Alright time for the next chapter. I'll begin placing the warnings at the beginning of the chapter, but I'm gonna keep them vague so you don't know exactly what's going to happen. Anyway I hope you enjoy! Also someone asked if Yurik, was an OC, the answer is yes. If he reminds anyone of anyone, that purely coincidence.
Warnings: Intense Violence, Graphic Gore, Torture.
Broken Angel
Chapter 25: Ascension.
Sebastian Yurik sat quietly humming to himself in his ancestral home in northeast Germany. He was sitting at the base of the staircase, that led to the upper echelons of his family's once mighty estate. The building itself was falling apart, though at one time, it would have awestruck visitors with its beauty. It was at one time a large and lavish mansion, that was notable for entertaining those of high standing. Kings had at one time or another, graced its doorsteps. Alas, now the once proud building was left in shambles.
The building had been abandoned for quite some time, and Yurik had very little need for most of it. The only parts that interested him, lie in the basement. Hidden behind the wine racks was a massive secret dungeon, where Yurik's ancestors partook in the foulest of black magic. Yurik had stumbled upon this place nearly twenty years ago, when he was just beginning to delve into the Dark Arts. What he found, drove him to near lunacy, but it also granted him immense power.
The building had remained hidden from prying eyes for many years. Its defenses activated many decades earlier. Yurik arrived to find the bones of nearly a hundred soldiers, strewn about the estate. The building itself, along with its interior showed signs of damage done by combat. Some of these soldiers, especially the officers, bore the insignias of the Russians. Yurik was able to discern from the wards and left-over journals, that the Russians had tried to seize the mansion during World War II. They had learned that Adolf Hitler himself had a particular interest in the goings on here. So, the Russians decided to put a stop to whatever he had going on.
What they found, killed them all. The Russians attacked late one night, nearly a hundred soldiers burst into the mansion and slaughtered every last man, woman, and child in the building. It was the head of house however, who sealed their fate. Yurik's great grand uncle used black magic to harness the souls of all the people the Russians had killed, to summon an unholy abomination into the halls of this house. He then activated the house's wards before dying of his injuries.
The Demon he summoned slaughtered all of the troops. It killed them all to the last man, before returning to hell.
Yurik discovered this place, and eventually found its secret dungeon, where he bore witness to some of the worst that humanity had to offer. He learned some of the darkest arts in the world, in that dungeon and ever since then, this place had been his home. Even to this day, he was comforted by the evil that flowed through this house. This place had been touched by darkness. Grindelwald himself had commissioned his family to build an army of demons, for his great war. It had been a little too late, by the time he had turned to them, the Russians were already pushing into Poland, and the Allies on the Western front were battling their way across France.
Now Yurik was left to complete his family's work. Grindelwald had ordered the Germans to send thousands of individuals for sacrifice. Grindelwald himself along with many of his inner circle participated in rituals where they would sacrifice innocent young men and women, even children, and lock their souls into special Phylactery that Grindelwald had commissioned from some very powerful witches in the middle east, that specialized in soul magic.
These Phylactery were massive, and there were seven in total. Inside each was thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of human souls, that were ready to be sacrificed in order to raise an army of darkness. Though there was another reason why they were so important. Grindelwald had modified them once he received them, to absorb the ambient dark energy from the world around them. And given the atrocities committed during the great war, it wasn't hard to imagine that the energy within those Phylactery was corrupt and evil. The souls inside were probably no better than demon souls by now, with having been forced to live there with so much evil twisted energy.
Many people believed Albus Dumbledore had spared Grindelwald because Albus was a staunch Light wizard, whom refused to kill. Others thought the two might have been lovers. The truth of the matter was... a much darker reason. Grindelwald, and those few members of his inner circle that still remained, were the only ones who knew where these Phylactery were.
Albus and a few other higher ups in the wizarding world, knew of the Phylactery and some of Gridelwald's plan. Dumbledore kept him alive for the sole purpose of finding these augurs of darkness and destroying them.
What only Yurik knew, was one of those augurs was here. In the dungeons of this forsaken place. Within that Phylactery was enough power to bring a greater demon into this world. Yurik himself didn't have the power to harness all of the energy within the Phylactery. But something was coming that did.
Yurik was no fool, and he had studied Riley immensely. He knew what his fate would be when she arrived. He had been studying her for years. Ever since a young man reported being chased by a werewolf, and running into a vampire, over six years ago. He watched as Riley grew more and more powerful. And now... now she had proven just how far she had come. She killed the greatest beast he had ever summoned, as he expected her to. She truly was magnificent, as amazing as the stories he'd heard of her.
He had to wonder just how aware she was. In his time watching her, he observed a schoolgirl. A highly intelligent, and charismatic schoolgirl, but she seemed little more than that, at least when it came to what one could perceive as her destiny. Despite her power, Riley had always appeared like a blank slate to him, aimless, listless. He had to wonder if she knew of her own destiny. In the twisted halls of his mind, he held secrets, secrets that would remain locked away until the time was right. He had no intention of altering her fate. The Demoness would forge her own path, cutting through all those around her, and any who tried to impede her. No, he wouldn't alter what fate had set in motion, he knew his part in this, knew what he wanted from her.
The Young Goddess was poised to seize the throne of the world, she simply did not know it yet. Even now, unbeknownst to the demon, she had followers working from the shadows. People who knew of her destiny and knew of her oncoming ascension.
He knew that she would be furious when he left the demonic knight to try and kill one of her mates. And that's exactly what he intended when he left it behind.
Soon she would arrive. And she would try to kill him. He would throw everything he had at her. Summon forth all of the monsters he had at his command. He knew... she would devour them all. He wanted that... he wanted her to feed on the souls of the demons under his command. He wanted to lead her to the Phylactery, and once there, she would devour him, and seize the power within the Phylactery... power that he could never wield.
Yurik had spent his whole life in pursuit of one goal... to fulfill his ancestor's project. To complete Grindelwald's work. Riley was the key. She would seize this Phylactery and harness its power. Finally, Grindelwald's work could be loosed upon the world. And he would transcend death. He would be absorbed by Riley; all of his power and knowledge would be hers. His work would continue, and his dream would be fulfilled.
What no one knew was that Yurik was a dead man walking. Quite literally. An advanced form of cancer was devouring his body. He had less than a month left to live. So, with his time set... he launched his plan into action.
With a smile, he rose to his feet as the entrance to his ancestral home exploded, sending wooden shrapnel to shower the area.
For a couple of seconds there was nothing. That is until Yurik spotted a shift in the air, and Riley tore off her invisibility cloak.
Yurik's smile broadened. This angel of darkness was wreathed in her dark green combat robes. Blood red armor hung from her slender frame, but what made her more intimidating was the light purple glow of the ominous Rinnegan.
"Welcome dear goddess." Yurik stated with a smile.
"I have nothing to say to you, scum." Riley muttered, as two razor-sharp, pitch-black rods, shot out of her palms.
Yurik smiled even wider as with a gesture to either side of himself, several dozen skeletal monsters like the ones that fought in the tournament jumped from the second floor and landed around him.
With a snap they all dashed forward, right as Yurik turned and darted out of the room.
Riley wasted no time, she dashed into the crowd, spinning and twisting around. Her chakra Disruption rods easily cut through the skeletal monsters, when one died, energy from their bodies could be seen flowing into the dissection rods. She also lashed out with many well-placed kicks, her Grandfather's Tiajutsu style serving her very well against multiple opponents.
Riley wasn't holding back in this fight. She wasted all thirty-nine skeletons in less than two minutes.
She quickly dashed after Yurik. She raced down a worn-down hallway, using her Rinnegan to follow his chakra. She ran into another room, where she was confronted by at least a dozen of those lizard demons. The ones that Krum and Dmitri had fought.
The creatures all launched a simultaneous attack. They dashed at her, without fear for their own safety. Riley cut them down with ease. She used her Disruption rods, along with her Rinnegan's own absorption ability to devour some of their souls.
Again, she didn't waste time and killed them all quickly. She ran down another hall and had to fight more skeletons. Another room with more lizard demons, finally she was led to a flight of stairs that led down.
Riley didn't hesitate, not even for a second. Her anger was growing as she encountered more and more monsters. Each one, most likely needed a human sacrifice to bring into this world, so for each she encountered, another tick mark appeared in her mind, Yurik's body count rising higher and higher.
She didn't allow her anger to blind or hamper her and continued to race down after him.
She found herself in a decrepit wine cellar. On the opposite wall was a rack that had been moved to the side, revealing an entrance to an even deeper part of the mansion. On either side of that entrance were two of the same kind of armored knights that Fleur had fought.
Both Knights prepared to charge at her, Riley however was having none of it. She raised her hand at them and with a glow of the Rinnegan both Knights were crushed, by the gravity around them. Riley didn't even care about the dead bodies that were probably inside. She was only after Yurik. With each passing second, she felt her bloodlust growing. Every step forward she had to remind herself to keep it from clouding her mind. Yurik was dangerous and obviously knew a lot about demons, she was going to have to be careful with him, and that meant not losing control.
She gave chase into the underground dungeon, where she was forced to fight more skeletons and more lizard demons. The things she saw as she fought through the dungeon, the torture devices, the jars with severed limbs and organs, pickled babies, and shrunken heads. The smell was the worst of it, a smell that reeked of foul death, and brutal suffering... Riley was glad she didn't go into any of the side rooms. To imagine the horrors that waited in them...
Eventually she made her way into a large chamber, where Yurik stood waiting for her. Behind him was a very odd-looking object. It was a ten-foot-tall black crystal, surrounded by a metal cage. The metal cage was made of iron, with red runes carved into it. Riley could feel an immense amount of dark energy flowing out of it.
"That didn't take long. You seem anxious." Yurik noted with his trademark smile.
"You know very well that I've come to kill you. Why go running into this chamber? What is that thing?" Riley demanded as she approached him.
"It is unimportant. What is important is that you are here. And now that you are... you're mine." Yurik stated as he whipped out his wand and fired the Killing curse at her.
Riley dodged the spell and dashed towards him. Yurik may have been powerful, but he was still only human. Faster than he could follow, she flew past him. Yurik felt his intestinal track explode outward as his stomach was sliced open.
"You nearly killed my mate. This isn't going to be painless. Nor will it be quick." Riley whispered as the Rinnegan was replaced by her Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
She then grabbed Yurik by the throat and pulled him close. "Tsukuyomi!"
-Tsukuyomi-
"Welcome to Tsukuyomi. Here, I am God. I am going to spend ten days torturing you." Riley stated coldly.
All Yurik did in response was chuckle and smile.
The smile didn't last as Riley rammed her hand into his stomach and ripped out a fist full of his intestines.
"You maimed one of my mates!" Riley hissed as she grabbed his chin and wrenched his mouth open.
"You demented scum-lapping shit heel!" Riley hissed with nothing but hate in her eyes.
She then rammed the fistful of intestines into Yurik's mouth. Which she then followed with an uppercut to his chin. Forcing him to bite into his own intestines.
Yurik fell to the ground, wailing in agony. He spit out the bits of his own flesh just as he felt Riley grab onto his hair and pull him to his feet.
"Nine days, twenty-three hours, fifty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds remaining." Riley hissed as she rammed her hand into his stomach.
And that's how it continued. For what felt like an eternity. Riley did unto Yurik, every unspeakable twisted act, her mind could come up with. She drowned him in acid, she burned him alive, she cut him to pieces, and stabbed him over and over and over again. She injected him with her Poisonous Youki and watched as he melted a dozen times in rapid succession. She unleashed the full potency of her wrath upon him. Every single twisted idea that sprung into her mind, she acted upon it, hurting the man in every way physically imaginable. She did not stop, nor did his screams. Because of the unique nature of Tsukuyomi and the way that time dilated within it, Yurik's mind would not break, not until the spell ended. So, for the whole ten days, he felt everything with perfect clarity.
-Real World-
By the time Riley released him from the technique the man was a hollow shell of his former self.
The man lay bleeding in front of Riley. She glared down at him, no remorse what-so-ever in her eyes. Her Rinnegan activated and she reached down to tear his soul out. Right as her hand connected to his head, Yurik made a move. He grabbed her wrist and with the last of his will and power, passed on a message.
Riley hissed slightly in pain as a symbol appeared on the back of her wrist. It was a symbol of two keys crisscrossing each other in an X design, both tied together with red string. A crown sat above the two keys, and below the design was 'XIII'.
"Beware the Iscariots. If they learn of you, they will never stop hunting you, dear goddess." Yurik whispered as he gave his final breath.
Riley was more than a little surprised that the man could form a coherent thought, let alone speak a full sentence. Not waiting much longer, Riley pulled out the bastard's soul.
"Kurama, sift through his memories and find everything useful. Also try to figure out what that was? And what this thing is?" Riley ordered.
"Alright, but just be aware that you may have done some damage to his mind with all that torture. Such mental anguish can lead to his mind breaking, and thus ruining his memories as all of his thoughts are replaced by pain." Kurama replied. Riley hummed, to show that she had heard him, but otherwise said nothing and instead she simply stared down at the symbol on her wrist for a couple of moments, before watching it fade. Obviously, it wasn't meant to be permanent. It was just there to show her the symbol.
Kurama did as Riley asked, and rapidly began to sift through Yurik's memories, taking in what could be scavenged. Much to his surprise, there was a lot more damage to his mental state than he had first anticipated. The man's own insanity did nothing good for his mind, and Riley's ten days of torture hadn't helped the matter. There was a lot of information there, but much of it was disjointed and unconnected, like a sea of floating memories that were already in the process of drifting apart.
The man was in a sorry state, long before he had pissed off Riley, that was for certain. Still, Kurama did what he could to take in all there was to see, and piece together what made sense.
"Well... be glad you didn't dive into this twisted fuck's memories. He was messed up beyond belief. The shit's he's done... His memories are pretty badly damaged. This guy delved too deeply into the Black arts. Anyway... that warning has to do with a group of people, Yurik encountered a few times over the years. They look to be demon slayers, who work for the Catholic Church. It seems the psycho planned to die by your hands. He wanted you to seize his knowledge and power. He wanted you to have this..." Kurama told her, referring to the object in the center of the room.
"What is this thing, Kurama? I feel an enormous amount of power coming from it. But... it's all wrong. Sick even." Riley replied as she eyed the enormous crystal in front of her.
"I would imagine so." Kurama replied, before he began to explain Yurik's motivation, along with the history of this Phylactery.
"So, this crazy shit, wanted me to seize this power and use it for... whatever?" Riley surmised.
"Yep." Kurama replied.
"Well, fuck that. This thing is filled with the souls of innocent people. No way in hell am I fucking with it. Hell, I might as well destroy the damn thing." Riley replied with a sneer on her face. She was disgusted with Yurik, his family, and Grindelwald.
"Wait... before you do that, there's something I need you to check." Kurama told her.
"What?" Riley asked.
"Humans don't know as much about souls, as we demons do. That many souls trapped in a well, with nothing but dark energy, for over half a century... I highly doubt they survived. More than likely the souls themselves dissolved long ago. Melting into the dark energy and each other. If I'm right, then there are no souls in this thing." Kurama told her.
Riley simply made a face and stepped closer to the thing. She reached out and touched the crystal. It was far colder than one would suspect.
She could feel the dark energy shifting inside. And yet... she felt a hollowness. Kurama was right... whatever souls that had been placed in there, had rotted away, over all these years.
"All the souls are gone... is there a reason you wanted me to know this?" Riley asked.
"Yeah... that power can still be harnessed. I know you don't wanna use their fucked-up work. But there are no souls in this thing anymore. You can use it, and if you don't want it, then just give it to me." Kurama told her.
Riley looked contemplative for a moment before finally sighing. "How much power is in this thing, and what could I do with it?"
"A lot. There is enough power in this thing to give you half again as much magic, as you already have. Or you can infuse it into an item... make yourself a weapon. Oh! I know... you can use this power to create your first familiar!" Kurama told her, before suddenly getting very excited.
"A familiar? Hmm... I could use this power to create a tool of vengeance. Use the leftover power from all those dead, to strike back at evil. How would I go about creating a familiar Kurama?" Riley asked.
"Simple. Destroy the Phylactery and pull all of that power into yourself. Instead of devouring it, just feed your will into the power, make it an extension of yourself. Dominate it. Command it. Give it a life, a consciousness, and tie the consciousness to you. Once that's done, give it shape, and power. You can make it into anything. A sword? A monstrous creature? Anything." Kurama told her with a bit of excitement.
Riley thought about this for a few minutes. She eventually came to the decision that she would use this power to create a weapon of vengeance, and a shield of justice. One that would hunt and kill the wicked, while defending those she loved.
Riley simply let a smile appear on her face, as she reared her hand back, and punched it into the crystal. She began to absorb the chaotic dark energy. She felt it flow into her. It was sick, and twisted, and felt exactly like what one would expect war itself to feel like. She could just barely feel emotion in the dark energy. The leftover emotions from the souls that had been devoured and dissolved by the dark energy absorbed from the great war.
It took nearly ten minutes, but she finally absorbed the last ounce of power. As soon as she was done, she sat in a meditative position and got to work. She began to infuse the power with her will. She easily dominated the chaotic energy. She gave it life, gave it purpose. Once done she gave it form. She wanted it to be intimidating as all hell. A monster that would put the fear of God into the hearts of the wicked. Once she finished forming it, she filled it with powers. She gave it abilities. To do this, Kurama guided her through the process, he explained that she could direct the dark energy to manifest into the abilities, and her familiar would remember how to do them. So long as it was something Riley could do, her familiar could be taught or granted the ability to do it as well.
In the end she gave it many abilities, though the biggest was that she made it the ultimate hunter of darkness. She gave it an ability similar to her Rinnegan. It could now sense the darkness in people's hearts.
"Once you are done... release that power. If you did everything right... it should take on the form, you created for it." Kurama stated with a dark chuckle.
Another few moments went by before Riley's eyes finally snapped open and she released all of the dark power. It shot out of her in a massive blast of energy. It was so strong that it blew away everything around and above them. The mansion and dungeon were completely destroyed by the blast.
To her surprise Riley was left unharmed by the explosion of raw power. It was then that she remembered this power was tied to her. It couldn't hurt her, even if it wanted to.
She watched as the dark energy began to coalesce into a massive figure. She watched as it first formed bone. Then organs, then muscle, and finally skin.
It took Riley nearly an hour and a half to create her first familiar. And now here it was. Before her now stood a massive black dragon. Its eyes were blacker than the pits of hell. Its scales were black, and from its body were many black bone-like plates. The dragon was quadrupedal. With two enormous black wings. The great beast was massive in size. Easily bigger than any dragon out there. Its head was round, and its snout was short. its mouth held rows of long sharp teeth. The creature was massive in size. Its head was nearly four feet taller than Riley. (AN: it's the Red Lyrium Dragon from DA: Inquisition.)
'Intimidating.' Madara complimented.
"Aw... I'm so proud... it's adorable." Kurama said as he wiped a tear from his eye.
'What'll you name it?' Madara inquired.
Riley adopted a thinking pose at that. It took her a few minutes, but she finally found something that fit.
"I'll call you Deimos." Riley stated as she reached up and petted the giant dragon's snout. Deimos did not resist, and in fact nuzzled into her touch. Riley could feel herself, inside the dragon. Felt her will. She felt as if this great beast was an extension of herself, and in all actuality it was.
In fact, one could describe this beast as a child of hers. It held her energy, it learned from her, it was a part of her.
'Why Deimos?' Madara inquired.
"Deimos is the Greek god of fear. Son of Ares and Aphrodite. I plan on using Deimos here to strike fear into the hearts of the wicked. He was born of the horrors of the last great war, so naming him after the son of the god of war, seemed fitting." Riley replied earning a nod of understanding from her grandfather.
"Well... not that he isn't awesome. I mean, the damn things about half as strong as you are. But uh... where are you gonna put him? Because I don't think the Hogwarts Owlery has room for something of his size?" Kurama inquired.
At that Riley simply smiled, and with a pop, Deimos disappeared.
'You turned him into a summon? Well done.' Madara complimented.
"Hey look... he's in here with us now." Kurama noted as they both saw the giant black dragon take flight from the forest and begin soaring around Riley's mindscape.
"Did you get anything else interesting from Yurik, Kurama?" Riley inquired.
"Yep. I'll transfer over to you all of the knowledge on his abilities that I was able to salvage from the ruins of his mind. You may find some use for it." Kurama stated, and Riley felt a rush as dozens of years' worth of knowledge of the black arts, came rushing into her head.
"Well that was uncomfortabl..." Riley began to say, when she felt a spasm shoot through her body.
Riley continued to shake for several long moments, as every muscle in her body began to pull taught making Riley feel like she was locked in place.
"Gah! What the... fuck!" Riley gasped as she struggled to fight through the sudden pain.
'What's happening to her?' Madara worriedly asked.
"It's time." Kurama stated with a dark grin. The two also heard Deimos roar loudly in the sky.
Riley fell to her knees as she felt her Youki begin to churn and shift violently. She felt her body begin to tear itself apart, and she instantly knew what was happening. She knew the time had come. She was ascending to a full demon.
She felt her Youki tear up through her core, devouring all of her normal magic, converting it into more Youki. She felt her skin bubble and begin pull free from her body as her whole being began to break down. She was ascending to a higher form of existence, where a physical body was little more than a tool. Demons were magic, given will. They had no need of bodies, and only used them as instruments to aid in activities. A body was a vessel, and container for their power, but they didn't need it. That was the reason why a demon couldn't be killed by non-magical means. Destroy the body, and the demon just makes a new one. In order to kill a demon, you have to attack it with magic, which damages/dissipates its own magic, causing it to break apart, and weaken. Weaker demons can't stand this for more than a few strikes, which is how Riley was able to kill the lesser demonic lizards that Yurik had summoned with a few magically charged strikes. Stronger beasts, like the Bijuu for example, are so powerful that there is almost no way for a human to actually do them any true harm. Yes, their bodies can and have been destroyed, but they just reform a short while later, as if nothing happened.
With Riley's ascension, her body began to break down, the human parts of it, burning away from the raw demonic power.
Utilizing her understanding of the Demon Transformation technique that Kurama had taught to her, Riley held her body together as her magic began to change. Riley intended to keep her body, she liked having it, and had no intention of losing the advantages it provided and starting over from nothing.
The process was painful as all hell, as Riley struggled to keep her body in one piece. She felt her Youki flare, then die down, then it would flare again. She felt her magic rip and tear at her very being. She felt what little bit of chakra, she still had, turn into Youki. She felt her very soul begin to change.
Riley let out a scream of pain as she felt magic pump through every cell in her body. She felt her body begin to change, she felt her bones extend, her skin churned and stretched. She fought with every ounce of her willpower to keep her body from being torn apart, even as it changed and adapted to the demonic powers exploding through it.
She was in so much pain... she didn't even realize that her Youki had manifested a tornado around her.
Miles away, Yugito and Gaia, both stared out their windows in terror. Their demons were going ape shit.
"Nibi... what is that?!" Yugito asked aloud.
"An archdemon. It's young... and weak... but it's an archdemon... how in the hell did one slip into the world without us knowing?" The cat replied with an angry hiss.
"We need to tell lord Raikage." Yugito stated as she shot to her feet and raced off to find the Raikage, and inform him of this.
As far away as the Elemental Nations, the Jinchuriki looked to the west. Their inner demons could feel the power of the archdemon as it came into the world.
All around Germany people, magicals and muggles alike, looked to a bright beam of light that appeared in the northeast. All of them felt dread grip their hearts. While none knew exactly what that was, their instincts screamed at them to run. To cower in fear.
At Hogwarts, a very particular group of people, mostly in Slytherin house, shot out of bed. They all looked to the east. For some reason, each one could feel as if something... was calling to them.
In the Chamber of Secrets, Luna, Daphne, and Katie sat with Fleur. Riley's clones having popped suddenly a few moments earlier. Luckily, they had already finished Fleur's surgery. Still, the three girls could feel something in the air. Even Fleur began to stir, which was amazing when you considered she was still stunned by a Stupefy.
"Riley..." Katie heard Luna whisper. She turned to see the lithe young girl staring east, right at a wall, and yet... she seemed as if she was seeing through it. Seeing what was really going on.
Up in the Gryffindor tower, Kakashi, Minato, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Lily were huddled over Naruko, who was clutching her stomach and wailing in pain. The Nine Tails' energy was reacting to the birth of an archdemon, yet none of them knew that.
The power fluctuations around Riley continued for several more minutes. She had never before felt something so painful. And yet... the pain did subside. It began to die down and her Youki returned to her body.
Riley was on her hands and knees. Her eyes screwed shut, as she tried to reign in the pain. It was a few moments before she felt it fade and she could open them again.
"That fucking killed, Kurama." Riley hissed as she looked around and took in the devastation around her. The act of her rebirth had ravaged the surrounding area, and a dust cloud, kicked up by the tornado she had caused, still hung in the air. It took several minutes before she finally tried to rise to her feet. The act in and of itself was immensely difficult, as her legs felt weak and shook violently under her weight.
"Well... you just changed into a god. I'd expect it to hurt." Kurama replied with a chuckle.
"Fuck off!" Riley stated aloud as she finally regained her footing.
'You alright?' Madara asked.
"Fucking no! That felt like every cell in my body just exploded!" Riley hissed in reply.
"Is anything different? I felt you lose control over the demonic transformation for a few seconds. Did anything change?" Kurama asked.
Riley cracked her neck loudly and summoned her wand. She noticed that the thing kinda just appeared in her hand, which was odd. Since it should have been in its holster. She conjured a mirror in front of her, and almost fell on her ass with what she saw. First thing's first was that she was entirely naked. But that wasn't what surprised her. What surprised her was how different she looked.
Her appearance had changed. Not a lot. But enough for people to take notice. The first thing Riley noticed was that she looked older. She looked like she was in her twenties now. She was also taller, probably six foot even. Her figure had filled out as well. Her hips were wider and curvier. Her butt was much rounder and firmer. Her breasts had shot up from a b-cup to the high end of a D-cup measurement. Her features were much womanlier all around. Looking at herself, Riley couldn't help as a bit of vanity slipped through. She had to admit, she was hot, like really hot.
She ran her hands over her body and noticed that her nails were longer now. Each once was about half an inch in length and pointed now. They also felt different. Riley could tell that they were no longer nails, but claws. They were long enough to be dangerous, but not so long that they would hinder her.
She ran her hand through her hair, she felt that while it looked the same, if felt fuller, thicker even. It was also longer, now down to her lower back. She also noticed that her ears were now pointed. They were only slightly longer than before, and now had a point at the end of them, giving her almost like an elven appearance. Slowly, curiously, she continued to examine her body. Her hands slid over her hips, along her lower back, forward across her stomach and up towards her breasts. One of her hands slid between her boobs, finding rest over her heart. A powerful thud hammered against her chest plate, her heart had also been altered from what she could feel, the strength of each beat could be felt echoing through her. She felt her blood racing through her veins, her new heart driving it with far greater pressure than before. She pulled her hand free and glanced at her wrist, eyeing the veins. She flexed her hand, watching as the tendons pulled taught, like steel cables. Every movement felt powerful, as if every muscle fiber in her body had been altered, its strength increased.
She felt something graze past her leg, which drew her out of her revelry. When she looked down, she nearly let out a yelp of surprise. She now had a tail. The tail was connected to the end of her spine, just above the tail bone. She knew that when she became a demon, she would have to have a tail, to measure her power. Since technically she absorbed the soul of a 'tailed' beast. So, she wasn't surprised that it was there, what was surprising was how it looked. She assumed it would have appeared as a long puffy furry thing, like Kurama's. Hers however was different.
Her tail was ten feet long, it was thin at the base where it left her body, only around two inches thick, and it slowly tapered off as you went along it, growing thinner and thinner until reaching the end. Her tail was the same color as her skin. It was also very flexible, able to bend and twist in all directions. She could even lengthen and shorten it. Her tail ended in a point, and despite its flexibility, if she flexed the muscles along it, and caused it to go rigid, her tail could act like a piercing implement, like a spear of sorts, able to lance through objects with incredible striking power, if it was anywhere near as strong as her other limbs. The fact that she could extend or retract its length, also meant that such a tool had a sizable range, able to act as a close quarters tool, or a medium ranged spearing weapon.
She was surprised at how easily the thing responded to her. It was an odd feeling, having a new limb, but with how easily it responded to her, it wasn't difficult at all to move around and get the tail to obey her.
Returning her gaze to her conjured mirror, she took note of one of the biggest changes she'd yet to notice, which was that her eyes held the Rinnegan in them. But it wasn't the Rinnegan she was used too. Her new Rinnegan was still purple, but now held Nine tomoe. Three on each ring, starting from the center.
"What happened to my Rinnegan, Kurama?" Riley asked as she appeared in her mind scape.
Kurama and Madara both were surprised by her physical changes, and Madara spun around and watched Deimos fly around in the sky, when he realized that she was nude. Kurama was about to comment on her nudity, when his jaw slammed into the ground, as he noticed her new eyes.
"By the Sage!" Kurama yelled in surprise.
"What?" Riley asked.
"Those eyes... those are... those are the eyes of the Juubi! That's a fusion of the Rinnegan and the Sharingan. It has many names, Juubigan, Sharinnegan, Rinne Sharingan. But they all mean the same thing." Kurama explained. It was right about now that Madara began to notice that there was a lot of random stuff laying around them.
He glanced around at the stuff, and quickly realized what it all was. All the crap laying around them were the things that Riley had sealed into her body. He noticed his armor off to the side. Along with his gunbai fan. He saw her combat robes. Along with a boat load of shuriken, kunai, senbon, windmill Shuriken, and bomb tags. Riley had soldier pills, food, water, and medical supplies, all kinds of stuff in storage seals, that she had placed on her person. And now it was all in her mindscape.
"I can't believe you have eyes like that. And before you ask, all I know about their power, is that they hold all of the abilities of the Rinnegan and Sharingan. Personally, I think these new eyes are a fusion of all three of your dojutsu. The Rinnegan, the Sharingan, and the Mangekyou Sharingan." Kurama guessed.
"But how did I get them?" Riley wondered aloud.
'Um... I think I have a guess. Can you put some cloths on first, though?' Madara asked.
"Oh... um yeah." Riley replied as she summoned her combat robes, which to her surprise she noticed a pop in the field they were in, as the robes appeared on her person.
It was then that she took notice of all the crap strewn about everywhere. She quickly realized it was all her stuff.
"How'd all my things get in here?" Riley asked.
'That's what I wanted to tell you. I think when you turned into an Archdemon, you absorbed everything you had on you. All the stuff in your seals became a part of you. That's why it's all in your mindscape now.' Madara explained.
"Hm... you know that might explain where your new eyes came from." Kurama stated.
'Are you thinking what I'm thinking fox?' Madara asked.
"What are you guys thinking?" Riley inquired curiously.
"If you absorbed everything in those seals on your body, that means that you also absorbed your old eyes. But I don't see them in here anymore. I think you absorbed them, and they fused with Madara's eyes. Two Rinnegan, Two Sharingan, and Two Mangekyou, together forced an evolution of your eyes into this final stage." Kurama answered, earning a nob of agreement from Madara.
'Can you still use your Mangekyou powers?' Madara inquired.
Riley glanced over at the nearby tree line and cast Amaterasu. To her immense surprise the entire forest exploded into flame.
"I think that proves it." Kurama stated with a chuckle.
"So, all of my Dojutsu, and my old eyes fused into one set of eyes. Plus, I can't deactivate these. These are my true eyes now... the power within them is... overwhelming." Riley muttered.
"Well, I'll be... With eyes like that, you'll absolutely dominate against any foe." Kurama commented with a chuckle.
'Nice tail, by the way.' Madara added as well.
Riley simply smiled as she flexed her tail so that it wrapped around her waist. She would have to come up with a method of hiding it, because knowing the assholes in Britain, people would be calling for her head, the second they saw it.
"Your mates are gonna freak when they see you." Kurama commented with a chuckle.
Riley couldn't help but chuckle as well, as she thought about what she looked like now. Today was October tenth, her birthday. She was fifteen now, but she now had the body of a twenty-year-old woman. Yeah... she was sure her mates would be happy about that.
It took a couple of moments, but Riley finally decided that it was time to leave. She turned and dashed out of the crater, that was now the mansion. She noticed that the seal on her power had vanished, so she'd need to reset them if she wanted to hide. She also noticed that she was a lot faster and stronger now. She was nearly twice as fast as she used to be, and almost three times as strong. That coupled with her ability to multiply her base strength a hundred times, and she was sure she was the strongest living thing anywhere around. Not to mention, now she was so fast she could easily break the sound barrier without even having to try.
She also took note of another thing while she ran. Her weight had decreased exponentially. She asked Kurama about it, and he said that her magic was naturally using the new ability she gained from the three headed demon she killed earlier that day, to decrease her weight and its effect on other things. What that meant was that if she were to step on a scale, it would say she would weigh about thirty pounds, while if someone walked up and pushed her, it would be like trying to push a hundred- and forty-pound woman.
Basically, what her ability did was magically change her weight's effect on things she interacted with. She could stand on a thin tree branch and not bend it, while if a harsh wind blew by, she wouldn't get knocked down by it. Her magic altered 'her' weight on other things, but also made it so that how other things affected her stayed the same. She could change that if she wanted to, but for now, it actually made things easier for her. Since she now moved with almost zero noise.
All in all, this night had been productive. She had gained a familiar, turned into an archdemon, and she killed that asshole, Yurik. Yep, it was a good day. She had to remember though in the upcoming months to take another trip. She would have to find Grindelwald and learn the locations of the other Phylactery. If the souls within those had also dissolved then she would use that power, if not she would destroy them, either way, they were a danger to her, as the one that she used to create Deimos held about half as much power as she possessed, meaning if one of her enemies got their hands on the others, they could do some serious damage.
Either way, first Riley would return to see Daphne, Katie and Fleur, then she'd prepare for the confrontation with Dumbledore and the other Kage she was sure would happen tomorrow morning. Thinking of that, Riley could only smirk. Those fools truly had no clue what they were dealing with...
-To Be Continued-
Alright so I chose to stop there. I had gone longer, but it didn't feel right. It didn't flow naturally for me, so I just stopped there. The next chapter is already 2800 words in though so you wont be waiting long for an update. Also I'm releasing an AU info chapter after this one, to give you some info on demons, to clear up any questions. You don't have to read, if you don't want to.
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