Chapter 1
"AAH!" Thea shot up out of bed, panting heavily. Thank kami it's just a dream. "Just a dream," she breathed. Thea Nightcross was the Princess/Queen of Dragons and Darkness, despite her name meaning Goddess of Light. She had blood red hair with highlight streaks for every element she possessed ending at her waist, mismatched eyes – one silver eye and one green-, a crack (she preferred to call it a scar) going through her left (the green one) eye although she could still see out of it due to Grandine's healing, an arsenal of daggers and knives with two swords – one diagonally across her back and another horizontally across the lower back-, and a curvy body she showed off with tight black training outfits.
Back to the point, she was in the guild Fairy Tail, although lately she had been ignored by everyone except Wendy and Lucy, ever since they had come back from Tenroujima, because she had provoked the dark mage Zeref, and if not for the First Master Mavis' Fairy Sphere, the core members would have died. She would have dreams about how Team Natsu—the team she was on—and the rest of the guild would kick her out. They would call her weak, for having taunting Zeref about how he was below her level and then being knocked out, despite the fact that she was stronger than Team Natsu and Laxus combined. Every time, she would wake up screaming and consoled herself with the fact that it was only a dream, like tonight.
But what Thea didn't know was that the nightmare was going to come alive today—more specifically, the moment she stepped in the guild.
Thea sighed, then got out of bed, and showered a quick cold shower to wake her up. She stripped off her pajamas and changed into a leather crop top jacket, ending just below her breasts, with tight black pants with lots of holsters and hiding spots to place her weapons in, although like always, she never did fill them with her daggers unless she was planning to go on a mission, which she wasn't. That would prove to be a grievous error later on. She kept her twin katanas on her back like always—she never felt safe without them—with tough leather gloves going all the way to below her elbows, and shin gauntlets to pack one hell of a kick. She styled her hair the way she always did—letting it flow all the way to her waist, then covered her left eye with an eye patch, hiding the terrifying scar. She strapped on her belt, though she didn't line them with weapons.
Finished, Thea strolled out of her two-story house, and sprinted to Fairy Tail as a warm-up.
Lucy and Wendy were out on missions, so Thea didn't bother saying "Ohayo!" when she entered. She wasn't expecting the guild members to suddenly pay attention to her, and she certainly wasn't expecting to be met with a flaming fist, lances made out of ice, or dozens of swords aimed at her when she slipped inside. Letting out a grunt, she flew into the guild doors, completely destroying them due to the force of the attacks that sent her flying.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Thea yelled, wincing a little. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lisanna smirking evilly.
Natsu strolled up to her, and punched her. "What are we doing? What were you doing when you threatened Lisanna by saying, 'If you don't stop hording all the attention, I'll kill you,'?"
Thea narrowed her eyes. "Hn. I was out all day yesterday completing a mission. I came back late at night, so that's impossible."
Gray and Erza snarled, "That doesn't matter. You threatened Lisanna and now you'll pay."
The Queen of Dragons let out a laugh. "You think that you have enough power to 'make me pay', foolish little Ice-Make Mage, Fire Dragon Slayer, Titania? You won't land another attack on me before I'm out of here." To prove her point, she used her shunpo to end up on the second floor. All Team Natsu saw was a blur – and then nothing. They erupted into angry roars.
Meanwhile, Thea slipped into Master Makarov's office. In addition to Lucy and Wendy, the Master was the only other one that was kind to her. As a matter of fact, he was the one that approved her missions when Mira snapped at her.
Makarov lifted his attention from the huge pile of paperwork from the Council to the young royal in his office.
He lifted a brow. "Are you taking another mission so soon, Thea? You should take a break."
Thea shook her head. "No, Master, I'm not taking another mission. I would like to leave this guild."
Makarov's eyes widened, and then he sighed. "Very well. I've dreaded this day." The short master hopped up on his desk, and raised his hand to the right side of her lower stomach where her guild mark was located. Master closed his eyes, waved his hand over the mark, and whispered a few magic words. Thea watched the Fairy Tail mark dissolve into nothing. She smiled softly at the crying Master.
"Mas—Makarov, I need the proper Fairy Tail farewell," Thea stated, trying not to cry as well.
"O—Of course, my child." Makarov sniffed, and then, "One! You must never reveal any sensitive information about Fairy Tail to outsiders, as long as you live! Two! You must never use the clients you met through the guild to achieve personal gain! Three! Though our paths may diverge, you must always live out your life with all your might! Never must you consider your own life as insignificant!" Now the Master was positively sobbing.
A single tear slipped down her cheek. "Of course, Makarov, I'll be going now." At the door, Thea hesitated. "I won't be keeping in touch. I'm going to travel to another world and survive there." With a hand on the door, she added, "I already know about . . . about Lucy's death. She told me . . . that if something ever happened to her, I was to take her keys and treat them the same way. Please. Give me her keys."
Makarov hesitated, and then threw the key ring to Thea. "Treat them . . . the way she would have treated them," he rasped out, "with trust and respect. Treat them as your very friends, your family."
Thea gave a nod. "Of course I would do that. I will honor Lucy's last wish."
*Timeskip*
After flash-stepping (or shunpo) into the forest, Thea held out Crux's key, chanting, "Open, gate of the Southern Cross, Crux!" (I forgot if Crux was the northern or southern cross. Gomenasai!) When Crux came out, he wasn't sleeping like usual. In fact, he was wide awake. He saw Thea instead of Lucy, and immediately bowed his head in sorrow for his old master and respect for his new master.
When Thea saw this, she instantly waved her hands around in panic. "No, no! Treat me the way you would treat Lucy, because you're my family now," she said and smiled.
Crux sniffed and asked, "So, Miss Thea, what would you like from me today?"
Thea looked up at the sky. "Did Lucy inform you of what I told her?" Before Lucy left on a solo mission, she had a bad feeling – about both the mission and what would happen after she was gone – so Thea told her to tell Crux that when Lucy's keys belonged to Thea, he was to pass on the information of how to open a gate to another world.
Crux nodded and said, "Is now the time?" Thea blew out a breath, "Yes, it is."
After Crux gave her the info, Thea called out Loki, because apparently, the leader of the Zodiacs aka Leo the Lion was needed to use the forbidden spell (the Celestial King had granted the use of the spell as a favor to Lucy).
*Timeskip* (Gomenasai! I don't really have the time to look up Japanese words…)
Itachi's POV
A thud was heard, and it seemed to be nearby. I glanced over to Kisame, and he nodded. I activated my Sharingan, and we both rushed to the sound. When we reached the clearing, we hid behind trees to observe.
"Ow!" was heard. "You stupid motherfucking lion! You did this on purpose, didn't you?! Made the gate appear in the middle of the sky, and let me drop onto hard ground?!"
Normal POV
Thea cussed a long string of curses that would've made a sailor run for his money. She abruptly stopped when she realized Leo was still sitting on her.
"LEO! GET OFF ME, YOU HENTAI, BEFORE I KICK YOU INTO A TREE!" Thea bellowed, making Leo pale and get up immediately. She let out a sigh of relief, before breathing deeply.
Thea closed her eyes, and then used her magic, searching the nearby area for anyone, as the duo had made quite a racket. She tensed when she felt two unfamiliar and strong auras hiding behind the trees, and sighed.
"Leo, go back, please." He gave a nod. "Ja'ne, Hime."
Once the lion was gone, Thea chanted, "Open, gate of the maiden! Virgo!" She had noticed the grass around her dying, and concluded that her magic was too strong for the fragile grass to handle.
With a puff of smoke, Virgo appeared. "Punishment, Hime?" Crux had already told the spirits that Lucy was dead, and they had all accepted the fact that Thea was now their master, and the Queen was going to treat them the same as Lucy had, seeing as that she was as alone as Lucy.
"No! No punishment, Virgo. I was just wondering if you could get me some limiters? Oh! And can you go back to my house to get the rest of my weapons? I kinda forgot to shunpo back to retrieve me." Thea chuckled, sweatdropping a little.
"Of course, Hime, I'll be back in about 5 minutes." With that, the spirit disappeared.
Meanwhile, the two Akatsuki members were staring at the strange girl, shocked and surprised. She was obviously stronger than them both, what with her enormous chakra presence, and the nature around her dying.
Itachi and Kisame were even more shocked when she spoke to them. "You know you two can come out of hiding now, right? I've known you were there since the beginning."
Exchanging a surprised glance, they stepped out in the clearing, studying the red-haired girl seriously. Kisame became excited when he noticed all of the weapons on her, while Itachi became more wary of the girl who was called "Princess".
They were snapped out of their thoughts when the pink-haired maiden suddenly appeared, holding even more weapons, a belt, and some jewelry—a single earring, and a scarf. Thea smiled brightly, strapping on the belt across her ample chest and lining them with the knives. She called out Cancer to pierce her right ear and hung the earring there, and wrapped the scarf around her neck.
Thea studied the scarf. It looked very familiar, and then the puzzle was solved. Her jaw twitched, and her magic flared in anger. "Igneel gave this to me, didn't he, Virgo?" she asked, tamping down her anger.
"Yes, hime. Punishment?" Virgo asked, excited.
Thea sighed, and then shook her head. "No, Virgo. Thank you very much. You may go now." With a disappointed look, Virgo left for the spirit world.
She then seemed to notice the two boys standing awkwardly to the side, and scowled. "So, what were you doing? Spying on me?"
Kisame spoke up. "Not really. We heard a thud and some cursing so we headed over here. What about – "
He was cut off by Itachi. "Who are you?" He seemed slightly irritated. "What are you hiding beneath the eye patch?"
Thea raised an eyebrow over the silver eye. "Jeez. Fine, I'm Thea Nightcross. And you sure you want to see what's beneath the eye patch?"
Itachi nodded. She sighed. "Fine. I'll show you what's under the eye patch, you tell me who you both are, why you asked about the eye patch, and all about this world."
The S-Class criminals were slightly shocked that this Thea didn't know anything about where she was. However, Itachi gave a slight nod, which the girl obviously saw and went to remove the eye patch. Both Kisame and Itachi were expecting a mangled eye, or a Sharingan like Hitake Kakashi's, but what really was underneath it surprised them.
The green eye opened, and Thea blinked a few times, getting used to seeing through both eyes again. She shook her hair out of the way, and the criminals stared at the green pupil, which was so obviously different from the other silver eye, and positively gasped at the wicked scar cracking her face.
Kisame was the first to speak with a shaky voice. "How can you . . . still see from that eye, with the cut that must've caused the scar?"
Thea smirked, and said, "Grandine." A young woman in her twenties appeared, and glared at the boys. "I suppose you want me to explain the fact that you can still see out of that eye of yours, right, Thea?" the unknown woman asked.
Thea gave a mocking laugh. "Of course, Grandine. I was out through the entire healing process. Please, tell them all about it, while I go meditate." With that, she stood up, walked to a rock, climbed it, and began to meditate.
Grandine watched Thea for a little while, along with Itachi and Kisame. Then she refocused her steely blue gaze on the audience. "Sit down, you two." She glared when they were about to protest, and they instantly obeyed. "It's a long story.
"So, Queen Thea got that scar and is still able to see out of the eye . . . "
*Timeskip to after the story* (Basically, Thea had run into the traitor [who was an officer in an army] and had a vicious fight with him. At that time, she was only 8 years old, but was still a skilled assassin. She managed to kill the officer in the end, but walked away with a jagged cut over her left eye. She went back to her father, the King who had assigned her this assassin mission, who had Grandine heal the cut, which left the scar she now had, but Thea could still see out of it.)
The Akatsuki members were yet once again surprised at the troubles and hardships that the young Queen had went through.
"So." It was Itachi that had spoken. "Thea Nightcross is the Queen of Dragons. Her best friend Lucy Heartifilia died and left the keys to her. The Queen left the realm of magic, and had a loyal friend help her come to this world."
"Yes." Grandine nodded. "There's no use in trying to hide anything from Thea. That girl is always thorough with strangers, and she most likely had Crux search you two up."
Kisame gave her a weird look. "How could she have done that if she was meditating?"
The dragon sighed. "That just shows how much you pay attention. Halfway through the story, she stopped, and called out Crux to research you."
"Grandine, are you done?" Thea called out.
"I know you heard every word we said, no need to pretend you didn't; and yes, we are done." Having said that, she bowed towards the said girl and vanished.
"So . . . " Thea stared at Itachi.
