A/N: Dear Nazran. I love you! Your reviews are of endless help! And don't worry. I will give you all more details about Dannys' past in the next chapter. However, not all of the details will be reavieled just yet. Also, in case you are wondering about the other details of my chapters, I am writing a chapter per episode of Teen Titans. I am only writing where things are diffrent from the episode, so my chapters may seem to be missing a few important steps. If you are wondering what the rest of this chapter should contain, then watch the Teen Titans episode two, seanson one, "Sisters".

Different Kinds of Fight

"Ok, Daniel. I see your point." Vlads' face was full of sadness. "However, I do still two stipulations before I and you this credit card."

"What are they?" Danny was impatiant. He just wanted to get out of here and start up a store.

"The first is that you must remin in practice with your ghost form."

"What! No! I refuse to do that!"

"Danny, it is either that or you go back to Amity Park."

Danny didn't like this, but he could tell that he had no choice. "Fine."

"The second is that you live in Jump City."

"Hu! Ha!" Danny yelled, punching into the air. He was in the local dojo, practicing his forms and such.

"Danny-san! Halt!" A hulking man in a black gi shouted.

"Ha!" With that last punch, he pulled his hands back to his chest and put them down in very controlled fashion.

"Danny-san, this arrived yesterday." The man said, as he held out a black belt to the youth.

"Thank you, sensei." Danny took the belt and wrapped around his torso.

The giant man, known only as 'sensei', walked to the front of the dojo. "Students! Today we will have a visitor! He is preparing himself in the room behind, and one student will have the honor of fighting him! This visitor is Robin of the Teen Titans!"

Danny rolled his eyes. He already met two of the Titans earlier today, and he was in no mode to meet the leader of those so called heroes. He promptly walked to the door.

"Danny-san! Don't you want to know who will fight him?" Danny stopped, but didn't turn around. This behavior would normally be thought of as rude, but in the dojo people got a sense of each other based on how they fought, and everybody knew that Danny was not somebody to mess with. "Of course, if you don't want to fight Robin, then you don't have to." Danny turned around and went back to his original position. Sensei allowed a smug smile to creep to his face. He knew his students well.

"Robin-san! The class is ready for you!" Sensei walked backwards a couple of steps, as the boy wonder came into view.

"Uhh…Hi?" Robin said sheepishly. He didn't think he'd ever get used to public appearances like this. He gazed around and looked at all of the admiring stares he was getting. Well, except for one person. He had black, spiky hair like himself, had a black belt on, and his eyes were full of disdain. He rarely saw villains with those eyes, and only ever one hero. Those eyes were dangerous.

"Danny-san! Take the floor!" The kid with dangerous eyes walked up to stand across from Robin. He took a stance. Robin took a quick look around the room, and saw eyes full of fear.

"Now! Both combatants may only Kung-fu! No Karate, no judo, no nothing!"

Robin's competitive streak got the better of him. He would show these to students how a real fight went. "To protect Danny, right?"

"Oh, it's to protect one of you." Sensei knew his students.

"Ready…" Robin took one last look around the room and no longer saw any fear. Instead, they looked like they were ready for the fight of a century.

"Steady…" Danny stared at Robin and smirked, the disdain never leaving his eyes.

"Fight!"

Robin rushed at Danny, fist first, prepared to knock his clock off. Danny just sidestepped and whapped the back of his head. "Robin," Sensei said, "If you don't take this seriously, you will get seriously hurt. Danny, no more holding back." Robin heard what sensei said, and quickly turned around, in time to see a round house kick coming to head. Robin turned a duck into a back flip, trying to get some distance between them. No such luck. Danny ran after him, and punched him while he was in the middle of a back flip.

"Gah!" Man, that hurt! No more mister nice Robin. He rolled into the ground, using the momentum from the kick to his advantage. He hopped up, only to see Danny charging after him. Robin read the muscles, and realized that he was going to jump kick him. When he did, he was ready. He stepped to the side, much like Danny did earlier. Except when the head passed him, he used a full blown punch.

"Gerk!" Danny felt that. Even with the blow to the head, he still managed to land on his feet. He whipped around, to see Robin smirking at him. Damn it! He could tell what he was doing! And he was certain he didn't leave any signs of it! Danny came up with another plan on the spot.

Robin watched Danny charge at him again, and he saw his muscles tense to show that he was about to stop on a dime and use his momentum to give him a killer round house kick to the right. Robins smirk widened. He got into his stance, preparing to block it with one hand and punch with the other. He had to get his timing just right.

Danny saw Robin tense, and hoped that his plan would work. Just as he was about to kick him he threw all of his momentum to his left, and rolled to Robins side. He ignored the ripping sensation that went with it.

Robins' eyes widened. How did he do that? He went against all of his muscles and somehow still managed to roll around! This was bad. His muscles were already committed, and he was begging to act it out. His left hand rose to block, his right shot forwards.

Danny hopped up and put every fiber of his being into his punch. He had no time for the Teen Titans.

Robin knew that if he didn't have to hold back, things would have gone differently. However, with those eyes, those eyes that looked like he had to fight for every second his life, he didn't know what would have happened. Those eyes, those eyes that he rarely ever saw, those eyes that showed that he didn't care for himself, those eyes looked like Batmans'. Those were the last things that Robin saw before he blacked out.

Danny spat at Robin, disgusted that the leader of the Titans couldn't even beat him using only kung fu. Not having access to any of his gear and other skills didn't mean a thing. Danny didn't use his powers or other skills. Without looking back, without caring for his leg, without a change in his eyes, he limped out.

Danny was furious, even after he got back to his store. 'How dare the leader of the Titans be that weak! If you're going to play hero, then the least that you can do is be able to stand up to me in a fight! God damn it! O.K…I need to calm down…' With that thought, Danny stomped over to a bookcase and picked up the next book on his reading list, 'Fighting Your Inner Demons'. He violently opened it up, and read the first chapter: controlling yourself though meditation.

Robin was furious. He punched the sand bag in front of him. 'How'. He gave a round house kick with his right leg. 'Could'. He punched it again. 'He'. Robin unleashed a volley of punches. 'Beat me!'

After Robin calmed down, he looked at the sandbag…or what was left of it. 'Hm. We need to reinforce the chains again.'

"Robin?" Robin sighed when he heard Starfires' voice. He didn't want her to see him like this. He stepped out of the gym.

"Yes, Starfire?"

"Are you ready for the festivities of the val? You promised that you would show me the works of fire!" Robin chuckled at Starfires' strange speech patterns. It was really cute.

"Sure, Star. Just let me get out of this gi and into my costume."

"O.K! I shall go and get the rest of our friends!" Robin smiled as she floated off, glad that he could show Starfire the wonders of earth culture.

"Gerk!" Robin nearly tripped. He got back up and shook his head. He still had lapses of concentration on occasion since Danny punched him in the head.

Danny was on the roof of his store, lying down and staring at the sky, watching the lights in the sky twinkle. He remembered how he used to want to go into the sky, exploring the unknown as an astronaut. As he was staring up, he saw one star getting bigger. And bigger. And heading right towards him.

"Gah!" Danny quickly rolled up to his feet, and sprinted back inside. He quickly ran down the stairs, taking them five at a time. "Gotta get out gotta get out gotta get oouut!" When he got to the bottom he didn't even bother opening the door; instead he just phased through it. After he got out into the deserted street, he looked behind him, and saw what looked like a purple space ship still getting closer.

He kept running until he got into a nearby alleyway. He turned around just in time to watch the space ship crash into his bookstore. "Oh, come on!"

Fortunately, the roof was made of a very sturdy material (Vlad insisted), so it didn't actually cause any damage. Too the roof. Unfortunatly, he saw the entire building shake. His books were probably all over the place!

Danny waited for a couple of minutes, just to make sure that it wouldn't blow up or something. After he thought it was safe, he reentered his store and climbed back up to the roof. Now that he was closer, he realized that it looked more like a purple sphere then a purple ship; it was probably an escape pod or something.

As Danny was walking closer to inspect the pod thing, he could hear gears turning inside it. He quickly backed up a couple of steps. He didn't want to be in the way of whatever would come out. As he watched, he saw a circle kind of…peel off, leaving a hole in the pod.

As Danny watched, all he could see was a shadow start coming out. Now, while Danny couldn't make out any details, he could make out the general shape. As a teenage boy, he really couldn't complain at what he saw. He saw a humanoid shape coming out, and what with the very well positioned curves that he saw, he could tell that it was a rather attractive teenage girl.

"Ahhh…It's nice to be out of that pod." The shadow said as she came out. As she came out, Danny recognized the shape and size of the shadow as Starfires'

"Oh. Great. A 'hero'. So, what can I do to get you Titans to leave me alone?"

"Titan? Oh…You must be mistaking me for my sister, Starfire." As she spoke, she came out of the shadow. She could indeed be Starfires' twin, if it weren't for the body armor and black hair and eyes. "My names Blackfire."

"Not much better in my opinion. What do you want?"

"Oh, come now. Is that any way to treat the sister of a hero?" Blackfire said with a smile.

"Yes." Normally, Danny isn't this rude to normal people. Bad for business. But this was an exception. He had dealt with Vlad plenty of times and, even though they were on better terms, he could still spot a schmoozer a mile away. And Blackfire was even worse than Vlad.

Blackfire pouted. "Oh, fine then. Could you at least point me in the direction of Titan Tower?"

"Not until you remove you pod from my roof." Danny was annoyed. She was still trying to schmooze him, and he didn't like it.

Blackfire shrugged, and picked up the pod single handedly. She tossed it into the lake. She turned around with a blinding smile that Danny could easily tell was fake. When he was unimpressed, Blackfire frowned.

"Oh, come on. Isn't there anything you like?"

"Oh, something I like? Yes. I like sincerity, something which you seem to be in a lack off." It's true that he did like sincerity, but he didn't like it nearly enough to soften his usual attitude. But she didn't need to know that.

Blackfire turned around with a vicious smile. Danny smirked. "Titan Tower is the giant T, which you would know if you kept in contact with you sister." Blackfires' eyes began to glow. Dannys' smirk widened. "Now, get off my roof before I call the police.

Blackfire gave a slight snarl, and she flew off to the giant tower. Danny just shook his head. As he headed downstairs to survey the damage, he wondered how long it would take for Blackfire to tear the Titans' apart.

Starfire sat on the roof of the abandoned warehouse. All of her friends and her sister were down their doing the digging of the scene. Without shovels. Starfire sighed. Her sister was taking her place in her friends' heart, not that she could blame them.

"Gerk!" Robin shook his head. He was just looking for…something…when his head acted up again. Robin shook his head. If it was important, then he'd remember it eventually.

Starfire was sitting on the roof, digging herself into a greater depression with every passing moment. Some small part of her had hoped that somebody would find her up here, but nobody did. She was in the middle of lamenting her replacement when she was grabbed by a purple tentacle that led to a strange purple machine, just like the one from the carnival.

Beastboy was in the middle of partying when he looked up and saw Starfire being dragged away. "Guys! Star's in trouble!"

Danny sighed. His bookstore was a mess! He picked up books, one after another. He hoped this wasn't a regular occurrence in Jump. He didn't know if he had the patience to reorganize his book store every day! Danny reached for the next book when his leg acted up from earlier today. "Ow!" Danny was lying on the floor, his nose in the open book 'Fighting Your Inner Demons'. He involuntarily read the first few lines of the page it was on.

'Meditation has been proven to help in many facets of life including, but not limited to, controlling your emotions, fighting external mental intrusions, and increasing the speed of healing. Done on a daily basis, some of these effects have been shown to be permanent.'

Danny sat up and continued to read the chapter. It gave many tips on how to meditate and improving your life using it. He shrugged. He grabbed all the books that he could on meditation, and headed to the roof.

Starfire looked on the Tower forlornly. After her friends gave Blackfire admittance to the Teen Titans, she realized that they would be better off without her. They had her sister, who could everything she could, except better. She had no need to stay anymore; she was a liability. In the last two fights all that she could do was get captured.

As Starfire was flying across town, she saw a strange green glow on one of the roofs in the store district. Being the curious soul that she was, she decided to see what the source was. With any luck, it could be an effective distraction from what she was doing. Somewhere deep inside of her, she was hoping that one of her friends would find her and convince her to stop what she was doing, and a glowing beacon in the middle of the city was sure to attract attention.

When she landed, she discovered the source of the light was six or seven glowing books that floated around a floating glowing kid in a black and white jumpsuit with two identical glowing green belts wrapped around his waist... His position was very reminiscent of Raven when she meditated.

Danny was calm. Danny was relaxed. Danny had found his center. He knew that he had transformed; he didn't mean to. It had just happened. He didn't care much, though. For the first time in a long while, he felt in control. That is, until a voice interrupted him from behind.

"Um…hello?" Starfire asked with trepidation. She gasped when the figure just fell to the floor with a distracted "Ak!"

"Jesus! Don't scare me like…" Danny turned around and saw who the voice belonged to. "Oh. It's you. I'm not entirely sure if you're better or worse than your sister." Danny didn't need this. He was calm, and here a 'hero' goes interrupting him! What is with this city?

"Um…excuse me? How do you know my sister?" Starfire was confused. First he seemed like a normal teen, and as soon as he saw her, he acted just like Raven.

"Not important. So, not that I care, but why are you here and not in your giant glowing T?"

"My sister…She came to visit. And, she is better than me at the gaming and the poetry and the martial arts." Starfire didn't know why she was spilling her guts out to this stranger, but something told her that he wouldn't hurt her, despite his rude behavior. "And…she is now a Titan…in our last two fights, I was useless. I am just a liability to my friends." Danny just started laughing. These Titan's friendships were so weak! "Excuse me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I just thought that a team of 'super hero's' would be closer than that. So they dumped you after one night? Man, you guys are worse than I thought!"

"My friends did not 'dump' me! I left on my own!"

"Ha! That's just rich. So what, you think that they'll be happy that you left?"

"Well…not happy per say…"

"Or were you just running away to feel better?" Danny, in full on mock mode, was using a voice meant for a toddler.

"I…" Starfire didn't know what to say. She didn't want to admit it, but he just broke through her logic like a sledgehammer. "But my sister replaced me!"

"Oh, so what, they just forgot about you? If so, then I can't blame you for running away. They must be horrible friends." Danny said all of the nonchalantly, but on the inside he was screaming to himself. 'Why am I helping her? I'm keeping a low profile. Low profile!'

"No! My friends would never forget about me!"

"Oh, so they just don't care about you anymore?" 'Danny, stop. This isn't your fight. This isn't your fight.'

"My friends will always care about me!"

"Your actions don't say so." 'Just walk away. Maybe she'll forget about you.'

"I was mistaken!" As Starfire realized what she said, Danny just smirked and turned his back to pick up his books.

"Now get out of here. I hate heroes." When Danny didn't hear a response, or even a liftoff, he turned around, slightly worried. His fears were verified. He saw Starfire in a glass case on an aircraft with two aliens in red armor on it, flying away.

'Come on, Danny. This isn't your problem. You're not a hero, so there's no reason to save her.'

Just as Danny was finishing that thought, he realized that he was flying at maximum speed to catch up to the ship. 'Damn! What did I just tell you? Stay. Put.'

When Danny caught up to the ship, he shot a few ecto-blasts at the alien in front. It didn't seem to have any effect. "Damn." He increased the power, but that still didn't do a thing. That armor was surprisingly tough.

'OK, if blasts won't work, then maybe a punch will.' With that thought, Danny charged at the thing…only to be caught by its green tentacles. 'Hm…this could work too.' Danny reached deep inside of him and grabbed that feeling of cold that he had. He let it out, and froze the tentacle. 'Perfect.' With a burst of strength, the tentacle shattered. Freed from his constraints, he rushed forward and hit the thing off the ship.

"Yes!" Danny's victory was short lived, however, as another tentacle wrapped around him from behind. He smirked. These guys never learned. He reached back inside to freeze him, but all he found was electricity. 'Damn. Must have used it up.' Danny was about to release his second elemental power, when he had a thought. 'You know, I bet that armor is metal.' Danny phased out of the tentacle, to the endless surprise of the one holding him, and rushed towards the second alien. As soon as he was touching the armor, he let out all of the electricity in him. It knocked him out cold.

Danny walked over to the thing that Starfire was in, phased in, and phased her out.

"Oh, thank you friend! Please, tell me…" Starfire was going to finish that with 'name', but Danny just held up a glowing hand to her.

"I am not your friend." 'It's too dangerous.'

Starfire, not knowing how to react to this, just followed Danny and flew to the ground. Followed shortly by two very upset aliens and an aircraft.

"Stop! In the name of the galactic police! You are wanted for crimes in the Tamaran system!" An armored alien said, pointing at Starfire.

"Tamaran? But I have never visited the Tamaran moons."

"Bet your sister did." Danny knew she was a schmoozer, but framing your sister for crime? That's a bit much.

Starfire saw her sister fly away. "You are not getting away!" She quickly flew after her.

"Stop!" Apparently, the aliens didn't get that Starfire was innocent.

"Look. Give her ten minutes, top. She'll return with your girl." The aliens looked at each other and nodded. They sat on their spacecraft.

"Very well. Ten minutes. But if she is late, it will be on your head."

Danny just rolled his eyes. As he turned around, intending to fly home, he instead saw the Teen Titans.

"Titans, go!" Robin yelled.

Danny, using his best Robin impersonation, shouted, "Titans, stop!" He didn't want to interrupt them, but this was Starfires' fight. They all stopped, more in surprise than anything else, and looked at the new player in front of them.

Cyborg recognized him instantly. "Hey, you! It's payback time!" Danny just rolled his eyes.

Raven looked the glowing teen up and down. He felt remarkable similar to the kid in the book store, except his self loathing was a lot stronger. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"I'm here because Starfires so called 'friends' made her feel replaced by her sister. Who happens to be a liar and a criminal and is currently trying to frame Starfire for her crimes."

"You. Shut up." Cyborg was, once again, furious. When he first meet this kid, he lectured him on being a hero, and now, he doubted their teams friendships! He charged at this strange kid, fully intending to tear him apart.

Danny just rolled his eyes. "Heroes." He didn't even bother to move. He made himself intangible, and just as Cyborg was near him, went into his mechanical arm and pulled out some random wires. When Cyborg turned around, he saw Danny holding some wires. "I wonder what these did?" Cyborgs' arm went limp. "Hm."

"Dude!" Beast boy didn't know the full story behind what happened, but he knew that pulling out random wires in a computer is not a good idea. "Not cool!"

"Oh? And what is cool? Going easy on him when every other villain out there won't? Is that cool to you?" Danny lost it. He hated heroes, and now he was going to show them why. "You're weak. You don't know the consequences of what you do. And you all live in an idyllic world. 'Cool' or not, it doesn't matter. This is the real world. And in the real world, you are weak."

Robin heard this guys dislike of hero's from Cyborg, but experiencing it first hand was something else. He charged forward, staff at the ready, fully prepared to split this guy's head open.

Danny saw what was happening. He just frowned. He grabbed the staff out of mid air with a single hand and broke it. He spoke softly, so that only Robin could hear. "This is why you are kids. In the real world, fights don't get easier because you throw a little temper tantrum."

He spoke up. "My name is Danny Phantom. I played hero and I payed the price. And unless you guys wise up, you will too." With that, Danny zoomed off in a random direction before turning invisible and heading back to his room.

Robin stood up, a frown etched on his face. "Cyborg."

"Yah?"

"Get everything you can on this 'Danny Phantom.'"