Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon: Thanks, and that is a possibility.
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LordXeenTheGreat: Thanks.
Master Terra: Thanks and I was not offended don't worry about it, and I am aware that Sasori is a threat to Itachi. But as for the databooks stats I think each databook is different in comparison. Like for example the first databook compares the different characters from the very start of the Naruto series where the strongest is people at Kakashi's level or so. But characters like Itachi, Kisame, Orchimaru, Tsunade etc. are not in the databooks until the third one, which takes place at the start of shippuden and at this point the databook starts comparing people at the Akatsuki's levels and such.
Megatroll: If that's your opinion then I will respect it. And when I said he was top 3 I forgot to add "in my opinion" which I have corrected.
Guest: True they don't know about each other's strongest ability like Sasori's 100 puppets and Itachi's Susano'o, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi. But I do believe Sasori at least knew that Itachi uses crow summoning.
Guest: Well I write what I feel to write. And I tend to like writing this story and "A Fresh Start" the most at the time.
Guest: Okay first of all, although I may be a slight Itachi fanboy so to say I'm not like the major ones that say he can beat Madara, Naruto Sasuke, Kaguya, Goku etc. And Itachi can actually beat Zeref not only with the Totsuka Blade, but also with the Amaterasu a flame that doesn't stop burning until its target has been reduced to ash. Since Itachi was such a prodigy his father and some others meant that he had the potential to become the strongest Uchiha, and of course at the time Sasuke hadn't shown what he was capable of, so this was mostly speculation among his clansmen. It is stated in the Naruto wikia that Itachi's low chakra reserves were an effect of his sickness so there is my source. In the third databook Itachi and Jiraiya were stated to be equal, plus Itachi himself said that if he and Jiraiya were to fight they would both most likely die. And in my opinion a sick Itachi would lose to Pain due to his low stamina, while a healthy Itachi would be able to beat Pain but would lose to Nagato. And a source for this is during the 4 Great Ninja War Kabuto stated that Itachi and Nagato were his two strongest edo tensei's besides Madara. And as for the taijutsu so your saying that Kakashi can only use 1 gate, but tell me where is your source on that? And I mixed up something with Itachi's stats so sorry about that. But since this is fanfiction I don't see the problem with Itachi being able to use some of the gates, it's not like he will use them all the time, nor will he ever use the eight one. And Itachi doesn't need Sage of Six Path chakra to use Perfect Susano'o there has never been stated what requirements is needed for Perfect Susano'o. Madara could use it with EMS, Sasuke could use it when he got the Rinnegan, Kakashi could use it for a short time for some bullshit reasons. All you should need for the Perfect Susano'o is enough experience using the Susano'o as it is shown in the series with Sasuke at least, is that the Susano'o evolves the more you use it. And when I said Itachi would solo everyone in Fairy Tail I meant the guild. And sorry I mixed up the rasengan and the rasenshuriken on that one, anyway Itachi should still have no problem using a normal rasengan he has seen it been used before and his much more suited for the sharingan then Kakashi because of his Uchiha genes so it should be easier for him to learn it. And how I can tell a sick Itachi is stronger than Sasori, well for one thing with the sharingan he would easily be able to dodge his attacks, and once Sasori takes out his 100-puppet army Itachi can just burn them with the Amaterasu as when he was close to his death bed he was able to spread the Amaterasu all over the Uchiha hideout. Also, the reason I have almost only written Itachi stories it's because I don't think there are enough fanfics about him, while as there are so many fricking Naruto MC fics. And how is Itachi in "A Fresh Start" OP'd? True he gets stronger as the story progresses and with the current chapter he's getting stronger for reasons I won't spoil here. And I don't give a damn about that sentence of yours, call me what you want it's not going to change anything about this story whatsoever.
Random Someone: Really? I didn't notice, I will try and fix that.
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Chapter 14: Darkness vs Light!
Itachi pulled Jellal up and held him by the collar. "I may not think that much of you, probably because I only know who you were back at the Tower. But I know that Erza cares, and that's more than enough for me." Itachi let go of Jellal, but then Erza gently pushed Itachi to the side and stood face to face with Jellal.
"Don't think you can rest in peace, ignorant of everything! Ignorant of all the sins you have committed! Live and struggle! Jellal!" Erza said with trails of tears running from her eyes.
Jellal gained a small smile. "Erza… Why… are you crying?" Erza looked at her hand that had drops of tears on it. "You really are kind…"
"Just what do we have here?" Brain entered the room. Erza wiped the tears from her eyes and turned to face Brain as Itachi and Mirajane got into fighting stance. "A self-destruction magic circle…" Brain looked at the purple magic circle forming around the pillar of light.
"Damn Jellal set it! This is bad! After all that trouble, Nirvana's about to be obliterated!" Cobra said.
"Worry not, Cobra." Brain said with a smirk. "You know why I go by the code name of Brain, do you not? I once worked at the Bureau of Magic Development. During that time, my knowledge produced hundreds of different spells. Including self-destruction magic circles. I taught you how to use them. Or have you forgotten, Jellal?" Brain walked closer to the light pillar. Then suddenly Itachi leaped in front of him.
Wood Style: Wood Prison!
Itachi slammed his palms to the ground when suddenly a prison made out of wood formed around Brain. 'This will be the first time I use wood style against an opponent, well and intellectual one. So far it has worked against monsters and such but this will be my first time trying it on a person whom is very skilled with magic.' Itachi thought.
Flashback: 1 year ago
Itachi was in a meditating lotus position under a waterfall deep inside a forest. 'Focus, I have to focus my elements. Ever since I arrived here all those years ago, for some reason I have been able to use all the five elements. Yet I feel there is much more I can accomplish.' Itachi thought as his mind was calm and the stream from the waterfall fell on his topless slight muscular body.
Itachi let out a deep breath. "Okay, let's try and use two elements at the same time. Earth Style and Water Style." Itachi's body began letting out a blue aura when suddenly plants started popping out from the ground around the waterfall. Itachi opened his eyes and to his surprise new trees started growing around him. "Th-This is… wood style… The rumor has it that the first Hokage was able to use wood style by combining the two elements of water and earth. But still even though some people also had those elements, they were never able to use wood style. So why am I able?" Itachi asked himself looking into his hands. "Could it have something to do with how I was brought back to life in this world? It's the only explanation I can think of. That or if the ethernano really gives me the power to use all jutsu elements including wood style. It would help if I knew for what purpose I was brought back and how… I wonder…" Itachi leaped onto solid ground and focused the wind element and water element.
Then suddenly the waterfall froze into ice. "Very interesting…"
Flashback end
'I have only had 1 year practice using wood style, I wonder if I'm able to keep him stuck inside there, at least until Nirvana has been destroyed.' Itachi thought focusing his chakra into the wood prison.
"What is this? Creation magic? Or wood control magic?" Brain tried to analyze the wood prison. He then began shaking and sweating. "This is not made from ethernano, what did you do?" Brain questioned.
"Damn you!" Cobra charged at Itachi with his hand covered in some sort of dark energy. Suddenly his ears twitched and he dodged a punch from Mira whom was in her Satan Soul form. Mira swung her leg in a kick towards Cobra's face whom managed to duck in time. "I can hear you!" Cobra kicked Mira in the gut sending her flying back. "Cuberos!" Cobra called out as his snake charged at Itachi. A puff of smoke appeared behind Itachi and out from it leaped a clone that grabbed the snake and threw it at Cobra.
"Hmm, no matter I will simply nullify the magic circle from here." Brain declared and swung his right arm up, as the magic circle around Nirvana began vanishing. Brain then let out a small dark chuckle. "It's such a shame, Jellal. Nirvana is now mine!"
"Not if I kill you first." Itachi declared coldly as spikes formed on the edge of the wood bars inside the cage.
"Don't you mock me!" Brain swung his skull staff sending a green energy wave blasting a small opening in the cage, then he jumped out from the cage and directed the staff at Itachi sending another green wave.
Fire Style: Fireball!
Itachi's clone spitted out a ball of fire that collided with the wave creating an explosion. "Now that I have Nirvana, nothing can stop me!" Brain declared.
"I won't be so sure!" Erza charged at Brain as she requiped a sword in her right hand.
"Wake, Nirvana!" Brain declared as the ground started shaking, pushing the ground up. "Reveal thyself!"
"Oh! I can hear it! Our future! The sound of light crumbling!" Cobra said with a wicked smirk as the ground exploded.
"Jellal!" Erza's voice was heard. "Onii-chan!"
"Erza!" Jellal's voice was heard.
"Erza?! Mira?! Jellal?! Where are you guys?!" Itachi shouted as he felt someone held him, he looked and saw Mira holding him bridal style as she flew with her devil wings. "Have you seen Erza and Jellal?"
"No, not yet!" Mira replied as they flew out from the cave exit. When they levitated in the air they saw six large stone spiders like legs pushing up from the forest. And from the source of the light it looked like a large city that rose on its six legs. "So, that's it…"
"Nirvana…" Itachi narrowed his eyes. Itachi then spotted Brain and Cobra with his snake on the top of a tower in the center of the city.
"The ultimate weapon that will bring light crashing down! The ultra-reversal magic: Nirvana! The official guilds' greatest weapons, unity and trust… are now, as of this moment, powerless!" Brain said with a wicked grin.
The legs then rose and began moving in a direction. "Looks like Brain has a target in mind already. We have to stop him." Itachi said as he activated his sharingan.
"Let's go!" Mira flew with Itachi in her arms towards Brain and Cobra.
"Cobra."
"Yeah." Cobra jumped on his snake that grew wings and flew towards Mira and Itachi.
"Remember what I told you." Itachi said.
"Right." Mira nodded.
Flashback
"Remember, when you face against Cobra, try and empty your mind. Or else he will be able to predict your movements. If you can then fill your mind with something else to distract him." Itachi whispered into Mira's ear.
"Got it." Mira nodded.
Flashback end
"Let's do it." Mira muttered and charged at Cobra with Itachi still in her arms. 'Itachi, Itachi, Itachi, Itachi.' Mira thought as Cobra widened his eyes in confusion when suddenly Mira shoulder charged into the snake almost knocking Cobra off, Itachi then leapt from Mira's arms and kicked Cobra in the chin sending him crashing towards the ground.
The snake quickly reacted and caught Cobra just before he crashed into the ground. "She kept repeating his name in her mind to confuse me." Cobra then gained a smirk. "Nice try, but repeating your boyfriends name several times in your mind will not work again."
"B-Boyfriend?!" Mira questioned with a small blush, she quickly shook her head getting back into fighting mode.
"Change my darkness to light!" Brain's voice was heard as magic circles formed around him with a large one in front of him. Suddenly a certain pink haired dragon slayer, whom was now wearing blue shirt with golden lines, with his fist infused in flames and with Happy carrying him with his wings waving in the sky.
"I'm gonna stop you!" Natsu declared as he punched the magic circle breaking it.
"You!" Brain said in shock.
Fire Dragon: Roar!
Natsu spitted out a wave of flames that Brain blocked with a green energy barrier around him. "Dammit! I can't let him rampage here!"
"Looks like Natsu's got Brain, I trust that you can deal with Cobra." Itachi looked at Mira.
"Count on me." Mira said as Itachi leaped onto a pillar in the city.
"Damn!" Cobra cursed looking at Natsu, when suddenly Mira charged at him with her demonic fist raised. Cuberos flew to the side with Cobra on its back. "You want to fight? Alright then, let's go! She-Devil!" Cobra's snake flew towards Mira with its jaw open ready to sink its fangs into her. Mira ducked and quickly punched the snake in its jaw. Mira then gathered a dark orb of energy between her hands.
Soul Extinctor!
Poison Dragon: Roar!
Cobra spitted out a dark black-red wave that collided with Mira's dark wave creating a massive explosion that lit up the night sky. "That was… Dragon Slayer magic?" Mira widened her eyes in surprise, as Cobra's hands looked like red scaled dragon claws. "You're a Dragon Slayer?"
Meanwhile Itachi looked around at this abandoned city. "Where is Erza and Jellal…?" Itachi was searching for his adopted little sister and Jellal whom had lost his memories, which he hoped would remain lost until this whole ordeal with the Oracion Seis is over. He looked around with his sharingan when he spotted two sources of energy. "Is that them?" Itachi ran to the source. When he climbed over a rock he spotted Gray and Lucy.
"So… What is this place?" Gray questioned.
"It definitely looks like a city…" Lucy said.
"This is Nirvana." Itachi said as he leaped down to them.
"Nirvana? This entire city is Nirvana?!" Gray questioned in shock.
"That is correct, yes! This is the mystical city of Nirvana!" The trio turned to the source of the new voice and spotted Hoteye and Jura.
"Your presence here is all the more reassuring!" Jura said with a smile.
"The guy from Lyon's group!" Gray said.
"And one of the Oracion Seis?!" Lucy questioned in shock.
"Don't worry he's an ally now. Right, Jura?" Itachi turned to the bald wizard saint.
"That's right." Jura replied.
"Love makes the world go 'round, yes!" Hoteye declared passionately.
""No way!"" Gray and Lucy said in unison.
"Didn't he use to talk non-stop about money?" Lucy whispered to Gray.
"Does this older guy know enlightenment magic or something?" Gray questioned.
"Love, yes! The world is love!"
"Various things came up, you see." Jura said.
"He was affected by Nirvana." Itachi said.
"How do you know this, Itachi-dono?" Jura questioned.
"I had some of my crows watch over everyone. I know exactly what has happened to everyone." Itachi replied.
"That makes sense I guess. Ol' Sherry changed completely too. Well she's back to normal now though." Gray said.
"This city is where the ancient Nirvits once lived, yes." Hoteye explained.
"Nirvits?" Lucy questioned.
"Yes. About 400 years ago, many wars were being waged around the world. The Nirvits, having remained neutral, lamented the state of the world and created a type of magic to maintain balance in the world, yes. An ultra magic spell that switches light and dark. And it was named after Nirvana the land of peace, yes." Hoteye explained.
"I see. Anyway, you guys go and try and stop this walking city anyway you can." Itachi said and began walking away.
"Where are you going?" Jura questioned.
"I'm going to find Erza." Itachi replied before he vanished at high speed.
Meanwhile with Natsu. "Take this!" Natsu covered his right foot in flames as Happy held on to him and flew towards Brain.
Fire Dragon: Talon!
Natsu kicked Brain across the face. "Annoying little brat!" Brain directed his staff towards Natsu sending a green wave of energy at the pink haired dragon slayer.
Fire Dragon: Brilliant Flame!
Natsu threw a large ball of fire at the wave creating a massive explosion. "Heh, fool." Brain muttered as he another green wave came from behind Natsu, crashing into the fire dragon slayer and Happy. Natsu then fell on to the ground with Happy unconscious next to him.
"D-Damn you-" Natsu said but suddenly began looking pale, looking like he was about to hurl from motion sickness as the city kept on moving to its destination.
"That should keep him quiet for a while." Brain said and reformed the magic circle Natsu broke.
Meanwhile in the air Mira dodged a slice from Cobra's dragon claws, Cobra leaped onto the back of his giant flying snake's tale, then the snake swung its tail upwards sending Cobra flying towards Mira. Cobra then roundhouse kicked Mira across the face with his foot covered in the dark black-red poison glow.
Poison Dragon: Scales!
Cobra sent a barrage of dark black-red energy blasts that looked like scales at Mira. Mira flew at high speed dodging all of the blasts.
Demon Blast!
Mira shoot a dark beam at Cobra and his snake. The snake flew to the side with Cobra on its back dodging the beam. "Heh, I can hear you."
"Damn, ever since I found out he's a dragon slayer. I can't empty my mind. I have to try harder!" Mira took a deep breath.
"Take this!" Cobra shouted.
Poison Dragon: Roar!
Cobra spitted out a dark black-red wave at Mira whom had her eyes closed, as the wave got closer Mira opened her eyes.
Dark Deflect!
The spell then redirected at Cobra. "What?! I couldn't hear it!"
Poison Dragon: Guard!
Cobra formed a shield of the dark black-red poison in front of him blocking the attack. "She emptied her mind completely! Is she fighting purely on instinct?!" Cobra questioned when Mira appeared behind him. Cobra turned around when suddenly Mira grabbed onto Cobra's face with her demon claw, and flew him crashing into a pillar.
Evil Spark!
Mira sent a wave of lightning from her hand on Cobra's face electrocuting him. "AAAAARRRFGGGGHHHH!" Cobra screamed in pain. "Cuberos!" The snake appeared behind Mira and slammed its tail into her side sending her crashing into a wall. "I need to eat." Cobra said as the snake opened it mouth letting out a poisons cloud around Cobra. Cobra then began inhaling the poison, devouring it. "Now it's time to perish!"
Poison Dragon: Roar!
Cobra spitted out a wave of poison that clashed into Mira. Cobra smirked, but his smirk quickly vanished when he saw Mira inhaling the poison. "Thanks for the treat." Mira said with a devilish smirk.
"H-How?! Wait… You're the one who cured Titania from my poison!" Cobra said.
"I sucked both hers and Itachi's poison out from their system. Since I'm a demon poison has no effect on me." Mira said with her devilish smirk.
"M-My poison has no effect on you?! Then I will just have to beat you down!" Cobra charged at Mira with his fist raised. Mira caught the fist like it was nothing and swung Cobra crashing into a stone wall. "I am a second generation Dragon Slayer… I am also a member of the Oracion Seis… I will not lose!"
"Second generation?" Mira questioned.
"Unlike your pink haired friend, I was not trained by a dragon, but I have a dragon lacrima inside my body." Cobra said.
"I see. Just like Laxus." Mira said motionlessly.
Cuberios appeared above Mira and swung its tail crashing into her. Cobra then leaped onto his snake and had the dark black-red poison gathered in his hand.
Poison Dragon: Scales!
Cobra sent a barrage volley of dark black-red energy blasts at the shape of scales crashing into Mira creating several small explosions. Mira leaped out from the smoke covered in bruises and had a trail of blood running down from her lips. She was panting. Mira flew after them with her fist raised. Cuberos flew to the side and swung its tail into Mira's gut. Mira grabbed ahold of the tail and began spinning around while holding onto the tail of the large snake. She then let go and sent it crashing into a tower.
Cobra climbed out from the rubble, covered in bruises and with his clothes slightly torn. "Damn, she's strong." Cobra placed his hand on his temple. Cuberos came behind him and nuzzled its head up against Cobra. "Yeah, I'm fine don't worry."
"It's not over yet!" Mira charged at full speed with her fist raised. Cobra and Cuberos flew to the side as Mira crashed into what was left of the tower causing it to turn into rubble. Mira flew out from the rubble towards Cobra and Cuberos, Cobra flew towards her with his fist raised and covered in poison. They both threw a punch that connected with each other's faces. Mira the swung her demon tail into Cuberos's head causing the snake to fall down to the ground with Cobra.
"Damn her… I can't hear any of her thoughts… how can she fight with her mind empty?!" Cobra questioned as he and Cuberos leaped back as Mira crashed into the ground.
Mira then at an incredible speed appeared in front of Cobra. "Die." She said coldly.
Soul Extinctor!
Poison Dragon: Roar!
They both blasted each other at point blank range creating a massive explosion around them. The area was covered in smoke. "Where is he?" Mira questioned looking around, then suddenly Cobra appeared out from the smoke in front of Mira and punched her in the gut, he then began releasing the dark black-red poison from his hand.
Poison Dragon: Sharp Horn!
The poison bursted as Mira coughed up a little blood and was sent crashing backwards. Mira stood up with a burn mark on where Cobra punched. "Although my poison has no effect, I can still do some damage!" Cuberos appeared behind Mira and swung its tail into her back sending her flying towards Cobra.
Cobra infused his legs with the dark black-red poison, he then leaps up and turns upside down, he delivers a kick to Mira and begins rotating his body.
Poison Dragon: Spiral Jaw!
Mira's body was sent flying back, she then sank her demon claw into the ground slowing down. "Dammit!" Mira gathered a dark sphere between her hands.
Evil Explosion!
Mira fired the sphere, but to Cobra's surprise it went past him and crashed into Cuberos whom hissed in pain as it was knocked out. "Cuberos!" Cobra shouted when suddenly Mira kicked him in the jaw sending him flying into the air. Mira flew after him and delivered a barrage of kicks sending him further up. "This is a move I learned from Itachi, I just added a little extra."
Flashback 3 years ago
Itachi and Mira stood in front of a man from a dark guild whom was shaking in fear. "Okay, play close attention Mira." Itachi said as he vanished and appeared below the dark guild member delivering a kick to his jaw sending him slightly flying up in the air, Itachi leapt up and kept delivering a barrage of kicks sending the man further up. Once he had reached a proper height he appeared above the man with his right leg raised up.
Lion's Barrage!
Itachi swung his leg crashing into the man's gut sending him crashing down into ground making a small crater.
Flashback end
Mira delivered one more kick as they were now high up in the night sky above the city of Nirvana. Mira then appeared above Cobra with her leg raised up, her leg then began letting out a dark aura.
Demon's Barrage!
Mira swung her leg into Cobra's gut making him cough up blood, he was then sent crashing down into the city like an asteroid. Once he connected to the ground a large explosion appeared sending lots of dust around the area. When the dust cleared, it revealed an unconscious Cobra in the center of a crater.
Mira flew down to the ground and deactivated her Satan Soul. She was now back into her normal state, she was covered in bruises and panting. "I did it… I-Itachi…" Mira uttered with a smile as she fell to the ground.
"M-My body… I can't… move…" Cobra uttered as he heard the voice of Brain's thoughts enter his ear.
"Heh, how pathetic. I have no need for weaklings like you. Cobra."
"N-No… Damn you!" Cobra looked up to the top of the tower where Brain stood. "My prayer… all I wanted… was to hear the voice of my one true friend…"
"I could use some new power. The two of you will do nicely." Brain looked over to Natsu whom was experiencing motion sickness behind him, and then down below the tower to Mira. He grabbed Natsu by the collar and went down.
"N-Natsu…" Happy weakly uttered as he gathered his remaining strength and brought out his wings, he floated down from the tower and over to Mira. "Mira…"
"Happy…" Mira uttered as she sat up.
"Natsu has been taken, you have to save him…" Happy said with tears forming in his eyes.
"Like him, I shall make you my new ally." Brain stood in front of them while holding Natsu by the collar.
"What?" Mira questioned.
"I am very interested in your strength. And this one is a real dragon slayer he could easily replace a fake dragon slayer like Cobra. What's more I'm also interested in that Itachi and his power. According to Sasori, this Itachi is stronger than all of the six demons of the Oracion Seis." Brain said with a smirk.
"We won't let you." Jura, Gray and Lucy arrived at the scene.
"Half of the six demons are now gone. We've fallen. In order to increase our ranks again… I will be taking this man and that woman, plus that man Itachi." Brain declared.
"Natsu will never join you!" Lucy declared.
"Nirvana will turn his heart dark and make him into my minion."
"Like hell it will!" Natsu said and bit Brains hand. Brain lifted him up and then slammed Natsu into the ground.
"He doesn't look that good." Jura said as Natsu looked like he was about to puke up his lunch.
"He's really not good at riding vehicles." Gray said.
"Hurry… and… beat… this guy… Stop this thing…" Natsu uttered.
"You? Stop Nirvana? Good luck with that-" Brain said when suddenly Mira in her Satan Soul form slammed her fist into Brain's face sending him flying through a building.
Mira then fell to her knees and turned back into her normal state. "Mirajane!" Lucy ran to her side.
"You still had that kind of strength." Brain walked out from the hole he crashed through in the building and faced them. "You won't be able to stop Nirvana. This city will soon reach its first destination… Cait Shelter."
Everyone widened their eyes in shock. "That's Wendy and Charle's guild… why?" Happy questioned.
"What is your goal? Why target Wendy-dono's guild?" Jura questioned.
"In the blink of an eye, this ultra-reversal magic will turn a guild of light into one of darkness. I can't wait. We'll get to see Hell itself." Brain declared with a smirk.
"This guy's gonna pay!" Lucy said.
"You damn heartless bastard!" Gray said but then froze as he felt magic pressure coming from non-other than Jura.
"Did you not hear me? State your purpose." Jura demanded.
Brain let out a laughter. "I've nothing to say to a small fry like you! I am the arbiter of light and dark! Kneel before me!"
"What a troublesome man." Jura stepped in front of Gray and Lucy and walked towards Brain.
"Old man?" Gray questioned.
"He can't even hold a straight conversation…" Jura said letting out a golden glow.
"Begone, lowly scum!" Brain sent a green energy wave from his staff. While Jura directed his fingers at Brain sending rocks flying at him. Brain crashed into a wall and looked at Jura with sweat running down his face. "Wh-What magic power…"
Meanwhile with Itachi. Itachi could feel the ground shaking but not just from this city moving, but from a battle. "This magic power… Jura. He must have encountered someone very powerful for him to use this much power." Itachi looked to the source with his sharingan. "The one whom he's fighting doesn't seem to be Sasori, it looks more like it's that Brain guy's energy. I see others over there as well. But I can't make out who they are."
"It most likely has to be Lucy and Gray. They were with Jura after all when I left them." Itachi said as a crow flew onto his right shoulder. "I see, so Hoteye has been defeated by the Oracion Seis member Midnight. And Mira has defeated Cobra, but she's unconscious. I guess she hasn't fully gotten used to having her powers back." Another crow then landed on his left shoulder. "Have you found Erza and Jellal?" Itachi asked as the crow nodded its head in response. "Take me to them." Itachi said as the crow flew of his left shoulder while the one from the right flew away. Itachi then followed the crow that was leading him to Erza and Jellal.
As Itachi ran suddenly a massive explosion was heard coming from the distance. Itachi looked back and saw an explosion coming from the large tower in the center. "What happened?"
With Natsu and his group
They might have beaten Brain but now, Brain had lead them to a trap by pretending to be Hoteye aka. Richard. They were all down inside the tower as a lot of dust had gathered from the explosion. "Damn it… what happened?!" Natsu questioned as he struggled to get up.
"Are we alive?!" Gray questioned.
"Aye." Happy replied weakly.
"What's going on?" Lucy questioned as she like the others struggled to get up.
"We were hit by a large explosion…" Mira uttered weakly as she couldn't even move.
Lucy tried to get up as she hit her head on a wall of earth. "We've been buried?!" Gray questioned as they were surrounded by a barrier of stone.
"N-No this is-" Lucy said as the stone around them collapsed, revealing a bruised up Jura panting in front of them with pillars of stones in front of the area where the explosion came from.
"Old man!" Gray said.
"Jura!" Happy said.
"He protected us!" Lucy said, the stone pillars turned to dust.
"Old man!" Natsu shouted.
"You kids… sure have a lot of spirit… I'm glad… you're all right…" Jura uttered as he fell down to the ground.
"Old man!" Gray shouted.
"Stay with us!" Lucy cried.
"Jura!" Mira shouted.
"Damn it!" Natsu's scream echoed through the room.
Back with Itachi
"What happened?" Itachi questioned as he focused on the black smoke coming from the main tower. The crow then landed on his right shoulder. "What? Erza and Jellal are fighting Midnight? And they are not that far away from here." Itachi turned around as the crow flew of his shoulder and Itachi followed after it.
Once Itachi climbed over a hill he spotted Erza tied up in her own Heaven's Wheel Armor. 'What magic is this?' Itachi questioned as Erza threw a sword from her one hand that was not tied up. Midnight tilted his head to the side dodging the blade.
Spiral Pain!
The next moment it looked like a wave of wind surrounded Erza as she screamed in pain, and her armor was torn of her body. "No…!" Jellal said.
"Finished already? Don't die on me yet, Erza. I need you to entertain me until we reach Cait Shelter." Midnight said with a small cocky smirk.
"Cait Shelter?" Jellal questioned.
"Our first destination." Midnight replied.
"Why them?" Jellal questioned.
"Long ago… a tribe of people created Nirvana to put an end to war. The Nirvits. But Nirvana turned out to be far more dangerous than they imagined. So they sealed away the magic that they, themselves, had created. Fearing that it would be used for evil, they've kept watch over the seal for decades… for centuries. And there's a guild comprised solely on those Nirvits' descendants… Cait Shelter." Midnight revealed as Jellal, Erza, and Itachi, whom was still hidden, widened their eyes in shock. "It'd be a waste to put this great power to sleep, don't you think?! This power can throw the world into chaos! This will also serve to set an example. The Nirvits liked to stay neutral, but this will make them go to war. We're going to use the power of Nirvana to turn their hearts dark and have them slaughter each other! Doesn't that sound thrilling?!"
"Despicable…!" Jellal said in disgust.
"Quit pretending to be good, Jellal. You are the very embodiment of darkness. You're a foul, dreadful, and vile man…" Midnight said with a smirk.
"Y-Your wrong!" Jellal said.
"I'm not wrong. You forced children to work for you… you murdered your friends… and you even tried to kill Erza." Midnight said as Jellal began shaking and sweating. "Do you have any idea how many people you have brought sorrow to? Do you have any idea how many people have trembled in fear of you and shed tears because of you? Jellal. Join us. You are fit to be a new member of the six demons." Midnight said when suddenly Erza stood up.
"I… I know the light inside Jellal." Erza said as she let out a golden glow and requiped into her, Robe of Yuen, a beautiful Japanese attire reminiscent of a revealing kimono. It was a short sleeveless tunic decorated with many flower motifs, which was revealing openings on the sides and front, exposing much of her large chest. These openings are held by a large, dark obi, which has a thin red robe tied around it, sporting a wide closing ribbon on the back. The front of her groin is covered by a long cloth hanging from her tunic, while the back is circled by another one, almost reaching down to her knees. Erza's legs had light pink stockings reaching up to her thigs, and she wore simple sandals. In her right hand, she held a Bisento.
"Oh? You can still stand? The rumors about you really are true, Erza. Destroying you will be a treat." Midnight said with a smirk.
Erza swung around her Bisento and directed its blade at Midnight. "I will put an end to your outlandish aims! I swear it!"
"Come Erza. No… Titania. Come, show me your true strength. Not that you'll actually be able to hit me, though." Midnight declared.
Erza leaped at Midnight and sliced her Bisento, but the slices reflected away from Midnight hitting the old buildings behind him. "I see, so that's how his magic works."
"It doesn't matter how nimble you are; my Reflector is unbeatable." Midnight said.
"I won't be so sure about that." Itachi leaped down to them.
"What?" Midnight questioned as Erza kept trying to slice him, then she slammed her palm into Midnight's chest sending him crashing into a wall.
"I assume you have found his weaknesses?" Itachi asked Erza.
"Yes, there are two weaknesses to his magic." Erza replied.
"I see, I thought you would only notice the first one." Itachi said with a small proud smile at Erza.
"Don't underestimate me, onii-chan. Like you always say, every magic has a weakness you just have to find it." Erza said with a smile. "His first weakness, even if he can bend magic and weapons away, what it can't do is bend a person's body. If he could it would have been quicker for him to bend my body rather than my armor."
"So what?" Midnight bend his hand to the side, as Erza's clothes twisted around her body, however Erza kept a calm expression. "I can squeeze you to death with your clothing anytime I want."
"His second weakness, is this!" Erza formed a magic circle over Midnight as multiple weapons formed over him directed at him with the sharp blades. Midnight looked in fear as he jumped away as the blades came raining down to the ground.
"You dodged my sword while you had my armor twisted around. Why didn't you simple curve the sword's trajectory? It was because you can only bend one spot at a time, either the area around you or the area around your opponent. So while your spell is active on me, you can't deploy your Reflector around you." Erza said.
"Guess you won't need my help." Itachi said and walked over to Jellal. "You okay?"
"I-I'm fine…" Jellal replied as he watched Erza in awe.
"What's more, this Yonder Robe armor can stretch and contract freely. Your magic has no effect on it!" Erza declared as she broke free from the twist. "I guess there are three weaknesses if you include this armor."
"Damn… Just a little sooner…!" Midnight hit his fists into the ground.
"This battle is over. Surrender peacefully." Erza said.
Midnight let out a chuckle. "It's midnight now… If only you had let me beat you sooner you could rest in peace… without having to witness true terror." A sound of a bell was heard.
"What is that?" Erza questioned.
"A bell?" Jellal questioned.
"It's marking the midnight hour. And… at midnight, my twisting reaches its peak!" Midnight began turning into a large monster with the sky turning dark red, along with the space. But Itachi and Erza remained calm. "Don't blame me for whatever happens now!"
"Want me to deal with this?" Itachi asked.
"No, after the training you put me through I can deal with this." Erza said and closed her left eye.
"Now feel the horror of midnight!" Midnight laughed.
"Hn." Erza charged and swung her Bisento at the large monster as everything around them shattered and the sky and space looked normal, and Midnight was still human. "This illusion is nothing. Thanks to onii-chan's training, illusions of that level has no effect on me."
"Huh? My illusions didn't work?!" Midnight questioned in fear.
"Also, thanks to my artificial eye visual illusions have no effect on me. The only visual illusion that works on me belongs to onii-chan." Erza said.
Flashback 4 years ago
Erza was panting as she faced Itachi behind the guildhall. "HIIIIYYYYAAAAHHHHH!" Erza charged.
"You have learned how to resist normal illusions to some degree, and thanks to your artificial eye you have become immune to normal visual illusions. However…" Itachi said and pointed at Erza as Erza sliced him and he vanished in a pack of crows. "There are other ways besides visual genjutsu. All I have to do is to manipulate the flow of your ethernano. You need to notice when you are in an illusion. Let's keep going, one day you might meet an opponent that uses illusions."
"Yeah… Let's go!"
Flashback end
"Th-This can't be… I'm the ultimate… I'm the ultimate member of the Oracion Seis… I surpass even my father… I'm unequaled… I'm the greatest wizard… of all…" Midnight cried.
"If you can still laugh at people's suffering, then you still have a long way to go to achieve greatness." Erza said.
"Father…" Midnight uttered before he fell unconscious.
"I think that takes care of all the Oracion Seis members." Itachi said.
"All of them have been beaten?" Erza questioned.
"Yeah, that is if Jura has beaten Brain yet." Itachi replied. "So far Sasori is the only one left." Itachi said when suddenly he felt an immense magic pressure that of a wizard saint, only that it was dark. "This… what is going on?"
"I'm not sure." Erza replied as the city stopped in front of the Cait Shelter guild, looking like it was charging up an energy attack that could destroy the guild.
"Damn looks like we've reached Cait Shelter!" Jellal said.
"Jellal!" They turned to the side and saw Wendy and Charle.
"Wendy! You are alright, that's great." Erza said.
"Yes!" Wendy said and then looked over to Jellal. "Jellal…"
"Who are you?" Jellal asked as Wendy gained a sad expression.
"Jellal has lost his memory. He doesn't seem to remember you or me." Erza said.
"Oh. So that's why…" Wendy said.
"What is your name?" Jellal questioned.
"I'm Wendy, Wendy Marvel."
"Wendy Marvel? Did I used to know you?" Jellal questioned.
"You haven't forgotten how to stop Nirvana as well, I hope?!" Charle said.
"W-Well. A self-destruction magic circle won't work at this point. There's nothing more I can do now. I'm sorry." Jellal said.
"Oh, no…" Wendy said.
"Hold on just a minute! What's going to happen to our guild, then?! It's right there! We have to stop this at once-!" Charle said when suddenly the city began to shake as the energy it charged up grew in size.
"That's…!" Erza said as they all ran to see what was happening and saw that the cannon was directed at Cait Shelter.
"It's Cait Shelter!" Wendy said.
"This light… This magic power! It's going to fire a Nirvana blast?!" Erza questioned in shock.
"Oh, no…" Charle said as tears formed in both her and Wendy's eyes.
"Stop!" Wendy cried as a blast attack was shoot from Nirvana. But just in time a blast hit one of Nirvana's back legs making it bend backwards so the blast flew upwards just missing Cait Shelter. Other blasts then hit the rest of Nirvana's legs.
They looked up in the air. "That's… The magic bomber, Christina!" Erza said with a look of relief. Seeing the damaged ship in the air.
"Can anyone hear me?! Someone! Anyone! Respond! Respond if you're okay!" Hibiki's voice echoed through their minds.
"That voice… Hibiki!" Erza said.
"Erza-san? Itachi-san? And little Wendy-chan! You're okay! And Senpai! Thank goodness!" Hibiki said proving that Ichiya was at least alive.
"What's going on? I thought Christina had been shot down?" Erza questioned.
"Yes, they effortlessly shot her down near the entrance to the woodsea." Charle said.
"It looks like one of the wings is made out of ice. Looks like Lyon and the others are helping holding the ship up." Itachi said.
"Yeah, that's right. We're just about out of magic power. We can't attack anymore from the ship. I'm not even sure how long we can stay in the air… Don't worry about us. There's one last thing you need to hear! It took a while, but I finally found it in the Archive! A way to stop Nirvana!" Hibiki said.
"Really?" Erza questioned.
"You know those six leg-like things Nirvana has? They actually act like pipes that suck in magic power from the earth. At the base of each leg is a lacrima that controls the supply of magic power. Destroying all six at once will cause a full shutdown of Nirvana. One by one won't work! The other lacrimas will just repair the damage!" Hibiki said.
"Six separate lacrimas at the same time?! How?!" Erza questioned as to how they would manage to take them all out at the same time.
"I wish I could be in charge of the timing… but I don't think I can maintain my telepathy that long. I'm uploading the timing into your heads. Twenty minutes should do, it's just before Nirvana's blast is re-charged. If anyone can do this, it's you guys. I believe in you."
"Such pointlessness." A new dark voice was heard. "I am Zero. Master Zero of the Oracion Seis. First, allow me to commend you. To think there's someone else who can use the same Archive magic as Brain… Hear me, wizards of light! I now intend to destroy everything! I started by destroying four of your friends. A Dragon Slayer… an ice Maker wizard… a Take Over wizard… and a celestial wizard. Oh, and a cat."
"Natsu and the others!" Hibiki said in shock.
"You're lying!" Wendy screamed.
"Just now, you mentioned destroying the lacrimas all at once. I'm standing in front of one of them at this very moment." Zero let out a maniacal laughter. "As long as I'm here, destroying them simultaneously will be impossible! Plus, you still have my hired Puppet Master, Sasori to deal with!"
"Zero's telepathy has stopped." Hibiki informed.
"If we're to destroy the six lacrimas all at the same time, then our only option is to split up and head for all six spots. There's a one-in-six chance of running into Zero. What's more, we can assume only Erza and Itachi has any real chance winning against him." Jellal said.
"Hold on! What are you saying?! We don't even have six wizards capable of destroying the lacrimas!" Charle said.
"I-I…! I can't use destruction magic… I can't! I'm sorry!" Wendy bowed.
"There are three of us here." Erza looked at Itachi and Jellal. "Is anyone else able-bodied enough?!"
"My honey. I'm here. Although I'm tied up." Ichiya said sounding like he was crying.
"Try and reach Natsu and the others! Some of them must have some magic power enough at least to destroy a lacrima!" Itachi said.
"I will try. Natsu-san! Gray-san! Lucy-chan! Mira-chan! Can you hear me! We need your help to take down Nirvana! There are six lacrimas in the tunnel of Nirvana's legs! We need to destroy them simultaneously! In at least 18 minutes from now we need to destroy the lacrimas! And guarding one of them is Zero! Please, respond!"
"W-We… hear you…" Natsu's voice was heard.
"Six lacrimas… at the same time…" Gray said.
"One lucky person's gonna get the chance to trash Zero too… right?" Lucy said.
"We have at least 18 minuets…" Mira said.
"No problem! We will protect Wendy and Charle's guild!" Happy said.
"I'm running out of power… I have downloaded a map to each of the lacrimas with numbers marking them… you should all pick a number and go to…" Hibiki said.
"Number 1!" Natsu said
"Number 2!" Gray said.
"Number 3!" Lucy said.
"Number 4!" Mira said.
"I'll take 5!" Erza declared.
"I'll take 6." Itachi said.
"Then let's go!" Natsu screamed.
"Zero is most likely at number 1 isn't he." Itachi said with a sigh.
"Yeah, he has a good nose. I'm certain that he picked number 1 because of that." Erza said.
"Then let's go help him out! If we all fight together-!" Wendy said.
"Don't underestimate Natsu. If he gets serious, he can pull it off." Itachi said.
"Let's head to our own posts." Erza said and began walking in the direction of lacrima 5.
"Not so fast." A familiar voice was heard as Itachi, Erza and Jellal turned to the source and spotted Sasori.
"Sasori." Itachi stared at the puppet master with his sharingan activated.
"Itachi, I've been looking for you." Sasori said with a smirk.
"Tell me Sasori, why would you work for the Oracion Seis?" Itachi questioned.
"Why? Why not? I help them and they supply me with subjects. Such as this one." Sasori held up a scroll. "This one I quite rare, not far away from Zero's level actually." In a puff of smoke a puppet appeared, one that was familiar to both Erza and Itachi.
"That's…?!" Erza questioned in shock with wide eyes.
"Phantom Lord's master, Jose." Itachi said as he saw the human puppet that once was Jose, the master of the Phantom Lord guild.
"Like I said quite rare, he wasn't that difficult to kill either. Once Brain lead me to him I killed him and now I have modified his body into a part of my puppet collection. I have been dying to test it out, and you Itachi, will make the perfect test subject." Sasori declared with a smirk.
"Leave, I will deal with Sasori. Wendy will take my post." Itachi said.
"Wh-What?! But I can't!" Wendy said looking scared of Sasori.
"You're a Dragon Slayer, you have a magic which was meant to kill beings that are known for their destructive power. You have the power." Itachi said as he didn't take his eyes of Sasori.
"Why can't Jellal do it?" Wendy questioned.
"I have something else planned for him, now go." Itachi ordered.
"Come on Wendy." Erza said reaching her hand out to the little girl.
"Umm, o-okay…" Wendy took Erza's hand as Charle flew after them.
"Jellal, look into my eyes." Itachi said and Jellal looked into his eyes. Itachi widened his eyes looking him in the eyes with his sharingan.
"Ugh! M-My memories…" Jellal uttered placing his right hand over his temple.
"I have helped you get some of your memories back such as whom I and Erza am. Now I want you to do me a favor." Itachi said.
"Wh-What?" Jellal asked.
"Natsu will need some help, and you know some fire magic do you not? So I want you to go to him and give him some power." Itachi replied.
"Why do you trust me?" Jellal questioned with a look of confusion.
"Well, you haven't attacked me yet. Plus, I could tell that your filled with regret for what you have done. Which is why you said those words to me underwater back when I beat you." Itachi replied with a kind smile, remembering Jellal saying "Thank you" to him before he sank to the depth of the ocean.
"Fine… once again, thank you." Jellal said with a smile as he ran towards the first lacrima.
"So, shall we begin?" Itachi looked at Sasori with a stone-cold expression.
"Heh. I have always wanted to make someone like you a part of my collection. I can't wait to learn all of your bodies secrets." Sasori said with a wicked smirk.
"Seems like you still only care about your little art."
"Not true, now I care about the next generation of artists like myself. But, you are not exactly and artist so I couldn't give a damn about you." Sasori said.
From Itachi's sleeves fell three kunai's in each of his hands, he then threw the kunai's at Sasori. Sasori moved his fingers as they had blue chakra strings on the fingertips, the Jose puppet directed its hands at Itachi shooting out multiple kunai knifes dripped in poison. But on Itachi's kunai knifes were paper bomb tags that blew up once they were next to Sasori's kunai's.
Itachi leaped from the side of the black smoke cloud and performed a few hand signs, Itachi then inhaled his breath.
Fire Style: Fireball!
Itachi spitted out a large ball of fire, Sasori quickly reacted as the Jose puppet directed its hands on the fireball.
Dead Wave!
The Jose puppet blasted a dark purple wave from a thin cannon like thing on its arm that collided with the fireball creating a massive explosion. Itachi jumped up from the smoke while holding shurikens in his hands.
Fire Style: Phoenix Flower!
Itachi spitted out a volley of fireballs and threw the shurikens into the fireballs merging them as they flew towards Sasori. Sasori brought the Jose puppet in front of him and raised its right arm as the arm opened forming a blue energy chakra shield, blocking the burning shurikens. "Crafty as always." Sasori said with a smirk.
"Resourceful as always." Itachi said.
Shade Entangled!
Shades wrapped around Itachi's body strangling him, tightening the grip. "Got you!" Sasori said, when suddenly Itachi leaped out from the side of the shade, as the Itachi trapped in the shade vanished in a puff of smoke. 'Despite that he was able to wave signs for a shadow clone?!' Sasori thought.
Chidori Stream!
Itachi placed his hand on the ground as a wave of lightning flickered on the ground in a stream towards Sasori. "He can use lightning style?!" Sasori questioned as he leaped up onto the top of a pillar.
Dead Wave!
Sasori blasted a wave of dark energy at Itachi whom performed a new set of hand signs.
Wood Style: Wood Wall!
A wall made out of wood blocked the dark energy wave, Itachi saw that the wall was about to crack he then jumped back.
Earth Style: Mud Dragon!
A Chinese dragon made out of mud flew above the wall and charged at Sasori. "Earth style? And wood style?!" Sasori questioned in shock, he then lifted his hands up as Jose's Dead Wave directed up at the mud dragon. Sasori leaped to the side as the Jose puppet shot a barrage of kunai knifes that were all drenched in poison.
"Hn." Itachi used his sharingan to dodge all of the kunai knifes and used his own kunai knife to deflect some of them.
"Not bad, with your sharingan you can predict my movements easily. But I'm not nearly done." Sasori twitched his fingers as the Jose puppet opened its mouth shooting out several poison needles.
Itachi narrowed his eyes and with his incredible speed, he threw several shuriken's that managed to block the needles. Itachi and Sasori were locked in a stalemate with the shuriken's and poison needles, as they both kept barraging each other.
Shuriken's and needles were stabbed all over the ground around them. The Jose puppet stopped firing needles as it had run out. Itachi leaped back a few steps and so did Sasori. Itachi focused his eyes on Sasori and his finger movements. 'Even the slightest movement can indicate that his about to attack.' Itachi thought.
"Let's see you dodge this one." Sasori smirked as the Jose puppet opened up areas on its arm with seal marks on them. "Ha!" The Jose puppet summoned multiple puppet arms from the seal tags that were sent like a wave of arms at Itachi. Each of the arms had blades sticking from them dripped in poison. Itachi jumped back as the arms followed after him. Sasori flicked his fingers as ropes flew from some of the arms with kunai knifes attached to the end of them.
"Ugh." Itachi's legs and arms were tied up by robes as a fifth rope wrapped around his neck.
"Time to finish this." Sasori declared as the other arms with the poison blades charged at Itachi. Once the blades stabbed into Itachi Sasori smirked in victory. He then widened his eyes as Itachi turned into a pack of crows. "Genjutsu? Since when did he—"
"I placed the genjutsu on you since the beginning of the fight. I was just waiting to trigger its effect on you." Itachi's voice echoed around them as the crow's gathered into him.
"I see. Your skills with genjutsu is almost unparalleled. But this one is not that difficult to break free from." Sasori performed a few hand signs and focused his chakra to shut off. And then he bursted his chakra out. "Release!"
"Hn." Itachi uttered as the space around them returned to normal, with only the wave of arms stabbed into the ground while Itachi stood beside them.
"I have heard stories, that you have an extremely powerful genjutsu at your disposal. Yet you did not use it, I'm sure you could have killed me. Why didn't you?" Sasori questioned with an emotionless expression.
"I have some questions for you, that's why. Besides I do not wish to waste my chakra." Itachi replied.
"Heh." Sasori smirked and twitched his fingers as holes opened up on some of the arms that were stabbed into the ground. "Remember, take a deep breath." Sasori smirked as a dark purple mist came from the holes.
"Poison." Itachi leaped far back away from the mist. When suddenly several needles came out from the mist, shoot from the arms. Itachi formed a shadow clone to take the hit.
Jellyfish Form!
The Jose puppet lifted its arms as shade arms charged at Itachi whom used his sharingan to dodge them as he moved closer to Sasori and his Jose puppet. Itachi formed a small blue sphere of chakra in his hand. Itachi leaped in the air dodging the last shade arm, he then swung the blue sphere into the Jose puppet.
Rasengan!
The Jose puppet broke into several pieces as Sasori stood there with a surprised expression. "I should have known that you would destroy it." Sasori removed his black cloak as he revealed his upper body, that to Itachi's surprise was a puppet body. "It has been awhile, since last I used myself." Sasori said as a black wire stabbed into the ground, and he then opened a hole in his chest as he brought out a scroll. "Welcome to hell!" Sasori said opening the scroll as several puppets popped out from it, and chakra treads flew out from the hole in his chest.
New Secret Move: 1000 Puppets!
In front of Itachi was Sasori and an army of 1000 human puppets. "I have been quite busy since I got here, as you can see." Sasori said with a smirk, a wave of puppets charged at Itachi all of them holding blades and having multiple blades coming from their arms.
Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!
Itachi spitted out a wave of fire that spread across a large area. "Heh. Nice try." Sasori directed his hands at Itachi as in his palms were three different thin small cannons.
Water Style: Water Blast!
From one of Sasori's cannons on each of his hands shot out a wave of water in a stream. The streams of water crashed into the wave of fire creating a large mist as the fire was put out. The streams of water kept going after Itachi, Itachi ran away as he hid himself behind a building, but the water stream blasted right through it.
"Damn, the power of his water is intense." Itachi leaped back as he formed a few hand signs.
Earth Style: Mud Flood!
The earth around him turned into a flood of mud that crashed into the water stream absorbing the water bit by bit. "Let's change that up, shall we?" Sasori's cannons deactivated the water.
Fire Style: Inferno Blast!
Sasori shot out from another cannon from each of his hands a wave of fire, the fire waves burned through the mud and headed towards Itachi. The wave of fire blasted Itachi as he vanished in a puff of smoke. Itachi appeared behind Sasori and kicked him in the face, Sasori brought out blade like wings from his back that span around slicing Itachi. Itachi turned into a pack of crows. "Another genjutsu?" Sasori questioned, he performed another set of hand signs "Release". Once he broke free from the genjutsu he looked below him and saw Itachi holding onto the black wire.
Chidori!
Itachi sent a wave of lightning up the wire electrocuting Itachi creating cracks in his body, and then hitting a core in his right chest with the kanji symbol for "scorpion" making Sasori twitch his eyes in pain.
Wind Style: Wind Blast!
The third cannons on Sasori's hands blasting Itachi with a wave of wind that pushed Itachi away from the wire. Suddenly the city began to shake as all of the legs had an explosion coming from them, Nirvana began to fall. "They did it." Itachi said with a smirk.
"No way, they beat Zero?" Sasori questioned in shock.
Suddenly Nirvana began falling apart as the legs fell off. "Hope they get out, in time." Itachi said as he dodged a wave of puppets from Sasori.
"Not so fast." Sasori said as all the puppets shoot out multiple poison needles. Itachi used his sharingan to dodge most of the needles and to be able to precisely throw shuriken's at the rest of the needles deflecting them. The puppet army charged at Itachi, when one of them managed to stab Itachi with a katana. Itachi then out of nowhere exploded in a fiery explosion. "He created a shadow clone, and blew it up?"
Itachi was behind a pillar and he was panting. 'Not good, I'm running low on stamina. Despite Wendy helping me being able to access more power, she wasn't able to help me with my stamina. If it weren't for this sickness I wouldn't have been this exhausted. But, I can still go on.' Itachi thought as he leaped up from behind the pillar and threw three kunai knifes with paper bombs attached to them at Sasori.
"Sneaky brat." Sasori uttered as he blocked the kunai knifes and the blast with a chakra shield. Then the cannons on in hands charged up.
Triple Element Blast!
Sasori blasted a stream wave of water, fire, wind from the cannons on each of his arms. "Take this!"
Susano'o!
Itachi formed a red spectral humanoid around him holding a shield blocking the attack, and reflecting it back at Sasori. "Wh-What?!" Sasori questioned as he was blasted by his own attack. Itachi was panting, struggling holding the Susano'o up. Suddenly the Susano'o gained an armor and in one arm it held a spiritual sword, and it had the shield in the other. "Damn you!" Sasori charged half of his puppet army at Itachi.
Itachi's Susano'o blocked the puppet army with the Yata Mirror sending them flying back and breaking they're weapons, and then swung the Totsuka Blade at half the puppet army destroying most of them. Itachi's Susano'o then had Magatama beads forming around it.
Yasaka Magatama!
Itachi's Susano'o then threw the beads at the rest of the puppets that attacked him destroying the rest of them, as Sasori had 500 puppets left. "Looks like most of your toys are broken." Itachi said as he twitched his body in pain as the Susano'o faded.
"I still have 500 of them, it's over!" Sasori declared with a smirk as the rest of the puppet army charged at Itachi.
Itachi then cried tears of blood from his right eye as he looked at the puppet army with his mangekyou. "Yes, it is over, for you that is."
Amaterasu!
Black flames erupted on the rest of the puppet army spreading around them, burning them slowly into crisps. "Black flames? Are these the Black flames I have heard about?" Sasori questioned in surprise as before he knew it, his entire puppet army had been reduced to ash. Sasori gritted his teeth as his black wire flew towards Itachi, stabbing into the ground in front of him. Sasori then flew towards Itachi with his wings blades rotating. Itachi widened his eyes as some of the black flames flew at the wing blades and the wire. "Dammit!" Sasori flicked his fingers as the wing blades fell off his back, he then removed his left hand that had a katana blade coming from it, and then Sasori swung the blade cutting the wire before the flames reached him.
Sasori then directed his right arm and blasted Itachi with a wave of fire, water, and wind. The waves impaled Itachi as he vanished in a puff of smoke. "Another shadow clone?!" Sasori questioned then suddenly a blade of lightning stabbed through his core.
Chidori Blade!
The blade was stabbing out from beneath the ground, which collapsed revealing Itachi with his right arm with lightning flickering around his hand, directed at Sasori. Itachi then stretched out his fingers as needles of lightning stabbed out from Sasori's entire body.
"N-No way…" Sasori uttered as a trail of blood dripped from his core.
Itachi panted as the lightning blade faded and Sasori's body fell to the ground. Itachi walked over to Sasori's body and looked down on him. "Tell me, how did you get here?"
"To the Oracion Seis?" Sasori questioned.
"You know what I mean." Itachi said as Sasori smirked.
"I was just as confused as you when I first woke up here. But I at least know how I got here." Sasori said.
"Do you know how I got here as well?" Itachi asked.
"Heh. Who knows…" Sasori smirked. "But tell me, how can you use all elements? And even wood style?"
"What are you talking about? The Ethernano gives us the ability to use more elements." Itachi said.
Sasori let out a weak laughter. "The ethernano has nothing to do with it, it only gives us a small power boost. It has nothing to do with the elements."
"What? Then why can I…?"
"That's what I'm asking… Must have something to do with the way you were brought back into this world." Sasori said.
"How was I brought back?! Tell me!" Itachi demanded.
"You can't threaten me… my body doesn't feel any pain." Sasori smirked and let out a light evil chuckle. "But I will give you a hint. It has something to do with the most darkest blackest secret this world has. More than that I will not tell you."
"… Fine, are there others, besides me, you, and Hidan?"
"Hidan's here? I had no idea."
"He said he was brought here through a summoning of some sort." Itachi said.
"Heh. Guess that's one way to go… but yes there are others… some of them you and I know very well." Sasori replied with a smirk. "Don't worry though, they will find you."
"Someone I and you know? Akatsuki members." Itachi said narrowing his eyes.
"Heh. You guessed it…" Sasori uttered.
"We're done here." Itachi turned around.
"You're just going to leave me out here to die?" Sasori questioned.
"Your core is destroyed, so you will die anyway." Itachi said and began walking.
"You really think someone like you, can walk the path of light?" Sasori asked as Itachi stopped in his tracks. "I can't wait, to see the look on your guildmates faces… when they find out what kind of a monster you really are." Sasori said as a kunai flew into his core, the kunai had multiple paper bombs attached to it. Sasori widened his eyes then his core was blown to bits and his body laid on the ground, lifeless. And Itachi walked away from the scene.
Itachi walked into the woods and to his surprise he spotted his friends fighting against members of the magic council whom had arrested Hoteye and tried to arrest Jellal. And the leader of the magic council army was Lahar. And to his surprise even Jura fought the council as well as Ichiya.
"Come on, Jellal! You can't leave Erza! You have to stay by her side! For Erza's sake! So come on! You're on of us man!" Natsu screamed.
"Arrest all of them!" Lahar shouted.
"Enough!" Itachi shouted and walked down to them. "Stay down, Natsu, Gray, everyone."
"But Jellal was the one who stopped Nirvana!" Gray protested.
"Enough!" Erza shouted this time, her body shaken with sadness. "Jellal. Take him away." Erza said no matter how much it pained her.
"Erza!" Natsu said.
"Sit!" Erza ordered.
"Yes, Ma'am!" Natsu sat down in fear.
The council escorted Jellal to the carriage. "I remember now. It was the color of your hair." Jellal said as Erza widened her eyes in shock. "Goodbye Erza."
Erza walked off leaving the rest behind. "She needs to be alone." Itachi said.
"Itachi, are you okay? You didn't use too much power, did you?" Mira asked with a worried expression.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was pushed to my limits, but I'm fine. Right now I'm more worried about Erza." Itachi looked at the hill where Erza went to.
"You should go to her. You're her brother." Mira placed her hand on Itachi's shoulder.
"I don't think it's a good idea. She wants to be alone." Itachi said.
"Just go." Mira gently pushed his back.
Itachi let out a sigh and walked towards the hill. Once he got there he saw Erza crying while looking at the sunrise. Itachi sat down next to Erza, placing his hand on her shoulder. She looked at him with tears running down her face. Itachi had suspected it, but now for him it was no doubt in his mind. Erza was in love with Jellal. Itachi pulled Erza in for a comforting warm hug as she cried into his shoulder, while he stroked her long red scarlet hair.
Later: Cait Shelter guild
Everyone were gathered at the Cait Shelter guild for them to show their appreciation for all their help with Nirvana. "Fairy Tail. Blue Pegasus. Lamia Scale. And Wendy and Charle. You have done well in defeating the Oracion Seis and stopping Nirvana. On behalf of the regional guild league, I, Roubaul, offer my gratitude." The Cait Shelter master, whom was a short old man with a white beard, dressed like a chief with feathers decorated around his head. "Thank you. Nabura thank you."
"You're welcome, Master Roubaul!" Ichiya said. "Our clash with the Oracion Seis was one intense fight after another! It was not an easy battle at all… but our bonds of friendship… led us to victory!"
""Well said, Sensei!""
"Man!"
"Look at him hogging the spotlight like that…" Gray said.
"Remind me, who did he fight again?" Lucy said.
"I guess it's all over." Sherry said.
"You both did very well, too!" Jura placed his hands on Sherry and Lyon's shoulder.
"This calls for a party!" Natsu declared with a wide grin.
"Aye sir!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes! It's time for Ichiya!"
""It's time for Ichiya!""
"… to get down!"
""… to get down!""
"Hit it! Party! Party! Party! Party! Party! Party!"
""Party! Party! Party! Party!"" The Blue Pegasus gang chanted.
"A party, huh?" Gray said as his shirt was gone.
"Don't take you clothes off!" Lucy said she then spotted Lyon doing the same as Gray. "You too!"
Before they knew it everyone, besides Itachi, Erza, and the Cait Shelter members were chanting. "Party!" they all stopped when they saw the Cait Shelter members not joining them.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"My sincerest apologies for not telling you about the Nirvits…" The Cait Shelter master said.
"You're gonna kill the mood because of that?" Happy questioned.
"It's not even a big of a deal to us. Right?" Natsu said.
"It doesn't bother me either, Master." Wendy said.
"Everyone. Please listen well to what I have to say. First off, we aren't descendants of the Nirvits. We are the Nirvits. Nirvana was created 400 years ago… by me."
"What?!" Lyon questioned.
"No way…" Lucy said.
"400 years ago?" Happy questioned as most of them had a dumbfounded expression.
"400 years ago, I made Nirvana, a magical creation for reversing morality, in an attempt to end the warring that covered the world. Nirvana became our homeland… and ushered in a new age as a symbol of peace. However… Tremendous power always comes with an opposite of equal strength. Nirvana had changed darkness into light, but in doing do, became stepped in the darkness it took. It had to maintain a balance. Turning people to the side of light wasn't without restrictions. Light is born from darkness, and darkness is always born from light." The Cait Shelter Master kept explaining how the Nirvits began killing each other to extinction and that he was the only survivor.
"Huh?" Wendy questioned in shock.
"No, perhaps that isn't quite the right phrase to use now. My body ceased to be long ago, I'm now something akin to a projection. To atone for these sins of mine I, as a powerless spirit, have kept watch over this place for 400 years waiting for one capable of destroying Nirvana in my place to appear. And now… that role has finally been fulfilled."
"Th-That's…" Wendy uttered as everyone from Cait Shelter began to vanish one by one. "What is this? Everyone…!"
"Guys!" Charle said.
"Maguna! Pepel!" Wendy shouted.
"What's going on?! They're vanishing!" Hibiki said in shock.
"They are all illusion." Itachi said.
"No! Everyone…! Don't disappear!" Wendy cried.
"I'm sorry for having fooled you. All the guild members… are illusions I created. I lived alone in this deserted village so that I could watch over Nirvana. Seven years ago, a lone boy came to me with a little girl. He had such a forthright look in her eyes that, before I knew it, I had agreed. Even though I had chosen to remain all alone… I told you this was a guild. And then I created illusionary friends."
"You created a guild for Wendy?!" lucy questioned.
"I don't want to hear this!" Wendy cried.
"Wendy… Charle… You've no longer any need for fabricated friends. You have real friends now." The master said with a smile as he as well began to vanish. "Your futures… have just begun."
"Master!" Wendy cried.
"Thank you very much, all of you. I leave Wendy and Charle in your hands." The master said as he vanished, and then Wendy's guild mark vanished as well.
"Master!" Wendy fell to her knees and cried. As everyone gave her a look of sympathy.
Erza walked over to her and placed her hand on her shoulder. "Parting with a loved one always brings pain… But your friends will sooth you. Come with us. To Fairy Tail!" Erza said with a comforting smile.
Itachi smiled. 'She has grown up so much.' Itachi thought as he looked at Erza. Mira then held onto his right hand and gave him a smile. Itachi smiled back, but then he remembered Sasori's words. "I can't wait, to see the look on your guildmates faces… when they find out what kind of a monster you really are." Itachi kept his smile up, but he was clenching his left hand.
In an unknown location
Inside a dark room was a large glass tank of water, and then suddenly a lot of bubbles appeared in the water and inside came the red-haired puppet master, Sasori. "I assume it went well?" A mysterious yet familiar voice for the puppet master.
"He is strong, stronger than I expected." Sasori replied to the mysterious figure.
"Itachi passed the test then?" The voice asked.
"Yes, if I had showed him my new powers I wonder how the fight would have gone?" Sasori replied.
"I still don't see the need you had for holding back." The mysterious voice said as the figure walked closer, his body was clearly that of a grown man and his voice was very deep.
"Well, I didn't want to go overboard. I might have killed him." Sasori said with a small smile.
"Hn, he was stronger than you before you got your new power. And he has new powers as well, I don't see how you could have won by yourself."
"Well, I can say the same for you. Let me know how you did it when it's your turn to face him." Sasori said with a hint of annoyance in his voice directed at this mysterious figure.
"Hmm!" The figure turned around revealing a pair of green soulless eyes, before he walked out the door.
That's the end for now!
Yes, I have added something new. Sasori is alive, and no it's not because of everyone complaining that he wasn't as overpowered as Itachi. I always had something planned for the Akatsuki members that I brought back (minus Hidan his gone forever.) I just wanted to keep it a secret a little longer. But seeing as several people complained I decided to let you all in on the fact that Sasori is alive.
My original plan for the reveal was that the next Akatsuki member whom Sasori was talking to just now. Would reveal it to Itachi and the rest of you whenever he shows up. Whom it is, I think you all know, if you don't I'm not going to tell you yet. Also, to does who knows where Sasori ended up just now, please keep it out of the reviews and PM me instead. I don't want whomever didn't understand it to not be spoiled.
And yes, I always planned for Sasori to have some sort of power up, same with the remaining Akatsuki members (besides Hidan). The only problem was I was not sure what that power up would be. So, that's also why I kept the part of Sasori being alive in the dark first while I planned out what power up he should have. But, now I revealed it, and that he has some powers he didn't show during the fight. Anyway, the next chapter, chapter 19/18 depending if you count the prologue as a chapter or not, will be out next week, I will try and release it on January 20th.
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