Back on the surface, the sun was just setting. Kojiro stood on top of a hill watching it. "Marie, your soul can finally be at peace, you're free from your curse." Kojiro said to himself. As he watched the sun set, Kojiro remembered the last time he payed attention to something simply beautiful as that, and naturally it was with Marie on Talpona. "I have to let Marie's memory go. She told me to move on herself." Kojiro reminded himself and pulled out his Orcarina. Marie had given it to Kojiro for the first festival they went to and Kojiro promised to play it for her during the next one. Kojiro practiced for months to learn to play it, finally he learned how and played it just as he promised. This was the last item Kojiro had that reminded him of Marie, and now it was time to let go. Kojiro reached back and tossed the Orcarina into the city below him. "Sarabada Marie-chan. Wakatta, Daijoubu." Kojiro said before turning around and walking down the hill.
Kojiro put more force on the throw than he realized, and the Orcarina flew into the open window of a certain pink haired scorceress. "What's this?" Jynx asked herself as she picked up the instrument. Before she could do anything with it, Mammoth knocked on her door with enough force to shake the room. "Jynx, Gizmo got us a new assignment. Let's go." The giant said. "I'll be right out." Jynx said in annoyance and grabbed her hair bands to put her hair back up. Jynx placed the Orcarina on her nightstand and ran out the door.
The next day, Kojiro was walking down the street when an alarm went off again. Kojiro followed the sound to a jewerly store and spotted a man with in a costume taking jewels out of a display case and stuffing them in a sack. "I'm going to take awild guess and assume those don't belong to you." Kojiro said casually form the doorway. "You're pretty dim if you're thinking of getting in the way of Dr. Light." the man proclaimed. 'Dr. Light? as in the scientist who created Megaman in the games?' Kojiro thought to himself first. The man then threw a ball of light at Kojiro's feet. Kojiro casually stepped back and let the ball hit ground where the tiles then melted together. "Interesting." Kojiro said to himself as he observed the results. 'This must be heated light, I don't sense any energy off these attacks of his.' Kojiro thought to himself. "Time to take my leave in a Flash." the man said and threw a ball to the ground infront of Kojiro. "DAMN!" Kojiro cursed as he shielded his eyes. Now Kojiro could hardly see, had a splitting headache and could sense the man getting away. Since Kojiro could easily knock out the walls by walking into them, he stood still until his eyes adjusted. Finally Kojiro could see enough to look around, and he noticed Dr. Light was nowhere in sight, but his energy signature told Kojiro he was right outside. Kojiro zanzokened behind Dr. Light after quickly ascending to his SSJ1 form and tapped the man on the shoulder. When Dr. Light turned around to face Kojiro, Kojiro brought his hands up to the sides of his face, fingers pointing inwards. "What are you doing?" Dr. Light asked giving Kojiro a strange look. "Returning the favor." Kojiro replied and shouted, "SOLAR FLARE!" An impossibly intense flash of light emenated from Kojiro right into Dr. Light's face. "AHHH! I CAN'T SEE ANYMORE!" Dr. Light screamed and started running around until he ran into Cyborg. "Dude, what did you do to him?" Beatboy asked looking from Dr. Light to Kojiro. "The bastard tried to blind me and steal some jewels. I just blinded him back." Kojiro said. "Man, his retinas are really fried. This may become permanent." Cyborg said looking into Dr. Light's eye. "He's a criminal trying to steal jewelry, and tried to blind me first. To me, he's getting off easy." Kojiro claimed. "You blinded the man, and you call that getting off easy?" Beastboy asked. "He's still alive isn't he?" Kojiro asked and growled at Dr. Lights screaming, "But if he won't SHUT THE HELL UP, I'll change that too." Kojiro said. Dr. Light did the smart thing and shut up right there. Robin had Cyborg and Beastboy take Dr. Light to jail and asked Kojiro to go with them to Titans Tower. Kojiro thought about saying no, but rememebered he had no place to stay, and hadn't slept since the night before he left the Z-dimension.
Kojiro followed the three Titans to their tower in the middle of the lake. When Kojiro saw it, he stopped to stare for a moment. "A giant T, Titans Tower is a giant T in the middle of a lake?" Kojiro asked himself. "Wasn't our choice." Raven told Kojiro. "And I'm sure this tower just happened to be vancant on this island, not to mention in the shape of a T." Kojiro said. "It was built for us when we formed our group." Raven said. And you never questioned who built it?" Kojiro asked. "Robin knows. He said not to worry about it and don't mind the T shape." Raven said.
The Titans let Kojiro have a spare room on the top floor of the tower to get some rest. Kojiro uncapsuleized some of his clothes and his Armor and set them aside in a corner of the room. Then Kojiro walked over to his window overlooking the city. Kojiro's mind was filled with thoughts of the Shadow Demons, now that he knew what they were, there was some doubts about is quest to destroy them. "It's my fault, all of this is my fault." Kojiro said to himself. Kojiro turned around as he sensed someone behind him. "What's all your fault?" Beast Boy asked. "Were you spying on me?" Kojiro asked. "No, it's just...Well, you seem so, distracted from everything, and we want to make sure you're okay." Beast Boy said with a grin. Kojiro turned back towards the window. "There's something out there. It's hidden itself in this world. I need to find, and destroy it." Kojiro said gravely. "Okay, but why? Did it do something bad?" Beast Boy asked. "You could say that." Kojiro replied. "But, is revenge the reason? Robin says revenge will never resolve, that it always adds to a chain that never stops." Beast Boy said. Kojiro turned around and gave a strange look to the green teen. "But then again I may have said, or heard him wrong." Beast Boy said. "I know how to end it." Kojiro simply said and resumed facing the window, "i just don't know when it will."
Jynx: "Hey! Why did I get hit by that Orcarina?
Author: "I thought it was time to introduce more characters"
Jynx: "So you hit me? That was pretty mean"
Author: "Oh get over it. You have some parts coming up with the other Hive members"
Jynx: "But why me? Wait, is Kojiro going to turn"
Author: "I'm just going to translate the above Japanese for the people who don't know what Kojiro said earlier. Yes that was Japanese and It meant: "
Sarabada A more perminant form of Goodbye
-chan Indicates the person is a friend (used between lovers, Girlfriends, or when addressing kids)
Wakatta I understand
Daijoubu I'm alright
Author: "That's enough for now. See you next time."