Chapter eleven

We entered the fields of Asphodels and saw a completely flat landscape. We saw some 'skeleton police' guys and hid inside a cave. The thing is: When we entered the cave Grover's shoes started to fly into the cave without any Maia word or anything. So here we were, chasing after Grover and his flying shoes. I tried to hiraishin several times but every time I was about to catch Grover the shoes dodged me. One shoe accidentally escaped Grover's right foot and Grover, taking his chance, grabbed a rock to slow down even more the other shoe. I took mine and hiraishined to where Grover was just in time, as at that same moment he released the rock. I grabbed him by the shoe-free leg and channeled chakra to my feet so that I couldn't fly.

"Vice! Hold on a bit more!" Shouted the incoming Percy.

"It's what I'm doing, damn!" I shouted back at him. Percy and Annabeth arrived and took out Grover's other shoes, which kicked us until I cut it's wings. Then it followed it's 'brother' jumping on the floor through an endless hole I think was Tartarus. My fears were confirmed when it suck everything that was near it.

"Run!" I shouted. All of us ran to the entrance of the cave, but couldn't. It was just too powerful.

"Grab a hold of my arm!" I shouted, they obeyed. I hiraishined next to a rock in the entrance of the cave I had touched before with all the guys at my sides.

"That could only have been one thing" I said "Kronos, Lord of the Titans" I finished.

After dodging some dead-alive patrols we made it to Hades's castle. Percy opened the gate and we entered, only to see a hungry Grover trying to eat one of Persephone's garden's flower, fortunately we stopped him just in time. If it wasn't because if he had eaten them he would be locked inside the Hades for the whole eternity, I wouldn't have stopped him.

"Grover, no distractions. We need to grab the master bolt" Annie told him. Percy had slowed down his pace like if his backpack was heavier or something. I decided not to talk.

I opened the gate (the skeletons didn't interrupt) to see a great entrance hall, all dark with two thrones in the end. One was empty and had flowers all over it. Persephone's throne. The other one was all dark emo-style and in it sat a HUGE man that wore some kind of Spartan robe and was paler than a Vampire. Hades. Then I said the most intelligent thing I could say.

"Hey, uncle" He just groaned.

"Now, you little half-bloods, will you give it back to me or what?" He asked.

"Give what back?" We all asked, clueless.

"My helmet, Idiots" He shouted. "Surround them" He muttered and suddenly a lot of skeletons appeared around us, some with guns others with swords.

"Sorry, uncle, but we're here to get the master lightning bolt back." Percy said.

"What are you talking about? Stop making drama, you are with the lightning bolt." Hades said. Percy, obviously confused (us following closely) said something so intelligent not even Athena could understand properly.

"Uh?"

"Open your backpack and give me my helmet." Hades ordered. Percy did as said and grabbed a celestial bronze cylinder. The lightning bolt. He searched again but found nothing.

"So, are you going to give me my helmet or do you want some more years?" Hades asked.

"Sorry, uncle, we don't know how the lightning bolt ended up with us, but we have no idea of where your helmet could be." Percy said, signaling for us to grab our pearls.

"Oh, yes, the pearls. Now you're going to evade without any consequences. Do you really think you can?" The God of the dead asked. He clapped his fingers and a beautiful blond woman that seemed to be paralyzed. She had some kind of yellow aura around her, what seemed to be paralyzing her.

"MOM" Percy screamed.

"Indeed, Perseus, your beloved mother is here, she can die or live. It's your choice" Hades said.

"Percy, let me stay here, I can take out these skeletons and get out of here" I said, even if I knew I couldn't do it.

"No, Percy, let me stay here, I'm your friend" Annie said.

"No, Percy. Let me stay here, after satyrs die they transform themselves into some flower or tree." Grover said. Percy just shook his head.

"No, guys, I don't want you to be dead. We will all get out of here." He said. We nodded and broke the pearls with our feet.

"Attack them!" Hades screamed. For a moment, nothing happened, but when the skeletons started to attack us bobbles of air surrounded each of us, deflecting the swords and bullets. We went up and when we thought we would crash against the roof, we were in the water with our bubbles still around us, but when we hit the surface of the water the bubbles exploded. Percy gave Grover his shoes so that his goat feet wouldn't appear. Some boat grabbed us and leaved us on the beach of Los Angeles.

"Okay, idiot, you can appear" I told nobody, and Ares appeared with his fucking scary motorbike.

"So you survived, prats." He said with disgust on his voice.

"Yeah, and you owe us some explanations" Percy asked.

"Oh, yeah. Okay, I stole the helmet and the lightning bolt, kept the helmet with me and gave you the lightning bolt that would only appear when you stood near Hades." He explained. I summoned my sword.

"Hey, Ares, I notice that cut was difficult to heal, uh?" I teased.

"Yeah, your sword was enchanted or something, making any cut you cause to a god be healed at the same rate of a regular mortal or something. But this time I'm prepared" He said. "Let's fight, if you win then I give you the helmet and the spark and if I win I can do whatever I want with you" He said.

"Okay" I said. "Hey, Annie, can you give me a 'good luck' kiss?" I asked her.

"Of course" She said and kissed me for ten seconds. "Good luck"

"Thanks" I said. I charged forward towards Ares. He took a baseball bat that transformed into a huge sword. I swung at light speed, but he was able to block it. Then I felt my energies being taken away and instantly took some steps back. That freaking sword would steal all of my chakra if this fight stayed like this. I tried to hiraishin behind him, but couldn't.

"Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you that gods cannot be used as points for your little hiraishin." He said, smirking. Maybe him no, but what about his sword?

"What are you thinking about, idiot?" He asked, charging forward.

I dispatched my sword, opened my hand, focused a great quantity of chakra into it and rotated it. Ares kept advancing and when he finally swung his sword in a vertical attack I hiraishined on top of it, pressed the Rasengan on his chest and he coughed up some golden blood.

"RASENGAN!" I cried. The Rasengan expanded and covered Ares's whole body, then it went full-speed toward a police car that exploded.

"Since you are a God, I think it didn't kill you, but I think it bet the crap out of you" I said with a superior attitude. And sure enough, when the dust cleared there was a fighting-to-stand-up, golden-blood covered Ares.

"You son of a fucking bitch…" Ares said and then fell to the floor, knocked out. Suddenly, in front of me there were both the lightning bolt and Hades's helmet.

Annabeth came toward me to congratulate me, what finished up in a make-out session and after we broke apart Percy and Grover came running to congratulate me with 'Good work, man' or 'You did it' or even 'What was that power? That was awesome'. I couldn't help but to blush of embarrassment.

We heard some bird cries coming from above. We looked up and saw what they were. The furies.

Crazy wolrd.