The second chapter is here, YAY! I would like to thank all of you who sent reviews, I love reviews! I especially want to thank Midnight Aki & Jewel-Gurl73, I am so glad someone else likes this pairing. To x-RAVEN-x, I must say that the Stone of Broken Lives & the Jewel of Four Souls are two completly different things. & while I based Raven & the other Titans on the cartoon version, I based Brother Blood on the comic-book version in which he was Raven's brother. But thanks for the review anyway! please enjoy!

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Inuyasha sat alone in his usual perch high up in the tree, looking out over the village. Shippo was playing with the other children, Miroku was flirting with a pretty girl (as usual), & Sango was getting ready to pummel Miroku (as usual). Kagome had gone home to her own time again & Inuyasha felt alone.

Sure, he could have spent time with the others, but aside from Kagome, Inuyasha didn't really have much in common with humans or full-demons. He was a half-breed, not one or the other. It had been that way since he was little; Inuyasha knew it as one of life's harsh realities. But he still could not get rid of this lonely feeling.

The only other half-demons he had ever met were an herb farmer & a little girl, & even if he did want to spend time with either of them they were too far away.

Yes, with his mother long dead & Kagome away… Inuyasha was feeling very lonely.

Suddenly, Inuyasha sensed… something. He jumped out of the tree & ran towards where the something was, not even giving a thought to bringing Miroku & the others along. He soon found what he was looking for, deep in the woods.

"What the hell is that!?" Inuyasha growled to himself as he looked at a strange blue wave of light. The wave of blue light reminded Inuyasha of when he & Kagome passed between times, but this blue light was very far away from the well… & Inuyasha sensed nothing but evil emanating from this void in time. "Whatever it is…" He continued. "I don't think I'll like whoever made it."

Later, in modern times, another half-breed was having problems of her own.

"Hey Raven!" Beastboy called through the door. "Are you sure you don't want to come to the carnival with us?"

"Yes, I am sure." She replied, a little annoyed after being asked the same question 4 times. "I will be quite happy just staying home."

"Alright, it's your loss."

Beastboy & the others said farewell & left for the carnival. Raven knew she wasn't missing out on anything. She detested carnivals.

Yet… she couldn't stop herself from wishing she did want to go. Part of her hated the thought of being alone once again, but what was she to do? Was she supposed to pretend she like things she hated… pretend that she was something she's not? No, she would never do that. She hated people who pretended to be what they aren't more than anything.

But it was lonely… being Raven, the half-demon daughter of Trigon, the evil monster. She was unemotional, & sometimes seemed dark, so how could anyone be close to her. She loved her friends dearly & would never trade them for anything, but when they were off doing things like going to carnivals or funny movies or arcades… who was there for Raven to talk to? Did someone like that even exist?

Raven didn't think it was possible, but right now she was more depressed than ever.

But her depression didn't last long. Suddenly, a dark red portal opened up & out stepped a familiar face.

"Brother Blood!" Raven shouted as she jumped up from her bed & prepared for battle. "What are you doing here?!"

"I've come for you my dear sister." He replied calmly. "You shall become my bride & together we shall rule the earth. You shall be a queen, & I shall be a king."

"The hell you will!" Raven was about to use her power to throw a large bookcase at her enemy when her arms & legs were bound by glowing red bands. "What the--"

Her mouth was covered by a smaller band & she fell to the floor.

"Stop struggling Raven." Said Brother Blood, as his sister tried to free herself. "You will never get free of those enchanted bands. & where we're going your friends cannot follow. So why don't you sleep? & when you awaken… you & I shall become man & wife… the rulers of the earth." No sooner did he say this than Raven passed out. Brother Blood lifted her up by her cape-hood, & entered a blue time rift.

On the other side of this rift, Inuyasha still stood waiting to see who or what had caused it. He saw it shift a little & saw a man step through, carrying an unconscious girl.

"Who the hell are you?" he asked.

"I am Brother Blood." The man replied. "& you must be Inuyasha."

"What's it to ya?"

"… I need access to your father's grave."

"What?"

"Your eye holds a black pearl… which contains the portal to your fathers tomb. 'A place one can see, yet cannot be seen… a place its own guardian can never look upon'. A very clever hiding place… very clever indeed."

Inuyasha growled. He hated this guy even though they had only just met. He reminded him of Sesshomaru… only much, much more evil. "Well I'm afraid you're not gonna get what you want 'Brother Blood', cause I'm not lettin' ya anywhere near my father's grave!"

Brother Blood laughed. "& I'm afraid… you don't have that choice." He took out a red & purple stone which glowed brightly.

Inuyasha felt a force pulling at something in his left eye & tried to grab it but was too late. The Stone of Broken Lives had pulled the black pearl out of his eye & had placed it on the ground. The pearl then glowed bright & revealed the portal.

"How… how the hell did you do that?" Inuyasha said. But rather than answer him, Brother Blood jumped into the portal which started to close quickly. Inuyasha was not about to let some weirdo with a fancy rock run around in his father's tomb. He ran after Brother Blood & managed to jump through the portal in time.

But once they were through they began falling towards a dark forest. Inuyasha had expected this, having been here once before, but Brother Blood was caught off guard. He let go of the stone & the girl just before he landed on some kind of skeleton bird. Inuyasha landed on another skeleton bird not too far behind & managed to catch the stone & the girl before they fell. Inuyasha looked at the unconscious girl & couldn't help but think: wow, she's pretty.

Inuyasha looked up when he heard Brother Blood ahead of him yell in anger when he realized that his stone & his sister were in the hands of the worthless mutt.

"Damn you!" he shouted as he launched a fireball at Inuyasha.

But the dog-boy was too quick. He grabbed Raven & the stone & jumped off the bird, which was instantly incinerated. He landed softly on the ground in the thick woods below.

Brother Blood considered following but thought better of it. Even he would not enter a forest which surrounded the tomb of a demon! He rode the skeleton bird all the way to the giant skeleton of the great dog-demon, in order to think of how to retrieve Raven & the stone from the deep, dark forest.

Inuyasha saw Brother Blood fly away towards his father's skeleton & breathed a sigh of relief. "We'll be safe down here." He said, as he looked at the beautiful girl in his arms. "…For now."

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Well, there you have it. I would just like to say thanks again to all of you who reviewed. & for those of you who haven't reviewed yet, please do. Sorry if this chapter was poorly put together, it washard to get this one started. See ya next time!