I'm on a good mood today! I wrote another chapter of this fic in Portuguese, so I decided to translate one more chapter now. Always when I write a new chapter, on the same day I'll translate one too. And if I get reviews, I'll translate even faster! XD

Another good reason for my good mood is because this week is Carnaval! I'll have the whole week as holiday! XDDD

Thank you very much for those who reviewed!

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Chapter 13: Julia has a plan

"...then she went back to the real world while I stayed in the Netherworld.", Hsi Wu finished while Julia ate the remaining snacks.

"Interesting... You know, I noticed something while you told me that...", Julia commented calmly and Hsi raised his brows.

"And what's it?", he asked slowly and Julia smirked.

"Oh, Hsi... you're in love.", she answered and Hsi gasped.

"What? I am not!", he stuttered.

"You're a lousy liar."

"I'm saying the truth! Why do you think I'm in love?"

"For what other reason would you keep watching that camera?"

"That means nothing! You got it all wrong!", he snapped and left the room.

"Do you want to make a bet?", she proposed and Hsi turned to face her.

"Bet?"

"I bet that you don't have courage to kidnap her and bring her to this house.", she challenged.

"Of course I can do it!", he said angry and then seemed to have remembered of something. "Wait... You two are friends, aren't you? What are you up to, mortal?", he asked in suspicion.

"I just want to help you to free your siblings. And you want to destroy the Chan clan, don't you? A good way to do that is by kidnapping Jade and another certain person. You can set an ambush.", she replied.

"Well...", he murmured and Julia had an idea.

"Look, don't you think it'd be much faster if we got separated in groups and each group went to a portal at the same time?"

"What do you mean?"

"We don't have to go together to portal by portal, that would take too long. Let's separate us so that we can free all the demon at once.", she suggested and Hsi thought for a while. It could be really a good idea, but he still felt like Julia had ulterior motives.

"I think you should talk about that with my older siblings."

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"Jade! How was the surprise?", Jackie asked as his niece came in the shop, but she didn't even bother to pay him any attention. "Jade!", he called again and the girl reluctantly returned.

"What?"

"I asked a question. It'd be good if you answered."

"It was nothing special! I-" She stopped when she saw four pieces of the Pan Ku box and the Meng Hsie pendant on the table.

"Why are those things are here?", she asked pointing at the objects.

"Viper went look for them in the South Pole. She was fast since she went by Section 13's jet.", he explained and stood up. "Jade, I'm going to Section 13 now. Captain Black called Viper, Tohru and me. I think he got to gather the J-Team."

"Oh, ok. Alright.", Jade said dryly and turned to go away. Jackie blinked in confusion.

"You don't want to come with us?", he asked in disbelief. Jade always enjoyed seeing the J-Team.

"No, I'll stay here taking care of Jack and Uncle.", she said leaving the room and heading to hers. Jackie stared at her and shrugged. Well, perhaps there was really a first time for everything.

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"It's a good idea, Julia, but...", Tso Lan said thoughtful.

"But what?"

"We need the Meng Hsie pendant. And there is only one in the whole world.", Tso Lan said and Julia sighed. How could she have forgotten about that detail? But she was not going to give up that easy.

"What if we try to free everybody at the same place just like Shendu did in Antarctica?", she suggested and Valmont covered his face with his hand, shaking his head.

"Julia, don't give them ideas..."

"That spell cannot be repeated. It would waste all our energy, we could even die.", Tso answered.

"Wrong! One demon would use too much energy to open eight portals, but five demons to open four portals, considering that the box is already in pieces, won't that cost less energy?", she asked confident and everybody was thoughtful.

"True... She's right.", Bai Tsa admitted and Tso nodded.

"But we will still need four humans to carry the Pan Ku box pieces", Shendu reminded and Julia smiled in victory.

"May I suggest a place where you will get the pendant, Pan Ku box pieces AND two reliable humans?", she asked and the demons glanced at each other.

"Uh... Yes...?"

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Midnight. Jackie, Viper and Tohru had not returned yet. Probably they and the J-Team were thinking of a way to find the demons and banish them again. Though that would be hard without Uncle...

Julia, Hsi Wu and Tso Lan were in front of Uncle's Rare Finds. The two demons were in their human forms. Hsi Wu was in his usual disguise of Seymour, wearing an orange T-shirt and jeans. Tso Lan looked like a Chinese man with long hair tied in a cock like the old Chinese men used to do. He was wearing a robe similar to the one he wore in his true form. Julia was wearing a white T-shirt and a jeans jumpsuit, and her hair was tied with a blue ribbon.

The two demons looked unsure at the shop's door while Julia smirked and eagerly rubbed her hands together. Her plan was going perfectly well!

"We cannot go in. We have to be invited.", Hsi Wu said remembering of the time when he tried to touch the door and was repelled by the chi-spell.

"And that is exactly what I am going to do.", she said slowly. Her cold voice and her British accent reminded the two demons of Valmont. She really looked a lot like him when she was on her criminal mood...

"But you are outside now.", Hsi said and Julia approached of the door.

"Not for a long time.", she said observing the whole shop and began to walk around it. On the right side, she saw an open window and there was no light in that room. She called the demons, who quietly walked for her.

"Hsi Wu, take me there.", she asked pointing upward.

"You know that you can only invite us from the front door, don't you?", Tso made sure and Julia nodded. Hsi brought his wings back and took Julia to the open window. Without touching it he helped Julia to go in. Then he went down again and the two demons returned to the front door.

Julia glanced around herself and saw that she was in a bedroom and that someone was sleeping there. It was Uncle, and he looked very tired. Julia sighed in relieve, he would not wake up so easily. She nimbly leaped from the window sill and landed softly on her feet in the ground. She went downstairs and took the front door's key that was on a table. She opened the door and invited them. They went came in and suffered no damage at all. Tso Lan wanted to take some books and when they went to the library, they saw the pendant and the Pan Ku box pieces on the table. Julia smiled, shaking her head.

"That's too easy.", she commented taking the magic objects.

"What about the two humans?", Hsi askd already guessing the answer.

"We have to think of a way to take them without attracting the old man's attention.", she replied thoughtfully. Tso Lan was taking a look at the books of the library and choosing the most interesting ones. Hsi glanced at his brother and sighed. He then turned his glance to the girl who now was smirking again.

"Tso Lan, have you already chosen the books?", she asked.

"Yes, I have. Why?"

"Hsi Wu, wait for us outside. We will take care of the first human. And then I will make the other one go directly to you.", she said and pulled Tso by his hand. The moon demon calmly went with her while Hsi left the shop.

They headed to one of the rooms and she quietly opened the door, looking at who or what was inside. As she had expected, Jack was sleeping there. She smiled and made a gesture at Tso Lan to follow her. When she was very close to Jack's bed, she shook him to wake him up.

"Uh... What...?", the boy murmured sleepy and Julia stepped back so that he could get up.

"Wake up, we need you.", she said and when Jack opened his eyes, he only saw Julia with her hands behind her and smirking coldly.

"Julia? What are you doing her-", he was interrupted when a hand pressed his mouth. He could not see who was doing that, but he guessed that it was an adult man.

"Now you two wait outside. The second human is on the way.", she said leaving the room and Tso Lan dragged the boy to outside the shop.

Julia opened another door. Jade was sleeping at this room. Although she had moved to Section 13, she has been able to sleep at Uncle's shop tonight since Viper and Tohru would stay at Section 13. Julia was alleviated because they would not have to waste more time. She approached of Jade and began to shake her.

"Jade! Jade! Wake up, please!", she pleaded with a worried and scared expression. Jade was the light sleepy, and woke up quickly.

"Uh? What happened, Julia?", she asked in worry when seeing her friend's fear expression.

"You have to help me, please! Come with me!", the girl begged pulling Jade's hand.

"Just a minute, I gotta change my clothes...", Jade said standing up and noticing that she was still wearing a night-dress.

"No, we don't have time for that! You can change them later! Come with me! Hurry!", Julia said pulling her even more.

"Ok, ok. What's so urgent, after all?", Jade asked while they went downstairs.

"Shh... You'll soon see it...", Julia answered and the two girls left the shop. Julia glanced around herself and Jade followed her example.

"What hap-", Jade stopped when Julia pulled her abruptly to the left side of the street. They ran and as soon as they turned the corner, Jade saw Hsi Wu in his true form with spread wings ready to fly. Tso Lan was behind him also in his true form tightly holding Jack. Jade stepped back.

"Julia, the demons...", she said turning to Julia, but widened her eyes as she saw her friend smirking. Suddenly, Jade understood everything. She mentally cursed herself for not having understood that before and now she was surrounded by the demons and Julia. "Oh, boy...", Jade murmured before being grabbed by the sky demon and taken to far away from Uncle's shop, as well as Jack.

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"Julia! Why are you doing this to me?", Jade asked angry while trying to break free from Hsi's grip.

"Trust me, Jade. You will thank me for that someday.", Julia calmly replied. They went in the house where everyone was gathered and after Julia locked the door, Hsi Wu let her go. Jade glanced at the ones who were there. She saw Xiao Fung and Bai Tsa in their true forms, Valmont, and a blond man who she recognized as Shendu.

"So? Are we going to the South Pole again?", Julia asked cheering up but Tso Lan shook his head.

"No, I liked your idea about separated groups going to each portal at the same time. It will cost us less energy.", the moon demon said and let Jack go.

"But... I thought... the pendant...", she stuttered in confusion.

"This book teaches how to divide the pendant's energy. We will energize the Pan Ku box pieces before we form the groups."

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The J-Team was all gathered in Section 13. Paco also was there, curious to know what had happened to Jade. However, he found better not to talk about that. They could get it in the wrong way. Besides, Jade knew how to take care of herself.

"I think that if we are dealing with five demons, we should use the talismans.", Viper suggested.

"Alright, they're kept in the vault. I'll bring them.", Black said and left the room. Jackie's cell phone rang and he answered.

"Hello?"

"AIIIYAAHHH!", Uncle yelled and Jackie had to move away the cell phone from his ear to avoid getting deaf.

"...Uncle?"

"Jackieeeee! Jade and Jack disappeared!"

"What? What do you mean they disappeared?"

"Don't you understand what Uncle says?! They are gone! They are not here anymore! One more thing! The Meng Hsie pendant and the Pan Ku box pieces are gone too!"

"Uncle! You have to come here and make a locator spell to find Shendu!", Jackie pleaded and the rest of the J-Team began to pay more attention to the conversation.

"You'll have to do that by yourselves! Uncle needs to rest yet! Besides, the locator spell was used to find the talismans, not Shendu!"

"Bad day...", Jackie murmured hanging up.

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Oh, this is another short chapter, but if you think I'm very slow, go to my original version and see how long chapter 19 is! It's the longest one so far! I was really inspired!

Do you like the J-Team? Yes? Well, I don't! Sorry, but they will disappear for a while and will be back only on chapter 18! Do you like demons pairings? Yes? Good, because then you'll enjoy the next chapter that is the start (not a real romance *yet*!) of our most traditional couple with a demon! Ok, I hope you like all the couples!^^