Chapter 2

The Three Greater Demons

They stared at her. Even Neji and Hinata were shocked. They had been quite surprised when she claimed to be an Uchiha and actually proved it, but that was nothing compared to how shocked they were now. Sasuke's sister. Sasuke had a sister?

"That's impossible," Shikamaru was the first to speak. "Itachi Uchiha is the only sibling Sasuke is recorded to have. Also, he never mentioned having a sister."

Rieka sighed, looking up at the sky. "That would be because he doesn't remember me, and all records of my existence were destroyed."

"What? What do you mean?"

/Don't you think you should tell them?\ spoke a voice. /We still have time until it happens\

Rieka closed her eyes then asked, /How much time until he gets there?\

/Two hours\ a second voice replied. /The Summit doesn't start for another 30 minutes after he gets there though, so we'll have plenty of time to catch up with him\

/OK,\ Rieka mentally sighed preparing herself for the things she was about to tell them. Hopefully, they'd let her explain and not ask too many questions. "Have any of you ever heard of the Three Greater Demons?" Rieka asked, returning her eyes to them.

"The what?" Naruto asked.

Before Rieka could reply, Sakura answered for her. "The Three Greater Demons. Three beasts said to be stronger than the all Nine-Tailed Beast combined. They were said, like the beasts, to have been created by the Sage of Six Paths long before the tailed beasts. They ruled the 5 elements, water, fire, earth, air and lightning. One beast controlled Fire and Air, another controlled Water and Earth and the last one, the strongest of them all, controlled Lightning, but was also said to have the power of the forces of Yin and Yang. They are said to have disappeared thousands of years ago, though, so no one knows if they were actually real or just folklore."

Rieka turned her eyes to the girl. "Trust me, they are as real as the thing inside blondie over there," she motioned to Naruto. "They didn't disappear thousands of years ago. They were just forgotten."

"What do you mean?" Hinata asked.

"I'll explain, but it'll take a while," she fixed them with a glare. "So don't interrupt me."

They nodded; she really did look like Sasuke when she glared at them. The Uchiha raised her hand, and closed her eyes. They felt her chakra rise, engulfing them. Her eyes snapped open, revealing the Sharingan, three black tomoe in the red. Suddenly the scene changed around them. They were no longer in the Team 7 training grounds but now, floated high in the air above what looked like tile-roofed houses. Behind them, the sun was setting and they could hear the happy voices of children playing in the distance.

"What the-" Kiba gasped. "Where are we?"

"This is my genjutsu," Rieka replied. "These are my memories of 10 years ago. We are in the Uchiha compound right now."

They only nodded as they felt themselves near the ground. They looked around and watched children playing around and running through the streets. Rieka started walking, her cloak sweeping the ground, her face expressionless. The other started following her as she made her way through the streets, passing straight through people. Which wasn't unusual as this was a genjutsu.

She stopped outside a large house. "What's this?" Naruto asked.

"Didn't I say earlier," Rieka said. "Don't ask any questions."

A man walked out on to the porch. He had short, black hair that reached to his shoulders and onyx-colored eyes, and wore the ninja's flak jacket, along with a black shirt and shin-guards. Two children and a woman followed him out.

The woman had fair-skin and black hair with bangs hanging on either side of her face. She wore a simple dark purple blouse with a red-plum skirt and a light-yellow apron worn over it. The two children were a girl and boy, no doubt twins. The boy had black hair that was spiky at the back. Short bangs covered his forehead while two longer ones framed his face. He wore white shorts and a dark blue top with a high collar. The girl had shoulder length hair and like the boy had two bangs framing her face, except one covered her left eye. She wore a blue V-neck top and black knee-length legging.

"Be careful Fugaku," the woman whispered as she hugged him.

"Hn," the man replied, but returned the woman's embrace.

When she let go, the children hugged his waist, "Do you have to go?" they asked.

The man ruffled their hair, and patted their heads. "I do, but I'll be back in a while," he assured them. "Don't worry."

They let go of him and watched as he walked away. "Don't die," the girl breathed. They woman and the boy didn't seem to hear her, but the man did, as well the Naruto.

Rieka made a hand sign and the scene changed, they were still outside the house, but the sun had set and the sky was dark.

"That was you …" Sakura's eyes were wide. "And Sasuke."

"You were twins."

Everyone turned to look back at Shino. He had his hands in his pockets and his head was up, as if he was looking at Rieka beneath his black glasses.

"Aa," Rieka replied. "We were very close, did everything together."

"You said 'don't die'" Naruto spoke. "What did you mean?"

Rieka turned his gaze from them and turned towards the house again. "You'll see."

The door opened again and Sasuke and Rieka came out. "You don't have to come with me you know," Rieka said to Sasuke.

"No way," he replied firmly. "I'm coming with you."

Neji watched the two, his eyes narrowed. There was something off here, he had felt it before in the previous genjutsu but had ignored it. Now though it was getting quite annoying. There was something odd about the genjutsu Rieka's chakra. He activated his Byakugan, earning curious looks from the others. He looked at the real Rieka and then at the genjutsu Rieka. His eyes widened at what he saw, shocking him so much that he deactivated his Byakugan. Why hadn't he seen it earlier? She had been there this whole time so why hadn't he seen it before?

Rieka turned towards him smirking, "So you finally figured it out? Took you long enough, Hyuga."

The others looked back at him, "What's she talking about, Neji?" Tenten asked.

"You chakra," Neji narrowed his eyes, not taking them of Rieka. "It's not normal. Something happened, changing the color of your chakra."

"What?!"

"How can you change the color of your chakra?" Naruto asked, bewildered.

"It's quite possible, Naruto," Neji replied. "The nine-tails' chakra is red. However, it never affected the color of your chakra. Yours is still blue, like everyone else's but when the nine-tails take's over your chakra is completely red."

"Yes," Hinata added. "I noticed that when the nine-tails …"

She stopped, thinking about how to put it lightly. "When the nine-tails was taking you over that your blue chakra turned into a ball and became smaller and smaller with each tail. And even when you were in the eight-tailed form, it was still there, just really small."

"Meaning that if you became the nine-tails," Shikamaru's eyes widened. "The blue chakra would disappear and there would be no way of getting you back because all your chakra would have turned into the nine-tail's chakra. So …"

He turned towards Rieka, "That means that you've been taken over by something but it's not one of the tailed beasts. The Akatsuki have 7 of them and the eight tails was taken by Sasuke and Naruto has the nine-tails."

Rieka chuckled and watched the two children argue in front of her. The younger Rieka trying to convince Sasuke that she would be fine and Sasuke, being as stubborn as he was back then argued back.

The younger Rieka finally sighed and gave in. The two started walking and Rieka followed, when she noticed the others weren't following, she turned around and raised an eye-brow. "Are you coming?"

"You mentioned the Greater Demons," Sakura said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Why would you do that unless …"

Everyone's eyes widened as they realized what she was implying. They looked at Rieka.

/She's a smart girl\ the voice came again, chuckling.

"Nice theory, Haruno. However, you'll ever find out anything unless you start moving."

The twins had now stopped arguing, they noticed, and were running through the streets.

"All your questions will be answered," Rieka made another hand sign. "I'll speed things up for now shall I?"

They watched as everything sped up around them. They flew past houses, buildings and shops, Sasuke and Rieka always beside them. When they finally stopped moving, they found themselves in the middle of a battle field.

"What the-" they all took a step back as they looked out at the scene in front of them.

Everything had been completely destroyed. Most of it was now rocks, like someone had smashed it several times. Shinobi lay still and unmoving all around them. Crimson blood dotted the ground in puddles and weapons lay lifeless, some in pieces, others covered in blood.

"What happened here?" Ino chocked out, finding it hard to breath. She had never seen such a horrific sight.

Rieka raised her arm and pointed forwards. The narrowed their eyes, trying to see what she were pointing towards. Rieka flicked her palm and they lurched forward, next thing they knew, they had come much closer to what Rieka had been pointing at.

Three large beasts stood, battling the Shinobi. The three beasts took the shape of a lion, a wolf and bird.

The lion's fur was made of red flames; its silver eyes looked down at the Shinobi as it roared. The wolf's fur was a soft aqua blue and its green eyes would have seemed gentle if it weren't for the scowl on its face. They both attacked the Shinobi, the Lion breathing fire through its mouth while the wolf brought giant waves of water to the field. They were on either side of a large bird. The bird hovered in the air; it violet feathers glowed in the light. Its beady eyes glared at those below it as it sent sparks of lightning towards the ground. This one seemed the scarier and creepier of the three, it radiated pure evil, even its eyes creeped them out. One was completely white while the other one was completely black, no iris, just black and white.

"Any idea on who they are?" Rieka asked.

"The Three Greater Demons," Sakura breathed. "But, how did-when did this happen?"

"10 years ago," Rieka replied bitterly.

"That can't be," Shikamaru said. "Nothing like this happened 10 years ago."

Rieka laughed bitterly and made another hand sign, speeding things up again. Now, they were still in the same place, but it was darker and the sun was just peeking over the horizon. The Shinobi lay on the ground while the three demons roared. They stood in a triangular formation, focusing their chakra into a huge orb that floated in the sky.

"NO!" they heard a voice yell. They turned and saw a younger Rieka and Sasuke running towards the three demons.

They ignored her and continued their attack. The orb glowed, with every shade and every color you could imagine. It was both beautiful and deadly. They released the orb, throwing it into the air. It went high above the clouds and came down just as fast as it went up.

"STOP!" A voice roared.

Genjutsu Rieka ran forward, fast as lightning and spread her arms wide and closed her eyes shut. She stood in front of the man from earlier; he lay with a large cut in his side.

"Rieka?" his eyes widened as he realized who the girl was. "RIEKA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! GET AWAY!"

"No!" the girl sobbed, tears streaming down her face as the orb came closer. "I won't let them kill you!"

She yelled at the demons, "YOU HEAR THAT! YOU CAN'T KILL HIM! YOU CAN'T KILL MY DAD!"

That's when the attack hit the ground.

Well, it should have hit the ground, but it didn't. It hovered above Rieka's head, close enough that if she reached out, she would have been able to touch it. What was most surprising though, was Rieka. She was surrounded by blue chakra; it covered everything in a mile's radius of her. She curled into a ball as she rose into the air, the orb had now disappeared. She opened her eyes and spread her arms wide again, sending a shockwave out to all directions.

The demon's growled as it hit them, but instead of pushing them away, it brought them closer. She released wave after wave of chakra, pulling the demons closer and closer to her. Below, the Shinobi, young Sasuke and Konoha 12 watch in amazement, while real Rieka had a pained expression on her face.

Chains appeared from Rieka's stomach and latched onto the demons. Then wide a burst of light, the chains recoiled and the demons were all pulled into Rieka's body.

The girl fell limp on the ground.

Rieka made a hand sign, releasing the genjutsu. They were back in the Team 7 training grounds. They all took a step back; trying to process everything they had just seen.

"That's why you mentioned them," Sakura gasped. "You really have the Three Greater Demons inside your body?"

Rieka nodded.

"How do we know if any of that was real? For all we know you could have made it all up," Kiba narrowed his eyes at Rieka.

Rieka just rolled her eyes and sighed. /Akara, Narume, can I…?\ Rieka asked the voices.

/Go ahead\ the replied.

Rieka made two hand signs. Lion, Wolf. Purple chakra formed around her, covering her body. She glowed bright and focused her chakra on the seal on her stomach. The chakra vanished and two small animals came out of her body.

A lion and a wolf. They were about the size of Akamaru, but there was no doubt about who they were.

"The Greater Demons," Hinata gasped.

The lion yawned, revealing her large teeth. The ninja all took a step back. "These," Rieka told them. "Are the Greater Demons."

They were all silent for a minute, watching the two animals. "How come they're so small?" Naruto asked.

"Well, unless you want everyone in the village to see us and panic, we'll be staying I these forms while we are out," the wolf, Narume, told him.

"You can talk?!" Naruto gasped.

"The fox can so why can't we?" Akara, the lion asked him, her silky voice leaving echoes in the air.

"I thought there were three of them," Shikamaru said to Rieka, his eyes never leaving the demons.

"You saw earlier didn't you? The bird isn't very ..." Rieka trailed of, though Shikamaru understood what she was trying to say.

"You said all of that happened 10 years ago," Shino spoke. "I don't remember that ever happening."

"Exactly," Rieka said. "The whole point was for everyone to forget. Forget the demons, and forget me."

"Explain."

Rieka took a deep breath and began. "After I absorbed the demons into my body, I found myself alone in a forest. It was the same forest that had been destroyed by the battle with the demons. I was confused, very confused; I would have thought it was a dream if I hadn't been able to feel their chakra inside me. I made my way back to Konoha and everyone was acting like nothing had happened. All the ninja had been fully healed and nothing had been destroyed. I ran to the Uchiha compound, only to find that, when I got to my house, no one knew who I was. Not my friends, not Sasuke, not even my parents. There were no pictures of me in the house, it's like I never existed."

They had all now turned from the demons to her, watching her with wide eyes as she continued. "So I ran, I ran into the village, where Itachi found me. He knew who I was; he seemed to be the only one who remembered what happened. He told me it wasn't safe for me in the village, he told me I had to leave. He never explained why, all he said was that there were people after me, he told me the name of a man, a man that if I ever came in contact with, I should run."

Rieka looked up at the sky, lost in thought for a moment. The 2 demons, who were resting on the ground, opened their eyes and turned to her. "His name was Danzo Shimura. One of the three elders of the leaf village and your current Hokage."

She his name with so much hatred even Shino flinched behind his glasses. "We did meet once, when I was 8. I had been running for two years. We met on the borders of the Fire Nation."

She stopped again, breathing deeply.

"What happened?" Choji asked, he had stopped munching on the crisps in his hand.

"We fought," Rieka said after a while. "I had taught myself how to use my chakra, but I was useless against him. He revealed a lot to me, for one, he was the reason the demons had been let loose on the Fire Nation. He and 5 others had been part of a secret organization that experimented with the demon's chakra-"

She was interrupted when Narume growled.

"Sorry," she gave him an apologetic look. She cleared her throat and continued, "We fought and he killed me. Well he thought he had killed me, but I had a knack for making certain poisons. I had created one that made me appear dead, I'm sure you've heard of it right, Sakura?"

Sakura nodded.

"I noticed that he had a Sharingan in his eye. It wasn't any Sharingan I had seen before, but I had heard about it. The Mangekyo Sharingan. He used something called Kamui on me; it transported me to another dimension, one he had created. He had believed I was dead and needed a place where no one would find my body, so he left me there, thinking I was dead."

"Danzo left me with a really bad cut on my chest, which I tried to heal after the poison wore of and I was able to move. I couldn't though and I thought I'd die, but Akara and Narume saved me."

"Who are Akara and Narume?" Naruto asked.

Rieka pointed to the demons, "If you ever earn the nine-tails' trust, he'll tell you his name too."

"So anyways, they healed me. It took a while too but soon I earned their trust and we started looking for a way out of the dimension. We found a fatal flaw in the walls of the dimension. It hung high above the Fire Nation," she turned to Shikamaru. "You've been wondering how I know your names, right?"

"Yeah, I found it odd how you knew some of us. Neji and Hinata I guess were easy because of their Byakugan but I didn't understand how you knew Sakura's name."

Rieka smirked, "Well have you figured it out yet?"

Shikamaru chuckled and nodded, "You've been watching us through the dimension, because the dimension's walls were weak you were able to look through them, you've been watching everything that's happened since you were 8, so you know each of us, I wouldn't be surprised if you knew the name of everyone in the village. The only reason you were able to escape the dimension though is because of the Pein attack. Danzo had been attacked by one of the Pein's and was caught off guard by the attack and used Kamui during the fight. Kakashi told me that a Kamui dimension doesn't vanish until the user creates a new one and removes all his focus from the others. Sure Danzo could have kept both dimensions open, but he thought you were dead and didn't bother to check if you were alive or not so as the dimension was closing, you came out."

Rieka nodded, watching him as he continued, "But, that's not the only reason you're in the village right? You know where Danzo is right now and from the amount of chakra you have it looks like you're more than capable of beating Danzo. So why would you go through such lengths to make us believe who you are? You already proved you were an Uchiha, but you went as far as showing us your memories to prove you were Sasuke's sister. So I'm guessing part of the reason your back has something to do with Sasuke."

This caught Naruto and Sakura's attention.

Rieka looked at Shikamaru, "You're right. Sasuke is the only reason I came here. Otherwise Danzo would be dead already."

Kiba chuckled, "That's all you Uchiha do isn't it? Kill-"

Before he could continue though, Rieka had him pinned against the tree, a fist covered in chakra raised threating. Akamaru growled, the others however were still shocked at what he had said. Kiba never had liked Sasuke but they never expected him to hate them that much. "You know nothing about my clan," she spat.

"Rieka," Akara said slowly. "Put him down."

Rieka dropped him and he rubbed his neck. She turned around and walked away from him. He didn't seem to be finished as he muttered, "Just like Sasuke."

Before Rieka could get to him, Naruto spoke, "Shut up, Kiba!"

He had a serious expression on his face, and a hint of anger passed through his eyes, "She's right. You don't know anything about the Uchiha."

Rieka looked at Naruto, "I forgot you knew."

"Knew what?" Ino asked. "What's she talking about."

"The truth of the Uchiha massacre," Rieka hissed. "You people think you know about everything that goes on in the village, but you know nothing. Those three bastards you people call the elders were behind the Uchiha massacre. They forced Itachi to kill the clan, it was either he did it, or someone else. Itachi loved this village; he even gave up his clan for it. He bore the pain of killing his family, just for the sake of this village. If you people had never cast us out, it wouldn't have become like this. The Second Hokage didn't deserve his title. He couldn't let go of his hatred for the Uchiha, and because of that, we suffered. Danzo believed he was always right, he ruined a lot of good things in this world."

After she finished, no one could speak. Itachi Uchiha had been forced to kill the clan? Danzo and the other elders had planned it all?

"I'm going to fix the shit Danzo's started," Rieka said. "Starting with my idiot of a brother."

She turned to look at Naruto and Sakura, "Sasuke found out the truth about Itachi. The leader of the Akatsuki told him, he convinced Sasuke to go after Danzo. He's going to crash the Five Kage Summit and kill Danzo, then; the leader of the Akatsuki is going to declare war on the Five Nations."