon sorcerers she had encountered with Jackie; the demon of the earth, mountain, moon, thunder, wind, water, sky, and fire. Also along the sides she found many spell books filled with black magic. In a glass case she saw the Book of Ages, Panku Box, all 12 talismans, a miniature figure of the Three Wise Monkeys, and the small cat statue, the Cat of Cartomb (I have NO idea how to spell that, but it's the thing that turned Jade into a cat).

So many dark memories filled her head and she sweat all over thinking of what would happen if those things would happen to her again. Before, she was fascinated with magic and danger, and thought it was 'cool', but now, it was starting to freak her out.

She stopped in her tracks as she looked ahead. In front of her was the ancient book of dark sorcery with a hideous picture of a dragon-demon-thing (? I don't know what it is!!! ?) on it's cover. She stepped back, deciding whether to run or not, for that picture had caused much trouble for her and her uncles. It turned her EVIL. It turned her into one thing she never was meant to be. Certainly she is mischievous, but not evil.

Jade began to step back but stopped short after she heard a strange whisper calling out to her. It was coming from that book.

"Jade... Jade... You know you want it. You know you want power. You just can't find the nerve to say it. Come on Jade, let me help you to achieve your goal; let me help. You can't ignore the sweet call of darkness. Everyone has an evil side to them... I just want to help you find yours. Jade... Don't be afraid of the dark, that's for babies. You said so yourself. Let the shadows overcome you. That's right, let me take over you; you seem tired. Don't you want to sleep? Come on... COME ON!" the voice became more insistent.

Jade didn't want to be evil again. She didn't want to be apart of shadow royalty like she once was. She ran. She ran as fast as her legs could take her. The voice cackled. "You can't run from me Jade... I'll ALWAYS be there." As it said those words, rays of black reached over to Jade and chased her. The streamers advanced closer and closer to Jade's small body.

She didn't look back. She just kept on running. The hallway went on forever. Jade panted heavily as she slowed down. 'I can't... I... can't run anymore... I'm so tired,' she thought to herself. It was then she fell to her knees, giving up.

"Hahaha... That's it Jade. Sleep; sleep forever in the dark... And NEVER wake up again!" the voice was no longer heard and the ropes of shadow bound themselves around Jade as she closed her eyes. The room around her began to crumble to nothing but darkness. Then Jade felt herself falling into an endless pit. "No, I can't give up... No, NO!!!!"*

"NO!!!!" Jade shot up. She looked around. No hallway, no demons, no magic items; just young Goten and the guy Jade met earlier who was Goku's son, Gohan. She sighed.

"It was... Just a dream." Jade plopped back on her mattress. 'Where did THAT come from? It won't really happen here, would it...? Nah.' She turned to her side and watched the two boys snore. 'Well, guess there's no chance of sleeping again from that dream..... And their snores.' She sweatdropped.

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*Yawn* "Aaaw, morning everyone," Goku said groggily. The Sons and Jade were at the table eating their breakfast.

"Morning Dad!" Goten said.

"Morning Dad." Gohan greeted.

"Good morning, Goku," Chichi said tiredly. She had been working extra hard since there was an extra person added to the household.

"Morning Go-ku..." Jade staggered as she saw Goku wolf down his sausages, eggs, pancakes and toast in a matter of seconds. It wasn't like she hadn't seen this before, it was just she's still amazed at how the Saiyan could eat.

Once she finished her breakfast, she slid off her chair. "I'm going to go get some fresh air, I don't feel so well." Without another word, she opened the door and head outside.

The Sons looked at each other in confusion. Goten followed the Chinese girl.

"Hey, whatcha do'in?" He inquired casually.

"What? Oh, it's you Goten. Nothing much."

"Why do you look upset?"

"It's nothing, Goten. It's just that, well... I had a weird dream last night."

Goten scooted closer to where Jade sat. "Care to tell?"

"It's kinda complicated. You see, when I was with Jackie, we fought a lot of evil whakos and demons. But, this dream... It reminded me of the past. All the talismans, three wise monkeys, the Panku box," Jade looked at her companion.

He looked like a nut just staring at her. "Oh, uh, right. You- haven't heard about this yet?"

Goten shook his head. Jade sighed and told him as much as she could remember. She told him about the time she got scratched by the cat statue and became one, how she was deaf one time, and how she acquired all the talisman powers. She huffed in exhaustion.

"Kid, there's a lot more, like how I took the animals for my project, but besides that. The freakiest adventure I've been through was when I became the queen of the shadow khan ninjas. In my dream, I was walking through a long hallway with a lot of the stuff from the past. In front of me was that book I told you about."

"The Book of Ages?"

"Uh, no. The book with that gnarly picture on it. It was the same one I used as a tattoo to show off at school. But that was a big mistake. I turned... Ah well, I turned blue. The shadow khan followed my every order, but Jackie wouldn't let me keep them; darn! *Ahem* Well anyway, my eyes turned red and then I felt something was taking over me. The next thing I knew, I was at Section 13 wearing a bizzaro outfit. Jackie said I took over the place and controlled the shadow khan to fight him. And he said I 'made friends' with SHENDU, the fire demon. Okay, back to my dream: there was this voice that kept sticking in my head and wouldn't go away. I was running from these black streamers which tried to tie me up; then I fell. I fell to dark... Um, nothingness, I guess. And that's pretty much it." Jade finally finished.

"So, are you afraid that it's gonna happen again?" Goten asked.

"Afraid? Tch, no way! I wouldn't be... Yeah I'm afraid." She wasn't the type to be scared of anything, but in this case, probably anyone would be.

Goten was in awe of Jade's wondrous stories, and stayed that way when she talked about the J-team.

By the time their talk was done, it was already 12:30.

"Wow, three hours already?" Jade was surprised her talk with Goten took that long; as she was thoroughly intent to tell Goten every detail.

"What were you guys talking about?" Gohan asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just-" Jade was cut off by Goten.

"She said she was fighting demons and ninjas and that Dao Lon Wong guy and she got turned into a cat and a shadow queen and she went back in time and then she got all these powers and talismans and the Panku thingy-ma-jig and oh it was almost as cool as fighting Buu!" He said in one breath.

Goku, who listened to this, just stared. "Um, wow. You fought monsters stronger than Buu before Jade?"

"Who the heck is Buu?"

"Dad, she doesn't know who he is." Gohan said.

"Oh yeah! Guess I forgot."

"... And she had this weird dream and, and, and... What happened again?" Goten resumed.

Jade sighed and told the Sons about her dream. "It's nothing really. It's not like it's gonna happen again, right?"

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In another realm.......

"Ouch! Ow! St-stop brothers and s-sisters! I WILL find a way out of this!" Shendu cried out in pain as Hsi Wu whacked him with the moose camera Jade had left in this world. The sky demon continued to whack him hard.

"Oooh, this one's priceless. Say chi spell!"

Shendu was reduced to nothing but a battered dragon pleading for mercy. Even kittens could be more frightening than him now.

"When you say you will find a way out of this, would you care to tell us HOW!?" Bai Tsa, the water demon's voice rose with each word she spoke.

"Yes, do tell. First you feebly attempted to free us using simple spells and failed, tried to use the Panku Box and failed, used the Book of Ages, and then what? Failed! You truly are an imbecile, brother." Tso Lan, the moon demon said.

"I for one consider him as an insult to our brethren, wouldn't you agree now brothers and sisters?" the thunder demon added (If you would PLEASE be so kind, can you tell me the names of the earth, wind and thunder demons? That would be appreciated. I'll credit you for it).

"Hmmm, yes. And not only that, he failed to bring me even a bit of food along." Po Kong agreed.

"Wait! No, you don't understand, this time I won't fail!"

"That's what you had said the last time." Bai Tsa sharply said.

"Please, hear me out. From the mirror, I have seen the child escape to another dimension. She is weary and unfamiliar with this new world. If you would just give me a chance, I could turn her into the queen of the shadow khan so that she may find a way to open a portal for us."

"And how do you propose you do that? The demon archive is destroyed and therefore she will not be able to become what she was. Beneath that, what makes you think the queen of the shadows forgot your deeds of betraying her? And if she refuses to bring us back?! I have seen what happened through the mirror!" The earth demon bellowed.

"According to a book I have once read, there is a simple spell to perform the dark ritual. It is the same spell that old chi wizard used in defeating us. Having heard of that spell countless times, who would not remember it? However, there needs to be a few items to make it work properly. We have what we need; a scale from a fish, courtesy of Bai Tsa, soil of earth, brother if you please, a wing from a bat, water, thunder and fire, which we may easily conjure up. As for the queen's memory, we may simply use a memory charm on her." Shendu finished.

"You are forgetting one thing; where in the netherworld can we find A BAT'S WING!?!?" Hsi Wu screeched.

All the demons turned to him and stared at him. Hsi Wu looked around nervously. "Uh-um, shouldn't we... Uh, find something around here? Hehe, there's sure to be MANY living creatures here besides us,"

"Unless you're talking about the oh-so-lively rocks, I'd like to see you try to find any more." Tso Lan crossed his four (or is it six?) arms.

Hsi Wu didn't have time to think as he flew away from the area. "GET HIM!!!" Shendu was enjoying this.

"Why should we follow your orders?"

"Do you want to get out of this place? Then get Hsi Wu!" the dragon ordered.

The demons chased after the poor sky demon. It wasn't long before the thunder demon threw a thunderbolt at Hsi Wu, causing him to fall on a rock.

"No! Noooooo!!! You can't take it! You can't! I already lost my tail once! And I'm not a bat! Do I look like one to you?!"

The thunder demon, who was pinning his brother down, faked that he was thinking deeply. "No, actually you don't; they are much more appealing than you are, but you have bat wings. We need to get out of this wretched place."

The other demons nodded. "Now... Shall we begin?" Shendu asked maliciously, wanting Hsi Wu to pay for harassing him with the camera.

"Yes." Was the wind demon's only reply. Po Kong sat on his legs so he wouldn't be able to flail while they cut of his wing.

"OUCH!!!!! Do you want me to lose my feet, too?!" Hsi Wu cried.

"Do not worry, brother, for your wing will grow back as always. Demons have that ability." Bai Tsa reassured him.

"It won't grow back for another month! What do I do then, just let Po Kong sit on me for the rest of my days!?"

Po Kong grunted and shifted her weight even more on Hsi Wu's bony feet.

"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! Watch it!!!"

"It will be over soon. Now quit complaining!" Tso Lan said impatiently.

"Right, now onto business..." Shendu said, then scorched his flames on Hsi Wu's wing to soften it, then tore it from his body.

A loud scream was heard throughout the netherworld.

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"Jade? Jade! Would you like to come with us to Capsule Corp.?" Chichi inquired.

"Sure. What IS Capsule Corp. anyway?"

"Trunks' mom, you know Bulma, owns this corporation. It's very famous."

"Oh. What'll I do there?"

"Well, you can play with Trunks. Just don't go into the gravity room."

"Why?"

"Trust me, just don't."

"Oh and Chichi?"

"Yes?"

"What's a gravity room?"

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By the time the Sons reached Capsule Corp., Bulma was already there to greet them.

"Well hello there Jade! Come inside, you must be just dying in the heat."

Bulma gestured them inside. Trunks was there and Goten ran to him. "Hey, you wanna spar?" He asked.

"Geez, how many times do I have to tell you? My answer is ALWAYS yes." Trunks replied.

"Well then... Can you make me a super-duper chocolate fudge ice cream with melted cheese on top?"

"No. And besides, who wants CHEESE on their ice cream?!" Trunks made a disgusted face.

"But I like cheese..."

Both ran outside to spar. Bulma and Chichi just sighed as Gohan and Goku decided to have a little practice fight too.

Curiosity getting the best of her, Jade wanted to find out why it was so important not to enter the gravity room. She slipped further into the building and began wandering over the place. She read maps that showed where each area was. But she couldn't find the gravity room.

"Oh well, better explore the whole place." Jade shrugged. She walked through the halls until she bumped into someone.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Jade cried as she looked down and rubbed her head.

"Same to you, brat," A cold voice reached Jade's ears. She looked up to see a well built man with layers and layers of muscles wearing a black spandex suit. He had Spiked hair and onyx eyes.

"Ookay. Who are you?" Jade asked.

"Funny you should ask. I am Vegeta, prince of the Saiyan race, but a runt like you wouldn't understand anyway."

"Hey, I know what a Saiyan is!"

Vegeta looked surprised. "How do you know?"

"Goku told me."

'So, this kid knows Kakarot. Yet she has ki above human standards...'

"Now that you know who I am, move. I need to get some water." But without waiting for Jade to respond, he pushed her roughly aside.

"Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed..." Jade muttered once Vegeta was out of range.

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Viper: Remember, this is only the beginning to this shadow saga. What will happen to Jade if she gets on Vegeta's nerves too frequently? I hope you'll stay for the next chapter on The Dragon's Jewel.

I hope you liked it! Probably my longest chapter so far. But you didn't think I would leave Hsi Wu in his poor condition, didja? Not Hsi Wu! Anyway, don't expect another chapter to pop up the next two or three days, cuz I have school. Don't you just hate it? I do. Well, 'til next time minna- san!