Teen Titans: A Feudal Fairytale?

by Pakkrat

When Beast Boy gets bored, he decides to take some mail from Raven. Now, who knows what that can do? The mail is a book that warps the titans to a Feudal Japan with a half-demon named Inuyasha! Teen TitansInuyasha crossover.-Complete- BBRaeInu tri, RobSta

3. Chapter 3: Memories in the Shadows

Teen Titans: A Feudal Fairytale

By: Pakkrat

Chapter 3: Memories in the shadows

Note: Now to see the big surprises in this chapter, lots of secrets are revealed, even why the Titans were brought here, and it's not just Beast Boy is a kleptomaniac. (I hope that means he steals stuff not something else…) Still, this will be fun so, lights, eyeballs, reading!

Raven was walking in a field of cherry blossom trees. The way everything had a somewhat illusion feel and look gave her the impression it was a dream. Raven came into a clearing of these trees that were letting their petals now fall freely about in the winds. She looked in some what horror and amazement as she saw herself in the field ahead. The thing that caught her attention was how this other her was similar, the hood, pale skin, purple hair and eyes, but this other her seemed to have a different feel to her. Raven knew it was not her, some other kind of her. Raven noticed kneeling to her, was a familiar green boy. Beast Boy was kneeling to this other Raven but he looked different. This Beast boy was in a purple robe similar to Miroku's the other thing was his hair, which was fitted into a tightly woven bun in the back. This Beast boy was smiling at the other Raven with his toothy grin and holding a sprig in his hand from some kind of bush.

"I know it's normally presented to the family, but I know you don't have that kind of a family." This Beast boy kept smiling even though the other Raven looked at the gift with her face hidden. "It's a Celastrus Alatus, I wish for you to be my-."

This other Raven turned away, causing the other Beast boy to frown, his ears now drooping. "I can't, it is not going to work out Yajuu-kun."

Yajuu-kun stood up, tightly squeezing the sprig in his hands, "Karasu! Please! I love you!"

Karasu began a slow float as Yajuu-kun was reaching out his hands in a plea. Karasu spoke coldly, "No. I will not accept it. I will not accept this life or any life with you. It is for the best."

Karasu flew away now, and Yajuu-kun forced the sprig into his chest, trying to hold that pain as it felt like breaking out of his being. Raven looked stunned, why would Beast Boy act like that? What if these were visions from this world where people like the titans had been alive once long ago? She knew that there were some possibilities that this world had similar beings like theirs, parallel worlds often did. What this world was still kept Raven in the dark as it was nothing exactly alike to hers. Three other forms now came towards Yajuu-kun seeming to be happy.

A female voice, obvious Starfire squealed in joy. She wore a purple kimono with silver clouds and stars on it. This Starfire had the same hair and look of the normal Starfire, except she had gray skin. "Oh Yajuu-kun! You and Karasu will make a glorious couple, and an exceptional family one day!"

The next one was a warrior, a ninja possibly as he had a red judo vest with no sleeves and red sash that fell to his ankles and around him like a skirt. His waist had a yellow belt holding the vest and sash together, and also held several throwing stars that had birds etched in them. The black hair was spiked just like Robin, but his eyes were wrapped with a bandanna, this Robin was blind! "Sutakasai, I don't think you should be so um, happy."

"But Komadori! She has gone to bring a present to Yajuu-kun!"

"No Sutakasai, she left him high and dry." Said the large friend. This was their equivalent of Cyborg. Made of stone, he looked exactly liked Cyborg except he was rock, looking exactly like his form from the H.I.V.E. group. This Cyborg had a pair of blue leotards and blue glowing eyes. The blue was light blue, which Raven noticed his right arm seemed to have this glow around it. "Ishi? That does not sound well." Sutakasai stated plainly.

Komadori sighed before saying, "Yeah," he put his hand on Yajuu-kun's shoulder to have it swatted away, Yajuu-kun walked off to be alone. "Poor guy…"

Sutakasai now began to tear up, "Oh Yajuu-kun was rejected his love. I must give him the song of redemptive pleasure and joy!"

Ishi grabbed her saying, "Ya know, we could leave him go to just calm down."

Raven looked on until a strong wind seemed to fly by hitting her hard and taking her to a new area, a stony mountain. The rocky surface was jagged and the sky was full of dark clouds. Raven was walking as she hit a rock, she looked down and her eyes bulged to the shattered body of rock, and the head of Ishi. "Kagekuma!" Karasu was screaming onward. Raven flew to see what was happening.

Raven landed to see the bodies of Komadori and Sutakasai, tossed apart from each other yet it was obvious the same blow took them. They must have fallen together in a strange attack. Raven gagged mentally at this since they were her friends' kind of, something killed these friends of hers in a cruel way. She looked ahead and felt a twist in her own chest as she saw Karasu cradling Yajuu-kun. Yajuu-kun smiled sweetly, "Karasu, I have no…regrets…about fighting him."

Karasu held Yajuu-kun, her face was cold and emotionless, but tears were on her cheeks. "Yajuu-kun, it's my fault. I should have never got you or the others involved."

Yajuu-kun shook his head, now saying. "Karasu, we choose to come… I choose to… love… you…" he was starting to sag; Karasu gripped him with her finger tips.

"No!" Karasu finally let her face crack and show the terrible pain she was feeling, "You can't leave me!"

"I'll…never…leave…you…" Yajuu-kun gave a small grin, than seemed to drop into her tight grip. Karasu began to weep harder, and harder. She dug her head into her shoulder and Raven felt sad for this other her.

"Peculiar." Spoke a loud thundering voice above them, muffled with hisses and moans from that same voice, as if all mixed into one response. Raven looked up and took a stance at the large shadow beast standing high over the two. Its head was a large rounded metallic form, with four yellow glowing eyes. The mouth was filled with fangs that unhinged and pulled out from the jaw with its loud screams. Upon the tip top of the head was a single horn that pointed out, and had strange spines on its back side. The neck was a loose spinal cord that swiveled the head around freely. The shoulders had a bulged base to the chest that then swiveled slightly to a curved up point, and then two horn structures at the front and back of each shoulder. The chest cavity was formed like a human being, but insect like as it was segmented with flesh armor. The arms and legs had similar cord structures like the neck, giving the limbs the power to move in a free fashion. The hands were formed with three fingers, and one thumb. The thumb was far below the three fingers with the palm being a long span of mass. The feet were block like in shape, having the claws spread closely together. "You are acting human; my vassal needs not act in weakness."

Karasu let Yajuu-kun lay slowly at her feet before standing up straight her head now tilted at the ground. "Why, why did you kill them? They did not need to die."

"Need to, had to, came to die are all but the ongoing chain of choice. Choice, that is the folly of mortals. Choosing to stand against me, us, that which is the inevitable fate of rebellion to god youkai." The demon let out a small roar squeal, sounding like a loud whale call. The moans were mimicking that of the un-intangible language of those large creatures. Some how it spoke mentally projecting its voice to Karasu and Raven who was some how as a voyeur in this ordeal. "I can't except that! That was not a real answer! You never should have killed them!"

The demon now let out a giant roar, causing winds to toss the two girls slightly before they took deep heeled stomps to the ground for leverage. "How dare YOU! You may have GAVE me life, but I give you purpose! I am you're lord, you're master! I gave you the reason to be! You're duty is to give me a vassal, a new way to the world! I will not be talked down too by a worthless tool!"

Karasu now looked up, and screamed in rage as she conjured a large amount of dark energy and the demon grinned, Karasu shook and lowered her arms feeling tears in her eyes again, "It won't work, I just can't kill you because I don't have the power to finish you. I have lived in these shadows too long to avenge my friends."

"Finally, you understand the follies of you're way. Come, allow me to take you're body and together we shall rebuild the world in shadow, and darkness. All will fall to our greatness, and the land shall be consumed by death."

Karasu looked to Yajuu-kun, Komadori, Sutakasai, and the remnants of Ishi that had not been blown away. She looked up at the demon, its large face grinning, it's near licking of its fanged lips. Karasu narrowed her eyes as she thought of ways too not kill it but to do something else. "I have been studying many spells, one comes too mind." Karasu flew into the air and started to chant, "Rengoku Metreon Zinthos!" and a large energy formed around her in a swirl like dance of black sparks. The demon narrowed its eyes as the beam struck out and hit its head. The Demon then jumped mentally with a giant gasp "Noooo! It's a SEAL!"

Karasu nodded, "That's right Kagekuma! It is a seal that shall seal you're essence inside of your own bones, one in particular! This seal shall build your own personal realm till the time comes you are too be judged!"

Kagekuma reached out with its large hand to grab Karasu but it was suddenly being drawn into his own horn. The horn sucked the shadow demon in "I will not be destroyed girl! I will be revived from another some day!"

Karasu screamed out, "I know that Kagekuma! I have hidden from the light inside of my heart, making me as dark as you! I will not be able to destroy you but someone like me will come and find a way to finish what I started today! They will pass the judgment of the heavens onto you!"

Kagekuma was then sucked in completely not before giving a last glare to his ungrateful daughter, and the bone fell into the stones where Karasu slowly landed and said, "I am going to make sure some how the heroes come to judge you're sins. You will not live as my shadow any longer Kagekuma!" Karasu fell too her knees and finished sharply, "I vow this to my friends that died here. Especially my love, Yajuu-kun."

Raven twitched, love, for beast boy? What world was this? She and Beast Boy could never love one another like that; he was never even looking at her like that since he had Terra to care for. Terra, if she had not came she may have ended up with Beast Boy. "Wait, what I just thought!" Raven started mentally gagging now.

The winds picked up and Karasu stood with the four graves, and a sprig in her hands. It was so strange, that sprig was with Yajuu-kun and now she took it. She loved him, but she could not allow herself to accept it as was her nature and the curse of her father Kagekuma. Karasu left the sprig as a marker for her friends, leaving one spot for her body to come here one day. Karasu turned sharply too footsteps and a hooded figure came slowly. He had a ragged cloak, and stood several feet away from Karasu. "You came here…"

"I did." Said a male voice. Raven looked in shock as the voice was obviously their greatest rival. The hood moved too show Slade, his one eye was covered by a patch. This was the Slade of this world. "I wish too pay respects to my adversaries."

Karasu turned too leave saying. "When the day comes and I die, I want you too bring my body here so I can be buried with them. It is very important to me Slade."

Slade bowed as he was in a leg crossed prayer, slowly shifting a bead necklace as he prayed to his rival Komadori. "Karasu, you and I will be connected till death; for I swear I will be the one to end you're essence."

The wind picked up and now Karasu was talking to a man in a cloak, wrapped about him like hers but more loosely fitting. The hood was drawn down and hid the facial features. His arms were crossed with the hands inside the sleeves of his cloak, like some monks would do when in meditative prayer. "I need this favor, please."

The man inside the cloak spoke in a defiantly wise tone, "It is dangerous, irresponsible, and out right dishonest. Taking people from their own homes, to fight a battle you yourself can not wage! The consequences could be dire to not only this realm, but theirs as well."

Karasu gripped the man's arm, "It must be done!"

The man shifted his arm, pulling away from her until he reached out from the sleeve and to his chin. He stroked his chin with a wrinkled hand, roughly contemplating something. "I could… for a price."

Karasu sighed, "I should have known, what?"

The man nodded, now standing up he said, "You are to…" the man seemed to whisper in her ear.

Karite then was working on something, a book. He wrote in it with a strange pen, than he was etching into the book something. It was the same book that brought the titans to this world! He finished and used a chant, "Azerath Metreon Zinthos!" to open a portal to Raven's home of Azerath.

Raven slowly flutter awake and looked around seeing the small cat creature Kirara looking at her swaying its tail. Kirara seemed to smile its fangs now protruding as it jumped up into Raven and snuggled her lap. Raven was still stunned, and merely pets the creature not knowing if it or maybe other forces made her have that dream. Raven let out a stern look as she questioned, 'Why did my other me love Beast Boy? He's stupid, childish, annoying, and nosey! I can't understand it, why does this bother me so much?' Raven let go a sigh of annoyance "I have never been so confused before."

Kirara was nuzzled into Raven, envisioning her first master. The priestess whose heart made the shikon jewel (Watch the episode where they find the origins of the shikon jewel, kind of leads you to the conclusion that Kirara was the "partner" of the priestess. Thought it may be fun to make her more important secretly!). Before her meeting with Sango knowing it would lead too this event, and the events of Naraku and the shard.

Raven heard some footsteps and jumped as Beast Boy came in grinning, "Hey Raven, want to go with me?"

Raven seemed to flush saying, "What! No! I would never!"

Beast Boy sighed before saying, "But everyone else went off to see the city, I thought you and me could hang out." Beast Boy kind of looked hurt in the way Raven shot him down. Raven nodded in defeat as she walked beside him saying, "Okay we can go together, as friends."

Beast Boy grinned as she came along. Beast Boy thought secretly, 'Wow, I'm surprised she isn't trying to kill me from before. It is my fault we got stuck in this world. Though, this is one of the few times I got to hang out with Raven alone, she's really beautiful.'

Raven went on next to Beast Boy, not knowing his admiration for her cool surface and control. Beast Boy was always secretly under a crush for Raven though he never expressed it. Beast Boy would on occasion make his jokes and humor only so he could get Raven to talk to them, and him mostly. Beast Boy came to the conclusion she often used that dry quip nature as a defense to getting too close, so he always shrugged her humor off. One of the reasons he took the package was to also learn about Raven, she was a mystery and he wanted to know anything he could about her and the past she hid. Beast Boy was now gawking at Raven when she gave him a new glance making him to divert his attention, "So, Raven, you aren't mad at me for the book deal are you?"

Raven sighed, knowing he was not to blame. That book was meant to come into their hands. However, she wondered how come it happened now? Was Kagekuma trying to awake himself from his horn prison? How could he, did anyone even know where to find it? That strange horn… "Oh no! I know where I've seen it before!"

Trees started to crack, and Biteikotsu made a small wave of his blade. The sword's blade was that of a bone, it was the horn of a youkai god. Biteikotsu raised the blade vertically to his face, now caressing it with his free hand. "Inuyasha…" Biteikotsu felt to his face as the gash on it from earlier still hurt. He could have healed it, but decided to wait and heal it after the blood of that Hanyou was spilled. Biteikotsu turned to the trees that now were rustling and looked to see two shadows flying through the branches fighting. "Slade and Tsuchi?"

Sure enough the two were leaping in the tree tops dueling in some odd manner. They leaped from the tree limbs each trying to dodge the other's attacks. Biteikotsu realized it was like a form of tag, each trying to topple the other in a sort of leap race. Kurokasai and Jinkusu both watched in awe at the speed of Tsuchi, knowing she was not full demon made it interesting with the full blood attacker. "Hey, you think Souansha might want to see?"

Jinkusu shrugged, "It may be interesting to the little man." She then giggled, not meaning to be mean but still getting it done. Kurokasai went to the merchant carriage and sniffed the air, "Wait a second, there's a demon in there!"

Jinkusu ran over stunned; there was potent demon energy inside the carriage. Souansha was human; his scent was of a human. Biteikotsu walked over and narrowed his eyes as he knew the trick, "Seems the boy has been hiding someone from us. Perhaps they are the one who was truly meant to face the metal man?"

Jinkusu looked to Tsuchi who was still leaping, "Either way, they both might wish to see this?"

"It would seem so." Kurokasai grinned, "Souansha! Wake up you little troll!"

There was some clanging and movement, the carriage shook as whatever inside was now looking around for their garments. There was then a small shift in the scent and sure enough Souansha came out in his miniature clothing saying, "Crud, I was just having a good dream."

"One where you were with a demon?" Jinkusu prodded at Souansha who now began to sweat. "What!" Souansha jumped back, "Hey, if it's you I might be inclined toots."

Kurokasai giggled, now grabbing the small man and holding him still, "Aww, don't want to show you're demonic friend to us!"

Souansha started squirming as he yelled, "Back off of me you worm skewer!"

Jinkusu reached down the shirt of Souansha making him blush, till she grabbed the key to his shop and ripped it off. "Now try and hide it."

Souansha grinned up saying, "Sure," his spider arms spread out snatching the key and putting it on his neck while knocking the two women back. "Now keep you're skuzzy hands to yourselves!"

The two looked angrily at Souansha until a loud thud sound came. Everyone looked to Tsuchi who had been slammed out of the trees, now having Slade bear his heel into her throat. "I told you never to take you're eyes off of an opponent!"

Tsuchi gripped the foot on her throat, Slade forced deeper as she spoke, "I'm sorry! Souansha and the others!"

"Stop that! I trained you better than that! You made the mistake, now take care of you're mistake!"

Tsuchi started gagging as Slade removed his foot. Slade then stormed off angrily cursing her. Tsuchi looked at him and began to cry. Souansha jumped up and ran to her asking, "You okay? I'm sorry if we got you in trouble."

Tsuchi looked away and began to run. Jinkusu spoke lowly, "No reason to beat the girl like that."

"You know nothing of training girl." Slade was speaking from behind a tree, "I am doing what was done to me to be a great fighter. She needs to know how to take care of herself."

Jinkusu turned and gripped her hands into fists, "Watch you're attitude! I can snap you like a twig!"

Slade narrowed his eyes, 'I highly doubt that.' He thought to himself.

Kurokasai grinned as she walked over to Slade, "Hold it you two. Maybe there's something about being rough turns him on. I'd love for a tumble too big guy."

Slade glared challengingly, "Wretch!" he turned and leapt into the trees, Kurokasai giggled, "Wow, something about him makes me hyper." She looked to Shin Ji getting ideas in her head. "I just so need to vent my energy soon."

Inuyasha, Kagome, Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were together in a group. Robin started off asking, "I wonder why Beast Boy waited for Raven." Cyborg began to chuckle saying, "You know." Robin gave a shocked look, "Dude, you didn't know? He has a thing for her."

Inuyasha looked over worriedly, "Really?" Robin started rubbing his chin, "Why would you say that?"

Cyborg jumped out screaming, "Are you kidding! They always share glances like they have some kind of idea about the other, but not totally sure what is going on. The whole Adonis thing where Beast Boy protected her, not to mention Beast Boy has been closer to Raven since Malchior like on the rebound try. Then you have the jealousy thing Raven had with Terra."

Robin made a wicked grin, "You think Raven likes Beast Boy too?"

"Why not? She does seem to spend a lot of her time picking at him, as if trying to make him look bad. She's just making a gap so he doesn't get close like a defense mechanism."

Starfire giggled, "Robin, have you not noticed these things? I have and I am how you say… naïve?"

Robin sort of groaned, now that really hurt his pride. "Well, I was a detective with Batman but we never tried the whole meaning to love case, I think everyone has to admit it is a bit big for anyone."

Inuyasha looked hurt a little, "Hey, I can't see the whole thing between the green guy and Raven." Inuyasha smirked to his side saying, "She has too much going for her self to settle for some small twig boy."

Everyone looked at Inuyasha in some inquiry, "Inuyasha," Sango asked slightly shocked, "Are you taking that much an interest in Raven's personal life?"

Inuyasha stopped in a dead halt, sort of turning pale for a moment. He then shook his head and crossed his arms in a march, "No way! Just saying some idle gibberish! We should split on up and check the city out." He sniffed the air, "I can't understand why they didn't attack at dawn."

Miroku spoke out, "Because, that was expected. This city is not defenseless Inuyasha with priests and even warriors. The idea would be to wait and do something to unnerve the men then attack. If they wait to mid day and attack it would also act as destroying the morale and making the men loose face more quickly."

Inuyasha then gave a small pant, "Figures, lousy demons using tactics. Kamikaze said he was good at that."

Inuyasha took Kagome, Sango, and Miroku. Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Shippo went together.

Shippo was on Starfire's head smiling as he said, "I like you guys, and you're a little less serious than Inuyasha."

Starfire smiled saying, "I adore this one's cute fox features."

Shippo grinned as Starfire giggled making Cyborg and Robin share glances. Inuyasha felt Kagome tug at his sleeve, "Um, what you said back there about Raven…"

Inuyasha snapped back, "Hey, I was just stating a fact alright!"

Kagome was taken back by that reaction and how Inuyasha now screamed he wanted to be alone. He leaped off onto the buildings and made his way across the roof tops. Kagome felt some kind of fear in her chest; fear he may have feelings for Raven. Miroku and Sango stood at her sides as she looked at them. Miroku looked up to the sky, leaving a small sigh leave his chest, 'I knew it, he is starting to fall for Raven. That means he is torn between Kikyo, Kagome, and now Raven. Then the idea of Beast Boy makes him question his feeling and… so confusing…'

Miroku began to stroke his head with his beaded hand, Sango was saying to Kagome, "He's just being pig headed Kagome. Don't take his actions too strongly." Kagome looked less worried as she nodded to her friends. Miroku smiled as Kagome was so quick to believe in the good of matters, not very good of her to be so trusting though. Miroku had noticed the sharing of glances and even the backrub last night between Raven and Inuyasha. He knew there was friction there, feelings of trust forming between two component warriors. That could lead to some rocky roads with Inuyasha's feelings for Kagome, and the feelings of Raven for Beast Boy.

Inuyasha ran thinking rushed, "Stupid goblin boy! I can't see why he wants the girl! She's nothing like him, she's strong, dependable, skilled; he's just a stupid… um… goblin!" Inuyasha snorted, knowing he was acting jealous, but why? He hardly knew Raven, yet he felt a bond with her like they were close from years ago. He now questioned should he maybe act on the feelings inside his head? Should he make a move on her, see if maybe something kind of clicked?

Inuyasha stopped running and turned to the forests. A strong wind was starting to pour out of them. Inuyasha glared, his fang curling out of his lips, "Kamikaze…" he looked and saw the way everything started to get darker. Inuyasha snorted as he looked up and saw the clouds were all forming up around the sky. That was why it got dark, it's blocking out the sun. Inuyasha then noticed someone flying in the air, "Kamikaze!"

Kamikaze looked down, sneering, "The mutt. I was not looking forward to a new battle." He turned to Kamaraji who was on his back, "Hold on, we will reach the citadel soon."

Inuyasha trailed his target and began a dash; they were headed to that large pagoda like structure in the center of the city. Kagome noticed Inuyasha run past and grabbed her bike, and began a mad ride after him. Miroku and Sango looked on to the walls, "Miroku, there's a large amount of demons coming this way."

Miroku twitched, "I know," He gripped his staff saying, "Brace yourself Sango. This is only one of the many spots in which the demons are attacking."

Sango smiled, "I'd rather you are here anyway, those two seem to be in a rather large fight now."

Miroku blushed, "I see, so you want me to be here." He then reached for her behind causing her to hiss, "Not that way Miroku!"

Miroku grinned, it was mainly his way of saying he would watch her back, she secretly knew it and in a way her response was her saying the same.

Beast Boy and Raven looked around worriedly, "What just happened Raven?"

Raven gave a small glare at him, "Gee, it got dark? Maybe that is it?"

Beast Boy kind of grinned, thinking her sarcasm was a bit reassuring, "I mean, why it has gotten so dark? Why would they cover the sky with clouds?"

"Kagekuma, he's a shadow and that means he wants it to be dark. I bet he convinced Kamikaze to make the clouds block the sun for his own wishes. It's also a good tactic because the men in the city are already starting to freak out." Which was true, men and women were running around like mad. The next thing that caught the two was some girl laughing. Raven looked up and was stunned, "Jinx?"

Jinkusu smiled down on Raven, "OH so there you are!" she raised her right hand and created a large pink ball that she flung causing a building to then crumble onto them. Jinkusu watched as Raven then forced a barrier to up heave the rubble freeing her and Beast Boy. Beast Boy grinned asking, "What's next? We meet up with Slade?"

"No, just his apprentice!" came a large blur fly by grabbing Beast Boy and taking him away.

Beast Boy screamed as Raven went to help but Jinkusu shot another beam causing a house to blaze a flame blinding Raven from the immense heat. Raven looked trying to see through the flames but Beast Boy and his attacker were gone. Raven turned to Jinkusu; Jinkusu smiled wickedly, "That's it. Keep you're attention to me! I am you're enemy, now let's finish this once and for all girl!"

Starfire, Cyborg, and Robin looked around as the sky had darkened. Robin looked worried, mainly because he knew the others had wandered off far enough finding them would be hard. Starfire looked to Robin for support and when he realized he smiled down to reassure her. Starfire could always depend on Robin to get her back in the nerve. Cyborg felt that small fox on his waist, since he was the biggest it must have thought he would protect it. Shippo kept on hanging as Cyborg asked, "Who turned out the lights?"

Two mechanical arms crept out under Cyborg's arms, lifting him up and flinging him up into the air, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Robin turned screaming, "Cyborg, Shippo!"

Starfire was then plowed by a black blur through a building; the attacker of Starfire then shot a strong blast of flames into the building as Starfire escaped. Kurokasai grinned as she said "Alright, now this one is interesting!" she flew after the running Starfire.

Robin turned screaming, "Starfire!"

Robin was about to dive in until he felt a grip on his cape, then a toss. Robin sprawled into a stop as he looked at his attacker. The flames were swirling around making it hard. "Komadori?" that voice struck Robin fast, the hairs on his neck stood up. The attacker slowly walked through the flames with his hands resting behind his back. Robin pulled the staff weapon from his back, gripping the pole tightly as he envisioned his enemy in his hands. Robin felt fear, rage, hatred, so many feelings that it could be maddening if he concentrated on them separately. Slade stepped forward again before taking in the boy, he had the similar look of Komadori, but if his reincarnated enemy he had one distinct difference. The fact he was not blind and those eyes looked at him in such rage. Slade chuckled, "Such terrible things are in the shadows, aren't they?"

Robin had a small twitch; he gripped the staff and said dryly, "Slade…"

Inuyasha ran full speed after Kamikaze; he wanted to settle the score. That was when he heard Kagome scream his name. "What is she doing here?"

Kagome sped to a stop as Inuyasha leapt down to her, "Inuyasha! I was coming to help."

Inuyasha looked worried, last time she barely was able to help. He cared about Kagome, and she would be a prime target for Kamikaze. Inuyasha jumped onto the walls scaling the palace as he leaped from place to place. Kagome huffed, "Oh no you don't!" she ran to the entrance in order to follow.

Inuyasha came to a hole in the wall to enter, "Kamikaze!"

Kamikaze stood with his fans at his sides, "Inuyasha! I was not very pleased to see you were following. Kamaraji has already went ahead to find the shards!"

"Look, there are no shards! We checked this city out and if there were we would have found them!"

"Lies! I know I hid five shards here myself!"

Inuyasha blinked, "What? You hid shards? How can you hide them?"

Kamikaze grinned, "Would you not like to know!" Kamikaze raised his right hand, "Oni-suzume!" shooting out an orb of wind. Inuyasha jumped out of the way screaming, "Sankon Tessou!" jumping off his dodge to clash with his claws. Kamikaze used his fans to block the claws. "Kamikaze! I'm going to make you and Biteikotsu pay!"

Kamikaze got a stunned look, "What?" he lowered his hands asking, "What does he have to do with this?"

Inuyasha looked up, and smirked, "You mean you didn't know! He's not exactly mister innocent!"

Kamikaze nodded as he did not trust that person well either, putting his fans away he asked, "Tell me more?"

Kagome ran through the halls, until she came to this one hall in the building. It had statues of warriors with staff weapons at half mass. She realized they all looked different; they must have been based on some real warriors of the era. Sure enough she also noticed the door at the end that had been opened. Kagome followed to see a shine at the bottom of a large statue, they were jewel shards. Kagome ran over to the pedestal of this statue to find a way to open up the pedestal so she could take the shards.

"Kagome." Kagome turned to Kamaraji, he looked up and spoke slowly, "You're name is Kagome. Kamikaze hid the shikon jewels here when he first found them, he never knew what they were till recently but he knew of their power. The holistic aura here from that statue denotes the jewels so only someone who could see their energy would be able to find them."

Kagome stood up grabbing an arrow, but Kamaraji cracked his whip snatching the bow and arrow to the side, "Why do you need the jewels? I mean, you're going to kill all these people?"

Kamaraji chuckled, "Well, I first thought of only taking the shards for my own self. That way I could be more powerful. However, Biteikotsu said a show of real power like the slaughter of an entire village for example would get some much deserved respect."

"Respect!" Kagome stomped her foot causing Kamaraji to jump back, "Please, respect is earned you idiot! Not demanded by people from scaring them! Didn't anyone ever teach you that?"

Kamaraji screamed out, "You little wretch!" He pulled on the ends tightly making the whip twain between his flexed arms. "I care for nothing above or below one thing! Revenge on this filthy, disgusting town of demon hating filth!" Kamaraji grabbed at his mask, "You see, as a child with my family, my birth family, we were attacked. My father was not a strong demon, and was killed leaving my mother to die as well. As the humans readied to finish me, Kamikaze intervened to save me. I was only a young boy but I remember it well." Kamaraji removed the mask, and showed the many scars on his lizard like face, he was a simple lizard demon which was a common demon type. "See, I have very vivid reminders to this village." He now fastened the mask, and Kagome felt sort of sad someone could have that kind of a tortured life.

"Revenge is not the way I taught you." Kamikaze came slowly, with Inuyasha. Kamaraji turned shocked, and then hurt, "Are you betraying me!"

"No, we were betrayed my son." Kamikaze turned to Inuyasha. "Biteikotsu has been playing us like fools; this boy believes it was a decoy, or diversion to get something he just does not know what."

Inuyasha gave a cocky grin to Kagome; she smiled knowing his smile meant everything was okay. "Yeah," Inuyasha looked over to Kamaraji. "He is no normal demon; he tricked you, me, and everybody else to do something."

Kamaraji looked upset; putting his hands to his eyes he seemed to hate himself for not seeing it sooner. "Perhaps…" he turned to the pedestal and gripped the shards, "He must have wanted the shards like I did."

Kamaraji then arched his back, and screamed out in pain. The bone blade tore through his back and out his chest, causing everyone to jump in the action. Kamaraji was being raised upwards, and behind him was Biteikotsu holding Kamaraji in the air by one arm. Biteikotsu had his eyes closed as he then tossed the spastic body over to the onlookers. "Kamaraji!" Kamikaze instantly began screaming as he scooped up Kamaraji into his arms and cradled him. Inuyasha sniffed the air, and twitched mentally, 'Oh man… what is that scent? It's bad… really… really bad.'

Raven was crouched behind a barrel; it was shielding her from the onslaught of pink hexes. Jinkusu kept spinning on her heels, tossing the pink hex energy madly. Raven knew that this was nothing like the Jinx she knew; their Jinx had some power but not this much. She was so much more magical, more of a real witch. Raven looked to the side hoping to find an object to toss at her, but she couldn't. The flames were making it impossible to see where she was from heat pouring onto her sensitive skin and smoke clogging her view. "Come on Raven, you have to move! This place is getting too much like a broiler!" Raven then saw something, and grinned.

Jinkusu slowly stopped spinning. "Oh man…" She grabbed her mouth to hold back her vomit, she spun too long. After a few moments she scanned the area visually for the girl. Sure enough she did not seem to be there. But spiritually, she still felt the witch girl around. "Come out; come out, where ever you are!" Jinkusu joked as she walked over slowly to the barrel. Raven quickly leapt out causing Jinkusu to smile eerily, "There you were."

Raven stood defiantly with her legs spread, and her arms tucked at her sides. "I'm not going to give up just yet."

Jinkusu rolled her eyes, the way people insisted on fighting till the end got annoying sometimes. Then she felt it, that poke in the back. Jinkusu turned and saw several stalks of Japanese bamboo floating behind her with their points at her. Jinkusu grit her teeth, "Alright, now what?"

Raven narrowed her eyes as several stalks floated closer, "Do you really want to know? Unless you leave right now, you can get the point… literally."

Jinkusu gave one small glare to Raven and her glowing eyes, and then it struck her. Jinkusu grabbed a stalk and pointed it to her heart, "Well? What are you waiting for! Kill me!"
Raven cringed; Jinkusu started laughing madly, "You can't do it! I can see it in your eyes!" Jinkusu tossed the stalk away, and the others then fell. "You can't kill me, I'm a human being! You seem to have some stupid idea killing is wrong, let me wake you up!" Jinkusu charged a beam flinging it to have Raven fly over it. Raven was looking at the crackling pink energy as a second blast hit her body, "This is no game, and we fight to live! If you can't kill me then you're already another victim!" Raven landed to have Jinkusu bearing her nails into her throat. "This is an age where war is evident; you kill, or be killed."

Jinkusu started to strangle Raven as some woman screamed, "Fujin no mai!" causing unknown blades of wind to strike around the two. Jinkusu let go of Raven, letting Raven grab her own throat and phase through a wall nearby. Jinkusu turned to her attacker, the female demon in the orange kimono grinned with red eyes a blaze, "Greetings, the name is Kagura."

Raven quickly got her second wind, as she phased she felt there was something keeping Jinkusu away from her. Raven looked out of a window and gasped at Jinkusu trying to punch at Kagura, but Kagura dodged the attacks effortlessly. Raven narrowed her eyes to the small fight, "I can't believe… I'm considering…"

Jinkusu was struck by the wind blades again, Kagura grinned as she screamed, "Ryuuja no mai!" that called out a sort of tornado that fell onto Jinkusu to sweep her up and toss her around like mad. Jinkusu was finally thrown as the tornado died, and was at the feet of a small girl. Jinkusu looked up and gave a glare, "What do you want?"

The small girl was in all white, she had white shinned hairs, and a white kimono. The little girl's eyes were blank, if not soulless. Then the mirror with the cracks caught Jinkusu. Jinkusu scrambled up trying to run as Kagura screamed, "Kanna! Do it already!"

Kanna spoke softly, "Yes Kagura… I'll take the witch soul." A purple haze escaped from the mirror trailing after Jinkusu. Jinkusu tripped to have the haze coming at her before a blackened aura surrounded her in a dome. Jinkusu looked up and snarled at Raven, who was now defending her. "What do you think you're doing?"

Raven was busy holding the barrier. Kanna and Kagura stopped their attacks to talk. Raven let her shield down saying, "Go, this is between me and them."

Jinkusu grabbed her arm; it was slightly bloody and ripped from the fabric. "I'm not going to go easy on you for this! I'm going to give you all the magic I have! I will prove I'm the strongest witch in the land!"

Raven just rolled her eyes saying, "Whatever, just go."

Jinkusu then got up and ran, turning a moment to see what was happening before finally leaving with a scream of rage. Raven stood with her hands glowing, Kagura and Kanna kept talking until Kagura smiled, "Well, I guess we had the wrong witch. You're Raven right?"

Raven narrowed her eyes, "I'll take that as yes. My name is Kagura, this is Kanna. We're demons, who were sent here by our master Naraku."

Raven thought about that, 'Naraku? That was the demon Inuyasha was talking about before.'

Kagura was about to speak when she grabbed at her chest, "Na-raku!"

"I said find the girl, not kill the girl. You have been very uppity lately." Said a fanciful voice. Raven slowly turned to the man who had his shoulders down cloaked by a white fur, but the long black hair, red eyes, and nauseating grin gave Raven a wrenching feeling in her stomach. Naraku swat away to Kagura and Kanna, "Leave us; we have things to talk about."

Kagura quickly turned to Naraku to ask why but he quickly motioned his hand to a squeezing stance, Kagura winced in realization he was demanding this or else he would crush her heart again. Kagura called out her white feather to ride it away with Kanna. Naraku smiled to Raven saying, "How grand to finally talk with you one on one. Raven, is it?"

Raven nodded, making Naraku sort of turn nostalgic, closing his eyes as if remembering some events from before. "I have a proposition for you. If you agree, I promise you I will help you and you're friends home."

Automatically Raven turned away saying, "Not interested."

Naraku began to chuckle to himself. He turned away and said, "I guess you're not interested… in Kagekuma…"

Raven stopped, he some how knew about that thing? "What do you know?"

Naraku turned around, "Now you want to listen? Not very nice to play me along like that."

"I don't care for you're wishes. I personally know it would be a waste of my time." Raven paused as she came to the realization she needed to know, all of the things she could of Kagekuma. "Tell me everything you know about him, a girl named Karasu, and anything else important. If you do that, I'll take you're proposal seriously."

Naraku smirked, "Sounds reasonable."

"However!" Raven added in a snarl, "If you lie to me, I will make you pay."

Naraku gave a blank smile, "What possible use would a lie give me? I honestly want you're assistance in one small matter then we can help you on you're way."

Raven seemed wary, but she accepted she needed to know and gave him her undivided attention. "The story begins with a woman priestess who lost a battle with a demon named Trigonamu. The outcome for failure to destroy him was…"

Raven knew that story, "Go further." She cringed as she envisioned her own mother's ordeal. Naraku grinned, "Touchy moment for you eh?"

Raven glared quickly, Naraku raised his hands in a defensive stance, more to spite Raven's needing him, "Alright, moving on. The child bore was a girl, a priestess demon. This girl was named "Karasu no Kage" by later endeavors. She often tried to control the demonic blood in her, as it was often triggered by emotion. That is, she became quite uncaring. She lived a simple life, aside from priestess duties of fighting demons and appraising homes. Then the time came when she met several other people."

Raven stopped Naraku, "Yajuu-kun, is he one of them?"

Naraku gave a small side grin, "I believe he was, along with Komadori, Sutakasai, and Ishi. These children were very good, for the most part. However, Karasu still feared her powers as they grew. Time went on and Karasu feared them so much she tried to purge herself of her shadow like powers; this is where Kagekuma comes into being."

Raven shifted uneasily, 'Was I the reason that thing came to life, or rather that other me?'

"As I heard, Karasu summoned Kagekuma through powerful dark magic from his prison. He was considered a powerful shadow demon, trapped in another world by a scroll written and enchanted by a monk named Roreth."

Raven jumped, this was similar to another story in her world… that story… her worst nightmare… "Malchior!"

Naraku grabbed his chin, and rubbed it slightly, "Why yes, it is similar to you're Malchior experience. Karasu did fall in love with Kagekuma and his promise to free her of the shadows. He used that wish to make her to commit the ritual of his rebirth. In the end, he killed her friends and was trapped inside a new prison, the very bone of his horn. Odd, is it not? The similarities of the girl to yourself are uncanny, and you're experiences are similar, yet slightly differential."

Raven looked at her hand; it was shaking as a fist. She heard her emotions chambering like mad. Especially one, Rage, Rage screamed out in wicked laughter. Malchior had her feel all the emotions imaginable and when he betrayed her she felt ones like rage the most. Then again, to have to deal with a second Malchior was worse, especially this one was worse; it was stronger and more demonic. She often hoped she could find a way to destroy the book, destroy him for hurting her, but she now had this to deal with. She slowly lowered her emotions, not suppressing as much as she tried to calm them. While she had lost herself the flames had tripled from the burning buildings, and the ground had cracked. Naraku smiled the entire time, all that power held back from fear to lose it and destroy all the people here, it was sad, to see a powerful creature trapped from its final potential for human weakness.

"Okay," Raven gave a somewhat annoyed look, "What was you're proposition?"

"Nothing much, just wanted you to…" Naraku now gave a sadistic grin, more his nature as he inflicted pain. "kill Inuyasha."

Miroku and Sango had fended for some time now. Miroku would use his Kazanaa to take on large groups of hording demons, while Sango use her hunter strength and agility to take any demons that passed by around and doubled back around. When Miroku got to feeling a surging pain in his arm he would wrap it, and then use his staff to destroy lesser demons, and then he used scrolls of magic; Fuda scrolls to attack other demons too powerful for simple strikes. The two worked well together until one large blue beast came out, it was Aooni, and on his shoulders was Binetsu lounging lazily on his side. Aooni's tusk like grin caused Miroku and Sango to take stances together.

"Wow. He must eat a lot." Sango mused to her friend. Miroku nodded with a smirk, "Quite right, what with his girth and all."

Aooni frowned, now poking at Binetsu, "Binetsu, you're not going to sleep all day are you?"

Binetsu yawned, now rolling on his other side to scratch his behind Aooni sighed as he realized the mage demon was still asleep. "Fine, I can kill these humans myself."

Aooni readied his wooden sword when a small clattering sound occurred. Aooni looked to the noise to see a two-headed dragon running to them. It was Ah-un, the dragon pet of Sesshomaru. Rin and Jaken both rode its back while Sesshomaru had run to the field. Sesshomaru gave one glare to Aooni before unsheathing Tokijin "We have a matter to attend to."

Aooni growled as he gripped Binetsu by the scruff of his vest. "Fine, we will take that matter under payment." Aooni lay Binetsu down on the ground, "This times no mishaps with poisons."

Sesshomaru grinned, "Really? You seem quite susceptible to poison." Sesshomaru's hand then became irradiated with a green mist. Sesshomaru flung his claws striking Aooni, and on contact Aooni cringed as he felt that feeling like when Binetsu hit him, "Poison…"

Sesshomaru nodded, "Yes, my own body can produce a poisonous mixture. So when Binetsu hit you before, it gave me the conclusion that I could honestly use that skill on you."

Aooni was now starting to shake, his own legs somewhat buckled. 'Bah, poison. I hate poison!'

Sesshomaru raised Tokijin, "Once you are destroyed, I can then make the demons following you from the mountains retreat. I will save at least some, if not all of the demons."

Aooni knelt down, and when it seemed he was submitting, he jolted up his head and roared causing Sesshomaru to raise his arm to his face. That beastly creature roared so greatly that the spit splattered on his face. Sesshomaru finally heard him stop roaring; he lowered his arms to see in shock Aooni had summoned a new strength to charge with his own blade. Sesshomaru was so caught off guard he was only able to raise Tokijin to have Aooni strike it instead and launch that sword off to the side. Aooni enraged, grabbed Sesshomaru into his large hands and began squeezing madly. Aooni held Sesshomaru in the air tightening his grip. Sesshomaru felt the pressure and panted in pain. Sesshomaru used his fluffy tail piece to grip the second sword and loosen it to toss it into the sandaled foot below. Aooni screamed another roar, dropping Sesshomaru who now looked for his sword.

Aooni grinned, his tusks now started to curve, "You think this is going to stop me?" Aooni grabbed his weapon and plunged its tip into the ground, "Itonami rut-su!" with that the sword grew roots that then broke through the ground winding till they got to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru jumped but was grabbed by the roots.

Sesshomaru screamed, "Fowl beast! What is this?"

"Well, since you asked so nice." Aooni gripped the holster of his sword, a strange golden aura started to drain from Sesshomaru through the roots and to the sword. "This is a technique to drain Youki energy, which will make you just as weak as I am in a poisoned state, unless I keep draining you're Youki that is."

Jaken gagged, "That monster! He will kill lord Sesshomaru!"

Rin turned worriedly, gripping her fingers in a small prayer, "You do not mean that! Sesshomaru-sama can withstand this!"

Jaken slowly started to grip his staff, "Perhaps, but if that beast drains Sesshomaru of his youki, he can also drain him of life energy. If that is so, then he can drain the life of lord Sesshomaru and add that power to his own!" Jaken laid his head on the staff, "Oh, Sesshomaru. What can we do?"

Miroku and Sango both looked on, in all honesty they were not for Sesshomaru, but he was the lesser of their two evils. "Sesshomaru! Don't let him make you look like a fool!" Sango screamed trying to get him to fight more. "What if Inuyasha were here! Would you let him see you beaten like this?"

Sesshomaru snarled, 'Absurd, that thing has me trapped and now to be struck in my pride. That half-blood never could match my own skills even in this ordeal.'

Aooni left out a pant of pleasure, "Yes… nice amount of Youki you have dog-demon. Not often do I drain people so long and not have them beg for mercy."

Sesshomaru glared down at the larger beast, "Coward… if I was… not…" Sesshomaru felt ill, he could not talk well as his body was feeling weaker.

Binetsu now stirred, yawning loudly to wake he looked to the two fighting and blinked, "My, what did I miss?"

Miroku looked over to Binetsu in a slight annoyed fashion, "You're friend has been fighting Sesshomaru for some time now, perhaps you can talk some sense into him?"

Binetsu snickered, "Nah, no fun in that. Though I do sense some trouble over there." He pointed to the city, where the citadel was. "Most likely my master is up there playing."

Sesshomaru looked over hearing this he thought of the cloaked girl, that girl bothered him. What was it? The power she had, the fact she was capable of fighting so well, or maybe other reasons. Sesshomaru now looked to Aooni, that filth kept draining his powers. "If he feels I will submit." Sesshomaru then changed, his eyes became blood red and his pupils shrunk. Aooni realized he was transforming, Sesshomaru broke the vines and then ran at Aooni. Aooni raised his hands to have a weak punch hit them, Sesshomaru faltered over tired breathing heavily with his powers drained. Aooni slowly scooped Sesshomaru up and snickered, "Poor doggy, you're barks worse than you're bite now."

Sesshomaru felt angered, that thing had him so weak. Then it screamed dropping Sesshomaru as a small fire was burning on its foot. Jaken had used his Okina spell, and then quickly retreated as Rin and Ah-un ran up to Sesshomaru with his sword Tokijin. "Sesshomaru-sama! You're weapon!"

Sesshomaru gripped the sword and pointed up to the one foot hopping mountain giant, "This is you're end Aooni! Tokijin!" the power from Tokijin struck out, and Aooni was barely able to uproot his sword and block the attack. When he blocked, the power snapped the sprig sword in two and caused Aooni to falter back to slam making a small tremor, yet large body shaped crater. Aooni lay in the crater before letting his eyes slink back into his own skull. "No… way… can…"

Sesshomaru was heaving heavily, Aooni was now defeated. He looked to the demons that had been fighting before and ordered them to return to their own homes, and forget this battle. They did, and Sesshomaru smiled, he averted the death of his brothers and sisters. "Now, it is done."

Sesshomaru then buckled over, completely drained he heard Ah-un storm over. Rin had the Teneiga and gave it to Sesshomaru. Jaken and Rin then helped their master onto Ah-un's back to run off. Aooni was not dead, more so unconscious. Binetsu looked over the giant and sighed, "At least I didn't get his butt kicked this time." Binetsu turned to Miroku and Sango, "You want to fight me?"

Miroku and Sango looked at each other surprised, Miroku then looked back with a small sweat, "Perhaps another time?"

Binetsu nodded, before leaping off to the woods, trying to drag the large beast which was not so easy. "Okay, come on you mangy brute."

Miroku and Sango blushed at his vein attempts, Binetsu panted on his back on Aooni after his seventh try to move the behemoth, "Never mind… too big…" Binetsu looked over and asked, "You want to help me out?"

Miroku and Sango looked at each other before turning to leave. Binetsu frowned as he let his arms sag, "That was heartless…" He grinned wickedly taking club in hand, "Guess I might have to teach them some manners."

Cyborg had been put into one of those moods; after he was plowed through the seventh wall he figured he had to try something drastic. When the mechanical legs came into him, he gripped them under his arms and struggled with the attacker. When he saw Gizmo, he nearly died, "What? When did you get here?"

Souansha struggled with the gears, and switches, this metal guy was strong. "How would I know? I was called here for a stupid job bolts-for-brain!" Souansha snuck one arm out and swung it to have Cyborg duck it then twirl him around and toss the smaller person. Souansha screamed as he was flung about, but luckily spread the legs out to fall into balance. The legs tinkered onto their points to allow Souansha to turn to his enemy. "Whoa, he's too strong to fight without bro but I hate to turn to that mangy-moron."

Cyborg turned to his side, there was a large anvil in a blacksmith shop. He grinned as he ran in; grabbing the anvil Cyborg flung it into one leg causing it to snap. Souansha screamed, "Crud!" as he lost balance and fell face first into the dirt. He undid the straps to his device and sighed, it was one of his favorite inventions. Cyborg now came running, Souansha looked up pulling two bottles from his sides, he shook them and made them fizzle. Quickly he popped the corks causing them to spray and Cyborg, Cyborg dodged to the side to see the liquid dissolve a wagon on the side. He paled, "Whoa! Now that is not the kind of soda I want." Cyborg rolled behind a building as Souansha shook and fizzled the sodas at Cyborg. Cyborg looked over the corner; Souansha just shook the sodas and waited for him to attack. Cyborg thought for a moment, and grinned dryly as he realized something.

Souansha stood waiting, and then there was a large crash. He turned to see the walls collapsing. "What is he doing?"

Souansha realized too late Cyborg collapsed the walls to then get a large slab of wood he then used like a shield. He ran full force allowing the wood to shield him from the soda and then he plowed his fist full force into Souansha's jaw. Souansha flailed back into a building that then collapsed onto him. Cyborg let out a small pant as he sat back onto his behind. "Wow that worked well."

Souansha seemed to stir slowly, "Bro-ther…" he fell unconscious. Cyborg twitched, "Brother?" then he heard some loud stomping. He turned to have a large hand grab his face, swing him around, and then toss him into a wall. Cyborg slowly peeled off the wall to see the large muscular guy. He was hairy in the face, having a goatee and mustache like look.

Manmosu, as he was known, roared loudly like a lion and stomped to attack Cyborg. The two large men gripped hands in a finger-locked push, trying to topple each other in some fashion to then way-lay a long beating to the unfortunate fool that fell first. Cyborg fell, and while on his back he felt Manmosu slam his large feet down hard onto his chest again and again, they seemed to become more painful each turn. Manmosu gripped Cyborg's head with one hand and held his prey up in the air, Cyborg tossed around to break free, even tried to pry the fingers with his own, but Manmosu was stronger than him. The human Souansha was easier to fight; this one was his equal in brawn, the other his equal in brains. "You see metal man! I'm too strong to fight! It would take a miracle to save you now!"

As if summoned, a shrill voice screamed, "Dude!" Beast Boy was wailing that as he seemed to fly by on a giant boulder. The boulder had veered to miss Cyborg, but hit Manmosu. Manmosu stood with a large chunk of stone slightly crumbled onto his head, he was standing still as the large flying boulder plowed through the side of his head leaving the debris to crumble into his head, and slowly break and fall across the side of his body. Manmosu stood still, and then a large bump came from his head, making him drop Cyborg and scream in pain as he held the bump. Cyborg looked and smiled, 'Beast Boy, I owe you big time!' Cyborg undid his sonic cannon and screamed, "You might be my brawn, but you ain't got my brains!"

Manmosu looked scowling as the small flash of blue appeared, he was struck by a stream of sonic energy that blasted him into the air and in an arch he fell back into a burning building. Cyborg looked around and worriedly ran to see if he could find his friends. Cyborg was running when he realized something, Beast Boy was fighting someone on that boulder.

Beast Boy had been pretty spry up till now, when the girl attacked him he first was being plunged into the ground, when she felt a give in the boy and ground she looked down to see a green snake. Tsuchi panicked and tossed the snake behind her, but that snake had turned into a bird to fly and grab the boulder to turn to Beast Boy. Beast Boy looked his attacker over; her curves identified her as a her, so he screamed, "Listen lady! I hate being beat up for no reason so why did you attack me?"

Tsuchi looked at Beast Boy, "My goodness, a goblin!"

Beast Boy looked at her stunned, and then steam fumed from his ears as he screamed full voiced, "I am not a GOBLIN!"

"Goblin or not," Tsuchi now turned to a stance, her arms in front of her with palms out, fingers pointed to the sky, and legs spread as she shifted to get a good footing on the still moving boulder. "I will not be easily beaten by a boy."

Beast Boy pulled at his collar, mustering a smug grin he tried to sound refined, "The name's Boy, Beast Boy." He then turned to a gorilla and tried to swipe Tsuchi. Tsuchi instantly swung over Beast Boy's punch, and on his wrist she twirled over his back and landed a kick to his back. Beast Boy stumbled to reform to human, snorting the dirt in his nose from his fall. "A wise guy…" Beast Boy muttered from his dirt mounded mouth. "Let's see what you do with this!"

Beast Boy turned to a bull, and tried a rush to poke her, but Tsuchi leapt up and landed both feet firmly into his horns making him stumble over and into the ground again. She jumped off from the horns to the ground, and giggled as he now looked over with dirt in his mouth. Beast Boy spat out the dirt, Tsuchi asked, "Do you know how to fight at all?"

Beast Boy snarled, "Tch, you're just being a pain." Beast Boy looked up and screamed "Dude!" he pointed and Tsuchi turned to see the two large men fighting. She raised her hands and channeled the golden aura to move their boulder away, still hitting one as they moved. Beast Boy grinned, she was busy trying to get control now so he turned to a kangaroo. He leaped full force then turning to an armadillo, that he balled up in and smacked Tsuchi in the back of the head. The two now fell off the boulder that skidded across the ground to crumble into smaller bits. Beast Boy did a swivel of his hips and thrust of his arms saying, "Go Beast Boy, Go Beast Boy! You're a genius! I mean business!"

As he was dancing a rock levitated off the ground to clip him in the back of the head. Beast Boy turned to Tsuchi, she stood up with her hands at her sides, seeming to crinkle her fingers inward at her palm. Beast Boy grimaced when her hair started flowing about, her eyes turned solely golden and she screamed as she plunged her hands into the ground. "You are dead!" she screamed, now pulling her hands out of the ground having what seemed giant fists. Her hands had merged with the earth, making earth gauntlets, steaming from some unknown heat as they were formed on her hands. Her eyes returned kept glowing but now they seemed to wince in pain. "Doesn't that hurt?" Beast Boy asked out of oddly placed concerns.

Tsuchi spoke coldly, "Pain is in the road to power, my master taught me that."

"Uh, hate to break this to ya, but you're master is nuts."

Tsuchi looked enraged, she ran screaming full voice at Beast Boy who turned to a bird to try and fly off but was struck in a strong punch. "Anything else you want to say before you die!" Tsuchi asked as Beast Boy reverted to his real form skidding on the ground. 'Yeah… you have one mean left hook.' Beast Boy rubbed his chin; a little blood had dripped from his mouth.

Tsuchi ran to now grip her fingers together to then smash them down on the still stunned Beast Boy. Beast Boy turned and morphed, now a triceratops he ran at her in a ram attack. She was so surprised by the size Beast Boy landed the ram and smacked her back. Tsuchi rolled backwards several times before stopping and sprawling out on her back. Beast Boy walked over; morphing to a wolf he sniffed her. He growled then as she looked up and she struck. Beast Boy howled out in pain, and that caused another set of figures in the woods to stop and turn their ears. These figures looked to the town, and made their way back. Beast Boy was transformed again to human, and Tsuchi stood tall over him.

Beast Boy looked up, tired now as those gauntlets were so much stronger than him. "Do you think I would have lost to you?" Tsuchi cradled him between her legs, letting loose a punch to his face, "I was trained by the greatest master of all time!" she then swung again with the other fist, "I am in tune with the earth itself!" Tsuchi let her first punch strike again, "I am Tsuchi, student to Sure-to, daughter of!" there was a blue flash; Tsuchi was flung across the ground and into a heap of hay at the outskirts of the town, which they had oddly found themselves.

Cyborg ran over to Beast Boy, his arm morphing to normal. "Little buddy! Speak to me man!"

Beast Boy looked up, teary eyed, nose bleeding, head swirling, he said, "Raven…"

Cyborg looked up angrily, Beast Boy was not just his friend but the ONLY one he could count on a challenge for any game, anytime, in any mood. "Lady, you made a big mistake!"

Tsuchi leapt out of the bail of hay to Have Cyborg raise his arm to blast her. Tsuchi gasped before she blocked the beam with her palms. The sonic blast kept on till the fists started to crack. Enough force and the two fists then imploded, causing Tsuchi to let the beam smack her in the head and snap off the mempo mask she had been wearing. Cyborg grinned while she was turned on her front, her hair falling over her face, "This will do the job." One strong hit to the side will knock her cold.

Beast Boy was looking on, still tired he looked at her as she rolled on her side, "Wait… Terra!"

Cyborg looked at Beast Boy who scrambled up to knock his firing arm up into the air, "What the! Beat Boy, I had a perfect shot!"

Beast Boy screamed, "Dude, it was Terra!"

Cyborg tore his arm away from Beast Boy to see Terra laying on her back breathing heavily with her eyes closed. Cyborg lowered his arm in shock he attacked Terra. He then shook his head, "No way! That is not Terra! It is some kind of alternate world her!"

"Even so it would be her, in another her world. We can't hurt her can we?"

Cyborg frowned, "Guess not." He looked to Beast Boy who was smiling which made him smile to. "You know I really can't hurt my friends."

Tsuchi was laying still, tired, when that voice came to her saying, 'Get up and fight.' '

Tsuchi grit her teeth, and slowly crawled to a bended kneel. "Get back…" Tsuchi stammered onto her feet planting her elbows into her sides, tightening her fists till her arms shook "Back here!"

Cyborg and Beast Boy looked back pale Beast Boy then took a step forward, "Terra we will not fight you."

Tsuchi grinned, "The name is Tsuchi, and you're executioner!" She pitched her head back yelling and causing several mud puddles to rise up and drip into pointed stalagmites. The two looked puzzled as the formations did not seem that problematic until the mud turned to petrified stone and then turned toward them in a mad dash. Both gave startled screams as the spikes were bearing down on them until a shadow leapt in and seemed to punch each one with amazing speed. Kouga had come in and with his speed dealt with the stone spikes easily. Cyborg and Beast Boy beamed in praise to his rescue. Tsuchi fumed, this was not what she wanted. "No… NO!" Her once golden eyes turned black, the aura she emanated changed golden to black. Her feet started to leak out this aura into the ground and seemed to make her own shadow grow hugely behind her. It became squared, rigid, and immense. The shadow seemed to break the dirt and took shape as another being rising behind Tsuchi. The large monster raised mimicking Tsuchi's previous stance of arms shaking and feet planted firmly. It groaned causing all to see it. Tsuchi turned alarmed as the creature stood bearing hatred in its blackened eyes. Cyborg then blinked as he realized where that thing was recognizable, "Dude, its Cinderblock!"

Beast Boy's ears drooped, "Aw man, why is this book full of our own bad guys!"

Kouga laughed, "Hey, he looks like a new monster to me."

Kouga ran at the golem monster and landed a punch to its chest. The monster stood with its arms at its sides as the attack had happened and did not move them even when it occurred. The monster was only standing there as Kouga grabbed his fist and screamed "Owww! Ow! O wow, ow! owww!" he was hopping around as he shook hand around in pain. Cyborg and Beast Boy gave small glances as he started to blow on his hand that was a given Cinderblock was one of the more durable enemies they ever faced. Kouga glared daggers at the monster that seemed to grin its rock jaw at his attempt. The creature growled and made a dash at Kouga with its shoulder. Full contact with Kouga caused him to smack off it and into the ground to skid twice. Kouga looked up quickly to see it now trying to speed to a stop and turn around again. Kouga got up and ran around the monster. The monster watched Kouga and plowed its large arm to its one side, the one Kouga was running past, to close line him with the rock arm. Kouga smacked his chest into the arm and stopped to fall back, in what looked like slow motion, to the ground. Kouga laid there for a second too long as the monster roared to grip its same arm into a fisted swing. As he arm was coming down, two more shadows had leapt onto the monsters back and started to gnaw and slash at it with claws.

The golem stopped its attacks on Kouga and screamed angrily at the two. It swung madly to try and get them off but they held on like mad. Kouga looked and was stunned to realize it was Hakkaku and Ginta. They were both wolf demons following with Kouga, wearing armor and fur like him they often were together. Hakkaku had spiked hair like a Mohawk, where as Ginta had fuzzed hair laid straight back with gray on the sides with a black stripe in the center. Kouga scrambled up and yelled, "Get off you idiots!"

The two looked stunned but did as they were told. The confusion made the golem stop moving and in its odd position Kouga leaped up and plowed his shoulder into it. With his added speed, and demonic strength, the two acted to toppled the large stone monster. The golem pushed itself up turning to the heroes now together.

Tsuchi looked at that thing, how it was her creation in a way. Why did it come to life, how did it? How did she make that thing? It was in a fit of rage her power acted out on its own. She then remembered something, her father said "Emotions trigger our strengths, and if you can not control that emotion, you will not be able to control that power."

Tsuchi looked up, and focused her energy. Her aura turned back to a golden one and the monster's eyes shifted to gold. It stopped moving and seemed to let its body limply stand in place.

Kouga took that moment to grab his two friends and run to the village, "If you're smart, you two better make a run for it!"

Cyborg and Beast Boy followed until Kouga and the wolf demons came running faster out of the village saying, "Not that way!"

Cyborg and Beast Boy looked to see a large band of demons, with fangs drooling coming out of the village. Beast Boy screamed as he turned to a hoarse and let Cyborg get on his back. Tsuchi looked up and watched the strange goblin shifter give her a stare in that hoarse form. It was as if sad and yet happy she did not know why. Tsuchi looked to the golem it was now looking at her with its arms to its sides. "I want to go home…"

The golem grabbed her; she struggled until it placed her on its one shoulder and made a walk to the camp. In a way that was the home she knew. Slade would be there shortly, he would be angry she failed to finish her mission. She sighed, then tapped the golem on its head, "What should I call you?" she thought for a moment, and with its large blocked out body she said, "Kassha, how does that sound?"

Kassha looked on, giving a small mumbled groan of acceptance. Tsuchi smiled, then quickly frowned, "Slade won't let me keep a cat, let alone a giant stone beast." Tsuchi then laid her head on the creatures head and wondered, "How is Slade doing."

Robin jumped back, only to have a stern jump kick to his jaw. Slade and Robin had been sharing blows for a while now. The punches were quickly countered by forearm blocks, and kicks blocked by ducks and jumps. Robin could not believe after all this time he would see Slade again. After the time Terra killed him, and then he reappeared on Raven's birthday. Then now, now was just as bad as each time Robin saw Slade, Slade was in a way his darkest nightmare so much that he had to destroy it. Slade was dodging attacks and deep down he seemed to sigh. This was not Komadori; he had nothing on his arch nemesis. Komadori hated Slade, but in the end they had a powerful relationship on showing the other up, strength of the warrior and code of the fighter. Slade became agitated soon enough and used a full palm slam into Robin's opened chest which propelled robin across the street. Robin looked up to see Slade in mid air his hand drawn for a fist slam. Robin rolled and sprawled to his feet as Slade slammed his fist inches from Robins head. Slade leapt up and put distance between them.

Robin snarled out, "My name is Robin and I wanted to fight you because I thought you were maniac." Robin then gave a small grin, "Though I am sure you're a maniac none the less."

Slade seemed to cackle to the sky, his head pitched back in a robust laugh. "Well, I am somewhat a monster, though I doubt you would like to know how much."

Robin grabbed his staff weapon again; previously it had become useless as Slade basically made the fight hand to hand early on. Robin charge to swing and miss Slade who dodged, kicked the back of Robin's legs, then gripped Robin's hair, and then yanked it back to make Robin fall on his legs and look him in the eye, "Kid, you should never play with fire." Slade flung Robin on his back to jump up onto the rooftops which had been ablaze in flames. Robin ignored his instincts to let him go, run away and find the others. He did that with Slade; he simply went on emotion and often ignored his common sense under the hate he bore for Slade. Robin jumped up after Slade and was greeted by the long burning flames. The city was burning down, he doubted they would rebuild soon. Robin walked along waiting for Slade to make a move.

Robin did not wait long as Slade jumped out of the flames swinging a bamboo stalk that was previously used in the roofing of the same building they were on. Robin blocked the swipes and even tried to counter but it all ended as a draw. Slade leapt back and his one eye turned red, "Play times over!" the stalk of bamboo caught on flame and Slade screamed as he tied up with Robin and his staff. The two were pushing back, Robin horizontal, Slade vertical with their weapon struggle. A few moments of taxed strength and Robin called out a sudden burst to topple Slade and kick him in the chest. Slade stammered back but looked up in what was like a smile, Robin looked at his staff and how it had been melted. He had a spare luckily, but not with him.

Slade looked at his staff; it had turned to a cindered twig so he tossed it into the raging flames to say slickly, "What else do we have?"

Robin looked agitatedly, Slade pulled from his back a weighted chain. He twirled the weight and timed his strike out while Robin stood there helpless. Slade let the weight go and Robin ducked to then grab at the chain. Slade kicked his foot up and then down quickly on the chain to have it snap back into Robin's head. Robin screamed at the pain while he grabbed at the small spot it had hit. Robin looked up and his eyes had blurred, mainly by the immense impact to his head.

Slade made a strut over to Robin with his arms behind his back. "I was so thrilled to see you, you look and even fight like my dear Komadori. I had plans to make him my apprentice but he did not sit well with it." Slade stopped at Robin to look straight down. "What was you're name, Robin? Robin… not a bad name. Strong but not challenging to say the least. Also very stubborn, slightly deceitful and self driven. Actually, you may have made a better apprentice than Komadori; we are much more in common."

Robin looked up instantly, "I am nothing like you Slade!"

Slade's eye slinked, pleasurably his voice became light, and "You would not have snapped so quickly if there was not some resemblance."

Robin scampered up to swing a punch but Slade pulled Robins punch and landed a strong knee kick to the exposed gut. Robin buckled over the kick and sunk into the curve of his stomach. He was cradled over the knee still lodged into his stomach until gravity took hold of his weakened body and dragged him off the side. Slade stood with his knee still cocked as he looked down from his still unmoved attack, "You have one thing Komadori never had though, too much arrogance."

Robin felt ill as his stomach seemed to churn with gasses. Slade looked down disapprovingly. After all the time, the waiting, still not enough of a challenge. Then it hit him, Slade turned away and took several steps as he asked, "You're dear girlfriend, the one with the red hair. Is she near by?" Robin looked up trying to push himself up with his one arm, "She was such a cute little thing, energetic even. I would love to see her again, maybe more than just see her if I," Slade looked from the corner of his eye back to Robin "Got her alone for a little."

Robin got a sort of image, Starfire, Slade, attacking her and then… "No!" Robin stormed up and ran full speed. Slade turned to use a horizontal slap but Robin blocked and swung with his other hand. Slade blocked that to have Robin counter with his other blocked hand to make a grab at his collar and swing him over his back and onto the roof. The slam was so great that Slade broke through the roof and into an inferno of flames. Robin was panting heavily as he let his legs buckle. He slouched over onto his head and let the air gather in his chest.

Robin then heard laughing; he looked up and saw a large pillar of flames coming out of the hole he made. The pillar dispersed slowly to allow Slade to walk out and onto the rooftop. "Well done, that was actually pretty good. If I hadn't beaten you so badly up to this point who knows what we could have gotten out of you."

Robin twirled over and tried to make a crawl, he was too weak to fight anymore. "Robin, don't leave now." Slade gripped Robin's ankle and said, "I'm not through with you yet."

"Yes you are!" a female voice spoke out. Slade looked up and was greeted by a punch to the jaw. Starfire hovered over with eyes a pure green, "Do not lay a hand upon Robin unless you are willing to answer to me!"

Robin looked up and screamed, "Starfire… Run!"

Slade was on his back but he seemed to levitate up and crack his neck. "Well, looks like things are the same as before."

Starfire had been attacked by what she thought was her sister; though the resemblance was uncanny this girl was not her blood sister. Kurokasai flew around using her strength in a tied match with Starfire. Each time the other attacked their victim would easily make a block. Starfire was some what used to fighting as with the titans it became a normal thing, also a warrior bloodline coursed in her so when a battle heated up she could feel her lineage kick in slightly.

Kurokasai was different, she took a somewhat charge from fighting and winning. The thing was; she was not a killer. She killed before, but not intentionally. Kurokasai talked more than she did, she was a major show off and hated being shown up. Starfire and Kurokasai stopped fighting and floated in the air looking at each other.

"You are quite similar to a person I know." Starfire looked at Kurokasai is awe to the similar look, and even clothing of her sister except this girl had more a revealing apparel than her sister.

"Yeah," Kurokasai smirked, "You remind me of a girl I beat the living snot out of. Oh wait, it was-." Kurokasai flew full force with her eyes a flame with purple fires, "You!"

Starfire epee dodging the attacks. Like her own sister she had some moves but in the end Starfire always won. Starfire grabbed the one fist with both hands and started to twirl in the air. Kurokasai screamed as she was twirling until Starfire let go which now she really screamed when she smacked into a building. Starfire charge her star bolts as Kurokasai flew out. Starfire shot the bolts fast and Kurokasai stopped to shield with her arms. When Starfire stopped there was a large cloud of gray smoke where Kurokasai was.

Starfire waited to see Kurokasai but she did not come out. Starfire heard "Pssst!" and looked up to the two feet smashing her in the face. Kurokasai flew up from the cloud and slammed her two feet into Starfire plowing her into the ground. Kurokasai stomped once and jumped off in a back flip to land with her arms out like a gymnast. "Pretty good huh?"

Starfire jolted her upper body up and said, "No actually," She charged her eyes to blast Kurokasai in the chest, "That was much prettier!"

Kurokasai was digging a small crater trail when she hit the ground. She looked up blinking as she never saw that before, 'Fire from her eyes.' Kurokasai grinned, "Wow, she is turning me on!"

Kurokasai flew full force with her left hand burning with purple flame. She grabbed Starfire's face and smashed her down to the ground. Starfire reeled in pain as the flames burned her but since her Tamearan skin was so hard she did not suffer injury. She charged a bolt and fired it into Kurokasai's chest making her fall back. Starfire whipped her head around to extinguish some flames on her brows before they had burned her brows away. Starfire growled at Kurokasai before stopping to blink, turn around embarrassed, and twitting her thumbs.

Kurokasai was standing asking, "What the heck are you doing!"

Starfire did not look as she kept twitting her thumbs, "It would seem the top of you're garment has lost its ring. Leaving you unprotected…"

Kurokasai looked down and gasped as she covered her chest. "The hell happened to my top!"

Starfire looked around, "I am unsure; perhaps a new battle garb is required for this kind of fighting you partake in."

Kurokasai looked at Starfire with a wrinkled, stumped nose, "What do you mean?"

Starfire blushed, "Perhaps more secure clothes are needed so you do not have this happen again." She beamed with her smile. She was trying to say get some better clothes the nicest way she could. Kurokasai grinned, "Aww, don't like my body."

Starfire turned around saying, "No, as it seems to remind me of my sisters a great deal."

Starfire turned rigid as she felt some breath on her neck, "I ain't you're sister sweet heart." Then a lick on her neck. Starfire twitched before flying full force away screaming. Kurokasai grinned as she put on her top by tightening the ring "The hell was that all about?"

Kurokasai smirked; she loved playing with people and their heads like that. Though she thought Starfire was cute, it was not like other people she hit on and such. That one was, familiar, like a sister.

Starfire flew until she saw a well. Starfire bombed into the water and scrubbed her neck like mad, "This realm is of disturbing similarities." Starfire stopped scrubbing as she saw a strange pillar of flames. She flew up and was stunned to see the shadow looking Slade, and Robin. She began feeling a rage in her chest and her eyes brimmed in green energy.

Starfire flew down listening to Slade say as his hand was coming to Robin "Robin, don't leave now." Slade gripped Robin's ankle and said, "I'm not through with you yet."

"Yes you are!" a Starfire spoke out cocking her arm back and then letting it hit hard to Slade. Starfire hovered over with eyes a pure green, "Do not lay a hand upon Robin unless you are willing to answer to me!"

Robin looked up and screamed, "Starfire… Run!"

Slade was on his back but he seemed to levitate up and crack his neck. "Well, looks like things are the same as before."

Robin looked frightened as Starfire flew at Slade punching while Slade dodged. Robin pushed up on his arms and knees to fall over. Slade had beaten him like before and now Starfire was in danger. Slade planted a strong jab to Starfire's stomach, and landed a round kick to her skull. Starfire slammed into the rooftop allowing Starfire to turn around and fire eye beams at him. Slade was hit hard but he had put his arms across his chest to shield himself. Slade ran at Starfire to punch her in the chin. While Starfire was curving back in an arch from the attack when Slade grabbed her ankle. He started to twirl her around pivoting on his heels as she was screaming. Robin grit his teeth, he had to do something. Even if he was tired, weak, he had to find a way to just fight again. Even if he had a few moments he was sure he could stop Slade long enough for them to get away.

Slade tossed Starfire across the rooftop and had her back dig into the bamboo almost making her fall into the flames underneath. Slade stood with his arms behind his back, cinders starting to float around his body. "So nostalgic. I had to deal with you and Komadori all the time before that demon killed you all." Slade slunk his eye, "Killing you was my job, not his." Slade jumped up and slammed his fist down but Starfire rolled out of the way. She was looking up to Slade who had moved over her to land a strong kick to her head. "Stay still. I want to enjoy finishing you both off."

Slade then felt a weight on his back; Robin jumped him and tried to choke Slade from behind. Slade grabbed Robins cloak and tore him off his back and onto the roof next to Starfire. Slade seemed to laugh, "Nice, that was like Komadori. He always had some way of getting me when I least suspected."

"Well you're not the Slade I remember." Robin looked up grinning, "He would have noticed that I did more than tried to choke him."

Slade narrowed his eye as he reached his back; his eye bulged as he turned around showing the glowing birdarang on his back. Robin grabbed Starfire and rolled them both off of the rooftop as the birdarang exploded; causing the entire building they had been on to crumble as well. Robin looked at Starfire who had a small grin on her face. She grabbed his neck in a hug saying, "Robin you saved me!"

Robin smiled as he was enjoying this, the touch of Starfire like that. He then shook his head "Star, we have to go now. Fly us out of the city please."

Starfire looked at Robin nodding. She tucked her arms under his and started to fly them out of the city to the woods. The building had kept burning as a large amount of burning debris flew out of the doorway and Slade walked out calmly. "Well, things certainly have picked up today."

Raven stood silent, she was somewhat in a shock for a while. Naraku stood grinning, the longer she took the more he knew. "Well Raven? What do you say? Kill Inuyasha and I will help you and you're friends leave."

Raven looked up blankly to say, "No. I could never kill Inuyasha."

Naraku smirked, "Really? Why can you not kill Inuyasha?"

Raven turned around to leave but Naraku said, "You owe me that, do you not?"

Raven stopped to sigh, she turned back around and said, "Because…" She thought for a few moments and added, "Because if I killed him his friends would then hunt us in revenge. Then depending on if we all survived that, we would have to deal with you and whatever surprises you had. Not to of course mention being stuck in this world where we died."

Naraku caressed his chin, "Not too bad, very true that I honestly could do that. That is a good reason why you should not kill Inuyasha."

Raven turned to leave when she felt a shift. Naraku was right behind her, he spoke lowly, "Now, why can you not kill him?" Raven started to shake, "Is it because you care for him?" Raven turned around to land a punch but Naraku grabbed her arm Raven screamed "You were never here to propose something, you wanted to kill me!"

Naraku chuckled as he let her arm go, "Now, now, I never dirty my hands unless I have to."

Naraku turned around to leave, he cupped his chin, "Wait, I feel I forgot something… something about Trigonamu." He smiled, "I'm sure it will come up later." Raven felt strange as he was leaving. He stopped again and said, "Oh I know what else I forgot!" Naraku grinned, "I wanted you to meet my newest associate."

Raven turned to a noise; she flew up as a chained ball had struck at her. Raven watched as this strange muscular creature had come out. The monster had the head of a fish and chest of a man scaled like a lizard in several patches. The right arm was human like with a ball and chain grafted on its wrist where as the left arm was of a mantis with the scythe like form. Its legs were of birds matching the wings it had in its back. Raven flew away hearing Naraku say, "Inuyasha must suffer, he will always suffer."

The monster roared as it used its wings to fly up and after Raven. Raven looked back as the large monster was swinging its arm chain to attack Raven. Raven looked around and saw a building she decided to dodge inside. The monster roared and made a move after her. Raven landed and ran inside. The smoke from the city was starting to blind her as this building was smoldering from other buildings burning down. The monster smashed through the doorway and sniffed the air; it coughed and seemed to rub its nose. Raven let out a pant of relief but that caused the creature to look up and towards her.

Raven cursed herself mentally and ran through the building. The monster followed smashing through wooden displays. Raven came to a dead-end and rubbed her back to it. She raised a brow as she felt around and realized what building she went into. The monster smashed through a display and growled lowly as Raven stood with her eyes closed and cloak wrapped around her. The creature took a step forward as Raven whipped open her cloak and blazed her eyes screaming "Azerath Metreon Zinthos!"

The power caused the smoke to flush out of the building and show hundreds of logs cut and stacked in wood displays for the winter being aged. Raven smiled at the monster as it looked to each log and seemed to growl at the numbers. It then opened its mouth and shot a flame at each end to burn the logs. Raven gasped as the monster redirected it rage at her. It was making a charge when a snap sound was heard, Raven and the monster looked up to see tons of logs being held in the air by a net falling down onto the beast making an crushing sound. The monsters chain arm was still sticking up as it cracked and shattered. Raven sighed relief, making a small walk Raven noticed the way the rope snapped. She grabbed the rope and twirled it as small sparks of pink fluttered off. "Now were even!" Raven looked at Jinkusu who looked angry. She leaped out of a window as Raven narrowed her eyes saying, "Could this day get any worse?"

Raven flew out through the window to see Jinkusu was gone then she looked to the central palace and felt something, "Something big has been going on there. I better go and find out."

Inuyasha, Kagome, Kamikaze, and Kamaraji were looking at Biteikotsu who gave them little mind if they ever did anything to him. He seemed intent on looking at the statue. He looked at it and then grinned as he pointed the Biteikotsu blade at the statue to scream, "Ippatsu!" blasting a strong beam that stopped inside and then shattered it to pieces. Biteikotsu looked over the statues debris and asked, "Where would that witch hide it?"

Kamikaze looked at Kamaraji, his lizard powers of healing were working well enough, he would survive. Kamikaze smiled, and then he turned to a disgusted scowl, "Biteikotsu! You filthy swine! You attacked my son!"

Biteikotsu used the tip of his blade to move a piece of rubble, "Do you mind, I have a certain matter to attend to."

Kamikaze snarled out, "Why you insolent little!" Kamikaze pointed out his fans screaming, "Oni-suzume!"

The ball of wind shot out but Biteikotsu only looked up smiling. As the ball was nearing him his cloak flew open and four strange red eyes started to glow. A large red mouth opened shooting a large energy stream out to hit Kamikaze and fling him through a wall to fall from the high pagoda like structure. Kamaraji looked back screaming, "Father!" but he was falling to fast and had been knocked unconscious from the energy. Kamaraji looked at Biteikotsu and screamed "You monster! How could you!"

Biteikotsu had returned to his search, the force of his attack scattered the pieces to the walls so he reluctantly had to begin a new. Kamaraji stood up to crack his whip, "I am a lord demon! Look at me whe-."

Kamaraji was shot by the purple beam of Biteikotsu's blade in his head; he twitched before falling dead this time. Biteikotsu did not even look over his shoulder as he pointed the blade back. He kept searching the stone debris without a moment of worry from his company. Inuyasha had a nervous twitch in his eye, 'What in he hell is that! Where is all that power coming from! He just, just seemed to become another demon all of a sudden. Was that why Biteikotsu hid his powers, they were that potent.'

Kagome screamed "You idiot!" Biteikotsu's head shot up, Inuyasha jumped back as she continued, "Are you that scared! Inuyasha could wipe the floor with ya!"

Biteikotsu turned slowly with a soulless frown, "I do have a matter to deal with come to think of it." Biteikotsu rubbed the scar on his face, "Time to finish what I started once already. Slow and painfully."

Inuyasha snarled, "You think so don't you." Inuyasha looked to Kagome who gave him a wink. Inuyasha sighed as he figured she had one of those lame brained schemes to try and help, would it matter if the guy KILLED him first!

Biteikotsu ran forward to do a vertical swing of his sword but Inuyasha blocked with Tetseiga. The thing is they both have bone swords, and the only reason he got so many hits in before was because he got cocky. Inuyasha would be less care free now; especially the guy has some kind of powers hidden under that cloak.

The two started to share blows for a while as Kagome looked through the debris. She wanted to find whatever it was this demon wanted. Kagome heard footsteps and smiled to see Sango and Miroku coming. "Guys over here!"

Sango and Miroku looked up to Kagome who was waving her arms around. The two came in and asked what was going on, Kagome explained the things Inuyasha said about Biteikotsu and they realized he must have been the true cause of their troubles. Miroku looked at Biteikotsu and covered his mouth, "My, what is that awful demonic youki! It is far beyond any I have sensed before, even beyond Naraku."

Sango gripped her Hiraikotsu "Lets see how strong he really is." She swung it to have Biteikotsu stop swinging his blade and flip his cloak open at it to have a large shadow like arm swing out and knock the weapon to the side. The arm slowly deteriorated into the cloak as Biteikotsu returned to attacking Inuyasha.

Miroku narrowed his eyes at that ordeal, "It seems there is a shared demonic presence, and Biteikotsu is using another demons power as his own."

Kagome nodded, "That explains that strange face. When I saw it I could have sworn it… it looked at me and snarled."

Sango watched the fight, getting more agitated, "How do we help Inuyasha!"

Kagome hurriedly moved stones, feeling tears come to her eyes as she realized she put Inuyasha in a terrible fight. "We need to find something hidden in this rubble. He came here searching for something and if we take it we can make him leave Inuyasha!"

Miroku and Sango started searching as Inuyasha jumped out of the way from a strong swing. Inuyasha kept his distance as he knew it was best to try and not let Biteikotsu hit him. Biteikotsu stopped attacking and looked at Kagome and the others, Inuyasha looked worried as he realized they must be looking for whatever it is Biteikotsu wanted. "Is that all you got!" Biteikotsu looked at Inuyasha who had his sword on his shoulder, "I thought you wanted to teach me a lesson, is it on how weak you are?"

Biteikotsu fumed, "Mutt!" he swung to have Inuyasha dodge and swipe Biteikotsu in the back making him topple over on his own momentum. Inuyasha raised the Tetseiga but the cloak opened up to have four eyes stare down Inuyasha. A large shadow arm flew out grabbing Inuyasha and slamming him into the ceiling. Inuyasha screamed in the force that hit him and Kagome cried out his name. Biteikotsu looked on and screamed "NO! He is mine Trigonamu!"

The arm let go of Inuyasha and deteriorated into his body again. Inuyasha peeled off and slammed onto the ground with a thud. Kagome felt like gagging as it was her fault, "Inuyasha I'm so sorry." She grabbed a block of stone and was about to smash it when she saw something underneath, it was her bow and arrows. Kagome watched Biteikotsu and dropped the stone realizing what needed to be done.

"I hate when he does that." Biteikotsu smiled on as he walked towards Inuyasha. "I honestly apologize for that Inuyasha. My dear associate is just very tired of being trapped."

"Trapped?" Inuyasha was laying on his belly and his left arm tucked so he could lean on it to see Biteikotsu. He had scuffs as that attack was immense, "Where is he trapped?"

"Purgatory, that is what Karasu called it. He waits there to be judged for a dark and sinister crime. However, if he is freed before being judged I am promised to be a decibel of the great master, I will become a true lord of Youkai, nay, a god of Youkai."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Never something easy, why can't you just live in a nice house with a cat."

Biteikotsu smiled, "Funny, you're a funny one." Biteikotsu pointed the blade at Inuyasha, "Soon a dead one too."

"Biteikotsu!" Biteikotsu turned to Kagome as she pointed her bow and arrow at him. "Leave Inuyasha alone!"

Biteikotsu smirked, "You think a toy arrow will harm me girl?"

Kagome let the arrow go, and as it flew the cloak flew open to have the four eyes glow and fling out an arm. The arrow suddenly caught aflame and the eyes each popped from recognition, the arm dodged the flames and deteriorated into the cloak again. Biteikotsu looked in shock at the act and was caught off guard as the sword in his arm was struck and his hand destroyed by the flames. The sword was tossed to the side and his hand smoldered from the flames. "You wretched girl!"

Biteikotsu looked at Kagome in undeniable hatred, "I will kill you with my bare hands!"

Biteikotsu made a dash for Kagome but he was gripped by his cloak. Biteikotsu turned to Inuyasha who was standing on his cloak, "Don't you mean hand!" Inuyasha reached his fist back screaming, "Let me lend ya one!"

Inuyasha hit hard causing Biteikotsu's face to distort with the punch. Inuyasha was cracking his knuckles afterwards to notice the pain he inflicted. Biteikotsu laid still, he was unconscious. Inuyasha walked over and grabbed the cloak. Opening he revealed the lose black kimono with crescent moon patterns on the breasts. Inuyasha twitched, "Where the hell is it?"

Kagome smiled, running over to Inuyasha she said, "That was amazing! When I shot off his hand I was actually aiming for all the energy he had been gathering." Inuyasha was not listening but what she said hit home, Inuyasha turned to the spot the sword was and snarled, "You see, I figure he used all that energy to control that sword so well, and the sword must be like Tetseiga and it takes a lot of energy to wield." Inuyasha heard a sound, faintly in the sword. Like a heartbeat, very faint he could hardly hear it. The beats came like bump…………bump…………bump…………bump. Inuyasha had his ears cocked bump…………Bump………bump………Bump……bump……Bump. "Kagome, get out of he way!" Inuyasha wielded Tetseiga as he pushed Kagome out of his way.

Kagome was flung on her bottom as Inuyasha screamed suddenly. She looked up and was horrified as the sword Biteikotsu had before now had propelled over stabbing Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha gripped the blade holding it as it now swiveled in his shoulder. Inuyasha finally ripped it out and said, "You are going to wish you never did that!"

Inuyasha swung to clang with the phantom sword; they each started to duel in a quick fashion. Inuyasha used his speed to try and circle it but since it was only a sword it would bend all the way back and strike his sword as well. Inuyasha was thrown back by some unknown force of the sword making him go "Tch, how do I fight a sword without a master! This is stupid!"

Inuyasha pulled his sword back and screamed "Kaze no Kizu!" and let lose a large whirlwind of youki into the spot he saw a scar appear. The sword seemed to get hit but merely waddled in mid air before trying to strike Inuyasha again. Inuyasha growled as that happened. Kagome was sitting on her bottom still as she started to feel a pinch; she looked to see some strange glove that she picked up. She narrowed her eyes at them, and realized they looked familiar. The red jewel in the backhand and black yet tattered fabric in the underhand made her realize Raven wore a pair like these.

Kagome looked at them for a while as she put them on, they fit nicely actually. Inuyasha was then screaming "Kagome!"

The sword had shifted towards Kagome and tried to attack her. Kagome looked up and screamed as she raised her arms up. The glove suddenly started to make a black aura around her body causing the sword to bounce off and fling back to a spot next to Kamaraji. The sword slowly started to lift up rather wobbly before plunging into Kamaraji's chest. Kagome looked at the sight and then to the gloves, "Was that because of this?"

Inuyasha ran over saying, "Well, that explains why Biteikotsu wants them, their just like Raven and her powers."

Miroku looked around to see if maybe he would find the other as Sango did the same. They brushed hands and looked at each other flushed. Miroku then found the other glove and smiled as he held it up, "I found the other one!"

Everyone looked to see it but suddenly a shadow had flown on to grab the glove. Everyone looked to see a female demon held the glove. Miroku realized it was the same woman from before, "What do you want with that glove!"

The demon woman ran for the hole leaping through it and sprouting wings of a falcon to escape. They all sighed, who knows what this will cause. Inuyasha sighed as he was at the hole watching the girl head for the woods, he then turned and his eyes bulged "You have to be kidding!"

The others looked with mixed expressions as Kamaraji was starting to bend his body from the waist up, and trying to then stand. Inuyasha ran over kicking Kamaraji in the head screaming between kicks, "No, stay, dead, you!"

Kamaraji grabbed Inuyasha and flung him by the leg to the side. Kagome ran over as he looked back snarling at Kamaraji who now stood up sloping slightly forward. Kamaraji rolled his head back, and screamed an inhuman wale of rage. The mask started to leak out a strange blackened shadow shell covering the body of Kamaraji. The crew watched as he then turned around and two holes cracked out from the forehead to allow a second set of red eyes and the place where the mouth would be started to crack in two making a jagged tooth like bottom jaw of the mask that opened with a second roar.

Inuyasha just gave one of his cocky grins as he stood up with Tetseiga pointed out, "Some people just don't know when to quit."

Inuyasha ran swinging Tetseiga horizontally to have it imbed the side of the monster, "Looks like now would have been a good time." Miroku said as the monster grabbed Inuyasha by the face and flung him, "for Inuyasha to have said quits."

The monster ripped out the Tetseiga as sparks had jolted it from touching the blade. It snarled before dropping it and turning to Kagome. Kagome realized she was still wearing a glove and she tried to make that force field. She could not so she walked back. Sango ran in to land a strong kick to its head making it arch its back backwards. It grabbed her ankle and held her in mid kick as it twisted its body upright to put her face to its own. Sango smiled, "Um, you can let go now." It tossed her to the side making her cringe in pain.

Miroku pulled out his Kazanaa but the creature did not seem to be affected by the force. Miroku wrapped his hand and tried a staff to the ribs but it grabbed the staff to pivot him on the end of it in the air and then toss him back to Sango. The monster walked on to Kagome who now was against a wall. She grabbed her bow and arrow but the monster merely swiped them away. Inuyasha ran over grabbing Tetseiga he stabbed it in the back. The monsters arms cracked behind it and flung him again before cracking to normal. Inuyasha snarled at it before hearing, "Would I be intruding again?"

Inuyasha looked up at Raven, he smiled saying, "Naw, go ahead."

Raven started to make her eyes glow and began "Azerath Metreon!"

The creature pivoted back looking at Raven saying "Karasuuuuu" in a low growl.

Raven stopped and looked stunned, Inuyasha screamed for her to attack. The creature's four eyes looked at her in familiarity, its appearance so similar to the same in that dream. She realized there and then something horrible happened, it was not just Malchior but her father was in that demon. "How? How can that be?" she realized that was what Naraku did not mention, 'Talk about shifty characters.'

The creature grinned, it knew it was not the girl they wanted yet she was so similar. Raven shook her head, "Zinthos!" she collected the statue rubble and pounded the beast allowing Kagome to run over to Inuyasha. The creature turned about and was about to strike as another voice screamed "Monster!"

The creature looked back and saw Kamikaze bleeding with his two fans out at his sides. "Let my son go!"

Kamikaze swung his fans down and a large wind blew through the air. The clouds started to part and beams of light struck from behind Kamikaze. The creature roared and flung its arms about. It turned to Kamikaze and snarled loudly as it burst into flames and turned ash just as quickly. Kamikaze fell to his knees, 'At least his spirit is not to that abomination.' Kamikaze looked up and smiled before falling through the hole yet again.

Inuyasha ran to catch him but was hit from something. Binetsu came through the hole in a double kick, hitting Inuyasha he then leapt up to grab the sword and then his master before saying "Binetsu, Vanish!" he flung his smoke bomb and disappeared. Everyone looked on silently. Inuyasha held his arm, yet again it was injured. Raven noticed but did not offer to heal it. She felt weird around him now. Him, Beast Boy, she hated this ordeal. She was confused; her emotions were beginning to flame up.

Inuyasha smiled as he said, "Let's go find the others." He looked at Raven, "There are certain things we need to discuss."

Raven frowned, he knew as she froze she learned something. That or she recognized something which she did in both cases. Raven followed trying to decide what to tell and what not to tell, could she let them know or not?

Tsuchi figured she had arrived at the camp first. She looked about to see no one was here, most lower demons still were fighting and destroying the village. She noticed a large thicket and ordered Kassha to stay there. Kassha sat down in the thicket hiding all but its head. Tsuchi frowned saying, "Why couldn't you have been a little smaller?"

Tsuchi heard her master's voice. She walked slowly to where he was sitting his legs crossed, and his one arm with his hand vertical as his other strolled through a necklace of beads. She frowned more as this meant he was meditating and he often disliked disruption while meditating. She sat with him in meditation as well. Her meditative stance was legs crossed, arms at the sides and with the index and thumb touching. Slade looked at her and smirked, "I thought you hated meditation."

Tsuchi opened one eye, "You say it is useful to control my powers."

"Did you lose control?"

Tsuchi shook her head no. There was a large crunching sound; Kassha bent a tree over smiling at Tsuchi. Tsuchi twitched, "Well, maybe a little."

Slade sighed, "I see. What is it called?"

"Kassha."

Slade asked, "Can you send 'Kassha'" he was not sure how it got the strange name, "to go somewhere else?"

Tsuchi nodded and asked it to leave them alone. It did and she turned to Slade who still was meditating. He stopped to look at her, "I saw him today, or someone like him."

"Who?"

"Komadori." It was almost happy the way he said it, "I was waiting for this day."

Tsuchi smiled, "I'm happy for you. Will you kill him?"

Slade thought for a moment, "No, I doubt I will have to. I had much more fun just messing with the boy and his head." Slade laughed at that. "Besides, if they are here it means things will be getting rather difficult. I may finally find the monster that killed you're-." Slade stopped.

Tsuchi looked up expectantly; he never admitted to the act often, they knew she was killed by a demon. Slade knew which one, Tsuchi wished to hear a name as she felt maybe she deserved to destroy the monster.

Slade laughed, "Never mind that, so how did you're battle go?"

Tsuchi explained everything in detail. Slade narrowed his eyes at some point though. "When I was angry a black aura seemed to surround me and made Kassha, but what bothered me was a voice, sort of like a song really of an animal calling to me for some reason."

Slade waited for the story to end before standing up and walking off. Tsuchi looked worried, "Did I disappoint you?"

Slade turned and shook his head no, "You did well, I'm proud of you." He was starting to walk away as she felt like cheering. "You can also keep that familiar of yours too."

Tsuchi jumped up to see Kassha. Slade narrowed his eyes as he was near a lake. He looked in and removed his patch, a strange red S had formed on the skin grafted over his eye. "So… it is him."

Raven stood with the others sitting. Like before she had to tell the story. Why was she the center of attention, because she was the one really that caused it all. Or rather, and alternate her did. She hated the attention.

"So, why are we seeing villains we know?" Cyborg busted out with a question.

Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Shippo sat on the ground listening. Inuyasha was on a tree leaning on it as Kagome sat against the tree opposite of him. Sango and Miroku were in the back row waiting for answers. Kouga, Hakkaku and Ginta were in the far back sitting and paying some attention to the girl. Starfire and Robin were not around. Inuyasha sniffed out the others. Unfortunately Kouga did the same with Kagome. When meeting there were several happy hugs and challenging glares from Kouga and Inuyasha. Soon after Inuyasha started to bother Raven about secrets, which made everyone want to ask her questions.

"Well, I think they are just villains. This is another reality and similarities exist between realities. An example is of course people. We see people similar to ones we know and figure they are them." Raven thought how to use that. "I mean, we all saw a villain we knew and had to fight them. That was the alternate variation of the ones we do know but only in this world."

Beast Boy asked, "Does that mean there are variations of us here? I mean, it would be cool to see us running around. Just think if there were two of me!"

Raven cringed, "I really don't want to."

Everyone laughed except for Beast Boy who frowned. Cyborg punched him in the arm saying, "Please, even if there were we would not know where to find them."

"Their dead." Robin limped in with Starfire catching everyone off guard. "I met Slade; he seemed to be upset because a demon killed the other me. I bet the others were killed to."

Cyborg and Beast Boy jumped up to help Robin. Raven felt upset, she knew that happened. "Who cares about this Slade guy?" Kouga stated flatly, "He can't be all that bad."

Robin lost it, he ran over shaking and screaming at Kouga "Not that bad! Slade lives off of hurting people, he loves torturing others! He is a monster; he can do nothing but hurt me and my friends!"

Kouga just let it happen since he did not consider Robin a total threat. He was dangerous, but not so much he could not take him on. "Alright, so he is bad. Still, which is worse? This one or the other one?"

Robin let go and said, "Both, they both are evil and I intend to stop them both." Robin remembered Slade, how he first came back after he was gone. He swore he would stop him but now what? This was not like their Slade, his powers were real demonic stuff, where as the others were borrowed by Trigon.

Inuyasha asked Raven, "Why did you know that monster before? It called you Karasu, why?"

Raven paused. Everyone looked at her now. Raven let out a small sigh as she started to explain the dream, what Naraku told her, and what else she figured may be going on.

Binetsu returned with Biteikotsu. Biteikotsu was still unconscious so he laid him down with the sword tucked in its sheath. "Guess this sure puts a stupor in our plans." Binetsu frowned as he laid his back on a tree, "Now that girl has a glove, and the kids do too. I can probably get someone to get the girl but those kids are more of a hassle than needed." Binetsu looked up and saw the sun would set soon. "Ooh! I know what to do. Even those kids can't match with Akai!" Binetsu sat down to plan out his night, "Boy, that'll be fun."

Kurokasai looked blankly at the small mummy she saw with a large hairy man. She looked the man over and grinned, "Ooh, big, tall, and hairy, my kind of guy."

Manmosu looked at Kurokasai and grinned, "Hey, you know where I can find a guy named Kamikaze? He owes me and my brother some money."

Jinkusu entered saying, "What in the world happened?" she let out a spark to unravel the bandages to have Souansha leap up and strangle his larger companion, "You toadstool leaping moron! I couldn't breathe in there!"

Manmosu smiled, "I did a good job bandaging you didn't I?"

Souansha sighed, "Ah, he's too dumb to know any better." He plopped down and smiled, "Thanks babe."

Jinkusu bowed, "Anytime old man."

Manmosu blinked, "What?" He looked at Souansha and grinned, "You still wearing those?" Manmosu ripped off the gray mustache and beard saying, "He wants to act all adult and stuff, its kind of funny."

Souansha was beet red as it happened. He covered his face with his hat as Kurokasai was laughing with Manmosu. Jinkusu grinned as she said, "Actually, I like you without the hairs. You're kind of cute."

Souansha looked up blushing, "Uh, you mean it?"

"Yeah, like a baby!" Kurokasai added sinisterly making Manmosu drop Souansha to slap his knee. Jinkusu helped Souansha up asking, "So is he you're half brother?"

Souansha nodded, "Yeah, mom was a human that fell in love with a human, then he died so she met a demon. He left, she died, and we made a life as merchants. Actually," Souansha grinned evilly, "I was the merchant; he is the guy who talks to the competition."

Manmosu smirked, "Meaning I crush the carts of peddlers and medicine men. Pretty sweet huh?"

Tsuchi noticed the others and walked over. "Hey everybody, want to meet Kassha?"

Everyone looked to the golem and froze, "Uh, crud!" Souansha ducked behind Manmosu who took a defensive stance. "Stop! This is Kassha I made him!"

Everyone paled at that, Jinkusu asked, "How did you make a thing?"

Tsuchi shrugged, "Don't know. He's strong, though not too smart."

Souansha joked "Hey bro, you two would be perfect for each other."

The others laughed except Tsuchi who did not know what made that funny. Jinkusu said, "Manmosu is a brawn no brain guy."

Tsuchi giggled with the others for a moment before they heard Slade coming. Slade inspected them and saw Manmosu. "Where did you come from?"

"My mom." Everyone laughed except Slade. He narrowed his eye saying, "Funny, very funny."

He cracked his right hand where no one saw except Tsuchi. Tsuchi jumped in saying, "I know, lets all go find Kamikaze and get our pay!"

The others agreed with her and Slade said, "I would rather not." Slade walked off saying, "Tsuchi, don't stay out too late. We have training tonight."

Kurokasai giggled, "Gee he sure is a pain in the ass." She gave a cheerful glare to Slade, "I like that in a man."

Tsuchi jumped onto Kassha saying, "I think I'll try and find Kamikaze, so we can get paid. What are you going to do afterwards?"

Souansha asked, "What are you going to do?"

Tsuchi thought for a moment, "I figure I'll get that goblin kid back. I owe him." She punched her fist into her palm.

They all looked to each other they had the same ideas of revenge. Tsuchi walked on as they all split up to return there later. Tsuchi was greeted by Slade who landed on the shoulder opposite of her. "This is a relaxing way to travel."

"You wanted to hit Manmosu, why?"

Slade looked over and frowned, "Disrespect child, it is a dangerous thing. I will not allow you to become disrespectful to me from outer influences."

Tsuchi nodded, "I will not master."

"Father."

"Huh?" Tsuchi looked up and had a glimmer of a smile, "I want to be called father as I am you're father."

Tsuchi lowered her head, "Sure, father." She smiled to herself.

After the crew learned what they did, they were to themselves for a while. Cyborg and Miroku walked together talking again. They became very good friends lately. Starfire, Sango, Kagome, and Robin talked together. Robin actually sat there as the three talked; he still harbored anger towards Slade. Shippo and Beast Boy were talking and playing around till Beast Boy wandered off into the woods. Kouga and his pack left after the story, bored with the group again. Inuyasha was sitting alone, thinking on the story and how it seemed he had to put Naraku on wait.

Raven slowly made her way over to Shippo, "Shippo, where is Beast Boy?"

Shippo was now playing with Kirara, "Oh, he went into the woods for something."

Raven sighed. She left the one part of the dream out. She was going to tell him and see how he felt about that. She looked around and saw it was getting late, maybe best time now to rest. The day had been a long one so no reason not to relax. Raven turned to a tree and sat down. She began meditation to calm herself. Inuyasha looked over and smiled, he was appreciative she saved Kagome. 'Kagome, Raven, they both mean something to me.' Inuyasha shook his head, 'I hate being a half-demon, and it's too damn confusing.'

Sesshomaru laid still only opening his eyes. Rin ran over smiling, "Sesshomaru! I'm glad you are okay. We found that one man soon after we went to find medicine."

Sesshomaru looked puzzled as he realized someone was next to him. He turned to see Kamikaze, "I see, so he is wounded." Sesshomaru laid his head back and rested.

Rin smiled, "I will help you get better, and so is Jaken."

Jaken smiled, "Yes, we will help you lord. It is our duty."

Sesshomaru spoke out, "Heal Kamikaze as well, I feel he may know things we need to know also." They nodded and Sesshomaru drifted into slumber. 'That girl… that… girl…'

The woman that stole the glove looked at it grinningly, "I knew I'd find that thing there. Karasu said I had to protect it at all costs."

There was a rustling sound. The woman stood up and looked around. She felt frightened, someone was there. "Show your self!"

A shadow appeared from the trees, and reached out a large three fingered hand. The thumb digit curled between the two other fingers. "Give me the glove, unless you do not value you're life."

The woman began to run. "Well, guess I know the answer to that question." The shadow leapt out and swiped her across the back with the claws. The woman fell dropping the glove and looked up to the hand now grabbing it. She followed to the face and saw that red X mark across the right eye. "Thief…" she fell dead at the attacker's feet. The attacker looked at the moon, "You can call me that, but I prefer Akai."

He then vanished in thin air.

Slade looked at Tsuchi. "You never ask much about you're mother."

"You're never willing to tell me that much."

Slade shrugged, that was true. "Well what do you want to know?"

Tsuchi paused, shifting on the golem she asked, "Was she pretty?"

Slade nodded, "Yes, in a way she was."

"Did you love her? Did she love you?"

Slade shook his head no, "Love never played a role. I figure she needed someone to help her after she lost her true love. I was always a loner, so to me any one was good enough if they could actually stand my lifestyle."

Tsuchi looked at her feet, "Was she as strong as I am? Or stronger?"

Slade thought on that, "I think you are stronger." Slade nodded and added

"Karasu hardly used the power you do."

Note: Well, lots of fun stuff here! Secrets revealed sort of, but still some more for later. I'm sure the Slade/Tsuchi mom thing got you all like "Whoa!" but it is important to the story. You'll see. Thanks to all the reviews, you people are awesome! I'm glad you all liked the story so far and I hope the twists and turns kept people inyeested. Though the chapter was a little confusing, I hope people got the main points clear enough. Now, the note-notes.

Japanese Reference

Karasu: Raven

Ishi: Stone

Yajuu-kun: Beast Boy

Komadori: Robin

Sutakasai: Starfire

Kage Akuma (Kagekuma): Shadow Devil, not original in a name but it does sound cool!

celastrus alatus: Simply a sprig given to a family to show wish of marriage, an old Japanese custom to engagement.

life roots: itonami rut-su

Manmosu: Mammoth

Kassha: Block, I could not find Cinder Block so I just used Block.

Akai: Red, I wanted to use him because he's a cool looking character in the show. It's a Teen Titan villain, so I hope you guys know who.

Rengoku: Purgatory (Karasu used it as Rengoku Metreon Zinthos)

I know it took a while but seriously January is a bad month for me. Two chapters were forged into one chapter for some reason, I felt leaving on a cliff hanger like (Kill Inuyasha) would be lame, so here I leave with just a disturbing Slade moment, and the intro of the bad boy I wanted to put in sooner, Akai.

Either way, the chapter is worth the wait no? Much work and I hope many people enjoyed the funky fights as they got pretty cool some times. Hope you all enjoyed read and review if you can. If not just hope you liked what you read, if you did not like then I would love criticism as to anything you may have noticed.