Okay so this update was a bit longer. I'll probably try to update again tomorrow or on Saturday, since I'm going on a trip all next week. Sorry for the longer update! And I think that maybe the next chapter is the last. *shrugs* Depends how this chapter turns out.

Chapter Six

Two months later…

The school was rebuilt quickly after the earthquake destruction many weeks ago. With the help of many people, they got the whole town fixed up. They started with houses, then school, since they thought that education was very important—which it was. Many students were very upset that they had to go back to school and not have early summer vacation—and that wasn't for quite some time.

Dash had a lot of free time to hang out with his friends and a lot of time to think about his punching bag. It bothered him so much, as if something was telling him that the answer was right in front of him. But no matter how much, he couldn't connect the green eyes and fast reflexes to anything. Fenton was good at hiding his tracks, he'd admitted that.

The jock even told his best buddy, Kwan, about his discovery with Fenton. But no matter how well he explained it and made it sound so that it actually happened, Kwan just had a hard time believing his friend.

"Fenton is a wimp," Kwan told him, "You even said that yourself. So there's no way he could have flashy green eyes and almost beaten you up as well. It just doesn't seem to fit his picture."

Dash gave up after that; he tried to forget about the incident in the gym and everything he did with Fenton inside as well. At first he thought it might've been a dream, but it wasn't it was real.

After a month with helping out with the town, he didn't see Danny very often. In fact, he didn't recall seeing him at all. So that helped him calm his mind a bit each time he didn't see Fenton. They raced when he did, but that almost never happened, besides one time when he was walking to his friend's house.

He was throwing his football up in the air and would catch it as it fell back down, and continued to do so until he reached to his friend's house. When he got to the house, he heard some chattering coming from behind him.

As anyone would do if they heard sounds, he turned around to see who it was. It was Danny and his friends, walking by. Fenton didn't seem to notice him, since he was laughing at the time. Then his mind started to race with all the evidence he had and it tried to piece it together, but every time he did so, he failed. After that time, he decided that nothing happened at knocked at the door.

When Dash was with his friends, all of his thoughts faded away and the only thought that remained was: Fun. Since he did a lot of things with his friends during that time, he mostly forgot about Fenton and his green eyes.

But things started changing when they announced that school was going to start on Monday, in two days.

…

"Dashiel Baxter! Get your butt down here right now!"

Dash mumbled and flipped to the other side of the bed. He found a comfortable place and began to snore.

The door swung wide open, hitting the wall and bounced back slowly. Dash's mother stormed right into the room, staring angrily at the sleeping Dash. His mother crouched down and shoved the jock off of the bed; he landed on his floor with a loud thud.

Dash shot up to his knees. "Who? What? Where—?" He slowly looked up to see his mother with her arms folded, looking very angry at him. "What did I do?" He asked puzzled.

"It's Monday," His mother growled softly, "School starts today and you're going to be late."

Dash still looked at his mom for a few seconds, before his eyes widen. "Get out! I'm getting dressed!" He pointed at the door to show her to give him some privacy.

She left the room, still angry, and a small slam followed after that. The jock ran all over his room, getting ready for school. He was never late, he was always late to class, but he would always hang out early at school with his friends and waited till someone told them that they had to attend class.

Less than five minutes and Dash was rushing down to the school. Since he was late, his buddies didn't come and pick him up, so he had to run the whole way down.

He saw all of his buddies waiting by the school, all of them waving at him to come on over.

"Yo, dude, why were you late this time?" One of his friends asked him.

"I forgot we had school today," Dash said between breaths, "So I ran late."

His buddies laughed.

"Hey, we still have about five minutes left," Another said, "Wanna go wail on some people?"

The whole group agreed by laughing and giving high fives. "I'll take Dash, we'll go find some, and you guys get your own." Kwan said to the group. The group of friends left to their separate ways to find some people to beat up.

"C'mon, Dash, let's go find some." Kwan said.

Dash took the lead and Kwan followed behind him. They entered the school and walked down the hall ways, picking on people along the way. Then they came up to Danny and his friends. They saw the two jocks as well; Sam and Tucker sent them both glares.

Dash froze.

Kwan seemed to notice that he stopped. "What's wrong, Dash?" He asked puzzled, "It's just Fenton and his friends. Just like always."

Dash shook his head. "Yeah, sorry, just felt a bit dizzy for a minute." He lied. "Let's go get him."

They both walked up to the trio, giving them you-better-run looks. "Hey, Fenton, are you going to try to do what you did after the aftershock? When we were walking out of the school with the firemen? Are you going to do it again?" He sneered. "I'm ready this time."

"No," Danny replied simply.

"I know you want to do it," The jock narrowed his eyes at him.

"I'm not that kind of person, Dash," Danny said, "Besides, I didn't push you against the wall because I felt like it." He let out a soft growl after that.

"What is he talking about?" Kwan asked his buddy. "He didn't push you against the wall." When he received no answer, he paled and asked, "Right?"

"I'm sick of this," Dash finally announced. "Let's go wail on someone else."

They left without another word and instead of wailing on another person, they both headed to class and on time for once. All of those thoughts kept pounding on Dash's skull; he knew he had the final piece, he just didn't know what piece it was.

Danny seemed a little bit offensive ever since the incident at school. Dash noticed that; he wasn't like a little coward he used to be or how he saw it. He was growing out of it, or maybe he was just tired of being one.

But deep down, Dash knew that Fenton was never a coward, he only pretended to.

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Time went slowly in each class, not that it mattered, since he always had a nerd do his homework. But it tortured him because the only thoughts that remained in his mind were Danny and all the evidence pointing towards him. He just wanted it to stop; he didn't want to deal with this.

Finally the bell rung, signaling the students to head to the next class; Dash walked out alone. He looked behind him to see if his friends were coming out as well. They usually like to stay behind and be the last ones out.

Dash felt someone run into him, causing him to fall back. Once he got back up, he was about to start shouting when he saw that it was Fenton who had ran into him.

"Dash!" Danny exclaimed. "Sorry, I should've watched where I was going."

The jock hesitated. "You're not mad anymore?" He asked, confused.

Danny rubbed his neck with his hand. "I was, but I decided it wasn't worth being mad over. So I forgive you and I hope you forgive me as well."

"For what?"

"After the aftershock, when I pushed you against the wall, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have, it wasn't right to," Danny said.

Dash sighed. "It's okay; I shouldn't have said anything about your girlfriend." Dash didn't notice the glare from Danny, apparently telling him "she is not my girlfriend". "I was just trying to find some information."

"Oh?"

"But it's pointless now," Dash admitted, "I can't seem to use that information."

"Oh." Danny said. "Well I gotta go, bye!" With that, Danny ran to his next class.

The way Danny apologized was a good person would say. Like a superhero probably would say…

You don't need powers to be a superhero.

He was right in a way.

Then everything started clicking in his mind, like magnets drawing together to one big one. He couldn't believe he didn't see it before. How could he be so stupid?

Superhero was the big piece he was missing.

Green eyes. Fast reflexes. Superhero. It all equaled to the town hero: Danny Phantom.

Danny Fenton… was the town superhero. After all of this time, he couldn't believe he was seeing his hero each day. He couldn't believe he was beating up his town hero; why didn't Fenton—Phantom defend himself?

The wimpy looser was the mighty town superhero?

But how?

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Okay, it was a crappy ending, I guess. And a little bit shorter than usual. I hope that's okay… Okay, next chapter is the last: the epilogue! You guys should give me some ideas how the story should end! I'd like to hear some of your opinions! :D Please?

REVIEW REPLIES:

Fluehatraya: LOL, yeppers. Enjoy, I hope?

JuneLuxray2: Story is not over… yet. Do you have an idea how it should end?

Forever-stained-crimson: Thanks! :D Question one: Yes, he is. Question two: It disappeared; I don't know what happened to it.

Jeanette9a: I guess it's the main one he would choose. I know I probably guess the same thing if I was reading a story similar to it.

Pheek: Haha! Yes, must feed animals, very important. :D Sorry it was a later update.

Forever LuNa: xD I like it when it's switched around, sometimes. Lol.

Starhedgehog1117: I probably will for the epilogue. XD

Cotom: Ah, well I'm glad. :) I hope this chapter wasn't too rushed; I just kind of thought it might as well happen there. So tell me if it was too rushed?

Blue Eyes Phantom: I'm happy. :D I tried to update soon, but last days of school are kind of fun. xD

TheOneWhoStillBelieves: Lol, your comment made me laugh.

Smallvillephantom14: But that's how it's supposed to work, that way readers will come back to the story. :D But, I'm sorry too.

Kirbysamful: Erm… sorry, I kind of went a little too far. Heh… But I had to get Dash to say something that would make Danny come out to his defensive side…. But I'm glad you still like the story. :)

Lmb111514: LOL. Well, everyone has a smart side; SO I DECIDED TO REVEAL HIS SMART SIDE! xD Sorry for the longer update!

Vi-Violence: Great! That's awesome! :)

CrazycoffeeKat: Can I join you with your happy dance? XD So you've been waiting for about five days for this update? Lol.

AspergianStoryteller: Sorry, I made some mistakes. So I tried not to when I was in Dash's point of view this time. But thanks for point that out! :D

BlondieMarie24: Three hurrahs for Danny! xD Hope it was an okay update!

D for Danielle: Last days of school were fun, and after school as well… So it was a later update… But I shall have the next chapter tomorrow or the next day before I go on my trip! :D

Thanks guys! It's always fun to reply back to your awesome reviews! Again, can I have some ideas of what you think the story should end? :D I don't want to end it in a way you won't like it. So I wanna hear some ideas and figure out how to end it a way that everyone would be proud of. :D

Until next time!