Sick in Bed: Nurse Makoto
On the other side of Japan, where Danny can't see what's going on, a ghost was at work with parts stolen from the airplanes.
It is Technus, the self-proclaimed master of technology.
The tech obsessed ghost grinned maliciously as he felt triumphant.
"Now I, Technus, master of all thi-"
"Will you knock it off?" Skulker appeared, arms crossed. As Technus scowled at him for interrupting him, Skulker looked to the parts. "Did you get what you need?"
"Almost…"
''What do you mean almost?" He demanded.
"I raided planes used for commercial flights, not something built by Tony Stark or Lex Luthor…" Technus pointed out.
"What's missing?" Skulker said.
"Some circuitry."
"Is there a place you'll find the remaining parts?" Skulker asked.
"A few factories, including a robotics plant not far from here…" Technus responded. "Did your new friends supply what we need?"
''Yes, they have..." Skulker said as he showed an image of what they have. "With this crystal, which they call Dark Power, it will be the battery we need…"
Technus grinned.
"Alright, but are you certain this will work?" Technus asked. "What if the boy doesn't even have the Infi-Map on him when we do this?"
"Then whichever female he's romantically involved with is going to have an abrupt end to their relationship…"
Skulker said as a dark looked formed on his face.
Technus however, couldn't keep his mouth shut.
"Don't tell me you're still jea-"
"I'M NOT!" Skulker shouted. "She did that annoy me! Nothing more!"
Technus looked unconvinced.
"Yeah, right and Spectra is a nice ghoul..." The tech ghost muttered sarcastically.
Skulker growled at that.
"Look, do you want to get that map so Plasmius can split the reward between us? 60-40, like I said…" Skulker said.
"Fine… if only to get rid of that annoying Phantom…" Technus responded.
They were in their human form this time and Makoto was winning, hands down.
Danny could only barely dodge her and he still knew that she is holding back a lot.
He barely managed to avoid a high kick.
"Wow..." He let out as he barely missed it.
It didn't stop the wide grin on his face, even after it ending with Makoto as the victor.
"I win... what's my prize? A cute boy to cuddle with?" Makoto asked with a smile.
What a woman... Danny thought, smitten.
"You did pretty well without using your powers..." Makoto said.
"Oh, please. If you went all out, you'd wipe the floor with me." Danny said, though he did not sound upset.
Quite the opposite.
"Well… I didn't want to give you a fat lip... it'd be weird to kiss you." Makoto said in a coy voice.
Danny smirked.
"Hey, like I said before, the more a girl knows how the handle herself, the better..."Danny said with a flirty smile.
Makoto returned it.
"I can handle more than fighting..." She said as she sent him an amorous look.
Danny sent it back.
"Cool..." He said to his strong, beautiful girlfriend.
"Very cool!" Makoto went as she inched her face down towards his.
As the two were about to kiss, Danny' s ghost sense went off.
"Ah crud…" He groaned. "Who is it th-"
"Will you be my friends?" A familiar voice asked as Danny saw a certain someone appear in front of them.
Danny groaned.
"Where's Godzilla when you want to get stomped on?"
"Who is that?" Makoto asked in an alert voice.
"That's Klemper, and with the exception of his ice powers, he is harmless...just a nuisance..." Danny said.
"So he's not an enemy?" She asked, somewhat calmed down.
"No… just a pain."
Klemper fires his ice breath at Danny before he can morph, freezing him in place.
''Hey-" He was cut off upon being frozen.
"Danny!" Makoto shouted. She then got angry as she turned to the ice ghost and immediately pulled out her pen. "Jupiter Power! Make Up!"
She quickly transformed and faced him.
"Will you be my friend?" He asked.
"After what you did to my boyfriend?! Never!" Makoto said in anger as she prepared her attack.
"Why not?!" Klemper whined.
"SUPREME… THUNDER!" She fired.
She hit him straight on and Klemper yelled as he was getting friend by the lightning.
Once it was done, he landed to the ground, injured and weak, but still whining.
"Why won't you be my friend?!" Klemper cried.
"You froze my boyfriend in ice! That's why!"
Danny was aware of what was going on, but the ice all over his body meant he was powerless. But also freezing.
Cujo started licking the frozen Danny to thaw him out. Thankfully, it was working. Cujo's hot breath coupled with saliva was melting the ice pretty fast.
Danny panted.
"Th-thanks… I'm G-Goin' Ghost!"
Danny morphed and was able to break free. Cujo, meanwhile, shrunk back to normal size.
Klemper, while weak, saw the puppy and smiled as he went after it.
"Will you be my friend?"He asked.
Cujo got mad and, realizing that he was responsible for what he did to Danny, grew to giant size and snarled at Klemper.
Danny smirked.
"Sic em!"
The ice ghost screamed.
"No! Bad puppy!"
He flew away while Cujo went after him.
Lita would have gone after him, but she was more worried about her boyfriend.
Once Klemper was out of sight, she rushed over to her boyfriend, who is still shivering.
"DANNY-KUN!" She said in worry.
"Don't worry… I'm more resistant to cold in this form… a bit longer and I can avoid any long term effects of being frozen in ice for a good 30 seconds…" He said with a smile.
"Please don't joke about that…" She said, worried and sending a small glare for taking it lightly.
"Don't worry, Lita..." Danny said, assuring her "I'm good..."
Just then, he sneezed.
In America, it was morning.
Jazz and Danielle had just left the inn they were staying at and on their way to the next college she wanted to check out.
However, they had to make a quick pitstop at a gas station to fill up.
While Jazz went to go pay for the gas, Danielle's eyes were on the candy for sale.
"Can I have some candy?" Danielle asked.
Jazz raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you think you've been overdoing it in junk food, lately?"
"What do you mean?"
"The pizza… the burgers… those smoothies… FYI, who makes smoothies out of lamb and sardine?!" Jazz asked.
Danielle shrugged.
"They were tasty…"
"The point is… no." Jazz said.
"Not even when we in the town of Danny's best hero friend?" Danielle asked.
"He and Ben aren't so much best hero friends as they are just the only two they converse with on a weekly basis over e-mails and stuff…" Jazz said.
''But..." Danielle went.
"Danielle, no. I think you had enough sugar today..." Jazz said in a lecturing tone.
Danielle pouted as she crossed her arms, while Jazz went back to paying for gas.
Both were unaware 5 kids were watching this unfold.
"Lousy teenager..." A blonde boy said.
"Depriving that kid of candy huh? Kids Next Door... battle stations!" A boy with a British accent said.
Five minutes later.
As Jazz finished pumping gas, she approached the car.
"Okay, Danielle? Let's get-"
Suddenly, she hit in the back by what looked like a bola, only it was tin cans wrapped with rope.
Danielle saw Jazz falling to the ground.
"Jazz?!" She shouted.
"W-what the heck?!" Jazz went.
Suddenly, Jazz saw 5 kids standing over her.
"You're through depriving that child of candy, teenager!" The bald one said.
"What?!" Jazz asked incredulously.
These kids pointed what looked to be make shift blasters at them, made out of stuff you can find around the house.
The kids kept pointing them, while one of them approached the door for Danielle.
"I am Numbuh One… and we are not allowing you teenagers to mess with kids in our town!" He said.
"Mess with? She's been overeating junk food!" Jazz said.
"No such thing as overeating!" Numbuh One said.
As Danielle got out of the car, she saw Numbuh Two approached her.
"Here… candy." The chubby one offered.
Danielle took one bag, though it was clearly not for eating.
She looked angry, very angry.
"Okay, freak!" The blonde one said. "What do we do with you?"
"Simple, Numbuh Four…" Numbuh One said. "We shall-"
Suddenly, he's smacked in the back of the head by the bag Danielle had, causing him pain.
"What's the matter with you idiots?!" Danielle went.
"Ow! What?!" Numbuh One went as his team looked stunned. "What are you doing?"
"What are YOU doing, you idiots?!" Danielle went as she pushed Numbuh One and went to Jazz.
"Wh-what's going?!" Numbuh One questioned as his voice cracked a bit.
"You okay?" Danielle asked Jazz.
"Yeah… get me out of here…"
She pulled the "bola" off, using her powers while the KND weren't looking to phase the tangles off.
The KND didn't see her using her powers, they were flabbergasted she was helping a teenager.
"What ARE you doing?!" Numbuh One said.
"Helping family… you stupid jerks!" Danielle went, glaring at them.
"Family?!" Numbuh One questioned.
"But she's a teenager!" Numbuh Four pointed out.
"And you're a pain in my butt!" Danielle barked at him, making him flinch.
"We offered you candy!" Numbuh Two said as he chewed on some of them.
"That's justified in harassing her?!" Danielle went as she rose her sleeves up. "I oughta-"
Jazz held her back.
"They're not worth it…"
Danielle looked mad but sighed, before sending another glare to the kids, who still looked baffled.
"If any of you morons try and do anything like this to her again, you guys are toast!" Danielle threatened as she raised her fist in warning, while Jazz lead her to the car in order to avoid an unnecessary fight.
They both drove away, leaving the KND baffled.
"W-What was that?!" Numbuh One went, unable to process what happened. "Why… why would she help a teenager?! Why was she okay with not partaking in the candy we liberated from this stupid gas station?!"
"That was not like any kid I ever saw…" Numbuh Three said.
"She's weird… eh, Numbuh Five?" Four said, though she didn't respond. "Five?"
Numbuh Five pondered.
"Did that girl with the beanie look familiar to anyone?" She asked.
"Huh?" One went.
"I coulda sworn she looked familiar…" Five said.
"Huh… now that you mention it… she kinda did…" Four said.
"Oh… whatever…" One dismissed. "Let's just get out of here before…"
"HEY YOU KIDS!" Someone from the gas station's mart called out.
Numbuh One groaned.
"We're spotted again…"
Hours after this, in Japan, was the morning there.
Danny was in bed, sneezing.
"Oh man…" He sniffed.
In the room were the Sailor Guardians and their cats.
Artemis and Luna looked apprehensive to be there.
"So… where is that dog?" Luna asked.
"He went chasing after the ghost who froze Danny… not sure what happened afterwards…" Makoto said.
Artemis sighed.
"That's a relief…"
Even if that dog monster is supposed to be Danny's friend, the two cats can't feel safe around him, especially when he transforms.
Anyway, the girls were currently checking over Danny.
"Let's see…" Ami looked to the thermometer. "Is your body temperature any different after you got your powers?"
"No… in human form, I'm still vulnerable to anything that could make humans sick… or dead…" Danny said. "I morphed after getting out to heal injuries… but I can still catch colds…" He said as his nose started running.
Poor Danny-kun... Makoto thought as Luna approached him to sense if this was the Black Moon Clan's doing again.
After a few moments, the cat answered.
"Good news, it is only a common virus..." Luna said.
"Bad news, you're sick in bed…" Artemis finished for her. "Which means if another of your villains showed up, it might not be a good thing."
"Well, at least my entire visit won't be wasted with me in bed..." Danny said.
He started coughing and sneezing again, while Makoto handed him some tissues.
All the while, Usagi had to ask this.
"Do you think he'll be okay by tomorrow?" Usagi asked.
"That all depends if he stays in bed today…" Rei said.
"Well, Danny-kun, until you are well, Nurse Minako shall care for you..." Minako volunteered.
Danny blinked, while the others paled at the thought.
They started speaking in Japanese.
"No!" Usagi went
"No, Minako!" Makoto said.
"Minako, there's no need!" Ami went.
"Listen to them!" Rei went.
Minako sighed angrily.
"Come on… I've gotten better since last time…"
"That's hard to believe…" Usagi said with her arms crossed, which the others nodded with her.
Danny just blinked.
What are they talking about?
He saw Makoto seemingly scolding Minako in Japanese.
She then gave a gentle smile as she turned to Danny.
"I'm gonna be his nurse..." She said with a blush forming on her face.
Danny didn't understand what she said, but smiled back.
"Well, I can help and-" Minako started.
Minako was silenced when Usagi and the other girls pulled her away.
"She's got this!" Usagi said.
"After all, it's her boyfriend…" Ami said, trying to hide her growing concern with a smile.
"That's right… who better to care for him?" Rei went.
"But I just wanna help..." Minako whined as Usagi had her hand on her mouth.
"And I am sure Danny-kun appreciates the offer but I think Mako-chan wants to be alone with him..." Usagi whispered to her.
"And besides..." Makoto then sent a jealous glare at Minako. "There's no way I am letting you near him in THAT nurse outfit!"
Minako chuckled nervously.
"Would it help if I wore pants?"
Minako shrunk back at the glare from the taller girl.
Makoto is like a sister to her, but as kind as she is, she is not someone you want to make angry
"There's a very slim chance you're going to try and seduce him… aren't you, Mina?" Artemis asked.
"No! I'm over it!" She shouted after pulling Usagi's hand off before muttering. "Mostly…"
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that…" Makoto warned.
"At least let me make some rice porridge for-"
"NO!" Everyone went.
"Uh… what's going on?" Danny asked.
"Danny! They're not letting me make some rice porridge for you…" Minako said, sounding like she was heartbroken.
"Huh? Why not?" Danny asked.
"See he wants to try it." Mina pointed out.
"Believe me Danny! You're better off with homemade soup!" Rei went, looking terrified.
''What was that?" Minako asked.
"Uh, nothing..." Rei lied nervously.
Danny raised a brow at their behavior, even Lita seems shaken.
The way they act, she sounds scarier than Katie...
"Minako… While your intentions are pure… The end result is less than stellar..." Ami said.
"How so?" Minako asked, sounding insulted.
"Well..." Ami went.
Imagine spot
"Here's your soup." Minako says as she feeds Danny.
He spits it out.
"HOT! HOT!" He shouted.
"Oh, thank you..." The imaginary nurse said, not realizing what he meant.
She then accidentally dropped the soup on his lap.
Imagine spot over
"I wouldn't do that!" The real Minako shouted.
"Maybe not..." Rei said. "Although..."
Imagine spot
"I brought you juice!"
As the imaginary Minako brought a glass, she tripped and the glass is thrown at Danny's head.
Imagine spot over
"I'm not THAT clumsy!" Minako shouted.
"Not to mention..." Usagi spoke up.
Imagine spot
"Okay... time for your temperature!"
Nurse Minako put the thermometer in Danny's mouth.
Suddenly, the entire apartment building catches fire.
Imagine spot over
"Oh come on! How does that lead to me setting the whole building on fire?!" Minako shouted.
"Usagi may be exaggerating... but I somehow buy it..." Rei said, still bitter about when Minako "cared" for her.
Minako pouted at first before getting an idea.
"So… do you want to borrow my nurse outfit, Mako?" She asked with a wink.
Makoto blushed at the idea.
"Uh… with my height, it'd look more like a shirt… besides… I have something like that from a costume party I went to last year." Makoto said.
At the same time, in Amity Park, it was afternoon.
Vlad grinned at his plan working.
He saw the news on the television.
"And so, the mayor's newest team, the Masters' Blasters, have successfully defeated another ghost." Lance Thunder said. "This is Lance Thunder, signing out"
"Excellent." Vlad said with a grin. "I don't know where Daniel has gone off to… but by the time he gets back… the city will have turned against him.
Danny laid on the bed, his nose clogged a bit with mucus.
"I hate this… I should be holding Lita's hand out in the sun… not sick in bed…" He muttered. "I bet Superman doesn't have this problem when he's doing interviews with Lois Lane, or those months he was dating Wonder Woman…"
Seriously, how does he deal with stuff like this, anyway? I might as well ask Kara next time I see her…
Suddenly, there was a knock at his door.
"Is the patient ready?" Makoto said in a loving voice.
Danny sat up and his jaw dropped.
As his girlfriend stepped in, he was seeing her dressed like a nurse.
A short white nurse's robe along with what looked to be a cute little nurse's hat.
The outfit she wore also showed off her legs in a flattering way that left the boy stunned.
"Whoa…" He said in awe.
And I thought she looked hot in her Sailor Guardian suit… He thought.
Makoto noticed his staring and she turned red.
"Now… I'm afraid I'll have to wear this. I hope you don't mind…" She put on a face covering for her mouth.
"No, I don't… I don't want you to get sick." He said.
''Okay..." She said as she brought in a tray with hot food on it.
"Whatcha got there?" Danny asked.
"Now then… I've brought some hot soup." She said. "Ami tells me Chicken Noodle is the best soup for the cold thanks to her mom's books… so I made you plenty."
"Thanks, Lita…" He said with a stuffy nose.
"Oh wow…" She put the tray down. "That sounds awful…" She pulled out a tissue. "Blow your nose…"
"Okay…" He said as he took a tissue.
Danny obeyed and once done, tossed it in a nearby waste basket, while Makoto took a seat in a chair next to him.
Once done, she took a spoonful of the soup and turned her attention to her boyfriend.
"Open up~..." She said.
Danny did so and Lita fed him the first spoonful.
He swallowed and smiled.
"Delicious..." That was all he could say.
"Thank you..." Makoto said with a smile.
"No, thank you for tending to me…" Danny said before his curiosity got the better of him. "So… what was wrong with Mina helping you look after me? Were you afraid she'd get sick too?"
"No…" Makoto said.
"If she still has a thing for me, know that I'm flattered but I made my choice and don't regret it one bit." Danny said.
"It's not just that…" Makoto said, sounding like she's hiding something terrifying. "Let's just say… she's not as amazing at caregiving as she is at being a Sailor Guardian…" She said.
Danny blinked.
She's sounding like Minako put her through some Jigsaw-level torture…
"So… eat up and get some rest…" She said.
"Lita…" Danny spoke up, having thought it through the night before.
"Yes?" She asked, stopping in her tracks.
"Since I'm gonna be in bed all day, I decided I should tell you something…" Danny said.
"About what?"
"The Infi-Map…" He sniffed. "I hid it in my luggage and, thankfully, Skulker hasn't come around here. I'm gonna assume he'll find out eventually where I am…"
"Don't worry." She clenched her fist and grinned. "I'll fry him if he tries anything."
"That's not it…" He said.
"Huh?" She asked, lowering her fist.
"Check my luggage…" He said. "Under my spare pants…"
''Luggage?" She said .
"Yeah." He nodded.
She soon found one of his suitcases and he nodded. He opened it up and started reaching in, searching for the item.
"I feel something…" She said.
"That must be it."
She found what was in her hand when she pulled it out.
"A scroll?"
"The Infi-Map…" Danny said. "Whatever you do, don't open it…" He warned. "I just want you to know where it is in case Skulker comes here looking for it. Take it with you, use it if you have to, just in case he comes and I'm too sick to keep it safe…"
Makoto however, had to say this.
"You know, I'll protect you." She said.
"I know… but on the slim chance…" Danny said.
Makoto nodded and put it back in the luggage.
"I'll keep it safe…" She said.
The rest of the Sailor Guardians, including the cats and Chibiusa, were off getting ice cream together, talking with themselves.
"I hope Danny is better by now." Usagi said. "We planned this trip and it'd suck if Mako can't go."
"I know…" Rei said. "Knowing her, she can't bare the idea of being apart from him while he's sick…"
"I could always offer to watch him for her…" Minako said, earning dirty looks from everyone. "What?!" She asked innocently.
"I sincerely doubt Mako would do that…" Ami said.
"Especially after you let out you're mostly over him…" Artemis went.
Minako blushed and nervously laughed.
"Hey, come on now… it's not like I tried to kiss him or anything… again." She said that last part by accident and covered her mouth. "Oopsie…"
"You tried kissing him?!" Usagi shouted.
Minako nervously rose her hands and chuckled.
"To be clear, it was the night I met him as Danny Phantom… I had no idea it was the same Danny Mako loves." She said. "I was…" She held her fingers up in an almost pinch. "… this close to his lips before he shouted that he has a girlfriend..."
All of the girls kept having faces while Artemis sighed and shook his head.
"Still plan to sweep him off his feet if she breaks his heart?" He asked.
Minako looked utterly embarrassed as the dirty looks continued.
"Traitor…" Minako muttered.
The girls still sent her a look and Minako sweat dropped a bit.
"You were hoping he'd get his heart broken?" Rei asked.
"That's low…" Ami said.
"Not to mention, really desperate…" Usagi added.
"Oh, come on, I didn't really mean it like that! Besides, Mako would never break his heart..." Mina said.
The girls still sent a look, before going back to eating their ice cream.
As Ami was halfway done, Usagi put all of her ice cream in her mouth.
"Usagi… overeating is going to have a negative effect on your health. It'll make studying difficult…"
"It's already difficult for her… plus she's making a mess." Rei joked.
"Well… I did want a smoothie but the machine wasn't working…" Usagi said.
Hearing that word got Ami's attention.
"Knowing you, you'd overwork the poor machine…" Rei joked.
"Stop being mean!" Usagi shouted.
"Yeah Rei… need I remind you who had 4 of those last time…" Minako defended Usagi.
"I told you! It was hot last time!" Rei shouted.
Ami paid no attention to them. She stared at her ice cream as her mind drifted off.
To a day when she was at a patio dining area in America, sitting alongside a brunette in green as they drank smoothies together.
She recalled seeing him while he was distracted and blushing hard while he wasn't looking.
She smiled to herself.
"Ami?" Luna asked.
"Huh?" She snapped out of it. She saw everyone staring at her. "Something wrong?"
"You zoned out there." Chibiusa pointed out.
"Is something the matter?" Usagi asked.
"Oh… no…" Ami put on a smile and shook her head. "You just… reminded me of someone…"
''Who?" Usagi asked.
Ami blushed.
"Uh...just...someone, you haven't met..." Ami said, blushing more.
Her friends noticed.
Minako grinned at a thought.
"Is it that boy you picked?"
Ami turned her face away.
"I… don't know what you're talking about…" Ami lied.
''It is, isn't it?" Minako said and this got the girls attention too.
"The one who is famous now?'' Usagi asked.
"I've… moved on…" Ami said, insisting on it.
"I remember Mako offered to board a plane just to find him and make him apologize for not picking you…" Rei said.
"Even if she went after him as Sailor Jupiter, that boy would destroy you all faster than Danny could." Artemis says.
"Really?" Minako asked.
"One of those aliens he transforms into is a Celestialsapien, a reality warper. Thought he can't actually control it, if he can get the two personalities to work together, he could rewrite how the world works or just snap us out of existence…" Artemis said.
"And… you know that how?" Luna asked.
Artemis scratched the back of his head.
"I might have… used Mina's computer to join a Ben 10 fan club…" He admitted sheepishly.
"What?!" Mina yelled, her volume making him flinch. "Is that why I keep getting updates from them?!"
"If Mako heard that, she'd shave your fur off for sure…" Usagi said as everyone but Ami nodded.
As the rest went on talking, Ami thought.
He doesn't owe me a date or anything… though it would be nice to see him again.
Weird… how did I get here? Danny thought.
He was standing in the middle of a beach. He saw the open sea.
Did I use the Infi-Map to come back here? What's going on? He thought.
"Danny.." He heard Makoto's voice.
"Lita?" He turned around and saw her, as Sailor Jupiter, standing in front of him. "What's up?"
She only smiled at him as she approached him.
"I love you…"
Danny smiled.
"I love you too…"
The two held hands and looked into each other's eyes.
Blue eyes looked up into green ones as they leaned in.
Before they could kiss, he heard those voices.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"
Danny stopped.
"Huh?" He turned around and saw an old friend. "Sam?"
What is she doing here? And why does she look so mad?
"DANNY! You're a high schooler! She's technically a middle schooler! You two are too young to be having these sappy romances on the beach!"
''Sam? We ARE the same age... "Danny pointed out.
"WHO CARES?!" She yelled as she angrily marched up to them.
Only to be stopped when someone else came to the scene.
"Leave them alone!" Jazz and Danielle went, blocking Sam's path.
"Jazz? Danielle?" Danny said.
Why are they here?
They didn't answer him as they were busy trying to reign in Sam.
''I am NOT going to sit by! You are dead meat!" Sam shouted.
Sailor Jupiter gritted her teeth.
"Try me!" She shouted as she ran to get into a fight with Sam.
The two girls got into a cat fight that can only happen on Saturday morning cartoon shows.
As they got into a cartoonish cloud of violence, sounds of grunting and hitting of the two, Danny was growing concerned.
"Come on, Sam, Lita! Seriously!"
He was about to go, but he felt a pair of hands grab his arm and pull him back.
"Danny!" A voice went.
He saw who it was as she hugged him.
"Mina?!"
It was Minako Aino, as Sailor Venus, who gave him bedroom eyes.
"Hi…" She said flirtatiously.
''What are you doing here?" He asked and the blonde giggled.
"I was looking for you, silly. So… where were we that night?" She asked as she was about to kiss him.
Danny pulled away.
"Whoa! Hold it!" He went.
"Yeah!" Another familiar voice went, one that made him wanna jump out of his skin as he turned his head and saw her, smiling at him, in a wedding dress. "He's mine!"
"KATIE?!" Danny shouted in horror as he noticed a large shadow covering him. He turned around and saw a wave about to crash on him.
Danny's eyes opened.
Looking around, he saw Makoto was standing over him, and something wet was on his forehead.
It was a wet towel.
"Lita?" Danny asked.
"Yeah…" She went. "You were muttering in your sleep… I assumed you were dreaming…"
"It started as one… before…" He stopped.
"Before what?" Makoto asked.
"I'm… not sure I wanna say…" Danny said.
She saw the horrified look on his face and a thought hit her.
"Was it… about her?" Makoto asked.
"You mean Mina or… Katie?" Danny asked.
"Both… mostly the last one." Makoto said.
"I... had a dream that we were together on a beach but...they showed up and things got ugly..." Danny said.
"Really?" Makoto asked.
"Yeah, look...I know she's sorry but…" He gulped. "I can't really see myself being around her."
He still had nightmares about that horrible day at the Carnival, even after all of this time.
Makoto saw the look on his face and felt sympathetic and worried.
"Danny-kun? Is this girl really that much trouble for you?" Makoto asked.
"Let's just say I'd rather have Mina be my stalker than Katie… at least Mina's not likely to hurt anyone…" Danny said.
Makoto nodded.
I'd rather nobody stalk him… though I guess Minako is the lesser of two evils… She thought.
That's when Danny noticed she wasn't wearing the face covering anymore.
"Aren't you worried I'd get you sick?"
She shook her head with a smile.
"I checked your temperature while you were asleep…" She said. "It's a lot better now. I think you should be fine by tomorrow."
"What's the plan tomorrow?" Danny asked.
"Usagi suggested we all hit the beach." She said. "We'll have to get up early though…"
Danny smiled, realizing he can see her in a swimsuit.
"Let's do that."
Makoto giggled.
"Well… at this rate, you'll definitely come." She had a playful smile on her face. "I even got a new swimsuit for this when you said you'd be paying a visit…"
Danny smirked.
"Cool… can't wait t-"
He sneezed again.
"Oh boy…" She said. "Not out of the woods yet…"
"May I have more soup?" He asked.
"Of course…"
Makoto brought him more of the hot chicken soup, while a thought came to the tall girl's mind.
"So… Danny… I was meaning to ask…" Makoto started.
Danny pulled the spoon out of his mouth and looked to her.
"Yeah?"
"Do you know any… other superheroes?" She asked.
Danny thought how to answer that.
"I can tell you what heroes I met… but I can't say whether or not I know their identities… this includes girls I've dated in the past."
"That's fair. Do you know Iron Man or Captain America?" She asks.
"I wish…" Danny chuckled. "I did meet Ben Tennyson."
Her smile dropped a bit.
"Ben… Tennyson? Ben 10?"
"Yeah… his cousin was my third date. He's an okay guy, we talk once in a while. Y'know, exchanging info, joke about villains we've fought, that sort of stuff… sometimes we meet at this place called Burger Shack once a month and-" Danny stopped when he noticed Makoto looking away, and she seemed to be thinking of something that upset her. "Lita?"
She snapped out of it.
"Hmm?"
"Did… I say something to offend you? Is it that I mentioned his cousin Gwen was my date?" He asked.
"Oh… no…" She said with a reassuring smile. "I just… remembered something…" She said in an odd tone. "Anyway… anyone else? I'm sure if you have a friend, Minako might finally be over you for good…"
Danny frowned in sadness.
"Sorry… after I told her that night that I have a girlfriend, I felt bad since I don't know anyone. Ben's the only other hero I know of but he's taken." Danny said.
"I see…" Makoto said before sighing. "Well… knowing Minako, she'll fawn over the first boy she sees, superhero or otherwise…"
Danny smiled at hearing that.
"At least I know I didn't break her heart that badly…"
Makoto nodded.
"Anyway… I got some cleaning up to do… let me know if you need anything." She said as she left the room.
Makoto was in the middle of doing some light house work, all the while, she is feeling blissful.
And why shouldn't she?
After all, she has the funniest, coolest and cutest boyfriend who recently said that he loves her.
Even better, he's with her here. Granted, he's sick. However, he was getting better fast.
Perhaps soon, they can have dinner together.
Since she's focused on cleaning, she decided to just order a pizza. She figured that would work for him.
She also had done his laundry and figured at this point he'd want a change.
She knocked on the door.
"Danny-kun, I have clean clothes for you..." She said sweetly.
"Just a sec, I'm-"
She then chose to open the door and Danny in the process of removing his shirt.
She saw him shirtless for the first time.
"Oh my..." She let out.
He didn't get the shirt to his neck yet.
She gasped and her now the same shade as her rose earrings as she looked at Danny's bare chest.
For someone shorter than her, his body was surprisingly well formed.
"Changing..." A blushing Danny said.
He's… so muscular under those lanky clothes… She thought.
Makoto realized what she was doing, snapped out of her staring and looked embarrassed.
"GOMEN NASAI!" She yelled in Japanese as she covered her face and ran out.
"Lita!" He shouted as he reached the door, in time to see her shut her own door. "Makoto! Wait!" He went.
Once in the privacy of her bedroom, Makoto waited for the redness to leave her cheeks and her heart rate to turn back to normal.
She was trying not to let thought no doubt Minako would have if she saw this too.
"Oh, Danny-Kun..." Makoto whispered, her mind still to the image of her boyfriend shirtless and his physique
"Lita?" A knock at her door happened.
She turned her back, covering her eyes.
"Are you decent?" She asked.
"Yeah…"
She opened the door, peeking to see if he was telling the truth. He was and she put her arm down.
"Oh my... I'm so sorry..." She said apologetically.
"It's okay! I'm good!" He said. He also breathed through his nose. "See? I'm better now."
She sighed in relief.
"I'm so sorry..." She said. "I shouldn't react like that since I'm going to see you topless at the beach..."
"Actually, I'm going to wear an under shirt..." He said sheepishly.
"Really?" Makoto said. "Is it because you're shy or that you think Minako is still into you?"
"Both... mostly the first one." Danny explained. "I'm not exactly bothered if Minako still likes me since she clearly won't try to steal me from you or anything."
"I see..." Makoto said, before a smile formed on her face, as well as a blush.
Danny noticed.
"What is it?" Danny asked.
"Nothing...it's just...well, even though I am sorry that I was you...changing...I...um..."
"What? Calm down...it could have been worse, at least it was JUST my shirt..." Danny said.
Makoto nodded, she did not even want to THINK about that situation or she might faint or worse.
"Yeah, well, as I was saying. You look...as the Americans would say...hot..." She said, blushing.
Danny turned red hearing that.
She thinks I'm hot… Lita thinks I'm hot… Makoto Kino, Sailor Jupiter, thinks I'm hot!
"W-well… you're pretty darn gorgeous by American standards too..." He said.
She giggled, hearing him say that to her.
"Really? With my tall size?"
"More to love." Danny said.
"I see…" She said. "So, speaking of hot…"
"Yeah?"
"Let me take your temperature..."Makoto said as she pulled out the thermometer.
Danny opened his mouth and let her do her thing.
She was pleased to see that he was almost back to normal.
She pulled it out.
"You should be all up and ready tomorrow morning."
"Can't want for tomorrow then…" Danny said.
The two would have kissed, but decided to wait until the boy was 100% back to normal before doing that.
No way they were going to risk getting HER sick too.
Meanwhile, in the mountains, a test was being done.
In a new robot body, Technus aimed what he was working on for hours.
"Okay… test 10… ready… go!"
Skulker stepped back as Technus fired. It hit a rock and in moments, a portal opened up and sucked the rock in.
"It worked..." Skulker said with a smirk.
"Oh course, I, TECHNUS, AM THE MASTER OF SCIENCE AND ALL FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY!" Technus said.
Skulker ignored him as he checked the portal and saw that it led to a very strange dimension.
"This… is not the Ghost Zone…" He said. "Our calculations might be slightly off…"
Technus saw it as well.
"What is this?" Technus asked.
"The Null Void... I have heard of this place..." Skulker said.
"The Null Void?" Technus asked.
"It's another dimension, similar to the Ghost Zone." Skulker answered.
"If that's true, we can't use it on him if he has the Infi-Map… it won't work in a different dimension not Earth or the Ghost Zone."
"No… but I have another idea…" Skulker pondered. "He's become aligned with those school girls in outfits not conducive to combat yet still win… perhaps we shall use it against them?"
"Ooh… I like that idea!" Technus grinned,
Skulker nodded before seeing the portal starting to close.
"How long does this last?"
"Best guess… 2 minutes tops." Technus said.
As much as Skulker wanted to go in and see if there was anything worth hunting in there, they were on a tight schedule.
"Well… come on. The sooner we help this "Black Moon Clan", the sooner we collect our reward and revenge…"
The two ghosts left to go meet with their "allies", while the portal was slowly closing on it's own.
However, unknown to the two ghosts, who were long gone, at the last second, someone stepped out of the portal, just as it closed.
It is a boy with brown hair, green eyes and a green jacket with a ten on it.
"Where am I?" He asked once out of the portal.
This isn't Bellwood… He thought as he looked around.
"Aw man…"
New chapter with thanks to Flower princess11.
I did say someone's past date was returning... didn't say it was Danny's.
I got plans for him. What though? Find out.
Sit tight.
Also, since the Hills are here... *sigh*... he's coming...
Menatron the Angel of Ideas: Not sure if I'll use them though.
Major Simi: Dogs are cool.
qazse: I guess Japanese villains have courtesy...
Guest: I will have Cujo come back.
TheWhiteTitan: Yup.
Starlord Master: Well, he did save Sailor Moon a few times.
Invader Johnny: Most likely he'll come back.
Jebest4781: It was Technus.
Runeion: Not sure about her joining the Guardians.
Luiz4200: This time...
Chriszilla18: Yup.
Leonardo: Yes, based on it. He won't interfere, though still won't trust him for a while. Yes, more cities. I didn't play that game.
DJ Rodriguez: Thanks.
Dreams Come True 996: 1) Food, not a ride guy. 2) I like. 3) Not sure... I think Rei has birds. 4) Yes. 5) Not sure.
William Escobar 608: 1) Tiene que irse a casa. 2) Superhéroes adolescentes... 3) Sí. 4) Sí. 5) Sí. 6) ¿Supongo que sí? 7) ¿Quizás? 8) Correcto. 9) Sí. 10) :)
Khy Dragon: We will.
Jay the Average Fanboy: He'll be an ally, not officially join.
Guest: Maybe someday we'll have a story about Danny with Minako... also... I really don't wanna talk about how I sat next to that madman... *shudders*