(Jade's POV)

This was supposed to be the last of the demons sealed away. Six times before we'd defeated and sealed away the Chinese demon sorcerers; Po Kong the Demon Sorceress of Mountain, XiaoFung the Demon Sorcerer of Wind, Tchang Zu the Demon Sorcerer of Thunder, Tso Lan the Demon Sorcerer of the Moon, Dai Gui the Demon Sorcerer of Earth, Hsi Wu the Demon Sorcerer of Sky, and last but not least was Bai Tza the Demon Sorceress of Water. I was just in the middle of catching the last of our little escapade on film when the boat suddenly bounced me up into Uncle's Chi Spell, sending me and fish-face to the Demon Netherworld.

The place was colored like the sunset, redder the higher you looked, yellower the lower you looked, this expanse of space going on in all directions for eternity with floating rocks making the place resemble something out of a platforming game. My only companion, my Melvin Moose video camera, which I had used to catalogue my time in this place. While jumping around in the low-gravity of this place, I had almost been discovered by Po Kong after riding her back, though with some quick thinking I was able to redirect the attention away from myself, and back to their conversation with the Demon Sorcerer Shendu, currently dwelling within Valmont's body. As a result of the meeting, I was greeted with both good knews and bad knews.

Good news; there was an eighth door I could use it to escape the Demon Netherworld. Bad news; I lost the demons as I made my way to it. If I didn't find that gateway soon, I'd be stuck here forever, and trust me I did not want that.

From there, I made my way to the eighth portal, only to find myself completely lost after passing the same rock at least twice. After trying again for a few more minutes, I decided to take a rest stop on a large rock platform and vent out my troubles to my camera. It may've been desperate, but if I wanted to get out of here, I'd need a level head, lest I do anything stupit. Heh. Funny. If I'd just listened to Jackie for once, none of this would've been happening.

"Day number… ugh, I haven't the foggiest. Good news; the demons have left to find the eighth portal. Bad news; I lost their trail," Jade said into her camera. "Jackie, Tohru, Uncle. I may never see you again, but in case you ever find this footage… edit this mushy part out before you sell it to a TV show," she said into it. "Just want you to know I miss you," she sighed before she heard the sound of a stone clattering across another, her eyes darting up into the rock platforms above, a small silhouette, smaller than Hsi Wu moving around at near-Rabbit Talasmin speeds.

(Normal POV)

"Who's there?" Jade asked as she looked around to the other rock platforms, backing away as she tried to muster whatever courage she could. "I'll have you know… I've been versed in the ancient art of butt whoop," she said backpedaling, only for her back to contact something that wasn't there before. Mechanically looking over her shoulder, the girl let out a startled- "WAH!" –and pat her chest when she caught sight of the figure that had landed behind her.

Said figure was surprisingly human, and he looked about her age if not a year older, and was similar in height, if not a bit taller by a few inches. He had tanned skin, spiky blond hair that stuck up in all directions, and ocean-colored eyes. He really seemed to have a flare for the color orange, given the nature of his outfit which was entirely orange, save for his open-toed and heeled blue sandals, as well as the blue headband on his forehead, a silver plate with the carved symbol for a leaf emblazoned upon it. He had what looked like a fanny pack on the over his left back pocket, and some kind of holster strapped to his right thigh with bandages.

Cuuute… Jade mentally cooed at the sight of the whisker-marks on his face. While she was a bit of a tomboy, she still had a soft spot for cute things. However, memories of when Hsi Wu assumed human form played before her mind, and she instantly got into a battle-ready stance. "Alright you demon sorcerer, you want a piece of me?"

"What? Where? I thought I lost them!" the blond asked looking over his shoulder, only to turn back to the girl in front of him. "*Phew* Don't scare me like that. You have any idea how hard it is to find a spot in this place where those freaks won't bug you?" he asked looking around, as though the Demon Sorcerers would jump out at them at any time.

"So… You're not one of them?" Jade asked looking over the blond again. Truth be told, while Hsi Wu/Seemore hid himself pretty well, his hairstyle, voice, and slanted eyes were faint giveaways. For the blond however, he bore no resemblance to any of the other Demon Sorcerers. Especially since they looked more like dragons than foxes.

"No, I'm not, and by the look of your attire, neither are you," the blond returned. "So, what'd you do to end up here?"

"I kinda got in the middle of one of my uncle's chi spells when he was sending the water demon away," Jade sighed. "Hold on, if you're not a demon sorcerer in disguise, and you're human…" she said looking at him warily. Given their location and how she wasn't spotted, there'd be no need for any of the demon sorcerers to disguise themselves as humans, since it would serve no real purpose. She was also pretty sure there wasn't a blond in orange at any of the portal sites where the demons were sealed, so that only raised the question- "How did you get stuck here? Come to think of it' what's your name."

"My name… is Naruto Uzumaki," he answered before something dawned on him. "Come to think of it, who are you?"

"Oh, my name's Jade. Jade Chan," she said extending her hand to him, which he shook briskly.

"It's nice to meet you," Naruto complimented. "As to how I got here, it was… a long time ago," the blond sighed as he sat down on a rock, his mind flashing back to better… and worse days, Jade taking a seat beside him, intent on listening. "For you to understand, I'll have to start from before the beginning of my ninja career."

"Whoa, you're a real ninja?" Jade gaped at the open declaration.

"Why's that so surprising?" Naruto asked.

"Well it's just… all the ninja's I've dealt with wore black pajamas, you… you're dressed in orange."

"Given the circumstances of my upbringing, I didn't have any other option," the boy grunted. While in all honesty, orange was his favorite color, he wished he could've gotten something with a little less of it. Something more stealthy.

"Hey, I don't have a problem with the color orange, I think it looks kinda cool. In fact, it's my favorite color," the girl said tugging on the collar of her hoodie, something the blond took note of with a smile.

"Heh, thanks. That's the first time anyone's ever complimented me on this monstrosity," he said tugging at his jacket before taking a breath. "Like I said, my being here is related to something that happened before my ninja career, and by that I mean the day I was born," he sighed, Jade listening intently since it wasn't that often she met with a friendly ninja. "On the day I was born, the Kyuubi no Yoko, a giant demon with the reputation as an age-old natural disaster that attacks where human malice is collected and festers, attacked my home village. The ninja of my homeland fought, but they were all swatted aside like flies. When all hope seemed lost, the Yondaime Hokage, the leader of my village, rose up against the beast, using a technique that, at the cost of his life, slayed the beast and saved the village which he lead."

"Whoa," Jade gaped, though the blond grew silent. "Keep going, I want to hear the rest," she pleaded.

" . . . Alright," Naruto nodded. "My childhood, it wasn't what you'd call pleasant. The villagers pretty much treated me like dirt, steering away from me like I had the plague, selling me overpriced food, and denying me any other form of clothing apart from this."

"Why would they even do something like that?" Jade asked.

"I was just about to get to that, if you'll stop interrupting," the blond answered, Jade nodding showing she wouldn't interrupt anymore. "Anyway, it was some time after my twelfth birthday, and I had attempted to graduate from the Ninja Academy for the third time since attending, aiming to become Hokage, the leader of my village. Long story short… I bombed. Big time," he sighed, Jade hissing at the understanding of that. While she wanted to ask him about the ninja academy and where it was, she figured she could ask him later. "As I was moping off to the side, one of my teachers came up to me and told me about a secret test, where if I stole a certain scroll and learned a technique from it, that I'd be able to become a ninja. While the test itself was a lie, I learned something that had been kept from me since I was a child. On the day of my birth, the Yondaime didn't defeat the Kyuubi like I'd been led to believe. The Yondaime, at the cost of his life, sealed the beast into an infant child. That child… was me," Naruto sighed.

"Whoa," Jade gaped.

"Yeah. Whoa," Naruto sighed. "Hearing that, everything finally made sense. Why the people hated me even when I didn't do anything wrong. Why they stayed away from me. Treated me like they did. I wanted so badly to make them pay for the way they made me suffer, however, my other teacher said something that gave me hope again. Hope that I could one day become Hokage and be recognized instead of hated. After that, I was able to graduate and become a ninja of Konohagakure no Sato," he noted, leaving out the part about him creaming Mizuki.

"So you're a real-life ninja?" Jade asked again, getting a nod from Naruto. "That… is so… cool," she awed. "Hey, can you climb up walls? Blend into the shadows? Throw shuriken and kunai? What technique did you learn from the scroll?" Jade asked in rapid succession, the blond putting a finger to her lips to get her to stop.

"In that order, yes, kinda, better than before, and as for the technique I learned, I'll show you later I suppose since it looks like we're going to be here awhile," Naruto answered, trying not to break it to the girl that the two of them were most likely stuck there forever. "Anyway, after graduating, I was set up with my own ninja squad. My sensei was Kakashi Hatake who was always late for everything, and my teammates were my childhood crush, Sakura Haruno…" Naruto trailed off, noting that while hers and Jade's hairstyles were similar, the girl beside him had a smaller forehead in comparison. "And the Rookie of the Year, Sasuke Uchiha," the blond noted off, a note of distaste in his tone which Jade noticed. "Anyway, for around a year we went on missions of all kinds, meeting people and seeing new places, learning new techniques along the way. However… things went south shortly after our village got a new leader."

"Who was the new leader?" Jade asked.

"Tsunade Senju, granddaughter of the Shodaime Hokage, and my grandmother figure," Naruto answered, thinking back to how much he missed her and everyone else. "Anyway, Sasuke… he defected from Konoha because he wasn't getting strong enough. Me and some of my friends went out to rescue him, though we met resistance along the way. Eventually, I managed to get to him, saying I'd bring him back; a promise I made to Sakura before I left. However, the person who I saw as my brother was long gone. Instead, only the avenger festering inside him remained, and in order to acquire the strength he wanted… he tried to kill me," Naruto sighed, Jade gaping in response. "The fighting was intense, neither of us gaining ground until eventually, when we were both pushed beyond our limits, we lunged at one another with one final charge, our most powerful attacks colliding with one another. This… bubble of energy swallowed us up, and while my attack petered out, his hit me in the gut, causing me to falter as the bubble of energy began to collapse around us. Seeing that, Sasuke used me as a springboard to escape. As for me… When I came to, I found myself here," Naruto said looking at the Demon Netherworld around him, Jade left speechless at the story. "I spent what felt like forever trying to get home, looking under every rock, sometimes going in one direction for days only to find myself going in circles. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that I was stranded here. That I could never bring Sasuke back to the village like I promised," he said plainly.

"You don't sound very enthused about the guy anymore," Jade noted. The way he talked about this Sasuke guy being like his brother and the promise he made, you'd think he'd be more depressed about not being able to do either. However, the way the blond talked, it was like he didn't care anymore. Not that she could really blame him. The guy sounded like a real prick, and if someone tried to kill her, well, she wouldn't exactly be too enthusiastic about talking about them either.

"Yeah, well, having a couple centuries or so to think about everything tends to bring things into perspective," Naruto sighed. "I should've realized a long time ago that no one would ever recognize me. There's just too much bad blood between them and the Kyuubi for me to ever make any headway. Heh. And all it took were a couple centuries in an endless void filled with demons to realize that," he chuckled to himself pitiably. "Still, all my power, my techniques, I'd trade it all away, just to see the outside world again," he said looking off into the sky, trying to remember the last time he felt the sun's rays upon his face, or the wind's whisper through his hair. After a moment, he merely slumped forward with another sigh. "Then again, maybe this is just my punishment. Maybe I'm just meant to stayhere."

"For what?" Jade asked incredulously. "Getting roped into something you wouldn't want a part of? It wasn't your fault you had a demon sealed inside you. It was that Yondamie guy because he didn't bother to try any other option."

"Heh. I guess you're right," Naruto chuckled. "You know, it's funny. Everyone back home treated him like Kami herself, but here I meet someone who doesn't care about him one way or another."

"The guy's been dead for over nine hundred years. That kinda tends to happen," Jade chuckled, Naruto following suit.

"Yeah… Wait, nine hundred years?" the blond gaped?

"Well, yeah, that's how long the eight demon sorcerers have been sealed here before they began getting out, only for us to put them… back… here…" the girl suddenly sighed as the full weight of the situation once more bore down on her. "I… I miss everyone back home. I even miss Uncle's garlic breath," the girl noted sadly before the floating green-tinted head of a bespeckled old man with messy hair and eyebrows appeared behind them, wailing-

"Jaaade!"

"WHA!" Jade suddenly cried out, unconsciously letting her Marvin Moose camera fly out of her hands, whereas Naruto got ready thinking it was a demon sorcerer, only to find the face of someone he did not recognize. "Uncle? How did you-"

"Not important," the floating head returned. "And garlic is good for you," he chided before gaining a more concerned tone. "Are you alright?" he asked, his eyes then landing on the blond, his eyes going over the boy before his features contorted into those of someone who was incredibly shocked. "*GASP* Jade. That boy you have with you, he is…" Uncle gaped as his eyes landed on the ocean-eyed whisker-marked blond, his mind slipping back to the end of his 15-year training trip with Chi Master Fung, the events of their final meeting playing before his mind's eye.

*Flashback*

"Uncle, I have taught you everything I can about Good Chi Spells. Use them well, but only when the time comes. You will know when," the aged form of Chi Master Fung instructed sitting atop his stone pedestal, a set of frogs sitting atop his shoulders and head, each croaking occasionally, though for the most part they remained motionless. Almost like they were meditating.

"I will, Chi Master Fung," Uncle bowed in reverence before turning to leave.

"Oh, one more thing," Chi Master Fung said getting the man's attention. "If you ever happen to come across an ocean-eyed whisker-marked blond in a place where no human can go on their own, ensure he is well cared for. Consider that… my final request," he said solemnly.

"Very well, Chi Master Fung. I shall do as you ask," Uncle said bowing in reverence before turning around, committing that tidbit to memory were he to ever come across "an ocean-eyed whisker-marked blond in a place where no human can go on their own".

"One more thing," Chi Master Fung said stopping uncle short. "Be sure he goes to a nice family. It is what he deserves after his years of loneliness. One more thing. Don't let him eat too much ramen. He'll never hit that growth spurt if he does. One more thing. Get him to stop wearing that kill-me-orange jumpsuit if he is still wearing it. It's gotten him into more trouble than he knows. One more thing. Be sure he finds himself a nice girl. One more thing…"

And it pretty much went on like that for a full hour or so. The majority had nothing to do with the "ocean-eyed whisker-marked blond" though.

*Flashback End*

"You know him?" Jade asked, whereas the blond was a bit wary of the floating head having actually recognized him.

"No, not directly, though I do recognize him," Uncle's floating head spoke before shaking his… head. "How I know him isn't important right now. Jade, are you okay?"

"Tch, just lost," Jade sighed. "But listen, I found another human in here, his name is-"

"Not important," Uncle cut in, Naruto huffing but decided to let the girl talk to her… uncle? "Listen closely, we are trying to find the Eighth Door."

"Shendu's door," Jade responded, Naruto recognizing the name only briefly.

"You know about that?"

"The demons are looking for it too. Shendu told them he's going to open it up so they can all break out," Jade explained worriedly, Naruto flinching at the very mentioning of them. He wasn't sure how time worked there, but if what Jade said was correct, then he'd been putting up with them for nine hundred years. The very thought of them all escaping sent shivers down his spine.

"*Gasp* Shendu deceives them," Uncle gasped, his eyes looking over the girl, then the blond whom he recognized before turning back to the door. "Jade, listen to me. While only one demon may exit the portal, it may be possible for two humans to escape."

"So how do I find the portal uncle?" Jade asked. After hearing the blond's story, she wanted nothing more than to help him get out. If she left him there, she'd never hear all the parts of his story that he left out.

"When I know where it is, I will lead you there myself," Uncle answered. "Until then, do not allow yourself to be separated. I will tell you why when you have returned safely," he said before he disappeared.

"Go Uncle," Jade said with a smile as she put her hands on her hips. "Did you hear that Naruto? We're going to get out of here. The both of us," she said happily.

"One more thing," Uncle's head said reappearing. "I cannot know where it is unless I know how the Pan'ku Box works. Jackie said you were good with puzzles," he said, Jade's hand going to her chin in thought, while Naruto stood off to the side not wanting to distract her. If the floating… head's words were true, then he'd need the girl to help the old man's head learn how the Pan'ku Box was supposed to work. After a few minutes of thought, the girl's eyes widened in realization.

"Those little lines on the Pan'ku Box!"

"The trigrams?" Uncle asked, Naruto remembering Neji mention something like that in their fight. Oh, the days. So many memories.

"Yeah, those. Tell Jackie the trigrams must be the key."

"I will do that Jaaade…" the floating head wailed before it disappeared.

"Hey Jade, come to think of it…" Naruto said. "What were you doing before getting thrown in here?" he asked, the girl going on to explain, though something in the back of her head told her she was forgetting something veeery important.

Elsewhere Hsi Wu was floating about, his chin on his fist as he floated about. Being the sky demon sorcerer, he possessed some levitational capabilities. That combined with the low-gravity of this plane, and he could float about for eternity until he hit something, be it a piece of rock, his sister Po Kong's fat hide.

"Time flies when you're waiting for a cell door to open," he sighed, Jade's Melvin Moose camera whacking him in the back of the head, which he snatched out of the air before growling at it angrily.

"Where's my camera?" Jade asked looking around after Uncle left. "I was sure it was right here."

"You lost it!" Naruto cried in panic. "If that thing finds its way to one of the sorcerers, it could lead them right to us! What were you thinking letting that thing go?"

"Hey, I wasn't expecting my uncle's floating head to appear out of nowhere like that! He freaked me out!" Jade argued.

"You've come face to face with all eight demon sorcerers! How can anything scare you?" Naruto shouted back. The fact that the girl had no ninja training and she still survived the encounters spoke wonders for her ability.

"Look, no big deal, okay? I mean, this place goes on forever. What are the chances that one of the demons will find-"

"Oh, Jade. Say Chi Spell," Hsi Wu said as he swooped down towards them, Marvin Moose camera in hand as he eyed the girl, his crimson orbs then landing on the blond before his jagged mouth curled up into a smile. "Well, well, look what I found here. The Kyuubi Jinchuriki that has escaped our grasp for so many times before. Wait 'til the others see this…" he said as he descended towards them, Naruto's hand about to go to his kunai holster only for the demon to grab them by the backs of their shirts with the talons on his feet, carrying them away like a bird of prey.

Meanwhile outside the Demon Netherworld, right along Hong Kong's seaboard, Jackie Chan, Uncle, and Tohru all took a military jeep down the winding road along the coast, having solved the puzzle of the Pan'ku Box, and were now heading towards Shendu's portal.

"Nothing yet, Uncle," Jackie said holding up the box.

"According to the Pan'ku Box, the eighth door should lie just beyond this tunnel," Uncle said pointing to the tunnel they were approaching. "One more thing. When you get ready to catch Jade, be sure to spread your arms thiiis wide," Uncle said holding his arms away from himself.

"But why, Uncle?" Jackie asked, only to get a finger thwack to the forehead.

"Do not question Uncllle," Uncle chided as the jeep drove through the tunnel, the three passengers gaping at the sight that greeted them after the Pan'ku Box activated.

"Brothers and sisters," Hsi Wu said as he landed on a floating panel amongst his siblings. "I bring you the mortal called Jade, as well as the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki that has escaped our grasp for so long."

"Ah, the human that bears the power of a tailed beast," Tso Lan said drumming his fingers together as he gazed upon the captured form of Naruto. "How fortuitous. I was almost beginning to feel guilty at merely leaving you here. You have just been so intertaining through the past centuried, I could almost not imagine life without your presence," he said in a tone that implied he was using an inside joke that he and the others knew about.

"Mmmm. Yummy," Po Kong said licking her lips s she directed her gaze towards Jade, the girl gasping before her eyes then landed on Naruto, narrowing in disgust. "Oogh. The orange tummy ache with feet. Your presence, I could do without."

"What'd you ever do to her?" Jade asked. If Po Kong thought she was "yummy" after ganging up on her like she did, she wondered what Naruto could've done to make her call him a "tummy ache".

"Allow me to answer that with an amusing tale," Tso Lan said tapping his fingers together. "You see, it was some time after we had all been imprisoned here when we came across our young friend here," he said gesturing to Naruto. "Pursuing him, it was Po Kong who caught him first, when he thought she was simply a part of the landscape."

*Flashback*

"Mmmmmmm. Finger food," Po Kong chuckled as she held the flailing blond between her fingers, holding him above her head while her brothers and sister watched on.

"I saw him first. The boy should be my prize," Dai Gui bellowed.

"I caught him first, so I shall receive the reward," Po Kong said back.

"Shaaaaaa. You had better enjoy it while you can. That will likely be the only snack any of us get for a long time," Bai Tza hissed.

"Mmmmmm. Down the hatch," Po Kong giggled before she let the boy go, dropping him into her mouth which she closed. "Yummy," she sighed, only for her hands to go to her chest, her cheeks puffing out as she squirmed in discomfort.

"Sister you had better not waste the only meal any of us here are going to get!" Hssi Wu hissed at his sister, the other demons watching in morbid fascination before Po Kong spit out the just-eaten blond… As well as several hundred copies of him.

*Flashback End*

"Was that the technique you learned from that scroll?" Jade asked in shock, Naruto nodding his head in agreement, not knowing that Jade had shared a similar experience.

"Yes. The boy proved to be interesting… sport," Tchang Zu bellowed with a chuckle, Naruto scowling in his direction, remembering the lightning bolts he'd nearly taken up the ass because of him. Reminded him too much of that traitor Sasuke for his tastes.

"And from that time we would hunt him for sport, though he would escape our grasp every time," Xiao Fung said with a hint of.. amusement, in his tone. "After all, what else were we to do within these confines?" he asked as though it justified hunting the boy down for the past 900 years, depending on the time differential.

"And with me finding him, I believe that puts me even further ahead of you, brother," the two's captor chuckled towards Tchang Zu, the proud demon growling at his younger and supposedly inferior brother It was at that time that the floating head of Uncle appeared behind the eight demon sorcerers and out of notice, the glowing head gasping before a sly look appeared on Jade's face. One Naruto himself recognized from his times as a prankster.

"Uh, if you all think you're getting out, well, I hate to break it to you, but, Shendu's lying," she said examining the nails on her right hand, said statement earning murmurs along the demons, Jade and Uncle winking at one another before the latter disappeared. Also, while Jade could've escape Hsi Wu's grasp earlier, it was a long way down, and she didn't want to risk falling through the bottom of that place. "Only one of you can go through the portal," she then said, leaving out the possibility of her and Naruto escaping. "End of story."

"How do you know?" Dai Gui demanded.

"Uncle told me," Jade said simply.

"The Chi Wizard!" Bai Tza hised.

"So Shendu did deceive us," Tso Lan stated.

"That's a surprise," Xiao Fung quipped sarcastically.

"So uh, which one of you is it going to be?" Jade asked casually. Naruto was liking the girl more and more by the minute.

"Surely there must be a civil way to resolve this," the frog-like demon stated.

"Like what? Alphabetical order?" Tso Lan asked dryly.

Several minutes later, the seven demon siblings bickering amongst themselves whereas Jade and Naruto simply chose to bind their time, not letting on to the plot forming in their minds, , an ethereal blue gateway resembling a torii appeared out of thin air, the astral form of Shendu being spit out before it settled itself before its siblings.

"Ah, brothers and… sisters," the demon said meekly.

"Whoa. Haven't seen that before," Naruto gaped at the sight of the ethereal dragon, all eyes then turning to the vacant portal, which was simply sitting there.

"The portal!" Bai Tza gasped at the realization.

"Every demon for himself," Hsi Wu said dropping the two before flying off, Tchang Zu striking him in the back with a lightning bolt, Bai Tza vaulting over his head making a break for the door, only for Po Kong to slash down on her sister, reducing her to water while she dragged her way towards the portal. As this was all going on, Jade and Naruto made their way towards the portal, while avoiding getting caught in the crossfire.

"Jade, even though we've only known one another for a few minutes, I want you to know that it was an honor to meet someone like you… before my time came," Naruto told the girl. While the girl looked a little like Sakura, with her hair brushed behind her ears and her pranking nature, she was more akin to the ideal girlfriend. Where did that come from? he asked himself.

"What are you talking about?" Jade cried as the two of them leapt from stone to stone around the conflict. "You sound like you aren't going to make it out of here."

"It would be great and good if the both of us could make it through that portal, but there isn't any guarantee that the both of us would get to go if we reached that portal. If you got trapped here because we both tried to get back, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. That's why I'll remain here, and buy you the time you need," Naruto said only to get a finger whack to the forehead, courtesy of Jade's left middle and index fingers. Reminds me of Neji's Juuken, he thought to himself.

"What kind of attitude is that? You sound like you've already given up," Jade chided. "Besides, you heard the floating head. The gate only allows one demon through, but two people should be able to get through just fine."

"How do you know that?" Naruto asked ducking under a stray lightning bolt.

"Hey, let's just say I have a knack for this kind of thing," Jade said giving the blond a thumbs up, said blond smiling while shaking his head. This girl reminded him so much of himself, it was… scary, yet refreshing at the same time.

"Alright. I won't give up," Naruto said looking over his shoulder. "Come on, Jade. Let's double-time," he said tucking the girl under his arm before he began leaping from one platform to another at near-Rabbit speeds.

While the two had chatted, the seven demon sorcerers continued to fight amongst themselves as they made their way towards the portal, knocking one another down like dominos. Tso Lan had thrown Po Kong back with his moon magic, flattening Xiao Fung who was hopping from one platform to another under the sorceress' massive behind. Dai Gui however caught up quickly and was about to get to the portal, only for large boulders courtesy of Hsi Wu to knock them to the ground, the Sky Demon gaining a significant lead over the others.

"Hsi Wu," a familiar voice said catching his attention, his eyes landing on the forms of both Jade and Naruto who stood before the last portal, both looking at him tauntingly.

"See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!" Naruto snickered as Jade grasped his wrist with both hands and held on tightly to his forearm, throwing herself through the final portal with Naruto close behind her, the blond giving a mock salute as he did. Hsi Wu, attempting to make one last bid for freedom, shot through the air as fast as he could, only for the portal to close completely at the last second, the Sky Demon ramming right into a large piece of rock that happened to be right behind the eighth and final portal, dropping like a fly a moment later.

Meanwhile outside at Hong Kong Moose World, Jackie, Uncle, and Tohru all watched on in worry as the final portal began to close, a bright green flash of light gave way to not one, but two figures, both of which flew towards Jackie who, unfortunately, failed to heed Uncle's advice, and so was flattened by two flashes of orange.

"Oooooogh…" Jackie groaned as he looked up, spotting a blond-haired youth sitting on his chest beside Jade. "Jade… explain," he said sternly, though glad she was alright.

"Uncle will explain on way home," Uncle cut in. "Naruto, are you alright?" he then said facing the boy.

"Yeah… But how do you know my name?" the blond asked warily.

"Did you not hear Uncle? I said I would explain on way hooome!" the old man griped, then sighed in relief. "With this, all eight portals are finally sealed. Forever."

"Whipee!" a familiar voice to all except Naruto said from atop the giant moose head. "He's gone! He's gone, gone, gone!"

"Why's that guy wearing a dress?" Naruto asked before the man suddenly ripped it in half away from himself, Naruto recoiling, but then relaxing when he saw the man still had clothes on underneath. As the strange man continued to celebrate some form of victory atop the moose head, the gate in its mouth opened, a man with messy hair, eyebrows, and a tri-pointed goatee stepping out wearing red-buttoned overalls over a yellow outfit, a blue-masked yellow-furred moose head under his shoulder stepped out. While he didn't notice the strange man top the giant moose, what he did notice was the group of five in the middle of the now-empty parking lot. And not just because of the sumo, who in truth was quite small for a sumo.

"*Gasp* Can we Jackie?" the girl asked to her uncle, the man looking to the blond that had accompanied her, rubbing the building bruise before relenting. If he were bad, Jade wouldn't have let him through the final portal with her, and Uncle probably knew they'd be having the additional guest with the "be sure to spread your arms thiiis wide" comment earlier. With a nod in confirmation, the gril grabbed Naruto's wrist before dragging him along with her, a smile on her face as she ran up to the moose-themed-costume-wearing American.

"Um… We're not really… You're kind of early but…" the man said as he looked down at the two kids in front of him, the girl smiling and looking at him with wide expectant eyes, while the blond scratched the back of his head nervously. "Aw," he sighed with a smile before he pulled the moose-head onto his head. "Hyuck. Welcome to Moose World. Hyuck," he hyuck'd as he held one arm out to the gate, mussing up the two's hair before opening the gate for them.

"Through the portal, we go," Jackie said beside them waving them in, Jade dragging Naruto along excitedly before he decided to just relax and join in on the fun, feeling the wind in his hair, the sun in his face, and solid ground beneath his feet in what felt like an eternity, an ear-to-ear grin pulling at the corners of his face as, unknown to him, he stepped into a brand new life.

Author's Notes:
There have been plenty of Naruto/Jackie Chan crossovers where Naruto gets the power of the 12 Talasmins, the Demon Masks, the Demon Chi, or all of the above (makes some of them hard to read because where's the conflict?). However, this is the first time Naruto will have ever become part of the Jackie Chan Adventures storyline, instead of the other way around. Hope you like the premise, even though updates will be slow. Kinda wanted to get this out for bragging rights and maybe start a trend this way.

On note of the (Jade's POV) and (Normal POV) tabs, that'll just be a little something I'll do when working with different character's perspective. As for Naruto ending up there the way he did and being more mellowed out and actually seeing Sasuke as a traitor (Naruto for the most part is "Canon Naruto" up to that point), that'll be cleared up in the next chapter if it hasn't already been so.

Anyway, next chapter will be Naruto joining the Chan Clan. As for the rest, you'll just have to wait and see, and since this story is still a work in progress, that probably won't be a while.

Until then. See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!