School Spirit
It's been 3 weeks into the new school year. Both Danny and Kim were 15 and sophomores at their schools. A new year and new problems to tackle, including Kim trying to break it to her dad she's dated someone and hopes to go steady with him.
Danny dealt with Dash's usual idiocy and bullying, though it's not that troublesome anymore.
Meanwhile, Kim remained the head cheerleader, though Bonnie is just as annoying as ever.
However, the Middleton High Mad Dogs were going to have a game soon against the Casper High Ravens. Neither of them cared for the sporting event, only that they can spend time together. Both teams were tied as the best in the country, so they wanted to end that tie.
It was Saturday afternoon, the time of the game. Danny only bought tickets so he could see Kim. He didn't care for his team, only to see her. Sam had no interest in coming, though Tucker couldn't help it if he could see cheerleaders from another town.
As Danny walked to the field to speak to Kim, Tucker followed as he used breath spray.
Danny sees Kim, she sees him and they smile.
"Kim!"
"Danny!"
They both hug, alerting Bonnie and Dash, who is noticing this from afar and looks displeased.
"How was the ride here?" Kim asks.
"It was… smooth." Danny said.
As Danny Phantom, he carries a terrified Tucker in the air. Tucker kicks and screams as Danny tries to calm him down.
"So, it's your loser boyfriend!" Bonnie says, walking up to Danny and Kim.
They glare at her.
"He's not a loser." Kim defends.
"Well, he's not a jock so-" She sees Tucker next to Danny. "You!"
Tucker waves innocently.
"Hi there."
Bonnie storms to him and glares.
"What are YOU doing here?!"
Tucker leans back in fear.
"You two know each other?" Danny asks.
"This is the Bonnie I went out with." Tucker says. "Well, I was until she ditched me."
"Because I don't do fakers online." She said.
"Hey babes." Looking away, they see Dash Baxter walking up, getting between the boys and girls to show off. "I'm Dash Baxter, star quarterback and king of Casper High."
Bonnie's already venomous glare intensifies.
"YOU!" She yells at Dash, who looks at her without recognition.
"Do I know you?" He asks. He smiles. "Wait, Bonnie?"
"You're the idiot who made me quit the program!" She storms off.
"She rejected Dash?" Danny said before whispering in Tucker's ear. "I guess she can't be all bad."
Dash then shoves Danny away as he tries to make a move on Kim.
"Hey there. I'm Dash, just because you're cheering fo-" He sees her gone, now helping Danny up.
"Are you okay?" She asks him.
"Yeah, I'm used to this jerk." He says.
"What are you doing?" Dash asks, genuinely shocked. "You're a cheerleader!"
"That doesn't mean I should be a jerk." She snapped.
Genuinely unable to comprehend what is happening, Dash storms off.
"I'm guessing that's the school bully?" She asks Danny.
"Yup." He says with a glare at the larger boy.
"Are you alright?"
"I will be."
"I'll get our seats." Tucker says as he walks away.
"Where's Ron?" Danny asks.
"Over there!" She points to the Middleton Mad Dog mascot.
"He's the mascot?" Kim nods. "I was the mascot once…"
"And?" Kim asks.
"I'd rather end the story there…" He says. "Anyway, gonna take my seat."
Danny and Tucker sit and watch the game. However, they're more interested in the cheerleaders. For Danny, it's one cheerleader in particular. It's Kim.
It helps that she's the most impressive cheerleader while Amity Park's is rather unimpressive by comparison.
"Casper's cool and you're a dud! We will drag you through the mud!"
Their cheer was very stiff and basic by comparison to Middleton's.
"M-A-D D-O-G! That's how we spell… VICTORY! GO! Mad Dogs! GO! GO! Mad Dogs!"
Danny couldn't help but stare at how much more acrobatic Kim was.
"Come on, ladies!" Mr. Lancer yells at the cheerleaders from Casper High. "They're cheering better than us!"
"Let's go! Let's beat them at cheering and football!" A large man, who Danny recognized from Kim's photos as Mr. Barkin, called out to Middleton's teens.
This got Mr. Lancer's attention, who glared at Mr. Barkin. Mr. Barkin noticed and glared right back at him.
Danny's stomach growled around half time. He got up.
"Gotta find something to eat." He said.
"Bring me some nachos!" Tucker said.
Danny nodded.
Once he left, the Middleton Mad Dog saw Tucker and stared. Tucker noticed this and questioned why. However, the mascot marched over to him and took the head off. Ron Stoppable glared at him.
"You! The Bueno Nacho hater!"
Tucker glared back.
"You're the guy who ruined my last weeks of summer!"
The both glared at each other.
"Say, Tucker?" Danny walked back. "Do you want a drink wi-" He saw Ron. "Hey, Ron!"
"You know this guy?!" Both Tucker and Ron asked.
"Yeah. Tucker, my best friend, and Ron, Kim's best friend." He pointed to each person as he named them. "How do you know each other?"
Both exchanged a quick glance.
"We don't."
"Then why were you-"
"Cola! Get me cola!" Tucker says.
Danny shrugged and walked away.
"Listen…" Tucker says to Ron. "Danny doesn't know we were in Middleton. Keep quiet about it and I'll keep my mouth shut about what happened too."
"I don't want Kim to get upset learning I fought with Danny's friends… so fine." Ron said.
Both exchanged glares before Ron starts walking away.
It was the end of the game when Danny choose to wait until the field was empty to finally speak with Kim. Using a blanket, the sat together in the center.
"This was… a fun game, wasn't it?"
"You so weren't paying attention." She laughed.
"Yeah… I was too busy admiring someone else." He said with a smile.
The two kissed.
"So, it looks like my school is going to have a fall formal in October to celebrate." Kim says. "Don't suppose you want to be my date?"
"Of course I would." Danny said with a smile.
"Wanna ask me now?"
He chuckled. "Will you go out with me?" He asks.
"Of course." She said with a smile.
"Kim!" Both of them turn to see Bonnie and the squad, who speaks mockingly. "Ditch the dweeb and come on!"
"Hey!" Tara, the blonde girl, calls out. "Let Kim date who she likes!"
"Yeah!" Liz, the other redhead, shouted. "He seems like a nice guy too!"
Bonnie huffed and walked away.
Tucker, who was watching this from the exit, smiled and tries to walk to them. Ron stops him.
"I wouldn't… they might be nicer, but not by that much." He says. "Believe me, I know."
Tucker ignores him and walks to the squad.
"Hey ladies…"
Danny and Kim got up and kept talking as Kim took the blanket.
"I'm meeting with my dad at home, I'm gonna try and break it to him I've been seeing someone." Kim says.
"I'll be crossing my fingers for you." He said.
Kim smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
The two start walking to the exit when they see Tucker standing there, with a large slap on his face.
"You okay?" Kim asked.
"He tried hitting on the squad." Ron said. "That was Bonnie's doing." He pointed to the hand-print on Tucker's face.
"She's still a babe…" Tucker said with a smile. He takes out a paper. "And I got a number!"
Danny takes it and read it out loud.
"1-800-YOU-WISH."
"Aw nuts…" Tucker moans.
"Wow..." Ron went. "They were nicer to me."
Danny and Tucker pretended to walk to the bus stop once Kim and Ron got in her mom's car. Once they were sure it was safe, Danny morphed and carried Tucker.
"Wanna stop for hot dogs? Kim recommended me this great place." Danny says.
"Sure. Long as we're not eating at Bueno Nacho." Tucker says.
"Be careful not to say that around Ron, he loves that place." Danny said, not knowing of what happened before.
Danny and Tucker flew to the hot dog place in particular. As Tucker went to get his order, Danny saw a familiar figure accidentally spilling ketchup all over himself.
Danny grabbed some napkins and handed them to him.
"Here you go, James."
He saw the familiar boy and smiled.
"Ah, Danny." He took them and wiped the ketchup off him. "What are you doing here?"
"Getting a hot dog." He shrugged.
James chuckled. "I figured that'd be the answer. But I meant here in Middleton."
"My school and Middleton High had a game. I just came to watch."
"Not a sports fan?"
"Nah, I'm more interested in learning other stuff…" Danny said. "Like space."
"You like space?" James said, sounding interested.
"I'd like to be an astronaut someday." Danny admits.
James smiles. "Really? You know, I-" His phone rings. "Sorry, I gotta take this." He answers. "Yes? Oh, hi honey. I'll be home soon." He hangs up. "My daughter, she got home a while ago." He take his hot dog. "I better eat this on the road. Take care!"
Danny waves bye. Once James leaves, Danny goes to the line and decides to order.
Days later, Casper High had another ghost attack after classes end. Skulker came flying through the halls, fighting Danny Phantom.
"Can we deal with this another time, Skulker? I got a date in a few weeks!"
"I will have your pelt sooner!" He declared.
Rolling his eyes, Danny fires his blasts. Skulker avoided them and pulled out a blaster. However, before he could fire, someone flies in and kicks Skulker on the head, knocking him down.
"What?!" Skulker shouts.
Danny smiles, seeing the figure who kicked him… Kim Possible.
"No firing in the halls!" She says.
Skulker gets up, wanting to get back at whoever hit him.
However, Danny pulls out his thermos and uses it to suck Skulker in.
"What?! Nooo!" Skulker screamed.
Once Danny completed it, he waved thanks at Kim and flies off.
"Wait!" Kim shouted after him.
Danny found the restroom, returned to human form and went out.
"Kim?" Danny shouted, pretending he heard her.
Danny ran down the hall to where she was, and is surprised to see Kim surrounded by people.
"Kim Possible?!" He could hear Valerie practically squeal in delight. "You're here! And you kicked that putrid ghost!"
"I think Danny Phantom did the most."
"No way!" Valerie shouted. "That ghost is no hero! He's as much a pain as the rest!"
Danny frowned at this. He knew Valerie despised all ghosts and worried this would rub off on Kim.
Paulina soon pushed Valerie out of the way.
"Don't listen to that nobody. My ghost boy is a hero!"
"Your ghost boy?"
"She's got a crush on Danny Phantom." Star said next to her.
"He's so mine!" Paulina said in a dreamy tone. "But anyway, are you really the head cheerleader?" Kim nods. "Amazing! Is that how you keep losers away?"
Kim gave a dirty look. "Losers?"
"You know." Dash walks up to her. "Geeks, nerds and social misfits… dorks you make do your homework." He gives a nasty smile. "Remember me, by the way?"
Kim looked unhappy to see him. "Yeah, I do. Also, I don't act that way and I'm a straight A student."
"So you got nerds to do your homework?" Paulina asks.
"No! I do my own!"
The A-listers laugh.
"Good one." Dash says.
"I'm not joking! So not the stereotype!" Kim was really not liking these guys. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm here for someone."
Dash wraps his arm around her.
"Well, if you insist!"
Kim then elbows him in the chest, causing Dash to back off and groan in pain.
"I don't mean you!" Kim looked around and saw the boy she came for, it made her smile. "Danny!"
The students gasp.
Kim manages to jump above the other students and finds herself in front of Danny.
"Hey. What're you doing here?" Danny asks.
"I came to ask if you want to be a temporary sidekick again. I got a job to deal with north of here."
Danny shrugs. "Sure. As long as it's someone other than blue man and green woman."
Kim smiled and shook her head at those names he gave Drakken and Shego.
"Then let's go."
Kim drapes her arm around Danny just as he wraps his around her.
"Hey!" Paulina shouts, causing them to stop and look back. "What are you doing with that loser?!"
Kim noticed Paulina looking angry. She choose to snap back.
"Danny's no loser! He's my match from a dating website and he's been a cool guy."
"But his freak parents!" Star yelled.
"They're nice people, so who cares what their day job is."
"But his loser friends!" Dash shouted.
"They got their quirks, but I know that they're Danny's friends. That's good enough for me and I have no reason to dislike him for who he associates with. Unless they were picky jerks like all of you."
Danny smiled.
They resumed walking away, causing the A-listers and the other students to stare unbelieving at them.
Sam and Tucker watch the two leaving together. Sam clenches her fist and seethes in anger.
Danny finds himself in a helicopter, back in Ron's mission outfit.
"So why didn't Ron come this time?" He asks.
"It involves his greatest fear."
"Properly made Mexican food?" He snarkily asks.
"No." Kim smiles with an eye roll. "Monkeys."
"Huh?"
"There's this bad guy named Monkey Fist with his army of monkey ninjas who is plotting on stealing some jade monkey so that he can sell it for money to the highest bidder."
"I… see." Danny said. This was confusing, but nowhere near as odd as his usual bad guys. "So, are we going to fight these monkey ninjas?"
"Yes."
"Okay… just promise me something."
"What?"
"My friend, Sam Manson, can never know about this. She's a huge animal rights fanatic."
Kim thought back to Danny's not-so-friendly friend and looked upset before giving him a smile.
"Got it."
They arrive at the museum. Using the roof, the two reach a moon roof, where Kim plans to cut a hole for them to descend from.
However, it breaks and out comes monkeys in ninja garb. With them comes a man with monkey hands and feet.
"Whoa!" Danny shouted, seeing this man.
"Probably should have mentioned that…" Kim said.
"Kim Possible!" Monkey Fist shouted. He looks to Danny. "Who are you?"
"A substitute sidekick!" Danny said proudly.
"Whatever… monkey ninjas! Attack!"
The monkeys do just that and come after the two.
"Glad we stopped for this!" Danny pulled out the Fenton Peeler. By pushing a button, he is concealed in armor. "You're not ghosts, but this helps."
The monkeys attack, but find their fists do not harm Danny. Meanwhile, those who go after Kim find her less likely to hit, as her reaction time and counter attacks made her difficult to fight back.
Danny just walks through their attacks and walks to Monkey Fist.
"Hey! Ape-Man! Give back what you took."
"I'M A MONKEY! NOT AN APE!" Monkey Fist shouted. He puts the jade monkey down and readies for battle.
He flies to Danny, knocking the boy into the floor.
In response, Danny slammed his fist into the monkey foot on his chest.
This hurts Monkey Fist enough to get off and hold his foot to soothe his pain.
Kim, knocking out the remaining ninjas, sees Monkey Fist and runs into the villain to kick him into the floor.
"Gah! Curse you, Kim Possible!" He shouted.
Monkey Fist gets up, but finds himself wrapped around by metallic whips.
"How do you like the Jack o' Nine Tails?" Danny said, holding the weapon in question that keeps Monkey Fist trapped.
"What?! No!" He shouts.
Kim walks up to Danny, putting her elbow on his shoulder, very impressed.
"Not bad, Danny."
The helicopter brings Danny back to his house.
"Thanks for the lift, Kim."
"No big! It's the least I could do after-" She stops and laughs. "So, this is what it feels like." She shrugs. "Glad you brought some toys."
"I know they're technically more for ghosts, but they definitely helped."
"I'm not surprised you'd have those, considering ghosts like that metal looking one in your school today."
"Yeah…" Danny said. "But, not all ghosts are bad."
"Really?" Kim asks. "What's your take on Danny Phantom?"
Danny wasn't sure what to say, worrying Valerie's words got to her.
"I think… he's an interesting guy."
Kim shrugged.
"I guess everyone has an opinion."
The two hug.
"By the way…" Kim said. "My dad wants to meet you."
Danny ends the hug and smiles.
"You told him?"
"Yeah… and it took my mom to help him cool off." Danny's smile drops. "So he wants to meet you and, if you don't meet his criteria, he won't let you go to prom with me."
"Prom? I thought it was fall formal?"
Kim shrugged with a smile.
"Most girls at my school consider it an early prom."
Danny took a breath.
"Well… I'll try to make a good example."
"Come this weekend."
Danny nodded.
He and Kim hugged.
Both of them hoping it works.
We're close to their 2 months together.
When they become a proper couple.
Next time is dinner... and the one after is when Danny and Kim to go "prom".
In FP11's story, Danny and Kim became a couple at prom. Here, I'm taking liberties by having them call it prom because they treat it like one.
