Naruto's feet shuffled along the golden plated ground as he reluctantly followed Zeus and Thalia. From what he knew they were leading him to something that would miraculously make him change his mind about joining them. Naruto frowned.

When hell freeze over he thought bitterly.

As they walked along in Olympus they soon found themselves nearing a large door. He knew they must have been nearing their destination because he could feel the poorly contained excitement rolling off Zeus in waves. Naurto slowed his pace only to have Thalia yank mercilessly on his cumbersome chains.

Thalia didn't like doing this to the boy but her father's word was law. She shook her head. She couldn't be feeling sympathy for the enemy; she had to focus to please Zeus.

Zeus looked behind his shoulder to check up on how things were going behind him. He half expected to have Thalia ruin his plan and let the boy go, if it did happen he wouldn't be too surprised. But he had warned the girl, if she messed up this far in his plan, the consequences would be dire.

When the group was directly in front of the door, naruto expected them to stop and open, but the huge door opened on its own accord on silent hinges.

Naruto watched this in veiled amazement. It was going to take a while for him to become accustomed the weird things that seemed to permeate through Olympus's existence.

When Zeus entered through the door he quickly led them to the center of the room that was occupied by a large glass ball.

"Is this is what you wanted to show me" naruto asked in a bored tone.

"Yes it is "Zeus said proudly barely able to contain his wide grin.

"Well this isn't enough to force me to stay here…I advise you to let me go…ill escape eventually anyway" naruto said growing serious.

But despite the obvious threat, Zeus's smile only grew.

"Well you say that now my boy, but let me show you what I mean", Zeus said in good humor.

As Zeus laid a hand against the smoothness of the glass ball, electricity flowed, causing the giant orb to glow brightly. And after a while naruto noticed pictures of people, things, and everyday life moving.

"Big deal" naruto said clearly unimpressed.

"This is your village naruto, you don't care about your village" Zeus said in a mocking tone.

Naruto just stared at him and looked unaffected.

"Well if that is the case you don't care for these people."

Soon the glass sphere begin to static until it showed a group of konoha anbu leisurely standing on a rooftop.

Naruto still just stared at him while his tailed calmly waved through the air behind him.

Why do I have to care for the anbu, they never gave a damn about me. And what's this bastard playing at…asking me all the questions.

"Since you don't care, you wouldn't mind if they…died".

As soon as Zeus finished his sentence the glass ball shined brightly filling the room in a bright light. When the light faded, the anbu that was in the orb was now dead, smoke rolling off their still bodies.

Naruto stared at the orb in shock, then Zeus. His tail, no longer moving fluidly behind him, was now stiff and unwavering.

"y-you… killed them"

That bastard actually killed them.

"That's right, I killed them. But that shouldn't matter seeing as how you don't care."

"You know what" zeus said like he just had got a good idea "since you don't give a damn I think I'll kill some more."

"NO!" naruto yelled.

"What was that" Zeus asked feigning deaf.

Naruto hung his head in defeat and slid to the floor as his tail wrapped around him.

"I'll join you"

"Good, didn't know what changed your mind" zeus said once more in a good move.

"Get ready" zeus said turning to leave.

Naruto looked up at zeus, defeat clear in his eyes, and asked "for what"

"You need a weapon, for that we will have to sneak in to Poseidon realm and visit his underwater forge"

"and where is that"

Zeus stared at naruto for a moment and then said "the land of the wave".

With that zeus turned and left.

Naruto got up to leave when he still felt someone's presence. he looked around only to see Thalia. He frowned.

"Came to laugh at my face" naruto spat at the girl.

She only stared at him in confusion.

"why did you agree to this, your village treats you like a demon"

Naruto scoffed at the girls statement and said " oh yea, there not the only ones"

As naruto left the room he made a point to brush against the girls shoulder.

Thalia could only hang her head in shame.

Pain erupted everywhere as he struggled to gain consciousness. He tried to stagger to his feet, but he was forcibly pushed down by strong cold hands. What was he doing here, he had to remember. Then it hit him…itachi.

Sasuke's eyes snapped open. He looked in bewilderment at his surroundings. He was once more in abandoned camp that was in the forest. He focused his attention when he noticed an green fire blazing eerily, giving off no heat or comfort. And not too surprising, there was the black clad ninja scrutinizing sasuke under an intense gaze.

Sasuke groaned in pain as he tried to stagger to his feet once more. He collapsed in a tangled heap of limbs as blood coursed through his unused limbs.

"You really are stubborn" the ninja in black said.

"I have to find itachi… before he get away" each word sasuke spoke was labored and heavy with pain.

"Well I have to say, you have been out for 3 days. Itachi is nowhere to be found"

Damn, I was too weak again sasuke contemplated to his self.

Sauke rose unsteadily to his feet and sat on a tree stump near the lifeless fire.

"So what now sasuke" the mysterious ninja asked.

Sauke fixed the man with a nasty glare and said "none of your business"

"well you can always join me"

"I already gave you my answer to that"

Sasuke looked at the starless sky. He had believed he was ready. Ready to defeat his brother and put the past behind him. But once again he was sadly mistaken. His brother defeated him easily, even after he launched his strongest attack. Well all this meant was that he was back to the drawing board. Meaning he would return back to konoha even though his mission was incomplete. He took on the mission only as a means to finally confront itachi and if he still couldn't beat him there was no use. But at the back of his mind dark promises whispered promises to him. Promises of power and more importantly the promise of the destruction of itachi.

Sasuke shook his head vehemently. it was bad enough that the cursed seal affected his thought, he didn't need any more distractions.

When sasuke felt slightly rejuvenated he rose to his feet and studied the mysterious ninja again.

The ninja only smiled at sasuke who in turn left the clearing to make his way back to konoha.

As soon as sasuke left the field, itachi moved out of the shadows and made his way to the ninja cladded in black.

The ninja in black stood as itachi bowed and said with a emotionless mask "my lord"

Ninja in black smiled and said "rise itachi, you have done well, the boy will surely join me now after that crushing defeat"

"But Lord Hades, we don't have that much time left."

Hades frowned and said " I know, my brother is working quietly and quickly"

"I also confirmed the death of four anbu" itachi said looking into Hades lifeless eyes.

"And " Hades said.

"they died by thunder crash"

"hmmm" hades said in thought.

"we'll leave that as it is for right now, come lets go check on the others"

As they both walked away they both melted unnaturally in the shadows.

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