Itachi focused most of his energy into the yata mirror as he was blocking the Etherion blast from striking. "Onii-chan…" Erza muttered in awe. Itachi gritted his teeth as he was sweating slightly.
"N-No…" Jellal gritted his teeth in anger as he saw Itachi smirk at him.
"Your dream comes to an end." Itachi said as the Etherion blast bounced off the shield and into the night sky. The light shined brightly as shockwaves from the blast was sent across the area creating waves in the ocean almost knocking the boat with the others over if Juvia had not surrounded them in a water dome.
With the magic council
"The Etherion has struck the target! Confirm destruction of the tower ASAP!" A frog creature said.
"Clearing the image!" Another frog creature said as the magic council members waited for the result.
"Th-The blast bounced right off!" A frog creature shouted as the image revealed the tower with the Etherion blast bouncing off to the side. "Zoom in on the image!" They zoomed in and saw Jellal, Erza and Itachi with his Susano'o blocking the blast.
"Th-That's The Demon Eyes of Fairy Tail, Itachi Uchiha…" Yajima said.
"Wh-What's he doing?!" A council member questioned.
Siegrain clenched his fist in rage as his eyes were wide in rage. "Damn it!"
Back with Itachi
"Damn you!" Jellal shouted and tried to punch Itachi who dodged it by tilting his head to the side, then Itachi kneed Jellal in the gut.
"Jellal?" Erza questioned in confusion.
"I heard your conversation earlier. And I could easily tell that you were lying, I'm an expert on that subject myself. Ever since you announced the Etherion blast I realized that something was wrong. So I studied the structure of the tower and then I understood… You were planning to use the Etherion blast as a source for the magic power required for the R-System. Then you were planning on sacrificing Erza. Am I wrong?" Itachi asked as he narrowed his eyes at Jellal.
Jellal gritted his teeth, then he began to chuckle with a small grin on his face. "The rumors of your intellect are true after all…" Jellal then clenched his fist. "You really are damned annoying!" Jellal shouted.
"Y-You tricked me!" Erza said as she stared at Jellal in anger.
"You were adorable, Erza. Jellal couldn't harness his true strength… He was in serious danger, so fooling you was his only option." A voice that sounded like Jellal was heard.
"I was wondering when you would show up… Siegrain." Itachi said as he didn't even bother to face Siegrain and instead focused on Jellal.
"Siegrain." Erza said as Siegrain walked past them and towards Jellal. "Wh-Why are you here?!"
"I'm reminded of when we first met, Erza." Siegrain said and walked to stand next to Jellal.
"When she and Makarov went to the council to submit a written apology?" Jellal said.
"She mistook me for you and attacked me. Well, we do look alike. I can't blame her. You only let up after I told you we were twins. But you were still hostile towards me." Siegrain said.
"Of course, I was! You silently approved of what Jellal was trying to do, even though you were his older brother! And you spied on me, to top it all off!" Erza said.
"Yes." Jellal commented.
"That was a big mistake on my part. I should have said, I will find Jellal and stop him, instead. But my biggest miscalculation was running into you after I had finally managed to join the council." Siegrain said.
"There's nothing worse than having to come up with excuses on the spot." Jellal said.
"So you two were colluding after all." Erza said.
"No, it's more like their the same person." Itachi said making both Jellal and Siegrain widen their eyes in shock.
Siegrain began to look transparent. ""How did you know?!"" Jellal and Siegrain questioned in unison.
"My first clue was from the very beginning, the fact that Jellal had a twin brother and despite his close relationship to Erza the subject never once came up. My second clue was recently the fact that you had such knowledge on the council's operations, of course it could just mean you were working together. But my final clue came here, the way the two of you carry yourselves, talk, even expressions. Even though your twins those very things should have been different. Yet you share the same thought, body structure, and not to mention your energy signature is completely similar." Itachi said as his sharingan was spinning. "It became obvious to me eventually."
Siegrain then merged with Jellal letting out a glow. "Nothing seems to escape your eyes." Jellal said with an annoyed expression.
"Then you were responsible for the Etherion attack?!" Erza questioned.
"That and he sneaked into the council for the very purpose of this day. But that plan failed." Itachi said with a smirk.
"Did you enjoy your temporary freedom, Erza? My plans may have failed, but none of you are leaving this tower alive!" Jellal declared.
"Just how many people have you lied to, to come this far in life?!" Erza clenched her fist in anger.
"Energy…My magic energy has returned!" Jellal said as he began to glow.
"Why you…!" Erza was about to charge but was stopped by Itachi who put his arm in front of her.
"I will bring an end to Erza's nightmare once and for all…" Itachi said as he stared Jellal down.
Jellal took of his coat and cracked his knuckles. "You will pay for destroying my dream!"
"Dream? If anything, I'm putting an end to your curse." Itachi said.
"The Demon Eyes of Fairy Tail, Itachi Uchiha. I had hoped that one day I would get a taste of your power before destroying you with my own two hands." Jellal declared and went into a stance.
Heavenly Body Magic: Pleiades!
Six yellow rays then rained down from the sky towards Itachi. Itachi then performed a set of hand signs.
Fire style: Dragon Flame Bomb!
Itachi spitted out six large wave of flames that were at the shape of dragon heads. They clashed with the six rays and exploded in midair making it look like fireworks.
Heavenly Body Magic: Meteor!
Jellal surrounded himself in a golden glow and began moving around the area at incredible speed. Jellal flew around Itachi bouncing from the walls. "You will never land an attack on me!" Jellal said as he was flying towards Itachi ready to shoulder charge him. Itachi quickly ducked and kicked Jellal in the gut making him cough up some blood mixed with saliva. Itachi then delivered another kick to his chin sending Jellal crashing into a wall.
"You were saying?" Itachi asked when Jellal leaped out from the rubble charging at Itachi with full speed. Jellal began to throw several punches, but to Jellal's surprise Itachi was able to keep up with his speed blocking every punch. "You're slow." Itachi commented and punched Jellal directly in the face.
Jellal then leaped back and began to increase his speed. "Let's see how you deal with this speed!" Jellal threw a punch, Itachi quickly caught Jellal's fist and threw him to the side. Jellal then blasted a golden ray towards Itachi who caught it with his hand. But the impact was strong enough to send him back a few steps, in result Itachi's clothes were slightly torn and he had a few bruises and burn marks on his hands. Itachi brought out a few kunai's from his pocket each of them with a paper bomb tag attached to them. He threw them in different directions. "Heh, and I thought you were skilled at using those little ninja knifes!" Jellal mocked, Itachi just smirked and threw two more that clashed into other two, the kinfes bounced to the side hitting to more, then bounced into another direction hitting them. Suddenly they were all flying directly towards Jellal who widened his eyes as the paper tags began to burn. Jellal quickly leaped away with his increased speed as the tags exploded when they hit the wall were Jellal once stood.
"They are one of my specialties actually." Itachi said as he was now behind Jellal, Jellal quickly swung his arm at Itachi who turned into a pack of crows. "But I have other talents as well." Itachi said as the crows flew in front of Jellal formed into him. Jellal then smirked as he vanished in a flash and appeared behind Itachi kicking him in the back sending him flying crashing into a wall.
A/N: Play: Anthem of the Lonely by Nine Lashes
Jellal then flew into the air. "May the seven stars bring judgment upon you!" Jellal placed both his arms on top of each other, as seven magic seals formed in front of him in the shape of a star constellation. "Seven Star Sword…"
Grand Chariot!
Seven rays were sent from the seals as they hit the floor forming the same pattern as in the sky. The floor Itachi and Erza were on then exploded. Itachi and Erza fell down to the next floor of the tower with a few bruises on his face. While as Erza was unconscious.
"That spell has as much energy as a meteor strike. I'm impressed your body is still intact. Maybe I should have used more power, I have no use for this tower anymore after all." Jellal said as he clenched his fist in anger.
Itachi stood up and spitted some blood to the side as his clothes were more torn and he had a trail of blood coming from his mouth. "Maybe I shouldn't hold back against you after all."
Jellal surrounded his body in a golden glow. "Likewise! I'll put an instant end to you! You will regret defying me on your way to hell!"
"I have a lot to answer for in the afterlife, and I will have some regrets but defying you won't be one of them." Itachi said as he directed his right arm towards Jellal with his middle finger and index finger sticking out.
Jellal formed a magic circle in front of him releasing five golden rays. "Take this!"
Five Element Dragons!
Itachi formed five magic circles around him and out of them came five Chinese dragons, one made of fire, one made of water, one made of wind, one made of lightning, one made of earth. The dragons clashed with the rays. Itachi then quickly formed a few hand signs.
Fire style: Fireball!
Itachi spitted out a large ball of fire that crashed into Jellal sending him crashing into the wall making a crater. Itachi threw a kunai with a paper bomb tag attached to it, the knife stabbed into the wall next to Jellal's face. Jellal quickly reacted and leaped away before it exploded.
"Damn you!" Jellal formed several magic circles releasing several golden rays directed at Itachi. Itachi quickly ran to the side as the rays crashed around him. Itachi then leaped in front of Jellal, who quickly blasted him with a yellow orb of energy. Itachi was sent back as he suddenly vanished in a pack of crows. Itachi then appeared behind Jellal grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and threw him into the wall.
"Just give up… Your plan has failed." Itachi said.
"Damn you!" Jellal shouted as he tried to punch Itachi but suddenly Itachi vanished like a ghost. Itachi then everywhere surrounding Jellal. With swords appearing from nowhere from the ground. All the Itachi's grabbed a sword each and leaped towards Jellal stabbing him.
"ARGH! GARGH! AAAA! Jellal screamed in pain for each stab.
Suddenly Jellal was on his knees shaking and sweating having felt something he hasn't felt in a while, fear. "That was one of my illusions. Face it, you can't beat me." Itachi said.
Jellal stared at Itachi in anger as he stood up and veins appeared on his neck. "I spent eight long years constructing this tower, eight years of planning, and now you've gone and…!" Jellal said as Itachi stared at him emotionlessly. "You will pay!" Jellal shouted as he gathered his hands above his head gathering a lot of magic power.
"Dark magic…" Itachi muttered as the wind around them began to blow immensely.
"The shadows are starting to bend towards the light! Oh no! This magic…!" Erza said.
"Prepare to plummet into infinite darkness, Demon Eyes!" Jellal said as a dark orb began to form above him.
"Jellal!" Erza said and stepped in front of Itachi making Jellal hesitate for a second.
Jellal then smirked. "You think I care if you die anymore?! The R-System couldn't be completed! Meaning my plan is ruined, meaning I don't need you! both of you shall be obliterated!" Jellal declared as the orb continued to increase in size.
Itachi appeared now in front of Erza activating the Susano'o placing the shield in front of them. "It's a big brothers job, to protect his younger sibling." Itachi said, but then a stabbing pain was felt in his chest. The Susano'o began to vanish as Itachi fell to his knees and began coughing.
"Onii-chan?!" Erza quickly went to Itachi's side. "What's wrong?!" Erza questioned when suddenly Itachi coughed up blood staining the floor.
Heavenly Body Spell: Altairis!
Jellal threw the orb towards Itachi and Erza. "Damn it…" Itachi cursed as the Susano'o vanished. When the orb was about to hit them, Simon jumped in front of them with a magic circle in front of him. Everyone else widened their eyes in shook when the orb exploded.
When the smoke cleared it revealed Simon who had several bruises on his body as he still stood in a defensive position in front of Itachi and Erza. "Y-You… I-I told you to leave…" Itachi said as he was clenching his hand over his chest.
"Simon…?" Erza questioned as images of how Rob protected her appeared in her mind.
"Erza…" Simon muttered as he fell down.
"Simon!" Erza quickly ran over to her fallen friend as Itachi also stood up and slowly walked over to them.
"You were still crawling around here, you little pest?" Jellal said.
"Why didn't you escape…?! Simon!" Erza said as she looked on her friend while holding his body in her arms.
"I-I'm glad… I always wanted… to be helpful to you… someday…" Simon said as he began to cough.
"I understand! Just don't talk anymore!" Erza said as tears slowly began to form in her eyes.
"You were always… so kind…" Simon muttered as he was slowly dying.
"Simon… Simon!" Erza shouted as Simon looked at her as images of a young Erza saying his name appeared in his mind.
Simon looked at Erza as a trail of tear fell from his eye. "I loved you…" Simon muttered as he closed his eyes and died with a smile on his face.
Itachi stared at Erza and Simon's body with wide eyes as tears ran down Erza's face. "NO!" Erza screamed and cried over Simon's dead body.
"Why didn't you let me take the hit…." Itachi said in a whisper tone as he clenched his fist. "I'm dying anyway…"
Jellal began to laugh. "Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous! That was the very definition pf dying for nothing Simon! This doesn't change anything! No one is going to leave here alive!" Jellal shouted.
It wasn't normal for Itachi to get angry, but between Jellal looking at Simon's sacrifice as nothing, and Erza crying he had, had enough. Itachi's body was shaking as he clenched his fist so hard that blood dripped from it. "Don't look down on a person's life!" Itachi shouted and punched Jellal across the face sending him crashing into a wall. "Now you've done it!" Itachi said as veins appeared on his forehead. Itachi leaped at Jellal and kicked him in the face. Itachi then elbowed Jellal in the gut. Itachi then grabbed Jellal by the throat and pushed him into the floor creating a crater causing Jellal to cough up blood.
"I will not lose!" Jellal said and surrounded himself in a yellow glow.
Meteor!
Jellal vanished and then appeared behind Itachi with his fist raised. Lightning then flickered around Itachi.
Chidori rotation!
Itachi span around as Jellal was electrocuted by the wave of lightning. "ARGH!" Jellal screamed in pain. Jellal quickly leaped up flying in the air. Itachi then leaped from the ground and appeared in front of Jellal, Itachi then delivered an upper cut to Jellal's jaw sending him further up. "Impossible! I cannot be defeated!" Jellal shouted as Itachi kicked him up further and further until they were on the top of the tower. "I am destined to create a land of freedom! Amid the pain and terror, Zeref whispered to me… He asked if I wanted true freedom! That's right! Only I can feel Zeref! I am the chosen one! Together, Zeref and I shall create a land of true freedom!" Jellal declared as he kept flying upwards and sending yellow rays of energy at Itachi who dodged them all.
Fire style: Dragon Flame Bomb!
Itachi spitted out multiple fire balls at the shape of a dragons head and they all flew past Jellal and into the sky. "I will destroy all of you!" Jellal said as he formed a large magic circle in front of him.
"Abyss Break?! Are you planning to destoy the tower and everyone in it?!" Erza questioned.
"I'll just spend eight years creating another! No, this one will take five! Zeref! Your time shall come!" Jellal declared when suddenly Itachi vanished in a vortex, then a vortex appeared in front of Jellal and out came Itachi who kicked Jellal in the gut sending him further up in the air, as the magic circle vanished.
"You want freedom?! Fine I will free you from that ghost!" Itachi shouted as he formed a blue orb in his hand and thunder clouds formed in the sky above them. Itachi was now above Jellal. As a large dragon made out of lightning appeared in the sky. The dragon then merged with the blue rasengan orb in Itachi's hand, as so much lightning flickered around it, it almost covered the sky.
Jellal stared in awe as he widens his eyes. Itachi then charged at Jellal pushing the orb with all the lightning flickering around it into Jellal's gut.
Thunder Sphere!
Itachi pushed Jellal down the tower, as they both went crashing all the way down to the bottom of the tower. As streams of lightning erupted all around the tower.
Meanwhile with the others in the water dome. "What in the world?!" Gray questioned as the tower looked like it was about to collapse.
"What's going on?!" Wally questioned.
"That has to be Itachi!" Natsu said.
"Yeah, I think so too!" Lucy said.
"But are they going to be okay?" Millianna questioned.
"I'd like to think so, but he's really going on a rampage that's so unlike him…!" Gray said.
Back in the tower
Itachi kept pushing Jellal who was covered in bruises and burn marks. Itachi kept pushing Jellal into the ground as the ground beneath them began to crack and water began to come in. Erza quickly leaped down after them. "Onii-chan!" Erza shouted as she was one floor above them and looked into the hole that Itachi crashed Jellal through. Suddenly the ground beneath Jellal collapsed as him and Itachi fell into the ocean depths. "Onii-chan!" Erza shouted as the entire tower collapsed and Erza leaped after them.
Itachi still had his hand placed on Jellal's gut as they went deeper into the ocean. Jellal then muttered a few words making Itachi widen his eyes as his sharingan read his lips. Itachi then let go of Jellal as suddenly someone grabbed Itachi by the collar. Itachi looked and saw Erza grabbing a hold of him and swimming up to the surface as rubble of the tower fell around them. Itachi looked back at Jellal who slowly vanished into the darkness of the ocean.
Erza and Itachi both popped up their heads over the water surface inhaling their breaths. "Onii-chan, you okay?" Erza asked.
"…Yeah, I'm fine." Itachi replied as he saw the rest of the tower sinking. He suddenly felt Erza hug him as tears ran down her eyes.
"Thank you…" Erza said as tears of happiness fell from her eyes.
Itachi returned the hug. "I'm sorry, Erza…"
"For what?" Erza questioned.
"For Simon…" Itachi replied.
"…."
"….."
"…."
"Erza…" Itachi said.
"He saved us…" Erza said as her bangs were covering her eyes.
"I know… But maybe I could have…saved him…" Itachi muttered as he and Erza continued to float on the water.
"There is no use thinking about what we could have done…" Erza said as tears of sadness began to fall from her eyes even her artificial eye.
"Heh, sounds like something I would have said." Itachi said with a weak chuckle.
"… Onii-chan, back there you coughed up blood… Why?" Erza questioned looking worried.
"… Can we talk about it later, maybe when were back at the guildhall." Itachi said as he began realizing that his secret was almost out in the open. 'Might as well tell them, tell them all.' Itachi thought.
"Itachi! Erza!" Gray's voice was heard. Erza and Itachi turned towards the source and saw a water dome with the others coming towards them. Gray stretched his hand out and Erza grabbed it and was pulled into the water dome, Gray then grabbed Itachi and pulled him into the water dome. "I've got to say Itachi, I was expecting you to beat him. But this is a little too much overboard even for you." Gray said as they all looked at the tower that sank down to the bottom of the ocean.
"…" Itachi didn't respond.
"Hey, where's Simon?" Sho questioned.
"….." Erza couldn't say a word.
"… He's dead… Jellal killed him." Itachi replied making everyone widen their eyes in shock.
"S-Simon… is dead…" Millianna muttered as tears fell from her eyes.
"Si-Simon…" Wally muttered.
"I-It can't be…" Sho said.
"He gave his life to save me and Erza…" Itachi said as the mood turned dark.
"… What happened to Jellal?" Gray asked.
"Onii-chan beat him… Last time I saw him he was vanishing into the bottom of the ocean." Erza replied.
"Well finally he has some peace…" Itachi said.
"What do you mean?" Natsu asked.
"He was apparently possessed by the ghost of Zeref, and I think when I beat him I set him free." Itachi replied.
"How can you know that?" Lucy asked.
"With my eyes, I can see what someone is saying by reading the movement of their lips. When we were in the bottom of the ocean Jellal muttered some words." Itachi replied.
"What did he say? Onii-chan, what did he say?" Erza asked.
Itachi looked at all of them. "… He said, "Thank you." nothing more, nothing less." Itachi replied.
Later at the hotel, next morning
Natsu was in his bed with a few bandages wrapped around his body as he was snoring. "Seriously, how long is he going to sleep?" Gray asked as he sat with Erza, Lucy, Itachi and Happy. Out of all of them Erza was the one who was covered in bandages, as Itachi had some wrapped around his waist and hands.
"Well he wasn't able to sleep for a whole day during all the tower of heaven mess, guess his body just needs some rest." Itachi said.
"Still we didn't sleep for three days straight, unlike the idiot flame brain over there." Gray said.
When Gray said that last remark Natsu instantly woke up. "What was that Gray?!"
"He's awake!" Happy said with a sweat drop, and then Natsu fell asleep again. "He's asleep!"
"Don't wake up if you don't want to pick a fight!" Gray shouted with thick marks on his head.
"I caused you all much trouble during this latest incident…" Erza said.
"You've said that so many times already…" Lucy said, as for them everything was all right now.
"Come to think of it, where's that girl?" Erza asked referring to Juvia.
"Oh, Juvia? She already headed back. said something about wanting to join Fairy Tail as soon as possible." Gray replied.
"I see…" Erza muttered.
Later on Erza went to meet Sho and the others down by the beach. "I'm sorry, Erza…" Wally said.
"I'm sorry, Erzy…" Millianna said.
"No, I should apologize to you. I wasn't able to do anything for those eight years. I'm truly sorry." Erza said as she felt ashamed of not being able to help them sooner.
"It isn't your fault, nee-san!" Sho argued.
"If only I had done something sooner, Simon would still be…" Erza said.
"Simon was a true man, you know! He wanted to protect you! He always loved-" Wally said.
"Wally!" Millianna stopped Wally from saying anything else.
"I know his feelings very well, as well as the feelings of everyone left behind. But we have to keep moving forward, towards the future Simon left us." Erza said as they all let out a weak smile. "You can always come to Fairy Tail if you don't have anywhere to go." Erza suggested making them all widen their eyes in shock.
"Us?!" Millianna questioned.
"It might not be the same freedom you were seeking, but…" Erza said.
"Come to think of it, the Salamander said something like that too!" Wally said.
"A full-of-life guild!" Millianna cheered.
"Plus, I'd like to always be with you guys… Now let's get going. I still need to properly introduce you all to the others." Erza said as they all went on to have a feast and a party.
Later
Itachi stood outside of the balcony looking up in the night sky. 'Maybe it's time I let them all know…' Itachi thought as he clenched his chest. 'It's not like I can keep it a secret for much longer. I even used that much power against Jellal, I think I might have used around 40% of my power. I can feel my body's getting weaker, I even feel tired…' Itachi thought.
Then suddenly the door to his room slammed open with Erza standing there. "Onii-chan! Have you seen Sho and the others?!"
"I haven't seen them since that party. Why do you ask?" Itachi questioned.
"I can't find them anywhere." Erza said.
"I see, I think you know what this means?" Itachi asked.
"…Yes…" Erza muttered. "I will go tell Natsu and the others to get the fireworks ready." Erza said and walked out of the room.
"I'll be right there." Itachi said and looked at the stars one more time. 'It's time I let them all know about the sickness.' Itachi thought before he jumped down from the balcony.
Meanwhile at the beach where you could see the hotel on the other side, were Sho, Wally and Millianna pushing a boat into the water. "Can we really make a life for ourselves in the outside world?" Wally questioned.
"We have to! We can't burden nee-san anymore!" Sho said.
"There you are!" Erza's voice was heard as they all turned to the source to face her.
"Nee-san!" Sho said. "We grew up inside that tower. There's so much we don't understand and feel unsure about… So we want to see this outside world for ourselves! We don't want to live our lives dependent on others anymore…or live our lives for someone else anymore! We want to live for ourselves now and discover our dreams on our own! That's the freedom we seek!" Sho declared.
"With that much determination, I'm sure you can do anything. I feel relieved now." Erza said as she requiped into her Farwell Fairy Tail Armor. "But there are three rules people who leave Fairy Tail must abide by! Listen well!"
"Hold on! Leave? We haven't even joined!" Wally said.
"One! You must never reveal information detrimental to Fairy Tail for as long as you live! Two! You must never make unauthorized contact with past clients for personal gain! Three! Even if our paths stray, you must live your lives to the fullest! You must never consider your lives insignificant!" Erza said bringing tears to Sho, Wally and Millianna's eyes as well as her own. "You must never forget the friends you loved for as long as you live! Let the Fairy Tail farewell ceremony begin!"
""Yeah!"" Itachi, Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Happy said in unison. Natsu and Itachi spitted out balls of flames that exploded in the air making fireworks.
"May the flowers of light blossom in your hearts!" Erza said as Gray shoot up a wave of ice that exploded in the air making it look like fireworks. Lucy swung around one of her celestial keys and shoot up a wave of celestial magic that exploded in a golden light in the air.
"I truly wish we could all stay together. But, if that would only enfetter you…then I wish you luck on your journeys." Erza said as Sho and the others floated away in their boat.
"It's just the opposite, Erzy!" Millianna cried.
"If we stay here, you'll always be reminded of painful memories…!" Wally cried.
"I'll never forget you, wherever you are. Besides, painful memories strengthen us by acting as seeds for tomorrow. People have that power within them! Walk tall! I will continue to do so as well! As long as we remember this day, I know we'll meet again. Take care." Erza said as tears ran down her eyes.
"You too, nee-san!" Sho cried.
"Bye-bye, Erzy!" Millianna waved as tears ran down her eyes.
"We will meet again someday! It's a promise!" Wally cried.
"It's a promise!" Erza said as she watched her friends sail away in to the open sea.
Later in Magnolia
Itachi, Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Happy stood and stared in awe at the new guildhall which now looked more like a castle. "Wow!" Lucy said.
"This is a surprise…" Erza said.
""They finished it?!"" Natsu and Happy said in unison.
"The new Fairy Tail!" Gray said.
"Think they went a little overboard…" Itachi said.
When they walked in through the gate they saw several tables outside with their guildmates sitting there and drinking or eating. "Is this an open-air café?" Gray questioned as they even saw a merchandise shop.
When they walked inside the guildhall they saw a large stage at the end of the room. ""Oh! So pretty!"" Happy and Lucy said in unison.
"Yes. Splendid indeed!" Erza said.
Gray turned to Natsu who looked a little depressed. "What's with you, Natsu?"
"It's different than before." Natsu replied.
"Lu-chan! Welcome back!" Levy welcomed.
"Oh! Levy!" Lucy said.
"Amazing isn't it?! You'll never believe it there's a pool behind the bar!" Levy said as they saw a pool with their fellow guild mates such as Jet, Droy and many others.
"Welcome back!" Romeo said.
"Why a pool…?" Lucy questioned.
"It's not the same…" Natsu complained.
"There's also a recreation hall down below!" Levy said as they went down and saw Macao, Wakaba and Reedus playing games like darts and other things.
"Yo!" Macao welcomed.
"Oh, you're back!" Wakaba said.
"This is so overwhelming…" Lucy said.
"It's not the same…" Natsu complained.
They were now back in the main hall. "And the biggest change is upstairs! Everyone is allowed in the second floor now!" Levy said as Elfman walked by on the second floor and saluted them. "You still need to have an S-class wizard with you to go on S-class quest, of course."
"Oh, you dunderheads are back." Makarov greeted them.
"Master." Erza said.
They all then stared at Juvia who was standing next to the master. "This is our newest member, Juvia. Isn't she a cutie?" Makarov said as Juvia had now a different outfit from before this outfit was more revealing then the last one, and she had even cut her hair shorter.
"It's a pleasure to work with you!" Juvia said.
"You actually joined…" Gray said with a friendly chuckle.
"Thank you for your help in Akane." Erza thanked.
"This is all thanks to you! Juvia will do her very best!" Juvia said with a big smile.
"Good to have you on board!" Lucy said.
Juvia then returned to her yandere state. "Romantic rival!"
"It's not like that…!" Lucy said with a sweat drop.
"And there's one other new member. Come on. Say hello." Makarov looking to the side.
"There's another?" Happy questioned as they all looked over in the same direction as Makarov.
"Huh?!" Lucy questioned in shock.
"Wh-Whoa! You can't be serious!" Gray said as they spotted none other than Gajeel.
"Gajeel?!" Natsu said and was ready to fight.
"What is he doing here?!" Gray questioned.
"Wait! Juvia brought him here!" Juvia said.
"Juvia aside, he's the one responsible for destroying our guild!" Erza said looking at Gajeel with an angry expression.
"Now, now. As they say, yesterday's enemy is today's friend." Makarov said.
"Yeah… It doesn't bother me at all…" Levy said.
"Screw this! I can't work with this guy!" Natsu said and went over to Gajeel and slammed his hand on the table.
"Don't worry. I don't plan to be your buddy." Gajeel said making Natsu feel offended. "All I want is work. It disgust me that I ended up working at the guild I can stand the least." Gajeel said as he stood up and had a stare down with Natsu.
"What?!" Natsu questioned.
"Gajeel is always alone, so Juvia couldn't turn her back on him! Oh…! I don't like him or anything, though!" Juvia said looking at Gray while sweating nervously.
"It is the duty of an old soldier to lead a stray youngster onto the right path. He's a nice guy at heart… I'd like to believe." Makarov said.
"If that's your decision, Master, then I will comply. However, I think it would be wise to keep a close eye on him." Erza said.
"Yes…" Makarov agreed when suddenly Itachi walked up to Gajeel and Natsu and went between them, Itachi then turned towards to face Gajeel who looked at him in confusion. Itachi stretched his hand out and smiled.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail." Itachi said shocking Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Erza.
"What are you doing?! He's the one who destroyed our guild!" Natsu shouted.
"It's just a building, it's fine." Itachi argued.
"Y-You can't be serious?" Gajeel questioned as he looked confused at Itachi.
"I'm just welcoming you, even though if you were an enemy before it doesn't change the fact that your one of us now." Itachi said still with his hand stretched out.
Gajeel looked at Itachi's hand then his face Gajeel then shook Itachi's hand. "Yeah, um, thanks I guess…"
"Are you really sure about this?" Gray asked Itachi.
"It's not like it's impossible for people to change." Itachi replied.
"This new place just doesn't feel right to me…" Natsu pouted when suddenly the lights turned off and a light appeared on the stage revealing Mirajane who was holding a guitar.
"Mira?" Itachi questioned as he went closer to the stage.
"Welcome back." Mira welcomed. "Okay this song is in celebration of Itchi and friends' safe return and our newly constructed building!" Mira said as everyone cheered. Mira then began to sing in which made Itachi widen his eyes.
'Beautiful…' Itachi thought at hearing the sound of Mira singing as he stood frozen and watched closely at the stage. It was like everyone else besides him and her vanished for a second. When the song was over Itachi was brought back to reality by everyone cheering.
"Amazing! Who's next?!" Macao questioned as the stage light turned on revealing Gajeel in a white suit with a matching hat, and dark sunglasses making everyone in the room pale.
"This is a little ditty I wrote called "Best Friend." Give it a listen." Gajeel said ignoring the fact that people was throwing garbage at the stage.
"Like hell we will!"
"And what's with the fancy suit?!"
Gajeel ignored them and began to sing. And the song was… interesting to say the least… Several people paled in surprise but eventually some of them began to cheer.
"I've never heard a song this bad in my life!" Natsu said when suddenly Gajeel threw his guitar in Natsu's face.
"You want a piece of me?!" Natsu shouted as they both had thick marks on their heads. They then charged at each other and Gajeel kept singing. "What do you think you're doing?!" Natsu questioned as they were fighting in a cloud of smoke while Gajeel just kept singing.
"Quit screwing around, Natsu!" Gray shouted as he stood up and tilted Erza a little making her drop her strawberry cake.
"My… Strawberry cake…" Erza muttered while staring at her fallen cake.
Itachi saw this and sweat dropped. 'Oh, no…' Itachi thought it got even worse as Elfman without knowing stepped on the cake.
"Quit your shrieking if you consider yourselves real men!" Elfman shouted.
"Shut up!" Erza kicked Elfman sending him flying across the room. As a large battle began.
"Itachi, can you do something?" Makarov asked.
"…."
"Itachi?" Makarov questioned and looked at the Uchiha who was lost in his own world.
'Mira sure has an amazing singing voice…' Itachi thought.
"Itachi!" Makarov shouted breaking Itachi out from his train of thought.
"Um, sorry Master, what is it?" Itachi asked and then looked around. "Oh…"
Later
"What did you call me out here for? I was just about to start work, too…" Gajeel said as he stood face to face with Jet and Droy and Levy who was hiding behind a tree.
"Work?!" Jet questioned.
"Don't be stupid! You're the one who demolished our guild!" Droy said.
"You guys are petty, all right." Gajeel said.
"I don't think we should do this… I… I don't care about what happened at all anymore…" Levy said.
"We have to show him…" Jet said.
"…who's boss!" Droy finished as Gajeel just smirked.
"That's right, act though while you still can!" Jet said and charged at Gajeel shoulder charging him in the chin.
Droy then threw some plant seeds and plants with fists popped out and began pounding Gajeel.
Knuckle Plant!
Falcon Soar!
Jet charged at Gajeel in high speed and kicked him in the gut sending Gajeel back. Gajeel looked at them with bruises on his body. "Come on!" Jet said.
"What's you deal?!" Droy questioned.
"What kind of harassment is this?" A new voice was heard they all turned to the source and saw Laxus.
"Laxus?!" Jet questioned.
Laxus looked at Gajeel. "So this is the kid who picked a fight with my guild, huh? I'm guessing the old geezer only let you join to keep you from wrecking it again, right? That's exactly why everyone mocks us, you piece of crap!" Laxus said as veins appeared on his neck. "On my way to this town, I heard things in pubs everywhere that pissed me off. Fairy Tail ain't so great?! Those losers are done for?!" Laxus said as lightning flickered around him and Gajeel was electrocuted by a wave of lightning. "It's because of you…!" Laxus punched the ground as a wave of lightning came flying towards Gajeel while tearing the ground apart.
"Stop, Laxus! You're going too far!" Jet said.
"I knew Laxus was strong and all, but this is way too one-sided…!" Droy said.
"Don't tell me Gajeel never intended to…" Jet said as he began realizing it.
"He wants to win our acceptance by enduring this without fighting back…!" Levy said.
Laxus then began stomping on Gajeel's head. "I'm gonna teach you what happens to people who defy Fairy Tail!"
"Stop, Laxus! That's enough!" Jet said.
"You stay out of this, small fry!" Laxus send a wave of lightning towards them that was about to hit Levy, when Gajeel suddenly stepped in front of her blocking it with his arm that had turned into an iron club, that now had a large burn mark on it.
"Gajeel!" Levy said.
"Is that enough for you? I have work to do…" Gajeel walked away while shaking slightly.
"U-Umm!" Levy uttered.
"Just let me be…" Gajeel said and walked away.
Laxus the punched another wave of lightning towards Gajeel. But then Itachi appeared and slapped the wave of lightning to the side. "Enough, Laxus." Itachi said as his sharingan was spinning. "If you keep going on with this any further, then you will have to deal with me." Itachi threatened. Laxus stared at Itachi and grunted and walked away. "Well then, time to get these groceries to Mira." Itachi said and picked up a bag from the ground. "See you guys later." Itachi waved and walked back to the guild.
The Guildhall
Itachi walked in the door and was meet by Mira, Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and the others. "I'm back." Itachi said.
"Welcome back, did you get those groceries I asked for?" Mira asked.
"Of course." Itachi said holding up the bag. Then he suddenly began to feel a stabbing pain in his chest, a pain worse than any of the others before. Itachi dropped the bag as all the groceries fell to the floor.
"Itachi?" Mira questioned worried as Itachi fell to his knees clenching his hand over his chest. "Itachi?!" Mira instantly went to his side.
"Onii-chan!" Erza went to her side, soon everyone was surrounding Itachi.
Cough* Cough* Cough* Itach began coughing, Mira proceeded to place her hand on his shoulder. "Itachi! What's wrong?!" Mira questioned when suddenly Itachi placed his hand over his mouth and coughed up blood. "Itachi?" Mira questioned as she began shaking. Itachi then fell to the floor unconscious in a small puddle of his own blood.
"….."
"….."
"…"
Everyone became quiet as they were all looking at Itachi. Mira looked at Itachi as she began shaking and tears formed in her eyes. "Itachi!" Mira's voice echoed throughout the guildhall.
That's the end for now!