New York, Empire State Building…
We're no strangers to love… You know the rules and so do I… Pearl white with light blue flower pattern eyes twitched when his ears were assaulted by this music. A full commitment's what I'm thinking of… You wouldn't get this from any other guy. A dark miasma oozed off from his shoulders and into the air like fire. I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling… Gotta make you understand…
Kuroka looks up, tilting her head to make eye contact with her sensei. "Nya, Naruto-sensei, that singer has such a dull voice, it's so awful." She then suddenly smiled and her eyes brightened. "But I like those promises that he made."
"Do you?" Naruto rubbed the scalp of her head as he smiled down at her.
"I do like those promises and even if you haven't promised me the things mentioned in this song, you never gave up on me, even when the whole Underworld was against me. You made my tears disappear and made me smile when you reunited me with my sister." Kuroka said and she smiled at the white cat form of her sister which was draped around her sensei neck and snoring cutely. "You didn't lie to me and healed me from my pain, nya!"
"It was nothing Kuroka, once I took you in as my apprentice. You became something more, a special someone and importantly you became a member of my family. I did these things to make you smile and because I wanted to meet Shirone," Naruto large hand gently landed on the white cat's head and rubbed gently between the ears. "She is just so cute!" Shirone spun softly under the gentle care of her sister's sensei.
A ping sounds through the elevator box until it came to a halt and a second later the doors slid open. Once the doors were gone and replaced by the view outside the elevator box, Kuroka's jaw sunk towards the floor. Behind the elevator doors were plains and hills of fresh, healthy green grass that stretched as far the eyes could see. There were many gardens with exotic trees, plants and small creatures that flew around in the air. On several hilltops were temples, twelve of them with each the decoration that shows to which God or Goddess the temple belongs.
"Close your mouth Kuroka, we wouldn't want Hermes to drop something suspicious in your mouth, especially with his call for pranks." She quickly closed her mouth at the warning of her sensei and Kuroka took a step out of the elevator box.
"One small step for the Nekoshou race," Kuroka mumbled. "One large step for my faction in the Greek territorium." Lightning and thunder rumbled into the air when her feet landed on the first golden brick of the long road that leads towards the Ecclesia that stands there in the distance. "Nyaaan!" Exclaimed the cat girl when lightning surged towards her, only for a hand to grasp the element tightly.
"Zeus!" Kuroka heard her sensei below. "You have yourself earned some punishments, that I promise you for trying to attack my apprentice!" In the distance, the thunder sounds less threatening and she was sure that the Temple of Zeus shivered on its place. "Stay there in your throne room and don't you dare to run away." She felt a hand gently land on her shoulder and she looked up at her sensei. "Don't worry about these silly little children," Kuroka heard her sensei laugh. "I'm sure that they soon will be punished besides the heavy bill from my sister." In the distance, the black haired cat girl could see rain clouds gather above New York and a second later heavy rain poured down upon the mortals.
"Will you punish them, sensei, nya?" Came the innocent question from Kuroka, however, if you looked closely at her eyes. You would have noticed that her playful cat side sparkled brightly. She quickly wraps her arms around her sensei right arm and buried the limb between her growing breasts.
Laughter escaped Naruto throat and he looks up into the sky. "Maybe a little for all the trouble my little thunderer has caused, especially his brothers." He told her and guided Kuroka along the golden brick road towards their destination.
In the Lightning God throne room where all the Gods and Goddess of the Greek Pantheon gather for their meetings, Zeus, Greek God King shivered in his throne. Once again his paranoid has reared its ugly head. "What in my brother's name caused me to throw my lightning bolt at the apprentice of him?!" Zeus voiced out quietly as he shook his head with hidden fear.
"I told you many times before that all those paranoid crap of yours should be curbed in because it has only caused problems for us!" His wife and sister, Hera coldly told him in such a low voice that he must strain his ears to hear her.
"But honey, I cannot help it..." Zeus suddenly yelped when his beloved wife pulled hard on his ear and almost lifted him off from his throne.
"Oh, all those excuses of yours, Zeus!" Hera bellowed and her husband shouts increased in volume. "We visited more than enough time the psychiatric for helping you in controlling it better, yet you refuse to do the training every day!"
"But honey, these pieces of training are so bori...i...ing..!" Yelped the King of the Gods, when suddenly the doors were slammed open and Naruto, Kuroka, and Shirone who is still in her cat form on her sister's sensei shoulders entered the throne room. 'I'm saved from my wife, only to meet the Nemean lion.'
Naruto waved at a few gods and goddesses with a smile. "Ah, Zeus, I see you have annoyed your wife again. How many times did this happen?"
"Too many times, Naruto," Hades said as the God of the Underworld appeared from a shadow. "But I came to Olympus to ask for your help in obtaining a soul that will one day break the balance between that of Mortals and our world."
Naruto glanced at Hades and nodded firmly. "If you don't mind, I come to you after I've finished my business with your brothers." His attention turned from Hades towards the rest of the assembled members of the Greeks Pantheon. "Hephaestus, it has been a while since we have seen each other."
"The vault lies more at my side than at yours, Naruto. You know how I am," Hephaestus laughed. "My place is at my forges and my work is never ending but seeing you again is good I think."
"Yea… It's good to see you again Hephaestus." Naruto turned his attention towards the next person. "Aphrodite, still lovely and beautiful as when the day I first saw you under that waterfall in Greek so long a time ago."
Aphrodite's cheeks gained a healthy blush. She giggled and jumped off her throne and skipped towards him. "Always good to see such a handsome man like you," she wrapped him in a tight embrace. "I can see in your future that you once again will be surrounded by beautiful and smart women whose heart are stolen by you." Aphrodite released him, but not before winking at Kuroka and then returned to her throne.
A smile was visible on Naruto face and his attention turned towards the two troublemakers of the Pantheon. "Hermes, you troublesome thief, and Apollo are you still not over yet about my last prank?"
Apollo narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms in front of his bare chest. "How could you call that a prank! You boobytrapped my temple in which I could not take a step without getting wet, painted pink or losing Teddy, my plushy bear which my sister used for Target practice for her huntresses." The Sun God's eyes suddenly grew in sizes when the laughter of Hermes reached him.
"Oh, Chaos! I cannot believe this… you still sleep with that old Ursa Major plushy?!" Crowded Hermes out and the God of Thieves and Messenger fell off from his throne and rolled over the throne room.
"Teddy was a good target, something that inspired many of my huntresses to improve on their archery skills." A slightly amused voice cut Hermes laughter and everyone turned to the Goddess of the Hunt. "I think," she conjured a parchment out of thin air. "That my lieutenant has the highest scores in hitting the bear's balls."
Apollo sun-kissed skin withered when he heard what his sister's hunters had done to Teddy. "You let Zoe neuter Teddy!" Exclaimed the God of the Sun before his eyes rolled up and he lost consciousness.
"Hello Artemis, may I say that you did a wonderful task in helping me pranking your younger brother." Naruto quickly praised the woman, only for Apollo to exclaim that he is the older twin. A whistling sound and then a thud was heard and between the Sun God's legs, a silver arrow had sprouted that quickly withered the courage of Apollo away like snow in the sun.
"I thought you would have finally accepted me being the older of us two, or must I call our mother to remind you of who brought you into the world?" Artemis retorted and a wolfish grin appeared on her angelic face before her attention turned to Naruto. "Hi, Naruto, my help in pranking Apollo was my and the Huntresses pleasure. Especially the Tournament who could hit a bewitched Teddy the most." She smiled at the man. "My oldest Huntress, Zoe Nightshade send you her thanks for the new bow and equipment that you presented her when she won the tournament."
"She deserved her price," He said while ignoring the whining of a certain brother of the Moon. "But pleasantly aside, where is Hestia, I thought she had become one of the thirteen Olympians..." Zeus, Poseidon, Hades which are the three major Gods of the Greek Pantheon started to sweat like a waterfall.
Unexpectedly it wasn't Hades that spoke first, Poseidon did. "It was Zeus idea to place his son, Dionysus on Hestia throne. I had nothing to do with his ideas." The God of the Ocean had thrown Zeus under the imaginary bus.
Zeus' eyes glared with lightning at his older brother. "You traitor..ah...aaah...Aaah!" Yelped the God of Lightning again. "Hera..."
"Hera it is, huh?" A rightfully feminine furious voice sounds through the throne room. "My daughter was not stern enough in taming you, son."
"Mo...Mom...Mommy..!" Zeus gasped as he tried to lessen the pain in his ear.
"Mother!" Hades and Poseidon exclaimed with the latest jumping off his throne and hiding behind his elder brother dark cloak. "This is an unexpected surprise visit, mother." Laughed the sea god nervously and stayed behind Hades which tried to move away from his younger brother who used him as a shield.
Rhea, Titan of Motherhood and family and mother of the three Major Greek Gods glared at them. "Yes, it equally surprised me that I was never invited on Olympus despite the Major Gods being my sons and daughters. As did the surprise call of my friend which is your surrogate uncle," she glared at her children. "Who were more times invited in your temples than I can count!"
"I forgot… mommy!" Rhea turned towards her youngest son and pulled harder on his ear before releasing him. Zeus sighed, only to see his mother lowering herself on his throne with her hand extended and a stern look.
"Just hand it over, son." She called gently, only she didn't fool anyone in the room at how angry she actually is.
the resounding cry was heard when he flew through the air, all because of his uncle kicking his ass, and Zeus landed on his mother lap, and surprisingly his robes were open which showed his cheeks.
"My son, do know what I do to you hurt me more than it does you." Rhea's hand lifted in the air before landing with a resounding slap on Zeus' buttocks. This action was repeated a few times before it finally stopped and Zeus glorious buttocks were now burning red. "Now off you go and sit in the darkest corner and think about your errors. Meanwhile, I will keep a hold on your toy, and you only get it back in dire situations."
Zeus sulked towards a corner, tears streaming down his face. "Hic… yes… Hic… Mommy!"
"Now that my son is reeducated and rethink his sins which one of them is restoring my daughter place on the council," she sends a stern glare to her other sons and daughters which all nodded fearfully. "Because if they, forgot," she hooked her fingers in the air for indicating their loss of memories. "It would not be I that will deal with the punishments, but you will all be sent to Naruto boot camps for ten years."
Chaos erupted in the Olympians throne room when everyone jumped up, promising that they would restore Hestia place on the Council. "It warms my heart to see everyone so united in bringing justice for their sister and aunt." She pinked a tear away from her eyes before she smiled at her best friend. "Thank you, Naruto for calling me, but I'm sure that there were other topics that you would like to talk with my son, who is currently busy thinking of his past mistakes." She eyed her youngest son. "I'm sure that Hades and Poseidon with their sisters and the other members can easily handle his affairs for the day."
"Right, let us get down to business. As you know, Mount Olympus is currently 13 billion in debt with the Lotus Casino." A wail was heard from a dark corner of Olympus from which Hades laughed cruelly at the torture of his brother. "Hecate granted me to void 1.5bil each time a favor was granted to me."
"What kind of favors would these be?" Poseidon questioned his uncle in all but blood.
"My first favor would be for my apprentice, Kuroka who is a Nekoshou and had just escaped the Underworld that is under control of the Devils. As we commonly know. Christianity thinks that their law is absolute, but they forget that there are many other Pantheons and stronger beings in the Universe. They think if a Stray Devil escape their grasp that they have the right and command that the other pantheons kill these people, from which some of them are forced into servitude."
Hades had raised a throne from the floor, a simple one with a lot of bones. "If I understand your dilemma correctly, you ask us to spread to word that you want these Stray Devils to get a legal proceeding to see if they are innocent or not."
"Correctly, old friend. Kuroka here escaped her abusive King by killing him when they wanted to test experiments on her younger sister Shirone. The Devils wanted to know if they could steal chakra to make themselves stronger." Explained Naruto. "They have no regards for forcing anyone into servitude and sees any race below their own. What I want from you is that the news of what happened to Kuroka spread and that any assault on Youkai, humans, Demigods etc. to get these beings in servitude is illegal and can be met with war from the respective faction."
Hades looked up in understanding. "I agree with you, Naruto. If these Devils ever try to force my children or any demigods under their servitude, then I, Hades will make their life a literal hell. You have my vote."
"As you have mine, I would not want to see a Prince of the Sea under the control of a lesser being like those Devils." Poseidon joined his brother.
Artemis stepped off her throne and glanced around the room. "My Huntresses and I met many times these Fallen followers of Biblical God, trying to force my children that I took under my care as their own. Many times my hands were tied, but now with this opportunity, I can protect my daughters. You have my vote, Naruto."
Aphrodite was next followed by Apollo and the other Gods, agreeing to place this new law and spreading the words that any other Pantheon adopt these laws as well. Rhea addressed Naruto again after Athena had written a scroll for the other Pantheons of their plans for the Devils. "Are there more favors you ask for," she asked the man.
"I would like to have Thalia Grace under Artemis care as one of her huntresses," Rhea had a confused expression of who this girl might be. "Thalia Grace is your granddaughter by Zeus. She fled seven years ago from a group of monsters that were sent by Hades because Zeus had broken his own law," Rhea sends her eldest son a glare who cringed under her terrifying eyes. "But Zeus used his lightning bolt to transform his daughter into a tree that watches over the Demigods of Camp Half-Blood." Her glare was transferred to Zeus who had curled himself into a ball when he felt his mother's eyes on him. "My second wish is to make her immortal under Artemis watch which would let the Prophecy fall on the only son of Poseidon."
"Granted," Rhea immediately said and cut off her children. Especially Poseidon who wanted to protest, only for his mother shaking her head.
"My last would be, I want Artemis and her Huntresses help in Britain." Now Naruto got many confused looks from the Gods and Goddesses around him. "I know Artemis very well and would like her help in training my two pupils Kuroka and Shirone in Archer and wildlife. But more importantly, my sister had pleaded me for my help in protecting the hidden Magical world." His eyes glanced at any God and Goddess present, but they settled on the Goddess herself that would decide if she wanted to, or not.
Hi, I hope you enjoyed my newest chapter. Honestly, I didn't forget, but I wanted to add other parts to my story, meaning Harry Potter world, but there was the problem that other ideas sprouted which delayed this story heavily. But, I decided to add the part I had written for one of my Potter stories which were not placed online into this story.
That part will happen in the next chapter that I will add this summer.
Have a nice summer lads and grills, nyaan~
