A Ghost Among Demons
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SpartanCommander: That is an interesting theory, but I had something else planned, like, something entirely different. Clockwork wouldn't help Danny keep his secret unless it would change the course of reality. And I'm not telling you what I have planned, but it's completely different and does not involve the Fright Knight. That is an interesting plot, though. Perhaps you could make your own DP Inuyasha crossover with that in it. I would like to read it, but I don't think I could write something when Clockwork isn't all mysterious. In fact, I don't plan for Clockwork to even show up in this. Thank you for reviewing!
Second chapter, are you excited? I think I should have put more in chapter one, so to make up for it, I'm putting even more here, in chapter two! Please R&R, enjoy!
Thoughts, phone calls, and Japanese are all in italics.
Japanese translated to English is underlined.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or Inuyasha, okay?
Chapter Two: Japan
Higurashi Family Shrine, Japan-----------
The phone rang at the Higurashi family shrine, Osozaki Higurashi, Kagome's mother, picked it up.
"Konichiwa?" She said.
"Ah, Osozaki Higurashi? This is Mr. Lancer from Casper High." Mr. Lancer said on the other side of the phone.
"Lancer-san, what can I do for you?" She asked him kindly.
"I wanted to confirm to you that an exchange student will be coming over on a plane tomorrow morning, as we discussed before. It is alright that he stays at your house for the semester, yes?" He replied to her.
Mrs. Higurashi laughed. "Of course, Lancer-san. We always have plenty of room here. It's been awhile since we had an exchange student here."
"Wonderful, we really appreciate you doing this, Mrs. Higurashi. The plane lands at 5pm tomorrow. The boy that is coming is named Danny Fenton; he has black hair and blue eyes. Just though I'd tell you Mrs. Higurashi, he's a good kid, but prone to trouble, so watch out." Mr. Lancer told her.
Mrs. Higurashi laughed again. "I'm sure it won't be problem, Lancer-san. I will call you again tomorrow. Adiosu, Lancer-san."
She hung up the phone, and walked into the living room where the rest of the family was having dinner.
"Who was that mom? I heard you speaking English." Kagome asked.
"It was Mr. Lancer from America. He has another exchange student coming to stay here tomorrow, and he was confirming if we were going to let the boy stay with us." Mrs. Higurashi told her daughter. This was a rare occasion that Kagome could eat dinner with her family, with her constantly going to feudal Japan for many days at a time.
"A boy? We never had a boy stay over before! All the other exchange students were girls, this is going to be so cool! It'll be just like having a big brother!" Kagome's brother, Sota, said excitedly.
"But Mom! What if he finds out my secret? It has been a year since the last exchange student, and things have changed! What if he notices me suddenly disappearing?" She asked her mother.
"Don't worry, dear. Most boys are so dense at this age, he probably won't even notice. And if he does, then I'll just tell him your sick, like grandpa does with the school." Mrs. Higurashi said, waving it off.
"Yeah, but what if…" Kagome started to say.
"Relax, dear. Everything will be fine. Now eat you dinner before it gets cold." Mrs. Higurashi told her daughter.
Everyone turned back to their dinner, curious about how tomorrows events would turn out.
Fenton Works, Amity Park, USA------------
Early the next morning, Sam and Tucker came over to Danny's house. It was Saturday so there was no school, but for Danny it was more like overtime.
"Danny! Sam and Tucker are here!" Jazz called to her brother when she opened the door.
"I'm in my room!" Danny yelled back in reply.
Sam and Tucker walked up the stairs and into Danny's room, which at the time, was strewn with clothes, and there were two new Fenton duffle bags on his bed. Danny was sitting at his desk, apparently studying something.
"Dude, why are you studying? It's Saturday and you're going to another country." Tucker asked him.
"That's exactly why, Tuck! I'm going to another country that speaks a completely different language! I'm freaking out!" Danny replied to him, obviously stressing from trying to learn the strange new language.
"Well, I think you need to worry a little less about the language, and a little more about packing. Look at this place! It's a mess! Besides, you get the whole plane ride there to study." Sam told him.
Danny seemed to mull over this.
"Fine, but will you guys help me? I don't know what the weather is like in Japan, plus I'm terrible at folding clothes." Danny asked them, his eyes pleading.
"No problem, dude. It's the least we could do." Tucker told him, picking up a sweater from the ground.
"Is it cold in Japan?" He asked, slightly embarrassed.
Sam sighed and said. "Tucker, you go look up on your PDA what the weather is like in Japan this time of year, I'll help Danny pack his things up."
"Sir, yes, sir!" Tucker said, mock-saluting and taking out his PDA.
Danny and Sam started to pick up the clothes on the ground and put them in a slightly neater pile on the bed, next to the duffle bags.
"Ok, guys, I got it. It says here that the weather in Japan will be around 60-80 degrees F and relatively humid." Tucker told them, reading straight from his PDA.
"I'd say… a couple sweaters, and then just your regular clothes, Danny. Come on, let's get to work packing. Maybe we'll have some extra time left over when we're done." Sam told Danny.
So Danny and Tucker got to work picking out the clothes he would bring, and Sam got to work folding them all and putting them neatly inside the duffle bags. With the three of them, it didn't take long, and after awhile they were onto to toiletries and entertainment.
"Toothbrush and toothpaste?" Sam asked, looking down at the list of necessities.
"Check." Danny replied, putting a toothbrush and toothpaste in his toiletries bag.
"Shampoo and Conditioner?"
"Check."
"Towel?"
"Check."
"Ok, I think that's about it for your toiletries bag, Danny." Sam told him.
"Now on to more important business, dude." Tucker said, taking out another list.
Danny took out his backpack, which he was going to use as a carryon on the plane.
"Ok, ready Tuck." Danny said to Tucker.
"Cell phone and Mp3?" Tucker asked.
"Check and check.
"Laptop and handheld videogame?"
"Check."
"Water?"
"Check."
"Money?"
"Double check."
"Snacks?"
"Triple check." Danny said, waving a ziplock bag full of goodies in front of Tucker.
"Fenton Thermos?" Tucker said, and tried to snatch the treats from Danny.
"Yeah, yeah, I got the Fenton Thermos." Danny replied.
"Ok dude, that should be everything you need." Tucker said, throwing the list in the trash.
"Wait, you forgot one thing." Sam said.
She found the book Danny had been studying, called 'Japanese for Dimwits'. She put it in Danny's backpack.
"Wouldn't want to forget that, now would you?" She asked him.
"Yeah, thanks Sam." Danny said.
"Danny-boy!" Jack came bounding up the stairs and into Danny's room.
"Your mother and I made you a little going away present! It's down in the lab, come on!" He said, grabbing Danny by the arm and dragging him down the stairs, Sam and Tucker following closely behind. When they got down to the lab, Jack finally let go of Danny's nearly dislocated arm.
Jack grabbed some kind of necklace off the table and showed it to Danny. It was a fine silver chain with a dog tag that said 'D, Fenton' on it.
"Uh, cool necklace Dad. Thanks." Danny said, taking the necklace from his father and put it on.
"No problem, son," Jack said, beaming with pride. "But don't you want to know what it does first?"
"It does something?" Danny asked, looking slightly afraid of what he just put on.
"Of course it does, Danny! It's a Translator Tag, which allows the wearer to translate simple words or phrases he says into another language! Unfortunately, it doesn't do it the other way around, and the phrases are rather limited, but it's just a little something to get you started on learning a new language, and help you in case you get lost in the big city. I already set it to Japanese, so you don't have to worry about changing the setting, now all you have to do is configure it to your voice!" Jack rambled on, luckily Danny was listening.
"Anything to get out of learning another language entirely is worth listening to Dad blabber on about it!" Danny thought.
"Wow Dad, that's amazing! But, uh, how do I configure it to my voice? Or turn it on for that matter?" Danny asked as soon as his dad was done.
"Why, that's easy, Danny! You just pull on the tag and say your name. Easy as pie! And speaking of pie, I think your mother's making one right now!" Jack said, and ran back up the stairs to the kitchen, leaving Danny, Sam and Tucker alone in the lab. They all snickered at Jack's short attention span, then moved back to the Translator Tag.
"Do you think it works?" Sam asked Danny.
"I don't know, only one way to find out." He replied.
Danny tugged at the necklace, and heard a small click.
"System online. Voice configuration starting. Say name please." A robotic voice coming from the necklace said, startling the teens.
"uh, Danny Fenton." Danny stammered.
"'Danny Fenton'" The robotic voice repeated the recording. There was a series of whirring noises from the tag, and another small click.
"System configuration complete. Standing by." The tag said, this time sounding exactly like Danny! The three teens gasped.
"That's pretty cool, but does it work?" Sam asked.
"I don't know." Danny said.
"Shirimasen." Danny's voice, coming from the tag, said.
"Oh, cool dude! That's awesome, now you won't have to learn Japanese!" Tucker said enthusiastically.
"No, Tuck. I still have to learn because it doesn't translate it back. Plus Dad said it only translates simple phrases." Danny said.
The tag remained quiet.
"See? Still have to learn." Danny shrugged as he tugging on the tag, turning it off. "But it's way better than nothing."
Danny got in and put his bags in the GOV, Maddie (thankfully at the wheel), Jack, Jazz, Sam, and Tucker got in as well. The trip was quiet besides Sam, Tucker and Jazz discussing how they would split the ghost hunting shifts once Danny was gone. After 30 minutes they finally reached Amity Park airport.
Danny got out of the car, and looked back at his family and friends.
"Danny, remember to call before you get on the plane, sweetie." Maddie told him. She kissed him on the cheek and gave him a hug, making him blush with embarrassment.
"Don't forget to call us too, dude." Tucker said when he pulled down the window.
"Don't worry guys, I'll make sure to call." Danny reassured them.
"Bye Danny!!!" Everyone said as they drove back to Fenton Works, leaving Danny at the airport.
Everything went through the security scan alright, even the Fenton Thermos, which was a surprise, and after a long line of passport checking Danny finally got into the lounge area. He checked the screen that said what flights were flying, docked, loading, or delayed. The flight he was on was going to be loading in a few minutes, so he called his mom, told her everything was alright, and said he would call when the plane landed. He then got to the business of calling Sam and Tucker.
"Hello?" Sam said on the other line when she picked up.
"Hey guys, just wanted to tell you that I was getting on the plane. You sure you'll be fine without me?" Danny asked.
"Don't worry Danny. We got everything planned out for the whole semester. I take Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays, Tucker takes Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and Jazz takes Saturdays and shares Wednesday shift with me. We'll call you if anything goes wrong." She told him.
"Okay…" Danny said, and heard the sound of the flight information display being updated. It was time for his flight to board.
"My plane's boarding now, got to go. Call you when I land!" Danny said quickly, and shoved his cell phone back into his backpack. He got in the line boarding his plane, and stepped on.
"This is going to be a long flight…" Danny thought, shrugging.
Luckily, he got the seat next to the window, but that wasn't going to do much.
"Might as well get to learn the language while I'm stuck here." Danny took out the 'Japanese for Dimwits' book and began to read.
Twelve hours later, in Tokyo, Japan------------------
Danny got off the plane and stretched. That was some twelve hours, full of reading, eating, watching movies, and sleeping. But not so much sleeping. He got his duffle bags off the baggage pickup, and made his way out of the airport. He decided to call his friends and parents, which were short conversations, but still meaningful to them one way or another.
"So many people…oh! Almost forgot, better turn on the translator tag." Danny said to himself, tugging on the tag.
"System online." The Danny-voiced tag said.
"Good, now how am I going to find the family that I'm staying with again? Mr. Lancer said they would be waiting, but I don't know how I'll know it's them." He thought to himself, looking at all the people standing outside the airport.
Danny walked around for an hour, looking at all the signs people were holding, hoping that he would see his name somewhere, but was disappointed when most of the signs were in Japanese. He was beginning to lose hope when he saw a sign with English letters, and, when he looked at it, the sign said, 'Danny Fenton'. The sign was held by a a small boy, and next to him was an older woman whom he guessed was his mom.
"They must be the Higurashi family that I'm supposed to be staying with." He thought to himself as he walked towards the family.
"Uh, excuse me." Danny asked the older lady, but apparently she couldn't hear him.
"Sumimasen." The tag translated.
That got the lady's attention, but she thought that Danny was talking, unaware of the tag.
"Hai?" She asked him.
"Ok, ok. What do I remember from the book? If I'm correct, and I hope I am, hai means yes." He thought.
"Are you the Higurashi family? My names Danny Fenton, I'm here on the exchange program?" He said to her, hoping she would understand.
The lady smiled at him and said, "Ah, hello Fenton-kun. So glad you found us."
Danny was surprised she spoke English, but it was a pleasant surprise.
She turned to the boy, who wasn't paying attention, and said, "Sota-kun, he found us. You can put the sign down now, we're going to be leaving soon." Of course Danny couldn't understand what she said because she was speaking Japanese.
"Fenton-kun, this is Sota-kun. Sota-kun, kono wa Fenton-kun." She introduced them.
Sota-kun turned to look at him, curiosity in his eyes.
"Ohayougozaimasu." He said in a squeaky voice.
"What does that mean again? Damn I can't remember, but it sounded like a greeting…" Danny thought.
Danny said nervously, "H-hello."
The tag translated, "k-konichiwa.", in the same nervous tone.
The Sota-kun's large eyes got a little bit larger, and he whispered to himself, "ikasu…"
"Oops. Better turn it off now." Danny thought, tugging on the necklace once again.
"Did you get all of your bags?" She asked Danny, who nodded. "Good, let's get going. I think you'll like here, Fenton-kun."
"Please, call me Danny, Mrs. Higurashi." He said as they walked out of the airport and into the parking lot.
Tokyo was a busy place, and the parking lot was jam-packed with cars. They stopped at what appeared to be a mini-minivan. It was the same shape but only 3/5ths the size of a regular minivan. Mrs. Higurashi unlocked the car and they stuffed Danny's bags in the already cramped trunk.
Mrs. Higurashi giggled, and said, "Ok, Danny-kun. Please get in the car, we'll be back at the shrine soon."
"Shrine?" Danny asked as he got into the back seat with Sota.
Mrs. Higurashi smiled. "Yes, Danny-kun. Our family lives at the local shrine; we take care of it and do all the ceremonies. Didn't Lancer-san tell you?"
"Oh, no, he didn't." Danny replied to her.
"Aren't shrines supposed to be infested with ghosts? No wonder Mr. Lancer didn't tell mom or dad, they would have probably tried to come along as well." He thought to himself.
The car ride was long, due to traffic, but in a couple hours they finally made it to what appeared to be a temple on top of an immense amount of stairs.
"Here we are, Danny-kun. The local shrine and your home for the next semester." Mrs. Higurashi said, stopping the car and getting out.
"My ghost sense hasn't gone off yet, maybe ghosts being at shrines are just a myth." Danny thought as he got his bags out of the trunk.
After the long ascend up the stairs they made it to the top. Danny stared as he saw a big red temple, but sensed something. He looked to his right and saw a small shack.
"Mrs. Higurashi, what's in there?" Danny asked, pointing at the temple with his one free hand.
She looked at where he was pointing and Danny detected a hint of surprise in her eyes.
She then said, "Oh, that's where sacred well is. Don't go in there, though. It's all dusty and dirty and you might fall in."
"Oh. Okay." Danny said. Though as they passed the well, his ghost sense went off, but ever just so that he hardly noticed.
"You forgot to mention haunted." He thought. "But since these people have been here awhile I'd say the ghost is peaceful. I'll scourge for information, first."
They went inside the residential part of the shrine and took off they're shoes. Sota called out, "Ojiisan, orera honba!" to someone in the other room. Danny roughly remembered that ojiisan meant grandpa.
"Hai, hai. Okaerinasai." Danny heard him say from the other room.
"Father, come meet the new exchange student. He'll be living with us for the next semester." Mrs. Higurashi said.
"I'm coming. I'm coming." Ojiisan said, slowly walking into the room.
"Father, this is Danny Fenton. Danny-kun, this is my father." Mrs. Higurashi introduced them.
Ojiisan took a good look at Danny, sizing him up with his beady little eyes. It appeared that Danny had passed whatever test he was taking because Ojiisan said to him, "Okaerinasai." and walked out of the room.
"Don't mind Father, Danny-kun, he's always like this. Come on, I'll have dinner ready in a snap. Sota-kun will show you to the guest room." Mrs. Higurashi said to Danny.
"O-okay." Danny stammered, and followed Sota down the hall.
They approached the door at the end of the hall which Sota pointed to and said, "ur room." This surprised Danny.
"You speak English?" He asked Sota.
"Yesh, very lil." Sota replied happily, and then said, "Stuffu unpack, hai?"
"Yeah, ok." Danny said.
Sota smiled and skipped down the hall to help his mother cook dinner.
Danny opened the door to the room to find a futon, a dresser, and a low-riding desk with no chair but a cushion. Danny put his stuff down on the ground and went back to the kitchen. Mrs. Higurashi was cooking something on the stove and Sota was getting out the dishes.
"Anything I can do to help, Mrs. Higurashi?" Danny asked.
"Thank you, Danny-kun. You can help Sota set up the table." She replied with a smile.
Danny grabbed the plates and notices that there were 5 plates, even though there were only 4 people.
"Uhh, Sota-kun, I think you counted one dish too many." Danny said to Sota.
"No, ju right. Kagome-chan mig be wel enough ta eat." Sota replied.
"Kagome-chan? Who's that?" Danny asked, this time to Mrs. Higurashi.
"Oh, that's my daughter. She's sick right now, so I didn't want you to meet her in her condition. Sometimes she comes down to eat, so we set an extra place just for her. She gets sick a lot, you see, Danny-kun." She replied to him.
Danny thought this was a completely valid explanation, so he continued to set the table with Sota. Once the food was done, Ojiisan came into the room and sat down at what was supposedly his usual seat. Mrs. Higurashi brought in the food and everyone sat down.
Everyone then said "Iditakimasu!" and began to eat. Danny could hardly pronounce it, but they didn't seem to notice. The food was fried fish, bread, pickled vegetables, and of course, rice. Danny was skeptic about the pickled vegetables, but the rest of the food was delicious and he made sure to thank Mrs. Higurashi for the meal.
Danny was really tired now, with all the jetlag and such, so he asked Mrs. Higurashi if he could go to bed early and she said 'by all means'. Danny gladly tossed himself onto the bed. As soon as his head hit the pillow he was fast asleep.
End of Chapter Two: Japan
God finally! This chapter was super long compared to the other one, and I didn't even do that on purpose! I had to make up Mrs. Higurashi's first name, so sue me. I couldn't find it because it was never mentioned. I hope you liked this chapter! Next chapter will be up sometime next week, so don't fret! Please R&R, thank you!