AN: As always Read and Review, and no I do not own the Titans characters, just the OC's that I have created for this work.
Tournament
The seven heroes walked out onto a volcanic plain where in the distance volcanoes were spouting lava into streams of it around the country side. Near the portal was a area where each team were allowed to sit and wait until their match would begin.
"Welcome to the Inferno Plains." Zea said as she walked past them.
"A demon realm?" Shinku asked.
"Correct. It is a staging point for most demon armies before they wage war on another realm. It also is the area where most demons hold the trial by combat." Zea nodded as she walked on stopping by her team "So we shall honor tradition and do battle here."
"Sounds like a plan." Shinku nodded "So who shall be battling first?"
"I will." said a female demon walking forward. She was short, close to Beast Boy's height with black fur, marking her as a Beast Demon.
"And the opponent for Detra?" Cecila asked.
"That would be me." Beast Boy said as he stepped forward.
"You sure?" Robin asked.
"I am. I can beat her." he nodded.
"But..."
"Don't worry about him." Shinku replied "If he says he can after Ferocia's training then he can."
"Very well then." Zea grinned "Let the first battle begin, anyone not involved in the fight to the sidelines." With that the others moved out of the way and into the boxes for their designated team while the two faced each other.
"You are either very brave or very foolish to try and fight me." Detra laughed.
"Don't get overconfident now." Beast Boy replied as they faced each other while he flexed the hand with the claw on it. In a roar Detra charged at him while he waited until she was close enough to not change course and then side stepped, slashing her with the claw. Detra growled from the wound given to her and turned to face him, hatred in her eyes. Beast Boy chuckled as he transformed into his original animal form staring at her while still flexing the Claws of Osiris that had grown with his body.
"So you're a shape shifter. Good, this will make things interesting." Detra laughed as she changed into the same form.
"Fool." Beast Boy said in a voice that sounded like grating rocks "This is a form that I know best, that Ferocia finally gave a name for. It's called a Daemon Magnum Viridis, or simply DVS."
"So what? I'm going to destroy you using this form you seem to treasure so much." she laughed as she rushed at him. Before she even took three steps she went flying as she came into contact with his fist that had extended all the way to her position.
"Whoa." Cecila whistled "That is one powerful form."
"Indeed. I do not think that Detra can best this one." Tio noted.
"I doubt it as well. She tried to beat him in a form he knows like the back of his hand. That was foolish." Zea agreed as they watched Detra weaving towards Beast Boy who fazed from sight for a moment to appear before Detra and using both his hands, hammerfisted her into the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL?" she roared as she changed shapes into a giant dragon, that looked similar to Malchior "If I can't beat you in that form, I will beat you in this powerful form!"
At that comment Beast Boy started laughing, a very unnerving sound when he was still in DVS form.
"Try your hardest." Beast Boy chuckled "I will continue to knock you around this place." With that Detra lost her cool and started sending massive bursts of fire at Beast Boy who weaved through them until he was close enough where he could strike without worry. Leaping up he used her body to send himself higher into the air and then once high above her he fell straight down, the Claws of Osiris aimed at her. Trying to incinerate Beast Boy she sent a massive burst of fire up at him, but the claws seemed to divert it from him as they made contact, the claws leaving a bloody trail down her body. Once Beast Boy landed he walked away from the falling body, that reverted to a heavily wounded Detra but she was still alive.
"Finish me." She gasped once she regained her voice.
"No." Beast Boy replied.
"Why?"
"I'm not a murderer. I beat you, and you are still alive, that's all that needs to be done on the matter."
"You fool. You realize that I will come after you to clear this stain upon my honor."
"Go ahead. I will look forward to a rematch." Beast Boy replied as he looked back at her.
"Winner Beast Boy." Shinku called out.
"Winner Beast Boy." Zea agreed as the barriers dropped. With that Cecila opened a portal and let the defeated demon return to her own plane in the demon world.
"Now who shall we have fighting next?" Tio asked looking at the remaining demons.
"I will." a male demon said as he walked forward. He was large and bulky with dark blue skin, and black pants on.
"Let me fight him." Cyborg said as he looked at the big demon.
"If you want to." Shinku nodded "Just don't underestimate him. He could be a few different types of demon."
"Any one I should be wary of?"
"Reflector. It's a sub-class of Mana demons, they can't use any real magic, but they can reflect anything thrown at them that is energy based, as long as it isn't too much stronger than them. Other then that you should be fine." Shinku replied as Cyborg nodded and walked out of the box. The two faced each other and with out a word they both punched each other, sending the other sliding back a few inches.
"You have a good punch." the demon said.
"Same to you." Cyborg nodded.
"I am called Diz."
"Cyborg."
"Then let us begin this match." Diz grinned as they charged at each other. The two exchanged punches, with no real technique or skill behind their attacks until Cyborg tried a sonic cannon blast. Diz grinned as a barrier appeared in front of him and it bounced the blast back at Cyborg who rolled to the side.
"I see. So you are a Reflector Demon." Cyborg noted.
"I am. That is why I am so strong in hand to hand combat, to make myself even stronger. My shield can even reflect the flames of Kage To Hi Ryu." Diz bragged.
"Now that I sincerely doubt." Cyborg laughed.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I have seen those flames, and if your shield doesn't reflect this next shot then there is no way you could hold up against those black flames." Cyborg grinned as he aimed the enhanced sonic cannon at Diz.
"Foolish." Diz grinned as he raised the shield. Cyborg fired the sonic cannon and watched as it struck the shield and the two held for several seconds until there was a boom and the shield exploded with such force that it sent the two flying back.
"Impressive, but that is not enough to best me." Diz laughed.
"Maybe not, but I'm not going to play around with you for much longer." Cyborg grinned as he took out the thunderbolt and inserted it into a port on the enhancer. Cyborg watched the power bars in his robotic eye explain to him the readout on the cannon.
"Exceeding 100%, power cells fully operational, lock and loaded, deploy clamps." he said as his ankles opened up and clamped down on the ground to hold him in place as he aimed at Diz "Now this is going to hurt."
"Try me." Diz grinned as he created a thick barrier, one that he was certain would hold against this attack.
"Firing Thunder Super Sonic Cannon." Cyborg said as for a second his systems went dead and then fired off a massive concentrated blast that hit the barrier and then tore through it as though it were nothing more then paper. Then Diz truly panicked as the attack smashed into him and engulfing him before he had time to react. As the light cleared Diz was gone and Cyborg looked exhausted.
"Winner Cyborg." Shinku and Zea said together as Cyborg trudged back to the box and collapsed.
"You ok friend Cyborg?" Starfire asked.
"Yeah, just tired." he replied.
"You over did it." Robin noted.
"Had to. I knew he was holding back his strongest barrier, and also had to put a bit of a scare factor onto the other opponent's, make them worry about what the rest of us can do."
"Makes sense, but now we need to see who will be up next." Shinku noted as Zea sent out another demoness, this one tall with black hair and pale green skin, carrying an assortment of weapons "So who wants to fight her?"
"I will face this foe." Starfire said as she floated out of the box, holding the Pelican Spear.
"Best of luck my foe." the demoness said as she bowed "I am Richella, a warrior demoness."
"I am Starfire, a Tamoranian." Starfire said "And the same to you Richella."
With the pleasantries out of the way the two attacked each other, with Starfire using the spear to fight against Richella as she had drawn a longsword and was parrying stabs that Starfire was making at her. Soon Richella slipped past Starfire's guard and slashed at her stomach as Robin tried to get out of the box to save her.
"Cool yourself." Shinku said as he held up an arm to stop him.
"But!"
"Don't you think there was a reason as to why I had her get those gem shards?" Shinku replied as they saw the slash do nothing to Starfire.
"Now how did you do that?" Richella asked as she leapt back to avoid the spear.
"That is a secret." Starfire replied as she took to the air and started firing starbolts down on her, filling the battlefield with smoke. Starfire continued to hover above the smoke and watching for Richella. Before Starfire could react, the demoness leapt out of the smoke slashing at her with her sword, but Starfire dodged it, hitting her with a starbolt in her side. As Richella descended to the ground Starfire struck with the spear, slashing Richella along her throat and ending the match.
"And this is the second kill." Shinku sighed.
"Don't say that." Starfire said as she landed over Richella and began scraping metal off the blade into the wound, allowing it to heal, letting the demoness live.
"How?" Richella asked holding her now mended throat.
"The Pelican Spear, it allows for one to heal any wound that it inflicted. I would feel awful if I killed someone who shows such respect to their opponent's." Starfire said.
"I have been truly bested." Richella smiled as she looked at Cecila "Please open the gate, I wish to return to my home plane."
"Very well, you pathetic demon, couldn't even kill one girl." Cecila growled as she opened the doorway. Once she had left the three demoness's looked at the last remaining demon.
"You better not lose." Tio growled.
"I will not." he nodded. He was as large as Diz was with dark red skin and spines coming out of his body at set intervals.
"Who will face the great GROG!" he roared.
"Let me. His ego needs to be knocked down a few pegs." Terra grinned as she spun Gungnir over her head.
"Don't hold back." Beast Boy said "He smells strong."
"I won't." Terra promised as she left the box and looked at the large demon.
"So my opponent is this little girl. This is too easy." he laughed.
"Don't underestimate me. It could be the last mistake you ever make on this side of the River Styx." Terra grinned.
"I doubt that!" he roared as he shot several spines at her. Terra simply touched the ground and became solid rock, letting the spines hit her and bounce away.
"Pathetic." she sighed, knowing that she had to bluff to get him to make mistakes. In all truthfulness she was getting hurt from those spines, but not enough to do any visible damage.
"I'LL SHOW YOU PATHETIC!" he roared as he charged at her. Terra reacting quickly reached into one of the pouches and turned into fire, allowing the demon to pass right through her. Turning she sent bursts of fire at the red demon, singeing him. Turning back to normal she reached into another two pouches turning her arms into some sort of green substance while her body was some kind of metal.
"What are those?" Robin asked.
"If I had to guess I would say that the metal would most likely be either Mythril or Adamite. As for the green, I would guess that it is Soul Fire." Shinku explained.
"What?" Beast Boy asked.
"Mythril and Adamite are two very rare metals, Mythril is light and very strong, more suited for armor making. Adamite is heavier and very dense, making it a more suitable metal for weapons though it can be used for armor as well." Cyborg explained "These metals haven't been seen on Earth in ages, it's said that they were used to make the weapons of old."
"Soul Fire is a very powerful type of flame, it tends to be used by the angels mostly though humans can use it as well. It can be used in two ways. The first is to use it to enhance magical abilities, this is very hard for most humans to do since it eats away at your soul. The second way is how the angels and the gods use it. They use it directly, almost like the flames of Kage To Hi Ryu." Raven replied.
"Oh." Beast Boy said still clearly lost.
"It means you girlfriend out there is using a very powerful combination, those flames will never stop burning, even if the demon sheds his hide, they stick to that part of the body, no matter how many layers of flesh he sheds. And the metal makes her basically invulnerable." Shinku sighed.
"Ok." Beast Boy nodded.
On the battlefield, Grog was dodging the long whip flames that were Terra's arms while sending more spines at her but they just kept bouncing off the metal.
"WHAT IS THAT?" he roared.
"Soul Fire is what I am attacking you with, and the metal is Mythril. Makes for a great defense." Terra grinned "But I'm through showing off. Let's kill you quickly, otherwise Micheal will never stop making fun of me for dragging this out so long." Retracting her arms she picked up Gungnir and wrapped the flames around it and throwing it at the demon who tried to roll away from the incoming burning spear, but to no avail as the spear was enchanted to never miss it's target once thrown. The spear smashed into the Grog's chest, killing him with the constant burning of the Soul Fire flames.
"And that makes the score Four to Zero." Robin noted.
"Yeah, but we only have the three heavy hitters left." Shinku sighed "This is where things get serious."
"They have done surprisingly well." Tio noted.
"It is rather surprising, but they do have the weapons of the gods helping them, so it is not too surprising." Zea replied.
"Still, it is rather annoying." Cecila growled.
"So which one of us is next?" Zea asked.
"I will go." Cecila replied "I want to knock that arrogance out of those little shits."
"Then do so." Tio replied as Cecila walked onto the battlefield, the bone scythe swinging.
"So who's next?" Shinku asked.
"I am." Robin replied, spinning the Staff of Apollo.
"If you're sure boss." Shinku replied.
"I am. You aren't going until your ancestor comes out to fight, and it would be best if Raven fought the spell caster." Robin replied.
"I could fight again." Terra noted.
"You won't." Shinku replied "Robin wants to face her, so we let him, he has faith in his abilities and so do I."
"Alright." Terra grumbled as Robin walked onto the battlefield. Robin looked at Cecila who was in a halfway point between feral and human.
"So you are my opponent human. You appear to be the weakest one of that whole bunch." Cecila noted.
"Don't underestimate me. I lead this team for a reason." Robin replied as he leveled the staff.
"We will see. I will enjoy this, watching your comrades horrified faces after I kill and devour you." Cecila laughed as she swung the scythe at him.
"Just try it." Robin replied as he used the staff to block the slash and kicked her in the stomach. Growling Cecila struck again, faster this time, slipping past the staff, but not the foot that connected with her face, sending her skidding back. Robin simply watched her, keeping the staff level and his eyes on her the entire time, already knowing that she was not one to be taken lightly. Cecila was quickly getting angry as the battle continued, Robin was keeping a perfect defense against her, while she was getting countered at every attack. Soon she lost all form of patience and struck, transforming into a full feral form, abandoning the Bone Scythe. Charging at Robin he simply grinned as he smashed the staff into the ground, creating a flash of light that blinded Cecila for several seconds while he took something out his belt. Hitting a button on the small device he tossed it in front of the demon, confusing almost everyone.
"Ouch." Beast Boy cringed as the device activated.
"What?" Shinku asked.
"It's a high frequency device, it's like nails on a chalkboard to anyone with heightened senses and from what I understand she has better hearing then me." Beast Boy remarked as Cecila started howling in pain, rolling on the ground holding her ears.
"Checkmate." Robin said as he took out another device and tossed it while turning and running away from the new device. Once the device hit the ground it exploded with a large boom, leaving a smoldering crater where Cecila had been.
"Whoa." Cyborg whistled as they saw the damage.
"What was that?" Terra asked.
"A frequency detonator?" Shinku asked as Robin returned.
"Yeah. Batman developed the frequency device to fight against Manbat while the second one I took from one of Slade's old designs. Once the frequency was registered the explosion would trigger." Robin replied.
"I'm impressed." Shinku nodded "No hesitation in the kill."
"You made a point in saying how dangerous these three were. We don't have a means of sealing them, so ending their lives before they can do anymore harm is the best possible solution." Robin sighed "Though I am not too happy about that."
"You don't have to revel in it, you just have to do it." Shinku replied as they looked at the two remaining demoness's.
"Well that was unexpected." Zea noted.
"Indeed. I didn't think that those humans had the ability to kill us." Tio agreed.
"Though it was her own fault for getting beaten like that. If she had kept her calm she might have won." Zea pointed out.
"Maybe. Though that mortal seemed prepared for a long drawn out battle. So we cannot be too certain on this matter." Tio sighed.
"True. Now shall you fight next or me?"
"I will." Tio replied as she walked out of the box, followed by Raven walking out, knowing that Shinku wanted to fight Zea.
"So I will be facing you." Tio noted.
"Indeed." Raven nodded. No more words were exchanged between the two as Tio muttered a quick spell, sending fire at Raven who used her magic to create a barrier to block it. Raven then muttered her own spell, sending a spear of her magic at her, causing Tio to use the Blood Trident to block the attack. The two continued exchanging spells for several minutes until finally Tio decided that magic against another magic user wouldn't work and attacked her with the trident. Raven reacted by drawing the Sword of Micheal, blocking the stab, but knowing that she had little skill with a blade. Leaping back, far enough where she could dodge or react to anything that Tio might do she looked at Shinku who only nodded.
"BLAZE!" she shouted, creating the flames of Kage To Hi Ryu, and then channeling them into the Sword of Micheal that absorbed them and changed them into white flames that emanated a terrifying power.
"Holy." Tio cursed.
"Wow." Terra whistled "Didn't expect that to happen."
"I did," Shinku replied.
"How did you know it would happen?"
"Simple. The Sword of Micheal is a holy sword, one that is meant only for the angelic to use. However since he has loaned it to us it will instead use it's own power to purify and make any power poured into it the power of an angel, the power of Holy." Shinku replied "It's the reason why I'm letting her use Kage To Hi Ryu."
Raven felt the massive power from the sword and knew that this wouldn't last forever so she pressed her advantage and attacked Tio, who dodged the slashes until she was forced to use her trident to block. The slash hit the haft of the trident and cleaved right through it, destroying her weapon.
"NO!" Tio shouted as she looked at her broken weapon.
"Your finished." Raven said as she struck, cleaving her in two, from head to foot. As soon as the holy blade made contact Tio had started to disintegrate, and once the strike was finished she was nothing more then black dust in the air.
"And then there was one." Shinku said as Raven walked back.
"Can you beat her?" Robin asked.
"Maybe. It's a fifty fifty shot that I can win." Shinku shrugged.
"So don't lose." Raven replied.
"I never intend to." Shinku replied as he walked onto the battlefield where Zea waited for him.
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNND Cliffhanger!
I know I am evil but it makes the next chapter all the sweeter. The next chapter is the conclusion to the Demoness Arc and after that who knows what we are going to do...
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