The world came back from the bright flash, the Bijuu Bomb's power waned, the surrounding area was crumbling as the very field they stood on was a crater of great size. All who were fighting on the ground were getting back up, Starfire lifting rubble off her and her sister. Hinata stood on a pile of rubble that had slipped off her defensive shield, Nightwing on a knee. Everyone recovered from the shear forces at work to see what had transpired.

There in the middle of the crater stood Trigon and Kyuubi, Trigon showing signs of pain as the Kyuubi showed signs of fatigue. With a smirk, the Kyuubi's soft chuckle echoed. "Nothing less from you, Trigon. But we both know you're putting on a brave face. Your surrounding forces, decimated. Your own strength sapped from you. You know very well that you cannot win this battle. I give you one chance. Return from whence you came, give your daughter everything you stole from her to bring you forth and never return. Or I force it upon you that scenario anyway."

Though anyone could see the demon lords pain, he grinned. "And yet, you yourself are out of the fight after such a powerful attack. Commendable, but not good enough to beat me. To repeat your words, we both know you are putting on a brave face too."

Kyuubi took a deep breath before standing tall and suddenly a surge of energy came off him. "Kit, you alright? This form is toxic to you. I do not want to lose you to this." Naruto was swimming in Demonic chakra, absorbing Natural energy, and the very combination was slowly hurting him from the inside out, but he kept every bit of pain from taking him.

The blonde, mentally speaking to his partner, smiled with a serene grin. "I got this, You kick his ass until the time is finally upon us. I can give us the energy for it. Just make him regret ever coming to our home!"

Showing the grin he had from that, Kyuubi chuckled. "Brave face? My vessel is no mere weakling. He can withstand much more of my energy! Come at me, if you dare, Trigon! I will make you retreat if it's the last thing I do!"

With no hesitation, the Kyuubi uppercut Trigon, grabbed him by the horns and slammed his head into his knee, then grabbed him by the arms and twirled him around, flipping him down into the crater before stomping into the chest of the demon, roaring in strength. "Yield and I will make this a mercy!"

The fox didn't even let the Demon Lord reply, forcing him up and grappling him, his arms under Trigons trapping him from behind. Kyuubi started charging his Bijuu bomb again, ready to directly hit Trigon's head with it. Trigon fought with little strength as he was powerless without Hell's energy supplying him anymore. "You cannot defeat me, no matter how much pain you inflict!"

The retort given was a very painful blast of energy sending the Demon Lord into the crater and being blasted with heat so hot he could only scream. Gasping, but still not beaten, Trigon turned on his back and smirked. "I cannot die, and I refuse to retreat. You may be stronger than me, but we both know I am not going anywhere."

Kyuubi smirked and started laughing, so much so it worried everyone watching, even Trigon. With a heavy sigh, Kyuubi stood tall over Trigon. "You're right. But my job wasn't to kill you. I knew I could not. And I suspected your pain would not torture you into submission. No, what I have been doing, has been making it impossible for you to return when we finally do send you back. Make it stick… THAT YOU! WILL! NEVER! CONQUER! THIS! WORLD!"

With every word, Kyuubi stomped into Trigons head, claws cutting into the four eyes with every stamping foot, making Trigon scream in pain.

Jinx watched in awe, she and everyone else, as she knew what was happening. "The Fury of the Tailed Beast. He's using his trump card."

Nightwing looked over to her. "What do you mean?"

Watching with widened eyes, she could only tell him what she was told. "Naruto let the Kyuubi have full control, he's supplying the beast with energy. Until the final part of the plan comes to fruition, the only way to stop Trigon from killing anyone, to deplete the demon's strength totally. Kyuubi is letting it all out, every shred of hatred, anger, and power he has. The Fury. Naruto told me it would likely ruin his chakra flow for months, but if it meant saving us he would give up power to do it."

And power was exactly what was shown. Kyuubi roared as he lifted Trigon into the air, slamming a flurry of punches into the demon's chest and sending him flying back into more buildings before clawing into Trigons head and slamming his knee into it, then stomping the giant four-eyed demon into the ground enough to launch volleys of smaller Bijuu Bombs into him. After the flurry was done, he grabbed Trigon by the feet and then spun, swinging the demon lord into the air.

Jumping up high and over the flying demon, the Kyuubi spun before slamming both feet down, sending Trigon back to the ground. With all his might, the fox threw himself into Trigon with the speed of a falling meteor, the power of the sun itself blasting into Trigon with every ounce of strength he had to make Trigon suffer. Even as the dust was unsettled, the Kyuubi was punching and kicking Trigon, who was trying to stop the attack only to have his arms and legs bent in pain and something else hitting him in the stomach or head, breaking him, making him suffer, all he could do was take the beating as the Kyuubi roared in fury and with unending speed or strength made Trigon himself see nothing but his own demise. The brutality would continue until the very end came to put Trigon away forever.

XxX In Hell XxX

It was a long time, but finally, the group sent for Raven came to an impasse. Superboy looked at Slade. "Why are we stopping?"

Turning to the group behind him, he pointed at the direction through a cave. "Raven's down this way. However, I must attend elsewhere. My son was correct in assuming I was going somewhere else."

Superboy nodded, crossing his arms. "And that's why he is here… To make sure you don't do anything untoward when we are already in a doomsday scenario." Turning to the blonde mute, he nodded. "Go on. I'll get Raven and get to the surface. You make it back too, understood?"

Stepping up to Superboy, the man smiled and nodded. With a thumbs up, he stepped away to follow his father. Superboy sighed as he looked at the two as they walk ahead through another maze. "Nightwing's gonna kill me. But this was the plan. Alright…" Turning to his own direction, he started through the cave. "I'm coming Raven. Don't you worry."

XxX With Jericho XxX

As Father and Son walked together, the journey was silent. Though part of that was Jericho being a mute. Knowing that Slade spoke up first. "Your mother was a very smart woman. But she made a mistake when she took you away from me. I knew she was pregnant, and yet I still let her tear my eye out and leave me to rot as she ran to safety. She covered her tracks well."

Jericho kept his cool, though on the inside it was clear he wanted to rip his father's legs off. Slade looked back at him and all he could do was give a gesture to keep walking.

With a chuckle, the villainous man kept his pace up, matching his son's so they made only one sound. "You've no idea the danger she put herself in. The only reason our family was protected at all, was because we were together. If I could have trained you, before your throat was cut, maybe you'd still be able to speak. Maybe your mother regrets not teaching you herself, probably because she went soft. This world has no need for foolish people with little ambition, or care. Only the strong survive, and to be strong, your skills need to be sharper than the blade of your opponent."

It was a lucky venture, joining the Titans. Had he not, he would have taken that as the right button being pushed to kill the bastard of a father he had. But instead, he took a deep breath and pictured his mother, the good times they shared. His center found, he hardened his resolve and shoved his father forward faster, pointing to show to hurry up.

"My, I wonder who taught you that. Certainly not your mother, she was very emotionally triggered. I see you take after me…" Slade grinned. However, he was rewarded with no lashing out, and he could only wonder why until he looked back and saw Jerich standing there, unmoving, with a glare of death.

Stopping, Slade could only wonder what was going through the mind of his son. "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue? It's unusual for someone with such things to say to be so silent. Oh, right, your throat was cut. Your mother failed to protect you."

Jericho narrowed his eyes on his father. "Oh father, how little you know… I'm thankful for Hinata's training. If I hadn't centered myself, I'd have lashed out before, but now I see he WANTS me to. Well, it's not gonna happen."

It was becoming very clear that Jericho wasn't going to strike him. Slade sighed, deciding to give up that tactic. "If you want the truth, I blame myself every day. It's my own fault for everything that has happened to our family. And for that, I cannot atone. But all I can do now is try to move forward. But in order to do that, I need to actually live again. So here's your chance to save your father."

That made Jericho's eyes widen, seeing his father just relax his guard. He wondered why, but then Slade's eyes narrowed. "All you have to do… Is to help me open a vault under our very feet, by striking me down."

Stunned, Jericho looked down to see a glowing power. He didn't realize they were on top of such a thing. Looking at his father, Jericho's fists clenched. He had a choice to make… And he didn't know what to do.

XxX With Superboy XxX

After climbing through the cave, the half Kryptonian young man came into a large room, and what he saw was a cathedral of some kind. Looking around, he could see the semblances of ruin that was crumbling around him.

As he made his way up the aisle, he heard whispering and chanting. "Hello? Raven?" Silence, suddenly and without warning, as it became unsettling. A figure jumped up from behind the pedestal, and standing in front of him was a child, but it wasn't an ordinary child. "Raven?... Is that you?"

The child's eyes were blank. "You cannot be here… he will punish me again… Father doesn't like when I have friends…"

With resolve, Superboy spoke up. "He can come here and give it his best shot, I'm not letting that evil being hurt you. You are too important to me."

"Important? We're nothing but a useless object to be used when he needs us…" A second voice called, and the Kryptonian turned to see a figure in black stand in the pews. It also looked like Raven. "I am nothing but a doorway. I don't deserve to have friends."

Another figure in red stood from the pew's, then other colored robes filled them, all speaking with despair, and each suffering from worry and hopelessness. The child shook, and so did the cathedral. "We tried so hard… But we couldn't fight him. We couldn't stop him without hurting you more! Now he's hurting you all, and I'm nothing but a weakling, trapped here forever! All I can do is watch as he summons beasts from the depths of hell to kill you!"

Superboy could only go to a knee to steady himself as the entire place was shaking like an earthquake of great magnitude. Looking up at the crying child, he couldn't fathom what her mind was going through. "And now if he finds you here… He'll make you suffer in front of me, to teach me a lesson… I can't bear it… I don't want it! Please just GO!"

With a blinding flash of energy, the child sent a shockwave into Connor and sent him flying backward into the cave again, but he managed to grab hold of the floor. "Just… Just…. Just GO!" The magic forcing him out became more powerful, but he clung to the floor with all his might.

Without hesitating any longer, he knew he had to calm her down, to show her different. He groaned as he pulled himself along the floor back to solid ground. Seeing this, Raven held her head and tried to imagine him gone, but he didn't go anywhere. Instead, he stomped his feet into the ground and walked himself up to the pedestal. Suddenly he grabbed Raven and hugged her close, but not too tightly with his super strength as to not hurt her. "You're wrong! He won't touch you, and he won't torture you by hurting me! You're not weak, you're not some object or door, you're a person! You have every right as any sentient being, and you're my friend! You are important to me! You understand me, we fight together as a great team, we help the world because we're strong enough to do it! It isn't our powers, it's not our bodies that do it either! It's our hearts and minds, our greatest strengths! And you can beat your father! He scared you…"

Setting her down in front of him and kneeling down, smiling, he continued. "But, being scared doesn't mean you are weak. Being scared only hinders you if you let it win. That's what bravery and courage are. You are brave when you overcome your fears, you are courageous for fighting the things you are scared of. You know, I was scared when Trigon suddenly destroyed the earth. I was scared, that he had killed you and we could never find you again. But here I am, and I am not leaving you. Ever again. We can win this together, we can fight together, and we can make your father pay. Don't let him scare you anymore. You know, all the villains we faced? They say we are weak for caring… The truth is, we're stronger when we fight to protect those we care about. Would you protect me? I will do my best to protect you. And as long as we're together, we can overcome every fear we face. Right, Raven?"

Wiping her tears, Raven looked at Connor and was trying hard not to burst into even more. "But… What if I can't fight my father? I don't have the power to do it… he used all the power I had inside me to cross over…"

"You're wrong. You have even more power than he can ever have. Because your power comes from your emotions. You told me how your magic worked. All you have to do is find the most powerful emotions you truly feel, and let him know you aren't some husk of a doll to be used. You are a strong woman who can protect herself, and her friends. And I'll help in every way I can." Smiling, Superboy softly rubbed her head. "Because I care about you."

Raven blushed as she looked at the radiant smile Superboy was giving her. Something about it just tugged at her heart, which beat ever faster. The cloaked colorful versions of herself vanished into shadows, that suddenly wrapped themselves around her. Superboy stood and backed up, watching as the shadow solidified into the Raven he knew, standing proudly. "And I care about you, all of you… And I won't let my father hurt you all… Ever again!"

XxX With Trigon and Kyuubi XxX

"Kit… Kit, you ok? I'm running out of energy here. If I have to I'll force this to end right now." Kyuubi was still stomping away at Trigon, who had all but stopped fighting it. His body broken, his energy depleted, all he had left was the connection to this world.

The blonde was floating, drowning in demonic chakra. "No good, partner. I've wasted everything. I can't even feel my chakra anymore, let alone give you any. Damn it, what's taking them so long!?"

Hearing that in his head, Kyuubi slowly stopped his rampage. Stepping back, he kept himself stable and with a straight face as to not tip the demon lord off. "I think that should just about do it. Your energy won't come back for another thousand years. Unless of course you still feel up to a beating, jackass."

Groaning, Trigon sat up but could do nothing else. "All I have to do… Is wait until your vessel reaches its limit. I'll admit, he's extraordinary. But he is still mortal, and no mortal can handle demonic energy for such long periods of time. Once your form vanishes, I will murder the runt. And all I must do then is gather my energy and finish off those annoying Titans that are watching us right now."

Just as he said that the world lit up in the sky as Raven flew down from the heavens. "You won't be finishing off anyone, Father!"

Trigon gasped as he saw her, and he could feel her energy washing over him. "NO! I imprisoned you!"

Inside the fox's mind, Naruto chuckled. "Finally. Took that kid long enough. Our energy can subside, we don't need more. Just let her finish him off, and then we can take a break buddy."

Trigon stood, groaning in pain, but he growled at his daughter menacingly. "You will go back to your prison, and suffer… I will not let you roam free! You are my tool! You do only as I say!"

Glowing brightly, Raven grew to the same size as her father and walked up to him. "No, I am not your tool, I am my own person! I AM A TITAN! AND YOU WILL HURT MY FRIENDS NO MORE!" With a lighting fast punch, she clobbered her father to the ground again, but then she raised him up with her magic and started draining his energy fully. "You're pathetic, father. You had to get help from such a despicable place, just to fight us! You failed!"

Superboy was on her shoulder and smiled. "Show your father who you really are, Raven. Send him back to his own hell."

With a nod, her forehead gem glowed brightly. "Azarath…. Metrion… ZENTHOS!" IN the blinking white light, everything changed. The sky turned blue, the ruined world brought back as if it was nothing but a dream, and any evidence of there being a hell, or a fight, was gone forever.

The world back to normal, so was everyone else, the Kyuubi gone and Naruto, along with everyone who was with him, were with the Titans on the roof of the tower. Standing, though just for show, the blonde smirked as his mask was off. "The outcome we all wanted. The world as it should be."

The Titans came up to him and his team, and each held a hand out. Cyborg smiled. "Glad to see even villains can be heroes if they tried."

Mammoth huffed as he shook the metal man's hand. "Don't expect this to happen often, punk."

Wonder Girl sighed as she just accepted it. She looked to Pandora. "You know, you could still all be heroes, it'd be better than being rotten thieves."

"Not going to happen. Sorry, Donna, but Naruto-kun… He's never going to be a hero again, after what happened to him…" Hinata stepped up. "There's a reason he still wears that 'X'. Being a Hero granted him horrible rewards. Asking him to ruin his life again, it's almost as criminal an act as murder."

Naruto looked down sadly. "I was the Superman of my world. Many scared of me but hailed me as a hero when I saved them. Though there were also those who resented me. And it all came crashing down around me. After saving my world and granting a unified peace, it wanted me to be nothing but it's scapegoat, lapdog, and obedient weapon all at the same time. After years of my childhood I was scorned, bullied, resented and given the worst life imaginable, even after overcoming that hate, I was nothing to them. And my life would be ruined again after being the hero they thought I could never be. So, no. I don't have it in me to save the world for people who would tear me down. I will only save my world, for those I care about. Nothing more. I'm not the Joker, or Luthor, or even Count Vertigo. I'm just a thief. Pandora is a family of thieves. At least accept we're not truly evil. We just are sick of the bad hands we've been given for the good deeds we've done for others."

Pandora all stood together in agreement. Nightwing stepped up and put a hand out towards the blonde thief. "I understand. Though you'll expect no less from us than to keep fighting to bring you to justice. Even if it's petty thievery."

Shaking the man's hand, Naruto nodded, smiling. "You're welcome to try, Chuckles. As always. The Titans have my respect. Even if I am no longer a hero, I cannot stress enough… There needs to be. I wish you the best in keeping that bright side, Nightwing."

After some goodbyes, Pandora vanished in a blink of an eye, and the Titans were alone. Though as the team started into the main lobby, they all saw Jericho. He had written something down as he waited for them to read. Wally looked at him sharply. "Wait… You mean… This cannot be good."

Seeing it, every Titan was suddenly tense. Beast Boy groaned. "Oh man! Not again! Slade's no longer got those freaky fire powers, but now he's back to the land of the living? Crap!"

"How did this happen?" Raven stepped up as she did the same thing to Jericho she did before, letting him speak through her.

In her voice, as he narrowed his eyes, the blonde mute told them exactly how. "He made me strike him down. But as my fist went through his gut, he choked me out, and I awoke to the world back to the way it was, and he was flesh and blood again, staring at me with that one eye of his. He left me there after my sister Rose knocked me out again."

Starfire gasped in realization. "We forgot about Ravager! She did not come with us after the battle!"

Nodding, Jericho finished. "So now, they will be preparing to do something unspeakable. Whatever it is, we have to stop them."

The leader of the Titans firmly nodded. "Jericho, you have my word. We will stop Slade. We did it before, we can do it again."

That gave the mute man a smile, and he nodded. Raven didn't need to translate his gratitude for that. Though one of them was not exactly willing to stick around for it. "Hey man, look…" Everyone looked to Static. "I came to be a Titan, I came to be a part of something big. This whole thing? A lot bigger than I thought. Ninjas with powers beyond what we thought possible? Demons from other dimensions? Sorry, Nightwing, but this I think I had enough of this city's troubles to hold me over a long time."

The Amazonian fighter looked at him, but then came and gave him a hug. "You are always welcome here, Static. We understand. You will always be a Titan… but, I think I understand now what the Titans are."

Nightwing smiled and looked to the entire team. "When the Titans first came together, it was to work together to fight the things the League could, without being held back by them. But now, I think our goal should be something else… Something much bigger. Something the League refuses to do." When everyone looked at him expecting an answer, he gave one. "We become the mentors. But we don't take sidekicks. We help those younger or inexperienced young heroes and help them become their own heroes one day. The Titans will be the team to train heroes to follow their own paths. We don't hold back these young heroes, we help them to become just as good as any of the League, so they can fight the bigger threats themselves. To that end… Static?"

With a smile, the boy in blue stood proudly. "My friend. Go home and take all the experience you've gained from your time with us, and show the world the great hero you truly are." The team held a farewell dinner for the electrical superhero, till the next day when he left and they gave themselves a break to rest from their ordeal.

XxX With Pandora XxX

The team had made it back to base, but they were now stood face to face with a complete stranger. Said stranger was eating some of their cereal. He turned around and gulped his bite before standing up. The man in a brown trenchcoat with wavy hair smiled. "Terribly sorry, I expected you to be here sooner, but seems I made a slight error in when I came. Hope you don't mind I ate some cereal, but I did grab you an entirely new box as compensation."

Gizmo activated his backpack and aimed his weapons at the man. "What the hell are you doing here?! How did you get in without authorization!? Why didn't we get an alert!?"

The man just stood there and smiled. "Ah, right. Well, this may come as a bit of a shock… Well, maybe not, considering what you just did, but I have no idea how you reacted so I guess I shouldn't assume. My name is Captain Rip Hunter, and I am a time traveler."

"Time traveler?... Fuck me, you're serious, aren't you? But how the hell does a shit-bag like you know how to get in!?" Gizmo was still very irritated someone got past his identification defenses.

Rip looked to Naruto. "Because he gave me the credentials to get inside this base… Decades from now, this blonde ninja from another universe will have given me something to be given to his younger self. And he wanted it to be given this day, after defeating the demon Trigon. Pandora, the greatest thieves in the world, and a group I came to respect… You are all going to have amazing futures. But I cannot say anything more."

Stepping up, Jinx frowned. "How do you even know Naruto?"

"Well, sadly, I can't say how I know him. But I can say why I know him. He's a friend. And he helps me through some dire situations in the future." Rip pulled a drive from his pocket and handed it to Gizmo. "All of you, Pandora is revered in the future. But I cannot say how or why. All I can tell you is what you yourself told me. Don't watch that without Naruto, and he is the one who instructed the drive be made."

Blackfire frowned. "You came from the future… To give us a thumb drive, that Naruto made for himself. This sounds suspicious."

Rip smirked as he turned to the entire team. "As I was told by you all, 'Pandora is a family of rejects because we've all been given the rotten hands of life. We take back our happiness because we care for each other.' And you, Blackfire, will be the one to tell me that one day."

With a remote, he opened up a portal. Naruto stopped him. "Wait. Rip, was it? Just one thing… Am I going to be saving the world like this often? Because I'd rather not…"

Rip Burst into laughter at that, he went into the portal and gave a small salute. "You'll answer yourself, Naruto. That drive says it all. Till I meet you for the first time, I bid you all a wonderful life." The portal closed and they were left alone.

Gizmo looked at the drive as he changed his backpack to normal. "Should I get this thing cracked and find out what the hell it is?"

Kid looked at the team. "He said… Wait for Naruto to watch it."

After a moment of silence, Naruto just couldn't stand anymore, and he collapsed, with Jinx quick to catch him. She helped him up, glad for the strength training. "Right now, I think we should all get some rest. We'll figure this out tomorrow."

The blonde groaned as he was about to pass out. "Agreed… Pandora, get some rest… And after, we celebrate our victories."

The team all went to their rooms, locking the base up and getting some shut-eye. Though what they didn't know, was that the drive held their lives in its wake, and their future was all but destined by a simple thumb drive.

XxX Extra Scene: Grave Future XxX

Sitting on a chair, an old Gizmo drank his beer. "He finally did it, the shit-for-brains… Beat the bitches and the world's silent… I'm gonna miss the fart-eater. I'm just sorry you couldn't see it. Don't worry, your daughter is with him, I believe. So is mine… Man, my wife threw a fit, but she understands it couldn't be helped. I'm just sorry you couldn't see your daughter fight. She's a badass." Raising his beer, he shed a tear as he looked at a gravestone with the name 'Jinx' on it.

A giant hairy fellow with a giant cane knelt beside the midget of an old man. "She takes after her mother. Jinx, you'd have been proud. She even found a name for herself. Started calling herself 'Fortuna' using the magic she got from you for good fortune. Wherever she is, with her father… Know she is a brilliant and smart young woman. We will be with you one day, Jinx. And together, we'll watch over the lives of our loved ones." Mammoth drank his beer with Gizmo as they mourned their lost sister.

Behind them, all of Pandora stood with them, raising a drink of various kinds for each member as they gave their best wishes. Shego and Kid drinking whiskey, Major Pandora drinking an entire keg of wine, and several others that joined Pandora through the years drinking. One voice called out as they toasted. "For Family!"