Here's the next chapter. New ability by paskin52 will be used here. Let me know what you think, enjoy.
Warnings: Language, Death, chaos, murder, violence… lot's of intense shit.
Broken Angel
Chapter 47: Konoha's First Reckoning
Kakashi, Naruko, and Hinata moved through the dark alleyways of the city. They needed to find a sewer drain and make it underground while they waited for Kakashi's aid to arrive.
Naruko followed, paying very close attention to her surroundings. This was her chance to finally get out of this hellhole. One would think that Naruko would be worried about her parents or god mother. But they'd be wrong.
"It's your duty." That's what they had all said to her. It was her duty. It was her duty to be used as breeding stock, and forced to fuck women she didn't know. She didn't even feel like a woman anymore. She felt… like scum… her eyes kept darting to Hinata, and then to where both their hands were still held together. How would she ever earn Hinata's forgiveness? How would she ever atone for that… she didn't know… she hated herself… she absolutely hated herself. She would help Hinata get out of this place if it was the last thing she did. She just prayed, they didn't run into… her.
Naruko couldn't suppress the fearful shiver. For over a month, she had been seeing someone in a dark black cloak… that person's chakra was black… it wasn't dark, or malicious or evil, it was just black… like the fucking void. All of the bad shit started happening when she showed up… was she an evil omen, or a dark spirit? Naruko didn't know… she just prayed that they could get out of the village without running into her.
As she moved along with Kakashi and Hinata, she couldn't help but wonder who Kakashi's aid was.
-At the same time-
Riley let out a content sigh as she finished gathering energy. Finally she allowed herself to glide a few feet lower. She felt her body pass through the Leaf barrier and she knew, instantly, that the Leaf barrier squad would be rushing to inform everyone.
"Now… it's time to show the world, the power of carnage. Go forth… my minions." Riley intoned as she flashed through the summoning jutsu.
Meanwhile on the ground, several shinobi shot into an office. "Commander. Something has entered the barrier from the top." one of the ninja shouted to Shikaku Nara, whom was busy preparing for the day's work. He quickly shot to his window as his mind instantly realized what that probably was. He scanned the skies until he spotted a dark black dot in the night sky.
"Gods… it's come for us." Shikaku whispered. Right as he said that he felt something echo across the village. It was a wave of pure unadulterated terror. He felt his eyes lock onto the Angel as it hovered in the sky. Suddenly there was a giant rush of smoke, and then, multiple massive winged beasts fell from the sky.
Upon being summoned, Michael immediately split into ten clones. Each one landed just outside of the village perimeter. The ground shook with their landing and it awoke nearly everyone in the village. Each clone was armed with it's own Lance of Longinus.
The men on the walls, screamed in terror at the titanic creatures before them. Each Michael, spread it's wings and raised it's Lance into the sky, then, as one, each slammed it's lance into the ground. Everyone felt a stillness enter the air. What they didn't know was that Michael had just erected a barrier around the whole village. Nothing was getting in, or out now.
Shinobi on the wall, immediately began attacking the giant metal monsters. However their weapons and jutsu stopped dead, before hitting them. It didn't take a genius to realize what was going on.
"We're trapped!"
"They've erected a barrier!"
"Where did it come from?!"
"Look! In the sky! It's the angel! The Angel of Carnage is here!" Someone finally shouted, and that caused everyone's head to turn towards the sky. Many people, began to spot the angel, as it slowly descended to the earth. And then, almost all at once, tens of thousands of people, whom were already up and could see what was happening, all collectively shit themselves, and started to panic.
-Meanwhile-
"What the fuck was that?" Naruko asked. The three of them were in a back alley, and had heard all of the Michael's hit the ground. Now they could hear people screaming in terror and lights all over the village were switching on as people awoke to the screams.
"Hinata?" Kakashi inquired.
"Right." Hinata, then activated her Byakugan and her eyes widened in horror.
"Hinata?" Naruko asked as she noticed the terrified look.
"It's her… it's… Ralael..." Hinata answered with an audible gulp.
"Your aid is the fucking Angel of Carnage!?" Naruko screeched through her teeth at Kakashi, whom looked just as dumbfounded as the rest of them.
"No… I… No… that's not important, we can use this to get out. Let's hurry. No one will notice us in this panic, we just have to avoid the Angel." Kakashi replied.
'Riley… where the hell are you?' Kakashi wondered as they moved through the now bustling streets
Meanwhile, all over the village, people were shooting out of bed and grabbing their stuff. Every ninja was trying to get their gear and get outside while every civilian was currently panicking.
At the Namikaze household, Minato was busy gearing up for battle. He had just thrown his jacket on when Jiraiya appeared.
"It's the angel, right?" Minato asked.
"Yep… it's definitely the angel… and I don't think it's here to dick around this time." Jiraiya replied with a bit of worry.
"Right." Minato replied.
"Where's Lily?" Jiraiya inquired as he followed Minato out the door.
"She's in a safe place." Minato replied.
"And what about Naruko?" Jiraiya asked.
"She should be with the commission, doing her duty. They'll get her to the front line." Minato answered.
"The front lines? She's not ready yet… no way can she face the angel, she needs more training. You can't possibly think that sending her to the front while death is literally descending into the village, is a good idea? And... you're… not worried...? She's your child!" Jiraiya asked in surprise as he realized the Minato didn't seem to really be listening to him.
"Child or not, my duty is first and foremost to the village. Naruko is an asset, an expendable asset. She must continue to do her duty." Minato replied, the tone of his voice almost sounded annoyed by the statement.
"Minato… what the absolute hell? This is your daughter you're talking about, and even if you're talking from the Hokage's point of view, what do you mean 'expendable' we need her Rinnegan!" Jiraiya shouted at his student.
"Within a few months, more Rinnegan users will be born. Tsunade has already confirmed it. At least three confirmed pregnancies so far. Naruko has insured the village's prosperity, she's done her job. The Rinnegan will survive even if she falls." Minato replied with a small smile. Jiraiya just stared at his student in disbelief. The way Minato spoke just now, was like he was talking about the weather… what the absolute fuck was going on with him?
"Let's go." Minato ordered as he flashed away.
-Meanwhile-
Riley was flashing through more handsigns as she landed in an open plaza. She was surrounded on all sides by ninja, whom were watching with trepidation and fear.
"Come, Fenrir." Riley whispered in a ghastly tone as she slammed her palm into the ground.
The Leaf ninja tensed as smoke shot out, around the Angel. There was probably around two hundred ninja around her right now, with more pouring in by the moment. This was a city with two million people living in it. The Leaf had around three hundred thousand ninja, with at least one hundred thousand within the village at all times. The rest were on missions or stationed at bases, and forts. The problem was, most of the ninja that were left to babysit the village, weren't all that good.
The Shinobi gasped as Fenrir emerged from the smoke. In the darkness of night, the wolf was barely visible except for the glowing Kanji and the yellow circles for eyes, that it possessed.
"Fenrir… kill everything in sight." Riley ordered, and with a ear-splitting howl. Fenrir launched at the frightened ninja. What followed could only be considered a slaughter.
The elements rushed from Fenrir's body as the wolf attacked. Bolts of lightning shot from it's body. It released dozens of fireballs with each movement, and a constant stream of wind shot from it's body, stopping anyone from even getting close. With a massive leap the shadow wolf jumped high into the sky, and landed on another street block, with it's landing came an upheaval of earth and water. With that, the earth shattered and everything for twenty meters in every direction, was sent flying into the air. Meanwhile the water pipes beneath the city street, burst and huge plumes of water shot into the sky.
Shinobi charged at the beast, but it was a helluva lot faster then it looked. With lightning fast reflexes, Fenrir tore through the crowds of shinobi and civilians. No one was spared the creature's wrath. The only people who weren't killed were children. Everyone else, was slaughtered. Within moments over a hundred people were dead, and that number would only continue to climb, as time went on.
"Skorge, RAAM." Riley summoned the two. They both gave her a look, before charging into the fray.
RAAM let out a roar as he jumped high, right towards a Jonin whom was also jumping. He caught the Jonin, by surprise and delivered a bone shattering punch to the face, that sent the man, hurtling into a building. RAAM then landed and drew his sword. It was a single handed, serrated sword, and the damn thing looked gnarly as hell. It did not look like the kind of blade a person wanted to get hit with.
A Chuunin quickly made a dash for RAAM, kunai in hand. He tried to thrust it into the creature's chest, but was only met with a sudden stop when his kunai broke upon contact with RAAM's armor. RAAM let out a menacing chuckle as he delivered a lightning fast slash to the man's chest. He nearly cut him in two, however RAAM's sword wasn't designed for clean cuts, it was meant to slice and shred. As the Chuunin fell, trying in vain to scoop his organs back into his body, RAAM moved onto his next target. Within moments another three Chuunin joined their dead comrade. RAAM's training with Madara and Hashirama was about to pay off.
Meanwhile Skorge was screeching and screaming wildly. He was swinging his chainsaw staff around with what looked to be reckless abandon. There was a method to the madness of Skorge's style of combat, but no one here would be able to figure it out… not before Skorge gutted them. The loud roaring of the chainsaws, along with the screams, coupled with the bloodshed, turned the scene around Skorge into a nightmare. People were missing limps, or were spilling out organs, the Shinobi couldn't get close and Skorge kept moving into the crowds of civilians, preventing them from using any jutsu.
As people were running or fighting for their lives, some began to notice a tune fill the air. A dreadful, evil song, it terrified them, it made them defecate themselves. This song was unholy! If any had bothered looking up, they would have seen the dark Phoenix sitting on the roof top singing away, filling the air with bone chilling music.
"Asuma sensei… what should we do?" Ino Yamanaka cried in worry. Team ten had all been together, when the fighting began, as they prepared for early morning training. Now they were struggling, just like the rest of the ninja, to get organized.
"The village is in a panic. If things don't get under control soon, any chance of a defense is going to go up in flames." Shikamaru noted. He was definitely afraid, but his analytical mind was already working on ways to keep his team alive, and safe.
"Asuma sensei!" Choji screamed as he pointed at an approaching shadow.
Asuma turned to it and raised his bladed knuckle busters.
"Stay back!" Asuma ordered his team as the shadow figure moved closer, and pointed at him with a dark, gloved, hand. The shadow then let out a screeching noise, that made Asuma's bones rattle.
Asuma felt dread well up in his soul as the shadow got closer, and closer… he felt panic begin to rise as it got within ten feet. Crushing the feeling, he let out a war cry and shot forward, slashing the shadow across the chest. He spun around to deliver another strike when he heard the shadow speak.
"Asuma… why…?" Asuma's eyes widened in horror, as the shadow faded away to reveal one of his clansmen. The man was bleeding from where Asuma had sliced him from hip to shoulder.
"No!" Asuma shouted in despair as he caught his clansmen as the man fell.
"But… how…. Was it Genjutsu?" Ino asked, as her and her teammates stared on in horror.
Shikamaru was about to answer when he heard an ear piercing scream. He glanced down the street, past the crowds of fleeing and panicking people, to spot a woman, rising off the ground. She floated up to one of the buildings. She looked to be struggling, and she was screaming bloody murder at something. Shikamaru watched in horror as the woman's body contorted and then exploded in a spray of blood, bones and organs.
Shikamaru could only stare at where the woman had exploded. His mind was racing, and for some reason he couldn't tear his eyes from that spot. Suddenly, something began to shimmer into existence. Something, straight out of Shikamaru's nightmares.
He watched as Amygdala faded into existence. He watched as a ball of light gathered at the center of it's massive head. And then… a beam shot out and crisscrossed the whole street, where people were running. And in a flash, the street exploded sending dozens of panicking people, along with countless dead bodies flying into the buildings on either side of the street.
Then, to his even greater horror, the creature seemed to look right at him. Slowly and methodically, Amygdala reached down and touched the ground. Where it's finger touched, a portal opened and from it spilled out, around a dozen people. Each one covered in blood, each with this deranged look on their face.
Ino let out a scream as she spotted the mysterious men. She couldn't see Amygdala, but she could clearly see some of it's deranged victims. One, a man wearing a clown mask, let out a loud howl of laughter.
"YES! YES! MORE EYES!" He then darted forward into a crowd of people, tackling a man, and then stabbing him in the face, while he clawed at his eyes. Before he was dragged away by Asuma, Shikamaru got a good look at the side of the Clowns bald head. It looked like someone had drilled large round holes in it…. And then stuck human eyes into the slots.
-Meanwhile-
Riley walked through the streets, occasionally her tail would whip out and kill someone, however most people had already fled the immediate area and Riley wasn't moving very quickly.
She rounded the corner and finally came upon a sight she was waiting for. About forty ninja, were waiting for her, each ready to fight to the death.
Even as the carnage began, Riley's anger hadn't subsided, in fact, it had only grown. As she approached the group of Leaf ninja, she felt power build in her eyes, she felt a word on her lips, an unfamiliar word. Still… she spoke it.
"Hachiman."
As she spoke the word, she felt chakra rush to her eyes, this wasn't typical for Rinnegan based techniques, however it was similar for the Mangekyou techniques.
As she pondered the idea of a new Sharingan ability, she saw a reddish mist appear around her body. Felt it encase her, and wrap around her entirely. Before she could put too much thought into it, six of the shinobi ahead of her, flashed through handsigns and shouted in unison.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" With a rush, the six fireballs combined into one massive one, that consumed the street and rushed towards her. Riley wasn't phased and prepared to activate Kamui, right as the jutsu was about to hit her. However, before she could, she saw the fire stop. The red mist around her body stopped the attack. She watched as the massive fireball condensed and all of it's energy began to coalesce and compact against the red mist, mere inches from her body.
She felt a sizable chunk of her chakra, rush into the fire, and she saw it fill with energy. Then to her surprise, the condensed fireball, let out a loud roaring noise and fired back at the collection of ninja, the explosion that resulted, rocked the whole village, and Riley was left flabbergasted at what had just happened.
The portion of chakra that she had lost was almost instantly replaced, however if she had been a regular person, like if she was Itachi, this ability would have cut his reserves in half. It seems that the ability blocked chakra and or magic based attacks, amplified their power with her own chakra, by a certain margin, she guessed about five times, and then fired it back from whence it came.
"Hachiman… This is definitely something I look forward to playing with." Riley thought to herself as she kept walking.
The massacre continued all throughout the village, Riley's familiars were slaughtering people, bodies were piled in the streets, the city was in flames, explosions ceaselessly rocked large sections of the village, it was like several S-Rank ninja had launched a simultaneous attack against the village. It continued, as Riley walked through the village. Anyone who got in her way, died, the city had turned into a literal hell scape.
The only ones that were spared were children and pregnant woman. And only the young children, like young academy students, anyone who bore the Leaf headband along with any adult, was fair game. She spotted a few of those wandering the streets. She would have felt guilty for the children, if she wasn't so enraged right now. She felt odd… normally when she was this angry, things were exploding. Instead she just felt calm. She casually raised her hand towards a building as she walked by, she released a blast of energy from her hand, and the building was torn asunder. Riley could only barely make out the screams of those that were within the building before she leveled it.
Finally, after a bit more walking, Riley made it to her destination. She was currently standing atop the tallest building in Konoha, the Hokage tower. She heard people approaching behind her as she approached a guard rail that overlooked the city.
Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, along with about fifty Anbu, appeared behind her.
"So you've finally made it." Riley stated, her voice, a deep monstrous hissing noise.
"We knew you would come for us, monster." Minato stated, as his force got into battle position. None wanted to attack her, they had all seen her deflect numerous attacks back onto them already.
"I had always intended to deliver a warning, to give the innocent a chance… but it seems you've forced my hand. Come sunrise… no one will ever again question… my power. But first… I must deliver my message." Riley stated.
"What message?" Jiraiya asked, when no one else did.
"The Truth." Riley replied as she cast a wandless Sonorus.
"PEOPLE OF KONOHA! DO YOU HEAR ME? WILL YOU FINALLY HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY? THIS MORNING, YOU HAVE TASTED MY WRATH… YOU HAVE COMMITED CRIMES… HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE CRIMES. I CANNOT FORGIVE SUCH ACTS. TO THE GUILTY, I SAY THIS… DO NOT RUN… DO NOT HIDE… ADMIT TO YOUR CRIMES AND WHEN I APPEAR BEFORE YOU, BOW LOW… AND UNDERSTAND THAT I, AM YOU PUNISHMENT!" Riley began. Everywhere in the village, people looked to the sky.
Meanwhile, Minato and Jiraiya were busy writing out an intricate paralysis seal.
"TO THE INNOCENT… LISTEN TO MY WORDS! HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. AT THIS DAWN… I REVEAL TO YOU THE TRUTH. THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR LEADERS. WHEN YOU HEAR IT… YOU WILL BE ANGRY… YOU WILL FEEL BETRAYED AND HURT… IT IS AT THAT MOMENT, THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE… REMAIN IN DARKNESS AND STAND BY THE LEAF! OR ABANDON THIS SINKING SHIP… ATONE FOR THE SINS OF YOUR LEADERS AND FIND A BETTER PATH. KNOW THAT YOUR FIRST HOKAGE IS ASHAMED OF YOU ALL… AND TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN SUCH THING… KNOW THAT HE IS AWAITING YOU ALL, IN THE AFTERLIFE." Riley continued with her speech. As she was going, Mito finally arrived. She appeared in a burst of fire, beside Minato and Jiraiya. Her eyes were locked onto Riley, both were filled with malice and hatred.
"I WISH TO TELL YOU THREE STORIES. THE FIRST… IS ABOUT A WOMAN… WHO LOVED THE HIDDEN LEAF WITH ALL HER HEART. YOU SEE… SHE WAS AN ORPHAN, WHO'S BIRTHPLACE HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER. SHE WAS BROUGHT HERE, AND TAUGHT TO LOVE KONOHA. THIS WOMAN… SHED HER BLOOD, FOR THIS VILLAGE. SHE FOUGHT ALONGSIDE YOU IN THE THIRD GREAT NINJA WAR… AND SHE CALLED YOU COMRADES. SHE GAVE HER LIFE, TO THE VILLAGE. ONE DAY SHE DID SOMETHING STUPID, AS HUMANS SO COMMONLY DO… AND SHE ENDED UP PREGNANT. THIS WOMAN… COULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPIER. SHE HAD ALWAYS WANTED A FAMILY… AND NOW SHE HAD A CHILD OF HER OWN. WHEN SHE WENT TO TELL THE FATHER, AND HIS WIFE, THAT THEIR STUPID NIGHT TOGETHER, HAD RESULTED IN CHILD… INSTEAD OF BEING MET WITH AWKWARD ACCEPTANCE… SHE HAD HER BABY TAKEN FROM HER. THE MAN AND HIS WIFE, FEARED WHAT SHE WOULD DO TO THEM, TO THEIR REPUTATIONS, SO THEY STOLE HER BABY, BEFORE IT COULD EVEN BE BORN. THIS WOMAN… WAS KUSHINA UZUMAKI. AND THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK HER BABY FROM HER… WERE NONE OTHER THEN YOUR FOURTH HOKAGE AND HIS WIFE!" Riley stated to the village.
All throughout the streets people shared looks. Thoughts raged through their minds. Some didn't care, unable or unwilling to see why that justified this. Some could only gape, unable to believe that their precious Hokage could be capable of such a thing. While the rest could only feel anger… with one thought running through their minds… 'Was this all his fault?'
"Minato… is that..." Jiraiya began to ask his student, but he stopped when he noticed the look of pure, unrefined hatred, that Minato was throwing at the back of the Angel. Jiraiya nearly feinted at that… Kushina had been their friend… she had taught Minato seals, and was always there to support him. Hell, Jiraiya always thought the two would end up together, after Minato rescued her, when she was a kid. He couldn't believe that his student would steal a baby. He glanced over at Tsunade, expecting to see similar disbelief on her face, but instead, all he found was rage, rage directed right at the angel. 'She knew… was I the only one who didn't know what they did?'
In an alleyway, Kakashi, Naruko and Hinata stood staring at the sky. All three, unable to believe this.
Kakashi could only clench his fists in rage… he was finally beginning to realize that he never truly knew who Minato Namikaze really was. if that man was willing to steal a baby from her mother, and that mother was a friend… then he truly was a monster.
Naruko on the other hand… actually had a better idea of what was going on. In fact… she now understood things so much clearer… Riley had been that baby. They had taken Riley from Kushina, and placed her into Lily's womb, alongside Naruko… that was why her parents… no… that was why the fourth Hokage and his Wife, didn't care for her sister…
If she still possessed the Fox's power, she probably would have slipped into a violent murderous rage at this… without it though, all she could do was simmer in her anger.
Tears began to well in her eyes, as she finally began to understand the pain her sister had endured. Their parents had treated her so horribly, and all because of this, because to them, she was a mistake.
Naruko felt her blood begin to boil. Because of Minato and Lily, she been raised to believe something was wrong with Riley. They let her get away with treating her so horribly, never correcting her when she was being rude, or mean. All because they didn't care. Naruko had seen how they didn't care, and it had colored her perceptions and like a fool, she just went along with what her parents did. She hurt her sister, just like they did, and it made her feel sick to her stomach.
Did Riley know any of this, about her mother? About what had happened? If she didn't than Naruko would tell her. She'd find her sister, and she'd tell her everything, and she'd throw herself at Riley's feet and beg her forgiveness. As far as Naruko was concerned, Riley was the only true family she had left. No matter what the truth was, Riley was her twin sister, and she'd do anything to mend the rift between them. No matter what it took, no matter how long it took.
"THE SECOND STORY, IS ABOUT THAT BABY. A CHILD… STOLEN FROM HER MOTHER… USED AS A VESSEL FOR THE DEMON FOX'S SOUL, HATED BY HER FELLOW VILLAGERS, AND IGNORED BY THE TWO PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE LOVED HER. FOR HER STORY… WE NEED TO START AT THE BEGINNING. JUST AFTER SHE WAS USED TO SEAL AWAY THE FOX'S SOUL. HER TWIN AND HER WERE ATTACKED BY VOLDEMORT… IN AN ACT OF PURE, ACCIDENTAL MAGIC… THIS CHILD ACTIVATED THE RINNEGAN, AND DEFLECTED THE KILLING CURSE BACK AT THE DARK LORD. AN ACT THAT SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER HEILED AS A HERO, WAS INSTEAD GIVEN TO HER TWIN. THIS CHILD GREW UP ALONE… IGNORED… HATED… BEATEN… AND NEGLECTED..." Riley told the story… all the while people were sharing looks as they recalled the little girl they use to beat, tease, ignore, and downright terrorize.
Minato, Jiraiya, and Tsunade all looked surprised by this… to learn that Riley was actually the Girl-Who-Lived… it was shocking to say the least.
Meanwhile… Naruko looked like she had just been slapped… she hung her head in shame, as she realized that she had taken credit for something her sister had done, all these years… her sister had been the one to save them, not the fox… not Naruko.
It was just another blow that made everything so much clearer. Riley was the real hero, she always had been. Naruko had never been ahead of her sister, not once, not ever, not ever for a moment. All her life she'd been raised to believe she was better than her twin, but that was completely false. Her arrogance had cost her the love of her sister long ago, and now she had to get it back. She just had too.
"FINALLY… THIS CHILD GREW STRONG… AND WITH HER STRENGTH, CAME ACCEPTANCE. THE PEOPLE WANTED HER… NOT FOR WHO SHE WAS… BUT FOR WHAT SHE POSSESED… POWER. THE FIRST HOKAGE FOUNDED A VILLAGE WHERE ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN EACH OTHER WERE FAMILY… AND INSTEAD OF THE VILLAGE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP THIS CHILD… THEY HATED HER, OSTROCISED HER… AND IN THE END… THIS YOUNG WARRIOR WAS PUSHED AWAY… NEVER TO RETURN. AND… TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE… THIS CHILD'S MOTHER… KUSHINA UZUMAKI… WAS THE GRANDCHILD OF YOUR BELOVED FIRST HOKAGE… YOU PEOPLE… QUITE LITERALLY DROVE THE FIRST HOKAGE'S LIVING LEGACY, AND THE LEGACY OF UZUSHIO FROM THIS VILLAGE. THAT IS SOMETHING HE DOES NOT FORGET… OR FORGIVE." Riley continued. She knew that wherever they were, the elders were hanging their heads in shame… they had failed their sensei.
Meanwhile, in the village people, especially shinobi, could only feel shame at what they'd done. To think… they had not only drove away the Girl-Who-Lived… but Hashirama Senju's living legacy.
"Hashirama is dead… and Tsunade is his legacy… your words are hollow… 'angel'..." Mito stated as she continued writing seal characters alongside Minato… Jiraiya had long since stopped and was openly glaring at his student and old teammate.
"That little bitch isn't the Senju legacy… your lies mean nothing!" Tsunade spat, with rage. She was met by a shock wave of energy that sent her sliding back, while the Anbu that were behind her, went flying. She let out a huff, and readied to face the angel, only to see that it hadn't even turned to face her.
"AND FINALLY… MY LAST STORY… IS ABOUT A HERO. A GIRL… YOU ALL LOVED, AND CHERISHED. THIS GIRL… LIVED HER WHOLE LIFE AS A HERO. EVEN WHEN SHE WAS SURPASSED BY HER TWIN, SHE NEVER LOST HER SHINE. SHE NEVER WAVERED IN HER BELIEF THAT SHE WAS A HERO. AND THEN… THROUGH A FEW SIMPLE ACTS… THE PLACE THAT ONCE ADORED HER… TURNED ON HER. SHE HAD THE NINE TAILS, FORCIBLY REMOVED… SHE AWAKENED THE RINNEGAN, AND BY THOSE TWO SIMPLE ACTS… SHE BECAME NO ONE TO YOU ALL. FOR WEEKS… HER TEACHERS HAMMERED INTO HER… THEY BEAT HER… THEY PUSHED HER… THEY DID EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO FORCE HER TO MASTER THE RINNEGAN. BUT THOSE FOOLS HAD NO CLUE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY HAD NO IDEA, THAT THE PROGRESS SHE WAS MAKING, WAS TYPICAL… THAT SHE DOING WELL… NO… ALL THEY SAW WAS HER SISTER, AND A WAY TO SURPASS HER. IF THIS GIRL WASN'T STRONGER THAN HER SISTER… THEN WHAT GOOD WAS SHE?" The angel intoned, it's voice carried to every corner of the village.
Jiraiya could only drop his head in shame… he knew he had been too hard on Naruko… but the council kept pushing for results, and he just thought that with a little tough love, Naruko could finally push past whatever funk she was in. Turns out she was doing fine, the whole time… and all he was doing was hurting her.
In town Naruko, stared at the sky in wonder… she hadn't been screwing up. She was on the right track… she kept thinking she was doing something wrong, she felt like a loser because she couldn't figure it out… and in the end… she was on the right track.
"THIS GIRL… WITH ALL THE PROGRESS SHE HAD MADE… WAS CONSIDERED A FALIURE BY HER VILLAGE. YOUR LEADERS MADE A CHOICE THAT WOULD FOREVER TEAR AWAY HER INNOCENCE! IN A SAD ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO MORE RINNEGAN USERS… THEY UTILIZED BARBARIC METHODS… THIS GIRL WHO WAS ONCE A HERO… HAD HER INNOCENCE STOLEN. SHE HAD HER PRIDE AS A NINJA… AND AS A WOMAN… RIPPED AWAY. THIS GIRL… WAS NEARLY BROKEN BY HER OWN HOME. JUST LIKE HER SISTER WAS. NOW… NOW THE WORLD WILL KNOW JUST A FRACTION OF HER PAIN… THIS… THIS IS PAYBACK. THE NAMES OF THOSE THREE WOMAN, THAT YOU ALL DESTROYED, AND TORE APART… KUSHINA UZUMAKI. NARUKO NAMIKAZE, AND THE ONE WHO WAS ONCE CALLED NARUMI NAMIKAZE." Riley finished with her story. She felt something race towards her. She recognized the sound of chains.
"Got you!" Mito stated triumphantly as the chains wrapped around Riley. Seals began to appear on the chains and slide onto Riley's skin.
"We've got you. Clever ploy, attempting to turn the Leaf against me… but no one will believe the lies you've told." Minato growled as he approached the angel.
"EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHERE RILEY UCHIWA NEVER RETURNED TO THE LEAF, EVERYTHING I'VE SAID TO YOU, THIS MORNING, HAS… BEEN… TRUE. I SWEAR IT, ON MY LIFE AND MAGIC." Riley stated with a grin, as a flash of magic consumed her, to show that the oath was made. People all over the village, shared looks. Those that knew the meaning of magical oath, knew that she couldn't be lying.
"It doesn't matter. You can no longer move. You will be sealed away, and the village will use your powers to elevate ourselves to new heights… you've lost." Minato stated as he got closer to Riley.
In response, Riley simply laughed. She could tell the seals that were on her skin now were paralysis seals, and damn good ones too. She couldn't move at all, and Mito had added seals to her chakra chains, so Riley couldn't phase through them with Kamui. Riley wasn't really surprised, I mean Mito was working with Obito… she'd obviously have a plan in place to deal with him.
So now Riley couldn't move. However… what they didn't know, was that she didn't need to move to use any of her ocular powers. However… she couldn't use any of the fancy ones, since they'd recognize those. So she went for subtle. Limbo: Border Jail.
Minato got within arms reach and flashed through handsigns. He reached towards her, and was about to make contact, when he was sent flying by a kick to the side of the head, courtesy of one of Riley's limbo clones. The fourth Hokage had no way of seeing that coming, and was sent flying sideways off the roof and into an adjacent building, where he proceeded to plow through it, and straight out the other side, into the ground.
Even Mito was caught off guard, however before she could react, she received an organ crushing punch to the gut.
Mito doubled over, as her spine snapped and her internal organs ruptured from the blow. She vomited up blood, in a continuous stream, and her chakra chains weakened to the point that Riley easily burst free of them, and overpowered the paralysis seal.
While she was on the ground, one of Riley's Limbo clones curb stomped her through the floor. She vanished into the tower, where she slammed through every floor until she hit the concrete basement. The impact of her body, shook the building, that impact would have killed any normal person.
Riley doubted that she'd be gone for long.
"YOU HAVE HEARD MY WORDS. NOW I WILL FINISH WITH WHAT I CAME HERE TO DO. KNOW THIS… YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE. FOR THOSE WHO ARE INNOCENT. RENOUNCE THIS VILLAGE AND IT'S WICKEDRY AND YOU WILL BE SPARED… FOR THE GUILTY… FACE ME WITH DIGNITY, AND DIE LIKE THE WORMS YOU ARE." Riley finished her speech. She turned to address the Anbu, along with Tsunade and Jiraiya, when she was met with a strange sight. Riley felt something, grab hold of her, and she immediately felt a hand on her chest.
She looked down at it and traced it to an old man, standing before her.
"Lord third." Riley addressed the old man. He looked battered, probably engaged one of her familiars. Behind him hung the Shinigami… he was trying to use the Reaper Death Seal, to seal her away.
"The Leaf… will stand tall… we shall not fall to you." The Third Hokage stated valiantly.
"I always liked you, Lord Third… you were a good man… I'm sorry that you won't be able to see your wife when you die… but… you've sealed your fate." Riley stated with only the slightest amount of sadness in her voice.
Hiruzen's eyes widened, and he immediately activated the technique. The Shinigami shot his hand through Hiruzen's chest and right into Riley's chest.
"Sensei!" Jiraiya shouted. He knew there was nothing he could do now. The old man was on his own.
The Shinigami began to pull, and as he did the cloth that hung from Riley's body went with him. The cloth passed into the third's stomach as it slowly pulled away from Riley. As it passed into Hiruzen's body he shuddered. He then shuddered again. And then… the Third locked eyes with Riley. She allowed her Rinne Sharingan to shine through the shadow over her face.
"I screwed up… didn't I?" Hiruzen asked.
"Yes… Goodbye, old man." Riley replied, and like that the Dementor King's head rose from the cloth and he drank in The Third Hokage's soul.
Everyone watched in horror as the Dementor sucked the life out of the old man. The Dementor then resettled it's form over Riley's body.
Then in a swift motion, Riley grabbed the arm of the Shinigami.
"Reaper… remember your place. You may be able to help these mortal's seal the Nine Tailed Beasts… but I am not one, bound by their restrictions. You, servant of death, hold no power or me!" Riley hissed and with a swift motion she tore off the Shinigami's arm. The death god floated back, as it stared down at the enraged archdemon. For a few moments, it looked like the death god, was going to fight back… but then… it started to fade away. Riley was simply too powerful to fall to a reaper. And in all truth… Reapers weren't that powerful. They were just agents of death, and the Shinigami, was deaths agent for this world. It could be killed, and when it died, death would just create another reaper. So it decided to depart. It wasn't worth dying, just to get the Sandaime's soul.
Riley held the incorporeal hand in her own for several seconds before she absorbed it.
-Meanwhile in her head-
"She didn't just do what I think she did… did she?" Hashirama inquired with worry.
"Holy shit, she absorbed a bit of reaper. Holy Shit…. No… you know what… HOLY SHIT!" Kurama made sure to clarify his current opinion on the matter.
"Well this'll be interesting." Madara noted.
-Back on the outside-
'Gods… reaper tastes like… heartburn.' Was Riley's thought, as she wondered, just what possessed her to absorb the piece of a reaper.
Finally she just turned to the collection of Shinobi whom were currently, completely dumbstruck. She had just killed the third Hokage. Avoided the Reaper Death Seal, and forced the Reaper to retreat. If any of them had control over their legs right now, they'd be running.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Tsunade screamed as she rushed towards Riley. The Senju princess, had just watched her sensei get his soul sucked out… she wasn't thinking rationally any longer.
She charged up all of her strength and released her Yin Seal. Her strength multiplied as high as it could go, and she prepared to deliver a mountain crushing punch to the Angel's face.
Riley however, merely stood and watched, she contemplated, just letting it phase through her, but then changed her mind, when a cruel, twisted idea entered her head.
"Hachiman."
A red mist wrapped around Riley, and caught all of the chakra in Tsunade's strike. Her fist passed through the barrier, but none of the monstrous chakra did. Riley simply caught Tsunade's fist in her own and pushed the Senju princess back a few feet. Riley felt a large portion of chakra infuse with Tsunade's, and build for a redirect.
Before she could flee, Riley's Tail shot out and wrapped around her arm.
"You cherish that super-strength of yours… let's see how you like being on the other end of it." Riley stated with a rage filled chuckle.
"Tsunade!" Jiraiya screamed as he charged to her aid. Meanwhile all of the Anbu were scattering to avoid the redirect.
Jiraiya had barely made it a few steps, when the energy from Tsunade's super punch, was multiplied and fired back.
"BOOM!"
Everywhere in the village people felt the shock wave, and everyone who was standing between the Hokage tower and the Hokage mountain, received a one way express pass for an intimate tour of the monument's interior. All in all, because of Tsunade… roughly ten thousand people… died instantly.
The shock wave sent Jiraiya careening across the village to slam violently into the village wall with enough force to break eighty percent of the bones in his body. Tsunade however was not so lucky. She went flying across the village, right into the mountain, where she found herself, buried in a crater, one hundred feet across. Every bone in her body, was broken into pieces the size of gravel, and the internal damage she took… let's not even go there. The only thing that saved her from dying on impact was her Yin Seal… That was it.
Riley stared at the destruction before her. The blast wave from Tsunade's redirected one hundred times punch, had leveled every building between the Hokage tower and the mountain.
Riley felt all warm and fuzzy inside as she surveyed the carnage. She wondered for a moment if either of the Sannin were alive after that. She didn't much care. Her eyes, flitted to the tail that had been holding Tsunade's arm, to reveal that it still had the arm… which meant that Tsunade… didn't.
"Hahaha..." Riley chuckled as she dropped the arm and crushed it with gravity, forever denying the legendary medic, the ability to reattach it.
"PEOPLE OF KONOHA. YOU'RE SANNIN ARE BEATEN. THE THIRD HOKAGE IS DEAD. THE FOURTH IS WOUNDED… YOU ARE DEFEATED. KNOW THAT I WILL RETURN AND COLLECT THE ANSWER FROM ALL OF YOU… BUT BEFORE I GO… THERE IS ONE FINAL PAYMENT YOU MUST MAKE TO ME. FRIENDS, FAMILY, THIS VILLAGE'S FUTURE… IT'S GOING TO VANISH!" Riley stated in a demonic voice.
As she spoke Amygdala was Apparating around the village, snatching up certain people. People Riley intended to persuade to join her hidden village. Amygdala placed portkeys on it's victims and sent them to holding cells in Slytherin Castle back in Britain.
As this was all going on… Kakashi, Hinata, and Naruko were closing in on the village gate. They had no clue, how they were going to get past the barrier or the multiple Michaels but they needed to worry about getting there first.
"That thing really is unbeatable." Naruko stated as she heard it speak of defeating the two living Kage and the Sannin.
"Shh… we're almost… Shit!" Kakashi yelped as the angel descended from the sky, right in front of them.
Naruko, instinctively positioned herself in front of Hinata, as the angel stared at them for a few moments.
With a casual step the angel summoned a stalagmite of earth that speared a nearby shinobi. The magic was so a casual… so easy… that any thoughts of resistance, immediately faded.
Kakashi… almost as if sensing his doom, did what he knew he should and he dropped to his knees.
"Mighty angel… I know I've done wrong. I'll face my death… without fighting it. But please… allow Naruko and Hinata to escape… you spoke of their plights… of the pain they've suffered… please just let them be free of this place..." Kakashi begged, his own guilt manifesting as a belief, that the angel had come for him.
He felt more then saw the angel step up in front of him. He expected pain, or ghastly words. Instead he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"I got your letter." He heard, and with speed that would have broken a normal person's neck he shot up to look at the hooded figure. Though instead of a shadow over her face, he was greeted to the darkened face of Riley. Her Rinne Sharingan, glowing red, and her third eye, looking like it was trying to bulge from her forehead. She looked like a fucking demon… but he knew it was her.
"Ri..." Kakashi began, but before he was finished, he was tugged into Kamui.
"What'd you do to him!" Naruko shouted.
"Naruko… I'm sorry." Riley said with sadness as she looked up at her sister.
"Riley?" Naruko stated in disbelief.
Riley looked surprised for a second before she smiled. "You said my name."
Before either girl could get over their shock, Riley's tails shot out and wrapped around their torsos. They were both then quickly sucked into Kamui.
Riley sent a glance over towards Michael and nodded. With a screech, the massive armored creatures tore their spears from the ground, releasing the barrier. Then with another screech each one raised it's lance and swept it across the Leaf's walls, knocking out most of the standing walls, and leaving the village, defenseless.
Then with a pop, nine of the Michaels vanished with the original hoping over to stand before the Hokage Monument. The mighty creature took it's lance in both hands and swept it across the mountain faces ruining each and every one of them. Then with one final screech, Michael left the battlefield.
Riley quickly sent a mental command to the rest of her familiars to desummon themselves, and she prepared to leave as well.
"Well done… Angel. Well done indeed. I underestimated you. But it wont happen again." Riley heard Mito's voice state. Riley turned to the sound of the voice and found the hooded woman standing a few yards away.
Without responding Riley raised her hand, gathered fire magic within it, infused it with hellfire, and fired the deadly bolt of flame right at the smug, manipulative bitch.
Mito didn't even bother to dodge as the hellfire hit her dead on. As it struck, Mito fell to the ground, but she didn't scream. Riley watched as the hooded figure lay lifeless and burning in hellfire for several moments.
"Angel's don't use hellfire. They can't. Magic may be stopping me from telling anyone what you are… but I know… believe me… I know." Riley heard a voice from nearby state. She spun around and spotted the man she had speared earlier with the rock stalagmite. Instead of hanging limply like he was before he was now looking up at her, smiling… when he spoke… it was in Mito's voice.
"I wonder… what will happen between the two of us? Two beings who can't die… will we spend forever fighting it out? Or will one of us, absorb the other?" Mito's voice mocked from the man's corpse.
"One day… You're going to make a fatal mistake… and when you do… you'll find yourself on your back… looking up at me… as all that you've built, burns to ash around you. You are a betrayer… and those that you have betrayed… Hashirama… Madara… Kaguya… they do not forget… or forgive." Riley stated back.
The man's face twisted into rage, as he snarled in reply, "YOU KNOW NOTHING! I'VE BEEN PLAYING THIS GAME FOR YEARS… YOU CAN'T BEAT ME! MADARA COULDN'T BEAT ME! HASHIRAMA, THE FOOL, PLAYED RIGHT INTO MY HANDS! EVEN TOBIRAMA, THAT STUCK UP NO GOOD WHORE OF A MAN WHO WOULD FUCK ANYTHING THAT MOVED, WAS NO MATCH FOR ME! YOU WILL LOSE. I HOLD ALL THE PIECES, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE GAME! YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!" Mito stated in anger and confidence.
"I wonder what Kaguya, would think about this?" Riley stated aloud. Mito's voice released a snort of amusement.
"My idiot sister… always was to stupid for her own good..." Mito chided.
Hearing the condescension Riley felt something urge her on. Something told her to go one step further… that she would get something important from it.
"I meant Kaguya Otsutsuki." Riley clarified. The man's eyes widened in literal horror, and Riley knew she had what she needed. With a burst of magic the man's body was destroyed. Mito's voice didn't return. Riley turned and started to walk. She passed by the burning corpse of what she had originally thought was Mito, but as she passed it, she realized that the woman burning to ash in the flames, the young woman that had been wearing the dark cloak, wasn't Mito. It was some blonde-haired woman that Riley didn't know.
Filing that away, Riley took flight and flew high above the village. She looked down at the ruins and spotted Minato staring up at her. She stared down, and decided to leave a parting gift behind. She knew he could teleport it away, but she was going to make sure he had to work for it.
She clasped her hands together and charged up her energy. With a mad laugh she stated loudly.
"Tengai Shinsei!" With that, a massive meteor appeared above her head, and started bombing towards Konoha. The meteor was easily five thousand meters across… way bigger then the one she had dropped on Nurmengard.
With a smile, she vanished into Kamui. She knew Minato would send the meteor away, but the act would leave him drained for days.
As Riley departed, another person stood staring up at the sky. A red haired woman in a long black cloak.
'Slaughter! Kill! Ravage! Rape! Pillage!" Dark and evil voices screamed in the red head's mind.
"Silence!" Mito Uzumaki barked. The voices immediately vanished. She let out a huff and turned to walk away. She would need to prepare more… if there was even a chance of Kaguya's true return… then she needed to be ready.
-In Kamui-
Riley appeared to find Kakashi, Hinata, and Naruko all sitting together staring around in awe.
They all turned to look at her, as Riley walked towards them.
"Riley… you're… you're… the angel?" Kakashi got out in shock.
Riley didn't reply. Instead she knelt down in front of Naruko. The two locked eyes for several moments.
Finally they spoke. "I'm sorry." They stated in unison.
Riley looked surprised. She was half expecting loud yelling and questioning, not an apology. The surprises kept coming as Naruko wrapped her arms around Riley, and held her close.
"I'm so sorry… for all the shit I've done to you…. I've missed you so much… ever since that night in the graveyard… I just can't stop thinking about how much I miss you." Naruko cried as she hugged her sister tightly.
Naruko wasn't hoping for anything. The only thing she wanted, was for her sister to allow this. She didn't want Riley to push away. That's why… in a moment… that Naruko would never forget, she cried, as she felt Riley's hands on her back, pulling her into the hug.
"I hate you, you annoying little brat. And I don't forgive you. But… I'm willing to give you the chance… if you'll give me the chance." Riley whispered to her sister.
Naruko felt a smile split her face in two, and she held her sister tighter as tears fell from her eyes. "I love you, Riley. I promise… I'll make it up to you."
Riley could only smile, as her sister started to cry. The two remained like that for some time… this was a moment neither had ever shared. But it was a long time coming… afterall, they were sisters. Siblings, and if their was one thing that mattered to those with Uchiwa blood, it was siblings… and now… after all these years, they were both Uchiwa.
Alright… there's the end of the next chapter. Honestly… I feel like I should just end this part of the story, here, and right a second book. I'm not gonna, but if a had to pick a spot in the whole story, where I would end it, to write another, book, it would be here.
Now as a note, for those who didn't get what happened at the end. What I have been referencing for a while between Naruko and Riley was that Riley had he genetic unsealed, while Naruko had them fully sealed. The only part of Naruko's genetics that wasn't sealed was Senju dna… so basically, she had the mind of senju. While Riley didn't have any seals, and was thus, twenty five percent Uchiwa. The two clans naturally hate each other, and without any oversight, the twins were at odds. Now that they both have their genetics unsealed, Naruko feels the sisterly bond, she should have. In fact she now feels a powerful connection to Riley, due to how they're twins and Uchiwa. Remember, those with the Sharingan are cursed to love with such an extreme, passion it drives them insane when the object of that love, leaves.
Again, another hint that something fucked up, is going on with Mito. Apparently she can speak through puppet bodies, and possess people. Oh! And she has evil voices in her head… this should give you all hints as to what's going on, and why the people around Mito are acting fucked up.
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