Finally getting this chapter's done the one you have all been waiting for! MORE NARUTO X SMITE!
Jutsu/ special attacks = Rasengan
Thoughts ='ramen'
Speaking = Fight
Biju talk/drone/minion = bijudama
CH 11
Back in the Ring for Another Swing
"I must say the fight has been rather enlightening."
"That Blasted mortal! When I cross paths with him again I shall rend him from existence"
"Perhaps we can align with the young Shinto, after all a majority of our worlds are rather close."
"I urge all to be wary with this revelation this fight has given."
"Father what should we do about the Shinto?"
"Death Death Death! It shall be glorious!"... "Ah Puch do ssssilicce yourself. Now asss I was sssaying- "
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Blearily Naruto's eyes opened and following that was immediate regret at the light that priced them. But like anything in life that gave him trouble Naruto kept pushing back till he won.
So it wasn't long till he was staring at his ceiling as his hangover throbbed against his skull. Idly he noted that he was not in his bed but on the floor of the main room and if the rather loud snoring of his comrades and the graffiti that decorated his view.
IN CONCLUSION. Our blonde protagonist had one hell of party last night.
'Ok checklist; all limbs attached? ' a strained flex confirmed that everything was still attached or at the very least had grown back.
'The furry thing on my crotch is not Fenrir' a glance down proved that it only Kurama much to his relief. 'Ability to sit up, stand and not puke'
'...Urp that's a maybe.' fighting back the rush of bile from dribbling out of his mouth and falling on to the fox in his lap, Naruto moved to stand much to the fox's displeasure. But even as Kurama groaned in agitation to waking to the hard floor and hangover, Naruto had bigger concerns such as finding support to help himself stand. Hand wrapping around a nearby couch the blonde was able to pull himself up and was able to stand.
Once standing the blonde could finally be able to survey the area and finally piece together what the hell happened. Or at very least the fallout.
Eyes panning around the room he found everyone in varying states of passed out. Some bringing a smile to his face such as both Matatabi and Scylla being held motherly by Kokuo on a couch, each taking a shoulder. Or Fenrir how was going to be in such much trouble if he didn't wake up soon, as Naruto was pretty sure as Saiken's brothers wouldn't appreciate her being spooned by the wolf.
With a yawn Naruto passed the couch that had Isobu (Who Naruto was pretty sure never moved from his spot.) with Chōmei laying on her younger brothers chest as a makeshift bed and over the back intertwined forms of Nox and Medusa could be spotted on top of a Twister mat. Idly he noticed the absence of the Son, Geb and Gyuki, most likely heading back to their rooms or wandered off.
Till at last he made it to the kitchen counter that he kept around to put snacks and ramen cups in, feeling the many of his guests would like something to eat when they got up.
'Now should I make tea or coffee to go with cup raman?' it wasn't till he spotted the form of Arachne on her back and legs curled like a dead spider that he made his disdain. 'Tea it is. And besides don't want to put the tiny terrors on a caffeine run….again'' giving a momentary shiver as the memory of the last time when someone let those one of those two have too much soda. Collecting himself the blond went about placing several kettles to boil as he began to pick out instant food for him and his guests.
Curry for Matatabi if she felt like it, oatmeal cups that would be filled to the brim with honey and berries if the runts and the more mature tailed beast girls, a thing of instant chili for Fenrir (the blasphemer) and cup o noodles for everyone else.
With last cup set and the whistle of boiling water an orchestra of groans answered back with a backup chorus of curses following. As Naruto sported a rather impish grin once more reveling in the fact that he could quickly bounce back from a hangover no matter how bad.
"EEP!"
"By the great pits of my brother- OH FUCK!"
And his grin only stretched further as noise and commotion went off behind him, a shame he had to clean up the slime Saiken left in her wake. But worth to see the bright red hound and a slimed Nox. What can he say they may have drank him under the table but could hold his head high over their "hung-over" heads.
"Well hidey ho! Drunkerin-os!" petty revenge, but hey Naruto was always the guy who would cherish the small things…...and messing with people. Which earned the ire of those said messed with people.
"I hate you. I hate your very soul. May your dick be frozen in the pits of Niflheim."
"Damn it Naruto! You're an ass!"
"ZZZZZZ" "Water melon….for my track team beetles"
With dominos already falling many made the valiant attempt to fight past their hangover and stand. Others tried to claw back into the comfort of the darkness. Some simply said fuck it and crawled towards their rooms.
But it was there where a few, one still dripping with slime that brought a smile to his face while the other brought forth all kinds of fiendish ideas.
"Foood, Watttterrrr" droned the beast of ragnarok.
"Here Medusa, Nox some fresh made tea with shot of lemon. Should help with the pounding." said he blonde as he helped the woman find a place at the kitchen island, who smiled in return all while completely ignoring the dog who plopped heavily into his eat
Fenrir knew what the blonde was doing, he knew the blonde was still sore about the bragging he had done as he drunk the seemingly unbeatable blonde under the table. But Allfather be pegged with his own spear, he was going to take pride in the fact that he had one victory over Naruto.
"Still sore when you hit your head on the table's edge when I drunk you under it?"
"You still going to be alive when the boys find out you were snuggling their sister?"
….Naruto 84,565+1 Fenrir 8
"Ale!"
If Fenrir was going die by fighting angry brothers, he was going to die like a Viking, fighting and drunk,... and maybe his throat won't bleed from dryness as he screamed for big breasted Valkyries to take him to Valhalla….as he was being torn limb from limb.
In moments a little black doggy bowl with the words 'Pochi' inscribed on it, filled with the deep amber liquid. With a sigh the wolf barely gave a damn as he laid himself on the table and began lapping it. Finally feeling like his throat wasn't going to rub it-self raw speaking he asked whoever was awake and coherent the all-important question after a wild party.
"Anybody remember what happened last night because after turning Geb's little stream into a wine fountain, it kinda became a blur." groaned the hound as he propped his head over his bowl.
As the lowest tailed siblings made their way to the island counter. "Don't know. Don't care. If it's forgotten then it probably for the best. "Replied the youngest of the nine as plopped into a stool, swiping some noodles for himself. Only silence greeted Shukaku "What?" taking his gaze off his noodles he followed the rather wide eyed looks from his companions to his chest. His shirtless chest…..Covered in doodles and words.
'If you can read this you're not doing it ye, OH COME ON, WHY DOES IT SAY TO DO A BETTER JOB CHECK THE BACK!' Screaming internally as Shukaku felt madness encroach on his mind.
"Ah I remember little brother your punishment from losing the bet." stated the two tails, before leaning into her elbow a smirk overcoming her lips. "I think it was refusal to do body shots off of Isobu and you got branded with Naruto's special ink. You know the kind that that sticks to our forms even if we try to reform." Came the rather pleased voice of Shukaku's sister.
Now he'd remembers why he want to kill his family.
"Now now Matatabi don't be mean to our wittle brother after all he had a rough night, and should be given his bottle." came the ever vicious words Kurama as he crawled onto the table and sitting there with a fiendish smirk that he shared with his youngest sister's disheveled form. "After all he couldn't help but try and fail to follow in his older siblings footsteps like the good. Baby brot-"
"THAT'S IT! I'M AH KILLEN THE BOTH OF YA!" The tanuki cried out in rage as he lunged towards his siblings.
Smirking the cat girl and fox slipped past Shukaku's hands cackling all the way the tree added to the mess. Kurama's small form slinking in and out of debris as like a greased mouse, as Matatabi pushed her brother along every time he tried to tackle her.
Silently the table of divinity watched on before turning back to their respective nourishments.
"So besssidessss your exssentric roomatessss, what do you have planned?" Probed the gorgon as she sipped her tea to hopefully drown out both her hangover and the noise behind her. "Yes, we do have to deal with whatever fallout that has been stewing since last night." Followed up Nox as she helps herself to a number of noodles.
For a moment Naruto turned his eyes skyward as if like the palms read by gypsies the cracks in his ceiling could provide the answers he seeked. But soon he turned his eyes towards his comrades and simply said "Wing it"
…"That sounds about right." let it be said on the record that Fenrir despite his social shortcomings, he could effectively read Naruto and make sense of him.
Which was absolutely no sense at all.
"Righttt….But you really sssshould think of ssssome preparation before we leave. After godsss tend to be very resssissstant to change and with your performance yessssterday." paused the snake in hopes Naruto would pick up on the magnitude of what he has caused. "It would not be a sssuprise if ssssome godssss made a move or two. " said Medusa as her tail coiled and uncoiled behind her. "After all they tend to ssstrike back whenever one damages their preciousss ego."
"I would take offence to that but Medusa is correct." as Nox began to work on her third cup of ramen noodles. "You did for lack of better term and I quote "Did you see that I practically dicked their temples to death!""
"When the fuck have I ever said that? And second that doesn't even make sense." Replied the blonde as stared at the goddess of the night both intrigued and a tad disturbed.
"Last night." she replied as she gave a big hearty slurp of noodles.
"Sweet kami how drunk was I?"
"Well it happened after you were the first to fall in our little game, then about the time Matatabi fell under hypo's and Bacchus combined might. You sprung up called yourself the Sage of Swag and offered to have body shots done off you for the remaining contestants."
"And let me take a guess you took up this offer and won the contest." lamented the blonde as he looked down to see he was still not wearing a shirt. '...I can settle for stud muffin' noted the blonde at his own graffiti.
"No, but Fenrir did."
The silence was nearly deafening if not for the somehow tangible the creaking of Naruto's mind was able to produce.
"Personally I think that's how Fenrir won." Nox said as began to move her hand towards the blonde's noodles.
"You know what never mind." Naruto said as he swatted the goddess's hand away. "I got bigger problems to worry about."
"Like the Godsssss?"
"How you're going help me stay alive for the next seven hours when Saiken's brothers stop ragnarok by ripping me to shreds?"
"Pants."
Did I forget our blonde protagonist was without his pants and his top?
"Fliesssssss"
"Well morning to you too Arachne"
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"Seriously no one thought it was prudent to tell me I was flapping about in the wind?"
"I was enjoying the show. And I am quite sure Medusa was as well."
"Pants are overrated. Now a top hat and a monocle that's classy. "
"Up yours Fenrir not everyone has a tiny nob that can be covered up entirely by their pubic hair." Naruto shot back towards the wolf.
The group bickered back and forth created a ruckus, till finally a cry of "All of you be silent!" by one rather heavily hung-over spider. "For the love of the gods my head is killing me and the lot of you clucking like chickens is NOT HELPING!"
As apparently she had not only got drunk off the various alcoholic concoctions but also a combination of candy and soda. Which was only made worse by the fact that any form of caffeine given to her only got her spider half-drunk as well. A rather unintended or purely ingenious move on Athena's part, for making any attempt to drown one's sorrows that much harder to recover from.
All in all creating a rather venomous morning spider.
"Uhh Arachne..." began the blonde as the group stepped into the mess hall that was for once since its conception was silent. "I don't think that will be a problem." said the blonde as before the collection of misfits minus Geb and Scylla was the unwavering gaze of every godly or mysterious being in the room.
With only minor hesitation Naruto was the first to begin to move again with his entourage following soon after, they like him doing their best do to ignore the stares that followed them. Footsteps echoing as they made it to the serving window at were met with the concerned the gaze of Kronk. They didn't speak, some fearing they would set of the barrel of Greek fire they were sitting on, other didn't need to or they knew what was going on and they knew it was going to happen one way or another. But the concern in eyes of the cyclops was welcomed.
Their food acquired the group began to make their way to their table.
Along the way Naruto was nudged boy his wolfish compatriot, who with a toss of his head showed their 'captured'' comrade Geb. Who look uncomfortable and rather out of place as he was stuck between Sobek and Anhur at the Egyptian table.
That or he was still a tad hung-over if the way his head quite literally spun.
Either way the group seated themselves in their usual spots, and became thankful for the fact that their table was the farthest in the corner. For it was hard enough to eat when you have a room full eyes gazing at you, let alone from every any an observation from a distance could only give one only so much information, till eventually a closer inspection was needed.
The first to approach was not the ever brash Greco/Roman, but one could always say cats were a curious bunch. Which was why the group found it odd when someone sat themselves on their table, doubly so without announcing their presence is some pompous manner.
"...Why are you here cat." question the nord hound, but he was rebuffed by the goddess Bastet as she simply leaned forward across the table towards Naruto as his two admirers leaned in closer on his sides.
"I must say you're quite the interesting newcomer,"
"Oi Cat I'm talking to you."
"First fight and already making a name for yourself, even making a fraction for yourself,"
"What am I talking to the wind?!"
"And personally I find that ratheuurrrrr-"
"I said what you are doing here! You stinking Cat!" Fenrir continued to press onward, his temper finally giving out at the goddess's attitude, as he slammed his claw into to the table rattling it. Yet it seemed that this was what had finally got the hound of Ragnarok the attention of Bastet.
Her smile dropped and slowly she turned towards the dog, her eyes full of contempt. For even as she gazed upwards she the god before as something beneath her. "Was I talking to you chaos maker?" her tone board and uninterested.
Bristling the hound fired back, "Don't matter you don't belong here Kat. So why don't you do us a favor and scat. " The hound finished with a whip of head back towards her own table.
Sighing the Cat goddess reoriented herself to face the dog. "I could say I belong here more than you mutt after all, shouldn't you be at your master's feet picking up scraps?" she spoke in a condescending tone towards the dog.
"Damn KAT I'LL-"
"Fenrir enough!"
Stopping at the razed voice one filled with power and demanded discipline. Turning the cat and dog were met with the harden gaze of man who held more power with his gaze then even a few godly being held with all their intimidating glory. "That's enough Fenrir, as last I checked you have enough to deal with today. But if simply dealing with a guest will get your tail in a knot I'll need you to move yourself." Naruto's tone held no room for argument.
With a huff the nord picked up his tray a moved to join Naruto's half of the table, and proceeded to slam his tray down between the two victims of a goddess's pride.
Feeling satisfied with the dog being taken care of, the goddess turned back to the man before her. "I must say that was rather impres-"
"You know I don't particularly care for cats."
"...Nyyaaa?"
Flabbergasted the cat goddess looked at the man before her now changed from her plans. Where she once expected a harden king who would apologize for his dogs misdeeds or man who would disregard the fool and use flattery as dual pronged tool. But no, the one before her was neither a flirtatious chief, nor a hardened and political minded king.
Rather the eyes of a warrior one that took the disrespect of his fellows as disrespect of him.
"But I..." Feeling a small tingle of fear the goddess moved to correct her mistake, but fate had other plans as she was once again cut off by the man before her.
"And not dogs much either, but hey I can do with or without." the blonde responded his tone becoming jovial as if he was telling a story to the cat goddess before him.
It did not last.
"But there are always exceptions." his tone now hard as he starred across at goddess, his hands steeped into a pyramid before him. The grave marker of king and gods alike, where dead were buried and mortals were sacrificed.
Bastet wondered if the blonde knew the symbolism he making.
"Which can be good or bad." Naruto's eyes flashed like steel. "Now what are you going to be?"
Bastet for the moment had returned to a time that she thought was long buried, a time when she was frail and scared. Where she had admired as much as feared her sisters might. But this was worse, as here she doubts help would come, where no familial bond could perhaps spare her.
No here she was all alone. "I..." she fumbled for words as they threatened to choke her to death, whiles she wavers under the Shinto's gaze.
"Pardon? Might I have a seat at your table?"
Eyes turning to the new arrival the group where met with a bearded face that could scare demons into hiding. But this proved to be a non-deterrent to a group of misfits, as they waved the stocky man to the table with not a mere thought. Bowing to his hosts, the god took his seat.
"So… My name is Naruto Uzumaki. Yours?"
"Zhong Kui." greetings exchanged the two immediately had begun talking, and soon the regulars of the table joined in not long after. Allowing jokes and banter to flow between the gathered misfits.
"So ok let me get this straight you," the blonde said as he pointed towards the god before him. "Defeated this huge demon by using you sacred paint brush to make a tag which you then stuck on said demon. Which made it challenge its fellow demons to a drinking contest where they used your sacred calling gourd to as the bottle, where when they tried to open it would be sucked into the gourd." Finished the blonde as he proceeded to grasp the plan of the Yama's best scholar. "I don't know whether to call that clever or dull for a scholar." confessed the blonde as the demon queller eyes narrowed at the blonde audacity to critique the god's methods.
"Oh and how do you propose it should have been done?" asked the god as his scholarly sided competed with his pride.
"Well for starter good idea for playing off the demons drinking habits." completed the blonde. "But you can't just stop there and making them go out on their own stupidity. You gotta make it humiliating." Started the blonde as the god's eyebrow quirked up "And I'm not talking about just pissing yourself in public humiliation, I'm talking the stuff the gives them nightmares, while everyone laughs and prays that it never happens to them. This kinda draws a line in the sand keeps the others from stepping out of line as much, after all fear of death only goes so far. But damage pride lasts as long as they live."
Intrigued the god pressed forward. "Oh and what would you use when dealing with the 40 demons of the summer palace?" Naruto returned the question with a smile, smile that causes a shiver among all who knew him, one that caused even the blonde's admirers to move a small distance from him. "Tell me Zhong do you know what a tuna, rope, a few pounds of rice, flour and some chop sticks can do in the right hands?" Wordlessly the god shook his head no as feeling of fear and intrigue ran through him. Grinning the blonde went into detail about how each one was used and how they were put together.
But as he went into mechanics of how the rice was wetted with water and molded around the chopstick. He was once more interrupted, by a swaggering sun god. "Yo! Naruto my blonde buddy of mine how have you been?" The Greek sun god greeted as he slung an arm over the shoulders of his fellow blonde.
"Apollo, what are you doing?" questioned Naruto as he looked the god straight into the eye. "Fishing for information." the god replied bluntly without a hint of shame. "...Why?..." responded a flabbergasted shinobi at blatant revealing of ulterior motive. But in hindsight most gods tend to be fairly straight forward, as they don't need to play political games or simply just power through it. Doubly so in the case of the toga wearing gods.
"Owl head thought it was a good idea to send me to get intel on the enemy. Something about 'Only a fool can understand another fool' or something. But personally I think it because I'm the most charming of our faction and I wouldn't be trying to sleep with you."
"That and most everyone else in the faction want to kill me." Sighed the blonde
"That to." confessed the god as he plopped himself onto the table. "So let's cut to the chase, you won't tell me any of your weakness, I got a job to do and I don't want to have my ear twisted about by sis. Sooo tell me how does the ordering thing for maynnngaaa work again?" pleaded the sun god as the immortal simply looked at the god with a rather quirked eyebrow. "What I got to at least look like I'm doing my job." "And?" "Annddd when I went to get my stuff all I got were these weird soft shaded books with a bunch of guys shirtless and kissing each other's hands…..what, what did I say? " as the majority of the blonde's group proceeded to snicker at the sun gods new collection of material. All the while a certain wolf looked rather proud of himself.
"Never mind Apollo, but seriously is everyone more or less here for fishing for info or an alliance." the blonde asked is new guests.
"I figured that was obvious Uzumaki, but I must say it was a most enjoyable discussion." confessed the Chinese god as he bowed in apology.
Meanwhile the cat goddess's tongue was apparently caught, as she fumbled for a response that would hopefully not damn her more.
"Whelp I hope we have more conversations down the road, so feel free drop by my room." Confessed the blonde his mood only slightly damped that these meetings were mostly the work of politics. Rather than a true bonding of comrades.
"But I apparently need to make like a leader and give a well worded and structured statement before the masses before they chomp at my heels."
Setting his utensils down Naruto climbed atop the table drawing the attention of all the gods in the room. "So you all feel like I'm a new player to your little game." started the blonde as he looked over the gods.
"Well let me tell you how I play, I play like a damn mortal, a mere man. A man who actually does more than fuck, and play with their toys!" cried the blonde as he looked at a few specific gods.
"I treat my team as equals, not beneath me. But most importantly I fight my fights like a man with balls, SO COME AT ME YOU PUSSIES!"
Chaos meet Naruto enjoy the honeymoon.
Nearly immediately noise exploded back into the room with Naruto's declaration, some in form of muttering between some of the more level headed gods about the blonde's hotheadedness. Others taking it as action to be observed for some deeper plan, some took it as peacocking.
But some took it as it was.
"You insolent little worm!"
An invitation to fight.
"Oh shut up Zeus and go back to the barn to make a damn Pikachu!" For many this left the gods rather flat footed but the cohorts of the Naruto faction as well as more than a few of Chinese found it to be hilarious. As like most of smiters they knew of Zeus' history of being overly affectionate with barn animals and leading to the creation of many famous monsters.
"I do not care what a Pikachu is but I will have-"
"Attention all combatants. The teams for the next match are about to be announced"
Team Order
Naruto Uzumaki
Fenrir
Nox
Bastet
Team Chaos
Bakasura
Hercules
Artemis
Aries
Match type: Siege
"Well then looks like I get kick your kid's ass in your place!" smirked the blonde, while tuning out the bluster that followed from the storm god.
Jumping off the table the blonde crouched into his landing and exploded into a poof of smoke. Rising from the cloud the blonde strode forth to the platform to bring him forth into the field of battle, as Nox and Fenrir fell in behind him.
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"Ahhh, Fenrir do you smell that?" Questioned the blonde. "That is lovely the smell of fresh meat in the morning!" signed the blonde happily as he looked across the pristine and orderly white stones that were laid at the foot of the Mayan temple. "So today is going to be a good day."
"Whatever you crazy tree loving bastard." Shot back the dog as he tried to work out the kinks of his shoulder
"Ohh don't be a stick in the mud Fenrir." commented the goddess of the night as she sashayed up to the blonde, and draped herself over his shoulders. "After all who wouldn't be excited for a quick bit of fun, hunting a few helpless lambs. Isn't that right dear?" she finished with a small puff of her cool breath in his ear. Relishing in the fact that Naruto stiffened considerably against her form. That and a small bit of pettiness that Medusa couldn't do anything about it.
"Oi flirt later clocks a ticking" called the wolf much to the relief of the blonde. After all it was a pain in the ass to fight with a stiffy.
"Right come let's get to work." said the blonde as he wormed out of Nox's grasp and towards the wolf, leaving the goddess to pout before a small smile streaked across her face and took a seat right next to the blonde.
Immediately the trio went about preparing for their strategy meeting. All the while a certain odd cat out was left standing to the side. Still standing at her summon circle Bastet was unsure on what do due as normally she would have been a center of attention be it for beauty or might, but to be snubbed by this group of misfits not once, not twice, but thrice.
It stung her pride to be treated as something more along the lines of a common alley cat rather than being of worship like herself.
It burned a hate deep in her core. Where a part of itched to whip the back of the blonde who her father though was worth an iota to their faction with his blow against the Greeks. That such an upstart dared had the gull to insult such beings of power, that he could-
"-Bastet!" interrupted the blonde from the goddess internal reverie. "Bastet you coming? Your part of this team as well." asked the blonde with a tone of urgency but also a small undercurrent of concern. One that the goddess noticed before she gave a small huff and moved to seat herself between the blonde and the wolf. "Yes of course, after all you count yourselves blessed by the daughter of Ra."
"Right… anyways….Fenrir what with that look." began the blonde only to be interrupted once more by some strange cross between wolfish, pitying and hateful.
"Nothing nothing Chough-himedere check-Chough." the wolf coughed. "Just have a tickle in my throat must be a bug from this leafy jungle. Why don't you take care of them toad boy."
Growling the blonde decided to not justify the response and moved to planning. "Ok let's refresh this is Siege 4v4 two main roads with a lot jungle in-between. Rule are same as conquest or assault kill the big guy on the other side. But the difference is we get a possible 5th even a 6th player if we can rack up enough points. Minions one point each, gods five, camps nine and if we rack up a 100 we get a siege beast. Or if possible defeat the one in the center of the map to get a free one." refreshed the blonde. "But since we are playing up against a team that is half big tuff bruisers, we got to play smart. " said the blonde pointing out the fact that that despite being a rather good line up they were mostly fighters who ambushed other gods or dealt damage from a distance. "So for this we need to play to strengths of this map, meaning we need to get a siege beast in as soon as possible. So for the first while we need to give up our towers mostly."
'He couldn't be serious? The towers are the key to all the matches to leave them unguarded is foolish. How could anyone follow-? '
"Alright! What we need to do otherwise? Hit the camps like crazy." picked up the wolf god after his teachers trail.
'I should have known...A dog would always follow their master no matter how foolish.' mentally sighed the cat goddess.
"Close but not quite, I also need you to hang around the big center ring in the dead center of the map." stated the blonde leader as he addressed the wolf, lest he went running into battle.
"Then we need grab the first wild juggernaut then?" chimed in the goddess of the night as she began try and grasp the plan the blonde was forming along with a Bastet. As she simultaneously prayed that the Shinto's turnabout was not just riding on the coattails of Athena and luck. As she had yet to find the merit of this blondes plan.
"Nope we're going to let them have first crack at It." the blonde said with a rather sadistic grin that was soon picked up the wolf as the women of the group shared a rather knowing glance.
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Deep within the rainforest a "rogue" cyclops and his bodyguards trudged through their area with unease. As it had only been a few hours into the beginning of the match and they had already been killed nearly half a dozen times. Even for a creature that was meant to be killed for the betterment of gods it had still been programed do make it a challenge. But even the rate at which they were killed off was unnerving even to-
Rustle~
Hesitantly the lead cyclops turned its hooded head behind him to find what it already knew, one of it bodyguards was gone, leaving a trail of leaves as remains.
Rustle~Rustle~
Snapping its head back the front the cyclops was met with a pair of burning amber eyes. In hopes of not being immediately killed the buff holder tried to ready himself, but stopped as a thunk and a meaty squelch occurred behind him.
It was here that the cyclops came to a crossroads. It could try and face the unknown in the bushes before him, or it could try and fight the god behind him in what little hopes fulfilling its purpose before it was killed or run and try and face the foe before him.
The wet shlik that followed made his decision for him. Whirling around the buff holder was met with the bored look of the cat goddess as she sat hunched over the corps of his comrade, idly cleaning her dagger. Raising his twin daggers the cyclops tried to at least land one blow, to fulfill his programing.
They barely made it past his shoulders before a burning sensation filled the buff holder's chest. Looking down he found a burning claw thrust through it, in some futile effort it went to grasp the claw. But its efforts were rewarded with a sharp pain in its neck that felt like a hundred little knives, before its head was ripped from its body by the jaws of death and tossed aside like many of its brothers.
"Alright that is another one down." stated the wolf as he wiped of the fat and blood out of his jaws on his arm. Much to the distastes of the goddess who only furthered her grimaces as the dog began to lick his arm clean.
1st Right Order Tower Destroyed
"And we also lost a tower as well." spat the cat goddess her eyes narrowing at the dog before her. "Do you even know what you're our leaders plan even in is? Or are simply following your master's command like the loyal mutt you are? "Accused the goddess, her eyes narrowing at the dog before her.
"I damn well know what the plan is you stinking Kat!" roared the dog. "But if you can't figure out something as basic as hunting! They maybe you should pal up with Aphrodite and work on those factors of your divinity." This really got a raise from the goddess who despite normally taking pride in her sensuality that had enchanted both men and women alike, but to be insulted by the mutt before her and compared the whore of Greece. That could not stand.
"What hunting experience do you even have? After your Pharaoh sent you into chains you have not seen the light since coming here." hissed the goddess as she rose of the corps and marched towards the wolf.
"More than some sex starved pussy that only knows how to defend daddy's boat and has only smacked around a ball of yarn!" Shouted the wolf as went to meet the goddess's advance.
"At least I know you must strike your pray with all your power and give it no chance to find footing." stated the cat as she jabbed a finger into the wolf's chest.
"On WHAT! Scorpions, mice, snakes! Things that are so far beneath you that they die in seconds? So tell me how does that apply to stronger or equal foes? " snarled the wolf already tired of the silver spoon goddess before him, who only huffed like a spoiled child. 'BY whatever higher power why couldn't I have been paired with anyone else?! I man I ante asking for much just anyone but this spoiled Kat! I'd even take Odin or hell even the monkey! ' lament the wolf as he was finally fed up with dealing with the cat goddess. Turning he set out to do what he should have been doing rather than dealing with princess he was stuck with.
"AT least I don't need to pick up the scraps from other factions."
"What!" Whirling the wolf reared on the goddess, his hackles rising as he stared down at the sadistic Cheshire grin she sported.
"You heard me mut~t, you are simply a beggar picking up the scraps of the first handout that was before you. All in all you are no better than a common stray house dog, serving his master." hissed the goddess her pupil narrowing into hateful savage slits as she rose herself higher to meet the wolf.
Fire burned in his heart, his soul and his eyes with such fury is leapt out from between his teeth. As the molten sludge that he called blood dripped from his wounds on his palms from his own claws. As of this point every fiber of his being called for the head of this cat before him, from his Nordic duty to his pride as a wolf. To rend such a self-absorbed being from the world and erase its existence all the way back to its origin.
But held fast to his duty not as a god but as a wolf. As such he did not rend, he did not kill, and he did not bring ragnarok on to the goddess before him. For the duty of the wolf is not to one's own desires but to that of the pack's, so that all may thrive.
He simply huffed and walked towards the right lane. "Come on we better get a move on where already losing ground. So we better not let those shit heads gain any more ground." Said the wolf before without waiting for the goddess response, took off towards his goal.
'...Honestly don't know whether to be offended or impressed that the dog left me for his duty.' though the goddess, before pondering it a tad longer. 'Offended. ' Bounding after the dog Bastet hollered after him. "I didn't say we're done yet mutt!"
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"Nox!" Called out the blonde in warring as he tossed out a barrage of shuriken, that clashed with a barrage of arrows.
Hearing the warning the goddess turned away from a monstrous sword swinging towards her head, to meet the bloodied tusk of Artemis'sboar. But quick as a whip she raised her arms and sunk into the shadows leaving the board lock horns with the war god's sword. Leaving the two look alikes to crash to the floor in a heap of blood and meat, as the war god cursed and sputtered underneath his sister's boar. To add to the god's misfortune the goddess of the night rose from the ground and gave a rather devious smile before blasting a wave of ghostly flames from her candles at their weak point for massive damage.
"Naruto are you about done? I believe the camps are about ready. " called the goddess ignoring the forms of the burning war god and boar behind her.
"Yeah! Just give me a second-" "DIE YOU ANNOYING BLONDE WHELP!" "-make it three!" hollered the blonde as he dodged the enchanted arrow barrage sent by the goddess of the hunt. His eyes sharpening the blonde weaved in and out of the shots as he made his way towards Artemis, till he was within striking distance of the goddess.
Remembering what had happened last time the blonde had made it this close to her, the goddess struck out a kick in desperation in desperation. But this proved to be in favor of the blonde as he grabbed ahold of the goddess longer leg and using it as leverage, slammed her over his shoulder and into the ground. Snarling the huntress reached for leg holster and freed one of her hunting knives. Twisting around like some demented hellcat the lunged for the blonde her knife aimed to pierce between the ninja's ribs and stabling deep into his liver.
The strike was quickly interrupted by a counter strike by the blonde's trench knife. Her eyes meeting the smirking blues of the blonde only enraged her further. Fury fueling her she struck out at the blonde who only grinned wider as he matched and surpassed the hunting goddess blow for blow, as well as leaving a few nicks across the goddess arms.
"RAGGG!" It seems Aries recovered.
Covered in flames and bloody boar bits the war god charged at the titian before him, but she only smiled. For the moment the god stepped close enough tendrils of shadows came forth like daggers finding godly flesh from between the cracks of the war god. Who in turn cried out pain as the shadows hefted his weighty form above her. "Naruto~ I have some trash that needs taken out!" chimed the goddess of the night before tossing the war god at the blonde and the goddess.
Smirking the blonde left himself wide open and bated the goddess, who like the hunter she was lunged for the opening. Only to be caught in the trap. For as she lunged for the blondes neck, Naruto leaned back and using his shorter stature was easily and quickly able to get his feet underneath the goddess. Where he was able to plant his feet and shove Artemis skyward and send her crashing into her brother.
"Alright Nox it's go time!" called the blonde as he tossed a kunai with a paper bomb skyward. 'Alright everything's in place now, we just need to get everyone where they need to be.' his resolve set the blonde started the next phase of his plan.
KA-SPLAT!
With liberal use of gunpowder, pink paint and star shaped glitter the two children of Zeus where now for lack of better term adopted by the goddess Aphrodite. "I'd say that looks good on you two really brings out your feminine side!" Jeered the blonde as the results of his paint bomb, hoping the strike the big throbbing weak point that most if not all of Zeus's children had inherited from him. Their big red glowing weak spot of an ego.
"I'M GOING TO REND YOU MORTAL! -BOY!" Cried the siblings as they made chance after the blonde. Ignoring both the goddess and the fact the ninja instead of immediately disappearing once in the jungle. Allowing the rampaging duo to keep just out of range of him, but still within sight.
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"Ragaashashssss~" garbled from its many mouths was Bakasura as hungry demon lunged towards the loss of its steady stream of food (minions).
"Go give someone a blow job you shitty demon!" Roared Fenrir as he grabbed demon by its spike blades, ignoring the biting of the spike's barbs and tossed Bakasura into his own oncoming minions. Predictably the monster's mouths began biting into its forces, healing itself and the cost of numbers for the towers. "Come on! You pile of shit at least I cook my food. Speaking of which-" began the nord hound as his chest swelled with power. "- Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu" before firing a massive fireball at the Hindu's feast setting them all ablaze.
Feeling content his foe would be preoccupied burning alive the wolf turned to his intern to make she they haven't died yet. She hadn't much to the Nord's displeasure.
For even as she was pushed on an absolute defensive the cat goddess did not yield. As with each strike of Hercules his mighty club a storm of rubble was sent forth. To make matters worse for Bastet, as the god healed from whatever wound she at made on to his godly physic. But she would not yield.
With a hiss and a snarl Bastet threw her whip not at the god but at his club to wrap around as it pulled back from its latest strike. Causing the goddess to be pulled through the storm of rubble. She gritted her teeth as the rocks bit into her flesh worse than even deadliest of the sandstorms, but it proved to be worth it as she was pulled well within the god's guard. With the fury of the a thousand wet cats the goddess stabbed and clawed at the god's face.
His grinning face. Like a trap the mighty god dropped his weapon and trapped the goddess within a crushing bear hug.
"I must commend your fury… But I have suffered worse scratches at the claws of Nemean lion." sneered the god as he further crushed the life out of the goddess. "Fitting you will die in a similar fashion you vile cat monster!" the gods jeering was unheard as his victim could only think about how much pain she was in.
"Damn Kat! Tsuga- burnout!" crashing into the back of the Roman's back game the flame covered flesh drill that was Fenrir. The force of the drill caused the god to drop Bastet and send the pair of fighters to go careening past.
Hitting the dirt the two immediately came to their feet a ways apart from one another. There was no banter from the normally talkative nord as he knew unlike many of the Greek/Roman pantheon Hercules was a warrior. For unlike the many children of Zeus Hercules was originally a demigod, a powerful one but nonetheless he knew what it was like to truly fight. It was this that caused the Fenrir to slowly approach the god, scanning for any openings in the rock hard defense that was the champion of Rome. This was mimicked by the god as he seeing the beast actually left a worthwhile wound.
At a first look it would seem that many of the advantages were in favor of the roman. As he power, defense, healing and the added range of his weapon. Against the old Fenrir Hercules would have been a very safe bet. But in his ego the god have not watched any of the fights since the last bout the two had.
Leading with a slash of Nordic power the blade of energy zoomed towards the god. But it was low striking at the god feet sending up a plume of dust, blinding the god. On instinct the god charged shoulder first intent on catching the coming pounce of the wolf right out of the air.
That was the old Fenrir. Meaning all the god charged into was another massive fireball, damaging him and only worsening his vision. "Gahh!" Crying out the god felt to a knee as felt burning pain flash past his leg. Blearily the god looked over his broad shoulders at the crouched from of Fenrir behind him, the hounds claws dripping with godly blood. With fury unrestrained the wolf twisted around his elbow poised to strike, where it crashed into the god's skull rattling his brain. Before it could hit the ground Hercules's head was grasped by a burning claw where it reversed direction and was then smashed into the ground. Stunning the god with a combination of whiplash and force.
With a huff the god made his way towards the goddess who was still lying prone on the ground, the world deaf to her.
BOOM!
Ears perking up the wolf look across the sky to find the cloud of an explosion approximately where his comrades would be. 'Must be time to get to work.' Looking down at the goddess who showed no imminent signs of waking up the god sighed. With a huff and two puffs Fenrir sent upward two balls of fire high into the sky. His message sent the hound grabbed the goddess by the scruff and marched off into the jungle.
Casting one more glance at his foes he turned his gaze from the still feasting Bakasura to the slowly rising form of Hercules. "You know I thought you actually be good in a fight meathead, but maybe you will fair better in the ring at the center of the battlefield." feeling satisfied at giving a parting line worthy of a final boss the hound walked into the jungle.
Dragging himself up write the champion of Rome scowled at the jungle before finally dragging himself up write. 'That blasted I'll skin him alive and hang over my fireplace.' "Bakasura! Follow me to victory!" Cried the god hoping to rose the demons, but Bakasura had only looked up from its feast of enemy blue minions at the god before returning to shoving two whole minions into its chest mouth. Growling the god glared at his less than helpful companion. "Surely you can understand the need to chase after those who have disgraced you on that battlefield." This did not rouse the Hindu demon. "Then surely you would find satisfaction in the taste of a never before eating god of the Shinto's, who surely be in the center of the arena to help his friends." cocking his head Bakasura ponder this, a fresh taste, something that hasn't happened millions of years. With a nod of conviction the monster got and began to move forward using his spikes to pull himself forward like a demonic monkey. "Foreign monsters," Hercules said in disgust before following the demon.
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Her chest felt tight and her head full of cotton.
"-damn it we running out of time were already pushing our comfort window. If she doesn't wake up soon we will have to force a response. "
'Mutt what are you talking about?'
"Have you tried putting your tongue in her ear?"
'Getting up now!' using whatever will power she had the cat goddess pushed herself up as the voice continued on.
"I rather lick Ymir's icy balls! You crazy godd-...Oh look who finally woke up." said Fenrir as he looked down at the cat goddess. Who could only give a raspy response "Where am I?"
"I carried your ass to the center ring after I had to save your sorry self. So lick yourself clean the other team is going to be on our asses in a few minutes." stated the wolf as he scanned the four entrances of the large circular arena in the center of the map and jungle. Her bearings now better she made her way to stand, once there she worked her tongue once more. "Why?" 9
"I am wolf and as a wolf we put the needs of the pack over our own individual needs, not like you would understand kat." huffed the wolf as gave a quick glance back to the entrances. "So are ready to fight or do we need to wait for you to send your ass to the bench." grilled the hound as he absentmindedly rolled one of his claws.
"No I'm fine I can fight." replied the goddess as the wolf's ears perked up. "We got company pick door puss and boots."
Insult going over her head the cat goddess nodded and followed the goddess of the nights lead and headed towards one of the gates facing the team camps. "Alright be loose float like Chōmei hit like a Killer Bee." physicked up the wolf turned towards the gate behind him seeing the blonde run into the arena as the troubled children of Zeus where hot on his tail.
"Mutt I'll skin you alive." roared Fenrir's own dance partners with Hercules leading the charge as Bakasura came up the rear of the assault.
"Fenrir you ready?!"
"Ready!" called back the dog. "Come on you overgrown meathead come here so I can kick your ass a second time!" Goaded the dog, leaping backwards as his foes charged forward.
"Good let's get started!" said the blonde as he tossed out bombs towards the siblings as he nimbly dodge a flurry arrows and whirlwind of chains.
Meeting in the center of the stone arena just as the bombs exploded in a flash of light, the blonde rolled over the back of the Fenrir as he crouched low to the ground turning to meet his new opponents.
Blinded by the light the children of Zeus where easy prey for the wolf as he charged into their unsteady forms. He went for the liter of the two figuring she would be easier to move into position for the final phase, but Artemis would not be taken so easily. By using the sound of his claws against stone the huntress fired a few desperate arrows that nicked Fenrir's from. This proved for naught as the wolf charged through the attempt and crushed the goddess bow string arm between his jaws, before tossing her behind him like trash.
With the huntress taken care off for now, the hunter moved onto his next pray; the large snarling warthog that was Aries. It would not be as easy for the sight had returned to the war god, who in response of seeing his sister be downed in such a manner had bolstered his defenses.
Crouching low the nord prepared himself, before bolting at the god of war head on. Twisting himself the wolf turned his charge into a drill of fur and hate that bolted skyward before changing directions to crash into the god. Aries swung his blade to meet the wolf's attack but the target was not the god but between the gods's legs, where passing past the bite of the war god's blade Fenrir dug deep into the earth. It was from here the wolf struck, as he blasted out from the earth and into the god's back carrying the two skyward.
Breaking from his attack the wolf let the momentum carry him into his next attack. Where with claw full of fire spun and struck the god of war with his full fury sending him crashing towards his sister's pathetic form.
Meanwhile as the wolf fought the foes of our blonde Hero, Naruto did battle with Fenrir's.
Charging without hesitation or aide of tricks the blonde met the strongest son of Zeus head on. Avoiding the thundering crash of the warrior's mace the blonde stuck out against his foe's ribs with only a pair of fingers.
"GRAAAAA!"
It was this blow that caused more pain then the god had felt in a long time and brought him to his knee. All the while the blonde hero though back to a time of a happiness, where he could feel the gentle touch of his wife along his limbs.
"Now Naruto-kun I know this is rather hard but I know you can do it! Now try again please."
"Buuuut Hinataaaa I can't seem to get my chakra into any smaller of a point~"
"Then don't try and make it a spear make it something that works for you. After all since when has my beloved husband played to someone else's role? "
'And what works for me is an internal hammer!' Thought the blonde as he crashed his open palm into Hercules stomach painfully compressing the insides of the giant. Bringing him to his knees, almost as if he bowing his head before the might of the blonde. Or simply coughing up blood from internal damage.
Gazing from underneath the giant's armpit spotted the hungry mouth of the Hindu demon Bakasura. Wrapping his arm around the trees that served as the roman champion's arm Naruto used as a pivot pole to spin over the charging demon. Where once to other side he stoke out with his leg into the demon's back sending him crashing headfirst into the god's other arm. Pivoting the blonde positioned himself behind the two and sent them crashing forth with a single Odama Rasengan.
It was there the chaos team met one other in a crude square as their battered bodies. Fury and hunger for their enemies blood, some literal others metaphorical, the four pushed themselves up only to find themselves stuck.
"What the-" cried the huntress as her green where filled not with the stone floor but inky blackness that wrapped around her and her companions limbs. "Nox!" Her eyes targeting the goddess in question as she waited in the shadows of one of the entrances, hand outstretched as her candles cast an unearthly light over her form.
"Everyone ready!" eyes darting back towards the voice the goddess found the blonde holding high over his head the same terrifying technique he had used to destroy her brother. "Rasenshuriken!"
"Arrow of Muspelheim!" Eyes darting to the wolf she found his from hunched over his hands breathing flame into them, shaping them into a burning arrow of solid flames.
Without sound or fanfare fitting the goddess of the night she send forth a spear of pure darkness at her four foes, catching them in a delta of death.
All the huntress could do was scream as she and her fellows were all but devastated. But not even her cries could pierce the scream of the cutting wind, the roar of the fire and the crushing weight of the darkness.
From her corner the cat goddess could not help but watch on at the glory of destruction before, her thoughts critique the plan of Shinto. 'I'd must admit while risky, there is merit to bating your foes then hitting with the full might of the team after harassing them.' But while fruitful the goddess couldn't stop a sigh. 'It seems the Greeks were correct the blonde is a fool, abet a lucky one. But even with so much favor from chance it would still not be enough.' though the goddess as she watched on at the dissipating attack and still intact forms of her four foes.
'We are already a tower down, and as much as it pains me to admit, I am injured. Even with the aid of my guard all it would take would be two of them rushing me and they would break through before the others could help.' Lamented the goddess as the foes already righted themselves.
"It that the best you got you puny weakling, even with the help of some Nordic monster and a traitor you couldn't even kill one of us!" boasted the war god as he jabbed his blade into the direction of Naruto.
The blonde only crossed his arms and point towards the gods. "That why I called for help you shitty helmet head."
"What are you talking about that whore of cat? Or your whore of a trai-"
Wham!
"More of the big green guy without an alter ego."
"WWWWAAAAGGG!"
The wild siege had beast spawned.
In moments from tearing itself from the ground the beast tries to strike the nearest poor, helpless, unfortunate soul. Which was fortunate when it hit Aries and sent him into the ground like living nail.
"We must retreat! Quickly follow me!" Already seeing the situation was useless the goddess of the hunt cried for her comrades to make their escape from the behemoth. Knowing that with the amount of blows they have suffered they would not have lasted long against such a beast.
But her escape was thwarted much like her allies Bakasura who was smacked aside into the wall as soon as he turned his back on the beast. For at the entrance she chose to escape from was the closest to her was also guarded by the fiercest foe on the battlefield. Uzumaki Naruto.
"Come on where you going the party just started?" asked the blonde, sarcasm dripping from every work, as knocked the red headed Greek back towards the feet of the monster. Where she had to desperately roll out of the way lest she be crushed by the massive foot of the beast.
All the while the goddess of cats could only let the look on in awe as the blonde who she thought was a fool was a conveying bastard of the highest order. That the blonde had used his time endless watching matches to memorize the time it takes for the siege beast to spawn.
"Coward! Sister you are coward of the highest order and unworthy of being a child of our father! Hercules! Join me brother we shall take down this beast and ride it over the corps of our enemies!" cried out the god of war as he went to cleave the monster in twine, sword wrapped in mighty inferno. With a roar that shook the heavens he charged the beast.
R.I.P. the god of war
He died by being Bitch slapped by giant monster
"...Well that was anticlimactic." came the disappointed voice of Fenrir as he looked at the fading form of Aries's corpse. But it seemed the god of war's own pride had been his undoing for despite all the harassment from Naruto and Nox the god did not even take the time to return to the base to heal himself. "Well maybe the others will prove give a better show." as he looked at the reaming god simultaneously try and survive the monster before them as well as find a way out of the Naruto made death trap.
Till he spotted the goddess of hunt her leafy hunting gear already showing deterioration as her pale moon like flesh showed through. "COME ON! SHOW US SOME TITS!"
Let record the state, Fenrir knew what he wanted out of life.
"Insufferable dog!"
This was the distraction the monster needed to grab the goddess between one of its meaty hands, and with a show of brutality lifter her above his head and ripped her in two.
Leaving on the last two of the remaining god to attempt to batter away at the wild siege beast. "Bakasura!" Nodding at the hero's cry the demon reached deep inside of himself and spewed forth his feast. Minions and monsters alike came from the disgusting maw of the demon but not whole or in bits, but as corrupted shadows that had succumbed to the demons madness and without hesitation charged the beast.
"Shit! Everyone change of plans! Kill everything!" shouted the blonde as he leapt into the fray his comrades soon joining the battle. As a few puffs of smoke trailed behind him.
'Damn it! I was hoping that Bakasura's weak body would have gotten him killed first. But it seems like it had laid into Artemis and Aries a bit too much…..Fuuuuck~ the one time my powers of kicking assholes to kingdom come backfires on me.' Weeped the blonde as he proceeded to gouge out the approximate location of a corrupted minion's liver.
"Come on you damn Kat pick up the slack!" shouted the wolf as his claws clashed with the barbs of the Hindu demon. This would have continued if not for the massive tongue that lashed out from the chest of the demon and wrapped around the wolf's neck.
With Fenrir's air cut off the daemon was able to press his advantage and brought the nord to his knees. "Feast~Feassstttt~FEAST!" rambled the monster as he began to pull the hounds head towards his gaping maw.
Shink~
"#$%# %^^!"
"I would say the dog owes the cat this time no?" said Bastet as she stared down at the dog as he struggled to find his breath, as her dagger dripped the putrid green blood of the demon.
"First of all I saved your ass first! So if anything where even!" roared the dog his voice coming back with vengeance. "And Second Of all I don't need no pampered KITTY KATS HELP!" Roared the wolf his form covered in steel and fire as he stared down at the demon.
Crashing his claw on the legs of the monster catching him much like a squirrel of his youth, before taking the demon between his jaws and severing Bakasura from his legs. Giving the corpse a quick shake before tossing it at the feet of the cat goddess.
AND THIRRRD DOGS ARE BETTER!" his peace said the nord charged to do battle with the massive siege beast. His form crushing any minion that dared impede his path
Impacting the beast's side Fenrir felt his own body rattle as he crashed against the bigger, heavier form of the Mayan monster.
"RAOWAR!" With a war cry befitting a monster the beast sent his large arm to crash against the smaller foe that had attacked his side. Ducking under the limb of flesh and stone, his hackles raised the nord charged back into deadlock with his foe. Scratching and clawing at its thick hide. Leaving burning shallow gashes all sending the monster into a fury from the pain. But this proved to only superficial in the long run, as the monster was still fresh from its fight with the other team.
Fury gnawing at his pride for lack of progress, Fenrir switched to a lower area, hoping to topple the beast.
"FALL ALREADY YOU OVER GROWN SHIT!" roared the hound as he blasted a storm of fire at the beast's face. Sending it stumbling back, trying to brush of the flames.
"FALL FALL FFFFAAAAAALL!" His soul burning with wrath he charged forward intent on crushing his foe.
"TSUGA: BURNOUT!" His form becoming a spinning arrow of death and fire he crashed into the siege beast driving it into the wall.
"GO DOWN ALREADY!" cried the hound as he doubled in rotations doing his damn best to crush his foe.
But his wish would be denied, for with a roar the best crushed it fists catching the nord in his gut and spine. Grabbing fistfuls of the armor and fur the monster smashed the nord into the wall and before he could even be caught by gravity's pull, the monster smashed its massive shoulder into Fenrir's chest smashing him between stone and tons of flesh.
When the dust settled the battered from of the nord was embedded into the stone like a furry insect, his form now once more small as he teetering between defeat and continuing.
A fact that did not escape the eyes of our hero. "Damit! Nox support the hound I'll take care of muscles here."
The goddess eyes casting a quick glance towards the two heroes of Shinto and Rome, wishing victory to her cherished comrade, before vanishing towards the beast.
"So you wish to be defeated by my hands without out your whore to watch. I guess even a coward like you must have some pride." jabbed the roman hero as he rolled his shoulders fully intent on crushing the bug that opposed his father.
"You do know I haven't slept with her yet right?" Questioned the blonde as he cracked his knuckles. His clones finally finishing up the last of the corrupted minions around them.
"It does not matter if you have bedded the woman. All the matters is that as chosen to align herself with someone of such lowly stature."
"So was what does that put your mother since your old man has a habit of sticking it in farm animals?" The result was what one would expect Hercules's face becoming one of pure murder. Miraculously the hero of Rome did not charge at the blonde, but instead he seemed to hone it into focusing into a blade to kill the one before him.
With an unseen signal the two charged at one another.
"Grarr!" with the force to fell giants Hercules smashed his club into the earth, terraforming the land around him into walls of jagged stone and harden ramparts, all poised to impale the oncoming blonde. Who only served, leaped and slipped past the rising and falling defenses.
Upon meeting his foe Naruto moved to crash his palm into the former demi god's form, but this proved to be a trap as the wall surged high above the duo funneling the two into an unavoidable clash.
While also quite literally placing the blonde between a rock and hard place. A place that would get a lot smaller in the next few seconds.
"Gah!" crying out in pain Naruto felt his back smash through the stone behind him as his torso molded to the lion head of the roman's shoulder charge.
Hercules did not stop his assault intending to smash the blonde much like Fenrir had his foe, between his flesh and the wall, fully intending to limit the wily shinobi with the wall and his larger size.
Sensing much greater pain was to come Naruto summoned a pair of paper bombs and decided to take the lesser of the coming two.
"Step OFF!" explosion detonating between the two stumbled the roman hero and simultaneously propelled the Shinto ahead of his foe into the wall. Striking it legs first Naruto curled absorbing the force and spring boarding back at his foe.
Staggering the hulking muscle hero barley was able to look up as his foe becoming a spinning horizontal wheel of death.
"Supin-Tsūtenkyaku!"
A sickening crack was heard as the blondes heel crashed down on the god's shoulder
Continuing the rotation the blonde spun past and once again ricocheted off the ground and crashing his foot into the god's head. But Hercules withstood the blow. Turning with the force of a hurricane the god crashed his arm and bent Naruto's around it, before sending him skidding into the dirt. Seeing his foe disabled, for the moment Hercules gritted his teeth and using his undamaged side forced his broken bones back together. All the while flexing his muscles to keep them from separating as they healed.
Turning the god eyes his foe as he picked himself of the ground, but it wasn't till the blonde sat up did former demigod hear it.
"KeKeKeKeKeKe"
(The Sound of Madness - Shinedown)
'This whelp he's LAUGHING!?'
Eyes meeting the god's own the Hero of Rome couldn't help but flinch as the metallic slitted Rinne-sharingan. Relief did not come when their line of sight broke as Naruto turned to look at his comrades still doing their best to bring down the mighty siege beast and called out to them.
"Hey you guys alright there?"
"We could be better you blonde asshole I figures you would have already killed buff boy there already and came to help us!" Cried a rather irritated wolf. His mood already sour when he woke up to find the beast had outlasted his Ragnarok, but to find himself in the arms of cat goddess as well as protected by her panther guard.
He was salty no matter how nice those tit felt.
"Yeah well I finally found someone worth my time!"
"...SHIT NARUTO'S BATTLE HORNY!" cried the wolf.
"Oh if only he paid me that much attention." wistfully sighed the night goddess as the blonde began to fully pick himself up as his sage horns began to poke out of his brow.
"My apologies Nox I am rather backed up and would you rather I take out on Hercules or you guys later."
"That would depend my room or your room?"
"Training room."
Immediately the goddess's mind went from her fantasy to one of primal fear that arced up her spine and made her body sore from bruises past. "No that quite alright let me know if feel up for some stretc- "
"STOP FLIRTING HELP US DAMN IT!"
Grinning Naruto turned his gaze from his comrades as their battle renewed in ferocity, as he met eye of his foe. "Well then Hercules it seems we have this dance to ourselves" the blonde began channeling one of his greatest foes. "So do try and keep up. As I haven't had a good fight in forever." he finished with a feral grin.
Like an arrow from a bow the blonde shot towards the Roman hungry for more fighting.
The god on the other hand was not as welcoming to the deranged blonde as he struck the ground before sending a machine gun fire of stones in retaliation. But this proved to of little consequence to the blonde as like man from another set of mythos parted around him.
'Come on. Come on! Show me something special! Hero of Rome!'
Now with his foe in range the hero of Rome brought his club to bear on the backswing intent on taking his foes head. But Naruto dodged this by simply taking a step back watching as the steel whizzed past his eyes before resuming his charge. Only to find that Hercules had risen his leg and brought crashing down the next moment, bring a wall of stone between the two.
The wall did not stay for long as the before the blonde could even begin to circumvent it, the god had speared his fingers through it. Who with a heave tore the stone from the ground and held it before him as a crude shield.
'Well it seems gods can learn a trick or two.' though the blonde as was once again needed to leap back as the shield and the club that followed it came to do him harm.
'Let's see here, the shield it probably thick enough to stand against some of my goto jutsu and his club and bulk have enough range to keep me at bay soo that leaves... ' pondered the blonde his hand already curling into a familiar shape. 'All-out ATTACK!'
Jutsu in hand Naruto charged and predicable the god brought his shield to bear as his club was already behind him intending to swing the moment the blonde was stopped at the shield.
But that didn't happen.
"Rasengan!"
Crashing through defense Naruto immediately went on the attack. His fist digging deep into the god's elbow, froing him to drop his weapon. Pivoting from there Naruto followed with own elbow digging straight underneath the gods rib cage.
"RAAAGH!" With a roar of retaliation the god brought his arms crashing down on the blonde as a living hammer, fully intent on putting distance between the two of them.
Naruto on the other hand wanted to feel his blood boil.
Arms raised Naruto took the blow with a grin as the ground beneath him cracked from the force. "Come on~" the god flinched as from the cracks between their arms as a single steel eye showed through. "Give me a real fight."
With a roar the now taller and steel haired Shinto threw off the gods and unleashed a flurry of blows.
"WRAGGG" With a roar the would have befitted a tailed beast Naruto began to push back the god step by step.
But the god would not stand for this, be it out of fear, pride or fury that doubled his strength. His fist planting firmly into the blonde's face, who like a rocket shot off away as even for his power Naruto could not match the physical might of Hercules.
Although the same could be said for anyone trying match the blonde's stubbornness.
Flipping himself and hit the stone feat first and like the hard headed fool he is shot back into the fray, even as blood poured from his nose and stained his teeth.
Spurred on by his blow the god moved to meet the demented shinobi in a clash of fists.
The two clashed like this many a times Naruto would unleash a barrage of blows while doing nearly all of the blows the goliath before him threw and coming back like fool he was whenever a blow nearly took his head off.
But nothing could stand in a stalemate forever.
"Siege beast captured."
Eyes widening in panic the roman speared a glance from his foe towards the center, where his opponents stood around the subdued monstrosity as blue armor rained down to attach itself to the monster. His fear only increasing as a whirring sound much like the beginning of twister came from behind him.
"Rasenshuriken!"
Eyes turning back the god couldn't even scream as blades and wind like sandpaper tore into his very being.
"Well that takes care of that." said the nearly silver haired blonde as he looked at the deafening explosion of wind. Idly Naruto wiped off the blood that once gushed from his nose and down his lips, eyes still watching the dissipating from of his attack.
"Yo! Boss you doin alright?" Called the wolf as the sound of the siege beast thudded past him.
"Ya I'm good might have just got hit in the head a bit much."
"Really? Cause that didn't seem to bother you when we're crashing headfirst into fists. I mean seriously I've hit you in the head I know how hard that thing is"
"Now Fenrir don't be an insensitive brute." called Nox as she began to ghost to Naruto's side. "After all Naruto is our leader and as such-" as she set the blondes head between her bosoms "His head should be treated with respect and the most tender of care should it be damaged."
"I appreciate the gesture Nox." began the blonde as he tried to worm out of the hold before a fresh gout of blood poured from his nose. "But we have a match to win."
"Then what is the plan Uzumaki?" chimed the cat goddess. "For while admit that using our foes to open an opportunity for us as well as weaken them was smart, if risky." added Bastet before crossing her arms underneath her bosom. "But that begs the question as to where we go from here. Do we push a lane with the titan or use it as a discretion?"
"We go back to base camp and heal…."
"Sweet Later!" called Fenrir as he without waiting for the others flashed back. Leaving to two goddess two stare at the sheer at the empty space. "...And anyone who wants to help keep thing moving before the enemy gods respawn can stay before we head back." mumbled the blonde in frustration. "Screw it I'm doing it myself!" Shouted the blonde as he stormed off leaving the last two of his team in the middle of the battlefield.
"While I berated the dog for his blind loyalty, I must say he is rather impressive in his devotion surpassing even Anubis's." commented the cat goddess. "So why don't you follow his lead after all one would expect the lover of our "leader" to follow him unconditionally."
Slightly startled the goddess turned her attention to the Egyptian. "While I do care for my beloved greatly," began the goddess as she moved to follow said holder of her heart as Bastet followed soon after. "It was the strangeness that I could not figure out that first peaked my interest." confessed the goddess as her hand began to curl before her chest.
"Oh?"
"Yes, Naruto was someone who acted like none I had vested interest in before." Nox began her voice soft like newborn dove. "He does not crave territory and riches like a king, despite him having the power and the charisma. He doesn't wish for repentance or some cheap glory. No he would rather play the fool to see other laugh away their tears then be a man who would make them."
"GET BACK HERE YOU SHITTY CAMP BOSS!"
Broken from their conversation the two goddess were treated to the site of a rather large cyclops run in terror as the blonde in question chased after it wielding two rather large swords.
"But most of all the he is man who would do everything he can for others, even at the expense of himself." finished the goddess brought her hands before her face as to hide the blush. "Oh I must be sounding like some maiden as if she just crossed paths with Apollo." Wordless Bastet nodded as she watched the apparent "Apollo" in question attempt to now strangle his capture prey.
KILL COUT CONFIRMED NOW SPAWNING SIEGE TITAN.
"Finally!" shouted the blonde as the goddess watched eyes wide at the announcement.
"This was your plan, wasn't it." began the rather stunned Egyptian. "To wear down the gods and have them do most of the work while we racked up the points. So when we did them in we would be able to spawn a beast in both lanes, making up for our lack of a true vanguard." summarized the goddess as the mastermind of it all only scratched the back of his head.
"Ya but I guess I miss counted or was slacking or something because I could have sworn we could have got the hundred points with that last god kill." apologized the blonde. "Well common on we need to heal up before we go the offensive." His piece said the blonde allowed gold light to form around him and bring him back to base.
"Well we should follow." said Nox before also disappearing back to base. Leaving the Egyptian alone to her thoughts. "Yes we should."
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And scene. Sorry everyone school + job search as well as my own lack of inspiration made me a little slow here. Well with this fic anyways. Yup got the plot bunnies so you may see a barrage of new stuff, nothing serious but he got to get these ideas out there I mean I already saw get taken by someone even if it was unintentionally. So ya check them out when they come out.
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