Operation D.A.T.E.
Upon returning home, he went right to the computer to give his rating for Lapis Lazuli.
Although he clearly found her pretty, he could see that her being a genderless space rock with little understanding of romance might make this awkward. So, he decided to rate her a 8.
"Lapis Lazuli… that sure is a nice name to say out loud." He said to himself as he read his next date.
User Name: CoolTeenCree
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Height: 5"6'
Weight: 120 lbs
Home Town: Cleveland
Physical Description: Tall, slender 16 year old African American girl with short, dark curly hair and brown eyes.
Personality: I'm a cool, mature and confident young adult who is looking for one fun, cool guy I can relate to.
Likes and Interests: Parties, Rock and roll, shopping, reading magazines and most of all, just chillin' and hanging out.
Type of person I wish to date: I am looking for a nice, cool and above all mature guy who knows how to party and have fun.
He also read that their date would be held at a place called Romantic Burger at precisely noon. Danny smiled, whoever this girl is, she sounds decent enough and with all the unique places he has been on lately, some simple burgers would be alright.
After that, that's when he noticed his phone ringing. He saw who it was.
"Tucker?" He went.
"Sup…" Tucker said with a flat tone.
"You okay?" Danny asks.
"Yeah… I had… the best date so far." Tucker said.
"Oh… who was it?" Danny asks.
"A girl named Jenny. Get this, she's from Beach City, that town in that one micronation." Tucker said.
"My date's from there too." Danny said.
"Yeah… she was… nice." Tucker said.
"Oh… my date's getting an 8. What are you rating yours?"
"My highest rating." Tucker said.
"Oh? 8? 9?"
"7." Tucker said.
"Huh?" Danny went.
"I said it was the best date I had so far and my highest rating… didn't say the date was great or that it'd be that high. She… I… we weren't connecting. I mean… we at least like the same music genres… but that's about it." Tucker said.
"Dang…" Danny said.
"Yeah… well… just wanted to see how yours went. Big shock, it went well. Well, night…" Tucker said before he hung up.
Danny shook his head.
"Poor Tucker…"
"I see you reused the name of the original chapter too. So, since you've already made it clear this is a returning character, may as well answer… Why Cree?" Deadpool asks.
"Because I figure we should bring in at least one bad date. Granted, we will do something different here." NeoMark said.
"It helps that, since she's a character we already saw, you don't have much to come up with." Deadpool said before sipping his drink.
The Next Day
Danny had managed to arrive at Romantic Burger, where he is to meet his blind date, CoolTeenCree. He made sure that his hair was nice, his flowers were ready and that his heart sticker was in place for when he met her.
"Excuse me?" He heard a voice that, for some reason, sounded familiar to him.
He turned around and saw a teenage African American girl with brown eyes and short, curly black hair, and he also noticed that she was wearing a heart sticker too, which could only mean one thing.
"Are you CoolTeenCree?" Danny asked.
"Yep, but you can just call me Cree. So, I'm guessing you're D-Fenton, right?" Cree asked.
Danny nodded.
"Yes but call me Danny..."He said with a smiled. "These are for you, Cree..."
Danny handed her the flowers. Cree lightened up.
"Oh Danny, for moi?" Cree asked in a very pleased tone.
Danny blinked in confusion after hearing her voice.
"Excuse me Cree, but have we met before?" Danny asked.
"I don't think so, why?" Cree asked, surprised to hear that.
Danny shrugged, he couldn't explain it but her voice sounded a little familiar. He decided to let it go and just escort her inside.
"Ladies first…" Danny said in a polite way as he held the door open for her, making her giggle.
"Cute and has good manners...I like that…" Cree said flirtatiously, making Danny smile.
It feels like they are getting to a good start.
As the two teens walked inside, they were unaware that a small group of people had been watching them from a distance...
"You were right Numbuh 5, she has arrived on time..." One of the little spies in sunglasses said to what looked to be a home made walky-talky.
"Let's move in…" The one he called Numbuh 5 said on the other line.
"Skip ahead if you'd like." NeoMark said.
"Sweet." Deadpool said before hitting fast-forward and play.
Suddenly a little toy truck had suddenly rolled under them and they both saw what looked to be a little 5 year old boy walk by, looking upset.
"My twuck..." He squeaked as it was on the other end of their booth.
'Um...excuse me, we are kind of on a date here!" Cree said in annoyance.
She wanted nothing more than to tell this small child to leave her alone before she noticed Danny reached down and handed the boy his toy truck back.
"Here ya go..." Danny said.
"Thanks, mister…" The boy said before going back to his parents.
Once the boy was gone, Cree sent him a strange look.
Did he just… act nice to that snot-nosed brat? She thought.
"What?" Danny asked, noticing her suddenly changed expression.
"Nothing, so what are you planning on ordering?" Cree asked as she picked up her menu.
"I think that I'll go with the hamburger, medium rare. And you?" Danny asked.
"I'm getting a salad…"Cree said.
However, she was using the menu to obscure her face from him. She was actually sending a glance elsewhere, she knew something was spying on them.
Those little brats again? She thought with a glare.
She decided to get away from here first without wrecking her date.
"Um Danny?" Cree asked in a sweet voice.
"Yeah Cree?" He asked.
"Will you please excuse me for a second? I...need to go powder my nose for a moment…" Cree said in an innocent tone.
"Okay, sure…" Danny said.
Unknown to him, Cree wasn't going to any bathroom.
Outside
While Danny and Cree had been talking, a group of 5 kids had been spying on them from the outside. It was Nigel Uno, Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr, Kuki Sanban, Wally Beetles and Abby Lincoln, who together were the legendary members of Sector V of the Kids Next Door.
They were on a mission, they learned that Cree had stolen the Code Module to deliver to the adults and they knew she was here to deliver it to one of Father's spies, who was disguised as a waiter. They came here to keep an eye on her and intervene when they find where she hid it.
That's why they are here, each one in their own disguises to avoid suspicion since there were a lot of teenagers around here.
"Are you sure that guy she is with isn't the spy?" Numbuh 2 asked, though there was some jealousy in his tone.
"I already gathered all the data last night when I was in her room, and this guy seems clean, he's from a place called Amity Park and there ain't no Teen Ninja base in that town..." Numbuh 5 explained.
"Whatever, but if he starts trouble, I says we beat the crud out of him..." Numbuh 4 said before he was hushed by the others.
"Hey...where did Cree go?" Numbuh 2 asked as he pointed to the table, seeing that Cree is no longer there.
"HI-YA!" They heard from above.
Cree, with her battle-ready armor, appeared before the kids, who managed to avoid her attack in time by rolling out of the way.
"KIDS NEXT DOOR! BATTLE STATIONS!" Numbuh 1 shouted as he and the others pulled out their weapons and charged at her.
"You little dweebs just don't know when to quit!" Cree shouted as she proceeded to fight them.
I had a long week. I just wanted to go on a date with a nice guy! Is that so much to ask?! I'll just deal with these brats and hurry up. She thought.
Later, with Danny
"I wonder where Cree is?" Danny asked out loud.
Their waiter had come to the table a few moments ago but Danny told him to come back later since Cree wasn't back yet. That was 10 minutes ago and he just came back and Danny had to tell him again.
Danny was actually getting concerned here.
Who takes over 15 minutes to go to the bathroom anyway? Danny thought.
Danny sighed as he decided to go fiddle on his phone, only to blink when he realized that he didn't have it.
"Huh? Oh, man...maybe I dropped it outside…" Danny said as he went to the front of the restaurant and to his relief, he saw that his phone was on the ground and thankfully not damaged. It must have fallen out of his pocket without him noticing. "There you are…"
After picking it up, he was about to re-enter to wait for Cree. That's when he heard it.
"I GOT YOU NOW!"
"Cree?" Danny called out as he walked behind the restaurant.
He saw her, but she was wearing some kind of strange outfit, but his attention wasn't on her sudden wardrobe , with a gasp,, he saw four beaten up kids on the ground and a little girl in one of Cree's fist while her other hand was holding onto what looked to be some sort of book or something.
"Give that back Cree!" The little girl with a red hat demanded as she struggled in her grasp.
"Not a chance Crabigail! The module is finally mine and you and your little loser friends are toast.." Cree said as she threw the little girl into a wall, making her land on the ground painfully.
Danny saw this for himself. His eyes narrowed as he felt anger build up.
"CREE!" Danny shouted, making his presence known.
Cree whipped around and saw that it was her blind date Danny. To her surprise, she saw an enraged look on his face.
"Danny, what're you doing here?" Cree asked in confusion.
"What am I doing here?! What the heck are you doing?!" Danny shouted as he pointed to the kids.
All of the kids looked surprised by his anger not being directed at them.
"Look Danny, I know you are from out of town but you need to understand-" Cree started.
"Oh, I understand everything alright. I understand that you just beat up five little kids!" Danny said with an infuriated look on his face.
"So what if I did?! These are the Kids Next Door and my annoying little sister Abby, they-"
"YOUR SISTER?! Not only did you beat up some kids but your own kid sister?" Danny exclaimed in disgust.
"What does it matter to you? They are just kids and we're teenagers…" Cree pointed out.
Danny questioned just what she said as he ran to the little girl that Cree flung to the wall and helped her up, much to the confusion of the two sisters.
"Are you okay?" Danny asked in concern.
"Uh... sure... um... thanks…" Abby said awkwardly.
Danny growled and angrily marched to Cree to be face to face.
"If there is one thing I can't stand, it's some jerk who picks on others, especially kids..." Danny said.
This caught Cree and the KND off guard.
'A-Are you saying that you... like kids?!" Cree exclaimed in shock.
"Of course I like kids... I'm not some jerk like you!" Danny shot at her.
"What did you call me?!" Cree exclaimed in shock at his insult.
"You guys go home, alright?" Danny responded after seeing the kids weren't too hurt, not even bothering to look at her.
"Danny, what the heck are you doing?!" Cree exclaimed angrily.
"The right thing. Oh, and FYI Cree, this date is over... see ya never, CREEP!" Danny shouted before leaving, making Cree gasp dramatically at what he just called her.
"CREEP?! Danny, you get back here! No one walks away from Cree Lincoln! You get right back here you UNCOOL, CHILD HELPING LOS-"
Cree was cut off when Abby had sent her a sucker punch and even caused the Code Module to fall out of her hands. It seems while she and Danny had been busy arguing, the members of Sector V had recovered and grabbed their weapons again and proceeded to attack when she had been distracted by her date dumping her.
Cree gasped when she realized that she was surrounded by all of the members of Sector V, who were all glaring menacingly at her while her sister had a smug look on her face.
"You were saying, sis?" Abby asked smugly while Cree screamed in outrage as they descended on her.
Numbuh 3 held onto the Code Module. Numbuh 2 shot mustard blasters at Cree, getting it in her hair and staining her clothes. Numbuh 4 shot marbles at her, making Cree trip over them and lose her balance. Numbuh 1 shot her with the B.A.J.O.O.K.A as Numbuh 5 was about to end it.
"So… is anything different gonna happen?" Deadpool asks.
"Wait and see." NeoMark said.
That's when Cree managed to grab her sister's arm before swinging her into Numbuh 1. After that, managed to kick the weaponry out of their hands.
"My turn!" Cree said, aiming her own blaster at them.
Sector V raised their hands as Numbuh 1 aimed his blaster.
"Hold it there, Freak! I'll count to 10 to give you a chance to back off!" He said before his weapon was shot out of his hand. "Uh… how about I count to 20?" He went nervously.
"I got a better idea…" She said.
Cree stood before the cowering group of children, her blaster ready, before a black blur tackled her, sending her crashing to a car. Groaning, she looked at her assault and saw the glowing figure of Danny Phantom, standing protectively in front of the awestruck children.
"Danny Phantom?!" The KND went in unison.
"Danny Phantom?!" Cree questioned as she got up, getting the mustard out of her hair.
"I don't know what issues you have, lady, but don't think playing dress up to beat up kids is a good way to handle them. That's a good way to get arrested." Danny said, watching Cree as she stood up from the car.
"Shouldn't Danny be confused on why she's wearing armor?" Deadpool asked.
"I mean, people don't really see or think it's weird in the show, so…" NeoMark said with a shrug.
"You defending these brats?! They're… KIDS!" Cree pointed out.
"You're a minor… technically, you're a kid too." Danny said.
Cree felt her temper rise.
"That's it, you're dead for this, you hear me?! Dead!" She shouted in rage.
"Deja vu…" Danny said under his breath before motioning her to fight. "You'll have to deal with me before you try something with these kids."
"What is with teens being nice to kids these days?" Cree said before aiming her blaster at Danny.
Danny swung his arm to create a shield to block her attack.
"You're clearly not a threat to me. So why not call it a day? And, while we're at it… never try picking on kids ever again?" Danny asks.
"Father wanted me to see if I could recruit you, but I see that it'll only be a waste of time!" Cree shouted before her blaster was knocked out of her hand by a ghost ray.
"Tell your daddy I ain't interested in child abusers!" Danny exclaimed as he flew straight towards Cree.
Cree jumped out of the way, landing atop a car, not seeing the cracks she made to the windshield.
"You're going to pay!" She shouted before going back to her weapon. "For getting in my way! And for calling me a kid!"
Cree fired at him, but he easily dodged it with a slight tilt to the right. When the blast hit the car, Danny smirked as he got an idea.
"I guess your aim is as bad as your attitude!" Danny taunted and started flying around the girl.
Cree growled as she kept firing at him, but Danny just flew around her. Cree started using both blasters to try and hit him. Soon, dust clouds formed around her, making her take a breather.
"Come out, you kid-loving freak!" She shouted in rage.
"Man, you really have issues there, ninja girl." Danny said behind her, causing Cree to jump back before aiming both blasters at him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"Oh? And why's that?" Cree asked.
"Because you already broke a lot of stuff around here, just not what you intended." Danny said as he gestured around them.
Cree looked around as the dust cleared, and she gasped as she saw that she destroyed a lot of cars and buildings, with the adults all glaring at her.
"Oh no! I'm going to be in so much trouble!" Cree exclaimed before she glared at Danny. "This is all your fault!"
Before she could fire, Danny suddenly appeared in front of her and crushed both blasters with his hands.
"Now now… playing with dangerous toys? You're definitely still a kid…" Danny said playfully.
"Stop calling me a kid!" Cree shouted before pulling her arm back.
Danny didn't even bother going intangible, catching her fist before lightly pushing her back. Cree snarled in anger.
"Wow… you're super immature… more than any kid I met." Danny said with a playful smile.
Cree shouted in rage as she swung her fists, not a single one making contact as Danny turned intangible.
"I'll tear that stupid costume of yours off!" She shouted.
"Hmm… better idea. How about yours?" Danny asks.
Danny phased his arm through her armor. He phased her out of her B.R.A., making her fall on her butt. Danny then grabbed the suit and used his powers to burn it to ashes.
"No!" Cree exclaimed. "Father will be mad at me!"
"He ain't the only one." Danny said, gesturing to the people who were just watching.
"WHICH OF YOU KIDS WRECKED MY CAR?!" One adult businessman shouted.
Danny and Sector V pointed to Cree, who laughed nervously.
"Oh no…" She said.
Danny just smirked before he flew away, leaving Cree to be surrounded by the angry adults as she tried to apologize.
Later
Danny reentered the Romantic Burger and went to get his belongings, glad he hadn't spent any money yet.
"I can't believe I almost thought she was cute... man, was I wrong…" Danny muttered as he grabbed his stuff and angrily marched outside, only to see the 5 kids from earlier, all holding their toys at him. "Oh hi…"
"Okay teenager, spill..." Numbuh 1 demanded, speaking in a British accent.
"Excuse me?" Danny asked.
"Let me handle this, Numbuh one..." Numbuh 5 said, approaching Danny. "What's your name?"
'Danny Fenton…"
'My name's Abby Lincoln... So, Danny, why exactly were you out with my sister today and why did you help us?" Abby asked.
"We were supposed to be on a blind date but she ducked out on me...and then I saw her trying to hurt you guys and I got angry…" Danny explained.
'Why? Why did you help us?" Numbuh 4 demanded rudely.
Cree must've done a number on them more than once… Danny thought.
"Just because Cree is a jerk, it doesn't mean I am...I don't like seeing others get hurt and people who try to hurt kids are the worst...I can't stand it…" Danny said..
The fact that he has been bullied before is one thing. Since meeting Danielle, Danny has become much more protective of small children, not wanting them in harm's way like how she had been.
"Well...Danny Fenton is it? For...for helping us against Cree Lincoln, we, the Kids Next Door, extend our thanks to you…" Numbuh 1 said, his voice a mixture of both politeness and awkwardness.
They had little experience with teenagers who don't hate children, so this was a rarity for them.
Danny had no idea who they were, he just thought they were kids playing some kind of game, something he found endearing.
"No problem..." Danny said, happy that these kids seem to trust him now.
It was then he noticed a police car was in the parking lot, with the officer there questioning Cree harshly.
"I'm telling you! It was that kid in black and white! What was it…? Danny Phantom!" Cree went with a terrified look in her eyes.
"Please. You're no ghost. But, considering how dead you are from this, you might as well be." The officer scoffed.
Cree then received a call. She saw who it was.
"Uh… one moment please. This person will sort everything out." She said before answering. "Father? Please help me, I've b-"
"I heard a certain someone… wasn't just caught fighting the Kids Next Door… but also CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE WITH EQUIPMENT SHE WAS PROVIDED?!" She heard a shout from the other side, causing her to flinch.
"It's not my fault! That rotten kid-loving freak tricked me! He destroyed the battle ready armor too! He's the one w-"
"YOU LOST THE B.R.A.?!" The voice on the other end shouted.
"Uh… sort of?" Cree went.
"You're on probation! As for those bills you've just collected, you're on your own!" The voice shouted before hanging up abruptly.
"Ugh…" Cree went, slouching in defeat.
All the while, one of her schoolmates witnessed the incident and filmed it on her phone.
"I am so showing this to everyone…" She said.
Not seeing the other girl filming Cree, Danny pondered what had happened with that phone call before shrugging.
Guess she's going to be in trouble for a long time… He thought.
Danny sent a glance to his phone and saw that he should probably go since he now was not going on a date anyway
"Anyway, are you sure that you kids are alright?" Danny asked in concern.
"Don't worry, we're fine." Kuki, aka/Numbuh 3, said honestly.
"Well...okay. Anyway, can any of you kids point me to the nearest bus stop, I think I should be heading home now...'Danny asked.
The five children pointed to the end of the street.
"Next bus out is in 10 minutes." Numbuh 2 said.
"Better hurry." Numbuh 5 added.
'Thanks..." Danny said as he waved goodbye to them.
After waving goodbye to the kids, Danny soon went to the bus stop, too tired right now to actually fly all the way home. He hopped on and was soon on his way back home, away from this town and from Cree Lincoln.
New chapter with help from Flower Princess11 and TheWhiteTitan.
I decided Cree needed to go through worse... so, humiliation in a fight with Danny and getting arrested for property damage seemed the best way to go about it.
guardian1989: Sorry, I didn't get to add that. Still, I hope humiliating her in battle would do.
Invader Johnny: The water and ice thing was more a crazy coincidence and I chose her since he was the gem I figure we could get away with as a date.
KellBell35: Updated now.
cybirddude: Thanks, I will consider them.
IrishKitana: Thanks for the suggestions.
RonaldM40196867: Yes. Because Lapis was the only one who made sense as Amethyst is gross and Pearl is too adult in appearance. Yes. Sometimes.
pokemon fan 1991: Actually, it's said only powerful gems can reproduce. I'm gonna assume only the Diamonds can do that.
guilhermafinamori: It's Cree.
djinn, Jebest4781, Luiz4200, and FC Tiraspol Fan: Thanks
silverwolf7791: Maybe one day.
61394: Makes this easier if he doesn't pick them, I suppose.
danifan3000: Wait and see when we do epilogues.
NiteOwl18: Neither did I, but like I said, finding another girl who is not organic was an interesting challenge.
Whotoonhouse75: Thanks for liking my explanation. Also, thanks for the suggestion.
amit . avrashmi: I'll consider it.
The Disquieting One: That's "Heart of the Cards". And yes, we will have epilogues.
JDF Legacier Morphicon: FIGHTER! Street Fighter! No plural! Also... I may just do stories about them unrelated to this one.
ScarecrowReaper: Yup.
Bob the mammoth: I'll be honest, Lapis was the last new girls of the first third of the story and I was second guessing her until them properly meeting. But the more I decided to use her, the more she went from a near honorable mention to being one of my favorite new girls.
Weasel cookie: Well... I did just say Lapis is the last new girl from the first third of the story...
LockAndKey989: Remember... animated media. Maddie Fitgerald is a character who originated in live-action. She's kind of ineligible to be here.
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Wow, it's been a while since I had so few replies to respond to. I'm sure the reviews I'll have to respond to for this chapter will go just as smoothly.
Cue too many replies to make it go not as smoothly and making me take 30 minutes in 3...2...1...