Chapter 3: Meeting the competition!
Chapter 3: Meeting the competition!
Itachi was standing in the center of a wide room that had technological devices on the walls and with what looked like five skeleton robots standing around him. "Simulation activated, welcome young master Itachi Sitri. Starting level 10." A computer like voice echoed through the room, the robots let out a glow until they all bore the resemblance of people, with black feathered wings.
Itachi whom had his eyes closed the whole time, opened them revealing the one-tome sharingan. He narrowed his eyes as the fallen angel simulations flew up while forming a spear of light in their hands, they then raised the spears and threw them towards Itachi whom formed a magic circle beneath his feet.
"Activate, defense magic circle." Itachi muttered and raised his hands to the side as a barrier of blue magic circles surrounded him taking the hits of the light spears. Itachi narrowed his eyes when some of the magic circles began to crack. "Teleportation." Itachi muttered and the magic circle that was forming beneath his feet vanished with him in a flash of light. The very same light appeared behind the robot fallen angel simulations, and Itachi leaped out from the light and had his hands stretched out towards the side forming a magic circle on each hand.
Water and Lightning combo: Raging Typhoon!
Out of the magic circles came a tornado made of water and out of the other circle a violent surge of lightning, the water and lightning merged together into a violent storm that crashed into the fallen angel robots. When the dust cleared, it revealed scraps of two of the five robots, the other three then flew towards Itachi at immense speed.
Itachi widened his eyes as his sharingan glowed, he blocked a punch from one of the robots with his arm and then he delivered a kick into the robot sending it skidding back. The other two then appeared behind Itachi with light spears formed in their hands, Itachi was about to block them when suddenly the robot he sent skidding back earlier flew towards him with a light spear ready to stab him. Itachi gritted his teeth. "Dammit." Itachi uttered as just when they were about to stab him the spears vanished and the robots went back into their normal appearance.
"Simulation stopped, better luck next time young master." The computer voice spoke and Itachi walked out of the room, once he was out he was met by his father.
"You did well considering your still just a 4-year-old child. You're already fighting at an extremely high level for your age, you are definitely on the same level as those simulations but if they gang up on you your chances of winning becomes almost zero." His father informed Itachi of what he had already discovered himself, if he had chakra he was sure he would be able to take on those simulations with ease. But it was a little difficult for him to get used to magic as it was so different from ninjutsu in general, although he had a pretty good grasp of it so far. Itachi had also heard that there was something called chakra in this world as well, although it was different from the chakra he knew back in his old life and magic seemed easier to learn, although he had secretly decided to see if he could master the other form of chakra once he had learned magic, and maybe some other type of combat abilities that he might find useful later. "By the way you better get ready, we're going to meet up with Lord Gremory and Lord Phenex soon, both Rias and Raiser will be there as well."
"Hn, understood father." Itachi nodded emotionlessly, the news on Itachi and Rias possibly being engaged struck Sona with pure shock, same with Rias although she was slightly delighted but wasn't sure why she was delighted. And it had very much angered this Raiser Phenex, whom Itachi was about to meet for the first time.
"It was nice of Ajuka Beelzebub-sama to make this training device for you. And it seems to be working perfectly." Lord Sitri said as he walked along with his son through the dark hallway while smiling at his son.
"Hn, he really is a genius." Itachi had to admit that the Maou known as Ajuka Beelzebub was quite intellectual, he was formerly of the Astaroth family whom now the role of head fell to Ajuka's younger brother, Diodora. Ajuka was the one responsible for something known as the Evil Piece system, a way for High-Class devils to form peerages of servants that could come from any type of faction and even humans. He is also the one who invented the Rating Game a competition for High-Class devils with their peerages to compete and demonstrate their power. Itachi starts to think back to when he was first introduced to this genius Maou.
Flashback: 5 months ago
Two days after having met Rias Gremory and the Gremory family, and having established an engagement between Itachi and Rias. Itachi was taken by his older sister to meet with someone. "Nee-san, where are you taking me?" Little Itachi asked his older sister Serafall whom was despite Itachi's protests carrying him in her arms with a loving smile on her face.
"I'm taking you to see Ajuka-chan! His going to check something about It-tan's body, but don't worry onee-chan won't let him harm you in anyway or else she will go on a rampage!" Serafall declared with a beaming smile and a giggle as she rubbed her cheek up against Itachi's. "Ah, It-tan's skin is so soft and warm it's so relaxing. Chu~ Chu~" Serafall began kissing Itachi's cheek repeatedly.
Itachi was annoyed but it wasn't like he could do anything about it, Serafall is one of the strongest beings known in existence, and she holds the title of the mightiest female devil, plus he does love and treasure both her and Sona as they are his sisters. So, knowing he couldn't do anything he decided to endure it for now. "Nee-san, could you please act more serious. And could you please put me down?" Itachi asked, even though he knew he couldn't do anything he knew it also couldn't hurt to ask.
"No, because of my duties I hardly get to spend time with It-tan and So-tan! So, onee-chan will take any opportunity she can get!" Serafall declared and once again, "Chu~Chu~" Began kissing Itachi's cheek. "Ah! We're here!" Serafall said and finally put Itachi down and opened a big door and behind the door was a young handsome man looking to be in his early twenties with slicked back green hair and icy blue eyes and behind was a laboratory of some kind.
"Serafall, good to see you." The man greeted with a polite bow.
"Ajuka-chan! I've brought It-tan for his examination!" Serafall said and lifted Itachi up placing him on a chair.
"I could do it myself, nee-san." Itachi pointed out with an emotionless expression, although he felt slightly humiliated.
"Mm, but like onee-chan said, she will take what she can get." Serafall said leaning her face next to Itachi's with a beaming smile.
"Greetings young Itachi Sitri, I am Ajuka Beelzebub, I am currently chief advisor of the Technology department." Ajuka greeted the young Sitri with a small friendly smile.
"The pleasure is all mine, Ajuka Beelzebub-sama." Itachi bowed his head slightly.
"My, my such polite manners, you certainly didn't learn that from Serafall." Ajuka said with an amused chuckle.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Serafall pouted.
"It means what it exactly means." Ajuka replied and Itachi had a look of agreement, Ajuka then looked over at Itachi. "By the way you don't have to be so formal, calling me Ajuka will do just fine."
"Very well then, Ajuka-sama. What is this examination nee-san decided to bring me into?" Itachi questioned as he had no idea why he was here to begin with.
"Ah that, Serafall told me that recently you protected your younger sister and the young Rias Gremory from a giant wild wolf, correct?" Ajuka said and Itachi nodded in response. "Well Serafall told me that when she arrived to rescue you, only to find that you had frozen the wolf in a chunk of ice, your eyes were red for a second. And she asked me to find out if there was anything dangerous going on within your body." Ajuka explained and Itachi understood that this was about his sharingan, he knew he couldn't keep it a secret forever, but he thought at least he could keep it a secret for a bit longer until after sometime he could pass it off as a Sacred Gear he had found or some spell he invented.
"Hn, I see." Itachi nodded in understanding trying to keep a cool calm expression and showing no reaction to it.
"So, you have known that you could do this to your eyes for a while now?" Ajuka asked while holding a flashlight over Itachi while examining his eyes.
"Yes, I just thought it was a family ability or something." Itachi used his mastery skill of lying, he didn't like it, but it sounded better saying I am originally from a different world and I freed the souls of hundreds of people and some deity granted me a wish to keep an old power I used to have. They would have either thought he was crazy, or a child with a wild imagination.
"Well it's not, could you activate it now if possible?" Ajuka asked with a serious expression, and he had this mysterious aura around him so that even Itachi couldn't read him, Itachi was actually quite impressed.
"Most certainly." Itachi replied figured there was no point in hiding it. He closed his eyes and once he re-opened them they were not black, but burning bright red with a black dot in the center with a black circle going around it and one black tomoe on the circle.
"Hmm, very interesting." Ajuka grabbed Itachi by the chin and closely inspected the sharingan. "I have never seen anything like it, whether it's a Sacred Gear or a mutation is hard to tell."
"Is it dangerous? Is It-tan in trouble?" Serafall asked with a worried tone of concern for her beloved younger brother.
"Not sure, hang on." Ajuka said and opened a cabinet with the sound of him browsing through various tools. "Hmm, where did I put it? Ah! Here it is." Ajuka brought out a set of what looked like goggles with wires going from where the eye glasses were supposed to be. He blew some dust of it and brushed some more dust from the top. "Now sit still." Ajuka said and put the goggles over Itachi's eyes, he then attached the wires to a computer and began typing something on the keyboard.
"It's not going to hurt him, is it?" Serafall asked with a concerned tone.
"Oh, no it's just going to analyze his eyes, and check his DNA structure." Ajuka replied as on his computer screen was a virtual model of Itachi's head and his eyeballs, and also a line of DNA with several numbers scrolling down the screen. "Hmm, interesting…"
"What, what is it?" Serafall questioned leaning in towards the screen.
"It doesn't seem to be a Sacred Gear, rather it's connected to his DNA, and the eyes each seem to have some sort of energy that is different from the other. It is also absorbing magic power from the environment bit by bit, and it only seems to be a weak state like it has so much more offer. My best guess is that it will evolve as time goes by." Ajuka analyzed what he read from the computer with an intrigued look as he was rubbing his chin.
"But is it dangerous for It-tan?" Serafall questioned. Itachi thought it was something like that, that Serafall was worried that he was in any sort of danger, he knew that he wasn't though but still felt glad that his older sister felt such concern for him.
"Hmm, from what I can tell, no it's not. Then again that could change if it evolves any further, you might want to bring him back for another session if his eyes ever change its shape more than this. Just to be safe, but so far he is in no kind of danger." Ajuka said and walked over to Itachi and removed the goggles. Itachi blinked his eyes now that he could finally see again.
"That's good." Serafall let out a sigh of relief.
"Well then I believe that was it." Ajuka said looking at the two siblings.
"Yes, thanks Ajuka-chan!" Serafall beamed and lifted Itachi into her arms, holding him tightly while her breasts pushed up against his back, while Itachi kept a deadpan expression.
"Ajuka-sama." Itachi said gaining the Blue Satan's attention. "You're an inventor correct? Of mechanical devices?"
"Well yes, it's kind of a hobby of mine." Ajuka said with a small friendly smile.
"Then could I possibly request you build something for me?" Itachi asked and Ajuka looked intrigued.
"Name it." Ajuka said.
"I would like a device that helps me train on how to fight various supernatural creatures." Itachi said and Ajuka looked at him with a raised brow.
"What for?" Ajuka questioned.
"To help me get stronger and find various strategies to deal with the different species." Itachi replied and Ajuka and Serafall looked at him with a surprised expression, they must have expected him wanting some sort of special toy.
"Why are you in such a hurry to grow stronger?" Ajuka questioned with a calm stern expression.
Itachi didn't want to exactly tell it was to become the strongest and bring peace between the three factions and the world. However, he felt the pressure of Ajuka and Serafall seeming to demand an answer to that question, not out of rage but curiosity, and they seemed to not take no for an answer. Itachi in the end gave up and decided to tell them his one true dream. "To become the strongest and bring peace to the world." Itachi said with a serious stern expression.
Serafall and Ajuka widened their eyes a little at first, but then they brushed it off with a smile thinking this was just merely a childish dream and wishful thinking. However, not wanting to destroy what they assumed was his childhood innocence they decided to agree to it. "Very well then Itachi-kun, I will build your training device. I will make it into a simulation of all various different species known throughout the world each one with a difficulty level." Ajuka smiled and ruffled the top of Itachi's head.
"It-tan will grow up to be super duper strong! Onee-chan just know you will! Chu~" Serafall kissed the top of Itachi's head while smiling at him warming and lovingly, and Itachi returned it with a small smile that quickly vanished and returned to his deadpan emotionless expression.
"Thank you for everything, Ajuka-sama." Itachi bowed his head a little politely while he was still being held by Serafall.
"Your very much welcome, Itachi-kun." Ajuka returned the bow. "You can maybe expect your training device within a few months."
"Thank you very much, farewell." Itachi bid farewell with Serafall.
"Bye! Bye! Ajuka-chan!" Serafall waved as she left while still carrying Itachi. "Isn't that good for you, It-tan? You're in no danger and you get a gift from Ajuka-chan!"
"Hn, I'm glad. But nee-san, put me down." Itachi said with a deadpan expression.
Flashback End
Itachi and Lord Sitri were sitting in a horse carriage on their way to meet with Lord Gremory, Rias, Lord Phenex and Raiser to discuss this engagement issue between these three families. "I still don't understand why we can't use a magic circle to teleport to the Gremory castle." Itachi said while looking out the window.
"Well your still so young and you have just learned how to use magic circle teleportation, so we can't risk anything wrong happening." Lord Sitri replied to his bored looking son.
"Father, I have already fully mastered magic circle teleportation, I learned it five months ago." Itachi pointed out with a deadpan expression and Lord Sitri looked pale white.
"O-Oh, well it still just comfortable a-and this way we can just relax and take in the scenery." Lord Sitri said while letting out a nervous chuckle.
"I wasn't complaining, I was just asking why." Itachi said as he did enjoy looking at the beautiful landscape from the window, it made him feel at ease.
"O-Oh, I see… well honestly we're actually running quite early for when we scheduled the meeting…" Lord Sitri said while rubbing the back of his head and chuckling nervously.
"So, what your telling me, I could have trained longer…" Itachi looked at his father with a cold deadpan expression.
"U-Umm, thought you didn't mind taking in the scenery?" Lord Sitri asked nervously.
"I don't mind, but I prefer to use any available time for training." Itachi replied with an emotionless deadpan expression.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I'm so sorry…" Lord Sitri bowed his head down to his son.
"Whatever, it doesn't matter anyway." Itachi brushed it off and returned to looking out the window.
"Could you at least say you forgive me?!" Lord Sitri shouted looking like he was about to cry.
"Fine I forgive you." Itachi said with a motionless tone showing that he wasn't really serious.
"I don't believe you do!" Lord Sitri shouted with comical tears running down his eyes.
"I actually do." Itachi said calmly as he was used to his family reacting this way, well at least father and Serafall as they were the oversensitive ones in the family.
Later after a few hours of driving, they finally arrived at the Gremory castle and was greeted by multiple maids and butlers. ""Welcome, Lord Sitri, Itachi-sama!"" The maids and butlers said in unison. Itachi looked uncomfortable with being called sama, it was one of the things he hated with being a noble, it might actually be the only thing now that he thinks about it. Once they arrived at the front door two butlers opened the main gate and they were greeted by Lord Gremory, Venelana and Rias Gremory whom hid behind her mother looking rather shy of Itachi, she was still glad to see him, but she still felt very shy around him but she wasn't sure of why as she was still too young to understand the concept of love.
"Welcome Lord Sitri, and young Itachi, to the Gremory castle." Lord Gremory greeted them with a warm smile.
"Hello, Itachi…" Rias said peeking her head out from behind her mother.
"Hello again, Rias." Itachi said with a warm smile that made Rias feel her chest tightening.
"It's good to see you again." Venelana greeted with a warm smile.
"Now all that's left is-" Lord Gremory said when suddenly a magic circle appeared behind them and out came two figures in a burst of flames, one man looking the same age as Lord Gremory and Lord Sitri, he had long blond hair and a beard he also had blue eyes and he was dressed in noble clothing. And next to him was a boy that was older than Rias and Itachi, he had blond hair and blue eyes and was dressed in a red blazer and matching pants, he had a smug expression that Itachi immediately disliked. "Ah, Lord Phenex, Raiser, I welcome you to the Gremory castle." Lord Gremory greeted the two new comers with a polite smile, he didn't seem to hold hate towards Lord Phenex but he had a little feeling of dislike towards young Raiser's smug expression.
"Greetings Lord Gremory, Lady Gremory, Lord Sitri, young Rias Gremory, Itachi Sitri." Lord Phenex greeted with a nod and his expression was calm and collective.
"Hello there, Lord Gremory, Lady Gremory, Lord Sitri, Rias." Raiser looked at Rias with the smug look on his face as it seemed he chose to ignore Itachi, meanwhile Rias sent him an angered look. "Now what is this talk about competition for Rias' hand in marriage?"
"Simple, I want my son to get married to Rias Gremory, since the Sitri family needs to continue its bloodline as well." Lord Sitri spoke with a smile and Raiser narrowed his gaze and then looked over at Itachi.
"Who? This shrimp? Lord Gremory you can't seriously believe he is better suited than me?" Raiser said in a condescending tone directed at Itachi whom simply sighed at Raiser's foolishness. "What's that sigh supposed to mean, brat?"
"It is foolish for you to think I'm not suited considering I'm still too young to get judged by my appearance if it comes to being suited or not. Not only that unlike you me and Rias are at the same age so if anything, you're the one who's less suited for her than me. Besides you shouldn't judge someone just by first appearance, that is a mistake spoiled ignorant brats like you always tend to make." Itachi said in a calm motionless tone and Raiser got angrier and angrier. Itachi's first impression of Raiser was not a good one, it was that Raiser seemed like a spoiled brat that uses his powerful family name as an advantage in life.
"Why you little!" Raiser charged up flames into his fist.
"Keep in mind you're in the same room as your own father and the other adults. Doing this will simply bring shame to your family name, not to mention you're a fool if you think anyone here would allow you to attack me." Itachi said and Raiser realized what he was saying and looked at his father whom looked down on him strictly, Raiser grunted and deactivated the flames.
"Apologize Raiser, right now." Lord Phenex ordered his son.
"Tch. Fine sorry kid." Raiser turned his head to the side, not meaning a word he said.
"So, shall we begin our discussion?" Lord Phenex suggested.
"Most certainly." Lord Gremory said with a serious expression and guided them into the living room with three couches surrounding a table. Lord Gremory, Venelana and Lord Sitri sat on the one facing the main door, Lord Phenex and Raiser sat on the left one and Itachi sat on the right one.
"Hey Rias, why not come sit next to me?" Raiser asked smugly suggesting to the seat available next to him. Rias huffed and went over to Itachi and sat next to him much to Raiser's anger.
It was already clear to Itachi why Raiser was so set on marrying Rias, from the moment he got here he has been looking over at Venelana quite a bit. Without a doubt, he must have assumed that Rias would get the same voluptuous body as her mother.
"So, let's discuss the issue. Lord Gremory had made a deal with both of us to engage his daughter to one of our sons. And now, we need to decide on who should gain the right to marry her." Lord Sitri said calmly and with a smile.
"I don't want to be forced to marry anyone!" Rias declared with an angry pout directed at her father whom looked heartbroken seeing how angry Rias was with him. "I-It's not that I don't like Itachi, unlike Raiser." Rias said with hatred directed towards Raiser. "But, I just don't want to be forced to marry someone…"
"I agree." Itachi said while looking at Rias with a friendly smile.
"Huh? Then why are we even discussing this?" Raiser questioned thinking he had already won.
"Because I won't break out of the engagement despite that. It has nothing to do with my family I just want Rias to have the choice to marry who she chooses." Itachi explained and Raiser looked at him confused and Rias looked at him with wide eyes of awe.
"My, my such bluntness." Lord Sitri chuckled at his son's attitude.
"Hmm." Lord Phenex noticed how Rias was looking at Itachi and realized that it seemed the girl had feelings for the Sitri boy. "Seems there is something else behind it." Lord Phenex said and the young ones had a look of confusion while the adults seemed to understand.
'What did he mean by that?' Itachi thought in confusion, as he hadn't realized that Rias was in love with him. And that the only reason she doesn't want to get married is because she is being forced to do so, that she would rather want to marry whom she chooses not because she has to there is a principle involved.
Raiser then himself noticed the looks Rias was sending Itachi and understood so himself finally. "I don't care, I'm not backing out of this engagement either." Raiser declared.
"Well as long as you're not backing down neither am I." Itachi declared with an emotionless expression.
"Well I'm not going to marry a jerk like Raiser!" Rias declared and huffed her head to the side with a childish pout while Rasier looked a little angry.
"Shouldn't Rias get a say in this as well? If she would rather want to marry me than him shouldn't that be the end of the discussion?" Itachi asked as he knew what the alternative would be, to fight in a Rating Game with Raiser later on in the future which would be troublesome and give Itachi a headache.
"Well that naturally would have been the case, but my son is dead set on this engagement and it was promised to our family at first. I'm sure you must also understand that this is about honor for our family name as well?" Lord Phenex spoke while looking at the young Sitri.
"That's right, so you should just back down. The promise was made to our family first." Raiser said while glaring at Itachi.
"And now a promise has been made to my family, we're in the same predicament when it comes to honor of our family name. Plus, I consider Rias a valued friend and I would want her to be happy. And clearly you wouldn't make her happy." Itachi said calmly and with an emotionless expression.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Raiser glared at Itachi in rage.
"I can already tell what sort of person you are, and what you will become. You strike me as someone who would be what is called a womanizer, even though if your married to Rias you will most likely still have affairs with other women. Not to mention your arrogant attitude and selfishness would make her even more unhappy. You've probably already had a few girlfriends already and while you've been with these girls you've most likely flirted with others as well." Itachi said and Raiser clenched his fist in anger.
"How dare you accuse me of that?!" Raiser questioned in anger while standing up and slamming his hands into the table. "Your nothing but a mere brat!"
"So, that hickey mark on your neck is from something else then?" Itachi asked as Raiser did have a hickey mark on the right side of his neck. Raiser instantly covered the mark and glared at Itachi while growling. "My point is proven." Itachi said with a calm expression, he couldn't believe that a 10-year-old boy already acted like such a playboy. Just like Itachi thought, Raiser was just a spoiled brat whom had used his powerful family name to gain advantages in life.
"Raiser, sit back down." Lord Phenex ordered and Raiser complied.
"Little punk…!" Raiser growled while glaring daggers at Itachi whom didn't care at all.
"Very well then, I believe there is only one way to settle this then. A Rating Game." Venelana was the one to speak this time.
"Yes, it would be best to one day in the future when both of you are old enough to settle this in a Rating Game." Lord Gremory agreed and Lord Sitri nodded in agreement.
"Very well, that seems the best way possible. And this way the losing side will at least keep their family's names honor intact, as they would have lost while fighting." Lord Phenex agreed to the idea as well.
"Huh, yeah right, the kids so young he probably doesn't have any peerage members yet. While I myself have three so far in my collection." Raiser declared smugly while glaring at Itachi like this would be an easy victory.
"I would recommend to remove that self-confidence of yours, a lot can change over the years." Itachi said with an emotionless expression and Raiser sent glares at him showing that he accepted the challenge.
"Very well then, I suppose we shall take our leave. Come, Raiser." Lord Phenex said and stood up from the couch with Raiser and walked towards the end of the room. "Until next time, Lord Gremory, Lord Sitri." Lord Phenex and Raiser vanished through a magic circle that flared up in flames.
"Guess that matters settled, thank you for this old friend." Lord Gremory thanked Lord Sitri whom smiled at him.
"Don't worry about it, call it a favor, I expect you to pay me what you owe me in return for all of this plus interests." Lord Sitri said and Lord Gremory sweat dropped while looking a little pale.
"Y-You got it." Lord Gremory sighed and walked out with Venelana and Lord Sitri. "Let's have a drink while we have you here!"
This left Itachi and Rias alone in the room. "Umm, Itachi, if you don't want to marry me, then why didn't you back out of the engagement?" Rias questioned with her cheeks in a faint color of red.
"Well that's because I think you should be able to choose who you want to marry yourself. Once this whole mess is over and I defeat Raiser, well if hopefully I defeat Raiser, or hopefully find a different more peaceful way to solve this. I will let you go and chose who you want to marry. I want you, to choose what you want as Rias, not what the Gremory family wants you to do. That's all you wanted to, right?" Itachi said with a smile and Rias widened her eyes as her tiny heart began to beat faster.
"Yes, thank you, Itachi…" Rias uttered while holding her hands over her chest.
"No problem." Itachi said and began walking towards the door to reach his father and remind him it was time to go home. Itachi did not notice the look on Rias' face, she looked like she was trying desperately to ask him something, something she needed to know from him.
"Hey, Itachi! Do you like me? And why?" Rias asked with a small faint blush while pushing her index fingers up against each other nervously and she didn't know why she was nervous. Itachi took this as a child wondering if someone she considered a friend truly liked her and also considered her as a friend, and considering also still that Rias was a young child, he didn't even consider the possibility of her being in love with him.
"Of course, I like you. As for why, I like you for who you are, Rias." Itachi replied as he truly considered Rias to be a friend, and why wouldn't he like her? She was a good girl whom had a lot of love in her from what Itachi could see in her eyes. Rias then widened her eyes upon hearing those words and her blush increased, Itachi looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Is something wrong? Your face is all red." Itachi asked.
"It's nothing!" Rias shouted with now her face the same color as her crimson hair, she ran out the door, leaving a confused Itachi behind.
"What was that about?" Itachi questioned and in the end shrugged his shoulders deciding not to give it much of a thought. When Itachi exited the room, he was meet by the sight of Venelana pinching Lord Gremory's cheek preventing him from getting any drinks while Lord Sitri snickered in amusement. "Father, isn't it about time we headed home as well?"
"Oh, yes, well then thank you for your time old friends." Lord Sitri bowed to Venelana and Lord Gremory, as they walked towards the main open door, Itachi looked back to see Rias peek her head out from behind her mother while waving goodbye at him. Itachi smiled and waved back making the young Gremory whom gained a joyous smile as well.
Chapter 4: Rivalry!
It had been a total of six years since Itachi's meeting with Raiser Phenex in the discussion for Rias's hand in marriage. Itachi was now 10 years old, and he had grown up to be quite strong and powerful. There are rumors going around about him possibly being the strongest devil of his generation, with the only other one being considered for that possession being Sairaorg Bael, Rias's cousin from her mother's side.
Itachi was once again using the training facility that was made to him all those years ago, by Ajuka Beelzebub himself. Right now, he was facing off against three dragon simulations, normal dragons which were considered weak by their race, yet compared to devils supposedly from Itachi's generation they were very powerful creatures. Itachi's hair had grown out and his long black hair was tied into a ponytail he was dressed in a black sleeveless shirt and grey cargo shorts.
Itachi had his gaze narrowed and his two tomoe sharingan flaring bright red. Itachi had been a little disappointed in himself that he yet hadn't achieved three tomoe state, but there were many things he still had to learn about magic and it proved to be more difficult to master than Itachi had originally thought as it was far more complicated than chakra.
Naturally once he achieved two tomoe sharingan, Serafall once again took him to see Ajuka only to find out there still was no danger and that Itachi was fine. That was three years ago.
Itachi flared up in a blue aura and glared at the three dragons that growled at him. The dragon in the middle opened up its massive jaw and spitted out a wave of fire at the young Sitri. Itachi quickly raised his right hand with a magic circle forming on it. "Defense magic circle, level 5." Itachi uttered as the enhanced magic circle blocked the flames without any issue. Itachi had figured out a way to enhance a magic circle's defensive abilities, so that he could defend himself and not use that much magic power on blocking attacks, like when people use magic circles to defend themselves they tend to not keep track on how much power they put into it and waste too much power. Itachi's face remained emotionless as the flames got divided by the magic circle and flames flew around Itachi. Once the flames gave out Itachi formed a magic circle into his palm.
Water Serpent
A massive serpent made out of water flew towards the dragon in the middle and wrapped itself around it, holding it tightly as the dragon roared in pain. Itachi then flew up in the air with his devil bat like wings sticking out from his back. He then raised his hand up in the air and formed a golden magic circle.
Lightning Magic: 1000 Volt
A wave of lighting shot out from the magic circle and into the water serpent sending a surge of electricity through the water serpent, and into the dragon that let out one last roar before it vanished and was reduced to a robotic skeleton that looked like it was burned.
The two remaining dragons charged at Itachi, one of them swung its massive claw at him and Itachi flew to the side and dodged it. The second dragon flew up behind him and spitted out a wave of fire. "Defense magic circle, level 5." Itachi formed yet another defense magic circle to block the fire, in the meantime the other dragon flew at him from behind, Itachi was cornered. He narrowed his eyes as the dragon flew at him with its massive jaw open ready to devour him. Itachi flew up a little dodging the dragon's jaw by a mere inch as it bit down on where Itachi once was. Itachi then stepped onto the snout of the dragon and directed his available hand towards the dragon's eye.
Fire Magic: Fire Shot!
Itachi blasted the dragon right in the eye with a ball of fire making it howl in pain. Itachi then deactivated the magic circle holding back the flames from the other dragon. Itachi flew down the back of the dragon he just blinded, as that dragon took the wave of the flames instead. The dragon roared as it vanished leaving a robotic skeleton that was melted.
The last dragon growled and flew towards Itachi whom looked at it with no emotion in his eyes. He then casually raised his right arm and formed a magic circle that let out a cold breeze. Itachi narrowed his gaze at the massive beast flying towards him.
Subzero Ice Prison
Itachi uttered with an ice-cold expression as the dragon froze in a massive chunk of ice that floated in the air. Itachi then clenched his fist. "Shatter." Once that word was uttered the dragon shattered into a million pieces of ice. This magic spell was his only instant kill move so far in his arsenal, the only downside to it was that it used up a lot of magic power. So, he would only use it in a match of life and death. Of course, it had its weaknesses as well, if you were fast enough to avoid it you could dodge it, or if you possessed immense magic power or some sort of energy, you could shield yourself from only being shattered into pieces, if you had an extremely powerful fire magic spell you could melt it.
"Level 50 completed, well done young master." The computer voice spoke as the simulation ended. Itachi then began panting a little as some sweat ran down his forehead being exhausted from training all day, his eyes returned to their normal shade of black. He did have more magic power than he ever did with his chakra sick or not sick so that he considered a bonus for having magic, with the only downside how difficult it was to fully have his sharingan adapt to it and master it.
Itachi walked towards the exit of the training facility where he was greeted by Lord Sitri and Serafall. "Nee-san? Thought you had Maou duties?" Itachi's facial expression didn't change from his normal stoic face when he saw his sister, in fact he was now almost taller than her.
"I finished early, ne, ne, ne, It-tan! You have become so strong already, come and give your onee-chan a hug!" Serafall jumped towards him with her arms open ready to embrace him in a hug, but Itachi stepped to the side dodging Serafall whom turned to him with a pout. "Mmmm, Get over here!" Serafall kept jumping at him and he kept dodging.
"I reek of sweet, I'm not sure you would want to hug me." Itachi said with his normal stoic expression, when in truth he wanted just to avoid the headache of having his sister hug him and try and touch him in certain places as she states she wants to see how much It-tan has grown.
"That doesn't matter to your onee-chan! She still loves It-tan! Let me express my love and hug you tightly!" Serafall demanded as she kept jumping after him and he kept dodging.
"Not when you put it that way." Itachi said and kept dodging while Lord Sitri stared at this scene with a warm fatherly grin.
"Now Itachi, I came here because I have some news for you. There has been arranged a little match between you and Sairaorg Bael in order to find out which one of you is the strongest." Lord Sitri spoke and Itachi stopped dodging and Serafall finally managed to grab him and hugged him tightly.
"Is that so, what brought this on anyway?" Itachi asked as he had no interest in fighting at all, he kept his stoic expression on despite Serafall feeling up on his muscles.
"Sairaorg insisted on it himself actually, he wants to see just which one of you is the strongest." Lord Sitri replied.
"I see, tell him I decline." Itachi said which shocked both Serafall and Lord Sitri.
"What for?" Lord Sitri questioned while blinking in confusion thinking Itachi would jump on the chance to prove how strong he has become.
"I have no interest in fighting if there isn't a good reason for it." Itachi replied with his stoic expression.
"I thought you wanted to become the strongest and bring peace?" Serafall questioned with a look of confusion.
"I do, I just don't see the point in fighting pointless battles." Itachi replied.
"But you fight those simulations everyday…" Lord Sitri pointed out.
"That's for training, that serves a purpose in making me stronger. This match with Sairaorg serves as nothing more than mere entertainment, and since I can get the same level of intensity from my simulator training machine, why would I need to fight him?" Itachi said and his father and sister couldn't argue with that logic.
"Well I can't argue with that, but I don't think Sairaorg is going to leave you alone until you accept though." Lord Sitri said with a small chuckle.
"… He's here, isn't he?" Itachi asked with a deadpan expression and his father gave him a nod of confirmation.
"His upstairs with Rias and Sona." Lord Sitri said with a wide grin.
"…"
"…"
"Guess I will avoid the upstairs then." Itachi said and turned around to head for the showers.
"Should we go tell Sairaorg the bad news?" Serafall questioned as they watched Itachi walking down the corridor towards the showers.
"Might as well." Lord Sitri sighed and they headed back upstairs.
Meanwhile, Itachi was in the showers letting the water wash over his muscular young body that was more muscular now than it used to be in his previous life, as this time he had devoted himself to training a lot more. Once he was done he grabbed a towel and dried his hair before wrapping it around his waist.
"Sairaorg! You shouldn't interrupt Itachi while his showering!" He could hear Rias's voice coming from behind the door.
"He will fight me, like it or not!" A voice he assumed was Sairaorg was heard as well and the doors were kicked down. Itachi kept a stoic expression as dust gathered from the door when it hit the ground, and once it was cleared, Itachi saw a young boy about his age with black hair and violet eyes with quite the muscular build for his age. And behind him was Rias whom was slightly shorter than Itachi and her breasts were already starting to develop, she might grow as big as her mother's one day, Serafall and Sona whom had grown taller and was just slightly shorter than Rias and unlike Rias hadn't shown any sign of developing breasts, the Gremory princess blushed suddenly when she saw Itachi was only wearing a towel and covered her eyes with her hands, but she was still peeking through between her fingers. Sona blushed a little as well and did the same thing as Rias.
'Why are you peeking from behind your hands as well?' Itachi thought looking at Sona.
"Yo!" Sairaorg grinned at Itachi not seeming to care or even notice Itachi only had a towel wrapped around his waist.
"That's what you say when you kick down the door?" Itachi asked with a stoic expression and a surprisingly clam tone. "What do you want?" Itachi questioned.
"I want you to rethink the idea of having a match with me!" Sairaorg said with a friendly grin as he walked up to Itachi.
"I'm not interested." Itachi instantly turned down the offer.
"Oh, don't be like that! Come on, one match!" Sairaorg said and slapped Itachi on the back, this however made the towel around his waist fall down as his developing manhood was visible and Serafall kept a smile on her face as she suddenly brought out a camera and took a picture, while Rias had taken her hands away from her face and her face was now the same color as her hair same with Sona whom quickly turned around.
"Aren't you going to put some clothes on already?! Goodness gracious!" Sona shouted as Itachi picked up the towel to cover himself while still keeping his stoic expression.
"I would if they let me change in peace." Itachi said referring to Sairaorg and Serafall whom had entered the room and kept taking pictures of Itachi from every angle.
"It-tan has grown so much! Onee-chan needs to document this!" Serafall said in a joyous tone as her camera blitzed every time she took a picture.
"I won't leave unless you accept my challenge! I will stay right here! And follow you until you accept my challenge!" Sairaorg declared with full on determination.
Itachi twitched his eyes slightly, this is so bothersome. Itachi finally gave in and let out a sigh. "Fine I accept, just let me change in peace." Itachi said with a stoic expression.
"Ha! It's a deal then! I want a fair fight! And you are to fight me seriously, understand?" Sairaorg said with a wide grin.
"Naturally, I understand." Itachi said with an emotionless stoic expression.
"Excellent!" Sairaorg slapped Itachi on the back once again and the towel fell once again.
"Oh! It-tan's butt looks nice and firm as well!" Serafall said and took yet another picture, but then Itachi grabbed the camera and instantly crushed it having had enough and not wanting to risk her using these pictures in the future to embarrass him. "Hey! My documentations on It-tan's growth!" Serafall looked like she was about to cry while Itachi let out a sigh, he has gotten used to being the mature one out of his siblings, not that Sona wasn't mature she certainly was more than Serafall that's for sure but she was still young and Itachi's pretty much had the role as the mature one since he could talk. "Waaah! My photos of It-tan's growth! Good thing I have backups!" Serafall instantly stopped crying and held out a memory card and quickly teleported said memory card through a magic circle before Itachi, whom was twitching his eyes, could destroy it.
"Now that I have accepted your challenge can I change in peace now?" Itachi asked with a deadpan expression.
"Just until I am sure you're not backing out of this afterward." Sairaorg said.
Itachi let out a sigh. "You have my word." Itachi shook Sairaorg's hand and the battle maniac beamed and let out a laugh.
"May the best man win!" Sairaorg said before he left along with Serafall, Sona and Rias, Itachi lifted the door back in place and used magic to fix it, and finally he could change in peace.
Once Itachi was done he went back upstairs only to find that Sairaorg had left once he had gotten a confirmation that the fight between him and Itachi was going to happen. Serafall was resting on the couch, Rias whom was aware that she was in love with Itachi now unlike back when she was a kid, was playing chess with Sona whom looked calm and calculative.
"Checkmate." Sona said as she placed down the final piece needed to surround Rias' king.
"Agh! One more time!" Rias demanded. Out of the two of them Sona was the smart one, Rias was more of a quick thinker and was almost as smart as Sona. But out of the two of them Rias was slightly stronger than Sona.
"Hn, even if you win I will still be in the lead." Sona said with an overconfident smirk as she had the score lead.
"Didn't you two have homeschool now?" Itachi asked and was now dressed with a black coat with a black furry collar, dark blue jeans and black shoes.
"We had a day off. It must be easy to forget since you already finished." Rias replied with a small pout on her face.
"Well I can't help that I have it easier learning things. Besides, I promised I would be in high school together with you, didn't I? Not to mention that after the two of you practically begged me to attend Kuoh Academy with you in the future, and I could have even chosen to graduate from college." Itachi looked over at Sona and Rias whom was in the middle of a new chess game, but they were too focused on the game to even look back at him.
"And I can't wait for the parents day so that I can watch So-tan and It-tan deep in their studies!" Serafall raised her hand with a beaming smile, and Sona froze and placed a chess piece down on the board in a rush, while Itachi remained stoic but turned pale.
"What?!" Sona questioned with a faint blush at the thought of her older sister embarrassing her at school.
"I can't wait to see cute little So-tan and It-tan caught up in their studies!" Serafall said while wiggling her body in excitement.
"Checkmate." Rias said as she delivered the finishing move.
"Agh! I was distracted no fair!" Sona turned her attention towards Rias whom smiled happily at her while she was throwing a fit.
"Thought you said it wouldn't matter whether I won since you still had the higher score." Rias said with a victories smile.
"Ugh! Whatever!" Sona huffed to the side and turned back to Sona. "Onee-sama! You don't have to come visit the academy! You have your maou duties!"
"I will take a break from them and make some time for So-tan and It-tan!" Serafall said seemingly ignorant of Sona not wanting her there because she would only embarrass her.
"But-" Sona was about to complain.
"Don't worry I will make sure to keep nee-san in check, well I will at least try." Itachi assured and Sona did seem a little relived.
"And how do you think you're going to stop me from showering So-tan with my love?" Serafall asked with an overconfident expression. "Ah! Don't tell me, It-tan wants Onee-chan all to himself for lovey dovey stuff. Kya, It-tan is so bold."
"Like this, and no." Itachi replied and lifted his older sister up and threw her over his shoulder making Serafall blush slightly before she began kicking her legs around and swinging her arms around.
"I-It-tan! Put me down! I need to show So-tan my love!" Serafall whined like a little child.
"Nope, besides it's time for you to return to doing your job anyway, nee-san you can't slack off on that." Itachi said with a stoic expression.
"No! It-tan you traitor! I wanna spend time with you and So-tan! I thought you loved me!" Serafall whined even more as they walked out of the room.
"I do love you nee-san, that's why I'm helping you being responsible." Itachi replied with his stoic expression.
"No So-tan! No It-tan! No life!" Serafall cried throughout the hallways as Itachi teleported her back to her place of work. He then placed her down at her desk while she was trembling with tears forming in her eyes. "Please It-tan… Don't leave your precious, dear, beloved, onee-chan."
"Sorry, but this is your job. And you have to be a responsible adult and do your job." Itachi said with a stoic expression.
"But-" Serafall was about to complain.
"Nee-san, unless you want me to disrespect you, do your work." Itachi said knowing Serafall cared very much about him and Sona loving and respecting her. He formed a magic circle beneath his feet, and Serafall looked down with a sad pout which almost actually made Itachi wanting to comfort her although he knew this was for the best.
"Yes…" Serafall uttered sadly as a drop of tear felt from her right eye as Itachi teleported back to the Sitri mansion.
Once Itachi returned Sona and Rias were back at playing chess. "Fine I will give you the last win! But I'm still in the lead!" Sona declared while slamming down a chess piece onto the board.
"Just you watch Sona I'm going to catch up to you in no time!" Rias declared with a burning determination in her eyes as she was once again facing off against her best friend and her rival. It wasn't exactly impossible for Rias to catch up to Sona with the amount of victories in the chess games. They had in total fought 50 chess matches and Sona was in the lead with 38 wins and Rias had won in total of 12. "And then I will catch up to you, Itachi!" Rias declared pointing at Itachi with a fiery determination burning bright in her eyes.
"Yeah, I will also catch up to you onii-sama!" Sona declared with the same fiery determination in her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Itachi said with an emotionless stoic expression. Now that might be more of closely to the level of impossibility. With both of them he had played in total of 20 matches each, and he hasn't lost a single one of them. This however, made both of them very competitive to at least beat him once, he had tried to purposely let both of them win once just to put an end to their nagging of him keep playing chess with them, however they would both notice when he was holding back and scold him for it and demand to restart the game all over again. Itachi didn't have time for this anyway, now that he had to get ready for his fighting match against Sairaorg Bael despite not wanting to fight but considering Sairaorg's personality he wouldn't leave Itachi alone until he got his match. The match was already tomorrow in a big arena.
Itachi was going over some information about Sairaorg, he found out that despite being from the mighty Bael family that had the rank Great King he didn't have the legendary destruction power. Rias's mother came from this family which is why Rias and her older brother the current Lucifer, Sirzechs had the power of destruction. And since he didn't have the power of destruction he had dedicated himself to training his body to its absolute limit, which reminded him of a certain bushy browed Jonin from his old life. So, using brute strength would not be the answer to defeating him, Itachi realized he should use his ability to use magic attacks to fight Sairaorg and maybe finish it off with an illusion from his sharingan.
Next Day
Itachi was standing in a dark hallway with a light shining in the end. With him was Sona and Rias whom had come to see him and encourage him. "Be careful Itachi, Sairaorg is really strong and all… So, just be careful." Rias said with her eyes filled with concern for Itachi, Itachi was actually a little surprised that Rias came to cheer him on rather than Sairaorg whom was her own cousin, when he would confront her about this she would simply use the excuse that he was her fiancé and that she should support him instead.
"Hmph, there is no way onii-sama will lose to anyone, even if it is Sairaorg." Sona said with confidence about Itachi's abilities.
"We'll see what happens, either I win or I don't it really doesn't matter." Itachi said with his normal stoic expression as he was wearing his black sleeveless shirt and white baggy pants and black combat boots he also put on black fingerless gloves.
"Onee-sama wanted me to tell you that even she and the four maous will be watching the fight. She also wanted me to add that you better win or she will give you one thousand kisses." Sona said with a sigh and a faint blush at having to said that last part.
"… Leave it to nee-san to give me the spirit to win." Itachi said as he would definitely want to avoid that scenario no matter what.
"Well, good luck then." Sona said with her back turned to Itachi and her eyes showed a hint of being worried.
"Yeah, good luck." Rias said with the same look of worry on her face.
"Thank you." Itachi waved at them as he walked towards the light at the end of the hallway, once he walked out he could hear the crowd cheering wildly, the crowd consisted mostly of family and close friends of the families. Itachi looked around to see that he was in the middle of what looked like an ancient colosseum the crowd sat in the stands cheering, he could see Rias, Sona, Lord and Lady Sitri, Lord and Lady Gremory as well, even Raiser was there probably to see Itachi get beaten. He also saw Searfall sitting with Ajuka, a young handsome man that looked like a male version of Rias with a shorter hairstyle, dressed in a dark cloak with shoulder pads this was Sirzechs Lucifer, Rias' older brother, and a bald man with a black goatee with a dark coat with shoulder pads this was Falbium Asmodeus, he originally came from the Glasya-Labolas family. Itachi then directed his attention to what was in front of him, Sairaorg dressed in a similar outfit like Itachi only with a long-sleeved shirt, Sairaorg was smirking at him while cracking his knuckles.
Itachi and Sairaorg stood face to face, their eyes narrowed, a gush of wind blowing through the field blowing some dust between them. "Sairaorg Bael, Itachi Sitri, you may begin your match when your ready." Sirzechs spoke through a microphone.
Sairaorg wasted no time and instantly charged head forwards at Itachi whom got into fighting stance while forming a magic circle in his right palm. As Sairaorg was right in front of Itachi with his powerful fist raised, Itachi swung his arm to the side sending a wave of water crashing into Sairaorg. Then through the water came a fist and Itachi widened his eyes as he caught the fist, and next Sairaorg's whole body came through and swung his leg towards Itachi's head and Itachi blocked it with his arm as he moved backwards. Sairaorg kept throwing a barrage of punches at Itachi whom blocked them all, but each time Sairaorg's fist connected it felt like he was being punched by solid rock. Itachi quickly jumped back to gain some distance from him and Sairaorg.
Sairaorg jumped up in the air, and flew down like a meteorite towards Itachi with his fist raised. Itachi jumped back as Sairaorg's fist connected with the ground on the spot where Itachi once stood, and the ground got torn up forming a small crater. Itachi raised his right hand and a magic circle formed at his palm.
Fire Magic: Fire Shot!
Itachi shot out a ball of fire that crashed into Sairaorg sending him skidding back a bit. Sairaorg then punched in the air sending a shockwave towards Itachi, Itachi brought out his devil bat wings and flew to the side dodging the shockwave, at high speed he flew towards Sairaorg. Once he arrived behind Sairaorg, the Bael turned his body around and swung his arm to the side, Itachi ducked and dodged the blow and quickly delivered a kick to Sairaorg's chin, spun his body around and delivered another kick to his chest sending him flying back a bit. Itachi narrowed his eyes as he felt like he had just kicked a wall made out of iron.
Sairaorg then quickly recovered and gained his balance, he then looked at Itachi with a smirk as the young Sitri retracted his wings back into his body. "I was right when I knew you would be strong, now this is getting fun." Sairaorg said as he truly lived up to what Rias would call him, a battle maniac. Sairaorg then stomped his foot down hard as the stone ground shattered and rocks flew up around him, he then punched and kicked those rocks sending them flying towards Itachi like bullets. Itachi widened his eyes as they flared up bright red into the two tomoe sharingan, Itachi then with his superior speed and reflexes dodged each of the rocks that came flying towards him. But then suddenly Sairaorg was in front of him and delivered a powerful punch at Itachi, whom blocked it with his arms brought in an x-formation, and was sent flying into a stone wall making cracks in it upon impact.
Sairaorg was crazy strong, no doubt about it, this was a man who had devoted himself to only building up his physical strength. And it was sure noticeable for Itachi whom felt the force of every punch. Itachi was physically strong himself, at least enough to keep up with Sairaorg but not enough to overwhelm him.
Itachi stretched his arms out to the side forming two massive spheres of water, Itachi gave Sairaorg a look that said "come and get it" and Sairaorg noticed it and simply smirked in excitement. The Bael heir then charged head on towards Itachi at super high speed, thanks to his sharingan however Itachi was able to see Sairaorg's moves clear as day. 'Now.' Itachi thought and swung his arms into an x-formation, he then clenched his fists. And the two water spheres turned into massive water fists. Just as Sairaorg was close Itachi punched in the air and the water fists mimicked his movements.
The water fists clashed into Sairaorg making the Bael's head turn to the side as blood spilled out from his mouth. The second water fist delivered an upper cut punch sending Sairaorg flying into the air, the first fist then flew up after him along with the second one and they kept throwing a barrage of powerful punches. For a moment it looked like Sairaorg was trapped in an endless barrage of punches from the water fists and the audience gasped in surprise.
"I must say Serafall, your brother is quite skilled at water manipulation." Sirzechs complimented the Leviathan as they witnessed the fight.
"It-tan is the best…." Serafall said as her body shook and the other Maous looked at her in confusion. Then suddenly Serafall jumped out of her seat with a beaming smile. "Go It-tan! Onee-chan is cheering for you! Go! Go!" Serafall began acting like a cheerleader and the other Maous sweat dropped while Sirzechs chuckled in amusement.
Itachi on the other hand felt slightly embarrassed, he never liked being the center of attention. He still kept his stoic expression up, but on the inside, he was a little embarrassed.
Then Itachi widened his eyes a little as Sairaorg let out a strange aura around him, and just about as a water fist was about to hit him, he grabbed it and crushed it with his hand, and when the other was about to hit him, he swung his fist at it and the other water fist exploded. 'What is that aura? Suddenly his speed and physical strength has increased…' Itachi thought and kept his guard up. Sairaorg then crashed into the ground and a small crater formed beneath his feet.
Sairaorg then cracked his knuckles, and his neck as well by bending it to the side. "That was refreshing, guess it's time I got serious." Sairaorg smirked as the aura glowed around all over his body. "I knew I would have to use my Touki state against you, but I had no idea I would have to use it this soon." Sairaorg declared and charged at Itachi with even greater speed than before, Sairaorg punched in the air and a shockwave crashed into Itachi's gut sending him flying back. Then Sairaorg was in front of him and punched him on his right cheek. And with incredible force, Itachi was sent flying into a stone wall again, this time leaving a massive hole in it.
Itachi climbed out of the hole, looked at Sairaorg with a bruise mark on his right cheek, Itachi then spitted out some blood to the side. "Touki huh? I have read about that before, never seen it though." Itachi said with a stoic expression. Touki is a technique that controls the base of the wielders life creating an aura of life force around their body, this increases their attack power, defense, and speed tremendously. Itachi had always thought about learning it as it sounded useful.
Sairaorg then charged at Itachi with immense speed, Itachi widened his sharingan to try and keep up, but Sairaorg was simply too fast and before he knew it Sairarog's fist was dug into his gut and Itachi vomited out some blood. Sairaorg then grabbed Itachi by the collar and threw him to the side sending Itachi's body rolling on the ground. Itachi got up on his knees and saw Sairaorg charging at him. Itachi raised his right hand and formed a magic circle.
Ice Shuriken Barrage!
Itachi shot out multiple projectiles of ice that looked like shuriken, however the moment they came in contact with Sairaorg they shattered into pieces and the Bael heir didn't look affected by it at all. Sairaorg threw an air punch at Itachi sending a shockwave, Itachi jumped to the side dodging it just in time, but then Sairaorg was right in front of him and swung his fist crashing into him sending him flying back. Sairaorg then flew after Itachi and swung his leg towards the Sitri heir whom blocked it with his arm and pushed Sairaorg's leg off, he then delivered a spin kick to Sairaorg gut sending the Bael heir skidding back just a little. Itachi tried to find a way to gain eye contact so that he could cast Sairaorg in a genjutsu, but the Bael heirs speed was too great.
Itachi leaped up in the air, brought out his devil bat wings, and formed multiple magic circles in the sky above Sairaorg. Then bolts of lightning flew down from the sky, Sairarog moved at immense speed and dodged each of the bolts that crashed around him. He then leaped towards one of the magic circles that was right beneath Itachi, and delivered a punch and broke the magic circle, he then clashed his fist right into Itachi's chin, and then spun kicked him sending him crashing to the ground like a meteorite, leaving a crater where he landed.
The crowd went wild, Rias and Sona whom sat there with the crowd gasped and looked worried, Serafall looked worried as well from where she sat, and Raiser whom was watching smirked as he enjoyed seeing Itachi get his ass kicked around.
Sairaorg kept throwing a barrage of punches at Itachi, each powerful strike damaging him and even breaking some bones. Itachi then placed his feet on Sairaorg's chest and leaped back and formed a magic circle in his right hand. Sairaorg charged head forwards and then suddenly out of the magic circle came water that suddenly formed around Sairaorg trapping him in sphere of water.
Water Prison!
Itachi had taken inspiration of the water prison jutsu that he knew of in his old world. Only with water manipulation at the level he is at now, it was even greater than the water prison justu. Itachi clenched his fist and water swirls worked its way around in the sphere delivering multiple blows at Sairaorg. For each powerful blow the water swirls inside the sphere delivered to Sairaorg, a little blood stained the water a bit. Then suddenly Sairaorg released out even more of his life force aura around him, and the water sphere around him looked unsteady. Itachi quickly formed a magic circle in his free hand and suddenly the water prison froze into a sphere of ice. 'It's over.' Itachi thought as he had used a weaker version of "Subzero Ice Prison" ,then suddenly to his surprise the ice began to crack as the area around the sphere began shaking. Sairaorg's life force became too much to contain inside the ice sphere.
"AAARRRGGGGHHHH!" Sairaorg screamed and the aura around his body flared up and the ice around him exploded along with his upper clothing revealing his muscular trained body that had some bruise marks. Sairaorg grabbed Itachi by the shoulders and kneed him in the gut and then quickly released Itachi's right shoulder from his grip, and slammed his fist into the side of Itachi's face. Itachi was sent flying back with blood dripping down from his lips, he was on the ground his clothing slightly torn, his body bruised up, blood stains on his clothes and blood dripping from his lips. Then inside his body flared up an energy as it evolved further and grew in power, as if he had reached the edge.
Itachi got up and used his arm to wipe some blood away from around his mouth, his bangs were covering his eyes, and Sairaorg charged at him with his fist raised. "Your mine!" Sairaorg declared and swung his fist at Itachi, but to his surprise Itachi tilted his head to the side dodging his fist. Itachi then grabbed Sairaorg's wrist and the Bael heir looked at him with confusion. Itachi then looked up and from behind his bangs Sairaorg could see two red eyes with three black tomoes circling around a black dot in the center, Itachi's sharingan had been pushed over the edge to the point where it reached the three tomoe state. Itachi looked deeply into Sairaorg's eyes as his sharingan began rotating.
"Sleep." Itachi uttered and suddenly Sairaorg began to look drowsy, the aura around him vanished and he fell crashing to the ground having been put under a genjutsu by Itachi, and the fight was over.
Everyone from the audience gasped in shock over what had just happened. "Wh-What happened just now?" Rias questioned in bewilderment and Sona herself looked just as confused.
"I have no idea… What did onii-sama do just now…?" Sona questioned and then she noticed Itachi's eyes, they were bright red just like Rias's hair and they had three black tomoes circling around a black dot in the center. "His eyes, what is that?"
"His eyes?" Rias questioned and looked closer and saw the same thing Sona saw. "What is that? A Sacred Gear?" Rias questioned and Sona shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh dear, looks like his eyes have evolved even further." Ajuka said and Sirzechs looked at his friend in confusion.
Sirzechs looked closer at Itachi and saw the sharingan just before Itachi's eyes returned into their normal shade of black. "His eyes, what are they a Sacred Gear?" Sirzechs asked Ajuka.
"No, we're not sure what it is." Ajuka replied.
"I think it's maybe a mutation." Serafall said as she looked a little concerned.
"I take it the two of you have known about this for a while?" Falbium asked.
"Mm, I've known about it since It-tan was four years old." Serafall replied.
"So, have I, she took him with her to see me so that I could examine his eyes to see if there was any danger." Ajuka explained and Sirzechs narrowed his eyes at Itachi.
"Hmm, you have an interesting little brother there, Serafall. But could you tell me what he just did to Sairaorg?" Sirzechs asked looking at the current Leviathan and Beelzebub.
"We would if we knew, it looked like he hypnotized him or something to be honest. I will ask him during his next examination." Ajuka replied.
"Hmm, very well." Sirzechs smiled and grabbed the microphone. "The match has been settled, winner, Itachi Sitri." Sirzechs declared and the crowd was silent for a bit until they erupted in a cheer.
Itachi let out a sigh as he placed his hand on Sairaorg and broke him free of the genjutsu, the Bael heir woke up rubbing his eyes and letting out a yawn. "What happened?"
"The fight is over, you lost and I won." Itachi replied with his stoic expression and Sairaorg looked at him confused.
"Wait, what?! Since when?!" Sairaorg questioned.
"I placed you in an illusion to make you fall asleep, therefor I won the match." Itachi replied with his stoic expression.
"…"
"…"
Sairaorg looked at him with a deadpan expression and suddenly he bursted into laughter. "You really are something! I hereby declare you to be my rival! I expect a rematch soon!" Sairaorg declared.
"Thought we agreed on one match only." Itachi said as Sairaorg wrapped his arm around Itachi's shoulder.
"Oh, yeah for now! But we will still fight again! My rival! And I won't take no for an answer!" Sairaorg declared and Itachi let out an inwardly sigh as this was going to be bothersome, he should have known it wouldn't be the end of it after this one match.
"Guess I got no choice then." Itachi said with his stoic expression and Sairaorg grinned.
"That's the spirit!"
Suddenly Itachi felt cold, as if danger was approaching, he needed to break free from Sairaorg's hold quickly, but it was too late. Suddenly Serafall flew at him and tackled Itachi to the ground. "Yay! It-tan won! Chu~Chu~Chu~Chu~Chu~" Serafall kept kissing Itachi's cheeks and with her superior strength he could not escape her hold as she kept on kissing him.
"Onee-sama! Let onii-sama go this instant!" Sona flew down with Rias and tried to pull Serafall off of Itachi.
"Yeah, Serafall-sama! Let go of him!" Rias said and desperately with Sona tried to pull Serafall off.
"Ehhh? But I need to celebrate It-tan's victory." Serafall pouted cutely as Itachi's face was pushed into her breasts, and he looked very uncomfortable.
"Just please let him go! Waaah!" Rias suddenly tripped forward and just when Itachi managed to bring his face out from between Serafall's breasts, to get a breath of fresh air, Rias's developing breasts now fell into his face. "I-Itachi?" Rias looked down and for some reason she felt glad and felt like not moving, just to remain like this for a bit. But then Sona pulled her up.
"What do you think you're doing to him now?!" Sona shouted as her face was slightly red.
"I tripped I couldn't help it!" Rias shouted back as her boobs bounced a little, making Sona look down at her flat chest making her feel jealous as hell.
"Apologize!" Sona demanded.
"Why should I apologize to Itachi?" Rias questioned oblivious to what Sona meant.
"Not him! To me!" Sona said and Rias gained a look of confusion.
"You know we're still in the arena, right?" Itachi questioned and they all stopped as the crowd was all letting out an amused chuckle. Sona looked a little embarrassed, while as Rias and Serafall didn't seem to care that much.
"By the way Itachi, whenever I'm visiting Rias, she won't stop talking about you." Sairaorg smirked and Itachi looked at him with a little confusion.
"No don't say that!" Rias leaped at Sairaorg covering his mouth with her hands as she had a little faint blush on her face.
"That was a great match." Sirzechs arrived and walked towards Itachi and reached his hand out towards him. "I'm Sirzechs Lucifer, Rias's older brother, it's a nice to meet you." Sirzechs gave a warm brotherly smile.
"Oh, Sirzechs-sama, the pleasure is all mine." Itachi shook Sirzechs hand.
"I have heard a lot of nice things about you from both Serafall and Rias-chan. You seem to live up to all the things they say about you." Sirzechs praised the young Sitri heir, he then grabbed Itachi's hand with his other hand as well. "Please, take care of Rias-chan in the future."
"O-Onii-sama!" Rias gained a faint blush at what her older brother just said.
"You have my word, Sirzechs-sama." Itachi said with his stoic expression.
"I am truly grateful." Sirzechs bowed his head a bit.
After getting praised by everyone, Itachi walked through the corridors where he Sona and Rias talked before the fight, he then leant his back up against the wall and began panting. "Now that fight… was way too close…" Itachi uttered and then placed his right hand over his right eye. "At least my sharingan has reached its three tomoe state, that's a plus." Itachi uttered but one thing was made clear after today's fight with Sairaorg, he needed to build up his physical strength as well, besides just his magic power. Maybe even develop a spell that will make it easier for him to deal with the likes of Sairaorg or anyone worse. He was now however one step closer to his goal, to become the strongest and find a way to bring peace.