Chapter 25 The Trial of Pandora part 3
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The Nine members of the Akatsuki were meeting together for important business.
"Well, Zetsu. Why have you called us all here?" Pain asked.
"It's regarding Orochimaru. Apparently theres an event held in Greece in Athens called the Trial of Pandora. This Trial is to see who is worthy enough to receive Greek training in many aspects not just the ways of Spartans. And the Trial in Pandora's temple holds an incredible power called Pandora's box. Whoever wields this power can become unstoppable." Both white and Black Zetsu said.
"Thats a rather interesting power. But what does this power have to do with Orochimaru?" Kisame asked.
"Orochimaru is planning an invasion force to destroy Athens and claim this power for himself. I don't think we need to tell you what will happen if he gets that box for himself." Both Zetsu's said.
"This is rather troublesome. However it could also mean an opportunity for all of us as well if we were to claim that box. We would be a large step closer to our goal and collect all the tailed beasts, Spirits and the half gods of the world." Pain said.
"Who exactly is participating in this trial?" Sasori asked.
"One of them happens to be Itachi and his brother. The others are from the Leaf and one from the cloud village." White Zetsu said.
"Itachi huh? Good this will be perfect payback for spying on us." Kisame said since he was pretty ticked off about him betraying the Akatsuki.
"Hmm. Kisame. You, Sasori, Deidera, Kakuzu and Hidan will go to Athens to claim this box and if you get the chance Kill Itachi and Orochimaru. Both have proven to be problems for the Akatsuki. Zetsu, I have a more important task for you. One that might benefit the Akatsuki greatly." Pain said confusing the others.
"Meaning?" White Zetsu asked.
Meanwhile
Walking up to the door that had the statue of a skull on it Sasuke took out the skull of the builder's youngest son and slammed it in making it open.
"All right lets get going." Sasuke said as they entered the next room. And as soon as they did they nearly got flattened by a moving object making them run away.
"Oh come on! How many death traps are in this place!" Shikamaru yelled.
As they were running Sasuke noticed a ladder above them that was to high to reach and he couldn't use his Chakra.
"Hang on I got an idea." Sasuke said as they came to some stairs before the object neared them and Sasuke jumped on it and kept a good amount of pace to stay on til he got to the ladder.
Once he jumped on the ladder went down and a secret door opened up on the floor taking the large object went down which made the floor safe again.
"Jeez who the hell designed this place. Its one trap after another." Shikamaru said rubbing his head.
"Doesn't matter now. We're getting closer to the end of this thing." Sasuke said as they all climbed the ladder before reaching the next room outside.
Suddenly however though a large green dog appeared.
"Now look at this little creature." Guy said picking it up.
"Uh Guy sensei I wouldn't do that." Shikamaru said.
"What? He's a cute little adorable..." Guy tried to say till it started to grow large and Guy fell down with the large now three headed dog on top of hime growling.
"Uh oh." Kakashi thought before Guy started screaming as it tried to eat him and would have had Sasuke not used his new blades to cut off the heads killing it and Guy kicked it off him.
"Next time don't do that. Nothing in this temple is friendly." Itachi said before they came to another monument of one of the gods. This time Kakashi stepped on it and this one really surprised the group.
"Zeus." Kakashi said seeing the king of all the gods of Olympus.
"Kakashi Hatake. Your lightning style greatly impresses me. But even your Chidori will not be enough to pass the Trial of Pandora. So I offer you the power of the king of the gods The father of Olympus I offer you the Power of Zeus." Zeus said as a lightning bolt appeared before Kakashi and he picked it up without getting electrocuted. "Take this power Kakashi and use it to destroy your enemies both in the temple and on the battlefield. Go all of you. Go forth in the name of Olympus." Zeus said before his image vanished. (Again picture all of the gods as their God of War appearances from the second and third game)
"Well that was unexpected." Shikamaru said.
"But a good weapon nonetheless." Sasuke said.
Using their new weapons made their job a lot easier. Fighting off monsters solving puzzles and climbing to the next room was easy.
Of course though this next room was very concerning.
"What in the world?" Guy said looking at the many people held captive in cages above them.
"Shouldn't we help them?" Omoi asked.
"I don't think it works that way." Itachi said.
While the others were talking Sasuke went into the room ahead. The room looked like an incinerator.
"Now is this room for?" Sasuke asked himself before spotting a note on the floor and reads it. Due to his training he also learned Greek language. After reading the whole thing his eyes widened.
"They...They can't be serious!" Sasuke asked in disbelief before finding a handle for a crank outside the room.
While Sasuke was walking back the others tried to free the others.
"Damnit!" Shikamaru yelled as his Kunai wouldn't break through.
"What is this stuff? Titanium?" Omoi asked.
"No, it isn't." Sasuke said walking to the crank and inserted the handle.
"Sasuke? What's wrong?" Itachi asked seeing the conflicted look on his face.
"Let's just say I found out how to get out of this room." Sasuke said turning the crank and one of the prisoners came down.
"Oh thank the gods you've come. Get me out of here. We can find our way back to Athens." The Prisoner said but Sasuke just looked at the room in front of them. "What are you waiting for?" The Prisoner asked.
"The Gods demand Sacrifice...From all of us." Sasuke said making the Prisoner widen his eyes in horror.
"What does that mean?" Asuma asked.
"Do you remember when Athena said this Trial would take our humanity away from us? Well, I wound out how." Sasuke said pointing to the room in front of them. "That room is an incinerator which means..." Sasuke tried to say.
"We need a human sacrifice." Shikamaru said looking at the Prisoner. "What exactly did you do to end up here?" Shikamaru asked.
"Nothing I swear! Now get me out of here!" the Prisoner yelled in fear.
"Allow me." Itachi said using his Sharingan on him seeing through his memories. "Well, I can see why he's really here. This man is both a traitor and a murderer. Killed innocent civilians for blood money." Itachi said.
"Still he doesn't deserve to die like this." Shikamaru said.
"I disagree." Sasuke said as he started pushing him towards the room.
"Noooo!" The Prisoner yelled as Sasuke pushed him towards the room.
While he was doing this the others fought off the monsters
"Keep them off him." Kakashi said throwing a lightning bolt at one of the monsters.
"NO! Gods on high! Save me from these Barbarians! Please! PLEASE!" The Prisoner yelled before they reached the room. "NO! NOT IN THAT ROOM!" The Prisoner yelled before Sasuke placed him into position. "I'm begging you on your humanity please don't do this!" The Prisoner yelled before Sasuke pulled the lever and the man was burned. "AHHHHHHH!" The prisoner yelled before he was taking down and the door opened.
"Well, that wasn't that difficult." Sasuke said. Considering the man was a criminal it provided some comfort to know his first official kill was meaningful. Heading into the hallway in front of them they went forward till they entered a chamber that had another statue this one resembling Poseidon the God of the seas. In front of the Statue was a Trident.
"Hmm." Sasuke said before pulling it out and slammed in back down before the group started to glow before it faded.
"I feel different." Omoi said before the water levels started to rise high before they couldn't breathe fresh air but suddenly could breathe underwater and the water levels dropped back to normal.
"Oh I see. The Trident grants the ability to breathe underwater." Kakashi said.
"That could prove to be useful." Guy said.
Moving past all the obstacles in the area they swam to the room where Shino was killed again.
"We're back here again?" Asuma asked.
"I think I get what we're supposed to do. Look at the Jewel thats split in half." Shikamaru said pointing to two statues holding a large jewel that was split and a lever that could push them together. "I think we're supposed to finish certain obstacles and change the whole room till everything is aligned perfectly. This in turn might take us up higher to the temple to the box." Shikamaru said.
"Makes sense honestly." Sasuke said.
Soon they headed back to the center of the temple and found a small pool of water with an entrance down below which they swam to in order to get to the next room. This entire section was devoted to the god of the Underworld Hades. However before they could progress another monument was seen and Itachi approached it. This one belonged to the Goddess Athena.
"Athena." Itachi said.
"Itachi Uchiha. You and your brother have progressed well since the start of the trial. My brother Ares without my permission has granted Sasuke my Blades of Athens. Though they suit him well you also will be granted a weapon similar to both the Blades of Chaos and the Blades of Athens. I offer you the blades of Exile." Athena said as the Blades of Exile appeared before him and he placed them on his back. "Use them well, For the test in this room will be difficult to beat. You will all need to push yourselves beyond your limits." Athena said before vanishing.
As this was going on Omoi walked towards a door that had the Olympian symbol on it before the locks above it started to come off and something was banging against the door.
"Uh guys?" Omoi said before something busted out and smashed its fist on Omoi crushing him with his blood and guts coming out.
"Omoi!" Shikamaru said in shock before they saw the creature that killed their comrade. This creature resembled a Minotaur that had heavy armor on it.
"Damn that is one huge monster." Asuma said before Sasuke and Itachi used their blades to attack it. The best they were doing was weakening it but they needed something really strong and fast to break through that armor.
Shikamaru noticed a weapon that could fire flaming logs at it if it stayed still long enough.
"I got an idea." Shikamaru said before pulling the lever and sure enough one of the logs fired at the creature when it was still and damaged the armor.
"What just happened?" Sasuke asked.
"Listen keep attacking that thing and make sure it stays still. The more damage it takes from this the more likely we can destroy all that armor on it." Shikamaru said.
Doing as he asked they managed to defeat the giant monster before it was sent into the door with a log impaled on its chest and its fist made a door.
"Jeez such a drag." Shikamaru said before they entered the room the monster came from and once they reached the top they found another tomb like the one for the youngest son of the man who built the temple.
"Another one? Wonder who this is for?" Asuma said before reading the inscription on it. "Huh. This is the second and last son of the guy who built this place. Guess this whole thing must have costed him a lot to build this place." Asuma said before Sasuke pulled the top off and pulled the skull off of the body.
"I saw the same giant skull from before in the pool we used to get here. Betting this is going to help us along the way." Sasuke said before the left the room.
Once they got down though they noticed Omoi's body was gone.
"What the? First Shino's now Omoi's? Whats going on?" Shikamaru asked.
"It's clear that someone or something is dragging away the bodies of our fallen comrades. Perhaps that man from outside the temple is responsible for this." Neji said.
"Maybe so. But I don't think we can get outside the temple without the box." Sasuke said before they left this section of the temple. Once they got back to the center of the room from before Sasuke implanted the skull in the wall and very quickly the water was drained from the center. Inside the statue in the middle was a crank with a crystal.
"I was right. We need to align this room perfectly for the both Crystals to reflect on each other." Shikamaru said.
"Good idea." Neji said.
Soon enough they were aligning the entire room correctly. Once both crystals were facing each other it was time to begin.
"Ok now." Shikamaru said pushing the split crystal together and a light hit the crystal in the center of the room which made the temple began to shake before the Statue in the center started to move high above.
Meanwhile
Sean who was observing from his post smirked.
"Well, done. Now the easy part can begin." Sean said.
"We have a problem." Red Sonja said handing him a scroll which he took and began to read before frowning.
"Hmm. Thats not good. Hopefully those guys can get finished fast enough to help out." Sean said.
Back with the group
"I was not expecting that." Shikamaru said.
"What were you expecting?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't know. The box coming down or something." Shikamaru said before they got in the center before being carried up to the highest part of the temple.
Once they ascended to the top they found another temple of sorts. (I know thats not what happened but I'm going to skip all the boring shit and get to the best part)
"Now what is that?" Guy asked.
"If I had to guess the builder made this place for himself." Kakashi said before he noticed a press plate down and pressed down on it seeing the door partially open.
"Looks like there are a total of three press plates to activate. Two most be over there while one is back here." Itachi said.
"I'll stay here and keep this one down till the rest of you open the door fully." Guy said.
Soon they managed to find the other two plates and press them down using objects to hold them down and the door fully opened.
"Looks like you're going to have to rush through this." Kakashi said.
"All right then." Guy said before dashing towards the door.
However as he did he got tackled by a few monsters and ended up getting cut to pieces by one of the saw blades.
"Guy!" Asuma yelled as they saw him cut to pieces.
"Oh man!" Shikamaru said in annoyance.
"Theres nothing we can do now." Itachi said as they entered the next room and to their surprise they did indeed find the builder...Dead along with his wife who if they had to guess was killed by her husband.
"Ok now that is really messed up." Asuma said before Sasuke took off the wife's head and slammed it into the skull door.
"Last test." Sasuke said as they came to the final temple and walked inside.
Once they got to the final room they saw three statues. Hades, Zeus and Poseidon. Each of them circled around a sphere. Rushing towards the room they walked over to the sphere before it started to change and inside was.
"Pandora's box." Sasuke said looking at the container of the ultimate power. However the room began to move down.
"I hope this was well worth it." Neji said.
"Kiba, Shino, Choji, Omoi and Guy sensei. I can only imagine how the villages will take this." Shikamaru said before they reached the bottom of where they started.
"Well, Look at this." Sean said in front of the door.
"What the? How did you get here?" Shikamaru asked.
"Dude I've done this test before..." Sean said before looking at the blades Sasuke and Itachi had on their backs. "Well, Theres a surprise. Never imagined you two would get those. Still you all did well." Sean said.
"But it came at a high price." Kakashi said.
"Oh really?" Sean asked.
"Aren't you noticing five people missing here?" Shikamaru asked.
"Uh yeah about that." Sean said before using his magic to show them something. Kiba, Shino, Choji, Omoi and Guy were at Athens perfectly fine and well.
"WHAT!" Shikamaru yelled in shock making Sean burst out laughing.
"Oh come on you don't really expect us to send our allies to their death now do you? This enter temple is surrounded by a powerful spell that quickly switches the body of anyone on the verge of death with real convincing look alike replicas." Sean said.
"But what about the missing bodies?" Sasuke asked.
"Harpies took those away for burning. I assume the dick outside mentioned about the people Turok came with?" Sean asked.
"Yes." Sasuke said still not liking that guy.
"Well, its true Turok passed the Trial alone himself but those who followed him were never in any danger. They eventually passed the Trial in a couple years." Sean said.
"So out of the five of them who got passed enough tests to get Greek training?" Itachi asked.
"Oh thats simple. All but one gets Greek training since he is the first and I'm not kidding. He is the first to EVER get killed before getting to the temple." Sean said bursting out laughing since it was really pathetic. No one in the history of the trial even before it became a trial ever died that quickly.
"Kiba." Sasuke said with a smirk. "Serves him right for acting all high and mighty." Sasuke said.
"You used to be just like that though. Still you've come a long way since the Chunin exams and passed the Trial. Nice work all of you." Sean said impressed before his face got serious. "However you finished just in time. Orochimaru is planning an invasion force to annihilate Athens and claim the box." Sean said surprising them.
"How long till his forces get here?" Kakashi asked.
"Tomorrow. So I would put those new weapons and powers of yours to good use. You're going to need them." Sean said.
Authors Note: Sorry for taking so damn long. Had a little issue with writers block you know. Anyway Next Chapter will contain scenes from the 300 rise of an empire movie. Also don't forget that I have to make a third account since the same shit from my first account happened on my second. Now I have a surprise for you all. My very first Omeka.
Omeka. The real reason Shino and Choji died.
Seeing the smashing walls in front of him Shino was thinking of a plan before he looked in front of him and widened his eyes.
"Can it be? It is!" Shino yelled. The Goddess of bugs! A giant bug invisible to all but him.
"I must have her!" Shino yelled rushing towards the goddess of bugs.
CRUNCH!
And he's dead. Killed by his devotion to a Bug goddess only he could see.
Now with Choji
Choji felt very uncomfortable seeing all the saw blades in front of him.
However he looked forward and widened his eyes seeing a bag of Ultra Rare Barbecue flavored Chips dangling above the door in front of him.
"MINE!" Choji yelled rushing towards the chips.
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!
And Choji gets sliced to pieces for a simple bag of chips. Once again thinking with his stomach instead of his head.
And there we go! I honestly thought of this a couple days ago. I honestly think this is how they would die if this happened in cannon. Now then Read, Review, Fav and Follow. REVIEW! See ya. Oh and I might work on a few other stories since I have the time now. One more thing when I make my new account expect a large amount of Authors Notes on all my stories.