Danny and the others try to uncover a way to stop Grubba while raising the ranks.

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Of Ghosts and Glory: The Major League

Mario and the others had reached rank eight and were just behind Danny and the others.

"We still don't have any clues about Grubba," said Koops.

"Not to mention Danny is currently fighting the seventh ranked team," said Mario.

Mario's Mailbox SP went off. "I have a message," said Mario.

If YoU wAnT tO fInD oUt AbOuT tHe CrYsTaL sTaR, lIsTeN tO mE. gO tO tHe WaTeRiNg HoLe.

FrOm X

"Who's it from?" asked Goombella.

"There's no name, just X," said Mario.

"Well what did it say?" asked Koops.

"It said to go to the watering hole," said Mario.

"Should we trust this person?" asked Flurrie.

"Well… It's the only lead we have," said Mario.

"Let's go then," said Goombella.

"Wait, where's the watering hole?" asked Koops.

"Danny told me that the Juice Bar is commonly referred to as the watering hole among fighters," said Mario.

So they took the advice and went to the Juice Bar.

"Hey, are you Gonzales?" asked the bartender when they entered.

"That would be me," said Mario.

"Yeah, this woman came by earlier and told me to give this to a mustache named Gonzales," said the bartender as he handed Mario a wrapped gift.

"Who was she?" asked Goombella, "What did she look like?"

"She was wearing a black coat and hood, so I couldn't see her face, but she had to be wearing glasses since there was a glare from the lights inside her hood," explained the bartender.

"My, that doesn't help, but thanks anyway," said Flurrie.

"Whatever," said the bartender as he went back to polishing a glass.

"What do you think it is," said Koops as Mario opened the gift.

Soon Mario was holding a steel hammer in his hands.

"Woah!" said the bartender, "That's a Hammawhack 5000 model! Pretty expensive, that must have been one rich fan of yours!"

"Rich fan?" repeated Mario.

"Who's the richest fan we have?" asked Goombella.

"Oh, I know," said Koops, "That Toadles woman."

"But she doesn't seem like the kind to discreetly give us stuff," said Flurrie, remembering how crazy Toadles acted when they met.

"You're right and didn't she randomly mention a deep hatred of black," said Mario, "Not to mention she doesn't wear glasses."

"Still no clues, but up a hammer," said Goombella.

Suddenly Mario's Mailbox SP went off again and the message was:

BrEaK tHe BaRrIeR iN tHe MiNoR lEaGuE lOcKeR rOoM.

fRoM x

"X again?" said Mario

"What's it say this time?" asked Goombella.

"It says to break a barrier in the minor league locker room," said Mario.

"We'd better do that," said Flurrie, "Even if it sounds wrong."

So they quickly ran to the minor league locker room, but found the problem of the guard.

"Uh… How do we get past him?" asked Koops.

"Look out!" shouted Vlad. He was thrown through the wall of the arena by the Red Harrier and into the guard; two other guards quickly took them away.

"Well that was convenient," said Mario as they entered the locker room.

"What do they want in there?" thought Grubba. He was the only one who wasn't paying attention to the match. He quickly got in contact with Jolene.

"What mustache want here?" asked Cleftor.

"Did you BOMB leave something?" asked Master Crash.

"Maybe the Major League bathroom stopped working again." Said a purple bat named Sir Swoop.

"Uh, something like that," said Mario.

"Where could that barrier be?" asked Goombella.

"Perhaps it is that large yellow section of wall," suggested Flurrie.

"I've seen these before," said Mario. He took his hammer and started spinning, this built up enough speed to smash the wall to bits.

The other fighters quickly ran to there.

"Woah, a secret room," said Sir Swoop.

"We have computer?" said Cleftor.

"What's BOMB with this?" asked Master Crash as he held a paper, "Crystal BOMB Star?"

"Let me see that," said Mario as Master Crash handed him the paper.

"Wow! This has information on Grubba's machine. If we read it we could find a way to stop Grubba," said Goombella.

"What blonde girl talk about Grubba machine?" asked Cleftor.

Just then Jolene entered, "Excuse me. Mr. Gonzales, you shouldn't be in this locker room. And you defiantly shouldn't break our walls." She noticed the paper and said, "I'll just confiscate this for punishment." She took it and sent them to the Major League locker room.

"This thing have internet access," said Cleftor.

In the locker room Mario and the others found Danny and the others. Dani was sitting next to a dazed Vlad.

"You ok Vlad?" asked Goombella.

"Idaho, Oklahoma, California, Connecticut, Ohio," said Vlad.

"He hit his head pretty hard and is now reciting all fifty states, out of any order," said Dani.

"Why were you fighting the Armored Harriers?" asked Koops, "I thought your match was against the Poke-er-Faces."

"It was, but those sore losers had to crash the party," said Phantom, "Good thing I was there."

"Texas!" shouted Vlad. "That's right Vlad," said Dani, comforting him.

"So did you find any information on the Crystal Star, or Grubba," said Danny.

"Both," said Goombella.

"We found a paper that said Grubba's machine runs on the Crystal Star, but Jolene took it before we could find out anything else," said Mario.

"Oh…" said Danny.

"But we now have a friend behind the scenes named X," said Flurrie, "This person seems to know a lot about this place and the Star."

Suddenly Danny's Mailbox DS Lite and Mario's Mailbox SP started ringing.

Keep sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong and you're D-E-A-D M-E-A-T.

"Oh yeah, this X guy seems very friendly," said Danny.

"But this isn't the same X," said Mario, "Ours writes in alternating capital letters."

"That's good, now we have to register for a match," said Danny as he went to the terminal and put Vlad's ear to the speaker.

"Howdy Inviso-Bill!" shouted Grubba.

Vlad screamed and jumped into the ceiling.

"Thanks Grubba, I knew that would help him," said Danny.

"Daniel you're going to pay!" shouted Vlad, but it was muffled.

"Well Bill, you're next match is against the Wizrobes," said Grubba, "Now I have a hot date soon, so I want you to get this over with as soon as possible, you'll have five minutes when the match starts."

"Let's do this," said Phantom.

"Dani, could you get Vlad out of the ceiling," said Danny.

"Sure," said Dani as she got him out.

Vlad was cursing like crazy when he was out. He stopped when he noticed that everyone was looking at him and said, "You could hear me, couldn't you."

Everyone just nodded.

"Inviso-Bill, time for your match," said the security guard as he escorted the slightly disturbed Team Inviso-Bill to the arena.

"Today's match faces the team in black against the team in robes! That's right its Team Inviso-Bill verses the Wizrobes!" shouted Grubba when the fighters were on the arena, "Let's battle!"

The Wizrobes were Magikoopas, Koopas with staffs wearing long robes and large hats.

"I know these guys weaknesses," said Dani, "Vlad, the green one uses nature attacks so he's vulnerable to fire. Danny, the red one uses fire attacks so he's vulnerable to ice. Phantom, the white one heals them so we'll handle him."

Vlad quickly shot a fire blast at the Green Wizrobe, which hurt and burned him. The White Wizrobe would have healed him, but Dani and Phantom interrupted the attack with an Ecto Blast and a Ground Pound, respectively. Danny shot an ice beam at the Red Wizrobe, freezing him. This gave the opening for an ice blast that defeated the Red Wizrobe. Dani and Phantom attacked the White Wizrobe, defeating him. The Green Wizrobe tried to attack, but the burn did him in.

"The winners are Team Inviso-Bill!" shouted Grubba.

"Mario!" shouted a voice. Bowser, King of the Koopas, jumped up on stage.

"Wait, you aren't Mario. You're that kid who was traveling with him. What was your name? Donny Phanto?" said Bowser

"That's Danny Phantom!" said Danny.

"Woah! Inviso-Bill has enemies everywhere, even ones that don't know his name!" said Grubba.

"Oh this is great, all these people are going to watch me murdalize you!" said Bowser, "Then Mario's next!"

"You won't be murdalizing anyone!" said Dani.

"Yeah, we're going to stop you," said Phantom.

"You pipsqueaks?" laughed Bowser, "Oh that is too funny!"

"Hello, Mr. Bowser," said Vlad.

"Who are you?" asked Bowser.

"Plasmius, Vlad Plasmius," said Vlad, "Might I say that I'm a huge fan of your work."

"Vlad!" said Danny.

"Oh, yeah," said Vlad as he went back to Danny and the others.

"A fan of mine helping good guys?" said Bowser, "I'll just have to destroy you too!"

Bowser quickly used his toxic flame breath on them, burning and poisoning them.

"How do you like that?" asked Bowser.

Danny responded with an ice blast. Vlad decided to stay out since his attacks would heal Bowser. Dani shot a Ghost Ray at Bowser while Phantom used an ineffective Ground Pound.

"My attacks don't work!" said Phantom.

"Then sit this one out," said Danny, "We'll handle this." He and Dani were hurt by the poison and burn.

"We'd better beat him quick," said Dani.

Bowser tried to bite Danny, but Danny just shot ice into his mouth. Dani used her lightning wand to strike Bowser with lightning. Bowser retreated into his shell and rapidly spun around the stage, hitting both Dani and Danny. This attack knocked out Dani.

"I… have… to… beat… him…" said Danny. Unfortunately the poison and burn was too much and Danny fell.

Bowser laughed and said, "Too easy! Now to find Mario!"

"It's not over yet!" said a voice. A pink star with a face wearing a gold ribbon flew over Danny and Dani and revived them.

"A Star Spirit!" said Bowser.

"What happened?" asked Dani.

"I don't know, but let's focus on Bowser!" said Danny.

They attacked Bowser with a barrage of ice and ghost attacks and he was soon defeated.

"Uncle! Uncle!" shouted Bowser as he ran away from Glitzville.

"Ha! When that gorilla comes to mess with Inviso-Bill he doesn't bat an eyebrow to put the hurt on," said Grubba. He looked at his watch and said, "Gotta go! Bye!" He quickly ran out and everyone else left.

"That was weird," said Dani when they entered the locker room, "Where's that cake?" She went to search for a cake they got from a fan as Mario approached Danny.

"How was the match?" asked Mario.

"It was interesting," said Danny, "At the end Bowser attacked us."

"Bowser!" said Mario.

"Don't worry," said Phantom, "We sent him packing."

"Come on Dani, we have to continue fighting," said Danny.

"I'm coming," said Dani as she went over to them.

"Did you eat that entire slice of cake?" asked Danny.

"It was delicious," said Dani.

Danny sighed as he signed up for a match and they eventually beat the fourth ranked team.

Danny's Mailbox DS Lite went off. "A message from X?" said Danny.

Go MaKe A cAlL.

fRoM x

"What's it say?" asked Vlad.

"It says to make a call," said Danny.

"To who?" asked Dani.

"I don't know, there's no number," said Danny.

"Maybe we don't really have to call anyone," said Phantom, "Maybe it means we have to go to a phone."

"Which one?" asked Vlad.

"There's a phone booth out on the plaza, that must be it," said Danny.

When they exited the Glitz Pit they saw a fight break out between Hoggle and Kabbage Koopa.

"Woo! Go Kabbage!" said Goldolb, a gold bob-omb with a top hat and white mustache.

"Dear…" said his wife, a crimson bob-omb with a pink, flowery hat.

"I've got five-hundred coins on that Koopa," said Goldolb.

"People might get hurt if they continue," said Danny.

"I'll handle this," said Dani.

"Hot dogs!" shouted Hoggle as he punched Kabbage Koopa.

"Cabbages!" shouted Kabbage Koopa as he kicked Hoggle.

"Stop this!" shouted Dani as she shot and ecto blast between the two, "Go back to running your shops before someone gets hurt."

Hoggle and Kabbage Koopa decided to calm down and follow her advice.

"Wow…" said Bub, Goldolb's orange son, "She's strong and nice."

He picked a flower from the nearby patch and went over to Dani.

"Uhm… Miss Inviso-Jill," said Bub, "Here." He handed the flower to Dani.

"Err… thanks?" said Dani as she went back to Danny and the others and Bub went over to his family.

"What was with that?" asked Dani.

"I think that little kid has a bit of a crush on you Danielle," said Vlad.

Dani became embarrassed and blushed.

"Don't worry, it's just one of those little kid crushes," said Danny, "He'll get over it."

"Well… Let's go find that key," said the still embarrassed Dani.

"Got it," said Phantom.

"How did you get it so quick?" asked Danny.

"I can run fast and I left while that bob-omb kid did something with Dani," said Phantom.

Danny looked at a tag on the key and said, "This is the key to the storage room."

"Then we must have to go there," said Vlad.

When they got to the corner of the halls they peeked over to see Jolene talking to a guard.

"So you didn't find anyone in there," said Jolene.

"No Miss Jolene, not even a mouse," said the guard.

"Well keep it that way," said Jolene as the two parted ways. When she walked towards them Dani turned them invisible. Jolene didn't notice them and went into Grubba's office.

"Let's go," said Danny. He ran over and unlocked the door to the storage room. The group quickly ran in and locked the door behind them.

"My, if it isn't the great Inviso-Bill," said a voice. They looked towards some boxes to see Ms. Mows.

"Oh what are you doing here?" asked Vlad.

"Was it you making noise in here?" asked Phantom.

"Noise, me? No, I never make noise. Rule one to thievery," said Ms. Mows, "By the way there's a switch here that will get the stairs. Can you find it?" With that she left.

"That was weird," said Dani.

"Hey, is this the switch?" asked Phantom. He found a switch painted on the wall in a way that made it almost impossible to see if you weren't looking carefully.

"That has to be it," said Danny as he flipped the switch. A staircase unfolded down from the ceiling.

"They must really want people to not get to the upstairs storage," said Vlad.

"That makes this a little more suspicious," said Danny.

The group silently ran up the metal stairs and found some boxes and a locked door. Danny tried the key on the door, but it didn't work.

"Hey guys, look at these boxes," said Dani. A lot of wooden boxes were lined up in rows.

"What about them," said Danny, "They're just a bunch of boxes up against the wall."

"Look at the top, the ceiling goes on past them," said Dani.

They looked and saw that she was right.

"Why would they block off part of the place with this?" asked Vlad.

"I don't know, but we can't get through to find out," said Danny.

"That's not true," said Dani as she phased through the boxes.

"I wish I could do that," said Phantom.

"Guy's there's a large barrier covering something on this side, I'm going to find out about it," said Dani.

She phased through the large barrier and into a vent. She went down the vent and eventually found and opening. She looked though and saw Grubba and Jolene talking.

"…so you didn't find hide or hair of nobody in the storage room, that what yer sayin'?" asked Grubba.

"Yes, it's as empty as possible," said Jolene.

"Thanks for checking, you're a peach Jolene," said Grubba, "Now I have another question, ever heard of the Crystal Star?"

Jolene got nervous and said, "Crystal Star? No sir, I haven't."

"Oh, well ok then, take a break why don't ya," said Grubba.

"Yes sir," said Jolene as she left.

"Woo, that was close," said Grubba, "Can't let anything slip out about that, now can I."

Dani accidentally knocked her foot against a pipe in the ceiling.

"What was that?" asked Grubba.

"Uh… squeak?" said Dani.

"Oh, nothin' but a mouse, a big one by the sound of it. I'd better send the order to put out traps," said Grubba. He left to talk to the janitors.

Dani quickly flew back to where Danny, Vlad, and Phantom were.

"Got any Goombas?" asked Phantom.

"Go Cheep-Cheep," said Vlad. Phantom grabbed another card from the pile in the middle of the three of them.

"Uh, why are you guys playing Go Fish?" asked Dani.

"It's called Go Cheep-Cheep," said Danny, "Got any Shroobs?"

"Go Cheep-Cheep," said Phantom.

"Do you guys want to get back to the locker room?" asked Dani.

"Sure, why not. Got any Lakitus?" said Vlad.

"Go Cheep-Cheep," said Danny.

Dani had to pick them up and fly them back to the locker room with their cards.

Later that night Grubba was going up to the locked room in the storage room when something caught his eye.

"A playing card?" said Grubba as he picked it up, he knew only one person who had playing cards, "Phantom…"

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Oh no! Grubba found the playing card and is now suspicious of a certain yoshi. What will happen next? Find out next time!

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