A/N: Before we begin, I would like to say something regarding Future Rogue. He and Future Lucy are not from the same timeline, therefor even if what happened in Future Lucy's timeline with Itachi, doesn't mean that it would have happened in Future Rogue's timeline. In short, multiverse theory is a bitch.
Chapter 30: Eclipse Gate!
The games were over, and the cheers over Fairy Tail's victory still echoed throughout the city. "The tournament is finally over." Itachi stretched his arms a bit, and then looked towards the palace. 'Natsu and his group haven't signaled us with a flare yet. They should have been done by now. Did something go wrong?' Itachi narrowed his gaze at the palace.
"Hey, did anyone of you see any flare from Natsu and the others?" Gray questioned as like Itachi he had not seen any sign from Natsu and his group that they had rescued Lucy.
"I was a little occupied fighting that monster of a wizard saint for a moment, after that I didn't see anything though." Laxus replied as his body felt sore from fighting against Jura, he looked over at Itachi for a moment, and then he looked into his own palm. 'The gap between our strengths… its way bigger than I imagined. He took Jura out in one attack during day 1, and I can barely walk after fighting him. I knew he was way stronger than me after he beat old man Gildarts, but I didn't think the gap was by this much.' Laxus clenched his fist over in frustration at how far behind he was Itachi when it came to their strength. Laxus still considered himself Itachi's rival, he wondered if Itachi did the same.
"Knowin' Salamander, he might have forgot about the flare." Gajeel said with a sigh. "That moron is so annoying."
"He might actually have…" Erza sweat dropped over how true the possibility was.
"I doubt it, even if Natsu forgot, the others would most likely remind him to do it. Either they still haven't completed their task, or something has happened to them…" Itachi replied and everyone started to look a little worried.
"Umm, excuse me… What happened to Natsu?" Sting questioned as he most likely thought Natsu would be in the final competition.
"Did something bad happen?" Lector questioned.
"Hey! Don't look at me with that annoyin' face!" Gajeel growled at Sting whom sweat dropped a little.
"Natsu is fine, he simply had other matters to attend to today. That is all you need to know." Itachi said and started walking away with his team.
"Wait, please tell me!" Sting shouted.
"Sorry, its guild business, not for outsiders." Itachi replied, as there was no need to get a none member dragged into all of this. A crow then flew down from the night sky and landed on Itachi's shoulder. "What's wrong, Jellal?" Itachi spoke through the connection of the crow, and his team widened their eyes on hearing that name.
"Regarding of what Future Lucy said, and after some thinking, I think she might be telling the truth." Jellal spoke through the link sounding a little nervous, only Itachi could hear what he was saying as the crow's link was connected to his mind.
"I see, I assume you are plotting some sort of plan?" Itachi asked in regard of the ten thousand dragons.
"Not quite, however that might have to wait. Future Lucy claims to have come to this time on July 4th, yet there was someone who was detected on the evening on July 3rd. And if Future Lucy is telling the truth, then that must mean, there is another time traveler."
Itachi widened his eyes for a bit at hearing this. "Are you certain?"
"Yes, absolutely."
"Very well, I will keep an eye out." Itachi said and his team looked at him looking confused, and eager to learn what he and Jellal were talking about.
"We will do the same, if we find anything, we will report right back to you."
"Likewise." Itachi said and the crow flew away from his shoulder, and everyone looked at him with looks that showed they demanded to know what the conversation was about.
"Well? Are you going to tell us what is going on?" Laxus questioned with a raised brow.
There was no point in hiding it, they needed to prepare. "Last night, after Natsu and Gajeel's battle against Sting and Rogue. I went with Jellal to find this person whom had the energy of Zeref, which was the other reason for me and Erza being here, like a side mission. Well, we know now that the energy was the Eclipse gate, however we found a person with Zeref's magic energy all over her." Itachi said and everyone looked intrigued. "That person claimed to be from the future, and that person was Lucy Heartfillia." Itachi said to which they all widened their eyes in shock.
"Lucy traveled from the future?" Gray questioned with a slight look of disbelief, same with the others.
"I was skeptic at first, but after doing some research her story checks out. She is definitely our Lucy from the future. Her energy signature was just like Lucy's however her body was tainted with Zeref's magic." Itachi said to which they all just looked even more confused.
"Then how come you don't think it's a trick?" Gajeel questioned.
"She went through the Eclipse gate, and that thing was tainted with Zeref's black magic. Most likely he either used it once or made it. Which would explain why her body was tainted with Zeref's magic. But this is not the important part." Itachi said and they all had a look that said "there's more" thinking it couldn't get weirder than this.
"Well, what else is there?" Erza questioned with a raised brow.
"… Today, an army of over ten thousand dragons will attack the capital. And we all die." Itachi revealed and they were all stunned, shocked and sweat started forming on their foreheads.
"Wait… what? Ten thousand dragons?" Gajeel questioned with wide eyes and his body slightly trembling.
"You've gotta be kidding, there is no way…" Gray uttered.
"Why didn't you tell us about this sooner?" Laxus asked with a raised brow and a frown.
"I had to first see if her story checked out, and when that was revealed I gave the information to Master Makarov and Mavis. I was going to tell all of you after the games, that way you wouldn't have that much on your mind and would be able to focus better on the competition. Me, Jellal and the master are already trying to work up a plan of some kind, with Mavis' tactic abilities we should have something at least." Itachi replied, and they all had understanding looks.
"Well, what is the plan?" Erza questioned.
"We don't have one yet. At the moment all there is, is to be ready for anything in case we can't think of anything in time." Itachi said to which they all looked a little worried.
"Why don't you look that worried?" Gray questioned seeing as how Itachi looked as calm as ever.
"That is because there is still a very small chance this won't happen. For all we know the army of ten thousand dragon, could still be something that only happened in Future Lucy's timeline, and ours might be different. Otherwise, how come no one has seen a dragon besides Acnologia? However, Gray, even though I may not look like it. I am worried, more worried than anyone." Itachi said as Future Lucy's warning on keeping Erza and Mira safe came to mind, if they die, he wouldn't know what to do. "Anyway, I will head for the palace, check on Natsu and the others. You guys go back and talk to the Master, try and figure something out." Itachi dissolved into a murder of crows that flew towards the palace, on his way he saw the guards bringing the Eclipse gate with the princess of the kingdom outside. 'Hn? What are they planning?' Itachi also noticed that the royal army had started evacuating the civilians. 'Are they planning on using the portal after all?'
They all looked up into the sky as the crows vanished in the distance. "Well then, you heard him. Let's go." Laxus said and they headed back to their guildmates.
"What will we do if those dragons actually show up?" Gray questioned.
"What else, we waste 'em!" Gajeel snickered.
"Didn't you hear Itachi, we all die in the future. And remember how things went with Acnologia? We couldn't do anything to him despite you, Natsu, Wendy and Laxus being dragon slayers." Gray said to which Gajeel's smirk vanished, and he started to look a little worried as well.
Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tail gallery. "First, have you managed to figure out what to do about the dragons?" Makarov asked the ghost of the first Master Mavis.
"No, not yet… Not exactly easy to figure out a perfect strategy against an army of dragons. Out of our guild I can only see the dragon slayers and Itachi being able to do anything against the dragons. And perhaps Erza and Mirajane as well." Mavis was beyond frustrated, trying to think of a plan to deal with these dragons.
"Mm, all we can do is have faith…" Makarov hummed as he had to brace himself of warning his guildmates and the other guilds of this upcoming danger. He looked up into the sky and saw crows fly in the night sky with the full moon light shining over them. 'Those crows… They are Itachi's…' Makarov thought as he sensed the energy emitting from the birds.
Meanwhile, unknown to anyone, the Black Wizard still looked down upon the town from the top of one of the statues in the arena. The gentle breeze touched his face, and although he smiled, there was no sign of any emotion within his eyes. "Things are getting started… Go on, and fulfill your only purpose." Zeref said to the little imp creature that was Obra from Raven Tail.
Obra let out a creepy little chuckle, and jumped down from the statue, following after the crows flying in the sky. "Heh, heh, Fairy Tail… Itachi Uchiha…" Orba uttered in a creepy little voice while grinning, it then transformed into a little bird and flew off into the sky.
"Now, let's see how strong you truly have become after all these years… Itachi. Let's see if you can even begin to compare to Madara." Zeref smiled as the power of the wind increased and blew a lot of leaves around him. "Hopefully you will survive this, Natsu." And with those words, the Black Wizard vanished in an instant, as the moon eclipse began, the moon slowly taking on the shade of red.
With Team Natsu, after having pushed out from the dungeon fighting against the knights, and trying to get out from the castle so that they wouldn't loss their lives like Future Lucy predicted they would, when the dragons attack, while Mira had run of to look for Yukino whom got lost, and Arcaidos was gone as well. As Natsu was plowing through the knights to get through, suddenly all the knights got swallowed up by a mysterious shadow, and it seemed only Natsu and his group were not taken by it.
The shadows gathered into a mass, and out walked a single figure. He had long hair tied into a high ponytail, the right side of his hair was pitch black, the left side was much lighter. The bangs on his right side went over his eye, and there was a black tattoo mark around his left red eye. There was a scar going over the bridge of his nose. His clothing resembled that of a high collared light ferraiolo.
"Who the hell are you?" Natsu growled in slight anger, as it looked like this mysterious person just killed all those knights.
"The shadows are fanning out to the past or the future? Or perhaps to people's hearts?" The man spoke in a voice that sounded all to familiar to Natsu. "This brings back memories, Natsu Dragneel." The man walked up to them and Natsu froze when he got a good look at the persons face. "I've come from the future. I'm Rogue." The mysterious person was none other than Rogue, from the future.
"Rogue? You're Rogue?" Natsu questioned, surprised over there being a second time traveler.
"You're from the future?" Lucy questioned with an equal look of shock as Natsu, while Future Lucy looked wary over there being another time traveler as well.
"Did you get rid of the soldiers to help us? They are not dead, are they?" Loke questioned, and Natsu looked like he wanted an answer to that question as well.
"No, they are alive, they are just all the way beneath the castle." Future Rogue replied with a smirk that made Future Lucy seem uneasy.
'How is this possible? Rogue died in my timeline… He and many others were killed by…' Future Lucy thought as an image of the shadowed figure with blades for arms and red glowing eyes came to mind.
"You sure have changed." Natsu pointed out.
"Why did you come back, from the future?" Charle questioned looking warry of this Sabertooth member that was their guilds enemy during the games.
"To open the gate…" Future Rogue replied.
"The gate? Do you mean the Eclipse?" Lucy questioned and they all got a little more warry, remembering Arcaidos' plan to travel back in time and kill Zeref, and that Itachi would not be alive if they did.
"There are two ways of using the Eclipse." Rogue pointed out which peaked their curiosity. "One is a way for time travel. The other is known as the Eclipse Cannon, an offensive weapon. It's the only way to defeat the 10,000 dragons."
"10,000 dragons… can be defeated?" Future Lucy uttered.
"Then that makes it easy. You're on our side!" Natsu eased up his tension and smiled at Future Rogue, while Happy was jumping up and down out of joy that there was hope that they would survive.
"The future can be saved, right?" Wendy asked in a hopeful tone and then the smirk from Rogue's face vanished.
"No. It isn't that simple. I come from seven years in the future. Seven years from now, dragons rule the world." Future Rogue revealed.
"They rule it?" Natsu questioned.
"Not even 10% of the current human population has survived. Of course, Eclipse isn't nearly as powerful as it is now. If the dragons aren't stopped here and now, this world will come to an end."
"Then, let's open the portal and blow 'em away! Boom! Easy right?!"
"However, seven years ago… that is, in the present, someone interfered with the opening of the portal." Future Rogue revealed.
"Why would anyone do that?" Lucy questioned.
"Because of that person the portal wasn't opened. The Eclipse Cannon that was pointed at the 10,000 dragons could not fire. Someone led the world to destruction. I'm here to eliminate this person."
"That's kind of barbaric, can't you just talk this person out of closing the portal?" Charle questioned as none of them felt the need to shed any blood, unless there was no other way to solve it.
"At such a critical junction in time, words cannot prevent actions. Even if I did convince that person now, they would still close the portal. It's already decided. Destiny is unescapable. The living will live, the dead will die. The person who closed the portal, will close it. No matter what happens, as long as they're alive." Future Rogue revealed, yet something about his voice felt off, a little menacing.
"I'm not sure I quite follow. But who is this person anyway?" Natsu questioned.
"You… Lucy Heartfillia!" Future Rogue shouted and quickly sent a blast of shadow with the end shaped like a blade.
"Lucy!" Natsu rushed towards Lucy, trying to save her by pushing the attack away yet his hand could not touch the shadow, then in an instant Future Lucy jumped in front of the frozen frightened present Lucy and took the hit. Lucy widened her eyes as blood splattered all around as Future Lucy fell to the ground.
"You…" Lucy widened her eyes and knelt down to her Future self.
"Lucy!" Happy ran crying towards Future Lucy.
Natsu was shaking, trembling, his eyes widened in disbelief at what he saw. "There are two Lucy's?" Future Rogue questioned having only noticed Future Lucy now.
"Hold on!" Lucy held her future self in her arms as her blood dripped onto the castle's floor.
"Lucy!" Happy cried.
"I didn't… close the portal…" Future Lucy uttered weakly.
"I know! I would never do that! Why did you protect me?" Lucy questioned as tears started swelling up in her eyes.
"You are my past… if you die I would disappear anyway… Dying with myself by my side, feels weird." Future Lucy let out a weak giggle and coughed up a little blood.
"Don't die… please… hold on." Lucy cried as she tightened the embrace around her future self.
"Can't we use healing magic?" Pantherlily questioned.
"Her wound is too deep, nothing can save her." Charle said with a saddened look, as behind her Wendy was shaking not even trying to hold back her tears, and Loke looked just as shocked as Natsu.
"I never thought I would be able to see any of you again… but I did, one more time. That alone… makes me happy." Future Lucy cried tears of joy, tears she hadn't cried for days.
"Lucy… no, don't die…" Happy cried.
"I'm… not from this age…"
"It doesn't matter, you are still our Lucy… Lucy is Lucy, you are my friend! Of course I would be sad!" Happy cried while hugging onto Future Lucy's hand.
Future Lucy looked at present Lucy. "Let me see your guild mark…" Lucy hesitated for a second and reached out her right hand towards Lucy's right hand to look at the guild mark, yet Future Lucy's mark was gone.
"Y-Your guild mark… wh-what happened to it?" Lucy questioned as her tears grew, and Natsu clenched his fists in rage, remembering how excited Lucy was when she first got that mark when he brought her to the guild.
Future Lucy looked at Future Rogue. "You… How are you alive? In my time… I saw you die… by… I-Itachi's hand…" Lucy uttered to which everyone widened their eyes even Future Rogue whom also looked confused.
"Who?" Future Rogue questioned with a look of confusion.
"You… Sting, Minerva, Rufus… Even Laxus, Freed, Bickslow, Evergreen, Juvia, and Gray I watched you all die, so how come you are here?" Future Lucy questioned to which Future Rogue raised his brow.
"Wh-What?" Wendy uttered in disbelief at the words she heard.
"I-Itachi kills our comrades?" Charle questioned with a hiss, seeming not to have gotten over what happened when Itachi showed them his past, she was still wary of him as it seemed, the look of anger would vanish with Future Lucy's next words.
"H-He lost control… after Erza… and Mira… d-died… he… Ugh!" Future Lucy was prevented from speaking any further as she lost even more blood, feeling that her time was near, she could only utter one last thing. "P-Protect… the f-future…" Future Lucy uttered as she closed her eyes, into eternal sleep.
"What? She didn't know she closed to gate?" Future Rogue questioned in confusion as it would seem as he remembered it Lucy did close the gate, yet Lucy from the future claimed she didn't. 'Don't tell me… multiverse theory…' Rogue thought as that would explain a few things.
"To hell with that portal! I would never close it! And yet you…!" Lucy growled in anger at Future Rogue whom did not seem to care.
"That's now. But you will close the portal several hours from now."
"I'm not gonna close the damn portal! You talk all this nonsense! What are you after?!" Lucy hissed as she got the vibe that Future Rogue wasn't being completely honest with his reason for being here.
"The portal will be closed, it's already decided. As long as you are alive!" Rogue growled.
"My Future self said I wouldn't close it! I believe in myself!"
"You will, for that is your destiny!" Future Rogue charged up another attack to end Lucy's life, for good.
"I will burn your destiny! To ashes!" Natsu shouted, enraged over all the bullshit Future Rogue was sprouting about destiny, and the fact that he killed Future Lucy. Natsu threw a powerful fiery punch at Rogue sending him flying back with a wave of flames. "I won't let anyone steal Lucy's future! I promise!" Natsu declared with tears running down his eyes as he remembered Future Lucy's wish to protect the future. "Do you hear me?! You bastard!" Fire flared around Natsu as his rage was boiling at this point.
Natsu's body was trembling with anger as he glared at Future Rogue. "Lucy, get outta here." Natsu ordered knowing he couldn't fight knowing Lucy could be in danger.
"But…" Lucy uttered.
"Let's leave this to Natsu." Loke pulled Lucy by the wrist as Wendy and the Exceed trio followed shortly after them.
"You're not getting away!" Future Rogue charged forward but was stopped as Natsu hit him upside the head with a flaming fist.
"Natsu Dragneel!" Future Rogue growled as he was punched in his right cheek, and Natsu boosted the impact of the punch with fire sending Future Rogue skidding back.
"I figured you would stand in my way. But since you're fated to be killed by the dragons in the future anyway… I might as well kill you now." Rogue vanished in a shadow that circled around the room and Natsu.
"Have you always been like this?" Natsu questioned.
"Time changes people. Die here, Natsu Dragneel!" Rogue exited the shadow and blasted a wave of shadows towards Natsu, whom flinched slightly in pain as he brought his arms in front of his face to shield himself.
"You took somethin' precious away from me, right before my eyes… I got no faith in the way you do things. I'll protect the future my own way!" Natsu declared as flames flared around him even more.
Meanwhile, Makarov and all the guilds from the games were gathered to listen to the King of the kingdom, whom informed them all of the dragons. 'Guess I don't need to tell the other guilds anymore. But still, I'm sort of relieved that they have a weapon like the Eclipse Cannon, perhaps we all will get out of this alive after all.' Makarov thought, his mind at ease at the thought that his children would survive.
Although, the ghost of Mavis Vermillion didn't look relieved at all. "It might not work." Mavis spoke to which the Fairy Tail guild members standing close to her, and being the only ones able to see or hear her, looked at her with confusion. "Even if the cannon fires, there is no guarantee that all 10,000 dragons will fly in the line of the blast. Meaning a lot of them can survive it, and we would still have at least by my calculations, 6,000 dragons to fight. 4,000 of them if we are lucky and the blast can expand over a wide area." Once Mavis said this, a look of worry appeared on Makarov's face once more.
"Hmm, that is true…" Makarov uttered, his fist clenching. 'Itachi, I hope you can figure out some sort of plan for this mess.'
Back with Natsu and Future Rogue, fire and shadow clashed into each other in a powerful blazing fury of power. "Did you really come to save the future? Cause you sure as hell smell evil!" Natsu glared at Rogue whom gave him a malicious smirk as he let out an aura of killing intent.
"Die." Rogue raised his right hand gathering up a lot of shadows in a sphere, ready to kill Natsu. A silhouette appeared in a flash behind the window, and crashed through grabbing Future Rogue by his head and slamming him into the ground face first. And the red eclipse moon shined in the night sky. "What? Who are you?" Rogue widened his eyes in confusion as he looked up on this mysterious strange figure.
"Itachi?" Natsu questioned in bewilderment.
"What? Itachi?" Rogue raised his brow, and widened his eyes in disbelief seeing the red Fairy Tail emblem on this man's hand.
"So, you are the second time traveler? I sensed your energy and rushed here as fast as I could to investigate." Itachi looked up at Natsu. "I figured something was wrong since you didn't shoot the flare, I came here to check up on you and the others." Itachi still held the stunned and shocked Future Rogue pinned down, Itachi then looked around and widened his eyes as he saw Lucy's dead body. "Lucy?" Itachi then took a closer look and saw it was Future Lucy. "No, it's Lucy from the future…"
"She saved our Lucy, when this bastard tried to kill her! Saying some shit about Lucy closing the portal that would save us from the dragons!" Natsu's words just made Itachi even more confused.
"How can the Eclipse save us from the dragons?" Itachi questioned.
"He said somethin' about it also working like a cannon that can kill them all." Natsu said and Future Rogue let out a chuckle as he vanished through the ground in a shadow and moved behind Itachi.
A strange sound then echoed around the entire palace. "Ah, the portal is opening, a surprise since Lucy is still alive. But I'm sure she will interfere!" Rogue charged head on.
"Lucy would never do that! She would never destroy everyone's future!" Natsu charged at Rogue with a flaming fist.
"Move." Rogue smirked not seeming bothered by Natsu's words, like he knew what Natsu said was true yet he didn't care. He blasted the wave of shadows towards Natsu sending him flying up into the ceiling. "I'm going to go and kill Lucy!"
"We won't let you!" Itachi kicked Rogue in the back sending him flying towards Natsu whom entered Lightning Flame Dragon Mode, and punched Rogue across the face with a fire lightning covered fist, sending him crashing through the floor and onto the lower floor. Both Itachi and Natsu jumped in after him.
"So that's the power you hid seven years ago." Rogue started to release a strange aura. "White Shadow Dragon Mode." Rogue send a blast that graced Natsu's right side. "These are the twin attributes of light and dark." Rogue declared as his hair stood right up, just as Rogue charged up an attack, he was blasted with a barrage volley of fireballs.
Fire Style: Phoenix Flower!
Itachi bombarded Future Rogue with the fireballs, sending him skidding back, and burning his clothing slightly more for each blast. "Who the hell are you?!" Rogue growled at Itachi.
"You mean you don't know?" Itachi questioned with a raised brow, why did Lucy from the future know him yet Rogue didn't.
"Don't know? I've never seen or heard about you until I came here! Who the hell are you?!" Rouge questioned to which both Natsu and Itachi looked confused, although Rogue looked like he managed to figure it out. "Oh? I see, I didn't expect this. Well, multiverse theory is a bitch."
"Multiverse?" Itachi raised his brow in confusion for a second, until it dawned on him. "I see, in your timeline I never existed, unlike here and Future Lucy's timeline. Guess Zeref never resurrected me in your world."
"Huh?" Natsu looked confused, although he did manage to understand it slightly.
"That means you don't know…" Itachi's bangs covered his eyes as a powerful blue aura of chakra exploded around him, causing Future Rogue to widen his eyes in shock, and he began to tremble at the feeling of this massive power. "…how terrifying I can be."
"There is no way, a human that is as strong as a dragon? I thought there was only Gildarts Clive of Fairy Tail that was at such a level! Y-You are too much of a threat… if my plan is to work you cannot live!" Rogue growled in annoyance that this hurdle had appeared in his way. "Even with the power I got from killing Sting… I wouldn't be able to…" Rogue growled and vanished in a shadow, running away.
"Did he just say he killed Sting?" Natsu widened his eyes and deactivated Lightning Flame Dragon Mode.
"He must have done that in his timeline at some point after all this." Itachi looked back up to the floor they started the fight from, and jumped up, and Natsu followed. Itachi walked over to Future Lucy's body, he gently touched her ice-cold cheek signifying that she was dead.
Natsu was trembling with anger, clenching his fist so much that blood started to drip from it. "That bastard…! He didn't have to kill her to save the damn future!"
"I don't think saving it, is his intentions." Itachi said as he couldn't feel anything besides malice from Future Rogue, malice he normally felt from people like Tobi or Obito, people who wouldn't care if the whole world was burnt down to the ground.
"Then why did he bother telling us about that Eclipse Cannon?" Natsu questioned.
"There is no cannon… we must hurry before the portal is completely opened, we must close it." Itachi knew that if a person like Future Rogue didn't want the portal closed, opening it couldn't mean anything good.
"What do you mean there is no cannon?" Natsu questioned when suddenly, two figures arrived.
"Itachi! Natsu!" It was Ultear and Meredy, whom the later widened her eyes upon seeing a dead Lucy.
"Is that?" Meredy looked at the dead Future Lucy with a saddened look.
"Yes, the other person from the future, Rogue, killed Lucy from the future. What's more they are both from different timelines." Itachi said to which Ultear and Meredy looked shocked, but before they could ask anything else. "We don't have time for this, we must prevent the opening of the portal at any cost." Itachi said, but the ceiling came crashing down around them, and a shadow moved ahead of them. "Rogue…" Itachi growled, as Ultear used her time magic to restore the broken ceiling. "He is trying to stop us from reaching the portal, we must hurry-" Itachi stopped midsentence as they heard a loud thud and a powerful dragons roar, the thud was the sound of steps. "We're too late, the dragons are already here!" Itachi growled and rushed towards the nearest window, he jumped right through it covering his body in a red spectral aura.
"Where is he going?" Meredy questioned as they all ran to the broken window looking as Itachi vanished in the distance.
"I-I don't know." Ultear uttered, wondering what went through Itachi's head.
"Does it matter? The dragons are already here, we need to hurry and help the others!" Natsu shouted, feeling impatient and quickly jumped out from the window. "Come on!"
"R-Right." Meredy uttered and jumped after Natsu, Ultear let out a sigh and jumped down after them.
Itachi leaped from building to building, and already he could see the city getting torn apart, he also saw a massive dragon with most of its body covered with large, thick, swirl shaped scales, in the distant coming from the palace. Followed by a red dragon with its spines jut straight through its chin and forehead. And then a dragon that looked to be made completely out of fire walked out.
'That portal is no cannon after all! Future Rogue wanted to open it so that the dragons from the past could come here! That's what happened in both their timelines!' Itachi thought as he saw more dragons walk out, a large blue dragon with what looked like fish fins sticking out from the side of his head. Followed by a dark dragon whom instead of having claws like the others has extended digits, dark patagium, making its wings resemble more like that of a bat. Then a dragon with its back covered in large jagged stones, as its entire body appeared to be made out of rocks.
"I won't let you disturb this time period!" Itachi formed the Susano'o that grew its flesh and armor. And just as the final dragon, which was none other than the dragon Zirconis the ghost of the dragon Wendy summoned from the dragon graveyard, flew out into the sky out from the portal.
"We need to close it! I won't let what happened in the future! Happen here as well! I will protect the future!" Lucy shouted holding onto a switch that was supposed to close the portal. While the royal army were trembling in fear at the sight of the dragons that spread across around town, while the mages from the various guilds began trying to battle them.
"T-This is my fault…" A young woman slim petite woman, with wavy light green hair tied up into a high ponytail, her eyes dark green, she was dressed in armor with a long white cape, this was the Princess of the country, Princess Hisui E. Fiore. She looked terrified, filled with guilt, having been tricked by Future Rogue into believing that the Eclipse Cannon would save them.
"Princess, we must get you out of here." Arcaidos dressed in his knight armor tried to help the princess up, as she was filled with so much guilt and fear that she was unable to walk or stand up.
"Close! Come on! Close!" Lucy tried to summon forth her Celestial Spirit power to close the portal before more dragons showed up. As Yukino rushed to help Lucy close the gate with her Celestial magic as well, with Mirajane right behind her.
"Lucy! I will help!" Yukino ran up to Lucy, but just at that very moment, something very large letting out a red aura jumped over her and rushed towards the portal. "Huh? That was…"
"Itachi?" Mira widened her eyes as she saw Itachi's Susano'o pushing its four spectral hands up against the portal. Itachi focused as much power as he could into his Susano'o increasing its strength as the portal slowly started to close, as an eight-dragon tried to make its way through, pushing its head through while roaring at Itachi and his Susano'o blocking its path. "What happened?!" Itachi looked over to Lucy.
"My spirit Crux managed to find some info on this gate! It only works as a time portal, however normally one can control which time one is going to! But with the moon eclipse, a special magic is coming from it affecting the portal so that it goes back 400 years into the past, a time where dragons ruled the earth!" Lucy informed as Itachi's Susano'o headbutted the dragon trying to make its way through pushing it back into the portal. The Susano'o kept on pushing as the portal was almost closed, but then a dragon's claw stuck out.
"Oh no you don't!" Blood dripped down from Itachi's eyes as the claw caught on fire with blazing black flames, as a howl of pain was heard and the claw retracted into the portal. And finally, Itachi managed to close it with his Susano'o, he fell to his knees, panting and looked over to Lucy. "Use your celestial magic to lock the portal! Now!" Itachi ordered both the celestial wizards.
""R-Right!"" Both Yukino and Lucy summoned forth a golden celestial aura around them, as the portal was completely closed and locked. Once that was done the Susano'o around Itachi vanished and Mira ran up to him helping him up.
"You overdid it there." Mira had a look of concern as she helped Itachi remain standing.
"No, not quite, a little stressed that I had to use that much power at once, but I will be fine. Just… give me a few seconds." Itachi replied as he managed to stand on his own now after taking a couple of breaths.
"How many dragons got through?" Arcaidos asked a royal guard.
"Seven sir!" The guard replied as they looked out on the town seeing it being torn down bit by bit.
"You foiled my plans, Lucy, Yukino, and of course Itachi. But seven dragons are still plenty enough." Future Rogue appeared from a shadow with a malicious smirk on his face.
"Rouge…sama?" Yukino questioned in bewilderment upon seeing Rogue, although something was different.
"What did you do to Natsu?!" Lucy hissed at him with anger.
"Nothing, thanks to him interfering. I must say, I did not expect this, that a timeline can be this different to my own. Well like I said, seven will do fine, to be honest I couldn't control 10,000." Rogue smirked.
"What are you talking about?" Mira glared at him feeling nothing but malice coming from this Rogue.
"He's the one that told me about the future." Hisui revealed, well not that Itachi didn't already know that.
"He's the man from the future who tricked you?" Arcaidos glared at this second time traveler and went to protect the princess.
"You wanted an army of dragons, isn't that right?" Itachi stepped in front of the others, standing face to face with Future Rogue.
"Listen well! you peasants! I'm here to tell you that the world you know is coming to an end! The age of dragons is upon us!" Future Rogue declared as the dragons flew to him, like he was controlling them. "To begin, slaughter all the wizards in this city. Starting, with him!" Future Rogue pointed at Itachi.
Itachi let out a small growl as he quickly jumped away from the others, so that they wouldn't get attacked as well. Itachi quickly formed the Susano'o once more, as the spectral humanoid punched the dark dragon in the face sending it crashing to the ground. The six dragons charged up a breath attack and blasted it straight at Itachi. "Yata Mirror!" Itachi had the Susano'o bring forth the Yata Mirror, taking on the full power of the blast.
The impact of the blast was so strong that Itachi and the Susano'o skidded back, until the Yata Mirror managed to push the attack back at the dragons. The dragons scattered in the air as their combined breath attack blew up a mountain in the distance.
"The dragons are obeying him?" Charle questioned in disbelief.
"He said something about controlling them… don't tell me!" Pantherlily looked also in disbelief that someone was capable of controlling a dragon.
"The Secret Art of controlling dragons… Dragon Manipulation Magic." Rogue laughed maliciously as the dragon with the swirly scales flew down to him and he jumped into its palm and flew into the sky. "Now then, Zirconis, you deal with them down there. Atlas Flame you deal with the ones in town. The four of you, kill that man." Future Rouge ordered as Zirconis went to attack Lucy, Mira, Wendy and the others, while Atlas Flame flew into the city. Leaving the Dark Dragon, the Rock Dragon, Scissor Runner and Levia to fight Itachi.
Every guild attacked Atlas Flame, although the dragon merely toyed around with them blasting waves of fire that sent everyone flying back. "That's right! Show everyone! The wrath of a dragon!" Future Rogue laughed while he stood on top of Motherglare.
"Look at all those delicious humans!" Zirconis went in for the attack on Lucy and the others.
Lightning Flame Dragon: Roar!
A wave of fire and lightning blasted into the green dragon, whom flinched slightly, feeling this magic affecting him somewhat. "What was that?!" Zirconis turned around seeing Natsu standing on top of a tower, letting out a violent amount of flames with lightning flickering around him. And next to him was Ultear and Meredy. "A human?" Zirconis let out a small amused chuckle at Natsu.
"I am Natsu Dragneel! A Fairy Tail wizard! And I'm a dragon slayer!" Natsu declared as Zirconis was then hit by a whirlwind from Wendy, and the dragon look confused once again as to why a human's magic felt like getting stung by a bug, when usually they don't feel a thing.
"I am also a dragon slayer!" Wendy kept up a brave face while glaring at Zirconis.
"Aww, how cute, this little cutie is a dragon slayer? Hah! You humans sure are desperate!" Zirconis mocked them yet again. "I'm sure you will taste delicious, little Dragon Slayer!" Zirconis opened his massive jaw, as he flew towards Wendy ready to devour her.
"Be judged by the seven stars!" A new voice appeared and a bright shining light appeared in the sky. "Grand Chariot!" Beams of light came crashing down like meteors upon Zirconis jaw, forcing it shut, the dragon let out a growl.
"Wh-What?!" Zirconis glared up to see the wanted criminal, Jellal Fernandes. "This is quite the surprise, not only do I meet two dragon slayers, and that freak of a human with that giant spirit monster thing, but another human with this level of magic power." Zirconis didn't look threatened, rather just surprised.
"Ultear! Meredy! Go into the town and assist anyone needed! Natsu, since you are a fire dragon slayer, you should go and deal with that one!" Jellal pointed at Atlas Flame battling a giant Makarov. "Wendy and I can deal with this dragon!" Natsu nodded and ran towards the direction of Atlas Flame.
"Happy!" Natsu called and Happy swopped in and picked Natsu up flying him towards Atlas Flame. "Let's get these dragons buddy!"
"Aye sir!"
Mirajane looked conflicted, she didn't want to abandon Lucy, Wendy, Yukino and the others, but she didn't like the feeling of Itachi fighting four of the dragons alone. She clenched her fist as she looked filled with concern for Itachi. "Wendy, Lucy, Yukino, I'm sorry, but I have to go and help Itachi!" Mirajane entered her Satan Soul and flew towards the spectral warrior fending off four of the dragons.
"Mira, wait!" Lucy shouted remembering what her future self said. "I have to tell you something!" Lucy shouted from the top of her lungs, yet Mirajane had flown too far away to hear her. "This is bad, Pantherlily! You have to warn Mirajane! Warn her about what my future self said would happen to Itachi!" Lucy looked at the mightiest Exceed, whom gave a quick nod before taking off at full speed after the She-Devil.
"Wait up, Mirajane!" Pantherlily shouted once he reached her, Mira looked back from the corner of her eye. "Future Lucy told us what would happen to Itachi!" Once Pantherlily said that Mira widened her eyes and stopped.
"What happens to him?" Mira asked in a more rebellious demanding tone than usual, but her face was filled with worry none the less.
"He sees both you, and Erza die before his very eyes. And in a fit of rage, he kills a lot of our friends. Laxus, Gray, and many others." Mira widened her eyes in disbelief that Itachi would ever do something like that, just because she and Erza died he was more rational than that.
"I-It can't be, Itachi would never…" Mira looked towards the battle ahead, looking even more concerned now than ever. "Itachi…"
"We don't know more than that, or what happens to him when he sees you die, we only know that in a blind fit of rage he will become more of a threat than any of these dragons."
Itachi leaped back as his Susano'o brought out the Totsuka blade. 'This is bad, if they all gang up on me… I won't be able to fend them off much longer.' Itachi thought as his Susano'o threw some yasaka magatama beads crashing into the dragons, making them howl in pain.
"This human, he is just as strong as one of us… no perhaps even stronger." The Dark Dragon growled.
"No way, no human will ever defeat a dragon!" The Rock Dragon growled as they all charged at him.
"Circle around him!" Scissor Runner attacked the Susano'o from behind, piercing his spines through the spectral warrior's neck. Before Itachi could react Levia slammed into his Susano'o on the left side, digging his fangs into the arm holding the Yata Mirror. While the Dark Dragon attacked the Susano'o right arm with the Totsuka blade. And the Rock Dragon swung its tail into the spectral warrior's chest, cracking it.
Itachi widened his eyes as black flames erupted on the Rock Dragon's back making it roar in pain as it backed away, and slammed its back into the ground so that the burning rocks fell off his back. Itachi then had the Susano'o swing its left arm at full force, forcing Levia away and sending it flying. The Susano'o then slammed the Yata Mirror into the Dark Dragon's face sending it skidding to the side. Itachi then jumped out from the Susano'o as it faded.
Fire Style: Inferno Fireball!
Itachi spitted out a gigantic ball of fire mixed with the black blazing flames of Amaterasu. The fireball exploded right in Scissor Runner's face sending him skidding back, and to howl in pain as the black flames kept burning through its scales of its right arm, soon the entire claw was covered in black flames. Itachi quickly formed the Susano'o around him again, before the dragons could attack.
"D-Damn it!" Scissor Runner growled and moved its spines to cut off his own arm, as the big chunk of burning dragon flesh fell to the ground, and kept burning in the blazing black fire until it was completely gone. "Damn you! You human! You inferior species! How dare you harm me!?"
"How dare you harm me and my friends? I'm just merely defending myself." Itachi replied without fear in his eyes of behind his voice, which brought anger to the dragon.
"Die!" Scissor Runner roared.
The four dragons charged at Itachi, but then a thunder bolt, a wave of light, and a wave of shadow blasted into Scissor Runner, Dark Dragon, and Levia. "Yo, rival, looks like you could use a little help." Laxus walked out from the shadows with Sting and Rogue.
"We're dragon slayers after all, we need to live up to our title." Sting smirked at the dragons.
"Time to slay a dragon." Rouge said, and Itachi cast him a glance. He didn't feel the malice from present Rogue, making Itachi wonder what made that change in the future. For now, it didn't matter, for now they needed to work together.
"I appreciate the help, although I think more of you are needed there." Itachi looked at Atlas Flame, Motherglare whom was floating in the sky with Future Rogue, and Zirconis whom was battling Jellal, Wendy and the others.
"Are you kidding? No matter how strong you are even you need help against four dragons." Laxus pointed out as lightning violently flickered around him. "Besides, Natsu is already dealing with that fire dragon, that Jellal guy and Wendy got that green dragon covered. And I'm sure gramps and everyone else can take down that one." Laxus looked up to the sky at Motherglare.
"Actually Laxus, I was going to suggest you stay and Sting and Rogue go out there to help the others." Laxus widened his eyes a bit and looked at Itachi whom smiled at him. "Let's go, rival." Laxus felt a little glad inside him at hearing that, yet he wondered if Itachi actually thought he was his rival.
"Heh, I see, hey Saber punks, you heard him. You are needed with the others." Laxus smirked a little, both Sting and Rogue looked hesitant for second, although when they heard the battle cries of their guildmates.
"Got it, let's go Sting." Rogue was the first one to rush towards the aid of his comrades, Sting let out a frustrated sigh rubbing the top of his head.
"Argh! Fine! We will help deal with those three!" Sting ran after Rogue leaving Itachi and Laxus.
"So, let's show them what we are made off." Laxus said, and then out of nowhere the Thunder God Tribe arrived behind Laxus. "Huh? What are you guys doin' here?"
"We are your bodyguards, Laxus." Freed replied and drew his sword.
"Your fight, is our fight." Bickslow smirked as his dolls levitated around him.
"This is our job." Evergreen replied.
"Well that's fine, Sting and Rogue being dragon slayers were more of use for the others. Besides we could use a little help." Itachi said and Laxus couldn't help but agree, besides he didn't mind.
"Then we will help to." Gray, Erza and Juvia walked up to them. "Master sent us to assist you."
"Same here." Mira arrived having decided to help Itachi regardless, although she would try her best to make sure she and Erza stayed out of harms way, just in case. She looked from the corner of her eye, where she saw Pantherlily flying back to the others.
"The more of you vermin gather won't matter. You are all going to die!" Levia roared and the four dragons charged.
"Oh yeah?! Just try it you oversized lizard!" Laxus shouted as lightning flickered around him violently. Itachi had his Susano'o grow back its armor and it let out a roar at the dragons. Mira entered her Satan Soul: Sitri, while Erza went into her Armadura Fairy Armor. Gray readied to use an ice spell, while Juvia gathered a massive sphere of water. Evergreen flew into the air with her fairy like wings, Bickslow readied his dolls, and Freed entered his Dark Ecriture: Absolute Shadow armor.
Yet unknown to all of them, a little bird sat on some rubble, looking right at Itachi. It then morphed into a snake and slithered its way towards the unexpecting Uchiha, as it was concealed with a magic spell from Zeref.
The Rock Dragon charged into Itachi, whom pushed it back with the Yata Mirror, and cut of the tip of its tail with the Totsuka Blade. And then Laxus leaped over the Rock Dragon.
Lightning Dragon: Roar!
Laxus spewed out a massive wave of lightning into the back of the Rock Dragon, making it flinch a little, feeling the effects of Laxus dragon slayer magic. "Now! Ever! Bickslow! Freed!"
Freed charged at the Rock Dragon at super speed, while sending bolts of electricity at the dragon. Bickslow had his babies blast the dragon with a magic wave, and Evergreen used Fairy Machinegun to blast the dragon with barrage fire of magic needles.
Erza leaped towards the Dark Dragon directing her blade at it, while gathering up green energy around the tip. "Ethernano Blade!" Erza let out a powerful red glow from her blade mixed with the green flaring energy. "Fairy Burst!" Erza blasted a massive wave of energy into the dragon. "Mira!"
Evil Explosion!
Mira blasted the Dark Dragon with a powerful wave of fire mixed with darkness, creating a powerful explosion. The burning smoke burnt around the Dark Dragon, whom emerged from the smoke not looking like it took any damage. "Perish! You filthy demon!" The Dark Dragon unleashed a breath attack at Mira and Erza, Mira widened her eyes and used her full speed to grab Erza and tried to dodge. Although the wave was easily cut in half by Itachi's Totsuka Blade.
"You two okay?!" Itachi looked back at Mira and Erza whom both gave a nod.
"We're fine, onii-san…" Erza replied, Mira looked at Erza and back at Itachi.
"Erza, there is something I have to tell you." Mira said with a saddened look to which Erza raised a brow in confusion, Mira started to explain everything Pantherlily had told her that Future Lucy said about Itachi. And Erza looked just like Mira did when she first found out, a look of disbelief and shock.
"Now Juvia!" Gray and Juvia pulled their right arms back together to combine their attack.
"Right Gray-sama!" Juvia glared at Scissor Runner.
"Unison Raid: Shotgun of Love!" Juvia called out to which Gray blushed slightly and looked a little annoyed.
"We're not calling it that…" Gray uttered to which Juvia pouted a little.
"Unison Raid: Shotgun!"
Massive pillars of water gathered around Scissor Runner whom looked around to see him surrounded by pillars of water. Gray then focused his ice maker magic to freeze the water, sending a barrage fire of ice spikes crashing into Scissor Runner.
Although Scissor Runner emerged from ice, not looking to have been affected by their combined attack. "Are you kidding me?!" Gray and Juvia jumped back to avoid being stumped to death.
Meanwhile, Itachi was pushing the Levia back with the Yata Mirror. Levia blasted a breath attack at Itachi, whom used the Yata Mirror to reflect the blast back at Levia sending the dragon skidding back. Itachi jumped after Levia reading Yasaka Magatama beads.
"Forget those weaklings! Kill this one first!" Levia shouted and the other three dragons redirected their attention to Itachi and flew over him, and blasting the back of the Susano'o with a combine breath attack.
Itachi focused all his power to shield himself from the breath attack, and to prevent the Susano'o from getting destroyed. Freed made an enchantment barrier to absorb some of the blast, yet the power was too much and the enchantment broke. However, it was enough time for Itachi to turn his Susano'o around and use the Yata Mirror to shield him, sending the combined breath attack back at the dragons in the sky.
The dragons quickly evaded the incoming attack, and charged at Itachi whom was on the ground, and Levia charged from the other side. Itachi quickly threw a yaska magatama into Levia making him back away for a bit. And then Itachi jumped back to avoid the dragons. Laxus and the others tried to gain their attention, yet the dragons ignored them and went straight for the main threat.
Itachi was so occupied with the dragons, he didn't notice the snake that slithered in from underneath his Susano'o. It then turned into the imp figure we knew as Obra of Raven Tail, and jumped onto Itachi's shoulder. Just as Itachi noticed Obra, the imp had sunk its fangs into Itachi's neck. "Argh!" Itachi grunted in pain and grabbed a hold of Obra and held him up to his face, Itachi glared at the imp when suddenly he started to feel strange, it was like a drug or a poison had been injected into his body. "Wh-What did you do to me?!" Itachi growled while tightening the grip on the imp that only chuckled.
"A gift from Lord Zeref." Obra laughed, as Itachi's heartbeats increased by the second, it got harder to breath. His body was pulsing, he felt as if he was about to explode. Obra's laughter was also silenced as Itachi squeezed so hard that the imp exploded in a splatter of black blood.
"AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Itachi began screaming in pain as he fell to his knees, and the Susano'o vanished.
"What? Somethings wrong? Onii-san!" Erza was about to rush to Itachi's aid but was stopped by Laxus. "Let go of me Laxus, we have to save him!"
"No, can't you feel it… something's happening to him… this darkness, it's just like it was against Hades…" Laxus was sweating bullets, he wasn't afraid, he was worried about his rival, but mostly he was sweating from the pressure that began to grow around Itachi.
"Itachi!" Mira also tried to rush at Itachi but was stopped by Gray, whom felt what Laxus felt coming from Itachi.
Even the dragons halted their attack at this strange feeling in the air coming from Itachi. "This feeling… it feels like…" Levia uttered in disbelief.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHHH!" Around Itachi then exploded a massive pillar of darkness, that let out a powerful dark purple glow that was visible to the entire town.
Makarov looked back from holding off Atlas Flame with Natsu, to look at the pillar, even Atlas Flame stopped attacking to look at this pillar of darkness. "What is that?" Natsu questioned, until he remembered feeling this when they fought against Hades.
"I-It can't be… Itachi?" Makarov questioned with wide horrified eyes over feeling this dark power.
Jellal, Wendy, and Zirconis looked towards the dark pillar as well. "What is this? Feels a lot like Zeref, no its different." Jellal looked at the pillar with confusion.
"This feeling…. Itachi-san…" Wendy uttered, her tiny body trembling remembering how Itachi got during the battle against Hades.
Future Rogue looked down at the pillar from Motherglare. "What is that? The power is massive…" Future Rogue uttered with a slight hint of fear in his eyes.
The pillar of darkness then vanished, leaving a massive crater. The air turned cold, the pressure was overwhelming, so overwhelming even Laxus fell to his knees. Footsteps were heard coming from the crater, the top of Itachi's head was visible from the crater as he kept walking out from the crater and his body came more into view.
Mira, Erza, Laxus, Gray, Juvia, Freed, Bickslow and Evergreen all widened their eyes in horror at what they saw. From Itachi's shoulders came black tentacles, that wrapped themselves around his arms covering them in darkness, and making his hands look like black demonic claws and from his shoulder grew out the black flame like markings, the black flame like markings grew also on the right side of his face and covering the entire right side of his torso in darkness. His eyes were black and soulless, it was like looking into the eyes of a wild animal ready to kill anything in its path. There wasn't a sign of Itachi within those cold eyes, only darkness and despair.
"Th-This is no ordinary human…" Scissor Runner uttered and all the dragons seemed a little nervous and agreed. "This energy… it feels a lot like…"
Itachi looked emotionlessly at his prey, stretched his right army out, as the claw changed its shape into the shape of a long blade, that resembled a black katana blade. "…" No words were spoken from Itachi, all that came from him was the sensation of killing intent.
A figure appeared in the distance on top of a tower, it was Zeref. He looked down on this scene with a smile with the lack of any emotions. "Seems he has entered stage 2 of his power. Now, let's see how far it will go."
That's the end for now!
The dark power in Itachi seems to have reached a new level, will Itachi without knowing end up killing some of his comrades? Or will he manage to regain control before he kills anyone? Find out next time!
Now, I hope no one minds Itachi being able to take on the dragons like he did in this chapter. Because in my opinion, I think a full power Gildarts would at least be very close to one of these dragons in terms of power, and since Itachi is stronger than Gildarts he would be around equal to one of them, if not slightly stronger.
Also, sorry for not having been able to update, have been really busy with college, and had a bit of writer's block. The next story I will update is "Itachi Sitri" for those of you waiting for that one, hopefully I will be able to update it this week, or maybe next week.
Anyway, leave a review!
-Later!
(Responds to reviews):
Shadow Joestar: Thanks! And as you can see, this will be more than a complicated battle.
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itachicool: Compared to Fairy Tail characters, Itachi is really powerful with a very few stronger than him, in my opinion at least.
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