Okay here's the next chapter. I hope you all like it. This chapter will finish 1st year, and show some summer, we'll start in 2nd year next year. Let me know what you think and I have to say, I am loving all of the support I am getting from you guys, keep it up!
Broken Angel
Chapter 12: Dark Meeting
Riley was happy to be back in Hogwarts, her home away from home. It saddened her to have to say goodbye to the Delacour's but she promised to write, and visit during the summer. Fleur gave her a firm kiss on the lips before she left, leaving Riley star struck for most of the trip home. Her and Remus made it back to Britain and quickly prepared for Riley's return to Hogwarts.
Her friends greeted her happily upon seeing her again, and they all discussed their holiday adventures. Upon returning to Hogwarts they enjoyed dinner and retired for the night. Entering her room, she found a present on her bed, it had a letter on top of it. Riley picked it up and read its contents.
'Dear Ms. Slytherin.
This cloak belonged to your mother. It helped her get into, and out of, quite a lot of trouble when she was your age. I do think it's quite time that it found its way back to her family. I do hope you had an enjoyable holiday.'
The letter wasn't signed though the wording of it led her to suspect whom had sent her the gift.
"What's his game plan here? I wonder if he told the Fourth where I am. Maybe that's why he's trying to send me gifts? Hmm." Riley thought to herself as she ran her eyes over the letter. She was naturally suspicious of adults, and knew to take everything they did with a pinch of salt. So what was the idea behind this?
She was a little hesitant about taking something that once belonged to her mother, but her curiosity got the best of her, and she opened the package. She found that it was a simple long black cloak, intricately patterned with blue and yellow stars and moons.
She threw it on, and stood in front of her mirror, she made a few faces at herself as she wondered what about this cloak could have been so special. She went to pull it off and when she did, she noticed that her arms had vanished behind the cloak.
"Well that was unexpected." Madara noted.
She quickly spun the cloak inside out, and realized what about it was so unique. She was invisible!
Riley immediately began to think of all the uses, being invisible could get her. She activated her Sharingan, and was excited to see that it couldn't detect her body behind the cloak. That meant that not even the Byakugan could detect her beneath it. Coupled with her ability to move like a ninja, without sound, she now had the perfect tool for infiltration, assassination, and subterfuge.
This was an amazing gift, something like this would be invaluable to a shinobi. For a moment she began to wonder excitedly about all the trouble she could get into with this item, though eventually a nagging thought reared its head. Why would Dumbledore offer her something so useful? Surely something like this would be more beneficial to be in the hands of the supposed 'Girl-Who-Lived'. It didn't make much sense.
She spent all night pondering the gift, and while she intended to keep it, and use it, she was still curious about it's purpose and why it was the way it was.
The following months went by quickly. Riley was busy with her advanced classes as well as continuing to refine her other skills. Hermione had informed them about two weeks before the end of the school year that she had overheard Ron Weasely and two other Gryffindors talking fearfully about finding a Cerberus in the third floor corridor. Riley and her gang mused what it could be doing there, until Draco pointed out that Cerberus were usually guard dogs, so it was guessed that it was placed there to guard something.
Some of them were curious but the only one of them with the power to take on a Cerberus, Riley, wasn't overly interested.
She was curious, but she had way too much to do, to care about what a Cerberus could possibly be guarding in a children's school. Riley did actually want to know, but honestly, she didn't have the time, with their final exams, plus getting her body prepared for her training with the Rinnegan, plus preparing for the rituals that the Fox was going to have her do, was quite time consuming. Riley had also taken a deeper interest in flying. Sure, she had learned how in class, and she was a natural, but she hadn't really taken much interest in it.
That is until Fleur told her about how she liked to fly leisurely. So Riley wanted to learn more about it, with her reflexes, flying on a broom was no great difficulty for her. She could easily perform stunts, that most experience flyers would hesitate to do. And despite her minor interest in the hobby, she intended to take some time to get into it, as a means of impressing Fleur. Finding things that the two of them could enjoy together seemed like an important part of a romantic relationship. At least that's what Riley thought.
Riley was happy to find during one of her searches of the castle, an abandoned dungeon at the base of the castle. Very few people seemed to know about it, so it was the perfect place for Riley to practice in private.
She spent much of her time during the remainder of the school year, training with various spells and jutsu. It was all about honing her skills and focus, increasing her reaction time, and reflexes. Repetition was the key to hammering home certain spells. Just keep doing it, again and again, and eventually you'll get to a point that you're happy with.
It was a week before the final day, Dumbledore had supposedly been called off to London so everything was pretty quiet. Riley was spending her afternoon in her private dungeon, training. Everything was fine until two giggling older Ravenclaws came wandering in. The two were busy kissing and quickly starting to strip.
Riley blushed at the sight of them and quickly averted her eyes for a moment. When neither one of the older two seemed to notice her she loudly cleared her throat, earning their attention.
The two looked startled, and Riley gave the two a glare and jabbed her thumb at the door. The two 'claws had obviously heard of Riley's exploits with the older Slytherins so they high tailed it outta there.
Riley went back to training after that, mildly flustered by the impromptu sex scene she had almost been audience to. It wasn't more than a half hour later when the same thing happened again with two Hufflepuffs. Again Riley sent them away, though the boy tried to argue, the girl quickly pulled him out of the chamber.
It happened a third time when two Slytherins entered, though neither needed even the gesture, before turning to run away upon seeing her. Riley was getting pissed, as a fourth couple came down for a fun time in the dungeon. Apparently Riley had stumbled onto where all of the older kids liked to come and have sex before the final exams.
'I swear to all of the gods, I am stunning the next poor bastard that comes in here!' Riley thought in anger, as Madara laughed at her bad luck.
Just as she thought that, Riley heard someone approach. She let an angry sneer appear on her face, and aimed her wand at the entrance to the chamber. The door opened, and whomever it was, was slammed by a stunner.
Riley walked over to see who she had hit, and to her shock, it was professor Quirell.
'HA!' Madara laughed.
"Shit!" Riley muttered. She was about to enervate him when she heard someone curse. The voice sounded like it came from Quirell.
"Professor?" Riley inquired as she reached down to touch him.
She was surprised when her touch caused his skin to begin to blacken.
"Blast!" She heard the voice again, this time she pinpointed it. And to her surprise it came from the back of Quirell's head.
She quickly pulled on his turban, and to her disgust, found a face sticking out of the back of his head.
She recognized the face, instantly.
"You! You're... You're Lord Voldemort. Well this is an unpleasant surprise." Riley stated as she backed away from him, slightly intimidated and unnerved by the sight.
"I can say the same." The Dark lord replied, looking none too happy about his current predicament. Seizing control of Quirell's body, he stood up. Riley stood before him, wand in hand, staring him down. A moment passed before Riley spoke.
"So... I'm guessing that Quirell is one of your followers? Why else would you be living in his head?" Riley inquired.
"As astute as your father. You'd be correct, young Riley. The fact that you are not surprised by my continued existence, is curious." The Dark lord stated, leaving the question hanging in the air.
"I... remember what happened, the day I was born. I remember seeing you and seeing the Killing Curse coming at me. I remember watching your body disintegrate, and I remember seeing you floating there, watching me, before flying away. I also remember seeing the regret in your eyes when you tried to kill me. That is the only reason we are speaking right now, and I'm not blowing a hole in your face." Riley stated as she activated her Sharingan.
Truthfully, she did remember all of those things. After reawakening her Rinnegan, the memories of the day of her birth came back. It was quite surprising to relive such events. Madara had told her all about what had happened that day, but she still felt odd seeing it through her own eyes.
"Magical blood is precious... no matter whom it is from." The dark lord replied staring into her Sharingan eyes, unflinchingly.
"Odd statement coming from you. I thought you hated muggleborn?" Riley stated.
"Hate them? No. Think that they are ignorant fools? Absolutely. My distaste for muggleborns stems from the fact that most refuse to learn what it means to be one of us. They come to our world, and try to change everything, not realizing that while some things do need to change, others do not. Most muggleborn don't seem to care. That is why I do not care much for them. Though I had more than a few muggleborn amongst my Deatheaters, and those of my inner circle knew quite well that I didn't hate them. I myself am a half-blood. Blood purity means little to me, only magical purity is what I care for." The Dark lord explained.
"Hm... I have a friend who thinks the same way. I agree that most muggleborn are quite foolish and refuse to adapt to our world. Though I disagree with some of your methods, I understand that it was a time of war. Shit happens." Riley replied, her stance becoming ever-so-slightly more relaxed as the Dark Lord had yet to make a move to defend himself or attack her.
"Ah... I knew you were going to be a very wise and powerful magical being one day. I was right. I never wanted to kill you. It was that accursed father of yours, that brought me there that day. Had he stayed out of our conflict I would have never gone to that cesspool of a village." Voldemort told her.
"I understand... I don't blame you. The Fourth Hokage has done very little to earn any affection or care from me." Riley stated, her gaze becoming distant. Voldemort picked up on that look, piecing together Riley's reaction and what it meant, in a heartbeat.
"So, what were you doing here? I'm assuming you didn't come back to Hogwarts for shits and giggles." Riley asked, giving the Dark Lord a curious look.
"I was here to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Dumbledore had hidden it here, and I required it to return to life." Voldemort told her.
"He hid an artifact like that in a school? Wow... the old guy must be going senile. Something like that would have been safer at Gringotts." Riley responded with a shake of her head, as her mind recounted the fact that there was a Cerberus guarding something on the third floor. Now Riley knew just what it had been protecting.
"I agree... but it was his folly. I have the stone and was making my escape when you stunned me." The Dark lord stated in an unamused tone of voice.
"Sorry. I've been dealing with horny students for the past two hours, and I finally had enough. Poor Quirell here just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." Riley replied with a shrug.
"Hm... then perhaps we can make a deal. The fact that we are speaking leads me to believe you do not follow the Light's agenda?" Voldemort stated/asked.
"You'd be correct. Honestly, I think the muggleborn should be educated about what it means to be a magical, early in life. I think that we should separate ourselves more from muggles." Riley responded.
"Hm... why do you not seem to like the muggles? You lived in the Elemental Nations where muggles knew of magic, so why hate them? Everyone has a reason. Tell me what yours is, and I shall tell you mine." Voldemort asked curiously.
"Not a really long story. I suffered the same fate as all Jinchuriki, except for my sister. The people of my village hated and neglected me. I've been beaten, sometimes to near death. When I started fighting back, they started to overprice me for things I needed to live. All of this was done by the civilians, or muggles, as they're called here. The saddest thing though... not only did those fools know I was Minato's child, but they were also fully aware of our magic. The civilians of the Hidden Leaf are proof that muggles just can't coexist with us peacefully. The civilian council in the Hidden Leaf, does everything they can to undermine and take power from the ninja. I think it's stupid... Konoha is a ninja village, run by ninja, muggles have no say in how it's run. But noooo, this Hokage and the last, are too lazy or arrogant to see what's happening. The title of Hokage is becoming more and more of a farce, and soon it'll become nothing. But that's beside the point... I told you my reasons, what's yours?" Riley replied, giving Voldemort a look.
"I'm surprised young Riley; we have very similar pasts. I grew up in an orphanage. Hated and abused by the children and workers there. I was believed to be a freak, because of the accidental magic that would occur around me. It wasn't until I first learned of Hogwarts that I finally understood what I was. Tell me young Riley, what is it you want to do to those that hurt you?" Lord Voldemort asked.
Riley looked a little surprised by that question. She gazed off for a moment deep in thought as rather unpleasant memories played out in her mind. There was a lot she wanted to do to those people, a lot she felt they deserved at times, but she always thought of herself as better than them. Like if she did what she wanted to, she'd simply be lowering herself to their level. The idea of revenge was one that always danced around in her mind, but as of yet, she hadn't decided on what, if anything, she wanted to do to them.
"I'm not sure what I want done to them. The more I think about it, the angrier I become. I don't understand why they hated me so much. I don't understand why my parents didn't love me like they should have. I don't know why my sister thinks I'm nothing but a nuisance. I just don't get any of it. Why did I have to suffer? What did I do wrong?" Riley replied, sadness, and anger evident in her voice.
"Do you hate them?" Voldemort inquired.
"I don't know. I don't know if I hate them. I don't know what I want to do about them. The more I think about it, the more it pisses me off. God's this is so frustrating! What did you do to get back at your tormentors?" Riley inquired.
"I lead my biggest tormentor down to a cave outside of the orphanage and I tortured and killed him." Voldemort replied, simply.
Riley stared at him for a moment, deep in thought before she nodded. "Thank you, Lord Voldemort, you've given me a lot to think on. Because of that, I'm going to let you go, but first I need a question answered."
"Very well. What is it?" The Dark Lord inquired.
Riley activated her Rinnegan, and leveled a glare at him. "Why is there a piece of your soul living inside me?"
The Dark lord stared at those mighty eyes, and he had to suppress the urge to cringe, as the memories of what had happened the last time he saw those eyes, came rushing back. A moment passed before he contemplated her question. 'A piece of his soul was living inside of her. Then that would mean... hm... maybe...' The Dark lord gave the girl a look before replying.
"In my time alive, I had created several soul anchors to keep myself from dying before I finished my work. When you destroyed my body, a part of my soul must have latched onto yours. Quite interesting." The Dark lord replied.
"Is there a way to remove it?" Riley asked.
"Yes... though it does have other uses, especially to one such as you." Voldemort replied.
"Uses? What uses?" Riley inquired with a curious look.
"I hold no ill will towards you, so the piece of my soul inside of you will not hold any malevolent feelings towards you. Thus, if you locate it, you may be able to use it to gather some of my knowledge from it." Voldemort explained.
"You'd willingly let me take some of your power?" Riley asked, suspiciously.
"It's a small piece of it. Think of it as my apology for trying to kill you. Besides, I sense that even if you won't join me upon my return, we both strive for a similar change to this country. At the very least, we will be working towards the same goal." Voldemort replied.
"Hm... well then... I accept your gift, Lord Voldemort. Thank you for explaining... I believe you are free to g..." Riley was replying when her enhanced sense of hearing picked up a voice coming from the hallway, that Quirell used to get here.
"This way, his magical signature is coming from ahead." She heard what sounded like Flitwick say.
"Damn!" The Dark Lord hissed as he scanned the room.
"Do you have an escape?" Riley asked.
"Yes... somewhere in this room is a secret entrance, however it will take too long to find." Voldemort replied as he threw in another curse under his breath.
"You plan on hiding or fighting?" Riley inquired.
"Hiding would be best for the moment." Voldemort responded.
"Alright than. Give me the Philosopher's Stone." Riley ordered.
Voldemort gave her a look for a moment wondering what she was planning. If she was just giving the stone back, she would just leave it on him as Quirell didn't have nearly the abilities or reserves to take on a dueling champion like Flitwick, plus whomever was with him. Voldemort quickly pulled the stone out of Quirell's pocket and threw it at her. She caught it and sealed it into a storage seal on her arm. In a quick burst of speed, she fired off a Reducto at his left hand, blasting it off.
"I've just destroyed the Philosophers stone." Riley said to him. The Dark Lord gave her a look before smiling. He may have to wait on the resurrection, but at the very least he could remain hidden. Raising Quirell's wand, he stated loud enough for those in the hall to hear, "AVADA KADAVRA!"
Riley rolled out of the way of the Killing Curse and fired a second Reducto at Quirell's head, causing it to explode in a spray of blood, bones, and gray matter. Riley heard the people in the hallway hit the deck to avoid the Killing Curse since they could hear it, just not see where it was coming from. A black mist rose out of Quirell's corpse, it hung in the air for a moment before floating off, and out of the dungeon.
A moment went by before Flitwick, Snape, and McGonagall came rushing into the room.
They all looked at the young girl, standing over the dead body. Then they noticed the green char mark on the wall behind her. All of them were experienced enough to know what had caused it.
"Miss Slytherin... what are you doing down here?" McGonagall asked, as she slowly approached her.
Taking a deep breath Riley turned and looked at her. "I... I was just trying to practice my ninjutsu. I figured that this place would be far enough away that none of the students would wander to close. Professor Quirell came barging in, he looked like he was in a hurry, when I tried to ask him what was wrong, he got this look in his eyes. I saw him raise his wand... I acted on instinct... I shot a Reducto at him, and it took his hand off. He was enraged. I've never seen someone so angry. He started to mutter something about me destroying it. Then he threw the Killing Curse at me. I dodged and threw another Reducto at him... I'm sorry professor, I didn't mean to kill him." Riley explained sounding a bit shaken and unnerved at what she had done.
"It's alright lass. You were just trying to defend yourself." McGonagall comforted her. Even though they all knew that Riley was tough, killing a troll, and killing a person were two totally different things, and not knowing that she had killed before, allowed her to fool them perfectly.
"You said you hit his hand with a Reducto, and he started muttering about you destroying something?" Snape asked as he examined the body.
Riley simply nodded in reply.
Snape and Flitwick shared a look before Snape glanced at McGonagall, "Could you please escort her to Madam Pomfrey... I think it's best we recall Dumbledore."
McGonagall nodded her agreement and guided Riley out of the dungeon.
'She gets better and better at that each day.' Madara commented.
'It's the demon half of her. Demons can lie perfectly without anyone knowing. She could tell you she is a ten-foot gorilla named MuMu and you wouldn't be able to detect a lie.' The Fox replied, causing Madara to chuckle and agree.
After they departed Snape and Flitwick remained to examine the body. Missing both his head and hand, it corroborated with Riley's story. "Sad that one so young had to kill in order to survive." Flitwick muttered, with a sour look on his face.
"I'm surprised that Quirell wasn't screaming about having his hand taken off. The man struck me as not overly resilient." Snape drawled out.
"Hm... maybe it was shock. He would have been a lot louder had he not been so surprised by the sudden loss of his hand and the stone." Flitwick replied.
"Indeed... though I can't say I am an expert on Philosopher stones, I am surprised that she was able to destroy in with a single spell." Snape mused.
"Ay, but just because something is magically powerful, doesn't mean it can't be frail. Either way, the stone is now lost to the world. At the very least, evil can no longer use it to its advantage." Flitwick replied earning the slightest of nods from Snape, who couldn't shake the feeling that something about this was off. It didn't help that his arm, where the Dark Lord's mark was, was currently tingling.
-Later-
The headmaster was furious upon his return. He had called Riley into his office to get the full story, she played her part well, and when asked if she needed to talk, she just shook her head in the negative, and told him she would speak with Remus about it after school had finished.
Trusting Remus to handle it, the Headmaster let her return to classes. Dumbledore took over for Quirell for the last week of DADA, and things remained relatively quiet. Most people weren't overly worried about what happened to the incredibly annoying, DADA professor.
Riley played the meek and quiet character, as she knew the teachers were watching her. It wasn't long before final exams were taken, and the last day had arrived.
"So... any plans for the summer?" Hermione asked, as she and Neville sat with their Slytherin friends.
"Training." Riley muttered as she hungrily devoured the food on her plate.
"Is that just a shinobi thing? You seem like you're always training." Hermione replied.
"Shinobi? Wait is that what you are?" Pansy asked.
"None of you managed to figure it out?" Hermione asked in surprise, earning shakes of the head from all of the surrounding Slytherin. "Wow."
"Hey! Not all of us find reading every bloody thing in the library as interesting as you, Granger." Draco replied indignantly.
"Aw... is the little dragon angry?" Hermione replied with smile.
"Shut it, bookworm." Draco fired back.
"Ponce." Hermione replied.
"Know it all." Draco shot out.
"Inbred moron."
"Idiot!" They both shouted at each other.
"Shut up!" Riley shot at the two of them. The two looked at Riley, then shared a glance with each other, before bursting into laughter.
"So Riley... do you think you can teach me some of your ninjutsu next year?" Hermione inquired.
"Hm... that's an interesting prospect. Any of you guys wanna learn?" Riley asked the others at the table, getting a nod from each of them.
"Well alright. I guess I can show you all a thing or two. We'll have to wait until the start of next year, since I will be really busy over the summer with training. Though I can give you these. Follow the instruction and practice this chakra control method." Riley told them as she pulled out a scroll and opened it. She then pulled out several more, blank scrolls and muttered something under her breath. With a wave of her hand, the writing on the first scroll appeared on the rest.
"Okay... this scroll will explain how to use chakra, and also give you a method to increase your control. Study it, have it mastered by the start of next year, and I'll train you guys." Riley told them as she handed each a scroll.
They all started to question her about the various aspects of chakra, though they had to hold off as Dumbledore announced the winner of this year's house cup.
"It is with great pleasure that I announce Slytherin house victorious and the winner of this year's house cup." Dumbledore told the crowd, earning cheers from the Slytherin's, boos from the Gryffindors, and polite clapping from the Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws.
Afterwords they were sent off to the train to depart. Riley could only reflect on the year's events as they rode back to the station. It had it's exciting moments, and there were certainly quite a few interesting things going on during the year. Plus she made quite a few friends, which was a major boost for Riley. Returning to the station she could only wonder what the following year would bring, though first she had to make it through the summer, and man would that be a task. She wondered as she said her goodbyes and made her way to Remus, if Fleur had gotten her letter or not.
-Meanwhile-
"What has got you in such a good mood?" Asked one a Fleur's very few friends. All in all she only really had two, and they were the kind of friends that only hung out at school.
"I'm just thinking about the letter I got from my girlfriend." Fleur replied, as she waited for her parents to arrive to pick her up.
Both of Fleur's friends shared a surprised look.
"Your girlfriend? I did not know you were into girls?" her Friend replied.
"Yes well, there is much you do not know about me. But to answer your question, my girlfriend sent me a letter telling me when she was off, and when I can go see her. I am excited because I will be able to see her in a couple of days" Fleur replied.
"Hm... well I hope you enjoy seeing her." One of her friends said as Fleur's parents drove up. Fleur offered the two a smile, which didn't reach her eyes, as she spotted someone behind them in the distance. She saw Diana, one of her biggest tormentors strolling away from the school with her large group of friends. The girl spotted Fleur staring and sent a nasty look her way.
"Thank you." Fleur replied as she left. Still smiling about her upcoming meeting with Riley.
-Back with Riley-
'Alright. I told Fleur she could come to the island in a week, so... let's get these rituals out of the way.' Riley told the fox.
"Alright... normally these rituals would be incredibly difficult for a human, but since you're a half demon, we can get them all done within five days. We'll start with the easiest first, linking the two of us." The fox explained.
'Right just tell me what I need to do?' Riley replied with determination.
"Good. Let's begin." And from there Riley spent the rest of the day forming a mental link with the Nine Tails. It wasn't difficult it was just time consuming. She spent the day using her magic to form a link between the two of them, so that they could communicate flawlessly, and so the fox could use her senses to see the world.
Afterwards they began the process of turning Riley into a full demon. This ritual wasn't as time consuming it just took a lot of prep. She had to prepare a lot of runes and seals, along with using her blood as a medium. This all culminated in Riley performing some chants that ended with the world turning white and a burning sensation in her blood that was so painful she passed out.
It was three hours later when she awoke. The fox informed her that the ritual was a success. He said that it would take her just over two years to fully become a demon, but the change was occurring. He also said that her body was beginning to turn most of its chakra, into youki.
According to the Fox there was only a few major differences between youki and regular magic. First was that youki was a lot denser, coupled with the enhancements from the Rinnegan, and her Youki would be denser than even the Nine Tails'. The Fox also explained that while her core would naturally produce Youki to recharge her reserves, she could also convert excess emotions into youki. Basically, if she got really angry or excited, she could use an ability that all demons possessed to convert that emotion into a ton of energy. It's why demons like the Nine Tails could refill their cores in a few minutes rather than a couple of hours like a human, even though the demon's core is hundreds, maybe even thousands of times larger. The Fox also said that Youki infused with emotion, had different affects. If her Youki was infused with anger, then it would hurt her target more, but if it was say filled with lust, then those around the attack would feel turned on, as crazy as it sounded.
The Fox also explained that most demons only had a set of emotions, like the Fox mostly just had negative emotions. Riley, being born human, had all emotions at her disposal, so she could channel all sorts of different kinds of power into her attacks.
After all of the explanations were out of the way, Riley performed the last ritual which involved all of her knowledge of seals and her wood style, in order to perform. She was essentially turning her body into a summon temple that the fox would live in. She could summon it in battle, and since it was a summon she could give it a certain amount of energy. This took forever to do, as Riley had to ensure that her seals were compatible, and they could hold in the Nine Tails in the future. Once she was done and had gotten the approval of Madara and The Nine Tails. She opened her father's seal, and to her surprise her father appeared in her mindscape.
"What the hell is going on?" Riley asked.
"Must've been some sort of defense on the Seal." Madara muttered.
"Well this is odd... I don't sense the presence of the Nine Tails chakra... hmm... Narumi?" Minato stated aloud before he noticed her.
"Hello Minato. Mind explaining why you are in my body?" Riley stated as she activated her Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Is that the... Sharignan?" Minato asked as he saw it appear in her eyes.
"He must not have your father's memories. The last thing he remembers is being sealed inside of you, probably to reseal the Fox if it ever got out." Madara replied with chuckle.
"Fuck you Madara!" The fox growled in reply.
"Madara? What is happening?" Minato asked, obviously really confused.
"I'm turning my body into a temple so I can summon the Nine Tails into battle. Oh, and by the way... Fuck you!" Riley shouted giving him the finger in the process. Riley wasn't going to miss the opportunity to vent towards the man who had helped to ruin her life. This may not have actually been the real Minato, but it was close enough for Riley's purposes.
"What? What did I do? Narumi... what's going on? I was sealed here to stop the Fox from getting loose. I never thought I'd awaken in you though. You said you were trying to turn your body into a sealing temple?" Minato stated looking around the area.
"The only reason we are talking is because you aren't the same asshole who abandoned me. Yes... I'm turning my body into a temple so that I can summon the Nine Tails into the physical world. Figured I could get some use out of him, and he'd get to stretch his legs a bit." Riley replied.
"I... I abandoned you? Why?" Minato asked, looking horrified.
"I ask myself that every day. You would ignore me. Forget to feed me. Lock me out of the house! Yell at me when I tried to voice my opinion! You may be an amazing shinobi, but you are a really shitty father." Riley replied with enough venom to cause Madara to flinch, and he didn't even have a body.
"I... I can't believe I did that." Minato stated with a saddened look.
"Before I kick the ever-loving shit outta you, tell me something. Was Naruko always more important than me, or did it happen over time?" Riley asked darkly, her anger from her childhood building up as she glared at one of the people, she hated the most.
"Naruko... she holds the raw power of the Nine Tailed Fox. She isn't more important than you, it's just... she would have needed so much more help. The Fox's soul had no energy, it could easily be kept at bay but it's power... I'm sure she needed all of the help she could get, and probably still does. For what it's worth I am sorry that this happened. I never had any intention of leaving you behind. You're one of my precious children after all." Minato replied, sounding almost like his explanation was supposed to make her feel better.
"So... you would have abandoned me no matter what? All for her? It was always Naruko this, Naruko that. Well now she's thousands of miles away from me... and I don't have to deal with her or you." Riley replied angrily.
"Narumi... you need to go home. Naruko needs you by her side. With the power of the Nine Tails... she's the only one who can defeat the Masked Man. But she needs you there. She needs her big sister there to support her." Minato informed her.
"Support? You son of a bitch! Even now you think that all I can do is stand on the sidelines and cheer her on! You don't see me as anything compared to her!" Riley shouted at him.
"I'm sorry Narumi. I know you're strong... but I believe that without the Nine Tails' power, no one can defeat the Masked Man. Naruko has it, she can do it, I know she can. If you wish to avenge the village and get justice for all the innocent people that died, you have to support her in any way you can." Minato responded sounding so sure of himself.
"You motherfucker! You son of a bitch! I'm going to fucking kill you! And when I'm done... I'm gonna find that fucking Masked Man you're so afraid of and I'm gonna tear his fucking heart out! Then I'll leave his severed head on your desk in the Hokage tower, so you can look upon your mistake! You are no father to me! I hope you get nice and cozy in hell... cuz the rest of you will be joining you in the not-so-distant future!" Riley shouted defiantly as her Mangekyou spun wildly.
"I'm so sorry for your neglect Narumi. But we'll be a family again. It's the Fox's influence that has made you what you are. I'll seal it up thoroughly and use my remaining power to send you home." Minato replied as he pulled out a Hiraishin Kunai.
"My name is Riley Slytherin Uchiwa. You are nothing. Not my father. Not my Hokage. Not even my sperm donor. You are nothing at all! And now... I WILL RETURN YOU TO NOTHING!" Riley shouted as she flew through handsigns.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!" Riley shouted as she slammed her hands into the ground.
Minato's eyes widened in disbelief as dozens of large tree branches began to rise out of the floor. He jumped back to avoid being smashed by them and had to jump back again to avoid one of the branches that shot out at him.
Minato began to think of a game plan. Narumi was a lot stronger than he thought she should be at this age. To have wood style. The power to negate the Fox's demonic energy, maybe he was wrong.
The branch that shot at him stopped a few feet from striking him. The branch quickly sprung open, and Riley fell out of it. She couldn't be more than three feet from Minato now.
Minato tried to put some distance between himself and her, but he was too slow. He barely had any power to begin with, and he realized instantly that trying to force Narumi, had been the worst idea he could have come up with.
A giant blue hand appeared around him. Before he could dodge it, it grabbed him. Now caught, he could only look down into his daughter's eyes, which were spinning madly with those horrible red patterns.
"Now die you prick!" Riley snarled out as a very familiar sound, greeted his ears. With only one hand, he saw the Rasengan appear.
'She can use the Rasengan at such a young age? I know now... she wasn't lying. She's going to kill the masked man... and maybe me. God's... what have I done?!' These were Minato's last thoughts as she extended her hand and Susano'o's hand slammed Minato into her's.
There was a look of pain in his eyes for only a moment, before his body went limb, and began to fade away.
"Narumi..." He muttered weekly as he began to fade. "I'm... sorry."
And with that he was gone. Riley had only one thought as she watched her father fade away.
"God's that felt good!" Riley said with a menacing grin.
'Killing those that deserve your wrath is always a great feeling.' Madara replied. Not an ounce of remorse for the man his son had become.
"Now... you only need to do that to the real Minato. And you'll have earned my never-ending gratitude." The Fox stated.
Riley just gave the fox a look before approaching the seal and tearing the tag off.
"Welcome to your new home Fox. I look forward to working with you." Riley stated as the cage disappeared, and the Fox began to approach it's new temple which took the form of a massive forest with trees that dwarfed even the Nine Tails.
"Thanks brat. You can call me Kurama from now on. If we're going to be spending a century working together, we may as well get along." The Fox replied as it turned and wandered into its new home.
Riley nodded in reply and looked back to where her father had died.
'So... you think you will take Voldemort up on his offer of an alliance now?' Madara asked.
"Hm... maybe. Depends on his integrity. If he was telling me the truth back at school then sure, I don't see why not. However, I am sure of one thing." Riley replied as she grinned cruelly.
'And what is that?' Madara asked.
"Everything my father and mother have built. Everything they have worked for. I'm going to tear it all apart. I want to look in their eyes as they realize that I am more than they could ever dream of being, more then Naruko ever could be. I will surpass them in every way. And when I'm done... then they can try to apologize. Then they can look me in the eyes and tell me they're sorry." Riley stated with a viscous look in her eyes.
'Good... now you have a reason to fight. Now you have a goal. A dream. I will help you accomplish this. Let's begin your training with the Rinnegan.' Madara replied with a chuckle.
-A few days later-
Fleur paced in her room. She was staring at the portkey sitting on her desk. She had woken up and found that the light on it was green, instead of red. Meaning she could go see Riley. She was eager to go but didn't want to appear to be in a rush. Riley may have been her soulmate, and that affected how Fleur viewed Riley, but Fleur had no such advantages when it came to how Riley viewed her.
Her girlfriend was still a mystery to her, she had a certain allure that lent to the unknown. It added to Riley's mystique, whether she knew about it or not.
Fleur wanted to impress her, and a part of making a good impression was not appearing desperate.
She paced for a few more moments. She kept looking at the clock, waiting for another minute to go by. It was only 10:00am so Fleur was very eager to spend the day with Riley.
Another minute passed. Fleur finally gave in and grabbed her bag. She had packed some essentials for a day in either the forest, or on the beach, as Riley's island had both. She picked up the portkey and whispered the activation phrase. In a flash she was standing in the forest of Riley's island. She glanced around for a moment before the portkey began to glow, and a green light shown out of it. It pointed into a direction in the forest. Fleur assumed that it was pointing towards Riley, so she followed.
Two minutes of walking later, and she found herself standing at the edge of small pond, at the edge of a cliff. A small waterfall was pouring into the pond, and she could see Riley sitting at the base of the waterfall, with the heavy water pouring down on her. Fleur guessed that the water must be cold, given that they were so far north.
Fleur's eyes took note of Riley's attire. She was wearing simple khaki shorts, and a simple white tank top. She looked to be meditating under the water, though having that water pound down on you, couldn't make it easy. She was about to greet her, when Riley's eyes shot open.
Fleur was stunned to see those familiar ringed eyes, staring back at her. She was even more stunned to see the water around Riley begin push away from her body. Within a moment a perfect sphere of water had appeared around Riley, and for a moment it held. After a few seconds she saw Riley grit her teeth, and then vanish. And with her disappearance, all the water came crashing down to the pond with a loud splash.
"Hey pretty lady. Nice to see you again." Riley greeted Fleur as she Shushined next to her.
"Riley... that was very impressive. You must tell me all about this strange power of yours." Fleur greeted her, with a great deal of awe and curiosity in her eyes.
"Sure... but later. For now, I need to dry off." Riley replied, shaking her head, and allowing water to drip from it.
Fleur's eyes lowered, and she began to blush as she was able to see through Riley's white shirt.
"She has bigger breasts then I did at that age." Fleur said to herself as she could clearly see Riley breasts through her soaked shirt.
"Um... okay." Riley replied with a blush. Fleur hearing her statement, realized that she had said that out loud and blushed brightly.
Fleur allowed her eyes to drift a little lower, and she was a little surprised to see the curves of Riley's toned abs. She did not have a body builders' physique or anything, but she did have a firm toned core, from what Fleur could see through the shirt. What she didn't know was that Kunoichi, had evolved over the last couple thousand years to maintain sex appeal while putting on muscle. A Kunoichi could lift weights and work out like a body builder, and their muscles would never grow as large as a shinobi's. No their bodies instead, compacted the muscles, instead of growing them. So while a Kunoichi could have a six pack, they would never have a body like a shinobi would, a Kunoichi would always maintain, a womanly physique no matter how hard they worked out. This adaptation was born out of a need to hide their physical abilities. Seeing a muscular guy wasn't uncommon and didn't immediately inform you that he was a shinobi, but if you saw a heavily muscle-bound woman, then you'd realize she engages in intense physical workouts, so Kunuoichi developed methods to compact their muscles in order to hide them. (1)
"Sorry. I didn't mean to say that out loud." Fleur apologized after another awkward moment of silence.
"If nothing else, thanks for the confidence booster. I've been feeling kinda down lately." Riley replied as she turned her back to Fleur and began to pull her shirt off to wring out the water.
Fleur was going to turn away, to offer her a bit of privacy but before she could, her eyes passed over black markings on Riley's back. There were three, one on her left shoulder that looked like three concentric circles around a black dot. One on her right shoulder that had some kind of kanji writing. And finally, there was one that ran along her spine which was also in kanji.
"What are those marks on your back?" Fleur inquired.
"Those? They're seals I placed on my body to limit my power. The one on my right shoulder blade is a chakra limiter seal. Well actually it's three of them. One blocks fifty percent of my chakra, one blocks twenty percent, and one blocks ten percent. It allows me to move around without alerting every damn sensor for a hundred miles." Riley replied.
"You are only accessing twenty percent of your power?" Fleur gaped at her, mouth hanging open.
"No, if I ever got into a fight, I would deactivate all of them, it's mostly in place to help me hide from sensors. It's not meant to act as a handicap or anything." Riley explained turning partly to face Fleur. This action allowed Fleur a brief glimpse of Riley's chest, which she quickly moved her eyes from and focused instead on Riley's face.
Hearing how much power Riley was supposedly hiding, Fleur could only shake her head in disbelief. If she hadn't seen all of the black fire, swirling energy, and massive crater, she wouldn't have believed that. Hearing that someone had that much power, was insane.
"What about the other marks?" Fleur then asked, keeping her eyes from drifting lower than Riley's face.
"Oh, yeah, the one on my left shoulder blade is a gravity seal. It tricks my muscles into believing I'm moving under a higher degree of gravity. Currently it's set at twenty times earth gravity. I'll be raising it to twenty-one sometime soon. And finally, the last one, that runs along my spine is new. It's a seal that stores a portion of my power into it, in case I ever need it. With a thought I could unseal that power and refill my reserves." Riley explained as she finished wringing out her shirt. She put it back on and was happy to see that it was no longer see through.
She had noticed Fleur's attempts to not ogle her, and Riley was actually quite flattered that Fleur liked how she looked, she had hoped by turning a bit and offering her a side profile, Fleur might try and look again, and to her credit, she had to force herself not to look despite obviously wanting to. Riley had never really been shy about her body, not really. She'd never really considered herself pretty or anything of the sort, and in fact, when it came to warriors such as herself, Madara had actually trained her to take in the features of her opponent's body. Muscle definition and size, skin tone, scars, wear and tear, hygiene, height, weight, fat levels, all were things to take into account in battle, as they could all tell an intricate story about a person's past. So, Riley had the mindset of seeing the bodies of warriors as stories, rather than objects of intimacy. Considering she saw herself as a warrior, she viewed her own body in that way as well. The only part that made it embarrassing was that Fleur didn't see it like that.
Had Fleur had Madara's mindset and simply ignored it, Riley probably wouldn't have turned away at all.
If Fleur liked what she saw than Riley would happily tease her with it. If only to see the pretty Veela blush. It also helped to encourage the thought that Riley was interested as well. She wasn't against seeing the Veela with a bit more skin showing, but she wasn't about to actually say that.
Seemed like it was way too soon in their relationship where you could just say something like that, so dropping subtle hints was about as far as she felt like she could go at this point.
Regardless, it seemed to work, She'd gotten to see Fleur blush, so today was a win.
"So... what did you wanna do today?" Riley asked with a smile.
"Hm... well first why don't you show me around. If I'm going to be spending time here, I'd prefer to know my way around this place. Then who knows. Maybe we can enjoy a picnic at that meadow, in the center of the island." Fleur replied with a smile.
"Sure... alright. Well, let's go." Riley replied with a happy grin. Fleur offered her hand which Riley happily took, and the two wandered off to explore, both happy, and content to be in the others company.
-To be Continued-
Alright that's it for this chapter. Hope you liked it. Riley's starting to take a walk down the path of darkness. We're seeing her hatred for her family start to manifest itself. We'll see the rest of the summer and the beginning of 2nd year in the next chapter.
Oh I can't wait to see how Riley reacts to meeting Lockheart. Taking a poll right now, how long will the idiot last, before Riley get's rid of him, and on that note, how would she get rid of him? Kill him? Expose him? Humiliate him? His cannon fate? Oh I can't wait. Hope you guys enjoy Ja Ne!
(1) Not offending any muscled ladies. Just saying that in the narutoverse if kunoichi worked out as much as is required to be a ninja, they'd have big muscled bodies. We've seen that they don't so I only assume the bs I stated, is kinda the reasoning.)
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