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Fic SUMMARY

Pilot chapters, one shots, and Proof of concept chapters, oh my! All having to do with Danny Fenton/Phantom dealing with different situations.

This will be where Danny Phantom "what if" ideas will be, so they will be using Danny as the main character, whether in Amity, or a crossover with another fandom, whether an anime or another cartoon.

The first story will be a uploading of "Decision", a very early one shot that I made about Danny having enough being a hero and the sacrifices he had to do. It will be uploaded when I go over it and update it to match my current writing skills

Each chapter will have a summary of the chapter concept, and each will have different rating based on the contents of the chapter, and the labeling of what series is within the chapter.

Chapter summary

Everyone has a breaking point. Danny just finally reached his, and everyone will see the result

- A Decision

Danny should be used to days like this, especially since it had been the normal for him ever since he got his powers.

The day started out at the usual time of 4 AM with the Box Ghost phasing into his room and waking him up in a two step process. Activating his ghost sense, and screaming out "BEWARE" in his ear.

After picking himself up from the ground after he fell from the bed from the combo, he chased the ghost around town for almost three hours. Most of that time was spent in a warehouse filled with boxes and the pudgy ghost used them to play hide and seek.

It was during this that Danny started to think that the Box ghost had the ability to teleport through the boxes since he never stayed in whatever box he flew into. But he was finally able to capture the Box Ghost after holding one of the boxes hostage.

And then, as if the world wanted to mess with Danny even more, Technus decided to show up with a small robot army.

Small in both numbers and size. The robots barely reached Danny's knee. But it was their numbers that made it take another hour before Danny could actually start making his way to school.

yet when Danny finished capturing Technus, after he began to monologue, Dany saw that it was 7:40, leaving him only twenty minutes before the starting bell rang. He ended up flying at top speed to get back to his house, throw on some clothes, and grab his bag, without having the chance to actually clean up.

He still ended up late and was given another detention slip from Mr. Lancer.

School wasn't any better.

Danny had forgotten about the math test that Mr. Lancer announced a few days ago, though he wasn't sure if he was even in the class to hear it when it was announced. As such, He hadn't studied for it and ended up with a failing grade. Not like he would have had the time to study for it anyway.

Afterward, Dash Baxter, Danny's bully since entering high school, had failed the test as well, and due to that, He decided to take out his frustrations out on Danny by stuffing him into a locker.

He was thankful for Sam and Tucker to get him out of the locker without him having to use his powers. But it was thanks to them spending time to get the combination right, they were all late for the next class.

Sam and Tucker were let off with just a warning.

Danny though got a weekend detention. Another to add to the many he had already accumulated. It was a miracle that he wasn't suspended from school already from all the detentions he had, and skipped thanks to ghost fighting.

With how the day went, it was a given that he would be in a bad mood as they all walked out of the building to head home. It was just Danny, Sam, and Tucker as Danny had detention, while Sam and Tucker decided to wait for him so they could hang out when it was over.

Danny's friends tried to make him feel better with the idea of going to the Nasty burger and getting something to eat before they spent time at the arcade to have some fun. Danny did feel a little better with that plan but his mood dropped once more when his ghost sense went off. He looked around in order to find out which ghost it was that came to fight him and he was answered by the whistling sound of a missile. He tackled his friends out of the way as it exploded where they once stood. Once they stopped rolling, he got to his feet and glared up as Skulker came into view. "I'm not in the mood for this, Skulker!"

Skulker grinned as he pointed his arm canon at the boy. "Too bad, child, because I am."

Danny ran off to the side to hide behind a tree before he transformed into his ghost persona: Danny Phantom. He flew up to be leveled with Skulker before he charged up an Ecto blast and sent it toward Skulker.

Skulker moved out of the way before he sent his own blast from his wrist canon at the boy.

Danny swirled around the blast before he flew up close and punched Skulker away. He flew after the Skulker in order to beat down the ghost Zone's self proclaimed "Greatest hunter", leaving Sam and Tucker behind.

Sam and Tucker began to run in the direction Danny flew of in order to help him out.

The fight continued on as they kept throwing attacks at each other.

Danny kept trying to knock Skulker down long enough so he could suck the hunter into the thermos but Skulker was one of the more tenacious of his opponents. He smirked as he landed a solid punch on Skulker, sending the hunter to crash into a billboard and get stuck on it. This was his chance to end the fight as he pulled out his thermos, ready to use it. "ARGH!" Only to be interrupted by a blast to the back, causing him to drop the thermos. He hunched forward in pain before he spun around to see who it was that shot him. He frowned when he saw that it was the Red Huntress.

A.K.A: Valerie Grey.

She was his classmate that used to be part of the upper class of society and an A-lister of the School social ladder, until an even that had to do with a ghost dog caused her father to lose his job and knocking them down from their high pedestal to ground level.

And she blamed him for it since he was at the site of the rampaging dog and she assumed that the dog belonged to him.

She got her ghost hunting equipment from Vlad Masters, his arch enemy, and she uses it all in order to hunt ghosts, mainly him at every turn, Not even caring where the guns and high tech equipment came from.

"Oh great, just what I needed." He grumbled before he bent back to avoid another blast coming from her. He straightened back up before retaliating with a low-level ecto-blast. He had to be careful since she was only human and wouldn't be abel to handle the heavy hits he used on other ghosts. So every time he fought her, he would always have to control his power to not hurt her. Unfortunately, due to him focusing on her, he was left wide open from behind, which Skulker took advantage of and sent a barrage of missiles. "ARGH!" He spiraled to the ground before catching himself a few feet from hitting the concrete. but he had to kick off the ground to avoid the blasts that Valerie sent his way. He figured that he would have to get rid of one of them and decided to capture Skulker first. He reached for his belt, but realized that his thermos was not clipped to it. "crap!" He flew up to dodge Skulker's missile as he looked around for the device. "Where is it?!"

Sam and Tucker made it to the fight and saw that Danny was being ganged up on by Skulker and Valerie. They decided to help out how they could and Tucker began to work on his PDA in order to gain access to Skulker's suit.

Sam looked at Tucker with worry evident in her eyes. "What's taking so long?! Can't you hack into his suit faster?!"

Tucker was frantically tapping on his PDA's screen. "I'm trying! But I can't get in! He must have upgraded his firewall."

They were brought out of what they were doing when they heard vehicles arriving at the scene. they turned around and saw that it was a news crew with the typical Weather man coming out to report the fight. But the vehicle that worried them the most was the large silver RV that had the Fenton logo on it.

Two adults came barreling out of it before running toward the fight.

The teenagers knew that this just went from bad, to very bad, to worse thing ever and they both had the same reaction

"Oh, no."

Danny corkscrewed around blasts coming from both sides without having the chance to fight back cause he was worried that he might send a blast meant for Skulker toward Valerie. He wondered why Valerie wasn't shooting at Skulker at all but he figured that it was just that she hates him more for something that was an accident and not even his fault. As he dodged another volley of missiles, he ducked under another shot from Valerie's gun, and smirked as he was starting to get the rhythm to deal with both of them. Yet, once again, he was hit in the back and screamed as he felt electricity course through his body. He fell from the sky and crashed onto the ground with his body still twitching from the shock he felt. He glared at nothing as he hated being hit by electricity. He charged a blast in his hand and was ready to send it at the one that shot him, cause he figured that it was another ghost, before he lifted his head to look over his shoulder at who it was. However, he dropped his glare as his eyes went wide when he saw it was his parents.

His mother, Maddie, held up a still smoking bazooka with it locked onto him. "I've got you now, you solid manifestation of ectoplasm!"

At that moment, his father jumped forward with the ecto-foamer in hand. "EAT ECTO FOAM, YOU GHOST SPOOK!" He pulled the trigger and shot a blob of Ecto foam at the downed boy.

Danny rolled out of the way and flew into the air to try and get some distance. However, he didn't get far as Skulker tackled him back onto the ground. He brought his hands under the hunter and blasted him in the stomach, getting him to let go. Once free, he flew into the air just as a grenade landed where he was. He didn't get enough distance as the explosion blew him further into the air and he gritted his teeth as he felt burns on his back. He was able to stabilize himself in the air but he didn't have a chance to catch his breath as he was hit in the chest by a blast from his mother.

He pushed through the pain and dodged the next blast that came from Valerie. He found himself having to dodge blasts from three sides, not getting any time to even find an opening to fight back.

Sam and Tucker jumped into the Fenton R.V before they began to look for a spare thermos. they figured that if they could at least capture Skulker, Danny would be able to get away from Valerie and his parents. But despite them opening all the compartments the RV had, they couldn't find any. Just more weapons, which wouldn't help with two of the three parties.

Groaning in frustration, Sam just grabbed an Ecto wrist ray and an Ecto gun before tossing the latter to Tucker. "If we can at least get Skulker down, Danny would be able to handle the rest easier."

Tucker nodded as he agreed with her thought process.

They were about to go out and help Danny but when they opened the door, they bumped into Jack.

Jack came in to grab another weapon to use Phantom when Sam and Tucker bumped into him. "What are you two doing in here?"

The teens were not expecting Jack to come into the RV and they began trying to come up with an excuse.

Sam came up with a half-lie about grabbing something to help take down the ghosts, even though Skulker would be their only target but Jack spoke up before she could say anything.

"Actually it's good that you two are here. It's safer in here than it is out there." He saw that they had some weapons in their hand and smiled wider before he grabbed them from their hands. "good idea, grabbing more weapons for us." He tucked them under his arm before stepping out of the RV and closed the door. He pulled out a remote and pressed a button to put the RV into lockdown.

The teens heard a click and tried to open the door, only to find it locked. They panicked as this meant that they were trapped in the RV while Danny was outside being attacked from three sides.

Jack saw the kids at the window and smiled at them, not grasping the expressions they had. "Don't worry kids, no spook will get you with the security measures this baby has!" He patted the side of the RV before turning around to rejoin his wife.

Sam began to slam her shoulder into the door to try and get it open, only to find it too sturdy. She gave up on that and went to the driver's seat, with Tucker jumping into the passenger seat. Sam pressed a button to activate the weaponry, only for Jack's voice to speak up

{Please give password and thumbprint in order to activate weapons.}

Sam felt dread as she didn't know the password for the RV weapons and she was sure that the thumbprint was only for the Fenton family. She turned to Tucker and franticaly shouted. "Hack this thing!"

Tucker was typing furiously on his PDA, doing whatever he could to get into the system. "I'm trying!"

"GGYYYAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

They both looked out the window to see that Danny was in the air being hit from four sides.

"DANNY!"

Danny was screaming in pain from the four-way assault he was in. He was gritting his teeth, trying to push through all the agony he was in. He growled not only from the pain, but from the anger and frustration he was in. His anger began to rise in conjunction with the pain, getting sick and tired of everything he had to deal with. His mind went over what could have led him to this point and it just made his anger reach its breaking point. After dealing with the blasts for a solid few minutes, he gathered all of his energy, brought in his arms and legs, and forced his ecto energy through his body and into his throat.

"I'VE HAD EEEEENNNNNOOOUUUUGGGGGHHHH~!"

He threw his arms and legs out, adding his Ghostly Wail into the final word and sending out a shockwave of energy from his body. The shockwave from the energy as well as the wail, threw everyone off their feet and onto the ground.

It took a bit of time before they were able to get the ringing out of their ears before they looked at Phantom with shocked expressions as they had never seen him unleash that kind of energy on anyone.

The hunters would have gone back to blasting him but they stopped when he started shouting.

"I've had enough of this!" His glare moved at each of the hunters as he was breathing heavily. "All you hunters ever do is attack me when I haven't done anything to you. And you know what, I'M SICK OF IT!"

Valerie glared up at Phantom and was the first to get to her feet. "Not done anything? You terrorize the town every day! You cause a lot of damage to everything in your fights." Wanting to vent our more personal angst she ended with. "And you were responsible for ruining my life!" She was shocked when Danny instantly appeared right in front of her with his eyes blazing green.

"I do everything I can to limit the amount of destruction that the other ghosts do in the town. I try to end the fight as fast as I can in order to get rid of the ghost. If I didn't, they would have destroyed the whole town by now, but from what I can see, its still standing." He inched closer to her, causing her to lean back in fear. "And just so you know, I was not the one that caused the damage to the lab your dad worked at. I was trying to get the puppy, that used to be one of Axion lab's guard dogs, to stop running around. He only went there to get a chew toy he left behind after the staff put him down." He emphasized those words to make sure she got the point. "It was the security system that was installed that did all the damage to the lab! And since you are so blind that you never see anything other than what you want, here's some news for you; There are a lot ghosts that aren't 'pure evil'. Some of them want to be left alone and would just wander the town! Looking at all the things that have changed from their time in the living world." Danny saw that Valerie had heard all of his words as she reacted to them but was too shocked to say anything against them. He turned to Skulker, who was about to pull out one of his guns, and pointed at him. "And you!"

Skulker paused as this was the first time he had seen the Whelp this mad

"You call yourself the greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone, but you always go for the weaker, less experienced ghosts just to make yourself feel better!"

Skulker glared at Phantom. "You dare criticize my hunting skills?!" He brought up his gun only for it to be destroyed by a blast from Danny

"Face it, Skulker, you've only ever captured the Ecto animals! Heck, the only Ghost with actual power you ever caught was the Box Ghost! If you wanted to be the greatest hunter you should try going for Plasmius, instead of me, since we are the same and he has far more experience than I do!" Danny hated to admit it but he knew the truth: Vlad was stronger and more experience with his powers. "Some hunter you are. Not going for the stronger one, but the one that is still growing. And you still lose to me." Once finished with Skulker, who kept to himself, he turned to his parents. Regardless of them being his parents, his anger would not let them off the hook. "You two are the worst out of all of them!"

Jack and Maddie were stunned at not only his shout but the way he was getting on the other's cases. So stunned that they didn't even go for their weapons.

Danny floated up in the air as he pointed at them. "You claim all ghosts are evil without even knowing anything about ghosts at all. You don't even try to understand them! All you know is what we are made of! Thats the same as me saying all humans are evil just from me knowing that you have a heartbeat, skin, and blood! Yes, there are a lot of bad ghosts out there that cause problems, but there are also some that mean no harm at all! But you don't even care! All you want to do is capture them, destroy them, or dissect them. Congratulations! You are tyrants out to kill our race just because of what we are! Sounds like someone from human history." He crossed his arms as he huffed through his nose. "I don't even need to say who, your smart, you should be able to figure it out." The snark coming from him signified that he had his doubts.

Jack and Maddie felt like they were slapped in the face for who they were being compared to. Not once had they ever considered ghosts to be anything but malevolent, but this stark attitude change coming from their number one target gave them pause.

The news crews were capturing everything that was being said with all cameras on Danny and the hunters. Yet none of them spoke into their microphones as their jaws just hung Open.

Danny floated higher in the air as he continued, more focused on Valerie and the Fentons. "I have done everything in my power to protect this town and I never asked for anything in return. Not even a 'thank you' but all I ever get is scorn. Thanks to you, I am blamed for everything that happens to the town, whether I was there or not. I now see where I stand in all this." He took in a deep breath as his anger had started to die down. In a calm voice, he spoke. "I quit"

It was spoken in a normal tone but everyone heard it and were shocked to hear say this.

"If everyone hates me so much and make this harder, then I will let you guys deal with the problem yourselves. I think I've sacrificed enough." He looked toward Valerie and pointed a finger at her. "You hate me so much and want to protect this town on your own? than FINE!" He still had some anger in him and he couldn't hold it back. "You can protect the town all by yourself!" He shifted his gaze toward the Fentons. "This will be the LAST time you ever get to shoot at me!" He finished by looking at Skulker. "Your time hunting me is OVER! Find something else to hunt, maybe then you will actually be able to be a competent hunter." He floated higher into the air as he finished. "This is the end of Danny Phantom!" And with that, he used all his energy to fly away, leaving a shockwave in his wake.

The area went silent as no one could muster up anything to say as they all looked at where Danny Phantom had flown off.

The cameras were still pointed at the spot Phantom was in but all the cameramen had wide eyes with their jaws on the floor.

Sam and Tucker were pressed against the glass as they couldn't believe what their friend just did.

He just quit.

Sam was the first to shake out of her shock and pulled out her phone to quickly dial Danny's phone. "Come on, come on, pick up!"

{Hey, you've reached Danny Fenton. I'm uh... probably doing something so-}

Sam groaned as she only got his voicemail. She hung up before trying again, only to get the same thing. After a few more tries, she gave up and slumped onto the ground.

Tucker sagged into the seat as he thought about what his friend just did. "Do you think he meant it?"

Sam didn't move from her spot as she thought about the question. She didn't say anything for a few minutes til she shook her head in defeat. "I….. don't know."

Two months.

It had been two months since anyone had seen Danny Phantom and it turned out to be the worst two months for the town.

But more than anything, it hit several people harder than most.

For the Phans, they all wanted to see the ghost boy make a comeback and be the hero they all know and love.

Paulina Sanchez spent the first week thinking that Phantom would make a dramatic return and she would be able to shower him with love and ask him out in a way to celebrate his return to her. But after more time passed, she realized that he wasn't coming back. In distress, she locked herself in her room and cried into her expensive endangered animal pillows, ruining them with her mascara.

Her parents and best friend, Star, tried to get her out of there, but all they ever got were more wailing.

Dash mopped around the school and was far less enthusiastic in everything he did. Even his bullying had become half-hearted as he didn't even bother beating on any of the nerds. He just stuffed them in a locker and walked away, not even them shut.

The die hard Phans also grew more distraught as it became clear he wasn't coming back, and soon, the Phan club, once made to appreciate Danny Phantom, began to convert into a group asking for Phantom to come back.

Then there was Valerie Grey

At first, she thought that things would become easier and she would be able to get her life back on track, but as time passed, she started to feel the strain from ghost hunting. She found that she now spent most, if not all of her time hunting down ghosts from well before sunrise and deep into the night. The ghosts were coming in more frequently! She originally thought the ghosts were brought in by Phantom so he could fight them here. But after a rough fight with Ember Mclain, she learned that they were taking advantage of the lack of the black and white wearing hero.

Ember said that the ghosts no longer needed to come up with complex plans in order to beat Phantom and now they can come any time they want to do whatever they want.

It was then that Valerie realized that Phantom had been keeping all the other ghosts at bay, keeping them from taking over the town. She now found herself fighting almost 24/7. She always thought that she was skilled in fighting ghosts but with hindsight, she realized she only ever fought the Ecto-animals, which were nothing compared to the higher level ghosts such as Technus, Desiree, and Skulker.

Now she had to fight on fumes since she never got an wink of sleep or a moment's rest.

A lot of the ghosts she battled would do some damage before getting away, more from boredom than losing.

It had gotten so bad that she started missing days from school and her normal day job. She was really close to being fired with all shifts she missed.

For school, she now got detention every week along with weekend detentions, which would cause even more problems.

She was actually happy that Dani Phantom came after the third week and began to help out, making the fights easier. But even with the two of them, they couldn't do as much for the town as Danny Phantom did.

Dani had seen the news about Danny quitting and she flew back to Amity Park to talk with him about it. She couldn't change his mind as he was adamant about leaving the hero-gig behind. Dani decided that she would take up the mantle of protector of Amity Park in his stead.

It didn't go so well as most of the fights ended up with her and Valerie losing since she wasn't as powerful or experienced as her older counterpart. She was happy to see Danny again, but she still felt some sadness from his decision.

The Fentons acted less on pure impulse now, as the words Phantom spoke still rang in their heads. At the start, their minds labeled this declaration as the ghost trying to lower their guard before coming in to stab them in the back, but the words kept repeating in their heads. Soon, a few ghost encounters caused them to hesitate on pulling the trigger which allowed the ghosts they were hunting to get away. They spent a lot of their time trying to convince themselves that Danny Phantom was nothing but an evil ghost that would randomly come back and attack them all. But as the days turned into weeks, they began to think that maybe he was telling the truth.

Both Sam and Tucker didn't agree with Danny's decision. They felt that he should still keep fighting but after a big argument, they couldn't help but agree that he was done. They were still friends but they didn't hang out as much as they did before since the two would still go out to fight ghosts.

Danny would just leave it to them.

The two knew his reasons but they didn't truly understand them until they had to go through some of what he used to go through. Waking up too early, staying out far too late, and losing time for themselves. They could also see how it was effecting Valerie as she kept missing so many days at school, and when she did show up, she would fall asleep immediately in her seat.

Jazz also tried to talk to her brother about being Phantom but not even she could get through to him. She had helped out Sam and Tucker as best she could but she began to prepare for college since she had the opportunity to graduate early, so she couldn't help as much as she wanted.

The ghosts had enjoyed the idea that Danny phantom would no longer hinder them in their plans. They still had some trouble executing the plans with the Fentons, the Huntress, as well as Sam and Tucker trying to stop them every chance they got.

But soon some of them didn't find it worth it as now they found it too easy to take over.

Skulker no longer saw the point in hunting prey that would not fight back. He was a hunter and he could only get a thrill if he had a challenge but now that Danny refused to fight back, it felt like he was just hunting a lowly human and that had infuriated him. He spent his time now attacking the Huntress as much as he could as she was the only one that gave him close to a challenge, especially since her suit was similar to his own in terms of abilities.

Vlad Masters found it hard to believe that the young boy would give up protecting his town but he soon saw it to be true. He now felt that all his plans would soon begin to lead him to the power he always thought he deserved. But he found that all his plans needed the young boy to be Phantom once more. Even his plan that dealt with an asteroid hurtling to earth had to be put on the back burner since it required Phantom and him to do battle in space. He could just do it and say it was an accident but there would be too many holes in the story that would point to him.

Another of his plans, one he actually went with, was the creation of the Masters Blasters. However, it had backfired as the public would not pay for their services and his public image began to fall. The Masters blasters became a PR disaster for him but a dream for Phantom. He pulled the plug on that plan as no one would deal with them and all they did was get the public to want Phantom back more. He also now knew that he would never be able to get Danny to join him if he had given up on using his powers for anything. He no longer had the chance to get him as an adoptive son after he took his mother as his own. He continued to come up with plans to try and woo Maddie but after he had set his eyes on both Danny and Maddie, he would not settle for half so he had to plan for a way to get Phantom back.

But none of them would work.

Danny, on the other hand, had finally begun to enjoy his life as improvements began to show. Now that he had a lot of free time, he had put it into his studies. He soon went from a D and C student to straight As and his teachers were all surprised.

Some of them had almost labeled him as a lost cause but now they could see that he was soon becoming one of their smartest students, almost on par with his sister.

Mr. Lancer couldn't help but smile when he saw one of the students that would almost always be late and fail a good amount of work, become one of the earliest ones, the one that would answer the questions with astute accuracy, and now had a brighter future.

After the eighth month, people began to move out of Amity Park as it had become more and more dangerous to live there. Soon more than half of the people had left the town and it seemed that it would become a ghost town in more than one way.

Sam and her family had moved to Florida as they had a summer home there. Sam had protested with her parents but it was a losing argument as there was nothing holding them in Amity and the ghost fights just emphasized the parents' point.

Tucker and his family moved out to go to Ohio to stay with other family members.

Danny was the only one of the three that stayed. They kept in contact with each other but it wasn't the same as hanging out.

The town was soon to become a ghost itself since more and more people were leaving.

Valerie had no choice but to stay as her father didn't have enough money to move out and she continued to try and protect the town. She was getting better but it was never enough.

Dani was growing stronger as she continued to fight but as time passed, there were fewer people to protect and she had no real attachment to the town itself. She didn't have as much drive to get better so her improvement was slow.

It was clear to everyone at one point or another that Danny Phantom was the one keeping the town alive. He became its heart and once he left it soon began to die. Everyone had the same thought at one point or another.

"I wish Danny Phantom never quit."

End of chapter

I don't know when the next chapter will be since, well I have a bunch of ideas in my head and not sure which to bring out first.

Hope you enjoyed and please, leave a comment.

Chapter Text

"Normal Speech"

'Normal thoughts'

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny phantom or any other fandom used in this fic

- Magic Knight Phantom

"Ok, I know that we've seen a lot of things before, but actually just going to a tourist attraction makes this all the more cool." Danny said as he looked through a public binocular stand, scanning all of Tokyo.

"Can we hurry this up? I want to see if there are any tech stores with the latest gadgets for me to buy." Came Tucker's whiny complaint as he yawned loudly, bored of just standing around at the top of Tokyo tower.

Sam punched his arm to get him to stop. "Tucker, we're in another country and the only thing you can't think about is what new toy you can get? Why can't you actually enjoy being in Tokyo like Danny is?"

Tucker rubbed his arms in pain as he gave her a small glare. "I am enjoying it, I'm just enjoying it in my own way." He said this as he watched a pair of girls walk by. "Though there might be other reasons to enjoy it.

Sam just rolled her eyes before looking toward Danny. "But I am surprised that you are enjoying it like an actual tourist. I thought you would be like strike-out here and find all this boring."

As she said this, Tucker was slapped by one of the girls he was trying to pick up.

Danny pulled away from the binoculars and looked at Sam. "With all the stuff I have to deal with on a daily basis, this is the best thing to happen to me. And hey, the portal is closed for the next two weeks since my parents are trying to make it less power consuming. And I've always wanted to come here to see what it's like."

The two of them turned to see Tucker walk up to them with his hand on his cheek.

Sam smirked as she put her hands on her hips. "Do I want to know what you did?"

Tucker shrugged as if he was insulted. "I don't know what I said. I tried using my translation program on my PDA but all she did was look at me funny, cover her chest, and then slap me while saying a lot of stuff I couldn't understand. I think she called me a cow or something."

Sam raised an eyebrow before her mind went over what she knew about the Japanese language and couldn't help but smirk.

"What's that smirk for? You know what they said, don't you. Come on, tell me! It's not fair that you are the only one that understands the japanese stuff." Tucker moved forward to try and get Sam to tell him about what it was the girls said.

Danny couldn't help but smirk as well as he had heard what the girls called Tucker and he could also understand them. When they first arrived in Japan, hearing all the talking in a foreign language gave him a literal headache. It lasted for about half an hour but once it passed, he could understand every single word the people said. He figured it must be some sort of ghost power and he couldn't help but find it amazing that he could understand a language he never studied for any time in his life. He didn't get to say anything to his friends as they began their tourist trip and they just had fun.

As such, he had kept it to himself until there was the best moment to tell Tucker and see his face.

"Aaaaah!"

Danny and his friends jumped at the shout and turned to the left to see what the problem was… only to spot a red haired girl on another binocular set talking to her friends.

The girl had long bright red hair that was mostly tied into a thin braid. She was wearing a school girl uniform with its main color being red. Her attitude showed that she was a hyper girl with a peppy attitude.

The girl looked at her friends with a defeated look as she pointed at her binoculars. "It ran out of time."

Sam and Tucker let out a breath as they were afraid that there was some sort of trouble.

Danny had to hold in his laughter at that reaction and figured he should just look through his set. He looked through them again and couldn't help but realize that his own time had run out. "Whoop." He looked back to the red haired girl and saw another girl; a petite girl that had shoulder length hair that was curled at the end, round glasses, in a green uniform and gave off the impression of an intelligent gentle bookworm, offering some money for the red head to use for the set again.

Tucker tugged on his sleeve, and once Danny looked at him, he gestured to another group of girls. "Hey, Danny, what do you think are my chances with one of those girls in the blue outfits?"

He looked all the girls over till his eyes landed on the one in the lead; an elegant girl with long blue hair.

Danny rolled his eyes and smiled. "Tucker, I really think it's a bad idea to try with one of them. They look rather stern."

Tucker ran his hand over his head as if to be suave. "Oh, please, they won't be able to handle the Foley charm."

Sam shrugged her shoulders. "Who knows, maybe it would work since they wouldn't understand a thing you're saying."

*Chime*

Danny paused at the sound and looked out the window, where he thought the sound was coming from, not noticing that the three girls reacted in the same way.

Suddenly a bright light overtook the sky and blinded everyone that was in the tower.

Sam and Tucker turned around to where Danny was and called out. "Danny, trouble!" They both covered their eyes when the light became too much for them.

Danny stood at the ready, even if he couldn't see anything.

"Please…save them… save saphiro~!"

Before Danny could even register what the new voice was referring to, he found himself suddenly falling. "Woah!"

"AAAAAHHHHH/AAAAAHHHHH/AAAAAHHHHH~!"

Danny turned his head to see that he wasn't the only one falling as the three girls were a few dozen feet away. He quickly noticed that they were no longer anywhere close to tokyo… or even his world, since he was sure there was no place on earth that would have floating islands that had large crystals on them, islands with just forests and no skyscrapers, and he was sure that even if he could still see the sea, it wouldn't be this close. His eyes shifted around and also registered that it wasn't the ghost zone since the only green was the forest below and not the sky. "Where the hell am I…. or are we?" He heard the screaming of the girls and quickly figured that this was not the time to keep secrets. He quickly transformed and flew over to them before he grabbed them one by one.

But as he grabbed the last girl, he ended up crashing into the back of a large flying…fish.

"Ok, that's new."

Danny has been through some strange things but this one takes the cake.

Hikaru Shidou; The red haired girl, Umi Ryuuzaki; the blue haired girl, and Fuu Hououji; the gentle intelligent girl, were all summoned here to become the "Magic knights" in order to save the world of Cephiro.

Cephiro was a world of magic, with fantastical creatures, floating islands with massive blue gems on them, and spells. Cephiro can turn almost any person's wishes and desires, even subconscious ones, into reality, hence why it is often called "The Land of the Will". It was once at peace thanks to the ruler of the world, Princess Emeraude. She kept the world full of life, tranquility, and love with her prayers alone, but when Lord Zagato kidnapped her and imprisoned her away, the world began to crumble.

The legend of the Magic knights was one of heroes coming to this world due to the wish of the ruler of Cephiro to come and save it.

This was the Story given to the new arrivals to the world by one of its highest mages, Master Mage Clef.

After meeting Cleft, who had given the girls magic to use, they were sent out to get weapons that would be intune with their magic, and then to find the ritual sites of the Rune gods.

Danny couldn't help but find it as a sort of typecasting when Hikaru, who mainly wore a red uniform, had fire magic.

Umi, whose outfit was mostly blue, gained the magic of water.

And Fu, who wore a green uniform, gained the power of wind.

Danny had to become the pseudo leader of the group since he had experience in fighting and otherworldly stuff.

Though, he had never dealt with flying animals, floating islands, and an evil madman in a cape.

….oh wait.

"So, Danny, how did you get your powers anyway?" Was Hikaru's question as she looked at him excitedly while sitting on her knees in the field they were in.

They decided to take a break in an open flower field that Makona, a little white bouncy rabbit-like creature that had a jewel in its forehead, landed them in as he was the one driving their winged platform.

Fuu nodded as she looked at Danny. "I would like to know how Mr. Danny acquired his powers as well. Unlike the three of us, you did not acquire your powers from Master Cleft, nor did you acquire weapons in the same manner. And seeing as how you seem adept at using your own powers, it is safe to say you have had them for quite some time."

Umi looked at Danny expectantly. "So, how did you get your powers?"

Danny looked at the three and thought about how these three had only had their magic for about a few weeks. He had done his best in order to help them improve on their powers but they hadn't really gotten around to his own origin story. He figured that it wouldn't hurt to tell them since they were in another world and they were a team. "My powers aren't magic like yours. You see, my parents are scientists-"

Danny told them about how he got his powers, the enemies he faced, the weird adventures he went on, and how he got his logo,

Hikaru was the most enthusiastic one out of the three girls as she called him the modern day superhero.

Fuu was worried how he was the one that had to do all the fighting, even if he had his friends, she felt that someone else should be on the field with him to help him in his fights.

Umi was surprised that he was able to handle all of it, between school, super heroing as Hikaru calls it, and hanging out with friends.

Danny withheld how he had been getting worse and worse grades because of it. They didn't need to know about that.

Danny finished his tale and gestured to them. "Well, I did a lot of things before but you three were told to save a completely different world. I've saved my town, but not a whole world. You got me beat there." He stood up from the ground and brushed off the grass on his pants. "Well, we should get a move on. Princess Emeraude is still in need of rescuing and the 'Magic knights' still need to find those Rune Gods."

The Rune God were powerful mechs created by ancient magic. They were said to help the Magic knights when called for in battle and… that's all they know about them.

Hikaru jumped up and pumped her fist in the air. "Alright, let's get going!"

Umi let out a despondent sigh as she got up along with Fuu. "How can you be so peppy about this?"

Fuu smiled as looked at Umi. "I think it's a wonderful mindset to have when in the middle of an adventure."

Danny nodded as he looked at Umi. "Come on, being sour about it just stresses you out more. Now let's get moving."

The four continued their travels toward the next Rune God.

"Missed…. Missed….. Missed me again. Man, you suck at aiming." Danny kept swerving around ice shards that were being sent at him by Alcyone, an ice sorceress that used to be Clef's student….. And wore what amounted to a skimpy bathing suit with a cape.

Danny was floating in the air with his arms crossed as he used his intangibility and invisibility in tandem to give off the impression that he was teleporting. Along with how he mocked the woman, he could see that he was annoying her.

"Hold still, you annoying little insect!" She brought her scepter up before bringing it forward and launching another barrage of ice shards.

Danny went invisible and intangible but this time he kept it up as he spoke. "Wow, don't you have any other spell to use or are you a one trick pony while riding a winged unicorn."

Alcyone looked around for any sight of the boy. "Show yourself!"

"If you say so." He dropped his invisibility in front of her with his fist pulled back before striking her in the face.

She was sent off her horse and fell from the sky before being caught by her summoned beast. She fixed herself back on the horse as she held the side of her face. "You dare strike a woman?!"

Danny raised an eyebrow at her. "You shoot ice shards at me that would kill anyone that got hit by them and expect me to not fight back? Trust me, lady, I wouldn't attack you if you hadn't been trying to kill me and the girls." He flew up to her and grabbed her scepter with one hand, aiming to take it away but she held on tight to it. "Why the hell are you even doing this? I heard you were Clef's student but now you work for some nut job that wants to mess with the world?"

She gripped her scepter with both hands to keep it within her grasp as the boy was gripping it with only one hand. When she heard what he said, she pulled even harder. "Don't you dare speak about Lord Zagato like that! He is my lord, someone that I would do anything for and he wishes for the death of the Legendary Magic knights."

Danny raised an eyebrow at how she spoke about the guy. He thought about what she said and how she would do anything for him. It was then that it clicked in his head. "You're obsessed with the guy."

Alcyone grit her teeth as she finally pulled her scepter away from him. "Be silent!" She shot at the boy once more, only for him to shift his body out of the way. "Lord Zagato is everything to me. He is the one that I truly love and would do anything for, even if I must give my own life!"

Danny gave her a flat look before he flew at her once more and grabbed her scepter, only this time, he phased it out of her hands. "That's not love, that's obsession! I've dealt with someone that was just like you. You would abandon everything you had, destroy everything around you, all because you are obsessed with the guy." As he said this, his anger grew with each word. So many lives are at stake and she would gladly see it all destroyed for the attention of one guy.

"Are you ever silent!" She charged at the boy on her flying beast, aiming to strike him down and retrieve her scepter.

Danny twirled her staff in his hand before he flew higher to avoid her. "Only when I'm dead, but then again, not even then do I stop." He smirked as he shifted to the side as she flew past him. "Besides, I'm just the distraction."

Alcyone paused at the last statement and was about to wonder what he meant, but a blinding light from behind her lit the area and she turned around just in time for her to witness the Magic knights, in colored armor standing tall and ready. "Oh, no. They have become full fledged Magic Knights."

Hikaru, in her full armor, stepped forward as her hand lit up in flames. "Flame Javelin!" She raised her hand over her head as the flames formed a spear of fire over her palm. She grabbed the spear before pulling back her arm and throwing it at Alcyone.

She was engulfed in flames as she cried out. "IT CAN'T BE!" She was able to teleport away before being completely destroyed.

Danny crossed his arms as he smirked at where the woman once floated. "Wonder how bad a sunburn she will have after that." He lowered himself back to ground level and landed at the edge of a cliff before he turned around and looked at the three girls. He looked them over, analyzing the armor they now had. "Well, if that armor doesn't mean you three are the Magic knights, then I can only imagine what it will look like when you reach that level." He then looked at Hikaru with a proud smirk. "And it looks like the new fire spell we worked on came in handy."

The girls walked up to him as Hikaru gave him a soft smile. "We owe you a lot for this, Danny. If it wasn't for your help, we might not have made it this far."

Fuu nodded as she brought her hand to her chest. "I am also in agreement with Miss Hikaru, had you not joined us on this journey, we may have had much more difficulty acquiring the Rune Gods and the spells that we have learned with you."

Umi smiled as she looked at him. "You may have been a bit hard to deal with at the start but I gotta say that we do owe you a lot."

Danny smiled as the girls made it to his side. "I'm sure you girls would have made it here yourself. I just made it easier and I could handel all your magic for pracitce."

The four turned to look over the cliff at the forest that took up the horizon. The once beautiful green forest was now decaying, with dark leaves taking up each branch. The sky was now hazy with dark clouds that shot out lightning that struck one of the floating islands, causing it to fall to the ground.

Hikaru frowned at the sight as it hurt her heart that the world was now dying. "We're running out of time, aren't we?"

Danny nodded with a grim expression. "Hate to say it, but if we don't save the princess soon, this world could die."

Umi put her hands on her hips as she gave her friends a stern expectant look. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get going!"

Fuu nodded. "I agree, we must make haste if we are to save Princess Emeraude."

Hikaru nodded as she brought up her fist in front of her fist that lit up in light. She focused on her heart and raised it over her head. "Rayearth!"

Umi healed her palm forward as it lit up in blue light. She swung her hand over her upward as she called out. "Selece!"

Fuu held her hand to her chest as it lit up in green light before she spun and lifted her hand into the air. "Windam!"

Their voices echoed into the heavens before a bright light enveloped the area and three massive mechs appeared, one red with the theme of a lion , one blue with the theme of a blue serpent dragon, and one of green with the theme of an avian.

Danny looked at the three before flying up to land on the red one's shoulder.

The four flew off toward their final battle, with the goal of saving the princess from the evil sorcerer Zagato.

Hikaru had to shift to the side in order to avoid the blade of Zagato's own rune god. However, she was too slow and was hit in the shoulder by the sword, which left a well sized gash in the mech.

Within the Rune god, Hikaru cried out in pain as blood came from her shoulder, as a gash appeared in the same spot as her Rune god.

Zagato had used all of his power to create a rune god of his own in order to combat the Magic knights.

The fight had gone south pretty quick as Zagato seemed to have more power than the three of the girls. He would use his magic to block their attacks and when he launched a magic blast, it would take everything the girls had to avoid it.

Hikaur held her shoulder as she looked up to see Zagato bringing his sword down on her.

Fuu was able to come up from below and erect a barrier of wind to block the strike just before Umi came up from behind the two and sent a massive water dragon at Zagato.

The man was able to disengage and flew back to avoid the dragon, but had to keep moving as it began to chase him down.

Danny flew up from the side as he watched the serpent dragon chase Zagato down. "Everyone's got a mech. Why don't I get a mech? Do I need to go to some shop in order to get one?" He flew after Zagato as he had a feeling that the guy would be able to handle the water dragon. "If I get one, it better have my logo on it. Should I get a cape? Yeah, gotta have a cape, maybe one that is detachable so I can dramatically take it off for a fight."

Zagato stopped his retreat and brought his sword up, pointing it at the dragon. Out of the tip of the sword came a massive magic blast that destroyed the water dragon before it was able to hit him. As he lowered his sword, a small green blast struck him in the chest. Despite the small size, there was enough power in it to cause him to stumble back and hold the spot. He looked up to where it came from and saw the boy that had come with the Magic knights.

Danny still had his smoking hand stretched out as he glared down at the mech. "It's four against one, Dark magician wannabe, we beat all your followers and are here to save the princess. Why don't you make this easy and just let the princess go?" Despite his bravado, he was buying time for Fuu to heal Hikaru so they could come in and take on this guy. He can do damage to Zagato as he could see the damaged area his blast caused, but he wasn't sure if he could really finish this without their help. So, he was buying time, hoping to provoke some sort of monologue out of the guy. "Why are you still trying to destroy this world? You don't seem like the type to want utter destruction. You're the kind that has a motive and you are doing all this for something."

Zagato moved his hand from his stomach and straightened up. "Tell me, boy, how far would you go for what you cherish the most?"

Danny raised an eyebrow at the question. He was glad that he got the man talking but he had to wonder what the man was on about.

"Emeraude has been the pillar of this world for so long, not wanting anything for herself while giving all she has for everyone." He tightened his grip on his sword as his emotions were getting the better of him. "Why must the Magic knights be here!" His Rune god began to emit a massive amount of magic power, causing Danny to bring his hands up to protect his face. "Answer me, boy, Why must she stand on her own! Why must she give up everything for everyone!"

Danny was wondering where these questions were coming from as it almost sounded like the guy was trying to save the princess. But that didn't make sense since he was the one that imprisoned her and the Magic knights were here to save her. His enhanced hearing was able to pick up the sound of Hikaru's fire jet getting closer and knew that the fight was about to start again. But before he could do anything, he saw Zagato raise his sword and point it at him as the tip lit up with an orb of magic. "Shit!" At this distance, he would not be able to avoid the blast so he brought both hands up and erected an Orb shield around him just before the blast was sent.

The magic blast enveloped Danny with so much force that the shield began to shatter almost instantly.

Danny put as much power in the shield, even as it was shattering around him but it almost seemed like it wasn't enough. 'You girls better finish this!' Danny felt his arms shake as the blast began to push him back "aaaaaaaaAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH~"

"Danny/Danny/Danny!"

The girls watched as Danny was hit by a blast that flew over them and Danny disappeared from their sight. Tears began to run down their eyes as they had just watched Danny be destroyed. They each hunched over as their shoulders quivered as they had just seen their friend die.

"Do you understand now, Magic knights?" Zagato turned to face the three. "Do you understand what this fight will bring? It is what you should have known when you came here. That is why I fight you." He held up his sword, pointing it at them. "Now, let us end this."

Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu were so out of it that they didn't even realize that Zagato was targeting them. They still couldn't believe that Danny, who had been with them through this journey, helping them out in their magic and improving, there when they had dealt with things that had hurt them emotionally, was now gone.

'You girls better snap out of it. This is not the time to stop fighting.'

The girls' eyes widened as they heard a voice and they looked up to find where it came from.

'I'm ok, girls, ….ow…. I'm in pain, but I'm still around. Little wizard kid Clef is here and he was able to catch me in the blast. But whatever, you three have to finish this fight. Zagato needs to be stopped and you need to stop him. Put everything you have into this and finish this so you can save Princess Emeraude and this world.'

The girls were able to regain themselves and straightened up as they were ready to face off Zagato.

'Put your heart into your attack, and I know you can beat this guy. This whole adventure led to this, now finish it.'

The three girls closed their eyes as they called upon the magic in their heart as they followed Danny's advice to concentrate it into an attack to stop Zagato once and for all.

"It's over!" Zagato concentrated all of his power into a single blast and shot it at the Magic knights.

The blast was massive and far too fast for anything to avoid. It impacted the Magic knights and caused a massive explosion that shook the area below. The world became dark as if the last light of the world had been extinguished.

"There's no way we will lose after all we've been through!" Umi's voice came from the darkness as a blue spark shone brightly.

"We will rescue Princess Emeraude and return home together!" Came Fuu's voice as a green spark appeared.

"No matter what, I will not lose anyone close to me. NO ONE WILL!"

The Rune gods appeared once more with magic sigils appearing in front of them as the three faced off with Zagato.

In tandem, the girls shouted out. "WE WILL NOT LOSE!" Beams of corresponding light came from the chest of each rune god before crossing with each other. "SPIRAL FLASH~!"

An orb of pure white magic flew toward Zagato with a corkscrew of blue, red, and green light streaming behind it.

Zagato could not believe that his magic was endured before the girls fired a power blast of magic, so fast, that he didn't have a chance to do anything. He did his best to brace himself but once the blast hit him, he instantly knew that he would not survive this. His look of shock melted into a serene smile. "Emeraude… please…"

Zagato's rune god vaporized, him along with it.

"...Be free….."

Danny couldn't help but laugh at how he had to tell the girls to follow their heart and put it into an attack but this world is one where that would work. He leaned on the tree on the edge of a cliff with Clef at the edge of the cliff as they watched the end of the fight from a distance. "We win."

Clef stood there, watching the sky with a solemn look on his face.

"Zagato! ZAGATO! ZAGATO~!"

"YOU KNEW! YOU KNEW ALL THIS TIME AND SAID NOTHING!" Danny held Clef up in the air by the collar as his eyes glowed bright green.

In the distance, the girls were fighting once more, with their rune gods fused, against an enemy they were not prepared for.

Clef looked at him with one eye as he winced at the grip Danny had. "I did not mean to keep it from you."

"Then why keep it to yourself all this time! You had plenty of time to tell us at the start about what they were here for. Hell, you could have told us what was really going on! This is not the kind of thing YOU KEEP SECRET!" He tossed the boy to the ground before turning around and looking up at the fight going on.

The fight between the three girls and Princess Emeraude in her own Rune god.

Turns out that Princess Emeraude and Zagato were in love with each other and the reason they were here was very different from what they thought all this time.

Emeraude was the pillar of this world, and her prayers are what make it beautiful and thriving.

But that is if she thinks of the land and its people. And ONLY that.

Yet, she fell in love with Zagato, someone that had stood by her side and was to be her personal guard.

Now, filled with grief at Zagato's death, she has become corrupted as her heart was in agony.

Danny's hands tightened so hard that his gloves began to tear at his fingers.

Clef got up from the ground and picked up his staff. "I believe the girls are ready to do what must be done."

Danny didn't even look at Clef as he answered. "No, they're not." Danny angled his arm at his side as frost began to come out of his palm. He may be thankful to Clef for healing him but that was nowhere near enough to make up for this. "How could you even think they would be ready for this when all this time, they had been focused on getting better to rescue the princess. Everything, all their work, was for that purpose. To save the princess and in turn, save Cephiro."

"And they will."

Danny finally turned his head to look over his shoulder and glare at Clef. "But at what cost?!" He looked back into the fight and pointed out. "Their hearts aren't even in the fight anymore."

Clef saw what Danny meant as he saw the girls being pushed back, taking several hard hits.

"Tell me, Clef, what hurts more? Not being able to save the ones you love, or being the cause of it?"

Clef said nothing as he did not have an answer.

"...how about being the one that deals the blow that ends them?"

Clef's eyes widened as he understood what Danny meant… and now had more understanding what it was that was placed on the girls, ones that were brought here against their wills to do a task they never prepared for.

"...and now I get what Zagato was talking about." He flew off at full speed toward the fight as his hand began to glow blue.

The Fused Rune god fell to the ground as Princess Emeraude slashed at them with Zagato's sword.

The girls were looking up at the woman they had come here to save, ready to kill them.

Hikaru called out to her as she didn't know what to do. "Please, Princess Emeraude, stop this!"

"I will not stop until you're dead! For taking my Lord Zagaot away from me." She held the sword to her cheek as she caressed the blade.

Fuu was trying to think of a way to revert Princess Emeraude to the kind woman she was before. "Is there nothing we can do?"

Umi shook her head. "There has to be something."

"Please, Legendary Magic knights, please, I beg you….. Save Cephiro... .from me." a projection of the kind woman the girls have grown to know appeared over the one they are fighting with a pleading expression. "Please ….you must….."

Hikaru grit her teeth as tears filled her eyes. "I…. I Can't!" she shut her eyes as she could not bring herself to strike the woman they came here to save. The one they gave everything to in order to rescue.

Emeraude brought the sword forward. "I shall strike you down, WITH ZAGATO'S SWORD." She pulled the blade back before she flew toward the downed Rune god.

Umi, through her own tears, called out. "Why? Why?!"

Fuu, much like the other two, was crying as she looked at her friends. "We must do something."

None of the girls could even muster the strength to get up from the ground as they watched Emeraude charge at them.

Suddenly, Danny flew in the path of Emeraude's charge and flew toward her. "Hrraaarggghhh~!" He activated his intangibility for a second, in order to phase into Emeraude's Rune god.

Emeraude's sword shifted enough to stab the ground right next to the girls' Rune god. The girls looked up to see what had happened and their eyes widened as they saw what had happened inside Emeraude's Rune god.

Danny stood inside Emeraude's Rune god, right next to the woman with a sad expression on his face. "I can tell you, even in the end, you can meet him on the other side."

Emeraude's angered expression melted into one of relief and happiness. "Lord Zagato."

Emeraude was holding onto Zagato's hand as she was once again in his arms. "Lord Zagato. Now we can be together forever."

Plunged through the woman was a sword made of ice, held by Danny.

Danny lowered the woman's body to the ground of the Rune god's interior as she closed her eyes with a smile on her face.

Bursting from the Rune god were beams of light before it exploded in blinding light.

In the lobby of the Tokyo tower, everyone slowly lowered their arms as the light finally died down.

Many of them were asking what that light was

Hikaru's friends were the same as they asked Hikaru if she knew what that light was. They paused as they saw something that they couldn't understand.

Sam and Tucker lowered their arms before looking around for Danny and froze at the sight.

Danny was holding onto the three girls as they cried into his chest.

Hikaru held tightly to the three she had journeyed with for months. "It wasn't a dream, was it, Danny?"

"...no, it wasn't."

The four of them thought back to the woman they had gone to save.

Danny sighed as he held the girls tighter. "I'm sorry, girls, I knew you couldn't do it so…..I had to…"

Hikaru slowly shook her head. "We know."

Fuu nodded. "We understand why it had to be done."

Umi shook her head. "Don't apologize. We….. couldn't do it."

Hikaru spoke what she felt she wanted. "I want to go back…. To the world that Princess Emeraude loved so much and help the people return the land she gave everything for."

Fuu and Umi nodded as they agreed with her.

Danny closed his eyes before he gave a single node as he understood her wish. "Maybe we will one day. Just wish for it with all your heart."

The three girls nodded.

Tucker clenched his fists. "Oh, man, how did you get three hot girls to hug you like that, man? I'm so jealous."

Sam frowned at the sight as she put her fists on her hips.

Danny didn't even look at his friends. "Tucker, please, for once, shut up."

The four stood there in an embrace as they had finished their adventure but had heavy burdens on their hearts.

End of Chapter

This idea randomly came to me as I don't think I have ever seen a crossover with these two fandoms.

I think I did an ok job doing this one shot that went through the whole first season of Magic knights Rayearth, which is 20 episodes

A full story, I don't think I will do any time soon

Didn't hint any sort of pairing cause, that would be a full story element, not a one shot that isn't about romance specifically.

I will be going home in a few days so I can finally get back to my other fics I had to put on hold. This one I am doing because these are from scratch and a good way to get rid of ideas I like and don't want to lose for potentials.

Not doing my other stories because a lot of them already have many pages written and I hate the idea of rewriting them when they are already written on my computer at home.

Random announcement: I have started a set of Youtube channels for Art, games, and fanfic reading. The only one up right now is the Art one where I upload timelapse videos of my drawings. (basically a video of my drawing starting from beginning to the end.) The game channel (not created yet) will be me playing old games, from previous consoles. The fanfic reading will be where I, myself, read fanfic stories. I found a lot of these on youtube but all of them are robot voices. Mine would be me reading them and putting in some emotion in it. May not have the greatest voice but I hope to make them enjoyable and get others to hear the stories (When I make the channel).

I plan to call them "Ryo's-Arts", "Ryo's- Games", and "Ryo stories." the first one exists but the others do not yet.

Anyway, hope you liked this chapter and look forward to what other new adventures Danny will go through

I'm still taking suggestions and I might write a one shot of them alongside my own ideas, but who knows

Flames will be ignored.

Criticism is accepted

Ideas are taken into account and considered

Positive reviews are appreciated

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And your enjoyment in reading this is the goal

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Chapter Text

Chapter start

Danny groaned as he sat up from the ground holding his head. "Ow, what the hell happened?" He opened his eyes and saw that he was in the middle of a forest. "and where am I?"

The last thing he remembered was fighting Pariah Dark. they were charging at each other, aiming to use all their power and ending the fight. He remembered feeling the Ecto suit draining every last bit of his stamina as he tried to finish things off. Then their fists impacted. He remembered that his fist going through something before everything went white.

"Ok, this is usually when I wake up to see my friends standing over me or Vlad bragging or being annoying about something, not me waking up in a forest, with the biggest headache I've ever had, in the middle of a forest, and feeling like my body is waking up from falling asleep." His whole body felt like it was tingling and numb, so numb that it felt like he was missing something or had a limb in a different location. Not only that, but his voice sounded weird, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Figuring that he might as well look around to see if he was in the forest of Amity or somewhere else. After living with ghost powers for a while, he learned that nothing is impossible. He put his hand on his knee and tried to push himself onto his feet. Problem was that his whole body was still out of it and his hand slipped, forcing him onto his hands and knees. "Ok, maybe I should stay here for a few more-" He stopped mid-sentence as he looked at his hands.

or rather, paws.

"..." He didn't know what to say as his eyes widened at the sight. He lifted his hand and flexed his fingers. his four fingers. "The Hell!?" He jumped up from the ground, only to trip on his feet and fall on his butt. *YELP!* He immediately felt pain on his backside and rolled to the side to see what it was he landed on. He reached back and grabbed it before bringing it forward. He felt a tug on his lower back and held what it was in his paws, to see that it was a bushy tail. He stared at it for a few minutes before he finally calmed down. "Ok, I don't know what the hell is going on, but I'm sure that I will get back to normal after I figure out what happened." He thought about how he was able to take this all in stride. He dropped his head as he couldn't believe that. "My life is way too weird if I can just accept this so easily." He slapped his face, or tried to as his hand ended up hitting his nose, which was further from his eyes than normal. "ow!" He rubbed his nose and groaned. "ok, what the heck am I?!" He looked around for any sign of a reflective surface but found none. "just my luck."

He figured that he would find out later and tried to get up on his feet. "Maybe I need to walk on all fours?" He tried to do so but doing so felt weird for his entire body. it wasn't that weird but it just didn't feel right. He pushed himself up to his feet and saw that his legs were bent backward, like a dog's. "glad no one saw me try to walk like that but what the heck am I." He went over what he knew about what he was and did a checklist. "Ok, my legs look like that, I am covered in tan fur, my nose is sticking out, I have a bushy tail…..am I a dog or something?" He looked down at himself and saw something else about him.

He was wearing clothes different from his usual look.

He had a white shirt that had ripped edges and blue pants that were held up by a rope.

"Ok, fine, at least I'm not naked." He wobbled on his feet as he began to take a few slow steps. in a direction that looked like it would lead him out of the forest.

It took him a bit but he started getting the hang of walking on these weird legs. The problem was that every time his tail swished left or right, he would swing his arms in the air as he tried to keep his balance. "Stupid tail." He finally made it past the tree line and saw that he was now on a dirt road. He looked left and right but found no indication that would tell him where he was. "Ok, I can either go left, down the long dirt path that leads somewhere, or I can go right, down the long dirt path that leads somewhere else. Hmm, decisions, decisions."

"Perhaps I can provide you with some assistance."

Danny yelped and jumped away from the voice that was behind him before turning around to see who it was. What he wasn't expecting was to see a walking green tortoise that had a long stick in his hands and an old wise smiling expression on his face. 'Ooooookay, this is getting weird. Where did he even come from?!'

Danny ended up walking with the tortoise, who introduced himself as Oogway. Danny had no idea where he was so going with the old turtle seemed like the onyl choice. "So, where are we going?"

"Why, to the Jade Palace. As you appear to be lost, it would be the best place for you until you find your way."

Danny figured that was the best option. Being in a forest or a town? It made sense. The thing was, they were walking by at a slow pace. He wished he could just fly them there but he wanted to keep his powers a secret. Not to mention that he hadn't even tried to see if his powers were working or not. He had spent the time trying to figure out how to walk with a tail that threw him off balance all the time rather than use his powers to get anywhere. His impatience must have been noticeable as the Ooogway chuckled.

"Do not worry, my young friend, it should not take us long to arrive."

Danny looked up at the turtle with embarrassment clear on his face. "Sorry, I'm just used to getting places faster."

Oogway nodded. "Yes, arriving at one's destination is the goal of many, but if you rush there, you have a chance of missing out on all that there is around you." He gestured toward the surrounding trees as the leaves fell from them.

Danny looked up and couldn't help but find it amazing how the leaves fell as if they were snowflakes, and how the sun reflected of them. it was like they were on a golden path with shining green mini mirrors. He could even swear that he saw his reflection on one of the leaves. "My sister always told me I should take things easy from time to time. I swear I can hear her say 'I told you so'. Said I would miss something obvious or brush past my life faster than I would like."

"Yes, that is why taking things slow at times is a good way to find peace in mind. and if filled with good talk and company, you will reach your destination faster than you realize." Oogway pointed ahead to show a town not too far away.

Danny looked at the town and was in aw how the sun was shining down on it. it was like one of those paintings he had seen in a museum before. After he admired the view for a few minutes, he realized that the architecture was much different from anything he had seen before. His eyes scanned for anything familiar but he found nothing.

Oogway walked up next to the young one and admired the view himself. "Seeing things from here is always calming of the mind." He also stood there for a minute before he began to walk down the path to their right. "Come, young Danny, the Jade palace is on the other side of the village."

Danny looked as Oogway began to walk down the path before looking at the village. "Now, I know I'm nowhere near home." He ran after Oogway and fell in step with the old turtle. 'Though, I guess talking to a turtle was the first clue.'

As they made their way through the village, Danny continued to see other animals walking upright and talking. It was weird to see at first but he had got used it quickly. One thing did grab his attention as they walked. He saw that everyone there would see Ooogway and bow in respect and greeting him as "Master Oogway". After it happened for the hundredth time, he asked. "Hey, why do they call you 'Master' Oogway?'

Oogway smiled down at him before he explained. "That is because I am the master of the Jade place and teacher to my students."

"You're a teacher?" He wasn't that surprised since the guy gave off the impression that he was always in teaching mode, despite it being different from Mr. Lancer. "What do you teach? History?"

Oogway chuckled at that. "No, but that is something that I could teach many young ones. No, I teach Kung Fu."

Danny was so shocked by this that his left foot hooked on his right and he fell forward with his tail covering his face. He lifted it with his right paw and looked up at the turtle. "Kung fu?! You teach Kung Fu?!"

Oogway chuckled before nodding. "Is it so shocking?"

Danny nodded before pushing himself off the ground. "Yeah, out of everything, that was not what I expected."

Oogway nodded. "These little surprises are what make life worth enjoying. But yes, I teach Kung Fu. I've had several students over time, but as of now, my remaining student is now the one who teaches Kung fu to the students at the Jade Palace. I supervise and offer my input when needed."

Danny began walking with the turtle again. "So, how many students are being taught?"

"For now, one."

Danny hummed at the number. "My mom actually wanted to teach me how to fight before but I never really paid much attention to it. I never thought it was something that I needed."

Ooogway hummed in thought. "Kung Fu has more to it than just fighting, it can help one find their center, to find inner peace. Perhaps during your stay with us, you may partake in some of the training."

Danny thought about it. It did sound like it might help him in his ghost fights when he got back home and if Oogway was offering to teach him, he might as well take the offer. "Sure, it might be fun."

Oogway nodded as they made it to the stairs.

Danny's paw reached over the threshold before planting onto the ground and Danny pulled himself up over the edge. He rolled onto his back and was heaving in air as they finally made it to the last of the ten thousand steps. He looked up to his right and saw Oogway patiently waiting for him. "*wheeze* how….*heeve* are you….*gasp* not…..tired?!"

Oogway smiled at the young one. "I have climbed these steps many times. I am used to them."

Danny stuck his tongue out as he tried to catch his breath. 'Damn, Super turtle.' He finally caught his breath and got up before he followed the turtle into the temple.

They walked through the temple and Danny looked around and saw the Chinese aesthetic was prominent here. He admired how it looked as he followed Oogway automatically.

"Welcome back, Master."

Danny looked at the one that spoke and saw it was a smaller animal. If he remembered one of Sam's animal lectures, he guessed this was a red panda. He could be wrong though.

Oogway smiled at the newcomer. "Ah, Shifu, no trouble while I was away I hope."

Shifu shook his head. "No, the village has been peaceful during your absence." He then looked down at the one that stood next to him. "Who is this?"

Oogway stepped to the side and gestured to the young one. "This is Danny, he will be staying with us for the foreseeable future."

Danny could see the scrutinizing gaze this Shifu was giving him. He didn't like that Shifu was eyeing him critically but he chose not to say anything as it was Ooogway that allowed him to stay and Shifu looked like he was another teacher here.

"Master, should we really allow this one to come here when I just acquired a new student?"

Oogway immediately responded. "You need not worry about that. Danny is not here as a student, he is here only until he is able to find his way home."

Shifu frowned as he looked at Danny. "Should we not take him to the orphanage instead?"

Danny frowned at that and was about to say something till Oogway spoke up.

"Do not worry, I feel that his stay will have benefits for others."

Danny raised an eyebrow at that and looked up at Oogway. 'What does he mean by that?'

Shifu looked between the two before sighing. He knew that when his master made up his mind, there was nothing he could do to argue it. "Very well."

Oogway nodded before smiling at Danny. "Shifu will set you up with a room. You may call this place your home until you find a way to return from whence you came."

Danny nodded in gratitude to the turtle.

Shifu hummed before he gestured for Danny to follow him. "Come along, there is a room that you can use in the barracks."

Danny nodded and moved to follow Shifu into the structure. He waved at Oogway before entering through the doors. Once in the building, he saw his reflection on one of the ornamental swords. He paused as he finally realized that he was a fox. He tilted his head before shrugging. "At least I'm not a badger, I would never live that down."

So, after days of staying at the temple, there has been no luck in trying to figure out how to get home.

Though it was also the issue that he was confined in his room by Shifu. He was told that he would be a distraction to his student so Danny decided to follow what Shifu said and wait till he was allowed out before he went around the village to find a way home. A portal, a sign from Clockwork, Frostbite speeding in with the Infi-map. Hell, he even expected to see Wulf show up in a portal he ripped open.

After nothing, he decided to just wait till someone came for him. He knew that his home was safe since Dani had been helping him a lot and she was just as powerful as he was.

Something he did find out was that he was apparently younger than he was before. He acted more childish, he was more impulsive, and his curiosity would not leave him alone. It took him a few days because he couldn't tell his age since he had never seen an anthropomorphic fox before.

Speaking of curiosity and impulse, he could no longer help it and decided to see who Shifu's student was. He knew that she slept in the room across from his but he was never allowed out at a certain time, which was when she would come in and head to bed.

Right now, he was sitting in his room, which only had a bed and a small table with a candle. The loud gong, which Danny still can't get used to, rang in the morning and Danny flinched at it before he heard the door across the hall open up and the girl came out.

"Good Morning, Master Shifu."

Danny rolled his eyes at how this had become a routine but it wasn't his place to say anything.

"Good morning, student, let us go to the training hall."

"Yes, master."

Danny waited till they were away from the door before he stood up and smirked at the door. He walked up to it and turned his head intangible and invisible before sticking it out to look down the hallway.

His powers hadn't disappeared since his arrival, which caused some issues since the first time the gong went off, he nearly blasted a hole into the roof as he was not expecting something so loud. Luckily he was able to stop himself just before the blast left his paw.

Just as he expected, Shifu was standing at the end of the hall, watching his door to make sure he didn't come out.

Danny smirked before sticking his tongue out at the red panda. He didn't see the student but he was gonna find out soon.

Something he found out while a fox, was that his footsteps are more silent than when he was human, and if he was to add his ghostly sneaking ability, he was even more stealthy than when he was a human sneaking around. Not only that, but he moved faster on all fours than on two feet, so he flowed around the floor, not making any sound. He followed Shifu toward the training hall but didn't see the student but guessed that she moved to the training hall already.

Soon, Danny arrived at the training hall as Shifu walked inside. He could have made it here without following Shifu since he was told about it, but he was doing this as a way to spite the red panda. He looked up at the building and decided to go through the roof. He floated up toward the roof before phasing through.

Danny came through the roof and landed on the upper rafters.

"Hah!"

He looked down and saw Shifu watching his student attack a post that had a rope tied around it.

"Again."

"Hah!"

"Again."

"Hah!"

"Again."

Danny narrowed his eyes as he saw the girl do the same move over and over again on the post. He wondered if she was doing something wrong or if there was another reason for her to do the same punch over and over again. He swiftly snuck across the rafter before crawling down the post to the lower rafter, all the while sticking to the shadows, with only the small shine of his blue eyes visible.

"Again."

"Hah!"

Danny saw Shifu use his staff to sharply adjust her position before telling her to do it again. After seeing it done for ten minutes, he started to get bored and laid on his side with his head propped up by his right hand, and his tail dangling off the side. He yawned as he watched them keep going, but he paused when he saw Shifu pause in his actions. He saw his ear flick and he instantly turned invisible, just in time as Shifu turned to look in his direction

Shifu shifted his gaze around the ceiling as he was sure that he heard something. His eyes looked around but he could not see anything. His gaze stayed in the shadows for a minute more but after he was sure that there was nothing there, he looked back at Tigress. "You will continue this move for now. I shall return after I finish meeting with Master Oogway."

Tigress turned to bow at him. "Yes, Master." She watched as Shifu left the training hall before she turned back to the post and began to try the punch again. She continued for a few minutes, trying to get it right.

"Sooner or later, you are gonna be able to do that in your sleep. Might end up making a hole in the floor."

Tigress jumped at the sudden voice and looked around to find who said it.

"Up here."

Tigress looked up and saw someone scurrying down the post, jumping from one post to the other, before landing in the light. She was surprised to see a fox in the training hall. "Who are you?"

He smiled at her as he brought his hand up in a wave. "Hi, I'm Danny. I'm the guy sleeping in the room across from you."

Tigress remembered her manners and introduced herself as well. She bowed to him before speaking. "My name is Tigress." once she stood up, she pointed at him in realization. "You're the one that Master Shifu said I shouldn't talk with."

Danny frowned and crossed his arms. "Well, that's rude." He walked up to the post before leaning on it. "It's not like I am going to distract you from hitting this defenseless log." He hugged the log as he gave Tigress a puppy dog look. "I mean, this log can't even stop your hits. It takes all your punches in silence. All for the sake of you getting better and punching it." He gave an over-exaggerated frown at the girl, causing her to cover her mouth in a giggle.

Tigress covered her mouth in order to stop herself from laughing at how silly Danny looked. It was then she remembered that she needed to get back to practice. "I can't stop, Master Shifu said I need to keep at it until he comes back."

Danny rolled his eyes as he moved away from the post. "Well, if you wanna keep hurting the post, go ahead."

Tigress nodded and took her stance, before striking the post.

"Oh~ the pain."

She struck the post again.

"Owwiee~"

She hit it again as her face twitched.

"Oh, agooonyyyyy~" Danny placed a paw on his chest as he fell over in a melodramatic way.

Tigress couldn't help herself and she got into a giggling fit.

Danny jumped up and smiled at her. "Now that you aren't so stiff, maybe you can do it without looking like a machine."

"Wise words for someone so young."

Danny and Tigress jumped at the sudden voice and turned to the right to see Oogway standing there with a smile.

Tigress shrunk in on herself as she was afraid that she might be in trouble.

Danny on the other hand, stared at the turtle in bewilderment. 'How did he get in here without me knowing about it?'

Oogway walked till he was standing in front of the two children. "Perhaps young Danny here should join you in training. I learned from experience that having a partner in training can help progress your learning faster than when alone."

Tigress looked between the two as she didn't know what to say.

Danny tilted his head. "You want me to train with her?" He thought about it for a second before shrugging. "Well, it will give me something to do but I don't know about Shifu since he doesn't seem to want me around."

Oogway nodded. "Yes, but perhaps instead of training under Shifu, you can train under me." He gave Danny a serene smile before asking again. "So, what do you say, Young Danny?"

Danny thought about the question and figured, why not?

~years later~

A teenage Danny stood in the center of the arena as his eyes shifted from side to side, waiting for one of them to make the first move.

Monkey charged in and did a leaping kick at Danny's head.

Danny turned to face Monkey before bending back to let the kick fly overhead. He reached up and grabbed Monkey's tail, flying with the simian before flipping up in time for Viper to whip at where he was. While in the air, he spun around, allowing the momentum to give him a bit more air to go over Crane's strike. He dropped to the ground before reaching out and grabbing Viper before spinning around and using her to whip at Mantis, who was trying to do a strike from behind. Once Mantis was taken care of, he tossed Viper at the incoming Crane.

Crane had to stop his flight to avoid crashing into Viper before Danny jumped at them and landed a kick on Viper that led to a strike at Crane.

Danny landed on the ground before he lifted his leg backward and sent Monkey's strike away. Once Monkey was stunned by the sudden direction change, Danny struck him in the chest with his palm. He shifted his eyes around as he saw he had handled all of them except for- He had to backflip as Tigress came crashing down with her double palm strike. He began pivoting left and right, swiveling around her strikes as she relentlessly attacked. He began to bring his paws up to deflect as she was starting to get faster.

Tigress was focused on trying to get a hit in on Danny. She did her best to not let her emotions get to her as he was still looking at her with that irritating cocky smirk. She kept pushing him back as he kept backing away. They were now moving at its edge with Danny still backing up. In her periphery, she noticed Viper slither to be behind her and she knew what was to come. She then brought both of her paws back before thrusting them at Danny. Just as she expected, Danny backflipped into the air to avoid her attack but she shifted her body to the side with one paw touching the ground with the other aimed at Danny.

Slithering up Tigress's arms, viper launched off her extended paw and toward Danny.

Danny's eyes widened at this as he was not expecting this. He was so surprised that he couldn't avoid the overhead whiplash from Viper that sent him back to the ground. He grunted when his back hit the ground and when he opened his eyes, he saw Tigress coming down at him.

Tigress jumped into the air before bringing her palms down at Danny with Viper following her to attack if he dodged.

"Time."

 *Foom~*

Tigress' fist was an inch from Danny's snout with Viper at her side and her tail was close to hitting the side of his head.

But Danny's index and middle finger were extended on both hands, with his left hand at his side, with her fingers at Viper's neck, and his right hand pointing at Tigress's chest.

"Line up, everyone."

All of them got up from the ground with the three shifting to a standing position.

Shifu and Oogway walked up to the lineup with Shifu looking at his five students.

The red panda started with Monley. "Monkey, your attacks have not been consistent, it makes your flow too chaotic. Maintain momentum." He then looked to Crane. "Crane, stopping midflight leaves you open, evade, never stop." He moved to Mantis. "Your size is your advantage but also your weakness. You were easily taken out. Endure." Viper was next. "Viper, you allowed yourself to be manipulated, counter, use your body to manipulate your opponent." And last was Tigress. "Your strikes were consistent but you left yourself wide open when coming from above. Use the environment but always be ready for the unseen attacks."

All five of them bowed to Shiffu and said in tandem. "Yes, Master."

Oogway looked down at Danny with a smile. "You have improved on your multitasking but you missed sight of Viper who was able to strike you in shock. Look out for that."

Danny bowed in respect. "Yes, Master Oogway."

It had been several years since Danny ended up here and in that time, he became

Oogway nodded before looking at Shifu. "I believe that they deserve to rest for the rest of the day. It is never wise to overstrain oneself."

Shifu would have liked to continue training his students but if Master Oogway said they should take the day to rest, he would accept it. "Very well, students, you are free to do as you wish for the rest of the day."

Danny pumped his fist in the air. "Alright!"

Shifu sighed with a shake of his head before walking toward the door with Oogway following.

Once they were free, Viper slithered up Danny's body before positioning herself on his shoulder. "We were close to beating you this time."

Monkey nodded. "Yeah, but it is still amazing how you can take us all on at the same time."

Danny shrugged as he gestured to himself and Tigress. "Well, we were training longer than you guys."

Monkey, Viper, Crane, and Mantis were additions to the dojo from a couple of years ago when Tigress mixed up a set of scrolls on student members that Shifu did with another list. It was thanks to Oogway that they were allowed to become students as he said "there are no accidents".

Danny had become Oogway's student right after he first met Tigress. He was okay with becoming the turtle's student as he never got the chance to learn martial arts in his original world.

He still wished he could go there but after these years, he started to think that he would just have to accept that he was stuck here.

Danny looked at his friends and brought up a paw to start talking but….

growl*

Danny's stomach grumbled before he placed his paws on his stomach. "I was gonna say we should just relax by the peach tree but maybe we should head to the village to get some food."

Mantis jumped up to land on Monkey's shoulder. "That sounds good to me. Where should we go?"

Danny tapped his snout in thought before he remembered. "There is a noodle shop I've been wanting to try out, let's head there."

Crane nodded. "I've flown over it before, it gets a lot of business so it should be good."

Danny nodded. "Then let's go."

"You can go yourself." Tigress spoke up to the group before she turned around and began to make her way toward the side entrance.

Danny frowned at this as he knew that she was going to go to the kitchen and eat some tofu. "Oh~ no you don't." He grabbed her paw and began to drag her with them. "You can say you like tofu all you want, but you are going to join us for late breakfast."

"H-hey, Danny, let go!"

Viper, who was still on Danny's shoulders looked at Tigress. "You should know that when he says something, it's gonna be fun."

Tigress growled be continued to be dragged by the smaller mammal.

Danny smirked as he looked up over his shoulder. "Growl all you want, you're still coming."

Everyone laughed as they followed the three out of the dojo and head down to the village.

~timeskip~

Tigress was standing straight as she patiently waited for the cue. She was alone as the others were at different spots so that when they were called out, they would make a show of their skills. 'Today is the day. Finally, all of my training will be judged.'

"You're frizzing again."

Tigress jumped at the sudden voice before turning around to see Danny leaning on the post. No matter how long they have known each other, or how much she has improved her skills and senses, Danny still had the ability to sneak around without ever being noticed. She shook off her shock and stood back up straighter. "I don't have time for you today, Danny. This is an important day for us so we all need to be ready."

Danny pushed off the post and walked up to her. "Yeah, yeah, everyone is here to see who will be called the 'Dragon warrior'. Master Oogway will name the greatest warrior in all of China who will be the greatest protector and all that, which is why you should not seem so stiff. Ease up and just be the best you can be."

"I am the best I can be and I will prove my worth in front of everyone." She stood resolute before she noticed Danny standing in front of her and looked down to see him staring at her. She was going to ask what he was doing till he held out his hand as if expecting something to be given to him. She frowned at this before shaking her head. "Not now, Danny, I need to be ready." She saw that he hadn't moved and still held out his hand. After a few seconds, she let out a sigh before taking a knee and placing her right paw in his hand.

Danny gently took her paw before bringing up his other hand and began to draw circles on her paw. Her paw twitched in his own before it relaxed.

Tigress watched as Danny ran her finger on her paw. "I still don't know how you are able to make me feel anything in my palms, even now."

Danny smiled as he just watched his hand. "I'm just able to." He then brought both his hands to the sides of her paw and began to use his thumbs to massage it. "I already went to the other and made sure they were ok. Viper was also nervous about this but I was able to calm her down by making her imagine that this was just another ribbon show."

Tigress frowned as she asked. "Why aren't you taking part in this? You've trained just as long as the rest of us."

Danny was now massaging one of her fingers with both of his paws. "Because I'm not part of the Furious Five. I am the Shadow kung fu master, the one that fights in the shadows and protects in the darkness. And I'm ok with that. You five were aiming for the Dragon Warrior title, not me."

Tigress nodded. "Right, you were only trying to find a way home." She paused for a moment before asking. "Do you miss it?"

Danny looked up at her before nodding. "Yeah, but I know that they are in good hands while I'm gone so I'm not that worried." He then smirked at her. "Besides, if I didn't end up here, I wouldn't have met any of you." he finished up and moved forward before grabbing Tigress's head and bringing it close. He looked her in the eye as he spoke seriously. "And you need to relax, otherwise, Viper is going to cover you in flowers again to make you calm down."

Tigress took a deep breath and relaxed. "...ok."

Danny nodded before leaning forward. He pressed his forehead on her. "Don't forget that just because a lot is expected of you, you are still an amazing Kung fu master."

Tigress shut her eyes and smiled as a small purr came out of her.

Danny's ears flicked as he heard Shifu starting. "Looks like it's time. You ready?"

Tigress stood up and nodded.

Danny smiled as he stepped to the side. "Well then, show them what you got."

Tigress nodded as she waited for her name.

"AND TIGRESS!"

Tigress burst through the door before flipping around and showing off her kung fu skills before landing with the others as they were all posed for the audience.

Danny leaned at on the doorway and looked at his friends. "Hmm, wonder who will get the title. He pushed off the frame and began to walk toward the audience to watch the big moment.

Not knowing that the big moment was going to get a surprise.

End of chapter

Ok, first, for those that have read my Danny Phantom X high school dxd fic, there is a poll that will define the fate of a DXD character and give Danny a potential harem member. If you have read that and not voted on the poll, please do. And if you haven't read it but know the series, please check it out

I got this idea since there are very few KFP x DP fics.

Made Danny a fox because I like foxes

Hope you liked this and look forward to what other What-ifs I can come up with

Chapter Text

Chapter Start

Danny walked into his room, trudging his feet as he was tired of listening to his nagging sister. "Jazz needs to stop nagging me about getting enough sleep. I get enough for the dead, I'm pretty sure that counts as getting enough to last the day." He closed his door and moved over to his bed before flopping face-first.

He had just come back from his patrol with his friends with only a few ghosts coming out tonight.

Danny Fenton, the youngest member of the Fenton family, a well-known family of ghost hunters and scientists. But what very few know, is that he is also Danny Phantom, the ghost hero of the town of Amity Park.

After an accident that happened a year ago, Danny gained an alter ego that protects the town from hostile ghosts. On occasion, he would take care of the late-night robbers but since most ghosts come out during the night, the town had a low crime rate that come from humans. But Danny was ok with that since it limited the amount of things he had to do since the police take care of any human problems. He didn't want to take their jobs and he enjoyed having a normal life during the day.

Though, he supposed that his life was never meant to be normal. Especially-

ring~*

Danny lifted his head and looked over his shoulder toward his desk with a raised eyebrow. "Weird." He looked toward his digital clock to see that it was three in the morning. "He's usually busy at this time." He pushed himself off the bed and walked toward his desk before opening the right drawer. Removing everything inside, he pushed down on the bottom of the drawer to pop it up before he lifted it to reveal it was a false bottom. Once the false bottom was removed, it revealed a simple cellphone that was still ringing in a low tone, something he could hear thanks to his advanced hearing. He picked up the phone and answered it immediately before walking back toward his bed. "Hey, to what do I owe this unscheduled phone call?"

{Didn't know I was supposed to make an appointment.}

Danny smirked as he sat down on his bed before throwing his banter back. "Yes, I am a very busy person. I can pencil you in for next month as I finish my meeting with a double Nasty Burger. It's very important as we have to discuss the amount of cholesterol that will kill me. Maybe if my side meeting with the double chocolate shake doesn't work, I can get you in faster."

A chuckle was heard on the other side of the phone. {You know Mom and Dad would never let you eat that much. It always caused issues with movements.}

Danny rolled his eyes as he leaned his elbow on his knee. "Well, with how rusty I am from all the acrobatics, I'm pretty sure I can get away with it." His mood became serious as he asked. "Alright, what's up? Talking about Mom and Dad is something you never do unless something has gotten to you. Ce te mănâncă, frate?"

A heavy sigh was heard. {I….had a big argument with, Batman.}

Danny raised an eyebrow as he was not expecting this. "What happened?"

{I couldn't take how he was handling a crook when we were trying to catch a lead. He went too far and I tried to tell him as such but he ignored me and continued on. I ended up getting in between and the crook got away.} He continued to go over how harsh words were thrown and they almost went to blows when he struck the dark knight. At least, he figured they might start going to blows but there were no more.

Danny rubbed his head. "I kinda see your side but I also see his side. Being harsh is kind of Batman's thing."

{But he was close to breaking the man in two! He was a normal thug, not one of the heavy hitters!}

Danny nodded. "I get that. But you also have to remember that you live in a city that has a lot of those heavy hitters. From what I figure, the bigger the top dog, the tougher the smaller pups are. Sure, he may have been pushing it but remember, you live in Gotham. Not really a nice place."

{yeah, I know.} There was a silence on the phone before he spoke in a lighter tone. {Maybe we could switch cities. You could handle these guys just as good as I could.}

Danny stood up and shook his head rapidly. "Nooooo thank you. I'm good with what I've got. You deal with the most dangerous place on earth, while I deal with the most haunted place on earth." feeling cheeky, he smirked and continued. "I think I've got the harder job than you."

{yeah, right. You try handling Killer Croc, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, or the Joker.}

Danny blew a raspberry. "I didn't like clowns back in the circus, and the one you deal with does nothing to make them any more appealing. I'll stick with my own rogues gallery." He moved to the wall and leaned his back on it. "By the way, with how paranoid he seems to be, you sure he isn't listening in on this?"

{No. I made sure that the signal that comes from these bounces off several different locations but each one stays for a good minute before shifting to another. So it would look like the call came from a phone booth to another landline. If that is gone through, it circles through an algorithm that depicts-}

"Sto~p." Danny rubbed his head as he gave an exasperated huff. "My homework is based on multiplications and fractions. I don't need to know about all that math mambo jumbo until college."

{This coming from the guy who wants to be an astronaut.}

"Hey, space is different." He shoved his free hand in his pocket. "You should respect your older brother."

{You're not the older brother! I am!}

"You must have a concussion. I am the older brother….by ten minutes."

{No, I was, and it was by twenty minutes.}

"Says you!"

{Says our birth certificate.}

Danny gave a flat look at the wall. "Don't use logic on me. I don't subscribe to logic." He smiled as the tone from his brother was much lighter. "So, what are you gonna do?"

The voice on the phone let out a sigh. {I don't know. I think I just need time on my own, away from him.}

Danny was a bit surprised by this but it wasn't entirely unexpected. He knew that his brother would at times like to be on his own to brood, which is usually when he would come in to bug him out of the mood. This time, he figured he could let his brother figure this out. If there was anything that was needed, he would be there. "Well, whatever you decide, you know how to contact me."

{Yeah. Thanks for hearing me out and cheering me up, if you can call it that.} The two had a chuckle at that before he gave his goodbyes. {Ne vedem mai târziu, Danny}

Danny smiled. "That's what brothers are for. Ne vedem mai târziu, Dick." He hung up the phone before he moved back to his bed and laid down to get some sleep.

Danny Fenton, hero name: Danny Phantom, and original name: Danny Grayson. Adopted son of the Fenton family and brother of Dick Grayson, Alias; Robin, sidekick of Batman.

When the murder of their parents orphaned them, they were separated as Dick was adopted while Danny was away at a museum that focused on space. Danny was later adopted by the Fentons and the two brothers found themselves in different families in different parts of the world. But Dick did not allow this to separate them any further than just distance. He tracked them down and made contact with Danny, allowing them to keep in touch. It was by absolute chance that they both became superheroes in their own right. With how Dick had become a high-profile figure, including behind the mask, a more secure form of communication was needed so Dick sent Danny an untraceable phone that he had programmed himself. They told each other everything and would consult with each other if there were any problems that bothered them.

And with how busy they tend to be with their personal and superhero lives, these calls were always meaningful for the brothers.

As Danny lay on the bed, halfway to sleep, he wondered to himself. "What is he gonna do after this?"

"I'm sorry, what? I thought you said you were going solo. Unless the definition of 'Solo' changed, solo does not mean being part of a team."

It had been a couple of months since their last call when they had talked. The last time they spoke on the phone, Dick said he would be going solo in another city. Danny figured that Dick still wanted to help people but on his own. He wasn't sure how he would deal with things but as long as Dick was doing ok, there weren't any problems. And now Danny is told that Robin is going to be part of a team he established himself with another group of teens that aren't affiliated with any of the leaguers.

{I know. It just sort of happened, but I think it is good for all of us if we work as a team. They are pretty unique and I think we could really make a difference here."

Danny flopped his head to the side as he walked around his room. "If you say so. I'm surprised you can trust them so easily, what with how you worked in a very dark city."

{They are very open about who they are and I have a gut feeling about them.} There was a pause on the line before Robin asked. {You could join us, you know. With what you told me, you could be a heavy hitter on our team.}

Danny smiled at the thought as it would be good to see his brother again, in person, but he thought about his priorities and made the decision. "I would like to join your team, but if I head over to your city, I would be leaving my city defenseless. I'm not really the only one here that could protect the city but I am the best one they have and the one that won't destroy the ghosts." He knew his brother would be disappointed but he also knew that he would understand. "But, if there is ever anything you need help with, you can just call me."

{Same goes to you. Pretty sure things are harder for you since you don't have our resources.}

"Yeah, yeah, brag about it why don't you, rich boy? Keep in touch when you can."

{you too, Dany. I'll talk to you later.}

Danny nodded before he hung up. "Well, at least he has a team to keep him up. Maybe I could join some other time, but how much trouble could he get into now?"

{Are you sure you're ok?! From what I could find, your whole town disappeared from the map. When you didn't answer your phone, I checked if there was anything big happening and all I found was that the whole city of Amity disappeared from the map, leaving just a crater.}

Danny was rubbing his head as his brother was fussing over him after the whole Pariah battle. He was taking a break from ghost hunting since everything was on hold, including the ghosts coming in. and now, his brother called to make sure he was ok. Danny could now firmly say, that Dick was more nagging than Jazz. "Dick, I'm fine. I was able to save the town and get my city back in place. The only thing that isn't alright is that there is several blocks that were destroyed by the battle but we will manage."

{...I could send some of my team to help out in recovery efforts.}

"And knowing my luck, the moment your team gets here, something happens and your city needs you. We will handle things fine, Dick. and if you say that you can still come over, I will knock you out and fly you back to your town before I duck tape you to the wall."

{Doubt you would be able to do that since I have more training than you.}

"I've just beaten the friggen ghost king, pretty sure I could take you on."

{you wouldn't be the only supernatural person I took on.}

Danny sat down on his chair and smirked. "When we meet again, we gotta find out who is the better fighter. I will admit that you were always better at the damn airflips than I was but I'm pretty sure I am the better fighter now."

{When we meet, we'll find out}

Danny stared owlishly at the figure that was in his room. His mind didn't seem to be registering the fact that the actual Dark knight was in his room, staring back at him.

It was only a week after the whole Pariah incident and call from his brother, so he still didn't expect anything to be happening. Yet here he was, staring at the batman, unable to come up with words.

"Daniel."

Hearing his name come out of Batman snapped him out of his shock and he looked into the hallway, seeing that there wasn't anyone there, before he closed the door. "Uh, yes, sir." He had heard so much about the man from his brother but despite all that, he couldn't help but show a good amount of timid respect to the man.

"I'm here about the incident that transpired here eight days ago in which your city was transported into another dimension for several days."

Danny blinked a few times as he wasn't sure why Batman wanted to talk to him about it. He nervously shuffled on his feet as he rubbed the back of his head. "Uh…why are you asking me? You could ask any news station here, or the mayor, if you want the details.

Batman narrowed his at the boy. "I'm speaking with you due to you being the one that handled the situation on your own."

Danny was now panicking internally. He couldn't look the man in the eye as he was afraid he might out his secret. "I-I-I don't know-"

"I already know that you are the town's hero Danny Phantom."

Danny grabbed his hair as he whisper yelled. "How!? How did you figure it out?!"

"Comparing incidents with Phantom's appearance and potential incidents that happened around that time. Through filters when comparing your appearance to Phantom's"

Danny stared at him in shock. "Everyone else couldn't figure it out, how?!"

Batman nodded as he pulled out a file that had both images on it. "From my experience, some supernatural entities have an aura around them that can alter some visual registry so that no one is able to make the connection. If I had to guess, you are passively using this aura on everyone so that they aren't able to see the similarities in body structure, mannerisms, and other physical similarities."

Danny blinked a few times as what he said made sense. If he had this aura, it would explain why no one figured it out. He knew he was caught so there was no reason for him to lie to Batman. He took a breath to calm his nerves before he continued. "Ok, what is it you wanted to know?"

"I'm here to make sure that everything is going well in reconstruction as well as your well-being as you are unaffiliated with any organization and don't have facilities that would be accessible to other young heroes."

Danny crossed his arms as he shrugged. "I'm pretty much fine after a burger and sleep. I don't really need any sort of medical attention since I heal fast."

Batman nodded as this was something he expected. "Regardless, you should see a medical expert to make sure that there is nothing wrong with you. We have speedsters that heal quickly as well, but they still see a special doctor who specializes in meta physiology."

Danny thought about it but shook his head. "Well, I don't have anyone to go to since I've been keeping this a secret from everyone. My best friend does some first aid when I need it but I guess that doesn't count." He saw the man shake his head and nervously chuckled. "Yeah, I thought not."

Batman analyzed the boy before he pulled out a card and handed it to him. "This is someone who lives in the next town that works for the league. She can be contacted in case you find yourself in need of serious medical attention."

Danny took the card and looked at it before nodding. "This will be a big help. I trust Sam but she isn't a doctor."

Batman nodded. "There is another reason I am here."

Danny looked back up at the man. "What is it?"

Batman smiled at the boy. "To make sure that Robin's brother is doing alright after his ordeal."

Danny's eyes widened once more as his mouth stopped working as he began to babble. "How-what-whe-wheee-hoo."

Batman continued as if the boy hadn't become an expert in gibberish. "I knew about him contacting you through a phone of his making. When he told me about you, I had the intention of bringing you with us but by the time I returned, you were already adopted and I was not going to separate a family. The talks between you and him were your own business so I did not interfere. I am thankful that you are there to listen to him when he needs it. I am also sure that you are trustworthy as you have kept our secret all this time without telling even those you work with about our identities."

Danny felt like all his secrets were out and there was no point in trying anything anymore. Besides, this is Batman. "Well, it is what brothers do and I know the use of secret identities." He thought that this might be a step too far but he felt that batman should know about this. "Just to let you know, he is only really mad at that moment and how cruel you seem to come off as, but he is still grateful for all you did for him. He's just….stubborn."

The man nodded. "Yes, and this is good for him. To be a leader of his own team and gain experience on his own. You two should meet once again after so long. From what I know, he misses you."

Danny gave him a flat look. Sure this is Batman, but this was a bit personal. "Shouldn't you avoid spying on him?"

"I just keep tabs on him to make sure he is doing alright." He held out a hand for Danny to shake.

Danny saw the hand and tentatively took it. "Thanks for taking him in."

"And thanks for being there for him when I'm not, even if it's only by phone."

Danny nodded as they ended the handshake. It was then something came to mind that Danny wanted. "Hey, do you mind-"

"Danny? Who are you talking to?"

Danny looked back at his door as he heard his mother on the other side. He panicked as he didn't need his mother seeing the Batman in his room. "Uh, um!" He looked back at Batman only to see him gone. He was awestruck to see the famous or infamous disappearing act he heard of. "Uh…no one." He then noticed something on his desk. He walked over to it and saw it was a silver batarang, with an autograph. He gingerly picked it up and smirked. "Tucker is gonna flip!"

"Pick up, Pick up, pick up Damnit!"

Danny was flying top speed toward his brother's city as the bubbling magma was passing under him.

The thing was, that manga used to be the ocean

Danny didn't know what the hell was going on but a sudden wave of energy washed over everything and whatever it was, he was able to shield himself and his friends from it just in time. It was to his horror that his town was suddenly in ruins and everyone was turned to stone. After he and his friends confirmed it was everyone, they began to think of what they could do to fix whatever this was. It was when he called his brother as a last resort since he needed help that he heard that something happened in his brother's city that caused all this. The problem is that the call only lasted about thirty seconds before something cut them off.

With that, he told his friends to wait for him before he launched himself toward the problem to see if he could help. This was a global issue and he was gonna do what he could to stop it.

"Come on! Come on!" his eyes widened as he saw the large T that he knew his brother lived in. he paused in his flight as he stared at it in shock. "Dick, you better not be in there!" before he could check it, he caught something in his periphery. He looked toward the city and saw a massive red monster being attacked. "If I know my brother, he should be dealing some damage to whatever that thing is!" He pulled in his legs as he smirked. "Well, this reunion is long-awaited. Let's see what he thinks of me lending a hand!" He launched himself toward the battle, ready to land a few hits of his own.

"They're actually hurting him." Came Raven's shocked realization as she watched them attack and push back her father

Beastboy transformed into a stegosaurus before Cyborg grabbed his tail and swung him toward Trigon. Beastboy then transformed into an ankylosaurus and slammed into Trigon's face.

Robin ran toward the giant before throwing several exploding birdarangs.

Trigon screamed in pain from the explosions before he opened his eyes and brought his hand down at the nat that threw them

Robin came to a skidding stop before he jumped out of the way, only to be sent flying as the shockwave of the hand blew him away. "ARGH!" He crashed into a boulder as Raven ran up to him.

"Robin!"

He held his shoulder before pushing himself off the ground. "Don't worry, I'm fine." He watched as his friends continued to fight before looking at the de-aged Raven. "You don't have to fear him. We can beat him. You can beat him. You just have to believe that we have a chance."

Raven lowered her head as she was still doubtful about their chances. "But how can you be so sure? How can you still think you can win?"

Robin smirked as he stood up and looked to the sky. "Call it a hunch."

Slade held his flaming weapon as he looked up at Trigon. "For the record: I'm no one's servant." He pulled his arm back before he threw his weapon at Trigon's horn.

"ARGH!" Trigon took a few steps back till he stepped into the lava ocean.

Everyone ran up as they stood ready for his counter.

"You insignificant insects!" Came his booming voice as he glared at the ones that opposed him. "Do you believe yourself capable of harming me?!"

"Well, how about I give it a shot!"

All of the Titans looked up in time to see something fly in and impact Trigon with enough force to knock him off his feet. Most of them were in shock at the feat as their eyes focused on the floating figure that did it. Beast Boy and Cyborg tensed up as they didn't know who this was, and the fact that the figure turned to face them just made them ready themselves for an attack.

Robin on the other hand smirked as he walked a few steps forward as the figure floated down.

Raven followed behind Robin as she eyed the newcomer. She watched as the newcomer floated only a foot above the ground and eyed Robin but was shocked when he then smiled and the two grasped each other's wrists before hugging.

The two laughed before they separated and Danny floated back a few steps. "Good to see you doing ok…" He looked around at the crumbling environment before wincing. "All things considered."

Robin nodded as he looked around as well. "His arrival did all this. If I had to guess, if we can take him down-" He pounded his fist into his palm. "-we can fix all this."

Danny felt relieved when he heard this before he landed on the ground. "Cool, then we just need to take down this big ugly four-eyed kaiju wannabe."

Raven poked out from behind Robin as she answered the newcomer. "You may have gotten a hit in, but it is impossible to take out my father."

Danny looked down at Raven and was surprised to see a child here but from seeing her appearance and the fact that she called the giant her father, it made more sense. He looked over his shoulder at the now rising Trigon and jabbed a thumb at him. "That thing is your father? I don't see the resemblance."

Trigon got to his feet and glared furiously at the newcomer. "Another insect will not save you! Your time on this world is over!"

Danny turned to face the giant as Robin stood at his size. "What do you think the odds are we can beat him?"

Robin smirked as he saw his friends join them. "Pretty good, with you joining the fight."

Cyborg looked at the newcomer and asked Robin. "Who is this guy? You know him?"

Robin nodded. "I'll explain later, you all ready?!" seeing them all nod, he looked at his brother. Nodding to each other, they both smirked as they in tandem tightened their fists before throwing a finger at Trigon and shouting.

"TITANS GO!

"Dude, you have to calm down."

"Easy for you to say, you aren't the one that is about to go out on a date with another hero that you only met a few months ago." Danny crossed his arms and gave his brother an amused expression. "So, any luck in thinking of a way of asking out Starfire?"

Robin's eyes widened before he awkwardly rubbed the back of his head. "Uh…well…"

"That's what I thought. Least the older brother knows how to get a date better than the younger."

Robin got out of his awkward mood and looked at his brother with drossed arms and a raised eyebrow. "I'm the older brother."

"Says you."

"Says our birth certificate."

The two chuckled before Danny took a breath. "Any suggestions?"

Robin punched his brother's arms lightly. "Just be yourself and treat her right. You'll be fine."

Danny nodded before he transformed into his phantom form. "Well, I better go head up, I should be there before her."

Robin nodded. "You got your communicator?"

Danny rolled his eyes as he reached back and unclipped his small communicator. It looked just like the Titan's communicator but instead it was mostly black and dark grey with his DP logo in white in place of where the T would be. "Hopefully, you won't need us for a few hours." He clipped it back on his belt before he and his brother grasped their wrists.

Robin nodded to his brother. "Good luck."

"I'm gonna need it." Once they let go, he flew up and phased through the ceiling of the Tower. He came up and saw Raven floating at the edge of the roof. "Sorry, for the wait."

Raven turned around and smiled at him. "It's fine. I know Robin was giving you a pep talk."

Danny chuckled awkwardly as he rubbed his neck. "Read my mind, did you?"

Raven shook her head as she floated closer and pecked his cheek. "No, I just know you that well."

Danny blushed at the kiss on the cheek before he smiled at her. "Well, shall we go?"

Raven nodded as she floated next to him. "Yes, we should go now so we arrive to our reservation on time."

Danny looked at her in shock. "Am I that easy to read?!"

Raven chuckled at his shock. "No. That was me reading your mind."

Danny smiled before the two flew off to start their date.

Robin watched the two leave through the window, happy his brother and friend were going to have some fun.

"Robin?"

He turned around to see Starfire looking at him curiously. He walked over to her as he asked. "What's up Starfire?"

"I cannot find Raven. I was hoping to have the hanging out with her but she is nowhere to be found."

Robin looked over his shoulder through the window and smiled. "She's kinda busy at the moment. If you want, I could hang out with you."

Starfire lit up like a Christmas tree as she held her fists under her chin. "Oh, Glorious! I shall go and get the ready for our hanging out!"

Robin watched as she flew off and wondered what she had to do to get ready since she looked good as she was. He looked at his own outfit and saw that there was some wear and tear. He figured he should put on one of his more pristine ones. "Guess, Danny and Raven aren't the only ones heading out today."

He ran off to his room to get himself ready just as his brother did a few minutes ago.

End of chapter

So, the idea for this one was just to use the idea of Danny and Dick being brothers but they were still able to keep in touch. I have nothing against the ones where they separate and don't know about the other, I just wanted to try something new. The end was something I just felt like doing since I like the Danny x Raven pairing and I went with Robin going out with Starfire like in canon just cause.

Hope you enjoyed it and look forward to whatever comes next.

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Just to let you readers know, this is a gender-bending chapter. If that is something you don't like, please skip the chapter.

If you read it, I hope you at least find some enjoyment in it

If you skip it, I will hear from you in the next chapter

Now, onto the story

Chapter start

Danny was slammed onto the ground with a loud groan. "Oh man, if I knew this was what was going to happen, I would have stayed in the theater with Tuck." His eyes widened before he rolled to the side to avoid the large fist slammed at where he once lay.

He looked at the wishing ghost Desiree as he tried to think of a way to stop her without causing too much damage. "There any way I can ask you to just go back to the ghost zone quietly?" He jumped to the side in order to avoid the large punch from her.

Desiree smirked as she watched the boy dodge her attacks. In fact, there was a way, but she was not going to tell him as she was having too much fun being out of her bottle and granting wishes, which in turn, granted her more power. "Tell me, what do you truly desire, deep within your heart? Surely, there is something you wish for? Riches, fame, power, love? All you must do is to wish for it." She raised her arm up before she turned her hand into a lasso and threw it toward the boy.

Danny watched the lasso fly over his head before it lowered around him. The lasso tightened around his waist and tugged him. "GEH!" He was swung in the air before he slammed into the wall. As he was stuck in the wall, he groaned out. "Ok, ow. Gotta admit… you've got a strong arm on you." He slid down the wall and fell to his hands and knees. "What do you have to do in order to get that strong? Maybe at one point, I'll get that strong and I won't have to deal with this kind of struggle." He could safely say that Desiree was one of the stronger ghosts that he had fought. Skulker had some heavy hits but those were mostly from his missiles. Even Dora in her dragon form didn't hit this hard. He knew that he did get stronger after every fight but he didn't know how it was. He didn't know if it was due to using his powers or if it was just that his powers grew normally as time passed. He figured it was the latter but he had no real way to test it. He looked up to see the woman giving him a victorious smirk. "You got any tips on how to get strong enough to beat you?" He shifted his hand so he could charge an ecto ball, out of view from her, ready to be sent into her when she got closer.

Desiree chuckled as she shifted the size of her hand in order to crush him. "Such secrets should only be shared with those very dear to you. Perhaps you should have thought about how to improve your powers in another manner. But you will not get the chance to do so." She lifted her arms, ready to strike, only to freeze as something called to her.

Dany looked up as he was wondering what was taking her so long to attack him. What he saw caused him to pause as he saw the victorious smirk she had turned into a gleeful smile. He raised an eyebrow at that and was about to ask what had her so happy, but she flew off and through the wall before he could ask. He was confused at how she had just left him there without finishing him off. He pushed himself off the ground and looked around in confusion. He put his hands on his hips and shrugged. "Ok, did I miss something?" His eyes caught sight of the thermos that he had used before to capture the cartoony ghost cat that had taken over Paulina earlier and moved over to pick it up. "Well, I guess I can try and get her next time. I should meet up with Tuck so we can get the rest of the movie." He flew off toward the theater where he knew the movie they wanted to see was playing.

Tucker was actually in another theater, one that had no one else in it because the movie that he came here in order to watch was sold out and he had to watch this cartoon cat movie instead.

"Man, why do I have to sit here and watch this crap while Danny goes out and kicks some ghost butt? He has no idea how others feel. He should get a clue and see what living like other people is like. Maybe then he wouldn't ditch me and use his powers for fun. Hell, it would be better if I had the powers. Man, I wish he'd live in someone else's life, better yet, I should have ghost powers too."

Unknown to Tucker, he wasn't completely alone in the theater as Desiree phased through the seats behind him.

She smirked as she heard everything he said and felt she could work with this. "So you have wished it, so shall it be." She waved her hand over Tucker's head, conjuring magenta smoke that enveloped his body.

Tucker looked up in shock as he heard someone talking behind him. He saw the smoke overtake him and tried to swipe it away. After a few seconds, the smoke left him and he blinked in bewilderment as he had no idea what had just happened. "What the-?" He suddenly found himself floating out of his seat and he yelped in shock. "Woah!" he waved his hands frantically to try and balance himself until he realized that he could control his floating. "Woah, sweet!" He then flew off to have fun with his recently acquired ghost powers.

Danny phased into the theater that was supposed to play the movie he and Tucker were gonna watch and looked around for his friend. As he scanned the area, he couldn't see Tucker anywhere. "Huh, he must have left."

What Danny didn't notice was a magenta smoke phasing through the wall behind him before it launched at him.

His ghost sense did go off and he was about to react to it but felt something light impact his back and he turned around to see what it was. He expected Desiree or another ghost to appear. He didn't see anything and he brought his hand up and scratched his head in confusion. "Ok, that was weird."

Unseen by Danny was Tucker as he invisibly began to mess with the people in the front row.

And unseen to the two ghostly teens, Desiree had her head phased through the screen as she watched her handy work. She smirked at the sight of Tucker using his new ghost powers but it dropped when she saw her magic did nothing to Danny. "Hmm, perhaps all the magic was used on the glasses-wearing one. No matter, I am powerful enough to handle him and I will only grow stronger as more wishes are granted." She swooped back into the wall and away from the area as she had more wishes to grant.

~Timeskip~

It had been a few weeks after the whole Desiree issue, and Tucker got possessed by whatever Ghost entity that the wishing ghost placed on him.

Danny had been a bit mad at Tucker because the techno-geek was acting like an entitled ass because he thought that Danny was using his powers for whatever he wanted.

Sam had tried to mitigate the issue, she did help out a bit, but it didn't completely fix the problem. Tucker had apologized several times and it was after the fifteenth apology that Danny decided to let it go.

Danny figured that it was a clear lesson for Tucker since he let the power get to his head. Danny knows that having power doesn't mean that you should do whatever you want with it. His interaction with Vlad was a clear sign of that.

Vlad was what Danny could end up as if he used his powers for personal gain. Seeing how the Fruitloop came out, Danny was in no mood to end up like that.

Danny sat up from the bed and stretched to get some of the kinks out. "I wonder if I can use my allowance to buy a bunch of pillows and tie them up to be my new mattress." Getting up from the bed, Danny started heading to the personal bathroom that was attached to the bedroom to start getting ready, grabbing a set of clothes to wear. It was one of those rare days when he didn't have to worry about being late since he was able to get a full bout of sleep. Through groggy eyes, he walked into the bathroom and began to take off his clothes so he could start taking a shower. For some reason, his body felt odd as he was taking his shirt off but he just chalked it up to pulling a few muscles when he fought yesterday. Though he wasn't sure why it felt like his shirt got hooked on something on his head. Once his shirt was off, he let out a sigh of relief before he took off his pants, which just slipped off easily. When he was ready, he walked toward the shower, moving past the sink mirror. He froze mid-step and blinked as something didn't seem to register correctly in his head. He leaned back and turned his head toward the mirror and blinked again as the mirror seemed to be broken. He examined his reflection and saw there was a clear difference from how he normally looked.

His face seemed to be rounder compared to how he remembered. The reflection's facial features also seemed to be more feminine. The eyes seemed to be more streamlined, with longer eyelashes. The lips looked fuller, and the nose seemed smaller. The hair's general top looked the same, albeit with a tad bit less shag to it and longer to the point that it looked like it reached his hips. Speaking of which, the hips looked wider, with the stomach being thinner with slight muscle tone. The chest also seemed to increase in size; it was a size that he could figure was bigger than most of the females he knew.

Danny shook his head and brought his hand up to rub his face. It was as he was lifting his arm, that his hand hit the chest, and Danny could feel it. He slowly looked down and could finally see, that what was being reflected in the mirror was, in fact, his actual reflection. Her trembling hands came back up and lifted her breasts before letting them drop, watching them bounce slightly. Her right hand then lowered to a specific area and she could tell that it was gone.

She lifted her head and stared at the reflection a bit longer as her mind was unable to get this situation registered. It was after a few seconds that her mind finally caught up, and she realized that she was staring at a naked female body. Her naked female body. She instantly blushed before she brought her arms up to cover her nipples, causing her breasts to squish, and she dropped down into a curled position.

"KYAAAAAAA~!" She instantly covered her mouth as the sound that came from her was not his normal scream. 'What the hell is going on?!'

Danny was glad her clothes were baggy since it was able to cover up what happened to her, though she had to put on a hoodie cause, despite her shirt being baggy, it didn't cover up her chest size or hair length. Thankfully the teachers didn't care if she had her hoodie up but her friends knew something was up since she came in with it up and did not talk to them.

"Alright, Danny, what's going on? You've been quiet the entire day! Now spill! Is this a ghost thing?" Sam had dragged Danny to the back of the school so they could speak in private.

Tucker was also curious about what was going on, but he kept it to himself since he was still concerned that Danny might be mad at him again.

Danny rubbed his arm as she looked around. "I….. don't know. But something happened that is just….crazy."

Sam raised an eyebrow since the voice that came from him was not the one she normally knew. She watched as Danny brought his hands up to the hood and pulled it down before her mouth slowly dropped with her eyes widening.

Tucker froze at the sight with his hand halfway to the PDA.

Danny saw his friends acting like this and let out a sigh. "Least you guys aren't screaming. I did when I first saw this and my mom almost caught me. Good thing she didn't pay attention much since she is working on something in the lab."

Sam shook herself free of her shock as she frowned and walked up to her. "Alright, take off that wig. I don't know what you are aiming for, but this is really stupid." She reached up and grabbed the long hair before tugging. She frowned even more when it didn't come off right away. She tugged a few more times and wondered if he put some glue on it.

"Ow. owowow! Sam! Quit it!" She slapped Sam's hand away before rubbing her head. "It's my actual hair! I already checked to see if it was real. These too." She unzipped her hoodie to reveal her chest and how thanks to them, her shirt was lifted up and showed her midriff.

Tucker's eyes widened. "Woah~" he licked his thumb and straightened his eyebrow before he stepped forward. He opened his mouth but was stopped immediately by Danny grabbing his beret and shoving it in his face.

"Tucker, it's me, you idiot."

Sam stared at the chest Danny now had before she looked up at her. "What the hell?!"

"That's what I said! I don't know what happened but I woke up like this and I don't know how to change back!"

Sam crossed her arms as she did not like how Danny was now female with no explanation. "Have you tried transforming?"

Danny gave Sam a flat look. "Gee, why didn't I think of that?" He let his sarcasm linger for a moment before huffing. "I already tried that, but I was still a girl. I don't know what the hell this is but I want to get rid of it, now!"

Tucker pushed Danny's hand away and took a breath before he snatched his beret back and put it on his head. "Maybe this is some ghost puberty thing." He looked Danny over, and could not help but linger on her chest a little too long, earning him a slap to the back of his head from Sam.

Danny scoffed as she crossed her arms under her bust, making them look bigger. "If that were the case, Vlad would have changed into a girl too. Something else happened, but I don't know what!" She looked to Sam and asked, almost pleadingly. "But I need your help. I was able to get away with it this morning, but I don't know if I can keep this up forever… or for however long it takes to figure this out." She gestured to herself, getting Tucker to drool once more and get slapped again by Sam.

Sam looked at Danny and nodded. "We'll figure something out. So far, you were doing good. Just keep it up for the rest of the day and we can head over to my place after school to figure something out."

And that was what they did. After school, they went over to Sam's place and tried to come up with how Danny had turned into this and how to reverse it. They couldn't think of any of Danny's enemies he recently fought that could do something like this.

They even had her transform, but it was the same thing. Her ghost form was also female, color change and hazmat suit still there. However, there was something that did seem to get Danny's attention. When she first transformed in her room, her hazmat suit was as form-fitting as before, yet now, the top of the hazmat seemed to have changed to show off her belly and a bit more of her cleavage. Not only that, she wasn't sure, but it almost felt like the pants were a tiny bit looser.

Tucker earned another slap to the back of his head with the addition of a blindfold.

In the end, they couldn't think of anything to fix this, and Sam came up with an idea to hide what happened to Danny. They used some medical tape to tie her breasts down. Well….. A little more than a little medical tape, which almost irked Sam, but whether it was due to the size or how Danny had them in general. Sam then used some black clips to hide the majority of the hair by folding it inward. Now, it looked like Danny's hair only reached her shoulders. They couldn't do anything about her facial structure or physical body, but thanks to the baggy clothes, they could hide some of that, she just had to wear a belt.

After they finished, she looked like she used to when he was the opposite gender, just with tiny differences, but hopefully, no one would notice.

Danny did have to stop Sam from giving her a goth makeover. She argued that she had no plans on staying like this and Sam would not get the luxury of doing such a thing. Seeing Sam not want to let it go so easily, Danny told her that she would be just like Paulina if she gave someone else a makeover against their will to her style.

Sam shut up and threw away the thought immediately.

This was their plan for now and hopefully, they could fix it soon.

~Timeskip~

Danny held the little girl in her arms as she was making her way toward Frostbite's realm.

The little girl was a clone that Vlad made in an attempt to get the perfect son. She was created using some DNA that Vlad had acquired fairly recently. This is why this little clone was female, but since Vlad was trying to get a son, and did not know that Danny had changed genders, thought something was wrong with the clone and had to do some alterations in order to get the male version.

Danny thought it might be why this little girl was the only one who was stable enough to exist.

After the rescue, Dani, the little clone, decided to stay with Danny, and the older halfa felt a protective need to care for the little one.

Tucker made a joke about some protective motherly instincts, which got another slap from Sam. Tucker's behavior when it came to females just kept getting him abused by the goth.

But right now, they were heading toward the ghost Yeti because something was wrong with Dani and Frostbite was the only one she knew would help.

Dani groaned as she rubbed her head into her mother's breast.

Danny let out a sigh as she used her free hand to pull up her top.

Her outfit had now completely changed and Danny now had an idea on who did this to her.

Her top was now a black v-cut tube top that had silver lining and her DP logo in the center. The top revealed a good amount of cleavage and her stomach, which bothered her, but she could do nothing against it other than wear something over it. Her pants had become black harem pants with ankle-high boots that kept the bottom of them tight. Around her hips was a silver cloth that draped around it and was kept together as a broach that had a green gem. Around her wrists were silver bracelets and armlets on her biceps. Around her neck was a collar necklace that had green gems embedded in it. There were also large rings around her wrists and ankles that seemed to not ever fall off despite how easy it would be. In her hair was a silver hair band that was more ornamental than functional.

Her outfit had become a harem girl's outfit, much too similar to Desiree's.

When the full change happened, Sam, Tucker, and she wanted to find the harem ghost and demand the change be undone. The issue was they had no idea where to find her, and they hadn't seen her at all. They scoured the ghost zone, but they had no luck. They even tried asking a few ghosts, but they didn't give them any answer. They even went to fountains and threw coins in to make a wish, but she had never shown up.

Danny felt like Desiree was doing her best not to show up as a way to torment her.

However, there was a good thing that happened to her while she was going through this change.

Dora

The dragon princess and she had entered a relationship with Danny during the change and even after learning what had happened, Dora stayed with Danny through it all. Dora was an anchor for Danny and was there to calm her down when things got tough, both in the stresses of life and getting over this gender change.

Danny was ever so grateful to Dora for being there when she needed it and still could not repay the dragon princess enough.

"Hmm….mommy?"

Danny looked down at Dani and smiled. "Don't worry, Dani, we're almost there."

"Well, isn't this interesting?"

Danny stopped mid-flight, and her eyes widened as she recognized that voice. She turned around and saw it was the very genie ghost that they had been searching for all this time. The first thing she wanted to do was grab her by the neck or shirt and demand for whatever she did to be undone. But with Dani in her arms and not feeling well, she had to restrain herself. That didn't stop her from lifting her free hand and lighting it with Ecto energy. In a dead serious and threatening tone, she spoke. "Desiree, you've been avoiding me."

Desiree smirked condescendingly as she crossed her arms. "Why yes, after learning of your gradual change, I had opted to stay away from your home till I was sure that it was finished." She immediately ducked under the blast that was sent at her and looked at Danny to see an expression of rage.

Danny was tempted to blast her even more but she had a goal. "I'm tempted to make you hurt, but I only want one thing from you. I want you to change me back."

Desiree did not lose her smirk. "And what makes you think I had anything to do with this?"

Danny clenched her hand into a fist, knowing that blasting from a fist concentrated the energy more. "The outfit is a dead giveaway. And in hindsight, no one else I know would have the power to do something like this. Anyway, change. Me. Back! NOW!" her eyes flashed green till she heard a groan coming from Dani and looked down to see her beginning to sweat. She calmed down and adjusted her arm to allow Dani to be more comfortable.

Desiree saw this and her smirk dropped. She had a thing against the older halfa, but the little girl had done nothing. Putting the smirk back on, she spoke. "As much as I would ever~ enjoy returning you to your original form…" she smirked wider as she saw her tone irritate the halfa. "...I believe it is far too late for my power to do anything."

Danny's eyes widened in shock as she stared at Desiree. Her eyes hardened as she lit her hand up again. "And why not!?"

Desiree flew closer, not caring that the halfa had a lit hand. She moved around Danny as she spoke in a lecturing tone. "You see, the wishes I hear may be weak in form when they are first granted, but after a certain period of time, they gain strength and become permanent. The time for each wish does vary depending on the type of wish, but the longest one was only a day."

"A DAY!" Danny's eyes widened in panic as it had been much longer than a day since this happened.

"Yes. Though when the magic first enveloped you, I was surprised that it had not taken effect when you captured me yet. I had assumed that it might not have done anything to you."

Danny's mind paused as Desiree made it sound like it happened when they first fought since they did not meet again after that day. She turned her head and followed Desiree as the genie was still floating around her. "Wait, but this happened weeks after I sent you back into the ghost zone!"

Desiree paused and put a finger on her chin. "Interesting. It took much longer than I assumed. The wish must not have been able to be immediate due to your power level. But it seems it fully took over now."

Danny's mind went over what she was saying and had a question. "Wait, who wished for this?!" she gestured to herself, making sure not to jostle Dani.

Desiree smiled as she moved to be in front of Danny. "Your glasses-wearing friend. The one that received powers that day. It was a part of his wish to have power, and for you to see how it feels to be like me." It was mostly true since the wish was for Danny to see how it was to live like someone else. She just made that "someone else" herself.

Danny's eyes blazed over. "I'm gonna kill him!"

"Hrrn, Mommy, I don't feel so good." Dani weakly spoke as her body ached.

Danny looked down at Dani and grimaced as Dani took priority right now. She would love nothing more than to beat Desiree and get her to change her back but Dani needs help. She inhaled deeply to try and calm herself before glaring at Desiree. "I want to get you to change me back since you have the power to do so, but right now, I have more important things to deal with."

Desiree saw the little girl whimper and felt the need to help her out. "I am surprised that you did not use your new wishing powers to teleport toward your destination."

Danny had started to float away till she heard what the genie said. She turned around and looked at Desiree with a raised eyebrow. "'Wishing power'?"

Desiree looked at the young girl with a confused expression. "Had you not felt compelled to grant the wish of those around you? Are you not forced to go and grant whatever desire others have?"

Danny was getting frustrated with how Desiree was not making sense. "The hell are you talking about?"

Desiree floated up to the girl and leaned in, to the point their noses were touching. She looked at the young girl and could not help but wonder. "Hmm, are you not compelled?" Wanting to test it out, she spoke. "I wish for a box of chocolates."

Danny raised an eyebrow at the woman as she could not understand what the genie ghost was trying to do.

Desiree pulled back and crossed her arms with a frown. "How? You should be compelled to grant whatever wish you hear."

Danny put her fist on her hip. "What, you mean like you? I don't have your powers so I can't just wave my hand and- " She lifted her hand and waved it around flippantly and paused when her hand lit up in green particles till a box of chocolates appeared floating in between them. She looked at the floating box in bewilderment. "What the….?"

Desiree grabbed the box before she opened it and grabbed one of the chocolates. She put it in her mouth before she enjoyed the flavor. "Hmm. it would seem that you do have the power, but you are free of the urge to grant every wish." she frowned as it was a liberation she did not have. 'I try and curse her with my own troubles and she is free of the most irritating part.'

Danny looked at her hand in shock. "I…. can grant wishes?" Her mind went to what Desiree said and realized they could get to the Far Frozen faster if she could use this new power to get them there. Putting aside her anger, she looked at the genie ghost. "Desiree! I need you to get me to the far frozen. How do I get this to work!"

Desiree was a little surprised about this, as she did not expect Danny to ask her for help. "You would ask me for a favor after what I did to you?"

"Right, now, Dani is my priority! I can beat you down later, but she is in trouble now so I can put aside my anger if you help me."

Desiree admired Danny for doing as such but still felt like asking. "Why not wish for me to take you there?"

"Because I don't trust you to take us there. You might just teleport us to Antarctica and I really need to get to the Far Frozen to make sure she is ok. Please Desiree…" Danny bowed her head to the genie. "Help me."

Desiree frowned as this was not as enjoyable as she would have liked. She let out a sigh and made the chocolates disappear. "You merely have to use the magic and focus on what it is you desire. The magic will respond to your will and do as such."

Danny looked up and smiled. "Thank you." she waved her hand and tried to get it to work, but nothing happened. She frowned before Desiree spoke.

"You must have someone wish for it."

Danny paused and looked down at Dani.

Seeing the worry on the young one's face, she decided to help out once more. "I wish that we were at the Far Frozen."

Danny looked up in surprise before smiling. "Thanks, Desiree." her hand lit up and she waved it around, willing the magic to work as it enveloped her and Dani. She was surprised to see Desiree float closer and began to be enveloped too.

Desiree moved to be behind Danny and began to caress her cheek. "Well done, young genie." she placed a kiss on Danny's face, getting the young girl to blush before the three disappeared

End of chapter

I got this idea from a picture I saw a while ago, where Danny ends up becoming a genie. The image had a female Danny transforming into a ghostly harem girl outfit

This one kinda has the potential to be a full story cause it has a lot of stuff cut out to make sure it is just a simple one-shot pilot

I also added another idea I had a while ago which was where Danny was always female but hid it because of her dad wanting a boy. That was why Dani came out as female and more stable.

I know this isn't the cup of tea for a lot of people but if you did read this, I hope you at least enjoyed some of it

I made it where Danny was with Dora cause I really like Dora. I was gonna have it be Ember but Dora won the internal mental debate.

Now, I will say, I will soon start doing some of the suggestions I got in some reviews since there are some interesting ideas. I won't say which one right now but I will give a shout-out to them. I still have a few ideas of my own but I will be doing some suggestions soon

There are a couple I am tempted to make full stories, this one is a possibility and there is the KFP story cause I kinda want Danny to have some fun with the Furious Five and get close to Tigress and maybe Viper. But we will wait to see.

Anyway, I hope you look forward to the next chapter and I'm sorry if you didn't like this one.

Chapter Text

Chapter start

Danny always knew that he was the odd one out in his family, despite what his parents do and what happened to him in the accident. But he just brushed that feeling aside since he figured that it might be normal teenage behavior or just how he felt after he became a half ghost.

Little did he know that there was more truth to the thought than he realized

Jack and Maddie Fenton were working hard in their lab on a new invention that they believe would help them out with the ghosts that invade their home. This specific invention was one of the inventions that they would work on when the kids were out of the house.

Jazz was at the library, prepping for her journey to college. She was accepted at one of the world's most prestigious colleges as they were interested in her thesis about how a person's obsession could be harnessed for more beneficial aspects of their life. When she got the letter accepting her to their college, she burst out screaming in joy. So, now, whenever she had free time, she was off to the library or in her room, getting ready for when she had to go off.

They didn't know about where Jazz got the idea of rerouting someone's obsession, but if it got her into the college she wanted, they were happy for her.

Danny, he was off doing whatever it was he did during his free time. A lot of the times, he would be with Sam and Tucker, but there were times where he would be going off doing something else. They would be concerned about what he was doing, but he always came back when he was supposed to and there were no signs of him doing something that he shouldn't do, so they allowed him to have his freedom. He was a teenager.

But there was another reason they allowed his freedom.

Jack was working on an electronic part before he stretched his hand on the table as if searching for something. Not feeling it near him, he pulled off his goggles and looked at the table to see that the tool wasn't there. "Hey, Maddie, you got the soldering iron?"

Maddie pulled the very tool Jack needed up as she was using it. She turned around and smiled. "Yep, and I just finished it so it's all yours."

Jack popped up next to her and placed a kiss on her cheek before he took the tool and moved back to his work.

Before either of them could go back to their current device, they heard the doorbell ring and they both looked up at the ceiling. After a second, they looked at each other in confusion as they had no idea who that would be.

Jack scratched his head as he looked back up at the ceiling. "Were we expecting anyone today?"

Maddie shook her head as she pulled off her hood. "No. And it can't be the kids since they can just come in."

The two placed their tools down and began to make their way upstairs to see who it was. They made it to the door with Maddie opening it up so they could greet the visitor.

"Hello, how may we-" She froze when she saw who it was.

Jack's jovial smile slowly became that of a shocked frown as he recognized the person.

"It has been a long time, Jack, Maddie."

Maddie nodded slowly as she was not expecting this. "Yes, it has." Her lips thinned as her mind came to the realization of what this meant. "I suppose this means that it's time, isn't it?"

"...yes. I would have come sooner but things had kept me busy. I will say, that I am excited to see him after so long."

Jack rubbed the back of his head as he moved to the side as Maddie let their visitor in. "This…. Might be much harder than we originally thought."

"...oh, and why is that?"

Maddie and Jack felt nervous as they looked at each other.

Maddie cleared her throat as she gestured to their living room. "We should have a seat so we can talk about it. He is out at the moment, but he should be back soon." She looked at her husband with a plea in her eyes. "Jack, can you send him a text to come home now."

Jack nodded as he moved away to contact Danny.

Maddie looked at their guest. "Let me tell you how he has been all this time."

Danny, Sam, and Tucker were making their way to Danny's place since he got that text from his dad saying that he needed to come home at that moment. There was no real urgency in them as Danny had assumed there was a fudge shortage or something his dad did needed his help. Either way, Danny wasn't worried.

Sam spun the thermos she had on her finger as she asked. "So, how many ghosts was that today?"

Tucker pulled out his PDA and looked at his checklist. "Four ectopusses, an Ecto cat, an ecto snake, two Ecto hamsters, and the Box ghost… those Hamsters were new."

Danny glared at the thermos in his hand as if trying to telepathically tell the hamsters he had that he was mad at them. "And those things would just not hold still." He swore he could hear chirping from inside the thermos that almost sounded like laughter.

Sam clipped her thermos to her belt and patted his shoulder. "Relax, you probably won't have to deal with them for another week"

Danny turned his head to give her a flat look. "That makes me feel so much better." He let out a sigh since he figured he could take the rest of the night off since they hadn't dealt with many ghosts during their patrol. In fact, there were a lot fewer ghosts out tonight. "Well, whatever, we can chalk this as the earliest we've ever called it a night. It's only 8:30, wanna play some games online for a while?"

Tucker nodded as he was excited to try some new tactics against Sam.

Sam smirked as she put her hand on her hip. "Think you two have a chance at beating me this time?"

Danny shrugged with an overly innocent smile on his face. "Who knows."

Sam slapped his shoulder before running ahead. "You two are so on!" She waved over her shoulder as she was rushing home so she could meet her friends online.

Tucker smiled as he started walking ahead. "I'll get there when I get there." He waved to his friend as he headed off towards his home.

Danny smiled as he already knew that Sam would be on the server waiting for them, but he was in no rush. He turned the corner of the street that led to his house and froze as he felt a chill go up his spine. He tensed up as he looked around for any sign of a fight but he saw nothing. After a minute, he relaxed and scratched his head in confusion. The feeling he got almost felt like his ghost sense but it was…..different. "Ok, that was weird." He continued toward his house and the feeling only got stronger as he got closer. Once he was at his front door, he had a feeling that something was in his house. He shifted his hand to grip his bag as it was where he put his thermos. He slowly opened the door and walked into his house expecting some sort of chaos, but all he got was his parents sitting across from a woman that he had never seen before.

Maddie and Jack saw Danny come in and they looked at him, both with looks of concern.

Maddie waved Danny over as she spoke. "Danny, we…. Have something very important to tell you."

Danny walked over and stood to the side of the three adults. He looked at his parents before he looked at the woman sitting on the couch.

The woman had an elegant aura around her with the white kimono she was wearing adding to the feel. She was a Japanese woman that had long hair that was tied into a single braid in front of her, causing it to frame her face. She had a soft, gentle expression as she looked at him.

He didn't know why, but when he looked at the woman, he felt some… connection between them, he just couldn't put his finger on it. Not only that, but she looked familiar in some odd way.

Maddie saw the look Danny was giving the woman and she felt a bit saddened about it. She knew she herself never had that sort of connection with him. But she guessed it was due to how there was a sort of….disconnect between her and Danny. She had tried to bridge it but she just never found a way to do it. She let out a sigh before she steeled herself to say this, it wasn't an easy topic to bring up with any kid. "Danny, this woman is Retsu Unohana."

Danny looked from his mother to the woman and gave a small wave. "Uh….hi" He didn't know why but he felt…. nervous talking to her. It was almost like he was talking to someone that he needed to respect, and show some form of… he wasn't sure. It was hard to explain but it was almost like he was a little kid talking to his parents.

Unohana looked him over before looking at the woman. "I had hoped you were jesting when you said you didn't tell him."

Danny didn't know why, but when she said that, there was a scary aura about her, even if she was smiling, it was like she was threatening your very soul.

Maddie nodded as her gaze kept going from Unohana to Danny. "It isn't a really easy topic to bring up with any child. We were afraid of how he would react to it, so we kept pushing it back. I suppose at one point we ended up forgetting to tell him and continued to live our lives."

Unohana nodded. "I suppose that is understandable."

Danny let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding as her aura dissipated. Now that he was able to calm down, he started picking up that they were keeping something secret, something that had to do with him. He didn't like the way the conversation was going, but from what it sounded like, it sounded like his parents were afraid of saying it. He understood that since he had his own secret that he was afraid of telling them, then again, it couldn't be bad enough that he would want to destroy them molecule by molecule. "Ok, is there something that I need to know? You seem to be dancing around the topic….. And Dad hasn't said anything yet-"

Jack was standing to the side and was fiddling with his thumbs as he tried to look as small as possible. Ironic for someone his size.

Danny furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as he saw this before looking back at his mother. "-and that is weird already."

Maddie knew she had to say it already. It was something she had held off from saying, but the woman was here, and there was no way she could keep it secret any longer. Best way to bring this up? Just be blunt. "Danny…..she is your mother."

If Danny was expecting anything, this WAS NOT IT! At first, he chuckled before shaking his head. "Ok, mom, that was random, but seriously, what is going on?" He looked at the two women to see they had a serious expression, with his mother looking saddened and Unohana looking at him with a smile. He looked back to his dad to see that he began to fidget even more. It took him a second till he realized that they were being serious. His mirth slowly became one of shock as his eyes grew in size. Once it finally clicked, he gripped his hair as his bag fell to the ground. "WHAT?!" He was so shocked that his powers went a bit haywire and his pants fell to the floor.

Unohana's eyes narrowed as she detected a small bit of reiatsu, but there was something else about it. It intrigued her, and she felt the need to find out what that was and if it harmed her son. However, she also found it amusing what happened to his pants.

It turns out that years ago, when Danny was a baby, Unohana came to the Fentons in a desperate need of her son to be cared for. For special reasons, she could not keep him and needed someone to take care of him. Apparently, they had met long ago back when they were in college and Unohana found their interest in ghosts interesting. They became friends back then and Unohana felt they would be the best option to take care of him.

She said that she would return to retrieve him when there was a solution to the issue, but it turned out that the Fentons forgot to tell him he was adopted and that his mother would come to get him at one point in the future.

Danny had actually gone off on Jack and Maddie about not telling him all these years. It didn't get any better when Jazz came back, and he asked her why she didn't tell him.

Jazz told him that she had told her parents that they needed to tell him about it and that she shouldn't be the one to tell him since it would be disingenuous. They needed to tell him. She pushed for it and even told them that holding off telling him would just cause more troubles. She then tried to calm him down by bringing up how difficult it would have been for them to tell him and how he would feel if he was a parent and had to tell his kid that they were adopted.

That didn't really help since he kinda had to do that with Dani, but the little girl already knew what she was, and their lives were weird already.

Dani was hanging with Pandora at the moment as the Greek ghost wanted to know the little girl more.

Danny calmed down after some thought and figured that it made sense that they would not want to cause him stress….. Intentionally. He decided to hear out the adults and see where this would go.

It was decided that Danny would spend time with Unohana in order to learn about her and see where things would go.

He learned that she was a medical officer in a special military squad that handles special cases. He was impressed that she was the leader of the team and they would handle hash wounds. One thing he picked up was that she would not tell him what kind of special cases they handled, but since it was military, he figured that it was something top secret. It did make him a bit wary since his usual dealings with government sort of things weren't that good, but he hoped that she would not be part of the G.I.W. if he saw them wearing any sort of white suits, he would leave them that very instant.

One other thing he learned about her was that if he did something that she did not approve of, she could become very scary, with his thought about her being "how can someone smile so sweetly and make you wish you were under a rock?"

He learned this when he tried to sneak out one time, and she would suddenly be behind him asking him where he was going so late at night. He had to tell his friends that he would not be going out on nightly patrols for a while. It was odd not only how she was able to find him before he even got anywhere, but also he could tell where she was by the small feeling he got that almost seemed like a smaller version of his ghost sense.

His friends were just as shocked to learn that he was adopted, but they ended up joking about it later on with Sam wishing that she was adopted by someone that would understand her more. It eased the tension a bit and they decided to add this to the randomness of his life.

For weeks, Danny and Unohana spent time together and he started to feel closer to her.

After some time, and convincing, it was decided that Danny would join Unohana at her home. She told him that there was a major secret that she wanted to tell him, but she could only tell him if he decided to join her. She told him that it was life changing but must be kept secret from everyone. He agreed to keep it a secret but was shocked when she told him that she knew he was keeping a secret as well and that should he ever feel comfortable telling her, he could.

It was odd to him, he never felt this comfortable with Maddie or Jack, which kind of stung him personally. He still considered them his parents since they raised him for all these years, but their obsession with ghosts and "figuring them out" kind of made it hard to tell them he was Phantom.

And so, it was time for him to join her at her home.

"Ok, so why are we standing in the middle of the woods outside of town?"

Danny and Unohana were, as stated, standing in the middle of a forest that was outside the limits of Amity Park. They had walked all the way here and he was surprised she was able to walk for so long and not feel winded. Apparently, both of his mothers were more physically fit than he was.

Unohana smiled as she turned to face him. "This is where we will be leaving to head to my home."

"A cabin in the woods?"

Unohana giggled softly as she shook her head. "It's a little more extravagant than a cabin."

Danny saw two black butterflies show up from behind her before a Japanese sliding door appeared behind her. He was so shocked that he jumped back from her as he watched them open. He tried to see what was past the doors but all he could see was the white light that hid everything within.

Unohana smiled at his reaction before she held out a hand for him to take. "This is what I have kept secret from Jack, Maddie, Jazz, and you. If you are willing, join me through."

Danny's eyes shifted from her, to the door, to her hand. He felt that same weird feeling he would get from her but it was even stronger now, and almost set off his ghost sense. He knew for a fact that it wasn't a ghost portal but it was very similar to it. He could see the waiting face of his mother and had a thought. 'Fine, but if she attacks me, all bets are off….. Please don't attack.' He took her hand and she walked through the door with him following. '"Don't go into the light" they said and yet, here I go.' was his last thought before he walked in. He had to cover his eyes as the light blinded him.

Unohana felt glad to have her son finally return to the Soul Society. With the adjustment done to this specific door, thanks to the help of one mad scientist, she got her son back. She was glad to see the familiar sight of her home but something immediately got her attention. The small amount of odd riatsu she had felt from Danny suddenly increased a monumental amount and she turned around to see if he was alright. What she did not expect was to see him now with stark white hair and a back and white suit that had a logo on it.

Danny had a hand over his eyes from the bright light, but once it died down, he slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was that he was no longer in the forest outside of Amity Park but in some sort of facility that reminded him of a Japanese house. He was in awe of the sight and the scenic atmosphere the place had, but something else he saw was the look of confused shock on his mother's face. He was about to ask what the issue was, but he got his answer when he finally looked at his hand and saw it was the white glove of his hazmat suit that he was used to. He looked up and saw the stark white hair that told him he was in his ghost form. He looked down at himself in panic as he was sure that he didn't call upon his transformation. He gripped the front of his suit in frustrated panic. "I didn't call my transformation rings!" After a second, he looked up to see his mother eying him in confused intrigue. "Um…. I can explain?"

Unohana folded her hands in front of her as she spoke. "Please do."

It may have been in a soft tone, but it told him he had no choice.

It was a tense couple of hours as secrets were revealed.

Danny was the first to give his secret about how he had become Danny Phantom. It was all in a rushed, panicked voice as he told his story, how he felt when it happened, and defending his human parents at how they did not do it to him, it was all an accident.

Unohana might have been mad at how the Fentons allowed this to happen, but she also saw that it was just as much Danny's fault for messing with technology that he had no idea about. She promised him that she would not do anything to them, if only to appease his nerves. It did make some things clearer as she had felt a sort of reiatsu within him but it was…. Chaotic, in comparison to what the soul reapers she was used to.

That was something she had told him, in answer to his question as to what she was now wearing and the sword she had at her waist.

He could feel something within the sword but he had no idea what, so he decided to keep it to himself. He figured that he would learn about it later.

She told him that she was captain of the Fourth division of the Gotei 13. She explained to him that they were in the Soul society, the place where souls ended up after death.

He was in awe learning that his mother was leader of a supernatural squad rather than a human military one. But it confused Danny as he knew that people would end up in the Ghost zone when they died.

The two began to have a discussion on what they knew about the afterlife, with questions being asked when something seemed to contradict what they knew. They demonstrated some of the powers that they had, and they both could tell there was a clear difference between the two.

Danny had a tickle in his throat that he figured was his ghost sense that was telling him about it, but it wasn't the thing he was used to.

Unohana, though, could feel the energy her son was releasing. One thing she could tell was that he was powerful, but the energy was chaotic, unfiltered. It was hard to tell exactly what was up with it. It wasn't anything like that of a soul reaper, and she was relieved to establish that it didn't feel anything like that of a Hollow. There was one person that she could ask to find out what it is, but she was in no rush to meet the man, she knew she had to meet up with the mad scientist since it was part of the deal for Danny being born, but she could hold off on that, especially since there were several people that should meet Danny first.

Danny was standing in the middle of the garden as he was trying to recreate the Flashstep. He kept looking down at his feet as she tried to control his energy so he would be able to at least do it.

"You must make sure not to overdo the amount of spiritual energy used as applying too much could send you launching off the ground instead of moving at quick speeds." Unohana stood a few feet away as she was teaching him the basics.

Danny nodded as he took a breath and pulled back some of his energy. He figured it would be better to not get it right rather than launch himself into the air. Sure, he would be able to catch himself, but that doesn't mean he wants to end up as a rocket. He could feel his feet tingle and he smirked as he figured that this was a good sign. Wanting to test out if he could get it, he shifted his feet to start moving. What he didn't expect was finding himself suddenly bouncing off the wall, face first, and rolling on the ground. "Ow!"

Unohana walked to Danny till she was standing over him. She looked down at him with a smile on her face, but was concerned if he was hurt. "Are you alright?"

Danny nodded as he sat up and rubbed his face. "Yeah, I just don't know what happened."

Unohana knelt down to get a closer look at his face. She brushed some of his white hair out of his face so she could smile at him. "From what I could see, you were finally able to use the Flashstep but you have no experience moving so fast so your perception couldn't keep up." Something she didn't tell him was that his speed was far greater than she expected him to have. They would need to practice in order for him to be able to use it properly, but for now-. "We should call it a day. You have made some good progress in your training, but we should not overdo it. Let's go have some tea, there is some more I wish to know about this 'Ghost zone' you spoke of."

Danny nodded as he pushed himself up from the ground. "Alright,... But this is going to stay with us, right? From what you told me about this 'kurisitchy' I don't want him knowing anything about it since he might want to check it out and mess with it. From what I know, it should never be messed with since it could very well cause damage to the human world."

Unohana nodded. "I will not speak a word of this around him. Though, I must remind you that we must meet him at one point, it will be just when I deem it necessary." The reason she did not want to meet with the man with Danny is due to how it was the mad scientist that gave her the boy. Not in the natural way of insemination, but rather through some chemical reactions and biological tweaking. In other words, Danny has no father, but it was also thanks to what Mayuri did that caused her to have to give Danny to the Fentons. She did not tell Danny this and always changed the subject when Danny asked about his father so as to not overload him. She will tell him when he is more accustomed to the Soul Society, and she will show him to the other captains. She just wanted to keep him to herself for a while to make up for the time she lost with him.

Danny was now wearing a shihakusho with an Asauchi tied to his belt as he walked through the halls of the barracks that he and his mother lived in. It had been a couple of weeks since he had come to the Soul society, and he was finding it pretty cool being here. Sure, there was a lack of electric entertainment but that didn't mean that there wasn't much to do here. He found that he enjoyed spending time with his mother as she did have her duties and some traditional Japanese traditions. One way he spent passing the time was practicing using a sword. He had used a sword before, but if you were to analyze his style, it would be clear that it was the equivalent of swinging a baseball bat.

An odd thing that happened to him was that he had been in Phantom form this whole time. Ever since he got here, he had felt more comfortable being Phantom than he was Fenton. He could still transform into his human form, and found that it was the same as it was in the ghost zone, phasing through everything and all. As a human, he is the ghost here and cannot be harmed. But he stayed as Phantom since he was undergoing training.

He had made good progress in his training and he figured he was close to getting some of the techniques down pat. The "Flash step" was the thing he focused on more as he figured it would be the biggest help to him in things other than his fights, and he could not help but feel jealous that everyone could do it almost easily. He saw his mother perform it and if he focused hard enough, he was barely able to keep up with her, but he still couldn't use it. With how his "spiritual pressure" was, something they called the spirit power they had, it was unsure how his energy actually worked so they figured it out as they went.

He did feel proud at how none of them were able to fly like he could, but when he saw his mother step on…. Air… he was motivated to learn more.

She overlooked his training when she had the time, and Danny learned that she was very proficient in using spiritual techniques. They went over all the Soul Reaper techniques, but Danny had trouble doing the simplest ones, which they figured was due to his own energy being different. But they kept at it.

While he was here, he had met a bunch of the squad that worked under his mother, including Isane, who was very surprised to learn that Unohana had a son.

Isane and he had gotten close as she began to dote on him, almost like a little brother, very different from Jazz.

Speaking of, he was able to contact his human family and ask how things were going. So far, Amity was doing alright without him. Which eased his nerves since his home was still his home.

But today, something seemed to be going on as everyone was running around and rushing out to do something. He was able to find Isane in one of the halls and asked. "What's going on? Why is everyone going crazy?"

Isane wondered if she should tell him since it was a major issue, but she figured it would be best if he knew so he wouldn't go out and find something dangerous. "Well, a criminal was captured not that long ago, and it seems that some invaders have come into the Soul society."

Danny tilted his head before something clicked in his mind. "Was that what that large boom was a couple of days ago?"

Isane nodded. "That's what we were told. It was them entering the Soul Society, but we don't know why they had to make such a loud entrance."

Danny nodded as he hooked his thumbs on his belt. His mind thought of something before he asked. "Where is the prisoner? Shouldn't they be guarded or something?"

Isane nodded. "I don't think so. They are imprisoned in the large tower you can see up near the center of the Soul Society."

Danny looked outside of the house, where he could see the very tower she spoke of. "You mean that one up there?"

Isane nodded. "Yes, so as you can see, there is no way they can make it. It is well protected and every member of the combat squads is out trying to find the invader. Even we are being deployed to heal anyone that may need it."

"Which is why I must ask you to remain here."

Danny turned around and saw his mother walking up to them.

Isane bowed to her. "Captain Unohana, the squad is ready for your orders."

Danny smiled at his mother, but didn't bow. He was given a bit of leeway on the show of respect as he was raised differently and he was the son of the captain.

Unohana stood in front of Danny before she lowered herself to be more eye level with him. "Danny, I'm going to ask you to stay here while those invaders are out there."

Danny didn't like how he was being sidelined and felt the need to argue. "But if there is trouble, I could be of help. With how I fight, I should be out there."

Unohana nodded. "I know, but we don't know what these invaders can do and I don't want you to be out there where the fighting will take place. Not only that, there are many in the Gotei 13 that do not know you yet, so they could end up attacking you, believing that you are one of them. Can you promise me that you will wait here for me. When things die down, you will be able to go out and finally meet everyone."

Danny didn't like it but his mother was just worried about him. He crossed his arms and turned his head. "Fine."

Unohana smiled before standing up and looking at Isane. "Let's go. The longer we wait, the more will be injured."

Isane nodded as they began to leave. She turned around and waved at Danny before she followed Unohana.

Danny watched as his mother and Isane left the barracks and he was left alone. He could tell there were still a few members here, but that was all he needed. He knew he would get in trouble if he was caught, but something was going on and he wasn't one to just sit back and not do anything. He jumped up off the ground and turned invisible before he flew off toward the tower that Isane told him about. He was curious about what was going on, so who better to get answers from than a soon-to-be annoyed prisoner. Time to bring out the Phantom wit once more.

If he was expecting anything, this was not it. He stared at the woman who was sitting silently in the cell as if she was resigned to her fate.

Rukia stared back at the random white haired boy that looked at her as if she was such an odd sight. "Who are you?"

Danny rapidly shook his head as he came back to what he was doing. "Uh… I'm Danny. Gotta say, you are not what I expected when they told me that you were a criminal. I was expecting some big muscle head that I could annoy into giving me answers about what you did, but looks like I was wrong."

Rukia blinked as he had told her that he was here for answers. Thinking he was just some rookie, she looked away, toward the window. "You shouldn't be here. You should leave before you get in trouble."

Danny nodded as he crossed his arms. "Oh, I'm sure that when my mom finds out that I came here, she is going to end me. She is really scary when she is mad. Everyone who has seen her 'scary face' always shriveled up and crawled away."

Rukia was curious about who his mother was. From what she could see, this was a rookie in training, so that would mean that he was a very recent addition. Wanting to satisfy her curiosity, she asked. "Who is your mother?" As she looked at the boy, she could see something familiar to him but she didn't know why.

Danny looked at her and saw no harm in telling her. "Retsu Unohana."

Rukia was so shocked that she pressed her back to the wall as she stared at the boy. She did not expect Captain Unohana of all people to have a son. 'Who is the father?!'

Danny chuckled at her reaction before he figured they should get to what he was here for. "So…" he walked to the side, grabbed a chair, brought it to the center, spun it around, and sat on it in reverse as he leaned his head on the backrest. "Why don't you tell me why you're labeled a criminal. What crime did you do to land you behind these bars?"

Rukia slowly got out of her shock before she tried to recompose herself. She sat back down and shook her head. "It wouldn't matter if you know or not."

Danny shrugged. "Maybe, but what do you lose if you tell me all the evil things you have done." He got the feeling that she couldn't have done anything that bad, but you never know.

Rukia looked into his eyes and saw genuine curiosity in them. He was right, she would lose nothing if she told him and maybe it might make her finally accept her fate.

Danny knew something was wrong when he heard Rukia's story on why she was there. And now he found the big bad in all of this.

"If you were to ask me, you just scream evil madman with illusions of grandeur." He held his Asauchi in his hands as he was staring at the glasses-wearing shinigami that he learned the name was Aizen.

All the captains were standing there, ready to face off against the former shinigami. Many of them were side glancing at the boy as they had never seen him before, with a few of them believing he might have been part of the ryoga.

Aizen did a small tilt of his head as he saw the boy. "This is interesting. Who are you? You are not part of the Soul society, nor are you one of the friends of Ichigo Kurosaki, are you a third party?"

Danny shifted his Asauchi to one hand as he narrowed his eyes at the guy. "I don't know why, but just the way you talk pisses me off. As for your question, I'm just an innocent bystander that came for the fireworks." He smirked at the guy as he focused his energy to his feet.

Aizen analyzed the boy and made some clear observations from this. Based on how he had an Asauchi, he came to the conclusion that he was a student from the academy that decided to leave the facility and come here on his own. "For someone so young to be here during a battle is very unwise-." He lifted his hand to grab onto the Asauchi the boy had as he had charged in and attacked him. "-and you charging in as such only-ugrh!"

Danny charged at the man as he started talking, as he was getting annoyed by how pompous the guy sounded. Despite how it was a shock, how the guy grabbed his sword, it wasn't that surprising since he had done the same before. But, he shifted his body and applied his flight to his movement in order to twist his body around his sword to land a kick on the man's face. "Anyone ever tell you that you talk waaaay to much. Hmm?" His eyes caught sight of some sort of wisps coming from inside the guy's jacket and flowing into his sword. He didn't get the chance to look at it more as he was suddenly backhanded by the guy and sent flying.

Unohana jumped up to catch him in the air and lowered to the ground. She cradled him in her arms as she saw that the hit left a bruise on his face. "Danny, are you alright?"

Danny brought his free hand to his face and rubbed it. "Ok, I'm gonna blast him in the face to make me feel better."

Unohana let out a sigh as if he was able to make jokes about this, he was alright.

Danny was lowered to the ground and stood at his mother's side as they watched as Aizen floated up. He felt some satisfaction as he saw there was a bruise on the man's face, in the shape of his boot. "There is more where that came from!" He shouted up to the man till he heard something come from his sword. He focused on what was being said and it sounded….. Like a name. 'Ok, that's interesting.'

Danny stood in the air between Soi Fon, Omaeda, Hachigan, and their opponent, a large skeleton wearing a crown and purple robes.

"Another insect comes to die by the hands of a god." Baraggan was getting annoyed by all the interruptions that kept him from killing the enemies in front of him.

Sanny raised an eyebrow at the arrancar calling himself a god. "You know, when someone says something so over the top, I can't help but think they are compensating for something."

"Idiot! What are you doing here?! Get out of here before you get yourself killed!" Soi Fon wanted the boy to get out of here since he was way too young and weak to handle something like this. This Arrancar has the ability to cause things to age and rot just by his aura alone. She had little interaction with the boy since all the captains found out about the boy, but she knew that the first time he showed up, he hadn't even unlocked a Zanpakuto. Her eyes went to the sword on his belt and she could tell that it had become a Zanpakuto instead of an Asauchi. Regardless, he was still no match for this.

Danny didn't even turn as he glared at the skeleton. "Sorry, but I don't take orders from you. In fact, I don't take orders from anyone…. Mom is still trying to get me to officially join the squad but delays, delays." He reached up to his back and grabbed the hilt of his Zanpakuto. "Besides, I'm not a healer, I'm a fighter." He pulled out his sword and held it in one hand in front of him.

Baraggan scoffed at the idea of this boy coming here to face him. He had to give the boy credit for facing his death, but it was death nonetheless. "The arrogance of the young can only be cured through age….and death." He released his aura to claim the boy. He hummed as he saw the boy not move as his aura approached before it enveloped him in a cloud of his power. "Let this lesson be learned through the hardest of lessons."

Soi Fon, Omaeda, and Hachigan were shocked at how fast the boy was killed and were reproaching themselves for not acting before he was killed.

"My teachers always said I was a bad student, guess they were right."

Everyone there was shocked as the dark aura that enveloped the boy was suddenly blown away and Danny stood there as if he was not attacked at all.

Baraggan could not believe that his power was dispelled so easily. "Impossible! How did you survive that!? You should be turned to ash after taking all of my power!"

Danny shifted the sword in his hand as he began to speak. "You wanna know the weird thing I thought about while here? Everyone is still afraid of death. Despite how everyone here should be the souls of the dead, it's weird how everyone still bleeds, they still have healers, and they get stronger in order to avoid dying. The dead fear death, yet I don't." He brought his free hand up to grip the base of the blade as his eyes flashed green. "Maybe it's because I already died and became something different to a Soul reaper." Danny gained a glow that signified him powering up. "I am what I am." He tightened his grip on his Zanpakuto as he called out. "SEITOSHI!" He exploded in a massive green aura that domed a large area while blue wisps spiralled around him.

Soi fon had to cover her eyes as the light that came from his show of power caught her by surprise. As the light died down, she was able to see that he had unlocked his shikai already. 'How is he able to bring out his Zanpakuto's power to such a degree and after such a short time?' Her eyes then caught sight of something else.

In each of Danny's hands was a sword, both of which were emitting power.

Danny brought his blades up as he held them parallel to each other. "Life or death, which do you fear most?" He swung them down before he launched himself at the shocked skeleton.

End of chapter

This was such a random idea that I'm surprised myself at how this came to be.

Unohana was the only one I could think of that could be plausible, but it is a bit of a stretch, but then again, it is fanfiction. Rukia was the only other character that I thought of, but it would be pushing it too much really.

I didn't give a description to his zanpakuto since I don't have an idea of how they would look

Chapter Text

Chapter start

Flying through the ever expanse of the Ghost Zone was the Specter speeder, twisting and turning around all the floating rocks that would spontaneously pop up.

Within the Speeder were Sam, Tucker, and Danny, with the latter in the driver's seat since he was the only one who knew where it was.

Sam and Tucker had only been inside of the Tower while Danny actually knew the path.

Or rather, that is what he said to his friends while he actually just waited for Clockwork to manifest the tower in view so he could fly toward it.

"You got any idea what it is that Clockwork wanted from you? You didn't really tell us anything other than, 'Clockwork wanted me to head over to his tower in the ghost zone for something.'" Was Sam's question as she leaned on the backrest of Danny's chair.

Danny shrugged. "He didn't say anything. But if I know Clockwork, if he said he needed me, then he needs me…. I just don't know for what."

Tucker, who was in the passenger seat, was fiddling with his PDA as he looked toward Danny. "Well, do you know when we are getting there? We've been flying for hours."

Danny and Sam rolled their eyes as they spoke in tandem. "It's only been fifteen minutes, Tucker."

Tucker smirked as he looked at them. "The lovebirds said in tandem."

Sam and Danny blushed before looking at each other and smiling.

Sam leaned down and kissed Danny before he looked ahead so he didn't crash into anything.

Tucker frowned and slumped in his chair. "Man, I'm starting to miss the times when you two would argue my jokes about you two."

Sam gently punched Tucker's shoulder before she sat on the armrest of Danny's seat. "That joke doesn't really do anything anymore."

Tucker grumbled. "I know. You two dating messes up how we used to be."

Danny chuckled as he turned the speeder. "Everything changed after the Disasteroid, but that makes sense since everyone knows Fenton and Phantom are the same person, Vlad is gone, and you became mayor-"

Sam interrupted Danny as she looked at Tucker. "Speaking of, you sure it's ok to just drop everything and join us?"

Tucker waved his hand dismissively as he leaned back in his seat. "I already have a program doing the work for me." He held up his PDA with a smug smile. "Keep up with the times, Sam."

Sam rolled her eyes before she looked ahead.

Danny chuckled at the comment Tucker made as his eyes caught something to their left. Turning his head, he saw their destination and turned the speeder to head toward the tower. "We're here."

The other two looked up and saw the tower belonging to Clockwork.

Danny flew closer to the tower and looked around the structure, but couldn't find any spot large enough for him to land. He would have just parked at the edge of the land for them to walk onto, but with how the Ghost Zone is finicky with gravity, the speeder might float away while they're inside.

Suddenly, the large doors of the tower opened as if inviting them inside.

Danny blinked a few times at the inviting scene and thought about whether he should fly in or not.

"You gonna just float here or are you gonna fly in?"

Danny looked up to see Sam giving him an expectant look. "Well, I'm not sure if he wants me to fly inside with the speeder or if we just jump off and go there ourselves." That wasn't the whole truth. He knew that if he were to fly the speeder inside, Clockwork would already have known about him doing so after opening up the doors. He just wasn't sure if that was the only thing he could do.

Sam rolled her eyes and moved forward before she grabbed the controls and jutted it forward, getting the speeder to jump forward into the tower.

The action was so sudden that Tucker fell out of his chair and rolled to the back of the speeder.

Danny almost did the same, but he had a grip on the controls. "Sam!" He fixed the orientation of the speeder and came to a stop not that far away from the main room of the tower. He gave his girlfriend a stern look, which she returned.

"What? We're in, aren't we? And besides, you were gonna fly us in anyway."

Danny let out a sigh as he knew she was right. "Yeah, but we could have done without the shoving."

Sam smiled at him before she jabbed a finger at Tucker. "Yeah, but it was a good way of getting him off the PDA for once.

"This was payback for him telling you to 'get with the times' isn't it?"

"Mmmm, maybe." She gave him a teasing smirk as she went over to help Tucker up.

Danny chuckled before he began to make his way to the speeder door. "Well, I'm gonna let Clockwork know we're here."

Sam raised an eyebrow at him as she put her hands on her hips. "Pretty sure he already knows we're here."

Danny shrugged as he pressed the button to open the door. "Meh, it's the polite thing to do."

Sam watched him leave before she helped Tucker up. "You ok?"

Tucker brushed himself off before he looked at his PDA and saw that there was no damage. "Yeah, she's ok."

Sam let out an exasperated sigh. "I was talking to you, not Brenda." There was an astonishing amount of mocking sarcasm in the name, but it didn't seem to register in the Techno-geek's head.

Tucker let out a gasp of horror as he held the PDA to his chest as if protecting it from Sam. "How could you!? This isn't Brenda! This is Natasha." He brought up the PDA and kissed it as if to make it feel better.

Sam facepalmed as Tucker tried to make his PDA feel better. 'I can't believe he has another one named.'

Danny was walking toward the large windows that he knew Clockwork used to view or show things in another time. He looked around for any sign of the ancient ghost to ask what it was that he was here for. With no sign of the ghost, he stood in front of the windows, looking them over. Feeling cheeky, he looked around to see if there was any way he would be caught. He felt like he was a kid who was about to reach into the cookie jar as he flew up to the window to see if he could catch a glimpse of anything.

Before he could, though, he heard some talking not that far off. Focusing on the words, he started to catch the conversation.

"You sure we are even allowed to be here?"

"We were invited here by him. Why wouldn't we be allowed here?"

"Correction: he was invited here. We are just add-ons to the invite."

"But it was stated that we are meant to be here. We should feel honored to be allowed in these hallowed halls."

"Easy for you to say, princess, pretty sure he likes you more than me. I'm a rebel in the ghost zone, you're a prim princess that shows respect to anyone."

"That is not true!... I… don't respect my….um….. Brother!"

"Heh, that's a given, seeing how he was."

Danny grew curious about who these were, and he started to fly toward where the voices were coming from. He was sure they all sounded familiar, so familiar that he had their names at the tip of his tongue. But for some reason, they sounded…..distorted, in a way. After he flew past a pillar, he saw three figures standing around, and he made his way to them. It was as he got closer that he started to recognize the blue flaming hair of one of them, the genie outfit of the second, and the blue gown and golden amulet of the third. "Ember!? Desiree?! Dora?!"

The three figures turned to the voice and saw Danny floating there.

Ember raised an eyebrow as she asked. "Babypop?" She eyed him up and down before asking. "Going with the classic look, eh?" She smiled as she jutted her hip and placed a hand on it.

Even though Ember showed no concern, Desiree narrowed her eyes as if something was off.

Dora tilted her head as she looked at Danny with an inquisitive expression. She could feel something missing from this.

Danny grew serious as if two of his enemies were here; that meant that they were up to some trouble. He lit his hands up in ecto energy as he held them at his sides. "I don't know what you three are doing here, but I won't let you do anything against Clockwork." He wasn't sure about Dora, but the first two were major trouble. He knew that Clockwork was powerful enough to handle these three, but he would do what he could to help the ghost that saved his family.

The three female ghosts immediately went wide-eyed at his hostility.

Dora called out. 'Sir Phantom!"

Danny pulled his hand back before launching an Ecto ray at them.

The three females scattered from the shot before they looked at Danny in shock.

Danny shifted his gaze to all three and figured that he should take out Ember first since she was the more balanced fighter and one of his toughest. He flew at her with his fist pulled back.

Ember grew angry at this as her hair flared up, and she reached behind her to grab her guitar. "Ok, Asshole, I don't know what up with you, but I'm gonna knock some sense into you!" she Swung her guitar forward before she raised her arm and brought it down hard to strum a large ecto fist his way.

Desiree frowned as she also did not know what was up with him, but if she must, she will fight. She flew into the fight as she shadowed behind the ecto fist Ember sent.

Dora stood back as she watched the fight. Something was really wrong here, but she couldn't tell what.

Danny pulled his fist back before punching the energy fist Ember sent, destroying it. His eyes widened at the sight of Desiree, but he quickly got over it and sent out a blast from his extended fist to hit her dead on.

Desiree yelled out in pain as she flew back before crashing into Ember.

Dora panicked as he flew over to them and asked if they were alright.

Ember sat up and held her head. "Yeah, but I'm gonna give that jerk a beating for that." She looked down at Desiree, who was lying on her lap, and patted her back. "Hey, let's go, something's up with him, and we need to fix it."

Desiree lifted her head with fury in her eyes as she nodded.

Danny decided that he wouldn't give them a chance to counterattack, so he flew at them with the ghost of trapping them in ice.

The three girls looked up in shock as they saw him coming in fast.

Danny's eyes and hands lit up in blue light as he was ready to finish this.

To his shock, someone else suddenly flew up in his way with a fist raised. He looked at the white hair and green eyes he was familiar with. Before he knew it, he was struck hard in the face and sent flying back. Crashing into another pillar, he fell to the ground on his butt and looked up at the newcomer. "What the?"

Desiree, Ember, and Dora were shocked at the sight as they called out. "Danny/Babypop/Sir Phantom!"

Landing in a crouch was another Danny Phantom. This one was different from the one that was sent flying.

This one had the same hairstyle and physical features, but his costume was different. On the arms were large sections of white on the bicep and tricep, and the white gloves had black fingers; his boots had a triangular cut on the front of the edge, a white square section that goes down the side of his thigh, and the DP symbol seemed to be more fiery. On the back of the suit, it looked like he had a draconic wing design that went down his shoulder blades, and a spine pattern down the center of his back

Danny looked up in shock at the sight. "Who-?!"

The new Danny stood tall as his fists lit up with energy. "You picked the wrong girls to attack."

Danny was suddenly blasted in the chest and sent flying. He rolled on the ground before he came to a sliding stop on a knee. Looking up, he saw the other Danny flying toward him. Remembering another ghost that he had dealt with before that could mimic others' appearance, he lit his hands with ecto energy. "Don't know what you are after, but I am not in the mood for this, Amorpho!" He flew toward the charging shapeshifter, ready to knock the copycat ghost out of his form. But he didn't expect the next phrase.

"Who the hell's Amorpho?!"

Despite the shock of this comment, the two pulled their fists back and slammed them into each other, causing a shockwave.

Sam and Tucker came running out when they heard the fighting, with ecto guns at the ready. They paused when they saw who Danny was fighting.

Sam tilted her head as she asked. "Is Danny fighting…..himself?"

Tucker shook his head. "That might be Amorpho, or some other ghost that is trying to look like Danny. We gotta help him!"

Sam nodded as they pulled out their guns and aimed at the other Danny. Before they could even pull the trigger, their guns were blasted out of their hands, and each of them held their hands in pain. They looked to the left and were shocked at the sight.

Another Danny, wearing his usual jumpsuit, had his hand extended and was glaring at the two. "Don't even think about it."

The three ghostly females looked at where they heard the blast come from and saw that there was another Danny aiming at two humans.

Dora tilted her head as she asked. "Is that Tucker?"

Ember grit her teeth as she brought her guitar forward and hopped on it. "Don't care, but I am not letting this one get the chance to attack us. We know which one is ours; any other is most likely a problem." Wanting to attack preemptively, she flew off toward this other Danny.

Desiree was not in the mood for a fight, but she had to agree with Ember; she rose higher up before flying toward the other Danny.

Dora decided she needed to do her part, so she inhaled deeply before she transformed into her ghostly dragon form and roared.

The other Danny looked in their direction as he saw them charge at him. He frowned before turning his hand at them and blasting them away.

Dragon Danny caught the fist that Danny threw before turning his head toward where he heard Dora's roar. His eyes widened when he saw another Danny blasting them away. "Girls!" Looking at the Danny he was fighting, he pulled him in and slammed a knee into his gut before tossing him aside. He turned and flew at this other Danny and sent a volley of Ecto rays at him

The other Danny looked up, and his eyes went wide in surprise at the coming volley. He jumped back to avoid the attack, only to be hit in the face by Dragon Danny.

Dragon Danny landed on the ground only to have to jump as Danny came down with an axe kick.

Dragon Danny spun around and blasted at that Danny before ducking under a swipe from the other Danny.

Danny threw an ecto punch at Dragon Danny.

Dragon Danny deflected the fist before ducking under a haymaker and swinging his leg into a back kick.

Other Danny shifted to the side to avoid it before sending a blast at Danny.

Danny tilted his head only to have his chin be hit by Dragon Danny.

Dragon Danny was hit in the side by a kick from other Danny.

Other Danny was hit in the chest by Danny before countering with a fist of his own.

Danny vaulted over the Other Danny, as Dragon Danny did a sweep at his legs.

Dragon Danny lit up his fist before sending an ecto ray at other Danny.

Other Danny dodged the blast before he returned the favor by blasting at Dragon Danny with one hand while the other sent one at Danny.

Dragon Danny lit his hand in ecto energy before blasting at the two before dodging one from other Danny.

Other Danny blasted back at Dragon Danny as they swerved around each other.

Blasts were being sent and dodged by the three as they were trying to beat each other.

After swerving around each other and blasts being sent everywhere, and black and white were spiraling around each other. Each of the Dannys suddenly grabbed one of the others' wrists, and the three were in a deadlock of crossed arms. They glared at each other before kicking of each other and landing with their hands aimed at the others.

Danny aimed at the other copies.

Dragon Danny was on a knee with his hands extended and ready to blast them

Other Danny was in the air with his hands out and ready to send a blast at them

Sam and Tucker had their guns aimed at the other Dannys. Sam was aiming at Dragon Danny while Tucker was aiming at other Danny, though he was confused about which one was the other one.

Dora's mouth was lit with ecto fire as she stood over the three and ready to blast.

Ember had her arm up, ready to blast the enemy with her musical fist.

Desiree's hands lit up in her magic as she was ready to cast something in order to get the enemy.

Everyone stood there for a moment until a new voice was heard,

"Alright, that is enough."

Everyone looked at where the voice came from and saw the ghost of time floating closer.

Danny was surprised to see him ok. "Clockwork." He turned off his powers and stepped back

Other Danny did the same, but his eyes shifted to Sam and Tucker with a scowl on his face, and he crossed his arms.

Dragon Danny stood up and crossed his arms. He looked at the ghostly ladies and saw them stand down and almost reverently watch the ghost of time. He tilted his head as he asked. "Who are you?"

Clockwork smiled as he gestured at himself. "I am Clockwork, the Master of Time, and I was the one to invite you here, young Danny."

Dragon Danny raised an eyebrow as he looked at the other two Dannys. "Ok, but why, and who are these two?"

Clockwork smiled as he moved over to the time window. "The universe is grand, and many versions of it exist. I am the watcher of all that are linked to timelines. Seeing all of them, I have witnessed many versions of Danny Phantom and how their lives are changed by simple actions. My closest colleague, Infina, wanted to aid the hero who had saved their world while sacrificing something of theirs. Though there are limitations, I believe it would help you all, at least subconsciously."

Dragon Danny raised an eyebrow. "Subconsciously?"

Clockwork nodded. "Yes, anything that happens within this space and meeting with your others will leave no memory when you return to your world. But while here, you will remember all that is conversed."

Danny crossed his arms as he asked. "So, what? Is this supposed to be a sort of club meeting?"

Clockwork nodded. "In a way." He slammed the pommel of his staff on the ground as dozens of portals opened up, with silhouettes appearing within. He smiled at Dannys before speaking. "You are the first ones to arrive, so allow me to welcome you to the first-ever Council of Phantoms.

End of chapter

To clear up one of the most confusing part of this.

The Danny that arrived at the beginning is Danny from the show. "Prime" Danny if you will.

Dragon Danny is from my main DP fic "One's inner dragon." The outfit is sort of a spoiler, but the cover art is the outfit so it loses nothing.

The "Other" Danny is from my fic, Consequences. A betrayal fic where Sam and Tucker ratted Danny out to the GIW and his parents, and were chasing him before he got away. (gotta get back to that one.)

This is part 1 of the set, and I don't know how many parts it will have. I plan on the other Dannys from my fics to show up and interact with the others, with Prime Danny asking questions and confused about how they ended up the way they did.

Don't think there will be much fighting here. Most likely crazy antics and talks

Chapter Text

Chapter start

Sakura Kinomoto, a ten-year-old girl, walked up to her shoe locker as she was talking to her best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji. Well, talking was a bit of a strong word as Tomoya was gushing about how she had just gotten a new camera, and she wanted to film Sakura in her life.

Tomoya was a bit of a weird girl, but she is very passionate and attached to Sakura.

Sakura still loved having Tomoya as a friend, despite the quirks. She heard something else about some costumes, but Sakura kind of missed some of it and didn't understand what Tomoya was talking about.

Mostly because her mind focused on the dream she had last night, it was hard to remember everything, but she did remember glimpses of a few things, such as a girl who looked like her silhouetted over a city view while holding onto a staff. Then there were the weird cards that were floating around her as the city lights lit the area. Then there was another figure that stood next to her. The figure looked at her and nodded before jumping off the roof and flying toward something.

She tried to remember anything about the figure as she couldn't help but think the figure was important, but the only thing that she could remember was his eyes and how they shone in the shadows. "Who was that?"

She made it to her class and was sitting in her seat as she absentmindedly thought about it. It wasn't until her teacher started speaking that she came back to the present when the teacher began to address the class.

"Ok, everyone, may I have your attention. We have a new student joining us today. He has just recently moved here all the way from America, so it would be really nice if you could give him a warm welcome." She looked to the door and called out. "You can come in now."

Sakura looked at the door and saw a boy walk into the classroom. One thing she noticed was that his hair stood out as it was uniquely styled. When he made it to the teacher's side and turned toward the class, she also noticed that his eyes were a vibrant blue.

Tomoya, who was sitting to Sakura's right, leaned in and whispered. "You gotta admit, he is kinda of cute."

Sakura looked at her friend in shock before looking back at the new kid.

The teacher looked at the boy and gestured to the class. "You can introduce yourself now."

The boy gulped before he waved at the class. "Hi, my name is Danny Fenton, pleased to meet you."

Danny walked into his room as he called out to his mother. "It was fine, Mom. I didn't make any friends yet, but I will later!" Once he got a confirmation from his mother, he closed the door and dropped his bag onto the ground before he moved over to the bed on the other side of the room and flopped face-first into it. He was a little mad at how he had to start school in another country, so far away from his friends.

His parents didn't listen to him saying that he wanted to stay in Amity Park. All they said was that they needed to head over to a new place that has some possibilities of activating their portal again, since the one they made in Amity exploded, and they figured that they might need to find another place that has well-known hauntings.

If he knew this was going to happen, he never would have pushed the stupid button.

He grumbled into his pillow as he grabbed his school hat and threw it away. After a few minutes of this grumbling, he lifted his head to look outside to see that the sun was already going down and the sky was orange. He was glad he didn't have homework since it was his first day in fourth grade. Suddenly, he heard something outside and moved closer to the window before sticking his head out. He looked up in awe as he saw many small white lights shooting into the sky before falling into several areas around town. "Wow…., but I thought shooting stars fell from space?" His eyes tracked one of the lights as it flew into the sky before it changed direction and it looked like it would land close to him.

Or rather, it was heading straight for him,

His eyes went wide before he brought himself back into his room, and he jumped to the ground as the light flew into his room and hit the wall.

Danny had his hands covering his head as it flew over his head, and once he heard something hit his wall, much softer than something that fast-paced should, he lifted his head to see what it was. He saw something small glowing on the ground, and he slowly crawled toward it to get a better look.

The light from the object lit up his face as he got closer.

He reached out to grab the object and slowly brought it to his face. The light died down once in his hand, and he was able to see what it was.

It was a card. It was fancy-looking and had a cool picture on it, but he had no idea why this card was flying so fast in the sky. He flipped it to look at the back and saw it had a star and moon design, which he couldn't help but think looked cool. "Wow."

~later~

Danny was lying on his stomach with his head propped up by his hand and his feet kicking the air, while staring at the card in his other hand, trying to think of where it came from. He had a few ideas, but it didn't make sense based on what he knew.

It was super late, with everyone in the house asleep, but he was restless from the fact that a space card had come into his room.

Suddenly, a loud shriek came from outside, and Danny jumped from his bed at the sound. He fell to the floor before he scrambled to the window to see what was making those sounds. Once he stuck his head out, his eyes widened at the sight of a massive bird flying through the town. "What the-?" His eyes scanned the massive bird until he noticed that there was something pink ahead of it. He narrowed his eyes, and it looked like someone was being chased. He was in shock at the revelation before he ducked back into his room

Sakura had no idea what was going on anymore. She found a weird book at the bookstore, a talking stuffed doll came out, she was told that she had to capture all of the cards that flew away, and now she was outside, in her pajamas, skating away from a very big bird that the stuffed doll told her was a card she had to capture.

"Sakura, you gotta capture it!" came Kero's shout as he flew next to the girl.

"How can I when it's right on our heels!?" She looked over her shoulder at the large bird closing in on her. As she looked at it, her eyes landed on the angled wall to her right and she thought of something. "Hang on, I've got an idea!" She sped up as much as she could before she lowered her stance and began to skate up the wall. She saw the bird fly at her side, and she was able to get higher up, enough to get on its back. She tensed up before jumping off the wall and landing on the bird's back, just in time as it began to gain altitude. She had to shut her eyes as the wind force from the bird's speed was intense. She gripped the bird's feathers as hard as she could to stay on.

"Sakura, you gotta use Windy to capture the Fly card!"

Sakura cracked open one of her eyes to look at Kero, who was flying next to her. "How?! The wind won't let me pull out the card!"

"You gotta try!"

Sakura looked ahead and figured her best bet was to toss the card ahead and try to use her wand to release it. "Ok, I can do this, I can do this." She used the hand that wasn't holding onto the wand to reach into her pajamas and grabbed the windy card. However, when her hand let go, the other one couldn't hold onto the bird's feathers. "Oh no!" She flailed in the air as the fly card flew ahead and began to turn around to charge at her. "Uh oh!" She knew she was in trouble, not only from falling, but from the Fly card heading right at her. She saw the large bird coming at her, and she shut her eyes for the impact. However, the impact she felt was much softer and seemed to come from the other direction. Not only that, but it felt like she was being carried.

"You can open your eyes now."

Sakura slowly opened her eyes to see that she was no longer falling. She looked down and saw that she was being carried princess style before she looked at who it was that was carrying her. She saw glowing green eyes looking down at her and stark white hair flapping in the wind.

Danny looked at the girl and couldn't help but think she looked familiar. He thought about where he had seen her before and realized that she was part of his class. He thought about the names he heard from all his classmates and remembered her name. "Sakura?"

She had no idea how this boy knew her name since she was sure that they had never met before. That is, until she saw the way his hairstyle was styled and remembered the new kid who came to her class. "Danny?"

"Sakura!"

Both Sakura and Danny looked at where the voice came from and saw Keroberos flying toward them, with the Fly card right behind him.

Sakura gripped her wand tightly before she reached into her pajamas again and pulled out the Windy card. "Danny, get me closer to it."

Danny looked at her like she was crazy, but seeing the determined look in her eye, he nodded. "Ok, hang on!" He turned his flight toward the bird and hoped she had a plan to deal with it since she was dealing with it earlier.

Sakura kept her gaze on the Fly card before she tapped Danny's arm. "Stop here!"

Danny stopped flying and floated there as he watched her lift her staff with one hand while throwing a familiar card in the air. "Windy Card! Form a chain and bind the Fly Card's wings! Windy!"

Danny watched as she brought the staff's head down on the card, and a magical circle appeared below them as the wind picked up, and he had to squint through the force of the wind. He saw a fantasy female come out of the card before it flew forward and spread itself around the bird's wings and neck. He saw that the bird became tied up and began to fall to the ground.

Sakura looked at Danny and told him. "Take me down there! I have to capture it."

Danny nodded as he floated to the ground and set her down.

Sakura shifted to face the tied-up bird and brought her staff up. "Fly Card, return to your power confined, Fly card!" She brought her staff down as it impacted the air, and a card appeared where the staff head hit.

Danny watched as the massive bird's form began to fluctuate until it became energy and compressed into a card right in front of Sakura. He was in awe at the sight as everything calmed down, and Sakura bent down to pick up the card the bird became. "Ok, I know I am late to the party, but what is going on?"

"Sakura!" Keroberos flew down to Sakura's side and smiled. "I knew you could do it. Looks like I was right to pick you to be the Card Captor."

Sakura pouted at Keroberos as she exclaimed. "But I don't want to be a Card Captor."

Keroberos crossed his arms as he still looked smug. "Hey, you can't tell me that you plan on quitting just because it was hard." He then floated to the side to look behind Sakura. "Besides, it looks like you've got some help."

Sakura turned around and looked at Danny as she finally took in his appearance. He was wearing a black and white suit, and his skin had become a bit paler, with his eyes and hair a different color. "Thanks for the help, Danny."

Danny nodded with a smile before he looked at the card in her hands. "I'm glad to help, but what is going on, and what is with the card?"

Keroberos smiled as he flew in front of Sakura and pointed at the card. "Why don't you show him what you can do. Tap your staff on the Fly card."

Sakura looked down at the card and smiled as she was interested in what using the card would be like.

"Wow!" Sakura was riding her wand as large wings came out of the head of the staff, allowing her to fly. "This is amazing!"

Danny flew up next to her with a smile on his face. "Yeah, I was the same when I first learned I could fly."

Sakura looked at Danny and tilted her head. "How is it that you can fly anyway? Are you magic, too?"

Danny shook his head before he did a corkscrew around her before stopping at her left. "No, I got my powers in an accident."

Sakura hummed in thought as she looked down at her staff. "I got my magic on accident, too." Looking back at him, she asked. "I know Keroberos said you would help me, but….. Can you help me?" She didn't know if she could do this since this was the first card, and she had no idea how many more there were.

Danny didn't have to think about it as he figured that she might need his help, and he was more than willing to do so. "Sure, whenever you need my help with it, I can help. But only on one condition."

Sakura tilted her head again. "Huh?"

Danny smiled as he pulled ahead. "Will you be my first friend in Japan?"

Sakura smiled at his condition as she caught up with him. "I think I can do that?"

The two kids laughed as they flew in the moonlit sky.

End of chapter

Sorry, this chapter is so short. This is kind of a half chapter since I wasn't sure where to go with this. I just wanted to do one with these two fandoms.

This was originally going to be in a Phantom's romance, but the romance would be something that a full story would handle. Though I might make a sequel chapter that goes into Phantom's romance with these two.

There was another reason I didn't do any romance, and that is about the last chapter. "Phantom's council", I am thinking about making it its own thing. But if I do that, I will delete it from here and make it a separate fic. The reason is that it seems like it could be its own thing. 

Chapter Text

Chapter start

"I summon this in attack mode and with this card, I boost its power by five hundred points and attack your Cyber soldier." Danny placed a card onto his desk, boosting his monster's attack power, and attacked Tucker's monster.

"Nooooooo~." Tucker let out a whine as he dropped his head onto his desk, making sure not to cause his cards to fall off. He let out a pathetic whine before he shifted his head to the side at his Cyber Soldier. With tears in his eyes, he picked it up and placed it in the Graveyard. Growing determined, he lifted his head and glared at Danny. "Well, this duel isn't over! I can still beat you."

Sam, who was leaning on the wall right next to them, smirked. "Actually, Tucker, your life points have reached zero. You lost."

Tucker blanched as he stared at Sam before looking back at the field and then to Danny. "No, I should still have two hundred points left!"

Danny smiled as he leaned back in his seat with his cards in his left hand. "Tucker, I think you need to redo the math. I took out the rest of your life points, and then some."

Tucker brought up his PDA and looked at the screen before typing some data in. After a minute, he groaned and slumped his head. "...I lost again."

Danny and Sam laughed before they high-fived. After their little celebration of beating Tucker, they started to pick up his cards.

Tucker straightened out and started to clean up his cards, less enthusiastically. "Man, I know this game only started here, but who knew it would be this good." He then looked accusingly at Danny. "And that you were good at this. Since when did you learn how to play?'

Danny smirked as he held up a card. "I only started when it came out. I just thought this was a good way to kill time and de-stress from all the stuff I do."

Sam held his deck and nodded. "Watching you nerds play this is really starting to get me interested. Not to mention that there are so many types of cards that I could probably find goth cards and use them."

Danny smirked up at her. "If you ever get a deck, you better duel me too. Playing this is really fun." Suddenly, the card he had in his hand was yanked away, and he looked up to see Dash holding it. "Hey."

Dash gave a cocky smirk at Danny. "Figures a loser like you would play a loser game like this." He held the card up as Danny tried to reach it. "Nice try, Fenturd, try again. Why do you care so much about these 'dumb monsters'? Then again, someone as dumb as you would play this dumb monster." To his surprise, Danny jumped high enough to reach the card and pull it away from him. He blinked in surprise before looking at his hand.

Danny had the card back in his hand. "Figures that you wouldn't even be able to say the name of the game correctly since you can't think of anything other than your title as a quarterback. Can't even say 'Duel Monsters' right." He looked at the card in his hand and nodded as he saw there was nothing wrong with it. It was one of the first cards that he had gotten when he first started getting cards.

The Dark Magician Girl.

It wasn't the most powerful card that he had seen available, but it was a strong card. He had tried to get a Dark magician so that he could at least use some of its effects, but he was never able to get one. He was able to get a good amount of spell and trap cards that would help him out in using her, but that was fine with him. Though he also decided to try and use a theme for his deck, as he heard some high-profile duelists do, and he was able to get a few that would help out in that. But in the end, he just did it for fun.

Danny put the card back in his deck before putting the whole thing in a case in his bag.

Dash scoffed before he shoved Danny to the ground. "Whatever. You can have your nerdy loser cards." He turned around and went back to his desk as Mr. Lancer entered the classroom, meaning that class was about to start.

Danny picked himself up from the ground and sat back in his seat. His mood dropped thanks to what Dash did, but it wasn't like Dash could really do anything that could hurt him. He's been hit harder in his ghost fights.

As he sat in his seat, listening to the lecture, a sparkle circled around one of his cards as an inaudible whisper was heard. "Please, help."

"I'm sorry, you want me to what?"

"I want you to enter a tournament that is being held in a week."

When Danny was called here, he was expecting something major or some world-ending news. But hearing that Clockwork wants him to enter some card game tournament was NOT anywhere close to what he assumed. "Ok, are you really Clockwork or are you some shapeshifter that is asking me to do something….. Simple?"

Clockwork chuckled in amusement as Danny's confusion was always entertaining for him, no matter how many times he saw it. "Despite how simple this task may seem, I can tell you that it is the start of a greater task that has the potential to destroy the world."

"From a card game?"

"Yes, the tournament is being held by the acolyte of these conduits. He is considered the creator of these creatures, but they existed long before he was even born. It was merely his destiny to give these monsters the ability to come to our time through these cards. But they have called for aid to stop a great evil that is seen to come."

"From a…card game."

Clockwork nodded. "Yes, but is it so odd that something like this to happen? With all the things you have seen and dealt with, you should be used to such odd happenings."

"...From a card. Game. OW!" Danny held his head as Clockwork had bonked him on the head with his staff.

Clockwork still found his befuddlement amusing, but they needed to get things moving. "The cards are only a catalyst for their return. The monsters are spirits used in ancient Egypt in a game that brought darkness to the world. And now, that darkness is ready to return. There are guardians who have once fought in these games, whether to bring it about or to fight it back, each at the behest of their master. And now, one of them has called out for help."

Danny was still using one hand to rub his head as he transformed into his human form and slipped off his bag. Reaching into it, he pulled out his deck and looked at it weirdly. "And you want me to enter a duel tournament in order to find this 'darkness'?" He rubbed his hand on the sore spot still throbbing on his head before he got curious. "What monster asked you for help? And it isn't one of those that want darkness, is it? Cause if it is, they can go to a room and hit the light switch."

Clockwork pointed his staff at Danny. "It is one of the first monsters you acquired."

Before Danny could ask, his deck lit up before a single card slipped out and floated in between them. The card began to shine even brighter before it became blinding. Once the light died down, Danny lowered his hand to see what it was that came out. He was shocked to see that, floating in front of him, was the Dark Magician Girl.

The Dark Magician Girl slowly opened her eyes to look down at Danny before smiling. "It is an honor to finally speak with you, Danny."

Danny was bug-eyed as he looked at one of his cards, speaking to him. After he blinked a few times, he finally registered that she was speaking to him, and he shook himself out of his frozen state. "Oh, uh, I uh… you too?" His face went green at how stupid the words that came out of his mouth were.

Dark Magician Girl's smile merely grew at his words. She turned around toward Clockwork. "I am thankful for you allowing your champion to aid us in this task."

Clockwork nodded as he floated up next to her as he spoke. "He will be of great help to the Pharaoh and his friends. I have also sent word to another who has a destiny in these coming times."

Danny tilted his head as he heard Clockwork say Pharaoh. With what he had said about an ancient Egyptian game earlier, he wondered how much of that theme this task would take. Speaking of. "Hey, Clockwork, I gotta ask, how long is this going to take? Like, is it over the weekend or something?"

Clockwork looked to the boy and shook his head. "No, this task will be held in increments of weeks to a couple of months, all taking the overall time of a few years."

Danny's jaw dropped as he looked at the two floating in front of him. "'Years'!? How the heck am I supposed to handle my duties here!? And school!"

Clockwork nodded as he knew that Danny would worry about these. "I understand your worry, but Mana will handle your absence from school. As for your duties dealing with the ghosts, you will not be doing this task alone as I have called upon several allies to aid you." He pointed his staff behind Danny, causing the boy to turn.

Danny looked at who Clockwork was pointing at, and his eyes nearly fell out of his head. "You… have. Got. to be. Kidding. ME!"

Clockwork chuckled once more as he floated closer to Danny and patted his shoulder. After a moment, he grew serious. "This is how serious the issue really is."

~Duelist Kingdom ~

Danny had to admit, this was awesome. He thought playing the game was cool when he was in his class, but here he was, on an island, playing the same game.

But they were now in holograms.

Danny was looking at the monster he had on the field, and he could not help but want to summon all the monsters he had in his deck. Right now, he only had one monster on the field, but he was having fun with this level of dueling. However, if he had to put one downside to this, it would be-

"Heheheheheheh, with that weak monster on the field, it will be nothing but a snack for my bug monsters!"

It would be that he had to deal with a duelist like this.

Danny gave his opponent a flat expression as he was really getting annoyed by the constant nasally bragging that this guy would not stop giving.

Apparently, this guy was a regional champion of a tournament of duel monsters, a guy named Weevil Underwood.

Danny accepted the duel with no real issue since he was here to take part, and he couldn't get anywhere if he avoided duels. The duel started out rather one-sided since Weevil had brought him to an arena that gave his monsters a Field bonus. And Danny, with how the guy used bug monsters, could officially label this guy a worm.

Danny drew a card and looked at the field that had his Mystical Elf on the field in defense mode. He had played her on the field as a way to defend since Weevel had a Herculese Beetle on the field that was given a boost that made its attack power 1950.

Hercules Beetle

Atk 1950

Def 2600

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Mystical Elf

Def 2000

Atk 800

Weevil snickered again. "You think that just because you have a strong defense card will protect you from my attack?" Weevil brought up a card with the same smug look. "Well, maybe I should give you something to worry about." He placed the card down, summoning a small larva monster. "It may be a cute little larva now, but with this Cocoon of evolution, it will be your demise." He placed the second card down, causing the Larva monster to be enveloped in a large pink cocoon.

Cocoon of evolution | Hercules Beetle

Def 2600                  | Atk 1950

Atk 0                        | Def 2600

Weevil snickered as he looked at his monster. "In just five turns, my monster will emerge and destroy all monsters you have on the field."

Yugi, Tea, Tristen, Joey, and some others were watching the duel. Yugi and his friends were cheering for Danny as they had met him on the boat to the island, and they got along really well over their enjoyment of Duel Monsters.

Joey clenched his fist as he saw the points of that cocoon. "I don't know what that thing can do, but I don't like that look Weevil has."

Yugi nodded. "That Cocoon of Evolution is just the start. If those five turns pass, Danny might not be able to win this duel."

"Oh, please, he had no chance in winning when he accepted to duel the regional champion.

Tea turned to her left to glare at Mai. "Just because he is a champion of the tournament, doesn't mean Danny doesn't stand a chance."

Mai smirked at Tea. "The title isn't just for show. Just sit back and watch as Weevil trounces your little friend."

"Hey! Why don't you let me deal with this duel my way and stop automatically saying I lost!"

Mai was in shock at how Danny shouted down at her, disregarding her as if her stated fact was nothing more than an annoyance.

Danny glared down at Mai, who had been badmouthing him this entire duel. Looking back at Weevil, He tried to think of a way to deal with that sack of silk and beat that irritating smirk off the worm's face. "Well, if you are so proud of your rotten potato, then I suggest you go back to the pet store and get a refund." He drew a card and smiled. "Oh, yeah, been waiting to see how this works." He looked up at Weevil with his smile turning into a smirk. "You have your own trump card; let me show you one of mine." 'Well, glad you can show up to this party.' He lifted his arm in the air and dramatically placed it down. "I play 'Dora the Dragon Princess'!"

In spiraling, twinkling lights, a green-skinned female in a medieval dress floated up from the ground with her arms angled at her sides and eyes closed. Once she touched down, she opened her eyes to reveal glowing red irises.

Dora the Dragon Princess

Atk 1400

Def 1200

Danny then grabbed another of his cards and placed it down. "And then I play this equip card to Dora, 'Amulet of the hidden dragon'."

Appearing around Dora's neck, a golden amulet with a green gem materialized before resting on her chest.

Dora the Dragon Princess

Atk 1400 - 1900

Def 1200 - 1700

Weevil snickered at the monster. "Hehehehahaha, you may have powered up your monster, but you're nowhere near capable of destroying it. You should start worrying about how you will be destroyed by my beautiful monster, once it comes out of its cocoon!"

Tea looked to Yugi and asked. "Do you have any idea what Danny might be trying to do?"

Yugi shook his head. "No clue. I've never seen that monster before. Not even heard about it."

Mai continued to watch as she also had never seen or heard about this Dragon princess monster. "Whatever Danny does, he still has no chance of winning. That monster is nowhere near powerful enough to even consider damaging it."

Unseen by anyone else other than Danny, Dora turned around and looked up at Danny. "It is a pleasure to see you again, Sir Phantom, and that you have summoned me."

Danny looked down at Dora and spoke in a low tone, thankful that Dora had enhanced hearing. "Honestly, I was excited to see how it would be and what you could do on the field. Right now, this is the first duel I am in, and to see all my monsters come out as holograms is really something cool. But we should focus on the duel right now. We can talk later."

Dora nodded before facing forward.

The interaction was unseen as it was covered up by otherworldly magic and the power of the ghosts.

Danny looked at his hand before he placed a card facedown.

Weevil snickered as he drew a card. "Two turns down."

Danny sneered as he drew a card and saw it wasn't anything he could use right now, but it was something that might prove useful later. He placed it face down and ended his turn.

Weevil drew a card. "Only two more turns."

"Oh, shut up already!" Danny drew a card and smirked. "This might be just what I need to wipe that grin off your face." He placed a magic card onto the field. "I play: Wasteland of the Dead!"

All the onlookers were confused, as this was another card they had never heard of before.

Suddenly, the field started to wilt and lose its color.

Weevil stepped back in shock as he called out. "What!? What is it doing?!"

Danny smiled as he crossed his arms. "You brought us here because you knew you would have an advantage against anyone since all your monsters get a field power bonus. But this card changes the field into something that benefits my cards." He looked at the field and could see it start to become purple with some soft green mist hazing over it. "This isn't the best card for my Dora, but it will still give her a three-hundred-point attack boost."

Dora the Dragon Princess

Atk 1900 - 2200

Def 1700

Weevil looked around the field and screamed in panic. "But, with the field now being different, that means-!"

Cocoon of evolution | Hercules Beetle

Def 2600 - 2000      | Atk 1950 - 1500

Atk 0                        | Def 2600 - 2000

Danny nodded. "That means that Dora is strong enough to destroy your pink Potato." He threw his arm forward and called out. "Dora! Destroy his Cocoon of Evolution!"

Dora brought her hands up, facing each other as an orb of green energy formed before she moved her hands forward and launched a beam at the cocoon.

The blast flew toward the cocoon and caused a large chunk of it to fall off, revealing something pulsing inside.

Joey pumped his fist. "He did it! He took down that bug sack."

Yugi frowned as he looked at it. "I wouldn't be so sure about that. Look."

Everyone looked at the cocoon and saw something come out of it.

Danny pursed his lips as he saw that whatever was inside had survived his attack. "I thought it took five turns before it finished."

Weevil cackled before he pointed his finger at Danny. "You may have stopped it's perfect evolution, but it has leveled up enough to become my Great Moth!"

Mai crossed her arms as she looked at the new monster Weevil brought out. "This duel is over. Great Moth is his strongest monster, and I doubt Danny has anything in his deck to take that thing down."

Tea glared at Mai. "You don't know that. You don't know what he has in his deck."

Mai looked at Tea. "Do you?"

Tea  wanted to retort, but she couldn't. She didn't know what Danny had in his deck, and he very well might have anything that could save him.

Weevil cackled as he gazed at his moth. "Look at how beautiful it is."

Great Moth

Atk 2600

Def 2500

Weevil smiled widely at his moth. "With this on the field, you have nothing to take down my monster." He shifted his eyes to see the look of horror on Danny's face but what he got was a smirk.

Danny saw the large moth and nodded. "I've dealt with big bugs before. If things don't go well later, I might as well be an exterminator. And with this card, I have a little help with it." He looked at Dora and smiled. "Ready, Dora?"

Dora nodded as she took a breath.

Danny placed a card down and announced. "I play: Amulet release!"

The Amulet around Dora's neck began to glow as a draconic iris appeared on the gem.

Danny watched as power appeared from Dora. "Your monster isn't the only one that can change."

Dora's eyes became draconic before she was enveloped in white fire that had a blue haze. Her silhouette in the flames grew in size, with her glowing green eyes pierced through the fire. Once the fire died down, a dragon roared out, one that had the amulet around her neck.

"Meet Dora, the Majestic Dragon!"

Dora the Majestic Dragon

Atk 3500

Def 2500

Danny smiled at the horrified expression on Weevil. "Sorry, you bug-eyed cheat, but this duel is over. Dora! Destroy his Great Moth!"

Green fumes leaked from between her fangs before she opened her mouth and let out green flames at the Great Moth.

The Great Moth shrieked in pain as the flames began to burn it. After a few seconds, it collapsed to the ground with the flames eating away at its body. The flames then spread to the Hercules Beetle, causing it to burn as well, leading to both of Weevil's monsters to die.

Danny smirked as he saw the flames and shifted his gaze to Weevil. "You lose, you bug."

Weevil fell to his knees as he could not believe it. "How….. could I lose?"

Mai was shocked as she did not expect Danny to summon such a monster.

Yugi and his friends cheered as Danny won the duel.

Danny smiled as he crossed his arms. He looked up at Dora and nodded. "We just started this. Thanks for being part of it."

Dora looked at Danny and nodded in gratitude. "We are at your call for this task. I shall meet you tonight when we can all speak freely."

Danny nodded as the hologram began to fade and Dora vanished. He looked up at the castle in the distance, and he hummed in thought. 'This only just started, and I already know I am going to deal with some real…. Issues.'

~Battle City~

Danny had his body turned to the side as he glared at the person standing a few feet to his left, with his fists tightening enough to cause his fingers to hurt.

"Heh heh he, what's wrong? Are you so surprised that you are unable to do anything but stare?"

Danny shifted to face the person. "I'm gonna say this now, get out of her or I will force you out in a painful way." He narrowed his eyes as he looked at Sam, but the millennium symbol glowing on her forehead and the dead look in her eyes told him that this was the one who was causing issues now.

"Now, why would I do that? It appears to me that your friend has decided to join my side. Most likely because you lost one of your precious cards to my rare hunter."

Danny's teeth clenched, and one of them started to elongate into a fang. His sneer became a smirk as he jabbed back. "Yeah, and watching Yugi beat him was satisfying. Not to mention that the look on his face when he beat Exodia just made it so much sweeter." He stepped closer to Sam as he continued. "But when I looked through his deck, my card was no longer there."

Sam chuckled. "Yes, I would have taken the card myself, but my presence is required elsewhere. So I decided that using not only your friend but your card as well to throw you out of the tournament will be more satisfying."

Danny couldn't help but chuckle. "The only reason that you even got my card was because your hunter couldn't help but be a cheat, marking his cards, and using only one single crutch to win. If anything, he wasn't a duelist; he was just an oversized brat who couldn't win a duel with legit methods. And the same goes for you. Look at you, so afraid that you will lose so easily that you go for underhanded tactics in a way to psych us out. I heard that Yugi is steamrolling your puppets; you must be quivering in your robes at the idea that you have no chance at getting his puzzle, and the power from the spirit within."

Sam grit her teeth as she pointed at him. "Silence! You are a mere pest that has stumbled into a business you have no right to be part of." She took a step back in shock as Danny's eyes flashed green.

Danny stepped closer till he was inches from Sam. "Marik, I am helping the Pharaoh as a favor for someone who asked for my help, and I have become his friend." Behind him, the Dark Magician Girl materialized, visible only to him. He felt her presence and internally smirked as he glared at Marik. "You have just made this personal by going after one of my friends."

Sam leaned back as there was something about this boy that caused fear to shoot through the link. Regaining composure, she brought up her arm with a duel disk on. "Well, you are no longer needed. I shall remove you from this tournament and banish you into the Shadow Realm!" She didn't get the chance to move any further as Danny placed a hand on her shoulder.

Danny looked right into the Millennium symbol. "Marik, you better count your days, cause if the Pharaoh doesn't get to you, I will. And if I do, the Shadow Realm is the last thing you need to worry about. Cause I will send you to the Ghost Zone." He then shifted his eyes to hers. "Sam, if you can hear me, sorry about this." He lifted up his fist before throwing a punch, hitting Sam's face.

Marik was thrown back and landed hard on the boat floor.

His assistant, Odian, ran up to him in concern. "Master?"

Marik sat up and held his face in pain as blood came from his nose. An image of white hair and burning green eyes flashed in his mind. 'Who is that boy!?'

Danny's fist phased through Sam's head, but she was still thrown back by the shockwave of Danny's fist hitting Marik's face. He looked down at his friend and asked. "You ok?"

Sam held her head, shaking it. She sarcastically groaned out. "Ow. Do you think you could have made it harder?"

Danny winced as he held his hand out. "Sorry, I held back as much as I could…. And I didn't know if that would have worked."

Sam glared up at him. "Glad it did, cause otherwise, I would pay you back harder." She took his hand and pulled herself up.

Danny nodded. "Yeah, I know you would." He stepped back and looked her over. "So, how you feeling?"

Sam rubbed her forehead. "Like my steel-toed boots are ready to meet that psycho's smug face!"

Danny nodded. "Yep, you're back." He let out a sigh. "So, now what?"

Sam looked at her Duel disk. "I think I need to give you your card back."

Danny hummed in acknowledgment. "Gonna need them to get to that smug bastard. " He held out his hand for Sam to give him his card back. "It should be in your deck. Give it back so I can start looking for more hunters

Sam looked at his hand for a moment before she smirked. "No, I don't think I will."

Danny tilted his head in confusion as Sam stepped back. "Uh, Sam?"

Sam smirked at Danny as she held up her Duel Disk. "Don't the rules say that you need to beat me in a duel to get your card back? So, why not beat me in a duel and get her back?"

Danny chuckled as he brought up his Duel Disk. "Well, you using her in this duel will be super weird since you don't like her that much."

Sam shrugged. "Well, beat me and get her out of my deck. Now, you ready?"

Danny nodded as his disk activated. "Hell, yeah."

"TIME TO DUEL!"

End of Chapter

Authors notes

I am tempted to make this its own full story since I like Yu-Gi-Oh. At the start, this was considered to be on Phantom romance with Danny ending up with Dark Magician Girl (Harem maybe with Tea, but I already have several girls in the running for the next chapter for that, so I did this instead.

I was originally going to have Ember be the one to be summoned, but I went with Dora as I came up with several ideas for her. And I like Dora.

And I made up some cards that only Danny would have, thanks to his powers.