Alright here's the next chapter, hope you all enjoy!
Warning: Lots of Gore, and Intense Language
Broken Angel
Chapter 33: Birth of Carnage
"Do we have a plan? Or are we just going to level this entire castle?" Kurama inquired as Riley marched towards the part of the castle where the shinobi slept. They had their own common room, that split off into different sleeping quarters for each of their respective villages. This allowed them to stay together without actually forcing the paranoid ninja to sleep together.
"Yeah, remember, Luna asked you not to get caught. I don't think shattering the defensive wards, kicking down the door, dragging those poor bastards outta bed, and pulling them inside out, falls under the realm of 'don't get caught'." Madara added.
Riley was about half-way to her destination when she stopped. She was still fuming, but her mind was on overdrive plotting and planning a way to kill these fuckers now, without getting caught. It took her only a moment when a plan came to mind. A way that she could not only murder those sons of bitches but walk away blameless for their deaths.
With a snarl, she slipped into Kamui, she needed to prepare for her retaliation.
-Two Hours Later-
Kakashi had just finished getting dressed and had met with Guy, Kurenai, and Asuma, and the four were heading out of their dorms. They were just making idle chitchat as they headed for their common room, each stating how things had felt tense for the last few hours and Kurenai adding that she had a nightmare while she slept.
They woke their teams and gathered them up. Then headed for their common room, eager to get morning training out of the way before breakfast and classes. The kids also mentioned that they had, had nightmares this night. Naruko also whispered to Kakashi how she felt a pain in her stomach, and how the fox's energy felt angry, even worse off than it usually did.
Kakashi maintained his aloof behavior telling her not to worry. Though he did file that information away for later. He would definitely let the Hokage know with a message, but he didn't want to put Naruko into a panic by stating that there might be something wrong. They quickly made it to the exit from their dorms and unlocked the warded door. What they saw was not what they were expecting.
Their common room, which had been nicely furnished, and well decorated, looked like a tornado had passed through it. The couches and chairs were all strewn around, and the tables were overturned, the place looked like it had been hit with an earthquake. A few house elves patrolled the boundaries of the room picking up some of the debris. They noticed a few ninja from other countries standing around the room all staring at a single place.
The Leaf ninja glanced over at what the other ninja were staring at, to find Riley standing in front of the door to the Iwa dorms, her eyes firmly locked on the door.
"Riley?" Kakashi said aloud.
"When the fuck are these assholes going to wake up!?" Riley growled out in frustration, as she stomped her foot, causing the room to shake.
"Riley what's wrong?" Kakashi asked as he and the other Leaf Jonin slowly approached her, while the rest of their teams remained behind.
Naruko eying her sister with surprise and unease, their was a blind fury to her, something Naruko recalled seeing when Narumi's girlfriend had been in danger during the first round of the Triwizard Tournament. She looked absolutely livid, and the blood-red glow of her eyes spoke of a startling amount of fury.
"There are four dead men behind this door! And I want them out here!" Riley shouted as she turned to a nearby table and kicked it with a great deal of force. It flew at the wall with immense speed and shattered sending splinters of wood raining all throughout the room. A kumo Genin, as well as two house elves quickly scampered away as they were nearly caught by the wreckage of the table.
"Kakashi..." Asuma whispered, sensing that this wasn't just an angry spat between kids. Riley was absolutely furious, and seemed ready for blood. All of the Jonin could see it in her posture. Before them stood a woman, primed to kill.
"I know." Kakashi whispered back as he continued to slowly approach the enraged young warrior.
"What unyouthful acts has Iwa done to enrage you so, young Riley?" Guy asked with concern.
"A team of Iwa cunts put their hands on one of my girlfriends! Now they're fucking dead men!" Riley snapped in reply, her response causing Naruko to go pale, as she realized that she was right, this did have something to do with her sister's lover. Naruko had never been afraid of Riley until that day, during the first round of the tournament, when she saw how powerful she was, and than how vicious and panicked she could become when her lover was threatened. It was a side of her sister she had never seen before, never been aware of. Narumi had always been so aloof in her eyes, so much like a typical Uchiha. Seeing her so furious, so angry and panicked, and now seeing it all again, sans the panic, it was terrifying to say the least, especially since Riley no longer hid her power, so they all felt the ominous and oppressively strength that assaulted the senses of every occupant in the room.
"Oh no." Kakashi said aloud as he spun around towards the genin. "Two of you, one go grab the headmaster, the other go and get professor Lupin."
Ino and Choji quickly nodded and darted out of the room, before any of the others could speak.
"Riley… I know you're upset, but you need to calm down." Kakashi told her in a calm soothing tone as he slowly approached her.
"Oh… I'm very fucking calm. You should have seen me when I came in… I was pretty pissed off then! That guy can tell you all about it. If he ever wakes up." Riley finished by pointing to an unconscious Jonin laying in the background.
"Look… kid… I understand you're mad. But you can't just kill these guys. They're under protection from the ministry. If you kill them, you're going to jail. Your life will be over." Asuma tried his hand at calming her.
"What the fuck would you know about how I feel!? No one, and I mean NO ONE touches what's mine!" Riley hissed in reply, finally turning to them. They all nearly fell on their asses when they saw the Rinne Sharingan, glowing blood red. Malevolence power radiated from her eyes, and it made the Genin that were caught in her sight feel week in the legs, while the Jonin who were centered in her view, felt their muscles tense instinctively, as if anticipating an attack.
Kakashi was worried… he couldn't let her just kill the Iwa ninja, even if they did deserve it. He knew it would probably anger her more, but he would need the Fourth in order to stop her from committing such a crime.
He quickly fished out a Hiraishin Kunai and tossed it a few meters away. To his surprise it was sucked into a black hole before it hit the ground.
"Keep that fucker out of this Kakashi!" Riley hissed as the kunai materialized in her hand. She had just used Kamui's Teleportation ability to catch the blade before it hit the ground.
'She caught a kunai flying through the air, with space-time ninjutsu. That was Obito's ability, I think. If she knows how to become intangible, we have a major problem on our hands.' Kakashi thought as he held his hands up in surrender, signifying that he was sorry.
Riley gave him a glare, and the two locked eyes for a moment. Having everyone's attention on her face, Riley used this moment to her advantage and copied the Hiraishin seal off the Kunai. Sealing the copied formula into a small tattoo on her wrist. She then tossed the kunai back to Kakashi, whom caught it and pocketed it.
Riley hid her smile, that was an added boon for this little endeavor as now she had the Hiraishin formula. She knew enough about it, to know that you needed two things in order to use the technique. One was to have the seal formula modified for you, which would prevent anyone else from using your variation of the seal, which is what prevented people from stealing the Hiraishin from Minato, while the second thing you needed was a body that could withstand the technique. There were only a few people in the world whom had the necessary natural bloodline abilities to use the Hiraishin. Since Minato had Uzumaki blood, and thus an enhanced vitality, he could survive the use of the technique, Riley being a demon, could also use the technique, and now she had the seal formula for it, she just needed to change it's properties to fit her.
No one would suspect her capable of stealing the Hiraishin from just a kunai, since Minato also had placed a small rune tied into his blood on each kunai, to ensure that only he (or his blood) could read the seal, which Riley fit into.
As they were having their glare off, Dumbledore, Remus, Ino and Choji came rushing into the room.
"What's going on here?" Dumbledore asked.
"Riley. What's going on?" Remus inquired as he noticed her.
"Murdering someone." Riley replied with demonic cheer, as they all heard the Iwa door open, and the entire contingent of Iwa nin, exited as one entity.
"Oh good, you finally made it." Riley said with a menacing smile.
"Riley… stay calm. We can handle this without bloodshed." Kakashi tried to calm her. Hearing the bloodshed part Remus and Dumbledore quickly approached the angry young girl, both intent on trying to stop a potential incident.
"Ms. Uchiwa… whatever has happened I'm sure we can resolve it without violence." Dumbledore stated.
"What's going on here?" Kitsuchi asked as he noticed the standoff, though his eyes widened in fear when he noticed the enraged look on Riley's face.
"You four know why I'm here, step out of the crowd and face me like men!" Riley snarled as she took a menacing step forward.
At that four ninja stepped from the crowd three genin and a Jonin.
"So… the little bitch sent along my message." A silver eyed boy said in a mocking tone.
"I'm going to fucking murder you!" Riley growled as she took a step forward, only to be grabbed by Remus and Kakashi whom held her back.
"Hmph… try if you like… but I've read your little laws. You can't dual me, since I didn't attack your house directly. And if you attack me… it'll mean war with Iwa. I'm a clan heir. If anything happens to me… Britain will face the wrath of Iwagakure." The cocky little shit warned.
"He's right Riley. Whatever his crimes. Death is not the answer." Dumbledore told her.
"You broke Luna's arm… I'll fucking kill you for that you fucking cunt!" Riley growled out, her voice filled with rage.
"You did what?" Kitsuchi shouted at them.
"The Tsuchikage has ordered she be killed on sight. She's protected under this nation's laws. However… we wanted her to know that she isn't untouchable." The Jonin leader stated.
"What is wrong with you! This girl, nearly strangled the Tsuchikage. You think for a second she wouldn't take this to Iwa, and slaughter our people!" Kitsuchi screamed at his fellow Jonin.
"Sh-She what?" Was the Jonin's reply, as the Iwa nin all realized just how great of a threat Riley was, if she could harm their leader.
"Onoki will learn the error of his ways, when I send him your SEVERED FUCKING DICKS!" Riley screamed at them her eyes alight with menacing rage.
"It doesn't matter. She can't do anything… otherwise she'll bring war to Britain." The silver eyed kid said to them all.
"He's right Riley. Calm down. He'll pay for hurting Luna." Remus whispered to her as he and Kakashi used all of their strength to hold the enraged girl back.
"You… motherfucker…. I'll fucking kill you if you ever touch her again!" Riley growled as she threw Remus and Kakashi off of her and turned to storm off.
"Yeah… gotta say… it was pretty fun. I liked the feeling of her lithe little frame beneath me… maybe I should try it again. Maybe one of your other girls..." The cocky shit stated to her, trying to get her to do something that would get her in trouble.
"You've killed yourself!" Kitsuchi shouted at him.
"Riley!" Kakashi shot forward to grab her as she spun around, her eyes carrying with them a rage, not even a bijuu could match.
Suddenly the windows all exploded, and a figure flew into the room. Everyone glanced over to see a hooded figure, draped in a long tattered black cloak. Similar to the ones dementors would wear.
"What the hell?" came the voice of Yugito as she and the rest of the Kumo nin finally exited their rooms. About the same time the Suna nins exited as well.
"Who the hell are you?" One of the ninja asked.
"I am Ralael. The Angel of Carnage. Your sins… There are so many, here. I think I'll send you to death now." A demonic baritone voice stated from beneath the cloak. The figure was tall, taller than Kakashi. It's face was hidden under a hood, and it's features were blocked by a black shadow, over it's face. The only part of it's face that was visible was it's jaw, which bore a feminine mouth, with lines running up it's face. The skin itself was gray, and the lips a light blue, giving the figure the appearance of a ghost or undead. It's fingers and hands were covered by black gloves, though they held a point to them, almost as if she had very sharp nails beneath them. The aura it gave off, was so menacing, it made what Riley was just throwing around, look tame and cute in comparison.
The two features that drew most of their attention were the two tails that poked out from beneath it's cloak, these tails were long and skinny, they kinda looked like gray whips extending from beneath the cloak. They also twisted at the end giving them a curious appearance. The other thing was the two long black wings that protruded from it's back. Each tail was probably ten feet long, and swayed lazily behind it. While the wings were large and beautiful, each one was fourteen feet in length, they looked almost like a demonic variation of angel wings. They were black like coal, and the feathers looked unkempt and rustled, mangled, and disturbed. Though they maintained a certain beauty to them, there was a blackish mist inking off of them. The mist was also coming from beneath the figure's cloak, as well as from it's hood. With the mist rolling off of it, it almost looked like the figure was the living embodiment of a shade or a wraith of some kind. It's figure was truly fearsome, and bore the image of a fallen angel.
"Wow… the boss really went the whole nine yards to perfect her demonic form… that is fucking terrifying." Her wood clone, that had been the Riley everyone was dealing with, thought as it stood between Kakashi and Remus, staring at the demonic angel, in awe just like the rest of the crowd. She had been using a transfiguration to get her eyes to look like the Rinne Sharingan since Riley's clones didn't possess it.
"You-You're an angel? What do you want?" A cowering genin whimpered out.
"I cleanse this world of evil, and yet… always more. Hundreds dead now, and yet sin still calls to me. When will you stop? When will the evil in your hearts finally fade? Perhaps this time… the lesson will sink in. Perhaps now that there is a face to your executioner, you will heed my warning. No one is exempt, those who do evil… shall fall to Carnage." The Demonic angel replied as it slowly lifted off the ground, hovering a few feet in the air.
"Kakashi… Remus… watch out. This thing… it's more powerful then anything I've ever felt." Riley's wood clone warned them just loud enough for everyone to hear. That was all those in the room needed to hear, the panic quickly set in. They had all been feeling how powerful Riley was lately, if this thing was stronger then anything she'd ever felt… they were fucked with a capital F.
The Shinobi all tensed with fear, some reached for Kunai, or shuriken, others prepared to run like hell, overall the atmosphere was tense, though the fearful aura of this entity stood in stark contrast to the bright almost heavenly rise of the sun behind the angel, which bathed the room in golden light. Then… the atmosphere went from a stark epitome of the word 'contrast', to a bloodbath.
Faster then even Kakashi's Sharingan could follow the entity disappeared and reappeared between the four Iwa ninja that hurt Luna.
The people in the room, whom were fast enough, or whom were in a proper position to see where the angel appeared, could only watch in horror, as one of it's wings arched high into the air, and then sliced downward in a lateral cutting motion. It was so fast, and because it was a wing… with like feathers, everyone was expecting maybe a blast of wind or something but no, the angel had wrapped it's wing in wind chakra, and sliced the Iwa Jonin in half right down the center.
The silver eyed genin fell to the ground in terror, his cocky demeanor shattered as his sensei was cut down with ease. He screamed in horror as he saw his sensei's body split down the middle, the two halves falling in different positions giving him a clear view of his, now dead, sensei's insides as they spilled out onto the floor.
One of his teammates turned to run, but before he could fully turn, one of the angel's tails whipped out and in a downed spearing motion, it stabbed him through the right shoulder. The tail embedded deep into his body, and blood quickly sprayed from the teenager's mouth. A second passed before five smaller tentacles burst out of his body at various places.
The gray eyed boy watched his teammate slump, and then his body was lifted into the air, and spun around the room, used to club away the few Jonin whom had recovered from the scene and were charging at the angel. There were only four of them, Kakashi, Guy, Asuma, and Yugito, everyone else was too terrified to move. All four were smacked by the teen's body and sent flying back. They all landed on their feet, and looked ready to charge again.
As they readied another charge, and more Jonin snapped out of their surprise, the gray eyed boy's only living teammate began to scream in absolute terror.
"I'm sorry! I'm sor-!" The boy screamed, but before he could get out a second scream, the angel appeared in front of him, and rammed it's clawed hand into his throat.
The boy's screams were gargled by the sound of blood pouring from his shredded throat. The horror in his eyes as he was lifted from the ground, the angel's clawed hand wrapped around his larynx, trachea and pretty much everything that wasn't spine, it was enough to make the rest of the genin wretch in terror.
While still clutching the vital bits of the boy's throat, the angel whipped his body back, tossing him towards his fellow Iwa nin. With this action most of the boys throat was torn out, causing blood to spray across the terrified Iwa nin.
Kitsuchi managed to break out of his stupor long enough to catch his comrade's body. The fear and anguish in the dead boy's eyes, ignited a rage in the Iwa Jonin, as he shot to his feet and flashed through some handsigns only to pause as he saw Riley dash at the figure.
Riley's clone had the Chidori and the Rasengan in her hands, and looked ready to slam both techniques into the demonic Angel of Carnage. However her attacks never struck, when she dove at the angel, her attacks passed right through it and so did she.
This was another trick by Riley's real self. She made her physical form intangible, but the mist from her body and the cloak she was wearing, still moved so when Riley's clone struck, it looked like the creature didn't have a physical body beneath the cloak.
Without even bothering to turn to confront her clone, the demonic angel turned on the silver eyed asshole whom she knew had been the one to break Luna's arm. It floated towards him, gliding elegantly across the ground as shuriken and kunai passed harmlessly through it, along with spells courtesy of Dumbledore and Remus.
"What is this? It's almost like Obito's intangibility… but… no… I don't think it is… this thing… it isn't human… it may not even have a physical body." Kakashi thought in horror as he did what he thought best at the time, he whipped out the fourth's Hiraishin Kunai and threw it at the ground next to him.
In a flash Minato appeared. "What's goin-" Minato began but was stopped by the sound of a scream.
"Please gods-!" The silver eyes asshole screamed but was cut off by the angel stabbing him in the gut with one of it's tails. The boy began to scream louder as he felt the tail split and five tentacles began to slither through his body extending and wrapping around his bones and organs.
"You who would hurt innocence… you whom are the embodiment of sin… suffer forever in the depths of hell." The angel stated and with a single motion it's tail whipped back.
Many of the genin screamed and some retched in horror. The only three that didn't, were the disguised Orochimaru, whom was hidden as a grass ninja, the spy Kabuto, and Gaia, whom had crushed humans into paste on multiple occasions.
With that single pull, 85% of the organs and bones in the boys torso were ripped out by the angel's tail. A spray of blood, bones and organs shot across the room, drops of blood rained down on nearly everyone present.
A mass of organs floated in the air, held together by the tentacles at the end of the angel's tail. These tentacles were wrapped around and intertwined with the organs, keeping the mass together.
With a sickening plop, the tentacle's released the mass of flesh which fell onto the floor in a sickening pile of human body parts.
In a flash the Fourth Hokage appeared in front of the angel, a kunai in his hand ready to drive it into the angel's heart. However to his surprise the kunai passed through the angel. The creature in a swift motion, glided through the Hokage whom felt that someone had just stepped on his grave.
Once the angel was past the Hokage it spun around and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You have committed sin. Know that I will come for your wretched village. Carnage will free this world from chaos and sin. I will cut out the heart of that chaos, wherever is lives. Fear death, Fear Ralael, Fear the Angel of Carnage." With it's threat delivered the angel glided back over to the window, before departing, it stuck out it's hand and pulled forth the four dead ninja's souls, absorbing them into it's body. With that done, it gave them all one last glance, the golden light of the sunrise still bathing the angel in shining light, then with a mighty flap of it's wings it took flight. They watched in some amazement as the monstrous entity, flew through the air with elegance and passed through the Hogwarts wards without even setting them off.
Everyone stood in horrified silence, especially Minato whom was trembling in fear. The angel's touch was so cold, and lifeless, it literally felt like his own life force was being torn from his body.
No one could say anything… it was all quiet, no one would speak, and it remained that way for quite some time.
-Later-
It was about an hour after the attack. Riley, Dumbledore, The Jonin captains of their individual villages, the minister, Madam Bones, Maxime, Karkaroff, and Minato were all in Dumbledore's office waiting for Onoki to show up. The ministry had supplied all of the Kage with portkeys to Britain, that they activated and deactivated around the times when the tournament was in full swing, so that the Kage could travel out to see them. They had sent a message along with activating Onoki's an hour ago, and now they were awaiting his arrival. He'd already been told what had happened, now it was time to deal with the fallout.
A few minutes of nothing passed by before the door finally flew open, and in floated a very pissed off Onoki, along with two of his bodyguards.
"What the hell happened?" Was the first thing the angry Kage stated.
"My Lord… this thing came out of nowhere. It slaughtered the team, and then departed." Kitsuchi informed his kage.
"I was told an angel of all things murdered one of my teams. As well as the heir to one of our most prominent clans. What the hell is going on?" Onoki bellowed, his eyes filled with rage. With that question asked, Kitsuchi told him all of the morning's events. About how Riley had stormed into the common room and trashed it, about how she was waiting for them to leave their rooms, before she confronted them. How she was about to leave when the silver eyed brat antagonized her further. He then told him of the arrival of the Angel of Carnage, Ralael. About how it spoke of sin, and of spreading a message, and how it murdered the team Riley had been confronting. How all the attacks they threw at it, just passed right through it, and not even the Fourth Hokage could land a hit. He finished by telling his Kage about the promised threat of violence towards the Hidden Leaf, and about how the angel drank the souls of the dead, before departing.
By the time he was done, Onoki looked to be deep in thought. After a few moments he turned to Riley, suspicion present in his glare.
"What?" Riley asked, seeing the look.
"Why were you attacking one of my teams, girl?" Onoki inquired dangerously.
"Those fuck nuts broke my girlfriend's arm, so I intended to hurt them." Riley replied.
"And how exactly were you going to hurt them, Ms. Uchiwa?" Amelia inquired.
"I was going to break their backs, and staple their balls to their foreheads. What do you think I meant when I said 'hurt'?" Riley answered with a snarl.
"So you admit to planning violence towards my ninja. I bet you had something to do with their deaths." Onoki stated accusingly.
"Now hold on her-" Minato began, in defense of his daughter, but Riley was faster.
"Listen here you little fuck nut, no one touches what's mine! They broke an innocent schoolgirl's arm, just to send me a message. A message that could have easily just been said to my face, but no… they went for one of my girls. The moment they did that… their fucking lives were over. And yes… I would have probably killed the four of them, if that thing, hadn't shown up… but I fought it, I fought it because it was the right thing to do… even if it's targets were the four assholes who harmed an innocent girl, just for kicks. I fought, because I'm a good person dammit, so don't float there and judge me you little prick, or I'll send you to join your precious little team of assholes in Hell!" Riley shouted him down, her voice filled with rage and anger, and it was enough to remind Onoki just whom he was dealing with, and that pissing her off, was not a good idea.
Riley played her part well, allowing herself to seem agitated, worried, uncomfortable, on top of being furious, confused, and angry. She did this to further express to those around her, that she was just as thrown off by this sudden event as they were.
"Riley's attacks passed right through it. Almost like Obito's intangibility, but different somehow. It's almost like it didn't have a physical body, like it was just an amalgamation of sentient chakra." Kakashi stated aloud, drawing the conversation back to the angel itself and away from Riley.
Onoki and Riley continued to glare at each other, but soon both turned back to the topic at hand.
"It's chakra had no physical mass, it had no coils, or a chakra network, it was just a mass of chakra, with sentience." Riley agreed.
"The Rinnegan's sensory abilities are some of the best in the world, according to master Jiraiya. If Narumi says it didn't have a body, then we're dealing with something we can't touch. But it can touch us." Minato stated aloud, earning nods from those gathered around.
"What are the odds that these children assault an innocent student, and just as that student's girlfriend catches wind of it, and goes to deal with her assailants an angel, a literal angel descends from the heavens and murders them all?" Amelia asked, not really sending any suspicion towards Riley, just voicing how odd a coincidence it all was.
"Dark wizards and corrupt muggles have been under assault for the last couple of weeks Amelia. Should we be surprised that the violence has finally come to Hogwarts? Especially now, when the school is filled with so many shinobi, whom seem to think it's fine to actively assault a student of this school and a citizen of Britain, just because their Kage put a price on the head, of a girl whom also goes to school here, and just so happens to also be a citizen of Britain." The Minister stated, eying Onoki with contempt, an act that didn't go unnoticed by the aged Kage.
"You're saying my ninja brought this on themselves?" Onoki asked with a bit of anger, leaking into his voice.
"Well, if they had actually cared to read the paper, we so generously give them, they would have heard about the mass killings of those performing dark deeds. Then they may have questioned the wisdom of attacking an innocent schoolgirl." Fudge snarled in reply.
"Are you calling my ninja inept!?" Onoki growled as he glared darkly at the British Minister.
"Enough! Both of you. Lord Tsuchikage, your ninja attacked a thirteen year old girl, whom wasn't a ninja, whom wasn't a combatant in any form, and was a citizen of a foreign nation. When the Earth Daimyo hears about this, and he will hear about it, you will be the one dealing with the fallout. And Minister, now is not the time to antagonize the Tsuchikage. The man just lost a clan heir, as well as a full team of ninja, he's already going to be in hot water with his own Daimyo, we need to focus on more important matters." Minato berated the two men.
The two men had the decency to look a bit ashamed, before tuning back into the conversation at hand.
"Minato is correct. We need to worry about this Ralael. If we are in fact dealing with an enraged angel, then things have become immensely more complicated. Especially since this angel has openly declared a threat towards the Hidden Leaf, as well as killed several hundred people already. If we are correct and it is the mysterious assailant who's been causing these murders across the countryside." Dumbledore told them.
"An angel… I mean, I know of demons… but angels? Those have to be myths." Amelia said with a shake of her head.
"You'd be wrong. Angels are just as real as the demons that haunt our nightmares. Just as real as the ones Sebastian Yurik summoned a while back." Riley stated.
"What do you know about angel's Riley?" Kakashi inquired, and everyone present turned to look at her.
"Angel's aren't like you read about in stories. While they are warriors of light, they aren't the holy, unyielding, archetypes of all that is good and just in the world. Angels are a combined collective of different races, that adhere to a singular doctrine. This doctrine is based around the annihilation of evil, and the destruction of all the dark creatures. Angels are often fanatic, while they may help on a whim, they are just as likely to murder you as a demon. They're real sticklers for the rules, and if you break them, they will damn you to an eternity of having your soul torched in sunfire. Honestly I'm not surprised that one finally decided to take an interest in us, and descended down to kick our collective asses. You can only do so much evil shit before you reach a level where your species becomes dark, then you have to face off against the light, it's just the way the world works." Riley explained to them.
"How do you know all of this, Narumi?" Minato inquired.
Riley shot him a glare, wishing, for once the asshole would use the name she'd chosen for herself, but then just shook it off, and answered. "Godric Gryffindor, studied the existence of angels quite thoroughly. He even gathered a sizable collection of occurrences he believed to be the work of angels, as well as occurrences that he tied to the war between angels and demons."
"Hmm…. So… how do we fight an angel, Riley?" Kakashi asked.
"The fuck should I know? Godric only recorded incidents tied to angelic occurrences. As far as I know, the standard angel is on the same level as the standard demon, and for reference what I fought in the first round of the Triwizard Tournament… that was a standard demon. Those are the weakest of angelic warriors. After them are Seraph which are like the generals, those guys are on par with your typical greater demon, so basically as powerful as a bijuu, then you have Archangels, literal gods of light. A true archangel could kick the kyuubi's ass, from here to the elemental nations and back again. So basically you are talking about an army of beings as strong as kage. This Angel also holds an aspect, most angels aren't an angel of anything, they're just angels, but when an angel takes an aspect, that means that they've become truly powerful, some of the most powerful of the angelic hierarchy. So this Angel of Carnage is at least on the same level as a Seraph, it might even be an Archangel for all we know… so… basically, don't be assholes and we wont have to deal with it." Riley informed all of them, and she had to really try to keep the smile off her face as she saw Minato and Onoki both cringe. An army of Kage level opponents? It was trouble when a regular S-ranked threat appeared, but a Kage level threat, that was a threat to a whole village.
"What about Konoha? The angel promised to attack it. We need to do something." Minato said to them.
"Well, stop being such assholes and repent for thine sins, and you shalt be spared! Maybe if your village wasn't full of raging cock-punchers you wouldn't have anything to fear from this fucking thing." Riley fired back at him.
"We cannot allow this angel to just eradicate whomever it pleases, no one is beyond saving, and besides, who knows where it will go after it attacks the Leaf, it may turn to Kumo, or Iwa, or one of the capitals, it may even head to one of the muggle cities like New York, or Hong Kong, or Berlin, it could go anywhere and slaughter countless people." Dumbledore impressed on them the urgency of the situation. Riley had to actually stop herself from rolling her eyes, of course Dumbledore would be the one against a bloody annihilation of evil. He wanted to hug the evil out of everyone.
"How do we fight something that can't be touched?" Minato asked aloud.
-flashback from Minato's perspective, within a flashback-
"Obito… are you sure?" Minato asked as Itachi Uchiha stood before him giving his report. Just after the Uchiha massacre.
"Yes, Narumi called him Obito, that seemed to anger him, and he stated that he would now have to kill her. I would assume that, do to his reaction, we can safely assume her accusation was correct." Itachi replied.
"But how? Obito was crushed to death an..." Minato began but was cut off by Itachi.
"His body was never found my lord. Besides… is it so hard to believe your student somehow survived, and turned into an evil murdering psychopath? I mean… the only other option is that a one hundred and twenty year old man, is somehow alive and doing this." Itachi countered.
Minato was silent for a moment. The possibility was there. Since Obito's body was never found that means that no matter how unlikely, he could have survived. Weirder things had happened.
If this was Obito, then he could become intangible and that meant they needed a way to strike at him. Itachi was of a similar mind and voiced his concern.
"How do we proceed my Lord? If we can't touch him, then how do we kill him?"
"You find a way to touch him, or you circumvent it. There are poisons that attack chakra, there are seals that don't actually need a body, there are plenty of ways to kill a man without touching him, we just need to find them." Minato answered.
-End Flashback within a flashback-
"You find a way to touch it, or you circumvent that need and attack it's chakra or seal it away. If it's as strong as a bijuu we can prepare a proper sealing method and trap it, when it launches an attack." Minato reiterated his old answer, to his current question.
"But where? Other than the Leaf, we have no idea where it will strike. And who knows when it'll go to the Leaf, that could be years from now." Kakashi inquired.
"It'll strike at evil. Gather a shitload of criminal's somewhere and it'll show. Or hell, gather about a hundred Leaf citizen, it'll take the bait." Riley answered with a dark chuckle.
"While her wording is rather inappropriate, she does have a point." Amelia noted.
"A trap… that should work." Minato noted aloud.
"You do what you think will work, I'll do the same." Onoki declared before turning to leave, he stopped only for a moment, and shot a glare at Riley whom returned it.
"Well… if we're done here… I'm going to go." Riley decided she was finished dealing with these people.
"Before you go Ms. Uchiwa… I have to ask… if that angel hadn't shown… would you have killed those boys?" Amelia inquired, giving Riley a focused look.
"I will do whatever I have to, to protect those I love. If someone, anyone hurts those I love… they will suffer for it. That's all I'll say." Riley answered before leaving.
-Slytherin dorms, four hours later-
"What the hell is going on out there!" Tracy screamed as she paced back and forth at the exit of their common room.
"They're not going to answer, Trace, just sit down." Daphne ordered, earning a scream of frustration from her fellow Slytherin.
"We've been locked in here for hours. What the bloody hell is going on out there?" Goyle whined.
All of the students had been locked into their rooms the only ones let out were the seventh year prefects, and the head boy and girl, hell Luna, Fleur and Katie were locked in with the Slytherins as well. No one knew what was happening on the outside.
"Luna… you always know this stuff. Whats going on out there?" Draco asked the wide eyed Ravenclaw.
"I think the school was just attacked. That would explain why Riley is gone." Luna answered. Draco nodded in agreement and turned to talk with Blaise and Theo.
Luna stared at them for a moment before turning to Fleur, Katie, and Daphne, "Riley killed someone and got away with it."
The three girls adopted looks of surprise.
"How do you know?' Fleur inquired.
"If they had caught her, the school would be in ruins and we'd have been sprung from this place." Luna answered. The girls had to agree on that part, Riley wouldn't let herself be arrested, if she had been caught, the school would have been turned into a war zone.
"Hey… guys… I finally got my old radio working. Check it out, they're talking about Hogwarts." One of their fellow Slytherins shouted. Everyone dashed over to him, eager to hear what was playing over the Wizarding wireless network.
"Turn it up." Draco ordered as the Slytherins gathered around.
The kid complied and soon the room filled with a static filled voice.
"...We still have little information about the attack on Hogwarts school of Wizarding and Witchcraft, all we do know is that an attack was carried out by an unknown assailant whom the ministry is now officially tying to the mass murders that have been taking place over the last few months. Listeners will recall our reports on the brutal slaughter, in both our world and the muggle's. Authorities have long assumed it to be the work of a group of vigilantes taking the streets back from the corrupt, now though they believe that this is the work of a single person, whom has been carrying out the attacks. We'll bring you more information on this story, as it develops." The radio then started playing music again, and the Slytherins all began to chat about this turn of events.
Riley's mates quickly found themselves in a small corner of the room, slightly away from the others so they could chat privately.
"Riley is the one who has been killing all zose people?" Fleur stated her suspicion to the others, earning nods from Daphne and Luna.
"I can't believe that. Our Riley? I mean… I knew she had a temper… but… all those people..." Katie said aloud.
"They were scum. Villains. The worst of humanity. Riley wouldn't hurt innocent people. All those that died were monsters." Luna told her fellow mates.
"I know… it is just… to zink zat Riley of all people, would be the one doing zis. She's killed hundreds of people… zat is horrifying." Fleur stated.
"What's horrifying, is that there were that many evil bastards just running around out there. That's what we should be horrified by. She told us… she swore up and down that she was a monster. She didn't try to hide it, or shield us from it. She told us… without any hint of lie, that she was a monster and took great pleasure in killing her enemies. Riley wants to build a kingdom of peace. In order to do that, she has to get rid of some of the evil in the world first." Daphne told them. While she was surprised to know that it was in fact Riley doing all the killings, she wasn't really surprised that Riley had done them. If that made sense.
"I know… it is just..." Fleur began but stopped as the door to the common room opened and Riley along with the elder prefects and Snape entered.
"Alright… listen up. The school is under lock down. There was an incident earlier today, some people were hurt… there is a strict curfew in effect as of now. After lessons you will all return to your dorms if you require a trip to the library one of the prefects will escort you. Any trips to the laboratory, will be undertaken with a prefect. No one is to leave school grounds under any circumstance. Is there any questions?" Snape told all of them.
"Professor, we heard about an attack on the radio. What happened?" One of the seventh years asked.
"All will be explained in due time. Classes are dismissed today." Snape replied as he turned to leave.
The students turned to Riley and the prefects expectantly, but they said nothing. The prefects left, and Riley headed off towards her room, looking tired and rather meek.
Riley's friends cut her off before she made it to her room, they were eager for some answers.
"What happened out there?" Draco asked.
Riley glanced at him, then the others whom looked at her with a great deal of curiosity.
"Few Iwa nin got torn to pieces by something that called itself the Angel of Carnage. It flew off, but… the Ministry thinks it's what's been slaughtering people these last few weeks." Riley told them.
"Did you fight this thing?" Pansy asked.
"I tried to get in a hit… I just passed through it. Look guys, I'm tired. I wanna go to sleep." Riley replied as she pushed past them and into her room.
"We'll talk to her." Daphne told them, as she Katie, Fleur and Luna followed after her.
They shut the door behind them, as Riley sat on the edge of her bed.
Katie, Daphne and Fleur stood around her, while Luna sat by her side. A few seconds passed before the meek looking Riley glanced up and smiled, looking like her normal self, she then looked at Luna, "I didn't get caught."
"I hope you hurt them." Luna replied.
"I did… made sure to pass on a message at the same time. Don't know whether to be angry or happy about Kakashi's incessant need to involve my father in all my issues, but I guess I can let it go this time, I mean, his presence helped me spread my message." Riley told them.
"So… you are the one that's been killing all those bad people… you're this, Angel of Carnage." Katie stated eying Riley carefully.
Riley glanced up at her for a few moments, before replying, "Are you scared of me Katie?"
Katie stared back for a moment before nodding.
"Good. It's never wrong to fear monsters, especially those that kill with so little remorse. Speaking of which..." And with that the clone of Riley turned to wood and sunk into the ground. All four girls just stared at where she had been with curious gazes, though those gazes soon became fearful as they felt a coldness enter the room, and heard light breathing coming from behind them.
They all glanced back and came face to face with the Angel of Carnage.
They were all frightened by her appearance, the menacing form of an angel, bathed in black.
The four girls were frightened beyond measure, the terrifying presence of this demonic figure, clouded over their sense
Fear was most present in Katie whom was actually trembling at the demonic entity before her. Her fear grew even more as the angel floated towards her, stopping mere inches from her, and landing on the ground.
There was a tense silence before, in a swift motion, the angel pulled Katie into a kiss.
For just a split moment, the fear of suddenly being grabbed by the demonic angel, shot through her, though it quickly melted away as she felt the love and warmth of the kiss pass over her. She felt a familiar pleasure surge through her body, and she felt her heart flutter in response. The fear was gone, and she remembered no matter how fearsome and evil she may look, or how she may act, or what she may do, this was still Riley, the woman of her dreams, the woman she loved with all her heart. Katie returned the kiss, passionately, moaning quite loudly into it, as she felt Riley's tongue intertwine with hers. Another moment passed and the two finally parted.
Riley proceeded to do the same to her other lovers, letting them all feel her presence even through all of her demonic features. She wanted them to know that she was still the woman they loved even beneath the angel.
It took a few minutes but eventually they all found themselves sitting on Riley's bed. She had let most of her more fearsome demonic features fade, though the tails, wings, pointy ears, and nails remained.
"Why an angel Riley?" Daphne inquired.
"It sends more of a message." Riley replied.
"What do you mean, my love?" Fleur asked.
"When you do something terrible, like murder an innocent person… you know you're going to hell. You know the demons are going to take great pleasure in torturing you for all eternity… but even the most demented mind, believes it can be saved. Angels are saviors of the world, no matter how badly you fuck up, no matter how much evil you do… An angel could save you. But what if… what if the monster coming for you… wasn't a demon? What if it was a protector, a savior? What if your punishment came from the gates of Heaven. There would be no salvation… no hope. By making their executioner an angel, I've established an understanding, that they've crossed a line, that there is no coming back from. There is no repenting, there is nothing, and no one, that will save them. That's why I chose an angel, that's why this form is the one I'll use to strike fear into the hearts of those who do evil. They expect a demon to come for them… they wont expect an angel." Riley replied.
"I see. So you want them to feel like there is no salvation. That they're doomed, because they've pissed off the highest of 'light' entities. Makes sense, I think it'll make your message more visceral." Daphne stated, nodding to herself.
"That… and on my last raid, one of my victims asked what I was, and that's just how I responded… it made sense at the time, and I felt it delivered a more potent message, of just how bad they'd fucked up." Riley added.
"How do you know zat zey are all evil? How do you know you are not making a mistake?" Fleur asked as she eyed her lover curiously.
"I gained a unique ability from Kurama, I can sense people's emotions, more specifically negative ones, though remorse and guilt fall into that category. When I go out looking for people, I use this sense to find pockets of dark and evil emotion. I do it to find people whom have no remorse for what they've done, or what they're doing. Those that do feel remorse, prior to my arrival, I spare. And those that are innocent, I can feel it. You know, there's a different kind of guilt that manifests in a man whom accidentally strikes his wife in anger, and one whom beats the shit out of her for kicks. I don't kill people for jay-walking or petty theft. But people who steal from the innocent, or people who murder or rape, or just generally try to fuck others over… those are the people I kill." Riley explained to them. That made Katie and Fleur feel better. If there wasn't a chance of Riley killing someone who was truly innocent, then it made it more acceptable. It wasn't 'right' but it may be what the world needed right now, and they both could accept that.
"When did you learn to fly?" Luna asked as she petted one of Riley's wings. The feathers, despite their oily, coal-ish coloring, and disheveled look, were actually immensely soft. They felt almost like they were made of silk.
"About an hour after I left this morning." Riley replied.
"You grew wings and learned to fly in an hour?" Daphne asked, with a bit of disbelief.
"I possess an ability that allows me to enter my own pocket dimension and in this dimension I control time flow. An hour out here, a week in there. I've been using it to help me train for that last couple of weeks. Being immortal and able to change my shape, I really have no reason not to use the technique." Riley explained.
"So you spent a week in there learning to fly, and fine-tuning your angelic appearance?" Katie stated.
"Well that and venting some of my rage, otherwise I probably would have killed every single Iwa nin in that place, guilty or not." Riley answered as she held up her clawed hand and flexed it.
-Flashback-
"Why Carnage Riley?" Madara asked, as Riley finished pulling up the hood on her tattered cloak.
"Yeah… an Angel of Destruction would make more sense." Kurama added.
"Carnage is gruesome, violent. It's associated with slaughter and a violent end. Destruction is main stream, and you know what to expect from it. If the Angel of Destruction appeared before you, you know pretty much what you're in for. Carnage is something that's less overdone, it has less association with it. It promises more violence then simple destruction. It adds more fear to it, than destruction does." Riley answered.
-End Flashback-
Riley smiled as she thought of the fear, that people must be feeling right now. With her threat out there, action would begin to take place. While the angel would act as the enemy, Riley could begin to move, she could build her paradise in secrecy.
"I've given the world a villain. Now I can use it to manipulate my opponents to act in a manner I wish. Riley will be their ally, the angel will be their enemy." Riley said with a wicked grin.
"I see. You plan to act as their friend and ally, helping them combat the angel, when in all reality you'll be guiding them to their own downfall." Daphne stated.
"Indeed. I'll use the angel to weaken them. They'll waste their resources fighting the angel, while I can maneuver them in such a way that I can build my sanctuary, in peace." Riley agreed.
"Zat is so deviant. You sound like you are becoming an evil mastermind." Fleur noted.
"Does that bother you my love… or… does it excite you? Does it fill you with raunchy… rather, sexual thoughts?" Riley asked with a grin as she crawled towards the now blushing Veela.
"What… no… I…" Fleur started to reply though she suddenly felt an overwhelming arousal pass over her. She was about to say more when Riley caught her lips and she felt a surge of pleasure pass over her.
Then as quickly as it started it stopped and Riley pulled away. She smiled at her lovers giving each on a passionate kiss, especially Luna, earning a loud moan from the petite blonde, before hopping off the bed.
"I've gotta go ladies, got some more work to do." Riley told them, and before any of her starstruck lovers could respond, she vanished into Kamui.
A few quiet seconds passed before Katie spoke up, "Why the hell is she so hot?"
"I know what you mean." Daphne uttered as she touched her lips, still feeling the tingling pleasure left behind by the Youki infused kiss.
"She's got us so whipped." Luna informed them with a chuckle, earning nods from the rest of the ladies all except Fleur whom was staring off into space.
"Hey Fleur, what's wrong?" Katie asked.
"I hate it when she does zat. I am not like ozer girls, I cannot be turned off, like a light switch… when she starts somezing like zis she should finish it!" Fleur pouted, earning laughter from her fellow mates.
-Later the next morning-
"Sirius told me that you needed to speak with me." Came the raspy voice of Lord Voldemort.
"Yes… I felt that we needed to talk about the future… and I came to you with a proposition." Riley answered, standing before the weakened dark lord, in her normal younger form. Sirius stood off to the side, watching the exchange with interest.
"A proposition, what kind of proposition?" Voldemort inquired, even in his weakened form, Riley could feel the immense power flowing off of the man. He may have only been an S-Rank threat, but his power was honed to a razor's edge, and if he had the experience he may have been able to take on Shinobi, on the same level as Master Jiraiya or Lady Tsunade.
"Well… for that I have to ask you… what would you give, to see Britain change? What would you be willing to sacrifice, in order to seize this country for yourself?" Riley inquired, her Rinne Sharingan glowing an ominous purple as she gave her question.
"I never wanted to rule this country, I had others in mind for that. It's why I became the monster, Voldemort. I would herald the change, but I never intended to rule. If I needed to, I would, but I only ever wanted to fix this broken society. I have given my body, my life, and most of my soul to this endeavor. I hazard to say I have little left to give." Voldemort explained before finishing with a chuckle.
"But if you could give anything to see your dream come true… would you?" Riley asked.
"Yes… I would." Voldemort answered.
Riley stared at him for several moments, looking for a possible hint of doubt. She found only conviction in the dark lord's eyes, even through his exhaustion and fatigue, in this shell of a body, he still held the same conviction as the man he once was, and would be again soon.
"Then I would like you to meet someone." Riley stated.
"Who?" Voldemort inquired.
"My master. The one who taught me, and the one I follow." Riley stated as she turned towards the door that led to the room and dropped to a kneeling position lowering her head in a bow.
The action surprised Sirius as he had always known Riley to be headstrong, and unwilling to yield to anyone. He was about to question her when he noticed a black mist seep under the doorway to the entrance. A moment passed and the door slowly opened, revealing a wall of black fog. From the shadows emerged two individuals, the first Sirius and Voldemort instantly recognized as the legendary Shinobi Madara Uchiha. The man entered with grace, though before either of them could make any assumptions he stood to the side, bowing his head ever so slightly, as the second figure glided into the room.
Sirius' jaw hit the floor, as he laid eyes upon the newly revealed Angel of Carnage. Ralael. He and Voldemort had already heard of the attack, from the morning addition of the paper.
Voldemort stared at the demonic angel for several moments then glanced at Madara, then down to Riley. It took a moment, but he started to chuckle, as a smile crept across his face. He knew now, without a doubt… this world was about to change.
-To Be Continued-
Alright guys there you go. Hope you understand the reason for the angelic disguise. And I hope this all made sense. Riley intends to use the angel to manipulate the world, and now she's setting up Voldemort, by making him think that she and Madara are servants of the Angel. If you have any questions go ahead and ask, and if you wanna know Ralael was a name I got from the Seventh Sanctum random name generator, for angels and demons. See ya later, Ja Ne! Also, a quick idea pool, if you guys would like to offer up suggestions for what happens when Riley reaches the other tails, I would like to hear what you think.
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