Chapter 26: Day 2 of the Games!
After what was considered a failure of a first day, with only one win for the Fairy Tail guild, the guild was now even more determined to do even better in the games. Both the Teams were getting ready for the second day of the games, and what challenges laid ahead of them. However, unlike his guildmates, Itachi didn't consider the first day of the games to be a total waste. Not because that he managed to score his team some points after his fight with Jura, but because he meant that the first day was a learning experience for the guild. Failure could sometimes be the greatest teacher one could ever experience in life.
At the moment the guild was gathered inside of a tavern, and to no surprise Cana got drunk. And she had drunken everyone under the table. "I see you're a good drinker, missy…" A young man walked up to Fairy Tail's number one drinker, he was of Quatro Cerberus, Bacchus Groh. He was a young muscular man with straight black hair that was slicked back and tied into a bun. He had slanted red eyes with small black marks under them, he had gourd shaped earrings, he had his guild mark in red on his back. His upper body clothing consisted only of armor plates that covered his arms and shoulders. For his lower body he wears baggy black pants which ends below his knees. "How's about a drinking contest with me?" He slammed down a shot glass filled with alcohol as he smirked at Cana.
"I dunno who you are, but you're challenging me to a drinking contest?" Cana smirked and was a little red in her face from all the drinking.
"Hey! That's a bad idea, whoever you are!" Macao warned this young man, whom neither of them seemed to know who was. In fact, only Erza and Itachi seemed to recognize him, and they knew this wasn't going to end well.
"Believe it or not, she's a real monster!" Wakaba also warned the young man.
It ended with Bacchus winning and Cana passing out from all the drinking, leaving everyone besides Itachi and Erza surprised. Bacchus then also to everyone's shock took her top leaving her upper body full exposed. And Macao and Wakaba tried to get it back, but were easily knocked out. "Bacchus, don't you think that's taking it a little too far?" Itachi stepped up to the drinking champion and so did Erza.
"Huh? Ah, if it isn't good ol' Itachi and Erza. I'm just taking a victory trophy." Bacchus said, his face a little red from all the drinking. "And Erza, I see you're still as hot as ever."
"H-He said that to Erza in front of Itachi?!" Levy questioned as she and everyone looked shocked, especially those that knew Itachi was overprotective.
"You're still as bold as ever I see." Itachi said with a stoic expression, although he stepped in front of Erza in a slight defensive manner.
"Hehe. I hear you two went into hiding for seven years?" Bacchus said still smirking.
"Well, more like sealed, but yes." Itachi replied.
"And I'm told you are not participating in the Grand Magic Games this year." Erza said which caused the drunk to laugh.
"I was actually gonna leave it to the youngsters this time around, but after seeing Warcry's disgrace, my manly spirit had to take action. So I'm enterin' the games as a reserve member now. My soul's all stirred up." Bacchus smirked.
"Hn, well please hand over that so-called trophy of yours." Itachi said referring to Cana's top.
"Eh? I won this so not gonna happen." Bacchus said with a hic, causing both the siblings to sigh.
"I would rather not make a scene here, but trust me, I doubt our drinker over there is going to let this slide." Itachi looked over to the unconscious Cana, and Laxus had covered her body with his coat so that no one would look at her topless body.
"Whatever…" Bacchus shrugged and walked away. "If we run into each other tomorrow or after Erza, I can finally settle the score… Your soul will always be… Wild…" Bacchus turned over to Erza as a sign that she was supposed to finish that sentence.
"… Four." Erza said with a stoic tone, and with no spirit in her words.
"You ain't got no spirit, Erza!" Bacchus laughed as he exited the bar.
"Who was that jerk?!" Lucy questioned.
"A member of Quatro Cerberus, an S-class mage. Me and Onii-san have encountered him on various jobs. I in particular am very familiar with his strength. Drunken Falcon Bacchus, master of the Drunken Chop-Hanging Palm. We've fought on many occasions, but we have never reached a conclusion." Erza explained and most members seemed shocked.
"He's evenly matched with you?!" Lucy questioned in shock at Erza's words.
"No, far from it, the only reason they never reached a conclusion in their fights was either because of me interrupting, or the job getting in the way. Bacchus specializes in hand to hand combat and is quite strong. However, his main weakness is that if someone has a great defense, he will eventually exhaust himself, and get injured from attacking as well." Itachi said thinking Erza was giving Bacchus too much credit, he did know Bacchus was powerful and strong, but he wasn't evenly matched with Erza.
"Oh, so he isn't that much of a threat then?" Lucy questioned.
"Make no mistake, he is still an S-class mage, I'm just saying his not equally as strong as Erza, and that like everyone he has a weakness." Itachi replied, and after then everyone went back to celebrating. Itachi went to the bar counter when suddenly Laxus sat next to him and handed him a beer.
"How about you relax a little and drink?" Laxus smirked as this was a celebration and Itachi had just thought about the next day of the games. "Come to think of it, I have never seen you drink alcohol."
"Never had a reason to, besides I don't really find it that interesting." Itachi said with a stoic expression, he had never had alcohol before.
"Awe, lighten up it's a celebration of your win against Jura, so drink, I want to see how you are drunk mister serious." Laxus snickered and many of the adult guild members seemed to agree.
"I doubt I would be that different." Itachi said with a stoic expression and then Laxus took his arm around his shoulder.
"Then how about we figure it out?" Laxus smirked while looking over to his grandfather that also smirked.
"I don't think so, I will just have a juice." Itachi said to the bartender.
"Very good sir." The bartender went to get the juice although what Itachi didn't notice was that Makarov whispered something to the bartender. The bartender then returned with plum juice for Itachi. "Here you go sir."
"Thanks." Itachi took the drink and chugged it down. "Hmm, interesting flavor…" Itachi uttered.
"Give him another." Laxus said to the bartender that poured Itachi another glass. And Itachi drank it as well.
"This doesn't taste like normal juice… strange." Itachi said looking into the empty glass. He kept drinking, and drinking, and drinking. In the end there were over ten empty glasses on the bar counter and Itachi drank the last one. His face was a little red, and he looked dizzy. "Hic* I feel funny… Hic*" Itachi remained stoic, although his face was a little red.
"Maybe because you've been drinking alcohol this entire time." Laxus said with snicker that was shared by Master Makarov.
"I had the bartender give you plum flavored alcohol." Makarov said as he was also red in the faze from having drunken a barrel's worth of beer.
"So, you tricked me?" Itachi questioned looking at Laxus.
"Yeah." Laxus replied and began to laugh out loud.
"Hehe…" Itachi smiled a little and started laughing a little himself. "Good one." Itachi slapped Laxus on the back knocking him down face first into the bar counter, breaking a part of the bar counter making Laxus fall face first to the floor that cracked up a little.
"Laxus!" Freed shouted while gaping.
"Huh? What happened to you? Hic*" Itachi questioned with a raised brow while looking down on Laxus, seems when he is drunk Itachi cannot control his own strength.
"Oh! Itachi knocked out Laxus! Itachi fight me next!" Natsu charged at Itachi with flames infused with his fists.
"Sure!" Itachi threw a punch into Natsu's face, sending him flying crashing through the wall of the tavern, and even further away into the night sky. "Huh? Where did he go? Hic*" Everyone gaped at seeing this, and mostly everyone from the guild backed a little away from Itachi.
"Natsu!" Happy went flying after the pink haired Dragon Slayer.
"Oh my…" Mira let out a small giggle at seeing Itachi like this.
"O-Onii-san is drunk…" Erza uttered looking shocked thinking she would never see the day.
"Erza! Hic* What's wrong? Your face is weird?" Itachi instantly appeared in front of Erza and Mira. "Ah, did Jellal break your heart? If he did I'll teach him a lesson…! Hic* Also, what happened with him and you on the beach that time? You both looked suspicious when you came back?!" Once Itachi said that Erza blushed a little thinking back on how she almost kissed Jellal. Seems not only his strength was not under control, but his overprotective side for Erza was not in control either.
"O-Onii-san quiet down, people are starting to stare…" Erza said in a whisper tone as she was getting a little embarrassed.
"Huh? Who's staring?!" Itachi looked around at the crowd which mostly consisted of their fellow guildmates, that all either sweat dropped or laughed nervously. "And you never answered my question! Hic*" Itachi turned his attention back to Erza.
"N-Nothing happened!" Erza's blush increased as she thought back at that moment with Jellal again.
"There's that suspicious look again… Hic*" Itachi narrowed his gaze at Erza making her start sweating a little nervously.
"Mira, save me…" Erza uttered looking over to Mirajane whom was enjoying seeing this.
"Oh, why should I?" Mira said with her friendly smile and giggle.
"Huh, Mira! Hic*" Itachi shifted his attention to Mirajane whom widened her eyes a bit and blinked as Itachi wrapped his arm around her. "Ah, I really love you… Hic*"
"Eh?" Mira had a faint blush on her face.
"Ah, you are just so cute when you blush… You're so soft…" Itachi began stroking his hand gently on her cheek making her blush increase a bit more.
"E-Erza help me…" Mira uttered in a pleading like tone, not sure what Itachi might do in his drunk state.
"Oh, why should I?" Erza gave a devilish grin of payback at Mira.
Itachi then embraced Mira in a hug from behind. "Ah, it's so relaxing…Hic*…Your also such a sweet girl, wearing that neckless I gave you on our first date and everything." Itachi said as he casually reached his right hand down into between her breasts, making her blush even more, and pulled out his old neckless, that he gave to Mirajane after their first date. "Oh, speaking of soft… these are quite soft as well." Itachi said a groped Mira's boobs and began squeezing them with a stoic expression, and now Mira's face was the same color as Erza's hair.
"Wh-What do you think you are doing to nee-chan!" Elfman charged at Itachi.
Itachi casually turned around and stretched his hand out, and once Elfman was close enough, Itachi slapped him on the side, sending him flying and making a new hole in the tavern wall next to Natsu's. "What's all the ruckus about Elfman? People are trying to relax here- Huh? Where did he go? Hic*"
"E-Elf-nii-chan…" Lisanna uttered with a nervous chuckle and a sweat drop.
"Itachi is even more dangerous when he is drunk…" Lucy uttered with a sweat drop.
"Agreed…" Gray uttered.
"I-I'm starting to think this was a bad idea…" Makarov uttered while his body was trembling as the bartender was writing a bill for the Master to pay for all the damages.
"Yeah, me too." Laxus said as he crawled back up from the floor, with a big red mark on his forehead. After that night, the entire guild agreed on one thing. Never, ever, let Itachi get drunk ever again.
Next Morning, the Grand Magic Games
A new day, and everyone was back in the arena ready for the second day of the games. "Okay! It's the eagerly-anticipated Day 2 of the Grand Magic Games! Our guest for Day 2 is Mr. Jason, Sorcerer Weekly's renowned reporter!" The announcer said as Jason replaced Jenny among the judges for Day 2.
"Cool!"
"Today's contest segment is already underway! This event is known as, Chariots!" The announcer declared as throughout the city outside of the arena was a long line of chariots. "The aim of this game is to reach the goal without falling off of the linked chariots. But, as the chariots will be constantly moving, a single movement of carelessness can prove disastrous. Which team will visit Crocus' famed sightseeing spots and arrive here at Domus Flau first?!" The announcer said as the goal was in the arena. "We'll be televising the race via lacrima-tron for our viewers in the stands!
Meanwhile, in the stand of Fairy Tail Team B. Itachi was bowing in front of Mira. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Itachi apologized for his behavior last night when Laxus and Makarov got him drunk.
"I-It's fine…" Mira uttered with a faint blush recalling what happened.
"Still, who's idea was it for Natsu and Gajeel to participate?" Itachi got back up and looked at the screen seeing Natsu was in last, and he was right behind Gajeel as they both looked sick.
"We should have known just by the name Chariot…" Laxus uttered.
"Well, at least the Sabertooth guy is also in the same boat as them." Mira said as Sting from Sabertooth also experienced motion sickness and he was slightly in front of Gajeel and Natsu. While as the other participants, Bacchus from Quatro Cerberus, Yuka from Lamia Scale, Ichiya from Blue Pegasus. Risley whom was a chubby girl with a lot of black curly hair with a plain headband, she wore a short blue top and a dark blue loincloth with the emblem of Mermaid Heel on it. And then there was Kurohebi a young man with black hair and eyes, he has black lipstick, he's dressed in a tight black skivvy which ends on his hands where he has fingerless gloves, he has scaly decorated pants, and underneath the pants he has black leggings tucked in black boots, he's from Raven Tail and he was in the lead.
The race ended with Bacchus taking first place, Kurohebi coming in second, Risley in third, Yuka in fourth, Ichiya in fifth, and after a long wait Natsu came in sixth, Gajeel in seventh, and Sting finished last not carrying about gaining one tiny point or two. Now the score board was as following, Fairy Tail Team A at last place with 2 points. Mermaid Heel in sixth with 9 points. Lamia Scale in fifth with 10 points. Quatro Cerberus and Fairy Tail team B tied for fourth with 12 points. Blue Pegasus in third with 17 points. Sabertooth in second with 20 points. And Raven Tail in first with 26 points.
Then they continued on, with the battles, the first battle was Toby of Lamia Scale against Kurohebi from Raven Tail. Itachi and many others from Fairy Tail looked over at the Raven Tail stand, and not many of them saw that Flare was covered in bruises. What's more the man in the golden armor seemed to threaten her.
Anyway, back to the battle it seemed Kurohebi used sand magic similar to Max, however that wasn't the case, it seemed Kurohebi had Mimic Magic. What's more they entered in a bet during the fight, if Toby won Kurohebi had to say his real name, and if Kurohebi won Toby would tell him his secret. In the end Kurohebi won the match earning Raven Tail another 10 points. Turns out Toby's secret was that he had lost his sock… and that he couldn't find it… and that he had been looking for it for months… even if it was around his neck like a neckless. Kurohebi then ripped apart said sock in front of Toby with a cruel grin. Most people didn't know what to feel, but they could all agree that Kurohebi was just a jerk.
"Err, getting back on track it's time for the second match of the day! Quatro Cerberus' Bacchus… versus Fairy Tail A! Elfman!" Everyone from Fairy Tail widened their eyes in shock at that announcement. Most of them had a look that said "It's all over." While as some had faith in the big guy.
"Elfman?" Mira questioned not sure if her little brother could pull it off.
"Have some faith, he will do fine, I hope…" Itachi uttered the last part, he knew Elfman was strong and all, and he had a slim chance of winning, if he used his head to figure out a strategy that is.
Elfman was glaring at Bacchus whom was laying on his side looking carefree. "How's about we make a bet, like the last guys did? Your sisters are mighty pretty, y'know?" Bacchus said with a grin.
"What's your point?" Elfman questioned.
"It's your classic, age-pl' wager. If I win, they belong to me. Both of 'em." Bacchus grinned making Elfman grit his teeth.
Meanwhile in the stand of Fairy Tail Team B. "Creep…" Cana uttered having come for a better view and to see someone take down Bacchus for stealing her top.
"Oy, Itachi…." Laxus looked over at Itachi, and then Laxus widened his eyes and started sweating a little.
Itachi's expression had darkened, his sharingan activated, his eyes glaring daggers, a powerful aura was flaring around him making the stand crack a little. "Elfman." Itachi said gaining Elfman's attention. "Bacchus greatest weakness is if his enemy has a strong defense, he won't be able to deal that much damage to his opponent as much as he takes damage from attacking. Also…" Now both Bacchus and Elfman and everyone looked at him. "If you lose, I will kill you both." Itachi said with a complete serious look, making Elfman sweat nervously while gaping and looking pale, and Bacchus smirked with a small drop of sweat running down his forehead.
"Oh my." Mira giggled at Itachi's behavior while mostly everyone from Fairy Tail had a nervous smile and were chuckling nervously.
"Seems the big guy is getting angry… scary." Bacchus grinned and stood up to face Elfman. "Oh, and if you win… Hmm…"
"There are things… a real man can never stand for. Prepare… to be destroyed, hound!" Elfman glared as his body released a bright glow.
"So we got a deal, then? My soul's all stirred up now." Bacchus smirked and got ready to fight.
"… They got guts for making that deal." Laxus said with a sigh knowing that Bacchus would never get his prize if he won, and that Elfman might expect a punishment for making that deal in the first place.
Elfman had been taking a massive beating from Bacchus, and seeing as how the fight was so far one-sided. Elfman was on his knees panting, and everyone from Fairy Tail tried to hold their hopes up. "Hey, we never decided what happens if I win…" Elfman uttered.
"It's totally pointless now, so go ahead and ask for anything at all." Bacchus was very confident that he was going to win this fight, although he sometimes looked over at Itachi from the corner of his eye, he wasn't sure if he would win the fight that comes next though.
"If I win, your guild has to go by the name Quatro Puppy for the rest of the tournament." Elfman smirked and Bacchus himself looked like he was about to burst out laughing.
"As in baby dogs?" Juvia questioned from the Fairy Tail B stand.
"A four-headed puppy?" Mira questioned thinking of that image.
"That's hilarious! Rename those jerks, Elfman!" Cana smirked.
"He better win…" Itachi said still having a dark expression.
"Okay, okay. You got yourself a deal. So… Let's finish this once and for all, then." Bacchus said as he started drinking alcohol.
"The fight is starting to get serious." Itachi said with his gaze narrowed. "Remember what I said, Elfman!" Itachi shouted, and Elfman instantly went into his Lizardman form, having heard Itachi's advice. Bacchus went in for the attack and Elfman held his arms up to his face as Bacchus dealt multiple strikes to Elfman at super like speed.
"Howdya like that?" Bacchus grinned when suddenly the armor plates around his arms started to fall apart, and both his hands were all bruised up. "What the…?! My arms!"
"I have to thank Itachi for this advice… Now come! Your arms or my body… Let's see which breaks first!" Elfman grinned and challenged Bacchus to attack him.
"Wild…" Bacchus grinned.
"Do you think this will work?" Mira questioned looking at Itachi.
"It's not a complete guarantee, but this way Elfman's chances of winning has increased. This fight can now go either way." Itachi said, Elfman better win if he knew what was best for him.
"It's still reckless, true that the scales of his lizardman form is though, but can't his opponent just break through those scales?" Juvia questioned.
"Yes, however this will also be a contest of endurance. Bacchus has the strength, Elfman has the defense, it will come down to who has the most will power." Itachi narrowed his gaze and saw small pieces of Elfman's scales on the ground form Bacchus' strikes earlier, but Bacchus still had taken the most damage.
"I like ya! You got my soul all stirred up!" Bacchus charged and dealt multiple strikes at Elfman whom went into a defensive stance. Pieces of Bacchus' armor, and scales from Elfman flew around the battlefield. Everyone watched in anticipation on who would rise as the victor, and who would last longer.
After a long standoff, Bacchus fell to his knees, his armor plates around his arms completely torn off and his arms covered in bruises and his knuckles were bloody. And then Elfman fell onto his knees as well, as his Beast Soul vanished and he returned to his normal state his body looking pretty beaten up as he was covered in bruise marks. Bacchus panted and so did Elfman. "Elfman, was it?" Bacchus let out an amused chuckle as he got up and raised his arms up in the air. "Wild!" Just as it seemed that Bacchus had won, then to everyone's surprise Bacchus fell over. "Gotta hand it… to you… You're a real man." Bacchus grinned as he laid on the ground, having worn himself out.
Everyone cheered at Elfman's victory. "Down! Bacchus is down! The winner is Elfman! Fairy Tail A scores 10 points for a new total of 12 points!"
Elfman let out a manly roar at his victory, as everyone in Fairy Tail cheered wildly at having gained some more points. "Seems they both get to live." Itachi said as he let out a sigh.
"You weren't serious about that, right?" Mira asked with a slight nervous smile.
"… No comment." Itachi replied making everyone in the Team B stand sweat drop.
Fairy Tail Team A then took Elfman with them to the infirmary to see Porlyusica, as he had suffered a lot of damage from taking that beating from Bacchus. However, Wendy whom had recovered was now going to take back her place from Elfman on the team of Fairy Tail A.
"It's Day 2, match 3 of the Grand Magic Games! It's Fairy Tail B's Mirajane Strauss… versus Blue Pegasus' reserve member, Jenny Realight!" The announcer declared as the two models stood face to face.
"This should be an easy win." Gajeel said looking rather bored as this fight wouldn't be that interesting.
"Indeed, Mira is an S-class wizard after all, and is on par with Erza. While as Jenny, although being decent mage from what I've heard, is still no match for Mira…" Itachi was going to say more but stopped suddenly and mostly every man in the arena started drooling and gained hearts in their eyes. As both Mira and Jenny were doing poses in their swimsuits. "…" Itachi couldn't utter a single word, and unconsciously his sharingan was still activated from the fight between Elfman and Bacchus, so he got every detail.
"Umm, dude, your eyes are still active." Laxus pointed out with a grin, as he knew some things about Itachi's sharingan, especially that they can store things he sees in his mind.
"Huh? Oh right…" Itachi uttered, but his sharingan didn't vanish. Which didn't go unnoticed by Mirajane whom looked at him with a seductive gaze during one of her poses.
"You are one lucky man." Laxus smirked and wrapped his arm around Itachi while letting out a small laughter.
The males of the audience went wild, even some of the female ones surprisingly, cheered at this model posing contest. "Why aren't they fighting though?" Laxus questioned with a raised brow.
"Juvia is guessing since they both used to be glamor models, this challenge is unique to them only." Juvia said as she looked a little stunned, but also looked over to Gray to make sure he wasn't looking, which he was which made her frustrated. "Gray-sama…" Juvia cried.
"You're skilled, all right." Jenny complimented Mirajane.
"It feels nice to be doing this again!" Mira said with a sweet innocent smile.
"I never expected you to agree to a glamor battle." Jenny said.
"Of course. I don't really like slugging it out with people, you know? I'd prefer to settle things in a peaceful way if possible." Mira said with her sweet smile. Even though that didn't always use to be the case, since that day when she thought she had lost Lisanna she adopted more of Itachi's pacifistic ways.
"They're both former glamor models who use transformation magic! That makes this a dream battle come true! Mr. Yajima and I will act as judges along with Mr. Jason of Sorcerer Weekly!"
"An important responsibility, indeed."
"They're both cool beauties!"
"Now then! Their next outfits-"
"Not so fast! We can't let these chicks hog all the attention!" Suddenly three out of the five Mermaid Heel girls joined in the arena posing with their swimsuits as well. Then Sherry from Lamia Scale and a younger girl with the same hair color and eyes as Sherry only her hair was tied into short pigtails with orange ribbons, this was Sherria Blendy, Sherry's cousin, and they were both dressed also in swimsuits while embracing each other.
"Isn't this starting to escalate a little too much…" Itachi uttered, then suddenly the ghost of Master Mavis started handing out swimsuits to every girl in Fairy Tail. And then she arrived at their stand looking at Juvia.
"Come on and join the fun!" Mavis said with a childlike smile as she handed Juvia a swimsuit, and she jumped at this opportunity to show off to her beloved Gray.
"This is without a doubt starting to escalate a bit too much…" Itachi uttered as every single young female members of each guild had joined in and started posing with swimsuits, besides members of Raven Tail and Sabertooth. And the judges didn't stop this seeing as it would be a riot from he male audience if they did.
Next of they started posing in school swimsuits, then bikinis with knee socks, then bikinis with glasses, cat ears, bondage gear.
"Hmm…" Mira hummed as she looked around at the audience and saw that the female part of the audience didn't seem to be enjoying themselves as much as the men.
"Something wrong?" Lucy asked as she posed next to Mira.
"The female part of the audience doesn't seem to be enjoying themselves…" Mira replied looking like she was in deep thought.
"Why would they? Unless a hot guy started to pose I doubt they would be enjoying this." Lucy pointed out which made Mira gain a devilish smirk. "Mira… your starting to look scary."
"Oh, really?" Mira let out an innocent giggle when suddenly she gathered magic energy into her palm. And at the stand of Fairy Tail Team B, a magic circle appeared beneath Itachi whom had a raised brow.
"What the-" Itachi couldn't finish as he was teleported leaving a stunned Laxus and Gajeel whom both blinked in confusion. Then Itachi appeared in the arena next to Mirajane whom looked at him with an innocent smile as mostly everyone looked confused wondering what she was planning. "What are you planning?" Itachi asked with a narrowed suspicious looking gaze at Mirajane.
"I'm making you payback for what happened last night silly, remember?" Mira tilted her head to the side, while still smiling, but her aura was menacing.
"Wh-What…?" Itachi uttered with wide eyes, as he recalled the incident when Laxus and Master Makarov got him drunk, and he groped Mira.
"To make up for that, how about you join in on the posing?" Mira said as she wasn't really asking, it was more like "do it or suffer" kind of thing.
"… You may act like you have changed, but you still have some bad girl in you, don't you?" Itachi had a stoic expression, normally he would say no if anyone asked him this, but in this case… he was very terrified of Mirajane, he loved her and all, but he was also terrified of her. 'This reminds me of what father used to say… You love your woman, which is why she will terrify you.' Itachi thought.
"Just hurry up and get to it." Mira said with a dangerous aura around her yet she still kept up her innocent looking smile.
Itachi twitched his eyes in annoyance, both the master and Laxus were going to pay for this. "Wh-What am I supposed to do…?" Itachi questioned while still twitching his eyes. Mira then went up closer and showed of her swimsuit to him as a sign, which he understood. "F-Fine…" Itachi then used magic to change into a pair of trunks and his muscular body was fully visible. And every woman in the audience let out a squeal at seeing this as they all gained hearts in their eyes.
Mira had no problem with women looking at Itachi knowing he loved her, what she didn't like was other women trying to steal him though. Although in this case, she had no problem with it, as she got her eye candy by watching him as well. "Good boy, now how about some poses?" Mira clapped her hands, still with her innocent smile up.
Itachi twitched his eyes not wanting to do it, but then Mira glared at him which caused him to give in. He placed his right hand on his hip, had his back turned, and his head looking to the side as he ran his left hand through his hair. And the women in the audience squealed once again with hearts in their eyes.
"Oh wow! His totally hot!" A young woman in the audience said with hearts in her eyes.
"Such a handsome young man." A more mature woman said also with hearts in her eyes.
"Oh! It seems Itachi of Fairy Tail Team B has been blackmailed into joining this contest, should we tell him to stop, Mr. Yajima?"
"Hmm, it seems that would cause a riot from the female members of our audience." Yajima said as every woman in the audience glared daggers at the announcer for even suggesting that.
"I never thought he would do it." Cana smiled with a faint blush as she looked at Itachi.
"Oh boy…." Lucy uttered as she also blushed a little while looking at Itachi.
"As expected of onii-san!" Erza pumped her fist with a proud smile on her face, unaware that Itachi was uncomfortable with all of this.
"Okay, time to change outfit!" Mira declared as Itachi changed into a teacher outfit with glasses.
""Kya!"" The audience cheered.
"Change!" Mira declared once again and this time Itachi was dressed in a black butler outfit, with his ponytail thrown over his right shoulder. Itachi had a forced smile while twitching his eyes as Mira made him pour her a cup of tea.
""Kya!"" The young and elderly women in the audience cheered once more.
"Stop this already…" Itachi growled in a whisper tone.
"Hmm, fine, but you need to try on one more outfit, and I get to pick, and I get to tell you what to do." Mira said with a giggle as she went up to Itachi and whispered into his ear.
He widened his eyes and then he once again twitched his eyes. "I won't do that…" Itachi whispered back.
"Oh, really?" Mira's tone was now even colder and she released a dark aura from her, and so did several other girls both from the audience and the guilds alike, pressuring Itachi into doing this.
"Damn…" Itachi uttered as he changed outfits once again, this time he was dressed in a blue police officer shirt, with dark blue shorts, a police hat, and handcuffs which he held in his right hand. Itachi felt the women staring at him in anticipation for what he was going to do next.
"Go on." Mira said with her innocent smile.
"You really live up to your name as the She-Devil…" Itachi uttered and then posed while tilting his hat down slightly, and spinning the handcuffs around his index finger, with a forced smile on his face. "Seems some bad girls needs to be punished." Itachi said while his eyes twitched in annoyance.
And then multiple women in the audience fell over with a nosebleed, same with some of the female guild members besides a few such as Wendy, Erza, Cana, Juvia etc. While as even Lucy was holding her hand over her nose to cover it, while Jenny was ogling Itachi with hearts in her eyes and a nosebleed that she quickly covered up, and she almost fainted. Mira even had a nosebleed as she took pictures of Itachi whom quickly changed back into his normal clothing.
"Are you satisfied now?" Itachi asked while twitching his eyes in annoyance, as he felt violated, so violated.
"Very." Mira let out an innocent giggle.
"N-Now, let's have the girls change outfits again! Weeding dresses! Please ready a partner and change into your wedding attire!"
Then more men started to enter the arena dressed in tuxedos, and before Itachi knew it he was in a tuxedo. He looked at himself wondering how this got on, he then noticed Mirajane in a beautiful white weeding dress, she looked at him with a slight embarrassed expression as she had a faint blush. "How do I look?" She asked with big blue innocent eyes that made Itachi totally forget what she put him through earlier.
"Beautiful…" Itachi uttered which caused her to smile happily.
""Oh Itachi!"" Multiple female voices were heard, Itachi looked to his other side to Jenny amongst others in weeding dresses.
Mirajane then glared daggers at them which caused them to back away in slight fear. Itachi raised his brow in confusion and looked over to Mira whom had instantly changed into her innocent smiley face before Itachi noticed. Itachi then looked back at the other girls and Mira started glaring daggers at them again causing them to run away. Itachi then looked at Mira whom was back with her innocent smile while sparkles appeared around her. She then hugged Itachi's arm, and he raised a brow in confusion of what made those girls run away.
"Hey, maybe one day… you know we could…" Mira uttered with a faint blush as she hugged Itachi's arm even tighter.
"What?" Itachi questioned with a raised brow.
"You know, get marrie-" Mira couldn't finish as a bell suddenly rang.
"The weeding match is over! Now it's back to another swimsuit match!"
"It seems it's finally my turn to shine! I, Ooba Babasaama of Lamia Scale, shall teach you the very definition of womanly charm!" The old Lamia Scale master then jumped down and started parading in her swimsuit, making everyone pale out of horror.
"… T-The assault just now has utterly drained the arena of its excitement. The intervening teams have instantly lost interest and are now leaving." The announcer said as everyone besides Mirajane and Jenny left the arena.
"Looks like the sideshow is over now." Jenny said.
Mira let out a sigh while pouting. "And I was really starting to enjoy it…" Mira uttered as she couldn't finish saying those words to Itachi.
"Since we are way over schedule, the next theme will be the final one!"
Jenny then gained a glint in her eyes as she smirked. "This is it, Mira."
"Yes! I won't lose!" Mira said having regained her serious expression.
"What do you say we make a little bet, just like in the previous matches?" Jenny suggested with a sly grin.
"Sounds great! What's the bet?" Mira asked with an innocent smile.
Jenny then pointed towards the Fairy Tail Team B stand, more precisely at Itachi. "Whoever wins gets to right to take Itachi Uchiha's virginity!"
""EHHHHHHHH?!"" The audience questioned.
"Wh-What?!" Erza questioned with wide eyes and while gaping in shock. "Urgh…! Maybe Mira can change the bet…" Erza uttered.
"Eh?" Itachi had wide eyes of shock as he blinked a few times taken aback by this.
"You're on!" Mira smiled.
"Eh?!" Erza looked outraged as she wasn't ready to let Itachi do those kinds of things yet. As she was once again getting mixed up in other people's lives.
"Eh? D-Don't I get a say in this…?" Itachi questioned while blinking.
"Man, you are lucky, seems you will win no matter who wins in this battle." Laxus snickered but then something dawned on him. "By the way, are you really a virgin?"
"Aha, sure…" Itachi replied with a deadpan expression.
"But Juvia thought Itachi-sama had a lover in his old world, right?" Juvia asked with a confused expression seeing as why would Izumi be called Itachi's lover if they didn't do the deed.
"People only called us that." Itachi quickly responded but they all thought he looked suspicious, which was it? Only Itachi knows.
Jenny smirked confidently thinking she had the advantage with her superior modeling skills. She then entered into a red battle combat armor. "Well then, let's start the posing-"
Jenny couldn't finish as Mirajane instantly let out a tremendous amount of power. "Since we've made a bet like the other matches before us… maybe we can end with a battle of strength like the other matches too!" Mira said as she entered her Satan Soul Sitri form.
"Huh?" Jenny questioned with a dumbfound expression.
"Now then since I agreed to the bet, how about you agree to this being a fight?" Mira said with a malicious grin.
Jenny was shaking while sweating nervously. "You can't be serious…"
"It wasn't a question." Mira said coldly and instantly charged, delivering just one blow that knocked Jenny out completely.
"Suddenly, the final theme is a contest of strength!"
"Technically, this is how it's supposed to be, anyway." Yajima said.
"Cool! Cool! Cool!"
"The winner is Mirajane!" And the crowd went wild as Mirajane raised her fist up in victory.
"Wasn't this supposed to be a glamor battle?" Gajeel questioned with a sweat drop.
"There weren't any rules against physical force so…" Laxus replied also with a sweat drop. "Seems she has officially claimed you." Laxus looked over at Itachi whom had a deadpan expression.
"Hn…" Itachi did love Mirajane and had planned for them to get physical eventually when they both were ready, although he wasn't sure what to think of it being decided with a bet.
"Seems like I win." Mira smiled innocently with a giggle and looked up at Itachi and gave him a wink. Although she had a faint blush at thinking what it might be like with Itachi.
"Fairy Tail Team B, scores 10 points! Putting them at 22 points!"
"Guess you know never to make her mad, huh?" Laxus asked with a teasingly smirk at Itachi.
"Laxus…" Itachi uttered.
"Yeah?"
"This is for getting me drunk, which lead to Mira blackmailing me earlier." Itachi looked Laxus in the eyes and put him under a genjutsu. To Laxus it was like he was at a never-ending rollercoaster, and he was about to hurl from motion sickness.
"D-Damn you!" Laxus struggled not to hurl, as back in reality he fell over while his body was twitching.
"Your next, master…" Itachi uttered in a cold dangerous tone that made Gajeel sweat a little out of fear, while Juvia had a nervous smile.
"God work! Mira!" Juvia congratulated her teammate.
"I feel like I was really disgraceful out there, though…" Mira said with a faint blush.
"I'd say that last part was especially shocking." Gajeel said.
"I got some nice pictures though!" Mira said with a beaming happy smile, as she held up photos of Itachi doing all those poses in different outfits. "This one is my favorite." Mira said holding up a photo of her and Itachi during the whole weeding event, in the photo they both had their arms linked together and smiled. "I had Lisanna take this picture for me." Mira said with such a cute and happy smile, that Itachi didn't care about him having to do those poses earlier, Makarov was still going to pay, but he wasn't that angry anymore.
Itachi just let out a small sigh and smiled. "Well at least you had your fun, but don't think I will ever let you put me through that kind of thing again."
"Oh, come on, it wasn't that bad, you looked so handsome." Mira said as she embraced Itachi in a hug while letting out a small giggle.
"Hn."
"So, when can I claim my price from that bet?" Mira asked while placing her hands on Itachi's chest and looking at him with seductive eyes.
"Huh?" Itachi was a little taken aback, as he didn't think Mira would straight up ask something like that out of the blue.
"Just kidding, relax, besides… I'm not ready yet…" Mira whispered that last part with a small blush on her face as she placed her head on Itachi's chest. Itachi had heard her none the less and simply petted her the top of her head gently.
"We've reached the final match of Day 2 of the Grand Magic Games! It's Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi versus… Sabertooth's Yukino Aguria! Once more, we're treated to a battle of beauties!"
The silver haired girl, Yukino from Sabertooth walked up to the center of the arena. And so did this Kagura, she was a beautiful young slim large-busted woman like Mirajane, Erza, Lucy and many others Itachi knew. Kagura had long straight black hair that reached down to the middle of her back. She was dressed in an elaborate blazer with gold lining, and a large collar, which is open and reveals a white shirt as well as a red tie. On her legs she wears black tights, which are tucked into a pair of knee-high boots and sit under short frilled white skirt. And she also wears a white headband with a white ribbon tied into a bow pointing straight up, and in her hand, she held a sheeted katana sword that looked like it was sealed.
'This one… I can already feel her power, although it's suppressed, she's around Erza and Mira's level…' Itachi thought narrowing his gaze at this Kagura. He noticed also her look, a look of a warrior. And that katana, something didn't seem right about it, with his sharingan Itachi could see a lot of power emitting from the sheeted blade.
Kagura's skill is already well known! She's Mermaid Heel's mightiest mage and Sorcerer Weekly's preeminent wizarding woman! Her opponent, Yukino, makes her debut today! However, just the fact she's a member of the mighty Sabertooth guild puts heavy expectations on her skill! Now, then! Let the match begin!"
"It is an honor to do battle with you." Yukino gave her respects to her opponent.
"Likewise." Kagura said.
"Before we begin, shall we make a bet as well?" Yukino suggested, seems betting has become very popular today in the games.
"I'm sorry. I'm not interested." Kagura said in a cold and relaxed tone.
"Because you're afraid of defeat?" Yukino questioned.
"I feel no such thing. However, I take bets with grave seriousness and always uphold my word. As such, I prefer to avoid bets for the sake of frivolous entertainment." Kagura replied calmly.
"In that case, let us raise the stakes. Let's bet… our lives." Yukino said which gained Kagura's attention. The tension rose among the audience and the other guild members as such a serious bet was made between these two young women.
"Really? Their lives?" Gajeel questioned with a raised brow.
"Those are some serious stakes." Mira said looking surprised.
"Sounds really foolish to me… she's going to lose." Itachi said with a sigh. Then to the audience's surprise Kagura accepted the bet.
Then what got the attention of some members of Fairy Tail, was that Yukino pulled out a golden Zodiac key. "She's a celestial wizard like Lucy…" Mira uttered.
Yukino then summoned forth the Celestial Spirit known as Pisces, which were two serpents like long fishes one white and one black. Pisces charged at Kagura, whom effortlessly dodged all their attacks with as little movements as possible. Pisces moved around the arena wildly and yet Kagura managed to effortlessly keep on dodging all their attacks and even ran down one of their backs.
"The way she dodges, kind of reminds me of you." Laxus said looking at Itachi. "Then again your movements are better."
"… If anything her movements are on par with Erza." Itachi said as he narrowed his gaze at this Kagura paying close attention.
Yukino then summoned forth another Zodiac spirit, Libra. A tan skinned young woman with a curvy body and a big-bust, her dark hair was tied in an ox-horn style. Her clothing resembled that of a belly dancer, with a striped bikini top and a loincloth, and she held two weights in her hands. And the men of the audience went wild at her appearance with hearts in their eyes.
Yukino then gave Libra a order and she did some movements, and suddenly the gravity around Kagura increased. And then Pisces went in for the attack. However, to everyone's surprise Kagura easily escaped the gravity field placed by Libra and jumped high up in the air. "She escaped that gravity field like it was nothing." Laxus said looking a little amazed.
"Hn…" Itachi kept a closer eye on Kagura.
Then as Kagura was in the air, Libra had the gravity go sideways which slammed Kagura into a giant stone statue, pinning her down. And once again Pisces went in for the attack. Then, however, Pisces was suddenly pushed down and unable to move.
"What happened?" Juvia questioned and like her most people didn't seem to know what was happening either.
"I see, so that's how she escaped." Itachi said which caused Gajeel and Juvia to look at him in confusion, while Mirajane and Laxus seemed to have figured it out as well. "Take a look." Itachi referred to Libra whom was suddenly being pushed down by gravity. "Kagura's using gravity magic, that's how she escaped that gravity field earlier." Pisces was then pushed down onto Libra sending them both back to the Celestial Spirit realm.
However, despite her situation Yukino seemed calm and then she mentioned the 13th gate. "I thought there were only 12 Zodiac gate keys…" Mira said as everyone looked confused.
"Guess not." Itachi said as Yukino held out another golden key only it had a black snake like tail around it, it let out a dark ominous glow. The space around the arena was suddenly covered in a black mist, and all that was seen were two purple eyes. It was a gigantic black snake, the snake charmer, Ophiuchus.
Despite this Kagura remained calm which caused Itachi to raise a brow when suddenly she moved towards Ophiuchus at tremendous speed. And she didn't even draw her sword, yet the giant snake was taken down, and then in one swing Kagura defeated Yukino.
"M-M-Match over… The winner is Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi! Sabertooth, in an unexpected turn, scores 0 points in Day 2!"
"Things are getting interesting."
"Cool! Kagura is so cool!"
"That girl Kagura from Mermaid Heel, she was just too strong for that Yukino." Mira said looking a little surprised that someone like Kagura was in the games.
"She's around yours and Erza's level, my intuition was right after all." Itachi said and looked over to Team A, and it seemed Erza was aware of this as well.
"And that's it for Day 2 of the Grand Magic Games! Raven Tail is in 1st place, having earned 10 more points for a total of 36! In second place, with a total of 22 points, Fairy Tail Team B! Despite a total shut-out in Day 2, Sabertooth hangs on in 3rd place with 20 points! Mermaid Heel is in 4th place with a total of 19 points! Blue Pegasus in 5th with 17 points! Tied for 6th place Quatro Puppy and Fairy Tail Team A with 12 points! And at last place, Lamia Scale with 10 points! Just what sort of battles await in Day 3 of the tournament?!"
'It's the second day, and I have yet to feel that dark mysterious power Jellal talked about.' Itachi said as a crow appeared on his shoulder in a puff of smoke. "Go and give Jellal, Ultear and Meredy the information that nothing has changed." Itachi said as the crow flew away into the sky.
"Not bad, we're in second place." Laxus smirked as they were all determined to jump to first place during Day 3. "Raven Tail is going down." Laxus said and all of Team B smirked in agreement.
"I volunteer for tomorrow's competition, just so you guys know." Itachi said and left before anyone could protest.
Later everyone was gathered back in the tavern celebrating the rise of both the Fairy Tail teams in the ranks. Eventually everyone was knocked out from having celebrated too much, and drunken a bit too much. Fairy Tail Team A, besides Erza whom wasn't there were awake, Team B were also awake, with the exception of Mira whom was sleeping with Lisanna on a table, while Itachi sat by the bar counter with Laxus. "You better not be planning to get me drunk again." Itachi said while glaring at Laxus.
"I would rather not get beaten up, or experience that damn illusion of yours again…" Laxus said with a scowl being reminded of that roller coaster illusion that affected his motion sickness weakness, the only downside to Dragon Slayer magic. "But did you have to do that to gramps?"
"I found it to be a proper punishment." Itachi said with a stoic expression, as Makarov was on the ground, twitching with foam coming out from his mouth.
"What did you show him anyway?" Laxus questioned.
"I can show you." Itachi looked at Laxus with a smirk that made Laxus shiver at the thought.
"Nah, I'm good." Laxus had a nervous smirk and took a sip from his beer.
After sometime hanging around the tavern, Itachi had gone out for a walk after having helped escort Mirajane back to their inn for some rest. He was in the middle of walking through the streets as the night of the moon light shined upon him. He walked until he reached a street corner and stopped. "Like I said, I didn't sense anything." Itachi said as a hooded figure was hiding in an alley.
"I find it to be a little strange… for some reason, we haven't been able to feel that dark magic power either. Even though the second day is already finished." The figure was Ultear.
"You said you guys have felt it during the games before, I assume it was felt everyday or was it just during some days?" Itachi asked.
"It was felt almost everyday during the games, and yet it hasn't been felt this year as of yet, which is strange." Ultear replied while remaining hidden in the shadows in case anyone spotted her.
"Hmm, perhaps it has something to do with our return… or perhaps someone among the Tenrou Team that vanished seven years ago, is somehow interfering without even knowing. Or maybe someone of the Tenrou Team is being targeted." Itachi said having heard that Wendy was almost kidnapped and that Raven Tail was the main suspect.
"I haven't outlooked that possibility either, but it could be something else." Ultear narrowed her eyes as her sharingan was seen glowing beneath her hood.
"Perhaps, we'll have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. By the way, make sure you don't use your eyes too much. Even though you have the blood of an Uchiha to help you wield it, an untrained wielder will exhaust themselves quite quickly." Itachi gave a warning and Ultear put focus into her eyes deactivating the sharingan.
"Do you have any tips on how to deal with it then?" Ultear questioned.
"I do, although I doubt you would understand them without guidance. I was going to suggest that I start training you to use it someday." Itachi said which caused Ultear to widen her eyes for a bit.
"I would appreciate that… When do you think we can begin?" Ultear asked.
"Perhaps after this whole ordeal with the games are over, and after this dark magic thing is solved. I will be in touch, see you later." Itachi started walking away.
"Hn." Ultear nodded and started walking in the other direction through the alley.
As Itachi was walking, he was surprised to see an enraged Natsu run past him with Happy flying after him. "Natsu?" Itachi questioned wondering what the pink haired dragon slayer was up to. He then looked towards the direction Natsu ran from and saw a crying young woman, Yukino from Sabertooth.
Itachi decided to walk up to the crying woman. "What's wrong?" Itachi asked which caused her to peek up from her hands, her face was teary. "Did Natsu do something?"
"No, not at all…" Yukino cried.
"… In that case, mind telling me why he ran looking that angry?" Itachi asked.
"The thing is… I was kicked out from Sabertooth after I lost." Yukino said which caused Itachi to raise his brow, she then went on to explain how she was humiliated in front of her fellow now ex-guildmembers, and how she was forced to remove her own guild mark.
Itachi now understood why Natsu ran like that, and he knew it would lead to nothing but trouble. "I'm so sorry, it must have been hard for you being discarded like that. But you will have to excuse me, I have to get to that hothead before he tries anything stupid." Itachi said and vanished in a puff of smoke, leaving a bewildered Yukino.
Itachi arrived outside of what was the Sabertooth guildhall, only to hear screaming coming from the inside, and fire exploding out from the windows. "Looks like I'm a little late." Itachi let out a sigh as he saw a member of Sabertooth fly through a window after being hit by a wave of fire.
Itachi moved in unnoticed by anyone, he arrived in the main hall only to see Natsu giving the Sabertooth guild master a beating, well from the looks of it. But then a young slim curvy woman, with long and straight glossy dark hair reaching her lower back. Her hair was also tied into two buns on the back. She had dark glossy lipstick, her eyes were slanted with long eyelashes. She wore a strapless blue dress. "Minerva!" The Sabertooth guild master Jiemma spoke.
"Would you kindly call an end to tonight's festivities now?" Minerva looked at Natsu with a condescending smirk.
"Minerva. You have some nerve, interfering like this…" Jiemma looked outraged that she interrupted the fight.
"Naturally, I've no doubt you would win, father." Minerva said confidently.
"Father?" Natsu questioned.
"But there is also the idea of saving face to consider. Despite the fact that you attacked us, having Sabertooth's master destroy a competitor in the Grand Magic Games would leave us in an awkward position." Minerva said.
"Just so you know, if anyone's getting destroyed, it's you!" Natsu declared.
"I can see that my father, surrounded by his men, is a bit agitated an unwilling to swallow his pride. What do you say? Might you kindly show deference to me?" Minerva smirked as a tied up crying Happy suddenly appeared in her arms. "Do so, and I will also return this kitten unharmed-" Minerva couldn't finish as Happy vanished from her arms leaving her bewildered.
"Using a mere cat as a hostage? That is quite low." Itachi stood besides Natsu holding Happy and released him by untying the rope holding him.
"Itachi!" Happy cried happily and Natsu smirked, ready to fight the Sabertooth guild master.
"Yosh! Itachi! You and me take these clowns down!" Natsu smirked with flames erupting from his fists, when suddenly Itachi karate chopped him in the head making Natsu flinch in pain.
"No, if you want to fight them wait for the games tomorrow. This would just cause trouble, Natsu, stand down." Itachi ordered as he stepped in front of Natsu facing the Sabertooth members. "I apologize for the ruckus my friend caused, he gets quite… emotional sometimes." Itachi said with a stoic emotionless expression.
"Hey! Don't apologize to them!" Natsu shouted only to be hit by Itachi again.
"Seems at least you understand common sense." Minerva smirked maliciously.
"… I do, however. I cannot overlook that you just threatened to kill Happy, a member of my guild." Itachi said as his sharingan flared up bright red.
"Wait, so are we going to fight them or not?" Natsu questioned confused by all of this.
"We're not here to fight, however if they insist we shall." Itachi replied.
"If anything your friend there wants to fight, he took down various of our members after all." Minerva said with a dark chuckle. "And we are willing to overlook this incident."
"I already apologized for that, however I doubt you will overlook this. Knowing your kind, I can't help but doubt your words." Itachi said and Minerva only smirked.
"Hn, although that boy has backbone, he lacks strength. Messing with me, the master of Sabertooth, what a fool." Jiemma was about to walk away.
"You respect strength, is that it?" Itachi said which caused Jiemma to turn around. "Ironic, seeing as you are so weak yourself." Itachi said which caused everyone in Sabertooth to flinch as their master growled in rage.
"What was that? Boy?" Jiemma growled as he walked up to Itachi. "Just because you are strong, don't underestimate me."
"I'm not, I saw how much trouble you had with Natsu earlier. And I can think a few members in our guild that are way stronger than you or anyone else in your guild, or at least equal to your five strongest members." Itachi said, and it was the truth.
"Oh? Those are some big words boy… And just what proof do you have of this?" Jiemma asked while looking down on Itachi whom let out a sigh, and then a wave of power erupted from his body, pushing a bewildered and shocked Jiemma back.
Itachi had the red aura of his Susano'o flaring around him, and the pressure in the room increased as the guildhall was shaking. And many members of Sabertooth were left in awe, even Jiemma, Minerva, Sting and Rogue, whom were all sweating a little from feeling this power. The aura then died down, and peddles fell around on the floor. "Is that proof enough? Or should I use more power?" Itachi asked which caused most of them to start shaking in fear, while some doubted his words. "Our guild has one more mage of this caliber, unfortunately his too busy with a job, then there are others that are close to this kind of level. And those mages are participating in the games."
Most of the members of Sabertooth were trembling in fear, while others like Sting were just left amazed. "His… a monster…" Sting uttered while his body was shaking a little.
"No wonder he managed to defeated one of the Wizard Saints…" Rogue uttered also shaking a little.
Natsu and Happy smirked at their reactions. "You can't beat us. You can't even reach our level. A guild is supposed to care for their comrades and members. That's all I came to say."
"Well then, we should take our leave. Know this though, if you try to go overboard in the games looking for revenge for what Natsu did today… You will pay the price." Itachi said as he walked towards the exit. "Let's go, Natsu, Happy." Itachi said and the two followed.
"Itachi Uchiha… what tremendous power. Truly a frightening sight to behold. However, one man alone cannot win the games for his guild." Minerva smirked not seeming to be threatened, and to be quite overconfident, although she was sweating a little from Itachi's display of power earlier.
Jiemma let out a dark chuckle. "That boy… thinks his that though? Once the games are over… I will show him true power!" Jiemma growled and released his own power which caused the room to shake and tremble.
'As usual father is getting lost in his own pride… It's clear that Itachi Uchiha is stronger. Oh well, perhaps he will get rid of the old man for me.' Minerva had a dark malicious smirk on her face.
As Itachi and Natsu walked away Natsu looked a little bewildered by Itachi's expression. "Hey, why aren't you happy with showing those jerks who's boss?"
"Because Natsu, regardless of your intentions, what you did was reckless. And it will most likely come with consequences for a member of our guild during the games." Itachi wasn't angry at Natsu, although his actions were reckless and there was no telling what Sabertooth might do in the games to get revenge.
"Huh? Then what was that about what you did?" Natsu questioned.
"Simple, I tried to scare them off to not try anything like that… Although, I'm not so sure it worked on some of them. Also I interfered before you could hurt any of the competitors, if you had we could have risked getting disqualified. Anyway, just go back to your inn and rest for now. See you in the morning." Itachi said as he departed with Natsu and Happy and headed towards his own inn. 'Sabertooth… I will need to keep a closer eye on them, especially that woman, Minerva.' Itachi thought as he walked back to the inn.
That's it for now!
Now I know some of you like it to be dark and serious, but sometimes I make a chapter with humor, by the way, hope you enjoyed it! Now I know Itachi had an out of character moment when Mira blackmailed him, it's just that I imagine Itachi would be terrified of making Mira angry, especially when she has something to hold against him, such as his drunk episode.
Also, let me know what you think Itachi showed Makarov with his illusions to make him foam out from his mouth?
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