A/N: In case some of you haven't seen it, back in chapter 14/15 (depending if you count the prologue as a chapter or not) "Darkness vs Light" I have added something extra in the end, which I was going to keep a secret for a little while longer. Sasori is alive, and I have big plans for him and the other Akatsuki members that I have brought back (besides Hidan he is gone for good) go and see for yourselves I don't want to repeat what I said about him being alive in that chapter all over again. And, no I didn't do it suddenly because a few (I made it sound like a lot in the extra thing I added, but it was actually only a few) people were complaining, this was the original plan from the beginning when I considered bringing in other Akatsuki members.
WATCHER89: Thank you very much. And I know, people always seem to underestimate Itachi thanks to all those who have overestimated him and said that he can beat Madara and shit like that. They always seem to forget that we never saw his full power and that his sickness heavily affected his stamina and strength, which is what a sickness from your heart or lungs will do to you. But true, this Itachi is stronger than cannon Itachi for following reasons. One, the mysterious way he was brought back gave him new powers and abilities. Two, he has had the opportunity to train for years now which he didn't do in the cannon story since he was waiting for Sasuke to grow stronger and kill him, Itachi at that point had no desire to train or get stronger, and the Ethernano has given him a power boost same with all Akastuki members that were brought back. Anyway, thank you for your support.
Shadow Joestar: Thanks, and now they will all rest for a bit before more danger arrives.
Mr. Haziq: Yeah, well I think Itachi having kamui is too much at this point.
JAKEenstein: Thanks!
zubhanwc3: Thanks, and who knows what will happen (well besides me of course, lol) And yeah, he could maybe have done better in an environment filled with Ethernano.
Supreme Darkness: I'm not sure what claims you are referring to exactly, but the ones I can think of that I have made that I made sound legit was the things I found on the wikia page, the databooks, statements from the manga and the anime. And I said Fire, water and wind, not fire, earth and wind. And Itachi has been seen using water style based ninjutsu, it's even stated in the Naruto Wikia that Itachi could perform the advanced Water Dragon Bullet Technique without an external water source. And he uses wind to power up his fire style. And if your referring to what I have said about Itachi beating Akatsuki members like Kisame, Sasori and Kakuzu it's obviously just my own opinion. The only Akatsuki members in my opinion that are stronger than Itachi are Nagato and Obito. Kisame admits that he is weaker than Itachi when he says he is sure Itachi could take on Jiraiya but his not so sure about himself. And Kabuto confirms that Itachi and Nagato are his two strongest edo tensei summoning's besides Madara. Meaning Itachi is stronger than Kakuzu and Sasori and all the other reanimated shinobi Kabuto had besides Nagato and Madara. And then there are the ones were I only made assumptions on how strong a healthy Itachi would be, or what sort of abilities he could possibly, maybe use.
Ak-Jaidyn: This will be a filler chapter so to speak, Itachi and everyone will relax then I will start with the S-class things in the next chapter. And like I said I had no idea on how to continue the idea of Itachi being Natsu and Zeref's older brother. If anyone wants to make a story where Itachi is Natsu and Zeref's older brother, then go right ahead.
Master Terra: Well, Itachi did say that he had some years to practice with his Susano'o just that he didn't find the need to try and improve it. The stamina thing was not an issue for Commander Itachi, well not that much anyway, since it was the sickness that caused Itachi to have so low stamina in the first place and since it looked like this sickness affected his heart and probably lungs as well, his stamina and strength would have been reduced heavily. And yeah, I forgot about the security measure Nagato has, but I didn't write it was raining either did I, so maybe he turned it off for a bit, he tended to turn the rain off every now and then after all. And I might not have written that part clearly but Obito warped himself along with the kunai to the kamui dimension and it was touching him slightly. Plus, Itachi is a pro when it comes to his chakra control I think he would have been able to hide himself for a second or two. And thanks, I might use those ninja-pills later on in the future as well, could be useful should Itachi ever run out of chakra during a fight.
Guest: Thanks!
ChunkyFunkyMunky: Well, bye, bye then.
MotionGear: Thanks!
Guest: Thanks, and at some point, very soon perhaps Itachi will reveal his past to the other Fairy Tail members.
nickclause: Thanks!
Red Raven 007: Like I said in the PM some want humor, action, dark and serious stuff. I can't make everyone happy. But I will say this humor will be used during unserious situations while it will get dark and serious at crucial points for Itachi like facing off against his old Akatsuki teammates.
Guest: Thanks, and yeah Erza's reaction will continue in this chapter.
Guest: Yeah, I'm planning on eventually going back and re-write some early chapters and a lot of things will be changed, I will either shorten the amount of gates Itachi can use or remove them, he will still use the rasengan however I will make it clear from around chapter 1-3 that at the time he can only use a weaker version while he trains later after that to perfect it (well get it to be a normal one at least, not giant rasengan or anything like that) even if Itachi didn't have the lightning affinity he can still copy the chidori since it requires hand seals. Anyway, some things will change from the chapters that I will re-write. I don't know if you'll read this though since I'm not sure if you're still reading the story. Let me know if you are.
alexkellar: Thanks, and that might have been a fun idea, I will see if I can fit that in this chapter somehow.
Chapter 18: Let's Party!
Itachi walked into the guildhall, still looking beaten up from his fight with his counterpart in Edolas. Yet he had a smile on his face. Everyone in the guild looked at him in bewilderment. "Hey what happened to you? You look like you were hit by a train." Macao said.
"No kidding, what the hell happened to you?" Wakaba questioned while blowing smoke out from his pipe.
Itachi ignored everyone and just walked up to the bar counter takin a seat next to the Master and Gildarts. "Wow kid, looks like your beaten up. Even more than when you and I fought back at the S-class trails." Gildarts said and then smirked. "Did you do something to piss of Mira?"
"No." Itachi replied while still smiling.
"What are you smiling about, Itachi my boy?" Makarov questioned with a look of confusion. Itachi usually doesn't smile that often, at least not for very long.
"Oh, they should be walking in any minute now." Itachi said and turned towards the entrance where in walked Lisanna whom had changed her clothes into that of a blue long-sleeved black striped shirt and green short-shorts along with brown shoes. And behind her was a smiling Mirajane, Elfman, Natsu, Gray, Erza, Juvia, Gajeel, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, Charle, and the newest Exceed Pantherlily.
"L-Lisanna…" Makarov uttered with wide eyes and sweat running down his forehead.
"N-No way… Natsu said she died…" Gildarts uttered just as shocked as the Master.
Itachi just smiled warmly ignoring the pain he felt all over his body from his battle with Commander Itachi. Before he went to the guild he had stopped by a certain healer in the woods that didn't like people, there his wounds were treated and he now had bandages wrapped around his upper body, his upper right arm, and his lower left leg, but they were all covered and hidden from the view of everyone by his clothing. Which was the usual a black leather jacket with a large red Fairy Tail mark on the back, dark blue jeans, black shoes, and a white shirt underneath his jacket.
"I-Is this for real…?" Macao questioned as everyone looked at Lisanna in shock.
"Y-You were… alive?" Wakaba questioned.
Lisanna had a small smile on her face and nodded, then to her surprise several of them jumped up with tears running down their eyes ready to embrace her in a hug. ""Lisanna!""
"Keep your filthy hands off!" Elfman punched them all away with a metallic beast arm, being an overprotective brother.
"That's the same reaction we had." Natsu said with a sweat drop.
"Aye." Happy said.
"Oh, my." Mira let out an amused chuckle.
"What a relief! The guild's back to how it was!" Lucy said.
"Ah. And it's like they don't know about the Anima stuff at all." Gray said with a grin.
"It was the same for Juvia when Itachi-sama broke her free from the lacrima in Edolas." Juvia said.
"In any case, I'm just glad they're safe." Erza said.
"Talk about insane." Gajeel said.
"So, this is a Wizard guild?" Pantherlily questioned.
"Lisanna!" Makarov walked up to the returned guild member.
"Master!" Lisanna said with joy.
"…"
"…"
"I always had faith." Makarov said.
"Huh?" Lisanna questioned in confusion.
"One raised by a guild is a child of that guild. What parent wouldn't worry about their child? What parent wouldn't have faith in their child? We can have a leisurely talk about everything later. Same with the rest of you." Makarov looked over to Natsu.
"Sure thing, Gramps!"
"In any case, I'm glad you're back!" Makarov smiled warmly.
"Master… I'm back… I'm really back, aren't I?" Lisanna had tears forming in her eyes.
"Yes. This will always be your home. Welcome back, Lisanna." Makarov said.
""Welcome back, Lisanna!"" Everyone cheered.
"I'm home!" Lisanna cried and tackled down Master Makarov in a big hug.
"Master!" Lucy said worried for the master's health.
"Lisanna-san! Please calm down!" Wendy said, also worried.
"Cry all you need… Before the party begins…!" Makarov said as Lisanna rubbed her cheek up against his while crying, and Makarov having two bumps on his head.
"Heh, you knew all along didn't you kid?" Gildarts said to Itachi with a smirk although not looking at him as he was too busy looking at the display of joy from everyone of Lisanna's return.
"…"
"Kid?" Gildarts turned to Itachi and widened his eyes in shock. Itachi sat on the bar counter, however he looked lifeless, he wasn't moving and his eyes were closed. He looked so peaceful as the sun light shined upon his smiling face.
""Ah!"" Several gasped when they saw how Itachi looked like.
"I-Itachi… Ugh!" Makarov clenched his fist with his eyes closed as tears formed in his eyes.
"I-I don't understand… He said he was cured…" Gray shook in shock seeing one of his closest friends looking like he was dead.
"Oh, no…" Mira uttered as a trail of tears ran down her eyes.
Erza then noticed Itachi whom had his eyes closed with a smile on his lips by the counter looking rather lifeless, she recalled what his original plan was and came to the worst conclusion. "Onii-chan!" Erza rushed over to Itachi and pushed everyone to the side and grabbed Itachi whom opened his eyes slightly when suddenly Erza grabbed him by the collar and began shaking him. "I thought you said you were cured?! Don't tell me you lied?! Don't leave us!"
"I'm alive! I'm alive!" Itachi tapped Erza's shoulder as she was still shaking him making him dizzier. "I just closed my eyes for a second." Itachi said as Erza embraced him in a hug.
"I was worried… After you told me your original plan, and I saw you looking lifeless… I just… freaked out." Erza uttered and Itachi warmly smiled and rubbed the top of Erza's head.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere any time soon. I will be here to see you keeping on growing stronger, and more beautiful. There is no way I will leave my dearest sister." Itachi said with a smile.
"That makes me so happy… I'm glad that your life is not in danger any longer." Erza said as memories of her first meeting Itachi at the tower, him rescuing her and promising Rob to take care of her, them walking together in the forest to find Fairy Tail, joining the guild together, going on various different jobs, Itachi leaving on a two-year long mission, Itachi returning to the guild, and everything that has happened with them until this very moment. It brought tears to her eyes.
"Come on now, let's celebrate the return of Lisanna." Itachi said as he couldn't help but notice everyone staring at him. "… What?"
"Di-Did Erza just say your cured?" Makarov questioned.
"Yeah, why?" Itachi replied.
"But how… I thought that the last herb you needed was…" Makarov uttered.
"Long story, let me explain." Itachi said and went on about explaining what happened, how everyone was trapped in a giant lacrima in an alternate world called Edolas and how they all almost turned into nothing but magic power. Which was a shock for everyone as they all paled on how close they all came to death. Itachi then explained how he, Gajeel, Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, Charle, Erza, Gray and Juvia rescued all of them and how they found Lisanna there and how she ended up there. He then explained that the last herb flower he needed was so common in Edolas that he just took one mixed it with the medicine he got from Porlyusica drank it, and after a few days he was cured of his terminal illness.
"You foolish brat!" Makarov smacked Itachi upside the head. "I thought you died! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Makarov scolded Itachi.
"I'm sorry I look so dead when I close my eyes…" Itachi said with a deadpan expression.
"Well, all in all, I'm glad your healthy again." Makarov said with a smile "Not only has one of my children returned… but another one is cured and will live longer than this old man…" Makarov said as manly tears formed in his eyes.
Mirajane looked at Itachi with tears forming in her eyes and she held her hands over her mouth to soften the sound of her crying. "Thank goodness…" Mira uttered in joy of not only her little sisters return, but for Itachi, her love, being cured.
"That settles it! We will party for Lisanna's return! And Itachi's health!" Makarov declared and everyone cheered.
The next moment everyone cheered with mugs filled with drinks, raised high. And everyone had a smile on their face. "The guild has changed so much!" Lisanna said in awe. "Not as much as you though Mira-nee…" Lisanna said still remembering her big sister's bad girl persona.
"You really think so?" Mira said with pure hearted kind smile.
"I guess Fairy Tail will always be Fairy Tail!" Lisanna said with a smile, and then she thought of something. "Oh, yeah Mira-nee!" Lisanna went up to her big sister and began to whisper something.
Itachi was across from the Strauss siblings, on the second floor. Enjoying strawberry cake with Erza whom was feeling too much joy to even care that Natsu was causing a ruckus down stairs. Fighting anyone that challenged him, of course Erza's patience wore thin when a chair flew crashing into their cakes. Erza shook as she stared at the stain that used to be her cake, looking like she was about to cry. "Oh, dear…" Itachi uttered knowing what was going to happen. "Three… two… one…"
"Natsu! How dare you destroy my cake! And ruin my celebration for Onii-chan's recovery!" Erza summoned forth a sword making everyone down stair shaking and trembling in fear. As the horror known as Erza jumped down to deliver punishment.
"Hn." Itachi smiled slightly as he heard everyone celebrating.
"Itachi…" Mira's voice reached his ears, he turned around to face the silver haired barmaid whom smiled warmly at him. "Thank you… Lisanna told me what you did for her and everything…"
"No need to thank me. I just wanted to help Lisanna find her way home back to you and Elfman, and back to Fairy Tail." Itachi said as Mira walked closer to him and looked at him with a faint blush while avoiding his gaze. "Is something wrong?"
"No, I just wanted to say… thank you, for everything you have done for me and my younger siblings… for bringing us here, for giving me a reason to stay, for helping me with my powers… for comforting me when I thought I lost Lisanna, and for bringing her back. Thank you." Mira gently wrapped her arms around Itachi's neck and sat on his lap, and to his surprise brought her face closer to his and connected her lips with his, kissing him.
"Mmph!" Itachi widened his eyes as he felt Mira's soft lips pushing up against his, with a sweet flavor. Itachi still had a look of shock as Mira broke the kiss and backed her head back slightly while still having her arms wrapped around Itachi with a faint blush on her face.
"Wooo! Way to go Mira-nee!" Lisanna cheered making the elder Strauss sibling blush even more.
""Way to go Itachi! You lucky bastard!"" Wakaba and Macao shouted with a smirk each.
"Good job kid!" Gildarts shouted followed by a laughter.
"Atta boy!" Makarov cheered with a chuckle.
"…Umm, Mira…" Itachi looked confused not sure how to react to this situation, while Mira was blushing madly out of embarrassment and it looked like steam came out from her head.
"Itachi! You bastard! What do you think you're doing to nee-chan!" Elfman was just about ready to attack.
"Don't ruin our happy moment!" Erza kicked him to the side.
While the innocent girls like Lucy and Wendy had a blush on their faces. "I-I can't believe they k-k-kissed…" Lucy uttered.
"Me neither…" Wendy uttered nervously.
"Juvia wished she and Gray-sama were this close…" Juvia looked depressed as she had once again changed her style looking slightly more like she did the first time they met her with her hair being a little different.
"Huh? I don't get it?" Natsu said looking as clueless as always.
"It was about time if you ask me!" Cana said while chunking down a whole barrel of alcohol.
"I agree." Gray smirked.
Mira was still blushing, unable to move from the spot. Itachi looked at her with still a surprised expression, he then noticed Mira's expression which he found actually adorable. Then to everyone's surprise and especially Mirajane's. Itachi grabbed her by the chin and pulled her in for another kiss.
"Woooooo!" Cheers were heard from the guild.
Itachi then broke the kiss and looked at Mira whom was staring at Itachi while blushing even more and looking at Itachi with her big blue eyes. "Is it less embarrassing now that we both, did it?" Itachi asked acting clueless to hide his true feelings, he couldn't help it. Mirajane was like a light to his darkness, he had thought that ever since that one time she tried to leave the guild and he saw her beautiful silver hair blowing in the wind while she looked at him with those pure blue eyes. It's one of the reasons why he fell in love with her, that and her kind nature and love for her siblings. Yet he was afraid that his darkness would taint her light if she knew who he really was, a murderer.
"No, it isn't!" Mira shouted while looking more embarrassed with a mixture of happiness. While Itachi kept his deadpan expression up.
"Alright Salamander! And little girl! It's time for my Lily to fight your blue cat and white cat!" Gajeel shouted crashing down.
"Huh?" Natsu questioned with a thick mark.
"Looks like someone's really out to get you." Lucy said with a sweat drop.
"Uh-huh…" Wendy uttered looking rather pale.
"Y-You'll be okay! I think…" Levy said also with a seat drop.
"Go ahead! Make my day!" Natsu shouted at Gajeel.
"Please don't make his day." Happy said.
"Just so you know, my Lily is the strongest, with a capital "S"! Gajeel declared as the two dragon slayers locked foreheads while glaring at each other.
"Well, Happy is a cat with a lowercase "c", you jerk!" Natsu said.
"Umm, I'd lose instantly…" Happy paled.
"How pathetic. You're giving up before you even start." Charle commented with a smile.
"Someone has hope for me?!" Happy questioned with a blush.
"Forget it! Despite my appearance, I was a division Captain in Edolas. Pointless fighting will only lead to you being injured." Lily said.
"Now that you mention it…" Happy got depressed.
"Oh, you're surprisingly mature." Erza said to the little new Exceed.
"Or perhaps they're childish?" Lily said and then turned to his two fellow Exceeds. "Anyway, let's be friends. Happy. Charle."
"Lily!" Happy said.
"Hmph." Charle hummed. And Wendy gained a look of relief.
"Looks like they managed to take the attention away from us." Itachi said while Mira still sat on his lap and facing him.
"Yeah, that was getting a little too much for me…" Mira uttered still with a faint blush from the fact that she kissed Itachi and he kissed her.
"You know you can get off my lap now." Itachi said with a small smile and Mira finally realized that she still sat on his lap.
"Oh, my! Sorry!" She instantly stood up.
"No problem." Itachi assured and looked down to the big dust cloud in the center of the room below them with Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Elfman and several fists sticking out from it.
"Flesh striking flesh with great force…!" Juvia said as she spotted Gray in the large pile. "Juvia will join in too!" Juvia was about to strip.
"Don't strip!" Lucy shouted.
"Taking advantage of a chance to let loose isn't so bad sometimes." Freed said looking to join in on the fight.
"That's more like it!" Even Bickslow looked like he wanted to join in.
"Everyone! Calm down!" Wendy said as everyone kept on fighting.
"Somehow I knew this would happen." Lucy said.
"You can't have Fairy Tail without this." Lisanna said giving Lucy a friendly smile which she returned.
"Say, Natsu. What was this other me like?" Makarov questioned.
"Edolas Gramps?" Natsu questioned.
"Yeah, I'm curious." Makarov said.
"Hmm, now that I think about it…" Natsu mumbled.
"You were the King, Master." Itachi said having walked down from the second floor.
"Really?" Makarov questioned.
"Yeah! That's it! I thought he seemed familiar!" Natsu said having finally realized it.
"It's not that hard, they share the same voice after all, and have similar appearance." Itachi pointed out.
"Then what about me?" Gildarts asked in anticipation.
"Err… Your name never came up even once… it's possible you were a frog or fish or something." Natsu said as none of them met Edolas Gildarts, or even knew if it was one.
"You're horrible!" Gildarts shouted feeling a little hurt.
"Natsu! What are you doing?!" Gray said as he was still fighting like everyone else.
"Quit slackin' off!" Gajeel shouted.
"Act like a real man!" Elfman shouted.
"Turning your back on a fight you started… Do you even understand the meaning—" Freed said when suddenly Natsu punched him across the face.
"Shut up!"
"Good grief…" Makarov uttered. "Say, Gildarts, Itachi… Do you think Mysotgan is doing alright in Edolas?"
"He is, his become a hero there now after all." Itachi said.
"Yeah, he was raised by this guild after all." Gildarts said looking out at the rumble everyone was having. "Of course, his doing well." Gildarts then looked over to Itachi. "Say Itachi…"
"Hn?" Itachi questioned.
"Now that your cured, how about a fight with me to decide who the strongest in the guild is?" Gildarts asked with a grin, and instantly the fighting in the guild stopped. They all looked at them with anticipation, Mirajane whom stood with her sister looked a little worried not sure if Itachi should have such a dangerous fight right after being cured.
"…"
"…"
"Wendy." Itachi spoke to the short little dragon slayer.
"Yes, Itachi-san?" Wendy questioned.
Itachi then removed his jacket and then his shirt revealing his bandages wrapped around his muscular body. "Use your magic to heal me. I need to be at full power for this." Itachi said with a motionless expression as Gildarts had a grin, and everyone gained an excited expression to witness what they considered the fight of the century.
"Awesome!" Natsu cheered.
"Aye!"
A few minutes later behind the guild
Itachi whom had been healed from his injuries by Wendy, as well as restored his chakra with a chakra replenishing pill he got from Commander Itachi just before he left Edolas. Faced of once again after 8 years, the mighty Gildarts.
Everyone from the guild had gathered as well as several people from around town, had come to witness this showdown between these two titans. "This is not a good idea, this is not a good idea, this is not a good idea!" Makarov stressed over the property damage these two would cause and all that paperwork he would have to go through.
"Knowing you kid, this will not be easy. And who knows how strong you have become after all these years." Gildarts gained a serious expression as he released a ton of pressure with a white aura around him.
"Back then I was at a disadvantage as I was still adapting to the ethernano in my body. And my chakra had been reduced after fighting Laxus, Freed, Evergreen and Cana. This time, I'm not only stronger, but I'm at full power." Itachi said as he released a blue chakra aura. He knew that it would eventually come to this, he didn't look forward to it, but everyone would be nagging at him if he turned the offer down. Which would be much more troublesome then fighting Gildarts. "Let's get this over with." Itachi said and morphed his eyes into his sharingan.
"As much I'm against this… Start!" Makarov said.
Itachi and Gildarts charged at each other with their fists raised, they both swung their fists colliding with each other but then Itachi exploded in a fiery explosion creating a large cloud of black smoke. Gildarts leaped out from the smoke. "So, you created a clone before the fight huh." Gildarts said with a grin when suddenly wires wrapped around his body as two shurikens flew around him. The wires had paper bomb tags attached to them, they detonated creating another explosion. And Itachi landed in front of the fiery smoke.
'Gildarts' magic obliterates anything it comes in contact with. Even the most advanced magic spells are useless to his magic. Unless I use a direct jutsu like chidori or rasengan I can't damage him. He seems to be unable to destroy my Susano'o or its Yasaka Magatama beads judging by our last fight. He understands how to deal with illusions by lowering his power to zero and bursting it back out. The one genjutsu I have that will be effective is Tsukuyomi. Amaterasu might also be effective still I wouldn't risk using it in a sparing match. Other than that physical force seems to be all that affects him.' Itachi though planning a strategy in his head, while his eyes were narrowed and calculative. The smoke cloud bursted away from a strong wave of power coming from Gildarts.
"Now this takes me back." Gildarts cracked his knuckles and neck.
Itachi charged at Gildarts while a blue sphere formed in his right hand, Itachi then formed a tiger seal with his left hand and spitted out a small wave of fire that merged with the rasengan in his palm making it a blazing vortex of chakra. Gildarts stomped his foot down cracking the ground up to multiple cubes, almost cracking the ground beneath the audience that struggled to keep their balance up. Itachi leaped on from cube to cube towards Gildarts, just when he was close Gildarts threw a punch. Itachi's sharingan rotated as Gildarts moves became predictable to him, he ducked from the punch and slammed the rasengan into Gildarts' gut.
Blazing Rasengan!
The burning fiery sphere of chakra dug into Gildarts' gut sending him flying back leaving a burn mark on his gut. Gildarts held his arm over his gut while smirking. "That one hurt much more than the one you used during the trails." Gildarts said.
"Naturally, I merged it with fire, and this time I have perfected it unlike last time." Itachi said.
"Heh!" Gildarts smirked and threw a punch sending a shockwave from his fist towards Itachi that leaped to the side dodging it as it flew across the sea behind the guildhall, the ocean looked like it split in two for a moment then it returned to normal.
"Gildarts is taking Itachi seriously this time. His not holding back what so ever. Gildarts has acknowledged Itachi as an equal. Last time during the trails Gildarts had to hold back, but not this time." Makarov said as everyone stared in awe.
"Gildarts and Itachi are so cool!" Natsu cheered with a wide smirk.
"Aye sir!" Happy agreed.
"Gildarts is known for using brute force, while Itachi is more of a strategist he takes advantage of his opponent's weaknesses and finds the weakness with their attacks. But I wonder if he can find any weakness in Gildarts' magic?" Mirajane said.
'Let's see… It's a complicated magic to deal with indeed. But everything has a weakness, you just have to find it.' Itachi thought and narrowed his eyes. 'For Gildarts' magic, it's weakness is…' Itachi thought as Gildarts leaped at Itachi with his fist raised, and Itachi morphed his eyes into mangekyou. Gildarts threw a punch filled with his magic power, but suddenly it was blocked by a red spectral skeleton hand. '…spectral things like my Susano'o, his magic can't affect it. But if he puts in enough force he can still shatter the Susano'o at certain stages.' Itachi thought as cracks appeared on the spectral skeleton hand that blocked Gildarts' fist. 'That's the first weakness now for the last one. Second, if he meets an opponent with more strength than him such as that dragon it can overwhelm him and his magic will have no effect on them although only a very few beings have that ability… a very complicated magic to deal with indeed. But not impossible.' Itachi's Susano'o became a large red spectral red skeleton that grew flesh turning into a spectral humanoid. Itachi's Susano'o let out a violent roar sending gushes of wind around it as it's red aura flared violently around it.
"This brings back memories." Gildarts smirked and swung his arm back, clenching his hand into a fist. Gildarts and Itachi's Susano'o threw a punch at each other. Gildarts fist collided with the massive spectral fist sending shockwaves around the area. The fist on Itachi's Susano'o began to crack a little, while Gildarts struggled to not get pushed back. Itachi's Susano'o formed in one of its four arms a Yasaka Magatama bead.
Yasaka Magatama!
Itachi threw the spinning magatama directly crashing into Gildarts creating a massive explosion, Itachi leaped back and deactivated his Susano'o. Itachi narrowed his eyes at the burning smoke cloud, Gildarts appeared behind Itachi and swung his fist into his back. And then Itachi vanished in a murder of crows that began circling around Gildarts. Gildarts swiftly turned his body around and swung his fist to the side, and the fist was blocked by Itachi whom used a kunai knife that broke in half. Itachi quickly placed his feet in Gildart's face and jumped back.
Fire Style: Phoenix Flower!
Itachi spitted out a barrage fire of multiple balls of fire and threw shurikens into them merging them with the fire. The burning shurikens flew directly towards Gildarts, Gildarts stomped his foot down bringing up a large piece of the ground blocking the shurikens as they stabbed into the wall. When the earth wall crumpled, it revealed Itachi with another blue sphere in his palm. Itachi then used sunshin and reappeared above Gildarts and slammed the rasengan into his back sending Gildarts body crashing to the ground forming a small crater.
Gildarts slammed his hand to the ground sending a magic power through it, and the ground just beneath him and Itachi exploded into multiple cubes. Itachi was sent flying off Gildarts. "Hn." Itachi narrowed his eyes as he stared down upon Gildarts. Gildarts punched in the air sending a shockwave of his punch towards Itachi. Itachi widened his eyes as the air punch crashed into him making him vomit out a little blood. Itachi recovered from the air punch and raised his leg in the air as he flew down like a rocket at Gildarts.
"Is he crazy? There's no way he will be able to hit Gildarts like that?" Gray said considering the distance between Gildarts and Itachi.
"He has his ways." Erza commented with a smile making Gray look a little confused.
As Gildarts was about to jump back Itachi vanished using sunshin and appeared right in front of Gildarts and swung his foot crashing down upon Gildarts head, making the Ace of Fairy Tail fall to the ground. Itachi leaped back and threw three kunai knifes with paper bomb tags attached to them, they stabbed around Gildarts and exploded in a fiery explosion.
Once the smoke cleared it revealed Gildarts, standing, with a trail of blood running down his forehead. "No frickin' way!" Natsu shouted in shock as this was the first time he saw anyone making Gildarts bleed.
"H-He made Gildarts bleed! He actually made him bleed!" Happy shouted just as shocked as Natsu, as well as everyone who didn't saw Itachi and Gildarts fight 8 years ago, in the S-class trails.
Itachi formed the ox, rabbit, and monkey hand seal and stretched his hand to the side, as lightning began flickering around it violently. Itachi began running towards Gildarts at high speed and Gildarts punched his fist to the ground separating them into cubes. Itachi leaped from cube to cube until Gildarts was in his sight, a cube flew between them. Gildarts smirked when suddenly the cube was cut in half as all he saw was Itachi's lightning covered hand directed at his gut, Itachi was bending down slightly and stabbed the lightning blade into Gildarts gut.
They both stood there not moving an inch, when the audience noticed that Gildarts had grabbed Itachi's wrist, but the chidori still had connected with Gildarts leaving a cut. Gildarts didn't even flinch as his blood dripped from his gut and to the ground. Itachi had managed to scratch him leaving just a small cut. "That's a dangerous move you got there… when did you learn that?" Gildarts questioned.
"I have known of it ever since I saw my little brother use it. My eyes can copy others techniques as long as I see the hand seals needed for them." Itachi said referring to what the guild knew as his dead little brother, Itachi had told the people who asked him about his family that he had a mother, a father, and a little brother but they all died when an assassin killed his entire family.
"So, you've known it for a while then?" Gildarts questioned as this was the first time he has seen Itachi use this move. "Oh, well." Gildarts threw Itachi to the side, Itachi landed but because of the force of the throw Itachi began skidding back dragging a little of the earth up with him. When he looked back up Gildarts was in front of him with his hand directed at him.
All Crush!
Gildarts send his magic at Itachi in from of an energy blast the wave flew towards the ocean splitting it in two. "Itachi!" Mira shouted in a worried tone.
"Relax! He should just be knocked out by that!" Gildarts shouted.
The dust gathered up from the blast cleared up, revealing a large red spectral warrior wielding a shield, and behind it was a bruised up, beaten Itachi on his knees, panting, his clothing slightly torn. The spectral warrior faded and vanished. Itachi stood up while panting and sweating a little.
"Not bad kid, you sure react fast." Gildarts smirked.
"Yeah, and I'm fast with my hands as well." Itachi said and vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Huh?" Gildarts questioned when suddenly up from the ground beneath him came a foot kicking Gildarts in the chin sending him flying up. Itachi, whom still looked bruised up as it seemed he took some damage from that last attack, leaped after Gildarts from the hole and kicked him again further up, and kept on doing so. Then Itachi flared up in a red spectral aura. A red spectral warrior with legs formed around him, and later it grew a samurai like armor around it and grew wings on it's back. Gildarts widened his eyes as well as everyone else.
"Wow…" Mira uttered in awe seeing Itachi's Perfect Susano'o.
"Just how far have you gone… Itachi my boy?" Makarov uttered with a feeling of pride.
"It's even cooler up close!" Natsu shouted with flames coming out of his mouth.
Itachi's Perfect Susano'o reached out to a sword around its belt, it drew out the massive blade with such massive force that the top of three mountains close to them was cut clean off. 'It's even easier to use with the ethernano around me.' Itachi thought as the Susano'o raised the blade over Gildarts. "Game over." Itachi said and the Susano'o swung its blade down upon Gildarts. They both crashed down into the ocean with the water parting away in the shape of a circle. Gushes of wind blew around the area.
Makarov was gaping in horror seeing the mountain tops gone. "P-Please don't tell me I need to do the paperwork for that…"
The Perfect Susano'o faded and the parted waters gathered together again. Two shadow figures leaped out from the ocean and landed back in front of the audience. It was Itachi and Gildarts, both of them wet, and Gildarts looked extremely beaten up the only one who have beaten him up this much was that black dragon he met on his job. They both started at each other panting.
Tsukuyomi
Itachi gathered what he had left of chakra into one last attack. Everything around Gildarts turned black and white. "Damn…" Gildarts cursed with a chuckle.
"You truly were Fairy Tail's strongest." Itachi said as he had nothing but respect for Gildarts. "But this is the end." Itachi said claiming victory in the fight.
"Were, huh? The new generation will always surpass the old one… right? You… Natsu… Gray… Erza… Mirajane… all of you seem to evolve faster, you will all become stronger and surpass us." Gildarts smirked. "I admit defeat."
Everything returned to normal as Gildarts fell to his knees, and Itachi raised his right arm high in the air, as the sun shined on the back of his hand, on his red Fairy Tail guild mark. Everyone looked in shock, some wondering if they were seeing what just happened. Itachi had won.
"H-He just beat Gildarts…" Macao uttered with wide eyes in disbelief, a look that was shared by many.
"Does that mean Itachi is our ace now?" Wakaba questioned.
"I knew he could do it!" Erza said with a proud look on her face.
"Awesome…" Gray uttered in awe.
"That was awesome! Now Itachi! Fight me!" Natsu charged with his fist covered in fire, but was stopped by Makarov's gigantic fist that squashed him like a fly.
"You know better to fight someone who's just had a big fight." Makarov scolded and reverted his hand into a normal sized one. He then walked over to Gildarts whom was still on his knees, although he was smirking. "You seem happy for someone who just lost their title as the strongest in the guild."
"What can I say, I like seeing the younger generation surpassing the old one. Makes the future look brighter." Gildarts said and let out a sigh. He then stood up and dusted some dust off him. "Besides it doesn't matter, I can still go on jobs title or no title. Besides, I'm still known as "Gildarts of the West" so I got nothing to complain about."
The two of them looked over to Itachi whom was being praised by all the guild members, he had a small smile on his face although he looked a little uncomfortable. "Itachi is without a doubt a skilled young man, his already one of the strongest people on our continent. Makes you wonder how far he will go when he gets older." Makarov said with a small grin.
"Let me guess, he's your number 1 candidate for the next master of the guild, isn't he?" Gildarts asked.
"Yes, although you were close to that position as well." Makarov replied.
"Heh, yeah no thanks. That position doesn't really suit me. It fits more for the kid, he has the strength, the brains, the mental capacity to deal with all those bills and paperwork from the council." Gildarts smirked as Makarov had a shiver run down his spine at the mentioning of the paperwork and all the bills for property damage, oh god all those bills. "Not to mention, kid has more love in him than anyone I have ever seen."
Makarov smiled at that last comment. "He sure does… that's the best quality a master needs. Love for his fellow guildmates, and comrades. The only person that maybe had more love than Itachi, was our first master Mavis."
"Speaking of, will the trails be held where I think they are being held?" Gildarts asked.
"That was the plan, yes. Speaking of, I have something I want to discuss with you." Makarov chuckled.
"Huh?" Gildarts raised his brow in bewilderment.
Later on, everyone went back inside to continue the celebration of Lisanna's return and Itachi's health and victory over Gildarts. The party became so wild that everyone ended up falling asleep in the guildhall.
Itachi was resting with his back up against a pillar with Erza resting her head on his shoulder. He smiled at his little sister, and looked over the guildhall and saw the Strauss siblings sleeping peacefully together, Mira with her arms wrapped lovingly and kindly around Lisanna and Elfman with his big arm wrapped around them which his sisters used as a pillow. And since Wendy had used up her powers to heal him for the fight, he was once again covered in bandages, same with Gildarts this time whom was passed out by the bar counter with the Master.
'Things around here are peaceful, well at least more peaceful than it was back in the element of nations. I am truly grateful for this new life I've been given, although I would like to wish why… And how Sasori and the others were involved.' Itachi thought and then narrowed his eyes, remembering his fight with the puppet master as well as his little clue to why and how they ended up here. 'The most darkest blackest secret this world has.' Then there was what his other self said. 'a young man with black hair wearing some black outfit, and a blond-haired woman with a big bust.' Itachi looked over to the Celestial Spirit Wizard girl, Lucy. 'She's the only one I can think of that fits that last description. But that's impossible, she would have been a little kid at the time. Then again, her mother resembled her. Could her mother have been involved? In that case, who is the young man with black hair dressed in black clothing?' Itachi thought and then looked into the palm of his right hand. 'And that black aura I had when I fought my other self… what was that? It felt cold and dark from what I manage to remember about the incident.' Itachi thought when suddenly Erza twisted in her sleep so that her head fell down resting on his lap. Itachi had a small warm smile on his face as he stroked her red hair making the sleeping Titania smile a little.
Morning in the guildhall
Itachi had decided to try and find out what this black aura he had was, so he had begun to meditate. His been meditating since everyone woke up. He was sitting with his legs crossed on a table while a blue aura flared around him. Everyone looked at him in bewilderment.
"His been sitting like that for hours now…" Gray commented.
"He hasn't even moved an inch." Levy said as mostly everyone were gathered around the meditating Uchiha.
Natsu was kneeling in front of the meditating Itachi waving his hands in front of his face, and clapping his hands really loud. "Looks like he's asleep…" Natsu said, then gained a devilish smirk. "Hey, Happy wouldn't it be really fun to see what Itachi looks like with a mustache?" Natsu snickered with his blue cat companion.
"Aye. Maybe with a monocle too." Happy snickered.
"Try that and your dead." Erza appeared between them with a scary aura around her.
""Sorry!"" They both replied in unison.
"Still, his been like this now for almost the whole day… he hasn't even eaten anything." Mira said looking a little worried.
"Should we try and wake him up?" Elfman asked.
"I don't think he will like that, Elf-niichan." Lisanna said.
"His probably doing some sort of training, right?" Gray questioned not sure what Itachi was doing like most of them. Out of nowhere when everyone woke up, Itachi just walked up to a table, sat down with his legs crossed, and then he closed his eyes and let out a deep breath, and before they knew it he began to glow.
"Knowing him, it must be something like that." Master Makarov said while he sat on the bar counter.
"One must admire his concentration." Pantherlily commented.
"Yeah, although it's strange he hasn't gon' to the bathroom, eaten, or anythin'." Gajeel said.
"Maybe his just sleeping?" Happy flew right in front of Itachi's face, when suddenly Itachi twitched his eyes and grunted a little. "Huh? Looks like his waking up. Whoa!" Happy said when suddenly he was blown back as the blue aura changed into a dark black aura that send out powerful gushes of wind around the guildhall.
"What is this?!" Erza questioned using her arms to cover her face from the wind.
"I-I don't know!" Mira said doing the same as Erza.
"Th-This energy… it feels… dark and cold…" Gray uttered with sweat running down his forehead. When suddenly to everyone's surprise black markings started to grow on the right side of Itachi's face and a powerful dark energy was felt from Itachi.
"Not good!" Makarov gritted his teeth and then smacked his gigantic hand down in a karate chop on the top of Itachi's head breaking his concentration. The black markings faded, and the aura vanished as Itachi opened his eyes and began panting. "What was that, Itachi?" Makarov asked.
"I-I don't know… that's what I was trying to find out…" Itachi panted.
"Are you okay?" Mira asked concerned placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah… I'm fine." Itachi stood up and jumped down from the table.
"Are you sure?" Erza asked.
"Yeah… just a little tired." Itachi placed his right hand on his forehead. "I think I will rest a little bit." Itachi walked towards the exit of the guildhall. 'I need to look into this further… whatever it is, it didn't feel good. I'm feeling nauseated, tired, I have a headache… I need to make sure if this aura is dangerous or not.' Itachi thought with his eyes narrowed.
In an unknown location
A water tank opened and out exited the puppet master Sasori. "That felt nice."
"You know you could just have run away, you didn't need to get yourself killed." The mysterious shadowy figure said.
"And risk him tracking me here? Besides that's what these things are for aren't they? So why worry. Besides I wonder how you will do against him?" Sasori said with a bored expression.
"Hn. For your information, I have a bounty to catch, several bounties. And if I happen to run into him, so be it. I couldn't care less about Itachi." The figure replied as he stepped into the light.
"You and your money. Seriously, Kakuzu." Sasori said as the figure was a tall man with tan skin color, and his arms which was the only visible part of his body was covered in black stitches, he wore the same clothing the Akatsuki members had under their robes and he wore a sweatband covering his forehead with his black hair hanging out loose, and a black mask to cover the lower half of his face, his eyes were green and had no pupils, and he was very muscular build, and on his back were four different masks.
"Hn." Kakuzu grunted.
"By the way, Itachi told me something you might find interesting." Sasori said with a small smirk on his lips.
"What?" Kakuzu asked sounding a little annoyed.
"Apparently Hidan found his way to this world as well. But not the same way we did, he was summoned here by some spell." Sasori said.
"That big mouth religious bastard is here?" Kakuzu asked definitely annoyed this time.
"Relax, Itachi most likely found a way to kill him or at least cut off his head. My people haven't heard anything about some guy killing people after asking them if they want to join the way of Jashin." Sasori said and he could swear he saw Kakuzu smile slightly underneath that mask of his.
"I think I'm starting to like Itachi a bit." Kakuzu said.
That's the end for now!
So, a few things happened in this chapter. Itachi and Mira shared their first kiss, Itachi had a rematch with Gildarts and won, and Itachi has begun to research into this mysterious black aura in him that he discovered in Edolas.
Anyway, I have two announcements first, it's my birthday yay! Second, after this next arc, Tenrou Island arc, I will be re-writing some of the early chapters. Changing a few things such as Gildarts breaking free from the Tsukuyomi during their first fight, the 8 gates I will either remove them completely or lower the amount Itachi can use, I was thinking 2 of them at least, I will need to give it some more thought, feel free to offer me your opinion on this matter in the reviews.
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-Later!