The final battle!

Saso: Fucking Hades.

Dei: Heheh. Oh Danna. You're so silly un.

Saso: Heh. *pulls Dei into a hug*my Dei-chan.

Heh. Well, Let's get to it then! Sasori, would you?
Saso: Kari doesn't own Naruto or anything else previously owned.

Arigato!

Chapter 17: Final Battle

Soubi scanned the area for Yami."Come on out Yami." He taunted, "I thought you said you weren't the same little boy I knew?" The son of Zeus was up in the air, his pure white angle wings holding him afloat. He saw a shadow move to his right and quickly unsheathed his sword. The silver blade cut through Yami's arm and the younger hissed in pain. Soubi kept his cool, not showing that he was weak from blood loss. Yami had sliced his side open at one point, and the elder cousin was suffering greatly from it. "Yami, you don't have to do this." Said Soubi, "We are cousins. There's no need to continue fighting. Your father has gone mad and if you don't stop this, he'll take you down with him."

With a frown, Yami stood face to face with his older cousin. "Why do you keep saying that? Even after we've been fighting for over two hours? I don't get it…" "Because, you're my little cousin. I don't want to hurt you, but I also don't want to let you hurt Sasori. We're all family here Yami. The only reason we're fighting is because of this insane ambition your father has in wanting to take what is not his. Grandfather gave the throne of the Underworld to uncle Lucifer for a reason; he does not think your father can handle it. And judging by the lengths he has gone to achieve his goal, do you think he was wrong? Uncle Lucifer is dead. And so is Aunt Ruby. Sasori was almost killed himself, and he hasn't ever done anything to harm you or your father. Yami, your father has been harming our family. Are you still going to work for him?"

Yami was silent. He knew that Soubi was right, that his father had gone completely insane. "But what do you expect me to do Soubi? I can't just abandon my old man…" The white blonde angel sighed, "Do what you…think…you have to….Yami…" Soubi clutched at his side as his head started to spin. Damn. He had lost too much blood. "Soubi?" he heard his younger cousin question. He smiled. Yami wasn't a bad kid. He just wanted to help his father. Darkness pulled at Soubi's vision and he felt himself falling…

~Elsewhere~

The air was thick with disappointment as Itachi turned to Lucifer and Ruby. "Itachi." Whispered Ruby as she looked at him. The raven nodded, "Yes?" Lucifer chuckled, "Well, you did make up for it…"

The tension seemed to lessen as the redheaded man spoke. Itachi shook his head, "Nothing I could do would ever make up for what I have done…" Lucifer shrugged, "Suit yourself, but eternity is easier when you let go of the past. Let's head back towards the others Ruby." Ruby nodded and motioned for Itachi to follow. After a few seconds of hesitation, the Uchiha decided he had nothing to lose anymore and followed.

He was lead to what looked like a comfortable sitting room. He glanced around and saw that there were a couple of people already here. Itachi's eyes widened as he took in one of their appearances. He looked exactly like Deidara! The man looked up and grinned, "I see…that's what took you so long, eh Luci?" he said. Itachi saw that this man had murky green eyes, though…that was the only difference from Deidara. Lucifer went up to the man, "Yes Ati. That is the reason I took so long." "Ati…Atisuto?" asked Itachi. Atisuto looked at him with his grin, "Indeed. Katsu Atisuto. And you are Uchiha Itachi, the one that was trying to take my boy away from Sasori." Itachi averted his gaze and Atisuto laughed, "Don't seem so down! You did the right thing in the end Itachi-kun. So there is nothing you should be sorry for."

Looking up at the blonde, Itachi couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You…you really are Deidara's father aren't you?" Atisuto blinked and nodded, "Yup. He's a lot like me right? Heh. I'm glad." A woman with long brown hair and the same sapphire eyes as Deidara came over to him. "Yes Ati. Dei is just like you; a hyper little puppy that works to protect those he cares about. And one that can forgive almost anything." Atisuto laughed, "He's also like you, Ai; beautiful, smart, and strong, with a will that can never be overcome." "Of course he's beautiful. He's an exact copy of you." Replied Ai as she kissed Atisuto on the cheek. "Almost. He has your eyes."

Smiling, Itachi watched as Deidara's parents spoke. At least until- "ITACHI-SAN!" Someone tackled him to the ground. He grunted as he hit the floor and glared up into Tobi's laughing face. "Welcome Itachi-san! Tobi has been watching everything that's been happening!" Itachi sighed, "Tobi, get off me please." He said calmly. "Oh! Sorry Itachi-san!" replied the younger boy as he removed himself from on top of the weasel and helped him up. "You did a good thing Itachi-san. We both did what we could…now all we can do…is hope that Sasori-san and Deidara-sempai are strong enough to finally end this battle."

Itachi looked at Tobi and frowned. "Tobi…I'm so sorry…" he said. Tobi smiled, "What for? You're not the one that shot me." He said…

~Flashback~

Tobi watched as Deidara threw the chair through the window and pulled Sasori out with him. He moved to follow as Itachi yelled, "DON'T SHOOT!" A mere second passed before he heard the gunshot. He turned as he felt pain course through his chest, seeing Itachi's horror struck face. Beside him stood Pein, gun aimed right at him.

He felt himself falling. Damn…so this was it for him…I'm sorry Deidara-sempai…but…it wasn't Itachi-san…it…wasn't… And then everything faded to black…

~Afterlife~

Itachi stared at Tobi in shock, "You…knew it wasn't me?" he asked. Tobi laughed, "Of course I did. You may have been stupid, but you weren't a monster Itachi-san." Itachi smiled at the younger boy as Tobi ran back across the room. "Atisuto-san! We have to keep watching! We have to watch Deidara-sempai and Sasori-san defeat Hades!" Atisuto chuckled, "Right. Luci! You coming?" "Yeah. I wouldn't miss it for anything." Lucifer said before looking at Itachi, "What about you weasel?" Itachi twitched and glared at the redhead before walking over to where Tobi was.

Atisuto snapped his fingers and a hologram of the area that the battle was taking place appeared in the middle of the room…

~In the Underworld~

Hades glanced around, searching for his nephew. "Damn that guardian…he always has something up his sleeve." He muttered.

He heard something cutting through the air behind him and turned. He ducked just as Hidan's scythe came at him. "FUCKING ASS!" yelled the silver hair as he lunged at the man. Hades side-stepped the attack and shot flames at him. Hidan, expecting just that, jumped to the side. "I see. So Deidara trained you as well? That boy wasted so much time on meaningless things. His main concern should've been staying alive." Stated Hades as he shot more flames at Hidan.

"What you call meaningless, Deidara called mercy. He didn't have to trust me…but he did. And I won't let what he taught me-" Hidan pulled out Tobi's crossbow as he jumped over the flames, taking aim, "-go to waste!" Hades' eyes widened as the arrow hit his leg. He hissed in pain before glaring at Hidan. "You little…" Hidan blinked and Hades was gone. "Wha?" He looked around. "Where'd he-" He grunted as a fist met his face and he was sent flying down the street.

"I will not be made a fool out of by one that was a mere human!" exclaimed Hades as he threw a fireball at Hidan. Hidan, just beginning to get to his feet, stared at the attack with wide eyes. Hades laughed…

But it was cut short as a shadow zipped by, pulling Hidan out of harm's way. "What?" Hades was searching, wondering where the hell the boy had gone, when he felt himself yanked into the air and slammed into a building. He grunted and got back to his feet, eyes connecting with Sasori. "Fuck!" Hidan exclaimed as he struggled. "Calm down Hidan." The albino looked up at the blonde wolf as said blonde let go, "You should stick to fighting against the mongrels un."

Hidan, regaining his composure and glaring half-heartedly at his comrade, replied, "Yeah? Well, if you and red head hadn't gone and vanished, I wouldn't have had to bitch!" Deidara grinned at him before turning back to where Hades was standing. "Either way…get outta the way." He said in his leader-ish voice. Hidan nodded, "Fine. I'll leave this to you guys. Just don't go and fucking die on me!" he picked his scythe up from the ground and turned back to where he could see Kisame and the rest of the army fighting. "Oi, blondie?" "Yeah?" Hidan looked back at Deidara, "Kisame said that the contract has been passed to you. Whatever that means. Something about Itachi saving his life or something."

Deidara nodded, "I understand…tell him…not really interested, but if that's what the weasel said, there's not much I can do un." Hidan shrugged. "I don't get it, but fine, I'll pass the message along-"

Hidan jumped to the side as a fireball headed for him. "GEEZE MAN! LET US FINISH THE FUCKING CONVERSATION BEFORE YOU FUCKING RANDOMLY ATTACK US!" exclaims the albino as he lands back on his feet, "DAMNIT IT BLONDIE, YOU'D BETTER WIN!" with that, Hidan rushes off to help out against the werewolves and other freaks.

Hades, scowling at Deidara and Sasori, runs his arm through his flaming hair and takes a deep breath. "So you two decided not to keep hiding?" Sasori glanced at Deidara before they both lunged at Hades. Hades, for once not expecting the attack, grunted in pain as Deidara kicked him into the air. Sasori leaped up, sword appearing in his hand as he moved his arms across Hades' chest. "GAH! DAMN BRAT!" exclaimed Hades as his chest was slashed open. He moved to punch Sasori in the face, but Deidara grabbed his foot and slammed him into the ground, breaking the pavement.

Hades growled and leaped to his feet, his foot clipping Deidara in the jaw in the process. Sasori landed behind Deidara and helped steady him as Hades lunged at them. Sasori focused on his uncle and shot his gaze to the side, tossing him into a lamppost. "Why won't he stay down?" growled the red headed prince. Deidara sighed, "I don't know, but I'm fed up with him un. I have an idea." Sasori looked down at his puppy to see a determined look on his face. "All right then, do tell."…

Hades rubbed the back of his head as he got to his feet. That was the fifth time that those two had killed him. He clutched the small vile he had hidden in his pocket and sighed. Had he not taken the last of Lucifer's immortality when he had attacked him, he would have been finished hours ago. He had only taken it as a precaution…he never imagined that Sasori would have surpassed even his father…and Deidara himself had killed him his fair share of times as well. The two of them had surpassed even the unbeatable team of Lucifer and Atisuto…

But how had they healed so quickly?

Hades watched as Deidara muttered under his breath so that only Sasori could hear. The red head's eyes widened at one point and he glanced at the blonde in disbelief. Deidara smirked and nodded before Sasori turned his attention back to Hades. The older man sighed. He didn't have time to wonder about that. He needed to end this. He pulled his right hand in front of himself and gathered flames into it. A dragon formed from the flames and shot at the two teens.

"Now?" asked Sasori. Deidara's smirk widened as his eyes dilated, "Now." He muttered. Sasori willed the fire to go up into the air and dissipate as Deidara howled. Hades narrowed his eyes at them. What did they plan on doing now? Wha? Where did that damn blonde go-

"KATSU!" Deidara appeared before Hades, holding his hand before the dirty blonde's face. Katsu? What did that-

An explosion blew Hades straight down the street and into a few of the werewolves. Hades got to his feet and looked around. Damn…that blonde had- "KATSU!" Hades grunted as he was thrown back down the street. He felt something connect with his neck as he was slammed to a stop into the ground. There was the sound of glass falling to the floor and Hades panicked. Without that vile, he didn't stand a chance. He reached his right arm around until he felt the small object and clutched it tightly, feeling himself come back into his pain wracked body. He looked up into Sasori's cold red eyes as the prince aimed Hades' own gun at him.

Hades chuckled, "Well, I sure didn't think you two would give me so much of a challenge." Sasori continued to stare coldly at him. Hades glanced back down the street and saw Deidara leaning on a wall, gasping for breath. Ah. So that was it. "It seems that whatever technique your little puppy used to blow me sky high takes quite a lot of energy. I gotta say, he surpassed even his father with that. Not needing a sculpture to make explosions…it's too bad I couldn't get him on my side." Hades turned back to see Sasori's eyes filled with rage a second before he felt pain in his face. Sasori shot him once more in the chest and suddenly the gun jammed.

"Damn…you used this thing so many times on me and Deidara and it chooses NOW to jam up?" Hades chuckled as his face healed, "Guess it didn't like being used on its master." He said. Sasori glowered at him. "How?" he asked his voice barely above that of a whisper, "How is it that you continue to get back up? Why the hell won't you stay down?" Hades chuckled some more, "Wouldn't you like to know, dear nephew?" "I think I know." Came a small voice. Hades glanced at the blonde that was slowly making his way over. He smirked as a werewolf lunged at him, though it fell as Kisame appeared and grabbed the creature by its throat. "Finish this Deidara." He said. Deidara stopped before Hades and knelt down.

"Isn't this a bit dangerous for you at the moment boy?" he stated. Deidara shrugged, "I don't think you have the energy to attack at the moment…all of it is focused on healing your body…" Deidara whispered. It was obvious that the blonde was struggling to keep conscious. Hades laughed, "I have more energy than you think boy!" he exclaimed. Deidara reached down and dug his claws into Hades' arm, yanking his hand clean off. Hades stared at him in shock.

Deidara pulled the vile out of the hand's now limp grip and frowned. "So this is your secret…" he whispered. Sasori stared at the object in confusion, "What is it?" he asked. He looked at Deidara's face and saw that he was filled with hatred again. "Dei?" "this is Luci's immortality un." "What?" Sasori's eyes widened. How could that be? "You got some witch or warlock to strip Lucifer of his immortality and took it for yourself. That's low…no…I should've expected as much. I should've thought that you had done this…I knew you'd stripped him of his immortality…but…" Deidara shakily got to his feet, "Never mind…"

He looked Sasori in the eye, "He's all yours Sasori-no-danna. End it." Sasori nodded and looked down at Hades. The man looked up at Sasori with an emotionless mask. "Any last words Hades?" he asked. Hades smirked, "Good luck Sasori. You did what your father could not. Kill the competition." Sasori drove his blade through Hades' skull. "Shut up." He muttered.

He looked back at Deidara to see the blonde looking up at the sky. The sapphires on his necklace were glowing and tears were streaming down his face. He went over and pulled the younger boy into a hug. "We still have to stop the werewolves Dei." He whispered. Deidara nodded and pulled away, wiping at his eyes. "Yeah…I got that." Sasori looked at him with a worried glance. Deidara smirked, "Hey, you got the guy that killed your parents…it's my turn un." he whispered. "But Dei…" Deidara hugged Sasori again, this time nipping at his neck. Sasori shivered At the contact, but hissed as Deidara broke skin.

As the blonde looked away, Sasori saw him lick at a bit of blood on his licks. "Don't you worry danna!" he exclaimed, his eyes looking more awake, "I got this! I'm the General after all un!" and with that, the blonde vanished, leaving Sasori astounded.

After a few seconds, he chuckled at his love's childish actions. Leave it to Deidara to go overboard. Anyone else would've called it a day and asked him to finish this fight…but Deidara just wouldn't stay still. "So you were victorious, Sasori-sama." Sasori turned to see Shuhan standing behind him. "Yeah…no thanks to you or any of the other councilmen…" muttered the red head. Shuhan chuckled, "Forgive me Sasori-sama, but we councilmen are not allowed to interfere with your battles. You had to prove yourself. And that you did."

Sasori blinked, "How? I would've never have been able to beat Hades if Deidara hadn't helped…and…without Itachi…" he let the statement drop. Shuhan smiled, "And that is why you proved yourself. Unlike Hades, you admit that you cannot be at your best without the help of others. Your father was the same. He always said that Atisuto was why he had been as great as he was. A king is only as powerful as his people. And for that, you have proven your worth…King Sasori."

With wide eyes, Sasori let those words sink in. King Sasori…not once in his life had he ever thought those two words would come together. It sounded pretty good…though…not nearly as good as when Deidara called him Sasori-no-danna. Master Sasori. That was as high as he ever felt he would get. He started to laugh making Shuhan look at him oddly. "Sasori?" Sasori laughed a little more before regaining his composure. "I'm sorry Shuhan. It's just, when I think back, I never once questioned why Deidara called me Master. Not once. But he's called me it since the very beginning! I never found it weird!" he laughed again.

Shuhan chuckled, "Because it felt right Sasori. Deidara is your wolf, no one else. As it feels right to him to always defend you, you always feel right with him by your side. Two halves of the same soul." Sasori looked up and beyond Shuhan at his love. Deidara stood besides Hidan and some other silver haired teen. The three were laughing as the werewolves retreated, realizing that there was no way for them to win now. "Nah…" Sasori said causing Shuhan to raise a brow, "Deidara has a different soul. It's more like we're…two halves of the same heart." He explained. Shuhan chuckled, "However you want to look at it young scorpion." He held something out to Sasori and Sasori's eyes widened.

Shuhan placed the vile that Hades had in Sasori's hands.

"This is rightfully yours, Sasori. Only the king is allowed immortality." Sasori stared in disbelief. Immortality…eternity…

He frowned. "What about Deidara?" What good was eternity without his blonde puppy? Shuhan chuckled, "His life is linked to yours Sasori." "But…when I died…" "He did not have much longer. You see, by making him your other half, he cannot survive without you. He will die shortly after you do. The reason he did not, was because Itachi brought you back." Sasori looked down at the vile, "So…if I gain immortality…" "Deidara will as well."

With a smile, Sasori opened the vile, "So..I drink it?" "The one thing Hades was not intelligent enough to do." Sasori nodded and drowned the vile quickly…

Hidan grabbed Deidara and gave him a noogie, "You did it blondie!" he exclaimed with a laugh. Deidara laughed and pushed the albino off of him, "Not just me! Sasori too un." "Indeed! The prince and his guardian." Deidara turned to Zero who stood before the remaining members of the army. "Well then, General Katsu, when you and Sasori are ever in need of assistance, just give us a call." Deidara nodded, "Will do!"

The wolf demon that had addressed Deidara before came up to him. "General Deidara…if you ever want to see where you were born…" He handed the blonde a small key, "Just open a portal. I, and other wolf demons, await that day." Deidara smiled and nodded, "When I have some time, I promise I will un…what's your-" "I'm Anzen. Colonel to your father…and hopefully to you as well?" Deidara grinned, "I think that can be arranged Anzen. Thank you. All of you." "Yeah, we wouldn't have been able to defeat Hades without your help." All of the soldiers straightened up and saluted as Sasori stepped up beside Deidara. "Sasori-sama!" they exclaimed, leaving Sasori laughing, "Please! Don't be so formal! I'm still not used to it!" he said. Anzen relaxed a bit, though hesitantly. "Uh…of course Sasori-sama. Well…we'll be off sir. I'm sure you both need some rest." Zero smiled, "Indeed. Both of you look exhausted. I'll take these boys home."

There was a gust of wind and they vanished.

Sasori sighed. Now that they mentioned it, he WASA exhausted. "OH! SOUBI!" Sasori turned to Deidara to see him headed down the street. Sasori headed after him. "Soubi? When did he get here?" "When Yami, Hades' son, did." Explained Deidara as they continued down the street…

Kisame and Hidan sighed. "Do those two EVER run out of energy?" asked the albino. The shark shrugged, "Guess it's something we're gonna have to get used to." "What happened to Kakuzu and Pein?" "Eh, they decided it wasn't worth it when they saw that Sasori was brought back. They ran off." Hidan scoffed, "Fucking cowards. But hey, you really gonna watch out for Deidara now?" Kisame turned to Hidan, seeing a look of protectiveness in his eyes. "Wasn't he someone you hated not too long ago?"

"Things change. Deidara's not as bad as I thought." Explained Hidan. Kisame chuckled, "And now I'm bound to the puppy. So don't worry. Itachi gave his contract over to him. I'm bound to protect Deidara until the day I die. Not that that's all that bad. He's a good kid." Hidan nodded, "Yeah." He smiled as he thought of everything that had happened the past few days, "He is."…

Deidara stopped in front of Soubi and Yami. Soubi had bandages around his chest and head and was sitting on the remains of one of the buildings, while Yami was all bruised up and leaning on a wall of a surviving one. "Hey cousin!" greeted Soubi with a smile. Sasori let out a relieved breath, "Hey Soubi…you look horrible." "Yeah, little Yami got the better of me." Stated the oldest cousin. The middle cousin frowned, "Little?" he asked, "Sasori's the youngest!" Sasori twitched, "Why you-" "HEY!"

All three turned to the blonde that had interrupted the argument, "Can you three not piss each other off?" asked Deidara with an unamused look. The three cousins looked at each other before laughing. "Sorry Deidara." Said Soubi. "Nah, it's my fault. I got all worked up for nothing again." Explained Yami. He looked at Sasori and Deidara. "Well…since you beat my old man, I'd better head home. Mom's pissed as it is that I haven't been there in a few months cause of this mess…wait until she sees me…if you get an invitation to a funeral, it's mine. My mom's gonna kill me when she sees how beat up I got." The boys all laughed at that before Yami said, "I'll see you guys around…and I'll take you up on that dinner invitation Soubi. Later." And in a swirl of flame, Yami vanished.

"I'll be heading back too. Father made me swear to head back once this was over and tell him how you beat Uncle Hades." Said Soubi as he got to his feet. He places a hand on Sasori's shoulder, "I'll come visit later on, when you're settled. Keep up the good work…you too Deidara. Uncle Lucifer made a good choice with you." He turned and walked down the street, spreading his pure white wings and flying off.

It was silent until Deidara said, "And neither of them told us what the hell went on between them and why Yami switched sides…" Sasori laughed, "Just like them really. Soubi is a pain and it seems like Yami is an even bigger one." He said. Deidara laughed too. "Yeah…you're right…he is…" Deidara fell on his butt, "Man…I'm tired un." Sasori chuckled and sat next to him, both looking up at the crescent moon above. It had returned to its normal silver color by now. Sasori pulled Deidara into his lap. "It's finally over…" he said. Deidara nodded, "Yeah…after two damn weeks of fighting and hiding…" "We won." Deidara laughed, "We did…"

Without hesitation, Sasori pulled his blonde into a kiss…

(A/n) Phew! That was a lot to think about! XD. Well, only the epilogue to go! I can't believe it's almost ending…

Dei: But you had fun un!

Yea…I did. ^-^

Saso: Heh.

So, R&R! Flames to be used to make grilled cheese sandwitches!