Hello all Storm here with a new story! It's another Naruto/Harry Potter story, only this time the main character is Naruko instead of Naruto, with the third x-over part being… Jackie Chan Adventures! Nothing more to say other than hope you enjoy the story. So, without further ado.
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"And that's the last ingredient. It should almost be ready, just one thing left to do." Muttered a twelve-year-old girl as she looked at her notes.
The girl had bright red/auburn hair that went down to just past her shoulders, pale skin, dark purple eyes, and three whisker marks on each cheek. Her attire consisted of a female school uniform with a black robe over it, with the robe also having navy blue edging, along with a matching crest with the depiction an eagle on the left breast of it.
This girl was Akane Uzumaki, a First Year Ravenclaw Student that's attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Currently, Akane was sitting in a large empty room with a few books surrounding her, and a decent sized magic circle drawn on the floor next to her with a cauldron in the center, filled with a bubbling dark emerald green liquid.
"Hm, just have to add one more thing…Proof of Being?" Akane said in confusion, not sure what that was, before grabbing one of the books to see if she could find what "Proof of Being" was.
Akane was currently testing out a Teleportation Spell that she had come across in the library. Well more like she stumbled onto it.
It had started out when she had gone to the library to get some books on Charms for her homework, which was simple enough. When she had gotten the books she needed, she sat down and started on her homework, though Akane was soon distracted when a Seventh Year student ran past her.
Noticing that the Seventh Year had left a book on the table they had been sitting at, Akane went to return it to Madam Pince, only to stop when she saw what the book was on. Teleportation Magic, something that definitely wouldn't be found in the normal section of the library.
While Akane knew she shouldn't mess with something like teleporting, especially being only a First Year, she was also very curious and wanted to try it. After checking to make sure no one was around, Akame flipped through the book until she found a spell that seemed simple enough for her to do and quickly copied down all the instructions of what to do and what the spell did, before then gathering up her things and quickly leaving.
Once back in the safety of the Ravenclaw Dorm, Akane looked over the spell to see what she had to do. Reading it, Akane saw the spell was used to teleport the caster to any given location, even better it didn't require any wand movements or incantations, just a magic circle and making a potion.
The magic circle was easy enough to draw, the potion ingredients she had…borrowed from Professor Snape's storeroom, the only real problem was finding a place to prepare it. Thankfully, that had been solved when Akane came across an excellent room to use on the seventh floor, with the tapestry depicting the attempt of Barnabas the Barmy trying to teach trolls ballet.
Having everything she needed, Akane went about preparing the spell, deciding that her set destination would be the shore of the Black Lake. This way she didn't have to find her way back to Hogwarts, or accidently send herself to a different continent.
It was nearly completed, the only thing left being to add the "Proof of Being".
"Proof of Being- a physical component that relates the caster to the place/object/thing of desire. Said component being a removable part of the body, preferably hair or nails." Akane read, before looking at the potion.
Well that was easy enough. Setting the book down, Akane grabbed a few strands of her hair and pointed her wand at it.
"Diffindo." Akane said, with the Severing Charm cutting through her hair.
Hair strands in hand, Akane tossed them into the potion as it started glowing brightly the moment the strands had sunk in.
The First Year leaned in closely, waiting to see what would happen, before she was covered in the same glow as the potion and in a flash of light, Akane vanished.
*Netherworld*
Shendu was not happy.
The Demon Sorcerer hasn't felt anything remotely positive since his imprisonment in the Netherworld, a fate he had worked to escape for nine hundred years. If it wasn't from his failure to get his revenge and retake his kingdom, then it's from the reunion with his dear siblings; who had all been less than happy to learn that while they had been locked away, he had ruled the Earth without them. Even more so when they learned that he had no intention of opening their portals and freeing them, after he had regained his true form.
Currently, Shendu has managed to find refuge in one of the far corners of this cursed realm, among the floating rocks and blood red sky. He'll be safe here for the moment, at least until his siblings resumed their search for him and continued their punishment. With a resigned sigh, Shendu slithered onto one of the jagged islands and curled up to rest. One thing he hated was being trapped in this weak spirit form, without his power or his Talismans. Only being able to possess the bodies of other living creatures, an ability that, unfortunately, didn't work on his fellow demons.
He still felt his body spasm from the phantom pains when he tried it on his brother Tchang Zu, the Thunder Demon.
Dismissing his thoughts for now, Shendu attempted to try and get some sleep. Though before he could, his thoughts turned to the one responsible for his imprisonment and downfall, Jackie Chan!
The Dragon's eyes immediately snapped open as rage filled him at the thought of that bumbling human. He was the Demon Sorcerer of Fire, the once great Ruler of all of China, and the most powerful amongst his brethren! And yet he had been defeated by that fool, Chan was able to foil him at every step, by sheer happenstance and blind luck no less! Not to mention the fact, Shendu's own henchmen had been completely useless as well, it was a miracle any of them lived as long as they had.
The only reason Shendu struck a bargain with Valmont was out of desperation, not out of choice. He needed someone to gather the Talismans and the crime boss seemed confident and reliable enough to collect them, along with being easy to manipulate with promises of wealth.
Instead he had proven Shendu wrong at every turn.
'If I ever manage to escape this cursed place, they'll be the first to die.' Shendu thought maliciously.
Releasing another sigh, Shendu banished the thoughts of the accursed humans to the back of his mind. Thinking of revenge won't help him, for now he needs to regain his energy, especially once his family came looking for him again. No doubt to repay their gratitude for his extended absence. Closing his red eyes, Shendu allowed himself to fall into a peaceful sleep…which lasted all of five seconds.
On instinct, Shendu stiffened and uncurled his body to face his assailant. Was it Dai Gui? The Earth Demon did have a knack for ambushes with his ability to travel underground.
Surveying his surroundings, Shendu's eyes soon locked onto the one responsible. Taking in the red hair, uniform style clothes, and purple eyes looking at him in shock, before paling. Shendu had to guess the girl was around the same age as the damn girl that followed Chan around, the same one that also destroyed his physical body with his own dragon Talisman!
The thought made Shendu release a vicious snarl as flames escaped his mouth. Though this also presented Shendu a chance to release some of his boiling anger, and perhaps even use the girl as a host in this wretched realm, before his siblings found him.
"Gh-gh-gh-ghost D-d-d-dragon!" Akane stuttered fearfully.
While normally something like that wouldn't scare her, given she now knew ghosts and dragons are real. But given the fact this was one looked beyond pissed at her, for some reason, and a quick look around showed she was definitely not in Hogwarts, or even her world anymore, she felt being afraid was justified.
The large snake-like Dragon slithered in the air, surrounding Akane with a sinister chuckle.
"Hm, a ghost? I suppose in a way I am dead, but here I am in the flesh…so to speak." Shendu said with a faint smile, that was anything but good.
Quicker than Akane could react, Shendu launched forward and wrapped around her tightly, as she thrashed around, trying to escape; but he was stronger than he looked. Shendu brought his prize to his face, his smile becoming bigger and more frightening.
"If it's any consolation, this isn't anything personal, but your appearance brought up rather painful memories for me. But don't worry, I'll make sure your suffering is nice and slow." Shendu hissed, taking sadistic glee as he tightened his hold on the girl, making her yelp in pain.
However, before Shendu could lung forward and kill the girl, he was stopped when a flash of red light struck him. The dragon was sent reeling as waves of agony hit him; he felt the light forcing itself into his very being. This also caused him to release his grip on the girl, who landed on the ground with a grunt and breathed in deeply.
"Okay…don't know what that was…but at least it…huh…" Akane trailed off when she saw something strange.
A glowing red light surrounding her body and extended out, connecting to a greenish-amber light with red flecks. A light that was currently connected to Shendu.
Akane wasn't the only one confused, the Demon Sorcerer looked at the lights in stunned silence, but also having some recognition. Seeing her chance to escape, Akane immediately turned and ran away from the ghost dragon. Unfortunately, she didn't get more than six feet away before she suddenly felt herself being pulled back, while falling down on the ground.
"Ow…" Akane muttered from the hard impact.
Though she gulped when the grinning face of the Dragon appeared over her.
"Well, it would seem for once fortune is finally favoring me." Said Shendu, with Akane scrambling to stand up and put some distance between them.
"Back off snake face or I'll…I'll…" Akane said, while struggling to think of something she could do.
Seeing her struggling to say anything made Shendu chuckle darkly, adding to his already terrifying image.
"Even if you could by some chance harm me. As of now, you can no longer escape me than I can you. Our energies, no, our very essences have become one and the same." Shendu said.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Akane asked nervously.
Shendu gave a wide, fang filled smile as his tailed reached up and poked her tauntingly on the forehead.
"You, girl, have become my Familiar."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…I though only animals could be Familiars?" Akane asked as her nervousness and fear was replaced by confusion.
Shendu's smile dropped and he looked at the girl with what could be an exasperated look.
"I'd have thought someone talented enough to open a portal to the Netherworld would know of what a Familiar is." Shendu said.
Given the fact the girl was young and yet talented enough to open a portal to the Netherworld, Shendu couldn't be faulted for thinking she must be a magic prodigy.
"Hey! I know what a Familiar is and I didn't even mean to come here, wherever here is! Besides, I've only known about magic for a few months now." Akane said, while crossing her arms with a huff, not willing to be talked down to by this jerk.
Shendu shook his head and muttered something under his breath that Akane couldn't hear.
"Regardless, a Familiar is a being that serves to assist wizards and sorcerers in their practice of magic. However, for Demon Sorcerers such as myself, they serve a far more important task." Shendu said, with Akane shivering as he wrapped himself around her once again, albeit not as tightly or painfully.
"They act as an anchor between worlds." Shendu revealed, with his face inches from hers, while sporting a knowing smirk.
"An-and that means?" Akane asked, worried about the answer.
"With you, I'm now able to escape this cursed place and return to Earth." Answered Shendu.
'Crap baskets.' Akane thought, now feeling the full weight of what's happened.
She's basically become a doorway for a demon to walk the Earth.
"Yeah well, like I'm gonna help you. And if you're trapped here, then that's means there's someone that can just send you back here." Akane said as she tried to act brave, while on the inside she was very nervous.
She didn't know how long this demon has been trapped here, it could have been hundreds of years and the person who trapped him could be long dead. Not to mention from what she's read, the Familiar Bond between Master and Familiar is one that no one has ever fully understood or knew how to break. A Familiar Bond between a human and a demon was practically unheard of, mostly because Akane doubted even witches and wizards believed in demons to begin with.
"I doubt that very much. Even if that annoying Chi Wizard and his damn ilk managed to find me, with you as my anchor, they cannot send me anywhere I can't just escape. And the Familiar's Bond is one of the most advanced forms of Chi Magic in the world, so the chances of it being broken are nigh impossible." Shendu said, with Akane now completely confused and baffled at his words.
'Chi Magic?' Akane thought, having never heard of that form of magic before.
Then again, she also never thought she'd meet a demon and become its Familiar, so who knows what other types of magic there are. For now, she couldn't do anything, especially with the Familiar Bond keeping her bound to the dragon.
The next few minutes were filled with nothing but silence, as the jagged chunks of floating rocks passed by them, Shendu looking around as if search of something. Then without warning, he suddenly stopped, though Akane didn't see anything that could have caught his attention.
Akane then perked up when she heard him chanting something, it sounded like a spell, but not one she's ever heard before, along with sounding like a different language, besides Latin. Then to the girl's shock, the air began shimmering before it looked like it was forcefully ripped open, revealing a portal back to Earth.
The witch could only look in shock as the demon managed to ripe open the space-time continuum, while Shendu's grin became wicked at finally gaining his freedom once more.
"Shendu!"
The sudden shout made Shendu freeze at hearing who had spoken and twisted his neck to see who it was, with Akane doing the same. Seeing the two beings approaching them made her gulp in fear.
The first was a relatively small creature with greyish-blue skin and long, dangling arms that ended in sharp claws. It wore a tattered cloth around its waist, covering its private areas, along with having long legs and talons. The most notable feature though, were the large bat-like wings it was using to fly towards them.
The second looked like a demonic, blue-skinned mermaid, with a long serpentine tail, fins, webbed hands, and tentacles in place of hair. It also had a somewhat feminine build.
And they were both looking at Shendu and Akane with the same featureless red eyes as the former.
"Hello brother, sister. Have you come to see me off?" Shendu said, causing Akane to look at him with wide eyes, that he just called these things his brother and sister.
"What is the meaning of this Shendu?! How can you open a portal when none of them have been opened in the human world?!" The mermaid demanded, while pointing a claw at the dragon.
"Why I have my Familiar to thank for that." Shendu stated, showing the shocked girl to his stunned siblings.
"Since did you have a Familiar? I thought out of all of us, you'd be the last one to rely on another's power." Said the winged demon with a raised brow, with Shendu giving his equivalent of a shrug.
"Never look a gift horse in the mouth as the humans say. And as you can see, I was about to take my leave." Shendu said, causing the mermaid to growl and get right in his face.
"And leave us trapped in this pit! I think not brother, I'd sooner destroy you!" Hissed the mermaid.
"Bai Tza, are you so quick to judge? I have already formed a plan to return you all to your former glory." Shendu said, having forgotten how hot-headed his sister could be, despite her element ironically being water.
"Because for the last nine hundred years, you left us to rot here. What makes you think that we believe you'll release us this time?" Retorted the smaller demon, while looking at his brother with contempt.
"I'm not without honor Hsi Wu." Shendu assured.
"Besides for too long the humans have ruled the land that was once ours. They've desecrated it with their numbers and polluted it with their technology. I believe it is time they remembered their place, and to that end I swear to release all of you once I have escaped." Shendu swore.
The demons looked at their brother, while mulling over his words, taking them all with a healthy amount of skepticism. Shendu was always a sneaky one, always looking for ways to further his own plans. One good thing though, was he always stuck to his domain and never transgressed on his siblings' territory, unlike others. Hsi Wu and Bai Tza looked at each other before nodding, then raised their hands and blasted Shendu with rays of green energy. Shendu's body twisted in agony, with his tail wrapping tightly around Akane, who winced in pain.
"What trickery is this?!" Shendu demanded, while watching the glow surround his body.
"Consider it leverage dear brother, that you keep your promise." Hsi Wu said, while Bai Tza smiled at him smugly.
"A simple spell preventing you from summoning your dragon minions or opening any portals. We'll lift it once all of our siblings have been freed." Said Bai Tza.
Shendu growled in anger, that they'd dare put such a spell on him! But in hindsight, Shendu would likely do the same if their positions were reversed.
"Very well, I will go and seek out your doors. And once I have kept my end, I expect you to keep yours." Shendu said, before going through the portal he created, bringing the still confused Akane with him, as she was still processing everything she had just learned.
Once she did, she could only shout the first thing that came to mind.
"Those are your SIBLINGS!?"
The Water and Sky Demons simply looked on as the portal closed behind their brother and his newly made Familiar.
"So, how long do you think the girl will last with our dear brother?" Hsi Wu asked, looking at his sister who smirked in amusement.
"I'll give her three days, five tops." Bai Tza replied, while crossing her arms.
*San Francisco*
Within an empty and dark alley, the surrounding area suddenly split open, revealing a swirling vortex of red and gold energy. From the portal, Akane fell out onto the ground while Shendu flew out and took a deep breath of the air. To him, it smelled like glorious freedom, Akane on the other hand only smelled rotten eggs and spoiled milk.
"I'm free!" Shendu declared in excitement.
Though while he was reveling in his freedom, he knew this was only the first step in his plan. Now he needed to do something about his current form.
"Now before anything else, it's time I reclaimed my Talismans." Shendu said, while his eyes glowed brightly as he flew out of the alleyway, with Akane being dragged along thanks to their bond.
"Your what?" Akane asked.
"My Talismans, the source of my power and what will return me to my full glory. Each granting me power of one of the twelve Sacred Animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Levitation and telekinesis, strength, invisibility, speed, astral projection, animation, regeneration, shapeshifting, immortality, heat vision, balance, and my personal favorite, combustion." Shendu said, while smiling wickedly at the thought of having his Talismans back.
Though normally he wouldn't divulge his Talismans' powers to a potential enemy, but given the girl was his Familiar and could do nothing to harm him, he saw no reason to keep her ignorant. Plus, she's the only one that can see and hear him at the moment.
Akane raised a brow at that, if she was anyone else, she'd be awed at having that much power. But given what she's learned at Hogwarts, she knew most of that stuff could be done with magic. The only ones she was surprised by were the ones that granted regeneration and immortality.
What people wouldn't do for immortality, a Dark Lord especially.
Still, she was impressed that Shendu had twelve items that granted him all that power.
"O…kay. My names Akane, Akane Uzumaki by the way." Akane said, introducing herself, since she doesn't want to simply be called girl.
"I don't care. Now let's go." Said Shendu, not caring about the girl's name.
*Later*
Akane sighed as she held her face in her hands.
For the past hour she's been walking through San Francisco, and wasn't that lovely, she's now on the other side of the planet, she's learned a couple things about Shendu. The first being he was a vicious dictator and a master of the demonic mystical arts, but most of all he loved to complain.
When she originally pictured a demon, she didn't think she'd ever meet one who could whine so much, but Shendu proved her wrong. Every step of the way since they returned to the human world, the dragon has done nothing but complain the entire way to their destination. Akane had to resort to covering her ears just to block out the endless rant of self-pity and replay Shendu's plan.
The Dragon wanted to regain his old form, this was a given, as at the moment he's little more than an invisible specter who's only power seemed to be to whine and whine about how terrible his existence is, how he's been wronged and stripped of his power, along with how much he hated his siblings for what they did, and blah, blah, blah…
It's like hearing Malfoy whine about Potter, but at least with that spoiled brat, Akane can simply walk away. Unfortunately, she's stuck with Shendu.
To regain his true form, Shendu needed his Talismans, wherever the hell those were. Apparently Shendu knew where they were, or he was just flying in a random direction, hoping they'd randomly fall from the sky.
'Then again, given that's how I showed up, that's probably not inaccurate.' Akane thought, with a deadpan expression before sighing and decided to voice her question.
"Hey genius, how exactly are we going to find your Talismans, if we don't know where they are?" Akane said, since her earlier fear of being bound to a demon long since vanishing after the first ten minutes of whining.
She also noticed how people were starting to look at the girl who wasn't only dressed strangely, given she's still wearing her Hogwarts uniform, but appeared to be talking to herself as well. Akane just ignored the looks, she's already used to being the odd one out, even before Hogwarts.
"Foolish girl, you clearly aren't well versed in the mystic arts." Shendu sneered.
"Gee you think." Akane retorted sarcastically, which Shendu pointedly ignored.
"The Talismans are not just tools of great magical power; they are part of me. The centuries I lived in my stone prison; I have tuned my senses to the point where I can locate them anywhere across this world. And I have located all twelve Talismans." Shendu said, with Akane looking at him in surprise.
"Really? That was fast. Where are they?" Akane questioned.
The demon closed his eyes and began focusing on where he could sense the Talismans. He stayed motionless long enough that Akane started tapping her fingers impatiently, before his eyes suddenly snapped open with an eerie crimson glow, before fading to their normal, but still terrifying glow.
"They're near!" Shendu hissed excitedly, while pointing his tail at what Akane vaguely recognized as a bank.
"It seems all of them are gathered in that area and I can feel they're continued use." Said Shendu.
"Oh well that's goo-wait what was that last part?" Said Akane, as she looked at him in confusion, just as an explosion went off at the bank.
'Oh, come on!' Akane thought as she ran after Shendu, while wondering why things involving magic can't just be easy for once.
Reaching the bank, Akane hid behind a nearby armored truck as a SWAT officer was effortlessly thrown into what looked like the smoldering wreck of a car, with a noticeable dent in his body armor, likely from whichever Talisman granted super strength. Peeking out, Akane saw probably one of the most one-sided fights ever.
There were four guys using the Talismans, one a short Asian guy was throwing SWAT officers around like nothing, a big grey skinned guy was either moving really fast or turning invisible while shooting heat beams from his eyes, an Irish guy was flying around, picking up the shocked bank employees and dropping them from a considerable distance in the air. The only who didn't seem to be using any Talismans was a giant redhaired guy, who apparently preferred using his bare hands and martial arts.
It was like looking at a warzone.
"Those worthless fools."
Akane looked away from the fighting to see the same SWAT guy from before standing up, the only difference being his now solid red eyes and Shendu's voice coming from him.
"My Talismans were meant to conquer nations, not used by these pathetic excuses for warriors!" Shendu growled.
Akane wisely stepped aside and let the possessed man walk forward, flames emerging from his mouth and releasing a sound no normal human could make.
It almost made her feel sorry for anyone dumb enough to stand against Shendu when he's angry.
Shendu released a snarl, before opening his maw and unleashing a torrent of flames that knocked the flying guy back to the ground and alighting his pants.
"Geez Chow! Watch where you're aiming that thing!" The guy shouted as he put the flames out and saw his burned pants.
"…That wasn't me." Said Chow, before yelling in surprise and jumping away, just as another blast of flames came dangerously close to incinerating him.
"How observant." The Enforcers eyes immediately turned to see two figures walking towards them, the first bring an officer with unnatural glowing red eyes and flames escaping his mouth, and the second being a pre-teen girl who looked tired from this whole ordeal.
"Now, kindly return my Talismans before I burn you all to ash." Shendu demanded in the familiar hissing voice that the Enforcers immediately recognized.
Combined with the breathing fire and the red eyes, it didn't take long before they recognize just who they were dealing with.
"Shen-dude?!" Finn said shocked, with Shendu growling in annoyance at the nickname.
"All that time working under me and you still use that annoying moniker. Perhaps I'll save myself the trouble and just kill you all here and now…" Shendu said as the flames in his mouth casted a menacing shadow over his face that made the Enforcers, save Hak Foo, step back.
"Wa-wait Shen-du, I mean Shendu listen we'll…" Finn said, before stopping partway through his words as his eyes widened in remembrance and then smirked.
"Wait just a minute, the Talismans aren't yours anymore…" Said Finn, while levitating into the air with a smug smirk.
"…They're ours now."
Shendu's eyes widened in anger, as they gained a burning crimson glow. The demon roared as flames escaped his mouth, casting dark shadows across his face. All while Akane stepped back as her fear now started to return, as for all his complaining, she shouldn't forget Shendu is still a demon, a dragon demon at that.
"YOU WORTHLESS INSECTS! YOU WILL SUFFER A DRAGON'S WRATH!" Shendu roared.
A torrent of flames shot forward at Finn, though missed him by a wide margin. Shendu prepared another blast, only to grunt as he was hit by heat beams which pushed him back slightly, much to Ratso's surprise.
Angered further at being attacked with his own Talisman, Shendu launch a blast of fire at Ratso, only for it to be destroyed by his heat vision. Charging forward, the Demon Sorcerer prepared to give the man a devastating punch, only for Ratso to vanish with the Snake Talisman, and his attack to impact the wall behind him, causing cracks to form all along it and his fist to smash through the wall.
Grunting in annoyance, Shendu pulled his arm back before lashing out with a kick at Chow, who tried sneaking up on him.
"Underestimating me will be your last mistake. As even confined to mortal flesh, I'm more powerful than you fools could ever hope to be." Shendu said, while deflecting an Ox-powered punch from Chow, before sending him flying back with a punch to the chest.
Shendu ducked under a fire hydrant and trash can lid, with Finn being the source as he grabbed and threw everything he could at his former employer, eager to see the demon fail. With some effort he managed to lift an armored truck into the air and threw it as hard as the Rooster Talisman allowed. Seeing the truck coming towards him, Shendu scoffed and unleash white hot flames that burned through the truck reducing it to sizzling melted metal.
"Wow…talk about firepower." Finn muttered, before flying to the side to avoid another fireball.
Shendu grabbed Chow, who had once again tried charging the dragon again, and brought his knee up into the man's chest. He then brought his elbow down for a painful blow to his back, before watching in satisfaction as he fell the ground groaning and coughing.
Sensing another attacker coming, Shendu raised his arm to block a hard blow to his right that sent him skidding back. The Demon Sorcerer hissed in pain, while his host body was slightly enhanced from his presence, it could still feel the attacks from strong enough humans.
"You fight well Dragon, but now you face the Black Tiger." Hak Foo said, while getting in his stance.
"You foolish human, what is a tiger compared to a Dragon?" Said Shendu, as he got in his own loose stance, while Hak Foo's eyes widened in concentration.
"We shall see! Tiger Pounces Dragon!"
The fighter shot forward unleashing a quick chain attacks at Shendu, pushing him back, with the dragon ducking down and giving a leg sweep to knock his opponent down.
"Eagle Takes Flight!" Shouted Hak Foo jumping high into the air, higher than any normal human should be able to, it actually made Shendu raise a brow at his physical prowess.
"Hawk Dives for Fish!" The Enforcer shouted, diving towards Shendu with both fists held out.
Flipping away from the attack causing Hak Foo's attack to impact the ground, leaving behind several pieces of concrete. To Shendu's surprise, he didn't appear even phased by the impact, though he shook it off and growled menacingly.
"Bull Charges Matador!"
Shendu dodged the charging head smash, causing Hak Foo to ram straight into a wall dazing him. Snarling in anger, the Enforcer once more charged the dragon.
"Bear Claws in Fury!"
Getting annoyed at both the attacks and constant shouting, Shendu growled and brought his knee up into the human's stomach. He smiled nastily as the mercenary nearly folded in half from the blow, removing his knee he followed up with an axe kick to Hak Foo's face sending him skidding across the ground.
"Is this really the best you traitors can do, even with my Talismans." Shendu said mockingly as he approached Hak Foo, intent to put an end to this farce.
"Let it be known, you never cross a Dragon and live."
Glaring down at the stunned man, Shendu prepared to unleash a torrent of flames to incinerate him.
"Hey Shendu!"
Stopping his attack, Shendu turned to who called and saw it was Ratso with his arms wrapped around Akane's struggling form.
"One move and the brat here gets roasted." Ratso threatened with his eyes glowing a fiery yellow to show his ex-boss he wasn't messing around.
The Enforcer might not know why the kid was following the demon around, but she had to be important as the next moment, Shendu snarled in anger before extinguishing his flames. While Shendu cared nothing for the girl, her role as his Familiar meant she was too valuable to lose.
This was all the opening Chow needed as he sent Shendu flying with an enhanced punch, sending through the side of an armored transport vehicle, leaving a gaping hole.
"Uh, oops. That was ours, wasn't it?" Chow asked sheepishly.
"Doesn't matter." Said Finn as he floated to the ground, grinning victoriously at taking down the demon that always bossed them around.
"Big V can buy us a new with the withdrawal we just made, plus whatever ransom we can get with that br-"
"Lumos!"
"Aaah!"
The Enforcers turned to Ratso's scream of pain and saw the girl holding a stick with a bright light at the end pointed straight into Ratso's eyes. Losing his grip on the girl to cover his eyes, Ratso doubled over in pain when Akane followed up with a painful kick between the legs.
While she knew using magic outside of school could get her expelled, Akane also felt that at this point, those rules no longer applied to her.
Seeing he dropped three Talismans, Akane rushed over and grabbed them, knowing at least two granted invisibility and heat vision. What the third one did became clear to her, as she vanished in a burst of speed.
'Okay Snake, Pig, and Rabbit grant invisibility, heat vision, and super speed. Awesome!' Akane thought while smirking.
Speeding straight towards Chow, Akane used her momentum to jump into the air and deliver a kick straight to his face knocking him down. Chow yelled in pain as he was sent flying into a car, dropping his Talismans as well, which were picked up by Akane.
'Ox, Dragon, and Monkey equal super strength, combustion, and I'm guessing shapeshifting; after all, monkey see monkey do.' Akane thought grinning, as she turned invisible just as a sewer lid impacted.
"Argh! No fair! How can I hit you if I can't see you!" Finn shouted, while flying into the air as he tried searching for the invisible girl.
'Well let's see what happens if I combine them. Ox plus Snake plus Rabbit plus Dragon equals…' Akane thought while running and jumping off the roof of a car, before delivering a flame covered punch to Finn's side, that sent him flying back to the ground.
'…one mean punch.' Thought Akane while grabbing the Dog, Horse, and Rooster Talismans from Finn, who groaned in pain at feeling the effect of the punch without the Horse and Dog Talismans.
With the Rooster, Akane flew into the air and took the last three Talismans from Hak Foo; the Rat, Sheep and Tiger.
"Shendu!" Akane called out, while launching all twelve Talismans into the truck's interior, just as she felt herself become a hostage again.
"Lion Catches Antelope!"
Akane struggled against Hak Foo's much stronger hold, she couldn't even reach her wand as he held her arms down. It also hurt that he was cutting off her airway, and Akane knew that if she didn't escape soon, she'd blackout.
"ROOOOOAAAAAARRR!"
Everyone's attention then snapped in the direction of the vicious roar and saw the truck rocking back and forth, creating several creaks and moans. A loud screech tore through the air, then the sound of metal being ripped apart as a deadly sharp claws ripped apart the vehicles roof. The claws ripped through the metal like wet paper, creating an opening, allowing the head and chest of a golden bronze scaled dragon to emerge from the truck.
"I LIVE!" Shendu exclaimed as he threw his head back and roared as he was returned to his true power.
"Woah." Akane muttered with her eyes wide open as she saw Shendu's true form, she was suddenly very grateful that he needed her alive.
Shendu's head snapped towards Akane's direction, his eyes narrowing when he saw his Familiar held in the arms of the stunned mercenary. Snarling, Shendu flicked his claw up, lifting both Akane and Hak Foo into the air; with another flick, Hak Foo felt his arms forced apart against his will, while Akane fell a few feet back to the ground with a small scream.
Tearing the destroyed truck in half, Shendu walked past his Familiar, and pulled Hak Foo forward, who somehow managed to remain stone faced against the large Demon Sorcerer. Though a trail of sweat did fall down his face when Shendu's flames licked the corners of his mouth.
"You'd do well not to touch my things." Shendu growled.
"Hey!" Akane shouted, while glaring at the dragon for calling her a thing.
The remaining Enforcers looked at Shendu and then at each other, before deciding to make a break for it. They didn't get even five steps away, before they too were lifted into the air against their will.
Raising himself off the ground Shendu flicked his claw again, lifting Akane up as well, ignoring her protests. Then without warning, Shendu shot through the air with the four men and Akane following behind him.
Not even a moment later did a blue SUV screech to a stop, and out of it came renowned archeologist and demon slayer, Jackie Chan. Jackie looked in stunned shock and confusion at the damage to the area, most of which he recognized as being caused by the Talismans. But what worried Jackie was one truck that looked like it had been ripped apart by claws, by very large claws.
"What happened here?" Jackie wondered, worried and fearful of just what caused this.
"Jackie." Came the voice of Jackie's long-time friend, Captain Black, as he pulled up in a black van.
Snapping his head towards his friend, Jackie's worry increased when he saw the grim expression on his face.
"You'll need to see this. It's not good" Black said.
"…Bad day." Muttered Jackie.
*Later*
*Fish Cannery*
Valmont tapped his cane impatiently as he paced within the fish cannery. His men should have been back by now, especially given they were packing some very potent magic. It was simple enough, get to the bank, grab all the money, and get back, along with dealing with anyone stupid enough to get in their way. With the money, they'd be able to get a more suitable base of operations… preferably one that didn't smell like fish.
Just then, the former crime boss heard the doors slam closed, likely Hak Foo after finding the excursion less than acceptable. After all, with enemies like Jackie Chan, going against normal police officer seem like quite the step down for the fighter. Though he'll still have to reprimand the martial artist for any damage done to his property, loathe as he was to consider this hovel his.
"Hak Foo, if you must vent your anger, please do so else whe-"
Valmont's words immediately died in his throat when he turned and came face to face with the all-to-familiar and fear-inducing red eyes. Stumbling back with a surprised yelp, Valmont instinctively swung his cane which snapped in half against Shendu's face, the demon not the least bit phased by the strike.
Now defenseless, Valmont turned and saw his Enforcers behind the dragon and, confusingly enough, a little girl.
"Don't just stand there you idiots, do something!" Valmont shouted, while mustering up what little bravado he had in the face of the dragon.
The Enforcers blinked once before facing each other. Finn started talking to Shendu about recent events, Ratso and Chow went over to a table with a deck of card, Hak Foo went over to a corner and began doing one-fingered pushups. The only ones even looking at Valmont were Shendu and the girl, who stood with her arms crossed.
Angered that his subordinates refused to acknowledge him, Valmont unleashed a torrent of profane and obscene shouting in an attempt to get their attention. Though he was immediately silenced when Shendu lifted him into the air.
"Valmont. I see you have been…surviving since my banishment." Shendu said in a rather civil tone, though the look of distaste as he looked around showed his true feelings.
"Tell me, did you enjoy the treasure I rewarded you with?" Shendu asked, with a mocking edge.
The fear Valmont felt for the dragon momentarily vanished, replaced by anger as he glared at the demon.
"You damn well know I enjoyed it! All the work, time, and energy put into gaining it, and it turned into dust in my hands! I kept my end of the bargain; you didn't keep yours!" Valmont shouted.
"Oh, did I?" Shendu said, while pulling Valmont closer as he felt the heat from his breath.
"I promised you vast riches and did you not say you held it in your hands, affectively acquiring it?" Shendu questioned.
"I did…for all of three minutes before your banishment caused it and the palace to turn to dust!"
"I promised you treasure Valmont, I just never said how long you'd keep it." Shendu stated with a smug smile, showing rows of razor-sharp fangs.
Valmont growled in anger before unclenching his fists and hanging his head in defeat.
"What do you want? As you can see, we're in a less than satisfactory condition. And what is the girl doing here?" Valmont questioned.
"Your minions will do, for now. They have proven somewhat useful in the past, and perhaps can prove useful in my latest venture. And the girl is none of your concern." Shendu said offhandedly.
The former crime boss sighed in resignation, rubbing his temples for the coming headache of the, no doubt, magical undertaking.
"Alright, when do we start?" Valmont asked, only to tense when he felt himself pulled closer to Shendu, who's smile took a sinister edge and chuckled darkly.
"I never said I needed you." Shendu stated menacingly.
"Wh-what?!" Valmont said, scrambling to get away from the Demon Sorcerer, a futile attempt as he was still suspended in the air.
"Bu-but you need me! Without my connections and fortune, you'd never survive in the world!" Valmont said as he tried to show the dragon that he needed him.
Shendu just scoffed and stood up a little straighter as he held up a claw.
"One, I don't need you, especially since you have shown you have no trouble betraying me at the first opportunity. Two, I have no need for your 'riches' or petty mortal connections, when I have my own methods of obtaining what I seek. Three, I ruled one of the largest empires this world has ever seen and survived nearly a millennium after that as nothing but a statue. And fourth…" Shendu growled in Valmont's face.
"Who are you to question my abilities, when your own have shown to be lacking several times!"
Shendu didn't give Valmont any time to respond, before he propelled the mortal through the roof and launched him clear across the ocean; the fool screaming the entire time, before it faded over the horizon.
"That was…a little overkill don't you think." Akane said with a gulp, while feeling she should have been more horrified, knowing that Valmont was going to either drown or being torn apart by any aquatic predators.
That is if he didn't slam into any rocks in the ocean and broke all his bones.
"I have no need for worthless mortals. Let that be your first and only warning of failing me." Said Shendu as he turned to his re-acquired servants, who failed to hide the fear they felt at his words.
"Uh, ye-yeah totally Shen-dud- Shendu, boss man, the big bad drag-"
"Silence!" Shendu ordered as smoke escaped from his mouth, causing the men to instantly falling silent.
"Now then, with the worthless trash out of the way. I believe I've yet to introduce you all to your newest ally." Shendu said, while turning towards Akane.
Getting the silent message, Akane sighed and walked forward and stood in front of Shendu. The girl flinched slightly when the dragon put his claw on her shoulder.
"Akane Uzumaki. My Familiar."
As Shendu prattled on about her position, Akane's mind drifted back to the fight at the street. Specifically, when she had gathered all the Talismans and gave them to Shendu, despite not wanting to help him.
When she saw Shendu be attacked, she just got the urge to help him, and when she managed to get the first three Talismans, her body just acted an instinct to get the rest and give them to Shendu. Though she could still think and act, given she was able to use different Talismans simultaneously, but once she had them all, she gave them to Shendu.
'Is this what being a Familiar is like? Instinctively helping him, even if I don't want to?' Akane wondered.
It was equally both interesting and worrying. Interesting to wonder if it was like this with all Familiars or just ones bound to demons. But it was worrying, as Akane had to wonder just how far she'd go to make sure Shendu is safe, if she'd end up hurting someone or worse.
*Uncle's Rare Finds*
Uncle's Rare Find antique shop was packed.
Under normal circumstances, the elderly shopkeeper would be happy at having so many customers. Unfortunately, these weren't normal customers and instead were armed soldiers.
In the backroom, Uncle sat glaring deeply into his cup of tea, across from him sat Captain Black and Jackie, both staring into their teacups, as if expecting to get some answers from the liquid.
"Aiya!" Uncle suddenly screamed, startling Tohru, who nearly dropped the tray of freshly made cookies
"Shendu has returned and has little witch girl helping him!"
"Yes Uncle, I told you that five minutes ago- AGK!" Jackie yelped when Uncle whacked him on the head with two fingers.
"Shendu has little witch girl with him. But for what reason?" Said Uncle, while rubbing his chin in thought.
"As ransom or a hostage to stop us from- GAH!" Uncle silenced the agent with a whack on the head and a glare.
"Shendu is immortal Demon Sorcerer with vast mystical might and knowledge, not a common thug. Shendu must have other motivation for having little witch girl." Uncle said, while sipping his tea to gather his thoughts.
"Maybe he's trying to have his own butt-kicking sidekick, like me." Said Jade, as she stepped out from her hiding spot behind Tohru, after having snuck in.
Jackie just sighed in resignation, knowing even if he locked Jade out, she'd somehow sneak back in. Besides, Uncle will probably hit her as well for her suggestion.
"That is...! Not bad suggestion actually." Uncle said, while rubbing his chin in thought, much to Jackie and Captain Black's surprise that he was actually considering Jade's idea, while the said girl gave a fist pumped.
"Maybe… little witch girl is young and from video recording, resourceful and knowledgeable of magic. Perhaps Shendu wishes for apprentice, like Uncle." Said Uncle, with Tohru shrinking under his gaze, a sight that would have been comical given his massive size, but the situation was too serious at the moment.
"By the way, what was with that anyway. It looked like the girl was holding an actual wand. OW!" Black said, while rubbing his head where Uncle hit him again.
"Bah! Magic wands belong in fairy tales, little witch girl probably just using dried snake for spells." Uncle said.
"You sure? Cause it really looked like a- GAH!"
"Never question Uncle!" Said Uncle, while pointing a finger at the agent.
"Now will you let me go with you on your trips, Uncle Jackie. If Shendu can bring his sidekick, you can bring me." Jade said, while smiling widely.
"No." Jackie deadpanned.
Just because Shendu was willing to endanger a little girl, didn't mean Jackie would endanger his niece.
Unknown to the group, as they continued to discuss what Shendu's plan could be, they failed to notice a rat darting across the floor. It moved quickly to different hiding spots, never remaining in the open for long, in case any stray glances saw it. The rat moved to the back of the room, stopping in front of a towering bookcase, then with the same energy, it went zipping from shelf to shelf, remaining completely unnoticed. Finally, it stopped in front of a certain leather-bound tome. Narrowing its eyes, the rat grabbed the tome with its teeth.
Then with a twitch the rat and tome both vanished, the group remaining none the wiser.
*Fish Cannery*
"Excellent, well done Hak Foo." Shendu said while taking the tome from the mercenary's hand.
Nodding Hak Foo gained a small smirk at the praise, knowing it'd go a long way in establishing the pecking order amongst Shendu's henchmen. An order he'd naturally be the top of.
"Okay, how's an old book supposed to help your master plan?" Akane asked, with Shendu giving her a glare for referring to something this important as just a book.
"This tome holds the key to unlocking the doors that seal away my brethren." Said Shendu, while flipping through the tome, Akane rolling her eyes
Book, tome, same thing just different names.
"And while on the subject; tell me, what this is?" Shendu questioned, while flicking his claw, causing Akane's wand to shoot out of her pocket.
"Hey!" Akane protested, reaching for her wand, but Shendu kept it just out of her reach.
"Tell me or I'll turn it to ash." Threatened Shendu, causing Akane to pale at the idea of losing her wand.
"It's my wand okay, I use it to cast spells." Akane answered.
"Yes, I noticed when you conjured that light with it. Now tell me everything you know about magic, and don't hold anything back or your wand is ash." Shendu said, without looking up from the tome.
His Familiar clearly had knowledge of magic, a type of magic Shendu has never heard of before and he intended to find out everything she knew and see just what else she knew.
Sighing in resignation, knowing she can't lose her wand, Akane began telling Shendu everything she's learned about the magical world, not leaving out even the smallest detail.
Though Akane knew that with this knowledge, it's unlikely anyone will ever be able to stop Shendu ever again.
So, what did you think, good. Yep Akane is a Ravenclaw First Year and has accidently sent herself to the Netherworld where she met, was nearly killed by, and is now the Familiar of Shendu himself. Now Shendu is free, has reclaimed his Talismans, his henchmen, and is in progress of locating the Pan'ku Box to free his siblings, but not only that now he will learn everything Akane knows about the magical world, including certain magical creatures that will certainly catch his interest. How will the Chans be able to handle Shendu with this new information he'll soon have, you'll have to keep reading to find out. Also Shendu's voice when he regains his Talismans is the same as when he's first revived in the show. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
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