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Author's note: Well typing up chapter three almost made me cry. Show of hands if it made you cry. Oh yeah, that's right, you're reading it on the computer -. Anywho, sorry Saiya Woods for not thanking you for reviewing to my story, so thank you. As promised, you are on my Fav. Authors list. And to sk8ergirl69, thank you too. I shall ask my friend who the Yu Yu Hakishou characters are and get around to hopefully read your story. Thank you linkfreak for finally reviewing! What took you so long? Oh well, I guess I can't complain, you were the first person to review to my story. How, you ask? Well, linkfreak use to go to my school and she's my bestest friend. And my first. And my editor. And to those people who do read my story and do NOT review, I shall test it to see if I accidentally filtered you out. I mean, I didn't even get criticism from the 'Objectivist'. Is my story that bad? Oh well, this chapter is. Don't hate me for it. On with the fic!!!

Chapter 4: Deep beyond the border.

"Sir, I was not able to get her," said the Black Miko to an image in the shadows.

"Why was that? You were only arisen to get her. If you fail, you will suffer the consequences."

"I am aware sir. She was protected by that putrid half breed Danny Phantom. The fool thought he could stop me. That thick head of his could not believe that I was more powerful than him. So I showed him mercy to give him time to train both physically and mentally."

"So we're both on the same page. All we need to do is expose that filthy hanyou and trap her, correct? You know our deal? She is not to be killed. We need her."

"I understand well. Do we know who this Mr. Phantom is?"

"No. Not yet we do. Here's the plan…"

'-'

As the classes filed out for the day, Danny, Tucker, Sam, and Ri took a seat under a tree. As the crowd clears up, who none other than Paulina to come into view. Danny and Tuck started drooling over her, Sam shot them an annoyed look, and Ri stared her with a questioning look.

"I don't get it, what's so special about her? She's not even pretty. If I'm not mistaking, those two are living in a lie."

Sam the only one listening, asked, "What makes you say that?" not very sure of what she was going to say.

"Danny and Tuck only think they have a crush on this 'Paullina'. But in truth, they don't. It's all in their head. Someday they'll have to trade it in for the truth, and as much as it will hurt, they will be much happier with the real thing, a person they truly like."

"Yeah, try telling them that. If they sit down long enough, I'll give you twenty bucks."

When Paulina was out of sight, Danny and Tuck sat down.

"So what are we going to do about this new ghost?" Tuck asked Danny.

"I'm not very sure if it's even a ghost or not. She looked solid, giving an option she's a half ghost like me. But then she didn't use any of the powers a half ghost would have. So I'm not sure what she is. She's the strongest villain I've had to face. Even stronger than Vlad. Everything I tried didn't work. She kept deflecting my attacks. And I've got nothing."

"Did you ever think of the fact she might not be a ghost? That she's a walking corps? Maybe she's only dirt and bones. She can't be killed only in a certain way. She probably lives off of the souls of the dead which would explain the mysterious lights that people think are UFO's" Ri suggested.

"Surprisingly, that make sense" Sam said.

"Well, we could try to do some research on this 'Black Miko'. What is a miko?" asked Tuck.

"A miko is a priestess. In legends, they had purifying powers. But in this case, she's evil, so she taints instead" Ri answered.

"And what's a hanu, or whatever you keep calling me?" Danny asked Ri.

"A hanyou is a half demon. But in your case, a human/spirit hybrid which is the same thing."

"Well, that's a first. I've been called a ghost boy, a halfa, even a badger. But I've never been called a hanyou" Danny told her.

"When have you been called a badger?" Tuck asked.

"Never mind" Danny said.

"Anywho, you guys try to find out as much as you can. I wish I could come" Ri said sadly.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. You can't come" Sam said.

"That's OK. I've only been here for six months."

"Come on, it's a Friday! You dad should let you go" Tuck 'complained'.

"I guess you're right. I mean, he has been out lately. He's been coming home at midnight. But…"

"But what?" Danny questioned.

"It's just that, he been a lot more uptight. He's been ignoring me this entire time. But I guess there's no harm asking."

'-'

Danny, Sam, and Tucker waited at the mouth of the forest. But Danny and Sam were in deep thought.

Danny's brain:

Poor Ri. She has no place to call home. She has a father who hates her. She must be in pain. But why do feel I did this to her? I didn't do this. Her dad did this. But I could do something. She's sad, but she's always smiling, you wouldn't know she has such a background like that. How could any one hate her? She way too kind, sweet…

Sam's brain:

Ri's really nice and all, but I see the way Danny looks at her. He likes her. What's so special about her? She's not very pretty, nor is she Danny's type. But why do I care? I mean, I don't like Danny myself! Ha! That's crazy! She could have him…

Tucker's brain:

That new game from Montegames is coming out next week. What was the name of it? Oh yeah! Andersonville horror…

Life had been interesting this past five months. There wasn't any ghost to fight, the school year was going to end in a month, but the school work had been lenient. Dash was letting out all of his taunting needs onto Ri. But he learned never to lay a finger on her. So he'd take all his rage on Danny. Dash knew better not to beat up girls. Too sissy. Then there was the Christmas performance. Ri wanted to participate in it, just as an extra or something. But she ended up getting one of the main parts. She was so happy, and with a few major adjustments, she was able to stay. That had been the first time the three of them heard her sing. She had such a beautiful singing voice. Beautiful didn't even describe her voice. Danny found that one of the songs Ri sang solo was stuck in his head. Even today, the song was in his head. Why, he didn't know.

Why did the song stay in my head so long?

That didn't matter right now. Danny was in the hopes that Ri would join them for some research.

Ten minutes later, Ri came out of the forest with a smile on her face.

"My father left a note on the door. He said he would be out till 5 am and as long as I was home before he was, he doesn't mind be being out."

"Really? That's great! So, uh, should we head down to my house then" Danny said happier than he ever felt before.

I know I'm happy that she's going, but why do I feel this happy? Danny asked himself while walking side by side by Ri with Sam and Tuck trailing behind them. Man, just listening to her talking makes me glad she's coming. But why do I feel this way? Do I like her? No, that's silly! Yeah, she's a good person, but I don't like her in that way…

"Danny, are you even listening to me?" Ri asked Danny.

"Huh?"

"Ai, Danny. Sometimes you let your mind wander too much. I was asking you about past experiences, such as your first ghost battle or such. It would be very interesting to hear about."

"Uh, sure! Ok"Danny stuttered.

"Danny, are you alright? You've been acting very odd lately. Anything you want to tell me?"

"Um, no. Nothing at all" Danny grinned.

Ri raised an eyebrow at him. "Ok, if you say so."

As Danny and Ri were walking in the front, Sam was complaining in the back.

"Why does he like her so much? He's always all skittish around her. If she didn't know he had a crush on her, she's lost."

"Why are you so hard on her, Sam?" Tuck asked. "Wait, you…"

"'Me' what?"

"You don't possibly…"

"Tuck…"

"Have some crush on Danny now would you?"

"HA! Very funny Tuck, but I don't have a crush on Danny. That's ridiculous! Me? Have a crush on Danny? As if! What gives you that idea?"

"The fact you keep denying it."

"Shut up."

"So you do have a crush on Danny!"

"No I don't. Now stop brining it up."

"You were the one who brought it up."

"What part of 'shut up' don't you understand?"

The entire way there, Sam and Tuck were bickering. As they were fighting, Danny was enjoying telling someone the 'saga' of his battles. All of them. Including…

"Sam did what? You're kidding right?"

"No."

"Were you happy?" Ri said kind of childish (If you watched that ep. Of 'Drake and Josh I had to, my cousins wanted to watch it with Susan and Josh asked Drake why he wanted her to be in the video and he said 'cause she's perrty', that's how she said it).

"No, no, it was just-"

"You liar. "

"But it technically was the first time, but not the last."

"Really? What happened?"

"Have you heard of Ember?"

"Pop singing sensation? Blue hair, looks like the female version of KISS, and sounds like the lead singer of 'Kittie'?"

"Who?"

"Never mind. Yeah I heard of her. I liked her music. She had a great singing voice. And catchy lyrics even if they were stupid because it mentioned her name."

"Well, she was a powerful ghost who used the chanting of her name that people shouted to make herself more powerful. You didn't chant did you?"

"I would remember. I liked her music, but I wouldn't worship her. She's not God."

"Hmmmmm…"

"What? What did she do to you?"

"Nothing! Nothing at all! She didn't do anything."

"You lie. Tell me."

"Nothing happened! She didn't do anything to me!"

"She did something or some things happened and it had to do with Sam. You were happy. I could hear it in your voice. You were happy that she did what she did or what happened during that time. No point denying it."

"How could you 'hear' if I was happy or not?"

"I honestly don't know. I just have a knack for hearing the person's feelings in their voice. I can know a person just by a greeting. Like when I met you, you said 'hi' to me, I could tell you had a secret. That there was more than met the eye. You only told the people you could trust though. You were keeping a second side from the world. That was why I was so frightful to meet you. I wasn't sure what that secret was and if it was bad. But I took that chance and look where it got me. Five months and nothing bad has happened."

"Yet" said a voice in the wind…

'-'

Well I hope you like this chapter. It's uneventful, boring, and lame, but it's something. And I hope you know what I was talking about when Ri said "Sam did what…" You should know what she did (if you don't know, while trying to hide while not really hiding, she dragged Danny into the bushes and started kissing him many spies do things like that-). So yeah. Well, Signing Off!