Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or any of the other famous characters I may or may not include in this fic.

A/N: I happen to be a fan of named attacks (like in DBZ and Digimon), so you'll find a lot of that in my characters.

It was eight o'clock in the morning in the city, and it was turning out to be a pretty uneventful morning for the Titans.

Robin was getting an early start on his daily training in the Tower's training room. The room was on one of the higher floors of the tower so that it was large enough for multiple people to fight over a fairly large area. It had an assortment of training weapons mounted on the walls and the floor, though it seemed hard, was specifically designed to help soften impacts, so as to not seriously injure anyone during a sparring match.

Just as Robin finished landing an abnormally high jump-roundhouse kick, he looked up toward the door and saw Starfire standing there watching him. "Mornin', Star," he said as he walked toward her, "What's up?"

"Good morning, Robin my love," Starfire said, "I was curious as to if you would like to sharpen your skills at fighting in a sparring match with me."

"Sure," he said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------

About ten minutes later, Beast Boy and Cyborg had decided to sharpen their skills at Game Station. As the two cars sped down the virtual highway, Cyborg started shouting, "YOU CAN'T PASS ME! I AM THE KING OF... HEY, YOU LITTLE CHEATER!" Needless to say, Beast Boy passed him.

After he won the race, Beast Boy turned into a lion and sad, "Now who's the king."

As Beast Boy was gloating, Robin and Starfire walked in practically drenched in sweat. Cyborg looked and them and, in an attempt to change the subject, said, "And just what have you two been doing?"

"We were merely sparring," replied Starfire.

"Yeah, right, uh-huh, we believe you," responded Beast Boy.

"Whatever you guys," said Robin, "So, who wants some breakfast?"

"Sounds good, I'll help you make it," said Beast Boy.

"OH NO, not tofu again, I can't stand fake meat!" shouted Cyborg. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
While all this was going on, Raven was levitating above her bed in her room while in meditation as she often is. She was attempting to concentrate, but was having trouble. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos," she chanted, until her eyes shot open and she fell to her bed. "Err, why can't I concentrate? It's not like me to get so worked up over a dream. Wait, maybe it wasn't a dream, maybe it was a vision. I need to get some tea and tell the others." She got up from her bed and walked over to her door and out to the hall. She could have just teleported, but she did not want to frighten the others and walking gave her time to think over what she would say. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
"Who else want's more?" asked Cyborg as he stood by the stove.

"No thank you, Cyborg. I am, as humans say, 'stuffed' with the fried swine," said Starfire.

"It's called bacon, Starfire, not 'fried swine;' and have you ever thought about the fact that it was once a living pig?" said Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy, we respect your vegan diet, so please respect the diet we have chosen," said Robin.

"Fine," Beast Boy said and crossed his arms; "murderers," he said to himself so the others couldn't hear him.

Raven then walked in and began to make herself some herbal tea. She sat at the table with the others and thought about what to say to them. She decided to just come right out and say it. "Everyone, I have something to tell you all."

"What is it Raven?" Robin asked.

"It's about a dream I had last night. I believe it to be a vision." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [the night before]

(Raven's dream) The sun is setting behind a tall building. The silhouette of a teenage boy with spiked hair and a katana strapped to the left side of his waist is standing at his side on the edge with his left hand on his sword. "Just thought I would warn you of my arrival, Raven," he says. Then it all goes black.

Raven Quickly sat up in her bed, covered in sweat. She noticed that several objects in her room were surrounded by black energy and levitating. She then crossed her legs, closed her eyes and began her chant, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
"I think that we will meet this boy today, but I don't know exactly when, or what his intentions are," Raven said.

"Weird, but there's nothing we can do about it. All we can do is wait and see what happens," Robin said.

"Robin is right. We should continue on with our day and wait for this boy to appear," said Starfire.

"Yeah..." Raven said, trailing off into a train of thought, and walking back to her room. 'I didn't even tell them the strangest thing that he said.' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [Raven's dream]

"Just thought I would warn you of my arrival, Raven. We will meet soon, my sister." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [in a park in the city]

A boy is meditating beneath a tree with his legs crossed. He is wearing black hiking boots, black jeans, a red shirt with a flaming black scull on the chest, and an unbuttoned, black button-up T-shirt (A/N: the deepest parts of his personality and his past are very dark (as will be revealed in later chapters), though he does not always seem that way on the surface, so I decided that he would wear mostly black). He is Caucasian with spiked hair that had been died black, very dark sunglasses, and a chain with what appears to be a silver fire medallion on it. The boy stands up and says to himself, "I hope Raven got my message." He then picks up the duffle bag that was next to him, straps his katana to his waist, and walks into the city. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [that evening]

The rest of the day had been fairly uneventful. Cyborg and Beast Boy continued playing video games and arguing over who was cheating. Raven started reading a new book of spells. And Robin and Starfire decided to dress like normal teens and go to the park to get some time to themselves that afternoon.

And then it happened, the one thing that could ruin a peaceful day for the Titans; the alarm sounded. They received a report that someone claiming to be Kagutsuchi (the Shinto god of fire) was causing a great deal of destruction downtown.

The Titans ran/flew to the scene as fast as they could, but by the time they got there several buildings were engulfed in flame. Standing in the middle of the street was a man wearing what appeared to be red samurai armor, a katana, and a large tank (presumably filled with some type of fuel) on his back with tubes leading to nozzles attached to his wrists.

"I was wondering when you would show up, Titans," said the man claiming to be Kagutsuchi.

"TITANS, GO!" Robin shouted.

As the titans began to charge this villain, they thought they heard him shout, "FLAMETHROWER!" They stopped dead in their tracks and prepared themselves by covering their faces with their arms, but the attack did not come from the man before them. The attack came down at an angle from the west (which happened to be at their left). When they looked up at the top of the building to their left, they saw a boy standing at his side in front of the sunset (A/N: I'd describe him but he is the same boy who was in the park, so it shouldn't be necessary). "Stay out of this Titans!" he shouted to them. He then jumped off the building, his shirt flapping behind him, and landed in a kneeling position. He stood and looked toward the Titans, "I shall fight him," he turned and faced Kagutsuchi, "he will pay for disgracing the name Kagutsuchi."

Robin responded, "No way, buddy. We don't even know who you are. There's no way..."

"I am someone with a great deal of hate for anyone who poses as a god," interrupted the boy, "especially those who use my name. I will fight him, and you will stay out of it until I am either knocked unconscious or I say you can interfere, and not before!"

"All right, dude. It's your fight," said Beast Boy.

"What are you saying Beast Boy? That guy could get killed," said Robin.

"Let's just watch and interfere when and if we must," said Raven.

"Good," said the boy. He then turned to Kagutsuchi, "Let us begin."

"Your funeral, kid," responded Kagutsuchi as the boy started running toward him. The boy started to punch him, but Kagutsuchi blocked it and threw him to the ground. As the boy was trying to get up, Kagutsuchi ran over and kicked him in his midsection and sent him flying through the air; he landed on an abandoned car with the sound of breaking glass and bending metal. "Well, that was hardly worth my time," said Kagutsuchi as he turned away from the boy.

"Titans Go!" Robin shouted, and the Titans once again began to charge their opponent. All save for Raven that is.

"STOP!" Raven shouted, "look," she said as she pointed past Kagutsuchi to where the boy had landed. He was once again standing.

"So, you're still conscious, I'll have to fix that," Kagutsuchi said as he looked to the boy, pointed his fists toward him, and blasted the boy with his own flames. This attack could have barbecued an entire building, but it didn't even scorch the boy's clothing.

"Impostor, did you really think that someone who could jump from a building that high without being affected would be defeated so easily," he said to Kagutsuchi. "It's time I showed you a sample of my skills," he said as he discarded his button-up shirt and revealed the two wakazashis on his back that did not appear to be there prior to that moment. The boy ran toward Kagutsuchi as he drew these two swords. He then did a flip over Kagutsuchi's head, cut the tubes at the top of the fuel tank, and sheathed his swords before Kagutsuchi had a chance to react. The boy landed facing the Titans and held up his fist, "FIREBALL," he shouted and his fist was engulfed in flame. He ended the battle by spinning around and punching toward Kagutsuchi's back, letting the fireball go and igniting the fuel; fortunately, the explosion was only enough to break his armor and knock him unconscious.

"Whoa," said Robin in shock, "guess you could handle him."

"Dude, we said you could fight him, not KILL him!" Beast Boy shouted.

"He's not dead," responded the boy. "That blast was merely enough to break his armor and render him unconscious. He'll suffer some minor burns, but he'll recover."

"Okay, we'll let the police handle him from here," said Robin to the boy. "Why don't you come back to the tower with us? I have some questions

I'd like to ask you." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [that night at the base of the tower]

"Okay, come on in kid," Robin said to the boy.

"Kid? I'm the same age as you, dude," responded the boy.

"Whatever, just come inside," said Robin. They each went inside the tower and into the main room. Robin gestured toward the center of the crescent sofa and with a commanding voice said, "sit down."

"Dude, what's your problem," said the boy as he sat down.

"I'll tell you," he responded, "we don't know who you are, we don't know where you came from, we don't know what your intentions are, and we're pretty sure that your the one who sent that dream to Raven. Now, who are you?"

"I should have expected this attitude form Batman's protégé. I am the real Kagutsuchi; or rather, the reincarnation of the real Kagutsuchi, the ancient warrior who was the inspiration for the Shinto god. In this life, I was born in San Diego, California and grew up in California's central valley, I'm not exactly sure where though. My only intentions are to assist you, if you will allow me. And, I am the one who appeared in Raven's dream. I apologize for any distress that may have caused you, Raven."

"Why did you send it?" she asked.

"I didn't want to just show up. I prefer to give a little warning. I would have said more in the dream, but it took a great deal of my energy to send just that, due to the strength of the many barriers you have had to put up. And before you ask, I had to send it to you because I didn't think the others would believe it to be a vision rather than just a strange dream."

"Okay, that's not much of an explanation, but i guess it will do fornow," said Robin.

"Everyone, I believe that sleep would help us all calm down greatly," said Starfire. "We do not want to be mean to a fellow hero."

"Yeah, your right Star," said Robin. "So, Kagutsuchi, where are you staying?"

"Nowhere yet. Last night was my first night in Jump City, and I spent it under a tree in the park."

"Why don't you stay here?" Cyborg asked, "We've had an extra room ever since Impulse split."

"Sure, I could stay here," Kagutsuchi said with a shrug.

"All right then," said Robin, "I have a few more questions that I'd like to ask you tomorrow. Raven, would you show him to the room."

"Sure," she said as everyone else walked to their rooms. 'Good, I was hoping to ask him a few things privately,' she thought as they left. "Come on, it's this way," she said and began to walk down the dark hallway; he followed quickly, carrying his duffle bag. They arrived at the room without a word and both walked inside. Once he was in, Raven shut the door behind them. "I have a few questions that I didn't want to ask you in front of the others."

"Okay. But first, can I ask you something?"

"All right, go ahead."

"Do the others know that your half demon?"

"They know that my father is evil and is the source of my anger, but not that he's a demon. How did you know?"

"I can sense demon and angel energies."

"Okay," she said with a confused tone, "now you answer this. Why did you call me your sister in the vision?"

"Well, because at one time I was in a similar situation as you."

"What do you mean, 'a similar situation.'"

"I was once unable to have emotions due to being in connection with a demon."

"WHAT?!"

"Kagutsuchi was an immortal. He was forced to split himself into an angel and a demon in order to preserve the balance of good and evil in the universe. As part of an ancient prophecy the spirits of these two beings were placed into a mortal body and bonded with the soul of that mortal. That mortal soul is mine. At first, his power would be released whenever I had a spike of emotion, especially anger. So, like you, I was forced to live without emotion."

"But you seem to have emotions now."

"That's because I found a way around it."

"Okay, I want to hear more about this tomorrow, but it's getting pretty late, and I need to sleep."

"All right. Good night Raven."

"Good night Kagutsuchi, and stay out of my head tonight, okay"

"Wasn't planning on entering, that took to much out of me."

So, that's the first chapter, tell me what you think. And NO FLAMES! If you flame me, you shall be cursed with flatulence in awkward moments. Also, I probably won't update very often, due to the workload I have at school, damn AP classes.