A.N. The wait is over! Here's Part Two! I hope you enjoy.
"Man, this sucks..." Ben muttered, kicking the dirt, staring as other kids on the playground, "Spring Break, and I'm stuck in school..."
"At least you don't have to do any homework here," Jade said, standing by him at the bleachers, "I have way too much..."
"Eh, it's not that hard..." Ben countered, but before Jade could say anything, a dark kid with glasses and a yellow hat walked up to them.
"So who's this Jade? Your boyfriend? Taking him to the Spring Dance this Friday?" the boy, Drew, said, chuckling.
"He's not my boyfriend!" Jade yelled, as Ben had a small look of disgust on his face. He was eleven years old, after all.
"I guess I should have known, since he's not a ninja," Drew laughed, a group of other kids beginning to watch the verbal spar off, Drew pantomiming kicks and punches.
"I could Fourarms this guy..." Ben muttered under his breath, finding himself annoyed by this kid.
"I guess Jade couldn't get any real friends, so she had to have someone pretend to be her friend," Drew continued, turning his gaze towards Ben, who wanted to punch him now, preferably as a four armed, red skinned alien.
As Drew continued his tirade, a dark gray creature with large bat wings stared down at them, smirking. Hsi Wu flew downwards, undetected, shifting his form, changing into a kid about their age, with spiky hair and blue shirt.
"You better shut up!" Ben yelled, after another remark from Drew, holding his left arm up, to indicate his Omnitrix.
"Or what, you're gonna tell me the time?" Drew sneered.
"Well what time is the dance?" a new voice said, as the disguised Hsi Wu stepped from the crowd, "Your mom needs to know, since you're taking her!"
The other kids laughed, Drew frowning, staring at the new kid.
"You...why...hey!" Drew yelled back.
"Ohhhhh, nice comeback. Guess you can dish, but can't take," the disguised Hsi Wu smirked, "Do you need momma to hold your hand?"
Drew scowled, then turned and fumed off. The other children paused, waiting to see if something else would happen, but then began to disperse, once it seemed the excitement had died down.
"...Thanks..." Jade muttered to the disguised demon.
"I could have taken him..." Ben frowned, "Easy..."
Hsi Wu ignored Ben, staying focused on Jade.
"So is it true?" he asked, "Do you really fight ninjas and all that?"
"Of course!" Jade grinned, nodding, then paused, looking at him, "Who are you? Are you new?"
"Uhhh...yah!" Hsi Wu said, nodding his head, "I just...flew into town yesterday. Name's...Hs...errr...Seymour..."
"Well nice to meet you Seymour!" Jade grinned, while Ben merely grumbled.
"I have protective spells in place," Uncle said, "Max, you do not need this. Magic must defeat magic!"
Max frowned, screwing in a device around the door of the shop, a small light blinking as he pressed a button.
"I know, but a bio scanner will still help," Max said, "It'll tell us if anything not human somehow manages to enter your shop anyways. There are more bad things then demons out there."
"Aiii ahhhhh, Max, are you referring to aliens again?" Uncle asked, whacking his old friend with two fingers, "No such thiiiiiing."
Max just chuckled, rubbing his head, "Well come on, let's go get something to eat. I saw a good place down the street."
"Now we agree on something!" Uncle smiled, as the two headed out of the shop, turning down one way, as Jade, Ben, and 'Seymour' walked down the other end, towards the shop.
"And you wouldn't believe what we've been fighting lately," Jade regaled to Seymour, "Demons! We even have a tail of a demon locked away..."
"No way!" Hsi Wu said, feigning surprise, "I don't believe you."
"If you want to see something cool, just look at this!" Ben said, holding up his Omnitrix again.
"...Am I suppose to be impressed?" Seymour wondered, raising an eyebrow. Jade just laughed, while Ben frowned, muttering something about 'Wildmutt' and 'Diamondhead' under his breath.
"You know...I could show you the tail!" Jade said, thinking, "That'll prove it!"
"Ohhh, that would be cool!" Hsi Wu grinned. This would be his chance.
Something in the back of Ben's mind told him this was a stupid idea, and would probably get them in trouble, but like all other times that voice in his head spoke, he quickly ignored it and suppressed the thought with Sumo Slammers.
Jade opened the door to the shop, stepping in. Hsi Wu frowned, looking at the door, sensing the spell around it.
"Are you coming?" Ben wondered, pushing past the disguised demon.
There was a sudden loud popping noise as Ben passed the bio scanner, yelping as he jumped forward, crashing into Jade. Smoke fizzled from the top of the device, busted.
"Will you get off me?" Jade muttered, and Ben blushed, quickly picking himself off the Chinese girl.
"Sorry!" he muttered, rubbing the back of his head, then stared at the device, "Great...that looks like something of Grandpa Max's...he's gonna be pissed..."
"I don't know..." Hsi Wu muttered, as he continued to act his part, "I'm not sure I should come in..."
"Oh, it's fine," Jade said, blushing slightly too, dusting off her orange sweater, "Come on in!"
Hsi Wu grinned now, stepping through the door. With an invitation, he could pass through the spell's barrier.
"Now follow me," Jade said, as she, Ben, and Seymour walked through the Antique Shop, Jade opening a few more doors, showing a room with a wooden box. Good magic covered it, and Hsi Wu frowned. He would not be able to simply take the tail and run...
Jade moved forward quickly, opening the box, as Hsi Wu's squirming tail reacted, wriggling about, sensing it's owner.
Hsi Wu grinned darkly, moving forward, hand outstretched, ready to take his tail...
"Jade, what are you doing?"
Jade closed the box quickly, the three kids turning and looking guilty as Uncle stood in the door frame, Max behind him, "And you, boy, who are you?"
"This is Seymour...He's new at school..." Jade explained, choosing to ignore the first question.
"Ben, you should know better then that..." Max said, sighing at Ben, who just frowned.
"This is his fault! Your grandson is corrupting my grand niece!" Uncle said, turning to Max now, "He is no good!"
"I'm sorry, it was my fault..." Hsi Wu said, speaking up, sensing an opportunity, "I opened the box...I wanted to see what it was..."
Uncle paused, narrowing his eyes at the demon, then stepped forward, grabbing Hsi Wu's wrists, "Let me see your hands!"
He stared down at them, frowning. Hsi Wu's hands were unburned.
Uncle frowned, then turned, muttering to himself.
"What happened to the bio scanner though?" Max wondered.
Ben shrugged, "When I walked through the door, it kinda...broke...Sorry..."
Max paused, his eyes wandering to the Omnitrix on Ben's wrist, then gave a small chuckle, "Oh, of course..."
He wasn't going to say anything in front of 'Seymour,' but Max was certain that the bio scanner overloaded when the Omnitrix passed under it. Too much information for the device.
"Don't worry Ben, not your fault. Oversight on my end," Max said, patting Ben on the shoulder, "And...Seymour, wasn't it? You should probably get going for now. It was nice to meet you."
"You too, sir," Hsi Wu nodded, continuing to play the part, heading out the door, leaving the three in the room alone.
"Come on Ben, you can help me fix the bio scanner. Learn something!" Max said, leading Ben off.
"Oh Jade!" a voice cried out, Tohru, from another room, "Could you give me a hand with this laundry?"
Jade paused, then hurried off to help her friend.
"So what do you think?" Max wondered, Ben and him in Max's RV, parked not far from Uncle's Antique Shop.
"About what?" Ben wondered, looking at the circuits and parts on the table, Max putting things together.
"About San Francisco, the demon...Jade..." Max said, grinning slightly. Ben didn't notice.
"It's a lot more exciting then Bellwood, that's for sure," Ben answered, "Though I still haven't seen a Mr. Smoothie..."
"I'm sure we'll find one."
"And for that demon...Man, I can't wait till we find it! I'll clobber that guy!" Ben said, punching his fist into his palm, "I'm itching for a good fight..."
"And Jade?" Max wondered.
"She's cool, you know, for a girl," Ben answered, then frowned, "I don't like that Seymour guy though..."
Max chuckled slightly, "I see...jealous?"
"Yah...I mean, no!" Ben said, scowling, "Why would I be jealous? Besides...Jade's a cool friend, is all."
"I see..." Max said, "Your parents told me you don't seem to have any friends back home..."
"Everyone else is lame..." Ben muttered, slumping forward and placing his forehead on the desk, "I don't like it there..."
Max nodded slightly, though he frowned. He did want to help his grandson...
"Seymour is so cool!" Jade said, as she helped Tohru fold laundry, "We both like a lot of the same things, we think alike...it's like...we're Yin and Yang!"
"I see..." Tohru said, taking a towel from the hamper, folding it carefully, "And what about Ben?"
"Eh, I guess he's alright," Jade shrugged, "But he's leaving Saturday...Seymour's going to school here, you know."
"I see..." Tohru said again, "Are you planning on asking this Seymour to the Spring Dance?"
"What, you mean on, like, a date?" Jade asked, frowning, "Ewwww..."
"Well what about as just friends?" Tohru wondered, "He might like it."
"Really, you think so?" Jade asked, her face brightening up, "Well...maybe...I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask."
Tohru smiled, and the two then moved on in their discussion, as they continued to fold laundry...
"So...uhhh...have you heard about the Spring Dance happening tomorrow?" Jade wondered to Seymour, as she, he, and Ben walked down the street. It was the next day, and school was out.
"Yah..." Hsi Wu nodded.
"Are you going to it?" Jade wondered, "I mean, I wasn't sure if I was going to..."
"It's just a dance," Ben muttered, having been surlier then usual today, "Big whoop."
"Why would I..." Hsi Wu paused, noticing Jade's expression, then grinned. Another opportunity.
"Well, I wasn't sure either..." Hsi Wu said, "I mean, I guess it depends..."
Jade paused, nodding, then pulled out something from her pocket. It was half of a Yin Yang symbol, the other half being worn around her neck.
"Umm...here...I got this for you," Jade said, handing Hsi Wu the necklace, who grinned, taking it and putting it on.
Ben frowned again, but didn't say anything still, the door to the shop opening, something in a blue towel floating outwards, with a leash and collar around it.
"...Did we get a dog?" Jade wondered, as Uncle, Max, Jackie, and Tohru appeared outside, the thing on the leash turning to Hsi Wu.
Unbeknownst to the three, Uncle had placed a spell on the tail, so when it would attach to Hsi Wu, he would be forced through his portal with the sound of a flute.
Seymour's eyes widened, pulling off his backpack with a flourish, unzipping it, as his tail shot at him suddenly, catching it in the backpack.
"Ai ahhhhh! I knew that boy was no good!" Uncle shouted, as Hsi Wu grinned.
"What...you're..." Jade began, eyes widening.
"A demon?" Hsi Wu grinned, showing his fangs, "Still want to go to the dance with me?"
"Hey, ugly!" Ben yelled, his Omnitrix glowing, "Get a load of Stinkfly!"
Ben pressed down on the device, changing with a flash of green light.
"Oh yah!" a small, gray creature said, with large eyes said. It was about six inches tall.
"Gray Matter?" Ben frowned, his voice higher pitched. "Come on!"
Hsi Wu laughed, pushing a stunned Jade back, wings growing from his back, flying forward, grabbing Uncle with his talons now, taking to the sky.
"You will undo the spell on tail, Chi Wizard!" Hsi Wu declared, heading into the sky.
"No!" Max yelled, "Quick, after him!"
Max turned, picking up Ben as Gray Matter, running to the RV, Jackie and Tohru following him. Jade just stood there, then began to shake, hurrying down the other direction...
Once they were inside, Ben jumped down, running to the back, pulling out a board, looking like a skateboard, only no wheels.
"I think I am too big..." Tohru said, not able to fit through the door.
"Then give me a push!" Ben yelled, floating on his hover board, given to him by an old friend.
Tohru nodded, grabbing the board, pulling back, then throwing it into the sky, Ben holding on tightly as he shot towards Hsi Wu.
"...Did I just throw a demon on a hoverboard...?" Tohru wondered, realizing what he did.
"Alien," Max said, the RV revving up, "And hold on tightly."
Tohru grabbed unto the side of the RV, as they headed off as well.
Jade landed in Section 13, staring at the Talismans, walking towards the spire that held them, removing her shoes.
"Levitation plus Speed equals Flight..." Jade muttered, placing the Rooster and Rabbit Talismans in her shoes, stepping into them.
"And Tiger for Balance..." Jade said, taking the last Talisman, placing it on her half of the Yin Yang symbol around her neck.
Hsi Wu placed Uncle on top of a large water tower, The Dark Hand there as well, staring at Uncle, who merely stared back.
"You will undo the spell on my tail!" Hsi Wu shouted, glaring at Uncle.
"I can't," Uncle merely said, "Once spell is cast, can't be uncast."
"Then cast another spell!"
"I can't cast spell without my books!" Uncle shouted back, waving his fingers at the demon, "Who do you think I am?"
Hsi Wu scowled, then turned to The Dark Hand.
"Get his books! Now!"
"Man...he could be anywhere..." Ben frowned. He had been flying around on his hover board, long enough for the Omnitrix to time out, back to his regular human form.
He paused, rubbing the back of his head, sighing, "Ugh...Wait a minute..."
Ben peered downwards, seeing figures climbing up a water tower...
"Well, either way, it's something suspicious to check out..." Ben said, flying forward quickly.
He hurried towards the figures, pausing, as he recognized the people climbing up the water tower.
"Bingo! Those guys from before!" Ben grinned, then seeing Hsi Wu, still disguised as Seymour, along with the Shendu possessed Valmont, and Uncle.
"Hey!" Ben yelled, shooting forward suddenly. Valmont and Hsi Wu turned, as Ben rammed Valmont with the board, knocking him downwards, swinging around and stopping, glaring at Hsi Wu.
"Alright you jerk! I'm taking you out!" Ben said, holding up his Omnitrix, pressing a button on it. It just beeped at him, not reacting.
Ben frowned, staring at the device, "Oh, come on! Work!" Ben yelled, as Hsi Wu growled, transforming back into his true form, flapping his wings, shooting at Ben.
"HIYAH!"
From the sky came an orange blur, hitting the Sky Demon with a high speed kick.
"Woah...good one Jade!" Ben grinned, as Jade floated upwards, scowling at Hsi Wu.
She didn't respond, as Hsi Wu glared at Jade.
"How are you flying?" Hsi Wu wondered, as Jade floated in mid air without any support.
"Talisman power. A gift from Shendu," Jade answered.
"I will destroy you!" Valmont/Shendu roared, his eyes glowing red.
"Ahhh, boss!"
Valmont/Shendu turned, see the three Enforcers facing off against Jackie Chan and Tohru.
"Chan!" he hissed, taking a deep breath, shooting flames at them.
"Chill out!"
Max appeared at the edge of water tower on the ladder, pointing a gun towards the flames and firing, a cold blast shooting from it, overtaking the flames and covering the man.
"C-c-cold..." Valmont muttered, shuddering.
Hsi Wu turned to Jade, flying at her again, intending to rip her to shreds.
"Don't touch her!" Ben yelled, shooting at Hsi Wu with his hover board, slamming into the demon, the board flying off, hitting the roof of a nearby building.
"Foolish child!" Hsi Wu declared, grabbing Ben, and dropping him downwards.
"Ben!" Jade yelled, shooting after him, as Ben fell downwards.
"Work, work!" Ben yelled, as he tumbled through the air.
Hsi Wu laughed, his entire body shaking as he watched Ben fall downwards, Jade trying to grab him.
The Omnitrix beeped, and Ben let out a sigh of relief, grinning, slamming his hand down to activate it.
"Come on, be Stinkfly this time!" Ben yelled, awashed in a flash of green light.
Hsi Wu paused, looking downwards, eyes widening as a giant bug flew upwards, shooting past Jade, it's wings beating rapidly.
"Alright!" Ben yelled, now Stinkfly, firing goop at the demon, who was hit, tumbling in the air himself.
"What is this stuff?" Hsi Wu shouted, disgusted as Stinkfly tackled him, wrestling with the demon.
"Gotcha now!" Ben grinned, Stinkfly's tail coming around and slamming into the demon, Hsi Wu hitting the roof of the water tower.
"Time for Uncle to kick some tail..."
Uncle was up, grabbing the discarded backpack which held Hsi Wu's tail, unzipping it and letting the tail fly towards the Sky Demon.
"Jackie, play the flute!" Uncle yellled, as Jackie dodged a punch from Ratso, knocking him off the tower, where he fell unto a pile of soggy mattresses.
"Got it, Uncle!" Jackie yelled, producing the flute, Hsi Wu screaming as his tail reconnected with him, green chi flowing around him. Jackie took a deep breath, blowing loudly, a door appearing in the sky, Hsi Wu screaming as he felt himself being dragged through it, disappearing with a flash of light, the door closing behind him, forever.
"That was awesome," Ben said, landing, still Stinkfly, "Did you guys open a portal to the Null Void there?"
"Ai ahhhhhh, Jackie, there is another demon!" Uncle yelled, pointing at Ben.
"I'm not a demon, I'm an alien!" Ben protested, "Well, for a few more minutes at least."
Jackie sighed, rubbing the back of his head, "Ugh...first demons, now aliens...When can I get back to my archeology?"
Max chuckled, walking over to them, "I can explain about Ben here..."
It was the next time, Max and Ben telling Uncle, Jackie, and Tohru about the Omnitrix. Jackie, considering all he had seen, saw no reason to disbelieve them. Tohru was skeptical, but trusted them as well, if only because Jade seemed to trust Ben.
Uncle, of course, still insisted that aliens were an urban myth, but promise not to try and banish Ben to the demon realm.
As of now, Ben was in Max's RV, thumbs moving quickly as he played a video game, staring at the screen intently.
"So, Ben...did you like it here?" Max wondered, "And you didn't go with Jade to school today..."
"Wanted to play video games," Ben answered, not looking towards his grandfather, "And...she seemed really angry..."
Max nodded, sitting down by Ben, figuring out to how to broach the next subject.
"Are you looking forward to going home?" Max asked, "See your friends there?"
"I don't have any friends...not there, at least..." Ben muttered, his character on the screen faltering ever so slightly, getting himself hit.
Max frowned, then leaned back in his chair.
"Would you like to go to school here, perhaps?"
The game was paused, and Ben finally turned to Max, excitement in his eyes.
"Really?" he said, "That would be great! Jade and I can beat up some more demons again!"
Max chuckled, then nodded his head, "I talked to your parents about it a few days ago. They said if you've finally made a friend, maybe it'll help you focus on your studies."
"Pff, as if," Ben said, smirking.
"B average, or no demon fighting," Max said, knowing he couldn't stop Ben anyways, and might as well try and get something out of it.
"Deal!" Ben nodded, "Oh man, this is going to be great!"
He grinned, jumping up and pumping his fist into the air.
"There's one more catch," Max said, after Ben finished his small celebration dance. Ben frowned, turning to his grandfather.
"What...?" he asked.
Max just grinned, walking to the front of the RV, turning it on, "School gets out soon. We should have just enough time..."
"Enough time for what?" Ben asked, getting into the passenger seat, hooking his seatbelt.
"For the dance," Max answered, "I think Jade wants to go...And don't worry, I won't make you wear my old suit."
"So I see you're not going to the dance with anyone," Drew commented at Jade, as school was finishing it's classes for the day, "Or is it a ninja, and we just can't see him?"
Jade scowled, but never got a chance to say anything, as Ben appeared in the halls, frowning, and rubbing the back of his head.
"So...uhhh..." Ben muttered, "You wanna...go to the dance, Jade?"
Jade paused, then shot a glare at Drew, then grinned at Ben.
"Sure! But just as friends, got it?" Jade said, "And you have to get me punch."
"Yah, yah," Ben said, smirking now, trying to hide his small blush, "And you'll never guess what my Grandpa Max told me..."
"Did you manage to get him?" a blond haired man asked, staring down at what looked like a ten year old boy with black hair, meditating slightly off the ground.
"Yes," the boy answered, eyes opening, staring as energy condensed in front of him, spitting Hsi Wu out, the Sky Demon laying unconscious on the floor, "It was some tricky timing though..."
The blond man just grinned, "It's fine...you accomplished your task. Hsi Wu will help us get what we really want. His brother...Shendu..."
"Speaking of getting what we want, how was the mission in Jump City?" the young boy asked.
"Oh, lost a ship, but I got the data I wanted. Slade lost his toys," the blond man answered, shrugging, "How's the inhibitor working, Hex?"
"Quite well," Hex answered, grinning, looking down at a piece of metal around his wrist, "It's stopping my rapid aging as my exposure to the Fountain of Youth wears off...I would prefer to be a bit older, but I don't want to risk accelerating too quickly."
"Good, good!" the blond man grinned, clapping his hands, "Slade should be here soon, to help with Hsi Wu. I need to be off, to see about a frozen Utrom..."
The Master walked off, smiling to himself.
A.N. Did you really think I'd stick to just Ben 10 and Jackie Chan Adventures in this story? = P
As it is, I hope you enjoyed this so far! There will be more to come!
And if you're wondering what the "mission in Jump City" was, read 'A New Team'! It's on my profile, after all. XD