Chapter 68: Animal Attraction

Team Impossible just left the heroes back in Amity Park. As they flew off, Dash was typing something into their onboard computer.

"I better inform Dr. Director about what Kim Possible informed us…"

Crash was preoccupied with something else. He looked around the jet.

"Where's my Animology book?"

"I think I saw the Phantom kid take it." Burn said.

"What?!" Crash said in irritation. He was marching towards the back, where their jetpacks were. "I'm going after-"

"You know Director said to not bother that kid." Dash reminded him, making Crash stop. "He's more useful as an ally than an enemy…"

Crash groaned at this and returned to his seat.


It was late night, everyone was asleep. Danny chose to do his little research on his own with the book he took. It was a surprisingly difficult question to figure out.

He groaned quietly.

"It's gonna me too long…" He whispered. That's when an idea hit him. Getting out of bed, he morphed and split into three with duplication. "Okay… I'll take the first 3, you guys take the rest…"

In minutes later, all Danny's were done with the questions. The duplicates returned to their source as Danny returned to human form. Getting back in bed, he put the answers together as he read where it led him.

Here it is…

"You are a Red Hound... you are loyal and fun but can also be rather headstrong and can be rather stubborn... heh... I guess it IS a lame way to find out who you date by-"

That's when he noticed something below the description. The soulmate to his sign.

He had to inch closer to the page to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

He wasn't.

POTENTIAL SOULMATE FOR THE RED HOUND: Includes Yellow Wolf and Blue Fox.

Danny dropped the book, reading that made his brain start processing.

Kim is a Blue Fox. That means she and I...

Since everyone is asleep, he had to express how he felt about this.

He morphed and flew out into the sky.

Once he arrived 2000 feet in the air, he expressed his thoughts as calmly as he could.

"YEEEEEESSSSSS!"

In the skies, surrounded by clouds, Danny Phantom was too ecstatic and full of enjoyment to care if anyone saw him.

He was even using his finger to draw a heart, then write "KP + DF" before sighing happily.

"I knew it…" He said to himself. "We're meant to be!" Seeing a cloud conveniently shaped like Kim, he smiled and flew to it, bowing to her. "Hey, Kim! We're soulmates!" He pretended to voice her by pitching his voice higher. "Spankin!" He looked to see a long cloud, with a bit on the top shaped like her father's head. "Hey there, Mr. Dr. P!" Danny inched closer and pretended he couldn't hear him right. "What's that? Call you Dad since I already got your blessing? You got it!" He then laughed to himself. "Wow… this means I have a shot!" He took a breath. "Better not screw it up…"


Meanwhile, in Japan, the sensei is in deep mediation.

One that is interrupted when someone arrived.

"It has been a long time… Clockwork."

The sensei turned his head, seeing the master of time himself hovering near him.

"I take it you're aware of the Dark Plasma?" Clockwork asked.

"Indeed… is what you once warned me of happening true?" The sensei asked.

"It looks like it…" Clockwork said with an uncharacteristic look of concern. "This was something I didn't think would ever happen so soon…"

"You seem more concerned than you usually are…" The sensei said with some concern.

"Let's just say I can't afford to be wrong…" Clockwork responded. "I take it Yori has left?"

"I sent her hours ago. She should arrive in America once it is afternoon where Ron Stoppable currently is." The sensei answered. "She will play her role in this, won't she?"

"She will…" Clockwork answered. "Let's hope we can stop this… before he shows up…"


It was now morning in Amity Park. He found, to his disappointment, Kim and Ron had left earlier. He had time, but he really wanted to talk to Kim. He wasn't sure what he'd say, but just wanted to be with her right now.

"Sure, there's this Yellow Wolf girl… but I already know someone who is already… foxy." He said to himself as he put the book in his bag.

"I see you've taken an interest in Animology..."

He heard Bonnie say. He saw her at his doorframe with a smirk.

"What's it to ya?" Danny said rudely.

Bonnie kept smirking as she approached him.

"I remember taking that test a while back... just so you know, I'm a lavender mouse..." Bonnie said.

"And?" Danny paused, wondering where she is going with this.

"Well, tell me what you got...I want to see just how...COMPATIBLE we are..." Bonnie said flirtatiously as she arrived and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I hear they released a new version, what'd you get?"

"Uh…" Danny blushed despite the scenario, since Bonnie chose to wear a somewhat revealing pink top and red skirt. "Red Hound…" Once Bonnie's hand was rising up to his face, he used his power to phase out of her grip. "Well, gotta go! It's Friday, so this is the last day Barkin is around… and you should be ready to go home… right?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes.

"Fine…" She smiled again. "But first…" To Danny's annoyance, Bonnie inched closer and quickly pecked his lips. "A good luck kiss… Barkin can be a bit more…" She had a notable look of worry on her face. "Extreme… on Fridays."

"On Fridays?" Danny questioned, not liking that.

"Yeah… you should probably get going now…" Bonnie said, for once sounding rather worried that her usual self.

"Alright…" Danny said.

"Oh and… can you maybe give me a ride home tonight? It beats planes and trains…" Bonnie asked.

Danny groaned. "Fine…"


It was minutes later, Danny arrived. On his way out, he left some food for Danielle, who was hiding out in the Ops Center with Kim.

That's when he saw his two best friends, who noticed the big smile on his face.

"You look good, that mission in Florida worked out?" Tucker asked.

"Nope. Thirorex has what wanted and he's got some ancient magic rock that boosts his power because he's pure evil…" Danny said.

This left Sam and Tucker looking a bit nonplussed by his attitude.

"Then… why are you all sunshine and rainbows?" Sam asked.

Danny pulls the book out of his bag.

"This!"

Both of them stared. Only Sam scowled.

"Animology?"

"Yeah!" Danny said. "This just told me who my soulmate could be."

"Soulmate?!" Tucker asked. "I gotta see that!"

As he tried to reach for it, Sam pushed him aside.

"Tucker, don't be stupid…"

"You don't wanna take a look, Sam?" Danny asked.

"No."

"Really? You don't want to see the best possible…" Danny clears his throat at that word, something Sam noticed. "Likely… soulmate you'll have?"

"This is to see if you have a shot Kim Possible, isn't it?" Sam asked in an accusing tone.

"What? No!" He said in a playful tone. "But if she happens to find out how compatible we are and finally see how awesome, handsome and potentially a good father to her children I am… So be it."

"Please Danny..." Sam scoffed. " I don't require some ridiculous personality test that assigns me a random animal color to determine my soulmate..."

"You took the test, didn't you?" Danny asked in an amused tone.

With that, Sam turned red with anger.

"PINK SHEEP?! Of all animals?! And why pink?!"

Both Danny and Tucker smirked at her reaction. That's when someone took the book from Danny's hand. It was a certain group that disliked Danny and his friends.

"What's this? Another loser thing?" Dash questioned with a scoff.

"Hey!" Danny snapped. "Give that back!"

Dash kept Danny away at an arm's length.

"Your bodyguard girlfriend isn't here, loser… Now let's see… Animology?" Danny had an amused look as he read the directions on the first page. "Ooh… look at this! It assigns a random color and animal that best represents you." He spoke in a mocking tone as the rest of the A-List, and other students, laugh. "And from it… it also determines…" His smile dropped as his interest was genuinely piqued. "Your best possible… soulmate…"

With that, the rest of the students stopped laughing and were genuinely curious.

Dash started reading it when Paulina swiped it from his hands.

"You don't even read!" She snapped.

Then Star took it.

"I read more!"

Kwan took it from her.

"I need to do some reading! I'll start with this!"

Soon, all the students in the hallways, save for Danny and Sam, were fighting over the book. Even Tucker dove in, much to Sam's disappointment with him.


"Animology?" Maddie asked.

"Yeah…" Jack said as he was eating his pancakes. "I saw Danny carry that book into his room behind everyone's back. I did my research and took the online version." He had a notable frown. "I wanted something cool… like Orange Snake."

"That's what I got." Maddie answered. Jack looked surprised and she gave context. "Jazz took it out of curiosity last year, she got blue swan, I got that. What'd you get?"

"Periwinkle Cow…" Jack muttered. "Even Vladdie got something cool, the Silver Bat."

Maddie gasped when Jack answered his own animal.

"Jack… do you know what that means?"

"Uh… what?" Jack asked as he just poked his breakfast instead of eat it.

"Orange Snake and Periwinkle Cow… are SOULMATES!"

Jack stopped his poking and looked to his wife with widened eyes.

"Really?"

Maddie nodded.

Jack grinned as he took her hand.

"SOULMATES!" They both went.

Meanwhile, the only other person in the house, Danielle, snuck in and took Jack's laptop. She overheard this talk and decided to give it a try.

"Okay…" She said while typing. "That's my answer. I heard Danny say he's a Red Hound… please give me something different…" She said.

I don't want to be like him in everything… She thought.

Then she got her answer and smiled.

"Red Rabbit? Sure, I guess…" She said with a small smile.


Here at the mall, with her and Ron needing to return to Middleton soon, Kim couldn't help but feel a bit like she wants this week to go longer. She couldn't understand why at first until this thought came to her mind.

Danny…

"Hey! KP! Check it out!" Ron said.

"What is it, Ron?" Kim asked.

"This mall just opened a place for soft-serve!" He said. "Want some cones?"

"Nah… I'm good." Kim said with a handwave.

Ron gave her a smile, one that affected her in some way. Both a good way and bad way.

"Sure… Let's go, little buddy."

"Mm-hmm…" Rufus went as Ron headed to get ice cream.

Kim was now all alone. She needed to be all alone right now.

She is confused.

They say that liking boys and dating is hard. It's even harder for a girl with the kind of lifestyle she has.

Not many boys are too keen with the thought of dating a girl who spends her time punching bad guys twice her size. She tried not to let it get to her but it did bother her a times. Sure, she has met a few boys that didn't seem to mind that part of her life and only two boys who she was very close to, who accepted that part of her without any problem.

Danny and Ron.

Ron was both her sidekick and her best friend and they have known each other since Pre-K. He's always accepted her as she is.

She has only recently met Danny but not only did he accept her "teen hero" job, he was infatuated with her because of it. Despite seeing him as just a kid at first, he has grown on her over time.

She cared about the both of them. But sometimes, some thoughts came to her mind that she tried to ignore.

Before Danny came along, she did, every once in a while, thought of her relationship with Ron, especially after the moodulator incident. She knew that they were good friends and she will always care about him, but still, once or twice, a thought did come to her mind if maybe, they could become more.

When she had these thoughts, she brushed them off and reminded herself that she and Ron were friends and it would be too "awk-weird" to do that sort of thing.

She loves Ron, just not in THAT way.

Danny was a different sitch for her. He's younger, but he's somewhat more mature than Ron. Also, he didn't hide how interested he was the moment they met, mostly because he was bad at it. Yet still, his good nature, fun attitude and admiration for her heroics and desire for normalcy was a relief she only got from Ron.

Him being younger doesn't really bother her that much anymore. Although, his secret identity would make it a bit difficult.

She sighed.

"What am I gonna do about these two?"


It was lunch as school now as students were discussing what they learned from the book. Students were discussing to themselves in private with friends.

"I got Maroon Tiger." Valerie said proudly. "You?" She asked Star.

"Yellow Wolf." Star said.

They walked past the A-List, who looked a bit annoyed.

"Lavender Mouse?" Paulina asked with a disappointed look. "Mice are icky, like, why couldn't they give me a cute animal, like a kitten or a poodle?"

"At least you're not a Pink Gorilla…" Dash grumbled. "Did it have to rub it in that I'm not smart and I peak young?" That's when he remembered something that he read and smirked. "Say, Paulina? I read that I'm a potential soulmate for the lav-"

"Not gonna happen." Paulina snapped with a hand up.

"At least you're not Blue Baboon…" Kwan said. "Ashley's not happy for that…"

"What are you?" Dash asked.

"Purple Squirrel."

As this went on, Sam and Danny noticed Tucker arrived and had a very sour look on his face, more so that Sam's.

"Something wrong?" Danny asked.

"I finished the test…"

"So… Pink Sheep too?" Sam asked.

"No…" Tucker grumbled. "A Gray Monkey…"

Curious, Danny pulled out the book he got back and looked for it.

"Gray Monkey. You are unable to shut up, you have an inflated view of yourself and you tend to attract attention, good and bad… but mostly bad."

"Huh…" Sam had an amused look on her face. "I guess this book can be accurate after all."

Tucker grumbled in annoyance, much to the amusement of Danny and Sam.


On the island lair of the Terakons, Thirorex was sitting on his throne.

There, he held in his claw a larger chunk of the Dark Plasma that was uncovered during his absence. Looking at it in his grip, he had an evil smirk.

"My body has reaccepted its power… the blood of darkness…" He chuckled to himself. That's when he heard someone approaching. He knew it couldn't be a human, as it was too big. He saw his younger brother, who shared a look of disapproval at him.

"The machine is near completion." Scorex said. "There's just one last thing we need…"

"And that is…?"

"We must perform this action which the humans called hacking into their satellites." Scorex explained. "The humans offer themselves to assist in exchange for their survival."

Hearing this made his brother smile, but in a way he did not like.

"Fine by me…"


Danny finally arrived home after a whole day. Not even Barkin's tiring exercises and methods of teaching could keep him from realizing he's a potential soulmate for the girl he's been into for months now.

Sam and Tucker volunteered to come along to make sure he doesn't get himself hurt as he kept reading the book.

"Sheesh… he's burying himself in the wrong kind of book." Sam muttered.

"It says here the Blue Fox is a born leader who cannot resist a challenge. Driven to excel and a perfectionist. Looks 2.0 added more stuff… It also says there's a sweet side and can grow to become a compassionate and nurturing caregiver once matured." Danny had a huge grin. "Sweet…" He then took notice of something else. "It says other potential soulmates include the Yellow Trout, already know that one is out, and Pink Sloth. Ha! As long as neither of those are around, I got a solid shot!"

"Danny, stop reading that thing like it's actually telling you your future…" Sam said.

"Yeah!" Tucker said with an annoyed tone. He then rose his arm out in annoyance. "Tucker Foley is NOT a Gray Monkey!"

"Really?" Valerie's voice caught their attention.

All of them looked in the direction of that voice, which was behind them. They saw Valerie, walking in the direction of the mall.

"Valerie? I thought you have a shift tonight?" Danny asked.

"Irving's giving a lot of us the night off." She explained. "Anyway, that's a relief to hear. I'm a Maroon Tiger and apparently, the Gray Monkey is my soulmate."

Relieved, she walked away. All the while Tucker just stood there, dumbfounded.

"Soulmate?!" Tucker whined. "Val! Wait!"

Sam grabbed him by the backpack and pulled him back.

"Let it go, Gray Monkey…"

Once Danny arrived home, he saw his parents happily holding hands and nuzzling each other's cheeks. This weirded him out.

"Wow… suddenly ghosts are less strange…"

They became aware of their son's presence.

"Danny!" Maddie said. "Your father and I looked into that Animology test thing you mentioned this morning and we found out we're soulmates!"

Danny's eyes widened.

"Really?"

"Yup!" Jack said. "Anyway, your sister said she was taking a friend to the mall for quality time. Kimberly and Ronald called and said they were at the mall too in case you wanna hang out."

Danny listened, but he had a big grin on his face as his parents went back to being affectionate. He was realizing that if they are soulmates, then he has a chance.

Sam noticed this and, after Danny had no reaction to her waving her hand in his face, began to worry.

"Uh oh…"

Danny quickly shut the door.

"I'm heading to the mall!"

Danny quickly ran in that direction. Sam groaned and followed. Tucker had a smile on his face.

"Maybe Valerie will believe me when I tell her I am a Gray Monkey!"


Meanwhile, an airplane has landed. Out of the airport was a young girl of Japanese descent, wearing a black Martial Arts Gi.

She looked around her environment.

"So, this is the Amity Park Stoppable-san is in? Then I must locate him and Possible-san…" Yori said.


At the mall, Danny found himself at the food court. He didn't see Kim anywhere, but he knew she'd be here. Sam and Tucker were with him, though the latter was preoccupied with all the girls.

"Okay… this Red Hound is fox hunting…" Danny said to himself as he went on.

As he went ahead, Sam was about to stop him when Tucker grinned at a few girls passing by.

"Maybe Valerie's not my only shot. Hey, ladies! Any Maroon Tigers?"

He walked off. Sam was about to stop him, but she stopped and scowled.

She groaned. "Well… better get one of those wheat smoothies…"

Before Danny could leave the food court, someone took notice of him.

"Danny?"

Danny stopped, seeing his sister and clone were sitting together. Danielle had a tray with all sorts of foods she was scarfing down.

"Jazz? Danielle?" He asked.

"I offered to treat her to the food court if she kept me company while I find a new outfit." Jazz said. That's when she noticed the book in Danny's hand and rolled her eyes. "Please tell me that's not an Animology book…"

"It is." Danny said with a giddy look on his face. "I'm a Red Hound. Kim's a Blue Fox. That means we're soulmates…" He gushed.

"Awesome." Danielle said with some food dripping out of her mouth.

"No talking with your mouth full." Jazz chided.

Danielle groaned.

"Okay…" She swallowed.

"So… I'm gonna spend some time with her and maybe… if we get alone time… I tell her this and it might lead to… something." He said with a big grin and his eyebrows rose twice.

"You are seriously doing this?" Jazz asked in amusement.

"Hey, I am not doing anything wrong. I am merely just informing the ever so lovely Kim Possible that I, Danny Fenton, am the Red Hound to her Blue Fox, her soulmate..." Danny said, failing to hide the excited grin on his face.

"Danny, it's just a magazine quiz, you can't believe that's based on anything real..." Jazz said.

"Dad told me that it said that he and mom are soulmates when they took the online quiz..."Danny pointed out.

Jazz rolled her eyes. While she approves of Danny's interest in Kim, she doesn't approve of his thinking the magazine proves they're soulmates.

"Coincidence... it's just a premade personality quiz that some company's marketing department came up just to make a quick buck. You cannot possibly believe that you and Kim are soulmates just based on that, right?" Jazz said, trying to reason with him.

"No, I don't believe me and Kim are soulmates based on that. I believe that we are soulmates based on the fact that she is the greatest thing to have come into my life and this test acknowledges it..." Danny said.

"Hey!" Danielle said with her mouthful.

"Oh… okay. Best non-family thing." He said.

"That's better…" Danielle went with a nod.

"I am not going to talk you out of this, aren't I?" Jazz said, realizing that her brother is being stubborn.

"Nope, and instead of bagging on the test, why don't you take it? They do tend to be accurate on the kind of person you are..." Danny said.

"Already took it. Blue Swan." Jazz said. "I'm mature, graceful and level-headed. To be fair, not far off…"

"Red Rabbit." Danielle added in. "Emotional, fun-loving, but naïve… I can't complain."

Jazz sighed, but still with some amusement.

"Fine… Go look for your fox, Romeo." Jazz said.

"Yes!" Danny said with a fist pump and headed off.

Unknown to Danny, his conversation with his sister and clone had been eavesdropped by a certain jealous brunette, who heard the whole thing.

"Oh no, that sneaky Kim..." Bonnie muttered, feeling her jealousy rising.

In her irrational mind, she saw Kim to be blamed by this whole thing, despite the fact that the red head didn't make Danny take the test or had any part in his answers. Bonnie didn't care, to her, Kim is always to blame.

"There is no way I am letting that pesky "blue fox" swipe my Danny, I better follow him..." Bonnie said.


Danny was looking around, trying to spot Kim when he felt someone bump into him.

To his displeasure, it's a cheerleader he's not interested in.

"Fenton? Ick!" Paulina said as she wiped Danny's touch from her shoulder. "Bad enough that stupid book of yours called me a mouse..."

"Mouse?"

"Lavender Mouse. I like the color, but not the animal..."

Danny groaned internally.

Great, another pesky rodent. She and Bonnie would be good friends.

"Star gets Golden Coyote or something and I get that?" She then looked to Danny and pointed a finger at him. "Looking for whatever mangy animal that dumb book said is your match?"

Danny scowled back at her.

"You're right. You're not a mouse. I'm refraining from saying what animal you since kids could listen..." Danny said.

As this went on, Bonnie was walking through the mall with some disappointment.

"This pales to Middleton Mall." That's when she saw Danny with a girl she didn't recognize. and got angry.

Another one?!

She marched over and, to Danny's surprise, came to his defense.

"Are you flirting?" She suspected Paulina.

She immediately scoffed.

"Please... the only boy in this town worth fawning over is the ghost boy..." She said with a happy smile at that thought.

"You mean Danny Phantom?" Bonnie asked.

"The one and same. I bet he's my Animology soulmate."

That's when Bonnie smirked at an idea.

"Well… too bad there's a chance he's not the type of animal you're looking for."

Hearing that, Paulina turned red with rage.

"What was that, you-you fake tanned wannabe?"

"Oh… did I strike a nerve, little girl?"

"I'll strike some nerves!" Paulina threatened. "With my perfectly manicured nails!"

Paulina took a look at them and scoffed.

"Please…" She held her fingers up. "These are perfectly manicured."

Danny couldn't believe he was seeing. Whether Paulina didn't know it yet, she and Bonnie were fighting over him.

I was wrong… these two are clearly not friend material.

As these two began bickering on other things, not just their compatibility but other things like how they wash their hairs, Danny slowly inched away before finally walking off.

Once he was far away, he took out the Animology book.

"Lavender Mouse: You are graceful but also very vain and think highly of yourself. You'd love to find your soulmate, but your first love will always be yourself." He read before wincing. "Yeah… this Hound is avoiding them…"

That's when he saw who he was looking for.

She stood there, with her pink pants and white shirt with the red heart on it. A heart that matched the ones Danny imagined her being surrounded by.

Kim… He thought in fondness.

That ended when he saw Ron was next to her. This made him straighten himself.

"Okay… I just act casual and then…"

He saw Ron walk away. He realized Ron was approaching a stand for popcorn. Then, out of nowhere, he saw a girl of Japanese descent in a black Gi approach Ron. The two started talking.

Huh… I guess Ron has some game after all. And now… it's my turn to play!

Danny took the opportunity. Seeing a nearby support pillar, Danny chose to hide behind it. Thanks to its cylindrical design, Danny was about to curve around and get a good look at Kim, who was just oblivious as she stood around, unaware of what Ron was doing.

Danny smiled to himself and practiced what he was going to say.

"Kim. I took the Animology test. Did you know there's new animals? I'm a Red Hound, you're a Blue Fox, that means we're soulmates! Eh… no, too cheerful." He took a breath. "Blue Fox? Red Hound." He said in a suave tone before shaking it off. "No… that's no good. Maybe this was a dumb idea… I'll just talk to her. Then lead in to the Red Hound thing… Yeah… that's it." He then turned to see Kim and was about to step out.

"KP!"

Ron shouted over the people talking, getting Kim's attention.

Danny didn't know why, but Kim seemed to have recognized the Asian girl and went to speak with Ron and her.

Danny frowned.

"Great…" He said sarcastically. However, then he saw Kim talk with the girl as if something serious was going on. "Do they know each other?"

Then he saw them head out the mall and it got Danny curious.

Then his phone went off. It was that lovey-dovey ringtone. It made him blush.

"I… should really change that…" He answered. "Uh… hi."

"Hey, Danny." Kim said. "Are you anywhere near the mall? We need you to meet with us on the rooftop."

He could tell she was being serious about something, so he was able to calm down and lose his blush.

"Okay. I'm coming." He hung up. "Better take a few minutes so that she doesn't suspect something…"


In minutes, Kim got her mission gear out of her bag in the bathroom. She carries it in case of something happening. Meanwhile, Ron just finished his.

"Okay…" He marched out of the bathroom and got serious. "Time to see why Yori's here…" Then he spotted something that made him smile and walk towards it. "Right after a pretzel!"

Meanwhile, Yori remained on the rooftop, meditating.

That's when Danny Phantom rose in, thanks to intangibility.

Yori, who snapped out of meditation, saw him and gasped.

Danny turned around and saw her.

"Oh…" He landed on the rooftop, recognizing her. "Uh… sorry… I'm-"

"Evil yokai!"

"Huh?" Danny said, only to flinch when he saw that she pulled out a sword and started charging at him. "What?! Wait!"

"HI-YA!"

Yori slashed with that sword and Danny dodged.

"Whoa! You don't understand!" Danny said as he held his hands up.

"Watashi wa anata ga zokusuru basho ni okurikaeshimasu..." Yori shouted in Japanese before she swung again.

That's when Ron came in, finishing up his pretzel, using the stairway that led to a door.

"Hey, sorry for the-" He then saw what was going on and panicked. "HOLY MOLY!"

"Stoppable-san, be careful!" Yori said. "This evil yokai arrived! I will slay it!"

"Ron!" Danny shouted as he avoided the sword. "Say something!"

Ron just stared with his jaw dropped.

"Save him! Save him!" Rufus panicked as he poked Ron's cheek.

Ron snapped out of it, though unsure what to say.

"Uh… He's… not a bad guy?"

"Just tell her!" Danny said.

"Tell her what?" Ron asked, clueless.

"My secret!" Danny shouted as he inched his head away from a stab.

"But you said not to…" Ron questioned.

"Just tell her!" Danny shouted.

"But you said-"

"I KNOW WHAT I SAID, LISTEN TO WHAT I AM SAYING NOW!"

"Dude… you got mad before, make up your mind…" Ron said with his arms crossed.

Rufus groaned in embarrassment.

That's when Kim walked in and saw what was happening. She gasped.

"Yori?! Stop!"

"Not until this yokai spirit is no more!" She declared as she jumped into the air and tried to slash Danny.

He responded by grabbing the sides of the sword.

"Will you stop?!" He asked.

"Very well…" Yori said as she let go of the blade. "I shall use my hands!"

She then struck him in the stomach. Since he didn't expect it, Danny didn't go intangible and it rendered him unable to fight back as he got on the floor.

Kim saw Ron just standing with his arms crossed.

"Why aren't you helping him?!"

"He says to tell her his secret but he got mad when I exposed him before… so I'll just wait until-"

Kim groaned loudly, shutting Ron up. She had to make a move when Yori took her weapon back.

Kim jumped in Yori's way, holding her hand out to block her.

"He's a friend!" Kim shouted. "His name is Danny Phantom and he's not an enemy!"

"Not all yokai are to be trusted!"

"I'm not a-"

"He's a superhero and he's…" Kim looked to Danny, who nodded his approval. "Half-ghost."

On that cue, Danny morphed to human form, to Yori's surprise.

"Nani?" Yori said in japanese, very confused right now.

"My name is Danny Fenton, also Danny Phantom. I am a friend of Kim and Ron..." Danny said.

Yori blinked just to make sure she wasn't seeing things.

"You are the friend that my sensei said they are working with?"

"If I say yes, do you promise to stop attacking?" Danny asked as Kim helped him up.

Yori managed to recover and seeing that he is not an enemy, gave him a bow.

"My apologies…"

"All's forgiven." Danny said to her before glaring at Ron. "You however… not so much."

"What'd I do?!" Ron questioned.

"It's what you didn't do…" Danny said sharply. "You can't keep your mouth shut and the one time I want you to tell someone my secret… you don't do it?!"

"I thought you'd get mad at me!" Ron defended himself.

"It's hard for him to be mad if his head was detached from his body…" Kim said in a scolding tone.

Even Rufus felt ashamed of Ron, evident by the facepalming he did.

"Wait…" Danny noticed something. "You mentioned a sensei? I don't remember meeting him."

"He's a friend of the one you know as Clockwork…"

This got Danny's attention. "Clockwork?"

"Who's Clockwork?" Ron asked Kim.

"Never met him…" Kim answered.

"He is the spirit of time itself." Yori explained. "And even then, my sensei could sense the danger you are in…"

"You mean you already know about the dragons we've been dealing with?" Danny asked.

"Not in such detail. Though the sensei sensed a horrible power. It has gone by many names…" Yori explained. "Anti-Light, Source of Darkness, we call it Essence of Evil…"

"Then we don't have to fill you in on all of it…" Kim said. "The one's using that power are a race of dragons called Terakons."

"This one dude, Thirorex, he used it." Ron filled in.

"This must be what the sensei sensed…" Yori theorized.

"So… why did you come for Kim and Ron?" Danny asked.

"Sensei believes I should assist, believing that should these beasts grow in power, you will need all the allies you will require." Yori answered.

"So… anyone at the Yamanouchi School have experience in slaying dragons?" Kim asked with a slightly light tone.

"Slaying dragons is a western concept, in the east, they are regarded with the highest honor and respect."

"Even the ones who want to cause human extinction?" Danny asked with an eyebrow risen.

"There are… exceptions to every rule." Yori answered.

"So… I guess you're staying with us?" Kim asked.

"Well, Bonnie is going home tonight. I should know… I'm giving her a ride home."

Kim did not like hearing that, neither did Ron. Though it was for different reasons.

"Bonnie not being around is actually the best part of this little adventure…" Ron said. "I stepped into the bathroom when she was showering and she slapped me… Not that I wanted to!"

Kim rolled her eyes.

"Fine by me…" That's when she noticed something sticking out of Danny's backpack. "Danny? What's that?"

Danny took notice and saw it.

"Oh… uh…"

Kim walked up and pulled the familiar book out. She smirked.

"Crash's Animology 2.0 book?"

Seeing an opportunity, he smiled.

"I'm a Red Hound." Kim and Ron didn't react in anyway he was hoping for, or at all. "I'm… guess you guys don't know about the new animals?"

"I haven't touched this since freshman year." Kim said.

"Ron Stoppable is no Pink Sloth!" Ron declared.

Kim rolled her eyes in amusement.

"Come on, Pinky." Kim said as she gave Danny's book back and headed for the stairway. "Let's take Yori to Fentonworks. Maybe she can take Bonnie's room…"

As they went, they didn't see the look on Danny's face. When Ron said his Animology sign, it made him worry.

Did he just say… Pink Sloth?

He quickly went through the book. He found it.

"Pink Sloth… an outcast, a follower, socially inept and smells of overripe fruit…" He then saw what he remembered and worried. "Potential soulmate for Blue Fox…" He whispered and worried.

Then he remembered what Nana Possible said and it hit him.

Kim and Ron knew each other for years… that's a huge advantage…

Now it seems the girl who he's fallen for may be out of reach.

"Are you alright, Fenton-san?"

Danny flinched.

"Yori? You're still here?"

"Indeed. May I try your interesting test?"

"Uh… sure?"

He handed her the book. That's when they went to the stairway.

Halfway done, Yori handed the book back to Danny.

"I am finished."

"Already?" He asked. "What'd you get?"

"Black Crane." She said politely. "I apologize once again for my behavior."

"It's… cool. So, how do you know Kim and Ron?"

"I am more familiar with Stoppable-san. We have battled against Monkey Fist once. Though I am friend to both, I am more familiar with Ronald Stoppable." She said with a smile that Danny took notice of.

Curious, Danny took a look at the Black Crane description.

"Black Crane… You are graceful, stealthy and very devoted. You are gentle and kind to your friends, but fierce against your enemies." He then saw something that made him stop, Yori walking past him. "Potential soulmate for Pink Sloth?" He whispered.

He looked down the stairway, seeing Yori now reaching the first floor of the mall.

Then an idea hit him.

If I can get her and Ron alone together… that means Kim and I can be together… No, they have a right to like who they like… Then again, she's pretty cool and she and Ron clearly know each other on a friendly basis…

A smile came to his face.

"Okay… underhanded… but Yori Stoppable is as good as Kim Fenton… right?" He asked himself. That's when his cellphone went off and, upon seeing the number, he groaned. "Better than Bonnie Fenton…" He answered. "Yes?"

"Yoo hoo… someone promised to give me a ride home?"

Danny groaned.


I always liked the episode "Animal Attraction", hence reusing the name. Since Lavender Mouse and Yellow Bear were animals not featured on the wiki, I decided to add my own, with help from Flower princess11.

Here are the descriptions, with help from her.

Red Hound: You are loyal and fun but can also be rather headstrong and can be rather stubborn. You are loyal and protective of those you love.

Gray Monkey: You are unable to shut up, you have an inflated view of yourself and you tend to attract attention, good and bad… but mostly bad.

Pink Sheep: You want to stand out for attention. You try to appear a bigger deal than you really are. Deep down, you're afraid and confused.

Blue Swan: You are mature, graceful and level-headed. You do your best, sometimes going to fair, when you put your mind to something.

Red Rabbit: You are emotional, fun-loving, but naïve. You seek to make those you look up to proud of you.

Pink Gorilla: You are large, aggressive, physically strong but mentally weak. You are very likely to peak young and not amount to much when older.

Purple Squirrel: You're usually nice, but can be pushed to doing things you normally don't want to do.

Maroon Tiger: You are very strong and agile, you have lots of self-confidence, but often your pride can blind you and leave you as anther's prey.

Yellow wolf: You believe yourself to be an alpha, but you are actually a follower, subservient to the leader of the pack. You maintain an air of dignity but you desperately just want to please those around you.

Black Crane: You are graceful, stealthy and very devoted. You are gentle and kind to your friends, but fierce against your enemies.

And yes, Star being a Yellow Wolf is because I wanted to hint she has potential with Danny too.

Meanwhile, Danny's going to be giving Bonnie a ride home.

But what will the Terakons be doing next? And what is Clockwork worked up about?

Wait and see!

Jebest4781: Thanks a bunch.

MeteorElDrago: Curious indeed...

qazse: They did indeed...

Luiz4200: No spoilers...