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CHAPTER 5

Hiei's conversation with Raven had been abrumptly cut off by something and he stood on the Tower roof for a moment, trying to figure out what had happened. When no answers came to him, he covered his Jagan back up and looked over the city , as thoughts came to his mind. She said she was under the city. he thought. Why would she be under the city? What is going on down there? He decided to find out. Maybe he'd be able to find Raven by himself without any help from Robin or the others. Why did he need their help anyway? He used to always do things by himself. Like when he'd saved Yukina from that money happy bastard. He didn't need their help. He could do this himself... or so he told himself.

With that descition made he disappeared in a flash of black and made his way back to the city.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Beastboy exclaimed as he Cyborg, and the fox demon Kurama rode back to the Titan's Tower in Cyborgs blue and white car. "You're from that weird dimension too and so are those monsters we keep running into?"

Kurama nodded. He was sitting in the backseat, occasionally looking out the window as the city passing by him. "But I don't understand why they would want to come here. In fac;t I don't think these demons even came from the Makai. I think they come from the demon underworld."

"What's that?"

"You don't want to know."

"Oh."

"Well maybe you can help us figure out a way to get rid of them," Cyborg said taking his eyes off the road a moment to look back at Kurama. "Because we have no idea and it's driving me crazy."

"I can try to help you," Kurama answered. "But I might not be much good. These creatures seem stronger than the ones we fought before. They might be of a higher class."

"Class?" Beastboy asked. "What do you mean by class? They go to school?"

Kurama shook his head. "No," he said. "It's a rating thing. Demons are rated by strength and power."

"What rating are you?"

"A and so is Hiei," he answered. "The highest class is S."

"Well umm," Beastboy said. "Our one friend is half demon. What rating is she?"

"I don't know," Kurama said. "It all depends on how powerful she is."

"Oh."

"What about-" Cyborg began to say, looking back at Kurama again. The car swirved and a car in another lane honked its horn at him. Cyborg quickly fixed his mistake and laughed nervously. "Uh nevermind."

"I think you should wait until we get back to your tower before you ask anymore questions," Kurama said, a bit frazzled at the near collision. "It's not a good idea to take your eyes off the road when you're driving."

"Sorry about that," Cyborg said, embarrest. "Yeah. I think we should wait. Robin might want to hear this too. Especially if we have fight these guys."

Robin entered the living room and saw Starfire, all bandaged up from her incident, looking in the fridge for a something to eat. "Star?" he said.

She looked up at him guiltily. "Uh, hi Robin," she said.

"What are you doing up?" he asked. "You should be lying down."

"I feel better," she said looking away. "I was only cut. It's nothing serious." she looked around. "Where is Hiei?"

"Why?" he asked.

"I wanted to thank him for saving me from those monsters that attacked me," she replied. "If he hadn't of come along when he had I would be-"

"What were you doing out there anyway?" Robin wanted to know, folding his arms and giving her a look.

"I was looking for Raven," she replied, still refusing to look at him. "I thought if I could fine her..."

Robin shook his head. "You could have been killed," he told her.

"I know." she said. "I was only trying to help."

"I appreciate it, Sta,r but next time tell someone before you go out like that."

"I will," she said. "I promise."

Robin took her in his arms and just as he was about to kiss her they heard voices in the hall. "Dude, you mean Hiei has an eye under that bandana?" Beastboy's voice wavered into the living room. "How come he never showed it to us?"

"He probably didn't want you seeing it," a voice they didn't recognize answered the shape shifter's.

"Yeah that might be it," Cyborg's voice answered. "BB here would probably have freaked out."

"Would not have!"

"Who are they talking to?" Starfire asked.

She didn't have to wait long for an answer because just then Beastboy, Cyborg, and an un-named red head came into the livingroom. When they noticed the two they stopped their discussion looked up at them. "Hey, guys!" Beastboy greeted, waving to them. "Look who we ran into!"

"Who's he?" Robin asked.

"My name is Kurama," the red head replied, giving them a little bow. "I come from the same dimension as Hiei."

"You know Hiei?" Robin asked, surprised.

"Uh uh," Kurama said nodding. "He's my best friend."

"Oh," Robin said. "So anyway. I'm Robin," he turned to Starfire. "And this is..." his voice trailed off when he saw the look on the alien girl's face. Her eyes were huge and her face was a bright red color. "Star?" he asked.

"Friend!" she exclaimed, running up to Kurama and giving him a huge hug. "I am Stafire from the planet of Tameran! Do you like silk warms?"

Kurama stared at her nervously as Robin's mouth dropped down to his waist.. "Uh...," the fox demon said.

"Oh you'll love Silky," she said, smiling happily. "He's the best silkworm I ever had."

"I'm sure he is," Kurama said.

"Here," Starfire said, taking his hand and leading him out of the room. "I'll show you around!" she practically drug him out of the room.

The three boys watched them go then Beastboy and Cyborg looked at each other. "Wow, she sure was friendly wasn't she?" Beastboy said.

"You got that right," Cyborg agreed, thoughtfully. "Come to think of it. I've never seen her act that friendly to anyone before... you don't think-" He got one look at Robin's face and didn't finish his sentence.

The raven haired boy stood there with fire behind him, grinding his teeth and growling. "No good son of a-"

"Are you okay, dude?" Beastboy asked, looking at Robin.

The other boy got ahold oh himself and cleared his throat as he forced himself to calm down. "I'm fine," he said slowly. "Just fine." he pushed past them. "I uh, need to keep looking for Raven." the two watched him walk away and heard him muttereing. "No good Makai pretty boy. How come those guys have to be so.."

Beatboy and Cyborg looked back at each other. "Looks like our fearless leader is jealous," Beastboy said.

Hiei jumped from roof to roof in the city, trying to find the subway building. He knew it had to be around there somewhere and he also knew it was the best way to get underground. He wasn't about to use the sewer. That would just lead him around in a big circle. Finally he spotted the building he was looking for and lept down from his perch on the roof of an apartment building across the street.

"Now," he said, looking into the dark stairway. "All I have to do is-"

Suddenly he heard a shriek from behind. He turned around quickly and spotted the strangest creatures he'd ever seen flying down at him. They all looked like four eyed grim reapers in black cloaks. In their boney hands were long sliver scyths that glittered in the streetlights.

"That's him!" one shouted. "He's the one!"

The one? Hiei unsheathed his sword and went into a fighter stance. He had no idea what they were or what kind of abilities they had but he wasn't about to let that stop him from defending himself or finding Raven. Cold steel flashed in the darkness. One creature let out a scream and vanished in a cloud of translucent smoke as Hiei's sword vut through him. Others took its place. One of them flew past him and swung it's scyth. It cut through his black cloak and drew blood. He cried out and swung at thing. His sword went right through this one as if it wasn't really there.

Hiei glared at the creatures, realizing at that moment, that these things wouldn't be killed that way. Maybe he'd have to use something else. He really didn't want to use the other thing he had but there was just so many of them. They seemed to multiply by tens whenever he cut one up. He swung at another as it came at him and jumped back. He growled at the things as he dropped his sword and unwrapped his right arm. As the dragon came out from under the bandage and was in plain sight the creautres hesitated. The bandage fell to the pavement and he ripped the bandana from his forehead. As the eye opened, the creatues let out distressed sounds and hovered a few feet away.

He smiled at them. "Are you afraid of me now?" he asked them as his arm sparked. The creatures flinched. "Well you should be!" he ran toward them. "Dragon of the Darkness Flame!"

A/N

And there ya go. He used the dragon. Hope you liked the chapter. The story will get better soon. Just be patient okay. Don't forget to leave some feedback. Please and thank you.