"Hsi Wu?" The demon boy was standing at the opening to the airport. Jackie had mistakenly used his real name in shock. Luckily, Hsi Wu hadn't responded. "Er…Seymour!" He called. Now he turned, flawless in his guise.

"Hi Mr. Chan!" He called with a wave. Jackie's eyes narrowed.

"Why are you here? Uh-I mean, weren't you and your sister supposed to be watching Jade?" Hsi Wu looked around

"I'm pretty sure Tess is around here somewhere." He murmured, then noticed Jackie's luggage. "Ah!" He took the suitcase from him and unzipped it. Jade tumbled out. "There's Jade" His Wi zipped the suitcase back up and handed it to Jackie. It was mostly empty without Jade taking up space. "There ya go" He smiled. Jade pouted

"Whose side are you on anyway?" Jade growled. Hsi Wu laughed as he guided her away.

"You are in SO much trouble when we get back home!" Jackie yelled.

"Uncle Jackie, I didn't even make it onto the plane this time!" Jade defended. Jackie remained glaring

"Umm…she does have a point." Hsi Wu pointed out. Jackie glared at the both of them.

"Whose side are you on" Jackie asked. Hsi Wu laughed.

"Come on Jade, we have to go find Tess. She was planning something." With that Hsi Wu took Jade by the shoulders and took her away from the situation. Jackie sighed. Behind him, Dai Gui snarled at her. Jackie had forgotten they were there in the first place. He decided that the anger of the students toward Jade as Dai Gui took out his anger on them would be punishment enough.

"Would you lighten up, she's a little girl. What couldshe have possibly done to you?" Dai Gui turned his glare to his brother. Xaio Fung was grinning at him. The ground started to shake. As Xaoi Fung got more upset at his brother, the wind began to pick up harshly. Suddenly a bolt of lightning cut between the two.

"Are you two insane?! Quarreling in the streets, I can't believe it! We are a family, a giant tree branching to the stars!"

"Is he quoting 'Dreamgirls'?" Torhu whispered to Po Kong. She shrugged. Dai Gui and Xaoi Fung were seriously reconsidering their argument as Tchang Zu proceeded to lecture them using quotes from plays and musicals.

"Tommy!" Tso Lan called. Instantly, his brother stopped talking, though he was depressed he'd been interrupted in the middle of a tirade. Tso Lan glared at them both. I believe it is worse that you are using your 'you know what's' in the street" He chastised.

"Sorry Elder" the three intoned.

"Why are we getting on a plane with five demons?" Jackie asked himself. "Why is my life so crazy? All I wanted to do was find rare artifacts, is that too much to ask? Why are demons apart of the equation?" He hadn't realized he was speaking out loud until Uncle put his hand on his shoulder. Jackie looked back at the old man and softly smiled, before Uncle buried a book in his scalp.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! YOU SAY SUCH THINGSWHERE EVERYONE CAN HEAR IS NO WONDER JADE ALWAYS FINDS US YOU CANNOT KEEP SECRETS!" As Uncle reprimanded Jackie, he kept hitting him on top of the head. Torhu held his hands up, unsure of whether or not he should stop his sensei.

"There are people looking at us" Uncle sighed as if he hadn't heard Torhu in the first place.

"Jackie, go get Uncle's luggage, along with the luggage of Elder." Jackie groaned, but did as he was told. Po Kong giggled.

"It could be worse Jackie." Jackie sighed

"You are right, at least H-er…Seymour and Tess are watching Jade. They will make sure she's not just doing whatever she wants." He missed the covert glances the demons gave one another. Uncle stopped moving. Though he hadn't heard the comment, something felt wrong in the air.

"Uncle" Tchang Zu interrupted his thoughts. "Can I review once more, just to make sure I'm totally in character?" Uncle narrowed his eyes at the energy in the air, before going back to Tchang Zu.

"Review when we are on plane. Private jet where no ears are." Tchang Zu bowed once.

"But of course, I was merely asking in advance." Tchang Zu smiled and they all began to walk to the plane. He sent an unnoticed spark into a fountain as they passed it. Jackie just felt relieved that they were meeting the rest of the 'J—Team' in New York.

Bai Tza sat in the kitchen unconcernedly. Hsi Wu came down and raised an eyebrow as he saw her.

"Jade?" He asked. Bai Tza thought a bit. "Quite possibly half-way to the airport by now." She murmured. Hsi Wu gasped

"She's what? How could you let her get that far?" He growled. His wings and claws came out as he got irritated at her. She threw her head back and laughed. "How can you laugh at a time like this? We have to keep him happy so he doesn't send us back" He hissed to her.

"We also need to keep her happy. She's our primary objective, remember?" He snarled at her, perhaps it would have been more convincing if he did not have a mostly human face.

"If he sends us back too soon, her happiness will not matter!" She sighed a bit, then leaned over and ruffled his fake hair.

"I have a plan. You will go get her from her uncle, bring her here. It will make him trust us more. We keep her here with a party. The others have been informed to herd Shendu to Albany. You will be there with her come tomorrow during lunch. You will be helping her 'study' for a geography test. Chan gets to believe that we've been protecting her, that it is an accident. She will get her 'action' regardless of accident or not. And—

"And I will be there the entire time to 'protect' her when one of our siblings makes sure something has gone wrong." He finished. He grinned at her sister. "Genius. I had thought you were falling into your own character too well." She scoffed

"Nonsense. The Chi Wizard thinks himself more powerful than he actually is. Now, go get your girlfriend." Hsi Wu's human skin blushed brightly.

"She is not my girlfriend" He protested.

"Why not? The queen of the Shadow Kahn and the bride of the Sky Demon, she will be putty in our hands."

"I did not say I wasn't trying. It will not take me long to fly to the airport and back. You better get ready for your new 'best friend'." Bai Tza scowled

"You have a head start. Don't patronize me." Hsi Wu grinned at her.

"I'm trying for a harder position. She's very lonely. It shouldn't take you this long." She shrugged. "I don't think Dai Gui got the memo about making her like us...

"He's playing into my hand. We'll be harder to pry apart than a traditional finger trap. Especially when his short fuse scares her and I'm there for the rescue." Hsi Wu nodded.

"How long?"

"She hasn't shown any visible signs. But there have been Shadow Kahn in my room, where she spends a lot of her time."

"I've noticed them at school as well, so a month?" Bai Tza nodded; both got cruel smiles for a moment. The doorbell rang.

"That would be the pizza. You must hurry, or she'll be on the plane and you will not get the recognition of stopping her." Hsi Wu scowled.

"You think it's going to take me that long to get to the airport? Don't patronize me" With that, the boy grew wings and with a whisper of the wind he was gone. Bai Tza quickly flooded the bottom floor and retrieved the pizzas. As the water was 'magical' it did not follow the properties of normal water. That being said, she was easily able to allow electricity to run. When Jade arrived back, it was to a pool party with lots of American horror films and smoothies.

"I so can't believe….WHOH! It's like all my best dreams at once; all it needs is a Moose World!" Hsi Wu chuckled.

"It was Bai Tza's idea. We were planning it all day, to make you feel better about the mission" Jade almost got teary eyed. She hugged the demon in teenage skin with all her might.

"B—Tess, you are SO awesome!"

"B—Tess?" Bai Tza mussed. Jade nodded.

"In case I ever get messed up in public, a nickname."

"Nickname…That is so SMART" She squealed on 'smart' grabbing Jade and tossing her up in the air.

"Hey, stop, Bai, Tess, hahhahahahaha" As she tossed her, Bai Tza was also tickling her. Hsi Wu grinned at the scene, before he sat down to do her homework for her.

"Race ya" Bai Tza declared suddenly as she dropped Jade in the water.

"No fair-You have gills!" Bai Tza crossed her arms for a moment. Then snapped her fingers. The water changed, a slight electric current went through it. Jade yelped. Bai Tza reached over and dunked the younger girl beneath the water. After the initial floundering, Jade realized that she could breath. She giggled. "Aright, smoothie for energy and then you are so on! Bai Tza giggled a Hsi Wu motioned her over.

"That shock" He whipered

"Tchang Zu" She mouthed back under pretense of helping him with a problem, not that Jade was paying much attention. He nodded.

"Good timing on his part" Bai Tza nodded. They both turned to look at the queen. For just a second, her skin turned blue and her eyes red as she slurped. The demons narrowed their eyes at the change.