CHAPTER 6 HIS ONLY FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT

Hiei was on his way back to Terra's room when he heard sounds of violence coming from the main room. Wandering what was up and, hoping it had something to do with fighting, the demon walked into the room. What he saw was very disappointing. It was just Cyborg and Beastboy playing a vdeo game on the TV. Realizing that nothing interesting was going on, he turned to leave but didn't get far.

"Hey!" a voice shouted, causing him to turn around again.

Beastboy was peeking over the top of the sofa and holding up a controler. "Wanna play with us?" he asked. "You can be the black magic master."

"No," Hiei replied, glaring at the green teenager. "I have no interest in video games."

"Aw, you're no fun," Beastboy grumbled. "You're just like Raven."

"What do you like doing?" Cyborg wanted to know.

"Being left alone."

Just then Robin suggested something that seemed to be the only thing he could think of that Hiei might like. "Wanna train?" he asked.

That seemed to get Hiei's attention. "Train?" he asked. "What do you mean by train?"

"Like fight training in the training room," Robin explained.

Hiei thought that over. It would be a good idea to see just how well those 'Titans' knew how to fight. Besides, he hadn't been doing much training lately and needed to catch up as well as get his mind off the headache he'd given himself while exposing his hurt eye to the light.

"Fine," he said, eyeing all three boys. "How many of you are doing this?"

Since Beastboy was still miffed at Hiei for hurting his arm and Cyborg liked training the two set down their video games and said they would. It had been Robin's idea in the first place and since he'd suggested it he went along too. The boys headed to the training room.

"Okay," Robin said once they were there and he'd pulled out his staff. "Pretend we're your enemy and we're trying to kill you."

That was easy for Hiei. He pulled out his sword and faced them, going into a battle stance. "Ready," he said.

The others stared at him. "Dude, is that a real sword?" Beastboy asked, gaping at the sharp gleeming blade.

"What does it look like? Cardboard?" the demon demanded. "Let's just get this going."

Nobody moved.

Hiei was impaitent. This had been their idea and now they were backing down? Well it was to late now.

Here I come!

Hiei lifted his sword and sighted down Beastboy first. "Prepare yourself!" he shouted, before charging forward.

Beastboy stared at Hiei in horror then screamed like a little girl, turned into a bird, and tried to fly away.

Hiei hadn't expected that but he wasn't about to hesitate. He saw Cyborg and Robin running after him as well. Since he was closest to Beastboy he went after him though he was a small bird.

"EEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!" the demon shouted, jumping into the air and swatting the green bird with the flat of his blade.

"Yikes!" Beastboy screamed, falling to the floor.

Hiei landed a few feet away from him. Beastboy got up and turned into a T-rex. He opened his jaws wide and charged at the demon. Hiei jumped back and slashed at Beastboy with his sword. The blade missed by meer inches.

"BB, move!" Cyborg shouted, jumping between the two and aiming his blaster at Hiei.

Cyborg fired and Hiei dodged. The blast missed him and hit Robin who had been sneeking up behind him.

Since the blast took care of Robin for now Hiei went after Cyborg. He slashed at the big black teen and almost took off his head but didn't because they were fighting to train not to kill and because Beastboy was coming at him again, this time as a raptor.

How the hell is that green idiot doing that? the demon wondered, jumping out of the way.

Beastboy ran past him and slammed into Cyborg, smashing them both into the wall.

Hiei turned on Robin now who had gotten back up and was coming at him. He soon discovered that Robin was the toughest of the three boys to fight. For one thing Robin seemed to have some skill and the demon wondered how he'd learned it.

"What are you doing?" Robin demanded as metal met steel.

"What does it look like I'm doing, fool?" Hiei demanded, leaning his weight into the blade to knock Robin back. "I'm training!"

Robin kicked him in the stomach. The demon fell back, winded. The Titan's leader smacked him with his staff. "You're acting like you wanna kill us!" he shouted.

Hiei blocked the blow and held his stomach as he jumped back. "You told me to pretend you were trying to kill me!" he yelled, lunging at Robin.

BAM!

Cyborg's laser reached its target and knocked Hiei away from Robin. "GAH!" Hiei grunted, falling backward and hitting the ground on his back.

"BB, go!" Cyborg shouted at Beatboy.

As Hiei got up he saw T-rex Beastboy comign at him with his mouth wide open. He looked like he wanted to eat the demon. Hiei waited for the green dinosaur to get close before he made his move. When Beastboy tried to bite him he dodged out of the way and wacked the other boy in the ankles with the flat of his blade. Beastboy stumbled and fell.

Hiei looked down at him. "Fool," he muttered before he turned his attention on the others.

He decided to take Cyborg out first because the big oaf posed less of a threat. As he came at Cyborg his left hand suddenly burst into flame.

"Whoa!" Cyborg exclaimed when he saw the fire.

"Fist of the Mortal Flame!" Hiei shouted before he shoved his fist into Cyborg's gun.

"WAH!" Cyborg exclaimed as his weapon shot off sparks.

Now that he was down Hiei turned his attention back to Robin .The Titan came at him again with his staff.

In a flash of black Hiei vanished then appeared behind him. With one swift movement he knocked the staff out of Robin's hand and knocked the kid to the floor. Whe Robin tried to get back up he found Hiei's sword at his throat.

"Yield," the demon said staring down the blade at him.

Robin had no other choice.

Hiei moved his sword away as Roin looked away and muttered. "I yield."

"Good." the demon seemed satisfied with that.

Robin got up but didn't act like a good sport. He got mad. "What in the world were you doing?" he demanded. "That was dangerous!"

What? What the hell are you saying? Hiei turned on Robin. "You can't say that!" he shot back. "I knew exactly what I was doing! I've been fighting much longer than any of you have! I know limits. I know when to go easy on someone with lower skills than my own..."

"You call that going easy, dude?" Beastboy demanded as he got up and limped over toward the demon. He pointed an accusing finger at him. "You could have seriously injured someone!"

Hiei glared at Beastboy. "You think I don't know that, green one?" he growled. "Because if you do... you're dead wrong! My honor won't allow it!"

"Your honor?" Beastboy asked, staring at him in disbelief.

"Yes, my honor," the demon informed him. "I was holding back on all of you. If I hadn't you would all be dead right now."

"You sure have a big chip on your shoulder don't you?" Cyborg demanded.

Hiei chose to ignore that comment. "Think what you want, fools," he said as he reshiethed his sword and started to walk away. "Just remember. This wasn't my idea in the first place. It was yours."

Just then the demon felt a pain in his chest. Wincing he grabbed at it and staggered a bit.

"Hey!" Robin began, noticing something was wrong.

Hiei turned back to them.

Beastboy stared at Hiei's chest with huge eyes. "Dude, your chest is seriously bleeding!" he exclaimed.

Hiei removed his hand from the wound and stared at it for a minute. His whole hand was covered in fresh blood. Great this training has opened it up again.

Cyborg noticed how much it as bleeding and became a little panicky. "I'll go get Raven!" he exclaimed rushing out of the room. "You all wait here!"

When he was gone Robin and Beastboy stepped toward the demon but he waved them off. He didn't need their help. "It's nothing," he said as he started to see double. Damn it! I really did it this time! Stupid wound! Why hasn't it healed yet?

"Are you sure?" Beastboy asked.

Hiei's knees bucked and he fell forward as he stared at them. "No," he said before he fainted.

A/N

I'm not sure the Titans have a training room but they must if they wana stay in practice...

The stupidness of some guys. They forget they have a serious injury and push themselves too far. Poor Hiei. It hadn't even been his idea. That makes the other boys responcible. All well. He'll be fine. Just to let ya know in the one episode before the Dark Tounament started Kurama mentioned something about Hiei holding back on his training with Kuwabara because of honor. My guess is he tries to fight with the same skills as someone who is not as good a fighter as he is. Besides it makes him sound like a better person.