Welcome back! And we begin the end of Trigon's making! SHort and sweet, I'll not be doing as many intro or outros from now on. So just enjoy!
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It wasn't easy to find them, but Pandora managed to get inside the little hole where the Titans had gotten to. Jumping down, Naruto quickly shook Nightwing awake. "Hey chuckles, time to rise and shine. We got a demon to fight."
Slowly rising from his unconscious state, the leader of the Titans sat up on his legs and rubbed his head. "What… Raven!" His eyes snapped open and he looked around him and saw rubble. With that, he remembered everything. "Damn it… We were too late."
Getting a slap to the back of the head, he looked to his rival suited up and ready to go. "Buddy, snap out of it. No time for a pity party."
"Sorry…" Looking at the rest of his team, he sighed and started helping them up. As Pandora came down, the two teams started having some tension. Nightwing saw this and decided to ask. "Two things. First, how are you all still moving around? And second, why are you here?"
Taking off his mask, Naruto sighed heavily. "Listen, all of you. As much as you want to plaster our backsides to the wall, we're not here to fight you. We never viewed you as enemies and we never will. But to answer Nightwing's questions, I put a seal on every one of my team to protect them from Trigon's power. And we're here to help you save the world."
Beast Boy stomped up to them. "Yeah right! You were the reason Slade even got his grubby hands on Raven! You let him vanish when we tried to catch him!"
THat got Mammoth's attention. "Shut up, Beast Boy, you've got some nerve!" And thus, the two teams started to argue pretty wildly, until Naruto flared his chakra and caused them all to shut up under the weight and power of his Chakra.
Dispelling it, Naruto glared at them. "Raven would have been forced into this one way or another! With or without Slade! Not to mention, if you must know, that Slade was being helped by a demonic entity who would have given him more power to be FREED! Oh, and do you not think it's poor practice to capture a villain inside your home when his target is INSIDE YOUR HOME!? You wouldn't have stopped this! Raven would be used like she always will be if we don't crush him once and for all! So instead of wanting to kill each other here, let's work together to bring this bastard down!"
It took a moment for them all to absorb it, but Starfire picked up on something. "What do you mean... Like she always will be used?"
Sighing, but glad that there was at least some intelligent conversation starters coming in, he answered the best he could. "Simple… She's his portal to different dimensions, she is literally the door he uses to enter planes of existences. He is unable to do so by himself, he needs a proxy, a magical anchor. Instead of building Cults which would take forever and be found out and snuffed out, he fathered Raven, the sole reason he did so was to make a consistent portal through dimensions. The more he conquers, the more power he gets, the more control he has on opening the portal until he can just use her whenever she flees into another."
"Wait, she's still alive?!" Superboy almost raced to Naruto in order to get an answer. "Where!?"
Rolling his eyes, the blonde just crossed his arms. "I have no idea, but she's alive. He would have drained all her power and done something horrible to her no doubt, but she's still alive somewhere. And that's where things get interesting…" Looking at Nightwing, the blonde nodded. "She's the door in but is also the door out. In order to stop Trigon and send him away, we need to open the door again. Which means, someone has to go find her."
"That would be where I come in…" The two teams turned to see Slade and his daughter walking up. It didn't take long before Superboy was suddenly on top of him, grabbing him by the throat and lifting him up.
Ravager grabbed her swords, but before she could use them, Naruto was there and gripped SUperboy's arm. "Hey! Don't go killing him now!"
Growling, the half Kryptonian glared at the blonde beside him. "You said he can't be killed, right? So if I crush his windpipe he'll just heal from it won't he!?"
Without warning, Naruto suddenly pinched a nerve causing Superboy to let Slade go and he turned the hero to face him. "Except I can't feel any of Trigon's energy inside him anymore, which means he's vulnerable now! Killing him won't get us answers!"
After a moment of silent tension, Naruto turned to Slade. "Talk… Before I let him crush your throat."
Rubbing his neck, Slade got up from having fallen to his knees. "I'm on thin ice already, so I'll be brief. Trigon used me, just like you said. But what he doesn't know is I am still alive. I know where we can find Raven."
The three teams stood in silence, the two rival teams contemplating. Nightwing crossed his arms. "And why should we trust you? You helped cause this."
Slade glared at him. "Think I had much choice? I was dead. Trigon offered me life again, in exchange for helping him with Raven. I didn't know how he conquered worlds, just that he did so. I may have gone a little power drunk, but the fact remains I had nothing left to lose and all to gain. Sadly, my current form is deteriorating. Soon, I'll perish once again. But before that, I want Trigon dead."
"You'll have to settle on beaten and humiliated because there's no killing the bastard." Naruto sighed heavily. "Back to the topic at hand. In order to beat Trigon, we need every single scrap of strength we possess. I'm actually surprised the JLA haven't planned for this."
Before anyone could question it, Nightwing gave the answer, crossing his arms and looking down with a frustrated look. "They never wanted to…" That got Pandora's attention. Seeing the looks that were asking for information he nodded. "Guess there's no reason left to hide it. When the Titans joined together, we were first and foremost a team to help the world. but Raven pulled me aside one day in the early founding of the team. She told me everything. She had come to this world, fleeing from her father, and went straight to the Justice League to beg for help. They ignored her. Worse, they were threatening to put her behind bars for being the daughter of such a demon like she was his loyal subject. Ever since then, we've been training, growing stronger, and secretly it was for this purpose. To fight off the dangers of the world yet to come."
Snapping his helmet back on, Naruto sighed. "I'm having a word with those assholes. high and mighty right now and all, they need to be yelled at. But digressing, you've done great for the Titans there, Nightwing."
Coming to the blonde and putting his hand out, he smiled. "And thanks to you, we could push ourselves even harder… Thank you."
Slade had enough of this. "We shouldn't stand idly too long. Trigon's power grows as he stays in this dimension, who knows what he will do when he finds out we still roam free. We should quickly find Raven."
The blonde ninja of Pandora nodded. "Good idea… But most of us should stay behind ad distraction. We need every hand on deck to fight the forces he brought forward. It's not his fire demons we have to worry about now, he brought over some nasty customers too…"
"So what do you suggest?" Nightwing was hoping for any type of plan now to help. He only knew head-on fight at this point.
Looking to Superboy, Naruto nodded. "You… Go with Slade. He'll lead you to Raven. If he tries anything funny? Well, I can't stop what you tried to do anymore can I?" Looking to Ravager, he smiled. "You come with us. No trying to stab a Kryptonian in the back and all. Call it a good faith gesture."
Suddenly, Mammoth spoke in a voice not his own. "That's not a good idea. My father and sister are unstable, they could very well deal with us when we've used all our might to stop Trigon."
Turning to his buddy, Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Something's up here… What's going on?"
"We've got a new addition. Jericho. He has the ability to possess others through eye contact." Nightwing walked up to Mammoth. "This isn't a good idea, but I guess this was the reason you wanted to join… What's on your mind?"
The possessed Mammoth nodded. "My father, Slade, he's an evil bastard. Letting him off this easy? He knows what he's doing. He's going to make this harder on all of us if we don't stop him."
Noticing the blonde on the floor, being sat up by Wonder Girl, Naruto hummed. "You have a better idea then? Also… Don't even try to possess me, buddy. You would not survive a trip in my head without some scars."
"Already gave ample warning. He knows the second he tries, a demon will tear him out before he can blink." Smiling at Hinata, Naruto could only find her looking out for all of them as a good thing. He had to admit, she made a fine hero.
Jericho continued through Mammoth. "We shouldn't just let him off as easy… What if there's a fork in the road they take? what if he tries something?"
Humming at that, Naruto stepped up to his friend's body with a hero's soul inside it. "Your power is gonna be useless. How well can you fight physically? Can you beat Nightwing one on one?"
Said leader of the Titans crossed his arms. "He's got some skills, that's for sure… But we've established he isn't the best hand to hand combatant of the team. That title goes to Hinata."
With that said, Naruto turned away from Jericho. "Alright… You're the weaker link. As a hand to hand fighter you'll not best the army we face, and your power is useless against them. How about you go with Superboy, if there is a fork, you go down the road with your father."
Slade looked to his son. "Jericho… Your mother ran away with you. Thought you might be dead, I heard one of my enemies say he killed my son a while back."
Showing his neck, Jericho glared at his father. That was all that he was willing to share. Groaning, Naruto just clapped loudly. "Look, enough bullshit. Superboy and Jericho go with Slade to save Raven, get her back here and make sure she's alright. The rest of us? We face off against Trigon and his army. Correction, I deal with his sorry demon ass, the rest of you distract his minions so he can't fucking cheat. Everyone got that?"
Seeing the second tail formed behind the aggravated thief, Nightwing just accepted it. "Fine. Then let's not waste time… I just hope you have the same power you had facing Superman…"
Popping his knuckles, Naruto grinned behind his mask. "Oh, I still haven't gone full strength. Sustaining it was the issue back in Metropolis after all."
With that said and done, the two teams went their separate ways. It didn't take long until Naruto hovered up in front of Trigon himself. "Hey bozo, how's it going?"
Trigon glared at the small being in front of him. "You. You must be the puppet of the Kyuubi, sent to apologize… Or to show good faith. Where is that coward fox?"
Bowing, the blonde chuckled. "Oh, he's near… Sorry, Trigon, but you're not getting a good faith gesture or some sort of half-baked apology. This is my final word before Kyuubi takes you down. You think the fox is weaker than you because… Do you have some sort of power? Sorry, not buying it. See, the Kyuubi has his full power, and he has additional power thanks to something he and I picked up together back in my old dimension. Add in he's also now trained in martial arts, and you're looking at defeat. I'll give you ten seconds to surrender and go away."
It only took three before Trigon started laughing. "This is a treat. Threatening me? When your master is nowhere to be found? And he threatens me with you… Tell your master I do not surrender, and if he wants to face me… he can himself!" With quick reflexes, Trigon closed a fist around Naruto in an attempt to crush the bug.
Only, his attempt was foiled, as his hand was forced open explosively, causing him to recoil in pain as he watched the 'bug' sprout ears and nine full tails behind him, chakra flowing from him like a typhoon of energy. "Tried to be civil with you, asshole… Now? Now you're dead. Good luck facing the Kyuubi, bastard. By the way, he isn't my master. He's my best friend and partner! Goodbye!"
Without warning, his body suddenly grew into a large Kyuubi form, flowing and glowing red fur, nine full shifting tails, and claws and teeth sharp and at the ready. Green snaked around the body of the fox as his power was augmented by Nature chakra. "It's been awhile, Trigon… Too long. But now, you messed with the wrong fox."
Trigon glared at Kyuubi. "You possess a vessel. Your strength must have waned since we last met. You think you can take me when your power is lesser? I will enjoy crushing you!" Without hesitation, the huge demonic entity of evil incarnate fired lasers from his eyes.
Kyuubi blocked it with his tails, taking the hit before snapping his tails apart, breaking the beam and jumping forward with his claw wrapping around the demon's face, closing off the powerful lasers. Without letting him get the upper hand, the Kyuubi pulled Trigon's head in and snapped his knee into the demon's gut, then stomped the ground to anchor himself as he spun around and chopped the back of the horned demon's neck, sending him face first into his own lava lake. "You are right, I had lesser power to be sealed within a vessel, but I have since obtained my original power back, and added in his own power for good measure. My vessel is the strongest there is! AND WE WILL CRUSH YOU!" Raising his clawed foot, the Kyuubi stomped on the back of Trigon's head and kept his face buried in the lava.
Around the fighting demons, the entirety of the backup was fighting the demons that were surrounding them. The two teams were doing fine for their start, Hinata taking out two giant eyeball monsters and Jinx giving some of the fireball throwing small-fry some bad luck, causing them to burst into flame and vanish. As the two fought together, Hinata could see the moves Naruto taught the pink-haired magic user. "He's still doing what's right, even though he rejects the hero life."
Jumping away from a much bigger brute, Jinx huffed. "It was either this or let you idiots handle it. Whilst I am sure the Titans could save the world, I'm not letting my home or my friends and family be destroyed!" Jinx grabbed the chin of the large brute and shoved her heels in the back of its neck, ripping its head right off. "No one hurts those I care about!"
Smirking, the white-eyed hand to hand master spun and caused a large explosion of chakra threads to rip apart the surrounding demons, cutting them to nothing. "he picked a good woman… As long as you keep his heart safe, I'll support your love for him."
That took Jinx by surprise. Blushing a bit, the could only turn to Hinata in sputters. "Wa-wait just a moment there! How the hell did you.. did you know about us?"
With a blur of speed, Hinata was once twenty feet away, but then right in front of the pink haired girlfriend Naruto had chosen, Hinata smiled brightly. "Not hard to see… he cares about you. And so, I will help make sure you two are protected."
Turning to see what the dark-haired woman's arm was doing by her head, she saw a large brute again, his body slumped back with the fist of the woman in front of her in his heart. Pulling back, Hinata nodded. "Now… Let's kick demon ass, and you two can go home. I know he'll be extra sore from using this much power for too long. Help him recover afterward, alright?"
Blushing a bit, Jinx could only nod dumbly before smiling. "At least she's kind… Brutal in a fight, but kind." Jumping back into the action, Jinx kept up her strength as she faced these demons with a new friend.
As Trigon got back onto his feet, this time grabbing the Kyuubi's arm as it tried to knock him back down, he roared as he got up and threw an uppercut the fox, sending him back holding his jaw. Without hesitation, Trigon tackled the fox to the ground, grabbing him by the throat before punching the maw of the demonic animal a few times before the Kyuubi slammed both claws into the multi-eyed demons head, bringing him down and slamming their heads together, knocking Trigon off balance enough to charge a Tailed Beast Bomb in his mouth and blast the entity of evil off of him with a huge explosive force.
Flying away from the huge body of the demon slamming on the ground, Starfire saw him lay there. She floated transfixed on the demonic father of her teammate and was unaware that he was still conscious as he saw her there. Raising his arm, he attempted to crush her under his fist, only to be foiled as another flew right int and flew Starfire away from his strike.
Getting pushed back, Starfire turned to see her sister. "Sister… You saved me."
Huffing, Blackfire crossed her arms. "As much as I hate you for being totally against me, you're still my sister… And as much as you hate Naruto, he showed me what family should be like. And as your sister, I'll still be here for you. But next time you try and hurt my friends in anger, I'm stomping you into the dirt, Sister. Now, let's kick some demon tail. Together, yeah?"
With a smile, Starfire could finally see the good in her sister coming out. Maybe in a way she had not expected or felt was actually good, but her sister was finally an ally in a fight. "Yes, let us kick some butt." Saying that Starfire and her sister flew off to tackle some flying bloated demons in the sky.
As the two flew off, the Kyuubi grabbed Trigon by the throat, stomping on his chest, and started wailing on his face with fierce punches, swatting any resistance away before continuing his assault. It didn't take long before Trigon finally just wailed in demonic energy and caused the fox to jump away and cover from the blast.
Raising himself to his feet quickly, Trigon took the stunned Kyuubi by the tails and pulled him off his feet, stomping on his ass and pinning him down before charging his eyes with power. Kyuubi could not stop the attack as the lasers of demonic fire scorched his back intensely, making him scream out in pain.
Shoving her fist of toxic fire through the head of another large beast, Shego huffed as she looked at the two large demons doing battle. "Damn! What the hell can we do but watch this thing? Trigon's gaining the upper hand!"
Seeing several smaller demons ready to blast her with fire again, she charged her hands up, only to watch as one Kunai got stuck in the ground in front of them, and instantly Nightwing was there and tearing their limbs from them, shocking their heads into exploding and then grabbing his Kunai again. Huffing in exertion, he turned to Shego. "Don't give up on Naruto yet… He's always had a trick up his sleeve… Just keep in the fight, and take these things down. Who knows, maybe your brothers will start getting the idea you are in a league of your own."
Crossing her arms, the green former goon pouted. "Low bow there, bird boy. Those idiots think because they got powers that we should adhere to stupid responsibility. All I wanted was some success in my life. Now I got it, I'm living happily. Not going to let this demon of a father to your emo chick take that away. Whatever happens here, Trigon goes down and I go read my magazines and do my nails. Whatever those idiots think or do is none of my concern."
Smirking, Nightwing stood on somewhat shaking legs. "My mistake… Maybe Kim would like to know what you're doing here?"
Stomping on the corpse under her, Shego just yelled in retort. "Little Kimmy can go choke on it! I moved here to get away from her goody two shoe schtick! Keep silent or I melt your mouth shut! Be thankful that the leader of our little band of family considers you in high regard!" With that, she tossed a very huge blast at the acrobatic hero, only for him to watch it pass him by and smack dead center in the skull of an enemy he failed to notice. "Now stop shaking, and get to work, 'Hero'!"
Without warning, the Kyuubi slammed his front legs into the ground and caused a quake, forcing Tigon to lose his footing enough for the fox to lift the demon by his trapped tails and then jump up, spinning upward and slamming the demonic father into the lava under him. Turning around, the Kyuubi grabbed the four-eyed monster and lifted him up on his feet, only to flip his head over heels and back on the ground. This was to get a better spot to then grab the arms of the humanoid demon and kick into his back, trapping the evil entity long enough for him to charge his power and let loose a sudden freeze breath, causing Trigon and the surrounding lava to solidify.
Even going through this intense fighting, the teams were working hard to keep the huge demons from jumping the Kyuubi, though some were better equipped than others. Cheshire, with her new skills in the sword and acrobatic techniques, was chopping off heads and dodging fireballs left and right, cutting into any flying fiery skulls that came her way. Looking around, she noticed she was not alone in her area as Ravager was jumping from eyeball to eyeball in the sky, slicing some in half or cutting out several eyeballs, gutting some to swing to others.
Though it didn't take long for Ravager to be grabbed by a huge hulking beast, horns all over his body, giant claws and fire breath sewing from his mouth. The monstrous demon threw Ravager into the ground and was about to stomp her when suddenly he was tackled by a large T-rex. seeing this as her chance, Cheshire ran down the titan's tower and using her sword cut into the demon's eye. Though the blood and gore she was swimming in was disgusting, she had no other choice than to end this quickly, so she started slashing away, cutting into anything, clearing a path to anything that could be the monster's mind.
Beast Boy was currently wrestling the demon, as it tried to push him off but also claw his own brain out from Cheshire's intrusion. It did not take long before the demon roared a deathly shriek and slumped to the ground. Its head was close to Ravager as she got up on a single knee, holding her broken ribs. Out from the same eye came Cheshire, cutting through and falling to the ground.
Taking off her mask, the girl puked in disgust. "EUGH!... That… was… so… fucking… nasty… EUGGH!" Getting herself collected, she looked up to see ravager staring. "Hey… No breaks, ok? We don't have breaks till this battle ends with Trigon's defeat!"
CHanging back and landing next to the girls, the green hero huffed. "Yeah? How long till he's gone huh?" Looking at the giant fight before their eyes, they could see Trigon break free from his icy prison and watched as he pulled the Kyuubi closer. This caused the Kyuubi to claw into his back, and four long and deep cuts were suddenly made as his foot slipped and Trigon's back spewed red gushed of blood everywhere.
This was not over, however, as Trigon pulled again even harder and forced his horns into the Kyuubi's chest, causing the fox to cough blood before the two ripped away from each other. Beast Boy groaned loudly. "Oh come on! What does it take to end this dude!?"
Trigon stood and looked at his enemy, and noticed the red fox's green glow was starting to fade. Grinning, Trigon rushed in and started throwing punches. With every strike, he became faster and more persistent as the fox started getting slower and less precise. It didn't take long until Trigon gained the upper hand and caught an opening in the Kyuubi's defenses, and with a single open handed thrust, his sharp-nailed fingers sunk into the chest of the giant fox, causing the Kyuubi to cough more blood, and to slump onto his knees.
Everyone fighting stopped to see this. Mammoth, holding two halves of an Imp, looked in shock. "No… Naruto couldn't have lost to this guy… he prepared to the smallest detail."
Jinx could feel her knees grow weak, but something inside her felt stronger than her legs. She knew deep in her heart this couldn't be true. "Naruto…"
Trigon chuckled as he watched the energy fade from the Kyuubi. "You fool… Thought you could just fight me and my strength depletes? You seem to forget just which universe I asked into helping me. I have night unlimited energy pouring into me from Hell itself. You cannot stop it. You cannot stop me. And this becomes the result…"
Suddenly, the Kyuubi's claws gripped onto the arm of the demon and smirked as his energy burst back into action, his fur burning bright red and green swirling around him. "You are the fool, Trigon. You just showed your hand, and I have a counter… Hell's energy can be stopped by the very force of nature that surrounds us. Unluckily for you, that trick my vessel learned? I've been gaining such energy from him. And I just got a recharge."
Taking the hand from his chest, the fox stood quickly and kicked Trigon hard on his ass, and without hesitation jumped on top of the evil being, his claws glowing green. "Go ahead and fight, your power will deplete, and you WILL be stopped! And with this, you won't be fighting back much longer!" His claws sank into Trigon's stomach, and they both burst into a swirling energy of flames of every color, and everyone watched as Trigon was cut off from his limitless source.
However… The source was not happy. With the link cut, portals opened to giant creatures of horrific visage and enormous size. As the Kyuubi finished weakening Trigon, he looked around and growled. "Titans… Shit."
Just as Kyuubi started getting ready to tear into the demons, one was suddenly scratching at its head, only for an eye to blast out of its head and it screaming, gripping its head in pain. Soon it's head exploded into a gory mess, and the Titan fell, but from its head flew a man, and as the man landed, it checked its weapon. Donna and Static were in front of him. "WHo the hell is this dude? He looks like something out of a video game."
Snapping his double barrel shotgun closed, reloaded and ready, the man in a beefy green suit of armor started running off towards the next Titan. The Kyuubi laughed seeing this. "You are such an idiot, Trigon! Bringing the powerful Doom Slayer here!? It was almost guaranteed we would win!"
The second Titan managed to get behind the Kyuubi, trying to tackle the fox to the ground as Trigon got back up. The two started forcing the fox to the ground and beating into him furiously but were unaware of the power the Kyuubi was building in his body. Just as the Kyuubi opened up, he roared with power and the blast caused the two to fly off him and stun everyone around him. Standing up, the Kyuubi started gathering more energy to launch his biggest Bijuu Bomb.
Jinx, seeing this, had known from Naruto's warnings that it was going to be powerful, so she instantly turned to Hinata. "Get the Titans, and tell them to tell my tea as well, to take cover! This Isn't going to end without a crater!"
It wasn't long before the Kyuubi ate his bomb and then grinned, seeing Trigon and one of the Titan's coming right for him. With a mighty roar, he shot the powerful mass of destructive energy at them, and the world turned white for many. Though this was not the end, it was only the beginning of it.
