Shadow Joestar: Thanks! His powers will remain a mystery for quite some time by the way, and it's Itachi he will be prepared for what might one day come.
WATCHER89: Thanks, and during chapter 14/13(depending if you count the prologue as a chapter or not) I was just not quite up for it so it ended up being a little bad. And unless you haven't noticed it by now I have extended the Itachi vs Sasori fight.
Mr. Haziq: Really? Well I don't think I made it that hard to figure out. And I'm not including all Akatsuki members only a few more and none of them are Nagato or Konan so that's not an issue.
Master Terra: Nice to see someone agreeing with there being way too many Naruto MC fics, but to be fair since this is fanfiction most characters tend to get a little bit OC at some moments, like Itachi in my fics there are some moments were he's a little OC since there are some scenes I'm not sure how he would react to. But I agree that there is a limit to how OC a character can be. And I will keep bringing more fanfictions that are not Naruto MC related in that hell you speak of.
Guest: There is an explanation which I have planned out to the last detail, as to why he's so OP'd.
Guest: Well Hidan wasn't brought back the same way as the others, since his "immortal" and all he was brought to the world of Fairy Tail in a summoning kind of way, while as the others are more of brought back from the dead kind of way.
Supreme Darkness: It's fanfiction characters get OC sometimes. And I have added something extra to the fight that may appeal more to their intellect and skill. Besides is not like Sasori's intellect will help him against Itachi's Susano'o and Amaterasu. And Itachi is the MC of course his going to be stronger, and I did add something extra to Sasori such as giving him wind ability and I even gave him a larger puppet army, what else am I supposed to do? Sasori only uses his puppets and nothing else, it's not his style to use anything else but puppets.
Red Raven 007: Like I said in the PM. Although some may think Sasori changed I don't he did. He still killed at least over a 100 people and made their bodies into puppets and he didn't seem to regret it. The only reason his soul was freed from the edo tensei was because he trusted future puppet masters with his art, so he didn't necessarily change into a better person nor did he redeem himself.
Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon: Well that should be obvious to anyone.
Guest: Thanks!
Guest: Thanks, and about that "most powerfully" thing I didn't even notice that when I wrote that chapter I was a little sleepy so I must have pressed wrong and forgotten to change it. And I did not know that about Gemini, so thanks.
Mathew5641: Thanks!
Chicwowwow: I sent you a PM, so no need for me to say the same things twice.
Chapter 15: Hello Edolas!
Everyone in the Fairy Tail guild welcomed Wendy and Charle with open arms, the two newest members settled in Fairy Hills like most girls from the guild. Everyone were just sitting in the guild doing their own thing. While as Itachi sat at the bar counter with Master Makarov whom took a sip of beer and Erza whom was eating strawberry cake. "I'm glad that you brought such cute little additions to our guild, Erza, Itachi."
"The credit belongs only to Erza, Master. I had nothing to do with it." Itachi said with an inwardly proud smile at Erza.
"There's no need to give me any credit. I just helped someone get a new home." Erza turned down the praise.
"Regardless I thank you." Makarov said with a warm smile.
"Master, shouldn't we concern about the other dark guilds? Now that Oracion Seis has been taken out the other dark guilds may see this as an act of war." Itachi said as he has been preparing for when either of the dark guild such as Tartaros and Grimore Heart would attack either of the guilds that helped take down Oracion Seis, underworld organizations tend to have connections with one another which Itachi knew all about from his Akatsuki days.
"I doubt it, all that happened was that the legal guilds had a mission to take down Nirvana and the Oracion Seis got in the way. The dark guilds tend to only care about themselves, all they're concerned about now is taking over the Oracion Seis's territory and they're own agenda." Makarov assured the concerned Uchiha.
"Regardless I think we should have some sort of plan." Itachi said.
"Nah, we'll just take it as it comes." Makarov brushed it off and took a sip of his beer once more.
"Guess I will make a plan myself then." Itachi sweat dropped.
"Sounds good to me! Less for me to worry about!" Makarov laughed and slapped Itachi on the back.
"Big news!" Max and Warren rushed in the guild door, then the sounds of bells were heard around the town.
"What's that?" Lucy questioned.
""Bells?"" Wendy and Charle questioned.
"Oh!" Elfman said in excitement.
"Could it be?!" Gray questioned in excitement.
"Well what do you know. He's back." Itachi said with a small smile.
""Gildarts!"" Several people in the guild cheered.
"Gildarts? I've never met anyone by that name… Who is it?" Lucy questioned.
"He's the most powerful wizard in Fairy Tail!" Mirajane replied to the blond Celestial Spirit.
"Huh?! You mean… he's even stronger than Erza and Itachi?!" Lucy questioned with wide eyes of shock.
"I don't even begin to compare to him." Erza said with a smile.
"J-Just how dangerous is this guy?" Lucy questioned in fear.
"He and I fought during my S-class trails and he beat me, the only reason I was promoted to S-class was because I demonstrated that my abilities were at S-class level." Itachi said as they all looked at the excited crowd of people cheering at the return of Gildarts.
"That's fine and all, but what's with the celebrating?" Lucy questioned.
"It's just like a festival, Charle!" Wendy said to her feline friend.
"What an unruly guild, indeed." Charle said.
"It's only natural that everyone's excited. It's been three years since he left." Mira said.
"Three years? What was he doing?" Lucy questioned.
"Above S-class quests are SS-class quests. And above those are jobs called 10 Year Quests." Mira explained.
"10 Year Quests?" Lucy questioned with wide eyes of shock.
"They're tasks that no one has accomplished in ten years. Thus, the name 10 Year Quest. Gildarts went on a job even higher than that… a 100 Year Quest." Erza replied.
"A 100 Year Quest?! Meaning no one's accomplished it in a whole century?!" Lucy questioned in shock and her face showed the look of wonder, which was most likely wondering just how powerful Gildarts is. When suddenly loud speakers were heard from outside saying "Prepare for the Magnolia's Gildarts Shift".
"Sheesh, aren't they're making too much of a fuss?" Charle questioned.
"I wonder why…" Wendy said.
"What the heck is "Magnolia's Gildarts Shift"?" Lucy questioned.
"Step outside and you'll see." Erza said.
Suddenly the whole town began shaking, and the buildings began moving and separating, until there was a clear path way leading straight to the Fairy Tail guildhall. "N-No way!" Lucy said in shock.
"What is this?!" Charle questioned.
"Th-The towns… been split!"
"Gildarts uses "Crush" magic." Erza said.
"Everything he touches gets obliterated so if he's not paying attention he'll accidently walk into houses and destroy them." Mira said with a smile as if this was something everyone was used to.
"How dumb is this guy?! So, you modified the town just for that?!" Lucy questioned.
"He's about slightly smarter than Natsu." Itachi said with a small smile.
"S-Seriously…?" Lucy paled a little.
"He sounds amazing, Charle!" Cute little Wendy said in excitement.
"Yes. Amazingly stupid." Charle said.
Everyone waited in excitement as they eventually saw Gildarts looking the same as he did when he left only the bottom of his cloak looked a little torn, and Itachi noticed something was up with Gildarts left leg, it looked like to be made of wood. 'Looks like he's had a rough time.' Itachi thought as he saw Gildarts looking around with a confused dumbfound expression. 'And he doesn't recognize the guild, well it was rebuilt and all, but you'd think he would bother to recognize the people…' Itachi thought with a small sweat drop.
"Gildarts! Fight me!" Natsu ran through the crowd with a smirk on his face.
"That, right off the bat?!" Elfman said.
"Welcome back!" Mira greeted Gildarts whom still looked confused.
Gildarts looked at Mira and didn't recognize her of course, since the last time he saw her she was dressed like a bad girl, and now she looks more like a sophisticated lady. "Miss. There used to be a guild called Fairy Tail around here, if I'm not mistaken…"
"It's right here. and I'm Mirajane." Mira pointed out at the confused mage.
"Mira?" Gildarts questioned and took a closer look. "Ohhhh! You sure have changed! Wait, is the guild new too?!"
"Gildarts!" Natsu shouted gaining Gildarts attention.
"Oh! Natsu! Long time, no see!" Gildarts smirked.
Natsu smirked and leaped up with his fist raised at the man. "I said, fight me!"
Gildarts span Natsu's body around and tossed him crashing into the ceiling. "Another time kid.
"Oh! Man, he really is super-strong!" Natsu said with a grin.
"You haven't changed a bit, old man!" Gray said.
"A man among men!" Elfman said.
"Hmm, there are some new faces too… Things really have changed." Gildarts said with a smile.
"Gildarts!" Makarov called.
"Oh, Master! Been a while!"
"How did the job go?" Makarov asked.
Gildarts began laughing while rubbing the back of his head. "No, no good. Too much for me." Gildarts said as everyone gained a look of shock.
"No way!"
"The Gildarts…"
"…failed at a quest?!"
"Impossible!"
"Not even he could do it." Gray said.
"It takes a man to know when to quit!" Elfman said.
"I see. Too much for even you…" Makarov said with a small sigh.
"Sorry. I've tarnished our name." Gildarts apologized.
"No. Your safe return is all that matters. To the best of my knowledge, you're the first to ever return from this quest alive." Makarov said and Gildarts let out a small chuckle.
"Well at least you returned after three years like you promised all of us." Itachi spoke instantly gaining Gildarts attention.
"Oh! Itachi, good to see ya!" Gildarts walked up to maybe the one man who could challenge him for the title of the Strongest in Fairy Tail. "So, how about a sparring match? Let's see if you've grown any stronger in the past years since our last battle." Gildarts said and everyone got a little excited at seeing these two titans duke it out in a battle.
"A sparring match? I don't think that's a good idea." Itachi replied.
"Oh, come on! Let's do it kid! I've been looking forward to see what you've got!" Gildarts wrapped his arm around Itachi's shoulder with a large grin on his face. But then Mira stepped in between them pushing the both back a little. "What's wrong, Mira?"
"No sparring matches for him!" Mira declared and Gildarts looked dumbfound.
"Eh? But why?"
"He's sick, and he can't fight strong opponents! He could die from it!" Mira said with a terrifying glare that made Gildarts sweat a little nervously.
Gildarts then realized what Mira said, and looked shocked as he paled and his jaw almost hit the floor. "WHAT?! You're sick?! How did this happened?! When did this happened?!" Gildarts grabbed onto Itachi's shoulders and began shaking him back and forth at immense speed. "Why didn't anyone tell me?! How long do you even got kid?! Why haven't these people cured you?! What is wrong with all of you?!" Itachi looked like he was about to pass out.
"Gildarts." Mira said in a cold tone, as Gildarts stopped shaking Itachi and slowly turned his head towards the barmaid whom had a smile on her face, yet her aura was very dark and scary. "Why did you make it worse for him?"
Gildarts began sweating bullets and shaking, he turned the dizzy looking Itachi. "S-Sorry…" Gildarts let out a nervous chuckle.
Itachi recovered and raised his hand. "It's fine. I've been sick for two years and I have tried to gather several medical herbs for my cure, but I couldn't find one."
"Well which one is that?" Gildarts questioned.
"The Blood Vein Flower." Itachi replied.
"Huh, I've never heard of it. What does it look like?" Gildarts questioned.
"Red flower pedals and a blue stem." Itachi replied.
"Can't say I've seen it. So, how long do you have?"
"About a few months thanks to my medication." Itachi replied with an emotionless expression.
"It's disturbing how you're acting like it's no big deal kid…" Gildarts said with a sweat drop. "So, you can't fight at full strength anymore?"
"I can fight at 60% of my full power." Itachi replied.
"I see, then how about an arm-wrestle match?" Gildarts suggested with a grin on his face.
"Arm-wrestle?" Itachi questioned.
"Yeah, come on it will be fun!" Gildarts sat down on a chair with a table, and another chair on the opposite side. "Let's go kid." Gildarts placed his right elbow on the table with his arm raised.
Itachi sighed and sat down on the other chair, facing Gildarts. Itachi then gathered a spectral aura around his right hand that looked like a red spectral gauntlet with claws. He then placed his elbow on the table and grabbed a hold of Gildarts hand. "Fine, one round." Itachi said emotionlessly. Gildarts let out a small chuckle.
"Ready… set… go!" Gildarts said and they began trying to push each other's arms down. Both of them let out a tremendous amount of pressure that shook the very guild.
"Waaaaahhhh! This is insane!" Lucy said in awe.
"The two of them, one of them is the strongest in the guild… this was bound to be good no matter what they would do." Erza said with a smile.
"Whoa!" Mira almost fell down as the floor beneath Gildarts and Itachi began to crack a little.
"This is awesome!" Natsu said in awe.
"Aye sir!"
"I would like to see them fight though." Gray said as him like several others had a little trouble from not falling on their butts from all this shaking.
Gildarts let out a golden aura and Itachi let out a blue aura. "Heh, not bad at all kid. I can tell you have improved. Even though you're sick, your stronger then you were when you fought me at the S-class trails." Gildarts smirked.
"I see that your power has grown somewhat as well." Itachi said with a deadpan expression as they continued to try and push each other's arms down, when suddenly the table beneath them shattered into pieces.
"Stop this! Before you destroy the guildhall!" Makarov shouted and slapped his two giant hands in the back of Gildarts and Itachi's heads. As the pressure stopped and so did the shaking, the two looked around and saw that the floor had begun to crack a little.
"Oops, sorry Master." Gildarts chuckled as he and Itachi let go of their grips. And Itachi deactivated his spectral gauntlet on his right arm.
"I should have known this would only end up being troublesome." Itachi sighed.
"Well, I'm leavin'. I need to rest. And Itachi, when you get cured I expect a fight." Gildarts said and began walking towards a wall. "Whew, I'm beat. Natsu. Come by my place later. I've got a present for ya! Well, see ya." Gildarts walked into the wall making a small hole and he kept walking.
"Oh, my." Mira giggled a little while Itachi whom stood next to her sweat dropped.
"Use the door, will ya?! Warren said.
"Wonder what the present is? I can't wait!" Natsu punched a hole through the wall and walked.
"Don't copy him!" Max shouted.
"Oh, my."
"Those two… really are something…" Itachi muttered.
"Happy! Let's get going!" Natsu said.
"Aye sir!" Happy flew out after the pink haired Dragon Slayer.
"So, what are you planning on doing now?" Mira asked Itachi as they looked at the two holes in the wall left by Natsu and Gildarts.
"Well…" Itachi noticed Mystogan on the second floor in the corner of his eye. "I have some business to do. I will see you later I guess." Itachi waved as he walked towards the exit.
"Yeah, see you later." Mira waved.
Once Itachi stepped out the door he vanished at high speed, and appeared on the clock tower of the guildhall were the mystical Mystogan was waiting. "Do you have some information for me?" Itachi asked.
"Before that, where did you find that girl? Wendy?" Mystogan asked, looking like from underneath his mask he was narrowing his eyes.
"I figured as much. You're her Jellal. She was a part of one of the guilds that helped take down Oracion Seis. Turns out the place you left her at, was an abandoned village with a ghost of a dead old man." Itachi informed.
"… I see… I didn't know, it was just too dangerous for her to come with me." Mystogan said looking a little depressed.
"You don't have to try and convince me, just to let you know she was safe there. But once the Oracion Seis was defeated and Nirvana was destroyed, the spirit of the old man vanished and she had nowhere else to go. Erza was actually the one who offered her to come with us." Itachi said with a small smile of pride over the fact on how much Erza has grown.
"Hmm, she sure is different from my worlds version." Mystogan uttered as a gush of wind blew through his cloak.
"Speaking of which, any news about the Anima?" Itachi questioned.
"… By my calculation, it will strike soon in this town, taking everyone with it. I will try and prevent it from reaching the town and then I will contact you once I've got it in safe location for you to go through." Mystogan replied.
"Are you sure you can keep it away from the town?" Itachi asked as he could see storm clouds approaching the town.
"If I can't, then I will contact you so that you can get to safety." Mystogan said as leaves gathered around him in a gush of wind.
"Good, once this is over, I can rest in peace." Itachi had a small smile on his lips.
"What about the new locations for that herb flower? Have you already checked them?" Mystogan questioned.
"… I haven't, but I'm at least prepared for the worst."
"I truly hope you find it, you are a good man." Mystogan said as he vanished into thin air.
"…" Itachi leaped down from the clock tower. When he landed on the ground he looked through a window and saw Mira discussing something with Erza. "I hope so too."
Itachi had gone on a long walk around the town to relax a little. He was sitting on a park bench with a stick of dango in his hand. 'Soon Mira, I will bring Lisanna back to you and Elfman. I swear it, even if it is the last thing I do.' Itachi clenched his hand and took a bite of his dango.
"Mama! Papa! Look a birdie!" A little girl ran through the park chasing a bird as her mother and father looked at her with a warm smile.
'Although I would very much like it not being the last thing I do.' Itachi thought with a smile on his face as an image of him and Mirajane starting a family went through his mind. 'That would be a very nice life…'
Itachi stood up and threw the dangoless stick in the garbage can and walked back towards the guildhall. As he approached the guildhall he saw Charle walking away from Happy whom had a fish with a ribbon on it in his arms. Then a little further behind them was Wendy. 'I wonder what's up with them?' Itachi thought as he felt raindrops falling on his head. Suddenly a crow landed on his shoulder with a note tied around it's leg. "It's from Mystogan." Itachi took the letter and began reading it. "He failed stopping it, it's about to hit the town. The guild." Itachi ran towards the guildhall. He then spotted Mirajane and Elfman walking towards the cemetery, on their way to visit Lisanna's grave. 'Damn they will be taken by the Anima.' Itachi was now conflicted does he go to the guild to protect the others from the Anima, or does he protect Mira and Elfman. He then saw Mira and Elfman walking into the cemetery, and then he noticed the clouds gathering in a strange shape over the sky. 'Damn, I won't make it to either one of them!' Itachi cursed in his mind as flash of light was visible in the sky. "Dammit!" Itachi cursed as the light struck the town.
The next moment the entire town vanished leaving a deserted field with nothing but bubbles floating around. And in the center of this deserted field was a red spectral humanoid. And in the center of it was Itachi. "Damn, the first part of the plan failed."
"It seems so." Mystogan whom had his mask off revealing his face that looked identical to Jellal Fernandes.
"What happened?" Itachi questioned.
"I'm sorry, but the Anima was stronger than I thought, I didn't have enough time to recover and message you. Mystogan apologized.
"Our plan seems to have to change. Now that we're alone in this." Itachi said and deactivated the Susano'o.
"Not necessarily, all the Dragon Slayers are immune to the Anima. Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Charle already left to Edolas to save everyone. And Lucy was saved by her spirits, luckily I was able to reach her and give her one of these." Mystogan said holding up a small bottle with red pills like looking things. "And now she's gone after them, that only leaves Gajeel."
"What about Natsu and Wendy?" Itachi questioned.
"I couldn't reach them in time. So, they are left there without magic until you reach them with these." Mystogan replied.
"Have you found Gajeel then?" Itachi asked and looked around to see if he could spot the iron Dragon Slayer.
"No, not yet. We better hurry." Mystogan and Itachi began walking around the wasteland that once used to be Magnolia. But then they heard a noise.
"What the hell is going on here?!"
"I think we found him." Itachi pointed to an area, and in the slight, distance a confused Gajeel was spotted.
"Gajeel!" Itachi shouted gaining the attention of the Iron Dragon Slayer.
"Itachi! What the hell happened?! And who's that guy?!" Gajeel pointed at Mystogan.
"This is Mystogan, an S-class mage of Fairy Tail. And the entire town has been taken by something called the Anima and taken to a parallel world known as Edolas." Itachi explained with a deadpan expression, and Gajeel's jaw looked like it was about to hit the ground.
"S-Seriously?!" Gajeel questioned dumbfound.
Itachi nodded and pointed up in the sky. "That's the portal to Edolas, Natsu, Wendy, Lucy, Happy, and Charle have already gone to save everyone."
"For real? So, now what?" Gajeel questioned.
"First, you have to take one of these." Mystogan gave a red pill to both Itachi and Gajeel. "It will allow you to use magic in Edolas."
"So, without these we can't use magic there? Why?" Gajeel questioned.
"Edolas has a limited supply of magic power and it's running out. So, they're stealing magic from Earthland instead to supply their magic. But since it is limited there you will need these." Mystogan replied.
"And since we're not sure if Edolas also affects my chakra I have to take one as well." Itachi said and instantly swallowed the pill. Gajeel shrugged his shoulders and did the same.
"Itachi, take these and give them to Natsu and Wendy they will need it." Mystogan gave Itachi the bottle with the rest of the pills. "Now off you go, I will finish somethings here in the meantime."
"Umm, how are we supposed to get up there?" Gajeel questioned looking at the big swirl in the sky.
"Like this." Itachi placed his palm on the ground. "Summoning!" A puff of smoke appeared, and once it cleared it revealed a giant crow. "Let's go." Itachi said and Gajeel nodded and jumped up on the crows back. "I'll see you later." Itachi looked at Mystogan whom nodded.
"Good luck." Mystogan said as Itachi and Gajeel flew off on the giant crow and through the swirl in the sky.
Once they flew through it, it was like they were flying through a portal with a bright light in the end. Once the bright light cleared, they could see floating islands with rivers in the sky. "Hello Edolas." Itachi said and the crow flew down onto one of the floating islands, once it landed it vanished in a puff of smoke.
"So, what's the plan?" Gajeel questioned.
"Not sure actually." Itachi replied emotionlessly.
"What?"
"The plan was to use my Susano'o to shield the guild and everyone in it from the Anima. But Mystogan couldn't reach me in time to warn me, so by the time I got the warning I couldn't reach the guildhall. Plus, Mirajane and Elfman left to the cemetery to visit their little sister's grave. So, now we have to think of something else." Itachi looked at a much larger island below the one they were on and saw a small village from the looks of it. "Let's begin by gathering information."
"How do we get down there?" Gajeel questioned.
"Easy, we jump." Itachi leaped of the edge.
"What?! Hey wait up!" Gajeel leaped down after him.
They landed in a small forest area of the large floating island, Itachi landed perfectly on his feet, while Gajeel landed on his back. "You okay?"
"I-I'm fine…" Gajeel uttered.
"Let's get going." Itachi said as they walked through the thick forest. "Judging by the looks of it from when we were on that island above, there is about a 20-minute walk to that village."
"Terrific, couldn't we just use that giant crow?" Gajeel questioned.
"It would have drawn too much attention, the lower the profile we keep the better." Itachi replied not noticing the tree branch beneath his feet and he tripped down a hill. "Whoa!"
"Hey, you okay down there?" Gajeel asked with a little smirk.
"I'm fine, these flowers broke some of the fall." Itachi rubbed the back of his head. "Wait, flowers?" Itachi looked in front of him seeing a large field of the Blood Vein flower. "… No way…"
"What?" Gajeel leaped down to Itachi.
"These, these are the flowers I need for my cure… and there is a whole field of them…" Itachi said dumbfound by this sight as his eyes were wide in shock.
"Seriously? Wait so, Edolas is supposed to be a parallel world of our world, right?" Gajeel asked and Itachi nodded. "So, maybe, what's rare in Earthland is common here?"
"… Well maybe most things… but this is a little too good to be true if you ask me." Itachi said not taking his eyes of the flowers.
"Awe damn, these Blood Vein flowers are growing all over the damn field." The voice of an old man was heard. Itachi peeked from behind a tree and saw an old couple picking up some of the flowers like they were weeds. "These things may be good to cure sicknesses and such, but why does it have to be so many of them?"
"Come now dear, be grateful that these things are here, for without them we wouldn't have your medication." The old lady said.
"Still, I would have traded these for infinite magic instead any day." The old man said as they walked away.
"Well if we had infinite magic these flowers won't be able to survive." The old lady pointed out.
"But we won't be able to survive without magic I'm just saying I would rather want to survive then let these things keep growing." The old man said as they walked further and further away.
"…" Itachi twitched his eyes a little, he then walked up to a flower, he picked it up and brought out a scroll. He opened the scroll, performed a few hand signs and slammed his palm at the scroll and in a puff of smoke a test tube with a pink liquid appeared. He took the tube and removed the cork on top of it, he then brought the flower over the tube and squeezed the flower. Then three drops of a blue juice dripped into the tube. Itachi tossed the flower to the side and drank the liquid in the tube.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"So, you cured now?" Gajeel questioned.
"… Yes… although it will take time before the process is complete, a few days or so, then it should have worked its way through my system." Itachi replied with an emotionless expression.
"Thought you would be happy?" Gajeel had a confused expression.
"I am… I'm just… thinking what are the odds of this happening, so fast… I've been looking for two whole years, and found nothing… and yet here it grows, so much it's considered a bother…"
"Well I still don't see the problem here, coincidences do happen." Gajeel pointed out.
"… A coincidence… Why didn't Mystogan tell me? Oh, wait, I never told him the name of the flower…" Itachi hit his head up against a tree.
"… So, should we go to the village now?" Gajeel questioned.
"Just… give me minute to process this…" Itachi uttered.
After a few minutes of Itachi processing the fact that he was now cured of his sickness, and could live a peaceful life was completed. Him and Gajeel began walking towards the village to get some information.
"Maybe we should disguise ourselves somehow?" Gajeel suggested.
"That might be a good idea, but we should find something that doesn't draw to much attention. Maybe cloaks or something." Itachi rubbed his chin when suddenly he could smell something being cooked not too far away.
"Smells like something goods being made, let's go and check it out." Gajeel smirked and wiped some droll of his face.
"So, now we're stealing people's food?" Itachi questioned with a sweat drop, they peeked from behind a bush and saw three guys sitting by a fire, grilling an animal of some kind, looked like a big boar.
"Damn, that last place we robbed didn't have that many goods." One of the men complained taking a sip of what Itachi guessed being alcohol.
"Maybe we'll get lucky with the next house, who knows they might have some magic items hidden away."
"Yeah, good luck with that. With the Kings orders, everyone who has a magic item gets arrested."
Each of the three men were wearing hooded cloaks, the leader had a black cloak and the other two had a dessert colored cloak. "Seems they're bandits, meaning we can steal their lunch, right?" Gajeel asked with a wicked smirk.
"Right." Itachi replied and they approached the three bandits.
"Huh? Who are you guys?!" The leader of the bandits questioned and brought forth a sword from underneath his cloak. But once he got a closer look at Itachi he began shaking in fear. "N-No way… it can't be him…"
"Looks like it boss, what do we do?" The other two began shaking.
"R-Run!" The boss yelled when suddenly they were all knocked out by an iron club from Gajeel.
"Why were they so scared of us?" Gajeel questioned.
"I'm not sure." Itachi replied and took the leaders black cloak, and put the hood over his head covering his face. "Anyway, we should get going."
"Yeah, I'm just going to eat their lunch. It would be a shame if it went to waste." Gajeel rubbed his hands together.
"Just hurry up, and take one of the cloaks." Itachi sighed.
Once Gajeel had finished eating, he had taken one of the cloaks and he and Itachi were ready to move on into the village. "I will send some clones out to see if they can find Natsu and the others. In the meantime, we have some information to gather." Itachi said and created two clones of himself. "Spread out." Itachi said and his clones leaped off into different directions.
"So, what kind of info will we be lookin' for?" Gajeel questioned.
"First we need to find out where the people of our guild and Magnolia were taken. According to what Mystogan has told me, once anything gets taken by the Anima they get turned into a giant lacrima. We'll start by asking people if they've seen anything like that recently." Itachi said and as they began walking towards the village. "Also, remember keep a low profile, we don't need a reason for the authorities to hunt for us just yet."
"Yeah right, like these guys are going to be a problem. They can't even use magic the way we do, this will be a piece of cake." Gajeel smirked cracking his knuckles.
"There might be some people in this world strong enough to take you and me down, you never know. Never underestimate an opponent no matter what, or it could lead to your downfall." Itachi lectured.
"I appreciate the advice, but come on, how are these people going to match our power without magic?"
"There are other ways to fighting besides just raw power." Itachi said as the village was now visible for their eyes as they stood on a hill on the outskirts if it. "Remember."
"Yeah, yeah, no fighting." Gajeel said in slight annoyance and they both looked down at the village from the hill.
With Itachi clone 1
Itachi leaped from tree branch to tree branch until he saw something that really surprised him. He saw a plant like building with the Fairy Tail symbol on it that had a giant blue beast with horns and wings circling it. The plant building then vanished as it looked like it went underground. But more to his surprise he saw what looked like to be Erza riding the beast, but she looked different, her scarlet hair was wavier and tied into a knot on the back, her outfit was a breastplate that left much of her cleavage exposed and her curvy figure and stomach. She also wore light-armored gauntlets, and greaves on her forearms and forelegs, also a dark bikini bottom with a piece of cloth obscuring her hips and a dark scarf around her neck, and she wielded a spear. 'So, this must be Erza Knightwalker Mystogan told me about.' Itachi thought.
"They teleported." Knightwalker said.
Then a tall man wearing a pink knight armor walked up towards Kinghtwalker, he had blond hair in a pompadour style, long sideburns extending to the end of his face, he also wears a white cape and has a sword of some kind attached to his bronze belt. "Teleportation magic, huh? To think they'd use a spell that wastes so much magic power… How troublesome dark guilds can be."
"I didn't notice you there, Sugarboy." Knightwalker said.
"Hmm. Those fairies certainly are fleet-footed." Sugarboy said.
"They buzz around like flies. They're an eyesore." Knightwalker said with a hint of disgust in her voice.
"We nearly had them, too, Fairy Hunter. But they can't teleport too many more times. Their demise is only a matter of time. Anyway, I hear the giant Anima plan has succeeded. All the captains of the Magic Warfare Units are to return to the royal capital." Sugarboy informed.
"Earth Land's Fairy Tail has been destroyed?!" Knightwalker questioned.
"More precisely, it has been absorbed. When he does things, our king goes all out!" Sugarboy said with a smirk.
"What of the Earth Land wizards who were absorbed?" Knightwalker questioned.
"They are in the capital. As a part of a giant lacrima." Sugerboy replied.
"Splendid. Then Edolas should have ample magic power for a good while." Knightwalker smirked.
"By the way, I heard the Commander is returning back with his army. And as expected his mission was a success." Sugerboy informed.
"Heh, guess we'll all have a good time celebrating." Knightwalker smirked once more.
'Like my Erza, this one should learn better how to detect presences around her. Well, it suits me better for now that she doesn't." Itachi's clone vanished in a murder crows.
Later at a different location
The murder crows gathered into Itachi's clone once more, this time in a dessert where in front of him was the plant guildhall of Edolas' Fairy Tail. He then saw to his surprise Lisanna walking out of the guildhall looking like she was crying while holding her hand over her mouth. "It's her, I found her. She is definitely not from Edolas, I can see that her body has Ethernano in her, although it's suppressed." Itachi decided to approach Lisanna.
Once she spotted him she gained a wary expression as she only saw a hooded man walk up to her. "Who are you?"
"Lisanna, it's me." Itachi removed the hood and looked at her with a smile. "I'm guessing Natsu and Happy are in there, huh?"
"I-Itachi… it's you… you're really here?" Lisanna had tears running down her face.
"I have been trying to get to this world for a long time now." Itachi said with a warm smile as Lisanna embraced him in a hug.
"Why?" Lisanna questioned.
"To bring you back home of course. When I heard, what happened to you, and when I told Mystogan he said that it sounded a lot like the Anima's work. And that's why you ended up here. Ever since then I've been trying to find a way to bring you back home. Your brother and sister really miss you. I haven't told them that you are here though, it was a secret between me and Mystogan." Itachi said and stroked the top of Lisanna's head, stroking her short white hair.
"Why didn't you tell anyone else?" Lisanna questioned in confusion.
"Well, for one thing I had no idea what condition you were in. So, if I had told them and they had gotten their hopes up just to find out that you may have died in Edolas… it would have crushed them." Itachi replied and gently pushed Lisanna off him. "Well, let's get Natsu and the others and leave this place." Itachi said when suddenly Lisanna stopped him. "What's wrong?"
"I can't… I can't leave… this worlds version of Elf-nii and Mira-nee needs me… I can't let them feel sad as well… so, please don't tell them that I'm not their Lisanna. I couldn't bear to see them sad." Lisanna begged.
"But your real brother and sister needs you as well, Lisanna you have to come back with us." Itachi said with a determined look on his face.
"I didn't say I won't go back with you, but I'm just saying not yet… please just, not yet. I just need a little more time, please Itachi." Lisanna begged with teary eyes as she didn't want any version of Mirajane and Elfman being sad, she wished there was some way she could make both versions happy.
Itachi sighed. "We will most likely only stay here for a few more days, take the time you need."
"Thank you." Lisanna uttered.
"Well, guess I will just get Natsu and the others and be on my way." Itachi placed his hand on the door handle.
"I don't think that's such a good idea." Lisanna said.
"Hmm, why not?" Itachi questioned.
"Well, this Fairy Tail won't take kindly to you exactly." Lisanna said and Itachi gained a look of confusion.
Meanwhile in the capital
In the capital, at the very center in the big castle walked a trio, one being Erza Knightwalker, the other being Sugarboy, and the third one being a young man with dark purple messy hair with one thick lock of white hair near the right front of his side, he wore a white uniform consisting of a long coat with gold trim and metal shoulder guards over matching pants and a green shirt.
"Man, have you seen that huge lacrima, Erza?! It's awesome!" The young man said.
"I saw it when I arrived, Hughes. It's certainly exquisite." Knightwalker said to the young man known as Hughes.
"It's the magic power of tens of thousands of Earth Land people!" Hughes said.
"Hmm. More precisely, it's the magic power of about 100 wizards… plus the lives of many others." Sugarboy said.
"Never mind the details, Sugarboy! The point is that it's awesome!" The 3th Magic Warfare unit captain Hughes said.
"Hmm." The 4th Magic Warfare Unit captain Sugarboy hummed.
And Erza Knightwalker was the captain of the 2th Magic Warfare Unit, also known as Fairy Hunter Erza.
"Listen! What I consider awesome isn't any ordinary awesome! It's super-awesome!" Hughes said.
"Hmm. Super-awesome."
"Erza-san." A short little creepy looking old man called out. "You still haven't eliminated Fairy Tail?"
"Byro?" Erza turned towards the short old man whom had very extremely little hair on his head as it looked like two horns.
"Keeeeehhh! You tarnish your name of Fairy Hunter." Byro is the chief of staff of the royal army. "Fairy Tail is now the only guild that remains. Indeed, they're the speediest when it comes to fleeing, but His Majesty has grown weary and demands results."
"Don't be in such a hurry. The day the goddess fells the fairies is close at hand." Sugarboy said.
"Yeah! Erza's awesome with a sword! Way awesome!" Hughes said.
"Kkkeeeeehhhhh!" Byro laughed.
"Cease that unnerving laugh, Byro." A tall muscular black cat with a scar around his right eye, wearing armor and a cape said.
"Pantherlily." Kinghtwalker said.
"I don't like annoying noise. That goes for you too, Hughes." Pantherlily is the captain of the 1st Magic Warfare Unit.
"Me?! You totally think you're the most awesome of all! I'm sure of it!" Hughes said in slight anger directed at the tall cat.
"You ought to learn to shut your mouth." Pantherlily said.
"Hmm. You're in a foul mood, Lily." Sugarboy said and Lily just grunted and walked away.
"He's apparently displeased by the recent increase in armament." Knightwalker said.
"He should be elated, as a military man himself." Sugarboy said.
"However, our kingdom has nearly unified the entire world. I have to admit I see no reason for further building out arsenal either." Knigtwalker said.
"Hmm. Perhaps it's because there are still a few pockets of resistance out there."
"We, alone, would suffice." Knightwalker said.
"I don't get it! You're all saying super-complicated stuff! I don't get it at all!" Hughes whined.
"Anyway, like I said, Erza-san. Take care of Fairy Tail, quickly." Byro said.
"I will take those cowards down soon, just give me some time." Knightwalker said clenching her fist.
"King Faust wants results now though." Byro said.
"He will get it." Knightwalker gritted her teeth in frustration.
"You've simply been going about this the wrong way Knightwalker." The voice of a tall young man was heard. They all turned to the source.
"Commander, your back." Knightwalker said and bowed her head in respect. "But what do you mean by that statement?"
"My foolish little Knightwalker. To defeat an enemy, you must know them." The figure walked up towards them he had a long black cape with the Edolas symbol on the back in red, he wore a silver armor with the Edolas mark on his right chest plate. "Not just simply their battle tactics." His right arm was mechanical with a large shoulder plate with holes from the shoulder pad down to the elbow that let out steam. "But their history," He had long black hair tied into a ponytail. "philosophy," He brought forth a cloth in his mechanical hand and held it up to the sun as the cloth had the Fairy Tail symbol on it. "art." His face was identical to Itachi and he had the red glowing three tomoe sharingan and a wicked grin on his face. This was the supreme commander of the royal army, Itachi Uchiha.
"Art? I mean I can understand the other things, but what can art help us with?" Hughes questioned with a smirk.
"Ever heard the expression a picture can say more than a thousand words?" Commander Itachi asked captain Hughes whom shook his head. "Well in my case, I can see what type of people the guild of Fairy Tail is by just looking at this symbol. They don't care about being heroes, they just want to go on adventures and nothing more. I learn a lot from this, and further study of them. I can have them all in the capital and face execution, in a matter of days."
"…" Knightwalker stared at Commander Itachi.
"Hope you're not upset about me taking over this case, Erza." Commander Itachi smirked.
"…" Erza Knightwalker hardened her stare.
"Now, now, you will be working together on this. But, Commander Itachi is in charge of the operation, understood?" Byro looked at the trio of captains.
""Understood."" They all replied.
"Good, now… there are some rules you must obey. One, never ever abandon the mission. Two, follow my orders and instructions to point and point. And three, show no mercy to anyone. Are we clear?" Commander Itachi said and they all nodded in response. "Now, let's make an example of Fairy Tail. We will show the world what happens to those who dare speak against the King."
Back with Itachi's clone
"I see, that will be a problem. Who would have thought an alternate version of me would be here? And to top it off he as the same powers as me. Very well, I will meet up with Natsu and the others at some point for the moment you don't even have to tell them that I am here." Itachi said to Lisanna.
"So, what now?" Lisanna questioned.
"The real me will find information about the whereabouts of our friends from Earthland." Itachi replied-
"The real you?" Lisanna questioned as Itachi vanished in a murder crows. "Of course, you were just a clone."
Meanwhile, with Gajeel and the real Itachi. "Seems we have some trouble."
"What do you mean?" Gajeel questioned.
"It appears this world has an alternate version of me, with the same abilities as me. Guess chakra is still able to live here unlike ethernano." Itachi replied as Gajeel looked slightly confused not used to the fact that Itachi uses two sources of power. "Meaning, we're dealing with someone just as strong as me, possibly even stronger."
"Well that sounds like a pain." Gajeel rubbed the back of his head.
"Anyway, I found out that the lacrima where everyone is, is in the capital. We just need to find out where it is." Itachi said.
"Hopefully the people in this little village is willing to chat." Gajeel said with his famous "geehee" chuckle.
"Yeah, let's go." Itachi said as they leaped down from the hill and entered the small village.
That's the end for now!
Now, we have started at the Edolas arc which is one of my top fav arcs!
So, Itachi found what he needed for his cure. After all this time, it was here, in Edolas… well most of you probably figured that out a long time ago. The reason why the Blood Vein flower grows so much in Edolas is because it for some reason can't survive if there is too much magic. Therefor it still grows in Earthland but only by a very small amount while as in Edolas it is as common as weeds. But although Itachi has taken his cure he won't be cured right away, it will take a few days for the cure to work its way through his system and for him to be able to use his full power, and hopefully it will happen before Itachi has to fight Supreme Commander Itachi.
Now, Commander Itachi is the alternate version of Itachi whom has Itachi's powers since chakra still exists in him. I have a background story planned out for him and everything so yeah, look forward to that.
Now, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will see you guys next time. Remember to leave a review!
-Later!