An Ideal World
A/N: I'm back and not better as ever! I'm sure you didn't miss me but that's fine! I'm still trying to correct all the earlier chapters so the for older readers, you may want to re-read the chapters as the story may not link up with what you remember. Don't forget to leave a review, it motivates me a lot, even if it's one or two words, I still want to have your views on the chapter! Now without further ado, I present Chapter 7 of An Ideal World!
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Recommended OST For This Chapter:
Fairy Tail Closing Theme 4, "Kimi ga Iru Kara" by Mikuni Shimokawa (Link= watch?v=2V-FbWB2jVA)
Last Time In An Ideal World
"All you did was put some messed up liquid in my arm, and all I did was burn it off." Salamander grinned. "And now I'm going to pay you back…" He told her while continuing to grin. "... one-hundred times over." He finished before charging towards Daphne at an unfathomable speed, landing a lightning-quick right hook, her face was driven into a sideway downwards from the force of the punch before her face was met by Natsu's flame coated left leg. The second attack made her stumble backwards with no guard as the attacker continued his attacks. He hit a barrage of punches enhanced with his Fire Dragon Slaying Magic thus creating fiery explosions everytime he punched her. His penultimate move in the combo was a flaming uppercut. "Metsuryū Ōgi: Guren Karyūken (Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist)!" Natsu barked as he landed a destructive middle punch, straight on Daphne's ribs which were probably broken. The force knocked her all the way back to the control son of Igneel slowly walked over to the control room where the dragon-crazed fanatic was about to get up. Natsu grabbed her by the collar before vaguely saying: "I'll show you the true weakness of a dragon slayer…". He then dragged the scientist by her collar, she tried to fight back but in a few seconds, she had extreme motion sickness.
"I knew he would resort to this." Makarov sighed. "But that's a pretty smart move coming from someone like him." The sandaime admitted.
"Ughhhhh…" The sick combatant groaned as she was suffering from motion sickness. Once they both finally reached the others, Natsu stopped dragging her and allowed her to recover from the few minutes of hell she just experienced. The Fairy Tail mages slowly surrounded her with looks of hate in their eyes.
"We should give her in to the Magic Council." One person murmured.
"No, we should ban her from the whole continent itself." Another mumbled. This constant murmuring continued for a few minutes as the perpetrator had recovered.
"ENOUGH!" The Master ordered making everybody's conversation come to a close. "She shall not be handed to the Magic Council for her crimes nor is she being exiled from the continent of Fiore. She shall be taken in as a Fairy Tail Mage."
"But-"
"My decision is final!" Makarov boomed at the mages who quivered in fear upon hearing his loud voice. "Of course, she will be taking the appropriate punishment, which I can't think of at the moment." The elderly man added. Gray then walked up to his Master and whispered something into his ear. Makarov's serious face suddenly turned into that of a perverse one before blood flowed out of his nose like it was a waterfall. As Gray finished up his idea, Makarov suddenly shot into the air, his blood carrying high up into the night sky before all the mages could see was a twinkle in the distance.
"Looks like the master is flying off… again." Gray sighed as they turned their attention back towards Daphne. The raven-haired teen stuck his hand out for the scientist to help her up from the ground. Daphne started crying at the sight of this.
"Friends… Real friends…" Daphne thought as tears kept streaming out of her eyes as she was pulled up by Gray, her newfound crush.
"Another love rival contesting for Gray-sama's love?!" Juvia thought as she stared down at Daphne, flames visible within her eyes though weird for a person who manipulates water.
Flashback End
In The City Of Magnolia
The town of Magnolia was currently undergoing heavy reconstruction after the attacks that had taken place less than a week ago, however, due to the help of the Fairy Tail mages, the town was going to be back in action sooner than expected. With the reconstruction nearly finished, the work load of the guild members had been considerably lightened as they would soon be permitted to take jobs once again. However, there was one place in this residential area that would never be fully fixed due to certain reasons, and that place happened to be the guild hall of the Fairy Tail building. Yet again, another guild-brawl was taking place as the Master and a few more sane members could only watch their comrades continuously lower the money that Fairy Tail currently had. A familiar face had walked out the infirmary with a slight limp, still not fully recovered from the fight he had with the one who seemed to go by the name of Jackal. "Looks like I haven't fully recovered yet," Obito thought as he looked down at his leg. "Well it's not like I can sleep through this ruckus." He internally said as he let out a chuckle before proceeding to make his way to the bar where the Master, Cana, Erza and Mirajane who was situated behind the counter was. Cana seemed to have passed out, probably from the exhaustion that came from rescuing a guild member from death. Erza seemed to be in a particularly foul mood as she mumbled to herself without repeat. The only word that could be made out from her mad ramblings was "cake" which didn't really come as a surprise as the Magnolia Bakery was still being fixed.
"How are you feeling Obito?" Mirajane asked, striking up conversation with the new member of the guild. It's not everyday someone joins your guild and within the first month is already in a life-threatening situation. Unfortunately for Mira, that particular event brought light to another memory that she wanted to desperately forget no matter how many times she tried.
"I'm feeling better though I wouldn't be feeling anything right now if it weren't for you and Cana." Obito said as he bowed in appreciation for their efforts. "Also, I'm curious about something else, I saw Natsu in the infirmary as well, did anything happen to him while I was asleep?"
"It's nothing for you to worry about. There's more important matters to discuss… like that supposed demon you thought." Makarov interrupted as he suddenly dawned a serious face. Even Erza stopped brooding as the atmosphere around the four (or technically five including the unconscious Cana) suddenly tensed up. "Obito… what exactly happened?"
Obito explained everything that happened whilst on that mission, on how the supposed item was protected by the guild to how he had not only one but two fights against rather strong opponents, the second opponent being Jackal, some sort of shape-shifting canine who seemed to emit a different and even more darker feeling than what he felt when facing Zero who Obito had assumed to be a demon.
"Interesting…" Makarov stated as he folded his arms and thought for a bit. "And you saw no magic seal during the duration of both fights correct?" He inquired as Obito confirmed this with just the nod of his head. "Well, it's plausible… but the question that's actually going through my mind right now is about you." Makarov stated as a surprised look morphed on not only Obito's face but everyone else who was hearing the conversation.
"Me? What about me do you need to know about?" Obito questioned as he would be confused on why the Master would have a question regarding him.
"Obito, even if you have this energy called chakra, that doesn't exclude the fact that your physical abilities are practically at it's peak. You equally managed to fight an enemy that Gildarts would've faced if the mistake hadn't happened. And not many would be able to complete such a feat. Obito… what exactly are you?" The Dreyar asked as he stared directly at a slightly unnerved Obito. Mirajane's and Erza's eyes also redirected to the Uchiha as even Cana slightly opened her eyes, awake enough to be curious of Obito's answer.
"To be honest with you all… I'm just a human like you guys but it seems to me violence and bloodshed isn't so commonplace in this dimens- area." Obito stated, quickly correcting his mistake as explaining on how he came from a whole other dimension would be too much effort for him seeing as he still didn't completely understand it himself.
"What do you mean by so commonplace?" Erza asked with a confused look.
"Well, from where I come from at least, at a young age, our fighting skills are honed to a point where we're rather proficient at mixed martial arts. Unarmed combat from where I come from is called Taijutsu. Also, while at a young age, we learn to master basic ninjutsu techniques, ninjutsu is essentially what you would call spells. We all learn this at a place called the Academy. I come from a special bloodline that enhances my visual abilities, genjutsu which is essentially illusions and allows me to use rare ninjutsu. While I was still a teenager, I was already participating in a war with another nation and later on in my adulthood, I was the instigator of another war, something which I regret doing. And because of my foolishness, I nearly drove where I come from to the brink of extinction… and because of all these experiences, I have gained the strength that I have showcased a few times now." The ninja explained as they all dawned a surprised look hearing his explanation.
"In other words, you've seen more than what some people would see in a lifetime." Makarov summarised as Obito agreed with his summary.
"This guy… could level a whole guild if he wanted." The recently awoke Cana thought as she widened her eyes.
"Well anyway, I need something to limit the power of my left eye." Obito stated, changing the subject as he referred to the Rinnegan that was in his left eye. "And my clothes, they're in pieces... are there any tailors in this area?" He asked the quartet of Fairy Tail members.
"Yeah, there is one though I'm not sure if the building got caught up in the disaster..." Mira said as she placed a finger on her chin while looking up towards the ceiling, trying to recall the state of the building.
"I see… I'll go check it out now." Obito declared as he made his way to the exit. Suddenly, a familiar and attractive brunette swung his arm around her shoulder and supported the slightly limping Obito.
"You're not going to get anywhere fast with the state you're in now..." Cana told Obito with a slightly annoyed face as she decided to aid and direct Obito to the tailor to get himself a new outfit.
"T-Thanks Cana..." Obito said, slightly surprised that she was helping him find the tailor when he should be the one repaying the favour towards her. It was a rather sunny day and the temperature was just about perfect, not too hot and yet at the same time, not too cold. Despite a few glares here and there once the pair had been recognised as Fairy Tail mages, they took a leisurely stroll throughout the town without much words exchanged as most signs of damage had disappeared.
"The Master didn't really tell me what happened while I was recovering, mind filling me in?" Obito asked, hoping he could get an answer from the booze-addict. Cana let out a slight sigh before explaining the events that happened with Gray, Natsu, Daphne and the rest of the guild members that fought against the dragon construct in hopes of trying to stop the extinction of the town of Magnolia.
"Ah I see… no wonder all this construction work is going on..." Obito muttered to himself as Cana slowed down a bit before coming to a stop. Following the direction of her head being tilted towards the left, Obito read a sign saying "Magno-tailior". "Thanks… I'll be fine from here though." He said as he thanked the female mage as his arm departed from her shoulder as his leg no longer felt weak. He effortlessly walked to the entrance before stopping at the doors. Turning his head around to see Cana, he waved goodbye at her who waved back before making her way back to the guild. Exhaling in disappointment as he looked at his heavily damaged clothing, he pushed the brown wooden double doors open to find a rather small shop. It bared resemblance to the boutiques that Obito saw back in his short stay in Konoha. Summer-time was soon approaching in Fiore and that would explain why there was so much swimsuits and bikinis currently hanged up on the clothing racks. They seemed to be selling for quite a cheap price seeing that it wasn't Summer yet but even the Uchiha could tell that the material used wasn't the best that could've been used in the production of the summer-wear. He slowly walked towards the cashier who seemed to be the only staff in the shop meaning he was probably the tailor. Examining each good on sale, he finally got to the cash point where he spotted two dressing rooms behind the woman. The woman was a rather short pink-haired lady that donned round glasses while dressed in a red short-sleeved garment with red-leather, heeled, boots with laces the same colour as the leather. Slightly nervous upon seeing Obito's rather peculiar face, she was still obliged to heed to the customer's desires.
"H-Hello sir, how may I assist you on this fine day?" The presumed shop owner asked before a dawn of realisation morphed upon her face as she saw the state of Obito's clothes.
Chuckling in embarrassment while scratching the back of his head, Obito vaguely explained how his clothes got to such a bad state while also describing his ideal outfit to be.
"I see… well, the closest thing I have to what you're describing is this," The female pulled out a box from a cupboard situated at her feet. Opening the sealed box with a sharp knife, she dug through the various contents of the box before pulling out a somewhat dark shade of green flak jacket that had three scroll pouches on each side of the chest area, a neck guard, extra padding over the shoulders (which is fastened on by steel buttons), and a zipper down the middle. The only thing that actually differentiated it from those made and used in the Elemental Nations and especially Konoha was that it lacked the Uzushiogakure symbol that was normally integrated onto the back of the jacket. Rather surprised that he was able to be so lucky that the dressmaker had something in stock that shared a similarity to what he had imagined himself wearing if he didn't go down the path of darkness and stayed as a Konohagakure ninja. "Would this suffice?" The lone other person in the room inquired while tilting her head to the side, waiting for a response.
"I guess so… but it wouldn't be too much of a hassle to make a few adjustments will it?" The dark-haired man asked back as he had a few certain ideas currently in his mind at the time.
Meanwhile in the Fairy Tail Guild Hall
"Cease your actions! Just because Master Makarov isn't here at this moment of time doesn't mean you can self-elect yourself as the temporary Master!" The familiar red-headed requip user ordered with a stone glare being directed to a rather tall and muscular blonde man with blueish-grey eyes and an obscure lightning bolt shaped scar travelling from the top to bottom eyelid of his right eye. He sported a leopard-print, orange tunic with dark-lined sleeves reaching down below his elbows, and fur on the lower edges. Around his waist was a simple belt to which he attached the device linked to his Magic Headphones as well as accompanying beige baggy jeans.
"And tell me Erza, who's going to stop me? Do you even know how much stronger I've gotten since I've last entered this guild? Not that you were a match for me in the first place." The stranger cockily boasted with a wicked grin plastered onto his face, his ego practically radiating off him as if it were heat. Expecting Erza to counter his statement, the guild members were slightly surprised when Erza looked down to the floor, signalling his statement was the truth. Opposite to the energetic mood that is normally seen in the hall, everybody had rather pale faces, hoping this situation would end sooner rather than later. "Though Erza, why are you so against me doing this? I'm only acting out the inevitable, you can't deny it yourself. My Jiji is going to kick the bucket anytime soon and as his only blood relative presently associated with the guild, I'm the legitimate successor to this… failure of a guild." He said as his eyes darted from member to member with a look of disgust present within his eyes. "Starting from the floorboards on this ground up to the roof, I'll tear down this whole building and remake this guild from scratch! And then I'll reform-"
"Yada-yada, if I wanted to hear about your fantasies, I would've said so." A slightly tipsy Cana interrupted, as she sluggishly stumbled and made her way towards the Dreyar. Stopping a few metres away from him, she then continued with what she was going to say. "Get this through your thickhead, we're not going to bow down to the likes of you, and I'm sure as hell even if the Master dies, you surely won't be a candidate to be the next Master with that stupid mentality of yours!" Cana brashly declared as the guild members widened their eyes seeing the alcoholic out of all people stand up to one of the strongest mages of the Fairy Tail.
"Maybe I'm going to have to change my plans… before any renovation can be done with this building..." The blonde began as he began to clench his right fist in presumably, anger. "I'll get rid of useless scrap like you!" He barked as a few stray lightning bolts could be seen escaping his arm as he retracted his upper limb then proceeding to violently extend it, his fist solidly connecting with the brunette's nose as she was knocked back all the way to the bar where she originally got up from. Crashing into the stools before finally hitting the bar itself, she struggled to stay conscious as blood dripped out of her nose.
"Laxus! That was uncalled for!" Mirajane shouted as she and another member, Lucy, crouched beside Cana to provide basic medical attention.
"Laxus only did what was coming to her…" A green-haired man that served under Laxus in what was possibly Fairy Tail's strongest team that is active, the Raijinshū (Thunder God Tribe). This man seemed to go by the name as Freed and was Laxus' most loyal lackey. His two teammates were beside him on each side as they watched their "Sensei's" actions (the relationship between the trio and the blonde had never really been established as all three members seem to hold a different level of respect for him).
"Anybody else want to complain? I'll be sure to knock some sense into you, literally." Laxus questioned as he raised his fist up to his face as a warning. At that exact moment, the doors gradually creaked open as a large beam of sunlight shot in, shadowing the figure that unhurriedly closed the distance between himself and the Dreyar.
Play OST- Fairy Tail Closing Theme 4, "Kimi ga Iru Kara" by Mikuni Shimokawa (Link= watch?v=2V-FbWB2jVA)
"I have a complaint though by the looks of it, it doesn't have to be transferred through word of mouth." A voice that seemed to belonged to the shadowed figure pointed out as something red seemed to flare into life where an eye would be located.
The one to stop Laxus has arrived but upon entering, the one who he shares a bond with has been hurt by the hands of the blonde-haired barbarian, fuelled with anger and with the Master out of sight, the fate of Fairy Tail is left in the hands of a familiar ninja who is atoning for his sins. Next time on Ideal World: "The Battle of Fairy Tail begins!"
A/N: Hello, it's me again… people still seemed to be interested in this story believe it or not though the last time I updated was probably around April or May, well sorry for the short chapter, whenever the next chapter comes out, it should be back to the usual 5k or more word count. Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter and leave a follow, favourite or review if you have any enquiries. By the way, if any of you are wondering what Obito's new appearance is, it's what he would look like if he stayed as a Konoha ninja, somewhat similar to the icon for the story except with the symbol for Uzushiogakure and Konohagakure found on the headband and the ninja jacket being replaced by a red and white Fairy Tail logo, the same colour scheme as the Uchiha logo. Well anyway, that's all from me, see you next time~