Devils, phantoms and soul reapers chp 6

The next day Danny dragged himself from his bed and yawned before wincing "I can't believe I'm still feeling that punch, his strength is unreal"

As he got dressed and he couldn't help but dwell on the battle "I couldn't even lay a scratch on him, nice of Clockwork to let me know what I was getting into" sighing he quickly ate his breakfast and slipped out the apartment.

"Might as well recon again, perhaps I can find that hat guy from yesterday and get some answers"

Transforming into his ghostly form he took off into the air unaware of the black cat calmly watching him from the roof.
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"I should have bought a map" Danny thought as he glided over the streets "Not that I know where the guy lives"

As he hovered over one street a flash of orange caught his eye. Pausing he looked down to see a fairly tall young man with spiky orange hair walking along the street.

"I know that guy...he was at the park yesterday" Danny began to follow him from above "Maybe I can talk to him and ask about the man in the hat…"

The boy soon arrived outside a large multi story building full of other teens in matching uniforms.

"A high school? Great, how am I going to ask him without being seen?"

Continuing to follow him he watched as he climbed the stairs and entered a classroom on the third floor. Phasing though the wall he drifted across the room and phased through the window.

"Guess I'll just have to wait" he thought "Even when I'm working I can't escape from school" he joked.

Before the lesson could start the door flew open revealing a group of (what Danny would describe as) strange individuals.

A small kid with white hair, a taller man with red hair and odd tattoos, a bald man, a man with black hair and a woman with…well Danny was glad he was invisible to hide the blush on his face.

The boy with the orange hair stood up in surprise and began talking to them.  He turned and Danny followed his gaze to see a small girl with black hair standing at the window.

"When did she…How did she get up here?"  Danny wondered. He then watched in surprise and slight amusement as she leapt off the window and kicked the orange haired boy in the face.

Before Danny could see what happed next he felt his ghost sense go off.

"Guess this will have to wait" he thought before taking off in the direction the disturbance was coming from "At least it doesn't feel as bad as yesterday".
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Arriving at the scene of the disturbance Danny was greeted by the sight of Dante annihilating a large vaguely humanoid figure with a wolf mask.

Growling in annoyance Danny landed next to him "What are you doing we could have learned something about those guys that attacked yesterday!"

Dante shrugged as he holstered his twin pistols "Tried that but it just kept saying it would 'devour my soul'. Couldn't back that up though, guess he was just a grunt" he answered casually.

Danny sighed before holding out his hands "Okay look obviously you don't think you need help, but if we work together…"

"What the…Hey you!"

Danny and Dante turned to see The orange haired boy in his black robed outfit from yesterday land nearby with the girl Danny saw attack him in class.

"You again…what was it…I want to say strawberry for some reason…" Dante muttered

The boy snorted in annoyance "Its Ichigo Kurosaki old man!"

Dante glared back at him "You wanna say that again kid?" his hand now gripping rebellions handle.

Ichigo mirrored his movements with his own blade before Danny flew between them.

"Okay stop we're on the same side, or at least we can agree those guys in masks are the bigger problem here"

"He's right" the girl spoke up "But by order of soul society you two need to come with us"

"Wait what, I'm trying to help!" Danny protested as Dante moved up beside him.

"Save it Casper they're not going to listen"

"We need to confirm that you aren't a threat" she explained.

"And you are?" Dante asked, hand still gripping oblivion.

"Rukia Kuchiki, Member of the 13 court guard companies, Squad 13, and you are?"

"Danny Phantom, I guess I'm the self appointed defender of Amity Park" Danny answered glaring at Ichigo's snickering "Yeah yeah not the most creative name (still better than inviso-bill)"

"Dante, demon hunter…"

"You mean hollows right" Ichigo interjected

Dante laughed "Trust me some of the things I've seen make these Hollows seem like playground bullies"

Ignoring their curious looks Dante walked over to his guitar case and placed rebellion inside before slinging it over his shoulder. Walking up to the group he gave them a bored glance

"So? Come on let's get this over with"
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Once Ichigo had returned to his own body (which Danny found both interesting and creepy in equal measure) they made their way back to Ichigo's home.

Upon arrival Danny changed back into his human form and stared at the home in surprise.

"You live in a hospital?" he asked as Ichigo shrugged

"It's just a small family owned clinic, the main hospital is in town" with that he opened the door and just side stepped as a man with short spiked black hair and a white doctors coat flew out in what looked like a fly kick.

Saying nothing Ichigo twisted and brought his fist down on the man's head sending him crashing into the floor.

"Can't you just greet me like a normal person for once?!"  Ichigo snapped shaking his fist at the downed man.

Picking himself up the man laughed which only served to irritate Ichigo further.

"And let you get sloppy? No son you must always be ready for….SNEAK ATTACK!"

The man lunged again only to be stopped by Ichigo's foot to his face.

As the man muttered congratulations to him Ichigo sighed and gestured to Dante, Danny and Rukia.

"Anyway Dad these are some…friends of mine. The old guy's Dante ("Watch it") the kid's Danny ("Hey!") and you remember Rukia right?"

At the mention of her name the man leapt up and grabbed her hand.

"Ah Rukia..It's so good to see you again. So polite unlike my boy.." another fist connected with his head .

"We'll be in my room" Ichigo called as he dragged the group up the stairs.

Once in the room Dante smirked as he turned to face Ichigo.

"So that's you old man? Explains a lot"

"Shut it bastard"

Dante leant against the wardrobe door while Rukia hopped on the bead and Danny stood near his desk.

"So how's this going to go?" Danny asked

"Not yet we have to wait for the others to get here" Rukia answered

"Others?"

At that moment the light flipped open revealing  four faces from the roof, which upon close inspection were four of the people from the school today.

Danny and Ichigo fell back in surprise while Dante quirked and eyebrow.

"What the hell are you doing in my roof?" Ichigo screeched as he regained him balance.

"Surprising you we wanted everyone to be here but spoilsport over there wouldn't do it" the woman said pointing to the window.

Looking over they saw that the young boy with white hair now sat on the windowsill.

"Okay" Rukia began cheerfully "Now we can start"