"So," Jade said, showing the book to Seymour. "Where do we begin?" It was late at night when Jade met Seymour again. Their first "session" in dark magic was in an abandoned warehouse that was near the pier.

"Well," Seymour said, flipping the pages before stopping on one chapter. "There is mine and Xiao Fung's chapter."

"Xiao Fung's?"

"We both share similar powers, since Sky and Wind cannot exist without the other."

Jade took a look at the pages. "Uh, reminder: I can't read ancient Chinese."

Seymour face palmed. "Must I do everything?"

"Duh. Because, again, I CAN'T READ ANCIENT CHINESE!"

"Doesn't that old man you call Uncle teach you Chinese or are you too westernized to read it?"

"I was born in Hong Kong. I do know Chinese. Just not ancient."

Seymour sighed in frustration. "Fine. I guess I do have to do everything. Let's start with the basics. This spell," he pointed to a text. "teaches you how to fly."

Jade frowned at him. "Tch. I already know how to fly."

"More like hover a few feet off the ground."

"Is that all you can teach?"

"Well, there are air based powers."

"Can't you teach me like, mind control, or how to create armies out of rock?"

"What, you want to learn more? Let's ask my siblings. Oh, wait! We can't! Because you and your family sealed them away permanently!"

"Hey, I said I was sorry." She sighed. "Fine. We'll start with the flying. How do I do that?"

"Simply jump and will the air around you to move you."

"Okay." Jade concentrated, imagined the wind carrying her and jumped. For a few minutes, Jade thought she was actually flying. And then then she was proven wrong when she fell flat on her face. "Ow." Seymour just laughed at her. "Oh, ha, ha. Let me try again." Jade made a light jump and began to hover again, then she crashed her head into the ceiling. She groaned and rubbed her head. "Maybe we should have been practicing this outside instead of indoors."

Seymour sniggered. "Yeah, I was gonna suggest that."

Jade growled at him. "Well, why didn't you?"

"It's fun watching you crash," he said with a grin. Jade let out a growl and pointed a finger at him. Dark energy expelled from it, firing at him. He dodged it and laughed again. "Temper, temper!" She huffed at him. "Shall we continue?"

Jade fumed. "Fine."

(!)

Jade slammed the door after she and Seymour left. She ordered the Shadowkhan to repair the damage she caused in the basement. "I think I'm getting the hang of it," she said.

"Was that before or after the tenth time you crashed into a wall," Seymour laughed.

"Don't remind me," she said, rubbing her head.

"So," Seymour said. "Same time tomorrow?"

"Tch. And have you watch me crash into a wall again? No way. I want to do this in a secret place that's more out in the open."

"As long as it's not the dump. I hate the smell of that place!"

"Which is why I put these up my nose." She pulled out a pair of nose plugs. "If you want, I can steal you a bunch of air fresheners."

"Cute," Seymour snarked.

"Well," said Jade. "See you tomorrow." She faded into the shadows, disappearing. Left alone, Seymour turned back into Hsi Wu and flew to his nest located in an abandoned water tower. He drew a circle on the wall and it turned into a window. On the other side of the window were his siblings.

"So, how's the babysitting job?" Po Kong asked. The other demons laughed.

"Shut up!" Hsi Wu shouted. "It's not funny! You try being in my position: stuck with a girl who's trying to 'rule the world', when in reality, she's in way over her head! And I can't get our archive back from her otherwise the Shadowkhan will alert her!"

"It's sort of funny knowing that the Shadowkhan obey Shendu because one little girl told them to do so," Xiao Fung said.

"And dangerous," Tso Lan said. "It's bad enough she knows how to summon the Shadowkhan but the fact that you're teaching her, brother?"

"I can't help it," Hsi Wu said. "She's got a flute on her at all times."

"Then perhaps this situation calls for a woman's touch," Bai Tza said. "Assuming that idiot Shendu gets it right."

"Then we can get rid of the girl?"

"Certainly."

"The girl is not our number one priority right now," Tcang Zu shouted. "How are we going to rule the world with, not counting Shendu, two demon sorcerers?"

"That is a problem," Po Kong said. "It will be just you and Bai Tza, Hsi Wu."

The Sky Demon tapped his chin. "I honestly don't know."

Bai Tza tapped her chin. "Perhaps the girl might prove herself useful to us. Provided we teach her the right spell."

(!)

Jade appeared in her room, this time making sure she didn't make a sound. With a yawn and a stretch, she placed the Demon Archive under the floorboards and crawled into bed. Before she plopped her head on the pillow, a voice rang in her head. "How long do you plan on using Hsi Wu? You know the second you have no further use for him, he will turn on you."

"I guess I'll have to turn on him before he gets the chance," Jade said to herself. It had to be who she was talking to. There was no one else here.

"And what of Bai Tza the Water Demon? She's the only demon sorcerer left, not counting Shendu."

Jade slapped herself on the forehead. "Oh, man! I forgot about her!"

"So, you admit you have a problem. You know she and Hsi Wu will team up and take your book."

Jade hated to admit but she was right. Bai Tza won't be so easy to persuade. How was she going to turn the last of the Demon Sorcerers to her side? Bah, she'll think about it later. Right now, she needed to sleep. She shut her eyes and went to sleep, dreaming of sitting on a golden throne in a castle that was once Section 13, surrounded by Shadowkhan and best of all, using her family and the J-Team as her slaves.