Of Heaven and hell
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its characters or certain places of Greek/Roman mythology mentioned in the story. I do own the plot and everything else.
The world was divided into two divinity realms, places where Gods lived. The divinity realm is divided into the up-dwellers and down-wielders, also known as those who live in Olympus and those who live in the Underworld. There have always been tension and discrimination between the two realms but can one Goddess change that?
Chapter 2: Preparations
They reached the throne room and the two guards announced their arrival.
"Lady Sakura of the Senju Clan, Goddess of Love, And Lady Ino of the Yamanaka Clan, Goddess of Beauty have arrived"
"Oh my my, You two ladies look quite sassy today. Where's the other third of your Goddesses Trifecta?" Tsunade teased the two girls who stepped into the throne room. They decided to go along with it and posed for the queen.
"Of course, Granny! We are related to you aren't we?" Ino cackled as she continued to pose and contort her face to a mock 'model' look.
"Oh mother, any child of yours must be born with such sass and beauty" Sakura sighed dramatically as she ran her fingers through her hair for effect.
"Oi cut it out you two. Firstly, I am your aunt and not your grandmother." Tsunade scowled at Ino and Ino rolled her eyes in return.
"Secondly, where is Hinata? It's a shock to only find 2/3 of you girls" Tsunade cocked her head to Sakura with her thin eyebrow arched up.
"Her daddy dearest didn't want her spending too much time with me and Sak. Sooo, it's just us today" Ino shrugged as she answered Tsunade.
"That traditional old bag, why must he include the children in the age old tension" Tsunade massaged her temples as she shook her head.
"See! They are such traditional old bags, Isn't that what I said Billboard brow?" Ino nudged Sakura with her elbow.
"Yarre Yarre, yes Ino-pig you said exactly that" Sakura smiled at her friend's childish antics and proceeded to clear her throat.
"Well mother, why have you summoned us to the throne room?" Sakura's emerald eyes shifted towards her mother's hazel ones.
"Take a sit first and I shall fetch some Essence for us to enjoy as we speak" Tsunade motioned for the girls to take a seat.
"So this is gonna take long then, I presume?" Sakura sat reluctantly as Ino just sat right away.
"Could it be the Essence of Summer? I love me some Essence of Summer" Ino suggested as she watched the Queen go through her secret stash of Essence.
"I think I have some of those, Ino-chan" Tsunade hummed as she scanned through her stash of Essence.
"Does Shizune-chan know you hide Essence in the throne room?" Sakura chastised her mother.
"Here it is, and No, Sakura she does not. I would like to keep it that way." Tsunade poured each one of them a glass of the sparkling Essence of Summer.
"Okay well shoot" Ino spoke in between sips. Tsunade rolled her eyes at the Blonde Goddesses extensive vocabulary.
"As the two of you know, we are going to be hosting a royal banquet" Tsunade started.
"Yarre yarre, and? We know that already mother. We do that every year-" Sakura interrupted but halted when her mother shot her a glare.
"Tut tut, Let me finish" Tsunade interjected and took a sip of her drink.
"This banquet is going to be different, we have invited all Gods and Goddesses both Up-dwellers and Down-wielders alike-"
The two younger Goddesses shot up from their chairs preparing to start their complaints on how this was not going to work and how different the two classes of Gods are.
"Tut tut, Do not intervene. I know you are displeased by this and so am I but aren't you the generation that is pushing to remove the segregation and discrimination of Gods and Goddesses of the realms?" Tsunade looked at them, her hazel eyes sparkles with mirth.
"Yes mother-"
"Yea but-!" The girls spoke in unison. Tsunade then again raises her hand to halt the two from speaking again.
"You may speak when I say you could, so shut up and listen first" Tsunade's voice boomed in irritation at the two impatient girls.
"This banquet will be done and all shall be in attendance. I have called you two here to arrange the event and give out invitations" Tsunade finished.
It was quiet for a few moments and Tsunade raised her brows at the two girls who seem to have not understood a thing she was yapping about.
"Well, is there anything you'd like to clarify? You can talk now." Tsunade scratched the back of her head and scowled at the sarcastic girls before her.
"Don't we have servants to do those things for us?" Ino looked to the nymphs in the room to prove her point.
"Well, they will help out but I'd like for you two to be in charge of everything. I did hear from your mother your talent in flower arranging, Ino" Tsunade answered as she motioned them to leave.
"Won't the old bags be a hassle for the event, so to speak?" Sakura muttered.
"Do not mutter, Goddesses do not mutter my dear. And to answer that, this event is for you younger fellows. To be acquainted with your future allies." Tsunade smiled as she shooed the two away.
"It's only 4 moons away from the banquet and mother only chose to tell us this last minute?" Sakura groaned as she listed down what they had to do.
"How bout we delegate? We take half of the workload each and delegate to our servants?" Ino suggested as she watched Sakura's list get longer and longer.
"Where do we start? I cannot believe mother would put this to the side for so long and decide at the last minute to make us do it" Sakura jotted down angrily on her list.
"Calm down, Gosh. I would get the flowers from Mum and arrange them myself. So you can cross that out" Ino suggested as she was reading what Sakura was writing down.
"How about the other decor? I would love to do something white, black, and sky blue, to signify the realms and peace?" Sakura proposed.
"That would look great with white gold plates and crystal vase!" Ino added. Ino took a piece of paper and sketched out flower arrangements for centerpieces and for decor.
"If I may be so bold, Those look lovely Lady Ino" Yuka, Ino's personal help, chimed in and for the first time. She received a smile in return.
"Thank you. If you could go over to mother and tell her of the plans to use a ton of flower. That would be great." Ino instructed the nymph who scurried away happily. Sakura's gaze softened at her friend as she tapped the girl's shoulder.
"See, that wasn't so hard" Sakura whispered which Ino smiled in return. They planned for an entire day but still lacked a few key parts of the event such as who would MC, who would be seated with who how to send out invitations, and what food shall they serve.
"I think we should get Naruto to MC" Ino suggested which was met by Sakura's contorted face.
"Naruto, Seriously? He might be too bright and bubbly for the down-wielders. They seem quite dark and twisty for Naruto to engage them into a party they never wanted to be a part of" Sakura giggled as she thought about the Sun God's antics and how formal the down-wielders where said to be.
"But Naruto is like a Ray of sunshine, everyone loves sunshine. So happy, bright, and warm" Ino defended her choice.
"I don't think sunshine is very popular with down-wielders?" Sakura countered as she continued to wrack her brain for a good MC who would be suitable for both crowds.
"Oh come on Sak! Hinata's a down-wielder and she loves sunshine a lot" Ino wiggled her eyes suggestively and they both burst out laughing.
"You are so wretched Ino. Fine, I'll write him down for the time being since I'm desperate" Sakura shook her head and proceeded to look at the other three blanks in her checklist.
"For the seating, I guess in a table of 8, half should be down-wielders and half up-dwellers?" Ino decided and Sakura noted that as she nodded her head.
"Yes! And we could send birds out to carry the invitations." Sakura smiled, they were actually finishing this within the day.
"Birds? Forehead girl, the down-wielders already think we're earth hugging softies. Having little love birds send out invitations would attest to that." Ino groaned.
"Ino-pig, I meant hawks like those ferocious birds that are magestic?" Sakura checked the invitations off and tilted her head at Ino for the remaining thing of her checklist.
"So food. Why are you looking at me like that for?" Ino swallowed and began to worry about the crazy rosette's plan.
"Oi forehead girl, stop looking at me weirdly"
"Forehead-hime, stop it"
"I swear to Amaterasu, I'm gonna shank you Sak"
"Billboard brow, you better not be thinking of doing THAT" Ino exclaimed.
"Come on Ino, we need input from down-wielders. We can't hold a party and make them eat food that is not palatable for them" Sakura reasoned out as she began scribbling down on the food section of the checklist.
"Fine, I will ask for Shikamaru-kun's input." Ino grumbled in defeat, she did not want to embarrass the council of the up-dwellers due to her little crush that's making her a tad unreliable.
Ino walked back into the ballroom muttering and fuming in anger. Sakura looked up from her handwritten invitations to the visibly fuming blonde.
"Ugh, that infuriating jerk! Who does he think he is? Speaking to me like I am stupid!" Ino screamed. As she paced back and forth.
"So did you get his input on what food should we serve at the party?" Sakura tried to divert the attention back to the banquet, a futile attempt to calm the Goddess who looked about ready to explode.
"I did! And you know what that arrogant bastard told me? Ughhh!" Ino looked like she was gonna rip her pretty blonde hair out as she ran her fingers through her ponytail which was now disheveled looking.
"What was it?"
"'We eat the same thing as you do, we are the same species smirk' blah blah blah. He talked to me like I was some stupid child. Does he not understand that I am a God like him!" Ino groaned as she continued her rampage around the ballroom while Sakura continued with the calligraphy on the handwritten invitations and table cards.
"Well then I guess, we'll just let the Akamichis' get free reign on the food they would like to serve. They have impeccable taste anyway." Sakura did not bother pacify her friend as to poking the bear would anger her even more.
"Thank Amaterasu we're done." Sakura stood up and stretched her tired limbs. She then proceeded to send out the invitations on the hawks she takes care of.
She watched the hawks fly into their designated destinations and savoured the fact that the God in the forest would also be in the banquet and she would get his name.
" I guess, I'll see you soon, insufferable jerk of a God" Sakura whispered in the wind.
Author's Note: Hopefully that wasn't too boring and too long. I'll try to update faster next time and will be taking in consideration PMs and reviews. Btw, up-dwellers are bright shiny happy people with Vibrant colourings, down-wielders are those who have a monotonous coloring like black hair, pale skin, and black eyes or others. Anyway, thank you for reading!❤️
Guest: I wasn't sure if you wanted to be longer or shorter. owo I hope you enjoyed reading it though (: