I am so sorry... the lateness of this chapter is all my family's fault. I AM NOT AT BLAME!
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Disclaimer: Remember what I said about getting sidetracked? Okay, so in class today, Carl was all, "But I SWEAR the paper's blank!" and the teacher's all:rips it up:throws it away: Now it's blanking in the trash can!" I'm not sure how that relates to a disclaimer, but I don't own Danny Phantom or stuff like that. ME NO OWN.
Reviewer responses at the end.
"Talking" 'Thinking' -----Scene changes, unless told via bolded letters.
It was a normal, boring, and totally predictable day.
Or, at least that's what Sam thought it would be like as she crossed the doorway and into the facility that most teenagers hate. Yep, school.
"Hi Sam!" Tucker called from his locker down the hallway. Sam grumbled a response, as she was only half-awake. She'd stayed up all night (okay, only until 1:30) trying to come up with a plan as to how to become friends with Valerie. And the brilliant idea she'd come up with was...
...well, nothing. Maybe Danny had come up with something good?
"Sam, Tucker," a voice said from behind her. Speak of the devil. Literally, though Sam didn't know it. "Sam, what do we have first period? I forgot. Again."
"Uhhh... History, I think, then science, English, gym, and... whatever else our schedules say." Sam may have been the more organized of the three, but she often couldn't remember things. Especially around Danny. And lately, it had been worse, she had found it harder and harder to concentrate in the last week.
"Right then." Danny put his books in his locker, which was conveniently located between Sam and Tucker. Furthermore, the whole "being a ghost" helped a lot, as older Dan couldn't actually remember his combination.
"Dan-NY!" A girly voice called. Sam, beside Dan, growled. Dan found this slightly amusing, but didn't say anything. Paulina walked up to them. "Are you doing anything this coming Saturday?"
Dan considered this, as Tucker wedged his way between Paulina and Sam, to prevent "accidents."
"Why do you want to know?" Dan answered after a moment.
Paulina was initially shocked. 'Usually this loser is all over my invitations...' she thought to herself. Brushing the mental ideas away, she answered, "I'm having another one of my parties. I wanted to know if you would come. You and the ghost boy seem to hang around each other a lot, so I think that if you come, he'll come!"
Dan raised his eyebrow, and thought, 'she never actually liked me. Only the ghost half of me!' "Sorry Paulina," he said in a loud voice so that the whole hallway could hear. "I'm afraid that you are too shallow and petty for my presence. I will NOT be able to attend your party, and neither will the ghost boy, as I'll be sure to tell him that you were making out with Dash under the bleachers. If you can't go steady with your supposed love for Inviso-bill, then who says that once you two were an item you wouldn't go off and have another make-out session with Dash?"
The whole hallway gasped, as the color drained from Paulina's face. Instead of the outraged yell they expected after hearing of the "make out" session, she said in a weak voice, "How...did you...know?"
Dan smiled to himself and walked away, Sam, Tucker and Valerie (who had arrived a few seconds before the conversation) following. Valerie was shocked, but starting to look happy, Tucker was getting good blackmail ideas, and Sam was strutting with a thoroughly smug expression on her face.
First period passed... then second (Dan and Tucker were almost asleep by this time), and third. Finally, gym class arrived. The kids in the class that we know are Dan, Sam, Tucker, Valerie, Dash, Paulina, Star, and Kwan. Many other students were there as well, but this concentrates mainly on them anyway.
"So," Tucker said to Sam on the way outside, where the class would be practicing some new lesson, "Any developments in the Operation: Valerie kisses Tucker case?"
"You gave it a name?" Sam asked.
"Well, yeah." Tuck noticed Valerie walking towards them, as did Sam.
"Does it have to be after the date? Or can it be before?" Dan said from over Sam's shoulder.
"Whenever. Maybe if she kisses me before it, she'll automatically kiss me after the date!" Tucker exclaimed, and ran over to meet Val.
"Okay, in that case, I have a plan," Dan whispered into Sam's ear. For the second time in a day, his voice made her shiver in a pleasant-but-weird way. "Let's discuss it after school-"
But Dan was interrupted by a large hand pushing him forward. He was able to keep his balance, albeit he was wobbly and twitchy. "Heard you insulted Paulina, Fenton. For that, you're gonna pay..."
"BOYS! Break it up!" the gym teacher said. "Now then, maybe you can let that anger out in today's lesson. We're doing self-defense, in order to protect ourselves from attack or abduction. I'll be pairing you with another. Samantha, Valerie, you two. Tucker and Kwan; Paulina and Star, and..." a smirk crossed the teacher's face. "How about Danny and Dash?"
To Dash, this was a good way to kick Fenton's ass and not get in trouble for it. To Dan, this was better than any form of revenge he could currently think of.
"Face your partners!" the teacher barked, and the class did as they were told. "Now, has anyone taken self defense classes before?"
Dan, Sam, Valerie, Dash, and a few others raised their hands. "Good, it seems like I made wise decisions. Those of you who know what you're doing, go ahead and start. If you're not sure, ask me and I'll help you. For the rest off the class, if you have never taken defense classes before, follow me and I'll give you some pointers. Also, watch the others. MOVE!" she shouted, and the gym class hopped to it.
Sam and Valerie were both accomplished defensive masters. They started out slowly, blocking and throwing, until they were both going all-out against the other. Sam managed to get a hit in on Valerie's face, and Valerie hit Sam's shoulder. They decided to check out the other groups and see what was happening there.
Dan and Dash were interesting to watch. Dash was trying as hard as possible to hit Dan, but Dan evaded the attacks easily. "Why-can't-I-hit-you!" Dash grunted, swinging his arms wildly. Dan grinned sadistically.
"Because you're trying too hard," he answered, ducking a shot from Dash's leg. Catching Dash's other leg as it flew past him, Dan flipped Dash onto the ground and put his foot on Dash's chest. "Not such a loser, am I now?"
"Where the hell did you learn those moves?" Dash asked from his rather awkward position on the grass.
"Experience," Dan replied flatly, and let Dash stand up. "Something you'll probably never have."
"That's what you think!" Dash said angrily, balling his hand into a fist and punching at Dan.
Dan, in return, caught the fist neatly and said, "Too bad for you." Using the momentum of the fist, he stepped aside and pushed Dash's back, causing the blonde teen to fall to the ground for the second time in 3 minutes. Valerie and Sam cheered from the sidelines, where most of the class was watching. Including the teacher.
The teacher cleared her throat. "Good job Fenton. Baxter, I want 10 laps around the court. GO!"
Later in the gym class, Dan realized how many guys watched Valerie and Sam "fight." He figured they mostly watched Valerie, but when he looked closer, he found that they were staring at Sam. Dan silently seethed. "Dude, you okay?" Tucker's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, but instead of helping it made him angrier.
"Do you know how many looks she gets a day? I wonder how many dates she's turned down, waiting for someone - me - to ask her?" Dan stomped to the locker rooms to change, leaving a rather confused Tucker behind.
"What are you talking about?" Tucker said, jogging to catch up with Dan.
Dan, ignoring him, muttered something about being stupid in the past. All Tucker heard was something about stupidity.
"Hi guys!" Sam said in a rather cheerful tone for a goth. Noting the expressions on the teen boys' faces, she immediately became concerned. "What's the matter? Did somebody die?"
"No, at least I don't think so. Danny's not responding to me. See? Watch." Tucker walked up to Dan, and whispered loudly, "Paulina's coming!"
After seeing no reaction to Tuck's taunts, Sam became even more worried. "Is he okay?"
"I'm right here you know, guys," Dan said crossly. He'd grown tired of being talked at in such a way. "And Sam, this is where we must leave you."
Indeed, they had reached the building that was their school, and now had to change back into their normal outfits. It goes without saying that Sam was not allowed into the boy's locker rooms.
"Right. I'll see you at lunch." Sam walked off, with Dan gazing after her. Tucker, noticing Dan's stare, chuckled and pushed Dan into the changing rooms.
-------------------Ghost Zone
In the Ghost Zone, Danny was watching Walker with a curious expression. "You know why Dan Phantom is trying to wedge his way back into my friend's inter circle?"
Walker nodded. "The answer is not too complicated. To put it simply, the separation operation"- he paused and glanced at Danny. "Was it just me, or did that sound corny?"
"No, it sounded corny. Please continue with your story," Danny answered.
"Right then. The operation that split your human and ghost side was mostly a success. However, mostly is not fully. Your human side retained some of the ghost like powers, although he was not kept alive long enough for these to be discovered. The ghost side still had some of the human emotions in it, mainly loneliness. After merging with Plasmius's ghost side, the emotion of love came back into the picture. He realized he was lonely, and missed the attention he got from his family and friends. And he realized he was in love, in love with that black wearing girl that had always followed him around. He missed Tucker, his parents, even Jazz, though not really Mr. Lancer. But most of all, there was a hole in the place a heart should have been. His heart had been blown to pieces, when Sam and the others has died. So, in order to fill this hole, he decided to kill. I cannot tell you how many times I watched him, as he laughed at his task, then went back to the place he called a home and mourned for the losses he had suffered." Walker finished up, but Danny had one more question.
"Just how did you know all this?" he asked.
Walker smiled, a mysterious one that somehow answered every question he'd ever asked, but at the same time brought so many more up that it was impossible to guess at how much he knew. "I was wondering if you'd ever figure it out," 'Walker' said, his shape shimmering and twisting into a much more friendly form: Clockwork.
"Dan may have stolen my staff, but I can still move freely through the time stream. I came here to help you defeat him again, by returning you to your original time period. But first, there are actions in the world of the Living that must be attended to before you make a reappearance. So sit tight and watch the screen. We must wait for an opportune time before rushing back in to save the girl you love, and your family."
"I never said I loved Sam!" Danny cried, his cheeks burning a slight red color.
"No," replied Clockwork, "but I know everything, remember?"
Okay, this was originally going to be about three times this length, but I wanted to post something. And the place where it says, "mostly is not fully" is inspired from "The Princess Bride." Awesome movie. Love it to death.
Reviewer responses:
Sparky: Danny is slow on the show, isn't he? And I read somewhere that The Ultimate Enemy was inspired from a few thing, and Star Wars is probably one of them.
HeavensAngel009: I did finally update! Yay for the authoress!
RavensDarkrose: Hey, why is it so hard to walk... oh, hi:laughs: Some random fluff in this chapter. I think.
animeroxz: Here's the update. And this chapter had a long, pain-in-the-butt-explanation-to-type in it! Yay!
Myst: Oh, spiffy name. And I am actually considered the "evil kid" in my school.. :sweatdrop: But I swear I'm good:hides ax behind back:
luvdp88: Next chapter, all I'll say is that younger Danny gets reaaaalllly ticked off...
Darth Hawk 32: I hope that has every chapter goes by, I become better at this. :sniffs: You people are so nice!
dls: I have a dumb question for you: does your name mean "Danny loves Sam"? And the update is here!
crazyvi: Ahh, the sweet smell of a brand-new chapter... right?
Steph: Favorite stories ever? Aww, you're making me blush...
Azzy (a muse): Ack! No! Her head is becoming too big! Can't... breathe!
Me:hits the muse: Thanks, and huggles to all who reviewed.
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