Wraith slowly approached Skulker. His three bladed gauntlet active and ready on his right arm. "So another ghost has joined this little whelp."

Wraith shrugged, "I'm just doing a favor." He charged forward and swung his blades. Skulker blocked and retaliated in kind. The ghost ducked the attack and flew behind the hunter. He rammed the bladed gauntlet into the armor.

"Fool!" Skulker spun around and slammed his fist into Wraith's face. Before Wraith fell back, Skulker grabbed his leg and tossed him into the air. He aimed his shoulder cannons. Wraith spun in mid air and fired a pair of ghost beams into his eyes. The hunter cried out and covered his eyes. Wraith's body erupted with green energy and slammed into him. Skulker's thrusters supported him and he rubbed his eyes, "You are beginning to annoy me."

"Beginning?" Wraith turned transparent and disappeared into the ground.

"That won't work on me!" He turned up the power on his shoulder cannons and fired out the ground. The beams tore into the ground and sent huge chunks of dirt and rock into the air. His cannons stopped firing and started to melt. "Darn it!"

"Going Ghost!" Danny transformed and fired a large ghost ray into Skulker's back. The hunter fell forward and another green beam hit him in the chest from the ground. The armored ghost was sent into the air and he hit the ground several feet away. Danny ran up next to Wraith, "I can't hold this long."

"Then we should end this."

Skulker stood up, "I will crush you." Wraith retracted the blades on his gauntlet and both he and Danny slammed both of their hands with each other. A large beam bigger than them fired from their hands. Skulker sighed, "I need a new plan!" The beam engulfed him and his armor exploded. The burning hulk of the armor fell to the ground and Skulker vanished.

Danny turned back to normal, "I'll be glad when this wears off. Thanks for the assist."

"It won't happen again." He glanced over to Valerie, "And you will need a lot of help in about three seconds."

Danny turned around, "Crap!"

Wraith floated into the sky, "I'll just give you two some alone time." He shot into the distance.

Danny started to open his mouth, but Valerie slapped him across the cheek, "You lied to me."

"I wanted to tell you, but..."

"But nothing!" She walked past him, "This isn't over."

Danny dropped to the ground, "Except us."

After an hour of starting into the sky and another spent walking aimlessly, Danny found himself at The Nasty Burger. He had ordered a burger and a soda. But so far all he did was stare at his food. Dash came in and tried to annoy him, but all Danny did was sigh. Dash got fed up and left. It was only at closing time that he actually moved. He wandered around for about an hour before he found himself at Sam's house. It was almost eight and he had to shake his head to wake up, "Why did I come here?"

"Damn your pathetic." Dusk appeared behind him.

"You!" Danny transformed into Danny Phantom, "You want to go another round." He changed back. "Crap!"

"Skulker's energy disrupter. You'll be next to powerless until tomorrow." The ninja sighed and walked over to a parked car and leaned against it, "Your not making this any challenge."

"I'm sorry if I am not amusing you. I thought you just plain hated me."

"You will torment millions of innocent lives both here and The Ghost Zone. But right now your just an innocent yourself. Barely able to see the big picture." Dusk stood up, "To destroy you would be a dishonor as it is. But I must complete my mission." The ninja walked up to Danny and gave him a hard stare with his glowing, smoking green eyes, "I will give you a little more time to better prepare yourself. Don't waste it." Dusk walked past him.

"Why don't you just get it over with?"

"Like I said kid. Right now your not evil. I have been paid to destroy you. But I will give you a chance." He vanished.

"Something to inspire too." Danny walked over to Sam's house and leaned on the small metal fence, "What am I going to do?"

"Getting lost would be a start." Derrick phased through the front door and walked down the steps. "Your not doing Sam any good by being here like this."

"She is still my friend."

"And as much as that annoys me, I won't do anything to prevent that. But you will not come here for comfort. Her heart is hurt already. I will not let you do anymore harm to her."

Danny was fuming, but knew he wasn't in any condition to fight a ghost at the moment, "This isn't over."

"No! But it will be." Derrick flew into the sky as Danny ran home.

Danny walked into his dark room and sat down on his bed. He held his head in his hands, "So what should I do now?"

"Explain!" The light came on and Valerie was sitting on his open windowsill. She was in her normal clothes. She stood up and walked over to him, "I snuck in!" Valerie sat down in Danny's desk chair in front of him, "You said you could explain. So explain!" Danny spent about an hour explaining every single encounter, every reason why she hated his ghost form, and why it wasn't technicality his fault. Valerie sat silently as he finished. She drummed her fingers on his desk for a few minutes, "That was the dumbest and most unbelievable story I have ever heard." She sighed, "But all things considered, I believe you."

"You do?"

Valerie stood up and sat down next to him, "I'm angry you didn't tell me, but I guess you figured I would vaporize you as soon as I found out." Danny nodded in agreement. "For a little while I did, but I started to think about all the fun we had. How about we start over?"

"How far over?"

Valerie gave him a quick kiss, "Not too far. How about just before that ghost interrupted us?"

"I can do that." They kissed again. This one lasting much longer.

Danny Phantom flew through Amity Park with a big smile on his face. He hummed to himself as he enjoyed the morning. "Beware!" The Box Ghost flew past.

"Even you couldn't ruin my day." Danny chased after him. They flew in-between buildings and down the streets of town. Danny was chasing him with the same joy in his heart as he was just flying around. His joy ended as a large forearm shot up and slammed him out of the air. The arm was connected to Dusk. "Do you always have to stalk me?"

"You seem to have everything going for you today."

Wraith appeared behind Dusk, "But things are not. As long as you live, you will never know peace."

"So you two are working together."

"Damn he is slow." Dusk snapped his fingers and two holes opened up in the street. Red fire poured out of them. Wraith flew above the two holes and held his arms out. Both Sam and Valerie appeared. Wraith was holding them by their legs over the holes. "It is time for you to chose ghost boy. You can't save them both."

"Better hurry!" Wraith started to shake his arms, "Can't hold them long."

"Why are you doing this?"

Dusk shrugged, "Too make you suffer. This is all your fault."

Danny pushed himself past Dusk, "I can't do this. I CAN"T DO THIS!"

Danny shot up in bed. He wiped sweat from his eyes and sat up. He had fallen asleep in his clothes again. He walked over to a small mirror on the wall, "I need to sort my life out."

"And learn not to snore." Valerie waved at him from his bed.

Danny nearly jumped out of his skin, "You were here all night?" Valerie smiled and nodded. Danny gulped, "We didn't sleep together. Did we?"

"I slept on the floor." Valerie stood up. She too had slept in her clothes. "I better get back home and change." She walked over and kissed him on cheek, "I'll see you later." She opened his window and jumped out. She landed on the street safely and walked home.

Danny had to shake his head several times to clear it, "I really need to sort my life out."