KK here's my next chapter, things are really spicing up, hope you enjoy! .
Broken Angel
Chapter 42: Bringing them up to Speed
"I don't fucking get it. How in the hell, is Lord Hashirama in my fucking head?" Riley asked. Her head hurt from all that was happening around her.
"I don't know. Hashirama, what the hell are you doing here?" Madara asked his old friend.
"Well, I'm not actually the real Hashirama. I'm just a chakra fragment of him. I placed a piece of myself into all of my children, which then passed on to the first born, of each of them. I was inside of Kushina for a long time, for the last Fifteen years she's been unable to move, or wake up… then suddenly, I felt life energy flowing into her body. It must have somehow formed a bridge between her mind and yours, when I went to investigate I ended up being pulled across the bridge into your head." Hashirama explained.
"Hmm, well that explains the feeling that passed into me when I was healing my mother." Riley stated.
"Your Mother…? Wait! You're the child that they took from her… gods you must be fifteen, sixteen years old by now." Hashirama stated in surprise.
"I'll be Sixteen in a couple of months… I just look older then I am." Riley stated.
"I can't believe it. Wait… Madara… what are you doing here? And Kurama… why are you out of your temple?" Hashirama asked as he took notice of his friend and the Fox.
"I was living comfortably in the temple you made me up until about Fifteen and a half years ago, when two people broke in and kidnapped me. One was Obito Uchiha, Madara's apprentice, whom had gone insane from the Curse of Hatred. The other was a cloaked figure that knew an immense amount about seals." Kurama explained.
"Mito! She must have been the one whom told Obito how to breach the temple and gain control over you. She's the one who set all of this in motion!" Riley bit out angrily.
"Wait… Mito? My Mito…? No… she, well… I guess she would do something like this, wouldn't she? After what she did to Kushina… I just didn't know what she was capable of… I mean we argued constantly and she fought me on many decisions I had to make, but… to think she would betray my trust and remove Kurama from the home I had made for him… To think she would turn on our own granddaughter" Hashirama stated in a low tone. He sounded angry and ashamed.
"Her betrayal extends further then you know my friend. You possess Kushina's memories… therefore you must know of the fall of Uzushio?" Madara asked.
"Yes… I know of it. I thought you had perished there my friend. I'm so sorry about what happened to Kaguya..." Hashirama offered his sympathies.
"I didn't die in Uzushio, my friend. I survived, hell I'm the one whom laid waste to the country and dropped the islands into the sea. After Kaguya died, my rage consumed me, I slipped back into the Curse of Hatred, and without you there, any hope of freeing myself of it, was dashed." Madara explained.
"Madara… I am so sorry… if only I had been there." Hashirama stated sadly.
"Before her death, Kaguya and I had a son… during the attack I went to repel the invaders. A force snuck in behind our defenses and murdered Kaguya… I had assumed that my son had died as well… you see… taking a note from your book, I placed a piece of my chakra inside him… so that I'd always know where he was. When Mito rescued a few of the Uzumaki from Uzushio, she also rescued my boy. However… she recognized him as my son, and sealed away his Uchiwa and Uzumaki Genetics leaving him only a minor shell of his former self, with only a bit of your own genetics that had fused with my own after our fight at the valley. I thought he was gone… I thought I had lost my wife and my child… in my rage, I destroyed Uzushio… and spiraled into madness. I later passed my hatred onto an already cursed boy… Obito… and he followed along the path I set him… a path that eventually led him to use Kurama to attack the Leaf." Madara explained sounding equal parts ashamed and angry.
"My gods… when did this happen?" Hashirama inquired.
"On the day of my birth. I was taken from my mother and placed into that woman Lily. On the day I was born, Obito used Kurama to attack the Leaf. Minato, was able to seal him away into myself and his own daughter, Naruko. I carried the soul… she carried the power." Riley explained, her anger obvious.
"I'm so sorry, Kurama… I never wished for you to be resealed, I had hoped you could live in your temple and enjoy a quiet, peaceful existence… though it seems things worked out for you… I mean… you seem to have all of your power back at least." Hashirama stated.
"No need to apologize, Hashirama… while it sucked getting here… Riley is my friend… and I've even come to at least tolerate, Madara..." Kurama replied, though they all heard him suppress a gag, when he mentioned Madara.
Madara simply smirked in response, while they could almost feel, Hashirama's beaming smile.
"I'm happy you've found yourself a friend. I wish sealing you hadn't been necessary, but… I understand… if you're happy, then I'm happy." Hashirama offered.
"So… If I had to hazard a guess… If you placed your chakra into your son… and We're currently in the mind of a young girl… she must be your grandchild?" Hashirama reasoned.
"Yes… Riley is my grandchild… my son was Minato… or at least, what was left of him. The blonde haired moron, running around in the Hokage's robes is just an abomination, spawned from Mito… I have no idea how the seal she used works, but I can almost guarantee that having Ninety-Five percent of your genetics sealed away, isn't good for your mind. Though… I guess I have to offer him a bit of praise… the boy had literally everything working against him and he still made it to Hokage… I just wish he wasn't such an asshole." Madara explained.
"So… that would make you my Great-Grandchild… wow… to think our bloodlines would one day be united…. I'm surprised… but this is not at all an unpleasant surprise. It's very nice to meet you… uh… Riley right? My name is Hashirama Senju." Riley heard the incorporeal voice of the first Hokage greet her.
"Hello Lord First. My name is Riley Narumi Slytherin Gryffindor Uchiwa. It's very nice to meet you… my grandfather has told me a lot about you." Riley offered her greetings to the man.
"None of it's true I promise..." Hashirama quickly offered in a slightly worried tone.
"What… don't trust me, Hashirama?" Madara asked with a smirk.
"With telling others about myself? Not even a little. I still remember how you got Tobirama to think I had gambled away the entire Senju fortune." Hashirama stated, in a deadpanned tone.
"Ha! He chased you around for hours with that water drill jutsu of his… that was hilarious." Madara replied and the two men burst into laughter.
"Uh… em… ah… mnh..." Came mumbled noises from Kushina. The woman tiredly began to open her eyes and glance around.
Riley quickly left her mindscape and was by her side in a flash.
"Mother." Riley stated in a whisper as she knelt next to the tired woman.
"Whe… Wh..." Kushina tried to speak but her voice cracked heavily. Riley quickly summoned a nearby water bottle and held it to Kushina's lips. The woman's eyed her curiously but drank none the less. She managed to down about half the bottle before she pulled back and glanced long and hard at Riley.
"Who…. Are… you…?" Kushina got out as she scanned Riley's features.
"My name is Riley… I'm…. Well… I'm your…. um..." Riley tried to answer but didn't know the right words.
Suddenly Riley felt a hand grasping the front of her shirt, she locked eyes with Kushina and found them wide, and quivering.
"My… My baby…." Kushina got out as tears began to flow from her eyes.
"Hello… mother." Riley replied with a shy smile as she pulled Kushina's hand from her shirt and held it in her own.
Kushina just stared at her… tears streaming from her eyes… Riley felt her heart fill to bursting at the happiness she felt. Just from the look of love, and desperate yearning in Kushina's eyes, Riley knew, that this woman would have loved her with her every breath. No one had ever looked at Riley, the way that Kushina was now. That one look reawakened a longing that Riley hadn't felt since she was little… the longing for a parent's approval and love.
"Loo… look at you… my… precious baby… You're so pretty." Kushina got out through her tears. Her compliment earned her a blush from Riley.
"Thank you… mother." Riley replied with a warm smile.
"How long? How long have I been asleep?" Kushina asked, her eyes still busy scanning Riley's every feature.
"Well… they took me from you when you were around five months pregnant… so… about fifteen and a half, years." Riley answered. She had to try very hard, to keep the rage from her voice, as she answered.
"I'm so sorry…. I'm so sorry…" Kushina began to weep loudly as the shame of not being there for her child, of losing her, began to overcome the woman.
"Mother… please don't cry." Riley asked in a calm gentle tone. She scooped the thin, frail woman into her arms and held her in a warm embrace. Kushina wept even louder as she wrapped her arms around her child. All those years… all that time away from her baby. She just couldn't stop herself. She had dreams… so many dreams of what her child would be like… she was so happy when she found out she was pregnant… she was so excited to have a baby to raise… and then she lost her. It tore her heart to pieces. Now here she was, her baby, almost a woman now… if it wasn't for the look of longing in the young girl's eyes, Kushina would have never guessed that this was her child… but she recognized that look, she wore it often when she was little, after she lost her family to the fall of Uzushio. She would give that same look to other mothers and fathers, wishing she had hers back. That's why the second she opened her eyes and locked eyes with this young girl, she knew… she knew this was her baby.
Kushina sobbed even harder as Riley held onto her.
"Mother… please stop crying. I don't blame you… it wasn't your fault." Riley told the sobbing woman in her arms.
"It is though! If I had just kept you to myself… if only I had seen what kind of people Minato, Mito, and Lily were… I could have kept you… kept you safe… but I didn't… I trusted them… and they took you from me! I'm so sorry… so sorry for losing you… so sorry for never being there… I'm just so sorry..." Kushina wailed.
"The second I knew that you existed… I came for you. The second I realized that I might have a mother who loved me… I rushed to your side. I don't blame you… I blame them. I freed you from that place… because I want you in my life… I want you by my side… please… don't lose yourself to despair, we can still have a life together mother… just… please… give yourself the chance." Riley whispered to her.
Hearing her daughters' words, Kushina pulled back and locked eyes with her. What she saw made her heart flutter with joy. Riley wore a kind smile, and her eyes were filled with happiness and love. Tears of joy streamed from her eyes and Kushina found herself entranced by the hypnotic beauty of her daughter's eyes.
The two stared at each other for quite a while, it was Riley whom finally broke the silence as she released Kushina from her embrace and grinned.
"Hi… my names Riley. Riley Narumi Gryffindor Slytherin Uchiwa." Riley offered.
Kushina stared back at her for several moments before she let out a chuckle.
"Riley, huh? Well Riley… My name is Kushina… Kushina Uzumaki. I'm so happy to finally meet you." Kushina offered her own greeting as she wiped tears from her eyes.
"Me too." Riley replied with a smile of her own.
"Look at you… look at how grown up you are. You'll be sixteen soon right? Wow… you look so beautiful… I can't even believe it." Kushina stated.
"Why thank you." Riley replied with a smile.
The two were quiet for several moments as they just stared at each other. Finally Kushina spoke up again, "So… where do we go from here?"
"Forward… we get to know one another… we try to build a life together." Riley answered.
"Okay…. Please… tell me everything… I want to know everything about you?" Kushina asked after a moment.
"Um well… where should I start?" Riley asked, unsure of how to begin.
"Just start at the beginning. Tell me about your life… the things you like, where do you live, are you a shinobi, what are your hobbies, what are your favorite foods, do you have a boyfriend, all that stuff?" Kushina rattled off all she wanted to know. Riley simply blushed and giggled at her antics.
"Hm… well, my life story is a bit long so we'll save that for last. My likes… training, teaching, pulling pranks, hanging out with my friends… spending time with my lovers..." Riley began to answer she noticed her mother give her a look when she said 'lovers', but Riley simply chuckled and continued on.
"I am currently enrolled in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I'm just about finish fourth year. I have a home just outside of London, in Britain, that I share with Uncle Remus, and My Godfather Sirius Black. I'm a Jonin level Ronin of the Land of Fire, my Hobbies include training, researching, pulling pranks, hanging out with all my friends and lovers and all that good stuff. My favorite food is well… pretty much anything, I don't really have any dislikes, I'll eat pretty much anything. As for a boyfriend… well..." Riley kind of trailed off there as she blushed.
"You have more then one?" Kushina inquired, with a bit of a smirk.
"Actually I have four… but they're not boys… I'm actually more into girls." Riley answered, hoping that wouldn't be a problem.
"Oh! Um… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to assume anything it's just… never mind… four huh… how's that work?" Kushina asked with a bit of embarrassment of her own. She hoped she hadn't offended her, by just assuming that she was into boys.
"Fine… they're all great. The ministry in Britain wants me to populate my clan there. I agreed as long as I got to pick and choose who I wanted to be with. All four of my girls are great, and I love them all, very deeply. They make me happy, and they are all fully aware and partake in our rather, unusual relationship." Riley explained.
"Oh… I see… but um… how can you populate a clan if you're just with girls?" Kushina inquired.
"Oh… um… well you know how Lily can use a different kind of magic then we can? Well, there are other spells in that category that allow for things like same sex reproduction. So basically, yeah… I can breed with them, and we can have kids together when we're ready." Riley explained briefly.
"Oh. Okay… well… as long as you're happy. I would love to hear all about them, they sound like wonderful girls." Kushina stated after a moment.
"They are. I'll tell you more about them… but later. For now… I think we should let your body rest. I can draw you into my mindscape, and we can keep talking there." Riley told her.
"You have a mindscape? I thought only Jinchur…." Kushina started to reply, but then she stopped as realization hit her.
"Witches and Wizards have the ability to create mindscapes. However my situation is as you fear." Riley told her.
"How? Why?" Kushina asked, with barely contained rage. To think that not only was her daughter stolen from her, but turned into a weapon for the village to use and discard… Oh boy… when she got back up to full strength she would make them all pay for this.
"I'll explain everything but please… you need to let your body rest. Just lay back. I'll draw you into my mindscape and we can talk some more." Riley ordered as she help her mother lay back down.
Kushina wanted to argue, but the second her back hit the ground, she felt exhausted. She tried to struggle to stay awake, but it was all for naught as she quickly fell into a restful sleep. It was a moment or two before Riley drew her mother into her mindscape.
Kushina was a little confused as she glanced around. Since Kamui and Riley's mindscape were basically mirror images of each other, Kushina didn't know if she had just woken back up or not.
"Hello Mother… welcome to my mind." Riley greeted her. Kushina glanced over at her daughter and smiled. She absolutely loved being called that. Hearing Riley call her mother, just made her so happy.
"So where did we leave off… oh right… the Jinchuriki thing. Well… to answer your question, yes I am a Jinchuriki. His name is Kurama, also known as the Nine tailed Fox." Riley informed her as she jerked her thumb over her shoulder towards the forest of massive trees.
Kushina glanced past her and spotted the mountainous Fox. It was just standing in the forest, and to her surprise, was not nearly as menacing as she had thought it would be. The fox even inclined it's head in greeting.
Kushina just stared back for several moments before doing the same.
"I'd also like to introduce you to the other three companions I have living in my head. The first is my familiar Deimos." Riley stated as she pointed at the sky. Kushina glanced up and spotted a dragon circling about five hundred feet above.
"The next is my grandfather… Madara Uchiwa." Riley told her as she pointed at the forest. Kushina's eyes widened in surprise as she spotted the legendary Uchiha sitting amongst some of the branches of the massive trees.
"And finally… my newest guest… Your grandfather… My Great-Grandfather, Hashirama Senju." Riley finished her introductions.
"Lord… First?" Kushina whispered in shock.
"Yes My dear girl. It's me." Came Hashirama's voice.
"How are you here, grandfather?" Kushina asked, still shocked beyond belief.
"Well… I had a piece of my chakra sealed into your mother… which then passed onto you. When Riley tried to heal you and wake you up, it formed a connection which I crossed over. Now I'm here in Riley's head." Hashirama explained.
"Wow… how is Lord Madara here?" Kushina asked after a moment.
"Same way… just with Minato." Riley answered as Madara hopped from his position in the trees and landed next to them, all the while Kurama approached and sat nearby.
"I have a lot I need to explain to you and Lord First… so I'll just start at the very beginning… with Mito's treachery." Riley began and from there the explanation started.
Hashirama and Kushina were silent as Riley explained about the fall of Uzushio and how Mito had kidnapped Minato and sealed his genetics away. She explained Madara's destruction of the country and his fall into insanity. She told them about the Eye of the Moon plan, and Obito's attack on the Hidden Leaf. She explained to them how they thought Mito had been the one to blackmail Peter Pettigrew into selling out Minato's team… how it led to Sirius being falsely charged and sent to a prison that was like hell on earth… Riley just kept explaining things… all the important events she could remember that led up to her birth. Kurama and Madara offered up any details she may have missed, or been unaware of, but the three painted a very clear picture of what life was like after they had died/entered into a coma.
While Hashirama couldn't be seen, the swearing under his breath that occurred from time to time told them what they needed to know. Madara had always told her that if Hashirama swore… then he was really pissed off. He never swore unless he was beyond enraged. Kushina meanwhile was furious. Her eyes were dark, and her fists clenched in rage. She knew of her grandmother's betrayal to her… but she had no idea how far the woman had gone to fuck the world up. And they hadn't even gotten to Riley's life yet.
"From this point on… I'll explain about my life… it's not pretty… and I don't want to go into to much detail… but I'll give you the basic rundown." Riley told them. Kushina nodded, but Riley could tell that her comment had struck a nerve with the woman. Kushina and Hashirama listened intently as Riley was about to speak. Neither one intended to miss even a single word of her explanation. Both had sinking feelings in their guts that her explanation would not be pleasant.
From there, Riley began her explanation. She told them how Kurama had been split into two pieces, soul and power and placed into Riley and her twin, Naruko. She told them about how she defeated Voldemort on the day of her birth, but Naruko got the credit for it, and was hailed as the Girl-Who-Lived. She told them about growing up alone, about how Minato and Lily always pushed her aside, about how she would be forgotten or scolded for achieving.
Hashirama and Kushina were both beyond rage at this point. This was their child/Great-Grandchild… Hashirama was a kind and peaceful man, but if you hurt his family… oh gods… why would you ever do that… that man was known as the God of the Shinobi, for a very good reason. Kushina, meanwhile was channeling a mother's rage. Her eyes were dark, her fists clenched, her teeth grinding together in rage. Not only did Minato and Lily, have the gall to steal her baby from her, but then they went and treated Riley like garbage… no, worse then garbage. They treated her like she was beyond notice, like nothing she could ever do, would amount to anything. Kushina hated them even more at that point, she tried her hardest to remain focused on Riley's voice, but her mind was very much tempted to pull away, and begin plotting her revenge.
Riley kept going. She explained about how she would be forgotten outside, left in the cold. How they would forget to feed her, or go on trips without her. She told them about the Fox hunts, and the beatings she had endured. And she told them how no one had cared. How she would sit in the hospital for days without her family. Seeing their sheer rage, Riley chose to offer them a bit of good.
She told them about the Icharaku's whom always offered to feed her, and treated her kindly. She told them about Kakashi and Remus, and how the two took care of her and helped her throughout her life. She told them how Madara was always there for her, guiding and training her, helping her grow stronger from all the heartbreak. She told them about Shisui, and Itachi, and how they had cared for her and helped her.
Even as angry as he was, Hashirama couldn't help but smile at his friend. He could tell Madara was trying to ignore it, but Hashirama knew he could feel Hashirama smiling at him. This was the man, Hashirama always knew, that Madara was. The kind and loving man he could be, once you got past the cold exterior. And Hashirama couldn't be more proud of his old friend for what he did to help their collective grandchild.
Kushina meanwhile took the moment of pause to approach Madara. The man gave her a curious look, and was surprised when she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you so much! Thank you for helping her. There's no way I can ever repay you for what you've done to help her." Kushina told him, her gratitude was clearly visible for all to see.
"Think nothing of it. She was my grandchild. I would have helped her, and protected her with all my might, regardless of her situation." Madara stated trying to play it cool.
"Still… thank you." Kushina told him with a smile as she pulled away.
Madara simply nodded, not knowing what else to say. He had never had a mother thank him before, being the hero was generally Hashirama's thing. People were usually too scared of Madara to recognize any of his helpful contributions.
Riley simply smiled at the two of them. She then cleared her throat drawing her mother's attention back onto her, where she continued with her story.
She told them about how she left home, and how she befriended Shisui and Itachi, about Shisui's death at Danzo's hands, and how she awakened the Mangekyou. Madara then informed them about how he had her eyes transplanted with his old Eternal Mangekyou to give her the same eyes. She then told them about the coup de ta, The Uchiha were planning due to the Leaf's resentment of them, and how Itachi wiped them out to protect the village and draw Obito out of hiding.
Kushina cried at that, apparently Mikoto Uchiha was her best friend, and Itachi was her godson. To hear about what her friend had been driven to do and what Itachi had been forced to do, brought the woman to tears. Hashirama was appalled at the villages treatment of the Uchiha and how it was their fault the clan felt trapped without any means to escape.
Once everyone was calmed down, Riley told them about her part that day, and how she fought Itachi due to his perceived role in Shisui's death. It was after that day that the Leaf, started to move heaven and earth to get back into her good graces. She had proven how powerful she was and they wanted her eyes. Of course by that point she was finished with them and had decided to leave. Kushina was so proud when she heard how Riley had made Chuunin at the age of eight, how she would have been a Jonin if not for the paperwork required.
Hashirama was also very proud to hear how strong she had been. Due to Kushina's memories he knew just what a Jonin was and to think, Riley was among the elite when she was just eight years old. The girl had an amazing drive and Madara had done an outstanding job in training her.
It was then that the story started to get better. She talked about how she had left the village with Remus and how he acted very much like the parental figure she had always wanted. She talked about their travels, and her time as a bounty hunter, before she was old enough for school. Hashirama and Kushina could tell, almost instantly that Riley was talking about one of her lovers, when she spoke of the first time she had met Fleur. Just the way she smiled and her eyes developed this look of longing, told them all they needed to know. Riley was deeply in love with this girl, whomever she was.
Afterwords she talked about how she got her wand, and even fished it out to show them. Kushina had only ever seen one other wand before and that was Lily's. While Lily's just looked like a stick, Riley's looked like an instrument of power, and the swirling Mangekyou that was embedded in the handle, definitely helped to show just how strong it was. Hashirama, had never seen a wand before, but he didn't need to, to know that this was an immensely powerful magical artifact, he could just feel the cool, cold, raw power echoing through it.
Riley finally got to the part about school and making friends, and her life story finally took a very positive turn, she talked about all her friends and her classes, and the letters she got from Fleur. She talked about reconnecting with Itachi through letters, and keeping contact with Kakashi. She also spoke of her meeting with the dark lord, and Riley's stance on things in Britain. She told them how she understood why he had done, what he had done, and she held no ill will towards him. She also spoke of how she had gotten the Philosophers stone from him and what it could do. She spoke of meeting Fleur again, and her family's misconception about her gender, which earned her some laughs from the two.
And from there she just continued. She spoke of her friends interest in ninja training, and her relationship with Fleur. She talked about training, and the new friends she made the following year. About the basilisk and the cursed book. About becoming Gryffindor's heir, and Sirius' escape from Azkaban before third year. About the Leaf's intervention and the trouble they caused. About her going out with Katie and her new relationship with the brave Gryffindor.
Riley smiled as she spoke of learning the truth about Sirius, about proving his innocence and getting her revenge on the bastards from the Leaf. Then came summer again, with more training and more dating her two girlfriends.
Then her story finally came to fourth year. She talked about Daphne and then Luna. About her new friend Gaia, and her status as a Jinchuriki. She told them of the deal she had made with Kurama, and how she had become an Archdemon. Needless to say the two were beyond shocked. They almost didn't believe her, if it wasn't for her using her transformation to take the form of Ralael. She then spoke of her role as Ralael, and how she intended to build a paradise for her friends and those she loved. She spoke of her defeat of the Kazekage, and then the Tsuchikage. About how she assisted Voldemort in his resurrection, and helped to make Kurama whole again. She then got to the part about Danzo, and learning of her real Mother. She spoke of the immense satisfaction she took in killing the bastard, and then setting out to free her mother. And well… they knew the rest.
All in all her story took about four hours to tell, but they remained quiet through most of it. Just listening, and dedicating most of what they heard to memory. They would smile at the good parts, and scowl or growl at the bad. It seemed that her life had become so much better without the Leaf's involvement, and Hashirama was not at all happy with the village he had made.
"You have lived, one heck of a life my dear. I must say… you're power is staggering. Though I have to ask… what is it you truly hope to achieve by using Ralael to kill the evil people of the world… I don't having anything against it… I'm just curious." Hashirama inquired.
Kushina nodded and gave her a look, curious as to her answer as well.
"Ralael is equal parts childish hope and the, 'abracadabra', of my ultimate plan. I hope that by using the angel, people will be forced to unite against a common foe in order to fight it. I hope… that people will see that the only way to beat such a force of nature is together… however… it's just a childish dream. It's a byproduct that I hope occurs, but I'm not betting on it. Ralael's true role is to be a distraction for the world, while I build my paradise. I plan to use the angel to weaken my enemies, strengthen my allies, and build my paradise, my kingdom, in peace. All eyes will be on the angel, and all efforts will be to defeat it… all the while I can move unseen, making allies and making my paradise in secret." Riley explained to them.
"What happens if that childish dream, comes true? What happens if the people do unite to defeat the angel?" Kushina asked curiously.
"They will only be able to beat Ralael, if they work together… I wont let them win any other way. If they unite… I will allow them to vanquish the angel. If not… well, it will remain, at least until I finish building my paradise, or decide to take my revenge on the bastards whom stole me from my mother." Riley answered, her eyes adopting a cool and menacing gleam to them.
"Wow… I just can't believe how powerful you are. You said that your tails compare you to the actual tailed beasts?" Kushina asked.
"Yep." Riley answered with a grin as her tails expanded and stretched for her to see.
"I do hope you are being responsible with that much power." Hashirama stated.
"I try to be. But if you want to be sure, you can look at my memories, I have no qualms with it, now that I know you're my great-grandfather. If it were possible I'd offer to let you stay and look at my memories as well mother." Riley told them.
"You'd really offer to allow me to look at your memories? All of them? You're putting a lot of trust in someone you hardly know. Aren't there things you don't want people to know?" Hashirama inquired, with a bit of surprise.
"Eh… we're family. Besides… A. It's not like you could do anything to hurt me, or stop me, if you found something in my memories that would drive you to stand against me. B. I pretty much just told you my deep dark secrets, I only have a few memories I'm ashamed of, but you don't seem like the kind of person to bring them up, and even then, I highly doubt they'll surprise you when you see them. And C. The only real private memories I have are the nights of sex with my girls, and honestly… from what Grandfather Madara has told me, you're a very private person when it comes to your own sex life so I doubt you would pry into mine, and even if you did, I either wouldn't care, or I would just kick your ass." Riley explained before finishing with a shrug.
"You're fifteen." Kushina stated as she gave her daughter a look.
"Yeah?" Riley replied not getting what she was insinuating.
"How could you have possibly have had enough sex, to have a sex life?" Kushina asked, a bit disbelievingly. Hell, when she was fifteen she hadn't even kissed a guy, let alone had sex with anyone, let alone enough sex, for her to have a sex life.
"Well… Fleur is a Veela… A Veela is a creature that gains power and energy through the act of sex. Basically the more she has sex, the better she feels. Plus I'm her mate, which is something that very rarely occurs in Veela society. Basically her magic and mine are perfectly compatible, thus making me the perfect person for her. Plus, I may be fifteen, but she's seventeen, she'll be eighteen in two months. Also… I'm a demon, remember. I gain strength from excess emotion. One of which is lust, and passion so, honestly, sex is beyond amazing for me. Plus I like to dominate my mates." Riley answered, and finished with a shrug.
"Um… Wow." Hashirama replied, and Madara could almost see the blush that he knew was on his friend's face.
"Eh… Um… okay… I didn't really expect an answer, I was just teasing." Kushina replied with a blush of her own. I mean, she knew this was something that mothers and daughters were able to talk about, but even she thought it was a little quick for Riley to admit something so personal.
"It's the Three Tails laid back nature. When she made it to the third tail she gained some of it's traits. One of which was a very laid back and uncaring nature. This in turn leads to her lack of embarrassment over topics like sex. Also, Riley isn't a prude at all, and while she may not like an audience… she has no problem talking about her sex life, and the Three Tails laid back nature only accentuates the openness." Kurama explained to them.
"Oh/Oh." Kushina and Hashirama said at the same time.
"Yeah so like I said… there's very little I'm ashamed of. Look at my memories if you want, these two already do." Riley gestured towards Madara and the Fox. "And if you ever have any questions mother, just ask. I've never hidden anything from Madara or Kurama. I don't intend to hide anything from either of you, either."
"Oh… well thanks. I appreciate your honesty. I'll try to do my best not to pry to much. And on the sex thing… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insinuate again. I just… when I was your age I hadn't even had my first kiss yet… to hear that you've made it so far in your own relationships is a bit surprising." Kushina told her.
"Eh… I live fast. Might die tomorrow and all that jazz." Riley replied with a shrug.
"Well if you don't mind, I'm gonna check out some of your memories, try and get a better read on how much the Leaf has changed." Hashirama stated.
"That's fine. I'll be here, talking with mother." Riley told him. Madara and Hashirama, quickly departed, Madara intent on showing Hashirama some of Riley's more important memories.
"So… what do you wanna talk about?" Kushina inquired.
"Eh… whatever. We can chat about school if you'd like? Or I can talk about my friends?" Riley offered.
"I love to hear about your school, and your friends." Kushina said with a smile as she say down in the grass. Riley sat next to her and just started to chat.
The two talked animatedly for hours and hours. Riley told Kushina all about school and her friends, her favorite classes, some of the spells she knew, what she was teaching her friends, how she was a teacher herself. She talked about all of that stuff. Kushina spoke of her time in the academy and about how proud she was that Riley didn't take after her, when it came to academics. Apparently, Kushina sucked at schoolwork.
It was few hours later, when Hashirama and Madara returned to the two. Madara had been showing Hashirama as many of the most important memories as he could. Hashirama was beginning to have a lot clearer picture of the situation, now that he had actually seen what was going on, rather then just heard it. Needless to say, the God of the Shinobi was not at all happy with the village he had built.
The two walked (and floated) up right as Riley was finishing up a story.
"And so I get back, and Katie informs me that Daphne awoke in the middle of the night while I was gone and made a confession. She thought she was talking to me, but she actually made the confession to Fleur." Riley explained with a giggle.
"Aw… what did she say?" Kushina inquired.
"She said that she loved me. But since it wasn't me, now her and Fleur were in a weird way. Fleur being who she is, spent the better part of the day teasing poor Daphne about it, while Daph was embarrassed beyond all belief." Riley answered.
"What did you end up doing?" Kushina asked.
"Well… I found the two of them in the great hall, I sat in Daphne's lap, wrapped my arms around her, and told her that I loved her. Then I kissed her and walked away. She ended up whispering under her breath that she loved me, and I heard her, so I shouted back that I knew." Riley answered with a fond smile.
"Aw… that's cute." Kushina said with a smile of her own.
"We're back." Madara stated as he and the ghost of Hashirama approached.
"Hey… see anything good?" Riley inquired.
"I've seen more then enough to know that the Leaf has fallen far from the way I had intended it to be. I've also seen enough to know that you are a kind and honorable person. You protect your friends and those that you love with all of your immense power. Needless to say, I am proud of you, my dear. It seems the Will of Fire is alive and well, inside of you." Hashirama answered.
"Thank you." Riley replied with a smile.
"How long have we been in here?" Kushina asked.
"About eight hours." Riley answered.
"Hm… well I must be more rested now. Do you think it's time for me to wake up?" Kushina inquired.
"Eh… actually, it's only been a few minutes on the outside. In here time moves faster. And in the real world, I doubt more then a few seconds have gone by." Riley stated.
"What do you mean, the real world?" Kushina asked with confusion.
"Oh… the place we came from was actually my own pocket dimension. It's a technique of the Sharingan that allows me to enter my own dimension. I can control everything in this dimension, even time. So time moves slower in Kamui, and now multiply that by the time dilation of being in my mindscape, and yeah, it's probably only been a few moments in the real world." Riley answered.
Meanwhile Kushina just stared at her in awe. Her daughter had her own dimension? How powerful was her daughter, really?
"Where do you plan on taking, Kushina?" Madara asked.
"Well, Hogwarts is out, I guess I'll just take her home." Riley answered.
"You know that means telling Remus and Sirius about her. And they'll probably figure out that Ralael broke in and rescued Kushina. They'll make the connection, unless of course you intend to lie to them?" Madara stated.
"Nah. I think it's time I told them the truth. Sirius knows Occlumency and anything about me being a demon is still tied to Fidelus. Meanwhile Remus is a werewolf, can't read their minds, lest you risk the wolf entering your own." Riley answered.
"Very well. It's your choice." Madara replied with a shrug.
"Alright. I'm going to take you to the house where I live. We'll set you up there so you can rest and recuperate. If it wasn't for the headmaster possibly finding out, I would just take you to Hogwarts, but since he's allied with the Leaf, that possibility is out. I only have a few weeks of School left, and I can just send clones to all my classes, and to fetch my girls at night." Riley informed her mother.
"Alright." Kushina replied. It's not like she could say no, or she had a better idea.
-A short while later-
Remus and Sirius sat around a fire in the den of Riley's house outside of London. Both were just casually chatting when they heard a distorting noise along with Dobby, loudly greeting his master. Both quickly stood and went out to the entrance to find Riley standing there holding Kushina's sleeping form in her arms.
"What's going on?" Remus asked as he eyed the woman and made a face.
Sirius made the same face as he studied the woman's features.
"We need to talk guys. But first I need to get my mother settled in." Riley answered. She quickly took Kushina upstairs and got her settled into one of the rooms. The woman was still sleeping, but she was back in her own mind, so time would fly for her.
Riley left a clone behind to attend to her and quickly went to speak with Sirius and Remus, both were standing in the hall outside of Kushina's room, and they both gave Riley questioning looks when she exited.
"Let's go get settled into the den. I've got a lot to tell you." Riley stated, and the two quickly followed her down to the den. Once they were all situated, Riley summoned Madara into the room. Remus, knew that the man was alive and connected to Riley, he had heard as much from Sirius but, to see the living legend alive and well, was a little startling.
"Riley… why did you call that woman your mother?" Sirius asked after a moment.
"Allow me to start at the beginning. First and foremost… that woman was Kushina Uzumaki. She is the woman who conceived me… but not the one who birthed me. I was stolen from her, when Minato and Lily realized the drunken threesome they had, had with her, resulted in child. I was forcefully taken away from her and implanted into Lily, and for the last fifteen years, that poor woman has been living in a coma, unable to awaken." Riley informed them.
The two men were stunned. They couldn't believe this. Minato and Lily… well Sirius knew they were both bastards, but to willingly steal a child from it's mother… Sirius knew of the spell she was referring to. Taking a child from one womb and implanting it into another, as a form of magical adoption.
"I can't believe it." Remus muttered. He just couldn't believe that those kind loving people, his friends, would be capable of that kind of sick and twisted act. I mean they stole a baby and left the mother in a coma. He knew Riley was telling the truth… she would never lie about something like this… and it made it that much more terrible in his eyes. The wolf in him screamed and howled in rage. Riley was like a daughter to him, to think that she was forcefully taken from her own mother, for whatever reason was just blood curdling.
"How do you know? I mean how can you be sure?" Sirius asked.
"Danzo told me… right before I killed him." Riley answered.
"You killed Danzo?" Came Remus' reply.
"No one saw you right?" Was Sirius' response.
"Oh… no one saw me. But everyone will probably know who killed him. It wont help them though." Riley answered with a vicious smirk.
"Why not?" Remus asked.
In reply Riley simply stood and shifted in her demonic form.
"You… You're…. You're Ralael." Sirius gasped, while Remus' jaw slammed into the ground.
"The angel killed Danzo… and the angel rescued Kushina Uzumaki. She has to remain here until she recovers, while I spin a story as to how Riley and Kushina came together." Riley told them.
"How is this possible?" Sirius asked as he stepped forward and poked at one of her wings.
From their Riley explained how she became a demon. How she grew in power with each tail, and how she would keep growing. She also told them about her purpose as Ralael and what she hoped to achieve while the angel did it's thing. She also informed them that the information about her being a demon was under Fidelus so they didn't have to worry about it getting taken. And they both had good enough mental defense to protect her secret as Ralael, which she wasn't really that worried about.
Her explanation took about an hour, and she would have kept going if not for Dobby interrupting and informing them all that Kushina was awake and asking for her.
"I'm gonna run to Hogwarts and get my girls, you two head up there and I'll join you in a minute. We've got a lot more to talk about." Riley told them and then vanished into Kamui.
"Always full of surprises that one." Sirius noted, still a little shell shocked by this revelation.
"Oh… you have no idea." Madara informed the two as he headed for the stairs.
-Meanwhile-
Riley's mates sat clustered on her bed. They were chatting with each other about the weird feelings they were getting from Riley. The happiness, the rage, the demonic bloodlust, all of that crap. They couldn't figure out what was going on with her. Suddenly they all heard a warping noise as Riley appeared from thin air.
"There you are." Katie greeted her.
"No time… grab on. There's someone I want you gals to meet." Riley ordered as she reached out with her tails and grabbed the four, quickly pulling them into Kamui.
They all reapeared in Riley's house in Kushina room. The four girls shared confused looks, before they spotted the tired woman laying in bed.
They all stared at her for a moment before looking to Riley.
"Gals… I'd like you to meet my mother. Mother… these are my girls." Riley stated with a smile. All of Riley's mates adopted surprised looks, and at that moment, the weird emotional roller coaster they had been feeling from Riley suddenly made sense. They knew that even though fourth year was almost over, things weren't going to be boring any time soon.
-To Be continued-
Alright there we go. Let me know what you think. Sorry for all the exposition, I didn't just was to say, 'Riley tells her about her life, and then she feels this'. I wanted to focus on a few key moments. Off for a weeks, after work tonight so I will hopefully have another chapter out soon, sry for the wait.
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