Okay so, some of may have noted that things kind of exploded back in the previous chapter... that was in fact for a reason, and to the one person who wrote me a rather informative review, thank you for your input, my response should be in your inbox, if you haven't read it already. Now I will be explaining in this chapter why things got out of hand, as last chapter I simply wanted to show the effect first and then show you the cause... I do hope it's a descent turn, anyway, poll still up, please let me know what you think, keep the reviews comin'.

Note! Also I made a few changes in the last chapter along with cleaning it up. Please go back and read it, to clear up any questions. Though I should note that all I really did was explain things a little clearer and clean up some motivation so that things fit better for the explanations of this chapter.

Broken Angel

Chapter 18: Truth of Pain

(Flashback- Six days after school starts)

"Why do you care about her so much sempai?" a boar masked anbu whispered to Dog, as they watched Riley helping another student in charms.

"She's my friend... what else is there to say?" Dog replied with a shrug.

"The others think she's dangerous." Boar commented.

"Do they? What do you think?" Dog asked in reply. He was eager to hear what the rookie Anbu had to say. Most of the Anbu on this mission were rookies fresh out of training. They were handling a matter of importance to the Hokage but if they happened to mess it up, at least the village wouldn't suffer. In fact, Dog was the only veteran Anbu on this mission. The second longest standing member was his fellow captain, whom had been an Anbu for three years, and was only just recently promoted to captain. Dog had to show him the ropes and gauge his performance as well as gauge the rest of the team as well.

Most new Anbu were headstrong, and a lot of the newer members were civilian born, which was causing a rift to form in the corp. Roughly two-fifths of the Anbu division was civilian born, while the rest came from long standing families of ninja. Now while most of the ninja born knew that they served the Hokage, and only the Hokage, the civilian born didn't see it that way, they believed that Anbu served the village and whomever was running it. From an outsider looking in, it would appear like both sides followed the same line of thought, but that couldn't be farther from the truth.

The civilian born ninja, not just in Anbu, but in the entire force, knew that the council were the ones who really ran the village. The Hokage would just keep things in order, and protect the village, but the council really ran things. They thought up new laws, they handled finances, they handled agriculture, and infrastructure. All kinds of things like that fell under the council's control, and the Hokage was losing more and more power each day. Most people didn't even realize that the Hokage couldn't even declare war with another nation without the council's approval. To those who knew the truth, about how far the title of Hokage had fallen, they could only ask 'why?'

The answer wasn't surprising... the village was too large! Counting everyone, there was over two million people living in Konohagakure no Sato, and that number continued to soar with each passing day. With so many people to manage the Hokage was forced to delegate powers to assistants, so that things could be micromanaged, without the Hokage having to do it all.

The problem was that too much power was delegated to people who weren't the Hokage. It started with the second Hokage, who never wanted to sit in an office and do paperwork. He was a warrior, and like a warrior, he chose to live on the battlefield, thus his assistants handled the day-to-day operations of the village. When the Third took over is when the population really boomed, and suddenly more power needed to be delegated to others so the Hokage could remain focused on the big issues.

This was one reason why Dog hated politics, and it was also the reason why he was leaving the Corp after this mission. He had been looking for an excuse to leave for a while, and Naruko would be graduating from the academy in a few months, so he could return to being a Jonin, and take her as a student. The problem came in the form of who else he would have to take as a student if he wanted to leave. That problem being Sasuke Uchiha.

Itachi was an amazing man, though he was also a busy man. Having to spend so much time away, so that he could support Sasuke and the rest of the surviving Uchiha. This of course left the impressionable young Sasuke, open to more malevolent role models. Role models like some of the older surviving Uchiha children, who hated Itachi for murdering their parents. Sasuke had also awakened the Sharingan during Itachi's massacre, making Sasuke one of two Uchiha in the village who possessed it. This of course led to the council taking a keen interest in the young Uchiha, which greatly upset Itachi, but when he tried to speak out against the council, that's when the High ranking and dangerous missions began to flow in, and Itachi found himself away from the village for weeks at a time. Soon, Sasuke started to hate his brother, and the two drifted apart, leaving poor Itachi heartbroken.

The end result of this, was Sasuke turning into quite the arrogant little prick. The kid was good, he could actually take on Naruko and beat her if he was trying. He was a true prodigy like his older brother... but the kid was an asshole. He was pompous, mean spirited, often looked down on others, thought the world revolved around him, and didn't work well with, or respect others. The council wanted Dog to train the little brat in the use of the Sharingan since Itachi was too busy to do so. Of course, Dog had to accept, otherwise he'd find his resignation paper, getting lost in the system somewhere, and he'd be unable to leave. Though deep down he knew what the council really wanted, they just wanted Sasuke on Naruko's team. He knew they planned for the two to get together to create powerful offspring, especially since they knew that Naruko, also possessed the genetics required for the Sharingan even if she had never awoken it. Though she had tried, ever since learning of Riley possessing the legendary Dojutsu, Naruko had pushed herself to awaken the Sharingan so she could surpass her older sister. Though she never managed it.

And where was Minato during all of this nonsense? Training his precious Naruko, of course. Even after having Riley leave, little changed. Naruko was still the light of her parents' world, and the village still filled the Girl-who-Lived's head with ideas of grandeur.

Dog simply shook his head and waited for Boar's reply, it took a few moments and Dog started to get impatient. "Well?"

"I'm not sure. She's powerful... and I don't know if I trust something that powerful just sitting here for any crazed madmen to come and take. I'd feel safer if she were in the Leaf, where the Hokage could keep an eye on her." Boar replied after a moment of thought.

"Well then you're a fool. Not as big a fool as Hawk, but still a fool." Dog stated.

"Sempai?" Boar asked, sounding confused.

"That girl down there doesn't like the Leaf. But I don't think she hates it. I'm pretty sure all she wants is to be left alone. If I'm right, then it would be better for us to just leave her be, otherwise that dislike for the leaf, will turn into full blown hate, and when that happens, then we need to worry about her coming after us. I'd rather not get to that point and just leave her alone." Dog replied sagely.

"Hmm... that's an interesting point." Boar reluctantly agreed.

"Smart man." Dog commented as the class was dismissed.

-Two days later-

"Captain." Boar stated.

"What is it?" Dog asked in reply. He was currently doing his rounds through the castle, checking to make sure there was no sign of Sirius Black.

"I think captain Hawk is up to something." Boar stated after a moment.

"Really? Why is that?" Dog asked.

"The last few days he's been watching the Hokage's daughter, almost like he was trying to figure something out, and earlier today he and his team had a meeting and they seemed really pissed off about something when it was done." Boar informed him.

"'Sigh' I didn't think the moron would actually try anything. What are they up too?" Dog replied.

"I don't know... but it seems as if they have been watching the Hokage's daughter very closely since then, almost like they're waiting for something." Boar replied.

"Damn... alright. I'll handle this, you continue with a search of the castle, I don't want Black to sneak by, while we're busy dealing with in-fighting." Dog ordered as he headed off to find Hawk.

Meanwhile, Hawk was hiding in the rafters of one of the hallways, glaring down at Riley as she conversed with her friends before class. After a moment they entered into the nearby classroom. Hawk moved to follow but before he could move, Dog appeared in front of him.

"Hey there Hawk... I've been hearing some interesting things about you and team 61, why don't we have a chat?" Dog, said sounding far too nice. Before Hawk could reply, Dog grabbed him and carried him via Shunshine to a private location.

"What do you want Dog? I'm busy." Hawk snapped out, sounding incredibly irritated.

"I hear you and your team have been having little meetings behind my back. I also hear that you've been acting a little grouchy lately. So... what's up?" Dog asked.

"Nothing you need concern yourself with Dog. We were only discussing how to better handle our mission." Hawk replied curtly.

"And... why are you suddenly in such a mood?" Dog inquired.

"Uh... look... I guess, it's just being so far from the hidden Leaf. I mean you really couldn't get further from it then here, we're pretty much on the opposite side of the planet. I guess I'm a little irritated being so far from home." Hawk explained.

"Okay... I'd buy that. If I was a fresh Genin... or an idiot." Dog replied with an amused chuckle.

"I'm being honest." Hawk stated.

"I'm sure you are. Just like I'm sure that this has nothing to do with Riley." Dog said as he crossed his arms.

"Hmph... so I don't like being around the little brat, so what?" Hawk snapped out.

"So what? So... we're on an official mission, hunting a fugitive... act like a professional! You're not some fresh Genin, or even some rookie Chuunin. You've been in ANBU for three years! Start acting like it!" Dog snapped in reply.

"Alright... you really wanna know why I don't like that girl? Well just take a look at the Hokage. The man has been miserable since she left, and we've had to deal with a miserable Hokage for the last six years, while she's been off playing schoolgirl, so forgive me if I'm a little upset at her presence." Hawk replied indignantly.

"You didn't seem overly bothered by that fact, before you remembered that she was a Jinchuriki. In fact... after you remembered you became quite hostile towards her." Kakashi pointed out.

"Look... I don't think that Jinchuriki, even ones with only part of a demon inside of them, like her, should just roam free. Jinchuriki never cause anything other then trouble. Plus look at what she's doing... she's been teaching those 'friends' of hers techniques that belong to the Hidden Leaf. I can't believe you're just okay with that?" Hawk stated, sounding very upset by that.

"So, she's teaching her little friends how to Wall Walk, it's not like every other ninja on the planet doesn't already know how or anything. It isn't a big deal." Dog replied.

"Those techniques aren't what I'm talking about. She's started to teach that blonde haired boy the Fireball Jutsu, and the big fat kid, with the large chakra reserves, she's started teaching him the Shadow Clone Jutsu. These are our village's secret techniques! Something has to be done about this!" Hawk informed him in an agitated tone.

"Oh gods... don't be such a drama queen. Sure those are abilities she learned while in the Leaf, but technically, the Fireball Jutsu belongs to the Uchiha, and their extended families which includes the Uchiwa. So she can teach it to whomever she wants. The Shadow Clone Jutsu on the other hand... well... what can I say, the village shouldn't of chased away someone who knew a secret technique." Dog informed him before finishing with a shrug.

"I don't understand why you aren't more worried about this? This girl is obviously trouble." Hawk shot at him in frustration.

"And if I recall you wanted to bring that 'trouble' back to the Leaf?" Dog reminded him.

"I simply think she should be somewhere that someone like master Jiraiya or the Fourth can keep an eye on her, not halfway around the fucking planet." Hawk rebutted.

"So... you're just an idiot is what you're telling me?" Dog tried to bait him into getting angry and getting to the real root of this issue.

"I don't get you! There is something seriously fucked up about that girl, and you refuse to see it!" Hawk rebutted while also refusing to take Dog's bait.

"Oh... is that it! You're just like all the other moronic villagers whom can't seem to look past the demon sealed inside of her. Listen to me very well when I say this... SHE! IS! A! NORMAL! GIRL! Whom happens to have a demon's soul sealed inside of her. She isn't the Nine Tails!" Dog fired back with enough venom to cause lesser men to wither.

"That's not what I'm saying! There is something wrong with her! Just fucking look at what she can do! That child became a Chuunin at Eight, Jonin at Ten. And she never went to the academy. Sure you were young when you became a Chuunin, but you at least went to the academy and grew up in a time of war. She didn't." Hawk explained.

"Anything else... cuz if not, you're really just being paranoid." Dog replied condescendingly.

"Oh... there's more. That child nearly killed one of the Sannin at eight. Eight! She nearly killed one of our top ANBU the same year. She also managed to awaken the Sharingan and master it, and unlock a new variation of it, in less than a year! Plus, there's everything she's done since coming to this school. Since being here, she has basically seized control of Slytherin house, to the point where the older students won't even think of acting out, for fear of angering her. She also killed a troll, and a damn Basilisk, which according to one of my squad-mates, can still kill people with dojutsu. And... she's already mastered most of the spells here at the school. Most of the teachers are teaching her fifth- and sixth-year spells. Not to mention she seems to have made friends with nearly every influential member of her house, which will be a huge bonus to her in the future... I'm pretty sure I missed something, but to sum it all up in one statement, 'The girl is thirteen, almost fourteen, she should not be able to do all of this shit!'" Hawk replied.

Dog stood there for a second, thinking about everything that had been said, after a moment he finally replied. "It is a bit odd... but some people are just extraordinary."

"You're right... people like you, and Weasel are extraordinary. People like the Hokage are extraordinary. People like the Sannin are extraordinary! This girl... beat a Sannin in one hit!" Hawk replied with anger.

"So what? Lady Tsunade was not ready for that attack. If she had, things would have gone much differently, I'm sure. But beyond that, what's your point? She's amazing, why does that piss you off so much?" Dog fired back.

"It doesn't piss me off that she's amazing... it's why? You don't seem to see it, but I do. The answer is right there, sealed into her stomach." Hawk stated darkly.

"Oh Gods... you see! This is what it ALWAYS comes back too. She has the Fox's soul sealed inside of her, that must mean that she's been possessed by it. So, let's do the stupid thing and try to kill her and therefore it... but wait... when it dies, it always comes back!" Dog growled in reply, having enough to hear with this constant headache.

"Do you take me for a fucking idiot!? I know that she isn't the fox. If the Fourth's seal can hold back all of the Fox's power within lady Naruko, then it surely can hold back it's powerless soul." Hawk sniped back.

"Then what the hell does the Fox have to do with this?" Dog asked.

"I think it's training her." Hawk stated, causing Dog to actually recoil in surprise. Dog actually had to take a second to analyze that statement. He had never thought about that before, about the possibility of Riley being in contact with the fox, and getting trained by it.

"Being amazing is one thing... but you don't become amazing without help. I think it's training her. I think it's been helping her since she was little. I think, it's the reason she's here. The longer I watch her, the more I think it's true." Hawk stated.

"What do you mean?" Dog asked, his eyes narrowing as he did.

"I think... it wanted her away from the village. How could she know so much about the laws of the Land of Fire? How could she learn all of those jutsu and abilities, without ever being taught? How could she know so much about the world? About politics? And fighting? Her treatment in the village couldn't of been that bad... it might've sucked, but so much that she'd run halfway across the planet? And now, she's gathering allies... preparing for the future. That girl has put a lot of planning into the future... just look at all of her 'friends' and you can see it. This reeks of the fox... all of the older kids are scared of her. The kids in the other houses, hate or fear her. She's got a spy in each house, and she's close to all the teachers... this is all too much of a 'coincidence' don't you think?" Hawk explained sounding very serious about everything that he was saying.

"So what? What is it you plan to do if you're right? You've said it yourself; she took on a Sannin and won... what are you or anyone else going to do to her? I wasn't kidding on the train when I told you that going after her in any way will result in a fool's death." Dog stated darkly.

"She needs to be brought back to the Leaf. No one here has the sealing knowledge to prove me right. But on the off chance that I am, and she isn't just a fucking miracle of nature, the Hokage needs to check on the seal. Repair it. Change it. Hell do something to cut her off from the fox." Hawk replied.

"Look... if you wanna take up your fears with the Hokage... you go on ahead and do it. But until he gives the go ahead... 'I' am the only one allowed to interact with her... got it?" Dog responded in a commanding tone.

"She's under the influence of a demon. I know it. You watch... when things get crazy here, like they have every year since she arrived, you'll see what I see. Then you'll realize the truth." Hawk replied darkly.

"Yeah... I'm sure I will." Dog replied, sarcasm dripping from his voice as he turned to walk away.

"My sister was a member of squad 31, Dog. You remember them, don't you? Sent to escort the Hokage's daughter to the council chamber's and she put them all in the hospital. We were never told what happened to that squad, but we all knew. We all knew that it was her who did it. My sister lost her hand on that day... her squad-mates weren't so lucky. One is still in a coma, even to this day!" Hawk told him.

Dog stopped to listen to Hawk's words, he then glanced back at him. "So, this is about revenge?"

"No... not revenge. Just giving you some back-story... you see, none of them ever told anyone about what really happened to them. But my sister talks in her sleep... and I watched over her, for the month it took her to recuperate. I listened as she whispered, about glowing red eyes, and animalistic snarling. About the rage she witnessed in those horrible red eyes. When I asked her about it... she refused to say anything... well mostly... she did tell me one thing... she said that in all her years, she had only ever seen that kind of rage once before, and that was when the Nine Tails attacked our village. The fox is doing something to your 'friend' Captain... You'll see, in time... I just hope that when the time comes... it isn't too late to save these kids, and maybe her as well." Hawk replied somberly, before Shunshining away.

Dog stood in silence for a few moments, reflecting on what he had heard. A few seconds passed before he said to himself, 'You're wrong... … … god's I hope you're wrong.'

Days passed and it was the day of the Boggart incident. Now while Dog had been hiding in the ceiling rafters, Hawk had been hiding just outside the window. Hawk had seen everything, he watched as all of the students recoiled in horror at seeing Riley's boggart, he watched the horror on the young girl's face as she saw her greatest fear and he knew, he knew deep down inside that he was right. The fox was influencing her, and she was afraid of what she would become.

She was afraid of the village, of Leaf Ninja. This had to be the Fox's doing, it was the only thing that truly made sense in his mind.

While Riley was escorted out of the room, Hawk returned to his team, to tell them what happened. Being of a similar mindset, they all agreed with him.

"We need to do something. We can't just wait around for the demon to drive her further away from the village. She has to return to the village so she can get help. Jinchuriki were never meant to roam free... even ones who hold no real power, fall under their demon's influence." One of the anbu stated.

"I agree, she has to go back... but how? We can't force her, she's far too powerful." Another added.

"We have to make her want to go back." Hawk stated.

"How? She's terrified of the village, the Fox has already gotten into her head." One of his squad-mates asked.

"We sever every connection she has here at the school. We put the pressure on her, and her friends, until she has no choice but to leave, then we swoop in and offer her sanctuary in the Leaf. We offer her a place to find her footing and get things straightened out. That should get her back. Once she's there, the Hokage can look into fixing the seal and severing her connection to the Demon." Hawk explained.

"Okay... descent idea, but how do we go about it?" Another one of his squad-mates asked.

"We turn the school against her and her friends. We make it so bad that in order to protect her friends from further persecution, she'll leave. We plant the seeds of fear and hatred in the students and use the house rivalries to ignite a feud, and we use the feud to force her to leave. She cares for her friends and she'll do the right thing to keep them safe from harm. The Fox may be manipulating her but you've seen how much she cares for her friends. She's still the Fourth Hokage's daughter after all, she'll do the right thing." Hawk told them.

"What about the mission? What about Black?" The only woman on the team asked.

"What do you think would matter more to the Hokage, having a man he hates killed, or having his eldest daughter back?" Hawk replied sternly.

"Alright then... let's get started. Maybe if we can get her to go back to the village, the Hokage wont be so depressed all the time." Another said. They all nodded in agreement. They all knew that the Hokage was depressed over the loss of his daughter, he buried himself in training Naruko, and in paperwork to avoid his problem. The village wasn't running so smoothly with him like that, and they needed the Hokage at full potential in order to protect the village. The council could run things, but the Hokage wasn't doing his job to the fullest of his abilities, wasn't putting his heart into it. Maybe having Lady Narumi back in the village would help him, and also her. Either way, they needed to get Narumi under control... she was too dangerous to be left free, so far from those whom knew how to control such power, and could help her deal with the Demon's influence.

The team then began to plan out what they would do. It was decided that one house would be drown in fear. One in hate, and one would be a mixture, as to maximize the effects.

From there, the team split up and headed for Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor houses. They split up, with two heading to the puff's house, two to the Ravenclaw's and Hawk heading to the Gryffindors.

In the Puff house, the Anbu started to use discreet Genjutsu to force the third years to see the demonic form of Riley following them. They would wait until the third-year puffs explained what happened to the other years, before doing the same thing to them. An atmosphere of fear, and paranoia set in at Hufflepuff house, as the ANBU were exceedingly effective in their task.

In Ravenclaw house the two set about studying and then henging into third years and spreading rumors of what they had heard.

"...And I heard she was carrying a severed head." the Henged Anbu explained to some older Claw.

"It was a boggart, a reflection of her greatest fear. No need to get so worked up about it." the older student replied.

"You're right, but I'm more worried about what her fears mean. I mean she obviously fears the Hidden Leaf, she was wearing one of their uniforms. The Leaf is one of our allies, they helped us beat You-Know-Who, the Girl-Who-Lived is from there. I'm just worried about what it means for the leader of the Slytherins to have such disdain towards the people that helped us, towards a hero." the Anbu replied.

"What do you mean?" The older student asked.

"Think about it, many of the Death Eaters during the war, were from Slytherin House. They already have a good reason to despise the Leaf, and now their new leader seems to be afraid of it, that worries me." The disguised Anbu explained earning a thoughtful and concerned look from the Ravenclaw.

"Also have you noticed that all her 'friends' are all top of their classes? Even those idiots Goyle and Crabbe are doing better than you'd think. It just seems odd to me, that everyone close to her is now amazing at magic, it almost seems like she's training them. For what, I have no idea, but it's weird." And with that, the disguised ANBU left, using a genjutsu, to make the Claw forget whom she had, had this conversation with, but leaving the conversation intact. The claw wouldn't notice the lack of recall, it was a looped memory, if they tried to recall whom they had the conversation with, their minds would loop over to what had occurred in the conversation instead, thus preventing them from remembering anything but the conversation but not allowing them to notice the lack of recall.

And that's pretty much how things went in Ravenclaw house. The two Anbu would plant the seeds of fear and doubt into the minds of the students. They were so affective that some of the claws could later be found in the library researching history, looking to perhaps find something that could lead them to answers. They spent a lot of time studying the things that were documented about what happened before the war, and the role those from Slytherin house played in it.

Of course that was when the Anbu got a brilliant idea and left an old newspaper on a table, that detailed a piece by the Daily Prophet about how house Slytherin supported Lord Voldemort almost exclusively.

In Gryffindor house, similar events were transpiring. Instead of planting the seeds of fear and paranoia, Hawk was stoking the headstrong Gryffindor's anger. He would henge into the students and spread gossip and rumors, he focused his attention on Riley's fear and hatred of the Hidden Leaf and possibly the Girl-Who-Lived as well. Hawk knew enough about Britain's society to know the hatred between the dark and the light families. Almost every Gryffindor was light, while almost every Slytherin was dark. So, Hawk used that to his advantage making it seem like Riley was finding likeminded individuals who would also hate the country's hero.

He also went around prodding the Gryffindors by reminding them that Riley was the reason they kept losing points, and the reason why they couldn't win the house cup. He also acted like a typical Gryffindor and pointed out that given how much political power Riley was gathering, and how powerful she was, she was acting a lot like an up-and-coming dark lord. He simply pointed out that, all of Slytherin house followed her... and since they were all dark... that made her akin to a dark lord. Hawk spoke in such a simplistic manner that it was easy for the Gryffindors to understand and agree with his conclusion. He then began to track down the biggest idiots in Gryffindor house and began planting the seeds of heroism in their heads. He started to fill their minds with lofty ideals, and the idea of being heroes by stopping this fledgling dark lord.

It didn't take long after Riley's return for things to explode. Fights started to break out, and suddenly all eyes were on Riley. The Anbu quickly began to lay on the pressure, by goading the students in secret. They had to be careful lest Dog's team find out what they were doing. Eventually they decided it was time to attack Riley's friends.

The Anbu would henge into different Ravenclaw's and steal Luna's stuff, or lock her out of her room. They'd push the other claws into confronting Hermione. While in Hufflepuff house they started to push the puffs into trying to get Neville away from the dangerous Slytherin's. Naturally the puffs being all into loyalty and defending one another, were easily pushed into confrontation with the Longbottom heir. Things were even easier in Gryffindor house as Hawk began planting the seed that Katie was working for the Slytherin's and spying on their house. It wasn't that hard for the Gryffindor's to buy it, with them seeing dark wizards in every corner now a days.

Then Sirius Black attacked the Gryffindor entrance portrait, and the ones whom were supposed to be watching it, were busy trying to start a riot in the school. Hawk's team quickly came up with an excuse as to their members absence from the Gryffindor common room. They simply stated that he heard some students discussing a secret, and decided to follow and listen in, thinking it might give them some info that could be relevant to their mission. It wasn't going to get them out of trouble or anything, but at least no one would go looking into why they weren't at their post.

For the next few days the Anbu were on high alert looking for Black, and therefore could not continue with their plans, everything was quieting down as an atmosphere of paranoia, and fear, descended onto the populous of the school.

Riley was walking down the hall by herself when she heard two people walking to catch up with her, before she could turn to see who it was she felt two people drape there arms over her shoulder and start to guide her to a side hall.

"Well if it isn't our favorite little Slytherin Queen." one of the now identified Weasely twins stated.

"We've been looking for you. Got something we wish to discuss." The other said as they made it to their destination.

"What can I do for you guys?" Riley asked as she slid out from under their arms and turned to face them.

"We've come to do a little bit of business." Said George, or was it Fred?

"Yes... you see we've had our hands on a rather interesting artifact for the last few years and while we normally wouldn't wish to part with it, certain things had come to our attention that require we approach you with an offer." The other twin added.

"You wanna sell me something? What is it?" Riley asked.

"A very useful map we've had in our possession for quite some time... shall we show it to her, Gred?"

"That we should Forge."

Then one of the twins pulled out a piece of parchment. He also pulled out his wand and stated, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." then he tapped his wand onto the paper and after a moment, ink marks started to appear. It took a few moments but finally Riley understood what she was seeing. It was a magical map of the school, that also listed where everyone was. They opened to the page that showed where they were, and as clear as day, she could see the three of their names right there. She also saw Kakashi's name about five yards away... probably up in some rafters or something.

"Wow... that is a useful artifact... I have to wonder though... why are you so willing to part with it?" Riley inquired with a curious look.

"Well, you see... we wanted to thank you for looking out for our little sister. Ron's been pestering her ever since she was put into Slytherin house, so that's why we're willing to show it to you." One of the twins replied.

"The reason we're willing to sell it to you, is that you offer good business, and we can't lose one of our best jobs." The other twin added. What he was saying was true... since the whole Boggart incident, the Slytherin's including Riley had been offering the Weasely twins payment for pranking certain targets, whom were annoying them.

"Yeah, and with everything that's been happening, we all know things are likely to explode, and when they do, spells are gonna start flying. So it's best to know where all your enemies and your allies are at all times. Besides, the Marauders always looked out for the younger years and always targeted bullies. We wouldn't be doing our duty to them if we didn't offer help to one of our friends." Fred, or maybe George stated.

"What do the Marauders have to do with this?" Riley asked.

Both the twins smiled and folded the map back to it's cover. Riley read the words on the front, it said 'Moony, Dash, Wormtail, and Padfoot, are proud to present, the Marauder's Map.'

"Those are the names of all the Marauder's. Great fellows them. Would give anything to meet 'em." One of the twins stated.

"Alright, how much?" Riley asked.

"Hm... well,"

"Since you've taken good care of ickle Ginny,"

"I'd say fifty galleons." The twins alternated back and forth.

"Deal! And I'll throw in a bonus... I know who all of the Marauder's are. Though you might not like to know." Riley told the two. She saw their eyes light up at the prospect of learning whom their heroes really were. They accepted and Riley quickly pulled out her money pouch and handed them their money.

"Alright... tell us." The twins stated in unison.

"Well... sadly... Wormtail is dead. His real name was Peter Pettigrew. He was killed by Sirius Black, otherwise known as Padfoot. Dash is actually a woman, the rest of the Marauder's called her that because her animagus form was that of a doe, and she was very fast. She left to the Elemental Nations and married Minato Namikaze... you might know her better as the mother of the Girl-who-got-lucky-and-lived, Lily Namikaze... and finally Moony, is our own DADA teacher Remus Lupin." Riley told the two.

"Wow... that is heavy." One of the twins commented.

"Yeah... sucks what happened to most of them, but Remus is awesome. Definitely need to see if he has any tips for some novice pranksters." The other twin added.

"Well, shouldn't be too hard. He may seem like a stick in the mud, but when you get him going, Remus is quite the prankster. I learned a lot from him when I was little, it's where I learned to become a prankster myself." Riley told them.

Both shared a look before offering a bow. "Oh, dearest Queen, forgive us for not knowing our place. You were raised by one of the Marauders, you are truly royalty." The two said in unison earning a chuckle from Riley.

"You boys stay safe alright? Murderer runnin' around here." Riley told them as she took the map and headed off.

She walked about ten yards before stopping and looking up to where Dog was hiding in the rafters.

"You got time for that talk now?" Riley called up to him.

In a flash he was by her side. "Sure... I've got time."

"So... how are things?" Riley asked as the two started walking.

"Fine... this is my last mission in ANBU, afterwards I'll be rejoining the ranks as a Jonin. The Hokage asked me to train Naruko." Dog informed her as they walked. Dog's appearance drew the attention of a lot of the students, they whispered amongst themselves, pondering whom the dog masked man could be.

"I'm not surprised. So how is the Girl-Who-Lived?" Riley asked, her tone dripping in sarcasm.

"You know Naruko. Headstrong as always. She's grown a lot. I'd say she's easily Chuunin level. She thinks about you a lot. Never says anything but I can tell she's thinking about you." Dog replied.

"hm..." Was Riley's reply as they kept walking, her gaze staying ahead. On the inside she wondered what her sister could be thinking about, but she didn't want Kakashi to notice that she was curious, so she kept neutral.

"So... how have you been? Your last few letters never mentioned anything about a girlfriend?" Dog asked giving Riley a look.

"Yeah... well... there was a good reason for that." Riley replied with a huff.

"And that was?" Dog asked with amusement.

"I didn't want you and Itachi giving me shit about it." Riley said with a bit of a blush.

"Ha... whelp too bad, cuz here I am. So, tell me about her?" Dog asked with a chuckle.

"Please don't." Riley muttered.

"Aw... is someone embarrassed? Come on, what's she like? Give me some details?" Dog inquired.

"Fine. Her name is Fleur, she looks... …. exactly like the severed head you saw my boggart carrying. She's french, a veela, she's kind, beautiful, fun to be around, quite the flirt, and whenever I'm around her I just feel like... I don't even know how to describe it." Riley told him. Dog could tell from the look in her eyes that she was deeply infatuated with this girl. Whomever she was, she must have been someone amazing to get Riley to act like this.

"You sound like you're in love." Dog commented.

"I am. We told each other that we loved one another a little while back. I really care for her." Riley said with another blush.

"Huh... wow. Well, good for you. I hope you two make each other very happy." Dog said, though you couldn't see it, you could tell from his tone that he was smiling under that mask of his.

"So... you found love yet?" Riley asked after a moment.

"Yeah... my precious Icha Icha. She's the best woman I've ever met, and she'll never leave me." Dog replied as he pulled out his favorite book, and hugged it to his chest, comically.

"Dumbass." Riley muttered. There was a pause before the two burst into laughter. Both happy to be in each others company once again.

The two continued to talk about random things for a little while, with Dog teasing her some more about Fleur. Eventually they went their separate ways, promising to meet again soon.

That night Riley used the map to locate the rest of the Anbu. She quickly dispatched Shadow Clones to start spying on them, to learn what they were up to. She also sat awake trying to find Sirius Black on the map. She spent nearly an hour looking before she spotted something very interesting. A name that shouldn't have been there.

"Peter Pettigrew?" Riley muttered aloud.

"DA! DA! DUM!" Kurama bellowed out.

'What the hell was that?' Madara asked.

'Yeah what was that?' Riley asked as well.

"Just being dramatic... Sorry... sorry 'bout that." Was the fox's reply, before it burst into laugher.

"Fucking Fox." Riley muttered as she shot up and headed for the door, eager to find the person listed as 'Peter Pettigrew.'

-To Be Continued-

Alright guys, hope you like it, and I hope that clears everything up. Now Riley can track the Anbu with ease throughout the school. She's sure to learn what they are planning quite quickly now that she'll be following them. Plus now she's onto Peter's scent... how is that gonna go down I wonder? We'll just have to see next chapter. Poll still open, end of third year in next chapter... and also... one of the girls may be starting to feel something for Riley, who could it be? You'll just have to wait and see. JA NE!

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