Darkest Intentions

Rated; T for cursing, violence, and possible gore(though not graphic)

Pairings(DP); D/S, T/D, J/C

Pairings(KH); SoKaiKu OT3, Ven/Xion, RokuNami

Thoughts

Item/Boss/World/Party Members

Warnings; Spoilers for all KH releases up to Birth by Sleep, and for DP fans, no PP

AN; Oh, hello. I forgot it was summer...ah the heat...Also, am I the only one who has noticed that the Jedi have outfit that greatly resemble traditional Japanese clothing, like kimono/yukata? Or is it just me?

Chapter 2

Echoes of Change

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
― Mae West

Mara Jade was one of the oddest teachers Danny had ever had.

No, it had nothing to do with her Japanese-esque style of clothing(all in black, which earned the woman many stars from Sam) nor her long red hair or green eyes, both a shade of which he had never actually seen before. It didn't have anything to do, either, with the odd silver cylinder she carried around on her hip. Rather, it had everything to do with how she taught her students...though, perhaps the previous facts had a little bit to do with it.

One could describe it as brutal.

If you answered a question wrong, you got a piece of chalk thrown right at you. No one was spared from this punishment...except for Sam, Tucker, and Danny himself. Of course, this was merely because he dodge the blows on instinct. If you got a question right...well, there wasn't a punishment, so that's good right?

Ah, if only.

Danny dodge another chalk attack. He had answered wrong. Trying to ignore his teacher's expression, which was cross between disappointment and approval, the halfa sighed through his nose. Honestly, he had far too much to worry about.

The reason why? Well, after the first day of having about a million ghosts trying to run into Amity Park, None had appeared in the last five days. Normally, Danny would be praising whatever gods were listening, but there was this charged feeling to the air, making him feel overly tense. Danny knew that something was going to happen...but he didn't know when or where. He cursed silently. Whatever was going to happen was big,and he'd have no warning until it actually happened.

He just hoped it wasn't as bad as when Pariah invaded Amity from the Ghost Zone...

The bell rang. Mara pouted very briefly before shrugging her shoulders. "Okay, Brats! You get to answer questions 17 though 25 on pages 365 through 366! Got it?" The class muttered a collective 'yes' and she smirked at them before waving her hand. "Alright, kiddies, go on and get." The students almost fell over each other in their attempts to get away. Danny shook his head as he followed after the crowd of people, Sam and Tucker falling into step on either side of him.

When the trio entered the hall, Tucker let out a sigh of relief. He shook out the tension in his arms and grinned at the other two. "Alright you guys! I've got great news for you!" Sam raised an eyebrow at him then blinked when he tossed a familiar thick book at her. "My friend online managed to find the language in the book. Unfortunately, they were only able to translate the titles of the two we weren't sure of and more of the description of the last one."

"Why is that?" Danny asked.

"It's very simple!" Tucker waved a finger in the air as if he was an expert. "It was in Mesopotamian!"

Sam and Danny gave him an incredibly blank look as they stopped by the latter's locker. Tucker pouted. "I'm serious you guys!" He huffed and crossed his arms, refusing to meet their eyes until they both surrendered to his supposed expertise. "Alright, first though, I think we should get our things...?" He shifted his beret into a more comfortable position. The trio split from there, promising to meet at Danny's home to discuss the problem further.

The sounds of explosions and pounding feet greeted the teenager as he walked into his home. The seventeen year old paused and then blinked at the odd sight of his older sister, Jazz Fenton, wearing a familiar hazmat suit. "What's going on?" He frowned.

Jazz frowned. "Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. Mom and Dad keep going on about how there seems to be a problem with the Ghost Portal. Otherwise...Anyway. Danny, you've got a visitor up stairs in your room." She jerked her head up towards the upper hall. He frowned. If it were Sam or Tucker, she would have said it without hesitation...which meant it was probably a ghost.

He sighed, nodded to his sister, and went up the stairs. Pausing by the door, preparing himself, Danny couldn't help but wonder who could possibly be here right now...

His question was answered when he opened the door.

Laying face down on his bed was his fifteen year old clone-twin sister, Danielle Phantom. The younger teen had long since decided that going by 'Danni' was confusing for all involved and had asked that she be called by her full name instead. The girl's long black hair was currently down from it's usual ponytail and her old navy blue shirt was replaced with a light short-sleeve blue shirt. She now wore a pair of crimson pants instead of her dull red shorts. A pair of scuffed up boots were visible-up until the point where Danny made his presence known.

Danielle spun around onto her back and stared at the elder in surprise before she grinned like a maniac and threw herself at him. Danny, expecting her hug attack, caught her without any problems. "Hey there, kiddo."

She merely squeaked happily as he squeezed her. "Nice to see you too, Danny." She finally mumbled before letting go. "Do you know what's going on?"Danielle asked with a frown. "I've been looking all over for ghosts, but my ghost sense hasn't gone off once since I got here. Not a single time!" She sighed and then began to panic. "Omigosh, what if I'm destabilizing again?! Oh no and after all that trouble you sent to the first time-!"

"Calm down!" Danny smacked both his hands over her mouth. "Before you start panicking again, I'll make this very clear. Not a single ghost as been in Amity Park at all for the past five days." She blinked at him owlishly, as if she couldn't believe him. "It's true." He deadpanned, removing his hands from the girl's mouth.

"Oiii! Danny! Tucker and Sam are here!" Jazz screamed from down below.

He yelled back. "ALRIGHT!"

When he turned back to his clone/twin sister, it was to see her covering her ears with a bemused look on her face. Danny raised an eyebrow as if to ask 'What?' "You yell loud." Danielle said with a light blush.

"Ah."

The door opened behind the two. Sam stepped in, not looking at all surprised at the sight of Danielle, though Tucker began to stutter at the sight of her. What was wrong with him? Danny frowned lightly as Sam turned around, grabbed his beret and the hair beneath before throwing him over her shoulder and onto the bed. "ACK! Sam!"

"You should have moved faster." She rolled her eyes at the Techno geek's cry. Sam sat down on the bed next to the defeated male. "So, what're you doing here, Danielle?"

Danielle grinned at Sam. "Well, originally, I was just passing through, but then I noticed that I couldn't sense any ghosts. Usually, around this time, Danny is fighting something, so I was kind of concerned...I came to the house and Jazz shooed me up stairs almost immediately. I waited for about half an hour and then Danny showed up. So, do you guys know what's going on?"

"Not a clue." The trio said as one. Danielle face palmed.

She sighed. "Alright then. But then, why are you two here?" She jabbed her finger at Sam and Tucker.

"We're here," Sam said, "Because this guy has to show us what info he got from his buddy online." She jabbed her thumb at Tucker. He huffed lightly before opening her bag and digging into it.

Pulling out a few papers, he laid them out on the bed next to him. The other three came forward and huddle around it. "Well, your assumptions about the first two we couldn't figure out for sure were right. They're the Key of Heart and the Key of Mirror. The last one...well, like I said before, my buddy was only able to translate some of the paragraph beneath it."

He gestured to two of the papers, one a scanned copy of the page and the other the translation. "It had something to do with either 'Space' or 'Nothing'. Like, the manipulation of non-existence? It was kind of hard to figure it out, or so the guy said." The quartet fell silent before Danielle looked up.

"What's this all about, anyway?" The other three began a quick explanation of the current situation. She frowned and leaned back after they'd finished. "What if...The problems with the Ghost Zone have something to do with these Keys?" They stared at her blankly. She blushed. "W-well, if the Keys are part of the problem...maybe they can be part of the solution?"

Sam smirked. "Danielle, you're a genius." The halfa girl blushed deeper as the Goth turned to the other two in the group. "Alright, so the Keys might have something to do with what's going on with the Ghosts. Who wants to bet that Vlad also has something to do with this?"

Danny crossed his arms, his eyes shut in thought. "If he is...well, I wouldn't put it past him." Tucker opened his mouth as if to say something more, but was interrupted by an explosion down below. Normally, they would have ignored it...if they hadn't heard Danny's parents screams of shock and pain. Danny shot up and stomped down out the hall, yelling for Jazz.

Once he stepped off the stairs, he found his sister dragging their father the best she could away from the kitchen. In the door way of the kitchen...was a familiar being. One of those things from my dream! A...Tainted Flicker? Something like that... Danny ran to his father's other side and helped his sister drag her the rest of the way away. The Flicker scooted forward a tad, as if testing the waters.

"Is it a ghost?" Jazz whispered. Danny shook his head. It wasn't. It most definitely wasn't.

Tucker, Sam, and Danielle froze at the top of the stairs as more Flickers appeared from the shadows. Danny grit his teeth. Damn, there was too many now...Where were they coming from? The male halfa slid forward before swiping a glowing green hand through one of the Flickers. It let out a cry of pain and the others turned their attention to him. Before they could make much head way, however, his friends and currently conscious family slashed, smashed, or otherwise killed them.

He sucked in a breath. "What the hell is going on?"

"What's what I want to know." Sam muttered.

Jazz frowned. "Danny. You...looked like you recognized that thing. Where from?" Her stern eyes bored into his.

Danny ran his hands down his face. "This is going to sound crazy, okay? But please, don't think I'm going insane..." The other four exchanged looks before giving him the benefit of the doubt. The male halfa let out a relieved gasp of air before beginning his explanation. Once he was finished, everyone was giving him varying expressions of 'Are-you-crazy?', except, as usual, for Jazz.

"You're right, that does sound crazy." Sam sighed. Jazz cross her arms in thought before cursing.

Everyone stared at her. She blushed. "Sorry. But I just realized that the only person we could ask advice from is currently...out of range."

Clockwork.

She was right, the only being they could go to for help on this was out of their reach, with the Ghost Portal acting up the way it was. Danny slid his eyes closed, thinking. But before he could make much progress into it, there was another explosion. The group of five jolted before slamming the front door open.

The outside was chaos. People ran away from explosions that echoed throughout the town. Danny froze, stock still at the sight of his home being torn apart like it was.

Next thing his friends and sisters knew, he was streaking out into the clouds of smoke. "Danny!" Jazz screamed.

The dark haired teen didn't hear her. In fact, he was too deep in his own thoughts of 'Shit, this can't be happening' to hear anything beyond the screams of the citizens and explosions that rocked the earth. Danny slashed through a Flicker that streaked in front of him. He had to do something to stop the insanity...before people really started dying.

He took out several Flickers and received a few light nicks on his neck and arms when it appeared. A gigantic creature, with thick spines of white along it's arms and legs. The body was like a gorilla's and a reptile-like head flicked it's tongue out at him. It almost seemed to cackle as the boy slid to stop in front of the large beast. Danny felt to his knees.

This thing...was way more powerful then him. Stronger then even that Tainted he had fought in his dream, despite the fact that it was far smaller.

Boss

Impending Greed

Danny knew he was going to die. There was no way...It slammed a fist down to crush him when a streak of light flashed out before him. Moments later, he peered up at the monster, which was now roaring in obvious pain.

The reason why?

The arm it was about to use to crush Danny was lying on the ground, chopped off.

Before him, Mara Jade stood with a cocky smirk on her lips. "Well, Danny Fenton? What're you going to do now?"

Chapter 2

END

Danielle Phantom

Amity Park

A fifteen year old girl who has been claimed as Danny Fenton-Phantom's younger twin, despite the obvious age difference. She is, in actuality, Danny's clone created by Vlad Masters a year and half previously. Just like her 'brother', she is a halfa.

Impending Greed

-One of the most powerful of the 'Greed' Class. It's rank is just below the head of the Greed class among the Tainted. It's main power is the ability to suck the energy out of an opponent and, sometimes, out of an opponents attacks. Magical Attacks are ill-advised for a fight with this guy.