Power was a great thing to have. With power, many things could be accomplished. Haruto possessed the power to conquer, he had that power with the Akatsuki by his side, with the help of his comrades he was able to accomplish amazing feats. It was an amazing thing to possess, with power Haruto was able to bring forth utter destruction to the ones that opposed him in combat and destroyed the ones that would be an annoyance to him later on in the future. But even with that power he could not protect the ones that he deemed as one of his precious people. He had lost them to the horrors of the world when he was unable to protect them, he could have if he had only been faster.
Walking beside Wendy, the two were finally back from their request that the two had decided to go on. Haruto had decided to add one new thing to his outfit, sitting on his right hand middle finger was a ring. The ring was gold in color with a Kanji written in the middle, Rei or Zero. This was the ring that he had crafted along with the other nine for a set of 10. This ring was the symbol of his leadership of the Akatsuki, he had worn it with him since the birth of the Akatsuki. It was more than a symbol, it was a memory of his former comrades. The ones that fought by his side for what they had believed in. Though the rings that the Akatsuki wore served another purpose other than sign of their position in the organization. The rings were layered with seals that stored chakra inside, the extra storage of chakra served as another source of chakra if the user ran out of it. The extra source of chakra had gotten them out of some nasty situations, and helped when they were sealing the Biju.
"Nii-san?" Wendy called out getting the blond shinobi's attention seeing that Haruto was now eyeing her Wendy continued, "That ring on your finger, what's it for?"
Haruto stopped walking for a second before he quickly began moving again and answered his adoptive sister, "Well, you see this ring… It's something that reminds me of the people who are precious to me."
"Who are they, Nii-san?" Wendy asked, her eyes shining with curiosity.
"They were members of my old… Guild." Haruto replied as he stopped suddenly as his eyes caught the sight of a Ramen shop, "Wendy, why don't you go on ahead, I have something to do."
"Okay Nii-san." Wendy said cheerfully as she began moving ahead, "Bye Onii-san!"
"Goodbye Wendy." Haruto replied as he gave her a small smile and a wave. He continued to watch the retreating figure of his sister until she was out of his sight.
Haruto turned around and moved in the direction of the shop, entering the shop the redhead was guided to a table and the waitress gave him a menu to order from. Looking over the list of available items, Haruto decided on Miso Ramen. The soup had been a source of comfort in a sense back in his past, and it was also very delicious. Waiting for his food to come, the blond shinobi turned mage wondered about his next step. His double, Madara, had infiltrated the Guild Raven Tail easily. Putting the years of training and experience to use, the redhead had managed to create a person entirely. The identity of Madara Uchiha was simply a dark mage looking for a place in life to destroy the Guild that has caused him so much trouble. It was a simple lie really, lying was an essential role in a shinobi's way of life and without it, not many shinobi would be left. Madara was one of the essential roles for him to gather information not only on Raven Tail, but the Balam Alliance as well. It was like what many people have said before in the past, "Knowledge is power" and did he believe it? Yes he did, he too believed in the power of brains rather than bronze.
Soon enough his meal came and Haruto began eating his food at a moderate pace. He was in no worry nor did he wish to stay there for any longer than necessary for the time being as he had other things to do, but not at the moment. His thoughts drifted to the talk with the mysterious Guild member Mystogan. He had met the secretive man when he was returning from one of his requests and he had found out an interesting piece of information about the man. Apparently he was a man named Jellal, a prince from the Edolas world. At first Haruto did not believe him, but with further proof the man was able to convince him and thus he had promised to not reveal the man's identity. Though Haruto was very curious about the Anima that had transported him here and transported things to his world. If there was such a thing he would be able to go home if he figured out how it worked, though the Sage gave him another chance of life, he could not abandon his comrades back in the world. Nor did he wish to abandon Wendy, he loved her truly. Banishing the thoughts to the back of his mind, he allowed his mind to wander to another topic that did not deal with abandoning Wendy entirely.
He now found himself thinking about Mirajane. From what the ivory haired beauty had told him about the request where she had lost Lisanna she had said that they could not retrieve a body to bury. That alone had sent warnings all over his mind, but he chose to ignore it in respect of the young women and allowed her to grieve the loss of her sister without him causing any more pain with his questions about Lisanna's death. Finishing his Ramen, Haruto placed the needed amount of money on the table along with a tip and left. Making his way out of the shop, he moved to the side of the building and allowed the shadows to shield him from the view of the people. Pushing chakra to a seal on his right hand, a plume of smoke appeared surrounding his right hand and it disappeared soon enough leaving behind a white mask decorated with three tomoes. Haruto created a clone in a swift motion and handed it the mask. Placing the mask on, the clone added chakra to the seal that was etching inside the mask and it was consumed by smoke. Once the smoke cleared it was gone entirely and was replaced by a man slightly taller than Haruto was with waist long spiky black hair wearing a black cloak with red clouds and on his right hand was a crimson ring replacing his golden one with the Kanji shu etched on it. This was 'Madara Uchiha' the S-Class mage of Raven Tail.
Haruto nodded to his transformed clone and he received a nod in return as he made his way out of the alley and towards Fairy Tail while his clone disappeared in an unkindness of ravens. His clone would check up on Raven Tail while he headed back to the Guild to find some information on the 'death' of Lisanna Strauss. If the so-called 'death' was related to what he thought it was, he would be one step closer to finding a way to harness the power of the Anima. If he was able to study the power behind it, he might be able to use it to recreate his fathers and Tobirama Senju's prized technique, the Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God).
Transporting things through space and time would be very useful in the future. Though from what Mystogan or Jellal had said, little traces of the magic that the Anima left after the transportation. Haruto would find a way, though it had been a few years he would be able to find some traces of the lingering magic.