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The first part's going to be in Elemental Nations whereas the latter part has the GMG arc

Here's the second chapter, so let's continue.

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Chapter 2 : Meeting

Erza Scarlet, an S-class mage of Fairy tail had miscalculated on her latest mission which resulted in her disappearance. Though the mission was a success with the scroll being retrieved, Erza's disappearance has set team Natsu to begin a hunt for her. The scroll was supposed to be given to the mysterious client but Natsu decided against it as he believed that the scroll was the thing that was responsible for her disappearance. They were careful though in not opening the scroll, but given Natsu's recklessness nothing was guaranteed.

Being alone in an empty void floating without any care in the world, where none of your magic or jutsu worked, does have a lot impact than one would think. People begin to question their sanity as they float in an endless void and only the strong willed can pull through such situations. Erza was among one of the strong willed ones, so it was no surprise that she waited for a slimmer of ray of hope.

But the spinning three tomoe had messed with her mind more than it should have. It had hypnotized her up to the point that the only thing she actually remembered was her name, as her brain had to function entirely different on focusing on escaping from the situation rather than reminiscing about her past. Alas, it made her forget even the surname which was given to her by the man she loved, Jellal. Only time could help her regain her memories.

And, then a chance had presented itself. She swam to the ray of light and had reached it before everything went blank for her. When she came to, the first thing she stared was a lone black obnoxious orb of a dark haired, pale teen staring at her before his eyes went red and had the same exact pattern as that damn hypnotizing tomoe. Everything went blank again thereafter.

Birds began to chirp as sun rays have fallen into a room. The figure in question lay in the bed, as her entire body was covered up to the neck with a white sheet. Her eyes opened slowly squinting up a bit against the bright light.

She turned her head to her side when she heard a door creak open, to observe an old lady walk into the room with a tray of food in her hands. The old lady got to beside her bed and started pouring tea into a cup wordlessly, humming to herself softly.

"Your finally awake, dear," The old lady said, smiling at her as she held out the cup to her.

Erza slowly got up and sat on the bed as she stared at the kind lady. Her eyes went to the cup, before taking it with a silent bow. But, she didn't take a sip yet as she kept looking at her reflection in the tea. Her mind was a mess right now, opposed to how calm she seemed on the outside. She had many questions running through her mind.

"Where am I?" She asked a bit hesitantly, looking back at the old lady, which sounded more like requesting for an answer than demanding. She had been alone in an empty void and she definitely wasn't going to go ordering the first person she met.

"You are in the village hidden in the clouds, dear. This is a lodge you are staying at." The old lady cheerfully responded.

"The village in the clouds, huh?" Erza repeated as she held the cup a bit more tightly. She didn't recall ever hearing any village Hidden in the clouds. She must be currently somewhere far away. But another question popped into her mind.

Far away from what..?

She winced suddenly, catching her head with her free hand as her head began to ache as it tried to remember events that happened before she got here. All she remembered was... being trapped in an empty void. She didn't remember anything prior to that. It was.. strange.

"Are you all right, dear?" the old lady looked concerned, moving closer to the red head.

"Yes, I am fine. Just a slight head-ache." Erza responded back politely. I can't remember anything. What is wrong? She thought as she drank a sip.

"If you say so. By the way dear, I never got your name?"

Erza… "Erza." She replied. That's strange, I don't even remember my full name.

"That's a lovely name, Dear." The old lady said as she sat on the bed beside her.

Erza thought it was a bit strange. "Aren't you curious about not knowing my full name?" she asked.

The old lady just laughed, "I know you are from the Uzumaki clan, dear. They are hard to miss after what happened in the past. But, you certainly are a very beautiful one. No wonder you have such a handsome husband." The old lady giggled.

The red head just stared back as her mind processed what the old lady just told. She blinked once. Then twice. And thrice..

'WHAT?! A Husband…D-Did I just hear correctly? Where the heck did I get myself a husband from?! Wait, was I already-'

No, no way. This can't be happening. Surely she would have known if she was married. Amnesia or not, she would have sensed it deep down... right?

She shook her head, as she lightly slapped her cheeks puzzling the old lady with her actions. Erza decided to play this smartly. Someone had brought her here stating she was their wife. What was their motive in faking their relationship, or is the person who brought her here really her husband...?

"Do you mind showing me the register when we checked in?" She asked looking back with a clear expression. It would be awkward for her to ask her husband's name on the off chance he really was her husband. So, she asked for the register as it was sure to have the name of whoever had checked in.

The old lady got up, "Sure, dear. You can check with me downstairs later," she said. "Why don't you have something to eat first and freshen up before coming down? You don't have to worry about fresh set of clothes," she showed a set of clothes on the tray she brought earlier.

"No… I mean I cannot accept it from you without still paying you up," Erza objected.

The old lady smiled, "These were given to me by your husband. So, no need to fret dear." She said and exited the door. Erza stared blankly at the set of clothes which were kept in front of her. There goes her mystery husband acting all kind and generous.

She sat there awhile longer, before she found a familiar bottle containing brown pills by her side. Out of instinct, she took the bottle of brown pills in her and examined them. Were these her medication? It was probably harmless, Erza thought and gobbled a pill without a second thought. As soon as she did though, she felt a jolt of energy flowing through her veins and she came to know about some of the stuff she shouldn't have known about. Did her past self have all these peculiar abilities as well?

Interesting. Equip, was it?

Erza sent those clothes into her dimension and then reequipped into those clothes. She wore a short-sleeved, purple kimono-like blouse with a dark embroidered border, held closed with a black obi against her thin waist, a dark short skirt and stockings that stopped at her thighs and brown sandals. She didn't have any complaints regarding the clothes but she still felt something was amiss. Like it wasn't completely shielding her from the outside world.

She got downstairs and went straight to the counter. The register was still closed but she still felt sort of nervous and giddy at having to check out her husband's name. Okay, not her husband but... she wasn't sure why but she hoped that it was not a lie. Flipping the registry open, she found a row with 'Mrs. Uchiha' on it against the time she was supposed to have checked in.

So much for knowing his name…. at least I know his last name- Uchiha, she thought idly, running her finger across the name before closing the registry in a silent huff.

"Why isn't my…" She paused for a second, looking back at the lady. It was starting to sound weird for her, "Why isn't my husband's name on this? Didn't we check in together?"

The old lady turned from behind the counter, "Oh that dear! It was only you who had checked in at late night yesterday. Your husband just dropped you here and left saying he had some urgent work. He paid for the lodging though, so no need to pay for it." She said.

Erza brought her finger to her chin, He isn't here, huh? He might know who I am…. She thought.

"Thank you for taking care of me." She thanked the kind lady before bowing down slightly.

The old lady nodded, "Oh! I almost forgot dear. Your husband said he would be near the Raikage's building at this time on the chance you wanted to look for him." Erza took the new information in and thanked the old lady once again before she headed out.

..

She was roaming in a crowded market place, inspecting the area. She had inquired the location of the Raikage's building from a vendor who was all too eager to answer her questions and proceeded to move towards the building. A lot of leachorous stares were sent her way even though she had changed her clothes into standard attire for a female, but none of them actually dared to approach her. Not that she felt uncomfortable or anything under them, rather she was oblivious to them.

"Yo baby!~"

Though, there was one daring soul.

"Your sexiness and fine body is making me go all yay~! Why don't you listen to my hot blooded rap as we enjoy a cold lunch in a motel nearby, yay~!" She heard a voice and turned behind to see a tanned middle aged person rapping to her in the middle of the street, in broad daylight. "The name's B! Killer Bee!"

He was wearing a white shirt and pant and was wearing a pair of goggles with a tattoo on his left cheek. He was also carrying a huge sword behind his back which was wrapped up in bandages.

His rapping... sucks. She thought dryly. I think its safe to say he isn't the one who dropped me off yesterday since he didn't recognize me.

She decided to respond politely as she was in a god knows where, foreign land and wanted to avoid making enemies wherever possible, though the offer was tempting to give him a piece of her mind. "I am sorry I cannot take up your offer, I am actually looking for my husband." She said with a forced smile.

A shocked expression was written all over his face, "You are married?! But you are so young...!"

Erza's eye kept twitching, "What can I say? We were in love." She tried hard to maintain a natural expression on her face as she fed him her lies. But, Oh god! It was tough trying to lie when you don't even know about the person who you were lying about!

Killer Bee remained determined though.

"Miss, can I know your full name?"

Erza knew without a doubt that the question was to dish out whether she was lying or not. Luckily, she already knew the surname of this supposed husband of hers that had so affectionately left her alone in an inn for the night. Not to mention when she was suffering from severe amnesia.

"It's Uchiha Erza."

She had learnt earlier that the last name was given first in this place.

The Uchiha name was most likely a clan name. The old lady at the inn assumed her to be of the Uzumaki clan just by looking at her. Probably she shared a trait that was common among the Uzumaki clan. The same might be true with the Uchiha clan as well, though she had no clue regarding them other than her partner belonging to this particular clan.

Killer Bee just frowned, "Oh, so you are his wife, huh?"

The comment from Killer Bee put her in a state of confusion. Uchiha name was a clan name and yet, the old rapper immediately put a face to her imaginary husband just by listening to her full name. What was going on?

Asking Killer Bee about who he just imagined to be her partner was out of the question.

"Can you tell me in which direction he went?" she asked instead.

Killer bee was still mumbling to himself, "Can't believe he got married to such a beautiful girl. Heck, even most of the girls from here are all over that guy and to think that he is actually married… though I am jealous..."

Erza's patience was wearing thin, "Um, excuse me!"

"Oh… sorry! He went to talk to Darui just a few minutes ago. He should still be talking to him." He pointed to some stairs which led to another Dome shaped place. "They are probably up those stairs."

"Darui…?"

"Yeah, he is a fellow shinobi from the village of clouds. You can identity him from the black tattoo he has on his right shoulder."

"I see… Thanks. And sorry about earlier."

She quickly thanked and hurried up the stairs to which she was pointed at. There were clouds everywhere, even along the stairs she climbed befitting the village of it's name.

When she reached the place and found out Darui's location after inquiring around, she saw a tanned person having a black tattoo on his right shoulder talking to a male covered in a black cloak.

Based on Killer Bee's description, the person that the raven haired male was talking to was Darui. Which meant… was the individual in black cloak her supposed partner?

She decided to interrupt their conversation. After all, who in their right mind drops their wife in an inn, and leaves when it should have been a hospital she should be taken to as she suffered amnesia. Even if she was sick and couldn't be taken to a hospital, he should have at least stayed by her side.

But, he didn't do anything like that. Something was wrong here.

..

"Are you positive that he went to the Mist Village?" Sasuke asked.

Darui shrugged, "One of my spies did say the same thing. Sorry we couldn't do anything about the patrol because of the whole Moon mission going on." Darui said.

"Don't worry. It's alright. You guys did your job. Thank you." Sasuke said. Normally he wouldn't have cared to thank anyone if it were two years ago. Now that he's changed, he has become softer than ever, credit to Naruto.

"Uchiha, are you sure you made the right call to not join the moon mission?" Darui asked.

"My involvement isn't necessary as Naruto can handle it on his own. Besides I am on another mission."

Sasuke needed to get going soon. Yesterday's events still troubled him. A woman appeared out of nowhere in a cave, and judging by the clothes she wore, he deduced that she wasn't from around here.

And when he felt no chakra inside her, he became sure that she was from the world on the other side of the scroll. There had to be no other explanation. Otherwise, he had just stumbled across another Uzumaki which was troublesome. He would then seriously have to consider meeting a priest and have him remove the curse on him, since he seems to stumble across a lot of Uzumakis, and helping them meet their long lost relative- a certain idiot.

On the off chance she really was from another world, then it only spelt trouble. There was no telling what the shinobi who stole the scroll might do now that there was a confirmation that the scroll indeed worked. Would he gain more allies or would he target the girl?

There was no telling what might happen. It was best to let the girl be close to him. Judging by the clothes and ornaments she wore, she didn't appear to be a married woman. At least from the outward perspective.

He was already sure that the sensory ninja in the cloud village were already suspecting something but they haven't made any move on her because of one main reason. And that one reason was-

'A wife, huh.'

People knew what happens when you mess with an Uchiha, or his girl since it was Obito who started the last war. One would hesitate before taking his wife into custody considering his infamous reputation.

Nobody was supposed to know the existence of such a dangerous scroll. If they knew about it, many would want to go over to the other world if they become unhappy with this one and chaos would spread over. That's how people were. That was also the reason why his Uchiha ancestors thought to seal up the scroll in the first place. Only a few people knew about the scroll including himself, Kakashi, Orochimaru and Team Taka. Not even Naruto knew about it.

He could only hope the girl he rescued would take on the hint he left and find him of her own accord. She had to suspect something was up considering this wasn't her world and she wasn't married either.

"I need to get going now," Sasuke looked at Darui, giving a small nod.

"Right. Good luck on your mission," Darui said, before raising an eyebrow and looked behind Sasuke.

"What's wrong? Is eve-"

"There you were!" A feminine voice spoke lovingly from behind him, slender arms wrapping around the Uchiha's neck. "I have been searching for you everywhere, my dear husband!"

Sasuke smelled strawberry. He had to bend his neck down slightly over his shoulder so he could meet her gaze. He was about half a head taller than her. She looked much better now compared to yesterday. It seemed like her color had returned to her face. Enough rest and food seems to have done the trick. And she was wearing the kimono he left for her. Maybe that was why she smiling at him? Though... he could have sworn he saw a gleam of hostility in her eyes, masked behind the affectionate smile…

A sweat rolled down his temple as he smiled wryly, '...She clearly isn't what I expected her to be.'

Some coughing interrupted their touching reunion. They both glanced at Darui.

"I didn't know you were married. Congratulations, I guess," Darui said, extending his hand.

"No, you got it wrong. She isn't-" Sasuke started as he thought it was alright for Darui to know about her, but was interrupted.

The red head reached out for Darui's hand and shook it. "Thank you! My husband can sometimes be modest. We married in secret, so save him the embarrassment, please." She giggled.

Sasuke grabbed her by her arm, "Will you excuse us for a minute?" he said and started walking away from Darui before he could respond.

Darui raised his eyebrows at the strange couple, but then again anything concerning the Uchiha wasn't exactly normal. For one as far as he knew, one instance the Uchiha attacked the five Kage summit becoming an international criminal. The next, he came back and saved the world. Then, again he tried to destroy based on what Kakashi told them.

The Uchiha guy was complicated. He never understood him. He doubted anyone in fact understood him completely except for the Kyuubi jinchuriki. But, now he was a good guy and willing to help them. Hopefully he would stay that way.

Back in the corner, Sasuke looked annoyed. But before he could say anything, Erza had summoned a sword out of seemingly nowhere and pointed it at his neck.

'That is weird. I didn't notice any seals just now... what kind of Jutsu is it?' Sasuke thought as he saw the red head who was currently glaring at him. He raised an eyebrow at the strange sensation he felt from her. 'Or, does it even qualify as a Jutsu in the first place?'

"Ok mister, what the heck were you thinking leaving your wife alone in an inn?" Erza berated, cheeks lightly flushing. The guy seemed a lot intimidating up close. He had this dark look which apparently made him look even more attractive with his flawless face. She could now tell why the old lady was saying her husband was handsome.

The last Uchiha blinked. Ah, it was common for husbands to be with their wives in the same inn, especially when a couple travelled. He didn't think it was necessary for him to do that though, since all he needed was the rumor to spread that she was someone closely associated to him. He needed some time to think on how to proceed and weighed his choices.

He looked blank for a moment, before trying to an unnatural homely expression, "What are you talking about, my… wife? I was with you until morning. I just didn't want to disturb your sleep since it was an exhausting night."

He would probably die if anyone told him how ridiculous he looked. On second thought... never mind. Sasuke went back to his poker face immediately. "Do you want to tell me what all we did last night? I could if you want."

Erza's face heated up that, "W-When was that? Nobody told me anything about this," her hands trembled, as the sword shook in her arms. "T-The old lady at the inn told that you weren't there. So, how…?"

The last Uchiha found her response to be probing after he purposefully played along. She really believed that she was his wife…?

Sighing, Sasuke pushed the sword aside with his finger, "There's no need to pretend anymore. We aren't married. Though it should have been clear to you since you didn't see me before."

Erza gritted her teeth at having been tricked. Her blush had all gone away as she glared, "Then, why did you pretend that way?"

"It was so that you would come finding me after you woke up and plus it was to save me some time. See, didn't it work rather successfully with you finding me?" Sasuke said nonchalantly. He didn't find the need to explain about the gravity of her existence in this world.

"What do you want with me?" Erza asked as she gripped her sword. This guy was pissing her with his blank face, but more for pretending to be her husband. She was glad on one end that this was all a ruse but considering that she had no recollection of her past, the other part of her actually believed that she was already taken by someone.

"What do I want with you? For starters, you could start by speaking about who you are and which world you come from." Sasuke stated, staring at her curiously. "Surely you must have realized that this isn't your world."

He was slightly surprised by her next actions.

Erza froze for a moment. She stood in shock, a nagging sensation that she had been trying to ignore coming back to bite her. The feeling that something was amiss ever since she woke up- unless, of course! A sudden relief flooded her as she realized something. This was a setup!

"Heh, I should give props to you for this act and for pretending that I am not your wife," She said, slightly rolling her eyes. "I would have believed you if you had chosen a more believable lie."

She forcibly laughed, but the raven didn't join her. He looked deadly calm and unamused.

"I don't have a reason to lie to you now. I am not your husband. The place that we are in, is also not exactly your world."

"…you are serious, aren't you? A-Are you trying to say I am not part of this- - Stop screwing around!" Her voice trembled. Now it was starting to make sense to her slowly. The strange feeling she had been feeling must have been this. Maybe, that is why she didn't know about this land's name, her last name and it may even explain the pills she took.

She really hoped now that the guy in front of her would blow a horn to her face, and shout 'Surprise!' And then embrace her, shielding her from the world that started to look foreign to her now. She would then beat him senseless for playing a prank on her but after few arguments and a sorry, things would return to normal where he informs her that she was having amnesia and that she would eventually regain her memories.

But…

"…I am sorry." The male replied, somewhat looking at her sympathetically.

The person in front of her looked capable of anything but that. His face was completely serious showing that he wasn't joking. She wanted to wake up from this hellish nightmare which was shattering her world like a glass. She started feeling vulnerable without something to shield herself, and just wanted to curl up in a corner and hide from the rest of the world.

Sasuke kept staring at her face as mixed emotions played on her face, 'Memory Loss... It must be one of the side-effects of being stuck in that void.'

"Hey." He let out a deep sigh and called out, brushing aside some of his hair. "You don't remember anything prior to today, do you?"

All he got was a slight nod in response from the girl in front of him. Only a couple of moments ago, she was all yelling and threatening him and now she was all quiet. He had managed to silence her. Only if he were that lucky with Naruto.

He was busy musing before his eyes widened a fraction. A few drops started falling onto the ground near the red head's feet.

- People live their lives bound by what they see as "right" and "true." That's what they call as reality. However, these are nothing but vague terms. Their reality could turn out to be an illusion. Everyone is living by their own assumptions.

The words Itachi told him during their battle echoed in his mind. The girl in front of him looked in utter despair, and he felt partly responsible for her mental breakdown. He was responsible in this instance for breaking down her reality. He felt empathy, not pity since he had the same happen to him when Tobi told the truth, breaking down his illusion.

True, she may not remember anything. But her basic assumption, no, anyone's assumption if they had amnesia would be that at least someone was waiting for them somewhere in this world. If you told them you aren't from this world, and no one was waiting for you and that you were all alone, it would be too much of an emotional stunt to handle.

Right now, regardless of the bonds the girl might have held back in her world, she was alone in this one. No clue to her identity, no one waiting for her, no one to acknowledge her existence.

Her current-self most likely closer to how Naruto once was.

- You were alone right from the very beginning! What do you know anything about me, huh!? I suffer now because I had those ties! What does someone like you know about losing all that!

A grim expression took over his features as he recalled the words he spoke to Naruto when he fought the blonde jinchuriki for the first time in the final valley. Even after he said those words to Naruto, saying that he had no idea what it meant to lose bonds, Naruto still desperately tried to reach out to him. To understand him.

Seeing the girl in front of him break down, he could only wonder the pain she felt at the moment. It was most likely the kind of pain that Naruto felt, when he had no bonds.

An existence where no one acknowledged you, no one loved you.

Something inside his chest ached.

"…The truth is I found you when a portal opened from a scroll. You were unconscious at the time."

He said, as her head perked up at his words. Having gained her attention, he continued,

"There is a way to send you back to your world. That is if we can find the thief who has that scroll with him."

Sasuke chose to be patient as she remained silent for a few moments, her eyes scanning his face for any lies or deceptions. Cleaning herself up with the sleeves of her kimono, she looked at him. "So you are saying there is a chance that I lost my memories when I jumped through the portal?"

At least she did not lose her wits. "Yeah, that is most likely the case."

"Do you have any idea where he might have gone? I wish to pursue him myself." She spoke with a determined look, despite the puffy eyes. Sasuke was taken aback a bit by her eyes, but an invisible smile crept up his face. At least she wasn't a coward like him.

Sasuke closed his eyes and smirked slightly, "As a matter of fact, I do. But you wouldn't be able to move freely in this world without any identification. Your best chance would be to stick with me as I am going after the same man as well."

Erza frowned, "Why do you want to help me? I am a complete stranger to you, aren't I?"

"Wouldn't you believe me if I said I wanted to help you out of kindness in my heart?" Sasuke asked as he opened his eyes and stared at her to grasp her reaction.

"You are too shady to be trusted if you say you wanted to help me out of kindness, after pulling that trick. I am not some of the girls here that fall for whatever you say just because you are good looking. So, what is in it for you?" she asked as she folded her hands.

He was surprised. He never thought using his looks to getting anything done. The last Uchiha just scoffed at the notion, "Hn, that's mean, don't you think?" he faked getting hurt. Yes, Sasuke can criticize others when others merely judged him on his appearance, though it would be always be the opposite with him judging others.

"Though you are right. That's not the reason. Currently, you are an entity from a foreign world, so it's only natural that we would be on guard and want to gain information about the world you are from," he said as she still stared at him suspiciously. He raised his hands in his defense, "I can assure you that we don't have any malicious intentions when I say we want to gain information on your world."

Erza stared at the Uchiha for a few more moments before she sighed, "It looks like I don't have much of a choice either…but," The man could have easily taken advantage of her in many ways and yet he chose not to do it and came clean immediately. He was not forcing anything on her and simply offered her a choice, like he understood what it felt like being forced into doing something. He was still unpredictable but maybe he wasn't as bad as she first thought of him.

"Fine, we have ourselves a deal," She said and brought her hand forward for a hand shake.

The last Uchiha shook her hand after a moment of hesitation as if he was first not sure what he was supposed to do.

"Since we are going to be travelling together for awhile now, how about we introduce ourselves? My name is Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke Uchiha, huh? How much trouble did I had to go through to learn your name? "My name is Erza. I don't seem to remember my last name."

"You can introduce yourself as Uzumaki to others to avoid suspicion," Sasuke suggested, retreating his hand.

"U-Uzu... Uzumaaki, huh?"

"I know it sounds like a mouthful, but it is does reduce the suspicion to an extent."

"Sure, will keep that in mind. And also... thanks by the way," Erza mumbled the last part so softly that it could have been easily drowned by the breeze. She supposed she owed the man her gratitude despite his deception at first since he looked serious in trying to help her. She felt her cheeks heat up and embarrassed at trying to thank him. Was her past self really that much of an introvert or was she not used to thanking in general?

She hoped the raven didn't hear her as she hesitantly looked up at him again.

Sasuke looked surprised for a moment before a small smirk took over his lips. "I don't think I heard what you said."

She regretted thanking him now.

"It's not important! Anyway, let's hope for a successful partnership!" she smiled.

She was now not alone in this world anymore, having gained a travelling partner and an accomplice with a common goal. She was not sure if this was what the Uchiha had intended, and what his real intentions were, but it didn't matter to her since he seems to hold her best interests at heart for now. He could have withheld the truth from her if he really wanted her to travel with him and deceived her along the way but he had offered her a choice. That didn't mean she would let down her guard but... this was enough for now.

And so began their journey to find the scroll of Dimensions.

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