A SHINOBI IN OLYMPUS

Chapter 2

"WTF is this shit?"

-Singpu

"This is SPARTA!"

-Leonidas

"What the hell?!" he exclaimed. He realized that his hands were bound securely with a groan.

The man laughed. "Oh, what a cheesy opening line! "Your life is about to change!"" he bent down, laughing hard.

"Hey!" Naruto commanded. This man was getting on his nerves.

"You must forgive me, I lost my bearings there." he gently massaged the side of his abdomen. His face was now solemn. He had blonde hair, perhaps fairer than Naruto's.

"My name is Hephaestus, and I am the Engineer of the Heavens, and Sculptor of the Human Body."

"No shit! Now get me off, you geezer. I swear I'll pummel you."

He sighed. "Well, if it helps then..." he snapped his fingers and Naruto was free. He realized that using some kind of magic, he'd been tied by an invisible force. Kneeling down to take a kunai from below the bed, he leaped forward, thrusting it forward. The man vanished, and a second later, the same kunai was pressing against his throat.

"Godspeed, the legendary technique of the Gods. That enough proof?"

"Not yet!" he crumpled his fist and punched as hard as he could on the man's chest.

It was as hard as steel. He screamed out in pain, massaging his hand.

"Does that still not convince you? Oh well, at least this.." he was desperate to get the message across.

He gently pressed against his neck, and almost immediately, the pain vanished. He felt numb.

"I sculpted the body, so it's only natural.." he smirked. He felt for a vein, and gently pinched it.

"Try moving your hand."

He was shocked. It didn't pain, not even a little bit. As he tenderly outstretched and drew his fingers, the man rose again.

"OK, I believe you, but I haven't heard of you, or even seen a temple worshipping you."

He burst out laughing again.

"Religions were created - no - cultures were created for the stability of cities. That's courtesy of Athena."

"Athena?"

He nodded. "There are infinite dimensions out there, and some have even resorted to clubbing us Gods as a part of archaic Greek mythology. But then again, that's perfectly alright."

"By infinite dimensions, do you mean that that weird girl and that bedroom was one too?!"

He nodded. "A small experiment, really."

"But why on Earth is this happening to me?"

He nodded, grinning. "Glad you asked."

A 1000 years ago, Hephaestus was exiled by Olympus for his antics and pranks, both on Gods and creations alike (he explained that just as there were humans in some dimensions, there were non-humans in others, all created by Gods", and banished from heaven. This also meant his powers were significantly slashed. But because of his superior intellect (which, of course, only he believed) he could create devices that allowed him to retain some powers.

Prominent among those "powers" was the ability to travel to distant dimensions by an infinite portal called "The Oracle".

Quite humbly and truthfully, he continued his explanation, as to why Naruto was picked.

"I have to prove a point to the Gods, or I'll lose my position. By showing them that my devices can actually help in the numerous fights we Gods have, I can regain my position among the 12 Great Olympians.

"You still didn't explain why -"

"I'm going to use my devices on you."

"What?!"

"Well, they're kinda inside you already."

"What the fuck?!"

"It was simple, really. You recently invented a new technique, and had to undergo surgery in your arm, but I manipulated a few people and implanted a few chips in your brain."

"Hey, you didn't even ask!"

"Well, they have helped you so far."

Naruto frowned quizzically. "OK, genius, how on Earth did they help me?!"

"My Oraclesoft 2.2 chip allowed you to transcend dimensions like a God without being burnt up by the crude void that surrounds it."

"What the fuck?! It could have killed me!"

He laughed. "You forget that your teacher, Mr. Kakashi Hatake, and a certain somebody possess eyes that contain a simpler version of that chip - Oraclesoft 1.0 - which I implanted in humans 2 years ago - about 1000 years in your time."

"No way - Kamui?!"

"Indeed."

"But who's the other person -"

"Time will tell," he replied mysteriously, pointing at his left eye. "In lower dimensions, I have the ability to see the future."

He frowned.

"Also, my Athenachip 3.1.1 can store upto 10,000 TB of information."

"Terrabytes? Wow, that's a lot."

He smirked. "Does it occur to you that you shouldn't have known what TB, a unit of data from another dimension, stood for?"

Naruto gulped, realizing the truth in the man's words.

"That was what helped you interact with that pretty girl in Tokyo - your dialect would've sounded like gibberish to her."

"Yeah, well, it also helped me fuck her!" he laughed.

"No," the man corrected, "that was courtesy of a hormone inducing chip called Erosert, which increases your sex appeal. And that's also the point of my experiment." he became grim.

"Naruto, I have an unfaithful wife named Aphrodite. And through this experiment, by working on modifications which can only be made possible by your co-operation, I can give concrete evidence that she's cheating on me."

"How?"

He laughed. "By implanting it in a tree, and making her hump it. Proves that she's a real slut."

Naruto's face made him explain. "I know it's weird," the God continued, "but she's been so unfaithful, going as far as hooking up with Ares, my enemy, that I need to break our marriage."

For Naruto, it was an amazing revelation. He'd get a boost of sex appeal and the ability to fuck girls - from other dimensions!

"Well, what would I do here when I'm in those dimensions?"

"Aren't you the famed shadow clone user of your village?"

"Yeah, but, they disappear within a few hours. I don't have enough chakra control to-"

"Chakra is Poseidon's vitality, taken from the waters of the Sea of Neptune. I just happen to have some right here."

"But that's just a test tube of chakra."

He shook his head. "Pure chakra, concentrated to the maximum extent. Now, I hope you don't mind injections."

After a few moments of screaming and shouting, he was asked to make a shadow clone. An effortlessly made replica appeared.

"Watch." the man punched the clone, only to be intercepted by the clone's hand.

"Woah.."

"Now, there's just one more thing I'm worried about." He pointed toward his belly.

"The fox is an element of Kronos, created by a reincarnation of Zeus."

"Reincarnation of Zeus?"

"You also know him as the Sage of the Six Paths."

"What do you mean?"

"Kronos was the father of Zeus, who upon being defeated was adopted by Nature as her wrath. All dimensions experience Nature's wrath, albeit in different dimensions. I don't know how it will respond to the Godly "chakra" flowing through you."

Naruto scratched his chin.

"Get angry." the man smiled.

Orochimaru.

Yes, he killed the Third Hokage, destroyed the village and stole his friend.

Orochimaru, and that nerdy Kabuto.

They were toying with Sasuke.

I don't like that very much. But why the hell aren't I getting mad?

The man sighed. "You seem to be completely useless without drugs." he pulled a vial out.

"You seem to have a treasure trove of test tubes in your kimono." Naruto shrugged.

"This is just a cannabinoid, procured from your village. Ooh, I almost forgot!" he pulled out a tiny box with a slit.

"This can print any amount of your currency! Isn't it sweet?!"

"Hey! Stop changing the topic!"

"Very well," he injected the drug into his forearm. Naruto felt his adrenaline rush, and his heart accelerate.

"I can feel it, I can go into my mental realm."

"Good."

What is this?!

A streak of orange chakra linked him to what lay behind the bars of the beast's "cell".

This power... "Hey 9-Tails!"

There was no response.

"Hey Naruto!" the man had sprung back, astonished. Naruto realized it all a moment later.

A perfect yellow cloak of rich chakra enveloped him, pulsating with raw energy.

"It seems, I've made a demigod."

"Did I enter Tailed Beast chakra mode?!"

"I think what happened is that fragment of Kronos became dissolved in the God blood I injected you with, giving you this power."

Woah.

"Now, remove it."

"I - can't." he gulped.

"You can't?!"

Yes, Gods did have cloaks of energy surrounding them. Zeus was notorious for having a lightning cloak around him, which ionized the air and gave electric shocks to people near him.

But this - this was ridiculous. A mere human, with a little bit of Kronos in him, showing such potency.

Calm down, Hephaestus.

"Well, it can't be helped." the man knit his brow. He pulled an orb out, and handed it to him.

"This is a key to the Oracle. I only have 6 others, so be careful."

6?! And he asks me to be careful.

"Wait, is it time already?! I kinda like this.." Naruto leaped, only to fly up with an incredible speed, bumping his head on the roof.

That's not Godspeed, but its frighteningly close. Christ, I feel like Dr. Frankenstein.. he remembered the novel which a simple young girl in the 1810s had written.

Mary Shelley. I'd given her the MuseNet 1.5 to get inspired to write.

"Now, now, you've only just awakened this mode. It's a surprise, but we have work to do, kid."

"Yeah, yeah, for your weird ambitions and rebellion against heaven."

"Don't get cocky, brat. You don't even have a Sacred Treasure."

"Sacred Treasure?!"

"Get lost." he snapped his fingers, and the orb lit to life. Almost instantly, Naruto shot into it.