Chapter 4

New friend and future?

the crowd remained quiet for about two moments before Danny began speaking again. "I suppose you are suffering from information overload. in that case I'll add to the list by telling you I'm no longer half human. I'm now half ghost," he transformed to his vampire state, "half vampire. I also believe that should I combine my power sets I'll be even more powerful." at this the crowd seemed to regain its senses. "what happened, did your little blood sucking concubine bite off more than she could chew?" said Paullina in a jealous rage. Danny and Kokoa both vanished and reappeared in front of her, vampire powers driving them, Kokoa's finally revealing the silver hair of the 'S' class vampires. "don't insult me/my girlfriend. you self-centered snobbish false royalty bitch!" they said in unison in a primal roar. Paullina passed out in terror. "anyone else got something cheeky to say about my girlfriend?" said Danny baring his fangs. no one did. Sam quickly pushed her way through the crowd and yelled "WOO HOO queen bee down for the count! high fives you two!" Danny and Kokoa just snickered and compiled, a bit too hard as the flying high five Sam gave them suddenly turned into a back flip that she still managed to land with grace. "whoa, might want to work on that self control you two." she said dizzily, rubbing her hands. "sorry." they said in sync mildly blushing as they powered down and started to rub the back of their necks. Sam started to giggle. "hey Kokoa, looks like Danny's rubbing off on you." they both say huh, and look at each other. upon realizing that they were doing the same thing as each other in sync, they blushed and turned away from each other smiling. many people in the crowds couldn't resist 'aww'ing at the moment. suddenly someone in the crowd was seen moving towards the them. when they finally reached Danny and Kokoa they were panting. "you said you were going back to this school for monsters, right?" Danny slowly said yes. "then please take me with you. the American school was shut down before I had the chance to attend it." the entire crowd was surprised by this statement. "so your a..." asked Kokoa. "I'm a Nekomata." she bowed and said "Catalina Mewler, amity park's resident orphaned monster." she was pale white, had green hair that was fairly short, wore red flight goggles that sat on her head, wore a yellow sleeveless vest that left her midriff exposed, a yellow skirt held up by what looked like red suspenders, and wore orange knee socks with yellow shoes. "gee, what is it with monsters having such colorful hair?" asked Danny to no one in particular. "well please, I seriously need to go. if language is a problem don't worry, i've been learning Japanese since I found out the American school shut down. I was going to save up money to go to Japan but with you guys here now I can just go now." Danny turned to Kokoa and she just shrugged. "Well... I guess I can contact the headmaster and ask." he then mumbled under his breath "if he didn't already know." "NYA!" she shouted, "you've saved me! Oh I could kiss you!" and then she did, accidentally letting her ears and tail pop out.

Danny was too surprised to register what was happening. but luckily when he realized what had happened he phased out of her embrace. And just in time too as Kokoa immediately after Danny had gone intangible, kicked Catalina into the stratosphere. When she landed she apologized and since she looked really sorry so Danny and Kokoa both decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. "fine. but kiss him again and you'll be bringing back moon rocks." said Kokoa. Catalina's goggles suddenly fell down over her eyes and she said, "Actually if I were to reach that velocity chances are that I would be dead before I left the atmosphere and even if the trajectory were correct I would suffocate from lack of oxygen long before..." everyone was looking at her strangely. "That was meant to be a joke, wasn't it?" Kokoa nodded. "sorry. astronomy is my hobby." Danny just laughed. "don't worry it's mine too. but you forgot that if you used the area of compressed air that would be caused by the speed of your flight to get a deep breath before it dissipated, you could most likely hold your breath long enough to use your monster strength to jump off the surface of the moon and return with minimal harm done." the crowd blinked at the intellectual conversation being held. Catalina then walked up to Kokoa and got on her knees and began to tear up asking as she sniffled, "would you consider sharing him?" the entire crowd's jaws hit the floor.

Kokoa stared for a while about to murder her but then she remembered what Danny said the headmaster said about having a group of friends help them defend the school when her Onee-Sama went to the front lines with her friends. Danny though there would be blood. eventually Kokoa spoke. "no." everyone was surprised with her casualness, especially Danny. "but," now that got everyone's attention. "I suppose I have nothing against getting a pet." the jaws hit the floor again. "really?" Catalina asked, dazed and surprised. "yeah, really." said Kokoa as she picked up Danny's jaw and reaffixed it. "YAHOO! thank you Kokoa! I could kiss you right now." and guess what. she did. this time a great portion of the crowd went down with nose bleeds. the kiss went uninterrupted until Catalina broke it off with a very shocked Kokoa. "wow that was even better than the one with Danny. why do you two taste like herbs?" Danny who had woken up from his nap looked around to see only Kokoa, Catalina, Sam, and lancer still conscious. "aright, Catalina we will discuss the recently transpired events later, lancer, Sam come close I'm going to fly us to the principal's office, let's avoid the crowd of unconscious people." they were soon in the office. "alright principal Ishymora, mister lancer, ask the questions and write down the answers. you are going to release the information to the LOCAL press, and that's it. also, I would like for you to give us some time off, basically the rest of the time were here. because, there should not be any ghosts here, the only two local portals are completely shut down, and magically sealed. I need to find out where they are coming from."

one mini press conference later

"Alright Catalina where do you live, I need to ask permission from your guardian, and you need to pack your things." said Kokoa as they left the school via flight Catalina was holding onto Danny's back for dear life. "well, thing is..." she said sadly. "what's wrong." asked Danny "I'm a stray." Danny and Kokoa looked at each other and nodded. sometimes their hearts were too kind. "well, I suppose you can stay at our place. I mean if you have nowhere to go." said Danny. "really! oh I could-" "don't" "okay..."

when they got back to Fenton works Sam and tucker decided to go back to their own homes seeing as the stunt today would probably have their parents concerned. Danny opened the door and said "mom, we're home." then Kokoa added "and we've picked up a stray." "hey that's mean... but also rather funny." said Catalina while giggling. "huh? what do you mean by..." said jazz as she walked down the stairs and saw the second girl with Danny. "who's this?" Danny went to explain the situation but Kokoa decided to be a joker and said, "she's his pet." unfortunately the not so innocent implications of that sent jazz's mind into meltdown causing her to sputter and pass out.

when jazz woke up she felt lips on hers and freaked out she opened her eyes and found the unknown 'pet' kissing her, needless to say she spazzed and punched her clear across the room. "Jazz your okay!" said Danny "what the fuck just happened!?" she yelled "you were unconscious after falling down the stairs because Kokoa's joke made you freak out, I checked your pulse and the joke seemed to give you a heart attack, so I was giving you CPR when you cold cocked me across the room you big meanie." shouted Catalina with anime anger puffs coming off her head while she bobbed her arms. "oh, sorry about that... could someone 'properly' explain the situation now."

one explanation later...

"oh god, Danny you are actually going to keep her?" asked jazz after the fill in. "well considering the whole me and Kokoa sharing a bed because the school is overfilled thing, I'm sure by the time we get back we'll have our furniture. so everything will be fine." then Danny got serious. "aside from that we have a problem. there are ghosts in amity park, but both of our portals are sealed." jazz nodded. "I know, so far the scans mom and dad have been doing haven't found any natural phenomenon to explain it. the only thing I can think of is that perhaps Wulf has been captured again." "what about Danielle. according to dash she's been seen lately, how did she know I was gone." asked Danny, "um, actually, he was talking about me..." said Catalina. everyone turned to her and stared in disbelief. "you see, the claws of a Nekomata are capable of interacting with spiritual plane. therefore I can fight ghosts. so I made a costume that appears similar to yours so it wouldn't seem too suspicious." the others continued to stare in disbelief. "also I was getting close to finding where the ghosts were coming from, you see ghosts have a very dark Youkai energy so it's easy for those who have heightened Youkai senses like Nekomata do. you see the highest concentration of ghostly energy in the city is the old movie theater in the slums." by now everyone seemed too surprised to say anything. "what? I'm not stupid I've lived as the cat of a professional detective, and then I went and hung around a scientist." "well, can you hack?" asked Maddie from the basement door, she had been watching the whole time, scaring everyone present. "I lived in tucker's attic and watched his every move after I heard about his hacking skills from one of the ghosts I was fighting." their eyes opened exponentially. "would you like to take an IQ test? I'm getting good vibes from the way you talk." said Maddie staring thoughtfully. "sure!" said Catalina as she skipped over to the basement.

"did we find a genius Nekomata?" asked Kokoa. "yes, yes you did." said jazz. "not only that, but she can fight ghosts, and is bisexual..." finished Danny. then the three of them said in sync, "and she's our/your pet." "don't worry Danny, it's not like your going to end up with a harem." said jazz jokingly. Danny and Kokoa both got a shiver down their spines. "don't say that jazz. her sister is a part of a harem for this poor kid named Tskune. I swear, the kid is suffering, I mean, a Yuki-Onna stalker obsessed with having his children, a Succubus that suffocates him with her triple E breasts every day (and me once by accident), a twelve year old genius Witch obsessed with having a threesome with him and Moka (Kokoa's sister), another Witch who is a masochist and" they both shudder "likes to share her toys with complete strangers, and finally Kokoa's sister who has two separate personalities. If that is what a harem is like, I DON'T WANT ONE." His frantic nature caused jazz to find his situation more hilarious. "It's not funny; I'm surprised Tskune hasn't lost his sanity, or his virginity." Suddenly the room went quiet as time stopped. "Yes, with that many girls after him he is lucky to have kept it. We all know he faces challenges with each of them, and in the end, sometime soon, he will need to choose one of them." Said a deep voice. Clockwork placed the medallions on each of them. "What the hell?" said Kokoa as she noticed clockwork. "sorry about the abruptness of my temporal interference but I feel you should know that what you will find out when time resumes is completely true and that no matter what, should you find any more allies you must keep them close, learn about them and remember. You will need all the help you can get when this war begins." And with that he vanished and time resumed flow. "What just happened?" asked jazz. "I think clockwork just gave us guerrilla advice…" said Kokoa. Before they could reply they heard Maddie yell "Sweet Jesus on a specter speeder!" and they all ran downstairs.

"What happened!?" asked Danny, Maddie was shaking slightly as she read the results of the IQ test. "Not only did she finish a three hundred question test in thirty minuets but according to the scoring system…" she shook her head. "Danny, somehow or another you managed to find a Nekomata with an IQ of 199, the highest level of intelligence possible with this exam." Danny and Kokoa just stared while Jazz gaped. "Basically she's three times smarter than me and your father. And with an IQ that high she has the potential to learn new things at an incredible rate, solve puzzles that could take some people weeks in hours, and decipher codes at impossible speeds. She is what I would call a true potential genius of untold level." Cue impressed staring. "Really, cool! I mean I already had the feeling that was the case, in all honesty though I'm too forgetful and clumsy to put it all to use." Said Catalina as she rubbed the side of her head in a very cat-like manner. The others having seen that and realizing she was serious just stare in amazement.

When night time came around and the planning for an attack against the mysterious foe with dimensional powers was finished, first they would gather some intel on the location Catalina supplied tomorrow, then they would run several scans on the location to find out exactly what to expect, finally, the three monsters would launch an assault on the building at three o clock in the morning, the other combatants would enter five minutes later to deal with any small fry. The plan would commence tomorrow along with training for Danny and Kokoa. For now however they faced a small problem. "Where's Catalina going to sleep?" asked Sam when she came over to dinner that night. (She had miraculously gotten her parents and grandmother to join her, part of the Fenton's plans to get her parents to officially sign off on her becoming a full fledged employee of Fenton works. They needed parental consent to fully employ her.) At this, Sam's father (still as judgmental as ever) sprung his trap. "Yes, where are you holding the feline freak? Same room as your dead son and his undead girlfriend?" the way he phrased that got him murderous glares from four of them and enraged looks from most of the rest. "DAD/ / JEREMY/ YOU ASSHOLE!" rang throughout the room; he was then slapped by his daughter, wife, and mother, as well as being glared at by everyone else. "Jeremy you took that too far." Said Mrs. Manson "is that any way to act in front of your own family?" asked his mother. Everyone else stared angrily until they heard a sobbing noise in the corner. It was Catalina; she didn't seem to take the insult well. Danny calmed down from his angered state and went over to her and hugged her close. "Shh, shh, just ignore the big jerk. He's just a racist bastard." She continued to cry and said between her sobs, "this *sob* is why *sob* I stayed away from people. *sniffle* they are so mean *whimper* to me, just *sharp inhale* because I'm so different!" Danny just held her closer and gently rocked her while rubbing her back. He knew her pain.

Soon afterwards she had sobbed herself to sleep and Danny made a duplicate to remain with the group while he tucked her into the bed they brought, it seemed that Danny and Kokoa would be sharing the couch bed. The duplicate walked up to the crowd and said, "She's an orphan. from what we can tell, She has lived only by being in her cat form and living with various people. She used her intelligence to teach herself many things so she could eventually go to the monster world and be accepted. And to top it all off when I vanished off to Japan she protected all of you in this town and in doing so risked her life. She probably only learned to hide her monster form because she had attempts on her life, and was attacked by people like you Mr. Manson." By this time true Danny had returned, they re-fused and Danny looked to Mrs. Manson, and asked, "Mrs. Manson, do I have permission to kick your husband out of my home for his racism?" Pamela looked at her husband then his mother and her daughter. They agreed. "Just don't kill him; I need him to sign the divorce papers." This shocked everyone in the room. "You can't mean that. I mean yes he is an ass but surely you love him right?" asked Danny, who didn't want the splitting up of his best friend's family to be his fault. "Not at all. My parents forcibly married me to him to keep our family wealthy, his father agreed to it, while his mother, granny Ida, was against it on the basis that we had no love for each other. But even she knew he was too rude and judgmental to ever find love so in the end she agreed. My last promise to my parents before they died was that I stay with him till he did something that went against everything I was for. The fact is, I was an orphan as well. My parents adopted me and my sisters because they wanted the write off for their taxes. So the fact that he doesn't even flinch at the fact he made an orphan cry makes me ready to call off the whole relationship." Ida then continued by saying, "and I made a deal with her, if Jeremy ever truly did something that made Pamela leave, then not only am I going to make sure she gets Sam, but I, being the oldest living member of the family am transferring all of the family funds to her. I grew up in poverty, I am more than ready to return." Everyone in the room was surprised that such a situation was still possible in modern times; however that surprise was then turned to anger towards Mr. Manson with a sense that justice would be turned to him. Danny nodded and commenced with kicking him through the wall via intangibility.

As the dinner resumed quietly everyone seemed much more somber. Even after Mrs. Manson said she would be delighted to have Sam work at Fenton works. Shortly before everyone was done they heard Catalina screaming. "Shit! Kokoa quick!" yelled Danny as they ran up the stairs to check on her. When they opened the doors Catalina was clinging to the ceiling crying and muttering about white. Danny heard that and hoped she didn't mean 'them'. Knowing 'them' if she had an interaction with them she was having nightmares about them. Danny decided to leave that question for another time. "Catalina, don't worry, its okay. You're safe, remember? It's Kokoa and Danny." Said Kokoa, worry clear on her face. Danny's nightmares were bad but something seemed to be driving Catalina off the deep end in hers. Catalina seemed to become aware of them as she fell off of the ceiling and jumped to Kokoa. Upon landing on her she began begging, "Please! Kokoa, Danny, don't let me sleep alone tonight! That jerk woke up the memories I've been suppressing the past two years. I need someone to sleep between, like…" her eyes clouded with tears. "Mommy…daddy…" she began crying again. Danny suddenly realized, 'she may be our age, and be a genius, but she is still a child on the inside, unable to grow up because she had no one to talk to and learn from when she was young. That explains her childish nature, and why she was so thankful to us.' Danny ushered Kokoa to pick her up bridal style and bring her downstairs. As they slowly went downstairs Danny quietly whispered in Catalina's (cat) ear "it's okay, we won't let the bad dreams hurt you."

In the main room everyone was worried on the state of Catalina when they brought her down sobbing in Kokoa's arms "what was wrong?" asked tucker. "Mr. Manson woke up old painful memories she had suppressed. She wants to sleep between me and Kokoa tonight." They all give Kokoa a questioning glance. She nodded. It was alright with her. They said their goodbyes and Danny's family went to bed, jazz sparing one last worried glance at the trio. As Danny opens the couch into a bed he hears Catalina mutter something in her sleep. Kokoa however is the one who able to hear it because she is holding Catalina. "I love you, mommy. I love you, daddy." Kokoa blushed when she realized that Catalina thought they were her parents, and felt very sorry for her. Danny asked what she said but Kokoa just said "nothing."

They place her in the middle of the bed and lie on opposite sides of her. Immediately she wraps her arms around Kokoa and whispers quietly, but just loud enough for the two of them to hear, "goodnight mommy, goodnight daddy." With that the two of them make no noise, they both just go to sleep, the thought in their minds, 'would we make good parents?' and so their minds wander as they sleep. They see a distant future, they are older, three children surround them and entering the room is a younger looking Catalina who yells, 'Mommy! Daddy! Uncle *static* and auntie *static* are here with aunt *static* and aunt *static*.' The scene pans over to the door as four people walk in the room, each with blurry shapes, as they talk no voice is heard, but it seems they are reminiscing about something. Suddenly the scene changed to the school, they were back at their house, but something was wrong, there was a crowd out front, something was happening…

They never found out what happened though because they woke up. Catalina was twitching in her sleep, it seemed like she was having nightmares. Danny turned to Kokoa and said, "I promised her no more nightmares." Kokoa sighed. He was too pure hearted for anyone's own good. "We going in?" she asked. Danny held his hand out to her. As Kokoa grasped it they entered Catalina's dreams.