The Chain

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Orion was barely able to keep the rage brewing in him under control as he took Neo to her home.  He set her carefully down once there before kissing her gently.  The look on her face was one of shock as he then left quickly.  He had one thing on his mind, trashing the Shinobi that had violated her all those years ago.  It all made sense to him now, how prickly and defensive she was with most people.  He had no idea all the years he had known her that something that vile and traumatic had happened to her.  He had seen it all and it had filled him with such a desire for violence that he was almost shaken by the depth.  The village had not helped her either.  Danzo having sheltered his disciple when the accusations came out.  Violated all over again by her own people.

Inwardly he cringed at everything he had done.  It was amazing she had not completely flipped out by the things he had done.  His self-recriminations made his anger even more as he went.  He knew where he would be, he had passed by him and even worked alongside him a dozen or more times.  Never suspecting that he was a monster.  He doubted Neo was his only victim.  Men like him didn't just act out once and reform.

His eyes narrowed as he spotted him, exactly where he knew he would be.  In his mind he remembered what all had happened, every detail.  How he had tricked her into allowing him to blindfold her with the promise of a "surprise", when in fact it had been to take away her ability to fight.  She had been just a child, just like his mother had been when she had been preyed upon by his own father.  That made it even more personal when he thought about what his mother had gone through.  Thankfully Neo had miscarried the child that her rapist had impregnated her with, and she had been able to move on, unlike his mother.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Melissa coming out of the restaurant next to the bar where Niko Toki was currently lounging outside of with his usual group of fellow Shinobi.  His eyes going over each woman that went inside with an almost predatory look, an expression Orion had always ignored in the past - assuming he was like all of them horny and on the lookout for the next partner.  Knowing what he knew now, he knew he was seeking a victim.  It didn't matter to him that he had only been eighteen at the time to Neo's sixteen.

Niko's dark eyes glanced towards him as he approached, and a look of bafflement crossed his features at the storm rising up to him.

Melissa blinked as she watched Orion cross in front of her with an expression that sent a chill down her spine.  She knew that look, it was the same look Sarah had got when she had classed with Mai.  Damn, he could be so much like his mother sometimes it was scary.  Yet... he was never one that lost control like his mother and she knew in an instant he was well outside the confines of his own self-control.  His eyes were red with the Sharingan and she knew that had to be bad in itself.

"Oh shit," she whispered.

Iruka followed her glance and stilled.  "Oh god... what is with that family?!"

"This is bad, very bad!" Melissa whispered.  

They watched in disbelief as crows suddenly started swarming through the air above him.  Neither of them had seen that since Itachi Uchiha had been alive.  They were an angry flock, mirroring the emotions that were boiling in the young man that was heading directly towards Niko Toki.  Melissa had heard rumors about the young man... bad rumors, yet nothing had ever been substantiated as his place in the Foundation had well secured him.

Melissa thought for a moment of intervening but then stopped.  Whatever the other man had done to bring this sort of storm down upon him, he most likely deserved.  Instead, she stilled as she watched Orion reach the other man.  He didn't say a word before he plowed his fist into his face causing him to crash back into the wall he had been leaning against at his approach.