Phantom Leaf

Betrayal

I do not own Danny Phantom or Naruto!! 

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Danny's eyes were glazed as he looked at his old home. His own parents had forced him out of town before erecting a permanent ghost shield around it. His chest was clenched in pain, though he knew they had no way of finding out who he really was. Soon they would notice their 'human' son's absence and begin searching in a frenzy. They would probably even accuse him of kidnapping his own alter ego. Danny let out a small laugh. Though the laugh was void of emotion. He swallowed his grief. He could mourn his loss later.

He looked around. He didn't know where else to go from here. Then his ghostly guardian came to mind. Surely the time user would be able to help him. He tried to think of anyone else who could possibly help him, but nobody came to mind.

Danny had made up his mind. He cast a sideways glance at his old home for the last time and took off towards the only person he could think of that had a ghost portal aside his parents. He knew that the man wouldn't simply allow Danny use his portal. He would need to use force, and show the man that he was no longer the helpless child he had once been.

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It took him only half an hour to make it to the mansion. He glided down and landed silently on the pavement in front of the door. He turned himself invisible and walked quietly through the door and towards the study where he knew the entrance to Vlad's lab was. He opened the door to the lab and stepped through.

The cool air from the underground lab hit him almost the moment he stepped inside. He was careful not to let his heels click against the steel stairs as he made his way to the ghost portal. 'This is too easy.... something is wrong...' He was about to press the button to open it when something pulled him back.

"Going somewhere, little badger?" a familiar voice spoke behind him. He knew immediately who had grabbed him. "Vlad..." he hissed under his breath. The older man was behind him, already in his ghost form.

Vlad sneered at him a little. "I'm waiting. I know you didn't come here for a tour." Danny didn't give an answer and bent his knees. "What are you-" Vlad didn't get to finish as Danny spun on his heel and dealt him a devastating blow to the stomach with his elbow, causing the older halfa to release him and back away while holding his stomach. "I..... am not in the mood to play your little games today......," he stepped forward slowly, his hair shadowing his eyes, making him all the more intimidating

Vlad picked himself back up, holding his stomach still. "And what makes you so confident that you believe you can simply walk into my home and do whatever you wish? Do you think that slapping a funny expression on your face is enough to push me around, boy?" Though he didn't show it, deep down Vlad was put off by the way Danny was acting. Something was off about the boy.

Danny didn't answer him. 

"Well? Cat got your tongue?" 

Silence was all that greeted Vlad for a long moment, which was beginning to irritate the man. 

"Fine. If that's how it's going to be... then I'll simply have to punish you for your insolence." he flew forward and went to punch Danny in the face.

Danny simply panned his head to the side to avoid the punch. His icy gaze met Vlad's, chilling the man to the bone. He then grabbed Vlad's arm and used the man's own momentum to strike him in the groin with an amplified knee strike.