Ch.49: Bullies

Danny visibly slumped when Dash smashed his lunch under his foot for the third time that week. The ebony-haired nine-year-old was seriously having some issues keeping his powers at bay, as they wanted to lash out in correspondence with his pent-up depressed emotions. These kinds of situations were too much like when he was younger.

Sam simmered in anger next to her friend while Tucker, on Danny's other side, huffed in annoyance.

"Dash, why do you do that every day?! Danny never did anything to you!" Sam hissed at the bigger boy, getting in his face challengingly. The blonde narrowed his eyes and bent forward, close to her face as well. "Cause I feel like it, dweeb!"

"Come on, Sam. I'll be fine." Danny whispered meekly. His head was lowered in submission, arms behind his back. He shifted his foot nervously and his eyes glanced around the room nervously. He was anxious in the presence of the 'alpha male' of the grade and it made him even more nervous when Sam decided to challenge him.

Flashes of memories where other people sometimes challenged Jack played behind his eyelids. Those fights never ended well for anybody.

"No! He does this every day and I wanna know why!" Sam demanded, stomping her foot. Dash and the ebony-haired girl both continued to stare their opponent down.

"Come on, Sam. I don't want to fight about it." Danny mumbled and tugged at his female friend's arm. He cast a look of pleading help to his cocoa-skinned friend, who seemed to side with Sam on this particular subject. After a few more pleading looks, he caved and joined Danny in pulling Sam away from the fight. The Trio sat at their usual table in the back.

Danny, kicking his feet, smiled faintly. He was happy because nobody got hurt in the standoff, like usual.

Without a word, Sam and Tucker began sharing their lunches with their friend. Danny, blushing, mumbled a small grateful thanks and began nibbling on the food he was given.

The heavy atmosphere dwindled away and the Trio began to joke around with each other again.


"How was your day?" Dick asked as he led Danny from the school. The smaller of the two was smiling, backpack hanging off his shoulders. As usual, Batsy had been tucked under his arm since the dismissal bell rang.

"It was good." Danny said plainly, shrugging. He was tempted to tell his older brother about the fiasco at lunch but decided against it in the end. Dick might get mad.

"Anything exciting happen?" Dick asked, opening the door to the car so Danny could climb in. He shut the door behind the kid before going around to his side and climbing in as well. He did it quickly in case his baby brother wanted to answer.

"No. Not really." Danny answered, a little too quickly for the older male's liking. Dick narrowed his eyes as he began backing out of his parking space. "You sure, Raven? Did something bad happen?"

Danny shook his head in the mirror but his eyes said another answer. Dick gave him a quick but serious glance in the mirror. "Danny…"

The nine-year-old shrugged. "It was nothing. Dash just took my lunch. He does it every day."

Stupidly, Dick pressed on the brake-pedal, making both passengers lurch forward in their seats painfully. The car behind them honked their horn but the adult in the car ignored that completely.

"Every day?!" Dick yelped astonished. Danny shrunk back in his seat and nodded. "Danny, why didn't you tell anybody about this?!"

"It wasn't important." Danny mumbled. Dick slammed his head against the steering-wheel and let it rest there. The car behind them honked again. Angrily, Dick pressed his own horn back but began driving nonetheless. The nine-year-old in the backseat played with one of the loose strings on his Batman plushy, eyes downcast.

Glancing up and still steaming, Dick looked in the mirror and saw his baby brother very upset and sitting in an almost defensive position. His anger melted and he frowned. "Sorry about that, Danny. I'm not mad at you and I shouldn't have yelled."

"You aren't mad..?" Danny asked, glancing up at the mirror as well. Dick nodded. "Upset you didn't tell anybody? Yes. But mad? No. You need more food than other kids because you have a fast metabolism. Damian and Cassie had the same problem when they were your age."

"Really?" Danny asked meekly. Dick nodded again. The ebony-haired boy looked back at his plushie. His defensive position began to ease and melt away. Dick let out a small sigh in relief at that.


Danny sighed again, watching his lunch go bye-bye. His friends reacted much in the same way they did the day before and the day before that and the day before that. Dash and his friends laughed, much in the same way they did the last few days as well. Déjà vu was starting to become a curse.

"Hey kid!"

All the students looked towards the playground, as they were allowed to eat outside that day. All the students' eyes widened at the sight.

The Bat-Kids were scattered across the playground. Nightwing was calmly, but angrily, standing on the ground, arms across his chest. Red Hood was standing on one of the many catwalks and was leaning against the railing. Red Robin and Ravager were crouching on top of the swings and Spoiler, Batgirl, and Black Bat were crouching on top of the rocket-ship looking construction.

"N-N-Nightwing?" Dash stuttered. The other A-Lister's behind him were slack-jawed.

"Yep. Heard you were picking on some of the smaller kids. Is that true?" The oldest Bat-Kid questioned. The others calmly stood/crouched behind him, waiting for an answer. Danny was blushing a deep crimson but was smiling, nonetheless.

"Uh… Maybe…" Dash admitted, almost seeming to shrink. The family of Bats narrowed their eyes at the blonde.

"And we have a confession…" Red Robin mumbled. Ravager elbowed him in the ribs, rolling his eyes.

Nightwing chose to ignore his two younger brothers as he neared the smaller blonde. "Alright, listen. That's bullying. Bullying is mean. It hurts other people. I don't want to hear anymore about you bullying the other students, got it?"

Dash nodded quickly, eyes wide. Nightwing smirked. "Good."

Batgirl pulled out something from her belt. "Yo, kiddy!"

Danny turned to the older girl expectantly, recognizing the tone she used when she spoke to him. The red-head tossed him something red. Catching it, Danny recognized it as an apple. He could smell faintly ectoplasm in it and smiled. Biting into it, he tasted the green substance over the apple and grinned in pleasure.

"Let's go!" Nightwing called to the others, busting out his grapple-gun. The others did as directed. Red Hood frowned at having to use a grapple but kept his complaints to himself (for once).

As they left, Danny waved.


I was wrong yesterday! The Keeper of Worlds gave me the last idea! Da Chaos Mistress asked me very nicely to make a bullying thing with the Bat-Kids ticked off and I hoped she enjoyed it!

Kadzait: What if she yells at you?

NEGATIVE NANCY! And GreenDrkness (this time I know for sure so no one should be yelling at me. XD) said something about Damian becoming Ravager (where he doesn't die). And I like the Batgirl more-so than I like Oracle, so we're just gonna stick with Batgirl, k?

Thanks to these people for favoriting and/or following: MirrorRook and Ethan Demas.

Reviews:

CallingALazyDay: Ha-ha! Glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Beware all ye who dare take the Bat-Kid! XD

Sina Xiel: Hahahaha! You can go and help AFTER you get some sleep! XD

Crimson Leo: Ha-ha! Makes you wonder! XD

The Keeper of Worlds: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! *begins running around with Kadzait cause no one likes him either* (Kadzait: HEY!)

BringbackDannyPhantom: Oh, just a little~! XD You're gonna hate me when his teen years come around...

KainVixenheim: Glad you enjoyed EVERYTHING! XD Hope you enjoyed this chappie, even though it wasn't funny! The next chapter shall be though!

Anonymous: BUT DANNY AND I ARE ALLERGIC TO CATS!

Bibbledoo: Yeah, sure! I'll make sure you get a memo before the next Danny-heist! XD

JP-Rider: OH CRAP! So sorry! It'll definitely be tomorrow on chapter 50! YEAH~!

TomgirlBre: HAHAHAHAHAHA! And glad you enjoyed as much as you did! Yeah, we're working on Kad and the Gecko's... XD

Ethan Demas: I'm-a getting to Cujo! He will show up in the new few chapters or so! I'm kind of being flooded with requests sooooo, I'm working on it! :D And which other story did you read that Danny was off? Was it Young Justice? Usually it's Young Justice. *shrugs*

GreenDrkness: I can do that idea! After I do a few others first because I'm drowning in ideas!

Skymuse: Ha-ha! The villains will reappear EVENTUALLY! XD

ThunderWulf: Ha-ha-ha-ha! Yep, pretty much~! XD And I would imagine Danny met them on the job while Bats was doing other stuff and wasn't watching his kid. Which is a bad idea if that kid is crafty. XD