Disclaimer: Unfortunately, Naruto is not ours, and Greek Mythology belongs to no one.

Summary: What's a guy to do when he is in love, and his mother-in-law gets in the way? Kidnap his wife err, husband of course... (Based on the Greek Mythology of Hades and Persephone). SasuNaru.

Author's Note: I've always loved Greek mythology and SasuNaru stories. So when my friend Susan, otherwise known as diamondkat12, started to read all about Hades and Persephone's love story, the inspiration for us to write a SasuNaru story, based on the story of Hades and Persephone struck us. That then brings us to this story we are now writing together. I hope you love it.

Also, please note that although we're using the Greek mythology as a basis of the story, not every part of it will be correct in the mythological sense of the word, as we will modify in order to create a somewhat unique and enjoyable story. And our thoughts, if they occur in the story will be in italics.

That said, do enjoy.

The Seduction Of Spring

The Characters

Sasuke- Hades

Naruto- Persephone

Minato- Demeter

Jiraiya- Zeus

Tsunade- Hera

Kisame- Poseidon

Hinata- Hestia

Ino- Aphrodite

Konohamaru- Eros

Temari- Athena

Tenten- Artemis

Neji- Apollo

Gaara- Ares

Kakashi- Dionysus

Chouji- Hephaestus

Deidara- Hecate

Kiba- Erebus

Sai- Hermes

Shikamaru- Charon

Pein- Thanatos

Itachi- Hypnos

Shisui- Morpheus

Kankuro- Clotho

Sasori- Lachesis

Grandma Chiyo- Atropos

Akamaru- Cerberus

Sakura- A Nymph

Fugaku- Kronus

Mikoto- Rhea

Prologue:

Strife, jealousy and fear are emotions that even the gods feel and they caused the downfall of even the mighty Fugaku who terrified about the prophecy that his son would overthrow him, and replace him as king, just as he did to his father, refused to let anyone of his children see the light.

So, whenever his wife Mikoto had a baby, he swallowed the child and comforted himself that a child in his belly cannot possibly overthrow him anyway.

However, Mikoto got tired of handing over her babies as baby food to their father, so with the help of her parents, she took her son to the island of Crete, and raised him there. She however got a huge stone, wrapped it in swaddling clothes and gave it to her unsuspecting husband. Fugaku swallowed the "baby", but wondered why this baby seemed so big and hard. He shrugged and told himself that the baby was probably that size because Mikoto ate a lot during the pregnancy, and did a lot of exercise, which to him explained the "baby's weight and bulging muscles".

The others however were in their father's stomach, which by the way was very dark and uncomfortable. They jostled about anytime he moved, and there were a lot of quarrels because of their cramped living quarters. This was to be expected as Fugaku had already swallowed the first five children his wife had. It was therefore a common occurrence for the five children to get into fights over who got to sit in the comfortable corner of their father's belly.

When Sasuke realised that this would cause a lot of problems for himself (he did need to sleep and they were giving him a serious migraine), he decided to find a reasonable solution to the problem.

He gave the order that they should each take turns with sleeping at the comfortable corner, as that would ensure that in time, everyone would have at least some measure of comfort. This decision showed Sasuke as a level headed god who could make his decisions rationally, with just the right level of emotional detachment, and the "death-glare" that dared anyone to argue with his decision.

The others agreed with him, and so decided to create shifts for sleeping arrangements. However, one day, Sasuke noticed that Minato slept in the comfortable corner for two-days in a row. He asked around and was told that the one who was meant to sleep in the comfortable corner that night was Hinata.

"Hn. Hinata, why did you not sleep in the corner when it was your turn?" Sasuke asked. "Minato asked me if he could sleep there, and I did not want to hurt him, so I said yes". Hinata said, with worry on her face and her two index fingers hitting each other in nervousness.

Sasuke then called Minato on his actions, and told him that it was selfish of him to use Hinata's selfless nature against her, and take advantage of her through that. Minato in anger retorted "Who made you king over anything. You have no right to talk to me that way. What happened between us is absolutely none of your business".

Minato wanted to storm off in anger. However, he could not move very far as the stomach was very small, so he went, and sat down near Kisame, and proceeded to glare at Sasuke from his position.

Hinata later told Sasuke, that she only acted that way because she wanted to keep the peace, and reminded him that they would need each other's help when the day of their freedom came. She had no idea it would come sooner than they expected.

When Jiraiya had grown, he was informed of his father's actions. So, he met his father and forced Fugaku to disgorge his siblings, and together, they fought their father, and defeated him.

After Fugaku's defeat, the void of who will become the ruler was created. So lots were cast to decide who will be the god of what.

Kisame got the sea, and became the god of the sea, Hinata became the goddess of the hearth, Minato became the god of the earth, Sasuke became the god of the underworld, Jiraiya became the King of Olympus, and the King of the gods, and Tsunade who he married became the Queens of the gods and the goddess of marriage and childbirth.

Minato made up his mind that his child would not suffer from love and the pain it brought like his mother had. He also disliked Sasuke because of his cruel and insensitive words, and therefore decided to keep his distance from his brother.

A long while after, Minato became pregnant for Jiraiya, and gave birth to a son he named Naruto, who he loved very much.

AN: Yes I know. Minato is a guy but what can I say, he is a god too, and I'm sure he could easily create a womb for himself if he wanted to have a baby.