Author's Note~ *giggle* I like Uncle. "Jackie, stop horsing around!" Poor
Jackie. . .if I had an uncle like that. . .I'm gonna try my best to write
Uncle, but it's pretty hard.
Chapter 7~ Black and White
Jackie and Jade sat on the sofa in Uncle's shop, waiting in silence except for the ticking of the clock in the kitchen and the occasional crackling from outside announcing thunder. Jade swung her legs forward and back again into the front of the sofa, while Jackie watched his Uncle, pacing up and down the room in silence. He had just finished explaining everything that had happened the past two days.
"Um, Uncle? Do you know-"
"Quiet! Uncle must think!" the old man snapped, then returned to his pacing. Jackie sighed, having learned long ago that arguing with this man was pointless. After what seemed like an eternity, Uncle suddenly walked out of the room.
"Tohru! Get ingredients for Clone Identifying Spell!"
Jackie stood up and wandered into the back room of the shop, Uncle's spell and research headquarters.
"But Uncle, Captain Black said that Chang is still safely behind bars."
Uncle looked up from the potion he and Tohru were preparing to hit Jackie over the head. Jackie flinched, and Uncle snapped "More than one alchemist is capable of making clones!"
"But how will we ever find the other Jade, if she is a clone?"
Uncle looked at him as if this was the most obvious thing in the world. "With a Tracking Spell!" He turned back to his potion, ignoring Jackie, who still looked confused.
"It's a spell that's capable of finding Talismans that are being used," Tohru added helpfully. Jackie nodded, and decided to get out of the way of the potion making. He walked back into the kitchen, and Jade was still in the chair, twiddling her thumbs.
"Don't you want to see what's going on in there?" Jackie asked incredulously. Jade looked up at him, tugging on the sleeve of her sweater childishly.
"No, that's okay. Don't want to get in the way of Uncle. We gotta find the Jade imposter and make her stop."
Jackie shrugged, and sat down next to her. "Are you alright, Jade?"
Jade blinked her large brown eyes, and glanced up at him. "Yeah, I'm okay, Jackie," she smiled happily. "Why do you ask?"
Jade shook his head, not exactly knowing the answer to her question. "You've just seemed. . .a bit strange lately. Come to think of it, ever since you woke up in the infirmary yesterday. Are you sure there's nothing bothering you?"
"Not at all. In fact, I'm great! Maybe that's why I'm acting so different, I just feel like I'm in a good mood. Is there anything wrong with the way I'm acting?" she asked rather shyly.
"Oh, no, you've been very good, I just wanted to make sure. . ."
"I'm fine. Thank you for asking."
"Um, no problem. . ."
"Jackie!" Uncle threw open the door, holding a spiny puffer fish in his hand. It was glowing black and white. "The Spell has located the power of the Tiger Talisman," he whispered softly.
"What? The tiger? Oh, I know what's going on," Jackie grinned. "The talismans have been switched, Uncle-"
Uncle hit him over the head once again, and Jackie flinched once again. "Talisman locator locates power, not vessels! The power of the Tiger Talisman is being used in this very room." The elderly wizard allowed the force of the puffer-fish to guide his hands. It pointed automatically at Jade.
"Wha- what? I'm not using the Tiger Talisman!" Jade wailed, looking alarmed.
But suddenly everything had become very clear to Jackie, and he couldn't believe he hadn't though of this sooner. "Yes, you are," he said softly, pulling something out of his pants pocket that he had been carrying around since that morning. The fragmented horse talisman. "I bet the power of the Tiger was infused into the Horse Talisman. Jade broke it, and was split up. Her other half must have knocked her out, then stolen the remaining Talismans."
Jade looked shocked and disbelieving at first, and Jackie couldn't blame her. He had been split just about every time he had gone near the stupid talisman, and every time it was unnerving. You really did believe that this was all you were and all that you had ever been. But Jade accepted it quickly, and then her expression changed to worry. "This is bad, Jackie. The talismans are really powerful, and she- I- we know how to work them better than anybody. Plus, we can't hurt the other me, can we?"
"I don't think your parents would like that," Jackie grinned. "Uncle, can we try another locating spell?"
Uncle shook his head. "Locating spell will not work. Only locates nearest power, and that's Tiger. We must research another spell!" Uncle left the room, and Tohru followed. Jackie raised an eyebrow at Jade, as if realizing something.
"Jade, you'll know where Jade is."
"I will?"
Jackie nodded encouragingly. "Yes. She's your other half, after all. You just need to think- what would you do if you had almost unlimited power?"
Jade held her jaw in her chin, and looked down, thinking. "Well, first off, feed the hungry. Then, maybe I'd get to work on the rainforest, since all the poor little animals don't have a home-"
"Jade," Jackie interrupted, holding up a hand to tell her to stop. "What would you do if you had unlimited power before you were split in two?"
"Oh! Well. . ." Jade began to think again, this one being a lot harder. "I guess we always wanted to show all our classmates that there was really such a thing as magic, even though I didn't think that was fair, they can be allowed to think what they wan- sorry," she smiled sheepishly, seeing Jackie waving his arms to tell her to get on with what she was saying.
"We always really liked Moose World, and we never really got to go to the one here, 'cause Shendu was possessing us. . .maybe I'd like to try and become a superhero or something! Helping people is fun, and we've already got a name, remember? The Amazing T-girl!"
Jackie frowned. Seemed unlikely that Jade's other half would think helping people was fun. They could try Moose World and Jade's classmates, but hopefully Uncle would be able to narrow it down.
On cue, Uncle came out and ordered them all into the back room. He pointed to a map pinned to the wall. There were two glowing dots on the map- a white one located in Northern California, and a black one that was currently over mainland Asia, but seemed to be heading directly towards Tokyo, Japan.
"Map shows the yin and yang counterparts of the Tiger talisman. Not best spell, but should be close."
Jackie gave a fleeting glance at the black dot, traveling across the continent as quickly as a jet plane. "Jade? Do you know of anywhere your counterpart might go near Tokyo?"
Jade gasped. "HHG!"
Jackie looked confused. "Um, excuse me?"
"It's the headquarters for Hope, Honor, & Glory. My favorite game! Or it was, now that I think about it, it's pretty mean. You have to fight all these other countries, and they never even did anything bad! Maybe they were just misunderstood. But anyways, they're releasing the Limited Edition Version 3 in Tokyo next week, and it won't come out in America for another couple months. She's probably going to try to get the game!"
Jackie nodded, and turned to Uncle and Tohru. "We're going to Tokyo. I'll call Captain Black to arrange a flight. Bring any spells we'll need."
"Um, Jackie?" asked Jade, tugging his leg, "am I staying with Captain Black?"
"As much as I'd like to be able to leave you behind without worrying about you escaping for once, we need you there to be able to join you two together again."
"Okay. Um, Jackie?"
"Yes, Jade?"
"I think we might need more than just spells. . .no offense."
"What do we need, Jade?"
"We need- if it's not too much trouble and they don't mind coming- the J Team."
Author's Note~ Dun dun dun! Okay, I'm sorry for the awful chapter, truly I am. But I'm really tired. *yawn*
Cookies go to...Finn. I'm fairly sure Finn got it, way to go, but Finn had already earned a cookie because I forgot to mention the video game thing. Yes, you are very right Jackie would not approve of violent video games. And these are really violent video games I'm talking about. Normal Jade might even be squicked out, but Tiger Jade just thinks they're cool.
Cookies also go to Bri- You got it! Hooray!
And a half-cookie to ShadowElfBard- you got the whole 'it's a talisman dividing Jade into good and evil' thing, but you made it waaay to complicated. We don't need sheep evil dream Jade explanations, 'cause we already have the Tiger for that. ^_^ And no, no Daolon Wong. I'm not much of a fan- he isn't really an interesting villain. I'd take the Dark Hand any day.
Hey! I like Scruffy! Okay, the name has got to go. I wanted Jade to name him Indy. It would've been perfect, 'cause Jackie's an archaeologist! ^_^ But I do admit the entire 'The stray will be the noble dog and it'll make friends with Jade' was predictable. And it's a bit weird, how it's like Scruffy doesn't even EXIST until he's a big part of an episode's plot. Like, he goes away until that episode where Jade frees all the animals. But I love dogs, and I always wondered what the hell happened to Ruby, so I'm glad Jade has a pet that'll stick around. Ah, well, you don't like Scruffy/Indy? Your loss. I promise he's not in this fanfiction.
But after seeing today's episode, I gotta admit, Scruffy's getting a bit corny. But I was relieved they didn't have demon-mask Scruffy suddenly remember that he loves Jade and turn good.
But thanks for reviewing, even if I have no taste. Later! ^_~
Ah, one last thing- a lot of you seem to have gotten the impression that I'm threatening to end this fic. I actually don't know where that came from. . .enlighten me anyone? I'm not threatening to end it. It's still the beginning, and I pride myself in never abandoning a fic and rarely even taking longer than two weeks to update. This week isn't my fault, ff.net was down! Lol.
Finn- No enforcers??? I would die!
My hatred for Tarakudo or whatever grows each second. I wish he would stop punning. I HATE it when bad guys spout off puns. Only Jade's allowed to be punny.
Chapter 7~ Black and White
Jackie and Jade sat on the sofa in Uncle's shop, waiting in silence except for the ticking of the clock in the kitchen and the occasional crackling from outside announcing thunder. Jade swung her legs forward and back again into the front of the sofa, while Jackie watched his Uncle, pacing up and down the room in silence. He had just finished explaining everything that had happened the past two days.
"Um, Uncle? Do you know-"
"Quiet! Uncle must think!" the old man snapped, then returned to his pacing. Jackie sighed, having learned long ago that arguing with this man was pointless. After what seemed like an eternity, Uncle suddenly walked out of the room.
"Tohru! Get ingredients for Clone Identifying Spell!"
Jackie stood up and wandered into the back room of the shop, Uncle's spell and research headquarters.
"But Uncle, Captain Black said that Chang is still safely behind bars."
Uncle looked up from the potion he and Tohru were preparing to hit Jackie over the head. Jackie flinched, and Uncle snapped "More than one alchemist is capable of making clones!"
"But how will we ever find the other Jade, if she is a clone?"
Uncle looked at him as if this was the most obvious thing in the world. "With a Tracking Spell!" He turned back to his potion, ignoring Jackie, who still looked confused.
"It's a spell that's capable of finding Talismans that are being used," Tohru added helpfully. Jackie nodded, and decided to get out of the way of the potion making. He walked back into the kitchen, and Jade was still in the chair, twiddling her thumbs.
"Don't you want to see what's going on in there?" Jackie asked incredulously. Jade looked up at him, tugging on the sleeve of her sweater childishly.
"No, that's okay. Don't want to get in the way of Uncle. We gotta find the Jade imposter and make her stop."
Jackie shrugged, and sat down next to her. "Are you alright, Jade?"
Jade blinked her large brown eyes, and glanced up at him. "Yeah, I'm okay, Jackie," she smiled happily. "Why do you ask?"
Jade shook his head, not exactly knowing the answer to her question. "You've just seemed. . .a bit strange lately. Come to think of it, ever since you woke up in the infirmary yesterday. Are you sure there's nothing bothering you?"
"Not at all. In fact, I'm great! Maybe that's why I'm acting so different, I just feel like I'm in a good mood. Is there anything wrong with the way I'm acting?" she asked rather shyly.
"Oh, no, you've been very good, I just wanted to make sure. . ."
"I'm fine. Thank you for asking."
"Um, no problem. . ."
"Jackie!" Uncle threw open the door, holding a spiny puffer fish in his hand. It was glowing black and white. "The Spell has located the power of the Tiger Talisman," he whispered softly.
"What? The tiger? Oh, I know what's going on," Jackie grinned. "The talismans have been switched, Uncle-"
Uncle hit him over the head once again, and Jackie flinched once again. "Talisman locator locates power, not vessels! The power of the Tiger Talisman is being used in this very room." The elderly wizard allowed the force of the puffer-fish to guide his hands. It pointed automatically at Jade.
"Wha- what? I'm not using the Tiger Talisman!" Jade wailed, looking alarmed.
But suddenly everything had become very clear to Jackie, and he couldn't believe he hadn't though of this sooner. "Yes, you are," he said softly, pulling something out of his pants pocket that he had been carrying around since that morning. The fragmented horse talisman. "I bet the power of the Tiger was infused into the Horse Talisman. Jade broke it, and was split up. Her other half must have knocked her out, then stolen the remaining Talismans."
Jade looked shocked and disbelieving at first, and Jackie couldn't blame her. He had been split just about every time he had gone near the stupid talisman, and every time it was unnerving. You really did believe that this was all you were and all that you had ever been. But Jade accepted it quickly, and then her expression changed to worry. "This is bad, Jackie. The talismans are really powerful, and she- I- we know how to work them better than anybody. Plus, we can't hurt the other me, can we?"
"I don't think your parents would like that," Jackie grinned. "Uncle, can we try another locating spell?"
Uncle shook his head. "Locating spell will not work. Only locates nearest power, and that's Tiger. We must research another spell!" Uncle left the room, and Tohru followed. Jackie raised an eyebrow at Jade, as if realizing something.
"Jade, you'll know where Jade is."
"I will?"
Jackie nodded encouragingly. "Yes. She's your other half, after all. You just need to think- what would you do if you had almost unlimited power?"
Jade held her jaw in her chin, and looked down, thinking. "Well, first off, feed the hungry. Then, maybe I'd get to work on the rainforest, since all the poor little animals don't have a home-"
"Jade," Jackie interrupted, holding up a hand to tell her to stop. "What would you do if you had unlimited power before you were split in two?"
"Oh! Well. . ." Jade began to think again, this one being a lot harder. "I guess we always wanted to show all our classmates that there was really such a thing as magic, even though I didn't think that was fair, they can be allowed to think what they wan- sorry," she smiled sheepishly, seeing Jackie waving his arms to tell her to get on with what she was saying.
"We always really liked Moose World, and we never really got to go to the one here, 'cause Shendu was possessing us. . .maybe I'd like to try and become a superhero or something! Helping people is fun, and we've already got a name, remember? The Amazing T-girl!"
Jackie frowned. Seemed unlikely that Jade's other half would think helping people was fun. They could try Moose World and Jade's classmates, but hopefully Uncle would be able to narrow it down.
On cue, Uncle came out and ordered them all into the back room. He pointed to a map pinned to the wall. There were two glowing dots on the map- a white one located in Northern California, and a black one that was currently over mainland Asia, but seemed to be heading directly towards Tokyo, Japan.
"Map shows the yin and yang counterparts of the Tiger talisman. Not best spell, but should be close."
Jackie gave a fleeting glance at the black dot, traveling across the continent as quickly as a jet plane. "Jade? Do you know of anywhere your counterpart might go near Tokyo?"
Jade gasped. "HHG!"
Jackie looked confused. "Um, excuse me?"
"It's the headquarters for Hope, Honor, & Glory. My favorite game! Or it was, now that I think about it, it's pretty mean. You have to fight all these other countries, and they never even did anything bad! Maybe they were just misunderstood. But anyways, they're releasing the Limited Edition Version 3 in Tokyo next week, and it won't come out in America for another couple months. She's probably going to try to get the game!"
Jackie nodded, and turned to Uncle and Tohru. "We're going to Tokyo. I'll call Captain Black to arrange a flight. Bring any spells we'll need."
"Um, Jackie?" asked Jade, tugging his leg, "am I staying with Captain Black?"
"As much as I'd like to be able to leave you behind without worrying about you escaping for once, we need you there to be able to join you two together again."
"Okay. Um, Jackie?"
"Yes, Jade?"
"I think we might need more than just spells. . .no offense."
"What do we need, Jade?"
"We need- if it's not too much trouble and they don't mind coming- the J Team."
Author's Note~ Dun dun dun! Okay, I'm sorry for the awful chapter, truly I am. But I'm really tired. *yawn*
Cookies go to...Finn. I'm fairly sure Finn got it, way to go, but Finn had already earned a cookie because I forgot to mention the video game thing. Yes, you are very right Jackie would not approve of violent video games. And these are really violent video games I'm talking about. Normal Jade might even be squicked out, but Tiger Jade just thinks they're cool.
Cookies also go to Bri- You got it! Hooray!
And a half-cookie to ShadowElfBard- you got the whole 'it's a talisman dividing Jade into good and evil' thing, but you made it waaay to complicated. We don't need sheep evil dream Jade explanations, 'cause we already have the Tiger for that. ^_^ And no, no Daolon Wong. I'm not much of a fan- he isn't really an interesting villain. I'd take the Dark Hand any day.
Hey! I like Scruffy! Okay, the name has got to go. I wanted Jade to name him Indy. It would've been perfect, 'cause Jackie's an archaeologist! ^_^ But I do admit the entire 'The stray will be the noble dog and it'll make friends with Jade' was predictable. And it's a bit weird, how it's like Scruffy doesn't even EXIST until he's a big part of an episode's plot. Like, he goes away until that episode where Jade frees all the animals. But I love dogs, and I always wondered what the hell happened to Ruby, so I'm glad Jade has a pet that'll stick around. Ah, well, you don't like Scruffy/Indy? Your loss. I promise he's not in this fanfiction.
But after seeing today's episode, I gotta admit, Scruffy's getting a bit corny. But I was relieved they didn't have demon-mask Scruffy suddenly remember that he loves Jade and turn good.
But thanks for reviewing, even if I have no taste. Later! ^_~
Ah, one last thing- a lot of you seem to have gotten the impression that I'm threatening to end this fic. I actually don't know where that came from. . .enlighten me anyone? I'm not threatening to end it. It's still the beginning, and I pride myself in never abandoning a fic and rarely even taking longer than two weeks to update. This week isn't my fault, ff.net was down! Lol.
Finn- No enforcers??? I would die!
My hatred for Tarakudo or whatever grows each second. I wish he would stop punning. I HATE it when bad guys spout off puns. Only Jade's allowed to be punny.