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Caterpillar by grumpywolf
 Naruto & Justice League Xover Rated: M, English, Adventure & Romance, [Naruto U., Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman] Kyuubi/Kurama, Words: 202k+, Favs: 5k+, Follows: 5k+, Published: Oct 7, 2020 Updated: Apr 15  3,216Chapter 39 - Tartarus (II)
AN: New chapter up, enjoy!
Chapter 39 - Tartarus (II)
"Goddamnit, they keep following us." Naruto cussed when saw the thousands of demons still in hot pursuit after them.
His hands formed a simple Bird seal but the technique he cast was not trivial. A vortex of pressurised air was shot from his mouth, one that kept increasing in size the longer it travelled through the air until a full-fledged tornado came into existence. Then, his hands made a Tiger seal and a serpentine dragon of fire was cast at the tornado. The cataclysmic explosion that followed engulfed thousands of demons in an instant. The aftershocks carried so much heat that the ground and even rocks started to melt for half a mile around the now flaming tornado.
Wonder Woman maintained her flying speed, heading towards a particular spot in the distance where she could see a myriad of chains covering the sky. The wails and shrieks coming from that place let her know that the souls of the dead were being tortured over there. She was aiming to find an intelligent being and interrogate it with her lasso.
"How is your chakra?" she asked a bit worried.
"It's not like I suddenly became an invalid." he answered with a laugh. "Even as a kid, my chakra reserves were huge, let alone now. I can probably cast another 50 or more techniques of widespread destruction like the one from before. But I have to be cautious because I don't know how powerful Hades is. He is a god after all and we don't know what other servants and creatures he has around him either. It would be really stupid if I gassed myself out and then tried to fight against a god with an empty tank."
"What's stopping your chakra regeneration anyway?" Kyuubi asked from his seat on his shoulder.
"You know that chakra is the result of physical energy combined with spiritual energy. We've entered the realm of the dead, we are in hell. My spirit is affected by the energy of death in this place because I'm feeling the beginning of a kind of mental tiredness. It's not bad enough to affect my concentration but I guess it's just enough to hinder my chakra regeneration. Thank the Void it doesn't drain me or anything like that."
It did not take long for them to reach their destination. But when they finally arrived, even Naruto and Kyuubi who had seen all kinds of horrors during their many adventures, had yet to see something as terrible as the sight in front of their eyes.
"Great Athena..." Wonder Woman whispered, her face pale.
As far as their eyes could see, countless people were hanging in mid-air. Chains that seemed to sprout from the very sky and from the ground below were tying their hands, legs, and neck, forcing them with their limbs spread wide. There were so many that they could not be counted. However, an even greater number of demonic eagles were flying around them, their sharp talons and their curved beaks tearing into the flesh of the captives. Screams of pain and despair came from the souls as their eyes were being gouged out or as entire chunks of their body were being ripped off by the eternally hungry demons. They were being eaten 'alive', devoured.
The souls that still had eyes to see noticed the three newcomers' arrival.
"Save me!"
"Help!"
"No more torture! Please, save us!"
Thousands of people were pleading, crying, screaming. It was despair like the three of them had never witnessed in their lives before. Her eyes wet with unshed tears, Diana unsheathed her sword and lunged at the captives, snapping the chains hanging them in the air. Dissatisfied and angry caws came from the demonic birds but none of them dared to attack her. The Amazon had already rescued about 5 of them when Naruto caught her from her arm and stopped her.
"Diana! Come back to your senses!"
"Can't you see their torment?" she said and tried to break free from his grasp but he embraced her forcefully to his chest.
From atop Naruto's shoulder, Kyuubi said coldly:
"You told us that virtuous people were sent to Elysium. This is Tartarus. Good people don't get sent to hell, do they?"
At the fox's words, Wonder Woman stopped resisting. For a moment there, overwhelmed by her compassion and pity for the tortured souls, she forgot just what kind of people had been sent to Tartarus after dying. Furthermore, she realized that for someone to be subjected to such horrifying torture, their sins had not been light.
'But not all people that were sent to Tartarus were guilty of something.'
She closed her eyes. As an Amazon, she knew very well how whimsical and vengeful some of the Olympian Gods were. Goddess Athena had been one of the most respected and widely-worshipped gods in the world back in ancient times for her wisdom, kindness, and support to humankind... however, even she had had her moments of cruelty against those who crossed her, to speak nothing of other gods; most other gods were much, much worse. Even if one was a virtuous person, they could still end up in Tartarus if they offended the gods.
Naruto sighed and let go of her.
"Let me borrow your lasso for a moment." he said and she made no move to stop him from taking the lasso hanging at her waist.
Anyone could use the Lasso of Truth, it was not charmed only for Wonder Woman. He went to one of the souls that the princess had freed from the chains and wrapped the lasso around their torso.
"The Lasso of Hestia compels you to tell the truth. What is your name?"
The bound soul had been tortured to the point where it was impossible to recognize whether it was a man or a woman. But when the lasso started to glow with a golden light, the soul was forced to speak:
"Felix Cornelius."
"For what sin were you sent to Tartarus?" Naruto asked. He was not curious himself, he was doing it to put Wonder Woman's mind at peace, not really knowing what she was actually thinking about at that moment.
"I was a pirate. I pillaged, killed, and raped people my entire life."
Naruto did not ask any additional question regarding his life. Instead, he asked about what he was interested in:
"Do you know where Hades lives?"
"Yes, I do." the soul replied robotically.
"Good. Lead the way there."
Under the compulsion of the lasso, the soul was forced to obey his commands.
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Although she had been greatly disturbed initially, Wonder Woman soon recollected herself. She understood it was impossible for her to do anything for the ones trapped in there. Most of the ones that had been sent to Tartarus had been terrible people in their lives. She had no way of searching for the innocent ones among millions of other evil souls. Even though she was telling herself that and tried to think rationally, it was difficult for her to find closure. The lightheartedness from before could not be seen on her face anymore.
After passing through the 'forest' of chained people hanging in the sky, the horde of lesser demons from before no longer pursued them. It appeared as if there was an invisible boundary that they were unable to cross. They were finally given a moment of respite.
For a while, Naruto, Kyuubi, and Diana flew in silence.
Regardless, following the directions of the lasso-controlled soul, their mood only continued to become more sombre and darker as they passed by many more torment zones. There were courtyards where souls with presumably lesser sins were only being whipped or beaten up, but there were also other zones where people were being slowly submerged into smouldering pits of lava or were being skinned 'alive' by demonic butchers... ... Cries of agony, screams, curses of despair, and the cruel laughter of demons pierced the pitch-black sky. It was hell. It was Tartarus.
Suddenly, a scream different than that of the tortured souls reach their ears and a piece of rock the size of a millstone barely missed them, going past them with a loud whooshing sound. Turning towards the direction from where the piece of rock had been thrown, the silhouette of a giant entered their line of sight.
A man taller than a 10 story building was charging towards them, his large feet turning both demons and the tortured souls it stepped on into a bloody paste, squashing them like bugs.
Before Naruto could say anything, Wonder Woman lunged at the giant and punched him in his massive head with all her strength. Compared to him, she appeared no different than a mosquito. However, when her punch impacted his face, the giant stumbled back several steps, only regaining his balance by chance, with difficulty.
"So you are the newest offspring of that Zeus bastard. Not bad." the giant's voice rumbled as he rubbed at his chin. One punch and it had already made his jaw sore.
"Who are you?" Wonder Woman asked. "Did Hades send you to kill me?"
"You don't recognize family when you see it? You bruise my feelings. I am one of your many brothers, Ixion, the King of Lapiths." the giant said mockingly. "Zeus is my father too. The 'mighty' King of Gods!" Ixion said and spat on the ground in distaste. "More like a rabid dog in heat."
Wonder Woman frowned at the giant.
"Who sent you after me?" she asked.
Maybe it was because he had not spoken to someone for thousands of years but Ixion seemed to be very talkative.
"Fret not, since we are family and all that, I can at least show you this little bit of courtesy and tell you who sent me to kill you. Mind you, it is not personal. Hera sent me. Your life, in exchange for my freedom."
Hearing that, the princess was done listening. When he saw her lunging at him, Ixion's large palm swung at her, in an attempt to swat her away like a fly but her agility was too much for him to keep up with.
'Being kind to your enemy is cruelty towards yourself.' she thought, repeating in her mind the words that she heard Naruto saying a while ago.
She was not going to hold back. Unsheathing her god-slaying sword, she stabbed it into the giant's heel tendon. A savage roar of pain came from him and his enormous body wobbled back as he lost his balance, unable to stand properly on just one leg. His massive fists smashed into the ground like meteorites as he tried to squash her to death but she easily dodged his clumsy and slow strikes. She buried her sword up to the hilt into the heel tendon of the giant's other leg too.
With his slashed tendons and feet unable to carry his enormous weight anymore, Ixion fell on his knees, rupturing the ground when he crashed. While screaming in pain, the giant threw his fists in rage but his wild punches did nothing except for stirring the air. Easily evading all of his strikes, Wonder Woman flew up to his head and kicked him in the face with all the strength she was capable of. It was so formidable that the over 60 feet tall giant was actually lifted off the ground and flung back through the air like a dead dog.
Sensing his impending doom, Ixion abandoned his previous haughtiness and cried out, begging for mercy:
"Wait! Don't kill me!"
However, it was too late. The moment he finished his words, the Amazon's sword pierced his throat. Compared to his huge size, her sword was no bigger than a toothpick. Nevertheless, when that 'toothpick' slashed at his neck arteries, a large gaping wound was opened.
"No! Not again! Not the wheel! Nghhrkh" he screamed while choking on his own blood.
Upon death, since he was still in Tartarus, the judges of the Underworld were going to send him back to be tortured by the flaming wheel. As Ixion temporarily died, a thought came at the front of his mind:
'That harlot...she knew I wouldn't stand chance...she sent me to my death...'
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The moment that Ixion breathed his last, Hera made a displeased sound.
"He could not buy me even 1 hour? That useless oaf!"
It had been within her expectations that Ixion would lose - Hera was not that 'kind-hearted' as to actually offer freedom to someone who tried to rape her even after several millennia of torture. From the very beginning, the giant had been sent as cannon fodder to buy her some time.
Though he had played his part poorly, Hera was not anxious. The reason for that was that she had already arrived at her destination. Ahead of her was a mountain range that even Hades, the God of Underworld, could not control. It was a territory occupied by one of the most terrible beings known to both men and gods alike.
After she stepped into that mountain range, several grotesque silhouettes appeared in front of her, barring her way. Beings that looked like out of someone's nightmares, creatures with multiple heads and body parts coming from different animals. They were chimaeras, a myriad of them.
A look of distaste flashed in Hera's eyes when she looked at the monsters growling at her threateningly. But she did not make a scene. Keeping her face neutral, she said in a pompous tone:
"Send word to your master and inform him that the Queen of Olympus, Hera, wants to speak to him."
When the chimaeras did not immediately heed her words, she snapped:
"Do not keep me waiting, beasts! Move!"
The group of monsters became restless at her words and started growling menacingly. However, they did not rashly make a move to attack her. They were smart enough to understand the difference between them and a goddess. One of them, a creature resembling a jackal for the most part flapped its 4 hawk wings and flew away, heading towards their master to inform him in regards to the intruder.
Neither Hera nor the group of monsters had noticed the inconspicuous black snake hiding between the roots of one of the numerous dead trees around them.
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A blackish-red sky, pitch-black heavy clouds and perpetual darkness. There was no day, there was no sun, there was no moon, and there were no stars either in Tartarus. The only source of light in the eternal darkness was coming from the countless pits of fire and the ever-flowing rivers of lava melting their way through the land. Because of that, everything that could be seen was tainted by shades of orange and red.
Four silhouettes were flying in the air, above the rivers of lava and the masses of souls that were being tortured by demons below. They were not paying attention to what was happening on the ground. Instead, their eyes were pinned up, towards the sky: a several miles-long island was floating in the sky, its entire surface covered by a black citadel.
"We're finally here." Naruto said. The golden lasso in his hands began increasing in length until the feet of the soul tied up at the end of it touched the ground. Then, the lasso untied itself and shrank back in size. "Go. You're free to go." he told the soul.
'Go where? No matter where he goes, this is Tartarus.' Wonder Woman thought.
She was trying to tell herself that the soul was a pirate that had killed and pillaged countless innocents when he was alive and he deserved his fate. However, seeing the torture and suffering in Tartarus had shaken her to the core. She could not help recalling the lyrics of a song she had heard on the radio when she had just come to the Man's World for the first time.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky.
At that time, still unaware of what Zeus had done to her mother and how she had come out to be, the princess's reaction was to get angry and shun in her mind the singer as blasphemous. However, in the present, disillusioned with the gods and having lost her blind faith in them, her thoughts were vastly different. Most of the gods she used to worship were even worse than average humans. They killed their family, raped innocents, and dished out cruel punishments for the slightest affronts to their names.
'Maybe it was better if there was no heaven and no hell. Maybe it was better if gods never existed in the first place.'
But then she closed her eyes and try to calm down her troubled mind. She understood that the shock of witnessing the horrors of hell for the first time was clouding her judgement.
'It is not entirely bad that a place like Tartarus exists. A simple death would be too easy of a punishment for a bastard like Zeus who raped my mother.'
When she thought of that, her previous feelings of pity for the tortured souls were replaced with rage towards the king of gods.
Noticing the tumult of dark emotions and the intensity of negative feelings coming from the Amazon, Kyuubi said:
"You're not planning on fighting against a god with your mind clouded by anger, are you? Get a grip or stay behind. We don't need baggage to drag us down."
"Oi, Kurama." Naruto rebuked him.
"No, he's right." Diana admitted with a sigh. "I need to get my emotions under control or I might end up causing everyone problems."
The shinobi, the bijuu, and the Amazon looked at the eerie floating island in silence for a while, everyone having their own thoughts. Kurama, in his tiny fox cub form, was wagging his nine tails slowly but the mere fact that the proud bijuu was behaving like that was betraying his excitement and restlessness.
On the other side, Wonder Woman had a look of seriousness as she tried to settle her feelings and recollect herself.
As for Naruto, he looked like he had something on his mind. It seemed as if he was not influenced too much by the wails of agony coming from the tortured souls around them or by the grim scenery. His mentality could not be shaken just by that. As far as he was concerned, the souls tormented in Tartarus deserved their fate. He did not feel a shred of pity or mercy for people who committed all kinds of atrocities when they were alive. They were just reaping what they sowed. There was something else occupying his thoughts. Eventually, he spoke:
"What do you plan on doing after we kill Hades?"
Diana was startled by that question.
"I-, ...I haven't thought that far."
Way too many things happened in the past 2 days. First, she had had a life-and-death battle against a bloodlusted Kryptonian. Then, she was forced to kill Maxwell Lord IV. Then, almost all her friends denounced her and washed their hands off of her. Then, Hermes delivered her the orders of Zeus to go to Tartarus. Then, she saw tens of thousands of people protesting against the Justice League and against her. After that, she went directly to Themyscira. Amidst all the tragedies that kept coming one after another, she was given a short moment of bliss when she finally became one with the person she loved.
That said, so many things took place in such a short time that she had not had the chance to think about tomorrow, about the future.
"What if killing Hades is not the end?" Naruto pressed on.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked.
"Who's to say that after you deliver them Hades' head they won't ask for something else?"
It was like a bucket of ice-cold water was poured on her head.
"Your situation is not that different than a hostage situation. The Amazons' fate is in the gods' hands and because of that, they can coerce you to do their bidding. We have no leverage against them. If things continue like this we'll end up just playing in their palms."
"And what would you have me do?" Wonder Woman snapped at him. "It's my mother! And my sisters! You want me to abandon them?"
"Haven't they lived for like 5 thousand years or more already? Life moves on." Kyuubi said uncaringly.
"Kurama, shut up!" Naruto and Diana both shouted at him in unison.
Over the past few months, Kyuubi's affection extended from Naruto to encompass Diana as well but that did not mean that he had suddenly started caring about the rest of the Amazons too or any of the princess's friends. Naruto and Diana were the only beings he treasured. For all he cared, the rest could simply perish, it was no skin off his back. He was indifferent to their fate. The weak died, the strong survived. Things were very simple in his mind. But his selfishness had bared its teeth again at the wrong time, making both of them snap at him.
"I'm not saying you should abandon your family. Far from that. The day you hear me say something like this you have my permission to beat me to an inch of my life. What I am saying is that we need to think of what comes next. We haven't had the chance to talk about it. But we need a plan or you'll end up as nothing but the Olympian Gods' attack dog."
The princess calmed down at his reasonable words.
"Tell me more about your gods." Naruto began but Diana cut him off with a glare: "They're not my gods!"
"Right, it was a poor choice of words on my part." he said and raised his hands as if to say he meant no harm. "Tell me more about the Olympian Gods. Who exactly created the Amazons? Basically, I need to know who we can attack and who is untouchable. I need to get a better picture of the situation because I know next to nothing about them."
In the meantime, Diana and Naruto (with Kyuubi sitting on his shoulder) stopped flying and landed in a deserted place with no demons or any other beings around. They could not just float in the air and talk, it was too conspicuous.
Paying no regards to the ash covering the ground everywhere, Naruto just plopped himself down and leaned with his back against a boulder. He placed his right hand on his left wrist and a small bottle appeared with a cloud of smoke. Unscrewing the bottle cap, he shook the bottle lightly and dropped 2-3 pills into his palm.
"What's that?" she asked. She was curious because she had never seen him take any pills of any kind until then.
"Vitamins."
"Vitamins?" she asked incredulously, thinking he was poking fun at her.
"They're a complex of vitamins and other substances needed by the human body. There were times during my missions when I ended up away from any sort of civilisations for days or weeks at a time and I rarely had the chance to cook. I had to be prepared. One of these pills is enough to feed my body enough nutrients to last me for an entire day. Want some?"
They were not as good as the pills from his homeworld that could directly replenish chakra but they were still better than nothing.
After she refused his offer with a soft shake of her head he said:
"Anyway. Tell me about the Olympian Gods and their relationship with the Amazons."
Wonder Woman followed his example and sat down too but she placed her shield on the ground before sitting on it.
"The Amazons worship 5 goddesses: Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter, Artemis, and Hestia. In fact, my mother named me Diana in honour of Artemis who was also known to Romans as Diana."
Then, she explained the roles of each goddess in the Amazons' culture and religion.
"Aphrodite is the one that came up with the idea of creating the Amazons. She is the Goddess of Love and Beauty and she blessed the Amazons with her beauty."
Naruto inwardly nodded at that. During his brief stay on Themyscira, he had not seen even one unattractive woman among them. If they went to the outside world, each one of them could probably pursue a career in modelling if they desired so.
"Goddess Hestia is the one who gifted our home, Themyscira. If there is one goddess in the entire Pantheon that could be said to have no faults at all, it is her. Even now, I still respect her a lot. She is the Goddess of Home and Family."
He was listening to her words with genuine interest. Even Kyuubi was paying close attention. He was going to become a god soon and he wanted to learn more about it. Though they had seen much of the world and travelled the Universe for centuries, they had not really had any significant encounters with the so-called gods.
"Demeter is the Goddess of harvest and fertility. Themyscira has a small number of farmers but the Amazons have never suffered from a lack of food due to her blessing. She also blessed the Amazons with superhuman physical strength and durability."
"Artemis is the Goddess of Moon, Wilderness, and the Hunt. She blessed the fauna on Paradise Island and gifted the Amazons to have a connection with nature and skill at hunting. She's also the reason why Kurama purrs like a cat when I scratch his back." she said, making Naruto chuckle and Kyuubi growl a little at her from his spot on his shoulder.
"As for Athena, she's the one that blessed the Amazons to have skill in battle. She gifted them her wisdom, education, and technology. Currently, she is the most important patron goddess of the Amazons."
Naruto hummed in thought for a few seconds.
"The way I see it, Zeus and Hera have no direct dominion over the Amazons. Unless I'm missing something? Why can't we just kill them and be done with it?"
Wonder Woman let out an involuntary snort. Naruto was talking about killing Zeus as if he was some random street thug, not the strongest god in the world (as far as she was concerned).
"Things aren't as simple as that. Goddess Athena is Zeus' favourite daughter; Aphrodite and Artemis are his daughters too. Goddess Hestia is Zeus' sister. Demeter is Zeus' sister as well and, on top of that, they even made a kid together. Even if we could kill Zeus, do you think they'd just sit and watch indifferently from the sidelines?"
Naruto looked at her in doubt.
"I don't know much about the Olympian gods but, from the little you've told me so far, Zeus seems like a massive cunt. You're telling me everyone loves that guy? After how many people he killed or raped? I'm actually amazed nobody tried to kill him after so many years."
"Oh, the other gods did try. Several times in fact. But he's managed to stay on top every time. That's why nobody dares to go against his words. And that's why the other gods haven't tried to dethrone him anymore for thousands of years." Diana said.
Despite her words, however, Naruto smiled.
"They're afraid of moving against him by themselves...but what if they saw an opportunity? Killing Hades should be enough proof that we're more than capable of killing any other god too. Won't they take the chance if they see one? They're just not willing to shoulder the responsibility of spearheading the rebellion because, in case of failure, the leader of the rebellion would definitely be punished the worst."
"But what if we take that spot for them? We'll take on that responsibility!"
Diana did not immediately dismiss his words. She had never seen Kyuubi at his full strength but the entire Universe was aware of his most recent feat - that of destroying the Psions' home planet. That was a level of power that she had not heard of even in the myths about the Olympian Gods. Furthermore, there was Naruto in the equation too and she, herself, was no slouch either.
'Maybe defeating Zeus and Hera isn't that far-fetched after all...?' she thought.
Nevertheless, she could not just simply jump on the train without properly weighing everything about the situation in her mind.
'Maybe Naruto, Kurama, and I would be able to survive the war and escape if we failed. But what about my mother? What about my sisters? If we lost, they'd end up here, in Tartarus.'
Recalling the terrible tortures she had witnessed ever since she stepped into Tartarus, she shook her head. This was not a matter of courage.
"If it was only myself, I'm not afraid of taking on anyone. But this isn't just about me. This will implicate my mother and the rest of the Amazons too. Their livelihood is at stake. I won't gamble. I can't agree with starting a war against unless we are absolutely certain of our success."
Naruto did not find her answers weird. His attitude would have been no different than hers if he had been in her shoes. He would also not willingly risk his loved one's lives on a gamble.
"I can already destroy planets as I am now, what about after I become a god?" Kyuubi said.
"There he goes again-" Naruto muttered with a roll of his eyes.
"No one will be my match. I will be invincible. Hahahaha!" Kyuubi said and laughed arrogantly.
The fox's pride and arrogance were already sky-high as they were. Naruto could only imagine the bijuu's attitude after he really became a god. Regardless, now that they sat down and talked about their future course of action, things weren't looking as bleak as before.
AN: The scene with the souls hanging in the air by chains was inspired by Supernatural TV show, from when Dean Winchester died and went to hell. Actually, there is an episode in the animated series where Wonder Woman went to Tartarus but due to it being a "kids' show" it was presented mostly in a comedic fashion, in a trivial manner, ignoring the heavy aspects of hell. I felt like it would be interesting to see how would someone as kind-hearted as her would react to seeing the eternal torment of the souls sentenced to hell.
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Caterpillar by grumpywolf
 Naruto & Justice League Xover Rated: M, English, Adventure & Romance, [Naruto U., Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman] Kyuubi/Kurama, Words: 202k+, Favs: 5k+, Follows: 5k+, Published: Oct 7, 2020 Updated: Apr 15  3,216Chapter 40 - Tartarus (III)
AN: New chapter up, enjoy!
Chapter 40 - Tartarus (III)
"It's no good, my clones can't see anything. There's a shielding spell cast around the island. Looks like Hades is aware of our arrival." Naruto said.
He had sent several of his clones henged into tiny insects to spy on the floating island and gather intelligence but they could not get close to it due to a sphere of magic that encapsulated the entire island within.
"I guess our only method is to brute-force our way in." he concluded.
When he had been young, he would have not bothered with checking up the place beforehand at all, he would have just smashed his way in, jumping head-first into danger. He had smartened up with the passing of time and he had become cautious. However, being cautious did not mean he had become a coward. If left with no better alternative, he could very well blow everything up with brute force like before too.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Kyuubi said enthusiastically.
With the fox on his shoulder, Naruto and Wonder Woman started flying towards the floating island in the sky.
"How are we going to break their shield?" the princess asked. "Are you going to cast some of your powerful spells at it?"
Naruto and Kyuubi looked at each other and then started grinning widely.
"It's not the first time we see a fortress covered by a spell or energy shield. We've even designed a special technique for breaking them!" he said proudly.
Diana made an impressed sound.
"Oh? You never fail to surprise me with how versatile your techniques are. Controlling the elements, gravity manipulation, cloning, flying, becoming invisible, laying traps, shapeshifting, teleporting, self-regeneration, and even healing spells for others. Is there anything you can't do? I'm envious."
"One century of continuous training coupled with the experience absorbed from countless clones would make anyone just as strong. It would be weirder if I wasn't versatile and strong after such a long time," he said and grinned at her teasingly.
Flying to some distance away to give him space, she said:
"Well, go on, let's see what you've got."
Naruto and Kyuubi chuckled again at the same time as if they were laughing at an inside joke known only to them. As he was floating in the air, he suddenly started to flash through an incredibly quick and long series of hand-seals. That sequence of hand seals performed at such an insane speed was impressive by itself, to speak nothing of what was about to come. Wonder Woman's heart started beating faster in anticipation.
He said in a deep voice:
"Ninpo: World-Destroyer Big Ass Fox no Jutsu!"
Then, he grabbed the fox on his shoulder like it was a potato and yelled:
"YEEET!"
Under Diana's disbelieving eyes, he yeeted the fox towards the island as if he was a pitcher throwing a baseball on the field.
"Naruto, WHAT THE HELL!"
Diana was not one to swear, Naruto could count on the fingers of one hand the times he had heard her say a bad word. But this time she was shocked. Before any of them could say anything else, the tiny furball in the air suddenly became absolutely massive. With a roar of laughter, the enormous bijuu slammed into the shielding spell encasing the island. The even more absurd part was that the entire floating island shook terribly and the sphere of magic shielding it was shattered like glass. She turned to look at Naruto. He was laughing his ass off so hard he was having troubles maintaining his flight.
He had hyped it up as a "special technique designed for breaking barriers" and even formed a very long and impressive sequence of hand seals making her anticipation rise off the charts. She thought she was going to witness an awe-inspiring sight or an apocalyptic spell no weaker than a nuke. Not such a barbarian method.
Finally managing to get his wheezing laughter under control, he wiped a tear from the corner of his eye.
"It's called trolling. We do a little trolling sometimes."
A vein started pulsating dangerously on her temple.
"Naruto, you-, you-, !"
The situation was so incredulous that she could not find her words. They were going to have a life and death battle against a god and there he was, pulling pranks and dying with laughter from his own joke. She did not know how to even react to that.
But her thoughts were cut short when a demonic roar made the sky tremble. Kyuubi began his rampage.
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"What are you playing at, Hera? Why would I trust my back to a vicious and labile woman like you?"
The rather deep and dignified voice came from a very tall and muscular man wearing black armour and a dark red cape. He had shoulder-length black hair and his sharp black goatee fit the image of the dark Ruler of Underworld. He was Hades.
The beautiful woman narrowed her eyes at him and said sharply:
"The last offspring Zeus made out of wedlock was Helen of Troy. At the end of the Trojan War, Zeus vowed to me on the River Styx that he would never spread his seed to anyone else. After that, I knew about his indiscretion with Hippolyta and many other women over the years. But I was willing to turn my head the other way as long as he never made another child with anyone else besides me."
At her words, Hades clenched his fists. Although thousands of years had passed, he had never forgotten how Zeus raped the woman he used to love and how he ruined his life. That was the very reason he had sided with the Titans against Olympus during the war. And that was the reason why he had been trapped in Tartarus ever since. To this day, he was filled with rage.
"I paid close attention to Hippolyta and the Amazons after the incident. But Hippolyta had never shown any signs of pregnancy and the daughter she made out of clay did not seem any different from the rest of the Amazons. Two thousand years passed and I have never suspected that her daughter was not made of clay but that it was her flesh and blood... Zeus's flesh and blood."
"I can no longer tolerate his infidelity, his lies...I can no longer tolerate him. He needs to die. I will kill him and his accursed offspring even if it's the last thing I do!"
The goddess's face was twisted from anger, looking like she was on the edge of insanity. Although Hades knew how manipulative and cunning the Queen of Olympus could be, the hatred in her voice and the jealousy in her eyes at that moment could not be faked. Furthermore, it was not the first time Hera had tried to dethrone her husband so he did not doubt her willingness to kill Zeus either. Regardless, Hades had learned his lesson from the past. Despite how powerful the Titans had been, even with him choosing to support their side, they still lost the war against Olympus.
"So many of us have tried to defeat him in the past. Even the Titans could not do it. Do you think just the three of us stand a chance against the entirety of Olympus?"
Speaking of the 'three' of them, Hades looked through the window of his castle. Outside, in the large courtyard of his outer fortress stood a massive being. It was like a creature out of a nightmare. Several hundred feet tall and wide, the gigantic being only had the legs and the torso of a humanoid. The rest of his body was that of a monster. He had 9 draconic heads, several pairs of fleshy wings, over 20 scally arms, barbed tentacles were growing out of his back, and snakes came out of his necks like the mane of lion. It was none other than Typhon, the son of Gaia and Tartarus, the God of Monsters.
"Typhon is very powerful, indeed. But I hope you haven't forgotten Briareus, have you? How he squashed your little rebellion in the buds and how you were hanged by Zeus in the sky as punishment? Briareus is still loyal to Zeus and he is more than a match for Typhon." (1)
Hera's face burned with shame at being reminded of her humiliation in the past.
"Things are different now!" she spat through gritted teeth.
Taking a deep breath through her nose to calm herself down, the goddess continued:
"After nearly two thousand years, the people of Earth no longer worship the Olympian Gods. Without the power of faith, Zeus is much weaker than before. If he had been confident of his power, he would not have sent his half-blood of a daughter on a suicide mission to deal with you in Tartarus. He would have come here himself. As for Olympus, it's not as united as before either, not by far. Ares and Hermes have involved themselves completely with the mortal world, Athena only cares about her Amazons, and Poseidon would be more than willing to take my side against Zeus like before. The rest of the gods are either indifferent or simply too weak to be relevant in the grand scheme of things."
Hades sniffed condescendingly.
"Even at his peak, Zeus never dared to step foot into the realm of the dead, where all the Titans slumber or he would have tried to kill me a long time ago."
Taking one deep look at Hera, he said slowly:
"Fine, I will play along. I have nothing to lose anyway. But mark my words, Hera. If you betray me, make sure you kill me for good too or I will spend the rest of my eternal life to hunt you down."
The goddess was unphased by his threat. They were about to shake hands to seal the deal when the entire fortress quaked terribly. A deafening sound of glass breaking was heard and then a demonic roar shook the sky.
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When the roar reverberated in the skies of Tartarus, for a moment, it was like time stopped. Every soul, every demon trapped in that hell froze up. Over a thousand feet tall and with nine enormous tails, it was a crimson behemoth. Typhon's 9 draconic heads started at the titanic demon in front of him in disbelief. He had never seen a creature bigger than himself. He was already several hundred feet tall but the demonic beast ahead of him dwarfed him so much that he looked like a dog in front of an ox.
'What is this? What is this feeling?'
He could not move. His two dozens of scaly arms were paralyzed. An uncomfortable feeling travelled down his spine. It was as if needles were pricking at his flesh, making him numb all over.
For the first time in his millennia-long life, the God of Monsters experienced a new feeling. It was fear. Terror.
"Die!" the bijuu roared.
An enormous fist crashed towards the God of Monsters with the power of a meteorite. A terrible boom rang and the several miles long island was smashed into smithereens!
In the distance, Wonder Woman momentarily stopped in her tracks in shock. For the first time, she got to see what a terrible power Kyuubi could wield. Involuntarily, her heart trembled. She knew that they were on the same side and that they cared about each other dearly as friends. But the feeling of fear creeping into her heart was beyond rationality. She understood then that the fox's arrogance and pride were not without reason.
'Then how strong is Naruto?' she could not help wondering.
She was seeing the two of them bickering on a daily basis and it was more than once that she heard the blond teasing the fox with the fact that he kicked his ass and the fox never contradicted it.
"Hades is not alone." Naruto said, startling her awake from her thoughts.
The pieces of the broken island crashed into the ground below with a deafening bang, rising enormous clouds of ash and dust in the air and covering the sky for miles. But when another terrifying roar rang, the shockwave it created instantly cleared away all the ash, dust and debris floating in the air. Amidst the remains of the obliterated island and the fortress on top of it, two human-looking beings stood together, surrounded by a protective sphere of magic.
"W-What-!"
The otherwise dignified-looking Hades had lost his composure and Hera's beautiful face was pale from shock. Trapped in Tartarus for millennia, Hades was not exactly up to date with the powerful beings outside of his realm. As for Hera, she had never paid any attention to the mortal world as mortals were beneath her notice. The two of them had been completely unaware of Kyuubi's infamy in the Universe.
Not far from them, a disgusting mass of flesh and blood was wriggling on the ashy ground and making disturbing sounds. A small draconic head appeared from it but it quickly increased in size and right after that, the rest of his body was regenerated like a miracle. It had been a terrible strike, one that had blown up the entire island. Taking a direct hit from such a devastating power was enough to obliterate any lesser being. But he was Typhon, the God of Monsters. Hydras, dragons, chimaeras, and other creatures known for their self-regeneration abilities and resilience were his offsprings. As their god and ancestor, Typhon possessed all of their abilities but much stronger.
Overcoming his initial fear born out of instinct at facing a predator larger and more powerful than himself, after regenerating his body, Typhon roared in rage. His nine draconic heads opened their maws and black hellfire shot at the gigantic fox in front of him. But his attack was met with mocking laughter. With a mere flick of his enormous tails, a gale of wind not any weaker than a tornado snuffed the hellfire like a feeble candle.
Naruto made a clone and used it to transmit a message to the fox.
"Kurama, don't toy with him. Kill him fast. Keep in mind that I can't supply you with chakra this time. You're on your own."
Turning his attention towards Wonder Woman, he asked:
"I assume that's Hades? Who is the woman next to him? His wife?"
"Yes, it's Hades. As for that woman, it's Hera." she said stiffly.
His eyes shone with killing intent and he laughed.
"She delivered herself right to us. What are the chances?"
He was about to launch himself at them but she suddenly grabbed his arm from behind.
"Naruto! Don't take them lightly." she said seriously. "I don't know about Hera but the Justice League had fought against Hades once. He overwhelmed us. Superman, Martian Manhunter, Batman, Flash, and I, we didn't stand a chance. He defeated us all at once. We won in the end only by a fluke." (2)
He looked at her for a few seconds without saying anything. Then, he brought a hand to her face and gently tucked a strand of her sweaty hair behind her ear.
"I know, we talked about this already. Don't worry, I'll be careful, I promise."
Despite that they were about to enter the battlefield, Diana momentarily closed her eyes and leaned into the hand caressing her cheek.
"I'll take care of Hades and you of Hera. You okay with it?"
"Fine by me." she answered.
"I'll engage first and break them apart. Divide and conquer. But don't strain yourself. Play it safe and just stall for time until I kill Hades. After that, we'll join hands and kill Hera too."
Diana started to glare at him.
"You're underestimating me, aren't you!"
Knowing how proud she was of her skill and strength as a warrior, he raised his hands to placate her.
"No, I'm not. I just-"
He wanted to say that he was afraid for her safety, that he did not want anything bad to happen to her. But he stopped himself in time, sensing that he would only be digging his grave deeper if he implied she was not strong enough to keep herself safe.
"Just...you be careful too, okay?" he finished in a small voice.
Having made her point, Wonder Woman did not insist on starting an argument. She nodded at him seriously.
Naruto clenched his hand into a fist and raised it in front of her. Diana looked at his extended fist and then back at him, understanding his wordless suggestion. She raised her fist too and bumped it against his.
Her eyes widened in surprise when a rush of feelings and thoughts flooded her. His unconditional love for her. His desire to spend the rest of his life with her. His secret thirst for a good battle against a worthy opponent. His desire to for her to be happy. His respect for her. His worries for her safety. His fear of being alone. At that moment, the princess understood him completely.
When he moved his fist away, their spiritual connection broke off too. But she could not tear her eyes away from his, overwhelmed by that unprecedented experience. She had never been connected to someone on a spiritual level like that.
"Let's do our best." he said and smiled at her softly.
She nodded her head vigorously, not trusting her voice to speak at that moment.
Then, he turned his attention back to the battlefield. He had never been worried about the fox. As his life-long best friend, Naruto knew exactly just how powerful Kyuubi was. His only worry had been for Diana. But after sharing a fist bump with her he was no longer anxious about her safety anymore. He understood her feelings and thoughts perfectly as well.
His eyes became sharp and his demeanour abruptly changed. The aura he exuded became like an unsheathed blade and a cloak of yellow-red chakra appeared around his body as he entered his tailed beast chakra mode. Then, he blurred out from existence.
An instant later, a silhouette teleported right between Hera and Hades, completely bypassing her protective sphere of magic.
"Konoha Senpuu!"
The metal-tipped heel of a combat boot suddenly smashed into Hera's and Hades's jaws at the same time as Naruto performed a whirlwind flying kick. It was one of his former comrades' favourite taijutsu moves, the speciality of Might Guy and Rock Lee.
The two Olympian Gods were kicked in the face and hurled away into opposite directions as if a truck had smashed into their face.
"Diana!" he shouted.
The Amazon princess's answer was to erupt with a powerful battle cry.
Hera had yet to even crash on the ground after being kicked in the face when Diana body-slammed into her with her golden shield. Spittle flew out of her mouth when the wind was knocked out of her and her body left a sonic boom behind from the force of the shield bash.
Physically stronger than Hera and more adept in battle, Hades righted his body in the air flipped back to land on his feet.
"You dare strike a god?" he yelled in fury.
But Naruto did not entertain him with a verbal answer. He conjured a swirling sphere of energy above his head, an Oodama Rasengan that was even bigger than his own body. Faster than the naked eye could follow, he appeared in front of the god and pushed the enormous Rasengan into him, intent on grinding his body into a bloody paste.
However, when he smashed the Oodoma Rasengan against Hades, it was as if a regular person tried to push a train. The god had caught his Rasengan with one of his hands effortlessly and then slapped it away with the other one as if it was a beach ball. A large crater was carved into the ground when the big ball of chakra blew up.
Lifting himself up from the crater, Naruto frowned. He was unhurt but that degree of magic resistance shown by the Olympian God and his insane physical strength was not good news.
'If I had access to natural energy...' he thought disgruntled. While in his Six Path Sage Mode, he could lift hundreds of tons and level mountains with his punches alone. He would not be afraid of a physical confrontation even against a god. The current situation, however, required him to avoid meeting Hades' hits with his body. Nevertheless, he was no longer a one-trick pony like in his youth. He had other methods of dealing with his enemies too.
Hades's face lost its human appearance and transformed into that of a demon. His skin became grey, two horns grew out of his forehead, his teeth transformed into fangs and his eyes became red. Opening his mouth, an enormous fireball came out from it, like a fire breath.
Naruto rolled to the side and jumped to avoid it. Fireball after fireball was shot from Hades's mouth but he was too agile for them to meet their mark.
Enraged at his futile efforts, Hades stomped his foot. The ground cracked and ruptured and skeletons started crawling out. They were not just human skeletons. There were also centaurs, serpents, enormous centipedes, and even a few very large bone dragons. Furthermore, a buzzing noise was heard in the next moment and the pitch-black sky of Tartarus became dark red in the distance. Red because of the red eyes of tens of thousands of demons rushing to answer the call of their god.
Floating in mid-air with his arms crossed, Hades looked down at the masked mortal man arrogantly.
"Do you realize now how powerless you are? You are but a man. But this is my realm. And I am a GOD. Attacking the God of Underworld in his own domain? How foolish!"
Despite the overwhelming number of undead beings surrounding him from all sides and the tens of thousands of demons closing in from the distance, Naruto was perfectly calm. He was even relaxed enough to peek at the situation on the other sides of the battlefield.
The battle between Kyuubi and the God of Monsters, Typhon... ...it could not even be called a battle. It was a one-sided beatdown. Typhon was doing everything in his powers to attack his foe, shooting hellfire, creating vortexes of wind, spitting clouds of poison and even breaking off parts of his body to create monsters to aid him in battle. But it was all for nought. A mere swipe of the demonic beast's tails was enough to squash the monsters he created into a gory paste, the vortexes of wind could barely ruffle his crimson-red fur, and the hellfire and the clouds of poison could not even get into Kyuubi's proximity as the fox's roar produced shockwaves capable of flattening and blowing away everything in their path. In front of absolute strength, all of Typhon's abilities appeared to be insignificant. Typhon had already died and regenerated himself nearly 10 times in less than 10 minutes.
Noticing Naruto paying attention to the fighting between the two gigantic beings instead of focusing on him, Hades started to become angry. The man in front of him was too relaxed.
'Either he's too stupid to know he's about to die. Or he is confident that I can't hurt him.'
At that thought, his ire flared. To think that there would come a day when a mortal would treat him with such disrespect! The bone dragons that he had summoned opened their gigantic jaws and their breath attacks covered the sky. Fire, poison and lightning incinerated and melted everything in their path, not caring about ally or foe.
Despite the ferocity of the dragon breath attacks, a dagger suddenly pierced through them unaffected and Hades barely had enough time to lean his head to the side. Though the tri-pronged dagger only left a bloodied scratch on his cheek, Hades was unconcerned. It was going to heal up in a matter of seconds.
However, in the instant that the dagger flew past his head, with a hand on the handle of the tri-pronged dagger and the other hand holding a purple-coloured Yin Release Rasengan, Naruto appeared behind him like a ghost. The god had not even noticed his actions until the sphere of Yin chakra slammed into the back of his head.
There were no explosions. Hades could not even feel any pain. He was not wounded at all. But when he wanted to turn around to face his enemy, his heart jumped to his throat. He could not control his body! He was paralyzed. The Yin Rasengan's purpose was not to injure him but to immobilize him.
An aura of lightning magic burst behind his back and his fear seemed to double his strength. His body started to shake and it looked like he was going to regain control over his movements in a matter of seconds.
'Damned magic resistance. This is ridiculous.' Naruto cussed.
But he did not stay idle. His tailed beast chakra mode transformed into a cloak of yellow-red lightning. It was a version of the 3rd Raikage's lightning armour adapted to his usage of Kyuubi's chakra.
'A grinding attack like a Rasengan isn't a good match because of his incredibly high magic resistance as a god. I need a piercing attack. Without my Six Paths, this is the strongest piercing attack I have.'
He clenched his right hand into a fist and a large portion of the lightning crackling around his body gathered to his fist. Then, he extended just his index finger. It was the last and most powerful stage of Hell Stab.
It took only 2 seconds for him to power up his attack. But due to his panic or maybe because of a rush of adrenaline, the god somehow managed to regain a part of his control over his movements. At the very last moment, when Naruto's lightning attack was about to stab through his back, into his heart, Hades twisted his body around. The Hell Stab landed onto his shoulder instead of piercing his back.
A sharp grating sound was heard as the lightning jutsu was unable to pierce through the black pauldron covering Hades's shoulder, only managing to scratch it a little.
The god kicked him in the gut with all his strength, blowing him away like a cannonball and burst into loud laughter.
"This armour was forged for me by Hephaistos, the God of Fire and Blacksmiths. Your puny magic attacks can't even leave a scratch on me. My armour will parry everything you can possibly throw at me! Hahaha!"
Naruto coughed a bit from the kick that landed into his gut and pulled himself up from the crater his body made when he crashed but he was not wounded.
'So his armour is just as tough as Diana's bracelets, huh?'
Lightning suddenly discharged from his body in a radius of 100 feet around him, turning all the skeletons in his range that were trying to attack him into dust. Sharp swishing sounds reached his ears and he quickly disappeared with a body flicker movement, evading the arrows shot by several dozens of centaur skeletons at the same time.
But then, it started to rain with fire from above. A vanguard of several hundred demons from the immense horde in the distance had managed to enter the battlefield much faster than he had expected.
Naruto unexpectedly stopped in his tracks and slapped his hands together in a prayer. Over a hundred arrows whistled through the air in his direction but his Raiton no Yoroi (lightning armour) stopped them all just a few inches away from piercing his body. In the next moment, a terrible gravity encompassed an area of over 600 feet around him. Just like he had once killed the squad of Gordanians that had tried to capture Starfire in Jump City, he used the same technique this time too. The hundreds of demons spitting fire at him from above suddenly lost their ability to fly and crashed into the rocky and ashy ground, to their death.
But his victory was short-lived because right away, several bone dragons fired their breath attacks at him. The entire area was obliterated. Both Naruto and the skeletons and demons around him were reduced to cinders.
Hades was just about to celebrate his triumph when he was suddenly kicked in the back of his legs. Before he could make sense of the situation - he had watched the mortal die with his own eyes, how could he still be alive!? - the god found himself on his knees. Following that, a huge Rasengan smashed into the side of his head, into his temple, and exploded.
Slightly dizzy and with a bit of blood flowing from a scratch on his temple, he tried to stand up but a kick to the face threw him back onto the ground again. Then, 4 Shadow Clones suddenly popped into existence and grabbed him each from one of his limbs.
With a scream of anger, Hades yanked his arms and legs with all his strength but the 4 clones holding his limbs suddenly became over 100 times heavier. It was an Earth Release technique that could increase an object's weight many times over, depending on the need. Granted, since Naruto could not use his Sage Mode in Tartarus, the Shadow Clones were crushed by their own weight, unable to even stand on their feet. Regardless, they achieved their purpose: to pin Hades down.
Floating at a high altitude in the air above Hades, Naruto raised his hand above his head and two other chakra arms grew out from his cloak. A purple-black sphere of chakra started to take form in the palm of his right hand. It was different from his previous Yin Rasengan. Way different. Just the size alone was even larger than Naruto's own body. It was a tailed beast bomb.
"Magic resistance? You can parry all my attacks? Parry this you fucking casual!"
Hades screamed. It was a scream of fear and despair.
For the first time in its existence, the realm of the dead saw light. It was as if a Sun was born. For several moments, everything became white as a blinding light robbed everyone of their sight and a cataclysmic explosion boomed. It was like a nuclear bomb.
AN: Tartarus arc is close to completion. The next chapter will be the last of this mini-arc. Until next time!
(1) It is mentioned in Homer's Iliad.
(2) Hades really did kick everyone's ass in that episode. In his first apparition in the Justice League animated series, Hades was OP.
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 Naruto & Justice League Xover Rated: M, English, Adventure & Romance, [Naruto U., Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman] Kyuubi/Kurama, Words: 202k+, Favs: 5k+, Follows: 5k+, Published: Oct 7, 2020 Updated: Apr 15  3,216Chapter 41 - Tartarus (IV)
AN: I was happy to see fellow men of culture in the review section lol. Naruto is a prankster by nature, of course that he would take a liking to memes. Remember in the previous chapters he even introduced Wonder Woman to the wonders (pun intended) of rule34 hentai lol. He claimed that the internet was Earth's best invention. After being cooped up on Earth for nearly a month, with nothing else to do except for wasting his time on the internet, he picked up a thing or two haha.
Here is the new chapter, enjoy!
Chapter 41 - Tartarus (IV)
Over one thousand feet tall and wide, and with nine equally large tails Kyuubi lived up to his moniker as a destructive force of nature. Hydras, Chimaeras, dragons and other monstrosities that had instilled terror into regular people and heroes of ancient times alike were being slaughtered like helpless chickens by the demonic fox.
The God of Monsters, Typhon, was growing desperate. Never in his existence had he fought against such a terrible creature. He had even battled against Zeus, on his own, two times in the past and he had more than put up a fight against the King of the Olympian Gods. But now, it was like he was a child trying to fight against an adult.
"Why won't you just die?! Die!" Kyuubi screamed thoroughly enraged and smashed Typhon's body again into a gory mess. He had killed him several times already but the god seemed capable of regenerating himself from the tiniest scraps of skin.
Five massive claws stabbed through the god's still regenerating body, making him let out shrieks of agony. Typhon's 18 eyes all revealed fear and urgency when he realized Kyuubi's intention: the claws were lifting his body towards a gaping maw filled with 2 rows of razor-sharp fangs. The beast wanted to eat him! The titanic fox was so huge that it would finish eating the god's hundreds of feet tall body in no more than 3-4 bites.
Gritting his teeth, one of Typhon's 24 arms suddenly morphed into a blade and then he hacked at his own neck! One of his 9 draconic heads was severed, he had cut his head by himself.
'What the hell?!'
Momentarily, Kyuubi stopped and stared in confusion at the God of Monsters' actions. Typhon did not wait for him to catch on to what he was doing. Before the fox could react, while still being stabbed through by the 5 claws, the god grabbed his severed head and used 8 of his numerous hands to throw it away! The severed draconic head flew like it was shot out of a canon. In the next moment, the God of Monsters' body shrivelled and turned into black sand.
A roar of anger came from Kyuubi. He realized that he had been tricked! The god had abandoned 95% of his body and escaped through his severed head. Typhon was running for his life.
"You think I'll let you get away?" Kyuubi bellowed and the land quaked as he broke into a mad dash towards the flying severed head in the distance.
It had to be said that at over one thousand feet tall and nearly three thousand feet long, Kyuubi was so enormous that just taking a few steps was enough to cover several miles. After a few seconds, the spot where Naruto was battling Hades was already far behind him. It was impossible for Typhon to escape.
But when Kyuubi's large hand was about to grasp the draconic head, he suddenly stumbled and lost his balance, almost falling to the ground. His blood-red fur started to lose its brightness, becoming a pale red, and a wave of dizziness attacked his mind. The "black sand" that Typhon's body had dissolved into after cutting his own neck was not mere sand. If Kyuubi had been capable of observing microscopic lifeforms he would have seen that countless tiny leeches had buried into his skin and started sucking out his vital energy. From over a thousand feet tall, Kyuubi's size started to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye. Meanwhile, Typhon's severed dragon head quickly grew a torso and limbs, fully regenerating itself.
While Kyuubi could not see the countless tiny parasites leeching his chakra, he noticed their effect straight away. A vast amount of chakra was abruptly expelled from his body and a dense swarm of black insects were blown away like a cloud. Then, the expelled chakra ignited. In the distance, the God of Monsters vomited blood as all the leeches - which were living parts of his body - were incinerated.
'So this is a god.' the bijuu said to himself gravely after getting rid of Typhon's leeches.
While he was still large (not any smaller than Typhon), Kyuubi's size had decreased drastically; he was almost two times smaller than before, standing at only 600 feet in height. Typhon had siphoned away a third of his chakra in a matter of seconds. The fox understood then that he had underestimated the God of Monsters.
For the first time, their battle entered a lull. Typhon and Kyuubi glared at each other vigilantly. The disparity in their sizes was not as large as before anymore but the two titanic beings had gained a healthy dose of wariness towards the powers and the abilities of the other. Their eyes were pinned on each other and their bodies tense but neither of them wanted to break the ice. Both of them were waiting for the other to make the first move and take advantage of it.
'I must've killed him more than 10 times.' Kyuubi thought seriously. 'But he keeps reviving himself every time. He also drained nearly a third of my chakra and Naruto can't supply me with more like in the past. I can't afford a battle of attrition... ...if this drags on, I will lose.'
He growled in annoyance at that thought. As the strongest bijuu out of his fellows and after managing to even destroy a planet, Kyuubi had become very proud and confident of his power. However, he was not stupid, nor was he conceited to the point of ignoring reality. After having a taste of how dangerous and insidious Typhon actually was, he immediately became cautious and put his pride in the backseat.
'If I lose, he'll never let me live it down.'
He could already picture Naruto in his mind, laughing his ass off at him. Becoming the butt's joke for the blond was the last thing he wanted.
While the two giants were having an intense staredown, the dark sky of Tartarus unexpectedly brightened. A blinding white light forced Typhon and Kyuubi to close their eyes. Then, a deafening explosion was heard and an incredibly powerful shockwave followed, carrying a heatwave that set the air on fire.
It was exactly the chance that the fox had been waiting for!
While the sky was still bright white and the tailed beast bomb transformed into a huge mushroom cloud, Kyuubi opened his mouth. Black, purple, and red particles of energy started to gather between his opened jaws in the form of a sphere. His fur started to shrivel up and disappear into thin air, revealing his raw flesh, and his body began shrinking down rapidly. As he was continuing pouring chakra into the tailed beast bomb he became unable to maintain his large size anymore. By the time he stopped powering up his bijuudama, Kyuubi became no bigger than 100 feet tall.
When Typhon finally regain his sight, an enormous black sphere of energy was the only thing he saw. The fox was nowhere to be seen... ...the tailed beast bomb was twice as large as the fox now.
It was too late for Typhon to run and the sphere of magic was way, way too large for him to even think about dodging it. With no other choice left, the God of Monsters shouted in desperation and curled himself on the ground. A chitinous husk quickly grew from his skin and tough scales appeared on top of it too. Right before the huge tailed beast bomb reached him, Typhon finished transforming himself into a creature resembling a grotesque pangolin. It was his strongest defence.
For the second time that day, Tartarus was illuminated by a blinding light. The entire realm trembled from the absurdly powerful explosion. It was much more powerful than the tailed beast bomb fired by Naruto a few moments before. For more than 10 miles around them, everything was vaporized.
It took a long time for the explosion to die down. In the humongous crater, a tiny pile of flesh was all that remained from the seemingly unkillable God of Monsters. Living up to his name as the ancestor of hydras, the remains of Typhon were still wriggling. He was still alive. If left to his own devices, Kyuubi had no doubts that the god would eventually recover even from such a devastating attack. But he had no intention of giving him any time to regenerate himself.
'I have to eat this?'
The fox made a disgusted face when he grabbed the still alive and wriggling mass of flesh from the ground. He closed his eyes and covered his nose with the other hand; then, he threw the remains of Typhon into his mouth. He gagged and almost threw up. However, as disgusting as it looked, he forced himself to not think about it and swallow it. It was his key to godhood. It was the only way to stop the power of faith from driving him insane.
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The Amazon princess let out a loud battle cry.
Hera had yet to even crash on the ground after being kicked in the face when Diana body-slammed into her with her golden shield. Spittle flew out of her mouth when the wind was knocked out of her and her body left a sonic boom behind from the force of the shield bash.
The goddess crashed into a nearby cliff, breaking it into smithereens. The princess had not held back her strength when she bashed the goddess with her shield. Even after smashing into the cliff, Hear's body continued to roll and tumble onto the ashy ground like a ragdoll. She may have been the Queen of Olympus but that was due to her being Zeus's wife. She was not known as a battle-hardened goddess. In terms of actual strength in battle, she was far below the likes of Hades or Typhon. Nonetheless, she was still a goddess. Her divine power blasted outwards and her body stabilized itself in mid-air.
However, her success was short-lived. The goddess only had enough time to cast a protective spell around her before the warrior princess slammed her round shield into her again. Wonder Woman seemed dead set on not giving the goddess any chance at reuniting with Hades. Encased in her protective bubble of magic, although she had been hurled away through the air like a soccer ball, Hera was largely unhurt. But, by the time she finally stopped her momentum, she realized that she was already 5 miles away from the remains of the collapsed flying island.
Hera was a woman of a rarely seen beauty, one said to be on par even with Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, and Athena, the Virgin Goddess of War and Wisdom. However, at that moment, she looked haggard. Her white regal robe was smeared with ash, she lost her golden crown, and her wavy brown hair was now shaggy and filled with ash and dirt. Her otherwise dignified face was twisted in rage.
"I'll make you regret the day you raised your hand against me! I'll make you suffer for millennia to come! I'll have you watch as I sell the rest of the Amazons into slavery and, in the end, I'll make you beg of me to grant you sweet release of death! That I swear on my own name!" Hera yelled.
It was as if she had lost her mind to her rage. The Olympian Goddess let out a shrill scream and chunks of the ground broke off and started to float around her. With another scream and a wave of her hands, the large boulders were hurled towards the Amazon princess.
It was like a rain of meteorites.
Wonder Woman clenched her hands around the straps of her golden shield and braced herself for the impact. There were too many of them for her to dodge them all. Boulders weighing several tons smashed against her golden shield with reverberating booms. Despite her formidable physical strength as a demigoddess, the several tons-heavy boulders were hurled with such velocity that she was pushed back greatly by every impact.
Eventually, the hail of rocks and boulders ended but Hera used her divine power to rupture the ground again. Wonder Woman launched herself at the goddess but she was met with another barrage of rocks and boulders right away. Helplessly, she could only hold onto her golden shield and tough it out.
Despite her disdain for a 'half-blood' like Diana, Hera understood that she would be in mortal danger if she allowed the princess to get close to her. Hera was not a warrior, she was not adept in direct battles. She was feared by the rest of the gods due to her venomous and vengeful personality. She would lay curses on mortals from the dark and manipulate others into doing her dirty work. But when it came to a frontal battle against a warrior demigoddess, Hera could only resort to using her divine power and telekineses to keep the princess at bay with everything she got. Hera's plan was to hold the status quo and drag the time until Hades or Typhon defeated their opponents and came to her aid.
"Is this all that the mighty Queen of Olympus is capable of? Throwing rocks like a savage barbarian?" Diana said mockingly. She was trying to get a rise out of her.
Hera had already thrown four waves of giant boulders and rocks at her. Despite how violent each hail was, it could not hurt Wonder Woman at all. She would dodge most of the boulders and use her shield to protect herself from the one that she could not dodge. But Hera's purpose was achieved: the princess could not close in the distance between them. Now, it was a stalemate.
The goddess did not fall for her bait. She kept herself surrounded by floating large rocks and watched her every movement like a hawk. When Wonder Woman lunged at her again, she immediately shot a barrage of boulders at her. However, this time around, Diana put her shield on her back and went against her bare-handed. When the boulders were about to smash into her body, she slammed her bracelets against each other.
A deafening sound like that of a gong was heard and the shockwave it generated blasted all the incoming rocks and boulders into bits. Every piece was weighing several tons but they were disintegrated like sand. A sonic boom was left in her wake as the Amazon launched herself at the goddess. She twirled her golden lasso above her hand once and threw it at Hera to ensnare her.
However, at the very last moment, Hera cast a short-distance teleportation spell, reappearing 400 feet away from her previous spot. Wonder Woman let out a grunt of annoyance at seeing the goddess slip away at the last moment.
Hera and Diana stood face to face with a distance of several hundred feet between them, glaring daggers at each other.
'I really need to make Naruto keep up his promise and teach me some of his spells and techniques.' the princess muttered to herself.
She was frustrated at how one-dimensional her skillset was. Her physical strength, her toughness, and her fighting abilities were undoubtedly formidable but if she could not get into close-range combat she would be left like a sitting duck, like in the present. While Hera could not harm her in the least, neither could Diana get close to her and kill her.
While they were glaring at each other, the dark sky of Tartarus was suddenly lighted up by a blinding light. It was as if a sun was born in the realm of the dead.
Hera was momentarily shocked and the extremely bright light blinded her.
However, Diana had expected Naruto to launch an outrageous attack like that sooner or later. She was not overly surprised. Instead, she realized it:
'This is my chance!'
Her hand wrapped around the handle of a weapon strapped on her back. She unsheathed her god-slaying sword. The muscles of her back, shoulders and arms became taut as she raised her sword above her head with both of her hands. Then, she used her entire strength to throw it.
With her eyes momentarily blinded by the nuke-like explosion of the tailed beast bomb in the distance, Hera could only hear, not see, the sharp object piercing through the air. A scream of pain burst from her mouth as a sharp blade lodged itself deep into her stomach and even protruded through her back. The burning pain coming from having her stomach eviscerated overwhelmed her senses. It was the first she had felt such terrible pain. She had never been wounded so grievously in her entire life. She was not accustomed to pain.
But those few moments were more than enough for Wonder Woman to appear by her side like a phantom and capitalize. Her Lasso of Truth wrapped around Hera tightly, preventing her from teleporting away. The goddess was still dizzy from pain and had yet to come back to her senses when Diana grabbed the handle of the sword stabbed through her stomach.
In the next moment, the Amazon princess's white and golden armour was splattered with a large amount of blood, painting her red from head to toe. Her face cold and her eyes betraying no hesitation, Diana had mercilessly cut the goddess's body in half with her god-slaying sword.
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Both Kyuubi and Wonder Woman had taken advantage perfectly of the unexpected blinding light created by Naruto's tailed beast bomb and ended their battles, killing their respective foes. However, it looked like Naruto himself had not managed to finish the job.
After the blinding light faded away and the devastating ball of chakra exploded and transformed into a giant mushroom, Naruto was left speechless to realize that Hades was still alive. No, even more than that, he was practically unscathed.
"Oi, oi, give me a break." he could not help muttering.
At the bottom of the miles-wide crater left in the wake of the tailed beast's explosion stood two people. Hades was on the ground, unconscious, but otherwise seemingly unharmed if the rising and lowering of his chest was anything to go by.
The other person was standing protectively in front of him. It was an athletic and beautiful woman with long black hair and silvery eyes. An open-faced golden helmet covered her head and a bronze-coloured armour set protected her body. A long spear was stabbed in the ground, next to her, as her two arms were grasping tightly the straps of a wide, circular golden shield. She reminded Naruto of his Diana. They looked eerily similar.
The woman's breathing was laborious and her arms were shaking. She was the one that had taken the full brunt of the devastating tailed beast bomb, using her shield and body to save Hades from certain death.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked vigilantly.
He was not one to underestimate a person that managed to tank tailed beast head-on and survive. He was sure she had to be a goddess of some sorts.
Before the woman could reply, the sky was once again bathed in a blind light and an explosion even more powerful than Naruto's tailed beast bomb rocked the entire realm of the dead. The shockwaves were so powerful that even Naruto dared not take them lightly. The yellow-red chakra cloak surrounding his body flared as he fortified his defences.
'That crazy fox!'
It was Kyuubi's tailed beast bomb. The fox had even sacrificed a large part of his body to power it up before firing it. Though his fight against Typhon took place more than 10 miles away, Naruto could see the land below him melting from the heatwave. He became a little worried.
'Was that monster really that strong? To think Kurama would be forced to fire such a powerful bijuudama... ...he probably doesn't have much chakra left if any at all.' he thought. Making a cross-shaped seal, 4 clones appeared by his side and then disappeared with a body flicker movement. He had sent them to check up on the fox and confirm his safety.
When the blinding light finally died down, he flew down and landed not far from the place where Hades lay unconscious with the armoured woman protecting him.
"Who are you? Why are you getting in my way?" he asked again.
Despite that her body was weary and she looked worse for wear, the woman tried not to show any signs of weakness. With her round golden shield in her left hand and holding her spear in her right hand, the woman kept her guard up.
"I am Pallas Athena. I am the Olympian Goddess of War and Wisdom."
Naruto stopped in his tracks. He felt the beginning of a headache.
'She's one of the 5 patron goddesses of the Amazons... the hell is she doing here?'
Momentarily, he was at a loss of what to say.
"I mean no harm. I do not wish to battle against you. We are not enemies."
Naruto looked at her silently for a short while.
"That sounds nice and all but I can't just take the words of a stranger as truth now, can I? If you truly mean no harm, wait a few moments. My partners will be here soon."
"Very well." the armoured woman expressed her agreement.
Then, the two of them waited in silence. Meanwhile, Naruto had all sorts of thoughts going through his head. He could only wait for Kyuubi and Diana to return at his side. Kyuubi would be able to tell whether she was speaking the truth or not and Diana would be able to confirm whether the armoured woman was really who she claimed to be or not.
Wonder Woman was the first to arrive. He was taken aback at the sight of her. Her hair and her armour were soaked in Hera's blood and her face was smeared with still wet blood too despite her attempts at wiping it away with her hand.
"Are you ok?" he asked worriedly but he did not continue looking at her, keeping his eye pinned on the armoured woman and the unconscious Hades instead to not give them any chance to pull off some funny move.
"I'm perfectly fine. This is Hera's blood. She got what she deserved." Diana said. But then, her face betrayed her feelings of surprise when she the person standing next to Hades who was lying unconscious at the centre of the crater.
"Lady Athena?" she asked in wonder.
The armoured goddess finally lowered her guard and let her shield down.
"Diana." Athena acknowledged her greeting with a smile. "It is good to see you."
Just then, Kyuubi also arrived at the scene, carried on the shoulder of a shadow clone. He had returned to his tiny form as a fox cub.
"Everything good on your side, Kurama?" Naruto asked.
"Bastard wouldn't die. I lost count of how many times I destroyed his body, he kept resurrecting. I had to use nearly all my chakra to kill him. It will take me weeks to accumulate it back." Kyuubi grumbled and jumped from the clone's shoulder onto the original Naruto's shoulder.
Despite the fox's grouchy words, he was not able to fool Naruto. He knew that Kyuubi was actually very excited. However, it looked like the now tiny fox was extremely exhausted. He did not even care to ask about the newly-appeared woman standing by Hades' side.
"I'm so tired. I need to sleep." Kyuubi said.
The fox had unshakable confidence in Naruto's strength. He was not worried that the blond would be unable to handle things on his own if he slept.
"Was that monster a god? Or do you need me to save Hades up for you to eat him?"
The stoic face of the Goddess of War briefly twitched at Naruto's words. He was talking about killing Hades as a matter of fact, as if her presence there was irrelevant.
Kyuubi shook his head slightly and mumbled.
"It was the God of Monsters. I learned of it after I ate him."
"Alright then, you go take a nap. Diana and I will handle things here." Naruto said and patted him gently on the head.
The little fox cub made a soft growl of comfort at having his head caressed. Then, he moved on his shoulder, closer to Naruto's neck. He curled up in a tiny ball of fur and buried his little snout into his fluffy nine tails. Kurama fell into a slumber. His body began to assimilate the God of Monsters' divinity.
"Lady Athena, why are you here?" Wonder Woman asked with a bit of hesitation. "I have come to Tartarus at the orders of Zeus, to kill Hades. Has Zeus changed his mind and sent you to stop us?"
Although she no longer worshipped the gods - proof of that was the still wet blood that splattered all over her armour and face - Diana was still respectful towards the patron goddesses of the Amazons. After all, the Amazons' survival depended on them.
"Zeus has not changed his mind. But I intend on starting a coup d'etat." Athena said. "And I wish for Hades to join forces with me against Zeus. Hades does not deserve to die. He may have his faults but he is 10 times a better man than Zeus ever was."
Naruto and Diana were startled. Athena was Zeus's favourite daughter. They had not expected her to say that.
"You appear to be very surprised." the goddess remarked. "In truth, it is not the first time I tried to take my father's throne. I have also tried it once in my youth. Back then, I joined hands with Hera, Apollo, and Poseidon and we almost succeeded. But I was still too young, too weak, and too inexperienced. We failed." (1)
He looked at her suspiciously. With Kyuubi in deep slumber, he had no way of checking if she was speaking the truth or not.
"I can sense that you don't trust me." the goddess said and looked at Naruto. Her silvery eyes were clear and pure. "But this is a matter of life and death for us, the Olympian Gods. If Zeus is not eliminated soon, many of us will perish."
"What do you mean by that? Who in the world can do such a thing to you? You are-, you are gods!" Diana said, not quite able to believe it.
"The God of Evil, Darkseid." Athena said seriously.
"But Darkseid is dead! The Justice League killed him a month ago!" Wonder Woman denied.
Athena shook her head.
"Darkseid is far more powerful than you realize. More powerful and Zeus himself realizes. Nobody understands how dangerous he really is. What the Justice League killed was merely an avatar. It's not the first time Darkseid was 'killed'. How is he resurrecting every time? It's because it was just a vessel that he used to interact with the mortal plane of existence. When one is killed, he can just create another. Darkseid's true form is on a completely different level. He is not just the God of Evil on Apokolips. Is the God of Evil of the entire Universe. It is only the restriction imposed by the Source that is stopping him from leaving the dimension of the gods and conquering the entire Universe." (2)
After making a short pause, the goddess continued:
"Darkseid had set his sights on Earth several thousand years ago when he came to Earth for the first time. I have warned Zeus many times but he does not want to listen. He is too confident in his lightning and thunder. His arrogance has blinded him. He does not realize that he had grown weaker. He does not realize that I, alone, am already just as powerful as he is. Mortals no longer worship him. He has been forgotten. Yet he does not want to accept the idea that someone could be more powerful than himself." (3)
"But sooner or later Darkseid will find a way to squeeze more of his true power through the gap between the dimensions. I do not wish to sit around and wait for our doom. I do not wish to see Zeus drag all of Olympus to death with him."
"If he is so strong, why is he so interested in Earth? Why would someone like him care that much about such a tiny and insignificant planet? I don't understand." said Naruto.
When looking at the scale of the Universe, Earth was indeed just one of the numerous planets inhabited by a sentient species of living beings. In Naruto's eyes, there was nothing special about it. If anything, technology-wise, Earth was rather backwater, decades or centuries behind other civilisations such as Almerac or Thanagar. He could not understand what exactly made the God of Evil so obsessed with Earth.
"He believes that Earth holds the Anti-Life Equation. A magical formula that will give him control of the minds of every intelligent being in the world. Seeing as Darkseid's true body can never leave his dimension, possessing the Anti-Life Equation is the only realistic method through which he could one day achieve complete control over the entire Universe. That's why he will never give up on Earth. His conflict with the Justice League is just secondary. The Anti-Life Equation is the thing he desires the most."
"So what do you plan on doing now?" Naruto said.
"I will lead the Olympian Gods into another dimension. Our departure is long overdue. The people of Earth no longer worship us. There is no need for us to remain here and put ourselves in mortal danger. We have nothing to gain from it."
Diana asked:
"Then what about the Amazons? What will happen to my mother and my sisters after you leave?"
"My intention is to take the Amazons with me." Athena said. "But I will not force anyone to follow me. For those who do not wish to leave the Earth, my blessing will allow them to continue living the natural lifespan of a regular human. That is the most that I can do for them."
AN: For those wondering where did Athena pop up from, remember that when Naruto and Wonder Woman stepped through the gates of Tartarus, a little snake followed them secretly (chapter 37). Also, when Hera met the chimaeras and ordered them to call their master, Typhon, a snake was spying on her (chapter 39). Athena has been watching everything from the very beginning, waiting for the perfect moment to intervene.
(1) it really happened in Greek Mythology. Even in DC comics, Athena attempted to dethrone Zeus (and succeeded eventually). So she is not acting out of character so to speak.
(2) the theory that Darkseid is a multiversal being is disputed among comics fans. Some agree with it while others think that he is just the dude that got beat up by Doomsday. As you can tell from this chapter, I'm siding with the ones that believe that Darkseid is a multiversal being and that it was only his avatars that were defeated.
(3) In comics, Darkseid actually fought against Zeus and killed him.
This marks the end of the Tartarus arc. Until next time!
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