Disclaimer: All characters in this fan fiction are owned by Marvel, except my original character.

PROLOGUE

Sarah Riley was just a normal girl living in New York City. She was the brightest and best in her class, always helped her friends and was always there for them. She had the highest GPA in her class and she graduated early from college. One time she helped her best friend while being robbed by twisting robber´s arm and kicking him in the legs to put her left knee on his back, Sarah´s friend called the police and the robber was arrested. She also took self-defense classes form her brother and father. Her goals were different when she was in high school. She wanted to be a fashion designer, but that all changed when she became curious of her father´s line of work. He was a police officer, the best in his precinct, saved countless of lives, was awarded with medals and was always helping people in his community. When Sarah got to college she wanted to be a police officer, detective or a private investigator. Her older brother was already a part of a SWAT task force. Her mother was a bank accountant. After getting a degree as a P.I in Columbia University she wanted to open her own firm. On that fateful day in 2012 everything changed for her, her entire world shattered. Her father died in The Battle of New York while evacuating civilians from a building that was blown up by Chitauri. Her father´s death affected her in many ways. She was sad, heartbroken and angry at the world. After that fateful day her family separated, her brother relocated to Florida with his wife and two kids and her mother had returned to her hometown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sarah decides to stay in New York City, having no goal now with the loss of her father, she didn´t know what to do. She started to despise vigilantes and superheroes, because she thought they attracted danger and that they had no regard for normal people like her. Wanting to honor her father´s legacy she decided to open up her P.I firm. The name is "Riley Investigations". She believed in law and police officers, because they arrested criminals and thugs and were heroes to many people. But all of this changed after Wilson Fisk´s corruption scandal. After his arrest she started to believe in The Devil Of Hell´s Kitchen and was doing for the people in the city. But what will her opinion on him be when she truly meets Daredevil.

TWO MONTHS AGO

Sarah was just leaving her firm when someone knocked on her door. When she opened her door she was frozen. "Ple-ase…help-p me!", the man said with a stuttering voice. He was pale, eyes glassy, rapid breathing. "Why do you need help from me?", Sarah said with a shaky voice. "Th-ey fou-nd me, th-ey sa-id I ow-ed th-em mon-ey." The man was starting to pass out from stress and exhaustion. Sarah realized this and she took him inside so that he could sit down, she gave him a bottle of water so that he could calm down. He drank the water in one big gulp. She realized he was beaten up by someone due to bruises on his face. She procedded to ask him questions.

"Who? Do they have a name?" she asked. "They call themselves the Yakuza, but I believe they´re more than what they seem to be." the man said with a alarming tone. Sarah frowned, she didn´t expect her night to go like this. "You´re a P.I, can you do something about them, Daredevil is nowhere to be seen these days and I have nowhere else to turn to." The man said with a hint of worry in his voice. "Why don´t you go to police? They can offer you a 24/7 protection." she said. "I´ve gone to them, but they don´t believe me, because they say they don´t know anything much about The Yakuza, they have no concrete evidence.", the man said.

Sarah was now contemplating what to do. She felt pity for the man who asked for her help, she had to help him and keep him safe before he can leave the city unharmed. Maybe this was for her, maybe this was just what she needed, some action and breakthrough for her career. Exhaling Sarah took a paper and a pencil and said "Alright, I will take your case. Tell me everything you know about The Yakuza."

TWO WEEKS AGO

Sarah´s investigations into the Yakuza were going decent enough. She took different pictures, newspapers and papers about them and their potential associates. She had a breakthrough in her investigations. She found four packets of heroin. It had a dragon on it. It was probably Yakuza. They were potentially selling their heroin. She knew their drug operations were destroyed by Daredevil last year. She also found about a shady company called Roxxon. Probably owned by The Yakuza. She heard about a construction site called Midland Circle, the construction was finished by now. Probably owned by The Yakuza too. The two shady companies role in all of this was still unknown. She also realized that the rival organizations didn´t try to attack Yakuza´s operations or wage war against The Yakuza. Which was odd, or other criminal organizations didn´t know about their renewed drug operations. The Yakuza covered their tracks well. She couldn´t find any concrete evidence of their other operations. She wasn`t disappointed with her investigations but something wasn´t adding up. Beyond their operations and threats against people who wanted to expose them or turn on them. What was Yakuza´s true goal for Hell´s Kitchen or the entire city. She would have to find out somehow.

Two days later an older woman entered her office looking for her. "Riley Investigations?" the woman said. Sarah responds with a smile and says "That´s me! What I can do for you?" A sigh of relief washed over woman´s face. She sits down in the chair opposite of Sarah´s desk. "I need your help." woman said. "Alright I will help you, but I will need your name and your reason for coming to me." Sarah said as she took a piece of paper from her desk drawer.

"My name is Anne Miller. Two nights ago my nephew was shot in an dark alley while doing his job as a delivery man. My nephew´s name is Steve Jackson. For weeks he was pressured by one of his former friends to join his gang. He said many times that he won´t join the gang. And two nights ago his former frend asked Steve who just delivered food to join their gang. Steve said no and then the other man took out a gun and shot him. The nearby people called the police and the guy was arrested while my nephew was admitted to the hospital-" Anne trailed off with a sobbing voice. Sarah saw her cry and went to her chair to comfort her. She padded her on the back. "Hey Anne, it´s okay, your nephew is safe now, you´re safe. I will find out about this guy and his past." Sarah said with a confidence in her voice. "Can you give me the name of the guy who was arrested?" Sarah said. "Arhur Johnson." Anne said with her shaky voice. "We have pressed charges against him. The trial starts in two weeks. I don´t know any lawyers from here. Do you know any lawyers from here?" Anne asked Sarah. Sarah was searching through business cards in her desk drawer and found the one she was looking for. "Here is his business card. He´s a pro bono lawyer. He´s going to take your case. His name is Matthew Murdock." Sarah said. She has heard of Matthew Murdock, he was the one who took down Wilson Fisk with his law partner Franklin Nelson. They were the infamous Nelson and Murdock. They disbanded the firm after they lost the Punisher case. She knew that he´s was a really good lawyer.

PRESENT DAY

As she was finishing the work and day in her office , an office phone rang. Sarah jolted. She didn´t expect any phone calls from her clients in this hour. She sighed and lifted her phone. "Drop your case, stop with your investigations or we will find you." a animated voice said. The call ended. Sarah froze, she couldn´t move. She got scared in an instant. She stood frozen for two minutes. She realized it was The Yakuza who threatened her through their accent. She couldn´t believe that The Yakuza found her phone number and threatened her. She cursed under her breath and muttered "I will take you down."

After calming herself down with few breaths Sarah decided to go back to her apartment. Her apartment was ten blocks away. She was walking through the streets thinking about the past few months, her investigations into The Yakuza, numerous people she has helped in the past year, honoring her dad´s legacy, thinking about her mom and brother, the feeling of being lonely in the big city. As she was walking through the streets, she heard screaming and someone talking. She couldn´t hear what was the conversation. She couldn´t just stand in her spot and do nothing, she had to help those who were in danger, even when she was threatened earlier by a powerful criminal organization. She followed the screams. About three blocks away Sarah was near a dark alley. She took a left and heard muffled screams, but they weren´t from the girls, they were from thugs who tried to kidnap the girls. In front of the closed alley was a fence. She started climbing on the fence while hearing a wet sound of a fist going through flesh. She flinched on the sound. As she climbed the fence, she was shocked while staring at the dark alley. She saw him for the first time. It was believed that he wouldn´t return to defend Hell´s Kitchen. Many people thought that they wouldn´t see him tonight. But boy they were wrong. Sarah quickly took a few pictures to not to forget this moment. Sarah saw Daredevil.

Well here´s the first chapter of my reuploaded Daredevil fanfic. Hope you enjoy!