Hello! I'm so happy I FINALLY got the chapter written up! I have been wanting to get it up for like weeks now but couldn't form it right. Now it is perfect! I'm so excited! This story excites me so much! Thank you to all of the reviewers, especially Taranodongirl1 and yugiohfan163. You guys are awesome and on the same page as me and my thoughts and feelings about this story and couple. Since it is a crossover I think its perfect to go with Jade/Zak and Tarakudo will just be more of a mentor for both of the kids. But I am going to be making a couple of Tarkakudo/Jade stories myself, separate from this one of course, cause I would love to see more out there, but they will be small compared to this, and might even take a few lines from Jade from this story, cause honestly its how I think Jade feels. Anyhow, I really hope everyone enjoys this chapter as much as I enjoyed typing it!

Disclaimer: I don't own either show. Otherwise this would be a really episode/side movie thing.

Getting along

Jade could hear his words... she just refused to believe them. "You are one of us! What are you doing helping them?" Hsi Wya would his in her ear.

"No I'm not one of you!" Jade would scream at him. She could only see darkness, but could feel his presence.

"But you were once, and you loved it. The power... the authority... I'd almost say your attracted too it." He chuckled a little, knowing he hit a nerve mentioning that. " You would rather be a demon then a human... admit it. You want to come back."

She hesitated "...Maybe I do... but its not right. I know better. There is no trust in evil. You and Shen Du taught me that Seymour." She said with a scowl, not knowing if he could see her or not. " I will live a better life as a normal human." She said the words, but there was no real enthusiasm behind them. She did like having adventures, spending time with Jackie when he was fighting bad guys. But she knew she wanted more. She wouldn't deny that she really liked Seymour because he believed her, and he seemed to even think she was cool too. No human ever did. Not even Jackie approved of her being involved, trying to help. She felt a tear on hear face, and quickly wiped it away. She wasn't going down without a fight. Jackie would never let himself be taken by evil so easily, and neither would she. With seeing her new resolve written on her face, Hsi Wya started creating lots of wind, wrapping around Jade and she started to feel like she was suffocating. That's when she woke up.

Jade sat up in her makeshift room on the air craft. She had been having this dream for a couple of times before,but more often now whenever the adults suggested Jade and Zak needed to rest. The adults all seemed to be very concerned for the both of them, they keep telling them they love them soooo much and ask if there is anything either of them want to talk about. Jade never says anything, though she wants to. Zak, being closer to his family, just tells his parents he has been having nightmares about the past, but he always changes the subject back to their work, so they drop it. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and decided to head to the bathroom to take a hot shower seeing as it was 10am and she was still shaking. While on her way to the bathroom she literately bump into Zak rounding the corner, knocking both of them down.

"Ouch. Well that's another way to wake you up in the morning." Jade recounted while rubbing her head. "And I had FINALLY got rid of the headache last night too."

Zack was rubbing his head too, his wet head that is. Jade noticed the way it was still flattened from his shower. Man, that guy looks good with and without spiky hair. she thought, then blushed and turned her back to him. "So, umm... sorry about that. I was just going to take a shower too... ummm never mind. I'll just go on then. She was about to run around the corner from embarrassment, when Zak grabbed her arm.

"Wait, are you ok? I mean, I know you said you haven't taken a show yet, but your face is soaking wet." Jade put her hand on her face and sure enough, it was. Zak seemed to be looking her over better now, concerned. "Were you crying?" Jade could've lied and said 'no' but by the look on Zak's face she figured her eyes were probably bloodshot too.

"Yeah, I just had a nightmare, well, it wasn't actually a nightmare, technically, but ..." Zak could tell it bothered her.( oh and Zak is fully clothed by the way. He had already changed his clothes in the bathroom. I just remembered that I hadn't mentioned that yet. Jade is in her Purple long nighty. The one from the episode where she was queen.)

"Hey why don't we go somewhere special and talk... ummm I mean its not like you're gonna get any hot water right now anyways, I've used alot of it, so it would be a pretty cold shower if you took one now." Then Zak blushed and stuttered, "But if you want to still... that's ok and all I just thought..." He knew he was babbling cause he was nervous. Asking Jade to come with him was almost like asking a girl on a date, which he didn't realize until after he said it, plus he really was worried about her. They hadn't really talked since the nursing bay the other day.

"That sounds nice. And yeah, I would like to talk." There was no point in hiding it anymore, plus she would rather talk to Zak about it then Jackie anyways, at least he wouldn't lecture her about not giving into the forces of evil. Duh.

With Tarakudo

None of the dark hand members liked the place they were in, with scary caverns and serpent people everywhere hissing at them. They opted to stay quite during everything, not wanting to say something stupid and end up getting eaten.

The queen of the Nagas approached them, and they bowed feeling it being appropriate. "I would bow as well your highness, but as you can see I'm not as agile as I once was." Tarakudo said while smirking. The queen also smirked, remembering the good old days.

"I see you are here though, though you seem to be in, strange company, tell me where are your generals?" She asked.

"Oh they are around, I just need to find and release them." Takarkudo simply responded. "But I can also ask you the same question, you seem less in numbers as well." They caught up on each others past problems, laughing like old friends whenever the other would mention something from the 'good' old days. Both seemed to have similar problems with good guys interfering with their plans, though Zak seemed to be a bigger problem then Tarakudo realized, not wanting to rule, whereas Tarakudo knew Jade did, she was just fighting it because of that stupid uncle of hers poisoning her mind with good.

Now that both were aware of the others problems, it seemed like a much simpler fix. Both children seemed to embrace their mischievous sides and Jade was quite good at wielding magic on her own without help, much like Zak. The more they thought about it, the more both children seemed to be alike. Only difference was that Kur wasn't awake in Zak's conscious, at least not until recently when Tarakudo 'attacked' them. But even the queen knew that wasn't enough to turn him into the king, he needed more or a reason to hate humans. Jade only needed another push, Tarakudo's conversations with Hsi Wya told him that it was working, she was slipping, but wouldn't except the power and therefore not turning.

"What we both need is a scenario where humans are the monsters and demons can stop them. Zak will choose the sides of the cryptids, loosing hope for humanity. And Jade will give hers up to control the situation, and hopefully from there on, both will be who they are meant to be." Tarakudo summarized.

"Yes, but how to do that, is the grand question." The queen hissed.

With Aduluts

Jackie and everyone else had agreed that they should all just take a vacation, together, for a couple of days. Though the Saturdays were still technically on the run, they all agreed it would be good for keeping an eye on both children if they stayed together for now. Drew had suggested a private location in the tropics where the kids could have fun and they most likely wont run into any trouble. Jackie called his boss and made sure he knew. The other scientists didn't know about the Chan's so Jackie had figured it was safe to tell his boss where they would be...but his boss had ended up telling him there was something around that island that he wanted Jackie to check out, and he would pay him if he could give it a look, with pictures of course. Jackie agreed and Doc had even suggested that he himself go with Jackie, just in case. Plus he thought it would be kinda of interesting to see Jackie in his natural work as an archeologist and maybe even fun.

Meanwhile Drew and Uncle wanted to have some private time reviewing different histories of ancient magic. They had plenty to discuss and even seemed to get along pretty well, Uncle seemed to enjoy Drew's appreciation for the arts.

Toruh had went home to watch the shop, but Fisk had insisted on going with him, to help. The duo had become close since the first night, and Toruh seemed to understand Fisk well enough that they even played cards together and a few other games that were Japanese that apparently Fisk knew. Toruh didn't object to the company, and actually seemed delighted knowing he had a new friend and wouldn't be alone.

Back with Zak and Jade

Zak lead her to the Plant observatory's top deck, throwing Zon a fish on their way over to the chairs on one of the sides. He had been talking along the way, about the dreams, or rather memories, of Kur that have been waking him up to a cold sweat in the mornings too.

Jade recounted the basics of the dream, while Zak sat there quietly and listened, she mentioned that she had known that demon as a classmate. But didn't go into detail. She also told him about being Shadowkahn Queen, so he understood why Jackie was so worried about her as well, and why Tarakudo was after her alongside his other plans. It felt good to finally talk about that experience with someone, she never told Jackie, but ever since the Queen stuff had gone down, she sometimes gets visions of memories from during that time; and she has been wanting to get someone else's thoughts about it, but with Jackie it would only be a lecture. Plus she didn't have any friends, so there really was no one to talk to. When she was done with the flashbacks she recounted the dream one more time and Zak seemed to understand it alot better now. "So, basically, in the dream he is trying to pull you into becoming Queen again, but you know better but are struggling with the argument. Right?" Zak summarized. Jade gave him a weak smile. He really did get her.

"Yeah, basically. But they aren't dreams." Jade stated a little darkly. Zak raised an eyebrow, waiting for her to explain what she meant. "Huh," She sighed. " I mean, it's hard to explain, but its basically shadowrelm, the demons reside there. I got stuck there once before, and I've traveled through it before while I was the Shadowkhan Queen. No humans are supposed to be able to survive their, I'm not even sure how I was able to the first time, but basically I've been there a couple of times, so my mind sometimes gets pulled back there whenever I get in contact with or sleep around 'Dark magic'. I know they aren't dreams, more like astral projections of myself. I can always feel the dark energy coursing through me especially since the Queen thing happened. I can feel the power, but I know what it will do to me if I even dare try to let it in." She paused, tightening her grip on her shirts edges.

"Every time I have that 'dream' the relms calling seems to be getting stronger, and ever since whatever it was that Tarokudo did to us," Her tears started and she hadn't realized before, but she was trembling. "It's been getting harder to say no. I can feel myself slipping into the darkness, I'm starting to lose the fight for my humanity to the lure of the dark power that I once had. There is no tattoo to simply remove with a spell this time. And... and I'm getting scared Zak." She was sobbing now, she didn't care that it was in front of him, she knew she needed to get this out. " I don't want to hurt the ones I love, and I know better then to give in, but its feels like its starting to devour me, my other side wants to break free and rule, and I'm not even sure if its what I don't want anymore, but I know Jackie would be disappointed in me and..." She was surprised when Zak had come over and pulled her into a tight hug, his own tears in his eyes.

"but you know better, and know you don't want to hurt your family." He started saying, and she could hear the strong emotion in his voice. "But that dark power is apart of who you are, and now your starting to wonder exactly who that is." She could feel his grip tightened and his hot tears dripping on her back. They both just stayed there in that embrace of confusion and darkness, emotions that neither of them had ever displayed to anyone else before, and Jade could honestly say that crying with him there, talking about how scared she was and a million other things she had never expressed before, and just letting all the dark emotions out, was the most stable and enjoyable moments she had felt in months. "I know, I get it. I've been feeling the same way ever since Antarctica, questioning who I really am, what I really am. Feeling so lost and alone in a sea of darkness with no sense of direction. Feeling like I know who I am one second and want to do good for my Parents, but the next I can't even trust myself anymore. Believe me, I'm just as lost, confused, and scared as you are."

Soon both of them slowed their crying and shaking, but they were both still in a loosened embrace. Jade chuckled a little, and Zak looked down at her. "Sorry, I just never imagined to ever find comfort about my situation. It's strange that even though none of this changes anything for either of us, I don't feel so alone anymore, like I can handle it better. It doesn't feel so crushing on my chest or like I'm going crazy or mentally insane, just more like a problem that needs to be solved, but I just can't find the solution." Zak looked at her and softened his expression and re-enforced the hug a little more gently, more tender.

"My thoughts exactly." He whispered. Jaded kept her head resting on his shoulder, relaxing into his arms and just enjoying the feeling of his comfort, his warmth. They both knew they shared a a much deeper connection now. That they were in this together no matter what. Neither of them said it... they just sensed it. And that was enough for both of them. They were both still fighting their own separate fights, but now they felt they were fighting it together.

Honestly, I had all the Zak and Jade stuff written up first, and kinda just wanted to leave the entire chapter like that. But stupid me wanted to also continue on with what everyone else is up to to keep the story moving and not just have a sappy chapter. So sorry, but I tried not to ruin the mood. Anyhow, Review please! I always love to know what you guys are thinking!

Oh and yugiohfan163's idea was awesome, so i'm going to request for all of you readers who really love this story or at least both shows to do some fanart, start posting it places, I honestly think if enough people start doing fanart for these shows together, other people will be inspired to write more crossovers with the shows. That's how I get my inspiration sometimes, from seeing some random fanart. Oh and if you do please send me a link to find the pic! I would love to check out what all of you do! Its just a request from me to the readers. I'm even going to try... even though i'm terrible at drawing.