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Drago looked around the space he was now in. The dome had yet to fade away making give a mock frown. "You don't trust me?" He asked sounding hurt. "After all we've been through?"

Jade just ignored him as she stepped out of the shadows and sat down at the edge of the circle. He now had a better view of her. She was wearing just loose black pants and black sports bra. It left the inky lines clearly visible. "Quite the interesting tattoo..." He commented. He sat down in the middle of the circle where he stood. "Though right now I'm curious as to why you summoned me."

He watched as she put the talismans away with care in a box. She didn't look up at him as she worked. She clearly wasn't going to answer him anytime soon. He frowned at that thought. "So what you just called me here to trap me in a bubble?" He questioned his short temper starting to show through.

Jade reached down next to her and picked up her bag putting the box inside and zipping it up. "You summoned the talismans?" He asked now looking at her fully. Just how much had she changed from the small child he fought?

"Would have been fine with just the Tiger…" Jade finally answered setting said casting a charm over the bag. "Something just told me to get the others at the same time though." She set the bag aside before looking at him carefully, her expression unreadable.

Drago raised an eyebrow at the small admission. "Everyone has a dark side and a light side." Jade said her tone even. "How a person's life falls is dependent on which side they listen to. The world itself is all about balance, and with all the fighting my family has been doing against the forces of evil..." She looked fully at Drago. "It has reasonably been thrown off.

"You are here because I doubt I would like working along side your father to help me in restoring one of the greatest balancing powers that ever was." She explained further. "You are to strike a deal with me. You will help me no matter how small the task is-"

"I'm not entering a Demon Binding." Drago growled leaping to his feet.

"-And if the time comes that the darkness within me takes over, kill me." Her eyes were flashing. She had thought about this. "Think about it. You'll be able to get your revenge on me. Then if Uncle isn't able send you back to that limbo with your relatives, you're free to do as you please."

Drago looked hard at her. He would be able to get his revenge should he choose it. "And if your dear Uncle sends me back before then?"

"He won't be able to." Jade said firmly. "Only person who could send you back is me and I have no intention of doing so."

"Summoning a demon and binding them to yourself takes serious dark magic." He said. "You sure the dark side hasn't already taken you over?"

"Would I be trying to prevent a fight my family can't win if it had?"

Drago stared at Jade. Yes, she loved her family very much. It was like that even when he knew her older version. Anyone she had come to care about she would put before herself. That is what drew him to her in the first place. That selflessness confused him. No one in his family had been like that. Curiosity had sparked and soon he found himself at odds with the human female. Traveling back in time showed him why she cared about her loved ones so much. They cared just as much for her.

"They let you do this?"

"They don't know." Jade said flatly. "I ran away."

Drago just let out a puff of flame as he stared at her. She had really thought this through. That much was becoming very clear to him. His eyes wondered over the symbol on her skin again. It looked professional, meaning someone had to put it on her. He had no clue why that annoyed him a little. She was just his enemy. He pushed the emotion aside. "Alright." He said finally.

Jade just nodded and let a hole open in the dome just big enough for Drago's hand. He reached threw and watched as it closed around his wrist. Clearly she wasn't going to drop the shield until she was done.

A pot was now in front of her as she began to drop ingredients into it. Her soft chanting began again as she worked. She pulled out a knife cutting her own hand and then Drago's. The blood fell into the pot as it started to glow rusted gold. The smoke that filtered up healed their wounds as Jade picked up a brush. She dipped the bristles into the liquid and began to paint on Drago's left hand.

He looked at the symbol with mild interest. It was just a simple spell binding him to her. A part of him wondered when she learned such advanced magic, surely her Uncle would never allow her to be even in the same room as the tomes that would hold such knowledge.

Her chanting gained volume as she reached the end of her spell. As she uttered the last word the dome blocking Drago from the outside world shattered. "So, want me to call you, Mistress?"

"Jade is fine." She said picking up her supplies and stuffing them in her bag along with the talismans. "Now come on, we need to keep moving."

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