Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, Urusei Yatsura or any of the characters used here. Danny Phantom is the property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Viacom International. Urusei Yatsura is the property of Rumiko Takahashi. I also do not own any of the characters utilized in this crossover, they all belong to their respective owners.
Those Obnoxious Ghosts
Chapter 4: The Tag Race Part II
The Next Day
The Fifth Day of the Tag race
They were late, but they wanted to make sure their ticket to victory was perfect. As Danny walked into town, people were giving his silent glares, wanting him not to fail or else they'd have word with him.
But this time, he was ready.
Lum stood in the middle of the street, waiting for her opponent. She saw him and smiled in a sweet but also smug kind of way.
"Ready to fail again?..." She asked before she flew into the air.
She flew far enough that she was confident Danny couldn't reach her. To her surprise, he said the following words.
"Actually, no I'm not..."The boy said, confusing the alien princess.
To her surprise, Lum looked to her side and saw Danny, flying next to her. Everyone was stunned by this development, expecially the green haired girl.
"How?!..."She exclaimed
She looked at his back, seeing a jetpack that was on the boy. Lum huffed in anger.
The weapons were one thing since they had been so pathetic by her standards and she was safely out of his reach in the air...now, she no longer has that advantage over him.
"THAT'S CHEATING!..."She shouted, not liking this.
"You guys said anything goes!..." He responded, still smirking.
Lum groaned, realizing he's right.
"Well, that doesn't mean you can beat me!..."She said, refusing to be defeated.
Lum shot a charge of electricity at her opponent, making everyone gasp in horror at that attack, not expecting it from the alien girl.
She didn't even expect to use lightning on her opponent, since she was sure this would have been an easy win...still, she had to at least keep him from winning.
"Didn't think I'd need that, but you left me no choice!..."Lum said as she fired.
"Oh man!..."Danny shouted before he screamed upon being hit.
Suddenly, Danny was sent flying onto a rooftop, much to the horror of the people of Amity Park, including those who know him personally.
"DANNY!..."His friends and loved ones all shouted in worry for him.
Thankfully, he was still alive.
However, since no one could see him, Danny chose to use his intangibility to avoid crashing.
"Now she can go all Pikachu on me?!..."Danny said, groaning in pain but he ignored it.
Once he was sure no one could see him, he decided to go ghost and fly up. Once he made it to the rooftop, he returned to human form. He noticed the jet pack was smoking and frowned.
"Normally, this would be dangerous even for me… but I have no other option..." He muttered as he worked on his next step.
During this time, he couldn't help but remember what he talked about last night with his father, about this match to be more precise.
FLASHBACK
Earlier this morning
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Dad?..." Danny asked as he tried on the jet-pack.
"You'll be fine, Danny..." Jack insisted.
"I don't know… maybe…"He said, pausing as he got an idea.
"Maybe what, son?..."Jack asked.
"Maybe we could have Danny Phantom dress as me? At least his powers would make it easier to win..."Danny said quickly, earning a shocked look from his father.
"You want us to work with that Phantom punk?..." Jack asked, sounding a bit insulted.
Almost as if his reputation being a Ghost hunter is more important than the freedom of their planet.
"At least he can fly and shoot lasers at her. I'm sure he'd have a better chance at catching her..." Danny defended, hoping he'd agree.
"Even if that Ghost Kid was willing to help out, I doubt we could get away with it. They said anything goes, but you're the one chosen..." Jack said. "You both might have the same first name… somehow... but I doubt that's enough to fool them..."He said while his son deflated.
"Darn it..."Danny thought frustrated as he knew he couldn't get out of this without either blowing his secret or somehow winning in human form.
"So, how would you win if you were in my place?..." Danny asked, sounding worried.
"Just promise us you'll win..." Jack said, putting a hand on his son's shoulder. "You're a Fenton, Danny... And Fentons don't give up..."He said, earning a smile from his son.
"Okay, Dad..."He said, before he added, "Promise..."
"I just really hope this works because I'm running out of ideas..."He admitted.
"Look on the bright side, son, it can't be harder than marriage!"...'He whispered, making sure Maddie or the other females didn't overhear this.
Danny rose one eyebrow.
"How does a competition for Earth's survival compare to marriage?..."He asked, lost.
"Simple…" Jack said with a smile. "Men who marry the women they love have to give it their all for the their whole lives. At least here, you'll never have to see this girl again."..."He said in a chipper sounding way while Danny looked at his father strangely.
"Still weird you compare this to marriage..." Danny pointed out.
"Hey, marriage is like a battle, you gotta do whatever you can to come out on top..."He said while his son still sent him a confused look.
End of Flashback
Present Time
Danny shook his head, not sure why he remembered that right now but he knew that he had a match to win and a planet to rescue.
"Here goes everything...again..."Danny said as he turns the broken jet-pack on and took to the skies...
Thankfully, no indication it was going to blow up, at least not yet.
With Lum
The alien princess, who saw her opponent crash far away but could no longer see him personally, sighed.
"Poor guy… he did show a good effort..."Lum admitted as she floated aimlessly and was going to continue to fly until the time ran out.
Until...
"HEY, PRINCESS!..." Danny's voice called, starling her.
"What?..." Lum said as she turned around and gasped.
To her horror, she saw her opponent, Danny Fenton, still with his malfunctioning jet pack was now leading in her direction, his arms stretched out and a grin that says "got you" plastered on his face as he came flying at 100 mph.
"WHAT?!..." Lum screamed and before she could react or fly away, Danny latched onto her, holding onto her waist since he couldn't properly control the trajectory.
Everyone gasped when they saw Danny clinging to Lum, who was still 20 feet in the air and the alien princess snapped out of it and tried to shake him off.
"Let go of me!..." Lum shouted in indignation as she tried to punch and kick him off but he couldn't let go.
"NOT! HAPPENING!..." Danny shouted as he literally tried to climb up her body in order to reach her horns.
"NO!..." Lum shouted as she zapped him, shocking everyone who saw it.
"DANNY!..." Sam, Tucker, Jazz and Danny's parents exclaimed in horror, they had no idea that Lum possessed a power like that.
A right now, she is using it on poor Danny who was screaming in pain.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!..." Danny screamed in pain but still clung to Lum as if his life was dependent on it.
"OH NO! THIS LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE IT, FOLKS! DANNY FENTON WAS SO CLOSE TO GRABBING LUM'S HORNS AND THE ALIEN PRINCESS IS NOW ELECTROCUTING HIM…OH, THE HORROR!..." The announcer said.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!..."Danny shouted as the zapping continued.
"NO!..." Maddie and Jack said as they tried to race to the field to do something…anything to help Danny, only to be held back by some guards.
"You can't intervene with the match or it will be void..."One guard said.
"I DON'T CARE! THAT ALIEN GIRL IS TRYING TO KILL HIM!..." Maddie screamed as the guards restrained Jack and her, making it unable to for them to interfere.
However, to Lum and everyone else's surprises (except Team Phantom, who knew of Danny's durability) he still held on her, and while still sore, kept his grip on her and continued to climb up her body.
"I… I DON'T BELIEVE IT, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! OUR CHAMPION IS STILL GOING FOR IT, DESPITE ALL THE ZAPS LUM IS GIVING HIM..I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH WILL AND DETERMINATION!..." The announcer said as Lum zapped Danny again.
Despite each zap Lum sent him, Danny refused to let go. Lum's annoyance soon was replaced with worry and maybe even some pity, for some reason.
"Just give up already and the pain will stop..." Lum said, actually feeling a little sorry for him now.
To her surprise, Danny, despite the pain that he was in, still had the strength to hold onto her and then sent her a look that surprised her.
"I…WILL…NEVER…GIVE…UP…I….PROMISED…MY…FRIENDS…AND….MY…FAMILY!… "Danny let out.
That surprised Lum, especially when she looked into his blue eyes as he said these words... those eyes of his got her attention for a moment.
"You promised?..." Lum asked, actually stopping that zaps for that brief moment to register this
That was her mistake...and the ghost boy's opportunity.
"I PROMISED!..." Danny shouted and using the last of his strength and Lum's moment of surprise, to climb the rest of the way up and was about to grab her horns.
Lum gasped as she realized what he was about to do. She can't let him do it!
"Oh no you don't!..." Lum said as she zapped him once more but it was too late. Danny used all of his strength and grabbed her horns, even as he was in excruciating pain.
"AHHHH!..." Danny shouted as he held onto her horns until the zapping stop.
Once he did, Lum, out of shock, floated back to the ground and everyone saw that Danny's hands were on her horns… just as the time ran out.
Everyone could not believe it, but Danny's hands were on Lum's horns, he beat her and the world has been saved.
Soon everyone started cheering and the announcer shouted to the heavens.
"HE DID IT! HE FINALLY DID IT! DANNY FENTON SAVED THE EARTH ON THE FIFTH DAY!..." The announcer shouted and Danny, despite the pain he is, smiled as he finally let go of Lum's horns and got up and started cheering widely.
"I DID IT! I ACTUALLY DID IT! I WON! YES!..." Danny shouted as he jumped and cheered.
Soon his friends and family ran to him.
"DANNY!..." Sam said as she hugged him.
"YOU DID IT!..." Tucker shouted as he hugged him too!
"I KNEW THAT YOU COULD DO IT!..." Jazz shouted proudly as she hugged her brother, followed by her parents.
"WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU!..." Jack and Maddie said as they hugged their son and the one who saved their world from being invaded by aliens.
'I did it, I actually did it!..." Danny said, still in amazement.
He managed to save the world without having to use his powers… The world and his secret are safe.
This ROCKS!
Soon the crowds came to congratulate Danny over his victory, the reporters took pictures and asked questions and Lum…still stood there, with a stunned look on her face, as everyone continued to congratulate her competitor.
"He beat me…he actually beat me…" Lum thought, still stunned by the whole thing as the citizens of Earth all cheered over their savior and then lifted him up to cheer his name.
"THREE CHEERS FOR DANNY FENTON!..." Someone shouted and everyone started cheering for Danny, while Danny was still in amazement.
"I did it...I did it..." He repeated in happiness.
He actually won.
Later
The world was saved, the aliens left for home and all of the humans went off the celebrate the fact that just managed to avoid being invaded and turned into slaves. All the aliens were gone and Earth can finally go back to normal.
Well...almost all of the aliens were gone.
One stayed back, with a very annoyed and confused look on her face.
It is Lum, the princess of Uru and the girl who lost the competition. She is currently on top of a sky scraper, looking annoyed and confused.
The alien princess still could not believe that she actually lost the tag race to some weak looking human boy...though his use of that jet pack certainly did help him in the end but something doesn't feel right...
"Just how did he manage to beat me? and how did he even managed to survive everything I did to him?..." Lum thought in confusion.
She didn't know a lot about humans but she knew that compared to her species, they are pretty behind of the times and much weaker. They can't fly or seem to have special abilities of their own, other than the ability to make gadgets, which is still limited compared to what her species is able to create. However that...that boy...is so strange.
He not only managed to survive multiple zaps from her and still have the strength to hold onto her but the look in his eyes, in that moment he told her that he was doing this for his family in friends...Lum didn't see a young, scared boy hoping for a miracle.
No, she was someone strong vowing to protect his love ones, no matter how much pain he would have to endure to pay the cost...and the look in his eyes when he said those words didn't go away from her mind. It was clear that he was very determined and he would not give up.
Lum actually kind of admired that about him but something just isn't computing here and she does not like it.
Just how did someone whom seem so unimpressive on his profile, prove to be so strong in the end?
That's why she snuck out of the ship and came back to Earth, despite her father's protests since it was against the rules of the tag race. There is just something about that Danny Fenton boy that is confusing her...he is hiding something, something happened during the tag race that she didn't know about that gave him an edge and she is determined to find out. However, the alien princess then noticed a humanoid creature flying, one with white hair and a dark suit.
"Huh?..." Lum thought in confusion as curiosity got the better of her and she decided to investigate.
"Wait...white hair...dark clothes and can fly...is this the Danny Phantom, the one that father mentioned?..."She thought, curious as she began to follow him
She soon saw the creature fly to a place that looks to have a large space ship on it's roof, called "FentonWorks" thanks to a big sigh.
"Fenton? Is that not the name of the boy I faced in the tag race?" Lum thought as she flew to the window and saw a glowing boy in a bedroom.
That's where Lum finally got a good look of him...
He had white hair, green eyes and wore a black and white jumpsuit, just as her father described. However, she also noticed something else.
"Oh my..."Lum thought as she felt a light flush come to her cheeks when she finally saw him for the first time.
He's kind of cute...not super handsome like Rei is, but not bad either. Plus, there was a strange sense of familiarity. She knows she has seen him before...but where?
"I know I have seen him before...but where?..."She thought, not able to put her finger on it but she still thought he was kinda cute.
Lum was about to introduce herself but suddenly two rings appeared and the white haired boy was soon replaced with a black hair boy with blue eyes and Lum gasped.
"Danny Fenton..." Lum whispered in shock, until realization dawned on her.
"Wait...Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom..."She whispered before a frown came to her.
She was a princess of a highly advance species, and yet she couldn't figure out the name similarity?!
"How did I miss that?..."She muttered before another realizing dawned on her.
He has powers...he clearly does...she didn't know how, but unlike the rest of his species, he has special abilities...
"So, that's how he managed to beat me..." Lum thought, not liking this and not accepting her loss.
She wondered if she could ask her father if this counts as cheating but then remembered that it was an anything goes sort of thing. However, she then saw the boy lay on his bed, looking to the ceiling.
"Hmm..."She let out as she was about to make her presence known, only to hear him talking out loud.
"What a day... alien invasion... lighting blast... super hot alien princesses... saving the world as Danny Fenton..." Danny muttered.
Lum heard this, stopped and blushed at how he referred to her as being "super hot".
"He thinks I'm hot..."She thought, still blushing and feeling both stunned and kind of flattered by the compliment.
She kept listening in on what he is saying, wanting to find out just what the heck he is and what he truly did during the match.
With Danny
The ghost boy on his bed with a tired smile on his face.
After his victory, his folks took him to the hospital, where he had to overshadow some doctors to give some half baked explanation as to how Lum's zaps didn't kill him and how he managed to recover without giving away his secret and thankfully his parents were gullible enough to believe it. After that, he dealt with reporters and his folks and him celebrated and he was happy... until he had to deal with a stray ghost cat who was causing trouble and he sighed.
Even saving the world from an alien invasion, he can't catch a break. He wanted to go to sleep now but he was still thinking out loud about what has happened today.
"Man, if marriage is anything like what happened today, men don't have it easy..." Danny chuckled a bit, referring to a conversation he had with his dad before the tag race.
He kept saying that marriage is like a battle, you must do whatever it takes to come out on top.
The ghost boy was about go to sleep, except a certain someone who had been eavesdropping on him overhead, especially after hearing one word in particular.
"Marriage?..." Lum asked in a confused tone, shocking Danny as he was now aware of her presence.
"WHY ARE YOU BACK?! I WON!..." Danny shouted as he got all defensive, not liking this at all.
"What is she doing here?!..." He thought before he remembered he just transformed.
"Did you see anything?!..."He asked, worried he just revealed himself in front of her.
Lum blinked in confusion, having heard the part of the boy talking about marriage, just after he was going over what happened at the tag. She recalled how he also just referred to her as "super hot"...
Her mind was still on the fact that he said something about marriage a moment ago.
"Marriage? What is he talking about?..." Lum thought in confusion.
Today was suppose to be a competition to fight for his planet's freedom, what does marriage have to do with any of this?
Suddenly, an idea came to her...one that would not go away.
"Unless… Wait…does this mean...that he wants to... marry me?..." Lum thought, in shock, unable to believe this and feeling strange.
She had recently gotten out a failed relationship and she wasn't in any rush to find love again...but here, her opponent who humiliated and defeated her today was actually thinking about marrying her.
It was strange, they hardly know each other at all and she wasn't really interested in a new relationship, much less marriage at this point but this boy...
He was the only person who ever beat her at the tag race, a fight for his freedom...and yet...she could still recall how brave and determined he was during their last encounter, even when she was zapping him with all her electric power.
He didn't give up at all...and pulled through.
She remained silent as she wondered if he had been trying to impress her more than save his planet's world.
If he did...well...it was kinda flattering now that she thought about it.
She kept quiet as she looked at his human form, she was examining him from head to toe in an intrigued sort of way.
"Hmm...his human form is actually much cuter than I thought ..."She mused as she rubbed her chin with interest.
Lum thought about it and smiled widely for some reason. Danny didn't know what was going on in her head as she suddenly walked towards him and Danny didn't like that weird smile on her face right now.
"Okay, if you insist...I'll marry you..." Lum said happily with a smile.
Danny blinked and then froze upon hearing that and blinked again, wondering if he heard her right.
"Um...come again?..." Danny asked as things just got a lot more difficult for him.
-To Be Continued
Next Time on Those Obnoxious Ghosts
I'll Marry You
A/N(1): I hope you all enjoyed chapter 4. I wanna give a special thanks to NeoMark and Twilightnite13 for helping out here.
A/N(2): Happy Mother's Day.
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