Time for the next chapter... oh so exciting. It seems Riley has finally reawakened her Rinnegan... this should be riveting, also yay! Kurama is finally awake... we can see what the furball thinks of this whole scenario. Also I would like to remind people that Riley will adapt a more 'dark' attitude, while not 'evil' she will take on a darker mindset, as she grows older and comes to understand the evil's of the world better. She wont end up broody or emo, but she will be a more selfish individual who isn't above helping the innocent but will often look out for herself and her loved ones. And when I say dark I mean in the aspect that she will do things that 'good' characters wouldn't. If someone were to hurt one of her friends, she would destroy them, in such a way that their death would be outstandingly painful, and by the end, there would be nothing left but chunky salsa. So I guess the right word to describe Riley's mindset is violent.
I've given you guys a bit of gore, in the story, but I will be ratcheting it up in the upcoming chapters as more enemies make themselves known, and more battles occur. Also Riley's ascension to godhood will be occurring over the course of the upcoming chapters. I hate stories where a person just suddenly becomes that powerful, like a naruto story where they are infused with the fox's energy and suddenly they reach godlike levels of power. I think it's cheap, I like to show a growth. I've shown in this story, how Riley started off good, and just worked and worked to reach where she is. She has mastered each power she had gained, and doesn't take any for granted. So she'll be reaching godlike levels in the upcoming chapters... probably around the time of fourth of fifth years, as I plan on finishing up with first year in the next chapter. This is gonna be a long one, so bolt in for this there's a shite ton of exposition from Kurama ahead, so enjoy, and try to pay attention, and to everyone I'm sorry. I needed all of this exposition out of the way.
Broken Angel
Chapter 11 Truths
'So... what's going on Grandfather?' Riley inquired.
'I'm gonna need you to come down here.' Madara replied stoically.
-Mindscape-
Riley just adopted a confused look, before descending into her mindscape. She had rarely a need to come down here, as her grandfather's spirit took the form of a disembodied voice that didn't have a form. Usually, her mindscape was pitch black though now it looked almost like a sewer. And right in front of her stood a huge gate, with a seal holding it closed. She saw movement within and saw the pale form of the Nine Tailed Fox glaring back at her. The beast didn't look well, its fur was a palish red color, and its eyes didn't have a rage induced glare like you would assume they would. No, its eyes were tired looking... almost exhausted.
"You look like shit." Riley commented to the Fox.
"Be Silent! Spawn of Madara and know who you are talking too! I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" The fox growled back, fury lacing its tone, as it rose to its feet and snarled at her.
Riley could tell that even the act of speaking was tiring for the once great beast, it was emaciated, and truly looked pitiful.
"He's not very pleasant, is he?" She heard Madara comment.
"What the hell happened to him?" Riley asked.
"Your father taking his power, happened. He's only got enough to survive on now, nothing more." Madara replied with a mirthless chuckle.
"Go to hell Madara! Hashirama should have killed you years ago!" The Kyuubi fired back with a snarl.
"What is up with my eyes Grandfather?" Riley asked after a moment, looking bored.
"You have reawakened your Rinnegan." Madara replied simply.
"That brat has the Rinnegan? That's prepos..." The Fox began to reply but stopped when it spotted those familiar ripple pattern eyes.
"Father..." The fox muttered as it had flashbacks to the last time it had seen those mighty eyes.
"How do you have those eyes?" The Fox growled out.
"No clue... though if I had to guess... Hashirama gave Grandfather some of his cells, and he passed those cells onto me when he married an Uzumaki, and they had my father. My guess is that I have these eyes because of the unification between Senju, Uchiwa, and Uzumaki genes." Riley guessed, Madara having explained to her in the past, bits and pieces about their ancestry and ties to the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
"Wait, who was your father?" The fox inquired.
"Minato Namikaze." Riley replied with a bit of distaste.
"THAT BLONDE HAIRED ASSHOLE WAS AN UCHIHA?! AND AN UZUMAKI?!" The fox shouted out in surprise.
"Yeah, no clue where the blonde came from." Riley muttered.
"I keep saying, I think it was a mutation that occurred when he sealed his Uchiwa genetics." Madara replied.
"I've never asked, but why the hell did he do that?" Riley inquired curiously.
"I think it was to hide himself from the people that attacked us. You see, I was living in Uzushiogakure when it was attacked by Kiri, Iwa, and Kumo shinobi. I was on the front lines when I got word that another force had broken through and attacked us from behind. I raced home to find your grandmother's corpse, and when I tried to sense out the piece of myself in Minato, I couldn't find it. I assumed he had perished, which was why I went crazy. I destroyed the invading force, and Uzushio. Leaving nothing more than two meters tall, left standing." Madara explained.
"I can only assume he had sealed his power to hide from the invaders... but then again I don't know how he did that, considering he was three at the time." Madara added after a moment.
"Perhaps Mito had something to do with it?" The Nine Tails chimed in. The Fox was quickly realizing that it was too weak to be angry, so it decided that it may as well just talk. Civility was not impossible for the beast, and it was far too exhausting to be angry right now.
"Mito? What does that woman have to do with anything?" Madara asked, sounding a little upset at hearing her name.
"I spent most of my time in my temple before you ripped me out, and sent me after the village, but I do remember some of my fox spies telling me of Uzushio's destruction, and how Mito had rescued the survivors and brought them to the Leaf." The Fox replied.
"That woman! No, she couldn't have... then again, he was a spitting image of me... no. Dammit! Gods damn that woman! I should have known!" Madara growled furiously.
"What is it grandfather?" Riley asked, a little taken aback by his anger.
"That woman has always hated me, and my clan. She must have known Hashirama had spared me in the Valley of the end, and when she came across Minato in Uzushio, she must have known he was mine." Madara ground out, unseen fury lacing his tone.
"So, you think she purposefully sealed away his Uchiwa genetics, so that you wouldn't be able to find him?" Riley inquired.
"That's exactly what I think... That woman... I don't know how Hashirama could have fallen for her. Gods, I swear he was like a child when it came to women... flash your tits, and this 'God' of the shinobi would be on his knees like a dog." Madara muttered, cursing his best friend for being weak willed, when it came to women. Hashirama had always been too shy and introverted when it came to women, especially ones that were commanding and mature like Mito had been. They intimidated him, and it often showed, in his nervous nature around his wife.
"You aren't going to get an argument from me. I spent like three years living in her body before Hashirama finished building my temple. She kept me spiked to a boulder, and spent her time torturing me, by playing the most annoying music in her head. I swear those songs were enough to nearly drive me to insanity!" The Nine Tails growled out.
"That... sucks." Riley commented sympathetically to the both of them.
"Well... there's nothing that can be done about it now. She's dead, so it doesn't matter." Madara stated.
"So... um... this Rinnegan... is it like the Rinnegan from the stories?" Riley asked after an awkward moment of silence.
"Yes... yes, it is." Madara replied after a moment.
"Why's one a little green?" The Fox inquired as it leaned closer to look at her.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. It seems that something has latched onto your soul, and it's taken up residence within the power of the Rinnegan." Madara explained.
"But these are your eyes. Does that mean it's something I got from you?" Riley asked.
"No. I think I know what this is, and if I'm right, you've had it since you were born. It doesn't matter that those aren't your eyes, this thing is latched onto the Rinnegan, so it doesn't matter who's eyes they are." Madara explained.
"But that doesn't make sense. The Rinnegan is a doujutsu, so shouldn't transferring it remove whatever has connected to it?" Riley responded, curiously.
"Ha! You foolish girl. The Rinnegan is more than a simple doujutsu. Having it, doesn't just give you ocular abilities, it enhances every aspect of your being. With it, your chakra becomes more potent, your reserves expand quite drastically, your core recharges chakra at an incredible rate. And that's only what it does to chakra. Having the Rinnegan also increases one's physical abilities as well. Strength, speed, endurance, reflexes, hell even intelligence, are all magnified by the presence of these eye. Why the hell do you think they are referred to as the eyes of God?" The Fox explained to both of them reverently.
"So... it's connected to my whole being, not just my eyes?" Riley guessed.
"Yep! That's why this thing is still attached to your eyes, even though you have mine. It's connected to the chakra that allows the Rinnegan to appear, not the eyes." Madara explained, earning a nod of agreement from the fox.
"So, what is this thing?" Riley asked.
"I think it's a piece of Voldemort's soul." Madara replied flatly.
"WHAT!? Why in the hell do I have a piece of the Dark Lord's soul attached to me?" Riley shouted in surprise.
"I assume that when you used the Rinnegan to deflect his Killing Curse, that it somehow not only destroyed his body, but damaged his soul as well, and that damaged part latched onto the nearest living thing, which was you. It must have latched onto your Rinnegan, and when you deactivated it, the only physical sign that it was there, vanished with it."
"Holy shit! So... not only do I have my grandfather, and the fucking Nine Tailed Fox living inside me... but I also have a piece of Lord Voldemort stuck inside me too? Gods!" Riley whined.
"Hm... I'm guessing the Killing Curse that this Voldemort used, is also what messed up the seal so bad." The Fox muttered more to itself than them, but Riley still heard.
"Oh GREAT! What's wrong now?" Riley shouted in frustration.
"I assume that when he struck you with the Killing Curse, the reason you didn't die was that it was filtered down to me and hit the seal causing damage to it. Which is just fucking perfect for me!" The Fox explained as it let out a frustrated growl.
"What's the damage doing?" Riley inquired, noting the sarcasm in its tone.
"It's causing a bit of my soul to seep out of the seal. Normally this would be a good thing as I could infuse my soul with some of my energy and use it to possess you. The problem comes in the form of me not HAVING ANY GODDAMN POWER!" The Fox replied, roaring in rage at the two of them, taking its frustrations out on the only people present.
"So, what's happening instead?" Madara inquired in an amused tone, causing the fox to growl at him.
"What's happening, Madara! Is that without any of my power to give my soul strength, she is absorbing it." The fox stated.
"Oh... is there any way to stop it? Can't you just keep your soul in there, instead of trying to leave?" Riley inquired.
"No... I can't. Human and demon souls were never meant to mix. I'm a being of pure magic. I'm made of chakra. I am living chakra. I need power to keep my soul inside of you, without it, my spirit is beginning to break down, and in the process, your soul is absorbing the tiny weak parts of myself that are passing out through the seal. Unless either of you is a Grandmaster at seals like that fucking father of yours, then I'm screwed." The Fox replied.
"Well... I'm decent at seals, but I don't know if I could reach Minato's level in the time you have left. How much time 'do' you have left?" Riley asked, with a look of contemplation.
"Hm...? You've already absorbed a little over half of my soul... I'll be gone, by the time you're twenty or so." The Fox replied bitterly. At that, it noticed a look of sadness appear on Riley's face.
"I'm sorry Fox. I had no intention of ever doing this to you. Is there any way for me to help you? What if I broke the seal... surely, I wouldn't absorb all of you before you left?" Riley asked, she had no reason to hate the fox, not really. It was a demon; destruction was in its nature. It was foolish to hate it, it'd be like hating a storm.
"No... you wouldn't though I'm guaranteed to be destroyed if you release me." The fox stated with an angry shake of its head.
"Why?" Riley asked in response.
"I'm not the only demon in this world. In fact, there's way more demons then just the nine you know so well. If you were to release me in this state, I would have dozens of demons on me by sundown, each trying to kill me and absorb my soul and use it to vastly increase their powers. You see... I'm one of nine parts of an ancient arch-demon. A creature so old that it may as well be an Eldritch Abomination for how much humans understand about it. Humans called it the Shinju." The Fox explained to them.
"I have heard of the legends of the Shinju, and of the Juubi. So, they are in fact true?" Madara stated.
"Yes, they are. The Shinju took the form of a massive tree, with huge tentacles coming out of the base that spread across the landscape. It stood nearly ten miles in height, taller than any mountain in the world. It possessed infinite power, and some humans claim that it created life on this planet... which wouldn't surprise me. This giant tree demon, bore a fruit once a millennium. That fruit would then seed magic into the world. One time, when it bore fruit, a greedy half-demon woman, took the fruit and devoured it. It granted her near infinite power. She then used that power to conquer the planet. She later became known as the Rabbit Goddess. A short while later, the Shinju and the rabbit goddess vanished from our world, and what was left was the Ten-Tails, an arch-demon of monstrous strength that ravaged the planet. It was only when the Sage of Six Paths confronted the beast, was it finally defeated. He sealed its power inside himself and became the first true Jinchuriki. Before he died, he split it's power into nine pieces that became us, the Nine Tailed Beasts." The Fox explained.
"Wow... you know so much about our history." Riley complimented, having been awed by the story.
"That still doesn't answer her question though. Why can't you leave?" Madara asked.
"Look... most demons can't enter this realm without ripping a hole in reality and that is something that draws our attention. The Nine Tailed Beasts were left by the Sage to guard your world from demonic invaders. All of the Tailed Beasts, except for me, are strong enough to be considered Greater level entities. Basically, gods to you humans. I am the only one that has the power to call himself, an Arch-demon, albeit a very weak one. Despite its raw power the Ten-Tails was little more than a rabbit, compared to the true nightmares that exist out there. If I leave your body as weak as I am now, other demons will cross over and kill me, then absorb my soul, and use my soul to enhance their own demonic power. The end result would be a demon strong enough to overpower the other Tailed Beasts and kill them. That would also lead to the Earth being destroyed as well." The Fox told the two of them, sounding incredibly irritated by that fact.
"Well... that sucks. Is there anything I can do?" Riley asked, sounding like she genuinely wanted to help the fox. Both Madara and the Nine Tails took note of that. Since time worked a lot faster in her mindscape, then in the real world, the fox had already gone over her whole life. It had seen how she had lived, and it just cemented the Fox's hatred for the Hidden Leaf Village. Riley was nothing more than a child, yet she was blamed for the things that the Fox did, which weren't even his fault either. Humans were moronic and spiteful creatures, and the Fox hated them with a burning passion.
"Can you become a grandmaster at sealing before you turn twenty, and fix this seal?" The Fox finally asked after a moment of thought.
"That would be a challenge. My father is half Uzumaki... sealing is in my blood, but not as much as his. I pick up things quickly but sealing takes a long time to master... unlike everything else there are no shortcuts. One must be patient and learn diligently. Even if I focused on it completely, I doubt I could be at my father's level before I turn twenty, even with the Rinnegan's boost to my intelligence, there's just so many aspects of sealing that take time... honestly, that should be a very last choice, if there's nothing else." Riley replied honestly.
It surprised the great fox, that Madara's own grandchild would try and do something to help him. He decided that he had to ask her why.
"Why are you trying to help me? What do you plan on getting in return?" The fox asked suspiciously though he was surprised when he saw the girl smile kindly at him.
"We're a lot alike, you know. We'd probably both be living our version of normal lives had Obito not taken you from your temple." Riley replied.
"Hm... Who's Obito? That Sharingan that took control of me, was Madara's." The Fox replied.
"It wasn't my original eyes, fox. That was just a clone of my eye, that I gave to Obito. Unfortunately, it was near perfect in every way, so of course it would have similar abilities to my own, plus placing it into his head, along with his Mangekyou, granted him the Eternal Mangekyou. He keeps my copy eye, hidden beneath his mask. Also, Obito was my student. I trained him, after I saved his life... at the time I had thought that my son and wife had perished in Uzushio, so I was wallowing in despair and I wished to bring an end to my own pain. I passed my hatred onto an already cursed boy. Obito's hatred is like nothing anyone in the world has ever felt... nothing can get through to him now... Obito was my fault... I can admit that, now, it falls on my granddaughter to correct my last mistake." Madara admitted sounding stoic, with only the tinniest hint of shame.
The Giant fox let out an audible sigh before shaking his head. "I often forget how father cursed those damnable eyes of yours. I still hate you Madara, but if you plan on stopping the little shit, that used me to attack the Leaf and got me into this mess... then I will help how I can... but in exchange I need you to do something for me."
Focusing on Riley the fox waited for her reply.
"I'll do what I can to help Fox. You were screwed as much as I was, when Obito attacked the village. Had my grandfather not been driven insane by his losses, he would have never trained Obito, and that son of a bitch would have never attacked the village. If he hadn't of shown up, you'd probably still be sealed away in your temple, living a comfortable, peaceful existence... while I'd be... normal..." Riley stated, though as she spoke, one could see sadness, etch itself into her features.
"Maybe if none of this had happened... my parents... would have loved me..." Riley added, just loud enough for the Fox to hear her.
"What they did to you Riley... it's all my fault. If I was more focused on protecting your father and grandmother, instead of fighting in battle, I could have kept them both safe. I should have been with both of them... I should have stood by their sides and helped them to escape. But I didn't. I chose to rush to the field of battle, and I lost the woman I loved, and I thought I lost my son. Now he's grown into someone I despise. He's forgotten what it means to be an Uchiwa." Madara spoke with regret.
"What do you mean, Grandfather?" Riley asked.
"The Curse of Hatred... it's only half of the curse the sage placed on the Sharingan. Or more accurately, it's a side effect of the curse he placed on them. The actual curse was a curse of Love. The Curse of Love, forces anyone with the Sharingan to love those they care for with such a strength that the person will do anything for them. It's from the Curse of Love, that the curse of hatred is born. Those with the Sharingan love stronger than anyone else in the world. And when they lose that love... they hate, with a fire not even demons can match." The Fox explained for him, actually sounding sympathetic to such a situation.
"He's right. If Minato was a true Uchiwa... then he would have loved both his children equally and with a passion that burned as hot as the sun. Sadly... he's forgotten and because of that, you've had to suffer all your life. I am to blame for that... and I'll forever seek atonement for the ills my actions have caused you." Madara stated, not sounding anything like the proud warhawk, he usually did. He sounded old... and tired.
"Grandfather... you aren't to blame for this. We could blame any number of people for what happened... but personally I think it best to blame the person who actually did something wrong. Mito Uzumaki... she's the reason you lost your son, and I never had a father or mother. She's the one at fault for all of this. Had she not sealed away, Minato's Uchiwa blood, you would have found him, and raised him. I blame her for all that has happened to me..." Riley replied, with a growing hatred for the woman, after all she had heard about her.
"That last part I agree with, one hundred percent." The Fox agreed. The two waited in silence for a moment before they heard Madara chuckle lightly before replying.
"True... I guess it is her fault." He replied, sounding like the same old Madara Riley had grown up with.
"So... Fox... what do you need me to do? And what am I going to do about a piece of Voldemort being inside me?" Riley inquired.
"Well, when it comes to Voldemort, you can probably use your mindscape to track him down. But we'll have to wait for summer break, before you start." Madara replied.
"Why?" Riley asked.
"Well, he's attached to your Rinnegan. You'll need to have it active in order to locate him. And right now... you don't have the time to train in how to use it. So, you need to deactivate it, and refrain from using it until summertime." Madara told her. Riley nodded in agreement, she guessed that it wasn't a good idea to keep the Rinnegan active until she knew how to use it, and with only a week until she headed back to school, she wouldn't have the time. These eyes were simply too dangerous and fueled by emotions, for her to safely have them active without truly knowing how they work.
"And as for me... well... I think I may have a solution to my problem... but, whether or not we can do it, will depend on whether you want to make a deal?" The Fox told her.
"What kind of deal fox?" Riley asked.
"Look... you've already, absorbed half of my soul... for all intents and purposes, you are a half demon. The only reason you haven't realized it, is because you haven't tried using any of your Youki. If you had, you would notice your demonic features starting to come through." The fox explained, surprising both Madara and Riley.
"I'm a half demon?" Riley asked/stated.
"Well, that would explain why you have such a massive chakra capacity." Madara said with a chuckle.
"So... I'm gonna grow fur, and turn permanently into a giant red fox?" Riley said with a hint of worry.
"Of course not, don't be stupid! Demons can take whatever form they want. The only reason why we nine can't, is because technically we're demon spirits, in Homunculus bodies that the sage made for us. But a true demon can take whatever form it wants. Some look like humans, some look like animals... some are even an amalgamation of limbs from various creatures. Hell, some are amorphous blobs. Demons can look like whatever they feel like." The Fox told her.
"So, I won't be changing into a giant fox against my will?" Riley asked to make sure.
'Huff' "Yeah... you won't. So, stop whining!" The fox fired back, irritated at her worries.
"Okay, okay. Sorry! So- What's this deal?" Riley asked.
"Look... I don't wanna become nothing. Normally when I die, I'd just reform in a few months. Hell, if it wasn't for the fact that I wouldn't come back at full power, and it would take me thousands of years to reform with so little power, I would just tell you to release me, and kill me. But since I can't do that, I need a plan B. I can't stay inside of you, because I'll be absorbed and become nothing. Essentially, I wouldn't die. I would just stop existing. That is a fate, no living thing should ever endure... to literally become nothing after you die. No afterlife, no next great adventure... just nothing. Naturally I want to live, the only way I can stay in this seal is if you regain my power, but from what I've seen of your life, you aren't planning on going anywhere near the Elemental Nations for a long time. So, my only choice is to make a deal with you. I have something I can offer you, and in exchange... you will grant me my freedom and power." The Fox informed her.
"Okay... so, what's the deal?" Riley stated, she could understand the beast's dilemma. Becoming nothing just sounded so... she didn't even know how to describe it... it just sounded like it sucked.
"When Minato split me in half, he gave my power and core to your sister. Basically, her seal acts as one giant battery, that my core continuously fills with chakra until it's full. Ironically your parents spent all that time training her how to use my chakra, when she'll never be able to... at least not by shinobi methods." The Fox told them with a chuckle.
"What do you mean?" Madara inquired.
"Shinobi methods of using magic, come from utilizing their chakra coils the power inside of her, doesn't have any coils meaning she can only use it, by letting it flood her system, which causes extreme pain, and my power will begin to break down her body over time, reducing her lifespan. Shinobi methods of utilizing that power won't work effectively. Wizard methods, however, would have an easier time... but it would still fail. She would need a staff like yours to use my power without suffering major drawbacks. And there is no wand, or staff makers in the Elemental Nations. And I doubt Lily will ever figure it out. So yeah... they are literally trying to squeeze water out of a rock." The fox stated to them, explaining why the separation Minato chose was probably the worst way he could have done the whole sealing.
Both Riley and Madara burst into uproarious laughter at hearing that all that Minato, and Lily were working towards, was doomed to fail. They had no way to use the full of the Nine Tail's power, and they most likely would never learn how to manage it without simply being told by someone who did know.
"Anyway, like I was saying, she has my core, and power... you just have my body, and my spirit. But no core to recharge my reserves of power." The fox informed her.
"So, you think you can use my Rinnegan enhanced core to recharge yourself?" Riley guessed.
"Kind of... not really. That would get my power back in a few years, but you would be pretty much sacrificing a few years of living and training to feed me enough energy to even be able to stop you from absorbing me. It would take decades, before your core could return me to full power, and even then... I would have no way of recharging all of that power without a core of my own. No, what I plan in doing will benefit us both." The fox explained.
"Alright... well tell me what we're doing?" Riley stated.
"I know of a few rituals that we can perform. One will link the two of us together, allowing us to communicate like you and Madara, but you'll also be able to feed me raw power. Another Ritual I will help you perform, will allow you to take some of my coils... I think a third of them will do. With my chakra coils attached to your network, your core will adapt to the larger reserves it needs to suddenly fill. It will start to produce chakra faster. In a couple of years' time it will be able to refill your coils in minutes, like mine could. With your core recharging chakra faster, you'll find your own coils expanding at an exceedingly rapid rate, and because of you being a partial demon, your coils will expand at an immense speed. Also, with the link between us, you will be able to refill my power bit by bit. All of this will enhance your core, strengthening it and increasing the speed you produce magic. Now the last ritual I will have you perform is one that will take the half of my soul you possess and force your own soul to adapt to it. What this means is that in a few years' time, you'll become a full demon. And the limits to your coils will be removed... and the great part is, that you'll be able to surpass, any of the tailed beasts, since your coils aren't locked, like mine." The fox explained to them it's plan, Madara and Riley listened intently, this sounded too good to be true.
"Question before we move on, why are your coils locked?" Riley asked.
"The sage didn't want any of us to surpass the Ten-Tails and break free from our mandate. The Nine Tailed Beasts, aren't actually all demons... we're actually all members of the three dark races." The fox replied.
"What are the three dark races?" Madara interrupted.
"There are three different kinds of creatures that live in makai, you have devils, fiends, and demons. Basically the only differences between the three is control and power. Devils have less power but insane control. Fiends are the middle ground, good power, and good control. Demons are the powerhouses, the have a massive amount of power, but little control. The sage made three of each kind. The One, Two, and Three Tails are devils. The Four, Five, and Six Tails, are fiends, and the Seven, and Eight Tails, along with myself are demons. I am the only one with enough power to be considered an Arch-demon. Though there is such a thing as an Arch-Devil, and an Arch-Fiend. And also, just because Archdemons have the most power doesn't mean they are the strongest. There are ways of growing one's power, even at that level. In fact, most of the time, entities that become Archdemons, have so little control over their massive amounts of power, that they simply go insane, and become nothing more than pure chaos. To find an intelligent Archdemon like myself, is a rarity, and even with that being said, I lose control of myself often when I'm angry." The Nine Tails told the two, earning a nod from Riley to show that she understood.
"So I get some of your coils and get to become a demon... what do you get fox?" Riley asked, giving the fox a look.
"Well, I get to live for a start. But what I'll ask for in return, is a small fraction of your core, to begin rebuilding my own. With the Rinnegan you'll have the power to absorb people's souls when you need information. When you're done with them, I want you to give them to me, so I can tear out their cores and use them to rebuild mine. Plus... to stop you from absorbing me, I will become your personal summon, and your body will become my temple, this will allow our souls to coexist, and you'll stop absorbing me. Now, this will all be timed. After let's say... one hundred years, you let me out, and we go our separate ways. Since you would technically be a demon born on earth, the other eight won't do anything to you, unless you purposefully draw their attention." The fox finished explaining its deal.
Riley thought it over. Truthfully it was a great deal... she would reach a level of power few ever even dreamed of. The deal was a good one, and she could tell the fox was desperate not to vanish into nothingness.
The only real downside was losing what was left of her humanity, but if she was honest with herself she had been losing that humanity from the moment she repelled Voldemort's spell. From the day Voldemort tried to kill her she had been absorbing the Nine Tails' soul, becoming less and less human, and more demon. Thinking about it, being a demon is what granted her so many of her incredible abilities. Her intelligence, her amazing chakra reserves, her stamina, and endurance. Her ability to naturally use all five elements, how easy it was to use jutsu and magic, her incredible senses. She already wasn't human, and she often felt like she was different from those around her.
Riley had put up with the dredges of society, and had dealt with the narcissism, fear, and wrath of humanity all her life. She knew how people were, and she had long lost faith in there being naturally good people in the world.
There were decent ones to be sure, people who were good to her, but they often had deep emotional scars, and tragic lives that encouraged them to try and be good people. So many of the normal humans she'd encountered in her life were just plain awful, while a lot of the magical ones were either bigots, assholes, or hypocrites. Having no connection to them would be fine with her, but there was one thing that bothered her.
"What about the people I love? Can anything be done to stop me from watching them die of old age and the like? If I'm a demon I'll be immortal like you, right?" She asked.
"Of course you'll be immortal. As for those you care about, you can make them your familiars. You can bind them to you. You can use older demon magic that I can teach you to give them an immortality similar to yours. Death isn't as powerful as some people believe... think of death as water against a dam... it's this massive colossal pressure that slowly tears down that which is not cared for, and sometimes there are accidents and the dam breaks. If you're careful though, and keep the dam maintained, then death can never reach you. Most 'Greater' dark creatures, like the bijuu, can't be reaped by the Shinigami. What reaped means is that you are taken to the afterlife, for which there are few ways to return. I can't be reaped, when my body is destroyed, I just use my chakra to make a new one. You'll have that same benefit, as you'll be adapting to my soul so you'll become a Nine Tailed Beast when you finish maturing." The Fox answered with a grin.
"What else are you getting out of this Fox? You have to be getting something of worth? Making her as powerful as you, seems like a mighty gift, even if the exchange is your life." Madara inquired, having learned a long time ago how clever fox were.
"Hmph... alright, another part of the deal, is that I want some of your coils after you become a full demon." The Fox stated with a huff.
"Why?" Riley asked.
"Because they won't have any binds or restrictions on them, and with it being a demon coil I can use it to increase my power. I can't make more coils, so when I reach the highest point in my power, I'll be unable to grow it any further. With that one coil from you I can make more. And with it, I can finally break my binds and ascend to a higher level. That's all I ask for." The Fox explained.
"Ah... I understand. You want to break free of the bindings the Sage placed on you. I don't blame you, shit's no fun when people force all kinds of rules on you." Riley responded with a chuckle.
"On that, we agree." The fox said with a nod.
"What do you think grandfather?" Riley asked.
"It's a good deal. Though I assume you'll make this deal magically binding, so neither of you can screw the other? If that's the case, I think you should add in the stipulation, that in a hundred years, the fox doesn't kill you or your loved ones." Madara stated.
"Good idea. Well, what do you say fox? At the end of our hundred years together, we go our separate ways, and let bygones be bygones?" Riley asked with a smile.
"I see no problem in it. I wasn't planning anything like that, though it is wise to add that stipulation. I think I'll make you swear to not try and kill me either. I have no clue how strong you'll be when we part... so it's best to be safe, rather than sorry." The Fox replied with a nod.
"Alright... well I assume these rituals, will take a bit of preparation?" Riley stated, earning a nod from the fox, she continued, "Alright then, I don't have time now, so we'll do these rituals during the summer. You'll be alright till then, right?"
"Yeah... just don't wait longer than that." The Fox responded with a huff.
"Plus, it'll give us both time to think this over, just in case another solution presents itself." Riley added, earning a nod from the fox.
"Alright... well is there anything else we need to discuss? It's probably been like five minutes in the real world, and I need to let Remus know what's going on?" Riley inquired.
"Nope... looks like we'll be having a busy summer. Hunting the Dark Lord's soul fragment, teaching you how to use the Rinnegan, and performing dark rituals with the Nine Tailed Fox... I can sense a great deal of fun, in our near future." Madara said with a chuckle.
-Outside of mindscape-
Riley just nodded in agreement as she left her mindscape. She opened her eyes to find Remus, Apolline, and Fleur staring at her.
"Sorry about that... my tenant woke up, and he and I needed to talk." Riley stated. Fleur, and Apolline adopted looks of confusion, but Remus understood what she meant.
"How did that talk go?" Remus inquired.
"Good... Old fuzz butt's pretty mellow right now. It looks like we'll be having a busy summer though." Riley replied.
"And those eyes?" Remus asked.
"An old ability of mine. Don't know much about them, but I'll learn more after first year." Riley told him, as she cut off chakra flow to her Rinnegan. She actually felt a lot of her power fade when she deactivated her Rinnegan. She understood now what the fox meant when he said it improved all of her being.
"Well... what now?" Remus asked after a moment of silence.
"Well... I think we should return to the Delacour's and enjoy the holidays, cuz I'm going to have a busy summer." Riley stated, earning a nod from Remus.
"Yes... let's head home. I'm sure Jean and Gabby would like to know that everything is alright." Apolline nodded in agreement.
"I'll take Fleur!" Riley shouted happily as she pulled out her port-key.
Apolline and Remus just smiled at the girl as she held out her hand to Fleur. Fleur smiled and took it.
"This'll take us back to where I left from. Hang on there, I wasn't exactly earthbound when I left." Riley said with a grin as the two vanished.
Fleur felt her stomach churn as they came to a halt, then her stomach shot up into her throat, as she felt herself falling, she glanced down in time to see that they had appeared about sixty feet off the ground. She was about to let out a scream of fear when she felt her body begin to shift. In a moment she was being held in Riley's arms. She was being held bridal style by the younger girl, and though Riley was two years younger, she was still tall for twelve, and thus only an inch or two shorter than Fleur, who wasn't exactly tall for a fourteen-year-old. Fleur felt magic encompass herself, as Riley landed on the ground. She was so surprised when she didn't hear a sound come from, they're landing. It was almost completely silent.
"Alright... hang on, I'll run us back to your house." Riley told her with a smile. Before Fleur had time to speak, Riley started running. Fleur had to contain a yelp of surprise at how fast they were moving, Riley was running at least Eighty, maybe Ninety kilometers an hour.
Fleur was amazed at Riley's physical abilities. To be able to run this fast, while holding another person in your arms, was simply astounding, and Riley didn't even look to be struggling. At the thought, Fleur's Veela side began to react. Knowing how strong her mate was, physically and magically, sent a burst of arousal flooding through Fleur's system. She blushed brightly as she held on tighter to Riley, who seemed to be more focused on running.
As they ran another more perverted thought entered the young Veela's mind. Riley was twelve, and she already bound her chest. That meant the girl must be well endowed, or at least developing quickly. The thought made Fleur blush even brighter, and she had to actually scold herself for thinking of such things about a twelve-year-old. Even if the twelve-year-old was her mate, and looked like a fourteen-year-old, and was good looking, and funny...
'Damn. I need to settle down?' Fleur thought as the two suddenly came to a halt. She glanced around and realized that they were back at her house. They had only been running for about thirty seconds.
"Here we go princess." Riley said with a smile as she set Fleur down.
"Um... thank you for the lift." Fleur thanked her.
"No problem." Riley replied with a smile. Fleur couldn't help but smile as well. She still felt it when Riley smiled, she felt happiness swell within her chest, and she couldn't help but smile back at her.
A few moments later, Remus and Apolline walked up and from there, things returned to some semblance of normality. Riley enjoyed her time with the Delacour's, especially Fleur, though the pretty Veela had ambushed her under the mistletoe, quite a few times. Other than that, though, everything was relatively normal. Riley learned more about the Delacour's and the Delacour's learned more about Riley and Remus. Neither spoke much about themselves, only giving out the barest of details, but it was enough for the Delacour's.
It was Christmas night, and the group had just finished exchanging presents. Nothing extravagant, just simple stuff. Riley and Remus were set up to leave the following day, as Riley only had two days left until she needed to be back in school. She sat out on the balcony that sat outside Fleur's room, just watching the moon, and the snow that gently fell from the sky.
"So... when can I expect a letter?" Came Fleur's voice.
"I'll write one the second I get back to school." Riley replied.
"Good. I hope I can see you again this summer?" Fleur stated.
"Of course... there's something I wanted to give you." Riley stated as she pulled a square stone from her pocket. It had three runes carved into it. "Here."
"What is it?" Fleur asked as Riley handed her the object.
"A two-way, reusable port-key. It'll let you go to my island whenever you want. If you ever want to go while I'm there then just wait for this green rune to glow, that means that I'm on the island. If the red rune is glowing that means that I'm there but I'm practicing my higher level ninjutsu, so it isn't safe for you to go there. Finally, if the purple rune is glowing it means, that for whatever reason I've sealed the island, and you should throw away the port-key." Riley told her.
"What's the activation phrase?" Fleur inquired.
"Kitsune." Riley replied.
Fleur nodded and placed the port-key in her room.
"There is also something I think I should tell you. You know I have several unique bloodlines?" Riley stated, earning a nod from Fleur, she continued, "I've been asked to take multiple partners, to propagate my clan in Britain."
"I see." Fleur stated slowly.
"I just needed to tell you that, before this went any further. I really like you a lot... but I don't wanna lead you on." Riley stated shifting nervously as she revealed one of the more prominent facets of their future together, the fact that there would be others.
"Thank you for being honest and telling me... how many partners, must you have?" Fleur replied.
"Three by the time I'm twenty, but there is no limit." Riley replied with a shrug.
For a moment, Fleur was thoughtful. At least two other women she'd have to share her mate with. A part of her thought about arguing, trying to convince Riley that the two of them would be enough for each other, though after a few moments of thought, Fleur allowed herself to actually consider the idea. Could she live with her mate having other lovers besides her?
Yes. Actually. If the choice was put up with other women, or not be with Riley, than Fleur would make it work with the other women. Riley was her soulmate. There was no-one better out there. It was said that a Veela's soul mate was who she was born to be with. Everything about their mate was said to be what they wanted in a partner. So far, she found those stories to be true. So, the decision was easy, she wanted to be with Riley, if she had to deal with other women vying for her mate's attention, than she would. There was no going up from Riley, anyone else would be a lesser partner, that's just how it worked with magic. So, either take the lesser option and have a normal relationship, or stay with her soul mate, experience the best partner she could possibly hope for. The choice was simple for Fleur, once she gave it some thought.
"Okay." Fleur said as she stared off into the distance, a pregnant pause occurred, and Riley waited for her follow up statement.
"I will allow this... but only under of few conditions?" Fleur stated after a moment of thought.
"Sure. What are they?" Riley replied, eying her curiously.
"First, obviously I want to be treated fairly." Earning a nod, she continued, "Second, I would want to be free to love any of your partners just as you are. If we're bored waiting for you, I want the option of having some fun with them while I wait. And if I like them, maybe I enjoy something more intimate while I wait for my beloved to have some time for me."
"Yeah... that's no problem. It's only fair, that you be able to enjoy the company of any of my other partners. I have no issue with it." Riley replied, hiding her blush at the implication.
"And my third and last condition..." Fleur stated with a seductive smile, as she approached Riley and pulled her close.
"Ye-yeah?" Riley stuttered in reply at feeling Fleur's body, pressed against hers.
"When you are ready... I get to be your first." Fleur said in a seductive whisper as she kissed Riley's neck.
"My... first?" Riley whispered in reply.
"You know..." Fleur replied as Riley felt one of Fleur's legs press between her own.
"Oh... yeah... um... of course." Riley replied with a stutter and a bright blush.
Fleur let out a perverse giggle, as she backed up and kissed Riley's forehead.
"Write me soon." Fleur told her with a smile.
"Yeah... I sure will." Riley replied as the Veela turned and entered her room. Riley let out a loud sigh and turned back to the moon. This was probably the best Christmas she'd ever had.
-To Be Continued-
Okay there we go. Let me know what you think and please ask questions if you need clarification on anything. We'll finish up with first year next chapter... hope you enjoyed!
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