Note: I know, I know I take forever to update! Sooo sorry but I blame school! And a bad case of having no idea of what to write....--; hehehe sorry to keep whoever is reading this waiting...Thanx to people who reviewed! I luv u all. Ok now onto the story!

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 Kayko's thoughts

/........./is Botan's thoughts

J.......J is Jade's thoughts

other ppl's thoughts will be labeled as "person's name" and stuff they say in their head.....

Through The Looking Glass

Chapter 4:

At the center of the golden light, a figure clad in a black outfit was forming with a red duster on and holding a red jacket & pjs in her arms; the golden light receded slowly into the small figure. Green eyes became softer as more of her solidified and became clearer.

Incoherent thoughts flitted through his mind as he beheld her. Now her figure glowed softly, in tempo with the rhythm of her heart beat. They all saw her clearly now.

She opened both almond eyes to a sight she was partially expecting. She viewed everyone in front of her in a still manor. No good freaking out when she kinda sorta understood what had just happened. Both sets of memories of that night were just coming together in her mind. She took a calming breath as things became more understandable for her. She knew that the people, no they were demons, were the ones the ditzy half of her was talking to.

J-Oh my god. I can't believe she told them everything! Or should I say Malibu Barbie me. And she didn't even ask them anything, not even their names! Arrgghh, so annoying. Well, at least I know not to use that spell ever again. Stupid chi spell.... -- J

They had turned their heads and shielded their eyes from the light, now they turned to face its source. Two were impressed at how a small human girl could emit such power, and the other intrigued. They were slightly agitated when one of their number decided to approach the still glowing girl.

Kurama couldn't stand it any longer. He had to introduce himself to her properly and she was pissed off with herself. He didn't know how he knew, but he just sensed it. He wanted so badly to comfort her and to simply be nearer to her. So, without a minute's hesitation, he stepped forward to give Jade her first friendly greeting in his world.

As he walked forward the snow crunched beneath his feet, his hands were in his pockets creating an approachable look about him. His footsteps were making the only noise in the entire wooded area. He put on a friendly sincere smile and hoped with all his heart that Jade would return his with one of her own trademark smiles. He remembered the first time he saw her smile like that; it had filled him with happiness & energy, like the way she always was.

She raised an eyebrow as the red head approached. Not bothering to go into defensive mode even though now she had just realized that he had the same aura as she had felt coming from her mirror at nighttime. The same one that had kept her up at night since she first sensed it; but then she told herself that she was only imagining things and tried to ignore it. Jade had a growing feeling that she should have not ignored it for so long.

J Oh well, time to see what all of this is about. J

She reasoned that if he had wanted to hurt her, he would have already done so a long time ago, after-all with such high demonic chi as his, even uncle & Jackie would have a very very hard time fighting him. Might as well see how things are going to play out.

"Wow that was some light show." Koenma said as he popped another popcorn kernel into his mouth.

"Hmm, I wonder what's gonna happen next."

And the young ruler of spirit world popped another kernel into his mouth, eyes intent on the giant TV screen in front of him.

"Yawwwwnnn, geez its late. Hmmph mom's passed out on the floor. Oh well time to hit the sack."

And Yusuke Uremashi (sp?) did just that, immediately falling into a sweet dream about his girlfriend, totally unaware as to what was going on in a park a number of blocks away.

(Yuuppp, this is my way of stalling....i have no idea what to write....ok here's the next scene with dum-de-dum Scruffy! Jade's loyal dog! Hehehe, don't worry Kurama-Jade scene is down there somewhere ) : )

Whats the problem Scruffy?

He was in a total panic. Where was his mistress? He just knew he shouldn't have taken a nap on top of the lobby chair, but it was cushioned & felt soo comfy. And now he wakes up, (after 3 ½ hours) stretches, trots to his mistress's room and can't find her. Oh nooo! He knew he shouldn't have left her when she started taking out those smelly dead animals in her locked drawer. The same drawer he got yelled at for opening and using one of those round fish thingys as a chew toy. (But he couldn't find his favorite one that day! He had to use something!)

Sniffing around on the floor a number of smells hit him. He whines, getting more agitated; even though he was getting on with age he still had an impeccable sense of smell. After all Jade always said he was part bloodhound. From what he sniffed, his mistress had not been here for quite awhile. Then his sixth-sense kicked in and he turned his gray head toward the mirror above him. He never liked it and whenever in Jade's room he would never go near it. It just felt weird.

Growling, Scruffy bared his teeth at the oval looking glass somehow knowing that it was the cause for Jade's disappearance. Narrowing his green eyes he looked up at it and knew that he alone couldn't get his mistress back by himself. So, this loyal intelligent dog did the best thing any dog could do in the situation and howled like there was no tomorrow; really, really loudly and mournfully.

The Captain twisted and turned in his sleep, kicking off the covers from his king sized bed. He struggled from nightmares that plagued him very often at night now a days. It all started when the enemies of section 13 had used his only god-daughter and possibly the closest person he would ever get as a family member, against him and now the nagging thought of her being in danger because of him popped into his head more & more often. He was used to these dirty tactics but he never could imagine the pain & anger that came along with that kind of situation. Those emotions were still alive in this Captain's heart.

In his tense dream state he pictured Jade and little baby Nicky (short for Nicholas and he's the made up baby of Viper & Jackie, he's really really cute! With Jackie's messy hair, and Viper's keen eyes, and a little chubby body to boot. Awww, he sounds adorable, well to me anywayz. ) being dragged into darkness away from his outstretched arms and a taunting voice that sounded a lot like himself telling him over & over again:

"They'll always be in danger because of you. They can't protect themselves and you're the reason why they will never live. Enemies will get to them and they will be gone. You will never see them again!"

"NO!"

Panting with cold sweat running down his face the poor stressed Captain woke up from his nightmare. He put a hand to his face and realized it was only a nightmare. He looked around his room, everything was bathed in darkness, and after all it was pretty late at night. His green eyes softened as his gaze fell upon the picture next to his bedside. It was made of popsicle sticks, blue & yellow glitter, sea shells and a Kodak perfect picture. It was of a 3 foot Chinese girl, dressed for camp and adorned a amazingly bright smile that lite up her face. It was a present for his birthday and Jade's camp project. It held high sentimental value for both.

He smiled as he looked at the frame and then instantly frowned as a low howling reached his ears. Green eyes went wide as panic & fear settled into the Captain's heart. He knew that was Scruffy and deep down in his gut he knew his nightmare had just come true.

He practically threw down his bedroom door as he ran down the corridor that would bring him to his goddaughter's room, putting a sleeping robe on as he ran. When he got there his heart almost stopped beating. There was Scruffy, who stopped howling once the Captain had grabbed opened the door, sitting on the floor his sad and aged eyes looking up to the Captain for the very important someone they both had lost.

"Jade" the only word that he muttered, as he expertly scanned the room for any easily seen evidence of where she could have been. None met his worried green eyes. Punching his fist into one of Jade's bedroom walls allowed him to let out some of his pent up emotions. But the Captain didn't have the luxury of wallowing in the turmoil of feelings he felt right now.

He went into action, his many years of being in charge of a secret underground military base kicking in. He walked swiftly out of Jade's room, Scruffy following, with a tail in between his legs, eyes drooped down & making soft sad noises that clearly expressed how he felt about the situation.

Already a list of what to do forming in his mind, on the top was waking everyone up in Section 13 to find her and also on top was making a late call to her uncle. He frowned even deeper, knowing that his best friend since college was not going to take this well. But whoever took her this time would have to be made an example of.

Scene Change Fox meets rabbit. Run rabbit run.

His smile was a bit too sweet for her liking and the fact that he was barely a foot away from her, did not help her comfort level. She was tempted to take a step back from the demon, but decided to stay on her ground. As she met his green gaze a wispy thought passed through her head.

J- Weren't they amber before? –J o.o?

Putting his feet together, and a hand to his hip, he took a small bow, his small smile never wavering. And extended his hand in a greeting. In a low polite yet friendly voice he said "Jade, it's a pleasure to finally meet you, I am Shuichi Minamino but call me Kurama. Welcome to my world." With that said his eyes showed his sincerity.

Blink-blink, that name clicked in her head, and wheels started rolling. Suspicion that this demon boy played a big part in getting her here, into another world.

J-so this is honor roll boy. I should have recognized him from the pictures in the house; I really need to watch myself when with him. He looks human, but his chi is totally demonic. –J

A scene flashes through her memory as the boy in front of her triggers a past memory of another demon boy, who tried befriending her.

J- Seymour. –J and she mentally frowned at the mention of the name.

Slowly and with a glint of mistrust in her eyes, she extended her hand in greeting. Fully aware that she was socializing with a complete stranger not to mention a demon, but if he was going to act nice then so could she.

"Since you already know who I am, it's a pleasure to meet a demon like yourself, Kurama."

Smiling, I should have foresaw her mistrust of me in this kind of situation. But at least she extended her hand.

And quite a lovely hand indeed. We should get closer to her, while she is here Kurama. It should prove to be fun. a darker voice commented inside the red head's mind.

Oh no....a mental groan escapes from Kurama's mind....Youko.

Warning people, the next stuff I write are probably not true, but oh well. I'm new to YYH so don't freak out if these things aren't according to the anime. Ok?

Normally Youko kurama stayed within the recesses of Kurama's mind, coming out to chat whenever he felt like it. He saw everything that Kurama did and sometimes exerted some control over the boy when he deemed necessary. Early on in Shuichi's life Youko dominated the shared body of the human, but as he grew older Shuichi blended in with aspects of Youko's personality creating Kurama, as a way to at least try to gain an amount of control over his own body. Youko at first resented this and was at odds with the human/ now partially demon boy, but he soon allowed Kurama control over the body and stayed watching in the background. Very odd for the fox but he had his reasons and didn't explain them to Kurama/ Shuichi.

Now it seems that Youko Kurama was interested in the human girl and decided to come out and play. After months of being hidden in the depths of Kurama's mind, with only occasional outings when the Reikai Tantei needed his fighting abilities, Youko was pretty bored and this girl held the promise of an interesting time.

Youko, what do you have planned for her?

Wait and see Kurama. Wait and see ..  Evil smirking, if only I could make it look evilier.

Kurama could positively hear the smirk and feel the glint of Youko's amber eyes. A mental eye twitched, he was a bit worried for Jade's sake. For he knew that when Youko decided that he wanted to do something, he got it done and got everything he wanted in the end. Not really caring about how he got it done.

Mental conversation took less than a second to occur.

The full moon shined upon the two, as three others looked on. Snow fell quietly; with her hand still outstretched a gentle wind toyed with strands of Jade's bangs. The red head took the opportunity to quickly yet gently push them to the back of her ear.

Jade's reaction: a faint mental What?! Before she could do anything else the red head had decided to close the distance around them.

(Switch POV.)

His next act surprised him too, it was as if he couldn't control what he was doing; realization hit him like a ton of bricks.

Youko. Stop. Came the mental order from Kurama, he had a gut feeling of what the fox demon was going to make both of them do and knew that he'd be the one that'd get yelled at for it.

Make me. The taunting challenge hung in the air inside the red head's mind, but before Kurama could even put up a fight, Youko seized control of the body.

He extended his own hand in response, but instead of a handshake that she was still expecting, he took hers into his and lowered his head. His long red silk locks slid over her small hand tickling it, a smile seeped onto her face. [Not many knew that she was very very ticklish in certain points of her body – her neck, stomach, chest, feet & the top of her hand.] He lightly brushed his lips against the golden tan of her hand.

A pleasant jolt of electricity shot up her arm from where he made contact with her hand. Only he heard her small gasp of surprise and only she saw the spine tingling look in his amber eyes tinged with green, when he raised himself from her hand, but still did not let go of. A smirk replaced the small innocent smile that played on his lips just moments before.

How Jade's face looked like: o.o!

J: What the?! That did not just happen. Was NOT expecting that. Argghhhh! This is soo, soo arghhh! I don't even know what's going on here! That's it time for answers. Stupid demon, keep your hands to yourself! :p -J

How comical every one looked in response to the red head's "welcoming" gesture; botan & Jin sporting a look similar to Jade's; while Touya had a blank look on his face, but upon closer inspection he too held surprise in his eyes & a small frown on his lips. Botan had her mouth slightly agape and Jin's eyes went round. None of the three were expecting their Kurama to do something so forward as that, first the hair & then the hand. When did their nice polite Kurama get so so flirty?

/This is very very odd. Kurama doesn't have a side like this in him. Does he? /

But before any of them could spout out questions about his behavior another change came over their friend, this time more physical.

As his lips brushed her hand, he felt a change go through him. It reminded him of the feeling that went through him during the Dark Tournament, the one when he changed into Youko. But here it was simply a pleasant feeling, starting from his lips spreading to the rest of his body engulfing him entirely within a second. He became keenly aware of every movement that the girl in front of him was making. His breathing became quickened as the rest of the world began to become muddled and then he only became conscious of Jade. Neither Youko nor Kurama understood what was going on, but they really didn't care. Her scent, the color of her eyes, the growing pout on her face, this was all that they knew and cared for. A part of them thought that it was a spell that was causing this entrancement, but a deeper gut feeling told them not to fight it and it was just how things are meant to be; everything felt so calm & peaceful, for that second neither had a care so long as the girl in front of them stayed there, always.

None could believe what they were seeing. Well, three of them had an idea as to what was going on, but the fourth member in the clearing was pretty clueless. First Kurama goes to greet the girl, starts acting weird for his standards and now his spirit energy is skyrocketing. Oh and to top it off, a fog begins to swirl around his form, blocking it from the view of all others in the wood.

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She began to fidget, and shifted her weight from foot to foot. Why was Kurama in that

mist? What kind of magic is going on here? Biting her lower lip in anxiety, she took a few careful steps backward, her eyes never leaving the demon in front of her. A sixth sense inside of her was telling her that something bad was about to happen and running away would be the best thing to do. However, all ideas of fleeing the scene came to a halt when she managed to get a foot away from the swirling mist and a hand shot out grabbing her arm. She froze in place, with the look of a deer in head-lights on her face. Golden eyes went round from shock as she gazed at the firm hand holding her prisoner.

"Where do you think your going to, Jade?" came a low voice as the fog dispersed and Jade got a very clear view of who was in it.

Gone was the sweet red head and in his place was a full demon.

J- Fox? o.o? Blink-blink. She thought, as she eyed his tail & ears.

The next word that came to her mind was: CUTE! They look so fluffy & soft, I wonder how they'll feel if I pet them? Hmmmm.....

(Yeah I know, for those people who watch Inuyasha this is like the Kagome Inuyasha moment when she first met him, I just couldn't resist putting this in. And no I don't own Inuysaha. Sigh- I wish I did, I would sooo get rid of Kikyo, stupid dead miko! Why can't she stay dead?! Ok on with story.)

And then: Whaaaat?! What in the world am I thinking?! There is nothing cute about those sharp claws around my wrist, nor those FANGS?! –J

At this point her eyes took in the full view of the demon latched onto her arm. With the full moon hanging above in a star lite sky, all of the demon's features were illuminated with an ethereal glow. His amber eyes stared into her own, a devilish smirk played on his lips showing the ends of two sharp ivory fangs; she had a very bad gut feeling when she saw his smirk, it sent shivers up her spine. She noticed he was only wearing a sleeveless white loose tank-top/ toga like shirt with white pants that allowed a silverish tail to come out. She could also see well formed muscles on his arms as his long silver hair blew around them, effectively blocking a lot of their exchange from the others in the clearing. Blinking, a strong scent of roses reached her nose and she subconsciously took a deeper breath, breathing in the flowery scent as her eyes still traveled over her captor. She noted a tilted chin, smooth cream white skin, elegant white/silver eyebrows that many girls would have killed to have. Next came the ears that were right now twitching in the cutest fashion that reminded Jade of her once owned cat, Ruby. Overcome with a strong desire to pet him, (especially that really soft looking tail!) and feel his ears, Jade pushed that thought aside with a frown. Who in the world was she kidding, this was a demon for crying out loud! She really needed to get out of there before he tried to kill her like all the other demons she ever met.

Noticing her frown, Youko decided to end the staring contest and begin a verbal conversation.

"Jade." He said in a clear voice, as his long hair still swirled around them, he closed off the remaining distance between them and cupped her face in his hand.

"I think I should be going now, yep going now is a very very good idea." She said out loud in a rush, as she futilely tried another attempt to get away from the demon that was pretty much creeping her out with his ever persistent smirking! It really was annoyingly creepy ( I like that word, creepy, hehe I'm annoying aren't I? ) for our poor Jade.

"Why? We just met, why not stay a little while longer?" says the fox to the rabbit in a smooth, casual tone.

Putting her hand to the one holding her face, she tugged it off. Smiling in a nervous fashion, she backed away for a couple of steps, careful to keep her eyes on him.

And says, "Nope. No thank you. I have to go back home, before anyone realizes I'm missing. Nice meeting you and bye."

With that said and another bright smile, she turned her back to the demon and started a quick pace to the exit from the wooded area.

[ Botan, Jin, Touya & Koenma are just looking at what was going on. All having questions at what was going on, but deciding not to voice them, they all simply watched the exchange between the demon & mortal.]

But apparently he had other ideas. Only an inch away from freedom to the city sidewalk, and she found herself being embraced from the waist by a pair of clawed hands.

Jade- Huh? What?! He better move his hands or else their coming off!-J

Oh not only were his hands violating her personal space, but his tail too! It decided to wrap itself lightly around her legs, increasing the warmth to that area. He bent down his head so that his face was right next to hers, she could faintly feel his breath against her skin.

She made her hand into a fist and began to grind her teeth in frustration at the guy's antics. She just wanted to get away from this place, or else she'd be grounded for life by uncle Jackie & the captain for sneaking out! And she didn't feel all that comfy around this guy. The look in his eyes when they became amber, just screamed at her that he had something planned for her and she wasn't so sure if she'd like it.

"Perhaps I didn't make my intentions all that clear. You are going to stay longer, and besides where would you go? If you could have returned home already, wouldn't you have done so? Your stuck here, Jade. (Putting emphasis on her name.) Why not make the best of it? After all its just me, I won't bite. And you do have to see Koenma again, after that we can get better acquainted." So only she could hear it, he lowered his voice at the last word he spoke to her. Smirking, he slowly let go of her waist, his tail unwinding from her legs and got up to his full height, which made him tower over her.

Listening to him, she realized he was right, she had no idea how she'd get back home and the last part of his statement really really put her on edge. When he said it her first impulse was to run, so she always listened to her gut and without further thought run she did, she finally put that rabbit talisman to good use.

Blinking, everyone in the area was surprised when she disappeared.

Botan- "uhhh, guys where did she go? Wasn't she just there a second ago?"

Before anyone could answer her question, Koenma popped up floating next to her, causing her to jump slightly.

Koenma: "Well, what are you all just standing there for? Go after her! We have to explain to her who we are and that we aren't a threat to her. Well, go!" with that said he disappeared.

Smiling with inner glee, Youko thought the chase is on, but she should have known that the fox always catches the rabbit.

And then Youko went off using both his youkai sense of smell & speed to catch up to the fleeing girl, her scent still fresh in his mind.

When Youko went after the girl, a white silverfish blur against the darkness of night, Jin and Touya followed in pursuit not a second after. Jin excited too at the idea of finding the girl, he hadn't even seen her take off, what amazing speed she had!

The trio left to go after the girl, but they forgot about botan and having not so extraordinary gifts like them, she couldn't match the speeds they were all going and she couldn't track the target either. So it looks like our favorite ferry girl was stuck with the baka still unconscious and tied to a tree. Poor Botan.

Botan: "Kuwabara! Wake up! She didn't even hurt you that much. Kuwabara!"

If there were any passersby they would've been able to hear that ahou's name for the next 10 minutes until the caller became frustrated and then next came a very loud whacking sound, which oddly enough sounded like an oar hitting a rather thick head. Then,

"OOOOWWW! Wha...? What happened?"

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Enjoying the cool wind fly against her face Jade couldn't help but feel exhilarated. It wasn't every night that she could match the speed of light and why not enjoy it. While taking a good run around Tokyo city, she began to ponder about her situation.

Her brows came together in a frown, she was getting impulsive; she didn't think things out all the way. What in the world was she thinking? Where could she go in this world? They would be expecting her back at that house, but that's where that darn mirror was.

Stopping suddenly at a halt, she hit her face with her hand and groaned, the mirror! What in the world was she going to do now, she needed that mirror to get back. But before she could think up a concrete plan for getting to that mirror without anyone stopping her (she had so far thought of sneaking in and then somehow steal the mirror, well borrow it for a undetermined amount of time so she could study it and then get back home, not a very fool proof plan, but one none the less!), specifically a certain fox demon, someone in a pissed out voice started to yell at her.

"Hey demon! What the hell are you doing on my roof?!"

Looking down, she was surprised to see a teenager hanging out of a window and glaring at her. He was dressed in a green school uniform and had greased black hair, and he didn't look like he was in such a great mood.

Jade- hey what am I doing on his roof? [Blink-blink] Ohh, yeah, I got tired of running so I decided to fly and landed on this guy's roof...but how did he know I was here...gahhh, talk to myself later, the angry teen is getting closer! –Jade

Yusuke was pretty darn upset, he gets home late, falls asleep and during one of the nicest dreams he ever had ( cough- about Keiko- cough) he wakes up because he hears someone land on his roof, and then surprise-surprise he senses that it was a demon. Starting to swear, he gets up and plans to knock out whatever demon it was for waking him up. Boy was this demon in trouble because when Uremashi (sp?) gets angry ....bad things happen!

Jade- Why does everyone here think I'm a demon?!! Why!-Jade -mumbling- darn talismans!-

Deciding to beat the hell out of the demon, Yusuke climbs to the roof out of his bedroom window (does he live on the top floor? He lives in a apartment right, ppl? I really don't know these details --; ) and then while rolling up his sleeves he stops in mid step. And then his mouth drops down to the floor. oOo!

The annoying, yet extremely strong demon was a 12 yr old kid. But oh well, either way he was going to kick her butt. (Bad Yusuke, very bad Yusuke! Picking fights with girls who mysteriously land on your roof in the middle of the night. ;p )

"Whoa" says Jade as he picked up his mouth from the floor, and preceded to walk menacingly toward her with his fists clenched.

"I'm not a demon." She practically yells in his face with arms waving.

"Yeah right. And you still haven't told me why you're on my roof!" –glare- He stops a few feet away from her, hands now at his sides and a bit more relaxed.

"Jeez you are one grumpy person" she mumbles, now her appearance completely calm. "And I'm on your roof because.....(-looking around for inspiration she sees a bird flying in the distance-) ummmm, I'm bird watching!" : ) -bright smile and rapid nodding of the head.

Anime fall-

"You have got to be kidding me." Yusuke says as he gets back up again and stares at the cheerful girl, thinking – ok, this is weird, but she isn't looking for a fight. Still I don't trust her & I want answers.-

"And I'll be going now." Jade says, she already managed to get to the far end of the roof top, as far away from the other teen as she could get without falling off it and without him noticing.

"Hey wait a minute!" he yells.

"Bye-bye." Waving at him she was about jump off the roof, when for the second time that night, she found herself tied up in demonic greenery.

"I hate plants!" She yells out to nobody, already knowing to whom they belonged to.

J- Argghhh! Why couldn't I sense him or any of them? -J

"Don't even try to escape Jade, these plants have a unique ability. Those who are ensnared in them cannot use any of their powers. If you do try, they will only wind around you tighter and you would activate their special ability, they will take your magic away."

( made up these plants people! At least I think I did, not sure, oh well : ) )

Looking up into his amber eyes, she could clearly see he was telling the truth and that he was innerly rejoicing in victory.

"Chh." Pouting, she glares at him and then turns her head away, not wanting to see his sparkling amber eyes.

Grinning he picks her up into his arms and snuggles into her neck, inhaling her scent & enjoying the softness of her short black hair. Outraged at the closeness of his contact she looks up to see him smirking at her and therefore showing his fangs to her. All of this causing her to glare at him more, which was something he found to be what would the ningens say-cute.

Y her defiance of me is attractive. Don't you agree Kurama? Youko

K She deserves more respect; stop toying with her Youko. She will only mistrust us even more. Kurama.

Deciding to ignore Kurama's advice, Youko does one more thing before returning to the rest of the group who were surrounding Yusuke and explaining what exactly was going on.

Incorporating the quickness & stealth he acquired from centuries of being a thief, he tied a necklace around Jade's neck which instantly disappeared once the knot was finished. Even the usually quick Jade was unaware of what just occurred.

In his mind, the redhead was beside himself with rage and worry grew at a quicker pace within his heart when he saw, through Youko's eyes, what the fox demon just did.

Turning around to face the rest of the group, Youko instinctively circled his arms, around the rabbit that he just caught, as his amber gaze lands on his male companions.

Blink-blink, "where did you guys come from? And why are you all here?"- Yusuke

"Hey, Yusuke! Long time no see. Oh yeah, we're here to pick up Kurama's girlfriend. If you ask me, she doesn't like him very much."- Jin

"I am not his girmmmfff!" & "She is not his girlfriend Jin." Were said at the same time, or in Jade's case tried to, before a clawed hand snapped its fingers and vines obediently covered her mouth.

"We can correct that." A low, smooth & cultured voice whispered into a girl's ear.

Jerking her head to face his, her eyes clearly screamed out Yeah right buster! Don't hold your breath! And to add to her annoyance, she could feel that he was chuckling before she actually heard it.

J- I hate fox demons! -J

With mirth in his eyes, he looked at the rest of the group. His chi slightly rose when his eyes landed on the other who just made the other comment. Touya met his cool gaze with an even one of his own. And then they just kept on staring at each other (aren't guys weird? )

Interrupting this tense moment came Jin & Yusuke's voices.

"So, what are we supposed to do now? Guys?"

"Ohh, yeah we have to bring this little spit-fire up to Koenma's office where some explaining is in order."

Before any warning could be said, the red headed wind demon was kicked in the shins, by the "little spit fire."

J- I am not little! But I am a spitfire! Haha! Demon. :p –J

Jin turns to glare at the girl who is still in a bear hug by the plants & the obsessive fox. And she glares back. ( Lots of glaring going on here, ne? )

"Lets go." Came Touya's voice as he turns to leave for the spirit world.

Still glaring at the wind demon, Jade's eyes go round with surprise as she felt herself travel between worlds. But before long, she grew accustomed to the swirling colors around here and the high speed.

J- hey this is just like going through the mirror before. –J

Koenma's office-

When they all got there, everyone was there! (Haha very confusing! Ok here it goes)

When Jin, Touya, Yusuke, Youko and Jade still wrapped like a sushi, arrived at Koenma's office, the rest of their comrades were already there, lounging around in respective spots in the child king's office. Hiei, Yukina, Kuwabara and Botan were there. Yukina was bandaging Kuwabara, (therefore explaining why Yukina was there, to heal the crying baby) Botan was talking to Koenma and Hiei was fingering his sword, his eyes glinting dangerously as he glared at the baka sitting to close to his twin sister.

Within a few minutes, everyone was being introduced properly, and Youko, slowly but surely let Jade out of his plant's grasp after Jade promised not to run away or hurt anyone in the room. (Jade- frowning at the obvious mistrust everyone has for her in the room, excluding Kurama/ Youko of course.)

"So are you all gonna start explaining to me, what's going on?"- came Jade's voice as she took a 360 degree look around the room, glancing curiously at the two new faces.

"Yes, I believe we all want answers as to what exactly is going on here."- Botan

"Well, if you two would stop talking I will begin. I already updated Hiei and Yukina of the current situation."- came Koenma's slightly annoyed voice as he took on his role as leader of the Spirit World and hence this band of humans & demons working under him.

"Well, while all of you were getting to know each other better." –pausing for a second due to Jade's soft snort of contempt & unbelief. "I took the liberty to do some research on Kurama's mirror and the reason as to why Jade is here."

J- Oh, get on with it already! – J

Starts explaining to Yusuke whats been happening... "As Kurama had said earlier ....(short repetition of what Kurama said flip to ch3 if u forgot plz! i'm not gonna retype it!)..... and"

–snore- snore- all heads swivel around to land upon a Kuwabara who had fallen asleep and was lying prone on the floor; a few glares, sweat drops and rolls of the eyes, then he was forgotten. Attention went back to the child in the big chair behind the large table.

"Ok, so he gets this magic mirror, that's really old, you said something about the beginning of the universe, something, something, so why is she here? And when can she leave?" – obviously said by the ever so "polite" Yusuke

"Wow, I feel so loved here."- Jade, as she gives Yusuke a mini glare

To assure her that she was, Youko's talons went through her short black locks, his affectionate action completed within 3 seconds (demon super speed, handy in so many ways) that no one really noticed, except the receiver. Blinking a few times and then slowly turning her head she faced the overly friendly youkai; eyeing him suspiciously, she scooted her chair away from him and bumped into ice boy. Who in turn simply looked at her from the corner of his eye and looked back to his boss; who was currently saying that he sent for the mirror to be brought to the spirit world for safe keeping and inspection.

J- I seriously need to get out of here soon! There are way too many demons and is that a purple monster?! –J

Bang! The office door flew open and besides flattening the baka who was snoozing on the floor right in front of it, the purple ogre came carrying & staggering under the weight of Kurama's bedroom mirror.

( wow I am very mean to Kuwabara, sigh I'll lay off him for the next few chappies, I hope. I cant promise anything.)

Just as he was walking to place the mirror on the floor in front of the group so everyone could see it, the poor ogre lost his footing.

"NO!" –jade shouted, eyes widening in fear as she saw the mirror fall to the ground.

-SLOW MOTION-

The mirror slipped from his grasp, millimeter by millimeter. Jade concentrated on using the rooster talisman power within her, willing to stop it from shattering on the marble floor. But for some reason she couldn't. The others in the room were half turned in their seats simply watching it fall ever so slowly. Then it shattered.

"Oh no."- the first reaction of the group made quietly and full of pity by botan, as Jade ran to the shattered pieces, clearly in distress at what happened to her most probable ticket out of their world.

Golden eyes gazed in disbelief as her small tanned fingers ran along the thousands of mirror shards. Bowing her head, her eyes were hidden from the view of the rest of the group. But all could tell that her previous lively attitude was taken down a notch by the dip in her energy level/ chi.

Eyes softening as he kneeled down next to her, making a hand motion shooing away botan who was trying to comfort the young teen, Youko put his hand over hers and pulled her up. He forced her to look into his face and was glad to see what he was expecting. As said before, Kurama had watched Jade for months and had learned about her personality and hence Youko did too. Both Kurama and Youko, knew for a fact that nothing kept Jade down for long; a characteristic that the two admitted was a great strength.

Instead of tears or a broken spirit, in Jade's eyes was stubbornness and acceptance.

J- Ok, so it broke. Fine, it happened and once I give that purple thing a piece of my mind, I'll just start "researching" (like uncle always says) for spells to find another way out of here. I am going back home.- J

Clenching and unclenching her fist, she took a deep breath before she looked down at the pieces of glass she and Youko were standing in.

Wanting to soothe her, even though he knew she didn't really need it, Youko slipped his hands onto her slightly tense shoulders, and began at a slow pace to massage them. ( Bad Youko, you just wanted to get closer to her, bad Youko! )

Deciding to ignore the what fourth possibly fifth move he made on her that night, Jade shrugged off his comforting hands. What in the world was he thinking, Jade Chan does not go out with demons.

Mentally pouting at her reaction, he let a small sigh escape his lips, before he too gazed down at the mess surrounding them. Flicking a strand of silky soft silverish, white hair, Youko contemplated at what course of action he should take next, in the matter concerning Jade.

"I'm really sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to do that and oh no there's this big mess here now and I broke it!..." came the glibbering of the purple ogre who had tears streaming down his eyes and in a heap on the floor trying to piece the mirror back together with his hands and scotch tape that was on Koenma's desk.

"I can't believe you did that! How clumsy can you be?! Ogre you better clean that up now and we can never find a replacement for that! And no one even got a proper look at it, except Kurama! I should dock your pay for this!"- said by a angry Koenma who was shouting at the poor ogre on the top of his desk and on the top of his lungs.

Botan's pacifying voice was hardly heard above the noise level made by the two. "Come on you two, stop all this nonsense this instant. We have a bigger problem at hand here, like getting this dear back to where she belongs."

Getting bored with watching the shouting match Yusuke and Jin started a conversation about random guy stuff that both would like. ( I have no idea what those two would talk about, do u?)

The two ignored her and everyone else in the room was just looking on. Well, except Hiei who had been trying to telepathically talk to the fox for the last few minutes since his noticeable display of fondness toward a mortal girl. ( oh how wrong he is! –dog talisman ppl! ) His curiosity was peeked and he too like everyone in the room wanted answers.

A low sigh before an ear splitting screech of "QUIET!"

Everyone stopped and blinked all conversing stopped and all took notice of the Asian girl who had lost her patience for the night and wasn't about to put up with the migran forming in her head from the shouting match between toddler boss & worker ogre.

"Ok, you two quit it! (small mutters of apologies from a blushing ogre and a shamed Koenma) Now will anyone tell me why exactly I am here and how the hell do I get back?! And you (pointing to Koenma) said something about information you found out about the mirror, can you please tell me, before I die of old age."- hand motions & raised voice made her look to all there that she was in charge, and pissed off. So, being an intelligent group they all complied.

She accomplished her orders with a deep calm breath and sank back into her chair, looking at the young ruler of spirit world in the face, clearly expecting a quick & efficient response.

Quite proud of her handling the situation, Youko too took his seat, which was very close to Jade's and he too fixed his amber gaze on the prince, waiting patiently.

Gulp- went koenma as he faced two very very strong demon & persona. But hey as ruler he had a pretty strong back bone and it came into work then.

"Ok, first ogre clean up that mess, but do not throw away the pieces of the mirror, put it in storage or something." (turning back to the couple still gazing at him with their full attention) And yes I did manage to get very interesting facts about Kurama's mirror."

All perked up their ears and all eyes were upon the toddler as he began.

"What Kurama had told us earlier was true. Additionally from this handy book of ancient ancient magical artifacts, (holds up a textbook sized leather bound book that was in one of the drawers of his desk) I have found out that this mirror has been created for the sole purpose of helping those who are in need and suffering. It is usually only owned by those who are already connected to magic in some way (thru blood, being an actual practitioner of magic or they have the ability to do magic, but are not yet trained). It was kept secret for a very long long time, only being recorded in this volume of magic artifacts (this book was very hard to find too!) by one of its previous owners (a demon too)."

"For its own protection, the mirror casts a spell over the one it chose to own it, so he/she would never be able to tell another of its magical properties unless the mirror itself wished it. Those with black magic & evil intent would wish to abuse the mirror's extraordinary powers."

"Apparently, this mirror is not the only one of its like out there. In every universe there is a similar mirror and all mirrors from all universes are connected. Therefore allowing for world-to-world transportation, but only owners of the mirrors can go through and only if the mirrors themselves wish it. Oh and one more thing, no magic can affect any of these mirrors. Hence, you can not move it with your mind, as I guess that was what Jade had been trying to do."

"Its power is said here to be unparalleled for it is supposed to be made by one of the creators of the universes themselves, who wished her creations to share a pure link to each other that would never be tainted. She was also rumored to be quite a matchmaker"

All eyes turn toward the two owners of the mirrors – Jade turns a light shade of red apart from anger & embarrassment at the underlying implication, Youko smirked eyeing Jade out of the corner of his eye. Yusuke & Jin smothers a small laugh with a fake bout of coughing; botan & yukina smile at each other, Hieie hns, and Touya simply looks at the two on the spot with an odd look in his eyes.

"And that's all there was in this book."- Koenma said to end his dialogue, and took a big gulp of water. Talking makes one very thirsty.

"Wait, there's nothing in there about reversing the mirror's effects? Like on how to get me back? Anything?"- Jade

With deep regret, "No, I'm sorry, Jade. But I assure you that I will have my people working on it until we do find an answer. But what do we do with you until then?"- he said the last part mostly to himself.

"What do you mean what to do with me?! I'm going to be looking for answers too, I am not going to stand by and be stuck here for the rest of my life." She said out loud indignantly.

Before another remark could be made, Youko was again immersed in a silverish white mist, but the change occurred much faster than before and within a second, our (well I know he's my) favorite red head was back.

Smiling like before, he said, "I have a suggestion. My school is having an exchange program for a period of three months and involving students all over the world. Perhaps Jade can act as if she were a transfer student from California. And she can stay at my house I have room to spare."

"Great idea Kurama. Oh and welcome back. (Kurama- --; at the short impromptu greeting) She can stay with you so you can watch over her while she is here"

"Hey! I do not need someone watching over me and like I said before I am not going to do nothing. I want to help research too! For crying out loud, I have been doing things like this since I was 5!"

"I believe everyone has failed to mention that all of Koenma's research books are in Japanese."- Touya "Can you read Japanese?"

"Oh. And no." – Jade

J- Darn, I can't read Japanese! Not Fair! - J

"But why in the world do I need to go to school here?! I hate school!" ( ME too! )

"Well, my dear you are still in high school and just think of it as a new experience. It should be fun!" – Botan

"I have absolutely no say in this do I ?"- stated jade

"Yup."- Yusuke

J- This is so not over! –J

Loud yawn made by Yusuke and in the background, Kuwabara is still snoring.

"Well I should be heading home, its 3:45AM now." -Sigh- "and I promised Keiko I'd be in school tomorrow. Ok, nite ppl and demons."- said as he got up and walked out of the room, officially ending the meeting. He also had to drag Kuwabara's butt out with him, since no one else would do it.

Against her will, a similar but softer yawn escaped Jade's lips as she rubbed her eyes. The night had taken a toll on her.

"I do believe I shall be leaving too." Giving Jade a side glance, he asked "Coming?"

"Fine."- :p – still spunky at 3 something in the morning, as she jumped off her seat and followed the fox's direction.

-------They leave--------

"Its been a long nite. The rest of you are excused, I need to sleep!"- said by the boy ruler as he pushed everyone else out of the room and into the hallway.

"Hmmph! What a grumpy grouch."- Botan said as she stared at the closed door. "Well, I have a feeling I'll be seeing you all very soon." – "Night"

And they all bid their good byes, separating into different directions.

END

Pheeewww! That was a long chapter and I take forever to update, I'm not expecting any reviews but thanku to the person who reviewed like last Sunday! I'm finally on someone's fav. Story List. Yay! Ok till next time. BYE! : )