Hey! I'm back with an other chapter! Hope you all enjoy it! I would also like to apologize for the long wait, and I will explain why. I work as a delivery driver and this time of the year we get EXTREMELY, exhausting and stressful. Longer days, longer work week and a bunch of things to deal with on top of that and only getting a single day to rest which I use to get done what I can't during the weak so I have been unable to work on any of the stories. With Christmas creeping up on us I also have to get christmas presents and other stuff for my family and friends. I promise that I will upload atleast one or two more chapters this busy month, and once we start the new year hopefully I'll be able to update faster than at this moment.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own either series or any of their characters!
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Ch. 3
It had been two days since he spoke with Blake and now he was currently in the red forest where he awaited for a train.
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Meanwhile, with Red, he was leaning on the side of a tree as Adam and Blake, the girl he had met shortly after meeting with the White Fang. He pushed himself off the tree lightly, and walked behind the two Faunus before they started into a full sprint. They came to a stop at the edge of a cliff as the sound of a trains horn was heard. Red ran off the cliff and sliding down it, as he jumped away from the mountain and was heading towards the train. Red took out one of his pistols and shot open the top hatch of a cart as he fell through it and landed easily inside it.
He pulled out his second pistol as some Atlantean robots began to come active and they pointed their weapons at him.
Red sighed. "You pieces of junk never learn, do you?"
Adam and Blake had landed on the train shortly after Red had, as they ran up to the hatch Red had opened, but before they could look inside, the body of one of the robots came flying out of it and it had then been shot before it exploded in the air. A second later, a second robot came flying out the breaking side door of the cart and exploded as well with Red walking out of the door and looked up at them.
"You're late, what kept you two so long?" Red asked as Adam was about to check inside "Nothing there, I've cleared it all."
Then some more robots showed up as they prepared for battle.
Itachi waited as he finally heard the train horn and more importantly, he could hear the sound of metal against metal, and gun shots being fired. Itachi peered through the holes of his mask at the upcoming train as he saw Red with Adam Taurus and Blake was about to cut the coupling from the train. Itachi quickly jumped off the cliff, leaving two holes where he once stood as he fell through the air.
Red and Adam easily defeated the larger robot as they turned and ran towards Blake who was looking down before slowly looking up towards Adam. Blake rose her weapon and swung down, breaking the coupling connecting the train.
"She's a traitor!" Red told Adam who wasn't doing anything "I guess, I'll deal with her myself."
Red brought up his dual pistols and pointed them at Blake as the pistols charged and when they had fully charged they let out two massive shots at Blake who had her weapon ready to counter, but the shots were cut in half and redirected into different locations by a figure in a black cloak.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Red shouted
"It's time we went our own ways." Itachi replied as he stood next to Blake
"I took you in!" Red shouted shooting a volley of bullets "I helped you!"
Itachi easily cut through the bullets or deflected them away from Blake, with his sword until the bullets would not reach them due to the distance they had between the train and the cart the others were on.
Itachi looked over at Blake who didn't make any eye contact with him as they sat down in a hidden from view part of the train and waited.
After a few minutes of waiting, they decided they had finally gotten a good distance away from Adam and Red. Itachi and Blake jumped off the moving train and ran through the woods.
"Where will we go now?" Blake asked
"I have a small apartment in Vale, that I had Isane get for me a while back." Itachi replied not looking at the girl "We will stay there for a while."
"Won't your part-, ex-partner know about it?"
"No." Itachi said
After a few hours, they had made it into Vale, where they were met with Isane near the apartment. All three of them entered the small apartment and sat around the small kitchen table.
"So..." Isane started
"Will you be going back home?" It was Itachi who asked
"Yes, I was only visiting some old friends and also getting..." Isane paused as she took out two books, an orange book with a man and woman running and a red book with the woman kicking the man "another copy of these, the first Icha Icha book that came out about A year and three months ago, and now the author dropped this new one!"
Itachi looked away as Blake looked at the books with curiosity. Isane wiggled her eyebrows as she handed Blake the Icha Icha Paradise and watched as her cheeks slightly turned red but she then composed herself and was straight faced again.
"Interesting." Was all Blake had said
Isane grinned. "If you'd like, you can keep that one." Blakes' eyes slightly widened "Don't worry, I've read that book plenty of times." Blake slowly nodded as she drew the book closer to herself.
Itachi sighed and stood from his seat as Isane gave him a knowing look. Itachi ignored her, it was a fact that he was the one to introduce Icha Icha to the World of Remnant, but he did not write the books. He had read the books before in the Elemental Nations, and he needed the money, so he published the books from his memory but never took credit as it says on the inside of the book, "Author: Jiraiya."
"Well, I'm leaving now." Isane blurted out "You two be good kids now." Isane walked out of the apartment.
Itachi and Blake looked at each other.
"You can shower first if you'd like." Itachi said as he lay on the couch looking up at the ceiling "You will sleep in the room on the bed, and I will sleep on the couch."
"This is your apartment, I can't take you-"
"I will leave in about a week or two." Itachi said cutting Blake off "This apartment will be yours."
"I-"
"There are some forms on the kitchen counter, you can enroll in Beacon, you have the skills, and it'll be safer there as well." Itachi said as watched her round the corner of the couch and he sat up
"Why are you doing all this for me?" Blake questioned "You don't even know me, the rea-"
"I do not judge others simply by preconceptions and judgment based on their appearance." Itachi said looking into her amber eyes as they then moved up to her bow "This is part of your home now, you do not have to hide your true self."
Blakes eyes widened and she took a step back. "You know that I'm a Faunus." Itachi nodded "And you're not scared and you don't feel disgust towards me?"
Itachi shook his head. "I have no reason to, we are all the same. Be it Human or Faunus, we both live, we both feel, we both show emotion." Itachi said as he removed his cloak revealing some black pants and a grey shirt, but kept his mask on.
"One more thing," Blake said as Itachi looked at her "What's your name?"
"My name is irrelevant, but you may call me..." Itachi thought for a second "...Shizuo."
"Shizuo?"
"As the name implies, my desire is to live a quiet and peaceful life."
For the past week, Itachi and Blake had been living with each other, both barely talked but got along. Itachi would prepare food for them both as Blake would help with cleaning.
Blake had finished cleaning the dishes as she noticed Itachi walking into the bathroom and going to take his shower. Blake sat on the couch in her black shirt and white shorts as she read either her Icha Icha book or Ninjas of Love, which she read openly in front of Itachi as she knew he did not really care or mind, but at the moment she could not focus as for the past week and a half, he had not taken off his mask and she was beginning to get really curious of how he looked under it. She had hoped he would slip up and forget to put the damn thing on after his shower, but every day at every time he had worn the damn thing, even at night when he slept!
Blake heard the shower turn off and after a few minutes he had come out fully dressed in some black shorts and a navy blue shirt, but like always he had that damn mask on. Blake lightly sighed as Itachi walked past her, but she noticed he had slightly stiffened and then he fell forward and hit the ground. Blake swiftly stood up and kneeled next to him as she could see he was sweating and was breathing slightly harder.
"Are you okay?!" Blake asked
Itachi tried standing but couldn't as he would lose strength. "I'm fine, just exhausted." Itachi replied as his eyes slowly closed "Just let me rest..."
Blake watched the sleeping figure on the floor, which she wanted to at least place on the bed and let him rest properly, but she did not want to wake him, so she decided on moving closer to him as she lifted his head slightly and gently placed it on her lap.
Blake watched as he moved slightly but seemed to somehow look more comfortable, even though she couldn't tell clearly because of the mask. After a few minutes of Blake reading her book she looked down at Itachi who had shifted slightly, she could see a small fraction through the side of the mask, but only saw more of his long black hair, she had the urge to take his mask off and see his face, but it would break any trust he had given her.
And that's when she caught a small glimpse of something on his left arm, his left sleeve had shifted up and saw a black marking on his arm. Blake looked at Itachi then back down at his left arm as he moved slightly again and his sleeve had made the mark clearly visible. Blake looked at the spiral design of it as she let her fingers lightly trace over the design, it was a tattoo she had concluded as she moved her hand away.
An hour had gone by and they were in the same position, but now Itachi was waking up and felt his head was on something soft. He moved onto his back as he saw the Icha Icha book cover in his vision.
"You're finally awake." Blake said moving the book her eyes meeting his through the holes of his mask "Did you rest well?"
Itachi blinked a few times as he put the pieces together. "I did, Thank you." He said as he sat up slowly "You didn't have to."
"You've helped me and given me a place to stay, it's the least I could do." Blake said placing the book on the couch "After what just happened, maybe you should stay longer."
"Yes, you're right." Itachi said as he stood up "But first, I need to get some fresh air." he walked out of the apartment to get some fresh air as he came back in about half an hour later.
One Week Later
Red was currently in a club, with Roman Torchwick, a man with dark-green eyes and bright orange hair, with long bangs covering his right eye and black eyeliner traced around around his eyes. He had a red-lined white suit with black pants and black shoes, and a gray scarf. Roman was currently talking with the owner of the club, Junior, who wore a vest over a white dress shirt, red tie, black gloves and black dress pants.
Red was sitting at one of the booths along a set of twins, Melanie and Militia. Melanie has long black hair and pale green eyes, highlighted by heavy cyan makeup. She wears a white, strapless dress with cyan lining. Militia has short black hair and pale green eyes, highlighted with heavy red makeup. She wears a dress identical to her sisters, but red with black lining.
Red noticed the two stopped talking and Torchwick had walked up to the table where he sat alongside some of Juniors' men, who wore all black suit with red ties and some wore shades.
"I'm heading out, meet us later." Torchwick said
Red nodded and Torchwick left, but as Red was going leave as well he noticed a girl with long blonde hair that fades to pale gold at the tips and a cowlick on the top of her head. She wears a tan jacket that bares her midriff, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs. Underneath she wears a low cut yellow crop top with an emblem on her left breast in black. She also wears a brown covered by a pleated brown material reaching from hip to hip around the back of her waist, and underneath a pair of black mini-shorts, brown knee-high boots and orange over the knee socks.
He walked up the bar as he over heard her asking for a Strawberry Sunrise with no ice and a little umbrella. He listened in to the conversation as she was looking for a person, he watched as she proceeded to crush Juniors' balls in her grip and then began a fight with everyone of his men. He watched the girl take on all of the men as she then fought Melanie and Militia but she had proven to be too much for them. She then fought against Junior who was doing well until he had ripped some of her hair and she was angered as she let out a destructive amount of power and her hair seemed to be glowing and she had red eyes.
Red looked at the bar counter and grabbed the drink that the girl had ordered, as he ran around the area as the girl delivered the final blow to Junior sending him flying, but instead of sending him out of the bar, Red had caught Junior and tossed him to the side.
"Now, now, Goldilocks, don't you think you that's enough?" Red asked
"And you are?" She asked
She looked him up and down, he wore black combat pants and boots, had a black long sleeved shirt that hugged his body, some gloves, and a brown vest with a red hood, and his most noticeable feature was the red helmet.
"Red Hood, but many call me Red." Red said
Red pressed a button on his helmet as it loosened up around his neck and he tilted it up only revealing his mouth as he drank her Strawberry Sunrise.
"Hey! That's mine!" She said
"Is it now?" Red said as he finished the drink and looked at the glass "Your name's not on it so, too bad, it's all gone now." Red tossed the glass to the side "And what's your name, Goldilocks?"
"What's it to you?"
"It's common courtesy, to share your name after one has shared theirs." Red replied as his helmet changed back to normal around his head and neck.
"Yang." She answered
"Good, see, was that so hard?" Red chuckled
Red dodged a punch to the head by tilting it, then evaded a volley of punches by moving from side to side or simply smacking her arms away from their intended target. Red matched her punch with one of his own.
"Is that all you got?"
Yang jumped into the air, lifting her leg as she came down, but Red kneed her in the stomach as she bent forward then with a left uppercut, she was up straight as Red punched her directly in the face sending her crashing into some tables.
"I've seen your style of fighting." Red said walking up to Yang who stood up "Quite the brawler and powerhouse, but..."
Yang used her shotgun gauntlets and punched the air sending multiple shots at Red who either jumped out of the way as he brought out his dual pistols and shot his own.
"You're going to tire yourself out, just leave." Red said
Yang was on him once more with her combinations of punches and kicks but she could not land any. Red grabbed her arm as he pulled her towards him and he headbutt her before he grabbed her by the neck and tossed her to the side. He walked up to the dazed Yang as he threw a left but she had seen it coming, but it was a faint as she was punched by his right which sent her into some more tables. Red sighed and walked away as Yang got up but he paid her no mind.
"Where are you going?!" Yang asked
"I have something else to do, but your fight isn't over yet." Red said as Junior and his men were ready once more "I gave you a chance to leave, you should've taken it."
Red was about to reach the exit, but he swiftly turned around, his pistol pointing at Yang who was a foot away, his pistol pointing directly at her face, he pulled the trigger as she stopped in her tracks and fell back hitting the floor.
"She's not dead." Red lifted her body princess style and kicked open the door "That shot was meant to simply knock her out."
Red walked out of the building holding Yang in his arms.
"Yang!"
Red looked to the side where he saw the same girl Itachi had been watching a while back fighting the beowolves in the snow.
"Do you know her?" Red asked
"She's my sister!"
"Your sister had accidentally hit her head pretty hard and knocked herself out." Red said
The girl sighed. "Oh, Yang." she then looked at the guy "Do I know you?"
"I don't believe we have met." Red placed Yang on what seemed to be her motorcycle "Do you know how to drive one of these?" The girl shook her head "Well, it was a small hit, so she should be waking up soon, just make sure she doesn't go back in there." Red pointed at the club and the girl rose a brow but nodded "Good, but if she insist of going back in, get yourselves two strawberry sunrise, no ice, no alcohol" Red patted the young girls head as he walked away "Oh and tell Junior to put it on my tab."
Well that's all for this chapter, I know there wasn't much Itachi, but he will be the main focus next chapter. There is a reason why there is some focus on Red, not going to say anything further on him, just that we will be seeing him again, not much, but he will be seen.
If you're wondering by I haven't updated then you didn't read the top portion which answers that question.
Fun Fact- Shizuo is actually a character from the Durarara series, who is voiced by Crispin Freeman whom is Itachis' English Voice Actor. Also, Shizuo is my favorite character from Durarara.
- I wouldn't imagine dumbing him down! And thank you for letting those who haven't read know that he hasn't been dumb down.
SC0RN3R- This story will not be a harem. This isn't the story he would have multiple girls. Fawning over him, yeah, but him being with multiple in a relationship, no. If this was DXD or a different harem story than maybe, but it isn't, so don't worry about this story becoming a harem, teasing maybe, but no harem.
Neema Amiry- it's been awhile since I could, hold my head up high~ it's been awhile since I first saw you~(like two chapters ago actually lol)
The Real Hell Fire- Itachi is too powerful in general, but he may become a Beacon of hope later on.
Mr. Haziq- It would be too easy for it to be Jason, I did use the Red Hood persona, but Master Todd is not under the helmet.
Boblets-Why do you hate other characters? You may not be liking this chapter then lol
Guest- It is in consideration.
Guest-Weiss is actually one of the few girls that is being considered to be paired with him. It's honestly between Weiss, Blake, some of the female villians, but Weiss and Blake are actually the top two that are being considered.
Guest- I will do that, next time, since this chapter had been written already, and I was too lazy to fix any in this one lol
Master Terra- I'm going to call you Terra, because the only Master here is the young Master Itachi lol So, Terra, as for him being OP, his presence in this world is basically OP, but I do understand what you mean.
Midnight49- I have considered Neji, but so many people dislike other characters coming into the story.
ChunkyFunkyMunky- There are some good OC's. Unfortunately for those who don't want OC's or Pairings, Itachi will be paired with ONE person, and there will be an OC appearing next chapter.