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Naruto Ultimate 3: Red-X Rising...

Chapter 53: The End Pt. 2

Normal Talking

Normal Thinking

Radio in use

Demon Talking

Demon Thinking

Jutsu in use

Inner Self-Talking

(Demon's Throne…)

The Titans stared in shock and fear as Trigon and Kyuubi glared down at them, the massive red behemoth inhaling a breath as if to savor his freedom. Kyuubi snarled and shook its body, as if it where wet, and given its former home this wasn't too surprising. The thrashing of its body caused its many tails to flick and twist around, bringing the ceiling down on top of them as Dr. Fate looked on at the spectacle of the two demons silently. "The end has come…" Dr. Fate whispered to himself while Shayera, Batman, and the Titans stared on as Trigon cracked his neck, flames rising up all around them as he narrowed his eyes upon the mortals before him, the Kyuubi roaring loudly at his side as it glared at them as well…

"The earth is ours!" Trigon cried out while glaring down upon the Titans and JLU ominously. Kyuubi hissing as its ears folded down along the top of its head, eyes narrowed in anger. "And the time of mortals has finally come to its end!" Trigon then declared while taking a deep breath of air and exhaling a sonic-wave of red energy. The energy lunged forward, throwing the Heroes back as it then hit the ground and started to spread, an insidious grin upon Trigon's features as it did so. Dr. Fate grunted as he held the shield around himself and Shayera up, Etrigan growling as he gripped the ground and glared up at Trigon furiously.

Batman used his grapple to hold on to the ground, grabbing Beast Boy by his ankle as he was nearly thrown away. Night used the same idea as his mentor and grit his teeth as he held Kid-Flash from flying away. Donna and Starfire both held onto Cy as they looked up towards Trigon, only for Kyuubi to inhale a deep breath as the massive red behemoth smirked down at the humans. The Kyuubi then roared forward, its great roar completely pulverizing the stone around it before sending the humans flying up out of the underground chasm and to the surface as Trigon held up his hand before slamming it into the ground, sending another pulse of red energy out from his body…

Meanwhile, the energy Trigon released spread out over the land, the soil became dry and building demolished, water became lava and even the sky itself turned an eerie red, birds and animals fell to the ground, only skeletons remaining while men and women alike were petrified by the beast's vile power as it passed over them. The energy then continued to spread further across the globe, from Jump-City it then consumed more of America before it continued to spread outwards, soon the oceans were lava as well, the other continents were transformed, and finally as four eyed ravens flocked about in the world with no mortals, the Earth itself had suddenly become Trigon's new home…

Meanwhile, deep in Jump-City, lying beneath a familiar shield of black energy is Nightwing. Groaning as he slowly awoke, the shield dissipating and allowing several rocks to fall to his sides, the teen got up and widened his eyes upon seeing the ruined world that Trigon had created. Walking through the ruins that had once been Jump-City, Nightwing held his arm and bowed his head. "I should've done something… I should've stopped this!" Night declared while walking over to a corner and turning only for his eyes to widen in shock at what he saw…

Men and women were frozen in stone, seemingly unaware of what had happened to them as they turned to stone. Walking down the silent street, Nightwing shook his head as he gazed at the petrified civilians. "These are innocent people." Night mumbled as he was humbled by the sheer magnitude of Trigon's cruelty. 'Petrified alive, never dying, never being free of their stone prisons… are they even aware of what's happened to them or are they all in a void now, trapped in darkness forever?' The dark haired teen wondered to himself, only idly noting just how morbid his thoughts were as a dark shadow passed over head.

"Whose there!" The dark haired teen demanded while looking around, and then turned in time to see a red eyed raven land on some rubble. "Raven?" Night wondered to himself and the bird flapped its wings before taking off into the sky, flying into the distance. "Wait, come back!" Night cried as he gave chase, rushing after the bird and going deeper into the city than before…

Elsewhere, Beast-Boy groaned while pushing himself to his feet, then shook his head for a moment. "Oh man my head… I really don't want to do that again…" The Green Titan declared while slowly rising up to his feet, only to look around and twitch visibly. He was on the east side of Jump-City, a simple suburban area… where Kitten lived. But much like what Nightwing had found, Beast-Boy found himself on a street, people frozen in stone as they went about their daily lives.

"Dude…" The green titan whispered to himself before sitting up and walking around, soon coming towards Kitten's house. However like the rest of the city it was dilapidated and nearly destroyed thanks solely to Trigon's magic. Walking around the house, BB then found Killer-Moth as a statue through a window, seemingly working on something. "Oh man… not again…" He whispered as he knew Kitten would've been in school, and thus most likely suffer the same fate as her father had. Sighing tiredly, the green furred teen slowly got up and made his way to the side.

However, when he heard something howl in the distance he turned around and saw a silhouetted wolf standing on some rubble, but its eyes were off, both being a familiar grey-violet color while a raven landed on its head. "Nar…? Rae…?" The green titan wondered and the raven flew into the air, the wolf vanishing soon after as the bird flew into the city. "Wait!" Beast-Boy cried while quickly changing himself into an animal and following after the bird. Following it into the city, BB soon spotted Cyborg helping Nightwing onto the sky needle at the center of town, the other Titans with them, and landed near them all.

"I'm glad you made it." Cy said as he helped Night to his feet and Starfire rushed over to the dark-haired teen and wrapped her arms around him in a hug.

"Robin, you are unharmed." She whispered happily and Kid-Flash mock pouted.

"What am I chopped liver?" He wondered aloud and Donna bopped him on the head with a deep scowl across her face.

"Not now, Bart." She grumbled while Starfire released Nightwing from her hug, the teen clearing his throat as he adjusted his collar nervously. Looking around he then smiled upon seeing most of his friends once again, and then turned serious as he looked to all of them.

"I saw something out there… in the city, it led me here." Night told the others and saw them nod their heads, each having had a similar experience.

"It led all of us here." BB declared before looking around and letting out a sigh. "Well, almost all of us…" He finished while his ears lowed, everyone noticing the missing member of their team.

"We're all that's left…" Cy mumbled while looking out to the city and Nightwing frowned to himself.

"What about the Justice League?" He questioned of his team and they looked to one another for a moment before someone else decided to interject.

"Right here." Batman declared as he and Etrigan half carried a near passed out Dr. Fate, Shayera flying overhead only to land beside of the Dark-Knight.

"Wait, how'd you guys survive Trigon's spell?" Kid-Flash questioned and then frowned for a moment as he looked at himself. "For that matter, why are we still here?" Kid-Flash then continued and Donna nodded her head in agreement with her red haired friend.

"This is how I survived." Batman replied while holding up his left hand to reveal a familiar gold ring around his ring finger. "A Ring of Azar, they effectively nullify Trigon's power." The Dark-Knight exclaimed while he and Etrigan laid Dr. Fate on the ground, the man groaning lightly.

"Please, is the Doctor of Fate alright?" Starfire asked worriedly while looking over to where the helmeted man lay and Shayera sighed.

"He's tired from using up a much of his power in order to keep us from being turned to stone." Shayera replied and Donna pinched the bridge of her nose for a moment before looking over to Etrigan.

"And him?" She questioned and Etrigan grunted for a moment.

"My power alone could protect me, Amazon, for I am a demon. Such minor tricks will not work on me, like they would a mere human." Etrigan replied in rhyme and Donna raised a brow for a moment only for Cyborg to sigh.

"Well that's all well and good but why are WE safe then? You guys obviously prepared for this, so what's kept us from being turned to stone as well?" Cyborg questioned of the JLU only for Beast-Boy to answer instead.

"It was Raven. She saved us… I don't know how but she did." BB replied while Nightwing crossed his arms and took a thoughtful expression as he contemplated what was done. Frowning as a memory came up, the Dark-Squire turned to his friends with a serious look on his face.

"Back at the tower, when Raven knocked us out. The last thing I heard was her voice, it said 'Be safe'. She did something, something that protected us from Trigon." Night explained while looking to his friends and Donna shook her head for a moment.

"How? If Dr. Fate was nearly drained of all his power by just protecting Hawk-girl, how could Raven have protected all of us?" Donna questioned with a raised brow and Batman nodded his head while walking over to her and Kid-Flash.

"The answer is simple. She divided her power four ways and then placed it into her closest friends. Leaving only the bare minimum for herself." Batman started to explain to the Titans and BB quickly looked at the Dark-Knight in confusion.

"Well that explains me, Star, Cy, and Night but what about Donna and Bart? How'd they survive?" BB questioned and the Dark-Knight knelt down before the two before giving a look to Nightwing.

"Raven had two rings of Azar correct?" He questioned and Nightwing raised a brow before nodding his head. "Then the answer should be obvious…" Batman replied while reaching into Donna's belt and pulled out one of the rings.

"By Hera, when did she put that on me?" Donna questioned while snatching the ring as Batman rose back to his feet.

"The same time she gave the majority of her power to the other Titans." Batman replied before looking over to Kid-Flash with a deep frown. "Bart, check around in your boots and gloves, I'll bet you'll find one as well." He then asked and Kid-Flash blinked before taking off one of his boots and shook out another Ring of Azar from it.

"Well I'll be… I just thought it was some rubble…" Kid-Flash admitted to himself as he picked up the ring and clasped it in his hand for a moment.

"But if that's the case why didn't Raven protect Nar as well?" Cy questioned and Etrigan decided to answer for the Dark-Knight this time.

"It comes from the boys power to heal, like Jason and me, he was the fox demon's seal." Etrigan rhymed once more and Batman scowled deeply as that added even more to the blond's past, and none of it could be good if he were alone…

"You mean that Fox was inside the boy like you are inside Jason, Etrigan?" Shayera questioned of the orange skinned demon and he frowned for a moment as he contemplated a way to explain.

"Nay, I'm afraid its not the same dear lass, for this demon is vile, devious, and in another class." Etrigan replied in rhyme and Batman frowned to himself before Dr. Fate slowly sat up and took several deep breaths of air.

"I'm afraid… things are far worse than that…" Dr. Fate declared and the group turned to face the man as he placed a hand to his head.

"What do you mean?" Batman asked the helmeted man and Dr. Fate sighed before shaking his head an answering them.

"That thing greatly resembles and ancient monster, it's name has been lost to time and story, but… it is usually referred too as the Hell-Beast. It was a monster of such power it could create demons from the negative energy of mortals. It's cruelty was the thing of legends, even Trigon cannot compare…" Dr. Fate replied while Batman crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"What do you know about this thing? Besides being an incarnation of hate and rage as well as the creature that helped Trigon to escape his prison?" Batman questioned of the helmeted man and Dr. Fate placed a hand to his head for a moment.

"Unfortunately I'm not sure… the Hell Beast itself was a powerful being, all else about it has been lost to time." Dr. Fate replied while looking to the Dark-Knight frowned at the lack of information.

"Dude, like what does that mean?" BB suddenly asked while leaning over to Donna and she sighed.

"Big-Trouble." She replied and BB made an Oh with his mouth before staying back as Nightwing looked out at the city with a frown.

"As if any of this even matters anymore." Cy muttered while walking forward with his arms crossed over his chest. "Look around, there's nothing left… Nar is gone, Rae's gone, hell the world is gone, we've lost our heavy hitters and look at us we're a ragtag group whose collective power won't even be enough to Tickle those two on a good day… what's the point?" The Titanium teen questioned while rubbing his face and Nightwing glared angrily at his second in command.

"Hope!" The dark haired teen replied while walking to the rest of his team and looking at them all seriously. "That's the point, as long as we're still here we still have a chance, and that's why we're going to keep fighting, not just for the world, but for Raven, and for Naruto as well." Nightwing replied while holding out his hand towards his team, Starfire smiling and placing her hand over his.

"For our friends." She decided with a smile while Cyborg raised a brow towards the Dark-Squire.

"I thought you still had it in for X, and incase you missed the big reveal a while ago, Nar is X." Cy noted while looking at the younger teen and a deep frown crossed Nightwing's features in response.

"Not like that really matters anymore, now does it?" Night replied seriously and Cyborg shook his head with a smirk as he placed his hand over Starfire and Nightiwng's.

"I guess not, and that just means I have one more thing to kick that red fuckers ass over." Cy decided with a grin and BB quickly joined up with the other Titans.

"Yeah, Dudes, lets do this for everyone that guy has hurt!" BB stated while thinking of not only Naruto and Raven but also of Kitten and Killer Moth. However as their hands touched a swirl of familiar black energy crackled to life at their hands and then threw them back. Slowing to a stop, the four Titans looked to one another in shock before Cyborg finally broke the silence.

"Okay that felt weird…" He declared and BB nodded his head in agreement with his Titanium friend. Looking to his hand and then over to Batman, Nightwing narrowed his eyes before clenching his fist.

"It's like Batman said, since she couldn't stop Trigon from coming, Raven divided up her powers to protect us. She gave us a way to fight him." Night stated while holding up his hand, flames of ebony magic dancing from his opened palm.

"And it seems to grow stronger as we stand as one." Starfire realized as well while walking to her friends and they all looked over to Batman and the JLU.

"So what's the plan?" Nightwing questioned and Batman raised a brow his arms crossed over his chest as he looked to his former protégée.

"Plan? I'm not the one in charge here remember. This is your city it's your call, Dick." Batman reminded the teen and Nightwing felt his eyes widen for a moment before shaking his head and sighing.

"As much as I want to say that we can do this on our own it'd be a lie, we can't fight both Trigon and this Kyuubi thing… so…" Nightwing said to the Dark-Knight while then taking a breath as he swallowed his pride and walked up to Batman silently. "Will you please help us stop them?" Nightwing pleaded of the Dark-Knight and Batman was silent for a moment before he hummed and turned to the edge of the spire.

"We need to act quickly, every moment we wait only gives Trigon more time to recuperate his strength." Batman finally decided and then turned to face the gathered heroes, Cyborg charging his Sonic-Cannon.

"What do we do first?" The Titanium teen questioned and Batman narrowed his eyes silently.

"The only thing we can do at this point, attack them before they can attack us first." Batman replied while looking to the distance, where Trigon sat upon Titans tower, using it as a throne, Kyuubi to the south, sleeping within the entire Jump-City Arena as if it were a bed with its tails wrapped around its body…

(Tartarus HQ…)

Upon Naruto leaving the building, the majority of Tartarus had begun to prepare a party to celebrate their leaders day of birth. Jinx of course found out and had been against the whole thing, however eventually caved in and agreed to help them, if only to make this birthday better than the ones he'd had before. However, clearly that no longer mattered, as now the building Tartarus called their HQ lay in ruins, its walls and ceiling having fallen in on itself.

Within the ruined building, several people slowly stir before Jinx gets up and groans, a hand going to her head while never noticing that the String of Beads Naruto had given to her was glowing softly. "Ugh… my head…" She muttered before shaking her head and looking around the dilapidated building for a moment, only to gape when she saw the crimson sky above. "Somehow, I just know this is Raven's fault…" Jinx then said mostly to herself with a frown then looked to the side as Dani flew out of some rubble and wobbled in the air.

"Oh man, what hit me?" She wondered to herself while becoming tangible once more and landing on the rubble. Frowning for a moment, Jinx then looked to the ring on her finger she'd obtained from the others, as well as the String of Beads with a frown upon seeing both were glowing.

"Okay, why is the ring you guys gave me glowing?" Jinx then asked flatly while looking to Dani, who opened one eye and shrugged her shoulders. Looking around, Jinx saw Mammoth getting up, pushing a slab of rock off of himself and Gizmo.

"Oi, did the world just end or what?" Gizmo wondered aloud while rubbing his aching head, Jinx looking to the skull with a frown before sighing.

"From the looks of the sky I'd say your pretty close, Giz." Jinx replied while Gizmo blinked then looked up to the sky and groaned.

"Shit, I hate when I'm right!" The Tiny-Terror declared while Mammoth picked the Tiny-Terror up and placed him on his shoulder. Private-HIVE then stood up, teeth gritted as he pushed a slab of rock off of himself, Duela groaning as she got up from under the militant teen.

"Oh my head…" She mumbled while rubbing her temples and looked to the side where Kid-Wykkyd walked out of a dark portal apathetically. To the side, Blackfire kicked down a wall and dragged Seemore out of the debris, waving away some dust as she left the one-eyed-teen on the ground to groan.

"Where's Billy?" Jinx asked and all of them looked around and then watched as Billy crawled out from beneath some rubble with a groan.

"Ugh… Billy don't want to do that again, how bout you Billy?" The red clad teen questioned of one of his clones and it nodded its head in agreement with him.

"No way, Billy done with this… I'm going to go on vacation when dis here crisis passes…" The Clone replied, getting a nod of agreement with the original Billy as they both got up and walked over to the other members of Tartarus.

"Okay, who knows what just happened?" Blackfire demanded while brushing off some rubble from her armor. Blinking for a moment, Jinx looked around and mentally cursed, as they all seemed to be looking to her for an answer.

"I don't know, you got any ideas, Giz?" Jinx asked while turning to the Tiny-Terror and Gizmo snorted while giving them all a glare.

"Would you snot munchers get a clue? I know even less about what's going on than the rest of you! Especially since all my tech besides my personal gear is smashed!" The Tiny-Terror exclaimed and Blackfire rolled her eyes while looking over to Jinx, the pink-haired girl groaning as she rubbed her face tiredly.

"Well then will someone please tell me what just happened around here?" Jinx demanded and Kid-Wykkyd narrowed his eyes while turning to an intruder.

"Quite simple actually. The world just ended." The voice of Ravager commented as the white haired girl made her way towards Tartarus.

"You! You're the one who took control of me and nearly got me killed!" Blackfire hissed out while glaring at the white haired teen, Ravager rolling her eyes for a moment before smirking.

"True. But I'm also the only one who knows what's going on." Ravager replied and Jinx gave Blackfire a look, the Tameranian reluctantly reframing from ripping the white haired girl in half. "What you see now, is the result of Trigon breaking his way into our world… The Rings of Azar you all wear have protected you all from the power of Trigon, or else you'd all be statues right now." Ravager then explained while motioning around to the devastation around them all.

"Wait! The big fucker is loose!" Gizmo demanded and Ravager nodded her head with a smirk. "Screw that man! If he's here, then I'm going to Tameran!" Gizmo decided only for Mammoth to bop him on the head for the remark.

"Even if you tried to flee this world, once Trigon gathers his strength he'll begin to spread his influence even farther. Until finally, all worlds will fall under his complete control…" Ravager stated darkly and the members of Tartarus gulped audibly before looking around.

"Where's Temp when you need him?" Jinx wondered and a slim frown crossed Ravager's face at that point.

"Unfortunately, it appears your leader had a Demon sealed inside of him. This beast has now been freed by Trigon as well… and so we have TWO big pissed off Demon's out to destroy all mortal life. Not one." Ravager added and Jinx's eyes widened at that tidbit of information before a bad feeling gripped at her stomach.

"Then… what happened to, Tempest?" She asked and Ravager crossed her arms and leaned back into a wall, her eye closed.

"He was ripped apart from the inside out, both he and Raven have been more or less destroyed by the two escaping their prisons through them…" Ravager replied curtly and Jinx's eyes widened before she grit her teeth.

"I just knew that girl was going to be the death of him!" She exclaimed while throwing her arms into the air and Blackfire mentally rolled her eyes before looking to Ravager with a scowl.

"Then what exactly do you suggest we do? We have no leader, no home, and nowhere left to run…" Blackfire listed while ticking off her fingers before Dani decided to pipe in her own suggestion.

"Why not hide in the Ghost Zone?" She asked and Ravager mentally groaned.

"The Ghost Zone is linked to the earth, what affects this world also affects it, thus I'm afraid even it wouldn't be safe for very long." Ravager replied and Dani nodded her head slowly as she saw how that might be a problem.

"Besides I'm not hiding anywhere! I'm going to find this big ol' Demon and skin it for what it did to, Temp!" Jinx declared, her eyes glowing a brilliant pink color and causing an amused smirk to cross Ravager's lips.

"Oh really? And just how do you expect to defeat a Demon, no, not only a Demon but a Low S class Demon and a High A class demon, when they're together, and with only a small, ragtag group that doesn't look like it could take a B-class demon on its own?" Ravager quipped with a frown and Jinx twitched before growling towards the white haired girl angrily.

"Well we have to do something! I'm sure as hell not sitting around just waiting to die!" Jinx declared and Gizmo snorted for a moment before muttering something under his breath.

"Alright, I'm with her, I'm sure as hell not going to just sit here and wait to die! And if this Demon thing took out Temp, well then Tartarus are going to teach it a lessen it'll never forget!" Gizmo declared while Mammoth grinned and cracked his knuckles ominously, Ravage looking on for only a moment before a smirk crossed her lips.

"Very well. But we need to meet up with the only other survivors and coordinate our attacks if we are to be effective against this threat." Ravager then stated while walking over to Kid-Wykkyd and smirked down at the grey skinned youth. "Take us to the Sky-Needle, from there I'll show you where we need to go." Ravager explained and Kid-Wykkyd nodded before pulling his cape up and swinging it around to encompass all of Tartarus. Once he did, a black sphere appeared where they had been a scant few moments before, only to shrink and then vanish into itself…

(In town…)

A hand suddenly burst out of the rubble that had once been an old dilapidated observatory once owned by Dr. Chang. From the rubble the hand soon grasped hold of some debris and pulled a body from beneath it. Twisting up out of the rubble, the man frowned upon seeing the mangled wreck that was his body. 'I really must find a more sturdy host in the future.' Orochimaru decided while opening his mouth and allowing another him to form out of it, his body repaired as if he'd never been harmed at all. Shaking his head for a moment, the man then stretched out his limbs, ensuring that they were all working properly before clicking his tongue.

Orochimaru then frowned as he noticed that his false skin was partially ripped open and revealed some of his Host's true features. Shaking his head, Orochimaru ripped the flesh from his face and allowed it to fall to the ground. Forming a few quick hand seals he then created a new version of his face over his host's. This one had pale white skin and the familiar tattoos Orochimaru was known for. Climbing to his feet, the serpentine man then looked out over the ruined city with a smirk on his face.

"Hmm… seems I was correct, the apocalypse has truly come." The Snake-Eyed man mused while looking to the side, where Trigon was sitting on Titans-Tower like it was some kind of throne. "Hmm… it would seem that the Demon's of this world are a might sight more… 'Mutated' than the ones in my world." Orochimaru mused to himself before crossing his arms when he saw the massive orange beast sleeping within the entirety of the Jump-City arena. "Now that can only mean trouble, The Kyuubi and it's free from Naruto-kun…" Orochimaru noted with a deep frown across his face, and then crossed his arms over his chest.

"Now things look less predictable, that red Demon alone looks like it was able to cause this amount of damage to the world… add on the Kyuubi and it's power to the mix and you have one very bad situation." Orochimaru mused to himself while looking at the scene and spotted several tiny dots heading straight for Trigon. "And of course those "Teen Titans" being the foolish do-gooder children that they are will have to attempt to defeat it head on." Orochimaru noted while looking at the city with a frown, then looked over the terrain for a moment.

"Hmm… all the buildings have been mostly destroyed, the water has somehow become lava, and the sky has turned red…" Orochimaru noted before kicking a large slab of rubble to his side, frowning when he was able to break it. Clicking his tongue, the man then took a Kunai and stabbed his leg, bearing the stab of pain and frowning as the scene didn't vanish as he somewhat hoped it would. "And none of it is an illusion either…" Orochimaru noted, and then smirked as he watched Trigon send the Titans flying with a single attack, shaking his head slowly at the sight.

"Humph, children, no matter what world their in, they are all the same. Foolish, cocky, headstrong, arrogant… it actually amuses me to see something so similar to my own world is true here. Ku ku ku ku ku." Orochimaru mused with a dark chuckle as he looked at the city, only to feel a presence behind himself. "Ah, someone else who's survived the end of the world…" Orochimaru mused with a smirk as he let out a dark chuckle. "No doubt with all of we survivors working together there might be some slight amount of hope in defeating these demons." Orochimaru mused aloud while slowly turning around to face the presence he'd felt behind him.

"Perhaps, but that's not why I'm here." Slade replied while walking out of the shadows, the S shaped rune erased from his brow as he walked over to Orochimaru. "You are Orochimaru, correct?" Slade questioned while looking to the visibly serpentine man and the white-skinned body snatcher grinned darkly.

"You are correct. And judging by your armor, mask, and costume, I would have to say that you are the one called, Slade." Orochimaru returned while the sick smirk on the white skinned man's lips gave even Slade a shiver of fear.

"Correct, and I believe that we can benefit from one another, Orochimaru." Slade replied, causing the serpentine man to raise a slender brow as he gazed at Slade coldly.

"Really now… how do you see that?" Orochimaru questioned calmly and Slade folded his arms behind his back silently.

"I have access to a certain chemical, one that causes the body to constantly regenerate itself, keeping the body from aging even a day after its inoculation, and even reviving the one using it from all but the most fatal of wounds." Slade replied and a cruel grin stretched across Orochimaru's lips while looking to the man.

"In other words… you would offer me immortality." Orochimaru realized and Slade nodded his head silently while gazing at the man coldly. "Well then, what is it that you desire in exchange then, sir?" Orochimaru questioned and Slade turned and pointed towards the massive hole in the center of the ruins where the library once stood.

"Help me retrieve what I have lost, and the formula will be yours." Slade replied peaking Orochimaru's interest as the snake-eyed man raised a brow and grinned.

"Really now. And what is it that you have lost?" Orochimaru questioned and Slade narrowed his eyes.

"That which is most precious to me…" He replied before reaching up and removing his mask from his face, revealing the skull that lay beneath it. "My flesh and blood…" Slade uttered in a sinister voice while looking towards Orochimaru, the said pale man merely grinning upon seeing what had become of the man.

"Ah, I think I'm going to enjoy this, perhaps I can… require a few things as well." Orochimaru mused aloud before walking over to the man and holding out his hand, Slade taking as both shook on their proverbial "Deal with the Devil" but who was making the deal with whom was the real question…

(Elsewhere…)

The Titans landed in the crater that had once been the library of Jump-City, bouncing across the floor before sliding to a halt. Groaning lightly, Cyborg pushed himself up to his feet and put a hand to his head. "Guess that wasn't angry enough." He mumbled, referring to something Starfire had said about Raven's power reacting to strong emotions. BB shook his head as he pushed himself up as well, only to sigh as he looked around the massive crater Trigon had come from.

"Of all the places to crash and burn, why'd it have to be here?" The Green Jester wondered aloud, even as Nightwing climbed back to his feet and placed a hand to his head. Starfire then flew from the back of the room, rubbing one of her arms and wincing as she looked around the massive room.

"Please, I wish to leave to leave this place." Starfire pleaded while Nightwing crossed his arms with a frown across his face.

"I guess Raven's power wasn't enough to destroy him, but at least we now know Trigon can at least be harmed." Nightwing noted to himself while walking towards the stairs that Raven had used earlier. "Our next attack will have to be more coordinated." Night then added before looking up, Shayera landing in a crater, soon followed by Dr. Fate, Kid-Flash, Donna, Etrigan and Batman.

"Dude!" BB cried while rushing over to them, Dr. Fate pushing himself up with one arm only to fall back.

"That Kyuubi… is definitely more dangerous than it seems… it managed to beat us all by merely flicking its tails about…" Dr. Fate explained through a pained grunt as he held his very bruised ribs; even he could only take so much punishment. "To deal with those of us restricted to the ground it slammed into it with its tail to cause an earthquake, knocking most of us off balance long enough for it to slam its tails into us, knocking us around like we were nothing to it…" Dr. Fate explained while holding his side, BB helping the man up while Starfire helped Shayera.

"Then how'd it deal with those of you flying?" Nightwing questioned and Batman pulled himself up, holding his ribs with a frown.

"It created a fire storm and blew it towards them then started flicking them to the ground with its tails." Batman explained and Nightwing gaped for a moment before frowning as he realized just how screwed they really were.

"Then… after it got us all to the ground, it made a hurricane and sent us all flying away." Kid-Flash finished while rubbing his head with a pained grimace, Donna pushing herself to her feet and wobbling for a moment.

"How did your attack on Trigon go?" Batman questioned and Nightwing grimaced visibly while looking to his former mentor.

"Not much better, he beat us without even having to move. We only managed to inflict minimal damage, and it seemed like he was growing." Nightwing replied and a frown crossed Batman's lips as he considered that for a moment.

"He's gathering his strength, if we don't stop him soon he'll be strong enough to finish us all off." Batman replied while crossing his arms with a deep frown crossing his features.

"Don't forget that Fox thing! It's huge, nasty, and it packs a punch!" Kid-Flash reminded and Batman nodded his head in agreement with the red haired boy.

"Dude, we could seriously use some help here. We're a group of ten taking on two army sized Demons! There's no way we can take them both down on our own, even with our powers!" The Green Jester declared and then turned when he heard a snort, only to gape. Following his eyes, the rest of the Titans frowned upon seeing the bulk of Tartarus, Jinx at the front with a frown on her face.

"Well you're all in luck, cause we're currently available at a very reasonable price." Jinx noted while flicking her hand, pink Hex-Energy floating off of it as she then flipped off of the rim of the ceiling and landed on the ground. The Rest of Tartarus then followed the pinkette before standing before the Titans and JLU members present.

"Oh man it's Batman…" Seemore noted fearfully, Billy gulping when he saw the Dark-Knight once again.

"What the… how did you guys survive!" Cyborg demanded while glaring at Gizmo, the Tiny-Terror grinning as he faced off against the Titanium Teen.

"What's the matter robo-geek? Not happy to see us?" Gizmo asked and the twitch to Cyborg's eye was all he needed before a grin crossed the midgets lips. "Oh are you afraid we're going to upstage you loser titans?" Gizmo quipped and Cyborg growled at the Tiny-Terror, his normal eye twitching wildly as he does so.

"I'll have you know we have everything perfectly under control!" Cyborg declared and Jinx raised a brow while looking around for a moment.

"Oh yes, and from the look of things around here you're doing such a wonderful job…" Jinx quipped dryly, Cyborg growling only for Nightwing to place a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"What do you want?" Nightwing demanded and Jinx took a mock-thoughtful look for a moment before answering.

"Besides heroes who can do their job and keep the world from being destroyed?" She asked riling the majority of the Titans' tempers and Batman pinched the bridge of his nose before walking forward.

"You're here because of X aren't you?" The Dark-Knight questioned, briefly catching Jinx off guard before she frowned towards the man.

"Well I guess your not called the worlds greatest detective for nothing…" Jinx mumbled quietly while then placing her hands onto her hips. "Alright fine, we're here cause of her saying we need to work with you losers." Jinx explained while pointing her thumb over to The Ravager, the white haired girl walking out of the shadows calmly.

"Aw hell no! There is no way we're working with that psychopath!" Cy exclaimed while pointing to the white haired girl, a scowl crossing Nightwings lips as well as he watched her walk towards Batman.

"You really need to keep them on a leash." She commented calmly and Batman noticed the Rings of Azar she and Tartarus were wearing. "Besides, I'm not here to fight, I'm here to help." Ravager then added while crossing her arms over her chest, a frown across her face as she looked at the Dark-Knight silently.

"So I see you did kill the members of the Order of Skath, you needed their rings of Azar to give to Tartarus… or was that Slade's plan?" Batman questioned of the girl and saw a slight facial twitch nearly no one else would notice. "I see. So what did Slade plan on doing, getting his payment then betraying Trigon?" Batman questioned of the white haired girl and she narrowed her sole eye onto the man angrily.

"Do you want to stay here and talk about the old man or are we going to get to planning a counterattack against Trigon and Kyuubi?" Ravager demanded flatly and the Dark Knight nodded his head while turning to the Titans and JLU.

"We'll focus on dealing with Trigon first. His abilities will be only slightly more difficult to deal with than this Kyuubi Creature." Batman decided while walking over to Dr. Fate to discus something.

"The fact that he's the reason Raven is gone being only a minor reason I suppose…" Ravager mused aloud, only to smirk as Starfire lunged at her and grabbed her by her collar.

"You will not speak of our friend! Both you and your father have brought nothing but pain and misery to me and my friends!" Starfire growled at the girl, actually causing Blackfire to grin for a moment.

"And to think you stopped me from doing the same thing even though she almost killed me." Blackfire noted, a little too loudly, and Starfire's eyes started to blaze a bright green as she formed a Starbolt into one hand.

"Must you make her even more pissed off than she already was?" Dani demanded while Duela fell over laughing to herself, Nightwing slapping his face.

"Ugh… she's here as well? Let's just send Duela to the Demons, she'll drive them so crazy they'll want to go back to hell…" Nightwing offered flippantly and Beast-Boy and Kid-Flash both snickered while Cyborg and Donna pulled Starfire off of Ravager, the girl screaming a slew of Tameranian curses, enough to cause even Blackfire to blush at the vulgar swearing…

"Uh, what's she saying?" Seemore questioned and Blackfire blinked for a moment before shaking her head.

"You really, really don't want to know…" She stated while looking at her sister with a look of shock on her face. "And I really never thought she had such a dirty mouth before…" Blackfire added while looking on in shock, as they had to drag Starfire away from the white haired girl. Cracking her neck and rubbing her shoulder for a moment, Ravager frowned while looking to the glaring Tameranian.

"You should really keep her under control… I only offer to help because it suits me. Neither me nor my father would wish this fate upon the world." Ravager stated simply and Starfire shouted another slew of curses towards the white haired girl.

"Enough, this bickering isn't helping any of us." Batman growled out while giving a look to Starfire, before turning to Ravager. "Now then, your father worked with Trigon so you must know something about him." Batman reasoned and Ravager nodded her head silently for a moment.

"Trigon is all seeing, his mind can be anywhere at anytime… there is no way to surprise him unless you divert his attention elsewhere. Making a sneak attack against him almost completely impossible." Ravager explained while Batman frowned for a moment while rubbing his chin.

"Almost but not impossible. If we split into two groups one can draw Trigon's attention to them, while the rest of us attack him from behind." Batman mused to himself while walking away and Cyborg stared at the man as if he were crazy.

"And how are we supposed to do that? We already tried fighting him, look where it got us!" Cyborg reminded the Dark-Knight and a smirk crossed Ravager's lips as she looked over to the Titanium Teen mockingly.

"It's the end of the world, did you really expect it to be easy?" Ravager quipped dryly, looking towards the large group with a deep frown across her face. "Now then, the trip to this realm has weakened Trigon greatly, his powers are at less than half what they should be. That alone gives us an advantage, but with the Rings of Azar we have, perhaps we'll be better able to survive." Ravager added while looking to the JLU silently, Batman frowning slightly before noticing Dr. Fate nodding his head.

"She makes a point, and we're wasting what precious little time we have left. We must focus our energies on defeating Trigon, not fighting each other." Dr. Fate piped up as he limped his way over to the group with Shayera and Etrigan.

"Agreed. The Titans will draw Trigon's attention, he's only aware of them at the moment. The rest of us will attack Trigon while he's distracted, hopefully that will be enough. But first we'll need to redistribute the Rings of Azar if we're to utilize them to the fullest." Batman finally decided and a frown crossed Jinx's lips as she looked over to Nightwing, the masked teen narrowing his eyes onto the pink haired girl.

"Don't get too used to this Boy-Blunder, as soon as these Demons are dead, I'm taking my pent up frustrations out on everyone here who had something to do with Temp vanishing like he did…" Jinx growled out with a twitch as Pink Energy swirling around the arm that the String of Beads was located on. Turning on her heel, the girl marched off with Tartarus following behind her, the JLU going out with Ravager afterwards.

"Dude, she seriously needs some anger management classes…" BB noted aloud while looking to his friends, Cyborg sighing as he rubbed his face for a moment.

"I'm almost hoping Trigon totals us…" Cyborg muttered as he followed after the two groups, Nightwing frowning before doing the same.

"Titans, Move Out." He ordered and the rest of the team followed behind their leader and into the city once more…

(?)

Somewhere hidden from mortal eyes, in a place where no human has ever dared walk before. It is a world of fire and brimstone; massive stone formations shaped like ravens are all around and pour lava into rivers, lakes, and even streams throughout its depths. Deep within this vile underworld is a circular rock formation, a familiar blond laying on it. Naruto groaned lightly before opening his eyes, looking around for a moment, the blond groaned and sat up. Taking in his surroundings, Naruto frowned upon seeing a world comprised solely of fire and brimstone…

"Master, are you alright?" Kusanagi questioned within the mind of the blond and Naruto groaned while rubbing his head.

'No… I let the Kyuubi trick me… he escaped the seal… and what's even worse is that I wasn't able to save Kara-Chan.' Naruto replied inwardly while closing his eyes and then leaned forward with a frown.

"Master you must get up, we still have much work to do." The Kusanagi reminded the blond while pulsing on his back and the blond reached a hand back to touch the swords hilt.

'Do? Do what? I just got ripped to shreds from the inside out… and my Chakra Coils feel like it… I don't think I could even make a low-powered Rasengan if I tried to.' The blond reminded the blade with a grimace, his internal energy feeling as though it had expanded then just exploded from within him. The Kusanagi grimaced as it could feel this as well; the demon's Chakra had been held too deeply within his coils and ripped them open upon its escape.

"True, your power has been reduced. But it would seem that doesn't matter, your still here after all." The Sword noted and Naruto gave the blond that much before closing his eyes and feeling the gaping hole in his Chakra-Coils.

'Yeah… which is weird, when this happened I should've been killed… although from the looks of things I'm not in the world of the living anymore.' Naruto noted mostly to himself, half expecting to see a hole in his stomach, though instead it was just feel a burn on his skin under his suit where the Kyuubi's seal once was.

"With all do respect, Master, things could be much worse than this." The Kusanagi noted aloud and Naruto scoffed while crossing his arms over his chest.

'Oh really, how do you see that?' The blond inwardly demanded of the legendary blade and it was silent for a moment, contemplating its response.

"Well… you could've been possessed by Kyuubi instead of it just escaping, something I know we both don't want. Trigon could've made a clone of your mother to demoralize you, you could be completely powerless to do anything…" The Kusanagi listed and Naruto made a mental note not to ask that, the blade had some good ideas and he only hoped nothing heard any of them.

'Fine, things could be worse, but right now, I've lost the girl I love, the demon that was once sealed inside of my is now free and probably running amuck, and I have no idea where I am!' Naruto reminded the sword angrily and the sword was silent as it contemplated a response.

"In my own experience, when one hits "Rock Bottom" master, the only place to go, is up… and there isn't any place in the world that's more Rock Bottom than here I assure you." Kusanagi offered and Naruto looked upwards, a frown crossing his features as he realized that the sword was most likely correct.

'True, and I suppose I really shouldn't mope, I've got demon up top side whose ass needs a serious kicking!' Naruto thought to himself with a dark glare, only to blink when he felt a presence nearby. Turning around, the blond then gaped when he saw a familiar face within the depths of The Inferno he'd found himself in.

"Welcome to Hell, Naruto-Kun." The blond heard and turned his head and widened his eyes upon seeing Uchiha Itachi leaning back against a boulder as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

"I… Itachi? What?" Naruto asked while groaning and pushing himself up to his feet, only to sway as he nearly lost his balance.

"As I said, welcome to hell… or more specifically Trigon's prison." Itachi replied calmly a bored look across his face as he watched Naruto hold his arms out to balance himself for a moment.

"Hell huh… somehow… I pictured something different." Naruto admitted mostly to himself while looking around the world of fire and Itachi hnned for a moment before pushing himself off of the boulder and over to the blond. "Also, how the hell are you here?" Naruto then questioned and Itachi hnned once more even as he passed the blond haired teen.

"This is Hell Naruto-Kun, here the physical and the Meta-Physical are one and the same. I am a spirit, and due to the nature of hell, I can have form here." Itachi explained even while walking down a long winding path.

"The do you know how we got down here in the first place?" Naruto asked the man with a raised brow and Itachi nodded his head as they wandered further through the depths of hell.

"The reason Kyuubi was freed from the seal was because you entered the array Raven used to summon Trigon. However, since you clearly couldn't be sealed inside of yourself, and it was a one way portal, you were thereby transported into the depths of Trigon's former prison…" The dark haired Uchiha explained to the blond haired teen as they journeyed further into the depths of The Inferno.

"Okay, then what do we do next?" Naruto asked as he followed the man as he walked down into the very depths of hell.

"We find your girl, Raven and save her from this hell, find you a way to return to earth, and you defeat both Kyuubi and Trigon of course." Itachi replied with a strange smile on his face as he explained. Raising a brow for a moment Naruto narrowed his eyes onto the man with a frown.

"How do you even know she's down here? I mean, this isn't the only version of hell in existence is it?" Naruto asked seriously and Itachi closed his eyes for a moment before answering.

"Because, it stands to reason that if you are here, so is she. You are also correct in assuming there are other Hell's out there…" The Dark Haired Uchiha replied simply, Naruto smirking to himself as he followed him.

"Sounds good to me." The blond replied while following behind Itachi, the man walking over to a doorway.

"Be forewarned Naruto-kun, not all is as it appears in this Infernal Abyss…" Itachi suddenly warned and a deep frown crossed Naruto's features while looking to the Dark haired Uchiha.

"Trust me, I'm more than ready for anything this place can throw at me." Naruto declared and Itachi shook his head before placing his hands against the door.

"No… your not." Itachi retorted while giving the blond a cold look, then pushed the doors open to reveal the true depths of Hell to his blond haired companion.

"Okay… this could take a while." Naruto admitted while looking into the depths with Itachi nodding his head in agreement before starting down the first portion of their journey to find Raven…

(Jump-City…)

Trigon continued resting against Titans Tower; gathering his depleted strength, even as a tiny green bird made its way to him. Flying into Trigon's ear, BB flew as deep inside of it as he could before suddenly changing into a whale Inside of his head. Trigon's eyes snapped open as he did and he roared out in pain, thrashing about slightly while shaking his head from side to side. Gripping his head with both hands, the demon then walked forward, into some lava and snarled in anger. As he did however, Starfire and Cyborg flew towards Trigon from the distance.

Upon approaching the massive demon, Starfire twisted where she was before finally tossing Cyborg straight for Trigon. The Titanium Teen growled as he unlocked his Sonic-Cannon upon approaching the massive red demon. Roaring out Cyborg then fired his cannon at Trigon, only to widen his eyes as a barrier protected him. The Barrier then sent the sound waves flying back at Cyborg, knocking him back to where Starfire quickly caught him before he could fall to the lava below.

"I believe that we have obtained his attention!" Starfire noticed while flying towards solid ground so she could release the metal-teen. As she did, BB slipped out of Trigon's ear and changed shapes into a bird, flying over to solid land and returning to his normal form, completely covered in earwax.

"Just remind me not to do that again, dudes earwax is way beyond nasty!" The Green Titan grumbled out while shaking as much of the earwax from his form as he could. Soon Starfire and Cyborg landed behind the green teen and Trigon turned towards them with narrowed eyes. Inhaling briefly, Trigon then spewed forth a torrent of lava towards the three Titans. Ending his attack, a frown crossed Trigon's face when the smoke cleared and he saw a glowing red shield around the three and a familiar ring on Starfire's finger.

However before he could do anything else, Shayera came at him from the side, slamming her mace into the side of Trigon's head. The Demon cried out as the attack slammed into his skull, knocking him over to the side and stumbling back while Shayera flew around. Dr. Fate then threw his hands up as he flew next to Donna casting a quick spell and attacking Trigon from the side, slamming his power into the demon's side. On the ground, those who were unable to fly merely hung back as the flying members of the team did their job.

Stumbling to the side, Trigon swung a fist towards the annoying "Flies" near him only for Donna and Dr. Fate to quickly fly out of the way. Growling angrily, Trigon then roared out in pain as a burst of white fire from Dani connected with his face, causing him to stumble back as Blackfire fired her eyebeams into his chest. The red demon fell back into Titans Tower with a grunt, nearly crushing what was left of the building before opening his glowing red eyes. He then saw Etrigan and raised a brow as the demon breathed a torrent of flames towards him.

"Ah Etrigan, its been quite a while since I saw you last, still in the service of these pathetic mortals I see… how sad to see such a high ranking demon fall so far." Trigon mused before kicking Etrigan with one hoofed foot, sending him flying back into Jump-City where he smashed into a building. Narrowing his eyes as he did, Trigon then watched as the flying members of the group lunged at him from the sky. "I've had enough of these games!" The massive demon growled out before inhaling a deep breath, his chest puffing out before he breathed out a torrent of lava towards them.

However much like with the others three rings of Azar protected them from Trigon's power, one Dr. Fate was carrying, one by Shayera, and the last one by Blackfire. Narrowing his eyes, Trigon then saw Dani heading his way and raised a brow before reaching up and grabbing her with one hand. "What business do the spirits have in this world?" Trigon wondered and Dani grit her teeth as the massive beast squeezed her in his massive hand, then grunted as Shayera came at him once more.

"Begone false Angel, you are not welcome in my world!" Trigon growled out while lifting his massive arm and slamming it down on top of her, sending her flying towards the ground but Starfire quickly caught her. As Starfire carried Shayera, Trigon stared at Dani as she struggled in his grasp, unable to break his grip or phase out of it.

"Dammit… will you just let me… GO!" Dani shouted, causing a loud screaming echo of green sound waves to shoot out at Trigon, slamming into his head and loosening his grip on her. Hovering for a moment, Dani then muttered before flying out of the way as a pissed off Trigon reached for her. "Great, now I have a sound wave type attack like dad or Ember…" The white haired ghostling girl grumbled while flying through the air, forming a pair of white fireballs into her hands as she turned and fired two streams at Trigon, the red Demon grunting as he held up one hand to block the flames.

Trigon growled darkly as she did and then pushed her flames back at her, knocking her from the sky. Blackfire flew down and caught her however, Dani shaking her head while rubbing her temples. "Oi, never again… I am never doing that ever again." The girl muttered under her breath as they came to the ground, Dr. Fate and Donna still flying towards the red demon above them.

Muttering a chant, Dr. Fate fired a blast of magic at Trigon, the beam slamming into the demon's chest. Grunting, Trigon narrowed his eyes before throwing his arm forward, a murder of ravens flowing out of his hand and into Dr. Fate. The Gold-helmeted man grunting as the birds knocked him off balance, Trigon reaching up and slamming the man down into the ground. As he did Donna lunged up and slammed her hands into the side of Trigon's face, only for the demon to exhale through his nose, knocking Donna back where he backhanded the girl to the ground.

"Man, they got totally creamed!" Kid-Flash said while Nightwing narrowed his eyes as Trigon grunted for a moment before narrowing his eyes as he noticed the gold rings that several members of the group were wearing.

"You carry a rings of Azar, no doubt they are relics from former minions." Trigon noted gruffly while the three Titans stood unwavering against his glare. "It matters not… fighting you is beneath me." Trigon then declared while narrowing his four crimson eyes and causing them to glow brightly. As they glowed, a massive S shaped rune appeared beneath them, red lightning crawling up from it and into the heroes among the group. As it did, Batman clenched his fists and walked out of the seal, seemingly unaffected by it, Shayera did the same while activating her hammer at the same time, and Etrigan dragged Dr. Fate from the seal.

"Twould seem you are well aware of the darkness in your hearts, a pity, I would've so loved to see you do battle with it." Trigon noted with a frown while Tartarus as a whole walked out of the seal, grunting as the lightning tried to hold onto them, Ravager also walking out.

"Ha! We don't just acknowledge it buddy! We embrace our darkness! There's no way you can turn it against us!" Jinx shouted at Trigon with a grin on her face, the massive demon raising a brow before smirking sinisterly as he looked at the two groups.

"I see, but can that be said for the rest of your friends as well?" Trigon questioned and the two groups turned to see the Titans were unable to move, Starfire's hair rising and a black and white version of herself with red eyes flew out of her body. A similar creature crawling out of Beast-Boy's back, another punching its way through Cyborg's chest. Still more appeared as Kid-Flash shook in place, a hand reaching out of his side before a doppelganger of him stepped out of his body, Donna grit her teeth as one pulled itself out of her back, and finally, Nightwing grit his teeth before crying out as a final one escaped from within him…

"Aw shit, just figures the damn Titans would have a dark side he could use against them…" The Tiny-Terror grumbled while the rest of Tartarus nodded their heads in agreement with him. Falling to their knees, the Titans then looked to the side where dust had been kicked up into the air only to slowly be blown away by the breeze, revealing the Titan Doppelgangers to them.

"Heh… somehow I thought I was taller." BB mumbled while staring at his Doppelganger with wide eyes, the other Titans choosing not to comment.

"I may be the source of all darkness, but you are your own worst enemies." Trigon commented with a dark chuckle as the Shadow-Titans grinned towards the real Titans. The Shadow-Cyborg lunged forward first, nearly hovering before the real Cyborg with a smirk.

"Raven wasn't the only one with a bad side." The shadow creature noted darkly before slamming a fist into Cyborg's face, sending him flying back while the rest of the Shadow-Titans lunged at their counterparts.

"Aw crap! We can't beat the normal titans on a good day without, Temp! Now we've got to deal with a bunch of evil clones!" Gizmo demanded while staring at the sight and Blackfire frowned when she saw the clone of Starfire throwing Starbolts at her real sister.

"Normally, I wouldn't care, but I'm trying to be a better sister so I say we at least try to help them." Blackfire replied before launching herself into the air and ramming into her sister's doppelganger, sending it flying away. "Besides, this way I get to beat up on Starfire and not feel bad about it." Blackfire added to herself while grinning as the false starfire hovered in the air and grinned.

"Oh I don't know "Sister Dear" perhaps I can show you a trick or two." The false Starfire stated with a grin, ramming into Blackfire before twisting around to knee her in the gut, then brought her hands up and slammed them into Blackfire's head, sending her flying into the ground.

"Oh man, something tells me this is really gonna hurt…" Seemore mumbled before Jinx pinched the bridge of her nose and exhaled.

"Alright listen up! Seemore, go and help Blackfire if you can. Billy and Kid-Wykkyd you two go after the fake Kid-Flash! Gizmo, take on that Cyborg wannabe! Mammoth and Duela, you two handle Bad Beast-Boy. Dani, you get to take on Evil-Donna. Private, you and me are taking on Deathwing over there!" Jinx suddenly ordered, a smirk crossing Ravager's lips as she heard the sound line up to take down the Shadow-Titans. "Good then, Tartarus, Attack!" Jinx ordered while pointing over to where the Titans were doing battle with their dark-sides. As they ran off, Shayera looked to a frowning batman and Dr. Fate.

"Should we help them?" She questioned and Batman shook his head.

"At this point it would only tire us out, which is probably what Trigon wants… besides entertainment that is." Batman replied while looking to the battling teens with a frown and Dr. Fate nodded his head in agreement.

"We should take this moment to recuperate, they should be able to deal with the false titans quickly enough…" Dr. Fate replied through panting breaths as he tried to focus so he could regain his strength, Batman frowning as he turned to where Trigon was resting, his body growing slightly larger for a moment.

"Let's just hope they hurry, otherwise even if we do work together, Trigon will be too powerful for us to destroy." Shayera noted while looking to the massive red demon with a frown, the other members of the JLU agreeing with her…

Meanwhile, the Kyuubi slept silently over to the side, however, a single eye soon opened and gazed at the spectacle in the distance. 'He ha ha ha ha ha ha… yes, occupy him and his all seeing eyes, but soon enough, his power will be mine…' Kyuubi thought to himself, while closing his eye and slowly sleeping once more, gathering his strength for what would soon happen to him and Trigon…

(Depths of Hell…)

Naruto and Itachi approached a boat within the depths of hell, the blond gaping as he saw it. "How is a boat floating in lava?" Naruto questioned and Itachi smirked slightly as he hopped into it and gripped the pole next to it, his head snapping to it a moment later. "Something interesting about that, Itachi?" Naruto asked as he hopped into the boat as well and the dark haired man was silent for a moment.

"No, not really, though we may wish to keep it with us." Itachi replied smoothly while shoving off, pushing them downriver and then twirling the staff as he sat down and they floated with the current of the lava. However, unseen by the blond or Itachi, was the four glowing red eyes following them from up above. The eyes belonged to a slender figure that stayed low to the ground and hidden in shadow. It narrowed its eyes as they went further down the river of lava known to most mortals as simply "The River Styx". Moving further along and following after the two silently, unseen…

"So how much do you know about what's going on down here?" Naruto asked as they continued to float downstream and Itachi was silent for a moment before answering the blond haired teen.

"No much really, all I know is what I was able to gleam from your memories." Itachi replied simply and then sighed while standing up and twirling the staff he'd taken in hand for a moment. "Also, look behind you…" Itachi then stated and Naruto turned, only to grumbled as dozen's of Fire-Wraiths started to flow out of the lava and hover towards them ominously.

"Oi, even in hell I can't catch a break…" Naruto muttered while pulling the Kusanagi from his back and narrowed his eyes as the many fire wraiths approached.

"This should be simple enough for the two of us to deal with." Itachi mused while twirling the staff and then lunging forward, swinging it with one hand and slicing a fire wraith in half as he landed on a rock. Not one to be outdone, Naruto lunged forward as well, swinging the Kusanagi with a grin before smirking as he then twisted in the air and swung his blade down on one of the fire-wraiths. Looking to Itachi with a smirk he then watched the man twist and twirl his staff over his head, taking out several of the Fire-Wraiths before twisting on his heel, swinging the entire staff and taking down more of the annoying fire-wraiths.

Twitching as he watched the man upstage him once more, Naruto reached back and pulled over of his Ninjatou before twirling both it and the Kusanagi in hand. Lunging at the incoming Fire-Wraiths with a grin, Naruto jumped up with a roar and swung both blades, landing against a rock once he had. Grinning slightly as several Fire-Wraiths came at him, swinging their tendril like arms at him, the blond jumped up and ran along their length before slicing the Fire-Wraith into pieces and landing against the side of the chasm walls.

Quickly making his way up the side of the wall, Naruto looked back with a grin as several Fire-Wraiths followed him up. "Alright!" The blond cried while twisting the two swords in his hands. "This party's getting crazy, lets rock!" The blond exclaimed as he fell towards the fire-demons, slicing them into pieces and landing on the ground in a low crouch, the bottom of his trench coat rising up as he did. Rising a brow at the display, Itachi then twisted around, destroying several more Fire-Wraiths that came at him before lunging up the side of the chasm as well. Flipping off of the wall and over Naruto, Itachi grabbed his free Ninjatou and landed with a smirk.

"Impressive work, but please let me show you how it's really done, Naruto-kun." Itachi stated as several more Fire-Wraiths came at him and he crouched down before moving forward with lightning fast speed, dicing the fire-wraiths into pieces as he went. Sliding to a halt as a dozens of the Fire-Wraiths came at him, throwing their arms towards him like long flaming whips. Rolling his eyes, Itachin quickly threw off his cloak and jumped into the air, twirling the staff over his head and bringing it down onto the ground, directly through several of the Fire-Wraiths.

Nodding his head to unknown beat, Itachi then moved with forward, twisting the Ninjatou in hand and slicing Fire-Wraith after fire wraith into pieces. Twisting around into a flip, Itachi slashed another Fire-Wraith and then rolled back to avoid another Fire-Wraith before twirling the staff and throwing it at the offending Wraith, impaling it and then twirling the Ninjatou he had left in hand. Lunging into a group of Fire-Wraiths, Itachi then started to swing his blade all around, cutting his way through the dozens of wraiths as if they were nothing.

Sliding to a stop, Itachi watched as Naruto lunged passed him with a wide grin on his face. "My turn!" The blond exclaimed as he ran towards the Fire-Wraiths as Itachi had, ducking below several balls of fire, Naruto then slashed upwards with his blades, then twisted into a swing, he then twisted into another swing at another Wraith. Finishing off his combo by bringing up both of the swords Naruto then slammed the two weapons into the ground; a burst of wind suddenly flowing forward and ripping threw the many Fire-Wraiths instantly. Turning to Itachi with a grin, Naruto leaned his blades into his shoulders while Itachi shook his head.

"Now that is how you deal with them." Naruto offered arrogantly and Itachi merely raised a brow before both turned as a mass of Fire-Wraiths headed their way… "You want these or should I take them?" Naruto asked Itachi as the man pulled out the staff from the wall before looking to Naruto.

"Lets both deal with this minor annoyance, but first I must suggest a trade." Itach then said while tossing the staff to Naruto, the blond rolling his eyes as he tossed the Ninjatou in his hand to the dark haired man. Catching the staff, Naruto raised a brow when he felt it and Kusanagi suddenly pulse, but ignored it and twirled both it in hand. Lunging forward, the two Ex-Konoha-Shinobi then lunged into the fray, Naruto swinging the staff first before digging its tip into the ground and swinging around on it, The Kusanagi outstretched and slicing through several of the Wraiths.

Meanwhile, Itachi jumped into the air and swung both blades into the wraiths in an X pattern. Coming to the ground and rolling forward, Itachi then moved back while swinging up with both blades, dragging the earth upwards into the wraiths. Landing in a crouch next to Naruto the two stood as one against the remaining Wraiths before looking to one another. Nodding their heads the two lunged forward together, Naruto and Itachi both forcing Chakra to their blades before stopping and swinging them into the mass of different wraiths.

As they did, three blades of pure Chakra flowed from their weapons, flying forward and tearing their way through the mass of wraiths. Smirking at the sight, Naruto twirled the Kusanagi in hand for a moment before placing it onto his back, then tossed Itachi the staff. Smirking, Itachi tossed the two Ninjatou in the air while catching the staff in one hand, Naruto catching the Ninjatou in his hands, twirling them for a moment and then sheathing them on his back as they stood victorious.

"Hmph, not bad for a dead guy." Naruto noted and Itachi smirked while walking over to his cloak and pulling it over his form.

"I could say the same for you, Naruto-Kun." Itachi reminded and the blond haired teen merely rolled his eyes while shrugging his shoulders.

"So where too next?" Naruto asked only to turn as another Fire-Wraith came at him from behind; only this one was smashed by a falling figure. "What now?" Naruto questioned while pulling the Kusanagi from his back, the figure standing up and revealing a slender figure with four glowing crimson eyes. "Wait a minute… I know those eyes…" The blond whispered to himself while Itachi looked at him for a second before turning back to the figure. Blinking for a moment, Naruto narrowed his eyes as the figure sauntered towards him with a noticeable sway to its hips.

"Something the matter, Naruto-Kun?" Itachi questioned and Naruto frowned while looking over to the side where a large hood shaped opening spilled lava down into the river below.

"I don't know… but I intend to find out if I'm right…" The blond whispered while turning with the Kusanagi, a blade of wind cutting out a trail for the lava to follow. Itachi narrowed his eyes when Naruto did, then watched as light came towards them and revealed the figure, Naruto's eyes widening as he laid eyes on her…

She was quite clearly around Naruto's age with a full figure, though was also somewhat shorter than him with familiar blood red skin and black markings identical to those that Trigon had, sharp obsidian claws at the tips of her fingers, pointed ears framing her face, sharp fangs replacing her teeth, long "Raven" black hair that reached her ass, four glowing red eyes, a small red gemstone at the center of her forehead, with black vines with thorns curving around her head in a similar way to Trigon's antlers, forming into a demonic tiara of some sort.

She was dressed in a sleeveless leotard with high leg holes showing her hips, a pair of light leather armor stationed over her hands and forearms with familiar gemstone clasps over the backs of her fists, more of the armor wrapped around her waist, all identical to the armor Trigon wore, a pair of thigh length black boots with horizontal slits on the sides of her thighs, and a familiar chain belt hanging loosely from her hips, only with a loincloth similar to Trigon's under it, only it was red in color…

"Kara-Chan?" Naruto questioned while staring at the girl in shock, however she merely raised a brow before smirking darkly.

"One part of her, actually… The Demonic Part of her to be precise…" The Demonic Raven replied, her tone a sweet almost seductive tone yet it somehow managed to make Naruto shiver. Giggling at the slight fear on the blond's face, she then saunter over to him and leaned forward. "But, that doesn't mean I don't have a "soft spot" for you, Naruto…" She purred out and Naruto gulped while looking into her glowing eyes. 'I'm not sure if that's is a good thing, or a bad thing… though I am kind of curious about it.' Naruto couldn't help but think to himself as Itachi rolled his eyes at the sight and wander over to the side so he wouldn't see anything he didn't want too…

'Hopefully she doesn't want to get frisky with him… but then again, this is the physical incarnation of the girl's demonic nature… and Lust is a technically a sin.' Itachi mused to himself as he walked away, sitting down a distance from the two on the chance that "Raven" wanted to get "Frisky"…

(Jump-City…)

The Kyuubi no longer rested, instead it was watching as the Titans did battle with their doppelgangers with the assistance of Tartarus. The fight was actually more interesting that Kyuubi would've believed. While it was well known that he couldn't technically use his intellect outside of a host, what few knew was that he alone has some minor control over his form. This was something he kept to himself for obvious reasons, Trigon didn't know, and believed he'd be a mindless beast he could keep as a pet, well, Kyuubi planned on showing him otherwise…

As such the Kitsune was sitting back, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, once those stupid Doppelgangers had drawn attention somewhere and Trigon couldn't focus on him, then he would strike. In the city, BB was running from his Doppelganger, the false-BB having turned into a hawk. Quickly turning into a Doberman as the Doppelganger landed at his side, BB mentally grimaced as he changed into a Wolf to counter him. However as he got close to biting Beast-Boy, Mammoth lunged out of a building and slammed his fists into the ground, breaking it apart and sending both Beast-Boys flying into the air.

The real BB quickly flew over to Mammoth and landed on his shoulder while changing back with a breath of relief. "Dude, I never thought I'd be so happy to see you…" BB said while looking towards the false BB as it changed back to its true shape across from them. However they all then heard Duela and winced visibly as she brought her Bass down on top of the false BB from the top of a building.

"Whoa, don't you think that was overkill?" Mammoth questioned as Duela walked over to them with the Bass slung over her shoulders.

"Yeah, I mean it was so totally worthy of Haruko, but did you have to smash me into the pavement… and for that matter, when did you get so strong?" BB asked the girl and Duela blinked before reaching into her coat sleeve and produced a tiny vile attached to a tube that was going into her wrist.

"Just a little bit of Venom from uncle Bane." Duela replied with a grin, both Mammoth and BB gaping towards the girl as she then whistled to herself while making her way passed them… However, when the false-BB pushed the rubble from where Duela had smashed him into the pavement back, now in the form of a gorilla, BB and Mammoth gaped.

"Uh Duela, he's baaaack…" BB said aloud and the clown girl turned and raised a brow as the dark-BB shook his head, a frown on his face.

"Wow… what does it take to put this guy under already?" Duela wondered while scratching her head and BB shook his head. "No seriously guys, I've tried some Venom and it doesn't work, so do I need to break out the Smilex or Fear-Toxin next?" Duela asked while staring at the Dark-BB getting disbelieving looks from the two boys as she did. However the Dark-BB growled at this before unleashing a roar as it lunged at them, changing into a T-Rex along the way…

Meanwhile Cyborg was sent flying back by his own doppelganger before landing on the shore of Jump-City with a groan of pain. Pushing a giant slab off of himself, the Titanium Teen then turned when he heard a cry. Looking up just as his Doppelganger came down on top of him with a slam, Cyborg gritted his teeth and sent him flying back. The Fals-Cyborg landed with a smirk while the real Cyborg narrowed his eyes onto the faker dangerously.

"YO! Servo-Geek!" The ever annoying voice of Gizmo came and the Doppelganger looked up to see the Tiny-Terror as he fired off a salvo of missiles towards him. The Missiles connected with the false Cyborg, sending him flying back while Gizmo landed and unleashed his Spider-Legs from his Pack. Taking in a deep breath, the Tiny Terror grinned while looking towards the Doppelganger. "Ah, the stink of battle, working in the shop is nice and all, but I really missed laying a hurt on stupid Titans!" Gizmo declared and Cyborg twitched before his Doppelganger came out of the rubble and glared towards Gizmo.

"Alright punk, time for you to go down!" The False Cyborg roared out while lunging at the Tiny-Terror only for him to jump into the air and bring his spider legs down at him. Gritting his teeth the false Cyborg caught the legs only for the real one to come from the side and ram into him. Sliding to a halt beside of Gizmo, the Tiny Terror and Titanium Teen glared at one another.

"Me saving your ass and helping beat that thing, means nothing…" Gizmo stated simply while glaring at Cyborg, the Titanium Teen frowning towards the Tiny-Terror in response while crossing his arms.

"Fine by me." Cy replied and both turned to the side as the Shadow-Cy pushed some rubble off of himself with a frown.

"If you two pansies are done talking, lets get back to the part where I kick your butts!" The False Cyborg growled out while lunging at the two, forming his Sonic-Cannon from one arm, Cyborg doing the same and firing at the same time as he did, canceling one another's blasts out while Gizmo fired a ray from his pack at the false-Cyborg, sending him skidding across the ground and to the side…

Meanwhile, Starfire was throwing blast after blast towards her own doppelganger while it flew around them with surprising ease. 'She moves like my sister!' Starfire noted idly while the false Starfire came at her with Starbolts formed into her hands. The False-Starfire rammed into Starfire however she pushed her back, then both slammed their energy coated hands into each other's hands. As Starfire ducked towards the lava streams below, her Doppelganger flew towards her and threw both of her Starbolts, Starfire quickly dodging them before flying out of the way.

As Starfire got out of the way, Blackfire came from the side with a grin and formed a Starbolt in either hand. The False-Starfire raised a brow as she came and smirked while doing the same. However, Blackfire then fired her eyebeams into the Shadow-Starfire, sending her flying back. "Don't think I'll fight fair like dear little Starfire would!" Blackfire shouted at the Shadow-Starfire, only to see her grin down at her and then zip towards her, catching the False-Starfire as she rammed into her, Blackfire and tried to push her into the lava below.

"You are most… ruthless and cunning… you would be smart to join, Trigon… rather than appose him…" Shadow-Starfire noted aloud and Blackfire scoffed before twisting around and grabbing the False-Starfire in a sleeper hold.

"No thanks, tall dark and ugly really doesn't do anything for me." Blackfire replied coolly with a cocky smirk on her lips as she then flew down and rammed the False-Starfire into one of the small islands of rock in the lava. "Now you should be smart, 'Sister Dear', and give up now while you still have the chance." Blackfire then stated while crossing her arms over her chest, Starfire watching with no small amount of surprise as Blackfire was winning.

'Father… you were wrong to think she was ever weak?' Starfire thought to herself, remembering what Blackfire had explained about her life and how she'd only been first in line because no one believed she'd live long enough to take it. Shaking that off, Starfire then flew down towards her Sister and her Doppelganger and fired her eyebeams into the Doppelganger before landing next to her sister. Smiling brightly when there was nothing but a crater where her Doppelganger had been Starfire then wrapped her arms around her sister happily.

"Oh most Beloved Sister, I am most mirthful to be able to do battle with you at long last!" Starfire said happily while picking Blackfire up, the older girl wincing when she noticed she was actually shorter than Starfire now…

"Put me down Koriand'r…" Blackfire ordered and the young red head blinked while doing so, and then winced when she noticed the height difference as well…

"Umm… perhaps picking you up should be avoided in the future… yes?" Starfire asked warily and Blackfire sighed before pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Whatever… just never do it again or I swear I'll…" Blackfire started to say only for both sisters to be thrown into the air as the said Doppelganger ripped its way out of the ground with a frown. "Never mind that, more anger management is on the way!" Blackfire declared while lunging at the Doppelganger and twisted into a kick sending it flying away before rocketing after her…

"My sister has far too much pent up rage to be healthy…" Starfire mumbled while watching as her Sister started to slam her fists into the flase-Starfire's face. The Dark-Haired Tameranian Princess then grabbed her by one arm and twisted in the air before throwing her up high. Forming Several Starbolts into her hands Blackfire then started to throw them towards the Doppelganger, smirking as they all connected. However she then frowned as The Doppelganger slammed into her, both gripping the other's hands in a test of strength, the False-Starfire smirking darkly.

"You fight well… for a pathetic little Kom'secrit!" Shadow-Starfire taunted with a wicked grin, only for an enraged Blackfire to narrow her eyes.

"No one, and I mean no one calls me that and lives!" Blackfire growled out before elbowing Shadow-Starfire in the face, then quickly grabbed her by her wrists and twisted around. Flying to the ground, Blackfire slammed her into a small island in the Lava back first before throwing her high up into the air. "And allow me to show you what this "Pathetic Little Kom'secrit" can really do when she's pissed off!" Blackfire declared before ducking down and jumping into the air like a rocket, slamming into the Doppelganger's back before twisting her trajectory and slammed her into the ground in the main city.

Floating up from the crater she created, Blackfire crossed her arms while the False-Starfire stumbled up to her feet before shaking her head and frowning towards the severely pissed Blackfire. However before she could attack Starfire came at her from the side, firing her eye beams into her Doppelganger and sending her careening into a building, which then fell on top of her. Turning to her older Sister, Starfire grimaced at the twitch to her eye.

"Sister, do you think she is going to stay down now?" Starfire questioned only to groan as he Doppelganger slowly climbed out of the rubble and stumbled for a moment.

"Does that answer your question?" Blackfire snipped before cracking her knuckles with a deep scowl on her face as her eyes started to glow purple. Sighing for a moment, Starfire then followed her sister as they both attacked her Doppelganger together…

Elsewhere in the city, Kid-Flash growled low in his throat as he ran along side his own smirking Doppelganger. The two quickly turned and then Kid-Flash stopped while his Doppelganger slid to a halt apposing him. "You should just give up now Bart, save yourself the shame of getting beat by yourself." The False-Kid-Flash shouted at the original, only for the speedster to get down, his Doppelganger mirroring him. Lunging forward at the same time the two speedsters rammed into one another, which only managed to send them both flying back.

Skidding across the ground, Kid-Flash groaned for a moment before seeing Kid-Wykkyd appear with Billy Numerous. "Oh great, did I get the bottom of the barrel or what?" Kid-Flash wondered aloud while his Doppelganger flipped to his feet and Billy frowned for a moment before grinning slightly towards his clones.

"Boys I gots a plan!" Billy exclaimed and one of his clones grinned.

"Alright, lets get too it!" The clone cried and another started to rub its hands together deviously.

"Yeah, and then we'll finally prove our power can be useful!" The teen cried while the False-Kid-Flash stared at both Billy-Numerous and Kid-Wykkyd for a moment before snickering to himself.

"Oh man, you got stuck with the losers of the group. Hell, even that one eyed drip has a more useful power than these two dorks!" Shadow-Kid-Flash snickered to himself while Kid looked to Billy and both nodded their heads. Wiping a tear from his eye, Shadow-Kid-Flash then crouched down while looking towards the group of three. "But whatever, lets see if they at least make decent speed bumps!" The Doppelganger cried out while lunging forward, only for Billy to grin as he multiplied himself into a wall.

Blinking for a moment, Shadow-Kid-Flash turned to try and get out of the way however they turned as well. Growling he ran as fast as he could however Billy was able to multiply himself faster. Twitching slightly, the speedster ran and ran even as the Billy's continued to block his path before finally Kid-Wykkyd appeared out of a portal and slammed a fist into his face, sending him flying back. Groaning for a moment, Shadow-Kid-Flash then looked up only for Kid-Wykkyd to grab him up with his cape.

The Shadowy teen then reappeared in the air over the city with a smirk as he released Shadow-Kid-Flash and wrapped his cape back around him. Cursing loudly as he fell, the Shadow-Kid-Flash impacted with the ground only a short while later, Kid-Flash blinking in surprise while Billy and Kid grinned. "Wow… I didn't actually think you two would be any help… but I'm glad I was proven wrong for once." Kid-Flash mused only to see his Dark-Doppelganger pull himself out of the crater. "But lets finish this!" The speedster then decided as he lunged towards his doppelganger and slammed a fist into his face, sending him skidding back along the pavement…

Meanwhile, Donna grit her teeth as she rammed her Doppelganger through a building, then another before finally jumping up and ramming her into the ground. "You really do need work controlling that temper…" He Shadow-Self commented with a smirk before kicking her off of herself. Donna flipped in the air before landing in a low crouch, grimacing slightly at a minor wound she'd sustained earlier on in the battle. Shaking her head of that, the Amazonian then lunged towards her Doppelganger only for the false-her to swing her arms and connect with her instead.

Grunting as she stumbled back, Donna was unable to guard when her Shadow-Self then lunged forward and tackled her. Grunting as she hit the ground back first only to be used to slide down the rocky ground, Donna groaned lightly in pain when they finally came to a stop. "I can't believe I actually came out of someone as pathetic as you." The False-Donna noted only for a beam of green energy to slam into her from the side and knock her through a wall.

"Oi, do these things talk way too much or is it just me thinking too much?" Dani suddenly wondered to herself with a frown while flying over to Donna casually. "You okay blacky?" Dani then asked while looking down to the Amazonian and she slowly sat up while placing a hand to her head.

"Yes… thank you for your assistance Sister… it is most appreciated." She replied and Dani raised a brow, before remembering she was an Amazon and they called one another that. Shrugging that off, Dani then watched as the shadow-Donna came charging towards them and erected a barrier between them. The False-Donna slammed into it only to be thrown back with a grunt and Dani shook her head slowly.

"Simple as hell to use, but oh so useful in battle." Dani noted to herself while the false Donna narrowed her eyes onto the ghostling girl.

"What's the matter, do you need the help of another to defeat me? I thought you were a warrior, not a coward!" The Shadow-Donna taunted, riling up the true Donna but Dani shook her head.

"It's not a coward who asks for help when she can't beat her opponent, and it's not a warrior who refuses help. The person who does that is nothing but a fool!" Dani declared with a nod of her head, and then wondered if Naruto was rubbing off on her again before deciding not to care what of her many quirks came from her teacher / role-model. Growling lightly at that the Shadow-Donna narrowed her eyes before lunging towards both Donna and Dani, the ghostling girl turning them both intangible and causing the false Donna to run straight into a wall.

"That is a very useful power…" Donna noted while staring at Dani and the Ghost Girl grinned in response.

"I know right!" She said with a grin and then turned her head as the Shadow-Donna got back up and glared at her furiously. Smirking despite herself, Dani calmly walked towards the False-Donna, arms crossed over her chest and an amused look on her face as she did.

"I am going to make you suffer…" Shadow-Donna growled out and Dani snorted before frowning deeply.

"There's absolutely nothing you can do to me that's worse than melting alive, trust me, I know." Dani stated flatly while forming a bit of Ecto-Energy into her right hand the Shadow-Donna scowling deeply.

"Then I will just break you in half and be done with it pest!" She exclaimed before roaring out as she flew towards Dani, the Ghostlingt girl quickly twisting on her heel and slamming a sphere of energy into her face…

Meanwhile, Nightwing stood across from someone he never thought he'd have to face… himself. Frowning at the cocky smirk on his Dark-Sides face Nightwing lunged forward, swinging his staff at him. "Calm down, you really do take things way too seriously, "Kid"." The Doppelganger mocked and a deep scowl crossed Nightwing's features as he dug the butt of his staff into the ground and used it as a lever, pulling it back and then launching into a kick to his Dark-Side's face. Stumbling back for a moment, his Dark-Side then flipped onto his feet.

"Don't try and act like X, your not like him… there's no grey with you, only jet black." Night stated while narrowing his eyes onto his Dark-Other the False-Nightwing merely raising a brow at the comment.

"Oh? And here I thought Red-X was your enemy? Have a change of heart since he died trying to save the girl he loved or something?" Shadow-Night questioned of his original and Nightwing merely twisted his staff around while glaring at the copy.

"A creature like you just wouldn't understand…" Night declared and his copy rolled his eyes before pulling out his own staff and twisting it into a stance.

"Your right, I don't, and I'm so glad I don't either…" Shadow-Night said darkly while lunging at his original, Nightwing blocking strike after strike from the Doppelganger as it attacked him relentlessly. Seeing an opening, Night then rolled out of the way and twisted into a sweep, however the Doppelganger saw it coming and flipped out of the way before coming out in a crouch. "Let's face it Night, we're the same guy, same moves, same tricks, even the same gadgets… even if we do fight it'll always come out in a deadlock." Shadow-Night noted aloud and Nightwing narrowed his eyes onto the faker dangerously.

"That's where you're wrong… I have something you don't…" Night stated simply and the Shadow-Nightwing rolled his eyes.

"What's that then kid, your friends?" Shadow-Night asked and Nightwing shook his head with a smirk.

"Not this time, it's actually a bunch of teen villains who want to live more than they hate us…" Night relied while rolling back as Jinx sent a large wave of Hex energy flowing towards the Shadow-Night, knocking him back. As he went flying, Private-HIVE smirked and twisted around, throwing his shield into the air but the False-Night knocked it out away and landed in a roll. However Nightwing then threw several explosive disks towards his copy, causing him to curse while ducking out of the way. However this put him directly before a grinning Private HIVE.

"Time for you to go, maggot!" Private stated while picking up the False-Night, then twisted around and threw him into the distance. Watching him fly away with no small amount of interest, Night, Jinx, and Private then snickered upon seeing the dust cloud in the distance from his landing.

"C'mon, lets go finish this!" Night decided while he and the others ran towards the sight. As they approached they watched as the other Doppelgangers flew into the ground as well, Nightwing and Jinx looking around and smirking when they noticed none of them were actually all that tired.

"Looks like teaming up was a good idea, eh boy blunder?" Jinx quipped and Nightwing merely nodded his head as they approached the false-titans. However as they did, Trigon opened his eyes and frowned while looking towards the groups. 'Those Doppelgangers are such worthless beings, bested by those children in such a short amount of time. My Fire-Wraiths are more dangerous than them…' Trigon thought with a sneer while looking towards the victorious teens with a frown. Behind him however, a grin slipped over the Kyuubi's lips as he saw his chance at long last.

'Now all my hard work and planning will finally come to fruition!' The Kyuubi thought to itself as it stalked closer and closer to Trigon from behind. As it did, BB felt the ground shake lightly and turned, only to widen his eyes when he noticed that the Kyuubi was now moving around.

"Um Dudes…" BB said while trying to get his friends attention, Cyborg rolling his eyes as he turns to the green jester.

"What is it Beast Boy?" The Titantium Titan questioned and BB pointed behind Trigon. As one, Tartarus, The Titans, and even their doppelgangers turned around to see Kyuubi grinning sinisterly. Before any more words could be uttered, Kyuubi's tails suddenly lashed out wrapping around Trigon's arms, legs, waist and neck before lifting him up into the air and away from his throne. The beast himself fully swakened at this and quickly attempted to free himself but the Kyuubi's tails held him too firmly, and then turned him around to face the orange furred fox.

"What is the meaning of this?" Trigon demanded of the beast and a grin merely crossed the Kyuubi's features as it crouched back as if it was ready to pounce. The beast then launched itself at Trigon knocking him to the ground as it opened his mouth with two of its free tails, his eyes widening as Kyuubi literally stuffed himself inside of the massive red demon's mouth.

"Sorry for not answering, but I can't speak when outside of a host… and I lose most of my ability to reason… though that is about to end." Kyuubi explained in Trigon's mind as he crawled within the massive red demon's maw and then down his throat, the Titans, Tartarus, and JLU looking on in shock and disgust.

"Aww dude! That is like so nasty!" BB cried while holding his stomach and those in both Tartarus and the Titans agreed with him. As they looked on, the JLU quickly rushed over to the teens while watching the spectacle as well. Frowning deeply Batman as he watched the Kyuubi stuff itself into Trigon, the Dark-Knight then looked over to Dr. Fate.

"Any idea what's going on?" He questioned quickly and Dr. Fate shook his head while looking at the spectacle as Kyuubi somehow managed to shove more than half of its body inside of Trigon.

"Not a bloody clue… how about you, Etrigan?" Dr. Fate questioned and looked to the orange skinned demon, only to see him backing away from Trigon and Kyuubu, fear plainly written over his face.

"That can't be a good sign…" Donna realized and then turned back to where Kyuubi was three quarters within Trigon, only to change into a wisp of red energy as he shoved the rest of his being within the massive red demon. Trigon stumbled and gripped at his head in pain, roaring out as he fell to his knees.

"W-What are you doing to me?" Trigon demanded aloud, thrashing about as he felt an unbearable pain surge throughout his entire being, only to hear the Kyuubi's vile laughter echo within the depths of his mind.

"You are naught but a fool, Trigon! While you were aware that you should never trust a demon stronger than yourself… but you forgot to take into account that I am also a Fox Demon! In my culture, a Fox-Demon doesn't destroy things that would be useful to us… no… we possess them!" Kyuubi cried within the mind of Trigon, his laughter echoing out within the recesses of the beasts mind as he fell to his side screaming and roaring out in pain as an unknown fire slowly burned his flesh away.

"Uh dude, I think the big fox thing was actually more dangerous than, Trigon…" BB suddenly said with wide eyes and Nightwing twitched as they all backed away from the thrashing devil.

"Naw you think?" Jinx shouted at the green furred teen while a red aura formed around Trigon, one shaped like a familiar fox.

"T-Traitor! I freed you from y-your pr-prison and this is h-how you repay me!" Trigon demanded loudly only to scream as black markings formed around his eyes, a pair of tails forming from the crimson aura around his body. As that happened his blood seemed to shift and move into the air, making the aura slowly solidify as Trigon's skin was burned away from him.

"Traitor? Oh really? Perhaps I am, but I'm a demon Trigon, as well as a Fox, it's perfectly in my nature to use, betray, or even destroy anything I want! You chose to use my help because you were just as impatient as I, and needed my help to free yourself from your prison. " Kyuubi reminded within Trigon's mind as four more tails of crimson energy formed from him and the red demon gritted his teeth while a set of enormous bones formed along Trigon's back, the skull acting as a mock helmet.

"Urgh! I will not stand for this insult worm! You cannot control me! I am Trigon the Terrible!" The Demon roared out only to scream in pain as his flesh completely ripped off of his body. Trigon roared out in pain as it was, only for his blood to flow into the skeleton, causing his overall mass to at least double, yet somehow his armor remained upon the arms and waist of this new being…

"Guys, I really think we need to get out of here!" Kid-Flash cried out while running to a safe distance.

"Shit! For once I'm with one of you snot licking heroes! Every man for himself!" The Tiny-Terror exclaimed while activating his jet pack and flying into the distance, Jinx cursing as she had Kid-Wykkyd pull the rest of them into a shadow before they all reformed upon the sky needle, yet the changing beast was still all too visible to them.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Control you? Oh you won't have to worry about that, Trigon. When I'm done, I don't intend to leave even a shred of your being left to give me indigestion! Soon enough, both Kyuubi and Trigon will cease to exist, giving way for a new, even more powerful being to take its place!" The Kyuubi exclaimed as Trigon's body started to change shape as a ninth tail formed. His hands landed on the ground and he roared out loudly, his head stretching and changing while his four eyes moved towards the sides of its head, both seeming to match the skull it was wearing…

"What the hell is this? That Kyuubi thing wasn't even this big!" Cyborg suddenly exclaimed while looking on in shocked fear while Batman frowned deeply.

"Kitsune were known to possess those of great spiritual strength. Some did so to trick people, some to hide, and others did so for power, I believe this is a case of the latter happening…" Batman replied while they watched the deranged being screamed out into the night as its form was twisted more and more into something beyond demonic…

"I… wont… fade… I… will… endure… and… I… will… destroy you…" Trigon declared furiously even as a pair of long ears formed from his head, as well as his antler like crowns forming out of the skull on his head changing into horns that curved back along his head.

"Endure all you like, it won't matter, because I shall restore the true power of darkness to all worlds. Go ahead and struggle, your hatred merely strengthens me, so struggle, resist, and hate me as much as you like! All it does is make it easier for me to absorb you into my being!" Kyuubi declared darkly his laughter echoing in the mind of Trigon even as he fell into Darkness… Meanwhile a second mouth opened on the muzzle that had been formed from Trigon's body, the two mouths opening to unleash dual roars into the air as muscle tissue began to form over the bones on Trigon's body.

"Whatever this thing is it's way freaky man…" Seemore noticed while Jinx slapped the back of his head before frowning, as the shadows all around them seemed to move towards the beast.

"Um, Titans… what happened to your doppelgangers?" Jinx asked while looking around and Batman frowned upon seeing the doppelgangers flying into the air, the Shadow-Titans flying around spinning over top of the massive half-formed beast.

"Dude!" BB exclaimed with wide eyes only to turn as Jinx and the others in Tartarus groaned before a dark mist was pulled out of each of them as Trigon had done before. However, unlike what Trigon did, they didn't form into a Doppelganger, instead the mist flew towards the beast and then began to swirl above it with the Titan's Doppelgangers…

"What now?" Nightwing demanded and Batman's eyes widened in shock.

"It's somehow channeling our negative energy to…!" He started to say only to grit his teeth as the same thing happened to him, Shayera, and Dr. Fate, Etrigan backing away from the beast as all of the negative energy flowed into the air and swirled around it's head. The Beast then roared loudly, drawing the Titans attention as it opened its lower mouth and the negative energy spiraled downwards, into its gaping maw. Shadows around the beast then literally shifted towards its body, forming into skin and fur… a Tenth tail forming from the body that had once been Trigon's…

"Dude…" Beast-Boy whispered in fear as the beast was completed, its head rising to roar out into the distance while a fifth eye popped open, the four crimson eyes that had once been Trigon's now surrounding it.

The beast was easily twice as big as Trigon while still on all fours, its upper body reminded them of a human only with sharp ivory claws gleaming from its paws, deep obsidian black fur encompassing its entire body, save only for the red-orange stripes that crossed its shoulders and ribs in the same position as Trigon's own, Trigon's metal bracers and waist armor all that remained of the former threat to all things, its hind legs were more like those of a beast, ending with large hooves that were once Trigon's, ten long thin tails twisted and turned from it, lashing out at the air while they did so.

Finally was its head, which was a muzzled thing with two massive mouths, the lower mouth looked to be normal, but the upper mouth stood out and made it's head larger than average, it also had five horns growing back from its head at a slanted angle, giving the illusion of some kind of crown, two long rabbit like ears trailing back from its head, a single massive eye is positioned at the middle of its head, right behind its upper mouth, and is bright blood red with a ripple like pattern in it, three tomoe shapes along each ring surrounding the pupil, thus ending with nine tomoe in its single eye, with four small blood red glowing eyes positioned around this one massive eye…

"No way…" Cyborg whispered in shock even as he helped Mammoth and Private HIVE to their feet…

"This is so not good…" Kid-Flash added as the beast stood on all fours, silently surveying the world around it.

"Hera help us…" Donna whispered as she helped Shayera back to her feet along with a disorientated Batman.

"Forget Hera, we need all of Olympus down here…" Nightwing said while looking to the massive beast, Donna blinking for a moment before nodding in agreement with her leader as the rest of Tartarus started to get up on their own.

"Is everyone alright or am I the only one in pain?" Jinx questioned aloud and got several pained grunts from the rest of Tartarus.

"Batman, you tried to say what it was doing before you passed out?" Nightwing questioned and the Dark-Knight placed a hand to his head as he regained his bearings.

"It… has absorbed our negative energy into itself… However for what purpose it did so remains to be seen." Batman replied while he and the others walked towards the edge of the Sky-Needle and looked on to the massive beast. It seemed only to stand there ominously, unmoving, its five red eyes remaining completely unfocused.

"Oh man my head!" Gizmo complained while pushing himself up and then shook his head for a moment before turning to all of the shocked faces around him. "What are you ass munchers looking at!" He demanded and they all pointed to the distance, Gizmo following their gaze and then widening his eyes in shock upon seeing the gargantuan beast with ten flailing tails.

"Guys… I don't think we're going to beat this thing even with Raven's powers." BB declared no one looking to disagree with him, all of them watching the beast finally move slightly, stretching its neck and looking to the sky. Opening both the beast then roared into the night loudly, its roar sending out a shockwave that rocked the earth and nearly knocked the group back…

"I am the Juubi no Yami! (Darkness of the Ten-Tails)" The beast suddenly exclaimed, its deep voice echoing out over the land endlessly, before it then roared out into the night once more…

TBC…