Chapter 28: Phantom and the Titans

It was Friday in the evening in Amity Park and Danny had just finished his ten thousandth "fight" with the Box Ghost, which ended as soon as it started.

"Geez, detention and dealing with the Box Ghost, Klemper and the Lunch Lady... Not how I wanted to spend my Friday night..." Danny complained to himself as he kept flying.

He didn't realize that someone appeared behind him and heard every word...

"Then perhaps you would find this to be a more enjoyable activity in comparison..." A familiar voice said.

Danny turned his head and soon found himself in a surprise kiss by a mischievous Starfire.

Once Danny moved back from the feeling on his lips, he saw his dimension hopping girlfriend.

"Kory!" Danny exclaimed happily upon seeing her and hugged her.

"Hello, Danny!" Starfire said, before kissing him on the cheek a couple of times.

"I'm happy to see you, but what brings you here, I thought Saturday was our official day? And how did you get here?" Danny asked his girlfriend.

"I asked my good friend Raven to help open the portal again." Starfire answered.

"There a reason you couldn't wait until tomorrow?" Danny asked.

"That's why I had come to talk to you, Darling... let us land first and then I shall explain the reasons for my visit." Starfire said in her usual way.

Danny nodded and the two teen heroes soon went to find a private place where they could talk. That place is Fenton Works.

Danny and Starfire arrived to his home, his parents were currently out chasing some D list ghosts that Danny didn't consider a threat and Jazz was doing an extra credit assignment just to add to her already fat list of extracurricular activities, leaving Danny alone with his girlfriend, who made a rather special request.

"You want me to spend tomorrow with you and your friends in Jump City?" Danny repeated, after Starfire asked.

"Yes, darling... My friends wish to get to know you better...I am aware that during your first encounter with my friends... there was a misunderstanding and while things have been resolved but I do wish you would come to properly get to know them." Starfire explained.

Danny thought about it, before nodding.

"Okay, Starbolts... I'll hang with you and your friends tomorrow if you insist." Danny said and Starfire squealed.

"Wonderful Darling! It would really mean the a lot to me to have you and my friends become friends as well! They are important to me as you are, and I want us all to get along." Starfire said to him.

"I get it, they are your friends and I do want to get to know them better... so what time?" Danny asked.

"I was hoping tomorrow... perhaps around 10 in the time of morning... I would properly introduce you to each of my friends and you would join us in our usual places of "hanging out" and even our daily patrol if you are willing." Starfire said.

"Okay, I'll be there." Danny said.

"Splendid..." Starfire said, before kissing him on the lips. "Can you give me the ride home?"

Danny smiled and shook his head.

Today was an attempt to make Danny closer to her friends, her second family. Starfire wanted her boyfriend to get along with them. He told his friends about what he was up to over the phone. Naturally, Tucker was jealous because he wanted to meet superhero teenagers. Sam came off as indifferent, though Danny couldn't understand why. Jazz made sure he brushed is teeth and combed before leaving.

In her world, Starfire bathed and got ready for her darling boyfriend. Her friends, the fellow Titans, wanted to meet this boy from another universe who caught her heart.

"I will wait for him on the rooftop! Please remain here!" Starfire said as she flew to where Danny usually meets up.

The rest of the Titans remained on the couch. Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven noticed how silent Robin is. Not to mentioned, he did not look happy.

"Dude, you okay?" Beast Boy asked.

"Fine…" Robin muttered.

"You sure about that?" Raven asked hesitantly.

Cyborg spoke up. "Yeah… sure you don't wanna-"

"I'm fine…" Robin muttered louder.

The three of them recognized that asking him about his feelings was a bad idea and moved away from him.

Starfire stood patiently at the rooftop. She didn't have to wait too long, as he appeared in a flash. Danny had arrived to Titans Tower and as always l, Starfire was waiting for him. She flew to him and hugged him tightly.

"Welcome, Darling..." Starfire greeted before kissing him on the cheek a bit.

"Hey Starbolts..."Danny said as he did his best to withstand her bone-crushing hug.

Starfire let go of him.

"Come inside, my friends are inside the room of living and they are all excited to officially meet you!" Starfire said as she grabbed Danny's hand and lead him inside the tower.

Once inside, Danny found himself back inside the unique T shaped building and saw four people in the spacious living room. He recognized these four from that one time he came to apologize to Starfire. They were Starfire's friends and the local heroes, The Teen Titans.

"Hi." Danny said. One the ones he recalled as Cyborg and Beast Boy waved at him. Raven looked disinterested while Robin looked eager to hit him again. "I'm Danny, Danny Phantom."

"So…" Robin spoke up, looking unpleased at Danny's presence. "How'd you two even meet?"

"Well, I was following a villain of mine named Johnny 13. Well, he isn't really a villain as he is more of an occasional trouble maker. Anyway, I followed him into a portal that led to your universe in the Ghost Zone."

"Ghost Zone?" Beast Boy asked, looking creeped out.

"It's another dimension my world is connected to." Danny explained. "Anyway, it turns out my presence causes Tamaranean emotions to be more extreme. I look kind of like a Tamaranean, so Starfire saw me, got a crush and… one thing led to another." Danny said before scratching the back of his head. "Well, to be completely honest...when I first met Starfire...I was kind of... scared of her..." Danny admitted in an embaressed tone.

Robin raised a brow at that...

"Her strength too much for you?" Robin shot at him. His tone was clearly meant to be disrespectful.

"Not her strength... just her...eagerness..." Danny explained. "It was stupid and I'm over it now. I know she never meant me harm and long since apologized for it." Danny admitted.

Starfire blushed at him admitting he's over his fear of her. Robin noticed this and looked annoyed, though no one else but one noticed.

"So, Danny? Tell us more about yourself. We didn't really get to ask the last time you were here." Raven said, trying to ease the tension she sensed from Robin.

"Well, my real name is Danny Fenton, I am 14, I go to a school called Casper High and I am... sort of the superhero to my own home town, Danny Phantom." Danny said.

To his surprise, both Cyborg and Beast Boy laughed their heads off

"Dude, are you serious?! Danny Fenton?! Danny Phantom?!" Beast Boy laughed.

"Well, no one has noticed back home." Danny said with a shrug. Robin and Raven raised an eyebrow at that. "Probably helps that…" Danny morphs in front of them for a moment, causing a gasp from everyone but Starfire. "As Danny Fenton, my eyes, hair and even my skin are different colors." He morphs back into ghost form.

The other four Titans looks wide-eyed at what Danny just did.

"How did you do that?!" Cyborg asks.

"Well, my parents built a portal to the Ghost Zone, I tried to turn in back on while they were out. I got hit with ectoplasmic radiation that fused ghostly energy into my DNA. I'm something called a halfa...a half ghost..." Danny said.

"Half-ghost?" Robin questioned with his arms still crossed.

"Um... basically I am... half a ghost and half a human. I have all sorts of ghost powers but I am still alive." He explained, though even he knew that sounded strange.

"So, what powers do you have exactly?" Raven asked.

"Quite a few... actually." Danny said. "I can fly." He hovers off the floor for a moment before returning to it. "I can turn invisible." He does so for a moment. "I can also phase through the wall, shoot energy out of my hands and punch really hard."

"Punch really hard?" Cyborg asked. "So.. super strength?"

"Yeah… I guess I should have described it better." Danny admitted with a small smile.

"So how much can you bench press?" Cyborg asked, curious about how strong he really is.

"I don't know, I'm not really that good at math..." Danny admitted.

"Let's find out!" Cyborg shouted with a smile.

In their workout area, Cyborg had his large weight piled up on Danny, each one was pretty heavy, but soon, Danny phased into the floor when it got too much. Once he rose up, he saw Cyborg looking at the monitor.

"It looks like you can lift around 24 tons." Cyborg admitted. "Dang, that's a third of like what I can do." He gives Danny a friendly pat on the back. "You're tough."

"Thanks." Danny said with a smile.

"I was hoping if Danny would join us for the usual daily activity known as "hanging out" today." Starfire asked with her hands balled up near her face.

Robin looks more than uncomfortable as the rest of the Titans spoke up.

"Sure." Beast Boy said.

"Alright!" Cyborg cheered.

"Whatever…" Raven muttered.

Robin tried to put a friendly smile on his face. "Sure…"

"Glorious!" Starfire said.

Last time Danny spent any time in Jump City, it was Starfire relentlessly following him around. Now, he's getting a good look at the city. He's now at the pizza restaurant the Titans love to hang out at.

"So, what's ya favorite topping Danny?" Cyborg asks.

"Pepperoni, I guess." Danny answered.

"Just make sure my half has no meat on it!" Beast Boy says.

"Vegetarian?" Danny asks.

"He is." Cyborg says. "Always making things difficult for me when I want the all meat special."

"Dude! I've been most of those animals!" Beast Boy shouted.

Danny smirked at this and shook his head. They reminded him of his best friends to a degree. Thankfully, being superheroes made them less likely to get into a petty argument like Sam and Tucker would.

"So… Danny?" Raven asked, wanting to move on from their little issue. "What kind of bad guys do you normally deal with?"

"Mostly ghosts." Danny said. "There's my archenemy, Vlad Plasmius, he's half ghost too. There's Skulker, a hunter who wants my pelt. I've fought Ember McLain, a rocker who wants to take over the world. There's like one human bad guy named Freakshow, who used a crystal ball who controlled my mind then tried to use a magic gauntlet to rewrite reality."

"Huh, sounds a lot like some of our bad guys." Beast Boy admits.

"Any other crazy experiences?" Cyborg asks.

"I've traveled through time one." Danny said before his smile dropped. "But I'd rather not share that experience… let's just say it's something most people would go crazy from."

"My I take your order?" The waitress arrives, ready to jot down what they ask for.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town, something was making its way into downtown. It leaned on a brick wall, watching people walk by as it crawled the wall and reached the rooftop.

There, its true white appearance was revealed.

It escaped the Titans before Beast Boy arrived and has laid low since then.

Now, it's making its move, looking for its targets. Those being the Teen Titans, with its intent to capture one in particular.

Danny took a bite of the pizza and hummed in how good it tasted. Starfire smiled warmly as it looks like Cyborg and Beast Boy are very much accepting him.

Robin barely at his slice, glaring at Danny the whole time as Starfire has a loving look towards the ghost boy.

"So, how do you keep coming from your universe constantly? It's not like you just took a cab." Raven asked.

"I stole a little magic jewel from Blackfire, it has near limitless teleporting abilities." Danny said. "From what Starfire could gather from her own research, it teleports you to a place as long as someone you know personally is there." Danny said.

"Hmm… interesting." Raven said.

She had a puzzled look on her face.

That's weird, it shouldn't have the power to transport from one universe to another so often. Usually, something like that is risky… I wonder if-

A scream from downtown is heard, it caught all of the teen heroes' attention.

Especially when they see the large, white monster walking to them.

"That thing is back?!" Cyborg shouted.

"Back?" Danny asked, noticing even his girlfriend looking ready for combat.

"Titans! Go!" Robin shouted as he and the four others drop down and rush the monster.

Danny, after a moment of thought, decided to fly to the battle.

There, the five Titans surround the beast.

"Raven, hold it down! Starfire! Cyborg! Blast it when you get the chance!"

"Azerath, Metroin, Zinthos!"

Raven released her magic, holding the creature down. Starfire and Cyborg blast the creature.

"Beast Boy! Go above and flatten it!"

Shapeshifting into a bird, Beast Boy got above the creature before turning into an elephant and seemingly flattened the creature. However, to their surprise, it lifted Beast Boy and tossed him away. The creature touched the concrete and absorbed the properties of its surroundings. It then created concrete spikes from its arms and rushed to Robin.

However, Cyborg ran in and punched the creature in the stomach. Robin threw his bird-a-rangs at it fact, exploding on impact. This did little to the creature, which seemingly healed from the injuries and tosses Cyborg to its left. Robin leaped to it and whacked its face with his staff, but this did little.

Starfire started firing starbolts at its back while Raven fired her magic to push the creature away.

It landed into a car, though it touches the steel in the underside and created a blade and readied itself for more.

The five Titans readied for more, but Danny flew in between them and the creature.

"Hold on!" He said, holding a hand to them. "Let me thank you guys for letting me hang by taking care of this loser."

Everyone but Starfire looked confused by his apparent overconfidence, with Robin in particular looking insulted.

"You're kidding, right? You saw what we can do. You saw what that thing can do."

"But you haven't seen what I can do." Danny clarified.

Scoffing, Robin put his staff away.

"Okay, be my guest." Robin said, crossing his arms.

Everyone else, save for Starfire, looked surprised by this.

"Uh… Robin? Beast Boy asked.

"You sure about that?" Raven asked.

"Let's see what he can do." Robin stated.

The creature readied to stab Danny Phantom, but the ghost boy reacted by going intangible as the blade went into the ground. There, he floated up, regained tangibility and kicked the creature in the face, causing it to fall back, the blade coming out of the ground. Danny grabbed the creature by the face and flipped it up before slamming it back in the ground.

Everyone not the jealous leader and the lovesick alien, who had hearts in her eyes and a big smile, look amazed by what just happened.

"Cool…" Beast Boy and Cyborg go.

The creature got up and, with touch, turned its left arm into concrete and created a shield. It then readied its cement shield and steel blade like a knight.

In responses, Danny shut his eyes and created three copies.

All four Phantoms flew around the monster, firing ghost rays that it only managed to block a few of them. It swung its sword arm, taking out one Phantom on impact. The other three punch the creature in the back. It turned around and raised its shield, but the three Phantoms punched the shield, breaking it to pieces.

"Dude! Did you see that?!" Beast Boy said in awe.

"This guy's awesome!" Cyborg declared. "Boo-Yah!"

"Impressive…" Raven said with some level of being genuine.

Robin only muttered incoherently, though clearly annoyed.

The three Danny fire streams of energy at the creature, which managed to walk to the Dannys and stab one, causing it to disappear. The two Danny continue their stream as it stabs one more.

The remaining Danny, the real one, grabs the blade after ending the stream.

"Here's a shock! Ghost Stinger!"

Danny sent a shock of electricity through the metal blade.

The jolt went up the arm, causing the white creature to start shaking violently as smoke began coming out of the face. Soon, the arm returned to normal as the creature fell on its back.

This left the five Titans and Danny looking at the creature in anticipation for movement. Danny walked up to it and tapped his foot into its chest. Everyone else stepped back and took a fighting stance in anticipation. Instead, it just remained still.

Danny walked up the creature and grabbed the face, trying to pull of what he assumes is some kind of mask. What he pulled off revealed not face.

But circuity and loosed wires that spark.

"A robot?" Danny asked.

The Teen Titans walked around the monster.

"It's a robot?" Beast Boy asked.

"I never saw anything like this." Cyborg said. "We should take it back to Titans' Tower for analysis."

"I can help with that." Raven casted a spell, sending the creature's lifeless body back to the Tower. "I put it in a cell, just in case it was still alive."

As they sent the creature to a cell, its vision showed nothing but static. Whoever was watching from the other side groaned in irritation.

"We almost had them! We were to eliminate the Tamaranean's allies and bring her to us! Who was that?!" One voice shouted.

"I do not know." Another said. "We have no data on any Earth hero by that appearance. Or, for that matter, any being on any world we are aware of who matches his description."

"Can we make upgrade another stolen android from the humans?" A third spoke.

"The one called Ivo has upgraded his security, it will be too difficult to even try again. The second said.

"We will need to try again…" The first called out. "It looks like we will need to be more direct with her and her allies. Especially that one… how soon will we arrive to their world?"

"Unknown, given how damaged our ship is… but we will arrive on Earth soon." The third said.

Plugging his systems into the monster machine, Cyborg checks his arm computer. The readings are not what he expected.

"Well, based on design and programming, this used to be a prototype android that belonged to professor Anthony Ivo that went stolen about a year ago." Cyborg explains. "But something, or someone, upgraded it."

"Upgraded it? How? Robin asked.

"All I can say is the upgrades aren't like anything I've seen. Even Gizmo and Slade couldn't make something like this."

"So, it is not of Earthly origin?" Starfire asked.

"Doesn't look like it." Cyborg says. "I'll look into it later. For now…" He looks at Danny and smiles. "I think we got ourselves a new Titan!"

"Huh?" Danny asks.

"What?" Robin asked, flatly.

"Yeah!" Beast Boy "You were awesome, dude!"

"Pretty impressive." Raven said, with a notable smile.

"Glorious! My friend who is the boy is to be a Teen Titan!" Starfire said with a big smile.

Robin looked to reject the idea, but everyone's approval was too loud. He mulled over with himself and decided to speak up.

"Hold on! Taking down that thing isn't exactly enough to really suggest he's Titan material." Robin pointed out.

"He's right…" Cyborg said with a smile. "The fact that he saved people last time he saw us while we mistook him for a bad guy does."

The rest agree, though Danny is the only one to notice how unpleased with the idea Ron was.

After taking a breath, Robin pulled out a communicator.

"Here." He said flatly.

Danny took the device and smiled.

"So… I guess I'm part of a superhero team in this universe? Neat." Danny said.

In that instant, Starfire flew in and hugged her boyfriend tightly.

"Glorious! Today is the day that is my life's best!"

She started kissing his cheek repeatedly as the Cyborg and Beast Boy laughed at him blushing with a smile.

Robin turns around and walks off, looking very bitter.

Thanks again for the scene suggestions Flower Princess11.

Sorry for the long wait, I was trying to come up with what DC villain to choose. I was gonna think the Anti-Monitor, since he's all about assimilating other worlds, but he's too big a deal. I won't say who for now.

But that white monster from the last episode of Teen Titans. I wanted to show it actually defeated. Based on fan theories, I decided to make the creature a sort of prototype for AMAZO, a Justice League villain.

And it looks like Danny defeating it impressed all but one Titan in particular. So now Danny's a Teen Titan. How will this affect his and Starfire's relationships with others, including two certain ones?