Chapter 4

Revenge

The six of them ran out into the snow, their guards behind them. Danzo stood in front, leading the group. He hadn't answered their questions on who the girl was; instead he had stayed quiet and continued running. He was still hoping, deep down, that what the man had said was wrong. She couldn't be alive.

Danzo stepped out onto the snow and his eyes widened at what he saw. The samurai could barely stand and half on them were lying on the ground. All were injured, not heavily but enough to stop them from being able to fight. A single girl stood in the middle of them, her raven hair swaying in the wind. Her back was turned, hiding her face.

"Men!" Mifune yelled. "Retreat!"

They followed his orders, backing away, taking the few injured that they could. They retreated into the building, heads bowed in shame. The girl turned and stepped closer to the Kage, whose guards stepped in front of them weapons raised.

"No," Danzo gasped when he saw her face. There was no mistaking it, she truly was alive. Fu and Torune tensed, glancing at Danzo once, then back at the girl.

"It's been a long time, Danzo," Rieka looked over the group, her chakra still pulsing in the air.

How was she alive? He had killed her! Put her in that wretched dimension just to make sure she hadn't survived. How had she escaped? Fear filled the man as he thought about why she was back.

"How?!" he was shaking, with both fear and anger. "How are you still alive?! I killed you!"

Rieka said nothing, instead stared at him, her face free of emotion. Everything was quiet as she stared at him. You could hear the whistling of the wind as it circled the clearing. Losing his patience, the Raikage roared, "Who are you?!"

Rieka glanced at him, then smirked glancing at Danzo "Funny, that's the same thing my mother asked me once. You remember, right, Danzo?"

The man didn't reply, still in shock.

/\/\/\

"Sasuke! Wait!" Naruto yelled, chasing after him.

They had been going like this ever since they had felt the waves of chakra. Naruto had no idea what had happened, but he knew for sure that that was Rieka's chakra. He had never known she was that strong! It even caught the nine-tail's attention. This was the first time Naruto had felt the beast's chakra since his fight with Pein.

Naruto looked at the man in front of him and in a desperate attempt to stop him; he leapt at him, knocking down both of them. They rolled through the snow like large snowballs. Sasuke flew past 4 figures, hitting the back of his head on a tree, making snow fall down on him. Naruto hit a tree nearby, smacking face first into it.

"What the hell?" he heard a familiar voice.

Sasuke looked up and saw Sakura, Suigetsu and Jugo looking at the two, shocked. Sasuke turned from them to Naruto who was now stood up. Rising from the ground, Sasuke glared at Naruto, "What the hell did you do that for?!"

"Well I had to stop you somehow!" Naruto yelled.

Sasuke's eye twitched and he was about to yell at him again when Karin jumped at him, "Sasuke!"

She tried to grab his arm, but he stepped away, making her land face-first in the snow. Suigetsu snickered. Sakura came and stood next to Naruto, her expression furious. "You're supposed to keep him away from that direction you idiot!" she hissed at Naruto. Naruto placed his hands up in defense, afraid she was going to hit him. Surprisingly, she didn't, instead, she breathed a sigh and turned to Sasuke.

"Who is that girl?" Sasuke asked, he found his voice was hoarse. Another wave of chakra came, this time; Sasuke couldn't control himself as he fell to his knees with a cry. He brought his hands to his head as a pounding headache came. It was probably the one, most painful thing he had ever felt, and he had felt many painful things. It was like someone was repeatedly hitting his mind with something sharp.

Sakura, Naruto, Suigetsu, Jugo and Karin watched him in shock. Sakura was the first to react, stepping forward and reaching a cautious hand towards him, "Sasuke?"

/\/\/\

"Fu, Torune," Danzo said, finally snapping out of his shocked state. The two turned to look at him for a second, then nodded, understanding what he meant.

They ran at Rieka, Torune sending a wave of kunai at her. She leapt back, dodging them. Fu appeared behind her, arms out, ready to perform his jutsu. "Mind Transfer Jutsu," he called. For a second, he was in her mind, but what he saw terrified him. Two beasts stood in front of him, a wolf and a lion. The lion raised his paw, growling. Fu barely had time to release the jutsu before it hit him. He stood, dumbfound, staring at Rieka. Torune leapt back to stand next to him, "What happened?"

"She-she's not normal," he shivered. "There were these-"

The man didn't have time finish as Rieka attacked them. She summoned chakra into both hands and swiped at the air, producing a wave of wind style chakra. "Wind Style: Beast Wave Palm."

The attack hit them, sending them hurtling through the air and smashing them into the grey building behind them. The other guards of the Kage tensed, seeing how easily she had taken them down.

"So you're able to use their chakra," Danzo commented. "You've become stronger."

Rieka stepped forward, and kicked a fallen samurai's katana's into the air. She caught it and pointed it at Danzo, "Fight me, and see just how strong I have become."

Danzo hesitated, revealing his powers here, in front of the other Kage, would be bad. However, they already knew about his arm and his eye, so it wouldn't matter if they knew of his jutsu. And he couldn't let her live, neither of them, he couldn't let Itachi's siblings live.

/\/\/\

Sasuke cried out again, his eyes closed and jaw clenched. Sasuke, he heard a voice. He didn't recognize the voice, but it felt familiar. Sasuke! It called again. This time he recognized it as the voice of a little girl. Suddenly, he found himself in a field. Two children sat in the grass; one was a girl and the other a boy. He couldn't see their faces, but they felt familiar. They wore dark clothing and had the Uchiha symbol on the back of their tops.

'… uke! … ika!' a woman's voice called. He turned around and saw three figures standing at the edge of the field, waving at the children. A woman, a man, an older boy. All three had smiles on their faces. The two kids started running to them, but then, they stopped. They turned around, almost as if they could see Sasuke. The girl giggled and the boy grinned and this time, Sasuke saw their faces.

They looked very much alike, with the same face shape, the same nose, the same eyes, even the way their hair framed their faces was the same. The boy, he saw, was himself when he was young. However, the girl, he didn't know who she was, but she looked so familiar. He opened his mouth, but closed it again, not knowing the meaning of the word-no the name he was going to say.

Rieka.

The scene changed again and he was back to reality. Naruto and Sakura stood in front of him, worried expressions on their faces.

"Who-" he started to stand, his head still pounding. "Who is that girl?"

Naruto opened his mouth, hesitantly, he looked at Sakura. She turned to him as well, then they turned back to look at Sasuke. Rieka had told them not to tell him anything about her. "Her name … tell me …" he raised his head to look at them. "Is it Rieka?"

Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened. That was the only answer he needed. He jumped, past them and into the trees. He could hear them chasing after him, but he only looked ahead. He needed to know who she was, and what connection she had to him.

/\/\/\

Danzo stepped forward, walking towards Rieka. "Hokage, what are you-"

"Let me handle this," Danzo said, walking forward.

"Hokage," the Mizukage frowned. "Just what is going on here?"

"This is a personal matter. Please do not interfere," Danzo's voice had an edge to it, one that the other Kage didn't miss. There was obviously some history between these two. The four leapt back with Mifune and their guards and watched from the shelter of the building.

Danzo dropped his cane and walked forward. Rieka clutched the katana tighter, and, with her spare hand, reached inside her cloak, opening the pouch strapped to her side. Sakura had given her some weapon, spare kunai and shuriken, paper bombs, the basics. She had attached some paper bombs to some kunai on her way. Grabbing one, she looped her finger through the hole.

She watched Danzo as he took his right arm out from under his dark robes. It was covered in bandages and 3 golden braces, which Danzo slowly removed. The braces dropped onto the snow and he began to un-wrap the bandages. Rieka had seen what was beneath them once before, it wasn't something she had wanted to see again. However, she knew that if she faced Danzo she would.

He unwound the last of the white cloth from around his arm and raised it. Rieka brought a hand to her mouth to stop her throwing up. The other four Kage and the other stood, wide eyed, both disgusted and shocked. Ten Sharingan had been implanted into his arm, a hideous sight. They were still moving, looking in the different directions. Rieka heard a series of gasps behind her and it was then that she felt his chakra. Turning around, Rieka met the wide eyes of Sasuke. Naruto, Sakura, Suigetsu, Jugo and Karin stood behind him, mirroring his expression.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed and he stepped forward, "How did you get those eyes in your right arm?"

"Through various means. It would take too long to describe," Danzo said.

"Sasuke Uchiha," the Raikage glared.

Shit! Rieka cursed internally. I didn't think I'd have to do this but, with the Kage here and Sasuke as well, things aren't looking so good.

She took a deep breath and performed a set of hand signs, Boar, Monkey, Horse, Dog, and Ram. "Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Labyrinth Technique!" she called and kneeled down, pushing both hands through the snow so that they touched the wet ground below.

Large, violet, crystals shot up from the ground. They grew bigger and rose higher into the air, forming a dome-like shape surrounding Rieka and Danzo, keeping everyone else out and also keeping the Kage and Naruto's group on opposite sides. "What the hell is this?!" the Raikage roared, punching the crystal dome.

"This is just like Guren's crystal style," Sakura gasped.

"But, wasn't she the only one able to do that?" Naruto asked, bewildered.

Sakura shook her head and looked at the crystals, "It seems not."

She then turned to Sasuke, who had his hand on the wall of the dome, his eyes wide. "Sasuke?"

"I've … I've seen this before," his hand was shaking.

Sakura had never seen Sasuke like this, actually showing emotion. She guessed that his memories were coming back. The second he had said Rieka's name, she knew that was the case. Rieka had said that a justu was put on the whole village to make everyone forget Rieka, even if it was the smallest memory; such as a glimpse of her, the caster has made it disappear. It sounded like an incredible jutsu, to have affected a whole village and still be working 10 years later. Though, she figured it must be weakening as Sasuke was remembering.

"What the hell's going on?" Suigetsu raised an eyebrow. "The fucks this shit?"

Karin snickered. "It's a jutsu, she called it Crystal Style. Do you know anything, dumbass?"

"Shut it four eyes," Suigetsu glared, but turned to the crystal dome with a serious expression. "Yeah, it is. How did the girl cast it though? I thought only Guren could use Crystal Style?"

"Don't call me four eyes! And how am I supposed to know how she did it!" Karin punched him, but he dodged, turning into water. He re-form and was about to say something when Sasuke interrupted them.

"Suigetsu, Karin, shut up," he commanded, his voice seemed strained and his eyes never left the crystal dome and what was inside it.

/\/\/\

Danzo eyed the dome around the two of them. Crystal style, he thought. I haven't seen that in a long time.

"This dome is unbreakable," Rieka said. "It can stand the power of one of the Great Demons. Attack from outside or in; it will only break once I am defeated."

Danzo grunted, bending into a fighting stance. Rieka threw the kunai, it landed in front of Danzo, who jumped up the second he saw the tag on it. But he couldn't get far enough as it exploded, the force of it sending him flying through the air. Rieka didn't give him a chance to land as she appeared behind him and slashed at his back with her katana. Danzo took out a kunai and twisted around just as the blade tore part of his robes and grazed his skin lightly. He met her blade with his kunai, now facing her. The two glared, suspended in midair for a second, and then leapt back.

/Akara\ Rieka called the demon. /I have to kill him quickly, so can I …\

/Sure\ came her reply.

Rieka breathed out, she had done this once before in the dimension but wasn't sure if she could do it again. She summoned her chakra and raised her hands high into the air. Purple chakra appeared around her and followed the direction of her hands. Danzo, worried about what she was going to do, attacked.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets!" He took a deep breath, and then exhaled small blasts of wind chakra. They flew through the air, heading towards Rieka. One zoomed past her shoulder, slicing through the cloth of her cloak, cutting her skin. The other bullets however, bounced off of her body as her chakra started taking shape.

Danzo's eyes widened in horror as Rieka's chakra finally took form, into one of the Greater Demons. The controller of Fire and Wind, the Lioness Akara. Her body of crimson flames stood on all four and she glared at Danzo with her silver eyes. Baring her fangs, she roared. Rieka stood on the ground below her, panting heavily. Akara raised her claw and grabbed Danzo. "Undo the jutsu!" Rieka commanded. "The one you placed on the village and my clan!"

"So you're able to use their chakra to this extent," Danzo said as he struggled in Akara's grip.

She squeezed him tighter, "Undo the jutsu!"

"Now I see … what Shisui meant," Danzo chocked. "You really are ... special. To have mastered their power to this extend …"

Rieka glared at the mention of Shisui, the man who had been almost like her brother to her. Akara clenched her fist tighter and the sound of bones cracking filled the air. Blood squirted onto her claw but was burned away by her flames. The liquid trickled down his body, dripping onto the snow, dyeing it crimson. Danzo's body was limp in her palm, but suddenly, it started to waver. It faded out and disappeared. Rieka felt a chakra behind her and she turned to find Danzo standing there. He was right behind Rieka, a kunai in hand, moving through the air and at her.

Akara brought her paw down and hit Danzo, sweeping him up and throwing him at the dome wall. He hit it with a splat, but again, the image of his body faded away leaving nothing. Rieka turned to search for him, scanning the area for his chakra. He stood in the middle of the dome, again, unharmed. Rieka looked at his right arm and found that two of the Sharingan eyes had closed.

So this is the justu you're using, Rieka glared at Danzo.

/\/\/\

"That bastard," Sasuke hissed. He was shaking, but not with fear, with anger. How dare he?! Sasuke glared at Danzo's figure through the crystal. The technique he was using…

Sasuke had never seen it but had heard much about it. A jutsu forbidden even among the Uchiha.

Izanagi.