Hey guys, here is chapter 12. There will be few shorter chapters until I get into the GMG arc, like this and the previous one. Just a heads up.

As always, thanks to ZebraUchiha, Destroyer12, Shade Sword, Zedscep, Darkzero698, Infinite_Zero9, sandwich master, Last983, blacknredrose37, Dark Jutten, cristifilp372 and a guest for your reviews, and also to those who read up until this point.

Disclaimer: Do not own FT or Naruto. Apologize for the mistakes and typos in advance. Have not reread it.

Things are about to get serious between Sasuke and Erza in this chapter. Hope you enjoy it.

So, continuing on;

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Chapter 12: The letter

Powerless.

The ability to influence something, be it by force, or words was power. Hisui always had such power. Though she was just an ordinary wizard, her words held a lot of power. She was the princess after all. Never in her life did she feel so helpless.

The Raven youth who had saved her, was toying with her guards as she contemplated. The guards weren't harmed, or anything but he was making them look like fools, a child given a sword and forced to attack a veteran. One by one, he was picking them off, making them unconscious using a strange magic.

THUD.

And with that, all of the soldiers were unconscious, including Darton, her trust worthy advisor. Sheathing his sword, the Raven youth spoke once again.

"You are going to answer my questions now."

His voice calm, yet it had a cold and eerie feel to it. The coldness sent a shudder down her spine, but she found the courage to answer back.

"W-Why did you attack my soldiers?"

She took an unconscious step back noticing the slight narrowing of his eyes. He seemed to take notice of it and sighed. "They were the ones who attacked first. Don't worry, no harm is done to them. The maximum would be some minor cuts and a severe headache."

She let out her breath, which she didn't realize that she had been holding in. The Raven spoke again. "Now, that aside. Answer my why you hired Fairy tail to get the scroll."

The Raven didn't miss the slight wince from her. "W-What scroll are you talking about? I-I don't know what you are talking about."

"I have the sharingan. I can see through your memories, so think before you speak."

Her eyeballs were literally bulging out now. The Sharingan. Now that she observed the calm facade of the youth in front of her, it was true that his right eye was gleaming with a strange pattern. The eyes of the old.

The Raven who was keenly observing her facial expressions did not miss that. "I take it you know about the sharingan."

Hisui understood that she could not play dumb in front of him. Closing her eyes, "I apologize for my rudeness from earlier. You must understand that a future ruler of this kingdom cannot just go cowering in front of every other civilian. You must understand that-"

"I couldn't care less about your excuse. You still haven't answered my question. Why do you want the scroll?"

Lifting her head up, she maintained a royal aura around her, though she was practically shivering inside. Speaking without stuttering in a firm voice, "To destroy it."

Sasuke was surprised by the answer. He did not expect that to be the reason, and the princess in front of him wasn't lying. He was sure of that. Taking a few moments to himself, he walked to and fro a few feet from where he stood.

Hisui was tensed, worried that she might have accidentally upset the Uchiha in front of her. Before she could even think further, the Raven spoke, "Do you know what is in it?"

"In what?"

"The scroll." Sasuke said in an irritated voice. "Do you know of the contents of it?"

"I know only so much, something about summoning the Uchiha from other dimension."

"How do you know about that?"

Hisui blinked in surprise. "So it's true?!" Regaining her composure, "So, are you from this said dimension?"

Sasuke frowned. "It doesn't concern you, and if I remember correctly, I was the one asking questions."

"S-Sorry!"

Sighing, "So, do you want to answer, or should I show you the experience of a sharingan first hand?"

Sweating, she spoke immediately, "One of my adversary told me about it. He told me destroy it, but asked me to have it done by someone else. He-"

"Who?"

Hesitating for some time, "I-It will take some time to explain his identity."

"Just give me the name."

"B-But...-" She stopped herself when she noticed the stern expression from him. "His name is Rogue."

The Raven asked her, "And where is he right now?"

She just stuck to answering his question. "In Saber tooth guild."

He heard that name before. When they explained to him about the GMG, he came to know that Sabertooth was the number one guild as of now. He turned immediately, and began walking away. He ignored her protests as he flickered away, vanishing from sight.

She only stared at where he was standing. "This is gonna suck!" Realizing that she just spoke in an undignified manner, she immediately looked around to make sure no one heard that. "Looks like I failed the task he set me to do. But..." She was surprised that she wasn't upset like how she thought she would be.

In fact, she was kind of ... Happy?

Was there some mistake in the information the future rogue provided her. She could only speculate for now, as the Raven who was now in her thoughts would definitely appear later. She hoped for that.

..

Sasuke sat on one of the roof tops, having a picture drawn in a paper. It had a figure, who wore a similar clothing like him, complete black. His hair was also kind of similar to him with one of his bangs covering his eye.

Focusing his attention on one of the member who had just entered the guild, he concluded that the figure was probably Rogue. He also had a cat wearing a frog suit accompanying him. Maybe that cat was similar to happy.

He liked cats. He was always a cat person. His brother used to give him assignments to get the paw prints of various cats ranging from ordinary jungle cats to ninja cats. When he first met Happy, he was kind of shocked. Not because it talked.

But because it flew. Which was rare. Then he remembered about magic, maybe this world was really mystical. True it didn't have the ideal hall that he imagined with a dark atmosphere, a crystal ball in middle and many broom sticks to the side. It was more like... Konoha.

Then he remembered about the many similarities he found between Erza and Naruto. Here, everyone seemed to carry one of his trait, though many of them were troubled by a dark past just like him and Naruto. He wondered, what if he was struck here at a young age right after the clan massacre.

Would he have given up on his path for revenge? Would he also be a cheery brat like Natsu and Gray?

It would certainly have its perks, but what was past was past, and it was made him into who he was, like Naruto said in their final battle.

Dropping without any sound, he made his way to the back door of the guild. He wasn't an idiot like Naruto, or Natsu since he is practically living in Fiore now, to barge in from the front door. He had the entire layout of the guild hall and he made his way into one of the corridors.

He stopped in his tracks when he heard few voices from the adjacent corridor.

"Sting and Rogue seemed a lot excited for this upcoming GMG. Isn't it the same every year. I wonder what's different this time."

A cyan colored guy spoke. "Rufus, they heard that Fairy tail will be participating this year."

"Aren't they the dead last guild? And this isn't their first time. What's special this time around?"

The huge guy spoke, "Heard that the old crew was back, and ready to take part this time."

Adjusting his hat, Rufus laughed. "Like they would make any difference."

"Yeah, the old relics need to be shown their worthy place. That is in the museum."

They walked further away from Sasuke, who was now sitting on the ceiling upside down. He got down once they were out of sight. "Bunch of idiots. You should never underestimate your opponents."

Shaking his head, he made his way to the room which Rogue was resting. Unlike Fairy tail, Sabertooth members had residence inside the guild. They were the number one guild, and they could afford it.

Standing outside the door, he moved his hand to touch the door.

"Rogue, why are you sneaking into your own room?"

He stopped once he heard the exceed in a frog costume speak from behind him. He did not think that the cat had that kind of intelligence to think. But then again, he had seen Charla. So, it was a rookie mistake on his part.

But, his hunch paid off. This at was the dumber of the two present in this guild. He researched enough to know its name. Changing his voice to Rogues and without turning back, he spoke. "Nothing Fro, just playing hide n seek with Sting."

"Fro thinks it wants to play too."

"You should go and ask Lector. He was saying the same thing. In fact, he is playing with you right now. Don't you think you should go and find him?"

The wobbly exceed spoke. "Fro thinks so too, Rogue."

Seeing the frog cum cat out of sight, he made his way into the room. The sight of a startled Rogue greeted him.

"W-Who are you?!"

The sharingan flared to life. "You don't need to say anything."

And with that, Rogue blackened out. He got into his memories, and saw everything significant that happened in the past year.

Sasuke massaged his temples in frustration. He had nearly wasted a month and a half for this. And it wasn't fruitful at all.

All he got were the images of a dragon, and how he met Sting and Fro. But, there were no signs of him meeting princess Hisui. The princess couldn't lie. She was scared for her life, and there was no way she could be lying. He was sure of it.

'It is a bit complicated to explain his identity.'

Her voice came back to his head. Sighing, he made sure to erase his memory from Rogues mind and made his way out. Whatever the complications were, he would learn it. He was sure he would meet her again in around ten days as the GMG was about to start, and she would be present there.

He would juice it out of her then, no need to strain himself as of now. With these fruitless results, he didn't want to return to guild yet. But, he needed to rendezvous with everyone. He reached the end of the town, and was about to exit but stopped when he heard his name being called.

"A letter for Mister Sasuke, a letter for Mister Sasuke!"

He turned back, and raised an eyebrow when he was met with the sight of a small talking bird flying to him, carrying a letter in its claws. He raised his left hand and allowed it to land. He was surprised when he found a letter from Erza, addressed to him from three months ago.

One of the other features available in this world. He did not carry any communication lacrima with him, and that bird must have been travelling all over the place if it suggested anything, since he was roaming all over the place for the past three months.

He bent down, and tore the envelope containing the letter. Catching it between his two hands, he began reading it.

Sasuke,

I don't know what was the real reason for you to hide your clan name, or for you to arrive here. But, I learnt about the Uchiha from Levy. I honestly didn't know about it, I would have told you if I knew. You know, right?

Anyway, I wanted to tell you that you are nothing like the Uchiha I heard about. I probably still don't a lot about you, but you aren't anything like them. In fact, I was hoping that you would share- Never mind about that.

Sasuke closed his eyes, and sighed. "Maybe she doesn't know that she can erase her mistakes from the letter when you write it." He then opened his eyes, and got back to the letter.

So, I began thinking of what you told me during our travels in Konoha, and what you are doing currently. Don't, don't get me wrong, I was only thinking about it since I wanted to get the bad image of the Uchiha out of my mind.

Sasuke chuckled a little. He could totally imagine her stuttering. In fact, he could imagine her speaking to him right now. He continued again.

Naruto told me a lot about you during our stay in Konoha. I had researched on my own about your clan.. I did not tell you about it since I thought you would get mad. Before the unfortunate incident, I had learned that your clan was essentially responsible for the maintenance of law and order. What you are doing now is still probably for Konoha's sake... just like the Uchiha police force, still caring for Konoha. And for your friend's sake.

He was instantly reminded of a conversation he had with his brother, when he was young. It was the time his brother was carrying him back home after some training.

"Nii-san! Are you going to join too?"

"I wonder about that."

"Why not? When I grow up, I'm going to join the Leaf Police force too!"

All he wanted as a kid was to grow up, and endure the missions together with his brother in Konoha Police force. His brother had lightheartedly scolded him then as 'Foolish little brother.' Of course, he had been foolish since he had no idea at the time the things that were set into motion.

He looked into distance, reminded of the fond memories with his brother. That comparison had definitely hit the spot. Very few things remained from his past, and it was one of them. Maybe, he really would have joined the leaf force if the massacre did not happen, and Itachi was not forced to do what he did. It would have been a good life, but that's all just wishful thinking.

He had to carry on for his older brother, for his entire clan, and for Naruto. He was the key figure who has him connected to Konoha. And, now he also has to move forward for the new allies he made, Fairy tail and mainly Erza if he were to make any significant changes to this world, to prevent a repeat of what happened to his world.

He then began to fold the letter. Realizing that there still some matter left in the letter, he read it.

I also wanted to clarify something with you. I didn't want you to think of me as kind of insensitive or someone insignificant you talk about in the future, or hate me for speaking to you without knowing anything about you. I had hoped to talk to you about it during the training camp, but you had left so fast that I didn't have the chance. And, that brings us to this letter. I was hoping we could talk when you are back.

With regards, Erza.

The wind swayed his bangs from his eyes, as he gripped the letter tightly. She really was trying to understand him on her part, while he was travelling all around the place. He could feel what she felt when she wrote this letter. It was written right after he left on his journey. She was a really kind hearted girl, and he wondered for a brief moment that did he really deserve such attention even after everything he had done.

Though no one mentioned about the crimes he did when he was around, he still felt guilty. That was the main reason he had refused the hand in the first place. He wanted to atone for his sins, but here he was making another person close to him hurt... again. Changing his destination, he started making his way towards Akane Resort, where she probably was training along with the rest of team Natsu.

..

"I cannot allow you to go past this point."

Sasuke stopped in his tracks when a rather voluptuous figure, having waist length purple hair had stood in front of him. She was a pale-skinned woman with dark purple hair and brown eyes. Her attire consisted of little more than a tabard-like garment that exposed her back. The attire was open on both sides of her body except for a small attachment at her waist, and she donned long black boots that left her upper thighs bare.

He simply flickered and reappeared behind her in response. Her eyes were wide as he spoke in a low, calm voice, with his back facing hers.

"I recognize you, Ultear Milkovich."

Turning back immediately, she found no one. "W-Who are you? How do you know me?"

A small chuckle filled the air, as she looked frantically around her. "Please tell me that was a joke."

"It isn't. How do you know me?"

"Ultear, daughter of a powerful mage, Ur, who was also the sensei of Gray. You are one of the ten Wizard Saints." The voice paused for a second. "Former Wizard Saint. An associate of the now weakened Grimoire Heart, and part of a group responsible for the escaping of Jellal Fernandez, one of your pawn. Jellal, the very same person who was forced to hurt Fairy tail."

"Where did you get this information from?"

The chuckle intensified. "Even after telling you the crimes that you have committed, don't you get it? You are a fugitive, and there are wanted posters everywhere for you, Jellal and Meredy."

Ultear's eyes widened. "Y-You wouldnt-"

"I am in a half mind to take you and your allies, and hand you over to the rune knights. But, fortunately for you, I am in a hurry."

Ultear gave out a sigh of relief, as she turned her gaze to the bushes all around her. "I know the crimes that I have committed, which can never be forgiven. I am prepared to offer my life for it, but it wouldn't change anything. So, I decided to atone for my sins. That is the reason, me and my comrades started Crime Sorciere."

Sasuke stayed silent as he observed the purple head stand still in her place, with her fists clenched and her gaze fixed to the ground. He continued observing her wordlessly for few more seconds before he got down from the branch he was sitting on.

Sensing his presence, she immediately shot a time ball at him. He simply bent his head to the side, and avoided it. The ball came from behind as she smirked. Her smug expression fell from her face when the ball was sliced quickly by the Raven in front of her.

He sheathed his sword halfway, before quickly jumping to the side. Raising his eyebrows, he found that the ball he sliced into two had reattached itself, and was attacking him again. It was just like a new ball, as if its time had been reversed.

"Created again? No, it's like time has reversed. So, your ability is to manipulate time." He analyzed, slicing it once again. "I would guess that you cannot manipulate any living being, or otherwise you would have used your magic directly on me."

Seeing the frown on Ultear's face, he confirmed it for a fact. She was still adamant on attacking him, even though he was troubled very little by it. Getting bored of constantly dodging it, and slicing it, he changed his eyes into ocular pattern.

"Amaterasu!"

The ball was immediately on black flames, incinerating it. A lump formed in her throat, as she was now trembling at the sight of the blood shot eyes in front of her. The ball could still be brought back from the apparent burning black flames, but the eyes in front of her had her captured in its enthralment. She knew those eyes far too well after her time with Grimoire Heart and Master Hades since she was one of the practitioners of lost magic herself. The Mangekyou Sharingan.

Master Hades had tried recreating the sharingan, but failed many times. After many attempts, he came up with something else entirely on an accident. Though it wasn't the Sharingan, he had been satisfied by it, as it granted him dark magic but it was overwhelming even for him, as he could only have his right eye replaced by it. It was the demon eye. The eyes in front of her were the real deal, the eyes that could control even the dragons of the old.

"W-Who are you?"

"Sasuke," the last Uchiha answered, sheathing his sword as the woman in front of him had finally calmed and stopped her attacks on him. "It appears that you recognise the Sharingan."

"Of-f course. I have been in the darker side for far too long. I do know of it, since it was constantly bought up in the black-market, where people were looking for those eyes. But, no one found about it, since all the Uchihas were extinct. But clearly that isn't the case here."

"No point in hiding then. My name is Sasuke Uchiha. And before you ask, none of the other Uchiha are alive. I am the last one."

Ultear's face was still dumbstruck at finding a living Uchiha in front of her, even if he claimed to be the last one. "S-Still, I cannot allow you to go past this point, even if you are an Uchiha."

Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "I was just passing this way, since it was quickest route to Akane Resort. I am meeting somebody there. I am curious though. What exactly is going on the other side?"

Ultear's eyes softened as she looked at him. "I have been too harsh on a comrade, deprived him of his life, his love and made him into my pawn since a young age. I manipulated him as I saw fit for years, and for my purposes. He did not have a nice childhood, and I even made him attempt to kill his love. Now that he is on the path of redemption, he finally has the chance to meet with the love of his life after so long."

Sasuke scoffed. The entire concept of love was foreign to him. He didn't understand why Sakura proclaimed that she loved him, even though he had been a total jerk to her, tried to kill her multiple times. He found that absurd, but was still happy on the other side, happy to know that she, much like Naruto, never gave up on him and continued to care about him.

Though a foreign feeling to him, he still decided to respect it. "I will be sure not to disturb them."

He began walking past her. She stood still for few moments, before she became confused as hell and began chasing after him. "Why are you still going that way? I thought you said you will not disturb them."

"And that is what I'll do. I will walk past them silently." He continued to walk ignoring her protests. It would be a drag to go around the hill, reroute his way. Maybe, he will just glance at the love birds on his way, and think of something to say to Erza when he reaches her. "Anyway, I heard that you formed Crime Sorcier seven years ago. This comrade must have been a part of it from the start. I think it is too long due for a reunion, don't you think?"

"It wasn't by choice. He would have, but he couldn't. Rather, he wasn't able to."

"Why? Rats got into his pants?"

Ultear continued chasing the raven, who was walking ahead of her. "No. You see... she was thought to have died. But, it turned out she was alive all this time, and stuck on an island for seven years."

Dread filled Sasuke's gut as she spoke. It seemed a lot familiar. Wanting to confirm the feeling that twisted his gut, he asked her. "This 'he' you mentioned. Is he some other person that you had rescued?"

"You said so yourself. I helped only one person and it was Jellal, and the person he loved was-"

"Erza."

Ultear had a surprised expression. "Wow, you are like a psychic. Are you sure that you know you can read people's minds? ...Hey, what's wrong?" She stopped herself as she noticed the Uchiha had halted. She rushed beside him, as they both stood at the ledge of the cliff.

She saw him staring down, his jaw hanging slightly down and an unreadable look on his face before it slipped to a perfectly emotionless facade. She followed his gaze, and found Jellal on top of Erza, who was actually wearing a simple dress on her swimsuit.

She gave out a whistle, as her expression turned to a perverted grin. "Woah!~ Jellal did not waste any time getting back with her. I would never have guessed Jellal to get so aggressive.~"

Meeting with silence from the person standing beside her, who was just commenting on everything she said, she patted his shoulder. "What's wrong? Dumbstruck by the love birds in front of you? Ha, who's got rats into- Hey! Don't ignore me!"

She ran after the Uchiha who was now walking away in the direction he came from. "I thought you were supposed to go the other way around."

"Not your concern."

She reeled back in surprise at the cold reception, "Wow, somebody's pissed. I thought you were supposed to go to Akane resort."

"Just mind your own damn business before I take you to the Rune knights."

"Ha, you can try."

The last Uchiha stopped walking. The air felt suddenly chilly, and she was beginning to regret for taunting him. The tension felt like you could cut it with a knife, which had filled the air ever since they witnessed Jellal and Erza. Then realization slowly dawned on her. She spoke softly, "The person you were supposed to meet at Akane resort... is it Erza by any chance?"

"..."

The Uchiha did not reply, and started to walk again.

Ultear did not further chase after him. She just stood in her place, and wondered what kind of relation the pissed off Uchiha had with Erza. She was so deep lost in her thought, that she did not sense Meredy sneaking up behind her and smacking her on the head.

"Ow!"

"I thought you were watching over Jellal and Erza, and recording their moments. We had a plan to tease Jellal afterwards, remember?"

Ultear ignored her question, as she continued rubbing her head. "I think I might have just made things worse."

"How so?"

"There is this guy, Sasuke-"

"What!?" Meredy blinked in surprise. "You met him here! Gray was just telling me about him, and the strange powers he wielded!"

Ultear raised her eyebrow. "How does Gray know him?"

"He is a member of Fairy tail, their trump card in the coming Grand Magic Games. In fact, he is the newest addition to their guild."

Ultear's face had gone pale. "Meredy, find me a good place to jump from?"

"What for?"

"To die. Apologize to Erza later for me."

A good point to end, I suppose. Anyway, not many chapters left until the GMG starts. So, fingers crossed hoping that I can pull it off.

Addressing few questions,

1) Genjutsu works on people who don't even have chakra. It was shown in the Kaguya arc. Plus, I think Jiraya mentioned something about it in the Naruto series. True, dragons cannot be controlled by sharingan, but the mangekyou was shown to have the ability to control even the nine tails, which according to me is stronger than most. So, at least for this fic, I am going ahead the assumption that a dragon can be controlled by a Mangekyou (Only Ocular Jutsu by the way. No normal genjutsu).

2) Natsu has great battle sense. He personally never faced anyone in his guild with eye magic though. All it takes is one look to be under Genjutsu instantly, which I think Sasuke can easily accomplish given his current level. And, you control shit in a genjutsu, depends on the caster on what he wants the other guy to think, or sense. Again, normal genjutsu doesn't work since it tinkers with a user's chakra system. Ocular genjutsu though, on the other hand if chakra is poured into the victim's mind, it is possible then.

3) Heine and Juliet would have withstand even more, they shouldn't be simply defeated by a kick from Naruto and Sasuke- I did show that, they held their own against team Taka. But, when you have Naruto and Sasuke fighting you, people who are at least planet level, I think a kick would be enough to knock out a weaker opponent. They literally toyed with Momoshiki in Boruto movie with their Taijutsu. Well, that's that.

Until then, later!