Thanks for all the great reviews~! And sorry for the long wait. I've been up to my eyeballs in schoolwork. But now that I'm getting caught up and all my grades are still in the A's and B's it's finally safe for me to continue the story!

Also, before I forget, sorry about that bad word in the last chapter. I really hate using foul language in my stories and try to avoid it, especially when the story is from a KID'S SHOW! So sorry about the bad name Ember called Danny in the last chapter. I just needed something that would make Vlad really mad.

OK! Now that we've settled that! Back to the story~!

Chapter 5: Let's seal it with a kiss~!

Danny hugged his knees against his chest, his crying reduced to small sobs.

"H-He probably h-hates me now." The ghost boy hiccupped. Danny Phantom was currently sitting atop a large stone statue in Amity Park crying and feeling sorry for himself. And why shouldn't he? The man he loved had all but tossed him aside like an old newspaper.

"I don't get it." The little phantom whispered. "He said before that he wanted me… Why not now? Did I get in his way that much?" Tears started to gather in the boy's neon green eyes for the umpteenth time. "But he said he wanted me to join him a-and that means helping him defeat ghosts right?"

Suddenly a horrible, unsettling thought crept into Danny's mind.

"What if he never really wanted me? W-What if he was just planning on using me to try and get my mom?" All of Danny's sadness quickly turned into bitter anger and jealousy. "Of course he was just using me." Danny decided bitterly. "All he ever thinks about is her. She's the one he's always wanted, not me."

The boy's jealousy grew with each passing moment until he was practically shouting out his frustration.

"Why does he want her so much anyway? ! She would never understand him! He would never be able to talk to her about his ghost powers or reveal his ghost half to her! I'm the only one who would ever understand him! I'm the only one he could talk to about his ghost powers and train and learn new things with him! I'm the one he should want most!" The ghost boy stopped to take in a breath, all the yelling leaving him panting.

Danny slowly drifted back down and took a seat on the statue once more. He didn't know when he had started to float up in the air but right now he didn't care. All of his anger had spilled out of him and now only sadness remained.

"Well, Mom is really pretty…" Danny admitted quietly, his respect for his mother outweighing his jealousy. "She's really smart too… And caring and sweet. No wonder Vlad fell for her…"

The snow haired teen ran his finger across the smooth stone thoughtfully tracing a small circle. "I know I'm nothing like my mom but…"

"Daniel!" A deep voice called out making Danny's heart skip a beat. The ghost boy looked up to see Vlad flying towards him, a relieved look on his face. "Daniel," the man repeated with a soft sigh now floating right next to the boy. "You don't know how happy I am to see you my boy. I was really starting to worry." Vlad said truthfully, a warm smile placed on his lips at the sight of his little badger safe and unharmed.

Danny squeezed his eyes shut pulling his knees to his chest refusing to look at the man. But it wasn't easy.

Danny was still angry at the man for trying to use him but… But he still felt something for the other halfa, even now. Just Vlad's voice alone was enough to make him shiver. That deep alluring voice… The teen couldn't get enough of it, especially when the man said his name. Daniel. The way Vlad let it roll off his tongue made it sound perfect. Made it sound special. Made it sound like Danny was special to him…

But he wasn't. And while the sound may have caressed Danny's ears it only pierced his heart all the more painfully.

When the boy didn't reply or so much as glance at him Vlad got nervous. "Daniel, what is it?" He asked gently only to watch the little phantom hug his legs tighter until he was practically curled up into a ball. Ok, now he was starting to worry. Maybe if he tried a different approach? "Little badger," Vlad cooed softly. "Are you alright? What's wrong?"

Vlad was a jerk. No, scratch that. He was THE biggest jerk on the face of the planet! How could he do this to him? ! How could Vlad toss him aside and then come back and act all sweet and caring towards him? !

A part of Danny wanted to stand up, look Vlad right in the eye, and slap him across the face for hurting him so much. While the other, slightly bigger part of him wanted to throw himself into the man's arms and tell him how much he loved him and beg him not to let him go.

But with such conflicting emotions the boy could only sit there clenching and praying for some self control.

Danny could hear Vlad sigh but when the man gently placed a hand on his shoulder the ghost boy crumbled like a wilting rose. "STOP IT!" Or maybe he snapped like a twig… Danny slapped Vlad's hand away all his conflicting feelings bubbling up to the surface. "Stop doing this to me!"

"D-Daniel? !" Vlad stammered in complete shock as he watched Danny's eyes fill with tears. "W-What's wrong? ! Why are you-"

"Because of you!" Danny shouted over the other halfa. "First you tell me you want me and then when I try to help you, you tell me you don't want me! A-a-and now you come back here being all nice to me l-like you're actually happy to see me! It's just not fair! I-"

"DANNY CALM DOWN!" Vlad roared over the teen desperate to get the boy to stop talking so fast before he passed out. "Just slow down and calmly tell me what's wrong."

Danny sniffled and nodded his head. Doing his best to listen to the older halfa he took a deep breath before softly saying, "It just isn't fair. You said you wanted me, but now you don't… I was in your way so now you don't want me. It's just not fair…" The ghost boy started to sob again.

"Danny…" To say that Vlad Masters was speechless would be a gross understatement. He was blown away. Seeing this side of Danny, soft and vulnerable, tears streaming down his soft cheeks all because he simply wanted to be with the man. The sight was both beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time, if ever the two could be joined.

"I just wanted to help you…" The ghost boy whispered staring down at the ground, his chalk white bangs covering his eyes. "I still want to help you. If you could just tell me what I did wrong, how I got in your way, then I could fix it. I could do better and then maybe I could be the one you want. I know I'm not my mom but maybe I could…"

Danny's voice trailed off just as the older halfa put both his hands on the teen's shoulders.

"Daniel, what does your mother have anything to do with this?" Vlad asked now completely confused by his little badger's behavior.

"She's the one you want isn't she?" Danny asked still staring down at the ground. "You don't want me, even though I'm half ghost like you, I'm still not good enough…"

"How can you say that? !" Vlad asked squeezing the boy's shoulders gently ignoring the urge to shake the ghost boy for such a ridiculous thought.

"Because you said I was in your way."

Ouch. He did say that, didn't he? Vlad sighed.

"Little badger, look at me." Vlad ordered softly. Danny didn't budge. The vampiric halfa gently cupped Danny's cheek with one hand lifting the boy's face up to look at him. Vlad's heart nearly skipped a beat as those bright innocent eyes looked straight into his. "You are more than good enough for me Daniel." The man said truthfully wiping away the last of Danny's tears from his eyes. "You are perfect to me little badger. There is nothing you have to do to make yourself seem better in my eyes."

Danny stared up at Vlad in awe, hope and uncertainty shining clearly in his neon eyes as he lifted one gloved hand to cover the larger black gloved hand on his cheek. "B-but back at the house you said…"

"I know…" Vlad said remorsefully, regret shimmering in his ruby red eyes. "And I'm sorry. I was just so frustrated that I didn't what to do. Or what to think." The older halfa pulled the ghost boy closer, a determined look on his face. "But I didn't mean any of it. You could never be in my way because, well because-"

"Because you want me?" Danny suggested slowly, the hopeful look on his face melting Vlad's heart.

Vlad smiled gently. "More than that Daniel." Vlad pulled Danny even closer wrapping his strong arms around the boy's delicate frame and holding the teen against his chest in a tight embrace. "I need you." He breathed into the boy's angel soft hair.

"You want me." Danny couldn't help but confirm the words out loud as he wrapped his arms around the stronger frame, pressing his face against the firm chest in front of him. "You need me."

Danny was on cloud nine. He couldn't remember another time when he'd felt so happy. When he'd felt so utterly complete. It was as if his heart understood something his mind couldn't comprehend. Vlad wanted him. And he wanted him just the way he was. No changes or alterations needed. Vlad wanted him just the way he was and even more amazing-! Vlad needed him. Just like how Danny needed the older halfa. Vlad needed him.

"And right now," Vlad's deep captivating voice broke the pleasant silence immediately getting Danny's attention. "I need your help."

"Really?" Danny asked sounding as overjoyed as a child promised to be taken to the zoo.

"Yes, Ember is still going to try and continue her concert and put the entire world under her control and I can't stop her on my own. Perhaps if I had the help of a certain phantom…" Vlad smirked playfully.

"I'll do it!" Danny shouted happily. "Together we'll get her back in the ghost zone in no time!"

Vlad chuckled softly. "Yes I'm sure we will." He released the ghost boy and turned to fly back to the concert until he felt something tug on his cape.

"Ummm, Vlad?" The vampiric halfa turned around to see Danny holding onto a fistful of his cape. "Are you sure you need my help?" The ghost boy asked shyly, his cheeks turning dark pink.

"Of course I am." Vlad answered in confusion. "Why else would I have come all this way to find you?"

"And are you sure you really need me?" Danny asked batted his long eyelashes.

Vlad could feel his heart beating faster at the unusual situation but knew he needed to answer the boy honestly. "Y-Yes, of course I need you my boy."

"You promise?" The teen leaned in towards the man.

Vlad could feel his face getting warm, something he didn't even know was possible when he was in his ghost form. "Fudge buckets Daniel! What must I do to convince you that I'm telling the truth? !"

"Kiss me." (You all saw this coming right? ;-o)

"… … What?" The more experienced halfa knew his ears must have been playing a trick on him. There's no way the boy could actually want-

"Kiss me. I want you to give me a kiss to prove that you mean it, and then I'll go and help you defeat Ember." Danny stated as if it were the most logical thing in the world.

"D-Daniel! Y-you can't really expect me to d-do something like that! I mean you're still just a-" Vlad's voice stopped instantly as the little phantom gently took one of his hands in his and looked up at him pleadingly.

"Please Vlad." Danny said sweetly staring up at the older halfa. "Just one little kiss? Please…"

The billionaire could feel his resolve crumbling like a chocolate chip cookie in milk. His little badger's beautiful face almost too much to resist. "I don't know…" The man mumbled looking away from the adorable boy just inches away from him.

"Just think of it as our way of sealing a promise." Danny suggested helpfully lacing his fingers together with Vlad's giving the man's hand an affectionate squeeze. "Just like how you sign a contract or shake someone's hand to seal a deal. It'll be just like that." The ghost boy continued determined to get a kiss from the man.

Vlad couldn't help but smirk at the boy's logic. Danny could be so charming and clever when he wanted to be. And with reasoning like that, how could he refuse?

"Alright Daniel, just one kiss." Vlad whispered making Danny shiver at the low seductive tone.

Still holding Danny's hand Vlad used his free hand to cup the teen's chin tilting his face up as he slowly leaned down meeting the boy's lips. The kiss was feather light at first, both unsure how far they should go. But after a moment Vlad pressed his lips to Danny's completely savoring the moment for all it was worth.

Daniel's lips were so soft… And the way they molded perfectly with his… Heavenly… Vlad could feel a pulsating warmth spread through his entire body as he let go of the boy's chin to wrap his arm around Danny's waist drawing the teen closer until their bodies were pressed together. He didn't want it to end.

Danny whimpered slightly as Vlad licked his bottom lip before pressing their mouths firmly together once more. The ghost boy lifted his hand to caress the older halfa's cheek, a loving gesture that had Vlad's head spinning with bottled up emotions. Not that Danny noticed. He was too busy marveling at how warm Vlad's lips were, even in his ghost form.

But all too soon it ended. Vlad pulled out of the kiss still holding his little badger tight against him, his heart almost stopping as Danny stared up at him in adoration, and maybe even… love.

"Our first kiss." The ghost boy whispered dreamily, his face positively glowing. Vlad smiled back, equally as happy until that dreamy look faded into something close to shock. "That was our first kiss…" Danny repeated now sounding completely dumbfounded his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open slightly.

"What's the matter?" Vlad asked in concern gently cupping the boy's cheek. He seemed completely satisfied with the kiss only a moment ago…

Danny's whole face turned red. "W-W-W-WE JUST KISSED!"

A light bulb went on over Vlad's head. (Figuratively of course) Ember did say he would need to do something unbelievable to break the love spell over Danny.

PLEASE READ: Well there you have it~! Vlad got a kiss and was able to break Ember's spell without even trying!

Poor Danny. He's probably going into shock right now… Oh well. He'll get over it. The next chapter will be Vlad and Danny fighting together to stop Ember, that is, if Vlad can get Danny to calm down enough to fight.

Being in a spell induced trance almost all day only to snap out of it and find yourself kissing your archenemy. Wouldn't that be a little surprising? ;-P

Hope you enjoyed the fluff cause it doesn't stop here! As always, REIVEW! I can't write if I get no feed back so PLEASE leave a comment and tell what you liked most in this chapter! It really helps me!

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