Teen Titans/Yu Yu Hakusho:

"Titanic Spirits"

Chapter 2: "Robin's Fury"

Disclaimer: Teen Titans and Yu Yu Hakusho are not mine by any means. TT belongs to DC Comics and Warner Bros. YYH is the property of Yoshihiro Togashi and Shonen Jump.

Author's notes: Robin's thought on having to stop watching gangster movies was inspired by a delightful Starfire/Robin romance-comedy fanfic on FanFiction.Net called "teen love," by sandr4ever. I might appropriate something else from that story, too, but only those who've actually read it will be able to understand it. For now, I've decided to keep it at R, as there will be some gruesome violence in the future and in this chapter, we've got some serious perversion going on. I'm going to post the lemon chapter, but not on FF.Net.

Timeline: TT, post-"Apprentice." YYH, post-Dark Tournament.

Just before the two teams could get better acquainted with each other, an alarm blared on the Titans' computer.

"What's with all that freaking noise?!" Yusuke asked.

"We've got trouble downtown!" Robin replied, looking at the monitor.

"Then what the hell are we waiting for?" Yusuke asked. "Let's kick some ass!"

"This guy's speaking my language," Cyborg said.

At the downtown plaza, the assembled heroes saw a trio of sisters, each one unusually beautiful in her own way, but all of them having wings on their arms and talons for hands and feet. Not to mention that their "attire" didn't cover very much. (A/N: If you want to imagine what they look like, think of a hybrid between Yu-Gi-Oh's Harpie Lady Sisters and Digimon 04's Shutumon/Zephyrmon.)

"Beastboy, your drool is staining your shirt," Raven said.

Beastboy snapped out of his daze and checked. "There isn't any drool on my shirt!"

"Who are you?!" Robin asked. "What do you want?!"

"We are the Chaos Harpy Sisters," the crimson-haired leader replied. "And you are finished."

"Not in this life," Yusuke contradicted.

"You wish to challenge us, human?" the green-haired second harpy questioned.

"If he does, he is more of a fool than he appears," the pink-haired third harpy added.

"Yeah, I challenge you!" Yusuke declared.

"Titans, go!" Robin shouted.

The Chaos Harpy Sisters swooped down upon the Teen Titans and Reikai Tantei (A/N: "Reikai Tantei" is Japanese for "Spirit World Detectives." Of course, they're just called Spirit Detectives in the dubbed YYH.)

Yusuke's index finger glowed blue with the power of his spirit energy. "Spirit Gun!" He fired the energy out of his finger in a powerful blast that would have done some serious damage . . . had it connected.

Instead, the three harpies dodged the blast.

"Pathetic," Crimson said.

"Ah, you are far too harsh, Garnet," Green chided. "That was a powerful blast, and he had good aim."

"Too bad he's a ground-bound slowpoke," Pink sniped.

"What the hell?" Yusuke wondered. "Why the fuck didn't it connect?"

"Winged demons and other demons capable of flight have a natural advantage over fighters who must stay on land," Hiei replied.

"Then we must take to the air as well," Starfire said. She flew into the air, and Raven levitated herself. Beastboy turned himself into a bald eagle. However, said eagle was dark green, with the head being a lighter shade than the rest.

Starfire engaged Garnet (the crimson harpy), while Beastboy took on Emerald (the green harpy) and Raven fought Rose Quartz (the pink harpy).

"Wind Blade!" Garnet shouted, and with a sweep of her winged arm, crescents of wind flew at Starfire. Starfire dodged as many as she could, but some hit her. She countered Garnet's attack with a barrage of starbolts.

Beastboy flew around Emerald, clawing at her with his talons, but Emerald dodged each and every attack. "Zephyr Slash!"

With the power of the wind backing her, Emerald slashed Beastboy with her taloned hands. Beastboy fell down, reverting to human form once he landed.

"Beastboy!" the other four Titans shouted.

"You will pay for that," Raven declared. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

A wave of shadow energy blasted the Chaos Harpy Sisters.

"You're good, Raven," Rose Quartz said. "But the problem is . . . we're better."

"And we'll prove it," Garnet declared. Then with her sisters, "Kazemaru Devastation!" (A/N: "Kaze" means "wind" in Japanese. "Maru," according to various sites and fanfics that have used the word, can mean "ship," "circle," or "blade/sword." In this case, I choose to have it mean "circle.")

The three sisters linked their winged arms in a circle pattern, then spun so fast that the air around them was stirred into a destructive whirlwind.

"Oh, no," Robin said to himself. Then shouting, "Star! Raven! Get out of there now!"

Of course, by the time his warning reached the two girls, it was already too late. The whirlwind created from the Chaos Harpy Sisters' attack caught Starfire and Raven in its destructive path and whirled them around like a washing machine spun clothes. Both girls landed hard on the ground, the Chaos Harpy Sisters standing over them.

Wind swirled around Garnet's arm, forming into a blade. "And now it's time to say goodnight, pretty ones."

"No!!" Robin shouted, and leaped into the air, delivering a whirling flying kick to Garnet. Garnet stumbled back, surprised by the attack.

"I didn't expect you to be that strong," she said. "My mistake. I won't let you take me by surprise again."

Robin ran at her and kicked her again, then followed up with a vicious uppercut.

"Hey!" Emerald shouted, kicking Robin in his stomach. "Don't you know you're not supposed to hit a lady?"

"You're no lady," Robin snarled.

"Damn," Kuwabara said. "That little guy's stronger than he looks. A kick like that oughtta have knocked the air outta him."

"The suit's lined with Kevlar," Cyborg said.

"Ok," Kuwabara said. "But as tough as Kevlar is, you'd think a demon bird-lady would be even tougher."

Genkai just smiled. "There's something about that boy," she said to herself.

The Chaos Harpy Sisters surrounded Robin and attacked him all at once with wind blades, which Robin was somehow dodging with ease. He delivered a roundhouse kick to Garnet, then flipped back and kicked Emerald. Rose Quartz grabbed him by his leg when he tried to kick her and slammed him down, but he twisted his way out of her grip and knocked her feet out from under her.

The harpies flew back up into the air, but that didn't stop Robin. He simply leaped into the air, used a car as a trampoline, and shot into the air. He kicked both Emerald and Rose Quartz, and while he was able to stay in the air, he flipped and delivered a right cross to Garnet. Garnet quickly recovered and performed a judo toss on Robin, sending him crashing to the ground and creating a sizable crater in the road.

"Robin!" Cyborg shouted. He ran down to the crater. "Are you all right down there?"

Robin got up, his jaw set in angry determination. With a yell, he leaped out of the crater.

"You still want more?" Garnet asked. She and her sisters linked arms in a circle, then as one, they said, "Kazemaru Slasher!"

They spun around together, so fast that the air around them became a destructive whirlwind. But it was no earthly whirlwind.

After all, most whirlwinds didn't have spinning blades at their perimeters. And this one was headed straight for Robin.

"No . . . you . . . don't!" Robin shouted, solidly grounding himself.

"Get the hell out of there!" Yusuke shouted.

"He's going to get himself killed!" Kuwabara shouted.

"Robin, don't be crazy!" Cyborg shouted. "Get out of there!"

Hiei, Kurama, and Genkai just watched impassively.

Summoning all his strength and anger, Robin drew his fist back and punched right into the center of the bladed whirlwind. Surprisingly enough, the whirlwind dissipated --- leaving Emerald knocked down and Garnet and Rose Quartz staggering on either side some distance away.

"Whoa!" Cyborg exclaimed. "What the hell?! Robin, how did you do that?"

Starfire, Beastboy, and Raven got up at last. "Do what?" Beastboy asked. Then he saw the Chaos Harpy Sisters. "Is that what you're talking about?"

"Yeah!" Cyborg confirmed. "They did another whirlwind attack, but Robin just punched right through it!"

"An impressive feat," Raven commented.

"Star!" Robin shouted, running to her. "Are you all right?"

"I am fine, Robin," Starfire replied. She saw the hand Robin had used to stop the Kazemaru Slasher. "Your hand is bleeding and your glove is in bloody shreds! Perhaps I should be asking you if you are fine."

"I'm perfectly fine, Starfire," Robin replied.

"He's fine, Starfire," Raven said. "The wounds on his hand merely scratched his skin. However, those are very nasty scratches." She went up to Robin and held his injured hand in hers, the dark energy spreading into it. The wounds on his hand stopped bleeding and sealed themselves.

"Very impressive," Hiei said. "For a human."

"Quite," Kurama agreed. "How did you do that?"

"That's what we'd all like to know," Yusuke agreed.

"I don't know," Robin replied. "I just took all my anger and focused it on stopping that whirlwind."

Genkai just smiled cryptically.

"What's with the grin?" Yusuke asked.

"We'll return to the tower and then I'll explain," Genkai replied.

"This isn't over, Titans," Emerald snarled. "Trigon is our master, and his will shall be done. If not by us, then by another!"

That said, the Chaos Harpy Sisters dispersed themselves into wind and flew away.

"Trigon," Kurama said.

"Father," Raven murmured with venom in her voice.

Once they were back at Titans Tower, Genkai gathered everyone into the living room.

"You gonna explain now, Genkai?" Yusuke asked.

"All right," Genkai conceded. "Do you want to know how Robin was able to stop the Chaos Harpy Sisters' attack?"

"Yeah," Beastboy said.

"Then I'll explain," Genkai replied. "When the harpies performed their attack, they were spinning so fast that they were invisible inside the whirlwind they had created. From the viewpoint of an ordinary person, or one whose spirit energy is inactive, Robin was blindly attacking. But that was not truly the case. I do not believe Robin himself knows this yet, but a hidden instinct focused his attack and that was how he was able to stop theirs."

"A hidden instinct?" Kuwabara asked.

"Somewhat like your sixth sense, Kuwabara," Genkai acknowledged, "but different. The Kazemaru attacks relied on all three Harpy Sisters to be unified. Once that union was broken by Robin's attack, the Kazemaru was neutralized. You see, his spirit energy guided him."

"Spirit energy?" Robin wondered. "I have spirit energy?"

"Obviously," Hiei said. "Kurama, Genkai, and I have been sensing it from you since we first met. It was dormant at first, but after the first Kazemaru attack, it spiked tremendously."

"But why did my spirit energy choose that particular moment to manifest?" Robin asked.

Kurama just smiled. "Think about it, Robin."

Robin remembered.

(Flashback)

Starfire and Raven, prostrate on the ground, with the Chaos Harpy Sisters ready to finish them off.

(End Flashback)

"You get it now, don't you?" Kurama said.

"Yeah," Robin replied.

"Robin is not the only one with spirit potential," Genkai said. "I've sensed it in you four as well, though it appears to be strongest in you, Raven. Then again, it's probably because you're already adept in controlling your mental and spiritual energies."

"I've got spirit potential?" Beastboy asked. "Cool! Am I gonna be able to shoot energy from my fingers, too?"

"Probably not," Genkai replied. "The use of spirit energy is different for each person. Yusuke fires his spirit energy like a gun. Kuwabara fights using his spirit energy like a sword. Kurama channels his into creating deadly weapons out of plants. Hiei can control fire. The point is that once you develop your spirit energy, your rei-ki powers will be as varied as the abilities you had to begin with."

"So . . . you're gonna train us?" Robin asked.

"Not just myself, but Kurama and Hiei as well," Genkai replied.

"Me? Teach?" Hiei wondered. "Not a chance, Genkai. I am not a very good teacher, nor am I a patient person."

Then again, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to get close to Raven, a voice whispered to him. You know she's your destined mate, and so does she. That, and you like her.

This is why I don't listen to voices in my head, Hiei thought.

As for Raven, she was also in the middle of an internal debate.

Happy (Pink) Raven was running amok in her pink cloak, shouting, "I hope Hiei-chan will teach me! He's so dreamy!"

"And he's hot, too," Brave (Green) Raven added, smiling slyly.

(A/N: Unless you've seen "Nevermore," episode 6 of Teen Titans, this will make no sense to you.)

"But he's so scary," Timid (Gray) Raven contested in her timorous way. "He's so cold and distant and ruthless!"

"That makes him all the more appealing," a red-cloaked Raven with four eyes (Raven's suppressed evil) said.

A Raven dressed in a dominatrix-style black leather version of Raven's usual costume smirked evilly, slapping a riding crop against her leg. "I wonder how he looks without those clothes. And I wonder what he'll be like in bed." (A/N: Raven's perverted side, obviously. Everyone has one, including you, so nobody flame me for introducing it! Besides, we all know that if it wasn't for the TV-Y7 rating, we would have met Raven's perverted side.)

"In bed?" Timid Raven asked, shivering in fright. "But I'll lose my virginity!"

"Duh!" the other Ravens replied, with the exception of Happy, who was too busy fantasizing about Hiei.

"But it'll hurt!" Timid Raven added. "And he'll probably be so big he'll split me in two!"

Perverted Raven's evil smirk only grew eviler. "Ooh, big. I like the sound of that."

It was at that point that the normal Raven finally intervened. "If we're all going to discuss mating with Hiei, then we should discuss this: Do any of you know anything about how to pleasure a man in bed?" This was said with a blush.

Perverted Raven's expression became a mixture of an evil smirk and a comforting smile. "Don't worry, Raven. I'll teach you everything you need to know."

"Have you been listening, Raven?" a familiar dark voice that sent chills up her spine --- not the scary kind of chills --- asked, returning her to the real world. "I'm going to be your tutor."

"That's fine," Raven replied, affecting her usual world-weary indifference. Inside, she was running around with joy. Obviously, that was Happy Raven.

"Hooray! Hooray!" she shouted. "Hiei-chan will be my teacher! Hiei-chan will be my teacher!"

"Booya!" Brave Raven shouted. "Go, Raven! It's your birthday! We're gonna make out with Hiei like it's your birthday! And Hiei's gonna give it to us so good we won't even care it's not your birthday!" (A/N: That particular line was inspired by 50 Cent's "In Da Club.")

"Ooh, the possibilities," Perverted Raven said. "I wonder, will he hold me for detention? Will he bend me over his desk and ---"

Timid Raven interrupted her. "No! No more, please!"

"Or will he give me a good spanking with his ruler for being such a bad girl?" Perverted Raven asked, smiling evilly.

"I am sure we will learn much from Hiei-san," Raven's yellow-cloaked intellect said, adjusting her glasses.

"Yeah, we'll learn lots," Perverted Raven added. "Like how to make him scream my name in ecstasy."

"Must you always be so perverted?" Intellectual Raven asked.

"You really need to get laid," Perverted Raven replied. "Maybe then you wouldn't be so uptight and obsessed with books."

"It is far preferable to being a sex-crazed harlot like yourself," Intellectual Raven retorted.

"Let me tell you, canary girl," Perverted Raven said. "Once you finally get some, you'll have other things to prefer besides books." She slapped her intellectual side's butt with the riding crop. Said intellectual side jumped in surprise and shock.

Meanwhile, in the real world, Genkai was explaining about the other four Titans. "I will train Robin and Cyborg, while Kurama will train Starfire and Beastboy."

Robin kept his expression neutral, but one could tell upon close enough observation that he was bummed about not being able to train with Starfire.

"Don't worry, Robin," Beastboy whispered. "I'll keep Star company for you."

That better be all you do, Robin thought. Out loud, "Thanks."

"That is twice now Raven has not spoken," Starfire said. "I am worried."

"Yo, Raven!" Beastboy said. "You in there?"

"My body, mind, and soul are all present, Beastboy," Raven replied.

"Then the training will begin now," Genkai said.

The first exercise that was covered was meditation. In a relaxed state, the mind could more easily utilize spirit energy.

"Now, what are those words you chant when using your powers?" Hiei asked.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven replied.

"Good," Hiei said. "We'll meditate with those words."

They sat in front of each other in cross-legged positions.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," they chanted. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos . . ."

As Raven got more and more relaxed from the meditation, her rei-ki began to manifest itself. She glowed a dark bluish-purple color and the red gem on her forehead began to glow as well.

Hiei opened one eye --- as his Jagan was still covered --- to see his pupil's progress and saw her glowing.

I knew it wouldn't take too long for her, he thought. She's quite impressive.

And pleasing to the eye as well, another part of his mind added.

Of course, Hiei thought. Anyone with eyes can see that.

That's not all your eyes see, is it? that second part of his mind said. I mean, look at her. Those sexy curves, those voluptuous hips, those shapely legs. The voice chuckled. And of course, being half-demon, she has to restrain herself all the time to keep her evil side at bay. I wonder . . . when we set all those pent-up emotions free . . . what will she be like? An evil leer punctuated the words.

Hiei silently growled in annoyance. Why are you here, save for troubling me?

Come on, Hiei, the voice replied. All I actually am is the result of everything that you've kept bottled up for most of your life. You want her, Hiei. I know it because I am your repressed desires. So why shouldn't you have her? Why shouldn't you take her?

Hiei decided to just ignore the voice and keep watching Raven. She began to levitate, as did objects around her. They swirled around her inside a cyclone of darkness. Still levitating, Raven rose to an upright position and opened her eyes, which were an incandescent white.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she shouted, and shadow energy expanded from her body, sending all the objects flying into the walls.

Hiei just smiled. "Ostensibly, it is the same power that she has always had. But it's not. It's different. Stronger."

Meanwhile, Genkai was training Robin and Cyborg outside the tower.

"Now, you two, the key to mastering your spirit's power is to clear your minds of everything," Genkai said.

"Clear our minds of everything?" Cyborg asked.

"Yes," Genkai confirmed. "You must block out any and all distractions. Your minds must be clear and focused."

"Let's do this," Robin said.

So the three of them meditated in the cross-legged position. As time went on, Robin's mind cleared itself of everything, becoming focused. He was finding his center. Cyborg, too, who had once been accused by Beastboy of having no center except his stomach.

Their spirit's energy began to manifest, but in different ways for each. For Robin, small stones and pieces of dirt began to float up from the ground around him. The water around the island that Titans Tower stood on began to rise behind him. As for Cyborg, electricity began to crackle around him. It wasn't normal electricity; it was purple and blue-black.

Genkai saw them with her spiritual eyes instead of her physical eyes. Perfect. They're progressing quite well.

In a park surrounded with beautiful wildflowers, Kurama was training Starfire and Beastboy. Like the other Titans, they were instructed to meditate.

The meditation uncovered their spirit energy, but in different ways for each. A green aura surrounded Starfire and her eyes glowed green as well. She levitated into the air, her spirit's power rising.

As for Beastboy, his form began to shift --- from green-furred human to green griffin!

Kurama smiled. "Time to wake up, Titans."

Starfire's eyes were still glowing, but she was wide-awake instead of sleeping.

Beastboy awakened, looking down at his half-lion, half-bird, winged, green self. He then shifted back to his humanoid green self.

"What was that?" Beastboy asked. "What did I just turn into?"

"A griffin," Kurama replied. "Congratulations, Beastboy. You just awakened your spirit-based power: the ability to transform into mythological creatures." He smirked. "Actually, those creatures deemed mythological by humans."

"Cool!" Beastboy exclaimed. "Let me try something." He shifted himself into a dragon.

"Wait, Beastboy, don't ---" Kurama warned, but too late. Beastboy had already exhaled fire. The stream of flame left a particular bush of wildflowers incinerated.

Starfire's rei-ki aura glowed even brighter with her anger. "Beastboy! How could you do such a thing to those beautiful flowers?!" Her fists glowed with green energy.

"I'm sorry," Beastboy said, embarrassed.

"I know," Kurama said. "Perhaps I should have picked somewhere else to train."

After the meditation exercises were finished, those who had gone outside had returned to Titans Tower to sleep, and prepare for the next day.

End Notes: I figured this was a good point to end this chapter on. In the next chapter, you'll see Hiei and Raven go out on a date. And who knows? You just might find out what was going on in the Titans' heads when they slept. As always, review at dkmage2k2@msn.com.