A/N:

For Some reason people think there won't be any Ghost. Rest assured all Danny's favorite opponents will be in this story, it will just use a bit different lore for them.

Edited:

as of November 2020.

Just Cleaning up the Grammar and Spelling.

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Chapter Two

Naruto sat in the large office surrounded by his fellow Jonin. They were all looking through the text results and Academy records of the students. Most of them were waiting for Naruto. It was tradition to let the newest Jonin have first pick.

Kakashi, Naruto's old Sensei, was smiling proudly. Even though the man's face was hidden by that mask Naruto could see his eye smile. Naruto was the first student he ever had to become a Jonin... plus apparently they had a pool going to see if Naruto would actually pass his test and Naruto had helped his Sensei win a lot of money.

"What type of team do you want to build?" Kakashi asked looking at the last few folders Naruto had in front of him.

"I'm looking for heavy hitters," Naruto informed. "that are still capable of being cunning and unorthodox with their attacks. Grannie Sama said I should pick a team that complements me, that way I actually have something I could teach them."

He picked up a folder and said, "I'm definitely taking Konohamaru Sarutobi."

"WHAT!?" One of the Jonin growled. It was that freakishly skinny pervert, who the 3rd hired to tutor Konohamaru. The 3rd was Konohamaru's grandfather so it was his prerogative to give the boy more specialized training. "I've already spent years molding the honorable grandson."

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Yet you still haven't figured out he hates being called that. Besides Kon has put in a lot of work to mimic my style. It makes sense he learn it from the source."

Tsunade, who was sitting at a table at the front of the room, nodded. "Those are valid enough reasons. Who else?"

Naruto looked through the remaining folders in his 'possible' pile, "Danny of the Phantom Clan" there was a collective groan.

Danny might not have the best grades at the Academy but there were a lot of people who wanted the chance to teach the first Shinobi from a family with a powerful bloodline trait.

"His teachers made him out to be a cunning, if unskilled, fighter with the potential to become a heavy hitter. He's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for... lastly... Hanabi Hyuga," she was the best student of her year, getting near perfect marks in everything. She was even declared the Rookie of her year. "She's one of the students who attends your Medical Nin classes and has a good deal of chakra control to pull it off. I'll need someone with that kind of training to patch the others up not to mention she can clearly hold her own in a fight." from her profile it sounded like she was a combination of Sakura (if Sakura had taken training seriously as a child) and... Sasuke.

A voice informed, "I think it would be better if I took her."

Naruto looked over to see Neji sitting in the crowd of Jonin.

"I would be more qualified to teach her the fighting Style of the Hyuga Clan."

Naruto studied him a moment. "Children from Shinobi families already get specialized training in their clan's Jutsus unless... she wasn't put into one of the clan's branch families was she?" he worried.

"... yes she was but... you needn't worry Naruto-Kun. Lady Tsunade made it illegal to brand the branch families with the seal or for the main house to use it for those who already have it." Neji... smiled. Okay it was more like a light smirk but it definitely was a display of emotion.

The Hyuga Clan put, or at least used to put, seals on the foreheads of the branch families that could be used to 'punish' or outright kill them. The members of the main branch were only allowed to let one of their children stay and moved any other children into the branch families when they got too old. This way siblings weren't fighting over a legal claim to their family title. The seal also made it so the Main house stayed in power with no fear of rebellion. The Main house was also forbidden from teaching the branch families the Clan gentle fist fighting style, or the more powerful Jutsus.

"And... truthfully my uncle did way with the rules against training the branch families himself after I figured out how to do many of the Clan's hardest techniques on my own. He managed to convince the Elders it was holding us back and the other clans would surpass us if they continued deliberately sabotaging our own people... things aren't nearly so bad for branch families as they were a few years ago." Neji wanted to say 'thanks to you' but refrained.

The last thing Naruto needed was an even bigger head. Naruto had done a lot to inspire Neji's uncle, the head of the clan, and truthfully Lady Tsunade never would have passed that law if it wasn't for Naruto being so openly against the seal. If Naruto hadn't personally convinced Tsunade to come back to the Village, and become Hokage, such a thing would never have happened. Not until Naruto became Hokage... the boy had been screaming that he would earn that title since he was small and honestly Neji had come to believe him capable. "She would still learn the Clan Jutsus without me as her direct instructor. It would just be more beneficial for her."

Naruto thought about it a moment. "I think she could benefit from what I have to teach her to. Her folder says she has a wind affinity, even if she hasn't started training it yet."

"I too have a wind affinity," Neji pointed out.

"Well... I trained under the Air walkers in Sunagakure. I bet I could teach her some interesting techniques she could bring back to the Hyuga clan," He offered.

Neji thought about it for a moment. That would be very useful. After all there weren't many wind users in the village of Konoha. True most of them were in the Hyuga clan but only the people who were directly related to the head of the family had any chance of having that particular affinity. As a result They didn't have very many Jutsus that made use of the affinity. Hanabi bringing in new Jutsus to the clan would also earn her greater respect "Very well, I withdrawal my objection."

Naruto smiled, "I won't let you down." he promised. "Provided she pass my test." he added.

Neji nodded, "I have no doubt that she will."

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Danny sat in his seat at the Academy, a wave of emotions filling. He was nervous over who would wind up in his team, it borderlined with dread, yet he was also eager to meet his Sensei. It had been nearly two weeks since he got his headband and the Jonin still hadn't released the official teams. On the mind of every newly promoted Genin was the same question "WHAT WAS TAKING SO LONG!?" Danny felt like he was going to explode. These last few minutes as he waited to hear the teams at last were the worst!

Their teacher began calling out Teams, getting many groans or cheers in response. Danny sat at his desk twitching as he waited to hear his name and Finally he heard it "Team 15 consist of Danny Phantom." Danny felt his heart skip a beat as he waited to hear who was with him "Konohamaru Sarutobi." Danny bust out in a grin... which quickly faded when he heard Kon groan out a "Noooooooo!" As the boy slumped further into his chair. Danny felt his heart break that the boy he had a crush on didn't even want to be on the same team as him. It had been better when he thought Kon didn't even know he existed. "And Hanabi Hyuga."

"NOOOOOOOO!" Danny joined Kon in a wail.

Hyuga was the coldest most stuck up girl in the entire class... plus she seemed to have to remind herself that normal people blinked. She was beyond creepy and completely full of herself... and it seemed she was just as displeased as them.

"Iruka Sensei," the girl spoke up. "Clearly their has been some kind of mistake. The 'Honorable Grandson'," Saying that because she knows it pisses him off. "is just barely above the average students."

Kon snapped, "Hey," he pointed accusingly. "I'm nearly as good as you at practical work!"

"And hardly excel anywhere else," Hanabi blatantly stated before looking back at the teacher. "And if it wasn't for Phantom Chan's bloodline trait he would be the very definition of 'average', with barely passable scores and zero athletic ability. The only reason he even graduated is to appease his miniscule clan. What would be the point in pairing me with inadequate teammates?"

Kon growled standing up, "INADEQUATE! I can kick your ass right here and now Super bi-"

"Konohamaru!" Iruka snapped sit down. "You three are on a team and you better at least ATTEMPT to get along if you hope to pass your final test."

All the students froze, most having assumed once they earned their headband you were automatically a Shinobi.

Iruka explained to the class of his former students. "Your Senseis will be here shortly for the introductions but Tomorrow they will put each of you through a custom made test where they will judge if you are truly ready to become Shinobi. If you fail the Jonin will decide if you are to be sent back to the Academy to repeat your year or are banned from ever becoming a Shinobi."

That last bit was a lie. Although the Jonin could send the students back to the Academy they couldn't ban them. It was just a bit of psychology to put the students under greater pressure. It did the trick as all the students tensed with clear dread in their eyes. "Now that all the teams have been assigned you will wait here and mingle with your teammates, until your new Sensei arrives, Understood?"

There was a choir of "Yes Sir" before Iruka nodded and left them to it. Leaving the children unattended left it open for something to go wrong with the teams. They needed to learn to work together.

Iruka went down the hall, into the very next class room. Most of the Jonin were waiting there, looking through the one way mirror disguised as a chalkboard.

Naruto groaned rubbing his temple. "Those three are never going to pass my test," he said. Looking at Kon and Hanabi glare at each other, while Danny was wallowing in misery.

"I thought the same of you," Kakashi informed. "First impressions are rarely accurate."

Naruto looked up at him. "So you just stayed back here for hours watching us bitch at each other?"

Kakashi eye smiled, "It was rather entertaining."

Naruto pouted up at him with a slight blush on his face.

"... I chose you and Sakura because I saw potential in you... and I owed it to your father."

Naruto froze. He felt himself literally stop breathing. He never knew anything about his father. The Third Hokage would occasionally tell him stories of his mother but never mentioned his dad and always evaded the question when asked. Naruto was worried if he made any sudden movement Kakashi would stop talking.

"He was my Sensei growing up... He'd be proud of the man you've become..."

When Kakashi stopped talking was when Naruto pulled up the courage to ask. "W-who was he?"

Kakashi raised his eyebrow, "Thought you would have figured that out by now... then again you always were fairly slow."

Naruto continued to look up at Kakashi, not allowing the jab to distract him.

Kakashi sighed, "There is a giant stone face carved into the mountain that looks almost exactly like you."

Naruto blinked, quickly running through the faces on Hokage Mountain. "The 4th?" Truthfully he never really considered the similar features they had. Although he had intentionally modeled his hair style after the man as a kid. Naruto had cut it a bit since then. It was still spiky but it was much shorter.

However Kakashi nodded to confirm his suspicion.

"The 4th Hokage is my DAD!?" Naruto screamed, getting all the other Jonin to look at him. This was probably an overdue conversation. "Why didn't anyone tell me!?"

Kakashi shrugged. "The 4th had many enemies. He married your mother in secret to protect his family from them. After he died it became even more dangerous for you."

Naruto clinched his fist, and begun trembling. "My... dad... my dad was the one... he put the Kyubi inside of me... he ruined my life..."

Naruto had idolized the 4th as a kid but ever since he learned he was the Kyubi's Jinchuriki... that the 4th was the reason the villagers hated him so much... he still admired the man but since that moment he had wanted to know why, why did the man choose him of all people. The fact the 4th would do something like that to his own son...

"Another reason you weren't told," Kakashi informed and Naruto stopped trembling and looked up. "It was decided you shouldn't be told until you were mature enough to understand what was done...

"The 4th wasn't about to place the burden on someone else's child when he was unwilling to do so to his own. He also knew you would be strong enough to handle it. He believed in you from the literal moment you were born... and in his defense, he thought you would have your mother to protect you. No one could have predicted the aneurysm she had a few hours after you were born, nor the tragedies that befell your godmother and the long term mission your godfather was already on. Jiraiya wasn't even in the village when the Kyubi attacked, and didn't even know your parents were dead until years later, by that time the 3rd was technically looking after you. Even though the village Council refused to let you live with him no matter how much he wanted to... None of the people who were supposed to take you in could"

Naruto sighed looked back out the window into the class room "You drew the short stick didn't you?"

Kakashi eye smiled "Tsunade Sama thought, since you're a Jonin now, it's about time someone told you what happened. Jiraiya was the one who brought out the straws between the three of us."

Naruto gave an amused snort, "... thank you... for telling me."

"This is a level S secret. The only people who know are Jonin and the heads of each clan who serve on the Council. Obviously since the secret is there to protect you, feel free to make exceptions but only tell people you really trust. Don't go screaming it from the top of Hokage Mountain"

Naruto rolled his eyes, well slightly blushing, because he knew that might actually have been something he would have done when he was younger.

"... have you seen your friends yet?"

"Just Sakura. Well and Neji and Shikamaru but I only saw them when at the Jonin meeting to pick teams."

That damn meeting had lasted well into the night because usually the Jonin spend a few hours a day debating who they want until the teams were finalized by the Hokage. The fact the meeting had been put off so long meant they had to spend the entire day and most of the night working. Even though Naruto had picked his team first he still had to stay until everything was finalized.

"We didn't really get a chance to catch up then, it was all business... I've been too busy these last few days since I got back and for the first week I was taking my Jonin Exam, so I could hardly see anyone then"

"Things should slow down after tomorrow. Try to make a routine like we had: Spend the early morning hours training followed by D rank missions around the village, then treat the brats to lunch and send them home for the day... that's if they pass your test of course."

"I think I'd prefer to have the mornings for my own training then D Rank missions, followed by training the kids... no we should have lunch first then train, then I'll take them out for dinner and let them go home around six."

Kakashi chuckled. "You expect Genin to train from noon to six?"

"I trained from noon until 3AM even before I became a Genin so 6 in the afternoon is letting them off easy"

Kakashi continued to chuckle. "You're going to be as bad a task master as Guy."

Mighty Guy was Kakashi's rival and one of his closest friends, even though Kakashi liked to tease the hell out of him by pretending he was ignoring him. "Now I'm hoping those kids DON'T pass the test, for their sakes."

"... did my dad use the bell test on you?"

"And Jiraiya used it on him and the 3rd used it on him. Although I think the 3rd is where is started. Why? Thinking of carrying on the Tradition? Most students don't pass it. In fact your team was the first of mine who ever did."

"That's only because you want them to fail, so you won't have to teach anyone... I might tweak it a little. Use it not only as a chance to measure their character, but actually teach them something. Drop hints and such well still trying to misdirect them."

"You think you can pull that off?"

"Hey I'm a Jonin now! I'm not the same annoying kid who never thought things through."

Kakashi eye smiled, "Glad to hear it because on the rare moments you actually used your brain you were able to come up with some very... interesting solutions to problems."

Naruto blushed at the backhanded praise. Kakashi rarely praised him at all. He made him earn it. So it always felt that much better when he got it.

"Besides," Naruto acted like the comment didn't affect him. "I understand how important the lesson is. I won't make it too easy for them no matter how much I want them to pass. It's just too important a lesson to ignore... Even if Sasuke didn't take it to heart."

"... Sasuke was always a flight risk. His teachers understood that but the Council insisted that he be trained as a Shinobi... Then they demanded I take him as I was the only person left in the village with any experience in using his bloodline trait. I devoted so much more time to him then you and Sakura because I was trying to prevent the inevitable... I failed, and he still left but now he has access to many of my most powerful Jutsus."

"... He'll come back." Naruto insisted making Kakashi groan.

However much the boy had matured he still clinged to the hope Sasuke would come back to the village. It really didn't matter at this point. Sasuke was an enemy of the village. He was one of their own Shinobi gone rogue, a Missing Nin. If he did come back to the village it would likely be to face execution... unless Tsunade pardoned him... and she might just for Naruto but the truth was Sasuke was a serious danger to the village not just because how powerful he himself was but because he was now affiliated with an enemy village.

"WHAT ARE THEY DOING!?"

Kakashi looked up to see what Naruto was yelling about.

Konohamaru and Hanabi had gotten at the front of the room and were in fighting stances.

Kakashi eye smiled "Looks like they're about to fight."

Naruto groaned and started to leave but Kakashi grabbed him by the collar.

"Let it play out," Kakashi advised. "Then wait a few hours to see how they act afterwards."

Naruto groaned, "This happen a lot?"

"More then you think. Just because WE think the kids could work well together doesn't mean they agree."

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Kon growled, flicking his wrist to loosen them. Just because this girl had a bloodline trait didn't mean she was automatically better then everyone else.

Hanabi gave a mocking smirk as she got into a defensive stance. The Hyuga were famous for their defense. If Kon wanted an opening he'd have to goad her into attacking.

"Just like a Hyuga to be too scared to make the first move " Kon grinned when she flinched before her eyes began to glare. "I guess I shouldn't expect much better from a clan of cowards- YIKE!"

She suddenly appeared in front of him and slammed her palm against his shoulder. He jumped back just in time to prevent her from getting another hit but he couldn't move his left arm now. Stupid Hyuga and their pressure point attacks. Kon couldn't even use any Jutsus now that his arm was taken out of play and most of his strategy revolved around his Jutsus. He still had a few tricks up his sleeve though.

Kon snapped to it, pulling a smoke pellet from his pouch and slamming it on the floor. He laced the smoke with his Chakra to prevent even a Hyuga's eyes from seeing through it. People with bloodline traits tended to be extremely dependent on them. For the Hyuga clan their eyes gave them the ability to see through anything. It wasn't exactly like X-ray vision, as they saw the Chakra networks that ran throughout the world instead of physical things, when they activated their eyes. They could also see for miles and had a near 360 field of vision. Taking away the use of their eyes should make a Hyuga helpless.

Kon crept through the smoke and used his other senses to find her. He might not do to well with written work but that was because he didn't give a damn about it. His private tutor had long since taught him the basic mechanics of Jutsu as well as many advanced techniques for his age. He didn't do all that well in school because he found it insanely boring and prefered to spend his time actually training how to fight. He leapt out and attempted to kick her in the back but she spun around and grabbed his leg. She used the momentum of his own kick to slam him, face first, into the ground. Then she stomped on him and pinned him to the ground under her foot.

As the smoke cleared Kon glared up at her and gaped seeing she actually had her eyes closed. She had obviously been focusing on using everything but her eyes when she realized what Kon was doing.

"What kind of Hyuga doesn't use their eyes in a fight!?" Kon snapped, that contradicted everything his tutor taught him about fighting someone with a bloodline trait. Kon cursed under his breath. He was too overconfident his strategy would work, he dropped his own guard and attacked carelessly.

Hanabi opened her eyes and gave that smug smirk. "One that knows only idiots depend purely on their bloodline trait. Now, 'honorable grandson', I want to hear you beg." she began putting strain on his leg by bending it the wrong way. "Admit I'm better then-" she let out a scream as a green energy blast suddenly slammed her from the side and tossed her across the room, forcing her to let go of Konohamaru.

Danny Phantom glared at the girl. His blue eyes had turned green with some kind of green flames in his hands. His clothes had transformed into a black jump suit with white gloves, boots, and a belt, well his black hair turned white. He had some kind of glowing aura around him. "I might be an idiot for relying so much on my bloodline, but we both know in a real fight I could easily kick your ass." he raised his hand and aimed the green flame at her. "Unless you want to test it I suggest you back off."

Hanabi scoffed as she dusted herself off. She debated it for a moment but truth was she didn't know the limits or full range of Jutsus for the Phantom bloodline. As per usual with Bloodline traits the Shinobi Academy forbid their use during lessons so that the kids could learn not to rely on them so much. As a result Hanabi had never seen it in action and had no idea what he could do. She didn't even know he could throw green fire balls... Although it felt far too cold and solid to be fire. She figured it wouldn't be smart to take him on, until she knew what he could do. Still she needed to save face. "I won't waste my time on the likes of you." she glared, walking off.

Danny eyed her before shocking everyone by floating over to Konohamaru. He extended his hand only to have it slapped away.

"I don't need your help!" Kon snapped forcing himself to stand. He stormed his way back to the seat with his face red hot from both embarrassment and anger.

On the other side of the glass Naruto couldn't help but slam his palm against his own face. There was no way in hell these kids would pass his test.