And back for another, are we? Sorry for the wait, but the fact is it's hard to write with no friggin computer. I managed to jury rig my entire setup to do this, so I hope you all enjoy, regardless. Have fun! As we continue toe beginning… of The End!... I meant the saga for the titans, btw.
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Time stood still, Titans fighting to run from an explosive attack from Slade. All from one word, spoken by the dark witch herself. "STOP!" The echo as Time stopped caused Raven to look around in surprise. She had called upon all her power to try and stop this, her friends from falling to their deaths, and the attack caused by Slade. She hadn't realized she had the power to stop time as it existed.
Hurrying, she helped her friends to safer spaces, Nightwing and Starfire near the door, Kid Flash was alright, and Cyborg needed a hand jumping the gap. Finally she turned to Superboy, who she felt something from, something pushing her power away. As soon as she touched him, his body animated, and for him time continued, but nothing else. "Go!"
But instead of running, he was hanging from Raven's hold, and he looked up to see her surprise. "Raven, let's get going! Nightwing!" He looked and found Nightwing was not where he once was, but by the door, and as he looked around he found everyone was changed, but also stopped. Even Slade, even the fire and explosions around them. "Wait.. what's going on?"
"That's obvious, don't you think?" The two looked above them to find Naruto sitting on a falling concrete block, frozen in time. "Seriously, you got some power there… Gonna be ok?"
Raven was in even more shock now, her power had no hold on Naruto? Then she felt it, the power from KitsuneX, radiating of him. "You're a demon…"
Smiling, the blonde chuckled. "Wrong! I HOLD a demon. I'm what you might call a human prison, holding back the full power of a demon from destroying all… You know how that is, right?" Walking on thin air, he stepped to Raven and Superboy. "Listen, I know more about this than even your teammates… I suggest you stop keeping them in the dark…. Uh, and maybe run…"
He looked past them, causing them to look at Slade, who walked out of his frozen fire, and glared their way. "This is interesting. And very surprising. Well, Birthday girl, you're sure growing in strength. That's good, you'll need it…"
Popping his knuckles, Naruto past the two. "Run… Now. I'll keep him at bay."
Popping his neck a bit, Naruto sighed. "You know, Trigon's just using you… What kind of deal did he even give for you to want to be his puppet?"
Slade walked up towards the blonde as he levitated to the ground. "It's more a mutual agreement. I help set him free, I get my life back. Simple as that." Producing more Fire from his hands, he smiled. "The perks aren't too bad either… Though what surprises me most is you. How do you know of Trigon, and able to pull yourself from this time warp Raven created?"
Pulling out a Kunai and letting his Eyes change from blue to the dual eyes he obtained from his world, the Sharingan and Rinnigan, he spun the Kunai on his pinkie. "Easy. In fact, you can give your master this message when you return to him… 'Kyuubi sends his regards, that you will not destroy this world whilst I live in it.' From the fur ball himself. Your Daughter managed to cut me, I wonder how well you do…"
Tossing the Kunai, Naruto vanished from sight. With a single wide eye, Slade was surprised, but quickly reacted by burning the metal to liquid and then ducking the roundhouse to the back of the head. Pushing up from his crouched position, he rose a leg up in a sweeping uppercut kick, only for Naruto to flip back away from him and send five Shuriken his way.
Flipping himself, Somersaulting as to dodge the Shuriken coming for him, Slade landed before grabbing one and throwing it back. Naruto caught it with his thumb and flipped it behind him, catching it and twirling it in his finger. "Hmmm, not bad. But you're going to have to do better than that."
As the two fought, Raven was getting a measurable distance from them, and telling Superboy everything. Naruto knew he wasn't going to be able to stand up to Slade forever, Kyuubi only granted him enough power to sustain movement in this warp for a few minutes. As powerful as his power was, this was a domain controlled by Trigon's power, through Raven's, and not at all like Tsukuyomi.
Deciding not to Hesitate, Naruto generated a large gust of wind that knocked Slade off his feet and into the gears behind him. Rushing in as his gust processed, a Rasengan formed in his palm and was thrust straight for Slade's chest.
Though as he got close, the dark puppet of Trigon burst into a large ball of flame that engulfed the area, causing Naruto to engulf it back with Amaterasu, a black fire that swallowed the demonic flames of Trigon. As the flames receded, Slade was upon the blonde in a second, and grabbed the white coat. With a fiery fist, the coat melted, causing Naruto to quickly get out of there.
With two more Rasengans, he forced Slade into letting go and then launching the demonic puppet into the wall once more. Though this caused his powers to slowly lift, and he was starting to see time return. Looking at Slade with a glare, Naruto stood tall. "Be sure your boss gets that message… and know that as long as Trigon controls you, you're not going to be free. He revived you, he can kill you again…"
And with that, time resumed, and Slade was gone. Turning quickly, Naruto helped the Titans out, using Clones he quickly conjured, and as the team got out and they started to relax, the blonde sighed heavily. "He turned up the heat, now didn't he?"
Though none answered, as they noticed Superboy carrying Raven. Looking at this, Naruto noticed the several glyphs on Raven's body, her clothes burned off at key points. Glaring a bit, the blonde scoffed. "I should have put his ass down… But even I didn't have that kind of power.. not yet."
Kyuubi could only laugh a little at his partner's antics. "You really think you didn't? If you had pulled on every ounce of power I could give you, you'd have killed him."
Knowing full well he could have, Naruto also knew the result. "And Trigon brings him back, only for this to happen still. We're not going to stop a puppet, only stall him. We have to stop the source, the big man himself. Any ideas?"
Humming a little, the fur ball had only two ideas. "Option one, we try and visit his realm, find out which universe he is in currently, and then take his ass out there, once and for all. That would require nearly the same power we used getting here on a much larger scale, and the luck to actually get there instead of a random dimension. Option two, we wait, and let the girl become the doorway, opening the seal to bring him here, and then use every ounce of power we can draw upon that this world can hold, and strike him down. I'm not fond of either, but my guess is we will be getting option B if we don't go for option A. Like you said, it's useless to fight a puppet."
After a while, most of the team left to take care of Raven, but Nightwing and Hinata stayed behind to talk to Naruto. Hinata stayed back so Nightwing could talk before she got a private moment. As the blue and black hero crossed his arms, he was smiling. "Nice to see you again. Last we met was when I was wearing the Robin uniform."
Naruto had changed his eyes back to the blues he was born with, even if it took a good bit of gene therapy from Tsunade to do so. "Well Bird boy, not like you weren't ready for a change. So, what's up with the team? They doing alright?"
Nodding, he turned to Hinata. "We have someone from your world helping us… Speaking of…" Looking back, Nightwing had to know. "There's a few things going on about that. The first is, we sent a good portion of your world's people back, and Hinata is willing to go back as soon as she is done with whatever mission she has in her heart to do. Secondly, there's still three others, a couple blondes like yourself and a pink haired one. Sakura, Ino and Temari. You need to watch your back, they are dangerous."
Shrugging, Naruto sighed in exhaustion. "Oh trust me, I know. Sakura attacked me actually, but she's in a cell now, thanks to the JCPD. But thanks for the heads up that the others were with her. I'll keep my eyes out."
Offering a hand, Nightwing smirked. "Try not to get in trouble, alright?"
Smirking back, Naruto shook his hand. "You either." Before he let go, Naruto had to warn him. "You be careful. Things are about to get way out of hand. This Slade? He's a puppet for a demonic entity, you won't be able to take him down because as soon as you do he'll rise up again. This demon won't stop until he gets what he wants."
Getting the Titan's attention, Nightwing was now in detective mode. "What do you know about Slade's powers and return from the dead?"
Shaking his head, Naruto smiled and answered quietly. "Enough. You'll find out back home, trust me I'm not the only one who knows what's going on, so you better go get the full explanation. See you around, yeah? And when you hear about how I know…. Try not to judge me too harshly, will ya?"
Knowing he won't be getting much more from the blonde, Nightwing nodded and said his farewell. As he left, Hinata came up to speak to Naruto. "They don't know?"
With another shake of his head, Naruto took a deep breath to calm down. "Best they didn't, not until they respected me a bit more. Best that way. Though it won't be long until they realize who I am really. Naruto, the one who told them about you guys hunting me, the one who helped train Robin a bit here and there, is actually KitsuneX, the master thief, and leader of the rival team, Pandora. SO.. mission huh?"
Nodding, Hinata started walking around Naruto. "Yes. A mission of the heart. One I refuse to tell you because if I did, then you'd probably think me selfish."
Crossing his arms, the blonde hummed. "Well, you left me on a sour note back when the freaks teamed up with the Frost Five. What's with the round-about with me? You realize I can't accept you… As much as you've helped me, tried to support me, your family would disown you if you dated me, and im pretty sure your father would want my head. Not just for dating you, or 'turning my daughter into a demon's whore' but also for torching the damn village after what they all did to me. You have a family, a clan, to go back to. I won't return, not for anything."
Hinata had stopped as soon as he started his whole speech. With a soft smile, the brunette turned and nodded. "I know. After everything you have been through, all the hurt, all the things taken from you, memories and feelings and heritage, almost your very will to be free, even after all you had given to the village. Asking you to come back was never my intention. Asking you to be mine was never going to be a realistic wish. Sure, I will always love you, you will forever be in my heart. But what I wish most is for your happiness, that is the only thing I want in my life. You to be free, happy, and given the love and care you deserve. Even if it is not with me. So please, do not let Konoha or it's people who have hurt you most take away your heart, the one I fell in love with."
Putting her hand on his chest, Hinata closed her eyes. "Let it free… Let someone in. and let love fill your life. That is all I ask." With little hesitation, she was gone, instantly out of sight. Naruto smiled and looked onward where the Tower was.
As he walked back to his own base, he sighed. "Yeah, already on it, Hinata-chan. Try and find yourself some happiness too will ya? And thanks…" And with that, he himself disappeared ounce he was within range of his travel network.
XxX An Hour Later, Pandora Base XxX
"WHAT!?" Cringing from the combined and hellishly loud screeches of his team and family, the blonde was glad he used earbuds, but talking them out he still had a ringing in his ears. "A fucking DEMON is going to be crawling out to burn us alive, you serious?"
Still ringing his ears clear of pain, Naruto nodded to Gizmo. "Yeah. And it's the father of Raven no less. Like I said, he's as strong if not stronger than Kyuubi, at least at full strength. Our best bet is to prepare for his arrival, because as soon as he comes we'll need as many hands on deck as we can grab."
Jinx was sitting, stunned. But after a long sigh, she rubbed her eyes. "We who are thieves are being called a menace, when the father of such a 'hero' is about to come and demolish the place on a whim. Some hero."
Shrugging, Mammoth had another idea. "Maybe she doesn't know?"
Sadly, the blonde tore that idea apart. "Nope, she knows, in fact just today she was attacked by a puppet of her father's, to try and use her as a way here. Kyuubi says she is the portal here, so my guess is she was trying to run from that."
Shego frowned a little. "So we have, what, a demonic entity ready to wreck us, his portal being his own daughter, and a new ally helping him… Can't we just take out this ally?"
Rolling his eyes, Naruto explained. "No can do. If we take him down, he comes back up, we can't fight a puppet with endless lives here. Even if we could, it's a guy by the name of Slade."
Seeing his team blank out on that, all but Shego, he realized what he said. They did mention they worked for Slade once or twice. "That one, yep. He's the one who the big monster is using. And this time, he's got a new trick. Demonic fire magic, and he's not afraid to use it."
Even after all of them were still stunned, trying to figure out a way to work this out, Jinx stood. "Whatever you need us to do, we'll handle. Just give the word."
With a smile, the blonde nodded. "We start tomorrow. You'll be fighting me, as a demon. I'll let the Kyuubi's power come out to play and see how well you do." It really wasn't that much different than normal training, just a step higher. But seeing the steady courage of Jinx, even Private Hive, who was stunned silent, decided to agree. It was going to be a long couple days….
XxX Underground Cavern XxX
Kneeling down, Slade was about to give the message to his master. He wondered what Trigon would say about the blonde's message. As the power of his master came through, lighting the cavern in red flame, four red eyes pierced through the darkness. "Has the Message been delivered?"
Bowing his head, Slade said with pride in agreement. "Yes, She's been given your message, and your warning. She's grown in power, making this all the sooner you will return to this world."
Chuckling, the father of Raven and demonic entity of hatred could only feel his return imminent. "Good… She will be ready by the desired time for my return. She will become the Portal, and she will bring me to this world, no matter how far she wants to run from me, no matter how hard she tries to suppress her fate!"
Slade, however, had another message. "Master, there was a.. complication, before I was able to bring about your message to the girl." That got the demons attention. "A young man, blonde haired, helped the Titans in defending her. He was able to enter the realm your daughter created by stopping time itself. He was immune to this power, but not forever. He stalled me just long enough for Raven to run away, but I managed to find her. This young man was strong, and fought well, but he wanted to give you a message. He knew about our plans, and what we intend to do."
That interested the demon greatly. What would another without his power be immune to it know of him, who was it that could accomplish such a task? And why? "Speak. What did he say?"
Looking up to his master, Slade spoke evenly. "He said 'Kyuubi sends his regards, that you will not destroy the world whilst I live in it.' It would seem you have someone ready to fight you."
With the fire around him growing stronger, Trigon's eyes narrowed in rage. "That Fox! He dares defy my right!? He dares! He will not stop me, now or ever! He may very well have the power to stop the ritual in time for my power to deteriorate, making my resurrection to this world another year before I can take that which is rightfully mine… Whoever this boy is, he must be his own puppet. Find out where the Kyuubi resides in this world, and destroy him and this boy, do this and I will grant you even greater power when I come into this world."
As he vanished, Slade stood up. "Consider it done… Master…" Turning and leaving, he decided to pay a visit to his young daughter. The blonde had let slip she managed to wound him. She would know more, he hoped.
XxX Titans Tower XxX
As she finished explaining, the team was less than thrilled. Donna, who knew of magic, was even surprised. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?!"
Raven flinched a bit. She had expected this, and it didn't hurt any less. "Because, I;ve been running form it my whole life. I just didn't want to think it was real, just a figment of my imagination."
Donna was a little less than happy though. "This is real, as real as it gets. If we had known earlier we could have prepared the League for help! Maybe they can get a team ready to take him down, this is too big for us!"
Shaking her head, Raven sighed. "They won't help…."
That got the teams attention. Static was the one to ask first. "Why not?"
Taking a deep breathe, the ashen beauty explained. "Before I came here to Jump, I went to the League, as soon I knew where he meant to come, I was going to warn them, but your Justice League didn't believe me. In fact, they tossed me aside, telling me to stop telling fairy tales and start growing up. Said there was no way I could be telling the truth unless I was the one who was bringing it. Even pleading them to help, telling them I only wanted Trigon gone, they didn't believe me…"
Nightwing came up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "They may not believe it, but what I seen of Slade, there's no way not to. Don't worry, we'll fight it. Though you may have to help us find out how to fight a Demon."
As she smiled, Raven gave Nightwing a hug. "Thank you…."
Superboy decided to come in. "Technically we have been fighting a demon…. In fact, he helped us today."
They already knew KitsuneX held a demonic power, as Raven told them, but as Superboy explained, it was one they knew well enough. "That blonde? He's KitsuneX. Go on Raven, tell them."
Sighing, the ashen girl nodded. "When Slade was bringing the building down… I froze time. With one word, I tried to stop the madness, and it stopped time around me. Though, that same power of control is not unfamiliar with my father, so Slade was immune. Connor had some kind of mental resistance, he was fighting the power of time, and as soon as I touched him, he was pulled in with us. But we weren't the only ones immune. Naruto was too. He fought off Slade for as long as he could, but it would seem he couldn't win. I don't know why, he seemed fine to me, but he lost. And I was taken by Slade, my fathers magic activating and trying to use me."
As it seemed, the team had a whole new problem to handle. Wally zipped up to her. "Don't you worry, we got this. We just need to… what? Stall them until this whole business is through?"
Shaking her head, Raven didn't think so. "My father's magic is too strong now, he's linked to me, and I'm here. I don't know if we can stop him…"
Pulling up the big screen monitor, Nightwing pulled several videos. "What have we been doing here? Are we just some kids who took down some aliens, are we just a few small time villains away from being capable enough for the League? No. We're the Titans, the protectors of Jump City, and if we can't stop Trigon, then no one can. Who have we trained to fight? What kind of team has pushed us to our limits and back? Jump City is our home, and it's been pushing us to fight even greater threats. X alone has pushed Wally to run twice as fast as he used to, Connor's been growing not only as a Kryptonian but also with Psychic powers, Starfire's grown even greater as a warrior, and without you, Raven, we'd not have been able to even take down that dragon. Cyborg's improved himself beyond his limitations, and Beast Boy not only has the advantage of changing into several creatures, but quickly enough with combat skills derived from experience. Me, Superboy, Kid Flash. We've fought the shadows of our mentors, we've been sidekicks, unable to take out what would only be our doom by the hands of their main villains and rogues. We've evolved, we've gotten stronger, faster, and better. Take a look at that."
As the scenes all went from their several encounters over the years, to KitsuneX showdowns, to now Metropolis. Dick wasn't playing around. "We faced and held back Darkseid when all the others were down for the count. Sure, X finished him, but we didn't stand down. If anyone can stop Trigon from using you as a portal here and destroying this world, it's us."
The Titans all watched, and after a moment, the realization dawned. Connor had already dawned this, and he wasn't backing down either, as he put a hand on Raven's shoulder, he smiled. "We'll protect you, and we will stop Trigon, even if we have to find another way to pull him through to do it."
Stepping up to her, Starfire nodded. "I too, will stand by your side, as I did learning more about you through your eyes. You're our friend, our family. We will stop this Trigon, and save the city." Looking to Nightwing, and seeing him nod to her, she decided it was time to start. "Titans, today we start training even harder, and learning how to fight our foe! Let's go!"
With agreement in tow, the team went to their stations, and were on full alert. Raven told them they had little time, and they needed every minute preparing. Smiling and watching her friends go for her sake, she could only shed a tear. "Thank you all… May Azarath protect us."
XxX Warehouse in the industrial district. XxX
Ino leaned against the wall, looking at the fires farther away. "Think that he had anything to do with it?"
Her fellow blonde shook her head. "He was never good with fire, but I wouldn't put it past his ability to do. I would, however, put it past his ability to care to do it. Must have been another villain of the Titans…"
As the two leapt across the rooftops, they were racing through the city as they were worried about Sakura. As much as they were here on her word, she was still a time bomb. If she found him, who knows what would happen. Using tracking skills, as best they could, they found a diner that was busted in.
The police were everywhere. Deciding to figure out what happened, Ino produced a Genjutsu to look like a modern civilian and went down. "Hello officers, what happened here?"
One of them behind the tape saw her and sighed. "There was a break in. Some freak with pink hair came in and assaulted a couple patrons, luckily no one was too hurt, but this girl isn't going to harm anyone anymore. She's been put into a special prison cell made just for her so she can't use that super strength to break anything anymore."
Knowing exactly what happened now, Ino thanked the officers, wished them well, and went up to see Temari. "Bad news. Seems Sakura may have found Naruto, and wasn't happy… Unsure if she did, but she was here and assaulted someone, meaning she's lost her head… What do you think we should do?"
Sighing heavily, the sand kunoichi crossed her arms. "Not much we can do, we rescue her and this time we don't let her from our sight. Whatever happens, we need to control her or else she'll ruin everything. We need to take away her ability to do anything but fight hand to hand, and without that super strength."
Groaning a bit and rubbing her eyes, Ino knew that wouldn't help. "Even if I did take that away from her, she would reverse it. She's an even better Medic Ninja then me. Our best hope is to fix her mind, but that's been broken for years with Sasuke. Do we just let her rot there? That's another option."
Rolling her eyes, the fellow blonde was not exactly liking that one. "And if she gets out? Know how incompetent these guys are? I hear all sorts of tales from people saying how many times the Titans had to take out a single villain, or how Batman can never pin down the Joker, yada yada. If she gets out, and thinks we didn't save her when we knew, she'll blank and try and destroy us. Whilst I think we can take her, I'd rather not have anyone, Titans or otherwise, breathing down our necks. We need to find Naruto. We need to start figuring out what we are going to about that. Faster we find him, do what we are here to do, we can ask Raven to go back, and that's that."
After a few more minutes of thinking, they decided. Ino stood and couldn't help but growl in agitation. "Doing this was a horrible idea… We should have just let Naruto live his life without fail, now we have a psycho wanting him out of the picture, and our own desire to be forgiven not letting us think otherwise. Let's go save her and just keep watch. She may not like it, but if she even attempts to go off the deep end, I am going to send her RIGHT back to Konoha, dropping her off with Raven and everything. Deal?"
Temari didn't even hesitate. "Deal. Let's go, sooner we do this sooner we figure out what happened to make her snap, and where Naruto is." With that, they leapt off to find where the pinkette was being taken and held.
XxX Underground Bunker XxX
Foreseen it just the other night, Ravager was in shock and unable to sleep. As the sun rose, and her computer powered on, she was ready. "Hello, Father."
Behind her stood none other than Slade, his mark glowing in the darkness. "Hello, Rose. You've been busy… I heard you've been active, here in Jump City. What do you think you're doing?"
Standing, Rose pulled up her fights. "I've been doing what you've failed to do. And like you, I've failed, but that's temporary. Isn't it? That IS what you taught me. Failure is Temporary, Success is forever. I tried to beat them using powerful beings from another world, failed because the Titans had more help this time. I tried to employ the only one to ever beat the Titans, but failed to trick him. He beat me, but he isn't invincible. I am the only one to wound him, to draw his blood, for all I know. What have YOU done? You died, father, and left me to fend for myself here. You left me, and all I wanted was your approval. SO, do you approve yet? Or will it take me taking down Nightwing once and for all for you to understand I am the only worthy student you have!"
Growing ever angrier, Ravager was shouting at her father by the end. Turning to him, her eyes narrowed, she was huffing in aggression. Her fists tight, she was waiting for her father to strike.
Humming as he looked at her skills, the father was impressed. She had trained well, even without his help. Seeing her wound KitsuneX, who she had cataloged as a blonde, who he just fought, he had to wonder. "So, who is this X? Last time I seen such was Robin himself trying to trick me."
Rose clicked a picture file and it opened to a rough digital image, which looked rather alike to the one he had fought indeed. "Some interdimensional being, names Naruto, and he leads a group of Hive students as Thieves. Some of them your old lackeys. He's immensely strong. Though I was able to cut him, he only ever used, what they call, Taijutsu. Or, melee combat. He has magical abilities like Ninjutsu, or the ability to create constructs out of Chakra. But he also uses Genjutsu, Illusionary mind tricks…. I fell victim to one such before he beat me. Though I realize facing him was a mistake, because he was able to do this…."
Slade's eyes widened seeing Darkseid, but then grew more seeing Naruto as X blow him up with a building. Looking to her father, Rose took her mask off. "He's much more capable than I gave him credit for. When in Metropolis, he faced down and beat Superman, Supergirl, Powergirl, and all before facing and beating Darkseid. Though seemed he was incapable of much afterwards, as the Titans were still able to fight him. They let him go, however, and he vanished from Metropolis soon after. I feel we may have met the strongest being in this world now. But that's speculation, as who knows how powerful he really is."
Knowing this information was valuable to him, Slade decided to use his Daughter to complete his mission. "Rose, I'm very impressed. You've done well, so well in fact I think we can go together, and rule this city. But, if we're going to be doing this, as father and daughter, you'll need to follow my rules."
Hearing this, Rose was stunned. She never got any compliments from her father ever, Slade only ever loved her brother, who died long ago. With a smile, Rose put her mask back on. "What's our first step?"
With a smile of his own, Slade wanted to know exactly who he was dealing with. "Show me everything you have on Naruto… Once we figure out a plan to take him down, we do so without hesitation."
XxX Outside Jump City. XxX
A blonde with a purple shirt and blue jeans stared at the city, holding a backpack tightly. Without needing a single word, he started his way into the city, straight for Titans Tower.
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And there we go! Hope this was a good chapter, cause it was more talk, less action, and it was really a set up for several things going on, like a new Titan, what was happening with the Ex's of Naruto's, and the dangers ahead. Next Chapter will take place a good deal later than the show, but trust me I am going to do my best to manage the whole of complaints, being "not enough Naruto, too many characters." Which btw, I'm going to just tell you this. I am NOT going to just ignore the Titans, but I am going to produce only the more story building of it all instead of everything they are doing like I had been doing. SO bear that in mind, try to hold on, and I hope you continue to enjoy the story.
