Haruto stood on top of the stage beside Makarov. The group of participants for the x779 S-Class Mage Promotion Trials had arrived back in Magnolia a little while ago. It was time for Haruto to become an S-Class mage. The entire Guild was gathered before the two as Makarov began to speak.
"The x779 S-Class Promotion Trials have ended!" Makarov announced his voice boomed across the Guildhall, "The winner of this year's S-Class Trials is one of our newest members and now one of our few S class mages. Haruto Uchiha!"
The entire Guild broke into cheers. Haruto just stood there, but if anyone studied his face closely they could see a faint smile on his face. Makarov soon took the stage once more as he yelled out into the crowd, "Lets celebrate our newest S-Class mage!"
The cheering got louder as Haruto joined the rest of the Guild in celebrating. The first thing that happened was that he was tackled by Wendy. Giving her an embrace in return. Breaking apart, Haruto graced her with a smile as she gave him a smile of her own.
"Haruto-niisan you're an S-Class mage now!" Wendy exclaimed happily, "You just watch, Nii-san I will become a S-Class mage too!"
"I'll be waiting for that day, imouto." Haruto replied as he ruffled her hair.
"Haruto, fight me!" Natsu screamed as he charged forward with his fist coated in flames.
Haruto just moved to the side and allowed the pink haired dragon slayer to charge past him and clash with the wall. Not sparing the pink haired boy another glance, he walked to the bar and ordered a drink. He felt a tap on his shoulder, Haruto turned to face Mirajane. The ivory haired beauty gave the redhead a complicated look on her face.
"Looks like you won, carrot-top." Mirajane said as she crossed her arms, "Well congrats on becoming an S-Class mage. But this doesn't mean I'll lose to you next time we fight."
"We shall see who wins next time then."
***
Handing over the papers to Makarov, Naruto waited for the master to speak. Makarov went over the papers that forms that Naruto had to fill out, the registration for becoming an S-Class mage were all filled in so he gave the redhead a nod and put the papers to the side.
"Haruto-kun, have a seat. There is something I want you to do." Makarov offered.
"What is it, Master?" Haruto asked, it had been a week since the ending of the S-Class Trials and the entire Guild partied all night until the last of them collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion.
"What do you know about the Guild Raven Tail?"
***
Raven Tail. The Guild created by Ivan Dreyar after being excommunicated from Fairy Tail. The anti-Fairy Tail Guild. Only founded a few years ago, the Guild was considered a Dark Guild. That was the Guild Haruto was told to gather some information on. Though Makarov did not wish to send one of his children to do such a task, but Raven Tail was becoming dangerous and it required an S-Class mage to handle their members. Sending Gildarts would be a terrible idea overall. Gildarts was known around the country of Fiore and when any members of the Guild caught sight of the man they would escape. Laxus was in the same boat. His grandson would most likely help his father rather than him, he was filled with rage when he had excommunicated Ivan from the Guild and he held the same feelings till now. Haruto was the only choice as the young Uchiha was strong and capable of such tasks.
***
A man dressed in a black cloak with red clouds decorating it. Covering the man's face was a white mask with three tomoes decorating the simple mask, two of the tomoes acted as eye holes while the third was solely a decoration. The only feature not hidden was the man's black spiky waist length black hair. In a rocky wasteland, the man headed toward a building carved into the rock formation before him. The building was in the shape of a high, slender and glossy fortress. The fortress had jagged walls with various openings in various sizes that acted as windows and also it sported slender spires protruding from upwards from its entire perimeter. That was the base of the Guild Raven Tail.
A man with a muscular build with black hair and tanned skin sporting a unique-looking bread; a chin curtain with several lines of facial hair around his mouth shooting upwards in an odd pattern. Dressed in a purple dress shirt with a cloak tied over it and simple black pants and boots. The man walked towards the approaching figure wearing the black cloak with red clouds. This man was Ivan Dreyar, the son of Makarov Dreyar and the master of the dark Guild Raven Tail.
"Welcome!" Ivan said as he spread his arms out wide as a welcoming gesture, "Now, may I know your name?"
A smirk appeared on his face not that Ivan knew, his onyx black eyes shifted to blood-red with three tomoes swimming around his pupil, "My name is Madara. Madara Uchiha."
***
Madara Uchiha, one of the most powerful shinobi in the entire Elemental Nations, alongside his grandson Haruto Uchiha and their organization, the Akatsuki, nearly took over the world. Eleven shinobi nearly took over an entire world that spoke volumes of their power. It took the entire cooperation of the Five Great Villages to stand up to them, though they barely scraped by and took the win against Akatsuki. Through multiple bloody battles they managed to defeat a number of the Akatsuki members but at the cost of tens of thousands of their own shinobi.
The name would be written down in the history books of all of the hidden villages alongside the names of his grandson and every Akatsuki member. Though the war ended with the Allied Shinobi Forces victory, members of the Akatsuki still lived and were at large. The members of the Akatsuki would always live a life on the run. But it was what they signed up for, all of them had a reason for joining Akatsuki and becoming the scapegoat of the world. All members of the group knew the consequences of joining up with the group, but they were shinobi. They were the ones who would endure.