Yu Yu Hakusho/Teen Titans:

"Darkness Returns"

Chapter 3: "Red Rose and Black Flame"

Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho and Teen Titans do not belong to me. They belong to Yoshihiro Togashi/Shonen Jump and DC Comics/Warner Brothers.

Author's note: I have nothing to say, except look out for Kurama/Blackfire goodness. There will be a lemon, but it won't show up on the version I'm putting up on FF.Net.

Timeline: YYH, a few years after the end of the series. TT, a few years into the future.

"Sister," Starfire said. "It is good to see you again."

"I'm glad to see you, too, Star," Blackfire said. "And of course, there's a certain foxy boy I'm happy to see, too." She winked at Kurama, who smiled back at her.

"Why did you call him 'your fox'?" Starfire asked.

"Because he is," Blackfire replied. " 'Sides, I wasn't about to let that freak lay his filthy hands on him."

"Sounds like somebody's jealous," Yusuke interjected snidely.

"Yusuke?" Blackfire asked, her voice sugary-sweet.

"Yeah, Blackfire?" Yusuke asked.

"Shut up," Blackfire replied.

There were scattered snickers among the fighters, including Kuwabara. Hiei just rolled his eyes.

"I see you haven't changed much," Blackfire said. "How is he, Raven? Does he still call Beast Boy and Cyborg 'ningen bakas'?"

"They deserve it most of the time," Raven replied.

"Hn," Hiei grunted.

"It's Changeling now," the former Beast Boy corrected.

"Oh," Blackfire said. "Nice name."

"So how've you been, Blackfire?" Raptor asked.

"I've been all right, Robin," Blackfire replied. "Or do I call you Raptor now?"

"How did you get out of jail so fast?" Cyborg asked.

"Star convinced my parents to lobby for my release," Blackfire explained. "Besides, I behaved very well, so they had no actual reason to keep me for very long." She smiled at Kurama. "And Kurama visited me every time he got a chance."

"So that's where you were sneaking off to," Yusuke said. "You were borrowing the Titans' spaceship so that you could see Blackfire!"

"Actually, they referred me to the Justice League," Kurama replied. "They let me use their spaceship. It wasn't easy convincing them, but I did, and the man in the red cape and blue suit --- Superman, I believe --- was very pleasant about it. The man in the bat-themed costume was very gruff and stoic, however."

"That's Batman for you," Raptor said.

"So it is," Kurama said.

"Enough socializing," Genkai said. "We have serious business to attend to. Rando and his allies have challenged us to a fight. In one month that fight will occur. If we are not ready, we will be slaughtered."

"He said that six of us would have to fight," Hiei said. "And he left it up to us to decide who should fight."

"I'm fighting," Raptor said. "Slade and I have unfinished business."

"Rando's after me," Raven said. "The only way to stop his pursuit is for me to fight him."

"That may be what he expects from you both," Hiei said. "If Rando's joined forces with Slade, then he knows about Slade's obsession with Raptor. This Shadow Combat may be a ploy to get you both in their clutches."

"So are you saying we shouldn't fight?" Raptor asked.

"No," Hiei said. "All I'm saying is that you should be careful. Only two of us here have fought Rando before. One was completely incapacitated, and the other defeated him by a mere fluke."

"Hey!" Kuwabara and Yusuke protested.

"Dimwits, you know that's what happened," Genkai said. "In the meantime, let's go home so we can find a way to resolve this."

So everybody boarded the T-Bird, and Cyborg flew it back to Genkai's temple.

Genkai's temple

"Ah, you're back, mates," an Australian-accented voice said. He saw the Titans and Blackfire. "And you've brought friends." He looked at Starfire, Raven, and Blackfire and smiled. "Pretty friends."

"Chu, please try not to act like a ladies' man," a young male voice said. Then in a sotto voice, "You look ridiculous when you try, anyway."

A clownish-looking man happened to be there with the other two. "Hey, there."

"I'd like to introduce you to the rest of my 'tenants,' so to speak," Genkai said. "Chu, Rinku, and Suzuka."

"Man, you're growing like a weed, Rinku," Kuwabara said.

Indeed he was. When Kuwabara and Rinku first clashed in the Dark Tournament, Rinku had had the appearance of a ten-year-old boy. Now he was in his early teens and reached up to Kuwabara's shoulder. Currently, he was dressed in a red mesh shirt with a red T-shirt underneath and blue jeans. He still wore his baseball cap over his unkempt brown hair.

"No, that's you, Kuwabara," Rinku replied.

"Greetings there, sheilas," Chu said. He picked up Blackfire's hand and kissed it. "And hello to you."

Kurama glared at Chu jealously. Now I know how I made Raptor feel when I was flirting with Starfire to get him to confess his feelings for her, he thought.

Rinku slapped his forehead in embarrassment.

"So what's going on?" Suzuka asked.

"Lotsa trouble, mates," Jin replied. "A nasty bloke named Rando busted outta Reikai prison and he teamed up with a bunch o' other nasty blokes and they're plotting to make us fight in a Shadow Combat."

"Not all of us," Touya added. "Rando and his allies total six, so six of us are required to fight them."

"The Shadow Combat takes place in a month, so we have this month to train --- regardless of who will be fighting in the end," Shishi added.

"Then why are we waiting?" Hiei asked.

"It's very late tonight," Genkai replied. "We should all get some rest. We will start first thing in the morning." She began walking into the temple. "Titans, Blackfire, there are rooms and sleeping bags prepared for you."

"Thanks, Genkai," Raptor said.

Changeling yawned. "Yeah, I'm tired."

"That's the first word you've spoken since the fight," Hiei said. "I'm impressed."

"Ah, you know you like me, Hiei," Changeling retorted, smiling.

"Hn," Hiei grunted.

Two weeks later

It had been two weeks since the training had begun. Kurama had opted to take a break from his college courses so that he could dedicate more time to training. So had Kuwabara and Yusuke. Granted, the two of them in college was an amusing concept, but they'd gone, probably to prove to some asshole teachers that they weren't idiots.

Over the past two weeks, everyone's techniques had improved and evolved. Raptor could now shape his force powers into blades of varying types, like the blade of a sword or a lance. Changeling had learned how to communicate even in his animal forms. Cyborg's Rava Shock attack had developed more dimensions, enabling him to use a "taser grip" or "lightning sphere." Starfire and Blackfire could use their energy like whips and had even learned how to shape it into swords, Jade Star Blade for Starfire and Black Star Blade for Blackfire. Raven had learned the power of teleportation and her shadow-manipulation abilities had increased.

The Spirit Detectives' techniques had improved as well. Yusuke could now fire his Shotgun in an omni-directional wave, and his grasp of the Spirit Wave had improved as well. Kuwabara's Spirit Sword techniques had improved, but all Hiei would say to that was, "Not by much." Kurama had developed new techniques in his control over plants, and Hiei had learned new ways of using his power over flame.

Touya had improved his Shards of Winter attack, now able to fire an omni-directional spray of ice shards, while Jin had learned to slash his opponents with the wind. Shishi had improved his control over the Banshee Scream, and Suzuka had improved his techniques as well. Chu's speed had increased to the point where he was one jog away from exceeding the speed of light. Rinku had been improving his control over his yo-yos, and his new methods were impressive.

As for Genkai, she was in deep meditation.

However, there were personal issues for some of the warriors to deal with. Specifically, Kurama and Blackfire.

It had all started on the previous night. Kurama and Blackfire had merely been talking, and then the mere motion of her golden lips had distracted him. Then his eyes had strayed lower, to the swell of her breasts underneath the leather top she wore. Only through sheer willpower had he been able to keep himself in check.

(Dream)

Kurama and Blackfire were kissing with furious abandon, tongues probing each other's mouths and hands roaming over each other's bodies. In the midst of their making out, they landed on a bed.

"I want you," he whispered. "Now."

"And I want you," she whispered.

Kurama tore off Blackfire's top and skirt and then proceeded to do the same to the body stocking underneath. With nothing between him and her luscious golden body, he descended upon her, kissing, licking, sucking, and biting. His control over himself spiraled into nothingness and he began to change.

Silver emerged in his hair and spread until there was no more crimson. His green eyes turned golden and narrowed as his facial features sharpened. His body lengthened, growing taller and paler. A tail sprouted from behind him and fox ears replaced his human ears.

The outer form of Shuichi Minamino was gone, replaced by his true form of Yohko Kurama.

"Mine now," he whispered, just before he entered her.

(End Dream)

Kurama had awaked, gasping for breath, his clothes stuck to his body by sweat. It was then that he had realized just what precisely was happening to him.

"Yohko mating season."

When morning arrived, he made it a point to keep his distance from Blackfire. The demon fox in him wanted her with every fiber of his being, and so did the human in him. The problem was that the demon fox didn't understand certain concepts, like the concept of mutual consent. Besides, he loved her and he did not want their first time to be forced.

I love her? Kurama thought.

Yes, you do, Shuichi, Yohko replied. It's about time you admitted it to yourself.

Well, it's best if we stay away from her until this blows over, Kurama thought. I don't want to risk losing control and doing something I'll regret.

Regret? Yohko echoed. He chuckled. Shuichi, Shuichi, Shuichi. She wants us as badly as we want her. So . . . who's going to regret anything?

"Kurama?" Yusuke asked. "Kurama?"

"Wake up, fox," Hiei said. "Genkai has something she'd like to say to us."

"Oh, sorry," Kurama said. "My mind was elsewhere."

"On Blackfire, you mean?" Yusuke surmised, a lecherous smirk on his face. "Yeah, I understand why. She's hot."

Kurama had two different reactions to this. One reaction was a furious blush. The other was the urge to strangle Yusuke for daring to speak of her in such terms.

Hiei rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Kurama and Yusuke, you're behaving like ningen teenagers." He paused and then turned to Yusuke. "All right, so you lived as a ningen teenager until a few years ago." He looked at Kurama. "I suggest you settle your feelings for Blackfire. I do not want to see you dead on account of being unable to focus."

"Hai, Hiei," Kurama said.

"Now let's listen to Genkai," Hiei said.

"We've spent two weeks training," Genkai said. "In that time, you've improved a great deal. I've decided to reward your hard work and dedication with . . . a day off."

"A day off?" Yusuke echoed. "Hell, yeah!"

"I'm hitting the arcade," Kuwabara said.

"See you there," Changeling said. "Bet I'll kick your ass, though."

"And I'll be right there to kick yours," Cyborg added.

"You and what army?" Changeling asked defiantly.

"This army," Cyborg replied, holding up his ten fingers. "Ten deadly soldiers right here."

Hiei just rolled his eyes at the three of them. "Baka ningen."

"How glorious!" Starfire exclaimed. "Raven, shall we venture to the mall of shopping and buy the native clothing?"

Raven paused to consider this. Then she smiled. "Sounds like fun."

"Of course, we will need someone to help us carry our bags," Starfire added. She looked at Raptor and Hiei. "Would you gentlemen like to come with us?"

"Well?" Hiei asked Raptor. "You know these ningen customs better than me."

"We'll end up carrying all the bags," Raptor whispered. "Still, I like spending time with Star."

"And I enjoy every minute I get to be with Raven," Hiei whispered back.

"Fine, we'll do it," Raptor said.

"Oh, joy!" Starfire exclaimed, hugging Raptor tightly. "Thank you so very much!"

"You're welcome, Star," Raptor said, blushing. "Although you might want to let go now. You're breaking my ribs."

"Oh, sorry!" Starfire exclaimed, releasing Raptor from her tight embrace. Then she took him by the arm. "Shall we go now?"

"Sure," Raptor said.

"Wait!" Starfire exclaimed. "Where is Blackfire? She might wish to join us in our venture."

"Thanks, but you go on without me," Blackfire said. "I'm planning to spend the day with my favorite foxy boy."

"I am sure Kurama will be happy to spend time with you, Komand'r," Starfire said.

"You sure about that, Koriand'r?" Blackfire asked. "He slinked off earlier, like he was trying to keep his distance from me."

"Oh, do not worry, sister," Starfire said. "I am sure that he is not trying to avoid you."

Hiei just smiled, or smirked. "Be careful with him, Blackfire."

"Oh, I'll be careful, Hiei," Blackfire replied, smiling almost evilly.

With those words exchanged, Starfire and Raven took their respective lovers to the mall. Meanwhile, Blackfire went to find Kurama.

Speaking of the reincarnated yohko, he was reading a biology textbook. If he wasn't going to be taking his classes for the next two weeks, then he could at least catch up a little.

"Hello there, Kurama," a female voice said to him.

Kurama turned and saw Blackfire, but she was wearing a different outfit than before. The mesh body stocking remained, but over it was a black leather bodice that was held together by hooks instead of laces and a miniskirt with high slits in the sides. She also wore black leather wristbands that ended in rings around her middle fingers and thigh-high black leather boots. The outfit was completed with a black ribbon tied around her neck as a choker.

Kurama gulped, terrified out of his mind. The main reason he'd been reading his biology textbook had been to keep his mind off Blackfire, and here she was right in front of him!

"Have you been trying to avoid me?" she asked.

"No," Kurama replied.

"Would you mind spending the day with me?" she asked.

"No, I wouldn't," Kurama said, before his brain could catch up with him. Then again, it was the same brain that had conjured up his erotic dreams of her, so it shouldn't have gotten much credit. Fool, he cursed himself. How are you to avoid losing control when you're going to spend the entire day saturated in her presence?

He could smell her perfume, the scent of black roses, mixed in with her own natural scent and he found the aroma very tempting.

"Shall we go?" Kurama asked.

"I thought you'd never ask," Blackfire replied.

"First, I'd like you to meet someone," Kurama said.

The Minamino residence

"Oh, Shuichi, you're home," Shiori, Kurama's human mother, said. "How's college life treating you?"

"Very well, Mother," Kurama replied.

" 'Shuichi'?" Blackfire whispered.

"My human name," Kurama whispered back.

"And who is this lovely young lady with you, Shuichi?" Shiori asked.

"Komi. Komi Anders," Blackfire replied.

"How did you and Shuichi meet?" Shiori asked.

"Class trip," Blackfire replied.

"That's very nice," Shiori said, smiling. To Kurama, "It's about time you settled down with a nice girl, Shuichi."

"Nice girl"? Blackfire wondered, with a silent chuckle. I've been called many things, but never a nice girl.

"Will you two be staying for a while?" Shiori asked.

"Thanks, but no," Blackfire replied. "We have a lot of things to do today."

"I understand," Shiori said, smiling. "Have fun together, you two."

"Thank you, Mother," Kurama said. "We will."

The arcade

"So what are we doing here?" Kurama asked.

"I wanted to try out DDR --- Dance Dance Revolution," Blackfire replied. "I never got a chance to try, last time I was on Earth. You wanna dance with me?"

Kurama hesitated.

"Oh, come on," Blackfire coaxed. "I'm sure you'll do fine. You're so graceful, after all."

With a sigh Kurama conceded. "All right. If you insist, I'll join you in this game."

"Cool!" Blackfire exclaimed. She got onto the platform with Kurama and inserted the necessary number of coins. "Now let's a pick a song." She scrolled down the list of songs, until she found one she really liked. "Perfect!"

The song began, and Blackfire and Kurama began dancing as per the instructions. As Kurama soon found out, Blackfire was an expert dancer. Of course, his eye kept straying to watch her move to the music.

Previously, Kurama had been able to curb his lustful thoughts, as his mother had been around and people usually didn't have lustful thoughts when their parents were around. However, Blackfire's dancing was wearing away whatever self-control he'd been able to muster. With a supreme effort, he focused on his dancing.

This is a dance battle, Kurama, he told himself. So focus on how to win this like any other battle.

With that firmly in mind, he continued dancing.

"You've got moves, Kurama," Blackfire said. "Nice moves."

"Yours, too," Kurama replied. Of course, yours are getting me aroused to the point of agony, but don't worry about that.

However, Kurama wasn't the only one who noticed Blackfire's moves. Changeling, Cyborg, and Kuwabara were at the arcade, too. They'd just been playing a racing game when they heard some commotion.

"You gotta check it out!" one kid exclaimed.

"Check what out?" another kid asked.

"There's this super-hot chick on the DDR!" the first kid replied. "And there's this redheaded guy dancing with her!"

"You sure that's not just a flat-chested girl?" a third kid interjected.

"Redheaded guy?" Kuwabara asked. "Sounds like Kurama."

"Then that means the super-hot chick must be Blackfire!" Changeling deduced. Just then, he deliberately crashed into the wall just seconds before reaching the checkpoint. "Now let's go see!"

"Sure," Cyborg said. He and Kuwabara got up from their consoles and followed Changeling. When they got there, they couldn't believe their eyes.

"Holy shit," Kuwabara murmured.

"She's . . . good," Cyborg said.

Changeling didn't say anything, he was that far gone.

Kurama sensed the three watching Blackfire and turned to aim a baleful stare at them. She's ours, Yohko snarled. No one else's. Ours. The "ours" was pronounced with a low growl.

"Yo, did you see the way Kurama was looking at us?" Cyborg asked.

"He looked like he wanted to rip us apart or something," Changeling added.

"I think he's jealous," Kuwabara deduced. He paused. "Good thing Hiei's not here."

"Yeah, he'd be like, 'Of course he's jealous, you baka ningen,'" Changeling said, mocking Hiei.

"It is a good thing Hiei's not here," Cyborg agreed. "Otherwise, you'd be dead now."

After whipping Kurama in DDR, Blackfire was ready to explore the rest of the mall.

She and Kurama ended up at the ice cream store. Blackfire walked up to the counter and said, "I'd like cookies and cream with chocolate syrup, please."

"All right," the girl at the counter said. She turned to Kurama. "And you, sir?"

"I'd like vanilla with M & Ms and chocolate syrup," Kurama replied.

"You'll get them shortly," the girl said. Within only a minute or so, she gave Kurama and Blackfire their orders. "Here you go."

"Thank you," Kurama said.

"You're welcome," the girl said.

Kurama paid for their ice cream and then he and Blackfire found a table in the establishment. They sat down and began to enjoy their ice cream. As they ate, Kurama found himself watching Blackfire eat more than he himself was eating. The way her tongue slid out to scoop up her ice cream . . . it was enough to nearly drive him mad with lust.

Damned mating season, he thought. The worst part of it was that he had ended up surreptitiously eyeing every attractive female he saw. However, they didn't arouse his desire the way Blackfire did.

"Something wrong, Kurama?" the object of his affection and desire asked.

"No, Blackfire, nothing at all," Kurama lied.

"All right, then," Blackfire conceded, having finished her ice cream. She licked some of it off her lips, and Kurama bit back a groan when he saw her do this. "Let's go check out some more stuff."

Their next stop was a store that sold music, DVDs, videos, and games. Kurama and Blackfire idly browsed through the CDs.

"Oh, this is my favorite!" Blackfire exclaimed merrily, holding up a Puffy AmiYumi album.

Kurama smiled. "I'm glad you like it."

Then they ended up in the animé VHS section. Kurama ended up finding a few hentai animé videos. He quickly put the one he was perusing down before Blackfire could spot him.

"Rei Rei," Blackfire said, reading off the cover of said hentai video. She smirked at him. "Nice." So you, too, have a naughty side. Perfect, for me.

After buying the Puffy AmiYumi CD, Blackfire and Kurama traveled on. This time, they went into a clothes shop reminiscent of America's Hot Topic.

"Nice outfit," one of the girls there said to Blackfire.

"Thanks," Blackfire replied.

Blackfire picked out two gothic black dresses, one silk and one leather, and went inside the changing room. When she came back out, she was wearing the silk dress.

"How do I look?" she asked.

"Stunning," Kurama replied.

Blackfire went back in and came out wearing the leather dress, which clung rather nicely to her body. It took every ounce of control that Kurama possessed not to jump Blackfire where she stood.

"Which one do you like better?" Blackfire asked after changing back to her own clothes. "The silk or the leather?"

"Both look just fine to me," Kurama replied.

"All right, I'll buy both of them," Blackfire decided.

As they were about to head to the cashier, they spotted Hiei and Raven. Or rather, Hiei and Raven spotted them.

"What brings you here?" Blackfire asked.

"I wanted to check out what they had," Raven replied, dressed in a white kimono-style dress.

"Rando could strike at any time, and we're here shopping for clothes," Hiei grumbled.

"Hey, small, dark, and deadly, Genkai gave us the day to have fun," Blackfire retorted. "So we're going to have fun. And this is fun." She suddenly brightened when she spotted a pair of white leather pants. "Kurama, those would look so good on you!" She snatched the pants off the rack and shoved them at him.

"Are you sure about this?" Kurama asked.

"Very sure," Blackfire replied. She also picked up a white leather vest and a sleeveless black shirt. "Go on, try them!"

"If you insist," Kurama said. He took the clothes and went into the changing room. When he came back out, he was wearing them. The white-and-black outfit accented his crimson hair and clung tightly to his body, emphasizing his lean muscles.

Good going, girl, Blackfire thought. Now I'll have to resist the urge to jump him. As if I didn't have to, already.

Blackfire, Raven, and Hiei noticed that a lot of female eyes were on Kurama. As for Kurama himself, he was resigned. After all, when one was as beautiful to behold as he was, one could not help getting attention.

After another minute of being the subject of many females' attention, Kurama changed back to his clothes and Blackfire bought the dresses she'd tried out, as well as the outfit she had gotten Kurama to try out.

"So how've you been enjoying your day?" Kurama asked Raven and Hiei.

"Other than having to carry Raven's bags?" Hiei asked. "Just fine. I got to taste some sweet snow."

" 'Sweet snow'?" Blackfire echoed.

"It's his name for ice cream," Raven replied. She smiled. "It's cute, really. Stick him in an ice cream store and he turns into a kid in a candy store."

"It's not my fault that it's sweet snow," Hiei said. He smirked and whispered in Raven's ear. "Besides, who was the one moaning in ecstasy when I was licking it off her very lovely body?"

Raven blushed and whispered, "Hiei, you're going to get me aroused again."

"And would you mind?" Hiei asked, still whispering.

"Not if we were alone," Raven replied.

"Well, then, I suppose we'll have to be alone when we reenact that night," Hiei said. "I'll be looking forward to it."

Kurama growled low in his throat. You're not helping me here, Hiei, he thought. Now he was imagining licking chocolate syrup off Blackfire's luscious golden body. Kami-sama, help me.

Nightfall

"Where do you wish to go now?" Kurama asked.

"I was thinking some dancing oughtta do me good," Blackfire replied. "What do you think, foxy?"

Well, Shuichi? Yohko asked. I was never one to turn down a lady.

"I suppose some dancing couldn't hurt," Kurama said. Why do I keep doing this to myself?

"Good," Blackfire said. "I even know a place."

Yoru Sei

Kurama and Blackfire arrived at Yoru Sei, a hot new nightclub that had recently opened in Sarayashiki. When they reached the door, the bouncer let them right in.

"He knows me," Blackfire whispered to Kurama as they walked inside.

Lurid-colored lights flashed throughout the club, accenting the dance music that was being played.

"Let's dance!" Blackfire shouted, pulling Kurama onto the dance floor. Once there, she began to dance, her hips writhing to the beat of the music. She spotted Kurama, who was still standing. "Come on, love. Don't tell me you're afraid to dance!"

I'm actually afraid I'll rip your clothes off and take you right here, Kurama thought. Out loud, "All right, you win. I'll dance."

Blackfire danced over to him and pulled him to her. Kurama could do little more than follow her rhythm.

"You're actually very good at this," she said.

"Thank you," Kurama replied. "So are you."

Blackfire smiled. "Of course I am." As she danced, she ground her hips against his crotch.

That did it. Kurama's manhood, which had been semi-erect ever since the dream, now sprang to full hardness.

"I see somebody likes my dancing," Blackfire purred in his ear. She turned around in his arms and continued her grinding movements.

"You have no idea what you're doing to me," Kurama whispered. He held her close and ground his hips against her backside. "But I don't want you to stop."

"Mm, that's sweet, Kurama," Blackfire whispered. "But we'll have to be alone if you want more. Do you want more?"

"Yes," Kurama replied. "I want more."

End Notes: And there you have it. The lemon chapter will be coming up on adultfanfiction.net and mediaminer.org, provided I can settle the complications that I've had with both sites as of late. Now for some more notes. Puffy AmiYumi is the J-pop band that sings the Teen Titans theme. As for Hiei calling ice cream "sweet snow," I read it in a few other YYH fanfictions and I thought it was something good to incorporate in this story. Also, "Komi Anders" is the humanized version of Blackfire's real name, as if you couldn't figure it out already.

Hai - Yes

Baka - Idiot

Ningen - Human

Yoru - Night

Sei - Star

There we go.