merendinoemiliano: Thanks, and the O.R.C will have to work hard and get stronger if Itachi is to come back. And as to how the world of Naruto became the world of DxD, there are a few things left that I will have to keep a secret for a little while longer. But basically, the shinobi world fell into chaos for a mysterious reason. And since it happened because of the shinobi, in the people's eyes anyway. They began treating the shinobi as freaks and outcasts of the society which caused several of them to go into hiding and keeping a far distance from the civilized world until they could blend in with them. During this time without shinobi mankind slowly began to progress into the modern society which became the world of DxD, a world were almost every single human have forgotten that shinobis even existed (well the ones whom could spit fire and everything)
ronlol2: Thanks!
ZAR ROMANOV: Oh, well Itachi did what he had to do. Hopefully he will be able to return back to them someday.
acthoum35: Thanks!
VegetaUchiha: Yeah, brings back so many memories when people thought Itachi was an evil badass, now he's still a badass but much cooler.
Dat boi: Thanks!
Hell Fire: Thanks! And Itachi's prime power is coming back to him, he's getting stronger by the minute.
Harambe: Sadly, my friend, no.
AnimeKingNate: Thanks!
soulesssoldier: Thanks, and that's a first we hear about someone who likes the powerlevels.
Chapter 10: Walking Down a Dark Path!
In the time of the night, inside of Itachi Hyoudou's bedroom was the Gremroy princess Rias, sleeping on his bed. Her face buried in the pillow which had wet spots from tears she had cried. In her right hand, she held a red queen chess piece that used to be a pawn piece, and that used to belong to the owner of this room. Rias lifted her face from the pillow and looked down at the chess piece in her hand.
Flashback
Itachi panted as he looked like he was in a lot of pain, he held the chess piece in his hand having extracted it. "There, now… I'm no longer a part of your peerage." Itachi threw the chess piece at the ground in front of Rias.
Flashback end
Rias looked at the piece with an expression filled with sadness and sorrow. She walked over to Itachi's study desk and placed the piece next to a framed photograph of the entire group gathered in front of the old schoolhouse with Rias and Akeno each hugging one of Itachi's arms whom had a faint blush. "Itachi… I wonder… what are you doing right now?" Rias looked out the window at the full moon lighting up the dark night sky.
In an unknown location
Itachi was dressed in his Akatsuki cloak and wearing his ANBU mask over his face, he was standing on the rooftop of a Victorian mansion and he looked up at the full moon. 'Rias… Akeno… Issei… everyone.' Itachi thought when suddenly a voice reached his ears.
"Yo! We have a meeting inside. Let's go!" It was Jin whom was standing on the grass field on the ground. The mansion was surrounded by woods as far as the eye could see, with a small path way leading to the main gate. This was the headquarters of the Shinobi Faction, also the home of Fujiwara Uzumaki's family whom except for him were all gone.
"Understood." Itachi vanished from the roof and appeared next to Jin as they walked into the mansion.
They entered the living room of the mansion, which was decorated by several paintings on the walls, two couches gathered in the center of the room with a large table between them, and at the end of the room was a bar. Everyone were gathered in the center of the room, Hana, Mako and Shiro sat on one of the two couches as Fujiwara sat in the other. Itachi and Jin both took a seat on the couch with Fujiwara. "Good, now that everyone is here, let's begin." Fujiwara said and threw a file towards Itachi.
"What is this?" Itachi questioned and opened the file seeing pictures of a small church that was heavily guarded by men dressed in black coats, these men were most likely exorcists. While as there were at least five angels in the picture floating above the church.
"It's your first mission." Fujiwara said.
"My mission?"
"Inside of that church is a scroll, one of the many scrolls which the Angels took from what remained of the shinobi world. That scroll contains either a jutsu, a weapon, or just some other useful information. Your mission is to retrieve it." Fujiwara explained.
"Oh, and one more thing, show whomever is guarding it no mercy." Jin said as he laid back with his arms placed behind his head. "Unless some of them are too strong for you to handle that is." Jin smirked.
"… It won't be an issue." Itachi replied calmly and emotionlessly.
"Oh, but it actually might. Look at the fifth picture in the file." Jin said and Itachi browsed through the pictures until he arrived at the picture of a man with short blond hair and green eyes wearing a pair of glasses. He was dressed in a priest coat with a cross around his neck. But although Itachi didn't know the man he recognized his face, it was the face of a warrior. The man's face looked completely emotionless and bored. "That's Grand Exorcist Ben. He's said to be the strongest exorcist in history. Not only that, but it is said that he once picked a fight with Sirzechs, and he survived as you can see."
"Ben? I heard Balba mention that name when he told Kiba Yuuto about how they made Holy Sword wielders." Itachi said and stared at the photo.
"Yeah, here's the thing. Not only is he the strongest exorcist, but he doesn't even use a Holy Sword, just normal equipment plus a special weapon, although we have no idea what it is." Jin shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, recently he's been spotted near this church. So, you might want to keep your guard up."
"Where even is this church?" Itachi questioned.
"You may actually know that already. In fact, a certain former nun you used to know lived there once." Fujiwara informed.
"This is the church Asia Aregento was raised in?" Itachi questioned and looked at the picture of the church in silence for a moment. He then clenched his fist while holding the photo. "When do I leave?"
"Right now, I will prepare for your transport. Just get whatever you need to bring with you before you go." Fujiwara said and Itachi nodded and exited the room. "Does he really have to show no mercy?"
"We need to be sure, don't we? How do we know he's not just playing along until he and his friends finds a way to take us on? If he shows those people no mercy, then he has proven himself for me." Jin said with a sly grin.
"I do understand what you are saying. And you are right." Fujiwara said.
"We can't exactly trust him completely either way, now can we? If what he said was true, that his old Uchiha self has taken over. Who's to say he will not backstab us later on for his own personal gain?" Shiro said letting out a yawn.
"I don't know, seemed pretty real to me how his friends reacted to his betrayal." Hana said.
"For all we know they could have been good actors." Mako pointed out.
"That's true. Which is why I gave him this assignment. If he is telling the truth, then we will just need to keep a closer eye on him. If he's not, then well let's just say that he won't have any friends to return to." Jin said with his sharingan glowing bright red.
Itachi packed a few kunai knifes and shurikens inside of some scrolls. 'I know that they're probably testing me to see if I'm loyal. Hench the request to show no mercy. Doesn't matter there's no turning back, I knew that eventually I would have to do these kinds of things… No matter how much I don't want to.' Itachi thought and sealed his weapons inside of the scroll.
Itachi walked back into the living room, where Fujiwara and Jin were waiting for him. "Ready?" Fujiwara asked.
"Let's just get this over with." Itachi walked up to Fujiwara. Fujiwara then performed a set of hand seals and slammed his palm into the floor. "Reverse Summoning!" A bright light was let out as the three of them vanished in a puff of smoke.
With Rias
Rias still sat in the dark room that belonged to Itachi Hyoudou when suddenly she heard a knock on the door. "Buchou, school's about to start." Akeno's voice came from behind the door.
"Right, I will be right there." Rias walked to the door and opened it facing her queen. However, the outside of the room did not look the same, the hallway was now, way wider as there even was an elevator leading up to a third floor, but it didn't stop there the entire Hyoudou residence had changed into a six-story building.
"Looks like the renovating is finished. The only thing remaining of the old house is this room." Akeno said with an equal sad expression over the loss of Itachi.
Back when Rias' father offered to renovate the house Rias had requested that they let Itachi's room remain as it was. "He probably won't like it being renovated, he tended to like it simple." Rias said with a sad smile. "When we bring him back, I want him at least to be able to be comfortable in his own room."
"Issei-kun seems to be taking it hard as well, Asia says he tends to not sleep that much anymore and that he always wakes up early to train." Akeno informed.
Issei was down in the basement which was now a training area. Issei was struggling to do push-ups with one arm as his sweat dripped down on the floor. "Come on! Come on!" Issei lifted himself up. "One… hundred." Issei fell to the floor panting. "It's… it's not enough…" Issei looked up as an image of Itachi looking at him with an evil smirk came to mind. "If you wish to get your brother back, you and your friends need to get stronger. Much, much stronger." Itachi's words echoed through his mind. Issei then punched through the vision of Itachi with a determined expression. "I will, I swear it!"
With Itachi
Itachi, Jin and Fujiwara appeared on top of a hill in a puff of smoke, as there was a seal tag planted on the ground beneath them which was what allowed them to teleport here. "Down there is the church. You have some time I suggest you use it well." Jin said as he and Fujiwara vanished.
Itachi looked down from the hill holding his ANBU mask in his right hand, looking at the many exorcists guarding the church. "Guess I should set some traps." Itachi looked at the woods that surrounded the back of the church and the side. 'That will work.' Itachi created two shadow clones. "You know what to do." Itachi said as they nodded and leaped off into the woods.
Play: Indestructible by Disturbed
Itachi looked down at the church one last time before he placed his ANBU mask over his face with his red sharingan glowing through the masks eyeholes, and the full moon glowing over them in the black night sky. Itachi then jumped down from the hill, he landed on the pathway leading to the church and he slowly began walking. His footsteps were the footsteps of death as he approached the church calmly.
"Hey who's that?" An exorcist questioned and grabbed a hold of a gun hidden in his cloak.
"Halt! Identify yourself!" Another exorcist said and grabbed a hold of a light sword handle, and activated the light blade. The masked man dressed in the black cloak with red clouds, did not stop he just slowly walked towards them.
"Hey! Get out of here!" An exorcist walked up to the masked man, but that turned out to be a mistake. The moment the exorcist got close, the cold blade of a katana blade sliced across his chest. "ARGH!" The exorcist screamed in pain as blood gushed out and the masked man holding the katana, kept walking towards the church.
"What the?! Get him!" Another exorcist shouted as the entire exorcist army ran towards the masked man.
The masked man began running towards the exorcist army with his katana blade in his hand. The masked man threw the katana stabbing into chest of the exorcists in the front. The masked man jumped onto the man and grabbed the handle of the katana pulling it out as blood gushed out from the exorcist. The moment the exorcist fell to his knees Itachi used his body as a springboard and jumped further into the ocean of exorcists.
"Argh!" An exorcist screamed as Itachi cut his arm clean off and then sliced the katana across his throat ending his life. Itachi then turned around and kicked another exorcist in the chest sending him flying, Itachi pulled out a kunai and threw it into the flying exorcist, whom once landed in the crowd of exorcists discovered that in the kunai was a paper bomb tag.
"What the-" The exorcist questioned as his body exploded into bits taking several other exorcists with him.
Itachi at incredible speed cut through the exorcists one after another. Itachi tilted his head to the side dodging a light sword, Itachi quickly grabbed onto the wrist of the exorcist holding the sword and pulled him in and stabbed the katana through his torso. Itachi then pulled the katana out and swung the blade at the exorcist's neck cutting his head clean off.
"Fire!" An exorcist shouted as they all fired their guns at the masked man. However, Itachi with his sharingan dodged all the bullets with ease and even deflected some of them with his katana. Two exorcists charged at him with their light swords raised above their head, Itachi swung his body and sliced off the leg of one exorcist and threw a kunai into his throat. He then grabbed the other exorcist by the arm and pulled the exorcist's arm behind his own back into a lock, he then stabbed his katana through the exorcist's heart. Itachi heard gunshots from behind him and quickly turned around using the body of the dead exorcist as a shield. Itachi then placed a paper bomb tag at the exorcist's body and kicked him off his katana and to the crowd, an exorcist caught the dead exorcist in his arms and then discovered the paper bomb tag on his back. He didn't have time to react as the tag exploded, taking him and several others with him.
The remaining exorcists looked at the masked man in fear, one of them however ran towards Itachi with his light sword raised. Itachi looked the man in the eyes with his sharingan making the exorcist freeze in his steps. Itachi then swung his katana across the man's neck decapitating him. "Wh-What is he?! Who is he?!" An exorcist questioned in fear.
"It doesn't matter! We have a duty here! Protect what's inside the church! Fight bravely men!" Another exorcist readied his light sword. "Now charge!"
"Hn." Itachi had three shurikens in each of his hands, and threw them to the side into the woods.
"Wh-What's he doing now?!"
The shurikens flew into the woods and cut a thin wire each. Suddenly multiple kunai knifes flew out from the woods stabbing into most of the remaining exorcists. ""AAARRGGGHHH!"" All the exorcists that were stabbed by a kunai screamed in pain and fell over dead.
"It's another one of those exploding tags!" An exorcist shouted as some of the kunai knifes had a paper bomb attached to them. "Run!" The remaining exorcists leaped back and most of them managed to dodge the explosion.
The remaining exorcists looked around themselves seeing that only 50 of them remained. Some of the younger exorcists looked at the ocean of dead bodies in fear as they saw the red glow coming from the masked man's eyeholes, as the masked man walked over the dead bodies with the fiery smoke burning behind him. "Stay calm young ones." An elder exorcist said. "The fight is not over yet." Suddenly 10 angels appeared flying above them, with one of them having six wings.
"You shall pay for your sins." The six-winged angel said and directed his palm towards the masked man, forming two magic circles on his sides. Out from the magic circles came a barrage fire of light spears. Itachi with his sharingan dodged the spears as with one hand he formed the tiger seal and his katana sword let out a blazing fire around it. Itachi then deflected some of the light spears with the katana. "Tch!" The angel gritted his teeth in annoyance as all the other nine angels were floating around Itachi.
An angel behind Itachi threw a light spear at him, Itachi noticing it in the corner of his eye steps to the side and grabs the light spear. The throw, however, was very powerful making Itachi skid back leaving a trail of teared up ground. Using the momentum, he twists his body and throws the spear back at the angel, but with double speed. "What?!" The angel questioned in surprise when suddenly his own light spear impaled his gut.
All the nine remaining angels throws a light spear each at the masked man, the light spears stabbed into the ground around Itachi exploding creating a mushroom cloud of smoke and dust. Thinking it's over some of the angels smirks in victory, but the six-winged angel could still sense the masked man's presence. "He's still alive! Get ready!"
"What? Where is he?" Another angel questioned when suddenly they see several fiery lights coming from the smoke cloud. And out of the smoke came fifty fireballs that crashed into 4 of the angels that flew in front incinerating them. The remaining 5 angels flew up in the air dodging the fireballs. But then the masked man leaps out from the smoke, hovering in the air above the 50 exorcists.
Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!
The mask man spitted out a wave of fire that spread across a wide area. The exorcists looked in horror as they were blasted by the flames. ""AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!""
The angels looked at the masked man horrified, as when the smoke cleared all that was left was a burning pile of bones in torn cloaks, and with guns and light swords laying around them. "Y-You monster…" The six-winged angel said in anger.
"5 left." The masked man said.
The 5 angels flew up in the air and threw multiple light spears at the masked man. Itachi threw two kunai knifes at the two of the angels whom tilted their heads to the side dodging them. "You missed." An angel mocked, but unknown to them the kunai bounced off from the church clock tower that was behind them and flew back at them stabbing them in the neck making the two high-class angels fall to the ground, dead.
"Now." Itachi leaped above the three remaining angels with his katana raised above his head, he aimed for the six-winged angel. While two clones of the masked man leaped out from the woods towards the two other angels.
Leaf-style: Crescent Moon Dance!
The two clones sliced their blades through the two angels and vanished in a puff of smoke, but the six-winged angel blocked the real masked man's katana with a sword made of light. "One left." Itachi said as he was pushed back, Itachi landed back on the ground and faced the six-winged angel.
"You fiend! You shall meet your end by my hand!" The six-winged angel charged at Itachi, and swung the light sword at Itachi whom blocked it with the katana. Itachi looked at the angel with his sharingan. The angel froze as he felt like spikes stabbed around his body. "Ugh! Wh-What the?!" The angel widened his eyes in horror when suddenly Itachi swung his katana at his neck. And the very next moment the angel's head fell from his body and rolled on the floor, the body fell to the ground.
"It's over." Itachi walked past all the bodies, burnt corpses and bones. And went inside the church. According to the file the scrolls let out an aura of chakra, so all Itachi had to do was to find it with his sharingan. "The top floor, huh." Itachi's body vanished in a pack of crows that flew to the top floor of the church.
The crows gathered into Itachi when they arrived at the top floor. On the top floor Itachi saw the chakra coming from behind a wall. 'This one.' Itachi pushed his hand up against a brick that pushed inwards into the wall. The wall opened revealing a wooden chest, Itachi opened the chest and in there was a single scroll. "This is it." Itachi picked up the scroll and placed it inside a pocket inside his Akatsuki cloak.
Itachi then turned into a pack of crows that flew out an open window, they then flew to the roof of the church and gathered into Itachi. "Guess I'll leave." Itachi said but suddenly felt a strong presence. He turned around and faced a man with short blond hair and green eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses, he wore a black exorcist outfit with a cross around his neck. "Grand Exorcist Ben." Itachi narrowed his sharingan,
"…" Ben stood there motionlessly and opened his mouth as his breath was visible from the cool night air. They both stood there and stared at each other. Itachi then began running alongside the church with Ben as they kept looking at each other. Ben then pulled up a black gun with golden lines decorated on it from his coat. He aimed at Itachi and began shooting. Itachi deflected the bullets with his katana.
Ben turned and charged at Itachi, he brought out a handle from his pocket and pushed a button as a blade of light popped up. Ben then vanished at incredible speed, he appeared behind Itachi with his sword raised above his head. Itachi turned around and blocked the sword of light with his katana, however, the impact was so great that Itachi was pushed to his knees as the roof beneath him began to crack. Itachi widened his eyes in shock as he even saw his katana beginning to crack. "Hn." Itachi pushed Ben off and leaped back. 'His strong.' Itachi sheeted his katana. 'I don't have time to deal with him now.' Itachi formed a few hand seals.
Fire Style: Phoenix Flower!
Itachi spitted out a volley of small fireballs at the Grand Exorcist. Ben brought forth a metal staff with three claws on the end with a cannon like thing between them. Ben stabbed the staff into the ground and pushed a button as a golden energy shield formed in front of him blocking the fire volley. Ben stood there motionlessly as the fire balls flew around him and crashed into his shield.
Itachi appeared on Ben's side and threw three kunai knifes with paper bomb tags. Ben casually pulled the staff up from the ground and swung it towards the kunai knifes, shielding him from the paper bomb explosion.
Ben then deactivated the shield and ran to the side while still looking at Itachi, as he dragged the metal staff on the ground as yellow lightning flickered on the top of it. He then swiftly turned his body around and blasted a golden lightening orb at Itachi. Itachi ran towards the end of the roof top dodging the lightning orb.
Ben then vanished at incredible speed and appeared in front of Itachi, he placed the end of the staff at Itachi's chest and electrocuted him. But then Itachi's body was suddenly replaced by a log. Ben turned around and saw Itachi jumping off the roof. Ben quickly followed him and grabbed onto his belt pulling out a wire with a hook attached to the end, Ben attached the hook to the roof and jumped down after Itachi.
'He's a stubborn one.' Itachi thought and threw a shuriken at Ben's wire cutting it. Ben then brought forth his light sword and stabbed it into the church wall. When Itachi landed on the ground Ben looked at him emotionlessly as Itachi vanished in a pack of crows. He then widened his eyes in surprise as multiple paper bomb tags were attached across the church's wall. Ben pulled his light sword out and leaped down from the wall as the paper bomb tags exploded reducing the church to a pile of rubble.
The crows gathered into Itachi once they reached the hill. Itachi fell to his knees panting. Itachi looked at the burning church and the field where he saw all the dead burning bodies. He clenched his fist. 'May you all have a better life in the next world.' Itachi thought and walked away from the scene.
Not so far away from the hill, stood Jin and Fujiwara hidden behind a few trees. "Well he showed no mercy." Fujiwara said.
"Yeah, so it seems he's telling the truth. Meaning we need to keep a closer eye on him. Like Shiro said, who's to say he won't betray us eventually for his own personal gain." Jin said.
"So, we just let him work with us until that day might come?" Fujiwara questioned.
"Yeah, he still needs us for his goal. And we still need him for ours." Jin replied and began walking towards the direction Itachi walked in. "Let's meet up with him." Jin said and Fujiwara nodded and followed after him.
Itachi was leaning up against a tree while looking at the scroll he took from the church. 'I wonder what is sealed up in here.'
"Looks like you did it. Nicely done." Jin arrived with Fujiwara. He looked at the scroll in Itachi's hand. "Well, go one open it. Whatever's in there is yours." Jin said as Itachi gained a confused expression.
"Why?" Itachi questioned.
"You fought for it, you got it, that's the rule in our group. What you recover from battle is yours to keep." Jin replied.
"…" Itachi opened the scroll, he then performed the hand seals and placed his palm on the scroll. "Release!" A puff cloud of smoke came from the scroll, and when it cleared it revealed a gunbai, not just any gunbai, a gunbai that was passed down into the Uchiha clan for generations until Madara took it with him.
"A gunbai?" Fujiwara questioned.
"This gunbai belongs to the Uchiha clan, it was last used by Uchiha Madara from what I remember." Itachi said and lifted it up. Itachi gave it a swing and with the powerful wave of wind from the gunbai, he cleared out multiple trees in the forest. "This will come in handy."
"Yes, and there are several other scrolls out there. Each one containing an equal powerful weapon, jutsu, and some valued information. And it's guaranteed that they are in there, since no one besides a shinobi can open them." Jin said with a small smirk. "Now let's get back to base. Fujiwara."
"Understood." Fujiwara slammed his palm into the ground as the three of them vanished in a puff of smoke.
At the Shinobi Faction's hideout
Out from a door were there was a lot of steam exited a naked young woman with quite the curvy figure, silky milky white skin, and her breast size rivaled that of a certain blue haired Durandal wielder. She was drying her short black wet hair, she removed the towel from her face revealing her blue eyes. "Hana, could you lend me some clothes? Mine are in the wash." The young beautiful woman said to the brunette haired Byakugan wielder whom blushed a little.
"Mako! Don't just casually walk out here like that! Shiro is right here!" Hana scolded, as next to her sat the Nara delinquent hiding his blushing face behind a book.
"So?" Mako questioned showing no care whatsoever.
Suddenly a puff of smoke appeared in the room. "We have returned." Fujiwara announced.
"EEP!" Mako vanished from the room at incredible speed as neither of the three males that arrived saw anything due to the smoke.
"What was that?" Fujiwara questioned.
Jin looked over at Hana. "Let me guess, Mako?"
"Yeah." Hana sighed.
"Mako-san? Why would she yelp like that, is she feeling ill?" Fujiwara questioned with a look of confusion.
"I will go and help her." Hana sighed and walked out from the room.
"Dude, you may be smart but your dense as hell." Jin said as Fujiwara only gained a further look of confusion.
"What?" Fujiwara questioned.
"Did the mission go well?" Shiro asked and then spotted the gunbai Itachi was carrying. "Never mind, it seems it went well."
"Yep, things went good. But, now he has something to worry about." Jin said as both Shiro and Itachi gained a confused expression.
"Now that Ben has fought you, he will hunt you down. He's quite persistent when it comes to that." Fujiwara said.
"So, I can expect to face him again in the future?" Itachi narrowed his eyes.
"Most likely." Jin said.
"Well then let him come." Itachi said and began releasing a huge amount of pressure. "Now I have finally regained my full strength, I will be ready for him next time."
The remains of the church
Ben was walking through the church rubble with an emotionless expression looking at a kunai left behind from the masked man. "Ben, do you have any idea who it was that attacked this church?" A nun asked.
"…" Ben didn't reply, but his silence was enough to confirm that he was going to hunt down this attacker.
"I guess that means you don't know who it was, yet that is." The nun said as Ben walked away.
"A ninja, he used ninja tools." Ben uttered before walking away and placing the kunai in a small bag.
With Itachi
Like his family's new home, unknown to him however, the Shinobi Faction's base has a training room in the basement. Itachi stood in front of Fujiwara. Itachi swung his new gunbai over his head and slammed it into the floor. "Let's begin." Fujiwara declared and vanished from where he stood. He now appeared in front of Itachi with his fist raised.
Itachi quickly reacted and blocked Fujiwara's punch with the gunbai, the impact of the punch was strong enough to send Itachi skidding back a little. Itachi then pushed Fujiwara back a little and swung the gunbai sending a blast of wind at the Uzumaki. Fujiwara blocked the blast with his arms in an x-formation, yet the blast torn his sleeves a little and send him back a few steps.
Water Style: Water Dragon Missile!
Fujiwara performed a set of hand seals, and then out of the tiniest sweat drops from both him and Itachi he formed a large snake like dragon out of water. 'His water affinity rivals that of the second hokage Tobirama.' Itachi thought astonished and quickly performed his own hand seals.
Fire Style: Fireball!
Itachi spitted out a large ball of fire that crashed into the water dragon creating a lot of steam. Itachi stood in the mist looking for Fujiwara with his sharingan, when suddenly Fujiwara appeared behind Itachi and swing his leg into his back. But then Itachi vanished in a puff of smoke. "A Shadow Clone?"
Itachi appeared out from the steam and swung his gunbai at Fujiwara whom turned into a puddle of water. Fujiwara then appeared above Itachi with a blue sphere in his right hand. 'A rasengan?' Itachi quickly swung his body around and blocked the rasengan with the gunbai.
Uchiha Reflection!
The rasengan then got absorbed into the gunbai, and then the blast from the rasengan reflected back on Fujiwara. Fujiwara leaped out from the smoke from the blast and performed a set of hand seals.
Water Style: Water Drills!
The puddle of water from the water dragon around Itachi formed into drill of water. Itachi jumped up to avoid the water drills. Itachi widened his eyes in surprise as Fujiwara stood on the ceiling with a sword in his hand. "Your reaction speed is fast, I'll give you that." Fujiwara swung his sword towards Itachi whom vanished in a pack of crows. "Genjutsu." Fujiwara uttered as the ceiling began to look like it was melting and Fujiwara looked like he was sinking inside of the liquid that the ceiling had become. Fujiwara remained calm and performed a tiger seal. He focused his chakra flow and shut it off, then let it out in a burst of power as the space around him shattered. Fujiwara was falling down to the floor, he quickly swung his body and landed on his feet.
Itachi stood in front of him and swung the gunabi creating three large whirlwinds. He then performed the tiger seal and spitted out a wave of fire that merged with the whirlwinds creating three blazing tornadoes. Fujiwara performed a set of hand seals.
Water Style: Super Water Explosive Shockwave!
Fujiwara spitted out a large amount of water that formed into a large tsunami that crashed into the blazing tornadoes creating so much steam it covered the entire training room. Itachi leaped out from the steam with his gunbai raised, Fujiwara lifted his hand to the side as some summoning markings formed in the air creating a puff of smoke. "I got this from one of the scrolls we have gathered." Fujiwara swung out a large sword covered in bandages at the gunbai blocking it. "I believe it's called, Samehada or Shark Skin." Fujiwara pushed Itachi back. "It's supposed to be very heavy, yet I can lift it just fine."
'His strength is unreal, so is his chakra. Out of all the Shinobi Faction members I can clearly see, he has the most amount of chakra. As expected of an Uzumaki.' Itachi thought.
"That's enough!" Jin's voice was heard coming from the balcony of the training room where he and the other Shinobi Faction members stood. "He has shown that he can use the gunbai, training's over."
"His gotten a lot stronger since the time you fought him." Hana said.
"He's regained his so called prime power now, his stronger than both me and Fujiwara now. Just by a bit though." Jin narrowed his sharingan at Itachi. "His chakra level is very high, but his reserves are average. While as Fujiwara is a beast when it comes to chakra, physical strength, and stamina."
"Each one of us have our own strengths and weaknesses." Shiro pointed out.
"I am aware, I do wonder how this fight would have gone down if they were both serious. Itachi's mangekyou vs Fujiwara's sealing abilities." Jin said with a small chuckle. "Even I would find it difficult to go up against Fujiwara."
"Jin, Vali contacted us. He has requested if we could help some members of his group." Mako said as a magic circle vanished from her side.
"Hn? What does he want?" Jin questioned.
With the O.R.C
The summer time had come, and now summer vacation was here. And Rias had an announcement. "Eh?! We're going to the underworld?!" Issei questioned in shock.
"That's right, since your all servants of my devil family. It's only natural that you will accompany your master. Your coming to my home together with me. Now that I think of it, this is also the first time for Xenovia, right?" Rias turned to the former church member.
"Yes, I've been interested in the underworld. However, for the sake of going to heaven, I had to serve the Lord… But now that I'm a Devil, there shouldn't be any possibility of me going to heaven… I feel irony in setting foot in the same world as those who have been sent to hell as divine punishment. Hell, huh. It suits a former believer who became a Devil." Xenovia said.
'Ah, your once again becoming depressed over futile worries, Xenovia…' Issei thought with a sweat drop.
"We will spend the remainder of the summer holidays there until after the 20th of August. It seems like we'll be returning here at the end of the month. The plan is to train and attend various kinds of events at the underworld." Rias said and then looked down with her big blue eyes. "Especially training…" Rias said as an image of Itachi came to mind. The mood then changed into a more depressing one.
Issei clenched his fist and gained a look of determination. "Buchou, I'm ready to get stronger! I will bring nii-san back no matter what!" Issei declared as everyone in the room gained a smile.
"That's the spirit. Hope you're ready, because it's going to be though." Azazel stood in the doorway and smirked.
With the Shinobi Faction
Itachi and Fujiwara gathered on the balcony along with the others as they could see Jin talking with a hologram of Vali. "Very well then." Jin said and the hologram vanished. "We have a new mission, well one of us."
"What is it about?" Fujiwara questioned.
"Team Vali have their own agenda planned, while we have ours. Apparently, he has found a job that will benefit both our teams. In a few weeks from now, there's going to be a party in the underworld where several high-class devils and even the Maous will gather. And they want our help in getting them a new recruit, and what we get in return is a scroll." Jin replied.
"Vali has a scroll?" Itachi questioned.
"Not exactly, he knows that one is hidden in the building where the party takes place. So, we just send one of us to help two members of his team with their thing and our member can go and find the scroll while he or she is there. The question is, who wants to go?" Jin asked with a small grin. "I myself have other plans on finding another scroll, and so does Fujiwara and Hana. Meaning the three of you can decide who goes on this one." Jin looked over to Shiro, Mako, and Itachi.
'If this is a high-class devil meeting Rias will be there, and most likely everyone else. I can't allow to let anyone else go, they will be in life threatening danger then.' Itachi thought and stepped forward. "I will go. I'm interested in testing my newest weapon in the field." Itachi said with a stone-cold expression.
"Heh, very well then. You will go, you should take the few weeks you have and rest, I will tell Vali to let you know when the mission starts." Jin said.
With the O.R.C
Onboard a train traveling through a dark space, were Rias Gremory's peerage. Issei and Asia looked out a window when suddenly they exited the dark space and saw a landscape. A purple sky, and mountains. "Mountains and trees too! Hahahahaha! Amazing! Amazing!" Issei said in awe.
"Amazing! Amazing!" Asia let out her cries of excitement.
"It's fine if you open the window now." Rias said.
"Really?!" Issei questioned and Rias let out a small giggle and nodded, feeling as if she was watching some younger siblings visiting an amusement park or something.
Issei opened the window and stuck his head outside feeling the wind, breathing in the fresh air of the underworld that for some reason felt more natural then the human world, probably because he was a devil now. Issei looked back and saw a black hole where they came out from that was the dimensional tunnel linking the human world and the underworld.
"They really are energetic." Rias said with a warming smile.
"Indeed, they are." Akeno said with a small giggle, as she was sitting on Rias' right.
"Yeah, don't you think so to, Itach-." Rias stopped midsentence as she looked over at the empty seat on her left. She then gained a depressed expression, and suddenly felt Akeno's hand on her shoulder.
"I know I miss him to… sometimes back at the house, I would expect him to come through the front door saying, I'm home." Akeno said with trying to comfort Rias with a smile.
"Yeah… same here… I except sometimes when I wake up that he will be there right next to me… That's why we just have to fight harder, and save him from the Uchiha's control." Rias gained a warm smile. "And we will save him, no matter what happens, he will always have a home with us."
Azazel-sensei then suddenly walked in with a serious expression, like he was bearing bad news. He looked over to the blond ex-nun. "Asia."
"Yes?" Asia turned towards Azazel in confusion.
"… The church you were raised in… was attacked a few days ago… it's gone." Azazel said as Asia froze with wide eyes.
"Huh?" Asia's body began shaking.
"What…?! The church where Asia was raised, is gone?! How?!" Issei questioned.
"The attacker blew it up. There's nothing left but rubble, an entire army of exorcists and ten angels were killed in the process." Azazel clenched his fist. "The man whom did it… wore a cat mask… a black cloak with red clouds… he used ninja tools…"
Everyone widened their eyes in shock and Issei began shaking his head. "Y-You don't mean…" Issei muttered as Rias, Akeno, and Asia were on the verge of breaking into tears.
"The man had red eyes with three black tomoes, he had a sharingan…. And his hair was black tied into a ponytail… I'm sorry, it was Itachi…" Azazel said.
"No…" Asia fell to her knees and began crying. "Itachi-san… could never…"
"Remember, his body is under the control of Itachi Uchiha. It's not Itachi-senpai's fault…" Kiba said.
'Asia… she's crying despite what that church has done to her… I don't care about those people from the church who made Asia suffer… But I care about Asia too much.' Issei clenched his fist and bent down to the crying nun and embraced her in a hug.
"He's officially been ranked as a criminal..." Azazel informed.
Issei's body began shaking as images of his and Itachi's childhood came to his mind. Memories of their times as devils, the time they have spent with Buchou and everyone, then those images were replaced by an evil smirking Itachi. "… So, what? I don't care… I'm bringing him home, I will save him… I promised I would!"
"Heh, I figured you would say something like that… but first you need to get stronger. And I have the perfect trainer in mind for you." Azazel said with a smirk.
"A trainer?" Issei questioned.
"Yeah, and I have a training schedule for all of you. Once we're all settled in the Gremory castle. We will begin training, all of us." Azazel declared.
Later
After having arrived at the incredible large castle that was Rias' family's house. And meeting Rias' family, her father whom they meet during Parent's Day at school, and they meet Sirzechs' son Millicas whom was a little boy with red hair and blue eyes dressed like a little gentleman. And something that especially surprised Issei was Rias' mother whom looks like she's old enough to be Rias' sister, her mother instead of having red hair and blue eyes and brown hair and purple eyes.
Now they had all gone with Rias to a meeting for the young devils. They meet up with Rias's cousin Sairaorg and arrived in the middle of an argument between two high-class devils, resulting in Sairaorg stepping in taking out a high-class devil delinquent whom was later escorted out from the meeting along with his peerage. While there they also meet Saji and President Sona. The high-class young devils all six gathered, except the delinquent that started the argument, the young devils began introducing themselves.
A young woman with green hair and purple eyes with glasses over them stood up, she was the one arguing with the delinquent. "I am Seegvaria Agares. The next head of the Agares family, rank Archduke."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rias Gremory, next head of the Gremory family."
"I'm Sona Sitri, next head of the Sitri family." Rias and Sona greeted everyone that were gathered as all the masters had their servants standing behind them.
"I'm Sairaorg Bael, I'm the next head of the Bael family, rank Great King." Sairaorg the number 1 young devil introduced himself with a majestic air around him.
A boy with a gentle atmosphere around him took a sip of tea and spoke up. "I'm Diodora Astaroth, the next head of the Astaroth family. Please take care of me, everyone." This young man was from the same family as the current Maou Beelzebub, he had short dark hair and looked like a gentleman.
"Umm, the delinquent from before if I'm not mistaken is from the Glaysa-Labolas family, he's from the same family as the current Asmodeus-sama. Is it okay for the next head of the family to be someone like that? I heard from others that, with the influence of the overly free-spirited Maou-samas, their siblings were all serious and diligent." Issei spoke his mind.
"The Glaysa-Labolas family seemed to have had some family trouble the other day. The person who was supposed to be next head of the family just had an unforeseen accidental death. The delinquent from before, Zephrodol is said to have become the candidate for the next head." Sairaorg explained.
Later on, the delinquent that started the argument earlier came back although he still had a swelling on his cheek from Sairaorg earlier, and the four Maous arrived sitting in very high places in the room. Sirzechs and Serafall were the only ones Issei recognized. While the other two were new faces, both of them looked young, one had slicked back green hair while the other one was bald with a black goatee. But, just like Sirzechs and Serafall these two had a powerful magic presence.
After some words given by elderly devils to the "young generation", and words of Rating Games held between these six were mentioned. But then Sairaorg decided to ask a question. "Will we also eventually be sent out in the battle against the Khaos Brigade?"
Issei wanted an answer to that question just as much as Sairaorg, and so did everyone else in the Gremory peerage. The closer they got to Khaos Brigade, the closer they would get to Itachi, and the sooner they could bring him back. But then Sirzechs replied to Sairaorg's question. "I don't know. However, I don't want to send out young devils if possible."
Sairaorg raised his eyebrows. "Why? Even if we're young, we carry part of the responsibility of devils. If we just receive kindness from our predecessors even at this age and nothing further is done-"
"Sairaorg, I acknowledge your bravery. However, you're reckless. Above all, I'd like to avoid sending you all, who are still in the midst of growing, to the battlefield. Besides, it would be too great a loss if we lost the devils of the next generation. I want you to understand. You are all more of a treasure to us than you think. That's why I want you to experience important things step by step and grow." Sirzechs said.
"I understand." Sairaorg said with a dissatisfied expression.
The difficult talking kept on going, which in the end became too much for Issei to comprehend. But for some reason, he felt something watching him he looked from the corner of his eyes, but couldn't find anything.
Behind Sirzechs was a pillar decorated with a red curtain, and behind that curtain was Itachi disguised as an underworld guard, wearing a full-on devil armor that covered most of his face. He looked down from the corner of his eyes at Issei and the others, Itachi had his arms crossed and clenched his right hand. Sirzechs looked at him from the corner of his eye and nodded. "Now then, I apologies for keeping you with this long talk." Sirzechs spoke up to the young devils. "Well, we all see our dreams and hopes in you young ones. I want you to understand at least that. You are the treasure of the underworld. To finish things, will you now let us hear your respective future goals?"
"My dream is to become Maou." Sairaorg declared.
The higher ups let out breaths of wonder at Sairaorg's goal. "It's unprecedented for a devil from the Great King family to leave it."
"When the people of the underworld feel that there's no choice but for me to become Maou, I will become one." Sairaorg further declared. Itachi had a small smile planted on his lips. Sairaorg's dream reminded him of a certain blond haired shinobi's dream of becoming hokage, from his earlier life as Itachi Uchiha.
Next up to speak was Rias. "My goal for the near future is to live as the next Gremory head, and to win in each Rating Game battle. But before anything of that happens, I will bring back a very special person from his path of darkness." Rias declared making Itachi's smile grow further, with a hint of sadness that he couldn't be there for them more. Sirzechs even let out a beaming smile at this and looked at Itachi from the corner of his eyes. Although, Itachi could see that Sirzechs' eyes contained hints of regrets for letting Itachi walk down this path. Itachi raised his index and middle finger as a sign saying "it's alright".
The other young devils stated their dreams, leaving Sona in the end. "I wish to build a school for the Rating Game in the Underworld."
The higher ups scrunched up their eyebrows. "If it's learning about Rating Games, isn't there already one for that?"
"That is just a school where only high-class devils and devils of privileged rank are accepted. The school I want to build is one where low-class and reincarnated devils can also attend without any distinction." Sona declared.
Then suddenly the higher ups erupted in laughter. "That's impossible!"
"This is just brilliant!"
"I see! So, you're a little girl who dreams!"
"It's good to be young! However, for the next head of the Sitri family to state such a dream, I have to say thank goodness that it was here at this place of introduction before your debut."
Itachi understood that discrimination between high-class devils and low-class devils still exist and is considered to be natural, especially considering how Raiser looked down on him and Issei before. Still Itachi could only see those devils to be nothing but caged birds, too afraid to fly and explore.
Yet Sona spoke out frankly. "I'm serious." To which her older sister Serafall nodded strongly in agreement.
A higher up then spoke with cool-headed words. "Sona Sitri- dono. Low-class devils and reincarnated devils merely work for their high-class devil masters and are only selected for their talent. Wouldn't build such a training institution make the old families, who value tradition and pride, lose face? No matter how much people say that the world of devils have entered a period of change, change can be both good and bad. Something like teaching mere low-class devils really is nothing of your concern…"
"Why have you been looking down on President's- on Sona-sama's dream like that while I've been listening silently!? It's strange! Why should you decide that it won't come true!? We're serious here!" Saji shouted out at the higher ups.
"Be careful how you talk, young reincarnated devil. Sona-dono, your servant hasn't been properly trained."
"What are you saying!? You're much stranger! Why do you say such things, even though you told them to say their dreams!?" Issei spoke up.
"…I apologies. I'll speak to him later." Son said with an emotionless expression.
"President! Why!? These people, they mocked your, our dream! Why, do you remain silent!?" Saji questioned.
"Saji, be silent. This isn't a place you can display such an attitude. I simply told them my future goal. That's all." Sona said narrowed her eyes and scolded Saji.
"In that case! If my Sona-chan wins magnificently in the games, you won't have any complaints, right? Since many things are granted by saving up good results in the games!" Serafall suggested as she was pissed off at the higher ups for mocking her precious So-tan's dream. "Geez! You oji-samas are all joining forces to torment my So-tan! Even I have my limits of endurance! If you bully her that much, I'll torment you as well!" Serafall spoke with watery eyes. The higher ups blinked their eyes at the livid Maou Leviathan-sama, and had trouble reacting. Sona covered her face in seeming embarrassment.
"Very well. Then, let's play the games, between these young people." Sirzechs spoke. "Rias, Sona, would you not like to fight each other?"
"…"
"…"
Rias and Sona started at each other, and blinked in surprise. Sirzechs then continued to speak. "Originally, it was planned for Rias' game to take place in a few days. Azazel has gathered Rating Game fans from each of the factions, also under the pretext of watching the games of the young people before their debuts. That's why it's fine like this. Let's hold the game with Rias and Sona."
Both Rias and Sona looked at each other with a smile. "It may not be an official one, but it feels like fate to me that you would be my first Rating Game opponent, Rias." Sona spoke.
"Now that we're competing with each other, I won't lose, Sona." Rias said as sparks flew between them.
"A match between Rias-chan and Sona-chan! Yes! It may fire things up!" Serafall said in excitement.
"The date of the competition is August 20th in human world time. You may each divide up your time as you like until then. The details will be sent again later." Sirzechs said.
Once this was decided, Rias and her peerage went back to her family castle to get ready, as they're training started the very next day. Sirzechs stood up and Itachi followed him into a private room that Sirzechs sealed off with the protection magic circle. "Now, Itachi-kun. What did you come to tell me about?"
"You know the party in a few weeks from now, the Khaos Brigade has plans to infiltrate it." Itachi informed removing his helmet. "Among the infiltrators will be myself, and two members from the White Dragon Emperor's team."
"What are they after?" Sirzechs questioned.
"Well, the Shinobi Faction wants me to retrieve a scroll that the devils took from the Shinobi world long ago. While as Vali's team, they want two things… one of them involves Loki the Norse God of Mischief. The other, is Koneko. Although I'm not sure what they have planned with Loki, seems they wish to recruit Koneko." Itachi informed.
"I must say, I feel like a little hypocrite." Sirzechs said with a sad expression.
"Sirzechs-san?"
"I said all we care about is the next generations future… yet I allow a young man like you do these kinds of things… You even had to kill all those people at that church."
"I had no choice in that matter… if I hadn't showed no mercy the Shinobi Faction would begin to get suspicious about my loyalty, and that would risk Rias and everyone's safety." Itachi closed his eyes as he felt Sirzechs' hand on his shoulder.
"You are not at fault here… Besides, it might ease your mind that most of those exorcists were corrupt."
"… Do you have what I asked for?" Itachi asked and Sirzechs nodded and handed over an envelope of some kind.
"Here's the list of all corrupt devil family's. They secretly capture people and torture and kill them for their own amusement, or transports them as slaves." Sirzechs said.
"Good, if I'm going to be forced to kill. I would rather prefer that they aren't innocent." Itachi said as a crow landed on his shoulder, Itachi tied the envelope around its leg, and it flew out the window.
"I will also make sure that some of those scrolls the Underworld is in possession of will appear at their territory. That way at least you won't be forced to kill too many innocents." Sirzechs said still having a look of guilt for letting Itachi walk this path.
"Sirzechs-san, please at the party, go a little easy on me." Itachi said with a warm smile.
"Heh, I will try… make sure to put up a good show." Sirzechs said with a small smile and chuckle. "And don't kill anyone at the party."
"Don't worry, I have not gotten any orders to do that. At worse I might just hurt them really badly." Itachi said.
"Good luck, Itachi-kun." Sirzechs said as Itachi vanished in a puff of smoke, as he was just a clone.
With Itachi
Itachi stood on top of the roof at the Shinobi Faction base, he was in his Akatsuki cloak and wore his ANBU mask when suddenly a crow flew out from a magic circle and landed on his shoulder with the envelope tied around it's leg. Itachi took the envelope and placed it in his pocket inside the cloak. He leaped down from the roof as on the ground was Bikou the new Monkey King he met during the conference, and a young woman with a large breast that rivaled Rias and Akeno's, she wore a black kimono decorated with a few bells, she had long black hair and golden eyes, on the top of her head was black cat ears and on her back, was two black cat tails sticking out. "Nya. Is this him?" The young cat lady asked.
"That's him, Kuroka, meet Itachi." Bikou introduced.
"Hn." Itachi gave them a nod of greeting.
"We have a few weeks to prepare, so let's go!" Bikou said and slammed his staff in the ground creating a dark portal beneath them. "Don't worry Jin, Fuji, we will bring your man back once we're done!"
"Just leave already." Jin said looking at Bikou with an annoyed expression as Fujiwara stood beside him twitching his eyes in annoyance at that nickname.
"Nya. You know Shirone, right?" Kuroka asked Itachi as he stepped in the portal with them.
"She prefers to be called Koneko." Itachi said and Kuroka let out a pout.
"Her name is Shirone! Nya."
"And how do you know her?" Itachi asked.
"Nya. She's my little sister." Kuroka replied with a smile.
That's the end for now!
So, how do you guys think this chapter went? Itachi having to go cold blooded killer for a while there, facing off against my co-author's and my OC Ben the mightiest exorcist.
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