Answers to reviewers' statements or questions
gunman: Nah Hippolyta and Antiope do it regularly which will be seen later as the story goes also it was meant to be a bit of comedic bad luck that everyone associated with Spider-man tends to get in some form or fashion. No, he has yet to meet Big Barda, She-Hulk and Thundra yet but he's about to meet Thundra after this arc along with Zarda who will aid him when the Goblins' come a knocking. Anubis's son was killed and sent to a place that even he can't retrieve him and will be explored later as I get into the New Gods with the arrival of Big Barda. As for who 'HER' is…I'm keeping that a secret for now, but she will appear and if you're into the Spider mythos, then you should be able to figure out who her is by without too much trouble, after all she's connected to Spider-man in a sense, but no spoiling if you find out who it is!
Dark King Marcel: No Peter will not join the Justice League and if he does it'll be the Justice League Dark at best, he has better things to do then get involved in 'mortal' affairs. He has a Goddess to serve and a group of immortal women to keep happy, dealing with the likes of Luthor or Grodd won't be seen as too important to him unless it's serious like end of the world or Diana is nearly killed
Blaze 1992: The Bugle is coming… but no they won't bash him nonstop, Jameson on the other hand will be a different story but honestly, we all love/hate him for it
Guest Nov 6: I know Anubis isn't evil and in this story, he's not really into the whole destroy the world thing, he just want's Peter dead, a man who killed his son which will be later shown why and he wants his kingdom back, he's just willing to off a few dozen people to get what he wants is all
Lustful-Angel96: I have something like that in mind but it won't be out for a while as there are a few things that I have to go over to make it presentable enough to post.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
"So what did you think of my champion Amaterasu?" Arachne asked the Shinto sun goddess as the two sat in one of the gardens that her temple possessed on the slopes of Olympus
Arachne was clad in nothing more than a thin robe that exposed one perfect sized breast while a single strap wrapped around her neck. He legs were on display as a result of a large slit in the lower part of the robe that also showed a good portion of her rear
"He was…cute" Amaterasu giggled dressed in far more articles of clothing than her friend. It was a rather simple yet elaborate glowing white kimono with what looked like small white solar flares coming of it every occasionally to make it seem like she was wearing a dress made of the sun
"Cute, a talented lover and best of all…unattached at the moment" Arachne said in a sing song voice
"Really?" Amaterasu said in slight shock "I'm surprised he hasn't found a subtitle partner yet"
Arachne's smile fell slightly and gained a far-off look in her eyes "Well there was one woman but…"
Amaterasu watched her friend for a moment before she shook her shoulder "Arachne-chan are you well?"
The spider goddess nodded ass he took a deep breath and gave her friend an apologetic smile "Sorry, I was reminiscing"
"Happier times?" Amaterasu asked with a raised brow
"Something like that" Arachne shrugged before she began to rub a hand up and down the sun goddess's leg "Say Amaterasu, when was the last time you were with another person? Be they woman, goddess or not?"
Amaterasu gave Arachne a coy grin as she leaned in to the smirking beauty's face and gave her a peck on the lips that caused both women to lick their lips "Years…are you hoping to change that?"
Arachne grinned as she pushed the Shinto deity back and straddled her hips and leaned in to the woman with a smirk "Perhaps…and perhaps afterwards you and I reward my champion for helping you"
Amaterasu smirked at that as she gripped Arachne's hips and began to grind against her "Ooh I like the thought…"
"Lady Arachne Peter needs help!" a distant voice echoed that caused the spider goddess to pause in her attempted and near successful seduction of the Shinto goddess
Arachne frowned as she stood and made her way over to a nearby fountain that she had show who was calling her and saying that her champion is in need of aid. She recognized the young woman as Donna, one of the three daughters of Hippolyta. She frowned before looking towards a flustered Amaterasu "Forgive me, but I must see what it is that the Amazon has to say"
The sun goddess sighed as she stood and addressed her clothes with a pout "You know where to find me so we and hopefully your Peter can continue"
Arachne nodded as Amaterasu vanished in a ball of light before she teleported to Themyscira, interested to hear what it is that Donna has to say
'My Champion better be in mortal danger girl or you'll see firsthand when you piss off a spider goddess!'
…
Meanwhile in Japan Peter was having a less than amazing time in the land of the rising sun as he was dodging and stabbing the numerous Makhai that were swarming him, Phil and Betsy. Ares much to Peter's relief and annoyance was standing back with his son and the Amazon Persephone.
Peter knew they sent these war spirits in first to overwhelm and tire him while they sat back and relaxed
'God of war my ass, more like god of passive aggression!' Peter thought as he ducked under an ax and rammed his sword into the Makhai's chest before he jumped and kneed the taller being in the face and used it's falling body as a springboard and hopped on to another Makhai and stabbed it in the head
Peter out of the corner of his eye checked to see how Betsy was doing and nearly face palmed at the thought of her needing help considering that she was cleaving through the ancient Titan warriors like lightning through the air. In one hand was her glowing Katana and in the other was a construct of psionic energy in the shape of a broadsword that was making quick work of the Makhai and the few that were able to avoid her deadly weapons were being sent flying either by powerful psionic blasts or mentally manipulated into attacking each other
Peter couldn't help but watch the woman work in admiration 'Man, this girl can make most gods of war I've met look like peace loving hippies in comparison'
Peter leaned to the left and preformed a triple helix flip over several thrown spears and contorted his body into unnatural angles to avoid the deadly weapons before he landed in a crouch with both swords at the ready and gaped at the Makhai approaching him
It stood at least five feet taller than all the others and was even more muscular and covered in black armor that was in pristine condition. Peter also saw that this Makhai on like it's breather had four glowing eyes and two mouths on it's armored head
"Okay you're really…wow I didn't even know you guys came in this size…I feel bad for your poor mother when she had to push you out Peter said as he prepared to engage the behemoth of a Makhai when suddenly Phil leaped out of nowhere and bit into the Makhai's conveniently exposed neck and began to tear chunks from the beast
"RAAAGGH!" The Makhai roared in anger and pain as it tried to grab the nemean lion only for Peter to throw one of his swords into the taller beast's highest eye, blinding it and causing it to stumble back and trip over a down Makhai and land on another three with a heavy thud
Phil used that moment to swipe off the helmet of the Makhai and began to tear the spirit's face apart with his claws
Peter whistled at the display as without looking, he caught a spear thrown at him and threw it back at the surprised Makhai "Note to self, brush Phil's teeth when we get back…also avoid any licks to the face for the foreseeable future"
Suddenly his sixth sense flared and forced him to duck as Ares had appeared and just tried to decapitate him with a sword
"Whoa there watch were your swinging that thing! You could hurt someone" Peter said with a nervous grin as he was finding it increasingly difficult to dodge the swipes from Ares until one of them nicked Peter in the shoulder and caused him to hiss in pain. Clearly the blade Ares was using was enchanted and the god's own physical strength helped the deadly weapon peirce Peter's armor
Peter narrowed his eyes as he leaped back and shot several weblines at the war god, some to restrain his legs and uters to try and blind the diety so he can grant himself some time to better plan out how he can take on a god of Ares's power. Said deity narrowed his eyes and sent out what looked like lightning from the blade and destroyed the webs and nearly hit Peter's shocked form
"Oh right, son of Zeus…forgot you guys could do that" Peter said as he landed in a roll and narrowly avoided another bolt of lightning
"I'm capable of far more than that champion of Arachne" Ares said with a glare as he sent several more bolts towards Peter who dodged with centuries of skill and luck on his side. It also helped that Ares has in a sense been out of practice for millennia and hasn't had time to 'get back into shape'.
"And yet good aim isn't pone of them" Peter snarked as he leaped over another bolt and threw one of his swords at Ares who easily batted it aside "For a god of war you'd think to have great aim in a fight"
Ares growled before he suddenly lunged at Peter with his blade held high and let out a war cry. Peter paled slightly at the fast approaching god and was about to move when suddenly Ares was hit by a blast of purple psionic energy and sent him flying into a burning pile of dead Makhai that Peter made earlier
The semi immortal spider looked to see Betsy standing over a dead Makhai, her blade in it's head and her arm still glowing from the blast she gave Ares just now. Peter gave her a nod of thanks as he took his dagger from his belt and threw it in the woman's direction
Betsy tensed in surprise only for it to dissolve as the blade passed her and nailed a wounded Makhai that was trying to sneak up behind her. She gave Peter a grateful smile as she tore her blade from the dead Makhai and turned her attention to the last of the Makhai now being led by Thrax who was giving the purple hair beauty a dark look of lust
"Hmm…your quite an exquisite one aren't you?" Thrax asked with a smirk
Betsy quirked her head tot eh side and gave the son of Ares a bored look "Hmm, and your quite horrible at complementing women, aren't you?"
Thrax's smirk fell as he gestured for the Makhai to stand back while he approached the woman with his ax in hand and glowing with dark energy. Betsy gave the demigod an unimpressed look as she placed her katana back in it's scabbard and raised her fists
Thrax gave her a confused look "Why did you sheath your blade?"
"Because I won't need it to best the likes of you son of Ares" Betsy said in a bored tone that caused the man to growl
"Well se about that!" Thrax yelled as he leaped at Betsy who gracefully dodged the blade weapon and sent a powerful jab into the side of Thrax's face, right where his left jaw bone connects with the rest of his skull and dislocated it
Thrax growled in pain as he raised the ax and tried to cleave the purple haired warrior in half only for a shield of psionic energy to stop it dead. Betsy than jumped up and rammed both her feet, filled with psionic energy and blasted the man back and into several Makhai
Betsy landed in a handstand and quickly kicked herself back up only to find the fist of Persephone ramming into her face and sending her back several dozen feet.
'Damn…girl packs a punch' Betsy winced as she spat out some blood and glared at the approaching woman who raised her scythe
"You quite the warrior, in fact you easily rival the likes of the Amazons of Themyscira" Ares's lover said as she slipped into a battle stance while Thrax appeared next to her with a dark glare on is face
Betsy sighed as she formed two psionic blades in her hands while slipping into an advance combat form stance "I swear I better get paid double for this bullshit…"
…
"So how is it that you guys have an invisible jet again?" Steve asked as they had just arrived in Japan and were currently on their way to the first shrine location near Osaka
"Hephaestus crafted them for us several decades ago as a means to leave the island if we must or to help defend it" Diana said as she adjusted a few switches
"Oh…" Steve said with a nod as he looked around the cockpit "So is there anything on here that may be able to take on a god of war?"
"Yes" Diana said as she adjusted the jet and had it head for the next location seeing as the aircraft's sensors didn't pick up anything here
"What is it? Some sort of anti-god missile, divine blasters, hell holy water?" Steve asked
Diana looked over her shoulder at Steve and gave him a determined look on her face "…Me"
…
'Safe to say this is not how I hoped my day would go' Peter mentally groaned as he found himself pinned to the ground by Ares who was standing on his chest with an armored boot and a look of triumph on his face
Peter could help but scoff "Really? Besting a mere human is your big achievement of the day? Talk about low standards"
Ares narrowed his eyes at Peter before reaching down and grabbing him by the neck and lifting him off the ground
"Considering you were able to entice the wrath of Anubis, I think it's safe to say your no mere human Petrus" Ares said as he pointed the tip of his blade at the champion of Arachne's throat
"You know when you say it out loud like that it's actually kind of embarrassing for a god. I mean a human is able to best a freakin god? Talk about a blow to the ego" Peter said as he grabbed his knife and stabbed it into Ares's eye who yelped in pain before tossing Peter away with a snarl
Ares reached up and tore the blade from his eye and looked around for the human before suddenly the nemean lion appeared out of nowhere and sank it's teeth into his thigh
"GAH!" Ares shouted in pain as he smacked the mystical lion away only for Peter to land on his shoulders and slam both his hands on each side of his head and partially cave in his helmet, causing the war god to wince in slight pain before he reached behind him and grabbed Peter by the leg and slammed him into the ground
KRAKOOOM!
"AGH!" Peter yelled in pain as he felt his right shoulder blade crack and something in his leg give from Ares's grip
Ares was about to slam him into the ground again when Phil pounced on the god and knocked him to the ground and began to tear into his chest armor with his claws and teeth in attempt to gorge the war god. Peter leaped to his feet and summoned one of his swords and made to stab the down war god when suddenly his spider-sense flared and he was forced to dodge a swipe from Thrax who saw his father needed aid
Peter narrowed his eyes at the son of Ares and blocked a series of strikes from the man's ax with his word which produced a show of sparks. Peter growled in annoyance as he was pushed back by the larger man before he ducked under a slash and struck the man in his leg
"GAHHH!" Thrax yelled as he was forced to one knee before Peter's rammed into his face and sent him tumbling to the ground in a heap
Peter was about to impale the son of Ares when suddenly Phil's form slammed into his and both combatants were sent flying across the battlefield and landed against the side of a tree. The force of the impact caused the bark to crack and slowly split as the upper portion of the tree began to slowly fall back
"Oww" Peter winced in pain as he felt and heard Phil growl in pain and both shakily climbed to their feet as Ares approached them with an enraged face. Peter saw this and smirked "Guess you're starting to see why Anubis wants me dead, by the end of this fight you will too!"
"ON the contrary Peter I'll be glad to see your co-"
KOOOOOOOM!
Ares started to speak but was interrupted by a figure suddenly appearing beside him and punching him into several nearby trees. Peter watched the ancient plants land on the war god's body and turned to see who his savior was and beamed at who he saw while Phil ran towards them with a purr
"Diana!" Peter said as he waved at the amazon who had a shield and sword on her back and her lasso at her side
The princess of Themyscira turned her attention from Ares and smiled softly at Peter as she kneeled and began to pet Phil on the head who in turn began to purr loudly "Sorry I'm late"
KRAKOOOOM!
Peter, Diana and Phil's attention was drawn towards the sounds of Betsy's fight with both Thrax and Persephone. As it turns out the woman seemed to be having no problems tossing an ancient warrior and a demigod around. Thrax was covered in cuts and bruises and Persephone's helmet was missing and she had a large slash across her forehead
"Who's your friend?" Diana asked as she watched the purple hair woman with a narrowed gaze
"Oh that's Betsy, she's a friend" Peter said unaware of Diana's annoyance
The watched as Betsy ducked under a swipe from Persephone's scythe and kicked the fallen Amazon away before she sent a telepathic blast at Thrax who was sent flying into a pile of dead Makhai.
"She's…quite a warrior" Diana said growing annoyed with Peter watching the woman best the son of Ares and the traitous amazon with ease
"Yeah, one of the best I've seen in a while. She can easily pass for an Amazon" Peter said with a nod still oblivious to Diana's growing ire to the other woman
Phil was giving the man the lion equivalent of a blank gaze before his gaze shifted towards an approaching Steve Trevor who was armed with a mace and a pistol. The large lion gave the man a weighted gaze that caused him to tense up before Phil huffed at the man and went back to rubbing his head against Diana's hand
Peter saw the man and gave him a nod "Hey Steve, how's life for ya?"
Steve couched as he adjusted the mace in his grip and took in all the dead multi-armed monsters around him "Uh fine…"
"Not still pissed about the whole knocking you out are you?" Peter asked the man
"Nope I'm completely over it" Steve said as he scratched his head
"That's good…" Peter gave the man a nod as he returned his attention to Betsy beating down Thrax with ease 'Guess he never bothered to learn how to fight against telepaths'
"He tried to compensate his loss by getting me drunk and sleeping with me" Diana said as she watched Betsy with a critical gaze
Peter didn't make any outward signs of the new information but Steve suddenly felt like that the god of war is the least of his worries. Phil drove the point home by growling at the sweating man
"Steve…" Peter said, his voice still light and friendly sounding which somehow sounded even worse than a growl from the tiger sized nemean lion "… Just why?"
Whatever Steve was about to say was drowned out by Ares blasting the fallen trees off him in a rather flashy way and drew the attention of everyone present. Peter quirked a brow at the man
"Wow that was dramatic…Hey Ares I know that Greeks are known for their dramas but could you maybe tone it done a bit?" Peter said as he mentally called for his swords and caught them without looking and held them in a reverse grip as he cracked his neck
Diana reached for her sword and shield and held them at the ready while Steve looked at his mace and then the god of war and sighed
"Should have brought an assault rifle…or a damn tank"
Ares was now snarling at the appearance of Diana and raised his sword at the daughter of Hippolyta "You made a grave mistake in coming here"
"Your right" Diana nodded "I came here expecting to see my friend was possibly dead already, not the god of war getting his ass handed to him"
"Like I said man, it's kind of embarrassing that a human can hold his own against someone that's supposed to be superior to him in every way" Peter said with a chuckle
Ares growled before he held up his hand and suddenly a bright light appeared behind him causing everyone to cover their eyes for a moment. When the light died, they were greeted to the sight of dozens of Makhai and an equal number of undead soldiers, thankfully many of them appear to be from ancient times and were only armed with swords, spears and such
"You just had to piss off the god of war, didn't you?" Steve said in a deadpanned voice
"If the guy or girl doesn't have the urge to rip my head off after meeting me the first time than I'm doing something wrong" Peter said as he tensed for a fight when suddenly the sky opened and a beam of lightning struck the ground before them
KRAKOOOOOOM!
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And done.
So, next chapter the fight in the land of the rising sun wraps up in a rather brutal and spectacular fashion, some people die, Steve finally takes his first step in redeeming himself to Diana, least in terms of being a decent man and Phil get's a souvenir from this quest.