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Disclaimer: You know, for some reason every time I do this I get sidetracked... :glances at stars: wow, they look pretty:sees the legal lawsuits materializing in front of her: Oh, right, Danny Phantom and all related icons are not my property, and I lay no claim to them. Although I wanna claim the older Box Ghost, or Older Danny. And since the Box Ghost is taken :hides from Lunch Lady: I'll just have to stick with Dark Dan :huggles Dark Dan:

Dan: AHH! THE LOVE! IT BURNS!

As usual, "talking", 'thinking', and bold faced words will indicate the jumps between earth and the ghost zone.

Just a note- since Older Dan is posing as Younger Danny, I'm going to call older Dan "Dan" and younger Danny "Danny". That should clear up some confusion.

Chapter Two

Earth

Dan, now disguised as Danny, walked confidently into the cafeteria. Some of the students had run out when the Box Ghost had made his appearance, and now were starting to make their way cautiously into the room again. Slowly the noise level built back to the crescendo that it had been before the ghostly interruption. Out of the corner of his eye, Dan noticed Dash pushing his way through the crowds of kids everywhere, attempting to reach him. "Heh, fun. An old mortal enemy."

"FENTON! You've escaped today's beating. But tomorrow is a different matter!" Dash was red faced from the anger he was giving off. Dan kept a cool facade up, even though he was seething on the inside and burned to make this jock suffer for all of the pain he had caused him in a past life.

"Sure Dash, we'll go with that for now," Dan said, walking off. 'Maybe,' he thought, 'I can lure him somewhere, and beat the holy shit out of him. But that's for a later day. Now...' he let his musings wander as he approached Sam and Tucker. Sam was the first to say anything.

"Oh my god Danny, you scared us so much! I was worried, and thought that you'd been hurt!"

"Yeah man, you should really warn us before you decide to go alone. What the smart thing to do would have been to tell us where you were going, so we could have followed..." Tucker raised his eyebrows. "Dude, are you even listening?"

"What? Ah, yes, tell you next time, must remember that. So," Dan said, sitting down next to Sam, "What's scheduled for this afternoon?"

"I was thinking video games in my basement?" Sam suggested, glancing at Tucker, who readily agreed. "Okay, then it's settled. Video games at my place after school!"

Ghost Zone

Danny struggled against his bonds while floating in the ghost zone. "Dammit, this sucks. My evil self is posing as me, I don't know where I am in the zone, and Walker is out for me! My life is wonderful."

"Well, well, well, my life just got a whole lot more pleasant." Danny made a choking noise as he recognized the voice. Walker. "Guess what, punk?" the warden asked in his Texan accent (1). "I have a nice, cozy little cell just for you, where you get to watch exactly what your older self is doing."

"Why are you working for him!" Danny questioned in an aggravated tone. "What does he possibly have that could benefit you?"

"Heh. He's the ruler of all ghosts. I either obey him, or he kills me in the ghost way." Walker looked down at Danny for a second. "Plus, he promised me that I could have as many ghost bandits as I wanted. So there's my motivation."

"Kills you...there's a way for him to do that?" Danny was excited and frightened at the same time.

"Yes... he pretty much tears you apart, atom by atom, until all that's left is a pile of goo. After that, he burns the goo with ectoplasmic fire, and you lose all consciousness. You never wake up again. I've seen him do it to unwilling ghosts as examples for others."

Danny shuddered, and went limp. Perhaps Walker had a way for him to escape back to where he was supposed to be? "Hey Walker, what year is it?"

"2016."

A year after the events of Older Dan coming to make his future set in stone. Didn't Walker know that Dan was no one to be afraid of? After all, the future should be a bright and pleasant place, with the evil villain gone.

"Here we are, your new home," the warden said as he lead Danny into a prison. "You will be staying in a place where I can keep my eyes on you... and where you can watch as your older self destroys your happiness."

Danny was placed in front of a T.V. like object. Walker floated around to it and turned it on. The screen showed fuzzy for a couple of seconds, then cleared to a picture of Dan (pretending to be Danny) talking to Sam and Tucker at a lunch table. "...kay, it's settled. Video games at my house after school!" Sam was saying.

"Ack! No! I have detention after school! My older self can't miss that, or I'll have more detentions in a week than I can keep track of!" Danny yelled frantically.

Walker floated back over with some popcorn. "This outta be good," he muttered to no one in particular.

Earth

Dan was in an agreeable mood. His plan was progressing well, Sam and Tucker didn't suspect him at all, and he was going to Sam's house. He barely remembered ever setting foot inside of the house, let alone staying there for the weekend. And he had modified his parent's portal before paying Danny a visit... and by 'modify' we mean 'destroyed.'

"Danny!" Sam called, snapping him out of his thoughts. "Are you coming inside or not?"

"Uh, coming," Dan said, stepping up next to Sam. "So why are we playing video games again?"

"Because we don't have any social lives to speak of," Tucker replied, walking past the other two and inside Sam's house. "And Sam has the biggest TV screen out of all of us."

"Yeah, yeah," she grumbled under her breath, and lead the boys downstairs. "What do you wanna play first?"

"OH! OH! I CALL KINGDOM HEARTS!" Tucker yelled, jumping to the controls and grabbing a random playing platform. It was a PlayStation 3, with some new equipment. "Wow, pretty!"

"Tucker, that's so new I haven't even tried it yet..." Sam said in a warning tone, as Dan watched his former friends.

"Good, then maybe I have a chance at beating you," Tucker said absentmindedly. Dan vaguely remembered that Sam had kicked their butts at everything, including karate, which she had apparently taken since age 5. The thought of a tiny Sam in a karate suit made him chuckle, causing the other kids to look at him strangely.

"Danny?" Sam asked. "Is there a problem?"

"Ah, no, not really," he mumbled, "just thinking about the past."

"Hmm. Okay then. What games are we playing?"

Still Earth

Two hours and fifteen minutes later, Sam was the winner of every game they had played so far. And the boys (or rather, Tucker was a boy and Dan was a man, but we won't discuss that here) were desperately attempting to beat her, but it was to no avail. She positively ruled at anything she did.

"So," Sam said cheerfully, "Now that I've kicked your butts 20 plus times in a row, want to call a break?"

"NO!" Tucker shouted, pressing as many buttons as he could. "I WILL DEFEAT YOU!"

"Tucker, we need a break. Just because you can play for 10 hours straight doesn't mean we can," Sam told him as she stood up to stretch.

"No, Sam, he's right. WE WILL DEFEAT YOU!" Dan said, grabbing his controller and playing violently. He didn't like being beaten, even if it was only video games and the triumphant on was Sam.

Sam sighed. "Oh well, if you wanna learn the hard way..."

Five minutes later, Sam was getting drinks for the guys as they stared at the TV sadly. "Television, gaming, why do you betray us!" Tucker fake sobbed.

"I have an idea," Dan said, grinning lopsidedly. "Here's the plan..." he whispered something in Tucker's ear, and slowly the African American boy's face lit up with evil amusement. "Got it?"

"Oh yeah," Tuck replied, thinking of how this would benefit him.

"Danny! Tucker! Drinks are - what are you doing?" Sam chose this exact moment to walk back into the room, and noticed the guys giving her their copyrighted 'evil look.' "Oh jeez. What is it this time?"

"Ready? GO!" Tucker shouted, as Dan went intangible. For a second, both Tucker and Sam got a brief flash of what looked like evil Dan, but they both dismissed it as their imaginations playing on them in the excitement.

"AhhHH!" Sam yelled as Dan overshadowed her. Under his control, she walked forward in a trance to an ectoplasmic cage that Dan had made. He had covered up the "new power" by telling Tucker that he had been working with his ghost powers and perfecting certain ones. Tuck believed him.

Dan made Sam walk inside, then flew out of her body as Tucker shut the cage door. "Huh? What was that?" Sam questioned as Dan and Tucker high-fived. "HEY! WHY AM I IN A CAGE? CAGES ARE WRONG AND CRUEL!"

"Relax," Dan said. "We'll let you out after you succumb to Tucker's demands."

"Let me hear these 'demands' before I bow down to them," the goth growled.

"Fine. Number one, you need to let me"- Dan cleared his throat -"erm, us win a game every now and then."

"Yes, sure, whatever. Let me go!"

"Not yet. Number two, you have to...um... buy concert tickets to the band I like when they come to town."

"Already taken care of. The tickets are being shipped here as we speak."

"Oh." Tucker looked happy. "For Val and me?"

"Yes," Sam said in a clearly annoyed voice. "Now will you let me out?"

"No," Tucker said, his eyes gleaming. "I want you to convince Valerie to kiss me after my date with her."

Sam's eye twitched. "You expect her to listen to me?" She asked in a you've-got-to-be-kidding-me tone. "We're not even friends, let alone confidants!"

Dan spoke for the first time in a while. "A confidant?" Never in his 24 years had he heard that before, other than once he barely remembered when his sister was talking on the phone to a friend.

"It's something girls do, we confide our secrets to one best friend that we've known forever." Noticing the look on the boy's faces, she said, "A girl best friend. Like the guys we like, the best kiss we ever had, things like that. I'd never share that kind of stuff with a guy. Would you share the first time you ever thought differently about a girl to a girl?"

"No, I suppose not," Tucker answered. "Is there some way for you to convince her then?"

"Well, I could just tell her flat-out 'Tucker wants to kiss you.' Would that suffice?" Sam asked dryly.

"Ah, no. Make friends with her then, and I'll let you go."

"Fine. I'll call her and talk for a while. But for now, LET ME GO!" Sam screeched, picking at the bars of the cage. Dan hastened to get the lock open.

"Hey Sam, how about we work together in getting Tucker and Valerie to kiss?" Dan asked in a low tone, so that the aforementioned boy wouldn't hear them.

Dan's voice sent tingles down Sam's spine, although she hid it well. "Okay," she said in what she thought to be a strong voice. Stepping out of the cage (that disappeared behind her), she muttered, "Meet me after school tomorrow and perhaps we can work out a plan of action."

Dan smiled, and albeit it seemed more... sinister than usual, it was still a smile in Sam's eyes. 'Good. Now to get her under MY control, so that I have her on my side. Perhaps I will get a kiss, as well...?'

Sam's thoughts were along the same line, but for a much more innocent reason. She had a slight tinge of red to her cheeks as the boys left her house. 'I may finally be able to confess my feelings for Danny!'

Ghost zone- Walker's prison

Danny watched the scenes playing before him, and almost laughed every time Sam beat his evil self and Tucker. Walker wasn't really paying attention to him, but sat up when he heard Danny gasp.

"What is it now, punk?" the cranky warden asked, rubbing his eyes.

"I- Tucker is trying to get Sam to get Valerie to kiss him! And Sam agreed! And I never knew what a confidant was, because I only heard it once when Jazz was on the phone! Plus my older self is trying...to...work...with..." Danny stopped suddenly and sat very still. Walker, who was lost when Danny had attempted to explain things to him, paid close attention to the screen. All he could see was Dan and Sam standing close together, with Sam mumbling something to him.

"N-no, Sam, that's not me... don't agree...and... ugh.." Danny fell forward, bumping his head on his knees somehow. "I can hear their thoughts!" Danny listened attentively, twitching when he heard Dan's evil mind and taking in a sharp breath when he heard Sam's. "Feelings...for me?" he muttered, wondering if it meant what he thought it did.

"Are you okay, kid? The boss'll kill me if you die from heart break or whatever." Walker wasn't too concerned, but he did have to make sure Danny didn't have some sort of attack.

"Why would my evil self want a kiss?" Danny wondered aloud, and to his surprise Walker grunted and sat down next to him.

"Do you want to know why?"

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Ohhhh, a cliffhanger! Bwahaha, this is the first one of the fic. I already have the answer ready, so the next chapter should be up by either Sunday or Monday. Tomorrow I have work, so that's why there's such a wait...

Oh, note 1: Walker's accent. It seems to me as if Walker has some sort of accent, and since I live on the east coast it sounds different. I'm not trying to insult anyone, but it really seems like he's Texan or southern.

And the confidant thingy: That is actually a system my intermost friends know of... Kaite, I'm sure you must have heard of it, and if not, bother me in school and I'll explain it in detail to you...

Reviewer responses:

I got a lot of reviews for this chapter. Thank you all for them, and I hope I didn't miss anyone...

Sam-n-Danny1- I hope you liked this chapter. Thanks for the Fave!

RavensDarkrose: The DxS fluff is coming in loads soon...I think...

Christine: I updated! Yay! And I love Phantom too :huggles Phantom plushie: I wish I had a Phantom plushie. That was an imaginary one... :sighs: We've gotta market them!

animeroxz: You think my story is good? Thank you, you just made my day :huggles:

Just Plain Insane: Ohhhh, I like your name! Dan is supposed to be evil, but I don't think I did a great job of keeping him in character... :sweatdrop:

not important: Every reviewer is important to me:crickets chirp: is it just me, or did I sound like Jazz there? Anyway, here's the update!

Sparky: Yes, Danny and Sam love! And I agree. I have many ideas for the future, with Dan's views on Sam. Thanks for the review!

crazyvi: It's Friday now. The week went really slow for me... Yay! People like my story :huggles:

Inukocharm: In The Ultimate Enemy, Dan (posing as Danny while Danny was in the ghost zone 10 years from then) also got past Sam's defenses, and while she would now be on high alert, he is a good actor, in my opinion. And you may be correct with a few of your predictions... :insert evil authoress laughter here: Also, I love your stories "The Talk" and "Black Clover." Update it soon, please!

lovdp88: Getting off topic is fun! In science class, we always get so off topic that we're about two lessons behind the other sections. (Ack! Now I'm getting off topic!)

Wow... 7 pages... I haven't typed this much for a fanfiction in a long time. In fact, the last time I typed more that 6 pages was for a social studies project, and that was 12 pages in size 10 font. And my teacher couldn't read it, it was too small... T.T

Thanks to all who reviewed, and/or put me on their favorites list. Huggles to everyone! (My computer thinks 'huggles' should be "Huggies" as in the diapers... :sweatdrop:)

Until next chapter,

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