Hsi Wu frowned to himself as he tailed the Chans back to their base as discreetly as he could manage. While he could have done so openly as long as he kept his magical energy somewhat suppressed thanks to the Veil, he didn't want to risk being spotted by the Chans. While he was as clever as any of his siblings, being among the youngest - and a born demon at that - meant that he had the smallest magical reserves, and relied far more on his elemental connection than any of his siblings save Bai Tza. The fact that said element was literally everywhere one could breathe helped make him more durable and helped him draw extra power from his surroundings...the higher he was, the better.
Still, the world had changed. Humanity now climbed much higher into his domain, and other magic had followed. He had to be careful, and expend as little of his own reserves as possible. It's why he was so creative with how he used his magic, since he more than any of his siblings had to do the most with as little as possible. This led him to push the limits of magic, ignoring the rules of 'this is how it works' to understand why it worked that way. It was why, given what he'd seen of the world from the Demon Netherrealm, the first thing he intended to do as soon as he had his tail and full freedom was to raid a library for science textbooks. He was especially interested in the subjects of chemistry and gas formations.
First, however, he needed to retrieve his tail. Landing on the building across the street from the Chans' base, he watched through the window as Jade - under the instructions of the three fillies - managed to wrangle the tail into a chest, at which point the old wizard laid a protective spell upon it. Using a very small amount of his own magic, Hsi Wu enchanted the local wind currents to carry sound better. Between that and his large ears, he was able to hear every word said clearly.
"So now what, Uncle?" Jade asked curiously. "Got some trick with the tail to deal with Hsi Wu? Some special plan to trap him?"
"I have a very good plan," Uncle responded calmly. "Uncle plans to prepare for the next demon."
"What?" Apple Bloom - Hsi Wu recognized the voices he'd heard through the restroom door before - demanded, shocked. "What do ya mean?"
"Valmont move fast!" Uncle insisted. "Hsi Wu is free now, but not causing ruckus. Either peaceful, or tricky. If peaceful, can be ignored. If tricky, is good test for girls as Chi Wizards. Sky Demon is your responsibility, while I prepare for other demons."
"A-are you sure we can handle it?" Sweetie Belle asked worriedly.
"Uncle is certain," Uncle confirmed. "I have full confidence in you all."
"What if Hsi sneaks in?" Scootaloo asked curiously.
"Shop is protected!" Uncle insisted. "Bad magic cannot enter unless invited!"
Hsi Wu let his magic subside, returning the wind currents to normal. He'd have to be careful about the fillies, but the old man would regret leaving something so important to children. He needed to be invited in? Fine. He would get an invitation. And he already saw a way. Mortal children of powerful magic were always lonesome, and the adventures they were involved in would have left Jade and the fillies even more outsiders socially. All it would take would be the perfect opportunity, and the right strategy. Until both presented themselves, he would watch and wait.
The following day, Hsi Wu stared down at the school playground in glee. The perfect opportunity had dropped itself in his lap! The fillies were elsewhere, and Jade was being confronted by a glasses wearing boy with a large audience whose stance made it plain this was hazing waiting to happen.
"You going to the Spring Dance next week?" the boy began, his tone playful as an opening play, waiting for Jade to walk into a trap.
"Maybe," Jade countered. "What's it to you, Drew?"
Drew smirked as he lifted his hands in a facsimile of a fighting pose. "Who are you going to take? A ninja? Or do you just fight them?" The audience laughed as kids do, though not too strong. Given Jade's expression, Hsi Wu concluded this was a common taunt, probably from her being too free with stories of adventures.
Seeing his opportunity, Hsi Wu swooped down nearby, taking on a human form. His body was that of a child Jade's age, with features showing Chinese descent. His outfit was entirely green in different shades for pants, long sleeve undershirt, and short sleeve overshirt. His antennae blades shortened into a similarly shaped hairstyle, his hair black-blue and his eyes brown like his shoes. The look and outfit complete, he rushed in at just the right moment to deliver the telling rejoinder. "Who are you going to take to the dance, Drew? Your Mom?" Not the cleverest counter Hsi Wu could have delivered, but good for the target audience. Considering the laughter and Drew's stammered flailing, it accomplished its goal.
As the group dispersed, Jade turned to him. "Thanks for standing up for me." She frowned thoughtfully. "I don't think I've seen you around before."
"I'm new," Hsi responded immediately. "Just moved here."
"And you stuck yourself in the middle of something like this?" Jade asked, surprised.
Hsi shrugged. "Being in your shoes in things like this is why I moved," he responded, surprising himself. That hadn't been the cover story he'd planned...but it was somewhat accurate. On Earth, he could meet all his siblings as equals, if not as their betters due to how he used his magic. But in the Netherrealm, there was no Elemental energy to draw on, and only Tso Lan had access to his Elemental Magic due to its nature. As such, Tso Lan and Bai Tza were the only one of his siblings that didn't push him around while they were trapped there. Hsi privately suspected it was because they feared what he could do with his magic. The exceptions were because Tso Lan respected his mind, frequently engaging in various games of skill with him to pass the time, whereas Bai Tza...well, Hsi Wu and Tso Lan were the only human sized members of the Brotherhood besides Bai, leaving them the only options for her preferred games.
He pushed all that from his mind as Jade smiled, holding out her hand. "Well, us targets have to stick together. I'm Jade."
Hsi Wu immediately accepted the handshake. "Hs-" He cut himself off. He'd almost given her his true name. That would have been disastrous...and now he needed a new name starting with the same sound. "Seymour Jahoositz," he managed to spit out, wincing internally at how ridiculous it sounded.
To his surprise, Jade winced sympathetically. "Talk about unfortunate," she murmured under her breath.
Hsi decided it was time to change the subject. "So is it true?"
"Is what true?" Jade asked, confused.
"Do you really...fight ninjas?" Seeing the grin spreading across Jade's face, Hsi knew he'd hit on exactly the right approach. A girl like her craved an eager audience.
A part of me sorta wishes that the demon sorcerers were peaceful, but that would kill the drama pretty good, wouldn't it?
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Well, considering this is Tatsurou, it's very possible. He's already reformed worse bad guys in his PWNY-verse fics
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Wanna know the sad thing (at least in this timeline)?
A couple of them would be perfectly happy to live peacefully on Earth. But the Brotherhood doesn't tolerate traitors peacefully, and abandoning their siblings to live peacefully would be seen as treason. And if they don't stand as equals for what they take, they'll be trodden upon...so they have to insist on claiming their own portions of the world.
I'll leave it up to readers as they read to guess which of the Sorcerers are these 'unfortunates'.
You know, I can't HELP but hope that Hsi Wu actually goes a SOMEWHAT "peaceful" path and ends up becoming a sort of friend/rival with Jade and the fillies.
The rival thing would be from being magically aligned opposing sides (Seriously. His demon side could be the "enemy" since he IS a demon. It is pretty much a JOB REQUIREMENT for him to be a troublemaker of one sort or another.).
The friend thing would be Hsi Wu in his human or "civilian form", learning from Jade and the fillies what it is like to live life as a kid in this modern era (like what video games are, as well as hanging out at the movies or other things that kids do other than pick on and bully people.) as a way to unwind in a way he never could when he was last out in the world.
If some people don't like that idea, bite me. I'm just an optimistic kind of guy. Besides, it is just a what if kind of thing.
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https://youtu.be/Eh4f8SUp-PU?t=38s
AB: "So yer Jade's new pal, huh? Put 'er there!"
HW: "A-Ah! Um, I mean, thank you for the offer but I'm er...I'm...(damn, how to I explain I can't be touched...wait, didn't I read something like that in the laughable excuse of a library at the school?) I'm i-incredibly allergic to pony fur. E-Even with the best hypoallergenic charms, i-it's quite an issue...I'm afraid...heh..."
AB: "...Alrighty then."
Oh boy... This is one of those too good to be true moments. Jade, you idjit...
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DAMN IT ZANGIEF!!!!
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Well we still have the Oni and Drago, they are pretty much evil be nature, while the Demons have been shown in this story atleast, to be willing to compromise.
Well I hope we can see at least some of the Demon Sorcerers will be able to live peacefully with the new world. Yes they would be betraying their siblings but they would gain far more if they switched sides.
.........Fimfiction's been down all day. I'm just now getting a chance to read this chapter.
On the plus side, I think an old shipping may return in this story.
Good ol’ Seymour Jahoositz! I did like the part where he stuck up for Jade in the episode.
Imagine if the Crusaders see through it
I like the idea of Hsi Wu becoming Jade and the CMC's friendly rival in this setting. That and he and Jade are kind of a cute couple.
I wonder if some of them might actually consider becoming productive members of society... nah, probably not.
It begins
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Interesting. What if Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo somehow managed to convince them all to reach a compromise on living in peace while at the same time not being seen as traitors to the Brotherhood? After all when you think about it, the Brotherhood sorta owes them for pretty much saving all of existence from a faux Cthulhu being the real deal and if that had happened, the Neatherworld would also be in great danger. I mean if Valmont can convince most of them not to immediately start trouble and be discreet when escaping Demon World, I don’t see why the 3 fillies can’t do the same for the peace route. Especially since one of them now is the avatar for Raijin who I think most of the demons want to steer clear of.
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We'll certainly be waiting to Seymour of Hsi's attempts to get his tail back. After all, it's practically an invitation for hilarity in this situation even if some of us are targeting a possible ship to actually happen.
This is me hoping Hsi Wu changes in this story and actually, y’know, reforms a little...mostly because I want Jade to have something happy in her life that isn’t fighting or making trouble.
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I think you are going to like what I do with certain parts of this story a great deal.
I’m wondering whether there’s a scene in the future where the CMC hand Seymour Jahoositz a certain enchanted box and AB explains that they recognised him early, but with how he’s been acting as a friend to Jade, they figure it aint right to keep a part of him locked up...
And, yeah, sure, ulterior motive, deception, aiming to find a way to steal his tail back - but being on friendly terms with the Chans seems like a pretty potent ulterior motive too - at least if long-term goals include not being banished, and not being eaten by Audrey III...
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The ponies touched Bai Tza and didn't get hurt and she didn't get hurt so they must have some way to make it not hurt them when they're in their human form
“Seymore Jahoositz”
<LATER>
“What gave me away?”
“Since when would a Chinese boy have a psudo-Jewish last name?”
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Actually, that’s because Bai is an ascended demon, and her human form is based on her former form as Queen of the Sirens. As such, her human form is based in Wild Magic, which has no reaction to Good Magic.
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as you said yourself Hsi Wu's power is based off of Elemental Magic which doesn't sound inherently bad to me perhaps you can somewhat use that
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He himself is a full demon, however, which gives him a Dark Magic Nature.
It’s less Alignment and more Type Matching...like Pokemon. Hsi Wu is always a Dark/Sky type, whereas Bai Tsa shifts from Dark/Water (as a demon) to Wild/Water (as a human/siren).
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That’s because she was originally a Siren before becoming a demon, meaning that her natural Wild Magic acted as a buffer whilst in her human form.
Meanwhile Hsi Wu was born a demon which, if anything, makes him extra weak to a Qui Lin’s touch.
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Mountain and Earth sorcerers are definitely screwed for getting along with humanity. Fire is dead already so shrug for him I guess, and Thunder has already been banished. That makes a base of 4 that can’t play nice, and 4 that probably can. Of those four, wind is a bit iffy but he seems like the follower type and your representation of Sky seems much more intelligent than his canon counterpart and will probably go through a bit of a heel face turn. I seriously doubt Water will ever get banished, and Moon doesn’t seem like the type to take a fight he can’t win.
And so Hsi Wu emerged from his week-long library/internet binge wearing a glove with a piece of flint on his middle fingertip and a small plate of steel in his palm, so that he could snap his fingers after converting all the water vapor in the air in front of him to hydrogen and oxygen and then immediately ignite it. He got the idea from reading text books, and got the glove idea from his alchemy research binge online.
Yeeeeaaaah! Get closer to Jade! She can fix you! ... Well, she can make you a more good person/demon thing.
Heh, Hsi Wu in leather pants.
Another great chapter.
8213314 True though Shendu won’t stay dead given the Book of Ages and his eventual revival by Dao wong lon. The other two depending on how Tats goes about it might yet be convinced. Thunderface is stuck in demon world unless he can be made to play nice. Maybe a thunder duel with Raijin infused Scootaloo will get him to consider it.
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Hey, you’re not the the only one. I already put for the idea of Tso Lan running for office on the idea of building space colonies. Hsi Wu could do something about fossil fuel pollution and greenhouse gasses.
…I think I just made a connection between this story and canon, or at least, ‘Movie Canon’.
Bad Tza’s daughters wouldn't happen to be… the Dazzlings, would they?
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Jade and Seymour sitting in a tree.
Now how long will Hsi Wu have before he finds himself NOT wanting Jade hurt and actually wanting to spend time with her, maybe sneaking out of Valmont’s base to go on dates, possibly with his sister and brother’s approval.
8212200 Well, if they claim their territories and the Chan clan and allies defeat the demons who WON’T want to live peacefully then can the ones who weren’t defeated stay on Earth??? Especially if Bai Tza raises Atlantis to make it a tourist destination and new nation. I know I’d move there!
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I don't know
The shipper in me senses an emerging ship
I dub thee hsijackie
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Don’t you mean Jade?
Because, correct me if I’m wrong, it seems like Jackie and VIPER have a little chemistry going on between them.
8214645 It depends upon what version you make.
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HW: “...The hell is a Jewish?”
One long talk about religion later
HW: “Oh, interesting...wait, what were we doing?”
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Oh god imagine him becoming a weeb...
why do i have a feeling this is going to back fire spectacularly
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No.
I’m talking about Jade and Hsi Win.
I just chose Hsijackie because it was catchier.
Unless...
HSI JADE!
Or Jade Hsi!
Sounds like Jade heist or heist jade right?
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*shrug* Eh, wouldn’t matter to me. Still, we’d just have to wait and see how things go.
What if Jade is like Applebloom and Hsi is like Tohru...
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Oh gods and goddesses... so creepy! She’s like, nine!
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And he’s an ageless immortal.
As long as he doesn’t try anything until she’s an adult, what’s the problem?
Edit: Also, she’s 11.
8216283 That doesn’t mean they can’t date, I can see him wanting to try lots of human foods like burgers, fries, burritos, sushi, etc.
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True, though born demons aren’t usually known for their restraint, but mostly, I kinda forgot what I was reading in my half-asleep state.
I get the feeling that Hsi is going to wind up falling for Jade... that's what Narrative Comedy is telling me, at least
Ha