Hey guys! Sorry this one took so long (seriously, this took way too long). I've actually created a playlist on YouTube for this story. Feel free to check it out if you're interested. The playlist is titled Ghostly Adventures, and the channel is Leafstorm9.

I don't own One Piece or Danny Phantom.

The kitchen door opened, all eyes immediately on the tray of beverages their chef held.

Moving the tray in time to dodge a hastily stretched arm, Sanji moved quickly around the room, handing a refreshingly cold glass of juice to each of the lounging Straw Hats before taking the last one for himself. Taking a sip, he turned to Franky, who stood at the entrance to the hallway. "Is it done yet?"

The cyborg frowned as he took a sip of his own. "I've finished building it, but it'll take a few more hours to install it."

"Hours?!" Usopp groaned from his spot on the wooden floor, his glass already empty.

"I think I'll die of heat stroke before then..." Chopper mumbled, face pressed against the ice-filled glass in his hoof.

"We should have done this sooner..." Nami sighed, absently sipping the juice in the glass she held.

Sanji wiped the sweat off his forehead, his eyes catching something above them as he did so. He looked up. "Oh, hey Danny."

Following Sanji's gaze, the others' heads tilted, finding the halfa floating near the ceiling in ghost form.

When no one said anything, Danny remarked, "Geez, it's warm in here."

Sanji raised an eyebrow. "Warm? It feels like I'm being baked in an oven."

"What he said," Usopp muttered.

"Yeah," Luffy added. "What he said."

Wow. Uh... This was a first, and it was really weirding him out. "Doesn't this cabin have air conditioning?"

"We thought it did..."

Moving the glass away from her lips, Nami explained, "Turns out the AC units here are too old. I just saw them and assumed they worked..." She frowned. "We should've tested them."

"This cabin probably hasn't been occupied for a long time. It's only natural something would cease to function during that time."

Nami straightened at that, quickly turning to Robin. "So you knew the AC was broken?"

"No. The cabin was in pretty good condition when we found it, so it was hard to estimate how long it had been abandoned or even if it was abandoned to begin with."

"Still doesn't change our situation." Usopp flicked the side of the glass in his hand, the ice clinking at the disruption.

Nami looked down at her glass, realizing it was empty. "Man, I was hoping it'd last longer."

For a moment no one said anything, the Straw Hats staring at their own empty glasses with longing eyes. Danny watched as Chopper tilted his glass, the lone ice cube sliding into the reindeer's mouth before the doctor stood the glass up again. Hold on...

"I can help." Chopper's eyes darted to meet his, startling the young halfa out of his thoughts. Taking a moment to look, he realized they were all staring at him. Well, may as well roll with it. "I have ice powers."

For a moment there was no reaction. Then, their eyes lit up in excitement. "Oh, that's right!"

"I wan' ice."

"Hey, make me some too!"

Suddenly the room was alive, Danny wondering whether to be relieved or worried as he nervously chuckled.

Still, it was getting stuffy, and if that was how it felt in ghost form, then the halfa could only guess how miserable it felt for the others.

Drawing power from his core, Danny's eyes glowed blue as the cold energy radiated from his body. Danny looked around the room expectantly, only relaxing when the Straw Hats sighed in relief, visibly loosening at the cooler air.

"This feels nice..."

"Thanks, Danny..."

"I'm still bored." All heads turned to Luffy. "What? I'm just saying I'm bored."

Before anyone could begin to explain the meaning of gratitude, the halfa laughed, effectively cutting them off.

The Straw Hats stared in silent amazement, some of them fascinated by the ghostly echo that seemed to be coming from all sides of the room. The room really did feel ghostly, yet...

"Danny?"

Refocusing their attention on Danny, it surprised them to realize he was no longer laughing, the halfa instead floating completely still, his eyes shut in obvious concentration. They stared in confused silence for a moment before it dawned on them.

Danny was trying to do something.

They watched in silence, Luffy restlessly bouncing where he sat as they waited for something to happen.

Nothing.

Keeping his eyes shut, the halfa frowned and breathed out before trying again.

Once again the Straw Hats waited, not daring to move as they subconsciously held their breaths.

For several seconds, there was nothing. Nami hesitantly began to stand, fully intending to stop the young halfa from pushing himself for their sakes—as she suspected he was doing—only to stop, a light gasp escaping her lips as she saw it.

Lazily floating down from the ceiling were snowflakes.

Danny must've sensed their amazement, for his eyes shot open, the blue in his eyes fading back into toxic green in his shock. He looked around as if noticing the snowflakes for the first time, smiling widely as he shouted, "It worked! Yes!"

Shocked out of their silent gaping, the Straw Hats stared in disbelief at the young halfa as he stilled himself again, the earlier childish excitement fading as quickly as it had come.

It didn't take as long for the snowflakes to appear this time, Danny's eyes remaining blue as he opened them.

For a moment no one said anything, unsure how to address the awe they all felt not even a few minutes ago.

"It's snowing!" Luffy laughed, jumping to his feet before running around in the living room, leaping over or around any Straw Hats in his path.

Nami gaped at Luffy, who apparently was unfazed by the silence in the room, before smiling to herself.

Chopper stood up, jumping in an attempt to catch the snowflakes as he cheered, "Snow! Snow!"

"Super!"

"This is awesome, Danny!"

Smiling, Sanji quickly collected the empty glasses on the tray he still held, pausing as he picked up Luffy's discarded glass from the floor to look up at the floating halfa. He was smiling, calming watching with glowing blue eyes as the room was filled with the usual liveliness he had come to expect from the Straw Hats. Satisfied, Sanji stood, maneuvering the tray around the others as he made his way back to the kitchen to wash the cups.

Reaching a hand out, Nami watched one of the snowflakes land in the palm of her hand, her eyes widening as she bent her fingers toward her palm, almost as if to scratch an itch. She stared at her palm a moment longer before looking up at Danny. "How come they don't melt?" Danny turned to her, his eyes still glowing blue. After realizing he was waiting, she continued. "Even with the cooler air, the snow should melt before reaching the ground, and yet..." She glanced back down at her hand, only to find that the snowflake in her hand was gone. "It melted?!"

He chuckled, abruptly stopping when her head shot up to face him, lightly shaking his head before answering, "My ice is special. Well, ghost ice is special. It's not as quick to melt, and if I want, I can make ice that will never melt."

"Seriously? That's so cool!" Danny and Nami both turned to Luffy, who had at some point approached them, eyes shining. Actually, the whole room had quieted too.

"I wanna see! I wanna see!"

He stared for a moment before smiling. "Sure." He shut his eyes, trying to maintain his snowflake production while creating an ice figure in his hand. After what had to be several minutes, Danny opened his eyes, finally ready to make the ice figure. He concentrated the power into his hands, only to pause. What should he make? Looking up at the watching Straw Hats, he smiled. That would do. Taking one last look, he returned to his task, carefully crafting an ice figure of a miniature straw hat in his hand. He looked up, anticipating their reactions.

Luffy's eyes were sparkling. "It's my hat!"

Danny smiled at the warm feeling in his chest as he extended his hand to Luffy, the mini straw hat resting on the palm. "Here. Keep it. As long as you don't break it, it'll never melt."

Luffy stilled, staring at the straw hat being offered to him before looking up at Danny. He grinned, taking the ice straw hat and hugging it to his chest. "Thanks, Danny!"

"Can you make something for me, too?"

"Can you make an ice statue of me?"

"I would like something as well."

"Everyone calm down!" They all turned to Sanji, who stood near the kitchen door. "I get that we all want stuff to be made, but we can't force Danny to do it."

"Thanks, Sanji, but I'm okay with doing this."

"Really? In that case... Can you make ice replicas of Nami and Robin?!"

"You wanted him to make stuff too!"

"We're going to have to form a line..." Nami calmly walked to where Danny floated. She smiled. "And that line starts here."

The others scrambled for a place in line, Usopp shouting, "You wanted Danny to make stuff for you too?!" as he hurried into the line.

The line having been established, Danny began to work.

Nami had wanted a tangerine and a pinwheel.

Chopper had wanted an ice replica of his old pink hat.

Usopp had wanted an ice figure of himself wearing a cape. As he left though, Danny could just make out the sniper's soft murmuring, "Maybe Kaya will like this..." He smiled, deciding not to ask.

Turning to the next Straw Hat, he was faced with Sanji. "Could you make a replica of the shitty geezer's chef hat?"

The request caught him by surprise. "Uh, sure. What's it look like?"

The blond pulled out a picture from an inside pocket in his suit. He turned it toward Danny. "Like that."

It was a picture of an old man, the shitty geezer as Sanji called him, wearing a tall white chef hat. Next to him stood a rather irritated young boy. This was Sanji, Danny quickly realized. Focusing his attention onto the hat, he nodded, quickly creating an identical one with his ice powers. "This good?"

Sanji finished tucking the picture back into his pocket before looking at Danny's creation. "Yeah. Thanks, Danny."

As Sanji took the chef hat, Danny asked, "You don't want anything else?"

"Well, if you could make life-size replicas of Nami and Robin—"

"No way in hell!" Nami shouted from where she sat on the couch, her tangerine and pinwheel having been dropped off in the girls' room.

"As you wish, Nami my love!" Turning back to Danny, he calmed himself. "This is enough." He turned away, going inside the kitchen, ice chef hat in his hand.

He smiled, turning to the next Straw Hat in line.

Brook was next, asking for a figure of a whale he had played for. After that was Robin's request for a bookmark.

"A bookmark?"

She chortled. "That's right. Feel free to design it however you like."

Realizing she was serious, Danny replied, "Okay..." After taking a moment to consider how to design it, he created it. Holding it up for her to see, he asked, "Is this okay?"

She looked at it in silence for a moment. "Is that the Orion constellation?" Danny nodded. "Then that's your favorite?"

A small smile. "Yeah. It was one of the first ones I learned about. I also like that it's easier to spot. It's comforting."

She gently took the bookmark from him. "This is perfect. Thank you, Danny."

Smiling, he turned to face the next person in line.

"Hey there, Danny!"

The others all turned to Franky as if he had grown a second head. "Franky, weren't you supposed to be installing the AC unit?"

He seemed puzzled by their reaction. "Oh, that? I finished that an hour ago."

Everyone's eyes went wide. "What?! Seriously?"

"Yeah. The AC's been on for a whole hour now. Anyway..." he turned his attention back to Danny, who had been silent during the whole exchange. "Would you mind making a big cola bottle for me? It'll be useful for storing cola and possibly other stuff as well."

A whole hour. The AC had been on for a whole hour. Danny wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. He shut his eyes, taking a deep breath as he relaxed his core, the snow ceasing as he did.

"You alright, Danny?"

Right. There was still one more thing to make. Willing his ice powers to his hands, he opened blue eyes. "A large barrel, right?"

Franky pondered it for a second. "Actually, that's even better. If possible, two or three of them."

"I'll make three then." He was relieved to find that it was much easier to make the objects now that his energy and focus weren't split between two different tasks, and within seconds all three barrels were made.

"Wow! That was super quick! Super!" Franky struck his signature pose, Danny merely smiling as his eyes faded back into their normal toxic green.

Usopp frowned at the cyborg's words. "Yeah, that was way faster than any of ours was. How come you were able to make Franky's barrels faster than our stuff?"

"It was harder to do it while making snow." Realizing he was on the verge of collapsing, Danny floated to the nearest couch before flopping onto it. "Dang, that really took a lot out of me."

Now that he mentioned it, the Straw Hats couldn't help but notice how utterly exhausted the young halfa looked. His ghostly glow had dimmed considerably, and his eyes were now only half-open, as if he would fall asleep at any moment.

And it had been because of them. Chopper, upset that he had contributed to Danny's exhausted state, turned with shimmering eyes to where Danny lay slumped against the couch. "I'm sorry, Danny..."

"We all are. We should've considered how much power you were using." Nami frowned, looking down as she quietly finished, "We were being selfish."

Danny shook his head somewhat forcefully. "No... I wanted to. It was my choice..." His eyes began to droop shut. "Mind if I sleep here a bit...? Don't think I can make it home right now..."

"Sleep as long as you need to. It's the least we can do after all you've done for us."

He smiled. "Thanks..."

His eyes closed, a blinding white ring appearing at his waist as he did, splitting to reveal an already sleeping Danny Fenton.

The Straw Hats smiled at the sight, Nami leaving to grab a blanket for the sleeping halfa. While she was doing that, Brook retrieved his violin from the guys' room, only just beginning to play a soft tune when Nami returned, draping the blanket on Danny's form before finding a comfortable place to sit and enjoy the song. Zoro remained in his corner, quickly falling asleep now that the room wasn't as noisy. Chopper had moved the herbs he was mixing from the infirmary into the living room, occasionally checking to see if Danny was waking up before going back to work. Sanji returned to the kitchen to begin preparing dinner while Robin retrieved her newest book from the girls' room before sitting on the smaller couch to read it, the new bookmark Danny had made her carefully gripped in her hand as she read. The remaining Straw Hats, having nothing else to do, played cards, Nami joining them almost immediately.

The kitchen door opened. "Dinner's ready!"

Luffy jumped to his feet, his cards scattering as he dropped them. "Food!"

"You idiot! You're gonna lose the cards!"

The sound of Danny shifting silenced the Straw Hats. When he stilled again, they breathed out in relief.

Visible eye still on Danny, Sanji said, "Since he's still here, Danny should join us for dinner."

The others nodded in agreement. Nami placed her cards down before standing. "Then let's wake him up."

Luffy, excited to eat, leaped over the couch before anyone could begin to move toward the sleeping halfa. He swiftly turned around, hand grabbing Danny's shoulder with an obvious intention to shake him awake.

"Luffy, don't!" As the others hurried closer, they realized Luffy had stopped only halfway into the first shake, his smile widening with each second that passed. "Luffy?"

"He's purring!"

"He's what?"

The gathered Straw Hats tentatively rested a hand (a hoof in Chopper's case) on the young halfa's sleeping form, their eyes widening in surprise at the vibration they now felt. "He really is purring..."

Something felt strange. Not bad, just... weird. Opening his eyes, he was a little surprised to see the Straw Hats so close to him, but even stranger than that was that they were all smiling at each other for some reason. It was starting to really freak him out.

Had they pranked him? Looking down at himself, he nearly yelped.

They all had their hands on him. "What are you doing?!" he squeaked, face burning in embarrassment.

They all started, letting go as if he'd just burned them. Most of them awkwardly averted their eyes, but Luffy only smiled. "You were purring."

The blush returned to his cheeks at that. "N-No I wasn't!"

Usopp smirked. "Sounds like someone's in denial."

Nami smiled. "I agree. He was definitely purring just now."

Surrounded by the now grinning Straw Hats, he pouted. "Guys..."

"Can all ghosts purr?"

Danny perked up at the genuine question from the reindeer. "All ghosts with cores can, but it only happens when they're happy."

Their smiles faded as they realized what that meant.

Danny had been happy. Truly happy.

With them.

Mentally shaking off the thought, Sanji asked, "Wanna join us for dinner?"

Danny considered the offer. The idea was tempting, but he'd already been gone longer than he'd intended. It was honestly a miracle no ghost had shown up while he was gone. Not to mention he hadn't told Sam and Tucker—or Jazz for that matter—he'd be leaving. "I'd love to, but I really should be heading back. I didn't tell anyone where I was going when I came here." Turning to Sanji, he asked, "Can I take some to go?"

The blond smiled. "Of course." The blond gestured toward the kitchen, hand reaching to open the door—

"Danny!" Everyone turned to Luffy, who was scowling, arms crossed. "You didn't ever bring your friends! I thought you wanted us to meet them."

"O-Oh, right..." His hand latched onto the back of his neck. "It kind of slipped my mind..."

"Then I've decided! Next time you come you have to bring your friends."

Danny nearly sighed. "Alright, alright. I'll bring them next time I come, okay?"

Luffy smiled. "Yep!"

"You said you wanted to take some to go, right?" Turning, Danny saw that Sanji had opened the kitchen door and was gesturing for him to come inside. Danny complied, choosing to walk through the wall next to the door instead, the blond quickly following through the doorway before shutting it behind him. The young halfa watched as the Straw Hat chef made his way around the countertop, grabbing a to go box from the large stack next to the fridge before turning to hand it to Danny.

"Take as much as you'd like."

Following the blond to the stove, Danny did so, filling the box before grabbing one of that meal's flight-friendly items from the platter sitting next to the stove. "Thanks, Sanji! I'll see you guys later!" With that, he transformed into Phantom, taking the box of food with him as he phased through the wall before vanishing from sight.

The kitchen door opened. "Did Danny leave?"

Turning around to face the others, Sanji nodded. "Yeah."

Luffy smiled. "He'll be back."

And they would be there, waiting.