Old Enemy, New Threat: Jack Spicer

Yup, i'm on chapter 4! FOUR! X3 yays, if you like this fic, keep up the comments and reviews! They feeds mah inner arteest. Anyways, one of my loyal reviewers pointed out that some people might have trouble understanding Sen's accent, so at the end of the chapters I'll add a "translation" of her lines in my author notes. I'll include her lines from last chapter in this one too.

Chapter 4: The New Jack

It was indeed Jack Spicer who stood before them. However, he was no longer the bumbling, obnoxious child Chase (who had since returned to his human form) had once known. Jack was now a young man, and a handsome one at that. His body actually seemed to fit him now that he had grown out of the awkward stage in adolesence where his limbs looked too long for his body.

He had obviously stopped dying his hair that ridiculous napam-orange that clashed so badly with his eyes. Speaking of his eyes, they were the same shape and the color of garnet, but they were also completely different from before. They were no longer lined with black, but that wasn't all that was missing. Jack's eyes once held an open innocence that bared his soul to the world and made it easy to read him like a book. Now though, they were hard as the stones they resembled, guarded and unyeilding; unreadable.

"Well, what do you think of the new me?" Jack said, spreading his arms and grinning. "To tell the truth, I was planning to do my 'big reviel' at a showdown You know, whip off the mask, strike a pose and shout 'I'm BACK, bitches!' That's still an option though," he finished thoughtfully. "Of course, I really must thank my master, without whom this probably wouldn't have been possible."

"Master?" Chase inquired, "someone I know?" A laugh rang out behind him.

"You are knowing thees 'master' quite vell, Master Chase," Sen said. Chase whirled around and stared at her.

"You?" he said, incredulously. Had Sen betrayed him? How was it possible? Was she not bound to him?

"Vorry not, Master Chase. Jack ees bound to me as I am bound to you. Basically, he ees your servant as much as he ees mine," Sen reassured. Jack held up his right hand, displaying the symbol on the back of it that Sen also had. It appeased the dragon, somewhat.

Suddenly, a beeping sound rang out, and it seemed to come from a watch on Jack's wrist. "Hey! A new 'wu, looks like I'm gonna get to do my 'big reviel' after all!" he said.

a/n: so so sorry its so short. i ran out of time. but, as promised, i shall translate Sen's lines:

Chapter 3: "What is this? Are you having a battle without me? You wound me, Master Chase."

"What, a woman can't go to the spa without getting interrogated? I was taking a bit of a holiday."

"Apprentice? No, boy, I am simply Chase young's servant. Sometimes sparring partener as well."

"Well, looks like I'll be reff, yes? Competetors ready? Well, start the fighting!"

Chapter 4: "You are knowing this 'master' quite well, Master Chase."

"Worry not, Master Chase. Jack is bound to me as I am bound to you. Basically, he is your servant as much as he is mine."

a/n: the 'binding' i'm talking about will be explained in later chapters.