andresskorskiruiz: Thanks!
merendinoemiliano: Thanks, and no worries.
Harambe: LOL! If Itachi had gone all out then sure, maybe.
Apache22: We are considering for him to get EMS, or at least find a way to prevent him from going blind and suffering the side effects of overuse of the Mangekyou.
9721yellow: Thanks! And here you go, but keep in mind, I will never abandon this story, or any of my other ones, and if the case happens when I don't update for a long time it will be because I'm either busy or have a little writers block.
skashim: It will be a love triangle between Itachi, Rias and Akeno, nothing more.
Master Terra: How so? I mean Rias like all devils especially the Gremory are greedy. But Rias has a lot of love for all her servants which she considers her family, but this is your own opinion and I will respect that.
Ak-Jaidyn: Here you go!
imortalshadows: LOL!
Guest: We have planned for it, we have it exactly figured out on how he would get the rinnegan, and when, all that remains is to consider whether or not we should do it.
Itachi: Thanks!
Guest: Itachi will return to them maybe around the time when Issei has gotten strong enough, so maybe when Issei gets Cardinal Promotion or after. And him telling them the truth about the Uchiha… We'll see, we haven't really thought about it. And if Great Red has a scar left behind from an Uchiha, then it would have to be Madara who gave him it, or Sasuke, or maybe an Uchiha that came after Sasuke's time. But yeah, we might not show the scar this chapter because we will have to think about it, but if we decide on it we will show later at some point.
Guest: That depends on how far season 4 takes the anime, because we have planned on which point in the Light Novels Itachi will make his return. But considering how the anime has gone so far with the story, I don't think so.
seant5054: Umm, this is not a Itachi harem story, he only has a love triangle with Rias and Akeno, but you have also asked for this in Itachi Sitri, so I will see what I can do there.
Chapter 14: Brothers and the Past!
Issei in his Juggernaut Drive state let out a powerful devastating roar, and Itachi's humanoid Susano'o gave a powerful roar back. "Did you notice me…" Itachi uttered with an emotionless stare as his Susano'o flared up in an intense aura. 'All I have to do is make him look me straight in the eyes and I should be able to break him free. Although the way his rampaging I doesn't look like it's going to be easy. And if I defeat him with brute force it might make the others think that rescuing me one day would seem impossible. I should just fight him and wait for an opening.' Itachi thought and leaped towards Issei with his Susano'o moving along with him. Itachi's Susano'o threw a powerful devastating upper cut punch to Issei sending him flying up into the sky, Issei stopped in midair spreading out his dragon wings.
Issei let out another roar and spewed out a laser beam from its dragon jaw. Itachi narrowed his eyes and his Susano'o formed a shield on one of its four arms, and blocked the laser beam, he tilted the shield upwards sending it back flying into the sky, and sent it back crashing into Issei making him let out a howl in pain. Issei bursted out from the burning smoke cloud left from the explosion of the laser beam.
Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!
Issei kept increasing his power more and more. 'I can't let him keep increasing his power like this, eventually even I will have trouble.' Itachi thought as he and his Susano'o leaped back to dodge Issei whom came crashing down like a meteorite. Issei growled while letting out a violent red aura and let out a massive roar that shook the skies. Issei charged at Itachi like a wild beast and dug his claws into Itachi's Susano'o shoulders, and Itachi's Susano'o grabbed a hold of Issei's shoulders and used the other two hands to throw a barrage of punches making Issei growl in pain for each strike. Issei then opened his jaw and blasted Itachi's Susano'o with a laser beam. Itachi released Issei and skidded back with his Susano'o, that had its head reverted back to its skeleton stage, like its flesh had been melted off. Itachi quickly concentrated and had the Susano'o grow its lost flesh back.
"Now this is something I've wanted to find out for a while now. Which is stronger, Juggernaut Drive, or Susano'o." Vali said as he watched the fight with great curiosity.
"Technically speaking, Juggernaut Drive has more in terms of destructive power, while as Susano'o has way more in terms of defense. And to top it off, that shield his Susano'o has, it has a strange aura to it." Arthur said as he watched the fight along with Vali and Bikou.
"There is no mistaking it, it's the legendary Yata Mirror. It is the ultimate defense and is an unbreakable shield. Legends has that it is able to negate, reflect and deflect any attack physical or magical. That shield has been missing for millions of years now, guess we know where it was all this time, attached to Itachi Uchiha's soul." Albion spoke from Vali's wings and everyone had a look of awe besides Vali whom only looked interested.
"Oh, really, now that seems interesting." Vali hummed with a smirk.
Itachi's Susano'o blocked a strike from Issei with its arm, and pushed the Yata shield into him pushing Issei back a few steps. The Susano'o then raised its massive fist and slammed it right into Issei's face sending him skidding back crashing into a pillar that collapsed around him. Issei growled at Itachi and charged up a laser beam in its dragon like jaw and blasted it at Itachi whom just blocked the beam with the Yata Mirror making the attack worthless. Issei then charged at Itachi's Susano'o and sunk its massive fangs into its right shoulder making the Susano'o howl. "Won't be that easy." Itachi uttered and the Susano'o flared up in a fire like energy making Issei fly back as he was pushed back by the pressure released from Itachi's Susano'o. Itachi grew frustrated, he couldn't find an opening to make eye contact with Issei, whom was to focused on the Susano'o to even notice that Itachi was inside it, and every time they almost got into eye contact Issei would blast him with a laser beam shielding Issei's eyes from his sharingan. "Heh, I will show you the difference between your powers and mine." Itachi put up the act so that the Occult Research Club and Team Vali would still think he was under the control of Itachi Uchiha.
As Itachi's Susano'o and Issei kept throwing punches at each other, and Issei kept blasting him with laser attacks which Itachi managed to block every single time. Memories went through Itachi's mind, Issei running after him all the time when they were children to play, Issei getting into trouble which would result in Itachi helping him out, even if it would be from bullies or girls that wanted to punish Issei for peeping. Then memories of his old life as Itachi Uchiha, and with young Sasuke came to mind and everything they had been through.
'I treated them both differently… be it because I was raised in a different situation then I was before, or because unconsciously I knew what to do different than what I did with Sasuke. This way… might not have been the right one, but it is the way that will keep him and them safe. And I plan on sticking around longer so that I can help Issei on his way through life, my brother, my brothers, I truly love you both, and I always will. This time, I will not fail, this time I will succeed, because I am not alone this time… And to do that, I will save Issei now!' Itachi thought and narrowed his eyes as his Susano'o formed beads with three magatama's attached to them in each of the Susano'o hands.
Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Longinus Smasher!
Issei charged up energy in his dragon armors chest plate making the whole area and sky shake and tremble from the power it and Itachi was releasing. Issei let out a roar and blasted a massive wave of energy at Itachi whom had his Susano'o throw the beads towards the wave.
Yasaka Magatama!
The beads collided with the wave creating such a powerful explosion, that massive shockwaves flew through the area, and was even felt all the way over to where Jin and Sirzechs were battling it out.
Then out from the fiery smoke leaped out Itachi with the Susano'o deactivated, he then leaped onto Issei's now dragon like armors face, and looked him straight in the eye, with his mangekyou spinning. Itachi was now inside Issei's mindscape, it was a dark empty space and he walked on what seemed to be water. Issei was in the center of the room surrounded by what looked like dark spirits that whispered to him. "Kill. Destroy. Destroy." Itachi released a glow that resembled his Susano'o aura blowing the spirits away with the pressure.
"Now what are you doing looking like this? You look like you've been rejected by Asia." Itachi said with a humorous friendly tone and placed his hand on Issei's shoulder as all the darkness around them vanished.
"Nii-san…?" Issei blinked and then leaped back and got ready to fight.
"Issei, calm down, it's me you idiot." Itachi smiled.
"Wait, what? Wh-What happened?" Issei widened his eyes as he remembered. "Asia… That bastard Shalba! He! He!"
"Shalba is gone, and Asia is safe." Itachi assured.
"How do you know that?" Issei questioned.
"I've been watching from my other self. Asia almost died but was saved by Vali and his people. You entered Juggernaut Drive out of the pure rage you felt for Asia's death, right now you're fighting my other self actually. The only reason I am able to even speak to you, is because my other self-managed to get eye contact with you, and I used what little power I had to come here and help you break free from Juggernaut Drive, before it consumes your lifespan." Itachi explained and Issei let out a sigh of relief over the fact that Asia was safe.
"Hey, help me get into your mind! And I will help you kick that Uchiha guy's ass! Then you can come back and-" Issei said but Itachi raised his hand stopping him from speaking any further.
"I am afraid that is impossible. His mind is even greater than his current power in my body, at the level you're at now even with my help we wouldn't be able to do much about it. No, it is better you defeat him in my body before he recovers his prime power, I will hold him back as long as I can to prevent that from happening. But in the meantime, train and get stronger, and don't try to rush the whole rescue me plan, it will only lead to you failing." Itachi said and Issei looked down in frustration but he understood what his brother was saying.
"Yeah, I will, I promise you that…" Issei bumped his fist to his chest with a determined look on his face.
"Hn, I truly love you, little brother, no matter what that will never change." Itachi said with a warm brotherly smile and Issei blushed embarrassedly.
"Dude, that's something you should be saying to Rias buchou or Akeno-senpai and not me." Issei chuckled while rubbing the back of his head.
"Hn, Rias and Akeno huh…" Itachi looked down with a sad smile on his face. "I do love them, and everyone else in our club for that matter. To me, they are like family. Please tell them that for me."
"Heh, you got it!" Issei gave a thumps-up.
"Looks like my time is up." Itachi began to fade and all he did was keeping on smiling at Issei. "I am looking forward to coming home to everyone, I will see you later." Itachi reached his transparent hand out towards Issei and poked him in the forehead.
The next moment for Issei his Juggernaut Drive armor broke and he fell to the ground and closed his eyes. Itachi landed next to him while panting having used up a little too much chakra with his Susano'o. Itachi picked up Issei's unconscious body and threw him over his shoulder, he then vanished in a red flash and appeared next to Team Vali and the Gremory group and he placed Issei on the ground.
"Issei-san!" Asia ran up to Issei with Xenovia.
Rias and Akeno looked at Itachi like they wanted to say thanks, but they stopped once they saw Itachi's look, no emotion what so ever. "I have saved your precious servant, Rias Gremory. And now I will take my leave."
"Wait!" Rias shouted and Itachi turned around to face the redhead whom he loved dearly and the half-fallen angel girl he also loved dearly. "Why didn't you kill him?" Rias asked as it seemed suspicious why Itachi Uchiha wouldn't have just killed Issei and be done with it.
"…" Itachi looked over at Rias and narrowed his eyes as from his point of view everything was a blur, he was slowly going blind from overuse of the Mangekyou. "It's simple, I did it because I believe one day he and all of you can be the perfect ones to test my powers out on one day, that is the only reason I didn't kill him. As for why I even bothered to help, I wanted to test out the powers of Juggernaut Drive, even if it was an imperfect version. There you have your answer." Itachi said with a smirk and vanished in a red flash.
"Oh, Itachi…" Rias uttered with a saddened look on her face that was shared by Akeno as they were both thinking the same thing. They both missed him, the man they both love.
Meanwhile, elsewhere Fujiwara was battling against Odin, Fujiwara clashed his Samehada against Odin's Gungnir pushing the old man down. "Seems you have a lot of power for a youngster, this might turn out bad for me." Odin smirked and tried to push Fujiwara off. Then the bandages around Samehade got torn as multiple shark like fang fins sprouted out and cut Odin on the cheek, the old Norse God managed to push Fujiwara off him and leaped back. He touched the cut on his cheek. "Hmm, some of my power has been drained…"
"Samehada, or Sharkskin, has the ability to absorb energy to make itself grow in power." Fujiwara pointed out and at super speed performed a set of hand seals.
Earth Style: Mud Dragon!
Out from the ground popped out a dragon's head made out of mud that opened its jaw and spit out a barrage fire of mudballs.
Fire Style: Fire Missile Barrage!
Fujiwara spit out a barrage fire of fire waves that merged with the mud and flew towards Odin. Odin spun Gungnir and sent a massive wave of energy that countered the burning mud. Fujiwara then appeared behind Odin with his arm thrown behind his back.
Wind Style: Gale Palm!
Fujiwara slammed his palm forward sending a massive wave of wind crashing into Odin's back making him fall onto his knees. Fujiwara then kicked the old man in the side sending him flying. Odin coughed up a small amount of blood and looked up to see Fujiwara spinning in the air and then raised Samehada and swung it towards Odin, whom managed to jump away just in time, as Samehada slammed into the spot where Odin once were and made a massive crater.
"You move pretty quick despite your age, as expected of a God." Fujiwara said with an emotionless expression, and then Samehada let out a shriek, Fujiwara looked down on Samehada as the handle extended and the skull on the end went up next to his ear. "What is it?" Fujiwara asked and it let out another shriek. "Oh? I see, you don't like magic power huh? You want chakra then, I see, although there isn't much I can do for you at the moment. Just endure eating the magic power for now and I will give you some charka later." Fujiwara said and Samehada let out a shriek as a reply. "Yes, I promise."
"Speaking to your weapon? That is odd." Odin said as he stood up panting a little. 'This is starting to take a lot out of me, and despite us having fought for so long, he doesn't seem tired in the least. Just how much stamina does this lad have? Not only that I can detect that he has the same amount of energy as a Super Devil, this is getting troublesome.' Odin thought with a smirk on his face despite being in this situation.
"You keep smirking despite your situation? Are you doing it to hide away your fear? Or do you simply not care what happens to you?" Fujiwara asked with a stoic look.
"Heh, who knows… What about you? What's your reasoning for being a part of the Shinobi Faction?" Odin asked.
"…" An image in Fujiwara's mind of a weak looking woman with red hair stroking a child version of Fujiwara's cheek gently as she smiled warmly at him, and all his child self could do was cry his eyes out. "… Discrimination, my kind has suffered discrimination for too long, been forced into hiding, and I am sick of it." Fujiwara said as he narrowed his eyes, he then formed a set of hand seals.
Earth Style: Sacred Altar!
Around Odin popped up a massive altar made out of stone, then Fujiwara formed one hand seal with his right hand.
Restraining Chains
Out from the ground around Fujiwara popped out golden chains that let out a powerful aura, and wrapped itself around Odin, restraining the old Norse God making him unable to move. "We will bring back the world to how it was back then. Never again…" When Fujiwara uttered that last word the image of the same redhaired woman from earlier appeared in his mind and then he formed one more set of hand seals with his right hand only, and a swirl of wind, water, and lightning formed into a massive spear.
Combination Jutsu: God Hunt!
Odin widened his eyes, and let out a small grunt. Fujiwara looked down on the old Norse God with an ice cold glare. Odin tried to move Gungnir to cut the chains holding him but to no avail. "Be gone." Fujiwara swung his arm down towards Odin and the spear rushes towards the Norse God. Odin quickly concentrated all his energy into the point where the spear was going to pierce him, once the spear crashed into Odin, it created a massive explosion of energy and a cloud of dust blew around them.
Once the dust cleared all that was seen was a massive crater, in the center of a massive crater stood Fujiwara looking down on Odin who had a small pierced mark left by the spear on his chest, and a lot of burn marks, and other wounds all over his body as well as bruises left from the explosion, however despite all these wounds, Odin was still breathing but unconscious. "I'm impressed that you didn't cover in fear and stayed calm, it even saved your life." Fujiwara commended Odin.
Fujiwara stood there looking down on Odin wondering if he should finish the Norse God off, but then in a red flash appeared Itachi. "Fujiwara, I got the scroll, let's grab the others and-" Itachi said but stopped mid-sentence when he saw the unconscious, bloodied, beaten up Odin. "Is he dead?"
"No, just unconscious." Fujiwara replied while still looking down on Odin while holding the Samehada right over him. "…" Fujiwara then raised Samehada and, strapped it back on his back. "So, you got the scroll? What happened to Shalba?"
"Seems he was killed by Issei Hyoudou in his Juggernaut Drive." Itachi replied with a stoic expression.
"I see, well then since we have what we came here for, we might as well leave." Fujiwara said and walked over to Itachi.
"Place your hand on my shoulder and I will get us to the others." Itachi said and Fujiwara did just that as they vanished in a red flash.
Meanwhile, with Jin and the rest of the Shinobi Faction. Jin's eyes glowed bright red, as a black satanic star was formed in his red eyes, with dots between each prong of the star, and a silver gray spectral humanoid had formed around him, Jin's Susano'o pushed aside a wave of destruction from Sirzechs. Sirzechs glared at Jin with a cold narrowed gaze. "Something wrong? Sirzechs?" Jin smirked as his Susano'o created a spear of lightning and threw it at the current Lucifer, whim raised his arm and blasted it with a destruction wave making a powerful explosion that shook the entire area and the sky.
"Seems you and I are to evenly matched." Sirzechs said with his eyes narrowed.
"Heh, it would seem so." Jin smirked as his Susano'o let out a violent burst of power. "Perhaps it is time I go all out."
"… Azazel, get out of here, you to Tannin. I might have to result in using my destruction form." Sirzechs said and Azazel widened his eyes at Sirzechs mentioning that.
"Is he really that powerful?" Azazel questioned with a little sweat running down his forehead, then he smirked. "Man, as expected of one from the legendary Uchiha clan."
"I am honored, then I shall show you the Perfect Susano'o." Jin smirked and the Susano'o flared up in a powerful aura, that died down as Itachi and Fujiwara arrived in a red flash. "What now?"
"I have the scroll, Shalba is dead." Itachi replied and Sirzechs and Azazel widened their eyes for a second.
"Oh, I see, sorry then Sirzechs. Perhaps another time then." Jin smirked and deactivated his Susano'o and had his eyes revert back into sharingan. "Guys, it's time to go." Jin said and Shiro, Hana and Mako leaped to them.
"Wait, are you not going to fight?" Ophis tilted her head to the side as she looked at the Shinobi Faction.
"With all due respect, Ophis, we only came here because Shalba promised us a scroll, which we now got. There is no point for us to stick around any further." Jin replied as he tried not to anger Ophis knowing she could easily kill them. "Besides it's over, the Old Maou Faction has lost, their promise to you cannot be fulfilled anymore."
"I still want to stay though." Ophis said.
Itachi looked at Ophis and it seemed she had something she wanted to see, no, more like someone. "Guys, I will stay with her, go on ahead and I will catch up with you all later."
Jin looked at Itachi with a raised brow. "Hn, very well then. Fujiwara." Jin said as Itachi leaped away and over to Ophis. And Fujiwara slammed his palm to the ground as he and the others vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Let's go then, Ophis-ojousama." Itachi looked over to Ophis whom opened a portal and flew through it.
"Wait, Itachi!" Sirzechs shouted but it was too late as Itachi stepped into the portal with Ophis. Then the barrier around them collapsed. Sirzechs looked at the spot where Itachi vanished from in silence. "… Azazel, I will return to the observation room, go check on my sister and her group. I have a feeling that's where Itachi and Ophis went." Sirzechs said as he vanished through a magic circle.
"Yeah, yeah, let's go, Tannin." Azazel said as he and the former dragon king left to the location of Rias Gremory and her peerage.
Itachi and Ophis appeared on a hill, Itachi noticed that they weren't far away from where Issei and the Gremory group were, seemed Vali and his team were still there as well. "Ophis-ojousama, why did we come here?" Itachi looked down on the Dragon God of Infinity.
"Great Red." Ophis replied and Itachi raised his eyebrow when suddenly a massive portal ripped open in the sky, and out flew a massive red dragon, easily exceeding a hundred meters. Itachi widened his eyes in shock at seeing this dragon, seeming a little overwhelmed at first, but quickly regained his cool.
"That dragon… with my sharingan it's like looking at a bottomless pit of power. Just like when I look at you Ophis-ojousama." Itachi said, he could feel that this Great Red was just as powerful as Ophis, they were definitely at the same level. These two beings were far more powerful than anyone Itachi has ever faced in his entire lifetime.
"Let's move in closer." Ophis said and slightly flinched her fingers and they teleported right at the spot in front of the Gremory group and Team Vali, yet neither of them noticed them as they were all to occupied with looking at Great Red.
"The True God-Emperor of Red-Dragon. Apocalypse Dragon, the Great Red. It's the great dragon which is called the True Dragon. It chooses to live in the dimensional gap by putting on a barrier. This time, Ophis's true aim was to confirm that. Shalba's plan was something which wasn't important to us." Vali explained about Great Red and the what his Team and Ophis were truly after.
"But why is it flying in a place like this?" Issei questioned.
"No idea. There are lots of opinions about it… That is Ophis's aim and the target I wish to defeat." Vali confirmed as he narrowed his glance at the massive red dragon. "The one I want to fight the most. The Apocalypse Dragon Great Red who is called DxD, Dragon of Dragon. I want to become The True God-Emperor of White Dragon. It won't look good if the white is a rank below the red when there is the ultimate-class for red, right? That's why I will become one. One day when I defeat Great Red."
"Great Red. It has been awhile." Ophis spoke and first now did the group notice both Itachi and the little Dragon God of Infinity.
"That is a good dream, Vali, better than Issei's of becoming harem king, that's for sure." Itachi said with a stoic face as he just looked at Great Red.
"What?! Nii-san?! And who is that girl? She wasn't there before? And neither where you?! Where did you come from?!" Issei questioned thinking Itachi came for a fight and readied his Boosted Gear, and the rest of the Gremory group got into fighting stances.
"Relax, I came here to accompany Ophis. She wanted to see this Great Red before we left." Itachi said while glancing over to them for a split second. Vali smiled bitterly as everyone widened their eyes in shock over the fact that this little girl was Ophis.
"Th-That's Ophis?" Issei questioned.
"Yes, she's the Uroboros, also the head of Khaos Brigade." Itachi replied and Issei had a shocked look that said "Seriously?! This little girl?!"
Ophis raised her hand in the posture as she was shooting a gun and directed it at Great Red. "I shall definitely get my hands on silence."
Itachi couldn't get over the fact that the only reason Ophis formed Khaos Brigade was because she was homesick, she used to live in the dimensional gap until Great Red came along and kicked her out. Ophis seemed more like a child to Itachi because of this, and her appearance just makes him think of her as a child even more, a powerful and dangerous child that is.
Then the sound of wings flapping reached Itachi and the others ears, and down came the former Dragon King Tannin and Azazel. "Sensei. Old man." Issei said the moment he saw the two.
"Oh Issei, your back to normal. I was scared about what would happen to you, so scared that I almost sent that Oppai Dragon song to turn you back to normal. But it seems as mister traitor over there saved the day instead." Azazel said with a smirk as he looked at Itachi whom didn't pay any attention to the Governor of Fallen Angels.
'Oppai Dragon? What is that about?' Itachi thought with a raised brow.
"There is a part for you in that song as well you know, also in the show" Azazel said looking like he was about to burst out laughing, making Itachi raise his brow but didn't pay too much attention to what Azazel was saying.
Tannin looked up at Great Red. "How nostalgic. Great Red huh."
"Have you also fought him Tannin?" Azazel asked.
Tannin shook his head to Azazel's question. "No, he didn't even pay attention to me."
"It's been awhile, Azazel." Vali greeted the Fallen Angel. "Did you defeat Creuserey Asmodeus?"
"Not exactly, he spoke out too much about his opinion and got killed by Jin Uchiha. And since Shalba was taken down by Issei in his Juggernaut Drive, I would assume their henchmen would run away since their leaders are gone." Azazel replied.
"And what about Onii-sama?" Rias asked about Sirzechs.
"The barrier collapsed so he returned to the observation room." Azazel replied and then turned over to Ophis. "Ophis. The guys from the Old Satan faction who were rampaging in each area either retreated or surrendered. In reality, the Old Satan faction which was controlled by the descendants is now basically finished."
"Yes. That is also one of the conclusions." Ophis didn't show much concern over losing a faction from her organization.
"Among you guys, the groups with power apart from Vali and the Shinobi Faction is the faction assembled by the normal humans who are either the descendants of heroes or Sacred Gear possessors. I think they were called Hero Faction, right?" Azazel said, Itachi had heard about the Hero Faction before from Fujiwara and Jin, a group of hero descendants with their leader being called Cao Cao whom wields the True Longinus. "Now, Ophis. Shall we fight?" Azazel directs a light spear at Ophis, Itachi grabs a hold of the hilt of his gunbai showing Azazel and the other that if they attack Ophis, Itachi will fight them. "Hmm, or do you wish to continue our battle from earlier, Itachi Uchiha?"
Itachi is about to raise his gunbai, but stops when Ophis turns around. "I will go home. Let's go, Itachi."
"As you wish Ojou-sama." Itachi lowers his gunbai.
"Wait! Ophis!" Tannin shouts.
Ophis just gives Tannin a creepy smile. "Tannin. The Dragon Kings are gathering once again. This will turn interesting." Ophis said as the air around them vibrates.
"Farewell for now." Itachi says as he and Ophis vanish out of thin air.
"See you at the base." Vali waved as they vanished.
Itachi and Ophis instantly arrived in the living room of the Shinobi Faction base. "Looks like your finally back." Jin said and looked like he was slightly annoyed.
"Something wrong?" Itachi asked as he noticed Jin's expression.
"We just received word from the leaders. Shalba, although he is on the verge of death, he still survived." Fujiwara was the one to reply and Itachi gained a look of shock as to the fact that Shalba despite taking on that attack from Issei survived.
"Well at least we can say that the Old Satan Faction is pretty much done for, after all I seriously doubt that Vali will do anything about it." Shiro said as he stretched his arms and laid back on the couch.
"Your right about that." Vali arrived through a portal with Bikou and Arthur.
"By the way, for the two of you. I have questions I would like to ask." Jin said looking at both Vali and Itachi.
"What?" Itachi looked over at Jin.
"First of, Vali, why did you save that former nun? It doesn't seem like you at all." Jin asked with a narrowed look.
"How do you even know about that?" Vali questioned.
"I had my summoning animal scout out the area." Jin replied as a hawk appeared on his shoulder. "Itachi isn't the only one placing security cameras out there so to speak."
"Hn, well to answer your question. I did it because I was bored, that's all." Vali replied and then narrowed his look at Jin. "And last time I checked you're not the boss of me so I don't have to explain myself to you."
"Heh, fair enough. And you, why did you rescue The Red Dragon Emperor from dying? You should just have let his lifespan run out." Jin said as he looked over at Itachi.
"I simply wished to test my strength out, besides I wish to further test out my power against him and the Gremory group. Got a problem with that?" Itachi said with his eyes narrowed and his tone like he was talking to someone way younger than him, which technically Jin was younger if one took into the account of Itachi's old life.
"Oh, really? Hn, well then I guess its fine." Jin smirked which made Itachi narrow his eyes, wondering if he was being suspected or not.
"Well, shall we open the scroll Shalba gave us?" Fujiwara asked, they all gathered around the table with the scroll laying there. Jin opened it, he widened his eyes and quickly threw it out the window and a massive explosion occurred in the sky. Most of the people in the room looked taken aback at this.
"That damned Shalba, tried to trick us by giving us a fake. That one didn't even have the proper seal as the others. Heh, Shalba is going to wish that the Red Dragon Emperor had killed him once I find him." Jin clenched his fist as lightning flickered around him.
"Now, now, let's calm down a bit. We can't act to rash, despite being heavily weakened the Old Satan Faction is still a member of Khaos Brigade, you can't just go hunting them down like that. However, if we ever shall cross paths with him once more, then feel free to do as you please." Fujiwara tried to calm Jin down, and it seemed to be working.
"Very well then… Make sure to inform me when Shalba makes a move, so that I can pay him back for his little gift." Jin said and left the room.
"Jin is very passionate about our goal, and anyone who gets in the way of said goal, or tries to sabotage like Shalba did… let's just say that he gets rather angry." Fujiwara said as his best friend had walked out the room. "And since the Old Satan Faction wants all beings to be under the control of devils, which includes the human world, which the Shinobi Faction wants, it has created some conflict amongst our factions. It doesn't help either, considering the history between the supernatural beings and the shinobi." Fujiwara explained.
"History? What history?" Itachi questioned as this was the first he had heard of a bad history between the shinobi and supernatural. Sure, supernatural beings would appear from time to time for the shinobi to either fight or interact with.
"Oh, that's right since you were already dead by the time this happened there's no possible way you could have known about that." Fujiwara said which only increased Itachi's curiosity.
"Well, care to tell me?" Itachi narrowed his eyes at Fujiwara and the rest of the Shinobi Faction minus Jin as he was no longer in the room.
"I will have to start from the very beginning, at first two of the mightiest shinobis to have ever existed had prepared for a hard situation. They made a secret room, a bunker of some sort in case of emergencies so that the shinobi could survive any crises. At some point when the gods started trying to spread their religion in the world so that they could survive, while trying to get rid of the main way of life, the way of the shinobi. A war between the gods and shinobi began." Fujiwara explained and Itachi looked rather shocked that something like this occurred. "During the war, according to our ancestors and the scrolls they left behind, many shinobi died during the war, but a lot of gods were also defeated, their numbers were reduced from thousands to a few hundred actually."
Itachi wasn't that surprised that shinobis had been able to fight back against the gods, but was a little surprised that they managed to take down so many gods in the process, considering that it weren't that many shinobis that could have accomplished such a feat, times must really have changed since he died. "… What happened next?"
"The shinobis were losing, although we had many shinobis around that time strong enough to take on gods, the majority of shinobi were mid-class or high-class devil and angel level. As they were losing they implemented the plan created by these mighty shinobis, a secret room that was hidden in Konoha. It was sealed off with Uzumaki powers and the Uchiha sharingan powers. However, although that room was indestructible not everyone would fit in there, so they put 200 children in there that had chakra and that were from respective clans. And the rooms seals suspended it in time and space, so when someone is inside and its activated, it doesn't open for a thousand years and anyone inside sleeps and doesn't age. The five kages at the time were the ones who placed the different scrolls inside that room making it into some sort of library, and they gathered the children that would be placed in there. The two mighty shinobis that created that room used their chakra to seal it off, and they ended up converting so much chakra that they were heavily weakened and died in a battle against the remaining gods. While these children were sealed up, the war kept on going for quite some time, and as the war kept on going the public blamed the shinobi for the destruction this war had caused and the shinobi were persecuted by the people who had converted to these religions. The war was called a judgment from the gods, and the million-yearlong persecution and discrimination against the shinobi began. And eventually the shinobi were all captured and executed, or killed in battle. When the seal opened the various shinobi children that had survived, spread out across the globe. However, as time went on, some were found and killed, while some just failed to get any children to continue their bloodline. In the end, only a handful of the clans survived, and as you can see amongst those clans were the Uchiha, the Uzumaki, Hyuga, Nara, and Aburame." Fujiwara finished his explanation and Itachi was left awestruck.
"… Do the current Three Factions know about this?" Itachi questioned.
"It was made confidential, only the leaders of each faction know the truth." Fujiwara replied and Itachi felt a little more relived that Rias and the others didn't know about this.
"I had no idea…" Itachi uttered.
That's the end for now!
So, this is what happened to the shinobi and their culture, and how some of them survived in the future. More about this will be explored in the future of this story, and next time we will arrive at the Loki arc if I'm not mistaken.
Just to be clear, that Itachi cannot return to the group until the Gremroy group have at least become stronger than Shiro, Hana, and Mako. So, we're thinking that it should happen around the time Issei has Cardinal Promotion, maybe a little after that.
The reason for us explaining that the Yata mirror can negate, deflect, reflect attacks, is because there are various sources saying it can do either of these three, so it's a little vague when it comes to its abilities, but considering what we have seen of the Yata mirror, it seems it can be all three, it's basically the same the same thing anyway so we thought; whatever.
Also, I was supposed to update this two weeks ago, but things happened. I have entered my exam period at school, and since it's my final year, I have 4 exams in total, and I have finished two of them so far. But yeah, like I said in my profile for this month of May and the early start month of June, I will be busy studying and doing the exams, I will try and update whenever I can but it will take a while. And once these exams are over I will update my stories more often again.
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-Later!