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 6: Introductions
"Have anyone ever told you, that you're incredibly enchanting, Sakura-chan? If I may call you that" Shisui asked the beautiful maiden he had the pleasure of knowing. She giggled and rolled her eyes at his flat out flattery.
"We're Deities Shisui-san, we're all enchanting" Her emerald eyes glued to his ruby ones as she slowly drawled out the words.
They talked their minutes away and grew fond of each other every word uttered. Sakura genuinely enjoyed his company and she did find hime incredibly attractive to add to her liking of him. Unbeknownst to both of them, a pair of ruby orbs watched them burning with jealousy.
The owner of the blazing jealous orbs stood up from his chair and began his descent towards his brother and the Goddess he had previously met in the forest. This girl was infuriating to say the least, how dare she have such atrocious behaviour. She had shown him interest and now he sees her having the time of her life with his brother. 'What a sly conniving slut?' he thought to himself as his nails start to break skin on his palm with how tightly he was clenching his fists.
He watched the two banter and whisper to each other. They looked absolutely happy and perfect for each other, that thought made him sick to his stomach and he wanted nothing more than to rip his brother a new one. He was already halfway near the two when he decided to calm himself down first, rather than making a scene in front of everyone. He saw Shisui glancing in his direction with a victorious smirk plastered on his face and he ground his teeth at this.
"You will not win this one, Aniki" He was determined, this girl was his and he was gonna fight to death for her.
"Time's up, Love birds!" Naruto called as he was slowly returning to the stage to continue with the other parts of the evening. He checked his cards to make sure and he grinned at the crowd, they looked back at him horrified at what may be in store for them next. He cleared his throat and told the crowd the next part of their banquet which is playing a game and received tons of protests and violent reactions.
"Oh come on Guys! Lighten up, it is not going to be horrible" Naruto whined as he tried to avoid the onslaught of complaints and thrown objects at him. "I am just the MC you guys, it's Saks and Ino who planned this! Come on!" The barrage of objects paused for a bit but then continued twice as bad towards Naruto.
"I have existed for too long to play such game" Neji frowned "I shall not waste anymore of my life on such childishness"
"You're just afraid to lose, Hyuuga and how much of your IMMORTAL life has been wasted?" Shisui taunted the God of Fate who immediately sat down and rested his case about not playing. While the others quieted down a little due to the intimidation they felt from Shisui.
"Okay, so that's been settled. The game that we will be playing is Spin the Bottle!" Naruto cheered as he took an empty bottle of Essence from the table beside the stage. The deities started their barrage of complaints and onslaught of thrown objects towards the stage again but was interrupted by a pissed of Goddess of Love.
"I have worked to hard to prepare this shit, and you guys will participate! I swear to Amaterasu if you guys do not, I will make you fall in love with the most hideous creatures you could ever imagine" Sakura threatened and eyed the deities in the ballroom. They all stopped and quieted down fearing the wrath of the Goddess of Love who's temper rivaled her mother's.
"Well then good! It seems you all are going to be very active participants!" Sakura squealed with delight as she clasped her hands. Naruto sweatdropped as he was walking towards the large open space in the middle of the ballroom to start the game. It started off pretty tame, questions of 'crushes' and 'dating' and other trivial young adult things, and dares of stupid things like licking a shoe, kissing the floor, screaming in the meeting hall, and acting like a fool. They seemed to all let go of their formal and stuck-up facades, and for once decided to have fun.
The innocent fun started getting a bit raunchy and the questions went from 'who do you like?' to 'who would you do?' really quickly. They were all downing Essence like water and intoxication was imminent with a lot of the deities. The dares ran from licking the floor to licking each other, the Gods and Goddesses who have been looked at as respectable are in states of intoxication and stupidity. The only ones sober were the Uchiha trio, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Hinata while their guests were all sprawled in some part of the ballroom, singing, dancing around, or have fallen asleep.
"So I guess it's just us then, left with our sanity and and wits?" Shisui looked over the room filled with Fallen deities, not necessarily dead but if their parents saw them, they soon will be.
"I guess that is so" Sakura answered as she looked over to her friend Hinata who was helping a very drunk Naruto to his feet. Hinata flushed as drunk Naruto was quite sweet and somewhat grabby.
"Well, atleast I've got you as company" Shisui walked over to the girl to sit beside her but halted his steps when he heard someone behind him clear his throat. He turned to see his two brothers who were also sober and was waiting for him to notice. Sakura giggled at the scene of the trio who seemed to be having a little minor feud.
"Aren't you gonna introduce us, Shisui-no-baka?" Sasuke scoffed at his older brother, wondering how this ignorant fool managed to be an Uchiha. Shisui answered him with a glare and proceeded to ignore the little twerp.
"Mother had not raised you to be rude, Shisui" Itachi scolded as he followed the eldest Uchiha towards the Goddess of Love who looks amused as ever while watching them. He continued his strides towards the rosette and his two brothers' words do not faze him the slightest bit.
"Oh shut up you two. Sakura-chan, these are my dumbass brothers, Itachi and Sasuke" Shisui motioned to the two unenthusiastic that he would have to share his time with Sakura, and he propped himself beside her. She gave the two boys a smile and a nod of acknowledgment.
"Sakura-chan? Shisui have you forgotten your manners?" Itachi shook his head in disagreement and feigned disappointment at his older brother, as he took Sakura's hand and lightly grazed his lips on her knuckles while maintaining eye contact. "Forgive him, he had been dropped on his head quite a few times when he was a child, Lady Sakura"
"It is quite alright, we're in the company of friends. You may call me 'Sakura', Itachi-san" Sakura answered as she patted beside her, offering him a place to sit. Itachi took her on the offer, and sat himself beside her. He then motioned for Sasuke to come introduce himself and to include him in the conversations. Shisui's victorious smirk was still plastered on his face as he watched Sakura defend him, not really defend but allowed him to use her name.
"This is a wonderful banquet, Sakura" Itachi complimented as he looked around the ballroom. "It looks as though it was planned very carefully and was well thought off, I congratulate you for such a successful event"
"Thank you! We worked quite hard on it but having met all of you made it worth the hard work!" Sakura smiled brightly, she was glad that at least one person appreciated her hard work on making this event possible.
"This is really wonderful, Sakura-chan!" Shisui mimicked, he didn't like the fact that Itachi was wooing Sakura right in front of him.
"Haha, thank you Shisui-san!" Sakura laughed and shook her head, knowing exactly what the two boys were playing.
"Can you tell me about yourself? Anything else besides being an intelligent, beautiful, and kind Goddess?" Itachi's voice was smoother than silk and flowed like caramel, it was utterly delicious to hear.
"You're too much, Itachi-san. Thank you none-the-less. I am Sakura, I am the Goddess of Love, and I am such a hopeless romantic. I am a frustrated singer, and I love the scent of Lavender" Sakura smiled as she checked off her fingers and looked over to him expectantly. "What about you Itachi-san?"
"Well, I am Itachi and as announced earlier. I am one of the three Gods of Mischief, I never really get into mischief actually.-" Itachi was interrupted by Shisui who interjected.
"Dating a lot of women isn't mischief?"
"Hush, anyway. I enjoy reading a lot, and absolutely love war strategy books. I am also very fond of the mortal food, dango." Itachi finished his gaze lingered from Sakura's emerald eyes to her plump pink lips. Shisui sat dejected as he watched his brother killing every chance he had with this girl.
"Dango?"
"Yes, It's a sweet dumpling made of rice flour. It's sweet and I bet you'd like it" Itachi explained, as he tried to do motion what it looked like.
"I've never heard of it" Sakura mentioned as her lips curl into a smile at Itachi's unclear attempt at charades.
"I should take you to taste them sometime" Itachi offered.
"That would be amazing!" Sakura cheered and gave Itachi a hug out of excitement but quickly removed her limbs from him when she felt his body stiffen up at the contact. "I'm sorry about that"
Shisui feeling more out of place and ignored decided to maybe if Sasuke joined, he wouldn't feel that much of a third wheel. He sighed as he saw the interaction between the two, Itachi was better at talking to women than him and if he wanted to not sever his chances with the goddess of love, he needed to act fast and end this connection early on.
"Sasuke, come here and stop being such a sourpuss" Shisui bellowed at which Sasuke raised his fine ebony eyebrow at his elder brother who seemed to have no regard or manners in his body. Sasuke scooted closer to the group and looked at Sakura straight in the eyes.
"Well well well, if it isn't the Pitiful Goddess of Love" Sasuke's lips twisted into a taunting smirk
Author's Note: tada! The not so big reveal of who the God in the forest is. I hope you guys enjoyed how this played out and tell me what you think in the reviews. 😘❤️ Thank hou for reading!