"Why are you still here? Don't you have a whole group of gods to rule over?"

"Meh, Thor, Tyr and Freya can handle it. I'm on a vacation." Odin flippantly commented before reaching over the counter in an attempt to snatch one of the freshly made sugary creations that had been tempting his appetite. His attempt ended in pain when Naruto smacked his hand away with a wooden ladle, causing the god to let out a howl of pain as he retracted his hand.

"Can't you move your vacation somewhere else? My shop isn't really all that scenic."

"I would say otherwise. Look at all the lovely people who have came here to see the 'Candy-Sama'." The man's voice was teasing as he turned his body to gesture at the crowd of people behind him.

And, he was right. The store was almost bursting with people. Every single table in the building was filled. Every single seat Naruto had was in use. There were even people just standing around, waiting for a chance to purchase and taste one of his treats.

Naruto knew that the bulk of his customers wasn't what the god was focusing on. Odin was all but leering at the females inside the shop. His eyes bounced from table to table, drinking in every inch of cleavage and leg he could find. At one point he began drooling, which was the point that Naruto decided to cut the god's pervertedness short by slapping him in the back of his head.

"What was that for?" Odin sent Naruto an accusatory glare while holding the back of his now throbbing blond decided to rightfully ignore his outburst in favor of fulfilling yet another order. He passed off the tray of cupcakes to his clones and watched as it dashed across the store with the treats in hand.

"You know … cute girls aren't the only reason why I stay around here?"

"Oh really? What else is keeping you here?" Outwardly, the blond didn't even pause in his movements as he began to prepare a tray of crescent rolls. Inwardly, he was preparing himself to deny any attempt at getting him join, team up or partner with Odin and his group of gods.

"I'm working out a sort of agreement with Christian bunch. Soon the Norses will be best of buds with them." This statement caused Naruto to pause briefly in his actions. He glanced up from his rolls and saw that Odin was looking back at him, the man looking as serious as he had ever looked. The look lasted only for a moment before Naruto returned his focus back to his rolls.

"That's good to he-"

"Though, if you and me want to get a side agreement going…" Odin trailed off, hoping that the blond would pick up on what he was saying.

"No." Without even glancing up, Odin got shut down by the blond. The god attempted a pout but the attempt at tugging at the blond's heartstrings ended miserably. A large part of his failure came from the fact that his current form was one of an elderly, perverted man. They didn't make for the cutest of people.

"You're so mean." Odin pouted. Naruto rolled his eyes at the god's behavior before pointing a finger toward his door.

"Get out if you think I'm so mean."

"You wouldn't kick little old me out, would you?" Without any warning, two clones appeared on either side of the stool that Odin was sat on. Before the god could even make a peep, the clones reached over and grabbed a hold of his arms. The man seemed to be powerless as the identical duo lifted him from his chair and began to drag him toward the door.

"Hey! What are you doing? Let go of me!" Odin yelled while attempting to wrench his arms out of the clones' grip. The god was surprised to find that no matter how much of his strength he attempted to exert the clones would not relent. He truly was powerless as the clones kicked the doors open, lifted him up into the air before pushing him out toward the street. He landed ass first on the concrete and watched as the doors to Naruto's shop closed behind him. He shot back up to his feet and ran back up to the door, intent on gaining entry once more. Instead of the door slamming open like he had expected, the god found himself back on his ass once he rebounded off the still closed doors. It was like he had run into a steel wall.

"Those seals were some of my best ideas." The blond thought to himself as his eyes traced the glowing symbols etched into the door frame. They were currently serving as an extra line of defense against pesky supernatural beings like Odin. They would keep the god out for now … at least until one of his customers wanted to leave the shop.

"I'll deal with that when it comes."

It was raining. To most people, the rain would dissuade them from leaving the house. After all, what was better than sleeping late on a rainy morning?

Naruto wasn't in that type of mood today. The fact that the boy was sat in the middle of a forest clearing, miles away from his shop and Kuoh made that very clear. The soft drizzle that fell from the sky and rebounded through the forest did little to halt the blond's concentration as he sat in his meditative pose.

"Child…" A single eye slowly creaked open as a raspy voice echoed through the clearing. Naruto's open eye shifted back and forth in search for a source the voice. When he found no such thing, he inwardly sighed to himself before closing his eye.

"Why today? It was such a nice morning too…" Naruto thought to himself while attempting to return to his meditation. There was no doubt in his mind that the voice belonged to some god who he had either somehow managed to anger or gain their interest. The experiences he had in the past several months dictated that he always be aware of this possibility.

After a full five minutes of silence, Naruto was beginning to think that maybe he actually had been imagining things. He senses slowly began to return to nature as his connection with it was reestablished. A deep and steady breath left his lungs as a rush of nature chakra rushed into his body. The hair on his body stood up on its end at the sudden surge of energy before his body started the process of purification. In battle, he would usually expedite the process out of necessity. Now though, when he was alone and away from any pressing matters, he was happy to take his time.

"Child…."

"I am not your child. Stopping calling me that." Naruto grumbled in return as he allowed both of his eyes to open. His bar-shaped pupils gave away that he was in his sage mode as he attempted to spread his senses far enough to glean just who he was talking to and where exactly they were. Surprisingly, he wasn't able to even catch a whiff of this person's presence. Even when the voice gave off a deceptively feminine giggle, he couldn't locate the person.

"It is true," Naruto tensed up at the sound of the voice. It was much closer this time. It was almost as if the person was speaking right over his shoulder, yet he couldn't sense a single thing from then.

"You are not my child yet your connection with me is stronger than any of my children. You even visit more often." The woman, at least Naruto was assuming she was a woman, finished off with a chuckle which flowed into wistful sigh. To the blond, her tone reminded him of a mother whose children didn't visit her enough.

"Who are you?" Naruto's question was answered by another round of laughter from the woman, causing the blond to sigh. The giggling wasn't getting him very far in terms of answers.

"You know me more than anyone, child. Not even from my own womb yet you're so close. Its invigorating." The blond almost leapt off the ground when the world around him seemed to shake in tandem with the woman's last word. At this point, he was on high alert as he strained every single one of his senses. If he could just get a sense of where she was…

"Beneath you." Naruto's head shot down when he heard the voice come from below him. This time, his feet actually did leave the ground when he saw that the voice was coming from directly under him. A noticeably female face looked to have somehow melded into the very earth itself and was now speaking with him.

"What the hell?" Naruto couldn't help but say out loud as he landed several feet away. His comment earned another round of laughter from the woman. Just like when she spoke, her laugh seemed to have a physical effect on the earth as the blond felt the ground shift along with her.

"Don't be so frightened. You gave me this beauty." Naruto watched in mixture of shock, interest, and disgust as the face began to push against the earth. The ground seemed to become rubber as it stretched to accommodate the rising face. When the face rose almost five feet into the air, the stretched earth beneath it folded in on itself. From the crumpled pile, a body began to take shape. To Naruto, the process encapsulated his whole attention. Dirt, grass, and rock morphed into tanned flesh. Jagged edges turned into feminine curves. Modesty didn't seem to be very important to the creature as no clothes formed. Eventually, the transformation process seemed to finish, leaving Naruto with a very interesting sight.

The woman's skin was extremely tan, nearly looking like the color of bronze. For a female, she stood a relatively tall height of around 6 feet. Her hair was an interesting shade of green that reminded Naruto of his fellow jinchuuriki, Fu. Though, this woman's hair was in the form of long tresses that fell nearly to her waist. Her shapely body was completely uncovered, leaving her sizable breast and vagina out for view. Naruto had absolutely no intention of soaking in the view as he kept his eyes locked on the woman's smirking, heart-shaped face. He wasn't going to allow a voluptuous body get him killed.

"My skin used to by dry and cracked. My body felt sore and full of aches. My hips … wide and fat." The woman paused here to delicately place one of her hands against on her hip. Her fingers slid against its curve with an almost purposeful touch. They didn't remain idle for long at all as they ascended their way up her body. Her actions were in once more slow as her hand glided over the curves of her body. The woman even made sure to gleam over her breasts before ending the movement with a large smile.

"Now, I feel renewed. Your presence has given birth to a new me. Thank you." She gave a small bow of her head to finish her statement. Naruto didn't seem to be the least bit pleased by her actions as a frown remained glued onto his lips.

"You still haven't told me who you are." The blond's reply came out clipped. He felt uneasy in the woman's presence and the longer she talked, the worst he felt. Unlike before when her presence had nonexistent, now he felt her all around him. Despite her being directly in front of him, she felt as if she was at his right, his left, above, below and behind him. It was an unnerving feeling and it took everything within him not to lash out at it.

"My womb has birthed everything around you. I am the oldest and most beloved out of all. My influence stretches beyond just the silly boundaries called pantheons that my children have made. I am all their mothers and they are all my children. I've been called Jord, Nokomis, Pachamama, Phra Mae, Dewi Sri, Gaea and many more. I am the mother goddess. I am mother nature." The woman presented herself with a kindly smile. Her smile did very little to calm the blond down. At the revelation of her title, Naruto felt his stomach drop out from under him. If what the woman said was true, he was talking to nature itself. This was not good.

"Well … Nature-san-"

"I would prefer if you call me Kaa-san. With how connected you've been to me, I would feel shame if you called me anything else." The woman said with a disarming smile. As a chill traveled up his spine, Naruto had a feeling that calling the woman anything other than what she requested would not be a good idea. Naturally, he decided to follow that feeling.

"Kaa-san," If possible, the woman's smile seemed to grow twice in size at his words. Despite the oddity of calling a woman other than his actual mother 'Kaa-san', the boy was thankful that he didn't manage to anger her …. yet.

"Thank you for your visit. I appreciate you letting me borrow your energy." The blond decided to start off with a show of thanks. If this woman had even a fraction of the power he thought she had, he needed to be on her good side.

The blond figured that he was doing a pretty good job of it when the woman let loose a sweet sounding laugh. He found himself nervously returning the laugh with a smile of his own as the primordial being approached him. He took notice that with each step she took, her feet would rise and fall out of the ground almost as if she was walking in a thin pool of water.

"You thank me, child, when I'm the one who should be thanking you. That energy you call natural was disgusting." The woman's expression turned at this. Naruto felt a slight shift in the wind around him as her smile twisted into a frown.

"Millenniums of abuse made it that way. The children that I birthed, the ones who swore to keep their mother's heart sacred above all else, they abandoned me. Some even tried to steal from me. I allowed it … Oh, what a foolish old woman I am." The woman's lament struck a chord within the blond's heart. It also made him want to run away as far as possible from the woman considering her words reminded him very strongly of Kaguya. He was just happy that she seemed much kinder and less demented than her alien chakra goddess counterpart.

"You haven't forgotten me though." The woman's sad expression turned suddenly as she directed her full attention at Naruto. A shiver traveled down his spine at her expression. He didn't need any sort of empathetic ability to feel the amount of affection and adoration the goddess was sending him.

"From the moment you stepped foot here, you've been with me. You've bathed in my presence every day. You purified me. You touched me in a way that my husband wasn't even able to." Naruto's natural instinct to run grew louder in his head as the woman came closer to him. When she reached out to touch his face, he had to use every bit of willpower he had not to flinch. Even when she began to run her hand up and down his cheek, the blond stood strong, even leaning into the touch at one point to appease the woman.

"What have you gotten yourself into?" Kurama's voice echoed through the blond's head as the woman began to lean her head closer to Naruto's. The blond didn't even bother to reply. He was too panicked to do it anyway. As the woman's lips grew closer and closer to his, the blond mentally weighed his options.

He could either let the woman kiss him, making him feeling guilty and forcing him to somehow explain this situation to his girlfriend, or he could move the woman away, possibly incurring her wrath and most likely guaranteeing his death.

In the end, Naruto decided to stay in the middle ground. At the last possible moment, he moved his head slightly to the side, placing his cheek in the path of her lips. When her lips connected with his cheek, he had expected some type of violent retaliation. He hadn't expected for a sudden surge of nature energy to come rushing through him. There was no need to purify this energy. Instead of the usual taint he dealt with, the blond found that this natural energy was completely free of it. His body felt powered and rejuvenated with the energy running through it. He felt as if he could sprint the entirety of the city within a matter of moments. It felt amazing.

Just as quickly as the feeling came, it disappeared. An amused chuckle brought Naruto out of his miniature trance. The goddess in front of him was the origin of the sound. While he was slightly confused on what had just occurred, he was glad to see that Gaea didn't seem put off by his attempt to dodge her kiss.

"I respect your loyalty, Naruto," The woman cooed out his name. He couldn't help but squirm beneath her gaze as it raked up and down his body.

"That feeling you experienced, that's how you make me feel each and every day. I know that I cannot have you at this moment so I request that you only continue to make me feel this way." Naruto took notice of her usage of 'this moment'. Due to those words, he had no doubt in his mind that his interaction with the goddess wouldn't be limited to this one single meeting. That thought wasn't the most pleasant of thoughts but he pushed it to the side. For now, he was just grateful he was alive.

"I can do that." Naruto's mumbled response earned him another smile from the woman. She nodded at his words before turning her back on him and walking towards the treeline. Naruto watched her make her way all the to the clearing's edge before stopping and turning her head towards him.

"My great grandson … the one who holds the most domain of my underbelly. He approaches with an army. I give you permission to remind him of his place." Gaea flashed him one last dazzling smile before turning her head forward. Naruto watched as she took a step into the treeline. Almost instantly, the presence that had been so overwhelming to him faded away into nothing. As she drew further and further into the forest, it almost felt as if she was never there in the first place. It was only the tingling of his body caused by her kiss that Naruto managed to convince himself that he hadn't just had a very realistic illusion.

"You just earned yourself a new ally, brat." Kurama spoke as Gaea disappeared amongst the trees. Naruto remained silent for a few moments before a deep groan left his lips.

"An ally or a new hurdle?" The blond thought in response to his partner's words. After his interactions with the goddess, he was sure that he could label a woman an ally. He just wasn't too sure if her label for him was just an ally or something much more.

"You can't do much better than mother earth, boy. As long as you continue using your sage mode, you've got an ally. I say embrace it and deal with it." Naruto rolled his eyes at the fox's words but said nothing else in response. He knew that the beast was right. He wasn't going to stop purifying the natural energy and using sage mode anytime soon. He was stuck with this now.

"If she was telling the truth then Hades is about to show up. I should warn the other factions." Another sigh rolled out of the blond's mouth at this thought.

So early in the morning and his day was already looking to be a complete drag.

"I … don't understand." The clone wanted to rip his hair out. He would've done it to if he knew if it would result in him dispelling or not. He may have been a clone but he had morals. He wouldn't escape to the sweet bliss of death just so another clone would have to suffer in his place.

"Look, Ophis," The Naruto clone paused to make sure that the dragon was listening. When she released a subtle nod, he decided to press further.

"Sex isn't … it isn't something that just feels good. It's more than that. Its … special." The clone tried to explain it in the clearest way he could. The subject matter was something he surely didn't want to discuss with the young girl.

"...How is it special?" The clone held in a groan at her question. Questions were a good thing. Questions could lead to progress.

"It's special because you're supposed to do it with people you care about. It's like … the topping on the cake. It sort of sweetens and seals the deal." The clone wanted to pat himself on the back for that one. Managing to connect sex to cake should make it easy for the dragon to understand.

"...Care." Ophis looked down as she mumbled the word. Naruto watched as she seemed to ponder the thought for almost a full minute before looking back up at him with her wide gray eyes.

"Do … you not care about me?" The girl's wide eyes, diminutive voice and the wording of her sentence almost tore the clone's heart out of his chest. Inwardly, he cursed his creator to hell for leaving him here to deal with the dragon. Anything could've been better than somehow being guilt-tripped by a dragon god that was infinitely older than himself.

"It's not like that! I do care about you. That's why I'm taking care of you." Once more, the clone tried to explain his logic to the dragon. If only he knew how pointless of an endeavor it truly was.

"If you care … why can't we have sex?" The words sounded so wrong coming out of her mouth, attached to those big, wide eyes. The situation was beginning to eat away at him the longer he looked at the dragon.

"Because … we can't." Any hopes of making Ophis understand basic logic was beginning to slip away inside him. He only wanted the conversation to end at this point.

"...Why not?" Unluckily for him, Ophis seemed to have other plans.

"Just because, Ophis."

"...That isn't an answer." And just like that, all hopes of getting out of this situation disappeared from the clone's mind. He wished he could've been anywhere other than here. Even when the memory of one of his fellow clones being ripped in half by a scythe reached his mind, he would've much rather been out on the battlefield than trying to explain stuff to Ophis.

Getting cut by reapers was probably less painful.

"This … has not happened as expected." Hades was a knowledgeable man. He was by far no genius but his domain granted him a grand knowledge on various things. The old saying of 'Dead men tell no tales' was only true if you weren't the god of the dead. When he demanded it, the dead men sanged for him.

But, even the knowledge of the dead couldn't have prepared him for this. He had summoned an army of Grim Reaper to lead his attack on Kuoh, the resting place of the impudent infant god. It was supposed to be a surprise attack which would result in the deaths of hundreds of people, furthering his domain. When he had forced opened the portals to the underworld and the living world, he had expected no enemy presence. What he got in return was the exact opposite.

Angels, fallen angels, and devils, a squadron full of them each, greeted his troops. They were waiting for them and it showed. Within seconds of sighting them, the supernatural creatures charged at their deaths causing counterparts.

Despite the lack of an element of surprise, his troops managed to fare well. Their scythes made quick work of those with lesser ability. The quicker ones learned from their comrades' deaths and fought the reapers from a distance, drawing out the battle to its current stage.

"The Christians presence bothers me, though." Hades frowned to himself as he sat upon his throne in his stretch of the underworld. Lying at his feet was a pool of liquid that was reflecting the battle taking place at Kuoh.

"With the birds and the tainted at the city, their leaders can't be too far behind. I can handle one of them alone, maybe two. But all three … if they revealed their real power, even I am not confident in my capability to defeat them." The god frowned at this. He hated the feeling of being unsure, especially in terms of his own power. Ever since he had blown past Zeus in terms of power, he had left insecurity in the past.

"That child has yet to reveal himself, too." At the moment, things weren't looking good for his assault. He hadn't ordered this assault on Kuoh to lose. And, with his troops down on the battlefield, he wouldn't allow himself to lose.

"I was hoping to save these for Sirzechs and his little corner of my underworld. But, I feel this is much more important." A soft sigh left the man's mouth. Despite his body consisting only of bones, the sound managed to echo through his personal chambers. With a lazy wave of his hand that sent the sleeve of his dark cloak floating in the air, the god summoned a grim reaper to his side.

"Release those beasts we tortured out of that human onto the city. Make sure that they are released overtop of the city, preferably directly over that stupid candy shop. I want it destroyed." The grim reaper nodded at his master's command before faded from existence. With his minion gone, Hades refocused his attention on the pool of liquid.

"Come out and play, child. I wish to reap you if your soul and powers."

"You're bored."

"Don't say that! You'll jinx me."

"Not trying to jinx you. I'm just pointing out fact." Naruto rolled his eyes while ducking underneath a lopsided swing from a grim reaper. Without any remorse, he sent one of his truth-seeking orbs rocketing into the creatures unprotected body. Within moments of impact, the reaper had disintegrated into nothing while Naruto moved on to his next victim.

With their scythes, the reaper was definitely dangerous enemies. He had watched dozens of devils, angels, and fallen angels fall instantly from a single knick of the weapon. They were floating, menacing shades of death.

But they were slow. Very slow. They were some the slowest enemies he had faced since arriving in this universe. And their slowness made them easy targets.

"I don't care if you're not trying to or not! Every single time I start to feel comfortable and think things are going my way, something huge comes out of nowhere and squashes my hopes. I'm not letting it happen, Kurama!" Naruto mentally shouted to his partner as he guided his nine orbs around him. His name seemed to take literal form as he cut a hot path through the army of grim reapers. The creatures stood not a single chance as before they could even think to move to counter the blond, their existence would be wiped away by the truth-seeking orbs. His assault earned him the attention of ally and enemy alike, his golden cloak and the path of destruction surrounding him made spotting him rather easy.

"You're such a brat. You worry too mu-" Before Kurama could finish his sentence, a ripple of air struck his container, knocking him off path. With a quick burst of chakra, he was back on path and searching for the disturbance. What he found, he definitely did not like.

High above the city, a portal had come to existence. And currently crawling its way out of the portal was a hideous looking creature. Its features seemed to morph and shift with each passing moment as it stuck its body further and further out of the portal.

"It's the jabberwocky!" Naruto heard the shout come from behind him but paid it no mind. His attention was focused on the creature as it fell from the portal with a deafening crack before falling down onto the city. The city shook violently as the hundred meter long body impacted with the earth.

"I told you, Kurama! I told you!"

"Shut your mouth and do something about it!" Naruto was about to do just that but was forced to dodge yet another grim reaper attempting to take his head off. A quick glance around him showed that he had been surrounded by grim reaper in the short time he was observing the monsters.

"I have other things to deal with. It's time for you to get off your lazy ass and do something!" Naruto mentally shouted to his partner as he began to circle the orbs around his body.

"You want me to do something? Fine, brat." That was the last mental thought Naruto received from the thought before their mental link went silent. With his partner out of his mind, the blond turned his attention outward to the group of grim reapers around him.

"You all shouldn't have come here because I'm about to kick your ass!"

A deep rumble travelled through the city as the jabberwocky walked. Its massive form crushed the line of buildings beneath it yet it did not care. For it had been created for one purpose. The purpose of destruction.

The creature opened its mouth wide to let loose it's terrifying screech but stopped when he felt a sudden rush of air hit its head. It turned towards the direction of the wind, only to receive a wrecking ball sized bullet of air to slam into its jaw, sending it rocketing off its dozen of feet.

"Sniped ya!" A voice shouted from a distance!

Before the creature could find earth again, it was suddenly snatched from the air and lifted upward. Disoriented from the hit and the sudden change of motion, it took the jabberwocky several seconds to right itself to see what was currently carrying it skyward. Its eyes met with a massive blue, armored beetle that was sending what resembled a smirk down at it.

"Glad you joined us on our flight!" Chomei amusingly shouted at its passenger. The jabberwocky didn't seem as amused by its flight as it began to screech and shake in the beetle's grip.

"You want to get off so soon? Fine! Have a nice swim!" That was the last thing the creature heard from Chomei before it found itself suddenly released from the beetle's hold. It managed to hold its screech on the entire flight downward before eventually being silenced when it slammed into the lake.

Underneath the lake and safe from the beetle, the jabberwocky attempted to regain some sense of the balance he had entered the fight with. Unfortunately for it, it wouldn't have much time to do that. Just as it began to recover from its drop, it felt two appendages wrap tightly around its massive neck. It attempted to shriek once more but found its voice muffled by the water.

"You're not allowed in my hiding spot." The jabberwocky could just barely make out a voice from behind it as it tried to shake off its appendage. It only just managed to catch a glimpse of a massive turtle before the tailed beast's third tail smacked into the creature, sending coral sprouting across its body and launching it from out the lake. The jabberwocky's flight was much shorter this time around, managing to last only a few seconds before it crashed into the forested areas surrounding the lake.

It didn't expect this. It had expected an easy fight. It had expected a slaughter. It had expected a complete massacre. It certainly didn't expect to meet creatures that managed to match its size. It definitely didn't expect those creatures to fight with such ferocity. And most of all, it didn't expect one of those creatures to be currently standing over its body with its mouth wide open and a massive black orb sitting inside of it.

The jabberwocky didn't even have time to scream before the bijuudama slammed into his head. The attack instantly disintegrated every piece of flesh it touched. Kurama kept the attack going for a full ten seconds even though he only needed one. When the fox finally closed its mouth, a barren path almost a mile long cut through the forest. The jabberwocky was nowhere in sight.

"Do something, eh? Beat that, brat!"

In the minds of the supernatural creatures watching Naruto, he had certainly beat that. The army of grim reaper that had once been pouring out of the portal and surrounded the blond was no more. Instead, only a small trickle of the creatures would appear out of the still open portal. Though, as soon as they surfaced, they would be picked off by surrounding angels and devils.

"Amazing!"

"Did you see how quick he killed those grim reapers?"

"He didn't even get touched."

"He really may be a god." That last comment was the one that set Naruto off. He turned to correct the devil who uttered the phrase only to stop when an overwhelming presence landed upon his shoulders. Judging by the frozen men and women around him, they too felt the presence.

"You have a disturbing amount of power for a supposed candy god. Though, the new titles I've seen attached to your wretched name may explain that." Naruto quickly located the source of the presence coming from behind it. A soft sigh left the blond's mouth before turning to face the voice.

Hades was how Naruto imagined a stereotypical god of death. The man didn't possess any flesh, consisting of solely of bones. Ripped black robes covered the god's body as he floated in the middle of the air. Clutched in the god's hand was a massive scythe with a midnight black shaft and a gleaming silver blade. All in all, the god gave off a very creepy aura while he stared at Naruto.

"I am not a god. I'm letting you know this right now." He was hoping by some small chance that the god would go away and let him be. But as the god of death opened its jaw to speak, he knew that things weren't going to go the way he wanted.

"In comparison to me, child, you're right. You're not a god. You're an insect that I will crush like I've done with so many before you!" A groan left Naruto at Hades' response. Looks like another fight would be inevitable.

"It's always the hard way."

"Don't worry, child. Its already over." The last sentence echoed from behind Naruto, forcing him to turn around. Hades was now stood behind him with his scythe raised high into the air. Unlike his grim reapers, the god didn't seem to have any problems with speed as he brought the scythe speeding down towards Naruto. The blond ducked low, allowing the blade to pass over top of his head before springing forward, sending his punch crashing into the god's gut. The satisfying sound of fist against bone met his ears before the god was sent rocketing backward through the sky. The god's flight lasted only for a few short meter before he managed to correct himself.

"You can actually touch me. Maybe you have a little more power than I thought, you infant god."

"I'm not an in-"

"Silence and give me your soul!" The god didn't allow Naruto any time to speak before shooting towards him. The teen was forced to enter a backward flight as Hades started swinging wildly at his body. With each swing, the blade managed to pass only inched away from the blond's body but never touched, a fact that seemed to frustrate the god of death.

"Die!" Hades shouted once more before releasing a sickly purple aura from his body in a wide wave. Due to the proximity of the duo and the speed of the attack, Naruto was unable to dodge the attack when it slammed into him. Surprisingly, to both Naruto and Hades, the attack did nothing. So shocked was the god that he actually stopped his attack to stare at the blond.

"How? I've brought the entirety of Olympus down to their knees with that attack. How are you not affected?" Hades screamed before letting loose another wave of the attack. Against his better judgement, Naruto decided to allow the attack to him. Like before, the wave of purple energy slammed into him and did absolutely nothing. The blow didn't even do so much as tickle him as he looked at Hades with an increasing amount of amusement building up inside of him.

"Are you a death god? This shouldn't be possible. Even Osiris was affected by it. What type of god are you?"

"I told you. I'm not just some god!" Naruto punctuated the last word by punching the god straight in the stomach, folding the god in two. With his back lowered, the blond raised his right leg high above his head before sending it crashing down upon the god's exposed back. The force behind the kick countered whatever force was keeping the god afloat and sent the man careening down towards the ground. The skeleton man slammed into the ground with a loud crash, his body forming a crater on impact.

"Hopefully he got the message." Naruto thought to himself before floating down towards the crater. Hades remained motionless during the descent, something that the blond was happy to see. He rather not have to continue the fight.

"Who…" Naruto heard the god rasp out as his feet met the earth. He walked the short distance separating him from the god before standing over his prone form.

"Who … who are you working with, boy?"

"What are you talking about? I'm not working with anyone." Naruto said in the most genuine voice he could muster. He honestly was lost on what the god was attempting to convey.

"No god has the kind of power you have so suddenly!" Hades suddenly barked out, sending Naruto into a defensive stance. Despite the raised volume of his voice, the god did not move.

"Who blessed you? Was it Yama? That bitch, Izanami? Who?!"

"No one did anything to me. That was all me."

"Lies!" Hades bellowed out, sending his aura spilling forth once more. Just like before, the wave of purple energy had absolutely no effect on the blond. This act proved infuriating to the god, especially as he watched the ground and grass around him decay from his power.

"I can sense it in you. Deep inside your core! I can feel death! I will rip it from your stomach and take it for my o-" Naruto didn't even allow to god to finish his threat. With a tired thought, the blond sent all nine of his orbs slamming into the god's body. A scream ripped out of the God's throat as the orbs pierced his body. When the first crack in his skeleton formed, Hades' fate was sealed. Within seconds of the first crack, the skeleton shattered. The shattered pieces never got to reach the ground before they disintegrated into air, leaving no trace of the god's presence except for his scythe.

"I wonder if he died or if he's just reforming." Naruto thought to himself before bending down to pick up the scythe. As soon as his fingers made contact with the shaft of the weapon, he felt an explosion of power centered around his stomach before a chillingly familiar presence appeared before him. With no small amount of nervousness, the blond turned to face the presence.

Inwardly, Naruto had to admit that his world's shinigami was much scarier than anything Hades could produce. The creature's grey skin, snow white hair, sword in mouth and ripped white cloak made for a rather intimidating sight. With the god staring down directly at him, Naruto could do nothing but hope that he wasn't here for him.

Surprisingly, after almost a full minute of eye contact, nothing happened to Naruto. He straightened up to his full height while sending the pale, still image of the shinigami a confused glance. He briefly looked at the scythe still in his hand before looking back at the shinigami.

"What if…" The blond thought to himself before releasing the staff. As soon as his fingers left the scythe, the image of the death god disappeared. The blond managed to catch the scythe before it could hit the ground, summoning the shinigami back into view. At the revelation, Naruto couldn't help but be amazed as he looked in between the weapon and the shinigami.

"This is so cool." The teen couldn't help but think to himself as he released and caught the scythe repeatedly, summoning and dismissing the shinigami with a simple touch. A chuckle left his mouth as he began to pass the weapon in between his two hands, forcing the shinigami to flicker in and out of existence at a ridiculous frequency.

"That's enough fun. I wonder if Kurama took care of the beasts."

"Oh, I did. Though, you shouldn't be worrying about what I took care of."

"What are you talking about?"

"Look above you, brat." Naruto decided to take his friend's advice and looked towards the sky. His heart almost fell out of his stomach when he took notice of the mass amount of devils, angels, and fallen angels floating above him. All the beings looked shocked as they stared down at him. All it took was a quick glance at the scythe in his hand and the shinigami behind him for the blond to put the pieces together.

"This ... is not what it looks like."

AN: This chapter is coming in at around seven thousands words. Unfortunately, it was a day later than I wanted. I apologize for that.

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