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 12: A Growing Problem At Casper High
A few days have passed since Ten moved in with them and Danny found his new lifestyle no easier than it was earlier with just Lum.
When it was Lum, she had been trying to electrocute him, seduce him, or admit that they were married. Now that Ten's here, he's been trying to make the halfa teach him how to fight like him, play with him, and try to get him and Lum together.
It was really exasperating and almost an ironic twist of fate that Ten had tried to burn him down when they first met...only to become his number one fan.
Now, he's going out of his way to set him up with his cousin. Really ironic considering that he originally came to this planet just to break them up. Now, Ten wants him to become part of his family and is almost as clingy as his cousin is.
So, it was the opposite of progress for Danny.
"I can't believe this..."He thought, exhausted.
Between Ten idolizing him and Lum's lovey-doveyness, it has been very stressful.
The only bright side is that at least Lum and Ten sleep in her now and they both are keeping out of the sight of his parents. That's one less thing to worry out.
However, that didn't make this situation any less difficult.
Right now, though, Danny was flying from school, deliberately looking for ghosts to fight as an excuse not to deal with either of them.
His ghost sense sudden;y went off and he heard an all too familiar phrase being shouted at full volume.
"BEWARE!..."
Danny sighed but conceded.
"Well, beggars can't be choosers..." He mumbled as he got ready to go fight him.
He soon found his most annoying foe trying to steal boxes from the post office...again...and making a nuisance of himself.
"ALL OF THESE GLORIOUS BOXES, SHALL BELONG TO ME, THE BOX GHOST! HAHAHA!..."The wanna-be villain said in his overly-dramatic voice.
"Hey Moron, keep it down!..."Danny said, making himself known.
The Box Ghost turned to see him and was being dramatically as usual.
"It's you, you accursed ghost boy. I will have my revenge on you!..."The box-theme villain said in his usual hammy way.
"Yeah, like you've been for the past hundred times..." Danny said as he got ready to fight.
Before he could take his leisure time in fighting him, he heard a familiar voice calling for him.
"DANNY!..." A childish voice called and Danny flinched, making him stop in mid flight
"Oh, not again..." Danny sighed as he looked back and saw Little Ten waddling in the air towards him.
He saw no Lum and that surprised Danny. Even more as the little alien was in plain sight.
"TEN! What are you doing out here?! Why are you by yourself?!..." He shouted in concern.
While Ten is a pain, he is just a baby and he can't be without supervision.
The little oni child just laughed when he saw him, oblivious to any trouble.
"I saw you flying from your window. Are you gonna fight another monster again? Can I help?..." Ten asked in excitement.
The Box Ghost looked confused before he exclaimed at the flying, horned baby in his dramatic manner.
"HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT A DEADLY BATTLE AGAINST THE GHOST BOY AND HIS MOST DEADLY OF ENEMIES! BEWARE!..."The Box Ghost said, trying to intimidate him.
Ten however, was not scared as he turned to Danny.
"Hey Danny, is this weirdo bugging you?..." He asked. not bothering using his childish act.
The Box Ghost looked insulted and huffed.
"I AM NO WEIRDO! I AM THE BOX GHOST! WHO ARE YOU?!..." He shouted dramatically, before turning to Danny, who was dragging his hand down his face.
"No, seriously...who is he?..." He asked in a normal voice.
The little alien frowned as he already didn't like this ghost and did what he always did with people he didn't like.
"I am Ten and you are toast!..." Ten said as he breathed fire and since the Box Ghost didn't become intangible, he was hit with the flame and was running in circles, screaming for someone to put him out.
"AHHH! HOT! HOT! PUT ME OUT! PUT ME OUT!..." The Box Ghost cried out as he tried to put himself and Danny sighed.
"Here... I got it…" The ghost boy said as he sent an ice blast, putting the flame out and the Box Ghost was relieved.
"Ahhh...thanks..."The pathetic villain said in relief, glad that's over.
Danny, realizing that he can't take his leisure time here and that he's got to take Ten back home before someone sees him, pulled out his thermos and sucked the box ghost in.
Ten cheered at the sight.
"Yes! We won!..."He exclaimed, feeling proud of himself.
Danny placed his thermos away and then sent him a scolding look.
Ten saw this and grew concerned.
"Ten, I already told you to be careful and not just fly outside like this. You know that there are a lot of mean people who would hurt you if they find out an alien is still on this planet!..." Danny scolded.
"But..."The alien tried but the older boy wasn't having any of it
"No buts. Now come on, I am taking you back home..." Danny said as he grabbed onto Ten, became invisible and the two were soon off.
Ten knew that his hero wasn't too happy...still, he couldn't help but be curious about something.
"So, Danny?..."Ten began.
"Yeah?..."Danny asked as he kept flying.
"You...uh...you can become invisible at will? Any time you want?..." Ten asked curiously.
"Yeah, so?..." Danny asked.
"Have you...ever used that power to sneak into places?..." Ten asked, having an attack from his hormones.
"Sometimes...whenever there's an emergency or something..."He said before he noticed the way the kid asked that.
"Wait, what kind of places are you talking about?..." Danny asked, hoping the kid didn't find out about his little trips at certain locker rooms.
While he has used them to hide or infiltrate bad guys' lairs, he wondered where Ten is going with this. The little alien noticed his tone and realized he should probably back down before he said something he'd regret.
"Never mind..." Ten said quickly, realizing that this might not be the right time.
Danny sighed as he figured the kid just wanted to know more about his "hero".
This isn't the first time that Ten has come to watch his ghost fights, like a little league kid wanting to see a professional ball game.
While somewhat flattering, it was becoming pretty annoying and a real hassle. He is just as clingy as his cousin, only for different reasons.
Just yesterday, he tried to get some training done in the lab and Ten wouldn't leave him alone.
Danny actually grimaced when he remembered how it went.
FLASHBACK
Yesterday
Danny was in the lab, in his ghost form, and he was alone right now.
His parents were out chasing after a Z-list ghost that wasn't any real threat, and Lum had gone to fuel up her ship, giving him a rare moment by himself.
So, he decided to take this time to try and get some training done and later think of new ways of getting her away from him.
"Time to get started..."He said as he set up the training equipment in the lab and he was ready to rumble.
He has had a lot of stress lately and he needs a healthy way to let it all out.
"Finally, some alone time..."He said as he began to shoot at some targets, letting off some steam.
However, after about five minutes, his solitude was interrupted.
"Hey, Danny!..."Ten said as he floated into the lab, looking excited.
Danny stopped what he was doing and sighed.
"As if on cue..."He muttered under his breath as he landed.
Since Lum was on her ship, Ten chose to stay behind. Danny had left him upstairs with Jazz while he did some training but it seems the kid chose to be here.
"Ten, I'm sorta busy here. What is it and where's Jazz?..."He asked.
"She's talking to the phone to someone she called "un-tutorable", so I thought we could play together..."Ten said, smiling.
Danny sighed as his biggest fan took a seat and decided to stick around.
"Ten, it's cool that you wanna be friends now but I need to do this. Why don't you go back upstairs and see if Jazz is off the phone?..."He asked.
"I would but she said she'd be a while. Plus, she seems to be in a bad mood since whoever that untutorable person is, seems to make her mad..."Ten said in a naive voice.
Danny rolled his eyes.
"Of course..."He said while the kid still looked at him starry-eyed.
"Come on, why don't we race to see who can fly faster?..."He suggested, looking excited.
"Some other time..."Danny said. "I really gotta get my training done..."He said, mostly due to wanting to blow off steam.
"Then I'll watch..."Ten said as he decided to sit down and do so.
The ghost boy sighed again and he tried to be patient.
It seemed that no matter what he says, Ten just wants to follow behind him. It's odd how someone as who was only slightly stronger than the Box Ghost became more stressful.
"Fine, but stay in the safe zone..."Danny said as he placed him a good distance away from his training equipment.
He doesn't want to risk the kid getting hurt by accident.
"But-..."Ten tried.
"No..."Danny said sternly and the kid begrudgingly obeyed.
He stayed in his spot and Danny sighed as he tried to go back to some training. He switched to practicing his flight speed. After a few minutes in the air, Ten called for his attention.
"DANNY!..."Ten shouted again, breaking the ghost boy's concentration as he nearly crashed into a wall.
Danny stopped what he was doing while annoyed by the fact that if he continued his training, someone might get hurt.
"What now?!..."Danny said as the little alien floated to him, looking excited.
"Danny, look at what I found!..." Ten said suddenly as he had something in his hand.
It was a bug, an ant to be more precise and it just crawled on an unfamiliar surface.
"What's this thing?..."Ten asked, curious.
Danny groaned and tried to be patient.
"It's called an ant..."He said as he took it from him and released it outside before it could get squished.
Once done, he sent the alien a scolding look.
"Ten, please go upstairs..."Danny said.
"I don't wanna..."Ten whined and the ghost boy was getting a headache.
"I can't get anything done if you're yelling my name every 30 seconds. Now why don't you take a nap or something?..." Danny said, trying to get his work done.
Ten pouted.
"But I wanna spend time with you…" He said sadly.
"I'm sorry Ten, but I gotta get this training out of the way so I can keep doing my job..." Danny said.
"But…" Ten asked but was cut off.
"Later..." Danny said as he went back to training while Ten floated away, pouting.
However, the little alien got an idea and floated towards his cousin-in-law, who was about to try his target practice again.
"Hey, maybe I can help!..."Ten said, but his sudden shouting made Danny flinch and he accidentally blasted some test tubes instead of his target.
Both boys saw this and looked towards each other.
Danny frowned and sent a mild glare at the alien child, who shrugged with a nervous smile.
"I can help later..."Ten said, trying to look innocent while the ghost boy sighed as he tried to clean this up before his parents got home.
End of Flashback
Present Time
That is what happened and he couldn't get much training done between Ten's attempts to hang out and Lum's attempts to play kissy-face when she came back.
It has been hard and while meaning well, Ten still seem to idolize him and he was becoming a handful.
"I can't believe this..."He thought as they made it to Fenton Works.
As soon as Danny came through the window and changed back, Lum was reading a magazine, something other than the ghost themed stuff in the house with Jazz when Danny came back with Ten in his arms.
Seeing him, Lum's face lit up.
"Darling!..."She said, wanting to be romantic but Danny just frowned at her.
He handed Ten to Lum who accepted her baby cousin in her arms.
"Ten got out..." Danny said with his arms crossed.
He sighed.
"You need to keep a better eye on him..."He said but Lum didn't take him seriously.
"Darling, Ten can handle himself...you don't need to worry..." Lum said and Danny just glared.
"This isn't about what he can handle. This is about the 5th time since he decided to stay. And that was days ago..." Danny stated, getting angry by how many close calls Ten almost exposed himself to his parents or another human.
"And what if someone saw him? Lum, don't tell me that you forgot what I said..." He said seriously.
The alien princess still didn't seem to take this seriously as she brushed it off.
"Oh please Darling, you worry too much. I'm sure that no one would dare harm us..."She said as she held her cousin.
"Yeah, and if they try, we can handle them..."Ten said, siding with his cousin.
Danny shook his head as it seemed like they are not getting what he's saying. He marched to the two aliens and spoke sternly.
"I can't have ANYONE finding out that aliens are still on this planet, understand?!..." Danny said with an edge and Lum just crossed her arms, annoyed.
"Oh, you are such a worrywart, Darling..."Lum said and Danny rolled his eyes.
"This is only going to get worse, isn't it?..." He thought cynically.
The Next Day
Lum sighed, feeling bored after she exited her space ship.
"I wonder how Darling's doing?..." She said to herself as she flew, making sure no one saw her.
She had been thinking of her beloved and decided to wait for him in his bedroom, hoping to see him and maybe give him a good morning kiss.
After making sure that the elder Fentons were out nowhere to see her, Lum entered and was careful to not be seen or heard as she reached her target.
Danny's Bedroom.
She was within her darling's room but he had already left for school.
"No fair..."Lum pouted but sighed.
She decided to wait for him.
His parents were in the lab, experimenting with new weapons or gadgets for their work and Lum knew that as long as she did not make any ruckus, they have no reason to come up to her darling's room.
Now, she is alone here, trying to come up with ways to improve her "relationship" with the ghost boy.
"What can I do to ensure that my Darling loves me?..." Lum thought aloud as she floated in the room, thinking of the ghost boy.
She knew that she loves him very much and she wants to be with him forever but for some reason, he's still being fidgety and distant.
It was really frustrating to her.
"I don't know why he's still acting this way. He barely speaks to me without it ending in an argument. Are all men like this?..."She wondered before sighing.
She really loves her darling husband more than anyone else and she wanted to have a happy life with him. She really wanted him to stop looking away from her, to stop resisting her and admit that he loves her.
"I'm not giving up. I know that he loves me..."She thought, becoming determined.
She just has to keep trying her hardest to make that happen.
"Maybe I should doll myself up a bit for him..."She considered.
She had an idea as she pulled out a portable make-up case and began to explore with it.
Lum then began applying some make up. She is usually is light on the stuff, but maybe a little color on her cheeks and some new lipstick might get Danny's attention when she visits him at his school later today.
Lum smiled at her reflection and made a flirty look as she imagine Danny here with her, admiring how she looks. She then imagined by how everything would go her way after he admired how she looks.
"Wow, Lum...you look so beautiful..."An imaginary Danny said in her fantasy as he admired her beauty.
"Oh, darling. You are such a flirt..."Lum giggled, loving the attention from her.
She fantasized him romancing her, whispering sweet-nothings to her before leaning forward, their lips about to meet and-
"LUM!" A childish voice said, snapping Lum out of her fantasy.
"Huh?..."The oni princess let out as she was back in reality and found the source of the disturbance.
It was Ten and Lum, flustered, hastily wiped her lipstick off and tried to act normal.
"Oh, yes Ten..."She sad, trying not to look awkward now.
"Let's play!..." Ten said and Lum turned to him and realized how loud he is being.
"Shush, Ten..." Lum said and the child look confused.
Even as she peaked out of the room to see if her in-laws heard the baby. Thankfully, they didn't and she sighed in relief.
"What's wrong?..."Ten asked.
"Darling's parents are downstairs, we cannot let them know that we are here..." Lum said and her cousin frowned.
"Why not?..." Ten asked.
He apparently is still not understanding why Danny wants to make sure no one knows they're here. So, she had to remind him.
"It's Darling's rules and he is very strict about them. He doesn't want anyone to know that there are any aliens left on this planet, much less in his house..." Lum explained.
That confused Ten more.
"I don't understand…" Ten said.
"I don't either, to be honest but it's what Darling wants...he hasn't even told his parents about his powers..." Lum said and Ten raised a brow.
"I know superheroes have a secret identity but I think he might be overdoing it..." Ten said.
"Either way, we promised to stay out of their sight..." Lum said as she looked to her baby cousin. "And you want to make sure that Darling is happy right?..." She asked.
Ten nodded, though that didn't stop him from wanting to play with his favorite cousin.
"Come on, let's play..." Ten asked again but Lum shook her head.
"I don't have time for that right now. I am going to school to see Darling..." Lum said.
Ten pouted.
"Really?..." He asked.
While he liked Danny and was aware Lum could have married much worse compared to him, but he is bored and he wants someone to play with right now.
"Yes. Now, turn around please..." Lum said as she began to change.
Ten turned around like a good boy and waited.
"What are you doing?..." He asked when he got the okay to turn back around.
To his surprise, his cousin now had black hair, lack of horns, and was wearing strange earthling clothes. She looked indistinguishable to humans now.
"What is this, Lum?..." Ten asked.
"My only way to go see Darling without him worrying..." Lum said with a smile. "I always dress like this when I wanna spend time with him at his school or in town..."She said.
"Can I come?..." Ten asked and Lum shook her head.
"I'm sorry Ten. I am out of my formula and I really have to go and give Darling his lunch..." Lum said and Ten frowned.
"But I want to come too…" Ten whined.
"How about this? If you are really good and not alert Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, we can fly to Darling's school together..." Lum proposed.
Ten nodded smiling. He was about to cheer before remembering that he needed to do.
"Okay..." He whispered.
Later
After Lum made Danny's lunch, she and Ten took off.
As the two aliens flew in the air, something else flew by fast, catching their attention.
It was not an alien, nor was it a ghost or human.
It had feathers, wings, beaks and was soaring the skies like a pro. It caught Little Ten's attention.
"What's that?..."Heasked curiously to the strange, flying creature.
Since Lum had to study up on Earth in order to prepare herself for the tag race, she had some knowledge of some of its creatures, including this one.
"It's called a swallow..." Lum answered, while Ten was fascinated by this being.
"It can fly as fast as that, and yet humans are still superior to them?..." Ten questioned himself.
"I mean, ghosts like Danny are one thing but humans who can't fly by themselves? What a weird planet Earth is..." Ten said. He then heard a light buzzing and noticed a much smaller thing flying around them too. "What's this noisy thing?..." He asked as he pointed to it.
"It's called a housefly..." Lum answered.
The two of them then witness the swallow capture the housefly in its mouth and then flew away. Ten gasped at the sight.
"Hey! Wait for me, Swallow!..." He called to the bird, but it kept flying.
He has been bored all day and this is the first creature besides ghosts that he has seen that can fly and unlike them, the swallow looks friendly.
He wanted to play with it.
"C'mon Lum! Let's go chase it!..." Ten said as he grabbed his cousin by the leg to get her to come with him on an adventure.
Lum gently pulled her leg out of his grasp and spoke calmly to him.
"I'm going to go see Darling. I told you, I don't have time to play..." She reminded.
"Aw, come on. I wanna see the swallow..." Ten whined.
Lum mentally sighed.
She loves her little cousin very much but she really has to go deliver Danny his lunch. Besides, she wanted to see if maybe she could get him in the mood for some romance today.
She knew he has been pretty fidgety since she came to Earth but she is not giving up on him.
Still, she has to go and she knew that Ten was going to keep insisting unless something else caught his attention. Thankfully, she was prepared for this.
She pulled out a box of candy from behind her and presented it to her cute little cousin.
"Here, I'll give you some candy..." Lum said as she handed the candy to her cousin.
"So go play by yourself and remember to keep out of the sight of the humans and ghosts, OK? Bye-Bye..."She said before flying off in the direction of Casper High.
Ten was silent as he looked in the direction of Lum, to the candy in his hands, and then at Lum and then to the candy again. He did this until his cousin was out of sight.
He sighed as he soon landed in a tree, pouting as he looked at the candy in his hands.
"You think you can fool me with candy? I'm not some kid..." Ten said in frustration as he looked at the candy.
He still wants Danny and Lum to be together but Lum is his cousin and he just wants to spend time with her.
He spent weeks without seeing her since the tag tournaments and after he was rescued, she spends most of her time trying to get Danny to fall for her. He loves his cousin dearly and he wants to help her marry a good man, but he still wants to play with her. He felt that should be too much to ask.
"Why does Danny have to worry so much? Other than that metal creep I am perfectly able to take care of myself?..." Ten asked himself while looked at the box of candy that Lum gave him.
He sighed at how Lum just handed him the candy while thinking he could be bribed like some defenseless toddler before he got his advance education.
Still, it would be a shame to let the candy go to waste, so he decided to eat it.
"This is pretty tasty..." Ten admitted as he ate some more, enjoying it. "Yep, it's pretty good..." He said as he kept eating it.
He then heard some chirping sounds and noticed on the next tree branch, was a nest and there was the swallow from earlier, with a bunch of little ones who were her offspring.
"Swallows..." Ten thought as he watched the mother swallow trying to feed its babies.
He saw that the swallow had given the fly to one of her babies but not much left for the others in the nest.
"Wow, that's not much of a meal,,." Ten commented, feeling sorry for the little guys.
Ten might not get along with most people, unless they were cute girls, but he had a soft spot for animals, especially those who fly.
He then dug into the box, pulled out one of the candies, and held it for the bird.
"Here, have my snack! Here ya go..." Ten said as he offered the swallow some of his candy. The swallow saw nothing wrong with this and ate the piece of candy.
"What'cha think it's full of nutrition, ain't it?..." Ten asked the bird, who could not answer him. However, as soon as she swallowed it, something strange happened.
The swallow soon shot up in the air and then began flying around in an erratic fashion. Ten could barely keep up with each new direction it went.
The swallow soon flew away in a crazy manner all the way to Casper High.
"Hey! What's the matter?!..." Ten yelled in concern but the swallow is gone.
He then looked to the box of candy in his hand, confused.
"Wait, what's with this snack? What the heck is this?!..." Ten questioned as he looked at the box, still confused.
"Just what the heck is going on here?..." He thought, worried he just did something he shouldn't have done.
Meanwhile
At Casper High
All was quiet since the invader's game of tag and the new mystery beauty that came to give Danny Fenton her home made lunch.
It also seemed to be a very slow day as some students were either asleep listening to their teachers drone on about their lectures, while others too focused on what's in front of them to notice anything out of the ordinary.
All the while, no one noticed that a strange creature entered the school.
It was neither human nor ghost, but it definitely does not belong here.
One thing about it, it's hungry.
With Danny
In the class room of one Mr. L. Lancer he was teaching his students the lesson that was meant for a History quiz and was going over the final material that would be in that very quiz.
He spoke and taught the class without looking at them, but even he knew that most probably aren't paying attention to him.
However, Lancer then notice something out of place here. It's a young girl whom he has never seen before and he knew that she is not a student here.
She is also, for some reason, all over Danny Fenton.
"Darling. Why don't you come outside with me?..." She asked, whining for Fenton to leave his classroom.
And it looked like Manson wasn't a fan of her, even though the two have something in common.
"I already told you that I have to get ready for my quiz later..." Danny said, before the girl grabbed his text book and skimmed through it. "Hey, give it back!..." He demanded.
The girl did so, but had a coy look on her face and the boy looked nervous, as if that look wasn't a good thing.
"Darling, there is no need for you to learn such basic!..." She said as she did a flirtatious pose that Danny ignored. "Come on, let's go outside and play..."She urged, but Danny pulled his arm away from her.
"Leave me alone!..." He yelled but while Sam was getting furious by this, everyone, especially Mr. Lancer could see her face going red.
Tucker was looking over a bit jealously, but worried about Danny with the teacher paying attention to them as he whispers.
"Uhh… Danny…"
"Mr. Fenton, who is this and how did she get in here?!..." Mr. Lancer said, catching the attention of the two.
"Hello, I am Lynn U. McVader..." Lum said, using the alias she had made up to pass herself off as human.
"Well, Ms. McVader, what brings you to Casper High and how did you get in here without a visitor's pass?..." Mr. Lancer said.
"I have come here to bring Darling his lunch...and what pass?..." Lum asked, confused.
"Darling?..." Mr. Lancer questioned as he looked at the girl and Danny. He then put two and four together and understood what she meant.
"So he is dating out of his league again..." Mr. Lancer thought.
That's when everyone in the class started talking.
"Dang… You're lucky to have a super-hot girl like her coming in to visit you Fenton..." One student commented, impressed.
"Yeah she follows you everywhere you go. Almost like you two are engaged or something..." Another said, jealous.
"I'm telling you. She's following me around without permission!..." Danny said, but no one believed him.
"Yeah right. She's prettier than Paulina, you seriously expect us to believe that?.." Someone asked while the popular girl looked insulted.
Paulina's eye twitched, feeling like her pride, as shallow as it was, was damaged.
"Still can't believe a loser like Fenton was able to get someone as hot as her. That's like against the rules or something..."Someone else muttered.
Most of the guys stared jealously at Danny. Though Lum seemed confused as to their attitude towards her darling.
"I do not understand something..."Lum said suddenly, briefly letting go of Danny.
Everone's attention was on her...though most of the boys already were due to her looks but Lum wasn't focusing on that.
She wanted answers.
"Darling over here was the one who saved your planet from...the Oni..." Lum said, being careful.
Danny blinked and got nervous as she continued to speak, thankfully not revealing herself.
"He won the tag match and y-...our freedom..."She said, being careful. "He was very brave to do that. So, should you not treat him better for his bravery?..." Lum pointed out, actually surprising Danny that she was sticking up for him.
"Then again, she does think she's in love with me..."He thought, figuring it shouldn't be too surprising.
To both of their surprise, some of the people laughed at her words, which confused Lum.
"What is so funny?..."She demanded, not liking that they laughed. "My darling was the champion of the tag race..."She said while Dash scoffed.
"Oh please, if Fenturd could beat those stupid aliens, then the Earth was in no real danger..." Dash said hatefully, his ego getting the better of him.
'Yeah, besides, that trampy alien in the tacky bikini didn't look so tough, anyway. I bet even a geek could beat her..." Paulina added and the A-listers all laughed. Apparently her vanity got the better of her too and now she was getting payback even though she didn't know it.
Lum heard this and got angry.
"Stupid?! Trampy?! Tacky?!..." Lum thought in fury.
Danny gulped when he saw this.
"Please don't let her use her powers now. Please don't let her use her powers now..." Danny thought as he tried to think of some way to stop her before someone gets hurt.
Before he could do anything to keep Lum from attacking them and exposing herself, he noticed something up ahead that caught his attention.
Something weird and very out of place in this setting.
"Wait...is that a- Danny thought, before he gasped.
"A PENGUIN?!..." He yelled, getting everyone's attention, even Lum's.
Some of the students thought he was spazzing out again. Lancer turned and addressed Danny.
"What penguin? Don't try to change the subject on me!..." Mr. Lancer said. until he actually saw it.
Danny, Sam, Tucker and the others were pretty confused. They are used to seeing ghosts or Danny's parents suddenly appearing here but not a penguin.
"Fenturd wasn't seeing things..." Dash went as he rubbed his eyes while everyone else was surprised.
"Gulliver's Travels!" Lancer exclaimed in surprise.
"What's a penguin doing in the middle of Amity Park?..." Danny asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
It soon looked around before Mr. Lancer began to have some pretty out of reason type theories about it.
'If I catch this unique bird then maybe…" Dollar signs shined in his eyes before Mr. Lancer tried to make a grab for it but the penguin dodged him easily.
It then went into a student's bag and at their lunch, one after the other.
"Hey! It ate my lunch!..." Mikey went.
"Mine too!..." Nathan complained.
"It's eating everyone's lunch..." Danny said before then suddenly thought an idea. "Maybe we can get it to eat all the "mystery meat" they serve at the cafeteria?..."He considered while the penguin kept eating any food it got its flippers on.
Star screamed as it landed on her lap and ate what she brought from home.
"Dante's Inferno! It's eating everything in sight!..." Mr. Lancer exclaimed in shock at what's happening. "Come on. Catch that penguin!..." He ordered.
All the people whose food was eaten dove for it. It however jumped over the crowd as they crashed into each other.
Poking his head out, Dash got angry.
"Get that bird!..." He shouted.
The penguin fled, going down the stairs as some students and their fat teacher went after it. The only ones behind were Danny, his friends and Lum, who was confused.
"That was pretty weird..." Tucker commented.
"Even for us..." Sam adds.
"How did I penguin get in here, anyway?..." Danny asked.
They soon heard the school intercom going on and heard the frantic voice of Lancer.
"This is an emergency! A penguin is loose inside the school building! Capture it on sight!..."
"Is he overdoing it?..." Danny commented but no one answered him.
"Anyone who brings the penguin to me unharmed will receive A for all their grades and a week off of school!..." Mr. Lancer then added.
That made most of the school, even the more intelligent members of the school, hurry to find and capture the penguin.
"He's definitely overdoing it now…" Danny groaned, before he, Lum and the others soon saw the penguin running pass them, with a lot of home-ec students after it, mad that it ate their cooking projects.
"After that food stealing Penguin!..." The home-ec teacher shouted as they chased it.
"Is it a ghost penguin?..." Sam asked Danny, as it seems like everyone's focused on the penguin to listen in on their conversation.
"Uh-uh. I would have sensed if it was..." Danny said before Sam narrowed her eyes in determination.
"Then I am going after it before those morons hurt one flipper on it..." Sam said, running off to go find and protect that animal.
"There goes a brave girl..." Tucker commented.
"Yeah… but this also reminded me of the time we first met Skulker…" Danny pointed out.
"Dude… don't remind me…" Tucker said, remembering what Sam used to blackmail them in helping her keep the purple back gorilla safe.
"Better help her before something else happens…" Danny said.
Just as he was about to Go Ghost. Just then, Ten came flying inside, looking freaked out about something.
"Lum! Danny!..." Ten shouted in panic.
"Ten, what are you doing here?!..." Danny exclaimed, worried that someone would see him.
Thankfully, the hall way was empty due to everyone in school chasing after the penguin. Still, the little alien seemed distressed about something.
"What's wrong Ten?..." Lum asked in concern.
"Lum, this is terrible!..." The little alien shouted.
"There's something awful here too!..." Lum said.
Ten took deep breathes before looking at them.
"You...you know that swallow bird we saw? ...well, when I gave it some of this...it freaked out and flew this way..." Ten said nervously. Danny noticed the box he was holding.
"Say what?! Gimme that!..." Danny said as he grabbed the box Ten had. Even though he cant read it…
Lum recognized it and gasped in horror.
"Oh no! If you give this to any earth creature, it'll become a giant from over nutrition!..." Lum shouted.
Danny heard this and got a very bad feeling about this.
"Y-You mean to tell me that penguin..."He started but didn't finish but he didn't need to.
Lum nodded.
"Yes, it was originally a swallow..."She said.
Tucker blinked.
"Wow… that's some snack..." He commented as he looked at it. "Do you think if I ate it I could be buff?..."He wondered.
Danny didn't hear him as there were more pressing matters to attend to.
"Oh man...come on...we gotta go catch it before it causes any more trouble..."He said as he grabbed Lum and Tucker and ordered Ten to hang on him.
He became intangible and soon went to go get that transformed bird.
With Sam
The goth girl was standing up to the mad crowd of penguin hunters that were after the bird for the reward.
"Back! Back savages! I'm not letting you hurt one flipper on this poor thing!..."She said protectively as she held the flightless bird.
The other student's didn't care.
"Hand it over, Manson!..."Dash and the other kids all demanded while the goth started running.
Thanks to being one of the fittest kids in school, she manages to make some distance but the mob was still after her.
Danny and the others saw this. He set the three of them down as the ghost boy turned to Tucker.
"Get them to the meat locker. I'll get Sam and the bird..."He whispered.
Tucker nodded as he led the two aliens down to the school's basement, where the teachers had secretly been storing meat for them to eat for themselves.
Sam had been running but soon found herself nearing a dead end.
"Drat!..."She grumbled as she heard the other students get closer.
Just as it looked like the mob of students were about to take the bird from the goth girl, Danny poked himself through the ground under Same and the bird before grabbing them, making them intangible and invisible before pulling them underground as the students began dog-piling.
As soon as the smoke cleared, Dash noticed that their targets were gone and was left wondering.
"Where'd that penguin and the loser girl go?..."He shouted as they were all confused.
In the basement
Danny soon brought the penguin/swallow thing to the meat storage area. With it securely locked, it can't go anywhere.
"How are we going to change it back to a regular swallow?..." Danny asked, looking distressed.
Ten looked down.
"I don't know…"He said.
Danny sighed, rubbing his head from the stress he got from all of this… Ten looked worried that he upset his hero and future cousin-in-law.
Lum then flew over and said, concerned.
"Darling, please don't be mad at Ten..."She said.
"I'm not..." Danny said, though his best friends were a little worried.
Lum and Ten both looked relieved upon hearing that. He then turned on them and said to the alien princess.
"I'm mad at you. This is all your fault, Lum!..."He shouted.
'What?! How is this my fault?!..." Lum demanded.
"Seriously?..." The three humans asked.
"One, you are the one who gave Ten that candy and two, you left him all by himself!..." Danny said, looking mad at her.
Sam and Tucker nodded with Danny.
"Darling..." Lum said but Danny kept yelling at her.
"How could you just leave Ten by himself like that?!..." Danny shouted at her.
"Darling, I told you, oni children are usually-..." Lum began telling him, but was fun off.
"I don't care! You left Ten by himself and look what happened!..." Danny yelled, making Lum wince.
She then looked down, knowing she got her darling upset at her as she tried to defend herself…
"No one got hurt..." Lum said weakly.
"Except the swallow..." Sam reminded, glaring at Lum more.
Tucker looked between them, thinking he should stay out of this.
Lum looked up and stated.
"Darling, I don't understand why you are so upset? We develop fine like this on our planet for many generations..."She said.
"Lum, I don't know how they do things on your planet but right now that doesn't matter. You guys are on earth now and on our planet, 2 year olds need to be supervised. No exceptions. Those are the rules of this planet!..." Danny said.
"But Ten is smart enough and strong enough to make his own decisions and defend himself should anything happen..." Lum said.
"She's right. I can take care of myself no problem..." Ten said, in defense of Lum.
"I don't care how smart and strong Ten is! This whole thing happened because you were being irresponsible and not keeping an eye on him!..." Danny yelled, focusing on Lum.
"Irresponsible?!..." Lum exclaimed.
"You heard me!..." Danny shouted.
"But I just want to spend time with you Darling!..." Lum yelled back. Trying to show him how her feelings for him are genuine.
But all they did was give Danny a headache as he sighed.
"Lum, I have a lot on my plate and I do not need this stress. So either you send Ten back to his parents or you have to learn to keep him out of trouble..." Danny said, giving her an ultimatum.
"B-but Darling…" Lum began.
"I mean it Lum. You need to accept the rules of this planet or no one will take you seriously. Especially as the future ruler of your people..." Danny said, adding reason to his ultimatum and thinking that this would help her understand why she needs to be responsible.
Lum as shocked by this before accepting defeat.
"Okay Darling…"She said, looking down.
"Okay… we now know what caused the Swallow to become this way. Any ideas on how to change it back?..." Danny asked, getting back to the issue at hand with the changed penguin.
Lum thought about it.
"We could try and reverse the over nutrients that made it over grow like this… but It won't be easy and some of the equipment is back on my ship..." She offered but Sam was against it.
"Danny no! You can't let her use her weird alien tech near this poor defenseless creature. What if what she does something that makes it worse?..." She shouted.
"Like we have choice Sam, it's not like we have time to go to Clockwork and ask him to send me back in time to prevent this…" Danny told Sam, before he turned to Lum.
"Do it, but make sure no one sees you..." He told the alien princess while she nodded and flew out of the room while the three of them made sure to make that it doesn't do anything to get out, like break open the door or something.
"At least the door is shut..." Tucker said.
"You did make sure it was empty in there, right Tucker?..." Danny asked.
"Uh..." Tucker said trying to remember.
-To Be Continued-
Next Time on Those Obnoxious Ghosts
Pengdemic Proportions
A/N: Special thanks NeoMark and Twilightnite13 for assisting with this chapter.
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