The next day, everyone gathered in the training room. Batman was even present. It was for one reason and one reason only. Now that Danny could change, Danielle and Danny could have a true spar. In human form the spars had been exciting, especially as Danny grew in confidence again. But this spar promised to be even better. It was agreed that Danielle would change to human to signal to Danny that the fight was over. Both halfas stood facing each other.

"No duplication," Danielle added. Danny smirked.

"Alright. Fair enough. But I'm keeping my ice," Danny agreed. Danielle frowned but didn't argue.

They changed into their ghost forms and everyone held their breath for the spar to begin. Danielle made the first move. She lunged at Danny. No longer grounded, Danny merely jumped up and out of the way. Danielle flew under him before twisting in mid-air and fired a ghost ray up at Danny. This was also a chance for everyone to see how Danny's hearing disability, which hadn't healed yet, affected him. This included Danny. He'd decided that his performance in this spar would decide if he could ever hope to fight ghosts properly again as it was doubtful his hearing would return.

Danny flickered intangible and the shot passed through him and hit the ceiling. Danny turned and fired his own ghost ray at Danielle. She dodged and they continued to fire and dodge ghost rays. Suddenly Danny swooped down to the ground and phased through it. Danielle scoffed.

"That trick is getting old Danny," she grumbled as he used it regularly in their fights. She floated down to the ground and waited for Danny to appear, not seeing that Danny had returned into the room already through the ceiling. He grabbed her from behind and threw her into the wall. She gasped in alarm and fired a ghost ray at him. Due to her haste though, it missed without Danny even trying to dodge. His green eyes glowed blue and he froze her to the wall.

The team gaped at the tactic. He was using his renewed confidence in flying to his advantage.

"I don't need to duplicate to get the drop on you Dani," Danny taunted with a playful smirk. Danielle scowled and phased out of the ice. She charged her hands with ghost energy but before she could release, he sank through the ground. Danielle growled in annoyance.

"Stupid tactic," she hissed to herself. She scanned the room, including behind her and the ceiling. She then cried out in alarm as she was grabbed from underneath and tossed in the air. Danny took her place on the ground and fired a ghost ray which she deflected with a shield. Danny flew up to meet her and they engaged in hand to hand combat, both much better than their first spar due to training. Danny overpowered her and tossed her at a wall. She turned herself intangible before she hit and sailed through it.

"Ghost fights aren't easily contained," Danny remarked to the audience. Danielle returned to the training room moments later, looking furious.

"Stop doing that!" she complained. Danny smirked, hearing her.

"Dani, that always happens in ghost fights," Danny replied, reminding everyone of his experience. Danielle lunged at him and Danny sidestepped in mid-air.

"Here's where I usually say something like Toro!" Danny teased. Danielle growled. With an angered scream, she fired ghost ray after ghost ray at Danny, including charged disks from her feet. Danny dodged the attacks.

Black Canary checked the time and called for the end. Danielle however wasn't having it, not stopping her frustrated barrage of attacks. So the fight continued as Danny dodged shot after shot. Black Canary shouted to them to stop. Danny glanced at her, hearing the order. He then frowned at Danielle in seriousness. He wasn't playing now. He zoomed forwards and grabbed Danielle's arm and pulled it into a painful hold.

"Even I heard Black Canary call time. Calm down Dani," Danny informed her. Danielle struggled against him before turning intangible. He quickly copied her and kept his hold of her. Danny refused to let her go and she slumped in defeat.

"No fair, I didn't get one hit in," she mumbled.

Seeing the fight leave his clone, Danny floated to the ground and released her. She stepped away from him and reverted to human. Black Canary frowned at Danielle.

"Danielle! When I call time, you have to stop. You have no excuse for ignoring that direct order," Black Canary scolded her. Danielle sighed and nodded.

"Sorry, got caught up in the heat of the moment," Danielle muttered. Black Canary frowned at her.

Batman considered Danny and held his chin thoughtfully.

"M'gann, connect me to Danny," he requested. M'gann blinked but obeyed.

"Danny, how do you feel that fight went?" Batman inquired. Danny turned to the dark knight.

"That was a lot better than I was expecting. I was worried about how my deafness would affect me, but it wasn't really an issue," Danny answered.

"Was that how you usually perform during a fight?" Batman asked. Danny shrugged.

"Usually. Yeah. If it's a really tough opponent though, I joke around a lot less. And I was trying to avoid using my ice and more advanced techniques to give Dani a chance. I've been at this for a while and she doesn't really have that much experience," Danny admitted. Batman nodded.

"I see," he murmured to himself. Danny waited for Batman to either end the conversation or say something further.

Batman nodded to the halfa, telling him that he had no further questions. Danny smiled and glanced at Danielle who was still being scolded. Black Canary stopped with an annoyed huff before turning to the teens and Garfield. She then began to teach a lesson on hand to hand combat, with slight difficulty due to Danny's impaired hearing.

While the children paired off, Garfield and M'gann teaming with Danny, Black Canary stood beside Batman to observe.

"What do you think?" she asked. Batman watched as Danny observed Garfield and M'gann perform the technique before imitating them.

"I think that a meeting is in order," he answered. Black Canary followed the caped crusader's gaze and smirked.

"Yeah, I thought so too. Who would have thought that Danny would recover so much after being imprisoned by the Guys in White and so quickly too," Black Canary commented. Batman smiled.

"It just proves that Danny is a very determined and strong individual. But I do think you were right, interacting with the team did help his recovery immensely," Batman replied. Black Canary bobbed her head in agreement.

"When do you want to set this meeting up?" Black Canary inquired. Batman considered the question.

"I'll need to talk to the others first, but I'd like to arrange it for during the next week when the team isn't around. But I'll let you know when I know," Batman informed her. Black Canary nodded before returning to her lesson.

A meeting. How mysterious? Any guesses what Batman and Black Canary are up to?

So Danny still can't hear for the most part. But it does seem to have affected his fighting ability.

Let me know what you guys think of the story so far.

Until the next chapter.