I know it's been a while, but you know how it is...anyway, I had just uploaded a new chapter to something or a oneshot or whatever, and I realized that I'd never really finished this one off; I've kinda left all of you hanging. I felt bad about it, so I wrote this in the wee hours of the morning. Yay, insomnia! Anyway, without further ado, here's the final chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans, but the Teen Titans don't make an appearance in this chapter so I really don't have to explicitly say that I don't own them, but they do appear elsewhere in the fic, so I thought that it would be appropriate...why am I still talking? I am such a spaz.
This time, Danny and Sam's awakening was a little gentler. A little. They woke up to the sound of hundreds, if not thousands of people camped just outside of FentonWorks. Danny got out of bed and opened the blinds on his window to scope out the crowd. Their street was so clogged with people that Danny couldn't even see the street itself.
"Wha…" Sam mumbled as she rolled out of the bed.
"There's about a thousand people outside," he informed her as she slipped into a set of clothes she'd retrieved from her overnight bag.
"What do they want?" She inquired.
"Only one way to find out," he replied as he got dressed himself. She paused in putting on her black mascara.
"You're not seriously thinking about just going out there!" He looked at her pointedly. "What if they came to run you out of town? They'll tear you to shreds!"
"What if they didn't? The only way I'll know for sure is to go out there and confront them. Besides, running away from my problems didn't help solve any of them last time, right?" She still looked doubtful. "Come on, Sam. Besides, if anything does happen, I'll just go ghost and get out of there. I'll be fine." Sam smiled weakly and took Danny's hand in her own as he led her downstairs.
"Wait inside for a second; I don't want people to get the wrong impression if we come out together." She chuckled.
"Yeah, and whatever they'd assume about us would be totally incorrect, right?" He blushed, but didn't respond and instead opened the front door and stepped out.
He was almost blown back inside by the sheer volume of the cheers that greeted him.
"Dan-ny! Dan-ny! Dan-ny!" Danny vaguely took note of the fact that they weren't calling him Phantom or Fenton. They called him by his first name. Danny. The halfa realized that this meant that they accepted both halves of him; they weren't afraid of the fact that he was an abomination of nature, half alive and half dead. They were just thankful for his return and for saving the town from the ghost infestation. The cheering slowed and then stopped as the crowd parted to allow the mayor to make his way through to the front. The rather short man warily approached the hybrid that had supposedly held him hostage; the mayor couldn't say for sure what had happened that day, as the whole incident was a vague blur to him.
"Mr. Fenton or Mr. Phantom, whichever you prefer. As you can see, the people of this town are grateful for your heroics the other day, and have congregated here to show their appreciation."
"So…you accept me? It's okay with all of you that I'm part ghost?"
"It's not a matter of whether or not we're okay with it, but rather whether or not you've used your abilities to help or harm us. Although there were incidents in the past that indicated to us that you were a malevolent spirit, your recent actions have proved to us that you're in fact good. As such, I, Mayor Alvarez, hereby pardon you for any misdeeds you've been accused of. Furthermore, I hereby present you with this Medal of Honor for defending our town on numerous occasions, including the Ghost King's invasion and the recent infestation." He paused to pose for the cameramen who snapped photos of him handing the medal over to Danny.
"Thank you so much…you have no idea how much this means to me. All along, the only thing I've ever wanted was acceptance for who I am." A tear glinted in his eye. "I only wish…that my family was here to see this day…" The mayor gave a sad smile at Danny's words.
"Well, if its any consolation, there was a city council meeting yesterday and they decided to erect a statue in tribute of Mr., Mrs., And Ms. Fenton outside of Casper High, if you consent."
"You need my consent?"
"You're there closest living relative, so if you decide that you don't want it, we're obligated by law to follow your wishes."
"No, it's okay. Go ahead with the project."
"All right!" The mayor donned a yellow hard hat. "Let the groundbreaking, and subsequent press coverage, begin!" He left Danny's stoop and disappeared into the crowd. As soon as he left, about fifty fangirls, led by Paulina, approached Danny.
"We all decided that even though you used to be a loser as Fenton, your cuteness as Phantom makes up for it and we still want to go out with you," she explained.
"Sorry, Paulina. But I've already found the love of my life and I'm not letting her go for the world, so I won't be able to go out with you or any other members of your Phantom Phanclub." Paulina snorted.
"Who could you possibly like more than me?" she batted her eyelashes, "I remember the huge crush you had on me back in freshman year." Danny rolled his eyes.
"That's ancient history, Paulina. You can come out now, if you want," he added to Sam.
"What?" Paulina screeched when Sam stepped outside. "You picked that Goth loser over me? "
"Don't you dare call her a loser, Paulina," Danny warned as his eyes began glowing green. Paulina grimaced and stepped back into the crowd, her fan club not far behind.
"If nobody else has anything they'd like to tell me, then I'd like to spend some time with my girlfriend. If that's not too much to ask." A few people came up and thanked Danny for various heroics that he'd performed, but soon enough the crowd began to dissipate and Danny and Sam entered FentonWorks.
"Whoo," Danny sighed as he sat on the floor and leaned against the closed door. "I'm glad that's over."
"So now what are you going to do?" Sam asked him. He shrugged.
"I don't know. I could always go back to school, I guess. It's not like I have anything better to do." His eyes gleamed mischievously as he suddenly tackled her and pinned her to the ground.
"Nothing better to do except spend time with the girl of my dreams. School can wait."
"I heard that. Now shut up and kiss me," she replied. So he did.
fin
Well? What do you think? A bit of healthy DxS fluff at the end is always a good thing, right? Anyway, how was this for a crossover fic? I need to know if I did okay because I'm in the process of writing a Naruto crossover and I started a Yu-Gi-Yoh GX crossover a while ago, but kind of left it hanging after four chapters and I want to know if I should continue. I'll most likely finish up the Naruto one, but I have a lot of ideas for new storiesand I'm not going back and finishing the Yu-Gi-Yoh GX one if it's not worth the time and effort.
But I don't want to end a fic by kvetching to you, so I'll try and be a little more positive. Here goes:thank you all so much for reviewing during the last nine chapters! You all rock and I'd write a tribute to all of you except that there are so many that it would take way too long! Rock on!