I do not own Danny Phantom or Naruto
Danny was staring at the little girl in his arms in shock, while the rest of his team was waiting for an explanation.
"Did she just call you 'daddy'?!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Danny. Explain. Now." Kakashi ordered.
Danny sighed. "Everyone, this is Danielle. Though, like me, she goes by a nickname, Dani. Before I came here, I had an enemy that wanted to have me as his son and my mother as his wife. Time and time again, I refused. So. He started trying to clone me. All the attempts failed. Except for one. Dani was that one. The only thing was that she was younger, slightly unstable, and a girl. Eventually I managed to get her stabilized and she went off on her own. What I don't know is what she's doing here." he then looked down at her.
Dani looked up. "I missed you really bad so Tucker agreed to go to the ghost zone with me to talk to Clockwork and where you went. Clockwork told us what happened to you and said we could come too. He made me a lot younger for some reason."
Danny's eyes widened. "Sam and Tucker are here?"
"Yea! Well. Tucker is. Sam is... Well... Tucker is talking to the old village leader. The Hokage. They said I could wait outside. But I really wanted to find you so I left." she chirped.
Danny poked her cheek. "If you're going to become a ninja, you'll need to learn how to follow instruction." he said, getting up with her in his arms.
Haku was looking at him curiously. "Who are Sam and Tucker?"
Danny turned to her. "Tucker is my oldest friend. He's a bit of a technogeek. Sam is... she was... a girl I had a crush on. A long time ago. She's the one I told you about."
Haku nodded after a moment. "I see."
"Lets just go report to the Hokage." Danny said, anxious to see his old friends.
As they walked towards the Hokage tower, Danny was talking to his 'daughter'. They knocked on the door and were told to come in.
Team 7 walked inside and Danny's eyes widened as his gaze caught that of his oldest friend.
The two stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity.
"Dude, it's been ages!" Tucker smiled, having not stepped forward.
In a bit of a daze, Danny grinned and nodded.
"Ahem." a voice interrupted.
Danny looked over at the Hokage. "Daniel-san. You've proven yourself to be a worthy asset to our village. As such I expect you'll introduce your friend to the village well. Once your team has filed their report, I would like to speak with you and Naruto privately."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Danny bowed slightly in respect. Tucker blinked in surprise. He wasn't used to Danny acting so formal.
Team 7 filed their report and then left. Haku, and the others all waited outside. Naruto stayed with Danny.
"What is it?" the Hokage asked.
"It's about our current living arrangement." Naruto said. "It's already a tad cramped with just me and Danny. But add on Haku, Dani, and Tucker, and we'll just be packed in like sardines."
"Well. There is a place you can have. It's actually not far from your training ground that you fixed up. You know that old house a little to the south of it?" The Hokage asked.
Danny and Naruto nodded.
"That is the place I will give you. It will need some fixing up. But I'm sure it's nothing you can't handle. And the plot of land that comes with it is plenty large." The Hokage smiled, handing over the key to Naruto.
"What's the down payment?" Danny asked, since he usually ended up carrying more money with him than Naruto.
"Since it'll need so much work, there is none." The Hokage told him. "It's been abandoned for some time."
"Thanks." Naruto smiled.
"By the way, will you have Dani enroll in the academy? Tucker has registered the girl as your daughter." The Hokage asked.
"Yes, sir. I most definitely will have her enrolled."
"Then fill these out and return them to my desk by next week." The Hokage handed him a few documents. "You're dismissed."
The two bowed and headed out of the room to join their friends.
Haku and Dani were both looking at him curiously while Tucker was drowning out their surroundings with earbuds, and therefore didn't hear them walk out.
Danny walked over and pulled his friend's earbuds out. "Hey. We're done. I'm going to have a clone take you and Haku to the new place."
"Clone?" Tucker asked in confusion.
Danny put his hand in a single seal and made an ice clone, much to the shock of his old friend. He looked at the clone. "Go with Haku and Tucker. Show them where the place is." he said. Naruto handed the key to the clone.
Tucker was about to protest but the clone pushed him away. Haku followed them without protest.
Danny picked his daughter up and put her on his shoulders. "Race you to the apartment, Naruto!" he shouted and took off running. Dani cheered in delight as she clung to Danny's shoulders tightly.
"Oh you're on!" Naruto shouted back and started running as well,.
-With the Clone-
The clone led the small group down the quickest route to the house. The house was white with three floors. At the front was a small porch where the upper floors were held up by four white pillars. Inside were two large master bedrooms big enough to fit several people, and then several smaller guest bedrooms. There was also a basement and storage room. Paint was peeling all over the house, and there were places where the wood was damaged from years of disrepair.
Outside was a massive 4000 acre plot of land. There was broken down fencing that bordered it, and bits of farmland that had been torn up over the years. Near the front of the house was a small pond with a stream that connected it to the river that ran through the village.
"This is much bigger than I expected." Tucker commented. He was still in a bit of shock at how much Danny had changed.
The clone stepped out of the house, having been inspecting it. "The house should take about six hours to have it livable and two days to have it completely repaired. It'll need to having plumbing and electricity installed, new furniture, a new paint job, some spots in the wood work replaced, and it should good to go."
"That's not bad. Looking at its beat up exterior, I was expecting it to be worse." Tucker commented.
They were interrupted as the real Danny arrived with Naruto and Dani. The Ice Clone dispelled, giving all the information to Danny. "Hmm. Time to get to work I guess. Naruto?"
Naruto nodded with a grin, and put his hands in a familiar sign. "MULTI-SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" A huge cloud of smoke filled the clearing and about 50 Shadow Clones stepped out of it.
"My turn. Multi-Ice Clone Jutsu!" Danny shouted and made about 20 of his own clones.
"You've got to catch me up on everything later, dude." Tucker said while gawking.
"I know, I know. Once we have the house fixed up I'll explain everything to all of you. For now I need to focus on making sure we have a place to sleep tonight. So with that in mind, lets get to work." Danny ordered, before turning to the clones and giving all of them several jobs to do.
Two days later the house was already completely repaired. Danny had gone out and bought new furniture. It didn't take the small group very long to settle in either. Danny was currently sitting at the new table with a mug of coffee, filling out the documents to have Dani enter the academy.
Haku, Tucker, and Naruto walked into the room and sat down.
"Do you have time, Danny?" Tucker asked.
Danny looked up. He was nearly finished with the documents. He set them to the side. "Yea. What do you need?"
"You said you would explain everything once the house was fixed." Tucker reminded.
"Alright. What would you like to know first?"
Haku was the first to speak. "I've heard Tucker mention something about ghost powers. And I remember a strange being named Phantom beating Zabuza with little trouble. Start with that."
"Ah. Yea I guess you deserve to know that much. Phantom isn't a separate person. He and I are the same person. I'm a human-ghost hybrid." Danny revealed.
"How is something like that possible? Ghosts cannot mate with humans can they?" she asked
Danny laughed a bit. "No. A normal ghost cannot mate with a human. And I was originally human to begin with."
Haku tilted her head.
"When I was still living in the Americas, my parents were inventors. They were obsessed with everything ghost. One day, they built a ghost portal down in the basement. Though, when they tried to show it off to me, it didn't work. Being all disappointed, they left. So I decided to show it off to Sam and Tucker. The thing wasn't working. I saw no harm in it. Then, however, Sam convinced me to go inside and try to fix it. It would make my parents very happy if I could make it work. So, I put on a hazmat suit and stepped inside. It was completely dark. I had my hand against the wall since I couldn't see anything. In hindsight, I probably should've just grabbed a flashlight. Anyways. I felt something push down under my hand as I got further in. My parents, in a complete lack of foresight, had put the 'on' button inside the portal. I had no time to react. The machine turned on with me inside of it and I was electrocuted with several volts of electricity. The accident completely altered my genetics, infusing them with ectoplasm. And it gave me the ability to turn back and forth between what you see now, and Phantom." Danny explained.
"Is that how you're able to use the Ice Release as well?" Haku asked.
Danny nodded. "Yea. As a ghost, I have an ice core. This translated into my human half, giving me the ability to use the Ice Release."
"That makes sense."
"Next question."
Tucker asked a question now. "Do you plan to go back to Amity eventually?"
"No. This is my home now. Amity Park doesn't need me anymore anyways. Anyone who wishes to see me can come visit me here." Danny said bluntly.
"Are you going to make a new ghost portal?" he asked.
Danny nodded. "Yea. That was my plan. I'm going to do to our basement here what my parents did to the basement back home. I downloaded all the schematics for my parents inventions a few months before I left. You could say I expected what happened. I'll need some help from you for it."
"Now I have some questions. How is Jaz and where is Sam?"
Tucker's smile broke at that question, worrying Danny. "Jaz is alright. She misses you terribly and has disowned your parents. I left her a note telling her how to get here. She had been away on a job trip when we left. As for Sam...," Tucker stared at the table and closed his eyes. "She's... She's gone."
Danny felt his heart shatter. "W- what do you mean she's gone?"
Tucker stared into Danny's eyes sadly. "She's dead, Danny."
Danny choked back a sob. He felt like someone was trying to rip his heart straight from his chest. He was shaking pretty badly. "H- how?"
Tucker shrugged. "I just... I found her in her garden one afternoon. There were purple and pink blotches all over her skin. She'd been collecting poisonous ghost zone plants. I think she got sick from being around them all the time. By the time I got to her she wasn't breathing anymore."
Danny laid his head down on the table. Naruto frowned. He'd never seen Danny this upset before. He could tell the black haired teen was crying due to his shoulders visibly shaking.
Tucker frowned and left the room, deciding Danny would need time alone to process this.
Haku and Naruto however both moved close to him to comfort him.
The next few weeks went by smoothly. Dani entered the academy. Tucker got a job in technology, working as an inventor. Danny had somewhat recovered from the news of Sam, and started working on a garden as a way to remember her. Haku had decided not to re-enter the field of combat and instead got a job as an instructor at the academy, as she showed to have the skill level of a chunin during evaluation, and was thus given the rank. Team 7 was once again given several D ranked missions, much to the annoyance of Naruto and Sasuke. Danny was mostly oblivious, as he had been since receiving the news of Sam. The entire team was worried about how he'd been acting.
Kakashi would often have the team go with Danny to his training field when he was too busy to continue their training himself. He'd spoken to the Hokage to simply have their team transferred to Danny's training ground. Sometimes Haku would join them in their sparring.
Haku found herself becoming a sort of surrogate mother towards Dani. As such, she had started teaching the girl how to use her own Ice Release, and how to use senbon needles. Since Dani was much smaller and not as physically powerful as Danny was, Haku had started teaching her how to use the same style she did, focusing on agility rather than strength.
Team 7 was currently at the training ground. Kakashi was supervising them.
Naruto and Sasuke were currently working on a combination attack that Danny had suggested to them.
"Again." Kakashi said.
Naruto and Sasuke both started going through hand-signs.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sasuke cried, letting lose a blast of flames.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu!" Naruto cried at the same time. The wind amplified the flames.
Sakura clapped. "That's great, Sasuke!"
"I think that's enough for today." Kakashi said as a hawk flew overhead and let out one of its cries. "I'll see you all later." he then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sasuke turned to Danny. "I swear. If it wasn't for you helping us we'd never get anything done. We've learned more from you than we have from our sensei."
Danny blushed a bit and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "It's not that big a deal. Kakashi-sensei just has a lot of other things to worry about so he lets me take over."
Sasuke gave him a hard stare before turning to leave.
"Hey. Just because Kakashi said we were done doesn't mean we can't train some more on our own." Naruto chimed in.
Sasuke turned to him. "I guess." he looked over at Danny. "Any more ideas in mind? Your idea to have Naruto's wind jutsu amplify my fire jutsu was pretty good."
"Well. Actually something I've been thinking of has nothing to do with jutsu. Though I think it would help Sakura immensely." Danny told him.
This had Sasuke and Sakura interested. "What is it?"
"Something I already do, to a degree. But I think Sakura has the potential to do it better." he said.
"Which is?"
"Using chakra control to focus your chakra at a single point to amplify your strikes. Like Naruto, I have a lot of chakra alongside my special energy. This means that for us, chakra control is much more difficult than it is for someone with less chakra." Danny said.
Their eyes widened. "That's a really good idea."
"Also, I just had these come in the other day. I ordered them for the whole team." Danny said, and pulled out some chakra blades. He tossed a set to everyone.
"Thanks!" they all said.
"Heh. This is nothing compared to the weapons we will have available to us in a few years. With Tucker and I working together, this team will be decked out in the highest tech gear the ninja world has ever seen. Since you guys get first pickings." Danny smiled.
They were then interrupted by a square 'rock' sneaking up on them.
Naruto looked down at it. His right eye twitched. "Konohamaru. Rocks aren't square. It's completely obvious."
"You saw through my camouflage again! You're slick, boss. Just what I'd expect from my greatest rival." a voice said. Suddenly the box exploded and three kids were revealed. They all were on the ground coughing.
"I think we used a little too much gun powder you guys." said the one in the middle. The boy on the left had short brown hair and circular glasses. The girl on the right had bright red hair that was up in a 'V' like shape. The boy in the middle had spiky brown hair. All three of them were wearing goggles like Naruto used to.
They all looked up at Naruto.
The girl stood up. "I'm Moegi. The sassiest kunoichi in pre-school. Check me out!"
The boy on the left stood up next. "I love algebra call me Udon."
The boy in the middle stood up last. "And I'm the #1 ninja in the village. Konohamaru! And when we're all together. We're the Konohamaru Corps!" they struck a pose.
Naruto had a deadpan expression and Danny had an eyebrow raised.
"Did you want something?" Naruto asked.
"He's just trying to be cool." Konohamaru said to Udon.
The girl stepped forward. "You know what we want! Are you busy now?"
"I guess not." Naruto shrugged. "Why?"
"You promised you would play ninja with us today, remember?" Konohamaru shouted.
"A ninja playing ninja? That is 'so' twisted." Sakura said gloomily.
Naruto turned to face her. "Uh. Hey, Sakura."
"Hey boss. Who are they anyways?" Konohamaru asked.
"These are my teammates, Danny, Sakura, and Sasuke." Naruto introduced.
"Hello." Danny smiled and raised a hand in greeting.
Moegi blushed a little as she looked at Danny and Sasuke. 'They're both so handsome!'
Danny thought for a moment, before looking at Naruto. "You have three little academy kids following you around curious about you. You could probably teach them some actual ninja skills rather than 'playing' ninja. They could use the practice anyways. Heck. Dani could join you. Actually." he looked up towards the trees. "Dani, stop spying and come down here!"
Dani giggled and jumped down towards them. "Hi! I'm Dani Fenton!" she introduced, holding a hand out to Konohamaru. She was a few years younger than them, but that didn't mean they couldn't be friends. Besides. Mentally, she didn't feel 4. She felt closer to their age.
"You stay with Naruto?" Konohamaru asked. He'd already heard about Naruto living with Danny.
"Uh huh." she smiled.
"Cool! Do you know any cool ninja techniques? I bet you do if you live with the boss!" Udon said.
Dani nodded. "Yea, I do! Momma Haku and Daddy teach me how to use ninja techniques."
Moegi beamed. "Konohamaru! Lets bring her into the group!"
Konohamaru seemed to be in agreement. "Dani Fenton. Will you join the Konohamaru Corps?" he asked.
"What do you do?" Dani asked.
"We look up to the boss but we also pledge to beat him in a ninja battle one day." Konohamaru explained.
"I'll join you if you add Daddy to that list." Dani grinned.
"Deal!" Konohamaru grinned back and shook her hand.
Danny and Naruto were chuckling at their antics. They knew that with Dani on the team, there would likely be a competition for the spot of leader. The four kids then ran off.
Suddenly, something struck Danny and blue lines appeared down his face. "Oh... why do I suddenly have a really bad feeling about this...?"
Naruto patted his back. "Don't worry Danny. The only thing you have to worry about is Dani and Konohamaru possibly starting to like each other and getting together in the future."
Danny's expression only worsened at that, causing the blonde to laugh.
Sakura and Sasuke had sweat drops as they watched their team mates. Deciding that they likely wouldn't get anything else done that day, they parted ways.
-With Dani POV-
Dani giggled as she ran with the Konohamaru Corps. It made her happy to finally have some friends in the village. And if she managed to graduate early she would possibly be allowed on the same team as them.
They stopped as Konohamaru suddenly ran into a large boy in a black cat suit.
The boy looked down. "Do you need something?" he asked and picked Konohamaru up by his scarf. A blonde girl that was standing beside him frowned.
"Put him down Kankuro. We don't want to cause a scene." she said.
Kankuro smirked. "We still have a while before he shows up. Besides. I need to teach this brat a lesson. I hate the weak."
Dani snarled when she heard that. "Put him down!" she shouted.
Kankuro looked down at her. Moegi and Udon looked terrified. "And just what is a little pipsqueak like you going to do about it?"
Dani's gaze darkened. "Don't call me a pipsqueak."
Kankuro's smirk only grew. "Then come stop me, pipsqueak." his grip on Konohamaru only hardened. He let out a yelp as a senbon needle shot past his hand and drew blood. He yelped and dropped Konohamaru. He looked up in time to see Dani dash forward with unnatural speed and punch him in the nose.
"Why you little brat!" he snarled and grabbed one of her legs, holding her upside-down.
Dani swung around and used her momentum to kick him in the jaw.
The older members of the Konohamaru Corps were watching with wide, frightened eyes.
Kankuro swung Dani down and she hit the concrete with a loud thud.
"Dani!" The Konohamaru Corps shouted.
Kankuro pulled the large mummy like object off his back.
"You're not going to use that are you?! They're a bunch of little kids!" The girl shouted in protest.
"Shut up, Temari. They need to learn a lesson." he snapped. "Even if that lesson is one in death."
Dani's gaze hardened as she pushed herself up. There was a bit of green and red blood on her face.
"That one has green blood. She's a freak!" Kankuro laughed.
Dani's fists clenched, and blood dripped down to the ground. "I won't let you hurt them. And I'll make you pay for calling me that." she spread her legs apart and held her arms out.
"What are you-" Konohamaru started.
"I'M GOING GHOST!" she shouted. A white ring appeared around her waist and divided in half, putting her in a female version of Danny Phantom's hazmat suit, and turning her hair snowy white. Her eyes had turned from ice blue to a blazing ecto-green.
Kankuro stumbled a little. "Little freak! Die!" he shouted and sent the puppet towards her.
Dani flashed forward and phased through the puppet, causing Kankuro to back up. Dani flipped in the air and slammed her heel into Kankuro's chest, sending him flying down the alleyway and crashing into a fence, sending it toppling down in ruins.
Temari could only stare in shock at what she'd just seen.
Dani's hand glowed green and she fired an ecto-blast at Kankuro, hitting him square in the stomach and burning away the cloth there, leaving horrible burns in their place.
Temari was about to grab her fan when a hand grabbed her arm. She turned to see none other than Danny Fenton and Naruto, both of which looked rather pissed.
"Take your team mate and leave, sand-nin." Danny ordered.
"I'm terribly sorry for my brother's actions. I'll take him away now." she stammered and took off towards her brother. 'He was pretty cute. He looked a lot like that little girl though. Does he have those powers too?'
Danny knelt down and looked at Dani. "Dani you're bleeding. Are you okay?"
Dani turned back to her human form and wiped the blood away angrily. "I'm fine." Surely the Konohamaru Corps would think she was freakish now too.
To her shock, the three older kids hugged her instead.
"That was awesome!" Konohamaru shouted.
"How did you do that?" Udon asked.
"You looked so elegant!" Moegi beamed.
Dani tried to say something, but no words came out. Tears started to well up in her eyes, much to their confusion. "You don't think I'm a freak?"
Konohamaru shook his head. "Of course not!"
Dani hugged him and buried her face against his shirt. "Thank you, Konohamaru. Thank you." Fearful tears quickly turned to happy ones.
Konohamaru had his arms up in the air in surprise, having not expected a reaction like that. Finally he smiled and hugged her back. Eventually the rest of the Konohamaru Corps came over and hugged her as well.
Naruto looked at Danny, who had the blue lines coming down his face again. He started laughing again.
He then heard something in the trees and looked up. "Come out. I know you're there."
A teen with short red hair and black paint on his eyes hopped out of the tree in a swirl of sand.
"Who are you?" Danny asked.
"I'm Gaara of the Sand. Those were my siblings and team mates that the girl just sent packing." said the red head.
Danny's eyes narrowed slightly. "I see."
"I'm sorry for their actions. Can I ask what your names are?" he asked, gesturing to him and Dani.
"My name is Danny, and the girl is my daughter, Dani." Danny explained.
Gaara nodded. "I would be interested to see you in the chunin exams." he said before leaving.
Danny shrugged and looked at Dani again who was still being hugged by her new friends. She was still latched onto Konohamaru. He let out a sigh. 'Why me?'
Team 7 was waiting at the bridge for Kakashi the next day. Naruto and Sakura were having an argument concerning Kakashi's lateness while Danny hung backwards off the railing and Sasuke ignored them.
They were alerted when there was a puff of smoke above the bridge. "Good Morning everyone. I got lost on the road of life."
Danny just sighed and sat up. "If you're going to lie at least make it a good one or don't bother."
Kakashi sighed. "I know this is a bit sudden, but I recommended you for the chunin exams. All four of you. These are the application forms."
"Application forms?" Sakura asked.
"You're repeating me, Sakura. This is all voluntary. If you don't feel ready you can wait till next year. Whoever wants to take the exams, go to room 301 at the academy. The exams are at 3pm, 5 days from now. That's it." Kakashi explained.
Danny and Naruto were playing with the Konohamaru Corps for the rest of the day. Since the events of the day before, Dani and Konohamaru had gotten a little closer, though often got flustered if they caught each other's gaze and would quickly look away. Udon seemed to think it was funny, and Moegi thought it was adorable.
They were interrupted from their musings when a strange man appeared and grabbed Dani, putting her in a choke hold.
Dani screamed in fright as a kunai was put to her throat.
The man laughed. "If you want your friend back you'll do what I say."
Danny and Naruto looked at each other, then back at him. "Nah."
"What? I'll kill her!" the man said, a bit caught off guard by their response.
"Dani. Stop faking and get rid of him already." Naruto said.
Dani immediately stopped screaming and giggled. "You saw right through my act."
"What?!" The man said in surprise.
Dani swung back in his hold and kicked him in the balls. She made herself intangible and slid from his grasp before dropping down to her friends.
Danny walked over to the man who was on the ground holding his family jewels in pain. "See. I'd have been worried if you picked on anyone else. But Dani isn't a kid you should underestimate, Iruka-Sensei.
"Y- you could see through it the whole time?" Iruka asked.
Danny and Naruto both looked at each other, then back at him, nodding.
"You were obvious." Naruto shrugged. "While you claimed you were going to hurt her, I could tell you weren't actually going to do it. Don't forget. I've actually had people try to kill me before. The malice in your voice was fake."
Iruka dropped his disguise. "I see I underestimated you both as well. I had no idea you'd be able to see through it so easily."
"You just don't want us to enter the chunin exams. That's what this is all about isn't it." Danny deadpanned.
"How did you?"
"Really Iruka? All you do is worry about us like we're still academy students. Every day that we step out into the world to do a mission, we put our lives on the line. The real world is no less dangerous than the chunin exams. In fact, I would suggest that the real world is MORE dangerous, because there we could face chunin, jonin, and even S-ranked missing nin. You should know this Iruka. If you can't handle your students becoming ninja, why are you an instructor?" Danny asked.
Iruka looked down.
"Honestly, it's insulting that you felt so worried about us. Not comforting. You might think that we appreciate your trying to protect us. But we don't." Danny told him, and Naruto nodded in agreement.
They returned home with the Konohamaru Corps in tow, having been invited to eat dinner with them.
Danny had separated from them to work on the garden, which had several fruits, vegetables, and herbs. It took up about a hundred acres worth of the land, since he had prepared it to be large enough to feed several people. He used several clones to get the work done quickly before heading inside and washing up.
Haku had taken care of dinner and was amused as the kids started what was basically an eating contest. Danny grinned as he stepped into the room and sat down. Haku sat beside him.
Four days later, Team 7 met up at the academy and started walking up the stairs. They stopped as they saw two 'kids' blocking the way.
"Reverse the genjutsu. We can see right through it anyway." Sasuke ordered.
Danny smacked him upside the head. "You idiot. The genjutsu was to weed out genin that were not ready to take the exams. If they couldn't see through this, they don't belong there."
"Ow!" Sasuke touched the spot where Danny hit him.
"Don't do that!" Sakura yelled at him.
"Your friend is right. Next time maybe you should heed his advice." one of the 'kids' said. The genjutsu reversed, showing that they were in fact the guards that usually sat at the front gate of the village.
"Lets go." Danny ordered and went to lead his team up the stairs.
A boy walked up to Sakura. He had a bowl shaped haircut and the bushiest eyebrows Danny had ever seen.
"My name is Rock Lee. You must be Sakura. Please be my girlfriend. I vow to protect you with my life." he said while giving a nice-guy pose.
"Definitely... not." Sakura said.
"Why?" Lee asked.
"Because I don't even know you." Sakura stated as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Lee whimpered and looked down.
The team continued up the stairs.
