Part 1
Chapter 1
A scream ripped Danny from the text book he was reading. He quickly jumped up and transformed before diving through the floors, heading to the lab before reappearing to the world only to see Jazz had actually gotten onto the counter.
"Jazz, are you ok?" Danny asked, dropping his feet back to the floor before changing back. "You sounded like you saw a ghost, or, well, something scary that we don't see every day."
"Mouse." Jazz admitted, still staring down at the crack the mouse had disappeared into.
"Mom's been feeding them that poison." Danny reminded, going over to the hole before bending down in front of it. He put his hand in front of the hole and sent an ecto-blast into it. "There."
"I hate mice." Jazz grumbled, letting herself off the counter.
"I know." Danny snickered as he stood up. "If you see any more mice, I'll be up stairs, hopefully working on my homework for once."
"Actually I'm about to head out for my date." Jazz said, going over to where their parents had placed a couple of extra lipstick lasers.
She grabbed one and pocketed it as Danny asked, "You have a date? You sure he's human?"
"I know a bit more about ghosts, thank you very much." Jazz retorted back. "Though to be on the safe side, I figured I'd grab a lipstick."
"Who is it?" Danny asked, following her up the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Kie." Jazz said, picking up her purse from the kitchen table. "His family moved here during the summer so he's still new to the area. Oh, Mom texted me a few minutes ago, they're on their way home."
"Ok, have fun." Danny said, putting his hands in his pockets.
Jazz stopped before leaving the kitchen and eyed him. "And please don't watch us like last time."
"Hey, I had good reason!" Danny exclaimed.
Jazz smiled, taking a step closer to her little brother. "Ya, you did." She kissed him on the forehead before turning around to leave.
"Ehy!" Danny exclaimed, wiping the kiss off but still smiling.
"Tell Mom and Dad I'll be back around nine." Jazz said before walking out the door.
Danny waited a moment until he heard Jazz drive off before pulling out his cell phone and sent a text to his mom.
Headin out plan 2 B home after Jazz
Danny quickly went back to his room to put his shoes back on before transforming once more. His phone pinged, getting him to pull it out of his pocket.
Just dont let her c u
Danny smirked at that, knowing his overprotective sister was being overprotected by her family. He put his phone away and flew out, hoping to find her soon.
-.-.-.-
"So you did show up." Kie said as Jazz sat down in their booth at the Material Grill, 80's music surrounding them.
"My reputation isn't that bad, is it?" Jazz asked, a smiled on her face.
"I'm still the new kid at Casper and I know." Kie admitted. "Though I asked anyway."
"Though why here?" Jazz asked, glad the disco ball wasn't going.
Kie shrugged. "I like 80's stuff for some reason."
"Can I get you two anything to drink?" the waiter asked, appearing at the end of their booth.
"I'll take a water." Jazz said.
"Boyle please."
The waiter nodded his head and said, "I'll bring them right out."
"Why don't you go on dates?" Kie asked, watching as Jazz opened her menu to start looking.
"I dated a ghost last year and didn't know he was one until he tried to take over my body for his girlfriend to use."
"Ouch." Kie winced. "You dated a ghost and didn't realize it?" a laugh escaped before his face reddened. "Sorry."
"No, it's ok. It is funny." Jazz admitted, looking at him with a smile.
"Here you go. Do you need a few minutes to figure out what you want?" the waiter asked as he placed the two drinks in front of the two.
"Please." Jazz said, smiling politely at the older man.
The man left them alone to look through the menu before Kie asked, "Isn't your family ghost hunters?"
"Ya. Which is probably why the ghost picked me." Jazz admitted, eying the menu. "First human he saw out of the portal or something."
"I don't know." Kie said, flipping the page on his menu. "Maybe he did go looking and liked you the best. I don't blame him."
"Flattering." Jazz smiled. "In a weird way, but still flattering. You figured out what you want?"
"A burger really." Kie admitted, looking down at the menu. He glanced up at her and smirked. "Am I terrible for bringing a girl to the best place in town and still get a burger?"
"No, just shows you fit in with this town." Jazz smiled.
"You two ready to order?" the waiter asked, coming over with his notepad open.
"Ya, I'll take the all American burger with fries." Kie said.
"And you ma'am?"
"Um, the chicken penne." Jazz said, handing the menu to the man.
"Alright, I'll give these to the chef." The waiter smiled before leaving them.
"You know, no one just moves to Amity Park anymore." Jazz said, looking Kie over. His green eyes looking down at his drink as his brown bangs almost covered them. "Why'd your family move here out of all places?"
"Mom wanted to change. We'd lived in Greenville for most of my life." Kie admitted. "I wish we could've stayed two more years really. I mean I'm glad I met you and all but I do miss everyone back there. And to graduate there would've been nice."
"Did you leave a girlfriend there?" Jazz asked, trying to assess his character and almost forgetting she was on a date.
"No, she broke up with me a month before I knew we were moving." Kie said. His eyebrows showed a mix of realization and surprise. "Excuse me, I gotta go."
Jazz watched as he stood up and headed towards the bathroom, passing their waiter who stopped at her table.
"I'm terribly sorry about the long wait, your chicken disappeared before we could cut it up." The waiter said. "I think a ghost made off with it."
"That's ok." Jazz said, placing a smile on her face. As the waiter left she growled, "Daniel, if you're listening, I'm going to get Sam to kill you."
A moment passed with no sound, so Jazz shrugged before taking a sip of her water. Maybe it wasn't Danny after all.
"Jazz, your boyfriend just disappeared!" Danny's voice hissed as the boy sat down in the seat Kie had left a minute ago.
"Danny!" Jazz hissed, startled before leaning closer to him. She squinted her eyes before declaring. "You took my chicken."
"Oh, so that was your chicken. Sorry." Danny said, whipping the corner of his mouth.
"And what's this about Kie disappearing?" Jazz asked.
"He went into the bathroom and disappeared in some green light." Danny said, trying to keep his voice down to prevent the few patrons in the Material Grill to hear.
"A green light? Really?" Jazz asked, eyeing the boy. "Well, does your ghost sense pick him up?"
"Ghosts can hide from that." Danny said, revealing that it didn't.
"Alright, you can float around." Jazz mumbled, rolling her eyes. "Just don't let him see you."
"You gotta stop picking the weird ones." Danny said as he stood up.
"You're one to talk." Jazz said.
"huh?" Danny asked before shaking his head. He headed back the way he'd come from before disappearing from human eyes.
"Can I ever go on a date without my little brother watching over me?" Jazz asked herself in a whisper before taking a sip of water.
"Oh, I'm back before the food?" Kie asked as he slid into his seat. "Sorry for taking so long."
"Our food is having similar problems." Jazz said, eyeing the teen for anything different. "A ghost took my chicken."
"What would a ghost want with chicken?" Kie asked. He shook his head before saying, "You know what, never mind. I'm still getting used to ghosts being real, much less them taking chicken."
"Here you two go. I'm sorry about the wait." The waiter said as he sat down the two plates. "Careful, it's hot. Anything else I could get you?"
"No, thank you." Kie smiled up at the man.
The waiter nodded his head before walking away.
"It just hit me, your first name's Japanese but you don't look it." Jazz said, waiting for her food to cool.
"I look more like my dad and he's French, hence the weird last name." Kie admitted. "Mom's the Japanese one. They both became citizens of America after college."
"Oh, so you're first generation American." Jazz said, surprised. She pulled her hair to her left shoulder as she studied his face.
"At least you don't have to deal with your grandparents living in two different countries." Kie said.
"Do you know French and Japanese?" Jazz asked, curious.
"Kinda had to when I was little." Kie admitted, putting ketchup next to his fries.
Danny sighed to himself, leaning backwards as he floated invisibly above the two. He pushed himself over Kie a bit and pulled out his cellphone. Letting the phone become just visible enough he could see what he was doing he texted Tucker.
Run a check on Kie Mouscadet plz
Danny let the phone totally disappear, keeping it in his hand to feel when it buzzed with a response. Below him, Kie still hadn't done anything beyond normal human abilities again and the two had moved on to talking about one of their classes.
The phone buzzed in his hand, getting him to let it reappear and read it. He almost let go of the feeling of invisibility before shooting out of the restaurant to the back lot and reappeared to the world as he called Tucker. As soon as Tucker's phone picked up, Danny exclaimed, "What do you mean, he'd been declared dead?"
"That's what it says. The Guys in White were interested in him last year but have him labeled as dead." Tucker informed. "Man, your sister's dating a dead dude again?"
Danny closed her eyes as he held the bridge of his nose with his free hand. "Jazz would kill me if I reappeared again during her date." Danny admitted to himself more then to Tucker. "Can you find me what happened to him? I think he said he was from Greenville."
"What state?" Tucker asked, typing could be heard in the background. "There's one in north and south Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee."
"I don't know." Danny admitted, shrugging his shoulders as if Tucker could see him.
"I'll do what I can. There can't be too many people with that name in the states." Tucker said before hanging up.
Danny put his phone back in his pocket before disappearing to the world once again. He floated back into the restaurant to find the two almost done with their meals. If it wasn't for the teleporting and the fact he was labeled as being dead, Danny would've thought they looked like they were having a good time, the two laughing below him.
"Oh, don't get me started on Christmas." Jazz said, rolling her eyes. "Dad still believes in Santa and Mom's been trying to prove he'd be burnt to a crisp flying like he does."
"Your parents are ghost hunters, right?" Kie asked.
"Ya, I'm surprised that's even a question. I mean, you've been at Casper since the school year started." Jazz pointed out. "I know they've made themselves know there."
"Do they know you're helping that ghost boy in the city?" Kie asked.
"No, they don't." Jazz said, eyeing him as she lowered her still full fork to her plate. "How do you?"
"Oh, I was at the water park when that ghost in pjs started freezing things and saw you helping the ghost boy with some bat thing." Kie explained. "If you don't want them to know, you might wanna think of at least putting your hair in a ball cap or something."
"We've agreed that I'm no good on the field so I'm more of research now." Jazz admitted. "Please don't let my parents know. They still believe all ghosts are evil."
"Don't worry." Kie let out a laugh. "I'd probably be scared speechless standing in front of your parents. I've seen them fight."