War, love, and confusion? Chapter 8: Ch8 I’ll Make A Man Out Of You!, a danny phantom fanfic

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Chapter 8

The next morning Wes was asleep in his tent a little outside the camp area and Cujo was sleeping just near her, they were both woken up by a small roar coming from Dora.

"Rise and shine sleeping beauty! Come on! Time to get up!" Dora exclaimed.

Wes at first laid back down and tried going back to sleep but Dora simply went to the end of him bed and pulled the blanket off.

"Come on Wes! Time to get ready! I have breakfast all cooked up." Dora said.

Wes sat up and yawned and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as she asked, "Am I late?"

"No time to talk! Remember it's your first day of training so listen to your teacher and no fighting, play nice with the other kids unless they bully you then you can kick their butts." Dora said as the put vegetarian porridge into Wes's mouth.

"Now let's see your war face." Dora encouraged.

However with Wes's mouth full of his breakfast he couldn't exactly do it. He swallowed as Dora shouted, "You can do better than that! Scare me boy!"

Wes just growled at her sending her flying to the ground. Dora then smiled and tied Wes's hair up in a bun to make him look like a boy as she said, "That's my tough warrior! Now get out there and make me proud!"

Wes had begun to get dressed when they both heard Knight neighing frantically outside he tent and tossing his head in the other direction.

"What do you mean the troops just left?" Dora asked. Wes then panicked and asked, "They what?!"

Wes rushed getting himself fully dressed in his green training uniform and then ran out putting on his shoes heading towards the training grounds.

Meanwhile all the men were messing around as they waited for Danny to come out. Mr. Lancer was trying his best to keep them settled down.

"Order! People order!" Mr. Lancer called out.

"I'll have the pan fried noodles!" A soldier called out. And then Kwan called, "Oh with sweet and pungent shrimp!"

All the soldiers then laughed hysterically while Mr. Lancer just frowned in annoyance as he walked off saying, "That is not funny!"

All the soldiers continued to laugh when Tucker said, "Looks like our new pal slept in this morning."

All the soldiers glared at Wes as he walked passed them and stood in line next to Tucker and Dash, they all still weren't too happy with her making them clean up all the mess they created yesterday during the brawl.

"Hello Kyle. Are you hungry?" Tucker asked.

"Yeah. Because I owe you a knuckle sandwich!" Dash sneered as he grabbed Wes by the collar and raised his fist to punch him.

"SOLDIERS!" Danny called which stopped them and made them all stand to attention, before he looked at Wes and mouthed "I think you're cute." To him with a flirty with a wink.

"You will assemble swiftly and silently every morning!" Danny continued as he took off his shirt and grabbed a quiver of arrows and a bow. "Anyone who acts otherwise will answer to me!" And of course Danny being shirtless made Wes blush a tad.

"Ooh tough guy" Dash teased in a smart aleck voice. "Like the freak's really gonna do anything."

"Dash" Danny called and pulled back his arrow on the bow.

All the soldiers stood back one step except for Dash who suddenly froze at the weapon being pointed straight at him, Danny then smirked as he raised the bow and fired the arrow into the top of the tall wooden post standing at the end of the camp.

"I don't need my ghost powers for everything and oh and thank you for volunteering Dash. Retrieve the arrow!" Danny ordered.

Dash at first was shocked but dropped it as he cracked his knuckles and then muttered, "I'll get that arrow pretty boy. And I'll do it with my shirt on."

Dash walked up to the pole and prepared to climb it when he stopped by Danny.

"One moment. You seem to be missing something."

Mr. Lancer came over carrying a heavy chest, Danny opened the chest and pulled out two heavy discs attached to leather handles.

He attached one to Dash's left hand and spoke, lifting the hand as he did so.

"This represents discipline," he said, letting go of the weight, which dropped to the ground, taking Dash's arm with it.

"And this…" Danny continued, grabbing Dash's other arm with the second disc attached, "represents strength."

This time, when he let go, the combined weight of the two discs sent Dash sprawling to the ground, which caused his fellow soldiers to chuckle at his misfortune.

"You need both to reach the arrow."

Dash, holding the two weights in his hands, looked up at his to the top of the pole where the arrow stood out. Suddenly he didn't look so confident.

With a grunt of determination, he leapt onto the pole and started to climb. When he was about halfway up, the weight of the discs caused him to start falling. Realizing he was going to fall, Dash took one last desperate attempt to stay up – he tried to use his teeth to grip the pole. Unfortunately it didn't have the effect he desired as he fell to ground hurting his teeth along the way.

Tucker then tried, but like Dash he fell down but not before flipping upside down and falling on his stomach. Kwan then tried but he fell off the pole as well and finally Wes tried but like all the others he fell straight in his bottom, he walked back over to the line rubbing his sore muscle as Danny just shook his head at them all.

"We got a long way to go." Danny said.

Danny pulled out a bunch of staffs and threw them to everyone, but just when Wes was about to grab his Dash grabbed it and tripped him over with it. He then dropped the staff at his and acted all innocent.

DANNY

Let's get down to business

To defeat the Huns.

Danny used his staff to lift the pots into the air and all the soldiers awed as he broke one with the staff and the other one with an ecto blast. All of them then raised their staffs and got ready for the lesson.

Did they send me daughters?

When I asked for sons?

Tucker with a mischievous grin, placed a beetle in his shirt which he jumped and began wiggling around trying to get rid but instead knocking all the soldiers down with his staff accidently. Danny leapt with his staff over to Wes and was about to stop him when he was hit in the stomach with the staff, the bug finally wriggled out but when she turned around, Danny glared at him and took the staff off him.

You're the saddest bunch I ever met

But you can bet before we're through

Mister, I'll make a man

Out of you.

The next part of training was firing arrows which Danny fired three and hit three plums at the same time. The rest of the soldiers then had their turns, but none of them hit any of the fruits or the tree at all.

Tranquil as a forest

But on fire within.

Dora snuck a fruit onto Wes's arrow, he turned to see Danny once again glaring at he but he smiled nervously back at him. Next training was balancing a bucket of water on their heads and blocking the rocks being thrown with a staff. When it was Wes's go he struggled to balance the bucket on his head as Dash, Tucker and Kwan threw the rocks. He dropped the bucket which landed over her head and blinded him, so he randomly swung the staff around and missed every single rock except one Danny just frowned at his process.

Once you find your centre

You are sure to win.

You're a spineless, pale pathetic lot

And you haven't got a clue.

Somehow I'll make a man

Out of you.

Dash and Kwan were sent through a field of flaming arrows at night, trying their best to dodge them all. But Dash tripped over and an arrow hit his butt, causing it to catch on fire.

KWAN

I'm never gonna catch my breath!

DASH

Say goodbye to those who knew me!

Tucker had tried to break a brick with his chin, but he only succeeded in almost breaking a few of his teeth and knocking himself out.

TUCKER

Boy I was a fool at school for cutting gym!

Danny and Wes were sparring each other, but Danny easily defeated him with a punch to the face, knocking him back into a tree where Dora splashed some water on Wes's face and then pushed him back in there.

DORA

That guy's got them scared to death

WES

Hope he doesn't see right through me

They were all running across a raging river which they were all forced to stop, as Kwan was just slowly walking across hoping to not fall in.

KWAN

Now I really wish that I knew how to swim!

ALL

Be a man!

We must be swift as the coursing river

Be a man!

With all the force of a great typhoon

At night they were all firing cannons at targets that had the appearance of Huns, but all of them missed. As Tucker walked past Wes who was lighting up his cannon, he knocked the stand that was holding it up. Wes quickly grabbed it and held it up straight, but the cannon fired into the air and just as Mr Lancer walked out of the tent, the cannon hit it and completely destroyed it.

Be a man!

With all the strength of a raging fire

Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

A few days went by and still none of them had managed to pull the arrow out of the pole. One morning, they were all on a hike carrying poles with heavy sandbags on each end, Mr Lancer stopped Danny and gestured to the back where he could Wes was falling very behind.

DANNY

Time is racing toward us

'til the Huns arrive.

Heed my every order

And you might survive.

Wes fell to the ground in pure exhaustion, Danny walked over and just took him staff and carried it but not before shooting her a disapproving glance. Wes his her head down knowing he once again failed another training session.

It was late at night when she finally returned to the camp, Wes then stopped and saw Danny coming towards him with his horse Knight and all his belongings packed up.

You're unsuited for the rage of war

So pack up, go home you're through

How could I make a man

Out of you?

Danny handed Wes the reigns and walked back to his tent, Wes was leaving when he stopped and looked up at the arrow still lodged within the pole. He grabbed the two weights and tied them to his hands, he then tried to climb it but only fell down again. Wes then looked at them and then suddenly got an idea, he tied them together around the pole and used them to climb the pole but this time he used his feet as well.

ALL

Be a man!

We must be swift as the coursing river

Be a man!

With all the force of a great typhoon

As the sun began to rise, all the soldiers woke up and walked out their tents, only to receive a shock as they watched Wes climb the pole, he was almost there when he almost fell but with newfound determination, she kept pushing and pulling himself up.

Be a man!

With all the strength of a raging fire

Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

Danny walked out of his tent and then jumped when the arrow was suddenly thrown into the ground at his feet, he looked up to see Wes sitting on the top of it and all the soldiers cheering for him.

Be a man!

We must be swift as the coursing river

Be a man!

With all the force of a great typhoon

Within the next two weeks, all the soldiers had quickly improved with their training. They all hit the fruit with the arrows, Wes had managed to defeat Danny in a fight, Kwan ran on the poles over the river with ease, Tucker had finally managed to break a brick with his chin and Dash had made it through the field of flaming arrows. During group training, Dash and the others had stopped bullying Wes and actually helped him. All the soldiers fought with ease and had finally completed their training, Danny was definitely impressed.

Be a man!

With all the strength of a raging fire

Mysterious as the dark side of the moon!

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