Alright into the new house and computers back up. Internet connection is shit, but I can still post. Now someone pointed out that they were surprised that Riley didn't just outright kill all the members of Hawk's squad and my reply to that is that she was probably very clear headed at the time, coupled with her closeness to Kakashi. If he hadn't said anything to stop her, I am pretty sure they all would have ended up dead. And as for the Gryffindors well, they hadn't hurt Katie yet, so that probably saved them. This chapter we'll see the end of third year, the repercussion of the events of the last few chapters, and the summer time. Hope you enjoy and let me know if any of you have a good name for femgaara, otherwise I'm going to just stick with gaara.
Broken Angel
Chapter 20: More Schemes
Minato let out another tired sigh. One more piece of paperwork, and he was done for the day. That was what he told himself three hours ago. Now it was midnight, and he was still working alongside a team of four Shadow Clones, and yet still the paperwork seemed to multiply faster than he could complete it.
Minato was about to tear his hair out when he heard a knock at the door.
'Oh thank god! Social Interaction!' "Come in!" Minato thought and then stated.
The door opened revealing Dog who stepped in and closed the door behind him.
"Kakashi? What are you doing here?" Minato asked with surprise.
"Captain of team 47, reporting in, Lord Hokage." Dog replied formerly, causing Minato to raise an eyebrow.
"Where's your team? And Hawks?" Minato inquired.
"Hawk and half of my squad are in the hospital. Lady Tsunade is working to try and save Hawk's life right now. All of Hawk's squad were cursed during the mission so I sent them to the hospital as well, and I'll need to ask Lady Namikaze what she thinks should be done about them. The only other member of my squad still operating is Boar, whom I'm happy to say displayed a cool head, and a greater deal of forethought then his fellows." Dog replied stoically.
"What the hell happened?" Minato asked in surprise. Hearing two whole Anbu teams were out of commission, was not something the tired Hokage wanted to hear this late at night.
"Mission failed, Lord Hokage." Dog replied.
"Explain Kakashi." Minato ordered as he stood from his seat and leaned forward giving Kakashi an intense look.
Instead of saying anything Kakashi simply reached behind himself and pulled out a newspaper, he placed it on the desk in front of the Hokage and gestured towards it.
Minato looked down at the paper. He saw that it was the Daily Prophet. Scanning the headline, his eyes widened. "Sirius Black, exonerated on all charges. Peter Pettigrew taken into custody."
"What is this?" Minato asked as he picked up the paper and began reading.
"Sirius was proven innocent. Turns out Peter Pettigrew has been alive the whole time. He's the one whom sold out our squad to Iwa. Then he pinned the blame on Sirius and killed all those muggles in London. He cut off his own finger, turned into a rat, and escaped leaving Sirius holding the bag as they say. And he was subsequently thrown into Azkaban without trial. As to what happened to my team, well that's simple. Riley er... Narumi found him, and learned of his innocence. When my team arrived we tried to put Black down immediately, upon your orders. Narumi protected him. She disemboweled two of them with a flaming blade, and then threw them into some sort of magical tree that slammed them into the earth. Both are in critical condition. We were able to get them here in time... hopefully. And another member of my squad reached for her blade while also calling Narumi a bitch, angered by that, Narumi punched her in the stomach so hard that she now has organ damage." Kakashi explained as he removed his mask.
"He was innocent? All this time?" Minato said to himself.
"Yes sensei. He was. He's been cleared of all charges though, and he's going home." Kakashi informed him.
"I can't believe this... how do they know?" Minato asked.
"Narumi captured Pettigrew and handed him over to the Aurors. They dosed him and Sirius with Veritaserum, and got the truth." Kakashi replied. He had learned all of this, shortly before leaving Britain. He and Hawk's squad were about to use their international portkeys to travel home, but they needed to stabilize Hawk and the other injured so they had some down time. Kakashi had sent a clone to spy on Pettigrew's interrogation.
"How did Narumi get involved in all this?" Minato asked.
"I don't know sensei. But you should have seen her. She moved so fast when she took down Hawk. I could only follow her because of my Sharingan. I'm almost positive she has surpassed you in terms of physical speed." Kakashi replied.
"Are you serious?" Minato asked, shock evident on his face.
"I am. Without the Hirashin, I'm pretty sure she'd be able to keep up or even outpace you. And not counting what else I saw. There is one thing though... something very important I think you need to know." Kakashi told him in a foreboding tone.
"What is it?' Minato inquired.
From there Kakashi explained everything that happened. From what Hawk had suspected about Riley's connection to the fox, to what he and his team did to the students at Hogwarts, to Riley's transformation into a tailless fox, to defeating over a hundred dementors with a patronus that lit up the sky, to the poisonous strike and curses she inflicted on Hawk and his team.
By the time he was finished, Minato had fallen back into his chair, his jaw hanging open in disbelief. He was having trouble wrapping his mind around how a fourteen-year-old girl could be that powerful. Kakashi had even said that he was sure she was S- Ranked already. Naruko wasn't anywhere near that powerful.
By Now Naruko was tied for top of the class amongst her peers. Her only real competitor was Sasuke, who was turning out to be as much of a prodigy as Itachi. Naruko, had Kage level chakra levels, but her control was terrible. She couldn't perform the Clone jutsu, or any genjutsu at all. She made up for it, in an arsenal of powerful jutsu and spells. When she turned eleven, Minato and Lily had taken Naruko to get a wand made, they had taken a trek all the way back to Britain for it so they could get one from Ollivander. Naruko's wand ended up being the brother wand to Voldemort, which made sense to everyone since she was the one who killed him. They also hired a private tutor, to begin teaching her all sorts of magic, that Lily couldn't. She took to it as well as Ninjutsu. With all of her abilities and skills, Naruko could easily be high Chuunin level, maybe even Low Jonin, if she had the experience.
She was a prodigy, though even with all of her skills and abilities, she was like an infant, when placed next to Narumi.
Minato could only sigh and hang his head. Where had he gone wrong with Narumi? Yes, they had forgotten about her, but still, why hadn't they seen the problem before it was too late? Was it simply fate? Was this one of the hardships that Naruko would be forced to face? She was the Child of Prophecy after all, not to mention the Girl-who-Lived. The weight of the future was immense, and all of that weight was on Naruko's shoulders.
When Jiraiya had come to him about a year after the twins were born, with that damn prophecy, Minato had been both amazed and worried. Jiraiya had told him that the Great Toad Elder had delivered a prophecy. It had said that a child born in flames, to two powerful magical beings would be the savior. This child would carry an immense burden and power within them and would prove themselves a hero by destroying darkness. This hero, this Child of Prophecy would one day decide the fate of the world. They would either be lifted up into the light and save all of humanity, or they would be left in darkness, to suffer alone, in which case they would return a tyrant, and conqueror.
Naruko fit all of those qualities. She was born on the day of the Nine Tails' attack. Her parents were both powerful magical beings, he being Hokage, and Lily being a master at Charms. She had the fox's power sealed inside of her, which was quite literally an immense burden and power. And she proved herself a hero when, not only was she used to seal the Nine Tails, but she killed Voldemort with its power albeit accidentally but still, she was seen as a hero for it.
Minato hadn't faltered in his belief that Naruko was the true Child of Prophecy. That's why he helped her in every task she needed him to. He and Lily were always there for her, every day and night. This devotion to their belief, had forced away their eldest daughter, and now they had to hear it from others that she was growing into an amazing young woman.
He let out a loud sigh, as he knew the council would learn about this soon, if they hadn't already. They'd demand that Riley be forced to return to the Hidden Leaf. They'd want her power, all of it, to be in the hands of the Hidden Leaf.
Minato didn't know what to think. The transformation that Kakashi had seen was obviously her Animagus form, he'd seen Lily's enough to recognize it. But still, a twenty-foot-tall fox, that looked exactly like the Nine Tails? And then there was the theory that the fox was training her. Minato was quite sure that wasn't possible since the seal he had created was still perfectly intact when she left the village, but he couldn't rule it out now that he hadn't seen her in six years.
The stupidity of the council, coupled with the power of an S-Ranked combatant, in the form of his eldest daughter. The news that Sirius was innocent, and now free of all charges. The fact that Pettigrew was the real traitor and was soon to be executed. All of this was too much for Minato to handle this late at night. Not to mention the fact that he'd have to tell Lily, and then he'd have to deal with her. He needed a plan. He needed to do something to bridge the gap between the Leaf and Narumi... but what?
It didn't take him long to come up with a plan, quite a brilliant plan to be honest... he was going to need to get into contact with the Minister of Britain, and the other Kage... but if this worked, perhaps he could bridge more then one gap.
Kakashi could only wonder what was running through his sensei's mind as the man set to work on some papers with gusto. He knew whatever the man was up to... it, at the very least, wouldn't be boring.
-Meanwhile-
'Dammit!" Tsunade hissed. She was currently trying to save Hawk's life. The man's skin was bubbling and his organs were boiling in his body. Whatever poison was inside of him, it was unlike anything she'd ever seen before. It was definitely chakra based, and it refused to allow her to remove it from his body. She had been trying to filter and draw out the poison with her chakra but to no avail.
Hawk's eyes darted back and forth rapidly, he hadn't stopped screaming since he woke an hour ago. The poison had reached every part of his body, and now every single part of his being was being broken down. He was essentially melting, from the inside out, by now most of his organs were barely functioning chunks of meat, while his muscles were all hanging limply from the bone. His skin was bubbling all over, and burned with intense pain.
All Hawk could think about and see, was Riley hovering over him, watching him, smiling down at him with a vicious grin. Suddenly he saw her eyes go red, and with a final gurgling scream of agony, his heart burst and he died.
Tsunade swore loudly as she spun around and marched out of the room, leaving the other doctors to pronounce him dead. It wasn't often she was beaten like this. But there was literally nothing she could do to help the man. The poison ate up all of the morphine they injected him with, and none of their other methods to ease his pain, worked.
"What do you wanna do, Lady Tsunade?" Her assistant Shizune asked.
"Take blood and tissue samples and try to collect a sample of the poison. I want to know everything about it." Tsunade ordered. Her assistant nodded and headed off.
"Boar." Tsunade stated, turning to the young Anbu whom was waiting nearby.
"Yes, My Lady?" Boar replied.
"I need you to tell me everything you know about the person who did this." Tsunade ordered.
After a moment Boar nodded.
"I don't really need to go into that much detail my Lady. The one who did this was Lady Narumi." Boar stated.
"Narumi! That... … ..." Tsunade simply shook her head and walked off. This was going to take some thought.
-The Next Day-
Minato sat with his head in his hands as the council raged. Like he had suspected, the council somehow already knew and they had asked for a meeting to discuss what had happened. Minato was exhausted, he had gotten home around three in the morning the night prior, and Lily had questioned him. He decided to just get it over with and told her about Narumi. Naturally she questioned him for hours, and by the time she finally calmed down, it was already seven in the morning and the council was calling for a meeting.
He also knew that during his discussion with Lily, Naruko had awoken and had eavesdropped on their conversation. She did a good job hiding, but he'd still need to reprimand her when he got home for spying.
The council was furious. Two teams of Anbu put out of commission. Plus, what they had heard about Narumi. Half the shinobi side wanted her listed in the bingo book. The civilians were demanding her return. The elders were also plotting ways of getting her to return, all except Danzo, who was strangely quiet.
Things had been tense between Minato and Danzo ever since Narumi left. Jiraiya wasn't able to prove that the Anbu that attacked Narumi and Remus, belonged to Danzo, however he and Minato still had their suspicions.
"She is too powerful. We can't allow a threat like that to exist. She must be dealt with in some manner." Homura stated.
"And how do you intend to do that?" Shikaku drawled out with a bored look.
"We should petition the British Ministry of Magic to evict her from the country and extradite her here." Utatane replied.
"It'll never work. She's too valuable to them." Shikaku rebutted.
"How so?" Tsume asked.
"Think about it. She possesses the Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan. She's the head of Slytherin house and apparently Gryffindor house now, as well. She's also the heir to Ravenclaw, and she brought the Uchiwa into the country. Now take into account that she's also the heir to the Black family, who's leader was just cleared of all charges and released, thanks to her. She's also got several powerful allies in that country, including heirs to the houses of Malfoy, Nott, Greengrass, Zabini, Parkinson, Longbottom, etc. She's politically powerful, incredibly well funded, and most importantly, the Ministry wants her there. They want her bloodline. They want her power." Shikaku explained to the gathered mass.
"Bah... we should just send some Anbu there to deal with the little bitch." One of the civilians barked.
"Are you stupid?" Inoichi bellowed.
"What?" The civilian replied.
"That girl, is the daughter of the Hokage." Inoichi fired back.
"She renounced her connection to the Hokage, and disowned herself of the Namikaze name. Regardless of the Hokage's feelings about this, she isn't legally his anymore." Danzo pointed out, stoically, earning a glare from Minato and Lily.
"Besides... From what we have heard, she is easily an S-Rank threat... maybe even a Kage level threat. The Sannin themselves would have to go, to take her down, and that kind of battle would lead to a war with Britain and all their allies." Shikaku added.
"We should have her placed in the bingo book with a capture on sight order. Maybe with a little luck, someone else will handle our issue for us." Another ninja suggested.
"We can't do that." Itachi stated.
"And why not Lord Uchiha?" Utatane inquired.
"Because... technically she's one of our ninja. In case you forgot... she's a Fire Ronin. You know... Fire... as in the country we work for. She's a Ronin of the Land of Fire, one of their warriors. You'd have to go to the Daimyo to explain to him why you were placing one of the ninja his country is sponsoring in the bingo book. And when he hears the truth he's going to be upset that you are acting like spoiled children." Itachi explained to the gathered group.
"Itachi is right. We can't make any move against Narumi. She's too powerful politically, and physically. But I have a plan to bridge the gap between us and her." Minato told the gathered group.
"What is that plan, lord Hokage?" Chouza inquired.
Minato simply smiled as he began to lay out his idea.
-Back in Britain-
"Come on. Tell us how it was?" Pansy asked.
Katie was currently sitting amongst her friends, recalling her date with Riley the previous night.
"It was... fine..." Katie replied with a shy smile, causing the girls around her to giggle.
"Details?" Tracy inquired.
"Yeah come on, Riley's the most eligible bachelorette in Slytherin house and you managed to snag her. The only other person to do that was a hot older Veela who's in sixth year, in another school. You've gotta fill us in." Pansy agreed.
"It... wasn't anything major... she just took me out to Hogsmeade and we had dinner and stuff, and then we watched the sunset." Katie replied with a warm smile, as she remembered the previous night.
"Aww... ya see I knew Riley was a sweetheart." Pansy said with a giggle.
"Come on guys." Katie said as she gave them all a look.
"No- ya don't get out of it that easily. Details. What'd you guys talk about? Did she kiss you?" Pansy inquired.
"Yeah." Katie replied as she brushed her hair behind her ear and smiled shyly. The young Gryffindor hadn't had many dates before. She'd only ever gone out twice, and both those times were with guys, and she always felt off, like something was wrong. Over the past year, as she grew to know Riley and got closer to her, she began to understand what was wrong. She was attracted to girls more then guys.
Then she had to go and fall for Riley. A girl whom was smart, funny, insanely powerful and skilled, amazing in almost every conceivable way. Riley didn't know it, but her friends often wondered how it was that she was so perfect. She was just too amazing to be real, and yet... she possessed little vanity about it. Riley never felt she needed to show off her abilities or her intelligence. If you challenged her, she destroyed you, she humiliated you and left no room for misinterpretation as to whom the victor was.
Though if there were three things Katie had to choose about Riley that made her like her so much, they were. One, Her amazing beauty and elegance in everything she did. When Riley smiled, the whole world seemed to be brighter, when she was angry the earth trembled in fear, it was like the whole world bent to her will. Riley possessed a level of beauty that few people could comprehend or even understand. She was pretty that was true, but to those who found her attractive, it was like her beauty amplified a thousand times until she was literally a diamond amongst the coals. Number two was the way Riley cared about her friends, and how much she did for them. She always inquired as to their feelings and listened when they spoke. She learned of their problems and helped them in everything they did. And the third thing and probably the most important one was that Riley seemed to possess a capacity for love, that was unrivaled. When she spoke of Fleur, you could see the longing, and desire in her eyes. You could see the ache in her eyes at not being with Fleur at that exact moment.
And it was that third reason that left Katie in such a flustered state right now. It was last night after they had watched the sunset. Riley walked her back down to the Chamber of Secrets where she had been staying.
-Flashback-
"That was fun... we should do it again some time." Katie said as they made it to their destination.
"Yeah... I would really like that." Riley replied with a smile.
The two just stared at each other for a moment before Riley finally let out a giggle and stepped forward. She then gently kissed Katie on the lips before pulling back and smiling.
"Wh-What was that for?" Katie asked with a blush. That had been her first kiss.
"For being a good friend. For tonight. I had a lot of fun." Riley replied. Katie all the while was blushing from the kiss, but she was also transfixed on Riley's eyes. Her gaze held so much emotion and care in it. It wasn't on the same level or anything, but Katie could see that Riley cared for her as more then a friend. It filled her heart with joy and made her feel like she could do anything. She felt like she could wrestle a dragon with the courage she gained from that look.
"I had a lot of fun too. Thanks." Katie finally replied.
"I'll see ya tomorrow. Oh... but before I go... there's one thing I need you to do." Riley told her.
"What's that?" Katie asked.
"Well... tomorrow I'm off to see Fleur... and I wanted you to come with me?" Riley told her.
"What? Already? I mean... we just had one date... I... I mean I have no issue with it. I'll go." Katie replied with a bit of surprise.
"Good to hear. I want you to know, that I have to have multiple mates by the time I'm twenty... but I want you and anyone else I fall for to like each other as well. So... I'd like for you and Fleur to get to know each other... maybe become friends?" Riley told her.
"Sure... yeah... no problem. So uh... multiple girlfriends? That's gonna be a bit of a hassle." Katie responded.
"Yeah, but I'll deal. It's you who should be worried. Fleur likes to kiss... a lot. Night." And with that Riley winked and walked off.
-End Flashback-
Now Katie was busy waiting for Riley to show up so the two of them could head off to some mysterious island, to meet Fleur.
"Hey there hot stuff... you ready to go?" Riley asked as she entered the room. Her friends all comically pretended like they weren't eavesdropping or anything.
"Yeah... so what's this island of yours like?" Katie asked.
"Oh you'll see." Was Riley's reply as she took Katie's hand and pulled out a strange object.
"Kitsune." Riley whispered and with that the two were gone.
They both appeared in a dense forest, it immediately filled Katie with a sense of calm and serenity.
"Welcome to my island. Follow me, I'm sure Fleur's at the pond, or something. She loves the waterfall." Riley told her as the two headed off.
"Where is this place anyway?" Katie asked.
"Off the coast of Germany, so watch the water, it can get cold during winter time." Riley replied.
"Oh..." Katie replied as they passed through a gap in the trees. They both came to the waterfall and couldn't find anything.
"You see her?" Riley asked.
"I see something." Katie replied as she picked up a bikini bottom.
Riley stared at it for a moment before hearing someone surface in the water. Both girls turned in time to see Fleur surface in nothing but her birthday suit.
Fleur wiped the water from her eyes and glanced around. She spotted Riley and another girl standing off to the side, staring at her, both with dear caught in the headlights looks.
Katie's face was beet red as her eyes drifted up and down the veela beauty before her. Riley on the other hand had a reddish tint to her cheeks as she averted her eyes towards the sky. Though Fleur could tell by the way dirt was swirling around her feet, that her body was producing excess Youki, which meant that Riley really liked what she saw.
While Fleur was happy to see that Riley definitely liked what she saw, she had to almost cringe at being caught by someone else. Her hope had been to test the waters and see if Riley had made any headway in fixing their little issue, as the Veela was beginning to grow restless when it came to physical intimacy with her mate. Fleur felt her desire to mate with Riley grow with each passing day. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted it. She understood why they couldn't just yet, but that didn't stop her from growing impatient.
"Sorry. I just wanted to take a dip before you got here." Fleur lied as she stepped out of the water and reclaimed her swimwear from Riley. She did little to hide her modesty as she crossed the distance between them and took her swimwear from her mate. While Riley tried not to stare, her eyes kept flickering to Fleur, making her smile. The other girl was openly ogling her. Something like that would have normally bothered Fleur, especially considering she was completely naked right now, but for some reason she found that she like the attention. She quickly dressed as Riley reigned in her Youki.
"Yeah... no problem." Riley replied as she finished reigning herself in.
"Who is this?" Fleur inquired.
"This is Katie Bell, she and I went on a date last night and uh... I think we're gonna be going on more. I just wanted her to meet you before we went any further. She doesn't speak French" Riley informed her.
"Oh, Katie. Riley has told me so much about you. You are one of her friends at school, no?" Fleur greeted with a smile and in English.
"Um. Yes, I am. I've heard a lot about you as well. I hope we can become fast friends." Katie replied as she continued to blush deeply. She was having some difficulty at finally regaining her bearings.
"Alright... well let's go get to know each other." Riley stated happily as the three headed off for the meadow.
From there, things quickly fell into a routine. Riley would take Katie on a date once or twice a week and then she would go visit Fleur over the weekends. Katie came most times, at least one of the two days, she usually let the two have a day to themselves, since she got Riley every other day. Katie quickly came to like Fleur a lot. The girl was not antagonistic towards her at all. Fleur was always friendly and curious and had a certain regal air to her. While Katie was a pureblood, she came from newer money then Fleur did. So the two were raised very differently.
Katie had been astounded when Fleur told her about the island. She had originally thought that Riley had just bought it with her considerable wealth, but apparently she had used her power to make it herself.
Katie loved exploring the island. It wasn't all that big, it had a meadow, a little cove area, that had a waterfall, it had a beach, a small forest and even a small house that Riley had built for herself and Remus. On one of the weekends he showed up with Sirius, to show him where he and Riley would stay whenever it was time for Moony to come out to play.
Katie got to meet the infamous Sirius Black, and he was not anything like she had expected. The man was regal, obviously from very old money, and an old pureblood line. But past the way he held himself, he was actually quite the goofball. The man loved to joke and play pranks. Turns out he had been a Gryffindor just like Katie, so the two had a lot in common. Riley spent a lot of time getting to know her godfather, or dogfather as he liked to joke.
The two seemed to genuinely fit well together. Both were mischievous, and playful, both loved pulling pranks, and both had a certain gleam in their eyes at all times. It was like a subtle warning that was present. It took Katie a couple of times meeting Sirius to figure out what that gleam meant. Eventually she figured it out, it was a warning to any whom would dare mess with him. She got to see him training with Riley one day. Turns out he was a master dueler and an even better master over the dark arts. While Riley had him beat in speed, strength, and sheer power, the old dog had quite a few tricks up his sleeve, and knew an immense variety of spells.
Katie was only a little surprised to hear that Riley was going to learn the dark arts. She knew of their reputation, but it wasn't that hard for her to get over it. She knew what Riley was already capable of, and she had skilled teachers like Remus, and Sirius to help her, not to mention that since they knew, Katie and Fleur could help keep her grounded.
It had probably been three weeks or so since the incident at Hogwarts, and Sirius being set free. The school had calmed down, and many of the students were placated. The teachers spun a tail that Pettigrew had been the one turning the houses against each other. It wasn't that hard for the students to buy it, after all, those that knew the truth were smart enough to move on and forget about it, like the Slytherins and Riley's friends, while those that weren't like the Gryffindors were just happy to have another target for their blame. Pettigrew was dead, that meant that the evil had passed, so they were happy. They did this to prevent any animosity between the school and the Leaf, since Britain and the Leaf were still allies and the Hokage had sent a letter of apology for his teams actions, stating that they would be severely punished and stripped of their ranks for what they had done.
Speaking of which, Pettigrew's trial had been held, the man was interrogated before the Wizengamot under Veritaserum. They got everything they needed from him and he was kissed right then and there. Justice had been done, and to ensure the Leaf was also placated they sent Peter's body to them, to do with as they pleased.
Hell, Wood even tried to apologize to Katie after he recovered though all he and the rest of the Gryffindors got for their efforts was a glare, a middle finger, and a resignation from the Quidditch team.
Katie and the rest of her friends were more then a little pissed that Wood and his group had gotten off pretty much scott free. Because of Pettigrew's actions, the teachers seemed to place all of the blame on him, and therefore the Gryffindors were allowed to walk free without so much as a slap on the wrist. It was almost like the teachers had ignored the fact that the Gryffindors were planning on tossing Katie to the Whomping Willow and letting it decide her fate, but whatever. Snape and Remus were, for once, both of the same mind, that it was a shitty way to handle the problem, but what are you to do?
It had been just over three weeks and Katie was currently siting with Fleur watching Riley train.
"God... I often forget how good she is." Katie said with amazement as Riley loosed nearly a dozen tiny fireballs from her wand with a single flick of her wrist. Riley was currently in a dual with around thirty Shadow Clones, whom were all firing spells at her, she was dodging, sidestepping, counter attacking, and taking them down quickly. Each clone fought with the abilities of a master dueler, and yet Riley dropped them, quickly and efficiently.
"Have you even seen her dance?" Fleur asked.
"Dance?" Katie inquired with a confused look.
"Zat is what she calls it when she fights someone who is weaker zen 'er, but can still fight. She calls zem dances... like fighting is some sort of art form. I never really understood zat. Not until I saw Riley fight, saw her dance. Like right now... she is dancing." Fleur stated, her eyes transfixed on Riley, as she moved.
Katie could see why Riley called it dancing. The way she moved and glided across the field, the stone cold conviction in her eyes, and focused look on her face. She moved with such grace and elegance that is was staggeringly beautiful.
"Have you ever seen her kill anyone?" Fleur asked after a moment of silence.
"No... but... well... there were these guys... Anbu from the Hidden Leaf. They tried to attack Sirius. Riley protected him, I watched her slash two of them across the stomach. I saw her punch one in the gut so hard that the Anbu tore off her mask and started vomiting blood. I watched as she shoved her hand through a man's spine. I know how brutal she can be... … … Why? Have you ever seen her kill someone?" Katie asked in reply.
"Yes... quite a few people actually." Fleur replied with a distant look.
"What happened?" Katie inquired softly.
"My papa is ze head of the DMLE in France. He was cracking down hard on zese dark wizards who were wanted for smuggling illegal substances into France. They jumped us one day. Zey knocked papa out, and were going to rape me, and maybe my leetle sister to send a message... before zey could however, we were saved..." Fleur told her.
"Riley?" Katie asked.
"Yes. Right before zey could hurt me, Riley swooped in and saved us. She killed all of our attackers... zere were six of zem, and she killed zem all in moments, like it was nozing. Zat was... over two years ago." Fleur remembered.
"How is it that she's so powerful?" Katie wondered aloud.
"When she comes to love you like she does me, she will tell you." Fleur replied with a warm smile.
The two young woman sat in silence for a few moments and they continued to watch their girlfriend train, it didn't take long for Fleur to finally speak again.
"So... what is it about her zat you like?" Fleur asked.
"What do ya mean?" Katie replied.
"Well... Physically... hmm? What do you like most about her?" Fleur asked with a bit of a playful smile.
"Oh... well... that ones a little difficult. I'd say it's a tie between her smile, and her eyes." Was Katie's reply.
"Oh I love her eyes... have you seen her Rinnegan?" Fleur asked.
"Rinnegan? I thought it was called the Sharingan?" Katie replied.
"Oh, she has both actually. Her Sharingan is what it is called when her eyes turn red. Her Rinnegan is what it is when her eyes become a lavender color and rings appear in zem." Fleur explained.
"Huh? Well I've never seen it before. But I have seen her Sharingan. Bloody intimidating, those eyes." Katie commented.
"Oh, believe me. Her Rinnegan, gives off such an intensity, I swear zat ze legends about it are true." Fleur responded.
"What do they say about it?"
"Ze Ninja, tell tales zat thousands of years ago, before ze time of Merlin, and King Arthur, before the rule of the Roman empire, before the rise of Alexander ze Great, zere was a man called ze Sage of Six Paths. I 'ave read zat ze Shinobi view 'im as ze herald of all magic in our world. Supposedly, he taught humanity how to harness ze magic wizin zem, and it is said zat he possessed mighty eyes zat later became known as ze Rinnegan." Fleur informed her.
"Seriously? That's deep. I wonder if it's true or not?" Katie wondered as she stared back at Riley, with awe.
"I asked Riley once, but she said she did not know if it was true. Ze Rinnegan is real enough, I 'ave seen it, and some of the powers it has, and I must say... I would never wish to anger one such as her, not with zat kind of power under her command." Fleur stated with a sigh.
Hearing that Katie had to wonder... just how powerful was Riley?
A moment of silence passed between the two before a smile crossed Fleur's face and she stated, "I zink my favorite thing about Riley's appearance right now, is her great legs."
Katie found herself giggling and nodding as her eyes drifted to Riley's long toned legs.
"No offense, but I honestly expected you to say something different." Katie stated with a chuckle.
"Well, if she did not keep her breasts bound all ze time, zen I would probably have somezing else to admire." Fleur responded with a bit of a pout, earning laughter from Katie. Even after only knowing each other for a few weeks, the two were becoming fast friends, and more importantly, they were becoming comfortable with one another.
-Some Time Later-
Things continued on at Hogwarts. Riley kept dating Katie, and the two would visit Fleur on the weekends. Katie and Fleur started to write to each other during the week, to work on their relationship. Riley continued to train her friends, and life went on. The school had returned to normal; the house rivalries were cooling down now that the Anbu weren't there to antagonize the students. Riley worked extra hard in her classes and managed to complete all of her seventh-year material for Charms, Transfiguration and DADA, before Christmas. She excelled in her potions and Ancient Runes, and was blowing away the competition in Arithmancy.
Sirius and Riley were able to talk Remus into allowing her to start her Dark Arts training early, since Sirius could supervise. This proved to be an excellent bonding point for the two, as they were able to practice on the weekends whenever Riley wasn't with Fleur or Katie. Naturally she took to it like a fish to water. Kurama had told her that since the dark arts worked off of emotion and Youki was made from emotion, that her dark spells would be immensely more powerful. This was proven true when Riley learned the Cutting Curse and used it on a tree. Instead of cutting it down like she thought, the spell grew forty feet wide and cut a swath all the way through her forest and then kept going out over the ocean. She watched it go and by the time it dissipated, the cutting curse had traveled nearly a hundred meters, and cut through everything in it's path.
Sirius was integrating back into society quite well. He barely spent any time at his ancestral home however, he claimed his mother and their house elf Kreacher were unbearable. So he ended up camped out at Remus and Riley's house in Britain most of the time. Dobby seemed to like the company.
Training for the others was going well too. Almost all of them had low genin level physical abilities and higher. Most noteworthy were Theo, for his reflexes, Crabbe and Goyle were the strongest. Katie was by far the most physically able, with her Kekkai Genkai. Since she could turn magic into stamina, she could fuel herself indefinitely. Madara even hypothesized that she could survive without food for as long as she had magic to sustain herself. She would still need water, and vitamins to survive but she didn't need calories to stay running. Draco was another noteworthy physical addition as his reflexes and speed were quite high. By now he had mid genin speed and reflexes and he'd soon have mid genin level strength as well.
When it came to ninjutsu the front runners were Draco, Daphne, Neville and Fleur. Draco was gifted and picked up Ninjutsu and Genjutsu quite quickly, he was definitely on his way to becoming a ninjutsu specialist. Daphne, excelled in the use of Water and Fire type Ninjutsu which was odd, since they were polar opposites. But she excelled at both, and was advancing quickly. Riley was still trying to determine what her bloodline was but she had yet to come up with any conclusions, Neville had a lot of determination to improve and couple that with his large reserves, and you had a powerhouse for Ninjutsu. Fleur, excelled at Fire style Ninjutsu and she had already mastered the Fireball jutsu, and was currently working on the Phoenix Flower Jutsu. Being a veela raised her affinity for fire, exponentially.
And on that note, Riley's love life was blossoming quite well. She and Katie had gone out on numerous dates and made out quite a few times. They talked often and could be found cuddling quite often at the end of the night. Riley suspected that Fleur had told Katie about her magic, not about her being a demon, but about how her emotion could be processed into magic. She noticed that Katie dressed more conservatively than she used to, and yet she wasn't above getting nice and close to Riley.
Fleur and Katie's relationship also seemed to be blossoming as Riley found the two making out, while she was training. Neither seemed ashamed of it, and though she didn't tell either of them, she did feel incredibly aroused seeing her two girlfriends lip locked like that.
Riley told neither of them, but in the darkness of night when no one else was around, and she was confident that Madara and Kurama were both ignoring her, Riley would create a shadow clone and have it transform into Fleur. Riley would then try to have sex with it, while maintaining control over herself and her demonic power. This form of a masturbation was helping Riley in keeping herself focused, at least a little bit, on her powers, while she enjoyed the pleasures of sex. On a whim, one night she had the clone transform into Katie, though unlike with Fleur whom Riley knew how her body looked, with Katie Riley simply had to guess. The day after, Riley had felt guilty as for doing something like that without Katie's consent. With Fleur, Riley knew the Veela would just be happy to know how much Riley wanted her and would accept it as a means of finally reaching her goal of the two being together, but Katie was still a new element in Riley's life. She still had a lot to learn about her, about her limits, and her boundaries.
Needless to say, Riley was extra affectionate towards Katie for the next few days, and had decided not to do that again, at least until she got a better idea of whether or not Katie would be mad about it.
Out of all the craziness that had happened during the Anbu's stay, one positive thing did come out of it, at least for the Slytherins. They now had the friendship and support of the older puffs, who were very grateful for the warning about the possible in-fighting.
Yep... things went pretty well for the rest of the year. And finally, the school year ended. The train ride back was filled with chatter over plans for the summer and when Riley could train them more. Eventually they made it back to the station and they all said their goodbyes.
Katie and Riley made their ways over to Remus and Sirius, who were waiting for Riley to depart.
"So, you gonna be on the island tomorrow?" Katie asked.
"Sure... I know Fleur will want to come visit. I hope to see ya there." Riley replied.
"I will. See ya tomorrow." Katie replied with a smile as she and Riley shared a passionate kiss.
A few moments passed before they separated. Riley offered a wide smile, and then departed with Remus and Sirius.
"Wow! Who was that?" Katie heard a woman ask, and she immediately cringed. She spun around and spotted her mother and father standing there both giving her looks.
"Let me guess, that was Riley?" Her father guessed.
"Yep. That was Riley." Katie replied, with obvious embarrassment.
"Oh, sweetheart don't be embarrassed. So, when are you gonna invite her over?" Her mother asked as the three started to depart.
"I was gonna ask her tomorrow if she wanted to come over on the weekend." Katie replied.
"Well, I hope we get to see her then." Katie's mother said with a smile.
-Elsewhere-
"So how much time do you think until you've fully manifested?" Riley inquired to Madara.
'Hm... well, color is just starting to show... I'd say six months maybe less.' Madara replied as he looked down at his hands. By now Madara was solid enough to walk around, though he was still clear, you could still see him. By now a little bit of color was coming in, soon he'd take full form.
"You're probably right. That coincides with you becoming a full demon as well." Kurama added.
"Yeah, speaking of that, I'm not gonna explode or anything when that happens right? I just need to know if I gotta take a day off from school or not." Riley asked.
"Nope, you should be good. All that should happen is a release on your physical form. You'll actually have to begin to will your magic to stay looking like this. Don't worry though, it's a lot like the demonic transformation technique, it won't be difficult, especially with your control." Kurama explained to her.
"Okay cool. So, six months... then I'll finally be able to face you one on one, Grandfather." Riley stated with a look of anticipation.
'Hmph I look forward to fighting you as well, my girl. I can't wait to see just how far you can go.' Madara replied with a chuckle.
Riley cracked a few of her knuckles in anticipation, she couldn't wait for fourth year to roll around.
-A few months later-
"... and she was like 'oh so that's why she calls you a mutt.'" and with that Sirius, Remus, and Riley burst into laughter. They were all walking down Diagon alley, just cruising for something to do. It had been a quick couple of months. Same old, same old. Lots of training, hanging out with Fleur, and Katie, training her friends, and even exploring Sirius' old house for valuable artifacts. Though that quickly went south when Kreacher caught them and got really loud. So, they left.
The only real noteworthy thing that occurred over the summer was when Riley informed Katie as to what she really was. She ended up taking it rather well. She said that she didn't care what Riley was, she was still just Riley to her. Though she was grateful for the explanation as it did clear up the questions about where Riley's power came from. Though Katie did take more time to get used to it, then Fleur did as she often stated aloud how odd it was to be dating a demon. Which led to Riley always replying that it could be worse, she could've been a troll.
Today they were just wandering, there was only a week until school started and Riley was excited to get back to school. She had a meeting tomorrow at the Ministry to discuss the teaching position that Dumbledore had set up, apparently, if she was willing, then her and Remus would teach it, and Dumbledore would hire a new DADA teacher to take Remus' place.
As the three walked, they all heard a sharp whistle. All three turned and spotted a man in a dark cloak leaning against a wall, that led into Knockturn alley, the shady part of town. The man reached into his cloak and removed his wand, he then gently ran it along his forearm before turning and walking into the alley.
"What was that?" Riley asked.
"A follower of Lord Voldemort. And I think he wants to chat with us." Remus replied.
"Well then... let's not keep him waiting." Sirius stated as he drew his wand along with Remus and Riley and the three followed after him, weary of a possible trap.
The three followed the man deep into the alley, he led them through a maze of crossroads and back alleys until finally he led them into a dead end.
"Well, can't say this isn't shady." Sirius commented as they confronted the shadowy man.
"Yeah, but we've met in worse places eh old man?" The cloaked figure replied as he pulled back his hood, revealing a man in his late twenties, early thirties.
"Who is this guy?" Riley asked, as both Remus, and Sirius recoiled in surprise.
"Barty Crouch, Jr." Remus replied.
"DA DA DUM!" Kurama bellowed.
"Shut the fuck up Kurama!" Riley hissed as Kurama and Madara burst into laughter.
'Why do I get the feeling that summer break is over early this year?' Madara stated.
All Riley could do was nod in agreement as Remus and Sirius approached their old friend and greeted him with smiles. She knew, deep down that things weren't going to be boring, any time soon...
-To Be Continued-
Alright thats it now remember all three of Lily's friends were death eaters, Peter was the only one to take the mark however, as Sirius and Remus were spies. Next chapter is Daphne's bloodline reveal, so vote if you have too. Remember to offer up good names for femgaara, you only have one chapter to do so. Let me know what you think and get ready for the start of the awesomeness... Fourth YEAR IS HERE!
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