Danny blinked at the strange girl and nodded his head slowly. "Okay, you're the guardian spirit. So, you're a ghost?"

She shook her head, "No, I am an artificially created embodiment of spiritual energy created by my people to protect the power of the jewel."

"What?" Danny asked, all fear replaced by curiosity.

"I am from a race of ancient humans who created the jewel to hold and contain the spiritual energy of our people to help them pass on. If a person couldn't pass on then the jewel would help them do so by taking their energy so they would have no choice but to pass on."

"Wouldn't that hurt?" Danny interrupted.

Ain'ah shook her head, "No, we only used it on those who wished to pass on but found it impossible to do so. I was created to help guide the people to the promised life then come back to do it again. However, my people died out many thousands of years ago and I'm afraid the jewel has been passed from person to person for evil deeds. And where ever I go I collect more and more spirit energy, since the spell has never worn off."

"Why am I here?" Danny asked.

"I do not know. I felt a pull of energy and if I let the spell have its way you would have been killed. It is drawn to your potential."

"Well," Danny rubbed the back of his head, "Thanks, I guess."

Ain'ah smiled, "I do not wish to take life, only carry it on. Until my purpose is fulfilled I can not move on from where I am."

"Purpose?"

Ain'ah nodded again, her white bone jewelry jingling softly. "Yes, until I release all the spectral energy back into the world and help the last inhabitant move on, I am to stay here."

"Last inhabitant?" Danny asked.

"The last inhabitant was the shaman who cast the spell on the jewel in the first place. He created me and the jewel for the purpose of which I have spoken of before. He has died and passed on already so I can't fulfill that part of my destiny."

"But you're real!" Danny protested. "You can do whatever you want, can't you?"

Ain'ah shook her head somberly, "No, I can not. I am to stay here until the jewel has reverted back to its original form."

"But you can't release that much ghost energy in the world, it would be…" Danny paused, "catastrophic!"

"I know," she said.

"So you're just going to stay here forever?" Danny asked.

She shook her head, "No, once the jewel has taken in all the energy it possibly can it will cease to exist."

"What?" Danny yelled.

Ain'ah looked frightened, "The jewel can only absorb so much energy, once it's filled up, the jewel will have no choice but to expel of it."

"It'll explode?" Danny asked, his green eyes widening.

"No," she said. "The wise shaman foresaw this, if such a thing were to occur, my spirit will absorb the energy and contain it. Then, my spirit will cease to exist to keep the energy from escaping."

"You'll die?" Danny asked.

"I was never alive, I can not die. To do such a thing is my destiny," she said softly.

Danny grabbed Ain'ah by her shoulders and looked into her black eyes. "You can't say that! You're real; you talk and think, how can you be so willing to just… disappear?"

"Because, that is what my people willed," she said. "They have willed it for thousands of years."

Danny looked at the small girl before him at a loss of what to say. She had been 12 for thousands of years and existed all by herself in this place for just as long. She wanted nothing more then to fulfill that she had been told she was to do.

Danny shook his head, "No, it's not right," he said under his breath.

"You should leave," Ain'ah said. "The jewel is reaching its limit."

Danny looked at her and realized that she had never been given the chance to live or make friends or anything. She was created to serve people then die. What kind of existence was that? He shut his eyes, thinking very hard. It would probably be a decision he would regret later but as of that moment, he really didn't care. "What if…" he said finding his reluctant voice. "What if I take in the energy?"

Ain'ah gave him a semi-skeptical look. "Can you?" she asked.

'Stop! What are you doing?' a voice screamed in Danny's head. 'You just got control of your powers and now you want more?'

'But, she'll die,' Danny thought. He looked at her and sighed, 'I can't call myself a super hero if I willingly let someone die if I can help it.'

'But you…' the voice snapped back but Danny shoved it out of the way.

"I can," he said.

Ain'ah gave him the first genuine smile he'd seen on her blank face. "If you really think you can…" she said in a hopeful voice.

Hope… Danny thought. It was probably something she had given up hundreds of years ago. Now she dared to hope because a 14 year old boy told her he could help. 'She really wants to live…' Danny realized. 'She doesn't want to fulfill her destiny, she just wants to exist.' Danny nodded; his green eyes resolute, "Yes, I can."

"It will be difficult," she said. "Your body might not be able to take it, what if…"

Danny shook his head, "I can," he said more firmly.

Ain'ah nodded her blank eyes resolute. "I wish you luck…"

"Danny, my name is Danny."

"I wish you luck Danny," she said softly.

She held out her hand and started chanting in a language that Danny could feel how old it was. Her hands glowed a pale lavender and a small white ball of energy formed in her open hands. "Please work," she whispered and pushed the energy into Danny.

Danny screamed aloud, he could hear his voice as if it was someone else screaming. The pain was excruciating, and it came in waves. Each wave felt white hot and freezing cold at the same time.

"Please, oh great gods, if you listen to a being of non organic origin, allow this boy to live, please," she sighed, "I don't want to be here anymore."

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Everyone watched the pulsating light emitting from the green gem. It came out in waves strong enough to knock the other ghosts out of the air. "What's happening?" Skulker yelled.

"I don't know!" Ember yelled back.

"It's getting weaker," Vlad said to himself. "What are you doing Daniel?" he asked.

The light started to grow weaker and weaker, then finally the green gem just hovered there for about 30 seconds.

"What is going on?" Kitty yelled.

Before anyone could answer the gem cracked in half and exploded. Everyone shielded their eyes for a second then looked back at where it was. Danny appeared being supported by a small girl in mid air. Danny looked horrible and the girl looked terrified.

"Daniel?" Skulker asked.

"Ow…" Danny gasped.

Vlad flew up to Danny and knocked the girl to the side. He grabbed Danny by the collar and held on tightly, Danny didn't even try to fight. "What did you do to it!" he yelled.

"To what?" Danny asked dazedly.

"You know what, the Trinsed Jewel!" Vlad yelled.

Danny shook his head, as if to clear it. "Well, easy come easy go," he said, staring to gain some of his old personality back.

"Don't play games with me, son," Vlad hissed.

Danny's eyes flashed a bright green. He clenched his fist and it glowed a bright green tinged with white. He brought it up and around in a punch and slammed Vlad into the nearest tree. "I said don't call me that," Danny said evenly.

Ain'ah looked at him with wonder, it was certainly amazing how quickly his body adapted to the new power but she guessed that he wouldn't stay like that for long. He was barely hanging on the consciousness as it was.

Vlad flew out of the tree and glared at Danny. "Where did that power go?" Vlad asked, keeping his distance from Danny.

Danny smiled cheekily and shrugged, "Who knows?" he said.

Vlad's eyes glowed a bright red, "You're testing my patience, boy."

Danny disappeared and showed up behind Vlad, "Good," he said and let an energy blast loose.

Vlad raised his shield to block it and grinned. "Very well, Daniel. If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get."

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Yes! As you all know I'm totally Rockman obsessed! And BN5 is just part of it, now if you'll excuse me; I'm off to liberate more areas of the net, don't wait up. Oh, and, hope you enjoyed the chapter :3