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"Talking!"
'Thinking!'
"Demon!"
Know Pain
Glaring at the First Born. Naruto hated the man for he just wants destruction because he was thrown from Olympus. Robbed of his birthright. When Naruto and Diana were brought to Olympus with there weapons and taken. Naruto's armor was taken off since he had too many weapons; added insult to they left everything in the one eyed blonde's sight.
Breathing out to calm himself down. Not letting his anger get the better of him. The First Born is arrogant and overconfident. Watching the First Born, he is what humans can be if they give into their bloodlust with no way out. As if becoming a savage beast that doesn't want to be human anymore; just like the Joker. This reminds Naruto of a joke he heard once.
Man goes to doctor say that he's depress. Life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels alone in threatening world. Doctor says treatment is simple. The Great Clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him, that should pick you right up. Man bursts into tears, "But doctor," he says, "I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laughs. Roll on snare drum. Currents.
-Themyscira-
Explosions echo in the distance. The Amazons in the city never heard such loud noise before, but those that did are gearing up. Harley swings her baseball bat and rests it on her shoulder.
Grinning at the thought of knocking some home runs come to mind, "I wonder if I'm gonna get a grand slam?" Harley said out loud
"I think the Amazons don't understand what you mean Harley," Jack stated since he knows the Amazons never heard of baseball, "The noise is getting closer,"
"The mines are going off too quickly," Lady Shiva made her presents known to the two of them, "If this were an army like the Amazons, they'd take their time because they don't know why the ground is exploding. I think there is more to this army then we know,"
"Modern army?" Jack asked since it would make since as the assassins didn't really bring anything to take out any heavy armor moving through a minefield, "While the mines would slow them down; it would stop them,"
"What do you mean," asked Harley, "Won't the mines kill any tanks that go over them?"
"It would, but not with the thick metal on modern tanks these days. Yes, the mines will damage the tanks it doesn't kill them like it use too. Are how are those mines that were brought?" Jack turned to Lady Shiva since it would make since she'd know what came with her assassins.
"The mines are a few years old. Experience soldiers would be able to use old mines to their full use. Though the Amazons never used something like that before; they'll just fall thinking their swords, spears, and arrows can pierce the thick metal. Greatest warriors that walked the planet yet they're stuck in the past."
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Armor vehicles rolls out from the thick jungles. The assassin were taken back by the modern armor. They didn't prepare for the enemy to come out with something like this. The Amazons who never seen didn't know what to do.
"SOUND THE ALARM!" called out one of the Amazons.
"To arms, Sisters! Stand strong!" said Amazon jumps on the back on the army vehicle, "I'll crack this steel dragon!" she stabs the armor only for the spearhead to break off, "Light the pitch!"
Up on the walls an Amazon lowers a touch in an oil trench. Fire blaze across the whole wall letting the rest of the Amazons in the city the their under attack. One of the look outs who can see the fires better and the explosions sound off a bell for everyone to hear.
"The wall's afire! AMAZONS! we are under attack!" cried out the Amazon.
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"Vara; close all the street gates. We'll turn this city into a killing maze," Aleka said to one of the Amazons, "Eleni; get the archers to the rooftops. If the wall is breached, we'll pick them off like small game," Aleka stands on a cart and grabs everyone attention, "Listen up! All of you! Sisters! Any threat felt from within has now been eclipsed. We are all under siege! These men share our blood, and are willing to shed it to protect this island! That is enough for me! Our time together has been short and contentious, but today the Gods have seen fit to test our unity! I don't know what the future holds for us. I'm not a god; I'm but a warrior, like all of you!"
"AMAZONS!" cried out both male and female Amazons for they are going to defend their home.
Climbing down to Zola, "Let's go, little girl. My Queen charged me with your protection, so protect I will,"
I don't need to be protected, Aleka. Zeke an' me can do just fine on our own," fired back Zola as she doesn't want to be protected for she can take care of herself even before all this crazy came into her life.
"I don't doubt that; but let's find a safer part of the city to do it in." Aleka agrees with the mother while she isn't a mother herself; the redhead knows that mothers can be scary when they need be. But Aleka was order to protect Zola and she will do her job and make sure that the mother and baby are safe from all the bloodshed.
-Olympus-
"Behold, Deathstroke and Wonder Woman; the savagery of my children," said the First Born as he, Cassandra, the Minotaur, Deathstroke, and Wonder Woman watch the fighting begin in the city in a large pool of blood.
"I pity them," said Wonder Woman, "You've sent them to be slaughtered by the greatest warriors the world has even known,"
"Is that what I've done? No matter the two of us will make many more children once we are joined," because for some strange reason the First Born wants to make Wonder Woman his queen, or al least the mother for his children.
"Gross," Diana stated
Naruto looks down and he can't see a thing because the First Born is streaking, "How would you do that? Because you don't have a dick. And you haven't regrown your skin yet. And you're ignoring me again because you are a dick,"
Still my army fights not just Amazons, but Gods as well. What say we even the odds," the First Born is again ignoring Naruto but looks over to Cassandra, "Voiceless of God?"
Cassandra makes her way into the pool of blood, "I will choke them on their own ichor, Master,"
"Such rabid devotion," with Cassandra fully disappearing in the pool of blood.
Deathstroke can see that the First Born has broken Cassandra in someway. The way the Daughter of Zeus looked at them like she wanted to eat them. The smell of her breath gives away that she has been eating flesh; most likely man.
"Follow her. And keep her promises. After all, Cassandra the Mad was your master once, Brute," the Minotaur looks over to Wonder Woman. The First Born whose seen this become enraged by this, "You dare look at my chosen?" he backhands the Minotaur which forced the giant man to fall into the pool of blood, "Consider yourself lucky, less than a man. You're need. You would be wise to remain that way,"
Diana watches as the Minotaur dives under the blood to disappear.
"Is that how you would rule me? With cruelty?"
"What else is there in nature? The world is what it is because it doesn't car what it is. There is no sentimentality in life; no, sentimentality is for the living,"
"You say that, but do you truly understand that?" asked Naruto for he's seen the world for what it truly is. There are many things in life, but nothing is sentimentality for nothing. Life works in many way and can surprise you when you'd least expect it, "Life finds a way,"
"Life ends," that is all what the First Born said.
-Themyscira-
Dionysus looks out the window as the fighting is continuing, "It will never make sense to me, Messenger,"
"What's that, Dio?" Hermes asked as he slowly sits up with the pain flaring.
"Their inconsolable rush to death," the God of Madness looks back to his brother, "I mean, being alive; it's the absolute thing they can be. Yet, they too often take it for granted. And wantonly, I might add. They don't savor it,"
"Hmm," the God of Messenger thinks, "Have you ever thought, Dio. That the reason they need to get so close to death is to feel life? The mortals, I mean?"
"Hermes… mortality? Is a word that suits fools. There is no more in it; once death claims the flesh,"
"But Dio, life; for us Gods? it's a sense like sight. Or smell. We don't fight against death, because we have no need. And we never confuse the battle against death. With the end of life."
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While Dionysus and Hermes are talking about why mortals throw their lives away so easily. Down below Orion grabs a soldier and a hyena man before slamming their heads together. Artemis using her knives cutting through the enemy soldiers with blood spraying out onto her and the ground. The dead lay in their own blood and dirt becoming muddy.
Harley bashes a hyena man's head in. The crazy blonde frowns as she loves hyenas. When she was still with the Joker she was the once that took care of her two babies. Speaking of her babies Harley takes out a stake.
"Bud! Lou!" her two babies rush and jumping over a few dead bodies before landing next to her. Bud has a pink Mohawk and Lou has a green Mohawk. Harley looked for the two hyenas for sometime before the whole Five Jokers. Every time when either Harley or the Joker are taken to Arkham the hyenas were taken to a zoo. And every time when Harley always brake out of Arkham always gets them. But the last time when the crazy blonde gotten out they weren't at the zoo like they'd normally be located. It took some time to locate them since they've been taken to Coast City because the zoo wanted some hyenas. Harley and Poison Ivy went on a road trip not too long ago and retrieved the two.
Bud and Lou charge forward to grab one of the enemy soldiers. Pulling, biting, and ripping apart an unlucky soldier. The two hyenas didn't bother as they were with their mother. They don't care who they fight as long their with her.
Raiden cuts through the enemy with ease though the blood is causing his sword to become dull. This shouldn't happen since it's a High-Frequency Blade. The blade should be able to cut through anything without any problems. Yet, the blood from his enemies is causing this. He wonders if magic is somehow at work and this brings up more questions. Like it magic effects the blade's cutting power, then what else does? Does alien technology stops the cutting power? Raiden places all these questions at the back of his mind for now. When this battle is finish he'll ask Naruto more since the blonde knows the High-Frequency Blade Technology the best in the whole world.
Lady Shiva easily disarms and kills any and all who come in her way. The firearms did throw her off at first, but with her experience from over the years took care of that. Though she is starting to think when the enemy will send in their heavy hitters. For right now this is just cannon folder; nothing that stands out. This is almost becoming too easy for the skilled assassin.
Quiet teleports throughout the city taking potshots at those that might cause problems. Mostly the soldiers with rifles. She can understand why it became a blood fest. The Amazon's armor doesn't holds up against bullets and bombs. Rose is having the time of her life. Fighting these soldiers and hyena men is something she can check off of her bucket list. Wintergreen uses wiring wrap around the enemy's neck to severe heads. Wintergreen truly thinks that both Slade and Naruto have some of the worst luck when it comes to missions, though they are fun to fight.
Cassandra and the Minotaur rises out of the pools of blood from the dead. Cassandra scales a building with her coming behind an Amazon, snapping her neck. She leaps to another rooftop to kill another Amazon. The Minotaur lifts up an Amazon before throwing her, then charges the front lines. Orion who sees this charges the Minotaur. The New God grabs the Minotaur by the horns to only get punched in the stomach.
-Olympus-
"Look at them Amazons. Your Sisters, Gods and allies, fighting your battles. It must pain you," the First Born shows the two trying to get them to do something.
"Wrong; it makes me proud," stated Wonder Woman
"Killing, killing, killing, and some more killing. This is how battle is," Naruto doesn't sugarcoat it.
"You revel in the carnage? I find that encouraging,"
"You're wasting your time,"
"Indulge me. Take my hand," he makes his way over the Diana, "We will bathe in the blood of the battlefield,"
"For Amazons, it's an honor to die in battle,"
"Then honor them I shall," grinning if you can call if that, "Every last one you have my word. Unless I have yours,"
"You do not." whispers out Diana.
-Themyscira-
Kicking a now dead human enemy, "Get t the wall girl! There will be Sister there to harbor us!" yelled out Aleka
"I'm not so sure, Aleka," Zola says as more of the enemy are running towards them, "The city seems overrun. Maybe we should head back?"
Bashing a hyena man with her shield before stabbing and killing it, "You question me? Your safety is my responsibility!"
"You call this safe?" dodging a claw swipe
"Perhaps you're right, girl. Then center is the best place for us." before running back the same way they cam from.
-Olympus-
"What I offer is life," said the First Born
"Excuse me?" Diana asked since it didn't make since.
"Your life. I won't take it. I will share it with you,"
"What an odd thing to say,"
"True, but I say it. Because I name you worthy of me. God of War, Queen of the Amazons, Wonder Woman,"
"My name is Diana. Those other words are just descriptions, not names,"
"I… Join me, Diana," from the First Born's wrists a bone comes out like when he still had his gloves with the dragon's claw, "Take my hand,"
"What you want is for me to turn my back on what makes me Diana. I won't join-" she didn't get to finish because the bone found its way in her side.
"Fine," dropping to her knees, "Then die," walking into the pool of blood, "Alone. You spurned me. Now, witness the death of all you love. Before you bleed out." but then the First Born stops and turns to Naruto.
He makes his way over to the blonde, holds him up, and then stabs him with the bone. Then the First Born walks over to the cliff side and drops the blonde. Since Diana wouldn't join him, then Naruto wouldn't join him as well. While Diana will be forced to watch those she loved die in front of her eyes. Naruto doesn't get that so he'll die alone and won't know if his allies will live or die.
-Themyscira-
Groaning and huffing while on the ground, "Enough of this," Orion says, "Beast, tell the devil that spawned you," making way to his feet before rushing towards the Minotaur, "The name of the God that slew you," leaping up, "I am ORI-" Orion didn't get to finish as a horn goes through his stomach.
Tossing Orion to the side. The Minotaur takes a step forward, but stops and turns. A hand rises out of a pool of blood, and the First Born rises out of the blood.
"Kill them all." ordered out the First Born.
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"Good work, Amazons! The amphitheater is secured!" yelled out Aleka
"Secured?" Cassandra yelled out from the rooftop with fresh blood around her mouth like she's been eating the Amazons she killed, "Try surrounded! There is no escape," throws an arrow, "And no surrender!"
Arrows rain down onto the Amazons and assassins. Raising up her shield blocking an arrow, "Stay close, girl; I'll get you to cover!" blocking another arrow.
"It's not use, Aleka! There's nowhere to run!" yelled out Zola
"Run? Amazons doesn't-" an arrow pierces through the redhead's chest piece. Zola kneels down to the bleeding out Aleka, "I'm sorry…"
"ALEKA!"
The enemy soldiers both humans and hyena men stare at Zola. It's as if they knew they've just won. Zeke who is looking at Hippolyta with his eyes beginning to glow.
"No surrender…" says Hippolyta as she moved for the first time in the last few weeks, "We are Amazons."
The former Queen of the Amazons stand in front of the mother and son while wielding a spear. The rest of the Amazons and assassins gather behind the clay queen.
-Olympus-
Diana falls to her side bleeding out since the First Born has hit something important.
"Zola… failed you…" her skin loses color as the blood pools around her. Diana's eyes rolled up, "All…" as her own blood joins the large pool of blood.
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Naruto who came crashing down at a ledge several feet down. He doesn't break an arm, but does dislocate it. Bleeding out from the wound that the First Born gave him. The bastard didn't give him a warrior's death. The one thing that Naruto hates the most is when he is bleeding out. He would prefer to a broken bone, or something like that. Worst of all since Kushina isn't with him anymore the wound won't close up as quickly.
"F- Fuck…!" whispers out the blonde.
-Themyscira-
"And it's a HOME RUN!" shouted out Harley as a head leaves the body of a human soldier, "And it's gone!" she couldn't watch as the First Born savagely punches her in the stomach.
Flying back to crash into a wall with so much force behind it the wall cracks; before slumping down as Harley passing out with some blood running out of the corner of her mouth. Raiden rushes over swinging his sword. But when the blade meets the flesh it stops dead in its tracks. The First Born grins and stabs the cyborg over and over again. This would of normally worked if Raiden had flesh, but since he doesn't it; he takes even though the pain is still there. Seeing that his sword wouldn't do a thing Raiden punched the First Born in the face, but it doesn't bother the monster of the man. The First Born grabs Raiden by the shoulders, lifted him up, grab hold of his legs, and slams down Raiden onto his knee. And just like how Bane broke the Batman; the First Born severed Raiden's spine taking him out of the fight. Raiden's body maybe be a cyborg's body it still works like a human's body.
"Amazons," a tank fires a shell into a building, "A reckoning is upon you," soldiers firing at the fleeing Amazons, "It is time to settle you foolishness. It is time. you've arrogantly set your society outside the world," the Minotaur has Orion and Artemis over both of his shoulders as they too have been defeated, "Never considering that the world could one day come to you," the enemy human soldiers pile the dead Amazons and assassins, "Or should I say, for you. Well, that day has come, island without men. I am that day. My only offer; lay down your weapons, and I promise your deaths will be quick. Fight the inevitable, and I will lustily desecrate your flesh while it rots from your bones. What say you?"
The still clay Hippolyta throws her spear over the buildings that separate the two armies. It comes crashing down at the feet of the First Born.
"Heh! The answer I was hoping for. You will all die bearing my mark. Just like your champions Wonder Woman and Deathstroke!" laughing as he gets to kill the Amazons.
-Olympus-
Wonder Woman notices something moving in the pool of blood. She couldn't make out what it is because of the blood lost.
"This can't be how it ends," stated Ares but that can't be.
"War?" she asked tiredly
"War? No longer my name. No, that belongs to you," Ares fully stands in the pool of blood with him still knee deep, "Light One, it's wonderful to see you again; even like this,"
"I'm sorry… Teacher. I've failed,"
"How? By remaining true to yourself? that's its own victory. Though one, I'm afraid, you won't be able to share and revel in with your friends,"
"But isn't a personal truth shared by examples?" the veins holding loosens finally.
"Hmm, I suppose. I gave up on the truth so long ago, I barely remember what it really is," Diana tries to sits up, "Truth is harsh, and cruel. It's not nuanced, or open to interpretation. It just is. there's no illusion to it, but there is the delusion that the truth is always good. Little One, the First Born is no less true to himself than you are,"
"I… I think I understand. I am tired of fighting for it, and against it," Wonder Woman can see why Ares became the way he did after so long as being the God of War.
"Then… stop?" Ares holds out his hand.
"I…" reaching out to take hold of her teacher's hand, but stops, "Can't,"
"Of course not. That was selfish of me. Goodbye… Diana,"
"Ares…"
Ares fades away with Strife taking his place, "I said, what about Ares?" questioned the Goddess
"Strife… thought you were… him,"
Bending down with her hands on her knees, "Well, better me than you, Baby Sister."
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Why is it so difficult? Groaning not in pain, but out of frustration. Deathstroke thought that the First Born wanted to kill him in battle. Yet, he was just stabbed and thrown off a cliff; left here to die alone. A pitiful laugh escapes Naruto's lips.
"We meet again, Naruto," said Didi as she is leaning against the wall next to Naruto.
Looking to Didi has its been for a few years since the one eyed blonde last seen her, "Didi… here to take me/"
Smiling at her old friend, "I came to talk. You've been busy in the last few years,"
"I could say the same thing about you,"
Laughing at the joke since she is always working, "I guess that I have been. Now we're here with bleeding out. What do you want, Naruto?"
"The same question from all those years ago, huh?" dark bags form underneath Naruto's eyes, "Nothing has changed, but I know who I am. No one can choose what I do, but myself. When the time comes; I'll know what to do," looking out to the dark sky as if the is no light, no hope, no faith in a brighter tomorrow, "In the end, it all matters when the end comes. And greet Death… like a friend…"
-Themyscira-
"Up to my neck in it again," Zola runs through all the fighting as it resumes once more, "Zeke, honey, your Mama sure knows how to put you in a bad place," runs out of the fighting and runs into the palace, "Luckily, she know someone to get us out of it. All we gotta do is find Hermes. We can be back in London toot-" Zola came upon Hera who is watching the fighting going on, "Hera? Why are you just-"
"Are you questioning me, Zola?" it really wasn't a question, "I'd think twice about that, if I were you. The answer… Well, I might not be responsible for it," the Goddess closes her eyes and sighs, "Or even bothered by it. Zola… I'm no longer mortal. I'm a God. Life, death… For me, it's once again like one of those shows we would watch and laugh at together. It's beneath my concern."
It dawns on Hera midway through the fighting that she doesn't have to die with the mortals in this battle. Power can corrupt anyway. And it corrupt Hera once more, but this time she just doesn't want to fight in this battle that may or may not hold the fate of the world at hand. Hera fails to see why people lost their faith in the Gods over time and gave up on them.
"Hold on a second! We took you in! Wonder Woman protected you! I forgave- You tired to kill me and we became friends! doesn't that mean anything to you?" Zola can't believe that Hera was going back on her word when the mother needed her the most.
"It does… I failed. You're still alive,"
"You once said you were afraid of dying alone," turning and walking away from the Queen of Olympus, "Well, hope you like living alone… Goddess!" spits out the word as if it was poison.
-Olympus-
"Oooh… SNAAAP!" shouted Strife as a champagne bottle appears in her hands, "Okay, Mother, now turn her into moss, or something that will get trampled underfoot, while I…" shacking and popping the top off.
"What… are you drinking to…?" trying to stand but can't.
"Why, you, my dear. You, and your utterly abject failure," shrugging her shoulders, "Look, War had his bad points… and his bad points, but one thing he was never, was boring. Seriously, I thought you might actually win; I Know, crazy or me. And I was worried how dull it would all become," taking a drink from her champagne bottle, "But now, it's all unraveled, and falling apart, and-"
"I'll die…"
"Come again?" since that doesn't make very much sense.
"I'll die, and my life will be over, and like War, I'll have-"
"Peace?" Strife couldn't have that. She grabs Wonder Woman's armor and drags her into the pool of blood, "Like hell."
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Naruto has wonder throughout his life what death was like. Is there a white pearly gates? Valhalla? The Fields of Elysium? Paradise? Nirvana? The Promised Lands? He's always wonder what awaits for him. But with how much death he'd brought Naruto knows he isn't going to any of those places.
"Didi… What it like? The after life, I mean,"
"It's different everyone. Those who did great things will have what they've wanted the most. Those that did neath good or bad have peaceful times. Those that did trouble things are in pain till the end of time,"
"I guess I'll feel pain till the end of time, huh?" Naruto knows where he's going. One doesn't become an assassin and have a good life.
"You'll know when it is your time," Didi points over to a vial of Purple Ray. During sometime during their talk the veins were cut.
Naruto rolls over with him crawling towards the vial. Taking hold of the vial and just stares at the glowing purple liquid. If he takes the Purple Ray it'll heal his wound and stop the bleeding.
"If I take this… then I'll have to fight, won't I?" Naruto asked Didi since he already knows the answer.
"Naruto, there are many things in life that is hard. You grow stronger with each fight and death. Your time is not now, and it won't be for a very long time. Fight," taking the Purple Ray as it has been injected into his neck, "Fight and win," Naruto begins climbing the cliff side, "Win; for the Blackest Night is coming," digging his hands into the flesh with blood coating them. For the blood and death is the same for Naruto, "For it will be a Brightest Day when it comes."
-Themyscira-
Orion was slammed onto the ground, "The air… It's thick with the stench of your bile. You're still alive," a chain and collar hits the ground, "Put this on, dog,"
"Go… fuck yourself…" groans out before he was kicked in the side.
"But I am your master! I-"
The First Born didn't get to finish as he, the Minotaur, and the rest of his army are covered in flies. Milan flies around on Orion's A4.
"You are a very bad person! You have hurt Orion from space! I will save him from his hellride!" an energy beam comes out of Orion's A4 to captures Orion, Artemis, Raiden, and Harley, "Yes, A4. And I will save the moon! We will take them on a joyride to heaven," a boomtube opens up with them flying through into it, "Then we will whoop yo' ass like Saddam Hussein!"
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This is all too painfully easy!" yelled out Cassandra as she kill one of the male Amazons. She looks over to see Zola and Zeke, "Eh? Perfect!" leaping through the air towards them.
Hippolyta cuts off a hyena man's head. The blood from the creature pools out with Strife coming out.
"Sigh! An entrance is an entrance, I suppose," coming out fully while the Goddess of Discord drags new God of War out behind her, "I believe this is yours, golem?"
"Diana!" shouted out the clay Hippolyta, "What did you do to her, you witch!?"
"Moi?" blocking the attack while the sword breaks because Strife's skin is too hard, "I dragged her sorry, lied to ass back where she was raised. So she can watch it get razed,"
Using what strength she can muster Diana sucks punches Strife, "That was awful! Even for you!" Diana's mother catches her daughter, "And by the way, Mother, Strife's no a witch, she's a bitch!"
"Daughter!" the former Queen couldn't believe what she heard her daughter said.
"I… I can't begin to describe how happy being call that makes me, even under these circumstances," Diana has so much joy to see her mother even if she's in clay form.
"My girl, it's in strife that Amazons mettle is honed,"
"The center… is it holding?"
Hippolyta lays down her daughter to try and make her comfortable, "Yes, though I fear not for much longer. Diana, I'm so sorry for the lies,"
"Mother, we both have regrets to air. Now is not the time,"
A boomtube opens up with Orion manning A4 with everyone else jumping off and beginning to fight the enemies at bay.
"Hello, Legs! Whoa, that's a lot of blood. You need a-"
"Legs?" Hippolyta didn't like that her daughter was called such a name.
Landing A4 next to Wonder Woman with the headlight shinning down the Amazon, "Plug her up fast, A4. We got some bad company,"
Everyone turns to look as the First Born is making his way towards them, "Dying time is here. You are surrounded,"
Getting to her knees, "No, First Born," standing to her feet, "I believe it's you who is surrounded!"
Mechanical war elephants charge through the enemy's army from the rear. From below the Brothers and Sisters of Themyscira fight through the army. The male Amazons are wearing full suits of armor that protects them from bullets. The female Amazons are wear thicker and heavier armor while wielding heavy axes and swords that easily cut through the enemies.
"YES! Come; I insist! We deserve an audience, your Queen and I!" roars out the First Born
"Mother, you must hold the center," Diana tells her mother what must be done.
"Of course, but to what end? A diversion?"
"I need time; and a way to find Zola," Diana turned to her older brother, Milan, "Milan?"
"I will find her, Sister,"
"Thank you," Wonder Woman kisses Milan's forehead.
Taking off his blind fold, "With swarming eyes, I see… Jungle around us… The death at our feet… Zola and Baby Zeke in the Dark… And the Shadows."
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"Hermes?" Zola made her way to where Hermes and Dionysus where saying at to only find them missing.
"Messenger! Messenger! Where can he be…" sings out Canssandra, "Dead perhaps? Soon like mom and baby? I wonder what he tastes like," Zola runs down the hallway, "Just a bit, a nip, that's all I want,"
"Get away!" shouted out Zola
But she was cut off by three hyena men, "There is none for you," growled out one of the hyena men
"Away with you, foul feralness, the girl is mine," stated Cassandra
"The child is meat," growled out another hyena man
"This is all fucked up!" Zola closed her eyes to wait for the end to come which it never did. She opened her eyes to find the hyena men have been turned to emerald, "Glass?"
Then the emerald turned hyena men were smashed to pieces. Hera is standing behind the broken hyena men wielding an axe, "Zola, my tastes run a bit higher than melted sand. It's crystal. Clear?" walking passed the mother and baby towards Cassandra. And with a wave of her hand the Daughter of Zeus is lifted up in the air, "Now as for you. Oh, what I will do to you. Torments, for eons. Or, I could end everything with just a flick of my wrist. Decisions, decisions,"
"Hera, no! Please," says Diana as everyone else is standing behind her, "These once was goodness in Cassandra. Lennox saw it, and I want to see it as well. Can you give her the same chance I gave you? Redemption?"
Waving her hand causing Cassandra to slam against the wall which made her to pass out, "But she'll cause no more trouble for us now!"
"We can all live with that. Even in the face of Gods and Amazons, the First Born is too powerful with the Throne of Olympus at his backside. It's up to the last born to pull it out from under him. We need to fulfill the prophecy,"
"I'll cover you," said Orion
"You, Orion?" says Hermes for he can't believe what he is hearing, "I seem to recall that mocking that deision once before,"
"That's because it wasn't mine," the New God jumps out of the window and into the fighting.
Jumping out to following him. "I'll join you!"
"Sounds fun! But first we fight!"
Hera turns to Diana was the blue energy dome covers the Queen of the Amazons, Zola and baby Zeke, and Hermes, "Diana… I want to say…"
"No, Hera. Thank you." and with that they teleport to end the fight.
-Olympus-
A blue dome of energy appears on Olympus to see the large pool of blood and the flesh covered ground. Tunnels leading to who nowhere's. Sitting on the other side of the large pool of blood is the Throne of Olympus. The broken throne that once was beautiful waits for it to be restore.
"This is Olympus?" asked Hermes because he can't believe his eyes for Olympus was a beautiful place that is wonders.
"And that's it's one throne. Jutting up like a knife through the bowels," replied Diana, "Zola, we need to get Zeke on that chain. If the prophecy is true, he's the only one who can stop the First Born,"
Wonder Woman takes Zeke making sure he is safe in her arms, "Are you sure about tha-" pain flares in Zola's stomach causes her to fall to the ground, "What's happening?" she opens her eyes which became yellow orange.
"Heh… Invariably, that's the question you mortals ask when you come face to face with," Poseidon rises out of the pool of blood in his large form. Showing that Poseidon has sided with the First Born, "The end. I suppose thanks are in order. You lured that idiot First Born away from the Throne, thus delivering my prize now," scratch that. It seems that Poseidon just waited for the right time to take the Throne of Olympus for himself, "Hand over the last born,"
"Um… no?" the Queen of the Amazons simply says
"Diana, your skills as a negotiator leaves-"
"THERE WILL BE NO NEGOTIATIONS!" roars out the Gods of the Seas with him slamming down a tentacle.
Hermes quickly picked up Zola and jumps out of the way while jumps to the side. More tentacles come out of the pool of blood slamming down onto the fleshly ground.
"I am the sea! There are no shores that can contain me!" a tentacle wraps around Diana's leg, "Not those of Hell… or Heaven!" Zeke flies out of Wonder Woman's hands.
Luckily since the ground is made out of flesh the landing was very soft for Zeke when he lands on the fleshly ground. But Poseidon didn't lose sight of of Zeke during the whole time.
"My Brothers are gone, and there is ruling to be done; but not by a rabid monster or a crying innocent,"
But before any tentacles come even close all the tentacles are cut off. Standing in front of Zeke is Naruto wielding his sword, Kurama. The one eyed blonde only grabbed his sword and nothing else for he doesn't need anything else. Turning to eye the baby who is crying before turning back to the God of the Seas.
"Don't you know you can't harm babies?" said Naruto, "You then again, you Gods don't give a shit about anything else but yourselves,"
"Hera's Champion!" growls out Poseidon, "So you are here as well!"
"I've been here."
Naruto didn't say anything else with him leaping towards Poseidon. The red blade cuts through more tentacles from the Sea God. Exhaling with him dodging a swipe from Poseidon. Growling as the Champion of Hera the Sea God summons up rain clouds that quickly flood the area. Zola quickly picked up Zeke before the waters could get to him.
Grabbing the wall to watch Poseidon thrusting around trying to hit anyone and everyone. Letting go and fall towards the God Naruto swings his sword downward, cutting through several tentacles. Blood from the God sprays over the blonde before aiming at the head of Poseidon. Said God grabs Naruto in midair. Adding pressure, squeezing, crushing. But the pain stops; for Naruto at less as chains burst out of Poseidon's hand. Though it didn't last long for Naruto was swallowed whole.
Grinning as this is what Naruto wanted. Cutting through the esophagus. Poseidon feels the pain. The burning from Kurama causes Poseidon coughing up blood with Naruto going inside the stomach all the while dragging the blade down the esophagus and even the stomach lining. Cutting a hole to escape the stomach was easy, followed by cutting through the liver, small and large intestines before bursting out of Poseidon's torso. Turning on the balls of his feet and leap towards the wounded Sea God. Swinging his sword once more as Poseidon cries out in pain, but pushing through the pain hits Naruto into the waters below. Growling at the Champion of Hera he focuses on the waters creating a whirlpool.
Stabbing Kurama into the fleshly ground Naruto lets his rage burns. Chains burst out of Naruto's back anchoring him him down before taking Kurama out and letting the strong currents take him; all the while the chains keeping him anchor. Following the currents Naruto takes a swing cutting through Poseidon's flesh each time he makes a rotation in the whirlpool. As the current picks up more and more speed Naruto lets the chains come undone with the blonde flying out of the waters swinging Kurama at the God of the Seas. While this whole fight was going on Kurama was going stronger. Because the sword was made from Trigon's horn it has a fraction of his power. A power so foul that it harms the Old Gods and the New Gods. It gives them what they don't know; and that being death.
When Naruto swung the blade cuts through Poseidon's neck, making his head leave his body. With Poseidon's death all the water in the area disappear like it was never there before. Landing on the other side of the pool of blood. He turns around to stare at the body of Poseidon disappear into dust. Screams of pain reaches the blonde's ears; he quickly turns to see Zola on her knees.
"What's happening to me?!" Zola asked Diana as her hands are claw like now.
"Whatever is happening will pale in the face of what is about to," says the First Born as he and the Minotaur rise out of the pool of blood, "Your deaths have been inevitable from the moment I shoved my fist through shattering ice. Welcome to your graveyard,"
Hermes raises his staff, "Graveyard? This is a place of immortality!" the Messenger of the Gods uses his super speed passing by the Minotaur as the bull was charging towards everyone else, "You DEVIL!"
"It's me who is the devil? Me? Who was imprisoned for the crime of being born fist?" the First Born caught the staff and grabs Hermes by the throat, "I have you all. Messenger, I have a message. Deliver it to the universe," the First Born slams Hermes onto the ground and stabs the down God, "Die!"
Wonder Woman who summoned two short swords clash with the Minotaur, "You won't be forgiven for the Amazon blood you've spilt today. Know I'll do whatever it takes to assure it was the last drop, Brute!"
The Minotaur uses his strength and tough skin to block the blades from Wonder Woman. While Wonder Woman has learned from Ares, the Minotaur has all the experience from over two thousand years. Using his horns to block the blades was easy.
"Whatever it takes!" grabbing hold of the brute of a monster in a headlock and drives her short sword into his chest.
Back over with the First Born he makes his way over to Zola, "And so the prophecy bears fruit. The boy; I want the boy," veins wave and spread out like wings and shoot towards the mother who cuts through them with her clawed hand, "Don't waste our time, girl. There's nowhere to run,"
Gritting her teeth as the First Born just won't stop coming for her baby, "I ain't runnin' from you!" growing tired of being weak she charges at the First Born with her clawed hand cutting across his chest.
The Minotaur takes hold of Wonder Woman before preforming a German suplex on her. Naruto takes a swing with his sword but it hit from behind knocking him out. The Minotaur lass his hands together and slams his fists onto Wonder Woman knocking her out. Veins burst out of the First Born's chest wrapping around the mother and her son.
The First Born turns around when he heard a pop. Standing there is Strife holding up an open bottle of champagne, "Honestly, I wouldn't have pegged this affair as a two bottler, but who would have thought they would make it this far? First Born, you throw one wicked party. Mind if I pull up a chair?"
"If you must," he really doesn't care as victory is finally at hand.
Taking a drink from the bottle, "Oh, I wouldn't miss this for the world; or Olympus,"
"Olympus belongs to me, Strife," turning to Wonder Woman and Deathstroke, "Me… alone," turning to the still crying Baby Zeke, "Now, Little Brother, it's time to end your… treat. What fate do you deserve? Death… or something much worse? Hah! Yes, of course. I will cast you down, far down, into a pit void of love and happiness," the pool of blood drains and the ceiling move revealing the starry sky, "Let me open to the stars, so that all may watch as I fee you to the bowels of the universe. Are you watching, Father? See how I will avenge myself upon your last born," the First Born stops when he hears both Wonder Woman and Deathstroke groan, "Very good, the Amazon and assassin stirs. Wake. Watch me destroy that which you love, just as I crushed your home,"
"Bullshit," the First Born heard this and turned his head to hear her out, "I'm sorry, try as I might. And I don't, really. I just can't stop myself. I was just a spectator, sweetie, but it appeared that the Amazons and Hephaestus' combined the legions were doing the crushing. that's why you returned to Olympus, hmm? To get a secret weapon. You weren't retreating, no… perish the thought. Right along with your horrid little army,"
"I'll raise another army," fired back as he will destroy the Amazons once he returns to the battle.
"Woof,"
"Less than a man, finish off Wonder Woman. Send her head to her mother."
The Minotaur stands over Wonder Woman holding one of her short swords. He can remember when she stood over him all those years ago. When she sparred his life. And just like all those years ago when Diana sparred him, so too will the Minotaur with him dropping the short sword.
"What are you waiting for?!" roared out the First Born before throwing a punch so strong that ripped off his face mask, "I'll have no more of your insolence! And no more of you less than a man!" taking the face mask with it over his head, "You exist to kill. You refuse to do so…? The First Born stops to see the true face of the Minotaur. That the Minotaur in not a man but a bull with his horns broken off as they are still connected to his face mask, "Heh. Less than beast, as well. Cow, to slaughter you is mercy,"
Wonder Woman who regained consciousness to remember the Minotaur she sparred all those years ago, "No!" but it was too late as the First Born buries the Minotaur's very own horn into the man beast's chest, "Mercy… Thank you, First Born, for reminding me who I am. I have been blessed with many gifts. But I need none to defeat you," shedding off her armor and Bracelets of Submission to reveal underneath her original costume, "Face me, First Born. I am the Daughter of Hippolyta and Zeus. I am the God of War. I am Wonder Woman," releasing her godly power that she never wanted to use again, "But I need only be myself,"
"You all talk too much," says Naruto with him standing to his feet as well, "How is someone suppose to sleep with the two of you talking so loudly! But just like Diana said, I too don't need Kurama to harm you, First Born. I just need my fists."
Jumping towards the First Born Diana delivers a powerful right hay maker that forced the first son of Zeus to take a step back. Naruto slides underneath the woman to kick the First Born in the nuts.
"Release my friends, and I promise you mercy!"
Coming back with a right hook across Diana's face and kicking Naruto away from him, "Such devotion, it stirs my heart,"
"Do you have a heart?" Diana really didn't need to ask since the First Born can't and won't understand others, "Let's find out," thrusting her fist into the monster's chest to take out a bloody fist, "Let my friends go!"
"Heh," laughing as he didn't feel the pain caused by Wonder Woman, "You offer me mercy if I show mercy? Very well. I will let you friends go," and that he did. Throwing Zola and Zeke up high into the air.
"NO!"
Hermes who was forgotten sometime ago manages to rise to his knees while using his staff teleports over to them, catching them, "I've got them! No mercy, Diana! He doesn't deserve it!"
Diana is backhanded away with her flipping through the air. The First Born turns to catch Naruto's fist and runs him into the ground. Wonder Woman runs and slams her shoulder into the monster that cause him and slides away; but he runs back over and slam his own shoulder into her. Naruto uppercuts the monster only for said monster to take hold of him, slams him into a wall, and tries to grab hold of his face. The one eyed blonde takes the monster's hand and uses his super strength to force it; showing that he too has been holding back. Slowly with enough pressure to break a few bones in the First Born's hand.
Taking a swing that connect causes the First Born to take a step back and breaking free from his hold. But the monster tries to backhand as a counterattack only for Naruto to duck underneath. Seeing a chance to make a move throws another punch only for the First Born to grab his fist and place him in a bear hug. Diana takes this time to tackle the both of them since the First Born isn't paying her any attention. All three of the fall to lower levels of Olympus with Naruto hitting a level before the other two, the First Born hitting a level lower, and finally Diana falling the farthest with her rolling gonto her stomach.
Gasping for air Naruto rolls onto his side as he think a rib might be broken. The First Born grabs the ledge to look down upon Wonder Woman who is standing to her feet taking a few breather and a bit weak on her feet from that fall, turns to face the First Born.
Leaping down delivering a nasty right hook, with Diana giving him one back to grab his shoulder and give a massive uppercut. Wraps her arm around his throat to place a hold on him. But the First Born jumps backwards slamming Wonder Woman into the grround and him placing a knee into her stomach; followed by a downward punch that breaks the ground when she moved her head out of the way. He takes his time punching Diana in the face over and over again; just to stop when Naruto jumps down hitting him on his back with a nasty over the head double fisting. This forces the First Born off of Wonder Woman.
Getting to her feet quickly to watch the First Born throwing a hay maker at Naruto. Said blonde ducks, uppercuts, and Spartan kicks the First Born in the chest. Wonder Woman backhanding him, Naruto giving a left hook, First Born right hook to Naruto, Diana using this it to throw a massive left hay maker, Naruto kicking behind First Born's knee forcing him to said knee, uppercut by Diana, body blow to stomach from Naruto, left hook from Diana.
Growling more and more angrier by this uppercuts First Born that causes her to fly back. Naruto delivers a left hook only to meet a fist to his face. The First Born takes this time to get in a few more punches before the blonde raises his guard to block. Blocking again but this time with his elbow, turning and dodging a nasty thrust. Naruto grabs the wrist; savagely pushes up the arm and throws a punch with all his weight behind it, causing the first Born to hit the wall behind him. Not wanting to give him anytime Naruto palm slams his head into the wall, holds it and shoves his hand into the First Born's chest. The First Born tries to fight off the hand going into his chest, but Naruto is pushing through and letting the monster feel pain, to know pain.
Digging deeper into the chest with the aim to rip out the heart of this heartless monster. Roaring as his finger dig deep enough for Naruto to feel the pulse, and beat of a heart. Roaring too for the First Born breaks free by dislocating the very arm that is digging into his chest; to kick the assassin in the side causing a few ribs to break. Naruto drops to the ground for Diana to rise to her feet.
Not giving the First Born time to rest slams her shoulder into the monster, and rains fists of death onto the monster. Growing angrier and angrier with this fight as these two are pushing him to his limit. Something that never happened before. Yes, he was defeated, but the Gods never fought him in combat; only using their powers to defeat him. But these two? These two are fighting him in combat and are winning.
Slamming the the First Born do to the ground as she rips the veins off of him, "You scream for love, First Born, yet you know nothing of it. Love requires compassion," ripping more veins, "Nurturing," the veins turn gold as Diana pumps her godly power into them, "And above all, submission. Here," wrapping and ting the First Born with the golden veins, "I'll show you!"
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Hermes teleported Zola and Zeke over to the broken Throne of Olympus. Zeke is still crying as things just keep happening around him.
"Don't cry, Zeke. If Diana's right; sitting you on this chair will end this whole mess. It's where you belong," the mother sits Zeke on the throne, "But no matter what happens; no matter what you're meant to be. You will always be my baby boy."
Nothing happened, but then Zeke's eyes glow white as electricity spark out of his eyes. The Throne of Olympus is restored to its former glory. Lightning rains down and dance around Olympus.
"I KNEW IT!" Strife shouted out.
Lightning strikes the ground where Diana and the First Born were on causing them to fall.
"No! NO! NOT THE ABYSS!" yelled out the First Born as the fear sets in of going back to the center of the Earth, "Not AGAIN, Father! Not alone!"
Wonder Woman grabs hold the side before falling down even farther. Naruto stand on the edge holding Kurama somehow the sword found him back. The blonde throws the sword pass Wonder Woman; the blade cuts through the air piercing the First Born's chest. Piercing his heart. With that said and done, Naruto kneels down and gigves Diana a hand and pulls her up.
"And with that it is done,"
"Do you think the First Born is dead?" she asked since her eldest brother is so hard to kill.
"He's dead. Kurama will make sure of that. That's why he was forged."
Nodding to her childhood friend. She gently holds Naruto before flying up to see how everyone else is doing. The flight didn't take too long for the two as they reach the summit.
"Is everyone okay?" Diana asked since she doesn't know what really happened during her fight.
"Yes… and no, Diana," confessed Hermes
"Thank you, War, for helping return Father to his throne," said Zola who isn't acting like her normal self.
"Athena?"
"Yes,"
"You tricked me. This was all a masquerade?
"No, Amazon. Twenty some years ago, I was born as this mortal Zola. My true nature has been… sleeping inside of her,"
"So the Virgin Goddess isn't a virgin anymore. How Greek of you," Naruto said to the Goddess of Wisdom
"All this upheaval and bloodshed, what we've been through together… For what?"
"Even Gods have regrets, Wonder Woman. Perhaps Zeus grew weary of the man he'd become and wanted a chance to be different. Or maybe he thought it would be amusing. Or both, you're still young, eternity hasn't lost it's luster for you. Father knew that when he disappeared, the First Born would return. And that Ares was faltering. And that he wanted more for you. Strife was told the secret of your birth, knowing full well that her nature would start you on the path of godhood. None save I was privy to his full plan it was a risky gambit, but you all played your parts splendidly. And I? As Zeus once gave birth to me, I gave birth to him," Athena holds up her shoes, "Now all that is left is to discard the remnants of this vessel's humanity and I shall be myself once more,"
"Zo- Athena! Wait!" cried out Diana with her dropping to her knees, "Athena… Goddess I- I pray to your wisdom. What you name a vessel has proven to be so much more. Sue is kind. She is clever. She is honorable and forgiving and witty and every life she's touched is better because in the midst of chaos, she showed us humanity. We've seen what kind of monsters we Gods create when love is denied. Zeke needs his mother. He needs Zola… and so do I. Goddess… When given choices, should we not choose love above all else? Please…" she takes Athena's hand, "Please… please…"
"Um… Diana?" Zola asked since she doesn't know why the woman is on her knees and crying.
"ZOLA!" happy to see her friend back once more.
"Yeah… Are you okay? Where are my shoes?" Zeke begins to cry for his mother. The mother picks up her son, "Waa? It's just a bird, baby boyee!" a large white owl was sitting on the armrest before flapping its wings and takes off to the skies.
Diana hugs the mother and son, "Thank you, Athena,"
"Who?" Zola asked once more.
Everyone watches as the sun rises over the horizon. Showing that a new day is upon them. That the threat of the First Born has ended for good. A brighter future awaits for them and those that fought along side them. A future that was wreath fighting for.
-Author's Note-
Yay! It's finally over! Next chapter is the end of this arc! This would of came out sooner, but I blame Overwatch releasing the Lunar Event.