Danny flew as fast as he could, keeping himself both invisible and intangible at the same time. Still, he was scared to find, Kari followed. Somehow, she was flying behind him, keeping dead on target with his location. Could she see him? Below, he could see two wolves running full speed, and in the distant skies, the outline of wings told him that the purple-haired girl was pursuing him as well. He flew into a forest near his home, in hopes that he could loose them there. As he flew silently through and around the trees, he didn't notice the girls all coming at him from a different angle. Suddenly, with a cry of surprise, Danny found himself surrounded on all sides, and before he could fly away, a black force shield flew up around them. Danny knew he was trapped this time. He was going to die here in the forest, surrounded by murderous beings that were most definitely neither ghost nor human. Kari stepped forward.

"So, prey. You thought you could escape us?" Danny let himself become visible again, because he now saw that they could kill him either way. Kari took his silence as a yes. "Well," she said, motioning at her friends with a laugh, "Apparently you were wrong."

The wolf nearest him transformed quickly back into Kari's red-haired friend, and spoke. "So, kid," She regarded him as though he was still 14, "What the hell are you?"

To Danny's surprise, she seemed intrigued by his powers. He decided that talking may be able to buy him time, so he answered. "I'm a Halfa."

The purple-haired girl looked suspicious. "And that is…?"

"I'm half ghost."

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Kari froze for a moment. Half ghost? She thought at Roku, Is that even possible?

Apparently, Roku replied.

Should we still kill him?

Roku took a moment to think. Hang on…she said, …is it even possible to kill him? He's half GHOST remember? You can't kill ghosts!

No, you can't. Kari said. Then what do you want me to do? We can't let him just run around or he'll tell people about us. Not like they'd believe him, but it's just damage control.

And we can't erase his memory 'cause we left Martha and her lousy ass back in our dimension, dammit.

There was silence. Total and utter silence. Then, slowly, as though still thinking about each word carefully, Roku thought, Well…maybe we could…ya know…bring him…back…to…well…Satou…with us?

Kari contemplated this. They could take him with them. Then they could erase his memory there…Okay.

Looking Danny in the eye, Kari said, "We have a proposition, Danny. If you'll come quietly, we'll take you to our dimension, and we won't hurt you. We swear."

The two that hadn't been in on the telepathic conversation looked shocked. "What!" Marie cried, purple hair flying.

Shadow switched back to her human form. "You're kidding, right!"

Danny didn't move. Except that in hovering, he was slowly moving up and down. "There has to be something more to it than that. I'm pretty damn sure you're not dragging me off to some other dimension just to have a picnic."

This time, Roku stepped forward. "Well, ghost boy, we just want our other friends to meet such a…well…interesting…specimen."

Danny looked scared for a moment, before regaining his composure. "There's more of you!" he cried, trying too late to mask his fear.

Kari looked disgusted. Danny couldn't tell if it was because of his reaction, or her 'other' friends. "The only 'friends' we left in Satou, that's our dimension, are stupid, sniveling, kind-hearted, anti-gothic elves. They're pathetic! In case you don't get it, that means all they'd do to you is bring you a flower or two." Her disgust was echoed by embarrassment on the other three's faces.

"Then why do you care if they see me or not, since you apparently hate them."

Marie stepped forwards. "First off, we don't hate them, we're embarrassed by them. Secondly, who are you to ask us all these questions anyway? As far as I can see there's four of us, and one of you, and you're trapped. What gives you the idea that we can't win?" As if to prove her point, Marie formed the swords that were her best weapon, and swung them expertly in a taunt at the ghost boy.

Kari was worried. Apparently Marie didn't realize that they were at a disadvantage here. He couldn't die; they could. Danny's expression remained calm.

"The fact that you can't touch me," he responded, turning himself intangible.

Marie's sword flew through Danny, and she slammed it into the ground. Shadow growled in rage. Sometimes Kari wondered why Shadow even used her human form. She so much preferred being a wolf.

Roku interjected herself, sensing the same trouble Kari did. "So, Danny. Are you coming or not?"