Alright time for the next chapter. Gonna be doing more crossover stuff as time goes on, DC will play a large role in the future storyline elements, though I think you'll all begin to see which version of it, I'm going for as time goes on, as I don't intend to follow any one DC storyline, verbatim, rather I will take bits and pieces from the ones that I know to try and form a cohesive plotline in this story.

Again this takes place at around the time when many of the DC heroes are either just starting or not as well known. For instance, the Man of Steel hasn't put on the tights yet, but he's out saving the day, as was noted at Fairport, same with the Flash. With the Green Lanterns, we've seen that Hal Jordan is a veteran but John Stewart is a rookie who's still in his first few years of actual lantern work. By now Batman is probably also in his first few years of beating up bad guys in Gotham, so that worlds a bit quiet at the moment, but things will start to get louder as more and more comes to light.

Anyway, beyond that, I am curious as to what you guys think so far? I hope this seems a bit more cohesive and direct then the first part, where you kinda understand the end goal of the story, or at least understand the narrative. Where the first part was more so a journey without any really important destination, this time around, the destination is much more important, but the emphasis is still on the journey itself. At the end of the day, I simply hope everyone is enjoying it. Let me know what you think, and if you ever wanna chat story ideas, for mine or your own personal stories, feel free to pm me, or leave a review and I'll try to get back to you. Otherwise, I hope everyone is having a happy holidays, and enjoys their thanksgiving.

Broken Angel: Rising Demon

Chapter 14: The World is Changing

-Kamui, January 15th 1999-

Madara smirked as he felt the strain against his Imperfect Susano'o. The body of the godly avatar teetered as it took on a barrage of magical bolts, each one striking with enough force to crack the entity's bones.

"Impressive. Even the light attack from the gun form of your released Zanpakutō is enough to damage my Imperfect Susano'o." Madara noted, his Rinnegan, shining with excitement.

Standing not thirty meters off from him was his granddaughter. She was armed with her Zanpakutō, which had taken on it's new gunblade form. It had been just over a week since Riley had achieved Shikai with the weapon, or at least achieved it partly. From how she understood it, Ralael, or her Zanpakutō spirit, had nine lessons to teach her, and for each, she'd gain access to another portion of it's power. Culminating in Bankai, after the final lesson, or at least, that's what Riley assumed.

Upon her initial return, after having trained with the Angel to learn how to use the gunblade form of her weapon, Riley quickly sought out her teachers, gathering all of them up to explain what had happened.

Madara, Hashirama, Izuna, Shisui, Tobirama, Zabuza, Kushina, and Artoria, all sat in dumbfounded amazement as Riley explained how she had been taken to another timeline and shown a world where she never left Konoha. A world where Minato and Lily were good people, and Mito was seemingly uninvolved in things, after a certain point in time.

It was obvious to all of them that what Riley had seen there had greatly affected her, she seemed lighter, almost as if some measure of uncertainty that she carried before, was no longer present. She carried herself, just a bit taller if that were even possible.

It was after her explanation that she showed them her Zanpakutō in it's initial released state. Which took the form of a gunblade that channeled her raw power perfectly. The weapon itself was a tool of pure shape transformation. In gun form it could fire condensed balls of pure magic at incredible velocities. Each one of these spheres of magic, held all of the properties of Riley's base magic, with no modifications or changes to it. Meaning each ball of magic, was highly corrosive and corruptible to living things. Pure demonic magic, unleashed without any sort of elemental or magical alterations to it, which seemed to be the point of the weapon itself.

The secondary attack of the gun form was a charged piercing shot, that, depending on the power behind it, could accelerate a single bolt of magical energy anywhere from hypersonic to anywhere upwards and including superluminal velocity. These charging shots could take anywhere from ten seconds, to upwards to a full five minutes of continuous charging to achieve, but the affects were devastating, with Riley speculating that a focused charged shot could easily punch through an astral body the size of a moon if she focused enough.

Needless to say, she would rarely need to utilize that level of power, but it was incredible to see how well her weapon handled her raw power

When the weapon was in blade form, aside from functioning as a regular sword, it also had a light and heavy energy attack, same as in gun form. It's light attack was channeling arcs of pure energy that could be slashed at an opponent. These energy blades were similar in function to something like a wind blade or even spells like the Severing Curse.

And much like with the gun form, these blades could be unleashed at great speed, and the energy behind them was her unchanged pure magic, giving them the same poisonous and corrupted effects of her natural magic.

The heavy attack for the blade form was a charged blast of raw power that would unleash from the sword, useful for close range. This blast was basically just a close range explosion of her power, that emanated from the blade itself.

The gunblade covered all four distance factors when it came to combat. In gun form it was a medium and long range tool, though the attached bayonet did allow for some close range maneuvers if needed. While in sword form it was a short range to point blank range tool, making it incredibly versatile as a weapon. And while the magic utilized was virtually identical to Riley's base magic, it did possess one property that made it unique to any other weapon in Riley's arsenal, and that was that all attacks in Shikai form, could damage the target's soul. Just as the Shinigami had said, it was a weapon that could even harm higher beings like demons, devils, and fiends.

Given it's current abilities, there was some speculation as to what this weapon would be able to do when Riley began unlocking the next few stages of it's progression, but Riley wasn't actually certain that the gunblade would be her Zanpakutō's only form. Or perhaps that it's energy channeling ability was it's only ability.

This was a matter of some curiosity, especially for Riley, as, from what she had read from the Shinigami's instructions, her Zanpakutō would have only two forms. Shikai, or the Initial Release. And Bankai, or the Final Release. However, given what was said about the blade, the Angel's lessons, and how Ralael had told her when utilizing the chant to activate Shikai how she had to envision the heroic Narumi in her mind, led Riley to assume that each one of the Angel's lessons, were tied to a different form of the weapon itself, and thus a different form of Riley. This gunblade form was tied to the heroic Narumi that Riley had met, and was also tied to the Sky Blue light within the blade, that Riley now suspected were actually manifestations, or visualizations of her alternate selves' souls.

Meaning if Riley was correct, than her Zanpakutō had nine different forms, tied to nine different variants of Riley. But that in turn led to something more confusing. The Shinigami's scrolls had specifically stated that each Zanpakutō had one elemental base, or more specifically, one specialty. There was one power that the weapon had, which would begin with it's Initial Release and achieve far greater power at the Final Release. Now… aside from something changing due to Riley's demonic nature, if everything was still the same in regards to the rules, that meant that her Zanpakutō, still only had one specialty despite having nine different Shikai forms.

Which of course tied into Ralael's test. It admitted that it had a single power, and what that power was, was also instrumental in learning the sword's true name. For now, it accepted Ralael, which led Riley to believe that it's name was similar, or connected to her self-appointed title, but it obviously wasn't just Ralael.

For now though, Riley had no clue what it's true name could possibly be but she had only completed the first test, so she wasn't overly concerned at the moment. Around the fourth or fifth test, if she was still in the dark, then it was time to start worrying.

For now though, Riley was busy learning to wield her weapon's new form. A trying endeavor, but Riley had always enjoyed a challenge, and mastering this Shikai form would further her abilities, as well as open up new avenues of attack. The ability to so easily damage a soul, now that was a weapon worthy of mastering.

Aside from training with her new weapon Riley also spent some time reflecting on what she had experienced in that alternate timeline. A small part of her still wondered if things would have been different for her, had Minato and Lily raised her right, but after seeing and experiencing what she had in that other world, Riley felt that she had the better life, or more specifically, when comparing the two, Riley preferred her own life, over Narumi's. She did wonder though, what would the next eight lessons be like? What was the ultimate goal that the angel intended to reach? She wasn't certain but it did occupy her thoughts quite often, and more then once she simply spaced out while staring off, her mind deep in thought.

A week of training and deep reflection, an accurate summation of recent events.

"Well it seems the weapon can handle your power during battle. You'll have to get into a real fight though and push yourself further to see just how much it can really take." Madara noted, allowing Susano'o to fade.

"Yeah. I don't feel any frailty in the weapon when I pass my energy through it. It's not straining yet, so I think it's capable of going a helluva lot further. We'll just have to see." Riley agreed as she released the gunblade from it's initial release, transforming it back into a katana, which quickly found it's way back to it's sheath.

"Any word on when the Angel intends for your next lesson?" Madara inquired.

"I don't know. If I knew what the lessons were, I may be able to give an accurate guess, but without knowing it's full intention, I'm basically left at it's mercy." Riley responded with a shrug.

"Indeed..." Madara responded with a thoughtful look, much like Riley the old warhawk spent a great deal of time dissecting the events that had occurred recently, and in his heart of hearts, he knew something was about to happen. Maybe in a month, maybe in a year, but the world was about to change, and drastically.

-Hellsing Manor, London. January 22nd 1999-

"You summoned me, my master." Alucard said with a smirk as he passed through the wall into Daphne's office.

"Yes. We have a problem and I need someone to deal with it quickly. I've received word from the Aurors that a vampire has attacked a small village to the north of here. They tried to corner it, but it responded by utilizing firearms to drive them away, killing one in the process. The Aurors aren't used to dealing with guns, and the fact that this vampire is using them leads me to believe it isn't from any of the known clans in the area. Most of them are highly attuned to magic and prefer to use it, rather than modern firearms." Daphne explained.

"A rogue? Interesting. Perhaps a little bloodling got away from it's master before it could be brought to heel? Regardless, I will put this rabid pup down for you my master, just tell me where and I will see it done." Alucard responded with a toothy grin.

"We'll be leaving in ten minutes, a portkey has been prepared to take us in close. Once we arrive, I'll leave the dealing of this 'pup' to you." Daphne informed him, earning a nod from her devoted servant.

"Of course my master. I will see it done." Alucard responded.

Not long later, Daphne, Alucard, and Walter arrived at a village, forty kilometers north of London.

The town itself was small, only a few hundred residents, meaning only a few police officers. Aurors were already on sight, under the guise of government agents in pursuit of a dangerous criminal.

The vampire had attacked town hall late in the day, murdering a janitor, and secretary, and one of the few police officers that had responded to the attack. The aurors soon arrived and moved in to try and deal with the threat quickly, but found themselves unable to put down the vampire due to it's incredible strength, and the fact that it was utilizing firearms as it's primary weapon.

"Shacklebolt..." Auror Nymphadora Tonks, called out to her senior, drawing his attention towards where she was looking, as she noted the approach of Daphne, Walter, and Alucard.

"Kingsley Shacklebolt… always a pleasure." Daphne greeted the man as she approached.

"Lady Slytherin Hellsing. We appreciate you coming. This one's a real pain, and we need to deal with him quickly." Kingsley stated.

"Is it in there?" Daphne inquired, glancing at the large wooden structure nearby.

"As far as we know. Three dead so far, including one of ours, and it's reanimated them." Kingsley informed them.

"Ghouls..." Daphne sighed, turning her gaze towards Alucard and offering him a nod.

With a devilish smirk, the Vampire Lord headed past them and into the building.

"Do we know anything about the vampire? Does he bare the marking of any of the local covens? Is he offering up any demands?" Daphne asked.

"No. He appears to simply be in a frenzy, though he hasn't utilized any magic beyond reanimating those he's killed so far." Kingsley responded.

A few moments later, several loud gunshots echoed from inside. Another minute passed when Alucard strolled back out of the building, a smirk adorning his face.

"It's done, my master." Alucard stated.

"Learn anything interesting?" Daphne inquired.

"Only that he had the capacity for a great deal of power, despite the fact that he was so raw." Alucard responded.

"Meaning?" Daphne pushed for clarification.

"I believe he means that this vampire was blooded by someone very powerful and close to the original, and yet… he was wild, untamed." Walter offered, earning a small chuckle from Alucard as a form of agreement.

"The leader of the largest coven in the area is still over a half-dozen generations out from you. You're saying it's closer then even that?" Daphne asked of the No-Life King.

"That is correct master. He wasn't trained or skilled, but had he been, this whole town would have been annihilated." Alucard responded.

"That's concerning." Shacklebolt noted.

"It is. I'll leave the rest of this mess for the aurors to clean up. I have some things I have to look into." Daphne offered to the head auror earning a nod from the man.

"This smells fishy to me." Walter noted as the three headed away from the building.

"Me as well. Powerful vampires don't sire many others, and the ones they do are highly trained and kept on a tight leash to avoid detection. This was sloppy." Daphne stated, vocalizing her concern.

"Indeed. Perhaps we should look into any recent arrivals. This may not have been from one of the covens, but perhaps a rogue?" Walter suggested, earning a nod of agreement from Daphne. She found herself more and more happy, as time went by with acquiring Walter's services, he truly was an exceptional butler, and a far better vampire hunter. His knowledge was truly invaluable.

As the three made their way out of sight to return to the Hellsing Manor, high up in the sky, watching their every move was Riley. This had definitely touched at her curiosity. It was definitely something she'd have to keep an eye on as well.

-January 25th 1999-

Things were changing with each passing day. The Legion was growing in power, every day it seemed like there were new tactics, weapons, or abilities being produced by the Legion.

To start off with, the Legion had expanded it's repertoire of firearms, they still held to their main weapons, but they now spent time training with the most widely used firearms on the planet. Starting with their own native country's military issue weapons, and then expanding to the most widely utilized weapons.

By the time they were ready for active duty, most Legionnaires were trained in the use of multiple firearm types including various rifles, handguns, sub-machine guns, and shotguns.

They'd also enhanced their understanding of various explosives by studying various techniques developed my militaries, paramilitaries, terrorist groups, rebel freedom fighters, and militia from around the world. They also began to incorporate chakra molding into explosive clay, creating more powerful explosives. A secret they had stolen from Iwa, during the war.

Learning to utilize vehicles also became a priority in training. Most cars and other ground based transportation vehicles were of little use to Legionaires as they could often outrun cars, or utilize magical forms of transportation to move quickly, but with the Legion the idea of always being prepared was drilled into the minds of every soldier, and so they learned how to use such things, despite their lack of need.

Another more direct form of training came in learning to utilize aircraft. At the moment, Helicopters were the primary area of study due to their versatile nature, however Itachi had plans of getting his hands on military planes and learning to utilize them, to further the Legion's ability in battle.

Besides firearms, every Legionnaire now studied in the use of a blade, as well as various ninja tools, including shuriken, kunai, paper bombs, smoke bombs. They were taught stealth, they were taught martial arts, they were taught how to use ninjutsu, genjutsu, combat magic, elemental magic, even the dark arts.

Legionaries drilled themselves into the ground, because the results showed. They were powerful, and getting stronger the further they went.

The number of Legionnaires was growing, and quite rapidly, various muggleborn, that had lost out on places to go after graduation found work with the Legion. Rogue and Wandering shinobi from the Elemental Nations were allowed to settle in the village after swearing to magical oaths of service.

Various individuals were developing new forms of weapons, spells, jutsu, and the clans were refining their abilities to a point they'd never even imagined.

The Aburame clan were now breeding hordes of beetles that were fireproof, and could withstand temperatures nearing twenty-five hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The Inuzuka were now modifying their dogs with Tonics, Plasmids, and Vigors that gave them new abilities. The Yamanaka clan had developed a way to utilize the Possession vigor and their clan jutsu to actually place their consciousness into machines, allowing them to control the machines as if it were their own bodies, leading to the idea of creating more humanoid robots for use in battle, spying, and scouting.

The Uchiha, and Hyuuga were the best sharpshooters that they had, the Uchiha had the best firearms reaction time, easily able to blast into a room and put a dozen rounds onto a dozen separate targets in the time it took the gun to chamber and fire all twelve rounds. The Hyuuga could use wind infused bullets fired from Barrett 50. Caliber Rifles to hit a target over a kilometer away, through several walls.

Amassing power, and getting famous was the name of the game. Right now, if the Legion wasn't training or handling basic assignments, they were setting up outposts in secret places, all over the world, stealing shipments of weapons, and vehicles being moved by black market gun runners, or they were gathering information on anything and everything, from local info from around their hideouts, to infiltrating meetings between powerful political figures.

One day, the Legion would rise to a level of power that would make even Konoha look pathetic by comparison.

-London-

Riley quietly made her way down a sparsely traveled street on the edge of London. Snow fell from the sky, and nary a soul could be found.

It was a few moments before Riley lifted her gaze, and spotted a distortion covering the entire street ahead of her.

This distortion was born of magic, and was reminiscent of a barrier/ward scheme, meant to keep people away from it.

Often times such wards were found around places magicals frequented, they gave off an unnerving aura that kept muggles away from them.

This one though, was positioned over an entire street.

Curiously, Riley made her way into the boundaries of the field, she found nothing inside, other than the same street that should have been there.

Riley kept walking and stepped out into the road, stopping at where she presumed the center of the field was. Her eyes flickered around her, gazing at the strands of magic that floated about. It was interesting, the way it looked. There was a holy aura to the magic in the air, not anything like Excalibur, nowhere near that intensity, but still an odd thing, and an unnatural one too.

"I smell a trap..." Riley hummed aloud. As the words left her mouth, she felt magic flair from nearby.

Across the ground, snow shot into the air, as magical symbols began to manifest. Rapidly, a seal configuration spread across the pavement and sidewalks. The seal formed a circular pattern with Riley at the center. A quick glance at the seal revealed it to be three separate interlaced seals. One seal looked to be designed to suppress demonic energy. One seal looked like it was meant for suppressing regular magic, and the final one was a Paralysis seal. The markings were Latin in origin, though having learned from Madara, Hashirama, and Kushina, on top of her own seal training, Riley was able to easily identify the rather mediocre seal formula, despite not being written in Kanji.

Riley felt the seals activate, she felt a pressure on her shoulders, and a magical force attempt to hold her in place. The holy tinge to the magic, enhanced it's effects, however it was clear that whoever had designed this seal formula couldn't compare to someone like Kushina, and definitely was no where near as good as Mito.

For the hell of it, Riley played along, dropping to a knee and letting out a halfhearted cry of pain. A few seconds later, several figures began to emerge from the alleyways on either side of the street.

Nearly a dozen men and women surrounded her. Each one wearing all black, and adorned with long black trench coats.

The only other similarity the mysterious group shared was the adornment of a cross around their necks.

One of them, slowly placed a medium sized ornate box on the ground a few meters in front of Riley, while the others drew handguns, and leveled their firearms at Riley, each one aiming specifically for her heart.

"Hmm… looks like they intend to seal you in that box." Kurama noted with a chuckle.

"But how could they know that I'm a demon? Unless of course they don't know about that, and they're after the Ten-Tails… or you..." Riley thought back, earning a snort of amusement from the Archdemon.

"Why… are you doing… this…?" Riley muttered, trying her best to sound like she was having a hard time.

"The power of the tree of life, does not belong with you. Only God, should have access to that power." Came the answer from the same man that had placed the box in front of her.

"Ten-Tails it is." Riley thought to herself.

"Huh..." Riley muttered as she rose back to her feet. The action caused all twelve individuals to flinch, and then immediately fire their weapons at her.

Riley caught one of the bullets while the rest bounced off of her skin. She rolled the round in her fingers, feeling the gentle burn of holy magic, infused into the round. It was faint, not placed there like how the Legionaries would infuse bullets with magic. This seemed weaker, less potent. Despite holy energy being her counter, her demonic power was to dense for such tiny fragments of magic to do anything against her.

It was like throwing a paper cup of water onto a forest fire, or perhaps more aptly, throwing a match into the ocean, it did nothing.

After several moments the bullets stopped coming as they realized they weren't getting through.

The lead man quickly knelt to the ground, placing his hand on the box, and he began to recite a chant, that sounded like it was from some form of holy text, but Riley couldn't place it.

Deciding that she was done playing, Riley lashed out with one of her tails, smashing the box into splinters and sending the man stumbling backwards, with a look of pure shock on his face.

From the box, Riley felt holy magic, much more powerful stuff than the barrier or the bullets, but nowhere near what would be needed to seal the Ten-Tails, let alone her. Whoever these guys were, they clearly had no idea what they were dealing with.

"So… I heard something once from a demon summoner that I killed. He warned me about some guys, who had a very specific sigil. Two keys, crisscrossing in an X formation, both tied together by a red string. A crown above, and below the roman numerals XIII. Iscariots he called them. I'm gonna make an educated guess, and feel free to say nothing if I'm right, you guys, are the ones he was talking about?" Riley noted, recalling the warning she had been given so very long ago, by Sebastian Yurik back during the Triwizard tournament and on the night of her ascension to a full-blooded demon.

Silence permeated the group, their eyes all locked onto her, Riley could barely detect any fear in them, but it was there, buried deep within them.

"Right… well then let me explain something to you guys. This power never belonged to 'God' whether he exists or not. And even if it did, it's mine now. You can't have it, and neither can he. God was happy to sit by and let the world be destroyed by the Ten-Tails. I was one who stopped it, me and mine. Not you and yours. So… here's what's gonna happen. One of you is going home in peaces, the rest aren't going anywhere. I need one of you to let your superiors know what happened here. So… who's it gonna be?" Riley finished with a chuckle, as they all aimed their guns at her again.

Before another bullet could be fired, Riley spoke again. "And I just realized something… you're all muggles."

The devilish smirk that spread across her face, caused even the stalwart hunters of evil, to pause, as fear gripped at their hearts.

Finally, Riley let out a single snort of laughter, as all ten of her tails launched out at speeds, imperceptible to the human eye. Ten of the twelve lost their heads, instantly. Swatted away, into showers of gore.

This occurred so quickly, that ten of the twelve were dead, before the remaining two could even register what had happened. The only two left alive, were standing directly behind her, and the one that had deployed the sealing box, directly in front of her.

In the next instant, the one standing behind Riley had his firearm swatted from his hand, and one of Riley's tails unfurled at the end, and seized his head in a vice grip, entangling it, like how a squid would entangle it's pray.

Riley began to chuckle, as the remaining demon hunter finally registered what had happened. He glared at her, as the one in Riley's grasp began to struggle and pull at her tail, flailing about as he tried and failed to break free.

Riley heard the hammer fall back on the remaining hunter's firearm, a wordless Expelliarmus leaped from her hand, and struck the man before the bullet could fire. The gun flew into the air, firing a shot as it did, which flew off into the sky.

The gun landed on the sidewalk, several meters away.

"I have a message for your organization. You'll deliver it for me." Riley stated aloud, her eyes locked onto the man before her.

"I will not do your bidding, witch!" He hissed in reply.

"I wasn't talking to you." Riley responded with a hellish grin as her wand appeared in her hand. The man before her, drew a knife, and began to race towards her. He only got about a meter, when Riley hit him with Oculus Rumpitur the Eye Bursting Curse.

His screams tore through the air as his eyes erupted into a spray of murky ooze. He fell to the ground clutching at his face, and his still struggling comrade, ceased his attempts to free himself as he saw what happened, through the gaps in Riley's hold on him.

Slowly, Riley turned around to face her captive assailant. She locked eyes with him and pointed her wand at his chest.

"My message is simple… if I so much as smell you on my island again… I'll go to where you live… and bleed every man, woman, and child I find, until you fuckers are all dead. You got that?" Riley inquired, she could just barely see the man attempt a glare at her through her tails.

Riley let out a chuckle at that, turning back to the fallen man on the ground. This time she hit him with the Retorto Membrum, the Twisting Limbs Curse. The spell struck his upper left arm, causing it to violently twist around eight times at the shoulder, tearing free from the muscle and the socket after the second pass.

More screams tore into the air, as Riley turned her gaze back towards her captured prey.

"Do you understand my message?" Riley asked again.

He was shaking now, obviously afraid and trying desperately to summon up his courage. Riley had to admit, he was doing a good job. She hadn't used any of her KI against him yet, so to his mind, he was simply facing a vile and twisted witch with a demon sealed inside of her. If she really wanted him to soil himself, she could just hit him with some Killing Intent, but that would be to quick.

After ten seconds of silence, Riley turned back towards the man, now shaking at her feet.

With a wave of her wand, she sealed his mouth closed with Oscausi. She then hit him with Vomitus, the Vomiting Jinx.

Disgusting vile spewed from the fallen hunter's nose, as that was it's only avenue of escape. He thrashed and struggled as he continued to vomit. And while it did erupt from the man's nose, it also blocked his only remaining airway, causing him to begin violently asphyxiating.

"Tell me you understand, and will deliver my message, and I'll put a stop to his suffering." Riley commanded as she returned her gaze to the horrified visage of her captured prey. His eyes were locked firmly on his fallen comrade as he suffered. Riley stared back, ready to unleash another bout of torture onto the man, when finally she heard her captured hunter speak.

"I'll do it. I'll tell them. Just stop. He has suffered enough!".

"Good. That's all I wanted to hear." Riley stated before glancing down at the man and unleashing Amaturasu onto his body.

The flames quickly devoured him, as a non-magical, there was very little for the fire to consume, so it killed him in mere moments, and reduced him to ash, a few seconds afterwards.

"Tell your bosses, tell your people, tell whoever will listen, that this power is mine, and mine alone. I fought for it, I bled for it, I won it. It doesn't belong to you, to God, to anyone else. It's mine. Come after me again, come looking for me again, come to this land again… and I'll slaughter every single one of you… and then I'll go to your homes… and burn them down. Are we clear?" Riley demanded as she stepped away from the ash pile and stood before the remaining hunter, her tail unfurling from his head, freeing him from her grasp.

His eyes were wide and quivering, his whole body was shaking, sweat poured from his face. He was afraid. Despite how well he held himself up, despite how well he was maintaining his composure, he couldn't hide his feelings, nor could he hide how tightly he gripped his cross, as if he was standing before the devil himself.

"Now fuck off." Riley stated, patting him on the shoulder as she walked past him, picking up one of the hunters pistols and withdrawing the magazine from it. She popped one of the bullets out, and placed it on her palm.

Again she felt the burning sizzle from the holy energy… and she felt her curiosity grow. She began to move away, drawing in the souls of the slain hunters as she did, taking in their memories and knowledge.

"Iscariots indeed. Huh? Interesting..." Riley thought to herself as she exited the wards that kept this exchange hidden from those outside of it. She left the remaining hunter standing in the snow covered street, clutching at his cross, fear now overtaking his senses, as the witch departed. Slowly, he fell to his knees, and began to weep.

-Northern Russia. January 28th 1999-

Riley stood upon a perch staring out across the vast open tundra before her. Cold, wet, snow fell from the sky, and aside from the blowing wind, an eerie silence permeated the landscape.

Riley held silent as she felt magic radiate through the world around her. Something was coming, something powerful, and dark, it's energy wasn't wholly malevolent, not demonic, but definitely twisted.

Slowly, Riley's eyes drifted to a nearby forest as movement caught her gaze. Emerging from the edge of the forest was a pack of wolves, and leading said pack was a twisted creature.

It looked like a wolf, but was nearly the size of a full grown grizzly bear. It's canines were elongated, extending out from it's closed mouth. A dozen or so, bone-like spikes, emerged from it's back, almost like the quills of a porcupine.

Even from several hundred meters away, Riley could feel the eyes of the beast locked onto her. And now that she was seeing it, she could tell what it was.

A powerful and twisted familiar. Something that was once a normal animal, but had now become this thing.

Amongst the pack, Riley spotted the beast's brood. They were shaped like wolves, but larger then their normal brethren, and they radiated the same darkened magic.

The pack slowly crossed the field towards where Riley was perched atop a large rock.

She eyed them the whole way and watched as they came to a halt about a hundred meters away.

With a mighty leap, Riley crossed the distance between her and them, and landed a few meters before the leader of the pack.

Riley locked eyes with the beast, and it stared back. Now this close, she could easily make out icy blue eyes, that seemingly glowed.

"Mighty beast… you've been here awhile, where's your master?" Riley inquired aloud, sensing that the creature may be able to understand her.

The wolf stared back at her for several long moments before pawing at the ground and shaking his head. Riley sensed a feeling of abandonment from the beast, at the mention of a master.

"Gone? I'm sorry to hear that. Despite your nature, you seem relatively tempered. Do you know what I am?" Riley inquired. The wolf stared at her for several moments before glancing around at the world in general.

"Nature… yeah, close enough." Riley let out a chuckle at that.

The wolf blinked at her several times before tilting it's head, displaying signs of curiosity.

"Why am I here? Well I'm just looking around, exploring the world, meeting some of the old beasts, trying to get a feel for my neighbors." Riley responded, earning a bark from the large wolf, a rather resounding noise, easily able to damage a normal human's eardrums if it were barking right next to them.

"Feel free to go about your business, I wont interfere." Riley offered, earning what almost looked like a bow from the wolf-like creature, which then turned and headed back towards the forest, along with it's pack.

"That was an interesting find." Kurama noted.

"That it was. Magic is growing stronger, and beasts such as that are getting more powerful as a result." Riley thought to herself as she watched the pack depart.

As she had said, Riley was just out exploring, when she had picked up on this powerful dark presence here in the northern tundras of Russia. As was often suggested to her by others, Riley had decided to simply go out and see what the world had to offer. She had picked a random place on a world map and just went there and looked around. This was the second place she had visited today, and while here she had sensed this presence a few hundred kilometers away from her arrival location.

The wolf-like beast was definitely far more then a magically infused wolf, but the corrupted nature of it, did not signify a spirit, or a fae of some sort. This beast had been created, more then likely by a witch or wizard, by summoning a dark spirit unto the earth. Riley had to guess, given that the creature was generally pleasant, at least around her, that it had probably been there at least a century or more, and had adapted to life on Earth, and thus become more in control of itself.

The nature of it's energy made it seem like it had perhaps once been something living, like a magical creature such as an elf. It's spirit had been placed int this body, but not entirely, not enough for it to have the full intelligence of such a creature, but definitely more then a regular wolf.

Riley had no way of knowing how docile the creature was, since it was obvious that it knew or at least sensed the Ten-Tails' energy within her, and knew that she was far outside of it's weight-class. But it didn't seem overly unpleasant, and even showed signs of sadness at the loss of the whomever had brought it here into the world.

This beast's power was similar to the corrupted nature energy found in Orochimaru's curse marks. It was still incredibly malevolent, but not evil like a demon.

It was an interesting find, and it made Riley curious about what other things she may locate, simply by going out and looking. So with that in mind, Riley took the skies, and headed out in search of a new place to explore.

-Riley's Home, London. February 1st 1999-

Riley watched as Elsa and Anna, played with Olaf, Paxton, and Darren out in the snow, the two young women were enjoying playing around with Elsa's Nephews, acting almost like children themselves as Elsa used her ice powers to create icy slides and snowy creations for them to have fun with.

Riley was happy that her daughter and grandchildren were acclimating so well to there new life. Elsa was bold, and eager to learn new things, and with Anna by her side, she was often encouraged to go out exploring. While always keeping an eye on them, Riley did offer them a bit of freedom, knowing that Reedman was always around and watching over them. That and Elsa was no slouch when it came to protecting herself.

Plus Anna had taken up learning how to defend herself, just in case.

So far, the two seemed to be doing well. Anna hadn't ordered Reedman to murder anyone, as far as Riley knew, and she seemed happy to just be able to spend time with her mate.

Of course with the two of them as a couple, Riley did pull Elsa aside one day and offer her a word of warning. Despite being a half-demon, her demonic side was incredibly powerful, and while she hadn't embraced it, like Eleanor, Zabuza, or Wesker, it was still there, and could roar to life at any moment.

For normal half-demons, it wasn't possible, but for someone, whos half-demon blood comes from an Archdemon, there did exist a chance for the rules to be different, so Riley offered Elsa an explanation on how demonic reproduction worked, and how she could accidentally get Anna pregnant, if she was focused on the idea while the two were mating.

Despite Elsa's embarrassment at the topic, Riley made sure she understood that she had no idea if it could happen, as far as half-demons, went they were usually tied to the standard methods of reproduction, and those that magic provided, but with Riley as her sire, some of the rules may not apply due to the raw power of the magic within her, and at the end of the day, when it came to magic, all that mattered, was control, the amount, and intent. With all three, anything was possible, even things that weren't.

As for her grandchildren, the boys were both growing more and more adventurous and acclimated to the outside world as time went on. Paxton was displaying signs of being a genius, just like his grandmother in Riley, and his psychic powers were growing as well. He could now easily project his thoughts into the minds of other people, allowing him to communicate with ease, he had also taken to learning how to alter the perceptions of others using said powers, which made him exceptionally skilled at using Genjutsu, as he could essentially trigger them in a person's head, without them even needing to come into contact with him. If he could sense their mind, and enter it, he could place them under an illusion. Aside from that, Paxton acted much like a shyer, more reserved Wesker. He was prideful, a bit arrogant, curious, and very interested in learning new things.

Darren was much more receptive to his family nowadays, but he wasn't nearly as chatty as his brother. He did speak however, but usually only a few words at a time. The boy was very curious about the world, and was easily drawn into lessons and studies. He was the more physically active of the two of them, always eager to be out and doing something, be it training, going for runs, exercising, or even just playing around. Darren, despite his weaker psychic powers, was a powerful empath, much like his mother, and both of his grandmothers. He liked to spend a lot of time with Kaede, and would often follow her down to the orphanage when she went to see her little brother.

Speaking of them, the rest of Riley's growing family were acclimating to their new lives. Zabuza had integrated into the Legion rather well, and enjoyed his time there. He was treated with respect, and was often approached by aspiring swordsmen and women for tips. Katie herself spent a great deal of time with her son, learning how to fight with a sword, and from what Riley could tell from her subtle spying, she was actually becoming quite proficient.

Haku, seemed relatively happy. He spent time with his family, and made friends outside of Zabuza, mostly though he hung out with Naruko. He did join with Elizabeth, and Amaru in taking lessons on healing Ninjutsu from Hashirama, whom was occasionally teaching classes on it, at the hidden village.

Elizabeth was far more outgoing now then she had been when she had first arrived. She was no longer as nervous around Riley, and the two got along rather well. Elizabeth's primary interest was in exploring, and spent a lot of time doing just that. Her room was covered in drawings and paintings of the places she'd visited, that she would either draw from memory, or open a tear up to look at. So far Elizabeth had explored London, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, and Vienna. She was always eager to approach Riley with ideas for places to visit, if only for a day or two, whenever Riley had free time to take her to these places.

This had also been one of the reasons Riley had finally decided to go out and do her own exploring. She hoped she could find some interesting or beautiful locals, she could take her family, friends, and mates too so that they could experience some of the wonderful places in the world.

Eleanor spent most of her time, down in Rapture. She had effectively taken command of the remaining Big sisters, and Big Daddies, and used them to further her research into various subjects. She had made progress into the project Riley had asked of her, and had managed to develop a Vita chamber, that could be keyed into anyone, and would function upwards to a kilometer away. Eleanor herself, was always busy, and always working, discovery was her bread and butter, and she enjoyed every second of it.

Wesker, held even greater ambition then his half-sister. If he wasn't practicing and learning to control magic, he was training his body, or he was in Rapture, studying and developing new ways to utilize the T-Virus, G-Virus, and T-Veronica Virus. If he wasn't working on that, he was studying up all he could on half-demons and what they could do. Out of all of her children, Riley suspected that he was the one most likely to eventually give up his human half, and become a full blooded demon one day. A process that she was quite curious to bare witness to when the day came.

Amaru either spent her days treating injuries at the hidden village, or she was traveling the streets of London, helping the homeless with their wounds, ailments, or sicknesses. She had the heart of a doctor, and it most definitely kept her busy. She never seemed to tire of it though, and a smile often spread across her face as she headed out for a day's work. When it came to her siblings, a certain mother-hen attitude often overtook her when she would come around to treat their injuries, often chiding them and teasing them for getting hurt. She truly did care for them, and spent a great deal of time, making sure they were well.

Alma, the most recent addition to Riley's collection of children, still resided within Riley. Much like the Darkness, Alma stayed bonded with her mother, avoiding the outside world and the people that could hurt her. She would often psychically bond with her children and draw them into a dreamlike world whenever they slept to spend time with them, and she was almost always watching them. While her physical form was joined with Riley's, Alma was still able to send her projections out into the world, so Alma's childlike form could sometimes be found wandering about. On one occasion, she found it laying next to Kaede while she slept, and on another it sat next to her, while she watched television. Despite her apparent apprehension towards interacting with the outside world, Alma still tried to spend time with her immediate family. The image of younger Alma could sometimes even be spotted spying on her other siblings, though often from a distance, and usually in a manner that led them to often being unaware of her presence.

All in all, Riley's children were doing well. As was her family, most of them were out at the moment, with those playing in front of her, being the only ones home right now.

Offhandedly, Riley wondered how Naruko was doing. She had taken Boruto over to the Inuzuka compound at the Hidden Village, so that he could spend time with his half brother.

Hana Inuzuka, whom had been used by her clan elders as a brood mare when Naruko was forced to sire children, had given birth to a healthy baby boy Kenzō Inuzuka. Naruko tried to spend what time she could with her other son, though her bond with him wasn't as strong as it was with Boruto, but luckily, Kenzō had the affection and love of his clan mates to keep him happy, as well as a loving mother, grandmother, and uncle, in Kiba.

Riley also didn't have as close a bond with Kenzō as she did with Boruto, but she did send a clone to keep an eye on the young one, as a member of her family.

Riley only hoped that as he grew older, he and Boruto would have a close relationship as brothers, just as she hoped that Boruto would have a close bond with her own children when they came.

Speaking of which, Riley's thoughts had been preoccupied these last few days with thoughts of children. She knew that the time was fast approaching. Fleur was ready, she simply wanted to be married before they started their family. With their wedding set for June 1st, it would only be a few short months before Riley could raise her number of wives to two.

She wondered what Fleur was more hopeful for, a boy or a girl. Veela rarely had boys, but with Riley as the sire, that opened up all sorts of possibilities.

The pregnancy wouldn't be long either. Maybe six months, or possibly even seven, but it definitely wouldn't be the full nine before the child was ready to come out.

But that would put Fleur's due date past their wedding, even if she got pregnant now. An idea began forming in Riley's mind that could benefit Riley's situation. If she got Fleur pregnant sooner rather then later, it may finally put a stop to Riley's sexual episodes, which would prevent her from having one when she finally took Artoria and Yugito as mates, thus reducing the risk to them. And the child would still be born after the wedding.

That could work out… but maybe Fleur wanted to actually wait until the honeymoon to start trying for a child? Or perhaps the whole marriage angle was more for the security of the family unit idea? Then again, if Riley did it this way, it'd be a surprise… but would Fleur be mad? Probably not. Maybe Riley needed to talk to her about it… but that would ruin the surprise. There was some joy in not knowing when it would happen, make it more spontaneous and memorable then the two of them agreeing that at this time and place, Riley would impregnate her.

It was a thought provoking idea. Riley so rarely had the chance to be spontaneous with her mates, at least in a romantic sense. Though that may not be entirely true, that's how Riley saw it. Perhaps this was a way to add some excitement to their already exciting romance, if she got Fleur pregnant outside of them just deciding on the when and where, maybe it would excite Riley's other mates, and show them how badly she wanted to start a family with them, and that as soon as they were ready, Riley was too.

It was definitely something to think about. Maybe closer to the wedding, a month or two before, would make it much less of a big deal… regardless, today definitely wasn't the day for it, so for now, it could be put off until later.

-Hellsing Manor, London. February 5th 1999-

"Another? That's the second major vampire attack this year." Itachi noted. He was currently sitting in the main meeting room of Hellsing Manor, alongside Daphne, Artoria, Amelia Bones, Shikaku Nara, Kakashi, Walter C. Dornez, and Riley.

"These vampire attacks are becoming a headache. Alucard has again confirmed that this vampire is of higher birth, just like the last one. Meaning that it's sire is one of Alucard's direct descendants, only a few generations away from him, at the most. Yet despite their proximity to the No-Life King, they are highly untrained, and at most, only know how to use their physical abilities, and how to create ghouls." Daphne explained to her close allies.

"I've had Alistair Moody, speak with some of his contacts in the local vampire covens, and they report no recent breaks from their organizations. Even if there were though, there are no vampires that closely related descended from the Vampire lord himself. We're most likely looking at a foreigner." Madam Bones offered.

"That brings up the question then… why here? Why Britain?" Kakashi asked what they were all thinking.

"Their reasoning doesn't matter, it's obvious that at the least, the person creating this vampires is unable to control them, making them inept, and dangerous, and at the worst, they are actively releasing them to attack us. So… I see no other option but to hunt down the person responsible and stop them." Artoria stated, acting as head of the Round Table, and thus Daphne's, Itachi's, and Madam Bones' direct superior.

She earned nods from all three of them in response to her orders.

"The Legion will begin gathering data from nearby lands, we'll try to learn if there's been any recent breaks from some of the larger vampire covens, in Europe." Itachi offered.

"Then I'll have my Aurors investigate locally, checking out Knockturn Alley, for any signs of new arrivals." Madam Bones added.

"Very well then. While the Legion and the Aurors search for answers, Hellsing will continue to put a stop to these threats and preserve the Statute of Secrecy. Is there anything else?" Artoria stated, her eyes slowly drifting over to Riley whom was standing quietly away from the table, her eyes focused on nothing, giving off the impression that she wasn't even hearing them, and was thinking very deeply.

After a few quiet seconds, her eyes drifted over to Artoria and she smiled. "Nope. Nothing to add." Riley responded.

"You're not gonna tell them?" Kurama inquired.

"Not yet. So far Iscariot's attack against me, only has anything to do with me. It doesn't involve Britain, the Legion, or the Ministry of Magic. So I'll deal with it myself for now. I am curious though… both of these events started so closely to one another… I can't shake the possibility that there's a connection. Also..." Her eyes drifted over to Daphne's butler, as Artoria began to speak again.

Walter C. Dornez, the Angel of Death. A legendary vampire hunter. An asset to be sure. And someone who had a powerful grasp on their emotions. But that didn't mean that everything was kept hidden. Especially not the feeling of triumph that bubbled deep within.

As the meeting came to an end, and those participating rose to depart, Riley approached the Angel of Death.

"A moment of your time, if you please." Riley inquired, earning a curious look from the man, and the attention of Daphne, and Itachi whom both took notice of this.

"What can I do for you madam?" Walter responded, politely.

"I would simply like to speak with my wife's dutiful butler and adviser. You do have a great deal of experience in dealing with vampires, and I'd like to expand my understanding of the situation." Riley replied.

Walter stared back for a moment before his eyes drifted over to Daphne, she was eyeing Riley with an annoyed look that said she wasn't buying Riley's answer, but she offered Walter a nod, more then likely suspecting that Riley was more interested in devising ways to keep Daphne safe while she was dealing with these vampire attacks. Typical paranoia from Daphne's wife, something Daphne had often noted when mentioning her wife in conversation.

As everyone else finished departing, Riley's smirk slowly grew predatory.

"Why are you here?" Riley asked.

Walter stared back, unblinkingly. "I'm sorry?"

"Why are you here, Walter C. Dornez? You do an excellent job shielding your mind from telepathy. However… I can feel your emotions. I can feel what you feel. You know what is going on… now explain to me why it makes you so… excited?" Riley asked again, her eyes bleeding red as she began to circle the man.

"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about." Walter responded, coolly.

"Feigning ignorance… that's fine… I have ways of making someone talk." Riley responded as she finished a full circuit around the man, and stared directly into his eyes.

"They call you the Angel of Death..." Riley hummed as her own dark wings unfolded from her body and stretched out, seemingly filling the room, and earning surprise from the man. Despite knowing of magic, and more then likely having heard of Riley before, seeing her like this was rare, despite her showing off her altered features in the presence of magicals. "But you're still only human. I am far more than that! You have something you want… tell me what it is? Tell me what you know? A man of your skills is quite valuable to someone like me. Tell me the truth… and perhaps, we can make a deal."

As the final words left her mouth, her eyes bled red, and her pupils became slitted, glowing brightly even in the evenly lit room.

Walter stared back, maintaining his composure, and yet, Riley could detect his unease. This was to be expected of course, from an experienced vampire hunter, who had also fought alongside Alucard in the past. His resilience was to be commended.

"Tsukuyomi." Riley uttered, as their eyes remained locked.

Walter visibly paled as he felt the world around him melt away, leaving the two standing on a barren expanse of land, with nothing but red skies, a red moon, and black clouds above him.

His body, and that of Riley's had become inverted in color.

"This is Tsukuyomi, and the world within is mine to command. You will tell me what I want to know, or you will suffer, unendingly." Riley growled out.

Walter's eyes drifted to and fro for several long moments, before he closed his eyes and took in a deep breath.

"No one will ever know of what you speak within this illusion. As I said… a man of your talents could be quite the valuable asset to me. Tell me what I want to know, and I can perhaps, make your dreams a reality. You've heard of my powers, no? You've heard of the things I did during the fourth great ninja war. From endless slaughter to bringing the dead back to life. Work with me… and I can ensure your dreams become reality. Go against me… put my mate in danger… and I'll tear you limb from limb… for the rest of eternity." Riley commanded as she began to approach him.

Silence filled the illusion for several long moments, before finally, the butler spoke.

"They call themselves… Millennium. They're a group of Nazi survivors from World War II. They're plan is to initiate an unending war that will allow them to fight for the rest of time..."

-Dragon Reserve, Romania. February 10th 1999-

A roar tore through the air, as three dozen dragon tamers, worked hard to subdue a Hungarian Horntail. The dragon was far larger then even the maximum size of it's species. Normally Horntails' only grew to around fifty feet long, this one was closer to seventy and was getting bigger each day.

All of the dragons were growing, and were getting more powerful as well. The reawakening of magic in the world, was doing wonders for them. They were getting bigger, stronger, and healthier. They were breeding quicker too.

Dragon reserves were becoming a ticking time bomb, when it came to the statute of secrecy. Their rapidly growing size and strength was increasing the likelihood of one being spotted by muggles, or encroaching onto muggle cities and causing major damage.

Riley herself stood atop the fencing of a pen, watching as the handlers worked to wrangle the aggravated dragon.

"It wont be long now. Magic is roaring to life. The muggles wont be held in the dark for much longer." Kurama noted.

"No they wont. With Millennium planning to initiate an assault on London, I don't think the statute will survive such an incident." Riley responded.

"Do you intend to stop such an attack?" Kurama inquired, curiously.

"If I alert Millennium to the fact that I know what they're up to, they may change their plans. Walter didn't know where they were right now, and until I can find them, I have to keep my knowledge of their plans a secret." Riley responded.

"And when you do find them?" Kurama asked.

"You see what I see Kurama. Magic is roaring to life, and magical creatures are surging back to the forefront of reality. The Statute of Secrecy is going to collapse soon. Our days of hiding from muggles is almost over. If I stop Millennium, something else will simply unveil our existence as a later date..." Riley responded.

"But if you use them… you can control that unveiling." Kurama finished her thought for her.

"Precisely. Walter hasn't reported to them since becoming Daphne's butler. So they don't know about me, or the Legion. With Walter having sworn a magical oath to serve me… I can dictate what information slips out to the enemy. And control their movements through that information. There attack will cause catastrophic damage to London, and to Britain as a whole, and it'll unveil the existence of magic to the world. But… if I play my cards right, and handle this correctly… I can ensure that we rise to a position of power, unlike any seen in the world before." Riley continued, thoughtfully.

"A dangerous play. But one that opens the possibility for something amazing. What's your end goal?" Kurama asked.

"The first true magical nation. With the fall of the old world, we can build anew. And from the ashes of that ruined world… I can set the foundation for my paradise." Riley finished her thought, as her eyes shown blood red, and her demonic blood began to boil.

With some of the mystery ebbed away, Riley set forth plans for the future. It would be a dangerous gamble, one that could cost them dearly, if she didn't plan accordingly. With Millennium's secret agent now in her pocket, and the allegiance of Britain's magical forces, the fall of the Statute of Secrecy, was now in her hands. The world would learn of magic, sooner, rather than later. But now… Riley had the ability to dictate that unveiling, and in turn, give rise to a magical nation unlike any the world had seen before it.

A nation, guided by magicals, and defended by the goddess of this world. A nation ready to face both coming apocalypses, without the need to hide any longer.

-To Be Continued-

Alright, there's the next chapter for you, a lot of setup and a lot going on, Millennium has made their opening strikes, and the events of Hellsing are set to begin very soon. Some of you may be starting to note how my use of the dates, is setting up events from crossovers, as they would occur semi naturally. I hope you're all having a good time, and I hope you all have happy holidays too. See you later with the next chapter. Ja Ne!