Chapter Ten

Toph heard Katara's first cry for help. She stopped building whatever she was building and sensed Sokka somewhere nearby the shore.

"Sokka!" The blind girl shouted. "I think Katara is in trouble!"

Sokka's big grin disappeared and concern became the new emotion. He got out of the waves and ran up to her, leaving his shirt behind. "Where is she?" He demanded.

Was she okay? Did Aang hurt her? Did Danny finally come out of his 'nice body' and attacked her? Hey, he was still suspicious about that kid.

There was another shout from Katara. Sokka looked around to see where she was; the sun was high in the sky, the waves loudly crashed into the shore, but he couldn't see his sister.

"They're over there!" Toph pointed at a random direction. Sokka spun around to face the direction she was pointing at and saw a figure on a big, grey bolder just up ahead. He could faintly see Aang in his mediating mode; he could see his sister... But where was Danny?

"Toph," He gulped, "Where is Danny?" He asked, voicing his thoughts.

"He's up there," She said, "We should really get up there." Toph started to run towards the bolder, sand going at every direction with every step she took.

Sokka wasted no time and followed the blind girl.

Katara's shouts were getting louder, but he couldn't see them. He was now just inches away from the bolder. Since it was so tall and big, he couldn't see anyone on top, but he could hear his sister.

Sokka turned towards Toph, who was standing right by him. "We need to get up there. Can you build a ladder, or build a big sling shot to shoot us up there, or-!"

He yelped as Toph got a hold of him and they were launched up into the air. Finally Sokka came in contacted with hard ground. The bolder was smooth-thankfully.

He scrambled to his feet and rushed over to Katara. "What's wrong?" He asked as he put an arm around his sister's shoulder and knelt down.

The blind girl made her way over as well. "Did Danny decide to take a nap?" She asked, with a faint smile on her lips. But she was also concerned as well, Katara was yelling so loud it sounded like she was danger.

"No," She whispered. "I'm not sure what exactly happened."

Sokka observed the scene in front of him. "Why is Danny lying down?" He questioned.

She took a shaky breath. "I don't know exactly." She admitted, "He touched Aang, like he was told to. Then he just collapsed, I ran over to him and that's when I started yelling for you guys."

"He... Just collapsed?" Toph asked skeptically. "Did anything else happen to him? Anything else at all?"

"Well he was still awake when I grabbed him, he seemed dazed. Then the strangest thing happened." She paused to find the right words, "His eyes turned green-for a minute, then it turned back to blue. After that, his eyes closed as if he was going to sleep." She finished.

"They turned green?" Sokka rubbed his chin. Green? Why green? He would kind of understand if they glowed icy blue, but green? It didn't make any sense.

"Well, they glowed-in a green color," Katara confessed.

"This happened when he touched Aang?" He asked, glancing at the Avatar's direction. "Was Aang in the spirit world at the time?"

Katara nodded. "Aang went to the spirit world, and then Danny touched him." She looked down at the teen. "Nothing like this happened when we touched him, or when Zuko did."

There was a long pause between the trio. The waves crashed into the bolder, spraying water everywhere. Aang's eyes finally closed and the arrows on his body were the only thing glowing at the moment.

He had taken his headband and his shirt off so he could-concentrate?-better. Just like before.

Toph sat down on the rock. "...Do you think... Aang might've been telling the truth?"

Katara and Sokka looked at the girl. "Telling the truth about what?" The waterbender asked.

"You know? That Danny might be the spirit?" Toph said, "You have to admit that it kind of make sense."

Sokka raised an eyebrow and looked at Danny then at Aang. "If Danny is a spirit. It would make sense, in a way. But wouldn't all of him have gone to the spirit world? I mean why is his body still here? He's not like Aang where his physical body stays behind while his spirit goes to the spirit world... Is he?"

Katara hesitated. "What... What if it was similar? What if Danny is a different kind of spirit?"

"Or what if Danny took over a body to stay in contact with the human world?" Toph suggested.

"I'm not sure if they can even do that," Sokka replied.

She sighed. "Well what do you think oh Mr. Wise-expert-on-spirits?"

Completely ignoring the nick name she gave him, he shook his head. "I don't know," He said honestly, "I just hope Aang will have answers when he returns."

...

You know how people say they 'see the light' when they are dying? It felt like one of those moments for Danny. Although he couldn't feel any pain whatsoever, he just only saw a bright light surrounding him. Nothing unusual about that. Yeah right.

Finally, what seemed like ages, the light began to dim; he started to see green and blue all blurred together. He also saw two darker shadows as well, it looked like dark blue or black-it was too hard to tell.

Everything became more detailed; he saw trees all around him, the sky was blue, without a single cloud. But something was missing... It just didn't seem... Real. The trees looked kind of faded and the sky had a little brown mixed in.

The figures weren't blue, nor black. Although the figures didn't look real either. There was a confused kid, with an arrow on his head. The halfa would've assumed it was Aang, but Aang wasn't bald. There was an older man there too; no doubt he was dressed in red as well. Everyone loved red here, didn't they?

"It's nice of you to join us, Danny," The older man smiled.

"That's... Danny?" The bald kid asked in surprise.

The teen blinked a few times before he realized he was lying on the ground. He got up to his feet and looked around again.

"Ugh, where am I?" He asked.

"The spirit world," The elder man replied calmly.

"The spirit world?" He scoffed lightly, "You're kidding right?"

"I am not, Danny." He said seriously.

"Okay, who are you and how do you know my name?" The halfa asked again.

The man chuckled. "I am Roku; I know you because someone has told me about you." He smiled. "I know you met Aang." He gestured towards the bald kid.

"Wait what? Aang?" The teen asked in disbelief. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but last time I checked, Aang had hair."

This just seemed to get weirder by the second. Aang didn't have hair and he's what? Twelve?

"Well, I didn't before," Aang said sheepishly, "It's long story."

Danny raised an eyebrow. "Okay then." He looked at Roku. "Um, what are we doing here?"

"I just needed Aang to understand some things, and you need to understand some things too." He said, "As well as explaining some things." He pointed at the ghost hybrid.

"Huh?" The teen looked down to find that he was in his black jumpsuit. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, this can't be happening. This. Can't. Be happening."

This was a horrible moment, it was like he was just forced to transform. For a second he found himself facing his parent, strapped down on a table in the lab.

No, snap out of it, he thought, these aren't your parents.

The image seemed to have faded and he was back to looking at the two people.

"If they are going to help you, they must know you." Roku explained.

For a second, he thought he was talking about his parents. Why was he thinking about them right now? This had nothing to do with them at the moment. But then he realized he was talking about Aang and his other friends.

"They know me." He looked at Aang. "I'm a kid from Amity Park, who has a family, friends. I'm from the United Stated. What else was there to tell?" He resorted.

"They need to know about your spirit form as well," The elder man replied calmly.

"So you forced me to show them?"

Who did he think he was? Decided to tell Aang what to do and then have him tell the halfa what to do. This guy was crazy.

"The rest do not know of your spirit form, Aang does though for now."

"And it ghost form for me," He snapped. He didn't know why he was getting angry. Maybe it was because he didn't like how he was suddenly revealed. Yeah, that had to be it.

It wasn't right for someone else to know about his secret and then decided to force him to reveal it!

"Why didn't you tell us, Danny?" Aang asked his voice full of concern. Also at the same time, he sounded like he was betrayed.

Danny felt a little guilty, but he was still a bit disappointed about this.

The halfa folded his arms, for a second he didn't say anything. But soon he finally spoke, without looking at him. "I was worried how you guys would react. I was worried you guys would reject me. I was scared." And it's also a habit, he mentally added.

"Why... Why would we turn our backs on you?" He asked. He couldn't believe that Danny was nervous about this whole thing. Didn't he learn that it was the Avatar's duty to help spirits as well as humans?

"Because," He took a shaky breath, "That's how I felt with my parents. I've never told them about my ghos-spirit side, because they don't like ghos-er, spirits." He explained.

"But they're your parents," Aang replied, "Why would they do that?"

"I don't want to talk about this anymore," Danny gritted his teeth.

This was his business, his business alone. He wouldn't allow having someone get involved with his business. It wouldn't be right.

"Danny," Roku began, "They will help you; I've been told you came here by accident."

"Accident?" Aang asked. "What do you mean, Roku?"

"Aang, Danny isn't from our world," He explained calmly, "He is from another place."

"So this whole time? I was actually not crazy?" They both looked at him. The teen cleared his throat. "I mean, no wonder this place was a lot different."

"I still don't understand," The young Avatar looked at Roku. "How did you know he needed help?"

"I didn't at first," Roku admitted, "But I knew that Danny would need help getting back to his world."

"Uh, Mr. Spirit guy," Danny said, not knowing how to say his name, "Who told you?"

"Another spirit, of course, a spirit named Clockwork, I believe."

The teen's eyes widened. "You know him?"

Clockwork was here? How did he even know? Oh, right, Master of Time. Duh.

"I didn't at first, but he approached me and told me about the situation," The elder man replied, "He said he wouldn't interfere, but he told me that you would need to get out of this world with help. He also told me how and he said you would understand."

"Great, what's that?"

"He said... That there are different... Portals that will appear at random moments, anywhere." Roku said, "And that there will be one nearby the village you guys were just at, in two days."

Different portals... It made sense; the Ghost Zone had many portals that could lead to different places. Back in time. A different galaxy-probably. A different world.

"Great, so not far?" Danny said hopefully.

"It would take a few hours, but I'm sure you'll make it. Just stay out of sight." Roku smiled warmly.

"So..." Aang began, "You're a spirit then?"

"Ghost," He corrected, "From where I am. But 'spirit' could be the same thing as 'ghost' for you. But no, I am not a full spirit."

"What do you mean?"

"Aang," The elder guy said, putting a hand on his shoulder, "Danny still has a human body, but also has a spirit body. Almost similar to you. Except you are the bridge, Danny isn't, he has both sides. Human and spirit."

Nice way of explaining it. Though it sounded weird.

Danny mentally face palmed, was this guy here paid to explain everything? He groaned. "Thank you for explaining everything." He said sarcastically.

"You better get back," Roku said, "You have a few things to explain, Danny."

"Oh, like the things you did when we escaped." Aang pointed out.

The ghost hybrid whinnied. "Why must things be so complicated?" He paused. "Wait, you said I came here by accident. How?"

"I heard you had a battle and ended up here, I didn't ask for details, nor did he give me a lot of details as well." The man said. 'He'—referring to Clockwork.

"A battle," Danny agreed, "An unfinished battle." He grinned. "I'm so going to kick Skulker's butt when I get back."

"Skulker?" Aang asked, what seemed to be the millionth question today.

"Eh, no one important. Just an enemy." He looked at Roku, "Now, one more question." Danny paused for a second. "How come didn't I appear in my human form here?"

"This is the spirit world," Roku said as if it was obvious. "It's mostly for spirits." He looked back at Danny. "Now, Aang will show you how to get out of here. Once you get there, you must explain things. It will be easier and they can help you get back to your world."

Roku slowly faded in midair.

"Wow..." He scoffed lightly, "How dramatic."

Not seeming to hear what the halfa said. Aang grabbed his arm, "Come on," He dragged him along.

Danny didn't exactly know what had happened, it seemed like there was a white wall and he ran right through it. The next thing he knew he was staring at Katara.

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" She cried. Then Toph and Sokka peered from behind.

Sokka grinned. "Welcome back to the living buddy!"

Still lying on the ground he muttered. "That was the weirdest thing."

"So you actually went to the spirit world?" Katara asked.

Well, no more lying this time.

"Yes," He hesitated. "And I still want to hear about the story of "since when was Aang bald"?"

Toph chuckled. "Yup, Baldy."

The teen realized how awkward this was, so he got up to his feet and glanced at Aang's direction. The Avatar was back as well; walking towards the group. As he was walking back he was putting his shirt
back on-suit-whatever. He also tied the headband around his head and stopped in front of Katara, talking about some stuff. She gave him a hug in return.

His hair was back, oh goodness.

The teen looked down to see he was back to his human half. He started patting his body and sighed in relief.

"Woo! Buddy, you gave my sister a heart attack," He walked over the halfa, and gave him a pat on the back.

"I did? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" He joked.

"Eh, I've always wanted to scare someone, but I've been horrible at it." He admitted.

"Well, you came to the right person," Danny smirked. He knew he was bad at it sometimes, but he could be good at it with certain people.

"Oh really?" Sokka asked mischievously.

The bolder rumbled and the ghost hybrid was shot up into the air. He yelped in surprise and looked down the see everyone about a hundred feet down. Then he fell towards the rock.

Aang saved him, who knew?

Instead of hitting something hard, it felt like he landed on a fluffy cloud-which he didn't go through.

The teen was too busy growing irritated at Toph to even notice that Aang used Airbending to save him.

Danny got up to his feet. "What was that for?" He exclaimed.

"That was for scaring us," She grinned.

"I could've died!"

Aang couldn't help but to laugh. Danny rolled his eyes. Of course, no pun intended.

"Right, but Aang saved you," Toph replied simply. "I play around, Aang has your back."

The halfa's eye twitched. The Avatar stopped laughing and walked over the raven-haired teen. "Okay, no starting any fights."

"Fights?" Danny asked. "Why would I start a fight? I'm not mad, just annoyed." He glared at the blind girl.

"Right..." He said, unsure. "Should you explain now?"

"Do I have to?"

He seriously didn't feel comfortable revealing his secret. It just didn't feel right. At least, not yet.

"Yes, and I'll help as well." He smiled.

"Uh, guys?" Toph said, "We have company."

Danny would have to thank her for the distraction.

Sure enough, a firebender came into view, followed by another; more continued to come out. Completely surrounding them. They were all in a fighting position, ready to fire away-literally. Finally, the leader emerged from the the trees and bushes. This time he had his helmet.

"Ah, there you guys are," He smirked, "Like I said before, do you actually think you can escape from us?"

Sokka pulled out his sword and boomerang. While Danny and Aang we're in the spirit world, he had gone back to retrieve them, then he came back.

The kids got into a fighting stance as well, even Danny. Aang knew his secret, he would have to tell the rest sooner or later. The firebenders have an idea of what he may be. Why hide it now, when it's already out? He was going to do some serious butt kicking this time.

Danny glanced at Aang. "You still want me to explain now?"

Aang ignored the raven-haired teen; his eyes were fixed on the rest of the firebenders.

The kids tensed as some of the firebenders took a few steps towards them. They all waited patiently for their leader to give them an order.

The commander took a step forward. "I saw what you did back here," He growled softly at Danny. "You will help the Firelord, I won't stop going after you until I get you."

The halfa just smiled. "You're gonna have to do a lot better than that. I'm not listening to you; 'taking over the world' it's getting old. And this time I'm fighting." His eyes flashed green for a brief second.

The man took a step back, slightly startled by the eyes. Some other firebenders jumped back as well. He cleared his throat. "I will get you." The man sneered. He took a step back as a sign to let the firebenders know that they could proceed to attack.

All of them must've known who to hit, because they all shot fire towards the halfa. Blasting him off of the bolder and he splashed into the ocean.

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These firebenders aren't very smart are they? xD I don't know why, but when Aang finally woke up from being zapped by Azula—I found it funny how Sokka hugged him in the suit saying "Welcome back to the living buddy!" So I just had to add it in. So I down own the phrase. :/

Anyways, yes, you guys had to wait for three—four?—days for the next chapter, and because of that, I made it longer. +1000 And it's the longest chapter in this story too. So hopefully it paid off. xD

I hope everything was good, I had to go over it like five billion time to make sure it made sense. And hopefully the Spirit World was okay as well. Suggestions are welcomed! :D

And before I forget, I've noticed a lot, and I mean A LOT of the ATLA and DP crossovers has Clockwork sending him or something, but the point is, Clockwork is involved in the stories. I mean I understand that, I do. I just want to let you know that Clockwork will not be involved in this story. I know I mentioned him, but that was a onetime only. xD

Just to clear some things up. :D

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