KK, here's the next chapter for you guys. Hope you enjoy. And yes, for those that guessed, that was Herpo the Foul. He's rarely seen in many potterverse stories, at least many that I've read. I can't remember him ever being a main character in any of the fics I've come across. It's odd considering his importance in the potterverse, and the fact that according to the lore, it's unknown if his horcrux was ever destroyed. So it's possible for him to be alive. I figured the guy who created the first horcrux and the basilisk would be a great mentor for our good friend Orochimaru. They seem like a match made in heaven…
Wait…
Gross.
Anyway, here's the next chapter.
Broken Angel
Chapter 78
-The Following Day-
"Lord Nara." Kankuro greeted as he was escorted into the Legion's command station. The station itself was housed in an abandoned warehouse. Kankuro did his level best, to keep his eyes from drifting across the numerous machines and pieces of equipment that littered the rooms. Various bits of tech, and magical devices could be seen everywhere, as Legion command staff scurried about, performing their various duties.
"Kankuro no Sabaku. It's a pleasure. I heard you were looking for one of the commanders." Shikaku replied as he glanced up from a table of intel reports, to focus his attention on the Kazekage's brother.
"Well… actually I was looking for Lady Uchiwa. The Kazekage wishes to speak with her." Kankuro replied.
"Right. Well, I'm afraid she'll have to wait for a little while. Lady Uchiwa departed the city late last night. She's went to investigate a tip that could aid us in the war. She'll be back in a few days time." Shikaku replied earning a surprised look from Kankuro.
"Really? Something interesting?" Kankuro replied after a moment. He wasn't just going to outright ask where Riley had gone. The Legion may not be a shinobi village, but it operated like one. When asking another village for information, it was best to just be casual about it. At best they reveal something, at worst, they just say it's a secret and you both move on. No feelings hurt, no one's pride is challenged. All parties walk away feeling like adults.
"It's interesting all right. Not the kind of thing, that should be spoken of out loud though. Depending on whether it leads anywhere or not, I'm sure Suna will be briefed on Lady Uchiwa's investigation, once she returns." Shikaku replied earning a nod of understanding from Kankuro.
The first part of that reply had been expected. However, he had to physically stop himself from showing his surprise, at how casually he mentioned sharing information. Kankuro knew that the Legion had handed over info from their first battle with Iwa back at Sinnon, and he knew they had forwarded more info along over the course of the war. Still, though, years of shinobi villages being paranoid of one another, meant that even now, it was surprising to find another entity, willing to share information and act as allies should.
"I see. I'll inform the Kazekage. Could you please let us know when Lady Uchiwa returns? The Kazekage and her need to talk." Kankuro asked, earning a nod from Shikaku.
A few short minutes later, Kankuro returned to Gaia and informed her that Riley was no longer in the city.
"Hmm… what do you think she's up to?" Temari inquired as she glanced at her thoughtful looking younger sister.
"More then likely, it's just as Lord Nara said. She's off doing something important. We'll just have to wait and see if anything comes of it." Gaia replied.
The three siblings all shared a nod of agreement.
-Elsewhere, a few hours later-
Riley and company sat in a small clearing in a vast forest. Riley had her Byakugan active and was using it to scout out the bridge several kilometers away.
She had brought a squad with her, just in case Orochimaru was there. While Riley was certain she could take the snake bastard in a one on one, she knew Orochimaru would never travel alone, so she brought a squad with her to deal with his lackeys and aid in ensuring the Snake Sannin couldn't escape.
"Anything?" Kakashi inquired after a few moments.
"No. Nothing so far. We still have two more days until the date on the message." Riley replied with a sigh. With her was Madara, Hashirama, Itachi, Kakashi, Arturia, and Kushina. The eight man squad would be more then enough to handle any force their enemy could bring to bare on them.
Her squadmates offered nods of understanding, and Riley quickly withdrew a piece of paper and began drawing out a map of the area on it.
The rest of the group quickly gained a visualization of the area they were dealing with. The group quickly got to work formatting a plan of action. A way to lay an ambush if need be, and also ensure that if Orochimaru did show up, he wouldn't be able to escape.
The group quickly formulated a plan, utilizing the unique terrain of the bridge and ravine, along with Hashirama's, Madara's and Riley's abilities to use Wood Style, so that they had complete control over the battlefield, before the fight even began.
Once their plan was established it was time to play the waiting game. One of the nicest things about having access to Kamui was that when you needed a way to extend or shorten the passage of time, it was a readily available tool.
The group spent the two days waiting in an accelerated passage of Kamui, it allowed for only a the feeling of a few hours passing, to ensure that they never let their guard down, or succumbed to boredom while they waited.
Riley spent most of the time meditating. She truly hoped that Orochimaru showed up. She had been aching for the chance to repay him for sending someone to murder her mate, on their wedding day.
Once the allotted time had passed the group exited Kamui and set up positions for their ambush.
Hashirama sat on one side of the bridge, melding his chakra to match the energy of nature around himself so that he became invisible to sensors. Kushina, Itachi, and Kakashi sat on wooden platforms just underneath the bridge. Madara guarded the other side of the bridge, while Arturia and Riley took up positions on the Bridge dressed in Iwa garbs, with Riley under a powerful glamour to hide her eyes.
The two stood there for nearly an hour before Riley finally spotted someone approaching with her Byakugan. What she saw was a three man squad of unmarked shinobi. They were wearing black cloaks, but had no symbols or markings on them.
"They're coming." Riley stated, earning a nod from Arturia.
Several moments later and three people appeared on the bridge.
"Hello there." One of the unknown shinobi greeted. Riley didn't immediately sense hostile intentions from two of them, only the regular amount of paranoia from finding unidentified ninja in your path.
The third one however radiated darkness, and at that, Riley had to abstain from grinning.
"We didn't think you'd be here." The lead shinobi stated as he removed his hood, revealing Kabuto Yakushi. The white haired shinobi seemed completely at ease, and Riley had to hold herself back from diving straight into his mind to see what there was to learn. All that she knew about this man, was what she had learned from Kimimaro, and that that was that he was slippery, even more so then the snake himself.
"Well, we are. What do you have for us?" Riley responded.
"Information. We'd heard that the Tsuchikage met his end when he tried to face the Angel Slayer in single combat." Kabuto stated sounding almost sympathetic but the smirk that tugged at his lips spoke of his true feelings.
Instead of replying, Riley simply narrowed her eyes. She could have exploded there, and made it seem realistic, but she didn't want to. Overreaction only worked some of the time. Often times, no reaction at all, was the sign that you were actually getting under your opponent's skin. As it could be perceived that they were trying to reign in their emotions to keep themselves in check. So Riley and Arturia stood deathly silent and just continued to stare.
"And…?" Arturia finally asked.
"We have information on the Angel Slayer that you might desire." Kabuto added after a moment. At that he gave a nod towards the malevolent cloaked figure beside him, and he stepped forward and produced a scroll.
Riley also stepped forward towards the man, and the two locked eyes. It seems both of them realized who the other was, the moment they got within arms reach of one another, because as soon as Riley reached out to take the offered scroll, a blade pierced through the mouth covering of the cloaked figure, and shot right towards her face.
Riley deftly dodge under the surprise attack and drove her palm into the serpent's chest, sending him sliding back across the bridge.
Right at that moment, the other cloaked figure on the opposite side of Kabuto swung their arm out and fired out three pinkish shards of what looked to be crystal. Seeing that, Riley was instantly able to identify her as Guren.
Those three crystal shards flew right at Arturia who exploded in a burst of mana, shredding her Iwa disguise. She cut through all three oncoming shards in lightning fast sword strikes.
"Hmm, so it is you. I was wondering when we would meet like this." Came Orochimaru's silky, deceptive tone.
Riley maintained her focus on him as Kabuto and Guren jumped back to stand beside their master. Orochimaru allowed his disguise to fall, revealing his pale white, serpentine face. Riley noticed several interesting features of the man, immediately. He looked different then he had when she saw him in his attack on Hogwarts. She could clearly make out scale like markings on his neck, and when looking into his eyes, Riley felt a slight irritation. It took only a moment for her to realize what it was.
"Guys, don't look the snake in the eyes. He has killing sight!" Riley sent to all her comrades through their connection to the Gravemind.
Despite her anger at the man, she had to admire the brilliance of such a tactic. He had somehow mutated his body, to either absorb the powers of a basilisk or he took the eyes of one and successfully implanted them into his own head. This gave him the power to kill a person just by looking at them. He must have been hoping such a thing might have worked on Riley, since he had met her gaze earlier, despite being aware of the dangers of looking into the eyes of someone who was both magical and possessed a dojutsu.
Riley was quick to throw off her disguise and Kakashi, Kushina, and Itachi quickly jumped up onto the bridge.
"Orochimaru." Riley growled as she eyed the man who had attempted to murder her wife.
"Greetings Lady Uchiwa. It's a pleasure to finally meet you in person." The Serpent stated with a polite bow.
Riley refused to take her eyes off the snake. As the final part of her ambush, she had sent out four clones in a diamond formation around the bridge to set up anti-portkey and apparition wards to ensure that the coward couldn't flee. Her skills in erecting such wards was high but she didn't have as much experience in them as she did with seals and runes so it would take a minute or two to get them up.
So instead of attacking she decided to posture a bit to ensure that the serpent didn't run before she was ready.
"I've been looking for you." Riley noted as she took a step forward.
"Yes, I'd expected as much. How is your beloved wife? Doing well I expect." Orochimaru stated, earning a snarl from Riley while the rest of the group adopted hard looks.
"You must know you have no hope of beating all of us Orochimaru." Itachi stated as he stepped up next to Riley. While his smile refused to fall, a slight amount of unease slipped into Orochimaru's gaze as he met eyes with Itachi.
Just as Riley had told him, his Sharingan was able to resist the power of the killing eyes. And so blood red eyes, met sickening yellow ones, unfaltering-ly.
"Yes I am well aware of the fact that I am hopelessly outmatched against the five of you. That's why I brought some friends." The Snake Sannin replied, and with a snap of his fingers dozens of figures began to appear around the bridge.
The sound that accompanied their arrival indicated that they were arriving via portkey. While she hid it well, Riley was actually elated to see that this was his play. It meant that Orochimaru was looking to fight which meant he'd be sticking around.
"I think the battle has shifted more in my favor." Orochimaru noted with a chuckle.
Riley glanced around at the several dozen new arrivals. All were dressed in standard Oto garbs and all of them were strong, at least Jonin level in all cases. That is where their similarities ended though as their magic flowed differently for each of them. It was obvious that some were magicals while others were shinobi, some had lighter airier magic indicating illusionary specialists while most of the rest had denser magic indicating heavy spell casting or ninjutsu abilities.
A select few stood out like the Sound Four and a single individual who's body overflowed with nature energy. Riley was quick to relay what she could tell about her enemy to her allies through their telepathic link.
By now Kakashi had pulled back his forehead protector to unveil his Sharingan and Kushina had drawn one of her swords, though both kept under their Legionnaire cloaks. Kakashi was easily recognized due to the Sharingan but Kushina was an unknown.
Madara and Hashirama were both still hidden in the forest. They were both able to use Wood Style to successfully keep themselves hidden from sensors while they moved into position for their ambush.
"So this is how it is to be." Itachi noted as he glanced at the large force around them.
"Couldn't have been any other way." Riley stated. Right then, a hail of dark curses came rushing at them from behind. With a simple wave of her hand, Riley erected a magical barrier behind them that shielded the group from the nasty curses.
Right about then, Riley felt her wards go up and she immediately signaled her grandfathers to go on the offensive.
On Orochimaru's side of the bridge, tree branches exploded out of the forest grabbing several Oto nin and dragging them away into the shadows. At the same moment on the opposite side a powerful shockwave tore out of the forest slamming into the backs of several enemies and sending them careening into the ravine.
"I brought some friends as well." Riley noted as she dashed forward. Guren was quick to jump in front of Riley but Riley simply phased through her and kept going, Orochimaru was her primary target.
The surprised look on the crystal users face lasted for several moments giving Arturia the opportunity to rush forward and go on the offensive.
Guren spotted the incoming swordswoman and channeled her chakra to form two blades of crystal stretching across her forearms. She met Arturia in a blade clash and grit her teeth when the full of the force behind the ancient king's strike landed.
Meanwhile Kakashi went on the offensive targeting Kabuto. Kakashi went after him with twin kunai drawn while Kabuto drew a kunai and activated chakra dissection blades to defend himself.
Kushina and Itachi were quick to turn and face the half dozen or so men that attempted to rush them from behind. The rest on that side of the bridge turned to face whatever enemy had attacked them from the forest.
-With Madara-
Madara quickly came rushing out of the forest, slamming into the collection of Oto nin with extreme ferocity. He cut through them quickly and was only hindered when one of the men he delivered a spin kick too, broke apart into water and reformed a few meters away with an audible curse.
"Fucking asshole! That hurt!" The unknown water user snarled.
"Hmm... That was different." Madara noted as the water user finished reforming into a white haired man with pointed teeth. "Ah... A mist swordsman." As Madara recognized the chiseled teeth as a tradition of Kiri swordsmen and women.
The Kiri swordsman was quick to draw his blade which turned out to be a long, wide, single-edged blade that Madara instantly recognized as the kubikiribocho, the Executioner's Blade.
"This should be interesting." Madara noted as the man focused on him.
"Alright asshole, let's see what you've got." And with that the swordsman charged.
-With Hashirama-
By that time Orochimaru had fallen back off the bridge with Riley in hot pursuit. Anyone that tried to get in her way she simply phased through them. Once Orochimaru and Riley made it into the forest, Hashirama emerged to cover their retreat. Aside from several dozen Oto nin he also had the Sound Four to deal with and an orange haired man that radiated nature energy.
Most of the grunts, rushed forward, intent on overwhelming the single opponent, while the Sound Four held back to observe.
Spells, kunai, shuriken, and various jutsu, came rushing at him, and he quickly countered them all with a wood style technique that caused dozens of tree branches to explode out of the ground. Some swayed around him, to shield him from the incoming attacks, others went on the offensive, whipping out at those closest with deadly precision.
The shock of seeing actual Wood Style used in combat, stunned some of the shinobi, and Hashirama was quick to capitalize on their surprise. Within moments, a dozen men were sliced apart.
"So this is the wood style user." Kidomaru noted.
"Indeed. We cannot hold back." Jirobo agreed.
"Fine then, set that crazy cunt loose and let's go all out on this fucker." Tayuya growled.
Jirobo nodded and ran over to the strange orange haired man, who was watching Hashirama with keen interest.
"Alright, Jugo, it's time to play." Jirobo stated.
"This isn't a good idea." Jugo informed him.
"Yes, but you know what Lord Orochimaru said, with the Uchiwa's cells, he can finally cure your rage. If we do not defeat this man and rejoin him, I'm not sure if my lord will be able to defeat her on his own." Jirobo replied, earning a nod from Jugo, who focused on Hashirama.
Hashirama was quick to sense the sudden influx of nature energy, and turned his focus onto Jugo, as he begun to witness the strange man morph and change. Within moments Jugo's skin had turned a dark gray, his eyes became yellow, his teeth elongated, and spines erupted from his back.
Chakra began to churn in the air around him, massive amounts of it permeated the air, and as that was happening the Sound Four were entering their second state curse mark forms.
"That's… disgusting." Hashirama noted.
"Alright you cunt, let's see what you're made of." Tayuya shouted.
"Hey, you're an Uzumaki." Hashirama noted with a smile.
"The FUCK did you call me cunt?" Tayuya snapped in reply.
"Such language. You sound just like Riley, and Kushina… and Mito… Definitely an Uzumaki." Hashirama chided as another man was casually sliced in half by a flying branch.
"ENOUGH TALK! I'M GOING TO FORNICATE WITH YOUR EYE SOCKETS!" The deformed visage of Jugo screamed at Hashirama.
"Wh-what?" Hashirama mumbled out, wide eyed. The sudden influx of rage, from a previously calm person had surprised him. He hadn't been expecting it.
"I'M GOING TO SKULL FUCK YOU!" Jugo clarified before chakra began erupting out of the spines on his back, and he burst forward at insane speed.
"Ah, right…." Hashirama stated as he deftly dodged the strike.
"Alright, let's go. Let's see if Jugo can keep this guy back, if so, we can rush past him and rejoin Lord Orochimaru." Sakon stated earning a nod of agreement from his fellows.
Just then, all four of them felt heat begin to singe their backs. They turned back to the bridge just in time to see a massive ball of fire come rushing right towards them.
They all jumped away from the attack, and it was revealed that Itachi was the one who launched it.
"You wont be rejoining anyone. Your fight is with me." Itachi stated as he calmly approached them.
'Shit!' Was the collective thought from the Sound Four.
-With Madara-
"Ha, boring!" Madara stated as he crushed three awestruck Oto warriors with a punch from the skeletal form of Susano'o.
"Hey! Don't turn you back on me!" Suigetsu growled as he flew towards Madara and tried to deliver a powerful slash to the Uchiwa's midsection.
"Keep up then." Madara chided as he deftly ducked under the swing and then followed up by delivering a bone crushing kick to Suigetsu's chest.
"Fuck!" Suigetsu howled, as he landed. "Who the fuck is this guy? He's cutting through everyone like we're nothing!"
"Come now, surely a swordsman of the Hidden Mist can do better?" Madara prodded him. Though his face was covered, the sinister glow of his Sharingan could easily be seen.
"Fucking Uchiha." Suigetsu muttered as he begun to flash through handsigns.
-With Kushina and Arturia-
After helping Itachi put down those that had charged onto the bridge, Kushina went to aide Arturia in fighting the Crystal magic using Guren.
Guren herself had hopped from the bridge and was currently fleeing from Arturia. While Arturia couldn't stick to the walls, she could bound between both sides of the ravine with her strength, so she was forced to bounce between either side and move fast enough to prevent gravity from sending her plummeting into the darkness below.
Kushina was quick to catch up to her and the immediately began to hammer away at Guren's defenses. Both utilized their swords, while at the same time Kushina was waiting for an opening to utilize her chakra chains to capture their opponent.
-With Kakashi-
Kakashi was quick to backstep as Kabuto lashed out at him with his Chakra Scalpels. While he had never actually faced Kabuto before, Kakashi was quick to note that the man seemed to be holding back.
"You aren't fighting to your fullest. Are you waiting for something?" Kakashi inquired as he dodged another strike, then followed up with a slash of his own, that managed to slice a few hairs as Kabuto leaned back to avoid the strike.
"How astute. You're able to tell that I'm holding back, after just meeting me." Kabuto noted as he sent a kick at Kakashi which was quickly blocked.
"You're Kabuto Yakushi, Orochimaru's right hand man. Orochimaru doesn't make weaklings his personal guard or medic. You're obviously holding back." Kakashi responded as he hopped back and sent three kunai sailing through the air, right at Kabuto's face.
Kabuto side stepped the three blades and sent a half dozen shuriken flying towards Kakashi. "So you know me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. The Legion has managed to pull off quite a few amazing stunts in the short time since this war began. And to answer your question, I'm not going all out because victory would earn me nothing. Killing you, would only place me directly in the path of 'her' rage, and that's somewhere I'd rather not be."
"Hmm… you know, I heard you were smart, but you hear stuff like that so often it almost becomes like a generic statement. I'm happy to see that at least some people in the world are smart enough to read between the lines. Most other people would try to kill me for the glory." Kakashi noted.
"Glory isn't what I'm after, Copy Cat ninja. Someone already went and stole what I always wanted, but they did it in such a spectacular fashion that I can't help but be mystified by them. So tell me something, while I have your attention, are the rumors true? Did she truly defeat the Four and Five Tails Jinchuriki in single combat?" Kabuto inquired with a smirk.
"So he's curious about Riley. Despite maintaining his cover and fighting us, he still can't help but inquire about her abilities. It's just like Riley said, unless the Crystal user shows the same fascination with Riley that this one shows, I think I've found our double agent." Kakashi thought to himself, as the two continued to trade blows.
-With Itachi-
"It hurt's doesn't it." Ukon whispered, his head growing out of Itachi's shoulders as he used Itachi's own hand to strangle the life out of him.
"The great Itachi Uchiha. How pathetic." Ukon growled with in insane grin adorning his twisted visage.
It was at that moment that a fist slammed into Ukon's face.
"Snap out of it!" Came the shout from Sakon.
"Wh-what?" Ukon muttered as he found himself staring at his twin. He then turned and glanced at 'Itachi' only to find that it was actually Jirobo.
"A genjutsu." Sakon hissed as he reached out to touch his twin and draw him back into himself.
"Shit. Jirobo, why the fuck didn't you say something!?" Ukon hissed.
"You were strangling the life out of me with my own hands." Jirobo reminded him.
"Fuck." Both twins muttered. The sound of a flute being played quickly filled the air and they all glanced over in time to see Tayuya's summons marching towards Itachi.
While Tayuya was keeping him distracted with her summons, Kidomaru was racing to get behind Itachi, intent on sniping him in the back once he saw an opening.
"What now, prissy bitch. You can't beat all of us." Tayuya growled.
Itachi didn't say anything in reply, instead he raised as hand towards the three incoming behemoths. His finger tips ignited into flame and with a snap of his fingers, a powerful explosion of fire erupted all around the Doki, consuming them all.
"What the fuck!?" Kidomaru thought, just as Itachi turned and made a motion with his hand. Directly in front of Kidomaru, a Cylcone Trap was placed, and the Sound nin, ran right into it.
"FUUUCCKKK!" Kidomaru's surprised yells tore through the air as he was sent hurtling skyward.
Once Kidomaru was airborne, Itachi turned and unleashed another bout of Incinerate, right on the Doki, ensuring that they were reasonably scorched, and unable to put up a fight.
By then, the remaining Sound Four were rushing back into the fray.
Jirobo rushed forward intent on slamming the Uchiha with his incredible strength, while Sakon and Ukon moved in from the side to hit his flank. Itachi shot a glance at them, his eyes meeting with Jirobo's for a split second casting a Genjutsu on the man.
Jirobo closed in on Itachi, and with a shoulder thrust, slammed into the Uchiha, knocking him to the ground. Seeing this as his only opportunity to end this, he dove on top of the Uchiha, pinning him down, and slamming his fist into his face.
"Jirobo you fat fuck!" Tayuya snarled as she watched Jirobo pound the life out of Sakon and Ukon. She tried to rush forward and pull the fat fucker off of the twins, but by then Itachi had appeared in her path and was casually walking towards her.
She let out a string of curses as she thought up a plan. It was right at that moment when she heard a loud, bone crushing squelch. She glanced past the Uchiha and found Jirobo letting out a sigh of relief. Beneath him, the head of Sakon was crushed. His skull was literally split in two and Ukon was screaming in rage and pain.
"You fucker!" Ukon screamed. As soon as Jirobo ceased his assault Ukon seized control of his twins body, and his hands shot up and wrapped around Jirobo's throat. This time, he really was going to squeeze the life out of him.
"Damn it all." Kidomaru growled as he finally landed and took stock of the situation. He quickly focused on Itachi, and drew his bow. The Uchiha was far away and his back was turned. He seemed intent on targeting Tayuya. He quickly knocked an arrow and drew back. Right as he released, he felt a searing pain in his chest, that caused him to convulse and sent his arrow flying high of it's mark.
He glanced down, and his eyes widened in disbelief. Sticking out of his chest was a wooden tree branch. The branch slowly curled around his torso while another wrapped around his legs. Kidomaru let out a scream just as the two branches wrenched to the side, tearing him in half.
Hashirama calmly walked past the corpse and made his way over to where Ukon was crushing the life out of Jirobo's wind pipe.
With his foe distracted Hashirama was easily able to draw a kunai and drive it right into the side of Ukon's head, killing him instantly. Then, before Jirobo could recover, he knelt and slit his throat.
Tayuya had a good view of this from where she was. Seeing the rest of her squad brutally killed, did it for her, and she immediately turned and fled into the forest. She knew she was no match for Itachi or the unknown wood style user.
She made it several dozen yards before Itachi materialized in front of her. She was barely able to let out a curse when she received a powerful kick to the chest which sent her flying into a tree. Before she could hit the ground, Itachi caught her by the neck. With a kunai in his other hand he quickly brought it to bare on her chest, intent on driving it up under her chest plate and into her heart.
Right before the blade connected, a hand stopped him.
Itachi's eyes widened a bit as he glanced over to the source of the one who had stopped him. He found Hashirama there.
"I'd like to have a chat with her if you don't mind. The rest have been defeated." Hashirama stated as he made a hand sign and wooden branches began to wrap around Tayuya's arms and legs.
"What the fuck! Let me go you fucking creeps!" Tayuya howled while Hashirama scanned her body for the source of the malevolent chakra she was using. Locating the curse mark on the back of her neck he quickly prepared a seal.
It only took him a moment and once he placed it, Tayuya passed out and her body returned to normal.
"Is there something special about her that I don't know about?" Itachi inquired as the First Hokage gently lowered Tayuya's body to the ground.
"She's an Uzumaki. I recognize the clan's chakra within her. I'm not sure how closely related she is, but I know she has Uzumaki blood. I don't enjoy killing. Killing family I enjoy even less. I'd like to talk to her first and see if maybe I can convince her to switch sides." Hashirama explained earning a nod of understanding from Itachi.
"What happened to the crazy one?" Itachi asked.
"He's sleeping. I was able to use my nature chakra to calm him down and put him to sleep, much like with the tailed beasts. I don't really understand it yet, but that man seems to have the ability to tap into nature chakra without being a sage. It seems that his abilities allow him to alter his body and enhance it to some degree. There is also a degree of psychosis within him as well, but I've never come across someone with those kinds of abilities. I'm interested to speak with him about them. I might be able to learn some interesting things." Hashirama answered, earning another nod.
Right then, a powerful shockwave tore through the area, emanating from the direction of where Riley and Orochimaru had run off too.
'Shit!' Both of them thought at the same time.
-With Kushina and Arturia-
Guren sat on her knees panting heavily, her arms were both bound by golden chains. A few meters away was Kushina. She kept her focus on the crystal user and ensured she wasn't able to move so as to prevent her from using anymore jutsu on the two.
Standing directly in front of Guren was Arturia. She had her sword placed to the woman's throat. She was just about to deliver the killing blow when a massively powerful shockwave tore through the forest nearby sending all three woman flying back several dozen meters.
This allowed Guren enough freedom of movement to break free of Kushina's chains and she quickly darted into the forest while the two women focused on the source of the shockwave.
"That was Riley." Arturia noted.
"I know. Let's go." Kushina agreed, and both immediately dashed into the forest.
-With Madara-
"I fucking hate you." Suigetsu muttered, as Madara stood over him with a smirk.
"This is fun. I can kill you as many times as I want and you'll just splash down into a puddle and reform somewhere else." Madara stated with an amused chuckle.
It was then that a shockwave tore through the area. Both were forced to anchor to the ground as the blast tore through the area.
"What the fucking hell was that?" Suigetsu managed to get out. When he looked around, he noticed that he was alone and Madara was gone.
-With Kakashi-
Both men stood staring in the direction of the shockwave with wide eyes.
"I think you're lord should learn a thing or two from you about pissing Riley off." Kakashi noted.
Kabuto continued to stare for a moment before letting out a chuckle and making a sudden dash over the edge of the bridge.
Kakashi quickly shot over and watched as the man plummeted into the darkness below. For a moment Kakashi considered giving chase, but decided that if he was right and Kabuto was the double agent, it was probably for the best to let him leave.
Besides, something was happening with Riley, and he needed to see what was going on.
-With Riley, several minutes earlier-
Riley had been chasing after Orochimaru for several moments. She was firing spells and weapons at him as she gave chase. The slippery serpent dodged and weaved through the forest, at times his body became like a snake's and he would actually slither through the tree with extreme speed allowing him to dodge attacks he wouldn't have been able to otherwise.
Riley was entirely focused on this fight. She fully intended to make this son of a bitch suffer for trying to kill Daphne, and on their wedding day no less.
That's why she kept her head and refused to give in to rage. She wasn't about to let her temper be the reason he escaped. Despite how sure she was of her own preventive measures, Orochimaru was slippery and a snake always finds a way.
He had been running and dodging for quite a while and it came a sudden surprise when he stopped, turned to face Riley and slammed his palms together.
Riley closed the distance in an instant and right before she could land a hit on him, a scream tore through the air and pierced right through Riley's soul.
Almost immediately, Riley knew she was in a genjutsu, but the voice that had carried that scream had taken her by surprise. Orochimaru had quickly retreated into the forest as another scream tore through the air, this one Riley also recognized.
Soon, more screaming filled the air, and Riley felt her eyes go wide as she turned to the source of it behind her. Before her was scene straight out of her nightmares. Her mates, her most precious people, being raped and tortured before her vary eyes.
She knew it wasn't real. She knew it was only an illusion, but those screams… This was her greatest nightmare. This was what she feared would happen to them. Her beloved mates, brutally and horrifically tortured before her eyes.
Riley felt her whole body begin to tremble. To someone who didn't know her, the wide eyed look and trembling body could be misread as terror. But to those that did know her… they would know this was rage.
How dare he?
How dare that serpent show her these things.
How dare he give a voice to the thing she feared more then anything else.
Despite knowing that it wasn't real, Riley couldn't help but feel sickened at the realization that from now on, whenever this very same scenario would pop into her head, these sounds would accompany it. Sounds she would carry with her till the day she died.
Riley was so far gone that she didn't react when the blade pierced her chest, and tore right through her heart. She was so angry at that moment that she didn't even respond to the attack.
"Hmm… all that power, yet it seems you're still just a child." Orochimaru stated. He was currently standing in front of her, the Sword of Kusanagi sticking out of her chest.
"It's alright though. I'll relieve you of that burden." Orochimaru added as he reached out towards her face, intent on stealing her eyes.
Before he could reach her though, a shockwave shot out of her front, lifting Orochimaru into the air and holding him there, much to his shock.
He found himself unable to move as he was caught up in the Bucking Bronco vigor.
He found himself locking eyes with Riley, and when he did, his heart nearly stopped at the killer intent pouring off of her. Her eyes were red and slitted, the tomoe spun menacingly and through these eyes radiated an unearthly rage, that couldn't be matched.
A kunai quickly jumped into Riley's hand and she casually tossed it up to meet his stomach. As soon as the blade hit him Orochimaru felt himself accelerate into the ground at bone crushing speed.
He hit the ground so hard he actually embedded into it.
Riley was quick to tear the Sword of Kusanagi out of her chest and reach down to grab Orochimaru by the throat. She lifted him up, and with a lightning fast strike, sliced him in half at the waist.
She continued to hold onto the upper half, while a snake erupted out of the lower half, shooting far away from the body. The snake expanded and from it's mouth emerged a fully intact Orochimaru.
He allowed was able to get several dozen meters away from Riley only for the tree he landed next to, to vanish and in it's place, Riley appeared.
"How?" Was all Orochimaru was able to think before Riley delivered a vertical slash that cut Orochimaru in half down the center.
"Recover from that." Riley snarled.
As the two half's of his body fell to the ground, Riley reached out to seize his soul, only for a blackened shade with his face, to rise up from his body.
Riley's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Oh shit." Kurama bellowed.
"No!" Riley hissed as her arm shot out towards the specter, only for it to leer at her and tear away at impossible speeds, and disappear into the distance.
"That was just like Voldemort." Kurama snarled. Both him and Riley recalled one of Riley's very first memories. The one where she destroyed Voldemort's body and in it's place, a darkened shade emerged.
"No." Riley hissed out as she stared down at Orochimaru's corpse.
"No… No. No. No. No!" Riley started to mutter as her rage reached a new boiling point.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Riley screamed as she slammed her fist into the ground. The resulting explosion tore out the earth and sent a shockwave barreling out in all directions.
"He's found a way to cheat death." Kurama growled out.
"Tom used many methods to cheat death. The diary he created was a horcrux. But that wasn't his only method. Orochimaru somehow learned to create a soul anchor. Until I find it… I can't absorb him. And he already knows how to possess people. He'll have a new body within days. Son of a bitch!" Riley thought, more to herself then to anyone within her.
It was several moments later when the first of Riley's party finally arrived. First it was Hashirama and Itachi. Followed by Madara, then Kakashi, and finally Kushina and Arturia.
They all arrived to find Riley with a pissed off look on her face, standing in the center of a massive crater.
"Riley… what happened?" Hashirama asked as they all approached.
"Orochimaru has a soul anchor out in the world. I killed his physical body but his spirit ran away before I could absorb him. I need to find and destroy his soul anchor, or focus my skill in perfecting my soul magic. Otherwise… he'll just keep coming back." Riley answered as she glanced over at them. It was obvious to all of them that she was pissed.
They all stood silently for several long moments before Madara finally stated. "What's done is done. Now we know that he's ready. Just like with Danzo, we'll destroy the Snake as many times as it takes."
After several moments Riley nodded and glanced down at the sword. She was still slightly shaken from the illusion she had been forced into, the sounds of her mate's screams echoed in her ears.
"Yeah… I'll kill him as many times as it takes." Riley replied, her hand tightening around the sword.
-Twenty minutes later-
Tayuya and Jugo were quickly collected by the party. Guren had retreated fast enough to escape the wards, and Kabuto was also long gone. The bodies of the sound four were collected as well for study. As they were collecting the bodies, Riley sensed a group of shinobi enter into her wards.
"Company." Riley stated, alerting her allies to the incoming shinobi.
Several moments later and a small five-man squad of unidentified shinobi appeared and began slowly advancing towards Riley's party.
Riley didn't sense any malicious intent coming from them, so she waved off Madara and Arturia whom were eyeing the group with suspicion
"Greetings." Riley responded as she eyed the travelers with a curious look.
"They don't seem hostile." Hashirama noted.
"You're right. They seem almost like they were expecting us." Riley thought back as she stared at the five unknowns.
"Greetings. I apologize for just approaching you so suddenly, but we were watching that battle from a nearby ridge." One of the men stated.
"Yes. And?" Riley asked, impatiently. She was still quite angry and needed to return to her mates to 'vent'
"You're Legionaries, correct? More specifically, you're the Hero of the Burning Leaf?" One of the men asked.
Riley eyed the man curiously and cocked her head.
The fact that they knew who she was and weren't displaying any type of fear indicated that they were allies of some sort.
"You seem to know me." Riley noted, letting out a sigh, and earning a nod from the three men.
"We do know you, my Lady. My name is Kenji. I am a member of Taki's Shinobi, Jonin rank." The lead man said with a bow.
"Taki? What the hell are you doing here?" Riley inquired.
"Intel received a tip off that some Legionnaires would be here in the Land of Grass. We've been trying to get into contact with you for a few weeks now, but all birds going out of Taki never return. We think it might have something to do with the birds directed pathway. They all seem to go missing over the Land of Rain." The Taki nin informed them.
"Rain huh? That means the Akatsuki. I wouldn't be surprised if their leader has a way to sense things entering and exiting his territory. Your messenger birds had to fly right through there to reach us, so I think you're right." Riley agreed.
"Yes. So when we heard that some Legionnaires were this close to Taki, we had to move on it." The Taki commander stated.
"Well… you've lucked out. We're here, so what is it you need?" Riley inquired.
"It's more what we're willing to offer. Taki is looking to aid the Legion and Suna in this war. We've been fighting a guerrilla war against Iwa since this conflict started, and stories from the Suna front have demoralized our enemy and allowed us to inflict more damage to them." The Taki commander stated, earning a nod of understanding from Riley and her comrades.
"So… you want to establish a line of communication with us, and begin coordinating our efforts for maximum impact?" Riley guessed earning a nod from the Taki ninja.
"Yes. That's exactly what we intended."
"Alright." Riley stated as she locked eyes with the lead ninja and fired a Legilimency probe into his mind. With the aid of the Gravemind, she burrowed through his thoughts and quickly located the information about what he knew of the informant that had sent Taki to the bridge.
Riley wanted to know if there was another double agent in Orochimaru's ranks, or if it was possible that the same person that was aiding her, was also aiding the Taki nin.
She found that the man didn't know much. All he knew was that someone in Taki's intel division was in contact with a spy in Oto and receiving dead drops, much like Riley was.
It fit, and she quickly withdrew from the man's mind. He made a few faces, and shook his head, unaware of the mental intrusion though also feeling the head rush of having something as powerful as Riley or the Gravemind push it's way into your mind.
"You alright?" Riley inquired as the man blinked a few times.
"Yes, I'm fine. Anyway, we're here to discuss and set up a method of communication between our forces so that we can coordinate with you and Suna." The Commander stated.
"Very well." Riley said with a nod, and the group began to discuss methods of long-range communication. Messenger birds were out, as the flight path was compromised by whatever the hell was going on in Rain, and they could always just be intercepted anyway.
Several methods were tossed around, including the use of a two way mirror, and the Patronus charm. Eventually Riley told the Taki nin to head to some coordinates on the edge of the land of Waterfalls in two days time and she'd have a method for them to utilize, waiting there.
Offering their agreement, the Taki nin quickly retreated back into the forest and the Legionnaires were left to ponder what they had learned.
"Well at least we know Taki is on our side." Hashirama noted, earning a nod of agreement from Kushina.
"Yes. They've been laying low during the conflict, waging a guerrilla war against Iwa. It's smart, they don't have the manpower to fight any of the major villages alone, and with the Akatsuki hunting the tailed beasts, they're probably cautious about using the Seven tails. We'll need to take Taki's forces into consideration for future engagements. With any amount of luck, they can help us end this war, all the sooner." Riley agreed.
"So, what's the plan for communicating with them?" Kakashi inquired.
"I'm gonna make a new familiar. One that I can use to relay info to them, and it can return their own intel. But I'll want something that'll be smart enough to know if something is amiss, plus I'll need something that can keep an eye on the Seven tails. I have no idea what the Akatsuki is going to do, now that I've killed the four and fives tails, but we'll need to be on alert regardless." Riley responded, as she gazed out across the vast ravine.
"Ah, another familiar… wonderful. Will it be cute and cuddly like all the rest?" Hashirama inquired, with a sarcasm filled chuckle.
Riley looked thoughtful for a second before a cruel grin spread across her face and the smile fell from Hashirama's.
"That wasn't a challenge." Hashirama stated worriedly.
"Now you've done it." Madara muttered with a shake of his head.
Riley quickly collected her followers and brought them to Kamui. She then headed off into the vast expanse of her pocket dimension in search of something that was hidden there.
"Riley, where the fuck are we going?" Kurama inquired.
"To find an old friend." Riley responded aloud as she activated her Byagukan and extended her senses.
"What old friend? There's no one else in here. The only other living thing in here, is that fucking white ra…. Oh. Oh no. You know how hard Skorge had to fight to get that damn thing to go the fuck away? And you want to talk to it? Fuck!" Kurama bellowed, as Riley finally pinpointed her pray.
"Alright… Let's do this!" Riley cracked her neck and raced off.
Several hours later, she returned to her group with a disgruntled look on her face, and a white bunny rabbit in her arms.
Everyone turned to stare at her, and quickly noticed the content looking rabbit she had with her. Riley herself, also drew attention as her hair seemed a bit messy and their was dried blood on her clothes.
"It's a rabbit." Hashirama noted, while Madara's eyes widened comically at seeing it.
"Aww..." Kushina cooed, as she reached out to pet the rabbit only for it to hiss at her.
"Ugh!" Kushina recoiled. "The rabbit just hissed at me. Why did the rabbit hiss at me? How did the rabbit hiss?"
"Why make a familiar that looks like a rabbit?" Arturia inquired.
"I didn't. This is a demon. One that was born when I tried to resurrect a dead rabbit after the safety window of Rinne Rebirth. This is what happens to anything I try to bring back, after they've been dead for a certain amount of time. They come back as ravenous demons. This little guy has been running around Kamui for the last few months, and for reasons I cannot fathom, none of my familiars seem to be able to land a hit on this asshole." Riley explained.
"So… you captured it?" Kushina stated.
"Yes. After nearly an hour just trying to get my hands on the little fucker, I placed him under a genjutsu, had him attack a tree, and while he was literally tearing it apart, I used my magic to restrain him, and I dominated him with my Youki. Now he's my servant, and I've managed to dial back his temper a bit." Riley answered.
"But he hissed at me." Kushina remarked.
"Still got more work to do on that account." Riley said with a nod.
"Well… she's got that handled. Maybe it's time the rest of us head back, and you can focus on finishing up with your new… pet." Madara suggested. Riley gave him a nod and quickly sent everyone back to the Wind Capitol.
She then spent the better part of a day, rehabilitating the rabid rabbit. By the end of it, she was able to mellow it out and get it suited to her purposes, but it had a strange side affect of ensuring that temper wise, the rabbit would be calm, unless it was attacked, then it would immediately slip into a violent rage and kill everything around it with the rage of an archdemon.
Riley and Kurama both had no clue where this thing got that much power from. Kurama theorized though, that it was a side affect of it coming into contact with Riley's soul during it's resurrection. He theorized that while it was only a minor demon, it gained insane speed, and insane levels of aggression, from Riley. This led to a very fast, very angry rabbit, that was almost comically unbeatable.
And while he didn't actually tell Riley this, Kurama also believed that during the process, the Rabbit was imbued with an immense amount of positive energy directed towards itself, meaning that the Rabbit was not only fast, but insanely lucky. So lucky, that even Riley had difficulties catching it.
The process of resurrecting the dead using Rinne Rebirth as a demon, was still unknown to them, and the Rabbit was proof that it was not something they should approach lightly. Who knows what kind of creatures may return if they're corrupted by Riley's soul.
After getting the creature sorted out, she sent her newest rabbit familiar off to meet up with the Taki ninja. Aside from fixing it's temperament, she gave it the ability to inform her whenever it received scrolls, and Riley could reverse summon the scrolls on the Rabbit's body, to her position, and also send scrolls to the rabbit.
This meant it was essentially a mobile scroll exchange, with the ability to defend itself, and with the added ability to sense emotion in people, the Rabbit would know if anyone was attempting to steal from it.
Riley left it with orders, if anyone other then Taki ninja, tried to take scrolls from it, it would attack them viciously. She also left it orders to hide from non-Taki ninja. This ensured that the deadly white Rabbit, wouldn't just attack some kids on the street or something.
She also named her new pet rabbit Usagi, because it fit perfectly, and why the fuck not?.
Once that was done, she returned to the Wind capitol and after making sure that Tom was brought up to speed on the newest developments, and that Tayuya and Jugo were properly restrained and in the care of Hashirama, and Ibiki's guys, she headed back to her mates. She arrived during sunset and found them all preparing for bedtime.
"Riley, welcome back." Katie greeted her as she entered their tent.
"Your granpapas said you would be back soon." Fleur rose and approached Riley offering her a kiss, as the two met. Fleur was the first to notice that something was a bit off with Riley, and it showed with that hint of concern that tinted her dark blued eyes.
"Two days, used Kamui to shorten it, and it still felt like too long away from you." Riley whispered as she wrapped her arms around Fleur. Her words earned her a chuckle from the Veela, as the two held onto each other, and danced their way over to the bed. The slight look of concern remained, but Fleur refused to press the issue. Riley seemed more elated then usual to see them, which usually meant she had a bad day.
"I hope you've kept an eye on my rambunctious mates while I was gone." Riley whispered as Fleur sat on the bed. Despite her bad mood, Riley intent on having some fun. He mate's always made her feel better, and right now, she needed them to make the screams stop.
"I tried. Katie gave me a bit of trouble, she missed you dearly. And Daphne and Kaede got into a fight." Fleur informed her.
"Stop telling people that." Daphne called from the bathroom, where the two woman in question were. Daphne was undoing her hair and removing the clips from it, while Kaede was brushing her teeth.
"They had an argument?" Riley inquired.
"No… Well… I guess you could call it that." Fleur answered with a shrug.
"What did they argue about?" Riley asked.
"Well, we were all bored while you were gone so we decided to compare breasts. Let's just say Daphne is a little jealous." Fleur answered with a giggle, earning one from Luna who was also crawling into bed at that moment.
"You guys compared breasts while I was gone?" Riley asked, her bad mood momentarily forgotten.
"Well that's not all we compared." Fleur responded with a suggestive smirk.
"But I was gone." Riley repeated.
"We were bored." Fleur responded, while a smirk of amusement spread across Katie's face as she stepped up to listen to the two.
"You all stripped naked and fondled each other… while I was gone. I wasn't here to see all of my mates strip down and grope one another? Is that what you're telling me?" Riley demanded as she began to pout.
"We could repeat what happened if you want us too." Fleur offered, earning a nod of agreement from Katie, who by this point had stepped up behind Riley and began to kiss at her neck.
"All my mates got naked, and touched one another, without me needing to say anything… and I wasn't here to see it. I feel cheated." Riley muttered with a frown. By now Daphne and Kaede had both exited the bathroom, and were smirking at Riley's downtrodden visage.
"We can fix that." Katie whispered as she wrapped her arms around Riley and groped her breasts, all the while nibbling on her ear.
"I think I need a moment." Riley pouted as Katie continued to fondle her and kiss her neck.
"Aw… We're sorry Riley. You should have told us you've been having voyeuristic fantasies. If any of us had known, we'd have given you a show much sooner." Katie whispered as she slipped her hands under Riley's shirt and began to tease Riley's nipples.
At hearing that, Fleur smirked and glanced over her shoulder. Luna was sitting further up the bed, and had already unbuttoned her pajama shirt. Fleur's smirk grew predatory as she turned and started to crawl over to the dreamy eyed Ravenclaw.
A smirk began to spread across Riley's face, and with a flash of her intangibility, her clothes fell to the floor.
Once her clothes were gone, one of Katie's hands began to trail down Riley's body, while Riley watched as Luna laid on her back and rested her head in Fleur's lap and Fleur began to massage and tease at Luna's sensitive teats.
While Fleur was gently teasing Luna, her eyes flitted over to Riley, whom was watching the scene with interest. She then glanced over at Kaede and Daphne and raised an eyebrow at the two. This caught their attention and Fleur began to slide her hand down Luna's exposed chest, drifting down toward her stomach. It didn't take much guesswork to figure out what the Veela was asking, and Kaede was quick to respond.
Kaede was out of her clothes and crawling across the bed towards Luna, within several seconds.
The dreamy eyed seer let out a gasp when Kaede's fingers curled around the hem of her pajama pants, and she pulled them and her panties off.
Within moments Luna found her legs spread and Kaede's tongue drifting across her sensitive opening.
Fleur allowed herself to smirk as she continued to tease at Luna's nipples while Kaede got to work on Luna's lower regions.
By now, one of Katie's hands was firmly between Riley's legs, fingering her pussy, while her other hand teased and massaged Riley's breasts.
Riley allowed herself to moan, as she watched the erotic show. She took in everything, using this to drive away the memories of the shity day she'd had.
Daphne was quick to join in, as she crawled behind Fleur and began to peel off the Veela's shirt.
Once that was done, she quickly got to work massaging Fleur's breasts, earning a pleasured sigh from the Veela in the process.
Riley continued to watch the erotic scene for several long minutes as Katie continued to finger her. Finally Riley turned her head just enough to look back at Katie.
"Your bottoms, lose them." Riley ordered.
In reply, Katie smirked and took a few steps back. The hand that had previously been between Riley's legs, now found it's way to Katie's mouth. Riley watched intently as Katie licked her fingers clean of her sweet nectar.
The sight was enticing, and the short-lived striptease that followed, only increased Riley's desire.
Riley gave Katie a smirk as the last of her lover's clothes hit the floor, Riley then turned back to the scene of Luna being eaten out. By now, Luna was moaning loudly, it seems Kaede had found the perfect spot.
With Riley focusing her attention back on the scene at play, Katie was quick to return to her position and resume fingering and fondling her mate.
The scene played out like that for several minutes until finally Riley had an idea. Something the harem had never done before. Something that would surely get Riley's mind off of what had happened today.
Reaching one of her hands back she pressed her palm to Katie's clit and channeled some magic through it. Katie let out a pleasured gasp and stumbled back. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she spotted a cock quickly spring forth, directly above her clit.
The organ was eleven inches long and incredibly thick. Katie stared at it in shock for several moments before reaching out and touching it. The organ was incredibly sensitive and she let out a gasp, as a bolt of pleasure shot right through the appendage right through to her G-spot.
When she returned her attention to Riley, she found her mate had stepped forward and was now leaning on the bed offering up her backside to Katie.
Katie found herself blushing at that. In all their time together, this was one of the few things the harem hadn't yet tried. Riley was offering herself up to be on the receiving end. The thought of taking her like that, made Katie blush.
After several seconds of hesitation, Riley glanced back at her and smiled.
Seeing Riley smile back at her, Katie allowed her hesitation to fade, and quickly stepped up to her mate. She let out a pleasured gasp as her new cock brushed against the heat of Riley's sex. By now, the rest of the harem had noticed what was happening and were all fully focused on it. Even Kaede had risen from her spot between Luna's legs to watch with interest.
"Go on." Katie heard whispered into her mind, and with a final breath she pushed the head of her cock into Riley's waiting sex.
Slowly and delicately, Katie eased herself into Riley's pussy. She was slow at first, as she adjusted to the warmth and pleasure that emanated through her newest appendage.
After several seconds she was fully sheathed into Riley, and Riley glanced over her shoulder at Katie, biting her lip as she did. For a moment, Katie was surprised, aside from the immense pleasure of being inside her Archdemon lover, Katie had expected for her newly developed appendage to completely fill Riley long before she got it all in.
Katie hadn't seen Riley perform any spell, but then again, Riley's control was so good, she probably didn't need any movements to cast a spell inside of her own body. That or it could be a transformation of some sort. Regardless, Katie was surprised that she'd managed to fit all of the massive organ inside of Riley's tight pussy.
Before she began her fucking, she pushed the thought away by reminding herself that Fleur knew and had used a spell that allowed for something like this before. A bit of sex magic that allowed a woman's womanhood to adapt to her mate's cock. Fleur used this spell on herself and her fellow mates whenever Riley was starting to feel aggressive and began using a longer thicker cock. This spell basically made it so a woman's vagina could magically stretch or condense to accommodate the full of her partner's cock, both big and small, thus ensuring that no matter what the man's size was, the woman would always feel full and satisfied. And as an added bonus, if he was big, or in this case, when Riley was using a bigger cock, it prevented injuries. In a funny way it kinda made a woman's pussy like a bottomless bag, that could magically stretch to allow a cock even as long as a foot to fully fit into a woman without hurting them.
Sadly it did nothing to stop the soreness from being reamed for hours, as Katie had experienced many times before, but at the least it prevented tearing and thus they never had to worry about Riley accidentally hurting them while she was in a frenzy. At least, not with her dick.
Slowly, Riley started to move her hips, and Katie responded. At first the two were slow and gentle as they both got used to the different feeling, but once they got used to it, Katie began to pick up speed, and within moments she was gyrating her cock in and out of Riley's drenched sex.
The others watched the scene with great interest and some like Fleur and Daphne, actually began to masturbate, the scene of watching the two fuck was far to erotic for them not to be unbelievably turned on.
Several minutes of this went by before Katie let out a gasp and clutched at Riley's hips. Riley let out an erotic purr of delight as she felt Katie release deep inside of her. For a moment, Riley considered drawing in the magic, that was carried in those reproductive cells, and allowing herself to get pregnant, but in the end she kept herself in check. She still had things she had to do, and she doubted Katie was ready to become a parent just yet, or at least more of one then she already was.
Katie found herself panting as Riley lifted herself off the bed, being vary careful to keep Katie's engorged member inside of her as she did. Once raised high enough Katie wrapped her arms around Riley and pulled her close. Riley smiled as she felt Katie's lips brush her shoulders and her arms wrap around her chest.
After a few seconds of basking in the warmth of her mate's embrace, Riley focused on her other mates. Her tails quickly shot out, each one aiming for their womanly parts. With the same bit of magic she had used earlier, the four of them quickly found themselves with meaty organs, matching Katie's.
"Who's next?" Riley said with a smile, earning blushes and feral grins from her mates.
An hour went by, and Riley found herself bucking wildly as her five mates took her every which way a woman could be taken. Daphne lay on her back, with Riley riding her, Katie was behind Riley taking her ass. Meanwhile, Fleur and Kaede were both being jerked off by Riley, and Luna was getting a blowjob from her as well. And on top of all of this, Riley was using her tails to fuck all five of them.
Needless to say, the harem was very loud as Riley pushed her mates to their final collective orgasm. Being that she was taking all of them at once, when she finally reached her peak, her youki unleashed a wave of pleasure that forced all five of them to orgasm at once, along with her.
"Gods..." Luna gasped out as she ran her hands over Riley's head. Sexual fluids and sweat covered the Archdemon's body, and even as they all came down from their collectively powerful orgasm, Riley quickly took Luna's cock back into her mouth and began cleaning off Luna's cock of any cum. Once done, Riley started licking the cum off her hands, arms and shoulders, courtesy of Fleur and Kaede.
"Alright, it's official, I now have a complete understanding as to why guys want this all the time." Katie said as she rested her head on Riley's shoulders. In response, Riley brought up the hand that had been jerking Fleur off, and allowed Katie to finish cleaning it, earning an enticing look from Fleur who found the scene sexy.
"Next time we have to find a way for one of us to fuck you, while you're fucking one of us." Kaede offered with a smirk, earning one from Riley as well.
"Naughty girl. I think I have a few positions in mind where zat might work." Fleur offered with a giggle.
Kaede continued to smirk, and her smirk turned predatory when Riley crawled over to her and the two met in a searingly passionate kiss. If their was one place that Kaede felt truly free and open, it was in the bedroom with Riley and her fellow mates. When Riley looked at her, her eyes were always filled with love or passion or lust, and all those things made the Diclonius Queen feel good about herself.
Riley's mates rarely if ever mentioned the one thing about Kaede's appearance that she was sensitive about, and when they did, it was always how her horns made her look cute. About the worst thing they had ever said about her horns, was that when she was eating one of them out, her horns sometimes got in the way, and prevented them from closing their legs. Though even then, Kaede was able to deliver a quick witted response that earned her praise from them all when she said, 'that was the point'.
Needless to say, with each passing day, Kaede's friendship with her fellow mates grew, and her comfort around the grew as well. She wasn't shy at all in the bedroom, and displayed a level of confidence that only Fleur and Riley possessed.
Even now, Kaede could feel her fellow mates eyeing her and Riley as the two met in a passionate kiss, and the mere thought of their eyes drifting over the two with envy, filled her with pride.
"This was fun. I definitely look forward to next time." Daphne stated as Riley and Kaede separated.
"As do I." Riley agreed as she moved to settle into bed. Her mate's quickly settled around her as they all tucked in for a well deserved rest. By now, the magic supporting their extra appendage had faded and they all returned to normal. Riley went to sleep that night without the screams that had been haunting her all day. Just as they had always managed, her mates drove back the nightmares and made her feel amazing and loved. She slept far better that night then any night in recent memory.
The next morning, a legionnaire stopped by and informed Riley that Gaia was looking to speak with her.
Hearing that, Riley couldn't help but notice the smirk all of her mates shared. It wasn't hard to guess that they knew something she didn't so she quickly set out to meet with the Kazekage and see what her friend wanted.
After several minutes of walking, Riley arrived at the building where Gaia was staying. She was let in and escorted to the Kazekage's makeshift office. She was led in and Gaia immediately sent her guards away.
"I heard you needed to speak with me." Riley noted once the others were out of the room.
"Yes. I hear you managed to make contact with out allies in Taki. That's good to hear. And… I heard about Orochimaru." Gaia noted as she offered Riley a seat across from her desk.
"Yes, it seems my informant within Oto is trying to assist more then just me. He or she must realize the balance of power is shifting. That or they've lost faith that Orochimaru can win this war. As for the Snake himself… there's little else I can offer at the moment. We're still working on a plan, I'll let you know once we have a direction to go." Riley replied as she took a seat.
"Well, I'll take any sort of boon we can get. It'll be another week before we're ready to launch our counter-offensive and by that time we can be sure that Iwa will have dug in heavily in the territory they've managed to capture." Gaia stated, earning a nod of agreement from Riley.
"We'll roll over them. They've lost both their Jinchuriki, and another Tsuchikage. All we need to do is hit them hard and shatter what little of their resolve that remains. Once done, they'll crumble, just like stone." Riley said with a devilish smirk.
"I agree. Now, on to more personal matters." Gaia stated as she rose from her seat.
"Oh? So we're not discussing business anymore?" Riley inquired, though given her mate's earlier reactions, she knew that there was something deeper then just simple battle discussions.
"Well, yes and no. I wont dance around the issue Riley. The Daimyo has asked me to extend an offer for a marriage alliance between you and I. He believes that a unity between us would be highly beneficial to both out lands. The leader of Sunagakure, along with one of the Commanders of the Legion and a powerful lord, he believes having us married would serve to help unify our people and allow the Land of Wind and Britain to march forward into the future, together." Gaia explained as she stepped around her desk and sat on the edge next to Riley.
"I see. Well… what do you think of this?" Riley inquired, and Gaia almost let out a chuckle. Just as Daphne had said, that was Riley's first question. She allowed a smile to cross her face as she locked eyes with Riley.
"I understand the benefits of such a thing. I believe a marriage between us could help our people greatly and ensure that Suna and the Legion hold powerful ties in the future. Politically speaking, it's a wise move and a valuable one." Gaia replied.
"And personally?" Riley asked.
"Personally… I like you Riley. I pretty sure you've realized this already. I care for you, and if I've interpreted your flirting correctly, you like me too. I'll admit I do have feelings for you, and I wouldn't mind being married to someone like you." Gaia answered with a blush even as she held Riley's gaze.
Riley looked thoughtful for a moment before reaching her hand out. "Here, come with me. There's something I need to show you."
Gaia looked a bit surprised by that but accepted Riley's hand. She quickly found herself tugged into Kamui alongside Riley, and the two found themselves standing in an open field.
"Where are we?" Gaia inquired as she glanced around.
"This is Kamui. A pocket dimension that I can access utilizing my eyes. Here, I am god. I can alter the flow of time, radically change the landscape, physics, bend to my whim here. I use it for training. Here I can spend months, even years training while only a few days pass on the outside. By now I'm almost a century old with how much time I've put into it." Riley explained earning a shocked look from Gaia.
"Nearly a century? But… how…?" She sputtered out and then, right before her eyes, blackened wings erupted from Riley's back.
"I'm not human, Gaia." Riley stated as her more demonic features took hold.
"I Fucking Called It!" The One tails shouted in Gaia's mind, while she reeled back in surprise.
"Riley… how… how did you get those wings?" Gaia stuttered out in disbelief.
"I made them, when I chose to take on the form of an angel." Riley answered.
Gaia gawked for a few moments before it finally clicked. "You… you're the Angel of Carnage."
"Yes." Riley replied.
"H-how?" Gaia managed to get out.
"Long story short, I made a deal with the Nine Tailed Fox to become a tailed beast. I was born human, but I'm not anymore, and I haven't been since I was little." Riley replied like it was no big deal.
"Hot damn, why didn't I think of that? An immortal host means I don't have to be sealed again." The One Tails said like it was the most brilliant idea in the world.
"So… you're the angel? The Angel of Carnage, I mean." Gaia asked as she tentatively approached and touched one of Riley's wings.
"Yes. I took on the title so that I could put the fear of the heavens into the scum of our world. I also used it to hide my identity to protect my loved ones." Riley answered.
Gaia was just now getting her composure back. The feeling of Riley's feathers was bringing her out of her shock. They felt real, and burned brightly as her hand drifted over them. It was honestly beautiful in it's own unique way.
After a few seconds she pulled back and locked eyes with Riley. "You destroyed Konoha." It wasn't a question.
"Members of the Leaf council sent poison to the families of my friends in Britain. Katie's mother was killed because of it, and I was too late to revive her. I destroyed them in retaliation for that." Riley told her.
"They… attacked your mate's families." Gaia stated as her eyes drifted off and she remembered Daphne's warning. It was obvious that Riley's mates knew she was the Angel and knew what she had done. That's why Daphne warned her about Riley's temper and what she would do to anyone that dare bring harm to one of her mates.
Someone killed the mother of one of Riley's precious people, and in retaliation, Riley killed millions. Daphne had been entirely serious when she had given that warning to Gaia, and only now did Gaia fully understand.
"I like you Gaia, and I wouldn't mind being married to you. However, I'm not going to let you walk into this blind to what's really going on. If we're to be married then I want you to know this, and know it up front." Riley stated.
Gaia stared off for a moment. She seemed to be deep in thought. After several seconds she let out a sigh. "You killed my father."
"Yes. After the Yule ball I read his mind. He intended to come after my mates to get at me." Riley explained.
"I see. I'm not mad. That you killed him I mean. I'm not mad about it. I'd have killed him myself, if given the chance. But there in lies a problem, you killed the last Kazekage. He was an ass, and a monster, but he was still Kazekage." Gaia stated as she returned her gaze to Riley's.
"You want me to apologize?" Riley inquired as she folded her arms across her chest.
"No. I don't want you to apologize. I just want you to listen and to understand something very clearly." Gaia said, her eyes becoming cold and focused.
"And that is?" Riley asked.
"I am Kazekage. If anyone in my village tries to hurt you, or your mates, it'll be on my orders. Because if it isn't, I'll kill them myself. I have so many questions for you. There's so much I want to know… but I don't care about you being the Angel. I don't care that you're not human. I've been a monster all my life. Being with another monster is about as normal as it can get for someone like me. All I care about is making sure you understand, that Suna is my responsibility. So long as you allow me to take care of any issues that should arise from my village, then I see no problem in agreeing to this marriage." Gaia explained, earning a small smile from Riley.
"She's putting her foot down. Remind you of someone?" Kurama inquired with a smirk.
An image of a certain blonde haired Ice Queen passed through Riley's head, and her smile grew just a bit more.
"I'll agree to that. If anyone in your village causes trouble for me, I'll let you know. But… if we're making things clear for each other, then there's something I want to make clear for you as well." Riley stated as she stepped towards Gaia.
"And what would that be?" Gaia inquired as Riley stepped very close to her.
My mates..." Riley began as she reached out and pulled Gaia close to her, earning a slightly surprised look from the Kazekage. "Are off limits. No one touches what's mine. If some assholes in you village want to make trouble I'll refrain from taking action and make sure you know it. But! The second anyone, Suna resident or not, touches a hair on one of my mate's heads, all bets are off. I'll kill anyone who tries to hurt them."
Gaia took a breath as she stared deep into Riley's eyes. After several seconds, she let the breath out and placed her hands, gently on Riley's hips.
"I understand. Just know this… if anyone tries to hurt my mate either, they'll have to deal with me. I don't care what flag they fly." Gaia responded with fire in her eyes.
The two stared into each others eyes for several long moments before finally, Riley broke the standoff with a sudden a passionate kiss.
Gaia was quick to return the kiss, showing the true level of her affection in the process.
"I have so many questions." Gaia whispered as they parted.
"Baby steps first. I'll show you all the in's and out's." Riley whispered back with a sensual grin.
"That's not what I meant." Gaia noted with a blush as she realized what Riley was referring too.
"That'll all come quickly too." Riley added as she once again pressed her lips to Gaia's.
The two quickly lost themselves as they continued to make out. There would be time for discussions later. For now, they had some personal business to attend too.
And while that was going on, on the inside Kurama and Shukaku were left staring at one another, both almost literally sharing a mindscape since their hosts were lip locked.
"So… how long until we're parents?" Shukaku inquired.
"Fucking great. This is a package deal isn't it?" Kurama muttered.
"Yep. You get to enjoy my company from now on. Hey! While I've got you here, let's hear about that deal you made with your host." Shukaku replied with a look of excitement.
Kurama let out a sigh, but consented to giving an explanation.
-Meanwhile a short while later-
Three Taki ninja walked into the office of Shibuki, the leader of Takigakure. He glanced up from his paperwork and nearly laughed out loud. Two of the three men were perfectly all right, while the third was heavily bruised, with several bandages and in his arms was a white rabbit with red eyes.
"What's up with the rabbit?" Shibuki inquired.
"A method of communication between us and our allies in Wind. This rabbit can receive scrolls from it's master and any scroll we give it can be reverse summoned by her. It's also quite the capable fighter." The leader of the trio noted as he handed a scroll to his leader with all the information on how the rabbit functioned.
"I can see that." Shibuki noted as he eyed the injured member of their team.
Shibuki quickly read the contents of the scroll and after a few moments summoned Fu to his office.
"Yeah?" She inquired with a smile as she entered into the office.
"I have a mission for you. This rabbit here is vital to our communication with our allies in the outside. Take it up to the tree and guard it there. Whenever it receives a scroll, bring it down here, and I'll let you know if we need to give it one." Shibuki stated as he handed Fu the scroll with the instructions.
"Okay." Fu replied with a cheerful smile.
Several minutes later, she found herself up in her tree house. She was knelt down in front of the White Rabbit staring it in the eyes.
"It's evil." Fu noted.
"It's a demon." The Seven tails agreed.
"This isn't gonna end well, is it?" Fu asked the rabbit earning a demonic twinkle in it's eye in response.
"Eh..." Fu recoiled when she saw that.
The White Rabbit just stared at her. It's duty clear. It had a purpose in life now, and way to satiate it's ravenous hunger.
-Meanwhile at around the same time-
"So… what have we learned?" Orochimaru's dark master inquired as the shadow of Orochimaru hung in the air before him.
Orochimaru didn't answer. He was far too busy thinking. He had stabbed Riley through the heart with his poisoned sword. The fact that she didn't drop dead immediately surprised him. The fact that she didn't seem to be affected by it at all, was ever more shocking.
"She's not human." Orochimaru thought to himself. He knew it was true. No one could survive something life that. He needed to do more research. He knew he had broken something when he placed that Genjutsu on her. She was angry before, but now… the ease and speed with which she annihilated him…
He needed a plan, and soon.
-To be continued-
Alright there's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long but It's one of my longest yet. Hope you enjoy, and yay Gaia is now part of the harem.