WATCHER89: Thanks, like I said in the PM everything about Edolas Itachi will be explained. And he's not exactly from Edolas.
Shadow Joestar: Thanks, and they're battle will be something that might scare the world itself.
nickclause: Thanks.
Oliver98: Pretty much yeah.
Mr. Haziq: Thanks for pointing out a few typos I made.
JAKEenstein: I hope the eventual fight between Itachi and edo Itachi will be good for you and everyone else.
Mathew5641: Thanks, and hopefully the eventual fight will live up to your expectation.
HanzoHasashi: Well I have already decided on the certain Naruto characters that will show up and Danzo and Shisui aren't one of them.
TheCasualReader: Thanks, and very, very good. I was wondering if anyone would notice the Thrawn thing.
tsun: Like I said in the PM I am planning on diverging some more from cannon in certain arcs and such.
Red Raven 007: Everything about Commander Itachi will be explained later, and his not from Edolas his from an alternate Naruto world that ended up in Edolas.
Baron Bolt: Thanks, and I cannot spoil anything about the future Naruto characters that will arrive later on in the story nor when they will arrive.
Supreme Darkness: You didn't seem to understand my reasoning. Itachi is known for being able to use elemental based ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu, so it's easier for me to find different power ups for him. While as Sasori is only known for using puppet moves and traps with poison making it a little more difficult for me to finding power ups for him.
Guest: An amusing idea, but sadly no.
Master Terra: Well like I said to WATCHER89 everything about commander Itachi will be revealed soon. And his not from Edolas but from an alternate Naruto world and he just somehow ended up in Edolas, which I will explain later.
snorlax285: Thanks, and I will keep writing this story until the end.
Gabe: Thanks!
Bitter Destroyer: I can see your reasoning in all of this. But there are a few things I think I should probably say here. For one the Sasori and Konan thing you mentioned happened in a video game so it's not really cannon. And what if I said there are some meanings behind what Sasori did and why he did it this way that will be shown and told by someone later on in the story at some point? Also, the sharingan does make time seem to move a little slower for the wielder, granted you would need skill to dodge all of Sasori's needles which Itachi's got. Also, during his fight with Sasuke, Itachi wasn't trying to dodge most of Sasuke's attacks, Black Zetsu even said that he didn't dodge attacks that he should be able to dodge easily. And true an eye contact genjutsu like Tsukuyomi probably won't work against Sasori, but normal genjutsu doesn't rely on eye contact they rely on being able to manipulate a person's chakra flow. Which Sasori has in that container in his chest since he needs it to use his chakra threads for his puppets so normal genjutsu would work, but since Sasori is a genius I made him able to break free from them during the fight. And Amaterasu isn't really useless, Itachi could use it to destroy Sasori's puppet army (which he did during the fight) and he could kill Sasori if he just after burning all the puppet bodies then direct the flames at Sasori and he would have no body to escape to. And during Itachi and Sasuke's fight against Kabuto, Itachi didn't ever try and seal him with the Totsuka blade, only to place him in the Izanami. He didn't seal him because he needed Kabuto to undo the Edotensei. Anyway, I know several of the readers have some questions they would like answered, and all I can say is, read the story and in the future when it's finished those questions would be answered (of course I won't wait until the final chapter to reveal all the answers to the questions, some will come way before that and some will come a little closer to the end).
Zubhanwc3: Well Konoha is a very well-known nation so I think Itachi only needed to ask about that before he understood something was strange. And even if the Thunder Legion wasn't a part of Fairy Tail during this time, why does it matter if they ended up there a little early? We we're never shown when they got there anyway. And Cana… even if she was young there weren't that many people for me to choose in the guild at the time for the S-class trails. And well Itachi may have been able to dodge Jellal's attack in the tower, but he suffered pains from his sickness which resulted in the Susano'o beginning to fade and imagine standing from Simon's perspective he didn't know what Itachi was capable of so he acted and sacrificed himself. And you guessed correctly about the flower.
Chapter 16: A Rescue Mission!
Itachi and Gajeel walked around in this small village trying to find information about the lacrima containing their guildmates. "So, where do we even begin?" Gajeel questioned and removed the hood of his cloak.
"Asking the locals would be a good start, we'll simply ask them if they have seen a giant lacrima recently." Itachi replied and kept his hood on, they walked out from an alley and approached a few of the locals.
"Yo. I got somethin' to ask ya." Gajeel walked over to a few people, that looked at him strangely and walked away. "Hey hold on!" Gajeel turned to some people behind him but they all gave him the same treatment. Gajeel feeling annoyed gained a thick mark on his forehead. "Pretty friendly place, this Edolas."
"Maybe the Edolas version of you has a bad reputation around here or something." Itachi said and then spotted a group of three men wearing sunglasses grinning maliciously at them.
"Geehee. But there are always guys more like me who can help me out…" Gajeel smirked and let out his famous chuckle. Gajeel approached them.
"You want somethin' with us?" The leader of the three whom had a mohawk and a small mustache under his big nose.
"Ya lousy horsefly!" The short fat member of the group said.
"Lousy horsefly? You talking about me?" Gajeel narrowed his eyes.
"Who else would we be talkin' about?!" The leader said.
"If you don't like it, then how's maggot sound?!" The short fat one said and the three of them let out a mocking laughter.
"Not very funny." Gajeel said and headbutted the leader sending him crashing to the ground.
""Y-You wanna piece of this?!"" The two last ones said in unison as they both sweated nervously and punched Gajeel's forehead. Gajeel smirked and let out a chuckle as punching him feels like punching an iron wall. The two men screamed in pain as their hands were swollen and red. Gajeel then punched them both knocking them down. The leader got back up holding his hand over his bruised nose. Gajeel grabbed him by the collar. "A giant lacrima should've appeared around here recently. Where is it?! Tell me!" Gajeel demanded.
The leader sweated nervously and shook his head. "I-I dunno!"
"That so? Then here's another wallop for ya." Gajeel said and the man paled in fear.
"W-Wait! We really don't know! Right?! Right?!" He looked over at his two friends and they nodded their heads.
"Tch. Fine. Guess I'll ask someone else." Gajeel released the man from his grip. "You can go now."
The trio sighed. "Man, Gajeel. When did you get so strong?" The leader questioned.
"Yeah! You used to neve get into fights!" The short fat one said with a surprised look on his face.
"Yo. What does the Gajeel here do?" Gajeel asked.
""Huh?"" The trio questioned in confusion.
"I'm just a look-alike." Gajeel said.
"You're joking. You look the exact same."
"Just answer the question. What does Gajeel do normally?" Gajeel asked again.
"He's a freelance journalist, notorious all over Edolas."
"Journalist?" Gajeel questioned.
"He writes tons of magazine and newspaper articles criticizing the king."
"Which is why citizens hate him too."
"Told you, a bad reputation." Itachi commented and kept hiding his face under the hood, would be problematic if anyone saw Commander Itachi of the Edolas Army here.
"No wonder nobody'll give me the time of day. Still, a freelance journalist, huh? I wanna meet this guy." Gajeel chuckled with a smirk on his face.
"Then let's ask them where he is." Itachi held the leader by the collar and looked at him with the sharingan, causing the leader to look a little drowsy.
"He usually tends to stay at a local bar to gather information on stories… It's just around the corner…" The leader said like he was in a trance.
"Much obliged." Itachi released the man and him and Gajeel walked away.
"I could have gotten it out of him." Gajeel said.
"Your ways would have gotten us into trouble. My ways are more efficient, let's go find our journalist." Itachi said as they walked to the bar they could swear they heard Natsu and Wendy's voices, screaming on the other side of town.
"Was that the shrimp and the Salamander?" Gajeel questioned.
"… Is that a tornado?" Itachi questioned as they saw the top of a tornado blowing on the other side of the town. "Looks like they've gotten into trouble again."
"Umm, should we help them?" Gajeel questioned.
"We have our mission and they have theirs. Besides, I can detect someone with magic power. They will be fine for now we will meet up with them later." Itachi replied and looked up at the sky seeing as it was now nighttime from the looks of it. "We need to find a place to sleep for the night. Our journalist is most likely not there right now, the bar may even be closed now. It's best to check in the morning."
"Okay, but where are we supposed to sleep for the night? We don't have any money." Gajeel pointed out.
"We will find a good spot." Itachi replied and began looking around.
"W-Wait by a good spot, you're not suggesting we sleep in the streets or something?!" Gajeel questioned.
"I am, what's the problem with that." Itachi replied with a emotionless expression.
"You can't be serious?!"
"One must learn to accept discomfort, sometimes you won't always have the pleasure of sleeping on something comfortable."
"Tch, fine whatever. Where to you suggest we go then?" Gajeel gave up seeing there was no way to argue with Itachi.
"This alley seems decent enough. Or maybe that rooftop instead." Itachi said looking at the two options.
Gajeel looked down the alley seeing as it was filled with garbage cans from the looks of it. "The rooftop seems best." Gajeel said
"Very well then." Itachi leaped onto the top of the roof of a shop and Gajeel followed.
Next morning: At the royal capital
Inside of the palace and down a hallway was a large door leading to a bedroom. Inside was a queen-sized bed where a topless Commander Itachi sat on the corner of the bed. His right mechanical arm laid on the floor as on his right arm now was a stomp with bandages around it. His figure was muscular and his long black hair was untied. Suddenly some slim feminine arms wrapped around his neck gently and up from behind him rose a naked Erza Knightwalker whom had her naked body covered in the bedcovers, her large breasts pushing up against his wide back as she playfully kissed his neck. "It's good to have you back. But did you really have to take charge of my assignment?"
"Heh, I just want to make sure we get the results the king needs. Besides, I didn't hear you complain about it last night." Commander Itachi smirked a little.
"I prefer to do the fun things before I start complaining as you would say." Knightwalker reached her hand down at Commander Itachi's lower body and slipped her hand into his pants. "If you want me to stop complaining let's have fun again."
"Sorry, but we're supposed to meet the guards soon to discuss tactics in taking Fairy Tail down once and for all." Commander Itachi turned down the offer but Knightwalker wasn't willing to give up just yet.
"They can wait, I will try to be quick." Knightwalker said with a seductive smirk then suddenly a knock was heard on the door.
"Umm, sir, ma'am, sorry for interrupting but the king demands that you meet up at the assembly in a few minutes." The guard said from behind the door.
"Tell his majesty that we will be right there." Commander Itachi said.
"Yes sir, understood sir." The guard said from behind the door and they could hear him walking away.
"So, does this mean we won't be able to have fun?" Knightwalker asked with a small pout.
"I would say, his majesty needs to learn some patience." Commander Itachi turned around and pinned down Knightwalker to the bed as she let out a small giggle.
With Itachi and Gajeel in town
Gajeel let out a big yawn as he woke up, his back feeling a little stiff from sleeping on a rooftop. "Never again…" He groaned with an annoyed expression.
"Like I said, you won't always have the pleasure of comfort." Itachi was already awake and looked down onto the town as everyone was getting busy with their daily chores.
"So, now what? I'm starving…" Gajeel groaned even more as his stomach grumbled.
"Here." Itachi threw a kunai knife to the iron dragon slayer. "It's made of iron, I have plenty more were that come from."
"Thanks for the meal!" Gajeel smirked and devoured the kunai in one bite. "More please!"
"I don't have an infinity amount of them you know…" Itachi looked at him with a deadpan expression.
"So, let's head to the bar and find journalist me." Gajeel stretched his arms out.
"Fine then, we can get some food with the money I took from those bandits." Itachi held out a small leather bag that you could hear coins from.
"Wait?! You had money all along, and we still had to sleep outside?!" Gajeel questioned with a thick mark.
"We need the money for food and other resources. And like I said learn to deal with discomfort. You won't always have a comfortable place to sleep on jobs and such." Itachi said with an emotionless expression.
"I always bring a sleeping bag or something soft to sleep on when I go on jobs!" Gajeel with a pissed of expression glared at an emotionless Itachi.
"Did you bring a sleeping bag?" Itachi asked obviously knowing the answer.
"W-Well no, but it's just because I didn't have time to pack!" Gajeel replied.
"So? Sometimes moments show up which you are unprepared for." Itachi said and Gajeel twitched his eyes knowing he couldn't argue.
"Whatever! We have a job to do!" Gajeel leaped down from the roof.
"Well aren't you just a beaming ray of sunshine." Itachi leaped down after him. Once they arrived at the bar they heard something very interesting.
"Hey did you hear? They're gonna extract magic power from that lacrima two days from now."
"Yeah, I don't really get it, but are you talking about how they swiped magic power from some other world?"
"Are they sure this is a good idea? I just hope nothing crazy happens…" A trio were discussing at a table as Itachi and Gajeel walked over to the bar counter and sat down.
"What, are you criticizing the king's way of doing things?!"
"No, no, that's not what I meant…"
"It'll be fine. Just leave it to His Majesty. Ain't nothin' for us to worry about."
"Hey, by the way I heard Commander Itachi Uchiha came back yesterday from his last mission."
"Really? That guy is really a monster… what was his job again?"
"I think he went to conquer another country like usual. And I heard he was successful, no survivors on the enemy's side."
"We should be careful saying things like this. You never know who might be listening from the royal army."
""This discussion of yours…"" Two Gajeels went up to the trio.
"Think you could gimme more details?" The Earthland Gajeel asked.
"Think you could provide more details?" And the Gajeel wearing the dark blue suit with a red tie and a matching hat, he had shorter curly black hair. And no piercings only a few studs on his ears and he wore glasses. They both then looked at each other in confusion.
"Think we found him." Itachi said as he was eating some curry while still sitting on the bar counter.
"Ah, who are you?" Edolas Gajeel questioned.
"I'm you." Gajeel said with a smirk and a chuckle.
"His a parallel you to be more precise." Itachi said from the bar counter.
"Parallel world?" Edolas Gajeel questioned and then began Itachi and Gajeel's explanation once they went to sit at a table in the corner to make sure others didn't listen in. Once Itachi revealed his face to Edo Gajeel, the journalist was shocked to say the least. They then began explaining their story which Edo Gajeel took a very much interest in. "So, you were sent to this world by this gentleman named Mystogan-san?"
"He didn't give us much information about this place. So, we don't know the place very well." Gajeel said as Edo Gajeel took notes.
"This is an utterly intriguing story." He said and then turned to Itachi whom still wore his hood, yet he had shown his face to Edo Gajeel just before the conversation started. "And you are your worlds parallel version of the brutal Commander Itachi Uchiha?"
"Pretty much." Itachi replied and then went into a deep thought. 'How does a parallel version of me even exist here? According to Mystogan only people from Earthland have counterparts here. I even told him about my world when he said that he had never seen my counterpart here in Edolas. But how come he's here?' Itachi looked at Edo Gajeel. "My counterpart, what can you tell me about him?"
"Hmm, well he just popped out of the blue a few years ago. Before we knew it, he had become the king's favorite attack dog. Rumor even has it that he doesn't require tools to use magic. That he can just use it with a wave of his hand. He won't happen to be your twin brother by any chance instead of just a counterpart?" Edo Gajeel questioned.
"If he and I were twins I think we would have different names. So, to answer your question no his not my twin." Itachi replied.
"Hey. This world's me." Gajeel said.
"Hn? Yes, other world's Me-san?" Edo Gajeel sat down with them at the table.
"I hear you're a freelance journalist in Edolas."
"Yes. My job is to investigate and write articles about the truth of events throughout the world."
"Seems like you got lots of haters too. In fact, some weirdoes attacked me 'cause they thought I was you." Gajeel said with a smirk.
"I caused you such trouble? You have my apologies. Indeed, I'm sure there are some who consider me an eyesore. I write articles that are troublesome for the king and the government. But I cannot write articles based on lies." Edo Gajeel said and took a sip of his drink.
"Man, I heard this place was way different from my home world…" Gajeel said and then they both suddenly stood up and Gajeel wrapped his arms over his counterpart's shoulder. "But it ain't that different after all"
"But it isn't that different after all!" They both said in perfect unison.
"… The only difference is one is sophisticated and the other is not." Itachi whispered.
They then left the bar. "Your manners and your smarts… You're just like me!" Gajeel said and Itachi sweat dropped as he walked behind the two of them.
"And I feel your wild, cool side makes you just like me!" Edo Gajeel said.
'They just mentioned things that they don't have, but the other one does…' Itachi thought with a sweat drop.
"Incidentally, I'm exceptionally skilled at singing and playing instruments." Edo Gajeel said.
"Yep! Just like me!" Gajeel said and they bumped elbows.
'Hopefully Edo Gajeel is actually good.' Itachi thought.
They then walked over to a street corner and peeked their heads out from the side of a building seeing several guards. "There should be some of our pals here. I'm sure they'll cause trouble sooner or later. When they do…" Gajeel said.
"Yes. I'll let the two of you know immediately. My information network extends into the kingdom and the Exceeds, you see." Edo Gajeel said.
"We're countin' on ya. We'll make our move based on that." Gajeel said.
"Please take care." Edo Gajeel said.
"You too." Gajeel said and him and Itachi parted ways with the journalist.
"We need to get to the capital and quick." Itachi performed some hand seals and slammed his palm on the ground. "Summoning!" In a puff of smoke came a gigantic crow. "Let's go." Itachi jumped on the giant crows back.
"What happened to keeping a low profile?" Gajeel questioned.
"Our friends only have two days on them. And according to my calculations we won't make it if we walk. So, hop on." Itachi said and Gajeel nodded and jumped onto the crows back as it took off and flew into the distance.
Commander Itachi at the Royal Capital
Commander Itachi along with Captain Knightwalker stood in front of a crowd of guards. "Now then, I have a plan to take out the Fairy Tail guild once and for all. And I need you to do exactly what I tell you to do, punishment for disobeying an order is death by the way." Commander Itachi spoke with a devilish smirk as the guards shook a little in fear. "Now, from what I have heard from Captain Knightwalker. The Fairy Tail guild has managed to escape her clutches thanks to a teleportation magic. What I want all of you to do is quite simple, someone get me a list of various locations they have teleported to, and some of you go and gather whatever trace of magic was left behind from the most recent teleportation they made. Then gather up with me to begin the Fairy hunt. Oh, and I want this all done within the hour! Understood?!"
""Yes sir!"" They all erupted in unison.
"Once we have them all captured, we can begin the execution." Commander Itachi smirked evilly. A guard suddenly pulled on his sleeve and bowed. "What?" The guard then whispered something into the Commander's ear which made him smirk out of amusement. "Oh, that's really interesting."
"What's interesting?" Knightwalker questioned.
"Seems we have some invaders from Earthland here. According to some guards two of Natsu from Fairy Tail were spotted trying to steal an aircraft. And two Lucy's have been spotted together as well. Seems that someone wants their friends back." Commander Itachi replied.
"Then do we hunt them as well?" Knightwalker asked.
"We all know what will happen, the Exceed Queen has foreseen it after all. Soon those Dragon Slayers power will belong to his majesty. And then we will start the war with those flying rodents." Commander Itachi said and clenched his mechanical arms fist. "I can't wait to see how powerful that Queen is."
With Itachi and Gajeel
After a few hours of flying the two finally arrived at the royal capital. They snuck their way to the center of the capital where there were several people gathered and cheering in front of a gigantic lacrima. They were all listening to the speech of a white bearded old man which the crowd cheered for calling him "king".
"Children of Edolas. Our sacred kingdom of Edolas, through Anima, has produced ten years' worth of magic power! Together, let us sing! Let us laugh! Let us partake in this joy!" The king spoke and the crowd cheered. "The people of Edolas deserve to share this magic power, for they are the sacred race that will last into the future! No one shall take magic power from our kingdom! Additionally, I pledge that we will obtain even greater magic power. Magic power that will make this look like rubbish." The King stabbed his staff into the lacrima and pieces fell from it.
"Edolas! Edolas! Edolas!" The crowd cheered.
"What a bunch of crap. A few flimsy words like those can seriously get this many people excited?" Gajeel said as he and Itachi stood behind a pillar.
"Words can be really powerful, one man with the right influence using the right moment, can persuade a bunch of people during desperate times like these." Itachi said as they both walked away from the scene, just before they noticed a certain pink haired dragon slayer in the crows with a short little blue haired dragon slayer and a blond celestial wizard plus two little cats.
"What now?" Gajeel asked.
"We wait for the right moment to strike." Itachi replied. "Tomorrow we make our move." Itachi said as he looked at the king from the corner of his eye with his sharingan glowing in anger. "Let's scout the area and plan our first move."
With Commander Itachi later that night
Commander Itachi stood in front of a chart with golden lines connected like a network on a map that looked like Edolas. Some of the lines then got a red cross on them and it kept on going as so. "How was the speech?" Commander Itachi asked as Knightwalker along with Hughes and Sugarboy walked in.
"The people got super excited." Hughes said with a grin on his face.
"Hmm. Makes you wonder how they would react if they knew how we really got the lacrima." Sugarboy said.
"They must never know though." Knightwalker said and then curiously looked at the chart in front of the Commander. "What is that?"
"I used the locations where the Fairy Tail guild has been before they teleported away, and with the help of the magic energy they left behind I have managed to make a map. Right now, I'm crossing out the locations they already have been on before. And soon, I will have their exact new location." Commander Itachi replied as more locations got crossed out.
"How did you come up with this?" Sugarboy questioned.
"Magic power tends to leave a trail of to the direction they been used on. Following the trail each location has left behind I can connect them from the center area they all come from, and find the trail of a similar magic power around the continent and find the freshest trail. And then follow that trail to their location." Commander Itachi replied as more locations got crossed out leaving only one trail left on the map. "Heh, found them." Commander Itachi smirked as his sharingan glowed red.
"I also captured the dragon slayers the Exceeds lead to us." Knightwalker informed.
"Good, then everything is going according to his majesty's plan." Itachi smirked.
With Itachi and Gajeel
"The other me will give us the intel we need, on which side should be the easiest to attack." Gajeel informed Itachi as they stood amongst the crowd.
"Get ready then." Itachi said when suddenly some hooded guys had staffs that were glowing directed at the lacrima.
"He said to wait for the signal." Gajeel said as what looked like fireworks shoot up in the sky spelling "NORTH" Gajeel then smirked. "Hey look at that sign, seems like something suspicious is happening at the north side!" Gajeel said.
"This is bad!" A guard said.
"That's the rear side of the lacrima! Security there is light!" Another guard said.
"Leave one-third here and go north!" push the onlookers further back!"
"P-Please step back! Move back!" Most of the guards went to the north side and a few ordered the civilians to go back.
"All right! Now I can go all-out!" Gajeel smirked.
"Go for it." Itachi said and they turned towards the guards.
"Hey! What are you doing! Move back!"
"Go, but make it quick." Itachi said and Gajeel took of his cloak and rushed at the guards.
Iron Dragon Club!
Gajeel's arm turned into a club made of iron and smacked into the guards pushing them to the side. Gajeel then leaped towards the lacrima.
Iron Dragon Sword!
Gajeel's arm turned into a blade and stabbed into the lacrima. "I ain't done yet!" Gajeel swung the blade cutting the lacrima making it let out a bright light. When the light cleared, he widened his eyes. "Wh-What?!"
"Well that's surprising." Itachi said as two people stood in front of them. "Erza and Gray." The two stood up and Gajeel had a look of confusion.
"What the hell? It's just the two of them?! Hey! Get up! Get it together!" Gajeel said as the two opened their eyes and looked around in confusion. "Oh, your conscious."
"Gajeel! Onii-chan!" Erza said.
Gray looked around and saw that they were surrounded by guards. "What's going on?!"
"We can talk later! Let's scram!" Gajeel said.
"What have you done?! There's no escape!" The guards charged.
Gray but his fist into his palm trying to gather magic power. "My magic isn't working!" Gray said in shock.
"What?!" Erza questioned in shock.
"We will explain later." Itachi said and performed a few hand seals.
Fire Style: Hiding in Ash and Dust!
Itachi spitted out a large fiery smokescreen giving them the opportunity to escape. Once they escaped the guards and had hidden far away from them. "How were you able to do that?" Gray questioned as he wasn't able to use magic.
"Take one of these." Itachi held out the jar of pills Mystogan gave him.
"What is that?" Gray questioned.
"What's happened? Explain in detail." Erza demanded.
"You two had been turned into a lacrima." Edolas Gajeel arrived.
"Oh, there you are." Gajeel said.
"I'd expect no less from the Earthland me. You rescued them handily!"
"Two…" Gray said in shock.
"Gajeels?!" Erza said in equal shock.
"I'm the Gajeel of this world, you see." Edo Gajeel said.
"This guy's a big help! He's got a dependable-lookin' face, dontcha think?" Gajeel said with a chuckle.
"Never mind that! What do you mean we had been turned into a lacrima?!" Erza said.
The two Gajeel's had wide eyes and looked at her dumbfounded. "Never mind that…?"
"In other words, "Who cares about your faces?" Gray mocked with a smirk and the two Gajeel's scowled.
Then the explanation began. "All the Fairy Tail wizards were turned into a lacrima. For their magic power. We thought that's what the lacrima in the town plaza was…" Edo Gajeel said.
"But it turns out you two made it that big by yourselves. Just how big is the main piece then?!" Gajeel questioned.
"It did seem like it had been cut off from and even bigger lacrima." Itachi said.
"I still got lots more questions, but what's that wired thing you're trying to give us?" Gray questioned.
"Mystogan calls them X-balls, they're pills that let you use magic power here in Edolas." Itachi replied.
"Did you just say Mystogan?" Erza questioned.
Inside of the royal palace
Commander Itachi entered a hall along with Knightwalker, Hughes and Sugarboy. "What is the purpose of this meeting, Byro?" Commander Itachi questioned at the short creepy old man.
"We have something to discuss, please sit." Byro said as Pahterlily and his majesty already were here as well as a girl with brown hair and with nose that looked like a dog's. "It has been confirmed. We now know that all Earthland wizards possess internal magic power.
"Hmm. They're almost like Exceeds." Sugarboy said.
"However, their magic power pales in comparison to the Exceeds'." Byro said.
"Does that mean that Lucy girl has magic power in her too?" The girl asked.
"Indeed." Byro replied.
"Then killing her would be like a total waste!" Hughes said.
"We must!" The king spoke. "The Exceeds' Queen Chagot has issued orders to terminate her."
"We don't have to follow that order if you'd just let me fight her and those other cats." Commander Itachi spoke.
"We cannot defy the Exceeds." Sugarboy spoke.
"It's seriously a huge waste! Man!" Hughes said.
"Besides, we still lack the technological prowess to extract magic power from human bodies." Byro said.
"You all seem to forget… That I'm not like any of you." Commander Itachi let out a blue glow as the entire room shook and everyone felt this immense pressure. "Let me deal with the Queen your majesty, I will bring you her head."
"Her powers far exceed yours, although you have proven yourself able to beat me, the Queen is something different entirely." Pantherlily said.
"You dare question my power? You have no idea what I'm capable of." Commander Itachi glared at the large cat.
"Enough, Commander. You are not to disobey my orders, understand?!" The king said.
"Heh, you think I'm scared of you, old man? There is nothing you or anyone in this kingdom can do to me. The only reason I even stick around is because you provide me with amusement with all these missions."
"Stand down, Commander!" Knightwalker directed her spear at Commander Itachi's neck.
"… Heh, whatever. Once I'm done with Fairy Tail I'll go after the Queen no matter what anyone of you says." Commander Itachi stopped releasing the blue aura and everything stopped shaking.
"Then what do we do with the two Dragon Slayers?" Lily asked.
"They are human… and yet not human. If the experiments are a success, we will gain nearly-everlasting magic power." Byro said.
"Sweet!" Hughes cheered.
"It is, isn't it?!" The brown-haired girl known as Coco said.
"Very well, Byro. Begin at once. Just to be safe, begin extracting magic power from the Earthland lacrima at once." The king spoke.
"Understood."
"I will go and deal with Fairy Tail immediately then." Commander Itachi stood up from his chair and left the room before anyone else.
"I will deal with the prisoner known as Lucy." Knightwalker said and also left.
Commander Itachi looked as he saw Knightwalker exited the room and walked to the prisoner holding cells. "On the other hand, I might see something interesting." He followed after her and hid behind a wall as he saw Knightwalker talking to the blond celestial wizard and held her by her spear and threw her over the edge, when suddenly Lucy was rescued by a blue and a white Exceed.
"What's going on?! The queen ordered that girl to be killed!" Knightwalker said in confusion at the two Exceeds.
"The order's been rescinded." The white female Exceed said.
"But, surely not even a direct order from an Exceed carries the authority to overturn the queen's orders! I ask you to give me the girl!" Knightwalker said.
"You overstep your bounds, human. Have you no idea who I am? I am Charle, daughter of Queen Chagot and Princess of Extalia." Charle said and everyone widened their eyes in shock except for Commander Itachi whom was still hidden.
"Your Greatness! I beg your forgiveness!" Knightwalker bowed.
"Where are Wen—the two Dragon Slayers?" Charle asked.
"The basement of the west tower…" Knightwalker replied.
"You will release them at once." Charle ordered.
"I'm afraid I haven't the authority for that." Knightwalker said.
"Just do it!"
"Yes. Your Greatness! However…!"
"Erza! Those Exceeds are Fallens! They've been exiled from Extalia!" Pantherlily arrived with guards.
"Who's that?! One of you guys?!" Lucy questioned.
"I don't think so! I haven't seen any big Exceeds like him before!" Happy said.
"Let's run for it!" Charle said and flew off.
"Hold on! Aren't you a princess?!" Lucy questioned and Happy flew after Charle while holding Lucy.
Knightwalker clenched her fist and punched the ground. "Curse you…!"
Commander Itachi chuckled and walked up to Knightwalker. "Haven't seen you that submissive even for me."
"Wh-What are you doing here?! Didn't you go after Fairy Tail?!" Knightwalker questioned.
"I thought I might see something amusing, and I did." Commander Itachi smirked. "Let's rush to the west tower and quick."
"Let's go!" Knightwalker ran with the others they arrived outside seeing the two Exceeds with the girl hovering in the air while suddenly several Exceeds came out from the sky. "The Exceed royal army?!"
"Must be after the fallen ones." Commander Itachi said.
"Initiate Code ETD!" The king was heard shouting and the sound of horns was heard.
"Well this will be interesting." Commander Itachi smirked as what looked to be cannons blasted the Exceed army with a blue light. "Let's get to the west tower, the prisoners may have escaped already."
"Right! Tighten the defenses!" Suddenly all the Exceeds turned into a giant cat shaped lacrima.
"Looks like I will get what I want." Commander Itachi smirked.
"Let's take a short cut!" Knightwalker said as they rushed down a tunnel that lead to the basement of the west tower.
"I can detect their magic power, they're just up ahead." Commander Itachi said as Knightwalker lifted her spear and jumped down throwing the spear at the end of the staircase hearing a yelp from a girl that sounded like Lucy and a surprised yelp from the two Exceeds. Knightwalker smirked at having found the ones that damaged her pride.
"You're not going any further." Knightwalker said as her spear was stabbed into the ground in front of the two Exceeds and the celestial wizard.
"Oh, come on! I thought you didn't care about us anymore!" Lucy said as Knightwalker smirked and a blast of lightning came from her spear sending Lucy, Happy and Charle flying back.
Knightwalker looked down at the trio as Lucy twitched her body. "Oh? You're still alive after a direct hit from my magic. But now this is the end." Knightwalker picked up her spear and walked over to the celestial wizard. "I've received no orders to capture you alive. So, I'll take the liberty of finishing you off." Knightwalker raised her spear as lightning flickered around it.
"She gets so happy when she's about to finish someone off." Commander Itachi smirked.
Happy charged at Knightwalker pushing her into a wall and the spear blasted a hole in the ground, which sent Lucy falling down to the floor below along with an unconscious Happy. Charle flew after them and caught them before they hit the ground and flew off somewhere.
"No help is coming for them, without Edolas Fairy Tail they will have no chance of escape." Commander Itachi said.
"But sir, your still here…"
"I can create clones of myself, which I am the real one has gone to capture those traitors." Commander Itachi smirked.
With real Commander Itachi
Commander Itachi stood on top of a hill with a small army wearing black knight armors instead of the stander Edolas royal army behind him. "There it is." Commander Itachi spoke seeing the Fairy Tail guildhall. "Anyone keeping watch around the area?"
"Only these two, sir." A guard brought forth a tied-up Max and Warren as two other guards had swords directed at their necks. The guard looked at the other two guards and nodded. The two guards nodded back and raised their blades and swung them down at the two Fairy Tail members.
Commander Itachi looked down as Max's head rolled down next to his feet. The heads image was replaced by the head of a certain old Hokage that he used to respect while as smoke from flames were around them and screams of terror could be heard inside the Commanders head. Commander Itachi narrowed his eyes and flicked his fingers as the bodies burned. "Itachi's Special Squadron, move out." Itachi leaped high up in the air above the guildhall as the guards gathered at the front entrance.
Commander Itachi clenched his mechanical fist as the mechanical arm let out a lot of steam, he flew down upon the guild and swung his fist into the roof crashing into the center of the guild. Everyone backed up in shock and widened their eyes. "Fairy Tail, your all under arrest for betraying his majesty."
"Dammit! Where's Max and Warren?!" A shorter haired Lucy wearing a black outfit glared at Commander Itachi.
"Dead." Commander Itachi replied and they all widened their eyes in shock.
"Damn you!" Lucy Ashely swung a whip letting out magic energy at Commander Itachi whom caught it with his mechanical hand and pulled her towards him. He then grabbed her by the neck and looked at her face to face.
"You know, you don't look so bad miss. Sadly, Knightwalker is slightly better looking, guess I have no use for you then." Commander Itachi smirked.
A more muscular version of Jet and Droy appeared behind Itachi, Jet with his fist raised and Droy holding a club.
Wind Style: Vacuum Blast!
Commander Itachi spitted down a blast of wind sending anyone close to him flying back, suddenly Itachi's squadron broke down the doors and rushed in grabbing various people, a Wakaba whom had an anti-smoker sign on his black coat, a Maco wearing glasses, a more sophisticated lady looking Cana dressed in a dress, a much more mature looking Wendy with big boobs, a hateful looking Juvia, a Gray covered in clothes making his body the shape of a ball, a scared coward Natsu, a Levy whom acted more like a bad girl as she kicked some guards that tried to grab her, a terrified Elfman with a bole cut trying to protect his little sisters, Lisanna whom was actually from Earthland and Mirajane whom looked exactly like her Earthland counterpart with only a more revealing outfit.
"You have lost, Fairy Tail is finished." Commander Itachi smirked as Lucy Ashely desperately tried to break free from his grip.
"Shall we execute them now Commander?"
"No, not yet. The king wishes to make an example of them to anyone who dares thinking about opposing him." Commander Itachi said and the guards nodded placing handcuffs on all of them.
"Get off me! You bastards!" Edolas Levy tried to break free as they pinned her down.
""Levy!"" Jet and Droy tried to go and help but was instantly slammed down by Commander Itachi whom had thrown Lucy Ashely to the side to a guard whom placed her in handcuffs.
"I heard you two are supposed to be the strongest in this guild. How disappointing." Commander Itachi mocked.
"Oh yeah!" Edolas Jet said.
"We will show you!" Edolas Droy charged at Commander Itachi whom looked at them with the sharingan as the two fell to the ground.
"Escort them back to the royal capital." Commander Itachi ordered when he looked over at the Edolas Strauss sisters. "Lisanna? Why is she still alive?"
"Wh-What do you mean, why?" Elfman stuttered.
"Last time I saw her she fell down a cliff after I powered up against an enemy force. So, why is she still alive?" Commander Itachi questioned.
"She survived okay…!" Mirajane stepped in front of her siblings and Itachi widened his eyes a little.
"Well it doesn't matter. You're Mirajane right? The oldest sibling." Itachi placed his one real hand on her chin and pulled her in a little closer. "I must say you're quite the beauty. Maybe I can have some use for you as a distraction like I use Knightwalker." He smirked then suddenly she slapped him. "Oh, a little feisty, are we? How fun." His smirk vanished a little when he looked into her eyes and he got a strange feeling. "Let's get going." Commander Itachi turned around and walked towards the exit as the guards followed him while dragging the prisoners with them. 'What was that feeling just now?' Commander Itachi thought clutching his hand over his chest.
Back with clone Commander Itachi
Knightwalker and Commander Itachi had managed to corner Lucy and Charle while Happy went to try and distract the guards. "Using someone as a decoy to lighten security for your rescue attempt… I figured you might try something like that." Knightwalker said as they could hear Wendy's screams of pain echoing in the hallway.
"Wendy?" Charle questioned, then they heard Natsu's.
"What are you guys doing to Natsu and Wendy?!" Lucy questioned.
"We're taking the magic power needed for Code ETD from them." Knightwalker said with a grin.
"Stop… Stop this!" Charle cried.
"We caught it." A guard threw Happy to the floor.
"Happy!" Charle said.
"Your luck has now run out." Knightwalker raised her spear.
"Give Wendy back!" Charle demanded.
Suddenly Happy stepped in front of Charle. "I won't let you do away with Charle! I won't!" Happy glared at Knightwalker and Commander Itachi.
"Happy…" Charle uttered and Knightwalker smirked.
"Then I'll start with you." Knightwalker brought down her spear.
"No!" Charle cried when suddenly a cold breeze entered the room.
"What is this?!" Knightwalker questioned.
"Hey, you lot. You're doing this, knowing full well they're with our guild?" Two figures stood in the cold mist.
"We don't take kindly to those who harm our fellow guild members!"
"How are you guys here…?!" Charle questioned as the mist cleared revealing Earthland Gray and Erza.
"This makes all of you our enemy… Fairy Tail's enemy!" Gray declared.
"Gray! Erza!" Lucy said in relief and joy.
"Well this just got interesting." Commander Itachi smirked when suddenly from behind them came one that made his eyes wide in shock. Itachi leaped out from between Erza and Gray with a blue sphere forming in his hand and then slammed it into Commander Itachi's gut. "Wh-What the?! Another me?!" Commander Itachi questioned as Itachi stared at him with his sharingan glowing and a cold expression. Then Commander Itachi vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Itachi!" Lucy said in even more relief that they had more backup now.
"The Commanders Earthland counterpart is here as well?!" Knightwalker questioned in shock and backed up a bit.
"We're taking our friends back to Earthland, all of them." Itachi declared with his eyes narrowed and his sharingan still glowing blood red.
With the real Commander Itachi
Commander Itachi stopped in his tracks as he regained the memory from his clone. 'How? How can I have an Earthland counterpart? I'm not even from Edolas, so how?! Did he teleport himself to Earthland like I did to come to Edolas?' Commander Itachi thought, his body began shaking and he began to let out a small chuckle.
"Umm, sir… is everything alright?" A guard asked as they were putting all of the Edolas Fairy Tail members inside carriages with iron bars around the windows.
"I might have found the challenge of a lifetime. This might turn out to be the greatest battle I have ever had since my fight with the Akatsuki. "I wonder, does he only have normal sharingan? Mangekyou? Or perhaps… Eternal?!" Commander Itachi widened his eyes with a devilish smirk on his face as his sharingan morphed into a black pinwheel with a red star in the center of it. The guard looked at him in confusion and fear as he recognized that face.
"H-His gotten excited about a fight again…" The guard uttered in fear remembering how the Commander had demolished multiple opponents ever since he became a member of his squad.
Back with Itachi and the others
"Wh-What the?! Another Lady Erza, and Sir Itachi?" A guard questioned in confusion.
"They're Earthlanders!"
"Huh?!"
"Where are our friends? Where are our friends who've been turned into a lacrima?! Huh?!" Gray slammed his hands to the ground sending a wave of ice at the guards. Knightwalker leaped onto the wall and leaped towards Gray with her spear directed at him, but then Erza got in between and blocked the spear with her sword.
"Erza versus Erza?!" Lucy questioned as both Erza's sent out a huge amount of pressure. They then heard Natsu's screams echoing through the room. "Natsu!"
"He's nearby?!" Gray said.
"He must be up ahead!" Happy said.
"Wendy as well." Charle said.
"Gray! Onii-chan! Go on ahead!" Erza said.
"Right!" Gray said and rushed first to Lucy. "Can you stand, Lucy?!"
"Yeah!" Lucy said and Gray froze of the goo that was wrapped around her hands. "H-How'd you get here?"
"The details can wait! Let's go!" Gray and Lucy rushed off.
The two Erza's then ended up cutting each other, Knightwalker cut Erza on the cheek and Erza cut Knightwalker across the bridge of her nose. "To think I'd be stopped by myself…" Knightwalker said.
"It feels odd, indeed." Erza said.
"Are you sure you will be fine by yourself?" Itachi asked.
"Yeah, go to the others! They will need your help!" Erza replied not taking her eyes of Knightwalker. Itachi nodded and rushed after Gray, Lucy, Happy and Charle as the two Erza's had started their intense battle.
Happy suddenly flew past him. "Where are you going?" Itachi questioned.
"I'm taking Gajeel to the other lacrima!" Happy replied and flew off.
"Hang on." Itachi formed the hand seals and in a puff of smoke came an identical clone, and one of them rushed with Happy.
Itachi saw an open door and rushed in, only to see Gray with a thick mark shaking an unconscious Natsu. "Natsu quit sleepin! And wake up already, you jerk!"
"H-Hold on Gray." Lucy said.
"For now let's give them some X-balls. C'mon! Open your mouth, Natsu!" Gray fed Natsu the X-ball and Natsu then began coughing and waking up.
"Natsu!" Lucy said.
"Okay, now for Wendy." Gray went over to the little Dragon Slayer.
"Are you okay, Natsu?" Lucy questioned when suddenly Natsu slammed his fist into the ground.
"W-We have to stop 'em…" Natsu had his fist infused in flames.
"Stop?" Lucy questioned and then Natsu had fire coming out his mouth and he rushed out the door. "Wait, Natsu!"
"Hey, you!" Gray shouted then they heard Wendy cough.
"Wendy!" Charle said.
"Wendy!" Lucy said.
"Are you okay?" Gray asked.
"Charle… Everyone…" Wendy uttered.
"Pull yourself together!" Charle said with a worried expression.
"They're in trouble… All the guild members are in…" Wendy uttered. "The royal army… It's planning to destroy Extalia… by crashing the giant lacrima into it! They're going to use our Fairy Tail friends in place of a bomb!" Wendy said and they all widened their eyes in shock.
"Edolas has islands that float in the sky. Extalia's magic power is apparently what keeps them afloat. It is said in a book that the world's magic power is kept in balance." Lucy said.
"And are our lacrimized friends on one of those islands?" Gray questioned.
"Very close to Extalia, in fact. Extalia and the lacrima are floating in the skies above the royal city, where we are now." Charle said.
"The royal army plans to hit that floating island with Dragon Slayer magic to speed it up and crash it into Extalia." Wendy said.
"What'll happen then?" Gray questioned.
"They said the collision between Extalia's magic power and Fairy Tail's will cause the power to explode and then fuse, which will rain everlasting magic power on this kingdom." Wendy replied.
"If that happens, all the guild members…" Lucy said in shock.
"… will disappear for good!" Gray said in equal shock.
Itachi's face darkened and he clenched his fist. Suddenly they heard footsteps approach them. And out came a pale Natsu. "No!" He shouted in fear.
"Natsu?!" Gray questioned.
"There were two Erza's! what the heck?! What was that?! What was it?! A showdown between two monsters?! Is this world done for?!" Natsu freaked out then he noticed Gray and Itachi. "Whoa, it's Gary and Itachi!"
"You won't shut up or calm down. Man, you're annoying." Gray said to the pyro.
"He's good ol' Earthland Gray, all right." Lucy said.
"What?!"
"Stuff happened and now I'm here. and Itachi's been here all along with Gajeel trying to save us like you guys." Gray said.
"Happy left to stop the lacrima." Lucy said.
"Huh? Oh, it's true! Gray-san is here!" Wendy said in surprise, and these words made Gray freeze and gap.
"Huh? You just now noticed?" Charle questioned.
"Mm." Wendy nodded.
Gray then began turning transparent. "Oh? Maybe it's cause there's not much sunlight all the way down here? I feel practically invisible…" Gray began crying.
"He's sulking…" Lucy said.
"Oh, was it you guys who saved us?" Natsu questioned. "I see you're okay, Lucy!"
"You only now noticed me?" Lucy questioned annoyed at the pink haired Dragon Slayer.
"I-I said the worst possible thing right off the bat…! Oh, thank you very much!" Wendy freaked out over having hurt Gray's feelings and bowed down several times.
"Don't worry about it." Gray muttered still a little hurt.
"Hey, Itachi are you alright? Your awfully quiet." Lucy said as Itachi began releasing a huge amount of power.
"… I won't allow it… I will save Mira—I mean I will save everyone!" Itachi vanished in a puff of smoke as it turned out the real Itachi went with Happy instead.
"… He was a clone?" Gray questioned.
"More importantly, did he just say Mira?" Lucy questioned with a dumbfound expression.
With Itachi and Happy
Happy flew through the plaza with Itachi on a giant crow flying above him, they then spotted the iron Dragon Slayer. "Gajeel!" Happy shouted.
"Cat! You're all right!" Gajeel said.
"I'll take you to the lacrima all the others turned into!" Happy grabbed Gajeel and flew up.
"Hey, you! Don't grab me!" Gajeel said as they flew towards an enormous lacrima. Itachi flew after them to the lacrima when Happy and Gajeel landed they were attacked by a large black cat in armor with a gigantic sword. "Who are you?!"
"He's…" Happy uttered.
"Captain of the royal army's 1st magic warfare unit… Pantherlily." The cat introduced himself. "This lacrima is the most important site in this operation. I won't let you take it!" Lily charged at them. Gajeel formed his arm into a large iron sword and Lily extended his sword and off a piece of the floating island. "Do you have what it takes to beat me?" Lily said and Gajeel glared at him.
With Commander Itachi
Commander Itachi sat in his personal carriage along with Mirajane whom glared daggers at him. "Why did you bring me here?" Edo Mirajane questioned.
"… You simply interest me." Commander Itachi replied.
"Well I refuse to be your sex toy." Edo Mira said while still glaring daggers at him.
"Fine by me." Commander Itachi said.
"Huh? Earlier you said…"
"I know what I said. I don't know why but something about you feels… different yet so familiar…" Commander Itachi said.
"Can you please just let us go." Edo Mira said with a pleading face.
"Why would I do that?" Commander Itachi questioned.
"Because it's the right thing to do! You can't seriously believe in what the king says!" Edo Mira said.
"Right and wrong, tell me what's the difference? One thing that seems right to others seems wrong to others. Now tell me, what is the difference?" Commander Itachi asked.
"…"
"I don't care what the king thinks. The only reason I even work for the royal army I because they provide me with amusing things like fighting, the only thing I find meaning in." Commander Itachi said.
"Why can't you find meaning in anything else besides fighting? What exactly happened to you?" Edo Mira questioned.
"What makes you think something happened to me?" Commander Itachi narrowed his eyes.
"No one starts of evil, they go through something that changes them." Edo Mira said.
"… You want to know my story?" Commander Itachi was a little shocked, no one has ever asked him about his story.
"Mm." Edo Mira nodded.
"Let's just say I witnessed things that made me realize…"
"Realize what?"
"Realize that life is meaningless, people are born and then they die. First time I was told life was meaningless I was a little kid, I didn't believe him at first… But then I saw what life has to offer… and it's nothing… nothing but an empty meaningless life. It's filled with nothing but hatred, death and horror. I learned that the hard way when I lost everything and everyone. I figured if there's no meaning in life, why should I care about life itself or other people's lives when they're all going to die a pointless death anyway, what's the point when life is already decided and there's nothing you can do to change it." Commander Itachi said and Edo Mira then gained a sad look on her face.
"I feel sad for you… if that is what you truly believe, I feel sad for you. You will never learn the true meaning of love or friendship…" Edo Mira said with a sad expression.
"I have known what friendship is like, I had friends they all died, I had a woman that I truly loved and she died. Love? Friendship? It's all meaningless they bring nothing but grief and hatred. What do you think now?" Commander Itachi said with an emotionless expression.
"In that case, I still feel sad for you… I feel sad that you never knew the true meaning of love and friendship, if you did you wouldn't have fallen as you have." Edo Mira said.
"… What do you think is the true meaning then?" Commander Itachi asked.
"Even if we lose our loved ones, they're love and their memories live on inside you. You will never forget the love they gave you and the fun you had. You will hold them preciously in your heart for the rest of your life. And that is what makes life meaningful." Edo Mira said with a sad smile. Commander Itachi widened his eyes as the image of Edo Mira got replaced with Izumi Uchiha his former loved one.
"… Guards, send her back with the others." Commander Itachi said and the carriage stopped and two guards entered and escorted her out.
With Itachi
Gajeel and Pantherlily battled in the air with Happy holding Gajeel. Itachi leaped from the crow and activated his mangekyou, he formed a red spectral warrior that held a sword, the sword swung down at the lacrima cutting off a large piece of it that was smaller than the one at the plaza. The lacrima piece let out a massive light and out came a certain blue haired water wizard. "Juvia?" Itachi's susano'o caught Juvia in its hand.
"Uh? Where is Juvia?" Juvia questioned. Itachi landed on the floating island with the lacrima and put Juvia down and deactivated his susano'o. "Itachi-sama, where are we?" Itachi sighed and began explaining. "A different world?! Juvia and the other turned into a lacrima?! Gray-sama-"
"Gray is fine, we freed him earlier." Itachi said.
"Juvia is relieved."
"Anyway, here it's an X-ball and it's the only way you will be able to use magic here." Itachi threw the X-ball right into Juvia's mouth.
"Umm, Itachi-sama, could you tell Juvia where Gray-sama is?" Juvia questioned.
"He should be at the royal palace down there with Natsu, Wendy, Charle and Lucy." Itachi said.
"Lucy? Love rival!" Juvia then jumped down from the floating island and towards the palace. Itachi sweat dropped and quickly had his giant crow fly down and catch Juvia and flying her safely down to the royal palace.
Pantherlily suddenly swung his large blade at Itachi breaking the ground of the island below him making him fall down. "Well this is problematic, that was my only summoning animal that could fly me away to safety." Itachi said with an emotionless expression. He then leaped onto a tower in the capital and then bounced from that and onto the ground only to be surrounded by a large army of soldiers. "Well this will be annoying."
On the other side of the palace
The carriages arrived and escorted Edolas Fairy Tail into the palace to take them to the prisoner area. Commander Itachi looked at Edo Mira as she walked in with Lisanna and Edo Elfman. "I will leave them to you." Commander Itachi left his guards as they escorted the Edolas Fairy Tail by themselves.
With Gray
Gray was in a struggle with Sugarboy over a key that was frozen with their hands in ice. Then Gray had the key shatter into pieces. "Th-Th.. The key!" Sugarboy shouted in shock. "Are you crazy?! I wasn't bluffing, you know!" Sugarboy charged at Gray. "Your friends will never turn back to normal!"
"Gray-sama!" A voice all too familiar for our ice mage was heard. He turned around and saw Juvia running towards him. "Juvia knew that her Gray-sama radar works!" Juvia then saw Sugarboy with a sword raised behind Gray. "Get away from Juvia's Gray-sama!" Juvia sent a blast of water crashing right into Sugarboy.
"It's boiling hot! Hot! Hot! It burns!" Sugarboy screamed as he was blasted into a wall and knocked out.
"Ju-Juvia… how did you?" Gray questioned when suddenly Juvia hugged Gray's topless body rubbing her cheek up against him.
"Juvia was saved by Itachi-sama, so that she could help Gray-sama and everyone else." Juvia said while happily smiling. "Was Gray-sama lost without Juvia, was he worried about her safety? Juvia is so sorry for worrying you Gray-sama."
"Ehm, I was doing alright… A-Anyway." Gray created a copy of the shattered key out of ice. "This key can apparently help us save everyone."
"Gray! And… Juvia?" Natsu questioned as he arrived.
"There you guys are." Erza… Knightwalker arrived?
"I-It's the other Erza!" Gray said shocked.
"Our Erza… lost?" Natsu questioned.
"Not quite, I just took her uniform to fool the guards." Erza replied showing the scar she got on her cheek. "Anyway, I think I heard that Edolas Fairy Tail was captured. Gray and Juvia. Wait, Juvia?"
"Itachi saved her from the lacrima." Gray replied.
"So, you're really our Erza?" Natsu questioned.
"Our Erza? Juvia is confused."
"There is an Edolas version of Erza that is evil same with Itachi." Gray explained.
"Anyway, I have a plan. Give me that ice key." Erza demanded.
"What kind of plan?" Gray questioned.
"I managed to learn that if we hit the lacrima directly with the magic power of the Dragon Slayers we will be able to free everyone from the lacrima. I will need Natsu as a prisoner to make it seem believable. Gray and Juvia go help the Edolas Fairy Tail." Erza ordered.
"Yeah, got it." Gray said and Juvia nodded and they left.
They then rushed down the hall, then they discovered some guards dressed in a black armor, while escorting Edolas Fairy Tail. And they saw two very special people. "There is another Gray-sama!" Juvia said with hearts in her eyes.
"An-And another Juvia…" Gray said with a hint of horror.
"It's another Juvia-chan!" Edo Gray said with hearts in his eyes.
"I-it's another Gray!" Edo Juvia said in annoyance.
"Let's go, Juvia!" Gray formed a cannon out of ice.
"Yes, Gray-sama!" Juvia gathered a large ball of water in her hand.
Water Nebula!
Ice make: Ice Cannon!
They blasted some of the Itachi special squadron crashing into a wall. "Take them out men!" The guards charged at the Earthland duo.
"Taste Juvia's love for Gray-sama!" Juvia blasted them with another wave of water.
"Enough with the love thing!" Gray said in annoyance.
"We're Commander's Itachi personal guard, we're not like the other normal royal guards!" The guards all had flaming swords and some of them held shurikens and kunai knifes. "Take them down men!"
"Shut up!" Gray slammed his hands to the ground freezing several of the guards into a large chunk of ice.
Edo Lucy then managed to break free from her handcuffs by using a hairpin, she then grabbed onto a flaming sword and sliced down a guard. She then released Edo Juvia, Gray, Natsu, Jet, Droy, Elfman, Mira, and Lisanna from the handcuffs and they attacked the guards and began releasing the others.
"Let's show them! What Edolas Fairy Tail can do!" Lucy Ashely declared.
Gray and Juvia charged into the crowd of guards and blasted them away with water and ice. Suddenly Edo Gray and Earthland Gray stood back to back. ""It's me!"" They both said in shock. Then Edo Juvia and Earthland Juvia stood back to back. ""It's Juvia!""
"Two Juvia-chans!" Edo Gray said with love in his voice.
"You actually love that crazy chick?!" Gray questioned in shock.
"Of course, how can't you love an adorable Juvia-chan?!" Edo Gray questioned.
"I'm not even going to answer that. What's with all those clothes?!" Gray questioned looking at the large amount of clothes Edo Gray was wearing.
"Where are your clothes?!" Edo Gray questioned.
"Take some clothes off!"
"Put some clothes on!"
"Watching two Gray-sama's at the same time, is wonderful." Juvia said with a smile.
"You actually like that loser?!" Edo Juvia questioned.
"How can you not love Gray-sama?!" Juvia questioned.
"How can you not hate him?!" Edo Juvia questioned.
"How dare you question Juvia's love?!"
"How dare you question Juvia's hate?!"
Extalia
A dragon like bony chain attached to the floating island with the lacrima and began bringing it closer to Extalia. Natsu and Erza tried to hold it back along with Gajeel whom beat Pantherlily whom was also helping after Gajeel claimed that he was going to be his cat.
While on Extalia Wendy and Charle had rocks thrown on them by Exceeds. But they stopped when the island with the lacrima came closer. "They're revolting against the Exceeds?!"
"They don't know our queen's power!"
"The queen will take them down!"
Then suddenly in the center of town something came crashing down. Leaving a lot of smoke and steam. Once it cleared it revealed Itachi's face. "Itachi-san!" Wendy said in joy that vanished when she saw the robotic arm that let out steam, and the Edolas clothing.
Commander Itachi smirked evilly and looked at all the Exceeds that looked surprised by this. "Can the queen come out and play?" Commander Itachi's sharingan let out a blood red glow.
That's the end for now!
Now the next chapter will be the final arc of the Edolas arc, and there will be an all-out battle between Itachi and Commander Itachi.
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-Later!