I'm just gonna reply to two reviews that I've gotten recently-

Both are by YusoYagari

1) Danny clocks in at 110 MPH. The highest recorded speed for Jake when he was flying not to get hit but a boulder. 179 MPH.

2) But he was at the test. Also I ignored when Randy acted all surprised seeing Phantom and the American Dragon. He's met them before. You really are inconsistent huh.

1. I had no idea that Jake was faster than Danny! :o I'll remember this in the future, thanks for telling me! However, in regards to the race, I am going to maintain that in a prolonged period of time Danny would win because he has more endurance than Jake does. Jake'll just be better at bursts of speed- I'll definitely use that in the future!

2. Yeah, I do recognize the inconsistency in that chapter. I realized it after publishing it. But I'm not planning on changing it because then I'd have to rewrite at least 1 chapter after to make this new change make sense. Plus, I only started to plan this story when I got to chapter 16 xD There's bound to be inconsistencies/errors in those earlier chapters because I was writing on a whim instead of on a plan. So, yeah, I'm sorry if that bothered any of you readers, I'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again~!

Now, without further ado, "Chapter 21: Bagel?"!


~POV to Jake~

Jake glanced over at Randy, an unspoken agreement in their eyes. "I'm going." Jake said the two words before Randy could.

"But it would be easier-"

"Isn't The Ninja famous?"

"Yes, bu-"

"It would be easier for me to go because I'm not famous." Jake took a second to let the fact that he said that sink in. "I'm not going to have fans flocking my every movement and stalking whatever I do to post it as big news online."

Randy opened his mouth, then closed it, defeated.

Jake nodded his victory and started out, shouldering both his and Danny's bags. "These'll be in my locker!" He gave Randy one last nod then turned out of the classroom.

The dragon successfully wove his way to his locker, stuffing the two bags into it unceremoniously. He took a second to slam the door shut before looking around the crowded area. First lunch was in session. That meant that he'd have to fight his way through hungry teenagers trying to be the first in line. He glanced over at the wall longingly, wishing for half a second that he had Danny's ability to go through walls. This entire escape situation would be easier if he could. Jake shook off the thought and plowed his way through the crowd, managing to make his way through with only a small hint of his dragon strength.

Jake pushed his way out of the school's side doors, plastering himself against the wall. He looked around as slowly as he dared, then sighed in relief as he confirmed that no one was around. He relieved the wall of his presence and glanced around once more. Again, there was no one in sight. He then transformed, his usual catchphrase missing for once.

Jake took to the sky, trying to scent the air for Danny's smell. It was faint, but his dragon nose managed to catch a wiff of the ghost kid. He followed the scent, realizing how far away Danny had gone in such a short amount of time. Jake could, in fact, go faster than Danny, but he knew that Danny's endurance was better, therefore the ghost could keep up a relatively high speed for a long time. At this point, Jake could only hope follow him via his scent. The dragon took to the sky, following Danny's trail as best as he could.

~POV to Danny!~

Danny stopped his flight, landing in the nearby swamp. He could have sworn that there was a ghost in the area. He kneeled down, looking for tracks despite knowing that ghosts fly. More than anything he used the physical inconsistency to keep his mind off of the fight he just had with his friends. The flight over here had cooled off Danny's head a bit and he realized how childish he had sounded. Yet, he still wasn't ready to admit that he over-stressed about the whole situation. In reality, they had no idea what was going to happen. Danny didn't like the possibilities. The 'what if' part of the conversation was worrying Danny the most. If they couldn't see how important this was then Danny-

He shook the thoughts out of his mind. He wasn't going to think about it right now. His ghost sense went off and he glanced up, recognizing the faint silhouette of a ghost. Danny couldn't quite put his finger on who it was yet. Another thing that made him nervous. He paused, a rustle off in the bushes. The ghost boy shook his head. My imagination. He stood, then yelped as he was suddenly shot into the air. Disoriented, Danny tried to understood what had happened, all the while bouncing in the air. Wait... Bouncing? Danny facepalmed (as best as he could since he was swinging). Of course! Randy had said something about this in class once. Someone lived in the swamp outside of the school- Booray? Something like that. Danny sighed, the bouncing coming to a stop. Just as the ghost kid began to turn intangible he froze.

There's that sound again... Danny looked around. He was certain that someone was rustling about the thick foliage.

"Ah- dere be a kid in this here swamp of mine." Danny held back a gasp as a figure emerged from the brush. The man was stocky, muscles obviously trying to rip off his shirt.

"W-who are you?" Danny asked, scared slightly by the red-head.

The man narrowed his eyes, causing his red bandana to shift a small bit. "I be Catfish Booray and this here be my swamp. Who might you be?" The man stroked his beard in question, then gave a toothy grin. "Well it don matter who you is, my pets will eat all the same!" He turned, presumingly to call his pets.

"Eat?" Danny squeaked, "but I'm not that tasty!"

Booray paused and looked over at Danny. "Why ain't ya?"

"Well just look at me- I'm super skinny and stringy!" Danny flailed his arms as he spoke.

"Oh, well that be a shame." The man thought for a moment.

Is he...? Danny's stupid-o-meter went wild. "Yeah so you should let me go!"

"Why would I let you go?"

"Well you can't eat me so-"

Booray recoiled. "Why would I be the one to eat you? The eatin' be for my pets!" He then paused and proudly puffed out his chest. "I be vegetarian."

"A vegetarian... That lives in a swamp..." Danny's fear disappeared as his tone became monotone. "You know that swamps have probably the least amount of diversity in regards to plant life right?"

"What?" Booray shot around, "No! My swamp be plenty di-di-" he tried to say the word that Danny said, "di-er-sa-tay."

Danny rolled his eyes, "Okay well I'll take my leave now." Danny phased through the rope, causing Booray to freeze.

"Wha-" The man's eyes turned from shock to fury. "No one be escapin' my traps!" He lunged forward, catching Danny off guard.

"Ah! Hey!" Danny fell to the ground, Booray pinning him down. Danny rolled his eyes. "You can only hope to catch me with such an action." Danny laughed at Booray's confused face. "What, have you never seen a ghost before?"

"No I have not." Booray responded bluntly. Realization dawned on him. "You be a ghost?" To Danny's nod he continued, "well, say hi to me grandma will ya?" He changed his grip, catching Danny's neck before he could do anything.

Danny struggled, attempting to kick the swamp dude. He began to panic as the edges of his vision turned darker. The ghost kid clawed at Booray, forgetting about his intangibility in his panicked state. Suddenly the weight of Booray was lifted off of him and he coughed, instantly sitting up to gasp in air.

"Yo Phantom, I thought you couldn't be choked to death!" Danny glanced up and spotted Jake. "Especially since you're already dead!" The dragon extended his... hand?

"Heh, neither did I!" Danny took Jake's offer and stood up.

"So- why are you in this swamp?"

"Well-"

"Why you be ignorin' me?" A roar came from one of the bushes and Booray jumped out of them, attempting to tackle Jake.

The dragon reacted quickly and turned, dodging the tackle with his superior speed. "Hey not cool man!" The dragon punched Booray's back and the swamp man shot to the floor, causing the ground to slightly crack under the impact of the punch.

Danny's eyes widened. "Wow, okay. Remind me to never get in an arm wrestling match with you."

Jake grinned, the humanistic expression slightly awkward on the dragon's face. "Let's get outta here, can you fly?"

"Yeah." Danny replied, coughing one last time before hovering. "I'll race you back?"

"Nah!" Jake replied almost instantly, to Danny's surprise. "If we take longer we can wait longer before going back to class!"

"Of course." Danny laughed, starting off in the direction of the school. "By the way should I call your hands... hands? Or claws? Or talons?" He paused, "How about front appendages?"

Jake took a second to move his front appendage. "Well, I'd call them-"

~Time skip! It's afterschool and they're walking home. Randy waited for the two of em, but the rest of the friends went home ahead of time for one reason or another~

"Oh- Catfish! I know him!" Randy grinned, then laughed. "He thinks my name is Raginald Bagel!"

"Seriously?" Danny asked, then thought of him. "Actually I wouldn't put it past him."

"How did you meet the creepy swamp dude?" Jake poked his head around Danny.

"Well I got caught in one of his traps." Randy answered without thinking, then tried to cover it up. "I-I was just myself at the time so I didn't have my super ninja reaction time!"

Danny laughed, "I got caught in his trap too!" He then paused, causing the other two to stop their walking a couple of steps later.

"What's up Danny?"

"Guys... I'm sorry about how I acted earlier today." He rubbed the back of his neck out of habit and nerves. "Even if I'm stressed out I shouldn't blow up on you like that."

A second of silence befell the group, then Jake spoke up. "Dude, it's fine! We all get uber-stressed out!"

"Yeah Danny." Randy chuckled, "besides, I'm kinda thankful."

"Why?" Danny asked, glancing up at him from the sidewalk.

"You worry enough for all three of us!" He sighed, "It's kinda a relief that I don't have to worry all the time!"

Jake walked over and clapped Danny's back, causing Danny to wince. "We're friends. It's kinda our job to deal with each other's bullshit!"

"Oh! speaking of totally wonk things-"

"I, frankly, don't care!" Jake laughed and swung his arms over both boys, causing the the two to crouch due to his short height.

Danny grinned, "you guys, thanks for dealing with my outbursts!"

"No prob man, just expect a serious, city-destroying outburst from Jake soon." Randy smirked.

"What? Why?" Jake blinked, curious.

Randy reached down and tapped Jake's head. "You're it!" He howled and broke from Jake's grip, dashing off.

"Hey!" Jake grinned, tapping Danny. "You're it!"

Danny laughed, then took a second to watch his friends run away from him. He smiled.


Wow what a cheesy ending! ovo

I just wanna thank you guys again for showing your support for me! It means a lot when you read and review my work! Thanks for dealing with my irregular updates! 3

Also- just a reminder! The suggestion-based filler chapter is coming in a little while! Keep suggesting things for me to put in it!

Right now I have a request to put in a female OC that has hypnotism or something of the sort and enchants the main three to do something evil/bad/neglectful! If you want to help me create this character then pm me with some ideas or something! 3 atm she'd be an average-looking girl!

I would really appreciate any R&R I get! They inspire me to keep going forward! Thanks for being so awesome you guys/gals and dealing with my terribly random chapter updates 3

*edit* I got a really cool OC idea from a follower on a different website this is on so imma use that one! :D