Hey, guys! Here is the eighth chapter of Super World Chronicles! Help arrives in the nick of time in the Union's desperate struggle against Hades as only 20 minutes remain before all-out war on Olympus. Hope you like it.
Chapter 8 - God of the Underworld: Part Two
The Underworld
"It's fine, young ones." All Might said.
"All Might!" Izuku thought.
"Because… I AM HERE!" All Might shouted.
Everyone in the Union were happy to see All Might saving them from disaster.
Persephone was shocked.
"Impossible! How could a lowly mortal enter the Underworld?!" Persephone asked.
"Because I brought him here." A voice answered.
Everyone looked at the monitor screen where Naruto and Hades are, and see a third figure walking towards the two.
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Naruto and Hades turned to see none other than the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena.
(A/N: This is Earth-Prime Athena. Not the Athena from Saint Seiya to avoid confusion.)
"Athena…" Hades growled.
"Woah." Naruto said.
"I won't let this good any longer, Hades." Athena said.
Hades let go of Naruto by retracting his claws back to him as he turned to face Athena.
"Surely you realize you're forbidden to interfere with another god. Right, Athena?" Hades asked.
"I'm well aware that the rule Lord Zeus has prevents gods from fighting. But you violate that rule because of your obsession to destroy your father and create all out-war on Olympus." Athena explained.
"Besides, these young children and Heracles are the ones who will stop you!" Athena hollered.
Naruto smirked.
"What foolishness." Hades said.
"Nope. I think our second wind's coming!" Naruto hollered, now entering his strongest mode: Kurama Link Mode as he regained his fighting spirit.
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"Took you long enough to use my power." Kurama said, talking to Naruto within the latter's subconscious mind.
"Sorry. Guess I got carried away." Naruto said.
Kurama chuckled. "You are a handful."
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Hades scoffed as he launched the Claws of Hades at Naruto, but Naruto disappeared in a flash to the surprise of the two Greek Gods.
"He disappeared?!" Hades exclaimed.
"Behind you." Naruto said, appearing behind the Underworld God.
"You little…" Hades said.
Naruto prepared to punch Hades with a manifested chakra right arm behind his own right hand.
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The Union, All Might and Heracles were delighted to see Naruto back in action.
Though Persephone wasn't pleased and decided to wrap things up.
"Cerberus! Hydra! Kill them all!" Persephone hollered.
Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra charged forward towards the heroes, but All Might and Heracles intercepted in the nick of time with All Might facing off against Cerberus, and Heracles squaring off against the Hydra.
"They moved so fast I didn't know what just happened!" Kaminari hollered.
"I'm not done myself!" Bakugo hollered, ready to fight.
But Sasuke blocked Bakugo's path.
"Stay out of this." Sasuke said.
"The hell'd you say?!" Bakugo exclaimed.
"We have our own opponent to fight." Sasuke said, looking at Persephone.
"Ah, you're quite astute. But you won't be fighting just me." Persephone said.
"Why's that?" Sakura asked.
Persephone answered by placing her palm to the ground, allowing skeletal warriors to rise from the ground.
Izuku, Pan, Orihime, Ochaco, Choji, Momo Hinamori, Rinwell, Law, Kaminari, Mineta, Mina and Tamaki screamed in fright.
"Feel happy now?" Ichigo asked, a little annoyed.
"Against a parade of stupid bones? Like hell." Bakugo replied.
"Doesn't matter. We have to fight." Alphen said, drawing the Blazing Sword.
"Got that right." Ichigo said, taking a battle stance with Tensa Zangetsu.
"Y-You're right! There's no point in being scared!" Izuku hollered, activating Full Cowling once more.
"Attack!" Shikamaru hollered, as the entire Union charged to fight Persephone and her undead army.
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Heracles slammed his club against one of the Hydra heads.
The other three attempted to strike the legendary hero, but Heracles managed to dodge in time.
"I won't be able to defeat it like I've done before. But luckily…" Heracles thought.
Heracles took something out of his right pocket and revealed in his right palm a bright red gem.
The Hydra unleashed fire from all ten heads aimed at Heracles. But Heracles flashed the red gem to protect himself, generating a bright red light that stopped the fire, but also completely froze the Hydra as the fires died down.
Heracles smirked as he put the gem away. "Never doubted you for a moment, Lord Hephaestus."
Heracles then charged by thrusted his club against the Hydra, aiming straight against the heart with the force effective enough to kill the ten-headed monster as the freezing effect stopped.
The Lernaean Hydra growled weakly before falling down to the ground and killed.
Heracles exhaled before turning to see All Might just unleashing a Texas Smash against Cerberus' flames.
"That mortal seems capable of fending off Cerberus. He'll be fine" Heracles thought.
Heracles turned to see the rest of the Union fending off against the skeletal warriors, with Ichigo, Alphen, Izuku and Sasuke taking on Persephone.
"And those younger mortals seem to be holding their own against Persephone and her little army of undead." Heracles thought.
Heracles turned to see the monitor screen seeing Naruto holding his own against Hades.
"But that battle concerns me greatly." Heracles thought.
"That boy has tapped into a new power. But Lord Hades is holding back his actual power." Heracles thought.
"I better get over to the palace and help him." Heracles thought.
Heracles ran faster than the wind, hoping to help Naruto in his battle with Hades.
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All Might dodged a bite attack from Cerberus.
"That was close!" All Might hollered.
Cerberus growled and attempted to strike again, but All Might stood his ground and used his immense might to grab the middle head when it was going to attack, holding its mouth wide open with his bare hands.
All Might was starting to struggle a little, seeing some steam coming out of his body.
[My Hero Academia OST You Say Run Begins]
"Shit! My time limit's almost up!" All Might thought.
"But I can't give up now! I have to fight!" All Might thought.
"Because… I am… the Symbol of Peace and Justice!" All Might thought, showing resistance against Cerberus.
All Might released the grip and thew Cerberus aside. Cerberus quickly regained his footing without any problems; All Might got into a strong stance and charged hard against Cerberus once more.
"Detroit Smash!" All Might shouted, delivering a strong punch against Cerberus.
The intense punch caused an immense shockwave that everyone in the coliseum felt, bracing themselves while most of the skeletal warriors were torn apart and blown away.
"Looks like All Might's going all out!" Ichigo hollered, holding onto Izuku with one hand and using Tensa Zangetsu with the other stabbed to the ground to maintain footing.
"We'll have to stay out of the way!" Ochaco hollered, holding onto Shionne and Tsuyu.
"What a clash!" Lee hollered, taking a strong ground.
"All Might…" Izuku thought, worried about his mentor.
All Might and Cerberus clashed violently with the ground beneath them starting to crumple. Fists against three sets of fangs in a deadly brawl.
The more All Might fought, the more power he's using that will eventually run out.
Cerberus fired all three flame breaths that concentrated into a single point, unleashing a much larger fire breath attack. All Might quickly countered with a Carolina Smash that slashed the fire in two, but gave Cerberus the opportunity to strike with its claws, slashing hard at All Might's left side (which was his most vulnerable spot since the fatal blow he took from All For One long ago), causing him to groan in pain.
But the Symbol of Peace battle through and stood his ground.
"I've got to end this quickly! Before I use up all my power!" All Might thought.
All Might uppercut Cerberus into the air and grabbed him hard, doing a windmill throw that made the guard dog of the Underworld rebound from the ground; All Might appeared back on the ground in an instant.
"Now all of you listen up!" All Might hollered.
"You've heard those words before. But allow me to show you the meaning behind it!" All Might continued, as the lights of One For All started connecting until it reached All Might's light that he gripped with his right fist.
With a determined will, All Might prepared for one last punch with every ounce of his might.
"Go Beyond… PLUS… ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" All Might shouted, punching Cerberus right in the stomach extremely hard, the guard dog was sent flying straight out of the Underworld, right into the skies themselves.
The intensity of All Might's last punch somehow shook the ground of the Underworld, causing everyone to brace themselves that lasted for like a few seconds before it all died down.
The entire Union were marveled at the sight.
"That was… awesome!" Choji hollered.
"He's as mighty as they say." Dohalim commented.
"Such strength. And that was more than the taste we got during the Heroes Exams finals." Uryu commented.
"That's All Might for ya! No matter the universe, he's now everyone's Number 1 Hero!" Mineta hollered, crying out of joy.
Hinata, Orihime, Ochaco, Tsuyu and Mina chuckled in excitement.
"I can't believe he actually beat the pet of Hades himself." Alphen said.
"Yeah. Kicked the crap out of that doggy so fast and with immense force behind every single blow." Ichigo explained.
"All Might's always the best no matter what the situation he's in." Shoto thought.
"That's the strength of Number One!" Bakugo thought.
Izuku smiled in delight and relieved his mentor made it out of that fight.
"He did it." Izuku said.
[My Hero Academia OST You Say Run Ends]
Izuku's excitement came to an end when he realized something's very wrong.
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"Rasen-Rampage!" Naruto shouted, shooting four separate Rasengan from four chakra arms at an undead wall created by Hades, which was powerful enough to destroy the wall itself, but Hades easily dodged.
Hades shot out a fiery skull from his claws, which Naruto manifested an avatar of Kurama's head, biting down on the fireball like a snack.
"Seems your pet overestimated All Might." Naruto said.
"But the fight costed him dearly." Hades said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Naruto asked.
"Have a look for yourself." Hades replied.
Naruto looked to his opposing side, only to become shocked at seeing a very unpleasant sight.
Athena, who was watching from the sidelines, was shocked as well.
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Appearing from the smoke with his fist still raised up was All Might, having used up his power and now in his depowered form, coughing some blood from overdoing it.
This came as a surprise to the Hidden Leaf ninjas, the soul reapers and their crew, and Alphen's group. But this was no surprise to the Hero Course students as they're all aware of All Might's weakened state (but not about One For All).
"All Might's really hurt… Ino! Orihime!" Sakura hollered.
Ino and Orihime quickly acknowledged Sakura as the trio rushed to All Might.
"You're not going anywhere!" Persephone hollered, shooting from the ground dangerous thorns to stop Sakura, Ino and Orihime with the fear that All Might is too dangerous to her and Hades.
"Black… Getsuga Tensho!" Ichigo shouted.
"Explosive Ring!" Alphen shouted.
"Manchester Smash!" Izuku shouted.
"Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted.
Ichigo, Alphen, Izuku and Sasuke quickly came to their defense and destroyed the thorns completely.
"You're fighting us." Sasuke said.
Persephone growled.
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Sakura, Ino and Orihime raced to All Might, now kneeling in pain.
"Hang on! We got you!" Ino hollered, as she and Sakura activated their medical ninjutsu.
"Orihime! Give us some cover!" Sakura hollered.
Orihime acknowledged with a nod.
"Santen Kesshun!" Orihime shouted, summoning her defensive move to form a powerful shield that will keep Sakura, Ino and the depowered All Might safe.
"Thank you…" All Might said, softly.
"Don't talk. Just let us heal you." Sakura explained, with Ino nodded in agreement.
All Might smiled.
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Naruto dodged another claw attack from Hades.
"Soon in a matter of moments, the war of Olympus will happen." Hades said.
"Face it. Without finding the Master Bolt, you children have lost." Hades continued.
Naruto growled.
"Don't be sure of yourself, Hades." Athena said.
"What?" Hades asked.
"Victory was already in their hands the moment I decided to intervene." Athena replied.
Before Hades could answer, he was hit with a strong bolt of lightning that crashed him into a nearby wall.
That was from Heracles, who actually found the Master Bolt in the nick of time.
"You were clever enough to hide it, Lord Hades. But Lady Athena sent me a telepathic message upon her arrival to follow her prediction of the Master Bolt's location." Heracles explained.
Hades became shocked upon his recovery, while Naruto and Athena smiled.
"Looks like our job is done here." Kurama said.
"Yeah!" Naruto hollered.
"The portal Mr. All Might and I arrived in is still open. But this is where I must take my leave." Athena explained, beginning to vanish which explains she only came in an astral projection.
"The rest is up to all of you." Athena explained, now vanished completely.
"None of you will be leaving here alive!" Hades hollered.
Creating two shadow clones, Naruto had them attack.
"Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!" Both Naruto clones shouted in unison, throwing the two Rasen Shurikens at the God of the Underworld, generating an explosion large enough to erupt the palace.
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The explosion was big enough for everyone to see and some of the Union believed Naruto was in there with worry.
But their worries were put to rest to see Naruto, Heracles and Athena made it out safely, and with the Master Bolt in hand.
"You're okay…" Hinata said, almost crying but relieved her beloved is alive.
"And you got the Master Bolt!" Kiba hollered, with Akamaru barking.
"Guess our work is done here." Rukia said.
"Yes." Heracles said, pointing to the portal that Athena and All Might came in moments ago, being right near one of the coliseum corners that shows a divine portal covering the whole corner.
"Of course. That's the portal Athena and I arrived in." All Might said.
"Don't talk." Sakura said, still not finished healing All Might despite being almost done.
"Then we waste no time. We have to go." Alphen said.
"EVERYONE! RUN TO THE PORTAL!" Tenya shouted.
Each and every member of the Union, along with Heracles ran for their very lives to reach the portal. All Might couldn't move since he was still weakened, so Sado was able to carry him piggyback style, but that would mean he'll have to get treated much later.
"You mortals won't escape!" Persephone hollered, giving chase with another army of skeletal warriors.
But the Acts of Hope were quick on their feet to provide serious cover for their escape.
"Planet Rasengan!" Naruto shouted.
"Tenbu Renjin!" Ichigo shouted.
"Infernal Torrent!" Ichigo shouted.
"Homing Attack!" Pan shouted.
"Delaware Smash Air Force!" Izuku shouted.
The Acts of Hope combined a move strong enough to blast the skeletal warriors away and force the Goddess Queen of the Underworld to brace herself.
That was enough time for each and everyone in the Union along with Heracles and All Might to enter the portal before it soon closed.
Persephone was shocked and infuriated. But she wasn't the only one: Hades (who easily survived Naruto's attack earlier and arriving from the destroyed palace) was more infuriated than his wife.
Releasing a pitch black aura, Hades roared so loudly it echoed the Underworld itself.
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Berry Islands, The Bahamas
Laying in a huge crater was the defeated Cerberus, wounded from all those 300 punches from All Might and sent flying so far until its crash.
A pitch-black portal appeared in front of Cerberus with three figures coming out of the hole.
They were none other than Orochimaru, Ulquiorra Schiffer and Kurogiri.
"It seems this beast took quite a beating. Just what you expect from All Might." Kurogiri said.
"Quite pathetic for a legendary creature from the Underworld to be bested by a mere human." Ulquiorra said.
Orochimaru snickered.
"Oh contraire - this beast may prove useful to us in the war. One way or another." Orochimaru explained.
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Heroes Office, Downtown Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Outside in the backyard, Heracles, Athena, and even the King of Olympus Zeus himself were talking with Kakashi, Kisuke, Tristan and Aizawa (filling in for All Might) about the successful prevention of war.
After coming back from the Underworld, Heracles arrived on Olympus in the nick of time with mere moments to spare, successfully preventing an all-out war between the gods. Athena managed to avoid suspicion of helping Heracles and the credit was totally given to thee Union. Zeus said to deal with Hades on a later date, given how his actions nearly wiped the Heavens and the Earth apart.
"I personally want to thank you all for your help." Heracles said.
"The credit goes to those youngsters." Kisuke said.
"I'll admit - those mortals were able to face Hades without fear." Zeus commented.
"They've all been through rough stuff in their worlds before coming together. They have the experience." Kakashi explained.
"I'll hold you to that." Heracles said.
"We should get going." Athena said.
"Yes. Mount Olympus awaits." Zeus said.
Zeus generated lightning in his hands that created an electrical portal to Mount Olympus. Both he and Athena went in first.
"Hey, if those kids need anything - just ask and I'll be there to help." Heracles explained.
"You sure? We wouldn't want to trouble you." Tristan explained.
"It's fine. The least I can do to repay them for their heroism." Heracles explained.
"In my heart, they're all heroes." Heracles said, before entering the portal that was about to close down.
"Guess Heracles sees them as true heroes." Aizawa said, never guessing that the Great Hero of Olympus considers even his students heroes themselves.
"Speaking of heroes, All Might deserves the most for beating Cerberus." Tristan commented.
"Yes. But he's getting treated by Sakura, Ino and Orihime." Kakashi explained.
"And dear Shionne joined in to do some nagging." Kisuke explained, in a comical manner.
Tristan and Aizawa groaned in irritation.
Kakashi was kinda worried about All Might.
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Inside the common area, the Union were anxiously waiting for Sakura, Ino, Orihime and Shionne (who only came along to scold All Might for being reckless) finish their shared treatment on All Might. Eri also went along to only observe.
Izuku was the most worried, but Naruto offered a comforting hand to shoulder.
"He's gonna be fine." Naruto said.
Izuku nodded, but couldn't help but worry.
Then, footsteps were heard as Sakura, Ino, Orihime, Shionne and Eri just showed up with good news.
"Don't worry. All Might's gonna be okay." Sakura said.
Everyone in the Union sighed in relief.
"There's no way All Might would ever kick the bucket." Kaminari said.
"Of course. He's still the best." Bakugo said, in a low manner.
Sasuke eyed Bakugo intensely.
"He just needs a day or two to rest." Shionne explained.
"Speaking of a day…" Ichigo (now in his actual body) said, eying the now plushie Kon, who gulped.
"I heard you were using MY body to chase after women again?" Ichigo asked, getting irritated.
Orihime, Rukia, Renji, Uryu and Sado groaned in unison, which surprised the rest of the Union.
"We're sorry, Kurosaki-san." Melissa said, bowing in apology.
"He gave us the slip." Kota said, kicking the ground lightly while pouting.
Eri nodded sadly.
"Honestly, Kon. Not one day you can't stay out of trouble because of your frivolous desires." Uryu explained.
"S-Shut up! No one can keep me from finding-" Kon exclaimed, only for Ichigo to grab him with a wicked expression on his face.
"I wonder what kind of punishment I have for you?" Ichigo asked, causing Kon to sweat drop furiously.
"I see you kids are having fun." Aizawa said.
"Good to see you, Aizawa-sensei!" Tenya hollered.
"I'd say you all did very well." Aizawa said.
Everyone in the Union smiled or nodded.
"I'd say for that - you all deserve a reward." Aizawa said.
"A REWARD?!" Naruto, Pan, Orihime, Kon, Ochaco, Kiba, Choji, Lee, Tenten, Momo Hinamori, Rinwell, Law, Kirishima, Kaminari, Momo Yaoyorozu, Mina, Mineta, Nejire, Camie and Melissa asked in unison, greatly surprised.
"A five day trip to Atlantic City." Aizawa answered.
Loud cheers were heard wildly as the Union were celebrating a long trip for their efforts in the Underworld.
"WE'RE GOING TO THE BEACH!" Mina shouted.
"HELL YEAH!" Kiba, Law, Kirishima and Kaminari shouted in unison.
"BABES IN BIKINIS!" Kon and Mineta shouted in unison.
"You have until tomorrow morning to start packing. So start moving." Aizawa explained.
"Then let's move, people!" Tenya hollered.
"YEAH!" The Union (except Shino, Sado, Dohalim, Tokoyami, Hitoshi and Tamaki) shouted in unison, getting ready to go on a five day resort trip as a reward for a harrowing battle.
Preview Skit:
Mina: We're going to Atlantic City and it's beach!
Ochaco: I can't wait!
Shionne: My first time at the beach with everyone… I'm getting excited myself!
Orihime: Let's find ourselves some swimsuits!
Hinata: We should also look into supplies and activity planning.
Mina: I'm sure you four wanna hang with your boyfriends at the beach.
Mina: Like dress in swimsuits that'll make their noses bleed?
Hinata, Orihime, Shionne & Ochaco (blushing red): MINA/MINA-CHAN/ASHIDO-SAN!
Mina laughed.
Mina: Kidding, kidding, girls. You four are so easy to tease.
Ochaco: You always know how to push people's buttons, don't you?
Mina giggled.
Mina: Next time: Chapter 9 - Beach Time.
Hinata & Orihime: We need to be on our guard around her.
Shionne & Ochaco: Agreed!
Did you enjoy it? The Union survived the Underworld and now get a five day trip to Atlantic City! Can't wait for how the Union spends their first day in a magnificent beach city, and hopefully not as destructive as the Alliance in Ocean City.
Also, All Might was badass in beating Cerberus, just like how he beaten that first Nomu during the USJ attack! He's almost like Pre-Heracles! Wonderful news came around that the first RWBY anime known as "RWBY: Ice Queendom" is coming out this summer! I'm stoked to watch an anime of our favorite four huntresses fighting the forces of Grimm!
I posted this chapter a littler earlier than I was to originally post it on Saturday because I have things to do early morning and won't have time to post it. This is the only time and I'll post the next chapter by Saturday(s) per the original plan.