December 17th 2007:

The low hum of some type of unhinged and hungry creature filled the tense atmosphere within the enormous museum. Thalia Grace bristled at the sound of loud foot-steps in the distance. She cracked her neck.

Unadulterated instinct fuelled the Nemean-Lion. It produced a hysterical growl of hunger from its wide maws. Zoe Nightshade glared at the creature in unconcealed disgust and nocked an arrow.

Thalia flicked her spear forward and an endless amount of lightning decorated the end of her steel-constructed weapon. Her sapphire eyes glinted a powerful light. Grover Underwood trembled a little.

The Nemean-Lion charged at her and opened its mouth. Thalia's blue-coloured irises shimmered a luminous light before the Nemean-Lion's entire body was cocooned in a cloak of electricity.

A moan of absolute pain leaked out from the creature's large mouth. Thalia gave it a smirk of perpetual mockery and tilted her body as several arrows embedded themselves into the lion's skull.

"Impressive durability." Thalia squinted her luminous eyes and hummed. "How much electricity would I have to use…?"

She stretched a smooth palm onto the vulnerable creature's tousled mane and exerted more of her power. Flecks of iridescent thunder electrocuted the Nemean-Lion until it was unconscious. "Hah!"

Thalia twirled her spear and slammed it down into the body of the foul monster. It shuddered and trembled—disintegrating into golden particles of dust. All that remained was some kind of fur-coat.

"Oh." A pleased smirk graced her dust-covered features. "A sweet reward for all of my hard work? I'll be taking this for myself."

The sound of nonchalant applause filled her ear-drums. Thalia glanced to the left and to the right. Naruto Uzumaki and Percy Jackson had somehow followed them to the room in the museum.

"Percy?!" Thalia let out a perplexed yell and shook her head in confusion. "Why the hell are you and your blonde buddy—?"

"Thalia." Percy interrupted her and ignored the casual arm Naruto had hooked over his shoulder. "This quest could lead me to Annabeth!"

"Okay?" The daughter of thunder raised an unimpressed eye-brow. She pressed a hand to her hip. "I intend to rescue Annabeth."

"So." Thalia planted her spear onto her shoulder before she glanced at Percy and Naruto—annoyed. "I don't need yours or blondie's help."

"I'm wounded." Naruto murmured to himself—a sarcastic inflection within the insouciant depths of his voice. "Kurama. I'm bored."

"I still can't believe you let Atlas escape. You had him."

"It wasn't that simple." The Uzumaki's answer was a flippant one. "These titans and deities—they sure love holding back their power."

"Come on Thalia!" Percy clasped his hands. "I'm sure you can convince Zoe to let me and Naruto on this quest. Please!"

"Hell no." Thalia snorted—amusement evident on her face. "That type of crap would work on Annabeth—but not on me, barnacles."

"We also fought Luke and the general of Kronos' army!" Percy shouted at her and clamped his mouth shut. "Should I have said that?"

"No clue." The Uzumaki unhooked his arm from Percy's shoulder—sensing multiple presences. "Yo! It's the quest-squad!"

Percy turned around and was met by the sight of a meek Grover, an indifferent Bianca, and an enraged Zoe. The huntress jabbed a finger into his chest. Irritation laced her tone. "Thou followed us!"

"Thou?" Percy murmured to himself—confusion flickered inside of the iridescent green on his gaze. "Zoe, please. You have to let us help!"

"Thy's help is unwanted." Zoe lowered her finger from his chest and folded her arms—outraged. "Return to camp, boy, and leave us!"

"Drama." Naruto whispered to an amused Thalia. He leaned himself against the wall of the museum. "Kurama. This is pretty fun, huh?"

"Pretty funny, you mean!" Raucous laughter boomed within the sequestered pits of Naruto's head. "These new friends of yours are hilarious!"

Naruto nodded and transmitted a mental signal of concurrence. The sound of a disgruntled grunt and a relieved sigh filled the silence between them all. Percy had won the argument. "Huh. Good for him."

"You!" A stern and annoyed yell streamed into Naruto's ears. Zoe glanced at him in unhidden disdain. "You are of the Shinto, correct?"

"Crap." Naruto blinked. Kurama's loud laughter of unadulterated amusement intensified itself. "How did you find out I was from—."

"You'd be a buffoon to think that I wouldn't sense the chakra inside of your disdainful system." Zoe snorted. "I shall let you accompany us."

Naruto sighed. "Thanks…"

The Uzumaki felt a nudge on his shoulder from Percy: who possessed a rather curious expression on his entertained features. "Naruto. What did she mean when she asked if you were of the Shinto?"

Brief flashes of contemplation flooded his mind. Naruto tilted his head, cupped his chin, hummed, and slipped his hands into his pockets before he answered. "I'm from another pantheon—the Shinto one."

An inundation of confusion illuminated Percy's iridescent and emerald-coloured eyes. Percy groaned. "Every time I talk to you—the more confused I get. You're such an odd dude, aren't you?"

"The oddest!" Naruto yelled in response—vibrant laughter rolled off of the tip of his tongue. "If you asked Sasuke, he'd call me a dumbass!"

"That's not something to be happy about." Thalia interrupted their amicable conversation and arched a brow. "You saying you're dumb?"

"Huh?" Naruto gritted his teeth—offended. "I ain't a dumbass. Sure—I was the dead-last of my class—but I'm the strongest Ninja in history!"

"Incredible." The demi-goddess clapped her calloused hands. "All praise to Naruto Uzumaki—strongest dumbass in history!"

"Hey!"

(-)

Naruto had activated his combination of Sage-Of-Six-Paths-Mode and Kyuubi-Chakra-Mode once again. He flew through the endless azure of the beautiful skies in a streak of aureate and luminous light.

His golden eyes glanced down at the van underneath his form. Percy had been somewhat insistent Naruto remained in the air to scope out potential enemies. Naruto perked up at the sound of a helicopter.

The helicopter had three hired mercenaries inside of itself. Naruto gandered down for a second time at the van—where he saw Thalia pointing her finger at the helicopter behind his aureate body.

Naruto smirked and turned around mid-air. A chakra-arm materialized itself out from his shoulder before it summoned a Wind-Style: Rasenshuriken. The Uzumaki hurtled his Jutsu forward.

He watched as the mortal mercenaries leaped out from the helicopter and tugged on their parachutes. A hiss of wind echoed across the air until the helicopter was shredded apart into shards of metal.

The presence of four more helicopters deluged his senses. Naruto clicked his teeth in unconcealed annoyance and formed a Truth-Seeking-Orb. It expanded itself into some type of wall.

Naruto noticed the van had parked itself next to the entrance of a Subway-Station. His feet touched down on the concrete and he followed behind his fellow questers. "Where are we going?"

"Somewhere." Thalia gave him a flippant smirk and rummaged through her pockets for money. "What the hell was that gold glow?"

"Kyuubi-Chakra-Mode and Sage-Of-Six-Paths-Mode!" A proud grin beautified Naruto's whiskered features. "My most powerful form!"

The six of them purchased their tickets and entered a rather fast train. Naruto lounged on his seat and planted a calloused palm beneath his chin. Humming—he gazed out of the window of the vehicle.

They exited the train and hopped onto two more before they reached an isolated sector—this sector was filled by warehouses and train-tracks. Naruto paused when he felt a divine presence.

All of them were somewhat cold since the entire sector was covered in an inundation of snow. Naruto gathered a clump of snow into his hand and tossed it in Thalia's direction. She grunted—amused.

Naruto smirked at a snow-covered Percy: who shivered and hugged himself. This reminded Naruto of his mission in the land of snow. A nostalgic breath escaped his mouth. Those were good times.

Zoe had been the one in front of them all until she stopped. A homeless man was squatted down next to a hot fire. He gave them a bright smile and chuckled. "Don't be a stranger! Come and join me!"

Biana immediately settled herself down on the cold concrete and luxuriated in the flames. Grover mimicked her. Zoe remained on her feet and Thalia stretched her hands forward—into the warm fire.

Naruto noticed how the homeless man stared at him in bemusement and unconcealed curiosity. The Uzumaki opened his mouth—but the divine man lifted a finger to his lips and gestured at a freight-train.

Percy's luminous eyes widened in raw surprise. When he had turned in the direction of the man—the son of the seas realised he had vanished. Percy shivered. "Am I having a hallucination or something?"

"Indeed, young Perseus." Naruto nodded and folded his arms—a serious countenance decorated his face. "I am from your imagination."

"Really?!" Percy trembled and gave Thalia a furtive glance. "Does this mean all of you are figments of my imagination?"

Naruto and Percy stared at each-other for the briefest of minutes before an endless amount of cacophonous laughter rolled out from their mouths. Thalia rolled her blue eyes. "You're all idiots."

"I'm not an idiot—Naruto is!"

"Hey!"

(-)

An hour had passed. The members of the quest-squad had isolated themselves into the compartments of the freight-train—these compartments also contained a various number of cars within them.

Naruto stood inside of one the multitudinous compartments of the expensive train. He heard his phone beep and tapped the answer-button. Sasuke Uchiha spoke into his ear. "Dumbass."

"Bastard." Naruto had an irritated grin on his whiskered face. "What the hell are you calling me for? Did you miss your best friend?"

"Shut up." Sasuke rolled his obsidian-hued eyes and chuckled. "I'm checking up on you. How is the assignment going for you?"

Annoyance glistened in the luminous azure of his gaze. "I have a much bigger issue than Atlas right now. These titans want Kurama."

"Kurama?" Concealed interest shimmered within his ebony-hued irises. "What would they gain from having the nine-tails' power?"

"Kronos wants his power." Naruto snorted in disgust and frustration. "Prometheus wants to become Kurama's newest Jinchuuriki."

"I will not have him be my vessel." Kurama's disgruntled baritone filled Naruto's head. "If need be—I shall eliminate him myself."

"Do not underestimate them." Sasuke warned Naruto—a prudent inflection inside of his cold voice. "They are still powerful deities."

"Of course." The Uzumaki grinned and ended the call. He slipped his calloused hands into his pockets. "Oi, Kurama. Are you listening?"

"I am." The Kyuubi growled—the growl was a lazy and raucous rumble of sound. "What is it, you brat? I haven't slept for fourteen hours!"

"I won't let you be used again." Naruto transmitted to his most trusted partner. Blood-lust leaked from his form. "You're my friend."

Naruto stepped forward and dispelled his incredible inundation of blood-lust. Conviction cemented itself into his iridescent gaze. Kurama opened one of his crimson eyes and snorted. "How cheesy of you."

The Uzumaki paused in his confident gait and sat down onto a chair. Irritation filled his mind as he crossed his arms. "Shut the hell up! I'm trying to cheer you up and this is how you treat my speech?!"

A rattle trembled throughout the entirety of the freight-train. Naruto was propelled off of his seat and landed on the ground. He groaned and climbed to his feet while he touched the top of his head. "Ouch."

Another rattle pulsed through the train. Naruto stumbled forward, gritted his teeth in annoyance, clenched his mouth, and gathered an abundant mass of nature-energy into his system. He opened his eyes.

Naruto channelled a massive amount of chakra into his muscles and bashed his shoulder against the metal door. Within two seconds—Naruto had crumbled the door into fragments of steel.

Percy stumbled out from a compartment alongside Thalia: who possessed a tired expression. Bianca and Zoe entered the hall-way—both of their arrows were nocked. The Uzumaki blinked.

Outside of the window—the members of the quest saw some type of individual in the cold air. Naruto stepped forward and activated Sage-Mode before he grouched. "I'll take care of this."

"How?" Thalia lifted a confused eye-brow. "What? Are you going to launch yourself out of the train's window to fight whoever that is?"

Naruto gave her a mischievous smirk and bashed himself through the train-window. Blinking—Thalia watched him tackle the cloaked individual down into some type of ravine underneath them.

"Naruto!" Percy yelled out to him and cupped his mouth. "I'll call you through an Iris-Message to tell you where we are!"

(-)

Naruto and the concealed individual stumbled down into the ground. A harsh cough of pain escaped the man's masked mouth. The Uzumaki cracked his neck and squinted in the direction of his latest foe.

The mask of the man had been destroyed from their fall down into the ravine. He possessed pale skin, black hair, and luminous eyes of sapphire colour. This was Hybris—the spirit of outrageous behaviour.

"I had orders to test you." Hybris had a rather delicate and gentle voice. "My lord desires to learn about all of your abilities."

"What the hell?" Naruto grouched to himself—annoyance presented itself on his whiskered face. "Why are you so interested in me?!"

"Do not misunderstand my intentions." Hybris shrugged. "My initial orders were to slaughter your friends. My new ones are to test you."

The Uzumaki blurred forward and slammed a fist into Hybris' cheek. Hybris rolled backwards—crashing into a massive boulder. Naruto body-flickered in front of him and drilled a foot into his face.

He grabbed onto Hybris' neck mid-air before he propelled him downwards into the soil-covered ground underneath them. Naruto summoned a Rasengan—smacking it into his abdomen.

Naruto was relentless in his ruthless barrage of punches and kicks. Hybris vomited out inundations of aureate blood. A heel-kick to the face from Naruto hurtled him back into a giant tree-trunk.

"I thought you'd learn your lesson when I throttled Prometheus and Luke." Naruto groused—irritated. "I'm tired of this already."

A Massive-Rasenshuriken materialized itself onto his calloused palm. Naruto closed his eyes and threw it at Hybris. Wind hissed and rotated as it dismantled Hybris into chunks of flesh. He disintegrated.

Naruto produced an annoyed breath from the cavern of his mouth and body-flickered forward. Once he was back in Japan—none of these titans or deities would be able to interfere in his personal life.

The Uzumaki slipped his hands into his pockets and leaped onto the train-track. Sage-Mode was still active. A pulse of his chakra alerted him of Percy and Thalia's electrical and oceanic presences.

"I'm gonna be running for a long time, huh…?"

(-)

An indiscernible outline of a luminous crimson sprinted through the sequestered roads of the country. Naruto stumbled and stopped himself when he caught sight of the victims of the Oracle's prophecy.

Sapphire eyes scanned their features of veiled and concealed despair. Naruto arched a confused brow before he approached a down-trodden Percy: who grunted. "Bianca died, Naruto."

A sympathetic expression decorated his whiskered features. Naruto glanced around and inspected the inventions within the secluded junk-yard. Thalia growled. "We can't waste any more time."

Naruto slipped his calloused hands into his pockets and let out a gentle hum. Despite the lack of friendship between Bianca and him—he understood how terrible it was to lose a cherished friend.

Neji Hyuuga had been one of his more work-related friends—but his death had encouraged Naruto enough to end the War-Of-The-Divine. A single sigh filtered out from his mouth. Naruto closed his blue eyes.

Thalia stretched a hand in front of them and pointed in the direction of an ancient truck. Naruto body-flickered towards it before he flicked a meagre kick into its rusted wheel. "You sure this is going to work?"

"Nope." Thalia shrugged and opened the rust-covered door of the vehicle. "If it doesn't, you can carry all of us and fly."

"Not happening!" Naruto shouted in response and shook his head. "I ain't carrying all of you at once. I have major back problems!"

"I somehow can't believe that." Percy interrupted their banter-filled conversation. He snorted. "I see you doing front-flips all the time."

Naruto tilted his head before he touched his chin. "Okay, you caught me! But I'm still not going to carry all of you while flying!"

The sound of an engine rumbled into their ears. Thalia rolled down the window and slapped the metal-constructed door of the truck. A smirk graced her features. "Good news. This old hunk of junk works."

Naruto watched the four of them enter the truck and drive off into the distance. Aureate motes of chakra cloaked his muscled body. He bounced on the balls of his feet and ascended into the bright skies.

Golden irises of unadulterated luminosity peered down at the ancient truck from the junk-yard. There were no grey-tinted or white-hued clouds within the heavens. Naruto flew forward and smiled.

(-)

Naruto had split off from the group of questers to explore some type of secluded town. The Uzumaki seated himself down on the wooden-chair inside of a cafe and ordered a simple hot-coffee.

A fast pulse of his sensory-abilities alerted him of the multitudinous presences of his fellow quest-takers. They had left for Hoover-Dam and were taking a break in its snack-bar. He crossed his arms.

The chime of a bell filled the warm atmosphere of the peaceful establishment. Naruto gandered in the direction of a well-dressed man: who possessed an expensive bowler-hat. "Hades."

"Naruto Uzumaki." Hades nodded—there was a palpable despair on his handsome face. "I was told by my sources that you faced Atlas."

"Indeed." A casual inflection was present within his baritone. Naruto lowered his sun-glasses and his blue eyes glinted. "He's powerful."

"True." Hades lowered himself down onto a wooden-seat and called the waitress for a drink of her selection. "Bianca was my child."

Naruto raised a somewhat surprised eye-brow. "My condolences. I've been meaning to ask you something if we met again."

"Ask your questions." The god of the Underworld flourished his pale and calloused hand. "I have to be leaving soon for a vital operation."

Curiosity flickered across the luminescent sapphire of Naruto's gaze. The Uzumaki hummed. "What's the real reason you hired me?"

Hades remained silent for more than fifteen seconds and drank his cold coffee. Touching his jaw—the deity gave Naruto an enthusiastic smile of despondency. "Can a parent not care for their children?"

Naruto tilted his head. A little smirk of concurrence beautified his whiskered visage. Hades snapped his fingers and disappeared into a hurricane of obsidian-tinted particles. "Kurama. Let's head back."

The Uzumaki pulled a golden credit-card out from his pocket before he paid for his hot-coffee. He stepped forward and disappeared within a crimson-coloured distortion. A small smile replaced his smirk.

He landed on the roof-top of a rather luxurious cabin and felt multiple presences. Naruto glanced at the skies above him before he noticed super-natural angels in the air—they carried his group in their arms.

Amusement filled his eyes at the sight of Percy: whose black hair buffeted itself against the powerful winds. Naruto activated Sage-Of-Six-Paths-Mode and Kyuubi-Chakra-Mode both at once.

Naruto hovered himself into the skies and saluted at one of the angels. It blinked its steel-constructed eyes in surprise. "What the hell? Chuck—are you seeing what I'm seeing?!"

"Yo!" The Uzumaki had a wide grin on his whiskered features. "I'm a hallucination named Naruto Uzumaki! It's a pleasure to meetcha!"

Chuck directed its gaze over to Naruto and blinked in confusion. "Hank! I think I'm hallucinating a flying blonde boy in the sky!"

Naruto flicked himself forward and flew across the beautiful heavens. The golden shimmer of light from his body illumined the atmosphere. Percy planted a calloused palm beneath his chin and yawned.

Grover and Chuck had somehow entered a conversation about how delicious metal-pipes were while Zoe had her eyes closed. Once twenty minutes had passed—Hank and Chuck dropped them down.

Recognition brightened the azure depths of Naruto's vibrant gaze. Naruto dispelled his chakra-cloak and body-flickered forward. Percy watched him disappear—confused. "Where is he going?"

"Leave him be." Zoe brandished her hand and snorted. "The child of the Shinto can sense us. He shall find us at another time."

"Okay…" Percy glanced into the distance before he sighed. "There is someone we have to find. Old man of the sea or something."

(-)

Jason Grace patrolled the monster-infested alleyways of San-Francisco. Blue eyes of unadulterated prudence glanced at a Hell-Hound: who had its sharp teeth primed for his neck.

Flecks of luminous light graced his calloused palm. Jason rolled forward and buried his hand into the creature's skull. The Hell-Hound whimpered and crumbled into a vortex of aureate particles.

The sound of an enthusiastic clap streamed through the atmosphere. Jason gazed at the source of such a loud noise. His azure-tinted eyes widened at the sight of an impressed Naruto Uzumaki. He smiled.

"Naruto!" Jason yelled—a hint of unconcealed recognition within his smooth baritone. "I haven't seen you in a while. What are you—?"

Naruto interrupted Jason and grinned. "I was in the neighbourhood and sensed your presence. I wanted to see how you were doing."

"I'm doing good." An appreciative smile graced his handsome features. Jason tilted his head. "You disappeared last time."

"I disappeared?!" The Uzumaki shouted. "Hey! I came back to the alleyway and you had left! I did see you fighting another Hell-Hound."

"Oh, yeah." The son of thunder nodded and dispelled the electricity on his unsmooth hand. "Reyna was helping me out in killing them."

Naruto slipped his calloused hands into his pockets and vanished while he disregarded Jason's yell of absolute confusion. He appeared next to Thalia: who no longer possessed her luxurious fur-coat.

The Uzumaki flicked his sun-glasses down and peered into the distance. Percy walked towards him before he raised a curious eye-brow. "Where the hell were you? You disappeared on us!"

"Sorry. Sorry." Naruto flourished a nonchalant hand and smirked. "I had complete faith in you and your incredible abilities."

"Really." Percy blinked. "Thanks, I think…?"

"You're welcome!" Naruto shrank his grin into an amicable smile. "Where are we going? We're on some type of schedule, right?"

"We are." Zoe nodded in response. "We must complete the quest before the winter-solstice. I hope that the Satyr succeeds in his task."

"Come on." Thalia nudged Naruto and Percy on their shoulders. "We're heading over to Annabeth's dad. He may be able to help us."

"Road trip!"

(-)

There had been a lot of small events that had occurred. Annabeth's father had lent them his car. They had met Zoe's sisters and the garden's powerful dragon. They had reached the summit.

Naruto immediately blurred forward and slammed himself into Atlas. Everyone on the summit mountain were confused at his aggression. The Uzumaki head-butted him in the abdomen. Atlas coughed.

The titan of endurance glanced at Luke: who summoned his mana and leaped towards an enraged Thalia and an annoyed Percy. Zoe unveiled her bow and embedded several arrows into Luke's chest.

Aureate particles of mana touched his wounds. Luke healed himself before he smacked a ruthless punch into Thalia. She channelled electricity throughout her body and materialized it into the atmosphere.

Luke staggered backwards as he was electrocuted. Percy unsheathed Riptide from its pen-form and slashed at his neck. The demi-god grunted. "Really, Percy?! You're not even going to say anything?"

Zoe appeared behind him in a burst of incredible speed—arrow in hand. Luke groaned in concealed agony at the arrow stabbed into his shoulder-blade and bashed his head into Zoe's face.

"Once thou and my father are eliminated." Zoe growled. "We can free my lady from the burden of holding the sky! Come hither!"

"Hither?" An expression of controlled insanity graced his face. Luke laughed. "At least try to adjust your words!"

Luke gritted his teeth and gathered mana into the soles of his feet. Zoe detected the build-up of magical-power. The hunter shoved herself into Luke and propelled him backwards.

Thalia and Percy squinted their eyes in his direction. Bending her knees—the daughter of thunder disappeared in a flash of luminescent blue while Percy morphed himself into a blur.

Percy heel-kicked Luke in the chin and watched him stumble. Clenching both of his fists—Percy utilised the divine-strength from his lineage and slammed his knuckles into Luke's exposed abdomen.

Blood spurted out from his mouth. Thalia materialized above him before she knocked a thunder-covered palm down on his head. Luke trembled at the power from her strike and vomited out more blood.

A laceration had opened up on his head. Luke stretched a hand forward and summoned a portal behind Zoe. The hunter turned around—but a spear flew out from the portal and stabbed her leg.

Luke twirled his blade and let out a mad chuckle. The demi-god rushed at an irritated Percy until he was surrounded by a dome of electricity. Lightning leaked out from Thalia's finger-tips. "Luke!"

"Thalia." Sweat covered his forehead. "It's been a long time since we've seen each other, huh? Hey, how about the two of us—?"

Percy stood next to Thalia and nodded in her direction. They transmuted themselves into two distortions. A powerful punch drilled itself into Luke's jaw. Luke staggered back. "Ouch."

Thalia and Percy converged on him at once. Luke unveiled his blue gaze to them and unleashed an endless amount of mana. "Enough." He murmured and grinned. "You two are not strong enough."

An orb of golden energy manifested itself onto his palm. Luke transformed it into a small cube and flicked it into Percy: who lurched backwards in pain. Luke smiled. "That was a new spell of mine."

"I took some inspiration from Naruto Uzumaki's Rasengan." He explained. "I changed it from a sphere into a condensed cube."

Percy ignored him and clicked his teeth in aggravation at himself. Ruthless determination glinted in his emerald-tinted gaze. He grunted and rushed forward—absolute adrenaline and rage fuelling his mind.

(-)

There was an endless amount of silence between both Atlas and Naruto. They had similar expressions of vigilance on their features. Naruto crouched down into the low stance of a wild boxer.

Atlas adopted the stance of an experienced and aged battler. Obsidian eyes glistened in unadulterated elation. He smiled. "Naruto Uzumaki. I was told by my brother that you planned to kill and eliminate me."

Naruto gave him a simple nod of confirmation and remained mute. Atlas flipped forward until he was in front of the Uzumaki: who possessed an unbothered countenance. "Can you tell me something?"

The titan of endurance lowered his blood-thirsty gaze down to Naruto and produced a mirthful chuckle from his mouth. "Do you truly think you can win this battle? I am a perpetual creature of violence."

Naruto closed his eyes and smirked. Atlas chortled. The Uzumaki rushed forward and drilled a chakra-enhanced punch into his abdomen. Atlas slanted his head. "I am no longer holding back."

"Funny!" Naruto spoke for the first time since their conversation started. Orange pigmentations covered his face. "Neither am I!"

The Uzumaki bounced on the balls of his feet for ten seconds while Atlas stretched his arms in anticipation. These two monsters of power vanished within distortions of crimson and obsidian. Atlas grinned.

Naruto appeared behind him and flicked a powerful kick into the back of his head. Atlas turned around before his knuckles embedded themselves into Naruto's solar-plexus and drove him backwards.

Atlas manipulated his divine-energy and materialized an ebony-hued tendril. The tendril grabbed onto Naruto's ankle—drilling him downwards into the concrete beneath them. Naruto groaned.

"I'm disappointed." Atlas gritted his teeth—annoyed. "Prometheus told me you were the strongest of your people. You're an utter weakling!"

The titan turned his back to Naruto and walked towards the battle between Luke and Percy. An indiscernible outline unveiled itself above him. A ginormous blue-tinted orb of chakra touched his entire body.

Naruto back-flipped down onto the ground and let out an exhausted breath. Crimson motes of chakra healed his more severe wounds. The Uzumaki smirked. "I ain't that weak. But…Maybe you're right."

He gandered at the cloud of dust created from his Massive-Rasengan. Atlas emerged from it while he regenerated his destroyed body. A gargantuan grin of unhinged battle-lust blemished the titan's face.

Naruto squinted his eyes and watched as Atlas vanished. The Uzumaki blocked his punch before he smacked an elbow into his chest—hurtling him backwards and into a ginormous boulder.

Atlas teleported himself in front of Naruto and axe-kicked his face. Naruto's head snapped back at an unnatural angle. He shrugged off the damage from the kick and summoned a golden chakra-arm.

Naruto slammed a Rasenshuriken into Atlas and dissolved his chakra-constructed arm. The titan healed himself, clenched his fists, clicked his teeth, shook his body, blurred forward, and grunted.

"It's time to speed this up!" Atlas shouted in unconcealed glee. "Are you capable of matching me?! Prove to me that you are strong!"

The horizontal line within Naruto's eyes from Sage-Mode morphed into crosses when Kurama's chakra filled his inner-system. Naruto flicked his hand forward and produced an endless shock-wave.

Atlas endured the shock-wave and punched Naruto in the chin before he grabbed his shoulder and dragged him down into the ground. Naruto summoned a Rasengan as Atlas called for his divine-energy.

Obsidian claws of divine-energy graced Atlas' hands. Atlas folded his arms and stretched them forward. Naruto's eyes widened in endless excitement. He yelled. "You bastard! You were still holding back?!"

"I have no intention of using my divine-form." Atlas wreathed his body in some type of impenetrable cloak of energy. "This cloak shall do."

Naruto grinned and blurred at Atlas: who had somehow calmed himself from his earlier battle-lust. Unperturbed—Atlas gripped onto Naruto's fist and slammed him into his knee. The Uzumaki grunted.

Instinct fuelled Naruto. He canted his head and disappeared. Atlas sensed his powerful presence above him until he gasped in pain. A Shadow-Clone had stabbed a Rasengan into his neck. "When?"

"Not telling!" Naruto grinned. "Come on!"

The Shadow-Clone infused wind-natured chakra into the Rasengan and transmuted it into a Wind-Style: Rasenshuriken. Atlas groaned as his neck was obliterated. He grew himself a new neck and turned.

Naruto propelled himself down from the air and summoned a Massive-Rasengan—enhanced by nature-energy and Kurama's chakra. Atlas materialized a gargantuan claw of divine-energy.

The Uzumaki drove his Massive-Rasengan forward even more. Atlas channelled more of his divine-power into his ginormous claw. Naruto let out an unintelligible yell of exhaustion and exerted his arm.

Atlas felt the concrete beneath them shatter into a crater of endless size. Mount. Othrys itself trembled and shuddered. Naruto produced another shout of annoyance and gritted his teeth in determination.

The titan of endurance and the strongest Shinobi in history clashed. Naruto's eyes evaporated into two blue abysses of luminosity. He strained his body for a second time and—at last—succeeded.

Naruto flicked his Massive-Rasengan into Atlas' claw of divine-energy and destroyed it. He re-appeared in front of Atlas and slammed his fist into his blood-covered abdomen—launching him backwards.

Atlas rolled backwards until he was grabbed by Zoe and Thalia and shoved back beneath the skies. Percy stumbled forward and hissed in concealed agony for three minutes. "My everything hurts."

Naruto appeared in front of them and noticed the crimson motes of magic within the atmosphere. Luke had escaped through a portal again. The Uzumaki stretched his arms and cracked his neck. "Oh well."

A small smile was on Naruto's face.


A/N: Thanks for reading.