Who Needs a Princess, When You Can Have a Queen?

Celestia193's Author's Note: Warning: extremely long reunion chapter.

Silver's Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. There are no linebreaks in this chapter because it's all one big scene. Oh and we couldn't resist playing off Blue Pegasus's flirtatious nature to cause a little mischief. You'll see what I mean soon. Happy reading!

Chapter 16

Up at the back of the stands, the Uchiha look on in awe and slight confusion. "How are we going to get to them?" Aiya was happy they had won their match without a scratch, but still.

Fugaku looks around, scrutinizing the scene. Activating his Sharingan, he scans the Arena for the chakra of his eldest son, finding it on one of the balconies overlooking the arena. Similar balconies held what looked like the other teams. And with their match over, Sasuke and his teammate were disappearing into one of the tunnels lining the arena floor, likely to return to their teammates. "I believe that Sasuke is finished for today, and it seems that neither Itachi or Shisui have any plans to move from their location, so we could pay them a visit on their team balcony."

"Do you think that they would allow it?" Mikoto tilts her head at the thought. "Could it really be that easy?"

Fugaku stares at his wife blankly. "We are shinobi. I believe that we are more than capable of finding our sons without being seen by whatever passes for security here."

"Well we really don't know what abilities these people have either." Kenji's eyes scan the crowd in an alert fashion. "Still, I'm inclined to agree. We may never get another chance." Upon hearing this, the other Uchihas nod. "Lead the way, my son."

Choosing his wife and his father to accompany him, Fugaku leaves the eight youngsters in the care of his mother as he flickers his way into the network of tunnels hidden by the arena walls. The long, circular hallways seemed to be patterned to lean out to the galleries, and to open areas with stands which sold a rainbow of different kinds of food that he'd never seen before. This world was so different to the one they'd left behind, it was almost…magical. "They should be three galleries down from here." At least, if the map he'd made in his head was guiding them properly.

Mikoto sticks close to her husbands side as does Kenji. The elderly grandfather might not directly say it, but it was obvious that he was feeling just as anxious as she was about this new place. "Do you think they would recognize us?" It had been so long.

Kenji walks slowly and stealthily with them. "If they don't, activating our Sharingans should be all the proof they need that we are who we say we are." At least, that's what he was hoping.

"It seems that we will have to see for ourselves." His sons were grown, and Fugaku knew that they'd lived very different lives to the ones they had as children. And there was every chance that a reunion might not all be hugs and kisses. And that thought weighed on him with every step. Had his sons moved on with their lives? Of course, they had, it was only to be expected. Shisui was old enough to be married, even Itachi…the two of them might be fathers, or perhaps they were still waiting for love, he didn't know. The three were something of a mystery. He known them as children, however…much could change in eleven years.

And as there were suspiciously no guards to stop them, it quickly became clear just how much had changed in those eleven years, as they rounded the final corner, coming face to face with several pairs of eyes, and three were vivid shades of red.

Eve and Ren take up defensive positions, ready to attack or defend as needed. "Who are you? And why are you in our gallery?" Even if they had the same red eyes as their guild mates, Ren's suspicions were not easily dispersed.

Crimson eyes widen in recognition. Even if it had been a decade, Itachi would know those faces anywhere. "…Mother? Father? Grandfather?"

"Itachi!" As soon as it became apparent that he recognized her, Mikoto runs straight to her eldest son and embraces him, pulling Sasuke and Shisui into the hug as well. "You're alive!" She beams at them. "And you've all grown so much!"

Kenji rubs the back of his head sheepishly. "It's a very long story." He strides over quickly well as quickly as a man his age could without it qualifying as a run or bumping into these other people who were surrounding his family! "Though you have no idea how much joy it brings our hearts to see the three of you again!"

"Yes…" Honestly, for a long time, Itachi hadn't been able to hope that this day would come. With every month that passed, the chances of seeing their family again grew smaller and smaller. Until…well, until Blue Pegasus was the only family they had. "Ren, Eve, Hibiki, it's alright." Itachi waves a hand at them. "They're not a threat."

The Trimens glance at each other, before the air and snow wizards lower their hands, backing off. Hibiki's own dark eyes flick over the three newcomers. "I guess this means that they weren't dead, after all." It hadn't been easy to see their friends giving up hope, but it seemed like the best thing to do, rather than torture themselves with what was apparently not so crazy a possibility.

Sasuke could only stare wide eyed as he was "assaulted" by his mother's and grandfather's hugs and exclamations. "I'm so glad you're alright. Now, why are you engaged in this tournament?" Mikoto looks at him in concern as Kenji was examining Sasuke's tattoo with great interest.

Carefully wiggling his way out of the bear hug, Itachi straightens himself out with dignity. "We're here, participating on behalf on our guild, Blue Pegasus. It is a competition to determine the strongest magical guild in the kingdom."

Fugaku blinks. "Magic?" And here he thought he'd seen it all. Apparently not, though, as the emblem that Sasuke sported on his shoulder was to be found on every young person present. "And your skills are appropriate to the task?" He could hardly say their shinobi abilities, Fugaku simply didn't know if it was safe to discuss such things, even among their sons' 'friends'.

Shisui beams as he embraces their relatives. "Oh yes, our skills are very appropriate." He nods at Fugaku's rather practical question. "Magic is what they call chakra here." He pauses and adds helpfully. "While magic is lighter and more easily accessed than chakra, it's a bit harder to control. Though the three of us have adapted well enough." The oldest member of Nature's Fury smiles at him.

"Things are different here." Sasuke smiles at their family. "I guess you could consider a guild to be considered similar to a clan." Some clarification was probably necessary. "Only, you aren't necessarily related to everyone in your guild."

"Not by blood, anyway." Ren crosses his arms, glaring ever so slightly at the newcomers. "But if you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us." It was something that rubbed off on them long ago from a particular group of Fairies. "And even if it's an annoying brat." He turns a smirk on Sasuke. "We protect our own."

Fugaku raises an eyebrow at the half-threat, both insulted by the insinuation that he might be a threat to either of his sons, or their cousin, and reassured by the apparent protectiveness that the boys were living with. Even now, he could still see the readiness in the lines of their bodies, the three boys and blonde girl all ready to fight, if the situation called for it.

"Ren is a bit of a Masochist." Sasuke shakes his head and sighs as if the other member of Pegasus was suffering from an illness. "He just can't seem to function without at least one daily beating, but we love him anyway." To which Kenji snickers and Mikoto looks mildly concerned.

"Oh, you want to go, kid?" Ren's fingers twitch, the air pressure already starting to change. "Cause I think those fireballs of yours were a little on the small size."

"Ren, play nicely. After all…" Hibiki approaches the embracing family, easily slipping Mikoto from the mix and taking her hand. "There's a beautiful lady present." Cougars, those were hot. "I can see where Sasuke and Itachi get their looks from, you're quite stunning."

"They were supposed to be small to serve as distractions!" Sasuke twitches at Ren's comment. "I can make larger ones. Besides, if you need large balls on the field just to show off then perhaps you're overcompensating. I do hope that Sherry is aware of this fact."

Shisui shakes his head and chuckles at Sasuke's antics. "As you can see, Blue Pegasus is a lively guild. Though Ren and Sasuke are just play fighting." Ren did so love to tease Sasuke and his cousin was more than happy to match him tit for tat.

Mikoto blinks at Hibiki and Kenji suddenly looks more than a little terrified at the knowledge this man was so suicidal. "That's very kind of you to say, but my husband also contributed." She laughs slightly nervously and hoped that Fugaku would overlook this man's flirtatious nature. Her husband did have a temper at times.

The moment Fugaku twitches, Itachi places a hand on Hibiki's shoulder protectively. "Father, it's fine, Hibiki is an incorrigible flirt, but he's harmless." Well, mostly, his intellect was another story. "And I would prefer not to have to protect him from you."

Now THAT little declaration has Fugaku raising an eyebrow. "I see…" Still, he had to correct this situation. And to do that, he wraps an arm around his wife's waist, pulling her back into his arms and far out of Hibiki's grasp. "Then a warning, perhaps." His Sharingan spins menacingly. "Touch my wife again, and you will find that flirting is ALL you can do!" And at that, Hibiki wisely takes a step back.

Sasuke shakes his head and sighs. "Blue Pegasus is a guild filled with people like Hibiki." The youngest Uchiha present wasn't sure how to react to the borderline homicidal glare his father was levying at his flirtatious guild mate. "Besides, Hibiki is dating Jenny. He would never actually stray." Though he might invite others to share in their 'happiness'. On one hand, it was good to see that their marriage was still strong enough that his father did get jealous. On the other, well Sasuke didn't want Hibiki to die.

Mikoto laughs softly and snuggles into Fugaku's embrace, secretly enjoying the attention. "He's just being friendly." Perhaps overly so, but she'd take her sons' word for it when they said Hibiki meant no harm.

Hibiki was lucky to be alive and that all his parts were still in one piece, Shisui muses. "Well I believe that introductions are largely out of the way, but just for formality's sake, the man who just threatened Hibiki is Fugaku Uchiha and head of our family." He nods at this. "The other man is Kenji Uchiha. He's Sasuke's and Itachi's grandfather and of course, Mikoto is Fugaku's wife and my cousins' mother."

"Well, that's good to know." Eve smiles warmly at the family. "My name is Eve. And since you probably caught part of the fight, you'll know that I'm Blue Pegasus' resident snow wizard." Still, he looks Mikoto up and down, his smile growing brighter. "I guess now we know why Sasuke was such a cute little kid. He got his bubble eyes from you!"

"I did not have bubble eyes!" Sasuke scowls at the implication.

Itachi resists the urge to roll his eyes. His mother was attractive, he wasn't an idiot, but he probably should have foreseen that his teammates would shower her with praise and compliments. It was like they couldn't resist. And that was dangerous. "…Father, I suggest that you exercise patience with the guild. Mother is likely going to get quite a number of compliments."

Yes, apparently that was the case. It seemed like every boy half Mikoto's age was going to try and charm his wife. But…it would be wrong to hurt the people who had taken in his boys. "Very well…however, they would be wise to stop at compliments." Touching was a bit no-no, and Fugaku was a decent shot with a kunai. He could nail a few fingers that wandered too close.

Mikoto smiles at Eve and nods at Sasuke. "You did have the most adorable eyes as a child, though it seems that you've left them behind." She tries to console her fuming offspring. "They look very regal now." She would have patted him, but that likely would have embarrassed the man and she wanted to ensure Fugaku didn't actually hurl any fireballs at her sons' and nephew's friends.

"Yes, patience is a virtue." Shisui nods as he rubs the back of his head sheepishly. "How did you get here? When did you get here?" So many questions were running through his mind. "Where is the rest of the Clan?"

Kenji sighs at that. "Well it's a long story. We've only recently arrived with some other members of our Clan." Far fewer than he would have liked, but he understood why so many were reluctant to take such a gamble. "My wife and Izumi are amongst them as well as several of our younger kin." He pauses an adds. "In all, if you count the present company, twelve of us made the journey."

Only twelve, but that was twelve more than they could have hoped for. Itachi wasn't naïve, he knew that it would be a hard decision for anyone to make. "I see…then for now, we'll find a place for all of you to stay, and when the games are over, we'll return home and make more…permanent arrangements, if you like." After all, he had no idea what his parents would want to do here. Their younger relatives might join guilds, but their parents and grandparents might want something steady, simple. There just weren't too many options for foreigners.

"Yeah, we'll find something for you guys in a few days." Eve grins widely as he looks down into the arena. They'd missed the match between Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel, but that wasn't too important. "The main event is about to start."

"That would be lovely." Mikoto nods her head and pauses. "Fugaku, we know the way now. Would you like to come with me to get the others?" They really shouldn't just leave them standing around for too long.

Obviously, she couldn't send Sasuke, Itachi, or Shisui to get them. They didn't know where they were and it just seemed unkind to send Kenji at his age to make him run around like that. "It shouldn't take more than a few minutes." Them going together would probably keep fights from breaking out. "Now, that we've found the three of you, well we're not going to lose you again." She didn't want the "children to panic.

"Not again." Itachi knew that they wouldn't disappear like that again, but the fact remained that their work was dangerous. Not as dangerous s ninja work, not usually, but sometimes, it was much worse. "We won't leave again." Not this place, not their home. Because that's what Earthland was now…home.

Kenji smiles at that. "Good because if you tried it, you're not too old to be bent over my knee and spanked!" Shisui chuckles at that and rolls his eyes playfully. They all knew that when it came to disciplining children, Kenji Uchiha was far more bark than bite. It was likely the only person he had ever spanked was his wife (and Shisui really didn't want to ask for confirmation on that because it brought to mind all sorts of disturbing images).

"Um right, grandfather." Sasuke shakes his head and smiles at his parents. "Don't worry. we'll still be here when you get back, if we aren't in a match. This is our spot though. So we always come back here eventually."

Mikoto nods at that, deciding that it was likely every 'guild' competing in this tournament had a spot reserved for its members to cheer their teammates on. "Alright. Come, My Love?" She places her hand on Fugaku's and gently tugs on it. "We shouldn't keep them waiting."

"Yes." Anything to get his wife away from these flirting boys half their age. Honestly, what was with the youth of today? Boys barely older than his sons were trying to pick up HIS wife! "We'll return for the boys once the final match is over." After all, they wouldn't want to overstay their welcome, and bringing the entire family into the gallery might ruffle a few feathers.

Sasuke tilts his head at that. "There's enough room." He didn't want them to slip off somewhere until the final match. What if something happened? They knew next to nothing about this world.

"We'll be back and figure something out." Mikoto smiles at Sasuke reassuringly. Giving Itachi and Sasuke a quick kiss on the cheek, before heading off with her irritated husband. "It shouldn't take long to get them and Fugaku, you don't need to sulk like a wet cat." Her smile never wavered. "You know that I have no interest in those boys." Though she'd likely have the same reaction, if a woman half Fugaku's age had acted in a manner similar to Hibiki, Fugaku didn't need to know that!

"Yes, I know." But that didn't mean that he enjoyed seeing those boys flirting with his wife. "but as promised, I have exercised restraint in dealing with them." Even if his first instinct was to teach them a lesson concerning who they were and weren't allowed to flirt with. "They're lucky that our sons are fond of them."

And fond of them, they clearly were. Sasuke had openly proclaimed their familial love, something that he'd rarely done as a child. He was very attached to his family, of course, largely his mother and brother, but it was the first time that Fugaku had seen Sasuke so openly engaging in embracing and play-fighting, and other displays of affection, especially with those outside of his birth family. "…Though, I must admit, that despite their flirtations…it pleases me to see that our sons were taken in by such kind people."

If a guild was like a clan, but without the blood ties, then perhaps that made it better than a clan. You had little choice but to love the people who were related to you by blood, but to choose to have those bonds with others outside of your family took more effort, but was worth it, in the end. At least, that is what he'd gathered from how his sons and their cousin behaved with those other boys. It was…nice.

She smiles at him and kisses his cheek as they walk towards the others. "I appreciate your restraint and they do seem a kind clan." It was fortunate the boys as she still called them in her head, had stumbled upon them. "They took in strangers and raised them as their own." Most people wouldn't have done that. "And look how they've all grown."

"Yes, they've grown quite well." It was strange, really, to see both of his sons a decade later, Itachi taller than him, and Sasuke nearly his height. He remembered a time when Sasuke barely came up to his waist. They'd lost so much time…and their friends likely knew their sons and nephew far better now than they did. "There is much time to make up for."

She sighs and nods at him. "Well at least now we have the chance to do so." The last time she had seen Shisui, he had been straddling the line between boy and man. Itachi might have already been an ANBU Captain, but he was still barely a teenager and Sasuke had been such an adorable child."The others are going to be so happy when we tell them the news." It was hard to reconcile the image of her sweet boys with the grown men who had stood before her in that gallery.

"Yes, I imagine that they'll want to see their cousins again." Fugaku could see that the reunion was likely not going to be a quiet one. "Though I think that it would be wise to meet with whomever took them in." After all, those other boys didn't look much older than Itachi and Shisui, so there must have been an adult involved somewhere. "And it would benefit us to know just how such 'guilds' work." They seemed to be an important part of this world's way of working. They also appeared to be very powerful, on top of that. There was much to learn about this world.

"That is true." Mikoto waves to their kin when she sees them and she quickly strides over to them. "We have wonderful news! We found them." This was going to take a lot of explaining though. "They're all safe and sound and waiting for us. They've made new friends." She rubs the back of her head sheepishly. "Very…extroverted ones. So I don't not believe they will mind us visiting with them."

Aiya blinks and raises an eyebrow at that. "Extroverted, how exactly?" Mikoto was choosing her words very carefully and trying to be diplomatic, which could mean any number of things. At the very least, they were probably dealing with some eccentric people.

"Outrageous flirts. Three of them, at least." Fugaku saw no reason to mince words. "the boys are around Shisui and Itachi's age, and are very…" He glances at his wife. "Openly complimentary." That was diplomatic enough for his wife, wasn't it? "They are all part of a guild, which has apparently been taking care of the boys for some time."

One of the male members of their clan chuckles at that. "I do hope that you didn't kill our hosts Lord Fugaku." He could only imagine how well that had not gone over.

"Fugaku is more than capable of controlling his temper." Mikoto smiles at him. "Though yes, he's correct about their friendly nature. I expect they'll likely try to steal at least a few of our clanswomen's hearts, if you are not on guard." That or at least charm their metaphorical skirts off of them. (Ninjas rarely wore skirts for obvious reasons, but Mikoto digressed).

Izumi giggles at the thought. "Well, at least they landed somewhere friendly." She'd been worried when her cousins disappeared, and heartbroken when it was silently assumed that they'd died. But to hear that they were still alive, and all grown up…well, she was eager to see them again. "So that really was Sasuke that we saw fighting earlier?" The last time she'd seen him, he was barely an academy student, but the young man she'd seen on the battlefield was definitely no child.

"Yes, it was Sasuke." And Fugaku was more than a little proud at the praise that Sasuke had received from the audience for the victory that he accomplished with his teammate. "He has…certainly changed."

"He takes after Mikoto and I rather strongly." Aiya smiles at that thought, feeling rather proud of her grandson. "Well at least in looks. He's obviously very good at planning." It had seemed to her that Sasuke and the Snow Ninja could have easily handled those two opponents by themselves, but they had worked together for the sake of putting on a good show for the crowd. "Just like Fugaku and the crowd seems to like him. Much like Kenji." Her husband could be such a ham sometimes. He probably would have enjoyed participating in the competition a few decades ago.

"That's true." Mikoto gestures them to follow her. "Though Sasuke isn't the only one who has changed. Itachi and Shisui have as well." She still couldn't get over the transformation, but she knew it hadn't happened overnight. Eleven years had passed after all and yet, seeing them made her feel like it had only been a day.

"I can't wait to see them…" Izumi's eyes sparkle as she looks through the windows of the hallway to the fighting below. There were four boys on the field, all of them a few years younger than her, the youngest maybe…six years younger. And they were going at it pretty hard. "So this is a fighting competition, then?"

Fugaku nods. "Yes. It seems that here, chakra is called magic, and is much more versatile than in our world. The different teams are here representing guilds. And according to the boys, it is for the pride and prestige." And presumably some sort of prize, though it was never brought up. "Their team appears to be doing very well.

"Are we almost there?" Aiya looks around curiously, trying to memorize the layout of the place.

Mikoto nods at her mother-in-law reassuringly. "Yes, we're almost there and of course they're doing well." She smiles smugly. "I was the one who taught them how to throw kunai and shuriken." Though Fugaku had taken care of the fireball teaching.

"So we've heard." Akane walks forward, glancing around with her Sharingan active. This place was so strange, so it was best to learn the layout, and get a feel for this world. It just seemed to be messing with her eyes a little. There was just…so much chakra, and it was EVERYWHERE. But it didn't look like chakra, it was too…fluid, like it was permeating everything around them. Is this what Fugaku meant when he said magic? She thought that she was worldly, having recently turned twenty, but all of this was so new to her that she felt like an academy student again. She nudges her little brother, glancing around in wonder. "Kaito, look at it all…there's so much energy in the air."

Kaito nods at his sister in agreement. "I know. It's strange." Strange, but beautiful in its own way. "It feels like the contestants must be giving off a lot of chakra and it's just fused itself with the air in this place." It was...well something like laying on a beach and letting the waves roll over you. You could feel the chakra everywhere.

"Actually, the concentration is higher here because of all the battles, but it's like this across most of the kingdom." Across most of the world, if his calculations were correct. But a bright grin greets them just outside the door to the gallery. "You must be the rest of Sasuke, Itachi, and Shisui's family." He slides himself towards Akane, taking her by the hand, and wrapping another around her waist. "I'm Hibiki, one of their teammates."

Well, Fugaku had told them that they liked to flirt, but Mikoto said that they were harmless. So Akane simply smiles. "Hello Hibiki, my name is Akane." After all, no need to offend anyone.

The playboy laughs at the introduction. "A beautiful name for a beautiful lady."

"We did try to warn you." Mikoto laughs softly, growing more used to the semi outrageous nature of this guild. "Are the others still waiting for us?" She smiles at Hibiki. "Or has someone been called to a match?"

Kaito eyes this Hibiki guy up and down closely. It was hard to tell, if he was seriously hitting on Akane or if he was just being flirtatious as Fugaku had said. "It's nice to meet you as well. I'm Kaito." He shakes his head and slowly goes down the line to introduce everyone else, including Kiyoshi.

As names are given, Hibiki is sure to memorize them all, and put them into his Archive later. "Nice to meet you all. And no, the contest portion and our tag-team battle are over. Right now the last match is-"

A deafening blast is heard from the arena floor, and light flashes from the door. The magic power in the air was incredibly intense.

Hibiki laughs nervously. "As you can see, the last match of the day is just getting heated up." He leads them all through the door and out into the team gallery so that they could watch the ensuing chaos. "I don't really think that the organisers thought this match through enough. But I'm pretty sure that most of the arena should still be standing by the end of it." He hoped.

"My grandbabies and little Shisui!" Aiya beams as she darts over and almost barrels and hugs them tightly. "Oh. I've missed you all so much. Look how you've grown? Now, about tattoos." They looked nice, but she hoped they had exercise some common sense. "It's just your arms, right?"

Sasuke blinks as he was nearly tackled by his grandmother. "It's good to see you too." He smiles at her, returning the embrace as much as he could. She really was going to turn him into a BLUE Pegasus at this rate though. "Um G-Grandmother Aiya, I c-can't really breathe properly. You're squishing me!" He was turning blue and so was Shisui.

"Oh. I'm sorry! Sorry!" She loosens her grip on Nature's Fury. None of which had escaped her love! "It's just so good to see all of you. As you didn't answer my question, I'm going to assume you chose only tasteful locations for your tattoos." She smiles.

Kenji laughs and shakes his head. "You'll have to forgive my wife." It had been so long since they last saw them. "It's been eleven years." He looks around sheepishly at the members of Pegasus. "A grandparent shouldn't be separated from their grandchildren or great nephew for so long."

Itachi takes a moment to catch his breath, smiling at his grandmother. "Don't worry, I've made it perfectly clear to my foolish little brother that he should refrain from indulging too heavily in tattoos. It's only a single arm." He glances at his cousin. "And two arms, in Shisui's case, though Shisui's wings are tasteful enough, that I have not conducted a thorough inspection as to whether he has any new acquisitions."

Shisui laughs at that. "Don't let Mira hear you talking about inspecting me for new acquisitions or your little She-Devil might get the wrong idea." It was evil and he knew it, but he couldn't resist teasing the other man about it and it worked like a charm. Aiya and Mikoto were definitely interested in figuring out who Mira was.

"I suppose." Itachi's eyes flash red. "Though I'm sure that Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker would have no problem conducting said inspection."

Sasuke tries to suppress a snicker at that as his cousin flails in response, but he wasn't entirely sure he was successful. "Don't worry about it." He smiles at his grandmother reassuringly. "Fairy Tail is an allied guild. They're our friends."

Mikoto shakes her head in amusement as she leans against Fugaku. "I really hope that she doesn't accidentally end up smothering them to death one day." Her voice was scarcely above a highly amused whisper.

Kiyoshi chuckles. He had wanted to embrace his long-lost relatives, but he knew that he wouldn't get anywhere near them until Aiya was done. "That's true. You're all looking well. Pegasus certainly does suit you." Though he had only the tiniest inkling what that meant, it was obvious this 'guild' had taken good care of his kin and for that, he would be eternally grateful. "Now, what was this about Fairy Tail?" That was certainly an intriguing thing to bring up. It sounded like fairy tales.

"Fairy Tail?" Eve grins as he hides out near the wall, watching the match progress into increasingly violent bursts of light, shadow, fire, and metal sparks. "Well, if you want to know what they're like…" He points down at the four combatants on the field. "The ones with the spiky pink hair and the long black hair are Natsu and Gajeel. They're a couple of dragon slayers from Fairy Tail."

That certainly prompts the attention of all the newly arrived Uchihas and the "originals" alike. Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke couldn't resist watching the match anymore than their long-lost relatives could.

On the ground, it was a hand to hand battle between two pairs, magic flashing in every direction as the tables seemed to turn again, like they had about half a dozen times already. And now, there were about a dozen extra pairs of red eyes looking down at the battle below, more than a few a little wide-eyed at the sight.

Izumi, for one, was rather amazed by the sight below. She wasn't a particularly vicious fighter herself, but she could tell when people had spent their lives practicing hand to hand combat, and the four on the floor had definitely done as much. "So, we're cheering for the ones with the crazy pink and black hair right?" They were moving so fast, and the ground was so ripped up that it was hard to keep track of them, even with the Sharingan.

Sasuke nods at that. "Natsu can be annoying at time and Gareel is rough around the edges, but Sabertooth is the most sadistic guild that I've ever seen." Which was saying something because Raven Tail had tried very hard to claim that title.

Fairy Tail and Sabertooth, huh? Akane's eyes found the other one with black hair, it was sticking up all over the place, and there were black marks all over his skin. They glowed brighter than the rest of his skin, like there was extra chakra…magic running through them. "Sadistic, huh? That's not good." But were they, really?

"Yes, but I've never known Natsu to give up just because of rough opponents." Hibiki smirks at the sight of the pink-haired idiot. Who…wasn't really an idiot, judging by the way he was moving, reacting, and almost…recording the information from the battle in his own head. "Natsu's faced worse than this in real life and death battles. So he'll be fine. And Gajeel's no softie when it comes to a fight, that's for sure."

"Well in all fairness, Sting is the one who I've seen strut most between him and his partner." Shisui figures it was best to be thorough. "You can tell which guild someone is in by their emblem. We have a blue horse and you can see that Sting, the blond one, and Rogue the one with the shorter black hair, have matching emblems." This really was a mouthful, he muses. "Much like Gajeel and Natsu do because they're from the same guild."

Sasuke couldn't disagree with that. "Rogue's quieter than Sting or that could just because I've never had to deal with him in a competition. I did beat Sting at a race event though." He smirks at that thought." I had an unfair advantage, but still." The whole Dragon Slayer thing was confusing at times. He wasn't sure how to explain that to his family.

"Yes, Sasuke came in first in his event, earning our guild ten points." And Itachi was quite proud of his little brother for the feat. "I won our battle against Sabertooth only yesterday." And it had been quite satisfying to have a crack at them. "Rufus is likely still smarting from the duel."

"I see, good." Fugaku's eyes stray from the fight below as the one they called Sting started shooting himself into the sky. His eyes drift to another balcony, where three people stood, the woman with a sadistic expression of pleasure on her face. The green-haired giant seemed…not to fit the name Rufus, however… "The young man with the short blond hair?" He seemed to be trying to hide, but his focus seemed to have wandered.

Shisui decides to save Itachi the trouble of explaining. "That's Rufus. Normally, his hair is much longer." A great source of pride for the man, he assumed. "He's normally rather vain about his looks. I can only presume that as punishment for losing his match to Itachi, they cut his hair." That was probably going to take forever to grow back.

"That's cruel…" Izumi shakes her head. "They do that to their own members?"

Before her question can be answered, Hibiki throws out his hands, fingers moving as golden screens appear in the air. "Everyone, brace yourselves!" The screens fit together, sealing their gallery off from the intense magic power gathering high in the sky above them.

"They've done far worse than that." Sasuke sighs as he braces himself. Watching as his grandparents and parents embraced each other tightly and the other members of their Clan follow suit. "Rufus was lucky. He got off lightly by their standards."

The arena floor didn't get off nearly as lightly as Sting, high above his and his partner's idols, rains a roar of light down on the two, Rogue having long since taken cover in the shadows as the blast slams into the ground, right on top of Natsu and Gajeel. The power rocks Domus Flau, the power of it slamming against Hibiki's shields, and cracking them badly in the process. The force of the roar blasts a hole right down through the floor of the arena, and into the ruins of the lower levels. The hole must have been a quarter mile deep, and the three dragon slayers began to fall into the chasm, fighting the whole way down.

Itachi's eyes widen as the lacrimas struggle to reset themselves, taking a minute to settle and start showing the three dragon slayers falling through the debris, Natsu's flames still helping him to rocket around, blasting ten-ton pieces of stone into shrapnel with every kick. "…I still fail to understand just why they believed that holding this match here was a good idea. The audience could be in serious danger."

"I don't think they truly understood the power of the combatants." Shisui sighs as he watches the entire thing with wide eyes. "Though i imagine they do now."

Aiya and Mikoto both blink. Though it was Aiya that speaks. "I haven't seen power like that displayed since Madara's day." Incredible.

Kiyoshi watches the entire spectacle as well. "Now, we know why there is so much chakra in the air." Was this a normal display of power here? No. It couldn't be. Everyone seemed too shocked for that to be the case.

"I hope no one in the audience gets hurt." Kenji was trying his best not to gape. "Those boys are crazy." And Kaito nods in agreement because what more could be said on the matter?

Eve laughs sheepishly. "Well, they're all dragon slayers. That's just what happens when all of the wizards fighting use Lost Magic." There's another series of deafening blasts, including one very powerful rain of spears of light. Sting's Holy Ray. "But I guess that's because they all say that they were raised by dragons."

"Raised by dragons?" Fugaku raises an eyebrow. There were dragons in this world? "That is…deeply concerning." As concerning as the way that the two Fairy Tail boys slam to the ground, unmoving.

"I had the same reaction." Sasuke looks at his father. "Though apparently, dragons were essentially wiped out save for a handful and none of have been seen in years." Not since what had happened to Fairy Tail had frozen them.

"Strange…" Fugaku was a naturally suspicious person, and if dragons were what he thought they were, he found it hard to believe that a group of them would simply up and disappear, unable to be found. Still, those boys on the ground didn't appear to be conscious anymore. "It would seem…that the match is over."

"No, not yet." Itachi knew better than to underestimate Fairy Tail's dragon slayers. If nothing else, they were an extremely tenacious lot. "They'll be back up. They would sooner fall over and die before letting their guild down."

"These matches, they aren't to the death are they?" Mikoto looks at Itachi in concern. "Because Sasuke and Eve didn't kill their opponents." That much she knew for certain.

"No, they're not." Hibiki clenches his fists, the sounds of Fairy Tail's members calling out for their dragon slayers starting to echo across the arena. "But nothing is ever normal when it comes to dragon slayers." Forget the rules, they were the exceptions.

Finally, Ren couldn't hold it in anymore either. And he wasn't the only one, because Lamia Scale was getting uppity about it as well. "Come on you idiots! Get up!" Like hell was Fairy Tail going to lose this battle!

Kaito tilts his head in confusion. "Well it seems this Fairy Tail is one of the favorite guilds or Sabertooth is universally despised." Perhaps both?

"Not at all." Hibiki grits his teeth. "Until Fairy Tail came back and started clawing their way up the rankings, it was the other way around." Well, at least among the audience. "But we have a long history with Fairy Tail, and so does Lamia Scale. But until yesterday, Fairy Tail was still getting booed by the crowd." All of that had changed, though, and now Fairy Tail was making an epic comeback. "If we don't win this competition, it's going to be Fairy Tail. But for that, Natsu and Gajeel need to GET UP!" His last words ring through the air, along with the rest of the cacophony of support from wizards across the arena.

"I see. Well I suppose we should cheer as well." He and the other Uchiha soon join in. "GET UP!" After all, it couldn't hurt and if his kin's allies though that much of Fairy Tail, it was likely for good reason.

As the referee was considering calling it, rogue joining his partner down in the pit, the two dragon slayers twitch on the ground, slowly pushing themselves to their feet. Completely unfazed by all of the pummeling they'd taken. In fact, the complete and utter nonchalance with which they confront their opponents leaves the Tigers dumbfounded as the two began to argue over which direction Sting's foot pointed when he was about to attack.

Hibiki slams his palm to his face. "You…have got to be kidding me…" they were arguing over THAT in front of the whole kingdom!?

What left everyone even more dumbfounded was when Natsu shoved Gajeel into a mining cart, taking advantage of his partner's motion sickness to send the Iron Dragon Slayer away, before challenging the Twin Dragons to a two on one smack-down.

And Itachi was barely resisting the urge to facepalm, himself. "I will never understand the mystery that is Natsu Dragneel." Whether it was sheer audacity or blind courage, he had to admire the nearly suicidal dragon slayer.

"What's to understand?" Sasuke shakes his head at his brother's question. "He's fucking nuts."

"Yes, I gather that." Fugaku wasn't sure whether to admire the boy, or smack him upside the head. He wanted to fight two destructive opponents two on one? And while they were like…well, they were using some kind of ability to augment their own power. That would put the younger dragon slayer at a disadvantage.

Not that Natsu saw it as a disadvantage. He took both of them on at one, fending them both off while the Twin Dragons remained in their Dragon Force forms, raining both magic and martial arts down on Natsu's spiky pink head.

It failed. Every single attack failed. Natsu threw them off time and time again, smashing blazing fists into the two of them, and unleashing streams of fire from his mouth than blanketed half the underground battlefield.

The Unison Raid was the final straw, the fusing of magic between light and darkness, Sting and Rogue's most powerful combination attack. And it was dispersed by a single strike from Natsu, before the lacrimas were blown out of the hole by a huge eruption of fire that blasts right out of the hole and a hundred feet into the sky.

It was glorious.

Kenji shakes his head at the entire thing. "Well I suppose a man with pink hair has no choice, but to be vicious." He didn't envy the boy. "That was quite the spectacle. I'm glad that your guild is allied with them." He smiles cheerfully.

Hibiki sweatdrops. "You have no idea how many times I've thought the same thing." He would never want to be Fairy Tail's enemy. "And it looks like Sabertooth has just learned why declaring war against Fairy Tail is borderline suicidal."

The lacrima screens flicker back to life, slowly focusing in on the images of three people through the smoke. All three of them are still standing. Well, for about five seconds, before Sting and Rogue collapse.

There was silence for a few long moments, before cheers rang out all across Domus Flau. Chapati's voice rises above the crowd thanks to the speakers. "What an upset! Sabertooth's Twin Dragons, defeated by Fairy Tail's Natsu Dragneel! You saw it here, folks! The strongest guild in Fiore has been utterly and thoroughly beaten! Is this the end of an era!? Or the return of the old!? We'll find out exactly that in two days!"

Sasuke had to admit that as crazy as Natsu was that was an impressive match. Though he still thought the announces must have taken an IV of pure sugar that morning. Gods and Goddesses, he was hyper.

Itachi breathes a sigh of relief, shaking his head at the sight of the celebrating Fairy, who somehow still has enough energy to run around, breathing fire for the audience. "Well, now that today's events are over, I suggest that we return to the inn and inform Master Bob of the situation." That a dozen members of their clan had, over a decade later, joined them in Earthland.

"Master Bob?" Kiyoshi raises an eyebrow at the name. "Is he your Kage or new Sensei?" Eve, Bob, Hibiki, Natsu, Gajeel, the names of these people couldn't be more different. Perhaps this city was really some sort of port or trading center. Its people were so diverse.

"No, not exactly." How could Itachi quite explain this? "He is the founder of the guild, the one who oversees day to day operations, approves wizards going out on missions, but does not assign them, and acts as something of a parent or guardian to the younger members of the guild." He was in charge, like a Kage, but didn't hold nearly so much power or clout. "There are a few dozen, to maybe over a hundred wizards in a guild, but Master Bob doesn't exercise nearly as much power as a Kage does. A guild is not typically a military power. But they are all subject to the laws set down by the Magic Council." Even though many of the guilds bent those rules quite frequently.

It seemed a rather hands-off approach to Kaito, but he wouldn't argue. "Well it seems to work for them." Clearly, this was a highly advanced society. He'd never seen a village that was this large before. "I think that you're right. It would be a good idea for us to meet Master Bob."

"Then let's go." Hibiki heads for the door, pulling a grinning Jenny with him. "We all have a day off tomorrow, before the huge battle royale. So we've got a day of relaxing to get to know each other."

"Right!" Eve sidles up to Izumi and Akane. "Would you like me to escort you, ladies?"

"I'd love that." Izumi smiles at the cute blonde. "We're going to see your Master, right?" She still wasn't really sure where Bob was, but it looked like the Uchihas were just going to stay with this guild at least for the time being and she was fine with that.