Okay guys, here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy, let me know what you think and I'm always open to new ideas and suggestions. Never know what may spark inspiration for a cool idea.
And to those of you whom are worried about my recent decline in updates, my only reply is that I've been hella busy at work. I just finished a 7 day work week and I am fucking exhausted. I'm a dishwasher, and I work nights, but the place where I work doesn't have a day guy, so I wash two shifts worth of dishes, so whenever I show up for work I usually have anywhere from a handful to a fucking mountain of dishes to do. I end up getting home at anywhere between 1-3 in the morning on any given night, so I'm pretty beat. I will try to increase my writing speed, and get back to something of a regular routine, and luckily I have the next two days off so you'll see an update or two in that time, but otherwise I can only say, be patient. I have nearly surpassed my other stories in words written and this story is less then three months old. So don't think for a second that I've lost interest, just hit a busy patch.
Also to those who may not have fully understood, let me explain a fine point about my version of the Fidelus charm since it isn't fleshed out very well in cannon. my version makes something a secret to everyone beneath or within a certain range of someone's power. since Riley cast the spell, the two tails Jinchuriki and now the two tails would have forgotten she was an archdemon, and by now so would the Ichibi. so basically anyone below Riley in power or only a bit above her, now doesn't know she's an archdemon. basically as she surpasses the tailed beasts they'll start to forget her, or be unable to put the pieces together about her being an archdemon.
Warnings: Death, Gore, Violence, Language, Graphic scenes.
Broken Angel
Chapter 29: Evil's True Birth
"Please God!" A man screamed but he was quickly silenced as a long thin appendage speared his skull.
"THOMAS!" An older man screamed as he and two others raised their handguns and fired wildly at the cloaked figured that now stood over their dead friend.
The men fired frantically, unloading their magazines at the figure. However, none of their shots struck home. The figure almost seemed to shift through the air away from their bullets. Back and forth it moved as it slowly walked towards them. The figure kept vanishing, right as they shot at it, always appearing a few feet to the left or right, just far enough to avoid their bullets.
The three men began to scream in terror as the cloaked figure reached within arm's length of them. They all dove back away from the advancing nightmare. One, the older man who had screamed earlier was not fast enough and was speared through the leg by what could only be described as a tail, that emerged from beneath the black cloak that the monster wore.
The older man screamed in agony as he was wrenched back and into the air, right towards the cloaked figure. The two other men watched in horror as the monster's hand exploded into a ball of lightning. With a single wave of it's arm, it's lightning covered hand sliced the old man in half as he flew by. Bisecting him at the stomach and causing blood and organs to shower down all over the ground.
Just then two more men burst into the room, one armed with a shotgun. He raised the weapon, and aimed down the sight, lining up his shot, before firing. Again the cloaked figure glided out of the way of the spray of pellets. The man pumped the shotgun and prepared to fire again, though before he could, the figure disappeared in a blur of motion.
Before the gunman could even register what had happened, he felt the shotgun wrench from his hands, and then felt the end of the barrel press at his chin. Before he could even think of any sort of response his life was ended when a load of buckshot tore off his face and scattered most of his brains into the air.
"Fuck!" The second man who had busted into the room shouted as he watched the cloaked figure wrench the shotgun from his friend's hand and blow his brains out with it.
The Cloaked figure did not cease it's attack, not for even for a moment. It quickly dropped the firearm and turned towards the two men whom it was after originally. Seeing his opening, the second man whom had entered with the shotgun wielding man, raised his weapon and leveled it at the cloaked figure.
Before he could fire however the monster's tail whipped out from beneath its cloak and sliced the man's hands off. He fell to the ground screaming in agony as the creature dashed towards the two remaining men. Moving at impossible speeds it appeared between the two men.
With monstrous ease, the cloaked monster drove it's hands into the stomachs of the two men, lifting them off the ground with the force of her strike. Both men let out screams of agony as the demon grabbed hold of their spines and used it to hold them aloft. For a quiet moment the creature observed them, before a vicious grin split across it's face. The demon release a Reducto spell from either of it's hands causing the two men to explode at the waist in a shower of blood and intestines.
A hellish chuckle filled the air as the monster gazed up at the ceiling. Slowly it lowered it's eyes to the corpses on the ground, admiring it's handiwork, like some sort of macabre art show. It then turned towards the last man in the room, the one who was now missing his hands. He was also on the ground screaming in pain, and quickly slipping into shock from the blood loss. The cloaked figure walked past him, only getting a few feet by, when it's tail whipped in a downward arching motion and stabbed the man in the skull, ending his life.
The figure started to walk towards the door that the two men had come in through but stopped a few feet away. It raised it's hand and drew in the souls of all of the dead men in the room. With that done, it walked through the doorway, only to come across the sight of nearly twenty more men, all armed with shotguns and pistols.
The figure had just stepped into a large garage, which had a few vans, along with large crates sitting in it. The twenty or so individuals were placed all over the room. Some stood on the ground level, some were up on boxes or even on top of the vehicles.
Sitting on some nearby tables at the back of the garage were many bags filled with white powder, that looked ready to be loaded into the vans and set off towards the outside world.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU!?" One of the men screamed.
The figure was silent for a few moments, almost as if contemplating the question. It took a couple of seconds but the men began to hear light laughter coming from the figure.
The sound of the light giggling unnerved all of them. They had all heard what had happened in the other room, and the guys they sent to help, didn't come back.
Slowly, the cloaked figure began to raise it's hands, as it did, the shadow that clouded it's face faded, revealing to the men, a feminine jawline. However, there was something wrong with this person's face. At the corners of their mouth was a line that ran farther up their face, towards their ears. It was thin, just big enough to be noticed. It looked almost like a scar, but it was far too smooth to have been an actual injury, hell to their knowledge it could have been a tattoo of some sort. However it still unnerved them, since it gave this womanly face, a kind of permanent grin to it.
They all stared in fear as the figure smiled at them, and spoke for the first time.
"I… am an angel, and I'm here, to guide you to your rightful resting place." The figure which could now be identified as a woman, spoke in a gentle tone that was almost soothing.
And with that, she chuckled and opened her mouth. The lines on either side of her face, were in fact a continuation of her mouth, and when her jaw opened, it revealed a mouth filled with pointy, razor sharp teeth that stretched up to her ears. Every man in the room started screaming at the sight and with an ear-piercing hiss from the monster, every light in the room burst, causing the room to go pitch black… and then the massacre began.
For thirty long seconds the room was lit up with gunfire. It was filled with the deafening sound of over a dozen firearms discharging at once. Each second dragged out as flashes of the monster could be seen as it tore through the room, shredding the gangsters apart and spraying gallons of blood across every portion of the room. There was a shift that occurred as the slaughter was carried out. At first, only gunshots could be heard. But then, after a few moments, the screams of agony and pain overpowered even that.
After thirty seconds had passed the room became as silent as a tomb.
A couple of silent moments passed as one man stood cowering in place at what he'd seen. He had shut his eyes out of fear, and now opened them to find a pair of eyes staring back at him, no more than ten inches from his face.
"Pl- Please…. I don't wanna die." The man begged as he fell backwards and tried to crawl away in fear.
"You won't. You're a police officer, you were trying to take these guys down. They'll never believe you, ya know. They'll probably fire you, maybe even jail you. But they won't find anything to hold you, you'll be free soon. You won't suffer long… I promise." The figure behind those godly purple eyes stated in an understanding and sympathetic voice.
The man stared at her eyes for a moment, before he felt a weight overcome him, his eyelids suddenly felt heavy and his vision immediately began to cloud over. It took only a moment but soon he was in a peaceful sleep.
The cloaked figure stood over the sleeping undercover cop, staring down at him with sad eyes.
"I promised you would not suffer… I meant it… may your life be filled with luck… and love." The figure stated as a white glow emerged from it's hand. The light drifted down into the man's body, and sunk into it, disappearing from sight.
With a kind smile the figure vanished in a swirl of blood. A few moments later the garage doors swung open and police stormed in. They were greeted to the sight of a bloody massacre, the bodies of the dead lay scattered across the room. They were sliced to pieces, shot, stabbed, bones were broken, heads were missing. The sight was the most gruesome scene any of them had ever witnessed. These men had been torn to pieces and their bodies were discarded like trash. And in the center of it all, was a single man, sleeping calmly and peacefully.
The officers collected themselves and gathered their sleeping comrade, they had a lot of work to do.
Meanwhile, the cloaked figure slowly strolled down a street a couple of blocks away, a few moments passed before several dozen other cloaked figures appeared around her. Each offered a nod before disappearing in a poof of smoke.
The memories of a successful night of carnage, filled her mind as she continued to casually stroll down the street.
"I think you broke your record, Riley." Came the dark voice of Kurama.
"Never an end to scumbags in the world." The now identified Riley, replied.
"You calling it a night?" Kurama inquired.
"Chuunin exams start tomorrow. Plus… I've got some pretty ladies I need to get back to. Feels like I haven't seen them in forever." Riley answered as she began to disappear into a black hole that formed from her eye.
The harvesting of souls and the hunt for darkness, was going well. This night, Riley had put down nearly a hundred rapists, murderers, corrupt business men, corrupt cops, pedophiles, drug dealers, and any other member of the criminal underworld, you could think of. Riley put them all down with extreme prejudice and made sure that their deaths would leave a very lasting impact on the world at large. With each violent end to those who sought to bring chaos into the world, Riley was sending a message. 'if you seek to do evil, then your death will be painful and messy.'
Ever since she discovered Kamui, Madara and Kurama had been training Riley into the ground. The training schedule that Kurama came up with was un-fucking-believable. He had her condense time so that a week in Kamui was only an hour on the outside, and then she would train multiple hours a day. In fact, she spent nearly ten hours a day in Kamui, which equaled out to about ten weeks of training. At first Riley was sure she would burn out, as that training regiment was insane. However she quickly realized why Kurama had set it up that way. It was after the first week of training in Kamui that Riley realized that her concept of time had been altered.
At first Riley thought that the week in Kamui would drag on, she was surprised however when, before she knew it, Kurama was telling her it was time for her to return to the real world for an hour and relax.
Riley quickly came to the conclusion that as a human being, every second mattered, and when humans do things, they almost always feel the passage of time. As a demon however, Riley was immortal. The passage of time meant nothing to a demon. Riley's theory was proven correct over then next couple of training sessions in Kamui. They flew by, even though Riley had spent a week training. One-Hundred-and-Sixty-Eight hours just soared by, and before she knew it, she was back in the real world.
The training itself was gruesome. The first time she got her ass handed to her by Madara, was probably the most humiliating moment of her life. She didn't lose because she got cocky, and it wasn't for a lack of skill. It was the lack of experience. Riley had the power to fight a kage. She had the abilities and the skills to do it… but experience still mattered, and without it, she was just a child playing with a very big bomb.
Now that he had a physical body, Riley came to understand why everyone feared her grandfather. The man was a beast. His assaults were relentless, his speed immense, his strength grand. He was nearly unstoppable on the battlefield.
-Flashback-
Riley backpedaled as she tried to regain her bearings, a curse springing free from her lips.
The instant she came to a stop, Madara was on her, flying through the air he landed near to her, and rushed at her delivering a corkscrew kick, aimed right at her head.
Riley blocked the strike with her forearm, the bones in her arm snapping from the force of the strike. Madara quickly returned to the ground, landing on his feet, and he immediately rushed her, offering no time to recover as he laid into her with her signature taijutsu.
Riley was forced to backpedal and fight with only one arm as her other rapidly healed. Because she was down an arm, Madara got in several strong blows to her face and body, he only laid off the assault when Riley's arm finished healing as she was able to start matching him blow for blow.
Seeing that she had regained her footing Madara jumped back and with a single handsign, he unleashed the Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame. Riley let out another curse at the sight of the incoming wall of flames, and quickly countered, speeding through handsigns of her own to respond with the same technique.
Both Fire Style jutsus slammed into one another, canceling each other out. Riley sustained the jutsu for three long seconds before feeling something wrap tightly around her ankle. Her eyes shot down to see a tree branch emerging from the ground, coiling around her foot.
The tree branch exploded out of the ground ripping her through the air like she was a hooked a fish. She flew into the blazing inferno of her own technique and than directly into Madara's. The searing heat burned her severely as she was pulled directly to the source. Deciding to pay back her twisted grandfather, Riley prepared to deliver a bone crushing, chakra enhanced punch the moment she got close to him.
The instant she could detect his silhouette through the flames, she brought her arm back and than launched it forward, using the inferno to cover her movements and allow her to catch the old man unaware.
Her strike fell short of it's mark as it crashed into the blue skeletal bones of Susano'o.
"Fuck!" Riley hissed, as Madara smirked at her. She was severely burned, everything hurt, and now her grandfather was pulling out the big guns.
She let out a snarl and launched Madara away from her as she unleashed Shinra Tensei. The move sent the old Uchiwa skidding back, and it freed Riley from the wooden tether around her ankle.
Madara responded swiftly.
The moment he was able to reverse his backward momentum, he shot forward. Riley was unprepared for the speed of his recovery, and was thus unable to dodge when his Susano'o manifested a short sword and stabbed out at her. Her speed was just great enough for her to avoid being speared through the chest by the foot wide blade. Instead it caught her arm, severing it at the shoulder.
"Gods fucking dammit! Shit!" Riley hissed to herself, as she hopped away from Madara and focused her regenerative powers on her now missing appendage. The arm began to rapidly regrow, but it would still be several minutes before she could regenerate a whole new arm.
"Better than last time, I'll give you that. You've got skill, but not enough experience to know how to properly use it. You're to used to fighting weak opponents, people you have to hold back against if you want to get any enjoyment out of it. You lack true battlefield experience." Madara critiqued her, folding his arms over his chest, and allowing his Susano'o to dissipate.
"Fuck! I know. That lesson was perfectly clear the first time you beat my ass." Riley grumbled, fighting to ignore the pain in her missing limb, and the part of her body which still sported some severe burns.
"Yet you have the perseverance to keep learning it. That's a good sign. I was a bit worried that you wouldn't take failure very well, and would start to lash out. To many of our kind suffer from such arrogance." Madara noted, earning a sigh from Riley as she finally decided to give up and just sit down and focus on regenerating from her ass kicking.
"Yeah well, when people say you and Lord Hashirama were titans on the battlefield, they weren't kidding. I know I have more power than you do, and because you were the one who taught me how to use it, I should be able to put up more of a fight against you, it's a bit frustrating, but I'm trying to keep focused. I know these lessons are important, probably the most important lessons I'll ever learn. I need to know how to fight at this level, against people like you and me. Those are the only threats in this world that will ever prove a danger to me. The best anyone else can manage is a good dance." Riley responded.
"Indeed, these lessons are important. And you're right, given that I was the one to teach you, and many of your moves are my own, you should be able to put up more of a fight. The reason you keep falling in battle, is because you treat these fights like exhibition. Like this were another dance. It's what you've been used to for so long, trust me when I say that I fully understand. In my youth, there was only one man who proved capable enough to make me fight seriously. Only Hashirama could push me that far. His younger brother Tobirama would have made a good dance partner, but he wasn't a true threat like Hashirama. I too suffered from that same complacency as you. No one else could ever put up enough of a fight to earn my full attention. You must learn to judge the threats you face and understand how to respond against those that have the potential to hurt you. Despite your powers, such people do exist, so you have to prepare for them. When we fight, I come at you with the intent to kill. When next we duel, you have to come at me with that same level of intensity. Only than will we be able to fight as equals, and you'll learn what it truly means to fight at that level, at full power." Madara expressed to her, passing on his wisdom, Riley hanging on every word.
"Thank you grandfather, I wont let your time and effort go to waste." Riley responded, offering the old man a prideful smirk, which he returned.
-End Flashback-
Her defeats at Madara's hands continued, but from each defeat, she learned more about her capabilities and by extension, just how far she could push herself when she really tried. She had always thought that she kept herself in check, that she didn't let vanity or pride influence her decisions in combat, but Madara showed her the truth of things. She was powerful, more powerful than even him, but she was complaisant. She assumed herself untouchable and he was therefore easily able to exploit her surprise when he laid into her with unmatched ferocity.
As he had always been, Madara was a cruel teacher, however, Riley would have it no other way. Her pride demanded that she improve after each failure, and Madara and Kurama used that to help train her. Madara knew exactly how to apply his immense power to shatter her defenses, he knew how tear through her shields and bring her down to his level. He knew how to anger her, with threats towards her friends and mates.
But as she always had, Riley improved. She grew, with each passing moment. Every failure was a spark, that reignited her drive to improve. With many hours in Kamui, her skills were rapidly growing. In three days time she had over thirty weeks worth of training, and she was still going.
Her stamina, and her needs were all tied into magic now. She didn't need to rest, she didn't need to eat, or drink… she only needed magic in order to survive, and because of that, she had no reason to leave Kamui for each individual week.
Along with the constant ass kickings from Madara, Riley's other skills were growing. There was so much to being a demon that Riley didn't know or understand. Every hour she spent growing her skills and learning more about what it meant to be a demon. One of the biggest things Kurama tried to hammer into her head was that demons all had a unique ability that was similar to the Sage of Six Paths' Creation of All Things Technique. A demon could make any sort of object out of it's magic, and that object would remain as long as the demon fueled it with magic. The Sage's technique was superior in that what it created was permanent, however this was still an ability that all demons had, and it would be wise for her to learn it.
She also learned several unique abilities, that more powerful demons could do. As she grew in power so did her command over the natural order of things. Kurama explained to her that nature and the so called harmony of the universe was a creation of life, and light, and in retaliation for these natural creations, darkness and evil usurped some control over these natural aspects. He explained that he by his mere presence, caused bad luck for all those around him, to whom he had negative feelings towards. It was why accidents tended to happen quite often around powerful demons. He explained to Riley that at her level, she held power over a few aspects of creation, like luck.
Basically, she could infuse someone with positive or negative energies that would affect the world around them, and manifest as either good or bad luck. Like she had done with the undercover cop earlier that night. The poor guy had no idea she was going to be there that night, and he was just trying to protect people from those gangsters. Therefore Riley had blessed him with a long life full of luck. Now it's not like he wouldn't ever have a problem again, but in a general sense, he would have a positive life from this moment forward. Her gift to someone whom was in the wrong place at the right time.
With each passing day, Riley felt the traces of her humanity slip further and further away. She was often surprised when she would think of something in an abstract way, that she had never thought like before. Her human rationality and reasoning were gone. Her instincts had changed. They were keener than ever before. There was nothing any human being could hide from her eyes and her senses. Whenever she met someone, she could instantly detect their aura. Whether they were light or dark, good or evil. She could tell instantly if a person was a threat or not.
Her devotion to her mates had also increased as well. She found herself watching them, always watching them to keep them safe. She had even placed seals on their bodies to track them if need be, not that they knew that.
Her obsessiveness over them was something that unnerved her, as on more than one occasion, Riley had entered a room with one of her mates, and had off handedly contemplated a scenario of her reaction to an attack, and how she would go about killing every other person in the room in order to protect the mate in question. That was another thing, she had started referring to her girlfriends, as her mates. What had once been a sort of joking title, was now how she addressed them, at least internally. That was how she saw them, not just as partners, or lovers, but as her bonded mates, who she would do anything for, and for whom she would do anything to protect.
Also of note, Riley had fine tuned her demonic form after a bit of trial and error while working with Madara and Kurama. She had made a few adjustments to increase her combat abilities or fear factor. Like the wide mouth lined with jagged razor sharp teeth. Her tail now had a split on the end of it, while it remained pointy if she wanted it to, the end of her tail could untwist into five small tendrils that acted like tentaclly fingers. Each one was nearly twice as long as an average human finger, and could be used to grab things. With this new addition, Riley's field of movement increased dramatically, as she could now use her tail to grab things and push or pull herself away from objects. It gave her a degree of control in the air, that she would otherwise not posses.
She was also just now beginning to learn how to fly with her Rinnegan. It was not easy, and required an immense amount of focus and control. She had also stumbled upon another of Kamui's abilities. She learned that she could teleport things to Kamui just by looking at them if she focused enough.
Due to her demonic nature, Riley could mimic, adapt, or even evolve magical abilities, if she had a way to know how to use them. Either by being taught, or by absorbing the practitioner of such techniques. Because Riley was a pure magical being, and had access to all of the base elements, thanks to her Rinnegan, she was able to learn almost any type of technique, so long as it stemmed from the five base elements, or Yin/Yang Release. That meant that Riley could learn to mimic abilities like Kurama's Negative Emotion Sensing, which the Nine Tails' taught her how to use after offering a bit of his chakra to her for her to absorb and develop the ability.
To any normal person… Riley was a god. Her power was unbelievable, and it continued to grow with each passing day. And with each day, Riley continued to hone it to a razors edge. She never allowed it to slip out of control, she drilled her control exercises for hours every time she entered Kamui.
She had asked Kurama once or twice if he had ever heard of another demon with her kind of status. One with the power of an archdemon but the control of an devil. He said that while he was sure there were demons out there that were just like her, he doubted there were many, and he hadn't ever heard of any before.
Regardless, Riley knew that she was unique. As her power grew so did the affect she had on the natural world. She began to notice that when she was angry or upset, the sky would turn black, and weird things would begin to happen. Hell during one of her fights with Madara in Kamui, he pissed her off so much that it started raining ash. Ash just started to fall from the sky and blanket the ground. Riley had tested to see if it would happen in the real world and to her surprise it did. Similar things began to happen whenever she would get really happy, or horny. For happiness it was a gentle breeze, while whenever she was really aroused it would start to rain. It was weird.
Madara hypothesized that since she possessed the Rinnegan and thus access to Sage powers, her Youki was actually mixing with nature energy and because of that, she was actually becoming a nature sage, like Hashirama. Whenever the God of the Shinobi was happy or excited the wind would pick up and the plants around him would bloom. While whenever he was angry, there was a certain stillness to the world, almost like the entirety of nature was holding it's breath. It may not have been true, but it kinda explained why her Youki was having such an effect on the world around her.
Riley's power was monstrous. Kurama had informed her that because of all the time she spent in Kamui, she would be growing another tail very soon. Probably by next week, since she would spend another couple dozen weeks in Kamui, by then.
Riley had also taken to absorbing one or two cores from each of her raids against the evils of the world. Kurama had taught her how to separate a person's magical core from their soul, and now she was doing it to some of the people she killed. She still gave most to Kurama, but she wanted to start speeding up her own magical regeneration. When asked why by Madara, who was curious since she could go from zero to one hundred in about ten minutes, she simply replied, that ten minutes is a long time in battle, and if there was something that could push her to zero, she wanted there to be as little time between zero and one hundred as possible.
Neither could fault her on that, it was a clever idea, hell it took Kurama roughly six hours to get from zero to one hundred, though he did have a ton more magic than she did, so there was that.
One of Riley's main focuses throughout her training was working in her extra appendage into her taijutsu.
The style of Taijutsu Riley used was Madara's version of the Uchiha Interceptor Style. He called his style the Red Crescent Assault Style. It was based around an all out offensive style, with attacks and counter-attacks interwoven. The main purpose of the style was to take on a multitude opponents at once. Like the Interceptor style, it required the Sharingan in order to use effectively, and it involved moving amongst your enemy and using their own attacks against them. Striking at those who left openings, countering those who dared to strike out at you, and redirecting any attack that could deal damage to another enemy.
His style was so brutal that part of the deal made with the Senju to form Konohagakure was that Madara couldn't teach more then one person his taijutsu style. Turns out that one person was her. Now that he had a physical body he could help her correct all of the little mistakes she had been making all this time. Tiny things that you actually had to have someone help you adjust in order for your power to grow. Now she was refining her stances, and incorporating her tail into the mix.
It didn't take long before Riley was back in her room. The first thing she noticed upon entering the dark room, was the smell of sex. She glanced over at her bed and grinned at the sight of Fleur and Katie intertwined, sleepy peacefully. The two must have woken up some time after Riley had departed and had a vigorous screwing session, if the smell of sweat was anything to go by.
Riley had to admit, the two of them interwoven like that, it was hot. She kinda wished Daphne would stop being such a prude and join them more often… oh well, she was coming around.
Thinking back over the last few days, Riley had to admit, the Veela's sex drive was insane. It had only been four days since they first had sex, and Fleur had probably coupled with Riley about thirty times since then. Dragging her into broom closets or showing up right after lessons were finished. It was intense.
Knowing that she was Fleur's soul mate, also helped her to rationalize Fleur's admittedly crazy sex drive.
Katie joined the two almost every night, and while not as sex crazed as Fleur, she still had a healthy appetite for it, and would join in as often as she could. Daphne was a wildcard. The girls could tell just from looking at her that she wanted to join them, really badly. However she had her appearance to maintain. She didn't want to appear like some sex starved whore, and go begging for it. It made Riley laugh however whenever she noticed Riley and either Fleur or Katie, slip out of a broom closet, and she would pout. Riley found it cute, but she wouldn't do anything about it. She figured it would be better for Daphne in the long run to grow out of her Ice Queen mentality around them. That or Daphne would have a mental break and try to sexually assault one of them. Either way, it would be funny to see.
Riley had also managed another date with Luna, and while she kept everything tame and normal, deep down the demoness was excited to get into Luna's panties, and couldn't wait until she finally decided she was ready.
Shaking off the thought, Riley threw off her clothes, and allowed some of her more fearsome Demonic features to fade, while still maintaining her older appearance.
She then went and took a shower, as each of the Slytherin rooms had a private bathroom, and then slipped into bed next to Katie and Fleur. Neither girl stirred and Riley could tell that their lovemaking session had been vigorous, since they were both out like lights.
Anyway, by this time it was about four in the morning so Riley just decided to sleep.
The next day the Chuunin exams commenced. All the participants were eager to prove their metal, and eager to start kicking some ass. This became extra funny, when the first test turned out to be a written exam. The point of the test was information gathering and counterintelligence, and how well they could do it without getting caught, but there was an added twist. The test was easy for magicals, their purpose wasn't to cheat, it was to avoid getting cheated off of. There were nearly eighty teams from the various ninja villages and about ten teams from the three schools. The ninja had basically no clue how to answer most of the questions as they mostly had to do with magic. The magicals had an easy time with the test, but at the beginning of the test they were all told specifically that if you were caught cheating, or if you were caught getting cheated off of, a certain number of times, then you failed. They also didn't tell those that were getting cheated off of, if they failed until the end.
So, it was a humorous sight for Riley and the other Jonin teachers, as Draco, Katie and Theo, had listed Riley as their sensei, and thus she was allowed to be in the Jonin lounge to watch the exams. They were all watching the exam through a wall of glass panes that showed the inside of the test room from different angles. What she saw made her laugh, all of the shinobi were trying to stay cool and look like they were taking a test while all of the magicals had their heads low, arms spread out over their tests to hide their answers.
The ninja got clever with their cheating, using all kinds of various methods to gather intel from an enemy that knew they were being targeted. Riley had to admit, it was clever, pitting the shinobi against the magical students. It made for an interesting dynamic and the ideas that were used were interesting.
Riley kept a close eye on her three students. She knew they all had the test handled, piece of cake, but she was curious how they would avoid having their answers stolen. The answer for all three turned out to be genjutsu. Theo cast an illusion over his paper to mix up the answers he was writing down, so anyone copying him would place the wrong answers in the wrong spaces. Draco simply placed a subtle double layered illusion over his test that made it appear like he hadn't written anything at all, and was just sitting there, not knowing what to do. Katie just used genjutsu to make her answers appeared jumbled and random, so anyone trying to copy her would just see random gibberish.
"Hm… your students are pretty clever." Kakashi noted as he stepped up beside her.
"I taught them well." Riley replied.
The other Jonin in the room cringed at hearing that. Most were fearful of Riley, and to hear that she had her own team, was even more worrying.
"Meanwhile… wow… Naruko's the only one..." Kakashi muttered with a sigh.
Riley raised an eyebrow as she glanced onto the monitor and spotted her sister quickly filling in answers. Riley knew that Naruko probably already knew all of this stuff by heart, but her teammates were probably screwed.
"So that's Ibiki Morino, the legendary Interrogator?" Riley asked as she looked at the proctor for this test. He was a tall man in an all-black trench-coat with a black bandana on his head. His face was severely scarred, and he looked quite fearsome because of it.
"I'm surprised you've heard of him." Kakashi noted.
"His name is known in quite a lot of fields. Especially the information and torture fields. He's quite skilled at extracting information out of targets, I'm guessing he'll cut this group in half." Riley said aloud.
"True… so… how far do you think your students will make it?" Kakashi inquired.
"If they can pass this portion of the test… I see them making it to the finals. The first round is always meant to weed out those who just aren't anywhere near ready to be Chuunin. The next few rounds will weed out those who still have some work to do. I believe in them… but I know they still have a lot of lessons to learn. If they manage to learn a few in these exams, then hurray for them." Riley answered.
"Hm… interesting." Kakashi stated, as Asuma, Kurenai, and Guy all walked up to the two of them.
"Hey Kakashi, who's your friend?" Asuma inquired, he knew who she was, but it wouldn't do to simply approach her without offering a greeting first.
"Hey guys. This is Riley. Riley this is Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy." Kakashi introduced them all.
Riley gave each one a neutral glance though her eyebrows perked when she noticed the last of the trio. "Might Guy? The Legendary Blue Beast of Konohagakure? Practitioner and master of the Leaf's Strong Fist Style? It's an honor."
"Hm… so you've heard of me? Hehe." Guy stated with a proud chuckle.
"Indeed. Your exploits in Tiajutsu are famous amongst those with a healthy respect for the deeper aspects of the art. I, myself am a practitioner of the Red Crescent Assault Style. If you have the time sometime during the year, I would truly appreciate a taijutsu spar?" Riley replied.
"Your flames of Youth burn brightly young Uchiwa! OF COURCE WE SHALL SPAR!" Guy replied with gusto as he got into his taijutsu stance.
"Um… maybe later on Guy? You know… when you're not in a room filled with people." Kakashi stated with an unamused look on his face.
"Oh, um… Yes! We shall have our match soon. But for now, let us watch our youthful students." Guy replied earning a chuckle from Riley.
"You know… that fight against that massive demon was pretty impressive." Asuma noted, as he began fishing for information. He noticed Kakashi give him a look, that told him to proceed with caution.
"Was it? I hadn't really noticed." Riley replied in a bored tone before letting out a chuckle.
"Indeed! It was awe inspiring to see your flames of youth burn away that monster's hide!" Guy stated giving her a thumbs up, which she returned because, why the hell not.
"Yeah… defeating a monster like that, all by yourself… it was truly astounding to watch." Kurenai added.
"It wasn't anything really. Past its size and thick hide, the creature had only a minor amount of power. In terms of magic, it only had about twice as much as a kage. With that being said, it had almost no skill in using those powers. Like a rampaging genin, if ya ask me. Overall, it was a weak opponent, it's only upsides were its natural size and thick skin." Riley replied matter-of-factually.
"Still… I doubt I would be able to take it on." Kurenai replied,
"You wouldn't have. I can sense your powers lie in genjutsu. Against a monster like that, while easily tricked, you wouldn't be able to pierce it's hide with anything in your arsenal." Riley replied in a neutral tone.
"And how do you know that?" Kurenai inquired, not sounding the least bit offended, more so curious how Riley could know that about her, the two having never met before now.
"My eyes can see chakra. Yours is light, and airy. And there isn't a lot of it. As a Jonin, you must be skilled enough to have earned the title, leading me to conclude that you're either a Taijutsu specialist, or a Genjutsu Specialist. Given your physical appearance, I simply made an educated deduction. As a Genjutsu specialist you couldn't perform the necessary high-level attacks to put the beast down. I'd guess that at best you could utilize maybe two or three A-rank Ninjutsu before running completely out of chakra, and from what you saw, you can understand that you would need something with a lot more kick, than A-rank Ninjutsu. Sadly, against a beast like that, your illusions would only serve to trick it and keep it off balance, but you wouldn't be able to damage its mental processes, like you could a human. That kind of demon can't be driven insane, since it doesn't possess higher brain functions. Maybe you could trick it into attacking itself, but aside from that, I don't see many other ways of beating it from an illusionary standpoint." Riley explained almost like a teacher would, earning rather surprised looks from the four surrounding Leaf ninja.
"How do you know so much about that thing?" Asuma asked, only the barest hint of suspicion in his voice.
Riley simply sent him a bored glance before her eyes returned to the monitors that showed the exam room.
All four of them stared at her for a moment, before glancing away as they all suddenly felt uneasy. None of them noticed the cruel smirk on Riley's face as she felt them shift uncomfortably. The only one unaffected was Kakashi who simply stared at her curiously.
She sensed his eye on her and turned to him, offering a smile. "I have access to the libraries of Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor, there's quite a lot of information stored within those ancient keeps."
Her explanation earned a hum from Kakashi, but he accepted her words.
"So did you train your three students personally, or are you just standing in so they can participate?" Asuma inquired after a few more moments passed.
"Oh, I trained them. I've spent the last few years training all of my friends in the ninja arts. It started out as a hobby for most of them, like a lot of Civillian born ninja that you lot have to put up with, but after a few troublesome situations, they began to really get into it, and put more focus into their training." Riley answered.
"Always good once you get a motivating factor involved. Definitely helps to drive them onward." Kakashi agreed.
"Yeah. Hopefully they'll do just fine, and if not, then they'll learn some decent lessons." Riley offered with a shrug, knowing that failure was often times a better teacher than success.
-Meanwhile-
"What are we going to do about this lord Tsuchikage?" A council member asked.
"This girl is monstrously powerful, and she is too much like Madara for my liking. We need to find a way to get rid of her." Onoki replied as he stroked his beard.
"Perhaps we can target her friends, or perhaps her lovers. Maybe we can lure her into a trap with them?" One of his commanders suggested.
"Whatever we do, we must be weary. If this gets traced back to us in anyway, we'll be in deep shit." A Clan Leader stated with a concerned look.
"Have you given any consideration to Orochimaru's deal, my lord? Perhaps it would be wise to take this chance. If we get rid of the fourth Hokage then we can focus on this new threat, or vice versa." His Jonin Commander inquired.
"Hm… that's a good idea. I know he's got Suna and Kumo on board. This could be our chance to kill two birds with one stone. Alright! If this is the path we have chosen, we're going to need to recall our old friends. It looks like we'll need Han and Roshi back in the village. I want Shinobi out searching for them, ASAP!" The Tsuchikage ordered.
"Yes Sir!" An Anbu captain replied as he quickly Shunshined out of sight.
"Soon… Soon, all our worries will be past us, and Iwa will reign supreme." Onoki stated to the nods of agreement from his council. None of them noticed the figure in the shadows that was nearly invisible.
It watched with anger, as the foolish mortals began to plot their attack. It seemed as if Orochimaru was planning something, and it involved Kumo, Suna and now Iwa. Whatever it was, did not bode well for Hogwarts.
Riley simply shook her head at the foolishness of these moronic people. She would just have to show them the error of their ways. For now, though she had other things to worry about. And with that, her clone which was under a powerful Notice-Me-Not charm, casually strolled out of the chambers, and no one ever noticed.
-Meanwhile-
"I don't wish to have to kill your brother. That's why I'm coming to you." Riley stated as she stood before a tall black man with white hair, a white goatee, and dark shades over his eyes.
"You seem so sure you can yo! But how do I know, my bro ain't gonna just throw you down like a ho!? Yo!" The man rapped in reply.
"You know what I am. If he comes for me. If he hurts those, I love… I'll kill him. And every single ninja that you call comrade. I may not be able to take you yet… but unlike you… I can't die. So do the smart thing and talk him out of whatever he's got planned." Riley's clone replied in a cold and neutral tone.
"What's stopping me from telling him what you are? Fool! Ya Fool! And what's stoppin' me from reigning down a hurtin' on you for threatnin' the Killer Bee?!" Bee replied, eying the cloaked figure before him intently.
"You can try to tell him. But only those stronger than I can know the truth. You tell him, and he'll instantly forget. You can write in down and no one other than you can read it. And soon… you'll forget too. And then all that will be left is the Ox. By now the two tails and it's Jinchuriki have forgotten my secret. You will too one day. So, while you can still know what I am… do yourself a favor and get on my good side. Otherwise… Kumo, The Raikage, everything you love, will vanish in fire. And before I tear your partner out of your head, and devour his soul, you'll know what true pain is. So… do the smart thing. Stop what's going to happen and save your brother and fellow Jinchuriki. My power will one day eclipse even yours… so pick your fights well… and stay out of my way… I won't offer you another chance." The figure stated as it Shunshined away.
Killer Bee stood in silence for a few moments, a look of contemplation on his face. With a sigh he started walking. He needed to talk to A, fuck the council and their desire to finally get rid of Minato, if they took this fight to Britain, that little fuckin' Archdemon would cause them some major problems.
-Meanwhile-
"We are not having this argument again, Danzo. We are adopting a wait-and-see approach." Minato growled out.
"And how long will that last? With what she did to the Tsuchikage, we don't have long before she becomes too big of a threat to deal with." Danzo retorted.
"What would you have me do? Kill her?! I won't do that. Right now, she's just lost and confused. She's lashing out because she never got the chance to before. But she'll soon tire of it. Narumi never could stay angry… it's just not in her nature. She'll come around, we just have to give her time, and try not to make it worse until then." Minato replied, sounding very sure of himself.
"You truly believe this is just a phase? We have the apprentice of Madara Uchiha running around out there, with a deep-seated hatred for the Hidden Leaf and you just think it's a phase? Who, am I talking to right now!?" Danzo snapped in reply.
"What do you want from me Danzo? You know what, scratch that. I know what you want. What I don't understand is why you're so gung-ho for us to act now. We know precisely nothing about her abilities, and aside from the facts that she can use Wood style, and Obito's space time technique. She also has the Rinnegan, no wait, she has what might be an advanced version of the Rinnegan. Who the hell knows what kind of power she wields; I'm not going to take any action against a threat like that without more info first." Minato argued in reply.
"So, you agree, she is a threat?" Danzo inquired, noticing the Hokage's choice of word.
"The Hokage in me has to say that anyone not of the Hidden Leaf is a threat to us. But the father in me knows this will pass. Narumi will come home… one day. We just have to be patient and not make things worse. I believe a slow and steady approach, is the best way to get her back here." Minato replied.
"Whatever method we go with one thing is for sure… she needs to be returned to the village. With her bloodlines and power, the Hidden Leaf, would be elevated to a superpower amongst nations." Danzo stated.
"I agree. And on top of that. Her being here, will finally give Naruko the push she needs to conquer the fox's power and become the hero she was destined to be." Minato responded with a faraway look in his eyes.
"Indeed. When she makes it to the finals, her training should be raised to a whole new level. I believe she is ready to ascend to a higher level. You just need to be willing to lay off the childish antics and finally push her to the extreme." Danzo said in a very forward tone.
"I know, Danzo. She's almost ready. Once she is, she'll finally begin learning my special techniques." Minato responded.
"Good to hear. Put some thought into what we've talked about. If the plan is to move slowly, then at the very least, start moving. Because right now… we're doing nothing." Danzo stated before turning and walking out of the office.
Minato simply let out a frustrated sigh before rubbing his temples. He never noticed the figure in the corner, hiding under an invisibility cloak.
Riley's clone simply shook its head in disappointment and sank into the floor, not caring to remain around the Hokage, longer than she had too.
-Later that night-
The real Riley lay in bed with Fleur and Katie cuddled up next to her, she could just barely hear the two girls lightly snoring. Katie's team had passed the first round and Riley had been correct about their numbers being cut in half. the second round of the Chuunin exams was scheduled for a week after Yule holidays, so they had time to spare.
Riley wondered off handedly where Daphne and rolled off to. She had joined them earlier, after Katie practically dragged her into the room and quite literally tore her clothes off, and Riley had remembered being lip locked with the Ice Queen. She had probably rolled onto the floor. One of Daphne's biggest faults, at least in her own eyes, was that she thrashed and sprawled out a lot while she slept. Riley guessed that was one of the reasons she didn't want to join them every night, she didn't want them to know she was such a restless sleeper.
Extending her senses, Riley felt Daphne's presence off to the right. She was correct, Daphne had rolled out of bed. With a smirk Riley became intangible and slid through her lovers. She quietly stepped around the bed and scooped Daphne off the floor. She quickly lay the nude Slytherin in the center of the bed between Katie and Fleur, so she wouldn't roll off. Once she was settled Riley was about to rejoin them, when she felt an immensely ominous presence moving towards Britain. She quickly disappeared into Kamui and prepared to go hunting. She knew with the warning from Zetsu she had received two days ago, whom it was and she prepared for what might be her greatest battle yet.
-Elsewhere, fifty minutes later-
"I like these channels. They remind me of Kiri." Kisame Hoshigaki, stated offhandedly. As he and Hiruko drifted quietly through the English channel.
"This fog is dense. It feels… unnatural." Hiruko commented.
"Now that you mention it..." Kisame began to reply with a wicked grin, but he wasn't able to finish as the two men jumped from their boat right as a dragon made of water burst from beneath it, splitting it in half.
"Seems we've been discovered." Hiruko noted, earning a chuckle from Kisame whom drew Samehada.
"You two were foolish to think I would just let you walk into my territory." The two men heard someone say as none other then their target came walking out of the mist.
They were all currently standing on the water in the middle of the English channel, it was late, and there was no moon light, so in the darkness of the mist, visibility was low.
"Well would you look at that? Our prize came all the way out here to greet us. How thoughtful." Kisame stated with a chuckle.
"Narumi Namikaze. You are to come with us." Hiruko stated as he raised his hand to launch an attack. He stopped however when another figure strode out of the mist. This one was taller, and wore a long black cloak. While his face was hidden by the shadow of his cloak, his eyes were not and in the darkness of the night, the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, was easily visible.
"She wont be going anywhere. You two however, will be going to the bottom of the ocean." The figure stated.
Kisame's eyes widened slightly as he recognized the voice from behind that cloak.
"This is so bad… Hiruko, we need to retreat." Kisame hissed.
"Why?" Hiruko inquired.
"That's… Madara." Kisame stated, earning a shocked look from Hiruko.
"Seems he knows you grandfather." Riley commented.
"It's no matter. He's after my granddaughter. His life is forfeit." Madara replied darkly.
"True." Riley agreed as she whistled sharply.
Hiruko and Kisame both heard something whoosh through the air above them, and then slam into the water's surface behind them. Both glanced back into the mist, and felt a dark demonic presence approach.
It took a single moment before a massive shadow stepped forth from the darkness. Both men could only stare in shock as they witnessed the massive Demonic, Black Dragon, Deimos stalk out of the shadows. They could both see black demonic energy circling the beast's feet as it stood on the water. Just the pressure from it's presence was enough to make the two worried.
"This is going to be Fucking exciting!" Was all Kisame could say as the dragon reared back and unleashed an unholy torrent of black flames at them.
-To be Continued-
Alright there's the next chapter hope you liked it. Look forward to the battle next chapter and I hope you like my little twist on the first round of the chuunin exams, I didn't want to go all out with the differences since the first task is meant to be basic skills, to weed out the weaklings. Now of course Riley would follow the Kage after they left their last meeting, especially with how threatening they were appearing. Anyway sorry for the long wait, hope you enjoy, JA NE!
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