The things started to calm down , the Youkais are working to rebuild what was destroyed by Jukan and Tsuchigumo rampage , Jukan was arrested and imprisoned , waiting in cold cell for his trial , Tsuchigumo escape has made the other factions to stay more on guard , they need to take him out as soon as possible and before he starts one of his rampages in another mythology territory . They are going to have a meeting soon in Kyoto is a peace meeting , only to discuss the previous events . The night was an easy now , no cold and just a bit of wind which let Itachi to stay comfortable outside , to think and to plan his next moves .
Fate : That was ... quite something .. what are we going to do next Itachi ?
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Fate : Itachi , are you there ?
Itachi : Haa ? What ? Yes ... sorry , i got a bit lost with my thoughts ... i don't know yet ... i need to think a bit more
Susanoo : You don't want that child to die , do you now , Itachi ?
Itachi : No , i don't want such thing , but i don't think that anything i will say is going to make the Youkais change their opinion , he done all that ... but ... mhh i don't know
Fate : The guy wanted to start a war , he joined forces with Fallen Angels , you race natural enemies , he released Tsuchigumo a plague for this world , have you seen anything he did ? He deserve it , that's my opinion
Susanoo : He was just lost , having your familly killed is not an easy thing , then you are recruited in the armed force of your faction , trained to fight against those people , you think that you are going to have that revenge , only for that faction to make peace with those of race who killed your familly , how are you going to feel about that ?
Fate : You forgive to much guys , taking the logical option , we should let him be , that's how life goes , none of our busniess , right Itachi ?
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Fate : Itachi is that right ? Wait , where are you going , don't tell you are going to speak with him !
Itachi : But of course , that's exactly what i am going to do right now .
Fate : You guys are without hope ...
Susanoo : Maybe , but you are with us and that makes you too without hope ( At that phrase they both laughed and Itachi smiled a bit ) .
Kyoto : The Imperial Prison
Somewhere else in some place Jukan was imprisoned , his cell was dark with only a bit of light from the moon , he was all alone , it wasn't the first time he was alone aniway , so why would it matter this time , most likely they are going to kill him , exile sounds just to beautiful to think about that , exile ... that devil was exiled and he came here in Kyoto and he started to destroy anything Jukan built all these years , he got the best trainer someone could ask . The Legendary Sun Wukong , those who are trained by him have a big chance to be called a Budha one day , thinking about that .. a Devil becoming a Budha , that made him laugh , for once in this whole week he laughed with a pure heart , but it didn't matter , because after the laugh has stopped , everything stopped and it made him feel more alone than ever , his people betrayed him , they started to run after he failed to kill that Devil , how could he fall for such a trick , he knew that the boy is possesing strange eyes and that he need to be careful but he ... he ... he had him GODDAMNIT !! And yet not he is in this cell and that guy is there with everyone or so ... he thought , because a shadow started to reveal behind the bars and soon that shadow revealed to be the man he was thinking some minutes ago , his body started to tremble , how dare he came here , he wanted to mock him ? To tell him that he failed just like those years ago when he failed to save his mother ... he wasn't able to do anything , those devils got to her , just like this one got him now . The Devil didn't do anything , he simply came close to the bar and the took a sitting position .
Itachi : How are you feeling ( with his ever stoic face )
Jukan : How do i feel ? What do you want me to say ? Something to make you laugh ? I will not give you that kind of satisfaction Devil ! ( He almost spatted the last word from his mouth )
Itachi : Nothing like that , i just want to know , that's all .
Jukan : And why do you care ? Everything was perfect , until you came here and destroyed everything !!
Itachi : I didn't destroyed anything , the reason you are here is because your own foolishness , you wanted to start a war , you sacrificed the life's of your people , you made a pact with Kokabiel an fallen angel who only has war in his mind and you released Tsuchigumo , i think that you know what happened after or you want me to go on ?
Jukan : Things shouln't have been like that ... i only wanted the best for my factions ... i didn't wanted for my faction to be considered weak anymore , i didn't want those children to suffer what i suffered ... i .. i wanted my race to survive and everything was destroyed by you Devil !! Your race is destroying everything !!! ( he said while screaming , his grip on the bars made them bent , like wanting to strangle Itachi right there and be done with it )
Itachi : You say that you want the kids to not suffer the same as you did and yet you are taking a child from her mother and you are giving her to be eaten alive , tell me how are you more different than those who killed your familly ? You mot--- .
Jukan - Don't dare you say her name !!! I don't want a devil to ever mention a world of my mom , you have no right ! She is death because of you ! And because of your stupid race ! I hate you , you hear me ? I hate you ! Go , just go away and leave me be !! ( But Itachi didn't move , he simply stood there , not letting any emotion to show on his face ) I said goo !! I don't want you here !! Are you deaf or something ??!! ( After talking like that for a few minutes and seeing that he has no chance to make Itachi leave , he finally gave up , again , he is a shame ... )
Itachi : Are you done ?
Jukan : You start to piss me off already , have you fallen for me or something ? ( said an annoyed Jukan )
Fate : The fuck ? Who is this guy to speak like that to my Itachi , fucking asshole , look at my pretty boy face and then you can talk cow face !
Itachi almost face palmed himself , they were supposed to not talk with anyone , at least now right now , but it seems that is not going to work like that
Jukan : What did you just told to me ? !! And how did you talked without opening your mouth ?! Well it doesn't matter , how dare you make me cow face ? I don't have a cow face !! ( said an angry Jukan to Itachi )
Fate : Ahhh right , you have a shit face , sorry .. my bad .
Jukan : What ? Who was that ? That's not your face , show yourself bastard ! I am going to show you who is going to have a shit face after that ! ( After he said that , Itachi simply lifted his Katana so Jukan can see it and then Fate spoke again )
Fate : What ? You've got a problem , come on , touch me , ohhhh waitt , you can't !! Hahahahaha
Jukan : You goddamn sword !! Come here !!! ( He tried and he tried but he stil couln't touch the sword who was talking with him.... wait ... a sword was talking with him ? )Wait ... you... you talk ?!!! No this is not possible , swords are not talking , what kind of illusion is this one Devil ?! Didn't you tormented me enough ?!
Fate : Ahh shut up and grow some balls , would ya ? ( said an irritated Fate ) The Devils are doing that , doing that , you just killed half of village by releasing Tsuchigumo and Budha knows how many are dying in this momment because we still can't find him and when are we going to find him , we must to engage him in the battle , other lifes lost , for a bastard who is saying that he want the best for his faction , you are not doing a really good job ! ( said Fate , the sword started to glow a bit red , showing that he is angry and his voice sounded angry to )
Susanoo : Fate i think it's enough . ( said Susanoo with a hard voice , he was sorry for the boy , especially after what Fate said , Jukan lowered his head in shame , he didn't know what to say ...)
Jukan in that momment started to look more confused , another voice , did this guy had another sword , or dagger , or what ? And why did all this things happened to him . Seeing the confused look on Jukan face , Itachi started to explain about Susanoo , who he is and why is he with Itachi . Of course he avoided to tell him about his old life , that would be just problematic and of course when he mentioned the name Susanoo , Jukan started to think about the Susanoo god from this world , but Itachi quickly dismissed those words , telling him that his Susanoo is far more different . After a few minutes he started to understand more and he then asked Itachi
Jukan : Your eyes , they have any .. connection to your Susanoo ?
Itachi : Yes ( said Itachi with a stoic face , giving not to much of an explanation )
Jukan : That face of yours is starting to get on my nerves , you are really so ... i don't know , you really don't feel anything ? That job from the church , you killed so many people and yet you are not having any problem , you are doing the same thing as before , this is starting to piss me off already ! ( he said while putting his hands on the head and starting to act in a funny manner )
Fate : I feel you
Susanoo : Jukan , i want to ask you something , why are you so angry with the devils , their are not the best from all of the factions , but they are not monster either ( when he said that Jukan demeanor changed , his eyes started to get cold and Susanoo was thinking that this was a mistake to ask him , but maybe , he would answer ...
A few minutes passed and he didn't answer , he only looked towards Itachi , most likely thinking if he can trust him .. or not , well ... fuck it , he would die tomorrow aniway , why would it matter now .
Jukan : My mother ... she was working here at the palace ... a maid for Lady Yasaka , she fell in love with a noble from here , they had some secret dates ... then ... i appeared , my mom was thinking that she can finally have a beautiful life , a husband she could love and a child ... but ... that ... that ( he started to grith his teeth so hard , Itachi was thinking for a second they would break )... that bastard ! Left her and me , he was a noble ...my mom was a maid , lower class , foolish to belive that she can have a familly with him , but she raised me ... as best as she could , then .. she meet a man , he was more of a father than my real father , teaching me to fish , fight , giving me support ... one day , when i woke up i started to hear shouting outside , i grabbed my sword hahaha ... i failed , i couldn't even grab it fully , but i still tried ... and when i got to the window ... my father was having an argument with someone ... didn't recognise them , my mom was there too , she saw me and came inside , telling me to hide as fast as i could , i didn't understand at first , she grabbed me and told me to go under the bed , a few minutes and the shoutings outside .. they stopped ... like they were never there ...and later those men , entered the house , one of their weapons was full of blood , i understood and i wanted to get out but my mom wouldn't let me , she made me swear that no matter what i wouldn't get out ... when thei entered , they started to deny money ... it seems that my familly owned a lot , they wanted to leave this place and go far away , but those bastards would not let them ... later i understood better . They took my mother , grabbed her arm and putted her down , like she was some dog ... and then ... then ... *sobs* *sobs* they ... those ... animals ... they *sobs**sobs* ( in that momment , he started to cry like a small child again , revealing his past trauma didn't make it easy for him at all , now Susanoo started to feel really bad , he should have take Yasaka story , not ask him more questions ... and fate ... he had a little cry session of his own . Suddenly Jukan felt a hand on his shoulder , when he looked up he saw Itachi ... and for the first time since they meet , he saw Itachi with a smile on his face . )
Itachi : It's okay .. i know , you don't need to tell us anything , i am sorry for making you do this ... remember .. it's okay to cry , when you need it
Susanoo : I am sorry boy ... it was not my intetion ... i am sorry ...
Fate : *sobs* Yeahh Susanoo , how dare you make this boy cry *sobs* don't you have a sould ? *sobs*
After a few momments he finally calmed down and he looked towards Itachi with a confused look , why wasn't he laughing , was he really that wrong ? Did he really confused the things ? Why didn't they just leave him ...and then he remembered his fathe words : " Even if you throw trash at them , saying bad things about them , getting into fight with them and they still stay by your side when you are alone , those are real friends is better to have a few good friend who you know are going to be there , than a 100 false ones , do you understand me son ? " At that the litlle Jukan answered with " Yes Papa ". He then thought about his friends ... who it seems were not his friends , once he was defeated , they left him and now the man who defeated him was here , asking him if he was ok or if he needed anything ... so ironic , seeing his change , Itachi made a few hand signs Summoning Jutsu , getting a wierd look from Jukan . " It's much more simplier than doing a magic cirle , now ... how about drinking some sake ? " pulling out two cups and putting sake in them he said " this is Dragonspring sake , my sensei once told me that you are sharing this sake with someone you shared a battle and memmories " Jukan stayed and watched carefully and then with a smirk on his face , he said " Aren't we underage ? It might cause us some problems if we drink this , don't you think ? " right after he said that , they both looked at eachother and suddenly everyone started to laugh ( Fate , Susanoo included ) . And this is how it has been until Morning .
Underworld Gremory Mansion
" Are you leaving already oni-sama ? " asked a girl , red hair , blue eyes her body in the stage of developing , she was a blessing to the eyes of anyone who would look at her , beside her was another 2 girls and a boy , 1 of the girls about the same height with her , she had a long black hair tied in a ponytail and violet eyes , her breast was quite big for her age , a bit bigger than the other girl and from the look of it she was still developing and she would surely become a beauty in the future , the other girl was the smallest from the group , she had white hair and golden eyes , two cat ears on her head , she was licking a lollipop . And the last , a handsome boy with blonde hair and blue eyes , he was wearing something formal , this was at the momment Rias Gremory peerage .
Sirzechs : Yes , it seems that Yasaka and Sun Wukong has summoned the other factions to Kyoto , to discuss about Tsuchigumo , me and Ajuka would be the representatives of the Devils , we are going to take a few guards here , while Leviathan and Asmodeus are going to stay here in case anything happen
Rias : Do you think that ... he will be there too ? I mean .. you know ( said Rias with her eyes lowered to the ground , that confused the girl with White Hair and the boy with blonde hair , who was she talking about )
Sirzechs : I don't know Rias , i hope that .. yes ... but i don't know .. we didn't heard to much from Itachi in the last years ... ( said Sirzechs with sad eyes , some years has passed and his sister was still thinking about Itachi ... not that he blamed her , everyone was the same even after this years , especially Itachi mother ... she was never the same after he left .
Rias : I understand ... ( she seemed more sad than before , in the Maou name , what are you doing Sirzechs , do something ! )
Sirzechs : Maybe you can give me something for him , Ajuka said that he would soon find a way to make a device who can't be tracked by anyone , that means that soon , you can speak with him as much as you wish , isn't that soo Ajuka ? ( The man with Green hair nodded his head and said Yes with a smile on his face , making the girl to feel a bit better )
Then another man showed up , long red hair and blue eyes Zeoticus Gremory , he was followed by his wife , Grayfia and by Itachi parents .
Zeoticus : Are you leaving Sirzechs ? Are you sure this is a good plan ? It may be a trap from the Fallen Angels
Sirzechs : Even if is a trap , we are going to be ready , me and Ajuka are enough to handle anyone who comes in our way and we are going to take an Ultimate Class with us ( That made Zeoticus confused , who ? Grayfia ? No .. he said she would stay here or maybe he changed his plans . ) Are you ready to go Kenji . ( That surprised everyone , except for Grayfia and Ajuka )
Hana : You are going with him Kenji ? Why you didn't told me , i would -- . ( but she was cutted off by him )
Kenji : You would have said no , Sirzechs-sama needs someone he can trust and this is a good way , i can see our son , to speak with him and i will tell him , everything he needs to know and how much you love him ( When he said that Hana started to cry and the atmosphere started to change again , seeing that he said again ) i am sure he is fine . Sun Wukong it's his sensei , if i know something about that Moneky .. is that you better don't mess with him .
Hana : *sobs* i know , i know *sobs* just ... take care of you and tell him .. that i miss him dearly
Kenji : I will , i will ( he said while taking his wife into a hug )
Ajuka : Sorry to get into your momment , but we better hurry , we don't want to be the last to arrive now , do we ? ( After he said that , everyone started to take their goodbyes and Sirzechs took a letter from Rias , took his goodbye and off they were in a magic circle ) .
Grigori Quarters
Azazel : Are you ready Vali ? ( said a main , a litlle bit impatient , tapping his foot on the floor )
Vali : Tell me again , why do i need to come with you ? I need to train ?
Azazel : Everyone is coming with some body guards , i will take you and Baraqiel , oh right , ARE YOU READY BARAQIEL ?!! ( he said while screaming , after a few seconds he got his answer )
Baraqiel : Yes , everything is prepared for our leaving , i've put Penume and Tamile in charge , until we come back
Azazel : Perfect !! Now let's goo already , i am getting bored
After he said that Baraqiel opened a magic circle , and off they were .
Asgard
Asgard is the home of the gods, including the "all-father" Odin, his wife Frigg, and their sons Thor and Loki, as well as a host of others. From his golden throne in Asgard, Odin rules over the "nine worlds," including "Midgard" or "Earth." The nine worlds are connected by a mystical "world tree" called Yggdrasill, whose roots and branches stretch across the cosmos, though the gods tend to travel to Earth via a magical rainbow called the Bifrost.It is a realm of great beauty and arhitecture with vast lands and golden buildings it is indeed the realm of the Warrior Gods .
"Odin-sama ! Odin-sama ! Where are you Odin-sama ? We are goint to be late to the meeting , said a girl , a beautiful girl with silver hair started to scream and ask around if anyone if they saw the God , but all of them shaked their head , when she was thinking that all hope was lost and Odin left her behind again , she meet the God Thor , who was speaking with some girls , excusing herself for bothering them , she asked "Thor-sama , have you seen Lord Odin ? I'am searching for him , for a long time , we are going to be late" right after that , his answer was the next "Ohh yeah , he was heading towards Bifröst , he told me not to tell you ... but .. mhh whatever , go on now or you are going to lose him " thanking him with a bow , she quickly started to run towards the bridge , cursing the old man for leaving her behind again , doing it on purpose this time !
Kyoto - The training grounds
After a night of drinking , who was followed by a headache , Itachi was present in the training ground , with all of the things happening in the last days he didn't have time for training at all , nor did he have time for himself in the last years , everything he was doing was to train , clean the house because his Sensei was to lazy , hunt stray devils and fallen angels , little time he had for himself . He knew he would soon have more time for "normal" activities , but not now , now we has to see how many targets he can hit at once , there was around 20 of them . And a medium crowd gathered around , the words of his victory started to spread as fast as the lighting , many mythologies learned about it and decided to came to the great meeting , to discuss and decide about Tsuchigumo .
Sun Wukong was sitting with Yasaka and her daughter outside looking towards the training grounds , they were serving some tea and enjoyed the show Itachi was pulling with his Kunai , he was in mid air , throwing his Kunais at every single target , hitting all of them in the center , he surely knew how to pull of such a show and old monkey budha fighter couldn't be more proud of his pupil and yet his face was showing a bit of concern which Yasaka recognised and asked .
"..everything is good ? You look troubled Sun " she waited for the answer and yet she got none so she asked again a bit louder this time making Sun shake off his trance , lookin around a bit lost sighing she asked again " are you ok ? You don't look to be in a good mood "
"Ahh but of course , i've never felt better ,it's just that .... whenever i'm looking at him training ... he reminds me of a good friend of mine ... he is a young boy with a great future ahead and one day i am sure that his decisions would take a great hit upon the world , good or bad .. that i do not know , but i am sure that we are going to find out ... sooner than we expect . " finishing his sentence Yasaka started to look at Itachi , thinking about what Sun said , good or bad ? Why two , Itachi was one of the kindest person she ever meet ( if only was a bit older ) .
"Good or bad ? What do you mean ? Do you think that he would turn bad or something ? I can't help but wonder what made you think in this way , you raised him since he was 5 , why thinking like this ? " but her words were not meant to insult or accuse , she was simply asking
"There's darkness in him ... the way he is killing ... the way he is training , i don't know what caused this ... if it's because of his elders or simply a trauma from his childhood , but there is something evil in his heart , waiting for a momment of weakness to get outside and destroy everything , i can only hope that he is strong enough to defeat it .. " he said with a sad tone and of course Yasaka wanted to ask more but it seems that destiny would not allow it , a servant came and announced :" The Guests are going to start arriving and the meeting room is prepared my lady " giving a nod to the servant , she quickly got up holding he daughter by the hand " I think we must to welcome some guest " at that he nodded to and they both left .
After 20 minutes
"Itachi , i feel some strange presence , all o them are incredibly strong " said Susanoo
"It mean that our Guests arrived " said Itachi , changing his clothes for something more formal .
"And here we are , going to listen to old geezers talking all day , how boringgg !!!! " said the sword in a bored tone
"Stop complaining" said Susanoo , annoyed by his friend
Before another fight beteween this two could start , Itachi told them both to shut up and he prepared himself for the long day to come ...(sigh) how much he hated the politics .
End of the Chapter
Thank you for watching guys , sorry because it is so short and without action