Disclaimers: As much as I may want to claim ownership of these two productions, I can’t because both Jackie Chan Adventures and Pokémon belong to a whole lot of different companies that I can’t remember the names of at the moment. Any characters that appear in this fic that are not a part of either original series, belong to me so don’t take them without asking first.
Summary: A Jade/Hsi Wu crossover fanfic. What if, during the ‘Eighth Demon Door’ episode, Hsi Wu did manage to make it to the gateway in time, just as Jade had almost completely crossed through it, and when both entered the gateway at the same time it malfunctioned and wound up sending the two to another dimension.
Author’s Notes: Minor spoilers for the ending of the ‘Eighth Demon Door’ episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.
It’s been two months since the incident with the Shendu’s demon portal, and Uncle still hasn’t found a way to bring Jade back, and grudgingly Hsi Wu too, even with the other Demon Sorcerers help from where they were in Demon World.
Jackie was looking disenheartened as he sat at another desk, flipping through the pages of one of the spell books that Uncle had him studying. It had been like this for the last couple of months.
Whenever he wasn’t on an archeological assignment for a museum, or helping Captain Black, he was helping Uncle do research on trying to find a way to bring Jade back home, with little success.
Torhu was upstairs in his room with another stack of spell books at his side, as he searched for information on the Demon portals.
“Aiyaaa!! Uncle can’t work like this!” Uncle wailed, as he flung his hands up into the air in frustration, as he sat he set aside another spell book that he’d been looking through, “It’s too noisy in here for Uncle to concentrate!”
As he looked around the seemingly quiet shop in irritation, before his eyes settled on a nearby tv with narrowed eyes, which was turned off.
“JACKIE!!! Come remove tv from room!!” Uncle shouted, irritation filling his voice, as he continued glaring at the silent tv, “Electrical currents running in wires disturbing Uncle’s concentration!!”
“Looks like Uncle is getting into one of his ‘moods’ again,” Jackie muttered as a sigh escaped his lips, as he tiredly came out of his room to go downstairs to remove the tv, and passed by Torhu who had come out of his own room.
“You know how sensei is when he doesn’t get enough sleep, Jackie.” Torhu said simply, as a yawn escaped from his mouth as he stretched, “None of us have gotten any sleep since Jade’s disappearance.”
“If he keeps this up, we’ll never get any peace unless he goes to sleep soon,” Jackie said a few minutes later, as he made his way back upstairs, he stopped outside the door that lead into Jade’s room. Opening the door, he stared inside the room, looking around sadly.
The room had remained untouched since Jade’s disappearance, except for the few times Torhu came in to dust.
'Where are you Jade?' Jackie wondered silently to himself as he stepped further into the room, stopping at Jade’s desk to pick up a framed picture of the two of them together in London. 'Are you all right? Are you even still alive?'
“Hey Uncle Jackie! Cheer up big guy, everything’ll be okay.”
“Jade?” Jackie asked, as he spun around in surprise, nearly dropping the frame, when he thought he heard Jade’s voice, and for a moment he thought he saw her standing behind him, grinning mischievously as she always did, but then the image of her faded from view.
Blinking his eyes a few times as he tried to figure out if he had really seen Jade standing there, but when the image didn’t return, he shrugged his shoulders.
“I must be more tired than I thought,” Jackie said out loud, as he placed the picture back in it’s spot, and yawned again as he shut the door behind him and headed back to his own room.
A sudden flash of light lit up the night sky above San Francisco, making the darkening sky become as bright as day, as a swirling vortex appeared.
Moments later, four figures appeared from the portal, just as it closed behind them. As the light died down, to reveal a teenage girl around eighteen years old, with long black hair tied back into a pigtail. Slung over her shoulders was a large black duffle bag. She was dressed in a pair of black jeans, and a white t-shirt with white boots, and was riding on the back of what looked like a huge bird.
Flying next to them was a teenage boy with huge black bat wings protruding from his back, dark brown eyes, and three long strands of hair hanging in front of his face. He wore a red vest with dark green pants and a white shirt. Hanging over his left shoulder was a dark blue duffle bag.
Sitting on his shoulder was a small green creature with large blue eyes, that looked to be no bigger than his hand.
“I don’t believe it! We’re finally home!” The girl squealed in delight as she looked down at the city lights below them from the back of her Pidgeot, as she punched the air with a closed fist. “Yes!!”
“I can’t believe the Weed actually had the power to do what we couldn’t do with a simple spell.” her companion muttered under his breath, as he also looked down at the city streets. “Look’s like that little trip true time and space took a lot out of her.”
“Bi!!” the little plant pokémon exclaimed indignantly as she glared at the demon who’s shoulder she was resting on before, turning her little nose up at him, and flew over towards Jade.
“Hey, Hsi Wu! Don’t call Bijou a weed!.” The girl exclaimed as she gave the boy a dark look as she gently grabbed hold of the pokémon before it fell out of the sky in exhaustion, and placed it on her lap to rest, before turning back to the demon.
“This weed got us home if you remember correctly.” Jade snapped angrily, though her expression softened a bit as she stared at her companion’s embarrassed expression. “After all those failed attempts of yours, I was wondering if I was going to be an old woman by the time we ever found a way home.”
“Oh, and like you were much help in that department, Jade.” Hsi Wu snapped, as he placed his hands on hips to scowl at the girl before him, “You baby that Celebi too much.”
“Whatever. She needs babying since she is still just a baby.” Jade replied, before gently patting the Pokémon on the head get it’s attention, “Stormy, go down please. And remember what I told you. Nobody’s seen a Pokémon before, so we don’t want to draw any attention.”
“Like we haven’t already drawn attention towards ourselves, from that light show we just displayed?” Hsi Wu said sarcastically, as he followed Jade and the Pokémon to the ground.
“So what do we do now? Where do we head first?” Hsi Wu asked, once he touched down to the hard concrete, his wings folded onto his back, then disappeared as if they never been there, while Jade recalled Stormy and Bijou to their pokéballs to rest.
“We go to Uncles shop.” Jade said with a slight shrug of her shoulders as she dropped the balls into her backpack with the others, “I just hope it’s still here after all these years.”
As the two walked down the streets towards their destination, they passes by a newspaper stand, that still had copies of that days newspaper on display.
As they passed by, Hsi Wu happened to glance at one of the newspapers that were in view, and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw the date.
“Hey Jade look at the date on this newspaper.” Hsi Wu demanded, as he stopped to snatch the newspaper from the stand and checked the date once more, “Do you think that’s the right one?”
Jade walked back over to take a look, her eyes widen in surprise and worry as she checked the date, “Aw nuts. If that date’s right, then it looks like we’ve been only missing two months here.”
“At least we now know why nobody’s come looking for us all these years.” Hsi Wu said as he leaned against a nearby wall, crossing his arms across his chest as a low chuckle escaped from his lips, as he quickly ducked Jades swing. “What was that for?!”
“What’s so funny?!” Jade countered as she glared back at the demon boy, “There’s nothing at all funny about all this, Hsi Wu. It has to be a mistake we made. Bijou...”
“You just don’t get it do you? If this was the weeds doing, why would she bring us two months after we left instead of the dropping us off on the exact day we disappeared?” Hsi Wu said, shaking his head ruefully as he straightened out his clothes, dusting them off as he walked over to her, and wrapped an arm around her waist “Time went by faster for us in the Pokémon world than it did here.”
“But that’ll mean that everyone’s going to be expecting to see a kid version of me,” Jade whined, as she looked down at her own body, while leaning into Hsi Wu’s embrace, “Not teenage me They’ll think it’s all your fault, and Uncle will probably be going crazy trying to find a spell to change me back into a kid again if they don’t believe what we tell them and...”
“You’re worrying too much about this you know that? We might as well go “ Hsi Wu said as he hugged her tighter, as he made his wings reappear and took off into the air with Jade in his arms, with her own arms around his neck.
“I’m kind of dreading going home right now.” Jade said with a sigh, as she looked down at the street below, “Their not going like it that we’re together.”
“Oh and like I’m that eager to see my brothers and sisters again after all this time?” Hsi Wu countered, arching a brow at the younger woman, who snickered a bit at his question, “I’m going to have enough of my own trouble with them when they find out I’m back, and still free. I’ve gotten used to not having them around...”
“If they don’t like it, then we can just go back ‘home’ once Bijou’s recovered. It’s not like I consider this world home anymore anyway.” Jade said.
“Everybody’s probably still trying to find the correct spell to bring us back from wherever they think the demon portal sent us too.” Hsi Wu said, as he lightly kissed her neck, “If we know your uncle’s, they’d probably stop at nothing to getting you back even after just two months.”
“I’m more worried about what they’d do when they realize who you are. Unless I can convince them that your not the same as before,” Jade muttered, a small pout appearing on her features, as she hugged “and that I’m not under some kind of spell, you’re going to have a one way trip back to the Netherworld.”
“That’s not going to happen if I can help it,” Hsi Wu growled as he thought for a moment, as he looked down at Jade, “I’m not going back to that place without a fight.”
“Come on, we might as well get this over with already, and let my the guys know we’re back.” Jade said as she pulled away from Hsi Wu and started pulling him along behind her.
Tso Lan was sitting on one of the floating boulders in the Nether Realm, busy working on some new spells, and was the first to feel it, and looked around for the source.
“It would seem that Hsi Wu has managed to return to us on his own.” Tso Lan thought to himself as he set off to look for the rest of his siblings.
It didn’t take long for him to find the rest, because they were already gathered in their usual meeting place talking amongst themselves.
“Tso Lan!” Bai Tza called out when she saw her brother approach, “Did you feel it also? Hsi Wu...”
“I know, Bai,” Tso Lan said simply, as he settled on one of the floating rocks in the center of the group, “It would seem that our little brother has found a way home without our help.”
“This is great!” Po Kong thundered from her perch on one of the larger platform, as she looked down at her siblings, “Now that he’s back, it means.”
“With Hsi Wu out in the human realm he can find a way to free us from this horrid dimension.” Bai Tza cackled as she rubbed her hands together in anticipation of what was to come now that Hsi Wu was back.
“Unless those blasted Chans find out about his return and send him back here.” Dai Gui said, as he sat on his boulder, “Hsi Wu had better not get himself caught by the chi wizard before he has time to come up with a plan to free us.”
Uncle and Torhu were up late doing research on possible leads that would take them to where Jade and Hsi Wu were, and Torhu had turned on the tv to watch the news while Uncle studied.
After some hesitation, Jackie had finally decided that he needed a break from the shop and all the research and, after receiving a call from the city museum, had taken off yesterday afternoon to go work on a new archeological dig in Africa, and wouldn’t be back until sometime Sunday night.
“...Just moments ago the night sky over San Francisco lit up in a huge display of lights and colors.” A news reporter said, as he faced the news camera.
“Torhu! Turn the volume on the tv down!” Uncle shouted from the back of the shop, causing the younger man to jump in surprise, “Uncle can’t concentrate with all that noise!!
“Sorry Sensei.” Torhu said sheepishly, as he took the remote control and lowered the volume a few notches. “It won’t happen again.”
“That’s strange,” Torhu said, as he listened to the newscast with interest after bringing in a tray of snacks for him and Uncle to eat while they studied the books, “What do you think might have caused them, sensei?”
“Strange lights in the sky not important,” Uncle said, as he glanced up momentarily to frown at Torhu, “Finding Jade and Hsi Wu is more important.”
As the tv droned on, the silence of the shop was broken, by the sound of someone loudly knocking on the front door of the shop.
“Torhu! Go see who’s at the door and tell them that we’re closed for the night!” Uncle shouted towards his assistant, and immediately went back to his research with missing a beat, “I must not be disturbed tonight for silly customers who don’t bother to read signs!”
“Yes, Sensei,” Torhu said as he sighed, and he stood up from the chair he was sitting in and stretched, before walking towards the front of the shop, undid the locks, and threw open the door.
“We’re closed for the night! Come back tomorrow during business hours!” Torhu ordered, not bothering to look at the two figures in front of him before getting ready to shut the door on them once more, when an nearly familiar voice stopped him, only taking time to barely notice that one of them was a girl with long hair.
“Wait Torhu, don’t shut the door please. We’ve come a long way to get here.” The girl pleaded as she thrust a hand out to try and stop the door from closing.
Torhu blinked down at the girl in confusion as he tried to figure out who she was and how she knew his name, as he tried to make out her face along with her companion, but couldn’t make them out, through the darkness outside.
“Who are you, and how do you know my name?” Torhu asked, confusion filling his voice, as he tried to make out the figure’s features, as he fiddled with the light switch that would light up the entranceway.
“Let us in, and we’ll tell you. It’s getting cold out here you know.” The boy said rudely, only to yelp in pain when the girl stomped on his foot, “Hey!”
“Be nice, Hsi.” The girl said as she glared at her companion for a moment, before turning her attention back to Torhu, though her face was still hidden by the shadows, “Geez, T. a girl is gone for awhile and everybody forgets who she is. I’m hurt.”
“‘T’? Why did you just call me by that name? The only one who’s ever called me that was...” Torhu said, only to stop in mid sentence, as his eyes widened a bit, recalling that only one girl had ever to call him by the first letter of his name, but it had to be impossible. From what he could make out of the girl before him, she looked to be in her late teens, and not a nine-year-old child. It was just impossible.
Wasn’t it?
But still...
“...Jade?...”
“The one and only, duh.” Jade said cheerfully as she finally stepped further into the light, giving him a full view of her, causing Torhu’s eyes to widen even more, as soon as he saw her. “Hey, T, miss me?”
Her features hadn’t changed that much over the years. Her body had filled out considerably, and had a more slightly muscled built, as she clutched the duffle bag with one hand. Her long black hair was tied back into a braided ponytail that went back down to her knees, while the top of her head just barely reached Torhu’s shoulder.
While Tohru tried to figure out whether or not the girl before him really was the Jade he knew, the teenager looked directly up at him, and gave the large man her trademark impish smile that Torhu recognized instantly.
“Jade is that really you? What happened to you?” Torhu demanded incredulously as he reached out to pull Jade the rest of the way into the shop, and into a huge hug, “You got... big.”
“Of course I got big, T,” Jade said with a slight huff, as she tried to suck in some air, before she finally pulled out of Torhu’s grip once he set her back down on her feet, “For me and Hsi Wu, it’s been nine years since we last saw you guys.”
“Hsi Wu? Where is he? Did he hurt you in anyway.” Torhu exclaimed, as he looked around for the sky demon, but almost as soon as the words were out of his mouth, a loud sparking sound followed by a high pitch howl of pain could be heard, causing the two to turn their attention back to Jade’s companion.
Spinning around to see what had caused the sound while pushing Jade behind him, he could only see a teenage boy hopping around outside the shop as he batted at his smoking clothes. He had long black hair and red-brown eyes, dressed in black pants, white t-shirt, and combat boots standing outside of the threshold of the entrance of the shop.
Torhu’s eyes widened in shock, as he recognized Hsi Wu in his human form. Though it looked a bit older than when he last saw it.
“Hsi Wu are you okay?!” Jade demanded, jerking away from Torhu to check on her companion, concern filling her as she saw what had happened, “What happened?!”
“I forgot about the blasted anti-demon protection spell the old fossil put on the shop door to keep my kind out!” Hsi Wu snarled. The Sky Demon was now cursing in every language he knew, as he rubbed his burned arms, and dusted off the smoke trailing off his clothes, as he glared at the entrance of the shop. “You’d think that after all of us had been sent back to Demon World he would have taken it off by now... Jade if you wouldn’t mind inviting me in...”
“Oh sure,” Jade said as she started walking forward to do so, when Torhu’s big hands grabbed her and held her back, pulled her away from the doorway.
“Jade stay back!” Torhu cried as he tried to grab Jade, eyes widening as he stared at demon in front of him, “You’re not getting in here demon!” he declared, before turning around to yell for Uncle, while keeping both arms around Jade. “Uncle!! We need a spell to banish a demon!”
“Torhu wait!” Jade said as she tried to pull out of the giant’s grip with little success, as she tried to calm him down, “It’s all right. Hsi Wu’s not our enemy anymore.”
Before Torhu could respond, Uncle came rushing out of the back room, with his ‘wand’ ready, as he took in the situation, eyeing the girl Torhu was holding first, “Aiya!! What’s the meaning of this, Torhu? Where’s the demon?! And who’s that girl?”
“Uncle, you’re not going to believe this,” Torhu said, as he looked uncertainly at Jade, before continuing, “but this girl is...”
“Hiya, Uncle. It’s me Jade,” Jade piped in, smiling brightly at the elderly man, cutting off Torhu’s words, as she stared at the old man before her from behind Torhu’s arms.
“JADE?!“ Uncles eyes widened in shock as he took another look at the teenaged girl in Torhu’s arms, “Aiyah! But how can you be Jade? Who are you really? You have to be lying! Jade is a little girl...”
“It’s really me, Uncle. I’ve grown up, it’s been eight years for me and Hsi Wu since we last saw you guys, but we’re back now.” Jade said, not realizing the mistake she had just made by mentioning the sky demons name, “I’ve missed you guys so much.”
“Hsi Wu!!” Uncle thundered, anger replacing his shock at the sound of the sky demon’s name, as he turned back to Torhu, “Torhu, is Hsi Wu the demon you were calling me out here to vanquish?”
“Yes sensei, it’s Hsi Wu. When he tried crossing through the front door, your anti demon protection spell kicked in, and...” Torhu began, only to stop when Jade suddenly started kicking and flailing out her arms.
“Uncle wait!” Jade exclaimed as she started struggling to get free so she could stop the Chi Wizard before he did anything she would regret, “Before you do anything, I have to tell you that this is all really a BIG misunderstanding, you see...”
“I see that I caught you guys at a wrong time,” Hsi Wu’s voice came in from the other side of the entranceway, causing all eyes to turn on him, to see Hsi Wu, still in his human form, standing just outside the front door with his arms crossed, “I’ll just be going until Jade explains stuff.”
“Hsi, wait don’t go yet!” Jade exclaimed as she looked back at the Skye demon.
Much to both Torhu and Uncle’s surprise, Hsi Wu turned his gaze towards Jade, his expression softening when he stared at her before it hardened as he returned his gaze on the two men before him.
“Sorry Jade, but I am not sticking around while the old farts being chi spell happy with his magic blowfish.” Hsi Wu said, as his wings appeared on his back, and he lifted off of the ground, “Don’t worry, Jade I’ll be back. If you need me, just have Houdini call me.”
“Fine.” Jade grumbled, as she glanced back at Uncle and Torhu, seeing the angry looks the two men were shooting at Hsi Wu, as the Sky Demon made a quick getaway into the night sky.
“Young lady you have some explaining to do!” Uncle exclaimed as he turned towards his now teenage niece, as soon as Hsi Wu was out of sight.
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Author’s Notes:
Sorry for the long wait everyone, but I’ve been busy lately, and been coming up with all kinds of new story ideas just waiting to written. Though the first one of those new ideas to actually make it onto the net is ‘Nezumi ½’.
The next chapter of ‘Forbidden Love’ and ‘Forbidden Hearts’ should be coming up soon in the next couple of days/weeks or so, so please be patient everyone. ^_^'