A/N: Merry Christmas guys hope you like this chapter! Thanks again Piper and Jamie for the support on this story, you guys are awesome! Anyway here's chapter 8. And I used some suggestions from Jamie for this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans they belong to respectable owners. I only own my OC Haley. (This is the last time I'm stating this it's starting to get annoying.)
Chapter 8
(Haley)
I woke up with the sun glistening in my eyes. I had the strangest dream. I thought to myself. For a second I actually thought it was a possibility. No way, Ryan would never be that kind. Not even to me. I thought looking to my right and seeing Ryan asleep on a chair by the window covered in prizes from an amusement park. I guess it wasn't a dream. I thought getting out of bed.
"Ryan?" I called shaking his shoulder lightly.
He shifted slightly squeezing something in his hand. I reached for what the mysterious object was when his eye shot open.
"Haley!" he yelled startled, falling backwards in the chair.
"Ryan? Are you alright?" I asked kneeling beside him, shaking him.
"Yeah Haley I'm fine but don't scare me like that again please." He replied sitting up on the floor.
"Well I'm glad you're alright." I stated smiling at him as I sat across from him. That's when I noticed it. His eyes were bloodshot and puffy.
"Ryan what were you doing last night after we came home last night?" I asked concerned.
"Nothing." He replied in a monotone voice with a forced smile on his face.
"You're lying." I said glaring at him.
"What do you mean I'm lying?" he asked standing up.
"I mean you're not telling me something." I stated walking closer to him as he just stood there with his arms crossed. When was he trying so hard to keep that box from me? I thought as I closed the space between us until I was a foot away.
"I'm not lying alright? I would never lie to you Haley." He said taking a step closer to me. I put an arm out to stop his movement towards me.
"Then what's in the box?" I asked irritation seeping slightly into my voice.
"It's for somebody I use to hang out with…but I can't anymore so I thought I would send them this thing." He said looking down with a sad smile.
"Ryan… I am so sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up." I said hugging him tightly.
"It's alright Haley." He replied smiling at me with that big, goofy, loving smile. I love that smile so much. We heard a crash that sounded like it came from the main room and we hurried to find out what happened.
(Raven)
"What the heck is this thing?" Beastboy yelled frantically.
"It's a giant green monster!" Cyborg screamed trying to hit it with his sonic blaster.
I just watched as they got trampled by what looked like a giant green wolf. I kind of enjoyed seeing them get trampled but I'll never admit it to them. Then there was a small explosion on the p,d across the ground right below where Robin had just jumped from.
"Thanks Raven!" Robin said pulling out his Bo staff.
"Don't thank me yet!" I shouted pointing at the angry creature. Just then the door opened. Haley and Ryan ran in the room and instantly Ryan stopped in his tracks.
"Cujo?" he called with a confused look on his face.
The creature turned to face Ryan and started running over to him changing into… a puppy as it got to him?
"Cujo! Down boy. Down." Ryan said while getting licked on his face.
"Ryan what is that thing?" Robin asked storming over to him.
The dog turned around and turned back into the giant beast and placed Robin under of its paws.
"No Cujo, he's a friend." Ryan explained to the dog petting it. "Come on Cujo follow us." He said to the dog while gesturing to Haley. After Ryan and Haley left the room with the puppy I could feel the curiosity from everybody in the room.
(Ryan)
We walked back to our room. When we walked through the door Cujo instantly started flying around the room.
"Come here Cujo." I called. He flew up to me and I pulled the box out of my pocket.
"So this is that friend you were talking about?" Haley asked me.
"Yeah, he's a ghost that attacked one of my friends who freaked out and shot at him. After that day he followed me everywhere." I explained.
"Oh, I see." Haley replied.
I pulled out a collar from the box and put it around Cujo's neck who barked happily.
"So why did he attack the rest of the team but not me?" Haley asked curiously.
"I actually don't know. I usually have to explain to him who my friends are." I stated.
"Like with Robin?" she asked.
"Yeah, but I don't know why I didn't have to do that with you." I finished. I think Cujo felt the curiosity because he sniffed me then sniffed Haley then started barking happily and started licking her.
"Cujo stop!" she yelled laughing as Cujo knocked her to the floor.
"I get it now." I thought out loud.
"What do you get?" Haley questioned sitting up petting Cujo who was lying on her lap.
"I think he knows." I said. Looking at Cujo as he just barked and wagged his tail excitedly.
"Really? How would he know if he just got here?" she asked with a confused look.
"I think he can tell we spend a lot of time together from our scent." I explained. Cujo yawned once and fell asleep. Haley smiled and kept watching him for another minute before continuing our conversation.
"So are we going to keep him?" she asked sheepishly.
"I don't know yet." I replied walking over to the window to watch the sunrise.
"Why not?" she asked. I could tell she was annoyed.
"Because I don't know if he will attack the team again or not." I said with concern in my voice.
"I won't let that happen." She said putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Let me think it over. Alright?" I stated. She nodded and walked to her closet to get a change of clothes and went to the bathroom.
(Haley)
I got out of the shower, got dress, and walked back into me and Ryan's room to find him asleep on the bed with Cujo on his chest. I smiled at the sight while taking out my phone. I took 2 pictures and sent one to team and walked to the roof. When I got to the roof I sat on the ledge and sent the other to Ryan. After 5 minutes of staring at the clouds I heard the door open. I looked towards the door and saw Ryan with a loving smile as he walked over to me.
"How did you sleep?" I asked returning the smile.
"Pretty good until I was woken up by a text." He said as his smile turned from a loving one to a mischievous one.
"Why are you smiling at me like that Ryan?" I asked frightened.
"Oh, no reason." He replied chuckling.
"Sure." I said chuckling nervously.
"So what do you want to do today?" he questioned me abruptly sitting down next to me.
"Um, I don't know?" I stated having it sound more like a question on accident.
"Well, then choose something." He said gesturing to the city.
"How about a picnic?" I asked shyly. All he did was smile.
"Alright just let me get something from the stairs." He said smiling at me then walking over to the stairs. What he pulled out kind of irritated me.
"Why do you already have a picnic basket?" I questioned glaring at him so he knew my annoyance.
"I figured you would want to relax somewhere peaceful today." He explained with is goofy smile again.
I can't stay mad at him. I thought to myself. But why would he think of a picnic instead of just sleeping all day? Oh well, what's done is done. Now for a location. Um the woods? No too dark. This roof? No too windy. The beach? No too much sand. The park? The park.
"How about at the park?" I asked confident which I think freaked out Ryan a bit.
"Sure. I'll meet you down stairs. Be sure to wear that cute outfit." He said winking then walking off.
"So, what I'm wearing right now isn't good enough for you?" I yelled at him.
"It's great, but I wanted you to look the princess I know you are today. Could you do that one little favor for your prince?" he asked before walking down the stairs.
I walked back to our room to change clothes. When I was finished I took a look in my mirror. So he wants me to be a princess today? I wonder what the occasion is. I thought to myself. I walked to the main room and everybody just looked at me in awe. Even Raven was surprised that I would wear a dress. Yes, I am wearing a dress. A black and silver dress with black high heels that irritate the living hell out of me.
"Um, what are you wearing?" Beastboy asked confused.
"A dress, why?" I questioned.
"Since when do you wear a dress?" Robin asked.
"Since Ryan asked me to wear this one." I replied shrugging my shoulders.
"And why did he ask you to wear that?" Raven asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Because we're going on a picnic." I replied.
"What's the occasion?" Cyborg finally asked the question everybody wanted to ask.
"I don't know." I replied shrugging slightly.
"Well, I guess that's why Ryan was dressed nice when he left." Robin said.
"I would love to stay and talk more but Ryan is waiting on me." I said walking out of the room.
I walked along the shore for about 10 minutes before I saw Ryan. He wasn't paying attention so I thought I would have some fun. I took off my heels and tiptoed to the hill about him. I picked up a stick and held it tightly. I continued to sneak forward towards him silently. I got 2 feet behind him and swung the stick at his back. He did a backflip behind me while he was talking on his cell phone.
"So how long until you get here?" he asked the person on the other side of the call.
"Who are you talking to?" I asked curiously. He put up a finger to my mouth attempting to silence me while he talked. I took a step back to look at him with a glare I focused on his finger then back to his face. After a few seconds of contemplating I bit his finger. He pulled his hand to his chest with a disturbed look on his face while I just smiled with my head tilted slightly.
"Alright, we'll see you on the East coast of the island." He said hanging up his phone. "What was that for?" he asked holding his finger.
"You know I don't like being told to wait nor have things shoved in my face." I stated.
"Sorry forgot about that." He replied.
"It's alright, so are you going to tell me who you were talking to?" I questioned.
"Just somebody who owes me a lot." He said mysteriously. I glared at him annoyed just as a helicopter hovered by us.
"What is that for?" I questioned getting my voice just loud enough for Ryan to hear me.
"That's our ride." He explained.
We climbed into the helicopter and we flew over the city. Within 5 minutes we were hovering above the park with everybody freaking out. I could tell that people knew the helicopter. Ryan was hiding his face from the people with a nervous smile as he looked at me. He has to be hiding something. Who is he really? I have a strange feeling he's not telling me something.
"Hey, land over there." He said to the pilot pointing at a large hill that overlooked the park.
"Sure thing." Was the pilot's only response before landing.
We got off and Ryan turned to face the pilot.
"Thanks Akaito." Ryan said to the pilot.
"No problem Ryan it's the least I could do since you helped me out of my debt with the city. Again I'm sorry you had to spend 500,000 dollars to bail me out." Akaito replied with a smile.
What, how much did Ryan bail him out for? Now I have to ask him.
"Ryan, can I talk to you?" I asked grabbing his arm.
"Yeah Haley? What do you need?" he replied curiously.
"Who are you really?" I question determined to get an answer.
"What do you mean?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean who are you other than the Ryan Blake I know." I stated.
"You really want to know" he asked looking into my eyes with pure nothingness in his eyes.
"Yes." I said looking away from the emptiness.
"Alright, I'll tell you after we eat." He said with a warm smile on his face.
1 hour later
(Ryan)
After we ate I explained to Haley about how my parents were killed and how I was legally adopted by Vlad Masters. She was very surprised by that part.i continued by explaining how I changed my name from Daniel Fenton to Ryan Blake. I also explained to her that Vlad set up an offshore bank account that has over 5.4 million dollars in it.
"So that's how you have so much money?" she asked wide eyed.
"Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I didn't think it mattered that much." I said scratching the back of my head. "So how did you like our picnic?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"It was great! Thank you Ryan, but back to that whole money thing." She said sitting across from me.
"What about it?" I asked. Subject change failed. I thought to myself.
"Is that why you helped me buy my music gear and all of those birthday presents?" she questioned.
"Yeah I kind of have way more money than I know what to do with." I said laughing.
"Then why did you work at the pizza shop all that time?" she asked with a curious look in her eyes.
"I worked there to make some friends and to meet people. That's how I met the Titans and you." I replied laying back.
"Are you glad you met us?" she asked shyly.
I sat up rapidly giving myself a headache. "Of course I'm glad I met you!" I exclaimed making her jump a bit. I laid back down again and what I saw my mind couldn't process for a few minutes. I saw a guy who looked like he was maybe 16 or 17 with brown shoulder length hair and yellow eyes. He wore a dress shirt under a plaid vest. His sleeves were rolled up to his shoulders. He wore black jeans with black converse shoes. He also had a black leather bracelet on his right wrist. What I noticed next was that he had a guitar on his back. All he did was stare at our food.
"Hey you hungry?" I asked.
"What do you mean? We just ate Ryan." Haley said looking confused.
"No, not you. Him." I explained pointing to the guy in the tree. He broke his gaze at out left over food and looked at us frantically.
"Who is that?" Haley asked thinking I knew him.
"I don't know I laid back and looked at the tree and he was just sitting there staring at the food." I explained.
The mysterious man stood up and outstretched his arm. Out of nowhere a bright white katana formed in midair as he grabbed the air where the handle had just formed.
"Wait a minute I know that sword." I said out loud.
"What do you mean you know that sword?" Haley asked panic in her voice.
"I mean he's somebody that I haven't seen in a long time. Hey Mamoru. Long time no see." I said waving.
Mamoru's eyes widened in realization.
"Ryan?" he asked while dropping from the tree.
"Dude I haven't seen you in almost a year. What are you doing here?" I asked walking up to him.
"Traveling ended up stopping here a few days ago. What are you doing here? I thought you would still be on the run from GIW." He said placing his guitar next to the tree.
"I actually live here now. Remember those plans we made for the ecto-masker we made?" I asked.
"Yeah, why?" He questioned.
"I built it a few months ago. I've been hidden here since I built it. Oh Mamoru this is my girlfriend Haley." I explained.
"Hello Haley. It is a pleasure to meet somebody who has brightened Ryan's dark heart." He said placing a kiss on her hand.
"Um, hi. It nice to meet you too Mamoru." She said blushing and moving closer to me sheepishly. I laughed with Mamoru at how she was acting.
"Oh don't worry Ryan I'm not going to steal this one." Mamoru said winking at me.
"I'm not worried about that." I said laughing and gently squeezing Haley's hand.
"So where do you live at?" he asked.
"Titans Tower." Haley and I replied in unison. Mamoru blinked a few times before speaking.
"Wait, what?" he questioned surprised.
"Yeah, we joined the Titans. Do you want to meet them?" Haley asked.
"Sure!" he exclaimed excitedly.
"Should I do the honors or would you like to do it this time?" I asked.
"I'll do it." She replied with a smirk.
"Wait, do what now?" Mamoru asked confused. I looked at Haley and nodded to her. She nodded back and transformed into Banshee. Mamoru's jaw dropped when he saw Haley transform. In a flash we were I the main room of the tower with all of the Titans in fighting stances.
"Calm down guys." I said defending Mamoru.
"Who is this Ryan?" Robin questioned with an exploding disk in his hand.
"And why does he have a katana?" Raven asked.
"He's a friend he helped me out before I got here. His name is Mamoru." I said relaxing everybody.
"Hi I'm Mamoru. Nice to meet you." Mamoru introduced.
Alright guys merry Christmas here's chapter 8 hope you like it. I added one of my friend's characters and made him his own mini back story. See you guys next time. Noblese Oblige –Selecao 13