DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN DANNY PHANTOM NOR SHEZOW
"Wow, you're making good progress, Gai." Dani complemented after watching her student disappearing and reappearing at will.
"That's because I have a great teacher," Gai laughed, enjoying the fact that he no longer has to worry about anymore 'accidents' in public.
"Great, now that you've got control of your basic powers in human form, let's go into ghost mode." Dani instructed. "Going Ghost!" Dani struck a pose as two spectral rings traversed her body turning her into Dani Phantom.
"Do I really have to say the catch phrase?" Gai cringed. "Or do the posing?"
"Your call," Dani said laying back while floating in the air.
"Thank goodness," Gai breathed a sigh of relief as two black ring appeared turning him into Shespook!
"Hey you know what, I've been meaning to ask, why you become a girl in your ghost mode?" Dani asked.
"Because I was cloned from a cross-dressing superhero who didn't want a manicure, so his fingernail landed in a tank of toxic waste that led to my creation." Shespook explained.
Dani just blinked blankly at her. "Eh, I've heard weirder things," Dani shrugged not really believing his tale. "How about we start with a little target practice." Dani set up a stack of cans on a rock, flew back, pointed her finger at one of the cans, and fired an ecto-beam from her finger knocking one of the cans down. She then gestured Shespook to take a shot. Shespook grinned as she pointed her finger as well, aiming at the center can. Putting in as much power as she could muster, Shespook fired a huge ecto-blast that incinerated not only the all the cans, but the rock they were on as well! "Whoa, cool, you're really powerful," Dani gasped seeing the destruction. "You might even be stronger than Plasmius!"
"Who?" Shespook asked.
"The man who created me," Dani said looking away sadly. Dani didn't say anymore than that.
Shespook was curious, not for Dani's sake, but because he/she wanted to know what type of competition he'd/she'll have. Shespook wanted to interrogate the ghost girl, maybe even torture her to talk, but now wasn't the time for that. She still needed Dani to trust her, to teach her more about her ghost powers. So until then Shespook/Gai will have to play the nice apprentice. "How's about we call it a day?" Gai suggested after reverting back to his human form.
"Are you sure?" Dani asked wiping a tear. "I think we should work on your control so you don't accidentally blow up half the town or something. Besides you still can't form legs in your ghost form." Dani referring to Shespook's ghost tail.
"Don't worry, I won't accidentally blow up the town," Gai promise crossing his heart, while at the same time crossing his fingers behind his back. 'Because I'll be blowing up the town on purpose!' He thought to himself. "As for my legs, they're overrated, I rather prefer flying anyway." He added.
"Yeah that's my favorite power too," Dani nodding in agreement.
"Anyways think we both could use a break, get some refreshments or something, talk a little, get to know each other better, oh and it's my treat." Gai pulled out some bills he got from one of his robberies that Shezow failed to stop.
"Alright," Dani agreed. Even she can't pass up a free meal.
At the Nasty Burger, Sam and Tucker sat at their table trying to enjoy their meal. "Can you believe him! Some cross-dressing superhero from another dimension just shows up and he tosses us to the curb!" Sam said stuffing her tofu burger into her mouth.
"Maybe you should tell him," Tucker suggested for like the umpteen time. Sam simply growled her objection at him. While she understands what he's saying, she still feels that Danny should be the one to make the first move. Even though so far he's shown very little interest in her other than as a friend.
"Is there a little trouble in paradise?" a familiar and unwanted voice taunted.
"What do you want, Valerie?" Sam spat. "And shouldn't you be working?"
"Oh, I'm on break and I'm also curious to why the famous trio seems to be short a member? Could it be that he's wised up and found a himself better girlfriend." Valerie teased.
"It's none of your business! And she's not his girlfriend!" Sam accidentally slipped out.
"If you say so, but if I were you, I'd might want to duck and cover," Valerie suggested.
"Why?" Tucker asked.
"Because Danny and his new not girlfriend are about to come in." Valerie pointing at the window where they could see Danny and Gal about to enter.
"Oh you got to be kidding!" Sam groaned as she ducked under the table.
"What are they doing here?" Tucker wondered.
"Tucker!" Sam growled grabbing him by the shirt and pulling him down under the table.
"Are you sure we sure we have time for this?" Gal asked as her and Danny entered the establishment. "We really should be looking for Shespook."
"Yeah, but we should have something to eat first, you don't want to face him err her on an empty stomach you now, would you?" Danny argued. Gal had to give him that point.
"Hey Danny, who's your new girlfriend? And does Sam know you're with her?" Valerie teased.
"She's not my girlfriend, and yes Sam knows and she's cool with that." Danny insisted. Under the table Sam was grinding her teeth with Tucker wishing he was anywhere else but here. "Valerie this is Gal. Gal, Valerie." Danny introduced.
"Gal that's a unique name, very cute." Valerie said with a cheery smile.
"I've always like it," Gal smiled as well. As the two girls shared a friendly laugh when two more customers entered the establishment.
"Valerie!" Dani called out.
"Dani!" Valerie greeted.
"Dani?" Danny surprised to see the little girl.
"Danny!" Dani happy to see her cousin again.
"Guy!?" Danny shocked to see him here with Dani.
"Danny," Gai snickered sensing that this will be fun.
"Guy?" Valerie finding the name odd.
"Gai!" Gal sneered realizing that this is who they were looking for.
"Who?" Gai pointed at Gal in confusion, since he did not know who she is.
"You know each other?" Dani said in astonishment.
"Oh yeah were really good buddies, right Denny old pal." Gai said putting his arm around Danny, giving him the 'I dare you to try something' look. Danny was tempted to attack, but he couldn't risk endangering the crowd.
"It's Danny, nice to see you too buddy," Danny forcing the words to come out of his mouth.
"You know what, let's celebrate our meeting here. Lunch is on me! Waitress set us up with your finest table." Gai ordered.
"What do you think this is, a five star restaurant!" Valerie snapped. "If you want something, you order it at the counter like everybody else!"
"Fine," Gai snuffed pulling out a 50 dollar bill and handed it to Dani. "Here kid, why don't you order us some grub, while me and Donny get us a table. Oh and keep the change," Gai winked.
"Sure thing," Dani said running towards the counter. Gal went with her to help carry everything.
"Shall we," Gai directing Danny to the table right next to where Sam and Tucker were hiding.
"I don't know what your game is but I'm going to stop it!" Danny swore.
"Game? I'm just here for lunch," Gai shrugged. "Even us clones have to eat too. Don't worry, we'll cross swords soon enough, so try not to make a scene right now."
"What about Dani? Why are you with her?" Danny demanded.
"Oh her, I just met her recently. Yeah she's been a great help showing me the ropes and all. I actually kind of like her." Gai grinned seeing Danny's expression.
"You stay away from her!" Danny threatened. His eyes now glowing green with ferocity!
"Make me!" Gai challenged with his eyes glowing red!
"Food here!" Dani announced putting the tray on the table. Both boys sat there staring at what looked like twenty plus burgers and four large sodas.
"It was her idea. I couldn't stop her." Gal apologized.
"When I gave you the money for food, you didn't have to spend all of it," Gai said.
"Yeah, but I always had this dream of eating a mountain of burgers!" Dani blushed in embarrassment. "So let's dig in!"
"Ugh, what is this?" Gal gagged after taking one bite. "I can see why this place is called Nasty Burger! Is this stuff even food?"
"I think this is delicious," Gai said finishing his first burger. "Reminds me of home cooking."
"Taste more like toxic waste to me," Gal said after taking a second bite.
"Exactly, home cooking," Gai smiled finishing his third. "Are you going to finish that?" Gai pointing to the unfinished burger Gal had in her hand. Without even waiting for her answer, he just grabbed the burger and scarfed it down.
"Uh he means that his family worked at a toxic waste dump and..." Dani trying to cover for her newfound friend.
"Don't bother, Dani. She already knows he's a clone." Danny explained.
"Oh, ok." Dani feeling relieved. "So how did you meet?"
"It was at that one convention, wasn't it?" Gai smirked, remembering about reading all about how Shezow and a group of heroes, include one ghost boy, saved the day. "You remember, you, me, pajama boy, little kitten, and a big iguana, I think."
"He was a dragon! And the others were Ninja and Tigre!" Danny snapped. It was one thing to insult him, but to make fun of his friends is crossing the line!
"Not here, not now." Gal advised holding him back, though truth be told she also wanted to kick Gai's butt as well. Danny took a deep breath to trying calm down. Just then all three halfas felt a sudden chill as they all exhaled a blue mist from their breaths. At the same time Gal and Gai felt their respective HeSP and SheSP tingling.
"Okay, what was that all about?" Gai asked.
"That's our ghost sense, it tells us when theirs a ghost nearby." Dani explained.
"Ghost sense huh, that might come in handy." Gai said to himself. As he went reaching for another burger, the food started flying around, and not just his food but all the food in Nasty Burger! "Hey I bought that with the money I stole!" Gai yelled. "I mean earned through hard honest work," Gai corrected himself after everyone started staring at him.
The meat twirled around in a cyclone before merging into a large meat monster! "It's lunch time!" the Lunch Lady screamed. Naturally all the customers started to panic and run like crazy! Taking advantage of the chaos, Sam and Tucker took this opportunity to finally sneak out.
Then out of nowhere, an energy blast came and struck the Lunch Lady in the back. "Really Lunch Lady! This is the third time this week!" said this girl in a hi-tech suit, pointing a large blaster at the meat monster. "You'd think you'll learn by now!"
"You again! What, do you live here or something?" Lunch Lady ranted.
"Something," Valerie responded. "So let's take this outside!" Valerie targeted her gun and blasted the meat monster out the door before giving chase.
"Wasn't that our rude waitress," Gai recognizing the voice.
"Yup, she's one of the best ghost hunter in town, and one of my best friends." Dani said proudly.
"Come on, she's going to need help!" Danny said as he, Dani, and Gal got up to leave. Only Gai remained sitting.
"You're not coming with us?" Dani asked Gai.
"No, I still don't have full control of my powers and don't want to accidentally blow up half the town," Gai said with a wink. "But if you want to go play with your friends, go right ahead, I'll just meet up with you back at the training grounds." Gai smiled.
"Sure thing and thanks!" Dani giving Gai a hug before running after the others.
"Cute kid. Too bad I'll have to destroy her." Watch the battle through the window, Gai saw that Valerie was surprisingly skilled. Not only with weapons but in hand to hand combat as well. "Well this town is certainly a lot more interesting than I thought," Gai said to himself. Walking over to the next table, where Sam and Tucker used to be hiding, he picked up the only burger that didn't become part of the meat monster. "Maybe I'll move here after I dispose of Shezow," He grinned taking a bite out of the sandwich. "Oh gross, tofu!" Gai gagged tossing the unwanted food away before disappearing into the shadow.
In the area behind Nasty Burger, Danny and the others looked around to make sure no one was around. "Alright, let's do it!" Danny said. "Going Ghost!" he and Dani said at the same time with a synchronized transformation sequence.
"Sock it to me, Broseph!" Gal cried, turning into Dudepow!
"Whoa, there really are cross-dressing superheroes," Dani said in astonishment.
"Yeah it's embarrassing, but if you think about it, it's the perfect cover," Dudepow pointed out. Dani nodded in agreement.
"Say you know what, I didn't notice it before but that's a pretty cool emblem you got there," Danny pointing to the 'D' on Dudepow's chest.
"Thanks, yours is pretty sweet as well," Dudepow point to the 'DP' on Danny.
"Uh hello, we got a giant meat monster to defeat!" Dani reminded them. "But that is a cool costume, Dude."
"Right, let's go!" And the three heroes rushed to join Valerie in the fight.
Over at the dumpster, Sam and Tucker poked their heads out to make sure that the coast was clear. Earlier, while trying to sneak out the back, they saw that Danny was heading towards them so they hid in the trash. "Well that was certainly an awkward conversation," Tucker said overhearing the heroes complimenting each others emblems.
"Let's just go back and fix that darn portal so that little miss hero boy can go home!" Sam stomped.
"You really need to tell him," Tucker sighed following after his angry friend.
Needless to say with Valerie, two Phantoms, and Dudepow, the Lunch Lady was easily defeated and thermos in under a minute!