Note: I finally updated! Thanx to all my reviewers and yes Jade was ooc in the last chapter but there's a good reason as to why; that explanation is in this chapter :) Hehe, I would have posted sooner but there was something wrong with my computer and I lost parts of the story that I had typed up; so I had to type this chapter all over again. ;( that was no fun at all. And school started and yeah I'm a lazy bum. Gomen to anyone that I've kept waiting. And like yeah no one's probably reading this any more since I take soo long to update. :( plz,plz, plz read it and review. And sorry for not keeping my promise. Wahhhhhh, don't hate me for the late update. -;
Disclaimer: I, Sweet Myst do not own (but wish I did) any of the characters from YYH and Jackie Chan Adventures.
Author's note:
...... is my commentary
....... is Kurama's thoughts
-.........-is Yusuke's thoughts
.........is Keiko's thoughts
/........./is Botan's thoughts
#1.......#1 is Jade 1's thoughts
#2.......#2 is (duh) Jade 2's thoughts
and I'm tired so other ppl's thoughts will be labeled as "person's name" and stuff they say in their head.....
Through The Looking Glass
Chapter 3: Opposites
( now this is a few minutes before ch.2 left off & this part is written especially for that reviewer who keeps asking for Y/K moments :) hope ur happy; oh but I luv my other reviewers just as much - )
Yusuke smiled a rare smile, it was filled with happiness & content, he only showed it to a special person, and that special person is currently weak in the knees and in his arms.
-Perfect-
He smiled again, and this time his brunette girlfriend saw it and it sent pleasurable shivers up her spine. He leaned down and locked lips with his girlfriend, pulling her closer toward him; both totally ignoring the glances of other people waiting for the bus. She hugged him tightly, her actions telling him that he didn't mess up the evening and thanking him for the wonderful date.
He actually kept his promise to me
She smiled as she deepened the kiss and he wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
Well, I guess this makes u for the last 3 that he cancelled, brat
But regardless of her last mental remark against her boyfriend she still pulled him back when he tried to end the kiss. The bus had come; it would have been the 3rd one that they missed and Yusuke had to get Keiko home in time or else her parents would be mad; at the same time his communicator went off. The couple ignored the rest of the world and for a few more minutes, they were only aware of each other.
Scene change"Umm, sorry Koenma, sir. But Yusuke doesn't seem to be picking up."
Botan turns to face her employer, who is currently standing on his table and stomping his feet.
"That darn Yusuke. This is urgent, try again Botan. And I can't even find Hiei at the moment. Well, at least Kurama should be showing up at the scene soon, but even Kurama should have some form of back up." Muttering to himself "lazy Yusuke.."
Purple ogre: "But sir didn't you promise Yusuke that you wouldn't interrupt any more of his dates."
"But this is an emergency!" He said this while flapping his arms wildly.
"A promise is a promise after-all," Botan said. The purple ogre nods at this.
"Fine then. Guess I'll just have to send someone else." Tappin his chin, "Ok, send Touya & Jin (these are demons from the dark tournament, at least I think these are the characters I'm looking for; well either way, Touya's suppose to be an ice demon and Jin is a wind demon.)
"I still can't believe that Kurama failed to mention that he owned a world-to-world mirror! And now this possibly dangerous, but pretty from what I can see, girl is in our world! Oh, and ogre tell them to bring her here with Kurama. I have to have a word with him after this is done."
The ogre leaves, as Botan looks toward the spirit screen uncertainly while Koenma has a frown set on his face. (not sure what its called, well, anywho I'm talking about that TV screen thingy in Koenma's office that allows him to see anything.) The screen now showed Kurama's room primarily dark (due to it being 11:30 pm) but from the light of a full moon shinning through a window, one could make out the outline of a sleeping girl. Her entire frame was encompassed by plant life. The greenery continued to encircle the girl; both witnesses noticed that with each passing minute the youkai plants' grip tightened, in what some could say in a possessive way.
/This is so weird! I've seen a lot of things in my existence but this makes it to the top of my list. Why in the world are kurama's plants attacking the poor thing like that. At least she doesn't appear seriously hurt or writhing in pain. Wait a minute. Shouldn't she be dead by now from the shokuyou butsu's bites. Oh kami how powerful can this girl be?/
Boton gasped at her sudden realization at the importance of getting that girl & questioning her. Then she exhaled in relief. Looking into the screen, light poured into the dark room; the knight in shining armor arrived, Kurama entered.
Koenma's thoughts: Phewww, a few more minutes and Touya & Jin should be at the scene to pick up Kurama & the girl. Good thing this situation is under control.
-Scene Change- Now this is where chapt. 2 left off
Kurama frowned as he extended his right hand and used all his will power & his magical abilities to shrink back his plants into their seed forms to stop them from attacking Jade. But for some unknown reason to him, they fought under his control, as if they had a very strong will of their own and wanted to be clinging to the girl's slender figure.
Strange, they seem to be attracted to Jade. It's almost as if they are feeding off her energy and growing stronger by her presence. Yet, her spirit energy has not lessened. But it seems to have grown since I've entered the room. another frown graces his face. Enough of this, I must concentrate on freeing Jade.
Beads of sweat formed along his brow as the red headed kitsune used all his might to control his own rampaging plants and not do much damage to them. These were very hard to find makai plants and he felt attached to them; he knew he had to be extra careful with them. Finally, with a burst of energy his efforts began to show. The sleeping makai flower-plants receded at a fast rate into their little pod forms. In flashes of blue, red, orange, yellow, green, pink, etc. (you get the idea- it's a whole rainbow packed into a little pod) they disappeared, leaving the room with a wonderful fresh scent that would put a normal person into a coma for 2 ½ weeks.
( Kurama isn't affected because he's grown immune to their aroma- due to the fact that he was the one who cultivated them.)
The vines slowly let go of her and they too returned to their original state. And last but certainly not least were the stems of the shokuyou butsu. They relinquished their hold on Jade and in Kurama's point of view acted like a new toy was taken away from them. His special gift with plants told him that they went quite grumpily back into their small seed forms.
(He caught Jade once the vines let go of her and now he was in the center of the room half kneeling on the floor supporting both his weight and Jade's.)
He cradled the petite Asian girl in his arms. His hands, eyes and all of his senses searched the golden-eyed girl for any injuries. None at all came up in his very detailed search. Relief flooded thru him and curiosity too.
"Thank Kami your alright Jade. Gomen, gomen. I promise to you that I will take care of you even though I'm sure you won't appreciate it. I will make sure my plants are no longer a danger for you."- He whispered his sincere endearments into her ear and held her tighter. He looked down onto the girl in his arms; his face went red like one of his tomato plants and his green eyes went round.
Oh this is not good. Not good. Very very bad. Oh kami and she's in my arms in this state. Staring down at the slumbering girl in his arms he unconsciously smiled a very sly smile, one that didn't seem very Kurama like.
( I'd say it's more of a Youko smile. Ohhh, he's cute. Long silver hair & those fox ears, why can't he be real?! :(
Oh well can't do anything about it. He mentally flinches when he imagines what she'd do to him if she ever found out about this. He can already imagine the earful he'd get and the odd number of bruises.
Allow me to inform you as to why our red headed boy now has a face to match his hair color and why he is picturing various injuries being inflicted upon him by Jade.
Hummm, lets see the death tree or shokuyou butsu, has, as you should know a whole lot of teeth.
Teeth clothes biting moving around plants more biting = a pretty torn up outfit.
Kurama was jarred out of his semi-shocked state when he noticed that Jade was shivering. His heart filled with guilt. It was the middle of Feb. where Jade came from, she was apparently originally dressed for that kind of fair weather and here snow was falling outside. To make matters worse the heating was broken in his house (bad for her, convenient for him).
The death tree had left quite a few holes, rips & tears in Jade's pjs. (a loose light pink T-shirt now & light blue jean shorts) He held her closer and closed his eyes; willing her to soak in his warmth.
He took a deep breath and a mixture of smells hit him. He recognized the strong smell of ancient magic that emitted from her, he also felt it coming out of her mixed with her aura, then there was the smell of a recent spell, one that involved quite a number of Chinese ingredients (ginger, scallions, bamboo, shark fins and etc). Her own scent reached his sensitive nose next. It calmed him and he unconsciously rubbed his head against her neck, a soft purr goes unnoticed from the pair in each other's arms under the light of a full moon. Her personal smell revealed a lot about herself, as did every human's. Hers was unique much like everything about her- it was soft, surprisingly feminine, sweet and soothing like a mild drizzle on a hot day. Yet it was strong, it stuck into your mind if you had the ability to smell it, and Kurama didn't mind having her smell engraved into his memory, especially one so enjoyable.
A thought suddenly occurred to him, he frowned slightly; dimly recalling that his Jade had once complained about the color pink to her aunt. Jade found it to be too bright and perky. She would never wear such a "girly" color as she had said. He pushed aside this memory and focused on what was troubling him more at the moment.
Kami, Jade. Another spell. Is that what got you here? Your uncles will not be happy that you've been at it again. And why is there such an ancient and strong magic coming off you right now? You have a lot of questions to answer when you wake.
He ran a finger along the frame of her face. Glad to see that she stopped shivering. She exhaled a content sigh, and snuggled closer ( heh, I can't imagine her doing this when she's awake, Kurama better enjoy this 'cause this a'int happening again any time soon at least) trying to get closer to the only source of warmth her body could sense. She wrapped her arms around it and whispered "Scruffy." This was accompanied with a small smile.
Darn, she thinks I'm her dog! Sigh. A sudden feeling of jealousy toward all dogs, but especially toward green eyed gray furred ones that lived with teenage girls, arose in our kitsune, one that he couldn't quite understand why.
Then Kurama sensed two strong spirit energies coming toward his house. It took a few seconds before he recognized who they were. A smothered laughing was heard, coming from the doorway of his room (his back is turned to it) a moment later.
"Jin, Touya what a surprise. May I ask why you are here?" While he asked this he did his best to hide Jade's figure with his own body.
"Oh, sorry Kurama we didn't know Koenma sent us to spy on you and your GIRLFRIEND. Does he always do this or only when you two are alone together and probably doing something private." Said by a male voice with a Irish accent, it was filled with humor, on Kurama's sake.
"I don't have a girlfriend Jin."
"Oh really? Then you just pick up..." The wind demon didn't finish his sentence because his team-mate cut in.
"Enough Jin. Kurama you and the girl will have to come with us. And give her something else to wear. It's cold out there for ningens."
Part 2: The welcoming committee!
A steady intake of breath is heard in the blackness of the night. Next there is shuffling and a creak. Bright eyes that seem to emit their own light glow of tinted gold is seen through the darkness. A white smile of glee flashes as the owner looks down to her watch and sees its only 11:47 PM. More silent shuffling through the cramped space and she reached her destination. She repositions herself and drops down the already opened vent; she of course lands on her feet. Smirking she glances back upwards toward the air vent, privately proud that no one caught her. Humming quietly, she walks toward a bed, not even bothering to turn on the lights, she could see perfectly fine in the dark; her small black backpack swaying on one of her shoulders. She suddenly stops, standing rigid in her tracks. She takes a quick glance at the door toward her left, noticing that the charm was still there, then at the empty bed; one thought flitted through her mind before panic bubbled in her chest and her eyes grew wide.
#1-Where the hell is she?! -#1
A brilliant explosion of silver & green light makes her turn quickly, all sharply honed senses on the alert. She faces a looking glass, but this time no reflection is seen, only a mosaic of bright silver and deep green is seen emitting from the antique. She was only given a second to take a breath of air from her own world before she too was pulled pretty violently into another.
Scene Change
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! What's going on?!" [Insert Chinese, Spanish & French swear words here.] Jade screams this as she sees flashes of colors fly by and she feels totally helpless. She hates feeling this way. There was simply no way that she could stop this crazy ride into her mirror. Forming a fist in both hands, she takes a deep shaky breath, forcing herself to at least try to understand what was going on. But before she could even attempt to, the roller coaster like ride came to a grinding halt.
She crashed landed into a room on her butt, and kinda bounced three more steps ahead.
"Wheee, that was fun. Let's do that again."
She this spoke this to herself and out loud. Standing up she rubs her behind and takes a look around.
Jade found herself in another room; a neat, tidy room that Capt. Black & Jackie always wanted her to have. She noticed that she had her back toward an antique mirror. There were differences between her own mirror and this, but she couldn't help but feel they were at the same time truly alike at their core. The mirror that transported her there stopped giving off multi-colored lights; and instead it only showed Jade's reflection. She inspected it carefully, capturing every detail trying to find any clues as to why it kidnapped her. Her inspection came up with nothing; it simply looked like a normal mirror.
But with so many years of dealing with magic behind her, Jade knew better. This was an enchanted mirror, and she had a feeling that her mirror and this one were linked; allowing for herself & the other one to be pulled through. She didn't understand how nor why, but you could bet that this lucky rabbit was going to find out. Even though this seemed like a whole new adventure, she did not look forward in having Capt. Black & Jackie finding her missing in the morning and finding evidence of what she did.
Sigh, "oh well nothing I can do about this for now."-she mumbles this and turns her back to the mirror to inspect where she had landed more clearly.
She notices a wooden desk, piled high with text-books and school stuff.
#1-Yuck. School work. #1
Next came a neatly made bed,
(#1-I'm going to guess that this person is a neat freak#1),
a closet, a drawer, a hanging pink school uniform (#1 whoa, bad fashion sense right there, and ewwww its in pink. O.o #1) and a window showing snow falling outside. That caught her attention; she jumps to the window and puts her face against it. Golden eyes grow wide, a small mouth drops agape in surprise. Her warm breath clouds the cold glass.
#1- Why is it snowing outside? Wait a minute, (brows come together in thought, her head leans toward the side a bit, and her foot taps the wooden floor) oh that's right, I got transported to some unknown place; so that means it doesn't have to be Feb. here or that the weather is like San Fran's. Hmmm, wonder where I am? -#1
Her inquisitive nature takes over as she explores her surroundings. However, she is still alert for any possible dangers that may come her way. She picks up a picture frame from the desk. It was of a little red headed boy in the arms of a smiling woman.
"Cuuute."-Jade whispers and smiles. She just could never resist animals or little kids, as long as they weren't brats.
She drops the picture frame back onto the desk and sighs. This room was getting pretty boring. So, like a game of Clue she decided to explore the rest of the house. Being very careful in case someone hostile was in the area, she did so.
Oh, I say 15 min. (12:02am) pass by (Kurama has a big house, but Jade is pretty quick at exploring) and she has seen the entire house. Lets see what she found.
From what she could gather from her surroundings, Jade got some information. Here's the list:
1: from the calendar & various written out papers, she was currently in Tokyo, Japan and its Dec. 14, 2003.
2: From the pictures on the walls, a mother & son live in the house.
3: From the numerous plants- one of the pair likes plants, probably the son because there were more plants in his room than the woman's.
4: the red head was a A student, judging from the 110 essay paper on the fridge and a # of full paid scholarship letters in the mail addressed to (fact 5) Shuichi Minamino & Shiori Minamino
6: From a neat stack of papers next to a fax machine in the den, she guessed that the mother was sick from a very hard to pronounce disease, (some of the papers were in English and then were translated into Japanese on another set of papers) she can't read Japanese very well, only a little bit- Thoru & his mom taught her and currently there was no way to treat it. Prognosis, she was going to die a slow painful death due to the disease's nature. Jade felt sympathy toward the boy, she would hate to lose her mom or Aunty V (Viper), even Thoru's mom. And from what she could tell from pictures, they were close.
7: She was quickly getting bored, she couldn't gather any more information from the house and important questions hadn't been answered yet. Why was she here & where the hell was the other one?
Guessing that she wouldn't get her answers waiting in an empty house, she decided to take a trip outside. Any how she was curious how this Tokyo differed from the one in her world. Looking at her watch, it was 12:03AM. Picking up her backpack, she walks toward the door, mentally reminding herself to come back her in a half an hour. Foreseeing that it might be cold outside, she grabs a red jacket hanging on a hook next to the door. Hoping that its owner wouldn't mind. She exits the main entrance; it shuts behind her with a small click. She's confident that she can get it back open when she needed to return, after all wasn't it lucky that she had her archaeology tools/ lock picking tools with her tonight in her bag. Smiling, "being a master mind thief's niece has its ups." She walks into a deserted street, a lamp post lighting the sidewalk, snow is gently falling.
Scene change Kuwabara's house
"Whoa! What was that? Its like someone with a whole lotta spirit energy is like around the corner." The baka just woke up from a pleasant dream about, who else, Yukina. (poor girl. Wouldn't want to be in her shoes.) Sweat starts to form on his brow. He is convinced that what he senses must be a very powerful demon, and because it is his duty he Kuwabara would face it no matter the odds.
(yes there is gonna be mild, I repeat mild, Kuwabara bashing. It will be limited to slight physical pain and name-calling; because I am a mean person. Sorry to any Kuwabara fans out there reading this. Well, not really. - )
Scene Change again: Koenma's office, what they were doing while jade #1 was playing detective at Kurama's house-
"Shouldn't we try to wake her? Koenma, sir?" Botan asked.
They were all gathered in Koenma's office, standing around Kurama who still held Jade (#2 duh ppl :p ) snuggled into his arms, breathing softly & fast asleep. Kurama decided to take a seat, but still did not relinquish his hold on the Asian girl. They included Koenma, Botan, Kurama, Jade, Touya and Jin. The purple orge was out doing paper work and they couldn't find any of the other team members. Apparently they forgot about Kuwabara.
"That will not work. Sleeping makai plants put any one within range into a comatose like state for at least 2 weeks. Then when they are reawakening after the 2 weeks they are still not fully conscious, they are between states. It is not until after 2 ½ weeks will the person awaken fully." Kurama said in an even tone, as if every word didn't fill his heart with a little bit more guilt.
"Makai sleeping plants? Ohhh, now we can't question her. Darn. Well at least we have you, Kurama. Now you have to explain what in the world is going on." Koenma puts our fox boy in the spotlight causing him to smile weakly, before he launched into a full explanation of just how this all started. Of course he left out parts that he thought to be too personal to include, like the moments in time where he wanted to speak with Jade face to face, to hear her voice, and see her smile without having a piece of glass separating them. Or the many misadventures of Jade- example, the food poisoning incident at school and the time when she turned her classmate, Drew, into a hamster, semi-purposefully for a science project.
"Well, let me get this straight. You got this mirror on your birthday which was a few months ago, you find out its magic; yet you don't report it to me!?"
Blink-Blink was his first response to this out burst.
"Koenma please calm down. Perhaps Kurama simply had too much going on." -Botan
Koenma sighs and nods, feeling sympathy for the red head boy & his mother. Everyone knew that in all likely-hood, Botan would be escorting Kurama's mom to the spirit realm in a matter of time. No matter what they tried or how powerful they were, everyone was unable to stop what now seems to be the inedible.
Bowing his head so his eyes were hidden by his red bangs, Kurama said quietly: "I didn't tell you all because I couldn't."
Silence, everyone stares at him, curiosity in their eyes. You could have probably heard crickets chirping in the background.
"The night after I obtained the mirror, Hiei visited and when he looked into the mirror he saw only his reflection. I was about to ask him if he saw or sensed anything different from the mirror, but I couldn't even ask him."
"Huh?" o.0? -;?! -.-.... 0.0?
Sigh- "I don't entirely understand it myself. The only logical explanation I have is that a spell was casted involving the owners of the mirror, so only they would know of the magic in it. But this is only a theory that I have formed based on what I have experienced and on legends that I heard of when I was Youko."
"So, what were these legends, Kurama?" –Botan == She's very interested in what was going on.
In a tone similar of a professor lecturing a group of students, fox boy explains: "I was once told of such a mirror when I encountered a aged miko. She gave me information in exchange for her life & her village." –Pause, scenes of a distant past flash through his mind; of a small farming village in a mountainous region, an elderly woman dressed in traditional miko garb standing defiant in front of a elegant Youko.-
"She told of a powerful mirror created during the first days the universe was born. It held ancient white magic and existed only to do good & help those in need. It chooses its owner and its existence has been kept secret since its creation. She only knew of it through a tale her own grandmother spoke of. I didn't believe her then." Sadness and regret engulfs the green eyes as past memories resurface yet again. Youko was not at all as kind hearted as Kurama has become.
"Oh."
"But still is this girl dangerous? We can all sense the strong energy coming right out of her. Her entrance into our world set off our new office alarms and broke them!"
o.o? "Alarms?"- Kurama.
"Yes, Koenma's father had them installed just last week. They have the ability to sense unidentified and possibly dangerous spirit energies coming from the human world. Only very high spirit energies are detected. And the young lady in your arms set them off and even managed to break all of them! Very impressive indeed." -
A high pitched whistle of appreciation is heard coming from a smiling Jin.
"I can assure you that Jade is no danger to you."-Kurama
"Hmpph, hard to believe Kurama when she's so strong. And care to explain why your energy is so high?" –Koenma
Again all attention reverts to the fox.
With a small smile, "I do not know why. I only observed that both our energies have risen to such a high extent after we have gotten closer to each other (referring to the physical contact- he's still holding Jade, who has Kurama's red duster wrapped around her; Kurama gave his coat to her- awww, what a gentleman.)
Both Jade's and Kurama's energy even rivals that of Yusuke's & Jin's combined- their strong, but not Youko strong, yet. -
"Are you sure she is not an enemy?"- said by a Touya leaning on the wall in his calm voice, blue eyes set on the girl's face. "We know nothing about her."
Frowning a little, he slightly tightens his gripe on Jade- he noticed the way Touya was looking and did not feel comfortable with it.
"She maybe many things, but she is not an enemy."
Botan: "Many things?"
Smiling, as if recalling a pleasant memory- "She practices magic and has the ability to cast spells. She can turn her hand at many things and has the tendency to attract trouble. She could probably beat Yusuke & Kuwabara at hand-to-hand combat too." : )
All of the group listening is rather impressed
Jade is so inquisitive and full of life. Just like a fox cub. Kurama thought. While, another part of him whispered into his ear that she didn't look nor smell like a cub, so he shouldn't even think of her that way. And he should see her as more of a young, attractive most importantly single beauty. Kurama was surprised at this fleeting thought and half heartedly shoved it away. No. A slight deep laughing was heard in Kurama's deepest recesses of his mind. His interior battle was cut short when the girl in his arms began to stir.
"Ow" was her first awakening words as a pair of lightly colored gold eyes opened, blinking at the bright light. Rubbing her eyes, she realized that she was in someone's arms and it was very comfortable. She was quite tempted to simply fall back asleep.
"Where am I?"-this was accompanied by a yawn and a stretching of the limbs.
A few gasps of surprise (Botan, Koenma) were heard around the room. The most common thought among the group was: how in the world was she able to wake up soo quickly?
Deep Green eyes looked down into bright gold ones, and in a flash that only the one being held could see, the kind green eyes changed into sharp, intense amber ones.
Burning curiosity spread across the one being held.
Scene Change
Jade (#1)'s eyes scan the deserted area. She had been walking around for a while now, at least she had the number of turns & street names memorized in her head. And the house she left wasn't very forgettable- it large & white and head its own green house; making the surrounding houses look like small village cottages. She turns a corner, snow crunching beneath her black combat boots. Smiling it was so quiet & peaceful on these streets.
Jade cocks her head slightly to her side. She could hear someone running toward her direction fast. Suddenly a harsh voice behind her shatters the silence.
"Hey demon, STOP!"
"Huh?" Jade stops right in her tracks, every muscle tense, ready for a fight.
#1- Whaaaat? Demon? Where?- gold eyes gaze about her looking for a demon, but she was all alone on the street; She couldn't sense any danger or a possibly dangerous demon.-
#1Wait-a-minute, that guy can't possibly mean me. I'm not a demon!
She turns slowly to face her accuser. The sight that met her eyes almost put her off guard. It was a tall & gangly teenage boy, from the looks of it her age. His orange hair was messy, as if just fell out of bed. He even dressed as if he were just asleep; he was wearing a blue denim jacket over what appeared to be his pajamas- a white tank top that said "I luv kittys" and a pair of old baggy jeans. She almost burst out laughing at his shirt. But instead she went for a disarming smile and an oblivious attitude. She did not want to start a fight in unknown territory.
Kuwabara had caught up to the demon. He didn't even stop to think about why it wasn't even trying to hide its enormous spirit energy or why it was walking at such a slow pace. As usual he plunged into a potential fight without thinking clearly. When he rounded the corner he was in for a big surprise.
He was not expecting to see a defenseless looking 12-year-old ( by the way she's 15, everyone else is like 16) girl walking around in the middle of the night. For a second he thought he might have been wrong, but no, all his senses were screaming at him that she was the source of all the demonic energy he was sensing. Then a brilliant deduction hit him, the demon was in disguise as a smiling little girl! ( --; ) But Kuwabara had seen through its evil plan and now he was going to defeat it; before it reached the populated night life of Tokyo.
"Demon! What are you doing here? I, Kuwabara, am going to defeat you!"
A small laugh is heard. "Demon? Demons do not exist. And the last time I checked I was entirely human." The speaker looked directly into Kuwabara's face, showing how serious it was.
The baka was slightly unnerved by its gold eyes that seemed to be glowing in the darkness of the night.
"Don't deny it! I can sense your spirit energy. It's way too high to be a human's and there's a evil vibe around you." He said accusingly.
"Evil vibe?"- she repeated softly in a questioning tone. Pondering at what he meant, she came to a conclusion.
#1- Oh! He must mean Shendu's talismans. But how can he sense them? And what in the world is spirit energy? Does he mean my chi? #1
Deciding to keep the talismans a secret, she replies: "I really have no idea what you are talking about. I just got here and I'm just doing a little sight seeing before I leave. And as I said before I am human." #1- that was at least partly true#1
"I don't care what you say and I would normally never fight a little girl, but your way too strong of a demon to just be walking around in Tokyo for sight seeing. So prepare to fight & lose!" With this he charges at her, spirit sword in hand.
Her eyes started to twitch when he said "little girl" that really ticked her off. Why is it that everyone always commented on her small physique?
#1-Arggghhhh, how annoying! -#1
And when he formed a laser like sword in his hand, she knew she had to start being serious; she was rather surprised at how he was able to do that, but she had no more time to think about that, cause he came charging at her.
#1- This guy really wants to fight doesn't he. -Sigh- And he isn't even a good fighter. This is going to be rather boring. I don't even think I'll have to use the talismans on him. No fun at all. #1
With a loud yell that should have woke up the surrounding residents, he charged at her swinging his spirit sword.
Showing off her flexibility, speed and agility, she easily avoided all of his direct attacks with his sword. Getting pretty bored with dodging she decided to not have this fight in a area where there were so many houses and possible bystanders. She wanted to end this and get some answers anyway. So, she began to lead him away to a wooded area that she saw was near by. He didn't even notice her plan.
Finally, they were in her desired area and she fought back. She charged at him, grabbed the hands holding the spirit sword and twisted it hard. A dull crack was heard. Then she used her other hand to punch him in the face. She ended the fight with a well-aimed kick to his gut & her hand snaked around to his neck, where she lightly squeezed a nerve and he fell unconscious.
Smiling, she was glad she got Uncle to teach her that trick.
Part 3: Answers, Explanations & Chi spells gone awry
Scene Change with Kurama and ppl. at Koenma's office
"Ok, so who are you?" said by a serious voice.
Still snug in the arms of a unknown redhead, Jade looked down toward the small toddler, and her eyes grew wide.
"Awww, how cute! A little baby and it talks!" With that she hops out of the arms of her carrier and pats the toddler on the head.
Blink-Blink all around the room. Surprise coursing through everyone, especially a certain fox's.
This is not Jade.
How right you are buddy-boy. Mwahahahaha!
"Jade" is still crooning over the adorable baby, while Koenma was having mixed feelings over this. He did not like being called a baby, but he did like how she was hugging him right about now. But Botan interrupts the overly emotional girl.
"Ummm, excuse me, but can you let go of my boss, please."- said by a cautious Botan, who was approaching the girl carefully.
"Ohhh, he's your boss. My, how odd." A giggle escapes her lips as she lets her grip on him fall.
"Who are you?"-Kurama
"What? Don't you already know who she is Kurama, I mean like you have been spying on her every night for the past few months." – Jin.
Light laughing is again heard, as the female in question answers in a sing-song voice.
"I am Jade Chan, but I am not." A smile lights her face, that set two hearts at a quicker pace.
"Well now that made no sense at all, little miss."-Jin. "Now why don't you just tell us straight forward what you mean. Because Kurama here has been a spying on you and now he doesn't even think you are who you are."
"Ohhh, spying now is he. How naughty, just like the other me. Tut-tut, you both will get into so much trouble."
"Your other you?" pick a person or demon doesn't really matter who says this one.
"Please explain yourself."- Kurama. He was beginning to not like this at all, could it have something to do with that spell he suspected her of casting. What trouble did the rabbit get herself into now?
"What a naughty girl I am, or is it she is? Hmmm, not quite sure which. Oh, well to answer your question Jade is always causing so much trouble with uncle's spells, and now there is no jade, but two; and neither of them is Jade." A bright smile is plastered onto the girl's face, proud as if that was a perfectly understandable answer.
Green eyes go slightly rounder, as if he could understand the riddle that was just spoken. Everyone else in the room couldn't make heads or tails of it.
"Nani? Was that supposed to be an answer?"- Koenma
"Am I to understand that Jade has cast another chi spell which led to the creation of two of her?" –Kurama
"My, my what a smart & tall red head you are. Hehe, but that's not all correct. There is no more Jade, only two." With this said Jade hops to Kurama and looks him into the eyes, trying to see what exactly was drawing her toward him.
"Do you mean two parts of a whole, like the ying & yang?"-fox
the rest are simply watching the exchange of words between the two
"Nope. Not like that really. It was a spell, I am a part of the whole Jade, as the other is a part of her as well. Neither of us are the light and dark sides of Jade's personality. We both have some of her dark and light characteristics. So you see right now the actual Jade does not exist."
"Other!?"-Botan & Koenma, both slightly alarmed at the prospect of another powerful girl in their midst. Sure this one didn't seem very dangerous, rather highly cooperative, but another one might be different.
"Ohh, yes the other naughty one." Shakes her head and continues. "She locked me in Jade's room & drugged me to sleep! Hmhph, all to go to some exceedingly late concert. The Captain & Jackie won't like it when they find out. No they won't."
"So, Jade casted a spell to separate herself to go to a concert?"-fox
"Yep. And then I find myself here with all of you odd people, with my clothing in tatters. I'm starting to wonder if I'm dreaming or not."
"You are not dreaming. How & why are you here and how did you survive the shokuyou butsu's bites?" – Touya, his blue eyes ( I think its blue, are they?) staring directly into Jade's golden ones.
Frown, I do not know why, but I do not like the way he is looking at Jade, or at least a part of her.
"What's a shoku-whats-its?" Jade #2 unable to pronounce such a long Japanese name raises an eyebrow. Perfectly calm, comfortable & trusting with these inquisitive people. She didn't find it at all troubling to be answering questions to people she didn't know. What a trusting part of Jade she is.
Smile, "That would be the English equivalent to the word death tree. And am I to guess that Jade casted another spell that protected her from dangers?" –Kurama
"Ohhh, nope; your wrong again. I have talisman magic that protects me from I think your referring to the man eating plant with the death grip on its jaws lined with sharp teeth. Yeah, I didn't like that plant."
"Tailsman magic?" –group question
"Ohh, yes. I'll explain."
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I like totally lost count as to what time it should be, so like I'm gonna make it 12:25Am, Here is a summary of what is going on exactly in the different scenes of this long chapter: Jade #2 is telling all at Koenma's office, Keiko & Yusuke have hopefully returned home by now, you decide on that one, and Jade #1 has tied Kuwabara to a tree in a park and is going to question him as soon as he wakes up from being knocked out by her. And Hiei & Yukins are not in the story yet. Ok now back to the story!......
A shrill whistle is heard again in koenma's office, made by an impressed Jin.
Jade #2 had just finished explaining what exactly was going on, on the other side of the mirror. Specifically background info. on the talismans & why she right about now has their powers inside of her. ( sigh, this Jade is way too talkative, oh well bear with me, she'll be back to her normal self soon)
Basically, Jade had been planning to sneak out for days, but she was grounded due to certain reasons involving a recent mass food poisoning at her school fundraiser. (It was soo totally an accident, Jade #2 claims.) As a precaution she had cast a spell to separate herself into two parts with different traits. She drugged one half and placed a charm on the door so she would not leave.
Why the extra precaution you may ask? Because the Captain sometimes comes to check on her in the night to make sure everything was ok. He sure became more overprotective after officially becoming Jade's god-father ( 0.0 wow I didn't know that, p.s. I made this part up, Capt. not jade's god –father in the cartoon ) and the whole attempted kidnapping thing involving Jade & some European terror group with her being insurance against the Captain getting Section 13 involved, kinda got him a weee bit overprotective. He just prefers if she has undercover agents watching over her, without her knowing it. Yeah just a little overprotective. --;
[At this part of the narrative, Kurama clenches his fists. He didn't know of the attempted plot against his Jade. This had happened while he was watching over her too. How did he not know of this? Sigh, but how could he know everything about her? He was now more determined than before to get to know Jade more during her stay in his world. Wait a minute, did he just say his Jade?]
So, she made two of her so the Captain would find one of her there. Perfect plan, ne?
But no, there just had to be a short circuit at the underground base while Jade also decided to take a visit down into the vault to play with the talismans earlier that morning. So, the powers got blasted into her as they did before. This did not change Jade's plan for sneaking out that night, it just supplied her with some magical powers. So, she did her spell, and one half got half of the talisman powers while the other got the other half.
Jade #2 continues with a pretty darn detailed description of which powers she has; which are the 1. Horse= healing
2. Rabbit= speed
3. Rooster= levitation
4. Snake= invisibility
5. Sheep= astro-projection
Mouse= motion
She was about to tell them of the 6 remaining powers that her counter part has, but a jolt passed trough her entire body, before she could continue.
"I guess the spell is wearing off." Another jolt passes through her and she grabs on to the nearest thing to her, which happened to be Kurama's arm. Blue & gold electricity seems to run across the girl's body frame.
"Does it hurt? What should we do?" –Kurama. He was anxious, he had never dealt with this kind of magic before, and was worried about what might happen to this part of Jade since the other part was not here. What would happen if the two were not reunited by the time the spell wore off entirely? Would she be lost forever? But he kept this uncertainty inside of him and approached the problem with a cool head.
"No, it doesn't hurt I'm probably just going to be pulled back through your mirror back to my world. I think." But she could say no more for her body disappeared and she became a glittering gold cloud, which took off speedidly across the room to the closed doors. It slipped through the tiny opening beneath the door, between the door & floor.
The group was very surprised at the turn of events and Kurama was the first out the door following the cloud of sparkling gold. Touya & Jin & Botan followed, Koenma decided to stay put, and watch the events unfold through his spirit screen.
"Things sure are getting interesting." Koenma said to himself as the spirit screen zooms in to see the threesome chase after the small little fluffy gold cloud which made it to the human world.
Switch! Now with Kuwabara & Jade #uno
"Jeez. When are you going to get up? I didn't knock you out that hard." With that said she poked the unconscious Kuwabaka with a small twig she found on the ground.
Sigh, #1 what a jerk. Now its past 12:30Am, and I wanted to get back by this time. Wonder where she is now? Gahh, hope I get back through the mirror before the Captain realizes I'm gone. He and Jackie are going to freak. #1
"Oh well, at least this place has nice scenery." She looks up to the night sky, stars twinkling upon an endless piece of dark velvet and snow was still falling. Looking up she felt a small wave of little pricks of sensation going through her body. A small gasp escapes her, as another wave goes through her. She backs into a tree and tries to steady herself by leaning against it; slowly she slides down, meeting the ground that was covered white with snow. She could feel her body turn into a ball of golden mist, it wasn't an unpleasant feeling, it just felt like she & her entire body were drifting off into a sleep. She dimly thought of how was she going to become whole again if she couldn't find her counter part. Then she thought no more.
Again we switch views Tell me if this is annoying you
Kurama's heart was beating as he chased after the gold cloud. He was not certain of the outcome that lay ahead. And he never liked being uncertain; not in his Youko form or in his Kurama/ Shuichi form. He bit his lower lip and tightened his fists. He did not know what to do, but wait and see.
Finally the chase was over, and the chasers were pretty surprised as to where they ended up. It was their Tokyo, but a few blocks from Kurama's house. Why did the cloud stop now? And was that Kuwabara tied up to a tree right over there? And is that another gold little cloud? No, that's a ball of mist. Both the mist & cloud were giving off the same aura, now strange. What an odd night this has become for our characters.
The gold cloud & mist joined together. Gold light flashed through the dark foliage of the park; bringing light to all of the corners. The watchers had to close their eyes or look away from the light; it was as bright as a high noon sun. Only one did not look away, for he was entranced by what was happening, his green eyes never once blinked. When the two finally joined together, a female figure began to shape itself; he saw its outline against the heavenly light and he was overjoyed. Only one person he knew could have that angled hairstyle, that stubborn tilt of the chin and those beautiful almond gold eyes. It was his Jade; finally he meets her face to face.
-This is a nice ending to such a looonnnggg chapter right? Well, here's a preview of the next; not sure if it'll be as long as this one though. Prob. not.
Preview:
As his lips brushed her hand, he felt a change go through him.........Her first impulse was to run, so she always listened to her gut and run she did, she finally put that rabbit talisman to good use.... the chase is on, but she should have known that the fox always catches the rabbit.